Stories by John Quintet

Meta has officially unveiled its own line of AI glasses, and for the first time, it's not using the Ray-Ban or Oakley name to do it. The new lineup, called Meta Glasses, comes out of a partnership with EssilorLuxottica (which owns Ray-Ban and Oakley) and includes three frame styles: the Adventurer (classic rectangular shape); the...

The federal government is dropping another big chunk of cash into rural internet, this time in Manitoba. Ottawa announced over $96.8 million in funding for a project by Manitoba's Valley Fiberto bring high-speed internet to more than 7,800 households across over 50 rural and remote communities in the province. Minister Rebecca Chartrand made the announcement...

With prepaid carriers currently offering a $25/25GB plan, Freedom Mobile has now stepped up with an even better deal to undercut Big 3 brands. Freedom has a $20/25GB Canada-US plan for prepaid customers, available when you prepay for 6 months ($120). You get up to 150GB of data to use over the six months. If...

Fido customers are seeing a $4 price hike show up on their bills, and a lot of them are not happy about it, especially since some only signed up a few months ago. The complaints started piling up on the r/FidoMobile subreddit this week, with one user laying out exactly what happened. "I got 4...

Canada's Liberal government is taking heat after pushing a controversial surveillance bill through the House of Commons late at night with zero debate and no recorded vote. Law professor and internet policy expert Michael Geist called it "a genuine abrogation of democratic norms."   Midnight session, no real debate Bill C-22, the lawful access bill, hands...

Bell, Rogers and Telus aren't backing down on a handful of new cellphone fees, even after Canada's telecom regulator warned the charges might be illegal, according to a report from The Globe and Mail, summarizing the latest replies from carriers. In letters filed with the CRTC on Wednesday, all three carriers confirmed they plan to...

Disney+ Canada has revealed its full lineup of new movies, series, and live events hitting the platform throughout July 2026. Highlights include the Season 2 premiere of X-Men '97, a new Descendants movie, King of the Hill Season 15, and live Lollapalooza streams on July 30 and 31. Here's everything coming to Disney+ Canada in...

Rockstar Games is finally ready to kick off the countdown for the most anticipated video game in history. Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders will officially go live later this month, giving Canadian gamers their first chance to secure a copy of the open-world title ahead of its release. The announcement confirms that pre-orders are scheduled...

The federal government is now turning to AI to help handle translation work across the federal public service, after testing the tech out in seven departments first. Minister of Government Transformation Joël Lightbound announced the expansion of GCtranslate on Thursday, a secure AI-powered translation tool built to help federal employees work faster in both English...

Apple is getting ready to raise prices across its lineup, and the company is putting the blame squarely on memory and storage chip costs. CEO Tim Cook confirmed the plan in an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal. "Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable," Cook said. "We're doing our best to mitigate the huge increases...

If you just picked up a Google Fitbit Air for your summer hikes, you might want to skip the bug spray. A Fitbit Air owner shared on Reddit that a weekend hike ruined two of the trackers. Bug spray containing DEET had gotten on a hiking shirt, transferred onto the watches, and ended up melting...

Apple is changing how its disposable email features work, and the privacy crowd is not happy about it. In a developer notice posted Monday, Apple confirmed that Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email are getting merged onto one shared domain later this summer, private.icloud.com. Right now Sign in with Apple uses privaterelay.appleid.com,...