WEBVTT - Google's Monopoly, Travel Tech, and Solar Cars 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.960 Google is ruled a monopoly, so what does that mean 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:06.240 for your search? The app that can tell you about 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:11.320 flight delays even before the airlines themselves. Another streaming service 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:16.200 is raising prices and at rhymes with kidney plus. Your 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:19.360 tech questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro and 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:22.439 this is Rich on Tech. This is the show where 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:24.280 I talk about the tech stuff I think you should 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:26.400 know about. It's also the place where I answer your 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:30.400 questions about technology. I believe that tech should be interesting, 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:34.640 useful and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:38.720 triple A Rich one oh one. 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You need to figure out how 0:01:20.640 --> 0:01:23.240 to use them. It seems impossible to do that in 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:26.200 a efficient way. Points yet can help. We'll talk to 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:28.800 him a little bit later on. And then what about 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:32.000 the idea of a solar electric car. There is one 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:35.920 company that is working on one. Steve Fambreau of Aptera 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.319 Motors is going to join me to talk all about 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:45.960 the solar electric car. Well, this was a big week 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:49.280 for Google, and not in a good way. A federal 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:56.680 judge ruled that Google illegally maintained a monopoly in online search. Now, 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:59.560 usually when you hear about monopoly, you're thinking about the game. 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.080 This is no game, this is real. Now, Google, we 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:06.000 all know they have a lot of products. Google is 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:09.880 our Search is their largest product. It is a product 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:13.240 that makes them a majority of their income, even though 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.280 they have their hands in many other things. But this 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:20.359 was a big ruling against them. This is the first 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:24.920 major antitrust ruling against a tech, big tech company in 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:28.480 the modern Internet era. The last time this happened was 0:02:28.600 --> 0:02:33.920 Microsoft with Internet Explorer. Remember they installed Internet Explorer on 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.919 all of their Windows machines and people got up in 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:41.560 arms because Netscape was the big browser at the time, 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:45.160 and Microsoft said, hey, wait a second, we want a 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.720 little piece of that. And so they just went ahead 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.800 and installed Internet Explorer by default on all their Windows 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:54.440 machines and next thing you know, people were like, wait 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:55.840 a second, how can you do that? 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:56.680 Now? 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.560 That was a major turning point for Microsoft, to major 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.440 turning point for the Web, major turning point in so 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:07.320 many ways. But this is an interesting one with Google, 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:11.080 and here is where the judge had a big problem. 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:15.799 Google pays billions of dollars to be the default search 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:19.680 engine on devices like when you get a device from Apple, 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:24.040 you get a device from Samsung, a tablet, a phone, 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:28.240 and many other devices. Google has paid those companies many 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:32.800 times billions of dollars to be the default search engine, 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:36.440 and in particular, Apple is the one that is mentioned 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:38.520 many many times because I think they pay them some 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:43.000 upwards of twenty billion dollars a year or something like that. 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.840 I mean, it's just an incredible amount of money. And 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.840 so if they're paying them billions of dollars, imagine how 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:53.000 much Google is making in return. Because you don't just 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.600 pay something out and not make a return on that investment. 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.640 You make many, many times a return on that investment. 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:01.800 So the fact is Google being the default search engine 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:04.680 on these devices makes them a lot of money because 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:06.600 when you fire up your web browser and you search 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:09.360 for something, what happens You get those little links up 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:11.560 at the top that you click by mistake or maybe 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.240 you just click them because they're relevant, and Google makes 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:18.000 a lot of money off of those links. So this 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:21.560 case focused on Google's dominance in search, so nothing else 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.359 about the company, but really the dominance in search. And 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:28.000 I thought what was interesting is not only does Google 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:33.680 control not only does Google control like ninety percent of 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:37.279 the Internet search market, they're really good at it. So 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.200 the judge had no problem with the fact that Google 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:42.920 has a really good search engine. And in fact, there 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:46.760 was another story that came out surrounding this about Apple 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:51.159 and Microsoft. So I guess Microsoft came to Apple and said, hey, 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.320 can Bing be the default on the iPhone? And Apple 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.560 said to Microsoft, there is no money in the world 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:01.880 you can pay us to make Bing the default on 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.359 the iPhone because what would happen if you turned on 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:08.919 your iPhone and you had Bing as your default. You'd 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:12.080 not be happy because those results are just not the same. 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:15.000 They're just not as good as what Google delivers. So 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.159 the interesting part about this is that Google did this 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:22.200 and people didn't mind because they like Google and they 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:25.840 like the search results. But the problem is if you 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:28.880 are an advertiser, and this is where the anti trust 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:32.359 came in. Because Google was so dominant on all of 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:36.119 these devices, they could charge as much as they want 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:39.080 for those little links at the top of search. And 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.679 that is where the judge found the problem. He said, 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:45.159 because Google controls so much of the industry, and because 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:49.080 Google has such a stronghold on all these devices, when 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.640 a company goes to advertise on Google, Google can charge 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:56.600 whatever they want. They are left unchecked because where else 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:58.359 are you gonna go If you want to get in 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.719 front of all of those eyeballs, There is no other 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:01.440 place you can go. 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:02.800 You have to go to Google. 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:05.400 And Google knows that, and so they charge as much 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.960 as they want because there's really no alternative. And that 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:12.560 is the issue that they took with Google. Now I 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:14.800 would agree with this. I think that it is true. 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:19.240 We love Google. But yeah, if you've ever done a search, 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.560 you know, if you've ever bought search ads, and I've 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:27.159 helped small businesses do this, including my father's business. It 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.880 is basically just a spigot of money for Google. You 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.960 have no idea what's going on. You kind of set 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.520 a budget and next thing you know, Google just runs 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:38.840 through that budget and they say, Okay, you want to 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:40.279 do more. You want to do more, you want to 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.359 do more, and you don't know if it's working or not. 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.280 I mean, sometimes you can tell, but for a lot 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.120 of these businesses, they're just spending money and Google's just 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.200 collecting the money. And you don't know if you could 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.880 have better results somewhere else. Maybe you could go to Yelp, 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:56.080 maybe you can go I mean, where else would you go? 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.719 It's really just Google if you want to reach these 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:07.000 foot folks. Sorry, my phone, my phone keeps activating because 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:10.040 it keeps hearing me say Google, and so it is responding. 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:12.120 That's how powerful Google is. 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:14.880 It's even responding to what I'm saying right now here 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:18.000 on the radio. But that is what the judge found. 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:21.920 And so what's going to happen here? What's going to 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.440 happen we don't know. Is this judge going to try 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:26.040 to break up Google? Are they going to try to 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:30.320 separate Google's advertising business from Chrome? I mean, really, when 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:32.000 you look at Google, they have a couple of major 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.920 businesses that make them money, and I would say that's 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:40.160 probably YouTube and advertising. Those are the two main things 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:41.160 that make Google money. 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:41.600 Gmail. 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:44.240 I mean, that's just kind of that's just a way 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.560 to get people to use Google and some of the 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:49.560 other things they've worked on, you know, maybe some of 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:52.240 the web stuff and the cloud storage that's that's not 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:56.360 returned in a huge way like some other companies like Apple. 0:07:57.280 --> 0:08:00.560 Oh my gosh, they my. Google just keeps telling me 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:03.320 stuff right here. I thought you had to say, hey, Google, 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:03.720 are okay? 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:04.000 Google? 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:07.440 Apparently I can just say, oh my oh, I'm activating 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:08.200 Bobos too. 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:10.239 Oh my gosh. Okay. 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:13.520 So here is the question. There's two things I see here. 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:18.320 Number One, if you're talking about Google right now, I 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.600 think there are so many headwinds against them. Right So, 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:25.480 you've got Google, You've got Ai, which is coming along here. 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:27.640 And I would say Google is probably in the worst 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.240 position they have been in in a long time, because 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:32.280 if you think about it, who are you going to 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:36.000 go to for Ai? You're probably not going to Gemini 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.000 unless you see that little thing and it pops up, 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:40.560 You're probably going to chatch Ebt. So I think that 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.880 AI has the potential to upend twenty five years of 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:44.800 progress with Google. 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:45.280 We will see. 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:47.680 I mean, Google's putting a good fight in here. The 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.400 other question is if you had a choice, Let's say, 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:52.600 when you fired up your iPhone or when you fired 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:54.440 up your Samsung for the first time, it gave you 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:58.120 a choice screen and it said, Hey, which search engine 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:01.240 do you want as your default? Would you choose different one? Now, 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:03.000 for what it's worth, you can go in on the 0:09:03.040 --> 0:09:06.000 iPhone and choose a different search engine. You can go 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:09.640 into Settings, you can go into Safari and then search engine. 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.920 Now that your choices there are Google, Yahoo, Bing, Duck, 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:14.760 Duck Go, and Ekoshia. 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:16.360 I think that's how you say it. 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.120 For every search I think they plant like a tree, 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:22.640 or every ten searches whatever, they plant a tree. So 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:26.199 it's like an Earth friendly search engine. Would you choose 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.600 one of those over Google? I would personally not. I'm 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.520 sticking with Google. Un Android, you can open Chrome. You 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.480 can tap the three dots in the upper right hand 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:36.719 corner and then tap settings search Engine, and they give 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:40.480 you a choice of Google, Yahoo, Bing, Yan Dex. 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:45.160 What's yandex? Is that like the Russian one? I gotta 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.320 see what that is? Yand dex. Yeah, I think that's 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:51.439 the Russian search engine. Wow, I'm surprised that's a choice. 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.640 And Duck duck go again. I'm not switching to any 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:56.839 of those. I'm sticking to Google. That's why I like Chrome, 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.400 That's why I use Google. Now where it gets interesting is, 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:02.760 of course I'm using Google for search. But what am 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.400 I using for AI? I'm not using Google majority of 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:07.680 the time. What am I using I'm not even using 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:11.640 chat GBT. I'm using something called Claude from Anthropic. I 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:14.079 find it to be far superior to anything out there, 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:15.440 especially when it comes to text. 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.880 Anyway, big news for Google this week. We will see 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:22.720 what happens, any kind of punishment. It might take six 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:24.800 months to a year to find out. And Google, of 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:28.160 course disagrees with all of this, and they are appealing 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:31.960 that ruling. All right, Coming up on today's show, another 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:35.520 story about Google. They are killing Chrome casts after eleven years. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:37.800 It's not as crazy as it sounds, I'll explain. But 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.400 first your turn, your calls coming up at eight eight 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.160 eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:45.599 four to two four one zero one. My name is 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.760 Rich Dmuro and you are listening to Rich on Tech. 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:53.000 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:56.880 out with you, talking technology at Triple eight. Rich one 0:10:56.920 --> 0:11:01.160 oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four four one 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.400 zero one. Thanks for joining me today. I guess they're 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:06.959 the ending the show early with this song. 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:08.520 Now. 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:11.560 I'm just kidding, uh that the the intro was so 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.840 bad that they're like, no more, no more, Rich, Uh No, 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:17.360 I'm just kidding, but uh, it just goes to show 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:21.800 that uh G O O G L E is always listening, 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.520 so is s I R I and A L E 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.160 X A. Who would have thought that you would need 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:31.440 a degree in spelling to listen to a tech show, 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:35.040 but these uh, you know, it's funny my uh my 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:38.840 little uh what's it called a Google Home? That thing 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:41.080 now when you look at it, it listens to you. 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.880 And so every time you even go your eyes even 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:46.800 go near the thing, it just starts like in listening mode. 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:48.960 And my kid always walks by and he always says 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:50.839 to to it. He says, why are you listening to me? 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:51.880 Why are you listening? 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.480 But it's just what these things want to do. 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.960 Uh eighty eight Rich one O one eight eight eight 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.240 seven four two four one zero one the website for 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.840 the show richon tech dot TV. Let's go to Adam 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.240 in Orlando, Florida. Adam, you're on with Rich. 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.760 Hi, Rich, thank you for taking my call. I have 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:17.200 a question about an older Samsung TV that I have. 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:19.800 It's I think it was made in twenty seventeen or 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:24.120 twenty eighteen. It's a smart TV. I can use Netflix 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:28.760 and I'm and all the regular apps, but it has 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:35.480 a problem with the paramount Plus app. And so I 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.599 tried it on a newer TV that I have in 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:42.600 another room, and the Paramount Plus app works fine. So 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:46.560 I suspect it's my older TV that's having a problem 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:49.600 with it, even though the other apps work fine. And 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.040 I guess my question is I don't want to replace 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:55.560 the TV because it only is not working with the 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.920 Paramount Plus. But I'm wondering if there's a maybe a 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:05.960 less expensive way of figuring out this problem, maybe a firestick. 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.720 I don't want to use rokup. I don't have rokup, 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:10.280 but I don't want to use it because I don't 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:12.760 want to give them. I believe you have to use 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.440 a credit card number to use the Roku and I 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:17.920 don't want to do that, So I'm wondering what options 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:19.600 you may be aware of. 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:23.160 Okay, Well, first off, yeah, I mean number one. I'm 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.440 looking at the paramount plus support site and it does 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:29.920 say paramount plus works on twenty seventeen Samsung TVs and 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:34.079 newer running ties in so that sounds like your set 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.840 would fit that bill. So I would try to troubleshoot 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:38.640 this and get this thing working. I will tell you this, 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.720 in my experience, paramount Plus has the worst app of 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:45.720 any streaming service out there. I have the most issues 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.240 with it. It does not work half the time, I 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:51.600 can't get it to download to my devices, and it's 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:55.800 just overall really really poorly done. It stutters, it's just 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:58.520 not good. So with that said, once you get it 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:01.199 up and running, it's still not that greade of an experience. 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:05.120 But I think your model number is on the CUSP 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:08.480 pure so it may just be that it's fallen off support. 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.520 But it does say twenty seventeen models a newer it 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:15.080 does not give a specific model number for that Samsung TV. 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:17.560 So with that said, what I would do before you 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:23.200 go trying something else, I would uninstall this app and 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:26.200 then I would as much as you can update any 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:29.520 sort of operating system on that Samsung TV. I would 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.520 restart the TV, do like a nice restart where you 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:35.480 go into settings and restart it, not just you know, 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:39.440 turning it off and on, and then I would install 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:43.760 this app again and log in again and see if 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.120 it works. Then now, if none of that gets it 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:49.360 to work, then I would look into an alternative, and 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:53.760 I think the alternative is number one. Typically these TVs 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:57.640 have casting built in, so I would just download the 0:14:57.640 --> 0:15:01.960 Paramount Plus app on your phone and past the picture 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.400 to the TV. And usually all you have to do 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.680 is download the app, make sure your phone is on 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:09.760 the same Wi Fi network as the TV, and even 0:15:09.800 --> 0:15:12.400 if you have an iPhone, it should work. To cast 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:15.400 this into the Samsung TV as well. You may have 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:17.040 to put the Samsung TV. You may have to turn 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.360 on that feature just to get that to work, but 0:15:19.960 --> 0:15:23.360 that's probably the simplest and easiest way. The only downside 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:25.320 of that is that you're going to be controlling everything 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:28.360 from your phone and not from the TV screen itself. 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.040 But that's an easy way to continue using your TV 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.120 the way you typically do. Just when you want to 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.440 watch something on Paramount you've got to stream it. And 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.440 keep in mind, even if it's coming from your phone, 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:43.120 it's not actually streaming the show from your phone. Your 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:46.160 phone is just acting as a remote control for the TV, 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.600 and on the back end, your TV is just calling 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:51.920 up that live stream or whatever that stream is and 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.320 streaming it from its own data and all that stuff. 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:55.520 So that's number one. 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:58.520 The other way is if you already have the Roku 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.400 and you want to use that. Yes, I do believe 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:05.160 that Roku requires some sort of level of payment information 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:07.080 if you want to set up an account. These days, 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.240 it's been a while since I did that. I think 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.880 some people are grandfathered in, but they may require that. 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:15.440 You could use an account like privacy dot com, so 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:17.880 that could shield your credit card number. You could just 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.560 use like a one time credit card or a virtual 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.320 card number. Your bank might offer that, and that way 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:25.200 they can't actually charge you for anything. So you can 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:27.600 sign up for the account. They might authorize it for 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:29.520 a dollar just to make sure that card works, and 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:31.240 then you could just get rid of that card or 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.560 pause it, and that way you never get charged. So 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.720 that's another way. But I think the easiest way if 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.960 you want to is just upgrade this old TV with 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.520 a with a stick. The fire TV stick, like you mentioned, 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.080 I think is probably going to be the cheapest and 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:47.360 the easiest, and it does support all of these different apps, 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:50.680 all of the main apps these days. Adam and Orlando, 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:52.840 thanks so much for the call. Eight eight eight rich 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.840 one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.640 four one zero one. Coming up, I'll tell you why 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:04.680 Google is killing Chrome Cast. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:09.960 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology at 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:13.200 Triple A Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:17.960 seven four to two four one zero one. The website 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:23.000 for the show rich on Tech dot TV. All of 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:26.320 the songs today you really liked last week when my 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.560 mom chose all the songs. My mom is still in 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:31.399 town and I said, Mom, you gotta do it again. 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:37.120 People liked your eclectics taste in songs, and so she did. 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.920 She came up with this list of songs and hand 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:45.600 wrote it once again. And I think they're pretty good. 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:50.000 So that was gosh, that was from a while ago. Aerosmith. 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:53.399 Don't want to miss a thing. So speaking to my 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:56.120 mom whenever she comes into town, we are pretty much 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:58.800 we're like tourists in our own town, which I always 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:00.919 it's fun when people come to town because you end 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.720 up doing things you wouldn't typically do, and so it's 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.359 always nice. And by the way, she watches my kids 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:10.000 without any sort of asking. She'll just be like, go out, go, 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:12.560 go go, and so we get to do that as well, 0:18:12.560 --> 0:18:15.280 which is kind of nice. But my kid has been 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:19.720 begging me to play this song that he wrote about 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:23.800 my mom, and he made it on his iPad. You know, 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:27.640 my kids, I've got two kids ten and just turned thirteen. 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:32.120 And when I tell you, they are so ahead of 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:35.359 where we were when we were kids, it is incredible 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.199 and it gives me a lot of faith for the 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:42.359 future because these kids are so advanced that when I 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:44.520 was a kid, you know, I was playing with dirt 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:48.119 and worms and you know, just hanging out in the backyard. 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:51.119 These kids, I mean, my kids are literally like hacking 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:55.000 on computers, like just kidding, but they want to. I mean, 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:57.560 they're literally they're so curious. Anyway, So my kid made 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:00.680 this song called Grandma d on an an app called 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:12.600 band Lab on his iPad. So take a listen question. 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:22.000 Then you found a little home, sit a little hope here. 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:33.320 I think he's just yelling. 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:39.840 I missed that last. 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:43.560 Line anyway, So you got Grandma d this is my 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:55.840 my ten year old I haven't listened to this, okay anyway, 0:19:56.720 --> 0:19:58.440 So Tanner, there you go. There's your song that you 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:00.119 want me to play on the radio. Eighty day eight 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:02.520 rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:06.320 two four one zero one. Uh, clearly use a little 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:09.359 bit of auto tune there. But again, Uh, it's just 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:12.119 incredible what you can do with apps on your iPad. 0:20:12.160 --> 0:20:14.200 The stuff that I see my kids do and create, 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:16.879 I mean, being a creator now compared to when I 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:19.879 was coming up through the world, it is just incredible. 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.719 I mean, I paid today to buy capcut, which uh 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:28.720 is TikTok's editing program, And I mean, it's just incredible 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:32.120 what you can do on your phone with a mobile 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:36.880 editing program. I grew up editing on tape to tape, 0:20:37.560 --> 0:20:40.200 three quarter inch tape to three quarter inch tape. Then 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:43.800 eventually we got to VHS, and then eventually we got 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:47.800 to digital. And now you are shooting on your phone 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:52.480 using a microphone that is connected to your phone wirelessly, 0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:55.600 and you can make an entire video and then you 0:20:55.600 --> 0:20:57.480 can by the way put the captions on you can 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:00.960 it's just quite quite incredible. So I am very impressed 0:21:01.000 --> 0:21:04.640 with what we are able to do nowadays. Speaking of apps, 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:07.560 one of my favorite apps got a big update this week. 0:21:07.600 --> 0:21:08.560 It's called Flighty. 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:11.560 You've probably heard me talk about it before if you've 0:21:11.560 --> 0:21:13.560 ever listened to me for more than a minute. But 0:21:13.680 --> 0:21:15.600 this is one of my all time favorite apps. But 0:21:15.680 --> 0:21:17.359 just to give you an example of how tough it is, 0:21:17.840 --> 0:21:20.760 even when I tell people how great things are, they 0:21:20.840 --> 0:21:24.639 still don't necessarily do it. So, for instance, I always 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:26.760 tell people you got to use a password manager, you 0:21:26.840 --> 0:21:29.560 got to turn on two factor authentication, And nine times 0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:31.239 out of ten, when someone emails me and says they 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:33.440 were hacked, I said, well did you have the No, 0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:34.159 I didn't do that. 0:21:34.240 --> 0:21:35.720 Okay, Well I get it. It's tough. 0:21:35.760 --> 0:21:37.960 I know it's a little bit more work, but please 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:41.000 do these things that I mention my sister she was 0:21:41.000 --> 0:21:44.000 flying and I said, oh, you gotta download Flighty, and 0:21:44.040 --> 0:21:46.320 she goes, what does it do that my airline app 0:21:46.359 --> 0:21:46.760 doesn't do? 0:21:46.880 --> 0:21:48.400 And I'm like, okay, fair enough. 0:21:48.240 --> 0:21:50.760 Yes you can track using your airline app, but this 0:21:50.840 --> 0:21:54.440 is just so much more beautiful and it's not airline specific, 0:21:54.520 --> 0:21:57.639 and it's just really cool. So the main thing that 0:21:57.680 --> 0:22:00.000 they did this week they updated it to tell you 0:22:00.040 --> 0:22:03.440 about flight delays before your airline tells you. So they're 0:22:03.440 --> 0:22:08.800 now using machine learning AI to forecast delays up to 0:22:08.960 --> 0:22:12.480 six hours in advance, so before you even leave your house, 0:22:12.560 --> 0:22:14.080 it might be able to tell you that, hey, your 0:22:14.080 --> 0:22:16.040 flight's going to be delayed. Now what you do with 0:22:16.080 --> 0:22:17.720 that information is up to you. Are you going to 0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:18.160 stay home? 0:22:18.200 --> 0:22:18.560 I don't know. 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:21.040 It depends on how seasoned of a traveler you are, 0:22:21.280 --> 0:22:23.600 But I think where this really comes in handy is 0:22:23.600 --> 0:22:26.320 when you might need to rebook a flight or change 0:22:26.320 --> 0:22:29.520 your flight preemptively because you know you're going to miss 0:22:29.520 --> 0:22:32.560 your connection or whatever because it's going to be late. 0:22:32.880 --> 0:22:35.600 So they claim up to ninety five percent accuracy. How 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:39.440 are they doing this? They are looking at whether they're 0:22:39.480 --> 0:22:44.600 looking at airport issues, special events, happening, live performance, airport 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:49.800 performance trends, FAA and euro controlled data for air traffic controls. 0:22:50.200 --> 0:22:52.080 I mean they're looking at a whole bunch of stuff, 0:22:52.080 --> 0:22:54.320 feeding that all into their AI and then coming up 0:22:54.359 --> 0:22:57.199 with this information. Now, if you're not familiar with FLIGHTY 0:22:57.240 --> 0:23:00.560 in general, it is just a fantastic way to track 0:23:00.600 --> 0:23:03.320 your flights. You pop your flight number in there, it 0:23:03.400 --> 0:23:07.240 lives on your device. It finds all the information. What 0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:09.520 I particularly like is it tells you how old the 0:23:09.520 --> 0:23:12.919 airplane is, which is kind of fun because you're like, oh, 0:23:13.040 --> 0:23:15.040 and it not only tells you how old the plane is, 0:23:15.160 --> 0:23:17.159 it now tells you the name of the airplane. So 0:23:17.600 --> 0:23:19.800 Jet Blue and these other smaller airlines they like to 0:23:19.800 --> 0:23:22.960 have fun names for the aircraft, so they'll show you that. 0:23:24.119 --> 0:23:26.240 It also tells you if you've ever been on that 0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:29.399 route before before, how many times you've been on that route, 0:23:29.400 --> 0:23:32.560 and if you've ever been on that specific aircraft. I mean, 0:23:32.560 --> 0:23:34.760 it's really quite incredible. It gives you a list of 0:23:34.840 --> 0:23:37.119 all the different flights that you've been on in the past. 0:23:38.280 --> 0:23:41.159 You can share your flight information with a friend, you 0:23:41.200 --> 0:23:44.399 can share it to your social media, and it's just 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:47.800 it's so beautifully done that I keep telling the developer, 0:23:48.240 --> 0:23:51.000 I said, can you please make this for Android as well? 0:23:51.040 --> 0:23:54.639 So Android folks can enjoy this beautiful flight tracking app. 0:23:54.680 --> 0:23:57.200 And they're just doing so well on iPhone that they 0:23:57.280 --> 0:23:59.960 just they don't even have they're just not considering it 0:24:00.000 --> 0:24:02.480 Android right now. But last he said maybe a couple 0:24:02.440 --> 0:24:05.880 of years, but that is part of their paid they 0:24:05.920 --> 0:24:08.800 do have like a pro which is four dollars a 0:24:08.840 --> 0:24:11.159 week or forty eight dollars a year. Right now, this 0:24:11.200 --> 0:24:13.840 works on iPhone only if you are Android and you 0:24:13.920 --> 0:24:17.399 want something. The closest I've found is an app called 0:24:17.440 --> 0:24:22.920 App in the Air and that's but again not as beautiful, 0:24:23.040 --> 0:24:25.919 not as well designed. The notifications don't come in as fast, 0:24:26.000 --> 0:24:28.240 but it is it is a nice app to have. 0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:30.880 So again, if you're flying a lot, you know, these 0:24:30.920 --> 0:24:33.440 apps really do help, so check it out, Flighty. 0:24:33.480 --> 0:24:35.280 I'll put a link on the website. Rich on tech 0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:36.080 dot tv. 0:24:36.880 --> 0:24:39.040 Also this week, you might have gotten an email from 0:24:39.200 --> 0:24:43.320 Cash App saying you're eligible for a settlement. This is 0:24:43.400 --> 0:24:46.240 related to a data breach in twenty twenty two and 0:24:46.280 --> 0:24:51.160 twenty twenty three. Is a fifteen million dollars settlement. Eligible 0:24:51.200 --> 0:24:54.760 class members are current and former Cash app customers that 0:24:55.080 --> 0:24:58.880 were affected between August twenty third, twenty eighteen, and August twentieth, 0:24:58.920 --> 0:25:01.199 twenty twenty four. So you use the Cash app in 0:25:01.240 --> 0:25:04.359 those years, you may get up to twenty five hundred 0:25:04.359 --> 0:25:08.119 dollars for documented losses related to the data breach. So 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:09.720 this is not one of those things where you just 0:25:09.720 --> 0:25:12.240 get money because you're using the app. I've been using 0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:15.000 cash App since day one. I did not get an 0:25:15.000 --> 0:25:18.720 email about this, so I'm curious what makes you qualify 0:25:18.840 --> 0:25:21.120 For the email from them, maybe they know that your 0:25:21.119 --> 0:25:24.280 information was out there and you had some sort of loss. 0:25:24.600 --> 0:25:28.280 But the compensation will cover credit costs, bank fees, travel expenses, 0:25:28.280 --> 0:25:30.720 and up to three hours of lost time at twenty 0:25:30.720 --> 0:25:32.680 five dollars an hour, so that you could probably claim 0:25:32.680 --> 0:25:35.040 without sort of any receipts or anything. Say, yeah, this 0:25:35.119 --> 0:25:37.760 cost me a couple hours surfing the web seventy five bucks. 0:25:37.800 --> 0:25:41.200 I mean, if you're eligible, you might as well claim. 0:25:41.280 --> 0:25:44.800 For filing is November eighteenth, twenty twenty four. You do 0:25:44.840 --> 0:25:47.439 have to have documentation of losses, so again this is 0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:49.960 not one of those like automatic things. But if you 0:25:50.040 --> 0:25:53.840 get an email, and again be careful because what happens 0:25:53.920 --> 0:25:57.600 is this is real. But scammers will capitalize on this, 0:25:57.760 --> 0:26:00.359 and so they will email you saying, hey, use the 0:26:00.400 --> 0:26:03.040 cash app here claim your money. So don't just like 0:26:03.160 --> 0:26:05.560 start typing in your information when you get something like that. 0:26:05.880 --> 0:26:12.560 Go to the official website Cashappsecuritysettlement dot com Cashappsecurity Settlement 0:26:12.680 --> 0:26:15.960 dot com. That is the official website and you can 0:26:16.000 --> 0:26:19.720 see more information about this. But again, fifteen million dollars 0:26:19.720 --> 0:26:22.440 settlement for cash App for data breaches in twenty twenty 0:26:22.520 --> 0:26:26.160 two and twenty twenty three. All right, eight eight eight 0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:28.600 rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to 0:26:28.600 --> 0:26:31.040 two four one zero one. Coming up on the show, 0:26:31.240 --> 0:26:34.280 I'm going to tell you about Samsung. They're announcing a recall. 0:26:34.320 --> 0:26:36.720 If you have a stove from them, you might want 0:26:36.720 --> 0:26:40.280 to hear this because they're recalling over a million stoves. 0:26:40.800 --> 0:26:43.600 And the website for the show rich on Tech dot tv. 0:26:43.720 --> 0:26:48.080 Can find me online on social media at rich on Tech. 0:26:49.200 --> 0:26:51.000 And coming up later, I'm gonna have a guest that's 0:26:51.000 --> 0:26:52.880 going to tell you how you can plan your travel 0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:56.280 with your points. You are listening to Rich on Tech. 0:26:58.119 --> 0:27:01.000 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Miro here hanging 0:27:01.000 --> 0:27:04.720 out with you talking technology at triple eight rich one 0:27:04.720 --> 0:27:07.440 oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two 0:27:08.200 --> 0:27:16.080 four one zero one. Let's go to Paul in Columbus, Ohio. Paul, 0:27:16.119 --> 0:27:17.080 you're on with rich. 0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:20.200 Very great, Rich. Thanks, how you're doing today? 0:27:20.520 --> 0:27:23.240 I am doing fantastic. Welcome to the show. 0:27:23.440 --> 0:27:24.439 Good thank you. 0:27:25.040 --> 0:27:31.280 Okay, I've got an older iMac the Night twenty fifteen 0:27:31.800 --> 0:27:36.479 model as a twenty seven inch great screen, and all 0:27:36.520 --> 0:27:38.800 won't be able to use it anymore. But bottom line, 0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:44.040 it's kind of pooping out. Wanted to consider another Mac, 0:27:45.840 --> 0:27:47.720 but concerned about. 0:27:48.119 --> 0:27:51.199 The ability to run Windows. I know right now the 0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:56.200 only way you can do it is with Parallels, which 0:27:56.240 --> 0:28:01.359 isn't the most economical way. But is there anything coming 0:28:01.400 --> 0:28:04.359 down the line where we'd be able to with the 0:28:04.440 --> 0:28:08.120 newer M chips be able to run Windows? 0:28:08.720 --> 0:28:12.960 Great question? Yeah, so I know I was. Let's see. 0:28:12.960 --> 0:28:18.000 So boot Camp is what Apple offers for free to 0:28:18.119 --> 0:28:22.440 install Windows on Mac computers, but like you said, that 0:28:22.520 --> 0:28:26.280 only works on the old Intel based computers. I don't 0:28:26.280 --> 0:28:30.280 see anything on their website about the you know, the 0:28:30.320 --> 0:28:35.080 new Apple Silicon, so like the M chips. Basically, let's 0:28:35.080 --> 0:28:37.240 see if they say anything about that. Yeah, I don't 0:28:37.280 --> 0:28:40.400 see anything about that, so it doesn't seem like they're 0:28:40.440 --> 0:28:43.719 bringing that back anytime soon. So, yes, you would need 0:28:43.760 --> 0:28:46.479 an older computer to do it that way. And you 0:28:46.520 --> 0:28:49.760 also mentioned Parallels, which of course is a very popular 0:28:49.800 --> 0:28:55.000 way to run Windows on a Mac computer virtually, But 0:28:55.240 --> 0:28:59.560 have you heard of VMware Fusion Pro. So I actually 0:28:59.560 --> 0:29:02.160 mentioned this on the show. I think, gosh, it might 0:29:02.240 --> 0:29:04.640 have been a couple of months ago, but they made 0:29:04.680 --> 0:29:07.880 this free. So this is a program that's typically two 0:29:07.960 --> 0:29:11.240 hundred dollars, and if you're using it for personal use, 0:29:11.840 --> 0:29:15.520 you can download this for free and emulate Windows on 0:29:15.560 --> 0:29:19.080 your Mac computer. So that would probably work for you. 0:29:19.200 --> 0:29:23.280 And it does work on the the M class chips, 0:29:23.720 --> 0:29:27.000 so I think that's probably your best bet, Paul, is 0:29:27.040 --> 0:29:29.200 to download this program if you get a new computer. 0:29:29.680 --> 0:29:34.320 Ironically or incidentally, I literally just got a new MacBook 0:29:34.560 --> 0:29:36.920 today using it for the first time. I had the 0:29:36.960 --> 0:29:39.560 old not old, it was only a year old or 0:29:39.560 --> 0:29:42.080 two years old, but it was the MacBook Pro and 0:29:42.120 --> 0:29:44.640 I bought the thirteen inch and it was just I 0:29:44.760 --> 0:29:46.520 could not deal with the screen size. 0:29:46.560 --> 0:29:47.520 It was so small. 0:29:48.040 --> 0:29:49.959 And I put up with it, I think, for two years, 0:29:50.360 --> 0:29:52.000 and I finally said, Okay, I've got to get a 0:29:52.000 --> 0:29:55.520 fifteen inch MacBook Air. And because I wanted a lighter computer, 0:29:55.600 --> 0:29:57.240 you know, that's why I went, not with the sixteen 0:29:57.280 --> 0:30:00.040 inch Pro. But anyway, I got it today. I I 0:30:00.120 --> 0:30:03.400 could not be happier with it. It is incredible and 0:30:04.520 --> 0:30:06.800 I don't run Windows on it. But maybe I'll try 0:30:06.840 --> 0:30:09.800 it with this you know this Fusion Pro thirteen, but 0:30:09.880 --> 0:30:15.160 again VMware Fusion Pro thirteen it's free for personal use. 0:30:15.640 --> 0:30:17.120 Used to be one hundred and ninety nine bucks, and 0:30:17.120 --> 0:30:20.480 that would let you run the Windows on your new 0:30:20.520 --> 0:30:22.640 Mac computer even if it has the newer chip. And 0:30:22.640 --> 0:30:24.440 I highly recommend if you're going to get a Mac 0:30:24.480 --> 0:30:27.920 at this point, going with the newer chips because Apple 0:30:28.000 --> 0:30:30.479 has really outdone themselves with this. They have done just 0:30:30.520 --> 0:30:34.840 such a great job in optimizing those chips. 0:30:34.840 --> 0:30:35.680 So there you have it. 0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:39.200 Thanks for the call today from Columbus, Ohio. Appreciate it, 0:30:39.280 --> 0:30:43.360 and let's go to AJ in Los Angeles. 0:30:43.360 --> 0:30:44.040 You're on with Rich. 0:30:45.160 --> 0:30:47.000 Hey Jay Rich, good morning, how are you. 0:30:47.160 --> 0:30:48.480 I am doing well, Good morning. 0:30:49.480 --> 0:30:49.600 Hi. 0:30:49.840 --> 0:30:50.120 Question. 0:30:50.280 --> 0:30:54.360 I heard your little blurb about the app that allows 0:30:54.400 --> 0:30:58.280 you great editing on TikTok. I'm a former cio Cto 0:30:58.440 --> 0:31:01.560 Technology all my lives decades. Love it, love it, love it. 0:31:02.080 --> 0:31:06.080 But I'm wondering about your take on the security issues 0:31:06.720 --> 0:31:11.480 around the use of TikTok just in general. Have heard 0:31:11.560 --> 0:31:14.560 lots of you know, pro cons about it, but wondering 0:31:14.560 --> 0:31:16.920 what the latest and greatest is from your perspective. 0:31:17.240 --> 0:31:19.000 All right, hold on, let me pour a drink here, 0:31:19.120 --> 0:31:22.040 let me turn on the fireplace. I gotta gotta get 0:31:22.040 --> 0:31:24.760 comfortable here in my lazy boy before I talk about this. 0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:27.120 I totally yeah, you know, it's funny. 0:31:27.160 --> 0:31:29.520 I knew when I mentioned that that there would be 0:31:29.600 --> 0:31:32.560 some people like raising an eyebrow, be like interesting. 0:31:32.920 --> 0:31:33.920 So I'll start with this. 0:31:34.040 --> 0:31:36.400 Number one. I do not have TikTok on my phone. 0:31:36.960 --> 0:31:41.000 I think TikTok is pretty horrible. And it's not because 0:31:41.000 --> 0:31:44.680 of the data. It's actually because of what you see 0:31:44.720 --> 0:31:48.360 on there. And you know, for me, as a journalist, 0:31:48.680 --> 0:31:51.720 I deal in facts and I deal in stuff that 0:31:51.760 --> 0:31:54.840 when I put something on social media, I have fact 0:31:54.920 --> 0:31:57.680 check it. I fact checked it, I have vetted it. 0:31:58.200 --> 0:32:00.360 I have made sure that what I'm telling people is 0:32:00.480 --> 0:32:04.800 right and is truthful. And I feel like all of 0:32:04.840 --> 0:32:07.600 that is thrown away on TikTok. And not just that 0:32:08.000 --> 0:32:10.720 when you start watching something on TikTok, what does it do? 0:32:11.280 --> 0:32:15.000 It puts you down a rabbit hole of that exact 0:32:15.080 --> 0:32:19.000 content over and over in a thousand different ways. Not 0:32:19.160 --> 0:32:23.080 to mention that I just can't stand poor, poor quality 0:32:23.200 --> 0:32:25.520 of videos where people you know they do these things 0:32:25.520 --> 0:32:27.320 where they hold the microphone in front of their mouth. 0:32:27.360 --> 0:32:29.960 For some reason, I don't understand that they put the 0:32:30.000 --> 0:32:32.640 screen screen where it's like not fully green screened out. 0:32:32.680 --> 0:32:36.600 I don't understand that. Maybe I'm just old and curmudgeonly 0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:39.840 and I, you know, don't really know what the kids 0:32:39.840 --> 0:32:42.880 are doing on there. But my concerns with it is 0:32:42.920 --> 0:32:45.800 more that now, when it comes to data, I think 0:32:45.840 --> 0:32:49.240 that there is a lot of people out there concerned 0:32:49.280 --> 0:32:52.120 with how TikTok is using their data. And of course 0:32:52.720 --> 0:32:54.800 what I was talking about, which is cap cut, the 0:32:54.880 --> 0:32:58.120 most popular editing app on mobile, and it also has 0:32:58.160 --> 0:33:01.480 a desktop version as well. And I would be lying 0:33:01.520 --> 0:33:04.880 if when I installed a cap cut on my old computer, 0:33:05.040 --> 0:33:09.280 I did not think about the rampifications of China perhaps 0:33:09.360 --> 0:33:12.480 having some sort of access to data on my computer. 0:33:12.680 --> 0:33:14.680 And I'll be honest, I did not install it on 0:33:14.680 --> 0:33:16.760 my new desktop when I got it, because I said, 0:33:16.800 --> 0:33:19.600 you know what, I feel comfortable with it on my phone. 0:33:19.600 --> 0:33:22.280 And I'll tell you why I feel comfortable with TikTok 0:33:22.320 --> 0:33:25.959 and even cap cut on my phone. It's because Apple 0:33:26.160 --> 0:33:28.680 is the one that is allowing that app on the phone, 0:33:29.200 --> 0:33:32.800 and Apple does not fool around with privacy and safety 0:33:32.840 --> 0:33:37.040 and security. So the information that TikTok can gather from 0:33:37.120 --> 0:33:40.320 your smartphone, and I'm talking iPhone only at this point 0:33:41.480 --> 0:33:44.520 is limited to what Apple allows every other app in 0:33:44.600 --> 0:33:47.440 the world to collect. So can they get the information 0:33:47.600 --> 0:33:50.600 and the maximum information they want out of there, Absolutely, 0:33:50.960 --> 0:33:54.120 but it's limited by what Apple does. And Apple has 0:33:54.120 --> 0:33:56.520 done a great thing with iOS where they put everything 0:33:56.520 --> 0:33:59.480 in these little compartments, and apps are not necessarily allowed 0:33:59.480 --> 0:34:02.480 to snoop those different compartments. So I do think that 0:34:02.600 --> 0:34:07.080 a lot of the privacy claims are they're way over sold. 0:34:07.120 --> 0:34:09.399 When it comes to TikTok Now and Android, I think 0:34:09.400 --> 0:34:11.960 there's a little bit more concern because the Android operating 0:34:12.000 --> 0:34:14.560 system does have a little bit more freedom with the 0:34:14.560 --> 0:34:17.560 apps to kind of snoop around in things that's getting 0:34:17.600 --> 0:34:18.399 closed up as well. 0:34:18.440 --> 0:34:20.200 I think Google is doing a much better job. 0:34:20.800 --> 0:34:23.920 But what I think is everything comes down to what 0:34:23.960 --> 0:34:27.239 you're comfortable with and the information you're giving out. So 0:34:27.320 --> 0:34:29.840 I think that you need to be careful with any 0:34:29.880 --> 0:34:33.239 app and anytime you're sharing personal information. Does TikTok have 0:34:33.320 --> 0:34:36.480 the location of every person that's using the app? Probably 0:34:37.520 --> 0:34:40.440 are they collecting data on their web surfing habits and 0:34:40.480 --> 0:34:42.359 things like that. Yeah, if you give them access to that, 0:34:43.040 --> 0:34:45.279 But I don't think it goes above and beyond what 0:34:45.360 --> 0:34:47.840 other apps are collecting. But I think, no matter what, 0:34:48.480 --> 0:34:51.359 you have to remain critical about any time you are 0:34:51.360 --> 0:34:54.600 installing an app, and anytime you're giving your information anywhere, 0:34:54.800 --> 0:34:57.040 whether it's on your phone, the web, and no matter 0:34:57.080 --> 0:34:59.080 what you're doing. Thanks for the call, Aja, Do you 0:34:59.120 --> 0:35:07.640 appreciate you listening? This is rich on Tech. Welcome back 0:35:07.680 --> 0:35:10.440 to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, 0:35:10.600 --> 0:35:15.399 talking technology at Triple eight Rich one oh one. That's 0:35:15.520 --> 0:35:19.600 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:35:20.200 --> 0:35:24.080 The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. 0:35:24.280 --> 0:35:27.080 There you can get my newsletter. There's a new issue 0:35:27.120 --> 0:35:30.920 today packed with all kinds of good information. Uh, just 0:35:30.960 --> 0:35:33.440 looking at some of the feedback so far on the show. 0:35:33.600 --> 0:35:36.479 We got an email from Gary in Burbank. He said 0:35:37.040 --> 0:35:40.000 the Flighty app is now also available on Android. 0:35:40.480 --> 0:35:41.080 Check it out. 0:35:41.280 --> 0:35:44.640 He searched the playstore and sure enough, if you do 0:35:44.800 --> 0:35:47.839 search the Playstore for flight Y, there is an app. 0:35:47.840 --> 0:35:51.640 It says Flighty app flight tracker with five thousand downloads. 0:35:52.120 --> 0:35:54.319 Do not download that. Well, I mean unless you want 0:35:54.320 --> 0:35:56.360 that app. But that is not the app I'm talking about. 0:35:57.040 --> 0:36:00.960 And in fact, it looks like a third grader made 0:36:00.960 --> 0:36:03.279 this app and just they're playing on the name. So 0:36:03.320 --> 0:36:06.520 they're playing on the fact that you are searching for 0:36:06.600 --> 0:36:10.080 Flighty and it's not in it and it comes up 0:36:10.120 --> 0:36:13.279 as this that's not the same app. So let's see 0:36:13.280 --> 0:36:15.400 do they have any other apps? Now they have a 0:36:15.400 --> 0:36:18.200 couple apps, but yeah, so it's only got five thousand downloads. 0:36:18.480 --> 0:36:21.239 Flighty is not available for Android. I'm looking on the 0:36:21.280 --> 0:36:25.480 website right now, the official website flightyapp dot com. Be careful, 0:36:25.520 --> 0:36:27.400 you got it. This is one of the biggest issues 0:36:27.560 --> 0:36:32.040 with app names is that there are so many companies 0:36:32.080 --> 0:36:36.440 that prey upon people just searching and using you know, 0:36:36.480 --> 0:36:39.480 the name and or a variation of the name, or 0:36:39.560 --> 0:36:41.640 they use a sponsored ad with the name, and it's 0:36:41.680 --> 0:36:43.440 just you got to be very very careful. That's why 0:36:43.440 --> 0:36:45.840 I always try to give like official links for things. 0:36:46.920 --> 0:36:50.000 Over on Twitter, David said, I just got a new 0:36:50.040 --> 0:36:53.720 Roku device two weeks ago, no credit card needed, so 0:36:53.840 --> 0:36:57.000 do a little searching online and it seems like it's 0:36:57.040 --> 0:36:58.840 kind of a debate of whether you can set up 0:36:58.840 --> 0:37:02.359 a Roku account with a credit card or not. One 0:37:02.400 --> 0:37:04.760 of the posts I saw said that you can skip 0:37:04.800 --> 0:37:06.640 it at the bottom of the screen. It's got like 0:37:06.680 --> 0:37:09.800 a tiny little thing where you can bypass the credit card. 0:37:11.920 --> 0:37:15.120 Back in twenty twenty, someone posted a link to a 0:37:15.200 --> 0:37:20.400 forum for Roku where if you go into myrocud my 0:37:20.600 --> 0:37:24.160 dot Roku dot com slash sign up slash no CC, 0:37:25.080 --> 0:37:27.840 it will apparently not ask you for the credit card. 0:37:28.520 --> 0:37:30.759 So I don't know if that's true or not, but 0:37:31.480 --> 0:37:34.120 there you go. So kind of divided on that. But 0:37:34.239 --> 0:37:36.719 all these companies, you know, nowadays, all these companies want 0:37:36.719 --> 0:37:38.560 a credit card because they want you. They want to 0:37:38.560 --> 0:37:42.760 be able to make the purchase process as seamless as possible. 0:37:43.080 --> 0:37:45.040 They want you to say, oh, I want to rent 0:37:45.080 --> 0:37:46.640 a movie, and next thing you know, oh, I already 0:37:46.640 --> 0:37:48.160 have my credit card in there. Cool, I'll just rent 0:37:48.200 --> 0:37:50.160 it other than trying to find your card and input 0:37:50.200 --> 0:37:51.480 it at that time, And that gives you time to 0:37:51.520 --> 0:37:54.560 think and then you say never mind. Jay wrote in said, 0:37:54.560 --> 0:37:57.680 my Samsung phone fell in water. Is now done? Can 0:37:57.719 --> 0:38:00.000 I recycle it best Buy? Since I cannot reset it 0:38:00.040 --> 0:38:03.080 to factory setting. Is it possible for someone to access 0:38:03.160 --> 0:38:07.600 the data or is there any other option? Thanks, you 0:38:07.640 --> 0:38:11.279 could recycle it best buy. Best Buy says, and you 0:38:11.320 --> 0:38:13.560 can go to best Buy or Staples and recycle this. 0:38:14.480 --> 0:38:17.920 They both say that they dispose of these things properly, 0:38:18.520 --> 0:38:21.800 so you know, that means that they're not supposed to 0:38:21.800 --> 0:38:23.799 have their employees kind of looking at these things. And 0:38:24.320 --> 0:38:27.560 you know, and everyone I've talked to that recycles electronics, 0:38:27.600 --> 0:38:30.960 like the companies, if they're reputable, they go through and 0:38:31.000 --> 0:38:33.520 they make sure that these things are wiped before they 0:38:33.560 --> 0:38:36.960 actually recycle them, so you can feel comfortable. I mean, 0:38:37.160 --> 0:38:40.279 it's really how comfortable you feel with putting this phone. 0:38:40.280 --> 0:38:43.000 If it does indeed have all of your data, then 0:38:43.520 --> 0:38:46.600 you know there is a risk. But the reality is 0:38:46.640 --> 0:38:51.120 your phone is probably protected with a passcode, so I 0:38:51.120 --> 0:38:53.600 think that even if someone got access to this phone, 0:38:54.120 --> 0:38:57.360 they would likely not get access to your information. So 0:38:57.480 --> 0:38:59.239 what they're going to do is when they get this phone, 0:38:59.239 --> 0:39:00.600 they're going to test it. They're going to see if 0:39:00.600 --> 0:39:03.440 it turns on. If it doesn't, then they're just gonna 0:39:03.480 --> 0:39:06.080 scrap it for parts. If it does, they're gonna put 0:39:06.120 --> 0:39:08.560 it on a machine that's gonna wipe it clean and 0:39:08.640 --> 0:39:11.200 then sort of get it set up again for recycling 0:39:11.400 --> 0:39:14.759 or for resale or whatever they do with these things. 0:39:14.760 --> 0:39:17.960 Sometimes they sell them, sometimes they scrap them, sometimes they 0:39:18.080 --> 0:39:20.040 get the little parts out of them. But I think 0:39:20.080 --> 0:39:23.000 you should be comfortable bringing it to Best Buy because 0:39:23.000 --> 0:39:26.319 they do pledge that they recycle these things in a 0:39:26.400 --> 0:39:27.080 safe manner. 0:39:27.360 --> 0:39:29.400 So there you have it. 0:39:29.760 --> 0:39:32.440 Let's see Solomon says, I've searched for all of your 0:39:32.480 --> 0:39:34.520 links trying to find the website for cash App. Where 0:39:34.520 --> 0:39:39.480 do you post the links to your show notes? Yes, sorry, 0:39:39.800 --> 0:39:41.919 I didn't mention I typically mentioned where you can find 0:39:41.960 --> 0:39:44.080 the links for the show notes. It is rich on 0:39:44.239 --> 0:39:47.960 tech dot TV. You hit the light bulb up at 0:39:48.000 --> 0:39:50.440 the top of the page and that will bring you 0:39:50.520 --> 0:39:53.640 to the show wiki. And the show wiki is basically 0:39:53.680 --> 0:39:57.000 just a list of all of the previous shows by date. 0:39:57.120 --> 0:40:00.600 This is show number eighty four. Click that and that 0:40:00.640 --> 0:40:02.520 will give you a list to all the links in 0:40:02.560 --> 0:40:05.520 real time. So you specifically were looking for that cash 0:40:05.560 --> 0:40:08.440 app settlement link, it is. It is on there because 0:40:08.440 --> 0:40:10.680 I keep very good notes, So thank you for that. 0:40:11.080 --> 0:40:14.440 Eighty eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:40:14.600 --> 0:40:17.839 four to two four one zero one. Let's go to 0:40:17.880 --> 0:40:19.439 Michael in Huntington Beach. 0:40:19.520 --> 0:40:20.279 Michael, you're on with. 0:40:20.280 --> 0:40:25.360 Rich Hey, Rich Hey, I got a couple of problems 0:40:25.360 --> 0:40:30.920 with my almost new Samsung TV. It's the eight thousand series, 0:40:31.040 --> 0:40:34.600 is left twelve, three years old, and half of the 0:40:34.680 --> 0:40:40.160 screen is darker than the other half. And it started 0:40:40.239 --> 0:40:44.840 kind of noticeable, but it's like right smack down the 0:40:44.880 --> 0:40:47.719 middle on the left side where it's darker than the 0:40:47.760 --> 0:40:48.320 other half. 0:40:51.320 --> 0:40:53.239 And how can I help? What are you trying to 0:40:53.239 --> 0:40:55.000 figure out? What you can do? Huh? 0:40:55.080 --> 0:40:57.640 Yeah? I mean, is it fix the ball? Is it? 0:40:58.160 --> 0:41:01.600 Why is that happening after we had the worst luck 0:41:01.640 --> 0:41:05.239 with these TVs with I mean, it's only three years 0:41:05.280 --> 0:41:07.720 old and it's I think it's getting worse. 0:41:08.120 --> 0:41:11.920 Yeah, well, it sounds like it's one of the panels 0:41:12.120 --> 0:41:13.680 is going bad, like one of the one of the 0:41:13.719 --> 0:41:15.799 back light panels. That's what it sounds like to me. 0:41:16.960 --> 0:41:19.799 And that could just be that, you know, you got 0:41:19.800 --> 0:41:22.359 a bad set. It could be something loose in there 0:41:22.480 --> 0:41:27.080 that you know your TV is obviously out of warranty 0:41:27.080 --> 0:41:30.480 at this point of course, right, Yeah, So I mean 0:41:30.520 --> 0:41:32.600 your options are, what do you want to do? Do 0:41:32.600 --> 0:41:34.080 you want to get a new TV? Do you want 0:41:34.080 --> 0:41:37.960 to try to fix this TV. You know, did they 0:41:38.000 --> 0:41:40.040 even have people that come to houses anymore to look 0:41:40.040 --> 0:41:40.960 at TVs like this? 0:41:41.120 --> 0:41:43.719 Because but I did find a guy like an hour 0:41:43.760 --> 0:41:47.040 away that said he could probably fix it for a 0:41:47.080 --> 0:41:49.760 couple of hundred dollars, but there's no guarantee. 0:41:50.080 --> 0:41:51.759 Is that worth it? Though a couple hundred bucks? I 0:41:51.800 --> 0:41:54.239 mean a new TV? You know, my last TV I 0:41:54.239 --> 0:41:56.120 bought was like under a thousand bucks, So I don't 0:41:56.160 --> 0:41:57.000 know if a couple of hundred. 0:41:57.000 --> 0:41:58.279 How much did you spend on this TV? 0:41:59.080 --> 0:42:02.439 It was four fifty and they're still for fifty, so. 0:42:02.360 --> 0:42:05.239 It's four hundred and fifty bucks. Yeah. I would not 0:42:05.280 --> 0:42:08.960 fix it for a couple hundred that's for sure. I would. 0:42:09.320 --> 0:42:12.520 What I would do personally is I would email Samsung. 0:42:12.520 --> 0:42:13.799 Have you done that yet? 0:42:14.040 --> 0:42:14.200 No? 0:42:14.360 --> 0:42:17.720 Okay, So what I would do is fire up chat EBT. 0:42:18.440 --> 0:42:21.120 Write out your story, like everything that's happening with this thing. 0:42:21.280 --> 0:42:24.000 Say you know, I've got the panel. It looks like 0:42:24.040 --> 0:42:26.040 the back light panel is going dead. I've had this 0:42:26.080 --> 0:42:27.520 for three years. I don't know if you're a good 0:42:27.520 --> 0:42:29.360 customer of Samsung or not. You can throw that in 0:42:29.440 --> 0:42:33.480 if you are, help it craft an email like explain 0:42:33.600 --> 0:42:36.440 what you want, I would like someone to come repair this. 0:42:36.560 --> 0:42:39.200 I think Samsung does have their own repair so they 0:42:39.200 --> 0:42:42.200 may just send someone there. I don't know if that's 0:42:42.360 --> 0:42:45.440 just for their mobile stuff, but I have seen vans 0:42:45.480 --> 0:42:49.520 around town. I mean it says, let's see benefits. I mean, 0:42:50.440 --> 0:42:53.400 yeah they do. Yeah, they do have TV repair technicians, 0:42:53.440 --> 0:42:55.640 so they've got a Samsung has a large network of 0:42:55.680 --> 0:42:58.239 TV repair So if you go to Samsung dot Com, 0:42:58.239 --> 0:43:02.960 slash US, Slash Support, slash Service, you can request to repair. 0:43:03.040 --> 0:43:05.680 That way, I would at least try to get a 0:43:05.760 --> 0:43:07.280 free repair and see what happens. 0:43:08.480 --> 0:43:08.839 Why not? 0:43:08.960 --> 0:43:12.040 Yeah, exactly why not. But at the end of the day, 0:43:12.080 --> 0:43:13.439 you know you may have to get a new TV, 0:43:14.080 --> 0:43:15.960 but you know you might as well go through the 0:43:15.960 --> 0:43:18.640 motions of trying to get what you can from Samsung. 0:43:18.680 --> 0:43:21.279 They're a big company. This does not cost them a lot, 0:43:21.360 --> 0:43:23.279 and it's a learning lesson, like why is this TV 0:43:23.360 --> 0:43:25.520 only lasting three years? That should not be the case. 0:43:25.560 --> 0:43:29.680 I've had TVs last a decade or more so for them, 0:43:29.920 --> 0:43:32.160 you know, by them giving you another model and taking 0:43:32.239 --> 0:43:34.359 back this one, they can analyze it and see what 0:43:34.440 --> 0:43:35.720 went wrong with that TV. 0:43:35.840 --> 0:43:38.160 So I think it's beneficial to them. 0:43:38.239 --> 0:43:41.560 Speaking of TVs having a long time, I had a 0:43:41.600 --> 0:43:46.799 Sony plasma that lasted me fifteen years. Oh yeah, the 0:43:46.840 --> 0:43:51.040 most beautiful picture you've ever seen in your life. I 0:43:51.160 --> 0:43:54.479 wish there were still plasmas you could buy. 0:43:54.719 --> 0:43:56.880 Oh you know, Yeah, I have a Sony plasma and 0:43:56.920 --> 0:43:59.680 it is it is like the single. It's the thing 0:43:59.760 --> 0:44:03.920 must weigh ten thousand pounds, the problem. But it is 0:44:04.160 --> 0:44:06.720 absolutely the most beautiful picture. And it's not just beautiful, 0:44:06.760 --> 0:44:08.719 it's like got a filmic quality to it, like it 0:44:08.920 --> 0:44:12.120 just it looks like if I was like a filmmaker, 0:44:12.440 --> 0:44:14.120 this would be the TV that I would watch a 0:44:14.160 --> 0:44:17.680 movie on because it's so good. I don't use yes, yes, 0:44:17.800 --> 0:44:20.719 I mean that's plasma, you know, versus h you know, 0:44:20.920 --> 0:44:23.280 LED and all these new you know, I mean, unless 0:44:23.320 --> 0:44:25.680 you have an old lead. Obviously those are very expensive, 0:44:25.719 --> 0:44:27.880 but they you know, I've got the black contrast and 0:44:28.360 --> 0:44:30.800 that that's much better than the LEDs. But the LEDs 0:44:30.800 --> 0:44:33.120 have come a long way. When I first switched to mine, 0:44:33.840 --> 0:44:35.680 I got a new TV. Recently, I bought a High 0:44:35.719 --> 0:44:40.040 Sense and it at first, yeah, and at first I 0:44:40.160 --> 0:44:42.319 was I was a little bit skeptical. I got it in, 0:44:42.360 --> 0:44:44.680 I got it installed, and I was like, ugh, I 0:44:44.680 --> 0:44:47.040 don't know if I like this as much. And within 0:44:47.080 --> 0:44:48.880 a couple of weeks we now I love it. I 0:44:48.880 --> 0:44:51.000 think it's fantastic for the price. I think it was, 0:44:51.320 --> 0:44:53.080 like I said, I think it was about maybe twelve 0:44:53.160 --> 0:44:55.080 hundred with tacks and all that good stuff. 0:44:55.080 --> 0:44:57.040 But wow, it was. It was pretty good. 0:44:57.080 --> 0:44:59.280 I asked you one more quick sung question. 0:44:59.480 --> 0:45:01.600 I've got thirty seconds, so make it quick. 0:45:01.719 --> 0:45:05.800 Okay. I've got this thing that happens. It's not a jutter. 0:45:06.160 --> 0:45:10.080 It's like a jitter on the screen. It's like it's 0:45:10.200 --> 0:45:14.880 missing one thin pixel line and it'll jump. And it 0:45:15.000 --> 0:45:20.239 happens on download, or it happens on screaming screaming, and 0:45:20.280 --> 0:45:24.520 it also happens on UH antenna. 0:45:24.640 --> 0:45:24.960 Is this on? 0:45:25.080 --> 0:45:25.200 Oh? 0:45:25.239 --> 0:45:26.080 This is on your TV? 0:45:26.920 --> 0:45:30.719 It's on the Samsung, same Samsung TV. I've got two 0:45:30.840 --> 0:45:36.520 hundred up download, great wireless connection, and I can't figure 0:45:36.560 --> 0:45:38.360 this thing out. I've made every adjustment. 0:45:38.640 --> 0:45:40.399 Yeah, I think I think it sounds like you got 0:45:40.400 --> 0:45:43.080 a lemon there, Michael. I think you gotta press them 0:45:43.080 --> 0:45:45.880 hard and tell them, look, you know this is not 0:45:46.520 --> 0:45:48.080 you know you got to you gotta do something here, 0:45:48.120 --> 0:45:49.440 at least come out and look at it and tell 0:45:49.480 --> 0:45:52.320 me what's going on, because two things wrong. That's telling 0:45:52.360 --> 0:45:54.960 me that this thing could be a lemon eighty eight 0:45:55.080 --> 0:45:58.000 rich one on one eight eight eight seven four two 0:45:58.160 --> 0:46:00.960 four one zero one. Remember you have the ability to 0:46:00.960 --> 0:46:02.799 get in touch with these big companies. It does not 0:46:03.000 --> 0:46:05.520 cost them a lot to help you out. It costs 0:46:05.560 --> 0:46:07.719 you a lot because it's your money. Does not cost 0:46:07.760 --> 0:46:10.560 them a lot. Press them, press them, press them. You're 0:46:10.600 --> 0:46:13.959 listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:46:14.040 --> 0:46:17.640 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology at 0:46:17.840 --> 0:46:21.719 triple eight rich one oh one, that is eight eight 0:46:21.800 --> 0:46:25.440 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give 0:46:25.480 --> 0:46:27.359 me a call if you have a question about technology. 0:46:27.719 --> 0:46:30.840 Website also an option. Just go to rich on Tech 0:46:31.040 --> 0:46:34.640 dot tv hit contact. You can send an email. That's 0:46:34.680 --> 0:46:37.600 what Steve did in reference to the Samsung TV. He said, 0:46:37.600 --> 0:46:40.359 what about an extended warranty from a credit card that's 0:46:40.440 --> 0:46:43.040 usually included? And uh, I did think of that, but 0:46:43.760 --> 0:46:46.600 three years old, most of the cards I would say 0:46:46.600 --> 0:46:49.479 match like a year now. I should have said if 0:46:49.960 --> 0:46:54.120 if Michael bought it from Costco, because I believe you 0:46:54.120 --> 0:46:58.919 can return things pretty much, not forever, but I think 0:46:59.040 --> 0:47:00.799 some in some case as you can. I think for 0:47:00.840 --> 0:47:02.480 some of the electronics, I know you got to check 0:47:02.520 --> 0:47:05.919 it out, but Costco has a very lenient return. 0:47:05.600 --> 0:47:06.919 Policy, let's put it that way. 0:47:08.160 --> 0:47:10.600 And these credit cards, I just looked up on the 0:47:10.680 --> 0:47:14.719 points guy dot com. So USAA matches up to a 0:47:14.840 --> 0:47:18.440 year Visa infinite, one year visa signature, up to a 0:47:18.520 --> 0:47:21.520 year chase, up to a year, American Express one year, 0:47:21.880 --> 0:47:28.440 City two years. Wow, that's impressive. So and it's up 0:47:28.480 --> 0:47:30.960 to ten thousand dollars per claim for most of these. Now, 0:47:31.239 --> 0:47:35.480 in my experience, I don't think I've don't think I've 0:47:35.480 --> 0:47:37.759 ever maybe I tried to do this once and like 0:47:37.960 --> 0:47:38.920 it's just a nightmare. 0:47:38.960 --> 0:47:40.800 These these these credit cards. 0:47:40.800 --> 0:47:43.120 You know, they post all of these benefits, but when 0:47:43.160 --> 0:47:45.160 you go to actually use them, it could be a 0:47:45.200 --> 0:47:45.720 real pain. 0:47:45.880 --> 0:47:47.640 So I don't know, maybe that's just me. 0:47:47.680 --> 0:47:49.960 If you've used one of these like warranty extension things, 0:47:50.040 --> 0:47:52.520 let me know, But I kind of just imagine that 0:47:52.600 --> 0:47:56.080 they just they advertise them well, but then when people 0:47:56.120 --> 0:47:57.600 go to use them, it's like you got to jump. 0:47:57.480 --> 0:48:02.080 Through hoops to use them. But good suggestion there, Steve. 0:48:02.160 --> 0:48:02.640 Thanks for that. 0:48:03.600 --> 0:48:07.600 Let's go to David in Fontana. David, you're on with Rich. 0:48:08.960 --> 0:48:10.359 Hey, mister Rich, how you doing. 0:48:10.600 --> 0:48:14.160 I am doing excellent. Thanks for asking. What can I 0:48:14.160 --> 0:48:14.520 help with? 0:48:15.480 --> 0:48:15.840 Well? 0:48:16.800 --> 0:48:23.120 You see, I bought a new iPhone fifteen titanium, okay, 0:48:25.160 --> 0:48:29.439 And I am a truck driver and I've been using 0:48:29.520 --> 0:48:34.040 iPhone for several years now, and I use a headset, 0:48:34.239 --> 0:48:39.840 a blue parrot headset to talk on the phone. Okay, 0:48:41.920 --> 0:48:49.160 And ever since I bought this new iPhone titanium, everything 0:48:49.360 --> 0:48:51.160 is just went paywire. 0:48:51.560 --> 0:48:53.239 It doesn't work the. 0:48:54.960 --> 0:48:57.720 I pull into it. It works fine. When I'm driving 0:48:57.760 --> 0:49:01.400 down the freeway, everything works fine. But as you like, 0:49:01.520 --> 0:49:05.439 pull into a business, it seems like their Wi Fi 0:49:05.560 --> 0:49:07.959 or something just blocks everything out. 0:49:08.120 --> 0:49:13.640 And I have a lot of network issues, connection issues 0:49:14.080 --> 0:49:16.839 with the new iPhone fifteen. 0:49:16.880 --> 0:49:19.440 So I don't know if it's go ahead. 0:49:19.520 --> 0:49:20.600 Let me ask you this, David. 0:49:20.640 --> 0:49:23.000 When you set this phone up, did you set it 0:49:23.080 --> 0:49:25.480 up fresh or did you copy everything over from your 0:49:25.480 --> 0:49:26.000 old device? 0:49:26.920 --> 0:49:28.920 I copied everything over from my old device. 0:49:29.320 --> 0:49:30.600 It is. 0:49:31.120 --> 0:49:33.600 I don't know how Team mobile. I brought it from 0:49:33.640 --> 0:49:34.240 T Mobile. 0:49:34.320 --> 0:49:34.719 I don't know. 0:49:34.920 --> 0:49:39.560 I did say everything like you said, yes. 0:49:39.680 --> 0:49:41.640 Okay, so they oh, they did it for you. They 0:49:41.680 --> 0:49:46.120 copied it over. Yeah, oh gosh, Okay, that's that's probably 0:49:46.120 --> 0:49:48.120 what's happening here. So I think what's happening here is 0:49:48.120 --> 0:49:50.640 that it just was not the cleanest copy. I mean, 0:49:50.640 --> 0:49:51.880 they're trying to get you out of there as soon 0:49:51.920 --> 0:49:54.719 as humanly possible, and so maybe they just did, you know, 0:49:55.320 --> 0:49:59.120 the simplest, quickest, easiest way. So I, personally, when I 0:49:59.160 --> 0:50:00.959 set up a new device, you just spent a whole 0:50:00.960 --> 0:50:05.080 bunch of money on a brand new, awesome iPhone fifteen titanium, 0:50:06.040 --> 0:50:07.839 and so I want to set that up the way 0:50:07.880 --> 0:50:09.080 I want to set it up, and I want it 0:50:09.080 --> 0:50:10.680 to be nice and fresh. I don't know what phone 0:50:10.680 --> 0:50:13.280 you came from, but you know there are some settings 0:50:13.320 --> 0:50:16.200 and things that were copied over that just might not 0:50:16.440 --> 0:50:18.799 really work very well on this new device. So what 0:50:18.880 --> 0:50:21.279 I would do, personally, what I would do if you're 0:50:21.280 --> 0:50:23.880 having all these problems, I would one hundred percent just 0:50:24.080 --> 0:50:27.480 format this phone and start fresh. So that means erase 0:50:27.680 --> 0:50:30.799 all content in settings and literally start over fresh. That's 0:50:30.840 --> 0:50:33.000 what I would do personally if I was having these issues. 0:50:33.719 --> 0:50:36.000 If you don't want to go that far, you can 0:50:36.080 --> 0:50:38.600 kind of reset things without going that far. So if 0:50:38.640 --> 0:50:42.880 you go into settings and then general, scroll all the 0:50:42.880 --> 0:50:47.200 way down and it will say transfer or reset iPhone. 0:50:47.600 --> 0:50:48.279 You tap there. 0:50:48.320 --> 0:50:49.840 I know it sounds scary, but you still have a 0:50:49.880 --> 0:50:53.120 lot of options before you actually do anything. And then 0:50:53.160 --> 0:50:56.480 it says reset. You tap reset, and then you get 0:50:56.520 --> 0:50:59.160 a whole bunch of options. It says reset all settings, 0:50:59.520 --> 0:51:04.040 reset network settings, delete all sims, reset keyboard, reset homescreen, 0:51:04.120 --> 0:51:08.600 reset location. What I personally might do is start with 0:51:08.920 --> 0:51:12.279 reset network settings. And what that's gonna do is clear 0:51:12.320 --> 0:51:15.840 out all of your Bluetooth and Wi Fi and cellular 0:51:17.160 --> 0:51:20.759 settings on this phone, and it will get them back 0:51:20.800 --> 0:51:22.880 to factory. And what that means is you're gonna have 0:51:22.880 --> 0:51:25.120 to reconnect Wi Fi, You're gonna have to reconnect Bluetooth, 0:51:25.120 --> 0:51:26.640 You're gonna have to restart your phone to get the 0:51:26.680 --> 0:51:29.560 cellular going again. But it's all gonna work. And I 0:51:29.600 --> 0:51:31.240 think that you're you know, you're gonna have to reconnect 0:51:31.239 --> 0:51:34.040 your Bluetooth headset. But I think what's happening here is 0:51:34.080 --> 0:51:35.839 that some of these old Wi Fi networks that you've 0:51:35.880 --> 0:51:38.359 connected to. You said you're a truck driver, maybe at 0:51:38.360 --> 0:51:41.840 some of these like truck stops, your phone is trying 0:51:41.880 --> 0:51:44.520 to reach out to them and connect to them. And 0:51:44.560 --> 0:51:46.560 the Wi Fi signal is not very strong in your 0:51:46.600 --> 0:51:49.080 cab or wherever you are, and it's kind of like 0:51:49.200 --> 0:51:52.680 teetering between cellular and that, and so it's kind of 0:51:52.719 --> 0:51:58.040 having trouble keeping that connection. There's also another connection, another 0:51:58.160 --> 0:52:03.520 cellular set that you can go to inside there used 0:52:03.560 --> 0:52:05.319 to be inside the cellular. Let me see if it's 0:52:05.320 --> 0:52:08.960 still there. Yeah, inside cellular. If you go to setting cellular, 0:52:09.000 --> 0:52:12.040 says Wi Fi Assist, it will automatically use cellular data. 0:52:12.080 --> 0:52:14.960 When Wi Fi connectivity is poor, you can turn that 0:52:15.080 --> 0:52:17.759 on and it will automatically use cellular if it's trying 0:52:17.800 --> 0:52:20.720 to get a Wi Fi signal. That can anyway, David, 0:52:20.719 --> 0:52:22.960 hopefully get that phone back up and running. Thanks for 0:52:23.000 --> 0:52:23.239 the call. 0:52:23.320 --> 0:52:24.200 Today. Coming up, I'm. 0:52:24.120 --> 0:52:26.200 Gonna tell you how to use your points to plan 0:52:26.280 --> 0:52:30.200 your travel. This is rich on Tech. Welcome back to 0:52:30.280 --> 0:52:32.920 rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, 0:52:33.080 --> 0:52:37.160 talking technology. The phone lines open at eight eight eight 0:52:37.680 --> 0:52:41.560 rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four 0:52:41.600 --> 0:52:45.480 to two four one zero one. We'll get back to 0:52:45.520 --> 0:52:48.160 them in just a moment. But very excited for my 0:52:48.239 --> 0:52:51.399 next guest, do you do it for the points. Well, 0:52:51.440 --> 0:52:53.160 if you do, you probably have a lot of them 0:52:53.280 --> 0:52:57.440 saved up, and you wonder how can you use them effectively? 0:52:57.480 --> 0:52:59.960 There's a lot of blogs out there talking about this stuff, 0:53:00.640 --> 0:53:02.359 but sometimes you just want to figure out, like, how 0:53:02.360 --> 0:53:04.560 can I use all these points from all these different 0:53:04.600 --> 0:53:08.000 programs And there is a website that can help. Bart 0:53:08.080 --> 0:53:10.759 Welch is CEO and co founder of a website called 0:53:11.040 --> 0:53:15.720 points Yeah dot com This helps you use your points 0:53:15.719 --> 0:53:18.160 to plan travel. Bart, thanks for joining me today. 0:53:18.760 --> 0:53:22.239 Hey, thanks for having us on. Really excited to talk 0:53:22.239 --> 0:53:25.040 about Pointsdid dot com and nerd out a bit in 0:53:25.120 --> 0:53:28.120 this space because it's a space that a lot of 0:53:28.160 --> 0:53:30.719 people have their fingers in but don't really know how 0:53:30.719 --> 0:53:31.440 to utilize. 0:53:31.719 --> 0:53:31.919 Yeah? 0:53:31.960 --> 0:53:34.480 I mean, look, you can rack up points pretty easily nowadays. 0:53:34.480 --> 0:53:37.759 I know many people are driven by that, but the 0:53:38.560 --> 0:53:41.719 most important part is using them and using them effectively. 0:53:41.840 --> 0:53:43.879 So what made you start this website? 0:53:44.680 --> 0:53:47.120 Yes, if I take a look back at the past 0:53:47.280 --> 0:53:49.640 decade or even a little bit longer than that, the 0:53:49.640 --> 0:53:52.640 points business used to be a lot simpler in a way. 0:53:52.880 --> 0:53:57.719 It wasn't as lucrative, but it was simpler. You knew 0:53:57.719 --> 0:53:59.960 that you had to save up twenty five thousand miles 0:54:00.080 --> 0:54:02.799 to you know, use a get a round trip metic 0:54:02.880 --> 0:54:06.520 economy ticket. These days, most the airlines have moved to 0:54:06.600 --> 0:54:09.520 dynamic pricing. Most credit card companies have their own points 0:54:09.560 --> 0:54:12.160 programs as well. There are proprietary portals, and you can 0:54:12.200 --> 0:54:15.080 also transfer your credit card points into airlines, and so 0:54:15.440 --> 0:54:19.480 it's just become a really complicated, complicated place. And so 0:54:19.560 --> 0:54:23.239 my co founder and I, we've been in this this 0:54:23.360 --> 0:54:26.360 party industry for quite some time. More on the earning 0:54:26.480 --> 0:54:29.600 point side, we said, hey, let's just make something that's 0:54:29.600 --> 0:54:32.319 simpler so that people just have to use one website 0:54:32.360 --> 0:54:35.120 to see you know, let's say you've got miles in 0:54:35.320 --> 0:54:37.560 two or three different airline programs or two or three 0:54:37.560 --> 0:54:40.560 different credit card programs, rather than having to have multiple 0:54:40.560 --> 0:54:43.040 tabs open and you know, opening up all these other 0:54:43.120 --> 0:54:46.640 online travel websites, just one website, and so that's points 0:54:46.880 --> 0:54:49.920 dot com. So you can basically search twenty different airline 0:54:49.960 --> 0:54:54.560 loyalty program six bank programs, and five online travel agencies 0:54:54.560 --> 0:54:57.000 all in one click. So it makes your life a 0:54:57.040 --> 0:54:58.040 heck of a lot easier. 0:54:59.080 --> 0:55:02.000 Instead of helping, so I see American Expresses on here, 0:55:02.080 --> 0:55:05.920 Built Rewards Capital One, Chase City Bank, Wells Fargo and 0:55:06.520 --> 0:55:09.040 the airline programs. I mean it looks like all of 0:55:09.040 --> 0:55:12.560 the major airlines, plus some of the international airlines, Jet Blue. 0:55:12.600 --> 0:55:13.879 I mean, it's a lot. 0:55:13.960 --> 0:55:17.640 So you put in your information, you know where you 0:55:17.680 --> 0:55:20.760 want to go, and then it searches in real time. 0:55:21.400 --> 0:55:23.640 What do you get for free versus pakes? I know 0:55:23.680 --> 0:55:26.560 there's a paid aspect, so explain what people get for free? 0:55:27.080 --> 0:55:30.399 Yeah, So basically the majority of the website is free, 0:55:30.440 --> 0:55:32.600 and I'd encourage people just to go to Points dot 0:55:32.600 --> 0:55:33.279 com check it out. 0:55:33.320 --> 0:55:33.640 Register. 0:55:33.680 --> 0:55:37.280 If you register for free, you can do searches for flights, 0:55:37.280 --> 0:55:40.319 for hotels, for all kinds of other things. We do 0:55:40.400 --> 0:55:44.040 have a paid model, which is just shied ninety dollars 0:55:44.080 --> 0:55:46.520 a year. It's still one of the cheapest out there 0:55:46.520 --> 0:55:51.080 in the markets. That opens up additional alerts, you know, 0:55:52.080 --> 0:55:55.240 additional being able to search more dates at one time. 0:55:55.920 --> 0:55:59.120 But the core features are totally free and that's been 0:55:59.160 --> 0:56:01.359 a huge part of our success. And you know, I'm 0:56:01.400 --> 0:56:03.280 really proud to say in the last month we've actually 0:56:03.280 --> 0:56:06.520 become the number one Points planning website on the globe. 0:56:06.640 --> 0:56:08.560 Oh wow, congratulations. 0:56:08.840 --> 0:56:12.319 I Mean, the real magic of this is, like you said, 0:56:12.360 --> 0:56:14.160 it used to be very simple. You got a certain 0:56:14.200 --> 0:56:16.680 amount of points, you had a free flight. Now what 0:56:16.719 --> 0:56:19.279 it really comes down to is how can I get 0:56:19.280 --> 0:56:21.919 a free flight for the cheapest use or the most 0:56:21.960 --> 0:56:23.680 effective use of my points? 0:56:23.800 --> 0:56:24.520 Is that kind of right? 0:56:25.440 --> 0:56:25.640 Yeah? 0:56:25.680 --> 0:56:28.000 I mean you can play that quite a few different ways, 0:56:28.000 --> 0:56:30.040 because let's say you've only got miles and points with 0:56:30.160 --> 0:56:33.799 one in one program or one airline. Even within that program, 0:56:34.000 --> 0:56:36.520 on any given day or given week, you might see 0:56:36.640 --> 0:56:39.880 the same exact flight for five thousand miles or one 0:56:39.960 --> 0:56:42.400 hundred thousand miles, because it's tied much more to the 0:56:42.440 --> 0:56:44.359 price of the actual picket now than it used to be. 0:56:45.040 --> 0:56:48.000 So that's kind of point number one. Point number two 0:56:48.040 --> 0:56:49.760 is that you know, if you happen to have miles 0:56:49.800 --> 0:56:54.200 across multiple programs, you know these programs are competing with 0:56:54.280 --> 0:56:56.960 each other now on pricing when it comes to miles 0:56:56.960 --> 0:57:00.800 and points. Miles and points effectively have become a cash currency. 0:57:00.800 --> 0:57:03.399 In fact, my mom called me up recently. I was like, Hey, 0:57:03.480 --> 0:57:05.080 I know, you've got a bunch of miles and points, 0:57:04.800 --> 0:57:07.240 and I was like, Mom, you're basically asking me for money, 0:57:08.080 --> 0:57:12.160 because you know, loyalty currency is money at this at 0:57:12.200 --> 0:57:14.799 this stage, of the game, and I always recommend to 0:57:14.840 --> 0:57:18.080 people it's generally depreciating asset, so you should get on 0:57:18.120 --> 0:57:20.440 points dot com and use those miles and points. 0:57:20.880 --> 0:57:23.040 Oh so you're saying that you shouldn't just like keep 0:57:23.080 --> 0:57:23.680 them forever. 0:57:24.840 --> 0:57:27.920 Yeah, I think that's that's the worst strategy ever. Actually, 0:57:28.440 --> 0:57:31.280 over time, the value of mile end point has gone down, 0:57:31.800 --> 0:57:34.600 and these days, with interest rates being pretty decent and 0:57:34.640 --> 0:57:36.880 inflation being high, you should be using those miles and 0:57:36.920 --> 0:57:40.120 points because otherwise it's really a depreciating asset. 0:57:40.760 --> 0:57:44.320 So I got an alert that my Highatt points were expiring, 0:57:44.360 --> 0:57:46.160 which I was like, oh wow, I didn't even know that, 0:57:46.320 --> 0:57:49.240 and so I felt so proud of myself. I had 0:57:49.240 --> 0:57:52.840 booked a hotel for an upcoming stay paid and then 0:57:52.920 --> 0:57:54.560 I was like, oh, I wonder if there's a Hyatt 0:57:54.560 --> 0:57:56.479 in there. And I was able to transfer a couple 0:57:56.760 --> 0:57:59.640 just like a tiny amount of points into my Higatt 0:57:59.640 --> 0:58:02.360 program and now I got a completely free hotel room 0:58:02.400 --> 0:58:05.200 on points that we're going to expire. And I didn't 0:58:05.200 --> 0:58:06.919 even realize I had them, and they weren't that many points. 0:58:06.920 --> 0:58:08.760 I guess Hyatt points are worth like kind of a lot, 0:58:08.800 --> 0:58:10.680 even if you have a little so it was like 0:58:11.000 --> 0:58:13.400 one room was like fifteen thousand points or something. 0:58:14.120 --> 0:58:16.920 Yeah, Hyatt's a great program. I think most you know, 0:58:16.920 --> 0:58:19.240 most of the hotel chains have great programs, and a 0:58:19.240 --> 0:58:22.200 lot of these loyalty programs these is they technically don't 0:58:22.280 --> 0:58:25.120 expire if you've got some kind of activity. That activity 0:58:25.160 --> 0:58:28.240 could literally be like earn one mile on a credit 0:58:28.240 --> 0:58:31.880 card or you know, do a redemption for a hotel 0:58:31.960 --> 0:58:34.760 or a flight. And one thing that we love is 0:58:34.800 --> 0:58:37.840 that on points dot com you can actually check hotel 0:58:38.680 --> 0:58:42.880 awards as well. Most websites just focus on flights, but 0:58:43.200 --> 0:58:45.400 on us, let's say you want to go to New 0:58:45.520 --> 0:58:48.360 York or Las Vegas or whoever you type in the city. 0:58:48.400 --> 0:58:50.400 You can even put in your preferred program and then 0:58:50.440 --> 0:58:54.240 we'll show you, you know, how many points that hotel 0:58:54.280 --> 0:58:57.080 had cost if you're using miles or points. But then 0:58:57.120 --> 0:58:59.880 also let's say you don't have enough miles or points. 0:59:00.080 --> 0:59:02.560 You want to actually pay cash or book on one 0:59:02.560 --> 0:59:06.520 of the airline reward portals, so we show you all 0:59:06.560 --> 0:59:10.000 those different options. Really, the purpose offpointsid dot com is 0:59:10.040 --> 0:59:13.400 to consolidate all these bits and pieces of information that 0:59:13.440 --> 0:59:15.720 are all over the Internet into one spot, so you 0:59:15.800 --> 0:59:18.120 don't have to have twenty five tabs open, don't have 0:59:18.160 --> 0:59:21.600 to have a Google sheet open when you're supposed to 0:59:21.640 --> 0:59:25.000 be really enjoying the fact that you've earned these rewards. 0:59:25.320 --> 0:59:27.920 Now, I always get the indication that these airlines and 0:59:27.960 --> 0:59:30.120 hotels they don't want you to use these points. They 0:59:30.160 --> 0:59:33.200 make it really tough, like you said, to compare and 0:59:33.400 --> 0:59:37.360 contrast and also figure out your transfer partners. And so 0:59:37.920 --> 0:59:40.200 how do you get the information behind this? Like do 0:59:40.320 --> 0:59:43.360 the airlines like let you tap into their systems? Like 0:59:43.400 --> 0:59:45.640 how do you know when American Airlines has a flight 0:59:45.680 --> 0:59:49.080 for these twenty five thousand points or whatever you know. 0:59:49.160 --> 0:59:51.960 About I think it was just shive a decade ago. 0:59:52.000 --> 0:59:54.400 There is some change in legislation in the US where 0:59:54.880 --> 0:59:58.520 miles and points used to be considered a liability on 0:59:58.640 --> 1:00:02.240 balance sheets, and now that's considered deferred revenue. And so actually, 1:00:02.240 --> 1:00:04.880 most these loyalty programs now do have an incentive to 1:00:04.880 --> 1:00:06.960 get the points off the books because they get to 1:00:07.000 --> 1:00:10.080 recognize the revenue, and so they have you know, even 1:00:10.080 --> 1:00:13.800 on their own websites. Made it more transparent and easier. 1:00:14.120 --> 1:00:15.240 But at the end of the day, these are the 1:00:15.280 --> 1:00:17.400 companies that are you know, trying to sell flights, trying 1:00:17.400 --> 1:00:21.200 to sell hotel rooms for you know, the primary focus 1:00:21.200 --> 1:00:25.320 of their business. So the quality of those tools aren't 1:00:25.320 --> 1:00:28.640 always the best, and so companies like ours have been 1:00:28.640 --> 1:00:34.120 able to build tools that effectively create that transparency and 1:00:34.160 --> 1:00:38.520 create that ease of ease of information. Like one example, 1:00:40.200 --> 1:00:43.600 on our website, we have this feature called Daydream Explorer, 1:00:43.600 --> 1:00:46.520 and it's honest to god, I've been in this industry 1:00:46.560 --> 1:00:49.040 for a long time. It's the coolest thing ever. Where 1:00:49.800 --> 1:00:51.720 I can put in I'm based in Chicago. I can 1:00:51.760 --> 1:00:54.240 put in Chicago and I want to go to Asia 1:00:54.800 --> 1:00:57.600 over these two months. This is the These are the 1:00:57.640 --> 1:01:00.000 airline programs I'm part of. These are the credit card 1:01:00.000 --> 1:01:03.040 cards that I have, and it will literally show me 1:01:03.240 --> 1:01:06.680 all of the options in one go, Whereas that used 1:01:06.720 --> 1:01:10.240 to take me probably an entire weekend of sitting on 1:01:10.240 --> 1:01:12.160 my couch trying to figure out, you know, how can 1:01:12.200 --> 1:01:13.400 I use these miles and points? 1:01:13.760 --> 1:01:15.880 Yeah, when I I just went to this page, and 1:01:15.960 --> 1:01:18.320 I can tell you guys are true nerds by looking 1:01:18.360 --> 1:01:21.760 at this page, because it is it is literally every 1:01:21.880 --> 1:01:24.720 option that you would want, as like a real traveler 1:01:24.800 --> 1:01:27.440 like I can see you can choose your cabin, the program, 1:01:27.840 --> 1:01:29.959 the number of seats, how many stops, how many points 1:01:30.040 --> 1:01:32.280 you want to use, you know, whether you want to 1:01:32.280 --> 1:01:35.000 go to the beach, family fishing golf. I mean it's 1:01:35.080 --> 1:01:38.800 really very very thorough, and so you're thinking like in 1:01:38.880 --> 1:01:41.320 advance of how people would think when they search for 1:01:41.360 --> 1:01:41.960 this kind of stuff. 1:01:42.000 --> 1:01:43.120 It is very very handy. 1:01:43.880 --> 1:01:44.040 Now. 1:01:44.040 --> 1:01:46.880 What to be rich honestly is we're trying to appeal 1:01:46.920 --> 1:01:49.080 to like the nerd qualities that myself and my co 1:01:49.200 --> 1:01:51.080 founder have because we've been in this space for a 1:01:51.080 --> 1:01:53.760 long time, but then also democratize it for people who 1:01:54.320 --> 1:01:58.320 don't necessarily understand what a cabin is or cabin frequency is. 1:01:58.680 --> 1:02:00.920 You know, my mom being the great EXAs, she's got 1:02:01.200 --> 1:02:04.280 Capital one Point, she's got Southwest Points, she's got American 1:02:04.280 --> 1:02:08.200 Airlines miles, and she's always reaching out to me saying, hey, Bart, 1:02:08.240 --> 1:02:10.360 how can I use my miles and points? I said, hey, 1:02:10.440 --> 1:02:12.400 just go on go on points dot com. You don't 1:02:12.400 --> 1:02:14.640 need to ask me anymore. It's gonna save me phone 1:02:14.640 --> 1:02:15.320 calls from mom. 1:02:15.960 --> 1:02:16.400 I love it. 1:02:16.440 --> 1:02:19.080 I've heard that before actually from a lot of great 1:02:19.080 --> 1:02:22.320 ideas come from saving phone calls from parents. And you 1:02:22.360 --> 1:02:24.880 can focus on actually just chatting with them instead of 1:02:25.120 --> 1:02:28.720 providing tech support or the Points travel stuff. Bart Welch, 1:02:29.080 --> 1:02:32.360 CEO and co founder of points Yeah dot com. We're 1:02:32.360 --> 1:02:33.960 gonna leave it there. Thanks so much for joining me. 1:02:34.680 --> 1:02:35.479 Thanks rich for. 1:02:35.360 --> 1:02:37.720 Having me, and please check out the website if you 1:02:37.760 --> 1:02:40.000 haven't yet. It's pretty much free. 1:02:40.200 --> 1:02:42.560 Yeah, very very cool. I'll put the link on my website. 1:02:42.640 --> 1:02:46.120 Go to rich on tech dot tv. If you want 1:02:46.120 --> 1:02:50.000 to plan travel using and maximizing your Points, just go 1:02:50.040 --> 1:02:52.440 to rich on tech dot tv. Hit that light bulb 1:02:52.800 --> 1:02:53.800 icon up at the top. 1:02:53.880 --> 1:02:56.000 This is show number eighty four. You can get a 1:02:56.040 --> 1:02:57.480 link to Points. Yeah. 1:02:57.760 --> 1:03:00.040 Coming up, I'll tell you why Google is killing the 1:03:00.120 --> 1:03:05.200 Chrome cast in my Roku is getting into sports. Welcome 1:03:05.200 --> 1:03:08.600 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 1:03:08.600 --> 1:03:13.400 with you talking technology at triple A Rich one on one. 1:03:13.440 --> 1:03:16.360 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 1:03:16.480 --> 1:03:19.080 zero one. I just want to bring up Jonathan from 1:03:19.120 --> 1:03:22.720 a Fountain Valley. You had a comment about the TV warranty. 1:03:23.720 --> 1:03:27.600 Yeah, I've used the Costco one before. Yeah, the Costco 1:03:27.680 --> 1:03:32.400 one is very cheap and inexpensive and it works. 1:03:33.040 --> 1:03:35.200 You're talking to the extended warranty. 1:03:35.400 --> 1:03:38.440 The extended warranty and their credit card one too. And 1:03:38.480 --> 1:03:43.480 I had I had an issue with with the I 1:03:43.480 --> 1:03:46.440 think it's all state that handles it, and they want 1:03:46.520 --> 1:03:49.400 to give me a lower grade television because it had 1:03:49.400 --> 1:03:50.200 to be replaced. 1:03:50.680 --> 1:03:51.560 Yeah, and what. 1:03:51.640 --> 1:03:55.600 Ended up happening is talking with the management of Costco. 1:03:56.000 --> 1:04:00.280 They got on the phone with with with All eight 1:04:00.600 --> 1:04:02.720 and they got it resolved and they got me They 1:04:02.960 --> 1:04:06.400 they couldn't replace the exact TV, but what they did 1:04:06.440 --> 1:04:08.760 is they gave me the amount of money I paid 1:04:08.760 --> 1:04:10.960 for the TV, which at that point in time was 1:04:11.040 --> 1:04:13.800 nine hundred and ninety nine dollars and the Coppable TV 1:04:14.000 --> 1:04:15.040 was like eight hundred dollars. 1:04:15.040 --> 1:04:16.960 Now, oh well, going. 1:04:16.680 --> 1:04:20.080 Through Costco, it was just absolutely perfect. 1:04:20.440 --> 1:04:20.640 Yeah. 1:04:20.920 --> 1:04:23.200 Well, they just really take take good care of you. 1:04:23.280 --> 1:04:25.960 So and they're and they're extended warranty, so you can 1:04:25.960 --> 1:04:29.080 get five years a warranty for like one hundred and 1:04:29.080 --> 1:04:30.480 fifty to two hundred dollars total. 1:04:30.960 --> 1:04:31.200 Yeah. 1:04:31.240 --> 1:04:33.000 Well, I'm looking at their website, so you're right. It's 1:04:33.040 --> 1:04:36.960 all state protection plans that they do. And then Costco 1:04:37.120 --> 1:04:41.600 says it extends the manufacturer's warranty on the following items 1:04:41.600 --> 1:04:44.520 from up to two years from the date of warehouse purchase, 1:04:45.240 --> 1:04:49.520 so televisions, projectors, computers, and major appliances. So if you're 1:04:49.560 --> 1:04:51.640 saying they extend the man if they're saying they extend 1:04:51.640 --> 1:04:53.480 the manufacturers warrant you, Let's say you get a year 1:04:53.480 --> 1:04:56.840 from the manufacturer, so they'll extend that for another for 1:04:56.880 --> 1:04:58.320 another year, or for up. 1:04:58.240 --> 1:05:01.160 To another year, another year, the year, or it could 1:05:01.240 --> 1:05:03.600 be two If I think if you use their credit card, 1:05:04.000 --> 1:05:06.520 I think it's two years. If you're doing it paying 1:05:06.600 --> 1:05:09.120 cash forward, then I think it's only one year. But 1:05:09.160 --> 1:05:11.240 I think if you're using their credit card, it's it's 1:05:11.280 --> 1:05:13.560 two years. Yeah, but you can get total up to 1:05:13.640 --> 1:05:17.640 like five years, five years of warranty on the television. 1:05:17.800 --> 1:05:20.520 Well, it sounds like you made out in your in 1:05:20.560 --> 1:05:24.240 your experience there with getting more than you actually paid 1:05:24.240 --> 1:05:26.560 for the TV or what you paid for the TV. 1:05:26.640 --> 1:05:29.240 Then you could buy the new TV for cheaper. Of course, 1:05:29.280 --> 1:05:31.120 you paid for the extended warranty, so that might have 1:05:31.200 --> 1:05:33.800 been taken out of that there. But thanks for the call, Jonathan, 1:05:33.880 --> 1:05:38.080 appreciate it. I'm typically not an extended warranty person, and 1:05:38.120 --> 1:05:41.520 I'll be honest, I've I've I've talked about this before, 1:05:41.560 --> 1:05:44.240 but even with my MacBooks. I know, I know Apple, 1:05:44.360 --> 1:05:47.480 like a lot of their business is apple Care, right, 1:05:47.520 --> 1:05:49.400 and I get it. They have all these stores everywhere. 1:05:49.440 --> 1:05:51.680 It's very easy, but I think you have to kind of, 1:05:51.920 --> 1:05:53.840 you know, do the math on things and see if 1:05:53.880 --> 1:05:57.000 it's if it's worth it for you. It does give 1:05:57.000 --> 1:05:58.400 you peace of mind, and I think for a lot 1:05:58.400 --> 1:06:01.439 of people that peace of mind. You know, you got 1:06:01.440 --> 1:06:03.400 to put a price on that, you know, it's part 1:06:03.440 --> 1:06:05.840 of what makes you feel like, Okay, this is great. 1:06:06.200 --> 1:06:08.000 I remember one time I was in an Apple store. 1:06:08.040 --> 1:06:11.000 I was buying an iPhone and they said, you want 1:06:11.040 --> 1:06:13.040 apple Care on this phone. This was many years ago, 1:06:13.480 --> 1:06:15.400 and I think the Apple Care was like, I don't know, 1:06:15.520 --> 1:06:18.520 maybe ninety nine bucks whatever it was, And I said, oh, 1:06:18.560 --> 1:06:22.040 absolutely no, I don't do extended warranties. And then five 1:06:22.080 --> 1:06:24.320 seconds later I put a case on the table to 1:06:24.400 --> 1:06:27.040 buy with my phone, and that was fifty dollars. I 1:06:27.120 --> 1:06:30.120 was like, okay, so I could just get an extended warranty, 1:06:30.240 --> 1:06:32.040 not by the case, but anyway, I thought that was funny, 1:06:32.920 --> 1:06:34.200 you know. It's one of those things. By the way, 1:06:34.240 --> 1:06:36.640 I didn't realize I was kicking a bee's nest last weekend, 1:06:36.680 --> 1:06:39.600 I went to Costco after the show and I posted 1:06:39.720 --> 1:06:43.200 on X that I had never seen this before, but 1:06:43.320 --> 1:06:48.960 Costco is now asking folks to scan their membership card 1:06:49.040 --> 1:06:51.400 at the door, and I'd never seen that before, and 1:06:51.440 --> 1:06:53.320 so I took a picture. I posted it to X 1:06:53.360 --> 1:06:55.680 and next thing, you know, that was like a top 1:06:55.720 --> 1:06:58.160 story this week because I guess they rolled that out 1:06:58.200 --> 1:07:01.240 to a bunch of stores all at once, and it's 1:07:01.280 --> 1:07:04.439 to crack down on you know, membership bandits, so folks 1:07:04.520 --> 1:07:07.920 that are either using expired cards or folks that are 1:07:08.280 --> 1:07:11.280 freeloading and using a friend's card. So now they're checking 1:07:11.320 --> 1:07:15.880 your picture against the picture on the account, making sure 1:07:15.920 --> 1:07:18.919 that it's you. And it does work with the app, 1:07:18.960 --> 1:07:20.959 So if you're using the Costco app, which I highly 1:07:21.040 --> 1:07:23.080 recommend by the way, if you have a Costco card, 1:07:23.120 --> 1:07:25.480 stop using the actual physical card. Just add the card 1:07:25.520 --> 1:07:29.040 to the Costco app, so much easier. The only thing 1:07:29.080 --> 1:07:31.880 I've noticed is that it's a little bit different. Now 1:07:31.880 --> 1:07:34.520 this is probably not a big issue for most people. 1:07:34.560 --> 1:07:36.920 It is for me since I switch phones so often, 1:07:37.320 --> 1:07:41.160 But if you are using the Costco app on your phone, 1:07:41.280 --> 1:07:43.320 you can only have it linked to like one phone 1:07:43.320 --> 1:07:46.840 at a time, So just be aware of that limitation 1:07:47.040 --> 1:07:49.560 because they don't want you installing it on ten different 1:07:49.680 --> 1:07:54.960 phones because it is an issue anyway. Eighty to eight 1:07:55.120 --> 1:07:57.040 rich one O one eight eight eight rich one O 1:07:57.120 --> 1:08:01.240 one is the phone number for the show. So chrome 1:08:01.320 --> 1:08:05.400 Cast ending production after eleven years. This is one of 1:08:05.440 --> 1:08:09.080 Google's most successful devices and they are getting rid of it. 1:08:09.200 --> 1:08:13.240 After eleven years, they sold over one hundred million devices. 1:08:13.680 --> 1:08:16.280 Now I know this sounds wild. You're like, wait a second, 1:08:16.280 --> 1:08:18.599 I have a chrome Cast. No, you're gonna be fine. 1:08:18.680 --> 1:08:21.360 Number one. They're going to continue to provide software and 1:08:21.400 --> 1:08:25.240 security updates for existing chrome Cast devices for at least 1:08:25.280 --> 1:08:27.920 a while, and if you have one, you're going to 1:08:27.960 --> 1:08:28.360 be okay. 1:08:28.600 --> 1:08:29.360 But here's the thing. 1:08:30.240 --> 1:08:34.479 What's really happening here is that Google is understanding that 1:08:34.600 --> 1:08:37.719 chrome Cast had a great place in time in history. 1:08:38.040 --> 1:08:40.280 When it first came out in twenty thirteen. This was 1:08:40.320 --> 1:08:42.920 a small kind of stick that plugged into the back 1:08:43.000 --> 1:08:45.880 of a TV. And what it did was it allowed 1:08:45.920 --> 1:08:48.800 you to cast content from your phone, your tablet, or 1:08:48.840 --> 1:08:51.799 your computer. And this was at a time before TVs 1:08:51.840 --> 1:08:56.320 were truly smart, and so it was a cheap, simple 1:08:56.400 --> 1:08:59.839 way to get things from your phone to your TV. 1:09:00.600 --> 1:09:04.640 And nowadays, of course, this technology is built into a 1:09:04.680 --> 1:09:09.000 whole bunch of other devices, so smart TVs, you know, 1:09:09.040 --> 1:09:11.280 you have a streaming stick that you can use. So 1:09:11.560 --> 1:09:13.360 it's just kind of a sign of the times that 1:09:13.400 --> 1:09:17.519 we may no longer need to have this Chrome dongle. 1:09:17.960 --> 1:09:19.920 You can still do it, because it's going to be 1:09:20.600 --> 1:09:23.240 now now it's all about casting from your device to 1:09:23.360 --> 1:09:26.720 a TV, you know, using kind of an app or 1:09:27.040 --> 1:09:29.880 something that's built into the TV. So the good news 1:09:30.000 --> 1:09:31.880 is that the Chrome cast is going away, but I 1:09:31.880 --> 1:09:35.479 think the Chrome cast technology is going to stay. And 1:09:35.600 --> 1:09:38.080 now they kind of call it Google Cast. It's built 1:09:38.080 --> 1:09:41.280 into many TVs. It's kind of the equivalent of airplay 1:09:41.439 --> 1:09:44.240 on you know, the Apple devices. And by the way, 1:09:44.280 --> 1:09:46.360 this week also Google came out with a new Google 1:09:46.400 --> 1:09:49.680 TV streamer and this is a set top box, So 1:09:49.760 --> 1:09:53.759 again changing times. They're going from sort of that dongle 1:09:53.840 --> 1:09:58.400 that lets you add content to your TV in a cheap, fast, 1:09:58.520 --> 1:10:01.000 simple way to now saying, you know what, I think 1:10:01.040 --> 1:10:03.519 the streaming box is the wave of the future. Remember 1:10:03.560 --> 1:10:05.960 Chrome cast when it was a dongle, your phone was 1:10:05.960 --> 1:10:09.320 the remote control. And now of course we've all moved 1:10:09.320 --> 1:10:12.840 to kind of either a smart TV or a streaming box. 1:10:12.880 --> 1:10:14.439 But if you have one of these things plugged into 1:10:14.439 --> 1:10:16.479 your phone, you'll still be okay. Plugged into your TV, 1:10:16.880 --> 1:10:20.040 you'll still be okay. Eighty eight Rich one O one 1:10:20.240 --> 1:10:23.320 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:10:23.400 --> 1:10:27.960 Website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. Coming 1:10:28.040 --> 1:10:30.600 up in the next hour. I got so much feedback 1:10:30.680 --> 1:10:33.400 about last week's story about the guy who said his 1:10:33.439 --> 1:10:36.639 Apple Watch saved his life. I'm gonna read so many 1:10:36.680 --> 1:10:38.760 stories or a bunch of the stories that I got 1:10:38.800 --> 1:10:43.040 about this, and uh, explain more about it. Eighty eight 1:10:43.160 --> 1:10:47.360 rich one O one. This is rich on Tech. Welcome 1:10:47.400 --> 1:10:50.320 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 1:10:50.320 --> 1:10:54.880 with you, talking technology. The website for the show rich 1:10:55.120 --> 1:11:00.200 on Tech dot TV. If you want links to think 1:11:00.240 --> 1:11:02.200 I mentioned, hit the light bulb. If you want to 1:11:02.200 --> 1:11:07.680 get in touch, just hit contact and yeah, Roku's got 1:11:07.680 --> 1:11:10.680 a new twenty four to seven free sports channel. I'm 1:11:10.720 --> 1:11:15.519 telling you, these free channels are all the rage right now. 1:11:15.680 --> 1:11:20.200 Every single service is doing free channels. It's funny because 1:11:20.240 --> 1:11:22.680 it was all about streaming, you know, these premium like 1:11:22.760 --> 1:11:23.920 Netflix and all that stuff. 1:11:23.920 --> 1:11:25.439 But now everyone's doing free. 1:11:26.320 --> 1:11:28.640 Netflix has yet to jump into that, but I have 1:11:28.720 --> 1:11:33.439 a feeling that they may because people want choice and 1:11:33.439 --> 1:11:36.479 they want stuff for free. And so Roku now has 1:11:36.560 --> 1:11:40.760 a Roku Sports channel launching on August twelfth, that's this 1:11:40.920 --> 1:11:44.360 week and be available for free on the Roku channel 1:11:44.400 --> 1:11:48.759 in the US. Programming will have live Major League Baseball games, 1:11:48.800 --> 1:11:53.640 the Rich Eisen Show, Formula eraces, sports themed Roku originals, 1:11:53.640 --> 1:11:58.519 classic boxing matches, combat sports, high stakes poker, and then 1:11:58.560 --> 1:12:01.920 eventually they're gonna have the NBA G League games, which 1:12:01.960 --> 1:12:03.800 I had to look up. I didn't know what that was, 1:12:03.880 --> 1:12:05.639 but it's I guess it's like kind of a bobo. 1:12:05.680 --> 1:12:08.120 You know what that is? NBA G League Have you 1:12:08.120 --> 1:12:09.799 heard of it. 1:12:09.800 --> 1:12:13.120 It's like the the developmental league for the NBA teams. 1:12:14.400 --> 1:12:16.679 So I was looking that up and it's kind of cool. 1:12:16.720 --> 1:12:17.800 So that'll be on there as well. 1:12:17.880 --> 1:12:21.160 So pretty much like every team has their own development team, 1:12:21.280 --> 1:12:24.160 So like the Lakers have the South Bay Lakers, Clippers 1:12:24.200 --> 1:12:27.000 have another team and it's like the team that they 1:12:27.040 --> 1:12:29.480 developed to try to hopefully bring to the majors. 1:12:29.479 --> 1:12:32.280 So are these like high school kids or college kids 1:12:32.760 --> 1:12:33.040 or just. 1:12:33.000 --> 1:12:37.880 Anya anyone anyone. Yeah, interesting, very cool. So this will 1:12:37.880 --> 1:12:40.880 be available through the Roku channels, Live TV guide, and 1:12:40.960 --> 1:12:44.439 again these free channels. I was on Google TV and 1:12:44.439 --> 1:12:48.320 they've got like eight hundred free channels and it's just wild. 1:12:49.280 --> 1:12:51.120 You can watch all kinds of stuff. Some people just 1:12:51.160 --> 1:12:53.080 like to have the TV running in the background, you know, 1:12:53.160 --> 1:12:55.120 Like that's how I grew up, just having you know, 1:12:55.200 --> 1:12:57.240 it's streaming, you have to like decide what you want 1:12:57.280 --> 1:13:00.799 to watch. But with stream you know, with these fast channels, 1:13:00.800 --> 1:13:02.120 you can just put them on and they just stay 1:13:02.160 --> 1:13:04.840 on forever. I mean, Pluto TV's got them and it's 1:13:04.880 --> 1:13:08.599 really quite interesting to watch this progression. By the way, 1:13:08.640 --> 1:13:12.080 speaking of streaming, I talked about the Chrome cast going away. 1:13:12.120 --> 1:13:15.559 Google TV Streamer is what's replacing it. This is a 1:13:15.600 --> 1:13:17.960 four K box. It's one hundred bucks. It'll be available 1:13:18.000 --> 1:13:22.240 on September twenty fourth. It's got Ai powered content suggestions, 1:13:23.200 --> 1:13:26.680 four K HDR, double Vision, Dolby ATMOS. It'll be a 1:13:26.720 --> 1:13:30.400 matter hub, which means it'll control your smart home devices. 1:13:30.479 --> 1:13:32.840 It'll have a remote control with a finder button, which 1:13:32.840 --> 1:13:34.320 means if you lose it in the couch, you can 1:13:34.360 --> 1:13:34.760 find it. 1:13:35.680 --> 1:13:37.080 This is coming out very soon. 1:13:37.560 --> 1:13:41.599 And my excitement for this is that I can finally 1:13:41.640 --> 1:13:46.519 set Google Photos for my screensaver because I use Apple 1:13:46.560 --> 1:13:48.719 TV and as much as I love it, it's clean, 1:13:48.880 --> 1:13:52.760 it's nice, it's just you know, the asking it for 1:13:52.800 --> 1:13:54.920 stuff like the audio, like the series is just not 1:13:55.080 --> 1:13:58.080 very good. Last night I asked for John Candy movies 1:13:58.160 --> 1:14:00.400 and it was like, sorry, don't know what that means. 1:14:00.479 --> 1:14:03.439 It's like, how do you not know that? And Google 1:14:03.600 --> 1:14:06.080 their AI for asking it? Like Google as system is 1:14:06.280 --> 1:14:09.519 really really good, and I imagine it's even better on 1:14:09.560 --> 1:14:11.640 this new box. So I'm looking forward to trying this 1:14:11.720 --> 1:14:14.280 out just for my Google Photos, but of course for 1:14:14.320 --> 1:14:19.280 everything else. Let's see here, Let's go to David in 1:14:20.000 --> 1:14:22.120 Trabuco Canyon, California. 1:14:22.280 --> 1:14:23.240 David, you're on with. 1:14:23.280 --> 1:14:27.760 Rich Ye hopefully I've got a quick question for you. 1:14:28.160 --> 1:14:32.320 A friend of mine wants to use chat GPT. Okay, 1:14:32.760 --> 1:14:39.080 she's using Android, Linux and Windows systems. Obviously, the Android 1:14:39.280 --> 1:14:43.800 and the Linux, it's pretty straightforward app download. Windows can't 1:14:43.800 --> 1:14:47.120 find one. So is there a way around that? Or 1:14:47.160 --> 1:14:48.679 is there an alternative. 1:14:48.120 --> 1:14:51.960 System for chat GPT on the desktop? 1:14:52.760 --> 1:14:53.080 Yes? 1:14:53.320 --> 1:14:57.720 I would just use the website chat GBT and go 1:14:57.840 --> 1:15:01.200 from there. And you know, if you're I'm looking at 1:15:01.200 --> 1:15:02.760 the website right now, it doesn't look like you can 1:15:02.840 --> 1:15:04.960 install it as like a progressive web app. But I 1:15:05.000 --> 1:15:07.519 would just bookmarkt and just have it on your on 1:15:07.560 --> 1:15:10.840 your browser at all times. There is there is a 1:15:11.000 --> 1:15:15.559 chat GPT desktop app. Let's see if they have it. 1:15:15.600 --> 1:15:17.680 I know they have it for Mac. I don't know 1:15:17.720 --> 1:15:20.439 if they have it for Windows. Let's see, okay, chat 1:15:20.520 --> 1:15:21.360 g Yes. 1:15:21.520 --> 1:15:24.080 According to my I people, they said that it would 1:15:24.120 --> 1:15:26.840 be available for Windows in November of this year. 1:15:27.400 --> 1:15:29.720 Interesting, I wonder where they're getting that. Maybe it's on there. 1:15:30.320 --> 1:15:32.719 Yeah, no, they Okay, at the at the very bottom 1:15:32.840 --> 1:15:35.120 of the screen, it does say coming to Windows later 1:15:35.200 --> 1:15:39.519 this year, so to me that you know, it doesn't 1:15:39.520 --> 1:15:42.320 say a specific day, but you know later this year. 1:15:42.479 --> 1:15:45.160 Since we're already in August, I'm guessing you know, probably 1:15:45.200 --> 1:15:48.840 November December. But yeah, they do have it for Mac 1:15:48.880 --> 1:15:52.720 os uh and yeah, the Windows one is coming soon. 1:15:52.760 --> 1:15:55.120 But I would just personally, I just use it. The 1:15:55.160 --> 1:15:57.000 only thing is it would be nice if you could 1:15:57.000 --> 1:15:59.639 install it as, like I said, a progressive web app. 1:15:59.640 --> 1:16:03.280 It looks like mine on claud you can maybe because 1:16:03.280 --> 1:16:05.600 I'm not logged into chat ebt. It's not letting me 1:16:05.680 --> 1:16:09.599 have that option. But yeah, that's the probably the best 1:16:09.640 --> 1:16:10.160 way to do it. 1:16:10.479 --> 1:16:11.080 Just keep it with. 1:16:11.400 --> 1:16:13.679 Nice if you can load it on all the systems. 1:16:13.680 --> 1:16:16.160 That way, you break off one, you can pick it 1:16:16.240 --> 1:16:18.800 right up on the other one. So that's the only 1:16:18.880 --> 1:16:20.120 downside I can see. 1:16:20.200 --> 1:16:22.280 Well you can do that, I mean it'll it'll still 1:16:22.320 --> 1:16:24.799 continue with your chats. So I'm looking at my side 1:16:25.720 --> 1:16:27.920 you know, I've got my sidebar with all my chats here, 1:16:28.000 --> 1:16:30.120 and they're they're they pick up across systems, So as 1:16:30.160 --> 1:16:33.080 long as you're logged in your your chats should be 1:16:33.120 --> 1:16:36.280 picked up across all the systems. So it sounds like 1:16:36.360 --> 1:16:39.880 it's just a temporary issue with the Windows situation. I 1:16:39.960 --> 1:16:43.439 personally just prefer using it as the web app. I 1:16:43.439 --> 1:16:45.639 don't really know what the advantage is to the desktop app, 1:16:45.680 --> 1:16:47.879 except you have a shortcut. You can set a shortcut 1:16:47.920 --> 1:16:50.080 key to trigger it, which is kind of nice. But 1:16:50.160 --> 1:16:51.840 I did have it install to my Mac for a 1:16:51.840 --> 1:16:54.000 while and I kind of forgot about it, and I 1:16:54.120 --> 1:16:56.519 just I just ended up going to the website when 1:16:56.520 --> 1:16:59.040 I need it. But personally, I use Claude. I'm not 1:16:59.120 --> 1:17:01.120 using chat ebt as much as Claude, but I know 1:17:01.200 --> 1:17:05.400 chat GBT is sort of the proprietary eponym. Right now 1:17:05.520 --> 1:17:09.679 for all this stuff, Let's go to Louis in Let's 1:17:09.680 --> 1:17:10.960 see as I think. 1:17:10.880 --> 1:17:13.280 Kim might be on with him. It looks like Louis. 1:17:13.320 --> 1:17:15.639 Okay, I think yeah, I think we're still getting info 1:17:15.680 --> 1:17:18.040 from Louis. All right, well that's happening. I mentioned that 1:17:18.120 --> 1:17:24.360 Samsung has a recall Samsung voluntary recall for certain slide 1:17:24.400 --> 1:17:29.360 in electric model ranges. So these are stoves basically that 1:17:29.400 --> 1:17:33.640 can apparently catch fire because of the knobs might be 1:17:33.760 --> 1:17:38.880 activated without you realizing it, so voluntary recall. These are 1:17:38.920 --> 1:17:41.400 models sold in the US between twenty thirteen and twenty 1:17:41.439 --> 1:17:46.719 twenty four, so a wide swath of Samsung stoves potential 1:17:46.760 --> 1:17:51.160 activation of range knobs posing a fire hazard. So Samsung 1:17:51.240 --> 1:17:55.879 is offering free knoblocks or covers to fix the affected models. 1:17:55.920 --> 1:17:59.040 Thirty specific model numbers are affected by this recall. I'm 1:17:59.040 --> 1:18:00.439 not going to read all the numbers, but I'll link 1:18:00.479 --> 1:18:00.840 them up. 1:18:00.760 --> 1:18:01.560 On the website. 1:18:02.840 --> 1:18:05.680 You can continue to use your range while waiting for 1:18:05.720 --> 1:18:09.000 the free knoblocks or covers. You do need to provide 1:18:09.040 --> 1:18:12.960 your fifteen digit serial number to get the free fix. Here, 1:18:13.680 --> 1:18:17.160 Samsung recommends general safety precautions such as not storing items 1:18:17.200 --> 1:18:20.120 on the range top and keeping children and pets away 1:18:20.160 --> 1:18:24.280 from the knobs. The knoblocks or covers should arrive within 1:18:24.400 --> 1:18:29.920 five business days of completing this request. So the recall 1:18:30.000 --> 1:18:34.320 remedies provided free of charge, regardless of warranty status. So 1:18:34.439 --> 1:18:37.599 again you can go to there's a website Samsung dot com. 1:18:37.600 --> 1:18:39.800 But it's kind of complicated, but I will put the 1:18:39.840 --> 1:18:43.920 link on my website. Rich on tech dot tv, just 1:18:44.000 --> 1:18:46.080 hit the light bulb. This is show number eighty four. 1:18:46.520 --> 1:18:49.800 Look for the Samsung recall information and you can check 1:18:49.840 --> 1:18:53.519 your model number, see if it's affected, and go from there. 1:18:54.439 --> 1:18:57.519 Eighty eight rich one one eight eight eight seven four 1:18:57.560 --> 1:19:00.240 to two four one zero one. I mentioned the fit 1:19:00.360 --> 1:19:03.680 Ace LT. This is the smart watch that Google came 1:19:03.800 --> 1:19:06.080 up with for kids. I think it is excellent. My 1:19:06.200 --> 1:19:08.680 kid has been wearing it and testing it, and I 1:19:08.720 --> 1:19:12.960 think it's fantastic. I would only say my only downside 1:19:13.000 --> 1:19:15.720 with this smart watch is I don't think it has 1:19:15.800 --> 1:19:19.280 the strongest antenna for a signal. But I feel like 1:19:19.320 --> 1:19:21.920 that's a problem with a lot of smart watches, especially 1:19:21.920 --> 1:19:22.679 the Apple Watch. 1:19:23.200 --> 1:19:24.479 And this one. 1:19:24.720 --> 1:19:26.800 I just maybe they just can't build the same type 1:19:26.800 --> 1:19:28.680 of antenna that they can on your phone in these 1:19:28.720 --> 1:19:31.120 smart watches, so I feel like it doesn't pick up 1:19:31.120 --> 1:19:34.160 a signal as much as some other devices would like 1:19:34.200 --> 1:19:37.200 a smartphone. But with that said, it does work. It 1:19:37.240 --> 1:19:40.680 is really nice. It is as advertised, but they have 1:19:40.760 --> 1:19:43.120 added a couple new features in time for the school year. 1:19:43.960 --> 1:19:47.280 They did introduce a tap to fay tap to pay feature. 1:19:47.320 --> 1:19:49.920 But here's the weird thing. It's only compatible with green 1:19:50.000 --> 1:19:52.680 Light and Go Henry debit cards. Now, I know those 1:19:52.720 --> 1:19:55.400 are two popular debit cards for kids, but I'm not 1:19:55.479 --> 1:19:57.360 sure why they didn't just make it compatible with every 1:19:57.400 --> 1:20:00.160 debit card. But at start it's compatible with those to 1:20:01.400 --> 1:20:04.519 It also has two new games they added, plus the 1:20:04.680 --> 1:20:07.960 school time feature, which kind of disables the watch, not 1:20:08.000 --> 1:20:09.800 disables it, but it makes it so that it's not 1:20:09.800 --> 1:20:12.400 going to be distracting during the school day. They added 1:20:12.439 --> 1:20:14.439 a lunch break option, so if your kid has lunch 1:20:14.439 --> 1:20:17.080 from like, let's say, eleven thirty to twelve thirty in 1:20:17.120 --> 1:20:19.200 the morning. By the way, I don't know why kids' 1:20:19.200 --> 1:20:21.760 school lunches are so early, Like my kids are like, oh. 1:20:21.760 --> 1:20:22.280 Yeah, lunch. 1:20:22.280 --> 1:20:24.639 Our lunch is at like ten to fifteen AM. Like what, 1:20:25.560 --> 1:20:28.240 Maybe it's because you've been at school for so early. 1:20:28.280 --> 1:20:28.680 I don't know. 1:20:29.720 --> 1:20:32.559 But they added a lunch break option so that you 1:20:32.600 --> 1:20:37.160 can have your your phone or your watch available during 1:20:37.280 --> 1:20:40.519 lunch break. Right now, it's got a thirty dollars discount 1:20:40.520 --> 1:20:43.679 from August eleventh through twenty fifth on the Google Store. 1:20:44.240 --> 1:20:46.320 You can also buy it at best Buy and Target 1:20:46.640 --> 1:20:49.080 online in addition to Amazon. When it came out, it 1:20:49.120 --> 1:20:51.920 was only sold on Amazon and Google. And they're still 1:20:51.920 --> 1:20:56.160 doing their fifty percent discount on the annual ACE Data 1:20:56.200 --> 1:20:58.920 pass if you purchase it before August thirty first, So 1:20:59.360 --> 1:21:01.479 it's a one hundred twenty bucks for the year for the 1:21:01.560 --> 1:21:04.200 data for this device. If you buy it right now, 1:21:04.200 --> 1:21:06.360 you'll get fifty percent off, which is sixty dollars. So 1:21:06.400 --> 1:21:09.439 the neat thing about this fitbit acelte is it has 1:21:09.479 --> 1:21:12.679 cellular built in so that you can get in touch 1:21:12.720 --> 1:21:14.639 with your kid anywhere anytime. 1:21:14.680 --> 1:21:16.200 You can call and message them. 1:21:16.600 --> 1:21:20.320 Once again, the biggest downside is that this device is 1:21:20.360 --> 1:21:23.760 not assigned a traditional phone number, so you cannot just 1:21:23.800 --> 1:21:26.280 give someone a phone number to call your kid. Let's 1:21:26.280 --> 1:21:28.960 say Grandma's picking them up from school. Say okay, you 1:21:28.960 --> 1:21:30.760 can get in touch with Johnny by calling them at 1:21:30.800 --> 1:21:32.840 their watch. No, you can't do that. They would have 1:21:32.880 --> 1:21:36.000 to download the fipbit Ace app. You have to add 1:21:36.000 --> 1:21:38.519 them as a contact, and then they can message and 1:21:38.600 --> 1:21:41.439 call through the app. It's all done voiceover IP, so 1:21:41.720 --> 1:21:43.920 it is not a traditional phone number like you would 1:21:43.920 --> 1:21:46.679 get assigned with the Apple Watch. That is a big 1:21:46.760 --> 1:21:50.439 delineation between these two devices. Some people may find that 1:21:50.439 --> 1:21:52.880 that's a good thing because there's no there's no spam 1:21:52.960 --> 1:21:55.040 because of that. Some people may see that as a 1:21:55.040 --> 1:21:57.840 downside because it's just a little more hoops to jump 1:21:57.840 --> 1:22:00.439 through to get in touch with these watches. All right, 1:22:00.479 --> 1:22:03.559 coming up, a lot of you emailed me about the 1:22:03.720 --> 1:22:07.000 Apple Watch and the life saving story I shared last week. 1:22:07.080 --> 1:22:09.880 Coming up, I'm gonna read some of your emails about that. 1:22:10.400 --> 1:22:14.400 You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to 1:22:14.520 --> 1:22:17.040 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you 1:22:17.200 --> 1:22:27.719 talking Technology website for the show Richontech dot TV. Disney 1:22:27.960 --> 1:22:33.200 is raising prices once again. They just really must need 1:22:33.240 --> 1:22:36.920 the money because they have continued to announce price increases 1:22:36.960 --> 1:22:40.880 for Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Plus like clockwork, just 1:22:40.960 --> 1:22:43.160 like the good old days of cable that everyone was 1:22:43.200 --> 1:22:46.880 trying to escape. Remember when Disney Plus first launched, it 1:22:47.000 --> 1:22:50.719 was six ninety nine a month. It was a no brainer, 1:22:50.760 --> 1:22:55.519 and that included no ads, And that same service now 1:22:56.280 --> 1:23:01.120 is fifteen ninety nine a month. So prices price increases 1:23:01.240 --> 1:23:03.320 range from a dollar to six extra dollars a month, 1:23:03.360 --> 1:23:06.519 depending on what you have. New prices take effect on 1:23:06.680 --> 1:23:12.400 October seventeenth, and basically Disney Plus with ads is going 1:23:12.439 --> 1:23:14.160 up two dollars a month. So it used to be eight, 1:23:14.240 --> 1:23:17.120 now it's ten. Disney Plus without ads is going to 1:23:17.160 --> 1:23:21.600 increase from fourteen to sixteen dollars a month. Let's see, 1:23:21.720 --> 1:23:23.840 and just everything just go down the line. If you 1:23:23.840 --> 1:23:26.160 want to see the full list of price increases, you 1:23:26.200 --> 1:23:29.120 can go to the show notes. But yeah, I mean, 1:23:29.160 --> 1:23:31.760 it's just getting to the point where you know, it 1:23:31.880 --> 1:23:34.800 used to be a no brainer to have these services. 1:23:34.840 --> 1:23:36.760 Now it's like, Okay, which ones do I want to have? 1:23:37.479 --> 1:23:39.080 Because I don't know about you, but the last thing 1:23:39.080 --> 1:23:42.719 I watched on Disney Plus last night was Indiana Jones, 1:23:42.760 --> 1:23:47.960 the original one from like nineteen eighty something. So they've 1:23:48.040 --> 1:23:50.400 more than made their money on that and here I 1:23:50.439 --> 1:23:53.720 am watching it. Oh, I did watch Deadpool and that 1:23:53.880 --> 1:23:59.120 was pretty good. Bobo likes that. He was that surprised me. 1:23:59.479 --> 1:24:00.519 It was a it took me. 1:24:00.600 --> 1:24:06.519 What when did Deadpool come out? Deadpool the first one 1:24:06.600 --> 1:24:09.120 came out in twenty sixteen, so it took me eight 1:24:09.200 --> 1:24:10.120 years to watch that. 1:24:10.120 --> 1:24:12.799 That's not bad. You haven't seen dead Pool overring. 1:24:13.000 --> 1:24:15.160 No, That's what made me want to see it because 1:24:15.160 --> 1:24:17.400 I'm seeing all the publicity and people love this movie. 1:24:17.439 --> 1:24:19.080 So I'm like, all right, let me see the original. 1:24:19.280 --> 1:24:21.800 It's an amazing movie. See what the hype is all about. Hey, 1:24:21.800 --> 1:24:23.639 you gotta watch part two. I gotta watch part two 1:24:23.720 --> 1:24:26.439 and I gotta watch So that's probably talk to me 1:24:26.439 --> 1:24:28.000 in the next like four or five years, and I'll 1:24:28.040 --> 1:24:29.559 tell you what I think of these things. I don't 1:24:29.640 --> 1:24:34.400 like you, all right, coming up here, we're going to 1:24:34.479 --> 1:24:38.800 talk about this. So last week I mentioned we told 1:24:38.840 --> 1:24:42.320 the story of Peter Moore. This is a guy from Montecito, California, 1:24:42.800 --> 1:24:45.600 former tech executive. Kind of a big deal actually in 1:24:46.240 --> 1:24:48.920 the tech world. He was He ran Xbox for a 1:24:48.960 --> 1:24:51.439 while and a couple other things, but he said that 1:24:51.479 --> 1:24:54.240 the Apple Watch saved his life. He got this low 1:24:54.400 --> 1:24:57.000 heart rate notification. Plus he was feeling a little woozy, 1:24:57.040 --> 1:24:58.240 and he said, you know what, I might want to 1:24:58.240 --> 1:25:00.120 listen to this thing. His wife brought him to the hospital, 1:25:00.200 --> 1:25:03.559 got a pacemaker. Within four hours, he had an electrical 1:25:03.600 --> 1:25:07.519 blockage from his heart, or complete blockage. Anyway, the emails 1:25:07.560 --> 1:25:09.439 poured in. So I'm going to read some of these 1:25:09.800 --> 1:25:12.840 emails because so many of you wrote to me. Bev 1:25:12.880 --> 1:25:15.040 wrote in hey, Rich, I never had one of these devices, 1:25:15.040 --> 1:25:16.920 but back in March, I took a fall in my garage. 1:25:16.960 --> 1:25:18.679 I was fortunate that I was able to get myself 1:25:18.720 --> 1:25:21.439 back in the house. Anyway, after seeing your piece about 1:25:21.439 --> 1:25:24.160 thirty seconds ago, can you recommend which Apple Watch to get? 1:25:24.200 --> 1:25:24.599 Thank you. 1:25:25.400 --> 1:25:27.800 If you want just the basics for fall detection and 1:25:27.880 --> 1:25:31.200 the heart rate notifications, the Apple Watch se will be 1:25:31.400 --> 1:25:35.160 just fine. Otherwise you have the Apple Watch Series eight 1:25:35.280 --> 1:25:38.640 or nine, which add a little bit more like ECG. 1:25:38.960 --> 1:25:41.559 And then of course you can get the cellular. Only 1:25:41.600 --> 1:25:44.120 get the cellular if you are not taking your phone 1:25:44.120 --> 1:25:46.479 with you. So my recommendation with the Apple Watch or 1:25:46.520 --> 1:25:49.760 any smart watch, you only need the cellular if you 1:25:50.360 --> 1:25:52.320 do something that does not require your phone. 1:25:52.320 --> 1:25:52.639 A lot. 1:25:52.720 --> 1:25:55.000 So, for instance, if you run a lot without your 1:25:55.040 --> 1:25:57.519 phone and he took a fall while you're on a run, 1:25:57.560 --> 1:25:59.120 you'd still want your watch to be able to call 1:25:59.280 --> 1:26:02.040 nine one one, so get the cellular in that case. 1:26:04.400 --> 1:26:07.840 I think it's unag Here in Los Angeles says I 1:26:07.880 --> 1:26:10.080 saw your piece about the gentleman who's smart watch saved 1:26:10.120 --> 1:26:12.880 his life leading to a pacemaker implant. I wanted to 1:26:12.920 --> 1:26:15.519 let you know that a young teen girl experienced something similar. 1:26:15.560 --> 1:26:17.960 Her parents rushed her to UCLA, where she had a 1:26:18.000 --> 1:26:21.479 life saving procedure. Interestingly, her father is on the police 1:26:21.479 --> 1:26:24.880 force and understood the importance of the alert on her phone, 1:26:24.960 --> 1:26:28.760 making sure she received prompt care. This can make a 1:26:28.760 --> 1:26:31.920 compelling story, especially highlighting that heart issues aren't just for 1:26:31.960 --> 1:26:37.080 the aging population. I'm a retired nurse liver transplant coordinator 1:26:37.080 --> 1:26:41.880 from UCLA and yeah, just amazing a reminder, yes, that 1:26:41.920 --> 1:26:45.479 these issues don't just happen with the older population. Thanks 1:26:45.520 --> 1:26:47.439 for that email. Dave from North rich wrote in my 1:26:47.479 --> 1:26:50.200 Apple watch discovered my a FIBs situation about two and 1:26:50.200 --> 1:26:52.759 a half years ago. I went to the er immediately 1:26:52.760 --> 1:26:55.000 spent two days there. My watch showed back to normal 1:26:55.040 --> 1:26:58.080 at the same time the hospital's monitoring confirmed all was okay. 1:26:58.479 --> 1:27:01.000 I've been on heart med since I want. I sent 1:27:01.040 --> 1:27:03.799 a thank you email to Tim Cook and his wonderful 1:27:03.840 --> 1:27:08.080 reply is hanging on my office wall. Carolyn wrote in 1:27:08.120 --> 1:27:11.559 this segment with Peter Moore discussing his lightheadedness and life 1:27:11.560 --> 1:27:14.719 saving smart watch was so compelling, one of those rare 1:27:14.840 --> 1:27:18.080 radio moments nowadays that stops listeners in their tracks and 1:27:18.200 --> 1:27:22.759 reminds us why radio, especially AM radio, is to be valued. 1:27:22.960 --> 1:27:23.240 Thank you. 1:27:23.320 --> 1:27:27.040 Carolyn Ken writes in I saw your show. Apple Watch 1:27:27.240 --> 1:27:30.400 heart rate data alerted my cardiologist enough to send me 1:27:30.439 --> 1:27:35.040 to an electro physiologist for a pacemaker. I'm asymptomatic, which 1:27:35.080 --> 1:27:37.280 caused me not to be concerned. My heart rate rests 1:27:37.280 --> 1:27:40.400 in the low thirties. I'll have the pacemaker put in shortly. 1:27:40.479 --> 1:27:44.519 I am a true believer in this device. John from 1:27:44.600 --> 1:27:47.559 Ladera Ranch writes in I have an Apple Watch an iPhone. 1:27:47.560 --> 1:27:49.479 I want to get an Apple Watch, especially after hearing 1:27:49.479 --> 1:27:52.439 the life saving story today. I'm not interested in having 1:27:52.520 --> 1:27:54.360 cell service with my watch, but I want to use 1:27:54.360 --> 1:27:57.120 it for blood pressure, steps, heart rate, etc. If I 1:27:57.160 --> 1:27:59.519 buy an Apple Watch without cell service, we'll it provide 1:27:59.520 --> 1:27:59.960 those feature. 1:28:00.240 --> 1:28:00.760 Thanks so much. 1:28:00.840 --> 1:28:04.879 I love your radio show. Absolutely it will provide those features. 1:28:04.920 --> 1:28:07.679 You do not need the cell service again. Only get 1:28:07.680 --> 1:28:09.640 the cell service if you want your watch to be 1:28:09.640 --> 1:28:13.920 able to call for help when your phone is not nearby. 1:28:14.680 --> 1:28:18.280 All right, coming up, we're going to talk to Aptera 1:28:18.520 --> 1:28:23.000 Motors about their solar electric car. This is rich On Tech. 1:28:24.360 --> 1:28:27.280 Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:28:27.320 --> 1:28:33.840 out with you talking technology. Are you concerned about your 1:28:33.920 --> 1:28:38.200 data privacy? New survey from US News I thought was interesting. 1:28:38.320 --> 1:28:41.160 Eighty two percent of Americans concerned about their personal data 1:28:41.160 --> 1:28:45.640 security online. H Forty two percent use multi factor authentication. 1:28:45.800 --> 1:28:49.320 That's impressive. I maybe because we're forced to do that 1:28:49.479 --> 1:28:52.280 so often, but that seems higher than I would think. 1:28:53.000 --> 1:28:56.519 It's only seventeen percent use a password manager. I think 1:28:56.560 --> 1:28:59.320 that's going to change in a big way with Apple 1:29:00.120 --> 1:29:04.080 because they are coming out with a new password app, 1:29:04.200 --> 1:29:05.800 and I think that that's going to be a big 1:29:05.920 --> 1:29:09.920 change for that. Eighty nine percent feel confident in creating 1:29:10.000 --> 1:29:13.000 secure passwords, but only twenty two percent change them regularly. 1:29:13.520 --> 1:29:15.800 I think if you're creating a secure password, you don't 1:29:15.840 --> 1:29:17.960 really need to change it. Like at work, I always 1:29:17.960 --> 1:29:20.439 have to change my password. Why if it's not getting hacked, 1:29:20.479 --> 1:29:22.920 if it's unique, if it's secure, why do I have 1:29:22.960 --> 1:29:25.000 to change it? I think that's kind of an old 1:29:25.080 --> 1:29:28.439 method that we no longer need to do anymore. Fifty 1:29:28.439 --> 1:29:32.360 five percent reuse credentials across social media platforms. I'm telling 1:29:32.360 --> 1:29:35.719 you if you do take three takeaways from this show today. 1:29:35.800 --> 1:29:39.320 Number one, use a strong, unique password for every website. 1:29:39.680 --> 1:29:43.639 Number two, turn on two factor authentication. And number three, 1:29:44.120 --> 1:29:48.559 go to a website called Google Results about you and 1:29:48.680 --> 1:29:51.320 turn that on and you can actually take down some 1:29:51.400 --> 1:29:54.720 of this personal information for free that's on Google, so 1:29:54.760 --> 1:29:57.360 that people can't find as much personal data about you. 1:29:58.320 --> 1:30:01.360 Thanks US News and World Report. All right, joining me 1:30:01.439 --> 1:30:06.519 now from Apterra. This is a company that is creating 1:30:06.680 --> 1:30:13.120 a solar car. Solar electric car. Steve, let me turn 1:30:13.160 --> 1:30:17.000 off my Mike care Steve Fambreau. Welcome to the show. 1:30:17.680 --> 1:30:20.080 Hey Rich, nice to be on. I a big fan 1:30:20.120 --> 1:30:22.280 of your show and also KFI for many years. 1:30:22.400 --> 1:30:25.280 Oh thank you. Now you're in San Diego, I believe. 1:30:25.080 --> 1:30:27.719 Right, Yeah, Carlsbad just a few miles north. 1:30:27.760 --> 1:30:29.519 Okay, so explain what Aptera is. 1:30:29.600 --> 1:30:33.599 First off, Well, Aptera has a very simple mission. We 1:30:33.640 --> 1:30:36.840 want to make every journey power by the sun. Right now, 1:30:36.840 --> 1:30:40.439 we're doing that with our vehicle, the aptera namesake of 1:30:40.479 --> 1:30:44.240 the company, and it operates like a regular electric vehicle, 1:30:44.760 --> 1:30:47.760 except it charges itself about forty miles a day just 1:30:47.800 --> 1:30:50.559 from the sun. So most people with their typical daily 1:30:50.560 --> 1:30:52.519 commute aren't just gonna they're just not gonna have to 1:30:52.520 --> 1:30:55.519 plug in the vehicle at all. But you can go 1:30:55.600 --> 1:30:57.759 up to about four hundred miles on a single charge 1:30:57.880 --> 1:30:59.040 with the launch version. 1:30:59.479 --> 1:31:01.920 Oh wow, And so where are you at with this car? 1:31:02.080 --> 1:31:03.640 How far along are you with this? 1:31:05.040 --> 1:31:08.439 We've raised about one hundred and thirty million dollars, We've 1:31:09.280 --> 1:31:13.680 taken about fifty thousand pre orders, and we've built a 1:31:13.680 --> 1:31:17.840 bunch of pre production prototypes and we're starting our validation 1:31:18.040 --> 1:31:22.960 builds right now of production intent vehicles. That's happening now 1:31:23.040 --> 1:31:25.920 through the end of the year, and then starting early 1:31:26.000 --> 1:31:29.240 next year, we'll be building the first production vehicles in 1:31:29.520 --> 1:31:33.360 very very low volume, about fifty vehicles before the first 1:31:33.360 --> 1:31:35.599 half of the year. But some of those will actually 1:31:35.640 --> 1:31:36.679 be sold to a customer. 1:31:37.240 --> 1:31:39.320 And what is the price going to be for a 1:31:39.360 --> 1:31:39.920 car like this? 1:31:40.800 --> 1:31:44.080 These vehicles are configured with options and full solar, they're 1:31:44.160 --> 1:31:48.920 running about forty plus thousand dollars. But for that you're 1:31:48.920 --> 1:31:51.960 getting forty miles of free charging a day, plus about 1:31:51.960 --> 1:31:55.439 four hundred miles range, a brilliant performance, a very good 1:31:55.439 --> 1:31:58.360 power to weight ratio, and of course the carbon composite 1:31:58.360 --> 1:32:01.840 structure that's never going to rust will offer decades of 1:32:02.240 --> 1:32:02.960 long service. 1:32:03.400 --> 1:32:05.360 Now, were these two seater four seater? 1:32:06.320 --> 1:32:09.120 Yes, two seaters side by side with about one thousand 1:32:09.160 --> 1:32:11.439 liters of cargo sping. So if you take like my 1:32:11.479 --> 1:32:14.040 other ev as a Chevy bolt, So if you fold 1:32:14.040 --> 1:32:16.920 down the back seats in the bolt, it's like the 1:32:16.960 --> 1:32:19.080 same size as the Aptera. You know, it's two people 1:32:19.120 --> 1:32:21.680 can get a bunch of luggage like check luggage and 1:32:22.040 --> 1:32:24.840 carry on and everything else in the back of it. 1:32:24.840 --> 1:32:28.080 It's interesting because when I talk about electric cars, and 1:32:28.160 --> 1:32:32.080 obviously there's a lot of chatter about these things in California. 1:32:32.120 --> 1:32:36.240 They're very popular. People like them. I drive one. I've 1:32:36.280 --> 1:32:40.120 had no problems in three years with it. Obviously, you know, 1:32:40.160 --> 1:32:42.240 there are some trade offs, you know, you have to 1:32:42.240 --> 1:32:44.639 think about when you take road trips and things like that, 1:32:44.720 --> 1:32:47.559 Like there is a little bit more planning and you know, 1:32:47.720 --> 1:32:51.840 but overall it's really really an exciting experience. But people 1:32:51.920 --> 1:32:54.720 always say, like what about solar? What about solar? So 1:32:55.520 --> 1:32:58.000 can you capture that much sun from the roof of 1:32:58.040 --> 1:32:59.760 the car, And what do you have to do to 1:32:59.840 --> 1:33:01.760 lead event like in the sun. What about people that 1:33:01.760 --> 1:33:03.920 don't live in a sunny area. 1:33:05.080 --> 1:33:08.200 These are all great points, especially about electric vehicles in general. 1:33:08.280 --> 1:33:10.320 You know, even with just to follow on that point, 1:33:10.479 --> 1:33:13.120 even with gasoline cars, you know that there's no one 1:33:13.200 --> 1:33:16.080 vehicle that anybody wants. You know, my dad will never 1:33:16.080 --> 1:33:18.040 give up his diesel pickup truck because he pulls a 1:33:18.040 --> 1:33:21.400 horse trailer. And so even though he thinks it's cool 1:33:21.400 --> 1:33:23.759 that the son started a car company and he wants one. 1:33:24.160 --> 1:33:27.880 But in terms of solar, just putting solar cells on 1:33:27.880 --> 1:33:30.200 a regular electric vehicles not going to help that much 1:33:30.320 --> 1:33:34.879 because those most evs are pretty inefficient by app Terra standards. 1:33:35.280 --> 1:33:39.439 They're heavy and they have high aerodynamic resistance. Because app 1:33:39.520 --> 1:33:43.280 Terra is so efficient, it's so lightweight, such low drag. 1:33:43.840 --> 1:33:45.960 The solar that we do put on the vehicle can 1:33:46.000 --> 1:33:49.439 have a meaningful impact because our rate of consumption is 1:33:49.439 --> 1:33:52.360 about one hundred hours per mile, which is very low. 1:33:52.439 --> 1:33:55.720 It's lower than anything on the road, but that we 1:33:55.760 --> 1:33:59.360 collect about four kilo hours over the day, a peak 1:33:59.520 --> 1:34:03.120 of about seven hundred watts, you know, let's say around noontime, 1:34:03.520 --> 1:34:06.680 So over the whole day about four kilod hours. And 1:34:07.160 --> 1:34:09.880 part of our intellectual property is, of course, how do 1:34:09.920 --> 1:34:12.599 you bend and make solar panels that are curved and 1:34:13.479 --> 1:34:16.040 form the exterior, you know, aero panels to the body, 1:34:16.320 --> 1:34:19.479 but also the high voltage electronics that have to operate 1:34:19.640 --> 1:34:22.479 very efficiently to put that energy back into the high 1:34:22.520 --> 1:34:25.760 voltage battery. So over the period of a day, you'll 1:34:25.760 --> 1:34:28.639 collect about four kiloded hours, which is about forty miles. 1:34:28.880 --> 1:34:32.120 Now for those people that don't park in the sun, 1:34:32.240 --> 1:34:34.800 or they have to park in a garage or something 1:34:34.840 --> 1:34:37.160 like that, all that means is that they're at Terra 1:34:37.280 --> 1:34:39.760 is still going to charge faster than a regular EV. 1:34:40.720 --> 1:34:43.479 You won't have to install a level two charger at home. 1:34:43.520 --> 1:34:44.880 You can just plug it in the wall and a 1:34:44.920 --> 1:34:47.320 regular one to ten socket and you'll get about one 1:34:47.400 --> 1:34:50.240 hundred and thirty miles overnight. Because a battery pack is 1:34:50.280 --> 1:34:54.240 so small by comparison, So if you can't park in 1:34:54.280 --> 1:34:56.920 the sun, yeah, that's unfortunate because we want your journey 1:34:56.920 --> 1:34:58.960 to be powered by the sun. If you live in 1:34:59.000 --> 1:35:02.960 a cloud place, you're going to get fewer miles per year. 1:35:03.360 --> 1:35:06.840 But the solar cell technology is improving every year. The 1:35:06.960 --> 1:35:09.599 light weightness is getting better in the vehicle, so we think, 1:35:09.840 --> 1:35:11.479 you know, we're going to go from forty miles to 1:35:11.520 --> 1:35:13.960 fifty miles to seventy. You know, our goal is to 1:35:14.000 --> 1:35:15.920 make the whole journey powered by the sun one day. 1:35:16.920 --> 1:35:20.360 And how you know, is anyone else doing this? Like 1:35:20.560 --> 1:35:22.760 are you know, we see all these big companies are 1:35:22.760 --> 1:35:25.479 getting into electric, but it seems like solar is kind 1:35:25.479 --> 1:35:29.880 of like a very far off kind of idea. But 1:35:30.000 --> 1:35:32.400 you guys say you're doing it, Like it's this car powerful? 1:35:32.560 --> 1:35:33.280 Like is it? You know? 1:35:33.400 --> 1:35:36.360 Obviously your dad's not going to pull the crate behind 1:35:36.400 --> 1:35:39.840 it or the horse carriage. But you know what, what's 1:35:39.880 --> 1:35:41.840 the deal with this car when it comes to like power? Like, 1:35:42.040 --> 1:35:43.680 am I going to give up anything with this? 1:35:45.240 --> 1:35:47.880 Well, you could give up your license if you get 1:35:47.880 --> 1:35:50.519 caught because it goes that fast. You know, it's got 1:35:50.520 --> 1:35:53.280 one hundred and fifty kilowatt's peak power about two innre 1:35:53.280 --> 1:35:57.040 horse power, weighs less than two thousand pounds. So it 1:35:57.560 --> 1:36:00.400 drives like what you would consider a sports car. It's 1:36:00.960 --> 1:36:05.120 very very spirited, very fun to drive. Many electric vehicles 1:36:05.120 --> 1:36:07.400 are like that today though, Yeah, so this would be 1:36:07.439 --> 1:36:12.200 on par with that experience. Sorry, what was your well. 1:36:12.040 --> 1:36:12.799 I'm curious. 1:36:12.880 --> 1:36:15.000 Okay, So you know we've seen like even with like 1:36:15.120 --> 1:36:18.120 Rivan some of these other car companies. You know, people 1:36:18.160 --> 1:36:22.640 are hesitant to get these startup cars because repair and like, 1:36:22.720 --> 1:36:24.920 you know, if you need something done, like how you know, 1:36:24.960 --> 1:36:29.519 you've got to build out this huge nationwide infrastructure of 1:36:29.640 --> 1:36:31.920 you know, repair places, and how do you know what 1:36:31.960 --> 1:36:33.080 happens if something goes wrong? 1:36:33.200 --> 1:36:35.680 Like can you address some of that? I'm curious. 1:36:36.080 --> 1:36:38.680 Yeah, it's a really great point, and I think it's 1:36:38.680 --> 1:36:41.760 one of the key differentiators that all electric vehicle companies 1:36:41.840 --> 1:36:45.799 are are starting to realize. The dealership model in modern 1:36:45.800 --> 1:36:49.519 automotive sales is the revenue model is on service, and 1:36:49.560 --> 1:36:52.519 electric vehicles just don't have service. You know, the service 1:36:52.640 --> 1:36:56.639 is extremely deminimous compared to a gasoline car. So really, 1:36:56.840 --> 1:36:59.679 if if you think about it at a high level, 1:36:59.760 --> 1:37:03.320 there's no revenue model for any dealership in an electric 1:37:03.439 --> 1:37:07.080 vehicle ecosystem. So then what do you do. Well, Luckily, 1:37:07.120 --> 1:37:11.240 there are already partner folks out there who have deployed 1:37:11.479 --> 1:37:15.800 mobile service quite well, quite successfully for all kinds of vehicles, 1:37:16.200 --> 1:37:18.439 and we're talking with several of them right now, and 1:37:18.479 --> 1:37:21.160 we believe our plan is going to involve one of 1:37:21.200 --> 1:37:24.640 these existing partners who will, with our materials and with 1:37:24.680 --> 1:37:27.200 our training and with our parts, be able to go 1:37:27.240 --> 1:37:30.320 and do that kind of service on an app terra okay, 1:37:30.360 --> 1:37:32.160 without us having to build out that network. 1:37:32.280 --> 1:37:32.640 Got it. 1:37:32.960 --> 1:37:35.880 And I will say for my car, like the except 1:37:35.880 --> 1:37:38.360 when someone hit it, which was expensive, that was not 1:37:38.479 --> 1:37:42.680 my fault, there's been almost zero service charges whatsoever. I 1:37:42.720 --> 1:37:44.840 do have to replace the tires, but that's basically it. 1:37:44.960 --> 1:37:47.960 I mean, I've only replaced the cabin filter twice over 1:37:48.040 --> 1:37:48.559 three years. 1:37:48.600 --> 1:37:52.240 And that's it. This car is going to be. You're 1:37:52.240 --> 1:37:52.880 going to have one of. 1:37:52.800 --> 1:37:56.120 Your prototypes showcased at the Pebble Beach. 1:37:56.320 --> 1:37:57.000 Tell me about that. 1:37:57.640 --> 1:38:02.040 Yeah, so that's gamma. That is are it's it's so 1:38:02.080 --> 1:38:06.400 we have alpha, beta, Gamma, and then production. And we're 1:38:06.439 --> 1:38:09.120 not really showing the alphas anymore because they're they're long 1:38:09.160 --> 1:38:11.640 in the tooth, they're smaller, they're not representative. Of what 1:38:11.680 --> 1:38:15.880 we're making. Gamma is actually a near production interior but 1:38:15.960 --> 1:38:18.000 on a beta body, so it's a little bit bigger. 1:38:18.640 --> 1:38:21.800 It's one of our most it's our newest sort of 1:38:22.479 --> 1:38:25.639 prototype or press vehicle, if you will. Although it's over 1:38:25.960 --> 1:38:28.000 a year and a half or so old. It's been 1:38:28.040 --> 1:38:30.840 all over the world. I just got back from the 1:38:30.960 --> 1:38:34.840 Yaz track in Abu Dhabi. It's it was in Switzerland 1:38:34.920 --> 1:38:38.040 last year driving around in the snow. That vehicle is 1:38:38.040 --> 1:38:40.960 going to be at Pebble Beach and it's it's highly 1:38:41.040 --> 1:38:45.680 representative of the size and interior of the production vehicle. 1:38:45.760 --> 1:38:48.240 All right, And that's happening during the weekend of August 1:38:48.320 --> 1:38:51.720 seventeenth and eighteenth. If you want to check it out. 1:38:52.000 --> 1:38:54.600 What's the website for APTERAF Steve. 1:38:54.960 --> 1:38:56.080 Attera dot us. 1:38:56.200 --> 1:38:58.360 You can read everything about us. You can get in 1:38:58.479 --> 1:39:02.280 the waiting list, so people ahead of you, but you 1:39:02.320 --> 1:39:03.959 can find everything you want to know there. 1:39:04.040 --> 1:39:04.400 All right. 1:39:04.439 --> 1:39:08.480 Steve Fambrou from Aptera building a solar car there in Carlsbad. 1:39:08.520 --> 1:39:10.760 Thanks so much for joining me today. Appreciate it. 1:39:10.760 --> 1:39:11.400 Oh my pleasure. 1:39:11.439 --> 1:39:12.679 Rich, Thank you. All right. 1:39:13.000 --> 1:39:15.320 This is probably something I would have imagined as a kid, 1:39:15.720 --> 1:39:19.679 you know, we went from gas to electric solar maybe 1:39:19.680 --> 1:39:20.759 flying as next. 1:39:21.280 --> 1:39:22.880 Very very exciting. Good luck there. 1:39:23.400 --> 1:39:25.600 Coming up, we are going to open up the feedbag 1:39:26.320 --> 1:39:29.439 and get some more of your emails to the show 1:39:29.680 --> 1:39:34.000 you are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to 1:39:34.120 --> 1:39:36.519 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 1:39:36.640 --> 1:39:42.080 talking technology the website for the show rich on Tech 1:39:42.360 --> 1:39:47.280 dot TV. Jim Rode in interesting that the ap Terra 1:39:48.360 --> 1:39:50.960 interview never corrected you to say that Aptera is not 1:39:51.040 --> 1:39:54.360 a car, it's a three wheeled motorcycle. I'm sure he 1:39:54.400 --> 1:39:56.879 did that intentionally. People will not be quite as interested 1:39:56.880 --> 1:39:58.719 in this vehicle and they know it's not a car. 1:39:59.360 --> 1:40:02.599 He always carefully called it a vehicle and never referred 1:40:02.600 --> 1:40:05.920 to it as a car to keep things legal, I'm sure. Anyway, 1:40:06.000 --> 1:40:09.160 great show as always, Jim, Ah, good, good point, Jim. 1:40:09.200 --> 1:40:12.479 That is uh, yes, that will limit the appeal of 1:40:12.520 --> 1:40:16.400 this for sure, solar electric vehicle. But then again, you know, 1:40:16.400 --> 1:40:18.840 I've done a lot of stories with these kind of 1:40:18.840 --> 1:40:22.519 funky alternative cars and things vehicles. I guess you can 1:40:22.520 --> 1:40:25.559 call them, and you know, people there was one what 1:40:25.640 --> 1:40:29.160 was it called the solo that one tried to anyway, 1:40:29.479 --> 1:40:32.679 people people love the idea of all these things, it takes. 1:40:32.439 --> 1:40:34.600 A while for them to actually happen. Sometimes. 1:40:35.360 --> 1:40:37.519 Let's get to the feedback. Rich on tech dot TV 1:40:37.680 --> 1:40:40.599 hit Contact. John from Newport Beach wrote in about the 1:40:40.640 --> 1:40:44.439 AI discussion on last week's show, We're already seeing massive 1:40:44.520 --> 1:40:48.040 job losses and positions being replaced by AI and fields 1:40:48.040 --> 1:40:52.320 like marketing, sales, content creation, computer programming, and recruiting. AI 1:40:52.439 --> 1:40:55.360 is consolidating workforces, so instead of having ten people in 1:40:55.360 --> 1:40:58.200 each of these positions, a company might only need three. 1:40:59.320 --> 1:41:01.800 Of course, the best workers will master AI, but will 1:41:01.840 --> 1:41:05.000 need fewer of them. Overall, this is already happening. We 1:41:05.080 --> 1:41:07.120 haven't even seen the beginning of it. Just wait until 1:41:07.160 --> 1:41:10.799 AI gets really good. It's still in its early stages. 1:41:11.040 --> 1:41:14.120 Think about that. Thanks John from Newport Beach. That is 1:41:14.439 --> 1:41:17.640 very true. We are just in the beginning stages. We 1:41:17.680 --> 1:41:19.840 had a lot of emails about the MV and O 1:41:20.000 --> 1:41:23.400 discussion last week. Randolph writes in Rich, great show. Never 1:41:23.479 --> 1:41:27.280 miss it. When you've covered travel roaming issues. To avoid charges, 1:41:27.320 --> 1:41:29.719 you always say, turn on airplane mode and turn off roaming. 1:41:30.080 --> 1:41:32.760 But how do you always add? But you always add 1:41:32.920 --> 1:41:35.080 make sure your apps do not download upload How do 1:41:35.120 --> 1:41:36.519 you do that. Do you have to go into each 1:41:36.600 --> 1:41:38.160 app individually and do something? 1:41:38.600 --> 1:41:41.320 Thanks? Yeah, that is basically what you have to do 1:41:41.360 --> 1:41:41.880 at this point. 1:41:42.600 --> 1:41:44.640 There may be some programs that you can use to 1:41:44.680 --> 1:41:47.800 restrict maybe on Android, like the upload and download. But 1:41:47.880 --> 1:41:49.800 if you just go into your main offenders, like the 1:41:49.960 --> 1:41:53.640 major apps like Netflix, anything that's streaming video, anything that's 1:41:53.680 --> 1:41:57.840 streaming music, anything that's uploading or backing up, turn that 1:41:57.960 --> 1:42:01.200 off on cellular. Make sure it's not using cellular to 1:42:01.280 --> 1:42:03.200 do that, and you should be okay. But yes, it's 1:42:03.200 --> 1:42:06.320 a manual process. Sean writes in I'm sure you figure 1:42:06.320 --> 1:42:08.680 it out, but red Pocket actually lets you choose from 1:42:08.720 --> 1:42:12.160 AT and T, Verizon or T Mobile. You stated it 1:42:12.280 --> 1:42:16.639 only works on Verizon. Okay, good to know there. Warren 1:42:16.680 --> 1:42:19.040 writes in, Hey, Rich, I enjoy your show, appreciate your 1:42:19.040 --> 1:42:21.439 tech assistance. One MV and O I did not hear you. 1:42:21.479 --> 1:42:24.479 Mention which I've used for many years is ting they 1:42:24.479 --> 1:42:27.400 can use both Verizon and T Mobile networks. I recommend 1:42:27.400 --> 1:42:29.200 TING to my friends, but most still go with the 1:42:29.240 --> 1:42:32.639 main carriers. That's what my mom said last week after 1:42:32.680 --> 1:42:34.760 she listened to the show, and she said, you know, 1:42:34.800 --> 1:42:36.720 I tell all my friends about Mint Mobile, and they 1:42:36.760 --> 1:42:38.879 still want to stick to, you know, their main carriers. 1:42:38.920 --> 1:42:41.639 They said, you know what, they're lost. They're they're losing 1:42:41.640 --> 1:42:45.240 the money. Andrea from New Orleans rights in. US Mobile 1:42:45.560 --> 1:42:48.439 very recently started giving customers the ability to switch between 1:42:48.439 --> 1:42:53.080 their GSM, T Mobile, Verizon and AT and T networks 1:42:53.120 --> 1:42:56.080 on the fly as often as you like. It's free 1:42:56.120 --> 1:42:58.479 for some plans, with a two dollars charge for others, though, 1:42:58.520 --> 1:43:01.599 I think everyone gets too free switched US Mobile. Don't 1:43:01.640 --> 1:43:04.200 discount them. They're a great MV and O. I've tested 1:43:04.200 --> 1:43:07.560 them before, and yes, they give you a choice of networks. 1:43:07.840 --> 1:43:10.479 I didn't know you can switch on the fly. That's interesting. 1:43:11.720 --> 1:43:14.160 Joe from Scranton writes in Rich, I heard you give 1:43:14.160 --> 1:43:16.600 advice to a caller from law enforcement who wanted a 1:43:16.720 --> 1:43:19.600 point and shoot camera for vacation. I'm wondering why you 1:43:19.600 --> 1:43:22.879 didn't simply suggest using a spare phone, either iPhone or Galaxy. 1:43:22.920 --> 1:43:25.160 Doesn't have to be the primary nor does it even 1:43:25.240 --> 1:43:26.960 need to have service. All they need to do is 1:43:27.040 --> 1:43:30.160 keep the camera app open and would essentially be point 1:43:30.160 --> 1:43:33.240 and shoot. Wouldn't that be a good solution? Yeah, you 1:43:33.280 --> 1:43:35.960 know what, not a bad idea. I actually did not 1:43:36.040 --> 1:43:38.719 even think about that because he said he wanted a camera, 1:43:38.840 --> 1:43:41.320 not a phone, and so typically I use that as 1:43:41.320 --> 1:43:44.200 the queue for my answer. But you're right, just use 1:43:44.240 --> 1:43:46.479 an old phone, don't hook it up to service, and 1:43:46.600 --> 1:43:50.600 there you go. Stuart from Poughkeepsie rights in, when you 1:43:50.640 --> 1:43:53.240 mentioned Firefox, I wanted to share that I use Mozilla 1:43:53.280 --> 1:43:57.640 Firefox on my Windows XP pro ps. I'm enjoying your 1:43:57.680 --> 1:44:01.800 three hour program. Well, thank you, Stutu from Poughkeepsie, appreciate that. 1:44:03.760 --> 1:44:07.360 Jonathan writes in I heard you recommend a Jackerie power 1:44:07.479 --> 1:44:09.840 station to a listener last week and wanted to point 1:44:09.840 --> 1:44:13.440 out that the Jackery power stations use lithium ion batteries, 1:44:13.840 --> 1:44:16.360 which is considered by many to be quote old tech. 1:44:16.880 --> 1:44:19.559 I would suggest people go with power stations that use 1:44:19.800 --> 1:44:24.320 life PO four batteries, such as those made by Ecoflow. Jonathan, 1:44:24.360 --> 1:44:27.160 do you work for Eco Flow? Just making sure. Jonathan 1:44:27.240 --> 1:44:31.280 Joseph writes in he heard me struggle with torque and 1:44:31.320 --> 1:44:34.760 he's explaining it. The torque measurement is a two dimensional 1:44:34.800 --> 1:44:38.559 assessment of engine performance. It's measured in feet for length 1:44:38.640 --> 1:44:41.280 and pounds for weight to gauge the engine's ability to 1:44:41.360 --> 1:44:44.759 turn or crank the pistons. The measurement is commonly referred 1:44:44.800 --> 1:44:46.719 to as torque in foot pounds. 1:44:46.760 --> 1:44:47.040 Thank you. 1:44:47.160 --> 1:44:55.479 Joseph am Rik am Emeric from Porter Ranch writes in Hey, Rich, 1:44:55.479 --> 1:44:57.439 I always try to catch you with Bill handle and 1:44:57.520 --> 1:44:59.920 on the weekends. Love your show and cool talking points. 1:45:00.080 --> 1:45:03.839 Thanks for making tech fun and educational. This last weekend, 1:45:03.840 --> 1:45:06.479 you mentioned how Ford is offering over the air performance 1:45:06.560 --> 1:45:08.760 upgrades for the Machi. While that's cool, you didn't mention 1:45:08.800 --> 1:45:14.280 that Tesla's been doing this for several years. Yes, I know, Tesla, Tesla, Tesla. 1:45:14.439 --> 1:45:17.760 I appreciate that. You know, sometimes people don't want to 1:45:17.800 --> 1:45:20.000 hear all the time Tesla this, Tesla that. But yes, 1:45:20.040 --> 1:45:22.200 they have done over the air upgrades as well. And 1:45:22.280 --> 1:45:24.880 Carolyn Rode in love the variety of your bumper music 1:45:24.960 --> 1:45:26.880 last week. Your mom is the best. Never would have 1:45:26.920 --> 1:45:30.040 expected to hear the intro to Thank You by led Zeppelin, 1:45:30.080 --> 1:45:31.800 but to put a huge smile on my face. So 1:45:31.840 --> 1:45:36.320 please thank your mom for including that in the great playlist. Yes, 1:45:36.439 --> 1:45:38.719 and thanks to Mom again this week for the playlist. 1:45:38.760 --> 1:45:41.240 Appreciate it. That's going to do it for this episode 1:45:41.280 --> 1:45:42.840 of the show. You can find links to everything I 1:45:42.880 --> 1:45:46.679 mentioned on my website. Just go to richon Tech dot 1:45:46.760 --> 1:45:50.080 TV can find me on social media. Be sure to 1:45:50.080 --> 1:45:53.519 follow me on Instagram X and Facebook at rich on Tech. 1:45:54.120 --> 1:45:57.839 Next week I am headed to the Google Pixel Event. 1:45:58.280 --> 1:46:01.080 I will have all of the updates from Google's latest 1:46:01.160 --> 1:46:04.120 event with all of their new phones. Very much looking 1:46:04.120 --> 1:46:06.320 forward to that. Thanks so much for listening. There are 1:46:06.439 --> 1:46:09.600 so many ways you can spend your time. I do 1:46:09.720 --> 1:46:13.320 appreciate you spending it right here with me. Thanks to 1:46:13.360 --> 1:46:18.519 everyone who makes this show possible. Bobo, Kim, Bill, Julie, 1:46:19.360 --> 1:46:22.639 who else my mom this week, Tanner for the song, 1:46:23.200 --> 1:46:26.360 and you, of course you you make this all possible. 1:46:26.400 --> 1:46:28.280 My name is rich Dmiro. I will talk to you 1:46:28.439 --> 1:46:28.960 real soon