1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:01,459 DeepSeq, 2 00:00:01,839 --> 00:00:04,319 the AI platform that's taken the world by 3 00:00:04,319 --> 00:00:06,480 storm, is now under fire for a major 4 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:07,540 security lapse. 5 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:08,580 Researchers 6 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,179 at Wiz discovered that DeepSeq left a critical 7 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,460 database exposed potentially compromising over 8 00:00:15,764 --> 00:00:16,984 a 1000000 records 9 00:00:17,364 --> 00:00:20,984 including user data, API keys, and system logs. 10 00:00:21,285 --> 00:00:23,765 While there's no evidence of malicious access, the 11 00:00:23,765 --> 00:00:26,265 ease of discovery raises serious concerns. 12 00:00:27,044 --> 00:00:29,704 This isn't the this isn't the first time 13 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:33,079 an AI security breach and experts warn that 14 00:00:33,079 --> 00:00:34,699 as AI advances, 15 00:00:35,399 --> 00:00:37,179 so do its vulnerabilities. 16 00:00:37,879 --> 00:00:39,640 What does this mean of for the future 17 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,259 of the AI security? 18 00:00:41,799 --> 00:00:45,324 Well, let's dive in. 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It's been gone. 105 00:04:08,884 --> 00:04:10,584 4 interviews this week, 106 00:04:13,150 --> 00:04:14,290 meetings, planning, 107 00:04:15,069 --> 00:04:15,569 execution. 108 00:04:17,710 --> 00:04:20,370 It's just it's just been nonstop. Yesterday, 109 00:04:21,069 --> 00:04:24,270 I, I basically at at 5:30, I just 110 00:04:24,270 --> 00:04:24,770 kinda 111 00:04:25,314 --> 00:04:26,694 almost semi collapsed. 112 00:04:28,355 --> 00:04:28,835 And, 113 00:04:30,514 --> 00:04:32,035 yeah, you know, it is what it is. 114 00:04:32,035 --> 00:04:34,115 But, you know, I think hate to say 115 00:04:34,115 --> 00:04:35,955 it right now, but the highlight of my 116 00:04:35,955 --> 00:04:36,455 week 117 00:04:37,955 --> 00:04:40,759 was ordering groceries tonight because I hit groceries 118 00:04:41,060 --> 00:04:42,439 my my refill of food. 119 00:04:44,819 --> 00:04:47,720 Oh my gosh. So, hey. You know, 120 00:04:48,339 --> 00:04:51,139 live living the life and, but, you know, 121 00:04:51,139 --> 00:04:52,680 the the weather, I'm just 122 00:04:53,555 --> 00:04:55,394 I'm being a bit of a hermit, to 123 00:04:55,394 --> 00:04:56,615 be honest with you. 124 00:04:57,154 --> 00:04:59,235 I really, really am. Hey. Let's go ahead 125 00:04:59,235 --> 00:05:00,454 and get into the stack. 126 00:05:01,714 --> 00:05:03,794 I do wanna thank, one of our insiders 127 00:05:03,794 --> 00:05:05,654 before we get into it, Michael Pay, 128 00:05:06,115 --> 00:05:07,735 for a Ohana $5 129 00:05:08,879 --> 00:05:09,620 per month, 130 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,199 donation. Thank you so much, Michael, for your 131 00:05:13,199 --> 00:05:15,379 ongoing support of the show. It's it's greatly 132 00:05:15,439 --> 00:05:15,939 appreciated. 133 00:05:16,959 --> 00:05:17,459 But, 134 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,800 as we talk about deep seek, and I 135 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:23,144 talked about it enough last week not to 136 00:05:23,785 --> 00:05:24,285 really, 137 00:05:25,544 --> 00:05:27,004 I guess for a better word, 138 00:05:27,944 --> 00:05:29,785 you know, you guys heard my opinion. I 139 00:05:29,785 --> 00:05:31,224 I said you shouldn't be using it. And 140 00:05:31,224 --> 00:05:34,444 here again, just this situation with it having 141 00:05:34,584 --> 00:05:37,004 a fairly substantial security hole 142 00:05:37,710 --> 00:05:40,290 and, leaving crucial databases exposed 143 00:05:41,790 --> 00:05:43,569 just shows you they're not really 144 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:44,930 paying attention 145 00:05:45,710 --> 00:05:46,210 and, 146 00:05:47,389 --> 00:05:49,410 it just makes you just makes you wonder, 147 00:05:51,004 --> 00:05:52,685 you know, what they're you know, that they're 148 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:54,464 just running on such a tight budget 149 00:05:54,845 --> 00:05:56,605 that they don't have enough people taking care 150 00:05:56,605 --> 00:05:58,625 of things. It's hard. Security is hard. 151 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:01,165 We get reports from time to time at 152 00:06:01,165 --> 00:06:02,384 Blueberry on 153 00:06:03,850 --> 00:06:04,670 security vulnerabilities. 154 00:06:07,209 --> 00:06:08,589 And, to be frank, 155 00:06:09,449 --> 00:06:11,550 we appreciate those that come in, 156 00:06:12,250 --> 00:06:14,910 from security researchers. We we really do. 157 00:06:15,645 --> 00:06:17,745 It helps it helps us a great deal 158 00:06:18,045 --> 00:06:18,444 and, 159 00:06:20,045 --> 00:06:22,205 so and we pay them pay them for 160 00:06:22,205 --> 00:06:22,865 their bounties 161 00:06:23,404 --> 00:06:23,904 but, 162 00:06:24,685 --> 00:06:27,105 yeah, it's it's just an it's an ongoing 163 00:06:27,725 --> 00:06:29,504 ongoing process for sure. 164 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,220 Amazon Prime Video has ads now. 165 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,980 There's a way to nix the ads, but 166 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,139 you're gonna have to pay. 167 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:41,860 You're gonna have to pay more, 168 00:06:42,354 --> 00:06:42,854 and 169 00:06:43,235 --> 00:06:44,935 paying more always sucks. 170 00:06:45,794 --> 00:06:47,634 So if you wanna shut off the ads, 171 00:06:47,634 --> 00:06:50,115 go to Amazon Prime Video website, click your 172 00:06:50,115 --> 00:06:50,615 profile 173 00:06:51,235 --> 00:06:52,914 icon in the top right corner of the 174 00:06:52,914 --> 00:06:53,414 page, 175 00:06:53,954 --> 00:06:57,079 click account settings, click go to free go 176 00:06:57,079 --> 00:06:58,459 to the add free button, 177 00:06:58,919 --> 00:07:00,300 and then start subscription. 178 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:01,959 And, 179 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,699 as you probably know, Prime Video is included 180 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:06,779 in Amazon Prime, which costs 14.99 181 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,995 a month or the $139 a year, but 182 00:07:09,995 --> 00:07:11,935 it's gonna cost you an extra $3 183 00:07:12,714 --> 00:07:14,014 now per month 184 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:15,774 to get ad free. 185 00:07:16,154 --> 00:07:17,134 This is bullshit. 186 00:07:17,514 --> 00:07:19,134 You know? This is what we paid 187 00:07:19,834 --> 00:07:22,634 for Amazon Prime, to be quite frank with 188 00:07:22,634 --> 00:07:23,134 you. 189 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,370 I get my value out of the shipping 190 00:07:26,990 --> 00:07:27,729 for sure, 191 00:07:28,349 --> 00:07:28,849 but 192 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:30,689 come on. 193 00:07:31,629 --> 00:07:32,449 Come on. 194 00:07:33,149 --> 00:07:34,750 Do we really need to do that, to 195 00:07:34,750 --> 00:07:37,229 be honest with you? I'm getting an error 196 00:07:37,229 --> 00:07:38,849 over here. What's going on? 197 00:07:40,925 --> 00:07:43,404 Maybe it's bad weather out or something. The, 198 00:07:43,644 --> 00:07:44,305 the bandwidth 199 00:07:45,004 --> 00:07:47,745 YouTube is complaining about not receiving enough 200 00:07:48,284 --> 00:07:48,784 uplink. 201 00:07:49,485 --> 00:07:49,884 So, 202 00:07:50,444 --> 00:07:54,000 sometimes this happens. That's the, you know, running 203 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,360 on Starlink or at the end of the 204 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,860 month close to end of the bandwidth allowance. 205 00:07:58,159 --> 00:07:59,519 But, yeah, if you wanna shut that off, 206 00:07:59,519 --> 00:08:01,039 it's gonna cost you an extra $3. I 207 00:08:01,039 --> 00:08:03,300 don't watch enough stuff up at Amazon Prime 208 00:08:04,159 --> 00:08:06,454 to even be worried about it. But one 209 00:08:06,454 --> 00:08:09,254 thing has made really headline news today is 210 00:08:09,254 --> 00:08:12,074 AI edited images and movies could 211 00:08:12,855 --> 00:08:15,035 still be copyrighted. The US agency 212 00:08:15,415 --> 00:08:17,915 advised and they put out some new guidance 213 00:08:17,975 --> 00:08:18,475 here. 214 00:08:19,649 --> 00:08:23,189 And it's it's not exactly what probably what 215 00:08:23,250 --> 00:08:25,189 most everyone wants to hear, 216 00:08:26,209 --> 00:08:26,709 but, 217 00:08:27,330 --> 00:08:30,230 the report argues that copyright protects original expression 218 00:08:30,290 --> 00:08:31,910 in a work created by human. 219 00:08:32,945 --> 00:08:34,865 They reported the 2nd in a series from 220 00:08:34,865 --> 00:08:38,065 the copyright office with this edition specifically focused 221 00:08:38,065 --> 00:08:39,125 on what it's called 222 00:08:39,425 --> 00:08:39,925 copyrightability 223 00:08:41,105 --> 00:08:44,785 of AI generated and AI edited images. The 224 00:08:44,785 --> 00:08:46,965 office first issued guidance around 2023, 225 00:08:49,019 --> 00:08:50,860 followed by a series of online listening sessions 226 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:52,879 for the public to contribute their thoughts. 227 00:08:53,419 --> 00:08:56,059 The arguments, recommendations, these reports aren't law, but 228 00:08:56,059 --> 00:08:57,820 they give us some insight how the agency 229 00:08:57,820 --> 00:08:58,559 is viewing. 230 00:08:58,940 --> 00:09:00,399 One key thing that the copyright 231 00:09:00,779 --> 00:09:02,720 highlights is the level of human 232 00:09:03,544 --> 00:09:04,044 contribution. 233 00:09:05,304 --> 00:09:06,445 So that's interesting. 234 00:09:07,304 --> 00:09:09,644 Meaning, how hands on a human 235 00:09:10,264 --> 00:09:12,745 really is during the creation process is important 236 00:09:12,745 --> 00:09:15,959 because the report correctly calls out. A lot 237 00:09:15,959 --> 00:09:18,440 of popular editing software have recently added AI 238 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,860 powered updates, seeing things like the aging 239 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,720 and film post production photo editing features to 240 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:26,059 get clean up unwanted objects, etcetera. 241 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:28,759 That kind of assistive AI is different than 242 00:09:28,759 --> 00:09:31,095 a person writing complex prompt for an AI 243 00:09:31,095 --> 00:09:33,654 image to render. And as such, the use 244 00:09:33,654 --> 00:09:36,615 of that AI powered editing program shouldn't prevent 245 00:09:36,615 --> 00:09:37,115 filmmakers 246 00:09:37,575 --> 00:09:39,735 or photographers from retaining copy rates of their 247 00:09:39,735 --> 00:09:42,955 work. There's an important distinction between using an 248 00:09:43,095 --> 00:09:45,035 AI tool to assist in creation 249 00:09:45,820 --> 00:09:48,700 of works as a stand in for human 250 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:50,720 creativity. Of course, as in the other side, 251 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:53,039 AI image prop prompts 252 00:09:53,419 --> 00:09:55,259 that, like, I create for my episode are 253 00:09:55,259 --> 00:09:56,240 are not copyrightable 254 00:09:57,019 --> 00:09:58,639 nor would I want them to be. 255 00:09:59,674 --> 00:10:02,394 The same prompt can produce endless and different 256 00:10:02,394 --> 00:10:04,794 outputs, meaning AI has more involvement in the 257 00:10:04,794 --> 00:10:05,774 act of the creation. 258 00:10:06,475 --> 00:10:06,975 So, 259 00:10:08,634 --> 00:10:10,414 bit of a hodgepodge here 260 00:10:10,875 --> 00:10:11,774 at this point 261 00:10:12,154 --> 00:10:13,215 for sure. 262 00:10:14,259 --> 00:10:17,240 This is interesting. The Video Game History Foundation 263 00:10:17,379 --> 00:10:20,120 Library has opened its archives for the first 264 00:10:20,179 --> 00:10:20,679 time 265 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:24,740 and so today, the Video Gaming History Foundation 266 00:10:24,740 --> 00:10:26,980 announced an early access launch of the digital 267 00:10:26,980 --> 00:10:27,480 archive. 268 00:10:28,144 --> 00:10:31,524 Wow. Including magazine catalogs, behind the scene content, 269 00:10:32,065 --> 00:10:34,404 and it's completely free. The VGHF 270 00:10:35,504 --> 00:10:38,565 has more than 1500 searchable video game magazines, 271 00:10:39,264 --> 00:10:41,605 which are all, of course, out of print. 272 00:10:41,879 --> 00:10:44,440 A particular point of interest among these files 273 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,419 is what VGHF calls the Mark Filtman papers. 274 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,480 Filtman is a retired game producer with a 275 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:51,740 career spanning multiple companies. 276 00:10:54,375 --> 00:10:56,295 Fans of Myst will also find over a 277 00:10:56,295 --> 00:10:58,554 100 hours of footage from the series production, 278 00:10:58,695 --> 00:11:01,415 the series, including the FNB content, much was 279 00:11:01,415 --> 00:11:03,915 planned for inclusion of upcoming the Myst documentary. 280 00:11:04,855 --> 00:11:05,355 So, 281 00:11:06,134 --> 00:11:08,455 unfortunately, you can't play the video games in 282 00:11:08,455 --> 00:11:09,195 the archive. 283 00:11:09,889 --> 00:11:11,429 US copyright law 284 00:11:11,889 --> 00:11:14,370 makes sharing those files a murky area. Now 285 00:11:14,370 --> 00:11:15,509 here's what's interesting 286 00:11:17,649 --> 00:11:19,669 and something that I have been 287 00:11:20,450 --> 00:11:21,910 working on. I have 288 00:11:22,289 --> 00:11:22,789 literally 289 00:11:23,090 --> 00:11:24,549 3 or 4 boxes 290 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:25,350 of, 291 00:11:25,945 --> 00:11:28,365 not boxes, but storage containers 292 00:11:28,825 --> 00:11:29,804 full of Hi8 293 00:11:30,825 --> 00:11:31,804 Hi8 videos. 294 00:11:32,424 --> 00:11:33,644 My Hi8 295 00:11:33,945 --> 00:11:34,445 video 296 00:11:35,625 --> 00:11:36,125 camera, 297 00:11:36,985 --> 00:11:38,345 I've had a little it's been a little 298 00:11:38,345 --> 00:11:40,365 funky. It's not working real good 299 00:11:41,220 --> 00:11:41,720 and, 300 00:11:42,339 --> 00:11:43,799 I wanna get these things 301 00:11:44,740 --> 00:11:45,240 digitized. 302 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:49,220 So what I did is I ordered a 303 00:11:49,220 --> 00:11:50,120 new digitizer 304 00:11:50,740 --> 00:11:51,559 off Amazon. 305 00:11:52,419 --> 00:11:53,559 It was about a $130. 306 00:11:54,654 --> 00:11:56,654 You pick a stick a USB stick into 307 00:11:56,654 --> 00:11:58,815 it. It has a little screen, little Chinese 308 00:11:58,815 --> 00:11:59,714 knockoff thing. 309 00:12:00,254 --> 00:12:02,274 And then I went on eBay. 310 00:12:02,654 --> 00:12:04,735 I paid more than I wanted to for 311 00:12:04,735 --> 00:12:07,375 a Hi8 player. Now what I'm gonna do 312 00:12:07,375 --> 00:12:09,670 is I'm gonna run all the tapes through 313 00:12:09,670 --> 00:12:11,910 this Hi8 player then I'll put it back 314 00:12:11,910 --> 00:12:13,929 on eBay and just resell it. 315 00:12:14,790 --> 00:12:16,170 I think I paid $300 316 00:12:16,710 --> 00:12:18,870 for it, but those things were crazy expensive 317 00:12:18,870 --> 00:12:21,190 in the day. And I've got one of 318 00:12:21,190 --> 00:12:22,870 2 that I could find on eBay that 319 00:12:22,870 --> 00:12:23,929 was in good shape, 320 00:12:24,745 --> 00:12:25,245 coming. 321 00:12:26,024 --> 00:12:27,865 So I've got one coming to be able 322 00:12:27,865 --> 00:12:28,365 to 323 00:12:28,745 --> 00:12:31,884 to digitize. So my goal here is to 324 00:12:32,264 --> 00:12:33,884 it'll probably take me 325 00:12:34,745 --> 00:12:35,565 several months, 326 00:12:36,024 --> 00:12:37,945 but I'll be able to digitize all these 327 00:12:37,945 --> 00:12:39,084 Hi 8 tapes 328 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,879 that I have. And then my plan I've 329 00:12:41,879 --> 00:12:43,720 gotta figure out a plan on where to 330 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:44,379 put them, 331 00:12:46,519 --> 00:12:49,179 you know, digital archive somewhere online. 332 00:12:49,799 --> 00:12:52,034 I I again, you know, there's I could 333 00:12:52,034 --> 00:12:54,995 make a separate family YouTube channel, make them 334 00:12:54,995 --> 00:12:57,075 all private, only give the family access to 335 00:12:57,075 --> 00:12:58,835 them. I just don't know. I don't know 336 00:12:58,835 --> 00:12:59,794 what the exact 337 00:13:01,075 --> 00:13:02,914 I don't want something I have to pay 338 00:13:02,914 --> 00:13:03,414 for 339 00:13:03,759 --> 00:13:05,919 but I also want stuff that will last 340 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:07,860 the test of time. But the problem is 341 00:13:08,799 --> 00:13:10,579 many of these videos have, 342 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,679 I'm sure gonna have music in them. So 343 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:15,459 that's not gonna work for YouTube. 344 00:13:16,654 --> 00:13:19,054 Where are you now putting all your digital 345 00:13:19,054 --> 00:13:19,554 media 346 00:13:19,934 --> 00:13:21,074 videos and stuff 347 00:13:21,375 --> 00:13:22,674 besides a hard drive? 348 00:13:23,134 --> 00:13:24,595 You know, that's that's always 349 00:13:25,615 --> 00:13:28,014 the first option. That's where everything's gonna go 350 00:13:28,014 --> 00:13:28,514 initially 351 00:13:30,070 --> 00:13:31,929 and will go into my raid. 352 00:13:33,429 --> 00:13:34,870 But, you know, the way I look at 353 00:13:34,870 --> 00:13:35,370 that, 354 00:13:38,950 --> 00:13:40,789 that could be a ticking time bomb. It's 355 00:13:40,789 --> 00:13:42,409 it's everything's fine 356 00:13:42,710 --> 00:13:44,169 as long as I'm alive. 357 00:13:44,764 --> 00:13:46,764 You know, the the backup I would keep 358 00:13:46,764 --> 00:13:49,245 the raid running, and there would be no 359 00:13:49,245 --> 00:13:51,245 issues. But what happens if, you know, something 360 00:13:51,245 --> 00:13:52,304 happens to me? 361 00:13:53,725 --> 00:13:55,985 I've got passwords shared with, 362 00:13:56,524 --> 00:13:58,365 the pertinent family members that would need to 363 00:13:58,365 --> 00:14:00,044 get be able to get into that stuff. 364 00:14:00,044 --> 00:14:00,419 But, 365 00:14:00,899 --> 00:14:02,279 you know, what do you do? 366 00:14:02,659 --> 00:14:04,419 What do you do with all this this 367 00:14:04,419 --> 00:14:07,860 digital media now? And we're we're we're just 368 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:10,339 creating tons of it. Right? You think about 369 00:14:10,339 --> 00:14:12,759 everything that's on our mobile devices. 370 00:14:13,379 --> 00:14:14,679 Just just I mean, 371 00:14:15,535 --> 00:14:16,115 a a 372 00:14:17,294 --> 00:14:17,794 gobsmacking 373 00:14:18,254 --> 00:14:19,715 amount of media. 374 00:14:20,254 --> 00:14:22,274 I'll probably have one hard drive 375 00:14:23,455 --> 00:14:25,475 that I'll buy a big one. 376 00:14:26,975 --> 00:14:27,475 And 377 00:14:28,809 --> 00:14:30,750 probably, I don't know if I want SSD. 378 00:14:31,769 --> 00:14:33,769 I'm not sure yet, but something that I 379 00:14:33,769 --> 00:14:35,709 can put in a safety deposit box 380 00:14:36,329 --> 00:14:38,649 somewhere. If the building burns down, it'll be 381 00:14:38,649 --> 00:14:39,149 safe, 382 00:14:40,009 --> 00:14:40,909 and be saved. 383 00:14:41,904 --> 00:14:43,585 But I would like something in the cloud, 384 00:14:43,585 --> 00:14:45,904 but the cloud always costs money. I don't 385 00:14:45,904 --> 00:14:46,404 know. 386 00:14:47,585 --> 00:14:49,105 You know, this is this is a a 387 00:14:49,105 --> 00:14:51,424 issue for all of us. So what are 388 00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:54,304 you doing these days? And maybe it's a 389 00:14:54,544 --> 00:14:57,570 AWS cold storage. Maybe that's the key. But, 390 00:14:57,889 --> 00:14:59,889 again, I'm gonna have to have someone in 391 00:14:59,889 --> 00:15:01,190 the family that is 392 00:15:01,570 --> 00:15:03,889 savvy enough to be able to if they 393 00:15:03,889 --> 00:15:05,110 ever want to extract 394 00:15:05,410 --> 00:15:08,129 that stuff from Amazon cold storage to be 395 00:15:08,129 --> 00:15:09,190 able to do so. 396 00:15:10,664 --> 00:15:12,664 The company that Jeff Bezos found has gone 397 00:15:12,664 --> 00:15:14,345 to court to keep the newspaper he owns 398 00:15:14,345 --> 00:15:16,584 from finding out too much about the inner 399 00:15:16,584 --> 00:15:18,764 workings of its business. This is weird. 400 00:15:19,544 --> 00:15:21,945 Amazon is suing Washington State to limit the 401 00:15:21,945 --> 00:15:24,605 release of public grassroots to The Washington Post. 402 00:15:25,529 --> 00:15:27,610 From a series of State Department of Labor 403 00:15:27,610 --> 00:15:29,230 Industry Investigations, Amazon, 404 00:15:30,409 --> 00:15:33,289 Project Cupier satellite facilities in the Seattle area 405 00:15:33,289 --> 00:15:35,370 lawsuit filed this week in King County Superior 406 00:15:35,370 --> 00:15:36,830 Court in Seattle says the newspaper 407 00:15:37,209 --> 00:15:40,509 on November 26 requested copies of inspection records, 408 00:15:41,095 --> 00:15:43,894 investigation notes, interview notes, complaints, and other documents 409 00:15:43,894 --> 00:15:46,615 related to fort invigations at the Redmond, Washman 410 00:15:46,615 --> 00:15:47,115 facility. 411 00:15:48,134 --> 00:15:50,054 It's not an unusual move by the company 412 00:15:50,054 --> 00:15:52,375 and it's in some ways, it's a legal 413 00:15:52,375 --> 00:15:53,835 techno tech technicality. 414 00:15:54,970 --> 00:15:57,049 Amazon says it's not seeking to block the 415 00:15:57,049 --> 00:15:59,629 records released entirely, but seeking to protect 416 00:16:00,490 --> 00:16:03,309 from public disclosure certain records that contain proprietary 417 00:16:03,450 --> 00:16:05,529 information and trade secrets. There's a fly flying 418 00:16:05,529 --> 00:16:07,690 around here. Good lord. Must be one of 419 00:16:07,690 --> 00:16:10,165 those real ugly ones, you know. Those of 420 00:16:10,165 --> 00:16:12,424 you who live where it's winter, you understand 421 00:16:12,565 --> 00:16:14,804 those type of lies. The lawsuit cites a 422 00:16:14,804 --> 00:16:15,625 prior situation 423 00:16:16,004 --> 00:16:18,485 in which Amazon Department of Labor Industry similarly 424 00:16:18,485 --> 00:16:20,085 worked through the court to respond to Seattle 425 00:16:20,085 --> 00:16:20,825 Times Public. 426 00:16:21,205 --> 00:16:21,945 So, basically, 427 00:16:23,610 --> 00:16:25,710 Washington Post wants to know stuff about Amazon. 428 00:16:26,330 --> 00:16:28,990 And even though Jeff Bezos owns Washington Post, 429 00:16:29,769 --> 00:16:32,330 Amazon, the company, doesn't wanna give that data 430 00:16:32,330 --> 00:16:33,629 to Washington Post. 431 00:16:36,009 --> 00:16:37,629 Very, very, very interesting. 432 00:16:38,475 --> 00:16:40,154 Hey. There are lots of stuff going on 433 00:16:40,154 --> 00:16:42,495 with people and their JOBs. 434 00:16:43,595 --> 00:16:47,115 Google is offering voluntary exit for employees working 435 00:16:47,115 --> 00:16:48,014 on Pixel 436 00:16:48,714 --> 00:16:49,934 Android. Oh, 437 00:16:50,470 --> 00:16:51,850 what's going on here? 438 00:16:52,710 --> 00:16:54,009 Well, it appears 439 00:16:55,190 --> 00:16:57,269 the team responsible for Pixel hardware and Android 440 00:16:57,269 --> 00:16:58,889 software merged into one division. 441 00:16:59,350 --> 00:17:01,509 And Google today has a voluntary exit program 442 00:17:01,509 --> 00:17:03,690 for employees working in the platforms and devices 443 00:17:03,750 --> 00:17:04,214 group. 444 00:17:04,775 --> 00:17:06,775 Sent a memo this morning at about the 445 00:17:06,775 --> 00:17:07,994 voluntary exit. 446 00:17:08,454 --> 00:17:10,294 The program applies to US employees working on 447 00:17:10,294 --> 00:17:12,954 platform devices, which includes Android auto Android, 448 00:17:13,494 --> 00:17:13,994 AutoTV, 449 00:17:14,375 --> 00:17:17,920 Wear OS XR, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google Photos, 450 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,259 Google One, Pixel, Fitbit, and Nest. 451 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:22,960 Google has many people around working in these 452 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,200 products, but today's announcement is just for those 453 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:26,420 in the United States. 454 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:29,840 Meanwhile, this is not a company wide offer 455 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,619 that applies to search for AI. 456 00:17:32,515 --> 00:17:34,515 Separate software and hardware are already 2 very 457 00:17:34,515 --> 00:17:36,835 large organizations with some overlap, so they're just 458 00:17:36,835 --> 00:17:37,974 trying to get rid of 459 00:17:38,275 --> 00:17:39,575 extra people here. 460 00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:40,914 So, 461 00:17:42,994 --> 00:17:44,515 we're gonna see a lot of this and 462 00:17:44,515 --> 00:17:46,035 could see some of this going on in 463 00:17:46,035 --> 00:17:47,579 the federal government next week. 464 00:17:48,059 --> 00:17:50,700 UPS plans to slash. Boy, this is a 465 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:52,559 big, big, big, big news. 466 00:17:53,179 --> 00:17:56,380 UPS plans to slash its shipping business with 467 00:17:56,380 --> 00:17:57,759 Amazon by half. 468 00:17:58,460 --> 00:17:58,960 Wow. 469 00:17:59,419 --> 00:18:01,419 It's the latest of several move by carriers 470 00:18:01,419 --> 00:18:03,359 to pull away from the online giant. 471 00:18:03,835 --> 00:18:05,914 UPS is keen to withdraw from its business 472 00:18:05,914 --> 00:18:07,914 relation with Amazon by the second half of 473 00:18:07,914 --> 00:18:09,055 twenty twenty six. 474 00:18:09,355 --> 00:18:11,115 UPS said it will cut its shipping volumes 475 00:18:11,115 --> 00:18:13,195 for Amazon by more than 50% under the 476 00:18:13,195 --> 00:18:14,654 company revised arrangement. 477 00:18:15,275 --> 00:18:17,434 Amazon is our largest customer, but it's not 478 00:18:17,434 --> 00:18:19,055 our most profitable customer. 479 00:18:19,930 --> 00:18:22,250 Business with Amazon account for about 11% of 480 00:18:22,250 --> 00:18:23,470 UPS revenue, 481 00:18:23,850 --> 00:18:24,830 totaled 91,100,000,000. 482 00:18:25,690 --> 00:18:27,850 Amazon was the largest share of UPS revenue 483 00:18:27,850 --> 00:18:30,190 during the peak of COVID at 13%. 484 00:18:31,130 --> 00:18:33,609 So although Amazon does rely on outside companies 485 00:18:33,609 --> 00:18:36,044 for some shipping, those relations have sometimes turned 486 00:18:36,044 --> 00:18:36,544 tenuous 487 00:18:37,404 --> 00:18:37,644 and, 488 00:18:38,524 --> 00:18:39,024 so 489 00:18:39,325 --> 00:18:39,825 including 490 00:18:40,204 --> 00:18:41,265 the USPS. 491 00:18:42,684 --> 00:18:44,605 And I'm starting to see now stuff from 492 00:18:44,605 --> 00:18:45,105 Amazon 493 00:18:45,565 --> 00:18:47,325 where they say, hey. Would you like to 494 00:18:47,325 --> 00:18:49,724 have a carbon friendly delivery a few days 495 00:18:49,724 --> 00:18:50,224 later? 496 00:18:50,569 --> 00:18:52,170 And some stuff I don't care so I 497 00:18:52,170 --> 00:18:54,009 opt for the and they gave me, like, 498 00:18:54,009 --> 00:18:54,509 72ยข 499 00:18:54,890 --> 00:18:57,549 or something like that in in credits. 500 00:18:59,690 --> 00:19:02,970 Google search new ask me ask for me. 501 00:19:02,970 --> 00:19:04,589 This is kind of wild. 502 00:19:05,384 --> 00:19:06,605 Google's search 503 00:19:07,065 --> 00:19:09,785 new ask for me calls local businesses for 504 00:19:09,785 --> 00:19:10,445 a availability 505 00:19:11,305 --> 00:19:12,765 and pricing. Now imagine, 506 00:19:14,025 --> 00:19:15,644 your phone rings at your business 507 00:19:16,664 --> 00:19:19,384 and Google's gonna use AI to call on 508 00:19:19,384 --> 00:19:20,125 your behalf. 509 00:19:21,350 --> 00:19:23,350 So when you search for something like oil 510 00:19:23,350 --> 00:19:26,390 change near me or ask for me, a 511 00:19:26,390 --> 00:19:28,309 card will appear, let you enter the details 512 00:19:28,309 --> 00:19:30,309 about the service you're looking for. In the 513 00:19:30,309 --> 00:19:32,630 case of mechanics, Google start by asking what 514 00:19:32,630 --> 00:19:35,109 you're looking for. Factory schedule, maintenance, oil change, 515 00:19:35,109 --> 00:19:36,410 high rotation balancing, 516 00:19:36,835 --> 00:19:39,315 tire replacement, fill blah blah blah blah. You 517 00:19:39,315 --> 00:19:41,315 then enter the deals about your car, year, 518 00:19:41,315 --> 00:19:43,654 make, and model, when you need the service, 519 00:19:43,715 --> 00:19:45,414 next week, soon as available, 520 00:19:45,795 --> 00:19:46,615 and then 521 00:19:46,994 --> 00:19:47,894 it calls. 522 00:19:50,450 --> 00:19:52,470 For set a nail salon request, 523 00:19:53,569 --> 00:19:55,649 picking manicure will let you drill down into 524 00:19:55,649 --> 00:19:58,389 basic dip powder, French acrylic gel, shellac, 525 00:19:59,009 --> 00:20:01,089 and that will call the with a natural 526 00:20:01,089 --> 00:20:02,789 sounding voice of a local business 527 00:20:03,095 --> 00:20:05,174 and generate summary price and availability that you 528 00:20:05,174 --> 00:20:07,335 get via text or message after about 30 529 00:20:07,335 --> 00:20:07,835 minutes. 530 00:20:08,295 --> 00:20:10,055 What are you gonna do when Google calls 531 00:20:10,055 --> 00:20:10,555 you? 532 00:20:12,695 --> 00:20:14,154 That's that's a question. 533 00:20:15,549 --> 00:20:17,630 What are you gonna do when Google calls 534 00:20:17,630 --> 00:20:19,890 you? Isn't there there's a song. Right? 535 00:20:20,509 --> 00:20:22,369 Something to call you. I can't remember. 536 00:20:22,830 --> 00:20:24,369 You guys are gonna help me. 537 00:20:27,150 --> 00:20:28,210 Interesting. Yeah? 538 00:20:31,315 --> 00:20:33,234 Maybe. This is a little bit of an 539 00:20:33,234 --> 00:20:35,075 answer to some of the things I've been 540 00:20:35,075 --> 00:20:36,055 concerned about. 541 00:20:37,714 --> 00:20:38,214 So 542 00:20:38,515 --> 00:20:40,695 the Musk, Trump, or bromance, 543 00:20:41,429 --> 00:20:43,669 according to Yahoo Finance, has turned x debt 544 00:20:43,669 --> 00:20:46,409 from burden to an asset for Morgan Stanley. 545 00:20:48,029 --> 00:20:49,609 A lot of banks underwrote 546 00:20:49,990 --> 00:20:52,490 their debt that they had with x, 547 00:20:53,190 --> 00:20:53,690 but 548 00:20:55,544 --> 00:20:58,684 helped by my singular relationship with president Trump 549 00:20:58,984 --> 00:21:01,224 and the tech mogul's newfound proximity to the 550 00:21:01,224 --> 00:21:02,924 White House, Morgan Stanley discovering 551 00:21:03,384 --> 00:21:04,984 that investors are drawn to the debt of 552 00:21:04,984 --> 00:21:07,244 the company as it leads in marketing 553 00:21:07,579 --> 00:21:10,220 a 3,000,000,000 offering. Potential buyers already got a 554 00:21:10,220 --> 00:21:12,799 p x Financial seeing sides of a rebound. 555 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:16,380 And as an added bonus, investors will gain 556 00:21:16,380 --> 00:21:18,240 exposure to the company's stake in Marks 557 00:21:18,539 --> 00:21:21,839 Mus artificial intelligence project x AI. 558 00:21:22,525 --> 00:21:24,684 The pitch includes results that show an adjusted 559 00:21:24,684 --> 00:21:27,424 version of x 20 24 profits or earnings. 560 00:21:28,605 --> 00:21:29,105 So 561 00:21:31,005 --> 00:21:31,505 interesting. 562 00:21:35,950 --> 00:21:38,130 Interesting that they've got a bump here. Now 563 00:21:38,269 --> 00:21:40,590 we all know there's craziness going on in 564 00:21:40,590 --> 00:21:41,869 DC and and, by the way, 565 00:21:42,430 --> 00:21:42,930 condolences 566 00:21:43,309 --> 00:21:43,970 to everyone 567 00:21:44,990 --> 00:21:47,009 that was in that horrible airplane crash, 568 00:21:47,549 --> 00:21:48,049 yesterday. 569 00:21:50,464 --> 00:21:52,545 Very, very sad. That type of thing should 570 00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:53,605 not happen anymore. 571 00:21:54,065 --> 00:21:56,404 It it really, really, really should not. 572 00:21:58,625 --> 00:22:00,805 It's just just crazy. But, 573 00:22:01,825 --> 00:22:04,644 obviously, JFK is in been in, 574 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:07,759 you know, senate confirmation or whatever it is, 575 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:09,200 and it's, you know, it's all over social 576 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,200 media. That's just fireworks and all kinds of 577 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:11,700 craziness. 578 00:22:12,799 --> 00:22:13,279 And, 579 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,019 one thing that I would find interesting, 580 00:22:16,559 --> 00:22:19,095 I don't know a lot about him and 581 00:22:19,095 --> 00:22:21,335 what he wants to do and, you know, 582 00:22:21,335 --> 00:22:23,174 I know he's got this thing about making 583 00:22:23,174 --> 00:22:26,234 America healthier and, you know, having right ingredients 584 00:22:26,454 --> 00:22:28,454 and, you know, like, I heard something about 585 00:22:28,454 --> 00:22:30,555 French fries in UK as 3 ingredients, 586 00:22:31,210 --> 00:22:33,529 the potatoes, salt, and oil. And in America, 587 00:22:33,529 --> 00:22:36,029 there's 13 or 14. I I anyway, 588 00:22:36,570 --> 00:22:38,590 I I haven't been following it too close. 589 00:22:39,049 --> 00:22:39,549 But 590 00:22:40,890 --> 00:22:42,269 what if he comes in 591 00:22:42,730 --> 00:22:43,549 and bans 592 00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:44,430 all 593 00:22:44,924 --> 00:22:46,785 television advertising of 594 00:22:47,965 --> 00:22:48,465 pharmaceutical? 595 00:22:49,325 --> 00:22:50,924 Many of you that live outside the United 596 00:22:50,924 --> 00:22:53,265 States, you guys don't get hammered by pharmaceutical 597 00:22:53,565 --> 00:22:54,065 ads. 598 00:22:54,605 --> 00:22:55,105 Here, 599 00:22:55,725 --> 00:22:56,945 YouTube, Facebook, 600 00:22:57,325 --> 00:22:59,505 everywhere, it's just this onslaught 601 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,720 of pharmaceutical ads. It'd be nice if he 602 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:03,859 banned all that. 603 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:05,700 But the problem is 604 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,640 in where the well, not where the problem 605 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:09,140 is. 606 00:23:09,519 --> 00:23:10,420 I don't think 607 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,740 mainstream media and regular television will survive without 608 00:23:14,799 --> 00:23:15,619 that advertising. 609 00:23:16,664 --> 00:23:19,225 It it's 1,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 of 610 00:23:19,225 --> 00:23:22,025 dollars. What happened with my TV? Oh, just 611 00:23:22,025 --> 00:23:22,924 come back on. 612 00:23:24,904 --> 00:23:26,985 So it's it's an it's an interesting thing 613 00:23:26,985 --> 00:23:28,205 that could happen here. 614 00:23:28,579 --> 00:23:30,920 A house bill is aimed to better protect 615 00:23:31,059 --> 00:23:34,180 financial institutions from ransomware attacks. This legislation would 616 00:23:34,180 --> 00:23:36,019 direct the treasury sector to deliver report on 617 00:23:36,019 --> 00:23:37,240 public private coordination 618 00:23:37,779 --> 00:23:40,200 to combat attack down the financial sector. 619 00:23:41,684 --> 00:23:43,845 I'm surprised they're getting anything done, but this 620 00:23:43,845 --> 00:23:46,964 bipartisan pair are seeking to improve private public 621 00:23:46,964 --> 00:23:47,464 coordination. 622 00:23:48,884 --> 00:23:50,424 So this is called the private 623 00:23:50,964 --> 00:23:54,585 public and private sector ransomware response coordination act. 624 00:23:55,250 --> 00:23:56,069 The legislation, 625 00:23:57,409 --> 00:23:59,490 both from members of the House Financial Service 626 00:23:59,490 --> 00:24:02,230 Committee, comes as global ransomware attacks jump 67% 627 00:24:02,609 --> 00:24:03,109 2023 628 00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:05,109 to 629 00:24:05,569 --> 00:24:08,450 how much percent? 67 oh, from 2023 to 630 00:24:08,450 --> 00:24:08,950 2024. 631 00:24:10,285 --> 00:24:11,025 And 65% 632 00:24:11,404 --> 00:24:14,045 of finance institutions globally report experienced ransomware in 633 00:24:14,045 --> 00:24:14,545 2024. 634 00:24:14,924 --> 00:24:15,424 Wow. 635 00:24:16,045 --> 00:24:17,884 So bad actors are out there. Under the 636 00:24:17,884 --> 00:24:20,045 bill, the treasurer's secretary report would require detail 637 00:24:20,045 --> 00:24:21,984 the current level of public private coordination. 638 00:24:22,285 --> 00:24:22,859 You know, 639 00:24:23,339 --> 00:24:25,359 they need to just fix their security. 640 00:24:28,619 --> 00:24:29,119 Banks 641 00:24:29,420 --> 00:24:32,000 holding our money need to fix their security. 642 00:24:33,579 --> 00:24:34,079 Absolutely 643 00:24:34,460 --> 00:24:35,839 need to fix their security. 644 00:24:36,184 --> 00:24:38,105 Why you need the government to do that? 645 00:24:38,105 --> 00:24:39,085 I don't understand. 646 00:24:40,825 --> 00:24:42,904 The FAA, you know, is is without a 647 00:24:42,904 --> 00:24:44,044 leader right now, 648 00:24:44,664 --> 00:24:45,164 and, 649 00:24:45,625 --> 00:24:48,184 Michael Whitaker stepped down as the FAA administrator 650 00:24:48,184 --> 00:24:49,244 in January 20th. 651 00:24:51,519 --> 00:24:54,960 And after clashing probably with both president Trump 652 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,580 and Elon Musk. 653 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:58,100 So 654 00:24:59,519 --> 00:25:01,940 the new transportation secretary, I guess, 655 00:25:02,775 --> 00:25:05,414 was asked about it today. So is the 656 00:25:05,414 --> 00:25:09,255 FAA administrator how's that appointment work? Who I 657 00:25:09,255 --> 00:25:10,795 don't know who hires him. 658 00:25:13,975 --> 00:25:15,414 Oh, I'm looking right here in the article. 659 00:25:15,414 --> 00:25:18,359 His resignation clears the way for president to 660 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:19,579 name his own replacement. 661 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,259 He said this morning okay. So he's tapping 662 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:26,220 Chris Rocholay, 663 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,099 a top executive from an Aviation Business Association 664 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:32,779 acting FAA administrator, 665 00:25:34,984 --> 00:25:37,884 but provided notice about a permanent replacement. 666 00:25:38,664 --> 00:25:40,204 So I wonder if 667 00:25:43,224 --> 00:25:45,304 this person has to be confirmed. I have 668 00:25:45,304 --> 00:25:45,964 no idea. 669 00:25:47,909 --> 00:25:48,409 So, 670 00:25:49,190 --> 00:25:51,210 gonna have somebody acting at least, 671 00:25:52,069 --> 00:25:54,390 while this aviation incident is going on. I 672 00:25:54,390 --> 00:25:55,909 don't know how fast they're gonna get in 673 00:25:55,909 --> 00:25:58,630 place, but this transition in government when things 674 00:25:58,630 --> 00:26:00,630 are delayed, when congress takes so long to 675 00:26:00,630 --> 00:26:01,849 get people in place, 676 00:26:02,204 --> 00:26:03,664 this this is what happens. 677 00:26:04,684 --> 00:26:06,924 Now not the accident necessarily wasn't caused by 678 00:26:06,924 --> 00:26:08,684 that, but there are rumors that there wasn't 679 00:26:08,684 --> 00:26:09,184 enough, 680 00:26:09,804 --> 00:26:12,605 air traffic controllers there, but time will tell 681 00:26:12,605 --> 00:26:13,825 on any of that. 682 00:26:14,559 --> 00:26:17,759 Layoffs hit SiriusXM again. 200 and a 100 683 00:26:17,759 --> 00:26:19,119 employees were laid off, 684 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:21,220 this week, 685 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,019 and they're looking for another 200 686 00:26:24,799 --> 00:26:25,299 and 687 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,099 $200,000,000 extra cost savings. They're still bleeding money 688 00:26:30,535 --> 00:26:31,835 like crazy, so, 689 00:26:32,454 --> 00:26:34,154 the layoffs are not over. 690 00:26:35,255 --> 00:26:37,335 At the same time, Elon says Tesla will 691 00:26:37,335 --> 00:26:39,575 launch a robo taxi service in Austin this 692 00:26:39,575 --> 00:26:41,654 June. Tesla owners will be able to add 693 00:26:41,654 --> 00:26:43,994 their own vehicles to the fleet next year. 694 00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:47,179 So this ride hailing service, I guess, is 695 00:26:47,179 --> 00:26:47,919 a test. 696 00:26:50,059 --> 00:26:50,799 Hy Motel, 697 00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:53,099 that I have it in here somewhere. I 698 00:26:53,099 --> 00:26:55,519 guess their earnings call wasn't so good either. 699 00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:59,279 Tesla's earning call was, pretty disappointing, pretty dismal. 700 00:26:59,914 --> 00:27:01,755 Considering the way the economy is, I can't 701 00:27:01,755 --> 00:27:04,494 imagine anyone's earning calls are that 702 00:27:05,034 --> 00:27:05,534 good. 703 00:27:06,075 --> 00:27:07,934 And you look at the winter cost. 704 00:27:08,315 --> 00:27:09,294 Oh my god. 705 00:27:09,755 --> 00:27:11,134 Winter energy bills. 706 00:27:12,569 --> 00:27:14,970 And I'm I'm sure they're straining, folks. It 707 00:27:14,970 --> 00:27:17,289 says 62% of the United States adults are 708 00:27:17,289 --> 00:27:18,429 are getting killed. 709 00:27:18,809 --> 00:27:20,569 More than 1 in 10 years adults are 710 00:27:20,569 --> 00:27:22,429 already behind in the energy bill. 711 00:27:23,130 --> 00:27:23,630 And, 712 00:27:24,970 --> 00:27:25,630 you know, 713 00:27:26,684 --> 00:27:28,845 the colder it gets, though, the worst it 714 00:27:28,845 --> 00:27:29,744 is for everyone. 715 00:27:32,044 --> 00:27:33,964 Winter temperatures dropped across the country, and extreme 716 00:27:33,964 --> 00:27:35,804 cold has been pushing up monthly energy bills 717 00:27:35,804 --> 00:27:38,524 in December. The monthly inflation increase was attributed 718 00:27:38,524 --> 00:27:40,304 to rise to overall energy costs. 719 00:27:40,669 --> 00:27:42,589 An exclusive seen that survey found that most 720 00:27:42,589 --> 00:27:44,369 house expect to pay 688 721 00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:46,349 on energy bills over the course of the 722 00:27:46,349 --> 00:27:48,450 winter months. Mine's about a 1,000. 723 00:27:49,390 --> 00:27:50,529 My gas bill 724 00:27:51,150 --> 00:27:53,329 for the winter season is a $1,1100. 725 00:27:55,475 --> 00:27:57,575 That's a natural gas bill. 726 00:27:59,634 --> 00:27:59,795 So 727 00:28:00,515 --> 00:28:03,494 and I consider myself having a relatively small 728 00:28:04,275 --> 00:28:05,575 place to heat. 729 00:28:06,595 --> 00:28:07,095 So 730 00:28:07,579 --> 00:28:09,420 how about you? What what is your energy 731 00:28:09,420 --> 00:28:10,779 bill? And those of you who live in 732 00:28:10,779 --> 00:28:11,359 the South 733 00:28:11,740 --> 00:28:13,579 that just got whacked, you know, what was 734 00:28:13,579 --> 00:28:14,720 what was your impact? 735 00:28:15,740 --> 00:28:18,140 Not surprising at all, CNN has announced major 736 00:28:18,140 --> 00:28:20,880 layoffs to modernize business, quote, unquote. 737 00:28:21,274 --> 00:28:23,434 They're laying off 6% of its staff or 738 00:28:23,434 --> 00:28:23,934 approximately 739 00:28:24,234 --> 00:28:26,494 200 employees in effort to modernize its business. 740 00:28:27,595 --> 00:28:28,095 So, 741 00:28:29,674 --> 00:28:32,234 they're getting rid of folks because their numbers 742 00:28:32,234 --> 00:28:32,734 suck. 743 00:28:33,994 --> 00:28:35,294 They're not doing well, 744 00:28:35,869 --> 00:28:38,049 and they're doing a bunch of digital restructuring. 745 00:28:38,109 --> 00:28:39,970 And, of course, some one of their 746 00:28:40,350 --> 00:28:40,990 one of their, 747 00:28:42,350 --> 00:28:44,590 big talents just quit because they're putting him 748 00:28:44,590 --> 00:28:46,289 in a late hour. 749 00:28:47,549 --> 00:28:49,309 And more happy news on the tech side, 750 00:28:49,309 --> 00:28:51,634 Comcast just gave 6 cities an early look 751 00:28:51,634 --> 00:28:53,095 at lag free Internet. 752 00:28:54,034 --> 00:28:55,794 I've never heard about this. This is called 753 00:28:55,794 --> 00:28:56,294 L4s. 754 00:28:57,315 --> 00:28:59,394 L4s is an open standard that aims to 755 00:28:59,394 --> 00:29:01,335 significantly reduce latency online, 756 00:29:01,954 --> 00:29:03,875 and Comcast is among the first to allow 757 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:06,214 customers to use it. So what is L 758 00:29:06,509 --> 00:29:07,250 4 s? 759 00:29:08,430 --> 00:29:11,970 Short for low latency, low loss scalable throughput. 760 00:29:12,029 --> 00:29:14,509 L4 s wants to make this Internet feel 761 00:29:14,509 --> 00:29:15,009 faster, 762 00:29:15,470 --> 00:29:18,109 not by upping bandwidth, but making data transfer 763 00:29:18,109 --> 00:29:18,849 more efficient. 764 00:29:19,355 --> 00:29:21,355 Right now, your ISP sends data to you 765 00:29:21,355 --> 00:29:23,035 in the form of packets. These are small 766 00:29:23,035 --> 00:29:25,215 chunks of information, and the worst case scenario, 767 00:29:25,355 --> 00:29:27,035 have to queue up to make their way 768 00:29:27,035 --> 00:29:29,195 to you. L four s as an indicator 769 00:29:29,195 --> 00:29:30,795 to the packets are currently stuck in a 770 00:29:30,795 --> 00:29:33,195 queue, allowing the network to address congestion, perhaps 771 00:29:33,195 --> 00:29:34,289 outright end it. 772 00:29:34,690 --> 00:29:36,450 Essentially, the idea is clear the roads for 773 00:29:36,450 --> 00:29:39,090 Internet traffic so it doesn't take as long 774 00:29:39,090 --> 00:29:40,070 to get to you 775 00:29:40,930 --> 00:29:41,990 or your home. 776 00:29:42,450 --> 00:29:44,529 This should be make video chats feel a 777 00:29:44,529 --> 00:29:46,690 lot more like sitting across from a coffee 778 00:29:46,690 --> 00:29:47,190 table. 779 00:29:48,794 --> 00:29:50,095 How to use L4S? 780 00:29:50,474 --> 00:29:53,035 L4S is open source, so Comcast doesn't have 781 00:29:53,035 --> 00:29:54,174 any special rights, 782 00:29:54,554 --> 00:29:56,875 but, actually, using still involves getting a bunch 783 00:29:56,875 --> 00:29:59,694 of big companies degree, hence, the slow rollout. 784 00:30:00,690 --> 00:30:03,490 It requires app developers to support alongside Internet 785 00:30:03,490 --> 00:30:05,730 service providers. That means that Comcast version starting 786 00:30:05,730 --> 00:30:07,190 with just a few use cases, 787 00:30:07,569 --> 00:30:10,769 Elforcer will work with FaceTime, NVIDIA Geoforce Now, 788 00:30:10,769 --> 00:30:12,849 and supported apps on both Made in Quest 789 00:30:12,849 --> 00:30:13,349 headsets 790 00:30:13,809 --> 00:30:14,630 and Steam. 791 00:30:15,575 --> 00:30:18,454 The later two companies haven't exactly published a 792 00:30:18,454 --> 00:30:20,055 list of which apps are gonna work with 793 00:30:20,055 --> 00:30:20,714 the L4s. 794 00:30:24,454 --> 00:30:26,295 For instance, if you're on a FaceTime call 795 00:30:26,295 --> 00:30:28,474 with grandma and grandma lives in rural Indiana 796 00:30:28,535 --> 00:30:29,595 and uses DSL, 797 00:30:30,679 --> 00:30:32,380 is people still using DSL? 798 00:30:32,839 --> 00:30:34,759 No amount of technical wizardry on your end 799 00:30:34,759 --> 00:30:36,519 is gonna make your connection better. So we're 800 00:30:36,519 --> 00:30:38,519 playing a game alongside teammate who doesn't have 801 00:30:38,519 --> 00:30:41,160 for us might end up having to carry 802 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:41,720 a little bit 803 00:30:42,359 --> 00:30:44,279 or if the game server hosted by clients, 804 00:30:44,279 --> 00:30:45,799 in other words, it's it's gonna be early 805 00:30:45,799 --> 00:30:47,855 days. It has to be enabled on both 806 00:30:47,855 --> 00:30:49,075 ends per se. 807 00:30:49,534 --> 00:30:50,034 So 808 00:30:50,654 --> 00:30:52,914 we'll see about l four s. 809 00:30:57,774 --> 00:30:58,024 Researchers 810 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,279 this is cool. Researcher developed a drone with 811 00:31:02,279 --> 00:31:03,660 teeth to help solve global 812 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,740 issue plaguing our ocean. 813 00:31:06,759 --> 00:31:07,960 And these this is, 814 00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:11,259 one of many that have come out 815 00:31:11,654 --> 00:31:13,755 of different types of devices 816 00:31:14,535 --> 00:31:16,154 that's gonna capture microplastics 817 00:31:16,455 --> 00:31:17,195 from water. 818 00:31:17,575 --> 00:31:18,875 And it's gonna capture, 819 00:31:21,654 --> 00:31:22,455 from 1 820 00:31:23,015 --> 00:31:24,154 is it 1 millimeter? 821 00:31:24,809 --> 00:31:26,750 From 1 mill 1 micrometer 822 00:31:27,849 --> 00:31:29,149 to 4 millimeters 823 00:31:29,450 --> 00:31:31,630 which is no bigger than a sesame seed. 824 00:31:32,089 --> 00:31:34,329 This approach limit is clogging while achieving over 825 00:31:34,329 --> 00:31:37,630 the 8 over 80 recovery efficiency for plastic 826 00:31:37,769 --> 00:31:39,389 life expanded poly 827 00:31:39,964 --> 00:31:41,105 styrene, polypylene, 828 00:31:41,724 --> 00:31:42,464 and polyethylene, 829 00:31:43,565 --> 00:31:46,365 those found in styrofoam takeout containers and plastic 830 00:31:46,365 --> 00:31:47,345 grocery bags. 831 00:31:48,205 --> 00:31:49,964 So they're gonna put a bunch of these 832 00:31:49,964 --> 00:31:52,065 drones in the ocean and let them 833 00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:53,539 troll for microplastics? 834 00:31:54,319 --> 00:31:55,859 Sounds like a good idea. 835 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,440 If you're watching the sky in, Michigan or 836 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:00,419 in Illinois 837 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,500 this few days ago, 838 00:32:03,519 --> 00:32:05,859 a Starlink satellite broke up in the atmosphere. 839 00:32:08,954 --> 00:32:09,934 So, apparently, 840 00:32:10,634 --> 00:32:12,255 how many did they bring down? 841 00:32:12,795 --> 00:32:13,775 They were decommissioning. 842 00:32:22,329 --> 00:32:25,849 Online tracking showed Starlink satellite 5693 entered over 843 00:32:25,849 --> 00:32:28,829 Wisconsin before traveling over Illinois on its descending 844 00:32:28,890 --> 00:32:30,329 pass as it was breaking up in the 845 00:32:30,329 --> 00:32:30,829 atmosphere. 846 00:32:31,930 --> 00:32:32,430 So 847 00:32:35,204 --> 00:32:37,785 we'll probably be seeing more of these as 848 00:32:38,565 --> 00:32:39,065 SpaceX 849 00:32:39,845 --> 00:32:41,865 deorbits either bad satellites 850 00:32:42,244 --> 00:32:42,744 or 851 00:32:43,204 --> 00:32:44,025 older ones. 852 00:32:44,964 --> 00:32:46,724 Well, probably, this will become more of a 853 00:32:46,724 --> 00:32:47,224 thing, 854 00:32:47,924 --> 00:32:48,744 over time. 855 00:32:50,710 --> 00:32:53,210 It's a very I saw a tweet where 856 00:32:53,589 --> 00:32:54,890 the president asked 857 00:32:55,349 --> 00:32:57,669 Elon Musk to bring the 2 astronauts that 858 00:32:57,669 --> 00:32:59,990 are at the Internet space station has been 859 00:32:59,990 --> 00:33:01,130 stuck up their home. 860 00:33:01,924 --> 00:33:04,265 But commander Sonny Williams and Butch Whitmore 861 00:33:04,884 --> 00:33:07,144 both basically did a spacewalk today, 862 00:33:08,325 --> 00:33:10,804 and, they they removed a broken antenna and 863 00:33:10,804 --> 00:33:12,964 wiped the station exterior for evidence of any 864 00:33:12,964 --> 00:33:13,464 microbes 865 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,559 that might be still alive after launching from 866 00:33:16,559 --> 00:33:18,259 Earth escaping through vents. 867 00:33:22,799 --> 00:33:23,299 So 868 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,859 but they've been told to bring them home. 869 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,820 So I thought that was already scheduled this 870 00:33:29,194 --> 00:33:30,494 sometime in February 871 00:33:31,275 --> 00:33:33,035 or maybe early March. I do I can't 872 00:33:33,035 --> 00:33:35,194 remember the date. So I don't know if 873 00:33:35,194 --> 00:33:37,214 they're coming home any earlier, but, 874 00:33:37,835 --> 00:33:39,855 you know, they prepared to bring them home, 875 00:33:41,115 --> 00:33:42,634 with the rest of the crew that went 876 00:33:42,634 --> 00:33:43,295 up there. 877 00:33:44,109 --> 00:33:45,869 Telesis 20 yeah. We talked about it a 878 00:33:45,869 --> 00:33:46,529 little bit. 879 00:33:47,150 --> 00:33:49,309 I'll have the link to Telesis financial report 880 00:33:49,309 --> 00:33:50,690 in the in the show notes. 881 00:33:51,470 --> 00:33:52,829 But how many of you went and tried 882 00:33:52,829 --> 00:33:56,029 to get an NVIDIA RTX 5090 today? Apparently, 883 00:33:56,029 --> 00:33:57,409 the lottery for these 884 00:33:58,325 --> 00:34:01,144 video cards drove people crazy. Japan, 885 00:34:01,445 --> 00:34:01,945 everywhere. 886 00:34:02,565 --> 00:34:04,424 There was no fights, but people 887 00:34:04,805 --> 00:34:06,484 went nuts. And some of them are now 888 00:34:06,484 --> 00:34:08,344 available on eBay for much as $6,000. 889 00:34:09,844 --> 00:34:11,625 They cost about 2 grand, 890 00:34:13,570 --> 00:34:14,070 normally. 891 00:34:14,609 --> 00:34:17,429 List price of RTX 5090 is 2,050, 892 00:34:17,730 --> 00:34:18,230 81,000, 893 00:34:19,650 --> 00:34:22,929 early listings for 5080 showed multiple models listed 894 00:34:22,929 --> 00:34:25,589 at 1300 directly from Best Buy. 895 00:34:26,130 --> 00:34:26,630 So 896 00:34:27,644 --> 00:34:30,125 these prices are not gonna drop soon because 897 00:34:30,125 --> 00:34:31,744 these things are gonna be in heavy, 898 00:34:32,045 --> 00:34:34,285 heavy demand for a long time. People want 899 00:34:34,285 --> 00:34:34,945 to run 900 00:34:35,244 --> 00:34:37,485 their own AI models, and this card is 901 00:34:37,485 --> 00:34:40,045 gonna help with that. NordVPN is a new 902 00:34:40,045 --> 00:34:42,625 protocol designed to evade VPN restrictions. 903 00:34:43,380 --> 00:34:46,099 They announced a new protocol called Nord Whisper. 904 00:34:46,099 --> 00:34:48,279 I think we've heard about this coming. 905 00:34:48,739 --> 00:34:49,559 It's specifically 906 00:34:49,940 --> 00:34:50,440 designed 907 00:34:51,139 --> 00:34:51,639 to, 908 00:34:52,420 --> 00:34:54,900 make browsing more accessible by getting around network 909 00:34:54,900 --> 00:34:57,239 restrictions. I've never run into a 910 00:34:57,885 --> 00:34:59,324 a Nord issue. And matter of fact, when 911 00:34:59,324 --> 00:35:01,085 I was in the Philippines, I was connecting 912 00:35:01,085 --> 00:35:03,324 United States anytime I was connecting to my 913 00:35:03,324 --> 00:35:04,224 local bank, 914 00:35:04,525 --> 00:35:06,304 because my local bank was blocking 915 00:35:06,684 --> 00:35:09,485 traffic from the Philippines. It was smart. They 916 00:35:09,485 --> 00:35:11,585 never gave my VPN any issues. 917 00:35:12,050 --> 00:35:14,690 I did have a couple authentication issues with 918 00:35:14,690 --> 00:35:17,510 other financial stuff, even using a VPN. 919 00:35:18,449 --> 00:35:19,510 And what I found 920 00:35:19,809 --> 00:35:21,489 was if I, like, connected to one in 921 00:35:21,489 --> 00:35:21,989 Seattle 922 00:35:22,369 --> 00:35:24,609 and I was having issues, if I connected 923 00:35:24,609 --> 00:35:26,690 to one to Chicago that's closer to my 924 00:35:26,690 --> 00:35:29,464 home, I had more success. So, 925 00:35:31,525 --> 00:35:33,864 this is something I see, you know, specifically 926 00:35:34,085 --> 00:35:35,864 financial stuff as you would expect. 927 00:35:37,684 --> 00:35:40,405 Criminals are abusing top level government domains across 928 00:35:40,405 --> 00:35:41,464 multiple countries. 929 00:35:42,005 --> 00:35:43,224 This should not be 930 00:35:43,659 --> 00:35:45,199 a surprise at all. A 931 00:35:45,739 --> 00:35:48,300 significant number of dotgov domains are news and 932 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:50,699 open redirect tracks. Brazil is a leader in 933 00:35:50,699 --> 00:35:51,199 dotgovdomainabuse. 934 00:35:55,434 --> 00:35:57,674 In the United States, that gov domains are 935 00:35:57,674 --> 00:35:59,674 among the most frequently exploited. How are they 936 00:35:59,674 --> 00:36:01,295 even allowed to buy them? 937 00:36:04,154 --> 00:36:05,694 That's the question I have. 938 00:36:07,194 --> 00:36:09,934 Shouldn't they be limited to a proven government 939 00:36:09,994 --> 00:36:10,494 agency? 940 00:36:11,269 --> 00:36:12,969 Makes you go, doesn't 941 00:36:16,230 --> 00:36:18,010 it? Did I just close a browser? 942 00:36:18,389 --> 00:36:20,150 Let me see. Did I close one? Yes. 943 00:36:20,150 --> 00:36:20,809 I did. 944 00:36:21,269 --> 00:36:24,230 SpaceX launches from Florida and retired a first 945 00:36:24,230 --> 00:36:26,570 stage booster because of extra power needed. 946 00:36:26,914 --> 00:36:27,494 Basically, they, 947 00:36:29,074 --> 00:36:30,934 launched a Spanish communication satellite 948 00:36:31,394 --> 00:36:32,135 to geosynchronous 949 00:36:32,755 --> 00:36:33,255 orbit, 950 00:36:33,715 --> 00:36:35,734 so the Falcon 9 951 00:36:38,275 --> 00:36:39,894 single booster was sacrificed. 952 00:36:41,460 --> 00:36:42,840 This particular booster, 953 00:36:43,380 --> 00:36:45,719 marked its 21st and final launch 954 00:36:46,579 --> 00:36:47,079 and, 955 00:36:48,019 --> 00:36:50,119 but again, they took off all the reentry 956 00:36:50,260 --> 00:36:51,559 fins and the 957 00:36:51,860 --> 00:36:53,159 titanium legs 958 00:36:53,699 --> 00:36:54,199 and 959 00:36:55,344 --> 00:36:55,925 I assume 960 00:36:56,305 --> 00:36:58,945 it burned up and dumped in the ocean 961 00:36:58,945 --> 00:37:00,005 somewhere, but, 962 00:37:01,824 --> 00:37:03,585 they they needed all the fuel they could 963 00:37:03,585 --> 00:37:05,905 get and couldn't get back to, to land. 964 00:37:05,905 --> 00:37:07,525 This happens once in a while. 965 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,799 Mexico has asked Google Maps not to rename 966 00:37:10,799 --> 00:37:12,639 the Gulf of Mexico, but Google has said 967 00:37:12,639 --> 00:37:12,960 that, 968 00:37:13,839 --> 00:37:15,940 as soon as the United States, 969 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,179 map people update the name, 970 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:21,619 they will 971 00:37:22,655 --> 00:37:23,315 update it. 972 00:37:24,614 --> 00:37:25,114 Now 973 00:37:26,414 --> 00:37:29,375 goo a Gulf of America is only gonna 974 00:37:29,375 --> 00:37:30,114 show up 975 00:37:30,574 --> 00:37:32,335 for those of us here in the United 976 00:37:32,335 --> 00:37:35,315 States. For if you live in Mexico, Cuba, 977 00:37:35,940 --> 00:37:37,859 anywhere else, it will still be called the 978 00:37:37,859 --> 00:37:38,839 Gulf of Mexico. 979 00:37:41,780 --> 00:37:42,280 Mexico 980 00:37:42,980 --> 00:37:45,139 argues the US cannot legally change the golf 981 00:37:45,139 --> 00:37:47,380 name. You know, this is really about getting 982 00:37:47,380 --> 00:37:48,599 around drilling. 983 00:37:49,215 --> 00:37:52,035 Really has nothing to do about anything else. 984 00:37:53,215 --> 00:37:54,355 Vodafone demonstrates 985 00:37:54,735 --> 00:37:56,434 world's 1st smallest 986 00:37:56,735 --> 00:37:59,695 first excuse me. Vodafone demonstrates world's 1st satellite 987 00:37:59,695 --> 00:38:01,715 video call with a standard mobile phone. 988 00:38:02,015 --> 00:38:03,934 It was used may it was used 989 00:38:04,579 --> 00:38:06,760 it was made using Bluebird 990 00:38:07,139 --> 00:38:07,639 Satellites 991 00:38:08,340 --> 00:38:09,960 from Starlink rival, 992 00:38:10,420 --> 00:38:10,920 AST 993 00:38:11,380 --> 00:38:13,699 Space Mobile. Now I don't know anything about 994 00:38:13,699 --> 00:38:14,199 Bluebird 995 00:38:14,500 --> 00:38:15,159 at all. 996 00:38:19,735 --> 00:38:21,434 So where did they do this? 997 00:38:23,255 --> 00:38:26,215 The company is partner, AST SpaceMobile Bluebird Satellite, 998 00:38:26,215 --> 00:38:29,335 specifically designed to transmit 4g, 5g, mobile broadband 999 00:38:29,335 --> 00:38:30,474 signals from space. 1000 00:38:31,409 --> 00:38:34,230 In the demonstration, Vodafone Group chief executive 1001 00:38:34,849 --> 00:38:37,170 explained the Blue Bird satellites can connect directly 1002 00:38:37,170 --> 00:38:39,489 with a regular smartphone then transmit the signal 1003 00:38:39,489 --> 00:38:42,130 back to a Vodafone trust or network network 1004 00:38:42,130 --> 00:38:43,510 via satellite link. 1005 00:38:44,974 --> 00:38:46,655 She then took a call from an engineer 1006 00:38:46,655 --> 00:38:48,275 remote mountain region of Wales 1007 00:38:48,815 --> 00:38:50,434 with no cellular coverage. 1008 00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:51,954 So, 1009 00:38:52,494 --> 00:38:52,994 okay. 1010 00:38:53,855 --> 00:38:55,614 And we know that this is continuing to 1011 00:38:55,614 --> 00:38:57,614 happen here in the United States, just a 1012 00:38:57,614 --> 00:38:58,515 matter of 1013 00:38:59,219 --> 00:38:59,719 time. 1014 00:39:00,659 --> 00:39:03,300 Grubhub is bringing new delivery robots to college 1015 00:39:03,300 --> 00:39:05,480 campuses. So if you've got a student, 1016 00:39:06,019 --> 00:39:06,920 you got a 1017 00:39:07,860 --> 00:39:09,719 a a child attending college, 1018 00:39:10,420 --> 00:39:13,059 Grubhub is partnering with Avride, an autonomous robot 1019 00:39:13,059 --> 00:39:15,434 delivery company, to expand its offerings on college 1020 00:39:15,434 --> 00:39:15,934 campuses. 1021 00:39:16,474 --> 00:39:19,055 And they've got a 100 robots on OSU, 1022 00:39:19,115 --> 00:39:20,414 Ohio State University, 1023 00:39:21,434 --> 00:39:22,494 blah, the Buckeyes, 1024 00:39:22,954 --> 00:39:25,055 that have plans to expand 1025 00:39:25,515 --> 00:39:26,015 further. 1026 00:39:26,315 --> 00:39:26,815 So, 1027 00:39:27,659 --> 00:39:29,819 yeah, I wonder if they're gonna help them 1028 00:39:29,819 --> 00:39:32,239 save money on their food delivery. 1029 00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:37,019 Stock disasters everywhere. Microsoft stock slumped more than 1030 00:39:37,019 --> 00:39:39,440 6% on disappointing revenue outlook. 1031 00:39:40,215 --> 00:39:42,454 The software giant topped Wall Street's fiscal 2nd 1032 00:39:42,454 --> 00:39:44,635 quarter estimates pointing earnings of $3.23 1033 00:39:45,175 --> 00:39:46,715 per share or 69,630,000,000 1034 00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:49,114 in revenue. 1035 00:39:49,575 --> 00:39:52,535 The decline came after Microsoft Finance chief Amy 1036 00:39:52,535 --> 00:39:54,535 Hood, something the company expects revs of current 1037 00:39:54,535 --> 00:39:55,739 quarter to fall short 1038 00:39:56,059 --> 00:39:57,280 of analyst estimates. 1039 00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:00,800 So they're making money, but the stock still 1040 00:40:00,860 --> 00:40:02,000 gets hammered. 1041 00:40:03,179 --> 00:40:05,519 Nothing new in that regard. 1042 00:40:07,820 --> 00:40:09,119 This is a weird one. 1043 00:40:10,974 --> 00:40:12,114 Zuckerberg is 1044 00:40:13,054 --> 00:40:16,195 all giddy about the return of OG Facebook. 1045 00:40:17,295 --> 00:40:18,594 What is OG 1046 00:40:19,054 --> 00:40:19,554 Facebook? 1047 00:40:22,569 --> 00:40:26,010 He outlined this priority for this year's getting 1048 00:40:26,010 --> 00:40:28,489 back to OG Facebook. Does that mean you're 1049 00:40:28,489 --> 00:40:30,269 gonna stop spying on us 1050 00:40:31,210 --> 00:40:32,670 and all this other stuff? 1051 00:40:33,530 --> 00:40:34,030 So 1052 00:40:34,585 --> 00:40:37,144 Per made his official transcript. He said, I 1053 00:40:37,144 --> 00:40:38,585 think there's a lot of opportunity to make 1054 00:40:38,585 --> 00:40:40,285 it way more culturally 1055 00:40:41,065 --> 00:40:43,785 influential than it is today. I think that's 1056 00:40:43,785 --> 00:40:45,305 sort of a fun and interesting goal that 1057 00:40:45,305 --> 00:40:47,465 will take our product development some in in 1058 00:40:47,545 --> 00:40:50,030 interesting directions that we maybe haven't had a 1059 00:40:50,030 --> 00:40:51,949 focus on is met over the last several 1060 00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:52,449 years. 1061 00:40:52,909 --> 00:40:55,170 Yes. It's all been about suppressing. 1062 00:40:55,550 --> 00:40:57,150 So I don't know that I have anything 1063 00:40:57,150 --> 00:40:58,989 much more specific on this other than this 1064 00:40:58,989 --> 00:41:00,510 is kind of be one of those focus 1065 00:41:00,510 --> 00:41:01,010 areas. 1066 00:41:05,925 --> 00:41:07,364 It's my focus areas for this year. I 1067 00:41:07,364 --> 00:41:09,284 mean, I think it's an investment area and 1068 00:41:09,284 --> 00:41:10,824 something I'm going to spend 1069 00:41:11,125 --> 00:41:12,025 time on. 1070 00:41:13,444 --> 00:41:13,944 So 1071 00:41:16,610 --> 00:41:18,309 I, you know, I do miss 1072 00:41:20,930 --> 00:41:22,690 the original Facebook days when it was an 1073 00:41:22,690 --> 00:41:24,849 actual social network, when I could see my 1074 00:41:24,849 --> 00:41:25,349 friends, 1075 00:41:25,730 --> 00:41:26,789 when I could see 1076 00:41:27,250 --> 00:41:28,789 what they were talking about. 1077 00:41:29,175 --> 00:41:31,494 Instead of being a a a a news 1078 00:41:31,494 --> 00:41:35,015 feed of ads and fake click and all 1079 00:41:35,015 --> 00:41:35,675 kinds of 1080 00:41:36,055 --> 00:41:37,994 BS that I don't wanna see. 1081 00:41:41,815 --> 00:41:43,355 Is it too late to go back? 1082 00:41:44,340 --> 00:41:45,960 A lot of people have left the platform. 1083 00:41:46,579 --> 00:41:48,760 Young people have left. They don't care. 1084 00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:53,160 I don't know. 1085 00:41:53,700 --> 00:41:55,640 And is this because of the current administration? 1086 00:41:57,434 --> 00:41:59,695 Is this the reason they're going back? 1087 00:42:00,315 --> 00:42:00,815 Remember, 1088 00:42:01,835 --> 00:42:03,515 those of you watching, I'm hold I just 1089 00:42:03,515 --> 00:42:05,934 licked my finger and holding up my 1090 00:42:06,474 --> 00:42:09,055 finger in where the winds blow. 1091 00:42:10,179 --> 00:42:12,019 And even Bill Gates was talking about this 1092 00:42:12,019 --> 00:42:15,059 today about being, quote, unquote, oh, times have 1093 00:42:15,059 --> 00:42:15,559 changed 1094 00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:18,440 because everyone now is 1095 00:42:19,460 --> 00:42:21,000 the current president. So 1096 00:42:23,184 --> 00:42:24,644 this last one is weird. 1097 00:42:25,505 --> 00:42:28,065 All of us, every single one of us 1098 00:42:28,065 --> 00:42:29,605 have took a scoop of something, 1099 00:42:31,344 --> 00:42:33,505 soup, food, it came out, and it's too 1100 00:42:33,505 --> 00:42:34,804 hot. And what are we doing? 1101 00:42:36,065 --> 00:42:38,360 We're blowing on it. Right? Or if we 1102 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:39,559 stick it in our mouth and it's too 1103 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:40,199 hot and we're 1104 00:42:41,079 --> 00:42:43,000 right? We've all done that at least once. 1105 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:43,500 Guarantee. 1106 00:42:44,519 --> 00:42:46,280 And many of us have burned our mouths 1107 00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,840 because we put something too hot in in 1108 00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:49,500 our mouth. 1109 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:50,300 Well, 1110 00:42:52,114 --> 00:42:52,855 get this. 1111 00:42:53,795 --> 00:42:57,574 NASA's X-ray telescope, Chandra, discovers that black holes 1112 00:42:57,635 --> 00:42:59,894 blow on their food to cool it down. 1113 00:43:01,954 --> 00:43:03,574 Yes. I I said that. 1114 00:43:03,949 --> 00:43:05,650 Jets blasting from supermassive 1115 00:43:05,949 --> 00:43:08,750 black holes cause gas to cool and fall 1116 00:43:08,750 --> 00:43:11,650 towards the cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding 1117 00:43:11,789 --> 00:43:12,289 process. 1118 00:43:17,755 --> 00:43:20,014 This this is just too weird. The supermassive 1119 00:43:20,235 --> 00:43:23,275 black whole food cooling process was discovered by 1120 00:43:23,275 --> 00:43:26,175 astronomers using NASA's China X-ray Telescope. 1121 00:43:28,635 --> 00:43:31,130 The team found when jets launched from supermassive 1122 00:43:31,349 --> 00:43:33,750 black holes strike hot gas between galaxies and 1123 00:43:33,750 --> 00:43:37,670 galaxy clusters called intercluster medium, they key carve 1124 00:43:37,670 --> 00:43:38,889 out large cavities 1125 00:43:39,510 --> 00:43:42,089 and cause things to cool off. 1126 00:43:44,804 --> 00:43:46,965 Who would have known that a black hole 1127 00:43:46,965 --> 00:43:48,265 need its cosmic 1128 00:43:48,965 --> 00:43:50,905 food to be cooled off? 1129 00:43:52,085 --> 00:43:52,585 Geeknews@gmail.com. 1130 00:43:54,005 --> 00:43:54,505 Geeknews@gmail.com. 1131 00:43:55,204 --> 00:43:56,664 Don't forget about our sponsor 1132 00:43:57,210 --> 00:43:57,869 at GoDaddy. 1133 00:43:58,250 --> 00:44:00,730 Don't forget to I'm on x at geek 1134 00:44:00,730 --> 00:44:01,230 news 1135 00:44:01,609 --> 00:44:02,269 geek news 1136 00:44:02,809 --> 00:44:03,309 central.comforward/godaddy 1137 00:44:04,889 --> 00:44:07,369 for the for the sponsor link. 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