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Watch Premier League on Fubo

Fubo is the exclusive home network of the EPL in Canada. Every single game of the 2025/26 Premier League season is available to stream on Fubo and you can watch them all online from anywhere with a VPN.

Season dates: August 15 2025 – May 24 2026

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Hoping to defend their title for the first time in more than 40 years, Liverpool have splashed the cash in the off-season, with Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong all arriving at Anfield. The Reds look exceptionally strong but will face a stern challenge from the likes of Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal.

It’s also a big season for Man Utd who have signed a new front three. If they start poorly, then manager Ruben Amorim could be in trouble. Tottenham will also be hoping to build on their Europa League success and will expect a much-improved campaign under new boss Thomas Frank.

Newcastle and Crystal Palace both won trophies last season and will hope for more success in 2026, while it will be fascinating to see if Leeds, Burnley or Sunderland can avoid the drop straight back down to the Championship.

You won’t want to miss any of the action, so here’s how to watch every Premier League live streamson Fubo in Canada.

How to watch Premier League on Fubo in Canada

It's nice and simple for Canadian soccer fans with Fubo streaming all 380 Premier League games on their platform!

However, you will need one of the sports plan to gain full access of Fubo's Premier League coverage. These packages are as follows:

Sports Monthly: CA$31/month (CA$4.50 off your first month)

Sports Quarterly: CA$27.99/month (CA$15.75 off your first quarter)

Sports Annual: CA24.50/month (CA19.25 for your first year)

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How to watch Premier League on Fubo from anywhere

Fubo is only available to watch in Canada, which means it won't work if you try to stream EPL soccer when overseas on business or vacation. However, you can always download a VPN to overcome these regional restrictions and access Fubao as normal when you're outside Canada. You may be surprised how simple it is to do.

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What other content does Fubo have?

In addition to Premier League soccer, a subscription to Fubo gets you access to a wide range of sports content.

Soccer fans will be able to watch other leagues, such as Serie A from Italy and Ligue 1 in France. Fubo also carries Canadian men's and women's national team matches, along with the Canadian Premier League. 

Fubo also features a broad selection of other sports content, including NBA TV and access to more than 10,000 live sporting events annually. Subscribers can also enjoy over 25,000 TV episodes and movies as video-on-demand each month.

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• Google’s Gemini AI assistant will start remembering your past chats
• You can opt out of the feature
• Gemini is also adding a new “Temporary Chat” mode for one-off conversations

Google Gemini will remember all those questions you ask on the app now, unless you ask it politely not to. The AI assistant will look at and reference your past chats as a way to personalize future ones, though only for Gemini 2.5 Pro for now.

With the memory function, Gemini could theoretically recall your favorite party themes, the YouTube channels you're into, or how you like to compose emails to your friends, without you having to remind it. Gemini's memory is not dissimilar to the memory feature offered by ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. And while ChatGPT can now connect to your Google account, Gemini has native access to Gmail, Calendar, and Google Docs.

The memory is on by default, so you'll have to make a slight effort if you'd rather Gemini not track your chats. You can turn the memory off or back on again in the settings menu under personal context, sliding the “Your past chats” option to off.

In addition, the “Gemini Apps Activity” section is now called “Keep Activity.” When that setting is active, some of your future uploaded files and photos may be used to train and improve Gemini and other Google services. You can opt out of that, too, if you wish.

Temp talks

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As much as Google is eager to make sure Gemini can remember what you say to it, the company paired the rollout with its opposite, the new Temporary Chat. This incognito mode makes every conversation a one-off, and makes sure it isn't saved to your history, appears in the activity list, or sent to Google to train Gemini.

After a 72-hour hold for safety, they're they’re deleted completely, unless you submit explicit feedback, which will be processed and then discarded. Temporary Chat is designed for those moments when you want to ask something you’re not sure you’ll want remembered, whatever that might be.

The temporary chats might reassure people worried that Google just wants more of their data, but the company clearly hopes people find value in giving Gemini a memory. Google's goal is to encourage people to think of the AI as a long-term conversational partner, not just a tool you reintroduce yourself to every time you interact with it.

Regardless of any concerns, AI developers are very keen on memory, since, without it, AI assistants are just clever parrots. Technically, they still are just parroting data even with personalization, but they'll be less clever about it. Whether that’s exciting or unsettling depends on your appetite for intimacy with software.

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• Teenage Engineering has produced a new PC case
• The Computer-2 is a sequel to the Computer-1, but it's free
• It's made of plastic rather than aluminum, and unfortunately out of stock right now

Thinking of building a new computer? What if I told you that you could get the PC case for free - you probably wouldn't believe me, would you? Well, you can - with a couple of notable caveats, but this is still fundamentally a freebie.

The Verge reports that Teenage Engineering (more typically associated with nifty audio hardware) now has a sequel to its Computer-1 PC case. Can you guess what it's called? Yep: the Computer-2 case - in a stunning stroke of creativity.

The key difference is that, unlike the original case, which cost $ 149 in the US, the follow-up is free. Another notable change is that instead of aluminum, it's made of plastic, which is obviously a cost-saving measure.

In fact, it's a single sheet of semi-transparent plastic that folds into a PC chassis (using hinges and snap hooks). There are no screws needed, and the motherboard can simply be pushed and clicked into place, Teenage Engineering informs us.

It must be a (small) mini-ITX motherboard, mind, as this is a small form-factor (SFF) case for a compact PC build. It can fit an SFX power supply and a dual-slot graphics card (7 inches is the maximum length for the discrete GPU).

As well as the sheet of plastic that forms the chassis itself, you get the bits and pieces to go with it in terms of various power cables, fasteners, feet for the case to stand on, and so forth.

Analysis: What about those catches?

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Okay, so coming back to the cost being a – literally – round figure of nothing - how on earth can this PC case be provided for free? Well, it can't, and Teenage Engineering is charging for the shipping to cover sending out the Computer-2 as you might guess (and likely a bit of that is to cover the cost of production). Of course, that's fair enough - it does mean you are getting the components themselves for free.

The other catch is that Computer-2 is already marked as sold out on the official website; you can only click to receive a notification when stock is back in. You can still examine the instructions, though, to get a better understanding of what construction involves, and exactly what you'll get.

By all accounts, the Computer-1 is a great case for a small PC build - and this new plastic take on the formula looks equally cool, especially given the price here (or lack of it). Anecdotally, I've seen a report of the shipping costing $16 (in the US) if you're wondering exactly what you might end up paying (when it's back in stock).

As for mulling over buying a cheap case in general, you can get some great products at the budget end of the market. Just be careful around airflow issues - especially if it's a gaming PC that you're building - and be sure to consult reviews to ensure you're not picking up a dud (and also our best PC cases buying guide will come in handy).

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OpenAI has started to roll out Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts integration into ChatGPT for Pro and Plus users today.

As a ChatGPT Plus subscriber, I was really looking forward to being able to connect my Gmail inbox to ChatGPT, as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the team demonstrated at the recent launch of ChatGPT-5.

Imagine my disappointment then, when, after going into ChatGPT’s Settings and connecting it all up to Google (a process which involves going through several permission screens), I found out that OpenAI is reserving the Gmail search in chat for ChatGPT Pro users.

Pro vs Plus

A ChatGPT Pro subscription costs $200 (£200 / AU$307 ) a month, compared to my $20 (£20 / AU$31) Plus subscription, just to use a feature that I get for free with my Google Gemini account!

Since Gemini and Gmail are both made by Google, I can understand that it must be a lot easier for Google to connect them, but I can’t quite understand the logic of putting the feature behind a $200 paywall for ChatGPT users.

I actually use Gemini to search my Gmail all the time - it’s much, much better than the standard search feature in Gmail because you can type in somewhat vague queries like “find me the email where I talk about trains and stamp collecting” and it does a great job of finding the exact email, even if you’ve no idea who it was from or when you sent it.

Having that feature in ChatGPT would have been great, but it seems it’s not going to happen for me anytime soon.

Deep Researching my Gmail

There is one caveat: On a ChatGPT Plus account, you can search Gmail through the Deep Research tool. Deep Research is OpenAI’s powerful research tool that’s meant to be used to research complex questions that require a full report to answer, not for simple things like searching your Gmail for a missing email.

For purely searching through your Gmail, I would say it works, but it is functionally useless: You click on Deep Research, then make sure that Gmail is turned on as one of the sources, then type in your query, and Deep Research ponderously goes off on its research process, which can take minutes.

It eventually comes back with good results, but nobody has got 5-10 minutes to wait for a simple Gmail search. I’d rather just go into Gmail and use the standard search bar and save myself minutes of time, or I’d use Gemini, which still seems like the best option for now.

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The whole idea of an AI phone is a rather new one, but I’d argue that Google has been both the driver and frontrunner of phones that put artificial intelligence at their center.

This started with the Google Pixel 6 and its Tensor chip, which was built around delivering strong neural network machine-learning performance rather than the best CPU and graphics processing speeds. Then, with the Pixel 8, we saw Google really embrace AI features, especially those with generative capabilities like the Magic Editor.

While some might argue that the Samsung Galaxy S24 was the first ‘AI phone’, I’d say the Pixel 8 was the one that got the ball rolling, especially as Samsung used Google tech to underpin some Galaxy AI features.

This was all built upon with the Google Pixel 9 and its stablemates, which all felt like they put AI at the heart of the Pixel experience, rather than just offer tools on top of a standard smartphone user interface.

But with the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Galaxy Z Fold 7 landing with improved AI features, and Apple Intelligence starting to get up to speed and offer a solid suite of features on compatible iPhones, as well as some synchronicity with Macs, Google’s AI phone crown could be up for grabs.

So I feel that for Google to keep ahead and continue to blaze a trail for practical, and hopefully safe, consumer use, it'll need to bring more to the table with the Pixel 10.

Accelerated AI

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But what would that look like? Well, that's a good question.

In some ways, Google already offers up a good suite of AI-powered tools, from smart call handling and document summaries to real-time translation and photo editing tools that can rework entire shots. And a lot of these are easy to access and use, something which helped make the Google Pixel 9 Pro our phone of 2024.

However, there’s room for more. Ideally, I’d like to see some of these smart AI tools work across the whole of the Pixel Launcher experience.

For example, I’d like to use Gemini to summarize what I’ve got on my Pixel phone, say, telling me apps that I’ve not used for ages or games that I’ve not played and may have forgotten about.

And I’d be very keen to have the summarization tools built out to provide me with snippets of information in third-party apps, say to quickly summarize a chapter of an ebook so I can easily pick up where I’ve left off without reading back over stuff for a refresher.

More than anything else, I’d love to have audio readouts of all kinds of text in a voice as close to natural language speaking as possible. I listen to a lot of podcasts, especially when I'm commuting or cooking, but this does mean I can fall behind on a backlog of reading.

To tackle this, I’d love to be able to ask a system-level AI to read aloud a magazine feature either from a digital source or scanned in via a phone’s camera. I’ve stumbled across some AI tools that can sort of do this, but none deliver what I’m looking for and in a seamless way that AI luminaries tend to tout.

This isn’t a pipedream, as Google already has NotebookLM with its Audio Overviews that can make a podcast out of various inputs. So if this tech could be baked into the next-generation Pixel Launcher or the rumored Pixel 10 phones, it would be a boon for me and likely other people looking for aural satisfaction.

Ultimately, while I appreciate the creative opportunities of some AI tools in terms of generating images or deeply manipulating photos, I’d like AI in general to be more about making my daily life easier and helping me better digest the almost overwhelming amount of content there is to consume in the virtual and real world.

I have faith that Google is one of the companies best placed to do this, even with my nervousness about how much the search giant’s algorithms already influence the dissemination of information.

But I do think it needs to use each new generation of Pixel phone to keep pushing the envelope, while the likes of Apple and Samsung appeal to the everyday phone users, not just to keep the AI phone crown, but also to push AI innovation forward in a way that’s genuinely useful and productive for people.

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How to watch The Rainmaker (2025)

A mysterious death; a young hotshot lawyer looking to make his mark; tense courtroom battles –The Rainmaker TV series certainly has all the hallmarks of a classic John Grisham thriller. US viewers can tune into The Rainmaker from Aug 15 but read on and we'll show you how to watch The Rainmaker online from anywhere with a VPN.

Release date: Friday, August 15

TV channel: USA Network

US stream: Sling TV / Fubo / Peacock (week later)

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Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) is the drama's main protagonist, just out of law school and looking for his first big case. He soon finds it when he picks at scabs he shouldn't, delving deep into the suspicious circumstances around an unexplained fatality and coming face-to-face with the formidable courtroom opponent of Leo F. Drummond (John Slattery).

Previously adapted for the silver screen by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Matt Damon, USA's TV version of the iconic 1997 legal drama will take its time retelling this complex tale of conspiracy and corporate wrongdoings over 10 tense episodes.

Grab your gavel and prepare to watch The Rainmaker online and stream weekly episodes from anywhere.

How to watch The Rainmaker online in the US

You can watch The Rainmaker on USA Network on Fridays at 10pm ET/PT in the US. New episodes air weekly starting with the premiere on Friday, August 15.

Don’t have cable? You can also watch USA via Sling TV on its Blue plan costing from just $45.99 per month or $4.99 per day. Or, with more than 200 channels, Fubo is a more comprehensive cord cutting alternative. It costs from $84.99 a month and new users can get a free Fubo trial.

The Rainmaker will also be available to stream on Peacock, with episodes landing on the platform one week after they go out on USA. The Peacock price starts at $10.99 a month and you can get 12 months for the price of 10 by opting for an annual plan.

Away from the US? Use a VPN to watch The Rainmaker on Sling, Fubo or Peacock from abroad.

How to watch The Rainmaker online from outside your country

If you’re traveling abroad when The Rainmaker airs, you’ll be unable to watch the show like you normally would due to annoying regional restrictions. Luckily, there’s an easy solution.

Downloading a VPN will allow you to stream online, no matter where you are. It's a simple bit of software that changes your IP address, meaning that you can access on-demand content or live TV just as if you were at home.

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How to watch The Rainmaker online in Canada

Just like south of the border, Canadian viewers can watch The Rainmaker on the USA Network. The difference is that episodes will go out a day later on Saturdays at 10pm ET/PT.

Rather stream the show? Use the CTV.ca website. You'll likely need to enter your cable provider details.

US viewer currently traveling in Canada? Download a VPN to connect to your streaming service back home and watch The Rainmaker no matter where you are.

Can I watch The Rainmaker online in the UK?

At the time of writing, there has been no confirmation that The Rainmaker will be shown in the UK.

Currently visiting the UK? Downloading a good VPN will let you effortlessly connect to your usual streaming services from anywhere in the world.

How to watch The Rainmaker online in Australia

To stream The Rainmaker in Australia, you'll need a Stan subscription. Episodes will land on Saturdays, with the first one available on August 16.

Stan subscriptions costs from $12 a month for a Basic plan, with incremental increases if you want to add HD/4K quality and additional devices.

Or if you’re visiting Australia from abroad and want to watch on your home service, simply download a VPN to stream The Rainmaker just as you would back home.

Can I watch The Rainmaker for free?

The show isn't on any free services, but US viewers can use the Fubo 5-day free trial to watch available episodes of The Rainmaker for free.

The Rainmaker trailerThe Rainmaker cast

• John Slattery as Leo F. Drummond
• Milo Callaghan as Rudy Baylor
• Madison Iseman as Sarah Plankmore
• Lana Parrilla as Jocelyn Stone
• P. J. Byrne as Deck Shifflet
• Robyn Cara as Kelly Riker
• Dan Fogler as Melvin Pritcher
• Wade Briggs as Brad Noonan
• Tommie Earl Jenkins as Prince Thomas

The Rainmaker episode guide

There's set to be 10 episodes of The Rainmaker.

(Dates all US premieres)

• Episode 1 - "Another Rainy Day": Tuesday, Friday, August 15
• Episode 2 - "Nashville Hot": Friday, August 22
• Episode 3 - Friday, August 29
• Episode 4 - Friday, September 5
• Episode 5 – Friday, September 12
• Episode 6 – Friday, September 19
• Episode 7 – Friday, September 26
• Episode 8 – Friday, October 3
• Episode 9 – Friday, October 10
• Episode 10 – Friday, October 17

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Researchers from the American Psychological Association recently published findings from 781 Garmin Vivosmart 4 users, collected over three months, reporting no correlation between the stress levels shown on the watch and the self-reported feelings of stress by the participants.

Typically, this has been jumped on by the media, quick to write headlines like "Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels" and "Your smartwatch is lying to you about stress levels" and so on. However, as someone whose job it is to test the best smartwatches and fitness trackers on the market, I think there's more to this than meets the eye.

At first glance, the research seems pretty damning: in the three-month window, participants were asked to regularly self-report how they felt they were sleeping, along with information about their perceived tiredness and stress levels.

The study, published in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, had this to say regarding the results:

"Self-report and wearable measures of sleep-related variables showed robust associations, while associations were weaker for tiredness, and measures of stress did not overlap for most individuals. These findings suggest that wearable data and their corresponding self-report measures may not necessarily measure similar constructs."

So while the Vivosmart 4 is good for sleep tracking and lines up with self-reported sleep quality, it struggles to tell when you're tired and stressed.

The researchers were aiming to see if wearable technology can provide a "warning system" for depression in students, using the above biomarkers. Most headlines have largely ignored this or buried the lede, conflating stress with excitement and high heart rate.

The stress Garmin watches refer to is physiological stress, which happens to your nervous system when your heart beats faster and you start to sweat. Exercise, excitement, arousal, and other emotional factors can cause this to happen to your body. It's impossible for LED heart rate and body temperature sensors to read your mood, so it's all logged as 'stress'.

I'm currently testing the WHOOP MG, and its app also contains a stress metric. On asking its AI coach – what a time to be alive – whether stress meant emotional or physiological, my app had this to say:

"The Stress metric in the WHOOP app is physiological – it's based on signals from your body, not how you feel emotionally."

"While emotional stress (like anxiety or pressure at work) can show up in your score, so can things like a tough workout, poor sleep, or even fighting off a cold. The Stress Score is a window into how your body is handling all types of stressors, not just your mood."

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It's easy to see how people get confused, and there is a grain of truth in that the headlines would be correct in assuming smartwatches aren't very good at calculating people's moods.

However, that's because they weren't designed to actually record mood, rather than any failing on their part. The whole study was testing whether smartwatches could be used as a depression predictor, and while indicators such as lack of sleep can be accurately measured, they can't do moods – especially if people are recording themselves as feeling stressed out, rather than reporting physiological sources of stress.

My tip? Use the stress metric in tandem with other metrics, such as sleep and calories burned, to understand when it's time to take a rest if you're able to do so. If your stress is high and your sleep is low, but you feel otherwise happy, you might want to skip the bars or the gym this Friday night and have a relaxing evening with a book to bring that stress score down.

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• Google will invest $9 billion in Oklahoma over the next two years
• Investment centers on the expansion of one existing data center, and the construction of another
• Another $1 billion scheme will see Oklahoma students get access to AI training

Google has announced plans to invest $9 billion to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Oklahoma over the next two years.

As part of the multi-billion dollar investment, the company has committed to building a new data center campus in Stillwater and expanding its existing Pryor data center, which opened in 2011 and has received an estimated $4.4 billion to date.

Oklahoma citizens will also benefit from a separate pot of funding which Google plans on sharing across multiple US states to boost AI skills.

Google is spending billions on Oklahoma AI

"As part of a broader $1 billion commitment to American education and competitiveness, the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University are part of the first cohort of the Google AI for Education Accelerator," the company wrote.

The scheme will see participants access Google Career Certificates and other AI training courses.

Acknowledging data center campuses come with broader environmental and sustainability impacts, Google will also partner with the electrical training ALLIANCE to boost the state's electrical workforce pipeline by 135% in anticipation of increased demand in the future.

Google President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat announced the investment during a visit to the Pryor campus on August 13, 2025, noting, "Google is helping to power a new era of American innovation with our investments in Oklahoma."

"For nearly two decades, Google has proudly called Oklahoma home, starting with our data center in Mayes County, our second largest in the world," Porat added.

Since building out its first campus in the state, Google claims to have invested over $5.7 billion in the state, generating $2.2 billion of economic activity for state citizens and businesses in 2024 alone.

The company also matched 87% of its energy consumption with carbon-free energy in 2022-2023 from over 680MW of clean energy contracts in the state, boasting about other achievements like water replenishment and advanced power usage effectiveness in its impact study.

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