Tech Talk with Alan Perry

Alan Perry and guest co‑host Charles Martin, Victoria Mac & iOS Users Group Program Director, cover new scam alerts including fake Canada Groceries & Essentials Benefit texts, bogus Interac e‑Transfers, TD Direct phishing emails, and a dangerous document‑sharing scam.

They also look at the federal review of the CRTC’s 15% streaming levy, a July 13 deadline affecting Microsoft Office users, what to expect from Apple’s WWDC keynote, rising UK ETA travel fees, updated international roaming options, and Walmart’s launch of Walmart+ in Canada.

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.

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”).

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.

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.