1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,580 The lead story from Monday, July 11. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:04,419 Yes. I'm back. 3 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:05,379 XAI's 4 00:00:05,919 --> 00:00:06,980 GROC four 5 00:00:07,519 --> 00:00:09,859 achieves the highest artificial intelligence 6 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:11,139 index score, 7 00:00:11,599 --> 00:00:12,099 outperforming 8 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:12,980 OpenAI, 9 00:00:13,884 --> 00:00:15,485 Google Gemini 2.5 10 00:00:15,485 --> 00:00:15,985 Pro, 11 00:00:16,364 --> 00:00:17,265 and Anthropic 12 00:00:17,565 --> 00:00:19,105 Claude four Opus. 13 00:00:19,565 --> 00:00:20,304 In extensive 14 00:00:20,845 --> 00:00:22,545 benchmarks, GROC four 15 00:00:23,085 --> 00:00:23,585 executes 16 00:00:24,204 --> 00:00:25,105 and excels 17 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:27,279 notably in coding, 18 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:28,160 mathematics, 19 00:00:28,699 --> 00:00:30,879 and advanced reasoning task despite 20 00:00:31,579 --> 00:00:32,559 moderate speed 21 00:00:33,179 --> 00:00:36,219 and pricing. I wanna welcome you to episode 22 00:00:36,219 --> 00:00:38,299 1,831. 23 00:00:38,299 --> 00:00:40,935 I'm your host, Todd Cochran. Yeah. Big year. 24 00:00:40,935 --> 00:00:43,115 Big deal out of out of Grok, 25 00:00:44,135 --> 00:00:46,315 and their and their update. 26 00:00:47,495 --> 00:00:50,954 Lots of praise going around even for developers 27 00:00:51,175 --> 00:00:52,155 who are using 28 00:00:53,090 --> 00:00:55,270 Grok to correct code 29 00:00:55,649 --> 00:00:56,789 and so 30 00:00:57,250 --> 00:00:57,750 the 31 00:00:58,129 --> 00:00:58,629 extensive 32 00:01:00,210 --> 00:01:03,250 reporting by the folks at artificial analysis say 33 00:01:03,250 --> 00:01:04,129 that this thing is, 34 00:01:04,849 --> 00:01:06,869 is really knocking it out of the ballpark. 35 00:01:08,474 --> 00:01:11,435 And we know that GROC four's pricing is 36 00:01:11,435 --> 00:01:12,895 equivalent to add about 37 00:01:15,194 --> 00:01:16,715 the 3 to $15 38 00:01:16,715 --> 00:01:17,935 per 1,000,000 39 00:01:17,995 --> 00:01:20,255 input output tokens via API 40 00:01:21,239 --> 00:01:24,060 and that price per token pricing is identical 41 00:01:24,359 --> 00:01:24,859 to 42 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:26,939 Claude four, Sonnet, 43 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,260 but more expensive than Gemini 44 00:01:30,359 --> 00:01:30,859 two. 45 00:01:31,719 --> 00:01:33,579 So, you know, I have not used 46 00:01:34,064 --> 00:01:35,364 GROC very much, 47 00:01:36,064 --> 00:01:36,564 whatsoever. 48 00:01:37,584 --> 00:01:39,604 And, but this is the first time 49 00:01:40,864 --> 00:01:41,604 that xAI 50 00:01:42,064 --> 00:01:43,685 has led the AI frontier. 51 00:01:44,545 --> 00:01:46,625 You know, GROC three scored competently with the 52 00:01:46,625 --> 00:01:49,185 latest models from OpenAI, but GROC four is 53 00:01:49,185 --> 00:01:51,459 the first time that the intelligence index 54 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,319 has shown x AI in the in first 55 00:01:54,319 --> 00:01:56,340 place. Now we expect these types 56 00:01:57,439 --> 00:01:59,140 of bouncing back and forth 57 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,319 scores to happen as models come out. But 58 00:02:02,319 --> 00:02:04,340 one thing that's super notable here 59 00:02:08,125 --> 00:02:09,344 is that it's getting praise. 60 00:02:09,724 --> 00:02:12,784 Huge praise across the industry for 61 00:02:13,245 --> 00:02:15,645 for what it's able to, to do and 62 00:02:15,645 --> 00:02:17,965 it's working at, they're saying at the at 63 00:02:17,965 --> 00:02:18,465 PhD 64 00:02:19,319 --> 00:02:21,560 level and some have went so far as 65 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,659 to say it feels like AGI. 66 00:02:24,439 --> 00:02:26,060 Now, I don't know if I would go 67 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,599 that far at this point, but this is 68 00:02:28,599 --> 00:02:29,819 what people are 69 00:02:30,199 --> 00:02:32,699 are referring to and they definitely 70 00:02:33,205 --> 00:02:35,125 have a good, you know, it's got a 71 00:02:35,125 --> 00:02:36,264 good index score. 72 00:02:37,284 --> 00:02:40,405 So again but the difference is is marginal. 73 00:02:40,405 --> 00:02:41,384 A couple of points, 74 00:02:42,324 --> 00:02:42,824 higher, 75 00:02:43,844 --> 00:02:44,324 than, 76 00:02:44,884 --> 00:02:46,664 than other models. So, 77 00:02:47,270 --> 00:02:49,689 pretty amazing stuff here. I'm not surprised, 78 00:02:50,310 --> 00:02:51,990 with the amount of money being spent. Of 79 00:02:51,990 --> 00:02:52,490 course, 80 00:02:54,069 --> 00:02:56,569 x has now been acquired by xAI, 81 00:02:57,270 --> 00:02:57,990 which is, 82 00:02:58,469 --> 00:02:59,770 interesting in itself 83 00:03:00,335 --> 00:03:03,375 and the departure of their CEO at x 84 00:03:03,375 --> 00:03:04,355 here recently. 85 00:03:05,135 --> 00:03:06,995 Have you been using rock? 86 00:03:07,375 --> 00:03:08,814 I'd love to hear from you if you 87 00:03:08,814 --> 00:03:09,794 have it and 88 00:03:10,094 --> 00:03:12,435 and what you feel has been the results 89 00:03:12,895 --> 00:03:13,395 thereof. 90 00:03:14,569 --> 00:03:15,389 Hey. 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So I apologize I 176 00:06:25,444 --> 00:06:27,144 wasn't back with you on Monday. 177 00:06:28,724 --> 00:06:29,125 And, 178 00:06:29,685 --> 00:06:32,504 I'm alive, well, healthy, and everything else. So 179 00:06:32,644 --> 00:06:34,805 sorry for missing a couple of episode here. 180 00:06:34,805 --> 00:06:35,305 Sometimes, 181 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:37,600 things out of my control 182 00:06:38,699 --> 00:06:39,199 happen. 183 00:06:39,819 --> 00:06:42,459 And, I appreciate your patience and, 184 00:06:43,180 --> 00:06:44,959 and thank you again for staying subscribed 185 00:06:46,060 --> 00:06:48,300 to the show. Got a great stack of 186 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:50,160 stuff today to go through here. 187 00:06:50,574 --> 00:06:51,935 One thing I did do and I get 188 00:06:51,935 --> 00:06:53,395 to pick them up today. I 189 00:06:53,774 --> 00:06:54,274 had, 190 00:06:56,095 --> 00:07:00,115 I've been having issues with my primary glasses 191 00:07:00,895 --> 00:07:02,835 and I don't know if the prescription 192 00:07:03,214 --> 00:07:06,240 drifted out And so I always carry a 193 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:07,139 spare pair 194 00:07:07,519 --> 00:07:09,459 of glasses as my 195 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:10,500 backup. 196 00:07:11,279 --> 00:07:13,519 The basically, the previous subscription, when I put 197 00:07:13,519 --> 00:07:15,300 those on, they were much better 198 00:07:15,919 --> 00:07:16,419 than 199 00:07:17,014 --> 00:07:19,754 the current prescription. So something has shifted 200 00:07:20,294 --> 00:07:21,514 here. So I went 201 00:07:22,694 --> 00:07:24,314 and booked an appointment. 202 00:07:24,694 --> 00:07:26,454 Well, actually not even booked appointment. It was 203 00:07:26,454 --> 00:07:27,735 kind of like one of those walk in 204 00:07:27,735 --> 00:07:28,235 places. 205 00:07:28,774 --> 00:07:30,314 You're able to do a complete 206 00:07:31,014 --> 00:07:31,675 eye exam. 207 00:07:33,550 --> 00:07:36,269 The home nine yards about thirty minutes of 208 00:07:36,269 --> 00:07:37,569 a traditional ophthalmologist 209 00:07:38,750 --> 00:07:39,250 exam 210 00:07:40,029 --> 00:07:40,529 and 211 00:07:41,470 --> 00:07:42,370 ordered glasses 212 00:07:43,310 --> 00:07:43,810 and 213 00:07:44,269 --> 00:07:46,589 they weren't as nice as these. But the 214 00:07:46,589 --> 00:07:48,854 challenge I have with these is because they're 215 00:07:48,854 --> 00:07:49,354 frameless, 216 00:07:50,375 --> 00:07:52,535 they're starting to separate and I need to 217 00:07:52,535 --> 00:07:54,555 send them back and have them fixed. 218 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:55,654 But the, 219 00:07:58,935 --> 00:07:59,995 I picked up glasses 220 00:08:00,454 --> 00:08:02,474 and all under about, 221 00:08:04,139 --> 00:08:05,979 I think all in. I was all in 222 00:08:05,979 --> 00:08:07,600 for about a $150 223 00:08:08,220 --> 00:08:08,539 with, 224 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:09,839 new glasses 225 00:08:10,699 --> 00:08:13,259 for everything. The full nine yards. Now I 226 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:14,800 have insurance in America 227 00:08:16,425 --> 00:08:19,725 And typically when I get new glasses, 228 00:08:20,504 --> 00:08:22,125 the exam is covered. 229 00:08:22,824 --> 00:08:24,745 The frames, obviously, I have a bit of 230 00:08:24,745 --> 00:08:26,985 a discount because of the insurance. But because 231 00:08:26,985 --> 00:08:28,365 frames are so expensive, 232 00:08:29,089 --> 00:08:31,330 I usually never walk out of the door 233 00:08:31,330 --> 00:08:32,149 under like 234 00:08:32,690 --> 00:08:33,889 maybe $300 235 00:08:33,889 --> 00:08:35,029 or something like that. 236 00:08:35,889 --> 00:08:36,389 So, 237 00:08:36,929 --> 00:08:37,990 I'm pretty impressed, 238 00:08:38,850 --> 00:08:41,110 from from that savings per se. 239 00:08:41,674 --> 00:08:43,914 So new glasses are ready to pick up. 240 00:08:43,914 --> 00:08:45,534 It's been about seven days. 241 00:08:45,995 --> 00:08:48,654 So everything progressive lenses transitions, 242 00:08:49,355 --> 00:08:50,334 you know, the 243 00:08:51,434 --> 00:08:53,995 the light the glasses get darker. Time will 244 00:08:53,995 --> 00:08:56,210 tell. I'll have them for the next show 245 00:08:56,210 --> 00:08:58,149 and I'll be able to see how they're 246 00:08:58,529 --> 00:08:59,509 how they're working. 247 00:09:00,289 --> 00:09:01,429 Little bit of 248 00:09:02,049 --> 00:09:04,610 over glare here in the studio. So it 249 00:09:04,610 --> 00:09:07,029 bothers me just a little bit, 250 00:09:07,970 --> 00:09:08,710 when I'm 251 00:09:09,794 --> 00:09:11,235 doing the show. So I may have to 252 00:09:11,235 --> 00:09:12,754 adjust these lights just a little bit. I 253 00:09:12,754 --> 00:09:14,534 did turn them quite a bit. But 254 00:09:14,835 --> 00:09:15,335 anyway, 255 00:09:15,875 --> 00:09:17,475 things seem to be working. I think I 256 00:09:17,475 --> 00:09:21,254 found the secret decoder ring for the RODEcaster 257 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:23,254 and how to not get it to disconnect. 258 00:09:24,430 --> 00:09:26,350 It's all about starting a recording at least 259 00:09:26,350 --> 00:09:28,830 ten minutes early. Something about that triggers it 260 00:09:28,830 --> 00:09:31,410 to disconnect from the computer from 261 00:09:31,950 --> 00:09:33,250 from time to time. 262 00:09:33,550 --> 00:09:35,790 So I'm just double checking here because I 263 00:09:35,790 --> 00:09:38,029 didn't refresh Facebook. Now I can see the 264 00:09:38,029 --> 00:09:39,009 Facebook comments. 265 00:09:40,304 --> 00:09:41,904 So let's talk a little bit of a 266 00:09:41,904 --> 00:09:42,884 little more about 267 00:09:44,945 --> 00:09:45,445 XAI. 268 00:09:46,865 --> 00:09:50,144 They've unveiled a new $300 per month AI 269 00:09:50,144 --> 00:09:51,365 subscription plan. 270 00:09:51,825 --> 00:09:53,764 Now I'm still on OpenAI 271 00:09:54,465 --> 00:09:57,750 Pro at 200 a month and I'm just 272 00:09:58,230 --> 00:10:01,050 it's paying huge benefits. I'm getting 273 00:10:01,910 --> 00:10:04,470 at least once a week my entire value 274 00:10:04,470 --> 00:10:05,370 for that subscription 275 00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:09,190 out of that advanced plan. I'm not sure 276 00:10:09,190 --> 00:10:09,990 $300 277 00:10:09,990 --> 00:10:12,304 is is that's a big big, big 278 00:10:12,764 --> 00:10:13,804 leap. But, 279 00:10:14,524 --> 00:10:17,085 I just wonder what people are seeing with 280 00:10:17,085 --> 00:10:18,764 this, with this new, 281 00:10:19,644 --> 00:10:21,644 with this new plan with well, with the 282 00:10:21,644 --> 00:10:23,504 with the anticipation of GTVFi, 283 00:10:24,044 --> 00:10:25,585 which is coming this summer. 284 00:10:26,490 --> 00:10:28,090 I'm definitely not going to sign up for 285 00:10:28,090 --> 00:10:30,110 it. But one thing I am, 286 00:10:30,649 --> 00:10:31,149 really 287 00:10:32,250 --> 00:10:32,750 pressing, 288 00:10:33,290 --> 00:10:35,149 then trying to make sure my coders 289 00:10:35,850 --> 00:10:37,929 at my company are starting to test these 290 00:10:37,929 --> 00:10:38,429 tools 291 00:10:39,825 --> 00:10:43,044 with code snippets and cleaning things up. And, 292 00:10:44,065 --> 00:10:46,945 I feel that developers at this point are 293 00:10:46,945 --> 00:10:48,804 the ones most at least 294 00:10:49,424 --> 00:10:52,144 my opinion so far, the most resistant to 295 00:10:52,144 --> 00:10:53,044 using AI. 296 00:10:53,899 --> 00:10:55,759 And I don't fully understand 297 00:10:56,779 --> 00:10:57,279 why. 298 00:10:57,660 --> 00:10:59,820 If it's not working, it's not working. But 299 00:10:59,820 --> 00:11:00,480 at least 300 00:11:01,179 --> 00:11:01,679 attempt 301 00:11:01,980 --> 00:11:05,019 try to use and and nothing else, QA 302 00:11:05,019 --> 00:11:06,160 code or 303 00:11:06,595 --> 00:11:07,975 get help with queries. 304 00:11:08,914 --> 00:11:11,475 Because they've used search for years and years 305 00:11:11,475 --> 00:11:13,875 and years to find stuff on GitHub and 306 00:11:13,875 --> 00:11:15,315 other locations. So I'm just 307 00:11:15,955 --> 00:11:17,955 makes me wonder just a little little bit 308 00:11:17,955 --> 00:11:19,815 why developers are 309 00:11:20,399 --> 00:11:23,139 as resistant as they are to using 310 00:11:23,839 --> 00:11:27,139 using AI. My production team is all in. 311 00:11:27,919 --> 00:11:29,220 The same time OpenAI 312 00:11:29,919 --> 00:11:33,220 is talking about launching its own web browser 313 00:11:34,065 --> 00:11:36,144 and it could arrive within the week. So 314 00:11:36,144 --> 00:11:37,845 they're, you know, they're trying to 315 00:11:38,384 --> 00:11:39,605 of course, Engadget, 316 00:11:40,225 --> 00:11:42,304 they definitely have nothing really good to say 317 00:11:42,304 --> 00:11:42,804 about 318 00:11:43,184 --> 00:11:44,565 a number of these companies. 319 00:11:45,264 --> 00:11:47,845 But if they launch their own 320 00:11:48,820 --> 00:11:51,959 browser and deeply integrated services into 321 00:11:52,339 --> 00:11:53,320 the work lives, 322 00:11:54,019 --> 00:11:56,659 this is this could be a game changer. 323 00:11:56,659 --> 00:11:57,159 Now 324 00:11:57,539 --> 00:11:59,700 the browser slated to have a chat gbt 325 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:02,884 style chatbot baked in which completely, 326 00:12:03,665 --> 00:12:04,485 makes sense. 327 00:12:06,705 --> 00:12:07,845 And they're 328 00:12:08,225 --> 00:12:08,725 reportedly 329 00:12:09,585 --> 00:12:11,585 looking to use the browser to capture more 330 00:12:11,585 --> 00:12:14,384 data, which is a strategy that's definitely worked 331 00:12:14,384 --> 00:12:15,125 for Google. 332 00:12:16,220 --> 00:12:18,079 They've done that for years. 333 00:12:18,379 --> 00:12:19,679 So it's nothing new. 334 00:12:20,779 --> 00:12:22,539 The browser said to be designed to keep 335 00:12:22,539 --> 00:12:24,639 many reactions within an AI chatbot 336 00:12:25,579 --> 00:12:28,539 rather than directing users to websites. Now this 337 00:12:28,539 --> 00:12:29,279 is where, 338 00:12:29,795 --> 00:12:33,014 for me it it's it becomes very, very 339 00:12:34,115 --> 00:12:35,975 concerning for small businesses. 340 00:12:36,995 --> 00:12:37,495 And, 341 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:41,634 and if they do start offering this, it 342 00:12:41,634 --> 00:12:43,815 would be following Perplexity which released 343 00:12:44,675 --> 00:12:45,254 a browser 344 00:12:45,769 --> 00:12:47,389 with agentic AI functions, 345 00:12:47,850 --> 00:12:49,629 earlier this week that 346 00:12:50,169 --> 00:12:52,350 we missed in the news cycle here. 347 00:12:52,649 --> 00:12:55,129 And but that browser is only available for 348 00:12:55,129 --> 00:12:56,509 those that are 349 00:12:57,129 --> 00:13:00,750 on Perplexity's max subscription of $200 350 00:13:00,809 --> 00:13:01,549 per month. 351 00:13:02,084 --> 00:13:02,584 So 352 00:13:03,845 --> 00:13:04,245 that's, 353 00:13:04,725 --> 00:13:06,904 that's it. You're not gonna see big penetration 354 00:13:06,964 --> 00:13:08,804 on that largely because of the number of 355 00:13:08,804 --> 00:13:09,704 people using 356 00:13:10,164 --> 00:13:12,105 that level of a 357 00:13:12,485 --> 00:13:12,985 subscription. 358 00:13:14,820 --> 00:13:17,399 Now talking about browsers, there's something here that's 359 00:13:18,339 --> 00:13:19,159 very concerning 360 00:13:19,699 --> 00:13:20,199 and 361 00:13:20,740 --> 00:13:22,440 it was reported by ArsTechnica 362 00:13:22,899 --> 00:13:24,820 and I want all of you really to 363 00:13:24,820 --> 00:13:26,440 listen up here if you're using 364 00:13:26,980 --> 00:13:28,039 any extensions 365 00:13:29,404 --> 00:13:30,545 in your browsers. 366 00:13:31,485 --> 00:13:35,504 Browser extensions turn nearly 1,000,000 browsers into web 367 00:13:35,565 --> 00:13:36,065 scraping 368 00:13:36,445 --> 00:13:36,945 bots. 369 00:13:37,965 --> 00:13:38,365 And, 370 00:13:38,845 --> 00:13:41,644 they've been overriding key security protections, turned browsers 371 00:13:41,644 --> 00:13:44,045 into engines, and scrape websites on behalf of 372 00:13:44,045 --> 00:13:44,945 a paid service. 373 00:13:45,779 --> 00:13:47,539 There's 245 374 00:13:47,539 --> 00:13:50,919 extensions available for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. 375 00:13:51,379 --> 00:13:52,600 They've racked up nearly 376 00:13:52,899 --> 00:13:54,039 a million downloads. 377 00:13:55,059 --> 00:13:57,860 So there's an extensive list and I looked 378 00:13:57,860 --> 00:13:58,919 through this list 379 00:13:59,574 --> 00:14:01,514 and to me none of them were 380 00:14:02,294 --> 00:14:03,914 anything that I recognized, 381 00:14:05,174 --> 00:14:07,834 but this is the bad part about this. 382 00:14:09,495 --> 00:14:12,054 Of 45 known Chrome extensions, 12 are now 383 00:14:12,054 --> 00:14:14,799 inactive. Some of the extensions removed for malware 384 00:14:14,860 --> 00:14:15,360 explicitity. 385 00:14:16,139 --> 00:14:17,759 Of a 129 386 00:14:18,139 --> 00:14:22,059 edge extensions incorporating the the specific library that's 387 00:14:22,059 --> 00:14:24,720 doing this, only eight are in inactive 388 00:14:25,424 --> 00:14:29,264 and of 71 affected by Firefox. Only two 389 00:14:29,264 --> 00:14:30,725 are now inactive. So 390 00:14:31,024 --> 00:14:33,745 if you're using Chrome, you have less exposure, 391 00:14:33,745 --> 00:14:34,965 but there's an extensive 392 00:14:35,345 --> 00:14:35,845 list 393 00:14:36,784 --> 00:14:39,924 linked in the in the article here. So 394 00:14:40,649 --> 00:14:43,129 definitely consider going through that list and see 395 00:14:43,129 --> 00:14:45,549 if any of the extensions you're using 396 00:14:46,089 --> 00:14:48,329 have made the list here. And if they 397 00:14:48,329 --> 00:14:49,230 have, please 398 00:14:50,250 --> 00:14:52,029 start out with a fresh install 399 00:14:52,409 --> 00:14:53,470 of the browser 400 00:14:54,134 --> 00:14:55,195 and and remove, 401 00:14:55,815 --> 00:14:56,955 those extensions. 402 00:14:59,175 --> 00:15:01,335 So after months and months of battling it 403 00:15:01,335 --> 00:15:03,575 out to become the world's most world's most 404 00:15:03,575 --> 00:15:04,875 valuable company 405 00:15:06,134 --> 00:15:06,875 and, Nvidia 406 00:15:07,654 --> 00:15:09,355 briefly held that spot 407 00:15:10,350 --> 00:15:12,129 to hit a staggering 4,000,000,000,000 408 00:15:12,190 --> 00:15:13,009 market cap. 409 00:15:14,509 --> 00:15:17,490 It's since dipped to 3,972,000,000,000.000. 410 00:15:17,549 --> 00:15:18,289 But anyway, 411 00:15:18,909 --> 00:15:21,649 hit that $4,000,000,000,000 412 00:15:22,664 --> 00:15:24,504 value. You might as well just call it 413 00:15:24,504 --> 00:15:27,404 4,000,000,000,000 based upon stock fluctuation. But, 414 00:15:28,184 --> 00:15:31,225 you know, huge huge huge first company ever 415 00:15:31,225 --> 00:15:31,884 to hit 416 00:15:32,345 --> 00:15:33,865 a $4,000,000,000,000. 417 00:15:33,865 --> 00:15:35,945 And if it doesn't show you that the 418 00:15:35,945 --> 00:15:36,445 AI 419 00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:40,160 the AI stuff is just hotter than ever 420 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:40,660 then, 421 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:42,399 you know, I don't know what you can 422 00:15:42,399 --> 00:15:43,139 think of. 423 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:44,340 HBO 424 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:46,019 Max is back. 425 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,360 HBO Max says the rebranding to the name 426 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,620 that should have never been changed is underway. 427 00:15:52,565 --> 00:15:53,065 So, 428 00:15:54,004 --> 00:15:54,745 you know, 429 00:15:55,845 --> 00:15:57,544 maybe now they can figure out 430 00:15:58,164 --> 00:15:59,625 their, their model. 431 00:16:01,365 --> 00:16:02,965 It just doesn't make any sense why they 432 00:16:02,965 --> 00:16:04,904 made that change to begin with. But, 433 00:16:05,350 --> 00:16:07,450 you know, at HBO Max is 434 00:16:07,909 --> 00:16:09,669 is on its way back and you'll start 435 00:16:09,669 --> 00:16:12,409 seeing updates across the websites and so forth 436 00:16:12,870 --> 00:16:14,009 over the coming days. 437 00:16:14,870 --> 00:16:16,789 So if you're a big Samsung phone, the 438 00:16:16,789 --> 00:16:19,029 Galaxy Unpacked 2025, 439 00:16:19,029 --> 00:16:22,204 everything Samsung announced including the z fold z 440 00:16:22,445 --> 00:16:24,225 excuse me. The z fold seven, 441 00:16:24,605 --> 00:16:27,264 the z flip seven, and Galaxy Watch eight, 442 00:16:28,125 --> 00:16:30,065 are basically have, 443 00:16:31,804 --> 00:16:33,970 there's great reporting on it here by the 444 00:16:33,970 --> 00:16:35,590 fact the folks from Engadget. 445 00:16:36,370 --> 00:16:36,850 And, 446 00:16:37,410 --> 00:16:39,410 you can get all the details on these 447 00:16:39,410 --> 00:16:40,710 on these different devices. 448 00:16:42,290 --> 00:16:44,529 Do any of you own a flip a 449 00:16:44,529 --> 00:16:46,370 flip phone? Of course, I'm following a flip 450 00:16:46,370 --> 00:16:49,164 phone because a modern flip phone do any 451 00:16:49,164 --> 00:16:50,144 of them have those? 452 00:16:50,524 --> 00:16:52,204 And any of you are actually using a 453 00:16:52,204 --> 00:16:53,345 Galaxy watch. 454 00:16:53,884 --> 00:16:55,664 I'm kinda curious about that. 455 00:16:56,125 --> 00:16:56,625 But, 456 00:16:57,565 --> 00:17:00,125 anyway, some major updates there on on the 457 00:17:00,125 --> 00:17:01,985 mobile the mobile situation 458 00:17:02,519 --> 00:17:03,019 with 459 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:03,980 Samsung. 460 00:17:04,759 --> 00:17:07,080 And I will admit that the, 461 00:17:08,519 --> 00:17:09,180 the fold 462 00:17:09,559 --> 00:17:10,859 definitely looks 463 00:17:11,559 --> 00:17:13,820 a lot like a tablet to me. And 464 00:17:14,845 --> 00:17:17,005 until I saw a picture of this modern 465 00:17:17,005 --> 00:17:17,745 one today, 466 00:17:19,325 --> 00:17:20,305 I really had 467 00:17:20,605 --> 00:17:22,924 no specific interest in picking up one of 468 00:17:22,924 --> 00:17:26,125 these phones, but it it's it's becoming more 469 00:17:26,125 --> 00:17:26,625 attractive. 470 00:17:27,565 --> 00:17:28,065 But 471 00:17:28,365 --> 00:17:29,345 here's the problem. 472 00:17:31,619 --> 00:17:33,639 $2,000. 473 00:17:36,179 --> 00:17:38,359 That's just insane amount of money. 474 00:17:39,460 --> 00:17:39,960 Insane. 475 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:43,000 Major League Baseball 476 00:17:43,845 --> 00:17:45,464 will test its robot 477 00:17:45,924 --> 00:17:46,984 umpire system 478 00:17:47,525 --> 00:17:49,785 at the next all star game. The automated 479 00:17:49,845 --> 00:17:51,144 ball strike system 480 00:17:51,605 --> 00:17:53,684 is being used as a way to challenge 481 00:17:53,684 --> 00:17:55,924 calls during it was used as a way 482 00:17:55,924 --> 00:17:58,424 to challenge calls during spring training. 483 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,700 It's not being used to replace 484 00:18:02,799 --> 00:18:04,019 umpires, which 485 00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,660 would be very, very hard, I think. 486 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,700 But the current version of ABS uses Hawkeye, 487 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:10,980 the computer 488 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,974 vision system developed by Sony to monitor the 489 00:18:13,974 --> 00:18:15,815 exact location of the pitch relative to the 490 00:18:15,815 --> 00:18:17,115 batter's strike zone. 491 00:18:17,894 --> 00:18:18,954 The league is tested 492 00:18:20,214 --> 00:18:22,934 relying on ABC exclusive for calls, but views 493 00:18:22,934 --> 00:18:25,174 the ABC challenge system as good as a 494 00:18:25,174 --> 00:18:25,994 good compromise 495 00:18:26,819 --> 00:18:30,339 between tradition and technology like other possible rule 496 00:18:30,339 --> 00:18:30,839 changes. 497 00:18:31,299 --> 00:18:31,960 It also 498 00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:34,819 adds a new element of strategy with only 499 00:18:34,819 --> 00:18:36,599 two opportunities to challenge, 500 00:18:37,619 --> 00:18:41,284 and players have to be selective. So I'm 501 00:18:41,284 --> 00:18:43,304 not much of a major league baseball 502 00:18:44,164 --> 00:18:47,384 fan. You know, there's often controversies about Empires, 503 00:18:47,444 --> 00:18:49,845 but how do you complain and yell at 504 00:18:49,845 --> 00:18:52,424 and get the face of a bot? 505 00:18:52,884 --> 00:18:54,664 I don't think you can. 506 00:18:55,420 --> 00:18:57,820 And a very interesting move, T Mobile has 507 00:18:57,820 --> 00:19:00,779 end its DEI programs and attempt to win 508 00:19:00,779 --> 00:19:02,000 approval from the 509 00:19:02,299 --> 00:19:05,200 FCC as part of its attempt 510 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:06,799 to acquire 511 00:19:11,325 --> 00:19:12,445 the $20,000,000 512 00:19:12,445 --> 00:19:13,664 merger with Frontier. 513 00:19:15,644 --> 00:19:16,125 And, 514 00:19:17,085 --> 00:19:18,785 we know that the current administration 515 00:19:19,164 --> 00:19:19,664 is, 516 00:19:20,205 --> 00:19:21,985 definitely anti DEI, 517 00:19:23,109 --> 00:19:25,909 but they also need regulatory backing to purchase 518 00:19:25,909 --> 00:19:28,710 extensive assets of United States cellular in a 519 00:19:28,710 --> 00:19:30,490 deal at 4,400,000,000.0. 520 00:19:31,269 --> 00:19:33,049 So they're trying to make 521 00:19:33,349 --> 00:19:35,825 trying to make this happen. Did any of 522 00:19:35,825 --> 00:19:37,805 you pick up anything up on, 523 00:19:38,265 --> 00:19:39,644 Prime Week on Amazon? 524 00:19:41,305 --> 00:19:43,945 I was shopping and did not see any 525 00:19:43,945 --> 00:19:44,445 deals. 526 00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:45,884 So 527 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:49,480 I don't know. It to me, it was 528 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:49,980 underwhelming 529 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,920 the offerings to be quite frank with you. 530 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:54,859 There were some good Apple stuff, but I 531 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,000 I needed more Apple computers like I need 532 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,539 a hole in my head at this point. 533 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,720 NASA's gonna lose over 2,000 senior staff due 534 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:03,375 to propose budget cuts. 535 00:20:04,414 --> 00:20:07,075 The 2026 budget will leave the space organization 536 00:20:07,134 --> 00:20:09,795 in a difficult position if it's improved. 537 00:20:10,494 --> 00:20:10,994 So 538 00:20:12,095 --> 00:20:14,355 of the of over the two thousands 539 00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:15,714 potential 540 00:20:16,349 --> 00:20:19,230 departing staff members, nearly all of them are 541 00:20:19,230 --> 00:20:20,529 in senior positions, 542 00:20:22,750 --> 00:20:24,929 requiring specialized skills or management 543 00:20:25,230 --> 00:20:27,789 experience. Those include 1,818 544 00:20:27,789 --> 00:20:30,109 staff serving in missionaries like science or human 545 00:20:30,109 --> 00:20:30,609 spaceflight, 546 00:20:31,224 --> 00:20:32,764 the rest performing mission 547 00:20:33,224 --> 00:20:36,444 support roles like IT, facilities, maintenance, or finance. 548 00:20:37,065 --> 00:20:39,304 So it was a large number of g 549 00:20:39,304 --> 00:20:41,804 s 13, fourteens, and fifteens. 550 00:20:42,424 --> 00:20:44,024 Of course, that's where the most of the 551 00:20:44,024 --> 00:20:44,524 money 552 00:20:45,059 --> 00:20:47,159 is being spent is on those positions. 553 00:20:48,339 --> 00:20:51,220 But if you look at the GSA pay 554 00:20:51,220 --> 00:20:52,599 scale, I think you'll consider, 555 00:20:53,619 --> 00:20:56,440 g s 13 even topped out doesn't make 556 00:20:56,500 --> 00:20:58,119 that much competitive money 557 00:20:58,545 --> 00:21:01,125 as compared to the open market. And fourteens 558 00:21:01,265 --> 00:21:01,924 and fifteens 559 00:21:02,384 --> 00:21:05,445 are similarly placed, but they get incredibly great 560 00:21:05,904 --> 00:21:07,445 retirements out of those, 561 00:21:08,065 --> 00:21:09,445 out of those pay levels. 562 00:21:10,225 --> 00:21:10,725 So 563 00:21:12,369 --> 00:21:13,809 very, very interesting. But, 564 00:21:14,210 --> 00:21:15,890 I, you know, I think the government needs 565 00:21:15,890 --> 00:21:17,909 to be cut. The question is how 566 00:21:18,289 --> 00:21:19,509 big of an impact, 567 00:21:20,289 --> 00:21:22,609 will it be? If you're a Lego fan, 568 00:21:22,609 --> 00:21:24,630 the Lego's first buildable Decepticon 569 00:21:25,009 --> 00:21:25,509 is 570 00:21:26,210 --> 00:21:27,829 a talking sound wave. 571 00:21:28,345 --> 00:21:29,544 The 1,505 572 00:21:29,544 --> 00:21:32,424 piece sound wave set includes sound effects and 573 00:21:32,424 --> 00:21:35,784 ravage and laser break cassettes, whatever that means. 574 00:21:35,784 --> 00:21:37,005 I don't know what a laser 575 00:21:37,544 --> 00:21:41,224 rec and set is. At a $189.99 576 00:21:41,224 --> 00:21:43,599 sound wave will also be Lego's most expensive 577 00:21:43,659 --> 00:21:45,119 transformer set to date 578 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:47,839 and going on sale in August. 579 00:21:48,539 --> 00:21:52,139 And, Optus Prime is currently a $179 580 00:21:52,139 --> 00:21:54,240 with the much smaller Bumblebee at 581 00:21:54,554 --> 00:21:56,654 $89. 582 00:21:56,875 --> 00:21:57,375 So, 583 00:21:58,554 --> 00:22:01,615 Lego fans, you have that to look forward 584 00:22:01,674 --> 00:22:02,174 to. 585 00:22:02,875 --> 00:22:05,375 Qantas confirms a 5,700,000 586 00:22:05,674 --> 00:22:07,694 have been impacted by a data breach. 587 00:22:08,250 --> 00:22:10,109 So, the personal information 588 00:22:10,890 --> 00:22:11,630 was compromised. 589 00:22:12,410 --> 00:22:14,910 The incident occurred on June 30. 590 00:22:15,690 --> 00:22:17,930 On July 7, the company announced that hackers 591 00:22:17,930 --> 00:22:20,190 made contact likely for extortion 592 00:22:21,164 --> 00:22:25,005 and roughly 6,000,000 customers data was stored on 593 00:22:25,005 --> 00:22:25,985 a hack platform. 594 00:22:26,924 --> 00:22:27,424 And 595 00:22:28,845 --> 00:22:30,384 so they found that 596 00:22:31,965 --> 00:22:35,184 names, email addresses, Qantas frequent fire details 597 00:22:35,769 --> 00:22:37,210 Of those 1,200,000 598 00:22:37,210 --> 00:22:40,750 records only contained names and email addresses. 599 00:22:41,769 --> 00:22:41,929 So, 600 00:22:43,929 --> 00:22:44,569 they had, 601 00:22:45,130 --> 00:22:45,950 phone numbers, 602 00:22:47,450 --> 00:22:49,470 gender information, meal preferences. 603 00:22:49,769 --> 00:22:51,289 I don't care if people know what I 604 00:22:51,289 --> 00:22:51,585 eat, 605 00:22:53,184 --> 00:22:54,244 which I am, 606 00:22:54,625 --> 00:22:56,964 by the way, I'm doing very well 607 00:22:57,345 --> 00:22:58,484 on my diet. 608 00:23:00,544 --> 00:23:02,724 I'll have more to report soon 609 00:23:03,505 --> 00:23:06,784 and some information for you to share with 610 00:23:06,784 --> 00:23:07,284 you. 611 00:23:08,429 --> 00:23:12,289 Jack Dorsey says his secure Nitbit chat app 612 00:23:13,069 --> 00:23:15,069 has not been tested for security. So let 613 00:23:15,069 --> 00:23:16,049 me say that again. 614 00:23:16,750 --> 00:23:19,329 Jack Dorsey says his new secure 615 00:23:20,795 --> 00:23:22,575 new bit chat app 616 00:23:22,875 --> 00:23:24,654 has not been tested for security. 617 00:23:25,355 --> 00:23:27,775 He launched this open source chat app 618 00:23:28,234 --> 00:23:30,954 this previous Sunday, promising delivers secure and private 619 00:23:30,954 --> 00:23:33,295 messaging without a centralized infrastructure. 620 00:23:34,220 --> 00:23:36,299 The app relies on Bluetooth and end to 621 00:23:36,299 --> 00:23:37,599 end encryption unlike 622 00:23:38,140 --> 00:23:40,480 traditional messaging apps that rely on the Internet. 623 00:23:40,940 --> 00:23:43,820 By being decentralized, BitChat has potential to being 624 00:23:43,820 --> 00:23:45,839 a secure app in high risk environments 625 00:23:46,299 --> 00:23:47,279 where the Internet 626 00:23:48,115 --> 00:23:49,414 is monitored or, 627 00:23:50,194 --> 00:23:50,694 inaccessible. 628 00:23:50,994 --> 00:23:53,255 Did I just oh, that's what I did. 629 00:23:53,714 --> 00:23:54,214 So 630 00:23:54,914 --> 00:23:56,294 but it hasn't faced any 631 00:23:57,474 --> 00:23:59,255 scrutiny by security researchers. 632 00:24:00,609 --> 00:24:01,890 I don't know how this works if it 633 00:24:01,890 --> 00:24:02,950 just uses Bluetooth. 634 00:24:03,650 --> 00:24:05,589 And how do you talk to other people? 635 00:24:07,650 --> 00:24:09,190 He says that work in progress. 636 00:24:09,730 --> 00:24:12,690 The latest disclaimer claimed after basically, they put 637 00:24:12,690 --> 00:24:15,174 a disclaimer on this. Do not use it 638 00:24:15,174 --> 00:24:17,095 for production use and do not rely on 639 00:24:17,095 --> 00:24:19,595 its security whatsoever until it's been reviewed. 640 00:24:20,215 --> 00:24:22,535 So maybe that maybe it should have been 641 00:24:22,535 --> 00:24:24,215 the cart before the horse there a little 642 00:24:24,215 --> 00:24:24,715 bit. 643 00:24:26,295 --> 00:24:28,055 On the science front, echoes from the Big 644 00:24:28,055 --> 00:24:30,279 Bang suggests the Earth is trapped inside a 645 00:24:30,279 --> 00:24:30,779 giant 646 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,440 cosmic void. Now this is not the first 647 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:34,940 time. 648 00:24:35,319 --> 00:24:37,720 This has been suggested a few times since 649 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:38,700 1990, 650 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,559 but astronomers claim to found new evidence supporting 651 00:24:41,559 --> 00:24:42,779 this controversial 652 00:24:43,159 --> 00:24:43,659 observation 653 00:24:44,414 --> 00:24:45,855 is that we're kind of out in the 654 00:24:45,855 --> 00:24:47,234 backwoods of anywhere. 655 00:24:47,934 --> 00:24:50,095 They say they found claim evidence Earth and 656 00:24:50,095 --> 00:24:53,234 our Milky Way are suspended inside a gigantic 657 00:24:53,775 --> 00:24:54,275 void. 658 00:24:55,134 --> 00:24:57,215 First, they told us last week we were 659 00:24:57,215 --> 00:24:58,275 in a black hole. 660 00:24:59,055 --> 00:24:59,555 So 661 00:25:00,340 --> 00:25:02,500 the proposal made by analyzing echoes of the 662 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:04,500 Big Bang suggests that our galaxy may be 663 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:06,759 floating in a 2,000,000,000 light year 664 00:25:07,140 --> 00:25:10,039 region that's 20% less dense than average. 665 00:25:12,180 --> 00:25:13,960 So okay. We'll see. 666 00:25:16,305 --> 00:25:17,365 Curious observation 667 00:25:18,865 --> 00:25:20,964 and, people spend their life 668 00:25:21,265 --> 00:25:23,605 spend their life analyzing this stuff. 669 00:25:24,305 --> 00:25:26,005 The July full moon rises 670 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,200 tonight. So the full moon reads at peak 671 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:30,900 illumination at forty six PM 672 00:25:31,759 --> 00:25:32,259 eastern 673 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,420 daylight time. Interesting. 674 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,099 So it actually happened yesterday. So this is 675 00:25:38,355 --> 00:25:39,494 a or happened today 676 00:25:39,954 --> 00:25:41,815 on July 10, your time. 677 00:25:43,154 --> 00:25:44,835 The exact time the moon race takes place 678 00:25:44,835 --> 00:25:46,694 which is around 08:53PM 679 00:25:47,315 --> 00:25:48,214 in New York. 680 00:25:49,474 --> 00:25:51,174 So take a look at the moon 681 00:25:52,109 --> 00:25:52,609 and, 682 00:25:53,549 --> 00:25:54,609 the black moon 683 00:25:55,309 --> 00:25:57,630 will be the farthest full moon from the 684 00:25:57,630 --> 00:25:59,650 sun in 2025. 685 00:26:00,269 --> 00:26:00,769 So, 686 00:26:01,630 --> 00:26:03,250 guess it's supposed to be darker. 687 00:26:04,924 --> 00:26:06,545 How many shades of gray darker? 688 00:26:07,644 --> 00:26:09,664 Outlook hit was down for quite a while, 689 00:26:10,045 --> 00:26:12,205 and it's certainly come back online, but they're 690 00:26:12,205 --> 00:26:13,984 recovering from a major outage 691 00:26:14,525 --> 00:26:16,625 that lasted most of the morning. 692 00:26:17,130 --> 00:26:17,630 So, 693 00:26:18,089 --> 00:26:19,549 how many of you were impacted 694 00:26:20,170 --> 00:26:20,990 by that? 695 00:26:23,609 --> 00:26:25,529 Elon Musk is saying that Grok is going 696 00:26:25,529 --> 00:26:27,070 to come to Tesla EVs 697 00:26:27,450 --> 00:26:27,950 and 698 00:26:28,984 --> 00:26:32,025 so they're going to be be putting that 699 00:26:32,025 --> 00:26:32,525 into, 700 00:26:35,144 --> 00:26:36,845 into Teslas. I'm not surprised. 701 00:26:37,625 --> 00:26:40,184 The question is, what happens when Grok gets 702 00:26:40,184 --> 00:26:40,924 it wrong? 703 00:26:42,849 --> 00:26:44,930 Love to see how that ends up being 704 00:26:44,930 --> 00:26:46,869 integrated if any of you have a Tesla 705 00:26:47,329 --> 00:26:49,089 and are willing to admit it. A lot 706 00:26:49,089 --> 00:26:50,450 of people don't want to admit they have 707 00:26:50,450 --> 00:26:51,750 a Tesla right now. 708 00:26:52,049 --> 00:26:53,190 But if you do, 709 00:26:54,815 --> 00:26:55,315 and 710 00:26:55,855 --> 00:26:57,775 find out details on this, I'd love to 711 00:26:57,775 --> 00:26:59,634 have you share it with us 712 00:26:59,934 --> 00:27:01,455 so that we can share it with the 713 00:27:01,455 --> 00:27:01,955 audience. 714 00:27:02,974 --> 00:27:03,715 A McDonald's 715 00:27:04,095 --> 00:27:04,595 chatbot. 716 00:27:05,775 --> 00:27:07,715 Why does McDonald's have a chatbot? 717 00:27:08,900 --> 00:27:10,839 Why why is that even a thing? McDonald's 718 00:27:13,299 --> 00:27:15,859 chatbot law a leak 64,000,000 719 00:27:15,859 --> 00:27:17,700 records with the one two three four five 720 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:18,599 six password. 721 00:27:18,980 --> 00:27:21,400 Oh, it was from a job applicant website. 722 00:27:22,494 --> 00:27:24,095 Information about 64,000,000 723 00:27:24,095 --> 00:27:26,494 people applying for jobs at McDonald's been leaked 724 00:27:26,494 --> 00:27:27,394 via Olivia, 725 00:27:27,934 --> 00:27:31,615 an AI powered chatbot created by Paradox dot 726 00:27:31,615 --> 00:27:33,075 AI to handle hiring. 727 00:27:33,775 --> 00:27:35,714 So yeah. You go to apply for McDonald's 728 00:27:35,775 --> 00:27:38,289 now and an AI is and analyzing your 729 00:27:38,589 --> 00:27:39,410 your application. 730 00:27:40,109 --> 00:27:42,990 This give Carol access to information including the 731 00:27:42,990 --> 00:27:45,549 name, addresses, phone numbers, and email address of 732 00:27:45,549 --> 00:27:46,369 job applicants 733 00:27:46,990 --> 00:27:48,609 among other data. 734 00:27:51,184 --> 00:27:53,424 Reporting a leak to Paradox was challenging as 735 00:27:53,424 --> 00:27:56,005 the company lacked a dedicated security team. 736 00:27:56,704 --> 00:27:59,025 So, apparently, they finally were able to get 737 00:27:59,025 --> 00:28:02,005 through to them and get this patched. 738 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,920 Microsoft is doubling down and spending 4,000,000,000 to 739 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,700 push AI in schools, 740 00:28:08,079 --> 00:28:09,539 universities, and more. 741 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,599 Microsoft wants the wants to upscale the next 742 00:28:13,599 --> 00:28:15,599 generation in AI. And for those of you 743 00:28:15,599 --> 00:28:17,299 that listen to the show that have kids, 744 00:28:18,095 --> 00:28:20,035 what are you doing with your 745 00:28:20,575 --> 00:28:22,275 with AI? How 746 00:28:22,654 --> 00:28:24,195 how have you got that 747 00:28:24,894 --> 00:28:25,394 integrated 748 00:28:26,414 --> 00:28:26,914 in 749 00:28:28,095 --> 00:28:30,414 your household for your kids? Are you letting 750 00:28:30,414 --> 00:28:31,715 your kids use AI? 751 00:28:33,299 --> 00:28:35,619 I think there's there's you're damned if you 752 00:28:35,619 --> 00:28:37,559 do damned if you don't in this regard. 753 00:28:38,579 --> 00:28:41,700 But Microsoft's donating 4,000,000,000 cash over five years 754 00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:44,740 to upscale today's youth. AI and cloud skills 755 00:28:44,740 --> 00:28:46,919 are lacking in much of the global workforce. 756 00:28:47,664 --> 00:28:49,845 Teachers also getting support to help them integrate 757 00:28:49,984 --> 00:28:51,365 AI into the classroom. 758 00:28:55,664 --> 00:28:57,345 I know there's a lot of cheating going 759 00:28:57,345 --> 00:28:57,845 on, 760 00:28:58,625 --> 00:29:00,805 but it's it's a great research 761 00:29:02,399 --> 00:29:02,899 tool 762 00:29:03,679 --> 00:29:06,399 if you use it as a research tool 763 00:29:06,399 --> 00:29:07,779 and backup sources. 764 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,179 I can't imagine 765 00:29:13,119 --> 00:29:16,259 going to college now and having this 766 00:29:16,804 --> 00:29:18,345 available. It would be beyond 767 00:29:19,045 --> 00:29:20,984 tempting. I know that they are 768 00:29:21,684 --> 00:29:24,724 working on and in schools are using, you 769 00:29:24,724 --> 00:29:25,224 know, 770 00:29:25,525 --> 00:29:26,585 detection technology. 771 00:29:27,684 --> 00:29:28,184 But 772 00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:29,000 you 773 00:29:29,299 --> 00:29:31,000 know, how far does it go? 774 00:29:32,740 --> 00:29:34,440 How much do you would you rewrite? 775 00:29:35,859 --> 00:29:38,579 That, you know, therein lies the question, you 776 00:29:38,579 --> 00:29:40,839 know, and also if a student, 777 00:29:41,380 --> 00:29:41,880 hires, 778 00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:43,559 pays for the 779 00:29:43,904 --> 00:29:44,404 higher 780 00:29:45,105 --> 00:29:47,585 pro model like I'm using and getting the 781 00:29:47,585 --> 00:29:49,445 advanced research functions, 782 00:29:50,705 --> 00:29:52,705 the advanced research functions, I get all of 783 00:29:52,705 --> 00:29:53,365 the sources. 784 00:29:53,825 --> 00:29:55,684 And they're they're basically 785 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,080 not in the format that you'd use in 786 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,400 school, but, you know, you you've got the 787 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:01,900 list 788 00:30:02,519 --> 00:30:05,080 already prebuilt of the sources for the for 789 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:06,380 the articles for 790 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:08,700 the the write up. 791 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:09,660 So, 792 00:30:10,345 --> 00:30:11,005 you know, 793 00:30:11,384 --> 00:30:13,644 I think if I wanted a tactical advantage 794 00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:16,424 in college at this point, I would probably 795 00:30:16,424 --> 00:30:17,805 be paying for pro 796 00:30:18,265 --> 00:30:20,585 just for the high reasoning function and being 797 00:30:20,585 --> 00:30:21,485 able to 798 00:30:22,025 --> 00:30:22,525 resource, 799 00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:27,900 you know, sources for articles and so forth. 800 00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:29,740 We all know that and and for those 801 00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:32,400 that do you haven't done under any undergraduate 802 00:30:32,619 --> 00:30:33,119 work, 803 00:30:34,380 --> 00:30:36,640 you know, writing papers in college to me 804 00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:37,920 was kind of a joke. 805 00:30:38,404 --> 00:30:40,325 It was very, very simple because I knew 806 00:30:40,325 --> 00:30:41,684 how to use Google. I knew how to 807 00:30:41,684 --> 00:30:43,444 do search and I was able to pull 808 00:30:43,444 --> 00:30:45,544 stuff out and put papers together 809 00:30:46,085 --> 00:30:48,184 very, very quickly and source information. 810 00:30:48,565 --> 00:30:49,065 And 811 00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:52,740 so for me, it was one of those 812 00:30:52,740 --> 00:30:54,039 things that was never, 813 00:30:54,579 --> 00:30:55,960 you know, a big lift 814 00:30:56,659 --> 00:30:59,159 as as a, as a college student. 815 00:30:59,940 --> 00:31:01,700 Of course, I went to college late in 816 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:02,200 life 817 00:31:02,659 --> 00:31:04,179 and got my degree. But, 818 00:31:05,875 --> 00:31:08,035 I think this AI is just going to 819 00:31:08,035 --> 00:31:08,535 change 820 00:31:09,154 --> 00:31:10,855 going to change everything. 821 00:31:11,714 --> 00:31:13,315 Now the doom and gloomers has said the 822 00:31:13,315 --> 00:31:15,554 Trump tariffs were gonna ruin everything. They, you 823 00:31:15,554 --> 00:31:17,015 know, they've been a little bit 824 00:31:18,609 --> 00:31:20,069 silent recently because 825 00:31:20,450 --> 00:31:22,390 everything's went pretty well so far. 826 00:31:22,769 --> 00:31:25,910 But the tech side is still worried because 827 00:31:26,289 --> 00:31:27,109 tariff uncertainty 828 00:31:28,210 --> 00:31:30,450 and we know that computers are still exempt 829 00:31:30,450 --> 00:31:31,910 from the levies that Trump 830 00:31:33,095 --> 00:31:34,075 administration introduced. 831 00:31:35,255 --> 00:31:35,654 And, 832 00:31:36,134 --> 00:31:37,994 there's still a threat though because 833 00:31:38,375 --> 00:31:38,875 those 834 00:31:41,335 --> 00:31:43,355 those tariffs could be coming off, 835 00:31:44,950 --> 00:31:47,049 on August 1. Now they could be extended 836 00:31:47,190 --> 00:31:47,690 again, 837 00:31:48,069 --> 00:31:49,690 I guess, depending on how 838 00:31:50,230 --> 00:31:50,730 negotiations 839 00:31:51,269 --> 00:31:52,009 are going. 840 00:31:52,630 --> 00:31:53,029 But, 841 00:31:53,829 --> 00:31:55,190 you know, I think a lot of people 842 00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:57,130 went and got notebooks and so forth, 843 00:31:57,509 --> 00:31:59,450 when they knew this was gonna happen. 844 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:02,545 But, again, you've got a few weeks here 845 00:32:02,845 --> 00:32:03,825 if you want 846 00:32:04,445 --> 00:32:06,705 to be able to pick up a PC 847 00:32:07,085 --> 00:32:09,085 with it. Again, who knows what's gonna happen? 848 00:32:09,085 --> 00:32:10,545 This might be off or not. 849 00:32:10,924 --> 00:32:12,065 We could end up 850 00:32:13,325 --> 00:32:14,065 with the 851 00:32:16,730 --> 00:32:19,710 with the with the tariff situation resolving itself. 852 00:32:20,329 --> 00:32:21,849 I'd love to hear what you think. What's 853 00:32:21,849 --> 00:32:23,630 what's happened with you and purchases? 854 00:32:24,169 --> 00:32:26,410 Have you slowed down on purchases because of 855 00:32:26,410 --> 00:32:27,869 the perceived higher cost 856 00:32:28,894 --> 00:32:31,294 of things. Now one thing's for sure, Amazon 857 00:32:31,294 --> 00:32:34,414 Prime Day, they say that sales plunge 41% 858 00:32:34,414 --> 00:32:36,335 on the first day. I I would not 859 00:32:36,335 --> 00:32:37,075 be surprised. 860 00:32:37,934 --> 00:32:40,894 Experts attributed the drop to shoppers delaying purchase 861 00:32:40,894 --> 00:32:42,674 anticipation of better deals 862 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,419 during the extended four day event. 863 00:32:48,359 --> 00:32:50,359 Amazon said, of course, they were pleased by 864 00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:51,099 the engagement. 865 00:32:52,359 --> 00:32:53,819 And according to 866 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,759 the numbers provided at Adobe, kickoff numbers to 867 00:32:56,759 --> 00:32:58,940 rest Thanksgiving of 2024 868 00:32:59,215 --> 00:33:00,994 of June, 869 00:33:01,934 --> 00:33:04,494 but I really didn't need anything, to be 870 00:33:04,494 --> 00:33:06,515 honest with you. I really did not. 871 00:33:07,055 --> 00:33:09,154 And what I actually what I look for 872 00:33:09,375 --> 00:33:11,375 is I have certain stuff that I have 873 00:33:11,375 --> 00:33:13,715 subscriptions for. I have a subscription to 874 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,140 a heartburn medicine, 875 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:16,740 and I have subscriptions 876 00:33:17,119 --> 00:33:17,940 to my 877 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,880 sugar monitoring system. And I looked to see 878 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,559 if there was any discounts on that if 879 00:33:22,559 --> 00:33:24,960 I could lock in cheaper pricing. And of 880 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:25,859 course, there were 881 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,140 none of that. I will say this too. 882 00:33:30,134 --> 00:33:32,634 Having monitored been monitoring now my, 883 00:33:33,174 --> 00:33:34,775 oh, by the way, I had one sensor 884 00:33:34,775 --> 00:33:35,275 fail. 885 00:33:35,974 --> 00:33:37,894 So I'm gonna run out of sensors before 886 00:33:37,894 --> 00:33:40,474 I come home. The Astellas did replace it. 887 00:33:40,775 --> 00:33:43,335 It failed after twenty four hours, which was 888 00:33:43,335 --> 00:33:44,154 quite annoying. 889 00:33:44,910 --> 00:33:46,210 They sent me a replacement. 890 00:33:46,750 --> 00:33:47,890 The one I'm using, 891 00:33:48,350 --> 00:33:50,289 for those of you that are not aware 892 00:33:50,670 --> 00:33:51,809 is Stell O. 893 00:33:52,430 --> 00:33:52,930 It's 894 00:33:53,950 --> 00:33:54,850 $50 895 00:33:54,910 --> 00:33:57,970 every fifteen days or a $100 a month. 896 00:34:00,634 --> 00:34:01,775 Just the awareness 897 00:34:02,794 --> 00:34:04,255 of I've learned 898 00:34:04,954 --> 00:34:06,494 so much in a month. 899 00:34:08,715 --> 00:34:10,715 I think any of you with type two 900 00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:11,215 diabetes 901 00:34:11,594 --> 00:34:12,474 that do not 902 00:34:13,430 --> 00:34:15,430 I'm telling you, if I if I if 903 00:34:15,430 --> 00:34:17,269 they could come on and be a sponsor, 904 00:34:17,269 --> 00:34:19,849 I would be a great spokesperson for this. 905 00:34:20,630 --> 00:34:23,050 If if you have type two diabetes 906 00:34:23,510 --> 00:34:24,010 and, 907 00:34:25,190 --> 00:34:27,130 you're not pricking every day 908 00:34:28,875 --> 00:34:30,795 and seeing where your levels are at or 909 00:34:30,795 --> 00:34:33,114 pricking multiple times a day as some have 910 00:34:33,114 --> 00:34:33,614 to, 911 00:34:34,474 --> 00:34:36,094 this monitoring tech, 912 00:34:36,394 --> 00:34:37,934 I feel I can probably 913 00:34:38,795 --> 00:34:40,494 within two or three months, 914 00:34:41,035 --> 00:34:42,494 maybe even four months, 915 00:34:43,179 --> 00:34:44,159 completely learn 916 00:34:45,099 --> 00:34:46,640 what I had been doing wrong 917 00:34:47,659 --> 00:34:50,480 and knowing what price I pay for 918 00:34:50,780 --> 00:34:52,800 what type of food I eat, 919 00:34:53,820 --> 00:34:55,280 and how to 920 00:34:57,135 --> 00:34:58,835 also time my metformin 921 00:35:01,695 --> 00:35:02,195 pill, 922 00:35:03,054 --> 00:35:03,534 from, 923 00:35:03,934 --> 00:35:05,135 you know, being able to 924 00:35:06,094 --> 00:35:07,875 I'm supposed to be on a time release, 925 00:35:08,175 --> 00:35:09,775 but I'm gonna tell you that I'm on 926 00:35:09,775 --> 00:35:11,699 a twelve hour time release met form and 927 00:35:11,699 --> 00:35:13,079 so I take two a day. 928 00:35:15,940 --> 00:35:17,460 And if if I you used to wake 929 00:35:17,460 --> 00:35:19,460 up in the morning and take that pill 930 00:35:19,460 --> 00:35:21,699 immediately because it was already twelve hours, but 931 00:35:21,699 --> 00:35:23,380 I often didn't eat for two or three 932 00:35:23,380 --> 00:35:24,280 hours later. 933 00:35:25,715 --> 00:35:27,335 Much much better to hold 934 00:35:27,875 --> 00:35:29,974 for two or three hours. You take 935 00:35:30,355 --> 00:35:32,035 that first meal of the day to take 936 00:35:32,035 --> 00:35:32,695 that pill 937 00:35:33,315 --> 00:35:33,974 and then 938 00:35:34,755 --> 00:35:35,574 in the evening 939 00:35:36,114 --> 00:35:38,769 take the second one not even twelve hours 940 00:35:38,769 --> 00:35:40,949 in when you have your evening meal 941 00:35:41,409 --> 00:35:41,909 and 942 00:35:43,170 --> 00:35:44,769 and even though there might have only been 943 00:35:44,769 --> 00:35:46,069 nine hours separation 944 00:35:46,609 --> 00:35:48,150 has a dramatic effect 945 00:35:48,449 --> 00:35:48,949 on 946 00:35:49,730 --> 00:35:50,230 the 947 00:35:52,474 --> 00:35:53,775 on your blood sugar 948 00:35:54,315 --> 00:35:54,815 and 949 00:35:55,835 --> 00:35:57,695 my levels like this morning, 950 00:35:59,275 --> 00:36:00,655 for those of you that 951 00:36:01,114 --> 00:36:03,035 are aware of these type number, a normal 952 00:36:03,035 --> 00:36:03,535 range 953 00:36:04,474 --> 00:36:04,974 is 954 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,400 70 to 180. 955 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,900 I'm I'm right now at 92 956 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:13,480 and I've been 90 957 00:36:14,039 --> 00:36:15,660 in the nineties since 958 00:36:16,119 --> 00:36:16,619 about 959 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:19,739 almost 960 00:36:20,599 --> 00:36:22,140 twelve hours ago. 961 00:36:23,755 --> 00:36:25,775 And I haven't ate yet this morning. 962 00:36:26,875 --> 00:36:27,375 Here 963 00:36:27,914 --> 00:36:29,594 about twelve hours ago when I had my 964 00:36:29,594 --> 00:36:31,534 last meal, which I jumped up 965 00:36:31,835 --> 00:36:32,655 to about 966 00:36:33,355 --> 00:36:34,315 the 120 967 00:36:34,315 --> 00:36:34,815 range. 968 00:36:35,195 --> 00:36:37,295 But I have not gotten close 969 00:36:38,690 --> 00:36:39,750 to 180. 970 00:36:41,809 --> 00:36:44,690 There was I got close once about three 971 00:36:44,690 --> 00:36:45,429 days ago, 972 00:36:47,329 --> 00:36:49,250 close to 180. And and I have the 973 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:51,105 event logged on what triggered that. 974 00:36:51,585 --> 00:36:52,644 Here in The Philippines. 975 00:36:53,025 --> 00:36:54,724 Rice rice is definitely 976 00:36:55,264 --> 00:36:57,264 huge. But if you do a protein in 977 00:36:57,264 --> 00:36:57,925 a rice, 978 00:37:00,304 --> 00:37:02,144 it the rice isn't really doesn't have much 979 00:37:02,144 --> 00:37:02,965 of an effect. 980 00:37:03,505 --> 00:37:04,644 But it's just amazing. 981 00:37:05,184 --> 00:37:06,324 It really is. 982 00:37:06,780 --> 00:37:08,300 And it's gonna be interesting when I go 983 00:37:08,300 --> 00:37:09,519 back to The United States 984 00:37:09,820 --> 00:37:11,039 and and eating 985 00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:12,000 food 986 00:37:12,699 --> 00:37:15,420 that maybe is a restaurant or prepared to 987 00:37:15,420 --> 00:37:18,059 see what the effect is because I was 988 00:37:18,059 --> 00:37:19,199 having a hard time 989 00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:21,760 initially getting the sugar down 990 00:37:23,885 --> 00:37:24,364 with, 991 00:37:26,125 --> 00:37:27,744 when I was first on this. 992 00:37:28,204 --> 00:37:28,704 And 993 00:37:29,485 --> 00:37:30,864 to be quite frank, 994 00:37:33,085 --> 00:37:33,985 American food 995 00:37:35,139 --> 00:37:35,960 is just 996 00:37:36,260 --> 00:37:37,960 so full of 997 00:37:38,260 --> 00:37:38,760 of 998 00:37:39,059 --> 00:37:40,440 bad stuff. It's just 999 00:37:40,739 --> 00:37:41,239 unbelievable. 1000 00:37:41,699 --> 00:37:43,699 I hear I know I always knew my 1001 00:37:43,699 --> 00:37:45,699 sugar was better when I was here. I 1002 00:37:45,699 --> 00:37:47,400 could just tell physically 1003 00:37:48,019 --> 00:37:49,159 and the 1004 00:37:49,695 --> 00:37:50,195 it 1005 00:37:50,735 --> 00:37:52,574 it's just because there's not a lot of 1006 00:37:52,574 --> 00:37:53,795 processed food here. 1007 00:37:54,175 --> 00:37:55,555 Everything is made fresh. 1008 00:37:58,015 --> 00:37:58,515 So, 1009 00:37:59,295 --> 00:37:59,795 again, 1010 00:38:00,175 --> 00:38:01,295 I'm telling you, 1011 00:38:02,015 --> 00:38:03,954 if if if it's not in your budget, 1012 00:38:04,789 --> 00:38:05,289 please 1013 00:38:05,590 --> 00:38:07,349 try if you're on if you're a type 1014 00:38:07,349 --> 00:38:08,090 two diabetic, 1015 00:38:08,949 --> 00:38:11,269 I impair upon you to do this for 1016 00:38:11,269 --> 00:38:11,929 one month. 1017 00:38:12,389 --> 00:38:13,609 Just one month and, 1018 00:38:15,909 --> 00:38:18,570 you're gonna see a major major major difference. 1019 00:38:19,265 --> 00:38:21,505 Alright. Millions of cars exposed to remote hacking 1020 00:38:21,505 --> 00:38:24,485 via a what's called the perfect blue attack. 1021 00:38:25,265 --> 00:38:25,765 And 1022 00:38:26,704 --> 00:38:29,684 researchers conducted an analysis of the blue SDK 1023 00:38:29,824 --> 00:38:30,965 Bluetooth firmware 1024 00:38:31,449 --> 00:38:32,910 framework developed by OpenSynergy 1025 00:38:33,849 --> 00:38:35,230 and found several vulnerabilities. 1026 00:38:36,250 --> 00:38:38,910 The perfect blue hack was demonstrated against recent 1027 00:38:38,969 --> 00:38:39,469 infotainment 1028 00:38:39,769 --> 00:38:42,349 models shipped from Mercedes Benz, Skoda, and Volkswagen, 1029 00:38:43,050 --> 00:38:45,469 as well as products made by another unnamed 1030 00:38:45,824 --> 00:38:47,984 OEM that was only recently made aware of 1031 00:38:47,984 --> 00:38:48,644 the findings. 1032 00:38:49,585 --> 00:38:50,085 So, 1033 00:38:50,945 --> 00:38:51,764 their CVEs 1034 00:38:52,065 --> 00:38:53,045 out on this, 1035 00:38:53,585 --> 00:38:54,085 but, 1036 00:38:54,704 --> 00:38:55,844 if you again, 1037 00:38:56,385 --> 00:38:58,864 this is I don't know the extent of 1038 00:38:58,864 --> 00:38:59,364 attack, 1039 00:38:59,960 --> 00:39:02,779 but they say that this could allow remote 1040 00:39:03,159 --> 00:39:04,139 code execution. 1041 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,760 IKEA has launched two cheap Bluetooth speakers including 1042 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,460 a retro throwback with a handy, 1043 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,059 Spotify trick. 1044 00:39:12,894 --> 00:39:15,714 There there's the start of another IKEA smart 1045 00:39:15,775 --> 00:39:16,755 home push, 1046 00:39:17,295 --> 00:39:19,855 so they're ugly. I'll be honest with you. 1047 00:39:19,855 --> 00:39:20,594 These speakers, 1048 00:39:21,934 --> 00:39:23,474 you know, maybe for a teenager, 1049 00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:25,969 but for an adult, 1050 00:39:27,550 --> 00:39:28,929 does an adult want 1051 00:39:29,230 --> 00:39:30,610 why do you see these things? 1052 00:39:31,949 --> 00:39:33,090 They're really ugly. 1053 00:39:35,630 --> 00:39:37,969 I I guess I'm just, I like modern 1054 00:39:38,030 --> 00:39:38,530 stuff. 1055 00:39:38,925 --> 00:39:39,405 This 1056 00:39:39,885 --> 00:39:42,065 it it it is a retro throwback, 1057 00:39:42,765 --> 00:39:43,265 but 1058 00:39:44,045 --> 00:39:47,265 it's ugly. I mean, it's really, really ugly. 1059 00:39:48,525 --> 00:39:49,644 4999 1060 00:39:49,644 --> 00:39:51,425 won't set you back too far though. 1061 00:39:53,230 --> 00:39:56,530 So everyone's making fun of the interim 1062 00:39:57,070 --> 00:39:59,730 NASA administration. President Trump announced that, 1063 00:40:00,269 --> 00:40:03,309 transfer patient secretary Sean Duffy and of course 1064 00:40:03,309 --> 00:40:05,550 they're taking shots at him of being a 1065 00:40:05,550 --> 00:40:07,090 reality TV star. 1066 00:40:12,594 --> 00:40:14,994 Isaacman said, short of a new nominee, this 1067 00:40:14,994 --> 00:40:16,215 was a great move. 1068 00:40:16,675 --> 00:40:19,315 NASA needs political leadership from someone that president 1069 00:40:19,315 --> 00:40:19,815 trust 1070 00:40:20,170 --> 00:40:22,809 and has confidence in wishing secondary well and 1071 00:40:22,809 --> 00:40:23,869 important endeavor. 1072 00:40:24,329 --> 00:40:26,170 So he's I guess he's gonna do a 1073 00:40:26,170 --> 00:40:26,670 hat. 1074 00:40:27,929 --> 00:40:28,429 So 1075 00:40:29,130 --> 00:40:31,289 is I think he was in transportation. Is 1076 00:40:31,289 --> 00:40:33,150 he gonna move from transportation 1077 00:40:33,449 --> 00:40:34,750 or stay in trans 1078 00:40:35,175 --> 00:40:35,675 rotation? 1079 00:40:36,855 --> 00:40:39,195 I guess he's gonna do do a hat. 1080 00:40:39,974 --> 00:40:40,474 So, 1081 00:40:41,175 --> 00:40:43,414 a lot of criticizing still going out there 1082 00:40:43,414 --> 00:40:44,155 for sure. 1083 00:40:46,215 --> 00:40:48,135 Last couple of articles here and don't and 1084 00:40:48,135 --> 00:40:48,875 don't leave. 1085 00:40:49,420 --> 00:40:49,980 I plan 1086 00:40:50,619 --> 00:40:53,340 Apple man. They are planning a whole new 1087 00:40:53,340 --> 00:40:55,360 MacBook lineup with the M5. 1088 00:40:56,300 --> 00:40:58,699 So, you know, if you're if you're thinking 1089 00:40:58,699 --> 00:41:00,400 if you're if you've got an M1, 1090 00:41:01,099 --> 00:41:03,280 M2 and you're thinking about the jump, 1091 00:41:04,184 --> 00:41:05,965 The m five stuff is looking 1092 00:41:06,344 --> 00:41:06,844 pretty 1093 00:41:07,224 --> 00:41:08,925 extensive across the entire 1094 00:41:09,785 --> 00:41:11,325 product line. So 1095 00:41:12,265 --> 00:41:15,704 don't upgrade early, but probably this stuff won't 1096 00:41:15,704 --> 00:41:16,925 be available until 1097 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,840 early twenty twenty six if you can wait 1098 00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:20,980 that long, but, 1099 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:25,140 a big big jump. I'll tell you my 1100 00:41:26,159 --> 00:41:26,980 my situation 1101 00:41:27,519 --> 00:41:29,059 here with the studio 1102 00:41:29,644 --> 00:41:31,264 and everything that I was, 1103 00:41:31,644 --> 00:41:34,304 having challenges with the last time 1104 00:41:34,844 --> 00:41:35,664 has completely 1105 00:41:36,045 --> 00:41:37,025 resolved itself. 1106 00:41:37,484 --> 00:41:39,824 It's in it's really purely now the Rodecaster 1107 00:41:39,964 --> 00:41:42,444 that is, given me issues, but I've I 1108 00:41:42,444 --> 00:41:43,425 definitely found 1109 00:41:43,809 --> 00:41:45,989 the hack. The camera's working great. 1110 00:41:46,369 --> 00:41:48,049 I and I have two cameras going on. 1111 00:41:48,049 --> 00:41:49,730 I've got this camera that I'm using here 1112 00:41:49,730 --> 00:41:52,549 and I've switched that to a beautiful PTZ 1113 00:41:52,769 --> 00:41:53,670 optics camera 1114 00:41:53,969 --> 00:41:56,025 that I'll probably transport back and forth with 1115 00:41:56,025 --> 00:41:57,585 me. I'll probably use it at home and 1116 00:41:57,585 --> 00:41:58,945 then bring it back here when I come 1117 00:41:58,945 --> 00:41:59,925 back next time, 1118 00:42:00,385 --> 00:42:02,644 because it's pretty expensive. And then I have 1119 00:42:03,025 --> 00:42:03,525 the 1120 00:42:03,985 --> 00:42:04,485 the, 1121 00:42:05,184 --> 00:42:05,684 teleprompter 1122 00:42:06,304 --> 00:42:09,550 and the camera on that and different focal 1123 00:42:09,550 --> 00:42:12,929 view and it's just it's it's working 1124 00:42:13,550 --> 00:42:14,210 out terrific. 1125 00:42:15,150 --> 00:42:16,289 Everything's working. 1126 00:42:18,909 --> 00:42:21,329 Yeah. I this was the right move 1127 00:42:22,695 --> 00:42:23,195 to 1128 00:42:23,494 --> 00:42:24,635 to bring the 1129 00:42:25,015 --> 00:42:26,715 the, the Mac Studio 1130 00:42:27,255 --> 00:42:27,994 with me. 1131 00:42:28,855 --> 00:42:31,015 I don't like the idea of transporting it 1132 00:42:31,015 --> 00:42:33,515 back and forth, but at the cost of 1133 00:42:34,230 --> 00:42:36,869 that machine, I'm just gonna transport it home 1134 00:42:36,869 --> 00:42:38,010 and I'll bring it back. 1135 00:42:38,469 --> 00:42:40,630 No no sense in having a second computer 1136 00:42:40,630 --> 00:42:41,130 here 1137 00:42:41,670 --> 00:42:43,510 when I'm not here. The next time I'm 1138 00:42:43,510 --> 00:42:45,349 gone, I'll be away for about sixty days. 1139 00:42:45,349 --> 00:42:46,869 I'm a I'll be back in The States 1140 00:42:46,869 --> 00:42:48,315 for at least sixty 1141 00:42:48,695 --> 00:42:49,994 to ninety days. 1142 00:42:50,534 --> 00:42:51,034 And 1143 00:42:52,094 --> 00:42:52,594 so 1144 00:42:53,655 --> 00:42:55,735 I'm very very happy with this setup here. 1145 00:42:55,735 --> 00:42:57,675 OBS is working like a charm. 1146 00:42:59,094 --> 00:43:01,679 Again, everything I wanted to do the first 1147 00:43:01,839 --> 00:43:04,500 trip in this new setup is working great. 1148 00:43:05,519 --> 00:43:07,780 Just a few tweaks here here and there. 1149 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:10,659 Green screen stuff is working out well. 1150 00:43:11,359 --> 00:43:14,159 I've even got a pretty good, depending on 1151 00:43:14,159 --> 00:43:16,184 the type of shirt I wear, is if 1152 00:43:16,184 --> 00:43:18,664 the keying works good. OBS keying is definitely 1153 00:43:18,664 --> 00:43:19,724 not as good as 1154 00:43:20,025 --> 00:43:22,425 the TriCaster because there's still just a tiny 1155 00:43:22,425 --> 00:43:23,405 a bit of bleed 1156 00:43:23,704 --> 00:43:26,105 around my head and every amount of tweaking 1157 00:43:26,105 --> 00:43:28,445 I've done has not helped it. 1158 00:43:29,460 --> 00:43:29,860 But, 1159 00:43:30,260 --> 00:43:32,260 yeah. I'm pretty jazzed with the with the 1160 00:43:32,260 --> 00:43:33,000 setup here. 1161 00:43:33,460 --> 00:43:35,139 Alright. This is gonna bring us to the 1162 00:43:35,139 --> 00:43:38,519 end of the show. Geeknews@gmail.comatgeeknews 1163 00:43:38,579 --> 00:43:40,920 on Twitter. Don't forget about our sponsor GoDaddy. 1164 00:43:40,980 --> 00:43:43,079 Newcentra.com/godaddy. 1165 00:43:43,644 --> 00:43:44,305 You have 1166 00:43:44,605 --> 00:43:46,125 to continue. I will plan to continue to 1167 00:43:46,125 --> 00:43:48,364 do shows here as scheduled. 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