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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple event in Cupertino, Calif., Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Key new features coming to Apple’s iOS 18 this fall

Apple announced a slew of new features for iOS 18 at Monday’s…

 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a town hall at the First Nations University of Canada in Regina, Thursday, April 13, 2023. A new centre to track Indigenous economic prosperity at the First Nations University of Canada is in the works, and will be funded by the McConnel and Mastercard Foundations, the three organizations announced today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

New centre in the works to track Indigenous data on businesses, land and resources

It fulfils a call to action that a research body be established to track countrywide data

 

Taylor Swift performs on her Eras Tour concert. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Justice Department says illegal monopoly by Ticketmaster and Live Nation drives up prices for fans

The Justice Department filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent…

 

FILE - Scarlett Johansson poses for photographers at the photo call for the film “Asteroid City” at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 24, 2023. OpenAI plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some drew similarities to Johansson, who famously portrayed a fictional AI assistant in the (perhaps no longer so futuristic) film “Her.” (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Scarlett Johansson poses for photographers at the photo call for the film “Asteroid City” at the 76th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, May 24, 2023. OpenAI plans to halt the use of one of its ChatGPT voices after some drew similarities to Johansson, who famously portrayed a fictional AI assistant in the (perhaps no longer so futuristic) film “Her.” (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
Alexis Bogan, whose speech was impaired by a brain tumor, uses an AI powered smartphone app to create a audible drink order at a Starbucks drive-thru on Monday, April 29, 2024, in Lincoln, R.I. The app converts her typed entries into a verbal message created using her original voice. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. She…

Alexis Bogan, whose speech was impaired by a brain tumor, uses an AI powered smartphone app to create a audible drink order at a Starbucks drive-thru on Monday, April 29, 2024, in Lincoln, R.I. The app converts her typed entries into a verbal message created using her original voice. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
President of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima reacts after his speech during a presentation event of Nintendo Switch in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Nintendo Co. said Friday that its Nintendo Switch video game console will sell for 29,980 yen (about $260) in Japan, starting March 3. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Nintendo to announce Switch successor in this fiscal year as profits rise

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo said Tuesday that it will make an announcement…

President of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima reacts after his speech during a presentation event of Nintendo Switch in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. Nintendo Co. said Friday that its Nintendo Switch video game console will sell for 29,980 yen (about $260) in Japan, starting March 3. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
People wait outside of the London Drugs Dunbar location on Monday, April. 29, 2024. London Drugs says its phone lines are operational again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

London Drugs phones back, stores still closed after cybersecurity incident

Canada Post offices inside London Drugs stores are also up and running again

People wait outside of the London Drugs Dunbar location on Monday, April. 29, 2024. London Drugs says its phone lines are operational again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
A woman waits outside of the London Drugs Broadway and Vine location in Vancouver on Monday, April 29, 2024. London Drugs is investigating the extent to which data may have been compromised in a cybersecurity incident that has prompted the company to close all of its stores across Western Canada until further notice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

London Drugs stores remain closed as firm probes potential data breach

Company working with third-party cybersecurity experts to bring its operations back online

A woman waits outside of the London Drugs Broadway and Vine location in Vancouver on Monday, April 29, 2024. London Drugs is investigating the extent to which data may have been compromised in a cybersecurity incident that has prompted the company to close all of its stores across Western Canada until further notice. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
A self-driving tractor trailer maneuvers around a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The truck is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. Late this year, Aurora plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads

On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer…

A self-driving tractor trailer maneuvers around a test track in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 14, 2024. The truck is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. Late this year, Aurora plans to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The Ulkatcho First Nation hosted a signing ceremony Friday, April 19. (MLA Lorne Doerkson photo)

B.C. First Nation to house largest off-grid solar project in Canada

The clean energy project is worth more than $15 million

The Ulkatcho First Nation hosted a signing ceremony Friday, April 19. (MLA Lorne Doerkson photo)
De Havilland Canada is amping up local production of parts for the DHC 515 firefighter water bomber at its North Saanich site. (Courtesy De Havilland Canada)

Wildfire demand pushes production at North Saanich water bomber parts site

De Havilland ups to 300 staff in preparation for 24 European planes

De Havilland Canada is amping up local production of parts for the DHC 515 firefighter water bomber at its North Saanich site. (Courtesy De Havilland Canada)
Paper Excellence has returned provincial funding and is in the process of returning federal funding after failing to re-start paper operations at the Catalyst Crofton mill. (Black Press Media file photo)

Company gives $4.5M back to B.C. after failing to re-start paper mill operations

Paper Excellence returns $4.5 million to province

Paper Excellence has returned provincial funding and is in the process of returning federal funding after failing to re-start paper operations at the Catalyst Crofton mill. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Reddit logo is displayed on a mobile device in New York, June 29, 2020. Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes borderline shambolic repository of internet discussion, said Monday, March 11, 2024, that its pending initial public offering may be worth almost three quarters of a billion dollars. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel, File)

Reddit poised to make its stock market debut after IPO prices at $34 per share amid strong demand

Reddit will enter a new era as a publicly traded company with…

The Reddit logo is displayed on a mobile device in New York, June 29, 2020. Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes borderline shambolic repository of internet discussion, said Monday, March 11, 2024, that its pending initial public offering may be worth almost three quarters of a billion dollars. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel, File)
Canadian shoppers aren’t letting inflation deter them from buying beauty products. The cosmetics category has been soaring even as consumers lament higher prices on everything from groceries to apparel.n this Jan. 23, 2013 photo, An employee applies make-up on a client at the Sephora store in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Jan.23, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Andre Penner

‘Always a reason to buy’: Young shoppers keep cosmetics hot despite inflation

‘You’re spending on something that gives you gratification immediately’

Canadian shoppers aren’t letting inflation deter them from buying beauty products. The cosmetics category has been soaring even as consumers lament higher prices on everything from groceries to apparel.n this Jan. 23, 2013 photo, An employee applies make-up on a client at the Sephora store in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Jan.23, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Andre Penner
Hydrogen fuel-cell supplier Loop Energy, and industrial equipment developer H2 Portable Power Corp. announced amalgamation plans on Feb. 8. In this photo TYCROP and Loop Energy’s H2 Portable are working together on DP World’s decarbonizing project at the Port of Vancouver in September 2023. (TYCROP/Facebook)

2 B.C. firms in hydrogen fuel-cell economy announce merger plans

Loop Energy, and H2 Portable Power Corp. to sign amalgamation agreement

Hydrogen fuel-cell supplier Loop Energy, and industrial equipment developer H2 Portable Power Corp. announced amalgamation plans on Feb. 8. In this photo TYCROP and Loop Energy’s H2 Portable are working together on DP World’s decarbonizing project at the Port of Vancouver in September 2023. (TYCROP/Facebook)
A Victoria squirrel may be out looking for love this February. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

B.C. squirrels, skunks and raccoons are all looking for love this Valentine’s

Desire to mate brings critters out, then nesting puts attics and sheds at risk

A Victoria squirrel may be out looking for love this February. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
An Indigo bookstore is seen Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in Laval, Que. Shares of Indigo Books & Music Inc. were up more than 50 per cent in early trading after it received a proposal to take the retailer private from a pair of companies owned by controlling shareholder Gerald Schwartz. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Proposal to take Indigo private would lower scrutiny, boost flexibility: experts

The company has spent the bulk of the last year recovering from a major cyberattack, coping with a succession

An Indigo bookstore is seen Wednesday, November 4, 2020 in Laval, Que. Shares of Indigo Books & Music Inc. were up more than 50 per cent in early trading after it received a proposal to take the retailer private from a pair of companies owned by controlling shareholder Gerald Schwartz. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
The Victoria-based Pony Communications team is passionate about what it does, even when working on a space toilet campaign. (Courtesy Pony Communications)

Lunar Loo-nacy: B.C. firm clinches award after NASA space toilet campaign

Founder adamant team spirit earned Pony Communications an Inc. business award

The Victoria-based Pony Communications team is passionate about what it does, even when working on a space toilet campaign. (Courtesy Pony Communications)
Victoria toymaker Matt Hiebert’s new puzzle technically has no solution, or endless solutions, depending on perspective. (Courtesy of Aroundsquare)

B.C. toymaker’s puzzle with no solution offers ‘joy of open-ended building’

‘Because they can fit together in any arrangement there’s no frustration’

Victoria toymaker Matt Hiebert’s new puzzle technically has no solution, or endless solutions, depending on perspective. (Courtesy of Aroundsquare)
Canadian shippers are starting to feel the strain of attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea, as boats reach the Port of Halifax more than a week late and container rates soar. People watch as a vessel from the global shipping container company MSC departs Halifax Harbour in Halifax on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Tremors of Red Sea conflict start to shake Canada, with dozens of ships delayed

Ships running between a day and two weeks behind as fighting continues in transportation corridor

Canadian shippers are starting to feel the strain of attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea, as boats reach the Port of Halifax more than a week late and container rates soar. People watch as a vessel from the global shipping container company MSC departs Halifax Harbour in Halifax on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese