Technology & Business
Do you really need a VPN, and if so, when?
VPN advertising is everywhere: podcasts, YouTube, sports broadcasts, airport banners and influencer sponsorships.
The pitch is usually simple and alarming. Without a VPN, hackers can see everything you do. Your privacy is gone. Your data is being sold. You are exposed.
Most of that pitch is marketing, not security.
But VPNs are not useless either. A VPN is a specific tool for specific situations. Knowing whether those situations apply to you is worth more than any subscription discount.
Bevel turns Apple Watch data into useful health guidance
Apple Watch users generate more health data than most people know what to do with.
Apple Health collects the numbers. Bevel tries to explain what they mean.
That distinction matters. The Apple Watch already captures sleep, heart rate, heart rate variability, workouts, respiratory rate, wrist temperature and activity trends. The problem is not the absence of data. The problem is interpretation.
Apple raises prices; the refurbished store deserves a fresh look
Apple’s recent price increases across several product lines are a reminder that even highly disciplined supply chains are not immune to market pressure.
The MIT-Licensed Frontier: Why GLM-5.2 Reshapes Enterprise AI Trade-Offs
Enterprise artificial intelligence strategy is shifting from model selection to control architecture selection.
As organizations move from experimental deployments toward production-grade agentic systems, the dominant constraints are no longer model performance alone. They are increasingly defined by control over weights, data residency, licensing structure, and operational governance boundaries.
The release of GLM-5.2 by Z.ai (Zhipu AI) reflects this shift. Based on publicly available technical documentation and reported benchmark evaluations, the model is positioned as a large-scale mixture-of-experts system targeting frontier-level capability in software engineering and multi-step reasoning tasks.
Its significance is not isolated performance. It is the combination of capability, deployment flexibility, and permissive licensing under a widely used open-source framework.
The greenest product may be the one you do not replace
We talk a lot about what products are made of.
We talk far less about how long they last.
That is a gap in how we think about environmental responsibility.
Venture capital explained: understanding startup funding rounds
If you follow the technology sector, you have likely seen headlines about startups raising Seed funding, closing a Series A round or reaching unicorn status. The terminology is everywhere, but the mechanics are rarely explained clearly. Here is the straightforward version.
The first hurdle is the hardest in generative AI adoption – and businesses keep falling | IT Pro Despite rapid AI adoption, many businesses struggle with implementation, falling into “pilot purgatory” due to issues like skills gaps, legacy systems, and a lack of advanced use cases. While employees report individual productivity gains, companies are slow to achieve business-wide benefits, with a significant portion of firms still in basic AI application stages.
Why Gas Prices Drop in the Evening
If you live in Ontario, you have likely noticed it: the price at your local station in the morning looks one way, and by the time you drive past after work, it is often several cents per litre lower. It is not a promotion, not a glitch and not your imagination. In competitive Ontario markets, it is a recognizable pattern — and the explanation is more commercial than mysterious.
Are Dorsey’s giant job cuts the start of an AI jobs apocalypse? Economists weigh in Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s decision to cut nearly half the company’s workforce raises questions about AI’s impact on jobs, but economists suggest this is a company-specific adjustment rather than a sign of a broader labor market shift. While AI may disrupt some jobs, experts like Claudia Sahm emphasize that it doesn’t necessarily lead to mass layoffs, and other economists believe AI will enhance productivity by changing workflows rather than eliminating jobs outright.
Speedtest® Connectivity Report | Canada H2 2025 The Speedtest Connectivity Report for Canada H2 2025 reveals Bell as the leader in 5G performance, offering the fastest 5G speeds and best mobile gaming and video experiences. Bell pure fibre also dominated the fixed broadband market, recognized as the fastest and top-rated ISP with the best gaming experience. Rogers excelled in mobile video experience and 5G availability, while TELUS was noted for the most consistent mobile network.