Skip to main content Sep 18, 2022, 6:11 AM UTC | A new season of Fortnite is upon us, and it’s dripping with chrome. Today sees the launch of Chapter 3: Season 4 for the battle royale game, dubbed “Paradise,” and the big change this time around is a mysterious new substance. It’s called chrome, and it appears to be able to change just about everything it touches: you can splash it on walls to go right through them or splash it on yourself for temporary fire immunity an ...read more

Another Saturday, another weekly telecom roundup. This week’s roundup focuses on Rogers’ merger with Shaw (the roundups would be incomplete without it), Bill C-11, and Apple’s new iPhone 14 series. Let’s get into it. Business Two months after Rogers’ nationwide service outage, Hamilton residents woke up to yet another service disruption. However, unlike the July outage, Rogers was quick to state a local fire impacted wireline services only, and service was back up in a couple of hours ...read more

Subway Canada has announced the launch of Subway Delivery. The company’s app now delivers sandwiches and cookies directly to customers. The app now offers more customizations, exclusive digital deals and the ability to redeem gift cards. Previously, Subway delivery  was only available via Uber Eats, DoorDash and SkipTheDishes. Subway says delivery is free through its mobile app until October 2nd. Lastly, the company’s latest ad features Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse. You can down ...read more

Employees at Uber did not believe a hacker had gained access to its internal system, despite the hacker stating the system was compromised. Perhaps it was the way the hacker revealed their presence. “I announce that I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach,” they wrote on the company’s Slack channel. Honestly kind of a classy way to hack someone 😂😂😂@Uber pic.twitter.com/fFUA5xb3wv — Colton (@ColtonSeal) September 16, 2022 The range of emojis responding to the messa ...read more

Every week, MobileSyrup outlines some of the most notable movies and TV shows that recently hit Canadian streaming platforms. Our ‘Streaming in Canada’ column typically focuses on new content from Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Netflix, but other services like Apple TV+ and Disney+ are mentioned when relevant. Premium video on demand (PVOD) platforms are also fair game as movies continue to come to digital early amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, we’ll highlight shows or movies that ar ...read more

Skip to main content / After winning over gamers, Elden Ring is coming for board game fans Sep 17, 2022, 9:25 PM UTC | Image: Steamforged Games Elden Ring’s expansive world of the Lands Between will soon be small enough to set atop your table. Steamforged Games, the company behind the board game adaptions of Dark Souls, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Resident Evil, announced that it’s working on an Elden Ring board game through Kickstarter. The game will a ...read more

Going to an event like the Toronto International Film Festival is an overwhelming experience — even if you’re a veteran festival-goer. There are just so many movies spread out across so many days and theaters that it’s hard to avoid feeling like you’re missing out on something. At the same time, it can be incredibly refreshing. As regular movie theaters continue to be dominated by increasingly small lineups of blockbusters and never-ending franchises, the breadth of films showing at TIF ...read more

Apple has confirmed some iPhone 14 series users are experiencing trouble activating iOS 16 due to a bug. According to MacRumors , the new device doesn’t go through Wi-Fi, creating a host of problems. An internal Apple memo obtained by MacRumors says, “there is a known issue for iOS 16 that may impact device activations on open Wi-Fi networks.” The solution lies in users selecting the option to connect to Mac or PC with iTunes when asked to connect to a Wi-Fi network, the publication rep ...read more

TP-Link’s newest light strip, the Tapo L930-5, is a great addition to any smart lighting setup. The full-color gradient LED strip has almost everything you could want in a lighting strip — from tunable white light and dimming to music sync and some neat lighting effects, all for under $50. It’s the first lighting product from TP-Link to work with Apple Home, it also works with Alexa and Google Home, and it uses Wi-Fi, so it doesn’t need a hub. Smart LED light strips are an easy, plug-an ...read more

Online transactions have become a part of our day-to-day life. Not only does it make our work easier, but also it saves time and traveling. Earlier, we used to go to the bank and use all the traditional methods to transfer money to another bank account. But today, there are a lot of online payment platforms which you can use to do transactions, such as Paytm, Gray, phonepe, Paypal, etc. Moreover, you can also make international payments from anywhere in the world. And to make international paym ...read more