The AmberMac Show
by AmberMac Media Inc.
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Canada’s AI Bet, IG Chases YouTube, & Rethink Your Sink
Canada’s AI Bet, IG Chases YouTube, & Rethink Your Sink
About this podcast
The AmberMac Show is a weekly SiriusXM radio and podcast production that unpacks the latest tech, business, and digital news shaping our lives.
Award-winning podcaster Amber Mac draws on over 20 years of experience covering technology in the US and Canada to make today’s complex high-tech world easier to understand. Together with co-host Jeff MacArthur, and featuring influential guests making their own headlines, Amber’s team helps listeners nationwide and beyond stay informed and ahead of the curve.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 92 episodes
- Canada’s AI Bet, IG Chases YouTube, & Rethink Your Sink · 51 min · Episode 90On this week’s episode, why the Canadian government is making a big investment in homegrown AI company Cohere, how AI is giving cyber attackers more power and control while…
- Meta’s Muse Has Issues + David Usher vs. A.I. · 52 min · Episode 89On this week’s episode, we do a deep dive into Meta’s Muse, how the AI agent works, and why you should be careful about what you ask it to do. We also talk to Bumble’s Chief…
- Elon’s Flying Car + Harley Finkelstein on Raising Entrepreneurial Kids · 54 min · Episode 88Our guest this week is the President of Shopify, Harley Finkelstein, who joins us to talk about his new book and inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs. In TheOtherMac…
- Big Tech vs. Your Privacy in 2026 · 58 min · Episode 87October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so we’ve got a special episode of The AmberMac Show for you this week. First up, DuckDuckGo’s Chief Product Officer, Beah…
- Building a Better “BlackBerry” & Government Dating Apps · 52 min · Episode 86In this week’s episode of The AmberMac Show, we talk to the co-founder of a company building what CrackBerry Kevin calls “the best BlackBerry never built”. Jeff Gadway…
- Magnus Carlsen, Cohere’s CEO, & MapQuest Rejects Lake America · 52 min · Episode 85On this week’s episode of The AmberMac Show, Jeff and Amber discuss what you need to know about Nvidia’s AI security tools, Meta’s Muse, and Saturday Night Live’s take on…
- Is Canada ALL IN on A.I.? · 53 min · Episode 84On this week’s episode of The AmberMac Show, Jeff and Amber share highlights from ALL IN, Canada’s biggest AI and tech event, including announcements from Cohere and MILA about…
- Apple’s Foldable iPhone, Better Health, & A New CEO · 52 min · Episode 83On this week’s episode, Jeff and Amber do a deep dive into Apple’s new product announcements, including the long-rumoured foldable iPhone and their thoughts on the company’s new…
- Prediction Markets, The AI Agent We Really Need, & More on TheOtherMac Special · 53 min · Episode 82On this week’s episode, we’ve got a look back at the first half of 2026 through the lens of Jeff’s TheOtherMac segments. First up, Jeff shares an idea for an agentic AI that we…
- Meta’s $17B Child Safety Mess + Arkells’ Max Kerman · 52 min · Episode 81On this week’s episode, Jeff and Amber do a deep dive into Meta’s attempt to establish itself as a leader in child safety. There’s a lot to unpack after news of the company’s…
- The AI Boss That Fired a Human + Amazon’s Wildest Drone Drops · 52 min · Episode 80In this week’s headlines, Amber and Jeff discuss what parents need to know about the new ChatGPT for Teens, the crazy places Amazon drones are dropping packages, and the AI boss…
- Guarding the Arctic, Lasering Mosquitoes & Understanding China · 54 min · Episode 79In this week’s headlines, Anthropic’s new AI text watermarking, why some University of Toronto classrooms are banning laptops, a better approach to building data centers, and a…
- Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto + Closing the Justice Gap · 52 min · Episode 78Mark Zuckerberg just dropped a 6000-word AI manifesto. In this week’s headlines, Jeff and Amber discuss what’s inside the long-winded letter, why MySpace and its BFF Tom could be…
- Canada’s Mining Moment & The Great EV Comeback · 52 min · Episode 77On this week’s episode of The AmberMac Show, Jeff introduces two leading experts who join us to discuss two of Canada’s most important issues today: economic sovereignty and…
- Rogue AI, TikTok Doctors, & Angry Elon · 51 min · Episode 76In this week’s episode, Amber and Jeff unpack what happened when OpenAI lost control of its AI model that hacked Hugging Face (which many are calling it a wake-up call for the…
- The Science of Wildfires + Why Cybertrucks Are Bad for Cities · 53 min · Episode 75In this week’s episode, we explore the science behind out-of-control wildfires and we ask how we can save our cities from Cybertrucks. Jeff hosts this summer special, featuring…
- Billionaire Toymaker Ronnen Harary + Why Prediction Markets Suck · 53 min · Episode 74On this week’s episode, Jeff dives into prediction markets – what they are, how they work, and why he thinks they’re a bad idea. We also discuss Meta’s (now reversed) move to let…
- Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci on Trump, Crypto, & Canada · 53 min · Episode 73On this week’s episode, one of President Trump’s biggest critics is joining us. Anthony Scaramucci is our guest with the latest on how the US commander-in-chief uses and abuses…
- Canada’s Greatest Tech Hits + Remembering The Hip · 52 min · Episode 72This week’s special episode includes a nod to Canada’s 2026 technology newsmakers, including Cohere and Waabi, and a look back at the top Canadian technology inventions and…
- Democracy is Good Business + Debating Online Age Verification · 59 min · Episode 71On this week’s episode: Amber and Jeff discuss social media bans and how they can help keep kids safer online, including what makes sense in Bill C-34 (Canada’s Safe Social Media…
