"In Spotify’s rapidly evolving quest to become the home of everything audio-related, the company announced… it’s bringing narrated long-form magazine articles to its app" techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/s...

"I’m delighted to be wrong about this, I thought there would have been more impact on entry-level-white-collar jobs being eliminated by now than has actually happened" dailycaller.com/2026/05/26/s...

"Apple & Google urged the (Cdn) federal govt to tighten rules in its proposed lawful access legislation to avoid creating vulnerabilities in their products, arguing so-called 'backdoors' into encrypted data systems could be exploited by cyber criminals" globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1186515...

Quick favour if you like our work 👇 We only need 90 more people to subscribe/download this week's episode of The AmberMac Show to break last month's record of most downloads. Can you help? Subscribe here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

"Volvo Cars reached an agreement with the Trump administration that exempts the automaker from a U.S. crackdown on Chinese-connected vehicle technology." techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/t...

Are you in a relationship with your chatbot? Here's a sneak peek from my conversation with the host of the new CBC podcast series Understood: Artificial Intimacy. Get our full conversation on this week's The AmberMac Show podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h... cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

As always an interesting listen to help as we navigate changing technology. I was actually thinking about using AI counselling and now realize perhaps I should investigate this more before using this as a grief coping mechanism. While part of me is desperate, perhaps I should research more first. 🥴

"There is a second AI race underway, and on that one, Singapore is already the global leader by a margin that may already be structural." asiatimes.com/2026/05/sing...

"I’m not suggesting that a man like Pope Leo—the Servant of the Servants of God—would stoop to anything quite so base as “trolling” the onetime PayPal co-founder and current Antichrist alarmist Peter Thiel. But I’m also not not suggesting it, if you see what I mean." arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

I was genuinely surprised to learn what happens when everyday people fall in love with chatbots. Sneak peek of our chat with guest Victoria Hetherington, Host of Artificial Intimacy. Full episode here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h... cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

The latest The AmberMac Show: What happens when people fall in love with AI companions; Quebec's crackdown on Facebook’s crypto scams; robot workers in Japan; a surprising thing mistake on the Trump phone; & TheOtherMac breaks down SpaceX's insane IPO. Audio/video/links: ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

SpaceX's IPO Is Insane: SpaceX is set to have the largest IPO in history. TheOtherMac breaks down the craziness of the SpaceX prospectus and how big a power play this is by Elon Musk on The AmberMac Show! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkMl...

Just dropped 🚀 New episode of The AmberMac Show podcast with two trending topics: SpaceX IPO & ❣️ AI Love 👇 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h... cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

"Judge approves class action suit against Facebook after Quebec celebs featured in fake crypto ads" -CP24 youtu.be/PZhdaGlh0Rs?... @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social and I chat about this and more in this week's headlines. Get full ep Wednesday 9am // Subscribe here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

"A new generation of AI tools is claiming to outperform experienced clinicians in diagnosing rare and complex medical conditions." www.techradar.com/pro/change-i...

When the Pope has a better grip on AI than your high-profile 🇨🇦 Minister of AI 🙄 @ambermac.bsky.social's intro in this week's newletter is 🎯🎯🎯 Amber Mac: The Pope's AI warnings Link: us3.forward-to-friend.com/forward/show...

🙌 NEW podcast episode coming Wednesday! Have you subscribed? Get the latest episode of The AmberMac Show here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a... 🚀 You'll especially wanna hear @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social segment on the SpaceX IPO filing.

"Bundling a regional AI assistant with affordable hardware is one of the more direct distribution plays available in a market as large and linguistically diverse as India, where English-language AI tools have limited reach " techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/f...

"(We've) seen the concept of a ‘smart home’ collapse into a nightmare of abandoned IoT devices, subscription services, forced ads, privacy violations, & an increasingly more congested 2.4 GHz spectrum… with a corresponding collapse in reliability of data transmissions." hackaday.com/2026/05/21/w...

"India’s industrial energy transition market could exceed USD 100 billion by 2030, driven by rising pressure to reduce fossil fuel dependence, localize energy infrastructure, and build resilience against global supply chain disruptions" india.entrepreneur.com/technology/i...

"If 2025 was the year of the ultra-thin phone, then 2026 is the year of the foldable phone. And the new Motorola Razr line arrives with a big head start." mashable.com/tech/motorol...

"US cybersecurity agency CISA may have escaped a sizable security breach, thanks to a good-faith security researcher who identified publicly exposed credentials that allowed access to government cloud & internal agency systems." techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/u...

"Will your next project be a success? Only time will tell, but if you build Gokux’s tiny ESP32 fortune cookie, we predict that, at the very least, there won’t be any crumbs involved." hackaday.com/2026/05/21/e...

"Tesla is recalling 14,575 Model Y vehicles, produced between November ’25 and April ’26, due to a possible missing certification label." electrek.co/2026/05/22/t...

“I think the most surprising finding was the gap between the public perception of scientific consensus and what scientists actually said when asked” gizmodo.com/one-of-the-l...

🏆 Proud of our last 2 months of weekly podcast episodes! Holding steady on charts among top 3 Canadian-made tech podcasts 🇨🇦 on Apple (lone show in this trio made by small biz creators). Pls listen this weekend / subscribe 🙌: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a... @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

"Early sales forecasts say that the Google and Samsung smart glasses could outsell most of their competitors very soon" www.phonearena.com/news/google-...

"Shares of Lenovo surged 19.32% on Friday, after the personal computer and electronics giant posted strong revenue growth powered by its growing artificial intelligence business" www.cnbc.com/2026/05/22/l...

"It doesn't take long to start clogging up your collection of Xbox games. Microsoft's solution? Filters." www.engadget.com/2172273/xbox...

A $20 hearing aid from a Canadian co-founder? Full chat with Arish Shahab from Amano below, including how his team designed this purely mechanical device by studying the human ear. ‼️ NEW ep of The AmberMac Show podcast available everywhere. youtu.be/HCAoc_ipfsw?... cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

"The CLARITY Act (may) remove securities regulation protections for consumers from crypto tokens such as the Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token…" gizmodo.com/trumps-world...

‼️BREAKING "Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees in a Wednesday memo that the company's decision to lay off 8,000 employees is necessary because 'success isn't a given.'" - CNBC @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social and I discuss this latest news and more on new episode of The AmberMac Show podcast.

"A solar-powered drone has been lost at sea after a record-breaking flight lasting eight days between late April and early May. The crash also marks the untimely demise of the pioneering aircraft Solar Impulse 2…" arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

Get your tech news below from the Halifax/Toronto sibling team that's been podcasting great tech content for over 20 years! Subscribe to The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts & check out their videos on YouTube/AmberMac. (from our intro/opportunity spots) #Halisky

Watched the interview on YouTube. Exciting stuff both for what they want to achieve + Canadians innovating this to help people around the world with hearing loss. Too many wait until their loss is quite obvious then have trouble adapting to the hearing aid. This could be a bridge. He shld be on Bsky

The shocking number of kids being given AI toys, the first "Christian" mobile provider, why Musk is mad at Delta, your cybersecurity questions answered, & a $20 hearing aid designed to help people without the means for a more expensive solution. Audio/video/links here: ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

"Security researchers have tracked four Android banking trojan campaigns that rely on deception, stealth, and disappearing app icons to stay hidden out of sight after installation." www.techradar.com/pro/security...

It's Wednesday morning 👋 That means a new episode of our podcast just dropped! Get it here on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a... cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

🦻A $20 mechanical hearing aid. Our full interview with Canadian co-founder Arish Shahab from Amano isn't out until tomorrow, but sharing a sneak peek below. 👇 Get the full ep of The AmberMac Show podcast Wed at 8am here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social macarthur

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⛪️ A "Christian" cellphone network, AI that disguises the accents of call centre operators, Elon Musk loses Delta deal, and lots more: youtu.be/5V1gAFjCywg?... 📽️ Headlines here / Full episode of The AmberMac Show, Wednesday 8am, wherever you get your podcasts. cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

That would be helpful: "Apple plans to let users pick which controls appear in the Camera app, right down to the flash, exposure, timer, depth of field, photo styles, and resolution." www.macrumors.com/2026/05/13/a...

8 years on Instagram. Almost 40,000 followers. Gone overnight. Here is Emily's story from the latest episode of The AmberMac Show (new podcast available Wednesday at 8 am ET!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OJ6... cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

"I tested out various chatbots to see what they’d say if I requested my own phone number." gizmodo.com/chatgpt-gave...

"If we're all going to drown in a sea of nonsense, it might as well at least be funny." gizmodo.com/a-wikipedia-...

BREAKING "Musk loses case against OpenAI" www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/t...

"Apple reached a $250M settlement in a lawsuit (about) exaggerating Apple Intelligence's intelligence (claiming) Apple misled iPhone users about Apple Intelligence, the company's suite of AI tools, before and after the launch of the iPhone 16 in Sep. 2024." mashable.com/article/appl...

"Cyberdecks are having a moment. But they're not quite as original as many of their Gen Z makers might think." mashable.com/article/cybe...

“Having the attack land in my inbox, and the chance to turn the tables on the attackers and understand more about the campaign was too good to pass up” techcrunch.com/2026/05/14/a...

"Astronomers… have been trying to catch a glimpse of the ancient epoch when the Universe’s first generation of stars ignited. Now (they) finally have two things on their side: the Webb Space Telescope and a bit of luck." arstechnica.com/science/2026...