In a major shift in the electric vehicle market, Stellantis is selling its 49% stake in the Windsor, Ontario, battery plant to its partner, LG Energy Solution, for just $100 US. The move is part of what Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa calls a “decisive reset”. “We are resetting our product plan and our EV supply chain, to reflect much more real customer demand and shifting regulation,” Filosa said.

Apple is preparing to open up CarPlay to third-party artificial intelligence apps, according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The move will allow drivers to use voice-controlled chatbots like ChatGPT or Google Gemini behind the wheel for the first time. According to unnamed people familiar with the matter, the tech giant is working to integrate support for these external AI services within the coming months.

Apple has officially opened submissions for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge, giving young developers in Canada and around the world a chance to showcase their coding skills. Students have until February 28 to submit an "app playground" created using Swift Playgrounds or Xcode. The competition is designed to be accessible for everyone, and Apple confirms that no prior coding experience is needed to enter.

A new Senate bill marketed as a way to protect children from pornography is actually a "Trojan horse" for sweeping internet surveillance, according to tech policy expert and University of Ottawa Law Professor, Michael Geist. The bill, known as Bill S-209, cleared a key Senate committee review this week with almost no changes. Despite years of warnings about privacy and equity risks, the committee mostly sat in silence, ignoring concerns that the law would extend far beyond adult websites to cover social media, search engines, and AI services.

Apple recently launched its second-generation AirTag, and while the iPhone maker claims the new trackers are more difficult to tamper with, a new teardown suggests otherwise. The team at iFixit recently disassembled the AirTag 2 to see if Apple’s engineering team had successfully "tamper-proofed" the device. Specifically, there were rumours that Apple had made it harder to disable the internal speakers.

Recently unsealed court documents have revealed a fascinating internal perspective from the Meta CEO regarding his company’s fierce rivalry with Apple

If you are looking for a gift that lasts longer than a bouquet of roses, Amazon has just slashed the price of its ultimate reading bundle. For a limited time, you can grab the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 2-Pack for $390.99, which is a 15% discount off the regular bundle price. This "Share the Love" bundle is designed specifically for couples and features one Kindle in Black alongside a second in a vibrant Raspberry.

Rogers has added Amazon’s Luna cloud gaming service to its Xfinity TV platform, letting customers play games directly on their television without needing a console or downloads. The Luna app is now available to all Rogers Xfinity customers, after rolling out to some devices late last year. The service allows users to stream games over the internet in the same way they stream movies or TV shows.

Apple is reportedly scaling back plans for a dedicated AI-based health coaching service, internally known as Project Mulberry (and Project Quartz before that)

Intel and AMD are reportedly notifying customers in China about longer fulfillment times on CPUs due to demand.

Sony is teasing a reveal of its WF-1000XM6 audio earbuds, slated for February 12 at 11 AM ET/8 AM PT.

Nintendo has officially detailed an expansive lineup of third-party titles during its latest Partner Showcase from today, highlighting a massive wave of content headed to the current Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo Switch 2. The showcase put a heavy focus on the capabilities of the Nintendo Switch 2, featuring high-profile debuts from Bethesda Game Studios and MachineGames. Bethesda Studio Head Todd Howard expressed excitement over the partnership, noting the studio's commitment to bringing iconic franchises like Indiana Jones and Fallout to Nintendo’s new hardware for the first time.

Bell Media has laid off 20 workers represented by Unifor, including journalists and support staff at newsrooms across Canada. The union says 11 of the affected workers are journalists. That includes five recently unionized members at CTV National News in Toronto, along with journalists based in North Bay, Ontario, Halifax, Edmonton and Calgary. Other layoffs hit traffic coordinators, schedulers and promotional staff in Toronto.

A new global performance report from Ookla reveals that SpaceX’s Starlink has officially upended the Canadian internet landscape, with speeds and reliability now rivalling traditional land-based connections. Canada has emerged as one of Starlink’s top five markets globally, alongside the United States, Mexico, Indonesia, and Brazil. The surge in adoption comes as the company’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites provide a level of performance that older satellite technology simply cannot match.

Bell released its fourth-quarter results for 2025, showing strong growth in net profit and a significant surge in Crave subscriptions despite a slight dip in overall revenue. For the quarter ending December 31, 2025, Bell reported net earnings of $632 million, a 25.1% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Net earnings attributable to common shareholders also saw a sharp 28.9% year-over-year rise to $594 million.

PayByPhone, the Vancouver-based leader in mobile parking payments, is being acquired by Lightyear Capital, a New York-based private equity firm.

The EU has ruled that Apple Maps and Apple Ads do not meet the "gatekeeper" status under the DMA, giving Apple a major regulatory win in the European Union.

Canada’s 'Big 3' internet providers (Rogers, Telus and Bell of course) are starting to compete more directly for the same customers, and a new Opensignal report suggests the Wi-Fi equipment inside your home is becoming a big part of that battle. Fiber and cable networks now make up about 83 percent of broadband connections in Canada. With the CRTC opening up wholesale access to fiber lines outside an ISP’s core network, providers can increasingly sell service over the same physical infrastructure.

Anthropic has officially launched Claude Opus 4.6, featuring a massive 1M token context window, advanced agentic coding, and more.

iOS 26.3 beta has revealed references to new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. Here is what this means for the next MacBook Pro and a possible February launch.

Telus has completed a new underwater fibre optic cable in the St. Lawrence River, adding a backup connection for communities on Quebec’s North Shore. The nearly 125-kilometre submarine cable runs between Sept-Îles and Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. It was installed and buried on the riverbed in November and December 2025 and is designed to provide redundancy for areas east of Baie-Comeau if the main land-based network goes down.

The federal government is overhauling how electric vehicles are built, sold, and supported as U.S. tariffs and global competition put pressure on the country’s auto sector. More than 90 percent of vehicles made in Canada are exported to the United States. With new U.S. tariffs in place, Ottawa says it needs to speed up domestic EV production and reduce reliance on a single market.

Telus says its Sovereign AI Factory in Rimouski, Quebec is now being opened up to startups and small businesses, giving them access to high-performance AI computing that would normally be out of reach. In an email sent this week, Telus said smaller companies can use the system to train, customize, and deploy advanced AI models without needing large budgets or sending sensitive data outside Canada.

AWS has a long-standing partnership with the NFL and its Next Gen Stats (NGS) platform, offering insights to games like Super Bowl LX.

The wait is over for strategy fans as Sid Meier’s Civilization VII Arcade Edition officially launches today on Apple Arcade. First teased in mid-January, the award-winning franchise brings a full AAA PC gaming experience to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. In this new mobile version, players take control of legendary historical leaders to build cities and lead armies. The game has been optimized for mobile with intuitive touch controls, allowing you to manage diplomacy or wage war while on the go.