Telus rolls out PureFibre X in Edmonton

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Telus has launched its new home Internet tier in Edmonton, claiming it offers the fastest speeds among all major providers in the country. PureFibre X is now available to residents in the city, offering symmetrical upload and download speeds of 2.5Gbps. The carrier touts its 100% fibre-to-home network allows it to "seamlessly increase bandwidth and capacity to deliver these unparalleled speeds." The company says it is the only major provider in Western Canada to offer this all fibre network.

The PureFibre X plan includes a Wi-Fi6 compatible router, offering you faster speeds on more devices. Those in your household can enjoy simultaneous gaming, web surfing, video calling, streaming, homeschooling, etc.

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Netflix now lets you clean out your Continue Watching row on TVs

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A handy Netflix feature that lets you clean out your Continue Watching row is finally making its way to TVs. The company has added the "Remove from Continue Watching" option to all devices the service supports. So, now that includes televisions. If you have a show or film you're no longer interested in watching, you just have to click on the content and scroll down to "Remove from Continue Watching" in the options. If you change your mind, there is an "Undo Remove" feature, too. Netflix first rolled this out on the web and on mobile devices.

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5 ways Twitter Canada celebrates Black History Month 2022

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Countries like Canada celebrate Black History Month each February to highlight the achievements of Black communities around the world. In honour of this annual event, Lade Ogunsanya, Twitt'ers global co-chair of @Blackbirds, has written a post on Twitter Canada's blog highlighting how the social media company is celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth. If you're unfamiliar with @BlackBirds, it's Twitter's business resource group for Twitter's Black employees and allies.

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Twitter expands downvote replies experiment worldwide

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Twitter wants more users to try out its new downvote replies feature by rolling it out globally. The company is testing it out with more users on the web, with plans to bring it to mobile soon. Unlike downvoting on sites like Reddit, the tallies aren't made public. Instead, Twitter uses it to tweak what replies to show users.

According to the company, the experiment so far resulted in users downvoting replies that they found offensive or irrelevant. "This experiment also revealed that downvoting is the most frequently used way for people to flag content they don't want to see," said Twitter. It could be seen as a replacement for muting or flagging a conversation as spam or irrelevant, which you have to dig through dropdown menus to access.

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