Stories by John Quintet

Paramount’s massive $110 billion US bid to take over Warner Bros. Discovery has run into a new hurdle in Canada. According to a report from Peter Nowak’s Do Not Pass Go, the Competition Bureau officially launched a review of the merger on March 12 to determine how it might impact the country’s film, television, and...

Netflix has officially increased its subscription prices for customers in the United States, marking the second such hike in just over a year. The changes took effect today, Thursday, March 26, 2026, and impact all three of the streaming giant’s primary tiers for both new and existing members. In the U.S., the Standard with Ads...

Canadians whose personal information was compromised in the 2022 LastPass data breach can now apply for compensation through a newly launched class action settlement. LastPass is a popular password manager that works across all devices. The legal action, filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, follows a breach that resulted in unauthorized access to...

Apple is getting ready to make a big change to Siri that could turn the iPhone into more of an AI hub. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple plans to open Siri up to multiple third-party AI assistants instead of relying mainly on its current partnership with OpenAI. Right now, Siri can send certain questions...

Following a successful beta period on Android that began last fall, Google is officially bringing its Live Translate feature for headphones to iOS. This update fulfills a 2026 promise to expand the capability beyond its initial launch markets in the U.S., Mexico, and India. The feature, which turns any pair of headphones with a microphone...

WhatsApp has announced a series of updates for its iOS and Android apps, focusing on storage management, account switching, and new AI-powered editing tools. Dual Accounts and Easier Transfers iPhone users can now run two WhatsApp accounts on a single device, a feature that was previously exclusive to Android (we saw this leak in the...

Apple is adding four new partners to its American Manufacturing Program (AMP) as part of a plan to shift more of its high-tech component production to the United States. The company expects to spend $400 million US through 2030 to support these new domestic supply chain projects. The new partners are Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK,...

Rogers-owned Fido appears to be in the mood of giving yet again, as it’s doling out 25GB of free monthly data to select customers. One Fido customer who signed up for the $27/80GB Canada-US-Mexico promo plan last week said they saw the 25GB offer pop up in My Account today, when logging in through the...

Bell is expanding its AI Fabric network through a new partnership with BUZZ HPC a subsidiary of HIVE Digital Technologies. The two companies are opening a specialized data centre in Merritt, British Columbia. The Merritt facility is built to handle the intense heat and power demands of AI. It uses high-density, liquid-cooled infrastructure and advanced...

Elon Musk's social network X appears to be integrating stock trading into its platform—and it will be powered by Toronto fintech Wealthsimple. That’s according to a screenshot shared by @aaronp613, who routinely dives through app codes. "You can click on a Cash Tag and it will show a Trade button which says Powered By Wealthsimple,”...

The spring streaming season is heating up as Netflix Canada prepares a slate of new content for April 2026. In April, we see the return of Stranger Things: Tales From '85, a new season of the blackmail thriller BEEF, and the final chapter of the teen drama High Tides. Sports fans will see live events...

We have some more details about Apple’s AI overhaul of Siri, and it includes a new dedicated app. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman on Tuesday, Apple is testing a standalone Siri app alongside a new Ask Siri feature designed to work across various software platforms. Sources familiar with the project say the updated Siri, code-named...