doug — off the record

• Comic – do you like your job?

  Comics about work. Made with love and lots of coffee.

• Want AI Certification? Anthropic’s Claude Courses Are Now Free – Tech

  Anthropic introduces free AI academy

• Garry Marr: Why your house is still costing you, even if you’ve paid it off

• Don’t ask me if I’ve retired

  I haven’t retired. I still work. And frankly, I resent anyone thinking otherwise.

• Beer Store Closures: Brampton, Hamilton, London & Etobicoke

  The Beer Store has been managing Ontario’s alcohol deposit return program through retail stores and return depots since 2007.

• The darknet just got its first black market search engine | The Verge

  The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

• I put Perplexity and Claude in a head-to-head battle – and the winner shocked me | Tom’s Guide

• Rogers vs Telus vs Bell vs Freedom: Best Cellphone Plans March 2026 | iPhone in Canada

  We’re into a new month and wireless prices continue to change from Rogers, Telus, Bell and Freedom Mobile. Let’s take a look at the changes compared to February, and from the get go we’re seeing some price drops, while Freedom has revamped its plans to offer talk, text and data roaming for all plans. Rogers

• Everyone will be so sad to hear about the humiliating way Kristi Noem just got fired

• How to clean up your digital footprint – and why it matters more than you think | ZDNET

• Canada’s first large-scale battery plant opens in Windsor

• Anthropic launches AI job destruction detector

• Apple’s latest product is a game-changer

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