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BC Hydro's new mobile app puts bills, hourly usage, outage alerts and Power Smart rewards in one place. The free app landed on the App Store at the end of September, and it signs in with your existing BC Hydro MyHydro account. On Thursday the utility emailed customers to promote the app, saying cooler weather...

DoorDash is acquiring Instacart in a massive $17 billion deal that brings together the two biggest delivery giants in North America.

Apple now lets adults confirm their age with a selfie in a handful of countries, according to an Apple support document covering the feature that shipped with iOS 27.2. Canada is not on the list. The selfie option is available in Australia, Brazil, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Those markets already require adults to confirm...

Cohere is set to take a federal equity stake of up to $1.6 billion after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the commercial investment today. The Toronto AI company builds systems for businesses and governments that want more control over where sensitive data is stored, how it is used and who can access it. Ottawa says...

Terrestar Solutions, an Ottawa-based satellite company, has signed on to join a new global satellite network called Equatys. The goal is to let regular phones in Canada connect to satellites when there's no cell signal, and keep working when you travel abroad. The deal was announced on Wednesday during a United Arab Emirates visit tied...

Apple's long hold over flash-memory suppliers is slipping as AI data centres gobble up the chips that store photos and apps on iPhones, The Wall Street Journal reported. That squeeze sits on top of a wider memory shortage chipmakers warn could keep phones and PCs expensive for Canadians for years. Flash prices have roughly quintupled...

Toronto-based ecobee today introduced an opt-in, AI-powered Home Summary in its app, along with new Smart Security tools meant to make heating, cooling and security activity easier to follow in one place. Home Summary pulls HVAC activity, weather, energy use and home security into a daily view. Customers can see how their heating and cooling...

TD has launched a new TD app experience that lets eligible clients move money from another Canadian bank into a TD account through a guided flow that starts in the app. The bank says that once the other institution accepts the Interac 'e-Transfer Request Money' step, funds can show up in the TD account within...

Uber's fifth annual report examines Canadians' nightlife habits using aggregated, anonymized ride data.

Reddit is planning to split feeds into a personalized algorithmic For You tab and a dedicated Following tab for subscribed subreddits.

SK Hynix predicts a severe memory shortage through 2030, suggesting pricier phones and personal computers for Canadian consumers.

Discord is making public server discussions searchable on the web with new privacy controls for admins and members to manage their data.