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- OpenAI Wants California to Toughen Its AI Safety Law
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · Business & PolicyOpenAI is asking California to strengthen SB 53 with more frontier-model monitoring and cybersecurity safeguards, reversing its earlier opposition to the law.
- AI Data Centres Are Losing the Public Before They Win the Grid
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · Business & PolicyTexas’s sharp reversal on AI data centres shows a growing infrastructure backlash over power, water and local costs. Canada should learn from it before the same…
- China’s CXMT Lands Xiaomi LPDDR6 Deal as Memory Race Tightens
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · Business & PolicyChina’s CXMT will supply LPDDR6 memory for Xiaomi’s upcoming 18 Fold, a major design win that shows how quickly China is narrowing the advanced-memory gap.
- Nvidia Is Reportedly Closing In on Hugging Face
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · AINvidia is reportedly pursuing Hugging Face at a valuation around $13 billion, but reports conflict on whether a deal is signed. The strategic stakes for open AI…
- Iran-Linked Hackers Shut a UK Power Generator for Four Days
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · NewsAn Iran-linked cyberattack shut a small UK power generator for four days. The grid stayed secure, but the incident exposed risks around smaller energy sites and…
- Alibaba Is Raising $10.2B to Fund Its Full AI Stack
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · AIAlibaba is raising about US$10.2 billion and says all net proceeds will fund chips, infrastructure, models and deployment across its full AI stack.
- GTA 6 Is Running at 30 FPS on Consoles. Don’t Assume 60 Yet
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · GamingRockstar’s current GTA 6 console builds run at 30 FPS, with no confirmed 60 FPS mode. Here is why the game may be CPU-limited and what a 40 FPS option could cha…
- Meta’s Smart Glasses Now Stop Recording if You Cover the Light
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · GadgetsMeta is rolling out a fix that stops its smart glasses from recording if the capture LED is covered mid-video, closing a simple workaround that raised bystander…
- Judge Blocks Pentagon’s Anthropic Blacklist
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · Business & PolicyA federal judge blocked the Pentagon’s effort to blacklist Anthropic after a dispute over Claude’s military-use limits, raising bigger questions about governmen…
- AI Giants Say the Cyber Defence Window Is Closing
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · AIMore than 100 major companies are warning that AI-enabled cyberattacks will become more capable and widespread, and they want governments and defenders to act b…
- Nvidia’s $96.2B Quarter Says the AI Buildout Isn’t Slowing
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · AINvidia posted $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue and $89 billion from data centres, while signalling that the global AI infrastructure buildout still has years …
- Xbox Can Turn Your Physical Discs Into Digital Games
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · GamingMicrosoft’s new Xbox disc-to-digital system gives supported physical games a digital entitlement while keeping the disc usable, including cloud and Play Anywher…
- Amazon’s Hardware Price Hikes Show AI’s Consumer Cost
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · GadgetsAmazon raised prices on Echo, Kindle, Fire TV and eero hardware as memory costs climb. It is a consumer-facing sign of the AI infrastructure boom’s component sq…
- Nvidia’s Reported 15% Server Hike Exposes AI’s Memory Problem
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · AIMajor Nvidia server customers are reportedly being warned of price increases above 15% as memory costs surge, exposing a wider bottleneck in the AI infrastructu…
- Apple’s M6 Mac mini Starts at $1,249 in Canada
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · GadgetsApple’s M6 Mac mini starts at $1,249 CAD with a 12-core CPU, faster local AI, Wi-Fi 7 and 2.5Gb Ethernet. Here is who should actually consider upgrading.
- Apple Maps Ads Are Now Rolling Out in Canada
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · Canada TechApple Maps ads are rolling out in Canada, putting sponsored businesses into search and Suggested Places while Apple promises to keep ad activity separate from A…
- Canada Bets $195M on Xanadu’s Quantum Supply Chain
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · Canada TechOttawa is investing $195 million in Xanadu’s Toronto quantum manufacturing project. The bigger goal is keeping more of Canada’s quantum supply chain at home.
- OpenAI Is Leaving Cursor After the SpaceX Deal
Matthew Leo · August 29, 2026 · AIOpenAI plans to wind down model access for Cursor after its SpaceX acquisition. Developers have until a proposed November 12 cutoff to prepare alternatives.
- What Unlimited Mobile Data Really Buys in Canada
Matthew Leo · August 21, 2026 · Canada TechMany Canadian unlimited plans remove overage fees, not speed limits. A 512 Kbps fallback can handle messages but turns large downloads into an endurance test.
- Erase a Smartwatch Safely Before Selling It
Matthew Leo · August 21, 2026 · GuidesA factory reset may erase a smartwatch without removing its account lock or cellular plan. Back up, unpair, cancel service and verify setup before handoff.