Tech Talk – May 9, 2026

Tech Talk with Alan Perry

Alan Perry

Technology

5.0 • 6 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	Now, Tech Talk with Alan Perry on the IHeart Radio Talk Network.
0:09.3	Welcome aboard our Mother's Day weekend edition for 2026,
0:14.0	on Squymoot Buccaneers Day here in Victoria,
0:17.8	and also we're celebrating the 100th birthday of Sir David Attenborough. We're live with
0:22.9	you Saturday morning, May the 10th on Cfax 1070 in Victoria, on Colonna's AM 1150 in the Okanagan
0:29.2	Valley, across Canada on the IHeart Radio Talk Network, and anywhere in the world, you might
0:34.4	choose to listen on radio streaming apps like Radio Garden.
0:41.0	Sunday afternoon the 10th, we're being rebroadcast on CFax 1070,
0:46.2	and you might be listening to us on a podcast which you can find anywhere you can find podcasts.
0:48.8	We this weekend is myself, Alan Perry.
0:55.0	Charles Martin from the Victoria Mac and iOS users group and many other organizations.
0:56.8	Welcome back. Glad to have you here.
0:58.4	I'm practicing mine, no.
1:01.3	One of these days I want to replace that guy.
1:01.7	No!
1:03.9	And?
1:05.8	Catherine Abbott, the Dinosaur Lady.
1:10.6	Who, you're very happy to be celebrating David Attenborough and his many accomplishments. I sure am. David Attenborough actually started his love for nature and paleontology as a young man.
1:17.6	He found an ammonite fossil and that's what sparked his love and passion of nature.
1:23.6	So he's someone that I've aspired to my entire life. Yeah, he's nature's most
1:29.9	trusted voice. He's one of those people that I would watch almost anything. He's 100, but he's
1:34.8	still working. He's doing the narration for the Living Planet series that he's done with the BBC
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