Amber Mac
@ambermac.bsky.social
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Host, The AmberMac Show with Jeff MacArthur, Award-winning tech and AI podcaster, keynote speaker, event moderator, bestselling author, and radio/tv host (mom of teen boy + 2 rescue pups)
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Hi. I've only been active here on Bluesky for a few days, so here's a quick intro; pls say hi so I can follow you back!

My name is Amber Mac 👇

🎙️Radio host on SiriusXM, 🤖 Keynote speaker on AI 📚 Bestselling author on tech / digital / cybersafety
👩‍💼Owner #AmberMacMedia, a content agency in Toronto
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Settle down lol 🤣
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"A lot rides on what exactly the refurbishment entails, but in general there are some products that I wouldn't buy with a 'refurbished' label slapped on them…" www.howtogeek.com/tech-product...
7 Tech Products I'd Never Buy Refurbished
I guess I have trust issues.
www.howtogeek.com
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Well, that's kind of confusing: "Apple of course offers its set-top box hardware under the Apple TV name while also offering the Apple TV app across various platforms as a hub for Apple TV+ [now just 'Apple TV' ] & other content." www.macrumors.com/2025/10/13/a...
Apple TV+ Being Rebranded as Apple TV
Buried in its announcement about "F1: The Movie" making its streaming debut on December 12, Apple has also announced that Apple TV+ is being...
www.macrumors.com
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"India has kicked off a pilot to let consumers shop and pay directly through AI chatbots, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT leading the rollout & integrations with Google’s Gemini & Anthropic’s Claude in development." techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/i...
India pilots AI chatbot-led e-commerce with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude in the mix | TechCrunch
India has launched a pilot to let users shop and pay directly through AI chatbots, starting with ChatGPT.
techcrunch.com
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"London’s Metropolitan Police force has arrested two 17-year-old boys in connection with the recent cyber attack at London-based childcare chain Kido, which saw hackers publish photos of toddlers stolen from the victim’s systems to try to extort the firm…" www.computerweekly.com/news/3666323...
Teens arrested over Kido nursery hack | Computer Weekly
London's Met Police arrested two teenage boys in Hertfordshire on suspicion of involvement in the recent Kido nursery hack that saw the personal data of infants stolen and leaked.
www.computerweekly.com
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🔥The Fireworks Feast last night at the Inn at Bay Fortune in beautiful PEI was superb!

Thank you Chef Michael Smith for creating this wonderful and whimsical place.

Back to Toronto today to see my boys for Thanksgiving (thank you CD for this evening out on the farm 😘).
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👩‍🎨 Is AI art?

🎙️New episode of The AmberMac Show is now airing on SiriusXM Canada Ch. 167 and available wherever you get your podcasts.

Stream now on Apple or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

cc @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social
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Love this! Thanks Denis!
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"When we talk about threats that the emergence of quantum computer may bring, I want to be precise: these computers don’t exist. And I don’t like the culture that exists in this area, which consists of companies announcing sensational new products every month."' www.networkworld.com/article/4069...
Fields medalist: 'As of today we have no quantum computer. It does not exist.'
Mathematician Efim Zelmanov, Fields medalist and cryptography expert, warns about the hype generated in the market around quantum computing. "I don't like the culture that exists in this field, which…
www.networkworld.com
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"Is your mouse spying on you? No, it almost certainly isn't, but the peripheral could feasibly be corrupted to perform surveillance duties on an unsuspecting PC gamer based on the findings of a new research paper." www.techradar.com/computing/pe...
New exploit shows how a gaming mouse's big strength can be turned into a weakness, allowing it to spy on you
'Mic-E-Mouse' is a worrying threat
www.techradar.com
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OpenAI's Sloppy Sora app, AI vs. Hollywood actors, Trump's tech/media legal settlements bounty, $500B Musk, & AI running out of training data - watch it all on this week's tech news segment on The AmberMac Show with @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social youtu.be/MfEKq8Dw954?...
OpenAI's Sora App is a Sloppy Nightmare [The AmberMac Show Ep034]
YouTube video by Amber Mac
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"While this year’s prize may be rewarding research work that was carried out 40 years ago, it’s a reminder of the impact that quantum is starting to have on the world of computing." www.computerworld.com/article/4069...
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to quantum pioneers
The trio was awarded the prize for research on quantum tunneling, the second year in a row that IT-related work was honored.
www.computerworld.com
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Thank you for sharing
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😳 As the Tech Transparency Project reports, "Meta funds a collection of parent and child safety groups...This gives a sheen of expert approval to the company’s efforts to keep young users engaged on its platforms."

Get The AmberMac Show podcast to hear more 👇.
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