Episodes

  • Tech Talk – May 30th 2026:

    Tech Talk – May 30th 2026:
    May 30 2026
    Alan Perry and Colwood-based IT specialist, Wikipedia administrator, and Business Insider contributor Kyle Wilson cover new phone carrier and document-sharing scams, Chrome’s hidden 4GB AI download, Freedom Mobile deals, Apple and Amazon satellite updates, Gmail Live, travel tech tips, Microsoft Office changes, streaming regulations, and more. Plus the discovery of a rare ostrich-like dinosaur fossil on Denman Island.
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Tech Talk – May 23 2026:

    Tech Talk – May 23 2026:
    May 23 2026
    Tech Talk – May 23 2026: Alan Perry and Gary Beyer cover new scam alerts, Apple’s Canadian “Sirigate” lawsuit, transit tap-to-pay in B.C., streaming regulations, Gemini AI upgrades, travel tech tips, LibreOffice tweaks, AI failures at Starbucks, and more. Plus the discovery of the massive marine reptile Tylosaurus rex (“TEX”).
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Tech Talk – May 16 2026

    Tech Talk – May 16 2026
    May 16 2026
    Alan Perry and Ricky Winter, Tech Experience Manager at London Drugs Tillicum, cover major Apple security updates, scam alerts, Google and Android news, AI privacy concerns, telecom price hikes, travel tech tips, folding phones, new AI data centres in B.C., and more.
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Tech Talk – May 9, 2026

    Tech Talk – May 9, 2026
    May 9 2026
    Alan Perry is joined by Charles Martin to discuss the latest tech news and security alerts, including the return of the Rogers “free iPad” scam, Estée Lauder and CRA data breach settlements, the Canvas ransomware attack affecting major universities, Europe’s new EES travel delays, Bell’s controversial new device fee, Telus using AI to alter call-centre accents, upcoming Apple 26.5 updates, AI age-verification tools from Meta, safer child-protection batteries from Energizer, Freedom Mobile and Starlink deals, Apple’s education pricing changes, floating AI data centres, and more.
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Tech Talk – May 2 2026

    Tech Talk – May 2 2026
    May 2 2026
    Alan Perry is joined by Terry Sirup of Priority 1 Computers to cover the latest in tech, including new scam alerts - fake virus pop-ups, job offer texts, and subscription renewal scams, the first Canadian “SMS blaster” fraud case, Microsoft account security issues, travel tech warnings - Europe’s new EES delays and carry-on size changes, rising SSD and RAM prices, telecom updates, and more.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Tech Talk – Apr 25 2026

    Tech Talk – Apr 25 2026
    Apr 25 2026
    Alan Perry with Retired Sidney Tech Enthusiast, Ron Fraser cover TC 10K road closures, scam alerts (BC Hydro texts, fake bank & delivery emails, Rogers/Shaw billing scams), Apple security updates, 5G plans, AI developments, telecom changes and more.
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • Tech Talk – April 18 2026

    Tech Talk – April 18 2026
    Apr 18 2026
    Alan Perry is joined by Gary Beyer, Owner of Tesseract Computers to cover the latest in tech, including Apple iOS 26.4.1 bug-fix updates, scam alerts (parking ticket texts, fake Shaw emails, CRA and DocuSign scams, and bank fraud calls), Apple app update changes, satellite-to-mobile expansion, AI developments, telecom deals, and more. Kathryn Abbott discusses the University of Calgary setting a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as dinosaurs. All this and more.
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Tech Talk – April 11 2026

    Tech Talk – April 11 2026
    Apr 11 2026
    Tech Talk – April 11 2026: Alan Perry is joined by Ricky Winter (Tech Experience Manager at London Drugs Tillicum) to cover the latest in tech, including Apple 26.4.1 updates, scam alerts (CRA texts and Facebook account takeovers), Freedom Mobile’s latest plans, AI security developments, Kindle Store cutoff news, and Artemis II lunar mission updates, plus Kathryn Abbott highlights the discovery of marine fossils on Mount Everest showing the peak was once an ancient seabed, and more.
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    1 hr and 31 mins