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Ontario’s MDA Space Plunges 25% After Losing Deal to SpaceX

Canadian satellite firm MDA Space says its contract with EchoStar Corporation has been cancelled after the U.S. company agreed to sell wireless spectrum to Elon Musk’s SpaceX for $17 billion US, mainly to power the future of Starlink and satellite 5G service. So that new Starlink play from today had implications for a Canadian company....

YouTube’s First Exclusive NFL Game Breaks Streaming Record

YouTube’s first exclusive global broadcast of an NFL game set a new streaming record on Friday. The matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers, played in São Paulo, Brazil, drew an average-minute-audience of more than 17.3 million viewers worldwide, according to Nielsen and YouTube. Of that, 16.2 million viewers were in...

iPhone 17 Series Battery Sizes Allegedly Leak Ahead of Launch

A new filing from China’s regulatory database may have given away the battery capacities for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 lineup, just a day before the official launch, according to an image shared by leaker ShrimpApplePro. According to the listing, the iPhone 17 Pro Max will pack the largest battery at 5,088mAh, while the iPhone 17...

Apple’s C1 Modem in Canada: iPhone 16e Uploads Are Clearly Faster

A new report from Ookla suggests that Apple’s budget-friendly (so to speak) iPhone 16e is holding its own against the standard iPhone 16 in Canada, particularly when it comes to uploading. According to Speedtest data, the iPhone 16e with Apple’s in-house C1 modem reached median upload speeds of 23.91 Mbps, more than double the iPhone...

Nintendo Brings Switch Sports + Leg Strap Bundle Only to Canada

Nintendo of Canada has announced a new bundle coming exclusively to Canadian stores this October. The package includes a standard Nintendo Switch console, a download code for Nintendo Switch Sports, and the Leg Strap accessory, all for $419.99 CAD (you’re getting $69.99 in savings, says Nintendo). The bundle offers savings compared to buying each item...

Apple Original Film ‘The Lost Bus’ Premieres at TIFF 2025

Apple Original Films brought The Lost Bus to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Friday, September 5, premiering the wildfire survival drama at the Princess of Wales Theatre. Directed by Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips), the film stars Matthew McConaughey ("alright, alright, alright”) as a bus driver and America Ferrera as a teacher trying to...

OnePlus Ends Hasselblad Deal, Unveils ‘DetailMax Engine’ Camera Tech

OnePlus is moving into a new era of smartphone photography it says, announcing the end of its five-year partnership with Hasselblad while revealing its own imaging system called the OnePlus DetailMax Engine. The company announced last week the new technology is designed to deliver clearer, more realistic photos without the artificial enhancements that have drawn...

PM Carney Pauses Trudeau’s 2026 EV Sales Mandate, Dealers React

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa will pause next year’s rule requiring automakers to sell a fixed share of electric vehicles. Instead, the government will launch a 60-day review of the mandate to explore ways to cut costs and make compliance more flexible. “And it's not all about money. Some of it is about regulation....

Apple Hit With Lawsuit Over Using Pirated Books to Train AI

Apple is facing a new lawsuit in California that accuses the company of using copyrighted books without permission to train its artificial intelligence systems. The proposed class action was filed in federal court in Northern California by authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, who say their works were included in a dataset of pirated books...