Stories by John Quintet

OpenAI announced yesterday the expansion of its ChatGPT app for iPhone to over 30 new territories, including Canada. This marks an expansion of ChatGPT for iOS beyond the U.S. when it launched a week ago. ChatGPT for iPhone syncs your conversations, supports voice input, and brings OpenAI's latest GPT-4 model to your smartphone. Besides Canada,...

In a surprising and strategic move, Ford announced today that it has secured an agreement with Tesla. This deal will grant Ford's electric vehicle (EV) customers access to over 12,000 Tesla Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada, effectively doubling the number of fast-chargers available to them. This groundbreaking initiative is set to roll out in...

Canada's leading privacy authorities have announced a joint investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot. The investigation will be conducted collaboratively by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec, and the Office of the...

TikTok is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot named 'Tako' that could potentially change the way users search and navigate within the app. The chatbot is designed to recommend videos based on user queries, according to screenshots of the feature shared with The Verge. Tako is located above a user's TikTok profile icon, adjacent to...

George Hotz, the iPhone hacker pioneer (also former amateur rapper and PS3 jailbreaker) and renowned tech entrepreneur, announced on Wednesday the inception of his latest venture, The Tiny Corp. The new company has successfully raised $5.1 million USD in funding and is set to revolutionize the AI computing landscape. Hotz, who has previously made headlines...

Amazon’s Prime Video has released its list of new shows and movies coming to the streaming service for June 2023. This June, Prime Video is set to captivate audiences with a lineup of highly anticipated releases. The final season of the critically acclaimed series, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, is among the highlights, promising a thrilling...

The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) has announced a significant update to its complaint-handling process, promising quicker and more effective resolutions for customers facing issues with their phone, TV, and internet services. The CCTS offers fair, independent, and timely outcomes for TV and telecom consumer complaints, which it says benefits both consumers and...

Apple is reportedly developing a new interface for iPhones that will display information such as calendar appointments, weather updates, and notifications in the style of a smart-home display, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This feature is part of the upcoming iOS 17 software update, according to sources familiar with the project. The new interface will activate...

Popular rideshare service Lyft has extended its operations in Alberta, now offering rides in Edmonton and Calgary starting today. Lyft says this expansion follows successful launches in Toronto in 2017, and subsequent rollouts in Ottawa and Vancouver. Over the years, Lyft has facilitated over 56 million rides for more than 2.5 million Canadians. Edmonton and...

Tesla is officially introducing its China-produced Model 3 and Model Y electric vehicles to the Canadian market. According to the company’s website and reports from Reuters (via Tesla North), this move marks the successful initial shipments from Tesla's Shanghai factory to North America. Tesla's listings confirmed immediate availability for the rear-wheel drive Model Y and...

The 43rd anniversary of the cultural phenomenon that is PAC-MAN was commemorated in grand style by the LEGO Group and Bandai Namco as they revealed their latest creation, the LEGO ICONS PAC-MAN Arcade set. This detailed brick rendition of the 80s classic arcade game comes as a result of the collaboration between the two companies,...

Ahead of WWDC23, the Apple Design Awards, which celebrate the best apps across a variety of categories, have been revealed by the iPhone maker. The award winners will be announced during the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC23). Here’s a breakdown of all the finalists for this year’s Apple Design Awards: Inclusivity Category Finalists in this...