1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:13,493 Speaker 1: from News Talks That'd be now Textbook. 3 00:00:13,573 --> 00:00:15,693 Speaker 2: Paul stein House is here with us this morning, and 4 00:00:15,693 --> 00:00:17,693 Speaker 2: when I say here, he is kind of here because 5 00:00:17,973 --> 00:00:20,573 Speaker 2: although Paul is usually based in New York City, he 6 00:00:20,693 --> 00:00:23,413 Speaker 2: is home on Uncle Judy at the moment. How's it 7 00:00:23,453 --> 00:00:24,413 Speaker 2: been back, Paul. 8 00:00:24,613 --> 00:00:27,253 Speaker 3: It's been great, Jack. I'm here visiting New Zealand's Cutest 9 00:00:27,293 --> 00:00:30,733 Speaker 3: five months old and he definitely has that title. And 10 00:00:30,773 --> 00:00:31,693 Speaker 3: I'm not biased about it. 11 00:00:32,013 --> 00:00:34,013 Speaker 2: That's fine, no bias there whatsoever, just so long as 12 00:00:34,013 --> 00:00:36,293 Speaker 2: he's not competing with the New Zealand's Cutest two months old. 13 00:00:36,333 --> 00:00:39,613 Speaker 3: Because okay, see that was why I didn't say New 14 00:00:39,693 --> 00:00:40,733 Speaker 3: Zealand's you know New. 15 00:00:40,733 --> 00:00:42,293 Speaker 2: Zealand that you refine that. 16 00:00:42,493 --> 00:00:45,413 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I know, I thought I better, Yeah, I thought. 17 00:00:45,573 --> 00:00:48,853 Speaker 2: How good is Uncle Judy? A just all responsibility? It's 18 00:00:48,853 --> 00:00:50,253 Speaker 2: just so good to be able to like swing in, 19 00:00:50,413 --> 00:00:52,973 Speaker 2: have some fun, get some smiles, you know, then hand. 20 00:00:53,813 --> 00:00:56,973 Speaker 3: And it's so it's so fun. You know, my sister 21 00:00:57,133 --> 00:00:59,253 Speaker 3: so she's over from Melbourne. It's the it's the full, 22 00:00:59,413 --> 00:01:01,973 Speaker 3: the full stin house household back jackets a lot. 23 00:01:01,933 --> 00:01:05,093 Speaker 2: I beat your parts, loving it, Paul, Yeah. 24 00:01:04,293 --> 00:01:09,053 Speaker 3: Yeah, is everybody and now. But the thing that's so interesting, 25 00:01:09,093 --> 00:01:10,973 Speaker 3: as my sistory says that, oh he's got a new 26 00:01:10,973 --> 00:01:13,973 Speaker 3: trick today, and it's so crazy it changes by the day. 27 00:01:14,373 --> 00:01:20,133 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, I know it is. Hey. Anyway, Yeah, 28 00:01:20,173 --> 00:01:22,573 Speaker 2: let's talk tech because that's also changing pretty quickly at 29 00:01:22,613 --> 00:01:24,733 Speaker 2: the moment. Interesting. The EU are kind of the party 30 00:01:24,733 --> 00:01:26,773 Speaker 2: purpose when it comes to some of the big social 31 00:01:26,813 --> 00:01:30,253 Speaker 2: media platforms and you know big tech companies. Well, party 32 00:01:30,253 --> 00:01:32,573 Speaker 2: purpose is not party purpose. I'm more for them. They're 33 00:01:32,573 --> 00:01:35,773 Speaker 2: the big regulators that they regulate as hard as any 34 00:01:35,773 --> 00:01:37,933 Speaker 2: country does or any group of countries does, which is 35 00:01:37,973 --> 00:01:40,573 Speaker 2: not to say that it's necessarily a whole heap of regulation. 36 00:01:40,693 --> 00:01:44,573 Speaker 2: But they're now bringing in requirements that will mean all 37 00:01:44,853 --> 00:01:47,533 Speaker 2: tech sold in the in the European Union will have 38 00:01:47,653 --> 00:01:49,293 Speaker 2: to have a label on the box. 39 00:01:50,053 --> 00:01:52,893 Speaker 3: Yes, So if you've gone into you know, Lemings or whatever, 40 00:01:52,893 --> 00:01:55,053 Speaker 3: you've probably seen those big stickers on the TV and 41 00:01:55,053 --> 00:01:57,893 Speaker 3: the fridge talking about energy efficiency and things like that, 42 00:01:58,373 --> 00:02:01,973 Speaker 3: and that's what they're bringing in for basically all devices, 43 00:02:02,053 --> 00:02:06,413 Speaker 3: so your phone, your tablet. There's a different requirement that 44 00:02:06,453 --> 00:02:09,733 Speaker 3: has for laptops and things like that now that really 45 00:02:09,773 --> 00:02:14,853 Speaker 3: wants to let consumers be able to compare with standardized 46 00:02:14,933 --> 00:02:18,013 Speaker 3: information that kind of looks cross between like a nutrition 47 00:02:18,173 --> 00:02:20,613 Speaker 3: label and one of the you know, five star ratings 48 00:02:20,613 --> 00:02:23,493 Speaker 3: you see on a hotel. But they're looking to get 49 00:02:23,533 --> 00:02:28,173 Speaker 3: people to understand really about the device and how how 50 00:02:28,333 --> 00:02:32,013 Speaker 3: you can repair it, how durable it is. Basically trying 51 00:02:32,013 --> 00:02:33,493 Speaker 3: to give you a sense of when you go and 52 00:02:33,533 --> 00:02:36,133 Speaker 3: spend the now couple of thousand dollars on a device, 53 00:02:36,493 --> 00:02:39,253 Speaker 3: how long is that then going to actually last you? So, 54 00:02:40,213 --> 00:02:42,973 Speaker 3: how how many times can the battery be recharged, what's 55 00:02:42,973 --> 00:02:45,813 Speaker 3: it rated for? How long will should the battery be 56 00:02:45,813 --> 00:02:48,693 Speaker 3: actually be lasting each day? Can you repair it? Can 57 00:02:48,733 --> 00:02:51,653 Speaker 3: you drop it? And interestingly they've also put in some 58 00:02:51,853 --> 00:02:54,933 Speaker 3: eco design requirements they call them right and that's to 59 00:02:54,973 --> 00:02:57,293 Speaker 3: make sure that devices are up to a certain standard 60 00:02:57,333 --> 00:02:59,813 Speaker 3: when it comes to things like being able to handle 61 00:02:59,893 --> 00:03:04,053 Speaker 3: splashes of water or dust or scratches or drops, things 62 00:03:04,053 --> 00:03:06,853 Speaker 3: that you know, break your device and cause you have 63 00:03:06,893 --> 00:03:09,053 Speaker 3: to buy another one. So they're actually really trying to 64 00:03:09,053 --> 00:03:10,893 Speaker 3: look out for the consumer. And I would probably go 65 00:03:10,933 --> 00:03:12,173 Speaker 3: as so far as the stair as you said, they 66 00:03:12,173 --> 00:03:14,933 Speaker 3: are probably one of the biggest regulators. I think they 67 00:03:14,933 --> 00:03:18,733 Speaker 3: have probably driven more innovation, more innovation or forced innovation 68 00:03:18,853 --> 00:03:21,893 Speaker 3: and technology in the past couple of years than anyone else. 69 00:03:22,013 --> 00:03:22,333 Speaker 2: Yeah. 70 00:03:22,453 --> 00:03:25,333 Speaker 3: Yeah, they are the reason we have USBC in our iPhone. 71 00:03:25,613 --> 00:03:28,413 Speaker 3: Just be real. And so what's interesting is this is 72 00:03:28,493 --> 00:03:31,533 Speaker 3: this is coming in now pretty quickly June eighth. Every device, 73 00:03:31,573 --> 00:03:34,093 Speaker 3: every cell phone, every tablet being sold in the EU 74 00:03:34,453 --> 00:03:36,773 Speaker 3: will need to have this mandatory label, so folks can 75 00:03:36,773 --> 00:03:37,293 Speaker 3: compare O. 76 00:03:37,453 --> 00:03:40,253 Speaker 2: Very good, hey, very quickly. Paul open Ai says they'd 77 00:03:40,293 --> 00:03:42,893 Speaker 2: be open to buying Google's Chrome browser. 78 00:03:43,733 --> 00:03:47,013 Speaker 3: Yeah, because the DOJ, the Department of Justice in the 79 00:03:47,053 --> 00:03:49,733 Speaker 3: States ruled last year that Chrome is a monopolist and 80 00:03:49,893 --> 00:03:52,493 Speaker 3: search and so now they're trying to figure out are 81 00:03:52,493 --> 00:03:55,293 Speaker 3: they going to carve up parts of Google And one 82 00:03:55,293 --> 00:03:57,613 Speaker 3: of the things they're looking at doing is taking Google 83 00:03:57,693 --> 00:04:00,773 Speaker 3: Chrome and forcing it to be sold. And open Ai 84 00:04:00,853 --> 00:04:03,373 Speaker 3: took the stand this week and see we'd be interested 85 00:04:03,413 --> 00:04:06,253 Speaker 3: in buying it. Yeah, you would, No wonder what an 86 00:04:06,493 --> 00:04:09,613 Speaker 3: instant audience. You know, they want to be the person, 87 00:04:09,693 --> 00:04:11,373 Speaker 3: they want to be, the surface you go to for 88 00:04:11,413 --> 00:04:14,853 Speaker 3: everything AI, the thing you open, the app you open. 89 00:04:14,893 --> 00:04:17,293 Speaker 3: What better way than doing it than grabbing the world's 90 00:04:17,373 --> 00:04:21,653 Speaker 3: number one web browser and Google and sorry, Open Hours 91 00:04:21,693 --> 00:04:23,453 Speaker 3: tried to work with Google a number of times, they 92 00:04:23,493 --> 00:04:25,133 Speaker 3: haven't been able to get to a deal. Day instead 93 00:04:25,213 --> 00:04:28,533 Speaker 3: partner with bing. So this would be this would be 94 00:04:28,573 --> 00:04:32,013 Speaker 3: a big curve. This could if this actually happened, this 95 00:04:32,053 --> 00:04:36,933 Speaker 3: would really truly be a potential to undo Google's what 96 00:04:37,253 --> 00:04:40,693 Speaker 3: decade of being the number one search and number one 97 00:04:40,733 --> 00:04:41,693 Speaker 3: web browser platform. 98 00:04:41,813 --> 00:04:44,773 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh, that'd be fascinating. Okay, we'll see what happens there. 99 00:04:44,813 --> 00:04:46,773 Speaker 2: Thank you, Paul, enjoy the rest of your time and 100 00:04:47,493 --> 00:04:50,533 Speaker 2: all We'll catch you soon. That's our texpert, Paul Steenhouse. 101 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:54,413 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 102 00:04:54,533 --> 00:04:57,733 Speaker 1: to News Talks B from nine am Saturday, or follow 103 00:04:57,773 --> 00:04:59,333 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.