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Interac’s New Identity Tools Can Tell a Real Person From an AI Fake
Interac just announced a deal with identity security company Incode Technologies to beef up its Interac Verified suite with some serious anti-fraud tools, and Canadian businesses are the main beneficiary. The big addition is passive liveness detection, validated to iBeta Level 3 on both iOS and Android. San Francisco-based Incode is the first company to...
New Telus AI Data Centres Are Sparking Protests in Vancouver
Hundreds of Vancouver residents took to the streets Saturday to push back against two planned Telus AI data centres in the city, according to CBC News. The march started at Waterfront Station and wound through to Granville Island, with demonstrators voicing concerns about how much water and electricity facilities like these actually consume, especially as...
KeySmart’s New SmartCard Pro Wants to Be the Last Tracker You Ever Buy
KeySmart, the brand behind a bunch of popular everyday carry gear, just dropped the SmartCard Pro, a wallet tracker that's making a pretty strong case for itself at $49.99 USD ($71 CAD). The big headline here is the battery as it runs on a 350mAh wireless-charged battery that KeySmart claims lasts up to 24 months...
Bell Just Made Sure Your Internet Stays On Even When the Power Goes Out
Bell is rolling out two new features aimed at keeping Canadian homes connected during internet outages and power failures. The telecom is calling the package its always-on Internet solutions, and it covers two of the most common reasons people lose their connection at home. "Bell is raising the bar on reliability in an always-on world....
Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro Review: A Remarkably Portable Option for Samsung Users
There’s a point where thin-and-light laptops usually fall apart. Some look fantastic but struggle the moment you throw anything remotely demanding at them. Others deliver strong performance but sound like a jet engine while doing it. Then there are the machines trying desperately to imitate the MacBook formula without understanding why Apple’s laptops work so...
Google’s $129 Fitbit Just Made Whoop Look Overpriced
Google sent us the Fitbit Air for a long-term review, and it's the company's first real push into screenless activity trackers. The target is clear: Whoop. But Google's pitch is simple. The Fitbit Air costs just $129 CAD upfront, no mandatory subscription required. A Google Health Premium subscription is available if you want extra features,...
Spider-Noir Review: Stylish, Weird, and a Pulpy Spider-Man Story
Prime Video's Spider-Noir fully earns its strange little existence as it fully commits to its own pulp insanity.
Ferrari Luce Exterior Revealed: This Is What Jony Ive’s First Car Looks Like on the Outside
Ferrari just unveiled the Luce, its first fully electric car, and it's the one Jony Ive designed. We already saw pictures of the interior teased, but now Ferrari has revealed the exterior at an event in Rome, Italy. Ive designed the iPhone, the iMac, and basically everything Apple made that people actually loved. He left...
Apple Was Built After 5 HP Rejections Says Wozniak
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed how five rejections from HP led him to start Apple, offering crucial career advice to Gen Z in the era of AI.
Major Heart Rate Tracking Upgrade Coming in watchOS 27
Apple is upgrading Apple Watch heart rate tracking in watchOS 27, but its Project Mulberry AI health coach faces delays after an internal shift.
Huawei’s New Kirin Chip Designed to Bypass US Sanctions
Huawei has unveiled a new chip architecture for its upcoming Kirin processor, bypassing US equipment sanctions to boost phone and AI performance.
Google Slams Ottawa’s New Internet Bill and Refuses to Build Privacy Backdoors
Google's official submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security just dropped, and the tech giant is not holding back on the federal government's Bill C-22. We've already heard from Apple and Meta, and now Google's full submission is available. In short, Google thinks the bill is a privacy...