iOS 14.5 release will change your iPhone and iPad.  NASA’s Mars helicopter travels further and faster on its third flight.  Scammers target Rogers customers offering outage credits.  Zoom’s Immersive View could make video calls feel a bit more in-person.  Video game giant EA steering players into loot-box option in popular soccer game, insider says.  Disney's free-walking robot that will make you believe in Groot.  Shopify on the list of Time magazine most influential companies.  City of Calgary and Waze announce partnership.  Big updates for Super Mario Party and Animal Crossing.

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Federal budget has money to find the best way to charge electric vehicles.  Free-to-play Xbox games no longer require Xbox Live Gold to play online.  Russia plans its own space station in 2025.  Random guy buys the Google domain for Arentina.  Chromebook users will soon be able to auto-caption any media playing in their browser.  Consumer Reports finds that a Tesla will drive with nobody in the drivers seat.  NASA makes breathable oxygen from thin air on Mars.

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More high speed internet coming to small Canadian towns.  Google loses “Location History” court battle in Australia.  A bookshelf speaker that looks like a book on a shelf.  Facebook’s Clubhouse competitor is coming this summer.  TikTok users watch app for average of 89 minutes per day.  Rogers offers to compensate customers after outage.  TD Hits 10 Million Mobile User Milestone.  Apple announces a new iMac, iPad, AirTags, Apple TV.  How to Disable an Unknown AirTag Found Moving With You to Prevent Being Tracked.  Google Search turns Pac-Man and Hello Kitty into interactive objects.

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Four provinces exploring small nuclear reactors.  The FBI is hacking hundreds of computers using a hack to close the hack. Facebook’s speed-dating app gives you four minutes to impress.  The Pornhub Tech Review.  CRTC to allow small wireless carriers to piggyback on Big 3 networks.  Should Canada's internet providers block pirate content?  Google Earth adds a timeline that has photos going back almost 30 years.

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Majority of Canadians are not using the COVID Alert app. Worries about the way that Clubhouse stores your data. Apple CEO Tim Cook worries about the App Store becoming a flea market. Phone app alerts you to look up while walking. Logitech Harmony universal remotes are being discontinued. A robotic spacecraft just latched onto an active satellite. Google is working to bring Sony’s 360 Reality Audio to Android. A new gadget helps you to discover why you are gassy.

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LG sort of promises more updates for its Android phones.  Google Assistant Driving Mode arrives in Canada.  Amazon Echo Show 10 now supports face tracking Zoom calls.  SpaceX to keep Starlink pricing simple.  Microsoft cools data center servers using boiling liquid.  Hackers scraped data from 500 million LinkedIn users.  Facebook hopes tiny labels on posts will stop users confusing satire with reality.  Roomba maker iRobot creates a robot to help you learn to write code.  NASA unlocks the ‘blades of glory’ on its Mars Ingenuity helicopter.

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Canadian tech company has a major problem with their rapid COVID tests.  Ikea is working with Sonos on a hidden speaker built into art you hang on the wall.  Bladeless turbines that waggle could bring wind power to your home.  Yahoo Answers will be shut down forever on May 4th.  WhatsApp delivered over 100 trillion encrypted messages in the past 5 years.  Children beating up robot inspire escape maneuver.  NASA deploys the Mars helicopter before its pioneering first flight.  
PLUS - A LIVE REVIEW of the Google Nest Hub (2nd gen) finds that does an effective job of tracking your sleep patterns.

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Slack announced it would let you DM anyone, then changed their mind.  Apple’s HomePod Mini has a secret sensor waiting to be switched on.  Utah governor signs legislation requiring porn filters on cellphones and tablets.  Facebook has been autogenerating pages for white supremacists.  Nintendo made a tool to help you show off your Animal Crossing island.  A Super Worm Moon will appear on Sunday.

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YouTube won’t remove a livestream from outside the Boulder mass shooting.  Sony releasing 360 Reality Audio speakers.  Amazon Games opens a development studio in Montreal.  Governments spend $826 million to expand high-speed internet in Quebec.  Police warn students to avoid a  science website.  Twitter confirms it’s testing an ‘undo tweet’ feature.  Microsoft rebrands Xbox Live to Xbox network.  Montreal Canadiens home games now have an extra 80 cameras.  Apple fined in Brazil for missing iPhone 12 charger.  Old satellite breaks up in orbit.  An in-studio review of the Amazon Echo Show 10 with its bright screen, solid speakers and a rotating base that really does follow you around.

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In this episode....

Canadian digital ID app is expanding across the country.  Recycling toilet water in high-rises.  Chrome now instantly captions audio and video on the web.  Jade Raymond is now developing a game for PlayStation.  Google will reduce Play Store cut to 15 percent for a developer’s first $1M in annual revenue.  EA Play joins Xbox Game Pass for PC this week.  Class action lawsuit in Quebec against Apple.  YouTube Shorts taking on TikTok.  Grammarly’s handy tone detector is now a keyboard on Android and iOS.  Take your blood pressure with an iPhone camera.  Sony reveals the controller for their new Next-gen VR.

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