Wrecked By Tech

Dan's away this week, so Marc and Riley are left to argue about: Lyrebird, a Montreal company that can synthesize a voice with just 1 minute of speech; the rise and prevalence of contactless payments in Canada; Invest Ottawa's ploy to attract immigrant tech workers to the city; Bose headphones snooping your audio data. Speed round: -Emoji are the new gargoyles -Spotify is hiring to launch self-branded hardware -Amazon's launching a marketplace for subscriptions -April 23 was the first day Britain produced power without coal since the 1880s -Check your credit card statement if you've been to a Holiday Inn recently Recommendations Riley — Don’s Photo Walk (http://donsphoto.com/blog/2017/03/save-the-date-sunday-april-23rd/) Marc — Office Space: Idle Profits (https://itunes.apple.com/ph/app/office-space-idle-profits/id1163059158?mt=8)