1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,690 Lead story for Thursday, July 2 00:00:02,690 --> 00:00:03,860 17. 3 00:00:04,719 --> 00:00:06,099 Open I OpenAI's 4 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:08,580 introduced chat g p d agent and advanced 5 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,019 AI assistant that performs complex multi step task 6 00:00:12,559 --> 00:00:15,539 by deck directly controlling a virtual computer 7 00:00:16,094 --> 00:00:19,054 Built within a new model combining capabilities from 8 00:00:19,054 --> 00:00:21,714 prior tools, operator and deep research, 9 00:00:22,254 --> 00:00:25,454 the agent can automate workflows such as scheduling 10 00:00:25,454 --> 00:00:28,515 meetings, preparing presentations, or even submitting weekly 11 00:00:29,134 --> 00:00:29,634 office 12 00:00:30,059 --> 00:00:30,559 parking 13 00:00:31,019 --> 00:00:33,840 requests. The tool which requires user permissions before 14 00:00:34,059 --> 00:00:34,559 irreversible 15 00:00:34,939 --> 00:00:37,979 actions is being rolled out to pre excuse 16 00:00:37,979 --> 00:00:39,439 me, to pro plus 17 00:00:40,219 --> 00:00:43,840 and team users with plans for broader availability 18 00:00:44,140 --> 00:00:44,640 later. 19 00:00:45,024 --> 00:00:47,844 OpenAI emphasizes its focus on 20 00:00:48,225 --> 00:00:51,765 solving hard tasks over speed and has implemented 21 00:00:51,905 --> 00:00:54,325 strict safety and financial use restrictions. 22 00:00:54,785 --> 00:00:58,385 I wanna welcome you to episode 1,833. 23 00:00:58,385 --> 00:00:59,685 I'm your host, Todd Cochran. 24 00:01:00,130 --> 00:01:02,070 This announcement today by OpenAI, 25 00:01:03,969 --> 00:01:06,770 really led me to spend about an hour 26 00:01:06,770 --> 00:01:08,390 down the rabbit hole playing 27 00:01:09,010 --> 00:01:10,230 with this feature, 28 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:11,270 today. 29 00:01:12,130 --> 00:01:14,370 And, I set up how to do a 30 00:01:14,370 --> 00:01:16,114 a simple task. I 31 00:01:16,575 --> 00:01:17,075 said, 32 00:01:18,094 --> 00:01:20,194 you know, plan a flight plan, 33 00:01:21,055 --> 00:01:22,754 leaving on this date 34 00:01:23,454 --> 00:01:26,254 and then departing with a range of seven 35 00:01:26,254 --> 00:01:28,194 days on the other end. 36 00:01:29,229 --> 00:01:30,530 My preferred airlines 37 00:01:30,989 --> 00:01:32,689 is x y z, 38 00:01:33,149 --> 00:01:35,009 but also look at 39 00:01:35,549 --> 00:01:37,329 a Star Alliance partners, 40 00:01:38,109 --> 00:01:40,509 where I can claim mileage and give me 41 00:01:40,509 --> 00:01:42,530 the price deltas between those 42 00:01:42,954 --> 00:01:43,775 and also, 43 00:01:44,155 --> 00:01:46,814 two additional airlines outside of 44 00:01:47,114 --> 00:01:48,174 the Star Alliance. 45 00:01:49,275 --> 00:01:49,775 And 46 00:01:50,234 --> 00:01:51,375 this thing is not 47 00:01:51,994 --> 00:01:52,494 fast. 48 00:01:53,515 --> 00:01:54,075 It is, 49 00:01:54,474 --> 00:01:55,694 for a better word, 50 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,280 set it and go away for five minutes 51 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,260 or ten minutes. 52 00:01:59,799 --> 00:02:00,780 But the output 53 00:02:01,319 --> 00:02:02,859 that it gave me, 54 00:02:03,719 --> 00:02:05,180 was quite incredible. 55 00:02:07,799 --> 00:02:08,120 It, 56 00:02:08,985 --> 00:02:11,145 and I'll show you exactly for those of 57 00:02:11,145 --> 00:02:13,145 you watching, I'll show you exactly what it 58 00:02:13,145 --> 00:02:13,965 come up with. 59 00:02:14,264 --> 00:02:15,965 It says, here was what I found 60 00:02:16,504 --> 00:02:19,384 on Google Flights. Search from eighteen July, prices 61 00:02:19,384 --> 00:02:22,205 in US dollars, one adult economy, Chicago, Manila, 62 00:02:22,264 --> 00:02:23,085 fifteen October, 63 00:02:23,419 --> 00:02:25,500 with a return between March. 64 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:27,500 Fares can change quickly, so treat this as 65 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:28,080 a snapshot. 66 00:02:28,539 --> 00:02:30,239 And it gives me the dates, 67 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:31,360 the airlines, 68 00:02:32,219 --> 00:02:32,959 the cost, 69 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:35,685 and he says here's key takeaways. Absolute Lewis 70 00:02:35,685 --> 00:02:37,764 Fair is a thousand 14 on ANA with 71 00:02:37,764 --> 00:02:40,405 a return on September. One stop via Tokyo 72 00:02:40,405 --> 00:02:41,145 both ways. 73 00:02:41,525 --> 00:02:44,084 Lewis United Fair within the requested window is 74 00:02:44,084 --> 00:02:45,685 1,487 75 00:02:45,685 --> 00:02:47,544 with a return on June, 76 00:02:47,604 --> 00:02:48,264 two stops 77 00:02:48,564 --> 00:02:51,209 in via Honolulu in Guam. And if you're 78 00:02:51,209 --> 00:02:53,370 preferring a single stop, you you you 79 00:02:54,009 --> 00:02:54,989 United routing 80 00:02:55,289 --> 00:02:56,269 the July 81 00:02:56,409 --> 00:03:00,189 option via SFO is 1,552. 82 00:03:00,569 --> 00:03:03,689 United's third March turn is considerably higher at 83 00:03:03,689 --> 00:03:05,549 2225. 84 00:03:05,814 --> 00:03:07,254 Let me know if you'd like to drill 85 00:03:07,254 --> 00:03:09,354 into any itinerary checkability 86 00:03:09,655 --> 00:03:12,534 on another site or start booking process. I'll 87 00:03:12,534 --> 00:03:15,194 stop I'll stop right before any purchase, 88 00:03:15,974 --> 00:03:17,914 if any purchase for your confirmation. 89 00:03:20,370 --> 00:03:21,509 You know how much time 90 00:03:21,969 --> 00:03:23,030 I would have spent 91 00:03:24,209 --> 00:03:26,870 doing that research on my own 92 00:03:27,169 --> 00:03:28,629 and looking for flights? 93 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:32,949 What that really did is just save me 94 00:03:33,284 --> 00:03:34,745 at least an hour. 95 00:03:36,324 --> 00:03:38,104 At least an hour. 96 00:03:39,284 --> 00:03:40,745 Now it gave me offer, 97 00:03:41,444 --> 00:03:43,145 options for Cathay Pacific, 98 00:03:44,004 --> 00:03:45,224 show me the time, 99 00:03:49,689 --> 00:03:51,069 and it gave me one, 100 00:03:52,090 --> 00:03:53,069 American flight, 101 00:03:53,849 --> 00:03:55,770 that routed me all over the place, which 102 00:03:55,770 --> 00:03:56,909 was crazy price. 103 00:03:57,290 --> 00:03:59,210 Talk tell me how many stops, talk which 104 00:03:59,210 --> 00:04:00,510 was the cheapest option. 105 00:04:02,164 --> 00:04:04,805 Just this one task that I had to 106 00:04:04,805 --> 00:04:05,305 do, 107 00:04:06,724 --> 00:04:07,224 was 108 00:04:10,084 --> 00:04:10,584 amazing. 109 00:04:11,764 --> 00:04:12,264 And 110 00:04:13,299 --> 00:04:16,259 so the news on this and the impact 111 00:04:16,259 --> 00:04:18,040 on this is we all know 112 00:04:18,899 --> 00:04:19,399 that 113 00:04:20,339 --> 00:04:20,839 here, 114 00:04:21,379 --> 00:04:23,240 we've been waiting for these agents 115 00:04:23,699 --> 00:04:25,079 to show up. Right? 116 00:04:25,404 --> 00:04:26,865 We've been waiting for 117 00:04:27,165 --> 00:04:28,625 this kind of availability. 118 00:04:30,845 --> 00:04:32,764 The the article on The Verge, I don't 119 00:04:32,764 --> 00:04:34,785 even need to go into it because 120 00:04:35,564 --> 00:04:38,285 just that single demonstration that I just shared 121 00:04:38,285 --> 00:04:38,944 with you 122 00:04:39,644 --> 00:04:40,144 is 123 00:04:40,970 --> 00:04:42,889 enough to make you understand the value of 124 00:04:42,889 --> 00:04:43,389 this. 125 00:04:44,810 --> 00:04:47,629 And here's the beauty of this. I'm assuming 126 00:04:48,490 --> 00:04:49,789 again, I don't know 127 00:04:50,569 --> 00:04:53,129 if that data that it's looking up is 128 00:04:53,129 --> 00:04:55,310 anonymized. Now I'll tell you why 129 00:04:57,035 --> 00:04:59,214 here a little bit later in the show. 130 00:04:59,915 --> 00:05:00,895 But, again, 131 00:05:02,074 --> 00:05:03,134 quite the incredible, 132 00:05:04,795 --> 00:05:08,095 function here just on my very first test 133 00:05:08,849 --> 00:05:11,189 and giving it a set of parameters that, 134 00:05:13,009 --> 00:05:14,930 was my criteria that I would have had 135 00:05:14,930 --> 00:05:17,729 to manually search for and and messed around 136 00:05:17,729 --> 00:05:19,349 and wasted time and 137 00:05:19,649 --> 00:05:21,969 often get aggravated with those kinds of searches. 138 00:05:21,969 --> 00:05:24,154 And it's easy to see, you know, 10 139 00:05:24,154 --> 00:05:26,735 different cost comparisons and be able to do, 140 00:05:28,714 --> 00:05:30,894 make make a call and say, okay. 141 00:05:31,915 --> 00:05:33,754 And I'll be interested to see what happens 142 00:05:33,754 --> 00:05:35,535 when I decide to use this to actually 143 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:38,490 truly do book a ticket 144 00:05:39,350 --> 00:05:40,330 and not use 145 00:05:40,870 --> 00:05:41,370 something 146 00:05:42,550 --> 00:05:44,410 experimental like this. 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We 233 00:08:47,945 --> 00:08:49,725 definitely appreciate it when, 234 00:08:50,345 --> 00:08:51,325 you do so. 235 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:54,264 That's always nice to see you in in 236 00:08:54,264 --> 00:08:55,245 the chat room. 237 00:08:56,179 --> 00:08:58,200 So there's a bunch of articles on this. 238 00:08:58,339 --> 00:08:58,839 Everyone 239 00:08:59,379 --> 00:09:01,620 everyone is talking about the, 240 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:04,919 about this, 241 00:09:06,179 --> 00:09:07,079 this agent. 242 00:09:07,379 --> 00:09:09,940 But here's the thing that most are forgetting 243 00:09:09,940 --> 00:09:10,440 here. 244 00:09:11,434 --> 00:09:13,294 I did this in a window 245 00:09:13,674 --> 00:09:14,414 in Chrome 246 00:09:14,955 --> 00:09:17,434 and then they did the searching in a 247 00:09:17,434 --> 00:09:18,654 virtual window. 248 00:09:19,195 --> 00:09:19,995 There was no 249 00:09:21,355 --> 00:09:23,054 my browser was not involved. 250 00:09:24,519 --> 00:09:25,820 It's yet to be told 251 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,160 if they're doing the IP. So it'd be 252 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,320 interesting to see how all that is happening 253 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,500 or if that's actually hope all happening 254 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:34,940 on OpenAI's 255 00:09:35,399 --> 00:09:35,899 website. 256 00:09:36,519 --> 00:09:37,019 But 257 00:09:38,715 --> 00:09:40,495 this is this is monumental. 258 00:09:41,675 --> 00:09:43,934 This is game changer. This is 259 00:09:44,394 --> 00:09:46,415 everything that I have been talking about 260 00:09:46,955 --> 00:09:48,654 up to this point in 261 00:09:49,195 --> 00:09:50,894 potential change to 262 00:09:51,434 --> 00:09:52,575 search for businesses 263 00:09:53,490 --> 00:09:54,149 or everything. 264 00:09:55,090 --> 00:09:56,769 I'm gonna be definitely doing a bunch more 265 00:09:56,769 --> 00:09:58,690 experiments with this to kind of see what 266 00:09:58,690 --> 00:09:59,909 it means for my company. 267 00:10:00,289 --> 00:10:02,529 You should do so as well at a 268 00:10:02,529 --> 00:10:03,029 very 269 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:05,750 minimum. You may not agree with this, 270 00:10:06,370 --> 00:10:09,125 but, you know, if you run a business, 271 00:10:09,904 --> 00:10:11,684 maybe you should do a search. Hey. 272 00:10:12,785 --> 00:10:14,884 Send a query. Help me find 273 00:10:15,664 --> 00:10:18,884 the top five plumbers, the top five printing 274 00:10:18,945 --> 00:10:20,404 shops, the top five, 275 00:10:20,909 --> 00:10:23,629 whatever you may do. Financial analyst, help me 276 00:10:23,629 --> 00:10:26,269 find x, y, and z. And if you 277 00:10:26,269 --> 00:10:29,070 have a local business, see how this impacts 278 00:10:29,070 --> 00:10:30,990 you. It may not it may be better 279 00:10:30,990 --> 00:10:31,730 than search, 280 00:10:32,990 --> 00:10:35,470 or it may be your death sentence for 281 00:10:35,470 --> 00:10:36,209 your company. 282 00:10:37,144 --> 00:10:38,045 I cannot 283 00:10:39,065 --> 00:10:39,565 emphasize 284 00:10:40,024 --> 00:10:41,245 enough how 285 00:10:42,024 --> 00:10:44,904 monumental of a time shift or not time 286 00:10:44,904 --> 00:10:45,725 shift. Just 287 00:10:46,105 --> 00:10:48,665 a shift is going to be happening because 288 00:10:48,665 --> 00:10:49,325 of this, 289 00:10:49,919 --> 00:10:52,019 And we have to be fully prepared 290 00:10:52,799 --> 00:10:55,120 to meet these new I I have people 291 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:56,339 now calling me, 292 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:58,960 sending me emails on a daily basis saying, 293 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,059 hey, Todd. We wanna help you with your, 294 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:02,100 AI, 295 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:03,460 SEO. 296 00:11:03,995 --> 00:11:05,855 And I'm like, okay. Which doctor? 297 00:11:07,034 --> 00:11:08,794 Tell me something that no one else knows, 298 00:11:08,794 --> 00:11:10,174 which because no one knows. 299 00:11:10,714 --> 00:11:12,495 The only way people are gonna know 300 00:11:12,954 --> 00:11:14,714 how you're affected. And I had I'm in 301 00:11:14,714 --> 00:11:16,315 a group discussion now with a bunch of 302 00:11:16,315 --> 00:11:17,294 people that said, 303 00:11:18,149 --> 00:11:19,690 over 100 companies, 304 00:11:20,549 --> 00:11:22,789 in this group discussion said they blocked chat 305 00:11:22,789 --> 00:11:23,610 b ChatGPT. 306 00:11:24,629 --> 00:11:26,809 And I said, are are you insane? 307 00:11:27,909 --> 00:11:30,250 Are you insane from blocking ChatGPT? 308 00:11:31,485 --> 00:11:33,245 Do you not understand that you run a 309 00:11:33,245 --> 00:11:35,024 service company and you're blocking? 310 00:11:37,565 --> 00:11:39,725 Have you have you lost your ever loving 311 00:11:39,725 --> 00:11:40,225 mind? 312 00:11:41,644 --> 00:11:44,065 This this tide cannot be turned back. 313 00:11:44,610 --> 00:11:45,269 It can't. 314 00:11:46,049 --> 00:11:47,190 So just be aware. 315 00:11:49,009 --> 00:11:51,090 You know, things things are going to move 316 00:11:51,090 --> 00:11:52,070 at an exponential 317 00:11:53,090 --> 00:11:54,149 rate right now. 318 00:11:54,690 --> 00:11:55,190 And, 319 00:11:56,634 --> 00:11:58,315 you know, I'm sure many people that have 320 00:11:58,315 --> 00:11:58,815 assistance 321 00:11:59,514 --> 00:12:01,595 probably have assistance do all their booking for 322 00:12:01,595 --> 00:12:03,355 them and you do all these things. But 323 00:12:03,355 --> 00:12:06,475 at what point does an agent one or 324 00:12:06,475 --> 00:12:08,235 two years from now, because this is very 325 00:12:08,235 --> 00:12:10,954 rudimentary and slow, one or two years from 326 00:12:10,954 --> 00:12:13,750 now, what is that going to mean 327 00:12:14,370 --> 00:12:15,110 for everyone, 328 00:12:16,370 --> 00:12:18,209 in getting time back? I, you know, I 329 00:12:18,209 --> 00:12:19,730 look at that and I said, just that's 330 00:12:19,730 --> 00:12:22,629 an hour. That's an hour of monkeying around, 331 00:12:22,929 --> 00:12:26,184 frustrating, and trying to write piece write prices 332 00:12:26,184 --> 00:12:27,565 down on a piece of paper. 333 00:12:31,065 --> 00:12:32,345 You know, I'm sure I could take this 334 00:12:32,345 --> 00:12:33,705 thing. I could probably say take me to 335 00:12:33,705 --> 00:12:35,865 the United website and I will book this 336 00:12:35,865 --> 00:12:37,004 particular flight. 337 00:12:37,500 --> 00:12:39,100 I'm probably not gonna ever allow it to 338 00:12:39,100 --> 00:12:40,320 book. I'll do it myself. 339 00:12:41,340 --> 00:12:41,820 But, 340 00:12:42,779 --> 00:12:44,960 we'll see we'll see where this leads. 341 00:12:45,500 --> 00:12:47,100 How many of you have heard about an 342 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:48,320 app called Beeper? 343 00:12:50,235 --> 00:12:51,934 Multi service messaging 344 00:12:52,315 --> 00:12:53,375 app, Beeper, 345 00:12:53,915 --> 00:12:56,315 allows people to connect all of their chat 346 00:12:56,315 --> 00:12:58,495 apps from one interface, and it and it's 347 00:12:59,115 --> 00:13:01,915 relaunching its app on Wednesday to offer more 348 00:13:01,915 --> 00:13:02,975 secure version. 349 00:13:03,915 --> 00:13:04,415 So 350 00:13:05,070 --> 00:13:07,970 I have not heard of this app. 351 00:13:08,509 --> 00:13:10,269 But as I scroll down and I looked 352 00:13:10,269 --> 00:13:12,830 at its interface, it said connect chat accounts, 353 00:13:12,830 --> 00:13:13,330 WhatsApp, 354 00:13:14,509 --> 00:13:16,049 WhatsApp for business, Telegram, 355 00:13:16,590 --> 00:13:19,570 Google Chat, Messenger, Signal, LinkedIn, x, 356 00:13:19,985 --> 00:13:23,284 Discord, Slack. I said, oh my goodness. 357 00:13:24,384 --> 00:13:27,584 One chat one chat app to rule them 358 00:13:27,584 --> 00:13:28,084 all? 359 00:13:29,584 --> 00:13:30,884 Sign me up. 360 00:13:31,904 --> 00:13:33,445 Sign me up indeed. 361 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,500 Instead of switching between apps. 362 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,059 I think this could be a winner here. 363 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:41,720 We'll have to look and see how the 364 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:42,779 interface looks 365 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,840 and hopefully it's, you know, it's fully on 366 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:46,460 the mobile phone, but 367 00:13:47,304 --> 00:13:49,144 even if I can have chats on my 368 00:13:49,144 --> 00:13:50,365 desktop as well, 369 00:13:51,945 --> 00:13:52,445 Yahoo, 370 00:13:53,464 --> 00:13:55,225 this this is a big one. So if 371 00:13:55,225 --> 00:13:56,664 any of you have used beeper in the 372 00:13:56,664 --> 00:13:58,524 past, definitely let me know. 373 00:13:59,190 --> 00:14:01,190 Ukrainian hackers have claimed to have destroyed a 374 00:14:01,190 --> 00:14:04,230 major Russian drone maker's entire network. They deeply 375 00:14:04,230 --> 00:14:05,370 penetrate Gasgar 376 00:14:06,070 --> 00:14:08,009 through the very tonsils of demilitarization. 377 00:14:09,429 --> 00:14:11,509 So they took out the IT infrastructure at 378 00:14:11,509 --> 00:14:14,845 Russia's Gasgar integration plant, one of the largest 379 00:14:14,845 --> 00:14:16,625 suppliers of drones for its army. 380 00:14:17,565 --> 00:14:18,065 And, 381 00:14:19,165 --> 00:14:20,144 this is big. 382 00:14:21,404 --> 00:14:22,865 The team known as Blackowl 383 00:14:24,445 --> 00:14:26,365 announced the breach on his Telegram channel and 384 00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:28,285 claimed to have carried out the operation alongside 385 00:14:28,285 --> 00:14:31,259 fellow hackers, the Ukrainian cyber alliance. 386 00:14:33,879 --> 00:14:36,360 And one very well known organization to mention 387 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:36,860 which 388 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:37,959 makes the, 389 00:14:39,639 --> 00:14:43,664 it's called Vania's bottle receivers explode. So, anyway, 390 00:14:43,664 --> 00:14:45,184 if they were able to take this out 391 00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:47,985 and send them back, they they destroyed 47 392 00:14:47,985 --> 00:14:49,764 terabytes of technical information. 393 00:14:51,264 --> 00:14:53,264 They claim to have destroyed all the information 394 00:14:53,264 --> 00:14:54,085 on their servers, 395 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,259 including 10 terabytes of backup files. Wow. 396 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:01,220 And, 397 00:15:02,879 --> 00:15:05,679 apparently, China is providing assistance in the production 398 00:15:05,679 --> 00:15:07,860 training of these folks at Gaskar, 399 00:15:09,445 --> 00:15:11,605 at this at this drone factory in in 400 00:15:11,605 --> 00:15:12,105 Russia. 401 00:15:12,884 --> 00:15:15,684 So, they stole all the code as well 402 00:15:15,684 --> 00:15:17,065 before destroying everything. 403 00:15:17,524 --> 00:15:19,605 Cyber warfare is gonna play a bigger war 404 00:15:19,605 --> 00:15:21,304 in the next great war. 405 00:15:22,259 --> 00:15:24,680 That is for sure. Hey. I mentioned earlier 406 00:15:24,980 --> 00:15:25,480 that, 407 00:15:27,060 --> 00:15:29,320 I was wondering if the data was anonymized 408 00:15:29,379 --> 00:15:31,300 and having chat GBT do this. And if 409 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:33,860 it is, then this destroys Delta's move. And 410 00:15:33,860 --> 00:15:36,660 this pisses me off to be to be 411 00:15:36,660 --> 00:15:37,160 frank. 412 00:15:38,404 --> 00:15:41,205 Delta is moving toward eliminating set prices in 413 00:15:41,205 --> 00:15:43,784 favor of AI that determines how much you 414 00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:46,184 personally will pay for a ticket. 415 00:15:46,644 --> 00:15:48,404 And this is a strategy to boost his 416 00:15:48,404 --> 00:15:50,964 profitability by moving away from set fares and 417 00:15:50,964 --> 00:15:52,584 toward end of the lodge pricing. 418 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:56,459 If they do I will never 419 00:15:58,360 --> 00:15:59,579 never fly Delta 420 00:16:00,679 --> 00:16:01,500 if they 421 00:16:02,199 --> 00:16:03,959 if they move forward with this. So if 422 00:16:03,959 --> 00:16:06,279 they know that you can pay more and 423 00:16:06,279 --> 00:16:07,980 they put in a 424 00:16:09,345 --> 00:16:11,184 a system that make you pay more for 425 00:16:11,184 --> 00:16:11,845 your ticket? 426 00:16:12,865 --> 00:16:14,245 It has to still be competitive, 427 00:16:14,865 --> 00:16:17,105 but I think this is this is beyond 428 00:16:17,105 --> 00:16:17,605 bold. 429 00:16:17,904 --> 00:16:19,745 So I guess what? So maybe a chat 430 00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:21,105 and GPT will have to, 431 00:16:21,825 --> 00:16:23,924 look at the delta for delta pricing. 432 00:16:24,269 --> 00:16:24,769 This 433 00:16:25,950 --> 00:16:27,410 this is a pretty bold move 434 00:16:28,190 --> 00:16:31,170 by Delta to do custom pricing for 435 00:16:33,309 --> 00:16:34,750 for each individual. By the end of the 436 00:16:34,750 --> 00:16:36,830 year, Delta plans for 20% of his ticket 437 00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:38,370 prices to be individually 438 00:16:38,750 --> 00:16:39,250 determined. 439 00:16:40,644 --> 00:16:42,804 Currently, about 3% of the airline's flight prices 440 00:16:42,804 --> 00:16:45,125 are AI determined triple from the portion nine 441 00:16:45,125 --> 00:16:46,404 months ago. I would like to know what 442 00:16:46,404 --> 00:16:48,085 the profit of this on this. How much 443 00:16:48,085 --> 00:16:48,585 more 444 00:16:49,125 --> 00:16:50,024 they're challenged? 445 00:16:51,205 --> 00:16:51,705 And 446 00:16:54,009 --> 00:16:56,250 Delta Compass is pricing through a partnership with 447 00:16:56,250 --> 00:16:58,250 Fetch, a six year old Israeli company that 448 00:16:58,250 --> 00:17:02,009 also counts Azul, WestJet, Virgin Atlantic, and Veeva 449 00:17:02,009 --> 00:17:02,509 Airbus 450 00:17:03,370 --> 00:17:05,529 as clients and has its sights to set 451 00:17:05,529 --> 00:17:06,430 beyond flying. 452 00:17:07,195 --> 00:17:09,035 So in other words, they're gonna know everything 453 00:17:09,035 --> 00:17:09,855 about us, 454 00:17:10,555 --> 00:17:12,494 hotels, car rentals, cruises. 455 00:17:12,795 --> 00:17:14,715 What can you afford to pay? That's what 456 00:17:14,715 --> 00:17:16,414 we're going to charge you. 457 00:17:23,850 --> 00:17:25,549 This is definitely predatory, 458 00:17:28,009 --> 00:17:30,110 and congress needs to step in. 459 00:17:30,904 --> 00:17:32,924 There needs to be fair pricing for all. 460 00:17:34,424 --> 00:17:35,164 There can't 461 00:17:35,944 --> 00:17:38,444 be fair there can't be pricing based upon 462 00:17:39,144 --> 00:17:40,284 a geo or 463 00:17:40,744 --> 00:17:41,244 other 464 00:17:41,625 --> 00:17:44,204 standards. In one price for everyone, 465 00:17:44,825 --> 00:17:45,964 set it, compete. 466 00:17:47,980 --> 00:17:50,220 I this is something Congress is gonna have 467 00:17:50,220 --> 00:17:52,859 to get involved in. There is a mention 468 00:17:52,859 --> 00:17:54,380 of a couple of senators say that they're 469 00:17:54,380 --> 00:17:56,240 not gonna allow them to do this. 470 00:17:56,859 --> 00:17:58,240 Senator Ruben Gallego, 471 00:18:00,325 --> 00:18:02,164 Democrat of Arizona said, I'm not gonna let 472 00:18:02,164 --> 00:18:03,845 them get away with this. I agree with 473 00:18:03,845 --> 00:18:04,345 this. 474 00:18:05,684 --> 00:18:07,945 This is this is this is horrible 475 00:18:08,485 --> 00:18:09,225 for consumers. 476 00:18:10,404 --> 00:18:11,700 Even it's $20, 477 00:18:11,940 --> 00:18:13,399 $50, 478 00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:15,000 again and again and again and 479 00:18:15,460 --> 00:18:16,899 again, the next thing you know, you paid 480 00:18:16,899 --> 00:18:18,899 an extra thousand dollars for stuff that other 481 00:18:18,899 --> 00:18:20,359 people didn't pay for. 482 00:18:22,179 --> 00:18:24,039 And the move that should not become surprising 483 00:18:24,339 --> 00:18:25,539 with the way things are going in the 484 00:18:25,539 --> 00:18:27,380 world right now, the FCC plans to ban 485 00:18:27,380 --> 00:18:29,055 Chinese technology and underseas 486 00:18:29,515 --> 00:18:30,015 cables. 487 00:18:31,035 --> 00:18:33,195 The commission believes the move will secure critical 488 00:18:33,195 --> 00:18:33,695 infrastructure. 489 00:18:35,595 --> 00:18:37,455 So, basically, the FCC, 490 00:18:38,955 --> 00:18:41,115 the proposed rule will apply to any company 491 00:18:41,115 --> 00:18:44,359 at FCC's existing list of entities opposing acceptable 492 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,299 risk to national security of The United States. 493 00:18:48,039 --> 00:18:48,539 So, 494 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,880 big, big, big decision there. Hey. By the 495 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:52,380 way, 496 00:18:53,975 --> 00:18:55,595 if you're not following my Facebook, 497 00:18:56,455 --> 00:18:58,634 I posted a picture on my Facebook page 498 00:18:59,575 --> 00:19:00,075 showing 499 00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:04,055 orange lines being painted in front of where 500 00:19:04,055 --> 00:19:05,035 I live in Michigan. 501 00:19:05,799 --> 00:19:07,480 I don't know if you remember me talking 502 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,420 about it, but I saw fiber, 503 00:19:10,759 --> 00:19:12,059 being dug in, 504 00:19:12,599 --> 00:19:14,920 about five miles away from my house about 505 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,920 a month, month and a half ago. I 506 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:18,700 had stopped and asked the 507 00:19:19,494 --> 00:19:21,095 folks what they were doing and found out 508 00:19:21,095 --> 00:19:23,835 it was Frontier that is putting in fiber. 509 00:19:24,615 --> 00:19:27,015 And lo and behold, they're gonna put fiber 510 00:19:27,015 --> 00:19:29,255 down the road I live on. Hell has 511 00:19:29,255 --> 00:19:30,954 frozen over, ladies and gentlemen. 512 00:19:31,494 --> 00:19:32,954 I mean, this this is, 513 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,419 I never I never thought it would happen. 514 00:19:36,799 --> 00:19:39,519 I'll be honest with you. If if if 515 00:19:39,519 --> 00:19:41,759 you'd if I had a bet $10,000 516 00:19:41,759 --> 00:19:43,599 that fiber would not have come down my 517 00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:44,099 road, 518 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,244 I would have won that bet all day 519 00:19:46,244 --> 00:19:47,845 long, but I've I lost it the other 520 00:19:47,845 --> 00:19:49,704 day because they're gonna bring fiber 521 00:19:50,325 --> 00:19:52,005 down my road. So what it is is 522 00:19:52,005 --> 00:19:54,025 if you imagine a North South Road 523 00:19:54,325 --> 00:19:56,164 as a main traverse road, that's where I 524 00:19:56,164 --> 00:19:57,464 saw the fiber going. 525 00:19:57,845 --> 00:19:58,505 And then 526 00:19:59,080 --> 00:19:59,900 you get to 527 00:20:00,519 --> 00:20:02,059 a a road that turns east. 528 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,720 That road has a high density of homes 529 00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:06,299 on it. 530 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:09,100 And then, again, turn south, 531 00:20:09,799 --> 00:20:12,519 and that goes by my house and go 532 00:20:12,519 --> 00:20:14,059 up to the next road. And, again, 533 00:20:15,224 --> 00:20:16,684 go west again 534 00:20:17,065 --> 00:20:19,404 and go back and meet the main intersection. 535 00:20:20,105 --> 00:20:21,244 So they've purposely 536 00:20:22,505 --> 00:20:25,085 included my area in the 537 00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:26,924 in the dig path. 538 00:20:27,710 --> 00:20:28,210 And, 539 00:20:30,190 --> 00:20:30,690 so 540 00:20:31,789 --> 00:20:32,690 I I just 541 00:20:33,230 --> 00:20:34,529 I'm holding my breath. 542 00:20:34,990 --> 00:20:36,589 I'll believe it when I see it and 543 00:20:36,589 --> 00:20:38,750 when I get the some notification that I 544 00:20:38,750 --> 00:20:39,809 can order this, 545 00:20:41,105 --> 00:20:43,284 they sign me up yesterday. 546 00:20:44,065 --> 00:20:45,605 I mean, my goodness. 547 00:20:46,144 --> 00:20:48,464 I love Starlink, but can I imagine having 548 00:20:48,464 --> 00:20:50,784 one gig up, one gig down with fiber 549 00:20:50,784 --> 00:20:52,164 out in the boondocks? 550 00:20:53,264 --> 00:20:54,325 It's it's really, 551 00:20:55,820 --> 00:20:56,640 I'm astonished. 552 00:20:57,180 --> 00:20:58,859 And I guess I'll have to give credit 553 00:20:58,859 --> 00:21:01,099 where credit's due. Frontier really makes this happen 554 00:21:01,099 --> 00:21:01,920 and it works. 555 00:21:04,059 --> 00:21:04,559 Hallelujah. 556 00:21:06,140 --> 00:21:06,960 For sure. 557 00:21:08,795 --> 00:21:11,515 The new Samsung trifold has leaked and may 558 00:21:11,515 --> 00:21:14,414 have revealed its launch window and official name. 559 00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:17,994 Three months away from the Samsung trifold launch, 560 00:21:17,994 --> 00:21:18,894 the name Galaxy 561 00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:21,615 z trifold has been trademarked by Samsung, 562 00:21:22,099 --> 00:21:24,099 and they've been teasing the phone since, 563 00:21:24,580 --> 00:21:26,119 January. 564 00:21:26,580 --> 00:21:28,660 So one that flips over and one that 565 00:21:28,660 --> 00:21:29,160 folds 566 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:30,200 double. 567 00:21:31,859 --> 00:21:32,359 So 568 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:34,279 is this the same phone 569 00:21:34,974 --> 00:21:35,474 Or 570 00:21:35,855 --> 00:21:37,474 yes. Gotta be. No. 571 00:21:37,934 --> 00:21:38,994 Two different models. 572 00:21:39,694 --> 00:21:40,194 So, 573 00:21:40,894 --> 00:21:42,014 look forward to that, 574 00:21:42,494 --> 00:21:44,194 coming coming your way. 575 00:21:45,934 --> 00:21:47,875 There's lots of lots of, 576 00:21:48,255 --> 00:21:50,809 oh my god. The the Earth is falling 577 00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:51,710 about NASA. 578 00:21:53,289 --> 00:21:56,250 Even it cut Trump's defunding of NASA would 579 00:21:56,250 --> 00:21:58,650 be catastrophic. This comes from an engagit who 580 00:21:58,650 --> 00:21:59,950 absolutely hates Trump. 581 00:22:02,315 --> 00:22:04,394 They're saying this is probably the most uncertain 582 00:22:04,394 --> 00:22:06,474 future NASA's face and maybe since the end 583 00:22:06,474 --> 00:22:08,634 of Apollo, Casey Dreyer tells me over the 584 00:22:08,634 --> 00:22:11,115 phone. Dreyer's the chief of space policy at 585 00:22:11,115 --> 00:22:12,815 the Planetary Society, a nonprofit, 586 00:22:13,275 --> 00:22:15,535 advocates for the exploration study of space. 587 00:22:16,980 --> 00:22:19,539 On July 10, the Senate Appropriations Committee discussed 588 00:22:19,539 --> 00:22:20,599 the proposed federal 589 00:22:21,059 --> 00:22:24,039 commerce, justice, and science budget for 2026, 590 00:22:25,059 --> 00:22:25,559 and 591 00:22:27,700 --> 00:22:30,920 they're talking about dropping it by 24%. 592 00:22:31,525 --> 00:22:33,224 So that's that's a pretty big 593 00:22:33,684 --> 00:22:34,825 pretty big whack. 594 00:22:35,285 --> 00:22:37,785 But how much of that would be, 595 00:22:38,244 --> 00:22:39,384 you know, their big, 596 00:22:40,644 --> 00:22:43,045 their big program that hasn't had much success? 597 00:22:43,045 --> 00:22:44,964 I'm sure that would be a big part 598 00:22:44,964 --> 00:22:47,065 of it. You show success, you get 599 00:22:47,660 --> 00:22:50,079 you get money. You show being slow 600 00:22:50,700 --> 00:22:53,099 and and NASA is slow as molasses when 601 00:22:53,099 --> 00:22:55,279 it comes to Artemis and everything else 602 00:22:55,740 --> 00:22:57,599 and, of course, with their spacecraft 603 00:22:57,980 --> 00:22:58,480 that 604 00:23:00,154 --> 00:23:02,795 that they're putting on it. So I I 605 00:23:02,795 --> 00:23:03,615 think that, 606 00:23:04,394 --> 00:23:06,554 you know, you gotta do good things to 607 00:23:06,554 --> 00:23:06,954 get, 608 00:23:07,674 --> 00:23:09,275 to get money. And the question is, are 609 00:23:09,275 --> 00:23:10,494 they doing good things? 610 00:23:12,390 --> 00:23:15,110 Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta bigwigs have agreed 611 00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:16,950 to a settlement in a $8,000,000,000 612 00:23:16,950 --> 00:23:17,450 lawsuit. 613 00:23:19,190 --> 00:23:21,110 So they just settled agree it to end 614 00:23:21,110 --> 00:23:23,210 a trial that sought 8,000,000,000 in damages. 615 00:23:24,034 --> 00:23:27,075 And Zuckerberg and others were actually paying out 616 00:23:27,075 --> 00:23:28,054 to made a shareholders 617 00:23:28,355 --> 00:23:29,575 as a recompense 618 00:23:30,194 --> 00:23:33,335 for damnly alleged caused by allowing repeated violations 619 00:23:33,394 --> 00:23:34,534 of Facebook user 620 00:23:35,075 --> 00:23:35,575 privacy. 621 00:23:36,755 --> 00:23:37,255 So 622 00:23:38,759 --> 00:23:41,500 again a big settlement here for abusing 623 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:43,340 users privacy 624 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,320 if you've got an older MacBook Google soon 625 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:48,700 dropping Chrome for 626 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,140 Macs that are only up to 627 00:23:53,095 --> 00:23:55,335 while the company's quietly dropped new news in 628 00:23:55,335 --> 00:23:55,994 a post. 629 00:23:56,615 --> 00:23:58,534 Chrome one thirty eight, the current version of 630 00:23:58,534 --> 00:24:00,375 Chrome, will be the last to support Mac 631 00:24:00,375 --> 00:24:01,355 OS 11, 632 00:24:02,054 --> 00:24:02,674 also known as Big Sur. Once Google launches 633 00:24:02,674 --> 00:24:02,754 one thirty nine, it will only be able 634 00:24:02,764 --> 00:24:03,755 running on Macs 635 00:24:04,789 --> 00:24:06,789 Google launches one thirty nine, it will only 636 00:24:06,789 --> 00:24:10,069 be able, running on Mac OS 12 or 637 00:24:10,069 --> 00:24:10,569 newer. 638 00:24:11,190 --> 00:24:12,789 So if you were still running a Mac 639 00:24:12,789 --> 00:24:15,130 OS 11, you've got your last update 640 00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:16,649 of Chrome. 641 00:24:17,875 --> 00:24:18,855 So be aware. 642 00:24:19,315 --> 00:24:21,075 An Armenian man has been tracked at The 643 00:24:21,075 --> 00:24:24,115 United States over the the r y u 644 00:24:24,115 --> 00:24:26,134 k Rook ransomware attacks. 645 00:24:27,875 --> 00:24:30,409 So, basically, this individual was arrested in Kiev 646 00:24:30,409 --> 00:24:32,169 in April and was extradited to The United 647 00:24:32,169 --> 00:24:33,470 States on June 18. 648 00:24:34,329 --> 00:24:36,669 And the 33 year old suspect is involved 649 00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:38,890 in the ransomware attacks and been arrested and 650 00:24:38,890 --> 00:24:39,390 extradited. 651 00:24:40,169 --> 00:24:42,190 And his public was just made 652 00:24:42,730 --> 00:24:44,509 his his identity was made public 653 00:24:45,355 --> 00:24:47,434 recently. He's facing three years of 654 00:24:48,154 --> 00:24:49,534 five years in prison, 655 00:24:49,835 --> 00:24:52,075 three years of super release, and a fine 656 00:24:52,075 --> 00:24:53,434 of 250,000 657 00:24:53,434 --> 00:24:54,734 on each count. 658 00:24:55,835 --> 00:24:56,234 So, 659 00:24:56,634 --> 00:24:58,794 two other individuals have been named but they 660 00:24:58,794 --> 00:25:00,799 are still at large. 661 00:25:01,819 --> 00:25:02,220 And, 662 00:25:02,940 --> 00:25:04,299 he was part of a gang that, 663 00:25:05,659 --> 00:25:07,659 invoked over a $100,000,000 664 00:25:07,659 --> 00:25:08,480 in ransomware, 665 00:25:09,659 --> 00:25:10,159 demands. 666 00:25:10,859 --> 00:25:12,619 If you have a Fitbit, it's no longer 667 00:25:12,619 --> 00:25:13,119 offline. 668 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:16,015 But if you are still having issues, there's 669 00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:17,455 an article here on how to get your 670 00:25:17,455 --> 00:25:20,674 Fitbit online and get your status updated. 671 00:25:21,535 --> 00:25:21,934 So, 672 00:25:22,335 --> 00:25:24,994 again, it was offline for a few hours. 673 00:25:25,215 --> 00:25:26,835 You know, this is an issue, 674 00:25:27,855 --> 00:25:28,595 in where 675 00:25:29,039 --> 00:25:29,539 even 676 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:31,220 me 677 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,080 and or even I and what I do 678 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,519 at my company, we have a plug in 679 00:25:35,519 --> 00:25:36,980 for WordPress. If Blueberry 680 00:25:37,519 --> 00:25:38,019 vanishes 681 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,400 and I pull the plug in all service, 682 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,480 the plug in keeps on working. People aren't 683 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,605 left high in drive. They don't have extinction 684 00:25:44,605 --> 00:25:45,105 events. 685 00:25:45,964 --> 00:25:47,664 So all these devices that 686 00:25:47,964 --> 00:25:48,704 just die 687 00:25:49,484 --> 00:25:50,625 because of 688 00:25:51,164 --> 00:25:53,164 a server going down, there should be some 689 00:25:53,164 --> 00:25:53,664 fallback. 690 00:25:54,924 --> 00:25:56,220 It really, really should. 691 00:25:57,179 --> 00:26:00,140 So over 1,000,000 records, another hack from US 692 00:26:00,140 --> 00:26:02,799 adoption organizations been left exposed online. 693 00:26:03,339 --> 00:26:04,960 And, again, another unprotected 694 00:26:05,419 --> 00:26:07,200 database, 1,100,000 695 00:26:07,419 --> 00:26:07,919 records, 696 00:26:09,275 --> 00:26:10,815 which is just ridiculous. 697 00:26:11,914 --> 00:26:13,994 The records include names of children, birth parents, 698 00:26:13,994 --> 00:26:16,015 adopted parents, employers, and leads. 699 00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:18,714 Besides the names, there are also phone numbers, 700 00:26:18,714 --> 00:26:21,434 post addresses, information about birth fathers, and data 701 00:26:21,434 --> 00:26:23,819 on whether people were approved or denied become 702 00:26:23,819 --> 00:26:26,240 an adoptive parent. Isn't that just lovely? 703 00:26:27,819 --> 00:26:29,579 Don't say data can and will be used 704 00:26:29,579 --> 00:26:30,880 against you because it will. 705 00:26:31,419 --> 00:26:31,919 ExpressVPN 706 00:26:32,380 --> 00:26:35,359 now offers service in all 50 United States, 707 00:26:36,125 --> 00:26:36,625 And, 708 00:26:37,725 --> 00:26:39,725 so that's better coverage for you if you're 709 00:26:39,725 --> 00:26:40,465 an ExpressVPN 710 00:26:40,845 --> 00:26:42,605 member. If you live in Michigan, you can 711 00:26:42,605 --> 00:26:44,144 connect to the server in Detroit. 712 00:26:44,605 --> 00:26:46,384 If you live in, 713 00:26:47,325 --> 00:26:49,920 California, you've got three server choices. So again, 714 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,579 all kinds of options for you for your 715 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:54,500 VPN with ExpressVPN. 716 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:56,720 Of course, there's been a little bit of 717 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,339 a tic tac going on between 718 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,299 Elon's been posting things about their 719 00:27:01,679 --> 00:27:02,500 quote unquote 720 00:27:05,184 --> 00:27:07,505 penis joke for Austin. I don't know if 721 00:27:07,505 --> 00:27:08,865 you guys are aware of it, but he 722 00:27:08,865 --> 00:27:10,404 drew the map where their, 723 00:27:11,265 --> 00:27:13,904 where their service was available and then Waymo 724 00:27:13,904 --> 00:27:15,684 came back and behind said, well, 725 00:27:16,784 --> 00:27:19,044 our our coverage areas is much bigger. 726 00:27:19,639 --> 00:27:20,779 So it's just 727 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:21,980 so 728 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:23,980 so childish. 729 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,799 I definitely got headlines. Right? Very rare talking 730 00:27:27,799 --> 00:27:28,539 about it. 731 00:27:29,159 --> 00:27:31,259 You know, so I guess it was effective. 732 00:27:32,054 --> 00:27:34,134 Reddit is also back online after a brief 733 00:27:34,134 --> 00:27:36,315 outage. The company told the 734 00:27:36,934 --> 00:27:38,714 that an update caused the issue. 735 00:27:39,255 --> 00:27:39,755 So, 736 00:27:40,294 --> 00:27:42,694 they're back online. They were off for about 737 00:27:42,694 --> 00:27:43,434 an hour. 738 00:27:43,980 --> 00:27:44,480 So 739 00:27:45,740 --> 00:27:47,900 if you're a Reddit user, be aware of 740 00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:48,400 that. 741 00:27:50,059 --> 00:27:50,559 GBoard 742 00:27:51,419 --> 00:27:54,059 may soon offer smarter voice typing and editing 743 00:27:54,059 --> 00:27:56,380 with AI integration. I don't even know what 744 00:27:56,380 --> 00:27:57,440 GBoard is. 745 00:27:58,325 --> 00:28:00,404 Says Google is developing a new AI powered 746 00:28:00,404 --> 00:28:02,884 voice typing and editing feature for g board. 747 00:28:02,884 --> 00:28:05,444 It's a virtual keyboard, which could significantly enhance 748 00:28:05,444 --> 00:28:07,224 how user interact with text 749 00:28:07,525 --> 00:28:09,765 without needing to touch their phones. This upcoming 750 00:28:09,765 --> 00:28:12,349 feature would appear part of Google's broader push 751 00:28:12,349 --> 00:28:14,990 to integrate AI and context aware tools into 752 00:28:14,990 --> 00:28:17,569 its app. So I guess it's a 753 00:28:18,669 --> 00:28:19,730 typing application. 754 00:28:20,669 --> 00:28:24,269 So anyone use Gboard? I'm absolutely not familiar 755 00:28:24,269 --> 00:28:24,929 with it. 756 00:28:26,075 --> 00:28:27,835 I don't know why this is important, but 757 00:28:27,835 --> 00:28:28,894 the new, 758 00:28:30,315 --> 00:28:30,974 the new 759 00:28:31,755 --> 00:28:33,855 100,000 pages tax law 760 00:28:34,234 --> 00:28:37,434 keeps Bill Gates nuclear data center dreams alive. 761 00:28:37,434 --> 00:28:39,055 I didn't know Bill Gates had nuclear 762 00:28:39,940 --> 00:28:41,640 data center dreams at all. 763 00:28:43,859 --> 00:28:46,580 But, apparently, this budget bill slashed many mature 764 00:28:46,580 --> 00:28:47,720 clean energy initiatives, 765 00:28:48,100 --> 00:28:50,340 but Bill Gates is less worried since new 766 00:28:50,340 --> 00:28:52,359 nuclear incentives, including those 767 00:28:52,934 --> 00:28:53,674 his TerraPower 768 00:28:53,974 --> 00:28:55,755 venture will leverage have survived. 769 00:28:56,934 --> 00:28:57,434 So, 770 00:28:58,454 --> 00:29:00,714 you know, maybe it's smart. We need 771 00:29:01,335 --> 00:29:02,075 we need 772 00:29:03,414 --> 00:29:05,115 nuclear power. We're we're 773 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:07,420 we're crazy. We're not building 774 00:29:07,799 --> 00:29:09,960 a nuclear powers as a nuclear power plants 775 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,299 as fast as we can. We really are. 776 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,500 That's my personal opinion. We we have a 777 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:16,940 major major 778 00:29:17,894 --> 00:29:18,955 shortage on electricity, 779 00:29:19,575 --> 00:29:22,375 and, you know, this AI and everything else 780 00:29:22,375 --> 00:29:24,394 in data centers is is not helping. 781 00:29:25,335 --> 00:29:27,414 Intel is swinging the ax again. It's, 782 00:29:28,455 --> 00:29:30,875 basically putting 5,000 people out of work, 783 00:29:31,410 --> 00:29:34,049 and they're letting back office staff are being 784 00:29:34,049 --> 00:29:34,789 let go. 785 00:29:35,410 --> 00:29:38,070 And, apparently, that mood is very pessimistic, 786 00:29:39,330 --> 00:29:39,830 about 787 00:29:40,210 --> 00:29:41,029 this chop, 788 00:29:41,330 --> 00:29:43,269 but they've just gotta cut cost, 789 00:29:43,714 --> 00:29:46,595 and they gotta get lean. And, they gotta 790 00:29:46,595 --> 00:29:48,134 stay stay in business. 791 00:29:49,315 --> 00:29:49,815 So, 792 00:29:53,634 --> 00:29:56,455 you know, they spent billions on share buyback 793 00:29:56,940 --> 00:29:59,599 to support the stock price and fat dividends, 794 00:30:00,460 --> 00:30:00,960 but, 795 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:03,659 they didn't invest in new technology. Now they're 796 00:30:03,659 --> 00:30:06,139 buying. And The US chips legislation was supposed 797 00:30:06,139 --> 00:30:07,579 to pump billions in the semi in the 798 00:30:07,579 --> 00:30:09,500 country and do this to bring manufacturing back 799 00:30:09,500 --> 00:30:10,559 is now in doubt. 800 00:30:12,664 --> 00:30:15,625 So, yeah, maybe maybe time to sell Intel 801 00:30:15,625 --> 00:30:16,125 stock. 802 00:30:17,225 --> 00:30:20,345 Uber's latest robotaxi plan involves 20,000 803 00:30:20,345 --> 00:30:21,404 Lucid EVs. 804 00:30:22,424 --> 00:30:22,924 And, 805 00:30:23,384 --> 00:30:26,045 so they're investing 100 millions in Nuro 806 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,460 and Lucid, 807 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,519 the latest step of the company's plans to 808 00:30:29,519 --> 00:30:32,160 build an extensive robotaxi program. In other words, 809 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:33,599 getting rid of all of you that are 810 00:30:33,599 --> 00:30:34,420 Uber driving. 811 00:30:35,039 --> 00:30:37,440 They don't want you they're gonna take your 812 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:38,820 money away. They don't want 813 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,059 people making money on Uber. 814 00:30:41,505 --> 00:30:43,924 They just want the cars to drive themselves. 815 00:30:45,984 --> 00:30:48,704 US authors that are suing Anthropic can band 816 00:30:48,704 --> 00:30:50,945 together in a copyright class action a judge 817 00:30:50,945 --> 00:30:53,025 has ruled. So this is a major major 818 00:30:53,025 --> 00:30:53,525 major 819 00:30:55,169 --> 00:30:56,549 deal for these folks 820 00:30:56,929 --> 00:30:58,309 and being able to 821 00:30:58,690 --> 00:30:59,909 put this in a class. 822 00:31:00,609 --> 00:31:03,250 US District Judge William Alsop said the authors 823 00:31:03,250 --> 00:31:05,650 can bring a class action on behalf of 824 00:31:05,650 --> 00:31:08,609 all US writers who works Anthropic allegedly downloaded 825 00:31:08,609 --> 00:31:09,829 from Pirate Libraries, 826 00:31:10,264 --> 00:31:10,764 Libgen, 827 00:31:11,464 --> 00:31:13,304 and p I l I m I to 828 00:31:13,304 --> 00:31:15,325 create a repository of millions of book. 829 00:31:16,024 --> 00:31:16,524 So, 830 00:31:18,024 --> 00:31:20,444 they say they may have downloaded his 7,000,000 831 00:31:20,585 --> 00:31:21,884 books, probably more. 832 00:31:24,299 --> 00:31:26,619 SpaceX launches just about going seems like every 833 00:31:26,619 --> 00:31:28,059 day here every two or three days they've 834 00:31:28,059 --> 00:31:30,220 already done a 100 launches or more this 835 00:31:30,220 --> 00:31:30,720 year. 836 00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:33,500 So, they just had another launch that and 837 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:34,299 they do a lot of, 838 00:31:34,940 --> 00:31:35,440 SpaceX, 839 00:31:35,900 --> 00:31:37,599 Starlink came out with a 840 00:31:37,904 --> 00:31:38,404 statement. 841 00:31:38,705 --> 00:31:40,545 I talk about their network speeds and how 842 00:31:40,545 --> 00:31:41,365 they're increasing 843 00:31:41,664 --> 00:31:42,565 and also 844 00:31:43,744 --> 00:31:45,045 discussing on how, 845 00:31:47,505 --> 00:31:49,825 they're putting in more polar orbits for those 846 00:31:49,825 --> 00:31:50,965 of you that are 847 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,640 in Alaska to be able to get better 848 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:54,140 coverage. 849 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,279 This next article continues to blow my mind 850 00:31:58,279 --> 00:31:59,980 in in quite a big way that 851 00:32:00,359 --> 00:32:02,599 the twenty twenty five crypto crime mid year 852 00:32:02,599 --> 00:32:03,099 update 853 00:32:04,394 --> 00:32:05,215 get this, 854 00:32:06,394 --> 00:32:09,275 with over $2,170,000,000 855 00:32:09,275 --> 00:32:12,795 stoned stolen. $2,170,000,000 856 00:32:12,795 --> 00:32:13,855 stolen for cryptocurrency 857 00:32:14,634 --> 00:32:16,495 so far in 2025. 858 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,799 This year is more devastating the entirety of 859 00:32:18,799 --> 00:32:19,860 2024. 860 00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,019 February. 861 00:32:23,119 --> 00:32:24,500 Whose money is that? 862 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,539 You know, you don't hear stories 863 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,779 of people that have been devastated 864 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:30,580 through 865 00:32:30,984 --> 00:32:33,005 crypto wallet losses or anything. 866 00:32:33,704 --> 00:32:35,884 Who's losing all this cash? 867 00:32:38,984 --> 00:32:40,764 That's that's an amazing 868 00:32:41,065 --> 00:32:41,565 number. 869 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,000 Personal wallet compromises now resent represent a growing 870 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,179 share of total ecosystem theft 871 00:32:50,599 --> 00:32:53,019 with attackers increasingly targeting individuals, 872 00:32:54,119 --> 00:32:56,279 excuse me, making up 23.35 873 00:32:56,279 --> 00:32:57,740 of all stolen funds. 874 00:32:59,734 --> 00:33:02,634 Physical violence or cohesion attacks are also 875 00:33:03,734 --> 00:33:04,234 growing. 876 00:33:05,815 --> 00:33:07,355 So if you've got crypto, 877 00:33:07,654 --> 00:33:09,515 don't advertise that you have crypto. 878 00:33:10,390 --> 00:33:11,829 You need to keep that on the down 879 00:33:11,829 --> 00:33:12,329 low. 880 00:33:15,029 --> 00:33:17,529 Another big company has given up on hydrogen, 881 00:33:17,750 --> 00:33:18,250 Stellantis. 882 00:33:18,549 --> 00:33:19,929 They've thrown in the towel, 883 00:33:21,109 --> 00:33:23,529 just before the production was about to start. 884 00:33:24,115 --> 00:33:27,634 And again, Stellantis, the automotive giant behind Chrysler, 885 00:33:27,634 --> 00:33:29,575 Citroen, Fiat, Jeep, and, 886 00:33:30,034 --> 00:33:30,534 Bugo 887 00:33:31,234 --> 00:33:32,774 I probably pronounced that wrong. 888 00:33:33,154 --> 00:33:34,694 Is pulling out of hydrogen. 889 00:33:36,210 --> 00:33:38,630 Said in face of limited availability of hydrogen 890 00:33:38,690 --> 00:33:40,549 refueling infrastructure. Duh. 891 00:33:41,009 --> 00:33:43,029 How about electric recharging infrastructure, 892 00:33:43,409 --> 00:33:45,970 high capital requirements, and need for stronger consumer 893 00:33:45,970 --> 00:33:48,464 purchasing incentive? To put it another way, it's 894 00:33:48,464 --> 00:33:51,345 realized hydrogen facing the same set challenge it's 895 00:33:51,345 --> 00:33:53,285 not been able to overcome in the last 896 00:33:53,505 --> 00:33:55,044 two or three decades. 897 00:33:55,505 --> 00:33:56,804 I think in my lifetime, 898 00:33:58,464 --> 00:33:59,204 I saw 899 00:33:59,505 --> 00:34:00,804 most of my hydrogen 900 00:34:01,105 --> 00:34:03,365 fill stations on military bases. 901 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,660 I've seen one or two in the wild, 902 00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:08,900 in all of my travels. 903 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,920 For those of you that watch the wear 904 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,400 the Google Pixel watch, the the the Pixel 905 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,239 watch four is rumored to be supporting a 906 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:19,059 bigger battery, 907 00:34:19,664 --> 00:34:21,344 but many are hoping it's not just a 908 00:34:21,344 --> 00:34:23,605 brighter screen in on device AI. 909 00:34:24,224 --> 00:34:25,184 So we'll see. 910 00:34:26,304 --> 00:34:29,105 Bigger battery, longer use. It's always well. I 911 00:34:29,105 --> 00:34:31,125 noticed that my Apple Watch now, 912 00:34:32,065 --> 00:34:33,824 I don't know what gen it is. I've 913 00:34:33,824 --> 00:34:34,804 had it for 914 00:34:36,210 --> 00:34:37,429 maybe four or five years. 915 00:34:37,809 --> 00:34:40,849 It's starting to not hold its charge as 916 00:34:40,849 --> 00:34:42,530 well as it it used to. I I 917 00:34:42,530 --> 00:34:45,250 probably should look around. Still in beautiful shape. 918 00:34:45,250 --> 00:34:47,570 There's no no chips or anything on it. 919 00:34:47,570 --> 00:34:49,110 No damages. So maybe 920 00:34:49,574 --> 00:34:51,094 there's a service out there where I can 921 00:34:51,094 --> 00:34:52,654 get the battery replaced. That would be kind 922 00:34:52,654 --> 00:34:53,275 of cool. 923 00:34:53,574 --> 00:34:55,335 Maybe Apple does it. I don't know. I've 924 00:34:55,335 --> 00:34:57,974 never investigated that. Have any of you done 925 00:34:57,974 --> 00:34:59,335 that? If you have, I'd love to hear 926 00:34:59,335 --> 00:35:02,714 from you. Geeknews@gmail.com. 927 00:35:04,139 --> 00:35:06,159 How many of you have kids playing Roblox? 928 00:35:06,859 --> 00:35:09,179 Roblox is now gonna require a facial scan 929 00:35:09,179 --> 00:35:12,059 or government ID to have unfiltered chats. Teens 930 00:35:12,059 --> 00:35:14,079 will have to prove they're older than 13 931 00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:16,940 and make crusted connections they can chat more 932 00:35:16,940 --> 00:35:18,400 freely with. That's good. 933 00:35:20,184 --> 00:35:22,184 They're gonna have a new age estimation tool 934 00:35:22,184 --> 00:35:23,724 to verify they're over 13. 935 00:35:24,184 --> 00:35:25,005 But, you know, 936 00:35:25,545 --> 00:35:27,405 how are you gonna tell that with kids? 937 00:35:28,905 --> 00:35:29,885 Facial scans? 938 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:31,840 I know a lot of I know a 939 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:32,360 lot of, 940 00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,720 kids now that look a lot older than 941 00:35:35,720 --> 00:35:36,460 they are. 942 00:35:38,519 --> 00:35:39,420 Maybe not. 943 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:42,860 We'll see. We'll see 944 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:46,244 how this, how this works out. But most 945 00:35:46,244 --> 00:35:48,585 13 year olds also don't have an ID. 946 00:35:49,605 --> 00:35:51,385 So that's another one too. 947 00:35:52,324 --> 00:35:54,804 There's a article here on SFGate talking about 948 00:35:54,964 --> 00:35:57,045 and it's interesting. It's interesting title. It says 949 00:35:57,045 --> 00:35:57,545 someone 950 00:35:58,260 --> 00:35:59,800 someone's always watching. 951 00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:03,159 Gen z is spying on each other. 952 00:36:03,940 --> 00:36:06,659 Teens 20 and something are embracing location sharing 953 00:36:06,659 --> 00:36:08,739 to see where their friends are instantly. Is 954 00:36:08,739 --> 00:36:10,119 that a bad thing? 955 00:36:15,234 --> 00:36:16,534 That just sends 956 00:36:17,074 --> 00:36:17,815 a little 957 00:36:18,275 --> 00:36:20,694 tingle down my spine saying no. 958 00:36:28,449 --> 00:36:29,349 Do you want 959 00:36:31,969 --> 00:36:34,664 your friends to always know where you're at? 960 00:36:34,905 --> 00:36:37,465 And what happens when your friends lose their 961 00:36:37,465 --> 00:36:39,885 phone and they know where you're at? 962 00:36:45,945 --> 00:36:46,684 You know, 963 00:36:46,985 --> 00:36:48,525 I don't always want, 964 00:36:48,909 --> 00:36:50,750 and I don't want it's just as an 965 00:36:50,750 --> 00:36:51,250 adult, 966 00:36:51,949 --> 00:36:54,690 you know. Okay. So here's my mom. 967 00:36:56,670 --> 00:36:59,650 She loves to know where my sister is, 968 00:37:00,429 --> 00:37:02,190 when my brother in law's on the way 969 00:37:02,190 --> 00:37:05,025 home to estimate, you know, when they're gonna 970 00:37:05,025 --> 00:37:06,625 eat, you know, a whole bunch of other 971 00:37:06,625 --> 00:37:07,125 things. 972 00:37:08,144 --> 00:37:10,644 One of my nieces shares her location, 973 00:37:11,105 --> 00:37:12,704 and my mom has always asked me to 974 00:37:12,704 --> 00:37:14,464 share my location with her. And I'm like, 975 00:37:14,464 --> 00:37:15,984 mom, I give you the address. I tell 976 00:37:15,984 --> 00:37:18,144 you where I'm at. You've got my you 977 00:37:18,144 --> 00:37:19,364 know, it's, 978 00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:22,260 you know, probably when I'm here in The 979 00:37:22,260 --> 00:37:23,559 Philippines, it maybe is 980 00:37:24,099 --> 00:37:24,599 more 981 00:37:25,140 --> 00:37:27,640 advisable. But when I'm home, I'm just like, 982 00:37:28,099 --> 00:37:29,000 I'm an adult. 983 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:33,300 And I knew I know she means well, 984 00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:35,324 and she doesn't care where I go or 985 00:37:35,324 --> 00:37:37,085 who I see or any of that stuff. 986 00:37:37,085 --> 00:37:38,465 It's not like that. But, 987 00:37:39,804 --> 00:37:41,105 again, I I just 988 00:37:41,405 --> 00:37:43,744 find it a little creepy, but, 989 00:37:44,204 --> 00:37:45,724 I don't know if I'd want my kids 990 00:37:45,724 --> 00:37:48,679 sharing their location with their other friends. But, 991 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:51,300 you know, unless you're really, really savvy, are 992 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:53,800 you gonna be able to to stop that? 993 00:37:55,699 --> 00:37:56,519 I don't know. 994 00:37:57,460 --> 00:37:59,699 Over in The Hollywood Reporter, they are really, 995 00:37:59,699 --> 00:38:01,699 really, really worried. Of course, I'm kinda funny 996 00:38:01,699 --> 00:38:04,375 here. You think they're advertising for certain, soda 997 00:38:04,835 --> 00:38:05,335 brand? 998 00:38:05,715 --> 00:38:07,795 It's wrapped all around the article. I guess 999 00:38:07,795 --> 00:38:09,175 that's one way to, 1000 00:38:09,715 --> 00:38:10,375 to promote 1001 00:38:11,875 --> 00:38:12,534 a certain, 1002 00:38:14,355 --> 00:38:16,210 drink. I want and there's no they show 1003 00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:17,650 a burger on the screen too. So I 1004 00:38:17,650 --> 00:38:18,390 wonder if, 1005 00:38:19,329 --> 00:38:21,190 they're they're promoting a certain, 1006 00:38:23,010 --> 00:38:25,090 and I guess it's grilling when on your 1007 00:38:25,090 --> 00:38:27,489 own. But they're talking about the rise of 1008 00:38:27,489 --> 00:38:29,030 machines inside Hollywood's 1009 00:38:29,585 --> 00:38:31,924 AI civil war and how people are desperately 1010 00:38:32,065 --> 00:38:33,284 trying to claw back 1011 00:38:33,664 --> 00:38:35,684 and not have AI take over. 1012 00:38:36,304 --> 00:38:38,545 And it talks about a startup that's doing 1013 00:38:38,545 --> 00:38:41,284 cool things with AI and hand generating 1014 00:38:42,539 --> 00:38:45,039 with these very very powerful tools, 1015 00:38:46,380 --> 00:38:48,320 scenes that look semi realistic. 1016 00:38:50,539 --> 00:38:52,940 But this is a really telling article of 1017 00:38:52,940 --> 00:38:54,699 where things are heading and probably is part 1018 00:38:54,699 --> 00:38:56,460 of the reason why YouTube is starting to 1019 00:38:56,460 --> 00:38:59,394 say, hey, You do AI generated content. You're 1020 00:38:59,394 --> 00:39:00,534 not going to get monetized. 1021 00:39:01,635 --> 00:39:03,255 We're going to pull down 1022 00:39:03,554 --> 00:39:04,694 repetitive content. 1023 00:39:05,074 --> 00:39:07,734 They're basically trying to stop the onslaught 1024 00:39:08,434 --> 00:39:08,934 of 1025 00:39:09,635 --> 00:39:10,135 slag. 1026 00:39:10,989 --> 00:39:12,690 I got another word for it. 1027 00:39:13,070 --> 00:39:15,090 Slag is what comes out of your 1028 00:39:15,550 --> 00:39:16,050 your, 1029 00:39:16,750 --> 00:39:18,050 your sewage pit. 1030 00:39:18,590 --> 00:39:20,769 You know, the slag that's on 1031 00:39:21,550 --> 00:39:24,450 YouTube these days is is gotten I think 1032 00:39:25,304 --> 00:39:27,625 probably one out of five videos I'm presented 1033 00:39:27,625 --> 00:39:28,125 in 1034 00:39:28,425 --> 00:39:30,125 to say you want to see this is 1035 00:39:30,344 --> 00:39:31,085 is slag. 1036 00:39:31,945 --> 00:39:33,565 I don't watch it. I downvote 1037 00:39:34,025 --> 00:39:34,844 it on purpose, 1038 00:39:35,945 --> 00:39:37,545 and I'm glad they're trying to get rid 1039 00:39:37,545 --> 00:39:39,109 of it. I hope YouTube makes the option 1040 00:39:39,109 --> 00:39:41,769 to be able to report AI generated content 1041 00:39:42,150 --> 00:39:43,849 so that you can report this slag and 1042 00:39:44,390 --> 00:39:46,410 and and creators are protected. 1043 00:39:46,869 --> 00:39:48,309 Maybe this is part of the same thing 1044 00:39:48,309 --> 00:39:49,610 on the Hollywood side 1045 00:39:49,910 --> 00:39:51,670 is we're gonna have to choose and pick 1046 00:39:51,670 --> 00:39:53,784 what we go watch and see if it 1047 00:39:53,784 --> 00:39:55,644 ends up being AI slag. 1048 00:39:57,144 --> 00:39:58,284 So time will tell. 1049 00:39:59,065 --> 00:40:00,125 Twitter co founder, 1050 00:40:00,824 --> 00:40:01,804 Jack Dorsey, 1051 00:40:02,905 --> 00:40:04,425 pumps $10,000,000 1052 00:40:04,425 --> 00:40:07,369 into a nonprofit focus on open source social 1053 00:40:07,369 --> 00:40:09,730 media course. Jack got his payout when Elon 1054 00:40:09,730 --> 00:40:10,389 bought it, 1055 00:40:10,690 --> 00:40:11,650 but he is, 1056 00:40:12,849 --> 00:40:15,190 coding new apps like BitChat and Sunday. 1057 00:40:15,969 --> 00:40:17,889 So he's put a lot of money into 1058 00:40:17,889 --> 00:40:20,614 little apps. We're probably trying to hit a 1059 00:40:20,614 --> 00:40:22,954 winner here, but, TechCrunch is 1060 00:40:23,974 --> 00:40:25,275 jacking his efforts. 1061 00:40:26,135 --> 00:40:28,614 Samsung's chairman is cleared a fraud by South 1062 00:40:28,614 --> 00:40:30,855 Korea's top court that this is removes legal 1063 00:40:30,855 --> 00:40:31,355 uncertainty 1064 00:40:31,655 --> 00:40:32,474 in surrounding 1065 00:40:32,934 --> 00:40:35,674 j y Lee, one of the richest people, 1066 00:40:37,309 --> 00:40:37,809 in 1067 00:40:38,110 --> 00:40:39,570 in South Korea. 1068 00:40:40,349 --> 00:40:40,849 So, 1069 00:40:41,869 --> 00:40:42,750 you know, he, 1070 00:40:44,670 --> 00:40:46,829 you know, still on how these countries, you 1071 00:40:46,829 --> 00:40:47,150 know, how 1072 00:40:47,869 --> 00:40:50,110 interesting how rich people don't often go to 1073 00:40:50,110 --> 00:40:51,630 jail. Once in a while, they get one 1074 00:40:51,630 --> 00:40:52,130 but 1075 00:40:52,905 --> 00:40:54,765 but not very often, do they? 1076 00:40:56,265 --> 00:40:57,545 People are saying it's time if you are 1077 00:40:57,545 --> 00:40:59,385 a T Mobile customer to check your privacy 1078 00:40:59,385 --> 00:40:59,885 settings. 1079 00:41:00,184 --> 00:41:02,025 T Mobile recently asked an update to its 1080 00:41:02,025 --> 00:41:03,945 privacy policy and settings that make it so 1081 00:41:03,945 --> 00:41:05,885 data can be collected to provide 1082 00:41:06,219 --> 00:41:08,079 fraud and identity theft protection, 1083 00:41:08,460 --> 00:41:10,780 as well as sharing information with financial companies 1084 00:41:10,780 --> 00:41:13,980 for joint marketing and affiliates for marketing purposes. 1085 00:41:13,980 --> 00:41:14,480 So 1086 00:41:15,260 --> 00:41:16,460 what you need to do is you need 1087 00:41:16,460 --> 00:41:17,280 to go to, 1088 00:41:18,460 --> 00:41:21,039 T Mobile's privacy center for your account 1089 00:41:21,344 --> 00:41:23,045 using the T Life app. 1090 00:41:23,664 --> 00:41:25,925 There's instructions here on how to exactly 1091 00:41:26,385 --> 00:41:27,364 disable this. 1092 00:41:27,744 --> 00:41:29,425 So I would encourage all of you that 1093 00:41:29,425 --> 00:41:31,525 are T Mobile customers, which I am one, 1094 00:41:31,984 --> 00:41:33,905 to do that so that you can you 1095 00:41:33,905 --> 00:41:35,284 can save some money. 1096 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,880 Netflix posted the earning earnings beat as revenue 1097 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:43,360 grows 16%, so they posted second quarter revenue 1098 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:44,460 of 16%. 1099 00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:47,160 The race is full year revenue guidance signing 1100 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:48,460 healthy member growth, 1101 00:41:48,785 --> 00:41:50,785 and they did 11,080,000,000.00 1102 00:41:50,785 --> 00:41:52,625 for the second quarter higher than Wall Street 1103 00:41:52,625 --> 00:41:54,885 estimate of 11,070,000,000.00. 1104 00:41:55,505 --> 00:41:58,244 So I'm sure Wall Street will reward them 1105 00:41:59,425 --> 00:42:00,644 for that reporting. 1106 00:42:01,289 --> 00:42:03,369 And also something that we'll keep an eye 1107 00:42:03,369 --> 00:42:05,150 on the the house 1108 00:42:05,610 --> 00:42:08,650 has sent the stable coin stable coin bill 1109 00:42:08,650 --> 00:42:11,050 to the president's desk capping a string of 1110 00:42:11,050 --> 00:42:11,550 CryptoWeek 1111 00:42:12,329 --> 00:42:14,489 victories. At the same time, we know that 1112 00:42:14,489 --> 00:42:14,989 NPR 1113 00:42:16,215 --> 00:42:17,114 and in other 1114 00:42:18,775 --> 00:42:20,394 public radio, public television 1115 00:42:21,015 --> 00:42:22,315 is definitely facing 1116 00:42:23,095 --> 00:42:23,994 a monumental 1117 00:42:27,095 --> 00:42:27,835 a monumental 1118 00:42:29,849 --> 00:42:30,750 budget cut. 1119 00:42:31,369 --> 00:42:33,069 And, you know, I don't care 1120 00:42:33,369 --> 00:42:34,109 if you're 1121 00:42:34,489 --> 00:42:36,029 if you're a fan of NPR 1122 00:42:36,329 --> 00:42:38,510 or it'd be honest with you. 1123 00:42:42,344 --> 00:42:42,844 Those 1124 00:42:43,465 --> 00:42:43,965 organizations 1125 00:42:44,585 --> 00:42:47,005 were set up to serve the public interest 1126 00:42:48,105 --> 00:42:48,605 and 1127 00:42:49,545 --> 00:42:51,085 supposed to be balanced. 1128 00:42:52,105 --> 00:42:54,105 And it's very obvious that they have not 1129 00:42:54,105 --> 00:42:56,844 been that way for many, many years. So, 1130 00:42:57,199 --> 00:42:59,199 you know, they reap what they're sowing here 1131 00:42:59,199 --> 00:43:00,500 with the current administration. 1132 00:43:01,359 --> 00:43:02,880 You know, you're not going to be fair 1133 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:05,779 and balanced. You're definitely going to face 1134 00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:07,859 the budget acts 1135 00:43:08,559 --> 00:43:10,819 to quit being a political arm. 1136 00:43:11,594 --> 00:43:12,094 So, 1137 00:43:13,675 --> 00:43:15,675 the money machine for some of this, 1138 00:43:16,394 --> 00:43:17,994 some of the stuff is is drying up 1139 00:43:17,994 --> 00:43:19,675 and maybe the people need to start having 1140 00:43:19,675 --> 00:43:22,315 a realization that there's there's two sides to 1141 00:43:22,315 --> 00:43:24,074 every story. And, you know, none of it 1142 00:43:24,074 --> 00:43:24,815 is good. 1143 00:43:25,250 --> 00:43:28,309 Getting into politics, right, left, it's all disgusting. 1144 00:43:29,409 --> 00:43:29,889 So, 1145 00:43:30,210 --> 00:43:33,010 you know, just equal equal reported disgusting is 1146 00:43:33,010 --> 00:43:35,569 important. I think, you know, that's that's the 1147 00:43:35,569 --> 00:43:38,230 key here. So, we'll see what happens. 1148 00:43:39,215 --> 00:43:40,655 I'd love to hear your feedback on that. 1149 00:43:40,655 --> 00:43:43,375 Geeknews@gmail.com. 1150 00:43:43,375 --> 00:43:45,215 Of course, don't forget to support our sponsor 1151 00:43:45,215 --> 00:43:48,034 GoDaddy at geekon central dot com /godaddy 1152 00:43:48,574 --> 00:43:52,594 and become an insider at geekoncentral.com/insider. 1153 00:43:53,319 --> 00:43:55,960 Besides my, you know, few technical glitches I've 1154 00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,920 had here on occasion, the studio has been 1155 00:43:58,920 --> 00:43:59,819 dialed in. 1156 00:44:00,119 --> 00:44:02,039 I think the show production is is going 1157 00:44:02,039 --> 00:44:03,559 just as good as it is when I'm 1158 00:44:03,559 --> 00:44:04,380 in the studio 1159 00:44:04,839 --> 00:44:05,500 in Michigan. 1160 00:44:06,434 --> 00:44:08,375 The streams have been fantastic. 1161 00:44:08,675 --> 00:44:11,075 The outputs of the content quality has been 1162 00:44:11,075 --> 00:44:11,575 good, 1163 00:44:11,954 --> 00:44:13,414 and, I cannot 1164 00:44:13,795 --> 00:44:14,775 say enough 1165 00:44:15,474 --> 00:44:18,275 about this Mac Studio. If you're a Mac 1166 00:44:18,275 --> 00:44:20,275 mini user and need just a little more 1167 00:44:20,275 --> 00:44:20,775 power, 1168 00:44:21,619 --> 00:44:23,300 yeah, it's a step up to spend the 1169 00:44:23,300 --> 00:44:25,320 two k for a baseline 1170 00:44:25,699 --> 00:44:26,519 Mac Studio, 1171 00:44:27,059 --> 00:44:27,559 but 1172 00:44:28,340 --> 00:44:29,640 damn, what a machine. 1173 00:44:31,539 --> 00:44:34,440 Really an incredible machine. I mean, for desktop, 1174 00:44:34,900 --> 00:44:37,585 I will not buy another iMac. There's no 1175 00:44:37,964 --> 00:44:38,464 way. 1176 00:44:39,085 --> 00:44:41,724 I'll go with another Mac Studio when I'm 1177 00:44:41,724 --> 00:44:43,184 ready to replace my 1178 00:44:43,644 --> 00:44:45,025 main computer at 1179 00:44:45,324 --> 00:44:47,005 at home. It sits on my desk where 1180 00:44:47,005 --> 00:44:47,585 I work. 1181 00:44:49,085 --> 00:44:49,824 It's just 1182 00:44:50,809 --> 00:44:52,809 it's it's it's amazing. It really really is. 1183 00:44:52,809 --> 00:44:55,050 And with the number of four ks screens 1184 00:44:55,050 --> 00:44:56,670 that have come out now supporting, 1185 00:44:58,010 --> 00:45:01,070 as high quality as the the Mac releases, 1186 00:45:01,530 --> 00:45:02,989 which are much more expensive, 1187 00:45:04,304 --> 00:45:06,385 there's no excuse for you now not to 1188 00:45:06,385 --> 00:45:08,885 have two or three beautiful four k monitors 1189 00:45:08,945 --> 00:45:10,804 at your at your workstation 1190 00:45:11,105 --> 00:45:11,585 and, 1191 00:45:12,625 --> 00:45:14,224 you know, with a whole not needing a 1192 00:45:14,224 --> 00:45:16,065 whole bunch of extra stuff. I've got about 1193 00:45:16,065 --> 00:45:18,085 every possible device you can imagine 1194 00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,320 a man plugged into this thing. I've got 1195 00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:20,980 the RODECaster. 1196 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,460 I have my teleprompter. 1197 00:45:24,159 --> 00:45:27,039 I have two cameras, not just one, two 1198 00:45:27,039 --> 00:45:27,539 cameras. 1199 00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:30,900 An external hard drive. 1200 00:45:32,545 --> 00:45:34,005 What else? We've got 1201 00:45:34,864 --> 00:45:37,505 a wired keyboard. I've got a wireless mouse 1202 00:45:37,505 --> 00:45:38,405 with a Bluetooth. 1203 00:45:39,425 --> 00:45:41,265 I'm able to stick in a, 1204 00:45:41,905 --> 00:45:44,625 an SD card and I have ports to 1205 00:45:44,625 --> 00:45:45,125 spare. 1206 00:45:48,469 --> 00:45:49,849 This to me is probably, 1207 00:45:50,389 --> 00:45:52,329 in my opinion, my most 1208 00:45:52,949 --> 00:45:54,090 impressive setup, 1209 00:45:55,030 --> 00:45:56,090 for a desktop 1210 00:45:56,469 --> 00:45:59,190 slash studio workstation that I've ever done. Now 1211 00:45:59,190 --> 00:46:00,090 it's not portable, 1212 00:46:00,824 --> 00:46:01,324 but 1213 00:46:01,704 --> 00:46:04,364 the green screen behind me, $40. 1214 00:46:05,545 --> 00:46:07,065 I have some lights here, 1215 00:46:07,545 --> 00:46:09,945 that I've had probably spent about $200 1216 00:46:09,945 --> 00:46:10,445 on. 1217 00:46:10,905 --> 00:46:11,405 So, 1218 00:46:12,264 --> 00:46:14,184 yeah, I'm getting the quality for the show 1219 00:46:14,184 --> 00:46:15,085 that I want, 1220 00:46:15,849 --> 00:46:16,349 here, 1221 00:46:17,369 --> 00:46:19,210 with the studio the way it is. The 1222 00:46:19,210 --> 00:46:20,989 investment in that new camera, 1223 00:46:22,089 --> 00:46:24,329 really did make an but I'm gonna take 1224 00:46:24,329 --> 00:46:25,929 that back and forth. So that's gonna be 1225 00:46:25,929 --> 00:46:28,074 dual hatted. It's not gonna stay here along 1226 00:46:28,074 --> 00:46:29,755 with the Mac Studio. It goes home with 1227 00:46:29,755 --> 00:46:31,035 me, then I'll bring it back when I 1228 00:46:31,035 --> 00:46:32,175 come back next time. 1229 00:46:33,355 --> 00:46:35,675 So I can till the budget allows me 1230 00:46:35,675 --> 00:46:36,175 to 1231 00:46:36,715 --> 00:46:37,695 be able to, 1232 00:46:38,155 --> 00:46:40,949 to fully outfit both places. But, again, I 1233 00:46:40,949 --> 00:46:43,030 don't need, $2,600 1234 00:46:43,030 --> 00:46:44,550 worth of stuff sitting here for two months 1235 00:46:44,550 --> 00:46:46,230 while I'm not here as well. So that's 1236 00:46:46,230 --> 00:46:48,070 part of it as well. Alright, everyone. Thanks 1237 00:46:48,070 --> 00:46:48,969 for being here. 1238 00:46:49,349 --> 00:46:51,690 Thank you for coming to the show today. 1239 00:46:51,829 --> 00:46:53,429 I got up a little early because we 1240 00:46:53,429 --> 00:46:55,735 had a board meeting and determining pay raises 1241 00:46:55,735 --> 00:46:56,954 for the Blueberry employees. 1242 00:46:58,454 --> 00:46:58,954 So, 1243 00:46:59,974 --> 00:47:02,375 that's all we've got. And, everyone, thanks. We'll 1244 00:47:02,375 --> 00:47:03,655 see you next time here on the King 1245 00:47:03,655 --> 00:47:05,500 Central podcast. Take care. Bye bye.