This week’s top tech news: The Source ➡️ Best Buy Express and minty fresh Pixels [Antenna]

TGIF y’all! We’re capping off this week with another edition of Antenna, chock full of the news you need to know. This week, we learned that The Source would rebrand over half its locations as Best Buy Express and close the rest. Meanwhile, Google dropped some minty fresh new Pixel features and colours.

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This week was a little more laid back after a hectic start to the year, but there was still plenty of big news. Here's what you need to know this week: 🛍️ - Over half of The Source shops will rebrand as 'Best Buy Express' and the rest will close. 📶 - TekSavvy calls for structural separation of Canada's top telecom companies. 📱 - Google launched a fresh new Pixel colour and new AI features. 🎟️ - Cineplex was hit with two class-action lawsuits over online booking fees.     OnePlus 12 Review: One more time The OnePlus 12 is an amazing smartphone. The camera takes great images, the battery is long-lasting, and the materials are top-notch, but it’s the same old story with OnePlus: the software is struggling. Read more     The Source stores across Canada to rebrand as ‘Best Buy Express’ More than half of The Source locations will be changed, while the remaining stores will be closed. Read more   ‘Break them up’ — TekSavvy calls for the structural separation of leading telecom companies Breaking telecom companies up will separate their retail business from their network business. Read more     Pixel 8 gets new ‘Mint’ colourway in Canada, but not the Pixel 8 Pro Alongside the new colour, Google detailed several new features coming to the Pixel line. These include Photomoji, Magic Compose and, later this month, Circle to Search.       Microsoft lays off 1,900 Xbox and Activision Blizzard employees The layoffs come after Microsoft closed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October. Samsung’s Galaxy AI won’t be available on S22 series and older This is disappointing news for Galaxy S22 owners, especially since the Galaxy S23 FE shares the same chipset and will get Galaxy AI. Cineplex hit with two class-action lawsuits over online booking fees The company was also sued by Canada's Competition Bureau last year over the "misleading" charges.           Telus revamps Stream+ bundle with Disney+, Amazon Prime The bundle now has two price tiers, a cheaper one with ad-supported streaming and a 'premium' bundle. Read more   Toronto man tracked stolen SUV across the world with AirTags, hasn’t gotten it back yet The vehicle was tracked some 11,000km away from Toronto. Read more

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