1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,060 The lead story for Monday, June 23, 2 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:06,500 DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, is accused 3 00:00:06,879 --> 00:00:08,740 by a senior US official 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,259 of supporting China's military intelligence services, 5 00:00:12,934 --> 00:00:13,834 sharing user 6 00:00:14,214 --> 00:00:16,074 data with Beijing, and using 7 00:00:16,375 --> 00:00:16,875 Southeast 8 00:00:17,254 --> 00:00:20,554 Asian shell companies to bypass The United States 9 00:00:21,254 --> 00:00:23,994 export controls on advanced AI chips. 10 00:00:24,454 --> 00:00:27,769 Despite public claims of limited resources, the company 11 00:00:27,769 --> 00:00:28,269 reportedly 12 00:00:28,730 --> 00:00:32,329 accessed large volumes of restricted NVIDIA h 100 13 00:00:32,329 --> 00:00:34,590 chips and appears in over 14 00:00:35,049 --> 00:00:36,510 150 15 00:00:36,729 --> 00:00:39,104 Chinese military procurement records. 16 00:00:39,664 --> 00:00:41,924 DeepSeek did not respond to allegations 17 00:00:42,545 --> 00:00:44,645 while US lawmakers and regulators 18 00:00:45,424 --> 00:00:48,304 assess the next steps. Of course, I wanna 19 00:00:48,304 --> 00:00:51,184 welcome you to episode 1,829. 20 00:00:51,184 --> 00:00:52,164 I'm your host, 21 00:00:52,625 --> 00:00:55,759 Todd Cochran. Well, this is the call me 22 00:00:55,759 --> 00:00:56,259 shocked 23 00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:58,079 in this in this, 24 00:00:58,719 --> 00:00:59,219 revelation, 25 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:01,700 to be quite frank with you. 26 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:03,140 I'm not surprised. 27 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,640 Do you not surprised that, this is all 28 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,094 backed by the Chinese 29 00:01:08,795 --> 00:01:11,435 military and those of you that have used 30 00:01:11,435 --> 00:01:14,495 their, AI without loading it on your own 31 00:01:14,795 --> 00:01:17,615 have probably been, feeding right into the Chinese 32 00:01:17,674 --> 00:01:18,174 military? 33 00:01:19,835 --> 00:01:21,935 So the company employs workarounds 34 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:23,390 and, 35 00:01:23,829 --> 00:01:24,569 to get 36 00:01:24,950 --> 00:01:27,909 to get, chips through, you know, countries that 37 00:01:27,909 --> 00:01:28,969 don't have restrictions. 38 00:01:30,150 --> 00:01:31,850 Not not at all 39 00:01:32,549 --> 00:01:33,049 surprised. 40 00:01:33,750 --> 00:01:36,534 And Deep Seek has a willingly provided and 41 00:01:36,534 --> 00:01:38,635 will likely continue to provide 42 00:01:39,255 --> 00:01:41,674 Chinese military and intelligence operations, 43 00:01:42,694 --> 00:01:44,555 access to this information. 44 00:01:45,495 --> 00:01:47,974 Now this effort goes above and beyond open 45 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:49,599 source access to DeepSeek's 46 00:01:49,980 --> 00:01:52,379 AI model. Official said, speak any condition in 47 00:01:52,379 --> 00:01:52,879 anonymity 48 00:01:53,340 --> 00:01:55,920 in order to speak about US government information. 49 00:01:56,780 --> 00:01:59,040 The US government's assessment of DeepSeek 50 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:00,239 really goes, 51 00:02:00,939 --> 00:02:02,799 pretty deep, and, of course, it links 52 00:02:03,340 --> 00:02:05,655 to the Chinese government have not been 53 00:02:06,194 --> 00:02:07,334 previously reported. 54 00:02:08,034 --> 00:02:10,134 So this is, this is news. 55 00:02:10,754 --> 00:02:13,634 Now Chinese law, we know, requires companies operating 56 00:02:13,634 --> 00:02:15,314 in China to provide data to the government 57 00:02:15,314 --> 00:02:16,055 when requested. 58 00:02:16,909 --> 00:02:19,629 But this suggest suggestion that DeepSeek is already 59 00:02:19,629 --> 00:02:21,550 doing so is likely to raise privacy and 60 00:02:21,550 --> 00:02:22,290 other concerns 61 00:02:22,909 --> 00:02:25,389 for tens of millions of global users because 62 00:02:25,389 --> 00:02:27,969 most people will not care. They'll just continue 63 00:02:28,430 --> 00:02:30,849 to feed the red communist Chinese this information. 64 00:02:32,509 --> 00:02:34,875 The company is also, again, referenced in more 65 00:02:34,875 --> 00:02:36,254 than a 150 times 66 00:02:36,634 --> 00:02:39,534 in procurement records for the Chinese People Liberation 67 00:02:39,675 --> 00:02:42,794 Army and other entities affiliated with the Chinese 68 00:02:42,794 --> 00:02:44,334 defense industrial base. 69 00:02:44,794 --> 00:02:47,159 So, of course, why wouldn't they be? Our 70 00:02:47,159 --> 00:02:51,099 AI companies are becoming affiliated with US defense 71 00:02:51,159 --> 00:02:51,819 as well. 72 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:54,139 And, of course, DeepSeek has 73 00:02:54,439 --> 00:02:54,939 large 74 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,539 access to large 75 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:58,860 volumes of US 76 00:03:00,395 --> 00:03:03,115 firms and NVIDIA high in h 100 chips, 77 00:03:03,115 --> 00:03:05,115 said the official. Since 2022, 78 00:03:05,115 --> 00:03:08,094 those chips have been under US export restrictions 79 00:03:09,115 --> 00:03:11,750 that, but, of course, there's always a way 80 00:03:11,750 --> 00:03:12,489 to bypass 81 00:03:13,110 --> 00:03:15,930 this. And they use shell companies, not surprisingly, 82 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:18,709 in Southeast Asia. I'd like to know which 83 00:03:18,709 --> 00:03:20,409 comp which country specifically. 84 00:03:21,989 --> 00:03:24,254 The official declined to say if Deep Seek 85 00:03:24,254 --> 00:03:27,634 had successfully evaded export controls. Well, duh. 86 00:03:28,014 --> 00:03:29,474 I'm sure they have. 87 00:03:30,655 --> 00:03:33,474 So, of course, Chinese foreign ministry did not 88 00:03:33,534 --> 00:03:34,675 respond to commentary, 89 00:03:35,854 --> 00:03:36,334 but, 90 00:03:36,735 --> 00:03:39,560 you know, Deep Seek has said two of 91 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,199 its AI models that Silicon Valley execs as 92 00:03:42,199 --> 00:03:44,840 a US tech company engineers have shown show 93 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:45,659 with praise 94 00:03:46,199 --> 00:03:48,359 are in par with OpenAI. Well, they said 95 00:03:48,359 --> 00:03:50,680 they only spent 6,000,000, but we've already talked 96 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,584 about how DeepSeq has used 97 00:03:52,965 --> 00:03:54,584 h 100 chips and, 98 00:03:56,724 --> 00:03:59,925 processed all this data themselves. Of course, it 99 00:03:59,925 --> 00:04:02,104 may be up as many as 50,000 100 00:04:04,270 --> 00:04:05,090 so far. 101 00:04:05,949 --> 00:04:06,449 Now, 102 00:04:06,750 --> 00:04:10,270 there's no confirmation of this, just indications. Only 103 00:04:10,270 --> 00:04:12,909 Nvidia will know how many shipped, 104 00:04:13,629 --> 00:04:14,610 chips were shipped. 105 00:04:16,110 --> 00:04:17,250 Chips were shipped. 106 00:04:17,714 --> 00:04:18,214 So, 107 00:04:21,394 --> 00:04:21,894 apparently, 108 00:04:22,675 --> 00:04:24,435 Nvidia is saying, oh, they only had h 109 00:04:24,435 --> 00:04:26,454 8,000 products, which were legally, 110 00:04:27,475 --> 00:04:27,975 obtained. 111 00:04:28,754 --> 00:04:31,829 But in February, Singapore charged three men with 112 00:04:31,990 --> 00:04:32,490 fraud 113 00:04:32,870 --> 00:04:35,029 in a case that domestic media have linked 114 00:04:35,029 --> 00:04:37,449 to the movement of Naviti advanced ships 115 00:04:37,829 --> 00:04:38,149 from this 116 00:04:38,949 --> 00:04:41,750 from the city state to DeepSeek. So it 117 00:04:41,750 --> 00:04:42,889 went through Singapore. 118 00:04:44,629 --> 00:04:45,110 So, 119 00:04:45,509 --> 00:04:46,214 why not? 120 00:04:46,694 --> 00:04:49,095 So you import to Singapore, and then you 121 00:04:49,095 --> 00:04:50,615 you pack them up, and you put them 122 00:04:50,615 --> 00:04:51,915 on a Chinese airplane, 123 00:04:52,294 --> 00:04:54,774 and you send them to China. Not that's 124 00:04:54,774 --> 00:04:55,514 not difficult. 125 00:04:56,055 --> 00:04:58,794 And if you're gonna do that, then, who 126 00:04:58,909 --> 00:05:00,289 for sure is involved? 127 00:05:00,750 --> 00:05:03,470 If you have a Chinese airplane come to 128 00:05:03,470 --> 00:05:03,970 Singapore 129 00:05:04,509 --> 00:05:06,829 to pick up chips, then it's probably the 130 00:05:06,829 --> 00:05:07,329 Chinese 131 00:05:07,949 --> 00:05:08,449 government. 132 00:05:10,029 --> 00:05:10,529 Surprise. 133 00:05:11,404 --> 00:05:11,904 Surprise. 134 00:05:12,764 --> 00:05:13,824 I say not. 135 00:05:14,444 --> 00:05:17,964 Hey, everyone. Again, welcome to episode 1,829. 136 00:05:17,964 --> 00:05:20,285 Again, I'm your host, Todd Cochran, a shout 137 00:05:20,285 --> 00:05:22,144 out to our incredible sponsor at GoDaddy. 138 00:05:22,764 --> 00:05:25,485 Of course, score exclusive deals. 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Obviously, the 224 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,740 big the big, big news, and 225 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:52,620 congratulations 226 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:53,639 to, 227 00:08:56,279 --> 00:08:58,680 all the brothers and sisters out there in, 228 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,700 in military land 229 00:09:01,105 --> 00:09:03,285 for your attack and execution 230 00:09:03,745 --> 00:09:04,725 in Iran. 231 00:09:05,345 --> 00:09:07,285 But now The United States is 232 00:09:08,384 --> 00:09:08,884 supposedly 233 00:09:09,825 --> 00:09:11,205 bracing for a cyberattack, 234 00:09:11,825 --> 00:09:12,325 and 235 00:09:13,919 --> 00:09:16,879 Iranian hackers are expected to intensify cyberattacks against 236 00:09:16,879 --> 00:09:18,899 The United States after the air strikes. 237 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:20,799 If they, 238 00:09:22,639 --> 00:09:24,820 if they'd only do what they did with, 239 00:09:25,279 --> 00:09:27,059 their missile attack today, 240 00:09:27,475 --> 00:09:29,715 I think we'll be okay, but who knows 241 00:09:29,715 --> 00:09:31,254 what's gonna happen with this. 242 00:09:31,955 --> 00:09:34,355 We know that the Israelis are already going 243 00:09:34,355 --> 00:09:34,855 after, 244 00:09:35,315 --> 00:09:37,394 Iran in a big way in cyber and 245 00:09:37,394 --> 00:09:38,534 have had some success 246 00:09:39,075 --> 00:09:40,455 in getting some of their crypto 247 00:09:41,075 --> 00:09:41,575 basically 248 00:09:42,370 --> 00:09:43,830 stolen or whatever they did. 249 00:09:44,290 --> 00:09:46,529 But, the Department of Homeland Security issued national 250 00:09:46,529 --> 00:09:47,670 terrorism advisories 251 00:09:48,129 --> 00:09:50,450 bulletin on Sunday warning that the Iranian government 252 00:09:50,450 --> 00:09:51,750 has publicly condemned 253 00:09:52,450 --> 00:09:54,690 United States involvement in the conflict and that 254 00:09:54,690 --> 00:09:56,835 retaliation could come in several forms. 255 00:09:57,315 --> 00:09:58,054 They could, 256 00:09:58,595 --> 00:10:01,075 conduct lethal attacks and commit acts of violence 257 00:10:01,075 --> 00:10:04,195 on US soil, but Iranian state sponsored hackers 258 00:10:04,195 --> 00:10:07,095 and pro Iranian hacktivists are also likely intensified 259 00:10:07,235 --> 00:10:10,274 attacks against The United States in response to 260 00:10:10,274 --> 00:10:12,090 recent events. Don't you think? 261 00:10:13,050 --> 00:10:15,450 And I'm gonna go against general convention of 262 00:10:15,450 --> 00:10:16,350 thinking here. 263 00:10:18,009 --> 00:10:18,830 And it'd probably 264 00:10:19,610 --> 00:10:22,009 be people will scoff at it, and I 265 00:10:22,009 --> 00:10:23,790 hope I'm right because, otherwise, 266 00:10:24,410 --> 00:10:26,990 the alternative might be, bad for people. 267 00:10:27,375 --> 00:10:30,254 Don't you think if you have people living 268 00:10:30,254 --> 00:10:30,754 here 269 00:10:32,654 --> 00:10:34,115 let's let's just say 270 00:10:34,735 --> 00:10:35,634 let's just 271 00:10:36,014 --> 00:10:38,034 use an example that a 100 272 00:10:38,495 --> 00:10:40,914 people were here as sleeper cells. 273 00:10:41,615 --> 00:10:43,159 Let's just think about that. 274 00:10:43,460 --> 00:10:45,620 And you've now been told to carry out 275 00:10:45,620 --> 00:10:46,360 your mission, 276 00:10:46,820 --> 00:10:49,080 go ahead and attack United States infrastructure, 277 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:52,179 go after it. You're living a pretty good 278 00:10:52,179 --> 00:10:52,919 life here. 279 00:10:53,539 --> 00:10:54,039 Freedom, 280 00:10:56,394 --> 00:10:57,294 frame expression. 281 00:10:57,835 --> 00:10:59,914 You don't have to worry about anybody coming 282 00:10:59,914 --> 00:11:01,115 in and and, 283 00:11:01,914 --> 00:11:03,274 snatching you up in the middle of the 284 00:11:03,274 --> 00:11:05,835 night and and sending you to a a 285 00:11:05,835 --> 00:11:06,335 gulag. 286 00:11:06,794 --> 00:11:08,254 All this. You know? So 287 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,000 you get that order. Are you gonna really 288 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,800 do that considering the regime there is probably 289 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:14,779 gonna collapse? 290 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:16,460 So 291 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,040 my prediction is I don't I I and 292 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,120 maybe I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong. No. 293 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:23,985 I hope I'm right. If I'm right that 294 00:11:23,985 --> 00:11:25,424 the threat is not as big as they 295 00:11:25,424 --> 00:11:26,725 say it is, but who knows? 296 00:11:27,985 --> 00:11:29,444 But, of course, the cyberattacks, 297 00:11:31,264 --> 00:11:32,644 can happen from anywhere. 298 00:11:34,384 --> 00:11:36,464 And we know that most of Iran's cyber 299 00:11:36,464 --> 00:11:38,620 operation focus on Israel already, 300 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:40,540 and, 301 00:11:42,279 --> 00:11:45,080 and Iran has had mixed results with disruptive 302 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,700 cyberattacks. They frequently fabricate and x-ray their effects 303 00:11:49,144 --> 00:11:51,784 in an effort to boost their psychological impact, 304 00:11:51,784 --> 00:11:53,465 of course, they say all kinds of stuff 305 00:11:53,465 --> 00:11:55,004 on social media as well. 306 00:11:55,865 --> 00:11:56,365 So 307 00:11:56,985 --> 00:11:59,865 we know that almost all countries are doing 308 00:11:59,865 --> 00:12:02,205 cyber cyber espionage already, 309 00:12:02,899 --> 00:12:04,759 so that's already a thing. 310 00:12:05,940 --> 00:12:08,580 So but maybe they go after individuals or 311 00:12:08,580 --> 00:12:10,419 whatever. I don't know. So what do you 312 00:12:10,419 --> 00:12:10,919 think? 313 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:12,500 Do you think that, 314 00:12:12,980 --> 00:12:15,240 what is the bigger chance? Cyber attack 315 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:18,875 or sleeper cells? What what what say you? 316 00:12:19,254 --> 00:12:21,434 I'd love to hear your your thoughts here 317 00:12:21,575 --> 00:12:22,235 on that, 318 00:12:22,934 --> 00:12:24,394 definitely in the comments. 319 00:12:25,335 --> 00:12:27,575 But you guys know, you know, I I 320 00:12:27,575 --> 00:12:29,115 spent twenty five years 321 00:12:30,215 --> 00:12:31,835 active duty in the navy. 322 00:12:32,429 --> 00:12:34,350 And you guys most of you know what 323 00:12:34,350 --> 00:12:36,370 my job was at the time. 324 00:12:38,269 --> 00:12:40,289 For those of you that don't, basically, 325 00:12:40,830 --> 00:12:43,070 some of the organizations I worked with had 326 00:12:43,070 --> 00:12:45,230 a model of, in god we trust all 327 00:12:45,230 --> 00:12:46,370 others we monitor. 328 00:12:47,245 --> 00:12:47,745 And, 329 00:12:49,004 --> 00:12:49,745 for forty 330 00:12:50,125 --> 00:12:51,745 five, forty six years, 331 00:12:53,565 --> 00:12:55,825 Iran has been killing Americans. 332 00:12:57,165 --> 00:12:58,144 Cobalt Towers, 333 00:12:59,245 --> 00:13:02,065 all kinds of places that have, you know, 334 00:13:02,690 --> 00:13:05,429 400 plus, I think, Americans have been killed 335 00:13:05,649 --> 00:13:07,350 by Iranians, Iranian proxies. 336 00:13:08,450 --> 00:13:08,950 And, 337 00:13:10,049 --> 00:13:13,329 you know, this, nuclear weapon situation, I don't 338 00:13:13,329 --> 00:13:15,644 care if they were two weeks away, two 339 00:13:15,644 --> 00:13:17,584 months away, two years away. 340 00:13:18,205 --> 00:13:20,284 I I don't care. And if they were 341 00:13:20,284 --> 00:13:22,445 two years away ten years ago, I don't 342 00:13:22,445 --> 00:13:22,945 care. 343 00:13:23,804 --> 00:13:25,565 And these folks should not have a nuclear 344 00:13:25,565 --> 00:13:26,625 weapon, the government 345 00:13:27,325 --> 00:13:28,860 and zealots. And 346 00:13:29,399 --> 00:13:30,620 because the majority 347 00:13:32,919 --> 00:13:34,779 of Iranian people are lovely. 348 00:13:35,879 --> 00:13:37,980 When I got hurt in 02/2004, 349 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,040 the nurse that took care of me was 350 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:40,700 from Iran, 351 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,620 and when I was in Bahrain. 352 00:13:44,325 --> 00:13:47,065 Lovely nurse. And, again, the Iranian people, 353 00:13:48,644 --> 00:13:49,144 are 354 00:13:50,965 --> 00:13:51,524 are just, 355 00:13:52,085 --> 00:13:53,865 you know, they're the pawns here. 356 00:13:54,245 --> 00:13:55,384 So I'm hoping 357 00:13:56,485 --> 00:13:58,264 that this is better days 358 00:13:58,820 --> 00:14:01,000 for a run ahead. We will see 359 00:14:01,379 --> 00:14:02,759 what happens, but, 360 00:14:03,779 --> 00:14:06,500 I agree with the limited strike that we 361 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:08,679 did, and hopefully, it doesn't expand, 362 00:14:09,779 --> 00:14:11,174 any further than that. 363 00:14:11,654 --> 00:14:13,975 But for all of my intelligence friends that 364 00:14:13,975 --> 00:14:15,195 listen to the show, 365 00:14:15,575 --> 00:14:16,875 I know many of you, 366 00:14:17,254 --> 00:14:18,554 are still in the game. 367 00:14:21,095 --> 00:14:23,514 Good job in doing whatever you're doing, 368 00:14:24,149 --> 00:14:26,490 and happy collecting and, 369 00:14:27,269 --> 00:14:30,389 and executing and giving information to whoever needs 370 00:14:30,389 --> 00:14:31,769 the information to, 371 00:14:33,190 --> 00:14:34,730 to protect us. So, 372 00:14:35,750 --> 00:14:37,304 good job out there. And I know that 373 00:14:37,384 --> 00:14:39,144 will probably go contrary to many of you 374 00:14:39,144 --> 00:14:40,904 that listen to the show, and I understand 375 00:14:40,904 --> 00:14:41,964 that. It's fine. 376 00:14:42,504 --> 00:14:44,524 I just have a little bit different perspective 377 00:14:45,464 --> 00:14:47,945 of twenty five years, at least, for myself, 378 00:14:47,945 --> 00:14:50,125 an active duty collection against 379 00:14:52,169 --> 00:14:54,169 Iran and other countries that, 380 00:14:54,730 --> 00:14:56,190 are not friends with us. 381 00:14:58,250 --> 00:14:59,549 It was long, 382 00:15:00,089 --> 00:15:00,589 long, 383 00:15:01,289 --> 00:15:04,509 long, long, long, long overdue, 384 00:15:05,414 --> 00:15:07,835 And I like the way the American execution 385 00:15:08,134 --> 00:15:10,695 happened. And, just my personal opinion, you're not 386 00:15:10,695 --> 00:15:11,835 gonna be able to change 387 00:15:12,215 --> 00:15:12,715 that. 388 00:15:14,215 --> 00:15:14,615 So, 389 00:15:15,095 --> 00:15:16,554 anyway, let's move on. 390 00:15:16,934 --> 00:15:19,034 Teens and this is this is absolutely 391 00:15:20,134 --> 00:15:21,660 this is an absolutely insane 392 00:15:22,759 --> 00:15:23,259 story. 393 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:24,860 Teenagers. 394 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,240 Seven people, including a 14 year old, have 395 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:30,779 been arrested or surrendered 396 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:33,820 to Danish authorities after allegedly 397 00:15:34,875 --> 00:15:37,695 using encrypted message apps to hire other 398 00:15:38,154 --> 00:15:38,654 teenagers 399 00:15:39,754 --> 00:15:42,794 for contract killings in what Europol calls a 400 00:15:42,794 --> 00:15:44,654 violence as a service operation. 401 00:15:45,595 --> 00:15:47,595 All those arrests are surrendered are between the 402 00:15:47,595 --> 00:15:49,710 age of 14 and 26. Well, 403 00:15:50,269 --> 00:15:52,830 how many of them were 14 to 18? 404 00:15:52,830 --> 00:15:54,210 That's what I wanna know. 405 00:15:54,670 --> 00:15:57,330 Includes two 18 year olds 406 00:15:58,350 --> 00:16:01,070 as well and suspect they've been suspected of 407 00:16:01,070 --> 00:16:02,610 actively recruiting youngsters, 408 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:05,924 commit targeted killings in Denmark and Sweden Sweden 409 00:16:05,924 --> 00:16:08,345 and other suspects according to law enforcement provided 410 00:16:09,125 --> 00:16:11,544 weapons and ammunition and safe houses 411 00:16:11,924 --> 00:16:12,825 for the hitmen. 412 00:16:14,485 --> 00:16:18,245 The arrests follow multiple invigations, attempted murders ordered 413 00:16:18,245 --> 00:16:20,970 via encrypted chat services, including at one, 414 00:16:21,769 --> 00:16:23,470 including one on May 7. 415 00:16:24,409 --> 00:16:27,129 This is part of Europro's Operation Task Force, 416 00:16:27,129 --> 00:16:28,889 GRIM, which aims to stop the growing use 417 00:16:28,889 --> 00:16:30,509 of encrypted services to coordinate 418 00:16:30,970 --> 00:16:32,990 contract killings across Europe, 419 00:16:34,014 --> 00:16:37,235 dubbed violence as a service by international police. 420 00:16:38,815 --> 00:16:39,315 Insane. 421 00:16:40,975 --> 00:16:41,475 Absolutely 422 00:16:42,495 --> 00:16:42,995 insane. 423 00:16:43,534 --> 00:16:44,034 Teenagers 424 00:16:44,414 --> 00:16:44,914 involved. 425 00:16:46,049 --> 00:16:48,929 I'm not surprised criminal activities are happening on 426 00:16:48,929 --> 00:16:51,089 encrypted messaging apps. You know, we'd be too 427 00:16:51,089 --> 00:16:52,709 stupid to think it were not. 428 00:16:53,409 --> 00:16:54,629 But yeah. 429 00:16:55,649 --> 00:16:57,589 Contract killing, simply 430 00:16:57,970 --> 00:16:59,110 simply insane. 431 00:17:02,634 --> 00:17:04,734 Gonna have a little discussion about WhatsApp 432 00:17:05,115 --> 00:17:06,875 here in a little bit as well. We'll 433 00:17:06,875 --> 00:17:09,035 talk about that and the latest news on 434 00:17:09,035 --> 00:17:10,954 that. I think we talked a little bit 435 00:17:10,954 --> 00:17:13,295 about this on the last show. Streaming surpasses 436 00:17:13,434 --> 00:17:14,940 traditional TV for the first 437 00:17:15,819 --> 00:17:18,139 time. This is a big, big, ups you 438 00:17:18,139 --> 00:17:19,919 know, not a big. It's just a progressive 439 00:17:20,220 --> 00:17:20,720 swing 440 00:17:21,259 --> 00:17:21,759 here. 441 00:17:22,220 --> 00:17:22,720 And, 442 00:17:23,419 --> 00:17:25,419 you know, what it really boils down to 443 00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:28,000 is that streaming has received a historic milestone 444 00:17:28,884 --> 00:17:29,384 surpassing 445 00:17:30,565 --> 00:17:33,224 the combined viewership of broadcast and cable television 446 00:17:33,365 --> 00:17:34,505 for the first time 447 00:17:34,964 --> 00:17:35,365 with, 448 00:17:35,924 --> 00:17:38,964 May streaming accounted for 44.8% 449 00:17:38,964 --> 00:17:42,404 of total TV usage while broadcasting cable combined 450 00:17:42,404 --> 00:17:43,625 44.2. 451 00:17:44,220 --> 00:17:44,720 So, 452 00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:48,859 very, very interesting. Hey. I will say one 453 00:17:48,859 --> 00:17:51,200 thing to you folks. I was contacted, 454 00:17:53,099 --> 00:17:53,599 by 455 00:17:54,380 --> 00:17:57,019 someone that is a let's let's call them 456 00:17:57,019 --> 00:17:58,400 a YouTube expert. 457 00:17:59,825 --> 00:18:00,325 And 458 00:18:00,865 --> 00:18:02,305 they said, Todd, do you know why your 459 00:18:02,305 --> 00:18:03,205 channel has 460 00:18:03,744 --> 00:18:04,225 never, 461 00:18:04,545 --> 00:18:05,765 grown on YouTube? 462 00:18:06,465 --> 00:18:08,225 And I'm like, no. He says, you say 463 00:18:08,225 --> 00:18:09,125 words like 464 00:18:10,065 --> 00:18:10,565 death, 465 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:11,924 destruction, 466 00:18:12,945 --> 00:18:13,445 hacking, 467 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,980 Say a bunch of keywords that apparently 468 00:18:17,559 --> 00:18:18,940 YouTube doesn't like. 469 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:20,940 So they they downgrade 470 00:18:21,799 --> 00:18:22,460 my content 471 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:23,980 because 472 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:26,220 of the words I use. 473 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:27,340 And 474 00:18:27,694 --> 00:18:29,454 I got to thinking about that. And isn't 475 00:18:29,454 --> 00:18:30,115 it beautiful 476 00:18:30,974 --> 00:18:33,875 that as a audio podcaster primarily 477 00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:36,355 and have a true video podcast 478 00:18:36,974 --> 00:18:37,474 that 479 00:18:38,015 --> 00:18:40,015 I can say whatever I want and not 480 00:18:40,015 --> 00:18:40,674 be downgraded 481 00:18:41,490 --> 00:18:43,570 and not be suppressed and have my message 482 00:18:43,570 --> 00:18:45,670 and hear what I wanna say said? 483 00:18:46,849 --> 00:18:48,690 Isn't that a beautiful thing to be able 484 00:18:48,690 --> 00:18:49,589 to talk openly 485 00:18:50,130 --> 00:18:52,690 and not have to make up words or 486 00:18:52,690 --> 00:18:53,025 do short 487 00:18:54,224 --> 00:18:56,325 or say other words that have other meanings. 488 00:18:56,625 --> 00:18:58,164 Isn't that, fantastic? 489 00:18:58,625 --> 00:19:01,505 I didn't realize that YouTubers are restricted from 490 00:19:01,505 --> 00:19:02,565 being able to say 491 00:19:03,025 --> 00:19:03,924 certain words 492 00:19:04,305 --> 00:19:06,164 in the content that they are, 493 00:19:07,184 --> 00:19:08,805 that they are that they're 494 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:09,779 saying. So, 495 00:19:10,799 --> 00:19:13,299 news to me. Russian hack hackers 496 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,059 target Gmail passwords, a crackdown on international critics. 497 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:20,420 So international critics of Russia and academics 498 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,740 have received phishing emails. 499 00:19:23,525 --> 00:19:26,424 Victims are tricked into sharing Google app specific 500 00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:27,065 passwords. 501 00:19:27,845 --> 00:19:30,164 So the Google threat intelligence group has shared 502 00:19:30,164 --> 00:19:32,724 details of this threat actor tracker as UNC 503 00:19:32,724 --> 00:19:34,105 sixty two ninety three, 504 00:19:34,565 --> 00:19:37,019 believed to be a Russian state sponsored group 505 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:38,700 targeting 506 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:40,380 prominent academics 507 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:42,700 across the country. 508 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,519 Vixen reported in receiving phishing emails using spoofed 509 00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:47,819 at state.gov 510 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:48,380 addresses 511 00:19:48,865 --> 00:19:51,265 in the CC field to build credibility. But 512 00:19:51,265 --> 00:19:54,244 instead of being hit with immediate malicious payloads, 513 00:19:54,784 --> 00:19:57,585 attackers are using social engineering tactics to build 514 00:19:57,585 --> 00:19:59,044 reports with their targets. 515 00:19:59,585 --> 00:20:01,859 And Google's research has uncovered the slow pace 516 00:20:02,019 --> 00:20:04,259 nature attackers use to build reports for the 517 00:20:04,259 --> 00:20:07,619 victims, often sending personalized emails, inviting them to 518 00:20:07,619 --> 00:20:09,559 private conversations or meetings. 519 00:20:10,980 --> 00:20:12,679 I'm getting meeting invites 520 00:20:14,099 --> 00:20:16,664 at least three or four times a day 521 00:20:16,664 --> 00:20:19,005 that I have not ever booked. 522 00:20:20,265 --> 00:20:22,505 People know my Calendly link now, and I'm 523 00:20:22,505 --> 00:20:24,105 gonna have to change the link here now 524 00:20:24,105 --> 00:20:26,265 because things have gotten to the point where 525 00:20:26,265 --> 00:20:28,765 people are booking appointments who I don't even 526 00:20:29,009 --> 00:20:29,509 know, 527 00:20:32,849 --> 00:20:33,349 and 528 00:20:33,650 --> 00:20:35,670 assuming I'm going to accept. 529 00:20:36,529 --> 00:20:39,190 In one screenshot shared by Google's threat intelligence, 530 00:20:40,130 --> 00:20:40,789 a prominent 531 00:20:41,265 --> 00:20:43,744 British researcher on Russia received a fake US 532 00:20:43,744 --> 00:20:45,904 department state email believed the part of the 533 00:20:45,904 --> 00:20:46,404 campaign. 534 00:20:47,345 --> 00:20:49,505 He's he was informed several of my e 535 00:20:49,505 --> 00:20:52,325 accounts have been targeted with sophisticated account takeover 536 00:20:52,705 --> 00:20:55,230 that involve person in US State Department. 537 00:20:55,609 --> 00:20:58,569 In the attack email, victim received a, benign 538 00:20:58,569 --> 00:20:59,549 PDF attachment 539 00:21:00,009 --> 00:21:02,190 design look like an invitation to a securely 540 00:21:02,329 --> 00:21:04,990 access of fake department state cloud environment. 541 00:21:05,769 --> 00:21:08,534 If if this webs it's this website that 542 00:21:08,534 --> 00:21:11,095 only gives this attackers which Google believes could 543 00:21:11,095 --> 00:21:11,755 be linked 544 00:21:12,294 --> 00:21:12,775 to this, 545 00:21:13,974 --> 00:21:15,115 particular vulnerability. 546 00:21:15,654 --> 00:21:17,494 Now here's what I see. Let's see what 547 00:21:17,494 --> 00:21:18,954 happens with me now 548 00:21:19,420 --> 00:21:20,240 is, like, 549 00:21:20,859 --> 00:21:22,619 Mike, part of my support team, we got 550 00:21:22,619 --> 00:21:25,599 an email saying, hey. Here's the last notice 551 00:21:25,980 --> 00:21:28,619 for a copyright violation. We're gonna take you 552 00:21:28,619 --> 00:21:30,140 to court. You need to take care of 553 00:21:30,140 --> 00:21:31,740 this. And it's they said it was our 554 00:21:31,740 --> 00:21:34,605 content and music that we had on our 555 00:21:34,605 --> 00:21:36,684 account. And we're like, we have no music 556 00:21:36,684 --> 00:21:38,384 on our account. We're good. 557 00:21:38,924 --> 00:21:39,964 And yet this, 558 00:21:41,724 --> 00:21:43,984 this person thought they could trick us 559 00:21:44,605 --> 00:21:46,740 into clicking on the link, which was 560 00:21:47,220 --> 00:21:48,819 it looked like a Facebook link, but it 561 00:21:48,819 --> 00:21:50,200 was really a Bitly link. 562 00:21:50,819 --> 00:21:51,319 And, 563 00:21:52,339 --> 00:21:54,740 those types of, they can't get it through 564 00:21:54,740 --> 00:21:57,059 email, so now they're sending it into our 565 00:21:57,059 --> 00:21:57,960 support system. 566 00:21:58,865 --> 00:22:00,865 So, you know, of course, my team has 567 00:22:00,865 --> 00:22:02,865 been trained up and no one's clicking on 568 00:22:02,865 --> 00:22:04,404 those links for sure 569 00:22:04,705 --> 00:22:06,785 because it basically is an attempt to take 570 00:22:06,785 --> 00:22:08,164 over your Facebook account. 571 00:22:08,465 --> 00:22:10,965 So be careful what you're clicking. 572 00:22:11,984 --> 00:22:14,299 If you don't know who it's from, don't 573 00:22:14,299 --> 00:22:15,519 click on it. 574 00:22:16,380 --> 00:22:18,140 You know? If they wanna really wanna talk 575 00:22:18,140 --> 00:22:20,059 to you, you know, there is an e 576 00:22:20,140 --> 00:22:21,740 if they wanna talk to us that bad, 577 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:24,220 there is a phone number and a direct 578 00:22:24,220 --> 00:22:26,160 email on our website, and 579 00:22:26,664 --> 00:22:28,744 we can confirm who they are by phone 580 00:22:28,744 --> 00:22:29,884 then set up a meeting. 581 00:22:30,505 --> 00:22:32,444 But be careful. Okay? 582 00:22:34,105 --> 00:22:35,785 This is a little bit of a move 583 00:22:35,785 --> 00:22:36,285 on 584 00:22:37,305 --> 00:22:38,819 vehicles. We're gonna switch 585 00:22:39,779 --> 00:22:41,940 topics here. Americans are buying twice as many 586 00:22:41,940 --> 00:22:44,119 hybrids as fully electric vehicles. 587 00:22:44,500 --> 00:22:46,599 Well, of course, there's no damn chargers. 588 00:22:47,619 --> 00:22:49,299 As recent as 2021, 589 00:22:49,299 --> 00:22:52,355 g m GM all but eliminated hybrids from 590 00:22:52,355 --> 00:22:53,734 its future product line. 591 00:22:54,274 --> 00:22:56,534 But then a funny thing happened. Car shoppers 592 00:22:56,755 --> 00:22:59,095 balked at the high prices of electric vehicles 593 00:23:00,034 --> 00:23:01,974 and the challenge is charging them. 594 00:23:02,515 --> 00:23:04,274 So in the last few years, sales of 595 00:23:04,274 --> 00:23:07,150 electric vehicles have grown at a much slower 596 00:23:07,150 --> 00:23:08,609 rate than hybrids. 597 00:23:09,390 --> 00:23:11,390 Hybrids have filled the gap and are selling 598 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:12,750 as much as 14 599 00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:14,910 of all light vehicles sold in The United 600 00:23:14,910 --> 00:23:15,410 States. 601 00:23:15,950 --> 00:23:16,450 Hybrids. 602 00:23:17,630 --> 00:23:20,664 So several automakers slowing the introduction of new 603 00:23:20,664 --> 00:23:23,305 electric vehicles and having a seller development of 604 00:23:23,305 --> 00:23:25,865 new hybrids. Some of those hybrids get 50 605 00:23:25,865 --> 00:23:27,005 miles to the gallon. 606 00:23:28,105 --> 00:23:29,625 You never have to plug them into a 607 00:23:29,625 --> 00:23:30,125 charger. 608 00:23:30,664 --> 00:23:32,365 That, to me, is fantastic. 609 00:23:32,984 --> 00:23:34,904 If I can double or even almost triple 610 00:23:34,904 --> 00:23:37,549 what my my mile per gallon is, 611 00:23:38,009 --> 00:23:38,509 fantastic. 612 00:23:39,450 --> 00:23:40,910 The charging infrastructure 613 00:23:41,369 --> 00:23:44,269 in most countries as well as United States 614 00:23:44,569 --> 00:23:46,829 is not yet mature enough to support convenient 615 00:23:46,970 --> 00:23:48,944 mass adoption of battery electric vehicles. 616 00:23:49,984 --> 00:23:52,325 And in some territories, never will be. 617 00:23:53,664 --> 00:23:56,144 So talks about Porsche and other companies that 618 00:23:56,144 --> 00:23:56,644 are, 619 00:23:56,944 --> 00:23:59,264 you know, looking at their model lineup and 620 00:23:59,264 --> 00:24:00,565 deciding the mix 621 00:24:00,944 --> 00:24:03,524 and hybrids continue to be a a great, 622 00:24:03,585 --> 00:24:04,724 great solution. 623 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,279 SpaceX, meanwhile, launched Starlink ten twenty three following 624 00:24:08,279 --> 00:24:10,680 a Sunday morning scrub. They're able to do 625 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,539 a turnaround and get it launched. 626 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,000 So another 27 627 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,580 Starlink v two Minis into orbit. 628 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:21,284 How many of you are not paying for 629 00:24:21,284 --> 00:24:23,944 YouTube? I I couldn't watch YouTube without 630 00:24:25,365 --> 00:24:27,304 paying. I really could not. 631 00:24:27,765 --> 00:24:29,065 There's too many 632 00:24:29,605 --> 00:24:31,544 commercials, but YouTube is trying 633 00:24:32,099 --> 00:24:34,179 to pluck block all of you that are 634 00:24:34,179 --> 00:24:35,480 doing ad blockers. 635 00:24:36,179 --> 00:24:37,940 So over the past few months, YouTube has 636 00:24:37,940 --> 00:24:39,960 been trying another round of anti 637 00:24:40,740 --> 00:24:42,119 ad block measures. 638 00:24:42,660 --> 00:24:43,400 And about 639 00:24:44,259 --> 00:24:47,085 a percentage accounts, they're doing AB testing on 640 00:24:47,085 --> 00:24:47,585 them. 641 00:24:48,924 --> 00:24:49,005 And, 642 00:24:51,005 --> 00:24:52,684 and I think it's your right. If you 643 00:24:52,684 --> 00:24:54,525 wanna try to block ads, you should be 644 00:24:54,525 --> 00:24:56,204 able to do that in your browser or 645 00:24:56,204 --> 00:24:58,204 on your TV or however you're watching YouTube. 646 00:24:58,204 --> 00:25:00,845 You should have that right, your computer, your 647 00:25:00,845 --> 00:25:01,289 rights. 648 00:25:03,210 --> 00:25:05,529 The battle between YouTube on one side and 649 00:25:05,529 --> 00:25:06,990 users wanting a non 650 00:25:07,529 --> 00:25:08,910 well, let's call it 651 00:25:09,210 --> 00:25:10,190 doo doo experience 652 00:25:11,130 --> 00:25:13,450 without paying for YouTube Premium on the other 653 00:25:13,450 --> 00:25:14,670 is unlikely 654 00:25:15,434 --> 00:25:16,975 to end anytime soon. 655 00:25:17,674 --> 00:25:19,434 So just be aware that, 656 00:25:20,075 --> 00:25:21,775 they're looking for you 657 00:25:22,394 --> 00:25:25,115 and trying to determine if you're using some 658 00:25:25,115 --> 00:25:26,335 sort of software. 659 00:25:26,955 --> 00:25:28,335 So buyer beware. 660 00:25:28,750 --> 00:25:30,750 We'll see how long the cat and mouse 661 00:25:30,750 --> 00:25:32,369 continues. I'm sure it will continue 662 00:25:32,829 --> 00:25:35,490 for many, many, many more years. 663 00:25:36,349 --> 00:25:39,150 Hey. I wanna thank, Darren Schwartz and, 664 00:25:39,549 --> 00:25:41,390 others. Let's see. I'll go down through the 665 00:25:41,390 --> 00:25:42,849 list here for streaming. 666 00:25:43,795 --> 00:25:46,055 50 sats a minute to the show. 667 00:25:47,075 --> 00:25:50,195 It's greatly appreciated. Who else? He's the latest 668 00:25:50,195 --> 00:25:50,695 one. 669 00:25:52,115 --> 00:25:52,674 That is, 670 00:25:53,315 --> 00:25:54,055 a huge 671 00:25:54,994 --> 00:25:57,474 contribution to the show. I also wanna thank, 672 00:25:57,715 --> 00:26:01,039 Daniel Lemix for his $10.80 673 00:26:01,099 --> 00:26:04,059 donation to the show, Christian Petrier for his 674 00:26:04,059 --> 00:26:06,700 $3 a month donation, Mike Deller World Studio 675 00:26:06,700 --> 00:26:07,759 for his $2, 676 00:26:08,140 --> 00:26:10,559 Gary Ebels for his $10, and 677 00:26:11,315 --> 00:26:14,134 SJG Media LLC for their $10.80, 678 00:26:15,474 --> 00:26:17,654 contribution. Of course, you can become a sustaining, 679 00:26:17,714 --> 00:26:20,835 which is $2 a month, Ohana donation at 680 00:26:20,835 --> 00:26:24,049 $5 a month, Warrior donation at $10 681 00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:27,170 per month, a Kahuna donation at $15 682 00:26:27,170 --> 00:26:30,529 per month, the Konehiki donation at $20 683 00:26:30,529 --> 00:26:33,650 a month, and the Ollahi chief donation for 684 00:26:33,650 --> 00:26:34,849 $25 685 00:26:34,849 --> 00:26:36,664 per month at geeknetcentral.com 686 00:26:36,664 --> 00:26:37,964 forward /insider. 687 00:26:38,025 --> 00:26:39,484 Use new one of those fangled 688 00:26:39,865 --> 00:26:42,984 podcasting apps, and you can also stream Us 689 00:26:42,984 --> 00:26:45,085 crypto if you want to the show. 690 00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:48,365 Bitcoin went over a 100,000 again, so, 691 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:51,830 I'm sitting on quite a bit of Satoshis 692 00:26:51,890 --> 00:26:54,289 right now. So at some point, I'm gonna 693 00:26:54,289 --> 00:26:56,309 have to move those back into the blockchain 694 00:26:57,170 --> 00:26:57,670 and, 695 00:26:58,210 --> 00:27:00,690 and cash some of those out. But I 696 00:27:00,690 --> 00:27:02,450 wanna thank all of you for your ongoing 697 00:27:02,450 --> 00:27:04,694 support of the show as an insider. And 698 00:27:04,694 --> 00:27:06,214 if you're not an insider yet, go over 699 00:27:06,214 --> 00:27:08,795 to geeknewcentral.com/insider 700 00:27:08,855 --> 00:27:09,434 to become 701 00:27:10,054 --> 00:27:11,275 an insider. 702 00:27:12,214 --> 00:27:14,615 Texas is gonna require permits for self driving 703 00:27:14,615 --> 00:27:17,194 cars starting in September. Of course, that, coincides 704 00:27:17,414 --> 00:27:18,394 with the launch 705 00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:19,880 of Tesla's, 706 00:27:20,340 --> 00:27:23,140 self driving stuff. They're they're doing their quiet 707 00:27:23,140 --> 00:27:23,640 launch 708 00:27:24,019 --> 00:27:26,840 that happened. But after September 1, 709 00:27:28,660 --> 00:27:29,859 they're going to need, 710 00:27:30,180 --> 00:27:31,160 again, permits. 711 00:27:32,045 --> 00:27:34,144 So I'm sure that will cost money. 712 00:27:34,605 --> 00:27:36,605 If you're a WordPress user, especially a car 713 00:27:36,605 --> 00:27:39,164 dealer, popular WordPress theme has been hijacked by 714 00:27:39,164 --> 00:27:39,664 malware. 715 00:27:40,444 --> 00:27:42,944 So if you have the 716 00:27:43,724 --> 00:27:46,065 what is the name of it? A popular 717 00:27:46,125 --> 00:27:46,625 WordPress 718 00:27:46,970 --> 00:27:47,470 theme. 719 00:27:48,009 --> 00:27:50,670 It's called Style Mix Themes. 720 00:27:51,369 --> 00:27:53,309 Oh, it's from Style Mix Themes. 721 00:27:54,730 --> 00:27:57,289 Attackers exploit the oh, it's the motors theme. 722 00:27:57,289 --> 00:28:00,330 Excuse me. If you're using the motors theme 723 00:28:00,330 --> 00:28:03,005 on your WordPress site, make sure you've updated. 724 00:28:03,464 --> 00:28:05,724 This will compromise your administrator 725 00:28:06,025 --> 00:28:06,525 account. 726 00:28:06,984 --> 00:28:08,184 It's hard to believe that, 727 00:28:09,144 --> 00:28:11,005 templates are now being exploited 728 00:28:12,025 --> 00:28:12,424 for, 729 00:28:12,904 --> 00:28:13,644 for hacking. 730 00:28:14,505 --> 00:28:16,570 How many of you are, of course, you 731 00:28:16,570 --> 00:28:18,650 know, when I was growing up as a 732 00:28:18,650 --> 00:28:19,150 kid, 733 00:28:19,450 --> 00:28:21,369 I had my fair share of Hot Wheels. 734 00:28:21,369 --> 00:28:22,650 How many of you had one of those 735 00:28:22,650 --> 00:28:25,450 orange tracks and the machine that make the 736 00:28:25,450 --> 00:28:27,450 cars come out of the you know, had 737 00:28:27,450 --> 00:28:29,130 a I had all that when I was 738 00:28:29,130 --> 00:28:31,390 a kid. I got it all secondhand, but, 739 00:28:31,529 --> 00:28:33,184 man, it was fantastic. I wish I had 740 00:28:33,184 --> 00:28:34,785 all that track and all that stuff today. 741 00:28:34,785 --> 00:28:36,644 It'd probably be worth some money, but, 742 00:28:37,105 --> 00:28:39,265 it's all beat up. You know? As as 743 00:28:39,265 --> 00:28:41,184 a kid, that's what you do. Right? But 744 00:28:41,184 --> 00:28:43,585 there's a new Hot Wheels set for Jaws 745 00:28:43,585 --> 00:28:45,744 and Back to the Future, and it's gonna 746 00:28:45,744 --> 00:28:46,484 be available 747 00:28:47,380 --> 00:28:48,839 at at launch of Comic Con. 748 00:28:49,140 --> 00:28:51,700 The DeLorean and more commemorative items arrive at 749 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:54,740 this year's San Diego Comic Con event. Don't 750 00:28:54,740 --> 00:28:56,179 know if you'll be able to buy them 751 00:28:56,179 --> 00:28:58,179 elsewhere, but there'll be a doctor e Brown 752 00:28:58,179 --> 00:28:58,679 Enterprise 753 00:28:58,980 --> 00:29:01,619 van, a DeLorean, and other stuff to go 754 00:29:01,619 --> 00:29:02,759 around with the 755 00:29:03,315 --> 00:29:03,815 the, 756 00:29:05,234 --> 00:29:05,815 the celebration, 757 00:29:08,034 --> 00:29:08,534 surrounding, 758 00:29:08,835 --> 00:29:11,315 some of the famous, movie series like Jaws 759 00:29:11,315 --> 00:29:12,214 and so forth. 760 00:29:12,595 --> 00:29:14,595 So, it would be kinda cool to have 761 00:29:14,595 --> 00:29:15,494 me a DeLorean, 762 00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:20,380 a DeLorean Hot Wheels. I don't collect Hot 763 00:29:20,380 --> 00:29:22,779 Wheels. The Hot Wheels I have have been 764 00:29:22,779 --> 00:29:25,980 beat beat up seven seven ways to Sunday, 765 00:29:25,980 --> 00:29:27,359 to be honest with you. 766 00:29:28,355 --> 00:29:30,615 Trump's mobile draws attention. Purism 767 00:29:31,075 --> 00:29:34,115 nineteen ninety nine Liberty phone. Purism phone made 768 00:29:34,115 --> 00:29:36,115 almost entirely US is similar to the Trump 769 00:29:36,115 --> 00:29:38,434 Organization promise of a phone that might someday 770 00:29:38,434 --> 00:29:39,815 be manufactured domestically. 771 00:29:40,289 --> 00:29:41,830 Keyword is might be. 772 00:29:42,289 --> 00:29:43,970 And it did of course, they made headlines 773 00:29:43,970 --> 00:29:45,730 last week, but, you know, they don't have 774 00:29:45,730 --> 00:29:47,269 one yet. So we'll see 775 00:29:47,730 --> 00:29:50,130 if it happens. But an independent an independent 776 00:29:50,130 --> 00:29:51,590 phone maker in San Francisco 777 00:29:52,210 --> 00:29:54,049 has been working on the closest thing to 778 00:29:54,049 --> 00:29:56,875 a smartphone made almost entirely United States, the 779 00:29:56,875 --> 00:29:59,674 $1,999 780 00:29:59,674 --> 00:30:00,654 Liberty phone. 781 00:30:01,275 --> 00:30:03,215 It's been around since 02/2014. 782 00:30:03,595 --> 00:30:06,255 They're gonna have a new, handset coming out. 783 00:30:06,795 --> 00:30:07,295 So 784 00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:10,359 we'll see. We'll see if this happens. But, 785 00:30:12,579 --> 00:30:14,279 Purism Liberty phone, 786 00:30:14,740 --> 00:30:17,400 maybe the phone. We'll see. Time will tell. 787 00:30:18,740 --> 00:30:21,220 Hinge. Hinge, the dating app, is planning its 788 00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:24,484 own mobile payment system to avoid Apple store 789 00:30:24,484 --> 00:30:26,184 fees, bravo on them. 790 00:30:27,044 --> 00:30:29,304 As part of the appearance on Decoder podcast, 791 00:30:29,365 --> 00:30:31,785 Hinge cofounder and CEO Justin McLoyd 792 00:30:32,484 --> 00:30:34,325 said the company would like to introduce an 793 00:30:34,325 --> 00:30:36,164 alternate payment service by the end of the 794 00:30:36,164 --> 00:30:36,480 year. 795 00:30:37,359 --> 00:30:39,679 And, of course, with giving Apple 30% or 796 00:30:39,679 --> 00:30:42,480 20% or 15% of their revenue, it would 797 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,259 just be an immediate win. 798 00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:47,119 Possibly Hinge using its own payment service with 799 00:30:47,119 --> 00:30:49,119 its iOS app is thanks, of course, the 800 00:30:49,119 --> 00:30:49,619 major 801 00:30:50,585 --> 00:30:51,484 the major 802 00:30:51,865 --> 00:30:54,664 recent ruling in Epic Games versus Apple that 803 00:30:54,664 --> 00:30:55,164 blocks 804 00:30:55,545 --> 00:30:58,265 Apple from taking fees on purchases made outside 805 00:30:58,265 --> 00:30:59,085 of the app. 806 00:30:59,464 --> 00:30:59,865 And, 807 00:31:00,345 --> 00:31:02,184 so very, very smart for these folks to 808 00:31:02,184 --> 00:31:03,704 be doing this. All apps need to be 809 00:31:03,704 --> 00:31:04,525 doing this. 810 00:31:05,865 --> 00:31:06,365 Meanwhile, 811 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:07,679 Apple is, 812 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,200 put stuff online and then as soon as 813 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:12,099 they get a little 814 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:13,779 bit of pushback, 815 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,419 they put it they pull it down. 816 00:31:17,599 --> 00:31:20,000 So Apple's taken down a new ad just 817 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,845 one day after posting it, making it the 818 00:31:22,845 --> 00:31:25,184 fourth one removed in just over a year. 819 00:31:25,484 --> 00:31:27,424 This was the new presentation, 820 00:31:28,845 --> 00:31:30,704 why I need a Mac for college. 821 00:31:31,325 --> 00:31:33,105 It's called the parent presentation. 822 00:31:34,525 --> 00:31:37,265 Also, they had a actual 47 823 00:31:37,325 --> 00:31:37,825 slide 824 00:31:38,519 --> 00:31:39,880 present or 80 one's 825 00:31:40,359 --> 00:31:41,019 what parent? 826 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,580 An 81 slide presentation. 827 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,080 They're supposed to give parents 45 828 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:50,055 undeniable reasons why Mac is essential to college. 829 00:31:53,095 --> 00:31:55,434 A lot of money in those, students, 830 00:31:55,975 --> 00:31:56,875 using Macs. 831 00:31:58,855 --> 00:31:59,914 It's kinda funny. 832 00:32:00,775 --> 00:32:02,730 My development team is kinda split. 833 00:32:05,849 --> 00:32:08,970 The younger the developer, the more they wanna 834 00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:11,529 develop on Mac. The older the developer, the 835 00:32:11,529 --> 00:32:13,470 more they wanna develop on a PC. 836 00:32:14,650 --> 00:32:15,705 It's kinda curious. 837 00:32:16,805 --> 00:32:18,184 It really, really is. 838 00:32:19,845 --> 00:32:22,904 My son, who started as an intern today 839 00:32:23,684 --> 00:32:24,424 at Blueberry, 840 00:32:25,365 --> 00:32:27,684 underneath one of my developers, is gonna be 841 00:32:27,684 --> 00:32:29,465 on a Windows machine. Now 842 00:32:29,789 --> 00:32:32,029 he's always been a Windows guy because he's 843 00:32:32,029 --> 00:32:32,930 he's a gamer. 844 00:32:33,549 --> 00:32:36,190 So I'm real proud to have my son 845 00:32:36,190 --> 00:32:38,590 interning at my company. It's pretty exciting, to 846 00:32:38,590 --> 00:32:39,730 be honest with you. 847 00:32:40,109 --> 00:32:40,590 And, 848 00:32:40,910 --> 00:32:42,670 we'll see how he does over the next 849 00:32:42,670 --> 00:32:43,970 eight to ten weeks. 850 00:32:44,904 --> 00:32:45,565 I have 851 00:32:45,945 --> 00:32:47,085 no day to day, 852 00:32:48,184 --> 00:32:50,045 I guess, for a better word, interaction. 853 00:32:50,825 --> 00:32:53,325 He's, all underneath my dev team's, 854 00:32:54,184 --> 00:32:56,285 prowess, so it's gonna be fun to see, 855 00:32:56,859 --> 00:32:58,720 what he comes up with and what he 856 00:32:59,899 --> 00:33:01,919 produces. The iPhone 17 pro 857 00:33:03,259 --> 00:33:04,639 is being rumored 858 00:33:05,019 --> 00:33:06,399 to get a vapor chamber. 859 00:33:07,179 --> 00:33:09,500 So I don't remember us talking about this 860 00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:12,904 before, but a vapor chamber inside an iPhone 861 00:33:13,845 --> 00:33:15,785 essentially makes it more 862 00:33:17,045 --> 00:33:18,345 from a heat standpoint, 863 00:33:19,365 --> 00:33:20,984 heat dissipation is, 864 00:33:21,605 --> 00:33:22,345 is better 865 00:33:22,884 --> 00:33:25,384 for something that's in a vapor chamber. 866 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:28,920 So we'll see if this happens, 867 00:33:30,019 --> 00:33:32,039 but the iPhone 17 series 868 00:33:33,140 --> 00:33:33,640 could 869 00:33:33,940 --> 00:33:35,480 gain a vapor chamber. 870 00:33:35,779 --> 00:33:37,000 Time will tell. 871 00:33:38,019 --> 00:33:40,500 There was a leaked image of vapor chamber 872 00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:42,119 in and around the chipset. 873 00:33:43,035 --> 00:33:43,535 So, 874 00:33:44,715 --> 00:33:46,654 we'll see we'll see if that happens. 875 00:33:47,434 --> 00:33:49,275 Does anybody else know of any chips in 876 00:33:49,275 --> 00:33:51,674 a vapor chamber? Is that something that's on 877 00:33:51,674 --> 00:33:52,174 laptops? 878 00:33:52,955 --> 00:33:55,755 Amazon has launched it's just second batch of 879 00:33:55,755 --> 00:33:57,455 Kuiper Internet satellites, 880 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,460 quote, unquote, taking on Elon Musk Starlink. 881 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,559 So they launched this on United Launch Alliance, 882 00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:06,079 and how many did they shoot? They put 883 00:34:06,079 --> 00:34:07,059 27 884 00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:10,000 Cooper satellites in orbit. So this makes a 885 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,739 total of 50 some that they have. 886 00:34:13,235 --> 00:34:13,735 So, 887 00:34:14,275 --> 00:34:15,875 a little bit of a ways to go 888 00:34:15,875 --> 00:34:17,414 to compete with 889 00:34:18,275 --> 00:34:19,574 the with the Starlink. 890 00:34:21,875 --> 00:34:24,034 There's another article, believe it or not, for 891 00:34:24,114 --> 00:34:27,074 talking about the hinge CEO. Says dating AI 892 00:34:27,074 --> 00:34:28,934 chatbots is playing with fire. 893 00:34:30,569 --> 00:34:31,069 Dating 894 00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:33,529 AI chatbots. We talked a little bit about 895 00:34:33,529 --> 00:34:34,829 this on the last show, 896 00:34:36,009 --> 00:34:36,509 but 897 00:34:38,329 --> 00:34:38,829 really? 898 00:34:42,650 --> 00:34:43,304 You know, 899 00:34:44,585 --> 00:34:45,724 what's the point? 900 00:34:47,545 --> 00:34:50,505 I understand people are using AI chatbots for 901 00:34:50,505 --> 00:34:51,005 therapy, 902 00:34:51,464 --> 00:34:53,644 and some people are have virtual girlfriends, 903 00:34:54,744 --> 00:34:56,364 but it just seems 904 00:34:57,699 --> 00:35:00,199 I I don't I just don't get it. 905 00:35:01,940 --> 00:35:02,440 And, 906 00:35:05,699 --> 00:35:06,519 and I expect 907 00:35:06,820 --> 00:35:09,079 dating apps to be using AI. 908 00:35:13,005 --> 00:35:13,644 I I just, 909 00:35:14,125 --> 00:35:16,125 I I don't think it's helping people that 910 00:35:16,125 --> 00:35:16,945 much anymore. 911 00:35:17,885 --> 00:35:18,385 But, 912 00:35:19,324 --> 00:35:22,284 anyway, interesting that talking about there's a good 913 00:35:22,284 --> 00:35:24,809 interview. You can read the interview notes, but, 914 00:35:25,530 --> 00:35:27,070 dating an AI chatbot, 915 00:35:28,010 --> 00:35:29,230 where does it end? 916 00:35:29,690 --> 00:35:30,750 Where does it end? 917 00:35:31,289 --> 00:35:32,730 Of course, a lot was talked about in 918 00:35:32,730 --> 00:35:34,329 Apple iOS 26. 919 00:35:34,329 --> 00:35:36,969 I'm not gonna go through all the changes 920 00:35:36,969 --> 00:35:39,224 because more coming out as people are getting 921 00:35:39,224 --> 00:35:40,525 access to the beta. 922 00:35:40,984 --> 00:35:43,065 Obviously, the liquid glass stuff made a lot 923 00:35:43,065 --> 00:35:45,464 of, made a lot of impressions, positive and 924 00:35:45,464 --> 00:35:45,964 negative, 925 00:35:46,585 --> 00:35:48,744 but we know that there's a lot of 926 00:35:48,744 --> 00:35:51,210 apps that are in redesign like photos, and 927 00:35:51,210 --> 00:35:52,730 they're trying to undo some of the stuff 928 00:35:52,730 --> 00:35:54,829 that they screwed up in photos 929 00:35:55,530 --> 00:35:57,849 and having tabs and that kind of stuff. 930 00:35:57,849 --> 00:35:58,349 So, 931 00:35:58,809 --> 00:35:59,929 I have the link up in the show 932 00:35:59,929 --> 00:36:02,250 notes here on what you're to expect in 933 00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:04,394 iOS 26 this fall. 934 00:36:05,414 --> 00:36:07,974 Meanwhile, scammers are calling us less, but, 935 00:36:08,855 --> 00:36:10,075 they're being more effective. 936 00:36:11,095 --> 00:36:13,095 And we see it in the emails coming 937 00:36:13,095 --> 00:36:16,050 in. We see it really personalized stuff that's 938 00:36:16,210 --> 00:36:18,449 targeted to us. And, 939 00:36:18,929 --> 00:36:21,269 scam calls are down 75% 940 00:36:21,489 --> 00:36:22,949 since 2021, 941 00:36:23,890 --> 00:36:26,390 from more than 2,000,000,000 every month to roughly 942 00:36:26,449 --> 00:36:27,570 500,000,000 943 00:36:27,570 --> 00:36:30,130 every month. That's a massive decline, but the 944 00:36:30,130 --> 00:36:33,014 problem is is they're just really getting better 945 00:36:33,554 --> 00:36:36,675 because they spam you into they know a 946 00:36:36,675 --> 00:36:37,735 lot about you, 947 00:36:38,114 --> 00:36:39,735 and they can have a conversation 948 00:36:40,114 --> 00:36:42,614 and, you know, social engineer you. 949 00:36:44,755 --> 00:36:46,170 Lenovo has a 950 00:36:47,369 --> 00:36:49,309 Chromebook that they're really proud of, 951 00:36:50,010 --> 00:36:52,670 and, they want people to know about Lenovo's 952 00:36:52,730 --> 00:36:54,510 new Chromebook having exclusive 953 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:55,630 AI 954 00:36:55,929 --> 00:36:56,429 powers. 955 00:36:56,969 --> 00:36:59,449 And I'm thinking, okay. Alright. So all this 956 00:36:59,530 --> 00:37:01,875 all these computers are gonna have some bit 957 00:37:01,875 --> 00:37:02,614 of AI, 958 00:37:03,315 --> 00:37:04,695 but this is kinda unusual 959 00:37:05,875 --> 00:37:07,795 for a Chromebook to have it. And, you 960 00:37:07,795 --> 00:37:09,414 know, I'm sure there's a associated 961 00:37:09,795 --> 00:37:10,295 price, 962 00:37:10,994 --> 00:37:12,375 but it's called MediaTek 963 00:37:12,755 --> 00:37:13,655 powered Chromebook. 964 00:37:14,755 --> 00:37:17,014 And, it's a 14 inch 965 00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:18,099 OLED 966 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,280 generous memory of of of 12 gigs and 967 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,179 16 gigs 968 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:23,780 and that MediaTek 969 00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:24,739 processor. 970 00:37:25,679 --> 00:37:26,179 And, 971 00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:28,660 but MediaTek usually 972 00:37:29,164 --> 00:37:30,385 is is a more, 973 00:37:31,005 --> 00:37:32,784 I guess, affordable option. 974 00:37:33,484 --> 00:37:33,984 But 975 00:37:34,525 --> 00:37:35,585 one of the chips, 976 00:37:36,844 --> 00:37:38,224 specifically the Snapdragon 977 00:37:38,684 --> 00:37:39,425 x series, 978 00:37:40,844 --> 00:37:43,085 are gonna be bringing some AI power to 979 00:37:43,085 --> 00:37:44,730 it, of course, a great 980 00:37:45,210 --> 00:37:46,109 power efficiency 981 00:37:46,489 --> 00:37:47,150 as well. 982 00:37:47,849 --> 00:37:50,250 So if you're a Chromebook fan and you're 983 00:37:50,250 --> 00:37:52,909 looking with get one that has some LLM 984 00:37:53,210 --> 00:37:53,710 capability, 985 00:37:54,969 --> 00:37:55,949 this new Lenovo 986 00:37:56,409 --> 00:37:56,909 Chromebook, 987 00:37:57,210 --> 00:37:58,730 link will be in the show notes for 988 00:37:58,730 --> 00:38:00,764 you to check out. Hey. As always, do 989 00:38:00,764 --> 00:38:02,525 not forget, you can send an email here 990 00:38:02,525 --> 00:38:04,045 at geeknews@gmail.com 991 00:38:04,045 --> 00:38:05,885 to comment on the commentary. You can, of 992 00:38:05,885 --> 00:38:08,545 course, catch me on x at geek news 993 00:38:09,164 --> 00:38:11,724 as a way to, to to connect as 994 00:38:11,724 --> 00:38:12,224 well. 995 00:38:12,605 --> 00:38:14,125 A lot of you follow me over there 996 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:14,625 still. 997 00:38:15,179 --> 00:38:18,239 The, classic VW bus got an all electric 998 00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:18,800 update, 999 00:38:19,339 --> 00:38:19,819 and, 1000 00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:23,659 Volkswagen autonomous ID Buzz robot is ready, and 1001 00:38:23,659 --> 00:38:26,000 cities and companies can buy them soon. 1002 00:38:27,695 --> 00:38:28,094 So, 1003 00:38:28,815 --> 00:38:31,295 the ID Buzz is the first vehicle in 1004 00:38:31,295 --> 00:38:32,755 Germany to reach SAE's 1005 00:38:33,135 --> 00:38:36,114 international threshold for level four autonomous driving. 1006 00:38:36,735 --> 00:38:38,735 Measuring that car can drive itself with no 1007 00:38:38,735 --> 00:38:41,074 need for a driver behind the wheel within 1008 00:38:41,454 --> 00:38:42,675 designated areas. 1009 00:38:45,590 --> 00:38:46,150 So usually, 1010 00:38:46,710 --> 00:38:47,930 full scaled cities. 1011 00:38:48,469 --> 00:38:49,989 It comes with a full set of tools 1012 00:38:49,989 --> 00:38:52,010 for public and private transport providers, 1013 00:38:52,390 --> 00:38:54,630 includes everything from self driving tech to fleet 1014 00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:56,250 management software. So, 1015 00:38:57,910 --> 00:38:58,574 the Volks 1016 00:38:59,054 --> 00:39:03,074 Wagon bus, again, got a full EW update 1017 00:39:03,454 --> 00:39:05,454 and will be coming to a city near 1018 00:39:05,454 --> 00:39:05,954 you. 1019 00:39:06,335 --> 00:39:08,494 At the same time, 743,000 1020 00:39:08,494 --> 00:39:11,074 people have been impacted by the McLaren 1021 00:39:11,375 --> 00:39:12,840 health care data breach. 1022 00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,420 Again, that's a Michigan Healthcare provider, 1023 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,960 and they're notifying all the people that their 1024 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:21,260 personal information was compromised in the 2024, 1025 00:39:22,039 --> 00:39:22,940 data breach. 1026 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:23,980 And 1027 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:26,324 this was reported back, 1028 00:39:27,045 --> 00:39:28,105 some time ago, 1029 00:39:28,405 --> 00:39:30,905 but they know do now know the total 1030 00:39:30,964 --> 00:39:31,464 impact. 1031 00:39:31,844 --> 00:39:33,864 So, basically, every one of their customers. 1032 00:39:34,885 --> 00:39:37,625 That's pretty much the end of it. 1033 00:39:37,925 --> 00:39:38,984 Tesla's Robotaxi 1034 00:39:40,260 --> 00:39:42,500 launch in Texas. Of course, we've heard about 1035 00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:43,000 this, 1036 00:39:43,619 --> 00:39:44,099 and, 1037 00:39:44,579 --> 00:39:46,739 they were on the roads in Texas this 1038 00:39:46,739 --> 00:39:47,719 past Sunday. 1039 00:39:49,219 --> 00:39:50,260 Of course, there is some, 1040 00:39:51,059 --> 00:39:51,800 they've got 1041 00:39:52,099 --> 00:39:54,119 a driver assist as well. 1042 00:39:55,105 --> 00:39:58,164 But, apparently, there has been some, some incidents 1043 00:39:58,385 --> 00:39:58,885 already 1044 00:39:59,265 --> 00:40:01,744 of the robotaxi doing some things that it 1045 00:40:01,744 --> 00:40:02,805 should not do. 1046 00:40:03,345 --> 00:40:05,985 And, within the app, if you try to 1047 00:40:05,985 --> 00:40:08,690 give the tax seat an, a tip, 1048 00:40:08,989 --> 00:40:10,269 there's a little bit of, 1049 00:40:10,829 --> 00:40:12,610 an Easter egg for you, 1050 00:40:13,309 --> 00:40:15,170 that's making the rounds here. 1051 00:40:16,269 --> 00:40:18,829 But, very small number of vehicles deployed and 1052 00:40:18,829 --> 00:40:20,750 all had a human safety operator in the 1053 00:40:20,750 --> 00:40:21,969 passenger seat. 1054 00:40:22,349 --> 00:40:24,195 So So why didn't they have a driver's 1055 00:40:24,335 --> 00:40:24,835 seat? 1056 00:40:25,454 --> 00:40:26,434 That's the question. 1057 00:40:28,494 --> 00:40:30,094 You're going down the street the wrong way. 1058 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:32,815 Wouldn't you want to be in the driver's 1059 00:40:32,815 --> 00:40:34,594 seat instead of the 1060 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:38,480 passenger seat? That's all a little bit odd 1061 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:39,539 to me indeed. 1062 00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,840 Amazon Amazon boss says AI will replace jobs 1063 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:44,980 at the tech giant, 1064 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:45,860 so 1065 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:48,880 I'm not surprised. He shared the prediction and 1066 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,500 memo to staff on Tuesday, 1067 00:40:51,324 --> 00:40:54,525 which encouraged employees to be curious about AI. 1068 00:40:54,525 --> 00:40:56,925 Well, not be curious. You better be all 1069 00:40:56,925 --> 00:40:57,425 in. 1070 00:40:58,605 --> 00:41:00,684 And they've set out their laid set out 1071 00:41:00,684 --> 00:41:03,164 their plans for using AI amid concerns that 1072 00:41:03,164 --> 00:41:04,545 tech will lead to rapid 1073 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:07,119 jobs losses across the world. Now let me 1074 00:41:07,119 --> 00:41:07,860 tell you something. 1075 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:10,800 One of my team members have experienced some 1076 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:12,180 things lately where, 1077 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:15,380 the individual is frustrated 1078 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:18,320 because on the topics he's presented to him, 1079 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,340 which he is a subject matter expert, 1080 00:41:20,864 --> 00:41:22,885 the the AI is lying to him. 1081 00:41:23,344 --> 00:41:24,724 And so hallucinations 1082 00:41:25,105 --> 00:41:26,405 are still happening. 1083 00:41:27,184 --> 00:41:27,684 So 1084 00:41:28,625 --> 00:41:31,664 if you're using AI for outputs, you have 1085 00:41:31,664 --> 00:41:32,644 to unequivocally 1086 00:41:33,489 --> 00:41:35,110 have some of it as a SME 1087 00:41:35,489 --> 00:41:37,250 to be able to look at that data 1088 00:41:37,250 --> 00:41:38,309 and make sure 1089 00:41:38,610 --> 00:41:39,510 it's correct 1090 00:41:40,130 --> 00:41:41,030 and references 1091 00:41:41,329 --> 00:41:43,590 and everything. And if it is giving references, 1092 00:41:43,969 --> 00:41:46,690 what are the references linking to? What type 1093 00:41:46,690 --> 00:41:47,430 of content? 1094 00:41:47,925 --> 00:41:49,625 So be careful out there. 1095 00:41:50,005 --> 00:41:52,025 But, you know, I'm not surprised 1096 00:41:52,965 --> 00:41:53,465 that, 1097 00:41:54,085 --> 00:41:55,625 Amazon is saying this. 1098 00:41:56,724 --> 00:41:59,045 They've been ahead of everyone in robots and 1099 00:41:59,045 --> 00:42:00,025 everything else, 1100 00:42:00,410 --> 00:42:02,190 so why would they not? 1101 00:42:02,650 --> 00:42:05,369 I I would suspect that, the first place 1102 00:42:05,369 --> 00:42:07,230 it's gonna happen is in their warehouses. 1103 00:42:07,930 --> 00:42:10,730 The robots are gonna get more sophisticated than 1104 00:42:10,730 --> 00:42:12,030 they already are. 1105 00:42:12,724 --> 00:42:13,204 So, 1106 00:42:13,605 --> 00:42:14,585 time will tell, 1107 00:42:15,125 --> 00:42:16,505 where all this leads. 1108 00:42:17,445 --> 00:42:20,085 In an interesting Bitcoin story, Texas joins growing 1109 00:42:20,085 --> 00:42:22,485 list of US states with a Bitcoin reserve. 1110 00:42:22,485 --> 00:42:24,485 Texas has become the third US state to 1111 00:42:24,485 --> 00:42:25,465 approve a Bitcoin 1112 00:42:26,005 --> 00:42:27,465 reserve with new legislation. 1113 00:42:29,180 --> 00:42:31,340 Only digital assets with a twenty four month 1114 00:42:31,340 --> 00:42:33,420 average market cap of 500,000,000,000 1115 00:42:33,420 --> 00:42:36,079 to qualify, limited to to Bitcoin for now. 1116 00:42:36,780 --> 00:42:39,039 And the reserve will be managed by Texas 1117 00:42:39,260 --> 00:42:39,760 Comptroller 1118 00:42:40,300 --> 00:42:43,815 with advisory oversight and strict custody rules. So 1119 00:42:43,815 --> 00:42:44,715 we will see. 1120 00:42:45,894 --> 00:42:47,195 Becoming more widespread 1121 00:42:48,934 --> 00:42:49,835 as a 1122 00:42:50,135 --> 00:42:51,195 cash reserve. 1123 00:42:54,054 --> 00:42:54,554 So 1124 00:42:56,069 --> 00:42:57,849 I guess I get to read this today. 1125 00:42:57,989 --> 00:43:01,049 Axios, the other day, had me blocked. WhatsApp 1126 00:43:01,109 --> 00:43:03,769 is banned from house staffer devices. 1127 00:43:04,069 --> 00:43:06,809 The US House chief administrative office informed congressional 1128 00:43:06,869 --> 00:43:07,849 staffers Monday. 1129 00:43:08,150 --> 00:43:11,284 The messaging app, WhatsApp, has been banned on 1130 00:43:11,284 --> 00:43:12,424 their government devices. 1131 00:43:13,045 --> 00:43:14,964 The ban which centers on the vulnerability of 1132 00:43:14,964 --> 00:43:17,204 staffers' data comes as congress taking steps to 1133 00:43:17,204 --> 00:43:20,344 limit the use of AI it deems similarly 1134 00:43:20,405 --> 00:43:20,905 risky. 1135 00:43:21,525 --> 00:43:23,314 It is heavily it is 1136 00:43:23,728 --> 00:43:27,045 it has also heavily restricted staffers use of 1137 00:43:27,045 --> 00:43:29,619 ChatGPT, instructing office to only use the paid 1138 00:43:29,619 --> 00:43:30,920 version of ChatGPT, 1139 00:43:31,380 --> 00:43:32,199 of course. 1140 00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:36,500 And the Office of Cybersecurity deem WhatsApp too 1141 00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:38,515 high a risk for users due to lack 1142 00:43:38,515 --> 00:43:40,375 of transparency in how it protects 1143 00:43:40,675 --> 00:43:42,855 users' data. Now who owns WhatsApp? 1144 00:43:43,394 --> 00:43:44,454 We know. Right? 1145 00:43:45,074 --> 00:43:45,574 So 1146 00:43:46,675 --> 00:43:48,914 house app staff are not allowed to download 1147 00:43:48,914 --> 00:43:51,630 or keep WhatsApp application on any house device, 1148 00:43:52,190 --> 00:43:54,670 including a mobile desktop or web browsing version 1149 00:43:54,670 --> 00:43:55,489 of the product. 1150 00:43:55,869 --> 00:43:58,130 He says if you have WhatsApp application or 1151 00:43:58,190 --> 00:44:00,829 house managed device, you will be contacted to 1152 00:44:00,829 --> 00:44:02,670 remove it. The question is why don't they 1153 00:44:02,670 --> 00:44:03,889 just remove it? 1154 00:44:05,069 --> 00:44:06,609 If it's a house issued 1155 00:44:06,994 --> 00:44:09,015 phone, it should be house controlled 1156 00:44:09,474 --> 00:44:11,474 and forms the IT of what can and 1157 00:44:11,474 --> 00:44:13,175 cannot be put on it. 1158 00:44:16,434 --> 00:44:18,755 So what app is being is allowed? Is 1159 00:44:18,755 --> 00:44:19,894 it gonna be signal? 1160 00:44:23,250 --> 00:44:25,030 So there lies the question. 1161 00:44:25,969 --> 00:44:27,110 I think so. 1162 00:44:29,090 --> 00:44:32,150 So Apple is locked in a last minute 1163 00:44:32,210 --> 00:44:33,349 App Store negotiation 1164 00:44:33,730 --> 00:44:34,469 to avoid 1165 00:44:34,815 --> 00:44:35,315 to 1166 00:44:35,855 --> 00:44:37,554 avoid European Union 1167 00:44:37,855 --> 00:44:38,355 fines. 1168 00:44:39,454 --> 00:44:41,714 You know that they've been hammered pretty heavily 1169 00:44:41,775 --> 00:44:44,335 in The U EU and America in their 1170 00:44:44,335 --> 00:44:44,835 implementation 1171 00:44:45,214 --> 00:44:45,795 of stuff. 1172 00:44:46,590 --> 00:44:49,070 The tech group must make concessions to comply 1173 00:44:49,070 --> 00:44:50,910 with the Digital Markets Act or be hit 1174 00:44:50,910 --> 00:44:51,650 with escalating 1175 00:44:52,510 --> 00:44:53,730 levies on Thursday. 1176 00:44:54,989 --> 00:44:56,930 The 3,000,000,000,000 companies in talks, 1177 00:44:57,550 --> 00:45:00,190 people involved negotiations that Apple is expected to 1178 00:45:00,190 --> 00:45:01,010 offer concessions 1179 00:45:01,950 --> 00:45:04,855 on its steering provisions that stop users from 1180 00:45:04,855 --> 00:45:07,574 accessing offers outside the App Store. Well, they 1181 00:45:07,574 --> 00:45:08,474 want it gone. 1182 00:45:11,335 --> 00:45:13,355 They're gonna announce some concessions 1183 00:45:13,974 --> 00:45:15,355 to buy more time. 1184 00:45:15,750 --> 00:45:16,969 They don't want it removed. 1185 00:45:17,750 --> 00:45:18,730 They don't want 1186 00:45:19,190 --> 00:45:20,969 their 30% to go away, 1187 00:45:22,949 --> 00:45:24,170 but it's gonna happen. 1188 00:45:25,750 --> 00:45:26,250 So 1189 00:45:27,110 --> 00:45:29,804 we will see what happens. They basically have 1190 00:45:29,964 --> 00:45:32,125 thumbed their noses as much as possible at 1191 00:45:32,125 --> 00:45:32,864 all this. 1192 00:45:33,804 --> 00:45:35,724 And here in The United States, it's kinda 1193 00:45:35,724 --> 00:45:37,664 turned a corner a little bit. 1194 00:45:38,125 --> 00:45:39,905 Of course, everything is on appeal, 1195 00:45:40,764 --> 00:45:43,085 but the conversations in the EU is a 1196 00:45:43,085 --> 00:45:44,489 little bit different. 1197 00:45:45,050 --> 00:45:46,269 So time will tell, 1198 00:45:47,130 --> 00:45:48,510 where all this heads. 1199 00:45:49,130 --> 00:45:50,349 That is for sure. 1200 00:45:50,809 --> 00:45:52,010 Of course, I want you to take a 1201 00:45:52,010 --> 00:45:53,610 moment to get over to geatoncentral.com. 1202 00:45:53,610 --> 00:45:55,449 If you're not followers subscribed to the podcast, 1203 00:45:55,449 --> 00:45:58,144 please do so already. 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You're gonna 1223 00:46:37,265 --> 00:46:38,519 be listening to this show, 1224 00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,579 the fourth, but I will have an episode 1225 00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:42,380 for you 1226 00:46:43,079 --> 00:46:45,880 on Friday the fourth. I'm gonna deliver because 1227 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,719 the show is supposed to be recorded on 1228 00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:50,199 Thursday the third, so that's gonna continue to 1229 00:46:50,199 --> 00:46:52,335 be the case. So there will be an 1230 00:46:52,335 --> 00:46:54,434 episode for you while you are barbecuing 1231 00:46:54,974 --> 00:46:57,155 and shooting off fireworks in your, 1232 00:46:57,614 --> 00:46:58,114 neighborhood. 1233 00:46:59,054 --> 00:47:00,815 Just be safe out there. But, again, I'll 1234 00:47:00,815 --> 00:47:01,474 be back, 1235 00:47:01,934 --> 00:47:03,394 next week for a regularly 1236 00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:05,780 scheduled episode, but no show, 1237 00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,640 this coming Thursday. Again, it's been my pleasure 1238 00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:10,480 bringing you the podcast. Thank you for being 1239 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,160 here. We'll see you next week, everyone. Take 1240 00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:14,800 care. We'll see you next time. Aloha. Bye 1241 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:15,300 bye.