WEBVTT - AI Hacks, Cybertruck Review & Sonos Issues 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.840 Another day, another data breach. This time it's a flight 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:08.240 tracking app, how to turn your old devices into a 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:13.520 costco shopping spree. And the iPhone bug that crashes your 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:17.040 phone instantly. Don't try this one at home. Plus your 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:20.440 tech questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro and 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:23.079 this is rich on Tech. This is the show where 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:24.880 I talk about the tech stuff I think you should 0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:27.000 know about. It's also the place where I answer your 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:30.960 questions about technology. I believe that tech should be interesting, 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:34.960 useful and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:38.520 triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:42.280 seven four to two, four to one zero one. Again 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.559 eight eight eight seven four to two, four to one 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:46.839 zero one. Give me a call if you have a 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:50.640 question about technology. Email is also an option. Just go 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:55.440 to richon tech dot TV, hit contact and you can 0:00:55.480 --> 0:01:00.080 send your message right to my screen. On this week's show, 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:02.639 we've got a sheish Agarwall. He is going to talk 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:06.320 about the Jubilee TV. This is a streaming device designed 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:10.399 with seniors in mind. The twist is that a caregiver 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:14.880 can pretty much control the entire TV remotely, so everything 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:17.280 from the streaming services to the channel to the volume 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:20.199 to the close captions. It's a whole new concept. We'll 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:22.600 have him talk about that. Later in the show. We've 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:26.240 got author Julio Vincent Gambudo. He's going to discuss his 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:30.679 new book, Please unsubscribe. Thanks, this will help you reclaim 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.840 your time and purpose in the digital age. And later, 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:38.720 US News Vehicle editor Zach Dole is going to talk 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:43.440 about Tesla's cyber truck. He's going to give an objective assessment. 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:45.920 I know you've seen it on the road. You have thoughts, 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:49.000 We have thoughts, he has thoughts. We'll talk about all 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:52.840 of that. Welcome to the show. Just watching the news 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:56.960 and these NASA astronauts that are stranded in outer space 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.040 pretty wild. I mean they're not calling them stranded, but 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.480 they're pretty much stranded. Their trip was supposed to be 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:06.240 eight days, they've already spent eighty and now they're gonna 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.920 spend an extra six months. So you're talking an eight 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:13.720 day trip turned into an eight month trip and they're 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:16.440 not back yet. By the way, can you imagine now, 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.560 if you're on vacation in Hawaii, sure, bring it on. 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:21.520 I mean you'd be broke by the end of that time. 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:23.160 But at least to be fun. 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.919 But you're in space, and I'm sure there's a little 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:29.120 bit of like hesitation and wondering, like is this all 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:29.839 gonna work out? 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:31.600 Let's hope it does. 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:35.639 Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams, they've already been up there 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:39.120 for eighty days, and I guess there's some I don't know, 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:43.480 some sort of failures on this starliner. It's gonna return 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:47.560 unmanned because of these thruster failures and helium weeks. So 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:50.560 they're gonna end up using this SpaceX dragon for return. 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:56.560 SpaceX interesting. Anyway, they'll be coming back in February twenty 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:58.800 twenty five now, so I hope they packed a lot 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:01.000 of food for them. I mean, I know the what 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:05.960 do they drink up their tang remember that? Oh my gosh. Anyway, 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.680 we're thinking of you. Hope you got hope you can 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:10.880 download Netflix up there. That's all I have to say. Like, 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:12.880 I don't know what their situation is, like what are 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:16.440 the creature comforts when you're in space just floating around? 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:17.800 And I know it takes a toll on the human 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.639 body as well, So we are thinking of you. And 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:22.760 it's just I was talking about this with my kids 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.399 the other day, because you know, we were just talking 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.600 about this whole, this situation before we knew what the 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:31.280 end result was going to be, and it's just like, 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:33.160 can you imagine being in space for all that time? 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:33.560 No? 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:34.280 I couldn't. 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:39.080 All right, this week hopped around the nation, thankfully, I 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:43.680 took transportation that is much more proven, just an airplane. 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:45.800 I was in Newport Beach and then I went to 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:49.320 New York City. So in Newport Beach stayed at this 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.200 Oh my gosh. I mean, you don't realize what these 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:54.160 car companies do. They They have these trips that these 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:56.560 journalists go on, and there's pretty much one going on 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.360 anywhere in the world at any given time. They invite 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:01.800 all these journals lists and they bring them in, they 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:04.320 put them up at these places. What was a place 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.720 called It's called Pelican Hill Resort, the nicest place I've 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:10.600 ever been in my entire life. Stayed there for two 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:15.760 nights part of this Volvo drive Valvo EX ninety. This 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:19.760 is their new flagship seven seater all electric suv. It's 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.600 got a lot of tech features, got these thor hammer headlights. 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:24.080 Now I had to look that up because I thought 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:25.880 it was like a movie marketing thing, but no, it's 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.920 actually just I guess thor is a thing before the movies, 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:32.720 like from back in the day. And so you know, 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.640 I've got these cool headlights that kind of opening close. Anyway, 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.680 first Volvo car with lidar, So they made a big 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.359 deal out of this. I guess that's why they invited 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:44.880 me there. But this car is going to collect data 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:48.159 and it's eventually going to be able to drive itself. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:49.880 So right now, when they put this car in the road, 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:51.520 it's just going to be in a collection phase. So 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:53.200 anyone who buys this thing is going to be helping 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:58.080 Volvo train their self driving autonomous driving software. They didn't 0:04:58.080 --> 0:04:59.840 give me a timeline on when this car is going 0:04:59.880 --> 0:05:02.479 to be able to drive itself fully, but they said, yes, 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:04.960 that is the point. This car will eventually be able 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:08.800 to drive itself. That's a big deal. So I know 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.640 we heard this week that Ford was pulling back on 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:15.680 its big electric suv. Talk more about that later in 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.080 the show, but they're moving on with this one. This 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:21.839 is eighty thousand bucks, gets about three hundred miles on 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:25.480 a range on a charge, I should say, which was fine, 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:28.640 but I really think the sweet spot for cars these 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.400 evs is really four hundred miles to not feel that 0:05:31.520 --> 0:05:35.480 range anxiety, because realistically, let's put it this way, when 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.200 you get three hundred miles on an electric car, you're 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:40.600 really only supposed to charge that to eighty percent. So 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:42.640 do the math. You're not getting three hundred on a 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.040 full charge. You're really getting less than that. And then 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:46.800 as soon as you drive that car a little bit, 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:49.280 even though it says to eighty, it's going to drop 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:52.040 down to like two seventy two sixty when you start driving. 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.080 So you have to keep all of this in mind, 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:57.840 and that's why the electric cars are very controversial in 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:01.719 certain circles. Went to New York City for a company 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:06.520 called x GMI. This is a smart projector company, and 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:09.880 I got to say, really really cool stuff they came 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:12.760 out with. They showed us all these new products, a 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:16.200 bunch of tech people in attendance. Their whole thing is 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:19.240 they make these projectors that are really small, portable and bright, 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.960 and the best feature about them is auto keystone. So 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:25.239 if you've ever set up a projector in your life, 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.720 you know that it's a problem because you have to 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.520 move it, adjust it up and down, get the picture 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.240 just right, you're kind of adjusting the edges. Well, these 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.880 do everything automatically, so not only does it find the 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:38.000 size of the screen that you're aiming it at and 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.120 adjust to that, but it also straightens the image. And 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:44.039 so it's just super simple to set up and very portable, 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.960 and the models start around three hundred bucks. But just 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.559 ex Jimmy is the company again, by the way, really 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:52.479 really nice stuff they're coming out. They super portable projector that. 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:53.960 Of course, once you see it, you're like, oh, I 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:55.440 want that in my life. I'm gonna have that my 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:57.680 suitcase every time I travel so I can just watch 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:01.080 movies on my hotel room, you know wall. 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:04.520 But that's a cool thing too. These tech events. 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:06.360 I know it sounds like you just go and it's 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:10.240 all fun and games, right, but it really is amazing 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:12.440 to hang out with all the tech people you know, 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.040 in the same place, from all the different cities in 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:18.840 the world and just swap stories, talk chat, compare notes. 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.840 I mean everyone at this event, not only the Volvo 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:23.800 event in Newport Beach, but also in the New York 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.440 City event. Now, the car people I'm not as familiar with. 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:28.240 I know a bunch of them, but the tech people. 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:29.880 I know a lot of them, and it's like you 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.640 sit there and you're talking about the latest phones, the 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:34.240 latest gadgets, what you like, what you don't like, and 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:36.200 it's stuff like of course you can do it on 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:39.120 you know, Twitter and stuff, but being in person obviously 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.720 adds a much better layer to things. So and not 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:43.840 just that, but you also get face to face time 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.920 with the representatives from the companies, and so you learn 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.200 more about this stuff on a level that you're not 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.280 gonna get from a press release. You know, it's it's 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:55.520 much more intimate, it's much more just per you know, 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:59.240 just driven by face to face communication, which I know 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:01.000 is such a weird concept in our world. 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:02.600 AI. 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:05.120 Let me talk about AI, because of course I'm always 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:07.680 using AI in new and different ways. And I'll tell 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:11.120 you about three ways I used AI this week to 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.440 help me find wine that I like on a menu, 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:15.800 to help me build a salad, and to help me 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.200 find what to order on a menu. I know it 0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:21.720 all sounds very weird, but stick with me. So AI 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:25.400 in everyday life, wine win. When you are presented with 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:27.960 a wine menu, if you're drinking wine at a restaurant, 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:31.520 it is the most complex, like you know, thing you 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:33.360 could ever imagine, because how do you buy it? Do 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:34.920 you buy it by price? Do you buy it by 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:37.480 what you know? Ninety nine percent of the wines on 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:39.640 that list you're probably never going to recognize, and they're 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:40.439 all overpriced. 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.319 You don't know you know what you're getting. So here's 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:43.760 what I did. 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.640 I told the AI that the couple of wines that 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.679 I know I like right like the brand names. And 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:51.319 I said, Okay, now I'm going to show you a menu, 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.280 tell me which one I should get based on what 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.720 I like. And so I took a picture of the menu. 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:56.880 You upload it to AI. 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.120 It already knows what you like, and it spits out 0:08:59.320 --> 0:09:01.760 the wines that it things you should order. Brilliant. 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.360 I think this is going to change the way I 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.319 order stuff at restaurants forever, because I'm going to keep 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.040 programming it to get it better and better. And then 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:11.240 by the way, I can say, give me a bottle, 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:13.560 you know, under fifty dollars, or give me a glass 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.840 under you know, ten dollars, or give me the cheapest 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:17.800 wine you think that I'm gonna like on this menu. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.679 I mean, this is like AI really in use salad, 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.400 I went to a salad place, one of those places 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:25.280 where you like choose your own salad, and I was like, 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:28.079 you know what, let me try having my AI build 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.959 a healthy salad. So I uploaded all the ingredients that 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.120 you can choose from and I said, what I like, 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.720 you know, I want high protein, you know whatever, And 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:37.719 I said, build me a salad. And by the way, 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:39.600 don't use any of the premium products. You know, like 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.920 you know, you get upsold by like certain things that 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:43.480 they add your salad that's expensive. 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.280 And sure enough, it picked out the stuff and it 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:47.040 built the salad. 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:50.280 It it used kale as the base, which was like, okay, 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:52.120 I had to like power through a kale salad, but 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.480 it was still I thought it was pretty interesting. 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.120 But here's the funniest part. When I went to pick 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:56.720 up the salad. 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.640 Instead of salmon, which by the way, I did splurge for, 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.240 they put salami. Because I guess nobody's ordering salmon in 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.480 their salad, so they gave me salami, and I said, thankfully. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:09.000 I checked the order before I left and they replaced it. 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:11.640 And then when it comes to the. 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:15.280 Menu of the restaurant, So if you're looking for certain things, 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.239 let's say you have, you know, sodium issues or cholesterol 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.640 issues or saturated fat. You want heart healthy, same thing. 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:24.800 You tell AI what you want and then you upload 0:10:24.800 --> 0:10:26.520 the picture of the menu and you say, hey, give 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.240 me my best choices here. You know, maybe you don't 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.920 like fish, maybe you like steak, whatever it is, and 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:33.840 it will tell you. And the thing about AI, I 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:35.480 get that a lot of times. It's kind of like 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.000 just making stuff up, so you have to be aware 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.480 of that. But it also is giving you, like really 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.040 good information about the stuff on this menu. It says, hey, 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.360 you know, watch out for that. Like this yesterday it 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.520 was like breakfast and it was like avocado toast, which 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.360 I thought was healthy, and it's like, oh, just got 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.319 to be careful. Sometimes it's got a lot of saturated fat, 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:54.960 so you got to be careful with how much you 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:56.880 eat or look at the cream on the side or 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:59.080 this or that. So I'm not saying you have to 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:00.920 use this every time. I'm not saying you got to, 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:02.959 you know, change your whole life. But I just thought 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:05.079 it was kind of cool. Some new uses of AI 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.400 in everyday life eight to eight rich one O one 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:11.559 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero. 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:12.600 One give me a call if you have a question 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:13.360 about technology. 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:17.160 You are listening to Rich on Tech. Welcome back to 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:19.480 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:23.800 talking technology at Triple eight Rich one oh one. That's 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:29.640 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Well, 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:33.679 California became the fifth state that lets you add your 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:38.920 driver's license to uh your phone. This is actually it's 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.440 interesting because last week I talked about how Apple said 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.520 they were going to do this, but then Android leapfrog them, 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.040 and so if you have an Android phone in California, 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.520 you can now add your state ID or driver's license 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:52.440 to Google Wallet, but you can't use it for a 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:53.040 lot of stuff. 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:55.079 It's mostly TSA checkpoints right now. 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:55.920 Uh. 0:11:56.080 --> 0:12:00.520 But California joins Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, and Maryland and offering 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:03.760 this capability. Five hundred thousand folks have already done this 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:08.120 in California through the DMV's old program, which is m 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.120 what do they call it, my driver's I don't know. 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:13.439 It's like my driver my digital driver's license or something. 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:15.280 But now you can add it to your Google Wallet. 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.480 So it's only limited to one point five million people 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:20.640 at this point because it's a pilot program, so if 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:22.760 you haven't done it, you can do it. I did 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:25.920 not do this just yet because I'm kind of you know, 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:28.680 I've got two phones that I use primarily, an iPhone 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.680 and Android, and so I'm curious if I add it 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:32.240 to the Android. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:34.120 Am I not able to add it to the iPhone? 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:36.800 But anyway, if you want to do it, just go 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:41.160 to your Android device, open up Google Wallet and then 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.440 you'll see where it says add to wallet in the 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.240 lower right hand corner, and then you tap ID card 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.040 and then it says fly through TSA and then you'll 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:53.439 see it says select which state issued your ID Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:56.240 and Maryland. So you can if you're in one of 0:12:56.240 --> 0:13:00.240 those five states, add your your card to your phone. Again, 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.200 you can't really use it in many places, but hey, 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:06.560 this is a start, and I think it's amazing if 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:08.959 we can actually get to the point where our license 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.160 can be on our phone. It's actually way more private 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.959 than carrying a regular license. So we'll see what happens there. 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.240 Let's go to Richard in my home state of New Jersey. 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:22.400 Richard drawn with rich Hey, rich Pleasure in an honor 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:23.080 to speak to you. 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:24.840 Yeah, thanks for Colin. What can I help with? 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:31.280 Okay, here's my scenario. I splurged. I got the lg 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.880 OLED seventy seven inch TV top of the line, went 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:36.679 for the top of the line with the Sonos the 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:41.160 Art sound bar, big sub warfare for your speakers. I'm 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:44.080 almost blind, so when I turn on channel I have 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:48.360 Exfinity through Comcast, I needed to tell me what's on 0:13:48.400 --> 0:13:50.959 the channel. And it's always done that good. After their 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:54.680 last update, it comes out so freaking out the whole 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:55.320 house shape. 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:56.840 Yeah, oh my god. 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:59.720 I should contact them to adjust it. No idea when 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:01.520 you're in and if you have any no. 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:02.360 And here's the thing. 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:04.520 I was just telling my wife last night that I'm 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.319 ready to throw my Sonos system out the window because 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:08.960 they have ruined it. 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:10.160 It is actually ruined. 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:14.480 I've had Sonos for about over I don't know, ten 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.880 years now, and I absolutely love it. 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:18.080 I'm one of the biggest fans. 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:22.480 And they ruined the devices with the latest software update. 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:26.360 This happened maybe a couple months ago, and they came 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:28.720 out with the new app that changed everything. I don't 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:30.560 know if you've seen the new app, but it's horrible. 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:32.200 Yes, I have it. 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:32.880 I don't like it. 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:34.320 Yeah, it's it's just terrible. 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:36.480 And then they said, you know, they came out with 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.800 a blog post with the CEO saying, look, we're going 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:40.960 to fix this in the next six months. Six months. 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:45.400 Who can wait six months? So what you're experiencing is 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.360 what I'm experiencing. Nothing is working the way it's supposed 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:50.880 to be working. I don't know what they did, what 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.200 they changed, but nothing in my house. Last night, I 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:57.440 turn on music while we were you know, before eating dinner, 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.240 and I went to close out the app, and co course, 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:02.640 the volume doesn't respond anymore on the app for some 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:05.280 reason or it's delayed, and then all of a sudden, 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.000 I touched something on my phone. The volume went to 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:10.440 a thousand degrees. So it'splasting through my house. The kids 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:11.560 start yelling like, Hey. 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:12.280 What's happening. 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:12.680 What's happening. 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:14.840 I'm like, I know, I know, can't turn the volume down. 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.440 So Richard, I think this is a matter of you're 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.400 gonna have to just wait until this app gets better. 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:25.640 My question is is it the volume just from the TV? 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.120 Is it something that the TV is doing like a 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:29.640 voice volume? It's doing or something. 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.440 Well, it's just the TV's volume that comes through the 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.960 arc when I'm not watching a regular channel. It's fine 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:39.440 when I changed the channel, and again when Xfinity tells 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:42.920 me what it's coming on, that's when it's loud. I 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.960 even contacted, so no, so of course I just got 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:46.800 to run around. 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:48.400 Through there in another country. 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:53.240 But yeah, that you know, it sits and it's frustrating. 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:54.880 The only thing I can think of, and this is 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:56.720 what I typically do in a situation like this, is 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:59.680 go through the like every single setting in the settings 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:02.600 and see if there's anything specific for because what's happening 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.080 is there's like two you know, in your car when 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.280 you're when you're like listening to music, and then like 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:11.200 Google Maps pops in and does like the voice Sometimes 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:14.760 that voice volume is different, like a different level than 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.600 the music volume, and the only time you can adjust 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:21.280 it is while that music are they sorry, this assistant 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:24.520 voice is like currently on. So I'm wondering if that's 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.720 the case here, like while this while this Infinity box 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.520 is speaking, maybe there's a way that you can go 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:32.600 into the app and turn down the volume while that 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.640 box is speaking, and that's separate from the TV volume. 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:37.560 But that's the only thing I can think of. I 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:39.640 think that this is just a matter of this entire 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:43.400 system is just not working right now. And I'm I 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.000 can't tell you how much I went from loving Sonos 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:50.760 to actually hating them, Like I physically can't stand having 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:51.760 it in my house anymore. 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:52.760 I'm so invested in it. 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:54.480 I've got speakers in every one in my house, in 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.240 every one of my rooms, and I just can't even 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.840 use them like I now have resorted to using like 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:04.040 my phone, my laptop, my uh you know, I'll just 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:06.840 use like the Google Home speaker. Not as good as 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.760 the soos. But Richard, I feel your pain. I hope 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:15.639 that we get a fix here very very soon. Anyway, 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:17.720 thanks for calling from New Jersey today. Appreciate it. It was 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:20.159 just there, well in New York. I landed in New 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.600 York though, that counts all right. Coming up, we're gonna 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:24.680 tell you about the Jubilee TV. This is a new 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:27.880 set top box design with senior citizens in mind. This 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:29.160 is rich On Tech. 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:32.240 Welcome back to rich On Tech. 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:35.600 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:38.480 Triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:42.080 seven four two four one zero one. We'll get back 0:17:42.080 --> 0:17:44.600 to the phone lines in just a moment, but first 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:47.760 I'm in Hollywood. Joining me now is CEO and co 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.600 founder of Jubilee TV, A sheish Auger Wall. 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:54.119 Thanks so much for joining me, Rich, glad to be here. 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:57.040 So let's talk about what is Jubilee TV. 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:02.159 Uh Doubi TV is a product that allows families to 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:06.320 remotely take care and connect with their seniors aging in 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:09.440 their own home through the device that seniors are most 0:18:09.520 --> 0:18:13.040 familiar with, which is the TV. For seniors, it simplifies 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:17.399 the TV experience and for families, it allows them to 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:20.120 use an app that they can see what's on the TV, 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.600 be their tech support, fix anything on the TV, put 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:27.520 content live stream from their phone, do video calls, and 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:30.720 even keep a watchful eye on their TV watching habits 0:18:30.720 --> 0:18:33.000 and movement for an extra piece of mind. 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:37.120 So from what I've seen here, it's basically a box 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:39.879 kind of like a streaming set top box, but this 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:43.119 does not actually have streaming capabilities built in. 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.159 You connect your inputs to this box. 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:48.439 So think about a set top box that has a 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:50.880 camera on it. It's got some inputs on the back, 0:18:50.960 --> 0:18:53.919 it's got an output and all this stuff kind of 0:18:53.920 --> 0:18:54.919 comes into the box. 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:56.440 It displays on the TV. 0:18:57.000 --> 0:19:00.399 But the genius part here is that you, as a 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:02.720 caregiver or a loved one, can. 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:05.040 Actually not only see what's on their. 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:08.480 TV screen remotely from your phone, you can also control 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:12.680 pretty much everything from turning the TV on to the volume, 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:16.679 changing the channel, and it's all highly personalized. What was 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:17.960 sort of the reason you came. 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:20.800 Up with this, Yeah, Rich, Jubilee TV is a very 0:19:20.840 --> 0:19:23.240 personal endeavor for me. I was always a TV guy. 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:26.520 You know that Apple Harmon made a lot of TV products. 0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:31.200 But during COVID, I felt really disconnected with my parents 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:34.120 and my in laws, and my thought kept on coming 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:37.200 back to TV. Why isn't there a device that connects 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:40.280 my safe place which is the phone, to their safe place, 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:40.960 which is the TV. 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:42.840 That was the birth of Jubilee TV. 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:45.400 And then we went really deep, like we have over 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:49.680 seventy patterns, We really really you know this product guys 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:52.600 who want to make product really amazing, and we bridge 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:53.200 that gap. 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:57.520 And so you've got this this app for the I 0:19:57.600 --> 0:20:00.679 call the caregiver a loved one's phone where lets you 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:03.040 not only see what's on their TV screen, but also 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:05.879 control it has that ever been done before? 0:20:06.480 --> 0:20:09.600 And no, it hasn't been done before, and I think 0:20:09.600 --> 0:20:12.639 it will be a while before somebody else manages to 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:16.480 capture this because there's so many devices, so many different setups, 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:19.120 so many different types of TVs. We can go back 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:22.520 to any TV you want, any device and connect it 0:20:22.560 --> 0:20:25.600 and control it, and there are various control protocols. 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:27.240 How do you master all of that? 0:20:27.440 --> 0:20:30.840 It took us years after which now we've come to 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:34.080 a point where it's a very simple app. And somebody 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:37.359 mentioned simplicity is the key. A very simple big button 0:20:37.400 --> 0:20:40.159 interface for seniors and a simple app that lets you 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:41.000 do powerful things. 0:20:41.200 --> 0:20:44.240 So the idea being that, let's say you live in 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:48.920 Los Angeles, your mother, father lives in New York, and 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:50.679 they have a problem with their TV. You know, the 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:55.280 input has changed, or the Roku box is not showing Netflix, 0:20:55.280 --> 0:20:58.040 it's showing Hulu, and or maybe Hulu got logged out. 0:20:58.520 --> 0:21:01.760 You were able to control and really assist them from 0:21:01.800 --> 0:21:05.600 afar not only physically change the input or anything like that, 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:06.160 but you. 0:21:06.119 --> 0:21:08.159 Can even type in on screen if you need to. 0:21:08.320 --> 0:21:11.520 Right, yeah, you could do like somebody said, magic on this. 0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:11.880 Right. 0:21:12.080 --> 0:21:14.919 We had one person call and said, my mom called 0:21:14.960 --> 0:21:17.800 and said, my language is Spanish on my set to 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:18.120 the box? 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:18.959 How do I change it? 0:21:19.359 --> 0:21:19.520 Now? 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:21.560 That person would have to fly four hundred miles to 0:21:21.560 --> 0:21:23.840 fix that issue. I'm pretty sure. So is that with 0:21:23.960 --> 0:21:25.919 your box we were just able to change the language 0:21:25.960 --> 0:21:28.880 back to English. So anything you can think, but not 0:21:28.960 --> 0:21:31.879 just fixing TVs. You could put shows you know that 0:21:31.920 --> 0:21:33.880 your mom would want to watch or your parents would 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:36.840 want to watch. You can make TV really more interesting. 0:21:36.920 --> 0:21:39.760 You could also program it such that at a certain 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:42.280 time TV turns on and plays. 0:21:42.000 --> 0:21:43.200 The content you want to watch. 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:46.359 So there's a user whose father just wants to watch 0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:49.480 baseball a local team at the first of the month. 0:21:49.520 --> 0:21:51.800 He programs the box for the rest of the month 0:21:52.160 --> 0:21:54.200 to turn on the TV and watch your favorite show. 0:21:54.560 --> 0:21:56.879 So those moments are really really interesting, you know. 0:21:57.040 --> 0:22:01.000 And TV, now the loudest speaker, the largest becomes a 0:22:01.119 --> 0:22:03.280 very powerful connection surface and. 0:22:03.240 --> 0:22:04.840 It goes much deeper than just TV. 0:22:04.960 --> 0:22:07.320 It's also a way to connect because you have built 0:22:07.359 --> 0:22:12.159 in video calling, you have built in messaging, you have 0:22:12.240 --> 0:22:14.919 built in photo sharing and also video sharing, and like 0:22:14.960 --> 0:22:18.040 you said, the live streaming, So explain some of those 0:22:18.040 --> 0:22:18.880 features as well. 0:22:19.040 --> 0:22:21.120 Yeah, So, once we had built this, you know, as 0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:23.280 you said, very powerful interface where you could see the 0:22:23.320 --> 0:22:26.600 TV and control it. We started to extend that to connection. 0:22:26.760 --> 0:22:29.000 So the first use case was content, which is what 0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:31.920 TV is about. The next one is trying to take 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:34.719 care of social isolation. Seniors want to age in their 0:22:34.760 --> 0:22:37.399 own home. They often feel isolated. You want to go 0:22:37.520 --> 0:22:40.080 visit them, but you can't as much as you're juggling 0:22:40.119 --> 0:22:43.640 with other responsibilities. So we build this connection layer very 0:22:43.680 --> 0:22:49.119 powerful messaging, reminders, photo sharing, video sharing, video calling that 0:22:49.240 --> 0:22:52.440 allows you to really drop in and seniors to experience 0:22:52.440 --> 0:22:55.199 those moments. So that was the second layer were built in. 0:22:55.440 --> 0:22:59.080 And then there's another layer of kind of safety and security, 0:22:59.200 --> 0:23:02.760 so you can have an activity feed of hey, we 0:23:02.840 --> 0:23:07.280 noticed that something was unusual. You get I guess the 0:23:07.359 --> 0:23:09.919 camera snapshot of things that happen in front of the 0:23:09.960 --> 0:23:12.560 camera on the device, like if someone else is in 0:23:12.560 --> 0:23:14.560 the room. I even saw on the app where it said, hey, 0:23:14.560 --> 0:23:17.000 there are currently two people standing in front of the box. 0:23:17.320 --> 0:23:19.160 So if there's only one person in that house at 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:21.080 all times and you're like, why is there a second? 0:23:21.520 --> 0:23:24.520 This box can help you uncover those mysteries as well. 0:23:24.640 --> 0:23:27.119 Yeah, Rich, So the third layer of This is what 0:23:27.160 --> 0:23:28.320 we call activity feed. 0:23:29.760 --> 0:23:31.320 You can see patterns evolve. 0:23:31.600 --> 0:23:33.439 If you look at Apple Watch six months later, it 0:23:33.440 --> 0:23:36.639 will say hey, if you observe this pattern with you. Similarly, 0:23:36.680 --> 0:23:40.439 our box takes care of TV watching and camera and 0:23:40.560 --> 0:23:44.600 microphone patterns and analyzes them locally on the box. That 0:23:44.760 --> 0:23:49.359 allows to indicate to families if something is unusual and 0:23:49.720 --> 0:23:52.119 allows you to keep a watchful eye. And Mom didn't 0:23:52.119 --> 0:23:54.480 turn on the TV by ten am, something must be 0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:57.359 wrong because mom always turns on the TV. Mom didn't 0:23:57.359 --> 0:24:00.600 turn off the TV that night, I better watch. So 0:24:00.760 --> 0:24:04.640 all those notifications are super powerful in you trying to 0:24:04.680 --> 0:24:09.040 remotely take care of your loved one, including movement, voice 0:24:09.080 --> 0:24:12.800 in the room, the camera, all then locally, it's an 0:24:12.800 --> 0:24:15.119 extremely powerful Edji box that does this. 0:24:15.440 --> 0:24:18.639 And you also mentioned reminders. So can you have a 0:24:18.680 --> 0:24:21.240 reminder pop up on screen that says, hey, it's ten am. 0:24:21.280 --> 0:24:22.560 Time take this medicine? 0:24:22.680 --> 0:24:22.960 Yeah? 0:24:23.000 --> 0:24:27.080 So reminders is yet another powerful feature. Because as I mentioned, 0:24:27.080 --> 0:24:30.439 TV is the loudest speaker and the largest screen, and 0:24:30.480 --> 0:24:32.800 we have full control over it. You can choose to 0:24:32.800 --> 0:24:36.600 set reminders and you could even force on those reminders 0:24:36.720 --> 0:24:39.639 that the senior has to acknowledge and takes a picture 0:24:40.040 --> 0:24:42.919 during that right, so you can choose what degree do 0:24:42.960 --> 0:24:44.919 you want to go into. So if mom has to 0:24:44.960 --> 0:24:48.040 take this medicine at ten am, if she misses it 0:24:48.080 --> 0:24:52.080 by twenty minutes, then she's in trouble. You better force 0:24:52.119 --> 0:24:54.560 the reminder and force that that reminder has to be 0:24:54.600 --> 0:24:58.280 dismissed and you get a notification. If that reminder wasn't dismissed, 0:24:58.640 --> 0:25:01.200 then alarm bells can go on. So it really becomes 0:25:01.200 --> 0:25:02.879 a mission critical device at that point. 0:25:02.920 --> 0:25:05.840 It feels like it mixes some other technologies that I've 0:25:06.160 --> 0:25:09.120 played with in the past, like sling box for instance, 0:25:09.200 --> 0:25:12.240 for viewing kind of like the TV screen anywhere in 0:25:12.240 --> 0:25:16.399 the world from your phone, that universal remote aspect. So 0:25:16.760 --> 0:25:19.080 tell me all those things kind of come together in 0:25:19.200 --> 0:25:22.040 this box. How tough was all of that to bring together? 0:25:22.080 --> 0:25:25.240 Because you're talking about controlling a Roku or controlling a 0:25:25.240 --> 0:25:28.280 fire TV stick, controlling different models of television. 0:25:28.480 --> 0:25:31.399 Yeah, Riich, it's it's amazing that you actually got all 0:25:31.440 --> 0:25:33.879 of this because the founding team, and I want to 0:25:33.880 --> 0:25:38.320 give a shout out to Blake Krekorian was a Slingbox 0:25:38.400 --> 0:25:41.719 co founder and two days ago was when he passed 0:25:41.760 --> 0:25:44.920 a few years ago. So and he's one of the 0:25:44.960 --> 0:25:46.560 co founders of this company. 0:25:46.960 --> 0:25:47.680 Or was right. 0:25:47.720 --> 0:25:50.080 So that's how and I made one of the first 0:25:51.000 --> 0:25:54.320 universal remote controls. So that's exactly you see all these 0:25:54.359 --> 0:25:57.119 elements coming in together that made this happen. 0:25:57.359 --> 0:26:00.000 Yes, it was really difficult. It requires a lot of expertise. 0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:03.000 We have over I think now seventy patents on this 0:26:03.400 --> 0:26:04.560 seven years in working. 0:26:04.920 --> 0:26:06.040 Nobody else could do this. 0:26:06.280 --> 0:26:09.280 Everybody thought this is at least four other startups I 0:26:09.320 --> 0:26:12.560 know started tried to do this, failed, gave up and 0:26:12.600 --> 0:26:15.439 never released a product. And so it is really an 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:17.680 act of love. We are all engineers at heart. You 0:26:17.760 --> 0:26:21.040 want to create great products, great experiences and make an 0:26:21.080 --> 0:26:22.080 impact in this world. 0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:24.680 Okay, so the box is two hundred dollars. Where you 0:26:24.720 --> 0:26:26.679 going to be able to get it? And there is 0:26:26.720 --> 0:26:29.439 a monthly fee, So explain what that is and what 0:26:29.480 --> 0:26:32.479 the value is for that what people get for that fee. 0:26:32.760 --> 0:26:35.040 Yeah, so you buy the box, it's two hundred dollars. 0:26:35.040 --> 0:26:37.159 You can get it on our own site, get Jubilee 0:26:37.200 --> 0:26:39.200 tv dot com, or you can buy it on Amazon 0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:42.000 or best Buy. And then a membership fee is twenty 0:26:42.119 --> 0:26:44.639 nine dollars a month or two sixty nine dollars a year. 0:26:45.560 --> 0:26:48.639 You get sixty days of free trial, so absolutely we 0:26:48.680 --> 0:26:50.439 want you to love it. If you don't love it, 0:26:50.480 --> 0:26:54.080 please return it back to us. It's a product of love. 0:26:54.160 --> 0:26:56.320 Ashiesh Agarwall. Thanks so much for joining me today. 0:26:56.520 --> 0:26:58.320 Thank you, Rich The pressure is all mine. 0:26:58.600 --> 0:26:58.919 Okay. 0:26:59.000 --> 0:27:01.600 The product once again is Jubilee TV. I'll put a 0:27:01.600 --> 0:27:04.800 link to it on my website, rich on tech dot TV. 0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:07.560 More rich on Tech coming your way right after this. 0:27:10.480 --> 0:27:13.359 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 0:27:13.400 --> 0:27:17.320 out with you talking technology at Triple A Rich one O one. 0:27:17.359 --> 0:27:21.400 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:27:21.520 --> 0:27:24.760 zero one. We've got Kim standing by to take your 0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:27.240 call and hopefully get you on this show. Eight eight 0:27:27.240 --> 0:27:30.840 eight rich one O one and email also an option. 0:27:30.960 --> 0:27:34.120 Just go to rich on Tech dot TV hit contact. 0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:38.200 That will send your message right to my screen. And uh, 0:27:38.240 --> 0:27:40.639 if you want notes, if you want show notes or 0:27:40.680 --> 0:27:43.000 a link to something I mentioned, just go to the 0:27:43.040 --> 0:27:45.840 website rich on Tech dot tv and hit the light 0:27:45.880 --> 0:27:47.960 bulb up at the top. So, for instance, if you 0:27:48.000 --> 0:27:50.679 heard our last segment about the Jubilee TV you're like 0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:53.800 that sounds interesting, just go to the website and hit 0:27:53.840 --> 0:27:55.480 the light bulb and that will give you all the 0:27:55.480 --> 0:27:56.960 show notes in real time. 0:27:57.480 --> 0:28:01.000 Let's go to Mary in San Diego. Mary, you're on 0:28:01.080 --> 0:28:02.399 with Rich. Welcome to the show. 0:28:04.080 --> 0:28:05.280 Thank you for taking my call. 0:28:05.480 --> 0:28:06.240 I love your show. 0:28:06.440 --> 0:28:07.679 Thank you. I appreciate that. 0:28:09.000 --> 0:28:14.639 Quick question. I have an iPhone and as somebody mentioned 0:28:14.680 --> 0:28:18.439 that I should have a VPN on my iPhone. Is 0:28:18.480 --> 0:28:22.120 that possible or that's only for the computer? Uh? 0:28:22.160 --> 0:28:24.600 No, you can absolutely have a VPN on the iPhone. 0:28:24.720 --> 0:28:28.479 So it works. Uh, you know, you download the app 0:28:29.000 --> 0:28:32.240 and you basically install it, sign up for a plan, 0:28:32.520 --> 0:28:34.840 and it will it will install and work just like. 0:28:35.119 --> 0:28:36.639 You know, anything else on the iPhone. 0:28:36.760 --> 0:28:38.440 It's a little bit different because it's it's kind of 0:28:38.480 --> 0:28:40.200 built into the settings on the iPhone. 0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:43.080 But you can absolutely have a VPN on the iPhone. 0:28:43.120 --> 0:28:48.040 So things to look for in a VPN, uh, you know, 0:28:48.080 --> 0:28:49.960 it depends what you're using it for. But most of 0:28:50.000 --> 0:28:52.560 the experts I speak with say, you want one that 0:28:52.640 --> 0:28:55.400 has a no log policy, doesn't store or sell your 0:28:55.440 --> 0:28:59.680 browsing data independent audit results. So on their website it 0:28:59.680 --> 0:29:01.800 will say, hey, here's how we handle our data. Here's 0:29:01.800 --> 0:29:04.600 someone else that checked it. Out and we check out 0:29:05.200 --> 0:29:08.600 WireGuard protocol. That is a little bit faster of a connection. 0:29:09.160 --> 0:29:11.120 I know it sounds like a funny term, but that's 0:29:11.160 --> 0:29:13.640 something to look for on the website. Make sure it 0:29:13.680 --> 0:29:15.960 works across all your devices. So I know you're talking 0:29:15.960 --> 0:29:18.240 about an iPhone, but you know, see if it works 0:29:18.280 --> 0:29:22.959 on desktop computers as well. Bandwidth is obviously a consideration. 0:29:23.040 --> 0:29:25.360 You want to have unlimited ideally because you want to 0:29:25.400 --> 0:29:27.040 be able to use this as much as you want. 0:29:28.120 --> 0:29:30.720 These things typically cost around five to ten dollars a month. 0:29:30.760 --> 0:29:34.200 There are some free VPNs out there. The one that 0:29:34.240 --> 0:29:36.440 I would recommend if you're looking for a free one 0:29:36.600 --> 0:29:40.880 is Proton pro O t O N and they they 0:29:40.920 --> 0:29:44.360 have a free level of their VPN and it's I 0:29:44.400 --> 0:29:46.320 think it's a little bit limited. You can use it 0:29:46.360 --> 0:29:49.479 on one device, but that is one that you know 0:29:49.520 --> 0:29:52.200 people do trust for the free level of support. 0:29:52.480 --> 0:29:53.080 Does that help? 0:29:54.280 --> 0:29:57.360 Is there another one that you recommend besides Proton one? 0:29:58.280 --> 0:30:01.520 Now, so the the ones that have been recommended in 0:30:01.560 --> 0:30:04.000 the past by experts on this show over and over. 0:30:04.640 --> 0:30:09.320 There's one called IVPN so IVPN, and then MOLEVAD m 0:30:09.440 --> 0:30:12.560 U L l V A D. But you know, there's 0:30:12.720 --> 0:30:15.240 there's many VPNs out there. There's a lot of good ones. 0:30:15.320 --> 0:30:17.240 I think it's a matter of just looking for one 0:30:17.240 --> 0:30:20.600 that fits the pricing that you want and the features 0:30:20.640 --> 0:30:24.560 that you want. So, for instance, this molevad is basically 0:30:24.600 --> 0:30:27.120 five dollars a month forever. Some of them try to 0:30:27.120 --> 0:30:29.400 get you to pay more upfront and you know, maybe 0:30:29.600 --> 0:30:33.240 get you to prepay for like three five years or sorry, 0:30:33.280 --> 0:30:35.400 like three years at once or a year in advance. 0:30:35.800 --> 0:30:37.600 So it just depends on you know, what you want, 0:30:37.640 --> 0:30:41.440 what you're comfortable with, and you know, there you go. 0:30:42.480 --> 0:30:47.160 Okay, I have With that being said, how can I 0:30:47.240 --> 0:30:51.320 find out if somebody had had my iPhone or they 0:30:51.320 --> 0:30:52.760 have access to my iPhone? 0:30:52.960 --> 0:30:56.320 They don't, that's the short answer. Ninety nine per unless 0:30:56.320 --> 0:31:01.640 the person is you know, FBI Special Operations, they do 0:31:01.680 --> 0:31:04.480 not have access to your iPhone. People think that that 0:31:04.520 --> 0:31:07.800 people get access to the iPhone. It's really tough, especially 0:31:07.920 --> 0:31:12.080 remote access. It's just it's nearly impossible. I mean even 0:31:12.120 --> 0:31:15.160 for law enforcement trying to get into people's phones if 0:31:15.160 --> 0:31:18.280 they don't have the code, it is really really tricky. 0:31:18.400 --> 0:31:23.200 The phones are encrypted unless they have you your password 0:31:23.920 --> 0:31:25.760 or you know your login information. 0:31:26.480 --> 0:31:29.320 Or your past code. It's really really tough. 0:31:30.320 --> 0:31:30.560 You know. 0:31:30.680 --> 0:31:33.920 I'd be more concerned about Instagram listening to your conversations 0:31:34.400 --> 0:31:36.680 because I do see that happen on a daily basis, 0:31:36.680 --> 0:31:39.040 where you mentioned something to a friend and next thing 0:31:39.080 --> 0:31:41.560 you know it is there's an AD on your phone 0:31:41.600 --> 0:31:45.080 for it. So, but Mary, if you're concerned about anything 0:31:45.240 --> 0:31:46.960 like that and you want to be more private on 0:31:47.000 --> 0:31:48.360 your phone, a VPN is fine. 0:31:48.720 --> 0:31:50.960 I think that it depends what you're doing. 0:31:51.000 --> 0:31:53.320 But ninety nine point nine percent of the time, unless 0:31:53.320 --> 0:31:55.840 you're really trying to cover your tracks, there's probably no 0:31:56.080 --> 0:31:58.560 need for a VPN. If you're in a public place, 0:31:58.600 --> 0:32:02.160 you're doing sensitive stuff like checking your email on a 0:32:02.200 --> 0:32:05.640 public network or checking your you know, your banking account, 0:32:05.720 --> 0:32:07.640 stuff like that, you might want to use a VPN. 0:32:08.440 --> 0:32:11.280 But my typical recommendation is that if you're doing anything 0:32:11.360 --> 0:32:14.400 super private on your computer, do it on a cellular 0:32:14.400 --> 0:32:18.360 connection versus a public Wi Fi hotspot connection. Let's go 0:32:18.400 --> 0:32:21.880 to Gary in San Antonio, Texas. Gary, you're on with rich. 0:32:22.840 --> 0:32:29.080 Ty Right, Hi, I got a I got rid of 0:32:29.120 --> 0:32:35.200 my I've one six, got a fifteen plus bro and 0:32:35.280 --> 0:32:39.920 this thing runs hot. I mean, it won't even charge 0:32:39.920 --> 0:32:44.320 all the past eighty percent unless you put it in 0:32:44.360 --> 0:32:48.200 a cool spot, and whether it's sit you know, I was, 0:32:49.040 --> 0:32:52.560 so even getting a charge to one hundred percent, it 0:32:52.600 --> 0:32:57.160 is hard to do. And I'm wondering why it's running 0:32:57.280 --> 0:32:57.800 so hot. 0:32:59.400 --> 0:33:01.960 Well, where where are you charging it? Like, are you 0:33:02.040 --> 0:33:04.080 charging it on the dashboard in your car or is 0:33:04.120 --> 0:33:05.240 this at home plugged in? 0:33:06.840 --> 0:33:07.840 At home plugged in? 0:33:08.280 --> 0:33:09.400 And what charger are you using? 0:33:09.520 --> 0:33:11.440 Using the one that came with it, or using a 0:33:11.560 --> 0:33:13.440 like a third party like when you got like a 0:33:13.520 --> 0:33:14.320 convenience store. 0:33:15.480 --> 0:33:18.320 What No, I didn't get a charger with it, but 0:33:18.520 --> 0:33:23.480 we bought a set of chargers that they're quick chargers, okay. 0:33:24.000 --> 0:33:26.200 And are they high quality? 0:33:26.400 --> 0:33:27.880 Yeah, okay, far as I know. 0:33:28.120 --> 0:33:28.440 Okay. 0:33:28.960 --> 0:33:32.240 Well, so when the iPhone fifteen Pro first came out, yes, 0:33:32.320 --> 0:33:34.640 it did run hot and there were some issues, but 0:33:34.880 --> 0:33:38.320 that was fixed within the first couple of months. And 0:33:38.400 --> 0:33:41.080 so you should not be having this phone run hot. 0:33:41.120 --> 0:33:43.920 Now I get it. It is the summer. I had 0:33:43.960 --> 0:33:47.200 my phone in the car charging wirelessly, and yes, it 0:33:47.200 --> 0:33:50.600 does heat up, you know, to a certain extent, depending 0:33:50.640 --> 0:33:52.480 on the weather and the temperature and things like that. 0:33:52.520 --> 0:33:54.280 And you also want to make sure that you're charging 0:33:54.280 --> 0:33:57.120 your phone on a table, not on a bed, not 0:33:57.200 --> 0:33:59.560 on anything that's fabric. You know, you want this phone 0:33:59.560 --> 0:34:01.040 to be able to bathe a little bit, because when 0:34:01.080 --> 0:34:03.600 you do charge a device, it's it's going to pick 0:34:03.680 --> 0:34:06.160 up some heat. Now, a lot of that heat is 0:34:06.200 --> 0:34:10.200 typically dissipated by the plug on the wall versus the phone. 0:34:10.239 --> 0:34:12.719 You know, the phones managed kind of that system. So 0:34:13.040 --> 0:34:15.560 if you're using a charger that's really cheap or something 0:34:15.560 --> 0:34:19.040 that's you know, you know, something that's third party that's 0:34:19.080 --> 0:34:21.120 not very good, it could run hotter and it could 0:34:21.320 --> 0:34:23.200 just not be managing the heat properly. 0:34:23.719 --> 0:34:30.000 So yeah, the sense I bought was Nanima. 0:34:30.560 --> 0:34:32.319 Yeah, well I haven't heard of that one, so I 0:34:32.320 --> 0:34:35.040 mean that could be a problem. Is this happening with 0:34:35.120 --> 0:34:37.319 every phone that you charge on this charger or just 0:34:37.360 --> 0:34:37.840 this one? 0:34:38.200 --> 0:34:43.920 I like charge to one and uh, that's the only 0:34:44.000 --> 0:34:47.880 thing I run an iHeart radio like going for seven? 0:34:48.080 --> 0:34:55.040 Okay, are you running something while you're charging it? Are 0:34:55.080 --> 0:34:57.000 you are you running something on the phone? Are you 0:34:57.040 --> 0:34:59.399 streaming it twenty four to seven while you're charging it? 0:35:00.320 --> 0:35:00.560 Yeah? 0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:04.520 I might have I art running overdoing blue dude. 0:35:04.840 --> 0:35:07.359 Okay, Well, I love that you're listening to iHeart all day. 0:35:07.400 --> 0:35:07.839 That's that. 0:35:07.960 --> 0:35:11.000 I appreciate that, but I think that could be part 0:35:11.000 --> 0:35:14.520 of it. So, you know, phones they do have you know, 0:35:14.560 --> 0:35:16.920 the management in them for heat management, and they have 0:35:17.000 --> 0:35:19.960 gotten better over the years and they do. But if 0:35:20.000 --> 0:35:22.279 you're running something twenty four to seven on it, no 0:35:22.280 --> 0:35:24.759 matter what it is, the phone's going to heat up, 0:35:24.840 --> 0:35:28.400 and so it shouldn't be it shouldn't be hot to 0:35:28.440 --> 0:35:31.840 the touch where it's like unusable. But a small level 0:35:31.960 --> 0:35:34.080 of heat on the phone if you're if you're running 0:35:34.120 --> 0:35:36.279 something on it, if the screen's on all day, if 0:35:36.320 --> 0:35:41.279 you're charging it all day, that definitely is a possibility. 0:35:41.680 --> 0:35:43.719 I personally, if this phone is new, would take it 0:35:43.760 --> 0:35:46.040 to the Apple store just to have them do a 0:35:46.120 --> 0:35:48.279 check up on it. They could run some diagnostics, make 0:35:48.320 --> 0:35:50.200 sure that it's all on the up and up, especially 0:35:50.239 --> 0:35:51.960 while you're in that warranty period. 0:35:52.160 --> 0:35:53.080 Gary, thanks for listening. 0:35:53.160 --> 0:35:55.879 Thanks for calling in from San Antonio eighty eight rich 0:35:56.040 --> 0:35:58.480 one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:35:58.680 --> 0:36:01.799 four one zero one. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:36:01.920 --> 0:36:05.560 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology at 0:36:05.680 --> 0:36:10.239 Triple A rich one oh one That phone number eight 0:36:10.280 --> 0:36:13.000 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:36:13.040 --> 0:36:15.799 You have a question about technology, give me a call. 0:36:16.800 --> 0:36:20.160 Coming up this hour, we've got author Julio Vincent Gambudo. 0:36:20.280 --> 0:36:24.560 He's going to discuss his book. Please unsubscribe. Thanks, help 0:36:24.640 --> 0:36:26.839 you reclaim some of your time and purpose in this 0:36:26.920 --> 0:36:27.600 digital world. 0:36:28.440 --> 0:36:28.560 Uh. 0:36:28.800 --> 0:36:31.719 Speaking of which, I'm reading a book right now. 0:36:31.920 --> 0:36:33.840 Let's see. It's called The Anxious Generation. 0:36:34.160 --> 0:36:36.319 And I'm a little late on this, but man, I 0:36:36.360 --> 0:36:38.040 want to throw all my tech out the window for 0:36:38.160 --> 0:36:43.080 my kids. It's just all about how kids are inundated 0:36:43.160 --> 0:36:47.080 with technology and they can't stop. You know, their little 0:36:47.120 --> 0:36:50.239 brains are just not programmed to figure out how to 0:36:50.239 --> 0:36:54.720 stop scrolling on Instagram, or how to stop playing video games, 0:36:55.480 --> 0:36:58.560 or how to stop visiting you know, those websites on 0:36:58.600 --> 0:37:02.800 the web. You know what I'm talking about. So really 0:37:02.800 --> 0:37:05.040 eye opening. I'm only halfway through, but I can't. I'm 0:37:05.040 --> 0:37:07.200 like hanging on every word of this book. And I 0:37:07.200 --> 0:37:09.000 tell my kids when I get home, like go outside, 0:37:09.000 --> 0:37:11.080 play with worms like I used to do. Just go 0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:14.640 just get dirt, just go go do something dangerous. 0:37:14.760 --> 0:37:15.439 I don't even care. 0:37:15.560 --> 0:37:19.040 Just go like we did dangerous stuff as kids, Like 0:37:19.080 --> 0:37:21.800 you know, I used to climb fences like you, bobo, 0:37:21.840 --> 0:37:22.840 do you know how to hop a fence? 0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:26.640 Like when I was a kid, it was so dangerous. 0:37:26.680 --> 0:37:28.720 You'd hop a fence and your fear was like getting 0:37:28.719 --> 0:37:32.040 caught on the top or getting your foot caught and falling. 0:37:32.400 --> 0:37:33.759 Do you know how to hop a fence? I got 0:37:33.760 --> 0:37:34.120 your beat. 0:37:34.160 --> 0:37:36.359 I jumped a roof so, oh okay, I have notts 0:37:36.400 --> 0:37:38.920 one that's I don't like heights, so I would not 0:37:38.960 --> 0:37:41.160 be up I went out a roof like once. My dad, 0:37:41.160 --> 0:37:43.760 you know, he runs a roofing company, so he's always 0:37:43.760 --> 0:37:46.080 on roofs. He brought me up once, so I'm just like, nope, 0:37:46.120 --> 0:37:48.560 never mind, don't need to be up here. We had 0:37:49.040 --> 0:37:49.680 back in the day. 0:37:49.760 --> 0:37:52.000 We didn't have video games like online games, so we 0:37:52.280 --> 0:37:54.560 took bikes and went around the neighborhood. It was a 0:37:54.600 --> 0:37:56.560 school by my grandmother's house, and we found it way 0:37:56.600 --> 0:37:57.000 on a roof. 0:37:57.040 --> 0:37:58.480 It was like, y'all, let's jump. 0:37:58.880 --> 0:38:02.640 Okay, what's your jump to from the top of a 0:38:02.680 --> 0:38:04.240 one floor building to the grass? 0:38:04.440 --> 0:38:04.919 Oh wow? 0:38:05.000 --> 0:38:07.480 Yeah, just to see who was all chicken? Yeah it 0:38:07.520 --> 0:38:09.840 was just a chicken chat. Now I look at it 0:38:09.960 --> 0:38:12.439 like I was stupid, but yeah, so fun in a moment, 0:38:12.560 --> 0:38:13.719 but it makes you who you are. 0:38:14.000 --> 0:38:16.279 It makes it makes you who you are nowadays. This 0:38:16.440 --> 0:38:18.640 the thesis of this book, as I'm understanding, is that 0:38:18.960 --> 0:38:21.600 kids don't take any chances because it's all virtual and 0:38:21.600 --> 0:38:24.279 there's no chance. In the virtual world you can do 0:38:24.320 --> 0:38:25.840 whatever you want. You just get another life, you know 0:38:25.880 --> 0:38:28.120 what I mean. But in real world, if you hop 0:38:28.200 --> 0:38:30.359 that fence or jump that roof and you got hurt, 0:38:30.400 --> 0:38:31.279 you're never gonna do it again. 0:38:31.320 --> 0:38:33.040 You probably never did it again anyway. I never jumped 0:38:33.040 --> 0:38:34.200 off the other roofs. You don't need to. 0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:38.040 He did it once anyway. I'm not saying to jump 0:38:38.040 --> 0:38:43.000 off roofs. Please do not do that anyway. So, uh yeah, 0:38:43.000 --> 0:38:44.560 one of the things, and I'll get to the calls 0:38:44.560 --> 0:38:45.319 in just a moment here. 0:38:45.560 --> 0:38:47.439 One of the things that I was trying to find. 0:38:47.480 --> 0:38:49.399 You know, I travel a lot, and I'm always trying 0:38:49.440 --> 0:38:52.439 to find, like the best restaurant that's close to where 0:38:52.480 --> 0:38:53.919 I'm staying. And so I was going to New York 0:38:53.920 --> 0:38:56.280 City and I wanted a restaurant to meet my family 0:38:56.320 --> 0:38:59.719 at who's from New Jersey, and so there's got to 0:38:59.719 --> 0:39:00.279 be a way, you know. 0:39:00.360 --> 0:39:02.120 I used to use YELP. I don't really use yelp 0:39:02.239 --> 0:39:02.960 much anymore. 0:39:03.200 --> 0:39:05.160 But so I was like, Okay, let me figure out 0:39:05.160 --> 0:39:07.360 a way to find like a good restaurant that's close 0:39:07.400 --> 0:39:10.240 to my hotel. So here's what I figured out. Number one, 0:39:10.360 --> 0:39:12.480 you got to go to Google Maps on the desktop. 0:39:12.520 --> 0:39:14.440 This doesn't work as well on the phone, but if 0:39:14.480 --> 0:39:17.080 you go to Google Maps on the desktop, you search 0:39:17.160 --> 0:39:20.160 for where you're staying, so whether that's a hotel, someone's house, whatever, 0:39:20.560 --> 0:39:22.759 and then once you search for that and that pops up, 0:39:23.120 --> 0:39:25.560 you get these things up at the top says nearby hotels. 0:39:25.600 --> 0:39:27.120 I don't know why you need another hotel if you're 0:39:27.120 --> 0:39:30.239 staying at a nearby If you're staying at a hotel, restaurants, 0:39:30.280 --> 0:39:35.200 things to do, bars, coffee, whatever, you tap restaurants and 0:39:35.239 --> 0:39:37.399 that will bring up all the restaurants that are within 0:39:37.480 --> 0:39:40.879 a fifteen minute walking distance of your hotel. And then 0:39:41.000 --> 0:39:43.160 you can go through and further refine so you can 0:39:43.200 --> 0:39:45.080 do the price. You could do one dollar, sign up 0:39:45.080 --> 0:39:47.360 to four. You can do rating, which I would do 0:39:47.400 --> 0:39:49.200 four point five, just to make sure you're getting a 0:39:49.200 --> 0:39:52.080 good place. Cuisine you can choose, you know, for me, 0:39:52.200 --> 0:39:54.560 I wanted something that was Italian, so I just chose 0:39:54.600 --> 0:39:57.120 Italian hours. You want to make sure that it's open, 0:39:57.840 --> 0:39:59.799 you know, during lunch or dinner, whatever you're doing. 0:40:00.280 --> 0:40:01.080 And then you. 0:40:01.000 --> 0:40:03.400 Can sort by you know, you can see all the 0:40:03.400 --> 0:40:05.680 places that are within walking distance to your hotel. 0:40:05.719 --> 0:40:06.320 And it was great. 0:40:06.560 --> 0:40:08.239 So I ended up choosing a restaurant that was like 0:40:08.360 --> 0:40:11.319 literally six hundred feet from my hotel. We went there, 0:40:11.400 --> 0:40:14.080 we had a great time. I'll say the food wasn't 0:40:14.160 --> 0:40:16.120 like the best in the whole world. 0:40:16.200 --> 0:40:16.680 It was fine. 0:40:16.719 --> 0:40:18.799 I mean, I'm very picky about Italian food, but it 0:40:18.880 --> 0:40:21.080 was great. And so now I have my new way. 0:40:21.160 --> 0:40:22.960 Now I do I said, I don't use Yelp, but 0:40:23.000 --> 0:40:25.680 I will cross reference the restaurant on Yelp just to 0:40:25.719 --> 0:40:28.320 be sure that's not getting like two stars or something 0:40:28.360 --> 0:40:31.279 like that. So anyway, try it out. That's my new 0:40:31.320 --> 0:40:36.799 method for finding a restaurant. Let's go to Richard in Menafee, California. 0:40:36.920 --> 0:40:38.640 Richard, you're on with rich. 0:40:39.960 --> 0:40:41.319 Oh rich How you doing good? 0:40:41.360 --> 0:40:44.360 We had lots of rich lots of Richards on this show. Today, 0:40:44.640 --> 0:40:47.400 you're the third Richard on this show. What can I 0:40:47.400 --> 0:40:47.799 help you with? 0:40:48.920 --> 0:40:52.720 Yeah, I need to replace my older LGV sixty phone 0:40:52.800 --> 0:40:56.360 having charging issues with it, and I'm with Verizon and 0:40:56.400 --> 0:40:58.839 they sent me a couple of offers in the last week. 0:40:59.320 --> 0:41:04.440 One was for the Pixel pro XL for three dollars 0:41:04.480 --> 0:41:07.000 and thirty three cents a month. It's like one thousand 0:41:07.000 --> 0:41:07.680 dollars off. 0:41:08.160 --> 0:41:08.440 Yeah. 0:41:08.480 --> 0:41:12.960 And the other one is for the Samsung S twenty 0:41:12.960 --> 0:41:15.600 four Ultra, which they'll do that one for me for 0:41:15.719 --> 0:41:18.279 seventeen dollars a month. I'm gonna stay with Brydon, so 0:41:18.560 --> 0:41:21.040 I don't care about the payments. So I wanted to 0:41:21.040 --> 0:41:23.160 get your opinion on which would be the better phone. 0:41:23.239 --> 0:41:26.399 So you're talking the new Pixel nine XL, is that right? 0:41:26.480 --> 0:41:26.719 Yeah? 0:41:26.760 --> 0:41:27.200 Oh wow? 0:41:27.280 --> 0:41:28.960 These are two These are two of the best phones 0:41:29.000 --> 0:41:32.280 available right now, so and I have lots of thoughts 0:41:32.280 --> 0:41:34.319 on them. So, but my question is what do you 0:41:34.440 --> 0:41:36.920 want out of your phone? Because I have my thoughts 0:41:36.920 --> 0:41:39.440 on which one is better for like the use case. 0:41:39.840 --> 0:41:43.360 Are you like a extreme photographer? Are you just looking 0:41:43.400 --> 0:41:45.640 for the best battery life? Do you want the best software? 0:41:45.680 --> 0:41:46.759 What do you want out of your phone? 0:41:48.800 --> 0:41:51.800 I was into photography for a while, but that seems 0:41:51.840 --> 0:41:53.960 to have dropped off a little bit because that's I 0:41:54.000 --> 0:41:57.880 wanted the S twenty four. The last year for the Zoom, 0:41:58.239 --> 0:42:00.600 but I'm finding out I really don't you a zoom 0:42:00.719 --> 0:42:02.120 that much anymore. 0:42:02.360 --> 0:42:06.200 And the Pixel the nine pros has a five x 0:42:06.280 --> 0:42:08.160 zoom and you can go up to thirty with the 0:42:08.320 --> 0:42:12.960 with their super rezume, so it works really well. Here's 0:42:13.000 --> 0:42:16.439 my thoughts. So I think that the Pixel nine pro 0:42:16.840 --> 0:42:19.080 xcel is a great phone. I think for that three 0:42:19.160 --> 0:42:21.800 dollars a month that you're talking to me, that seems 0:42:21.840 --> 0:42:23.560 like a better value, even though it's not a lot. 0:42:23.600 --> 0:42:26.800 You're only talking fourteen dollars, you know, over time. But 0:42:27.480 --> 0:42:31.880 still I think that the Pixel is the better software 0:42:31.960 --> 0:42:34.520 to me. But I think that the Samsung S twenty 0:42:34.520 --> 0:42:38.399 four Ultra is probably overall the best Android phone out 0:42:38.440 --> 0:42:41.160 there right now because it has it's a powerhouse, you know, 0:42:41.200 --> 0:42:44.120 it's got the best processor, it's got the best screen, 0:42:44.680 --> 0:42:48.200 it's got an excellent camera. I think that I prefer 0:42:48.239 --> 0:42:51.000 the Pixel a little bit more in different ways, but 0:42:51.080 --> 0:42:54.080 it's not as good overall. I think the S twenty 0:42:54.120 --> 0:42:58.560 four Ultra is, like, you know, a better phone like specx. Wise, now, 0:42:58.920 --> 0:43:00.640 I think that the Pixel is litle bit easier to 0:43:00.680 --> 0:43:03.360 hold in your hand. It's a little bit smoother, a 0:43:03.360 --> 0:43:06.799 little bit rounder edges. But you know, and I do 0:43:06.880 --> 0:43:09.759 think I do prefer the Pixel software over the S 0:43:09.800 --> 0:43:12.399 twenty four Ultra software. But I think that these are 0:43:12.400 --> 0:43:14.040 two incredible devices. 0:43:14.600 --> 0:43:17.000 I tend to keep my phone for a pretty long time, 0:43:17.120 --> 0:43:21.200 so I'm thinking about the software updates for the for 0:43:21.239 --> 0:43:23.359 both of the phones, which one will have to because 0:43:23.400 --> 0:43:26.560 wonder them lasts like seven years of updates. Yeah that's 0:43:26.600 --> 0:43:27.319 the Pixel phone. 0:43:27.400 --> 0:43:30.040 Yeah, the Pixel is getting seven years of updates, but 0:43:30.080 --> 0:43:33.160 I believe the S twenty four is also getting uh, 0:43:33.440 --> 0:43:37.759 if not seven, it's getting pretty close to that. It's 0:43:37.800 --> 0:43:39.919 been a it's been a while since I did this. 0:43:39.920 --> 0:43:42.160 This was in January, but yes, S twenty four is 0:43:42.160 --> 0:43:44.360 going to have seven years of updates as well. So 0:43:45.920 --> 0:43:47.680 you know, if I had to choose, I mean, I 0:43:47.680 --> 0:43:50.239 think the battery life is excellent on the Pixel this year. 0:43:50.680 --> 0:43:52.440 I think that the and I've used both of these 0:43:52.440 --> 0:43:54.040 phones extensively, so I mean, I could. 0:43:55.040 --> 0:43:55.560 It's tough. 0:43:55.600 --> 0:43:58.160 It really comes down to like a preference of do 0:43:58.239 --> 0:43:59.880 you like the Pixel software or do you like this 0:44:00.040 --> 0:44:00.840 Amsung software. 0:44:00.920 --> 0:44:01.880 I think that you've. 0:44:01.719 --> 0:44:04.240 Never had the Pixel, so I don't know. My daughter 0:44:04.280 --> 0:44:06.480 has one and she loves the play Well. 0:44:06.080 --> 0:44:07.040 Maybe try the Pixel. 0:44:07.120 --> 0:44:08.920 I mean, just see if you I think that the 0:44:09.680 --> 0:44:12.840 software on the Pixel to me feels very very smart, 0:44:13.719 --> 0:44:15.680 you're also now here's something that might push you over 0:44:15.680 --> 0:44:18.239 the edge. The Pixel is also going to give you 0:44:18.239 --> 0:44:22.520 two terabytes of online storage for a year for free, 0:44:23.000 --> 0:44:27.640 plus their access to their Advanced AI Gemini their Best 0:44:27.680 --> 0:44:30.360 Gemini AI for free for a year, which is a 0:44:30.400 --> 0:44:31.600 twenty dollars a month value. 0:44:31.760 --> 0:44:34.440 That's one thing I'm thinking about exploring is some of 0:44:34.480 --> 0:44:36.520 the stuff that AI has to offer. I haven't done 0:44:36.520 --> 0:44:39.520 it yet, but I'm starting to get tempted to the 0:44:39.520 --> 0:44:40.839 point where I'm going to jump in. 0:44:41.080 --> 0:44:41.360 Yeah. 0:44:41.440 --> 0:44:44.239 I mean, these are two of the best, and I 0:44:44.320 --> 0:44:46.399 really it's it's just tough. If you want to try 0:44:46.400 --> 0:44:49.400 the Pixel and you want to try that Google software, 0:44:49.480 --> 0:44:51.319 it does have something a little bit special to it 0:44:51.360 --> 0:44:54.520 because it does feel very like advanced. I always call 0:44:54.600 --> 0:44:58.400 the Pixel the smartest smartphone out there, So you know, 0:44:58.640 --> 0:45:01.640 maybe give that one since it is cheaper. I'm surprised 0:45:01.719 --> 0:45:04.920 it's cheaper than the Samsung, but maybe just give that 0:45:04.960 --> 0:45:07.200 a chance and see what you think about it. But 0:45:07.239 --> 0:45:09.040 if your daughter has one, it's also kind of nice 0:45:09.040 --> 0:45:11.719 because if you have any questions you can ask her, hey, 0:45:11.760 --> 0:45:12.080 how do. 0:45:12.040 --> 0:45:13.120 You do this? 0:45:14.760 --> 0:45:15.320 Thanks brother? 0:45:15.640 --> 0:45:17.759 So, yeah, Richard, I think you're gonna be happy with 0:45:17.800 --> 0:45:22.040 either of these devices. They are both really really good phones, 0:45:22.120 --> 0:45:26.440 So thanks for the question. Speaking of smartphones, a new 0:45:26.480 --> 0:45:31.319 bug in the iPhone causes it to crash immediately. This 0:45:31.440 --> 0:45:34.400 is wild. Do not do this at home. I've done this. 0:45:34.520 --> 0:45:36.120 You can look at the video on my Instagram if 0:45:36.160 --> 0:45:37.880 you want to see what happens. But don't do this 0:45:38.000 --> 0:45:40.640 because even though it's not a security issue, and even 0:45:40.680 --> 0:45:43.839 though it doesn't seem to have any lasting repercussions on 0:45:43.880 --> 0:45:46.719 your phone, I would still not do this. But if 0:45:46.800 --> 0:45:49.880 you type, if you go into the app library and 0:45:49.920 --> 0:45:53.880 you type quotation mark quotation mark colon colon, your device 0:45:53.960 --> 0:45:56.840 crashes immediately. Now it's not a full crash, so it 0:45:56.840 --> 0:46:00.680 doesn't like restart your entire phone, but it restarts what's 0:46:00.680 --> 0:46:03.759 called the springboard, and that's basically their equivalent of the 0:46:03.840 --> 0:46:07.560 launcher on the iPhone. So you can type into the 0:46:07.600 --> 0:46:11.040 app library those four little characters, and yes, you will 0:46:11.080 --> 0:46:14.279 crash your phone. Don't do it. It's probably not worth it. 0:46:14.360 --> 0:46:16.080 I do it on my phone because I do it 0:46:16.120 --> 0:46:18.319 in your name. I do it to figure these things 0:46:18.320 --> 0:46:21.000 out and just to see how this stuff happens. Doesn't 0:46:21.040 --> 0:46:23.360 seem like there's any long term effects by doing this. 0:46:23.480 --> 0:46:25.960 But yes, there will be a software update from Apple 0:46:26.320 --> 0:46:28.879 to make sure that this is fixed, and that will 0:46:28.920 --> 0:46:32.120 probably come any day now, because we don't want crashing 0:46:32.160 --> 0:46:34.319 phones just by typing stuff in. How they figure this out? 0:46:34.600 --> 0:46:36.399 Someone just typed a whole bunch of random stuff into 0:46:36.440 --> 0:46:38.480 the phone and figured it out. I guess eighty eight 0:46:38.600 --> 0:46:42.000 rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 0:46:42.040 --> 0:46:44.960 two four one zero one. The website for the show 0:46:45.520 --> 0:46:48.560 richon Tech dot TV. When you stop there, be sure 0:46:48.600 --> 0:46:49.080 to sign. 0:46:48.960 --> 0:46:49.840 Up for my newsletter. 0:46:49.880 --> 0:46:52.760 It is free. You are listening to Rich on Tech. 0:46:53.760 --> 0:46:56.440 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:46:56.520 --> 0:47:01.279 out with you, talking technology at trip rich one oh one. 0:47:01.280 --> 0:47:03.759 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:47:03.880 --> 0:47:05.880 zero one. Hope you're enjoying the show. I know I 0:47:05.880 --> 0:47:08.360 really enjoy coming in here to do this and talking 0:47:08.360 --> 0:47:11.239 to you and sharing this information. People are always surprised 0:47:11.880 --> 0:47:14.560 when you just share like useful stuff, like they're like, oh, wow, 0:47:14.600 --> 0:47:15.239 nobody does that. 0:47:15.440 --> 0:47:16.839 Yeah, well I do and. 0:47:17.040 --> 0:47:19.960 Every week been doing it for what is this episode 0:47:20.040 --> 0:47:24.760 number eighty six. We've done this eighty six times minus 0:47:24.760 --> 0:47:27.600 some of the days we've had some reruns. So but 0:47:27.680 --> 0:47:31.000 you know, you still get good information unless you listened 0:47:31.120 --> 0:47:33.640 since day one to every single show. Even if you 0:47:33.719 --> 0:47:36.839 heard a rerun, which doesn't happen very often, you'd still 0:47:36.840 --> 0:47:42.280 get good information like this. Another data security incident. Flight Aware, 0:47:42.360 --> 0:47:45.319 an app that I have recommended on this show, says 0:47:45.360 --> 0:47:48.000 they had a data security incident and you'll have to 0:47:48.520 --> 0:47:52.160 reset your password. There was a configuration error on July 0:47:52.280 --> 0:47:55.480 twenty fifth, twenty twenty four, might have exposed users personal information. 0:47:56.040 --> 0:47:59.399 This includes your user ID, password, email address, and other 0:47:59.440 --> 0:48:04.720 account details. All potentially impacted users are required to reset 0:48:04.719 --> 0:48:06.719 their passwords, so the next time you try to log in, 0:48:07.120 --> 0:48:11.200 you'll have to reset your password. But here's the takeaway 0:48:11.200 --> 0:48:15.960 from this is again you cannot use the same password 0:48:16.040 --> 0:48:19.240 for different websites. So something like this website flight Aware, 0:48:19.400 --> 0:48:21.360 you're like, okay, cool, I'll log in with this easy 0:48:21.360 --> 0:48:24.480 password because nobody cares about flight Aware. The problem is 0:48:24.520 --> 0:48:27.320 you might use that password on another website that someone 0:48:27.400 --> 0:48:31.040 does care about. So please use a strong password for 0:48:31.120 --> 0:48:33.640 every website that you go to that you sign up for. 0:48:33.760 --> 0:48:35.520 I know it takes a lot of work. I know 0:48:35.560 --> 0:48:37.759 it takes a little bit more effort, but it will 0:48:37.840 --> 0:48:39.920 pay off in the end because I can tell you 0:48:40.280 --> 0:48:42.000 there are websites where you can go to and I 0:48:42.040 --> 0:48:43.839 can see a list of all of your websites that 0:48:44.160 --> 0:48:47.000 all of your passwords that have been hacked, just right 0:48:47.040 --> 0:48:49.520 on the open web. And so you can see that. 0:48:49.560 --> 0:48:51.480 And if someone, if a hacker gets a hold of that, 0:48:51.920 --> 0:48:54.080 they'll take that password and they will try it in 0:48:54.120 --> 0:48:56.480 a different website. They'll try it in all the popular 0:48:56.480 --> 0:48:58.640 websites until they figure out one that you've reused it 0:48:58.680 --> 0:49:00.000 on and they'll hack you. 0:49:00.560 --> 0:49:03.759 Happens every single day, Believe me. I get the emails. 0:49:04.200 --> 0:49:07.919 Let's go to Joel and riverside. Joel, welcome to the show. 0:49:08.680 --> 0:49:09.759 Hey, how are you doing, Rich? 0:49:09.880 --> 0:49:11.920 I'm doing fantastic. What can I help you? 0:49:12.200 --> 0:49:12.439 Cool? 0:49:12.840 --> 0:49:16.560 I was notified earlier in the year about Google domains 0:49:16.600 --> 0:49:21.560 moving over or migrating to a square space, so the 0:49:21.600 --> 0:49:26.000 web that I did have is no longer. I finally 0:49:26.040 --> 0:49:30.000 got my square space information email about a month or 0:49:30.000 --> 0:49:33.440 two ago. Can I really use AI to try and 0:49:33.480 --> 0:49:34.520 build me a website? 0:49:34.880 --> 0:49:37.920 Absolutely across my feet? Yeah? Why not? 0:49:38.840 --> 0:49:41.000 I mean my kid was building a video game this 0:49:41.040 --> 0:49:44.919 morning with AI. I mean this stuff it's wild. Now 0:49:45.160 --> 0:49:47.680 here's the thing. What what kind of website are we 0:49:47.719 --> 0:49:49.839 talking about? Like, is this like a small business. 0:49:49.680 --> 0:49:53.640 Real basic for yeah, small you know organic micro farm. 0:49:53.719 --> 0:49:57.000 You know it's a little organic farm on two acres. 0:49:57.160 --> 0:49:59.879 Oh wow, And yeah, so you know, I just want 0:49:59.920 --> 0:50:02.799 to to show everyone in regener it is sustainable practices. 0:50:03.400 --> 0:50:06.160 You know, let people know when they could come get 0:50:06.200 --> 0:50:08.799 the fruit. But the main thing is teaching people how 0:50:08.840 --> 0:50:12.360 to grow their own you know, fruit and vegetables without 0:50:12.400 --> 0:50:13.920 any pesticides or herbicides. 0:50:14.680 --> 0:50:14.960 Yeah. 0:50:15.000 --> 0:50:17.160 I mean, I think that's a great That's so what 0:50:17.280 --> 0:50:19.480 I think is is what AI is going to be 0:50:19.560 --> 0:50:23.040 useful for in that aspect is is helping you like 0:50:23.120 --> 0:50:25.440 what you kind of say what you want into the 0:50:25.480 --> 0:50:28.319 AI and it will clean up your text. So if 0:50:28.320 --> 0:50:30.319 you say, like let's say you're doing blog posts about 0:50:30.320 --> 0:50:33.040 this on your website, you can kind of use voice 0:50:33.080 --> 0:50:35.280 to text on your phone and just say like, okay, 0:50:35.320 --> 0:50:37.480 first things first, you don't want to use pesticides, so 0:50:37.520 --> 0:50:39.239 you want to use you know, you want to use 0:50:39.239 --> 0:50:40.280 good organic soil. 0:50:40.360 --> 0:50:40.640 Whatever. 0:50:40.680 --> 0:50:42.280 I don't know what it is like you just spout 0:50:42.280 --> 0:50:44.799 out all the steps for like step one, step two, 0:50:44.840 --> 0:50:47.479 step three, and then AI will take what you said, 0:50:47.560 --> 0:50:49.120 and you could just say you can pop it into 0:50:49.120 --> 0:50:51.600 AI and say clean this up, and now it will 0:50:51.640 --> 0:50:53.919 say or you can say turn this into a more 0:50:54.719 --> 0:50:57.279 elaborate blog post about this topic, and it will take 0:50:57.320 --> 0:51:00.719 what you said, but it will kind of upon that. 0:51:00.760 --> 0:51:02.640 And now you're the person that's the experts, so you're 0:51:02.640 --> 0:51:04.680 going to read it over obviously before you copy and 0:51:04.680 --> 0:51:07.840 paste it onto your website. But it's basically your knowledge 0:51:08.280 --> 0:51:09.960 just kind of cleaned up and put in a way 0:51:09.960 --> 0:51:11.840 that people can understand, and you didn't have to do 0:51:11.880 --> 0:51:14.200 a ton of work to get that to the website. 0:51:14.239 --> 0:51:17.080 So I think that's one way of using it now 0:51:17.080 --> 0:51:19.799 to actually lay out your website. If you're using Squarespace, 0:51:19.960 --> 0:51:23.120 you can use AI. I'm looking at their tools right now. 0:51:24.160 --> 0:51:25.960 They've got a whole blog post on how to build 0:51:26.040 --> 0:51:28.319 their website with AI tools, so they do have them 0:51:28.360 --> 0:51:31.480 built in as well. But again, I think you're going 0:51:31.560 --> 0:51:33.480 to find that you can do a lot with AI 0:51:34.440 --> 0:51:37.600 to make this process a lot easier, a lot simpler, 0:51:37.640 --> 0:51:39.719 and your website's just going to look better and it's 0:51:39.719 --> 0:51:41.840 going to have more information on it, and you're the 0:51:41.880 --> 0:51:44.960 person that's kind of starting that information, but AI is 0:51:45.040 --> 0:51:46.480 just expanding upon all of that. 0:51:46.520 --> 0:51:47.239 Does that make sense? 0:51:47.280 --> 0:51:50.360 Okay? So square Space is almost how Google Domains was, 0:51:50.400 --> 0:51:52.200 and I could just go in through there and do everything. 0:51:52.280 --> 0:51:55.479 I don't have to find like a hosting website or anything. 0:51:55.480 --> 0:51:57.520 Oh no, no, they do it all. They'll they'll handle 0:51:57.560 --> 0:52:00.959 it all. So once you're transferred over there, they will 0:52:01.000 --> 0:52:03.880 they will handle the hosting and the you know, the 0:52:04.160 --> 0:52:07.759 actual website. You'll have the domain obviously, and then they 0:52:07.760 --> 0:52:11.520 have this thing called Squarespace Blueprint AI that will help 0:52:11.560 --> 0:52:14.600 you create your custom website with your pages, the colors 0:52:14.640 --> 0:52:17.960 you want, the copy you want, and then you can 0:52:18.000 --> 0:52:20.000 even use you know, chat ebt to help write this 0:52:20.080 --> 0:52:22.200 stuff that's coming up on your website or I like 0:52:22.280 --> 0:52:23.200 Claude much better. 0:52:24.000 --> 0:52:25.560 But those are the kind of things that you can do. 0:52:25.680 --> 0:52:28.000 And I think that you're gonna find whenever you built 0:52:28.040 --> 0:52:31.120 this website last, you know, the first time you did it, 0:52:31.120 --> 0:52:32.879 it's going to be a whole lot easier this time 0:52:32.920 --> 0:52:36.080 around because everything is just advanced to a place where 0:52:36.320 --> 0:52:38.000 it's going to take a lot less work to make 0:52:38.040 --> 0:52:41.400 this stuff look a lot prettier, So Joel. 0:52:41.120 --> 0:52:42.920 Thanks for the question today. 0:52:42.920 --> 0:52:45.439 Eighty to eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:52:45.600 --> 0:52:48.640 seven four two four one zero one. Coming up, we're 0:52:48.640 --> 0:52:52.080 going to talk about some strategies for reclaiming your time 0:52:52.239 --> 0:52:55.640 and purpose in the digital age. That's coming up next 0:52:55.760 --> 0:52:59.920 right here on Rich on Tech on tech, Rich demro 0:53:00.000 --> 0:53:03.879 Oh here hanging out with you, talking technology. The phone 0:53:03.920 --> 0:53:06.520 number is eight eight eight rich one O one eight 0:53:06.600 --> 0:53:10.080 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:53:10.200 --> 0:53:15.400 Joining me now, Julio Vincent Gambudo, author of Please Unsubscribe. 0:53:15.520 --> 0:53:15.920 Thanks. 0:53:16.520 --> 0:53:19.360 The paperback is Barnes and Noble Pick of the Month, 0:53:19.960 --> 0:53:22.880 and I'm excited to talk about this because it seems 0:53:22.920 --> 0:53:26.759 like we are overwhelmed in our digital lives, so I 0:53:26.800 --> 0:53:29.160 want some good information on how to fix that. 0:53:29.480 --> 0:53:32.480 Julia, welcome to the show. Thanks rage, thanks for having me. 0:53:32.680 --> 0:53:35.920 So what made you write this book? You know, it 0:53:36.000 --> 0:53:38.719 kind of all happened. It started during the pandemic. I 0:53:38.840 --> 0:53:42.479 just felt like completely overwhelmed and felt like my life 0:53:42.520 --> 0:53:44.399 had been on autopilot for a long time. 0:53:44.480 --> 0:53:46.520 I was running and running and running all. 0:53:46.280 --> 0:53:49.440 The time, and uh, you know, tech was kind of 0:53:49.440 --> 0:53:50.440 supposed to help, right. 0:53:50.520 --> 0:53:52.560 That was the sexy Seal when we all bought in 0:53:53.320 --> 0:53:55.640 and and I kind of found that it was just 0:53:55.680 --> 0:53:58.800 overwhelming me. So I took the opportunity during the pandemic 0:53:58.840 --> 0:54:00.959 and in the year that's followed to kind of come 0:54:01.000 --> 0:54:03.319 off of as much as I could, so I could 0:54:03.360 --> 0:54:06.480 really determine what was useful and valuable and what wasn't anymore. 0:54:06.719 --> 0:54:09.279 Now, when you say unsubscribe, I mean it sounds like 0:54:09.320 --> 0:54:11.600 you're referring to something like email, But is that just 0:54:11.640 --> 0:54:16.720 a bigger term for like everything online, like you know, Instagram, feed, 0:54:16.760 --> 0:54:18.480 all this stuff that just kind of takes up all 0:54:18.480 --> 0:54:22.600 of our time. Yeah, you know that's the That's the email, 0:54:22.640 --> 0:54:25.040 and the inbox is really the first place that it starts. 0:54:25.120 --> 0:54:27.360 But when I use the word, I really mean it 0:54:27.400 --> 0:54:28.880 at a bunch of different levels, you know. 0:54:28.880 --> 0:54:30.440 I mean it at the surface. 0:54:30.120 --> 0:54:33.719 Level, all the digital nonsense that were sort of consumed 0:54:33.719 --> 0:54:36.680 by all the time. I mean it at a social level, 0:54:36.800 --> 0:54:38.880 right like social media and kind of the people that 0:54:38.920 --> 0:54:42.360 are that are always popping up and sort of demanding attention, 0:54:42.680 --> 0:54:44.239 whether or not those are the people you really want 0:54:44.280 --> 0:54:46.440 to be spending time with. And I mean it at 0:54:46.480 --> 0:54:48.359 a deeper level, which is really kind of just the 0:54:48.360 --> 0:54:52.359 the underlying ideas and notions that we have about who 0:54:52.360 --> 0:54:55.040 we are in the world. Those are subscriptions too. Those 0:54:55.040 --> 0:54:57.200 are things that we're committed to. They are ideas that 0:54:57.239 --> 0:54:59.880 we're committed to. So my writing and my work is 0:55:00.200 --> 0:55:03.960 kind of about those three levels of subscription. What's your background. 0:55:06.200 --> 0:55:08.560 I'm a movie maker. I went to film school. I'm 0:55:08.560 --> 0:55:13.080 an English major. I'm a humanist at heart, right, and 0:55:13.120 --> 0:55:15.080 I spend most of my time making film and TV. 0:55:15.800 --> 0:55:19.600 And so a lot of what the book is is 0:55:19.600 --> 0:55:23.560 is social science. It's certainly opinion, it's some memoir, and 0:55:23.600 --> 0:55:24.759 it's really a mix of all of that. 0:55:25.640 --> 0:55:28.080 Okay, so where do people start? I mean, do you 0:55:28.120 --> 0:55:31.319 start with the email? Because I okay, so I kind 0:55:31.320 --> 0:55:34.400 of do this thing where I'm not spying on people, 0:55:34.440 --> 0:55:36.359 but I kind of like to watch how people use 0:55:36.400 --> 0:55:38.239 their phone in public, Like I'll kind of see like 0:55:38.280 --> 0:55:41.920 what's on their screen, right, And I noticed when people 0:55:42.040 --> 0:55:45.600 scroll through their inbox, it's filled with garbage. I mean 0:55:45.600 --> 0:55:49.200 I'm talking like all like the emails from every place 0:55:49.239 --> 0:55:52.680 you've ever shopped at in your entire life. Right, And 0:55:52.719 --> 0:55:54.560 then they go to Facebook and they go to you know, 0:55:54.600 --> 0:55:56.560 they hop around people just hop around on their phones 0:55:56.600 --> 0:55:59.160 to all these different things and scroll and it just 0:55:59.200 --> 0:56:01.160 by the time you do it, it's like you've just wasted, 0:56:01.239 --> 0:56:03.240 you know, another five to seven minutes of your life. 0:56:04.320 --> 0:56:06.600 Yeah, and those five or seven minutes are not coming back, 0:56:06.760 --> 0:56:08.840 and there are five or seven minutes you're gonna spend 0:56:09.360 --> 0:56:11.480 in an hour from now, and then twice tomorrow and 0:56:11.520 --> 0:56:12.560 three times the next day. 0:56:12.960 --> 0:56:15.319 I mean, you know, the inbox is really important, right. 0:56:15.360 --> 0:56:18.040 The inbox is sort of your mind, and to get 0:56:18.040 --> 0:56:20.480 control over it, you've really got to. 0:56:20.120 --> 0:56:22.239 Be mindful about it and be intentional about it. 0:56:22.800 --> 0:56:24.560 You know, it's a joke at this point that there 0:56:24.560 --> 0:56:26.120 are two types of people in the world, right, people 0:56:26.120 --> 0:56:28.399 who have got zero emails from people who have got 0:56:28.400 --> 0:56:32.480 thirty three thousand. But you know, getting control over that 0:56:32.800 --> 0:56:36.279 and sort of separating yourself and your day to day 0:56:37.000 --> 0:56:42.440 information intake from the barrage of emails and subscription reminders 0:56:42.440 --> 0:56:44.320 and notifications. 0:56:43.800 --> 0:56:44.920 Is really really key. 0:56:45.960 --> 0:56:48.719 So you know, yes, obvious, it's it's obvious here, but 0:56:48.920 --> 0:56:52.320 starting in the inbox is really important. But more important 0:56:52.320 --> 0:56:55.280 than that, I think, is asking two questions, right, asking 0:56:55.960 --> 0:56:59.520 how can I slow this down? And where can I 0:56:59.560 --> 0:57:04.080 put Li's back in. You know, we all write these 0:57:04.120 --> 0:57:07.880 books to give strategies that are practical for readers, and 0:57:07.920 --> 0:57:09.440 I certainly want readers to walk. 0:57:09.239 --> 0:57:10.719 Away with practical strategies. 0:57:11.280 --> 0:57:13.080 But I think if you take a step back, the 0:57:13.160 --> 0:57:15.920 questions to be answered or asking, are you know, how 0:57:15.920 --> 0:57:17.919 do I slow this down? And where do I put 0:57:17.960 --> 0:57:20.880 limits back in? And those are questions that everyone can ask. 0:57:20.880 --> 0:57:23.120 If you're a busy mom, if you're a busy professional, 0:57:23.200 --> 0:57:24.040 if you're. 0:57:23.840 --> 0:57:25.160 Dealing with work nonsense. 0:57:26.160 --> 0:57:29.440 You know that's those have been the two major movements 0:57:29.440 --> 0:57:32.200 in the last ten years. For sure, speed it up 0:57:32.400 --> 0:57:34.960 and remove limits. So how do we put those back in? 0:57:35.120 --> 0:57:36.480 Are important questions to ask. 0:57:37.240 --> 0:57:40.360 So when you know, when you talked about this book, 0:57:40.360 --> 0:57:42.360 when you you kind of did your research for this book, 0:57:42.360 --> 0:57:44.040 and I just talked about, you know, the idea that 0:57:44.040 --> 0:57:47.280 people just scroll, did you find anything concerning any trends 0:57:47.280 --> 0:57:49.480 that you're that you see in your life that you 0:57:49.640 --> 0:57:51.400 kind of you know, made you want to write this 0:57:51.480 --> 0:57:51.880 as well? 0:57:53.560 --> 0:57:53.800 Well? 0:57:53.840 --> 0:57:57.040 You know, for me, well, the most alarming trend in 0:57:57.080 --> 0:58:01.360 the research actually is that eighty four percent of Americans 0:58:02.000 --> 0:58:06.520 overestimate or excuse me, underestimate how much they're paying in 0:58:06.600 --> 0:58:10.520 subscription fees every month, and they underestimate that by about 0:58:10.520 --> 0:58:12.120 one hundred or two hundred dollars. 0:58:12.640 --> 0:58:14.240 So if you put that over a year. 0:58:14.080 --> 0:58:16.720 That's about, you know, fifteen hundred two thousand dollars. 0:58:17.080 --> 0:58:20.480 Put that over three hundred million people in the American economy, 0:58:20.720 --> 0:58:23.800 and that's a lot of money that we are sending 0:58:23.880 --> 0:58:27.600 kind of straight up the ladder without really thinking about 0:58:27.600 --> 0:58:30.680 it or being conscious about it. And that was what 0:58:30.760 --> 0:58:32.440 was key for me, was, you know, how can I 0:58:32.480 --> 0:58:35.840 get conscious about the money I'm spending. The pandemics certainly 0:58:36.200 --> 0:58:39.520 the ripped the rugout from under me personally and from 0:58:39.520 --> 0:58:41.400 a lot of people, a lot of small business owners, 0:58:41.440 --> 0:58:44.439 a lot of entrepreneurs, a lot of folks who work 0:58:44.600 --> 0:58:47.440 for themselves. And obviously that was four years ago, and 0:58:47.680 --> 0:58:49.440 some people have rebounded and some people have it. 0:58:49.880 --> 0:58:53.680 But becoming conscious about my spending was really really important. 0:58:53.920 --> 0:58:57.200 Becoming conscious about where I'm putting not only my dollars, 0:58:57.240 --> 0:59:00.480 but my time, my energy, my eyeballs, what am I watching, 0:59:00.520 --> 0:59:04.480 where am I giving my attention and my cash was 0:59:04.480 --> 0:59:05.240 was really important. 0:59:05.280 --> 0:59:07.160 And so that was that was pretty eye opening. I 0:59:07.200 --> 0:59:10.800 have a joke about Netflix. They could basically put anything 0:59:11.120 --> 0:59:13.760 on the homepage of Netflix, and it would be like 0:59:13.800 --> 0:59:18.360 the top show the next weekend. Because people will literally watch, 0:59:18.400 --> 0:59:20.920 like there's stuff on Netflix that nobody in their right 0:59:20.960 --> 0:59:23.160 mind would ever watch. But because you're paying that money 0:59:23.160 --> 0:59:25.520 every month and because you log on so much and 0:59:25.560 --> 0:59:27.240 that's the first thing you see, you'll just watch it. 0:59:27.400 --> 0:59:29.720 And it's like these horrible shows that are just not 0:59:29.760 --> 0:59:31.480 even very good. And people are like, I'll put up 0:59:31.480 --> 0:59:33.440 with it. And by the way, when you when you 0:59:33.600 --> 0:59:36.280 were talking about the pandemic and we got all these subscriptions, 0:59:36.560 --> 0:59:40.000 you know, remember that they started at super cheap prices 0:59:40.440 --> 0:59:44.120 and now everything yes, and they continue to go up, so. 0:59:44.640 --> 0:59:47.000 And that's you know, that's part of That's part of 0:59:47.040 --> 0:59:49.160 the conversation here, right, is that that you just get 0:59:49.200 --> 0:59:51.440 an email that that you can reply to, that you 0:59:51.440 --> 0:59:54.360 can negotiate with, that you really can't even respond to 0:59:54.480 --> 0:59:57.000 that basically says, hey, we're changing the terms of service, 0:59:57.200 --> 0:59:58.760 We're changing what you agreed to. 0:59:59.240 --> 1:00:01.200 Sorry, if you would agree or disagree anymore. 1:00:01.240 --> 1:00:04.000 And if you disagree, here's a labyrinth and a maze 1:00:04.040 --> 1:00:07.160 for you to go through to unsubscribe. You know, so 1:00:07.280 --> 1:00:09.880 much of this new initiative, even from the White house 1:00:09.920 --> 1:00:14.120 called time is money is meant to battle that specific thing, 1:00:14.240 --> 1:00:17.400 which is I only clicked once to subscribe, and now 1:00:17.440 --> 1:00:18.960 I've got to find, you know, sort of go through 1:00:18.960 --> 1:00:22.919 this maze to unsubscribe. But I love your Netflix joke 1:00:23.040 --> 1:00:25.280 because I laugh too, and I see it with my 1:00:25.360 --> 1:00:28.400 friends and colleagues in the film and industry, right like, 1:00:28.480 --> 1:00:30.760 this show is number one, and I'm glad it's number one, 1:00:30.800 --> 1:00:33.600 but it's only number one because it's the first thing 1:00:33.640 --> 1:00:35.600 on the screen and it's the only damn thing up there. 1:00:35.760 --> 1:00:38.480 So exactly, I laugh with you on that. 1:00:38.480 --> 1:00:41.760 That's the White House initiative you're talking about about the 1:00:41.800 --> 1:00:44.720 one click, because yes, these companies make it super easy 1:00:44.760 --> 1:00:47.040 to subscribe in a click, and then when you don't, 1:00:47.160 --> 1:00:48.280 you know, when you want to get rid of it, 1:00:48.280 --> 1:00:50.560 it's either hidden now. Not every company is like that, 1:00:50.600 --> 1:00:53.320 Like there are some good sites that you know, make 1:00:53.400 --> 1:00:55.320 things easy to disconnect in this and that. But I 1:00:55.320 --> 1:00:57.680 always recommend when people are signing up for any sort 1:00:57.680 --> 1:01:02.840 of subscription that check the like Google how to cancel 1:01:03.120 --> 1:01:05.360 and see like if it's if it's tricky at all, 1:01:05.440 --> 1:01:07.080 it's going to be tricky when you actually try to 1:01:07.120 --> 1:01:07.400 do that. 1:01:07.440 --> 1:01:10.480 You know what I mean completely right, and I think 1:01:10.520 --> 1:01:13.200 that that's that's what the initiative is. It's about balancing 1:01:13.240 --> 1:01:15.560 the scales and just making it as easy to come 1:01:15.600 --> 1:01:18.040 off of certain things as it is to go on them. 1:01:18.200 --> 1:01:20.760 And you're right, it's not every company, for sure, but 1:01:20.800 --> 1:01:24.120 there are plenty that make it very, very very difficult, 1:01:24.320 --> 1:01:26.840 and they put that friction back in the process. They 1:01:26.840 --> 1:01:29.640 put those pain points back in the process. They want 1:01:29.680 --> 1:01:32.680 to make sure that you sort of have to think twice, 1:01:32.720 --> 1:01:35.840 three times, four times, five times before you actually get 1:01:35.880 --> 1:01:37.960 off of their service. And those are not questions that 1:01:37.960 --> 1:01:39.760 they're asking, you know, when you get onto their service. 1:01:40.120 --> 1:01:44.000 So it's really I think about rebalancing those scales. All right, 1:01:44.240 --> 1:01:48.040 I've got about thirty seconds here. What what what's the 1:01:48.120 --> 1:01:51.160 key takeaway from the book? Like, if someone gets this book, 1:01:51.160 --> 1:01:53.320 what's their key takeaway? What are they going to do? 1:01:54.040 --> 1:01:55.960 Key takeaway is, well, first of all, there's about one 1:01:56.040 --> 1:01:59.280 hundred practical tactical strategies in there for being happy and 1:01:59.320 --> 1:02:02.120 all this chaof But you know, the real takeaway here 1:02:02.320 --> 1:02:06.960 is step back, reevaluate, be intentional, do some deep thinking 1:02:07.040 --> 1:02:10.280 about where you want to put your time, money, cash, eyeballs, attention, 1:02:11.080 --> 1:02:12.520 and then re engage in the world and be a 1:02:12.520 --> 1:02:14.080 part of it in a really beautiful way. 1:02:14.400 --> 1:02:16.680 But definitely take the time out. 1:02:16.800 --> 1:02:19.520 We've been sort of sold this idea that we can't 1:02:19.560 --> 1:02:22.080 step away and we have to be always on and I, 1:02:22.200 --> 1:02:23.960 you know, I reject that, and I'm sort of calling 1:02:24.000 --> 1:02:26.280 for people to take the time they need to reevaluate. 1:02:26.760 --> 1:02:27.120 Love it. 1:02:27.560 --> 1:02:32.600 Julio Vincent Gambudo, filmmaker and author of Please Unsubscribe. 1:02:32.720 --> 1:02:33.120 Thanks. 1:02:33.320 --> 1:02:35.680 You can find it, of course wherever you buy books. 1:02:35.840 --> 1:02:38.120 I guess, thanks so much for joining me today. I 1:02:38.160 --> 1:02:38.960 really appreciate it. 1:02:39.440 --> 1:02:40.360 Thanks for having me Rich. 1:02:41.360 --> 1:02:44.280 Yeah, you got to remember this stuff. It's easy to 1:02:44.360 --> 1:02:46.680 get on board. It's tough to get off of that 1:02:46.760 --> 1:02:49.480 board sometimes because it's just we're on autopilot. I mean, 1:02:49.520 --> 1:02:50.800 I know, it's this. 1:02:50.680 --> 1:02:52.760 Is why companies, I always say, want access to your 1:02:52.840 --> 1:02:54.880 checking account versus your credit debit card. 1:02:55.240 --> 1:02:57.360 That money comes out not coming back. 1:02:57.200 --> 1:03:00.840 In very easily. You are listening to Rich on Tech. 1:03:02.920 --> 1:03:05.439 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:03:05.440 --> 1:03:09.120 out with you, talking technology. The phone number is triple 1:03:09.160 --> 1:03:12.320 eight rich one oh one. 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We were just talking. 1:03:38.320 --> 1:03:42.440 About subscriptions, so I meant to actually mention this in 1:03:42.480 --> 1:03:45.560 the last segment, but you know, the subscription services, what 1:03:45.600 --> 1:03:48.600 they're doing right now is they're starting to bundle, just 1:03:48.640 --> 1:03:50.840 like the good old days of cable. And you may 1:03:50.840 --> 1:03:52.960 be thinking, as a consumer, oh my gosh, what a 1:03:52.960 --> 1:03:57.080 great deal. I get to bundle my Disney Plus, my ESPN, 1:03:57.240 --> 1:04:01.560 my Hulu, my you know whatever. And it sounds great 1:04:01.560 --> 1:04:04.600 because you're saving money. But here's what's really happening. You're 1:04:04.640 --> 1:04:06.640 actually going to be spending more over the long term, 1:04:06.680 --> 1:04:09.800 because guess what, when you don't need that Espn Plus, 1:04:09.840 --> 1:04:12.160 you're still going to be paying for it because you're 1:04:12.160 --> 1:04:14.080 not gonna want to cancel your bundle because, by the way, 1:04:14.120 --> 1:04:16.080 the price of the bundle is going to have gone 1:04:16.160 --> 1:04:19.040 up in the time between when you subscribe and the 1:04:19.040 --> 1:04:21.480 time you want to cancel. So these companies are very 1:04:21.520 --> 1:04:24.360 smart at what they're doing. But there is one thing 1:04:24.360 --> 1:04:27.000 you can actually get for free, but it does come 1:04:27.080 --> 1:04:29.160 as sort of a bundle if you're paying for cable. 1:04:29.600 --> 1:04:33.600 So Charter Communications has now linked up with a Paramount 1:04:34.000 --> 1:04:38.320 to offer Paramount Plus Essential at no extra cost if 1:04:38.360 --> 1:04:43.120 you're a Spectrum TV select or a ME Plan Latino customer. 1:04:43.160 --> 1:04:45.320 So if you have one of these two cable plans, 1:04:45.320 --> 1:04:48.920 you can get Paramount Plus Essential for free. Now it's 1:04:48.960 --> 1:04:50.920 not really freakuse you're paying for cable. It's just kind 1:04:50.960 --> 1:04:54.240 of a bonus. Usually that's about eight dollars a month. 1:04:55.360 --> 1:04:58.520 You can activate by going to Spectrum dot com slash 1:04:58.600 --> 1:05:03.320 Paramount Plus on US. Spectrum dot com slash Paramount Plus 1:05:03.360 --> 1:05:06.880 on US. Again, you have to have that Spectrum subscription, 1:05:07.040 --> 1:05:09.560 but hey, you know, you can get this streaming service 1:05:09.600 --> 1:05:13.280 for free and Paramount Plus. It's not one of my favorites, 1:05:13.360 --> 1:05:15.680 like they don't have a ton, but there's always something 1:05:15.720 --> 1:05:17.520 on there that's you know, they've got a bunch of stuff. 1:05:17.560 --> 1:05:21.000 It's like Paramount Movies. They're also linked up with CBS, 1:05:21.000 --> 1:05:23.320 so there are some CBS shows on there. Oh it 1:05:23.360 --> 1:05:29.120 says CBS, b ET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and paramount stuff. 1:05:29.200 --> 1:05:30.280 So hey, why not. 1:05:30.400 --> 1:05:32.120 And there's gonna be ads on that, by the way, 1:05:32.160 --> 1:05:35.240 because it's the Paramount plus essential, so that means there's 1:05:35.240 --> 1:05:39.240 gonna be some ads there. Let's see, let's go to uh, 1:05:39.320 --> 1:05:43.040 let's go to Dick in Kettering, Ohio. 1:05:43.280 --> 1:05:44.880 You're on with Rich. Welcome to the show. 1:05:45.200 --> 1:05:47.560 Well, thank you, Rich, thank you. I was just towing 1:05:47.640 --> 1:05:51.480 your screener. My friends have gotten I don't know a 1:05:51.560 --> 1:05:55.320 lot about tech. I took a class cell phones and 1:05:55.760 --> 1:05:59.560 I purchased my friends purchased it over like at one 1:05:59.600 --> 1:06:01.680 of the congratus, you know, Rollmart. 1:06:02.040 --> 1:06:04.760 Okay, so he took a class itself a well, for a. 1:06:04.720 --> 1:06:07.800 While there, it wouldn't charge. Then I called up, you know, 1:06:07.880 --> 1:06:10.280 the customer service, and they sent me a new one 1:06:10.760 --> 1:06:13.120 and it's working pretty good. But the only thing they 1:06:13.160 --> 1:06:17.240 say on there, I went, uh, is the internet is 1:06:17.240 --> 1:06:21.120 not working their Wi Fi And my friend thinks I 1:06:21.200 --> 1:06:23.680 need another card, a phone card to pay on it. 1:06:25.040 --> 1:06:27.960 Well, you're so, your WiFi is not working at all. 1:06:28.960 --> 1:06:31.240 No, But the thing of it is, it's one hundred 1:06:31.280 --> 1:06:34.680 percent it's doing good. It has Facebook and I can 1:06:34.720 --> 1:06:37.680 get everything else. But when I make a call, it 1:06:37.760 --> 1:06:38.360 won't call. 1:06:38.640 --> 1:06:40.560 Oh when you make a call, Okay, when. 1:06:40.440 --> 1:06:41.160 I make a call. 1:06:41.280 --> 1:06:44.440 Yeah, it's working good. Now, Okay, maybe I ought to 1:06:44.480 --> 1:06:47.160 get this. I think it's twenty four eighty eight. I'm 1:06:47.160 --> 1:06:49.680 gonna have probably go to Family Mobile to get it. 1:06:49.760 --> 1:06:52.920 And it's just been pumfling because you know, I've had 1:06:52.920 --> 1:06:55.960 it like four months and I've never had my friend 1:06:56.000 --> 1:06:59.560 had one. But it's just puzzling that I've called service, 1:06:59.640 --> 1:07:02.520 you know, the customer service is just you know, it's 1:07:02.560 --> 1:07:05.200 funny that I've had so much trouble with these things. 1:07:05.520 --> 1:07:07.880 Well, it happens. So what can you do on the phone? 1:07:07.880 --> 1:07:10.040 Can you you can access the web, but you can't 1:07:10.040 --> 1:07:10.760 make calls. 1:07:11.160 --> 1:07:15.000 Yeah, that's all. It just says Wi Fi not connected 1:07:15.400 --> 1:07:19.400 and they're not not working and the only thing what 1:07:19.600 --> 1:07:22.360 you call it just doesn't But it's work another way. 1:07:22.440 --> 1:07:25.880 Maybe I just they've got the what is it the card? 1:07:26.080 --> 1:07:29.360 I could probably get maybe a mobile card and then 1:07:29.400 --> 1:07:32.280 they'll have to call that in to activate it. 1:07:32.320 --> 1:07:33.840 Maybe yeah, I would. 1:07:33.880 --> 1:07:36.320 Also I'll get a little phone, you know, like you push. 1:07:36.480 --> 1:07:38.120 My friend might get something like that. 1:07:38.320 --> 1:07:40.760 You know, well if you if you bring it in, 1:07:40.840 --> 1:07:43.160 they're they're probably gonna fix it. What carrier are you on? 1:07:43.600 --> 1:07:45.960 No, they don't want it. Well they told me that 1:07:46.120 --> 1:07:49.040 they don't, and I have a gym City Digital, so 1:07:49.320 --> 1:07:51.880 they told me. My friends told me, I'm going to 1:07:52.000 --> 1:07:54.760 just try the card and then go from there. Maybe 1:07:54.800 --> 1:07:58.400 just get that push button one like a regular landline. 1:07:58.640 --> 1:07:59.840 Oh gosh, I don't know if I go with the 1:08:00.080 --> 1:08:01.160 online Well, here's the deal. 1:08:01.240 --> 1:08:03.800 So I would recommend before you go into the store, 1:08:03.920 --> 1:08:07.000 whatever you do, there's a there's a setting on the 1:08:07.040 --> 1:08:10.440 Samsung where you can reset the mobile network settings. So 1:08:10.520 --> 1:08:14.040 if you go into settings under reset, there's an option 1:08:14.120 --> 1:08:17.880 that says reset Mobile Network Settings. You tap that and 1:08:17.920 --> 1:08:20.800 it will reset all of the mobile network settings. So 1:08:20.840 --> 1:08:23.720 that will include your Wi Fi, that includes your Bluetooth, 1:08:23.920 --> 1:08:27.080 that includes your cellular and it's gonna take a minute 1:08:27.080 --> 1:08:29.240 for your phone to kind of like figure everything out again, 1:08:29.640 --> 1:08:32.400 but that should fix things. And then you're gonna have 1:08:32.479 --> 1:08:36.480 to reconnect to your Wi Fi and reconnect any Bluetooth devices. 1:08:36.960 --> 1:08:40.639 So those are the things to do for that. That's 1:08:40.640 --> 1:08:42.960 what I'd recommend doing. But otherwise i'd bring it into 1:08:43.000 --> 1:08:45.120 where you got it and see what they say. Especially 1:08:45.120 --> 1:08:47.920 if you're paying for service every month. You don't want 1:08:47.960 --> 1:08:49.599 to be paying for something that you're not actually getting. 1:08:49.800 --> 1:08:53.040 Thanks for the call, Dick in Kettering, Ohio today, appreciate it. 1:08:53.920 --> 1:08:56.360 If you go to Costco you got some oldile electronics 1:08:56.400 --> 1:08:58.559 at home, you actually they actually have a trade in 1:08:58.640 --> 1:09:01.960 program where you you can exchange your old electronics for 1:09:02.040 --> 1:09:06.719 a Costco gift card. So the program's open to Costco 1:09:06.760 --> 1:09:09.920 members and non members. The trade ins are actually all 1:09:09.920 --> 1:09:12.920 facilitated by a third party company called Phobio. I was 1:09:12.960 --> 1:09:15.200 not familiar with this company, but they're kind of a 1:09:15.800 --> 1:09:19.040 recycling company, so I don't You don't even have to 1:09:19.040 --> 1:09:23.200 be a Costco customer to do this, but I guess 1:09:23.240 --> 1:09:26.080 Costco has a deal with them, And usually if Costco 1:09:26.160 --> 1:09:29.080 has a deal with someone, they're sweetening the deal in 1:09:29.120 --> 1:09:30.559 a way. So maybe they're giving you a little bit 1:09:30.600 --> 1:09:34.080 extra for your your purchase it or your trade ins 1:09:34.160 --> 1:09:37.200 or something like that. But you can trade in basically 1:09:37.240 --> 1:09:40.200 all of the electronics you have at home, phones, laptops, tablets, 1:09:40.240 --> 1:09:44.759 smart watches. You can get up to one thousand bucks 1:09:44.760 --> 1:09:46.880 for laptops, everything you know, they'll give you a quote 1:09:46.880 --> 1:09:49.559 before you do this. But the process does happen online. 1:09:49.600 --> 1:09:51.680 You don't actually have to go into a Costco warehouse. 1:09:52.439 --> 1:09:54.439 You basically go into the website. You go to this 1:09:54.520 --> 1:09:59.240 special Costco branded you know, trade in website, and then 1:09:59.320 --> 1:10:01.639 you say what you have. They'll give you that estimate, 1:10:01.760 --> 1:10:03.960 you send it in. They'll give you a box you 1:10:04.000 --> 1:10:06.240 send it in, and then once they get it, they'll 1:10:06.280 --> 1:10:07.720 just make sure everything's on the up and up, and 1:10:07.760 --> 1:10:10.840 if it's good, you'll get your gift card. And it 1:10:10.880 --> 1:10:12.600 takes a couple of weeks. They can send you a 1:10:12.640 --> 1:10:16.760 digital gift card to Costco. But again, if you like 1:10:16.840 --> 1:10:19.000 Costco and you've got the old electronics at home, you 1:10:19.000 --> 1:10:20.800 want to trade them in. I'm trying to figure out 1:10:20.840 --> 1:10:22.720 how this is better than just trading them in. I 1:10:22.800 --> 1:10:27.560 like a website called gizmo Go, And so gizmo Go 1:10:27.880 --> 1:10:30.160 is the website that's I've done a story with them. 1:10:30.200 --> 1:10:33.040 They're here in California and you go to their warehouse 1:10:33.080 --> 1:10:36.320 and oh my gosh, you've never seen more recycled electronics 1:10:36.360 --> 1:10:38.400 in your entire life. And they showed me the whole 1:10:38.400 --> 1:10:40.840 process from start to finish. So if you're looking to 1:10:40.880 --> 1:10:42.600 trade something in. You could just type it in on 1:10:42.640 --> 1:10:47.840 this website. They'll give you a quote instantly, and you've 1:10:47.880 --> 1:10:49.080 got to figure out how to send it in. They 1:10:49.080 --> 1:10:50.880 will give you a box if you need it, but 1:10:51.120 --> 1:10:53.280 you can send it in like iPhone twelve two hundred 1:10:53.280 --> 1:10:56.320 and eighty bucks, iPhone eleven two hundred ninety nine dollars, 1:10:56.840 --> 1:11:01.080 Galaxy Note nine one hundred bucks, Amsung, the Watch Series 1:11:01.120 --> 1:11:04.960 seven one hundred and seventy dollars. Trade in those old electronics, 1:11:04.960 --> 1:11:07.400 get them recycled, don't throw them in the trash. Eighty 1:11:07.439 --> 1:11:10.200 eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 1:11:10.280 --> 1:11:13.400 to two four one zero one. This is rich on Tech. 1:11:14.120 --> 1:11:16.679 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:11:16.720 --> 1:11:21.519 out with you for another hour talking technology at triple 1:11:21.560 --> 1:11:24.360 eight rich one on one. That's eight eight eight seven 1:11:24.520 --> 1:11:27.519 four to two four one zero one. Coming up this hour, 1:11:27.560 --> 1:11:29.720 we're gonna talk cyber truck. Have you seen one of 1:11:29.720 --> 1:11:33.519 these things on the road? I know, very polarizing. I'm 1:11:33.600 --> 1:11:36.519 curious to see what our reviewer says about it. Zach 1:11:36.640 --> 1:11:41.440 Dole from US News. We'll talk about his objective assessment 1:11:41.600 --> 1:11:44.960 of this new cyber truck. That'll come up later this 1:11:45.080 --> 1:11:49.439 hour Waimo reached a milestone this week. Waimo is the 1:11:49.760 --> 1:11:55.120 fully autonomous taxi service from Google. That's who owns Weaimo. 1:11:55.439 --> 1:11:58.600 It's really Alphabet. When I say Google, Google, you know, 1:11:58.640 --> 1:12:00.920 they kind of spun off to the parent company, which 1:12:00.960 --> 1:12:04.559 is Alphabet owns all the companies that Google, you know, 1:12:04.680 --> 1:12:07.680 used to own. So it's like it's like Alphabet. You've 1:12:07.720 --> 1:12:09.599 got Google, which is like search and all that stuff. 1:12:09.640 --> 1:12:12.439 Weimo deep mind, They've got a whole bunch of stuff. 1:12:12.439 --> 1:12:15.519 But Weimo is their autonomous taxi. They now provide over 1:12:15.720 --> 1:12:19.719 one hundred thousand paid rides per week to the public. 1:12:20.600 --> 1:12:23.400 It's the first fully autonomous ride hailing service to reach 1:12:23.439 --> 1:12:28.880 this level. And they're in Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. 1:12:28.920 --> 1:12:29.599 I was in one. 1:12:30.160 --> 1:12:34.280 It's very it feels very reassuring, honestly, like it's it's 1:12:34.280 --> 1:12:35.920 better than some of the ubers I've been in. Nothing 1:12:35.920 --> 1:12:38.800 against Uber drivers. I love Uber. I've been an Uber 1:12:38.920 --> 1:12:42.840 person since day one, literally day one in Los Angeles, 1:12:42.880 --> 1:12:46.400 Like I remember Uber calling me and saying, Hey, do 1:12:46.400 --> 1:12:49.320 you want to come to this party and we're going 1:12:49.400 --> 1:12:52.040 to send a car for you like a town car. 1:12:52.080 --> 1:12:53.759 Back in the day. It was just like town cars, 1:12:53.840 --> 1:12:56.120 and I said, wait, what what, how is this. 1:12:56.080 --> 1:12:57.880 Going to work because I've I've seen town cars in 1:12:57.880 --> 1:12:59.960 New York City and they're very expensive. No, this is 1:13:00.080 --> 1:13:02.639 for everyone now, and so yes, I've been a big 1:13:02.680 --> 1:13:04.519 fan of Uber since day one, but this is like 1:13:04.520 --> 1:13:08.519 the next level. This is fully autonomous. They're expanding rides 1:13:08.560 --> 1:13:11.599 to the freeways up in San Francisco. And when this 1:13:11.640 --> 1:13:14.840 goes big, like really big, it's going to change things 1:13:14.880 --> 1:13:19.880 once again because think about the efficiencies you have with 1:13:20.000 --> 1:13:23.639 a fully autonomous fleet of cars that's just doing rides 1:13:23.680 --> 1:13:28.639 twenty four to seven. Yeah, let's see what else. 1:13:29.000 --> 1:13:31.719 Let's go to Mark Mark and Woodland Hills. 1:13:31.760 --> 1:13:32.040 Mark. 1:13:32.360 --> 1:13:33.120 You're on with Rich? 1:13:34.040 --> 1:13:34.599 Oh great. 1:13:34.640 --> 1:13:34.760 Hey. 1:13:34.800 --> 1:13:36.960 I just want to preface by saying I picked up 1:13:36.960 --> 1:13:40.479 an Uber a UMA and it works great. 1:13:40.680 --> 1:13:41.799 Oh you're very. 1:13:41.600 --> 1:13:44.320 Happy with it. Just the taxes and that's something you 1:13:44.320 --> 1:13:47.200 can't avoid anyway, but it works wonderfully. 1:13:47.280 --> 1:13:47.479 Yeah. 1:13:47.479 --> 1:13:49.519 I ended up because we got a couple of calls 1:13:49.560 --> 1:13:52.479 about the UMA here, and so I ended up calling 1:13:52.520 --> 1:13:54.439 the company and saying, hey, you know, can you can 1:13:54.439 --> 1:13:55.960 you give me some more info on this because I 1:13:56.000 --> 1:13:58.200 felt like I knew about it, but it had been 1:13:58.240 --> 1:13:59.720 a couple of years since I tested it, and so 1:13:59.760 --> 1:14:01.760 they gat I mean the whole rundown of everything and 1:14:01.760 --> 1:14:04.120 it you know, it's great. I mean you pay basically, 1:14:04.160 --> 1:14:06.120 you buy the box and you pay for the taxes 1:14:06.160 --> 1:14:08.799 each month. And they have different obviously add ons and things. 1:14:08.800 --> 1:14:10.559 But glad you hear it's work. And what can I 1:14:10.560 --> 1:14:10.920 help you with? 1:14:10.960 --> 1:14:11.200 Mark? 1:14:11.800 --> 1:14:14.360 Sorry to digress like that, but my I have some 1:14:14.479 --> 1:14:18.400 very pedestrian needs when it comes to PC. Not on 1:14:18.439 --> 1:14:20.320 my phone. I don't use the phone for that, but 1:14:20.600 --> 1:14:24.600 I need PC video and MP three editing because I 1:14:24.720 --> 1:14:27.360 like to trim down my MP three for my playlist 1:14:27.640 --> 1:14:31.559 sure when I go out cycling and whatnot. And I'm 1:14:31.600 --> 1:14:34.120 looking for something free on PC that I can just 1:14:34.200 --> 1:14:37.439 trim my videos or even download from YouTube if that's possible. 1:14:38.120 --> 1:14:38.879 Super simple. 1:14:39.840 --> 1:14:43.720 So the the free MP three audio editor that you know, 1:14:43.720 --> 1:14:46.040 it's been around forever, open source Audacity. 1:14:46.080 --> 1:14:46.880 Have you heard of that one? 1:14:47.680 --> 1:14:51.640 No? Sure, sure Audacity A U, D A C I 1:14:51.720 --> 1:14:54.200 T Y. And that's kind of like the golden the 1:14:54.240 --> 1:14:57.720 gold standard for something that's free. You know, it's a 1:14:57.720 --> 1:15:00.360 little looks a little old school for my taste, but 1:15:00.600 --> 1:15:03.639 if you want something free, it's it's available. It's easy 1:15:03.680 --> 1:15:05.600 if you're especially if you're just trimming the in and 1:15:05.640 --> 1:15:06.559 the out of the song. 1:15:07.000 --> 1:15:07.879 Totally easy. 1:15:08.000 --> 1:15:11.160 And that's something super simple to do. When it comes 1:15:11.160 --> 1:15:16.160 to videos. A couple other options. Cap cut is is 1:15:16.320 --> 1:15:19.040 one option on the desktop, so you can use that. 1:15:19.120 --> 1:15:20.120 It is full featured. 1:15:20.160 --> 1:15:23.360 It's very simple to trim videos and you can you know, 1:15:23.400 --> 1:15:25.000 you can get you may become an influencer. 1:15:25.040 --> 1:15:25.640 Mark I don't know. 1:15:26.600 --> 1:15:29.880 That's the problem with cap cut is that it's an 1:15:29.960 --> 1:15:34.000 and yeah run Bite Dan. Yeah, I don't fancy using 1:15:34.000 --> 1:15:35.120 their products, and I. 1:15:35.640 --> 1:15:37.760 Agree with that, and so I I would say that, 1:15:38.160 --> 1:15:40.439 and I you know, I would agree with the fact 1:15:40.439 --> 1:15:43.719 that there is concerns about that. So you know, people 1:15:43.720 --> 1:15:46.760 put it on their machine. It's fine whatever. So if 1:15:46.800 --> 1:15:50.920 you don't want something like that. The other free program 1:15:52.160 --> 1:15:54.040 the name is of oh, Adobe Rush. That's the one 1:15:54.080 --> 1:15:58.240 I like, so Adobe Rush. Now Adobe the problem with 1:15:58.240 --> 1:16:02.800 Adobe is that it's a little bulky. So but but 1:16:02.840 --> 1:16:05.840 their premiere Rush, as far as I know, you should 1:16:05.880 --> 1:16:09.400 be able to install and use it for free. You 1:16:09.520 --> 1:16:12.599 just can't use all the fancy features they do want 1:16:12.600 --> 1:16:14.639 you to pay. But it's very simple to use it 1:16:14.720 --> 1:16:17.040 for free. For like the basic things that you're doing. 1:16:17.760 --> 1:16:21.280 Unless yeah, unless they've changed something on there. So but 1:16:21.360 --> 1:16:24.759 as far as I know, you can use it without 1:16:24.800 --> 1:16:27.960 a without a you know, a membership. Now there's other 1:16:28.000 --> 1:16:31.320 programs out there. Some of them are you know, you know, 1:16:31.360 --> 1:16:34.040 there's more expensive than others. They're trying to push you, 1:16:34.080 --> 1:16:36.439 and I think a lot of them are also Mac based. 1:16:36.479 --> 1:16:39.639 That's what I'm using. I use Final Cut for everything. 1:16:39.760 --> 1:16:41.479 You can also use quick Time if you're on a 1:16:41.479 --> 1:16:43.960 Mac to just trim a video very easily. But I 1:16:44.000 --> 1:16:47.920 think between those two things, you're gonna find it pretty 1:16:47.960 --> 1:16:50.599 easy to to just clip whatever you need to clip there. 1:16:51.080 --> 1:16:56.680 Now you mentioned downloading from YouTube as well. Nope, I 1:16:56.720 --> 1:16:59.960 think we lost mark okay anyway, so there are two 1:17:00.040 --> 1:17:03.320 tools to download from YouTube. Obviously, when it comes to 1:17:03.320 --> 1:17:07.960 downloading from YouTube, it's really meant for your own personal videos. 1:17:08.120 --> 1:17:11.519 That's kind of like the you know, I don't know 1:17:11.560 --> 1:17:13.519 how I got to dance around that topic. I don't know. 1:17:13.640 --> 1:17:16.080 I don't know what the deal is with downloading from YouTube. 1:17:16.080 --> 1:17:17.840 But yes, there are many tools that can help you 1:17:17.880 --> 1:17:21.040 download from YouTube. I don't know what the legality is 1:17:21.200 --> 1:17:23.200 or the gray area. I don't know but they're out there. 1:17:23.240 --> 1:17:26.240 Believe me, that might be something you get in the 1:17:26.320 --> 1:17:29.280 rich On Tech newsletter. That's my I told people how 1:17:29.320 --> 1:17:32.120 to block ads this week in the rich On Tech 1:17:32.160 --> 1:17:35.599 newsletter on the website, very very simply on Android. You 1:17:35.640 --> 1:17:38.720 literally have to add one piece of text to your 1:17:39.080 --> 1:17:41.080 to your settings and you block all the ads on 1:17:41.120 --> 1:17:43.920 your phone and all the trackers. And it's really good. 1:17:43.960 --> 1:17:45.880 It's very like you don't even have to download an app. 1:17:45.880 --> 1:17:48.439 It's just built into the operating system. It's very very good. 1:17:49.040 --> 1:17:50.760 But that's in the latest newsletter. So if you want 1:17:50.760 --> 1:17:52.560 to see how to do that, I'm not going to 1:17:52.600 --> 1:17:54.960 go through it here because it's a little it's not complicated. 1:17:55.040 --> 1:17:56.960 It's just like you got to go to the certain settings. 1:17:56.960 --> 1:17:59.599 But I laid all out in the in the newsletter. 1:17:59.640 --> 1:18:03.439 So rich Tech dot tv is the newsletter. The newsletter 1:18:03.439 --> 1:18:05.920 that says, scrub your personal info from search results. 1:18:05.960 --> 1:18:07.400 I talk about that as well. This week. 1:18:08.600 --> 1:18:11.640 Ring has a new camera, a new video doorbell. This 1:18:11.680 --> 1:18:15.559 week they launched. It's the latest. It's basically their basic 1:18:15.680 --> 1:18:18.000 video door bell. It's like kind of their most popular one. 1:18:18.120 --> 1:18:20.559 It's the battery door bell. It's one hundred dollars The 1:18:20.640 --> 1:18:24.479 new features include head to toe video. So the original 1:18:24.560 --> 1:18:27.040 rings did not have the head to toe video, which 1:18:27.080 --> 1:18:30.000 means if someone put a package on your doorstep, the 1:18:30.000 --> 1:18:32.599 most important thing porch pirates, you wouldn't necessarily see that 1:18:32.640 --> 1:18:35.439 package getting stolen. Hopefully you don't see that, but you 1:18:35.439 --> 1:18:37.559 know if it did, you'd have that video. So now 1:18:37.600 --> 1:18:39.439 it's one hundred and fifty degrees by one hundred and 1:18:39.439 --> 1:18:43.559 fifty degrees lens, so much more of a vertical view 1:18:43.640 --> 1:18:47.000 that you can see everything head to toe. Battery life 1:18:47.080 --> 1:18:50.120 is better up to twenty three percent better with the 1:18:50.200 --> 1:18:53.760 common settings. Obviously, if you're recording longer, or if you 1:18:53.840 --> 1:18:57.479 have more more motion settings that trigger the recordings, that's 1:18:57.520 --> 1:19:00.400 going to take up your battery quicker. But that's another thing. 1:19:00.680 --> 1:19:03.719 They also have this new kind of like push push 1:19:03.760 --> 1:19:06.280 functionality to like replace the battery. So it's a lot 1:19:06.320 --> 1:19:09.160 easier to pop on and off from your wall. So 1:19:09.960 --> 1:19:12.240 if you haven't gone with like the solar attachment, that's 1:19:12.280 --> 1:19:15.479 a lot easier to do. Remember with these with these 1:19:15.600 --> 1:19:19.600 ring doorbells, unless you are paying, it's basically just streaming 1:19:19.960 --> 1:19:21.679 so you can get all the alerts to your phone. 1:19:22.040 --> 1:19:25.400 But unless you pay that five dollars a month. You're 1:19:25.400 --> 1:19:27.400 not going to get the smart alerts they can now 1:19:27.400 --> 1:19:29.600 tell you if it's a package that's being delivered or 1:19:29.600 --> 1:19:31.840 a pet or whatever. They tell you like what's at 1:19:31.880 --> 1:19:34.680 your front door, and the cloud storage. So unless you're 1:19:34.680 --> 1:19:36.400 paying for that, you're only going to get the streaming. 1:19:36.760 --> 1:19:41.320 So realistically, Ring was a brilliant, brilliant business model because 1:19:41.400 --> 1:19:43.000 if you have one of these battery you know, these 1:19:43.040 --> 1:19:45.759 video doorbells, you don't just want to see the video. 1:19:45.800 --> 1:19:47.880 I mean, I get it, that's how it started. But 1:19:48.080 --> 1:19:49.760 when you when you think about it, you want a 1:19:49.800 --> 1:19:52.479 recording of that video. And how do you get that recording? Well, 1:19:52.520 --> 1:19:55.160 you have to have that cloud service. I remember, I 1:19:55.160 --> 1:19:57.519 mean this is a long time ago, but I remember 1:19:58.680 --> 1:20:01.960 interviewing Jamie Simmon off, the guy who created this back 1:20:02.000 --> 1:20:04.439 in the day. I'm talking so many years ago, went 1:20:04.479 --> 1:20:08.280 to his little Ring offices. This is way before Amazon 1:20:08.320 --> 1:20:10.799 bought this company for a billion dollars, but I remember 1:20:10.800 --> 1:20:12.920 going to his offices. This guy was a young guy, 1:20:13.479 --> 1:20:15.400 you know, he showing me these cameras and how he 1:20:15.439 --> 1:20:17.120 came up with it, And he said he came up 1:20:17.120 --> 1:20:19.559 with the idea for the Ring camera because he was 1:20:19.600 --> 1:20:22.679 working from home and someone would come to the front 1:20:22.680 --> 1:20:24.960 door and ring the doorbell and he couldn't see who 1:20:25.000 --> 1:20:28.200 it was. And of course intercoms back in the day, 1:20:28.280 --> 1:20:30.120 that was like a common thing. That house not a 1:20:30.200 --> 1:20:34.880 common thing, but houses, some houses had intercom systems. Intercom 1:20:34.920 --> 1:20:37.840 was not video, and so he looked everywhere and he said, 1:20:38.040 --> 1:20:41.479 there's gotta be a video intercom system, right, and there 1:20:41.560 --> 1:20:45.360 just wasn't a mainstream, simple video intercom system. And by 1:20:45.360 --> 1:20:47.400 the way, if you had an intercom system in your house, 1:20:47.479 --> 1:20:50.760 it was expensive, you know, it wasn't cheap. So by 1:20:50.800 --> 1:20:53.800 making this it was called it was it called doorbot. 1:20:53.960 --> 1:20:57.760 Doorbot was the first name for this thing, doorbot. Let 1:20:57.800 --> 1:21:01.680 me let me check that. Yeah, it's called doorbot, And 1:21:02.280 --> 1:21:04.200 they sent me one of the first ones to test 1:21:04.479 --> 1:21:06.240 and I set it up at the house. Well, I 1:21:06.240 --> 1:21:09.439 set up at a friend's house and he didn't like it. 1:21:09.520 --> 1:21:12.760 And here was the problem with the original ring doorbot, 1:21:12.800 --> 1:21:15.840 which it was called doorbot before it was ring. The 1:21:15.880 --> 1:21:18.120 wi fi back in the day at houses was not 1:21:18.360 --> 1:21:21.479 very good and so most people had their WiFi hub 1:21:21.920 --> 1:21:24.360 in the middle of their house and this doorbell would 1:21:24.360 --> 1:21:26.640 be on the outside of their house. So When the 1:21:26.640 --> 1:21:28.600 first people started buying these and setting them up, what 1:21:28.640 --> 1:21:30.880 do you think happened? It wasn't a very good experience 1:21:30.920 --> 1:21:34.040 because your WiFi didn't reach the signal, didn't make it outside, 1:21:34.560 --> 1:21:36.280 and so people would be like, Oh, this thing's not 1:21:36.360 --> 1:21:39.000 very good. And of course WiFi got better over the years. 1:21:39.000 --> 1:21:41.360 People figured out that had to be closer. And they 1:21:41.360 --> 1:21:45.640 also changed the name because Doorbot sounded too robotic, and 1:21:45.720 --> 1:21:48.200 so they changed the name to Ring. Because people hold 1:21:48.240 --> 1:21:51.000 their front door in a very high regard. That's the 1:21:51.240 --> 1:21:53.800 entrance to their house, so it needs to be warm, 1:21:53.840 --> 1:21:56.719 it needs to be inviting, and by doorbot it seemed 1:21:56.720 --> 1:21:59.679 too mechanical, it seemed too robotic, and so people didn't 1:21:59.720 --> 1:22:01.800 really like that name, so they change it to Ring. 1:22:01.920 --> 1:22:07.240 The rest is history. Jamie's doing just fine. Billion dollars Amazon. 1:22:07.240 --> 1:22:09.160 When Amazon comes and says we're gonna buy your company 1:22:09.160 --> 1:22:12.559 for a billion dollars, you'll probably say, yes, I don't 1:22:12.560 --> 1:22:15.200 even think you have a if you have stockholders, I 1:22:15.240 --> 1:22:17.600 don't think you have a question of a voice in 1:22:17.640 --> 1:22:20.519 the matter. Eighty eight rich one On one eight eight 1:22:20.600 --> 1:22:22.920 eight seven four to two Poor one zero one. 1:22:23.000 --> 1:22:24.519 This is rich On Tech. 1:22:26.280 --> 1:22:29.040 Welcome back to rich on tech Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:22:29.040 --> 1:22:33.720 out with you, talking technology at Triple eight Rich one 1:22:33.760 --> 1:22:36.000 on one eight eight eight seven four to two four 1:22:36.080 --> 1:22:38.320 one zero one. Later in the show we're gonna talk 1:22:38.400 --> 1:22:41.640 cyber truck. And then of course we've got the feedbag. 1:22:42.160 --> 1:22:44.800 So if you have a question or comment, I guess 1:22:44.800 --> 1:22:48.160 mostly comments about anything you heard, get it in now 1:22:48.360 --> 1:22:51.880 rich on tech dot TV. Hit contact and submit it 1:22:51.920 --> 1:22:53.719 and hopefully I'll read it at the end of the show. 1:22:54.120 --> 1:22:55.799 Let's go to Craig in Des Moines, Iowa. 1:22:55.880 --> 1:23:00.320 Craig, you're on with Rich. I'm doing great. Hey, how 1:23:00.360 --> 1:23:00.920 are you, Craig? 1:23:01.920 --> 1:23:02.559 Pretty good? 1:23:03.479 --> 1:23:03.639 Uh? 1:23:03.800 --> 1:23:04.000 Yet? 1:23:04.120 --> 1:23:07.839 Today I bought them over the ear headphone. 1:23:07.280 --> 1:23:12.599 A wawmark uh thaw handy for one hundred and fifty 1:23:12.720 --> 1:23:18.840 dollars and the pretty I would badly time and they 1:23:18.920 --> 1:23:22.679 have the eagle light on the side. They go make 1:23:22.760 --> 1:23:26.400 it bas here. I want to know how good they 1:23:26.720 --> 1:23:29.320 headphones or do I take them back? 1:23:30.280 --> 1:23:35.679 Well, here's my thought about headphones. Do they sound good 1:23:35.680 --> 1:23:35.960 to you. 1:23:37.760 --> 1:23:39.200 And they sound excellent to me? 1:23:39.680 --> 1:23:41.200 Well, then that's all that matters. 1:23:41.400 --> 1:23:43.840 I mean to me when I I test a lot 1:23:43.880 --> 1:23:47.439 of headphones, and I know believe me, and you know, 1:23:47.479 --> 1:23:50.880 I've tested skull Candies, you know, this very popular brand. 1:23:50.920 --> 1:23:54.000 They they're definitely you know, on the on the more 1:23:54.040 --> 1:23:56.120 affordable side of things for a lot of them, which 1:23:56.160 --> 1:23:59.439 is nice. But really what it comes down to for 1:23:59.560 --> 1:24:03.200 me when you're reviewing headphones is do they sound good 1:24:03.200 --> 1:24:07.120 to you? And also do they fit in my ears? 1:24:07.640 --> 1:24:10.400 So you said these are over the ear headphones. 1:24:10.520 --> 1:24:14.519 Yeah, because I got a bit in the heel. I've 1:24:14.560 --> 1:24:16.760 had them for a while, which you're very good. I 1:24:16.880 --> 1:24:19.600 think one hundred and eighty dollars. But when I go 1:24:19.760 --> 1:24:23.920 to bed that night and be them in my eel 1:24:24.920 --> 1:24:29.120 so wild with both of them. Uh, they tend to 1:24:29.160 --> 1:24:32.479 hook my eel drums in dry yeah, because it's been. 1:24:32.439 --> 1:24:35.439 Trying of my eel. So I don't don't worry about these. 1:24:35.840 --> 1:24:37.920 Yeah, they're kind of pushing on them. You know. 1:24:37.960 --> 1:24:40.599 They also make some speakers that you can put under 1:24:40.600 --> 1:24:41.120 your pillow. 1:24:41.160 --> 1:24:41.840 Have you heard of those? 1:24:41.880 --> 1:24:44.600 And they also make some headphones that are like specifically 1:24:44.680 --> 1:24:48.280 for sleep and you can you know, they're like kind 1:24:48.320 --> 1:24:52.040 of softer. I think the brand is Sleepphones, So you 1:24:52.120 --> 1:24:55.320 might want to check into those because those are Let's 1:24:55.360 --> 1:24:57.000 see how much they they sent me a pair to 1:24:57.040 --> 1:24:58.919 tests a while. Oh, okay, those are kind of expensive. 1:24:58.960 --> 1:25:02.799 Those are uh the one with the cord is forty dollars. 1:25:02.800 --> 1:25:05.240 That's the cheapest they make. But then they also have 1:25:06.040 --> 1:25:08.560 kind of bluetooth versions for anywhere from one hundred to 1:25:08.600 --> 1:25:11.000 one hundred and fifty, but those are sleep from Want. 1:25:12.200 --> 1:25:19.400 But how long? How long is woods? On the call, Candy? 1:25:19.800 --> 1:25:21.200 I had the long night? 1:25:21.479 --> 1:25:24.000 Yeah, Cook, I'd wake up in the middle of the 1:25:24.080 --> 1:25:26.240 night and go back to say, you know, one of 1:25:26.280 --> 1:25:30.519 them numbered and I just took them all not too 1:25:30.560 --> 1:25:32.080 long ago and put them on and. 1:25:32.080 --> 1:25:34.719 Tell you and how did they last the whole night. 1:25:36.240 --> 1:25:38.479 All night and half of them all day in the day? 1:25:38.760 --> 1:25:39.120 There you go. 1:25:39.200 --> 1:25:40.799 Now, how do you sleep with? What are you listening 1:25:40.800 --> 1:25:41.719 to while you're sleeping? 1:25:42.479 --> 1:25:46.720 You like that coat the Coast on KFI? 1:25:46.880 --> 1:25:47.040 Right? 1:25:47.240 --> 1:25:47.760 There you go. 1:25:48.479 --> 1:25:51.120 I need to live. I used to live in Lockdown. 1:25:51.560 --> 1:25:52.080 There you go. 1:25:52.560 --> 1:25:55.040 Well, when I was a kid, I used to fall 1:25:55.040 --> 1:25:57.000 asleep to the radio every single night. 1:25:57.560 --> 1:25:58.080 Love Lines. 1:25:58.120 --> 1:25:59.599 I don't know if you're familiar with that show, So 1:25:59.640 --> 1:26:03.880 it was it was both stimulating and uh, you know, 1:26:04.040 --> 1:26:06.439 they had some interesting conversations on that show. 1:26:06.479 --> 1:26:10.759 But I listened to Zoo remember I'm hitting the three shows. 1:26:10.840 --> 1:26:11.320 There you go. 1:26:11.400 --> 1:26:13.200 Well, it was a it was a popular show where 1:26:13.200 --> 1:26:15.240 I was back in uh in Ze what One Hunter 1:26:15.280 --> 1:26:15.800 in New York. 1:26:15.880 --> 1:26:17.240 But yeah, I always. 1:26:17.040 --> 1:26:19.840 Listened to uh two stuff falling asleep, but I would 1:26:19.920 --> 1:26:22.519 have the speaker near the bed or I had an 1:26:22.640 --> 1:26:24.599 under the pillow kind of thing, but I didn't have 1:26:24.920 --> 1:26:27.360 I didn't wear my ears. But but Craig, I say, look, 1:26:27.400 --> 1:26:29.720 if you're if you're liking the skull candy and you 1:26:29.800 --> 1:26:32.599 think that they are are feeling good and the battery, 1:26:32.640 --> 1:26:34.719 I think forty hours is a pretty decent battery. 1:26:35.320 --> 1:26:38.920 I think stick with them and enjoy. Okay, well, I 1:26:39.200 --> 1:26:39.719 didn't know. 1:26:39.640 --> 1:26:42.040 If they was any good, you know, I mean the 1:26:42.280 --> 1:26:46.960 little high for my budget, I'm just a dishability. You 1:26:47.439 --> 1:26:48.559 would it be called a. 1:26:50.160 --> 1:26:52.559 Well look, I mean there are there are certainly cheaper 1:26:52.680 --> 1:26:55.479 headphones out there, but uh you know, and and these 1:26:55.520 --> 1:27:00.000 are i'd say mid range in the review area. But again, 1:27:00.040 --> 1:27:02.360 and I think it really comes down to what you think. 1:27:02.400 --> 1:27:05.000 And I think that if you're liking them and they 1:27:05.000 --> 1:27:07.320 feel comfortable, I think that's the most important thing because 1:27:07.320 --> 1:27:10.280 you are wearing them at night. So Craig appreciate the 1:27:10.280 --> 1:27:13.680 call today, I really do, and they're Oh, Kim sent 1:27:13.720 --> 1:27:16.880 me a link she looked them up. The name of 1:27:16.920 --> 1:27:21.360 these skull Candy might be the Skull the Crushers. Yeah, 1:27:21.360 --> 1:27:24.600 one hundred and fifty dollars. So yeah, I mean, you know, 1:27:25.680 --> 1:27:27.080 there's so many headphones out there. 1:27:27.120 --> 1:27:28.120 I like the ones. 1:27:28.160 --> 1:27:31.679 I'm actually doing a segment for KTLA on Monday about 1:27:31.680 --> 1:27:38.320 Bluetooth headphones and I'm actually loving the nothing These nothing buds. 1:27:39.080 --> 1:27:44.360 Well it's CMF buds Pro two and they're very inexpensive. 1:27:44.360 --> 1:27:47.680 Oh yeah, fifty nine dollars and they're great. They're like 1:27:47.800 --> 1:27:50.720 just simple and the coolest thing about these earbuds is 1:27:50.760 --> 1:27:54.040 the case. They come in fun colors. They have noise cancelation, 1:27:54.120 --> 1:27:56.519 all that good stuff, but the case has this little 1:27:56.600 --> 1:27:58.360 like click wheel on it that you can use to 1:27:58.400 --> 1:28:01.000 adjust the volume while they're in your ear, so it's 1:28:01.000 --> 1:28:02.280 almost like a fidget spinner. 1:28:02.280 --> 1:28:04.040 The case like doubles as a fidget spinner. 1:28:04.080 --> 1:28:09.120 But CMF buds Pro two highly recommended, really really like them. 1:28:09.840 --> 1:28:10.960 Also love the Sonos. 1:28:11.000 --> 1:28:13.040 I mean talk about expensive, and I know I said 1:28:13.080 --> 1:28:15.720 earlier I kind of poop pooed Sonos, but they do 1:28:15.800 --> 1:28:19.479 make a really nice pair of headphones. Now the so 1:28:19.680 --> 1:28:22.160 nos ace they are, I mean, just as good as 1:28:22.160 --> 1:28:25.200 they're speakers. And I can actually just a volume because 1:28:25.200 --> 1:28:27.639 they're on my phone and I use my phone volume, 1:28:27.680 --> 1:28:29.799 not the app eighty eight. 1:28:29.800 --> 1:28:30.680 Rich one oh one. 1:28:31.040 --> 1:28:31.160 Uh. 1:28:31.400 --> 1:28:33.639 Coming up, we're going to talk about the cyber truck. 1:28:34.640 --> 1:28:38.080 We're going to get a review, an objective assessment of 1:28:38.160 --> 1:28:42.639 Tesla's cybertruck. Coming right up on rich on Tech. Welcome 1:28:42.680 --> 1:28:45.360 back to rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 1:28:45.400 --> 1:28:49.520 with you, talking technology the website for the show richon 1:28:49.720 --> 1:28:52.080 Tech dot TV. If you want links to anything I 1:28:52.200 --> 1:28:56.160 mentioned here, well, you've probably seen this thing barreling down 1:28:56.160 --> 1:29:00.800 the street. I'm sure you've got thoughts. So does our 1:29:00.840 --> 1:29:04.160 next guest, Zach Dole, is the US News and World 1:29:04.240 --> 1:29:08.160 Report vehicle testing editor, and he is checking his preconceptions 1:29:08.200 --> 1:29:11.639 at the door to give us an unbiased look at 1:29:11.680 --> 1:29:13.799 the Tesla cyber truck. 1:29:13.960 --> 1:29:15.000 Zach, welcome to the show. 1:29:16.000 --> 1:29:17.880 Thanks so much for having great to be here. 1:29:18.240 --> 1:29:21.600 So, uh, did you have any preconceived notions before you 1:29:21.920 --> 1:29:23.040 testro of this thing or what? 1:29:24.080 --> 1:29:27.240 I didn't have the highest expectations that, I'll be honest, 1:29:27.880 --> 1:29:30.200 you know, a lot of the earlier Testli models when 1:29:30.200 --> 1:29:33.360 they first came out, maybe there were some some glitchy issues, 1:29:34.240 --> 1:29:39.080 so I kind of expected maybe not the greatest product 1:29:39.120 --> 1:29:41.559 right off the bat, But I've got to say it's 1:29:42.040 --> 1:29:43.679 it's an impressive vehicle for sure. 1:29:44.040 --> 1:29:47.000 Really, so what what makes it impressive? I mean it's 1:29:47.040 --> 1:29:50.240 it's certainly looks very unique. I mean it looks like 1:29:50.280 --> 1:29:53.840 something out of like a you know, dystopian sci fi movie, which, 1:29:53.840 --> 1:29:56.240 of course, I'm sure Elon Musk, you know that's what 1:29:56.280 --> 1:29:57.040 he think about. 1:29:56.800 --> 1:30:01.160 Exactly, Yeah, Blade Runner or something. It's yeah, I mean 1:30:01.439 --> 1:30:03.639 you get the highs and the lows. So this thing 1:30:03.720 --> 1:30:07.360 is so fast, it's so quiet, it's very comfortable. It 1:30:07.479 --> 1:30:10.960 rides on air suspension, so it's it is very easy 1:30:11.000 --> 1:30:13.800 to drive. The steering is a little bit tough to 1:30:13.800 --> 1:30:17.599 get used to. It's steer by wire, so there's no 1:30:17.920 --> 1:30:21.519 mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the front wheels, 1:30:22.000 --> 1:30:24.519 and it can go on a dime. I mean, it's 1:30:24.680 --> 1:30:30.040 it's very responsive. So like from a usability standpoint, you 1:30:30.040 --> 1:30:34.160 could easily use this in a city la for instance, 1:30:35.400 --> 1:30:37.960 and you'll get a lot of looks. I mean, it 1:30:38.200 --> 1:30:40.840 looks like nothing else on the road. But it's a 1:30:40.920 --> 1:30:46.599 very usable vehicle. I would say. The downside is that 1:30:47.200 --> 1:30:48.799 the blind spots are huge. 1:30:49.560 --> 1:30:50.599 I was wondering about that. 1:30:50.880 --> 1:30:56.000 Yeah, so there's a tonnel cover, a hard cover for 1:30:56.080 --> 1:30:59.920 the bed. It's a six foot bed, and when it's 1:31:00.320 --> 1:31:04.960 and it's open state, you can see just fine. But 1:31:05.040 --> 1:31:08.400 when it's closed, it completely covers up the back window, 1:31:08.800 --> 1:31:11.960 so you have to use a camera on the center 1:31:12.040 --> 1:31:14.360 screen to see out of the back window, which is 1:31:14.439 --> 1:31:16.000 kind of unusual. 1:31:16.720 --> 1:31:18.800 Yeah, and if you're driving like you know, like I 1:31:18.840 --> 1:31:21.880 see obviously delivery trucks they have those all the time, 1:31:21.920 --> 1:31:24.720 but like if a regular consumer car, is that is 1:31:24.720 --> 1:31:25.639 that pretty unusual? 1:31:26.479 --> 1:31:28.559 I have never experienced that ever. 1:31:28.920 --> 1:31:30.799 Okay, very unusual. It is unusual. 1:31:30.880 --> 1:31:34.240 Okay, well what about the you mentioned that drive by wire? 1:31:34.520 --> 1:31:36.439 Is that like does the Tesla not do that the 1:31:36.479 --> 1:31:38.400 standard like three model or whatever? 1:31:38.520 --> 1:31:39.559 Do they not do that? 1:31:40.200 --> 1:31:44.120 So they're shifting to that. This is the most extreme 1:31:44.200 --> 1:31:49.519 version of it I've experienced, where just the smallest inputs 1:31:49.520 --> 1:31:55.200 on the steering have really pronounced responses. I mean, this 1:31:55.280 --> 1:31:59.320 thing corners so fast. It's a little jarn to get 1:31:59.400 --> 1:32:03.519 used to, being honest, but once you are used to it, 1:32:03.200 --> 1:32:07.799 it makes turning turning circles smaller than like a sedan, 1:32:07.960 --> 1:32:10.559 you know, like an average compact car. 1:32:11.439 --> 1:32:11.679 Wow. 1:32:11.680 --> 1:32:14.280 So yeah, it's it's pretty remarkable. 1:32:14.840 --> 1:32:15.639 That's now. 1:32:15.720 --> 1:32:17.880 Now I heard someone said that this does not have 1:32:17.920 --> 1:32:18.960 the self driving yet. 1:32:19.000 --> 1:32:19.559 Is that true? 1:32:20.520 --> 1:32:25.120 I believe they're rolling it out. It's a it comes equipped, 1:32:25.160 --> 1:32:29.040 ready to go, and there's a software over the air 1:32:29.120 --> 1:32:32.439 update where they will roll it out. It may have 1:32:32.479 --> 1:32:35.800 actually just happened or is currently going on. 1:32:36.320 --> 1:32:39.600 So let's talk about charging. What's what's the range on 1:32:39.720 --> 1:32:42.400 this and what's what's the price on this car? 1:32:43.439 --> 1:32:46.479 All right, so this is the interesting part. The price 1:32:46.520 --> 1:32:50.240 I'll start with is kind of a moving target. This 1:32:50.360 --> 1:32:54.559 one stickered at one hundred one thousand dollars that we tested. Yeah, 1:32:55.880 --> 1:33:02.000 so originally this edition, the found Nation series was originally 1:33:02.200 --> 1:33:06.200 around eighty thousand dollars, and then it jumped to one hundred, 1:33:06.640 --> 1:33:10.880 and the Cyberbeast, which was one hundred, had jumped to 1:33:10.920 --> 1:33:11.519 one twenty. 1:33:11.760 --> 1:33:13.960 There's more of a beast than the cyber truck. It's 1:33:14.000 --> 1:33:16.160 like even beast here it is. 1:33:16.280 --> 1:33:19.000 Yes, So the one I drove had six hundred horse power. 1:33:19.479 --> 1:33:21.559 The cyber Beast as eight hundred and forty five. 1:33:21.760 --> 1:33:24.240 Oh, how does that compare to like, I'm not like 1:33:24.240 --> 1:33:26.080 a car person, so how does that compare to like 1:33:26.120 --> 1:33:28.280 a I don't know, like an F one fifty? 1:33:28.600 --> 1:33:29.479 Is that like the same? 1:33:30.200 --> 1:33:32.920 It will blow the doors off pretty much anything on 1:33:32.960 --> 1:33:36.879 the road other than maybe another high powered electric car Tesla. 1:33:38.080 --> 1:33:41.920 It is so fast and it just gets there effortlessly. 1:33:42.600 --> 1:33:47.800 It's I mean, if you've driven a Tesla before, you're like, yeah, 1:33:47.840 --> 1:33:52.320 of course I know this, but these the electric motors 1:33:52.320 --> 1:33:56.080 can put down the power so efficiently. It's it's like 1:33:56.160 --> 1:33:58.400 driving a muscle car when you when you floor it, 1:33:58.400 --> 1:33:59.759 it goes wow. 1:34:00.080 --> 1:34:02.599 Well, so I saw this on display, like I've seen 1:34:02.680 --> 1:34:05.479 him on the roads obviously in the LA area, there's many. 1:34:06.240 --> 1:34:08.439 But I did see this at the Chicago Auto Show 1:34:08.479 --> 1:34:11.120 in person, and I didn't drive it, but I did 1:34:11.160 --> 1:34:12.679 get to go in it, and I was actually quite 1:34:12.680 --> 1:34:15.160 impressed with the fit and sort of finish of it, 1:34:15.240 --> 1:34:18.800 Like it felt like very beefy, you know, like it 1:34:18.840 --> 1:34:20.120 felt like sturdy. 1:34:19.800 --> 1:34:20.400 You know what I mean. 1:34:21.200 --> 1:34:26.200 And so absolutely I had the same takeaway the interior. 1:34:26.520 --> 1:34:29.120 It's minimalist, you know, that's kind of Tesla's m O. 1:34:29.200 --> 1:34:32.160 At this point, You've got this big screen in the 1:34:32.160 --> 1:34:36.120 middle and kind of not much else. But but everything 1:34:36.120 --> 1:34:38.960 did feel very well put together. I didn't notice any 1:34:39.240 --> 1:34:43.960 weird build quality issues. It seemed very well sorted. 1:34:44.200 --> 1:34:46.599 Yeah, and I watched a guy kick it on the side, 1:34:46.640 --> 1:34:48.400 like he literally just went up to it, like like 1:34:48.520 --> 1:34:51.479 just started kicking the door. Because I guess it's you know, 1:34:51.680 --> 1:34:54.040 the the quality is pretty much there for like the 1:34:54.600 --> 1:34:56.240 you know, the whole thing. 1:34:56.280 --> 1:34:56.719 I guess. 1:34:57.400 --> 1:34:59.840 Okay, the other thing that I've noticed with this car, 1:35:00.120 --> 1:35:01.880 I've noticed a lot of people put the wraps on 1:35:01.920 --> 1:35:03.920 them to make it different colors and things like that. 1:35:04.240 --> 1:35:06.479 But I've noticed the standard it's kind of like, I 1:35:06.479 --> 1:35:08.840 don't know if it's stainless steel, whatever the exterior is, 1:35:09.320 --> 1:35:10.360 it gets kind of dirty. 1:35:10.439 --> 1:35:10.960 Huh. 1:35:11.479 --> 1:35:14.040 Yeah, So it's it's kind of interesting they went with 1:35:14.040 --> 1:35:17.240 the stainless steel. You know, it's it might be stainless, 1:35:17.320 --> 1:35:22.200 but it's it's not a no upkeep finish. You have 1:35:22.280 --> 1:35:25.439 to wax it. You have to keep it clean because man, 1:35:25.479 --> 1:35:26.639 it's a smudge magnet. 1:35:27.360 --> 1:35:27.559 You know. 1:35:27.640 --> 1:35:31.080 The one eye Drove was a nearly new model, and 1:35:31.080 --> 1:35:34.080 it already had quite a bit of discoloration on it 1:35:34.360 --> 1:35:39.720 from bug splatter, from fingerprints, near the doors. I don't 1:35:39.720 --> 1:35:42.040 know if there's a solution other than wrapping it or 1:35:42.600 --> 1:35:46.320 you know, keeping the garden hose close by when you 1:35:46.360 --> 1:35:49.799 park it and sprain it off. It's you know, it's 1:35:49.800 --> 1:35:53.000 certainly a unique look. I mean this that's stainless on 1:35:53.040 --> 1:35:57.639 a bright day, it's it sends quite a few reflections around. 1:35:57.640 --> 1:35:59.719 But yeah, it's a it's a smudge magnet for sure. 1:36:00.240 --> 1:36:03.800 Okay, So now that you've driven this thing, you've evaluated it. 1:36:03.960 --> 1:36:05.120 Who do you think this is for? 1:36:06.920 --> 1:36:11.200 I think if you're a pickup truck shopper, you might 1:36:11.320 --> 1:36:14.639 find something here to like. I mean, it's certainly fast, 1:36:14.680 --> 1:36:18.759 it can tow eleven thousand pounds, lots of storage space, 1:36:18.880 --> 1:36:23.439 whether up front and back or in this cargo bay 1:36:23.600 --> 1:36:28.680 underneath the trunk. But I see more people if their 1:36:28.720 --> 1:36:30.559 truck shopper is just going for like an F one 1:36:30.600 --> 1:36:36.920 fifty or you know, another traditional full size pickup. I 1:36:36.960 --> 1:36:39.600 wouldn't want to toe something very far with this. You know, 1:36:39.640 --> 1:36:42.559 you're going to make a lot of charging stops. Three 1:36:42.640 --> 1:36:45.880 hundred ish miles of range starts to go down quite 1:36:45.880 --> 1:36:48.760 a bit when you're pulling a heavy trailer. So I 1:36:48.760 --> 1:36:51.400 hope there's this charging station with a big pull around 1:36:51.439 --> 1:36:55.120 area for you. It's kind of a vehicle to be 1:36:55.160 --> 1:36:58.599 seen in. Nothing looks like this. You're going to turn 1:36:58.640 --> 1:37:01.800 so many heads. People will love coming up and talking 1:37:01.840 --> 1:37:04.680 to you. It's certainly very cool and I enjoyed it. 1:37:05.320 --> 1:37:06.920 We love coming up and talking to you. 1:37:06.960 --> 1:37:09.439 I feel like this is a very polarizing car, like 1:37:09.520 --> 1:37:12.680 people are either like ready to throw an egg at 1:37:12.720 --> 1:37:14.160 it or they're ready to come up to you and 1:37:14.200 --> 1:37:16.000 ask you about it. What did you find when you 1:37:16.040 --> 1:37:16.640 were driving this? 1:37:17.200 --> 1:37:19.920 I yeah, when I was driving it, I pulled into 1:37:20.000 --> 1:37:23.200 a supercharger station, went to fill up, if you will, 1:37:23.360 --> 1:37:26.720 and it was just like a celebrity came in. I've 1:37:26.720 --> 1:37:29.600 never had this experience before. People like, what is the 1:37:29.760 --> 1:37:30.040 can it? 1:37:30.200 --> 1:37:30.400 You know? 1:37:30.840 --> 1:37:33.519 Everyone wants to talk to you, And I was like, 1:37:33.600 --> 1:37:36.840 it's not mine, it's not mine, but yeah, I mean, 1:37:37.120 --> 1:37:39.479 everybody wants to see what this thing looks like up 1:37:39.560 --> 1:37:43.280 up close and ask asked about it. It's it's like 1:37:43.320 --> 1:37:45.840 celebrity status, something that I haven't experienced. 1:37:47.080 --> 1:37:48.560 I did, I will say when I looked at it 1:37:48.600 --> 1:37:50.680 at the Chicago Auto Show for as like kind of 1:37:52.120 --> 1:37:54.240 weird as it looks on the outside, I was so 1:37:54.400 --> 1:37:57.680 surprised when you get on the inside, it was so beautiful, 1:37:57.720 --> 1:38:00.280 like it like it actually was like really refined, And 1:38:00.320 --> 1:38:02.439 I thought that was like surprising because you just assume 1:38:02.439 --> 1:38:04.800 it's gonna be like this kind of odd interior. But 1:38:04.840 --> 1:38:08.160 it's like a very like nice comfortable interior for this 1:38:08.240 --> 1:38:10.280 truck that looks so unique on the outside. 1:38:10.800 --> 1:38:14.800 Yeah, it's perfectly normal inside. I mean, it's kind of 1:38:14.840 --> 1:38:17.559 like any other tussle out there. You know what you're 1:38:17.640 --> 1:38:22.599 gonna get. It's very minimalist. It's it's really nice, and 1:38:23.080 --> 1:38:25.639 once you get used to the large center touch screen, 1:38:26.200 --> 1:38:28.479 it kind of has everything you need. You know, there's 1:38:28.520 --> 1:38:31.960 certainly a large learning curve initially, just like when you 1:38:32.040 --> 1:38:34.040 get a new iPad and you're playing around with that, 1:38:34.479 --> 1:38:37.000 but you get used to it and you find some 1:38:37.080 --> 1:38:40.800 muscle memory. But yeah, overall, I'd say, if you have 1:38:40.800 --> 1:38:43.559 one hundred grand to spend on an electric pickup truck 1:38:43.600 --> 1:38:47.200 that's shaped like a wedge, this is the car for you. 1:38:47.560 --> 1:38:50.000 There you go, Zach, We're gonna leave it there. Zach 1:38:50.080 --> 1:38:52.840 dol from US News and World Report, Thanks so much for. 1:38:52.800 --> 1:38:53.479 Joining me today. 1:38:54.200 --> 1:38:55.240 Thanks so much for having me. 1:38:55.400 --> 1:38:57.879 All Right, I'll put the full review on the website 1:38:57.960 --> 1:39:01.360 rich on Tech dot tv. Coming up up, we are 1:39:01.400 --> 1:39:04.360 going to reach into that feedback and pull out your 1:39:04.360 --> 1:39:10.240 comments right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back to 1:39:10.320 --> 1:39:15.960 rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here talking technology. Oh my gosh, 1:39:16.000 --> 1:39:18.679 this song is making me realize. It's the last segment. 1:39:19.240 --> 1:39:22.080 How does three hours go by so fast? I guess 1:39:22.439 --> 1:39:25.479 time does fly when you're having fun. Before we get 1:39:25.520 --> 1:39:29.680 to the feedback, one last story, I wanted to mention Assurant. 1:39:29.720 --> 1:39:32.200 This is the company that does all the trade in stuff. 1:39:33.280 --> 1:39:36.080 They said, the average age of mobile devices turned in 1:39:36.320 --> 1:39:39.240 from trade in or upgrade programs reaches an all time 1:39:39.360 --> 1:39:42.599 high three point seven years. That means people are keeping 1:39:42.680 --> 1:39:47.280 their devices longer, because you know, they're lasting longer. Consumers 1:39:47.320 --> 1:39:49.960 received an estimated eight hundred and twenty nine million dollars 1:39:49.960 --> 1:39:52.559 in value from device trade ins in just Q two 1:39:52.720 --> 1:39:53.639 twenty twenty four. 1:39:54.520 --> 1:39:56.639 That's just one quarter. Wow, that's us a lot. 1:39:57.520 --> 1:40:00.799 iPhone eleven the most frequently traded in device, I, accounting 1:40:00.840 --> 1:40:03.919 for thirty one percent of the top models. Samsung Galaxy 1:40:03.960 --> 1:40:06.680 S twenty one was the top Android device traded in 1:40:06.720 --> 1:40:10.360 for the fifth consecutive quarter. Average age of iPhones that 1:40:10.439 --> 1:40:13.519 turn in increased to three point eight years, while Android 1:40:13.520 --> 1:40:17.400 devices decreased to three point five So interesting, the Android 1:40:17.439 --> 1:40:21.439 users churn them faster and the iPhone users keep them longer. 1:40:22.720 --> 1:40:27.200 Experts say that the AI is making people, motivating people 1:40:27.240 --> 1:40:31.599 to upgrade their devices, and they're predicting a super cycle 1:40:31.840 --> 1:40:36.640 of upgrades when Apple launches their new AI devices in September. 1:40:37.439 --> 1:40:39.320 Something to watch out for. All right, let's open up 1:40:39.320 --> 1:40:41.720 the feedback. Chris writes in I was recently locked out 1:40:41.720 --> 1:40:44.320 of my eBay account after signing him from a different device. 1:40:44.360 --> 1:40:47.679 To regain access, eBay required me to provide very personal 1:40:47.720 --> 1:40:50.280 information to be run against the public database, including my 1:40:50.800 --> 1:40:53.920 full legal name data, birth home address, date where my 1:40:54.080 --> 1:40:57.000 Social Security number was issued, and the age of a 1:40:57.040 --> 1:41:01.439 known relative. This process felt intrusive and safe. No other 1:41:01.560 --> 1:41:06.000 organization I've dealt with requires such detailed information for account recovery. 1:41:06.520 --> 1:41:09.080 I'm concerned about how this data is being used and stored, 1:41:09.120 --> 1:41:12.800 whether it puts me at risk for identity theft. Uh yeah, 1:41:13.120 --> 1:41:16.960 you know, I mean eBay, that's a lot of info, 1:41:17.000 --> 1:41:19.599 but it's really full name of data, birth home address. 1:41:19.640 --> 1:41:21.280 I mean, I thought you were going to say social 1:41:21.320 --> 1:41:24.160 but they it's just that where it was issued. I mean, look, 1:41:24.200 --> 1:41:26.400 they want to keep that safe. There's a lot of 1:41:26.439 --> 1:41:29.880 scams on eBay, so I appreciate that they're protecting, but 1:41:29.960 --> 1:41:30.400 I get it. 1:41:30.400 --> 1:41:31.600 It feels very intrusive. 1:41:31.880 --> 1:41:34.920 Richard writes in I signed up for LifeLock for one 1:41:34.960 --> 1:41:37.280 hundred bucks, but I encountered issues when trying to add 1:41:37.680 --> 1:41:40.400 norton three sixty. When I called for help, the representative 1:41:40.439 --> 1:41:44.320 insisted on accessing my computer remotely and became angry when 1:41:44.360 --> 1:41:46.120 I requested a refund instead. 1:41:46.200 --> 1:41:48.240 Uh oh, this raised red flags. 1:41:48.240 --> 1:41:50.439 I began to suspect it was a scam to access 1:41:50.439 --> 1:41:52.840 my bank account. I hung up and contacted Apple Card, 1:41:52.880 --> 1:41:55.880 which immediately refunded the charge. I'm not sure what else 1:41:55.920 --> 1:41:58.600 LifeLock my duo computer, but this experience leads me to 1:41:58.600 --> 1:42:01.439 believe they may be running a scams day Safe Richard. 1:42:01.479 --> 1:42:04.160 I think what happened is you. I don't know what 1:42:04.200 --> 1:42:06.000 you did. You dial a phone number, but all I 1:42:06.000 --> 1:42:07.680 know yeah you said when you called for help. I 1:42:07.720 --> 1:42:11.120 think you dialed a fake phone number, and they prey 1:42:11.200 --> 1:42:14.320 upon people that are looking for LifeLock. LifeLock is legitimate, 1:42:14.439 --> 1:42:18.160 so be careful. Never dial a random phone number that 1:42:18.200 --> 1:42:21.360 you find on Google for the business you're trying to call, 1:42:21.439 --> 1:42:23.800 you have to go directly to that business website. Look 1:42:23.800 --> 1:42:25.800 at the bottom of the page. Make sure you call 1:42:25.840 --> 1:42:28.200 the right number. People get scammed all the time just 1:42:28.200 --> 1:42:31.760 searching for a number on Google. Thomas writes in I 1:42:31.760 --> 1:42:34.200 heard you mentioned TVO in the past tense, as though 1:42:34.439 --> 1:42:37.479 it was outdated. I still use in love my decades 1:42:37.560 --> 1:42:40.160 old TVO premiere, but I know the end is near. 1:42:40.320 --> 1:42:41.519 Do you avoid new tvOS? 1:42:41.600 --> 1:42:44.639 I also know that coxwill ston stop supporting cable cards. 1:42:44.640 --> 1:42:45.479 What are my options? 1:42:45.960 --> 1:42:48.960 Yeah, I have not used a TVO in many, many years, Thomas, 1:42:49.040 --> 1:42:51.360 I was the biggest fan of TVO. You can't even 1:42:51.360 --> 1:42:55.960 imagine how much I love TVO. I TVO is now 1:42:56.000 --> 1:43:00.280 more of a service than a hardware. Your option or 1:43:00.400 --> 1:43:02.320 none of them are as good as TVO was. But 1:43:02.479 --> 1:43:06.160 Tableau and zapper box are the alternatives to that at 1:43:06.160 --> 1:43:08.639 this point. But keep using your TVO until it stops. 1:43:08.680 --> 1:43:12.000 That's my advice. I love the TVO software. Neil from 1:43:12.040 --> 1:43:15.000 Ohio says for people needing enterprise AI, many seem to 1:43:15.040 --> 1:43:17.479 have forgotten about Watson IBM as a whole line of 1:43:17.520 --> 1:43:20.400 Watson based products that can help create AI chatbots or 1:43:20.400 --> 1:43:24.599 integrate AI into workflows working with products like Salesforce. It's 1:43:24.600 --> 1:43:27.519 more than just winning Jeopardy. People are making money every 1:43:27.600 --> 1:43:30.720 day deploying Watson X for smarter business processes. Sounds like 1:43:30.720 --> 1:43:33.040 an ad that was not a live read, that was 1:43:33.160 --> 1:43:39.000 just someone writing in. Ron and Barbara from Moreno Valley say, 1:43:39.040 --> 1:43:42.280 we watched your EV charging video and notice a potential downside. 1:43:42.600 --> 1:43:45.439 Full charges seem to take at least one point five hours. 1:43:45.520 --> 1:43:47.960 This is significantly longer than the twenty minutes we spend 1:43:47.960 --> 1:43:50.479 filling up our hybrid. We're wondering do people just sit 1:43:50.520 --> 1:43:53.320 in their cars during this time or are charging stations 1:43:53.360 --> 1:43:59.080 typically near restaurants. Yes, the charging most people do not 1:43:59.280 --> 1:44:01.280 do a full charge when they're on a road trip. 1:44:01.640 --> 1:44:04.280 They typically charge for fifteen to twenty minutes and then 1:44:04.320 --> 1:44:06.559 move on and then they'll charge for another fifteen to 1:44:06.600 --> 1:44:09.200 twenty minutes after that's up, so, you know, like in 1:44:09.200 --> 1:44:11.479 another two hundred miles or so. So and yes, they 1:44:11.479 --> 1:44:15.719 are typically in near restaurants. There's usually a bathroom. That's 1:44:15.960 --> 1:44:18.880 generally how it is. It's not the same as filling up. 1:44:18.920 --> 1:44:21.040 People always compare, you know, filling up an EV to 1:44:21.080 --> 1:44:23.559 filling up gas. It's just not the same process. It's very, 1:44:23.640 --> 1:44:26.200 very different. You can also start with a full tank 1:44:26.240 --> 1:44:27.920 every single day. If you have a charger at home, 1:44:27.960 --> 1:44:31.920 people forget about that. Tom from Saint Petersburg, Florida writes in, 1:44:32.000 --> 1:44:34.360 I'm a longtime fan of your show and wanted to 1:44:34.439 --> 1:44:37.679 suggest Chromebooks as a potential solution for some of your callers. 1:44:38.160 --> 1:44:40.080 I find them to be a great alternative to Max 1:44:40.120 --> 1:44:44.559 and PC's, especially primarily for email, web browsing, and cloud 1:44:44.560 --> 1:44:49.920 based apps. The affordability, cloud first approach, and simplicity are 1:44:49.960 --> 1:44:52.479 standout features. Not everyone needs a high powered machine like 1:44:52.520 --> 1:44:56.200 a Mac with an M four chip. Thanks for considering absolutely. 1:44:56.479 --> 1:44:58.280 We don't mention chromebooks all the time because it can 1:44:58.320 --> 1:45:00.280 be very hit or miss, but go definitely with a 1:45:00.320 --> 1:45:03.519 Chromebook Plus at this point get the highest specs you can. 1:45:04.680 --> 1:45:07.360 Michelle says, thanks for recommending Uma for our business. It's 1:45:07.400 --> 1:45:13.680 working great. And can you recommend something to replace word 1:45:14.160 --> 1:45:17.080 my old Microsoft word thirteen? I can't remember how to 1:45:17.080 --> 1:45:20.439 log in. They want monthly charges. Oh, Google Docs. Gotta 1:45:20.479 --> 1:45:24.479 go Google Docs free easy simple. 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