Netflix's eeriest thriller is about a smart home, and it lands harder if you own one
Your smart house probably doesn't want to frame you for a crime you didn't commit and steal your family...yet.
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Phone makers suddenly care about your battery because a law gave them no choice
It might be an EU law, but it has far reaching consequences.
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Pocket is gone but the free replacement I found does things Pocket never could
It archives every page, searches inside them, and runs on your hardware.
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New Google Home speaker built for Gemini now available for pre-order
Near the end of last year, Google unveiled a new Home speaker built with Gemini in mind. We’re now finally learning pricing and availability for this upcoming speaker. The speaker is now available for pre-order and will be released on June 25. In Canada, it costs $139.99 and is available on the Google Store. I […]
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Public Mobile offering $35/40GB for a limited time
In a recent round of pricing updates, Public Mobile has changed some of its plans, offering more data for a limited time. According to our monitoring, the latest two additions to the ‘limited time offer’ include $29/mo for 35GB and $35/mo for 40GB. The more expensive of the two plans includes 1,000 international minut...
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Bell laying off another 700 employees in recent round of job cuts
Bell Canada’s parent company, BCE, is laying off nearly 700 employees in its latest series of job reductions. Staff across different roles in the organization have been getting laid off in recent weeks. The company is getting rid of 460 non-union employees, including management. It also offered unionized employees vol...
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I've been using the wrong music player for 10 years — this is the one audiophiles actually use
Organizing thousands of tracks is easy with Roon, which combines my local music collection and streaming services into a single unified library.
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Your expensive earbuds still sound awful on calls, and this is why
You paid for crystal-clear sound and got walkie-talkie mode during meetings.
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CBC ends Hockey night in Canada as NHL rights deal with Sportsnet expires
CBC has announced that National Hockey League (NHL) games will no longer be broadcast on its platforms after its sublicensing deal with Rogers Sportsnet expired. The sublicensing deal allowed the public broadcaster to air games through its long-running Saturday night program Hockey Night in Canada. CBC, which began b...
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Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Reality Elite for next-gen XR
During the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2026, Qualcomm unveiled its newest platform, Snapdragon Reality Elite, for virtual and mixed reality devices. Snapdragon Reality Elite is designed for virtual and mixed reality devices that can come in the form of all-in-one MR devices like the Meta Quest, tethered devices like th...
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I stopped using NotebookLM, but this new feature dragged me back
NotebookLM now supports EPUB files and that's a bigger deal than you think.
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Cineplex’s CineClub membership is getting a price increase in July
Cineplex’s CineClub membership is about to get more expensive. In an email sent to customers, including me, Canada’s largest theatre chain confirmed several changes are coming in July to its monthly subscription service, which offers free and discounted tickets, reduced concession prices and more. First, here are the...
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