1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,690 Lead story for Thursday, July 2 00:00:02,690 --> 00:00:03,860 17. 3 00:00:04,719 --> 00:00:06,099 Open I OpenAI's 4 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,599 introduced ChatGPD agent and advanced AI assistant that 5 00:00:09,599 --> 00:00:12,099 performs complex, multi step task 6 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,619 by deck directly controlling a virtual computer 7 00:00:16,125 --> 00:00:19,085 Built within a new model combining capabilities from 8 00:00:19,085 --> 00:00:21,744 prior tools, operator and deep research, 9 00:00:22,285 --> 00:00:25,425 the agent can automate workflows such as scheduling 10 00:00:25,484 --> 00:00:28,545 meetings, preparing presentations, or even submitting weekly 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:29,820 office parking 12 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:30,940 requests. 13 00:00:31,399 --> 00:00:34,460 The tool which requires user permissions before irreversible 14 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,039 actions is being rolled out to pre excuse 15 00:00:38,039 --> 00:00:39,420 me, to pro plus 16 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,899 and team users with plans for broader availability 17 00:00:44,119 --> 00:00:44,619 later. 18 00:00:45,054 --> 00:00:47,875 OpenAI emphasizes its focus on 19 00:00:48,255 --> 00:00:50,515 solving hard tasks over speed 20 00:00:50,815 --> 00:00:53,854 and has implemented strict safety and financial use 21 00:00:53,854 --> 00:00:54,354 restrictions. 22 00:00:54,815 --> 00:00:58,335 I wanna welcome you to episode 1,833. 23 00:00:58,335 --> 00:00:59,715 I'm your host, Todd Cochran. 24 00:01:00,109 --> 00:01:02,049 This announcement today by OpenAI, 25 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:06,750 really led me to spend about an hour 26 00:01:06,750 --> 00:01:08,450 down the rabbit hole playing 27 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:10,290 with this feature, 28 00:01:10,829 --> 00:01:11,329 today 29 00:01:12,109 --> 00:01:12,609 and 30 00:01:12,989 --> 00:01:14,909 I set up how to do a simple 31 00:01:14,909 --> 00:01:16,204 task. I 32 00:01:16,664 --> 00:01:17,164 said, 33 00:01:18,104 --> 00:01:20,204 you know, plan a flight plan, 34 00:01:21,064 --> 00:01:22,765 leaving on this date 35 00:01:23,465 --> 00:01:26,265 and then departing with a range of seven 36 00:01:26,265 --> 00:01:28,204 days on the other end. 37 00:01:29,180 --> 00:01:30,560 My preferred airlines 38 00:01:31,020 --> 00:01:32,719 is x y z, 39 00:01:33,180 --> 00:01:35,040 but also look at 40 00:01:35,579 --> 00:01:37,359 a star alliance partners, 41 00:01:38,140 --> 00:01:40,540 where I can claim mileage and give me 42 00:01:40,540 --> 00:01:42,480 the price deltas between those 43 00:01:42,905 --> 00:01:46,844 and also, two additional airlines outside of 44 00:01:47,144 --> 00:01:48,204 the Star Alliance. 45 00:01:49,305 --> 00:01:49,805 And 46 00:01:50,265 --> 00:01:51,405 this thing is not 47 00:01:52,024 --> 00:01:52,524 fast. 48 00:01:53,465 --> 00:01:55,724 It is, for a better word, 49 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,280 set it and go away for five minutes 50 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,260 or ten minutes. 51 00:01:59,879 --> 00:02:00,780 But the output 52 00:02:01,319 --> 00:02:02,859 that it gave me, 53 00:02:03,719 --> 00:02:05,180 was quite incredible. 54 00:02:07,799 --> 00:02:08,300 It, 55 00:02:09,014 --> 00:02:11,175 and I'll show you exactly for those of 56 00:02:11,175 --> 00:02:13,175 you watching, I'll show you exactly what it 57 00:02:13,175 --> 00:02:13,995 come up with. 58 00:02:14,294 --> 00:02:15,995 It says, here was what I found 59 00:02:16,455 --> 00:02:19,414 on Google Flights. Search from eighteen July, prices 60 00:02:19,414 --> 00:02:22,235 in US dollars, one adult economy, Chicago, Manila, 61 00:02:22,294 --> 00:02:23,115 fifteen October, 62 00:02:23,449 --> 00:02:25,530 with a return between March. 63 00:02:25,530 --> 00:02:27,530 Fares can change quickly, so treat this as 64 00:02:27,530 --> 00:02:28,110 a snapshot. 65 00:02:28,569 --> 00:02:30,269 And it gives me the dates, 66 00:02:30,650 --> 00:02:31,389 the airlines, 67 00:02:32,250 --> 00:02:32,989 the cost, 68 00:02:33,449 --> 00:02:35,689 and he says here's key takeaways. Absolute Lewis 69 00:02:35,689 --> 00:02:37,944 fares a thousand 14 on ANA with a 70 00:02:37,944 --> 00:02:40,664 return on September. One stop via Tokyo both 71 00:02:40,664 --> 00:02:41,164 ways. 72 00:02:41,544 --> 00:02:44,104 Lewis United Fare within the requested window is 73 00:02:44,104 --> 00:02:45,705 1,487 74 00:02:45,705 --> 00:02:47,564 with a return on June. 75 00:02:47,625 --> 00:02:48,284 Two stops 76 00:02:48,959 --> 00:02:51,360 in via Honolulu in Guam. And if you're 77 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:53,439 preferring a single stop, you you you 78 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,340 United Routing the July 79 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,180 option via SFO is 1,552. 80 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:01,060 United's 81 00:03:01,375 --> 00:03:02,354 third March 82 00:03:02,414 --> 00:03:05,555 return is considerably higher at 2,225. 83 00:03:05,854 --> 00:03:07,294 Let me know if you'd like to drill 84 00:03:07,294 --> 00:03:11,134 into any itinerary checkability on another site or 85 00:03:11,134 --> 00:03:14,014 start booking process. I'll stop I'll stop right 86 00:03:14,014 --> 00:03:15,235 before any purchase, 87 00:03:16,090 --> 00:03:17,949 if any purchase for your confirmation. 88 00:03:20,409 --> 00:03:21,550 You know how much time 89 00:03:22,010 --> 00:03:23,069 I would have spent 90 00:03:24,250 --> 00:03:27,849 doing that research on my own and looking 91 00:03:27,849 --> 00:03:28,590 for flights? 92 00:03:29,955 --> 00:03:32,935 What that really did is just save me 93 00:03:33,314 --> 00:03:34,615 at least an hour. 94 00:03:36,355 --> 00:03:38,135 At least an hour. 95 00:03:39,314 --> 00:03:40,835 Now it gave me offer, 96 00:03:41,474 --> 00:03:43,175 options for Cathay Pacific, 97 00:03:44,069 --> 00:03:45,209 show me the time, 98 00:03:49,669 --> 00:03:51,129 and it gave me one, 99 00:03:52,069 --> 00:03:53,050 American flight, 100 00:03:53,830 --> 00:03:55,750 that routed me all over the place, which 101 00:03:55,750 --> 00:03:56,889 was crazy price. 102 00:03:57,384 --> 00:03:59,224 Talk to them how many stops. Talk which 103 00:03:59,224 --> 00:04:00,525 was the cheapest option. 104 00:04:02,185 --> 00:04:04,824 Just this one task that I had to 105 00:04:04,824 --> 00:04:05,324 do 106 00:04:07,784 --> 00:04:08,284 was 107 00:04:10,159 --> 00:04:10,659 amazing. 108 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:12,340 And 109 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,240 so the news on this and the impact 110 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,020 on this is we all know 111 00:04:18,879 --> 00:04:19,379 that 112 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:20,899 here, 113 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,220 we've been waiting for these agents 114 00:04:23,759 --> 00:04:26,894 to show up. Right? We've been waiting for 115 00:04:27,194 --> 00:04:28,654 this kind of availability. 116 00:04:30,875 --> 00:04:32,794 The the article on The Verge, I don't 117 00:04:32,794 --> 00:04:34,814 even need to go into it because 118 00:04:35,514 --> 00:04:38,314 just that single demonstration that I just shared 119 00:04:38,314 --> 00:04:38,975 with you 120 00:04:39,675 --> 00:04:40,175 is 121 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,919 enough to make you understand the value of 122 00:04:42,919 --> 00:04:43,419 this. 123 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,660 And here's the beauty of this. I'm assuming 124 00:04:48,519 --> 00:04:49,819 again, I don't know 125 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,079 if that data that it's looking up is 126 00:04:53,079 --> 00:04:55,339 anonymized. Now I'll tell you why 127 00:04:57,064 --> 00:04:59,245 here a little bit later in the show. 128 00:04:59,944 --> 00:05:00,925 But, again, 129 00:05:02,105 --> 00:05:03,165 quite the incredible, 130 00:05:04,824 --> 00:05:08,125 function here just on my very first test 131 00:05:08,879 --> 00:05:11,220 and giving it a set of parameters that, 132 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,960 was my criteria that I would have had 133 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,759 to manually search for and and messed around 134 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:19,379 and wasted time and 135 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,000 often get aggravated with those kinds of searches 136 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,185 and it's easy to see, you know, 10 137 00:05:24,185 --> 00:05:26,764 different cost comparisons and be able to do 138 00:05:28,824 --> 00:05:30,925 make make a call and say, okay. 139 00:05:31,944 --> 00:05:33,704 And I'll be interested to see what happens 140 00:05:33,704 --> 00:05:35,564 when I decide to use this to actually 141 00:05:36,930 --> 00:05:38,470 truly do book a ticket 142 00:05:39,330 --> 00:05:40,389 and not use 143 00:05:40,930 --> 00:05:41,430 something 144 00:05:42,610 --> 00:05:44,470 experimental like this. 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We 230 00:08:47,945 --> 00:08:49,725 definitely appreciate it when, 231 00:08:50,345 --> 00:08:51,325 you do so. 232 00:08:51,945 --> 00:08:54,264 That's always nice to see you in in 233 00:08:54,264 --> 00:08:55,245 the chat room. 234 00:08:56,210 --> 00:08:58,230 So there's a bunch of articles on this. 235 00:08:58,370 --> 00:08:58,870 Everyone 236 00:08:59,970 --> 00:09:01,750 everyone is talking about the 237 00:09:04,129 --> 00:09:04,950 about this 238 00:09:06,210 --> 00:09:09,250 this agent but here's the thing that most 239 00:09:09,250 --> 00:09:10,470 are forgetting here. 240 00:09:11,465 --> 00:09:13,325 I did this in a window 241 00:09:13,705 --> 00:09:14,445 in Chrome 242 00:09:14,985 --> 00:09:17,465 and then they did the searching in a 243 00:09:17,465 --> 00:09:18,684 virtual window. 244 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:20,285 There was no 245 00:09:21,384 --> 00:09:23,085 my browser was not involved. 246 00:09:24,549 --> 00:09:25,850 It's yet to be told 247 00:09:26,950 --> 00:09:29,190 if they're doing the IP. So it'd be 248 00:09:29,190 --> 00:09:31,350 interesting to see how all that is happening 249 00:09:31,350 --> 00:09:33,529 or if that's actually hope all happening 250 00:09:34,230 --> 00:09:34,970 on OpenAI's 251 00:09:35,429 --> 00:09:35,929 website. 252 00:09:36,549 --> 00:09:37,049 But 253 00:09:38,695 --> 00:09:40,475 this is this is monumental. 254 00:09:41,735 --> 00:09:43,995 This is game changer. This is 255 00:09:44,375 --> 00:09:46,475 everything that I have been talking about 256 00:09:47,014 --> 00:09:48,634 up to this point in 257 00:09:49,254 --> 00:09:50,875 potential change to 258 00:09:51,495 --> 00:09:52,634 search for businesses 259 00:09:53,470 --> 00:09:54,289 or everything. 260 00:09:55,070 --> 00:09:56,830 I'm gonna be definitely doing a bunch more 261 00:09:56,830 --> 00:09:58,669 experiments with this to kind of see what 262 00:09:58,669 --> 00:09:59,970 it means for my company. 263 00:10:00,269 --> 00:10:02,509 You should do so as well at a 264 00:10:02,509 --> 00:10:03,009 very 265 00:10:03,629 --> 00:10:05,730 minimum. You may not agree with this, 266 00:10:06,375 --> 00:10:09,115 but, you know, if you run a business, 267 00:10:09,894 --> 00:10:11,735 maybe you should do a search. Hey, 268 00:10:12,774 --> 00:10:14,955 send a query. Help me find 269 00:10:15,735 --> 00:10:18,934 the top five plumbers, the top five printing 270 00:10:18,934 --> 00:10:20,475 shops, the top five, 271 00:10:20,940 --> 00:10:23,660 whatever you may do, financial analysts, help me 272 00:10:23,660 --> 00:10:26,299 find x, y, and z. And if you 273 00:10:26,299 --> 00:10:29,100 have a local business, see how this impacts 274 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:31,019 you. It may not it may be better 275 00:10:31,019 --> 00:10:31,759 than search, 276 00:10:33,019 --> 00:10:35,500 or it may be your death sentence for 277 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:36,240 your company. 278 00:10:37,205 --> 00:10:38,024 I cannot 279 00:10:39,125 --> 00:10:39,625 emphasize 280 00:10:40,004 --> 00:10:40,504 enough 281 00:10:40,884 --> 00:10:41,384 how 282 00:10:42,165 --> 00:10:43,705 monumental of a time 283 00:10:44,085 --> 00:10:45,785 shift or not time shift. Just 284 00:10:46,165 --> 00:10:48,725 a shift is going to be happening because 285 00:10:48,725 --> 00:10:49,304 of this. 286 00:10:49,845 --> 00:10:52,105 And we have to be fully prepared 287 00:10:52,620 --> 00:10:55,500 to meet these new I have people now 288 00:10:55,500 --> 00:10:56,320 calling me, 289 00:10:56,940 --> 00:10:59,019 sending me emails on a daily basis saying, 290 00:10:59,019 --> 00:11:01,039 hey, Todd, we wanna help you with your, 291 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:02,000 AI, 292 00:11:03,019 --> 00:11:03,519 SEO. 293 00:11:03,980 --> 00:11:05,839 And I'm like, okay, which doctor? 294 00:11:06,975 --> 00:11:08,894 Tell me something that no one else knows 295 00:11:08,894 --> 00:11:10,274 which because no one knows. 296 00:11:10,815 --> 00:11:12,595 The only way people are going to know 297 00:11:12,975 --> 00:11:14,735 how you're affected. And I had I'm in 298 00:11:14,735 --> 00:11:16,415 a group discussion now with a bunch of 299 00:11:16,415 --> 00:11:17,394 people that said, 300 00:11:18,095 --> 00:11:19,715 over 100 companies 301 00:11:20,529 --> 00:11:22,769 in this group discussion said they blocked chat 302 00:11:22,769 --> 00:11:23,669 b ChatGPT. 303 00:11:24,690 --> 00:11:25,429 And I said, 304 00:11:25,809 --> 00:11:26,789 are are you insane? 305 00:11:27,889 --> 00:11:30,230 Are you insane from blocking ChatGPT? 306 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:33,250 Do you not understand that you run a 307 00:11:33,250 --> 00:11:34,950 service company and you're blocking? 308 00:11:37,654 --> 00:11:39,735 Have you have you lost your ever loving 309 00:11:39,735 --> 00:11:40,235 mind? 310 00:11:41,654 --> 00:11:43,995 This this tide cannot be turned back. 311 00:11:44,615 --> 00:11:45,274 It can't. 312 00:11:46,054 --> 00:11:47,195 So just be aware. 313 00:11:49,029 --> 00:11:51,110 You know, things things are going to move 314 00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:52,089 at an exponential 315 00:11:53,110 --> 00:11:54,089 rate right now. 316 00:11:54,789 --> 00:11:55,289 And, 317 00:11:56,710 --> 00:11:58,309 you know, I'm sure many people that have 318 00:11:58,309 --> 00:11:58,809 assistance 319 00:11:59,605 --> 00:12:01,684 probably have assistants do all their booking for 320 00:12:01,684 --> 00:12:03,365 them and you do all these things. But 321 00:12:03,365 --> 00:12:06,485 at what point does an agent one or 322 00:12:06,485 --> 00:12:08,245 two years from now, because this is very 323 00:12:08,245 --> 00:12:09,544 rudimentary and slow, 324 00:12:09,845 --> 00:12:12,245 one or two years from now, what is 325 00:12:12,245 --> 00:12:13,705 that going to mean 326 00:12:14,470 --> 00:12:15,049 for everyone, 327 00:12:16,389 --> 00:12:18,230 in getting time back? I, you know, I 328 00:12:18,230 --> 00:12:19,750 look at that and I said, just that's 329 00:12:19,750 --> 00:12:22,649 an hour. That's an hour of monkeying around, 330 00:12:23,190 --> 00:12:26,230 frustrating, and trying to write piece write prices 331 00:12:26,230 --> 00:12:27,529 down on a piece of paper. 332 00:12:31,144 --> 00:12:32,345 You know, I'm sure I could take this 333 00:12:32,345 --> 00:12:33,785 thing. I could probably say take me to 334 00:12:33,785 --> 00:12:35,945 the United website, and I will book this 335 00:12:35,945 --> 00:12:37,004 particular flight. 336 00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:39,144 I'm probably not gonna ever allow it to 337 00:12:39,144 --> 00:12:40,365 book. I'll do it myself, 338 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:41,980 but, 339 00:12:42,759 --> 00:12:45,019 we'll see we'll see where this leads. 340 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:47,159 How many of you have heard about an 341 00:12:47,159 --> 00:12:48,299 app called Beeper? 342 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,339 Multi service messaging app, Beeper, 343 00:12:54,044 --> 00:12:56,365 allows people to connect all of their chat 344 00:12:56,365 --> 00:12:58,464 apps from one interface, and it and it's 345 00:12:59,164 --> 00:13:01,964 relaunching its app on Wednesday to offer more 346 00:13:01,964 --> 00:13:02,945 secure version. 347 00:13:03,964 --> 00:13:04,464 So 348 00:13:05,085 --> 00:13:08,065 I have not heard of this app. 349 00:13:08,509 --> 00:13:10,350 But as I scroll down and I looked 350 00:13:10,350 --> 00:13:12,830 at its interface, it said connect chat accounts, 351 00:13:12,830 --> 00:13:13,330 WhatsApp 352 00:13:14,429 --> 00:13:16,049 WhatsApp for business, Telegram, 353 00:13:16,590 --> 00:13:18,850 Google Chat, Messenger, Signal, LinkedIn, 354 00:13:19,149 --> 00:13:22,529 x, Discord, Slack. I said, oh my 355 00:13:22,909 --> 00:13:23,409 goodness. 356 00:13:24,394 --> 00:13:27,595 One chat one chat app to rule them 357 00:13:27,595 --> 00:13:28,095 all? 358 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:30,894 Sign me up. 359 00:13:31,835 --> 00:13:33,455 Sign me up indeed. 360 00:13:35,115 --> 00:13:37,139 Instead of switching between apps. 361 00:13:37,860 --> 00:13:40,120 I think this could be a winner here. 362 00:13:40,340 --> 00:13:41,700 We'll have to look and see how the 363 00:13:41,700 --> 00:13:42,759 interface looks. 364 00:13:43,139 --> 00:13:44,820 And hopefully, it's, you know, it's fully on 365 00:13:44,820 --> 00:13:46,519 the mobile phone, but 366 00:13:47,299 --> 00:13:49,139 even if I can have chats on my 367 00:13:49,139 --> 00:13:50,360 desktop as well, 368 00:13:51,915 --> 00:13:52,415 Yahoo. 369 00:13:53,514 --> 00:13:55,274 This this is a big one. So if 370 00:13:55,274 --> 00:13:56,634 any of you have used beeper in the 371 00:13:56,634 --> 00:13:58,495 past, definitely let me know. 372 00:13:59,115 --> 00:14:01,195 Ukrainian hackers have claimed to have destroyed a 373 00:14:01,195 --> 00:14:04,235 major Russian drone maker's entire network. They deeply 374 00:14:04,235 --> 00:14:05,375 penetrate Gaskar 375 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,100 to the very tonsils of demilitarization. 376 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:11,519 So they took out the IT infrastructure at 377 00:14:11,519 --> 00:14:14,879 Russia's Gasgar integration plant, one of the largest 378 00:14:14,879 --> 00:14:16,659 suppliers of drones for its army. 379 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:18,100 And, 380 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:20,179 this is big. 381 00:14:21,445 --> 00:14:22,825 The team known as Blackowl 382 00:14:24,485 --> 00:14:26,485 announced the breach on his Telegram channel and 383 00:14:26,485 --> 00:14:28,325 claimed to have carried out the operation alongside 384 00:14:28,325 --> 00:14:31,144 fellow hackers, the Ukrainian cyber alliance. 385 00:14:33,860 --> 00:14:36,420 And one very well known organization to mention 386 00:14:36,420 --> 00:14:38,279 which makes the, 387 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:43,559 it's called Vanya's bottle receivers explode. So, anyway, 388 00:14:43,620 --> 00:14:45,220 if they were able to take this out 389 00:14:45,220 --> 00:14:46,519 and send them back, they 390 00:14:46,934 --> 00:14:49,754 destroyed 47 terabytes of technical information. 391 00:14:51,254 --> 00:14:53,254 They claim to have destroyed all the information 392 00:14:53,254 --> 00:14:54,154 on their servers, 393 00:14:55,254 --> 00:14:58,315 including 10 terabytes of backup files. Wow. 394 00:15:02,870 --> 00:15:05,269 And, apparently, China is providing assistance in the 395 00:15:05,269 --> 00:15:07,929 production training of these folks at Gaskar, 396 00:15:09,429 --> 00:15:11,590 at this at this drone factory in in 397 00:15:11,590 --> 00:15:12,090 Russia. 398 00:15:12,955 --> 00:15:15,674 So, they stole all the code as well 399 00:15:15,674 --> 00:15:17,134 before destroying everything. 400 00:15:17,514 --> 00:15:19,674 Cyber warfare is gonna play a bigger war 401 00:15:19,674 --> 00:15:21,375 in the next great war. 402 00:15:22,315 --> 00:15:24,735 That is for sure. Hey. I mentioned earlier 403 00:15:25,034 --> 00:15:25,534 that 404 00:15:27,059 --> 00:15:29,320 I was wondering if the data was anonymized 405 00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:31,379 and having chat GBT do this. And if 406 00:15:31,379 --> 00:15:33,860 it is, then this destroys Delta's move. And 407 00:15:33,860 --> 00:15:36,660 this pisses me off to be to be 408 00:15:36,660 --> 00:15:37,160 frank. 409 00:15:38,340 --> 00:15:41,204 Delta is moving toward eliminating set prices in 410 00:15:41,204 --> 00:15:43,784 favor of AI that determines how much you 411 00:15:44,485 --> 00:15:46,264 personally will pay for a ticket. 412 00:15:46,644 --> 00:15:48,404 And this is a strategy to boost its 413 00:15:48,404 --> 00:15:50,964 profitability by moving away from set fares and 414 00:15:50,964 --> 00:15:52,664 toward end of the lodge pricing. 415 00:15:54,070 --> 00:15:56,490 If they do I will never 416 00:15:58,309 --> 00:15:59,610 never fly Delta 417 00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:01,529 if they 418 00:16:02,230 --> 00:16:03,990 if they move forward with this. So if 419 00:16:03,990 --> 00:16:06,309 they know that you can pay more and 420 00:16:06,309 --> 00:16:08,009 they put in a 421 00:16:09,404 --> 00:16:11,164 a system that make you pay more for 422 00:16:11,164 --> 00:16:11,904 your ticket. 423 00:16:12,845 --> 00:16:14,225 It has to still be competitive, 424 00:16:14,845 --> 00:16:17,105 but I think this is this is beyond 425 00:16:17,164 --> 00:16:17,664 bold. 426 00:16:17,965 --> 00:16:19,884 So guess what? So maybe a chat and 427 00:16:19,884 --> 00:16:21,424 GPT will have to 428 00:16:21,884 --> 00:16:23,985 look at the Delta for Delta pricing. 429 00:16:24,419 --> 00:16:24,919 This 430 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,480 this is a pretty bold move 431 00:16:28,179 --> 00:16:31,159 by Delta to do custom pricing for 432 00:16:33,379 --> 00:16:34,820 for each individual. By the end of the 433 00:16:34,820 --> 00:16:36,820 year, Delta plans for 20% of its ticket 434 00:16:36,820 --> 00:16:38,360 prices to be individually 435 00:16:38,740 --> 00:16:39,240 determined. 436 00:16:40,674 --> 00:16:42,834 Currently, about 3% of the airline's flight prices 437 00:16:42,834 --> 00:16:45,154 are AI determined triple from the portion nine 438 00:16:45,154 --> 00:16:46,355 months ago. I would like to know what 439 00:16:46,355 --> 00:16:48,115 the profit of this on this. How much 440 00:16:48,115 --> 00:16:48,615 more 441 00:16:49,154 --> 00:16:50,054 they're challenged? 442 00:16:51,154 --> 00:16:51,654 And 443 00:16:54,039 --> 00:16:56,279 Delta Compass is pricing through a partnership with 444 00:16:56,279 --> 00:16:58,279 Fetch, a six year old Israeli company that 445 00:16:58,279 --> 00:17:02,039 also counts Azul, WestJet, Virgin Atlantic, and Veeva 446 00:17:02,039 --> 00:17:02,539 Airbus 447 00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:05,559 as clients and has its sights to set 448 00:17:05,559 --> 00:17:06,460 beyond flying. 449 00:17:07,174 --> 00:17:09,015 So in other words, they're gonna know everything 450 00:17:09,015 --> 00:17:09,914 about us. 451 00:17:10,615 --> 00:17:12,474 Hotels, car rentals, cruises, 452 00:17:12,855 --> 00:17:14,694 what can you afford to pay? That's what 453 00:17:14,694 --> 00:17:16,394 we're going to charge you. 454 00:17:23,829 --> 00:17:25,049 This is definitely 455 00:17:25,589 --> 00:17:26,089 predatory, 456 00:17:28,069 --> 00:17:30,089 and congress needs to step in. 457 00:17:30,869 --> 00:17:32,970 There needs to be fair pricing for all. 458 00:17:34,514 --> 00:17:35,494 There can't be 459 00:17:36,194 --> 00:17:38,375 fair there can't be pricing based upon 460 00:17:39,154 --> 00:17:40,375 a geo or 461 00:17:40,755 --> 00:17:41,255 other 462 00:17:41,714 --> 00:17:44,214 standards. In one price for everyone, 463 00:17:44,835 --> 00:17:45,974 set it, compete. 464 00:17:48,090 --> 00:17:50,009 I this is something Congress is going to 465 00:17:50,009 --> 00:17:52,570 have to get involved in. There is a 466 00:17:52,570 --> 00:17:54,170 mention of a couple of senators say that 467 00:17:54,170 --> 00:17:55,769 they're not going to allow them to do 468 00:17:55,769 --> 00:17:56,269 this. 469 00:17:56,890 --> 00:17:58,269 Senator Ruben Gallego, 470 00:18:00,384 --> 00:18:02,224 Democrat of Arizona said, I'm not gonna let 471 00:18:02,224 --> 00:18:03,904 them get away with this. I agree with 472 00:18:03,904 --> 00:18:04,404 this. 473 00:18:05,744 --> 00:18:07,924 This is this is this is horrible 474 00:18:08,464 --> 00:18:09,204 for consumers. 475 00:18:10,384 --> 00:18:11,684 Even it's $20, 476 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,200 $50. 477 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:14,980 If you again and again and again and 478 00:18:15,519 --> 00:18:16,960 again, the next thing you know, you paid 479 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:18,880 an extra thousand dollars for stuff that other 480 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:20,180 people didn't pay 481 00:18:21,759 --> 00:18:23,519 for. In a move that should not become 482 00:18:23,519 --> 00:18:24,019 surprising 483 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:25,519 with the way things are going in the 484 00:18:25,519 --> 00:18:27,375 world right now, the FCC plans to ban 485 00:18:27,375 --> 00:18:28,995 Chinese technology and underseas 486 00:18:29,535 --> 00:18:30,035 cables. 487 00:18:31,055 --> 00:18:33,134 The commission believes the move will secure critical 488 00:18:33,134 --> 00:18:33,634 infrastructure. 489 00:18:35,615 --> 00:18:37,475 So, basically, the FCC 490 00:18:38,869 --> 00:18:41,190 the proposed rule will apply to any company 491 00:18:41,190 --> 00:18:43,910 at FCC's existing list of entities opposed to 492 00:18:43,910 --> 00:18:46,330 accept or risk national security United States. 493 00:18:48,070 --> 00:18:48,470 So, 494 00:18:48,950 --> 00:18:51,910 big, big, big decision there. Hey. By the 495 00:18:51,910 --> 00:18:52,410 way, 496 00:18:53,984 --> 00:18:55,605 if you're not following my Facebook, 497 00:18:56,465 --> 00:18:58,805 I posted a picture on my Facebook page 498 00:18:59,585 --> 00:19:00,085 showing 499 00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:04,065 orange lines being painted in front of where 500 00:19:04,065 --> 00:19:05,045 I live in Michigan. 501 00:19:05,830 --> 00:19:07,509 I don't know if you remember me talking 502 00:19:07,509 --> 00:19:09,450 about it, but I saw fiber, 503 00:19:10,710 --> 00:19:12,090 being dug in, 504 00:19:12,630 --> 00:19:14,950 about five miles away from my house about 505 00:19:14,950 --> 00:19:16,950 a month, month and a half ago. I 506 00:19:16,950 --> 00:19:18,730 had stopped and asked the 507 00:19:19,444 --> 00:19:21,125 folks what they were doing and found out 508 00:19:21,125 --> 00:19:23,865 it was Frontier that is putting in fiber. 509 00:19:24,644 --> 00:19:26,964 And lo and behold, they're gonna put fiber 510 00:19:26,964 --> 00:19:29,285 down the road I live on. Hell has 511 00:19:29,285 --> 00:19:30,984 frozen over, ladies and gentlemen. 512 00:19:31,525 --> 00:19:32,984 I mean, this this is, 513 00:19:34,509 --> 00:19:36,369 I never I never thought it would happen. 514 00:19:36,829 --> 00:19:39,549 I'll be honest with you. If if if 515 00:19:39,549 --> 00:19:41,789 you'd if I had to bet $10,000 516 00:19:41,789 --> 00:19:43,630 that fiber would not have come down my 517 00:19:43,630 --> 00:19:44,130 road, 518 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:46,244 I would have won that bet all day 519 00:19:46,244 --> 00:19:47,845 long, but I've I lost it the other 520 00:19:47,845 --> 00:19:49,704 day because they're gonna bring fiber 521 00:19:50,404 --> 00:19:52,005 down my road. So what it is is 522 00:19:52,005 --> 00:19:54,025 if you imagine a North South Road 523 00:19:54,325 --> 00:19:56,244 as a main traverse road, that's where I 524 00:19:56,244 --> 00:19:57,464 saw the fiber going. 525 00:19:57,845 --> 00:19:58,585 And then 526 00:19:59,109 --> 00:19:59,929 you get to 527 00:20:00,549 --> 00:20:02,089 a a road that turns east. 528 00:20:02,950 --> 00:20:05,669 That road has a high density of homes 529 00:20:05,669 --> 00:20:06,329 on it. 530 00:20:06,710 --> 00:20:09,049 And then, again, turn south 531 00:20:09,829 --> 00:20:12,549 and that goes by my house and go 532 00:20:12,549 --> 00:20:14,089 up to the next road and again, 533 00:20:15,255 --> 00:20:16,634 go west again 534 00:20:17,095 --> 00:20:19,434 and go back and meet the main intersection. 535 00:20:20,134 --> 00:20:21,275 So they've purposely 536 00:20:22,535 --> 00:20:25,035 included my area in the 537 00:20:25,654 --> 00:20:26,955 in the dig path. 538 00:20:27,740 --> 00:20:28,240 And, 539 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:29,200 so 540 00:20:31,820 --> 00:20:32,720 I I just 541 00:20:33,259 --> 00:20:34,559 I'm holding my breath. 542 00:20:35,019 --> 00:20:36,619 I'll believe it when I see it and 543 00:20:36,619 --> 00:20:39,019 when I get some notification that I can 544 00:20:39,019 --> 00:20:39,840 order this, 545 00:20:41,144 --> 00:20:43,325 they sign me up yesterday. 546 00:20:44,105 --> 00:20:45,644 I mean, my goodness. 547 00:20:46,184 --> 00:20:48,505 I love Starlink, but can I imagine having 548 00:20:48,505 --> 00:20:50,825 one gig up, one gig down with fiber 549 00:20:50,825 --> 00:20:52,125 out in the boondocks? 550 00:20:53,144 --> 00:20:54,365 It's it's really, 551 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:56,619 I'm astonished. 552 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,839 And I guess I'll have to give credit 553 00:20:58,839 --> 00:21:01,079 where credit's due. Frontier really makes this happen 554 00:21:01,079 --> 00:21:01,980 and it works. 555 00:21:04,039 --> 00:21:04,539 Hallelujah. 556 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:06,940 For sure. 557 00:21:08,774 --> 00:21:11,575 The new Samsung trifold has leaked and may 558 00:21:11,575 --> 00:21:14,394 have revealed its launch window and official name. 559 00:21:15,335 --> 00:21:17,974 Three months away from the Samsung trifold launch, 560 00:21:17,974 --> 00:21:18,954 the name Galaxy 561 00:21:19,255 --> 00:21:21,674 z trifold has been trademarked by Samsung, 562 00:21:22,130 --> 00:21:24,130 and they've been teasing the phone since, 563 00:21:24,610 --> 00:21:26,150 January. 564 00:21:26,529 --> 00:21:28,690 So one that flips over and one that 565 00:21:28,690 --> 00:21:29,190 folds 566 00:21:29,650 --> 00:21:30,150 double. 567 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:32,390 So 568 00:21:32,850 --> 00:21:34,309 is this the same phone 569 00:21:35,035 --> 00:21:37,535 Or yes. Gotta be. No. 570 00:21:37,914 --> 00:21:39,055 Two different models. 571 00:21:39,755 --> 00:21:40,255 So, 572 00:21:40,954 --> 00:21:42,075 look forward to that, 573 00:21:42,555 --> 00:21:44,174 coming coming your way. 574 00:21:45,914 --> 00:21:49,035 There's lots of lots of, oh my god. 575 00:21:49,035 --> 00:21:51,789 The the Earth is falling about NASA. 576 00:21:53,289 --> 00:21:56,490 Even it Trump's defunding of NASA would be 577 00:21:56,490 --> 00:21:59,130 catastrophic. This comes from an engagit who absolutely 578 00:21:59,130 --> 00:22:00,029 hates Trump. 579 00:22:02,375 --> 00:22:04,375 They're saying this is probably the most uncertain 580 00:22:04,375 --> 00:22:06,454 future NASA's face and maybe since the end 581 00:22:06,454 --> 00:22:08,694 of Apollo, Casey Dreyer tells me over the 582 00:22:08,694 --> 00:22:11,174 phone. Dreyer's the chief of space policy at 583 00:22:11,174 --> 00:22:12,875 the Planetary Society, a nonprofit, 584 00:22:13,335 --> 00:22:15,514 advocates for the exploration study of space. 585 00:22:17,039 --> 00:22:19,519 On July 10, the Senate Appropriations Committee discussed 586 00:22:19,519 --> 00:22:20,659 the proposed federal 587 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:24,099 commerce, justice, and science budget for 2026, 588 00:22:25,039 --> 00:22:25,539 and 589 00:22:27,759 --> 00:22:30,980 they're talking about dropping it by 24%. 590 00:22:31,505 --> 00:22:33,205 So that's that's a pretty big 591 00:22:33,745 --> 00:22:34,805 pretty big whack. 592 00:22:35,265 --> 00:22:37,845 But how much of that would be, 593 00:22:38,305 --> 00:22:39,445 you know, their big, 594 00:22:40,625 --> 00:22:43,025 their big program that hasn't had much success? 595 00:22:43,025 --> 00:22:44,945 I'm sure that would be a big part 596 00:22:44,945 --> 00:22:47,125 of it. You show success, you get 597 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:48,700 you get money. 598 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:50,059 Show being slow 599 00:22:50,759 --> 00:22:53,160 and and NASA is slow as molasses when 600 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,259 it comes to Artemis and everything else 601 00:22:55,799 --> 00:22:57,660 and of course with their spacecraft 602 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:58,460 that 603 00:23:00,134 --> 00:23:02,154 that they're putting on it. So 604 00:23:02,455 --> 00:23:03,674 I I think that, 605 00:23:04,295 --> 00:23:06,615 you know, you gotta do good things to 606 00:23:06,615 --> 00:23:07,115 get 607 00:23:07,654 --> 00:23:09,335 to get money. And the question is, are 608 00:23:09,335 --> 00:23:10,555 they doing good things? 609 00:23:12,419 --> 00:23:15,140 Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta bigwigs have agreed 610 00:23:15,140 --> 00:23:16,980 to a settlement in a $8,000,000,000 611 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:17,480 lawsuit. 612 00:23:19,220 --> 00:23:21,140 So they just settled agree it to end 613 00:23:21,140 --> 00:23:23,240 a trial that sought 8,000,000,000 in damages. 614 00:23:24,095 --> 00:23:27,134 And Zuckerberg and others were actually paying out 615 00:23:27,134 --> 00:23:28,035 to made a shareholders 616 00:23:28,335 --> 00:23:29,634 as a recompense 617 00:23:30,174 --> 00:23:33,394 for damnly alleged caused by allowing repeated violations 618 00:23:33,455 --> 00:23:34,595 of Facebook user 619 00:23:35,055 --> 00:23:35,555 privacy. 620 00:23:36,734 --> 00:23:37,234 So 621 00:23:38,710 --> 00:23:41,529 again a big settlement here for abusing 622 00:23:42,390 --> 00:23:43,289 users privacy 623 00:23:44,950 --> 00:23:47,350 if you've got an older MacBook Google soon 624 00:23:47,350 --> 00:23:48,730 dropping Chrome for 625 00:23:49,269 --> 00:23:52,170 Macs that are only up to 626 00:23:53,154 --> 00:23:55,394 well the company's quietly dropped new news in 627 00:23:55,394 --> 00:23:55,974 a post 628 00:23:56,674 --> 00:23:58,515 Chrome one thirty eight the current version of 629 00:23:58,515 --> 00:24:00,434 Chrome will be the last to support Mac 630 00:24:00,434 --> 00:24:01,335 OS 11 631 00:24:02,115 --> 00:24:03,815 also known as Big Sur. 632 00:24:04,194 --> 00:24:06,595 Once Google launches one thirty nine it will 633 00:24:06,595 --> 00:24:09,710 only be able running on Mac OS 12 634 00:24:09,769 --> 00:24:10,589 or newer. 635 00:24:11,210 --> 00:24:12,809 So if you were still running a Mac 636 00:24:12,809 --> 00:24:15,150 OS 11, you've got your last update 637 00:24:15,769 --> 00:24:16,669 of Chrome. 638 00:24:18,009 --> 00:24:18,829 So be aware. 639 00:24:19,289 --> 00:24:21,130 An Armenian man has been stranded to The 640 00:24:21,130 --> 00:24:22,335 United States over the 641 00:24:23,134 --> 00:24:26,194 the r y u k Rook ransomware attacks. 642 00:24:27,934 --> 00:24:30,494 So basically, this individual was arrested in Kiev 643 00:24:30,494 --> 00:24:32,255 in April and was extradited to The United 644 00:24:32,255 --> 00:24:33,554 States on June 18. 645 00:24:34,335 --> 00:24:36,190 And the 33 year old suspect is involved 646 00:24:36,190 --> 00:24:38,910 in the ransomware attacks and been arrested and 647 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:39,410 extradited. 648 00:24:40,190 --> 00:24:41,950 And his public was just made 649 00:24:42,910 --> 00:24:44,529 his his identity was made public 650 00:24:45,470 --> 00:24:48,049 recently. He's facing three years of sup 651 00:24:48,350 --> 00:24:49,570 five years in prison, 652 00:24:49,954 --> 00:24:50,934 three years of super 653 00:24:51,394 --> 00:24:53,394 release, and a fine of 250,000 654 00:24:53,394 --> 00:24:54,134 on each 655 00:24:54,434 --> 00:24:54,934 count. 656 00:24:56,035 --> 00:24:58,515 So, two other individuals have been named, but 657 00:24:58,515 --> 00:25:00,775 they are still at large. 658 00:25:01,714 --> 00:25:02,214 And, 659 00:25:02,914 --> 00:25:04,535 he was part of a gang that 660 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,640 invoked over a $100,000,000 661 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:08,539 in ransomware 662 00:25:09,559 --> 00:25:10,059 demands. 663 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,599 If you have a Fitbit, it's no longer 664 00:25:12,599 --> 00:25:13,099 offline. 665 00:25:13,559 --> 00:25:16,039 But if you are still having issues, there's 666 00:25:16,039 --> 00:25:17,480 an article here on how to get your 667 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,700 fit back online and get your status updated. 668 00:25:21,535 --> 00:25:22,035 So, 669 00:25:22,494 --> 00:25:24,994 again, it was offline for a few hours. 670 00:25:25,295 --> 00:25:27,295 You know, this is an issue, 671 00:25:27,775 --> 00:25:28,755 in where 672 00:25:30,335 --> 00:25:31,234 even me 673 00:25:32,255 --> 00:25:34,095 and or even I and what I do 674 00:25:34,095 --> 00:25:35,615 at my company, we have a plug in 675 00:25:35,615 --> 00:25:36,994 for WordPress. If Blueberry 676 00:25:37,589 --> 00:25:38,089 vanishes 677 00:25:38,950 --> 00:25:40,390 and I pull the plug and all service, 678 00:25:40,390 --> 00:25:42,470 the plug in keeps on working. People aren't 679 00:25:42,470 --> 00:25:45,049 left high in drive. They don't have extinction 680 00:25:45,109 --> 00:25:45,609 events. 681 00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:47,690 So all these devices that 682 00:25:47,990 --> 00:25:48,730 just die 683 00:25:49,605 --> 00:25:50,585 because of 684 00:25:51,125 --> 00:25:53,204 a server going down, there should be some 685 00:25:53,204 --> 00:25:53,704 fallback. 686 00:25:55,045 --> 00:25:56,184 It really really should. 687 00:25:57,204 --> 00:26:00,164 So over 1,000,000 records, another hack from US 688 00:26:00,164 --> 00:26:02,825 adoption organizations been left exposed online. 689 00:26:03,430 --> 00:26:04,970 And again, another unprotected 690 00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:07,130 database, 1,100,000 691 00:26:07,349 --> 00:26:07,849 records, 692 00:26:09,190 --> 00:26:10,730 which is just ridiculous. 693 00:26:11,750 --> 00:26:13,990 The records include names of children, birth parents, 694 00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:16,009 adopted parents, employers, and leads. 695 00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:18,714 Besides the names, there are also phone numbers, 696 00:26:18,714 --> 00:26:21,434 post addresses, information about birth fathers, and data 697 00:26:21,434 --> 00:26:23,434 on whether people were approved or denied to 698 00:26:23,434 --> 00:26:26,255 become an adoptive parent. Isn't that just lovely? 699 00:26:27,835 --> 00:26:29,595 Don't say data can and will be used 700 00:26:29,595 --> 00:26:30,974 against you because it will. 701 00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:32,000 ExpressVPN 702 00:26:32,460 --> 00:26:35,440 now offers servers in all 50 United States, 703 00:26:36,140 --> 00:26:36,640 and, 704 00:26:37,740 --> 00:26:39,740 so that's better coverage for you. If you're 705 00:26:39,740 --> 00:26:40,480 an ExpressVPN 706 00:26:40,940 --> 00:26:42,619 member, if you live in Michigan, you can 707 00:26:42,619 --> 00:26:44,160 connect to the server in Detroit. 708 00:26:44,619 --> 00:26:46,320 If you live in 709 00:26:47,325 --> 00:26:49,964 California, you've got three server choices. So again, 710 00:26:49,964 --> 00:26:52,625 all kinds of options for you for your 711 00:26:53,244 --> 00:26:54,464 VPN with ExpressVPN. 712 00:26:55,484 --> 00:26:56,765 Of course, there's been a little bit of 713 00:26:56,765 --> 00:26:58,384 a tic tac going on between 714 00:26:59,244 --> 00:27:01,424 Elon's been posting things about their 715 00:27:03,970 --> 00:27:07,330 quote unquote penis joke for Austin. I don't 716 00:27:07,330 --> 00:27:08,450 know if you guys are aware of it, 717 00:27:08,450 --> 00:27:10,390 but he drew the map where their 718 00:27:11,170 --> 00:27:13,890 where their service was available and then Waymo 719 00:27:13,890 --> 00:27:15,750 came back and behind said, well, 720 00:27:17,065 --> 00:27:19,005 our our coverage areas is much bigger. 721 00:27:19,545 --> 00:27:20,765 So it's just 722 00:27:21,465 --> 00:27:21,965 so 723 00:27:22,985 --> 00:27:24,045 so childish 724 00:27:25,225 --> 00:27:27,865 and definitely got headlines, right? Very rare talking 725 00:27:27,865 --> 00:27:28,589 about it. 726 00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:31,329 You know, so I guess it was effective. 727 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:34,190 Reddit is also back online after a brief 728 00:27:34,190 --> 00:27:36,289 outage. The company told the 729 00:27:36,909 --> 00:27:38,690 that an update caused the issue. 730 00:27:39,390 --> 00:27:39,890 So 731 00:27:40,349 --> 00:27:42,669 they're back online. They were off for about 732 00:27:42,669 --> 00:27:43,490 an hour. 733 00:27:45,355 --> 00:27:47,835 So if you're a Reddit user, be aware 734 00:27:47,835 --> 00:27:48,494 of that. 735 00:27:50,075 --> 00:27:50,575 GBoard 736 00:27:51,434 --> 00:27:54,075 may soon offer smarter voice typing and editing 737 00:27:54,075 --> 00:27:56,394 with AI integration. I don't even know what 738 00:27:56,394 --> 00:27:57,454 GBoard is. 739 00:27:58,339 --> 00:28:00,420 Says Google is developing a new AI powered 740 00:28:00,420 --> 00:28:02,900 voice typing and editing feature for g board. 741 00:28:02,900 --> 00:28:05,460 It's a virtual keyboard, which could significantly enhance 742 00:28:05,460 --> 00:28:07,240 how user interact with text 743 00:28:07,539 --> 00:28:09,779 without needing to touch the phones. This upcoming 744 00:28:09,779 --> 00:28:12,365 feature would appear part of Google's broader push 745 00:28:12,365 --> 00:28:15,005 to integrate AI and context aware tools into 746 00:28:15,005 --> 00:28:17,664 its app. So I guess it's a 747 00:28:18,684 --> 00:28:19,744 typing application. 748 00:28:20,605 --> 00:28:24,284 So anyone use Gboard? I'm absolutely not familiar 749 00:28:24,284 --> 00:28:24,944 with it. 750 00:28:26,029 --> 00:28:27,869 I don't know why this is important but 751 00:28:27,869 --> 00:28:29,009 the new 752 00:28:30,269 --> 00:28:31,009 the new 753 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:32,529 100,000 754 00:28:32,589 --> 00:28:33,890 pages tax law 755 00:28:34,349 --> 00:28:37,470 keeps Bill Gates nuclear data center dreams alive. 756 00:28:37,470 --> 00:28:39,169 I didn't know Bill Gates had nuclear 757 00:28:39,955 --> 00:28:41,654 data center dreams at all. 758 00:28:43,875 --> 00:28:46,595 But, apparently, this budget bill slashed many mature 759 00:28:46,595 --> 00:28:49,154 clean energy nest initiatives, but Bill Gates is 760 00:28:49,154 --> 00:28:52,375 less worried since new nuclear incentives, including those 761 00:28:52,980 --> 00:28:55,799 his TerraPower venture will leverage have survived. 762 00:28:56,900 --> 00:28:57,400 So, 763 00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:00,759 you know, but maybe it's smart. We need 764 00:29:01,380 --> 00:29:02,119 we need 765 00:29:03,380 --> 00:29:04,279 nuclear power. 766 00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:05,410 We're we're 767 00:29:05,965 --> 00:29:07,424 we're crazy. We're not building 768 00:29:07,884 --> 00:29:09,965 a nuclear powers as a nuclear power plants 769 00:29:09,965 --> 00:29:12,305 as fast as we can. We really are. 770 00:29:12,924 --> 00:29:15,265 That's my personal opinion. We we have 771 00:29:15,805 --> 00:29:16,945 a major major 772 00:29:17,805 --> 00:29:18,945 shortage on electricity, 773 00:29:19,485 --> 00:29:22,440 and, you know, this AI and everything else 774 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,380 in data centers is is not helping. 775 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,660 Intel is swinging the ax again. It's 776 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,940 basically putting 5,000 people out of work, 777 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,039 and they're letting back office staff are being 778 00:29:34,039 --> 00:29:34,859 let go. 779 00:29:35,464 --> 00:29:38,045 And, apparently, that mood is very pessimistic, 780 00:29:39,384 --> 00:29:39,884 about 781 00:29:40,184 --> 00:29:41,085 this chop, 782 00:29:41,384 --> 00:29:43,325 but they've just gotta cut cost, 783 00:29:43,705 --> 00:29:46,585 and they gotta get lean. And, they gotta 784 00:29:46,585 --> 00:29:48,125 stay stay in business. 785 00:29:48,825 --> 00:29:49,325 So, 786 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,460 you know, they spent billions on share buyback 787 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,740 to support the stock price and fat dividends, 788 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:01,080 but, 789 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,720 they didn't invest in new technology. Now they're 790 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:04,220 buying. 791 00:30:04,534 --> 00:30:06,294 And The US chips legislation was supposed to 792 00:30:06,294 --> 00:30:07,974 pump billions in the semi in the country 793 00:30:07,974 --> 00:30:10,054 and to bring manufacturing back is now in 794 00:30:10,054 --> 00:30:10,554 doubt. 795 00:30:11,335 --> 00:30:11,835 So, 796 00:30:13,015 --> 00:30:16,154 yeah, maybe maybe time to sell Intel stock. 797 00:30:17,269 --> 00:30:20,409 Uber's latest robotaxi plan involves 20,000 798 00:30:20,470 --> 00:30:21,450 Lucid EVs 799 00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:22,950 and, 800 00:30:23,429 --> 00:30:26,730 so they're investing 100 millions in Nuro and 801 00:30:26,869 --> 00:30:27,369 Lucid. 802 00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:29,589 The latest step of the company's plans to 803 00:30:29,589 --> 00:30:32,125 build an extensive robotaxi program. In other words, 804 00:30:32,125 --> 00:30:33,644 getting rid of all of you that are 805 00:30:33,644 --> 00:30:34,384 Uber driving. 806 00:30:35,085 --> 00:30:37,484 They don't want you they're gonna take your 807 00:30:37,484 --> 00:30:38,785 money away. They don't want 808 00:30:39,404 --> 00:30:41,105 people making money on Uber. 809 00:30:41,484 --> 00:30:43,904 They just want the cars to drive themselves. 810 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,720 US authors that are suing Anthropic can band 811 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:50,960 together in a copyright class action a judge 812 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,039 has ruled. So this is a major major 813 00:30:53,039 --> 00:30:53,539 major, 814 00:30:55,119 --> 00:30:56,579 a deal for these folks 815 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,339 and being able to 816 00:30:58,720 --> 00:30:59,940 put this in a class. 817 00:31:00,644 --> 00:31:03,205 US District Judge William Alsop said the authors 818 00:31:03,205 --> 00:31:04,585 can bring a class action 819 00:31:05,045 --> 00:31:07,125 on behalf of all US writers who works 820 00:31:07,125 --> 00:31:09,785 Anthropic allegedly downloaded from pirate libraries, 821 00:31:10,244 --> 00:31:10,744 Libgen, 822 00:31:11,445 --> 00:31:13,285 and p I l I m I to 823 00:31:13,285 --> 00:31:15,384 create a repository of millions of book. 824 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:16,660 So, 825 00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:20,419 they say they may have downloaded his 7,000,000 826 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:21,940 books, probably more. 827 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,480 SpaceX launches is just about going seems like 828 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,839 every day here, every two or three days, 829 00:31:27,839 --> 00:31:30,079 they've already done a 100 launches or more 830 00:31:30,079 --> 00:31:30,819 this year. 831 00:31:31,335 --> 00:31:33,494 So they just had another launch that and 832 00:31:33,494 --> 00:31:34,554 they're doing a lot of 833 00:31:34,855 --> 00:31:35,355 SpaceX. 834 00:31:35,974 --> 00:31:37,515 Starlink came out with a statement. 835 00:31:38,775 --> 00:31:40,615 I talk about their network speeds and how 836 00:31:40,615 --> 00:31:41,434 they're increasing 837 00:31:41,734 --> 00:31:42,554 and also 838 00:31:43,750 --> 00:31:45,130 discussing on how, 839 00:31:47,509 --> 00:31:49,829 they're putting in more polar orbits for those 840 00:31:49,829 --> 00:31:51,049 of you that are 841 00:31:51,429 --> 00:31:53,589 in Alaska to be able to get better 842 00:31:53,589 --> 00:31:54,089 coverage. 843 00:31:55,774 --> 00:31:58,335 This next auto continues to blow my mind 844 00:31:58,335 --> 00:31:59,954 in in quite a big way that 845 00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:01,375 the 2025 846 00:32:01,375 --> 00:32:03,154 crypto crime midyear update 847 00:32:04,335 --> 00:32:05,234 get this 848 00:32:06,335 --> 00:32:09,294 with over $2,170,000,000 849 00:32:09,294 --> 00:32:12,850 stoned stolen. $2,170,000,000 850 00:32:12,850 --> 00:32:13,910 stolen for cryptocurrency 851 00:32:14,610 --> 00:32:16,470 so far in 2025. 852 00:32:16,850 --> 00:32:18,850 This year is more devastating than entirety of 853 00:32:18,850 --> 00:32:19,910 2024. 854 00:32:19,970 --> 00:32:22,150 2,170,000,000.00. 855 00:32:23,265 --> 00:32:24,565 Whose money is that? 856 00:32:25,585 --> 00:32:28,545 You know, you don't hear stories of people 857 00:32:28,545 --> 00:32:32,305 that have been devastated through crypto wallet losses 858 00:32:32,305 --> 00:32:32,965 or anything. 859 00:32:33,585 --> 00:32:35,765 Who's losing all this cash? 860 00:32:39,049 --> 00:32:41,549 That's that's an amazing number. 861 00:32:43,369 --> 00:32:46,990 Personal wallet compromises now resent represent a growing 862 00:32:47,049 --> 00:32:48,349 share of total ecosystem 863 00:32:48,730 --> 00:32:49,230 theft. 864 00:32:50,644 --> 00:32:53,065 With attackers increasingly targeting individuals, 865 00:32:54,164 --> 00:32:56,325 excuse me, making up 23.35 866 00:32:56,325 --> 00:32:57,704 of all stolen funds. 867 00:32:59,765 --> 00:33:02,585 Physical violence or cohesion attacks are also 868 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:04,180 growing. 869 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,299 So if you've got crypto, 870 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,700 don't advertise that you have crypto. 871 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,839 You need to keep that on the down 872 00:33:11,839 --> 00:33:12,339 low. 873 00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:17,539 Another big company has given up on hydrogen, 874 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:18,180 Stellantis. 875 00:33:18,634 --> 00:33:20,015 They've thrown in the towel, 876 00:33:21,195 --> 00:33:23,535 just before the production was about to start. 877 00:33:24,154 --> 00:33:24,894 And again, 878 00:33:25,195 --> 00:33:28,715 Stellantis, the automotive giant behind Chrysler, Citroen, Fiat, 879 00:33:28,715 --> 00:33:29,615 Jeep, and, 880 00:33:29,994 --> 00:33:30,494 Bugo. 881 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,039 I probably pronounced that wrong, is pulling out 882 00:33:34,039 --> 00:33:34,779 of hydrogen. 883 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,700 Said in face of limited availability of hydrogen 884 00:33:38,759 --> 00:33:39,819 refueling infrastructure. 885 00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:40,619 Duh. 886 00:33:41,159 --> 00:33:43,099 How about electric recharging infrastructure, 887 00:33:43,474 --> 00:33:45,955 High capital requirements and need for stronger consumer 888 00:33:45,955 --> 00:33:48,515 purchasing incentive. To put it another way, let's 889 00:33:48,515 --> 00:33:51,315 realize hydrogen facing the same set challenge it's 890 00:33:51,315 --> 00:33:53,335 not been able to overcome in the last 891 00:33:53,474 --> 00:33:55,015 two or three decades. 892 00:33:55,474 --> 00:33:56,855 I think in my lifetime, 893 00:33:58,559 --> 00:34:00,819 I saw most of my hydrogen 894 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,380 fill stations on military bases. 895 00:34:04,079 --> 00:34:06,660 I've seen one or two in the wild 896 00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:08,980 in all of my travels. 897 00:34:12,014 --> 00:34:13,934 For those of you that watch the where 898 00:34:13,934 --> 00:34:16,094 the Google Pixel watch, the which the the 899 00:34:16,094 --> 00:34:18,175 Pixel watch four is rumored to be supporting 900 00:34:18,175 --> 00:34:19,074 a bigger battery, 901 00:34:19,695 --> 00:34:21,375 but many are hoping it's not just a 902 00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:24,894 brighter screen in on device AI. So we'll 903 00:34:24,894 --> 00:34:25,394 see. 904 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,160 Bigger battery, longer use. It's always well. I 905 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,099 noticed that my Apple Watch now, 906 00:34:32,119 --> 00:34:33,800 I don't know what gen it is. I've 907 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:34,860 had it for 908 00:34:36,119 --> 00:34:37,420 maybe four or five years. 909 00:34:37,855 --> 00:34:39,155 It's starting to 910 00:34:39,614 --> 00:34:41,695 not hold its charge as well as it 911 00:34:41,695 --> 00:34:43,375 it used to. I I probably should look 912 00:34:43,375 --> 00:34:46,335 around. Still in beautiful shape. There's no no 913 00:34:46,335 --> 00:34:48,574 chips or anything on it. No damages. So 914 00:34:48,574 --> 00:34:49,074 maybe 915 00:34:49,614 --> 00:34:51,135 there's a service out there where I can 916 00:34:51,135 --> 00:34:52,735 get the battery replaced. That would be kind 917 00:34:52,735 --> 00:34:53,315 of cool. 918 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,400 Maybe Apple does it. I don't know. I've 919 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:58,119 never investigated that. Have any of you done 920 00:34:58,119 --> 00:34:59,400 that? If you have, I'd love to hear 921 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,699 from you. Geeknews@gmail.com. 922 00:35:04,119 --> 00:35:06,139 How many of you have kids playing Roblox? 923 00:35:06,954 --> 00:35:09,194 Roblox is now gonna require a facial scan 924 00:35:09,194 --> 00:35:12,074 or government ID to have unfiltered chats. Teens 925 00:35:12,074 --> 00:35:14,094 will have to prove they're older than 13 926 00:35:14,474 --> 00:35:16,954 and make crusted connections they can chat more 927 00:35:16,954 --> 00:35:18,494 freely with. That's good. 928 00:35:20,170 --> 00:35:22,250 They're gonna have a new age estimation tool 929 00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:23,789 to verify they're over 13. 930 00:35:24,410 --> 00:35:25,070 You know, 931 00:35:25,610 --> 00:35:27,390 how are you gonna tell that with kids? 932 00:35:28,890 --> 00:35:29,949 Facial scans? 933 00:35:30,730 --> 00:35:31,769 I know a lot of I know a 934 00:35:31,769 --> 00:35:32,170 lot of, 935 00:35:33,625 --> 00:35:35,704 kids now that look a lot older than 936 00:35:35,704 --> 00:35:36,445 they are. 937 00:35:38,505 --> 00:35:39,405 Maybe not. 938 00:35:41,465 --> 00:35:43,864 We'll see. We'll see you have how this, 939 00:35:44,105 --> 00:35:46,664 how this works out. But most 13 year 940 00:35:46,664 --> 00:35:48,605 olds also don't have an ID. 941 00:35:49,579 --> 00:35:51,440 So that's another one too. 942 00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:54,780 There's a article here on SFGate talking about 943 00:35:54,940 --> 00:35:57,019 and it's interesting. It's interesting title. It says 944 00:35:57,019 --> 00:35:57,519 someone 945 00:35:58,300 --> 00:35:59,760 someone's always watching. 946 00:36:00,619 --> 00:36:03,199 Gen z is spying on each other. 947 00:36:04,005 --> 00:36:06,605 Teens 20 and something are embracing location sharing 948 00:36:06,605 --> 00:36:08,724 to see where their friends are instantly. Is 949 00:36:08,724 --> 00:36:10,184 that a bad thing? 950 00:36:15,364 --> 00:36:16,505 That just sends 951 00:36:17,139 --> 00:36:17,880 a little 952 00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:20,760 tingle down my spine saying no. 953 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:29,400 Do you want 954 00:36:31,985 --> 00:36:34,724 your friends to always know where you're at? 955 00:36:34,785 --> 00:36:37,505 And what happens when your friends lose their 956 00:36:37,505 --> 00:36:39,845 phone and they know where you're at? 957 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:46,659 You know, 958 00:36:47,039 --> 00:36:48,579 I don't always want 959 00:36:49,199 --> 00:36:51,219 I don't want it's just as an adult, 960 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,739 you know okay. So here's my mom. 961 00:36:56,625 --> 00:36:59,684 She loves to know where my sister is, 962 00:37:00,465 --> 00:37:02,224 when my brother in law's on the way 963 00:37:02,224 --> 00:37:03,925 home to estimate, you know, 964 00:37:04,305 --> 00:37:05,985 when they're gonna eat, you know, a whole 965 00:37:05,985 --> 00:37:07,125 bunch of other things. 966 00:37:08,210 --> 00:37:10,630 One of my nieces shares her location, 967 00:37:11,170 --> 00:37:12,690 and my mom has always asked me to 968 00:37:12,690 --> 00:37:14,449 share my location with her. And I'm like, 969 00:37:14,449 --> 00:37:15,969 mom, I give you the address. I tell 970 00:37:15,969 --> 00:37:18,210 you where I'm at. You've got my you 971 00:37:18,210 --> 00:37:19,429 know, it's, 972 00:37:20,514 --> 00:37:22,275 you know, probably when I'm here in The 973 00:37:22,275 --> 00:37:23,574 Philippines, it maybe is 974 00:37:24,114 --> 00:37:25,014 more advisable. 975 00:37:25,635 --> 00:37:27,655 But when I'm home, I'm just like, 976 00:37:28,114 --> 00:37:29,014 I'm an adult. 977 00:37:31,715 --> 00:37:33,394 And I knew I know she means well, 978 00:37:33,394 --> 00:37:35,340 and she doesn't care where I go or 979 00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:37,180 who I see or any of that stuff. 980 00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:38,480 It's not like that. But, 981 00:37:39,900 --> 00:37:42,780 again, I I just find it a little 982 00:37:42,780 --> 00:37:43,760 creepy, but, 983 00:37:44,140 --> 00:37:45,739 I don't know if I'd want my kids 984 00:37:45,739 --> 00:37:48,079 sharing their location with their other friends. 985 00:37:48,815 --> 00:37:51,214 But, you know, unless you're really, really savvy, 986 00:37:51,214 --> 00:37:53,875 are you gonna be able to stop that? 987 00:37:55,694 --> 00:37:56,594 I don't know. 988 00:37:57,534 --> 00:37:59,775 Over in The Hollywood Reporter, they are really, 989 00:37:59,775 --> 00:38:01,694 really, really worried. Of course, I'm kinda funny 990 00:38:01,694 --> 00:38:03,910 here. You think they're advertising for certain, 991 00:38:04,550 --> 00:38:05,369 soda brand? 992 00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,829 It's wrapped all around the article. I guess 993 00:38:07,829 --> 00:38:08,949 that's one way to, 994 00:38:09,750 --> 00:38:10,329 to promote 995 00:38:11,910 --> 00:38:12,489 a certain, 996 00:38:14,309 --> 00:38:16,344 drink. I want and there's no they show 997 00:38:16,344 --> 00:38:17,704 a burger on the screen too. So I 998 00:38:17,704 --> 00:38:18,525 wonder if, 999 00:38:19,465 --> 00:38:21,164 they're they're promoting a certain, 1000 00:38:22,985 --> 00:38:25,065 and I guess it's grilling when on your 1001 00:38:25,065 --> 00:38:27,465 own. But they're talking about the rise of 1002 00:38:27,465 --> 00:38:29,005 machines inside Hollywood's 1003 00:38:29,630 --> 00:38:31,969 AI civil war and how people are desperately 1004 00:38:32,110 --> 00:38:33,250 trying to claw back 1005 00:38:33,630 --> 00:38:35,730 and not have AI take over. 1006 00:38:36,349 --> 00:38:38,829 And talks about a startup that's doing cool 1007 00:38:38,829 --> 00:38:41,329 things with AI and hand generating 1008 00:38:42,554 --> 00:38:45,054 with these very very powerful tools, 1009 00:38:46,394 --> 00:38:48,335 scenes that look semi realistic. 1010 00:38:50,474 --> 00:38:52,954 But this is a really telling article of 1011 00:38:52,954 --> 00:38:54,594 where things are heading and probably is part 1012 00:38:54,594 --> 00:38:56,474 of the reason why YouTube is starting to 1013 00:38:56,474 --> 00:38:59,410 say, hey, you do AI generated content. You're 1014 00:38:59,410 --> 00:39:00,550 not going to get monetized. 1015 00:39:01,650 --> 00:39:03,269 We're going to pull down 1016 00:39:03,570 --> 00:39:04,710 repetitive content. 1017 00:39:05,090 --> 00:39:07,750 They're basically trying to stop the onslaught 1018 00:39:08,450 --> 00:39:08,950 of 1019 00:39:09,650 --> 00:39:10,150 slag. 1020 00:39:10,954 --> 00:39:12,735 I got another word for it. 1021 00:39:13,114 --> 00:39:15,135 Slag is what comes out of your 1022 00:39:15,514 --> 00:39:16,014 your, 1023 00:39:16,795 --> 00:39:18,094 your sewage pit. 1024 00:39:18,635 --> 00:39:20,815 You know, the slag that's on 1025 00:39:21,514 --> 00:39:24,335 YouTube these days is is gotten I think 1026 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,640 probably one out of five videos I'm presented 1027 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:28,140 in 1028 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,219 to say you want to see this is 1029 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:31,099 is slag. 1030 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,579 I don't watch it. I downvote 1031 00:39:34,039 --> 00:39:34,860 it on purpose, 1032 00:39:36,039 --> 00:39:37,559 and I'm glad they're trying to get rid 1033 00:39:37,559 --> 00:39:39,134 of it. I hope YouTube makes the option 1034 00:39:39,134 --> 00:39:41,755 to be able to report AI generated content 1035 00:39:42,214 --> 00:39:43,835 so that you can report this slag and 1036 00:39:44,775 --> 00:39:46,394 and and creators are protected. 1037 00:39:46,855 --> 00:39:48,375 Maybe this is part of the same thing 1038 00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:49,594 on the Hollywood side 1039 00:39:49,894 --> 00:39:51,494 is we're going to have to choose and 1040 00:39:51,494 --> 00:39:53,589 pick what we go watch and see if 1041 00:39:53,589 --> 00:39:55,690 it ends up being AI slag. 1042 00:39:57,190 --> 00:39:58,250 So time will tell. 1043 00:39:59,109 --> 00:40:00,170 Twitter co founder 1044 00:40:00,869 --> 00:40:01,849 Jack Dorsey, 1045 00:40:02,949 --> 00:40:04,389 pumps $10,000,000 1046 00:40:04,389 --> 00:40:07,215 into a nonprofit focus on open source social 1047 00:40:07,215 --> 00:40:09,695 media course. Jack got his payout when Elon 1048 00:40:09,695 --> 00:40:10,434 bought it, 1049 00:40:10,735 --> 00:40:11,614 but he is, 1050 00:40:12,894 --> 00:40:15,235 owning new apps like bit chat and Sunday. 1051 00:40:16,015 --> 00:40:17,855 So he's put a lot of money into 1052 00:40:17,855 --> 00:40:20,630 little apps. We're probably trying to hit a 1053 00:40:20,630 --> 00:40:22,969 winner here, but, TechCrunch is 1054 00:40:23,989 --> 00:40:25,289 jacking his efforts. 1055 00:40:26,150 --> 00:40:28,630 Samsung's chairman is cleared a fraud by South 1056 00:40:28,630 --> 00:40:30,949 Korea's top court that this is removes legal 1057 00:40:30,949 --> 00:40:32,489 uncertainty in surrounding 1058 00:40:32,949 --> 00:40:35,690 j y Lee, one of the richest people 1059 00:40:37,324 --> 00:40:37,824 in 1060 00:40:38,684 --> 00:40:39,585 in South Korea. 1061 00:40:40,284 --> 00:40:40,784 So, 1062 00:40:41,885 --> 00:40:42,764 you know, he, 1063 00:40:44,764 --> 00:40:46,844 you know, still on how these countries, you 1064 00:40:46,844 --> 00:40:47,424 know, how 1065 00:40:47,885 --> 00:40:50,125 interesting how rich people don't often go to 1066 00:40:50,125 --> 00:40:51,644 jail. Once in a while they get one 1067 00:40:51,644 --> 00:40:52,144 but 1068 00:40:52,820 --> 00:40:54,679 but not very often do they? 1069 00:40:56,260 --> 00:40:57,619 People are saying it's time if you are 1070 00:40:57,619 --> 00:40:59,460 a T Mobile customer to check your privacy 1071 00:40:59,460 --> 00:40:59,960 settings. 1072 00:41:00,260 --> 00:41:02,099 T Mobile recently asked an update to its 1073 00:41:02,099 --> 00:41:03,940 privacy policy and settings that make it so 1074 00:41:03,940 --> 00:41:06,714 data can be collected to provide fraud and 1075 00:41:06,714 --> 00:41:08,094 identity theft protection, 1076 00:41:08,474 --> 00:41:10,795 as well as sharing information with financial companies 1077 00:41:10,795 --> 00:41:13,994 for joint marketing and affiliates for marketing purposes. 1078 00:41:13,994 --> 00:41:14,494 So 1079 00:41:15,275 --> 00:41:16,474 what you need to do is you need 1080 00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:17,295 to go to, 1081 00:41:18,474 --> 00:41:21,630 T Mobile's privacy center for your account using 1082 00:41:21,630 --> 00:41:23,010 the t life app. 1083 00:41:23,630 --> 00:41:25,889 There's instructions here on how to exactly 1084 00:41:26,429 --> 00:41:27,409 disable this. 1085 00:41:27,789 --> 00:41:29,469 So I would encourage all of you that 1086 00:41:29,469 --> 00:41:31,489 are t mobile customers, which I am one, 1087 00:41:31,949 --> 00:41:33,869 to do that so that you can you 1088 00:41:33,869 --> 00:41:35,329 can save some money. 1089 00:41:36,894 --> 00:41:39,934 Netflix posted an earning earnings beat as revenue 1090 00:41:39,934 --> 00:41:40,974 grows 16%. 1091 00:41:40,974 --> 00:41:44,514 So they posted second quarter revenue of 16%. 1092 00:41:45,134 --> 00:41:47,214 The race is full year revenue guidance signing 1093 00:41:47,214 --> 00:41:48,434 healthy member growth, 1094 00:41:48,829 --> 00:41:50,829 and they did 11,080,000,000.00 1095 00:41:50,829 --> 00:41:52,670 for the second quarter higher than Wall Street 1096 00:41:52,670 --> 00:41:54,929 estimate of 11,070,000,000.00. 1097 00:41:55,550 --> 00:41:58,210 So I'm sure Wall Street will reward them, 1098 00:41:59,469 --> 00:42:00,610 for that reporting. 1099 00:42:01,304 --> 00:42:03,464 And also something that we'll keep an eye 1100 00:42:03,464 --> 00:42:04,204 on the 1101 00:42:04,505 --> 00:42:05,164 the house 1102 00:42:05,704 --> 00:42:08,744 has sent the stable coin stable coin bill 1103 00:42:08,744 --> 00:42:11,065 to the president's desk capping a string of 1104 00:42:11,065 --> 00:42:12,045 crypto week 1105 00:42:12,344 --> 00:42:14,505 victories. At the same time, we know that 1106 00:42:14,505 --> 00:42:15,005 NPR 1107 00:42:16,119 --> 00:42:17,099 and in other 1108 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,460 public radio, public television 1109 00:42:21,079 --> 00:42:22,300 is definitely facing 1110 00:42:23,079 --> 00:42:23,980 a monumental 1111 00:42:27,159 --> 00:42:27,820 a monumental 1112 00:42:29,894 --> 00:42:30,795 budget cut. 1113 00:42:31,414 --> 00:42:34,074 And, you know, I don't care if you're 1114 00:42:34,535 --> 00:42:35,994 if you're a fan of NPR 1115 00:42:36,375 --> 00:42:38,555 or to be honest with you, 1116 00:42:42,389 --> 00:42:42,889 Those 1117 00:42:43,510 --> 00:42:44,010 organizations 1118 00:42:44,630 --> 00:42:47,050 were set up to serve the public interest 1119 00:42:48,150 --> 00:42:48,650 and 1120 00:42:49,510 --> 00:42:51,130 supposed to be balanced. 1121 00:42:52,150 --> 00:42:54,150 And it's very obvious that they have not 1122 00:42:54,150 --> 00:42:56,889 been that way for many, many years. So, 1123 00:42:57,244 --> 00:42:59,244 you know, they reap what they're sowing here 1124 00:42:59,244 --> 00:43:00,545 with the current administration. 1125 00:43:01,324 --> 00:43:02,925 You know, you're not going to be fair 1126 00:43:02,925 --> 00:43:04,144 and balanced. You're 1127 00:43:04,445 --> 00:43:05,824 definitely going to face 1128 00:43:06,684 --> 00:43:07,905 the budget acts 1129 00:43:08,605 --> 00:43:10,864 to quit being a political arm. 1130 00:43:11,670 --> 00:43:12,170 So, 1131 00:43:13,670 --> 00:43:15,670 the money machine for some of this, 1132 00:43:16,389 --> 00:43:17,989 some of the stuff is is drying up 1133 00:43:17,989 --> 00:43:19,670 and maybe the people need to start having 1134 00:43:19,670 --> 00:43:22,309 a realization that there's there's two sides to 1135 00:43:22,309 --> 00:43:24,069 every story. And, you know, none of it 1136 00:43:24,069 --> 00:43:24,809 is good. 1137 00:43:25,265 --> 00:43:28,324 Get into politics, right, left, it's all disgusting. 1138 00:43:29,425 --> 00:43:29,905 So, 1139 00:43:30,224 --> 00:43:33,025 you know, just equal equal reported disgusting is 1140 00:43:33,025 --> 00:43:35,585 important. I think, you know, that's that's the 1141 00:43:35,585 --> 00:43:38,324 key here. So, we'll see what happens. 1142 00:43:39,230 --> 00:43:40,670 I'd love to hear your feedback on that. 1143 00:43:40,670 --> 00:43:43,389 Geeknews@gmail.com. 1144 00:43:43,389 --> 00:43:45,230 Of course, don't forget to support our sponsor 1145 00:43:45,230 --> 00:43:47,309 GoDaddy at geek news central dot com forward 1146 00:43:47,309 --> 00:43:48,049 slash godaddy 1147 00:43:48,589 --> 00:43:52,690 and become an insider at geeknewscentral.com/insider. 1148 00:43:53,335 --> 00:43:55,974 Besides my, you know, few technical glitches I've 1149 00:43:55,974 --> 00:43:58,934 had here on occasion, the studio has been 1150 00:43:58,934 --> 00:43:59,835 dialed in. 1151 00:44:00,135 --> 00:44:02,055 I think the show production is is going 1152 00:44:02,055 --> 00:44:03,574 just as good as it is when I'm 1153 00:44:03,574 --> 00:44:05,515 in the studio in Michigan. 1154 00:44:06,449 --> 00:44:08,389 The streams have been fantastic. 1155 00:44:08,769 --> 00:44:11,090 The outputs of the content quality has been 1156 00:44:11,090 --> 00:44:11,590 good, 1157 00:44:11,969 --> 00:44:13,429 and, I cannot 1158 00:44:13,809 --> 00:44:14,789 say enough 1159 00:44:15,489 --> 00:44:18,289 about this Mac Studio. If you're a Mac 1160 00:44:18,289 --> 00:44:20,289 mini user and need just a little more 1161 00:44:20,289 --> 00:44:20,789 power, 1162 00:44:21,635 --> 00:44:23,315 yeah, it's a step up to spend the 1163 00:44:23,315 --> 00:44:25,335 2 k for a baseline 1164 00:44:25,714 --> 00:44:26,534 Mac Studio, 1165 00:44:27,074 --> 00:44:27,574 but 1166 00:44:28,355 --> 00:44:29,655 damn, what a machine. 1167 00:44:31,554 --> 00:44:34,454 Really an incredible machine. I mean, for desktop, 1168 00:44:34,835 --> 00:44:37,599 I will not buy another iMac. There's no 1169 00:44:37,980 --> 00:44:38,719 way. I'll 1170 00:44:39,420 --> 00:44:42,059 go with another Mac Studio when I'm ready 1171 00:44:42,059 --> 00:44:43,199 to replace my 1172 00:44:43,659 --> 00:44:45,039 main computer at 1173 00:44:45,340 --> 00:44:47,019 at home that sits on my desk where 1174 00:44:47,019 --> 00:44:47,679 I work. 1175 00:44:49,099 --> 00:44:49,840 It's just 1176 00:44:50,934 --> 00:44:53,014 it's it's amazing. It really, really is. And 1177 00:44:53,014 --> 00:44:55,175 with the number of four ks screens that 1178 00:44:55,175 --> 00:44:56,635 have come out now supporting 1179 00:44:58,054 --> 00:45:01,114 as high quality as the the Mac releases, 1180 00:45:01,574 --> 00:45:03,034 which are much more expensive. 1181 00:45:04,269 --> 00:45:06,349 There's no excuse for you now not to 1182 00:45:06,349 --> 00:45:08,909 have two or three beautiful four k monitors 1183 00:45:08,909 --> 00:45:09,569 at your 1184 00:45:09,869 --> 00:45:10,849 at your workstation 1185 00:45:11,150 --> 00:45:11,630 and, 1186 00:45:12,670 --> 00:45:14,269 you know, with a whole not needing a 1187 00:45:14,269 --> 00:45:16,109 whole bunch of extra stuff. I've got about 1188 00:45:16,109 --> 00:45:18,049 every possible device you can imagine 1189 00:45:18,414 --> 00:45:20,335 a man plugged into this thing. I've got 1190 00:45:20,335 --> 00:45:20,994 the RODECaster. 1191 00:45:21,855 --> 00:45:23,554 I have my teleprompter. 1192 00:45:24,255 --> 00:45:27,054 I have two cameras, not just one, two 1193 00:45:27,054 --> 00:45:27,554 cameras, 1194 00:45:29,375 --> 00:45:30,914 an external hard drive. 1195 00:45:32,559 --> 00:45:34,019 What else? We've got 1196 00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:37,519 a wired keyboard. I've got a wireless mouse 1197 00:45:37,519 --> 00:45:38,420 with a Bluetooth. 1198 00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,280 I'm able to stick in a, 1199 00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:44,639 an SD card and I have ports to 1200 00:45:44,639 --> 00:45:45,139 spare. 1201 00:45:48,514 --> 00:45:49,894 This to me is probably, 1202 00:45:50,434 --> 00:45:52,375 in my opinion, my most 1203 00:45:52,994 --> 00:45:54,054 impressive setup, 1204 00:45:55,074 --> 00:45:56,135 for a desktop 1205 00:45:56,514 --> 00:45:59,234 slash studio workstation that I've ever done. Now 1206 00:45:59,234 --> 00:46:00,054 it's not portable, 1207 00:46:01,619 --> 00:46:04,440 but the green screen behind me, $40. 1208 00:46:05,619 --> 00:46:07,079 I have some lights here, 1209 00:46:07,539 --> 00:46:09,940 that I've had probably spent about $200 1210 00:46:09,940 --> 00:46:10,440 on. 1211 00:46:10,900 --> 00:46:11,400 So, 1212 00:46:12,339 --> 00:46:14,260 yeah, I'm getting the quality for the show 1213 00:46:14,260 --> 00:46:15,079 that I want, 1214 00:46:16,454 --> 00:46:16,954 here 1215 00:46:17,414 --> 00:46:19,255 with the studio the way it is. The 1216 00:46:19,255 --> 00:46:21,034 investment in that new camera, 1217 00:46:22,054 --> 00:46:24,295 really did make an but I'm gonna take 1218 00:46:24,295 --> 00:46:25,894 that back and forth. So that's gonna be 1219 00:46:25,894 --> 00:46:28,119 dual headed. It's not gonna stay here along 1220 00:46:28,119 --> 00:46:29,719 with the Mac Studio. It goes home with 1221 00:46:29,719 --> 00:46:31,000 me then I'll bring it back when I 1222 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:32,139 come back next time. 1223 00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:35,639 So I can till the budget allows me 1224 00:46:35,639 --> 00:46:36,139 to 1225 00:46:36,679 --> 00:46:37,659 be able to 1226 00:46:38,199 --> 00:46:40,965 have fully outfit both places. But again, I 1227 00:46:40,965 --> 00:46:43,045 don't need $2,600 1228 00:46:43,045 --> 00:46:44,565 worth of stuff sitting here for two months 1229 00:46:44,565 --> 00:46:46,244 while I'm not here as well. So that's 1230 00:46:46,244 --> 00:46:48,085 part of it as well. Alright, everyone. Thanks 1231 00:46:48,085 --> 00:46:48,985 for being here. 1232 00:46:49,364 --> 00:46:51,704 Thank you for coming to the show today. 1233 00:46:51,845 --> 00:46:53,445 I got up a little early because we 1234 00:46:53,445 --> 00:46:55,750 had a board meeting and determining pay raises 1235 00:46:55,750 --> 00:46:56,969 for the Blueberry employees. 1236 00:46:58,469 --> 00:46:58,969 So, 1237 00:46:59,989 --> 00:47:02,389 that's all we've got. And, everyone, thanks. We'll 1238 00:47:02,389 --> 00:47:03,670 see you next time here on the King 1239 00:47:03,670 --> 00:47:05,500 Central podcast. Take care. Bye bye.