Epic Games Store will let you pay for your purchases in CAD

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You don't have to worry about huge price differences when paying for games in the Epic Games Store now. The digital storefront now accepts Canadian dollar alongside the Australian dollar, Danish krone, Norwegian krone, and Swedish krona. The additions now mean the Epic Games Store accepts 15 currencies. PC Gamer notes that prices on the store now also match Steam's prices.

City of Toronto partners with tech companies to provide free internet access to vulnerable residents

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The city of Toronto hopes to give more vulnerable residents access to free temporary internet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several technology and telecommunication companies have donated to the city to help connect 25 large residential apartment buildings located in low-income neighbourhoods. 

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Canon cameras can be used as high-quality webcams for your video meetings

Perhaps you want to improve the video quality of your next video call tremendously? If you're using a recent Canon camera and have a Windows 10 machine, you can do just that. The camera maker released a beta of its EOS Webcam Utility that allows you to plug in supported cameras over USB to your Windows 10 machine and have that serve as your PC's webcam. The cameras can work with major video conferencing tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. You can see the list of supported cameras under the cut.

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Google Meet is now free-to-use for all Google account users

Google Meet graduates from just being a videoconferencing solution for G Suite enterprise and education customers to now being free-to-use for anyone with a Google account. Google Meet supports up to 100 people and a single host on a single free meeting that can last any amount of time. But after September 30, meeting lengths will be restricted to 50 minutes. 

The service will gradually open up Meet to more users, and you can get an alert through this link to know when your account can get access. 

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