"When I get into the office, I always look at this statue on my desk. It was given to me by Mike Myers just over a year ago, & this is General Isaac Brock. Faced with the threat of an American invasion, Brock built alliances across our land and inspired what would eventually become Canada." #cdnpoli

Yes. It's refreshing...I mean, no one is perfect, but at least he is an adult!

Have you seen 🇨🇦 Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “Forward Guidance” video on YouTube?
My thoughts👇

Canva starts previewing a more powerful version of its AI assistant Adobe isn't the only company launching a new AI assistant this week. At its Create event in Los Angeles today, Canva announced Canva AI 2.0.

"Canva announced Canva AI 2.0… its most significant update since the platform first launched in 2013, and the culmination of years of investment to build its own foundational design models." www.engadget.com/ai/canva-sta...

Pretty sure this news clip features everything I dislike about today's tech world 😅.

Sneak peek at the latest headlines with @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social on The AmberMac Show.

Full ep coming Tues on SiriusXM / Wednesday wherever you get your podcasts.

IBM unveils security services for thwarting agentic attacks, automating threat assessment New IBM security services aim to help enterprises identify risks introduced by frontier AI models that can discover vulnerabilities and launch autonomous attacks.

"IBM announced two services designed to protect enterprise resources from security threats presented by AI and emerging frontier AI models." www.networkworld.com/article/4159...

12 Of The Worst Cars Ever Made (Judged Solely By Aerodynamics) - SlashGear When it comes to judging car makes, aerodynamics carry importance, but are not everything. If they were, these 12 cars would be the worst of all time.

"Most cars are good at making themselves 'slippery', but what about the ones that aren't?" www.slashgear.com/2147186/wors...

Lol

Only 2–3% of VC funding goes to women-led companies.

So how do we actually change that?

🇨🇦I had a really insightful chat with Christina Fox, CEO of
TechAlliance, about what needs to shift.

Full conversation on this week's The AmberMac Show podcast: bio.site/ambermac cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

These Automakers Want America's Gas Tax Gone – Here's What Would Replace It - SlashGear The Alliance for Automotive Innovation has proposed a tax based on vehicle weight to ensure that EVs and hybrids contribute to the upkeep of American highways.

"An auto industry group is calling for the U.S. government to remove the federal gas tax altogether… " www.slashgear.com/2142872/auto...

Skip the long shows—6 best miniseries you can finish in one weekend Knock these shows out within 48 hours.

"A miniseries is perfect to watch over a weekend…" www.howtogeek.com/best-miniser...

The AmberMac Show Ep061: The Most Dangerous AI Model Ever +... On this week's show, Amber and Jeff break down why Anthropic's latest AI model is not being released to the public, what META wants to do with your health data, the disgusting evolution of deepfake…

The AmberMac Show Ep061: Anthropic’s latest AI model is too dangerous to be released to the public, the history of the possibly Canadian inventor of Bitcoin, & more. Plus, on competing in an AI world & TechAlliance's Christina Fox on the 3% problem women founders face! ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

Tech Lobbyists Are Trying To Kill Colorado’s Popular ‘Right To Repair’ Law There’s a meaningful push afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair the technology you own.…

"Tech companies are trying to neuter (Colorado's) right to repair laws…" www.techdirt.com/2026/04/08/t...

'The AI Doc' director says ‘F*ck you’ to AI companies taking artists’ IP AI companies have laid claim to your cultural heritage. The documentarians behind 'The AI Doc' have a clear message for them.

"When I talked to Daniel Roher, the Oscar-winning co-director of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, he had a blunt message for tech CEOs who lay claim to protected work…" mashable.com/article/the-...

Google now lets you explore the web side-by-side with AI Mode | TechCrunch Now, when you're using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the web page side-by-side with AI Mode.

"Google announced… it’s rolling out a new way to explore the web with AI Mode, its conversational search experience. Now, when you’re using AI Mode on Chrome desktop, clicking a link will open the web page side-by-side with AI Mode." techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/g...

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, narrowly retaking lead for most powerful generally available LLM Opus 4.7 utilizes an updated tokenizer that improves text processing efficiency, though it can increase the token count of certain inputs by 1.0–1.35x.

"Anthropic is publicly releasing its most powerful large language model yet, Claude Opus 4.7… as it continues to keep an even more powerful successor, Mythos, restricted to a small number of external enterprise partners…" venturebeat.com/technology/a...

🤯 We were never supposed to feel everyone's pain all at once. That's happening 24/7 on our phones.

Get this full conversation here: bio.site/ambermac

☝️ Our chat with Dwayne Matthews re: the downside of AI & digital on The AmberMac Show podcast.

cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

Very good points cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social

Having trouble with that acct link...

LET ME KNOW: What do you think of SMART GLASSES? Have you used them? Do you think it's a product category that will catch on in time? Why or why not? Recording a segment this Friday afternoon, so share your thoughts before then & you may end up as part of the next ep of The AmberMac Show - thanks!

Thinking about a Meta Quest 3 or 3S? Buy it before the April 19 price hike Meta blames the increaase on memory costs.

"You'll want to act quickly if you've been eying a Meta VR headset, as the company is raising prices for its entire Quest lineup on April 19" www.howtogeek.com/thinking-abo...

The AmberMac Show Ep061: The Most Dangerous AI Model Ever +... On this week's show, Amber and Jeff break down why Anthropic's latest AI model is not being released to the public, what META wants to do with your health data, the disgusting evolution of deepfake…

Latest ep of The AmberMac Show: Why Anthropic’s latest AI model won't go public, the evolution of deepfake porn & the possibly Cdn inventor of Bitcoin. Plus Dwayne Matthews on competing in an AI world & TechAlliance's Christina Fox on the 3% problem women founders face! ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

👋Help: Looking for a good renewable energy guest for the podcast. Pls send any suggestions and thx so much!

Experts warn UK firms want to keep spending on AI - even without clear ROI ROI isn't just about finances – many business leaders are seeing AI as an opportunity for much bigger organizational transformations.

"On the whole, KPMG summarizes that traditional ROI frameworks don't actually map well to AI outcomes." www.techradar.com/pro/that-sho...

Blown away that in just over a year we've been able to grow our podcast to feature this stellar lineup of guests and topics week after week. Have a peek 👇
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cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social #TheAmberMacShow

Why three buttons beat Android's gesture system every single time Android's gesture navigation may seem like the future, but the years have done nothing to convince me that it is worth using.

"Google changed how you interact with Android, ditching the old navigation bar for a new, edge-to-edge gesture system (with) the more fluid, intuitive motions of a swipe. However, that promised fluidity hasn't quite come to be & the 3-button system is still better." www.howtogeek.com/why-three-bu...

Copilot is gone from Windows 11, but here's why this isn't the win it sounds like Come on, Microsoft! This is not how we wanted Copilot to be removed from Windows.

"You'll find Microsoft's native AI app, Copilot, installed in almost all Windows apps. However, a recent report suggests that the tech giant has slowly started removing Copilot from its applications." www.phonearena.com/news/Copilot...

Good morning Bluesky friends ✨

This week's new episode of our podcast just dropped! Listen here on Apple (or wherever you get your podcasts):
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Antropic's Mythos is Too Dangerous [The AmberMac Show Ep061] YouTube video by Amber Mac

In this week’s tech news, @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social & I discuss why Anthropic's new AI model is too dangerous for the public, the first conviction under America’s sexual deepfake laws, & Bitcoin's Canadian connection 🤷‍♀️.
New podcast available Wednesday at 7am:
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youtu.be/R3t5GpqULBQ

French email provider accidentally leaked 40 million records Millions of email addresses exposed through an open Elasticsearch cluster.

"A French email solutions provider kept an Elasticsearch cluster open on the internet, leaking email addresses and location details on millions of people, as well as large corporations and government entities." www.techradar.com/pro/security...