WEBVTT - Tech News: TikTok's Time May Be Running Out

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to tech Stuff, a production from I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey there, and welcome to text Stuff and Happy New Year.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm your host, Jonathan Strickland. I'm an executive producer with

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<v Speaker 1>I Heart Radio and how the tech are you? It

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<v Speaker 1>is time for the Tech News and the first tech

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<v Speaker 1>Stuff episode of at least the first new one, and

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<v Speaker 1>the Tech News is for January three, twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 1>I expect it will take some time until the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of February before I no longer have to actively think

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three. Let's get started. C e S, formerly known

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<v Speaker 1>as the Consumer Electronics Show, kicks off in Las Vegas,

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<v Speaker 1>Nevada this week. That, of course, is the really big

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<v Speaker 1>trade show, the biggest one in the United States for

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<v Speaker 1>the consumer electronics industry and related industries. I'm sure I'll

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<v Speaker 1>have a lot more to say about what's going on

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<v Speaker 1>at c e S later in the week or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>early next week as everything starts to break. But as

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<v Speaker 1>it stands, tech outlets have been reporting in some of

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<v Speaker 1>the pre show announcements, including how Samsung and l G

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<v Speaker 1>are really facing off against one another in the oh

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<v Speaker 1>LED television department, with Samsung using its q d O

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<v Speaker 1>LED technology. The q D stands for quantum dots. It

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like the main selling point this year is a

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<v Speaker 1>focus no pun intended on increased brightness of these screens.

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<v Speaker 1>That addresses one of the issues with oh LED television's,

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<v Speaker 1>namely that while they can create a superior picture compared

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<v Speaker 1>to l E ED t vs and superior color representation,

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<v Speaker 1>they also tend to be more dim and that means

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<v Speaker 1>to get the most out of them, you really need

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<v Speaker 1>to watch them in a darker room that the screen

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't show up well if the room is a bright one.

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<v Speaker 1>So the press releases from l G and Samsung make

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<v Speaker 1>it sound like the televisions that will be shown off

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<v Speaker 1>this year at CEES have around double the brightness of

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<v Speaker 1>older sets, so that's good. I've also seen several articles

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<v Speaker 1>about displays like computer displays, including some about gargantuan displays

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<v Speaker 1>like in the fifty seven inch range I think I

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<v Speaker 1>saw for one of them. I can't even imagine having

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<v Speaker 1>a computer screen that's that big. But like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>this is just the very beginning of c E S.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure we're going to have a lot more to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about later in the week. Some of the stuff

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<v Speaker 1>I talked about in our retrospective episodes about the big

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<v Speaker 1>text stories of two are obviously going to continue into

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<v Speaker 1>this year, which you know, I'm sure all of y'all

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<v Speaker 1>knew already. One of those themes that we really heard

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<v Speaker 1>about last year is this increased regulatory scrutiny that various

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<v Speaker 1>governments around the world are directing at social net work

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<v Speaker 1>and social media platforms. Here in the United States, we've

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<v Speaker 1>seen a couple of proposed pieces of legislation that aimed

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<v Speaker 1>to restrict big tech in general and social platforms in particular,

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<v Speaker 1>but they mostly fell short. In recent years, at least

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<v Speaker 1>the more extreme versions of those proposed pieces of legislation

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<v Speaker 1>have fallen short. That could change this year. Politicians on

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<v Speaker 1>both the conservative and liberal sides of the political spectrum

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<v Speaker 1>have expressed concern about the influence of tech companies. It

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<v Speaker 1>is interesting because the two sides tend to disagree on

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<v Speaker 1>all the particulars, but they largely agree that the influence

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<v Speaker 1>of these companies is concerning. Whether that concern is going

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<v Speaker 1>to translate into legislation that has enough support to pass,

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<v Speaker 1>remains to be seen, and then has enough authority behind

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<v Speaker 1>it to be enforceable. That's another matter too. But as

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<v Speaker 1>Senator Amy Klobachar has pointed out, the tech industry has

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<v Speaker 1>influential lobbyists who can sway political opinion, which is a

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<v Speaker 1>very polite way of saying Big Text's got a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of money, and it uses that money to purchase political leverage.

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<v Speaker 1>One platform that's bound to have a rough start to

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<v Speaker 1>three here in the United States is TikTok. So late

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<v Speaker 1>last year, the US House of Representatives issued a ban

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<v Speaker 1>on TikTok on house managed mobile devices, which honestly just

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<v Speaker 1>makes sense to me. Other federal and state agencies and

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<v Speaker 1>government offices have issued similar bands, So there are a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of places in the United States attached to local

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<v Speaker 1>or federal government they have said you cannot put TikTok

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<v Speaker 1>on a government owned device or a government issued device.

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<v Speaker 1>The main concern here is that TikTok's parent company, Byte Dance,

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<v Speaker 1>is a Chinese company, and that as such it technically

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<v Speaker 1>has an obligation to support the Chinese Communist Party. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>whether that means TikTok is playing the part of spy

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<v Speaker 1>and is siphoning up tons of US data to send

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<v Speaker 1>to Chinese analysts, that's a matter of debate. TikTok reps

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<v Speaker 1>have repeatedly denied such allegations, but the concern is still there,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes concern is all it takes in matters like these,

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<v Speaker 1>a lack of hard evidence is rarely enough to stop

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<v Speaker 1>bands and such. Brendan Carr, a commissioner of the Federal

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<v Speaker 1>Communications Commission, or FCC here in the United States, has

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<v Speaker 1>pointed to how India's government previously banned TikTok a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years ago, and he says that's an example of

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<v Speaker 1>how this could be achieved in a place like the

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<v Speaker 1>United States. Car's main concerns have really been about the

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<v Speaker 1>potential for espionage, but other folks in the US government

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<v Speaker 1>have also issued their own concerns about how TikTok influences

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<v Speaker 1>young users and how it's algorithm can promote harmful or

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<v Speaker 1>misleading messages. So, in other words, there are a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of reasons that different folks in authority here in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States want to ban TikTok, and this might be

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<v Speaker 1>the year when we see movement on that front. If

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<v Speaker 1>that does happen, I imagine it's going to upset a

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<v Speaker 1>whole lot of young folks in the United States. For

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<v Speaker 1>one thing, how are we going to learn what the

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<v Speaker 1>latest dances are? While we're talking about social platforms, let's

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<v Speaker 1>spend a short time talking about Twitter. Now. There's been

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<v Speaker 1>a lot going on over at Twitter over the last

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<v Speaker 1>few weeks, and I haven't really been doing tech news

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<v Speaker 1>episodes for the last couple of weeks, so I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be talking a lot more about the company, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as long as it remains a company, which at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>who knows how long that will be. But anyway, one

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I did mention late last year was that

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter had apparently stopped paying its bills. That includes paying

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<v Speaker 1>vendors such as a couple of charter flights that Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk took in November that I've yet to be paid.

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<v Speaker 1>But another overdue bill is the rent. According to court documents,

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<v Speaker 1>the company Columbia Right, which owns the building where Twitter

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<v Speaker 1>has its San Francisco headquarters, is more than a hundred

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<v Speaker 1>thirty thousand dollars in unpaid rent from Twitter. Now, whether

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<v Speaker 1>this is a sign that Twitter is in real trouble

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<v Speaker 1>because it's stopped paying the bills, or maybe it's the

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<v Speaker 1>people who would normally be in charge of tracking and

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<v Speaker 1>taking care of these things are no longer with the company.

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot say I will say this is not a

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<v Speaker 1>good sign, but my guess is y'all are way ahead

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<v Speaker 1>of me on that one. Switching gears pun intended to vehicles.

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<v Speaker 1>Reuter's reports that last year electric vehicles accounted for nearly

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<v Speaker 1>eighty percent of all new car sales in Norway. Now

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<v Speaker 1>that country has set an aggressive deadline of when it

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<v Speaker 1>will no longer allow new internal combustion engine vehicles to

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<v Speaker 1>be sold within the country. Leaning the way in those

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<v Speaker 1>cars sales was Tesla, one of the other Elon Musk companies.

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<v Speaker 1>Norway has created tax incentives to encourage citizens to migrate

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<v Speaker 1>to electric vehicles, but now there are some in government

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<v Speaker 1>who want to strict some of those benefits. Namely, the

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<v Speaker 1>concern is that people are taking advantage of tax breaks

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<v Speaker 1>to buy luxury vehicles, which wasn't really the intent. The

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<v Speaker 1>intent was to promote electric vehicles, not the purchase of

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<v Speaker 1>luxury goods. So there's a concern that rich people are

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<v Speaker 1>jumping on tax breaks in order to buy that sweet

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<v Speaker 1>new ride when the tax incentives were intended for the

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<v Speaker 1>average citizen. So there are some proposals to limit the

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<v Speaker 1>tax breaks so that they don't apply to luxury cars

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<v Speaker 1>but rather more like day to day electric vehicles that

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<v Speaker 1>presumably are closer to being within the average citizens economic reach.

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<v Speaker 1>As you can imagine, the e V luxury car companies

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<v Speaker 1>are not in favor of that move. Still, it's interesting

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<v Speaker 1>to see such a huge push to electric vehicles, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of nations can learn lessons from

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<v Speaker 1>Norway's experience, both what to do and what not to do,

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<v Speaker 1>or at least how to do it a slightly different way.

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<v Speaker 1>In South Korea, the gun immense antitrust regulatory body is

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<v Speaker 1>finding Tesla two point eight billion one that's about two

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<v Speaker 1>point two million dollars. So why are they doing this

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<v Speaker 1>well for allegedly engaging in false advertising. But in this case,

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<v Speaker 1>the matter is not related to autopilot or full self

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<v Speaker 1>driving mode, both of which have come under fire from

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<v Speaker 1>other regulatory agencies in places like the United States in

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<v Speaker 1>the past. Instead, the claim is that Tesla gave false

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<v Speaker 1>information about its cars driving range and how quickly they recharge,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as how much money the average driver in

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<v Speaker 1>South Korea could expect to save in fuel costs. Notably,

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<v Speaker 1>Tesla changed the wording on its advertising in South Korea

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<v Speaker 1>last February, after the regulatory agency had launched an investigation

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<v Speaker 1>into the matter. So this fine comes at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of almost a year long investigation. Tesla has been taking

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of a beating in recent weeks, with its

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<v Speaker 1>stock price dropping considerably. Yesterday I checked and it was

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<v Speaker 1>that around a hundred twenty dollars per share. But as

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<v Speaker 1>a cord this it is just under one dollars per year.

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<v Speaker 1>That's an amazing drop from where it was at the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of two. Okay, we're gonna take a quick break.

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<v Speaker 1>When we come back, we've got some more tech stories.

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<v Speaker 1>We're back, and we're back with Tesla because Tesla's also

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<v Speaker 1>involved in a news story out of Germany. On December

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nine, German police attempted to pull over a man

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<v Speaker 1>behind the wheel of a Tesla as the tesla hurtled

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<v Speaker 1>down the Autobahn. I guess hurdled as being dramatic. It

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<v Speaker 1>was going down the Autobahn at around seventy miles per hour,

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<v Speaker 1>but the driver did not pull over, and so the

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<v Speaker 1>police engaged in a pursuit and they pulled up alongside

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<v Speaker 1>the tesla, and that's when they saw that the driver

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<v Speaker 1>was not a driver at all. The driver was a

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<v Speaker 1>man behind the wheel, apparently asleep. His hands were not

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<v Speaker 1>on the steering wheel at all, and the Tesla vehicle

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<v Speaker 1>was an autopile it mode. So about fifteen minutes into

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<v Speaker 1>this police chase, the man woke up. Then he pulled

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<v Speaker 1>off the side of the autoban. Police found that he

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<v Speaker 1>had attached a weight to his steering wheel in order

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<v Speaker 1>to fool the Tesla into thinking that his hands were

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<v Speaker 1>still on the wheel. So police suspected that he was

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<v Speaker 1>under the influence of intoxicants, which ones I do not know.

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<v Speaker 1>But this isn't really Tesla's fault. I cannot blame the

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<v Speaker 1>company in this case. It instead shows how people can

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<v Speaker 1>misuse technology or find workarounds for systems that are meant

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<v Speaker 1>to prevent dangerous or irresponsible use. So in this case,

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<v Speaker 1>the step of attaching a weight to the steering wheel

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<v Speaker 1>to fool the card to thinking that the driver's hands

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<v Speaker 1>were still on the wheel so that he could nod

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<v Speaker 1>off behind it, that's not Tesla's fault. They didn't make

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<v Speaker 1>this man do that. I can't even blame them for

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<v Speaker 1>facilitating it. But it does show how uh feel we're

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<v Speaker 1>in this dangerous time between a the the driver assist

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<v Speaker 1>features being so sophisticated as to at least give us

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<v Speaker 1>the false sense of security that we can take our

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<v Speaker 1>hands off the wheel and the point where we get

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<v Speaker 1>to a truly autonomous vehicle that can handle such things

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<v Speaker 1>without it being a danger to the people in the

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<v Speaker 1>vehicle or others. Now, to combine our stories that we've

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<v Speaker 1>covered already in this episode around TikTok and our focus

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<v Speaker 1>on cars, one potentially harmful thing that can proliferate on

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<v Speaker 1>TikTok are dangerous trends. We've seen several of those over

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<v Speaker 1>the recent past, and this one involves grand theft Auto,

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<v Speaker 1>not the computer slash video game, but you know, like

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<v Speaker 1>the actual crime of grand theft Auto. TikTok videos have

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<v Speaker 1>started to show how certain Kia and Juande vehicles that

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<v Speaker 1>were manufactured between te have a USB port hidden beneath

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<v Speaker 1>their ignition covers, and that by moving the cover and

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<v Speaker 1>then using a USB device with the proper programming on

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<v Speaker 1>it would be thief can start up these kinds of

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<v Speaker 1>vehicles and drive off with it with no keys needed. Apparently,

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<v Speaker 1>this trend on TikTok has fueled a string of car

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<v Speaker 1>thefts on Staten Island in New York, where nearly five

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<v Speaker 1>cars were stolen recently using this method. According to the

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<v Speaker 1>NYPD that's the New York Police Department, this marks an

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<v Speaker 1>eighty six percent increase in car theft on Staten Island.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a big old yikes. The NYPD has warned residents

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<v Speaker 1>who own Hyundai or key Of vehicles that were made

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<v Speaker 1>between one to lock their cars and maybe invest in

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<v Speaker 1>a steering wheel locking mechanism to discourage would be thieves.

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<v Speaker 1>As for vehicles made after, those actually include anti theft

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<v Speaker 1>systems in the vehicles that will lock down a car

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<v Speaker 1>if it's being tampered with. If you have an Apple

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<v Speaker 1>dice like an iPhone or Mac and you feel like

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<v Speaker 1>it needs new battery, then I sugge us you get

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<v Speaker 1>that handled sooner rather than later. That's because nine to

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<v Speaker 1>five Mac reports that in the small print of Apple's

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<v Speaker 1>repair pages, the company has revealed that beginning on March one,

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<v Speaker 1>the price of new batteries is going to go up. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>how much it increases depends upon the specific device, So

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<v Speaker 1>a new battery for a MacBook Air, for example, will

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<v Speaker 1>be a hundred fifty nine dollars, which is a thirty

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<v Speaker 1>dollar hike over the earlier on nine dollar price tag.

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<v Speaker 1>Owners of MacBook pros and these standard MacBooks are looking

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<v Speaker 1>at a fifty dollar price hike, which brings those batteries

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<v Speaker 1>up to two nine dollars. For iPhones, it's a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more modest. It's a twenty dollar price hike for

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<v Speaker 1>all models before the iPhone fourteen. And you might wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if these price hikes are away for Apple to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of twist the knife, because the company very reluctantly opened

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<v Speaker 1>up a bit and began to allow customers to handle

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<v Speaker 1>d I o Y repairs if they wanted to. But

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<v Speaker 1>that is very much not the way Apple prefers to

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<v Speaker 1>handle things. It prefers to have a closed garden approach

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<v Speaker 1>where the company is the only source for products and service.

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<v Speaker 1>They eventually bent on the service part. But it's possible

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<v Speaker 1>the Apple might be finding ways to discourage people from

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<v Speaker 1>doing d I Y repairs by making it more expensive

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<v Speaker 1>to do than if you were to just go to

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<v Speaker 1>the Apple store. I don't know if that's the case,

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<v Speaker 1>but there are people speculating about this. But yes, if

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<v Speaker 1>you do need to refresh your battery on any Apple

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<v Speaker 1>device you happen to own. I gently suggest you do

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<v Speaker 1>it before March one. The Associated Press reports that police

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<v Speaker 1>and Louisiana relied on facial recognition technology that ultimately lead

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<v Speaker 1>to the wrong man being arrested and detained here in Georgia.

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<v Speaker 1>That man is randall right, He's a resident of Decab County.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my stomping grounds, and local police here in Decab

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<v Speaker 1>County arrested right on November twenty. He connected him with

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<v Speaker 1>a string of robberies in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana of luxury goods.

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<v Speaker 1>And this came as a surprise to Ride because he

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<v Speaker 1>says he's never been to Louisiana and he didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>know what a parish was. And it turns out that

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<v Speaker 1>the facial recognition software got the wrong guy. Ride is

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<v Speaker 1>a black man, and facial recognition tech is notoriously unreliable

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<v Speaker 1>in accurately identifying people of color. This is not news.

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<v Speaker 1>We have known that there were these problems for a

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<v Speaker 1>while now, and yet we still have law enforcement regularly

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<v Speaker 1>relying upon this technology while pursuing suspects, which can lead

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<v Speaker 1>to innocent civilians being harassed and detained, and honestly, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think you can really come to any other conclusion

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<v Speaker 1>but that the use of such technology is inherently racist,

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<v Speaker 1>systemically racist practice. It disproportionately impacts innocent people of color.

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<v Speaker 1>And while it may be that the company is making

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<v Speaker 1>facial recognition tech aren't intending to put bias into their products,

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<v Speaker 1>that's exactly what has happened, So whether they intend to

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<v Speaker 1>or not is beside the point. It's happened. Anyway. Ride

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<v Speaker 1>was in jail from November twenty to December one. Whether

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to renew a discussion about restricting facial

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<v Speaker 1>recognition technology in the area of law enforcement remains to

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<v Speaker 1>be seen, but personally I think we need to ban

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<v Speaker 1>it for that specific use case. Finally, China's government appears

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<v Speaker 1>to be easing off on the restrictions that has long

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<v Speaker 1>been in place for the video games industry within China.

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<v Speaker 1>A couple of years ago, we saw the government start

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<v Speaker 1>to crack down on video games, claiming that games were

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<v Speaker 1>harming children. It was a spiritual opiate that was addicting

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<v Speaker 1>them to the act of playing games that would discourage

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<v Speaker 1>them from doing other stuff like helping their family or

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<v Speaker 1>contributing to the state or what have you. Part of

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<v Speaker 1>those restrictions included what amounted to a ban on new

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<v Speaker 1>video game licenses. So in China, a video game company

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<v Speaker 1>first has to secure a license for every single title

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<v Speaker 1>it wants to sell and market within China. So these

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<v Speaker 1>are government issued and they can be denied. Well in

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<v Speaker 1>you know, last year, there was effectively a ban on

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<v Speaker 1>all new licenses, so it didn't matter what title you had,

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<v Speaker 1>you could not get the authority to actually sell it

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<v Speaker 1>in China. However, now the government is releasing more games licenses.

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<v Speaker 1>So the question is have video games turned over a

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<v Speaker 1>new leaf? Are they no longer the spiritual opium that

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<v Speaker 1>government was so concerned about. Not really, It's more that

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<v Speaker 1>the policy decisions really they hurt the video game industry

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<v Speaker 1>quite a bit. And now it seems that the government

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<v Speaker 1>is reviewing the video games industry and starting to look

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<v Speaker 1>at that as a lucrative market and within the business

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<v Speaker 1>world in China, and that they are hurting this market

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<v Speaker 1>and that's the real problem. Now, the state owned press

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<v Speaker 1>has claimed that the problem of youth becoming addicted to

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<v Speaker 1>video games has been basically solved. I'm not sure how

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<v Speaker 1>other than there being some restrictions on how long and

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<v Speaker 1>how frequently young kids are allowed to play like online games.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I think the wallet started hurting and China

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh, maybe we should back off. Maybe that's

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<v Speaker 1>more important than our stance on whether or not this

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<v Speaker 1>is discouraging people from being contributors to the state. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>that's it for the tech news that I have for

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<v Speaker 1>you today, Tuesday, January three three. Later this week, we're

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<v Speaker 1>sure we're going to get a lot of c e

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<v Speaker 1>S updates and anything else in tech that Merit's real discussion.

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