[Speaker 0] Hello, everybody. Welcome to Geek News Central episode
[Speaker 0] eighteen forty seven. This is your one of
[Speaker 0] your two hosts, Chris Cochran, speaking today. I
[Speaker 0] just wanna start the episode making a quick
[Speaker 0] apology for missing my episode last week. Thankfully,
[Speaker 0] Ray was able to come through and deliver
[Speaker 0] an amazing episode for you guys. So if
[Speaker 0] you haven't checked that out yet, be sure
[Speaker 0] to go give that a listen. You know,
[Speaker 0] our goal when we first announced that we
[Speaker 0] are gonna be taking over our dad's podcast
[Speaker 0] and continuing his legacy was to continue, you
[Speaker 0] know, the same amount of volume of shows
[Speaker 0] that, you know, he he had, going, which
[Speaker 0] is Monday and Thursday. You know, as we
[Speaker 0] start to do more and more episodes, we're
[Speaker 0] starting to get more into a flow and
[Speaker 0] understanding of how to run the podcast. So
[Speaker 0] we really just wanna emphasize, you know, our
[Speaker 0] gratefulness. And we just wanna thankful thank you
[Speaker 0] guys for continuing and supporting us throughout this
[Speaker 0] transitional time in this weird, weird, weird period
[Speaker 0] of the podcast. Yeah. But pretty much, you
[Speaker 0] know, like last week, I just got caught
[Speaker 0] up with work and, personal endeavors. Outside of
[Speaker 0] work, I am a freelance videographer and photographer
[Speaker 0] and work has been slow recently. So, you
[Speaker 0] know, well, freelance work has been slow at
[Speaker 0] least. So, you know, me and my buddies,
[Speaker 0] we wanted to keep the creative juices going.
[Speaker 0] So we decided to shoot a spec ad
[Speaker 0] of the Apple Air Max Pro headset. You
[Speaker 0] know, if you don't know what spec ad
[Speaker 0] is, it's basically an unpaid advertisement. You know,
[Speaker 0] Apple didn't reach out to us to make
[Speaker 0] a commercial. It's just something we did for
[Speaker 0] fun. You know, basically making a fake commercial.
[Speaker 0] We just like to do it just to
[Speaker 0] test our, you know, our director ability and
[Speaker 0] our cinematography ability. It's just a good time,
[Speaker 0] you know, to get out of the house
[Speaker 0] and do something other than work, you know.
[Speaker 0] I shoot on two different cameras. So I
[Speaker 0] shoot on the Canon R six, which is
[Speaker 0] my photography camera, and like my vlogging camera.
[Speaker 0] But I also shoot on a cinema camera
[Speaker 0] called the Blackmagic six ks. That has been
[Speaker 0] such a joy to shoot with. I bought
[Speaker 0] it earlier this year. And man, you don't
[Speaker 0] really know the difference of, you know, video
[Speaker 0] quality until you put a until until you
[Speaker 0] get your hands on a cinema camera. Let
[Speaker 0] me tell you that. Ever since I've got
[Speaker 0] my hands on my on my on my
[Speaker 0] cinema camera, I've been doing nothing but taking
[Speaker 0] every opportunity I could to shoot with that
[Speaker 0] thing because it's such a joy. It's been
[Speaker 0] I've had the most fun with it and,
[Speaker 0] I can't wait to see the content I
[Speaker 0] am going to produce with it. Now, honestly,
[Speaker 0] that's just like just last week, I think
[Speaker 0] that just goes to show for everyone, you
[Speaker 0] know, take some time for yourself, you know.
[Speaker 0] Get out there and do something fun. Do
[Speaker 0] something other than work. It's healthy. It your
[Speaker 0] body deserves it. You deserve it. So, yeah.
[Speaker 0] Once in a while, just make sure make
[Speaker 0] sure you do You you just step away
[Speaker 0] from work. That's all I'm trying to say.
[Speaker 0] Now we got a fun show planned for
[Speaker 0] you guys today, so we're gonna get right
[Speaker 0] into it. My first topic, it's really intriguing
[Speaker 0] to me. So we're gonna be talking about
[Speaker 0] the world's smallest AI computer. K? So the
[Speaker 0] g g a Spark, it's basically a mini
[Speaker 0] AI supercomputer built by NVIDIA, the same company
[Speaker 0] behind the GPU that powered gaming rigs and
[Speaker 0] data centers. Now what's wild is that it's
[Speaker 0] only two point six pounds and it costs
[Speaker 0] three thousand nine hundred ninety nine dollars. But
[Speaker 0] it's capable of doing work that used to
[Speaker 0] require massive servers. It uses NVIDIA's new Grace
[Speaker 0] Blackwell Superchip, which combines a powerful CPU and
[Speaker 0] GPU into one compact system. In simple terms,
[Speaker 0] this little box can train and run advanced
[Speaker 0] AI models right on your desk. Now this
[Speaker 0] isn't meant for the average consumer. K? It's
[Speaker 0] built for AI developers, the people who create
[Speaker 0] and train artificial intelligence systems. Normally, these developers
[Speaker 0] have to run expensive cloud servers or use
[Speaker 0] giant data centers, but the DGX Spark changes
[Speaker 0] that by letting them build and test AI
[Speaker 0] locally without relying on outside infrastructure. So this
[Speaker 0] means faster experimentation, lower cost, and more innovation
[Speaker 0] coming from smaller teams or even individuals. Now
[Speaker 0] the g d the DGX Spark shows just
[Speaker 0] how far AI hardware has come. It's a
[Speaker 0] glimpse of the future where powerful AI tools
[Speaker 0] don't just live in massive cloud facilities, but
[Speaker 0] can exist on your desk or in your
[Speaker 0] backpack. The shift could democratize AI development, letting
[Speaker 0] startups, students, and independent creators build new technology
[Speaker 0] from anywhere. In other words, the power of
[Speaker 0] AI is becoming more accessible, and that could
[Speaker 0] speed up innovation in everything from healthcare to
[Speaker 0] gaming and to content creation. So for most
[Speaker 0] of us, the DJ Spark isn't something we're
[Speaker 0] gonna buy, but it does represent a major
[Speaker 0] shift in how AI gets built. Instead of
[Speaker 0] huge corporations being the only ones with access
[Speaker 0] to powerful hardware, now smaller teams, universities, and
[Speaker 0] even solo developers can create next gen AI
[Speaker 0] tools right from their desks. That means faster
[Speaker 0] innovation, smarter apps, and more personalized technology trickling
[Speaker 0] down to everyday devices. In short, this little
[Speaker 0] mini supercomputer could help the next big AI
[Speaker 0] breakthrough come from someone's home office instead of
[Speaker 0] a billion dollar lab. Like I said in
[Speaker 0] the last episode that I was talking about,
[Speaker 0] like, it's such a fun time to be
[Speaker 0] alive. Every single day, AI is like, it's,
[Speaker 0] it never ceases to amaze me. Something new
[Speaker 0] comes out, a new innovation, new, you know,
[Speaker 0] invention, I can't wait to see what this
[Speaker 0] next year, one to ten years is gonna
[Speaker 0] look like and I can't wait to see
[Speaker 0] what's gonna come out of the DGX Spark,
[Speaker 0] you know, a lot of fun things. Wanna
[Speaker 0] transition into Apple. Okay? So Apple may launch
[Speaker 0] their m five powered iPad Pro, Vision Pro,
[Speaker 0] and MacBook Pro this week. Alright? So Apple
[Speaker 0] is preparing to launch their new m five
[Speaker 0] powered versions of the iPad Pro, Vision Pro
[Speaker 0] headset, and MacBook Pro. These new chips are
[Speaker 0] expected to bring faster performance, better battery life,
[Speaker 0] and more efficient AI processing. Apple may announce
[Speaker 0] them through a press release rather than a
[Speaker 0] big event suggesting that, you know, it's a
[Speaker 0] refinement year, not a full redesign. To touch
[Speaker 0] up on the iPad Vision Pro and the
[Speaker 0] MacBook, the m five Apple Pro is Apple's
[Speaker 0] flagship tablet. K? Geekbench six benchmarks show the
[Speaker 0] m five chip delivering up to twelve percent
[Speaker 0] faster multi core CPU performance and thirty six
[Speaker 0] percent faster GPU performance compared to the current
[Speaker 0] m four model. The new tablet will feature
[Speaker 0] a minimum of twelve gigabytes RAM and removes
[Speaker 0] the iPad Pro text from its back panel.
[Speaker 0] Other than that, no other major design changes
[Speaker 0] are expected. Leading into the Vision Pro, the
[Speaker 0] Vision Pro refresh will include the m five
[Speaker 0] chip alongside improved comfort features. Apple plans to
[Speaker 0] bundle a new dual kit band headshot with
[Speaker 0] updated headset and may introduce a space black
[Speaker 0] color option. However, reportedly, this isn't enough to
[Speaker 0] qualify as a second generation model because Apple
[Speaker 0] has reportedly suspended development of both a next
[Speaker 0] generation Vision Pro and a lower cost Vision
[Speaker 0] Air variant to focus on smart glasses technology.
[Speaker 0] Right? That's the right move. If you ask
[Speaker 0] me, they're going in the right direction. Look,
[Speaker 0] the Apple Vision Pro, it's cool. Right? But
[Speaker 0] it's such a niche product and for such
[Speaker 0] a niche audience that like, I don't know.
[Speaker 0] I don't know. The way the world's moving,
[Speaker 0] smart glasses technology seems like the next best
[Speaker 0] thing, you know? Because I don't know. With
[Speaker 0] the with the vision pros, it it had
[Speaker 0] such a big boost in popularity when it
[Speaker 0] first came out. But after that first two
[Speaker 0] weeks, it was done. No one talked about
[Speaker 0] it. No one really cared. I have never
[Speaker 0] seen anyone wear the Apple Vision Pro and
[Speaker 0] headset, headset in public. You know, I know
[Speaker 0] there's that's an option to do. But if
[Speaker 0] you ask me, it's a little goofy. Alright?
[Speaker 0] I know some people may use it at
[Speaker 0] home or in their work life, but at
[Speaker 0] the end of the day, like, it's just,
[Speaker 0] it's not, I feel like they're going the
[Speaker 0] right direction because with the glasses, you know,
[Speaker 0] like take the Ray Ban Metas, for example,
[Speaker 0] you know, I see at least ten plus
[Speaker 0] people days, ten people would, ten plus people
[Speaker 0] every single day wearing the Ray Ban Meta
[Speaker 0] glasses, you know? So just imagine what their
[Speaker 0] Apple smart glasses will do. I don't know.
[Speaker 0] The VR headset, it's just big, It's heavy.
[Speaker 0] It's goofy looking. It's just it's an alley
[Speaker 0] that I feel like they're gonna go down
[Speaker 0] and it's just gonna go nowhere. Right? But
[Speaker 0] that's my opinion. I don't know if that
[Speaker 0] makes sense, but move on before I continue
[Speaker 0] rambling. Let's talk about the MacBook. The MacBook
[Speaker 0] Pro is set to launch with the vanilla
[Speaker 0] m five chip. So the base fourteen inch
[Speaker 0] MacBook Pro, it's ready for launch with the
[Speaker 0] m five chip. Though higher end models featuring
[Speaker 0] m five pro and m five mac chips,
[Speaker 0] they won't arrive until early twenty twenty six.
[Speaker 0] Apple stores are already experiencing inventory shortages of
[Speaker 0] m four based models while maintaining normal stock
[Speaker 0] levels of higher tier configurations, typically signaling signaling
[Speaker 0] an imminent product refresh. Yesterday was Columbus Day
[Speaker 0] in the US, so announcements may begin today,
[Speaker 0] October fourteenth, or later in the week. So
[Speaker 0] something to keep an eye out for. Going
[Speaker 0] back to that little VR headset talk, just
[Speaker 0] gonna keep this little next next article short
[Speaker 0] and short and simple for you guys. We're
[Speaker 0] gonna talk about the Samsung's XR headset. K.
[Speaker 0] Project Muhan. So Samsung's long rumored XR headset,
[Speaker 0] codename Project Muhan, has leaked again. And it's
[Speaker 0] shaping up to be Samsung's answer to Apple
[Speaker 0] Vision Pro. It's expected to feature ion track
[Speaker 0] ion hand tracking, multiple external cameras, and a
[Speaker 0] new one u I x r interface designed
[Speaker 0] specifically for mixed reality. Now this marks Samsung's
[Speaker 0] return to the ARVR space after years away.
[Speaker 0] Unlike earlier headsets that relied on smartphones, Project
[Speaker 0] Muhan will be a stand alone device running
[Speaker 0] its own apps and likely powered by a
[Speaker 0] Qualcomm Snapdragon XR chip. Now if you've been
[Speaker 0] curious about virtual reality but not hesitant, but
[Speaker 0] but hesitant about Apple's price tag, sorry, Samsung
[Speaker 0] might deliver a more affordable price, for you
[Speaker 0] guys. It's a sign that immersive tech, once
[Speaker 0] niche, is headed for a mainstream competition with
[Speaker 0] Apple and Samsung ready to battle it out
[Speaker 0] for your living room. That last sentence, kinda
[Speaker 0] contradicts what I said. But, yeah. You already
[Speaker 0] know my opinion on the VR headsets, you
[Speaker 0] know? I don't need to say much. I
[Speaker 0] think Samsung will be better off putting their
[Speaker 0] focus on the eyeglasses, if you ask me.
[Speaker 0] But moving on, Moving on from that, enough
[Speaker 0] talk about VR headsets. I do just wanna
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[Speaker 0] the last day. Leading into some space news
[Speaker 0] for you guys. You know, we wanna try
[Speaker 0] and trinkle in some space news in there
[Speaker 0] because like we said, our father loved space
[Speaker 0] news. He couldn't get enough of it. So
[Speaker 0] this one's pretty interesting. It's a little controversial
[Speaker 0] topic. So something something all of us can
[Speaker 0] talk about. Solar power from space mirrors could
[Speaker 0] revolutionize energy but alarm scientists. Okay? So Reflect
[Speaker 0] Orbitals vision involve orbiting mirrors reflecting sunlight down
[Speaker 0] to specific locations on Earth. Now an ambitious
[Speaker 0] proposal by US startup Reflect Orbital has astronomers
[Speaker 0] and environmentalists environmentalists deeply concerned. The California based
[Speaker 0] company plans to deploy a massive constellation of
[Speaker 0] satellites designed to beam sunlight on demand to
[Speaker 0] Earth. It could extend the operating hours of
[Speaker 0] solar farms even into the dark. Although the
[Speaker 0] project offers novel renewable energy solutions, critics caution
[Speaker 0] that it could alter the night sky by
[Speaker 0] creating light pollution. Now the TESS satellite, it
[Speaker 0] might launch in twenty twenty six. K? So
[Speaker 0] these satellites will use mirrors that are made
[Speaker 0] from Mylar, a durable ultra thin material to
[Speaker 0] capture sunlight and direct it to targeted spots
[Speaker 0] on the ground. If it's successful, this technique
[Speaker 0] could help, could enable solar farms to generate
[Speaker 0] power even after the sun has set. The
[Speaker 0] company has already applied to launch its first
[Speaker 0] eighteen meter test satellite named, I might butcher
[Speaker 0] this name, Aranzo one in twenty twenty six.
[Speaker 0] The launch license has been requested from the
[Speaker 0] Federal Communications Commission, and current reports indicate that
[Speaker 0] the test satellite would be followed by a
[Speaker 0] constellation of roughly four thousand orbiting satellites by
[Speaker 0] two thousand and thirty. Woah. The satellites are
[Speaker 0] expected to orbit about six hundred twenty five
[Speaker 0] kilometers above the ground. And as per the
[Speaker 0] conversation piece, it's possible that the constellation could
[Speaker 0] eventually swell to include two hundred fifty thousand
[Speaker 0] satellites, all potentially fitted with fifty four meter
[Speaker 0] mirrors. And these satellites will reflect light roughly
[Speaker 0] fifteen thousand times dimmer than the midday sun
[Speaker 0] but remain brighter than a full moon. So
[Speaker 0] the existing satellites cause, they're they're the ones
[Speaker 0] that, astronomers, they're alarmed by this. Okay? Because
[Speaker 0] the existing satellites cause light pollution as an
[Speaker 0] unintended byproduct of reflecting sunlight. But reflect orbital
[Speaker 0] satellites are defined are designed for precisely that
[Speaker 0] purpose. Even if it's just even if just
[Speaker 0] a test satellite works as planned, it will
[Speaker 0] sometimes appear far brighter than the full moon.
[Speaker 0] A constellation of such mirrors will be devastating
[Speaker 0] to astronomy and dangerous to astronomers. These concerns,
[Speaker 0] there's there's so much concerns. I got I
[Speaker 0] got to go through all these. Okay? So
[Speaker 0] looking through ground telescopes like Rubin, the brightness
[Speaker 0] of these mirrors can nearly match the sun's
[Speaker 0] surface, posing a risk of permanent eye damage.
[Speaker 0] Furthermore, the constellation brightness would drown out faint
[Speaker 0] celestial objects and limit astronomical observations. Beyond astronomy,
[Speaker 0] the continuous illumination could disrupt the delicate daily
[Speaker 0] rhythms of nocturnal animals impacting ecosystems worldwide. Critics
[Speaker 0] also point out that even though reflectorbital intends
[Speaker 0] to illuminate target areas, the satellite movement will
[Speaker 0] cause a light beam to sweep over large
[Speaker 0] regions of Earth inevitably inevitably and could produce
[Speaker 0] flashes in the night sky that are brighter
[Speaker 0] than the moon. Apart from the light pollution
[Speaker 0] concerns, the physics of reflecting sunlight from orbit
[Speaker 0] reveals major challenges to reflect Orbital's plan. Since
[Speaker 0] low Earth orbit satellites pass over location in
[Speaker 0] about three point five minutes, maintaining continuous illumination
[Speaker 0] for even one hour demands thousands of satellites.
[Speaker 0] Reflectorbito's own staggering projection of two hundred fifty
[Speaker 0] thousand satellites will still calculate to only delivering
[Speaker 0] the target twenty percent of midday sun to
[Speaker 0] a very limited number of regions simultaneously. The
[Speaker 0] comp the company asserts that it will redirect
[Speaker 0] sunlight in a manner that is brief, predictable,
[Speaker 0] and targeted, and promises to share satellite location
[Speaker 0] data to help observatories avoid disruption. The American
[Speaker 0] Astronomical Society August survey revealed that the majority
[Speaker 0] of astronomers believe the proposed satellite constellation would
[Speaker 0] negatively impact their work. The number of satellites
[Speaker 0] cluttering Earth's orbit is rapidly increasing primarily due
[Speaker 0] to large constellations launched by private companies like
[Speaker 0] SpaceX, Amazon, and Eutelsat OneWeb. Okay. That was
[Speaker 0] a mouthful. All right. I apologize. I got
[Speaker 0] a lot of butchering words in there, but
[Speaker 0] that was a lot to read. This seems
[Speaker 0] messy. Okay. Like if you ask me, there's
[Speaker 0] just too much concerns. Right. You gotta think
[Speaker 0] about the animals, you gotta think about light
[Speaker 0] pollution, you gotta think about the observatories, you
[Speaker 0] gotta think about all types of stuff, man.
[Speaker 0] Like it's, it seems messy. It seems like
[Speaker 0] a very cool plan. And I see where
[Speaker 0] they're going with this to, you know, help
[Speaker 0] revolutionize energy. But at the same time, there's
[Speaker 0] just so much flaws in the plan. There's
[Speaker 0] so much holes. So if this does go
[Speaker 0] through, it's definitely something concerning, you know, you
[Speaker 0] know, very concerning, but, you know, the way
[Speaker 0] it's looking like right now, it's it's probably
[Speaker 0] gonna be restricted or might not happen at
[Speaker 0] all. So we're just gonna have to wait
[Speaker 0] and see. Honestly, it's just one of those
[Speaker 0] things we're just gonna have to wait and
[Speaker 0] see. Then again, kudos to them for coming
[Speaker 0] up, coming with a trying to come up
[Speaker 0] with a new idea and good luck to
[Speaker 0] them and we'll see what happens. Finally, I
[Speaker 0] want to close out this episode. If you
[Speaker 0] guys didn't know, I'm just gonna do a
[Speaker 0] little touch up on Amazon's twenty twenty five
[Speaker 0] hardware event. So if you guys missed it,
[Speaker 0] it was at the end of September. So
[Speaker 0] I just wanna give you guys a little
[Speaker 0] rundown on what's going on with it. Amazon
[Speaker 0] announced a new lineup of echo speakers, fire
[Speaker 0] TVs, and smart displays, and many designed to
[Speaker 0] run Alexa Plus, their next gen AI assistant
[Speaker 0] right away. The new devices, Echo Show, Echo
[Speaker 0] Studio, Echo Dot Max are more powerful with
[Speaker 0] better cameras, audio, and optimized for AI voice
[Speaker 0] interaction. Fire TV devices get got updates too
[Speaker 0] with new models and OS enhancements designed to
[Speaker 0] leverage AI for smarter content discovery and smoother
[Speaker 0] performance. The announcement signals that Amazon is betting
[Speaker 0] heavily on AI powered smart homes. The hardware
[Speaker 0] is the canvas for start software like Alexa
[Speaker 0] plus to shine. For users, if you have
[Speaker 0] an Odor, Echo, or Fire device, you'll want
[Speaker 0] to see if it's supported for the new
[Speaker 0] features. If you're shopping, these new models might
[Speaker 0] become your go to. Yeah. Really exciting tech
[Speaker 0] things to look forward to in the Amazon
[Speaker 0] space. I'm a personal fan of other Alexas,
[Speaker 0] Fire Stick TV, all that. I I really
[Speaker 0] love what they got going on for the
[Speaker 0] home tech space. But, yeah, I will leave
[Speaker 0] a link in the bio to all these
[Speaker 0] articles. I do understand I had a lot
[Speaker 0] of butchering of the words this episode. I
[Speaker 0] do wanna apologize. I had worked this morning
[Speaker 0] at seven AM. So, you know, it's been
[Speaker 0] a long day already, but wanted to get
[Speaker 0] an episode in for you guys. Honestly, like,
[Speaker 0] if you ask me about the seven AM
[Speaker 0] shifts, I prefer the morning shifts. Even though
[Speaker 0] I am tired right now, I have the
[Speaker 0] rest of the day to enjoy. What do
[Speaker 0] you guys what do you guys prefer? Alright?
[Speaker 0] Because, every time I get PM shifts scheduled
[Speaker 0] on my in my work, I always ask
[Speaker 0] my coworkers to trade right away because I
[Speaker 0] hate the PM shifts with a passion. Mainly
[Speaker 0] because, like, it's no hate to, like, the
[Speaker 0] people that were in the PM or anything
[Speaker 0] like that. It has nothing to do with
[Speaker 0] that. It's mainly just because when I wake
[Speaker 0] up in the morning and go straight to
[Speaker 0] work, I had the rest of the my
[Speaker 0] day off once I'm done. You know? I
[Speaker 0] set myself up for success. Compared to, like,
[Speaker 0] my PM shifts, like, I have such a
[Speaker 0] limited time in the morning to do what
[Speaker 0] I wanna do. And it's just, like, once
[Speaker 0] I go to my work once I go
[Speaker 0] to work, after work, it's like my whole
[Speaker 0] day is gone. And my day is gone,
[Speaker 0] and I have nothing to do. Like, literally
[Speaker 0] nothing to do. And, yeah, it's just it's
[Speaker 0] just why I prefer morning shifts. I'm I'm
[Speaker 0] rambling. I also wanna make a quick jump
[Speaker 0] back to what I was talking about earlier.
[Speaker 0] You know, just a quick reminder before we
[Speaker 0] close out. Take time for yourself. K? It's
[Speaker 0] important. You need to take care of yourself,
[Speaker 0] take care of your mind, take care of
[Speaker 0] your body, you know? Go do that thing
[Speaker 0] you wanted to do. Go shoot those photos
[Speaker 0] you wanted to do. You know? Go watch
[Speaker 0] that movie you wanted to watch. Anything, you
[Speaker 0] know? Take a step back from work, you
[Speaker 0] know? In my opinion, look, I'm only twenty
[Speaker 0] one years old. Okay. So what do I
[Speaker 0] know? But like you need to enjoy your
[Speaker 0] life from time to time. You need to
[Speaker 0] get out of the house and work isn't
[Speaker 0] everything in my opinion. You know what I
[Speaker 0] mean? So enjoy your life. You know what
[Speaker 0] I mean? And that's all I can really
[Speaker 0] say about that. Keep an eye out for
[Speaker 0] my brother's episode later on this week. He'll
[Speaker 0] he's most likely dropping another one. I've seen
[Speaker 0] some of the the articles he showed me,
[Speaker 0] and he's got some he he's got some
[Speaker 0] fun stuff to talk about with you guys.
[Speaker 0] Alright? So keep an eye out for that.
[Speaker 0] I really do appreciate you guys again for,
[Speaker 0] you know, showing love and, just just listening
[Speaker 0] to the podcast. And, again, just wanna apologize
[Speaker 0] for missing last week. I'm gonna be here
[Speaker 0] next week as well. So can't wait to
[Speaker 0] talk to you guys more about the this
[Speaker 0] this upcoming, Wicked Tech news. Who knows what's
[Speaker 0] gonna happen? More AI developments, more space news.
[Speaker 0] I'm excited. K? That's the best thing about
[Speaker 0] this. You know, I I I get to
[Speaker 0] keep myself in the loop. I get to
[Speaker 0] see all the new articles coming out, and
[Speaker 0] I get to deliver you guys the news.
[Speaker 0] Not I. We get to deliver you guys
[Speaker 0] the news. So, again, appreciate you guys for
[Speaker 0] supporting. Appreciate you guys for listening. And I
[Speaker 0] will see you guys next week. Have a