By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 20, 2021 4:38 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Rogers Communications Inc. is offering customers a credit after a massive nationwide wireless outage left millions without voice calls, texting […]
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Apple Inc announced a line of slim iMac computers and iPads with higher-quality video that use its own processors, as it speeds its migration away from Intel and caters to a work-from-home world. The company also launched products including AirTags to find lost items and podcast subscription services. AirTags will cost US$29 each, while […]
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. I have been reluctant to write about whether and how Americans might provide proof of vaccination against the coronavirus. It’s a political, cultural, ethical and legal minefield. Technology is not the point at all. But if some […]
This article is part of our new series, Currents, which examines how rapid advances in technology are transforming our lives. With few flights and even fewer passengers, the coronavirus pandemic unleashed a wave of challenges for airlines. Some have gone out of business and others are barely surviving as global passenger volume hovers at around […]
On Dec. 9, the Federal Trade Commission and nearly every state filed bipartisan lawsuits accusing Facebook of acting anticompetitively. Less than a week later, European policymakers introduced a competition law and new requirements for blocking online hate speech. On Dec. 24, Chinese regulators opened an antitrust investigation into Alibaba after scuppering an initial public offering […]
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. When the pandemic kept people at home more in 2020, Americans drove far fewer miles than usual. But more people died on the roads. Our roads are dangerous, particularly for pedestrians. I have been curious whether having […]
A massive wireless outage that has left customers of Rogers Communications Inc. without phone or texting services since early Monday has broad economic ramifications across Canada, experts said. “It’s a very big deal,” said Tyler Chamberlin, assistant professor at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa. “It can have very big […]
Facebook on Monday said it planned to limit posts that contain misinformation and hate speech related to the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd, to keep them from spilling over into real-world harm. As closing arguments began in the trial and Minneapolis braced for a […]
Rogers wireless customers are reporting a massive outage Monday morning, with some people saying they are unable to make calls or use the internet. The outage reports are largely stemming from Ontario. But there are reports in B.C., Alberta, Quebec and the east coast as well. Read more: Rogers, governments to split cost of […]
“The pandemic has really put the streamers head to head with theatrical distribution,” said James Moore, chief executive of Vine Alternative Investments, an asset manager focused on the entertainment industry. “Now you’re seeing the economics really accelerate towards the streamers, and they have both the wherewithal and the strategic need to retain those gains.” Today […]