Stories by John Quintet

A group of Tesla enthusiasts are making headlines after driving coast to coast across Canada using Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) software without a single human intervention beyond setting the navigation. David Moss, who previously completed a zero-intervention cross-country U.S. drive of over 10,000 miles, launched the trip on May 24 from Horseshoe Bay near Vancouver...

The federal government is defending its controversial surveillance bill after a wave of pushback from tech companies, legal experts, and public fact-checkers. It's now making news headlines in the U.S. as well. In an emailed statement to Bloomberg, the federal government reiterated it "categorically rejects claims that Bill C-22 would enable the surveillance of Canadians...

Hundreds of Vancouver residents took to the streets Saturday to push back against two planned Telus AI data centres in the city, according to CBC News. The march started at Waterfront Station and wound through to Granville Island, with demonstrators voicing concerns about how much water and electricity facilities like these actually consume, especially as...

Bell is rolling out two new features aimed at keeping Canadian homes connected during internet outages and power failures. The telecom is calling the package its always-on Internet solutions, and it covers two of the most common reasons people lose their connection at home. "Bell is raising the bar on reliability in an always-on world....

Google's official submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security just dropped, and the tech giant is not holding back on the federal government's Bill C-22. We've already heard from Apple and Meta, and now Google's full submission is available. In short, Google thinks the bill is a privacy...

If you've ever applied for a mortgage and wondered why it takes so darn long just to get to a yes or no, TD Bank thinks it has an answer. And it involves handing a big chunk of the paperwork to an AI. The bank launched its first agentic AI model for mortgage and HELOC...

Freedom Mobile is giving away a trip to the 2026 Calgary Stampede, plus 10 Google Pixel 10a smartphones, and entering is free. The contest runs until May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT. One grand prize winner gets a trip for two to Calgary from July 3 to 5, worth around $6,500. That includes flights,...

The Fitbit app is officially gone, so it's time to pour one out. As of yesterday, it has been replaced by Google Health in the App Store in Canada, marking the end of an era for the fitness tracking brand Google acquired back in 2021. The new app consolidates fitness, sleep, and wellness tracking under...

Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ and other online streaming services operating in Canada will see their mandatory contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content triple under new rules announced by the country's broadcast regulator. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has set a new 15% contribution rate for online broadcasters, now up from the 5% base...

Wealthsimple at its ‘Takes Over Your Life’ event happening right now in Calgary, has just announced a new perk for customers that involves a deal on Telus phone plans. The new promo means 35% off global and North American phone plans, part of an exclusive deal negotiated with Telus, set to debut in their new...

Setapp is making some big changes today, as the Mac app subscription service is introducing two new features: an AI Gateway for developers, and the ability to sell apps individually outside its monthly membership for the first time. The AI Gateway is the more technical of the two. Right now, developers who want to build...

Telus-owned prepaid brand Public Mobile has revamped its 5G plans on Thursday, introducing some “limited time offers”. What we’re seeing is an increase of data ranging from 25GB to 50GB. Here are Public Mobile’s plans as of May 21, 2026: $22 talk and text 4G $25/3GB 4G $27/10GB 4G $30/20GB 4G $35/25GB 5G Canada-US-Mexico +...