How to Turn On Siri AI, and Which iPhones, Macs and Apple TVs Get It
Siri AI is an opt-in beta with a waitlist, English only for now. Apple's Oct. 13 launches add Apple TV 4K, HomeView…
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Operating systems, platforms, cloud services and developer tools, plus the companies fighting over them. We cover what ships, what it breaks, and who controls the gatekeeping.
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Do Clocks Go Back in November 2026? Not in B.C., Alberta or Manitoba
On Nov. 1, Ontario and Quebec fall back while most of B.C., all of Alberta and Manitoba stay put for good, leaving…
Windows 11 24H2 Support Ends Oct. 13: How to Check and Upgrade Your PC
Home and Pro PCs on 24H2 get their last security patch on Oct. 13. Moving to 25H2 or 26H2 is free and…
Google AI Edge Foresight Takes Mac Meeting Notes Offline. How It Works
Google's free, experimental Mac app transcribes calls, expands your shorthand and answers questions using Gemma 4 and the 740M-parameter EmbeddingGemma 2. It…
Google’s Gemini Agent Gets Its Own Work Email, and Can Hand Jobs to Claude
Google's new coworker agents get a Workspace account, a calendar, a Drive and a directory listing, and their edits are logged under…
Claude for Google Workspace: How to Set It Up and When to Let It Edit
Anthropic's beta add-on puts Claude in a sidebar in Docs, Sheets and Slides for paid plans, starting at US$20 (about CA$28) a…
How to Use Google’s AI Mode Well, and How to Get Plain Search Results Back
Google says AI Overviews can't be turned off. Here's how to check AI Mode's sources, ask better follow-ups, and make a links-only…
Apple Plans Tighter Mac Full Disk Access as AI Agents Ask for Everything
Apple told developers on Oct. 2 that it will require "very explicit user action" before an app gets Full Disk Access, citing…
Cohere’s North 2 Puts AI Agents on a Budget. Toronto Bets on Boring
The Oct. 5 upgrade adds token spending caps, agent memory and air-gapped installs, plus support for rival models. Pricing and memory-retention rules…
7 Open-Weight AI Models Worth Running on Your Own Laptop, and How to Start
What GGUF and quantization mean, how much RAM you really need, and seven 2026 models from 1GB phone picks to a 510GB…