Tech Talk – May 2 2026

Tech Talk with Alan Perry

Alan Perry

Technology

5.0 • 6 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	Now, Tech Talk with Alan Perry on the IHeart Radio Talk Network.
0:08.2	Well, hello there. Welcome aboard. Our first show of May, 2026.
0:13.2	I was wondering if I was going to make it here. I'm in bed with the flu for three and a half days this week.
0:18.6	Yuck. Thank you to everybody.
0:22.9	That was supportive during all that.
0:28.2	We are live with you on Saturday morning, May the second on CFAX 1070 in Victoria, on Colonna's AM 1150 in the Okinawagon Valley.
0:32.2	Across Canada on the IHeart Radio Talk Network and anywhere in the world on radio streaming apps like Radio Garden.
0:39.6	Sunday afternoon the third, we are being rebroadcast on C-Fax, and then on Monday,
0:45.9	May the Fourth be with you.
0:47.3	Ha!
0:48.3	We'll also have a podcast for you available on podcast platforms, wherever you want to find those.
0:55.3	We this weekend is myself and...
0:58.3	And Catherine Abbott.
0:59.7	And Ghost.
1:00.5	And Ghost.
1:01.3	Her little Pomeranian.
1:02.6	My little Pomeranian dog.
1:04.2	Terry Serp from Priority One Computers is making the pilgrimage across the Malahat down to
1:09.3	join us from Duncan.
1:10.6	He will be here shortly. Obviously, the pilgrimage is a little slower, but welcome to the summer in the city of gardens.
1:17.6	We have so much to talk about this weekend, a little bit of everything. A lot of travel stuff, especially if you are going traveling in the next little while some important changes there that you need to be
1:29.5	aware of, of which you need to be aware. They are all listed in the show notes at tech-hyphen talk.ca.
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