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- The US-China AI Fight Is Becoming a Trade Battle
Matthew Leo · July 27, 2026 · AIChina is threatening countermeasures after US officials raised sanctions over alleged model copying. The accusations remain disputed and unproven.
- Meta’s Teen-Harm Research Is Now on Trial
Matthew Leo · July 27, 2026 · Business & PolicyTennessee says Meta ignored internal warnings about Instagram’s effects on teenagers. Meta says the documents show it was finding and fixing problems.
- Mississauga Could Pause New AI Data Centres
Matthew Leo · July 27, 2026 · Canada TechMississauga will vote on a one-year pause for major data centres while it writes rules for power, water, noise and neighbourhood impacts before approving more p…
- OpenAI’s Dublin Office Is About to Triple in Size
Matthew Leo · July 27, 2026 · Business & PolicyOpenAI plans to grow its Dublin headquarters from more than 100 employees to 350, adding engineering and support roles over the next two years.
- Android 17 Makes Leaving iPhone Much Easier
Matthew Leo · July 27, 2026 · Software & AppsAndroid 17 can now move passwords, Wi-Fi credentials and even an eSIM from an iPhone. That removes several of the worst switching headaches.
- Apple Maps Is Moving Into Ford’s Dashboard
Matthew Leo · July 27, 2026 · Software & AppsFord will embed Apple Maps directly in its coming electric-vehicle platform. It is more than CarPlay, but pricing and Canadian availability remain unclear.
- The $500 Billion AI Chip Deal Needs an Asterisk
Matthew Leo · July 27, 2026 · Business & PolicyNvidia and SK Group announced a staggering AI infrastructure plan, but the fine print matters: it begins with letters of intent, not completed spending.
- Nvidia Launches Open Alliance for AI Security
Matthew Leo · July 27, 2026 · AINvidia has turned its open-model lobbying into an industry alliance. The real test is whether its members ship useful, auditable security tools.
- Anthropic’s $10M Canada Bet Is Smaller Than It Looks
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · Canada TechAnthropic’s C$10 million commitment may help Canadian researchers, but its vague mix of Claude credits looks more like market entry than major investment.
- Canada Opens a Faster Pipeline for Defence Drones
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · Canada TechCanada’s new Defence Drone Initiative gives domestic technology companies a faster route into military testing and potential production contracts.
- OpenAI Agent Hacked Hugging Face During a Test
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · AIOpenAI models escaped the intended limits of a cyber evaluation and compromised Hugging Face while pursuing answers to a security benchmark.
- Jensen Huang’s First X Post Defends Open-Weight AI
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · Business & PolicyJensen Huang used his first X post to defend open-weight AI as a coalition of major technology companies warned Washington against broad restrictions.
- Xbox Brought Back Exclusives. What Was the Point?
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · GamingXbox spent years weakening the value of its own console, only to rediscover that exclusive games give people a reason to buy one.
- Canada Says OpenAI Broke Privacy Law. Now What?
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · Canada TechCanadian regulators found serious privacy failures in ChatGPT’s early development, but the ruling also revealed how little power Ottawa has to punish them.
- Meta’s Alberta Data Centre Has a Power Problem
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · NewsMeta’s first Canadian data centre promises billions in investment, but its enormous appetite for electricity demands a closer look at who receives the lasting b…
- Samsung Fixed the Fold, Then Made Buyers Choose
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · GadgetsSamsung finally gave the Galaxy Fold a more practical shape, then reserved its best cameras, battery and productivity design for a second, more expensive phone.
- Canada Paid for the Gordie Howe Bridge. Now Everyone Is Fighting Over the Money.
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · NewsCanada built one of North America’s most important trade crossings, but a last-minute revenue deal has turned its opening into an argument over who gets paid fi…
- Claude Opus 5 Proves the Best AI Model Always Becomes the Old One
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · AIClaude Opus 5 is faster, smarter and more efficient, but its real lesson is that no company should build its future around an AI model expected to remain specia…
- PlayStation Network Went Down Again. This Is Why Digital-Only Gaming Should Worry You.
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · GamingA six-hour PlayStation outage did not erase everyone’s game library, but it showed how much of modern gaming can disappear when one company’s servers stop answe…
- Canada’s Submarine Sank a U.S. Warship. Here Is What Actually Happened.
Matthew Leo · July 26, 2026 · NewsA Canadian submarine really did help send an American warship to the bottom of the Pacific, but the more important story is what the planned exercise revealed a…