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Google Bard Expands, But Canada Still Left Out

Google’s Bard AI chatbot has made its most significant expansion to date, becoming accessible globally and incorporating most major languages, while also gaining new features. But despite being available now in Brazil and more countries in Europe, Google has still left out Canada, just like China and North Korea. We are super special, as always....

Telus and Bell Connection Fee Jumps 20%, Matching Rogers

Two weeks ago, we told you Rogers and Fido increased its connection fee to $60 and now its rivals Telus and Bell have followed suit, as expected. According to changes on the Telus and Bell websites this morning, the connection fee from both companies has similarly increased to $60, up from $50. "A one-time Connection...

Amazon’s Prime Day 2023 Smashes Daily Sales Record

Amazon announced today that the first day of Prime Day 2023, which happened on July 11, was the best sales day the company has ever seen. Prime members all over the world bought over 375 million items during the two-day shopping event, saving more than $2.5 billion from many deals in the Amazon store. This...

Twitter Says 99.99% of Impressions are Now ‘Healthy Content’

In its ongoing commitment to protect free speech while preserving platform health, Twitter is set to expand its 'Freedom of Speech Not Reach' enforcement action. The action, initially applying to the Hateful Conduct policy, will now include policies concerning Abusive Behavior and Violent Speech. Twitter has achieved significant results since the launch of the 'Freedom...
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Here are Cellphone Plan Changes: Rogers, Telus, Bell and More from July 12

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, July 12, 2023. Bell Noticeable price changes: Samsung phone deals: Samsung Galaxy...

Here are Beats Headphones Prime Day Deals 2023

Prime Day continues and Apple’s Beats headphones are on sale for up to 52% off. The biggest discount are on Beats Studio3 headphones at 52% off. Check out the full list below of Beats headphones and earphones on sale: Beats Studio3 Wireless Noise Cancelling Over-Ear Headphones - Defiant Black-Red: $209.95 (Savings: $230, 52% off) Beats...

Switch to Bing Says Senator, Despite Microsoft Not Paying for News

Canadian Senator Pierre Dalphond is making a call for Canadians to switch their search engine to Microsoft’s Bing, instead of using Google, in the wake of the federal government's controversial Online News Act. Also known as Bill C-18, the latter requires Meta and Google to set up financial agreements with Canadian news publishers in return...

Apple Opens Doors to Public Betas for iOS 17 and More

Apple has released public betas for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, tvOS 17, watchOS 10, and HomePod Software 17. The company announced at WWDC it would launch its public betas for customers in July, and here we are as promised. The Public beta program allows any Apple customer to test out its latest software—no...