1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,500 The lead story from Monday, July 11. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:04,339 Yes. I'm back. 3 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:05,379 XAI's 4 00:00:05,919 --> 00:00:06,899 GROC four 5 00:00:07,519 --> 00:00:09,779 achieves the highest artificial intelligence 6 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:11,139 index score, 7 00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:12,019 outperforming 8 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:12,980 OpenAI, 9 00:00:13,855 --> 00:00:15,455 Google Gemini 2.5 10 00:00:15,455 --> 00:00:15,955 Pro, 11 00:00:16,335 --> 00:00:19,074 and Anthropic Claude four Opus. 12 00:00:19,535 --> 00:00:20,274 In extensive 13 00:00:20,814 --> 00:00:21,314 benchmarks, 14 00:00:21,614 --> 00:00:22,515 GROC four 15 00:00:23,054 --> 00:00:23,554 executes 16 00:00:24,175 --> 00:00:25,074 and excels 17 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:27,250 notably in coding, 18 00:00:27,629 --> 00:00:28,129 mathematics, 19 00:00:28,669 --> 00:00:30,849 and advanced reasoning task despite 20 00:00:31,550 --> 00:00:32,530 moderate speed 21 00:00:33,149 --> 00:00:36,189 and pricing. I wanna welcome you to episode 22 00:00:36,189 --> 00:00:38,269 1,831. 23 00:00:38,269 --> 00:00:40,984 I'm your host, Todd Cochran. Yeah. Big gear. 24 00:00:40,984 --> 00:00:43,085 Big deal out of out of Grok, 25 00:00:44,184 --> 00:00:46,284 and their, and their update. 26 00:00:47,464 --> 00:00:50,924 Lots of praise going around even for developers 27 00:00:51,144 --> 00:00:52,125 who are using 28 00:00:53,090 --> 00:00:55,750 GRoC to correct code and 29 00:00:56,210 --> 00:00:56,710 so 30 00:00:57,250 --> 00:00:58,549 the extensive 31 00:01:00,210 --> 00:01:03,170 reporting by the folks at artificial analysis say 32 00:01:03,170 --> 00:01:04,310 that this thing is 33 00:01:04,849 --> 00:01:06,790 is really knocking it out of the ballpark. 34 00:01:07,774 --> 00:01:08,274 And 35 00:01:08,734 --> 00:01:11,954 we know that Grok four's pricing is equivalent 36 00:01:12,094 --> 00:01:12,834 to at about 37 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:16,655 3 to $15 38 00:01:16,655 --> 00:01:18,015 per 1,000,000 39 00:01:18,015 --> 00:01:20,194 input output tokens via API 40 00:01:21,239 --> 00:01:24,060 and that price per token pricing is identical 41 00:01:24,359 --> 00:01:24,859 to 42 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:26,939 Claude four, Sunnet, 43 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,260 but more expensive than Gemini 44 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:30,780 two. 45 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,379 So, you know, I have not used GROC 46 00:01:34,599 --> 00:01:35,400 very much, 47 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:36,540 whatsoever. 48 00:01:37,534 --> 00:01:39,715 And, but this is the first time 49 00:01:40,814 --> 00:01:41,555 that XAI 50 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:43,634 has led the AI frontier. 51 00:01:44,415 --> 00:01:46,655 You know, GROC three scored competitively with the 52 00:01:46,655 --> 00:01:49,215 latest models from OpenAI, but GROC four is 53 00:01:49,215 --> 00:01:51,474 the first time that the intelligence index 54 00:01:52,189 --> 00:01:54,270 has shown x AI in the in first 55 00:01:54,270 --> 00:01:56,370 place. Now we expect these types 56 00:01:57,230 --> 00:01:59,090 of bouncing back and forth 57 00:02:00,030 --> 00:02:02,270 scores to happen as models come out. But 58 00:02:02,270 --> 00:02:04,370 one thing that's super notable here 59 00:02:04,909 --> 00:02:05,730 is that 60 00:02:08,235 --> 00:02:09,375 it's getting praise. 61 00:02:09,675 --> 00:02:12,735 Huge praise across the industry for 62 00:02:13,194 --> 00:02:15,594 for what it's able to, to do and 63 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:17,914 it's working at, they're saying at the at 64 00:02:17,914 --> 00:02:18,414 PhD 65 00:02:19,275 --> 00:02:21,514 level and some have went so far as 66 00:02:21,514 --> 00:02:23,669 to say it feels like AGI. 67 00:02:24,449 --> 00:02:25,989 Now I don't know if I would go 68 00:02:26,129 --> 00:02:28,609 that far at this point, but this is 69 00:02:28,609 --> 00:02:29,750 what people are 70 00:02:30,209 --> 00:02:32,629 are referring to and they definitely 71 00:02:33,090 --> 00:02:35,090 have a good, you know, it's got a 72 00:02:35,090 --> 00:02:36,310 good index score. 73 00:02:37,335 --> 00:02:40,375 So again but the difference is is marginal. 74 00:02:40,375 --> 00:02:41,355 A couple of points, 75 00:02:42,294 --> 00:02:42,794 higher, 76 00:02:43,814 --> 00:02:44,294 than, 77 00:02:44,935 --> 00:02:46,635 than other models. So, 78 00:02:47,175 --> 00:02:49,594 pretty amazing stuff here. I'm not surprised, 79 00:02:50,215 --> 00:02:51,974 with the amount of money being spent. Of 80 00:02:51,974 --> 00:02:52,474 course, 81 00:02:54,030 --> 00:02:56,610 x has now been acquired by xAI, 82 00:02:57,310 --> 00:02:57,949 which is, 83 00:02:58,430 --> 00:02:59,729 interesting in itself 84 00:03:00,269 --> 00:03:03,389 and the departure of their, CEO at x 85 00:03:03,389 --> 00:03:04,289 here recently. 86 00:03:05,150 --> 00:03:06,930 Have you been using GROC? 87 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:08,794 I'd love to hear from you if you 88 00:03:08,794 --> 00:03:09,614 have and 89 00:03:09,995 --> 00:03:12,334 and what you feel has been the results, 90 00:03:12,875 --> 00:03:13,375 thereof. 91 00:03:14,474 --> 00:03:16,954 Hey. 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Got a great stack of 186 00:06:48,290 --> 00:06:50,149 stuff today to go through here. 187 00:06:50,689 --> 00:06:51,889 One thing I did do, and I get 188 00:06:51,889 --> 00:06:53,430 to pick them up today, I 189 00:06:53,810 --> 00:06:54,310 had 190 00:06:56,024 --> 00:06:58,685 I've been having issues with my 191 00:06:59,064 --> 00:07:00,044 primary glasses. 192 00:07:00,985 --> 00:07:02,764 And I don't know if the prescription 193 00:07:03,225 --> 00:07:06,185 drifted out and so I always carry a 194 00:07:06,185 --> 00:07:07,164 spare pair 195 00:07:07,544 --> 00:07:09,485 of glasses as my 196 00:07:10,024 --> 00:07:10,524 backup. 197 00:07:11,410 --> 00:07:13,490 The basically, the previous subscription, when I put 198 00:07:13,490 --> 00:07:15,269 those on, they were much better 199 00:07:15,889 --> 00:07:16,389 than 200 00:07:16,930 --> 00:07:20,149 the current prescription. So something has shifted here. 201 00:07:20,529 --> 00:07:21,430 So I went, 202 00:07:22,689 --> 00:07:24,229 and booked an appointment. 203 00:07:24,894 --> 00:07:26,574 Actually not even booked appointment. It was kind 204 00:07:26,574 --> 00:07:28,274 of like one of those walk in places. 205 00:07:28,814 --> 00:07:30,354 You're able to do a complete 206 00:07:30,814 --> 00:07:31,634 eye exam. 207 00:07:33,454 --> 00:07:36,175 The home nine yards about thirty minutes of 208 00:07:36,175 --> 00:07:37,474 a traditional ophthalmologist 209 00:07:38,574 --> 00:07:39,074 exam 210 00:07:39,810 --> 00:07:40,310 and 211 00:07:41,410 --> 00:07:42,389 ordered glasses. 212 00:07:43,250 --> 00:07:43,750 And 213 00:07:44,129 --> 00:07:46,610 they weren't as nice as these, but the 214 00:07:46,610 --> 00:07:48,769 challenge I have with these is because they're 215 00:07:48,769 --> 00:07:49,269 frameless, 216 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:52,529 they're starting to separate and I need to 217 00:07:52,529 --> 00:07:54,629 send them back and have them fixed. 218 00:07:55,084 --> 00:07:55,584 But 219 00:07:56,205 --> 00:07:56,705 the, 220 00:07:58,925 --> 00:07:59,985 I picked up glasses 221 00:08:00,365 --> 00:08:02,384 and all under about 222 00:08:04,125 --> 00:08:05,884 I think all in. I was all in 223 00:08:05,884 --> 00:08:07,584 for about a $150 224 00:08:07,709 --> 00:08:08,209 with, 225 00:08:09,069 --> 00:08:09,889 new glasses 226 00:08:10,589 --> 00:08:13,229 for everything. The full nine yards. Now I 227 00:08:13,229 --> 00:08:14,769 have insurance in America. 228 00:08:15,629 --> 00:08:16,129 And 229 00:08:16,750 --> 00:08:18,289 typically, when I 230 00:08:18,589 --> 00:08:20,449 get new glasses, the 231 00:08:20,910 --> 00:08:22,129 exam is covered. 232 00:08:22,824 --> 00:08:24,665 The frames, obviously, I have a bit of 233 00:08:24,665 --> 00:08:27,064 a discount because of the insurance. But because 234 00:08:27,064 --> 00:08:28,444 frames are so expensive, 235 00:08:29,064 --> 00:08:31,305 I usually never walk out of the door 236 00:08:31,305 --> 00:08:32,125 under like 237 00:08:32,665 --> 00:08:33,785 maybe $300 238 00:08:33,785 --> 00:08:35,004 or something like that. 239 00:08:36,059 --> 00:08:37,919 So, I'm pretty impressed, 240 00:08:38,779 --> 00:08:41,120 from from that savings per se. 241 00:08:41,659 --> 00:08:43,819 So new glasses are ready to pick up. 242 00:08:43,819 --> 00:08:45,440 It's been about seven days. 243 00:08:45,980 --> 00:08:48,639 So everything progressive lenses, transitions, 244 00:08:49,419 --> 00:08:50,319 you know, the 245 00:08:51,044 --> 00:08:54,004 the light the glasses get darker. Time will 246 00:08:54,004 --> 00:08:56,245 tell. I'll have them for the next show 247 00:08:56,245 --> 00:08:58,105 and I'll be able to see how they're 248 00:08:58,485 --> 00:08:59,544 how they're working. 249 00:09:00,325 --> 00:09:01,384 Little bit of 250 00:09:02,085 --> 00:09:04,565 over glare here in the studio. So it 251 00:09:04,565 --> 00:09:07,009 bothers me just a little bit, 252 00:09:07,950 --> 00:09:08,690 when I'm, 253 00:09:09,709 --> 00:09:11,149 doing the show. So I may have to 254 00:09:11,149 --> 00:09:12,750 adjust these lights just a little bit. I 255 00:09:12,750 --> 00:09:15,250 did turn them quite a bit. But anyway, 256 00:09:15,789 --> 00:09:17,470 things seem to be working. I think I 257 00:09:17,470 --> 00:09:19,730 found the secret decoder ring 258 00:09:20,235 --> 00:09:22,475 for the RodeCaster and how to not get 259 00:09:22,475 --> 00:09:23,375 it to disconnect. 260 00:09:24,315 --> 00:09:26,394 It's all about starting a recording at least 261 00:09:26,394 --> 00:09:29,054 ten minutes early. Something about that triggers it 262 00:09:29,355 --> 00:09:31,195 to disconnect from the computer from, 263 00:09:31,914 --> 00:09:33,214 from time to time. 264 00:09:33,610 --> 00:09:35,769 So I'm just double checking here because I 265 00:09:35,769 --> 00:09:38,009 didn't refresh Facebook. Now I can see the 266 00:09:38,009 --> 00:09:38,990 Facebook comments. 267 00:09:40,250 --> 00:09:41,929 So let's talk a little bit of a 268 00:09:41,929 --> 00:09:42,830 little more about 269 00:09:44,889 --> 00:09:45,389 XAI. 270 00:09:46,835 --> 00:09:50,195 They've unveiled a new $300 per month AI 271 00:09:50,195 --> 00:09:51,335 subscription plan. 272 00:09:51,875 --> 00:09:53,735 Now I'm still on OpenAI 273 00:09:54,434 --> 00:09:57,654 Pro at 200 a month and I'm just 274 00:09:58,115 --> 00:10:01,095 it it's paying huge benefits. I'm getting 275 00:10:01,879 --> 00:10:04,440 at least once a week my entire value 276 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:05,419 for that subscription 277 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,059 out of that advanced plan. 278 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:09,960 I'm not sure $300 279 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,539 is is that's a big big big leap. 280 00:10:13,399 --> 00:10:13,899 But 281 00:10:14,524 --> 00:10:17,085 I just wonder what people are seeing with 282 00:10:17,085 --> 00:10:18,845 this, with this new, 283 00:10:19,644 --> 00:10:21,565 with this new plan with well, with the 284 00:10:21,565 --> 00:10:24,524 with the anticipation of GTV five, which is 285 00:10:24,524 --> 00:10:25,585 coming this summer. 286 00:10:26,365 --> 00:10:28,205 I'm definitely not going to sign up for 287 00:10:28,205 --> 00:10:29,970 it. But one thing I am, 288 00:10:30,670 --> 00:10:31,170 really 289 00:10:32,269 --> 00:10:32,769 pressing, 290 00:10:33,230 --> 00:10:35,090 I'm trying to make sure my coders 291 00:10:35,870 --> 00:10:37,950 at my company are starting to test these 292 00:10:37,950 --> 00:10:38,450 tools, 293 00:10:39,790 --> 00:10:43,090 with code snippets and cleaning things up. And 294 00:10:44,035 --> 00:10:46,995 I feel that developers at this point are 295 00:10:46,995 --> 00:10:48,855 the ones most, at least 296 00:10:49,554 --> 00:10:52,195 my opinion so far, the most resistant to 297 00:10:52,195 --> 00:10:53,014 using AI. 298 00:10:53,715 --> 00:10:55,815 And I don't fully understand 299 00:10:56,639 --> 00:10:57,139 why. 300 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,759 If it's not working, it's not working. But 301 00:10:59,759 --> 00:11:00,420 at least 302 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:03,379 attempt to try to use and 303 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:06,180 and nothing else, QA code or 304 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:07,860 get help with queries, 305 00:11:08,879 --> 00:11:11,475 because they've used search for years and years 306 00:11:11,475 --> 00:11:13,875 and years to find stuff on GitHub and 307 00:11:13,875 --> 00:11:15,415 other locations. So I'm just 308 00:11:15,955 --> 00:11:17,955 makes me wonder just a little little bit 309 00:11:17,955 --> 00:11:19,014 why developers 310 00:11:19,394 --> 00:11:19,894 are 311 00:11:20,274 --> 00:11:21,095 as resistance 312 00:11:21,475 --> 00:11:23,095 as they are to using 313 00:11:23,879 --> 00:11:26,679 using AI. My my production team is all 314 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:27,179 in. 315 00:11:27,879 --> 00:11:29,179 The same time OpenAI 316 00:11:29,879 --> 00:11:33,179 is talking about launching its own web browser 317 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,040 and it could arrive within the week. So 318 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:37,820 they're, you know, they're trying to, 319 00:11:38,315 --> 00:11:39,455 of course, Engadget, 320 00:11:40,154 --> 00:11:42,235 they definitely have nothing really good to say 321 00:11:42,235 --> 00:11:42,735 about 322 00:11:43,274 --> 00:11:44,575 a number of these companies. 323 00:11:45,195 --> 00:11:47,855 But if they launch their own 324 00:11:48,794 --> 00:11:51,934 browser and deeply integrated services into 325 00:11:52,315 --> 00:11:53,375 their work lives, 326 00:11:54,089 --> 00:11:56,569 This is this could be a game changer. 327 00:11:56,569 --> 00:11:57,069 Now 328 00:11:57,529 --> 00:11:59,690 their browser slated to have a chat gbt 329 00:11:59,690 --> 00:12:02,750 style chatbot baked in which completely, 330 00:12:03,610 --> 00:12:04,509 makes sense. 331 00:12:06,584 --> 00:12:07,084 And 332 00:12:08,105 --> 00:12:08,684 they're reportedly 333 00:12:09,625 --> 00:12:11,544 looking to use the browser to capture more 334 00:12:11,544 --> 00:12:14,345 data, which is a strategy that's definitely worked 335 00:12:14,345 --> 00:12:15,084 for Google. 336 00:12:16,105 --> 00:12:19,144 They've done that for years, so it's nothing 337 00:12:19,144 --> 00:12:19,644 new. 338 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,500 The browser said to be designed to keep 339 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:24,679 many reactions within an AI chatbot 340 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:28,419 rather than directing users to websites. Now this 341 00:12:28,419 --> 00:12:29,240 is where, 342 00:12:29,779 --> 00:12:33,000 for me, it it's it becomes very, very 343 00:12:34,075 --> 00:12:36,014 concerning for small businesses. 344 00:12:37,034 --> 00:12:37,534 And, 345 00:12:38,554 --> 00:12:41,595 and if they do start offering this, it 346 00:12:41,595 --> 00:12:43,774 would be following perplexity, which released 347 00:12:44,634 --> 00:12:45,215 a browser 348 00:12:45,730 --> 00:12:47,350 with agentic AI functions, 349 00:12:47,970 --> 00:12:49,590 earlier this week that 350 00:12:50,289 --> 00:12:53,090 we missed in the news cycle here. But 351 00:12:53,090 --> 00:12:56,049 that browser is only available for those that 352 00:12:56,049 --> 00:12:56,549 are 353 00:12:57,090 --> 00:12:58,230 on perplexity's 354 00:12:58,529 --> 00:13:00,769 max subscription of $200 355 00:13:00,769 --> 00:13:01,509 per month. 356 00:13:02,075 --> 00:13:02,575 So, 357 00:13:03,754 --> 00:13:04,254 that's, 358 00:13:04,715 --> 00:13:06,894 that's it. You're not gonna see big penetration 359 00:13:06,955 --> 00:13:08,795 on that largely because of the number of 360 00:13:08,795 --> 00:13:09,695 people using 361 00:13:10,154 --> 00:13:12,095 that level of a 362 00:13:12,475 --> 00:13:12,975 subscription. 363 00:13:14,730 --> 00:13:17,210 Now talking about browsers, there's something here that's, 364 00:13:18,330 --> 00:13:19,230 very concerning 365 00:13:20,250 --> 00:13:22,430 and it was reported by ArsTechnica 366 00:13:22,810 --> 00:13:24,649 and I I want all of you really 367 00:13:24,649 --> 00:13:26,430 to listen up here if you're using 368 00:13:26,970 --> 00:13:28,029 any extensions 369 00:13:29,404 --> 00:13:30,545 in your browsers. 370 00:13:31,485 --> 00:13:35,504 Browser extensions turn nearly 1,000,000 browsers into web 371 00:13:35,565 --> 00:13:36,065 scraping 372 00:13:36,365 --> 00:13:36,865 bots. 373 00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:38,365 And, 374 00:13:38,845 --> 00:13:41,565 they've been overriding key security protections, turn browsers 375 00:13:41,565 --> 00:13:43,965 into engines, and scrape websites on behalf of 376 00:13:43,965 --> 00:13:44,945 the paid service. 377 00:13:45,779 --> 00:13:49,240 There's two forty five extensions available for Chrome, 378 00:13:49,539 --> 00:13:50,919 Firefox, and Edge. 379 00:13:51,299 --> 00:13:54,039 They've racked up nearly a million downloads. 380 00:13:55,139 --> 00:13:57,860 So there's an extensive list and I looked 381 00:13:57,860 --> 00:13:58,919 through this list 382 00:13:59,625 --> 00:14:01,565 and to me none of them were 383 00:14:02,345 --> 00:14:03,965 anything that I recognized, 384 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:07,804 but this is the bad part about this. 385 00:14:09,465 --> 00:14:12,184 Of 45 known Chrome extensions, 12 are now 386 00:14:12,184 --> 00:14:15,480 inactive. Some extensions removed from malware explicitity. 387 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:17,799 Of a 129 388 00:14:18,019 --> 00:14:20,360 edge extensions incorporating the 389 00:14:20,740 --> 00:14:23,700 the specific library that's doing this, only eight 390 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:24,679 are in inactive 391 00:14:25,460 --> 00:14:28,039 and of 71 affected by Firefox, 392 00:14:28,419 --> 00:14:30,679 only two are now inactive. So 393 00:14:31,034 --> 00:14:33,754 if you're using Chrome, you have less exposure 394 00:14:33,754 --> 00:14:34,894 but there's an extensive 395 00:14:35,355 --> 00:14:35,855 list 396 00:14:36,714 --> 00:14:39,934 linked in the in the article here. So 397 00:14:40,554 --> 00:14:43,115 definitely consider going through that list and see 398 00:14:43,115 --> 00:14:45,615 if any of the extensions you're using 399 00:14:46,149 --> 00:14:48,389 have made the list here and if they 400 00:14:48,389 --> 00:14:49,129 have, please, 401 00:14:50,230 --> 00:14:52,950 start out with a fresh install of the 402 00:14:52,950 --> 00:14:53,450 browser 403 00:14:53,990 --> 00:14:55,209 and and remove, 404 00:14:55,750 --> 00:14:56,889 those extensions. 405 00:14:59,205 --> 00:15:01,365 So after months and months of battling it 406 00:15:01,365 --> 00:15:03,605 out to become the world's most world's most 407 00:15:03,605 --> 00:15:04,825 valuable company 408 00:15:05,524 --> 00:15:06,004 and, 409 00:15:06,485 --> 00:15:06,985 Nvidia 410 00:15:07,684 --> 00:15:09,304 briefly held that spot, 411 00:15:10,245 --> 00:15:13,065 to hit a staggering 4,000,000,000,000 market cap. 412 00:15:14,539 --> 00:15:17,440 It's since dipped to 3,972,000,000,000.000. 413 00:15:17,500 --> 00:15:18,240 But anyway, 414 00:15:18,860 --> 00:15:21,679 hit that $4,000,000,000,000 415 00:15:22,700 --> 00:15:24,460 value. You might as well just call it 416 00:15:24,460 --> 00:15:27,360 4,000,000,000,000 based upon stock fluctuation. But 417 00:15:28,085 --> 00:15:31,205 you know, huge huge huge first company ever 418 00:15:31,205 --> 00:15:31,865 to hit 419 00:15:32,404 --> 00:15:33,845 $4,000,000,000,000. 420 00:15:33,845 --> 00:15:36,004 And if it doesn't show you that the 421 00:15:36,004 --> 00:15:36,504 AI 422 00:15:37,605 --> 00:15:40,165 the AI stuff is just hotter than ever, 423 00:15:40,165 --> 00:15:40,665 then, 424 00:15:41,045 --> 00:15:42,404 you know, I don't know what you can 425 00:15:42,404 --> 00:15:43,144 think of. 426 00:15:43,820 --> 00:15:44,320 HBO 427 00:15:44,860 --> 00:15:46,080 Max is back. 428 00:15:46,620 --> 00:15:49,340 HBO Max says the rebranding to the name 429 00:15:49,340 --> 00:15:51,600 that should have never been changed is underway. 430 00:15:52,540 --> 00:15:53,040 So, 431 00:15:54,059 --> 00:15:54,720 you know, 432 00:15:55,820 --> 00:15:57,519 maybe now they can figure out 433 00:15:58,105 --> 00:15:59,565 their, their model. 434 00:16:01,304 --> 00:16:02,904 It just doesn't make any sense why they 435 00:16:02,904 --> 00:16:04,665 made that change to begin with. But, 436 00:16:05,225 --> 00:16:08,424 you know, at HBO Max is is on 437 00:16:08,424 --> 00:16:10,424 its way back and you'll start seeing updates 438 00:16:10,424 --> 00:16:13,149 across the websites and so forth over the 439 00:16:13,149 --> 00:16:13,970 coming days. 440 00:16:14,830 --> 00:16:16,750 So if you're a big Samsung phone, the 441 00:16:16,750 --> 00:16:18,910 Galaxy Unpacked 2025, 442 00:16:18,910 --> 00:16:22,190 everything Samsung announced including the z fold z 443 00:16:22,429 --> 00:16:24,210 excuse me. The z fold seven, 444 00:16:24,590 --> 00:16:27,250 the z flip seven, and Galaxy Watch eight 445 00:16:28,014 --> 00:16:29,075 are basically 446 00:16:29,455 --> 00:16:29,955 have, 447 00:16:31,615 --> 00:16:33,934 there's great reporting on it here by the 448 00:16:33,934 --> 00:16:35,554 fact the folks from Engadget. 449 00:16:36,414 --> 00:16:36,894 And, 450 00:16:37,375 --> 00:16:39,375 you can get all the details on these 451 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:40,674 on these different devices. 452 00:16:42,259 --> 00:16:44,419 Do any of you own a flip a 453 00:16:44,419 --> 00:16:46,339 flip phone? Of course, I'm following a flip 454 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:47,720 phone because a modern 455 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:50,120 flip phone do any of them have those? 456 00:16:50,419 --> 00:16:52,179 And any of you are actually using a 457 00:16:52,179 --> 00:16:53,399 Galaxy Watch. 458 00:16:53,825 --> 00:16:55,605 I'm kind of curious about that. 459 00:16:56,144 --> 00:16:56,644 But, 460 00:16:57,585 --> 00:17:00,144 anyway, some major updates there on on the 461 00:17:00,144 --> 00:17:01,845 mobile the mobile situation, 462 00:17:03,024 --> 00:17:04,005 with Samsung. 463 00:17:04,625 --> 00:17:07,285 And I will admit that the 464 00:17:08,190 --> 00:17:09,089 the fold 465 00:17:09,630 --> 00:17:10,849 definitely looks 466 00:17:11,549 --> 00:17:13,789 a lot like a tablet to me. And 467 00:17:13,789 --> 00:17:14,289 until 468 00:17:15,149 --> 00:17:17,230 I saw a picture of this modern one 469 00:17:17,230 --> 00:17:17,730 today, 470 00:17:19,230 --> 00:17:22,269 I really had no specific interest in picking 471 00:17:22,269 --> 00:17:24,654 up one of these phones, but it it's 472 00:17:24,654 --> 00:17:26,674 it's becoming more attractive. 473 00:17:27,534 --> 00:17:28,034 But 474 00:17:28,335 --> 00:17:29,394 here's the problem. 475 00:17:30,575 --> 00:17:33,714 $2,000. 476 00:17:36,190 --> 00:17:38,369 That's just insane amount of money. 477 00:17:39,470 --> 00:17:39,970 Insane. 478 00:17:41,710 --> 00:17:42,929 Major League Baseball 479 00:17:43,710 --> 00:17:45,409 will test its robot 480 00:17:45,869 --> 00:17:46,929 umpire system 481 00:17:47,455 --> 00:17:49,795 at the next all star game. The automated 482 00:17:49,855 --> 00:17:51,154 ball strike system 483 00:17:51,615 --> 00:17:53,775 is being used as a way to challenge 484 00:17:53,775 --> 00:17:56,015 calls during it was used as a way 485 00:17:56,015 --> 00:17:58,434 to challenge calls during spring training. 486 00:17:59,295 --> 00:18:00,355 It's not being 487 00:18:00,734 --> 00:18:01,715 used to replace 488 00:18:02,849 --> 00:18:04,069 umpires, which 489 00:18:04,529 --> 00:18:06,630 would be very, very hard, I think. 490 00:18:07,089 --> 00:18:09,670 But the current version of ABS uses Hawkeye, 491 00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:10,950 a computer 492 00:18:11,410 --> 00:18:13,890 vision system developed by Sony to monitor the 493 00:18:13,890 --> 00:18:15,809 exact location of the pitch relative to the 494 00:18:15,809 --> 00:18:17,029 batter's strike zone. 495 00:18:17,914 --> 00:18:18,815 The league is 496 00:18:19,234 --> 00:18:19,734 tested 497 00:18:20,154 --> 00:18:22,954 relying on ABC exclusive for calls but views 498 00:18:22,954 --> 00:18:25,194 the ABC challenge system as good as a 499 00:18:25,194 --> 00:18:25,934 good compromise 500 00:18:26,794 --> 00:18:30,315 between tradition and technology like other possible rule 501 00:18:30,315 --> 00:18:30,815 changes. 502 00:18:31,220 --> 00:18:31,960 It also 503 00:18:32,420 --> 00:18:34,820 adds a new element of strategy with only 504 00:18:34,820 --> 00:18:35,559 two opportunities 505 00:18:35,940 --> 00:18:36,599 to challenge, 506 00:18:37,619 --> 00:18:39,960 and players have to be selective. 507 00:18:40,259 --> 00:18:40,759 So 508 00:18:41,059 --> 00:18:43,400 I'm not much of a Major League Baseball 509 00:18:44,735 --> 00:18:47,394 fan. You know, there's often controversies about empires, 510 00:18:47,455 --> 00:18:49,855 but how do you complain and yell at 511 00:18:49,855 --> 00:18:52,355 and get in the face of a bot? 512 00:18:52,894 --> 00:18:54,674 I don't think you can. 513 00:18:55,375 --> 00:18:57,855 And a very interesting move T Mobile has 514 00:18:57,855 --> 00:19:00,759 end its DEI programs and attempt to win 515 00:19:00,759 --> 00:19:02,139 a pro bowl from the FCC 516 00:19:02,839 --> 00:19:05,179 as part of its attempt 517 00:19:05,879 --> 00:19:06,859 to acquire 518 00:19:09,799 --> 00:19:10,299 the 519 00:19:11,474 --> 00:19:12,515 $20,000,000 520 00:19:12,515 --> 00:19:13,575 merger with Frontier. 521 00:19:15,554 --> 00:19:16,054 And, 522 00:19:17,154 --> 00:19:18,775 we know that the current administration 523 00:19:19,234 --> 00:19:19,714 is, 524 00:19:20,275 --> 00:19:21,815 definitely anti DEI, 525 00:19:23,075 --> 00:19:25,830 but they also need regulatory backing to purchase 526 00:19:25,890 --> 00:19:28,610 extensive assets of United States cellular in a 527 00:19:28,610 --> 00:19:30,470 deal at 4,400,000,000.0. 528 00:19:31,330 --> 00:19:32,950 So they're trying to make, 529 00:19:33,410 --> 00:19:35,890 trying to make this happen. Did any of 530 00:19:35,890 --> 00:19:37,430 you pick up anything up on 531 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:39,590 Prime Week on Amazon? 532 00:19:41,335 --> 00:19:43,894 I was shopping and did not see any 533 00:19:43,894 --> 00:19:44,394 deals. 534 00:19:45,255 --> 00:19:45,755 So 535 00:19:47,815 --> 00:19:49,494 I don't know. It to me, it was 536 00:19:49,494 --> 00:19:49,994 underwhelming, 537 00:19:50,694 --> 00:19:52,855 the offerings, to be quite frank with you. 538 00:19:52,855 --> 00:19:54,954 There are some good Apple stuff, but I 539 00:19:55,099 --> 00:19:56,940 I needed more Apple computers like I need 540 00:19:56,940 --> 00:19:58,480 a hole in my head at this point. 541 00:19:59,180 --> 00:20:01,740 NASA's gonna lose over 2,000 senior staff due 542 00:20:01,740 --> 00:20:03,440 to proposed budget cuts. 543 00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:05,420 The 2026 544 00:20:05,420 --> 00:20:07,339 budget will leave the space organization in a 545 00:20:07,339 --> 00:20:07,839 difficult 546 00:20:08,299 --> 00:20:09,680 position if it's improved. 547 00:20:11,945 --> 00:20:14,445 So of the of over the 2 thousands 548 00:20:15,144 --> 00:20:15,644 potential, 549 00:20:16,265 --> 00:20:19,144 departing staff members, nearly all of them are 550 00:20:19,144 --> 00:20:20,605 in senior positions, 551 00:20:22,744 --> 00:20:26,529 requiring specialized skills or management experience. Those include 552 00:20:26,670 --> 00:20:27,789 1,818 553 00:20:27,789 --> 00:20:29,789 staff serving in mission areas like science or 554 00:20:29,789 --> 00:20:30,690 human spaceflight, 555 00:20:31,150 --> 00:20:34,430 the rest performing mission support roles like IT 556 00:20:34,430 --> 00:20:36,369 facilities, maintenance, or finance. 557 00:20:36,990 --> 00:20:39,230 So it was a large number of g 558 00:20:39,230 --> 00:20:40,744 s 13, fourteens, and 559 00:20:41,445 --> 00:20:41,945 fifteens. 560 00:20:42,484 --> 00:20:44,005 Of course, that's where the most of the 561 00:20:44,005 --> 00:20:44,505 money 562 00:20:45,045 --> 00:20:47,224 is being spent is on those positions. 563 00:20:48,325 --> 00:20:51,204 But if you look at the GSA pay 564 00:20:51,204 --> 00:20:52,664 scale, I think you'll consider 565 00:20:53,539 --> 00:20:56,740 GS 13 even topped out doesn't make that 566 00:20:56,740 --> 00:20:58,119 much competitive money 567 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:01,140 as compared to the open market. And fourteens 568 00:21:01,140 --> 00:21:01,880 and fifteens 569 00:21:02,259 --> 00:21:05,400 are similarly placed, but they get incredibly great 570 00:21:05,914 --> 00:21:07,454 retirements out of those, 571 00:21:08,075 --> 00:21:09,454 out of those pay levels. 572 00:21:10,234 --> 00:21:10,734 So, 573 00:21:12,315 --> 00:21:13,835 very, very interesting. But, 574 00:21:14,234 --> 00:21:15,914 I, you know, I think the government needs 575 00:21:15,914 --> 00:21:17,934 to be cut. The question is how 576 00:21:18,315 --> 00:21:19,454 big of an impact 577 00:21:20,299 --> 00:21:22,619 will it be. If you're a Lego fan, 578 00:21:22,619 --> 00:21:23,839 the Lego's first buildable 579 00:21:24,140 --> 00:21:24,640 Decepticon 580 00:21:25,019 --> 00:21:25,519 is, 581 00:21:26,220 --> 00:21:27,759 a talking sound wave. 582 00:21:28,299 --> 00:21:29,579 The 1,505 583 00:21:29,579 --> 00:21:32,299 piece sound wave set includes sound effects and 584 00:21:32,299 --> 00:21:35,714 ravage and laser break cassettes, whatever that means. 585 00:21:35,714 --> 00:21:36,934 I don't know what a laser 586 00:21:37,555 --> 00:21:41,154 rec and set is. At a $189.99, 587 00:21:41,154 --> 00:21:44,134 Soundwave will also be Lego's most expensive transformer 588 00:21:44,275 --> 00:21:45,095 set to date 589 00:21:45,394 --> 00:21:47,734 and going on sale in August. 590 00:21:48,470 --> 00:21:52,150 And, Optus Prime is currently $179 591 00:21:52,150 --> 00:21:53,609 with the much smaller Bumblebee 592 00:21:53,910 --> 00:21:56,650 at $89. 593 00:21:56,710 --> 00:21:57,210 So, 594 00:21:58,549 --> 00:22:01,609 Lego fans, you have that to look forward 595 00:22:01,750 --> 00:22:02,250 to. 596 00:22:02,965 --> 00:22:05,305 Qantas has confirmed the 5,700,000 597 00:22:05,684 --> 00:22:07,625 have been impacted by a data breach. 598 00:22:08,325 --> 00:22:10,105 So, the personal information 599 00:22:10,805 --> 00:22:11,545 was compromised. 600 00:22:12,325 --> 00:22:14,904 The incident occurred on June 30. 601 00:22:15,940 --> 00:22:17,859 On July 7, the company announced that hackers 602 00:22:17,859 --> 00:22:20,200 made contact likely for extortion 603 00:22:21,220 --> 00:22:23,160 and roughly 6,000,000 customers 604 00:22:23,460 --> 00:22:25,960 data was stored on a hack platform. 605 00:22:26,820 --> 00:22:27,320 And 606 00:22:28,774 --> 00:22:30,474 so they found that 607 00:22:31,894 --> 00:22:35,115 names, email addresses, Qantas frequent fire details 608 00:22:35,734 --> 00:22:37,174 of those 1,200,000 609 00:22:37,174 --> 00:22:38,315 records only contained 610 00:22:38,615 --> 00:22:40,634 names and email addresses. 611 00:22:41,654 --> 00:22:42,154 So 612 00:22:43,919 --> 00:22:44,659 they had 613 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:45,940 phone numbers, 614 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:48,339 gender information, 615 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:49,460 meal preferences. 616 00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:51,200 I don't care if people know what I 617 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:51,700 eat, 618 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,159 which I am, by the way, I'm doing 619 00:22:56,159 --> 00:22:58,419 very well on my diet. 620 00:23:00,595 --> 00:23:02,694 I'll have more to report soon 621 00:23:03,474 --> 00:23:06,755 and some information for you to share with 622 00:23:06,755 --> 00:23:07,255 you. 623 00:23:08,355 --> 00:23:11,255 Jack Dorsey says his secure Nitbit 624 00:23:11,555 --> 00:23:12,454 chat app 625 00:23:13,150 --> 00:23:15,150 has not been tested for security. So let 626 00:23:15,150 --> 00:23:16,049 me say that again. 627 00:23:16,750 --> 00:23:19,329 Jack Dorsey says his new secure 628 00:23:20,589 --> 00:23:21,410 new BitChat 629 00:23:22,190 --> 00:23:24,609 app has not been tested for security. 630 00:23:25,390 --> 00:23:27,730 He launched this open source chat app 631 00:23:28,264 --> 00:23:30,664 this previous Sunday, promising to deliver secure and 632 00:23:30,664 --> 00:23:33,325 private messaging without a centralized infrastructure. 633 00:23:34,184 --> 00:23:36,264 The app relies on Bluetooth and end to 634 00:23:36,264 --> 00:23:37,644 end encryption unlike 635 00:23:38,024 --> 00:23:40,444 traditional messaging apps that rely on the Internet. 636 00:23:40,970 --> 00:23:43,690 By being decentralized, but chat has potential to 637 00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:45,869 being a secure app in high risk environments 638 00:23:46,329 --> 00:23:47,230 where the Internet 639 00:23:47,769 --> 00:23:49,309 is monitored or, 640 00:23:50,250 --> 00:23:50,750 inaccessible. 641 00:23:51,049 --> 00:23:53,230 Did I just oh, that's what I did. 642 00:23:53,690 --> 00:23:54,190 So 643 00:23:54,890 --> 00:23:56,430 but it hasn't faced any 644 00:23:57,505 --> 00:23:59,285 scrutiny by security researchers. 645 00:24:00,464 --> 00:24:01,825 I don't know how this works if it 646 00:24:01,825 --> 00:24:02,964 just uses Bluetooth. 647 00:24:03,505 --> 00:24:05,605 And how do you talk to other people? 648 00:24:07,664 --> 00:24:09,204 He says that work in progress. 649 00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:12,690 The latest disclaimer claim after basically, they put 650 00:24:12,690 --> 00:24:15,169 a disclaimer on this. Do not use it 651 00:24:15,169 --> 00:24:17,089 for production use and do not rely on 652 00:24:17,089 --> 00:24:19,589 its security whatsoever until it's been reviewed. 653 00:24:20,210 --> 00:24:22,609 So maybe that maybe should have been the 654 00:24:22,609 --> 00:24:24,630 cart before the horse there a little bit. 655 00:24:26,154 --> 00:24:28,075 On the science front, echoes from the Big 656 00:24:28,075 --> 00:24:30,234 Bang suggest the Earth is trapped inside a 657 00:24:30,234 --> 00:24:30,734 giant 658 00:24:31,115 --> 00:24:31,615 cosmic 659 00:24:32,555 --> 00:24:34,894 void. Now this is not the first time. 660 00:24:35,355 --> 00:24:37,674 This has been suggested a few times since 661 00:24:37,674 --> 00:24:38,654 1990, 662 00:24:38,990 --> 00:24:41,549 but astronomers claim to found new evidence supporting 663 00:24:41,549 --> 00:24:42,769 this controversial 664 00:24:43,070 --> 00:24:43,570 observation 665 00:24:44,430 --> 00:24:45,789 is that we're kind of out in the 666 00:24:45,789 --> 00:24:47,170 backwoods of anywhere. 667 00:24:47,950 --> 00:24:50,109 They say they found claim evidence Earth and 668 00:24:50,109 --> 00:24:53,250 our Milky Way are suspended inside a gigantic 669 00:24:53,710 --> 00:24:54,210 void. 670 00:24:55,095 --> 00:24:57,174 Person they told us last week we were 671 00:24:57,174 --> 00:24:58,315 in a black hole. 672 00:24:59,015 --> 00:24:59,515 So 673 00:25:00,295 --> 00:25:02,454 the proposal made by analyzing echoes of the 674 00:25:02,454 --> 00:25:04,454 Big Bang suggests that our galaxy may be 675 00:25:04,454 --> 00:25:07,894 floating in a 2,000,000,000 light year region that's 676 00:25:07,894 --> 00:25:09,994 20% less dense than average. 677 00:25:11,150 --> 00:25:11,650 So 678 00:25:12,269 --> 00:25:12,769 okay. 679 00:25:13,150 --> 00:25:13,970 We'll see. 680 00:25:16,269 --> 00:25:17,329 Curious observation 681 00:25:18,910 --> 00:25:20,929 and people spend their life 682 00:25:21,309 --> 00:25:23,569 spend their life analyzing this stuff. 683 00:25:24,275 --> 00:25:26,615 The July full moon rises tonight. 684 00:25:26,994 --> 00:25:29,474 So the full moon reads at peak illumination 685 00:25:29,474 --> 00:25:30,615 at forty six 686 00:25:30,994 --> 00:25:32,134 PM eastern 687 00:25:32,674 --> 00:25:34,375 daylight time. Interesting. 688 00:25:35,474 --> 00:25:38,054 So it actually happened yesterday. So this is 689 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:39,529 a or happened today 690 00:25:39,910 --> 00:25:41,769 on July 10, your time. 691 00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:44,789 The exact time the moon ray takes place 692 00:25:44,789 --> 00:25:46,650 which is around 08:53PM 693 00:25:46,830 --> 00:25:48,170 in New York. 694 00:25:48,470 --> 00:25:48,970 So 695 00:25:49,670 --> 00:25:51,210 take a look at the moon 696 00:25:52,065 --> 00:25:52,565 and, 697 00:25:53,505 --> 00:25:54,565 the black moon 698 00:25:55,265 --> 00:25:57,585 will be the farthest full moon from the 699 00:25:57,585 --> 00:25:59,605 sun in 2025. 700 00:26:00,304 --> 00:26:00,804 So, 701 00:26:01,664 --> 00:26:03,204 guess it's supposed to be darker. 702 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:06,500 How many shades of gray darker? 703 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:09,700 Outlook has was down for quite a while 704 00:26:10,079 --> 00:26:12,240 and it's certainly come back online, but they're 705 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,940 recovering from a major outage 706 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,579 that lasted most of the morning. 707 00:26:17,164 --> 00:26:17,664 So, 708 00:26:18,044 --> 00:26:19,505 how many of you were impacted 709 00:26:20,125 --> 00:26:20,944 by that? 710 00:26:23,644 --> 00:26:25,565 Elon Musk is saying that Grok is gonna 711 00:26:25,565 --> 00:26:27,025 come to Tesla EVs 712 00:26:27,404 --> 00:26:27,904 and 713 00:26:29,019 --> 00:26:32,059 so they're going to be be putting that 714 00:26:32,059 --> 00:26:32,559 into, 715 00:26:35,099 --> 00:26:36,880 into Teslas. I'm not surprised. 716 00:26:37,579 --> 00:26:40,220 The question is, what happens when Garok gets 717 00:26:40,220 --> 00:26:40,880 it wrong? 718 00:26:42,804 --> 00:26:44,884 Love to see how that ends up being 719 00:26:44,884 --> 00:26:46,904 integrated if any of you have a Tesla 720 00:26:47,284 --> 00:26:49,125 and are willing to admit it. A lot 721 00:26:49,125 --> 00:26:50,484 of people don't want to admit they have 722 00:26:50,484 --> 00:26:51,704 a Tesla right now. 723 00:26:52,005 --> 00:26:53,065 But if you do 724 00:26:54,799 --> 00:26:55,299 and 725 00:26:55,839 --> 00:26:57,759 find out details on this, I'd love to 726 00:26:57,759 --> 00:26:59,619 have you share it with us 727 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:01,440 so that we can share it with the 728 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:01,940 audience. 729 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:03,700 A McDonald's 730 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:04,580 chatbot. 731 00:27:05,759 --> 00:27:07,700 Why does McDonald's have a chatbot? 732 00:27:08,855 --> 00:27:10,475 Why why is that even a thing? 733 00:27:12,695 --> 00:27:13,835 McDonald's chatbot 734 00:27:14,455 --> 00:27:15,815 leaked 64,000,000 735 00:27:15,815 --> 00:27:17,654 records with the one two three four five 736 00:27:17,654 --> 00:27:18,555 six password. 737 00:27:18,934 --> 00:27:21,355 Oh, it was from a job applicant website. 738 00:27:22,450 --> 00:27:24,049 Information about 64,000,000 739 00:27:24,049 --> 00:27:26,450 people applying for jobs at McDonald's been leaked 740 00:27:26,450 --> 00:27:27,350 via Olivia, 741 00:27:27,970 --> 00:27:31,570 an AI powered chatbot created by Paradox dot 742 00:27:31,570 --> 00:27:33,029 AI to handle hiring. 743 00:27:33,730 --> 00:27:35,750 So, yeah, you go to apply for McDonald's 744 00:27:35,809 --> 00:27:38,305 now and an AI is and analyzing your 745 00:27:38,605 --> 00:27:39,424 your application. 746 00:27:40,125 --> 00:27:43,005 This give Carol access to information including the 747 00:27:43,005 --> 00:27:45,565 name, addresses, phone numbers, and email address of 748 00:27:45,565 --> 00:27:46,384 job applicants 749 00:27:46,924 --> 00:27:48,625 among other data. 750 00:27:51,140 --> 00:27:53,380 Reporting a leak to Paradox was challenging as 751 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:55,960 the company lacked a dedicated security team. 752 00:27:56,740 --> 00:27:58,980 So, apparently, they finally were able to get 753 00:27:58,980 --> 00:28:01,960 through to them and get this patched. 754 00:28:03,154 --> 00:28:05,875 Microsoft is doubling down and spending 4,000,000,000 to 755 00:28:05,875 --> 00:28:09,494 push AI in schools, universities, and more. 756 00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:11,815 Microsoft wants the 757 00:28:12,115 --> 00:28:14,595 wants to upscale the next generation in AI. 758 00:28:14,595 --> 00:28:16,115 And for those of you that listen to 759 00:28:16,115 --> 00:28:17,335 the show that have kids, 760 00:28:18,049 --> 00:28:20,069 what are you doing with your 761 00:28:20,529 --> 00:28:21,029 with 762 00:28:21,410 --> 00:28:22,230 AI? How 763 00:28:22,609 --> 00:28:24,150 how have you got that 764 00:28:24,929 --> 00:28:25,429 integrated 765 00:28:26,369 --> 00:28:26,869 in 766 00:28:28,049 --> 00:28:30,369 your household for your kids? Are you letting 767 00:28:30,369 --> 00:28:31,670 your kids use AI? 768 00:28:33,255 --> 00:28:35,654 I think there's there's you're damned if you 769 00:28:35,654 --> 00:28:37,515 do damned if you don't in this regard. 770 00:28:38,535 --> 00:28:41,654 But Microsoft's donating 4,000,000,000 cash over five years 771 00:28:41,654 --> 00:28:44,695 to upscale today's youth. AI and cloud skills 772 00:28:44,695 --> 00:28:46,875 are lacking in much of the global workforce. 773 00:28:47,650 --> 00:28:49,829 Teachers also getting support to help them integrate 774 00:28:49,970 --> 00:28:51,349 AI into the classroom. 775 00:28:55,569 --> 00:28:57,329 I know there's a lot of cheating going 776 00:28:57,329 --> 00:28:57,829 on, 777 00:28:58,609 --> 00:29:00,789 but it's it's a great research 778 00:29:02,355 --> 00:29:02,855 tool 779 00:29:03,634 --> 00:29:06,355 if you use it as a research tool 780 00:29:06,355 --> 00:29:07,734 and backup sources. 781 00:29:11,234 --> 00:29:12,134 I can't imagine 782 00:29:13,075 --> 00:29:16,214 going to college now and having this 783 00:29:16,710 --> 00:29:18,329 available. It would be beyond 784 00:29:19,029 --> 00:29:20,970 tempting. I know that they are 785 00:29:21,589 --> 00:29:24,710 working on and in schools are using, you 786 00:29:24,710 --> 00:29:26,569 know, detection technology. 787 00:29:27,829 --> 00:29:28,984 But, you 788 00:29:29,285 --> 00:29:30,984 know, how far does it go? 789 00:29:32,724 --> 00:29:34,424 How much do you would you rewrite? 790 00:29:35,845 --> 00:29:38,565 That, you know, therein lies the question, you 791 00:29:38,565 --> 00:29:40,825 know. And also if a student, 792 00:29:41,365 --> 00:29:41,865 hires, 793 00:29:42,484 --> 00:29:43,545 pays for the 794 00:29:43,890 --> 00:29:44,390 higher, 795 00:29:45,089 --> 00:29:47,570 pro model like I'm using and getting the 796 00:29:47,570 --> 00:29:49,430 advanced research functions, 797 00:29:50,690 --> 00:29:52,609 the advanced research functions, I get all of 798 00:29:52,609 --> 00:29:53,349 the sources. 799 00:29:53,809 --> 00:29:55,670 And they're they're basically, 800 00:29:57,194 --> 00:29:59,035 not in the format that you'd use in 801 00:29:59,035 --> 00:30:01,355 school, but, you know, you you've got the 802 00:30:01,355 --> 00:30:01,855 list 803 00:30:02,474 --> 00:30:05,035 already prebuilt of the sources for the for 804 00:30:05,035 --> 00:30:06,335 the articles for 805 00:30:06,954 --> 00:30:08,654 the the write up. 806 00:30:09,115 --> 00:30:09,615 So, 807 00:30:10,330 --> 00:30:10,990 you know, 808 00:30:11,369 --> 00:30:13,130 I I think if I wanted a tactical 809 00:30:13,130 --> 00:30:13,630 advantage 810 00:30:14,330 --> 00:30:16,410 in college at this point, I would probably 811 00:30:16,410 --> 00:30:17,789 be paying for pro 812 00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:20,570 just for the high reasoning function and being 813 00:30:20,570 --> 00:30:21,470 able to 814 00:30:22,009 --> 00:30:22,509 resource, 815 00:30:25,464 --> 00:30:27,865 you know, sources for articles and so forth. 816 00:30:27,865 --> 00:30:29,704 We all know that and and for those 817 00:30:29,704 --> 00:30:30,684 that do you haven't 818 00:30:30,984 --> 00:30:33,085 done under any undergraduate work, 819 00:30:33,505 --> 00:30:34,005 you 820 00:30:34,424 --> 00:30:36,904 know, writing papers in college to me was 821 00:30:36,904 --> 00:30:37,884 kind of a joke. 822 00:30:38,359 --> 00:30:40,359 It was very, very simple because I knew 823 00:30:40,359 --> 00:30:41,640 how to use Google. I knew how to 824 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,400 do search and I was able to pull 825 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,500 stuff out and put papers together 826 00:30:46,039 --> 00:30:48,140 very, very quickly and source information. 827 00:30:48,519 --> 00:30:49,019 And 828 00:30:50,855 --> 00:30:52,775 so for me, it was one of those 829 00:30:52,775 --> 00:30:53,994 things that was never, 830 00:30:54,535 --> 00:30:55,914 you know, a big lift 831 00:30:56,615 --> 00:30:59,115 as as a, as a college student. 832 00:30:59,894 --> 00:31:01,654 Of course, I went to college late in 833 00:31:01,654 --> 00:31:02,154 life 834 00:31:02,615 --> 00:31:04,215 and got my degree. But, 835 00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:07,990 I think this AI is just going to 836 00:31:07,990 --> 00:31:08,490 change 837 00:31:09,110 --> 00:31:10,890 going to change everything. 838 00:31:11,750 --> 00:31:13,350 Now the doom and gloomers has said the 839 00:31:13,350 --> 00:31:15,590 Trump tariffs were gonna ruin everything. They, you 840 00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:16,970 know, they've been a little bit 841 00:31:18,625 --> 00:31:20,005 silent recently because 842 00:31:20,464 --> 00:31:22,404 everything's went pretty well so far. 843 00:31:22,785 --> 00:31:25,924 But the tech side is still worried because 844 00:31:26,224 --> 00:31:27,125 tariff uncertainty. 845 00:31:28,224 --> 00:31:30,464 And we know that computers are still exempt 846 00:31:30,464 --> 00:31:31,924 from the levies that Trump 847 00:31:33,049 --> 00:31:34,109 administration introduced. 848 00:31:35,210 --> 00:31:35,609 And, 849 00:31:36,170 --> 00:31:38,029 they're still a threat though because 850 00:31:41,210 --> 00:31:43,390 those those tariffs could be coming off 851 00:31:44,904 --> 00:31:47,005 on August 1. Now they could be extended 852 00:31:47,144 --> 00:31:47,644 again, 853 00:31:48,105 --> 00:31:49,644 I guess, depending on how 854 00:31:50,184 --> 00:31:50,684 negotiations 855 00:31:51,305 --> 00:31:51,964 are going. 856 00:31:52,585 --> 00:31:52,984 But, 857 00:31:53,785 --> 00:31:55,224 you know, I think a lot of people 858 00:31:55,224 --> 00:31:57,705 went and got notebooks and so forth, when 859 00:31:57,705 --> 00:31:59,484 they knew this was gonna happen. 860 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,579 But again, you've got a few weeks here 861 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:03,859 if you want 862 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,660 to be able to pick up a PC 863 00:32:07,039 --> 00:32:09,279 with again, who knows what's gonna happen? This 864 00:32:09,279 --> 00:32:10,579 might be off or not. 865 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,099 We could end up 866 00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:14,019 with the 867 00:32:16,765 --> 00:32:19,664 with the with the tariff situation resolving itself. 868 00:32:20,365 --> 00:32:21,884 I'd love to hear what you think. What's 869 00:32:21,884 --> 00:32:23,664 what's happened with you and purchases? 870 00:32:24,205 --> 00:32:26,365 Have you slowed down on purchases because of 871 00:32:26,365 --> 00:32:27,825 the perceived higher cost 872 00:32:28,950 --> 00:32:31,269 of things. Now one thing's for sure, Amazon 873 00:32:31,269 --> 00:32:34,470 Prime Day, they say that sales plunge 41% 874 00:32:34,470 --> 00:32:36,309 on the first day. I I would not 875 00:32:36,309 --> 00:32:36,970 be surprised. 876 00:32:37,909 --> 00:32:40,950 Experts attributed the drop to shoppers delaying purchase 877 00:32:40,950 --> 00:32:42,650 anticipation of better deals 878 00:32:43,195 --> 00:32:45,375 during the extended four day event. 879 00:32:48,315 --> 00:32:50,315 Amazon said, of course, they were pleased by 880 00:32:50,315 --> 00:32:51,055 the engagement. 881 00:32:52,555 --> 00:32:53,775 And according to 882 00:32:54,154 --> 00:32:56,730 the numbers provided of Adobe kickoff numbers to 883 00:32:56,730 --> 00:32:58,910 rest Thanksgiving of 2024, 884 00:32:59,450 --> 00:33:00,990 6,100,000,000. 885 00:33:01,850 --> 00:33:04,490 But I really didn't need anything, to be 886 00:33:04,490 --> 00:33:06,509 honest with you. I really did not. 887 00:33:07,144 --> 00:33:08,764 And what I actually what I looked 888 00:33:09,224 --> 00:33:10,904 for is I have certain stuff that I 889 00:33:10,904 --> 00:33:13,644 have subscriptions for. I have a subscription to 890 00:33:14,105 --> 00:33:15,164 a heartburn medicine, 891 00:33:15,544 --> 00:33:16,764 and I have subscriptions 892 00:33:17,065 --> 00:33:20,470 to my, sugar monitoring system. And I looked 893 00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:22,230 to see if there was any discounts on 894 00:33:22,230 --> 00:33:24,549 that, if I could lock in cheaper pricing. 895 00:33:24,549 --> 00:33:25,849 And of course, there were 896 00:33:26,549 --> 00:33:29,049 none of that. I will say this too, 897 00:33:29,990 --> 00:33:32,649 having monitored been monitoring now my, 898 00:33:33,190 --> 00:33:34,710 oh, by the way, I had one sensor 899 00:33:34,710 --> 00:33:35,210 fail. 900 00:33:36,005 --> 00:33:37,845 So I'm gonna run out of sensors before 901 00:33:37,845 --> 00:33:40,005 I come home. The Astell O did replace 902 00:33:40,005 --> 00:33:42,804 it, but it failed after twenty four hours 903 00:33:42,804 --> 00:33:44,184 which was quite annoying. 904 00:33:44,884 --> 00:33:46,105 They sent me a replacement. 905 00:33:46,724 --> 00:33:47,865 The one I'm using, 906 00:33:48,244 --> 00:33:50,264 for those of you that are not aware 907 00:33:50,839 --> 00:33:51,740 is Stell o. 908 00:33:52,359 --> 00:33:52,839 It's, 909 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:54,779 $50 910 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,320 every fifteen days or a $100 911 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:57,900 a month. 912 00:34:00,599 --> 00:34:01,660 Just the awareness 913 00:34:02,839 --> 00:34:04,220 of I've learned 914 00:34:04,954 --> 00:34:06,494 so much in a month. 915 00:34:08,715 --> 00:34:10,715 I think any of you with type two 916 00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:12,474 diabetes that do not 917 00:34:13,594 --> 00:34:15,755 I'm telling you, if I if if they 918 00:34:15,755 --> 00:34:17,514 could come on and be a sponsor, I 919 00:34:17,514 --> 00:34:19,775 I would be a great spokesperson for this. 920 00:34:20,074 --> 00:34:22,950 If if you have type two diabetes 921 00:34:23,329 --> 00:34:23,829 and, 922 00:34:25,170 --> 00:34:27,030 you're not pricking every day, 923 00:34:28,769 --> 00:34:30,769 and seeing where your levels are at or 924 00:34:30,769 --> 00:34:33,090 pricking multiple times a day as some have 925 00:34:33,090 --> 00:34:33,590 to, 926 00:34:34,505 --> 00:34:37,965 This monitoring tech, I feel I can probably 927 00:34:38,744 --> 00:34:40,525 within two or three months, 928 00:34:41,065 --> 00:34:42,445 maybe even four months, 929 00:34:43,065 --> 00:34:44,125 completely learn 930 00:34:45,065 --> 00:34:46,684 what I had been doing wrong 931 00:34:47,809 --> 00:34:50,469 and knowing what price I pay for 932 00:34:50,769 --> 00:34:52,789 what type of food I eat, 933 00:34:53,809 --> 00:34:55,190 and how to, 934 00:34:57,170 --> 00:34:58,789 also time my metformin 935 00:35:01,614 --> 00:35:02,114 pill, 936 00:35:03,055 --> 00:35:03,535 from, 937 00:35:03,934 --> 00:35:05,474 you know, being able to 938 00:35:06,095 --> 00:35:07,875 I'm supposed to be on a time release, 939 00:35:08,255 --> 00:35:09,775 but I'm gonna tell you that I'm on 940 00:35:09,775 --> 00:35:12,015 a twelve hour time release metformin. So I 941 00:35:12,015 --> 00:35:13,075 take two a day. 942 00:35:13,769 --> 00:35:14,269 And 943 00:35:16,170 --> 00:35:17,610 if if I you used to wake up 944 00:35:17,610 --> 00:35:19,949 in the morning and take that pill immediately 945 00:35:20,090 --> 00:35:21,849 because it was already twelve hours, but I 946 00:35:21,849 --> 00:35:23,769 often didn't eat for two or three hours 947 00:35:23,769 --> 00:35:24,269 later. 948 00:35:25,655 --> 00:35:27,355 Much much better to hold 949 00:35:27,894 --> 00:35:29,994 for two or three hours. You take 950 00:35:30,375 --> 00:35:31,894 that first meal of the day to take 951 00:35:31,894 --> 00:35:32,714 that pill 952 00:35:33,255 --> 00:35:33,994 and then, 953 00:35:34,614 --> 00:35:35,514 in the evening 954 00:35:36,054 --> 00:35:38,714 take the second one not even twelve hours 955 00:35:38,775 --> 00:35:40,795 in when you have your evening meal 956 00:35:41,460 --> 00:35:41,960 and, 957 00:35:43,139 --> 00:35:44,739 and even though there might have only been 958 00:35:44,739 --> 00:35:45,960 nine hours separation 959 00:35:46,579 --> 00:35:47,400 has a dramatic 960 00:35:47,699 --> 00:35:48,920 effect on 961 00:35:49,699 --> 00:35:50,099 the, 962 00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:53,639 on your blood sugar. 963 00:35:55,675 --> 00:35:57,695 And my levels like this morning, 964 00:35:59,195 --> 00:36:00,574 for those of you that 965 00:36:01,034 --> 00:36:03,034 are aware of these type number, a normal 966 00:36:03,034 --> 00:36:03,534 range 967 00:36:04,474 --> 00:36:04,974 is 968 00:36:07,260 --> 00:36:08,800 70 to one eighty. 969 00:36:09,659 --> 00:36:11,920 I'm I'm right now at 92 970 00:36:12,380 --> 00:36:13,519 and I've been 90, 971 00:36:13,980 --> 00:36:15,679 in the nineties since 972 00:36:16,059 --> 00:36:16,559 about, 973 00:36:18,860 --> 00:36:19,360 almost 974 00:36:20,619 --> 00:36:22,159 twelve hours ago. 975 00:36:23,775 --> 00:36:25,795 And I haven't ate yet this morning, 976 00:36:26,974 --> 00:36:27,474 here 977 00:36:27,855 --> 00:36:29,534 about twelve hours ago when I had my 978 00:36:29,534 --> 00:36:32,675 last meal, which I jumped up to about 979 00:36:33,375 --> 00:36:34,835 the one twenty range. 980 00:36:35,135 --> 00:36:37,315 But I have not gotten close 981 00:36:38,099 --> 00:36:39,640 to one eighty. 982 00:36:41,780 --> 00:36:44,660 There was I got close once about three 983 00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:45,480 days ago, 984 00:36:47,300 --> 00:36:49,059 close to one eighty. And and I have 985 00:36:49,059 --> 00:36:51,074 the event logged on what triggered that. 986 00:36:51,554 --> 00:36:52,614 Here in The Philippines, 987 00:36:52,994 --> 00:36:54,695 rice rice is definitely 988 00:36:55,234 --> 00:36:57,234 huge. But if you do a protein in 989 00:36:57,234 --> 00:36:57,894 a rice, 990 00:37:00,355 --> 00:37:02,114 it the rice is really doesn't have much 991 00:37:02,114 --> 00:37:02,934 of an effect. 992 00:37:03,474 --> 00:37:04,614 But it's just amazing. 993 00:37:05,155 --> 00:37:06,295 It really is. 994 00:37:06,750 --> 00:37:08,269 And it's gonna be interesting when I go 995 00:37:08,269 --> 00:37:09,489 back to The United States 996 00:37:09,789 --> 00:37:11,010 and and eating 997 00:37:11,550 --> 00:37:12,050 food 998 00:37:12,670 --> 00:37:15,389 that maybe is a restaurant or prepared to 999 00:37:15,389 --> 00:37:18,030 see what the effect is because I was 1000 00:37:18,030 --> 00:37:19,170 having a hard time 1001 00:37:19,869 --> 00:37:21,730 initially getting the sugar down 1002 00:37:23,885 --> 00:37:24,364 with, 1003 00:37:26,125 --> 00:37:27,744 when I was first on this. 1004 00:37:28,204 --> 00:37:28,704 And 1005 00:37:29,405 --> 00:37:30,784 to be quite frank, 1006 00:37:33,005 --> 00:37:33,985 American food 1007 00:37:35,159 --> 00:37:35,980 is just 1008 00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:37,980 so full of 1009 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,380 of bad stuff. It's just 1010 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:41,260 unbelievable. 1011 00:37:41,639 --> 00:37:43,480 I hear I I know I always knew 1012 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:45,500 my sugar was better when I was here. 1013 00:37:45,559 --> 00:37:47,339 I could just tell physically 1014 00:37:48,039 --> 00:37:49,179 and the 1015 00:37:50,275 --> 00:37:52,434 it it's just because there's not a lot 1016 00:37:52,434 --> 00:37:53,735 of processed food here. 1017 00:37:54,114 --> 00:37:55,574 Everything is made fresh. 1018 00:37:57,835 --> 00:37:58,335 So, 1019 00:37:59,315 --> 00:37:59,815 again, 1020 00:38:00,275 --> 00:38:01,315 I'm telling you, 1021 00:38:01,954 --> 00:38:03,894 if if if it's not in your budget, 1022 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:05,260 please 1023 00:38:05,559 --> 00:38:07,320 try if you're on if you're a type 1024 00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:08,059 two diabetic, 1025 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,239 I impair upon you to do this for 1026 00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:11,980 one month. 1027 00:38:12,359 --> 00:38:13,339 Just one month. 1028 00:38:14,359 --> 00:38:14,859 And, 1029 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,539 you're gonna see a major major major difference. 1030 00:38:19,235 --> 00:38:21,474 Alright. Millions of cars exposed to remote hacking 1031 00:38:21,474 --> 00:38:24,454 via a what's called the perfect blue attack. 1032 00:38:25,235 --> 00:38:25,735 And 1033 00:38:26,675 --> 00:38:29,655 researchers conducted an analysis of the blue SDK 1034 00:38:29,795 --> 00:38:30,934 Bluetooth firmware 1035 00:38:31,449 --> 00:38:32,910 framework developed by OpenSynergy 1036 00:38:33,849 --> 00:38:35,230 and found several vulnerabilities. 1037 00:38:36,250 --> 00:38:38,829 The perfect blue hack was demonstrated against recent 1038 00:38:38,969 --> 00:38:39,469 infotainment 1039 00:38:39,769 --> 00:38:42,269 models shipped from Mercedes Benz, Skoda, and Volkswagen, 1040 00:38:43,050 --> 00:38:45,469 as well as products made by another unnamed 1041 00:38:45,775 --> 00:38:47,934 OEM that was only recently made aware of 1042 00:38:47,934 --> 00:38:48,675 the findings. 1043 00:38:49,614 --> 00:38:50,114 So, 1044 00:38:50,894 --> 00:38:52,994 their CVEs out on this. 1045 00:38:53,534 --> 00:38:54,034 But, 1046 00:38:54,655 --> 00:38:55,795 if you again, 1047 00:38:56,335 --> 00:38:58,574 this is us I don't know the extent 1048 00:38:58,574 --> 00:38:59,315 of attack, 1049 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:02,779 but they say that this could allow remote 1050 00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:04,139 code execution. 1051 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,679 IKEA has launched two cheap Bluetooth speakers including 1052 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:10,460 a retro throwback with a handy, 1053 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,059 Spotify trick. 1054 00:39:12,864 --> 00:39:15,684 There there's the start of another IKEA smart 1055 00:39:15,744 --> 00:39:16,724 home push, 1056 00:39:17,265 --> 00:39:18,325 so they're ugly. 1057 00:39:18,704 --> 00:39:20,565 I'll be honest with you. These speakers, 1058 00:39:21,985 --> 00:39:23,445 you know, maybe for a teenager, 1059 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:25,940 but for an adult, 1060 00:39:27,519 --> 00:39:28,980 does an adult want 1061 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:30,579 wait to see these things. 1062 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:33,059 They're really ugly. 1063 00:39:35,599 --> 00:39:37,940 I I guess I'm just, I like modern 1064 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:38,500 stuff. 1065 00:39:38,994 --> 00:39:39,734 This it 1066 00:39:40,514 --> 00:39:42,054 it it is a retro throwback, 1067 00:39:42,755 --> 00:39:43,255 but 1068 00:39:43,875 --> 00:39:46,755 it it's ugly. I mean, it's really, really 1069 00:39:46,755 --> 00:39:47,255 ugly. 1070 00:39:48,594 --> 00:39:49,635 4999 1071 00:39:49,635 --> 00:39:51,335 won't set you back too far though. 1072 00:39:53,049 --> 00:39:54,670 So everyone's making fun 1073 00:39:55,210 --> 00:39:56,510 of the interim 1074 00:39:57,049 --> 00:39:59,869 NASA administration. President Trump announced that, 1075 00:40:00,170 --> 00:40:03,210 transfer patient secretary Sean Duffy and, of course, 1076 00:40:03,210 --> 00:40:05,609 they're taking shots at him of being a 1077 00:40:05,609 --> 00:40:07,069 reality TV star. 1078 00:40:12,594 --> 00:40:14,994 Isaacman said, short of a new nominee, this 1079 00:40:14,994 --> 00:40:16,135 was a great move. 1080 00:40:16,594 --> 00:40:19,315 NASA needs political leadership from someone the president 1081 00:40:19,315 --> 00:40:19,815 trust 1082 00:40:20,139 --> 00:40:22,780 and has confidence in wishing secondary well and 1083 00:40:22,780 --> 00:40:23,840 important endeavor. 1084 00:40:24,300 --> 00:40:26,139 So he's I guess he's gonna do a 1085 00:40:26,139 --> 00:40:26,639 hat. 1086 00:40:27,980 --> 00:40:28,480 So 1087 00:40:29,099 --> 00:40:31,260 is I think he was in transportation. Is 1088 00:40:31,260 --> 00:40:33,119 he gonna move from transportation 1089 00:40:33,420 --> 00:40:34,719 or stay in trans 1090 00:40:35,175 --> 00:40:35,675 rotation? 1091 00:40:36,775 --> 00:40:39,114 I guess he's gonna do do a hat. 1092 00:40:39,974 --> 00:40:40,474 So, 1093 00:40:41,094 --> 00:40:43,414 a lot of criticizing still going out there 1094 00:40:43,414 --> 00:40:44,155 for sure. 1095 00:40:46,215 --> 00:40:48,135 Last couple of articles here and don't and 1096 00:40:48,135 --> 00:40:48,875 don't leave. 1097 00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:49,920 I plan 1098 00:40:50,559 --> 00:40:53,280 Apple man. They are planning a whole new 1099 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,380 MacBook lineup with the M5. 1100 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:58,639 So, you know, if you're if you're thinking 1101 00:40:58,639 --> 00:41:00,420 if you're if you've got an M1, 1102 00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:03,300 M2 and you're thinking about the jump. 1103 00:41:04,184 --> 00:41:05,965 The m five stuff is looking 1104 00:41:06,344 --> 00:41:06,844 pretty 1105 00:41:07,224 --> 00:41:08,925 extensive across the entire 1106 00:41:09,785 --> 00:41:11,325 product line. So 1107 00:41:12,265 --> 00:41:13,965 don't upgrade early. 1108 00:41:14,344 --> 00:41:16,925 But probably this stuff won't be available until 1109 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,840 early twenty twenty six if you can wait 1110 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:20,900 that long. But 1111 00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:25,140 a big big jump. I'll tell you my 1112 00:41:26,079 --> 00:41:26,980 my situation 1113 00:41:27,519 --> 00:41:28,980 here with the studio 1114 00:41:29,585 --> 00:41:31,184 and everything that I was, 1115 00:41:31,664 --> 00:41:34,324 having challenges with the last time 1116 00:41:34,864 --> 00:41:35,605 has completely 1117 00:41:35,984 --> 00:41:37,045 resolved itself. 1118 00:41:37,424 --> 00:41:39,764 It's in it's really purely now the Rodecaster 1119 00:41:39,984 --> 00:41:42,384 that is, given me issues, but I've I 1120 00:41:42,384 --> 00:41:43,364 definitely found 1121 00:41:43,780 --> 00:41:46,740 the hack. The camera's working great. I and 1122 00:41:46,740 --> 00:41:48,420 I have two cameras going on. I've got 1123 00:41:48,420 --> 00:41:50,019 this camera that I'm using here and I've 1124 00:41:50,019 --> 00:41:53,640 switched that to a beautiful PTZ optics camera 1125 00:41:53,940 --> 00:41:56,099 that I'll probably transport back and forth with 1126 00:41:56,099 --> 00:41:57,539 me. I'll probably use it at home and 1127 00:41:57,539 --> 00:41:58,980 then bring it back here when I come 1128 00:41:58,980 --> 00:41:59,264 back 1129 00:41:59,824 --> 00:42:02,065 next time, because it's pretty expensive. And then 1130 00:42:02,065 --> 00:42:02,724 I have 1131 00:42:03,025 --> 00:42:04,005 the the, 1132 00:42:05,184 --> 00:42:05,684 teleprompter 1133 00:42:06,224 --> 00:42:09,505 and the camera on that and different focal 1134 00:42:09,505 --> 00:42:13,284 view. And it's just it's it's working out 1135 00:42:13,664 --> 00:42:14,164 terrific. 1136 00:42:15,140 --> 00:42:16,200 Everything's working. 1137 00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:21,320 Yeah. I this was the right move, 1138 00:42:22,420 --> 00:42:22,920 to 1139 00:42:23,380 --> 00:42:24,519 to bring the 1140 00:42:25,059 --> 00:42:26,680 the, the Mac Studio 1141 00:42:27,219 --> 00:42:28,039 with me. 1142 00:42:28,835 --> 00:42:30,994 I don't like the idea of transporting it 1143 00:42:30,994 --> 00:42:33,414 back and forth. But at the cost of 1144 00:42:34,114 --> 00:42:36,835 that machine, I'm just gonna transport it home 1145 00:42:36,835 --> 00:42:37,974 and I'll bring it back. 1146 00:42:38,355 --> 00:42:40,594 No no sense in having a second computer 1147 00:42:40,594 --> 00:42:41,094 here 1148 00:42:41,660 --> 00:42:43,420 when I'm not here. The next time I'm 1149 00:42:43,420 --> 00:42:45,260 gone, I'll be away for about sixty days. 1150 00:42:45,260 --> 00:42:46,860 I won't I'll be back in The States 1151 00:42:46,860 --> 00:42:48,640 for at least sixty to 1152 00:42:49,019 --> 00:42:49,920 ninety days. 1153 00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:51,019 And, 1154 00:42:53,260 --> 00:42:55,394 so I'm very very happy with the setup 1155 00:42:55,394 --> 00:42:57,655 here. OBS is working like a charm. 1156 00:42:59,155 --> 00:43:01,715 Again, everything I wanted to do the first 1157 00:43:01,715 --> 00:43:04,534 trip in this new setup is working great. 1158 00:43:05,474 --> 00:43:07,735 Just a few tweaks here here and there. 1159 00:43:08,515 --> 00:43:10,695 Green screen stuff is working out well. 1160 00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:13,239 I've even got a pretty good, 1161 00:43:13,639 --> 00:43:15,579 depending on the type of shirt I wear, 1162 00:43:15,799 --> 00:43:18,119 is if the keying works good. OBS keying 1163 00:43:18,119 --> 00:43:20,619 is definitely not as good as the TriCaster 1164 00:43:20,679 --> 00:43:22,760 because there's still just a tiny a bit 1165 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:23,420 of bleed 1166 00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,119 around my head and every amount of tweaking 1167 00:43:26,119 --> 00:43:28,434 I've done has not helped it. 1168 00:43:29,295 --> 00:43:29,795 But, 1169 00:43:30,175 --> 00:43:32,175 yeah, I'm pretty jazzed with the with the 1170 00:43:32,175 --> 00:43:32,994 setup here. 1171 00:43:33,375 --> 00:43:35,135 Alright. This is gonna bring us to the 1172 00:43:35,135 --> 00:43:38,515 end of the show. Geeknews@gmail.comatgeeknews 1173 00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:40,440 on Twitter. Don't forget about our our sponsor 1174 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:43,019 GoDaddy accenture.com/godaddy. 1175 00:43:43,559 --> 00:43:45,559 Yeah. Put put continue I will plan to 1176 00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:47,960 continue to do shows here as scheduled. 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