The number of fires blazing in British Columbia has come down to 241 from 300 last week, says the BC Wildfire Service. Source: CP24 Continue reading Heat warning in effect for B.C. as firefighters battle wildfires in province
The digitization of your haircut may not have been on your 2020 bucket list, but 2021 has an even more surprising line item: Tech-powered barbershops are now a business proposition valued at nearly a billion dollars. Squire is a back-end … Continue reading Unicorns are ready for a haircut
Photo by Bernd Muller/Redferns The official video for Rick Astley’s 1987 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” has surpassed 1 billion plays on YouTube. The song became a lasting part of internet culture thanks to the Rickroll meme and reached … Continue reading Thanks to the Rickroll, ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ hits 1 billion YouTube plays
A dog stolen in the city’s east end last week has now been reunited with its owners, Toronto police said. Source: CP24 Continue reading Dog stolen in city's east end reunited with owner: Toronto police
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by what the weekday Exchange column digs into, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Our work … Continue reading The pandemic effect is slowing
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The tech industry in China has had quite a turbulent week. The government is upending its $100 billion private education sector, wiping billions from the market cap of the industry’s most lucrative players. Meanwhile, the assault on Chinese internet giants continued. Tech stocks tumbled after Tencent suspended user registration, sparking fears over who will be the next target of Beijing’s wrath. Incisive observers point out that the new wave of … Continue reading China roundup: Keep down internet upstarts, cultivate hard tech
Nanoleaf’s canvas light panels are easy to set up and can display more than 16 million colors. | Image: Nanoleaf If you like your lighting to be on the adventurous side, rest assured that Nanoleaf’s canvas light panels aren’t made … Continue reading A starter pack of Nanoleaf’s stunning canvas panels is $50 off at Costco today
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer … Continue reading This Week in Apps: Instagram restricts teens’ accounts, Elon Musk criticizes App Store fees, Google Play’s new policies
Image: Telegram Telegram has announced the latest new features and improvements making their way to the popular messaging app. Video is the focus this time around. After launching group video calls last month, those sessions are now able to tally … Continue reading Telegram’s group video calls can now have up to 1,000 viewers
For the third consecutive day, Ontario is reporting more than 200 new cases of COVID-19. Source: CP24 Continue reading Ontario reports more than 200 new COVID-19 cases for third day in a row
