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What would a “simplified” Starship plan for the Moon actually look like? The problem is that it may be difficult to find options that both NASA and SpaceX like.

"NASA’s interim leader, Sean Duffy (is) “'opening up' its competition to develop a lunar lander that will put humans on the surface of the Moon (& has) asked NASA’s current lunar lander contractors, SpaceX & Blue Origin, for more nimble plans." arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...

YouTube video by Amber Mac The First Global AI Cyberattack [The AmberMac Show Ep040]

This week's tech news has the first documented case of a global AI cyberattack, Disney’s unexpected embracing of AI slop, another AI band topping the charts, OpenAI’s financial fumbling, and more on The AmberMac Show with @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social - watch below! youtu.be/Wy0K3CpC54I

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The AmberMac Show Ep040: Global AI Cyberattack, Gen(Z)AI, &... On this week's episode on The AmberMac Show: We cover the first documented case of a global AI cyberattack, Disney's unexpected embracing of AI slop, another AI band topping the charts, and OpenAI's f...

The AmberMac Show has the latest tech news plus Helen Hayes on Gen(Z)AI; Kate Koplovich on the global energy transition; @marcsaltzman.bsky.social's Black Friday/Cyber Monday tech gifts; & @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social on online sports betting. Audio, video, subscribe here ambermac.com/the-ambermac...

Valve is making microSD cards the next game cartridges Plug and play.

"With just a microSD card, you’ll be able to easily bring your games across the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame." www.theverge.com/games/818602...

YouTube video by Amber Mac The First Global AI Cyberattack [The AmberMac Show Ep040]

This week's tech news has the first documented case of a global AI cyberattack, Disney’s unexpected embracing of AI slop, another AI band topping the charts, OpenAI’s financial fumbling, and more on The AmberMac Show with @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social - watch below! youtu.be/Wy0K3CpC54I

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It was great fun to speak about the latest AI news, needs, and nuance with @jeffmacarthur.bsky.social.

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Inside Harvey: How a first-year legal associate built one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups | TechCrunch TechCrunch spoke with Harvey's CEO and co-founder Winston Weinberg about the wild ride that he and co-founder Gabe Pereyra have been on so far.

"Legal AI might not sound like the sexiest category in Silicon Valley, but Harvey‘s CEO Winston Weinberg has captured the attention of virtually every top-tier investor in the Valley." techcrunch.com/2025/11/14/i...

Global AI Cyberattack, Gen(Z)AI, & Disney+ Slop Podcast Episode · The AmberMac Show · 2025-11-19 · 50m

Here is this week's new episode, released today!

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✌️ Thank you to the Atlantic Technology Summit for inviting us to host The AmberMac Show podcast on stage today.
@jeffmacarthur.bsky.social and I enjoyed meeting everyone!

Elon Musk launches Grok's image-to-video feature: Here's how to use the AI tool Make AI videos from static images with just a long press.

"Elon Musk’s Grok AI has got a new feature that allows users to turn static images into animated videos." me.mashable.com/tech/63496/e...

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Something funky is going on at Ubisoft The company halted trading of its shares and delayed its latest earnings report.

"Just before it was set to hold a call with investors on Thursday, Ubisoft said it was delaying its half-year earnings report and halting trading of its shares." www.engadget.com/gaming/somet...

Don’t forget that Third Wednesday is tomorrow, so if you’re a techie in Halifax, then please join us! We also have a special guest with @ambermac.bsky.social in attendance!

🤩 Busy day in Halifax, but before we hit the stage to record an episode of The AmberMac Show podcast live, here's this week's new episode - released today:

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Entire fleet of Tesla cars burned down in fire at Tesla store, under investigation An entire fleet of 24 Tesla cars burned down in a fire at a Tesla store in the South of...

"If your goal is to hurt Tesla, let me introduce you to a novel concept called 'insurance'. Tesla is simply going to collect insurance on these vehicles and produce more. There are plenty of ways to protest Tesla peacefully." electrek.co/2025/11/13/e...

Extreme plots enterprise marketplace for AI agents, tools, apps Extreme envisions offering specialized, easy-to-deploy AI agents for analytics, sustainability and security.

"Extreme Networks… previewed an AI marketplace where it plans to offer a curated catalog of AI tools, agents & applications. Called Extreme Exchange, it’s designed to give enterprise customers a way to discover, deploy & create AI agents, microapps & workflows…" www.networkworld.com/article/4089...

Spotify adds Audiobook Recaps to get you up to speed Spotify has added a tool for audiobook listeners who have a habit of forgetting what they've just heard.

"Spotify has added a tool for audiobook listeners who have a habit of forgetting what they've just heard. Currently in beta, Audiobook Recaps is the streaming platform's latest feature, one that sounds a lot like Amazon's recently added Recaps for Kindle." mashable.com/article/spot...

Jeff's back hosting Halifax Third Wednesday tech/media/marketing meetup this Wed, Nov 19 at the Atlantica.
We'll have our friends from DigitalNS & hopefully some of the folks from the Atlantic Tech Summit (8:45am-5pm where earlier that day Jeff & @ambermac.bsky.social will be presenting on AI)!

Tesla working on CarPlay support, could launch soon - 9to5Mac Tesla is testing CarPlay support for a possible release this year, marking a major shift in its in-car software strategy.

"Tesla is considering rolling out CarPlay support as soon as the end of this year… This marks a huge shift in strategy for the biggest EV maker, which has historically built its entire in-car infrastructure from scratch rather than relying on a third-party." 9to5mac.com/2025/11/13/t...

I Can't Stop Staring at the Hilariously Horrifying Moopsy Death Animation From 'Star Trek Online' In MMORPG space, no one can hear your bones get schlorped out by a cute little critter. But they *can* hear said critter say 'Moopsy.'

"This week, the long-running #StarTrek MMO launched its seasonal event, The Feast, in which players can complete tasks and instances to earn a special new reward: the adorable Moopsy from Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ season 4 episode" gizmodo.com/star-trek-on...

YouTube video by Amber Mac $16B Scam Ads on Facebook [The AmberMac Show Ep039]

🗞️ Here are just a few quick things you need to know about the latest in tech (things that affect the way you live, work, parent, and play)👇
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🤩 Get the full episode of The AmberMac Show wherever you get your podcasts.

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Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Reynolds-backed password manager tops $400 million in ARR on AI tail winds Canadian cybersecurity startup 1Password has surpassed $400 million in annual recurring revenue.

"Cybersecurity startup 1Password, by Ryan Reynolds, Matthew McConaughey and Scarlett Johansson, has topped more than $400 million in annual recurring revenue" www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/r...

📢 Halifax - Hope to see you at the Atlantic Tech Summit on Wednesday, Nov 19th!

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🎧 We will be recording The AmberMac Show podcast on stage, a live special episode about the state of AI.

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LG founder's grandson, production firm partner up to bring AI to filmmaking | TechCrunch Brian Koo’s Stock Farm Road and Utopai Studios have partnered up to form Utopai East, an AI-powered film production company.

"AI can’t run without enormous data centers and energy infrastructure.
A new joint venture, dubbed Utopai East, aims to address that need by developing infrastructure specifically for producing movies and TV shows using AI." techcrunch.com/2025/11/03/l...

"Apple to Reportedly Pay Google $1 Billion a Year for Siri's Custom Gemini AI Model"

What do you think about this news? Here's our take on The AmberMac Show

📢 Get this week's show wherever you get your podcasts! TY!

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How To Run an Open-Source LLM on Your Personal Computer | HackerNoon Learn how to install and run open-source large language models (LLMs) locally on Windows — with or without the command line.

"Running a large language model (LLM) on your computer is now easier than ever.
You no longer need a cloud subscription or a massive server. With just your PC, you can run models like Llama, Mistral, or Phi, privately and offline." hackernoon.com/how-to-run-a...

I made a basic arcade machine with this ESP32-powered display Anything's possible with enough PSRAM and a big display.

"I decided to temporarily build an arcade machine with the Elecrow CrowPanel Advance 7-inch display... just because I could." www.xda-developers.com/made-basic-a...

Former Google, Meta executives raise $100 million for high-capacity AI servers startup The three plan to sell high-memory server technology.

"Three former Meta and Google silicon executives (have) announced they’ve raised a total of $100 million to build technology they say will reduce cloud companies’ spend on data center buildouts." www.cnbc.com/2025/11/10/m...