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Apple’s First Game Studio Buy Is a Tiny Team from Vancouver

In a rare move, Apple has quietly acquired RAC7, the tiny two-person game studio behind Sneaky Sasquatch, one of Apple Arcade’s most popular exclusives. It marks the first video game studio acquisition in Apple’s history, reports Digital Trends. RAC7’s track record includes well-regarded indie titles Dark Echo and Splitter Critters, but Sneaky Sasquatch, released in...

WhatsApp for iPad Is Finally Here—Download It Now

Meta’s WhatsApp has finally released an app for Apple’s iPad for the masses, and it only took 16 years. It’s been a longtime coming for the messenger app to hit the iPad, as beta testing started in late 2023. WhatsApp announced the iPad release this morning on Threads, saying simply, “It’s here! WhatsApp is now...

Apple Says It Blocked $2 Billion in App Store Fraud Last Year

Apple says it stopped more than $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions on its App Store in 2024, as part of its ongoing efforts to crack down on scams and bad apps. The company also claims it prevented nearly 2 million risky apps from ever reaching users last year. Over the past five years, Apple...

New on Crave: June 2025

Bell Media has released what's new on its streaming service Crave for June 2025. Here are some highlights coming to Crave. On June 1, HBO debuts The Mortician, a true-crime docuseries about a funeral home’s shocking descent into exploitation. June 2 brings It’s All Gonna Break, a Crave Original documentary exploring Toronto’s indie music scene...

CBC Warns CRTC: Don’t Let U.S. Streamers Decide What’s Canadian

The CBC is warning Canada's broadcast regulator not to let American streaming giants influence what counts as “Canadian content.” Speaking on Monday at the CRTC hearing “The Path Forward", CBC/Radio-Canada told the commission that foreign streamers shouldn’t be the ones shaping Canadian culture. While the CBC didn’t name any particular streamer by name, it’s clearly...

Google Veo 3 Launches for Pro Users in Canada, Ultra Costs $340/month

Google has quietly revealed Canadian pricing its high-end AI Ultra plan geared towards developers, with updates going live late last week. The Google AI Ultra plan is now listed at CA$339.99 per month, though Google is offering a limited-time rate of CA$169.99/month for the first three months. Yeah, that's not exactly cheap but the AI...