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Microsoft's largest layoff in years hits Xbox, sales and other divisions
Microsoft is firing thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years. The tech giant began sending out layoff notices Wednesday that hit the company's Xbox video game business and other divisions.
Jul 2, 2025 10:58 AM
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From bulky car phones to pocket computers, cellphones mark 40 years in Canada
MONTREAL — Pierre Robitaille remembers feeling embarrassed in 1985 when he made his cellphone calls from a bulky device that came with its own carrying case.
Jul 1, 2025 3:00 AM
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Review: 'Mario Kart World' a solid, safe offering for Switch 2's early adopters
TORONTO — When the hybrid Nintendo Switch console hit the market in 2017, the bold new system had a bold new game to match.
Jun 20, 2025 7:14 AM
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Review: Switch 2 a significant upgrade, but the extra muscle comes at a cost
TORONTO — Nintendo bet big on innovation when it launched the Switch in 2017. Able to transform seamlessly from a home console to a handheld gaming device, and with an attractive price point, the video game system became a hit.
Jun 13, 2025 11:01 AM
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Apple heads into annual showcase reeling from AI missteps, tech upheaval and Trump's trade war
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — After stumbling out of the starting gate in Big Tech's pivotal race to capitalize on artificial intelligence, Apple tried to regain its footing Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.
Jun 9, 2025 10:55 AM
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'General acceptance': A year of banning cellphones in Canadian classrooms
EDMONTON — Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year.
Jun 9, 2025 1:00 AM
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'Can't stop': Researchers say problematic smartphone use like an addiction
EDMONTON — Anita Hagh couldn't stop pressing the corner of her phone screen where the Facebook app used to be. It was about five years ago, and she had deleted the social media platform from her cellphone.
Jun 8, 2025 5:00 AM
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Global streamers fight CRTC’s rule requiring them to fund Canadian content
OTTAWA — Some of the world’s biggest streaming companies will argue in court on Monday that they shouldn’t have to make CRTC-ordered financial contributions to Canadian content and news.
Jun 8, 2025 1:00 AM
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Quebec announces new drone detectors to fight smuggling in detention centres
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is planning to use new drone detectors, cellphone detectors and mobile X-ray scanners to fight contraband smuggling in the province’s detention centres.
Jun 3, 2025 1:36 PM
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The European Union fines Apple 500 million euros and Meta 200 million in separate digital cases
LONDON (AP) — European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules .
Apr 23, 2025 5:57 AM
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