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We've heard about so many homes being broken 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.960 into with this Wi Fi jammers and he's going to 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:23.640 explain what that's all about and how to best protect 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:28.440 your home security cameras. Plus Amazon's chief medical Officer, doctor 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:33.080 Vin Gupta, we'll discuss Amazon Pharmacy's new same day delivery 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:35.840 in New York and LA and how AI is helping 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:40.399 them deliver medications faster. And friend of the show, Jefferson 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:44.120 Graham will join us. He runs photo Walks TV. He 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.800 is going to offer tips on how to best capture 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:51.080 the total solar eclipse with a smartphone. I don't know 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:54.680 about you, but I am very obsessed with the eclipse 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:57.080 at this point, trying to figure out where I can 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:00.200 go to see this thing, because in Los Angeles it's 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.680 going to be a partial and that's not good. I 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:10.239 need the total. Well this week, if you can believe it, Gmail, 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:14.920 the email service so many people know and love, turns 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:19.519 twenty years old. Now how does that make you feel? 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:23.480 Twenty years Some of you may have gone now through 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:32.560 two cycles of email. The first AOL or something before that, Prodigy, CompuServe, whatever, 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:36.920 and then Gmail. What's next? I don't know, but Gmail 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.840 twenty years old. I remember the day they launched it. 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.320 I was a reporter in Shreveport, Louisiana. I was covering 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:47.519 consumer news at the time, not consumer technology, just consumer news. 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:50.240 I hadn't made the switch just yet, although I covered 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.520 a lot of technology in my consumer news. And it 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:57.360 was April first, two thousand and four, April Fool's Day 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:02.240 and Gmail, Google decides to launch Gmail. Now. Back in 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:04.840 the day, tech companies on April first, on Fools Day, 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.720 April Fool's Day, they would do a lot of jokes. 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:09.760 They would always come out with some sort of product 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:13.640 that was fake, that was, you know, unbelievable, unreasonable, whatever 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.920 it was, and people would say no, and inevitably there 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.799 would be tech journalists that were thrown back, taken aback 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:24.280 and surprised and tricked. And so nobody wanted to be tricked. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.600 When Google came out and said we're introducing Gmail, a 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:32.880 new email service that gives you one thousand megabytes of storage, 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:38.000 one whole gigabyte of storage. At the time, if you remember, 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.080 your options were hot Mail, which gave you I think 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.680 it was ten megabytes, and Yahoo, which I think gave 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:49.320 you twenty five megabytes. So this was a lot lot 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:54.240 more and it was at the time unbelievably more storage capacity. 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:58.720 And not only that, it was clutter free. The interface 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:03.240 had just one small strip of ads running along the 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:06.040 top of your inbox. At the time, if you had 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:11.200 Hotmail or Yahoo, your inbox was littered with advertising. Still 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:14.600 is today in many ways, but this was so different. 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.480 People didn't want to believe it. And I was so 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:20.400 excited about this because people loved Google at the time. 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:24.120 It was such a revolutionary way to search. It was 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.160 the best service at the time. It still is for search. 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.680 But everyone wanted this, or a lot of people wanted it, 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.920 and nobody believed that it was real. So I emailed 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:34.600 Google and I said, hey, I need to get this. 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:36.640 I need a press account, I need a test account. 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.479 Please set me up. And I did get my account. 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.960 It took until I don't know when I got it, 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:43.640 but it took a couple of weeks. But it was 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:45.800 invite only, so you couldn't just go and sign up. 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.120 You had to go and put your email address in 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:50.279 and they would send you an invite. And then once 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:52.640 you had an invite, I think you could invite friends. 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.159 And the other thing that was really cool about this 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:57.480 is that when you're on the home screen of Gmail, 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:01.240 there'd be this little ever running ticker of how much 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.960 extra space they were giving you, So every second of 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.400 the day they were giving you even more space. Now 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.160 that has stopped, but for a while there, it was 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:10.920 pretty cool. You just saw like, oh, I'm getting more 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.480 and more space. The other thing that was really different 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.400 about this is that you didn't delete emails. I'm not 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.760 even sure when they first introduced Gmail that there was 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:20.880 a delete button at all. I think it took a 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.320 while for them to add that you would just archive things. 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.280 And the way that Gmail was set up, everything was 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.880 sort of in a long list, so your inbox was 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:32.320 not organized by folders, it was organized by labels. So 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:34.919 when you archived something, really all you were doing was 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.720 taking the inbox label off of it and adding an 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:41.919 archive label and that was it. Now I think Gmail 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:45.960 has evolved quite nicely over the years. They you know, 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:49.120 they've done small incremental changes to bring it up to 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.320 modern kind of times, but the basic functionality is there. 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.840 And at this point, by the way I checked yesterday, 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:59.080 I have thirty eight gigabytes of storage filled up inside Gmail, 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:01.560 way more than that original one gig. I never knew 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.520 how I'd fill up. Now, if you want to check 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.039 to see how much you have in your Gmail. Scroll 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:08.160 all the way down to the bottom of your inbox 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:12.320 and you'll see a little little notification that says how 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:15.400 many gigabytes you've used out of your total Google storage. 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:17.000 And by the way, if you want to clean out 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.480 your Google storage, tap that one more time and you 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.040 can go through and kind of clean out your Gmail 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.479 looking for large attachments and things like that. I do 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:29.839 that every once in a while. Very smart to do that, 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.680 because you don't realize how much pictures take up. When 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:34.880 people send you like a big attachment, you don't realize 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.839 how much that takes up of your storage. So Gmail 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:42.080 today still using it. In twenty seventeen, Google announced they 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.599 would no longer scan. By the way, those ads that 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:47.320 they showed were based on a scan of what you 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.800 were writing in your email. Nobody would go for that today, 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.400 like now I don't read my email. But they explained 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.640 to the time, we are not having humans read your email. 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.600 We're having computers read it and it'll pick out keywords, 0:06:57.640 --> 0:06:59.400 like if you said you were going to Maui, it 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.679 might give you a hotel advertisement for a Maui hotel. 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.320 Now they don't do that anymore, and Why why they 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:08.080 don't need to do that is because Gmail and Google 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.160 know so much about us from other products that we use, 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:13.920 all the searches we've done over the years, and all 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.720 the little tracking pixels they have around the web, so 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.840 they don't need to do that anymore. But pretty wild 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.320 how Gmail is twenty years old. I wrote about this 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:23.840 in my newsletter today. If you want to read it, 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.640 it's on the website. Rich on tech dot TV. I 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:30.040 guess it's just sort of a nostalgic weekend because also 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.040 last night my mom's in town, so I had the 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.640 in laws over last night and my father in law 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:39.560 brings over this old school laptop and IBM think pad 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:41.120 three ten. 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:42.440 Ed. 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:47.520 This was a giant laptop from nineteen ninety seven, and 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:49.760 he had everything with it. He had the mouse, he 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:53.120 had the floppy drive, It had a CD drive built in, 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:57.960 it had a modem card. The modem was fifty six K, 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.520 which is just so slow at this point in time. 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.920 But he brings this giant laptop over. We didn't really 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.400 know whose it was. He thought maybe it was his father's. 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:11.840 It turned out and we turned it on it was 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:16.040 his brother in laws, and we turned it on and 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.600 it still booted up just fine and made that nice 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:22.960 worrying sound of the hard drive, the old school hard drive. Again. 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.920 This was a computer that was over twenty five years old. 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:29.080 This is from nineteen ninety seven, and when it came 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:32.400 up you saw that nice doss screen. It We had 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:34.920 to bypass a couple of error messages, but when it 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.560 came on it was running Windows ninety eight. And then 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:39.360 all of a sudden, we had a password. Wait, how 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:41.200 do we figure out this password? So we called the 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.520 person whose computer this was and we said, Dave, hey, 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:47.240 do you remember your password from nineteen ninety seven? And 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.720 he's like, no, of course not. Well, we started typing 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:52.960 in a couple of passwords that we thought it might be, 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:55.960 and lo and behold, it just logged in. We don't 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:57.840 even know what we typed, but somehow this thing just 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:01.120 logged in. And now we have the wind screen and 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:02.880 we're looking at the apps, and my kids by this 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:06.280 point had come by because they were amazed. The display 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.160 is so bad. You take for granted how good a 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.720 display was. It's so bad you could barely see what's 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.000 on that screen. But it still had all the old 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:18.160 school apps on it, like Real Player, and you know Microsoft. 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.520 I think it was Outlook Express. I mean it still 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:24.240 holds up. Let's see what was on there, my briefcase, 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:31.120 my documents, recycle bin, Lotus PC anywhere, real jukebox, Palm, desktop, 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:36.440 set up, Microsoft Network, Excel word Hey, something still stand 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:40.800 the test of time? Right, Internet Explorer picture easy. I mean, 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:44.760 it's just it's a it's a snapshot in time. The 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.320 hard drive option on this thing anywhere from one gig 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:51.120 to three gigs. The floppy drive that it had one 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:54.400 point four to four megabytes. How do you even run 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.719 a program with one point four to four megabytes? You 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:58.920 download an app from Google Play, it's going to be 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:03.240 twenty five to one hundred megabytes. Battery life two and 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:07.319 a half to three hours using old nickel metal hydride. 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:09.439 He I don't even know how to say that. NIMH 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:12.840 nickel metal hydride. Yeah, I think that's it. But the 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.480 best bar it was when we opened up word what 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.520 popped up Clippy and I said, it looks like you're 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:21.520 writing a letter? Can I help? And I said, this 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:26.160 is early AI. See everything old is new again? Kind 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:28.520 of fun. It's so wild that we can remember this 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:31.240 stuff so clearly. But we forget about it until you 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.800 actually put your hands on this stuff one more time, 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:37.760 you kind of forget just how different it was. Anyway, 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:39.880 find that retro tech in your house fired up and 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.080 have some fun with it. Your call is coming up 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.520 next at Triple eight Rich one oh one eight eight 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.760 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:50.679 me a call if you have a question about technology. 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.280 My name is Rich DeMuro and you are listening to 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:59.319 Rich on Tech. Welcome back to Rich on Tech. Rich 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.840 DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at Triple 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:07.280 eight Rich one oh one. That is one eight eight 0:11:07.400 --> 0:11:12.160 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.000 me a call if you have a question about technology. 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:18.320 The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:22.600 There you can also email me. Let's go to John 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.959 and Moore Park. John, you're on with Rich. What's up? 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:28.400 Thank you? Thank you Rich for taking the call. 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:30.880 Yeah, what can I help you? 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:35.200 I have a in charge of the computer room on 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:39.000 Friday's at the Seami Valley Senior Center and one of 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:42.120 our customers wanted to advice on if you need a 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.840 new PC. He doesn't like the chrome and uh so 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:49.360 I thought I'd ask you just a standard retired person. 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:53.600 He doesn't do any major stuff, but he needs a laptop. 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.600 Okay, well, I think the the best deal in laptop 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:01.480 right now is the MacBook Era at Walmart. And it's uh, 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.200 it's six hundred and ninety nine dollars. Is that above 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:04.680 the budget? 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:06.679 I'm sorry, you don't have to be a PC. 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.640 Oh he wants a PC? Okay? Uh, didn't catch that 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:10.240 part of the call. 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:11.680 So I didn't say that. 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:15.120 I'm sorry, Okay, no worries. H Well, so here's the thing. 0:12:15.160 --> 0:12:16.960 I mean. I think that most people when they're looking 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:19.000 for just a basic computer, they want to spend around 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:20.839 five hundred bucks. Does that sound about right? 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:21.920 I would assume so. 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:25.480 Okay, And the Chromebooks, I do think chromebooks are great. 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:27.680 But you did say he didn't they don't want a chromebook, right, 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:31.360 That is correct? Okay, So we're looking at a Windows computer. 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:35.120 So with Windows, you know a couple of big brands 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:37.160 out there. You've got the HP's of the world, the 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:41.000 Asus of the world, the Lenovo's of the world. But 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:44.120 checking around some of the latest ratings of you know, 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:47.200 obviously things under five hundred, there is a computer that 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.760 keeps coming up over and over and this is the 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:55.000 Lenovo Idea Pad three and this is a fifteen inch screen, 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.400 which I like. So you want, you know, bigger is better, 0:12:57.440 --> 0:12:59.040 you don't, you don't want to go with a thirteen 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.280 or fourteen in you want the bigger screen because you're 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:04.400 gonna get more real estate for your apps, right. 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.360 Yeah, he doesn't need a lot. I was thinking maybe 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.480 just sending him off to Costco, And. 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:16.240 Well, yeah, I do, I do. Okay, if they have 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.800 a Costco membership, that is always my first stop because 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:21.880 here's what Costco does really well. They they and I've 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.080 noticed they actually have more and more laptops than they 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.079 ever did, so it can be a little bit confusing, 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:31.160 but every single system that I've ever seen there is 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:34.720 a great value and the price is right. And even 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:36.560 if you pay let's say you find a computer there 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:39.839 for you know, five hundred dollars at best Buy or 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:42.040 another store, it may be the same price, but you're 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.320 getting slightly better specs at Costco. 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:48.679 Yeah, I'm gonna. I'm gonna when I see him on Friday, 0:13:48.720 --> 0:13:52.640 I'm gonna tell him what you say, I recommend it. 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:54.360 By the way, I did recommend Lenovo. 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.160 Yeah, I think they're great. They have really nice keyboards too. 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.680 The other thing is do they need a laptop because 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:02.280 they're going to be paying more, Like an all in 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.360 one will be a much better system for the price. 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.800 I'll mention that I don't know, I think he wants 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:10.600 a laptop, but I'll tell them that. 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.920 I think people just default to laptop because they're like, oh, 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.280 it's a laptop. Everyone gets a laptop, but you're paying 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:17.640 a premium for that. The you know the fact that 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:21.160 it's much smaller parts in a much smaller frame. So 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:24.720 you I agree, you'll get better hard drive, you'll get 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.600 a larger hard drive, more ram uh you know, better 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:29.600 process or everything will be better on it on an 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:31.080 all in one, bigger. 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:35.000 Screen like the Lenovo keyboard. Is that is that one 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.440 of the criteria you you would emphasize. 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.000 Yeah, I think so. I think they probably have one 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.360 of the best keyboards out there, so I think they're 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.480 they're really good with that. The thing that I would 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:46.520 watch out for, and this is like the main problem 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:49.240 with all these Windows laptops is really the bloatwear. So 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:53.240 you know, if money was no object, the some of 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.360 the uh, you know, the nice surface computers from Microsoft 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:59.320 are really incredible, but they are they are pretty expensive. 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:04.680 I saw Drop recently on that, but you know, those 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.520 are a little bit more high end. So I'm not 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.640 really sure, but I think the Lenovo is good. But 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.280 i'd go to Costco see what they have there, and 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:13.320 you know, I'm sure they can call you and you 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:15.360 can help them decide between the two that they like 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:17.440 the best. But yeah, put your hands on the keyboard, 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:19.880 see what it feels like, look at the screen, and 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:23.239 I would recommend at this point at least eight gigabytes 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:26.960 of RAM sixteen is much better. And the hard drive 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:29.480 i'd probably say, you know, like a five twelve if 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.800 they're not doing anything, two fifty six will be fine. 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.400 But I think that, you know, the more you can get, 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:39.320 the better because it's going to last longer. Yes, all right, John, 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:42.240 thanks for the call today. Thank you all right, and 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.200 thanks thanks for helping people there at the Senior Center. 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:48.120 That's really that's you know, that's an incredible thing that 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:51.480 you're doing because people, you know, I see myself as 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:54.640 helping people with this show. That's my giving back. But 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:56.760 I love when people give back in ways, you know, 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:59.800 whatever that is for you. It's just always try to 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:02.800 give back in this world because people need it. Thanks 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:04.520 for the call today eighty to eight rich one on 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:07.840 one eighty eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:09.880 So if you're an Apple user, you need to be 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:13.480 aware of this new thing. It's called MFA bombing. This 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:17.000 is a phishing attack. So scammers are exploiting a bug 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:21.920 in Apple's password reset system, which basically sends a bunch 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.280 of notifications to your phone that is saying, hey, do 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.080 you want to reset your password? And you might trip 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.480 up and actually say allow because you get so sick 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:33.080 of saying don't allow, and you might not even know 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.120 what's going on. So if you're on your iPhone and 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:38.760 you see a whole bunch of things that say do 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:42.000 you want to reset your password, definitely say don't allow 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:43.560 to every single one of those. But then the other 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.800 step is they call you during this attack and they say, hey, 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.360 we're Apple. We noticed there's an issue with your phone. 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.520 Can you tell us that one time code we just 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:53.920 texted you so we can help you out. And that's 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:57.040 the actual attack. Once they have that code, they can 0:16:57.080 --> 0:17:00.240 take over your entire account. So there's not a fix 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:02.880 for this just yet until Apple changes their back end system, 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:04.760 but be aware of it. If you get a whole 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.879 bunch of notifications about changing your password, do not say allow, 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.080 and never ever give someone that one time code, especially 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:14.600 if they're calling you. You are listening to rich on Tech. 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:20.680 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:24.280 out with you, talking technology at triple eight Rich one 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:28.320 oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four two four 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:31.840 one zero one. If you have a question about technology, 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:34.800 give me a call. Get those questions in now. We've 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.960 been hearing a lot of news reports about home robberies 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:41.560 involving Wi Fi jammers. So the bad guys will get 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.600 a Wi Fi jammer, they will jam the signals of 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:48.880 the home security cameras, rendering them useless. During the robbery, 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:51.480 they take the stuff, they're in, they're out, and there's 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.920 no record of it. So I was a little confused 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.720 about how these jammers work, the legality of all of this, 0:17:56.960 --> 0:17:59.720 and what we can do to protect ourselves. So to 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.400 answer for those questions, I rang up oh Met Abari, 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:07.639 Assistant professor in computer science and electrical Engineering at UCLA. 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:09.920 And since this all sounds like it's out of some 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:13.240 sort of dystopian sci fi movie, my first question is 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:14.800 can this really happen? 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:20.040 Unfortunately, yes, So the way whireless network is working, if 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.960 you have two devices and they want to communicate to 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:26.600 each other, there is you know, a spectrum which is 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:30.960 shared between everyone. So the one device sends the packet 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.240 or sends a message to another device. 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:34.600 Now, if a. 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:39.120 Tired person, let's say, attack it exactly with the same frequency, 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:43.440 generates a signal, it's gonna create interference for that communication. 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:47.080 It's exactly how we speak and we communicate like as 0:18:47.119 --> 0:18:49.760 I'm speaking with you. You know, we can communicate to 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:53.000 each other. But if someone comes to very close to 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:57.280 us and creates a huge, you know, noise, a loud sound, 0:18:57.400 --> 0:18:59.520 then we will not be able to communicate. 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:01.360 So it's gonna break or communication. 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:04.840 So it's exactly the same you know principal also in 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:06.040 wireless communication. 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:09.960 And are these easy to get a hold of? Can 0:19:09.960 --> 0:19:13.119 the average consumer purchase one of these? And what's the 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:14.960 range on something like that? Yes? 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:19.399 So again unfortunately, yes, it's very easy to buy these devices. 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:23.119 In fact, even if they know a little bit technical stuff, 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:26.760 they can buy some devices which are called software defined 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:30.080 radios and they can program it themselves, so they can 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:32.960 transmit at any frequency anytime they want. 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:35.600 So what is the range? 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:39.280 There is no really you know limit on the range 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:44.360 because the higher the power they transmit, the limit of the. 0:19:44.400 --> 0:19:45.960 Range is going to be long. 0:19:46.800 --> 0:19:51.639 But for a typical device that these jammers work for 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:55.360 a typical one, it's just a matter of tens of meters. 0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:58.320 But of course, again I want to say that these 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.960 tens of meters can be you know, extended to hundreds 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:06.000 of metairs if they use bigger antenna. The jummer basically 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:10.439 use bigger antenna, or if they transmit higher power, it 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:14.400 can extend that tens of meters two hundreds of meteris now. 0:20:14.560 --> 0:20:18.320 Wireless security cameras and wireless security systems are very common 0:20:18.400 --> 0:20:23.000 in households these days. Are those disruptible with something that 0:20:23.359 --> 0:20:24.600 some person. 0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:28.199 Could have, Yes, they are, but some of them are 0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:33.800 smarter that they can detect it. So yes, So if 0:20:33.880 --> 0:20:36.639 they have a security camera or a sensor which is 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:39.679 working on based on Wi Fi, of course you know, 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:42.320 the attacker if it gets closed, they can generate a 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:46.080 jammer signal and as a result, the security camera would 0:20:46.119 --> 0:20:48.639 not be able to communicate to their base, say station 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:52.080 or a Wi Fi router, so it just disconnects the communication. 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:58.360 Some of the security cameras today's are smarter, so whenever 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:02.359 they detect you know, unexpected behaviors such as the jamming, 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:05.399 et cetera, then they might notify the user you know, 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:07.280 the connection has lost, et cetera. 0:21:07.359 --> 0:21:09.359 But not all security cameras. 0:21:09.480 --> 0:21:11.560 And what are some of the ways that people might 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:14.119 be able to detect that this happened to them? Is 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:16.959 your is your security camera footage just gibberish or your 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:19.639 security camera doesn't work? And is there any way to 0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:20.800 protect yourself? 0:21:21.280 --> 0:21:21.600 Yes? 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:24.640 I think to answer your fair question, yes, So if 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:27.359 you check your security camera and you see there is 0:21:27.400 --> 0:21:31.360 no connection, sometimes it can be for a few seconds, 0:21:31.359 --> 0:21:33.280 you know, the network connection is lost. 0:21:33.280 --> 0:21:34.040 That's normal. 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:36.760 But if you look at your security camera and it's 0:21:36.800 --> 0:21:39.159 more than you know, tens of seconds or a minute, 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:41.639 and you don't see the camera working, there is a 0:21:41.680 --> 0:21:44.760 possibility that the connection got lost because of the gamer 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:48.119 et cetera. So I would say just monitoring is the 0:21:48.119 --> 0:21:51.560 best way, and that's exactly what some of the more 0:21:51.680 --> 0:21:55.720 modern you know, wireless Wi Fi based camera does it. 0:21:55.880 --> 0:21:59.040 So they monitor the connectivity and if they see very 0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:03.000 unexpected behavior, they let the user know and they notify that. 0:22:03.560 --> 0:22:06.960 Now to answer your second question, what's the best way 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:10.520 to avoid these type of things, I think as much 0:22:10.520 --> 0:22:13.040 as possible, rely on the wired camera. 0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:16.520 And when I say wire it in terms of two aspects. 0:22:16.520 --> 0:22:20.240 You know, when you use these wireless cameras, they use 0:22:20.320 --> 0:22:22.880 Wi Fi for connectivity and some of them they are 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:26.720 battery powered. So both of these are not ideal, and 0:22:26.760 --> 0:22:29.840 I will explain why not ideal. So ideally you want 0:22:29.840 --> 0:22:33.159 the security camera that use wire for the data and 0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:37.080 also it's used wire for powering. God, if that's not 0:22:37.200 --> 0:22:40.840 the option, then maybe rely on the battery or rely 0:22:41.000 --> 0:22:44.640 on the Wi Fi. And why I'm saying even relying 0:22:44.680 --> 0:22:47.240 on the battery is not ideal because some of the 0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:51.440 recent research, including my group, has shown that the attack 0:22:51.480 --> 0:22:55.680 here can send some you know, fake package to Wi 0:22:55.680 --> 0:23:00.320 Fi based camera, and these Wi Fi based camera start 0:23:00.400 --> 0:23:04.360 consuming their power or they are start consuming the battery 0:23:04.520 --> 0:23:07.720 much faster than the issue. So we have shown that 0:23:07.840 --> 0:23:11.160 for example, the attack here from hundred meters far from 0:23:11.200 --> 0:23:15.480 your home, it can kill the security camera, which its 0:23:15.560 --> 0:23:18.480 battery is supposed to be six months all the way 0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:21.960 to a few hours. So imagine you charge the battery 0:23:22.000 --> 0:23:25.040 of your security camera for six months and you go 0:23:25.119 --> 0:23:27.840 on a trip for two weeks or three weeks, and 0:23:27.880 --> 0:23:30.320 the attacker can get close to your house and kill 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:32.040 the battery in a few hours. 0:23:32.080 --> 0:23:35.280 So this is just a disaster, but unfortunately possible. 0:23:35.760 --> 0:23:38.720 So that's why I'm saying, ideally you want to avoid battery. 0:23:38.880 --> 0:23:41.479 Ideally you want to avoid wireless and rely on the 0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:44.600 wire but if it's not possible, then try to buy 0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:49.199 those wireless cameras that they have more security features so 0:23:49.240 --> 0:23:52.640 they can detect unexpected behavior et sech. 0:23:53.119 --> 0:23:54.719 Why do you think all of a sudden we're starting 0:23:54.760 --> 0:23:58.119 to see this this gammer or situation or has this 0:23:58.160 --> 0:23:59.080 always been going on? 0:23:59.600 --> 0:24:00.439 I think it has. 0:24:00.400 --> 0:24:02.879 Always been going on, But the problem is that we 0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:06.240 are relying more and more on the technology in today's life. 0:24:06.320 --> 0:24:08.320 Or if you look at towday's when. 0:24:08.119 --> 0:24:11.359 I walk in my neighborhood, there are so many cameras 0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:15.360 right almost every house they have multiple cameras. Ten years ago, 0:24:15.400 --> 0:24:18.000 fifteen years ago, we didn't have this technology is such 0:24:18.000 --> 0:24:20.720 a low cost. On one hand, it's amazing because we 0:24:20.800 --> 0:24:24.399 have this technology, you know, in such a low cost, 0:24:24.440 --> 0:24:27.320 so everyone can afford it. But on the other hand, 0:24:27.359 --> 0:24:30.280 you know, whenever we get a technology and we're all excited, 0:24:30.720 --> 0:24:33.040 you know there are also a problem with it that 0:24:33.080 --> 0:24:36.560 we need to fix it, such as security, privacy, etceter. 0:24:36.680 --> 0:24:38.960 Is it illegal to have a jammer or to use 0:24:39.000 --> 0:24:40.080 a jammer. 0:24:40.280 --> 0:24:43.840 So I'm not sure about the owning it, but definitely 0:24:43.920 --> 0:24:47.760 created jamming signal is not legal. So it's illegal to 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:52.560 create a jammer signal, but at owning it. As I said, 0:24:52.600 --> 0:24:56.199 you know, you can just buy a software defined radio. 0:24:56.280 --> 0:24:59.560 It's legal to buy a software defined radio. Of course 0:24:59.600 --> 0:25:03.040 many use it for good applications, but of course you 0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:06.520 know if someone uses for jammer, the jamming itself is 0:25:06.560 --> 0:25:10.919 the illegal. The technology is you know, wireless technology. We 0:25:11.000 --> 0:25:14.080 rely more and more every day on it. So the 0:25:14.160 --> 0:25:16.960 concept of Internet of things, everything is going to be 0:25:17.080 --> 0:25:20.960 connected together right to the Internet, and of course this 0:25:21.080 --> 0:25:23.600 is security camera, all the sensors in our. 0:25:23.560 --> 0:25:26.840 Free each TV, et cetera. So which is very exciting. 0:25:26.880 --> 0:25:29.879 All of these applications are very exciting and the price 0:25:29.960 --> 0:25:32.880 is getting lower and lower so we all can afford it. 0:25:33.200 --> 0:25:35.919 But unfortunately this is coming at the cost, so we 0:25:36.040 --> 0:25:39.000 need to be more careful as a user when we 0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:42.680 are using this technology and also pay more attention when 0:25:42.680 --> 0:25:45.960 we buy them, of course, not just look at just 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:48.560 the price. As I said, look at the feature of that. 0:25:48.680 --> 0:25:52.400 You know, the technology that you buying. Are they enabling 0:25:52.480 --> 0:25:57.600 some privacy and security et cetera behind because of course, 0:25:57.640 --> 0:26:00.320 you know, to reduce the costs some of them actually 0:26:00.400 --> 0:26:04.120 and may cut this security or privacy of those devices. 0:26:04.600 --> 0:26:07.160 And we might just be so excited that we don't 0:26:07.200 --> 0:26:09.720 look at those features. But I think it's very important 0:26:09.760 --> 0:26:13.640 to pay attention to those features, not just the technology itself, 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:15.960 that the application that it's enable. 0:26:16.200 --> 0:26:19.800 Once again, my thanks to Ohmed Abari, Assistant Professor in 0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:24.040 Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at UCLA. My name is 0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:27.000 rich Damuro, and you are listening to rich on Tech. 0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:30.120 Get those calls in now triple eight rich one oh 0:26:30.160 --> 0:26:32.840 one eight eight eight seven four to two. 0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:34.720 Four one zero one. 0:26:34.800 --> 0:26:42.760 Coming up next we'll hear from you. Welcome back to 0:26:43.080 --> 0:26:46.439 rich on Tech. Rich de Muro here at triple A 0:26:46.840 --> 0:26:50.080 rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four 0:26:50.160 --> 0:26:54.000 to two four one zero one. Let's go to Pat 0:26:54.040 --> 0:26:56.640 in Laguna Hills, California. Pat, you're on with Rich. 0:26:57.760 --> 0:27:02.399 Hi. I have a question. You said there was a 0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:06.560 storage for a Gmail much more than what I have. 0:27:07.040 --> 0:27:09.359 I went down to the bottom of my Gmail and 0:27:09.400 --> 0:27:13.800 I have fifteen milligrams yeah, right, gigabytes? 0:27:14.359 --> 0:27:17.920 Yeah, fifteen gigabytes. Yeah, that's so they've increased the storage 0:27:17.960 --> 0:27:20.639 from one gigabyte to fifteen at this point, So that 0:27:20.760 --> 0:27:22.160 is the standard that you get. 0:27:22.320 --> 0:27:26.240 Oh you said one gigabyte. Oh, I confuse. All right, 0:27:26.359 --> 0:27:28.959 Well I have another question anyway? Could I ask you 0:27:29.040 --> 0:27:31.720 how I can get out of I signed up a 0:27:31.800 --> 0:27:39.480 Facebook years ago and I under a full identity, but. 0:27:39.680 --> 0:27:42.640 I had are you hiding it? The law? 0:27:44.480 --> 0:27:48.399 I was scared? But now I can get in at 0:27:49.080 --> 0:27:53.359 myself because I used the Gmail account I have. 0:27:54.600 --> 0:27:57.199 Oh I see, so it's linked to that other the 0:27:57.240 --> 0:27:57.800 false idea. 0:27:57.960 --> 0:27:59.840 Yeah, and they won't let me out. 0:28:00.359 --> 0:28:03.240 M okay, well there's a website that might be So 0:28:03.480 --> 0:28:07.080 it sounds like, well two things have you tried getting 0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:10.280 in touch with like Facebook? Uh, you know, support and 0:28:10.359 --> 0:28:12.320 asking them if you can switch? You want to switch 0:28:12.359 --> 0:28:16.600 all of your identity on there, like your name and everything. Yeah, 0:28:16.640 --> 0:28:20.960 that might be tough. I think the best the best 0:28:20.960 --> 0:28:22.960 way to do it is to try to delete the 0:28:23.480 --> 0:28:24.600 account completely. 0:28:24.960 --> 0:28:27.280 Oh I tried, I tried everything. 0:28:27.440 --> 0:28:29.320 Yeah, and what so what happens when you try to do. 0:28:29.440 --> 0:28:32.200 I've been working on this on and off for years. 0:28:31.880 --> 0:28:33.000 For years. 0:28:34.160 --> 0:28:37.240 Yeah, nobody seems to know how well. 0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:39.000 I mean, I just figured idea. 0:28:39.400 --> 0:28:41.200 What you mean, you've been working so what you're spending 0:28:41.200 --> 0:28:43.360 like eight hours a day just like trying to figure 0:28:43.400 --> 0:28:43.720 this out. 0:28:43.880 --> 0:28:46.360 Well no, no, no, when I when I think of it, 0:28:46.560 --> 0:28:49.760 just like I think of it, you know, well when 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:52.440 when I think of it. Yeah, okay, Well then comes 0:28:52.520 --> 0:28:53.560 up and you keep going. 0:28:53.760 --> 0:28:56.920 If you go to the website, just delete me dot 0:28:57.120 --> 0:29:00.400 x y z and you type in Facebook. 0:29:00.000 --> 0:29:04.440 Okay, delete me xyz xyz. 0:29:04.640 --> 0:29:07.680 Okay. This is a directory of direct links to delete 0:29:07.680 --> 0:29:10.600 your account from various services and Facebook. You search for 0:29:10.680 --> 0:29:14.080 that and then you click the link, and if you're 0:29:14.120 --> 0:29:18.520 logged into this fake Facebook account, it will say permanently 0:29:18.720 --> 0:29:22.760 delete your Facebook account, and so you can you can 0:29:22.800 --> 0:29:25.520 go through and do that. And now here's the thing. 0:29:25.840 --> 0:29:31.400 I don't know if Facebook will kind of keep the 0:29:31.680 --> 0:29:33.960 email address like where I don't know if if it 0:29:34.040 --> 0:29:36.240 dumps it out of the system immediately, or if it's 0:29:36.280 --> 0:29:39.120 going to keep the email address kind of where you 0:29:39.160 --> 0:29:40.120 can't re sign up. 0:29:40.160 --> 0:29:45.239 That's the problem. That's why I won't do it. You know, 0:29:46.080 --> 0:29:50.520 I'm well because if I can't keep the same email address, 0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:51.760 I'm in trouble. 0:29:52.240 --> 0:29:54.760 You know. Well, I think you delete it and see 0:29:54.800 --> 0:29:58.720 what happens, and then once okay, so after thirty days, 0:29:58.760 --> 0:30:01.760 all your information will be permanently deleted. It may take 0:30:01.880 --> 0:30:06.000 ninety days for a full deletion. But I think once 0:30:06.040 --> 0:30:09.440 your email is once you're deleted, you hopefully should be 0:30:09.440 --> 0:30:11.480 able to sign up with that same email. And the 0:30:11.520 --> 0:30:13.320 thing is, if you're using this account, I mean, are 0:30:13.320 --> 0:30:14.560 you using this account or are you not? 0:30:16.400 --> 0:30:19.000 Well, I try and get in to see other people, 0:30:19.200 --> 0:30:21.960 and I would like to really really use it on 0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:26.440 a specific site. Now, well, I mean connect with these people. 0:30:26.520 --> 0:30:28.520 And you don't have a secondary email address you can 0:30:28.600 --> 0:30:29.360 use to sign up. 0:30:30.480 --> 0:30:35.040 No, I use my Cox email address, the service provider, 0:30:35.280 --> 0:30:40.840 the Internet service provider email. I never set up another one. Well, 0:30:40.840 --> 0:30:44.800 when you set up a second email, it refers to you. 0:30:45.240 --> 0:30:47.680 It's not I thought you at Gmail. 0:30:49.400 --> 0:30:52.600 Gmail. Yeah, if I used a different address, it will 0:30:52.600 --> 0:30:54.160 come back to me anyway. 0:30:54.360 --> 0:30:57.880 Right, No, So I think you just sign up, Okay, 0:30:57.920 --> 0:31:01.880 So go into the Facebook account whatever the account is 0:31:01.880 --> 0:31:05.160 that you know, the fake one, whatever email address that's 0:31:05.200 --> 0:31:07.200 from just delete it and now use your other It 0:31:07.200 --> 0:31:09.800 sounds like you have a Gmail address and a Cox 0:31:09.840 --> 0:31:12.600 email address, so I would use one of those is 0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:14.880 linked to your Facebook. The other one is open, So 0:31:15.480 --> 0:31:17.840 whatever one's not on your fake account, use the other 0:31:17.880 --> 0:31:19.720 one to do it. But I think you delete that 0:31:19.760 --> 0:31:21.960 fake account, get rid of it. You might have to 0:31:22.000 --> 0:31:24.120 wait the thirty days and then you can actually go 0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:26.480 in and sign up for a new account. But I 0:31:26.520 --> 0:31:29.840 have a feeling Facebook's computers are pretty savvy and they're 0:31:29.880 --> 0:31:33.360 probably gonna take a closer look when you're trying to 0:31:33.400 --> 0:31:35.440 sign in with the same email address, because I have 0:31:35.480 --> 0:31:37.880 a feeling they don't really get that out of their 0:31:37.880 --> 0:31:41.400 system completely. But Pat, thanks for the question today from 0:31:41.600 --> 0:31:48.360 Laguna Hills, California. Let's go to Brian in Upland. Brian, 0:31:48.400 --> 0:31:52.400 you're on with Rich. Hello, Brian are you there? 0:31:53.160 --> 0:31:53.320 Yes? 0:31:53.520 --> 0:31:57.520 Yes, Hi, Rich, Hey question. Oh yeah, I got a 0:31:58.440 --> 0:32:02.320 clicking in a burg. It just popped up and it's 0:32:02.400 --> 0:32:05.720 you know, the recording say you've been they've taken over 0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:08.720 your computer. So I just turned it off. I set 0:32:08.760 --> 0:32:13.040 it out, and then I called Norton and they said, okay, 0:32:13.040 --> 0:32:16.000 turn it on, and they wanted to take over my computer. 0:32:16.200 --> 0:32:18.360 They gave me, set me a password so I can 0:32:18.440 --> 0:32:22.320 let them get in there and take over. I just 0:32:22.520 --> 0:32:25.240 I was I'm a little skeptical because it happened before, 0:32:25.760 --> 0:32:28.320 like a couple of years ago in and they just said, 0:32:28.400 --> 0:32:31.120 go in and chear up, hit the gear up the history, 0:32:31.560 --> 0:32:32.280 and you should be. 0:32:32.240 --> 0:32:35.400 Okay, Yeah, I think here's what happened. How did you 0:32:35.440 --> 0:32:37.920 find the phone number to call for Norton? Well, I 0:32:37.960 --> 0:32:41.880 got on a different computer and you searched. Yeah, and 0:32:41.920 --> 0:32:44.720 that's that's the actual scam right there. So do not 0:32:44.880 --> 0:32:48.320 let someone take over your computer. That is the actual scam. 0:32:48.520 --> 0:32:52.320 That's what I Yeah, you're you're good for thinking that, Brian, 0:32:52.360 --> 0:32:56.360 because you came really close to the edge there, and 0:32:57.040 --> 0:33:01.320 it's I'm glad that you're you're good. Sense got a 0:33:01.360 --> 0:33:03.600 hold of you because that could have been really bad. 0:33:03.680 --> 0:33:05.960 So here's the thing you This is a classic tech 0:33:06.000 --> 0:33:09.920 support scam. The tech support scam happens like this. You 0:33:09.960 --> 0:33:13.400 are just on your computer, you are on the web, 0:33:13.520 --> 0:33:16.239 and next thing you know, your computer says, hey, we 0:33:16.360 --> 0:33:19.600 notice some suspicious activity, or your identity is being used 0:33:19.640 --> 0:33:22.360 in a different place, or the FBI is watching a 0:33:22.400 --> 0:33:25.360 million there's a million ways that this can happen. A 0:33:25.360 --> 0:33:27.840 lot of times it actually comes through malvertizing. So they 0:33:27.880 --> 0:33:31.840 will buy advertising, and they will do this so quickly 0:33:32.200 --> 0:33:34.040 that they are able to get that message on your 0:33:34.040 --> 0:33:37.400 computer before the Google or the whatever advertising system they're 0:33:37.480 --> 0:33:40.240 using picks up on what they're doing. So this will 0:33:40.240 --> 0:33:43.760 blast a computer. People get scared. It says do not 0:33:43.840 --> 0:33:46.640 do anything. It takes over your screen. So a lot 0:33:46.680 --> 0:33:48.680 of people don't really understand how to get out of that. 0:33:48.680 --> 0:33:50.440 They don't know how to like close out that app 0:33:50.840 --> 0:33:53.800 or you know, close out their browser. Their computer might 0:33:53.840 --> 0:33:56.640 even make a loud sound and it might say hey 0:33:56.680 --> 0:33:59.040 in five four three two one, you know whatever, and 0:33:59.080 --> 0:34:01.120 people get really really scared. And so what they do 0:34:01.200 --> 0:34:03.520 is exactly what you did. They either call the phone 0:34:03.600 --> 0:34:05.840 number on the screen, which you had the good sense 0:34:05.880 --> 0:34:08.399 not to do, but then they say, oh, I'm gonna 0:34:08.440 --> 0:34:10.279 be smarter. I'm actually going to Google for a phone 0:34:10.320 --> 0:34:13.680 number for you know, Microsoft support or for Norton support, 0:34:13.680 --> 0:34:16.600 and you google, and next thing you know, you're calling 0:34:16.600 --> 0:34:19.120 a number that these scam artists have purchased on the 0:34:19.160 --> 0:34:22.799 lot on the web, and that's a scam. And when 0:34:22.840 --> 0:34:25.200 you call them, they say, hey, Uh, here, we're gonna 0:34:25.239 --> 0:34:27.000 we're gonna help you out. Tell me what the message 0:34:27.040 --> 0:34:29.040 code is, tell me what the number is on your screen, 0:34:29.520 --> 0:34:32.880 and uh, download this software. Go to this website, download 0:34:32.880 --> 0:34:35.960 this software, install it on your computer, and it's remote 0:34:35.960 --> 0:34:38.760 remote access software, and we're gonna take over your computer 0:34:38.880 --> 0:34:41.920 to help you out. Do not let anyone do that 0:34:42.000 --> 0:34:44.640 unless it's a trusted friend that you know. Do not 0:34:44.800 --> 0:34:47.800 let a random tech support person take over your computer 0:34:47.920 --> 0:34:51.800 that you're calling. And so the thing to know about 0:34:51.800 --> 0:34:55.800 this is that it happens a lot. It happens a lot. 0:34:56.000 --> 0:34:58.560 And the thing that you need to do, like you said, 0:34:58.719 --> 0:35:00.960 is just just if if you can't figure out how 0:35:00.960 --> 0:35:03.520 to close out the app on your computer or on 0:35:03.560 --> 0:35:06.759 your phone, just go ahead and restart your device so 0:35:06.880 --> 0:35:08.360 you can pull the plug out of the wall, you 0:35:08.400 --> 0:35:10.279 can press the power button, whatever you need to do. 0:35:10.840 --> 0:35:13.319 But just get your computer in a place where it 0:35:13.400 --> 0:35:16.120 gets away from that screen. And then when you open 0:35:16.200 --> 0:35:18.319 up your web browser again, because you might still be 0:35:18.360 --> 0:35:20.200 on that page because it's going to try to load 0:35:20.239 --> 0:35:23.560 those tabs again, when your web browser says, hey, we 0:35:23.680 --> 0:35:27.080 recovered from a you know, a bad shutdown. Would you 0:35:27.120 --> 0:35:30.000 like us to reopen these tabs, say no, and then 0:35:30.200 --> 0:35:34.759 go into your browsing settings and clear browsing data, and 0:35:34.800 --> 0:35:37.240 that will help get rid of any of this stuff 0:35:37.239 --> 0:35:39.040 that they might have put on your system in the 0:35:39.160 --> 0:35:42.439 history that may causes to pop up again. It's called 0:35:42.480 --> 0:35:45.920 the tech support scam. It is a classic, classic scam 0:35:46.239 --> 0:35:49.360 and still people fall for it every single day of 0:35:49.400 --> 0:35:52.040 the week. Thanks for the call. Eighty to eight rich 0:35:52.160 --> 0:35:56.879 one O one eight seven four to two four one 0:35:57.080 --> 0:36:00.280 zero one. More rich on Tech, come in your way, hey, 0:36:00.680 --> 0:36:05.759 right after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:36:05.800 --> 0:36:09.880 DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple 0:36:09.920 --> 0:36:13.000 eight rich one on one eight eight eight seven four 0:36:12.960 --> 0:36:17.000 to two four one zero one. Coming up on the show, 0:36:17.040 --> 0:36:20.280 we're going to talk about how Instagram is limiting political 0:36:20.320 --> 0:36:22.719 content by default and how you can change that if 0:36:22.719 --> 0:36:27.720 you want to UH Florida Social Media band for minors 0:36:27.800 --> 0:36:31.400 under fourteen. We'll talk about that Google Maps has a 0:36:31.440 --> 0:36:34.280 new feature to UH just in time for summer travel, 0:36:34.280 --> 0:36:36.399 and I already showed up on my phone. It's really cool. 0:36:36.440 --> 0:36:38.879 I'll tell you about that in a moment. Plus this hour, 0:36:38.960 --> 0:36:42.840 we've got Amazon's chief medical officer, doctor Vin Gupta. He 0:36:43.000 --> 0:36:46.640 is going to discuss Amazon pharmacies new same day delivery 0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:49.319 in New York and LA and how AI is helping 0:36:49.400 --> 0:36:53.320 them deliver medications faster. So we got a full show 0:36:53.640 --> 0:36:56.040 plus you at eighty to eight Rich One on one 0:36:56.960 --> 0:37:01.080 website for the show is rich on tech dot TV. 0:37:01.719 --> 0:37:03.799 Once you're there, you can find the email link to 0:37:04.120 --> 0:37:05.640 send me a message if you want to get in 0:37:05.640 --> 0:37:08.200 the feedback segment, which is at the end of the show. 0:37:08.600 --> 0:37:11.319 My kid asked me, He said, Dad, what's feedback? And 0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:13.880 I said, well, it's a combination of feedback and the 0:37:13.920 --> 0:37:15.800 mail bag. And of course he doesn't even know what 0:37:15.840 --> 0:37:18.520 a mail bag is, because you know, we don't have 0:37:18.600 --> 0:37:21.359 them anymore. I mean, I guess they still do. Let's 0:37:21.360 --> 0:37:27.719 go to Jeff in Muriata, California. Jeff, you're on with Rich. Hey. 0:37:27.840 --> 0:37:30.799 Rich, So I have a problem and it's two bold 0:37:30.920 --> 0:37:36.600 and it's with Carbonite. I got disappointed with Carbonite originally 0:37:37.760 --> 0:37:45.000 because it seems like they copy things over and over 0:37:45.280 --> 0:37:48.120 in their system, where you have the same files over 0:37:48.160 --> 0:37:55.040 and over again. When you have backup, I can't and 0:37:55.480 --> 0:37:58.799 I can't like filter it so that I can get 0:37:58.880 --> 0:38:01.840 rid of the duplicate files, so that was the first problem. 0:38:01.880 --> 0:38:06.080 And then the second problem is they charge so much money. 0:38:06.560 --> 0:38:09.480 My wife is saying an incredible amount to save all 0:38:09.520 --> 0:38:13.000 of this extra information, which is much of it duplicated, 0:38:13.440 --> 0:38:16.759 and it's so hard to find the duplication to delete them. 0:38:17.400 --> 0:38:19.560 And now we're paying hundreds of dollars a year to 0:38:19.680 --> 0:38:23.480 carbonite and it's so incredibly slow, and I was wondering, 0:38:23.600 --> 0:38:27.279 is there anything else besides carbonite that's worth saving all 0:38:27.320 --> 0:38:30.719 of your backup information on? And I'll shut up. 0:38:30.640 --> 0:38:35.000 And let you talk now, Okay, Well, yeah, carbonite. It's 0:38:35.080 --> 0:38:38.279 it's been around for a while, and I don't really 0:38:38.280 --> 0:38:41.719 hear about carbonite much anymore. So I think that there's 0:38:41.719 --> 0:38:45.880 a couple alternatives that are much more straightforward with their pricing, 0:38:46.000 --> 0:38:52.600 especially and so are you paying for two users? No? 0:38:52.920 --> 0:38:53.319 Just one? 0:38:53.520 --> 0:38:56.560 Okay? Just one user? Okay. So I mean I think 0:38:56.640 --> 0:38:59.719 a popular one that a lot of people like is backblaze. Now, 0:38:59.760 --> 0:39:01.440 just just to let you know what I do, I 0:39:01.560 --> 0:39:04.120 used to use one of these services for my whole computer, 0:39:04.520 --> 0:39:05.919 and I think a lot of people like it because 0:39:05.960 --> 0:39:08.040 it gives them peace of mind that their entire computer 0:39:08.160 --> 0:39:10.240 is always backed up right if there's ever a problem. 0:39:10.280 --> 0:39:13.239 You've got it. Especially with things like ransomware attacks and 0:39:13.239 --> 0:39:16.000 stuff like that. It's really nice if if you ever 0:39:16.120 --> 0:39:18.600 had came up against something like that, you could just 0:39:18.640 --> 0:39:21.440 go back into the cloud and roll back your system 0:39:21.480 --> 0:39:25.879 to a backup that you always have happening. I don't 0:39:25.920 --> 0:39:28.680 know what's happening with your backup with this carbonite situation. 0:39:28.760 --> 0:39:32.400 It seems odd that they would be duplicating files, because 0:39:32.400 --> 0:39:35.680 that is definitely not what you want to happen it would. 0:39:35.840 --> 0:39:38.320 I think that these systems should work more like a snapshot, 0:39:38.440 --> 0:39:40.600 where it's kind of taking a snapshot of your system 0:39:40.640 --> 0:39:43.880 every once in a while or on a regular obviously schedule, 0:39:43.960 --> 0:39:45.560 and then you could roll back to that when you 0:39:45.640 --> 0:39:48.160 need to. But with that said, I think a couple 0:39:48.160 --> 0:39:50.920 of alternatives that you should look into. I think the 0:39:51.360 --> 0:39:54.959 first one is really Backblaze, And what I like about 0:39:55.000 --> 0:39:58.720 this is the pricing. So it's very simple. Nine dollars 0:39:58.719 --> 0:40:01.360 a month or ninety nine dollars a year, or you 0:40:01.360 --> 0:40:03.280 can go one hundred and eighty nine bucks for two years, 0:40:03.280 --> 0:40:07.040 so that's it. That includes everything, and you can start 0:40:07.040 --> 0:40:09.800 for free and it just backup, backs up everything by default. 0:40:09.800 --> 0:40:13.720 It's very simple and you can even get a drive, 0:40:13.840 --> 0:40:16.600 it says with your data. So if you you know, 0:40:16.719 --> 0:40:19.919 like I said that the whole situation where you had 0:40:19.920 --> 0:40:22.000 some ransomware, like let's say that happened, you could just 0:40:22.040 --> 0:40:25.279 format your computer and just order a drive from them. 0:40:25.520 --> 0:40:27.480 It will have all of your files on it and 0:40:27.480 --> 0:40:29.080 then you can put that back on your computer and 0:40:29.120 --> 0:40:30.840 then send them back the drive. So that's kind of 0:40:30.840 --> 0:40:35.440 a cool situation there. And by the way, they they 0:40:35.520 --> 0:40:38.320 kind of have a great little comparison of the different 0:40:39.280 --> 0:40:43.719 other plans on there from different providers, So let's see, Yeah, 0:40:43.760 --> 0:40:46.080 external backup. A lot of them do that, so that's 0:40:46.160 --> 0:40:49.319 kind of nice. Wow, Okay. And then the other one 0:40:49.600 --> 0:40:53.480 is a smaller company but based locally in southern California, 0:40:53.600 --> 0:40:56.480 is I Drive, and I've actually met with them, so 0:40:56.520 --> 0:40:58.920 whenever I meet with a company and interview them, I 0:40:58.920 --> 0:41:02.160 always like them more because I've seen the faces behind 0:41:02.200 --> 0:41:04.600 the actual company and they've been around for a while 0:41:04.960 --> 0:41:09.560 and they will do that as well. Pricing for theirs 0:41:09.840 --> 0:41:15.160 is based on storage, so personal is up to five terabytes. 0:41:15.760 --> 0:41:19.400 One hundred gigabytes is three dollars three dollars a year 0:41:19.920 --> 0:41:23.239 for one hundred gigabytes. That's for a small that's if 0:41:23.280 --> 0:41:25.520 you have really not much to back up, but probably 0:41:25.560 --> 0:41:27.480 the personal with five terabytes is going to be better. 0:41:27.480 --> 0:41:30.239 That's seventy dollars for the first year, than after that 0:41:30.280 --> 0:41:32.920 it's one hundred bucks a year, so that will give 0:41:32.960 --> 0:41:35.399 you up to five terabytes, and then of course they 0:41:35.400 --> 0:41:39.720 have higher levels above that. Let's see. The other one 0:41:40.400 --> 0:41:43.960 is crash Plan. So crash plan is another popular provider, 0:41:44.680 --> 0:41:48.399 very similar pricing they are. They have an essential one 0:41:48.520 --> 0:41:50.919 up to two hundred gigabytes for three dollars a month, 0:41:50.920 --> 0:41:53.520 that's thirty six bucks a year, or you can do 0:41:53.560 --> 0:41:56.920 the most popular, which is the professional, which is one 0:41:57.000 --> 0:41:59.920 hundred bucks for the year, and that will give you 0:42:00.080 --> 0:42:04.160 unlimited backup capacity. So the good news about these these 0:42:04.200 --> 0:42:06.800 backup plans is that you know, if you want to switch, 0:42:06.800 --> 0:42:09.040 it's pretty easy because you just as long as your 0:42:09.040 --> 0:42:11.840 computer is in good working condition, you've got all your files, 0:42:11.880 --> 0:42:13.879 you can just easily switch to the new provider. There's 0:42:13.880 --> 0:42:15.680 nothing you need to do on the back end except 0:42:15.719 --> 0:42:18.320 just delete your old account at what was a company 0:42:18.360 --> 0:42:21.239 you said you had delete your account at Carbonite and 0:42:21.320 --> 0:42:23.280 just sign up at one of these other ones and 0:42:23.320 --> 0:42:27.239 do a backup and yeah, the duplicate files. Don't deal 0:42:27.280 --> 0:42:30.280 with that. That sounds like nonsense. That's a lot, Jeff, 0:42:30.280 --> 0:42:34.440 thanks for the call today from Murieta, California, eighty eight 0:42:34.560 --> 0:42:37.120 rich one on one eight eight eight seven four to 0:42:37.120 --> 0:42:42.280 two four one zero one is Michelle and on vacation 0:42:42.400 --> 0:42:45.440 in Honolulu or you live in Honolulu. Michelle, you're on 0:42:45.480 --> 0:42:46.920 with rich Oh. 0:42:46.840 --> 0:42:51.399 Hi, I'm going to vacation and Hi. 0:42:52.160 --> 0:42:54.200 Okay, so you're going on vaca. So you're not in 0:42:54.320 --> 0:43:00.240 Honolulu actively? No, okay, what's up, Michelle? 0:43:00.920 --> 0:43:03.840 I was wondering should I get the new Samsung phone? 0:43:04.680 --> 0:43:09.120 Oh, the new Samsung phone? Good question. Well, the new 0:43:09.160 --> 0:43:14.160 Samsung phone is the S twenty four series, so it 0:43:14.200 --> 0:43:17.440 depends which one you have. I think that the S 0:43:17.480 --> 0:43:22.400 twenty four is probably the best Android phone out there 0:43:22.440 --> 0:43:25.600 at this point overall. And it's funny because, hold, let 0:43:25.600 --> 0:43:28.080 me get my notes here. I was actually gonna talk 0:43:28.120 --> 0:43:31.400 about this because if you have the Samsung Galaxy S 0:43:31.440 --> 0:43:35.840 twenty three, you're actually getting all of the AI features 0:43:35.840 --> 0:43:39.160 that they introduced on the S twenty four. Bubbo, you've 0:43:39.160 --> 0:43:41.080 got the S twenty three, right, did you get this update? 0:43:41.160 --> 0:43:43.480 Did you get this software update? He's got the S 0:43:43.520 --> 0:43:47.160 twenty three. And so if you go to your software, 0:43:47.440 --> 0:43:51.120 your settings on the Samsung and you go to the 0:43:51.120 --> 0:43:54.200 software update, you should get this new update. They just 0:43:54.239 --> 0:43:57.000 started rolling it out. It's one UI six point one 0:43:57.640 --> 0:44:00.800 and that will give you all of these A features, 0:44:01.120 --> 0:44:06.760 Chat assist, Live translate, circle to search with Google notes, 0:44:07.680 --> 0:44:12.680 note summaries using AI, all the generative editing for the photos. 0:44:13.200 --> 0:44:15.759 So if you have the S twenty three, I say, 0:44:15.800 --> 0:44:17.960 you probably don't need to update to the S twenty 0:44:17.960 --> 0:44:21.279 four right away. And this is why Samsung didn't want 0:44:21.320 --> 0:44:24.520 to give this right away, because people like me would say, 0:44:24.560 --> 0:44:27.120 why update if you're getting you know, why upgrade if 0:44:27.160 --> 0:44:29.160 you're getting the update with all these cool features? Bobo, 0:44:29.239 --> 0:44:31.440 did you get this week? Okay? So if you go 0:44:31.520 --> 0:44:33.440 into your software update, you know how to let's see, 0:44:33.520 --> 0:44:36.640 let's do this live. You got your phone, so go 0:44:36.719 --> 0:44:39.760 to settings. You know how to get to settings of course, okay, 0:44:40.200 --> 0:44:42.520 and then go scroll all the way down where it 0:44:42.520 --> 0:44:45.920 says software update. Do you see offerers at the very 0:44:45.920 --> 0:44:50.640 bottom bottom and this is download and install and that's 0:44:50.640 --> 0:44:55.560 not what mine says, says check for updates. So that yeah, 0:44:55.560 --> 0:44:59.920 that's interesting. Boom huh okay, well, check for updates, updates, 0:45:00.040 --> 0:45:01.960 see if you got one that software update process when 0:45:01.960 --> 0:45:03.880 not to beat any person of doubt on your device, 0:45:04.080 --> 0:45:07.040 check for new updates. I am checking. Let's see, because 0:45:07.080 --> 0:45:08.799 this is rolling out, so it doesn't mean everyone gets 0:45:08.800 --> 0:45:10.720 it all at once. I haven't got it yet. Interesting, 0:45:11.200 --> 0:45:13.439 no update is available for your device at this time. 0:45:13.520 --> 0:45:15.680 Please try again in twenty four hours. And what does 0:45:15.680 --> 0:45:17.880 it say? One UI version? What does it say? Uh 0:45:18.120 --> 0:45:19.920 that I don't see. You don't see that? 0:45:20.000 --> 0:45:20.080 No? 0:45:20.120 --> 0:45:24.680 Interesting? Okay, and then we'll see about phone. That's interesting 0:45:24.680 --> 0:45:26.640 because it should be if you get the update, it'll 0:45:26.680 --> 0:45:30.600 be one UI six point one. I have one UI 0:45:30.719 --> 0:45:33.080 version five point one five point Wait, do you have 0:45:33.080 --> 0:45:36.160 the S twenty two or S twenty three three? Huh? Yeah, 0:45:36.960 --> 0:45:38.759 you you should have an update at least to the 0:45:38.960 --> 0:45:43.440 UH six point six point zero. That's interesting. Okay, my 0:45:43.440 --> 0:45:47.000 moone sucks. Well, well, now you know you got your 0:45:47.080 --> 0:45:48.560 work cut out for you for the rest of the show. 0:45:48.760 --> 0:45:50.520 Try to figure that out. Yeah, I am. But here's 0:45:50.520 --> 0:45:52.319 the thing. I do think that the S twenty four 0:45:52.440 --> 0:45:55.800 Ultra is an incredible device. I really I find myself 0:45:55.880 --> 0:46:00.120 using it every day, and I really think that that 0:46:00.160 --> 0:46:03.080 Samsung has done an incredible job with the device this year, 0:46:03.760 --> 0:46:06.799 not just with the hardware, but also the software I 0:46:06.800 --> 0:46:09.320 think is getting really good. I'm waiting for one more feature, 0:46:09.440 --> 0:46:11.879 and that is the vertical app drawer, so when you 0:46:11.920 --> 0:46:15.319 swipe to your apps, instead of being horizontal where you 0:46:15.320 --> 0:46:18.560 swipe around, you go up and you can see all 0:46:18.560 --> 0:46:21.120 your apps in line. But just the screen on this 0:46:21.280 --> 0:46:25.239 phone is so good that you watch a movie on 0:46:25.280 --> 0:46:28.160 that screen and it rivals any TV except for the 0:46:28.200 --> 0:46:30.799 size obviously. But the other thing they added this year 0:46:30.840 --> 0:46:34.560 is this anti reflective screen, and so you don't realize 0:46:34.719 --> 0:46:37.880 when I compare this phone against other devices that I test, 0:46:38.680 --> 0:46:42.280 they're all super reflective, and the Samsung screen some whatever 0:46:42.320 --> 0:46:45.319 they did to it, it like absorbs the light and 0:46:45.400 --> 0:46:48.080 it doesn't reflect it. So it's like it's just another 0:46:48.200 --> 0:46:51.840 level of like niceness. So I guess for the hardware, 0:46:51.920 --> 0:46:55.560 it's really nice. But the software is really very similar 0:46:55.880 --> 0:46:57.600 to what you get on the S twenty three and 0:46:57.640 --> 0:47:00.040 the S twenty four. And if you're wondering if you 0:47:00.080 --> 0:47:01.560 have an S twenty two, are you going to get 0:47:01.600 --> 0:47:04.960 this update to the AI features, Samsung has not announced 0:47:05.000 --> 0:47:07.480 that part of it just yet they don't want to completely, 0:47:07.560 --> 0:47:10.960 you know, cannibalize all of their sales. Right, all right, 0:47:11.000 --> 0:47:13.560 Coming up next, we'll talk about the social media ban 0:47:13.640 --> 0:47:17.360 in Florida and Instagram. You're listening to rich on Tech. 0:47:20.600 --> 0:47:23.520 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here talking 0:47:23.600 --> 0:47:26.680 technology with you at triple eight Rich one oh one. 0:47:27.640 --> 0:47:30.919 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:47:31.239 --> 0:47:33.880 zero one. If you want to email the web, the 0:47:34.160 --> 0:47:40.239 website rich on Tech dot TV, let's see. Florida this 0:47:40.280 --> 0:47:45.360 week enacts a strict social media ban for minors under fourteen. 0:47:45.480 --> 0:47:48.800 New law prohibits social media accounts for children under fourteen, 0:47:49.360 --> 0:47:54.040 and it requires printal consent for teenagers fourteen and fifteen. 0:47:54.120 --> 0:47:57.200 Of course, this has sparked many debates about online safety 0:47:57.280 --> 0:48:02.279 and free speech. Uh, that's pretty much it. So these 0:48:02.320 --> 0:48:06.920 companies have to delete any social media accounts believed to 0:48:06.960 --> 0:48:09.359 be used by miners under fourteen. So if these kids 0:48:09.400 --> 0:48:13.000 already have one, I guess the onus is on you know, 0:48:13.040 --> 0:48:15.400 Instagram and Facebook. Well they're probably not on Facebook, but 0:48:15.440 --> 0:48:19.280 you know Instagram and snapchat, TikTok, they got to delete 0:48:19.320 --> 0:48:22.280 those accounts. Now, we've talked about this in the past. 0:48:22.320 --> 0:48:24.440 These companies know when even when you know, cause these 0:48:24.520 --> 0:48:27.919 kids sign up for these accounts using a fake birth date. 0:48:28.880 --> 0:48:31.600 And of course these services know that they know what 0:48:31.640 --> 0:48:33.960 they're looking at. They can tell. I mean, they're not 0:48:34.080 --> 0:48:37.120 being fooled, they're just allowing it. It's kind of like 0:48:37.160 --> 0:48:40.520 when you, you know, got into a bar underage. They 0:48:40.760 --> 0:48:43.640 know you're not fooling anyone, like I can tell when 0:48:43.680 --> 0:48:48.600 you're under twenty one. Come on, anyone can do that anyway. 0:48:48.680 --> 0:48:53.120 So the idea here is to protect these teens because 0:48:53.120 --> 0:48:56.200 there's so many mental health issues and bullying and all 0:48:56.239 --> 0:48:59.880 that stuff. Predators and you know, of course the people 0:48:59.880 --> 0:49:02.160 on the other side don't like it because of First 0:49:02.200 --> 0:49:06.000 Amendment rights. And you know, now, how we're going to 0:49:06.120 --> 0:49:09.360 verify these teenagers, most of them. If you're fourteen or fifteen, 0:49:09.400 --> 0:49:11.239 how do you have a you know what, don't you 0:49:11.239 --> 0:49:13.080 don't even have a driver's license? How do you verify 0:49:13.320 --> 0:49:17.000 you are who you say you are? So pe this 0:49:17.080 --> 0:49:20.279 is just so wild. Now I will tell you all 0:49:20.280 --> 0:49:24.480 of this. I am actually four less social media for teenagers, 0:49:24.480 --> 0:49:27.520 I really am, because this stuff is a nightmare. Even 0:49:27.560 --> 0:49:31.160 for adults. We are not equipped for what this stuff 0:49:31.239 --> 0:49:34.960 does to us. It's a It's a mini casino in 0:49:35.000 --> 0:49:38.240 your pocket, That's what it is. We love the notifications, 0:49:38.760 --> 0:49:44.560 we love the acceptance, we love the comments that we get. 0:49:44.800 --> 0:49:48.040 It's just it's it's all the same thing as a casino. 0:49:48.719 --> 0:49:52.080 It triggers the same neurons in our brains. So do 0:49:52.239 --> 0:49:53.960 kids need to be exposed to this? When I was 0:49:53.960 --> 0:49:56.920 a kid, here we go, where's my I walked to 0:49:56.960 --> 0:50:02.160 school in the rain up the both ways. When I 0:50:02.200 --> 0:50:05.719 was a kid, we played outside, That's what we did. Yeah, 0:50:05.760 --> 0:50:08.560 we were not on social media. There was no such 0:50:08.600 --> 0:50:10.359 thing as social media when I was a kid. And 0:50:10.360 --> 0:50:13.480 guess what, I had a great childhood. These kids are 0:50:13.600 --> 0:50:17.240 worried about what people think of them. Can you imagine 0:50:17.239 --> 0:50:19.480 being a teenager now? When I was a kid, if 0:50:19.560 --> 0:50:22.080 you didn't get invited to a party on a Friday night, 0:50:22.520 --> 0:50:24.600 you didn't even know about the party until Monday morning, 0:50:24.680 --> 0:50:26.799 right when kids were talking about it, and then you'd 0:50:26.800 --> 0:50:29.400 be sad right that you weren't part of that. Now, 0:50:29.640 --> 0:50:32.520 in real time, you see when you're at home on 0:50:32.560 --> 0:50:34.160 a Friday night and you thought you were having a 0:50:34.160 --> 0:50:37.080 fun night watching a movie with your parents. Now, all 0:50:37.120 --> 0:50:38.600 of a sudden, you see all these kids out at 0:50:38.600 --> 0:50:40.239 a party that you're not invited to. How do you 0:50:40.280 --> 0:50:44.160 think that makes you feel? It sucks? And now imagine 0:50:44.160 --> 0:50:47.120 that times a hundred different things that these kids have 0:50:47.200 --> 0:50:49.719 to deal with on social media. Not to mention the 0:50:49.719 --> 0:50:52.600 stuff they're exposed to, not to mention the comments, not 0:50:52.680 --> 0:50:55.240 to mention the dms, not to mention just the idea 0:50:55.280 --> 0:50:58.360 that they are looking at their screen twenty four to seven. Now, 0:50:58.719 --> 0:51:02.200 do we need legislation this, Do we need parents for this? 0:51:02.400 --> 0:51:05.000 Do we need senators for this? I don't know. I 0:51:05.000 --> 0:51:08.799 don't know what the answer is. But it's all not good. Now. 0:51:08.800 --> 0:51:11.359 Has social media done a lot of good things. Absolutely, 0:51:11.760 --> 0:51:14.720 it's been an incredible thing. It's built businesses for people, 0:51:14.760 --> 0:51:18.480 it's made money for people. It is made superstars out 0:51:18.520 --> 0:51:22.160 of people. It's made justin Bieber. It's done a lot 0:51:22.160 --> 0:51:25.520 of things. But it's good and it's bad. And so 0:51:25.560 --> 0:51:27.480 at the end of the day, I think that this 0:51:27.680 --> 0:51:30.239 law is going to be fought in many ways. I 0:51:30.239 --> 0:51:34.000 think it's gonna be tough to enable and to of 0:51:34.040 --> 0:51:38.280 course enforce. But it doesn't take effect until January first, 0:51:38.480 --> 0:51:40.520 so there's gonna be a lot of debate until then. 0:51:41.280 --> 0:51:44.359 But I think we're gonna see more around this kind 0:51:44.440 --> 0:51:48.839 of protection for young people in the US. The tech 0:51:48.840 --> 0:51:52.160 companies don't want it. Obviously, they hate this kind of stuff. 0:51:52.200 --> 0:51:54.000 Why do they want. They want They want a baby 0:51:54.440 --> 0:51:57.760 out of the womb, to have Instagram set up that account, 0:51:58.239 --> 0:52:01.359 get them fingerprinted, right, put them on social media. That's 0:52:01.360 --> 0:52:03.719 what people do. Actually, the parents, what is the first 0:52:03.719 --> 0:52:06.000 thing they do? They post a picture of their baby. 0:52:06.160 --> 0:52:07.960 And what do you think Instagram and Facebook is doing. 0:52:07.960 --> 0:52:10.359 They're scanning that picture. They say, ooh, we got another one. 0:52:10.400 --> 0:52:12.719 We got another human that we can identify in our 0:52:13.040 --> 0:52:17.920 facial scanning network. And by the way, Instagram, this is 0:52:17.960 --> 0:52:23.560 interesting limiting by default political content ahead of elections. So 0:52:23.600 --> 0:52:26.600 people didn't realize. But Instagram said, hey, we're gonna give 0:52:26.600 --> 0:52:31.280 you the option to limit political content on your feed. 0:52:31.360 --> 0:52:33.080 But what they didn't tell people is that they were 0:52:33.080 --> 0:52:37.800 doing it by default. So if you go into Instagram, 0:52:38.000 --> 0:52:42.960 there is a setting that you can see that limits 0:52:42.960 --> 0:52:45.719 your content. If you want to see political content, you 0:52:45.760 --> 0:52:48.400 have to change it. So if you go into your account, 0:52:48.440 --> 0:52:51.640 open up Instagram, tap your little profile picture, tap the 0:52:51.760 --> 0:52:54.799 menu bar, which is the three little the hamburger menu 0:52:54.840 --> 0:52:58.799 which is a three line stacked up. Scroll down and 0:52:58.960 --> 0:53:03.080 you will see content preferences, and then you'll see all 0:53:03.080 --> 0:53:05.520 these different things interested not interested. One of them is 0:53:05.560 --> 0:53:09.040 political content. Tap there and you'll see by default, your 0:53:09.080 --> 0:53:12.280 phone says limit political content from people you don't follow. 0:53:12.680 --> 0:53:16.760 You'll see less political or social topics in your suggested content. 0:53:17.440 --> 0:53:19.279 You have the option to change that if you don't 0:53:19.280 --> 0:53:21.480 want to limit what you see. We just want to 0:53:21.480 --> 0:53:26.479 be angrier. Turn that setting off. You're listening to Rich 0:53:26.560 --> 0:53:32.760 on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro 0:53:32.880 --> 0:53:37.239 here hanging out with you, talking technology eighty eight Rich 0:53:37.280 --> 0:53:40.400 one O one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:53:40.480 --> 0:53:44.760 four one zero one. Joining me now is Amazon's chief 0:53:44.840 --> 0:53:49.920 Medical Officer, doctor Vin Gupta, to discuss Amazon pharmacy. They 0:53:49.960 --> 0:53:52.800 have some new announcements this week and they're using AI 0:53:52.960 --> 0:53:57.640 to help them deliver medications faster. Doctor. Welcome to the show, Rich, 0:53:57.680 --> 0:53:59.880 Thanks for having me. Great to be here, Thank you. 0:54:00.480 --> 0:54:06.279 So let's talk about Amazon pharmacy in general. Explain is 0:54:06.320 --> 0:54:09.760 this relatively new, like what does Amazon pharmacy do? Exactly? 0:54:10.880 --> 0:54:15.560 Yeah, absolutely so. I'm a pulmonologist, still practice to the bedside, 0:54:15.680 --> 0:54:19.120 and I'm thrilled to be able to have my role 0:54:19.200 --> 0:54:23.239 at Amazon specifically helping to lead Amazon Pharmacy because you rich, 0:54:23.360 --> 0:54:25.960 as you know, as your listeners know, the world does 0:54:26.000 --> 0:54:29.080 not need another pharmacy and needs a pharmacy that works 0:54:29.120 --> 0:54:32.759 for them, that's available around the clock, that makes what 0:54:32.840 --> 0:54:35.480 should be as simple as simple as possible. And so 0:54:36.120 --> 0:54:38.319 I've had the pleasure of being part of Amazon and 0:54:38.360 --> 0:54:42.480 Amazon's health initiatives for the last four plus years, pharmacy 0:54:42.520 --> 0:54:45.359 for a little over a year, and what we're trying 0:54:45.400 --> 0:54:49.719 to do is make an experience that is incredibly frustrating 0:54:49.760 --> 0:54:53.680 for providers and for patients as streamlined as possible. We're 0:54:53.719 --> 0:54:57.360 fifty states digital first, direct to your doorstep, as you 0:54:57.360 --> 0:55:01.040 would expect with Amazon on the retail side, and we've 0:55:01.040 --> 0:55:04.120 existed for about four years now, and I think when 0:55:04.520 --> 0:55:07.719 my provider colleagues hear about it in the clinical community, 0:55:08.000 --> 0:55:11.560 you know they're surprised and that you can get your medications. 0:55:11.719 --> 0:55:14.200 All your listeners can get their medications direct to their 0:55:14.200 --> 0:55:17.560 doorstep for chronic needs like high blood pressure or if 0:55:17.560 --> 0:55:20.960 they say, have the flu, direct to their doorstep, very 0:55:21.000 --> 0:55:24.160 easy check out, and bottom low prices too. If there's 0:55:24.239 --> 0:55:26.480 going to be a low price for medication like insulin 0:55:27.120 --> 0:55:29.080 or TAMA flu. If you come down with the flu, 0:55:29.120 --> 0:55:32.840 you're gonna find it an Amazon pharmacy. But again, the 0:55:32.880 --> 0:55:35.520 awareness piece to your question is something we're trying to build. 0:55:35.680 --> 0:55:38.000 Yeah, well, okay, so, but here's my question, because most 0:55:38.000 --> 0:55:39.319 of the time it works like this. You know, I've 0:55:39.360 --> 0:55:41.960 got two kids. You go to the doctor and they say, okay, 0:55:42.000 --> 0:55:45.279 they need this, and you drive to your pharmacy that's 0:55:45.400 --> 0:55:48.120 whatever down the street and you wait there. You know, 0:55:48.160 --> 0:55:51.920 they send the script electronically. Is this for stuff that 0:55:51.960 --> 0:55:54.400 you need like immediately or is it only for like 0:55:54.480 --> 0:55:57.000 chronic conditions? Like how would that work? And I guess 0:55:57.400 --> 0:55:59.760 maybe the news that you guys announced the same day delivery. 0:55:59.760 --> 0:56:01.040 I guess maybe that's part of that. 0:56:02.239 --> 0:56:05.360 Well, for many of your listeners in the in the 0:56:05.360 --> 0:56:09.640 Los Angeles area, it's exactly that that if you if 0:56:09.680 --> 0:56:12.880 you have an acute need, let's say you woke up 0:56:12.920 --> 0:56:15.600 and you're feeling unwell, it got diagnosed with infection like 0:56:15.640 --> 0:56:19.000 a sonio sitis or a pneumonia, and you need an 0:56:19.000 --> 0:56:22.359 antibiotic or an antiviral. Now we know, especially rich four 0:56:22.440 --> 0:56:25.040 years of the pandemic, the time to treatment really matters, 0:56:25.120 --> 0:56:28.640 especially for those acute indications, not just for your chronic needs. 0:56:29.280 --> 0:56:33.000 We can do that in Riverside, Tamperdandino and Anaheim. 0:56:33.120 --> 0:56:33.920 If you if you. 0:56:33.920 --> 0:56:36.080 Get that script in, if your dog gets that script 0:56:36.160 --> 0:56:39.799 into us digitally, if they just press uh, send it 0:56:39.800 --> 0:56:42.640 to Amazon Pharmacy instead of sending it to your usual pharmacy, 0:56:42.680 --> 0:56:45.120 and they get it into us before four pm, you're 0:56:45.120 --> 0:56:47.400 going to have it at your doorstep before the end 0:56:47.440 --> 0:56:49.040 of the night. And so we're gonna we're going to 0:56:49.120 --> 0:56:52.040 promise rap it at home, same day delivery. We're going 0:56:52.120 --> 0:56:54.520 to continue to expand west to serve a larger number 0:56:54.520 --> 0:56:58.480 of patients and the La Metro area by April, so 0:56:58.480 --> 0:57:03.480 so it's really once if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, 0:57:03.520 --> 0:57:06.839 or other chronic conditions, we fill all of those medications. 0:57:06.840 --> 0:57:10.520 We have since our origin in pill Pack towards the 0:57:10.600 --> 0:57:12.759 end of the twenty tens, where we really try to 0:57:12.840 --> 0:57:16.240 key in making it simple to stay on chronic medications. 0:57:16.840 --> 0:57:22.160 Now we're saying in places like Los Angeles and New York, Seattle, Austin, Miami, 0:57:22.280 --> 0:57:26.320 places where we can do rapid delivery, directed worstep, we 0:57:26.400 --> 0:57:28.520 can be there for your acute needs too. 0:57:28.880 --> 0:57:32.240 Okay, got it? It's so you can anywhere you live, 0:57:32.320 --> 0:57:34.280 you can get delivery of let's say you're on a 0:57:34.320 --> 0:57:38.000 recurring medication, that's fine, but if you need that same day. 0:57:38.040 --> 0:57:40.640 You're starting to roll that out in a lot of 0:57:40.640 --> 0:57:43.240 cities across the US. Okay, that makes much more sense. 0:57:43.480 --> 0:57:46.480 Do the doctors understand how to send the prescription directly 0:57:46.520 --> 0:57:48.640 to Amazon? Like you said, you know, have him send 0:57:48.640 --> 0:57:50.640 it to Amazon? Like, is that some sort of electronics 0:57:50.680 --> 0:57:52.520 system that they have that just works? 0:57:53.560 --> 0:57:53.760 You know? 0:57:54.000 --> 0:57:56.600 I think this is the thing. I'm a pomonologist, and 0:57:57.080 --> 0:58:00.160 what I've noticed is when I'm with my patient. To 0:58:00.160 --> 0:58:03.040 answer your question, I don't want to take the fifteen 0:58:03.080 --> 0:58:05.960 seconds to change the pharmacy on file unless there's a 0:58:06.000 --> 0:58:07.920 reason to do it or my patient asked me to 0:58:07.960 --> 0:58:11.080 do it. We've become so habituated as a country to 0:58:11.120 --> 0:58:13.680 get our scripts from the same exact pharmacies, because that's 0:58:13.720 --> 0:58:16.360 what that's just our habit that's the reflex, and it's 0:58:16.360 --> 0:58:18.120 the reflex on the part of the provider. And to 0:58:18.160 --> 0:58:21.480 answer your question, it's really easy. Ninety four percent of 0:58:21.800 --> 0:58:25.920 prescriptions originate in the electronic medical record. They get electronically 0:58:25.960 --> 0:58:28.800 sent to say a retail pharmacy. Many of us know 0:58:28.880 --> 0:58:32.000 this retail pharmacies. It's as simple as typing an Amazon 0:58:32.000 --> 0:58:36.880 pharmacy right into that e scribe if you're the doc, 0:58:36.960 --> 0:58:39.440 if you're the provider, instead of typing in say a 0:58:39.480 --> 0:58:42.520 retail pharmacy is type in Amazon pharmacy, you can send 0:58:42.520 --> 0:58:44.280 it to us digitally, just like you would send it 0:58:44.360 --> 0:58:47.280 to any pharmacy on the If you're listening to this 0:58:47.320 --> 0:58:49.880 and you're wondering, gosh, I would like the convenience and 0:58:49.920 --> 0:58:52.760 I would like to experience something different, regardless of your 0:58:53.200 --> 0:58:55.680 medical needs may be. All you have to do is 0:58:55.720 --> 0:58:59.040 go to pharmacy dot Amazon dot com. Under thirty seconds, 0:58:59.080 --> 0:59:02.240 build a profile. We can actually transfer your prescriptions for 0:59:02.400 --> 0:59:05.320 you very easily. You just tell us where you're filling them. 0:59:05.520 --> 0:59:07.920 It's a very easy process for us to actually go 0:59:07.960 --> 0:59:11.360 get those prescriptions. So you don't have to wait for 0:59:11.400 --> 0:59:14.400 better healthcare for a better pharmacy experience. We make that 0:59:14.440 --> 0:59:17.800 process of transferring very easy, or if you're on a 0:59:17.840 --> 0:59:20.480 new medication to your point really easy for the doctor 0:59:20.640 --> 0:59:23.360 just to send it directly through the electronic medical record 0:59:23.440 --> 0:59:24.360 like they would otherwise. 0:59:24.800 --> 0:59:26.880 And how does this get to my house? You know, 0:59:26.960 --> 0:59:28.600 with the same day. Is it some sort of like 0:59:28.640 --> 0:59:30.880 delivery partner in the area or what. 0:59:32.160 --> 0:59:35.560 In some cases there's our delivery service providers. We work 0:59:35.600 --> 0:59:38.640 with third party companies as we as we do on 0:59:38.680 --> 0:59:41.960 the retail side, and sometimes they are our own drivers 0:59:41.960 --> 0:59:45.240 employed directly by Amazon. And what we're doing is really 0:59:45.320 --> 0:59:48.520 key into sustainability. In the Los Angeles area, as in 0:59:48.560 --> 0:59:52.200 other cities, Rivian all Electric vans and other commercial vehicles 0:59:52.480 --> 0:59:55.280 are likely going to be meeting the patient at the 0:59:55.280 --> 0:59:58.479 front door with their medication. So we're trying to as 0:59:58.520 --> 1:00:02.760 we're getting more into the last smile healthcare space, also 1:00:02.800 --> 1:00:05.600 important to lean into sustainability. What's good for the environment, 1:00:05.680 --> 1:00:08.080 what's good for the climate. So in places like La 1:00:08.480 --> 1:00:11.480 expect that Rivian all Electric van to meet you outside 1:00:11.480 --> 1:00:14.600 at the doorstep. In places like New York City, we're 1:00:14.640 --> 1:00:17.560 leaning into e bikes just an easier and more nimble 1:00:17.600 --> 1:00:19.560 way to navigate the streets in Manhattan. 1:00:19.880 --> 1:00:21.800 What about the drone? When's that going to drop off 1:00:21.840 --> 1:00:23.120 the prescription on my roof? 1:00:24.200 --> 1:00:27.080 It already is in places like Conversation, we already have 1:00:27.120 --> 1:00:29.680 it live. It's been live for about six months. People 1:00:29.760 --> 1:00:33.520 love it actually, you know, some pretty incredible for somebody 1:00:33.520 --> 1:00:37.560 that deals and cares for patients for whom they've had 1:00:37.560 --> 1:00:41.000 a delayed diagnosis, rich or an inability to get a 1:00:41.040 --> 1:00:44.600 script on time, say a few days after the onset 1:00:44.600 --> 1:00:47.480 of infection. You know, we saw the countless times in 1:00:47.520 --> 1:00:50.920 the case of COVID, delayed diagnosis, delayed treatment. 1:00:51.480 --> 1:00:52.200 That's a big deal. 1:00:52.400 --> 1:00:54.160 That puts somebody at risk of ending up in the 1:00:54.200 --> 1:00:56.920 hospital and in my ICU. In the case of drones, 1:00:57.040 --> 1:01:00.720 answer your question, we saw a should get sent to 1:01:00.800 --> 1:01:04.920 us in college station, get ingested, processed, and that that 1:01:05.000 --> 1:01:07.560 med actually make their way via drone to somebody's home 1:01:07.760 --> 1:01:13.000 in under twenty eight minutes. Imagine that script ingested processed. 1:01:13.080 --> 1:01:15.520 It's spent from under twenty eight minutes. You can't drive 1:01:15.560 --> 1:01:16.040 that fast. 1:01:16.480 --> 1:01:19.880 That's wild. Just got about a minute here. So explain 1:01:19.960 --> 1:01:21.920 to me the AI side of all this. What do 1:01:22.000 --> 1:01:24.320 you how how is Amazon Pharmacy using AI? 1:01:25.760 --> 1:01:29.000 Well, number one, most most of your listeners may not 1:01:29.040 --> 1:01:31.200 realize this, I mean most most of my colleagues don't 1:01:31.200 --> 1:01:33.520 realize this as well, that there's a lot of delays 1:01:33.520 --> 1:01:37.760 in just processing prescriptions. On the pharmacy side, doc prescribes 1:01:37.760 --> 1:01:41.960 the prescription takes hours sometimes for pharmacists actually to look 1:01:42.000 --> 1:01:44.720 at the instructions to process it to make sure that 1:01:44.960 --> 1:01:47.800 everything looks good, there's no drug drug interactions or allergies. 1:01:48.280 --> 1:01:50.240 We're using general of AI and to to streamline that 1:01:50.280 --> 1:01:52.919 process to a matter of minutes and so from that's 1:01:52.960 --> 1:01:55.560 why we can ingest these prescriptions so quickly and get 1:01:55.600 --> 1:01:58.520 immediately to dispense. That's number one. Number two, it's the 1:01:58.560 --> 1:02:01.160 probably medications of the big deal. And we know that 1:02:01.200 --> 1:02:03.920 there's been shortages of medications like pakslovid during the height 1:02:03.960 --> 1:02:06.760 of covid in some cases, the weight loss drugs. We 1:02:06.800 --> 1:02:10.040 are using generator AI and machine learning algorithms to make 1:02:10.080 --> 1:02:14.240 sure that places like Los Angeles have the right formulary 1:02:14.280 --> 1:02:19.840 and supply of medications that Angelino's need. And we're seeing 1:02:19.920 --> 1:02:22.080 our wanting to get filled through US, so we make 1:02:22.120 --> 1:02:24.280 sure we have supply on the ready for the mets 1:02:24.280 --> 1:02:26.520 that are commonly filled in Los Angeles, and we're also 1:02:26.560 --> 1:02:28.360 making sure that we can ingest that prescription as quickly 1:02:28.360 --> 1:02:28.920 as possible. 1:02:29.000 --> 1:02:31.400 Ah, that's interesting kind of moving the stock around where 1:02:31.400 --> 1:02:34.280 it needs to be before the people need it. Doctor 1:02:34.360 --> 1:02:36.960 Vin Gupta, Amazon's chief medical officer. Can you go to 1:02:37.000 --> 1:02:39.600 a party without someone saying, hey, doc, can you can 1:02:39.600 --> 1:02:42.720 you answer me this question? Because I know when I 1:02:42.760 --> 1:02:44.720 go to anywhere it's like, hey, I have a tech question. 1:02:44.760 --> 1:02:46.479 Can I show you my phone? Is that the same 1:02:46.480 --> 1:02:48.840 thing with you? A little bit? 1:02:48.960 --> 1:02:50.320 A little bit, I have to have to choose my 1:02:50.360 --> 1:02:51.040 friends wisely. 1:02:52.120 --> 1:02:54.680 All right, thanks so much for joining me, doctor Vin Gupta, 1:02:54.760 --> 1:02:56.760 and tell me the website again. So is it just 1:02:56.760 --> 1:02:58.520 pharmacy dot Amazon dot com. 1:02:59.040 --> 1:03:02.040 Pharmacy dot Amazon dot You don't have to wait for 1:03:02.040 --> 1:03:03.840 a better pharmacy experience. We can have it today. 1:03:04.120 --> 1:03:05.760 All right, Thanks so much for joining me on the show. 1:03:05.800 --> 1:03:06.360 Appreciate it. 1:03:06.960 --> 1:03:07.080 Uh. 1:03:07.440 --> 1:03:09.880 Coming up next more of your calls. Triple eight rich 1:03:09.960 --> 1:03:12.440 one O one eight eight eight seven four to two 1:03:12.720 --> 1:03:17.160 four one zero one. You are listening to Rich on Tech. 1:03:20.320 --> 1:03:23.600 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:03:23.600 --> 1:03:26.040 out with you at Triple eight rich one O one 1:03:26.280 --> 1:03:29.760 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:03:30.360 --> 1:03:32.480 Give me a call if you have a question about technology. 1:03:32.600 --> 1:03:37.920 No question is too big or too small. I think 1:03:37.960 --> 1:03:40.080 if I ran a small like plumbing business, you know 1:03:40.320 --> 1:03:44.520 it's basically you know what's the difference. Great conversation with 1:03:44.600 --> 1:03:47.880 Amazon Pharmacy That was really interesting to me because I'm 1:03:47.880 --> 1:03:50.200 always like, I think that people are so scared to 1:03:50.240 --> 1:03:53.480 try a different pharmacy. Like literally, growing up, we had 1:03:53.520 --> 1:03:56.920 the same bank. We you know, we had the same pharmacy. Like, 1:03:56.960 --> 1:03:58.960 we never changed anything. And it was only when I 1:03:59.080 --> 1:04:01.520 came out to California that I was like, wait, do 1:04:01.560 --> 1:04:03.040 I still have to get like a prescription at my 1:04:03.080 --> 1:04:05.680 hometown pharmacy back in New Jersey or can I go 1:04:05.760 --> 1:04:07.640 to Like Actually, one of the things I thought was 1:04:07.640 --> 1:04:10.600 wild is we were on vacation and we were able 1:04:10.640 --> 1:04:13.680 to pick up a prescription at a different like CVS. 1:04:14.080 --> 1:04:16.120 I was like, this is game changing, and it's like, well, 1:04:16.120 --> 1:04:18.760 it's not that big of a deal. We're all linked up. Anyway, 1:04:18.800 --> 1:04:22.480 I thought that was interesting. Website for the show Richontech 1:04:22.720 --> 1:04:25.360 dot TV. If you want to follow me on social media, 1:04:26.080 --> 1:04:29.920 you can find me guess where at rich on Tech. 1:04:30.400 --> 1:04:34.440 Let's go to David in Brea, California. David, You're on 1:04:34.560 --> 1:04:35.080 with Rich. 1:04:35.840 --> 1:04:39.800 Hi, Good afternoon, Rich Great. Earlier this afternoon you had 1:04:39.840 --> 1:04:43.200 a lady call about her Facebook account. My problem is 1:04:43.280 --> 1:04:46.080 she said her Facebook was hacked. My problem is my 1:04:46.160 --> 1:04:50.760 account has been taken over. Facebook has no support whatsoever. 1:04:51.040 --> 1:04:52.960 The only thing I tell you to do is log 1:04:53.000 --> 1:04:53.720 into your account. 1:04:53.720 --> 1:04:54.040 First. 1:04:54.280 --> 1:04:56.160 Well, I can't log into my account. When I go 1:04:56.200 --> 1:04:58.320 to log into my account, so they can send me 1:04:58.360 --> 1:05:02.800 the code. Another email address shows above my email address, 1:05:02.960 --> 1:05:05.440 and it's some of the letters are blocked out, so 1:05:05.600 --> 1:05:08.040 any any code will be sent to them. Yep, so 1:05:08.080 --> 1:05:10.480 I can't get into code. What's whoever? And the weird 1:05:10.520 --> 1:05:13.800 part was when this first started, I got an email 1:05:14.440 --> 1:05:16.560 and I answered it and it directed me to my 1:05:16.960 --> 1:05:19.520 to that to my Facebook account, but it was all 1:05:19.560 --> 1:05:22.920 in Korean or Japanese, and you know, I could see 1:05:22.960 --> 1:05:25.400 all my posts, but they all the language had been 1:05:25.440 --> 1:05:28.200 changed to Korean or Japanese an Asian language. Yeah, I 1:05:28.240 --> 1:05:31.680 found them. I found the menu hamburger. I scrolled on that, 1:05:31.800 --> 1:05:33.080 but I couldn't tell what I was, you know, I 1:05:33.080 --> 1:05:37.360 couldn't understand what I was doing. And uh, that's it. 1:05:37.400 --> 1:05:39.280 Facebook has no help whatsoever. 1:05:39.600 --> 1:05:41.960 The aunts, No, they do not. But here's the thing. 1:05:41.960 --> 1:05:44.200 So I've talked to a lot of people, and I've 1:05:44.240 --> 1:05:46.120 done a lot of stories with Facebook, and you have 1:05:46.200 --> 1:05:47.800 to number one, you have to understand what they're up 1:05:47.800 --> 1:05:50.520 against there. They've got three billion people with these accounts, 1:05:50.920 --> 1:05:54.560 people open up accounts, bots open up accounts, people switch accounts. 1:05:54.920 --> 1:05:56.760 You know, we got the woman before who you know, 1:05:56.880 --> 1:05:59.720 she set up a fake account. So, I mean, there's 1:05:59.760 --> 1:06:02.160 so much, many things that they're up against, and you know, 1:06:02.200 --> 1:06:05.240 their primary business is of course getting people on here, 1:06:05.640 --> 1:06:08.240 but you know, it's it's tough for them to service 1:06:08.320 --> 1:06:10.160 every one of these accounts, and there's no phone number 1:06:10.160 --> 1:06:13.520 you can call. There's no Facebook phone number. So the 1:06:13.520 --> 1:06:16.320 main thing that I have recommended over the years, and 1:06:16.320 --> 1:06:19.320 the pretty much the only place you can go to 1:06:19.440 --> 1:06:23.200 do this is Facebook dot com slash hacked. Now, David, 1:06:23.240 --> 1:06:25.200 I know you said that when you go there, it's 1:06:25.200 --> 1:06:28.680 someone else's information. So what I would do is actually 1:06:28.800 --> 1:06:32.680 log out of that account if you can, and then 1:06:32.760 --> 1:06:34.720 go to this, or even don't even log out, just 1:06:34.800 --> 1:06:37.640 use like a private browser window and go to Facebook 1:06:37.680 --> 1:06:40.360 dot com slash hacked. And when I go there, it 1:06:40.400 --> 1:06:43.120 says report compromised account. If you believe your account has 1:06:43.160 --> 1:06:46.680 been compromised by another person or virus, please click my 1:06:46.760 --> 1:06:49.919 account is compromise button. We will help you log back in. Now, 1:06:50.440 --> 1:06:52.720 you're gonna be up against a bunch of issues because 1:06:52.800 --> 1:06:55.560 anything that you're trying to log in with that email 1:06:55.600 --> 1:07:00.240 address is changed. So of course Facebook has all the 1:07:00.320 --> 1:07:03.720 old email addresses on record. And what this will do 1:07:03.800 --> 1:07:06.040 is this will start the process of their system trying 1:07:06.040 --> 1:07:09.040 to figure out, Okay, we see that this is a 1:07:09.040 --> 1:07:10.760 little bit not on the up and up. We saw 1:07:10.800 --> 1:07:13.520 the IP address that change it to this email address 1:07:13.560 --> 1:07:16.880 that is not his, and so it may take a while, 1:07:17.520 --> 1:07:19.360 it may take a lot of time, it may take 1:07:19.400 --> 1:07:22.160 a lot of effort, but you could eventually get this 1:07:22.240 --> 1:07:25.200 account back if you literally make it your job to 1:07:25.320 --> 1:07:27.880 work to get this account back. You may have to 1:07:27.960 --> 1:07:31.160 upload your ID. You may have to upload I'm not kidding. 1:07:31.600 --> 1:07:34.240 They have asked people to upload a picture of themselves 1:07:34.240 --> 1:07:37.920 holding up a newspaper with that date on it. It's like, 1:07:38.560 --> 1:07:42.680 you know a movie, like a spy thriller where someone's 1:07:42.720 --> 1:07:44.320 kidnapped and they're like, hey, you got to prove that 1:07:44.320 --> 1:07:46.400 they're still alive. Like, that's what they will do. This 1:07:46.440 --> 1:07:47.840 is what you have to do to get your Facebook 1:07:47.840 --> 1:07:51.240 account back. Or you could just you know, sign up 1:07:51.280 --> 1:07:53.040 with the new account. But I understand people don't want 1:07:53.040 --> 1:07:55.320 to do that because they've got all their pictures and 1:07:55.360 --> 1:07:57.760 their memories and their posts on this other account. But 1:07:57.920 --> 1:07:59.840 every single person I've ever done a story with that 1:08:00.040 --> 1:08:03.280 it's their Facebook account hacked. It always comes down to 1:08:03.840 --> 1:08:06.080 staying on top of this almost on a daily basis, 1:08:06.080 --> 1:08:08.680 and trying and trying and trying again. That is the 1:08:08.680 --> 1:08:11.840 best advice I can give you now for the rest 1:08:11.840 --> 1:08:13.880 of you, if you have not gotten hacked on Facebook, 1:08:13.920 --> 1:08:16.200 the main thing you need to do is turn on 1:08:16.280 --> 1:08:19.200 two factor authentication, and that will make it so that 1:08:19.560 --> 1:08:22.760 you will not get hacked because they will need both 1:08:22.800 --> 1:08:26.800 your password and secondary code that has texted your phone 1:08:27.000 --> 1:08:29.880 or an authentication app. That is the best way to 1:08:29.880 --> 1:08:33.240 protect your account. It's not fool proof because what these 1:08:33.600 --> 1:08:36.920 hackers do is they get around that by tricking you 1:08:37.000 --> 1:08:40.200 into sharing that one time code. But if it just 1:08:40.240 --> 1:08:42.519 comes down to sort of logging in, that's the main 1:08:42.560 --> 1:08:45.000 thing I can offer David. I know it's such a pain, 1:08:45.160 --> 1:08:49.439 it really is. Thanks for the call. Today, Google Maps 1:08:49.479 --> 1:08:52.400 has a couple of new features for summer travel twenty 1:08:52.479 --> 1:08:54.960 twenty four, and already I saw one of them. It 1:08:55.000 --> 1:08:56.920 showed up on my Google Maps. This is pretty cool. 1:08:57.000 --> 1:08:59.280 So the main feature I think is probably the best 1:08:59.320 --> 1:09:03.320 thing they're doing is adding these recommendation lists and it's 1:09:03.360 --> 1:09:07.920 twofold number one. They're adding recommendations from top websites, so 1:09:07.920 --> 1:09:10.439 sources like the Infatuation, which, by the way, a little 1:09:10.439 --> 1:09:13.639 bit of trivia for the Infatuation, it's actually owned by Chase. 1:09:14.439 --> 1:09:17.479 They bought that company. So Infatuation does a lot of 1:09:17.479 --> 1:09:20.080 restaurant reviews. Chase has a lot of credit cards, a 1:09:20.120 --> 1:09:23.519 lot of points that do restaurants, you know, bonus points. 1:09:23.840 --> 1:09:25.600 It's in their best interest to get you to go 1:09:25.640 --> 1:09:27.960 to these restaurants. So anyway, I just thought that was 1:09:27.960 --> 1:09:32.200 interesting when I learned that A Lonely Planet, New York 1:09:32.200 --> 1:09:34.680 Times and Open Table. So when you go on and 1:09:34.720 --> 1:09:37.880 you search like Los Angeles, you might see a list, Hey, Infatuation, 1:09:38.040 --> 1:09:41.640 top five restaurants here, whatever. That's kind of cool. The 1:09:41.680 --> 1:09:44.639 other thing they're doing is they're introducing their own restaurant lists, 1:09:44.680 --> 1:09:46.839 and so they have three different types. They've got trending 1:09:46.880 --> 1:09:50.120 places and this is updated weekly with the trending places 1:09:50.120 --> 1:09:53.519 that are in that area. Top Community Favorites, so that'll 1:09:53.560 --> 1:09:56.160 be another list of different community favorites, and then hidden 1:09:56.240 --> 1:10:00.240 gems and that will work in over forty cities. You 1:10:00.320 --> 1:10:04.960 type in New York, New York on Google Maps. And 1:10:05.000 --> 1:10:08.479 you scroll up once you tap New York first. Okay, 1:10:08.479 --> 1:10:10.200 I don't see it for New York yet. I saw 1:10:10.200 --> 1:10:13.080 it for Los Angeles yesterday. Let's type in Los Angeles. Okay, 1:10:13.160 --> 1:10:16.439 Los Angeles, and so now I scroll up and what 1:10:16.439 --> 1:10:18.880 do I see? Okay, well I'm not seeing it there either. Okay, 1:10:18.920 --> 1:10:22.080 well I saw it yesterday. I swear. I guess it's 1:10:22.120 --> 1:10:24.360 still rolling out. But I did see it yesterday, and 1:10:24.400 --> 1:10:27.240 I was so excited because I thought that was pretty cool. Ah, 1:10:27.280 --> 1:10:30.519 that's so funny that I lost it. Let's try one 1:10:30.560 --> 1:10:36.840 more city. Let's try Honolulu. And that's okay. Well it's 1:10:36.840 --> 1:10:38.719 not there either. Okay, well it was on my phone 1:10:38.720 --> 1:10:40.599 for a minute. But anyway, this is what happens when 1:10:40.680 --> 1:10:43.400 things are rolling out. It means they put it out 1:10:43.400 --> 1:10:45.479 on a couple of phones and they make sure everything works, 1:10:45.479 --> 1:10:47.720 and they put out in some more. But it's really 1:10:47.800 --> 1:10:49.960 neat because it's just one more way of finding like 1:10:50.360 --> 1:10:52.160 good places to go. And what I thought was really 1:10:52.160 --> 1:10:55.360 cool is you can sort by nearby. So from now on, 1:10:55.479 --> 1:10:57.760 whenever whenever I'm in a city that I don't know 1:10:57.760 --> 1:10:59.599 where to eat, I'm just gonna go to these lists. 1:10:59.640 --> 1:11:02.600 Either the Hidden gems, probably the hidden gems and just 1:11:02.640 --> 1:11:04.320 sort by nearby, and that's how I'm gonna pick my 1:11:04.360 --> 1:11:07.040 place to go or the trending place. And sometimes the 1:11:07.080 --> 1:11:09.519 trending places though could be a little hit or miss, 1:11:09.560 --> 1:11:12.519 because you know, it's a lot of like Instagram, you know, 1:11:12.640 --> 1:11:15.479 influencer type places, and sometimes you know they're not the 1:11:15.520 --> 1:11:18.599 best food. It's more of like the best pictures of food, 1:11:18.680 --> 1:11:20.920 so you got to be careful about some of those 1:11:20.920 --> 1:11:24.200 things you have. In fact Instagram, this is a very 1:11:24.280 --> 1:11:27.240 hidden feature on Instagram. But they actually have their own 1:11:27.400 --> 1:11:31.920 way of finding secret lists on Instagram, so nobody knows 1:11:31.920 --> 1:11:34.000 about this. But if you go to Instagram, you search 1:11:34.080 --> 1:11:36.680 for a city, like search for Los Angeles, this is 1:11:36.760 --> 1:11:41.640 like so weird, and then you tap places and then 1:11:41.680 --> 1:11:44.160 you go into Los Angeles, California, and then you hit 1:11:44.200 --> 1:11:47.719 the X. It'll show you all the popular places nearby 1:11:47.760 --> 1:11:50.640 and you can sort by restaurants, cafes, sites, and hotels. 1:11:50.640 --> 1:11:53.080 So it's like the most instagrammed places in a city. 1:11:53.320 --> 1:11:56.080 But they really hide this feature. I'm not sure why, 1:11:56.160 --> 1:11:59.240 but now you know because you're listening to Rich on Tech. 1:11:59.280 --> 1:12:05.080 More of your calls coming up right after this welcome 1:12:05.120 --> 1:12:07.639 back to Rich on Tech Rich Demiro here hanging out 1:12:07.640 --> 1:12:13.920 with you, talking technology and some breaking news. Actually this 1:12:13.960 --> 1:12:20.439 is big. AT and T has announced that, Wow, this 1:12:20.600 --> 1:12:24.960 is just wild. So many customer records available on the 1:12:25.040 --> 1:12:27.600 dark web. So this was a data set that was 1:12:27.640 --> 1:12:29.880 released on the dark web about two weeks ago, and 1:12:29.920 --> 1:12:31.880 AT and T hasn't really said much about it. But 1:12:31.920 --> 1:12:34.799 now they came out and said, yes, this is actually 1:12:34.920 --> 1:12:40.200 our data. It includes personal information on let's see here, 1:12:40.640 --> 1:12:45.240 seven point six million current AT and T account holders 1:12:45.800 --> 1:12:49.599 and approximately are you ready for this, sixty five point 1:12:49.680 --> 1:12:54.880 four million former account holders. So basically, if you had 1:12:55.400 --> 1:13:02.679 AT and T from twenty nineteen or earlier, this probably 1:13:02.680 --> 1:13:07.800 contains your information. And again the personal information includes such 1:13:07.840 --> 1:13:13.479 information as social security numbers. This is wild. That is 1:13:13.520 --> 1:13:19.120 a huge, huge data leak. Now we talked about this 1:13:19.280 --> 1:13:21.840 that everyone thought that this was AT and T data, 1:13:21.880 --> 1:13:23.640 but AT and T never came out and said it 1:13:23.680 --> 1:13:29.880 was theirs. But tech Crunch has said that AT and 1:13:29.960 --> 1:13:35.160 T has now reset millions of customer account passcodes because 1:13:35.520 --> 1:13:42.200 tech Crunch told them, hey, these passcodes were easily figured out. 1:13:42.360 --> 1:13:44.960 And so I'm not sure what the passcode is. I'm 1:13:45.000 --> 1:13:48.280 guessing it's some sort of like I think every wireless 1:13:48.400 --> 1:13:51.639 account has like a four digit code that is used 1:13:51.680 --> 1:13:55.280 to like protect the account, but it sounds like that's 1:13:55.320 --> 1:13:58.800 what they reset. This is a huge data dump. I 1:13:58.880 --> 1:14:03.760 mean it really really is. Now the way that you 1:14:03.800 --> 1:14:06.920 can check to see if your information is in here, 1:14:07.400 --> 1:14:10.559 there is a website. Now this is not the official website. 1:14:10.560 --> 1:14:13.240 I assume that there's going to be an official website, 1:14:14.000 --> 1:14:15.880 but this is a website that you can check in 1:14:16.000 --> 1:14:19.200 general if your data has been involved in a data breach. 1:14:20.120 --> 1:14:21.960 And I'm trying to get the actual person who runs 1:14:21.960 --> 1:14:24.120 this website on the show. I've got to email them 1:14:24.160 --> 1:14:26.519 because it's a great website. It's called have I Been Poned? 1:14:27.160 --> 1:14:30.679 Have I Been? And you got to spell this properly 1:14:31.200 --> 1:14:38.519 pwned dot com? Have I Been Poned? It's almost like 1:14:38.560 --> 1:14:41.960 have I Been Pawned? But without the A. And you 1:14:42.040 --> 1:14:44.200 type in your email address and it will tell you 1:14:44.479 --> 1:14:47.559 if your information has showed up in one of these breaches, 1:14:47.600 --> 1:14:51.760 and lo and behold, sure enough, my email address is 1:14:51.840 --> 1:14:56.600 part of this AT and T data breach. So what 1:14:56.760 --> 1:14:59.920 can you do? The only thing you could really do 1:15:00.400 --> 1:15:03.200 is if you see, so my my information is involved 1:15:03.200 --> 1:15:10.879 in one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, 1:15:11.120 --> 1:15:13.240 oh Wow, twenty one, twenty two, twenty three, twenty four, 1:15:13.280 --> 1:15:18.520 twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eight data breaches. So, uh, yeah, 1:15:18.520 --> 1:15:22.240 it's you're up against a very tough world out there. 1:15:23.320 --> 1:15:25.040 But the main thing to know is that if you 1:15:25.040 --> 1:15:28.080 scroll through this list of data breaches and your information 1:15:28.200 --> 1:15:31.320 is in one of them, uh, if you are using 1:15:31.360 --> 1:15:34.479 that password in a different account, that could be a 1:15:34.560 --> 1:15:37.439 major problem because basically they get the password from this 1:15:37.600 --> 1:15:40.479 data breach, the email address from the data breach, and 1:15:40.520 --> 1:15:42.559 then they use it on different websites. So if you 1:15:42.560 --> 1:15:45.000 go through this list and you weren't using a strong 1:15:45.280 --> 1:15:50.400 unique password, then you are in trouble. If you were 1:15:50.520 --> 1:15:52.680 using a strong unique password, they're not really going to 1:15:52.720 --> 1:15:54.800 be able to do much with that information except when 1:15:54.800 --> 1:15:58.759 it includes things like your data, birth, your social security number, 1:15:58.960 --> 1:16:01.360 your address, and then when it gets into all that, 1:16:01.400 --> 1:16:03.800 which a lot of it does, they piece this all 1:16:03.800 --> 1:16:05.679 together and they could use it to open up accounts 1:16:05.680 --> 1:16:08.320 in your name and different things like that steal your identity. 1:16:08.600 --> 1:16:10.040 So You really do have to be on top of 1:16:10.040 --> 1:16:13.600 this stuff. There are a lot of dark web monitoring services. 1:16:13.640 --> 1:16:16.360 I got an alert from Google about this whole AT 1:16:16.479 --> 1:16:18.920 and T thing, but again it wasn't confirmed that it 1:16:18.960 --> 1:16:21.600 was AT and T until just now. So AT and 1:16:21.640 --> 1:16:25.559 T now on their website as of March thirtieth. As 1:16:25.600 --> 1:16:27.840 I read this, they said that yes, AT and T 1:16:27.960 --> 1:16:30.639 has determined that AT and T data specific fields were 1:16:30.680 --> 1:16:33.120 contained in a data set released on the dark web. 1:16:33.560 --> 1:16:37.479 Source is still being assessed, so they don't know if 1:16:38.280 --> 1:16:42.120 this was someone getting access to their system or it 1:16:42.240 --> 1:16:45.840 was getting access to a third party system that has 1:16:45.880 --> 1:16:51.040 access to their systems. So and we encourage former and 1:16:51.160 --> 1:16:54.719 current customers with questions to visit AT and T dot 1:16:54.760 --> 1:16:59.800 com slash account safety and it will tell you what 1:17:00.080 --> 1:17:02.640 to do. Oh okay, here it is explains the passcode. 1:17:03.080 --> 1:17:06.000 A passcode is like a numerical pan It's usually four digits. 1:17:06.040 --> 1:17:08.400 It's different from the password, and it's one of the 1:17:08.760 --> 1:17:11.200 security measures for AT and T customers. How do I 1:17:11.280 --> 1:17:15.880 update my passcode? We've already reset your passcode. If you 1:17:15.920 --> 1:17:18.080 haven't changed it in the past year, we suggest you 1:17:18.200 --> 1:17:20.960 change yours as a precaution. You can sign into your 1:17:21.000 --> 1:17:25.400 account and edit. Yeah, you can do it from there. 1:17:25.640 --> 1:17:28.800 So again, I will link all of this up on 1:17:28.840 --> 1:17:33.960 my website. Rich on tech dot tv. But this is yeah, 1:17:34.000 --> 1:17:36.760 it's wild. It's just the problem is these companies are 1:17:36.800 --> 1:17:40.160 getting bigger, which means when they have a breach like this, 1:17:40.320 --> 1:17:44.040 it's getting worse and it's getting scarier and scarier because 1:17:44.040 --> 1:17:45.720 it's like you almost don't want to give out your 1:17:45.720 --> 1:17:48.200 information to anyone because it's just it's bound to be 1:17:48.200 --> 1:17:53.880 out there on the web. Let's see here, let's go 1:17:54.160 --> 1:17:59.840 to Renee in Westminster, California. Right, Renee, you're on with Rich. 1:18:01.760 --> 1:18:05.360 Hello Rich, I'm that's surprising and that makes me one route. 1:18:05.400 --> 1:18:09.719 What happened to my phone or this phone? I'm using 1:18:09.760 --> 1:18:11.960 a temporary phone because. 1:18:11.760 --> 1:18:14.160 My mine was stolen or lost about three. 1:18:14.000 --> 1:18:18.320 Weeks ago, and I've been on the phone with that support. 1:18:18.439 --> 1:18:22.200 This is a phone if it phones through two connect. 1:18:22.560 --> 1:18:27.439 I qualified for the free service because my ankle is 1:18:27.479 --> 1:18:31.080 injured and my time and I go, oh sure, I 1:18:31.120 --> 1:18:32.960 need to use the phone anyways, and I want to 1:18:32.960 --> 1:18:38.280 go buy another dree hundred dollar four hundred dollar bonus 1:18:38.320 --> 1:18:41.120 spectrum because I've got insurance on it, and they can 1:18:41.200 --> 1:18:43.439 renew the interance because I can't get to the account 1:18:43.439 --> 1:18:46.559 where I have the money on the insurance for so 1:18:46.600 --> 1:18:48.320 I tried to use this. When you get to my account, 1:18:48.600 --> 1:18:51.559 I won't use the name my bank account the an 1:18:51.600 --> 1:18:56.760 online bank and use a virtual card. But you can 1:18:56.920 --> 1:19:01.760 access to anywhere else but the tie that verification. It 1:19:01.840 --> 1:19:07.679 cannot THEND for anything else. I mean it can't can't 1:19:07.680 --> 1:19:11.600 get it because except for the on the. 1:19:11.120 --> 1:19:13.400 The other phone that's been compromised. 1:19:13.720 --> 1:19:16.559 How was that you never had this happen before. I 1:19:16.560 --> 1:19:20.040 have changed everything. But I can get into my account, So. 1:19:20.000 --> 1:19:23.240 You can't get into your bank account because they can't verify. 1:19:22.920 --> 1:19:25.559 It can get into my bank account, not the the 1:19:26.640 --> 1:19:29.479 to They won't grant me a virtual card, and I've 1:19:29.479 --> 1:19:32.879 been even the tech department is the bank they transmitting 1:19:32.920 --> 1:19:38.160 to the like upper tech department. And then and then 1:19:38.479 --> 1:19:41.000 texts will come through that they personally try to test 1:19:41.160 --> 1:19:43.160 to me. Me knows we'll go through, but just not 1:19:43.320 --> 1:19:43.880 be often. 1:19:45.080 --> 1:19:49.519 Then the one time code won't go through, right right. 1:19:49.439 --> 1:19:51.600 So there's like they thought there was a glims. I mean, 1:19:51.640 --> 1:19:54.040 I'm called several times. I'm trying to figure out myself 1:19:54.080 --> 1:19:57.960 all the permissions on. It's some kind of it's called 1:19:59.280 --> 1:20:06.960 true can of the clouds seven. Yeah, even sim. 1:20:06.720 --> 1:20:09.120 Card for my So how can I help? 1:20:09.160 --> 1:20:09.240 What? 1:20:09.280 --> 1:20:09.360 Do? 1:20:09.479 --> 1:20:09.599 What? 1:20:09.640 --> 1:20:09.720 Do? 1:20:09.880 --> 1:20:10.360 What? What? 1:20:10.520 --> 1:20:11.120 Type of question? 1:20:11.479 --> 1:20:13.680 The last question, I'm wonder if they're running to a 1:20:13.800 --> 1:20:18.600 T and D, why can't I get to that in 1:20:18.640 --> 1:20:19.040 the bank? 1:20:19.960 --> 1:20:24.240 Why can't you get that code through? Connect? Is filtering 1:20:24.280 --> 1:20:28.760 out that address? So I think that's the problem, is 1:20:28.800 --> 1:20:31.720 that you have to get in touch with them to 1:20:31.920 --> 1:20:35.280 say hey, and what did they say to each other? Yeah, 1:20:35.280 --> 1:20:37.240 they blame it on each other. Huh. I mean I 1:20:37.280 --> 1:20:39.800 know that there are there are certain phone numbers that 1:20:39.840 --> 1:20:43.439 cannot handle the two factor authentication code. So here's my question. 1:20:44.040 --> 1:20:46.439 Can you go to your bank and can you set 1:20:46.520 --> 1:20:49.120 up can you set up like a Google Voice number, 1:20:49.960 --> 1:20:53.000 put that into your bank account as a trusted number, 1:20:53.479 --> 1:20:56.800 and then get the code and then get the code 1:20:56.880 --> 1:21:02.519 sent there. That's what I would do now. In Well, 1:21:02.560 --> 1:21:05.080 the problem is that if you know, if you can 1:21:05.120 --> 1:21:06.920 log into your bank account, Look, if you can log 1:21:06.960 --> 1:21:09.720 into your bank account and add a phone number, what 1:21:09.760 --> 1:21:11.800 I would do is it takes I mean, it's this 1:21:11.960 --> 1:21:14.439 is obviously a very roundabout way of going about this. 1:21:14.560 --> 1:21:16.519 But if you're trying. If your phone that you've got 1:21:16.600 --> 1:21:19.080 from True Connect is not getting you this one time code, 1:21:19.640 --> 1:21:21.640 then I would just set up another phone number that 1:21:21.680 --> 1:21:24.479 you can get that one time code on. So you 1:21:24.520 --> 1:21:26.960 can set up that phone number through Google Voice for free, 1:21:27.720 --> 1:21:31.600 and once you link that to your bank account, confirm it, 1:21:32.160 --> 1:21:34.160 and then you know, then you can actually get that 1:21:34.200 --> 1:21:37.679 one time code there. But if you can't get into 1:21:37.680 --> 1:21:39.479 your bank account to log in because you need the 1:21:39.479 --> 1:21:41.320 one time code, you're kind of in a circle here, 1:21:41.400 --> 1:21:47.400 and that's that's definitely an issue. But this I do have. 1:21:47.520 --> 1:21:50.519 I've seen where sometimes the one time codes just don't 1:21:50.600 --> 1:21:54.559 don't come through with certain providers. They just don't. So 1:21:56.080 --> 1:21:58.519 the thing that I number one, you got to you 1:21:58.520 --> 1:22:01.120 got to get this account back from Spectrum or whoever 1:22:01.200 --> 1:22:03.960 has your account, if they're making you buy a phone 1:22:04.000 --> 1:22:05.400 or whatever. You got to figure out how to get 1:22:05.400 --> 1:22:08.320 that back from them, because that's your original account and 1:22:08.360 --> 1:22:11.559 that's probably going to have more codes than you for 1:22:11.640 --> 1:22:14.000 different accounts that you have, So you've got to really 1:22:14.040 --> 1:22:16.920 figure out what's going on there, why you're getting that back, 1:22:18.200 --> 1:22:21.080 or how to get that back. And then the True Connect, 1:22:21.320 --> 1:22:24.559 you know, I actually did a story with True connect 1:22:24.640 --> 1:22:27.960 once and I met them and they're I think they're 1:22:28.640 --> 1:22:32.679 in Los Angeles, aren't they? But I would I would 1:22:33.240 --> 1:22:35.680 get on the phone with them and really figure out, 1:22:35.720 --> 1:22:38.240 say like, hey, I'm not getting this code that I need, 1:22:38.880 --> 1:22:40.600 and there's got to be a reason why I'm not 1:22:40.640 --> 1:22:42.800 getting this code. Yeah it isn't LA, Yeah it was 1:22:42.840 --> 1:22:46.960 a company. But do me a favor, Renee. Go to 1:22:47.000 --> 1:22:50.599 my website, email me with your information, and I will 1:22:50.600 --> 1:22:52.680 try to get in touch with the True connect as 1:22:52.680 --> 1:22:54.160 well and see if we can get to the bottom 1:22:54.200 --> 1:22:57.360 of this. Because you know, the reason why I say 1:22:57.360 --> 1:22:59.639 that is because I want to know why this is happening, 1:22:59.680 --> 1:23:01.760 because if it's happening to you, it's probably happening to 1:23:01.800 --> 1:23:04.240 other people. And it may be that True Connects is 1:23:04.280 --> 1:23:08.400 just blocking a swath of confirmation codes for protection or 1:23:08.439 --> 1:23:11.439 something like that. So there are reasons for this stuff, 1:23:11.479 --> 1:23:13.320 but you got to you got to figure out how 1:23:13.320 --> 1:23:15.400 to work through them, because you need access to your 1:23:15.400 --> 1:23:18.400 bank account, don't you. Eight to eight rich one O 1:23:18.520 --> 1:23:22.639 one eight eight eight seven four two four one zero one. 1:23:23.760 --> 1:23:25.840 Coming up this hour, we're going to talk to Jefferson 1:23:25.880 --> 1:23:28.640 Graham about taking the best pictures you can of the 1:23:28.680 --> 1:23:33.960 total solar eclipse. This is rich on Tech. Welcome back 1:23:33.960 --> 1:23:36.400 to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 1:23:36.560 --> 1:23:43.160 talking technology. A couple things of note this week, Apple 1:23:43.240 --> 1:23:48.639 announced WWDC going to be held June tenth. June tenth 1:23:48.800 --> 1:23:51.080 is the date when we will now learn about the 1:23:51.120 --> 1:23:56.040 new features of the next software for iOS. So iOS 1:23:56.120 --> 1:23:59.240 eighteen will also see the new features for the iPad, 1:23:59.439 --> 1:24:04.040 the max Watch OS, tvOS, and Vision Os. This will 1:24:04.040 --> 1:24:05.760 be interesting because we're gonna get some We're gonna get 1:24:05.800 --> 1:24:09.680 basically our first update on Apple Vision Pro. We have 1:24:09.720 --> 1:24:12.880 not heard anything. Apple's been sort of radio silent about 1:24:12.960 --> 1:24:16.280 vision Pro since its launch. I think it's definitely been 1:24:17.840 --> 1:24:22.639 less what's the term. It probably has not been as 1:24:23.960 --> 1:24:26.880 fruitful as they have Maybe they didn't think it would be. 1:24:26.920 --> 1:24:29.360 I don't know, because it's just it's a very expensive product, 1:24:29.840 --> 1:24:31.840 so that's that's kind of tricky. But anyway, we will 1:24:31.880 --> 1:24:33.800 hear more about that on June tenth. I think for 1:24:33.960 --> 1:24:37.280 most people, the features of iOS eighteen will probably be 1:24:37.360 --> 1:24:41.080 most notable. Now. One feature that is already being rumored 1:24:41.280 --> 1:24:45.559 is This is from Mark German at Bloomberg. He says 1:24:45.640 --> 1:24:50.160 that the next version of iOS eighteen will bring a 1:24:50.400 --> 1:24:52.800 major change to the home screen. You will be able 1:24:52.840 --> 1:24:56.360 to move your apps anywhere you want. You can place 1:24:56.439 --> 1:24:59.479 them freely on the grid instead of having them lined up, 1:24:59.560 --> 1:25:02.960 something that it's been an Android feature since day one. Now. 1:25:02.960 --> 1:25:07.080 The other rumor is that Google Ai may be integrated 1:25:07.160 --> 1:25:10.559 into the next version of IOSA teen. So that'll be 1:25:10.560 --> 1:25:15.240 interesting because you know, we know those are frenemies. Let's 1:25:15.240 --> 1:25:18.080 see midge rights in Hey, Rich, I'm going out of town. 1:25:18.120 --> 1:25:20.720 I'm taking an iPad that only works on Wi Fi 1:25:20.800 --> 1:25:23.599 since I don't pay for cellular data. Of course I'm 1:25:23.600 --> 1:25:25.719 taking my iPhone. Do I need to use the VPN 1:25:25.760 --> 1:25:27.840 on my iPad on the hotel Wi Fi if I 1:25:27.880 --> 1:25:30.800 only use it to play games and downloaded movies? Do 1:25:30.880 --> 1:25:32.640 I need to use the VPN on my phone if 1:25:32.680 --> 1:25:35.360 I only use it to check email, Facebook and one game? 1:25:35.840 --> 1:25:37.679 I also may have to get on my banking app 1:25:37.720 --> 1:25:40.840 while I'm away. Or should I just connect to the 1:25:40.840 --> 1:25:42.759 hotel Wi Fi and use the VPN on my phone. 1:25:42.800 --> 1:25:44.760 I don't really like paying ninety nine dollars a year 1:25:44.800 --> 1:25:46.680 for my VPN if I only use it once or 1:25:46.720 --> 1:25:50.120 twice when I go out of town. Happy Easter, Midge. Well, 1:25:50.160 --> 1:25:53.240 Happy Easter Midge to you as well. Here's the thing, 1:25:53.280 --> 1:25:56.880 here's my rule of thumb with VPNs. I think number 1:25:56.880 --> 1:25:59.439 one my rule of thumb is that I almost never 1:25:59.439 --> 1:26:01.640 connect to one I find unless I have to. So 1:26:01.760 --> 1:26:04.160 on my phone, I have an unlimited data plan. I 1:26:04.200 --> 1:26:06.720 will use that as much as possible, because why am 1:26:06.760 --> 1:26:10.240 I trying to save my telephone company from the data? 1:26:10.360 --> 1:26:12.200 Like I want to use as much as possible because 1:26:12.240 --> 1:26:14.519 I'm paying a lot for that. So if I have 1:26:14.560 --> 1:26:16.640 a good if I have a good cellular signal in 1:26:16.720 --> 1:26:19.800 my hotel room, I just stay on cellular. Now, with 1:26:19.840 --> 1:26:21.560 the iPad, of course, you will have to connect to 1:26:21.600 --> 1:26:24.600 the hotel Wi Fi. So I get that. Do you 1:26:24.640 --> 1:26:27.120 need to use your VPN in any of these situations? 1:26:27.200 --> 1:26:30.400 I would say, uh, if I think you never need 1:26:30.439 --> 1:26:32.959 to use a VPN on your phone if you're on cellular, 1:26:33.240 --> 1:26:36.800 because your cellular connection is very private and it's really 1:26:36.800 --> 1:26:39.639 a one to one connection with the phone company. Yeah, 1:26:39.680 --> 1:26:42.320 they can see everything you do, but that's okay if 1:26:42.760 --> 1:26:45.280 you don't care about that. Now, if you're trying to 1:26:45.320 --> 1:26:48.400 access like a you know, something specific, or you really 1:26:48.400 --> 1:26:50.320 want to cover your tracks, then yeah you can use 1:26:50.360 --> 1:26:53.040 a VPN. But when it comes to using a VPN 1:26:53.200 --> 1:26:57.120 on the UH you said to play games and downloaded movies. 1:26:57.160 --> 1:26:59.519 There's no reason for a VPN, And you know it's 1:26:59.560 --> 1:27:03.479 not as if hotel wi fi. Isn't it the setup 1:27:03.560 --> 1:27:05.600 of the Wi fi When you're going to these websites, 1:27:05.680 --> 1:27:08.479 most of them nowadays are secure anyway, so people aren't 1:27:08.520 --> 1:27:10.160 gonna be able to see what you're typing into Google 1:27:10.240 --> 1:27:12.920 or your email. But if you want that extra layer 1:27:12.960 --> 1:27:16.600 of anonymity, then yes, that is a good thing to 1:27:16.680 --> 1:27:19.640 use a VPN. Also, sometimes you just need to use 1:27:19.680 --> 1:27:21.240 a VPN if you're like in a different country and 1:27:21.240 --> 1:27:23.439 you want to access something that's not available there. So 1:27:23.479 --> 1:27:27.000 that's another reason. But with the only reason I would 1:27:27.000 --> 1:27:30.280 say to use a VPN is in this case, if 1:27:30.280 --> 1:27:33.040 you are on the hotel WiFi and you need to 1:27:33.120 --> 1:27:36.759 check your banking apps. So anything that's like sensitive private 1:27:36.840 --> 1:27:41.120 data like that, that's when I would say to do that. 1:27:41.120 --> 1:27:45.720 That's my recommendation, Madge. Thanks for the email. Barbara Wrights, Hey, Rich, 1:27:45.800 --> 1:27:48.000 I moved to Texas two years ago. I continue to 1:27:48.040 --> 1:27:50.920 listen to KFI. I can't find anything nearly as good here. 1:27:52.640 --> 1:27:54.680 I have a question I've recently gone to work for 1:27:54.760 --> 1:27:58.160 a licensed clinical social worker. We deal with veterans and 1:27:58.240 --> 1:28:00.680 send a ton of personal and clinical infos. She has 1:28:00.680 --> 1:28:03.000 asked me to figure out how to send secure or 1:28:03.080 --> 1:28:06.920 encrypted emails through Gmail. I've seen the confidential mode button, 1:28:06.960 --> 1:28:08.479 but I'm not sure if that's what we're looking for. 1:28:08.520 --> 1:28:10.000 We don't want to have to pay for a service 1:28:10.040 --> 1:28:13.479 which you have any suggestions, Love your show, Barbara, Yes, 1:28:13.600 --> 1:28:17.560 I do have a suggestion. I would use proton Mail. 1:28:17.640 --> 1:28:22.160 So proton Mail is free for a basic account. It 1:28:22.200 --> 1:28:25.800 is secure, it's private, and it will be separate from 1:28:25.880 --> 1:28:28.240 your personal Gmail. So I think that's important if you're 1:28:28.240 --> 1:28:30.120 working for a company and you want to keep things 1:28:30.200 --> 1:28:34.679 kind of separate. But proton Mail is encrypted by default. 1:28:35.200 --> 1:28:38.080 It is very very safe, it is very very private, 1:28:38.600 --> 1:28:40.840 and I think that is probably the best way to 1:28:40.920 --> 1:28:45.800 do this and pricing. It is free for one gig 1:28:45.840 --> 1:28:50.080 of storage, one user, and one email address, so you 1:28:50.160 --> 1:28:53.560 can set up a special email just for your practice, 1:28:54.040 --> 1:28:56.679 and it will be encrypted by default, it will be 1:28:56.920 --> 1:28:59.680 separate from your Gmail, and I think this will be 1:28:59.840 --> 1:29:03.040 a great way to go about it. So there is 1:29:03.479 --> 1:29:08.160 an encrypted There is like a confidential mode on Google 1:29:09.760 --> 1:29:12.400 but I don't really know what the deal is. Okay, No, 1:29:12.520 --> 1:29:16.880 confidential mode is different. Recipients won't have the option to forward, copy, print, 1:29:17.000 --> 1:29:20.400 or download this email, and you can require a passcode 1:29:20.439 --> 1:29:22.599 as well for that email. But I think that's more 1:29:22.640 --> 1:29:25.000 of a confidential mode. I don't think that's an encrypted, 1:29:25.120 --> 1:29:29.080 kind of very secure mode. So go with ProtonMail proton 1:29:29.240 --> 1:29:32.759 dot me and I've been using it. It's really great. 1:29:33.520 --> 1:29:35.360 Get it for free. You can upgrade, of course, you 1:29:35.400 --> 1:29:38.599 know everything's an upgrade. Coming up next, we are going 1:29:38.680 --> 1:29:41.400 to talk to Jefferson Graham of photo Walks TV about 1:29:41.479 --> 1:29:44.960 how to capture that amazing total solar eclipse on your smartphone. 1:29:45.000 --> 1:29:50.120 You're listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich 1:29:50.200 --> 1:29:52.719 On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking 1:29:52.840 --> 1:29:57.200 technology and joining me now is Jefferson Graham, formerly of 1:29:57.400 --> 1:30:01.160 USA Today. Now he runs a website and YouTube page 1:30:01.200 --> 1:30:04.719 called photo Walks TV, where he travels the world looking 1:30:04.760 --> 1:30:07.719 for the perfect picture. Jefferson, thanks so much for joining 1:30:07.720 --> 1:30:08.120 me today. 1:30:08.360 --> 1:30:09.800 Thanks for having me again. 1:30:09.960 --> 1:30:12.599 Explain what photo Walks TV is all about. 1:30:13.200 --> 1:30:16.599 Photo walks TV as I travel around looking for the Actually, 1:30:17.000 --> 1:30:18.000 I like your description. 1:30:18.080 --> 1:30:19.040 I think it's pretty cool. 1:30:19.200 --> 1:30:21.760 But it's a show where I go to great places 1:30:22.200 --> 1:30:25.599 and bring people along on a virtual photo walk and 1:30:25.840 --> 1:30:28.120 show them while we're there where to get the best 1:30:28.120 --> 1:30:31.600 shots and how to get cool photos on their smartphone 1:30:31.720 --> 1:30:35.840 using all the smartphone features that many people should know 1:30:35.920 --> 1:30:39.720 about but don't. So, for instance, we're upcoming next time, 1:30:39.720 --> 1:30:42.080 we're going to Carlsbad, California. I went to the flower 1:30:42.120 --> 1:30:45.360 fields and which are only open for two months, and 1:30:45.560 --> 1:30:48.000 I explored the flower fields and show them how to 1:30:48.040 --> 1:30:52.240 get great macro shots, great wide angle shots, and actually 1:30:52.240 --> 1:30:56.040 the best angle of all to get best pictures of flowers, 1:30:56.040 --> 1:30:58.640 which you wouldn't believe. But it's lying down on the 1:30:58.680 --> 1:30:59.920 ground and looking up at them. 1:31:00.640 --> 1:31:02.600 There you go. See, that's the kind of insights that 1:31:02.680 --> 1:31:06.200 you get. So today we're talking about the total solar eclipse. 1:31:06.680 --> 1:31:09.639 You went to the last one in twenty seventeen, where 1:31:09.960 --> 1:31:12.520 I'm not sure why, but I covered it for KTLA 1:31:12.600 --> 1:31:15.639 and I still had no idea why I wasn't interested 1:31:15.680 --> 1:31:17.960 in going to this thing. But this year I'm totally 1:31:17.960 --> 1:31:20.120 into it and I can't see it from Los Angeles. 1:31:20.520 --> 1:31:24.320 What makes witnessing a total solar eclipse such a unique 1:31:24.400 --> 1:31:26.599 experience it's an average day. 1:31:27.600 --> 1:31:30.799 The morning is out, the birds are chirping, the clouds 1:31:30.840 --> 1:31:33.719 are moving along, and all of a sudden it starts 1:31:33.760 --> 1:31:37.120 to get dim and dim and dim and dimmer, until 1:31:37.320 --> 1:31:40.800 within a vendit or so it's pitch black for a 1:31:40.840 --> 1:31:43.920 little bit, and then it's not, and then it brightens back. 1:31:43.880 --> 1:31:45.479 Up, and it all happens so fast. 1:31:45.760 --> 1:31:49.000 It's just a really exciting thing. It's like, imagine you're 1:31:49.000 --> 1:31:51.320 going too the greatest rock concert in the world and 1:31:52.160 --> 1:31:55.360 everybody is ooing and eyeing, and it's all communal experience. 1:31:55.439 --> 1:32:03.400 No matter where you go, whether that's in San Antonio, Austin, Texas, St. Lewis, Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis, Buffalo, 1:32:03.439 --> 1:32:06.080 New York, Niagara Falls, you will be surrounded by a 1:32:06.080 --> 1:32:10.040 lot of people with similar and you know, no politics, 1:32:10.160 --> 1:32:13.920 no red blue, nothing, just people marveling at being alive 1:32:14.360 --> 1:32:16.080 and experience this thing together. 1:32:16.640 --> 1:32:19.160 Wow. This truly is a rarity. So for the average 1:32:19.160 --> 1:32:22.280 person that wants to capture this, their smartphone is going 1:32:22.320 --> 1:32:25.240 to be their camera. Yes, you have the professional photographers 1:32:25.280 --> 1:32:27.679 that know what they're doing, but for the rest of us, 1:32:28.280 --> 1:32:30.479 what do you think is the best way of going 1:32:30.520 --> 1:32:33.559 about taking a picture? Of the sun. Do you recommend 1:32:33.600 --> 1:32:33.960 doing that? 1:32:34.720 --> 1:32:36.559 Well, first of all, you're going to need a solar 1:32:36.600 --> 1:32:39.479 filter to put over your lens on the phone, and 1:32:39.520 --> 1:32:42.040 you need solar glasses, so we didn't mention that, but 1:32:42.120 --> 1:32:44.120 it's very important. You did not want to be looking 1:32:44.400 --> 1:32:48.160 at the sun without protection, So we start there. Can 1:32:48.200 --> 1:32:50.840 you get a good picture of the sun if you 1:32:50.960 --> 1:32:54.920 have a late model iPhone or Galaxy which have either 1:32:54.960 --> 1:32:57.479 a five x actually the pixel does as well five 1:32:57.680 --> 1:33:01.160 X or ten X lenses, you can get a decent shot, 1:33:01.560 --> 1:33:03.719 not a great shot. If you don't have the iPhone 1:33:03.720 --> 1:33:06.600 fifteen Pro, if you don't have the Samsung S twenty one, 1:33:06.720 --> 1:33:08.960 S twenty two or S twenty three, or the Google 1:33:09.040 --> 1:33:13.280 Pixel eight Pro, you're gonna if you're not going to 1:33:13.360 --> 1:33:16.639 be your shot will just not be very good because 1:33:16.920 --> 1:33:19.400 it's going to be a lot smaller. I would focus 1:33:19.520 --> 1:33:22.240 on the action. I would focus on the scene. I 1:33:22.240 --> 1:33:25.320 would focus on the people wearing glasses, all looking up 1:33:25.400 --> 1:33:28.759 and ooing an eye, looking at the crazy clothes they're wearing, 1:33:29.080 --> 1:33:31.479 and how they're responding and how they're acting, and just 1:33:31.760 --> 1:33:33.920 you know, you're part of a scene. Document the scene, 1:33:34.040 --> 1:33:35.920 and that's what you're going to see. Even if you 1:33:36.000 --> 1:33:38.400 go to NASA dot gov, the first picture you're going 1:33:38.400 --> 1:33:40.800 to see is if a kid wearing glasses looking up. 1:33:41.000 --> 1:33:43.200 So what are the best features on the phone to 1:33:43.280 --> 1:33:44.000 make use of? 1:33:44.720 --> 1:33:49.120 Okay, So the iPhone and the Galaxy both have a 1:33:49.160 --> 1:33:52.080 feature called burst Mode that lets you stop action and 1:33:52.120 --> 1:33:56.280 take dozens and dozens of shots at once, and it's 1:33:56.360 --> 1:33:58.559 really good and most people don't know about it. They 1:33:58.600 --> 1:34:02.160 don't use it. On the iPhone, in the photo app, 1:34:02.680 --> 1:34:06.599 you swipe the shutter button to the left and start 1:34:06.640 --> 1:34:09.400 taking pictures that way, or you use the top volume 1:34:09.479 --> 1:34:12.200 left button and that will let you do burst. On 1:34:12.280 --> 1:34:14.960 the Galaxy, you take the shutter button and you make 1:34:15.000 --> 1:34:15.559 it go down. 1:34:15.880 --> 1:34:18.600 Okay, so hold on if you're holding your phone horizontally, 1:34:18.680 --> 1:34:20.760 which is the way that I typically hold it, but 1:34:20.800 --> 1:34:22.599 I know a lot of people will be taking them vertical. 1:34:22.880 --> 1:34:25.679 So I tested this out. On the iPhone, you drag 1:34:25.880 --> 1:34:30.040 the shutter button down. On the Samsung, you drag the 1:34:30.080 --> 1:34:32.120 shutter button to the right. That is, if you are 1:34:32.160 --> 1:34:36.240 holding the phone in a horizontal position. So, and I 1:34:36.320 --> 1:34:38.840 will be honest, I forgot about burst mode because I 1:34:38.960 --> 1:34:41.600 rarely use it anymore. But yeah, it takes up to 1:34:41.680 --> 1:34:45.280 like one hundred pictures in quick succession, and then you 1:34:45.280 --> 1:34:47.800 can just go through and figure out the best picture later. 1:34:47.920 --> 1:34:51.240 Instead of trying to get the best picture at that 1:34:51.400 --> 1:34:53.559 very moment, you're just taking a whole bunch of them now. 1:34:53.600 --> 1:34:55.760 The other thing is that you can shoot video and 1:34:55.800 --> 1:34:58.479 take photos at the same time. Most people don't realize this, 1:34:58.800 --> 1:35:02.200 but when you start recording video on any of these phones, 1:35:02.439 --> 1:35:05.519 a white button will come up next to the red button, 1:35:05.800 --> 1:35:08.800 so you can be shooting video of the eclipse and 1:35:08.880 --> 1:35:12.599 taking photos at the same time. That's what I would do, okay, 1:35:12.920 --> 1:35:15.000 because I actually think that the video is worth more 1:35:15.040 --> 1:35:15.679 than the picture. 1:35:15.840 --> 1:35:18.799 What about a time lapse? Do you recommend a time lapse? 1:35:18.920 --> 1:35:21.479 Is that too tricky to try to do in this situation? 1:35:21.800 --> 1:35:23.799 It's not tricky at all. It's one of the easiest 1:35:23.800 --> 1:35:26.800 things to do on a smartphone. Your phone has to 1:35:26.800 --> 1:35:29.240 be on a tripod. But when you're doing it, you 1:35:29.560 --> 1:35:32.360 open up the camera app on the iPhone, you swipe 1:35:32.400 --> 1:35:34.719 all the way to the left and the first choice 1:35:34.760 --> 1:35:38.000 is time lapse. You compose your image, you press record 1:35:38.160 --> 1:35:41.160 and just let it go. And on the Galaxy they 1:35:41.200 --> 1:35:43.439 call it hyper laps and it's in the more section. 1:35:43.960 --> 1:35:46.200 Ah, so they don't call it time laps on the galaxy, 1:35:46.200 --> 1:35:49.200 it's called hyper laps. That's good to know. So any 1:35:49.200 --> 1:35:52.479 other tips. You mentioned the filter, the solar filter that 1:35:52.520 --> 1:35:55.519 should be over your lenses. What's kind of the official 1:35:55.600 --> 1:35:58.920 stance on whether you can just aim your phone at 1:35:58.920 --> 1:36:01.600 the sun. Will it ruin the lenses forever? I know 1:36:01.640 --> 1:36:04.000 we can't look at them with our eyes, but can 1:36:04.040 --> 1:36:05.320 our phones look at them? 1:36:05.640 --> 1:36:09.920 You can go wide angle without the filter. If you 1:36:10.040 --> 1:36:13.000 do telephoto and you zoom in on the sun, it 1:36:13.040 --> 1:36:16.040 will ruin the telephoto lens. And for the five to 1:36:16.080 --> 1:36:18.400 ten dollars it'll cost you to buy the solar filter. 1:36:18.680 --> 1:36:22.360 There's still time camera stores sell them. Amazon has them. 1:36:22.840 --> 1:36:25.679 You had nothing to lose by taping that filter over 1:36:25.840 --> 1:36:26.479 the lenses. 1:36:27.200 --> 1:36:30.360 Okay, so you need a small tripod. You can get 1:36:30.360 --> 1:36:33.400 a lightweight tripod. You need a mount for your phone 1:36:33.560 --> 1:36:36.000 on that tripod because it's not going to connect all 1:36:36.040 --> 1:36:39.080 by itself unless you get a tripod that is specifically 1:36:39.120 --> 1:36:40.640 for that. And I'll link some of these up on 1:36:40.680 --> 1:36:43.439 my website rich on tech dot TV slash shop. You've 1:36:43.439 --> 1:36:47.600 traveled around taking these pictures on the smartphone. Do you 1:36:47.880 --> 1:36:50.760 find a need for a regular camera anymore. Do you 1:36:50.800 --> 1:36:54.599 think that people still need a regular camera for everyday travel. 1:36:55.160 --> 1:36:57.479 For travel photography, you did not need a big camera. 1:36:58.680 --> 1:37:02.320 I have gone to Paris, I've gone to Japan, I've 1:37:02.360 --> 1:37:04.799 gone to a British Columbia, I've gone to Nova, Scotia, 1:37:04.920 --> 1:37:07.960 taking nothing but an iPhone. I do the entire Photo 1:37:08.000 --> 1:37:11.000 Walk series on a phone, figuring that this is the phone, 1:37:11.080 --> 1:37:13.040 this is the camera that everybody will be using, so 1:37:13.080 --> 1:37:16.719 that's why I'm using it. I've never had an issue 1:37:16.880 --> 1:37:19.479 where I couldn't get a great wide shot. I couldn't 1:37:19.520 --> 1:37:22.960 do street photography. It's all there. I have an ultra wide, 1:37:23.000 --> 1:37:25.439 a wide angle, and a telephoto lens. The only thing 1:37:25.479 --> 1:37:28.439 you can't do is shoot sports. If you wanted to 1:37:28.479 --> 1:37:30.599 do get a close up of a football player at 1:37:30.600 --> 1:37:33.320 the Super Bowl, forget about it. If you want to 1:37:33.360 --> 1:37:37.040 do a school play and it's very dark in there, 1:37:37.120 --> 1:37:39.320 it's not going to be great. But those are the 1:37:39.360 --> 1:37:43.080 two instances where it's not great. Everywhere else I do 1:37:43.280 --> 1:37:43.760 really good. 1:37:44.320 --> 1:37:48.080 And I know that you carry around a Samsung Galaxy 1:37:48.200 --> 1:37:52.000 and also an iPhone. Have you noticed a major difference 1:37:52.040 --> 1:37:54.519 between those two devices at this point in time. 1:37:55.160 --> 1:37:57.599 The major difference with the Galaxy is that they've got 1:37:57.720 --> 1:38:01.160 a zoom lens, a telephoto that's twice as big as 1:38:01.200 --> 1:38:04.880 the iPhone, So it's TENX versus the iPhone's five X 1:38:05.080 --> 1:38:08.280 that's on the old Galaxy. Because I got last year's model, 1:38:08.320 --> 1:38:11.360 the S twenty three. On the S twenty four, they dumbly, 1:38:11.840 --> 1:38:14.880 stupidly decided we don't need ten X anymore, We'll just 1:38:14.960 --> 1:38:18.280 do five X because nobody's using tenx, to which I say, 1:38:18.479 --> 1:38:20.760 how do you know? Because I use it all the time. 1:38:21.479 --> 1:38:24.080 What about the quality of the pictures? Are you noticing 1:38:24.120 --> 1:38:27.519 a major difference. I think the iPhone pictures are better, 1:38:27.800 --> 1:38:30.760 and I think the iPhone videos are definitely better, but 1:38:30.920 --> 1:38:32.480 I just have it for the telephoto. 1:38:32.640 --> 1:38:35.040 Two websites I wanted to mention that I think are 1:38:35.120 --> 1:38:40.040 really cool. Number one eclipsetracks dot org. So this is 1:38:41.040 --> 1:38:45.120 an interactive solar eclipse website that gives you a big 1:38:45.240 --> 1:38:47.920 kind of three D look at the world and it 1:38:48.000 --> 1:38:50.559 shows you the path of the eclipse. The other app 1:38:50.560 --> 1:38:52.760 that I think is really cool is called the Eclipse 1:38:52.800 --> 1:38:57.479 App the Eclipse Dot Company, and it's got this great 1:38:57.520 --> 1:39:00.599 app that lets you find different places to go to 1:39:00.600 --> 1:39:03.960 to actually experience the eclipse, but also it will give 1:39:04.000 --> 1:39:08.200 you a countdown to totality. Jefferson Graham, where can folks 1:39:08.240 --> 1:39:09.480 find you online? 1:39:10.000 --> 1:39:15.080 Photo walkstv dot com, Jefferson Graham dot net and on 1:39:15.120 --> 1:39:17.559 YouTube at YouTube dot com slash photo Walks TV. 1:39:18.040 --> 1:39:20.559 Thanks so much for joining me today. Thanks for having me, 1:39:20.760 --> 1:39:24.400 Jefferson Graham of Photo Walks TV. You are listening to 1:39:24.680 --> 1:39:26.960 rich on Tech. Coming up, We're gonna open up the 1:39:27.000 --> 1:39:33.080 feedback back after this. Welcome back to rich On Tech. 1:39:33.160 --> 1:39:36.240 Rich DeMuro here with the most people I've ever had 1:39:36.600 --> 1:39:41.439 in the studio. Can you guys make some noise? I 1:39:41.479 --> 1:39:44.920 think this is like the rich Morning Zoo at this point. 1:39:45.439 --> 1:39:49.720 I've got my mom here, my kid Parker Tanner, my 1:39:49.800 --> 1:39:54.240 wife Lindsey. It's a family affair here. Welcome back to 1:39:54.280 --> 1:39:57.639 the show. So my mom is in from New Jersey 1:39:57.920 --> 1:40:02.519 and I put the Apple Vision Pro on you today. 1:40:03.160 --> 1:40:06.280 This is Apple's VR headset. What was your impression of that. 1:40:06.479 --> 1:40:07.599 You got to get right on the mic. 1:40:07.920 --> 1:40:12.880 Oh okay, at first, it was a little scary having 1:40:12.920 --> 1:40:18.320 that on your head and having to click, like click 1:40:18.360 --> 1:40:22.880 your fingers and try to maneuver all of that was 1:40:22.920 --> 1:40:23.719 a little scary. 1:40:24.560 --> 1:40:26.200 Okay, you said it was claustrophobic. 1:40:26.920 --> 1:40:28.720 Yeah, well I'm a little claustrophobic. 1:40:28.840 --> 1:40:30.560 So but what do you think of the experience? I 1:40:30.600 --> 1:40:32.120 mean the fact that is that the first time you 1:40:32.160 --> 1:40:34.800 ever tried VR? Yes, and what do you think? 1:40:34.840 --> 1:40:37.040 I mean, it's pretty I mean it was pretty amazing. 1:40:37.600 --> 1:40:41.599 I mean seeing dinosaurs moving towards you. That was really cool. 1:40:42.479 --> 1:40:47.400 Looking around like you're on mountains and over water. It 1:40:47.479 --> 1:40:52.799 reminded me of a Disney ride, like the virtual rides. 1:40:53.160 --> 1:40:54.080 That kind of. 1:40:54.000 --> 1:40:56.000 Reminded me of You tried being on the moon? 1:40:56.560 --> 1:41:02.000 Yes, I was on the moon. Hello twenty four. 1:41:03.439 --> 1:41:06.479 You also were on the top of a mountain. Let's see, 1:41:06.560 --> 1:41:08.000 let's see if the. 1:41:08.040 --> 1:41:10.559 Top of the mountain was pretty scary. 1:41:10.640 --> 1:41:12.360 Let's see if we can hear this. Let's see this 1:41:12.520 --> 1:41:14.800 was you. Isn't that where? Doesn't it feel like you're 1:41:14.840 --> 1:41:15.479 up there? That's a why? 1:41:15.600 --> 1:41:15.800 Yes? 1:41:16.840 --> 1:41:18.000 And you can look up down? 1:41:18.600 --> 1:41:21.880 Oh my god, this is really crazy. 1:41:22.400 --> 1:41:25.439 That was you. I think they need to have, like 1:41:25.479 --> 1:41:27.439 I'm sure they do on TikTok, they should have like 1:41:27.479 --> 1:41:30.000 accounts of people just trying VR for the first time, 1:41:30.000 --> 1:41:32.960 because it is it tricks your brain. It really feels 1:41:32.960 --> 1:41:35.160 like you're immersed in this different world. Yeah, you feel 1:41:35.240 --> 1:41:37.560 like you're there. I mean it is a really I 1:41:37.600 --> 1:41:42.200 would say it's surreal. Yeah, it's different. But Tanner wants 1:41:42.200 --> 1:41:44.360 the floor. What are you trying to say? You don't 1:41:44.360 --> 1:41:47.440 have a microphone. You got to go over to this microphone. 1:41:48.160 --> 1:41:50.160 This is like the again, I don't know what my 1:41:50.240 --> 1:41:52.320 kid is going to say here, So I don't know 1:41:52.320 --> 1:41:53.960 if I should give him bobo be ready with the 1:41:54.840 --> 1:41:57.799 dump button here? What are you going to say? Tanner? 1:41:58.000 --> 1:42:05.840 Okay, the Apple Vision proh is interesting. Apple Their name 1:42:05.960 --> 1:42:08.599 is just interesting. I like it because like their logo 1:42:08.800 --> 1:42:12.920 has like a little bite, but the Apple Vision pro 1:42:13.400 --> 1:42:16.360 just has like a whole new name sound Vision Pro. 1:42:16.680 --> 1:42:19.760 Like it sounds like you're like a billionaire who like 1:42:19.960 --> 1:42:23.400 literally bought like a yacht and like you can do 1:42:23.479 --> 1:42:28.160 anything on there. Like it's it just like ruins my brain. 1:42:28.240 --> 1:42:31.040 I'm like, what, like how does that work? 1:42:31.240 --> 1:42:34.040 Like, yeah, you've tried it on, You've tried it. 1:42:34.080 --> 1:42:37.840 I really don't get it because like it just doesn't 1:42:37.840 --> 1:42:40.280 make sense. How does it look so real? 1:42:40.439 --> 1:42:43.160 I don't I don't know. It's a mystery. It's a mystery. 1:42:43.160 --> 1:42:46.880 Of life. Well, we're gonna continue to figure that out. 1:42:46.920 --> 1:42:49.799 I think the Apple Vision Pro is an incredible device. 1:42:51.040 --> 1:42:53.640 It's just one of these things that it's so expensive 1:42:53.720 --> 1:42:56.000 that you know, it's tough for the average person to 1:42:56.479 --> 1:42:58.360 try it, and you can go to the Apple store 1:42:58.360 --> 1:43:01.680 and check it out. But again, and it's just it is. 1:43:01.840 --> 1:43:04.759 It's quite incredible. And I will say for my mom, 1:43:05.000 --> 1:43:06.920 you know, you figured out the kind of the eye 1:43:07.000 --> 1:43:09.080 tracking and the finger movement. It took a little bit, 1:43:09.200 --> 1:43:10.080 but you did figure. 1:43:09.880 --> 1:43:10.519 Out at times. 1:43:10.800 --> 1:43:13.519 I had yeah, practice all right, before we get to 1:43:13.560 --> 1:43:16.280 the feedback, let me let me get through a couple 1:43:16.400 --> 1:43:19.840 things here. Number one, Uber has introduced a car seat option. 1:43:20.479 --> 1:43:23.599 So Uber car Seat is now available in New York City, 1:43:23.640 --> 1:43:27.600 Los Angeles, Orlando, and Washington, d C. Lindsey, this is 1:43:27.640 --> 1:43:31.479 my wife. How many times have we needed to bring 1:43:31.560 --> 1:43:33.960 a what do we call it a bubble bum? 1:43:34.000 --> 1:43:35.720 I think it was called that, but it's been a 1:43:35.760 --> 1:43:37.840 few years since we had to use that. 1:43:37.960 --> 1:43:40.479 But it was like a blow up booster seat that 1:43:40.560 --> 1:43:43.639 you could use in ubers. Yeah, yeah, we did. I mean, look, 1:43:43.680 --> 1:43:45.679 some parents, when you're going to the airport, you gotta 1:43:45.880 --> 1:43:47.720 you know, you don't want to bring like a real sea. 1:43:47.880 --> 1:43:50.960 So now in New York and LA the service includes 1:43:51.000 --> 1:43:54.719 a special type of convertible seat for kids between five 1:43:54.760 --> 1:43:58.880 and sixty five pounds. It is a ten dollars surcharge. Now, 1:43:58.920 --> 1:44:01.040 the problem is if you're not bringing the bubble bum 1:44:01.320 --> 1:44:03.800 when you land wherever you're going. You know, if you're 1:44:03.800 --> 1:44:05.680 taking this to the airport, you don't have a way 1:44:05.720 --> 1:44:07.639 to get your kid from the airport to your hotel. 1:44:08.160 --> 1:44:11.240 But we did that many many times. Oh my gosh. 1:44:12.120 --> 1:44:14.840 If you have Disney Plus, they have now integrated Hulu 1:44:14.880 --> 1:44:18.400 into the app. If you notice the app has changed, Parker, 1:44:18.439 --> 1:44:20.080 you can chime in on this one. What color is 1:44:20.120 --> 1:44:20.679 the new logo? 1:44:21.400 --> 1:44:25.200 The new logo is like a blue black, And I 1:44:25.200 --> 1:44:27.640 think it's very interesting because the last one was just 1:44:27.680 --> 1:44:29.000 like plain old blue. 1:44:29.400 --> 1:44:31.080 It's a much different kind of look. 1:44:31.360 --> 1:44:33.840 It brings it out. And immediately when I saw it, 1:44:33.880 --> 1:44:35.960 I said, is a TV something like it's like the 1:44:36.000 --> 1:44:36.759 color on the TV. 1:44:36.880 --> 1:44:37.160 Wrong. 1:44:37.520 --> 1:44:39.519 I really didn't know, and then I had to ask 1:44:39.520 --> 1:44:41.400 my dad and he said, the logo change. 1:44:41.960 --> 1:44:45.160 They merged Hulu green with Disney Blue, so it's like 1:44:45.160 --> 1:44:46.439 a mix of those two colors. 1:44:46.600 --> 1:44:48.760 It's very interesting. But I do like it. I think 1:44:48.760 --> 1:44:50.840 it's much different. I think it's a good change. 1:44:50.840 --> 1:44:53.000 All right, here's the thing to know about this, So 1:44:53.040 --> 1:44:55.680 if you have Disney Plus, you'll see the Hulu shows 1:44:55.760 --> 1:44:58.200 on your screen, and when you search, you just don't 1:44:58.200 --> 1:45:01.400 have access to them unless you actually to Hulu. So 1:45:01.479 --> 1:45:03.240 I think this is good for people that have Disney 1:45:03.240 --> 1:45:04.920 Plus because if you search for a show that you 1:45:05.000 --> 1:45:07.880 heard of and it happens to be on Hulu, you'd 1:45:07.880 --> 1:45:09.800 be able to watch that, but they would still push 1:45:09.800 --> 1:45:11.800 you to subscribe. So it's kind of at the end 1:45:11.840 --> 1:45:14.800 of the day, this is very smart marketing because if 1:45:15.040 --> 1:45:16.639 you know, if you're searching for a show and it's 1:45:16.680 --> 1:45:19.200 on Hulu and you're on Disney Plus, and you would 1:45:19.200 --> 1:45:21.960 never know that it's available if you didn't find it 1:45:22.000 --> 1:45:25.360 on there. As you know, I'm obsessed with these solar eclipse. 1:45:25.439 --> 1:45:29.519 There is a great website called x Karta Solar Eclipse Tracker, 1:45:30.120 --> 1:45:33.360 and this show's cloud cover and you use AI to 1:45:33.400 --> 1:45:35.280 figure out the cloud cover where you're going to go. 1:45:35.320 --> 1:45:37.080 So if you're going on a trip to see the 1:45:37.120 --> 1:45:39.360 solar eclipse, I'm going to have to put the link 1:45:39.400 --> 1:45:43.160 on the website. But it's Xkarta dot io x e 1:45:43.479 --> 1:45:46.240 x c A r t A dot io and it's 1:45:46.360 --> 1:45:49.439 really great. They show you the AI cloud cover estimate 1:45:49.800 --> 1:45:53.759 three point seven million people expected to travel to the eclipse. 1:45:53.800 --> 1:45:56.680 I emailed my friend in Cleveland because I said, hey, 1:45:56.680 --> 1:45:58.680 I might come to Cleveland, and he said, oh, it's 1:45:58.680 --> 1:46:01.200 a circus here. We're doing three stories a day on 1:46:01.240 --> 1:46:04.559 the eclipse and they're expecting almost five hundred thousand people there, 1:46:04.600 --> 1:46:08.320 one hundred to five hundred thousand. And finally, Visio eighty 1:46:08.400 --> 1:46:12.439 six inch four KTV for nine hundred and ninety nine dollars. 1:46:12.880 --> 1:46:15.760 I think Visio was the strong early contender with all 1:46:15.760 --> 1:46:18.840 these TVs, and they are now trying to get back 1:46:18.840 --> 1:46:20.360 in the game with a nine hundred and ninety nine 1:46:20.360 --> 1:46:24.160 dollars eighty six inch TV. Let's get to some feedback 1:46:24.200 --> 1:46:27.360 before we have to go here, Chuckfish. Chuck says, hey, 1:46:27.479 --> 1:46:33.080 rich Amazon, they're providing no additional services or just another pharmacy. 1:46:33.120 --> 1:46:35.519 Their focus is on Mars and not people on Earth. 1:46:35.800 --> 1:46:37.560 The last thing we need is to turn more of 1:46:37.640 --> 1:46:39.639 our life over to one man. I think the website 1:46:39.680 --> 1:46:44.120 should be cult dot Amazon dot com. Whoo. I guess 1:46:44.200 --> 1:46:47.439 Chuck will not be using Amazon pharmacy. Denise says, Hey, Rich, 1:46:47.479 --> 1:46:49.320 I love your newsletter, your tech reports. I'm not a 1:46:49.320 --> 1:46:51.920 podcast person, but I'm sure someday I'll tune in. At 1:46:51.920 --> 1:46:55.240 nearly seventy next month, I am still happy with AOL. Yes, 1:46:55.360 --> 1:46:57.240 note my email address. I have a Gmail, but I 1:46:57.240 --> 1:46:59.720 don't care for it. As a manager for USPS, we 1:46:59.840 --> 1:47:01.880 use to use Outlook. That was okay, but a weall's 1:47:01.920 --> 1:47:04.479 my main thing. Oh in my landline, I can't believe 1:47:04.520 --> 1:47:06.959 I may be losing that. Yes, I'm showing my age. 1:47:07.320 --> 1:47:10.280 Happy Easter to you and your family. Denise, Mom, what 1:47:10.360 --> 1:47:14.000 do you have? What do you love? AOL? Yep, Larry says, 1:47:14.080 --> 1:47:15.439 just to shout out and a big thank you to 1:47:15.560 --> 1:47:18.040 Rich Demiro. Love listening to your podcast and always learning. 1:47:18.120 --> 1:47:21.519 I think your style of simple communication makes everything you 1:47:21.600 --> 1:47:25.880 broadcast very user friendly. Much obliged, sir, Thanks again, best 1:47:25.880 --> 1:47:32.200 wishes for continued success. I'm still waiting for that success, Larry, No, 1:47:32.439 --> 1:47:34.720 thank you. If you can believe it, that's going to 1:47:34.800 --> 1:47:36.160 do it. For this episode of the show, you can 1:47:36.160 --> 1:47:38.479 find links to everything I mentioned on my website. Just 1:47:38.479 --> 1:47:40.840 go to Rich on tech dot tv For the show notes. 1:47:41.120 --> 1:47:43.880 You can find me on social media at rich On Tech. 1:47:43.960 --> 1:47:45.840 Thanks so much for listening. There are so many ways 1:47:45.880 --> 1:47:48.320 you can spend your time. I do appreciate you spending 1:47:48.320 --> 1:47:50.639 it right here with me. Thanks to everyone who makes 1:47:50.640 --> 1:47:55.919 this show possible, and to everyone in the studio my mom, Tanner, Parker, Lindsey, Bobo, 1:47:56.439 --> 1:47:59.759 Kim on the phones, we got Bill. So many people 1:48:00.080 --> 1:48:02.720 make this show possible. Thank you so much. You guys 1:48:02.760 --> 1:48:04.760 can say goodbye, go ahead. My name is Richard Meire. 1:48:04.760 --> 1:48:06.280 I'll talk to you real soon. Say goodbye, go ahead. 1:48:06.360 --> 1:48:07.320 I happy ser