Stories by John Quintet

The Xbox Games Showcase 2025 on Sunday delivered a packed lineup of new games, hardware, and surprise reveals, all centred around giving players more ways to play. From the debut of the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds to major first-party titles like Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and The Outer Worlds 2, the event highlighted...

Apple is falling behind in the race to develop a modern AI assistant, with multiple former employees telling the Financial Times the company is facing major technical and leadership challenges trying to upgrade Siri. At the heart of the problem is Apple’s attempt to rebuild Siri using large language models (LLMs), the same type of...

Public Mobile has quietly updated its $15 and $19 monthly plans, offering more value—but only for existing customers. The revised $15 plan, introduced on Friday, June 6, now includes 500MB of data, unlimited Canada-wide calling, and 100 international long-distance minutes to countries like China, India, Pakistan, the UK, and more. Previously, the plan came with...

Eight years after the original, the new Nintendo Switch 2 delivers a major hardware boost—but iFixit’s teardown finds that fixing it is still frustrating. In a new video, iFixit praised the handheld’s technical upgrades: it now uses a much faster processor, has triple the RAM, and jumps from 32GB of eMMC storage to 256GB of...

Telus says it has pulled off a first in Canada, using 5G technology to make sure Edmonton police didn’t lose access to critical security cameras during the busiest moments of the Oilers’ playoff run. Working with Edmonton Police Service (EPS), Telus tested something called “5G priority slicing” — a tool that carves out a guaranteed...

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has quietly slipped a major privacy exemption for political parties into Bill C-4—legislation that's supposed to focus on affordability measures. The move gives political parties the green light to collect, use, and share Canadians' personal information without being bound by federal or provincial privacy laws. Even more shocking: the change...

We're just days away from Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) and now the biggest leaker of Apple products, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, has released his final "what to expect" for the event set to kick off Monday morning on June 9. The major update? A new look for the software that powers iPhone, iPad, Mac,...

Nintendo’s Switch 2 console has officially launched in Canada, now available for purchase at authorized retailers. The Nintendo Switch 2 is a significant upgrade over the original Nintendo Switch, which launched wayyy back in March 2017. It retains the hybrid design for handheld, tabletop, and docked play. Priced at $629.99 in Canada, it’s $130 more...

Rogers is upgrading its wireless network with new technology from Ericsson, becoming the first company in Canada to launch what’s called 5G Advanced. This upgraded version of 5G is designed to make wireless connections faster, more efficient, and better suited for devices like smartwatches and smart sensors. One big improvement is a feature called RedCap...

Residents of a Glenora apartment building in Edmonton say they went more than a week without cable and internet, following a Telus outage that began on May 25. And the lack of service didn’t just mean no Netflix — it also disrupted the building’s emergency phone lines and visitor buzzer system, raising security concerns. “Yesterday,...

Ahead of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, Rogers is giving Edmonton Oilers fans a new way to show their support—with a direct line to the team. Fans can call or text 780-665-5297 to leave a voicemail or send messages, photos, or videos cheering on Connor McDavid and the Oilers. Selected messages may be...

Apple has lost a key legal bid to delay changes to its App Store rules, after a U.S. appeals court rejected the company’s request to pause a federal judge’s order. The decision stems from Apple’s ongoing antitrust fight with Epic Games, the maker of Fortnite. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that...