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Apple to Launch New Siri AI Smart Home Devices This Fall: Report

Apple is preparing its biggest move yet into the smart home, with three new devices built around the revamped Siri AI assistant, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The company has spent years watching Amazon and Google own this category, and the plan now is to enter it properly with a dedicated home hub, a new...
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Apple Launches Leasing Program for iPhone and More, but Not in Canada

Apple has officially launched a new hardware leasing program in the U.S., giving customers a new way to get their hands on its latest products with low monthly payments. In partnership with Klarna, the new program, called Apple Upgrade, allows customers to lease iPhones, Apple Watches, Macs, and iPads directly through Apple. Term lengths range...
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What’s New on Prime Video Canada: August 2026

Prime Video has released its list of new shows and movies coming to Canada in August 2026 (it's hard to believe July is almost over). As for August highlights? Live sports coverage features four NWSL Friday night fixtures. Documentaries arriving on the service include Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter on August 20, which examines...
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Massive Xbox Outage Leaves Players Locked Out of Their Own Games

Xbox players around the world have spent most of Monday locked out of their accounts and their game libraries, in an outage that started Sunday night and is still not fully resolved. Microsoft's status page shows major outages across four services: Account & profile, Store & subscriptions, Games & gaming, and Apps & mobile. The...
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You Can Now Download iOS 26.6 for iPhone and iPad

Apple has released iOS 26.6 for iPhone and iPadOS 26.6 for iPad users.  You can download the latest update by going to Settings > General > Software Update. Don't expect any major new features with iOS 27 set to launch in September. iOS 26.6 focuses on performance tweaks and background prep for upcoming Siri features....
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Amazon Targets Starlink With Massive 5,105-Satellite Network for Phones

Amazon has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch up to 5,105 low Earth orbit satellites that would bring talk, text and data directly to your smartphone in areas with no cell coverage. Dubbed the Amazon Leo Direct-to-Device (D2D) System, the company would launch the service starting in 2028. Amazon is...