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Franky Zapata, the creator of Flyboard Air, says he plans to cross the English Channel on July 25th on his jet-powered hoverboard to mark the 110th anniversary of the first airline flight between the United Kingdom and France. According to The Guardian, Zapata…

Razer’s latest deal offers the Razer Phone 2 for $459.99 CAD. This is a massive drop of $640. The handset available at this price until July 31st, according to Razer. The Razer Phone 2 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor with a custom vapour chamber…

LG says it will take pre-orders for its 27-inch UltraGear series gaming monitor (27GL850) on July 21st. The monitor has the world’s first one-millisecond (ms) gray-to-gray (GTG) response time In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel. IPS allows for strong viewing…

A top Huawei Canada executive has expressed concern for the well-being of the two Canadians being held in Beijing. In December, Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China shortly after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested on charges…

Freedom Mobile has expanded its ‘Big Gig Roam Extra International‘ to include countries such as Belize, Costa Rica and Norway. Taking a big trip this summer?☀️Stay connected with data, talk, and text while you travel. Our Big Gig Roam Extra…

Apple is in “advanced talks” to acquire Intel’s smartphone modem chip business, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The deal, valued at $1 billion USD or more, could be closed as early as next week, reports The Wall Street Journal. It’s…

It looks like Apple could be looking to make the jump from OLED to microLED display technology. Reports have emerged indicating Apple could have plans to switch from OLED to microLED technology for the Apple Watch’s display as early as late 2020, according…

National carrier Bell will introduce device financing on July 25th, according to documents obtained by MobileSyrup. SmartPay will be available for any smartphone, smartwatch and tablet installment plans, it revealed. Customers can now get any smartphone for $0…

If you depend on Slack for work, good news: Slack is updating its desktop app to make it faster. In a new blog post over on its official site, the company claims the latest version of its desktop app launches up to 33 percent faster. Additionally, calls are…

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker has hinted at previous episodes of his sci-fi anthology series could make their way to virtual reality. During an interview with Deadline regarding the recent Emmy nominations for Netflix’s choose-your-own-adventure…

With the release of iOS 12.4 and watchOS 5.3, Apple has brought back the Apple Watch’s Walkie-Talkie app. Apple disabled the feature around two weeks ago after a software loophole allowed unauthorized parties to eavesdrop using the app. To minimize security…

Last year Google released a feature called ‘Fast Pair’ that enables Bluetooth devices and Android products to quickly pair with one another. The search-based company has officially announced that soon devices that use ‘Fast Pair’ will receive…

Chinese internet giant Tencent and Nintendo-backed The Pokémon Company have partnered up to create mobile games. Tencent says in a recent Weibo post that the development of upcoming Pokémon titles will be lead by its TiMi Studio Group. This…

Las week, Journey developer Thatgamecompany released Sky: Children of the Light on iOS devices. Now, the studio has opened up pre-registration for the adventure game on the Google Play Store. A specific release date has yet to be confirmed, although…

Many Canadians are receiving a text from the Conservative Party of Canada asking if they’ll be voting for the party in the upcoming federal election. The text reads as follows: “Hi, it’s Sarah from the Conservative Party. Can the conservative Party count…

Apple plans to open an office in Vancouver, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The office will reportedly be located at 400 West Georgia, Vancouver in a 24-story office owned by Westbank and Allied Properties, per Bloomberg’s sources, which didn’t…

Microsoft is investing $1 billion into OpenAI, the non-profit group that conducts research into beneficial and ethical artificial intelligence. OpenAI was founded in 2015 by several Silicon Valley luminaries, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Y Combinator…

Google has recently launched a server-side A/B test that upgrades Assistant to allow it to send a text message from Android’s lock screen. The update, spotted by 9to5Google, allows Android users to send a text with the command “send a text” and without…

OnePlus says it plans to update the OnePlus 7 Pro to make ‘Nightscape,’ the company’s take on low-light capture modes like Night Sight, work with the phone’s other cameras. Currently, Nightscape only works with the OP7 Pro’s main 48-megapixel camera,…

The Apple Watch Series 4’s ECG (electrocardiogram) feature is finally available in Canada. The ECG app and atrial fibrillation (AFib) feature launched in the U.S. alongside the release of the Series 4 back in late September, but the functionality is only now…