The Daily Briefing
The tech stories worth your time, with why each one matters. Every weekday by 7 a.m. Eastern.
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Jensen Huang quits Nvidia, instant payments go live, and Microsoft 365 goes dark
The week in Canadian tech: Huang's exit and our pensions, Real-Time Rail's first eight, a two-day Outlook outage, Bill C-22, Xplore, Rogers and Blue J.
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Microsoft 365 is still down, Nvidia's fall hits Canadian pensions, and a deepfake network
Day two of the Microsoft outage, what Huang's exit means for Canadian investors and Cohere, a McGill study on stolen faces, and HomeView launches.
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Nvidia may oust Jensen Huang, Rogers' hockey fight hits the CRTC, and Koodo's 3-year loans
Nvidia's board reportedly moves on its CEO, rivals take Rogers to the CRTC over Monday hockey, TSMC backs Anthropic and OpenAI, and more.
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Xplore files for creditor protection, Canada signs a Paris AI pledge, and Sony kills Fairgames
Rural ISP Xplore enters CCAA, Ottawa joins an AI safety declaration, Montreal's Fairgames is cancelled, plus patches to install and Pixel Tag in Canada.
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Apple faces a B.C. class action, Ottawa's $25B fund gets a CEO, and GTA 6 preloads
A B.C. court lets a search-ad class action against Apple proceed, the Canada Strong Fund gets a CEO, Brampton's plant goes to Roshel, and an SSH bug to patch.
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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.
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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 day, AMD's $2.9-billion Taalas price tag, and a $20-million phone scam in Edmonton
The federal budget lands at 4 p.m., AMD prices its Toronto chip deal, Gemini starts shopping for Canadians, Unifor targets Amazon, and Edmonton police bust a phone scam.
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Shopify misses, Hydro-Québec warns of a power shortfall, and how Binance got robbed
Shopify's first revenue miss in four years, Hydro-Québec sees a deficit from 2029, a First Nation takes on Wonder Valley, and Binance explains its $6.3-billion hack.
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A budget 'about entrepreneurs,' big banks block AI agents, and Apple's record quarter
Champagne previews Thursday's budget, four big banks shut out personal AI agents, Apple posts a record September quarter, and Microsoft trips on Western Canada's clocks.
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Canada joins Europe's supercomputers, Carney on Starlink, and the FBI names Binance's hackers
Canada gets access to Europe's supercomputers, Carney warns about relying on Starlink, the FBI blames North Korea for the Binance theft, and smart clocks miss the time change.
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Ottawa buys into Cohere, Rogers fined $15 million, and DoorDash bids for Instacart
Ottawa commits up to $1.6 billion to Cohere, a tribunal penalizes Rogers over 'unlimited' ads, DoorDash wants Instacart, and students get a free year of Gemini.
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Apple's $3,999 touchscreen Mac, Ottawa's telecom roadmap, and a Canadian spacewalk
Canadian prices for Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro, Ottawa's plan for cheaper phone and internet, a phishing warning, Wealthsimple's raise and a spacewalk.
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Midweek roundup: a touchscreen Mac, a $13.8-billion Wealthsimple, and ChatGPT's favourite newsroom
The week so far in Canadian tech, five stories we haven't covered yet, and the odd and funny bits worth knowing about.
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Apple's touchscreen Mac day, Bell sells half its towers, and a warning about AI-powered hacks
Apple's event is today at 1 p.m. ET, Bell raises $2.45 billion from its towers, the Cyber Centre flags AI-run attacks, and Ottawa probes the Crime Stoppers breach.
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Anthropic files to go public, Cohere catches a Chinese model phoning home, and Microsoft offers buyouts
Anthropic's IPO filing has a Canadian angle, Cohere flags an Alibaba model, Microsoft offers buyouts in Canada, and AirPods become hearing aids in five provinces.
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Canada's launch problem, Amazon's union risk scores, and a $140-million Coinkite lawsuit
SpaceX winds down Falcon 9 bookings, Amazon scored B.C. warehouses for union risk, Coinkite is sued, iFixit opens the iPhone Duo, and clocks change Nov. 1.
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BioWare closes, Rogers adds a credit card fee, and Tenstorrent raises $1.5 billion
The week in Canadian tech: EA shuts its Edmonton studio, Rogers bills get a 1.6% card fee, Ottawa details its VC money and proposes stablecoin rules.
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Ontario opens the door to AirPods as hearing aids, Ottawa details its VC money, and 1Password grows
OTC hearing aids in Ontario, the $750-million VC breakdown, 1Password passes $500M USD, Neo's credit line, Bell's roaming rules and Freedom in Manitoba.
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BioWare closes, PHP flaws take government sites offline, and telecom complaints jump 79%
EA shuts BioWare, a PHP security scare, a record year for CCTS complaints, Rogers' new card fee, the Crime Stoppers leak and Hive's raise.
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Carriers want phone locking back, a Quebec rocket company plans to hire, and Air Canada adds a fee
Rogers, Bell and Telus's CRTC wish list, Reaction Dynamics' $350-million plan, Amazon's holiday hiring and a $30 Air Canada phone booking fee.
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Publishers sue Anthropic, Tenstorrent raises $1.5B, and Shopify's CTO steps down
A copyright suit and a data centre petition, a giant chip raise, Shopify's leadership change and Apple's Oct. 28 event.
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Waymo picks Toronto, iPhone Duo orders slip to January, and EV sales hit a 2026 high
Waymo's 2028 Toronto plan, Canadian iPhone Duo pricing and delays, Apple Watch hypertension alerts, Nintendo's Toronto store and EV sales.
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Spyware hidden in ads, Cohere buys a security startup, and a spy agency data centre
Citizen Lab's AdFection findings, Cohere's deal for Aisle, CSE's planned data centre, a holiday scam warning and VGLX.
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Banks and carriers start sharing fraud data, Ottawa adds $500M for AI, and Eastlink upgrades
The new Cross-Sector Anti-Fraud Exchange, a $500-million AI top-up, Eastlink's 5G core, Google-funded cyber clinics and Netflix layoffs.
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Apple's new home lineup gets Canadian prices, Lightspeed cuts 250 roles, and EV chargers grow
HomeView, Apple TV 4K and HomePod mini 2 pricing in CAD, Lightspeed's latest cuts, Canada's Q3 charging buildout, and a Quebec TV show drops iPhones.
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Koho says no to prediction markets, Geely is coming to Canada, and a Switch 2 deal
A short holiday-weekend briefing: Koho's CEO on why it won't add betting-style markets, Geely's 2027 Canadian launch, and a Costco clearance.
