WEBVTT - Amazon’s evolution, best big-screen TVs & better home internet (159, January 31, 2026) 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:04.240 Amazon cuts sixteen thousand jobs and closes all of its 0:00:04.280 --> 0:00:08.639 Amazon Fresh grocery stores. Samsung's next phone will have a 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:13.600 privacy feature built right into the screen. Apple launches a 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:16.560 new air tag. I'll tell you what's new, plus your 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:20.360 tech questions answered. What's going on. I'm Rich Damiro and 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:23.640 this is rich on Tech. This is the show where 0:00:23.640 --> 0:00:25.520 I talk about the tech stuff I think you should 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.040 know about. It's also the place where I answer your 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:32.519 questions about technology. I believe that tech should be interesting, useful, 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:35.880 and fun. 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Well, I hope you're 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:27.600 having a fantastic day. We got some big news from 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:31.640 Amazon this week. Amazon is making some big changes. The 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:35.920 company is cutting sixteen thousand corporate jobs and shutting down 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.400 all of their Amazon Fresh grocery stores and all of 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.360 their Amazon Go convenience stores. They only had a handful 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.560 of those, but the Amazon Fresh grocery stores, I think 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.320 they had several dozen of those. They closed them all 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.480 over in Europe a couple months ago, and the writing 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:54.080 was on the wall. Let's start with the job cuts. 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:54.240 Now. 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.320 You might be thinking, Rich, this has got to be AI. 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:01.520 It's always AI right now. Amazon didn't say that directly 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.600 in its letter to employees, but you know, they said 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:08.040 things like the company needs to strengthen the organization by 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:12.880 reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy. Now that happens 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.679 over time. Amazon. Don't forget many years ago at this 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:20.800 point was a startup, very nimble. They move fast. Now 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:24.080 they are a huge company. And remember they cut about 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:28.600 fourteen thousand jobs last October. Context, of course matters here. 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:33.520 Amazon employees about one point five million people worldwide. Now, 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.000 not all of those people are full time. Obviously, that 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:38.920 reaches into the you know, the daily hires and things 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.280 like that, but even a cut this big amounts to 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.240 about two percent of its total workforce. Now here's a 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.079 line from the employee letter that stood out to me. 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:51.440 Every team will continue to evaluate ownership, speed, and capacity 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:54.800 to invent for customers in a world that's changing faster 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.560 than ever. Now there's your allusion to AI, for sure, 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.640 but that's Amazon in a nutshell. This is a company 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:04.000 that for years has not been afraid to invent and 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:07.640 reinvent themselves, and importantly, they're not afraid to move on 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:11.840 when something does not work. Now, I've been covering Amazon 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:14.480 and been a customer of Amazon since day one. I 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.000 could remember the early things I ordered from them, and 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.640 I was just in awe of how, you know, I 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:21.640 grew up with things that you would get delivered. But 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.519 remember it was six to eight weeks. You would literally 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:28.000 mail in a form with your payment information, and six 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.720 to eight weeks later, after you forgot about ordering that item, 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:33.200 it would show up on your doorstep. Now, yes, there 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.120 were things where you can call in and you know, 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:37.000 get to an operator in this and that, But when 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.600 Amazon came out. Not only did they have the website 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:42.880 with books, but they also had pretty fast delivery. I 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:46.160 remember joining Amazon Prime back in two thousand and five. 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:50.280 I was a TV news reporter in Shreveport, Louisiana, and 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:54.360 the pitch was pretty simple, unlimited two day shipping. I 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:56.280 didn't think that could ever work, and I told my wife, 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:58.160 has said a girlfriend back then, I said, you know what, 0:03:58.400 --> 0:03:59.760 I'm going to sign up for this thing. I think 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.000 it was about eighty dollars a year. They're gonna give 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:05.160 us unlimited two day shipping. And by the way, back 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.040 in the day, you had to pay for shipping, and 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.600 this was all completely free and included. Now I've been 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:12.280 a member ever since. The price has gone up since then, obviously, 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:16.360 but they've gotten really good at shipping. Just this week, 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:18.840 my kid saw a yo yo that his friend had 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:22.200 at school. He wanted it, and he ordered it on 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.040 Amazon and it was delivered before he woke up in 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:28.480 the morning. How wild is that now? I think, on 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.599 the flip side, instant gratification for kids these days, you know, 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:34.920 that's a little that's a whole another topic. But other 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:37.280 things that Amazon has done has been kind of complicated. 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:39.119 I was at the launch of the Amazon Fresh stores 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.760 in Los Angeles back in twenty twenty and later the 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.359 Amazon Ghost stores, and I will be honest, from the 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:46.720 moment I walked into both, I said to myself, I 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.440 don't think this will last. Not because the idea was bad, 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:53.719 but because grocery is a brutal business, cutthroat, especially in 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:57.080 Los Angeles, where we saw several companies come in and 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.800 go fresh and easy haggins. I think that's how you 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.480 say it. They were from like the Pacific Northwest. They 0:05:02.480 --> 0:05:05.080 were all hype. They literally were in town for maybe 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.600 six months. So Amazon stores tried something new. They had 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.440 a complex system called just Walk Out with these cameras 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.920 in the ceiling. They had sensors everywhere, automatic receipts when 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.279 you walked out. When it worked, it felt pretty cool, 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.920 but the receipts were slow. People had all kinds of 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.520 issues with things they didn't purchase. They had to get 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:27.040 a refund. Amazon eventually ditched that tech in its own stores, 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:29.040 but you can still find it in places like airports 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.440 and stadiums. Then there was the dash cart. This was 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:35.760 a smart shopping cart that tracked items and wager produce automatically, 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.000 but it turned out most people just wanted a cashier, 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:42.080 and Amazon caved and eventually added self checkout too. So 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:44.760 now these stores are closing quickly. If you have one 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:46.640 in your neighborhood, it might be gone by the end 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:49.840 of the weekend, except in California, where we have stricter 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:53.480 labor laws, and the stores will close in mid March. 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:56.279 Now some locations, if you're lucky, are going to become 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:59.200 a Whole Foods, which Amazon bought, remember, and they're doubling 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.400 down on that brand. That's a tried and true product. 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.240 And if you use Amazon Fresh for delivery, that's not 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.280 going anywhere. But all these closures got me to thinking 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.200 about how many Amazon products I've covered over the years 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:14.000 that were eventually canceled. The firefhone. This had a three 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:16.600 D screen but no Google apps. It was dead on arrival. 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.719 I think it lasted maybe six months. The dash wand 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.719 this was a barcode scanner for your house. You would 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:24.840 scan items that you need to replaced and they would 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:27.800 order them. That was replaced by the echo speakers. They 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.680 had these things called dash buttons. These you would put 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.240 by your items like detergent or dog food. You would 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:36.159 press them when you're low and it would reorder that item. 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.200 Those are gone Amazon Style. This was a high tech 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:42.520 clothing store I went to in Glendale, California. They had 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.600 a Magic closet. It was basically a high tech fitting room. 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:47.800 You choose things on a screen that you wanted, and 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:51.880 an associate would slip them into this back door of 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:53.960 the fitting room, and then you'd open the front door 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.800 and there was the clothes. Voila. That didn't last. Amazon Books, 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:01.680 Amazon four star, Amazon Echo Glow. That was a toy 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.760 for kids that didn't last. Amazon Halo. This was a 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:08.480 wristband that tracked your emotions. That didn't last, and now 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.600 Amazon won. This is their Palm scanner that's also being 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.880 phased out due to low use. This isn't a way 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:17.320 that you can pay using your palm, But let's be honest, 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.400 who wants to hand over your Palm biometrics when Tap 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.040 to pay is already in your pocket. The list goes on, 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:26.320 but here's the bottom line. Amazon is willing to try 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.880 big ideas, and they're just as willing to walk away 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.520 from them. Now, let's talk about this stuff that's worked 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:40.040 with Amazon, The Kindle, Blockbuster, Echo Alexa, fire TV, self publishing, 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:45.560 shipping that keeps getting faster, and now they're doing what's next, robotics, healthcare, 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:49.600 satellite internet, AI, drone delivery. Remember, some of the biggest 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:53.440 retail giants in history refuse to adapt. They stuck with 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:55.880 what they thought worked until it didn't. And now they're 0:07:55.880 --> 0:08:02.680 gone Sears, Circuit City, Toys, r US Radio, Shack, Borders, Blockbuster, BlackBerry. 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:06.840 They all ignored what was going to happen in the future, 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.960 and they're all gone Amazon, for better or worse. And 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:13.360 throughout all these job cuts, they keep evolving. Now, if 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.760 you excuse me, I need to go place in order, 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.880 all right, eight to dight rich one on one eight 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.800 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:25.080 We got a lot on the show. We're going to 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.720 talk Super Bowl TVs. I can't wait to hear what 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:29.760 the latest is. We're also going to talk about that 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:34.600 Sony and TCL deal. We're gonna talk about bricking your smartphone. Yes, 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.120 people are putting down their smartphones to do less on 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:40.280 social media. We're also going to talk about AI in 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:43.200 the workplace. We've got your calls at eight eight eight 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.280 rich one oh one. Of course, the feedbag. Those are 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.360 coming in hot and heavy on the website richon tech 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:52.560 dot TV. And on top of all that, who do 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.520 I have in studio Bobo on the board and my 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:59.600 kids Parker and Tanner are here? Can you say hi? 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:01.680 Oh there you are? What? 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:02.880 Hello? 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:04.200 Rich On Tech fans? 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.880 All right, the show is already going is going south quickly? 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:11.560 All right? Eighty eight rich one on one eighty eight 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:13.480 seven four to two four one zero one. If you 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:15.040 want to get on the phone lines, give me a call. 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:27.120 We'll take some of your questions right after this. Welcome 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.199 back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:32.480 with you, talking technology, Triple eight rich one on one 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.160 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one, 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:39.080 the website rich on tech dot TV. Let's go to 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:43.960 uh Midge in Atlanta, Georgia. Midge Jerome with Rich rich. 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.160 It's good to talk to you because I've emailed you 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:47.000 a bunch of times. 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.680 Oh okay, well, I feel like I recognize the name. 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:57.559 Oh yeah, I want to change my Apple email address. 0:09:57.280 --> 0:10:00.240 It's hotmail right now. But when I try to and 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:04.920 something in my a document, you know, in my notes 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:09.439 or that new preview thing, sure and try to send it. 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:12.560 It wants to send to Hotmail, but my main the 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.680 one I don't want to use that anymore because I 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:19.959 don't use that hotmail anymore. So the one I want 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.040 to change it to is Gmail. I'll try to change it, 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.559 and it says, well, this Gmail accounts already in use. Well, yeah, 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:31.360 because it's mine, but it won't send to Gmail. You 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:31.920 know what I mean. 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.200 I'm trying to figure it out. Okay, So you you 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.280 have an Apple account and your Apple So when you 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.480 go on your settings on your iPhone, yeah, and you 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:42.319 tap at the top where it says your name, Apple 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:45.800 account and then it says personal information or actually just 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:48.240 right on that screen it says Apple account and it 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:51.240 says your name, and then does it say at hotmail 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:52.120 dot com at the top? 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:52.840 Yeah? 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.760 Okay, So and then you went to the website to 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:57.760 try to change that. Where did you go to change this? 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:02.880 Oh? Under, so you can go to where on that page? 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:04.920 Okay, So you can go to account dot Apple dot 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.080 com on the website. Maybe try it on the website. Now, 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.800 do you think you ever signed up for an Apple 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:12.800 account using this Gmail? You might have done that. 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:18.800 Where would I've done that? 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:20.680 Well, I don't know. I'm just saying over the years, 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:22.480 because like you know, I've got a couple of Apple 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:23.480 accounts over the years. 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.080 But I don't think so okay, the phone forever and 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:27.720 the same thing forever. 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:30.360 Okay. So if you haven't and it's saying in use, 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:33.560 I would try changing it on the website. Go to 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:37.240 account dot Apple dot com, and you sign in, and 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:41.480 you go to sign in and security. Okay. I'm doing 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.760 this on my phone on the web as I look, okay, 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.880 here sign in security, and then it says to go 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:51.640 to email and phone numbers. Okay, uh email, Okay, why 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.480 don't you just do this? Why don't you just add 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:56.079 the email address? 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:57.600 That's what I did. 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.719 I tried to add it. Oh my phone, you know 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.000 where it so sign and security. I went there, yep, 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.040 and down at the bottom that says add email and 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:05.679 phone number. 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:06.280 Yeah. 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:09.480 And I tried to add that email and it won't. 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:11.120 It's already in use. 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.280 Okay, it's saying it's already in use. Okay, So that 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:17.480 email address must be somehow associated with a with an 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:19.920 Apple account, So I would I I think you're gonna 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:22.080 have to get in touch with Apple. And and there's 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.199 two things you could do here. First off, you can 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:27.719 go to the sign in page on you can go 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.120 to the Apple sign in page. Okay, so let's just 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:33.280 go to iCloud dot com and then you can go 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.600 let's see here sign in and I do this from 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:39.680 a web browser, and then type in that Gmail address 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:44.200 and then uh, after you do that, say forgot password. 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.360 So actually, let's go to a Let's go to Apple 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:50.400 forgot password. Let me see what that website is. So 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:53.280 there you go. You go to okay, it's I forgot 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.880 dot Apple dot com. I forgot dot Apple dot com. 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.840 What a great website. And then you tap you sign 0:12:59.880 --> 0:13:03.160 in with that email address and tap reset password. And 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:05.520 then once you do that, I think you're going to 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:09.360 get an email to that Gmail account and it will 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:12.480 give you the information on how to reset. That's that's 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:14.640 my guess. Now it could be that someone else is 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:16.760 using that Gmail account, but I don't think so because 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:18.760 they don't have access to it. So those are the 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:20.760 things that I would do to try to regain access 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:24.040 to that. And then once you have if you have 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:26.760 two email addresses and two different accounts, there is a 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:29.760 way to merge your Apple accounts and I will link 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:31.760 this up on the website, all these things that I'm 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:34.480 telling you, there is a way to Apple just introduce 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:38.760 this merge Apple accounts. They have a special page where 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.960 you can basically migrate your old account to your new account, 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:47.000 and so once you have control over both of these accounts, 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.079 you can then do the merging. But that's the only 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:50.640 I mean, the only thing I can think of is 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.040 if it's given you that that message that says, hey, 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.959 this is already in use, then you know, somehow you 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:58.880 may have signed up for this over the years without 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:02.200 realizing it, and that's what's happening now. The other thing 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:04.120 you could do, you said you were scanning stuff in 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:07.760 the scanning app in preview, and you're sharing it, you know, 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.600 to yourself. You could just I'm just testing this right now. 0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:13.080 If you scan something in the app and you want 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.760 to share it out to a different email address, just 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:19.000 go ahead and tap the document, tap the share, and 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:23.360 then go ahead and send it via your email And 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.760 you can put in any email address you want in there. 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.080 So that's another way of just if you want to 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.200 send stuff to yourself. But I think Midge, you got 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:31.560 to you gotta get some of these things kind of 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.680 cleaned up and figure out why this is saying that. 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.640 So I'll link up all those pages that I mentioned 0:14:36.680 --> 0:14:39.680 on the website. Rich on tech dot TV, thanks for 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:41.520 the call and thanks for the emails over the years. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:46.640 Let's go to al in Inglewood. Al You're on with Rich. 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.600 Hey, Rich, how are you doing? So? 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:51.320 I'm doing great? What's going on? 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:52.680 All right? 0:14:53.360 --> 0:15:00.080 I have an Apple phone, it's a tweil okay, and 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:04.920 h and I keep getting some messages that say, do 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:11.200 I want to my my account or my thing is full? 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:12.000 Okay? 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:17.880 And I've clicked on it and they've that they want 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:22.320 to send me to another thing to say clear your 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:26.960 email or clear your all the things you saved. And 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.920 I do have an Apple account in the in the. 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:33.080 Cloud okay that I tell you five nine a month 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:33.880 for okay? 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.000 And so I just want to know if I click 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:42.320 on that, will that erase everything? Will to send it 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:43.400 to the cloud? 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.240 Okay. Well, a couple of things. Number one, you need 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.280 to make sure that these messages you're getting are legitimate. 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.360 That's number one. So if they're if they're popping up 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:55.680 when you are on Safari and or on Chrome, uh, 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.440 those are usually not legitimate. And so I would be 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:00.400 very careful, and it sounds like what you want to 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:05.240 do is delete your history, your cash, and your cookies 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:08.080 on Safari and that will get rid of any lingering 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.840 websites that are sending you these notifications or pop ups. 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:14.240 So that's number one, and I'll put the instructions on 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:16.200 how to do that. Yeah, So you go into your 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:19.400 Safari settings. Then you go into apps. So you go 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.920 into Settings and then apps and then Safari and you 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.880 scroll all the way downwards. Says clear history and website data. 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:27.840 I would do that first and see if these clear up, 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.240 because these sound like they're a scam if you ask. 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.520 Me, that's what I'm thinking too. 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:35.840 Yeah. Here, now that's number one. So and then i'd 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:38.400 restart your phone. I would also delete any apps you 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:40.480 no longer need or use and make sure all your 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.440 apps are updated. After that, I'd go into your iCloud. 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:45.920 This is under settings, and you go into you tap 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:47.600 iCloud up at the top, and then there's a thing 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.520 an option that says storage. And right now I can 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.400 tell you I've got one point four of two terabytes used, 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.440 and then it'll tell you how much you're actually using 0:16:56.520 --> 0:17:00.240 of your legitimate storage Now, if you're truly almost towards 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.760 the end of your storage, you can tap into your 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.680 storage and it will give you some options on how 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.080 to clear it out and clean it up. But I'm 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.239 telling you, al, I think that what you're seeing are 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.800 bogus and I've seen them go around they kind of scan. 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.760 Is it animated when you see this message as it 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:19.240 say like hey, checking your cloud all that kind of stuff. 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:22.480 No, it's not animated. 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:25.840 Okay, Well I would I would clear the history and 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:27.840 the cash first, and then i'd look into your storage 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:30.480 and actually see if you're running up close. If you are, 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.440 I would turn on the feature to optimize your photos 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:34.919 in the cloud. That's the number one thing to do. 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:38.160 Or maybe delete a few big videos. This is rich 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:43.800 on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:46.960 here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple eight 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.359 Rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:51.160 two four one zero one. 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:52.240 Uh. 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:55.320 Super Bowl is coming up, I know, very exciting for 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:58.400 a lot of people. TVs that is the time when 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:01.359 people love to upgrade. The sales are a plenty. And 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:03.960 here to talk about all of that is Caleb Dennison. 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:09.240 He reviews TVs at his website on YouTube, Caleb rated Caleb, 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:11.639 thanks so much for joining me, thanks for having me. 0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:14.960 So let's get right into it because I know people 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.119 love this information that you share. You've been reviewing this 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.080 stuff for a long time. But first off, before we 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.680 get into your picks, I want to know what your 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.760 take is on this Sony TCL thing. I mean, that's 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:28.200 a huge shift in the industry. 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:30.960 It certainly feels like that. Right. 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.560 Let's first of all clarify that it hasn't happened yet, right. 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:38.760 What's happened is called a memorandum of understanding, which, in 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:42.959 business speak MoU means that there is an intention to 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:43.920 make this thing happen. 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:45.960 But for anybody who hasn't heard. 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:50.240 It looks like TCL would get about fifty one percent 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:55.040 so controlling interest in a partnership between TCL and Sony, 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.960 wherein basically TCL would make the Sony TVs. Now you 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:03.240 have to understand, Sony already has other manufacturers actually putting 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:07.200 its TVs together, right. It designs them, It spects them out, 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:11.119 It says we want such and such chip in it, 0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:13.520 and so and forth and this panel and whatever, and 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:15.560 somebody else puts it together for them. 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:17.240 Now it would be TCL. 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:20.040 I'm sure that Sony would use a lot of tcl's 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:24.640 parts that they supplied, because TCL makes everything that goes 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.480 into their TVs. And you know what, I'll be honest 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:30.000 with you, it makes a whole lot of sense. The 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:32.800 Japanese TV makers have been struggling to sell in the 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.360 United States for several years now. Ever since the tsunami 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:40.919 and the economic crash, it's been tough over here. Panasonic disappeared, 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:44.680 recently came back. Sony has, you know, been struggling as well. 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:47.080 They make great TVs, they're just not selling enough of them. 0:19:47.119 --> 0:19:49.920 And I think a partnership with TCL could make things 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:50.840 a lot better for. 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:51.400 Both of them. 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:54.600 Okay, and TCL has been on the flip side. They've 0:19:54.600 --> 0:19:56.440 been killing it, and so is High Sense. I mean, 0:19:56.440 --> 0:19:59.080 these other brands that have come into the US. People 0:19:59.119 --> 0:20:01.159 look at them and they say, why wouldn't I get this? 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:03.959 I mean, the price is right, features are there, and 0:20:04.000 --> 0:20:06.680 so to have that Sony Bravia name, and you know, 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:09.080 they're bringing some of their ip to the table of 0:20:09.080 --> 0:20:11.119 how they you know, their secret sauce of the screen 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:13.760 and all that stuff. I think, you know, people will 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:15.520 probably be impressed with what they're getting for the price 0:20:15.560 --> 0:20:16.080 at this point. 0:20:16.760 --> 0:20:19.400 Yeah, I think TCL is going to help Sony make 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:23.960 their TVs less expensive and get them distributed less expensive. 0:20:24.840 --> 0:20:27.080 And I think that TCL is going to benefit by 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:30.560 getting a little bit of the access to Sony's secret sauce, 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.920 like you said, the processing that makes their TVs what 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:34.320 they are. 0:20:34.760 --> 0:20:37.600 So let's talk CES real quick. What impressed you at 0:20:37.640 --> 0:20:40.440 CS in Las Vegas? Any any big trend you saw 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:41.160 with TVs. 0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:48.280 Everybody's talking about RGB mini led back lighting. We also 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:52.119 heard about a super quantum dot or super QD or 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:56.560 super q let if you want. Basically really ramping up 0:20:56.600 --> 0:21:00.000 the color and the brightness across all of these televisions. 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:03.520 That was the big improvement. Note that came out as 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:07.679 cees for me off of the outside of the SPECS 0:21:07.720 --> 0:21:11.439 off paper. Just looking at these TVs, they look so 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:14.040 so good. And again we're gonna bring up TCL a 0:21:14.080 --> 0:21:16.479 lot today, so just get used to it. They have 0:21:16.640 --> 0:21:20.000 this new SQD or super quantum dot TV that is 0:21:20.480 --> 0:21:24.800 legitimately just flabbergasting to look at. I've got one here 0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:28.160 right now, so I've been able to check it out 0:21:28.160 --> 0:21:30.560 in my own space and mess with the settings myself. 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:34.200 It's not a controlled demo, and it's still amazing and 0:21:34.200 --> 0:21:35.960 and I mean that's some of the highest praise I 0:21:36.000 --> 0:21:36.679 can give it. 0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:38.879 It's not an ol D, but when I saw it 0:21:39.080 --> 0:21:42.840 side by side an OLED, it seemed almost brighter. And 0:21:43.160 --> 0:21:44.720 just as you know, the whole thing with OLED is 0:21:44.720 --> 0:21:46.439 that the black can be black right like it's like 0:21:46.520 --> 0:21:49.359 completely like the light is like off. I'm not a 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:51.480 TV expert, but that's like kind of what I understand. 0:21:51.560 --> 0:21:53.480 And that's why people like OLED is always like, oh 0:21:53.480 --> 0:21:56.840 my gosh, OLED is the best, whereas like a standard panel, 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:58.920 there's always light in the back of it, right. 0:21:59.440 --> 0:22:02.679 Yeah, exactly. Contrast is the easiest thing for us to 0:22:02.880 --> 0:22:06.320 get into. Like our eyes love contrast, and OLED has 0:22:06.359 --> 0:22:09.159 the best contrast there is. The thing is OLED's they 0:22:09.240 --> 0:22:12.240 get very bright, but they don't get as bright as 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:15.840 these q LED TVs. And and that's the great thing 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:19.760 about this, this new one from TCL and more TVs 0:22:19.760 --> 0:22:21.760 that we'll see from them down the road. They're getting 0:22:21.800 --> 0:22:24.400 closer and closer to old in terms of the blacks 0:22:24.680 --> 0:22:27.320 and the contrast, to the point where most people are 0:22:27.359 --> 0:22:29.719 gonna want to save money and get a bigger screen 0:22:30.040 --> 0:22:32.920 and still get that amazing black level in contrast. 0:22:33.200 --> 0:22:35.600 Okay, so what features should people be looking for in 0:22:35.640 --> 0:22:37.680 a good set in twenty twenty six? 0:22:38.720 --> 0:22:42.879 Honestly, right now, I think searching for a TV that 0:22:42.920 --> 0:22:46.320 says many led on it is a great indicator of 0:22:46.359 --> 0:22:49.119 good quality. Right It's like the cheat code used to 0:22:49.119 --> 0:22:51.600 be you wanted to find one hundred and twenty hertz TV. 0:22:51.680 --> 0:22:54.440 Well now those are easy to find, and even some 0:22:54.520 --> 0:22:56.240 sixty hurts TVs are pretty decent. 0:22:56.320 --> 0:22:58.280 Now. The real magic is. 0:22:58.200 --> 0:23:01.399 In the backlighting, and if it has mini led backlighting, 0:23:01.800 --> 0:23:03.880 there's a good chance that it's going to be doing 0:23:03.880 --> 0:23:04.800 a whole bunch of stuff. 0:23:04.840 --> 0:23:08.119 Well, okay, what about I mean people always put all 0:23:08.280 --> 0:23:11.080 the stock on like brightness? Is that still like don't they? 0:23:11.359 --> 0:23:13.920 Does it go? I know, do they still do that? 0:23:13.960 --> 0:23:14.040 Like? 0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:15.760 Does people still shop by brightness? 0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:18.919 Or no? Less than they used to? 0:23:19.480 --> 0:23:22.439 Less than they used to. TVs across the board have 0:23:22.560 --> 0:23:27.080 gotten so bright that glare and reflections are less and 0:23:27.320 --> 0:23:30.720 less an issue. Now I would say that brightness is 0:23:30.760 --> 0:23:34.480 still important where HDR is concerned. In order to get 0:23:34.640 --> 0:23:37.040 really good quality HDR, I feel like you need to 0:23:37.040 --> 0:23:40.199 have a TV that's doing at least seven hundred or 0:23:40.200 --> 0:23:42.200 eight hundred nits, And if you can find a TV 0:23:42.320 --> 0:23:45.639 manufacturer that claims how much brightness their TV has, you 0:23:45.640 --> 0:23:46.520 could use that number. 0:23:46.560 --> 0:23:48.359 Seven or eight hundred is a great guy to at 0:23:48.480 --> 0:23:48.879 least that. 0:23:49.760 --> 0:23:53.360 Otherwise, HDR doesn't really look like a HDR and that 0:23:53.440 --> 0:23:57.240 means something now because there's so much HDR programming out there. 0:23:57.440 --> 0:23:59.840 The super Bowl is going to be in HDR whether 0:23:59.880 --> 0:24:02.480 you get it you know, via cable or satellite or 0:24:02.760 --> 0:24:05.440 over the air with an antenna. But then of course 0:24:05.440 --> 0:24:09.719 you've got Netflix and Amazon and HBO and Disney, all 0:24:09.760 --> 0:24:12.960 of them have tons and tons of HDR content. So yeah, 0:24:13.000 --> 0:24:16.719 brightness is important, but more for getting the best picture quality, 0:24:16.800 --> 0:24:19.000 not for just you know, blasting you out of your 0:24:19.040 --> 0:24:19.720 seat and your home. 0:24:19.960 --> 0:24:22.320 Oh wow, so that's interesting. This is going to be 0:24:22.320 --> 0:24:24.120 the first time the Super Bowl is in four K 0:24:24.200 --> 0:24:26.639 eighth Wait, that's not it is. 0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:29.600 It'll be the first time it's in four K or HDR. 0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:32.359 It was done in Adobe Vision as a matter of 0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:36.000 fact last year, but that it's going to be deployed 0:24:36.160 --> 0:24:39.080 to so many different depending on how you get it right, 0:24:39.119 --> 0:24:43.560 whether you're watching it on Peacock or you're I think 0:24:43.720 --> 0:24:44.840 is it on NBC this year? 0:24:45.040 --> 0:24:47.800 I'm confused? Hold on, I thought the Super Bowl is 0:24:47.840 --> 0:24:49.480 on Fox last year because they made a big deal 0:24:49.520 --> 0:24:51.879 with two B and now this year it's on NBC 0:24:52.040 --> 0:24:52.640 with Peacock. 0:24:53.320 --> 0:24:56.399 Did I skip a year? I thought it was on 0:24:56.480 --> 0:24:57.480 Peacock last year. 0:24:57.560 --> 0:25:00.560 Okay, may I think it was on to me last 0:25:00.600 --> 0:25:02.200 year because I was I was like so impressed that 0:25:02.240 --> 0:25:04.640 they put it on free. But maybe I could be wrong. 0:25:04.680 --> 0:25:07.560 But yeah, so it's on NBC this year on Peacock 0:25:07.600 --> 0:25:11.399 as well. Yeah, and wow, four K HDR that's wild. 0:25:11.600 --> 0:25:11.800 Yeah. 0:25:11.880 --> 0:25:15.600 YouTube TV will have it in HDR. Now understand, they 0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:18.600 take it. They recorded at ten ADP and they professionally 0:25:18.680 --> 0:25:20.600 upscale it to four K. But your TV is still 0:25:20.640 --> 0:25:23.760 getting a great four K signal. And I'm telling you, 0:25:23.800 --> 0:25:26.320 the Super Bowl in HDR is just next level. When 0:25:26.320 --> 0:25:29.320 you see the lights gleaming off of their helmets and 0:25:29.359 --> 0:25:32.280 the depth of the green on the field, it's just undeniable. 0:25:32.320 --> 0:25:33.200 It looks so good. 0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:35.240 Okay, Well now I'm excited. Okay, so let's get to 0:25:35.280 --> 0:25:37.159 some of your top picks. I always love getting like 0:25:37.280 --> 0:25:41.320 actual models that you would recommend. What's your let's start 0:25:41.320 --> 0:25:44.560 with the budget pick under five hundred bucks. 0:25:45.200 --> 0:25:46.200 Under five hundred bucks. 0:25:46.200 --> 0:25:48.280 Okay, Look, I think everybody wants to get at least 0:25:48.280 --> 0:25:50.600 a sixty five inch TV now or bigger. 0:25:50.600 --> 0:25:51.560 That's what the numbers say. 0:25:51.640 --> 0:25:53.600 So I'm gonna say, if you're getting a sixty five 0:25:53.680 --> 0:25:56.440 or larger under five hundred dollars, the TV to get 0:25:56.640 --> 0:26:00.600 is the TCLQM five A. There's nothing else I would 0:26:00.680 --> 0:26:04.760 recommend for a sixty five inch at that price level. Now, 0:26:04.800 --> 0:26:06.800 if you were going to get something smaller, like at 0:26:06.800 --> 0:26:09.200 fifty five, you could step up to the QM six 0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:13.600 K maybe, but QM five K is your model for 0:26:13.640 --> 0:26:15.720 a sixty five inch TV at Okay. 0:26:15.840 --> 0:26:18.320 What about the mid range one thousand dollars price point? 0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:21.159 That seems pretty reasonable for a good TV. 0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:25.879 Right, So I would say, well, if you wanted to 0:26:25.920 --> 0:26:30.600 get an eighty five inch at one thousand dollars, that's 0:26:30.640 --> 0:26:32.720 a great blend of size and. 0:26:34.600 --> 0:26:34.959 Price. 0:26:35.200 --> 0:26:38.960 Is the TCL QM six K is right there now 0:26:39.000 --> 0:26:41.800 at one thousand dollars. You could get higher quality TV 0:26:41.920 --> 0:26:44.560 at sixty five inches for one thousand dollars, But if 0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:48.200 you want that blend of price and size, the QM 0:26:48.280 --> 0:26:51.240 six K again from TCL, is a really good one. Also, 0:26:51.280 --> 0:26:53.520 look at the High Sense U six. Both of those 0:26:53.560 --> 0:26:55.879 are going to be great. About one thousand dollars for 0:26:55.920 --> 0:26:58.320 an eighty five incher, which I think satisfies the need 0:26:58.520 --> 0:27:00.640 for the big TV at the Super Bowl, and great 0:27:00.760 --> 0:27:01.480 HDR picture. 0:27:01.760 --> 0:27:03.480 I think two years or three years ago and you 0:27:03.480 --> 0:27:05.480 were on you mentioned High Sense for the first time, 0:27:05.520 --> 0:27:06.800 and I was like, all right, and I looked at 0:27:06.840 --> 0:27:08.600 it and I bought it, and everyone who comes to 0:27:08.600 --> 0:27:09.960 my house loves it. They're like, what what are you 0:27:10.000 --> 0:27:12.080 doing with your TV? I'm like, nothing, It just looks 0:27:12.080 --> 0:27:13.920 as good right out of the box. 0:27:13.680 --> 0:27:13.840 You know. 0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:15.639 I mean, this is a full circle to back to 0:27:15.640 --> 0:27:17.640 what we were talking about earlier. There was a time 0:27:17.680 --> 0:27:19.840 when Samsung and LG were the new kids on the 0:27:19.840 --> 0:27:21.240 block and we're like, who are these guys? 0:27:21.320 --> 0:27:24.040 Right? And now they're dominant in the TV space. 0:27:24.119 --> 0:27:26.880 Well, DCL and High Sense have been up in comers 0:27:26.920 --> 0:27:29.119 for a few years now, and I feel like they've arrived. 0:27:29.200 --> 0:27:31.359 They're here, they're putting out tier one stuff. 0:27:31.640 --> 0:27:33.080 Okay, let's do the splurge. 0:27:35.400 --> 0:27:36.200 I mean splurge. 0:27:36.200 --> 0:27:39.040 Like, I'll just tell you my favorite TV is the 0:27:39.119 --> 0:27:42.760 Sony Bravia eight Mark two. I know it's an annoying name, 0:27:42.800 --> 0:27:46.160 Bravia eight Mark two, but that is Sony's very best 0:27:46.160 --> 0:27:49.000 o led TV. It only goes up to seventy seven inches, 0:27:49.560 --> 0:27:51.760 which is still a big TV. But the picture is 0:27:51.800 --> 0:27:54.440 absolutely glorious and there's just nothing better on the market 0:27:54.520 --> 0:27:55.440 right now in my opinion. 0:27:55.600 --> 0:27:57.560 And Okay, you said splurge. I mean I'm looking at 0:27:57.560 --> 0:27:59.919 the price. It's still only two thousand dollars. I mean 0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:02.560 only I get it. That's a lot. But I was 0:28:02.600 --> 0:28:05.280 thinking like eight thousand dollars for this TVR Oh. 0:28:05.119 --> 0:28:07.800 Well, sure, like, I mean, if you wanted to spend 0:28:07.880 --> 0:28:12.000 that kind of money. The eighty five inch tcl X 0:28:12.119 --> 0:28:16.199 eleven L that's the super quantum dot ridiculous TV that 0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:18.600 I right behind me that we were talking about earlier. 0:28:18.920 --> 0:28:22.520 That's ten thousand dollars for a ninety eight inch or 0:28:22.560 --> 0:28:25.199 you can get it for eight thousand dollars at the 0:28:25.280 --> 0:28:28.280 eighty five inch level. That is a huge splurge. It 0:28:28.320 --> 0:28:31.000 will absolutely knock your freaking socks off. 0:28:31.080 --> 0:28:31.359 Man. 0:28:31.840 --> 0:28:34.480 Really, it's brand new technology. It just came out. We've 0:28:34.480 --> 0:28:36.879 never seen a new TV come out in January before. 0:28:37.240 --> 0:28:39.040 DCL is kind of the first to do that, so 0:28:40.080 --> 0:28:43.520 that that is another splurge option. But I mean my 0:28:43.680 --> 0:28:46.600 personal favorite TV on the market right now still is 0:28:46.640 --> 0:28:48.240 the Sony Broby eight Mark two old. 0:28:48.560 --> 0:28:51.040 All right, awesome, We're gonna leave it there, Caleb Dennison, 0:28:51.360 --> 0:28:53.840 Can you tell folks how to find you online? What 0:28:53.880 --> 0:28:54.360 should they do? 0:28:55.040 --> 0:28:55.240 Yep? 0:28:55.400 --> 0:28:58.880 Just sir, search klibrated on YouTube c A L E 0:28:58.920 --> 0:28:59.880 b r at E. 0:29:00.040 --> 0:29:02.240 Do you just like it sounds? And you can also 0:29:02.320 --> 0:29:03.280 find me on substack. 0:29:03.520 --> 0:29:06.640 All right? Oh Substack, I love it. I love Substack. 0:29:06.680 --> 0:29:08.560 You know I got my newsletter there. Uh now I 0:29:08.720 --> 0:29:09.720 just subscribe to yours. 0:29:09.880 --> 0:29:11.880 All right, I'm subscribed to yours, man. 0:29:11.920 --> 0:29:14.480 Thank you, Caleb eighty to eight rich one on one 0:29:14.640 --> 0:29:16.960 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:29:16.960 --> 0:29:20.520 Coming up, we'll do more calls and Samsung's Trifold phone 0:29:20.560 --> 0:29:23.120 is officially on sale. Tell you how much? Coming up next, 0:29:27.440 --> 0:29:29.880 Welcome back to rich on Tech rich DeMuro here hanging 0:29:29.880 --> 0:29:32.960 out with you, talking technology Triple eight rich one O 0:29:33.080 --> 0:29:35.720 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:29:35.840 --> 0:29:39.720 zero one the website. Rich on tech dot TV took 0:29:39.760 --> 0:29:42.760 the break to uh write down everything that Caleb just 0:29:42.760 --> 0:29:44.720 told us. So if you're looking for those TV picks, 0:29:44.720 --> 0:29:47.280 they are all on the website. Rich on tech dot TV. 0:29:47.760 --> 0:29:51.360 This is episode one fifty nine. That's right, this is 0:29:51.400 --> 0:29:53.560 your number four of this show. If you can believe it, 0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:54.200 I can't. 0:29:55.040 --> 0:29:55.160 Uh. 0:29:55.280 --> 0:30:00.680 Samsung's Galaxy Z trifold is officially on sale. This is 0:30:00.680 --> 0:30:02.840 the phone that folds twice. It opens up into a 0:30:02.880 --> 0:30:06.360 massive ten inch screen, the largest display ever on a 0:30:06.400 --> 0:30:10.240 Galaxy phone. And it's got a two hundred megapixel camera, 0:30:10.440 --> 0:30:14.080 custom Snapdragon chip and the biggest battery Samsung is put 0:30:14.080 --> 0:30:18.600 into its foldable. It's available now at Samsung Experience stores 0:30:18.600 --> 0:30:21.960 and online. You're ready for the price tag if you're 0:30:21.960 --> 0:30:27.600 doing anything that requires like your brain, just stop. Twenty 0:30:27.920 --> 0:30:31.480 nine hundred dollars for a smartphone with a five hundred 0:30:31.480 --> 0:30:35.680 and twelve gigs of storage, one color, and apparently it's 0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:37.880 already sold out, like apparently people already. I don't know 0:30:37.920 --> 0:30:41.840 how many they made of this phone. But now remember 0:30:41.840 --> 0:30:45.240 if you're into Samsung devices, the new one is coming 0:30:45.280 --> 0:30:49.040 out next month, So in February at least, it's gonna 0:30:49.040 --> 0:30:51.600 be unveiled next month. That's the rumor. We don't know 0:30:51.640 --> 0:30:54.040 for sure. Samsung has not said specifically. I think they're 0:30:54.040 --> 0:30:57.000 getting through the publicity on the trifold. Once that WANs 0:30:57.120 --> 0:30:59.600 then they'll go to the new phone. But there it is. 0:31:00.000 --> 0:31:04.120 All right, Let's go to David in Claremont, California. David, 0:31:04.160 --> 0:31:08.040 you're on with Rich Rich Good afternoon. 0:31:08.440 --> 0:31:08.640 Hi. 0:31:09.120 --> 0:31:11.400 I have a question that I'm just struggling with. Tell 0:31:11.480 --> 0:31:13.200 them how to fix it, and I figured if anyone 0:31:13.280 --> 0:31:13.920 knows how to do it. 0:31:13.840 --> 0:31:14.480 It's going to be you. 0:31:14.840 --> 0:31:16.280 Okay, well we'll say so. 0:31:16.320 --> 0:31:18.760 I have this email had for a long time and 0:31:18.840 --> 0:31:20.960 it says that it's full, and a lot of it 0:31:21.000 --> 0:31:23.080 was my pictures. I think it asked me to do 0:31:23.160 --> 0:31:27.680 a takeout through Gmail, and I did, but it still 0:31:27.760 --> 0:31:31.840 shows that it's completely full. I deleted everything from my 0:31:31.960 --> 0:31:36.800 trash to my spams. I mean, everything's gone. I have 0:31:36.920 --> 0:31:41.200 nothing in that Gmail account, but it still reflects as 0:31:41.280 --> 0:31:43.760 it's ninety seven percent full. 0:31:43.960 --> 0:31:46.920 Okay. I think what's happening is that you might not 0:31:47.000 --> 0:31:48.800 have stuff in Gmail, but you might have stuff in 0:31:48.840 --> 0:31:51.200 other areas of Google. So have you been to the 0:31:51.200 --> 0:31:53.600 website one dot Google dot com. 0:31:55.120 --> 0:31:56.000 I'm not sure I have. 0:31:56.680 --> 0:31:58.760 Okay, Well, you know if you went there, because I 0:31:59.560 --> 0:32:02.160 visited frequently to keep tabs on my storage. But this 0:32:02.320 --> 0:32:05.280 is the best way to see what's going on with 0:32:05.320 --> 0:32:08.640 this account. So go ahead and go to one dot 0:32:08.680 --> 0:32:11.000 Google dot com and you'll see right on the home 0:32:11.040 --> 0:32:14.160 screen if you're paying for Google Storage, it'll tell you, like, 0:32:14.240 --> 0:32:16.200 right now, I can see I've got seventy six percent 0:32:16.360 --> 0:32:19.160 used of my storage, and then I've got it says 0:32:19.160 --> 0:32:20.920 how many devices I've got on there, and then it 0:32:20.920 --> 0:32:23.240 says clean up space. I've got seven hundred and nineteen 0:32:23.280 --> 0:32:26.040 gigabytes that I can clean up. So that's the number 0:32:26.040 --> 0:32:27.400 one place you want to go, because I have a 0:32:27.440 --> 0:32:33.000 feeling that you may have your storage cleaned up on Gmail. 0:32:33.280 --> 0:32:36.160 But if you click into the area where it says storage, 0:32:36.680 --> 0:32:40.640 you will see it breaks it down by service. So 0:32:40.880 --> 0:32:44.600 I'm using four terabytes of five terabytes, and in Google Drive, 0:32:44.640 --> 0:32:47.600 I've got about three hundred gigabytes. In Gmail, I've got 0:32:47.600 --> 0:32:50.600 forty five gigabytes. How do I have forty five gigabytes 0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:51.320 of emails? 0:32:51.720 --> 0:32:51.800 Like? 0:32:52.080 --> 0:32:56.920 Literally, what is an email? Is like one killobyte? Like, 0:32:57.000 --> 0:33:00.440 how do I have forty five gigabytes? It's the attachments? Yeah, 0:33:00.560 --> 0:33:03.000 And I go through the attachments and it's like there's 0:33:03.040 --> 0:33:04.680 still not that many. You can only send a twenty 0:33:04.680 --> 0:33:08.720 five megabyte attachment. I think this is just twenty years 0:33:08.720 --> 0:33:10.960 of email that's just like somehow built up. 0:33:11.040 --> 0:33:11.680 Yeah, pretty much. 0:33:11.720 --> 0:33:14.720 I don't want to delete any of it though. Google Photos, 0:33:14.720 --> 0:33:16.480 I've got three terabytes, so that's where a lot of 0:33:16.520 --> 0:33:19.760 it is. Family storage. My kids are using up three 0:33:19.840 --> 0:33:23.680 hundred and fifty gigabytes. So David, that's your homework assignment. 0:33:23.720 --> 0:33:26.440 You got to go in there and see. Because storage. 0:33:26.480 --> 0:33:30.080 If you're using Gmail, your storage is actually shared across 0:33:30.200 --> 0:33:35.760 all these different Google properties, Google Photos, Google Drive, Recorder, Gmail, 0:33:36.240 --> 0:33:38.760 and so anything that you have stored in Google Photos, 0:33:38.840 --> 0:33:41.640 even if you did a takeout, it's still in there. 0:33:41.920 --> 0:33:44.600 A Google takeout does not get rid of the files. 0:33:44.720 --> 0:33:46.880 It just gives you a copy of them to download. 0:33:47.320 --> 0:33:49.120 So what you'd have to do is, if you want 0:33:49.120 --> 0:33:52.920 to really clear this up, you'd probably be best to 0:33:53.200 --> 0:33:55.120 either tap one of these things. It'll just say clean 0:33:55.200 --> 0:33:58.600 up space, and it gives you suggested ways to do that. 0:33:59.040 --> 0:34:04.480 Large photos and vide large drive files. Emails with large attachments, 0:34:04.480 --> 0:34:07.040 so bobo to your question or your comment. I've got 0:34:07.080 --> 0:34:09.920 seven gigabytes of emails with large attachments, which is not 0:34:10.040 --> 0:34:12.960 that much I mean over twenty years, and then I've 0:34:12.960 --> 0:34:16.360 got files in trash two and forty nine megabytes, So 0:34:16.400 --> 0:34:19.480 I guess that's another big question of is does the 0:34:19.840 --> 0:34:23.560 files in your trash take up the space on Google? 0:34:24.320 --> 0:34:27.400 And it looks like I'm guessing the answer might be yes, 0:34:27.440 --> 0:34:29.879 because why would it say cleanup suggested items and show 0:34:29.960 --> 0:34:33.560 me my trash if that wasn't actively taking up storage. 0:34:34.040 --> 0:34:37.319 So I can try emptying my trash, but I don't 0:34:37.320 --> 0:34:38.520 want to do that right now because I want to 0:34:38.560 --> 0:34:42.480 see But those are the places to look, so go 0:34:42.560 --> 0:34:45.640 into again. It's one. If you've got Google storage and 0:34:45.680 --> 0:34:48.799 you're struggling with your phone saying you're out of storage, 0:34:49.120 --> 0:34:52.920 go to one dot Google dot com and just explore 0:34:52.960 --> 0:34:56.000 that page. They don't really advertise it that much because 0:34:56.040 --> 0:34:58.279 think about it, why would they want to. The more 0:34:58.320 --> 0:35:00.600 you've got in this storage and the more you don't 0:35:00.640 --> 0:35:02.759 understand it, the more you're paying Google. And what's the 0:35:02.800 --> 0:35:06.799 fastest growth area of Google, Amazon and Apple right now? 0:35:07.080 --> 0:35:11.200 It's called services, and that's cloud storage. That's where they're 0:35:11.239 --> 0:35:13.840 making their money. So I know, for me, I'm paying 0:35:13.920 --> 0:35:15.919 you know already I think twenty five dollars a month. 0:35:17.280 --> 0:35:21.640 But Yeah, before we go to break here, Yahoo is back. 0:35:22.239 --> 0:35:26.360 They've got a new AI search tool. It's called Yahoo Scout. 0:35:27.239 --> 0:35:29.680 You can go to scout dot Yahoo dot com. It's 0:35:29.719 --> 0:35:32.000 an AI answer engine, so instead of just like a 0:35:32.000 --> 0:35:34.160 bunch of those blue links, it's going to give you 0:35:34.200 --> 0:35:36.200 direct answers, kind of like you know, all these other 0:35:36.320 --> 0:35:39.640 AI services we're seeing out there. Yahoo says they are 0:35:39.680 --> 0:35:44.120 bringing thirty years of experience with search plus stuff they 0:35:44.120 --> 0:35:47.480 know about you, plus information from across the web, and 0:35:47.520 --> 0:35:49.440 they're going to roll this out to all of their products. 0:35:49.440 --> 0:35:52.000 So you're gonna start seeing Yahoo Scout in Yahoo Mail, 0:35:52.440 --> 0:35:57.200 Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo's Sports, Yahoo's shopping. I know, 0:35:57.239 --> 0:35:59.480 we discount Yahoo because that's a brand that's kind of 0:35:59.520 --> 0:36:02.680 gone away, but they still run some pretty popular properties 0:36:02.719 --> 0:36:04.840 on the web. So be on the lookout for Yahoo 0:36:04.840 --> 0:36:06.839 Scout or go to the website and you can check 0:36:06.880 --> 0:36:10.480 it out yourself. Rich on Tech dot TV eight eight 0:36:10.480 --> 0:36:13.719 eight seven four to two four one zero one. This 0:36:13.960 --> 0:36:21.520 is rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:36:21.600 --> 0:36:24.919 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology at 0:36:24.960 --> 0:36:28.000 Triple eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:32.160 four to two four one zero one. Phone lines are open, 0:36:33.200 --> 0:36:35.400 you've got the feedback, We've got the website. This is 0:36:35.440 --> 0:36:38.360 episode one five nine, so if you're looking for something 0:36:38.560 --> 0:36:41.280 that I mentioned, it's all on the website. There, don't forget. 0:36:41.280 --> 0:36:44.640 If you like listening to the show, subscribe to the podcast. 0:36:44.719 --> 0:36:48.000 It is free. We're on all the main podcast services, 0:36:48.040 --> 0:36:51.200 so you can listen to whatever you might not catch 0:36:51.520 --> 0:36:55.000 catch the first time around. There's a new air tag 0:36:55.120 --> 0:36:59.320 this week. Apple launched it without a lot of fanfare, 0:36:59.360 --> 0:37:00.880 but you know, you know, how do you improve on 0:37:00.920 --> 0:37:03.439 a device that's already being used by millions of people 0:37:03.480 --> 0:37:07.400 around the world. It's the best selling item finder. Apple 0:37:07.440 --> 0:37:10.120 announce that, and now there's a new version. It's got 0:37:10.120 --> 0:37:13.040 better range and louder sound. So it's got a new 0:37:13.200 --> 0:37:17.359 ultra wide bandschip, letting you use that precision finding from 0:37:17.440 --> 0:37:20.160 up to fifty percent further away. Now this is a 0:37:20.200 --> 0:37:24.160 little confusing for people because there's two ways you can 0:37:24.239 --> 0:37:27.120 use an AirTag. You can just see the location on 0:37:27.360 --> 0:37:29.480 your phone at any time, no matter where it is 0:37:29.520 --> 0:37:31.799 in the world. But you can also use your phone 0:37:31.800 --> 0:37:34.480 if you have a recent model iPhone, to lead you 0:37:34.600 --> 0:37:36.880 right to the air tag. So if it's in your house, 0:37:37.360 --> 0:37:40.200 you lost your keys. You can turn on this precision 0:37:40.280 --> 0:37:44.080 finding mode and your phone will literally direct you left, 0:37:44.200 --> 0:37:48.360 right forward backwards to the device. Now that range is longer. 0:37:48.400 --> 0:37:51.000 In my testing, I was able to find the old 0:37:51.040 --> 0:37:53.800 one up to a range of about fifty feet away. 0:37:54.120 --> 0:37:55.719 With the new one, I was able to go about 0:37:55.719 --> 0:37:57.960 one hundred and fifty feet. But I imagine there's lots of 0:37:57.960 --> 0:38:02.640 different reasons why that might be longer, depending what else. 0:38:02.680 --> 0:38:05.480 The speaker is about fifty percent louder, so it makes 0:38:05.520 --> 0:38:08.360 it easier to hear when something's lost nearby, or if 0:38:08.400 --> 0:38:11.160 it's like under a couch cushion. And for the first time, 0:38:11.280 --> 0:38:15.160 you can use precision finding on newer Apple Watches to 0:38:15.280 --> 0:38:17.359 locate the air tag right from your wrist. So if 0:38:17.400 --> 0:38:19.960 you've got your air tag on your keys, you can 0:38:20.040 --> 0:38:22.120 use your Apple Watch to find where your keys are. 0:38:22.719 --> 0:38:24.640 And by the way, I didn't even know this I 0:38:24.680 --> 0:38:27.120 was setting up the new air tag. You know, you 0:38:27.160 --> 0:38:29.640 can edit that like little pop up screen on the 0:38:29.680 --> 0:38:32.600 Apple Watch when you press the flat button. There's like 0:38:32.640 --> 0:38:36.120 the airplane mode, the Wi Fi, the battery percentage. You 0:38:36.160 --> 0:38:38.960 can edit those tiles if you scroll all the way down. 0:38:39.160 --> 0:38:40.880 And now I've set one as the air tag that 0:38:40.920 --> 0:38:44.360 I'm about to let you hear. Okay, so here's the 0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:46.920 audio on the old air tag. The new one sounds 0:38:46.920 --> 0:38:49.239 slightly different. You're ready, So here's the old one. I'm 0:38:49.239 --> 0:38:55.000 gonna press up play sound. Okay, so you're pretty familiar 0:38:55.080 --> 0:38:56.960 with that sound if you've ever used an air tag. 0:38:57.320 --> 0:38:59.800 That's the old one. Now the new one I'm putting 0:38:59.800 --> 0:39:02.279 in this same length away from the mic. Let's hear 0:39:02.320 --> 0:39:10.680 what that one sounds like. Ready, there we go. So 0:39:10.760 --> 0:39:13.319 it's a higher pitch sound, right, and it's also a 0:39:13.400 --> 0:39:15.880 louder sound as well, so you're gonna be able to 0:39:15.920 --> 0:39:19.520 find things easier. Hopefully, design is the same. They didn't 0:39:19.600 --> 0:39:22.520 change that, which thank you Apple for doing that. They 0:39:22.520 --> 0:39:25.279 could have changed it and made accessory makers a whole 0:39:25.280 --> 0:39:26.879 bunch of new money because you would have to buy 0:39:26.880 --> 0:39:31.160 everything new. No old accessory. Existing accessories will still work 0:39:31.480 --> 0:39:33.279 and you don't need to run out and upgrade your 0:39:33.280 --> 0:39:35.680 air attacks. They still work. You can replace the battery 0:39:35.680 --> 0:39:38.200 when they go dead. You just this is moving forward. 0:39:38.200 --> 0:39:40.040 If you want something that's louder, you want something with 0:39:40.160 --> 0:39:42.480 more range, you want to use your Apple Watch on it, 0:39:42.719 --> 0:39:45.040 now you can with the new one. Same price twenty 0:39:45.120 --> 0:39:47.120 nine dollars for the one pack, ninety nine dollars for 0:39:47.160 --> 0:39:49.359 the four pack, same as before. How do you tell 0:39:49.360 --> 0:39:51.920 the difference? There is one way to tell the difference 0:39:51.960 --> 0:39:54.160 on these. My kids are in studio. Can you tell 0:39:54.200 --> 0:39:57.120 the difference on the back? What's the difference I'm showing Parker, 0:39:57.520 --> 0:40:00.320 Can you tell what's the difference? At first glance, I 0:40:00.880 --> 0:40:04.839 will reveal the letters on the old air tag are 0:40:04.920 --> 0:40:07.680 upper lower case. The letters on the new air tag 0:40:07.760 --> 0:40:10.879 are all in upper case. So there's no visible way 0:40:10.960 --> 0:40:14.520 to tell except for that. So now you know, all right, 0:40:14.640 --> 0:40:19.399 Let's go to Beth in Cyprus, California. Beth on line 0:40:19.440 --> 0:40:20.120 four you're on with. 0:40:20.200 --> 0:40:25.480 Rich Her there. I have a credit freeze with experience, 0:40:26.080 --> 0:40:29.520 and I want to temporarily lift it, and so I 0:40:29.560 --> 0:40:32.280 want to know what your thoughts are the safest method 0:40:32.360 --> 0:40:35.560 to lift it because you can't call and do it anymore, 0:40:36.640 --> 0:40:39.400 just online as I understand it, or the mail. And 0:40:39.440 --> 0:40:43.600 I've had numerous data breaches, so I'm really cautious because 0:40:43.640 --> 0:40:45.759 you have to give a lot of precise information. 0:40:46.719 --> 0:40:48.360 How did you do the freeze? 0:40:49.239 --> 0:40:51.880 I did it? Let's see, I'm kind to think I 0:40:52.040 --> 0:40:53.520 did it by calling. 0:40:53.600 --> 0:40:56.480 Okay, so you called them up. Okay. Interesting. So you 0:40:56.560 --> 0:41:01.200 don't have an Experience online account? No, okay, well that 0:41:01.400 --> 0:41:04.560 is the easiest way to do it. I have one. 0:41:04.360 --> 0:41:06.920 I have my credit frozen on there. Actually, let me 0:41:06.960 --> 0:41:10.840 make sure, because I did unfreeze it recently to get something. 0:41:11.760 --> 0:41:13.759 Let's see. So if I go, now, here's the thing. 0:41:14.120 --> 0:41:16.000 They actually kind of trick you a little bit because 0:41:16.000 --> 0:41:17.600 they try to get you to sign up for this, 0:41:18.160 --> 0:41:23.040 like they're yeah, exactly, and then you have to kind 0:41:23.040 --> 0:41:25.440 of look behind that. Okay, so here it is applying 0:41:25.480 --> 0:41:27.880 for credit unfreeze your credit file. So mine actually is 0:41:27.920 --> 0:41:32.680 frozen right now. So yeah, so if you go online, Beth, 0:41:32.680 --> 0:41:35.160 and I know you're a little concerned about the online stuff, 0:41:35.200 --> 0:41:37.880 they won't. Did you call in now? Yeah, here's the 0:41:37.920 --> 0:41:39.359 reason why I think they won't let you do it 0:41:39.360 --> 0:41:42.239 by calling in, because think about it, there's not too 0:41:42.320 --> 0:41:45.800 much identifying information anymore these days, and someone could easily 0:41:45.800 --> 0:41:47.560 call in and just say I'm Beth, and here's all 0:41:47.560 --> 0:41:49.640 my info. Let's say your data was out there in 0:41:49.680 --> 0:41:51.799 a breach, and then they can unfreeze and then get 0:41:51.800 --> 0:41:55.680 more stuff. That's probably why they're doing it. I would say, 0:41:56.600 --> 0:41:59.600 it's relatively safe to do. To sign up on Experience 0:41:59.600 --> 0:42:01.719 dot com, the number one thing you need to do 0:42:01.800 --> 0:42:04.239 is make sure you're on the right website. Their website 0:42:04.320 --> 0:42:07.880 is Experience dot com. Number one. Don't don't go to 0:42:07.960 --> 0:42:09.759 like a you know, imitation website. 0:42:10.040 --> 0:42:10.160 Uh. 0:42:10.480 --> 0:42:12.399 They are going to ask for your social when you join. 0:42:12.440 --> 0:42:14.799 I mean obviously they need that because you're signing up, 0:42:16.080 --> 0:42:18.040 and so I would make sure that you're on a 0:42:18.080 --> 0:42:21.160 web browser that is current. I would make sure that 0:42:21.200 --> 0:42:24.120 you're on Wi Fi that you trust, or you can 0:42:24.160 --> 0:42:26.200 do this from your smartphone on a cellular connection if 0:42:26.239 --> 0:42:30.000 you really want to be private. But those are the things. 0:42:30.040 --> 0:42:33.920 Then sign up obviously with a strong password, unique password, 0:42:34.280 --> 0:42:36.479 and then I would lock down this account if you can. 0:42:37.360 --> 0:42:39.920 I don't know if they do two factor authentication. Let 0:42:39.920 --> 0:42:41.719 me see here. Yeah they do, okay, so I would 0:42:41.719 --> 0:42:43.719 lock lock down with two factor and I just looked 0:42:43.719 --> 0:42:46.560 at my account. I need to do that actually. So 0:42:46.800 --> 0:42:48.520 those are the things to do. And then once you're 0:42:48.520 --> 0:42:51.480 in there, you can do the freeze right from there 0:42:51.520 --> 0:42:53.880 and it should show that you're frozen. Now here's the 0:42:54.000 --> 0:42:57.359 here's the rub here. I I don't know if they're 0:42:57.360 --> 0:43:00.000 gonna let you sign in because your account is froz 0:43:00.520 --> 0:43:01.600 you know what I mean, Like you may not be 0:43:01.640 --> 0:43:04.920 able to sign up fresh because your account's frozen, so 0:43:04.960 --> 0:43:07.239 that you may run into a scenario where you try 0:43:07.239 --> 0:43:10.000 to log in and they say, sorry, your account was frozen. 0:43:10.040 --> 0:43:11.440 We're not gonna let you log in. But I'm not 0:43:11.440 --> 0:43:14.120 sure that's the case, because you could do other things 0:43:14.200 --> 0:43:16.440 on this website than just unfreeze your account. 0:43:16.840 --> 0:43:18.520 I see, Yeah, because I just want to do it 0:43:18.560 --> 0:43:21.759 temporarily because I because I want to apply for a 0:43:22.239 --> 0:43:26.239 credit card that's has zero interests. Okay, So that's why 0:43:26.320 --> 0:43:29.880 I wanted to do it temporarily. You know, I definitely 0:43:29.920 --> 0:43:31.799 want to put it back on. But the other two 0:43:31.880 --> 0:43:33.719 credit bureaus, I mean I had it with them and 0:43:33.719 --> 0:43:36.040 that you could just call and they took care of it. 0:43:36.120 --> 0:43:36.319 You know. 0:43:36.400 --> 0:43:37.680 I was going to say, do you know that the 0:43:37.680 --> 0:43:41.400 credit card you're applying for is using Experience as their credit? 0:43:41.960 --> 0:43:43.399 You know that's the credit they check. 0:43:44.440 --> 0:43:47.680 I know they do, because I totally forgot that I 0:43:47.800 --> 0:43:50.600 had that on when I when I applied for that 0:43:50.719 --> 0:43:53.480 at my bank. Yeah, me too, And they said we 0:43:53.520 --> 0:43:57.239 can't get the information because your credits frozen. Oh my gosh, 0:43:57.320 --> 0:43:59.400 I forgot that I had that on because I had 0:43:59.440 --> 0:44:01.080 that on for I. 0:44:01.000 --> 0:44:04.040 Did the same thing. I applied for the Amazon credit 0:44:04.040 --> 0:44:06.120 card during the holidays when it was they were giving 0:44:06.120 --> 0:44:09.120 like two hundred and fifty dollars cash back or something. 0:44:09.320 --> 0:44:11.080 I was like, all right, fine, I'll do that and 0:44:11.080 --> 0:44:13.120 I'll cancel it right away. And sure enough, as soon 0:44:13.120 --> 0:44:17.840 as I submitted my information, it was like, sorry, you're frozen. 0:44:17.920 --> 0:44:19.960 You can't do anything. I was like, oh, And then 0:44:20.000 --> 0:44:21.600 I never got it because I was like, you know what, Okay, 0:44:21.640 --> 0:44:23.359 this was a sign from the gods. I'll just not 0:44:23.440 --> 0:44:26.719 get this card. But yeah, So the main thing to 0:44:26.719 --> 0:44:28.560 do when you go on there after you sign up, 0:44:28.760 --> 0:44:31.760 if you want to unfreeze it, remember to freeze it again. 0:44:32.760 --> 0:44:35.480 You can. Oh, interesting, it says you can schedule a thaw. 0:44:35.719 --> 0:44:39.080 Let's see what that does. Okay, schedule a thaw before 0:44:39.120 --> 0:44:42.040 you apply. So if you do a thaw, which will 0:44:42.040 --> 0:44:44.759 allow access to your experience credit file, and I guess 0:44:44.800 --> 0:44:48.000 maybe they freeze it again. So in case you forget 0:44:48.080 --> 0:44:51.680 that's interesting. Oh yeah, set a date range. Okay. That's 0:44:51.920 --> 0:44:55.080 so you can set a range if you're applying, like 0:44:55.120 --> 0:44:56.799 you go on a bender and just like apply for 0:44:56.840 --> 0:45:00.360 like ten cards at once. You're not gonna do that, 0:45:00.440 --> 0:45:01.360 right best, No. 0:45:01.160 --> 0:45:04.520 No, I'm just doing the one thing I don't need anymore. Now. 0:45:04.600 --> 0:45:07.560 This is just for to the bank and you know, 0:45:07.920 --> 0:45:09.120 for a major project that. 0:45:09.160 --> 0:45:09.680 I want to do. 0:45:10.080 --> 0:45:12.640 Okay, for payments, that's easier. 0:45:12.760 --> 0:45:16.200 Okay. Well, just just know that if you're good, if 0:45:16.239 --> 0:45:17.960 you go to the if you go on there, just 0:45:18.040 --> 0:45:20.399 and this is for everyone you know that's listening, that's uh, 0:45:20.480 --> 0:45:22.839 you know, may do this. Just remember that they have 0:45:22.920 --> 0:45:26.080 like two products. One is like a paid freeze product 0:45:26.080 --> 0:45:30.000 to the other is the actual free security freeze. And 0:45:30.080 --> 0:45:32.560 if you go to the bottom of their website, that's 0:45:32.560 --> 0:45:35.000 where you can see where it actually says security freeze 0:45:35.040 --> 0:45:37.000 and that's the free one. 0:45:37.400 --> 0:45:39.880 So okay, security freeze. Okay, great, Oh. 0:45:39.800 --> 0:45:42.560 Thank you all right, good luck, Beth, Thank you so much. 0:45:42.680 --> 0:45:45.480 All right, thanks for calling. In eighty eight rich one 0:45:45.560 --> 0:45:48.359 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:45:48.440 --> 0:45:52.080 one zero one, Richard writes in from Connecticut, I keep 0:45:52.120 --> 0:45:55.799 seeing ads for a device called blank Player. I'm not 0:45:55.800 --> 0:45:58.040 even gonna give the name of these things that promises 0:45:58.160 --> 0:46:02.520 unlimited entertainment With those subscriptions are monthly fees have you 0:46:02.560 --> 0:46:05.640 heard of it? And is it actually legit? Yes, it's 0:46:05.640 --> 0:46:09.319 called YouTube. No, I know what you're talking about. You're 0:46:09.360 --> 0:46:10.640 talking about a black box. 0:46:11.200 --> 0:46:11.359 Uh. 0:46:11.400 --> 0:46:13.920 There's tons of them on the market. Many of them 0:46:14.000 --> 0:46:17.680 operate in a gray area at best, illegal at worst. 0:46:18.280 --> 0:46:20.720 I cannot recommend these. I know a lot of people 0:46:20.760 --> 0:46:23.399 have them. I cannot vouch for them. I can't say 0:46:23.440 --> 0:46:26.720 that you should get one because A I work in media, 0:46:26.880 --> 0:46:29.319 and uh, you know, I respect people that are making 0:46:29.360 --> 0:46:32.279 a living selling their movies and music and things like that. 0:46:32.480 --> 0:46:35.960 So you also have to be aware of malware. You 0:46:36.000 --> 0:46:38.080 may not be able to update this thing. Anything could 0:46:38.120 --> 0:46:40.879 break along the lines, So please stick to fire TV, 0:46:41.000 --> 0:46:44.239 Apple TV, Google TV, Roku, and you're gonna have to 0:46:44.280 --> 0:46:47.680 pay for those subscriptions like everyone else. 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To submit yours, just 0:47:59.680 --> 0:48:04.200 go to on tech dot tv and hit contact. Okay, actually, 0:48:04.200 --> 0:48:06.799 this one I like. If you want to watch the 0:48:06.880 --> 0:48:09.320 monologue of this show that's like the first ten minutes, 0:48:09.360 --> 0:48:12.960 you can just download the free KTLA plus app on 0:48:13.000 --> 0:48:16.279 your Fire TV, Roku or Apple TV and look for 0:48:16.400 --> 0:48:18.960 rich on Tech Weekly. It has the first ten minutes 0:48:19.000 --> 0:48:21.759 of this radio show, plus more in depth versions of 0:48:21.800 --> 0:48:24.640 my TV segments. I'm actually very proud of that show. 0:48:25.200 --> 0:48:27.560 I was watching all the pieces yesterday for next week's 0:48:27.560 --> 0:48:31.160 and my editor Luis does such a great job. He 0:48:31.200 --> 0:48:34.680 takes so much pride in editing those pieces, and I 0:48:34.719 --> 0:48:40.640 watch them. It's a shame it's only on streaming. It's 0:48:40.640 --> 0:48:42.960 only made it to like KTLA over the air like twice, 0:48:42.960 --> 0:48:45.400 and people write me they're like, oh my gosh, Rich, congratulations, 0:48:45.560 --> 0:48:47.319 Like no, we do this every week for like years now, 0:48:47.520 --> 0:48:49.680 but it's on streaming, so not everyone sees it. But 0:48:50.040 --> 0:48:52.319 I keep asking KTLA. I'm like, hey, can you put 0:48:52.320 --> 0:48:55.240 this over the air? Can you put it over the air? Okay, 0:48:55.520 --> 0:48:58.759 let's go to Bob in North Hollywood, Line one. Bob, 0:48:58.760 --> 0:48:59.520 you're on with Rich. 0:49:00.800 --> 0:49:00.960 Hi. 0:49:01.600 --> 0:49:05.240 Hi, I like to show a lot and your website. 0:49:05.440 --> 0:49:07.479 Oh thank you Rich on tech dot TV. 0:49:08.280 --> 0:49:08.560 That's it. 0:49:09.040 --> 0:49:11.640 Got a question for you. I have Facebook. Been on 0:49:11.640 --> 0:49:14.000 Facebook a long time, and about a week ago I 0:49:14.080 --> 0:49:17.440 kept getting notices You're going to be on professional mode 0:49:18.000 --> 0:49:20.120 on the twenty ninth of the month, which was two 0:49:20.200 --> 0:49:24.560 days ago. And two days ago it says you're now 0:49:24.560 --> 0:49:27.960 in professional mode. To keep your public followers, Facebook is 0:49:28.000 --> 0:49:31.920 simplifying settings. Your main profile can no longer have public followers. 0:49:32.320 --> 0:49:35.440 We've turned on professional mode for your profile so you 0:49:35.600 --> 0:49:37.120 can keep followers. 0:49:37.160 --> 0:49:38.000 I have no idea. 0:49:38.040 --> 0:49:42.040 I tried to find information as what it meant. You 0:49:42.080 --> 0:49:43.960 can click here, but it went on and on and 0:49:44.000 --> 0:49:45.359 I could make no sense of it. 0:49:45.520 --> 0:49:48.239 Okay, yeah, it's very confusing. So do you have a 0:49:48.320 --> 0:49:49.120 large following. 0:49:50.160 --> 0:49:52.439 I have no idea what that means. I'm looking at 0:49:52.760 --> 0:49:54.799 what it rode up because it says now you're on 0:49:55.680 --> 0:49:59.040 professional and it says now I'm a digital creator. 0:49:59.239 --> 0:50:00.720 Oh wow, are you creating? 0:50:01.160 --> 0:50:01.960 All I do is. 0:50:01.920 --> 0:50:05.399 I post things, you know, like a joke or a 0:50:05.440 --> 0:50:10.000 photograph that I may have taken on you know, comment, 0:50:10.120 --> 0:50:12.080 you know, on entering. That's what I do for a day, 0:50:12.160 --> 0:50:16.719 so you know, my photographs or you know, joke's that 0:50:16.880 --> 0:50:17.439 sort of thing. 0:50:17.760 --> 0:50:22.640 So just typical Facebook creator. No, okay, this. 0:50:22.760 --> 0:50:24.160 Is it said you can turn it off, but I 0:50:24.160 --> 0:50:26.719 don't know what it even means. Although if I look 0:50:26.760 --> 0:50:29.480 at the top of the screen on Facebook, yeah, you know, 0:50:29.560 --> 0:50:33.799 you have the three lines and then you'd have the 0:50:35.719 --> 0:50:39.880 house home page this cefter. But now there's an entry 0:50:39.920 --> 0:50:43.720 on the far right of my photograph which i'd had 0:50:44.560 --> 0:50:46.880 in a circle. And when I click on the circle. 0:50:47.520 --> 0:50:49.600 That's what it says. Polls up for six hundred and 0:50:49.640 --> 0:50:53.239 sixty eight followers, two hundred and thirty seven following a 0:50:53.640 --> 0:50:58.799 digital creator and it goes from there. And I have 0:50:58.880 --> 0:51:00.000 no idea what that means. 0:51:00.280 --> 0:51:03.239 Well, I'm not sure why they turned professional mode. The 0:51:03.239 --> 0:51:04.960 only thing I can think of is because you have 0:51:05.000 --> 0:51:09.480 a combination of friends and followers, they kind of merged 0:51:09.480 --> 0:51:13.720 them all into one place. And I think that's what's happening. 0:51:13.840 --> 0:51:17.120 Is professional mode means that I think that you Okay, 0:51:17.160 --> 0:51:20.680 so I'm looking up online because my mindsets professional mode 0:51:20.719 --> 0:51:25.479 as well. Now you must have this professional dashboard, which 0:51:25.480 --> 0:51:27.880 gives you. The main thing that this gives you is 0:51:27.920 --> 0:51:31.080 a whole bunch of insights into your account, so you 0:51:31.120 --> 0:51:34.120 can see when people are looking at your stuff, how 0:51:34.160 --> 0:51:38.319 your content did. You might be eligible for like monetization 0:51:38.560 --> 0:51:41.319 things like that. It's odd because it's not like you 0:51:41.320 --> 0:51:44.279 have a huge following. Like this typically happens with people 0:51:44.360 --> 0:51:47.040 that may have reached a limit of like five thousand 0:51:47.080 --> 0:51:49.719 friends on Facebook back in the day, and they would say, oh, 0:51:49.800 --> 0:51:53.560 clearly you're doing something that's more of a public facing account, 0:51:53.760 --> 0:51:56.239 so let's switch this on for various reasons because you 0:51:56.239 --> 0:51:59.600 probably want to see but for you, was there an 0:51:59.600 --> 0:52:00.800 option to turn this off? 0:52:01.320 --> 0:52:03.560 It says yes, but I don't know what. I don't 0:52:03.600 --> 0:52:06.439 know what professional is and it sounded like it would 0:52:06.440 --> 0:52:09.160 delete people from seeing me if I kept it in 0:52:09.200 --> 0:52:10.800 professional mode friends and family. 0:52:11.080 --> 0:52:11.920 That's sort of okay. 0:52:12.120 --> 0:52:15.400 The main thing, I think The main thing that that 0:52:15.640 --> 0:52:18.440 when you have professional mode on that I'm looking for 0:52:18.640 --> 0:52:21.320 that I'm looking at here is says who can follow 0:52:21.360 --> 0:52:25.319 me will be set to public. That means that basically 0:52:26.040 --> 0:52:29.360 anyone can follow you on the on Facebook versus you 0:52:30.080 --> 0:52:33.000 accepting a friend. That's what that's I think the biggest 0:52:33.000 --> 0:52:33.520 difference here. 0:52:33.680 --> 0:52:36.439 That's what professional mode is. Is that what the standard mode is. 0:52:36.360 --> 0:52:39.839 Correct, that's professional mode. So if you're okay with that, 0:52:41.480 --> 0:52:43.319 then I would just leave this on if you you know, 0:52:43.360 --> 0:52:46.279 if you're if you want that feature, but if you don't, 0:52:46.800 --> 0:52:48.560 then you can turn it off. And that means you 0:52:48.600 --> 0:52:51.440 can now say who can follow you is just friends. 0:52:51.800 --> 0:52:54.360 You're not going to lose any followers who are not 0:52:54.440 --> 0:52:57.799 your friends, but you can allow public followers again once 0:52:57.840 --> 0:53:00.880 you turn on professional mode. This all sounds very confusing. 0:53:01.400 --> 0:53:04.640 What's that turn on or turn off professional. 0:53:04.120 --> 0:53:05.799 If you turn it on again, you would have those 0:53:05.840 --> 0:53:08.799 public followers. Basically at this point, anyone can follow you. 0:53:08.880 --> 0:53:11.480 That's that's on Facebook versus you kind of accepting them 0:53:11.520 --> 0:53:13.239 as a friend. That's what it sounds like to me. 0:53:13.480 --> 0:53:14.959 That's a professional mode, is. 0:53:14.920 --> 0:53:17.400 Correct, and you get all those insights. 0:53:18.000 --> 0:53:21.200 Okay, it's just digital creator. I would you know. 0:53:21.480 --> 0:53:23.120 I mean, it sounds like, are you ready to take 0:53:23.120 --> 0:53:24.920 on a new career as a digital creator? 0:53:25.440 --> 0:53:28.320 But I never knew what. I couldn't find the definition 0:53:28.400 --> 0:53:30.839 for digital creator. I just post photographs that I came. 0:53:31.880 --> 0:53:37.240 For instance, I posted, uh, I joke orange you glad. 0:53:37.280 --> 0:53:40.360 I live in South California and I have family in 0:53:40.360 --> 0:53:44.360 the Midwest, and so on the nineteenth or sixteenth, it 0:53:44.440 --> 0:53:45.120 was eighty. 0:53:44.840 --> 0:53:47.960 Three degrees in yes, and it was freezing. 0:53:48.080 --> 0:53:51.839 And then I had pictures of orange, an orange globe tree. 0:53:52.360 --> 0:53:54.040 So get it altering you, glad. 0:53:54.080 --> 0:53:57.319 I see why you're content creator, Bob. I got a run. 0:53:57.440 --> 0:54:00.480 They're playing me off. Thanks for the call today, rich 0:54:00.520 --> 0:54:02.879 one On one eighty eight seven four to two four 0:54:02.920 --> 0:54:09.399 one zero one. Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich 0:54:09.440 --> 0:54:12.880 DeMuro here hang out with you talking technology at Triple 0:54:12.920 --> 0:54:15.799 eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four 0:54:15.840 --> 0:54:18.040 to two four one zero one phone lines are open. 0:54:18.160 --> 0:54:21.520 Kim is standing by, uh ready to get you on 0:54:21.640 --> 0:54:23.880 the air here, and we'll get back to those lines 0:54:23.920 --> 0:54:27.080 in just a moment. Kim did mention that the air 0:54:27.160 --> 0:54:30.239 tags are on sale on Amazon for seventy bucks for 0:54:30.280 --> 0:54:33.840 a four pack. And then here's the thing that you 0:54:33.880 --> 0:54:35.400 need to know, because I mentioned that they have new 0:54:35.440 --> 0:54:38.920 air tags, so you're gonna see a delineation first generation 0:54:39.160 --> 0:54:44.360 versus second generation. So the second generation are also at Costco, 0:54:44.719 --> 0:54:46.640 but they're selling for one hundred dollars for a four pack, 0:54:46.680 --> 0:54:49.160 so you're probably gonna see I would say even more 0:54:49.200 --> 0:54:52.239 discounts on the first generation air tags as retailers sort 0:54:52.239 --> 0:54:55.399 of clear them out whatever stock they have. The big 0:54:55.440 --> 0:54:57.120 thing is do you need to get the old or 0:54:57.120 --> 0:55:00.840 the new. If you're interested in that precision feature, like 0:55:00.880 --> 0:55:02.759 if you need that longer range or if you need 0:55:02.800 --> 0:55:05.000 the louder speaker, go with the new ones. But if 0:55:05.000 --> 0:55:06.960 you don't, the old ones are going to be just fine. 0:55:06.960 --> 0:55:10.400 Everything else is like completely the same, all right. Sharon 0:55:10.440 --> 0:55:13.200 guys on the line. She is an AI expert and 0:55:13.320 --> 0:55:17.520 former Ali Baba strategist and author of the upcoming book, 0:55:17.560 --> 0:55:20.080 How to Do More with Less future Proofing yourself in 0:55:20.120 --> 0:55:24.320 an AI driven economy. That is a hot topic these days. Sharon, 0:55:24.480 --> 0:55:25.360 thanks for joining me. 0:55:26.880 --> 0:55:28.040 Hey, Rich, how's it going. 0:55:28.719 --> 0:55:32.560 Everything's good. So this is a very hot topic that 0:55:32.600 --> 0:55:36.280 people are always wondering about. They hear AI, they feel scared, 0:55:36.320 --> 0:55:40.160 they're overwhelmed. So what do you make of the current 0:55:40.200 --> 0:55:42.359 situation with AI and work right now? 0:55:44.360 --> 0:55:47.359 Yeah, I totally echo the fear and anxiety with it. 0:55:47.800 --> 0:55:51.400 The biggest thing is, I think it's really unevenly distributed 0:55:51.480 --> 0:55:53.200 when it comes to the US in. 0:55:53.239 --> 0:55:55.240 General, but just around the world. 0:55:56.160 --> 0:55:59.240 You know, you have founders in San Francisco, for instance. 0:55:59.280 --> 0:56:02.200 You pick anybody off the street if you visit that city, 0:56:02.320 --> 0:56:06.480 they're probably building multi agent systems automating a lot of 0:56:06.520 --> 0:56:09.280 parts of their life. And then you go to another 0:56:09.360 --> 0:56:12.680 city somewhere else. The other day, was on a flight 0:56:12.760 --> 0:56:15.799 and this woman next to me was on a business trip, 0:56:15.840 --> 0:56:18.680 and you know, I was talking about what I do 0:56:19.280 --> 0:56:22.880 in terms of keynoting and talking about AI. 0:56:22.680 --> 0:56:25.040 And she said, oh, chat shipt, I've heard of that. 0:56:26.800 --> 0:56:31.560 So it's just it just runs such the gamut, and 0:56:31.600 --> 0:56:32.080 I think. 0:56:31.920 --> 0:56:34.400 For those who are sort of in that AI bubble. 0:56:34.520 --> 0:56:38.440 You know, the algorithm is constantly serving you up things 0:56:38.480 --> 0:56:40.320 that could cause fear and anxiety. 0:56:40.400 --> 0:56:42.960 And then there's so many of us who's just barely 0:56:43.160 --> 0:56:43.959 tried it yet. 0:56:45.280 --> 0:56:48.280 And so hopefully that the new book that I've written 0:56:48.480 --> 0:56:51.680 is it levels the playing field for everyone so that 0:56:51.760 --> 0:56:55.400 it brings everyone in the same conversation at least. 0:56:55.800 --> 0:56:58.440 It is wild because they're like when I go home 0:56:58.480 --> 0:57:00.520 to like, you know, my family, and I say, oh 0:57:00.560 --> 0:57:03.480 at chat Ebt, this Ai, this, Gemini, this Claude that, 0:57:03.520 --> 0:57:05.400 and they're like, wait, hold on, what, Like how do 0:57:05.440 --> 0:57:08.839 I even go to these websites? Right? And so it's 0:57:08.880 --> 0:57:10.640 like there are people that are using this on a 0:57:10.680 --> 0:57:12.920 daily basis and really getting familiar with it, and there 0:57:12.920 --> 0:57:15.600 are people who have not even begun to scratch the 0:57:15.680 --> 0:57:18.480 surface with it. Do you think people should be using 0:57:18.480 --> 0:57:20.840 this to see what it's all about? 0:57:21.920 --> 0:57:22.520 Absolutely? 0:57:23.440 --> 0:57:23.800 You can. 0:57:24.160 --> 0:57:27.920 You know in the future that I predict there's probably 0:57:27.960 --> 0:57:30.560 going to be a decent group of people who's opposed 0:57:30.680 --> 0:57:31.560 to everything. 0:57:31.320 --> 0:57:33.520 That's that's happening in the ANI space. 0:57:33.240 --> 0:57:37.360 Because it will come so fast and it's gonna change 0:57:37.360 --> 0:57:39.680 so many things. So there's going to be a group 0:57:39.760 --> 0:57:43.840 of people that's you know anti AI, there's you're already 0:57:43.920 --> 0:57:46.600 hearing the protests and whatnot that's starting to happen with 0:57:47.360 --> 0:57:52.240 A taking away their jobs and agency. So there will 0:57:52.320 --> 0:57:55.520 be that growing number of people. But at least try 0:57:55.560 --> 0:57:58.640 it to see how and just a nalidate for yourself 0:57:58.680 --> 0:58:02.680 whether it's right for your life. Personally, I think it's 0:58:02.760 --> 0:58:05.360 it's made a huge shift and the way that I work, 0:58:05.440 --> 0:58:07.160 the way that I think about things, the way that 0:58:07.200 --> 0:58:10.560 I live my life. You know, the Internet get paved 0:58:10.720 --> 0:58:14.440 way for this burst of information to just be at 0:58:14.440 --> 0:58:17.840 our fingertips, and I think AI just makes it even 0:58:18.160 --> 0:58:24.080 faster that that information is not just exploded, it's hyper 0:58:24.120 --> 0:58:25.360 exploded in front of us. 0:58:26.040 --> 0:58:27.800 I know people worry that this is going to take 0:58:27.840 --> 0:58:31.680 their jobs. Has that started to happen yet? And do 0:58:31.720 --> 0:58:33.760 you think there are some jobs that are safe from 0:58:33.840 --> 0:58:35.440 AI in the future or is everyone going to be 0:58:35.440 --> 0:58:37.720 affected in some way? 0:58:37.840 --> 0:58:39.840 Everyone is going to be infected. And so I think 0:58:40.920 --> 0:58:42.200 the way that. 0:58:42.080 --> 0:58:47.360 I that I metaphor it is it's similar to you know, 0:58:47.400 --> 0:58:51.800 when the electric motor was created in eighteen nineties and 0:58:51.840 --> 0:58:54.440 when we just when we designed our factories back in 0:58:54.440 --> 0:58:56.720 the day, it was a very vertical design. 0:58:58.200 --> 0:59:01.960 With the steam power in all factories, and then the 0:59:02.000 --> 0:59:06.280 electric motor was created, and then all we did in 0:59:06.320 --> 0:59:10.840 our factories was changed the steam to electric motors without 0:59:10.840 --> 0:59:14.960 ever redesigning the entire factory, so not really designing our 0:59:15.080 --> 0:59:17.960 entire workflow around it. And I think that's what's happening 0:59:18.320 --> 0:59:21.520 with AI. You know, if you've seen the reports of 0:59:22.560 --> 0:59:25.680 MIT says there's an MIT study that says ninety five 0:59:25.720 --> 0:59:28.880 percent of AI projects have failed so far, and so 0:59:29.080 --> 0:59:32.000 we're in that reckoning where there's a lot of things 0:59:32.080 --> 0:59:35.680 that's not working in the ANI space, but that's just 0:59:35.840 --> 0:59:42.320 a temporary hold before things start before product to before 0:59:42.320 --> 0:59:47.960 productivity actually has that uptick. So for the in terms 0:59:47.960 --> 0:59:50.479 of jobs, you see a lot of entry level work 0:59:50.560 --> 0:59:53.520 being displaced right now. So if you are you know, 0:59:53.560 --> 0:59:56.600 maybe twenty two just graduated, the things that you know 0:59:57.040 --> 0:59:59.720 is not really based on experience because you don't have 1:00:00.320 --> 1:00:05.760 experience yet, and so if your job is quite junior, 1:00:06.200 --> 1:00:09.560 that's the exact layer of roles that we're seeing being affected. 1:00:10.240 --> 1:00:11.919 There's a lot of text CEOs that. 1:00:11.960 --> 1:00:14.680 Overblow it a bit, I think, where you know, they're 1:00:14.720 --> 1:00:18.840 saying that unemployment is going to rise to twenty thirty percent. 1:00:19.240 --> 1:00:20.120 I actually don't. 1:00:19.920 --> 1:00:22.280 Think that will happen because I have a lot more 1:00:22.320 --> 1:00:26.560 faith in people in that. You know, because if you 1:00:26.640 --> 1:00:29.000 are displaced from a job, that you're agile enough to 1:00:29.120 --> 1:00:32.560 learn some sort of new skill that that has openings 1:00:32.600 --> 1:00:36.960 and has jobs, and you reorient yourself that way. I 1:00:36.960 --> 1:00:41.800 think there's I think we don't give ourselves enough credit. Also, 1:00:42.040 --> 1:00:46.800 we underestimate our ability to adapt to change. In previous 1:00:46.960 --> 1:00:50.840 times of you know, when the Internet age or when internet, 1:00:51.080 --> 1:00:54.760 when the Internet emerged, jobs were displaced too. We used 1:00:54.760 --> 1:00:57.240 to have a lot of people that were type this, 1:00:57.400 --> 1:00:59.080 and that was their job is to be a type 1:00:59.120 --> 1:01:03.000 this or a secretary of some sort, or like travel 1:01:03.040 --> 1:01:05.920 agent of some sort, where your job was to book tickets, 1:01:05.960 --> 1:01:08.920 book plane tickets for people. And then Expedia I came 1:01:08.960 --> 1:01:10.880 and then we didn't really need those people anymore. So 1:01:11.800 --> 1:01:15.920 I think change is just part of life, and I 1:01:15.960 --> 1:01:18.800 think we don't give ourselves enough credit sometimes with our 1:01:19.240 --> 1:01:22.280 humans natural ability to adapt to change. 1:01:22.440 --> 1:01:25.720 Well, And you mentioned travel. Whenever I travel, I always 1:01:25.800 --> 1:01:28.200 joke with my wife about how many jobs I do 1:01:28.720 --> 1:01:31.160 as I travel, so like it's like you park your 1:01:31.160 --> 1:01:33.600 own car at the parking lot. I mean obviously that's 1:01:33.760 --> 1:01:36.080 pretty standard. But you get there. You like, like at 1:01:36.120 --> 1:01:38.800 one point, I'm like tagging my own baggage. Now, like 1:01:38.840 --> 1:01:40.920 you can literally print out your own tags. You're like 1:01:41.040 --> 1:01:43.840 sticking them to your luggage. You get on the plane, 1:01:43.840 --> 1:01:46.080 you're like literally cleaning You're a little area on the 1:01:46.120 --> 1:01:48.080 plane with that little wipe they give you. So I'm 1:01:48.080 --> 1:01:51.440 like cleaning the plane now I'm not flying the plane. Obviously, 1:01:53.360 --> 1:01:55.439 checking into the hotel. You're doing that from your phone. 1:01:55.520 --> 1:01:57.280 I mean, there's just so many things that we've taken 1:01:57.280 --> 1:01:59.320 on the duties for. Like you said, there's people that 1:01:59.440 --> 1:02:01.160 used to do these jobs, but you know, it's not 1:02:01.200 --> 1:02:02.920 as if you go to these places there's no one there, 1:02:02.960 --> 1:02:05.640 there's less people, but there's definitely you know, people have 1:02:05.640 --> 1:02:08.320 been displaced in various ways and they find new things 1:02:08.400 --> 1:02:11.520 to do. I think this analogy you give in the 1:02:11.520 --> 1:02:14.520 book about this this busy bees. If you're drowning in 1:02:14.640 --> 1:02:17.960 meetings notes and repetitive data entry that leaves you burnt 1:02:17.960 --> 1:02:21.400 out by five pm, what's your advice there? That's kind 1:02:21.440 --> 1:02:21.960 of interesting. 1:02:23.440 --> 1:02:28.160 Yeah, So on the book cover, it's a bee, and 1:02:28.400 --> 1:02:32.040 if you know anything about this animal, it's a very 1:02:32.080 --> 1:02:38.640 interesting little bug and so bees, you know, are very 1:02:38.800 --> 1:02:42.360 narrow in the way that they operate, but when they 1:02:42.400 --> 1:02:46.560 come together as a whole hive, they can find the 1:02:46.600 --> 1:02:50.360 next flower to pollinate, they can adjust temperature, they build 1:02:50.400 --> 1:02:52.360 structures that protect themselves. 1:02:52.640 --> 1:02:54.320 And so the whole promise. 1:02:53.960 --> 1:02:57.160 Of the book is it's just like us where you know, 1:02:57.240 --> 1:02:59.520 I went through a traditional four year college and I 1:02:59.640 --> 1:03:04.000 entered the corporate world, climb the corporate ladder, hope for 1:03:04.080 --> 1:03:07.080 a time to fifteen percent salary increase every single. 1:03:06.840 --> 1:03:09.400 Year, and my getting I felt like. 1:03:10.880 --> 1:03:14.439 Which part I never I don't think I've ever seen 1:03:14.480 --> 1:03:15.720 that in my job career. 1:03:16.280 --> 1:03:16.560 I was. 1:03:16.640 --> 1:03:18.160 I was aiming, okay. 1:03:18.880 --> 1:03:21.280 Because every company I've ever worked for they say the 1:03:21.320 --> 1:03:23.320 same thing. They make billions of dollars, and when it 1:03:23.320 --> 1:03:25.000 comes time to do any kind of contract, like we 1:03:25.040 --> 1:03:29.480 have no money, where does all the money go? Anyway? 1:03:29.880 --> 1:03:32.600 I think yeah, and I think I think you know 1:03:32.600 --> 1:03:35.760 a lot of people went that very traditional path and 1:03:36.200 --> 1:03:37.640 started checking those boxes. 1:03:37.680 --> 1:03:40.400 And then one day I just realized that that box 1:03:40.480 --> 1:03:41.560 checking idea. 1:03:41.400 --> 1:03:44.560 Doesn't really farewell, and it doesn't farewell, especially in this 1:03:44.720 --> 1:03:45.600 current age. 1:03:46.280 --> 1:03:48.360 So I felt like a busy bee when I. 1:03:48.360 --> 1:03:50.840 Was working in those roles where my to do lists 1:03:50.880 --> 1:03:54.280 were endless, and it was meeting after meeting, and there 1:03:54.280 --> 1:03:56.720 were so many things. And for anyone that kind of 1:03:56.720 --> 1:03:59.160 works in a corporate space, maybe that you know, like 1:03:59.280 --> 1:04:03.560 are you we needed on this call? Like this whole 1:04:03.560 --> 1:04:05.720 thing is going to take an hour long and you 1:04:05.800 --> 1:04:07.080 want me to spend. 1:04:06.800 --> 1:04:11.240 My entire human hour here with you doing whatever? You're tire? 1:04:11.440 --> 1:04:11.640 You know? 1:04:11.960 --> 1:04:14.160 So I think a lot of us feel that way, 1:04:14.200 --> 1:04:16.479 and that's what leads to the burnout. That's what leads 1:04:16.520 --> 1:04:19.520 to When it's Sunday, why is it that it's Sunday evening? 1:04:19.640 --> 1:04:22.440 We grow because we know that work is going to 1:04:22.480 --> 1:04:25.720 start on Monday. But when it's Friday afternoon, we're so 1:04:26.000 --> 1:04:28.800 happy that the weekends about Like I think. 1:04:28.720 --> 1:04:33.560 That grown and that expression of happiness shouldn't happen in 1:04:33.640 --> 1:04:37.680 those times, Like we should be happy, hopefully throughout the 1:04:37.720 --> 1:04:41.360 whole seven days, and so work shouldn't be something where 1:04:41.600 --> 1:04:45.240 it feels like it's a waste of our time. And 1:04:45.280 --> 1:04:46.960 so that's the whole premise of the book is how 1:04:46.960 --> 1:04:49.560 do you use AI, especially for those who maybe you 1:04:49.600 --> 1:04:52.080 haven't tried it yet or haven't tapped into its potential. 1:04:52.400 --> 1:04:55.280 How do we remove some of that drudgery from our 1:04:55.320 --> 1:04:59.120 work so that we don't have to grown on the 1:04:59.160 --> 1:05:01.479 Sunday evening going into work. 1:05:01.840 --> 1:05:04.440 And so that's why there's a bet on the cover. 1:05:04.960 --> 1:05:08.479 It's the hope is that you can transform yourself from 1:05:08.560 --> 1:05:12.160 a busy beat to it ultimately a bee keeper, so 1:05:12.240 --> 1:05:16.840 a keeper of those AI agents that will work for you, 1:05:17.360 --> 1:05:19.560 that will take some away some of those tasks that 1:05:19.680 --> 1:05:20.560 was meant. 1:05:20.280 --> 1:05:22.120 For a machine to do. Anyway. 1:05:23.040 --> 1:05:25.920 So there's a quote in the book which is spending 1:05:26.000 --> 1:05:32.520 human hours on human necessary tasks because human hours is 1:05:32.760 --> 1:05:36.800 very precious, and so I think too many of us 1:05:36.800 --> 1:05:41.160 spend much time spending our human hours on not human 1:05:41.240 --> 1:05:46.360 necessary things. And that's part of again going back to 1:05:46.440 --> 1:05:51.320 that the factory metaphor, that's redesigning our factory. Because the 1:05:51.320 --> 1:05:53.840 way that we were looked at work previously, it was 1:05:54.040 --> 1:05:57.080 going through a lot of checkboxes. It wasn't thinking more 1:05:57.120 --> 1:06:01.000 strategically about where should I better spend my time on. 1:06:02.200 --> 1:06:04.000 And I think once we start to do that too, 1:06:04.080 --> 1:06:08.080 we start to excavate our own human potential. We can 1:06:08.360 --> 1:06:14.080 realize there's more creative things that actually need our time 1:06:14.120 --> 1:06:17.880 and attention that we can actually make an impact towards 1:06:18.960 --> 1:06:21.840 versus spending our time in something that's not worth. 1:06:22.120 --> 1:06:24.480 All right, good advice. The book is how to do 1:06:24.600 --> 1:06:28.280 More with Less, future proofing yourself and an AI driven economy. 1:06:28.560 --> 1:06:30.360 Sharon Guy, thanks so much for joining me today. 1:06:31.440 --> 1:06:32.040 Thanks so much. 1:06:32.120 --> 1:06:32.320 Rich. 1:06:32.680 --> 1:06:34.560 All right, coming up more of your calls at Triple 1:06:34.560 --> 1:06:37.200 eight Rich one on one eight eight eight seven four 1:06:37.280 --> 1:06:39.120 two four one zero one, and I'll tell you what's 1:06:39.240 --> 1:06:46.320 changed with Chrome. Coming up next. Welcome back to Rich 1:06:46.400 --> 1:06:52.800 on tech Rich DeMuro. Here, let's go to line three. 1:06:54.640 --> 1:06:57.040 Line three is Bob and Woodland Hills. You're on with Rich. 1:06:58.760 --> 1:07:01.120 Oh well, Rich, thank you so much for taking my call. 1:07:01.240 --> 1:07:04.400 I do enjoy you on Channel five as I watch 1:07:04.400 --> 1:07:05.320 you guys every morning. 1:07:05.360 --> 1:07:06.040 Oh thank you. 1:07:06.200 --> 1:07:06.320 Well. 1:07:06.360 --> 1:07:07.680 I enjoy being there for sure. 1:07:08.400 --> 1:07:10.000 Now you guys do a great job, and I like 1:07:10.520 --> 1:07:14.280 the anchors as well. Sure, I'll try to make this 1:07:14.360 --> 1:07:18.880 a sinct. Here's what my issue is. I at home, 1:07:18.920 --> 1:07:23.000 I have Internet with DSL extremes. So exactly one week ago, 1:07:23.840 --> 1:07:26.840 last Suday night, it goes down on me, and so 1:07:26.920 --> 1:07:29.280 I do all the fixes that we know to do. Right, 1:07:29.560 --> 1:07:32.400 instead of getting the green light, I'm getting a blinking yellow. 1:07:32.880 --> 1:07:35.400 So we disconnect and connect. Wait a couple of minutes, 1:07:35.440 --> 1:07:38.280 you know, do all the obvious things that sure fix it. 1:07:38.800 --> 1:07:42.320 DSL Extreme is not open on the weekend, so I'm 1:07:42.360 --> 1:07:46.120 not happy. I'm watching TV on a out of rabbit 1:07:46.200 --> 1:07:51.600 ears last weekend. But anyway, come Monday morning, I called them. 1:07:52.120 --> 1:07:56.640 They I'm on the phone with them. They tell me 1:07:56.720 --> 1:07:59.520 that everything appears to be fine, the signals coming out. 1:08:00.080 --> 1:08:03.600 I'm but they say they have to contact AT and T. Well, 1:08:03.800 --> 1:08:07.680 fast forward the story. On Wednesday, I get I talked 1:08:07.680 --> 1:08:10.000 to DSL and they tell me that AT and T 1:08:10.160 --> 1:08:13.800 says there's a serious wiring issue at my building and 1:08:13.880 --> 1:08:16.920 it may not be fixed until wait for it, February 1:08:17.000 --> 1:08:20.920 twenty fourth. I'm about I'm going about insane right now. 1:08:21.000 --> 1:08:23.360 Yeah, even a minute without internet, I go insane. 1:08:24.280 --> 1:08:26.559 Correct. So now it's been a week. I mean, I'm 1:08:26.760 --> 1:08:29.679 you know, I'm watching TV on rabbit ears. I'm watching 1:08:29.720 --> 1:08:32.280 the Internet on my phone. I mean, it's just you know, 1:08:32.320 --> 1:08:34.439 through cellular data. It's just not it's horrible. 1:08:34.520 --> 1:08:36.600 Okay, Well, the question, okay, what do. 1:08:36.640 --> 1:08:39.840 You think, my what do you given that answer that 1:08:39.920 --> 1:08:42.600 there's a wiring issue at my building that AT and 1:08:42.640 --> 1:08:45.080 T has to come out and fix and may take 1:08:45.160 --> 1:08:48.920 till February twenty four. Do I have other options that 1:08:49.000 --> 1:08:51.519 I can I don't understand this stuff very well. 1:08:51.640 --> 1:08:53.600 Okay, I'll tell you what's going on here. So, so 1:08:53.720 --> 1:08:58.720 DSL Extreme does not operate their own infrastructure, So they 1:08:58.720 --> 1:09:01.760 don't That's that's what was revealed to you when they said, hey, 1:09:01.760 --> 1:09:03.360 we got to call AT and T. It's actually a 1:09:03.360 --> 1:09:06.000 problem with their lines. They just ride on top of 1:09:06.360 --> 1:09:09.439 other providers that are in your area, and they service 1:09:09.520 --> 1:09:11.680 a bunch of different areas. So they have partnerships with 1:09:11.760 --> 1:09:14.040 like you know, an AT and T, a Verizon wherever 1:09:14.080 --> 1:09:17.080 they can, wherever they have their service. Their whole deal 1:09:17.120 --> 1:09:20.559 proposition is that I'm guessing you're either getting a better 1:09:20.600 --> 1:09:23.680 price or a better service by using this company. How 1:09:23.760 --> 1:09:25.479 much you paying them a month for your Internet? 1:09:27.400 --> 1:09:29.000 I think it's like sixty. 1:09:29.320 --> 1:09:32.559 Okay, sixty bucks and you're getting them Guessing what speed 1:09:32.600 --> 1:09:33.200 are you getting? 1:09:34.320 --> 1:09:36.519 I don't know the answer to that to give you. 1:09:36.560 --> 1:09:40.640 Okay, So a couple options. Number one, how much do 1:09:40.680 --> 1:09:42.960 you love DSL Extreme, Like, are you willing to switch? 1:09:44.640 --> 1:09:48.280 And I am I'm ready to switch. 1:09:48.479 --> 1:09:51.639 Okay, So a couple of things you can do. I mean, 1:09:52.320 --> 1:09:56.000 I'm looking at providers in your area. So AT and 1:09:56.040 --> 1:09:58.559 T fiber is in your area, that's the network. I'm 1:09:58.600 --> 1:10:00.960 guessing that they're riding on top. Okay, that's the one 1:10:00.960 --> 1:10:04.400 that's having the problem. That's a fantastic network. But it's 1:10:04.560 --> 1:10:07.040 you know, if there's some issue in you're building, maybe 1:10:07.200 --> 1:10:09.240 a rat chewed through a cable or something, they need 1:10:09.280 --> 1:10:11.479 to figure out. Do you have neighbors that have a 1:10:11.520 --> 1:10:12.120 problem too. 1:10:12.880 --> 1:10:15.720 It's funny, I have an ass, but I was wondering that. Yeah, 1:10:15.720 --> 1:10:17.920 I said, wow, I wonder if my neighbors have an 1:10:17.920 --> 1:10:20.559 issue too. I have an ass, but I will ask. 1:10:20.560 --> 1:10:22.320 I would do that because otherwise, you know, you want 1:10:22.320 --> 1:10:24.439 to figure out like how you know, I had a 1:10:24.439 --> 1:10:26.800 problem with AT and T and they came out and 1:10:27.200 --> 1:10:29.360 really did a number on my place, and they did 1:10:29.400 --> 1:10:31.400 a great job and they fixed it. I was not 1:10:31.400 --> 1:10:32.479 sure they were going to be able to fix it 1:10:32.479 --> 1:10:34.439 because it's one of these problems that like, we don't 1:10:34.439 --> 1:10:36.519 know what's going on here and so, but they came 1:10:36.560 --> 1:10:38.759 out and they they worked on it, and they figured 1:10:38.760 --> 1:10:40.760 it out, and people had to go up on the 1:10:40.800 --> 1:10:42.760 poll and all this stuff that like I never wanted 1:10:42.760 --> 1:10:45.479 to do. It did not take a month. I will 1:10:45.479 --> 1:10:47.560 tell you that it is actually way faster than I 1:10:47.600 --> 1:10:50.120 thought because I was almost in the same place where 1:10:50.280 --> 1:10:52.880 my internet was going in and out, and so I 1:10:52.920 --> 1:10:54.840 was like kind of going nutty because I was like, Okay, 1:10:54.840 --> 1:10:56.960 this is crazy. Every day at three pm my internet 1:10:57.040 --> 1:10:59.240 goes out. How's that happen? They ended up figuring out 1:10:59.240 --> 1:11:01.519 what the problem was, and it's a whole long story, 1:11:01.560 --> 1:11:04.439 but anyway, you also have Spectrum in your area. Those 1:11:04.439 --> 1:11:10.000 are the two wired services that you have. Okay, Spectrum 1:11:10.040 --> 1:11:13.240 can usually come out like pretty quickly, like almost the 1:11:13.280 --> 1:11:16.120 next day or the same day to get you installed 1:11:16.160 --> 1:11:18.320 at and T as well. So I would if I 1:11:18.360 --> 1:11:20.839 were you personally, unless you're in love with this company 1:11:20.840 --> 1:11:23.680 that you're working with, I would I would call up 1:11:23.720 --> 1:11:26.760 Spectrum or go online and see how quick they can 1:11:26.800 --> 1:11:30.960 come to install internet. That's number one. Then you've got 1:11:31.320 --> 1:11:33.880 these wireless providers. So if you want to save a 1:11:33.920 --> 1:11:36.760 ton of money and you have a good signal at 1:11:36.760 --> 1:11:40.360 your place, like from T Mobile or Mint Mobile or Verizon, 1:11:40.840 --> 1:11:44.920 you can switch to home internet and it's significantly cheaper 1:11:44.920 --> 1:11:48.559 than usually the wired internet, and it's you know, depending 1:11:48.560 --> 1:11:50.120 on what you're doing like if you're just doing basic 1:11:50.120 --> 1:11:53.400 stuff like watching TV and surfing the web, you're gonna 1:11:53.400 --> 1:11:55.240 be just fine and you're gonna save a lot of money. 1:11:55.439 --> 1:11:56.879 Who's your cell phone provider? 1:11:58.680 --> 1:12:01.000 My cell phone provider? Mobile? 1:12:01.120 --> 1:12:03.840 Okay, so they have TEA Mobile five. If do you 1:12:03.840 --> 1:12:05.679 get a good signal in your house with T Mobile? 1:12:06.880 --> 1:12:07.320 Yes? 1:12:07.439 --> 1:12:09.960 Okay, so that might be an option because they're they 1:12:10.040 --> 1:12:12.680 they have pretty good, like aggressive plans right now, and 1:12:12.760 --> 1:12:15.439 they and this is like self installed, so it's like 1:12:15.479 --> 1:12:19.439 fifty dollars a month for your internet. Oh wow, they've 1:12:19.520 --> 1:12:21.720 raised price a little bit. But yeah, basically you get 1:12:21.800 --> 1:12:25.519 unlimited data and you'd get a discount with your plan, 1:12:25.720 --> 1:12:27.439 so that you know, that'll bring the price down a 1:12:27.479 --> 1:12:29.680 little bit more. But I would look into those two 1:12:29.800 --> 1:12:33.240 things and see, you know, if you want to stick 1:12:33.280 --> 1:12:36.120 with see if you sorry, see if you want to 1:12:36.160 --> 1:12:38.479 stick with this provider, or if you're willing to switch. 1:12:38.520 --> 1:12:40.559 If you're willing to switch, I would just cut ties 1:12:40.640 --> 1:12:42.280 and say I don't want to wait until, you know, 1:12:42.360 --> 1:12:44.719 three more weeks for this, and you can get internet 1:12:44.880 --> 1:12:47.479 installed at your house, you know, as quick as tomorrow. 1:12:48.280 --> 1:12:51.000 Good question, Bob. In the In the meantime, try your 1:12:51.000 --> 1:12:52.559 hot spot on your phone if you have it for 1:12:52.640 --> 1:12:55.280 connecting your devices, that'll at least keep you connected in 1:12:55.320 --> 1:12:58.439 the meantime. Eighty eight rich one oh one back after this, 1:13:02.240 --> 1:13:04.920 Welcome back to Rich on tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:13:04.920 --> 1:13:09.040 out with you, talking technology, triple eight rich one on 1:13:09.040 --> 1:13:13.920 one eight eight eight rich one on one. If you're 1:13:13.920 --> 1:13:17.519 one of these Strava users. They have added a new feature, 1:13:17.720 --> 1:13:21.560 turn by turn navigation to the Apple Watch, so directly 1:13:21.680 --> 1:13:23.840 on the Apple Watch, starting in beta, you can now 1:13:23.920 --> 1:13:27.560 follow pre loaded routes, see your elevation, and get directions 1:13:27.640 --> 1:13:29.599 right on your wrist. That means you no longer need 1:13:29.640 --> 1:13:33.719 your iPhone if you're out running, biking, or hiking. Runners 1:13:33.720 --> 1:13:35.960 and cyclists are saying this is a big upgrade they've 1:13:36.000 --> 1:13:39.880 been waiting for. Some people say both free and paid 1:13:39.960 --> 1:13:44.000 users have access at least during the beta. But this 1:13:44.040 --> 1:13:47.360 does make the Apple Watch much better if you use Strava. 1:13:47.439 --> 1:13:50.160 So if you Usetrava, if you use the Apple Watch app, 1:13:50.280 --> 1:13:51.600 check it out if you haven't looked at it in 1:13:51.640 --> 1:13:54.000 a while, because apparently they got some new features that 1:13:54.040 --> 1:13:58.040 are quite helpful. And if you like candy Crush, I 1:13:58.360 --> 1:14:00.479 told you that I love that new ca Andy Crush 1:14:00.560 --> 1:14:04.600 Solitaire game. It's just fun, Like Candy Crush has a 1:14:04.640 --> 1:14:06.760 cool thing going on. They have a new game called 1:14:06.880 --> 1:14:10.040 Crushable and this is kind of a quick once a 1:14:10.120 --> 1:14:13.400 day game instead of like a long ongoing game. And 1:14:13.479 --> 1:14:16.439 it's exclusively on Yahoo Games in the US. One new 1:14:16.479 --> 1:14:19.840 puzzle every day, and the goal is kind of like 1:14:19.880 --> 1:14:22.640 to replace sort of supplement. They notice a lot of 1:14:22.640 --> 1:14:24.960 people are doing like wordle in the morning or a 1:14:25.040 --> 1:14:29.519 quick crossword puzzle or Sodoku. This is kind of along 1:14:29.560 --> 1:14:31.559 those lines where you just you kind of knock it 1:14:31.600 --> 1:14:34.640 out in the morning with your coffee or with your breakfast. 1:14:35.240 --> 1:14:40.160 And it's again at Yahoo Games. It's called Candy Crush Crushable. 1:14:42.280 --> 1:14:45.360 Let's go to Brian and West Hollywood line too. Brian said, 1:14:45.400 --> 1:14:49.439 he sounds like something going on with DSL Extreme as well. 1:14:49.439 --> 1:14:53.200 Brian, I was listening to one of your callers just 1:14:53.240 --> 1:14:56.479 a few minutes ago, and I happen to be a subscriber. 1:14:56.600 --> 1:15:00.719 I was experiencing very similar issues with down load speed 1:15:01.280 --> 1:15:05.559 lower than they supposed to support. So AT and T 1:15:05.720 --> 1:15:10.280 reviewed it and they indicated that the line where I 1:15:10.320 --> 1:15:14.160 am is too far away from their central tower and 1:15:14.240 --> 1:15:16.480 therefore it's not fixable. 1:15:17.160 --> 1:15:18.000 Oh interesting. 1:15:18.520 --> 1:15:20.760 Yeah, they told me that that is an issue, and 1:15:22.400 --> 1:15:26.840 I talked to Dazel Extreme. They offered me an option 1:15:26.920 --> 1:15:32.559 to terminate if I wish to, So that was a 1:15:32.560 --> 1:15:36.639 good choice if I want to. I didn't. As of now, 1:15:36.960 --> 1:15:41.120 I had an opportunity to speak with Spectrum. They have 1:15:41.200 --> 1:15:44.519 a very good program from what I read about them 1:15:44.520 --> 1:15:49.000 on the internet. Whereas a homeowner or apartment renter does 1:15:49.080 --> 1:15:54.000 not have to have a fiber cable, they don't. It's 1:15:54.040 --> 1:15:57.280 not required in order to use Spectrum. 1:15:57.600 --> 1:16:00.600 Well they they they well they have their lines. I 1:16:00.600 --> 1:16:02.920 mean it depends on the type of network you're talking about, 1:16:02.960 --> 1:16:07.000 And there's wireless, there's fiber, and then there's like there's coax. 1:16:07.080 --> 1:16:10.400 Yeah from like which which is what Spectrum uses use. 1:16:10.560 --> 1:16:13.760 I use a wired Ethernet case okay, all right, and 1:16:13.760 --> 1:16:19.759 and Spectrum orfers fiber powered instead of one hundred right. 1:16:19.720 --> 1:16:23.400 So yeah, so they do basically their network is fiber, 1:16:23.520 --> 1:16:26.599 but the end line to your house is the standard 1:16:26.640 --> 1:16:29.200 kind of like you know, coax cable that they use 1:16:29.280 --> 1:16:32.360 for that, which is fine. I mean, look, I mean Spectrum, 1:16:32.400 --> 1:16:34.200 they you know, they're local, so they have like a 1:16:34.840 --> 1:16:39.320 great presence in southern California. They run their own network, 1:16:39.400 --> 1:16:41.400 they're easy to get a hold of. I mean, obviously 1:16:41.439 --> 1:16:43.760 there's some benefits there, and they're you know, that's their 1:16:43.800 --> 1:16:46.720 main business too, so obviously that's that's a good thing there. 1:16:47.120 --> 1:16:50.559 The only difference is is the speeds when it comes 1:16:50.560 --> 1:16:56.040 to fiber versus standard cable like cable internet from someone 1:16:56.080 --> 1:16:59.480 like Spectrum. Is that with fiber, you're upload and download 1:16:59.520 --> 1:17:03.679 speed the same. So if you have a five hundred 1:17:04.240 --> 1:17:08.000 megabitz connection with AT and T, that's five hundred up 1:17:08.040 --> 1:17:10.680 and down. I think they're slowest is actually one gigabit, 1:17:11.720 --> 1:17:14.840 so that'd be one up and down, Whereas on Spectrum 1:17:14.840 --> 1:17:17.400 these speeds that they advertise, let's say it's five hundred, 1:17:17.439 --> 1:17:20.599 three hundred down, whatever it is, your upload speed is 1:17:20.840 --> 1:17:23.800 usually capped to like thirty five, so your upload is 1:17:23.840 --> 1:17:27.439 significantly slower. Now for ninety nine point nine percent of people, 1:17:27.520 --> 1:17:29.840 that is not an issue. Most people are downloading stuff 1:17:29.840 --> 1:17:32.679 from the Internet instead of uploading stuff to the Internet, 1:17:32.840 --> 1:17:35.080 unless you're in a creator job like myself where I'm 1:17:35.080 --> 1:17:38.720 always exchanging large files and things like that. And in California, 1:17:38.840 --> 1:17:42.519 especially Southern California, a lot of people in the entertainment industry. 1:17:42.560 --> 1:17:44.960 They are uploading, you know, things that they're editing from 1:17:45.000 --> 1:17:47.120 their homes and stuff like that, so fiber would be 1:17:47.120 --> 1:17:49.960 a better choice. And then of course you have wireless internet, 1:17:50.120 --> 1:17:52.920 which is delivered over cellular lines, and that also has 1:17:52.960 --> 1:17:56.599 its advantage that it's easy and it's inexpensive and there's 1:17:56.600 --> 1:18:00.800 no wires. I mean there's a wire from I mean 1:18:00.840 --> 1:18:03.160 really there are no wires because you would just it's 1:18:03.200 --> 1:18:06.519 just a cellular receptor and then it's just beams out 1:18:06.520 --> 1:18:08.240 the signal the Wi Fi in your home. So really 1:18:08.280 --> 1:18:10.680 there's just a plug to plug it in. Thanks for 1:18:10.720 --> 1:18:14.639 the call, Brian. For what it's worth, DSL Extreme does 1:18:14.680 --> 1:18:18.120 have a status page that you can check secure dot 1:18:18.200 --> 1:18:22.360 DSL extreme dot com, Slash support Slash network status and 1:18:22.400 --> 1:18:25.920 they're saying all their services are normal right now, and 1:18:26.000 --> 1:18:28.400 so that must mean that anything that is happening or 1:18:28.439 --> 1:18:32.040 that you're experiencing in the area is due to the 1:18:32.040 --> 1:18:35.320 lines in your local kind of place. And by the way, 1:18:35.320 --> 1:18:41.080 if you want to see the providers, the internet service 1:18:41.080 --> 1:18:44.160 providers in your area, you may not realize that there 1:18:44.200 --> 1:18:47.880 are probably several providers that you can choose from speed 1:18:47.920 --> 1:18:52.240 test runs a great site. If you go to speed 1:18:52.320 --> 1:18:55.599 test dot net, I'm trying to see the direct okay, 1:18:56.160 --> 1:19:01.880 speed test dot net slash performance, speed dot net slash performance. 1:19:01.920 --> 1:19:04.519 You type in your zip code. I'm gonna put in 1:19:04.520 --> 1:19:07.719 a West La zip code. It will tell you all 1:19:07.800 --> 1:19:11.200 of the providers at that zip code, and you may 1:19:11.240 --> 1:19:13.439 realize there are more than you think. So for instance, 1:19:13.479 --> 1:19:15.160 this zip code in West La, I just put in 1:19:15.439 --> 1:19:18.600 You've got Spectrum, You've got Frontier which is soon to 1:19:18.600 --> 1:19:24.040 be Verizon again, Earthlink Fiber, who knew, Storry that's another 1:19:24.080 --> 1:19:28.439 wireless internet that's in certain places, T Mobile Wireless Internet, 1:19:28.520 --> 1:19:32.640 Mint Mobile Wireless Internet, Starlink Satellite Internet at and T 1:19:32.800 --> 1:19:38.439 Internet Air Wireless Internet, Verizon via sat and Husenet. Now 1:19:38.439 --> 1:19:40.679 I wouldn't go with the last two unless you're desperate 1:19:40.680 --> 1:19:43.840 because those are you know, old school kind of satellite technologies. 1:19:44.280 --> 1:19:46.840 But that's a lot of providers, So shop around if 1:19:46.840 --> 1:19:50.559 you and it'll tell you the actual speed of your area. 1:19:50.640 --> 1:19:53.120 This is a great website, so it tells you all 1:19:53.120 --> 1:19:56.240 these different providers and what the actual speeds are that 1:19:56.280 --> 1:20:00.920 people are getting from those providers. So that is a 1:20:01.080 --> 1:20:06.160 really good resource. Speed test dot net slash Performance and 1:20:06.240 --> 1:20:09.920 type in your zip code and you'll see and it'll 1:20:09.920 --> 1:20:13.320 tell you explains everything. The speeds that you're getting historical, 1:20:14.720 --> 1:20:18.000 It's unbelievable. I've lived in the LA area for a 1:20:18.000 --> 1:20:20.760 long time and the Internet has changed so much. I 1:20:20.760 --> 1:20:24.599 remember getting my first cable internet line and thinking it 1:20:24.640 --> 1:20:27.400 was the coolest thing ever compared to just standard dial up. 1:20:28.000 --> 1:20:29.960 And I remember bringing my friend into the room and 1:20:30.000 --> 1:20:32.120 I said, check this out. Look at this. This is 1:20:32.160 --> 1:20:35.280 the future of Internet. And I was playing a video. 1:20:35.560 --> 1:20:38.000 It was a music video and I'm not kidding. It 1:20:38.040 --> 1:20:40.799 was the size of a postage stamp on my screen, 1:20:41.479 --> 1:20:43.960 and he was laughing so hard. He's like, that's the future. 1:20:45.400 --> 1:20:47.160 I mean, now we just take for granted you're getting 1:20:47.479 --> 1:20:51.000 all your stuff through the Internet. I mean, it's just wild. 1:20:52.280 --> 1:20:54.920 Samsung is coming out with their new Galaxy S twenty 1:20:54.960 --> 1:20:58.360 six lineup. I mentioned this earlier in the show Coming Out. 1:20:58.760 --> 1:21:02.320 The rumor is the end of February is when they're 1:21:02.320 --> 1:21:04.840 gonna have their event. They usually call them Galaxy Unpacked, 1:21:05.640 --> 1:21:07.719 and they've always done them in like different places around 1:21:07.760 --> 1:21:10.760 the world, so we'll see where that's gonna be. But 1:21:10.800 --> 1:21:13.559 they have a new feature they are promoting they haven't 1:21:13.600 --> 1:21:17.120 revealed exactly how it works or specifics, but it is 1:21:17.439 --> 1:21:21.360 a privacy feature, so it looks like in the videos 1:21:21.360 --> 1:21:23.560 that they've shown off that don't exactly show it on 1:21:23.640 --> 1:21:26.799 the screen. It's almost like one of those privacy screens 1:21:26.800 --> 1:21:29.679 on your phone, but built into the hardware of the phone. 1:21:30.320 --> 1:21:34.799 And not only does it kind of blur out certain 1:21:34.880 --> 1:21:37.120 parts of the screen, but it's like if you get 1:21:37.160 --> 1:21:40.880 a notification, you could say, any notification from telegram. I 1:21:40.880 --> 1:21:42.599 don't want people to be able to see it from 1:21:42.640 --> 1:21:45.400 off angles, and when someone's looking at your phone from 1:21:45.439 --> 1:21:47.280 like the sides, you can't see it. I mean, it's 1:21:47.360 --> 1:21:50.640 really interesting. So I'm not sure how this works. But 1:21:50.720 --> 1:21:53.280 Samsung does say it is a hardware feature. It's not 1:21:53.360 --> 1:21:57.960 just software, so it's built into the display itself. And 1:21:58.200 --> 1:22:00.200 the way to think about it is that people on 1:22:00.240 --> 1:22:02.519 the sides of your phone can't see what you see 1:22:02.560 --> 1:22:07.200 on the screen, and you'll be able to literally customize 1:22:07.200 --> 1:22:09.680 this to your choosing. So if you say, anytime I 1:22:09.720 --> 1:22:11.400 open up YouTube, I don't want people to be able 1:22:11.439 --> 1:22:14.080 to see it. Only you'll be able to see it. Now, again, 1:22:14.120 --> 1:22:15.680 I don't know how this works in real life. We're 1:22:15.680 --> 1:22:18.040 gonna have to see this in person, which I will 1:22:18.040 --> 1:22:22.040 be there. But I'm very curious because cell phones have 1:22:22.120 --> 1:22:25.040 become so standardized over the years. They all have the 1:22:25.040 --> 1:22:27.960 same features at this point, so we need something besides 1:22:27.960 --> 1:22:31.080 a foldable that sets them apart. And if Samsung says, hey, 1:22:31.320 --> 1:22:33.080 when you're on your phone in public, on a train 1:22:33.240 --> 1:22:35.760 or at this sports event or whatever, nobody could see 1:22:35.800 --> 1:22:39.840 what you're looking at on your screen without a privacy 1:22:39.880 --> 1:22:44.599 screen protector, that's a pretty cool thing. Let's see here, 1:22:44.720 --> 1:22:49.040 We've got a new voice to text app for Windows. 1:22:49.920 --> 1:22:53.600 Willow Voice is now available on Windows. So you know 1:22:53.680 --> 1:22:57.120 my favorite whisper Flow. I've also talked about type lists. 1:22:58.360 --> 1:23:02.240 Willow Voice now has an app for Windows. So all 1:23:02.280 --> 1:23:04.320 you have to do is speak where you'd normally type, 1:23:04.320 --> 1:23:06.840 and it will turn your voice into clean formatted text. 1:23:07.280 --> 1:23:10.559 It removes filler words, fixes grammar, learns how you write 1:23:10.600 --> 1:23:12.920 over the time. There is a free plan, so no 1:23:13.000 --> 1:23:15.479 credit card required. You get about two thousand free words 1:23:15.479 --> 1:23:17.719 per week to try it out. Then it's about twelve 1:23:17.720 --> 1:23:20.479 dollars a month. But if you have been wanting to 1:23:20.520 --> 1:23:22.320 try this out, I've been talking about this on my 1:23:22.360 --> 1:23:24.599 show for so long. I love it. The only way 1:23:24.600 --> 1:23:27.679 I type now on my computer is with my voice. 1:23:28.120 --> 1:23:30.639 And it's not just voice dictation. It's not the same 1:23:30.640 --> 1:23:32.120 thing that we used to have back in the day 1:23:32.360 --> 1:23:35.240 where it's just transcribing word for word. This is understanding 1:23:35.240 --> 1:23:41.800 what you're saying. So the website is willow Voice dot com. 1:23:41.960 --> 1:23:46.840 Willow Voice dot com. This is Once you try this, 1:23:46.920 --> 1:23:49.080 you will never go back. I'm not kidding. It's so 1:23:49.200 --> 1:23:53.960 much better. W I l l Ow Willow Voice dot com. 1:23:54.320 --> 1:23:56.120 Rich on Tech dot tv is a website. I'll put 1:23:56.120 --> 1:23:57.800 a link there. Mortgage on Tech come in your way 1:23:58.200 --> 1:24:05.080 right after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 1:24:05.120 --> 1:24:09.160 DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology triple eight 1:24:09.320 --> 1:24:11.880 rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to 1:24:11.920 --> 1:24:14.200 two four one zero one. The website for the show 1:24:14.439 --> 1:24:16.920 is rich on tech dot tv. All the stuff that 1:24:16.960 --> 1:24:20.280 I mentioned is on the show notes. People often ask 1:24:20.400 --> 1:24:22.400 me on a weekly basis, like, hey, how do I 1:24:22.439 --> 1:24:24.680 find what you mentioned on the show. It's all on 1:24:24.720 --> 1:24:28.080 the website rich on Tech dot tv. If you tap radio, 1:24:28.840 --> 1:24:30.760 it will bring you to the show notes for not 1:24:30.840 --> 1:24:33.360 only this show, but every show I've ever done here 1:24:33.800 --> 1:24:36.000 and there's even a little search icon so you can 1:24:36.040 --> 1:24:39.760 search for a keyword something you remember. So I just 1:24:39.840 --> 1:24:44.720 mentioned that really handy website from speed test that's on there. 1:24:45.280 --> 1:24:48.920 The new voice to tech stapp is on there, which 1:24:48.960 --> 1:24:53.040 is Willow. My kid Parker has downloaded it and he's 1:24:53.040 --> 1:24:57.120 testing it as we speak. How's how's it so far? 1:24:58.479 --> 1:24:59.280 So far? So good? 1:24:59.520 --> 1:25:03.439 Well, download process right now is pretty good, smooth UI 1:25:03.800 --> 1:25:06.439 which is like the look of the website. You like that, 1:25:06.560 --> 1:25:09.760 and just how it works right now. Haven't fully tested it, 1:25:09.800 --> 1:25:12.040 but I will report back in a couple of minutes. 1:25:12.080 --> 1:25:16.840 Okay. See speaking of voice to text, to doist has 1:25:16.960 --> 1:25:18.800 a this is that to do app that a lot 1:25:18.800 --> 1:25:21.519 of people like. They added a feature called Ramble, which 1:25:21.520 --> 1:25:24.600 is actually pretty smart. It's a voice powered kind of 1:25:24.640 --> 1:25:27.000 brain dump for your to do list. So all you 1:25:27.040 --> 1:25:29.599 have to do is like ramble to this thing and say, Hey, 1:25:30.000 --> 1:25:31.680 coming up today, I need to do this, I need 1:25:31.680 --> 1:25:33.120 to take out the trash, I need to remember to 1:25:33.160 --> 1:25:35.799 call my mom. I need to also send that TPS 1:25:35.840 --> 1:25:38.519 report whatever it is, and then it will put it 1:25:38.640 --> 1:25:42.200 all into your tasks in an organized way. So that's 1:25:42.240 --> 1:25:46.720 pretty smart. Again, this is called to doist Ramble. To 1:25:46.840 --> 1:25:50.040 doist Ramble it's really tough to type and talk, by 1:25:50.080 --> 1:25:53.080 the way. And I'm looking at this and yeah, it's 1:25:53.080 --> 1:25:55.720 a new feature that you know AI is I am 1:25:55.760 --> 1:25:58.720 obviously I'm guessing it's AI featured, but I you know, 1:25:58.760 --> 1:26:00.519 this week, and I talk about this in my newsletter, 1:26:00.560 --> 1:26:03.320 I found a new I'm on a quest for the 1:26:03.360 --> 1:26:06.120 perfect note taking app, and so I'm always testing a 1:26:06.160 --> 1:26:08.519 new one upsidy and it's kind of like my go to, 1:26:09.120 --> 1:26:11.639 but I'll be honest, this one I found this week 1:26:11.760 --> 1:26:14.920 is called Craft is actually pretty good and it's got 1:26:14.960 --> 1:26:18.360 this beautiful design. And it's funny because I've downloaded so 1:26:18.360 --> 1:26:21.200 many of these apps over the years. This one, when 1:26:21.200 --> 1:26:22.559 I went to log in, it was like, oh, that 1:26:22.680 --> 1:26:25.000 emails already in use. I'm like, oh, okay, I must 1:26:25.000 --> 1:26:27.160 have logged in and tested this app, and I remembered 1:26:27.160 --> 1:26:29.040 what I didn't like about it. It was because it 1:26:29.080 --> 1:26:31.519 was only on Mac back in the day. But now 1:26:31.520 --> 1:26:34.640 they came out with an Android app as well, so 1:26:34.840 --> 1:26:37.280 it was on Mac and iOS, but it wasn't on Android. 1:26:37.280 --> 1:26:39.439 Now it's on all of them, so now I can 1:26:39.479 --> 1:26:41.519 look at it because, if you know me, a couple 1:26:41.520 --> 1:26:43.240 of things I want out of my note taking app 1:26:43.520 --> 1:26:46.519 has to be cross platform, got to have the ability 1:26:46.560 --> 1:26:50.200 to take nice notes, got to have folders, I got 1:26:50.200 --> 1:26:52.759 to have the ability to print. I want the ability 1:26:52.760 --> 1:26:55.720 to export, and it has to work on all my platforms. 1:26:56.240 --> 1:26:59.120 So this one is pretty good. And what I like 1:26:59.200 --> 1:27:03.080 about it is it integrates not only the calendar but 1:27:03.160 --> 1:27:06.599 also your tasks. And something I also liked about another 1:27:06.720 --> 1:27:11.080 note taping taking app, it actually lets you put notes 1:27:11.160 --> 1:27:14.800 in your days. So let's say, for today, I just 1:27:14.840 --> 1:27:17.000 wanted to take a note and remember something, almost like 1:27:17.000 --> 1:27:18.720 a journal. You can just put that in there and 1:27:18.720 --> 1:27:20.320 it's linked to that day and you can just keep 1:27:20.400 --> 1:27:22.559 flipping between your days, so if you want. I mean, 1:27:22.560 --> 1:27:26.280 it's just really well done. So they have a free level, 1:27:26.720 --> 1:27:29.280 the paid levels one hundred dollars, which I always look 1:27:29.280 --> 1:27:30.640 at because I know I'm gonna be paying that in 1:27:30.680 --> 1:27:32.760 the future. So one hundred bucks a year is a 1:27:32.800 --> 1:27:35.840 lot for your notes, but you know, if you're getting 1:27:35.920 --> 1:27:37.880 value out of it. For me, I'm always planning my 1:27:37.960 --> 1:27:41.639 radio show, my TV segments, and my newsletter in this app, 1:27:41.960 --> 1:27:45.680 and this one does a lot, so I'm actually I'm 1:27:45.760 --> 1:27:47.479 kind of sold, but not yet. You know, it takes 1:27:47.520 --> 1:27:48.960 me a while to figure this stuff out to see 1:27:48.960 --> 1:27:53.800 if I actually like it. Vincent in Linnwood writes in 1:27:53.960 --> 1:27:56.120 I'm a big fan of chromebooks because they're easy to 1:27:56.240 --> 1:27:59.880 use and usually pretty affordable. I'm seeing some newer models 1:27:59.840 --> 1:28:02.960 advertise for under two hundred dollars, and I'm wondering which 1:28:03.000 --> 1:28:05.880 of the current chromebooks are actually the best bargains right now. 1:28:06.760 --> 1:28:10.639 So Vincent, I would say, yes, two hundred dollars chromebooks exist, 1:28:11.120 --> 1:28:14.280 but I'd say they're best for very light use, so 1:28:14.320 --> 1:28:18.800 we're talking basic web browsing email. I would say, if 1:28:18.840 --> 1:28:21.080 you want to get a chromebook, I would probably look 1:28:21.120 --> 1:28:24.400 at the Chromebook plus models. They're going to cost a 1:28:24.439 --> 1:28:26.520 little bit more, but you're going to get the best performance, 1:28:26.600 --> 1:28:29.439 more memory, bigger screens, or better screens. I should say, 1:28:30.400 --> 1:28:32.280 which I do think makes the difference. The place I 1:28:32.320 --> 1:28:36.200 would say to look is slick Deals. They have a 1:28:36.800 --> 1:28:39.880 laptop section, and if you go in there and you 1:28:39.920 --> 1:28:43.120 type in chromebook, you'll see the different chromebooks that people 1:28:43.160 --> 1:28:45.840 have voted up. So right now, there's a refurbished a 1:28:45.960 --> 1:28:48.880 SUS for one hundred and twenty five dollars typically four 1:28:49.000 --> 1:28:54.120 hundred on eBay. There's another a sous flip ninety dollars 1:28:54.120 --> 1:28:57.360 on eBay. Those are the two that are coming up 1:28:57.400 --> 1:28:59.720 right now. But you can also type in chromebook and 1:28:59.760 --> 1:29:02.840 see But I would go the Chromebook plus. Oh yeah, 1:29:02.960 --> 1:29:08.880 Parker found one HP fifteen inch Chromebook for eight gigs 1:29:08.880 --> 1:29:11.320 of memory sixty four gigs, one hundred and seventy nine dollars. 1:29:11.520 --> 1:29:13.600 But now see that one doesn't have as many thumbs up. 1:29:13.680 --> 1:29:15.400 I'm looking for stuff that has a lot of thumbs 1:29:15.479 --> 1:29:17.920 up because that means that people on the web have, 1:29:18.200 --> 1:29:21.240 you know, said it's good. Yeah, there's bobo the thumbs up. Oh, 1:29:21.280 --> 1:29:24.799 Tanner wants to read a message. Okay, go ahead, Tanner, 1:29:25.120 --> 1:29:31.440 you can read the one for car message storage. Go ahead, Dennis. 1:29:31.840 --> 1:29:34.320 I keep a two hundred and fifty six gig thumb 1:29:34.360 --> 1:29:37.559 drive plugged into my car to listen to music. But 1:29:37.640 --> 1:29:40.120 I've got more than two terror bytes of music saved 1:29:40.120 --> 1:29:43.040 on my main PC. I want to copy that music 1:29:43.080 --> 1:29:46.880 to a larger external drive, something like one or two terrbytes, 1:29:47.120 --> 1:29:50.479 and plug it into my car's USB port. I tried 1:29:50.560 --> 1:29:53.640 using a WD passport drive, but it didn't work. Is 1:29:53.640 --> 1:29:56.559 there a portable drive that will work reliably in a vehicle? 1:29:57.160 --> 1:30:01.320 Good? Question, Dennis. I think the the reality here is 1:30:01.320 --> 1:30:03.479 that it's not the drive that's not working. It's probably 1:30:03.479 --> 1:30:06.479 not formatted properly for your car. So you need to 1:30:06.479 --> 1:30:10.519 figure out what format your car's USB system supports and 1:30:10.560 --> 1:30:14.439 then format the drive with that with that system. So 1:30:14.479 --> 1:30:16.439 a lot of them are either what's called FAT thirty 1:30:16.439 --> 1:30:19.360 two or x FAT, and also a lot of the 1:30:19.479 --> 1:30:22.120 vehicles are Some vehicles may have a limit to the 1:30:22.240 --> 1:30:25.200 drive size, so if it's like a two terabyte drive, 1:30:25.240 --> 1:30:28.040 your car may not support two terabytes. So what I 1:30:28.080 --> 1:30:31.799 would recommend is going on your manufacturer's website and checking 1:30:31.840 --> 1:30:34.040 to see what the specs are for your car's US 1:30:34.120 --> 1:30:37.800 be poor. So if your drive isn't formatted properly, it's 1:30:37.800 --> 1:30:39.519 not gonna work, or if it's too big, it's not 1:30:39.560 --> 1:30:41.599 gonna work. So those are the two things I would check. 1:30:41.640 --> 1:30:44.719 Great question. All right, Coming up, we're gonna talk about 1:30:44.800 --> 1:30:48.120 why people are not just ditching their phones in the 1:30:48.160 --> 1:30:51.120 new year, but trying to actively use them less, even 1:30:51.160 --> 1:30:54.280 with a piece of hardware that keeps you from physically 1:30:54.400 --> 1:30:57.200 using your phone. We'll explain coming up next right here 1:30:57.240 --> 1:31:03.200 on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:31:03.280 --> 1:31:07.600 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology. You know, 1:31:07.720 --> 1:31:10.680 I love technology, but also you got to take a 1:31:10.680 --> 1:31:13.080 break from this stuff at some point. I'm not kidding. 1:31:14.040 --> 1:31:16.639 One of my favorite pastimes is just watching how people 1:31:16.680 --> 1:31:19.720 interact with their devices. And I am telling you America 1:31:20.360 --> 1:31:24.200 is addicted. They are. People cannot get enough of their 1:31:24.280 --> 1:31:27.559 screens and it's been an amazing thing. Right, Like this 1:31:27.600 --> 1:31:30.519 little phone can do so many things. You can travel 1:31:30.600 --> 1:31:33.840 around the world with just your smartphone. Well, let me 1:31:33.880 --> 1:31:36.680 think about that. You might need a passport in some 1:31:36.840 --> 1:31:40.120 place anyway, but you get my idea. You could almost 1:31:40.200 --> 1:31:42.640 go anywhere with just your phone and that's it, and 1:31:42.680 --> 1:31:46.880 you'll be fine, like survivor like you'll survive. But the 1:31:46.960 --> 1:31:50.439 problem is it's a flip side of These things also 1:31:50.760 --> 1:31:53.960 keep us scrolling. People are unhappy. It's a whole thing. 1:31:54.880 --> 1:31:57.960 Here to talk about. This is Julia Pugachevski. She is 1:31:58.040 --> 1:32:01.800 the senior health reporter at Business Insider, and recently she 1:32:01.840 --> 1:32:04.360 did a little experiment. She used this device called brick 1:32:05.439 --> 1:32:08.160 to brick her phone. Julia, is that is that what 1:32:08.240 --> 1:32:11.679 it's called? Is it called brick? Yeah? Okay, so welcome 1:32:11.720 --> 1:32:12.160 to the show. 1:32:13.200 --> 1:32:13.880 Thank you so much. 1:32:13.880 --> 1:32:14.720 Thank you for having me. 1:32:15.160 --> 1:32:18.000 Yeah, thanks for being on. So give me. Let's set 1:32:18.000 --> 1:32:19.880 this up first. Like I just kind of gave my 1:32:20.120 --> 1:32:23.200 soliloquy about all what's happening with our phones? Do you 1:32:23.200 --> 1:32:24.840 agree with all that? Do you think that phones are 1:32:24.840 --> 1:32:25.360 good and bad? 1:32:26.200 --> 1:32:26.519 Yes? 1:32:26.640 --> 1:32:27.280 Absolutely? 1:32:28.680 --> 1:32:31.920 What aspect I mean, you know, like I you know, 1:32:32.439 --> 1:32:34.200 it's like it's tough because I want to take a 1:32:34.240 --> 1:32:36.599 break at some point. But there are times when I'm like, okay, 1:32:36.680 --> 1:32:38.320 well I need my phone for just about everything. 1:32:38.320 --> 1:32:38.439 Now. 1:32:38.640 --> 1:32:41.599 Like let's say you're cooking in your kitchen and you're like, okay, 1:32:41.640 --> 1:32:43.719 I'm gonna be off my phone. I'm doing something that's physical, 1:32:43.800 --> 1:32:45.640 not you know, virtual, It's like, oh, hold on, I 1:32:45.680 --> 1:32:47.400 gotta ask Google this question. I gotta do that. It's 1:32:47.400 --> 1:32:49.479 like they're so intertwined in our lives now. 1:32:50.360 --> 1:32:50.679 Yeah. 1:32:50.720 --> 1:32:51.280 Absolutely. 1:32:51.320 --> 1:32:54.240 I think that's been a big reason that I got 1:32:54.280 --> 1:32:57.240 the brick device, because I you know, some people get 1:32:57.280 --> 1:33:01.519 flip phones or they call them phones or phones without 1:33:01.560 --> 1:33:06.920 internet or apps as a way to really set boundaries 1:33:06.960 --> 1:33:11.040 with with being online. But the problem is for depending 1:33:11.040 --> 1:33:13.720 on your profession or your lifestyle, that's a very that 1:33:13.760 --> 1:33:14.120 could be a. 1:33:14.160 --> 1:33:17.280 Very hard change. Because smartphones have maps, or they have. 1:33:18.560 --> 1:33:22.280 You know, you need to two factor authentication like all 1:33:22.320 --> 1:33:26.320 these pieces, you know, ride share apps that you really 1:33:26.560 --> 1:33:29.639 it's hard to live. It's not impossible, but it's quite 1:33:29.720 --> 1:33:33.160 challenging to live life without a smartphone. So but a 1:33:33.240 --> 1:33:36.040 break I found was a very nice in between for that. 1:33:36.439 --> 1:33:38.479 Now, did you do this on your own accord or 1:33:38.560 --> 1:33:40.240 for research or kind of both or what? 1:33:41.920 --> 1:33:45.000 On my own accord? But it was inspired by research. 1:33:45.160 --> 1:33:50.080 I wrote a story about this growing appstinence movement, particularly 1:33:50.120 --> 1:33:51.680 among Gen Zers. 1:33:51.240 --> 1:33:53.000 And some millennials as well. 1:33:53.200 --> 1:33:56.000 And after writing it and speaking to a lot of 1:33:56.040 --> 1:34:01.160 these young people who are really considering stronger boundaries with 1:34:01.280 --> 1:34:04.639 their smartphones with social media, I was looking into waste 1:34:04.680 --> 1:34:08.599 to curb my own social media use. And forget exactly 1:34:08.640 --> 1:34:11.240 how my husband and I both were looking. Actually, I 1:34:11.240 --> 1:34:15.240 think he found brick first and then I immediately bought it, 1:34:15.280 --> 1:34:17.320 So I guess I was kind of an earlier adopter. 1:34:17.880 --> 1:34:21.479 I bought it last year, and yeah, I've been using 1:34:21.479 --> 1:34:24.599 it since and it's been the most effective thing I've 1:34:24.600 --> 1:34:25.919 done for myself personally. 1:34:26.040 --> 1:34:28.240 Oh wow, So you wrote an article called Bricking your 1:34:28.280 --> 1:34:31.759 Phone is a New Dry January. Explain what the brick 1:34:32.000 --> 1:34:34.240 is because this is a physical device, Like, how does 1:34:34.280 --> 1:34:34.679 it work? 1:34:35.360 --> 1:34:37.960 Yes, I have it with me. I promise they don't 1:34:37.960 --> 1:34:41.200 pay me. I'm just a big fan. So it's just 1:34:41.320 --> 1:34:43.320 you can stick it on your fridge. It's a little magnet. 1:34:43.800 --> 1:34:46.200 And then there is a separate Brick app that you 1:34:46.320 --> 1:34:48.800 just download on your phone. It's free once you buy 1:34:48.840 --> 1:34:53.960 the Brick device, and you can choose different modes. So 1:34:54.040 --> 1:34:56.400 essentially you can choose which apps you want to block. 1:34:57.360 --> 1:34:59.519 You can set like you have one for walking the 1:34:59.560 --> 1:35:02.200 dog for example, versus one where you're trying to unwind. 1:35:02.200 --> 1:35:05.400 If you want some variety in which apps you're blocking. 1:35:05.439 --> 1:35:09.839 But you know, I block the Internet and email for example, 1:35:10.400 --> 1:35:14.760 And you just take your phone and then you want 1:35:14.840 --> 1:35:17.160 to tap it to the Brick device and then until 1:35:17.200 --> 1:35:19.960 you untap it, all your apps are blocked. 1:35:19.640 --> 1:35:23.879 And there's nothing you can do. It's quite effective. 1:35:24.000 --> 1:35:26.439 Yeah, So people might be listening and saying, well, rich, 1:35:26.520 --> 1:35:29.000 can't you just do that with screen time? What's the 1:35:29.040 --> 1:35:29.679 difference here? 1:35:31.120 --> 1:35:33.400 As someone has used screen time and I've tried, I 1:35:33.439 --> 1:35:36.799 forget which apps before. 1:35:35.520 --> 1:35:39.600 There's opal, there's there's be present, there's freedom. I mean, 1:35:39.600 --> 1:35:41.559 there's so many like of these apps that like help 1:35:41.600 --> 1:35:45.639 you take control of your phone. But it's very complicated actually, 1:35:45.680 --> 1:35:47.280 like that, you know, setting up these apps, and then 1:35:47.280 --> 1:35:49.880 sometimes you need a you need to use your phone, 1:35:49.920 --> 1:35:52.000 You're like, oh, hold on, I gotta get through this app. 1:35:52.160 --> 1:35:54.719 But yeah, this is a physical kind of solution versus 1:35:54.800 --> 1:35:55.839 the app solution. 1:35:56.760 --> 1:36:00.439 Yeah, I think with apps again, I don't I don't 1:36:00.439 --> 1:36:02.439 even remember which ones I've tried, and I know the 1:36:02.479 --> 1:36:05.720 founders had also mentioned this. It's just that it's kind 1:36:05.720 --> 1:36:08.839 of easy to passively bypass those apps. You can quickly. 1:36:09.040 --> 1:36:10.920 Usually they'll have some sort of option, I know, the 1:36:10.960 --> 1:36:13.599 screen time option, you know, that's almost like a reminder, 1:36:13.640 --> 1:36:16.880 but you can easily toggle that off if in the 1:36:16.920 --> 1:36:19.960 split second you decide you want to access TikTok again. 1:36:20.840 --> 1:36:24.280 So it's it's quite easy to not really use it 1:36:24.320 --> 1:36:26.719 then versus the brick. 1:36:26.800 --> 1:36:27.200 I don't know. 1:36:27.280 --> 1:36:31.280 I find it personally humiliating to have to go get 1:36:31.400 --> 1:36:34.040 up tap my phone just because I want to check, 1:36:34.320 --> 1:36:36.640 like I want to google an actor's name, you know. 1:36:38.000 --> 1:36:40.439 So for me, that's that's been like a big factor. 1:36:40.560 --> 1:36:44.280 Like there's something about having to physically get up tap 1:36:44.360 --> 1:36:47.360 your phone, both when you're tapping it and untapping it 1:36:47.400 --> 1:36:50.559 that kind of almost snaps you out of that spell 1:36:50.600 --> 1:36:52.360 that you're in when you're on your phone. 1:36:52.439 --> 1:36:55.479 I think, so the brick is a device, and I 1:36:55.560 --> 1:36:58.800 think it's what about sixty dollars something like that. Yeah, 1:36:58.920 --> 1:37:03.120 so it's a physic device, and you set up on 1:37:03.160 --> 1:37:05.559 your phone. You know this, you know all the comes 1:37:05.560 --> 1:37:07.840 with software. You set up on the phone, and then 1:37:07.880 --> 1:37:11.040 basically you tap the brick to your phone and that 1:37:11.200 --> 1:37:13.880 locks out all your apps that you've predecided I don't 1:37:13.880 --> 1:37:16.040 want to deal with, and then to get back to it, 1:37:16.400 --> 1:37:19.160 you have to tap again or I guess there's a 1:37:19.160 --> 1:37:20.920 timer that runs out or something. I'm not sure how 1:37:20.920 --> 1:37:24.400 that works. But I was out at an event and 1:37:24.439 --> 1:37:26.559 this person I was talking with said, oh, I can't 1:37:26.640 --> 1:37:28.880 use my phone right now because it's bricked. And I 1:37:28.880 --> 1:37:32.400 said what, and she said, oh yeah, and I can't 1:37:32.920 --> 1:37:35.320 on brick it unless I tap this device. And I've 1:37:35.400 --> 1:37:37.960 left it at my house, so you can leave. People 1:37:38.080 --> 1:37:40.599 leave this device in other places so they physically can't 1:37:40.680 --> 1:37:42.960 unbrick their phone. 1:37:43.200 --> 1:37:43.479 Yeah. 1:37:43.800 --> 1:37:45.360 Yeah, it's then there's no timer. 1:37:45.439 --> 1:37:48.759 Also, it's for however long I've I've bricked my phone 1:37:48.840 --> 1:37:51.160 kind of unknowingly because you get used to it for 1:37:51.200 --> 1:37:55.479 two three days before and it just continues working until 1:37:55.560 --> 1:37:56.400 you tap it again. 1:37:56.479 --> 1:37:59.400 Yeah, So what do you think your advice for folks 1:37:59.439 --> 1:38:03.000 listening thinking I'm using my phone too much? Maybe they're 1:38:03.000 --> 1:38:04.640 not a gen z or maybe they're like, well, I'm not, 1:38:04.680 --> 1:38:07.280 I'm not you know a young kid that's on TikTok 1:38:07.360 --> 1:38:09.760 too much? Why should I do this? Do you think 1:38:09.800 --> 1:38:12.400 that this applies to everyone or just people that feel 1:38:12.400 --> 1:38:13.440 like they have an issue? 1:38:14.160 --> 1:38:14.479 I don't know. 1:38:14.479 --> 1:38:15.320 It's tough to say. 1:38:15.479 --> 1:38:18.760 I think for me personally, I know people of all 1:38:18.800 --> 1:38:22.519 ages who struggle with using their phones too much might 1:38:22.560 --> 1:38:24.320 just be different apps, right, Like if you're older, it 1:38:24.400 --> 1:38:27.520 might be YouTube instead of TikTok, for example, or Facebook 1:38:27.560 --> 1:38:31.519 instead of Instagram. But there's similar things they're they're designed 1:38:31.560 --> 1:38:33.800 in similar ways, and it's for you to keep going 1:38:33.880 --> 1:38:36.760 back and to, you know, at the expense of your 1:38:36.840 --> 1:38:40.640 real life relationships and you know, anything else that you 1:38:40.680 --> 1:38:43.400 could be doing with your time. That for me, I 1:38:43.479 --> 1:38:47.400 found it very helpful to Like, I tap my brick 1:38:47.479 --> 1:38:49.679 at night and then I tap it again in the morning, 1:38:49.800 --> 1:38:52.800 so you know, I go to bed without scrolling my phone. 1:38:52.920 --> 1:38:55.000 I read a lot more, I'm more present with my 1:38:55.160 --> 1:38:57.200 husband or with if I'm hanging out with my friends. 1:38:57.920 --> 1:39:00.760 And then in the morning, I I go to the 1:39:00.760 --> 1:39:03.360 gym on time. I used to get to the gym's 1:39:03.520 --> 1:39:07.160 like two seconds to fair if that, or even late. 1:39:08.080 --> 1:39:11.439 And I've never been late because I there's nothing keeping 1:39:11.479 --> 1:39:13.240 me and I'm just up and I'm ready to go. 1:39:14.479 --> 1:39:17.679 And it's just I think it's very hard to realize 1:39:17.680 --> 1:39:20.479 when you're in it how much time social media and 1:39:20.520 --> 1:39:24.280 the Internet and news and everything takes up in your life. 1:39:24.320 --> 1:39:25.439 Like it really is. 1:39:26.160 --> 1:39:30.120 Kind of this perpetual time suck that I think we're 1:39:30.120 --> 1:39:31.360 not always conscious of. 1:39:32.400 --> 1:39:35.080 I was just reading an article about car scrolling. Have 1:39:35.160 --> 1:39:36.440 you heard of this new term? 1:39:36.920 --> 1:39:37.040 Oh? 1:39:37.160 --> 1:39:40.240 Yes, yeah, And I realize that I am so guilty 1:39:40.240 --> 1:39:43.240 of this. I come home and I sit in my 1:39:43.320 --> 1:39:45.640 car for like a minute or two, and I have 1:39:45.680 --> 1:39:47.479 my you know, my phone is on do not disturb 1:39:47.520 --> 1:39:49.559 when I drive like automatically, so when I you know, 1:39:49.680 --> 1:39:52.160 to be fair. When I get to my driveway and 1:39:52.240 --> 1:39:54.160 I turn off my car, there are a lot of 1:39:54.200 --> 1:39:56.840 notifications that come through and I see them, but I 1:39:56.840 --> 1:39:59.080 sit there and I scroll. But it's it is like 1:39:59.160 --> 1:40:01.360 kind of a spreeing moment because I've got two kids, 1:40:01.400 --> 1:40:03.800 my wife, they're all inside like waiting for me. But 1:40:03.840 --> 1:40:05.600 it's like you feel a little guilty, but you're also like, 1:40:05.600 --> 1:40:08.599 this is me time, Like, but I'm not the only one. 1:40:08.640 --> 1:40:11.479 I just read this article where apparently people do this 1:40:11.600 --> 1:40:13.800 and they sit and they you know, get home from 1:40:13.800 --> 1:40:15.720 work and they scroll on their phone for a little bit. 1:40:17.200 --> 1:40:19.080 Yeah, I think I used to do that. 1:40:19.400 --> 1:40:21.559 I don't drive, but I would come home and my 1:40:21.600 --> 1:40:23.400 friends actually used to make fun of me for this. 1:40:23.520 --> 1:40:25.479 They called it my bench. So I would get home, 1:40:25.640 --> 1:40:27.519 I would just like and have like a little bench 1:40:27.560 --> 1:40:29.439 in the doorway, and I would just sit on this 1:40:29.560 --> 1:40:32.360 bench looking at Instagram and get lost in it for 1:40:32.400 --> 1:40:36.280 twenty minutes. It was just like a known thing. And yeah, 1:40:36.320 --> 1:40:38.640 I'm needless to say, I don't do that anymore. But 1:40:38.840 --> 1:40:42.200 it's funny that I think it's almost like you're transitioning 1:40:42.240 --> 1:40:46.320 from one task to another, and maybe you're resisting it, 1:40:46.439 --> 1:40:48.040 or you know, you come home, you have all these 1:40:48.040 --> 1:40:49.760 other things you have to do, so then it's this 1:40:50.200 --> 1:40:51.280 like a cigarette break. 1:40:51.640 --> 1:40:55.720 I don't know that's exactly what it is. Julia Puchevski, 1:40:55.760 --> 1:40:57.719 We are going to leave it there. Thanks so much, 1:40:57.800 --> 1:41:01.120 for joining me today. Business Inside check her out. She 1:41:01.200 --> 1:41:05.559 writes all about health at Business Insider. By the way, 1:41:05.560 --> 1:41:07.519 I love Business Insider. You guys do a great job. 1:41:07.600 --> 1:41:11.360 So thank you, thank you, thanks for joining uh brick. 1:41:11.439 --> 1:41:15.000 The website is get brick dot app. If you're curious 1:41:15.040 --> 1:41:17.599 about it, get brick dot app. I'll put a link 1:41:17.600 --> 1:41:20.720 on my website. Rich on Tech dot tv coming up. 1:41:20.800 --> 1:41:24.240 It is that time the feedback We're about to open 1:41:24.280 --> 1:41:26.719 it coming up next right here on rich on Tech. 1:41:31.320 --> 1:41:34.280 Welcome back to rich on Tech. I remember exactly where 1:41:34.280 --> 1:41:38.320 I was when I heard this song. I was applying 1:41:38.360 --> 1:41:42.920 for a job at Bob's Bob's clothing store. It was 1:41:42.960 --> 1:41:45.519 a it was a chain back on the East Coast, 1:41:46.439 --> 1:41:48.360 and I was applying for a job and the store 1:41:48.400 --> 1:41:50.120 wasn't even built yet, so I was in like some 1:41:50.240 --> 1:41:53.599 you know, temporary place. But this song played on the radio. 1:41:54.160 --> 1:41:55.840 I thought it was so cool. You should tell the 1:41:55.840 --> 1:41:58.439 people what song it is on a podcast roll to me. 1:41:58.920 --> 1:42:02.439 It's by Delemitrie and it was one hit. Wonder I believe. 1:42:02.439 --> 1:42:04.920 I don't think they had another. You know, back in 1:42:04.960 --> 1:42:06.439 the day, you know, you'd buy a whole you'd hear 1:42:06.439 --> 1:42:08.400 a song on the radio. You'd buy the whole CD 1:42:08.840 --> 1:42:10.880 and you'd be like, wait, that's the only good song? 1:42:11.240 --> 1:42:14.280 What I just spent eighteen dollars for this? All right, 1:42:14.800 --> 1:42:17.799 let's get to the feedback. These are the comments, the questions, 1:42:17.840 --> 1:42:20.840 the emails that you send me, and yes, you like 1:42:20.920 --> 1:42:23.439 to send me a lot of them. I try to 1:42:23.479 --> 1:42:25.000 reply to a lot of them. I can't get to 1:42:25.040 --> 1:42:27.240 all of them, but sometimes it makes it to the feedback. 1:42:27.320 --> 1:42:30.479 Sometimes it makes it to the show, the newsletter without 1:42:30.520 --> 1:42:32.120 further ado, let's just get right into it. I got 1:42:32.160 --> 1:42:34.200 my two kids here, they each have one to read. 1:42:34.680 --> 1:42:37.800 So you want me to start or Tanner? Tanner wants 1:42:37.800 --> 1:42:40.120 to start, Yeah, you can start, I can start, Okay. 1:42:40.320 --> 1:42:45.280 Ed Ed, listening on WHCU and Ithaca New York, says 1:42:45.560 --> 1:42:47.840 Rich you talked about the privacy risks of TikTok and 1:42:47.840 --> 1:42:50.040 its ties to China, which I agree with, But then 1:42:50.040 --> 1:42:52.439 I heard you recommending TCL TVs, and that made me 1:42:52.479 --> 1:42:55.840 pause since TCL is also a Chinese company. Most smart 1:42:55.840 --> 1:42:57.760 TVs are connected to home networks all the time, so 1:42:57.760 --> 1:43:00.519 I worry about data collection. I personally still with LG 1:43:00.680 --> 1:43:02.960 or Samsung. I know they collect data too, but I'm 1:43:03.000 --> 1:43:05.400 just more comfortable with those brands. Just some food for thought. 1:43:06.240 --> 1:43:08.519 You are right ed. TCL is a Chinese company. I 1:43:08.600 --> 1:43:11.320 am aware of that. You know, the big difference is 1:43:11.320 --> 1:43:14.679 twofold number one. I mean, unless your TV has a 1:43:15.160 --> 1:43:17.280 mic or a camera, which a lot of them do 1:43:18.000 --> 1:43:19.960 you know, those are concerns. But I think for the 1:43:20.280 --> 1:43:23.080 information that TVs are collecting, it's not like your real 1:43:23.120 --> 1:43:26.719 time location per se. But you can also just easy fix. 1:43:26.800 --> 1:43:28.400 By the way, just don't connect it to Wi Fi. 1:43:28.560 --> 1:43:30.439 I know most of them are smart TVs, but just 1:43:30.479 --> 1:43:32.640 if you're worried, like for mine, I just don't have 1:43:32.680 --> 1:43:38.160 my connected to Wi Fi. Tanner, You're up, Kathy. 1:43:38.160 --> 1:43:40.080 I thought I could get AM in my radio. 1:43:40.439 --> 1:43:42.280 I think it's Kathy. Oh, Kathy. 1:43:42.680 --> 1:43:45.120 I thought I couldn't get AM radio in my Tesla, 1:43:45.439 --> 1:43:48.840 including KFI, but I found a workaround. If you tuned 1:43:48.880 --> 1:43:52.840 to Coast H two HD two, it carries the same 1:43:53.000 --> 1:43:56.240 talk programming as KFI. I tried it in my Tesla 1:43:56.280 --> 1:43:59.040 and it works, so I'm still still able to listen 1:43:59.120 --> 1:43:59.800 even with how AM. 1:44:00.720 --> 1:44:04.480 Yes, good job, Kathy. That is a digital radio subchannel. 1:44:04.840 --> 1:44:07.000 So if you have like HD radio in your car, 1:44:07.040 --> 1:44:10.160 A lot of times there's like subchannels and Yes Coast 1:44:10.240 --> 1:44:14.560 in Los Angeles one of three point five they simulcast 1:44:14.640 --> 1:44:18.400 KFI and you actually hear it in HD as well. 1:44:18.439 --> 1:44:20.400 So I'm glad you found that it's a good workaround 1:44:20.400 --> 1:44:23.479 for Tesla not having AM radio. Shame on you, Tesla. 1:44:23.600 --> 1:44:24.760 All right, Parker, you're up. 1:44:28.560 --> 1:44:32.759 Tom from Los Angeles, a KFI AM six forty listener 1:44:32.840 --> 1:44:36.000 writes in, Hey, Rich, I heard you on bill Handle 1:44:36.080 --> 1:44:38.519 talking about how a lot of us are leaving money 1:44:38.760 --> 1:44:42.479 on the table by not comparing Uber and Lyft before 1:44:42.520 --> 1:44:45.719 booking a ride. I tried it and saved over twenty 1:44:45.840 --> 1:44:49.559 dollars by choosing Lyft instead. That meant more money in 1:44:49.640 --> 1:44:52.200 my pocket and more for the driver's tip. Thanks for 1:44:52.240 --> 1:44:53.679 the advice, it really worked. 1:44:54.120 --> 1:44:55.760 Yes, I love it. What was his name again? 1:44:56.520 --> 1:44:59.439 His name was Tom to Los Angeles. 1:44:59.160 --> 1:45:02.599 Tom, Great A great point. Yes, I mentioned that if 1:45:02.640 --> 1:45:04.400 you open up Uber and Lyft, you should be checking 1:45:04.400 --> 1:45:06.200 their prices because a lot of times they are different. 1:45:06.600 --> 1:45:08.599 I did this on my trip to Seattle this week, 1:45:08.680 --> 1:45:12.040 and I'm not kidding. It was amazing. It saved me, 1:45:12.160 --> 1:45:14.680 like I think at least twenty or thirty dollars on 1:45:15.200 --> 1:45:18.680 each way and I opened up Uber first, and then 1:45:18.680 --> 1:45:20.519 I opened up Lift and I just said, okay, which 1:45:20.520 --> 1:45:22.960 one's cheaper for the same type of ride, And sure 1:45:23.040 --> 1:45:24.880 enough it was Lift both ways and it was a 1:45:24.960 --> 1:45:29.400 significant difference. So definitely open up both apps. If you 1:45:29.439 --> 1:45:33.720 are taking ride Shairs, go ahead, Tanner, Okay, Leo, oh wait, 1:45:33.760 --> 1:45:37.120 I think it's my turn. Alan in New Jersey. If 1:45:37.120 --> 1:45:39.840 you are someone in your house has trouble hearing the TV, 1:45:40.320 --> 1:45:43.400 I've got a solution that finally worked for me. These 1:45:43.479 --> 1:45:46.640 are the Insignia RF wireless headphones from Best Buy. I 1:45:46.680 --> 1:45:50.519 tried everything before this, including Bluetooth. Most options were clunky 1:45:50.600 --> 1:45:53.040 or had annoying lag. These just work. I now own 1:45:53.120 --> 1:45:55.840 four pairs. They're plug and play, easy to set up. 1:45:55.840 --> 1:45:58.280 You control the volume right on the headphones so everyone 1:45:58.280 --> 1:46:00.439 else can keep the TV at a normal level. And 1:46:00.520 --> 1:46:04.040 because they use RF instead of Bluetooth, there's zero audio delay. 1:46:04.400 --> 1:46:07.840 The sound stays in sync perfectly. They're usually around ninety dollars. 1:46:07.840 --> 1:46:10.719 I've seen them drop as low as fifty dollars. They've 1:46:10.720 --> 1:46:14.240 got four point four stars and thousands of reviews. Rock solid, 1:46:14.640 --> 1:46:17.400 and yes, right now they're ninety nine dollars. The Insignia 1:46:17.560 --> 1:46:20.439 RF wireless over the ear headphones. I'll link them up 1:46:20.479 --> 1:46:24.439 on the website. But watch those price drops. Like Allan said, great, 1:46:24.920 --> 1:46:27.479 great tip, Allen's a lot of people are asking about that. 1:46:27.560 --> 1:46:29.120 All right, Tanner, now your turn, All right. 1:46:29.040 --> 1:46:29.920 Now it's my turn. 1:46:30.960 --> 1:46:31.240 Leo. 1:46:31.800 --> 1:46:34.080 I wanted to add a few notes to your last show, 1:46:34.439 --> 1:46:39.200 especially about watching TV when one person here is hearing impaired. First, 1:46:39.280 --> 1:46:42.519 on TV audio, most TVs only let you use one 1:46:42.600 --> 1:46:46.040 audio output at a time. On my TCLTV, you have 1:46:46.120 --> 1:46:50.400 to choose between the internal speakers HDMI, optical or Bluetooth. 1:46:50.880 --> 1:46:55.519 You usually cannot choose, usually cannot use Bluetooth and TV 1:46:55.560 --> 1:46:56.760 speakers at the same time. 1:46:56.880 --> 1:46:59.280 Yeah, that's a problem. A lot of people say yeah. 1:46:59.280 --> 1:47:01.599 Because of that, one of the one of the best 1:47:01.680 --> 1:47:05.439 solutions is using a Bluetooth transmitter like the a van 1:47:05.560 --> 1:47:09.599 try you mentioned, plugging it, plugging it into the optical output. 1:47:09.640 --> 1:47:13.720 Thatt's one or two people listen on Bluetooth headphones while 1:47:13.760 --> 1:47:16.280 someone else can still listen through the TV speakers or 1:47:16.280 --> 1:47:20.440 a soundbar. I've also found that unless someone. 1:47:19.840 --> 1:47:23.000 Writing a book here, yeah, keep going, No, we love you, Leo. 1:47:24.280 --> 1:47:27.280 I've also found that unless someone has very severe hearing loss. 1:47:27.479 --> 1:47:30.280 Earbuds can work just as well as hearing aids for 1:47:30.360 --> 1:47:34.400 TV watching. The key is independent volume control. The hearing 1:47:34.439 --> 1:47:37.519 impaired person can turn their earbuds way up while their 1:47:37.520 --> 1:47:41.240 partner listens at a normal volume through the TV bottom line. 1:47:41.400 --> 1:47:45.200 Earbuds or Bluetooth headphones paired through a transmitter are often 1:47:45.240 --> 1:47:47.479 the most simple and flexible solution. 1:47:48.520 --> 1:47:50.720 Okay, there you go. Leo listens to every show and 1:47:50.760 --> 1:47:54.320 he writes me notes to tell me like what I 1:47:54.320 --> 1:47:56.599 got right, when I got wrong. Not not the Leo 1:47:56.680 --> 1:47:59.840 you're thinking of. It's another it's another Leo, unrelated to 1:47:59.840 --> 1:48:02.920 the previous Leo. Tim writes in I heard you talking 1:48:02.960 --> 1:48:05.519 about power adages. Wanted to share tip for our listeners. 1:48:05.880 --> 1:48:08.639 It really helps have at least one ups battery backup 1:48:08.640 --> 1:48:11.120 plugged in around the house. Even a small one can 1:48:11.200 --> 1:48:13.639 keep phones and other portable devices charged when the power 1:48:13.680 --> 1:48:15.559 goes out. I might be a little over the top, 1:48:15.560 --> 1:48:17.880 but I've got ten of them around my house. If 1:48:17.880 --> 1:48:20.280 the power goes out overnight, I've got lights to turn on, 1:48:20.960 --> 1:48:24.720 and it lets me shut down my computers properly. I'm 1:48:24.720 --> 1:48:28.679 a big fan of APC ups units. About every three years. 1:48:28.680 --> 1:48:30.879 I take them to Batteries Plus to replace the batteries 1:48:30.920 --> 1:48:33.320 instead of buying new ones with my account. It costs 1:48:33.320 --> 1:48:35.680 around twenty two dollars each, which is way cheaper than 1:48:35.720 --> 1:48:40.040 replacing the whole ups. Good, good idea ups. But also 1:48:40.640 --> 1:48:43.160 one of these power banks, these giant power banks. All right, 1:48:43.160 --> 1:48:44.519 park weet less than a minute, so you gotta be 1:48:44.600 --> 1:48:45.080 very quick. 1:48:45.680 --> 1:48:49.720 Janis writes in about laptop letters fix, responding to the 1:48:49.720 --> 1:48:53.840 caller whose HP laptop letters disappeared almost immediately. Same thing 1:48:53.880 --> 1:48:56.400 happened to me. I bought stick on letters from Amazon 1:48:56.479 --> 1:48:58.840 and they've been on for months. It's been an awesome 1:48:58.840 --> 1:48:59.719 solution in works. 1:49:00.920 --> 1:49:02.799 All right, there you have it. I'll do one final 1:49:02.840 --> 1:49:06.240 one Joe and Palms, California. I love your newsletters, but 1:49:06.280 --> 1:49:08.880 those early alerts are a little rough. Five in the 1:49:08.880 --> 1:49:10.519 morning is a bit early for me. I'd be happy 1:49:10.560 --> 1:49:13.559 to read it when I actually wake up. Joe, turn 1:49:13.600 --> 1:49:16.439 off your notifications for random emails like mine. Come on, 1:49:16.720 --> 1:49:18.760 everybody has something to read with me. I feel lift out. 1:49:18.880 --> 1:49:22.240 Oh Bobo, we'll give you one next week. I yeah, 1:49:22.280 --> 1:49:24.080 we got to have the whole family do it. Uh, 1:49:24.760 --> 1:49:26.400 that's gonna do it. For this episode of the show. 1:49:26.439 --> 1:49:28.160 You can find links everything I mentioned on the website 1:49:28.240 --> 1:49:30.439 rich on Tech dot tv. I'm on social media at 1:49:30.520 --> 1:49:33.680 rich on Tech. Next week fun guests the Computer Exorcist 1:49:33.760 --> 1:49:36.040 will join us. Thanks so much for listening. There are 1:49:36.080 --> 1:49:38.040 so many ways you can spend your time. I appreciate 1:49:38.040 --> 1:49:40.320 you spending it right here with me. Thanks to everyone 1:49:40.320 --> 1:49:43.720 who makes the show possible. Bobo Parker Tanner say hi ye, 1:49:43.920 --> 1:49:46.880 thank you. By My name is Richdmiro. I will talk 1:49:46.920 --> 1:49:47.960 to you real soon