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'Can't stop': Researchers say problematic smartphone use like an addiction

'Can't stop': Researchers say problematic smartphone use like an addiction

EDMONTON — Anita Hagh couldn't stop pressing the corner of her phone screen where the Facebook app used to be. It was about five years ago, and she had deleted the social media platform from her cellphone.
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Global streamers fight CRTC’s rule requiring them to fund Canadian content

Global streamers fight CRTC’s rule requiring them to fund Canadian content

OTTAWA — Some of the world’s biggest streaming companies will argue in court on Monday that they shouldn’t have to make CRTC-ordered financial contributions to Canadian content and news.
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Quebec announces new drone detectors to fight smuggling in detention centres

Quebec announces new drone detectors to fight smuggling in detention centres

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is planning to use new drone detectors, cellphone detectors and mobile X-ray scanners to fight contraband smuggling in the province’s detention centres.
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The European Union fines Apple 500 million euros and Meta 200 million in separate digital cases

The European Union fines Apple 500 million euros and Meta 200 million in separate digital cases

LONDON (AP) — European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules .
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Relaxed U.S. tariffs on electronics help drive market gains in U.S., Canada

Relaxed U.S. tariffs on electronics help drive market gains in U.S., Canada

News of relaxed U.S. tariffs on smartphones and other electronics helped propel gains on Canadian and U.S. stock markets on Monday after last week's dizzying ups and downs.
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Trump considers pausing his auto tariffs as the world economy endures whiplash

Trump considers pausing his auto tariffs as the world economy endures whiplash

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains.
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Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from reciprocal tariffs

Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from reciprocal tariffs

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Nova Scotia video game studio looks to make golf more accessible in 'PGA Tour 2K25'

Nova Scotia video game studio looks to make golf more accessible in 'PGA Tour 2K25'

Golf is never far from Josh Muise's mind, no matter the weather in Lunenburg, N.S.
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UBC bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from its devices and networks, citing privacy, security

UBC bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from its devices and networks, citing privacy, security

VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek's applications from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing "a high degree of privacy and security risk.
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Tools, electronics, sports equipment from the U.S. hit with Canadian counter-tariffs

Tools, electronics, sports equipment from the U.S. hit with Canadian counter-tariffs

OTTAWA — Many consumer goods could be up to 25 per cent more expensive in Canada due to retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. — including the kitchen sink. Matching 25 per cent tariffs on $29.
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