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You Can Now Download iOS 18.6.1 for iPhone

As promised, Apple has released iOS 18.6.1 for iPhone, which brings back the Blood Oxygen feature for U.S. Apple Watch users. "This update provides a new Blood Oxygen experience for users in the United States with Apple Watch Series 9 and Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2. Measurements are calculated on iPhone and viewed...

Public Mobile Slashes Rewards, Cutting How Many Points You Earn

Public Mobile customers will soon see smaller perks from the carrier’s rewards program, marking another cutback under parent company Telus. In an email to customers and seen by iPhone in Canada, Public Mobile said that starting October 15, 2025, the points-back rate will drop from 5% to 2%, and the annual anniversary bonus will be...

Google Launches AI-Powered Flight Deals Search in Canada

Google is adding a new AI-powered feature to Google Flights called Flight Deals, aimed at travellers who just want the cheapest trip without endless date and destination searches. Instead of manually adjusting filters, you can type something like “week-long trip this winter to a city with great food, nonstop only” or “10-day ski trip to...

Rogers to Sell Off its Data Centre Business to InfraRed

Rogers announced today it is selling its portfolio of nine Rogers Business data centres to InfraRed Capital Partners, a digital infrastructure investor owned by Sun Life. Even after the sale, Rogers will keep selling data centre services on InfraRed’s behalf and will continue providing network connectivity to the facilities. Terms of the deal were not...

Apple Brings Back Blood Oxygen Feature to Some U.S. Apple Watches

Apple announced on Thursday is pushing out iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 today, reintroducing a tweaked Blood Oxygen feature for certain U.S. users with an Apple Watch. The update covers Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models that were sold in the U.S. without the feature because of a patent...

Here Are This Week’s Best Canadian Cellphone Deals (Aug. 13)

Here are the latest Canadian cellphone plan and device deals, plus other promos from wireless carriers such as Rogers, Telus and Bell, from our partner PlanHub. As always, the promos and plans may change at the last minute, but here they are as of Wednesday, August 13, 2025. This Week's Mobile Price Drops Samsung 22%...

NOMAD Sport Band Review: Outperforming Apple’s Original Strap

NOMAD sent us a few of their Sport Bands to try, and after weeks of testing, they’ve proven to be better than Apple’s own stock Sport Bands in both comfort and style. Design & Build These are made from compression-molded FKM fluoroelastomer rubber, the same kind of high-performance material used in diving gear and other...

iPhone 17 Leak Spurs Popular Casemaker to Show Off its ‘Tank Case’

Toronto-based casemaker Dbrand has shared a teaser of its upcoming ‘Tank Case’ for Apple’s iPhone 17 series, which has seen most of its design already leak. Dbrand’s new Tank Case will be “launching September, exclusively for the iPhone 17 series,” says the company’s website. People can get notified of its release by signing up for...

How to Watch Eminem’s ‘Stans’ Documentary in Canada

A new Eminem-produced documentary exploring the lives of his most devoted fans will premiere on Paramount+ in Canada, the U.S., Latin America and Brazil on August 26. The U.K., Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria will get it on August 27, followed by Japan on October 3. STANS, directed by Emmy winner Steven Leckart,...

Telecom CEO Rips Into Minister Joly Over ‘Damaging’ CRTC Internet Rules

Federal Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is facing strong backlash from telecom executives after deciding to uphold the CRTC’s wholesale internet access rules, a move critics say will harm competition and investment. The decision allows Canada’s largest telecom companies to resell fibre optic access to internet service providers over their own and smaller players’ networks. The...