In this episode, nobody is using Canada's COVID Alert app.  The foreign streaming giants are going to be forced to have Canadian Content. Twitter fixed a bug that suspended users for posting the word ‘Memphis’.  Fortnite season 6 adds animals and Lara Croft.  Japan is holding microsatellites built with Myanmar aboard the space station.  Stadia has a new feature to play games from a screenshot.  Microwave-powered water heaters.  Google’s new Nest display wants to watch you while you sleep.  Animal Crossing: New Horizons turning 1 and adding whoopie cushions.

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150,000 cameras get hacked.  Meteor over Vermont exploded so “violently,” it shook buildings.  

Bell and Honda Canada announce a new connected car partnership.  Twitter adding ‘Spaces’ chat in April.  SpaceX wants to put Starlink satellite dishes on large vehicles.  Google Maps will soon let you draw on a map to fix it.  NASA releases more recordings from Mars.

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Canadian MP's can now vote using an app. Rogers has cheaper internet for people in Ontario on support programs. Chrome OS turns 10 and announces some new features. Sonos introduces its cheapest speaker ever. Atari has plans for a crypto casino based on its old games. Russia partners with China for lunar space station. Fortnite teases how this season will end and the next one will start.

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SpaceX Starship has a great landing, and then explodes. Microsoft has a plan for holoportation. Google stops selling its Cardboard VR goggles after seven years. Sony announces six PlayStation VR games, including Doom 3, a zombie game and an escape room. Ontario spending millions for better broadband.  Twitter launching new engineering hub in Toronto. Honda launches world’s first level 3 self-driving car.  WhatsApp brings end-to-end encrypted video and audio calls to its desktop app. Sony patent will turn a banana into a game controller.

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What is Clubhouse? Facebook creates a new rap app. NASA’s Perseverance rover carried a family portrait to Mars. Google Recorder now lets you upload and search like Google Photos. Instagram Live Rooms opens video streaming space for four.  Artificial Intelligence writes a kinky play. China-based hackers get into e-mail.  Microsoft Teams adds new presenter tools and PowerPoint integration. Nintendo just released the first Wii U update since 2018. Japanese billionaire is looking for eight people to join him on a Moon voyage. World’s first ‘Space Hotel' to begin construction in 2025.

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Update for Android adds scheduled texts and improves accessibility. Yamaha releases a digital saxophone. Australia getting closer to having Google and Facebook pay for news. Ring’s Video Doorbell Pro 2 has built-in radar. Update to some Roomba firmware makes it robot vacuum 'drunk'. GameSnacks is a huge website from Google that is full of simple and free games.

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GM builds a track for testing autonomous vehicles in Oshawa. Apple cracks down on apps with ‘irrationally high prices’ in the App Store. Problems with the new PlayStation 5 controller. Panasonic made a moody, farting robot that looks like a cat in a sock. A building that lets 7,000 watch e-sports and looks like a spaceship being planned for Toronto. 30,000 Macs infected with malware that currently does nothing.  Tesla Solar Roof coming to Canada later this year. Starlink internet is getting faster.  The sound of Mars.

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CRA locks some online accounts. Facebook bans all news posts in Australia. More features for electric vehicles in Canada on Google Maps. Animal Crossing: New Horizons adds Mario-themed items this month. Koodo to drop Canada-wide calling in their base plans. Zillow’s 3D Home app can now use AI to guess the size of your house. A smart cuckoo clock that connects to Alexa. First look at Android 12.  ‘Fortnite’ will host an animated short film festival this weekend.

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Apple Maps incorrectly labels Ontario's 401 highway as the 403. Facebook is secretly building a smartwatch. 17 year old Halo 3 is getting a new multiplayer map.  Chinese lunar rover discovers a strange rock on the moon. Mars Madness continues with NASA getting set to land their rover. Announcements coming from Nintendo as the Legend of Zelda franchise turns 35 years old.

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Better internet for rural areas of Canada. The hacked Florida water plant used shared passwords and Windows 7 computers. How to turn yourself into a cat on Zoom. The NHL using their Player and Puck tracking system for more stats.  Ontario could help Apple build a car. A cruise ship will soon have the world's first humanoid robotic bartender at sea.

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