The AmberMac Show is a weekly SiriusXM radio and podcast production that unpacks the latest tech, business, and digital news shaping our lives. Award-winning podcaster Amber Mac draws on over 20 years of experience covering technology in the US and Canada to make today’s complex high-tech world easier to understand. Together with co-host Jeff MacArthur, and featuring influential guests making their own headlines, Amber’s team helps listeners nationwide and beyond stay informed and ahead of the curve. Listen and subscribe using the links below (or click here for RSS and other links).
Catch The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM on 2pm ET on Tuesdays (as well as additional times over the weekend) – video and audio embeds here Wednesday morning. In this week’s The AmberMac Show: Amber talks to writer, author, and political commentator David Moscrop for a post-election debrief. We dive into… Read More
Jeff shares his thoughts on achieving a better digital future for Canada. Amber and Jeff also discuss what’s wrong with Meta’s AI plans for WhatsApp, Yahoo wanting to buy Chrome, K-12 AI in the US, weakening self-driving vehicle laws, and the implications of spying on people at work. In our… Read More
On this week’s show, we dive into how the dark side of digital is shaping Canada’s federal election, everything you need to know about deepfakes and the law with Carina Chiu, where the next generation is spending the most time online (and no, it’s not TikTok), how burner phones work,… Read More
This week’s guest is Ed Elson, co-host of The Prof G Markets podcast with Scott Galloway, who joins us to discuss the next generation and why they’re lonely, anxious, and depressed (and what we can do about it). On TheOtherMac, Jeff talks about Trump’s evolving tariffs on iPhones and other… Read More
Former journalist Kevin Newman unpacks Canada’s growing misinformation problem and how Get Fact can help. Amber and Jeff discuss Ukrainian drones by the numbers, why AI likes to lie, Mark Cuban’s TikTok alternative, and how tariffs are taking the tech industry back a decade. Plus, we explore which AI models… Read More
On this week’s show, Amber and Jeff chat about Trump’s new automotive tariffs with APMA’s Flavio Volpe and why Tesla might be the only winner. On TheOther Mac, Jeff dives into everything you need to know about Signal-gate and what went wrong when US officials decided that was a good… Read More
With an election on the way, Jeff and Amber chat about what Canadians need to know about the messy world of political advertising on Facebook. Plus, they dive into why AI comments might be coming to Instagram, Google’s new Starlink competitor, everything you need to know about AI search engines,… Read More
This week on The AmberMac Show, marketing icon Guy Kawasaki joins us to discuss the end of social media and the best advice to survive 2025. Amber and Jeff discuss Apple’s Siri AI delay, why Meta wants to block a new book from yet another whistleblower, and the best times… Read More
This week on The AmberMac Show, Amber and Jeff talk Canadian pushback to Trump tariffs, Elon’s FAA request, and Google’s 60-hour work week proposal. Plus, we’ll cover preparing your kids for the future of the AI workplace with Dwayne Matthews, how wearable tech is reimagining everything from health to fashion… Read More
This week on The AmberMac Show, Amber and Jeff dive into how much energy we need for our AI future, why more than a thousand tech and business leaders signed a letter to condemn DEI rollbacks, what it means for the James Bond franchise to be in the hands of… Read More
On this week’s The AmberMac Show, Amber and Jeff discuss how AI hallucinations are haunting lazy lawyers; Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s low likability scores; how artificial intelligence is infiltrating the dating world, and what the newest Facebook changes mean for live video. Plus, we talk with Ruv Cohen about… Read More
In this week’s headlines, Amber & Jeff cover how Elon Musk is stumbling on DOGE transparency, why DeepSeek is dangerous, and how Apple is about to transform healthcare. Plus, Timothy Caulfield, Author of The Certainty Illusion, joins us to talk about the rise of misinformation; Melanie Morassutti, Executive Editor at… Read More