Stories by John Quintet

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,...

Snap has officially unveiled its first standalone augmented reality glasses, called SPECS Smart Glasses, and they're making a big pitch to pull people away from their smartphones. Announced at the Augmented World Expo 2026 today, the SPECS glasses are fully standalone with no tether or external battery pack required. They're built from Swiss TR90 polymer...

Hockey Night in Canada is leaving the CBC, marking the end of an era. Rogers-owned Sportsnet and the CBC have officially announced that the public broadcaster will air its final NHL games at the end of the current season, wrapping up a 12-year sub-licensing partnership between the two networks. In a joint statement on Tuesday...

Bell has cut nearly 700 jobs across multiple business units in recent weeks, according to the Toronto Star, making it one of the company's largest rounds of layoffs in recent years. BCE spokesperson Luc Levasseur confirmed approximately 690 workers, roughly one percent of BCE's total workforce, were let go as part of ongoing restructuring. "Organizational...

The federal government's social media ban for kids in Bill C-34 is grabbing all the headlines, but University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist says the more important story is what else the bill creates: a powerful new government body that could have more influence over the daily online lives of Canadians than almost any...

Fox has agreed to acquire Roku in a deal valued at approximately $22 billion US, combining Fox's live sports and news content with Roku's massive streaming platform. Under the terms of the deal, Fox will pay $160 US per share, split between $96 in cash and the rest in Fox Class A common stock. Roku...

Google has brought its classic flight simulator to the web version of Google Earth, making it available to anyone with a browser without needing to download anything. To try it out, open Google Earth in your browser, head to the tools menu, and launch the simulator from there. You can fly over photorealistic satellite imagery...