Tech Talk with Alan Perry

Hosted by Alan Perry

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Jun 2026

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"Tech Talk" is a two-hour tech-focussed radio talkshow broadcast live from 10:05am-Noon PT on Saturdays on C-FAX 1070 Radio in Victoria, BC, Canada. Notes are at http://ShowNotes.ca

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June 13, 20261 hr 31 min

Tech Talk June 13, 2026

IT specialist and producer in training joins us to review the weeks tech news including Apple's unveiling of Siri AI and Apple Intelligence and the OS 27 family of operating systems coming this fall

June 6, 20261 hr 31 min

Tech Talk – June 6th 2026

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.

May 30, 20261 hr 31 min

Tech Talk – May 30th 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.

May 23, 20261 hr 30 min

Tech Talk – 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”).

May 16, 20261 hr 31 min

Tech Talk – 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.

May 9, 20261 hr 31 min

Tech Talk – 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.

May 2, 20261 hr 20 min

Tech Talk – 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.

April 25, 20261 hr 31 min

Tech Talk – 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.

April 18, 20261 hr 29 min

Tech Talk – April 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.

April 11, 20261 hr 31 min

Tech Talk – April 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.