Tom Li

Telecommunication and consumer hardware are Tom's main beats at IT World Canada. He loves to talk about Canada's network infrastructure, semiconductor products, and of course, anything hot and new in the consumer technology space. You'll also occasionally see his name appended to articles on cloud, security, and SaaS-related news. If you're ever up for a lengthy discussion about the nuances of each of the above sectors or have an upcoming product that people will love, feel free to drop him a line at tli@itwc.ca.

Articles by Tom Li

Google updates its search engine to demote clickbait

Google will be making changes to its search engine rankings to promote original content over purely search engine optimized articles that fail to inform...

Hashtag Trending Aug. 19 – TikTok is “high risk”; Meta to ban political ads ahead of U.S. election; U.S. streaming tops cable TV viewing

U.S. lawmakers told by the House of Representatives that TikTok is 'high risk', Meta will ban political ads ahead of the U.S. midterm elections,...

Hashtag Trending Aug 16 – AT&T wants its employees back at the office; Is Apple bringing ads to its pre-installed apps?; SpaceX is letting...

AT&T employees are being forced to return to the office, Apple could bring ads to some of its apps, SpaceX is letting researchers hack...

More from Samsung Unpacked 2022

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 stole the show at Unpacked 2022 (rightfully so, it looked gorgeous), but it wasn't the only thing Samsung...

Hashtag Trending Aug. 15 – Uber discontinues Uber Rewards; renewable energy pays; and bioengineered cornea restores sight

Uber discontinues its loyalty program, renewable energy could pay for itself within six years, and scientists create a promising bioengineered cornea. That’s all the tech...

Hashtag Trending August 12 – Facebook is not popular with teens; misinformation continues to spread; FCC rejects Starlink’s application for $885 million subsidy

Teens are not using Facebook, research reveals people are seeing misinformation weekly, and the FCC rejects Starlink’s request for $900 million in subsidies That’s all...

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 hands-on

The Galaxy Z Fold 4 5G smartphone, with its iconic bendy screen, dropped at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2022 on Aug. 10. I was lucky...

Hashtag Trending August 10 – Ferrari recall; Google outage; Meta’s new chatbot and its problems

Ferrari is recalling almost every car it has sold since 2005, Google suffered an outage, and Meta’s new chatbot is already spewing false statements. That’s...

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