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The tech giants are continuing their battle against the Liberal government, with Google deciding against allowing its new artificial-intelligence chatbot to be used in Canada and Meta running ads opposing the Online News Act.

Facebook's parent company Meta has said it will block Canadians from accessing news articles after the passing of the Online News Act Bill C-18.

There exists a scorched rock roughly 263 light years from Earth, where temperatures average 2,000 C during the day and showers of glass and titanium rain down from metal clouds.

Now that Zuckerberg has cut Canadians off from news on Facebook, bypass him and subscribe elsewhere. Search on Bing or DuckDuckGo. Do your own thing.

Threads, Meta’s new social media platform, is now the fastest-growing app in history with more than 100 million users in less than a week.

Sound the alarms: Amazon Prime Day 2023 is here, taking place July 11 and 12. And if you’re someone who loves a good deal—or has been waiting for the right price on a hot ticket item—you’re in luck.

In the past four years, the stock has fallen in the week of the two-day sale in which the retail giant discounts swathes of items.

Threads, Meta’s new social media app, has signed up 100 million new users less than a week since its launch, a significant milestone for the text-based platform that aims to challenge Twitter.

So, you’ve just graduated with a post-secondary degree. Congratulations!

If you’re anything like me, there are nights where, for seemingly no reason, we’re unable to fall asleep — even when we slept well the night before.

In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, an attorney representing Twitter accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.

Zuckerberg said Thursday that 30 million people had registered for the app, including 10 million in the first seven hours of its launch Wednesday in the U.S. and over 100 other countries.

The rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk is heating up — and they haven’t even started their cage fight yet.

Maybe you spent your weekday mornings with the Friendly Giant, Jerome and Rusty. Or your Tuesday and Thursday evenings with Jeff, Jodie, Sam and Muffy Mouse.

OTTAWA — Ottawa announced Wednesday it would stop running ads on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, its first direct response to big tech platforms’ promises to retaliate against the Liberal government’s controversial online news law.

A listing for the app, called Threads, appeared on Apple’s App Store, indicating it would debut as early as Thursday

As you load up the car to head to the lake, there’s no better time to think about the legacy of your cottage — and how, with the right financial planning, you can keep it in the family for generations to come.

OTTAWA—Do you use popular platforms like Google’s search engine or Meta’s Facebook to find and share news online?

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In the first instalment of a parenting advice column, Ceri Marsh turns to the experts for the best way to handle kids, phones and sex.

The GTA drummer can listen to a song once and then absolutely nail it in performance, a skill her learned at church.

The rickety floorboards creak as you climb the wooden staircase at 251 Sorauren Ave. The factory space, originally constructed in 1920 to manufacture piano keys and actions, exudes an old-school charm — its brick facade and oversized…

Famous for its spices, Grenada is now home to six chocolate-making companies, a disproportionately high number for such a small country

Reorganized into four models — Cayenne, E-hybrid, S, and Turbo GT — global bestseller receives light redesign on the outside, and major changes inside.

Out of sight and out of mind, your roof keeps everything below it safe and sound. You should pay it more attention.

Let’s try to imagine this hypothetical fight. Musk enters in blue trunks, Zuck enters in a Meta Quest VR headset and Joe Rogan calls the action.