Amber Mac
@ambermac.bsky.social
Host, The AmberMac Show with Jeff MacArthur, Award-winning tech and AI podcaster, keynote speaker, event moderator, bestselling author, and radio/tv host (mom of teen boy + 2 rescue pups)
"It looks like the developers of Helldivers are getting their wish to see A-list talent flock to the game’s big-screen adaptation: Jason Momoa has just signed onto the film" gizmodo.com/jason-momoa-...
Jason Momoa Will Be a Starship Trooper in Sony's 'Helldivers' Movie
The latest Sony and PlayStation collaboration will be directed by Justin Lin and hit theaters November 10, 2027.
gizmodo.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
"It looks like the developers of Helldivers are getting their wish to see A-list talent flock to the game’s big-screen adaptation: Jason Momoa has just signed onto the film" gizmodo.com/jason-momoa-...
"Both WhatsApp and Telegram have been blocked in Russia as the government tries to force people to use its unencrypted WeChat clone, Max. All messages sent and received in Max can be read by the government." 9to5mac.com/2026/02/12/w...
WhatsApp and Telegram blocked in Russia, Meta 'extremist organization'
Both WhatsApp and Telegram have been blocked in Russia as the government tries to force people to use its unencrypted...
9to5mac.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:27 PM
"Both WhatsApp and Telegram have been blocked in Russia as the government tries to force people to use its unencrypted WeChat clone, Max. All messages sent and received in Max can be read by the government." 9to5mac.com/2026/02/12/w...
"Waymo said its sixth-generation, Ojai robotaxis are now providing driverless rides for employees and their guests in San Francisco and Los Angeles" www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/w...
Waymo begins deploying next-gen Ojai robotaxis to extend its U.S. lead
The company is preparing to expand in several new cities in 2026.
www.cnbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"Waymo said its sixth-generation, Ojai robotaxis are now providing driverless rides for employees and their guests in San Francisco and Los Angeles" www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/w...
🤖 Is your son or daughter using chatbots or AI companions?
Taylor Owen @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social joins us this week to share more on what Canada can do to protect our children (and all Canadians).
📲 Get The AmberMac Show podcast here:
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Taylor Owen @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social joins us this week to share more on what Canada can do to protect our children (and all Canadians).
📲 Get The AmberMac Show podcast here:
bio.site/ambermac
cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social
February 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
🤖 Is your son or daughter using chatbots or AI companions?
Taylor Owen @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social joins us this week to share more on what Canada can do to protect our children (and all Canadians).
📲 Get The AmberMac Show podcast here:
bio.site/ambermac
cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social
Taylor Owen @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social joins us this week to share more on what Canada can do to protect our children (and all Canadians).
📲 Get The AmberMac Show podcast here:
bio.site/ambermac
cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social
"Tesla has been granted a 30-day extension by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to decide whether to formally oppose UNIBEV’s 'Cybercab' trademark application" electrek.co/2026/02/12/t...
Tesla gets 30-day extension to oppose 'Cybercab' trademark held by squatter
Tesla has been granted a 30-day extension by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to decide whether to formally...
electrek.co
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
"Tesla has been granted a 30-day extension by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to decide whether to formally oppose UNIBEV’s 'Cybercab' trademark application" electrek.co/2026/02/12/t...
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📢 In this week’s tech news, @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I unpack the exodus from America’s TikTok, a social media network built by chatbots, & more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6jz...
Subscribe for the full ep of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts (new show Wed 7 am): bio.site/ambermac
Subscribe for the full ep of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts (new show Wed 7 am): bio.site/ambermac
WTH is Moltbook + Censorship on TikTok [The AmberMac Show Ep052]
YouTube video by Amber Mac
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February 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
📢 In this week’s tech news, @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I unpack the exodus from America’s TikTok, a social media network built by chatbots, & more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6jz...
Subscribe for the full ep of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts (new show Wed 7 am): bio.site/ambermac
Subscribe for the full ep of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts (new show Wed 7 am): bio.site/ambermac
"Despite inking a deal with Google to use Gemini AI as the brains behind upgraded Siri, Apple is reportedly facing internal challenges in getting the final product ready for prime time. The reported delays could stretch into iOS 27 this fall." 9to5mac.com/2026/02/11/a...
Apple reportedly pushing back Gemini-powered Siri features beyond iOS 26.4
Despite inking a deal with Google to use Gemini AI as the brains behind upgraded Siri, Apple is reportedly facing...
9to5mac.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"Despite inking a deal with Google to use Gemini AI as the brains behind upgraded Siri, Apple is reportedly facing internal challenges in getting the final product ready for prime time. The reported delays could stretch into iOS 27 this fall." 9to5mac.com/2026/02/11/a...
Thanks everyone for listening to our weekly podcast ✌️.
The new episode features Taylor Owen on Canada's second chance to get digital legislation right. Plus, @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I with the news.
📲 Listen on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts:
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The new episode features Taylor Owen on Canada's second chance to get digital legislation right. Plus, @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I with the news.
📲 Listen on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Thanks everyone for listening to our weekly podcast ✌️.
The new episode features Taylor Owen on Canada's second chance to get digital legislation right. Plus, @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I with the news.
📲 Listen on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
The new episode features Taylor Owen on Canada's second chance to get digital legislation right. Plus, @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I with the news.
📲 Listen on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Latest The AmberMac Show has Taylor Owen from the Machines Like Us podcast on our 2nd chance to protect Canadians online. Plus a social network exclusively for AI bots, America’s wobbly TikTok takeover, Amazon Ring's tool to find lost dogs & lots more! Audio/video/links: ambermac.com/the-ambermac...
The AmberMac Show Ep052: Canada’s 2nd Chance + WTH is Moltbook?
In this week’s episode, we speak with Taylor Owen from the Machines Like Us podcast about Canada’s second chance to protect Canadians online. Plus, we tell you about a new social network called…
ambermac.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Latest The AmberMac Show has Taylor Owen from the Machines Like Us podcast on our 2nd chance to protect Canadians online. Plus a social network exclusively for AI bots, America’s wobbly TikTok takeover, Amazon Ring's tool to find lost dogs & lots more! Audio/video/links: ambermac.com/the-ambermac...
Reposted by Amber Mac
Shopify issues upbeat quarterly forecasts, $2 billion stock buyback plan; shares surge reut.rs/46Jd1Ge
Shopify issues upbeat quarterly forecasts, $2 billion stock buyback plan; shares surge
Canada's Shopify forecast quarterly revenue well above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, encouraged by healthy demand at retailers on the e-commerce platform, as consumer spending remained resilient despite tariff woes and rising prices.
reut.rs
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Shopify issues upbeat quarterly forecasts, $2 billion stock buyback plan; shares surge reut.rs/46Jd1Ge
"Keeping a hard drive on a drawer is probably the most common approach to storing files over the long term. A lot of people don't do it properly, though… If you're going to do it, though, make sure to do it right." www.howtogeek.com/how-to-keep-...
Leaving hard drives in a drawer kills them: The 3 rules of cold storage
You need to power up your 'cold' backups every 3 months—here is why
www.howtogeek.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"Keeping a hard drive on a drawer is probably the most common approach to storing files over the long term. A lot of people don't do it properly, though… If you're going to do it, though, make sure to do it right." www.howtogeek.com/how-to-keep-...
"M-Disc (utilizes) a patented rock-like inorganic recording layer composed of glassy carbon. When data is written to an M-Disc, the writing laser does not merely darken a chemical dye; it physically engraves pits into this inorganic layer." www.howtogeek.com/this-would-b...
The '1,000-year' disc that failed: The weird history of M-Disc
This could've been the best long-term storage format, so why did it fail?
www.howtogeek.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:27 PM
"M-Disc (utilizes) a patented rock-like inorganic recording layer composed of glassy carbon. When data is written to an M-Disc, the writing laser does not merely darken a chemical dye; it physically engraves pits into this inorganic layer." www.howtogeek.com/this-would-b...
📢 In this week’s tech news, @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I unpack the exodus from America’s TikTok, a social media network built by chatbots, & more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6jz...
Subscribe for the full ep of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts (new show Wed 7 am): bio.site/ambermac
Subscribe for the full ep of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts (new show Wed 7 am): bio.site/ambermac
WTH is Moltbook + Censorship on TikTok [The AmberMac Show Ep052]
YouTube video by Amber Mac
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
📢 In this week’s tech news, @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I unpack the exodus from America’s TikTok, a social media network built by chatbots, & more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6jz...
Subscribe for the full ep of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts (new show Wed 7 am): bio.site/ambermac
Subscribe for the full ep of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts (new show Wed 7 am): bio.site/ambermac
"Switching between AI chatbots is difficult if you’ve been building a history of conversations, preferences, & other customizations… Google may be working on a way to make switching to its AI chatbot easier than starting from scratch." www.pcmag.com/news/google-...
Google Gemini Tests a Tool to Help You Switch From ChatGPT, Other AI Chatbots
The new option may let you import previous conversations into Gemini to help it learn your preferences.
www.pcmag.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"Switching between AI chatbots is difficult if you’ve been building a history of conversations, preferences, & other customizations… Google may be working on a way to make switching to its AI chatbot easier than starting from scratch." www.pcmag.com/news/google-...
"We have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police, including ICE and CBP, but federal agents are violating this right." www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Protecting Our Right to Sue Federal Agents Who Violate the Constitution
Federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. The violence is shocking. So…
www.eff.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
"We have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police, including ICE and CBP, but federal agents are violating this right." www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
"Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday reported blockbuster earnings… revenue jumped 18% year-on-year in the quarter, and overall annual revenue topped $400 billion for the first time" www.digitaljournal.com/business/goo...
Google’s annual revenue tops $400 bn for first time, AI investments rise
Google expects demand for cloud computing services bolstered with artificial intelligence to outpace supply through the year - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP JUSTIN SULLIVANGlenn…
www.digitaljournal.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday reported blockbuster earnings… revenue jumped 18% year-on-year in the quarter, and overall annual revenue topped $400 billion for the first time" www.digitaljournal.com/business/goo...
#ICYMI the latest ep of The AmberMac Show has the amazing Guy Kawasaki explaining why you should use Signal, plus Jeff & I cover OpenAI's new erotica push, the Elon Musk merger, new Apple products, Zuckerberg's Meta in court (again), & lots more. Audio/video/links here: ambermac.com/guy-kawasaki...
The AmberMac Show Ep051: Guy Kawasaki’s Warning + Elon’s Robot Plans
In this week’s episode, our guest is Guy Kawasaki, who joins us to share more about the only app you should use right now to message your friends and family. Plus, we’ll tell you what happened with…
ambermac.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
#ICYMI the latest ep of The AmberMac Show has the amazing Guy Kawasaki explaining why you should use Signal, plus Jeff & I cover OpenAI's new erotica push, the Elon Musk merger, new Apple products, Zuckerberg's Meta in court (again), & lots more. Audio/video/links here: ambermac.com/guy-kawasaki...
"During Alphabet’s Q4 2025 earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai added to the confusion regarding where, exactly, the upcoming Gemini-powered Siri will run" 9to5mac.com/2026/02/04/g...
Google suggests Gemini-powered Siri will run on Google's servers - 9to5Mac
During Alphabet’s Q4 2025 earnings call, Sundar Pichai added to the confusion regarding where the upcoming Gemini-powered Siri will run.
9to5mac.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"During Alphabet’s Q4 2025 earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai added to the confusion regarding where, exactly, the upcoming Gemini-powered Siri will run" 9to5mac.com/2026/02/04/g...
I recently saw Green Day in concert, and I have to say, no one really knows what is about to happen at the Super Bowl -- and I can't wait! 💚
February 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I recently saw Green Day in concert, and I have to say, no one really knows what is about to happen at the Super Bowl -- and I can't wait! 💚
"NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed that the Crew-12 and Artemis II astronauts will be allowed to bring iPhones and other modern smartphones into orbit and beyond." arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
NASA will finally allow astronauts to bring their iPhones to space
We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments."
arstechnica.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
"NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed that the Crew-12 and Artemis II astronauts will be allowed to bring iPhones and other modern smartphones into orbit and beyond." arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
"A perfect storm: events are converging to generate a disruption that is changing this world. The geopolitical and technological convergence is shaking everything." hackernoon.com/seismic-rupt...
Seismic Rupture: The World Order Is Cracking—And Tech Is the Fault Line | HackerNoon
A geopolitical shake-up is colliding with runaway AI and quantum computing, cracking the old order and forcing a new era of raw transactional power.
hackernoon.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
"A perfect storm: events are converging to generate a disruption that is changing this world. The geopolitical and technological convergence is shaking everything." hackernoon.com/seismic-rupt...
"The digital publishing platform Substack has told some of its users that their data was stolen in a security breach. The affected account holders had their email addresses and phone numbers scraped in a hack that occurred in October 2025." www.engadget.com/cybersecurit...
Substack CEO informs users of a data breach
The newsletter platform only just became aware of the hack, which happened more than three months ago.
www.engadget.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"The digital publishing platform Substack has told some of its users that their data was stolen in a security breach. The affected account holders had their email addresses and phone numbers scraped in a hack that occurred in October 2025." www.engadget.com/cybersecurit...
✌️ 2 Things the Signal app can do that most messaging apps can't 👇
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Guy Kawasaki on Switching to Signal [The AmberMac Show Ep051]
YouTube video by Amber Mac
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
✌️ 2 Things the Signal app can do that most messaging apps can't 👇
Full chat with @guykawasaki.bsky.social:
youtu.be/VqIPoWdl4Bo?...
Full podcast episode with @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social and me:
bio.site/ambermac
#TheAmberMacShow
Full chat with @guykawasaki.bsky.social:
youtu.be/VqIPoWdl4Bo?...
Full podcast episode with @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social and me:
bio.site/ambermac
#TheAmberMacShow
"After getting its hands on The Addams Family and Avatar: The Last Airbender, Netflix is (the latest) bringing Scooby-Doo to live-action" gizmodo.com/matthew-lill...
Matthew Lillard Is Happy Netflix Is Bringing 'Scooby-Doo' Back
After a couple of years being shelved or not used properly, Netflix might be just what 'Scooby-Doo' needs.
gizmodo.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:09 AM
"After getting its hands on The Addams Family and Avatar: The Last Airbender, Netflix is (the latest) bringing Scooby-Doo to live-action" gizmodo.com/matthew-lill...
"Unfortunately for the 1+ billion users of Windows, it's become a big source of instability on many people's systems, and the fault lies squarely with Microsoft." www.xda-developers.com/modern-pcs-f...
Modern PCs feel more fragile now than they did a few years ago, but why?
The blame is spread across the PC industry
www.xda-developers.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:27 PM
"Unfortunately for the 1+ billion users of Windows, it's become a big source of instability on many people's systems, and the fault lies squarely with Microsoft." www.xda-developers.com/modern-pcs-f...