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GTA 6 preloads opened nine days early. How to start yours in Canada, and what it costs
Pre-loading is live on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It's up to 212 GB, the game costs $109.99 here, and Xbox One owners can stream it.
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- A B.C. court lets a class action over Apple’s Google search deal go ahead
- Ottawa’s $25-billion Canada Strong Fund gets its CEO
- Stellantis sells its idle Brampton plant to defence maker Roshel
- Bell and Virgin Plus add “Extended Coverage” and priority access
- Patch time: an OpenSSH bug under attack, and iOS 27.2.1
- GTA 6 is ready to preload, and Take-Two says pre-orders are “far above” plan
- Signal is among the services that may leave Canada over Bill C-22
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Instant payments go live, Nvidia's board investigates Jensen Huang, and the budget's media money
Real-Time Rail launches, Nvidia opens a probe into its CEO, the budget's $1.5 billion for news and culture, a new online regulator, and an Apple gift card payout.
- Space
Joshua Kutryk's second spacewalk finishes the space station's big solar upgrade
The Canadian astronaut spent nearly seven hours outside the ISS installing the last of eight new solar arrays, a project that started in 2021.
- Fintech
Canada's instant payment system launches Monday. Here's what Real-Time Rail changes, and when
Payments Canada's Real-Time Rail goes live Nov. 9, after more than a decade of work. Most Canadians won't see it right away: the target is 9 in 10 bank accounts by late 2027.
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Ottawa wants banks to cover account fraud. What the $0 liability promise means for you
Budget 2026 proposes capping your losses at $0 when someone gets into your bank account without permission. It isn't law yet, and 'gross negligence' will matter.
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What the budget means for tech, instant payments arrive Monday, and Meta may bring back news
Budget 2026's startup tax break and $0 fraud liability, Real-Time Rail goes live, Meta hints news could return to Canada, and a Bose battery recall.
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Budget 2026 for tech: a startup tax break, $0 fraud liability and 500 MW of AI computing
Everything in the federal budget for tech, startups, AI, telecom and your bank account, with what it costs and when it takes effect.
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Federal Budget 2026: live coverage of the tech, AI and telecom measures
Budget 2026 brings a capital gains break for startups, a wider SR&ED credit, $0 fraud liability for bank customers and 500 MW of AI computing. Our live updates.
- Gaming
Ocarina of Time is out today. Here's what the reviews say, and what's new
Critics mostly love Nintendo's Switch 2 remake of the 1998 classic. You can finally jump whenever you want, and the Water Temple is less of a maze. $84.99 in Canada.
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Unifor wants to unionize Amazon's Ontario warehouses. Here's what it would take
Unifor is targeting thousands of Amazon workers in the GTA. Only two Amazon warehouses anywhere are unionized, and Ontario's rules add an extra step.
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AI data centres want Canada's electricity. Who pays for the power?
Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and B.C. all promise data centres will pay their own way. They have four very different plans for making sure of it, and the details matter for your bill.
- Devices
Is it in Canada yet? What this week's tech launches actually brought here
Apple and Amazon launched a pile of new gear and features this week. Some arrived in Canada on day one, some only in certain provinces, and some not at all. Here's the scorecard.
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Is there a 'Canada tax' on gadgets? We checked nine prices against the loonie
A $949 iPad mini looks steep next to $699 USD, but at today's exchange rate it's cheaper here. The real markups are on foldables and flagships. Here's the math.
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- Google's Gemini can now buy things for you in Canada, starting with Lululemon and Shoppers
- Shopify grew 32 per cent and still disappointed investors. Here's what the numbers say
- Shopify misses, Hydro-Québec warns of a power shortfall, and how Binance got robbed
- NASA's Swift telescope falls back to Earth early Wednesday. No, it won't land on Canada
- Telesat faces a $2.3-billion debt deadline in December, and its lenders want Lightspeed
- AI data centres want Canada's electricity. Who pays for the power?
- Canada's big banks are shutting out AI agents. What that means if you use one
- A budget 'about entrepreneurs,' big banks block AI agents, and Apple's record quarter
- Zelda: Ocarina of Time returns Thursday: $84.99 in Canada, and midnight launches at nine Best Buys
- Desjardins sent about 2,000 scheduled e-Transfers twice. Here's how to get your money back
- Supercomputers, instant payments and a data cable: what's in the Canada-EU tech deal
- Canada joins Europe's supercomputers, Carney on Starlink, and the FBI names Binance's hackers
- Most of Western Canada won't fall back on Sunday. Here's how to make sure your phone knows
- Rogers must pay $15 million over 'unlimited' data ads. Here's what that means for you
- Ottawa's $1.6-billion Cohere stake: what Canada gets for its money
- Hackers take about $6.3 billion USD from Binance in the biggest crypto theft yet
- Ottawa buys into Cohere, Rogers fined $15 million, and DoorDash bids for Instacart
- Is it in Canada yet? What this week's tech launches actually brought here
- Canada's Joshua Kutryk makes his first spacewalk, and helps unroll a new solar wing
- Got a call from 'IT' about your password? Canada's cyber agency says hang up
- Ottawa's telecom roadmap promises cheaper phone and internet bills. Here's what's in it
- Apple's $3,999 touchscreen Mac, Ottawa's telecom roadmap, and a Canadian spacewalk
- Midweek roundup: a touchscreen Mac, a $13.8-billion Wealthsimple, and ChatGPT's favourite newsroom
- Everything Apple announced this week, with Canadian prices and dates
- Apple's Pro and Tell event: live coverage
- Wealthsimple raises $425 million at a $13.8-billion valuation
- Amazon's new Echo Time and camera-equipped Echo Studio are already on sale in Canada
- Canada's cyber agency warns AI agents are speeding up hacks to hours