OTR Backup 09/01/2026

• 25 Hilarious Dog Comics That Every Dog Person Will Relate To | Bored Panda

  Few artists have captured the relationship between humans and their four-legged buddies quite like Dave Coverly, the award-winning cartoonist behind the long-running single-panel comic 'Speed Bump.' For more than three decades, Coverly has been finding humor in the absurdities of everyday life, with animals – and dogs in particular – often stealing the spotlight. Their unpredictable personalities, familiar habits, and surprisingly human behavior have given him an almost endless source of inspiration. Comics, Funny

• Google Maps renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ for U.S. users| NOW Toronto

• Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson mocks Donald Trump's 'Lake America' stunt in Toronto | Louder

• Welcome to the map resistance - The Globe and Mail

  MapQuest’s refusal to rename Lake Ontario has made the navigation app an unlikely mascot of the resistance to Trump’s penchant for renaming geographical features

• MapQuest finds its way back to prominence thanks to uproar over Google Maps decision

• How to take better photos on any smartphone | Popular Science

  Speed and convenience are great, but it's worth knowing which features and tools on your phone can elevate your photos to the next level.

• 10 hidden reasons why people don't respect you

• I Test AI Every Day, and I Still Have No Idea What I'm Paying For | PCMag

• 7 things I never realized Canada did so badly until I moved abroad - Narcity

• Don't delete photos to free Google storage — here's what's actually taking up the most space

  Reclaim gigabytes from hidden files without touching your photo library.

• Bill Gates just said what no tech leader will about AI

• Windows 11 is warning people that Defender Antivirus has been turned off, but don't worry, says Microsoft

  It might be a false alarm.

• The US-Canada trade war in 5 charts

  The US-Canada trade war is being felt on both sides of the border.

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