Lead story for Monday, June 30. In today's
creator centric adult industry,
performers shoulder not only on camera work, but
also
scripting, editing, marketing, and ongoing fan
interaction task
once handled by studios.
To manage
the growing workload and sustained subscriber engagement, many
turn
to AI tools, both mainstream LLMs like ChatGBT
and new niche
solutions like
GPTs
to draft scripts, automate responses,
plan shoots, and even price custom content.
While AI
boost efficiency
and revenue,
potential some creators remain cautious
about over automating client interactions
and the broader implications
for the industry.
Well, we've always known.
We've always known, ladies and gentlemen,
that the adult industry
adapts early, and they adapt fast.
So, you know, let's kinda of course, welcome
to
the first episode here while I'm in The
Philippines, episode 1,830.
Let's talk just a little bit here
about this.
You know, we know,
that the adult industry has always been early
adopters
of all new technology.
And, you know, they were early adopters of
Betamax,
then VHS,
and then CDs and DVDs
and CDs, and you know, and then online
and
really, they
they've served the market, that market,
considerably.
And
creators now are able to have, I guess,
more time
to be creative.
And one thing I found was interesting is
some people request specific
scenes and scenarios.
I thought, oh my goodness. What what have
we gotten into here?
But the fan type sites, the only
fan type sites are
exploding, I guess.
And
just like podcasting, in a way, a lot
of these creators are talent,
marketing,
everything goes along with it.
So
you know, I'm
I'm not surprised and they're using LLMs to
write scripts, respond to emails
and blah blah blah blah. You know, all
the stuff that goes along with it. So,
and it's making it easier. They're having more
time
to do other things instead of creating content
because they're using the large language models to,
you know, to be able to interact more
per se.
And,
ChatGPT is a bit of an issue though
because it won't give them everything they want
because of adult restrictions,
but yet they word the prompting in a
certain way.
And also,
they have a new,
chatbot for just the adult industry. So I
I don't think this
comes as a surprise really,
to anyone
and in this regard in any any way.
So everyone, I want to welcome you, of
course, to
episode
eighteen thirty.
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Thank you so much, for that. So, yep,
here I'm in The Philippines again and, got
the new studio wired up. Had a couple
of technical details
today. So I
I rerecorded the intro,
to the show.
So it's still again, the road caster wants
to disconnect and and be an irritant.
So I will in basically
work to see if I can get it
to handle a more steady,
connection and not disconnect.
Have some ideas on that. It's just like
the last time, but
maybe I'm just gonna have to replace this
duo
with a pro. I'd hate to do that.
Just
don't like that idea at all. It takes
up too much desk space,
to begin with and and a bunch of
more money to spend.
But, anyway, here and we're gonna get into
the content for you.
Got a new camera as well. So I
think the camera view is good. I do
have a little bleed on the green screen.
I work to get that out.
But otherwise,
I'm very, very happy,
with this new camera that I brought along.
And I'll probably be employing
one of these,
in my studio in Michigan as well
as my PTZ cameras are getting a little
long in the tooth.
But, this is,
a really, really, really good option
if I decide to, to make that jump
and the focal length is is is just
about,
perfect. So let's go ahead and get into
the stack. Thank you for being here. And,
of course, thank you for staying subscribed. It's
it's been reported that self employed
workers are earning more in
AI is the reason why
Freelancers are charging more for AI driven work
reports claim. Makes sense. They're able to get
more done,
and it's interesting if they're able to charge
more because
what is the
response are is that companies, instead of hiring
full time employees,
are now using folks
to
use essentially,
freelancers to fill the fill the roles of
full time employees
for, you know, reoccurring
recurring task. It doesn't say what kind of
work they're doing
but
there is this additional
shift where Fiverr
explored the shift revealing most businesses
planned to hire freelancers up to 10 times
more in the next six months. Two and
five UK businesses
will be using freelancers in 20 more freelancers
never in 2025,
saving an average of £33,000
per month
by favoring freelancers over in house employees.
However, with that added flexibility comes increased financial
complications.
More than 55%
state that the current tax laws
deter
businesses from
hiring freelancers and only two in five freelancers
feel supported by the government.
Reduced worker protection and rights have also caused
freelancers have to consider diversifying their income.
70%
now have more than two jobs, which is
interesting
in itself on the freelancer standpoint.
According to rudbaguette.com,
we are apparently
potentially
trapped in a black hole. That is the
that's the title of this particular article.
James Webb discovery is igniting
existential shock wave
through world's top astrophysicists.
They're saying this groundbreaking discovery essentially that
the orbits of most universes
are clockwise,
high percentage
and somehow
I think that it reason for this is
is because we're in a black hole.
Well, we've always wondered what the Big Bang
expanded into. Maybe it didn't expand into nothing.
Maybe we're just in a black hole along
with other black holes and it's just it's
just kind of crazy. It really is some
of the stuff that some of these theories
that are currently coming out. But,
that's the commentary
from,
from from the web here.
Ninety five percent of phishing attacks in
health care go unreported.
And,
why? It's because
teams are afraid to report something
feeling they may be fired
in health care where trust and privacy go
hand in hand.
This level of inaction should really, really raise
a serious concerns.
According to industry, sixty percent of health care
organization experienced email related breaches last year, and
three quarters expect breaches to continue this year.
But 95%
of folks are not reporting,
which is
very, very sad to be to be honest
with you.
At the same time, NASA, they're saying that
they need a a cybersecurity
risk assessment.
So
NASA needs to complete
key activities within various steps of its cybersecurity
risk management program, the US government accounting office
says in a new report.
NASA has implemented
some steps
from NIST
already,
but they need to have a full on,
audit according to GAO.
And,
just should not be surprising.
You would think though with the IT support
that is happening within companies, within the government,
you would think that this would already
have been accomplished. But,
according to this
article, it has not.
DJI,
robot vacuum leak suggests that the Roomba rival
is getting closer
and could have an unusual,
design feature. And, you know,
the
one thing about
DJI, they've been really good with their drones
on
on radar. Right?
And being able to avoid stuff. So if
this is actually implemented within the actual new
robot,
it could really be something.
There's lots of robots on the market today,
but this would be potentially DJI's introduction to
this.
It's kind of funny. I had had my
Roomba
on the charger for a while, and all
of a sudden, it it finally woke up.
And it ran for about ten minutes
and shut down. I think, my Roomba has
seen the end of life. I think the
battery
is no longer good.
But, yeah, it was kind of funny. It
just all of a sudden, it decided it
wanted to
to work again.
I have a lot of obstacles in my
loft,
and, I have to use a lot of
exclusion zones because
the current one would just get stuck everywhere.
So it's not surprising here,
whatsoever.
Apple Music marks ten years of streaming with
a new all time replay list. The service
is also revealing the top 500 most streamed
songs from the last decade.
So, ten years
of Apple Music. Got another Apple milestone
to celebrate is as well. Apple podcast
is an Apple's involvement in podcasting
is now twenty years as well.
So, you know, these,
these milestones by these it's it's hard to
believe, you know, I if we think about
it,
June late June, early July two thousand five,
iTunes,
brought podcasting in and it was really truly
a a watershed
moment for podcasting. The same same thing with
the iPhone, but more so when the Apple
podcast app
was introduced,
you know, major major
ease of explaining what a podcast is when
you could just, you know, grab person's phone
and hook them up.
Moving on, the Sinanola drug cartel and this
is a story that's been,
I guess,
coming to light for a while.
But the Sinaloa
drug cartel hired a cyber snoop to identify
and kill FBI informants.
Device compromises and deep seated access to critical
infrastructure exposed surveillance vulnerabilities
in the agency's work.
And this is a,
a new report
that
goes all the way back to 02/2018.
But basically, the mercenary
cyber criminal offered a menu of services that
include exploring mobile phones and other devices.
They were looking at CCTV.
They were tracking the FBI with, with compromised,
cameras, security cameras.
So,
pretty amazing here that this information has come
to light.
And,
again, you know, you think about
intelligence.
The military and government's good at intelligence, but
the cartels,
definitely,
equally
equally capable
in in what they do.
So many of you may have accounts with
Robinhood.
Apparently, they're expanding their global push
and,
some ways they made a big deal about
them expanding
their business in cans.
But apparently trying to bring some
investment stuff to the European
market.
So, they're going to be offering tokenized US
stocks and EFTs across Europe
and, crypto staking in The US perpetual.
So it's all about EU trading,
layer two blockchain.
So anyway, I don't know why this is
big news, but
I guess we'll continue to watch Robinhood.
Gonna be a big
protest
on NASA today but NASA employees are being
told don't don't go. This is another group.
So it's actually
the
they've told
that NASA headquarters
professional satiation bargain employee unit
local twenty nine
is not allowed to strike.
So this is being done by a third
party,
another union outside of the primary NASA union,
that is gonna be,
striking based upon the budget cuts.
So people are not happy about that. But
again, what what can they do
for sure?
So the iPhone launch iPhone launch happened exactly
eighteen years ago.
And,
you know, I think we all knew it
was coming.
And where were you on June 29? Did
you line up to get an iPhone?
Obviously,
a very, very big
day in the mobile world changed things
forever. People getting their their very first device,
Apple device.
I think I still have my first iPhone,
someplace,
somewhere stashed.
If you have a Brother printer,
hundreds of Brother printer models have an unpatchable
security flaw.
So serious security flaws have been found in
hundreds of these printers
allowing,
attackers remote access devices. They're still using default
passwords.
So eight new vulnerabilities, one of which cannot
be fixed, were discovered.
The flaws impact 59
models
from Fujifilm to Shiba, Ricoh, Konica, Minolta,
but not every vulnerability found is on every
printer.
So
but again,
changing the default manufacturer passwords is something that
should be always done anyway.
So if you have a Brother printer and
you're still running the default,
the default password, please
get it get it changed for sure.
Trump's health secretary, RFK Jr. Wants every American
to wear a fitness tracker
and take care take control of the health.
Now I think this is a good idea
overall.
You know, having it wearing an Apple Watch,
I get a lot of data. I tell
you what's really given me data.
If you if you are
a type two diabetic
and you are not
wearing
a
a blood glucose monitor,
They it's $50 It's a $100 a month
if you can afford it. If your insurance
won't cover it, my insurance will not cover
the monitor. So I'm paying out of pocket
for mine.
I'm going to say I should if I
should have been wearing one of these years
ago.
Best investment
ever.
It really, really is.
No more poking.
No more guessing.
Check it in a moment's notice.
And
effectively,
within about two weeks
of using
this blood, glucose monitor,
just small tweaks.
Small, small, small tweaks. And I'm bringing my
sugar down considerably.
Just small tweaks to diet, nothing huge.
And I also can tell when I overdo
it. So I understand the maybe the the
reason it give you basically you use got
something on your hand. You can see,
what you're doing or not doing. So to
me, it makes a lot of sense to
potentially
have a
wear a fitness tracker.
You know, my Apple Watch lets me know
when I've been sitting too long.
Of course, you have to wear it.
And I don't always wear my watch when
I'm in the house.
But,
I think fitness trackers are a little bit
lighter. So maybe So I think maybe he's
on to something here. If just even the
25% of people made some minor changes to
their lifestyle, it would it would really be,
and make a huge difference.
Hacker has pled guilty to breaching
a company's network to pitch his own service.
Of course, we've heard about these types of
scams before,
but a Kansas man has plead guilty to
hacking multiple organizations only to promote his own
cybersecurity
services.
So he was indicted in 2024
for breaching three organizations, including health club and
a Missouri nonprofit organization.
Anyway, he emailed the business owners claiming responsibility
for the attacks and offering consulting services to
rent future cyber attacks.
He may have wanted just done white hat
and said, hey, you have a vulnerability.
I found it.
Pay me a reward for the vulnerability.
That would have been a better situation
instead of,
trying to
extort money. But, you know,
it's okay to be a white hat
and send over we get them from time
to time. We get those reports and we
and we we respond to them.
So and we pay bounties on those reports.
Hawaiian Airlines says it was hit by a
cyber security event, but flyers should be safe.
And they filed an eight k with the
SEC. It claims to have observed the attack,
but didn't
affect flights on their safety, and their systems
are all online.
And this is specifically,
around scattered spider. This is the particular vulnerability,
the particular group
that has went after Hawaiian Airlines.
Joby has delivered first aircraft to Dubai's to
Dubai as air taxi service nears launch.
So the electrical vertical takeoff and landing vehicle,
has delivered the first production aircraft to Dubai,
which plans to launch
this commercial air taxi in early twenty twenty
six.
So, again,
they've been developing this technology since 02/2009,
and,
they're becoming a launchpad for Vance or Dubai
is becoming a launchpad for Vance air mobility.
And
Joby has a six year exclusive operating agreement.
So we will see how this works with
that company, how
they do.
If you have an Anker battery, pay attention
here.
They're doing another recall of another five power
banks.
So if you have the model a one
two five seven,
the model a one six four seven, a
one six five two, a six eight one,
and ace one six eight nine.
Cease using these devices immediately. Do not store
them in your house.
Get them turned in for disposal.
I don't know if they have a recall
on those, but they have a fair warning
on these devices.
Do not use them.
Again,
fair warning here.
I guess with the recall, that means I
mean, you can send it in and get
a new one, potentially,
maybe not. Anyway, the details are in,
the blog post, so definitely check it out.
This is the second
Anker battery that has been,
recalled. I had one that was recalled some
time ago for,
my portable cooler.
It was from,
Anker.
The Ryan Gosling
soars into space to save the world in
project Hail Mary. The trailer is available. Looks
pretty good
And should be an interesting,
interesting flick. It's based upon
a book. I like the science fiction converted
to movies.
And we'll see how how well it's received.
But,
we'll see if this should be I don't
know when it does it say when it
releases?
Yeah.
It's gonna at least oh, it's only gonna
be available in theaters
after 03/20/2026.
So it's a way out, but you can
watch
at least the trailer of it,
available now. Also, the Netflix announcement, what's available
in July
and,
what
what is available, 48 new movies,
including the old Gar two, Happy Gilmore two,
and more.
So that list is obviously up in the
show notes for you to check out as
well.
According to Reuters, renewable renewable
energy shares mix as US Senate preserves some
tax credits in the current,
big, beautiful bill as they call it.
So the final version
preserve tax credits for solar lease solar leasing.
That's an arrangement where a third party owns
and installs a solar system
on your property, and then you pay for
that over time.
The provision lifts several solar names,
lifted several solar companies after weeks of uncertainty.
Shares of solar panel maker First Solar rose
7%,
while battery firms Sunrun climbed 7.8%,
and Fluent's energy gained 3.1.
So
some of these
tax incentives
survived
survived the budget.
Nintendo has a story that is just making
the rounds now. Why the Nintendo,
why Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's US
site?
Apparently, it was a disagreement over unauthorized
sites selling
the Nintendo Switch two,
specifically because people were buying the Nintendo Switch
two
in Asia,
where it was cheaper,
boxing them up, shipping to them America, and
then reselling at a lower price
than Nintendo suggested,
MSRP.
So
that's why, again, probably no one knew this
or maybe some did and thought it was
weird,
but no Nintendo Direct sales have been on
Amazon, only third
party
sellers.
Hackers now can attack
phones via Bluetooth.
Yes. Hackers can attack phones via Bluetooth,
earbuds, and headphones.
If you're vaguely paranoid about someone listening on
your conversations,
you're probably be a little anxious about that
phone sitting in your pocket going forward if
you use Bluetooth.
These new flaws
discovered,
basically that
a huge number
of headsets
have this vulnerability
and there are three separate
hacks available.
Brands from
Bose, Sony, Jabra, JLab, Marshall and JBL among
many others.
Notable portable popular models include the Bose QuietComfort
earbuds, Sony
w f and w h headphone series.
Now you don't have to toss these. This
is a,
a newly found
exploit,
and it's a proof of concept,
but it's it's pretty significant
in
in what it can actually do.
So, again, details are in
the show notes. Big rumors out there that
Apple is gonna release a cheaper MacBook powered
by a iPhone processor.
Kuo is, an an analysis,
Ming Chi Kuo
believes Apple is aiming to launch an even
more affordable model soon.
They've never really come under $999
But this projected 13 inch
MacBook
being shipped by with an eight eighteen instead
of an m series
processor,
which is not an insignificant
processor,
but
could make a model where they think they're
going to ship five to 7,000,000
units.
And that's according to this article, a pretty
big number.
Maybe going after the Chromebook market. I I
don't know.
But definitely,
an interesting
consideration
for them to bring
that particular
that particular,
chip to market if they do so.
If you're using Tinder in California,
Tinder is gonna require face check for new
users.
I think they should do this on all
these dating apps. There should be a face
check
because
these dating apps are just full of scammers.
Full.
Full. Full. They all these apps should do
this
Using some advanced technology to verify people are
who they say they are. They would really
do
a huge difference in,
it would shut down a large number
of
these scam centers and just nothing but people
being fakes
on these dating sites.
Canada has caved to president Trump and rescinds
its digital service tax on big tech.
So trade, talks have now resumed.
So this is a pretty big deal.
Canada was going to do as the EU
is doing
and
taxing,
American companies.
And,
this this is a big, big, big, big
win here
for, for US companies.
Canada has folded in the battle
by canceling its proposed
digital service tax.
The DST has been in effect since last
year, but Canada had was due to collect
the first payment around $2,000,000,000
on June 30.
However,
those will now be halted.
Support to support those negotiations, Meta Finance announced
that Canada would rescind
the DST in anticipation of a mutually beneficial
comprehensive
trade agreement with The US.
So
there was a 3% tax
on content from large tech firms that relied
on engagement from Canadian users.
So,
will they come up with their own tax
in these trade talks?
That's probably a good question.
Meanwhile, administration says they found a buyer needed
for TikTok to avoid shutdown.
So
they have extended the deadline we know for
another thirty days.
And but apparently,
there is a prospective
purchaser of TikTok. Now
will TikTok sell?
I wonder if they will.
They're gonna need China approval, of course.
And he said he would reveal
the buyer in approximately
the next two weeks.
So everyone here on the new system not
without a little bit of challenges
on the first episode.
But I am much happier with the setup
here. The camera's operating
fantastic so far. This is really the first
time using
the new,
the new connection with the RODECaster. I'm gonna
look into
how I have that connected to make sure
that,
I can potentially
improve the stability,
between the RODECaster
and the,
and in the Mac Studio.
And I've had some other success last time.
This RodeCaster Duo to me is the weak
point and I do have another option
for piping audio into the platform if I
continue to have
challenge with it wanting to disconnect
in the middle of a live event.
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