Alphabet, Google’s parent company, agreed to pay $700 million and make changes to its online app store, adhering to the terms of an antitrust settlement released Monday. As part of the deal, the company will make changes to its app store to reduce barriers to competition for developers, including allowing apps to charge users directly. … [Read more…]
After several adventures and postponements related to the pandemic, the Théâtre à Tempo’s show Camping will finally be presented in Montreal at Tohu from December 13th. After two and a half years of touring Europe, but also Quebec, the artists are ready to present this family creation in large format for the very last time. … [Read more…]
A new season isn’t just beginning for Epic Games’ open-world game Fortnite. It’s a new paradigm, gaming as a platform, ready to welcome fans of music, car racing, construction and – of course – timed manhunts. And that’s just the beginning if we trust Epic’s head of development and Montreal video game veteran Alain Tascan. … [Read more…]
Could digital tools also help combat eating disorders? Johana Monthuy-Blanc, head of the Loricorps research group at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, is convinced of this. She specializes in working with patients experiencing eating disorders for the first time. “We want to record them from the start, because only one in two people leave … [Read more…]
Apple and Microsoft are going strong this fall. Both companies are trying to establish themselves as benchmarks at the top of the laptop market. This clash between the M3-based MacBook Pro and the Surface Laptop Studio 2 couldn’t better mark the 40th anniversary of the Mac-PC rivalry. In fact, it was the launch of the … [Read more…]
There was once a new all-inclusive hotel complex on the Coconut Coast, luxury included and adults only, just for you. It’s an open secret: Located in the very east of the island of Hispaniola, Punta Cana has been the most popular travel destination for Quebecers for many moons, in winter and summer. Not without reason. … [Read more…]
This text is part of the special issue 150 years of Polytechnique Montréal Faced with a growing problem, Polytechnique Montréal has taken the lead in launching research avenues to promote e-waste recycling and proposing environmentally friendly solutions for aircraft graveyards. At a time when major airlines are working to make their fleets less polluting, a … [Read more…]
Next April, Quebec will be guest of honor at the Paris Book Festival, the most important book fair in the French-speaking world. An honor that comes at the right time, as interest in Quebec literature is experiencing a certain enthusiasm on the other side of the Atlantic following the success of the latest novels by … [Read more…]
Astronauts Jenni Gibbons and Joshua Kutryk were officially assigned Wednesday to the Artemis II lunar mission and a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station, respectively. Jenni Gibbons has been designated as a backup astronaut for the Artemis II mission and will be ready to don her compatriot Jeremy Hansen’s suit if he is unable … [Read more…]
Don’t be too quick to throw away those old PlayStation 2 games, they could soon be worth a fortune. Because video games never die. Whether in 8-bit, on cassette or on floppy disk. As long as it’s still in good condition… and it’s not the Rock Band drum kit. “There’s really demand for everything, everything, … [Read more…]