WEBVTT - Tech News: Trump's Interview on X Gets 74 Million Views. Sort of.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to tech Stuff, a production from iHeartRadio. Hey there,

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<v Speaker 1>and welcome to tech Stuff. I'm your host, Jonathan Strickland.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm an executive producer with iHeartRadio. And how the tech

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<v Speaker 1>are you. It's time for the tech news for Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>August twenty fourth, twenty twenty three. So last night here

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States, there were a couple of important

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<v Speaker 1>political events, and don't worry, this is not going to

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<v Speaker 1>be about the actual politics. Rather it's to talk about

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<v Speaker 1>TV versus online. So last night, the Republican candidates who

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<v Speaker 1>are vying for the party's nomination for the upcoming general election,

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<v Speaker 1>with one quite notable exception, all appeared in a debate

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<v Speaker 1>on Fox News. I haven't seen reliable figures about how

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<v Speaker 1>many people actually watch the deb I did see one

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<v Speaker 1>piece that said it was twenty three point nine million people,

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<v Speaker 1>but I haven't found any corroborating reports on that, and

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<v Speaker 1>this was not a site I was familiar with, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not comfortable actually using that as a benchmark. So

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how many people were watching it. However,

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<v Speaker 1>we do know how many people saw although maybe they

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<v Speaker 1>only briefly saw the counter programming to the debate former

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<v Speaker 1>President Donald Trump appeared in an interview with Tucker Carlson,

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<v Speaker 1>and this was posted on X formerly known as Twitter,

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<v Speaker 1>So that interview gathered seventy four million impressions. But here's

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<v Speaker 1>the thing. If you scrolled past the interview, if it

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<v Speaker 1>just showed up in your feed and you went right

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<v Speaker 1>past it, that still counted as an impression. If you

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<v Speaker 1>watched three seconds of it before you said nah, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to see this, that still counted as an impression.

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<v Speaker 1>If you watched it on your phone, then turned it

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<v Speaker 1>off and switched over to a tablet and started watching

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<v Speaker 1>it again, that actually counted as two impressions. So what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying is that even if the GOP debate on

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<v Speaker 1>Fox News quote unquote only got around twenty four million viewers,

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<v Speaker 1>the seventy four million impressions of Donald Trump's interview on

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<v Speaker 1>X doesn't actually mean that seventy four million people tuned

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<v Speaker 1>into the thing. So this really drives home the double

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<v Speaker 1>edged sword of online content. Content providers can sometimes count

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<v Speaker 1>the briefest of impressions the same as they would for

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<v Speaker 1>someone who watched a piece from beginning to end. If

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<v Speaker 1>they say it's a view. Even if you only saw

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<v Speaker 1>ten seconds of it, and it's like an hour long program.

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<v Speaker 1>That's an issue, right. It doesn't come across as being

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<v Speaker 1>very honest and on it. I believe in the long

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<v Speaker 1>run it ends up being a huge liability. But it

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<v Speaker 1>is the way things have been done online for quite

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<v Speaker 1>some time. And what do I know, I just make

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff. The Taiwanese Semiconductor Fabrication Company TSNA is in

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<v Speaker 1>the news again here in the United States. You might

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<v Speaker 1>recall that TSMC is building out a facility in the US,

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<v Speaker 1>specifically in Arizona. So earlier this summer, TSMC officials said

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<v Speaker 1>that this facility is being delayed because, in their own words,

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<v Speaker 1>they could not find suitable workers in the United States

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<v Speaker 1>to build out the facilities. They didn't have the highly

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<v Speaker 1>trained people they needed, according to TSMC representatives, They said

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<v Speaker 1>they would need to bring over experts from Taiwan to

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<v Speaker 1>manage and build out this high tech, precise facility, and

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<v Speaker 1>this prompted US workers and politicians to object. Some said

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<v Speaker 1>TSMC was really more concerned with bringing over a workforce

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<v Speaker 1>that would work longer hours and essentially follow orders without

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<v Speaker 1>putting up a fuss about it. North American workers connected

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<v Speaker 1>to the project are now voicing concerns and objections. They

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<v Speaker 1>have said that management at TSMC is really to blame

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<v Speaker 1>for these delays. The workers so, according to multiple although

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<v Speaker 1>unnamed workers, TSMC management has failed to provide critical information

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<v Speaker 1>that the workers needed in order for them to do

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<v Speaker 1>their jobs. They said, well, the reason it's taking so

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<v Speaker 1>long that we're not making progress is it because we're

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<v Speaker 1>not trained to do this work. It's that we're not

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<v Speaker 1>getting the information we need in order to do our work.

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<v Speaker 1>They also said that the construction site itself is unsafe,

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<v Speaker 1>that there are lots of safety violations going on, and

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<v Speaker 1>that TSMC's management have been directing construction workers to violate

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<v Speaker 1>international building code because, according to what the workers are saying,

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<v Speaker 1>the managers claim, this is how it's done in Taiwan.

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<v Speaker 1>TSMC has denied any wrongdoing and says the company is

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<v Speaker 1>dedicated to health and safety. So I'm sure the story

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<v Speaker 1>is far from over. It is true that there are

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<v Speaker 1>parts of at least China where substandard building code has

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<v Speaker 1>led to some truly dangerous buildings that are not built

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<v Speaker 1>to last the test of time, whether or not that's

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<v Speaker 1>actually the case at this Arizona facility. I can't say,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm sure the way things are going, it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to lead to like an investigation at some point. While

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of stories I cover in the show tend

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<v Speaker 1>to fall into the let's warn you about AI category,

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<v Speaker 1>one company is absolutely raking in the cash thanks to

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<v Speaker 1>the intense interest in artificial intelligence. So there's one company that,

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<v Speaker 1>without question is really benefiting from the AI craze, and

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<v Speaker 1>that company is in Nvidia, which is best known for

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<v Speaker 1>creating stuff like graphics processing units or GPUs, or like

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<v Speaker 1>gaming rigs and stuff. Nvidia reported that in Q two

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<v Speaker 1>of this year it generated thirteen point five billion with

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<v Speaker 1>a B dollars in revenue. But that's revenue, right, That's

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<v Speaker 1>an impressive amount for revenue. But let's talk about profit.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you have after you've subtracted all the costs

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<v Speaker 1>of doing business? While on that note, Nvidia saw six

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<v Speaker 1>point one eight eight billion dollars in profit in the

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<v Speaker 1>second quarter of twenty twenty three. That is a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of profit. It's also a pretty big jump from last year.

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<v Speaker 1>And by a big jump, I mean an increase of

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<v Speaker 1>eight hundred forty three percent. And this is despite the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that while there was a surge in GPU purchasing

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<v Speaker 1>during the pandemic in twenty twenty. There has since been

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<v Speaker 1>a big move away from buying GPUs for a few reasons. One,

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<v Speaker 1>you had the cryptocurrency Ethereum move away from proof of

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<v Speaker 1>work to proof of steak, which meant there no longer

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<v Speaker 1>was this cryptocurrency need to buy up all the GPUs,

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<v Speaker 1>so that demand and went away. And then of course

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<v Speaker 1>we have all the economic concerns, the inflation and things

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<v Speaker 1>like that that have meant that a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>have cut back on their spending. So we've seen GPU

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<v Speaker 1>sales dip a bit, but the AI chip market has

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<v Speaker 1>clearly gone in the opposite direction, and in Nvidia expects

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<v Speaker 1>this gravy train is just going to keep on chugging along,

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<v Speaker 1>at least for the near future. Anyway. The company projects

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<v Speaker 1>that it will generate sixteen billion dollars in revenue next quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>primarily due to the demand for AI chips in things

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<v Speaker 1>like data centers. Now, assuming AI isn't going anywhere, which

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<v Speaker 1>seems like a pretty safe assumption, I mean, maybe we'll

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<v Speaker 1>see a cooling off period from like the hype cycle,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't think AI is just going to disappear.

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<v Speaker 1>But this could mean that we're right now witnessing the

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<v Speaker 1>moment when Nvidia gets propelled into the next stage of

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<v Speaker 1>becoming a corporate powerhouse, so to speak. Apple did a

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<v Speaker 1>very not Apple like thing the week the company sent

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<v Speaker 1>a letter to California State Senator Susan Egman in support

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<v Speaker 1>of a bill that's under consideration by the state. It

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<v Speaker 1>is SB two four four that probably doesn't help you

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<v Speaker 1>out very much. It's a right to repair bill, so

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<v Speaker 1>quick recap. The right to repair movement aims to force

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<v Speaker 1>companies to make it possible to perform maintenance and repair

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<v Speaker 1>on products without first having to go to some authorized

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<v Speaker 1>or licensed repair shop. So the philosophy behind right to

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<v Speaker 1>repair is that once you buy something that is yours

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<v Speaker 1>and you should have the freedom to repair it and

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<v Speaker 1>to maintain it without having to stay inside the manufacturing

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<v Speaker 1>company's ecosystem. And if you were to stay in the ecosystem,

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<v Speaker 1>that might require you to schlep dozens or even hundreds

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<v Speaker 1>of miles to get to the closest authorized repair shop,

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<v Speaker 1>which is an unnecessary hardship. Traditionally, Apple has sort of,

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<v Speaker 1>while not outrite a pose right to repair, effectively done

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<v Speaker 1>so the company likes to keep everything in house. But

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<v Speaker 1>Apple in the past has said that this is mostly

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<v Speaker 1>for the consumer's own good. It guarantees a level of

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<v Speaker 1>service that you wouldn't get elsewhere, and it protects the customer,

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<v Speaker 1>but critics have said it's really more about trapping the

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<v Speaker 1>customer in a system that just keeps generating revenue for Apple. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>tech Crunch received a statement from Apple, and the company says, quote,

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<v Speaker 1>Apple supports California's Right to Repair Act, so all Californians

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<v Speaker 1>have even greater access to repairs while also protecting their safety, security,

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<v Speaker 1>and privacy. We create our products to last and if

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<v Speaker 1>they ever need to be repaired, Apple customers have a

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<v Speaker 1>growing range of safe, high quality repair options, and I

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<v Speaker 1>should acknowledge that last year Apple introduced the self service

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<v Speaker 1>repair program, which kind of eased off the company's tradition

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<v Speaker 1>of requiring customers to go through official Apple channels for

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<v Speaker 1>maintenance and repair. Now you could argue this is just

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<v Speaker 1>the company seeing the writing on the wall and getting

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<v Speaker 1>ahead of it, but either way, it's great for consumers,

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<v Speaker 1>especially in the state of California. Hopefully you will see

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<v Speaker 1>this kind of adopted throughout the United States and the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of the world. Okay, I've got some more news

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<v Speaker 1>items to cover, but before we get to that, let's

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<v Speaker 1>take a quick break. We're back. Tesla has been having

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<v Speaker 1>a rather dramatic twenty twenty three. According to Yahoo Financed,

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<v Speaker 1>Tesla's stock price was at two hundred and ninety one

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<v Speaker 1>dollars a share back on July nineteenth, but in the

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<v Speaker 1>weeks following, the stock has lost nearly twenty percent of

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<v Speaker 1>its value. Just as a note, as right this episode,

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<v Speaker 1>the stock is currently trading at around two hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>thirty three dollars per share, So this also means the

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<v Speaker 1>market cap for Tesla has taken a hit. If you

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<v Speaker 1>listened to yesterday's Tech stuff, you know a market A

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<v Speaker 1>company's market cap is the number of outstanding shares multiplied

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<v Speaker 1>by the price of e share. So a twenty percent

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<v Speaker 1>decline would mean that Tesla saw a drop of nearly

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred billion dollars in market cap. And here's the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>A bunch of the factors that did this are outside

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<v Speaker 1>the company's control, like inflation and interest rates. But according

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<v Speaker 1>to some analysts, Tesla manufacturing facilities are filling up with

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<v Speaker 1>cars that are not getting sold. Customers aren't buying the cars,

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<v Speaker 1>and so while the manufacturing facilities have been making them,

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<v Speaker 1>they haven't actually been rolling off of lots, and that

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<v Speaker 1>could potentially lead to Tesla having to make a decision

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<v Speaker 1>like to cut costs on Tesla vehicles. Again, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's only fair to point out this is by no

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<v Speaker 1>means the lowest that Tesla's stock has been this year.

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<v Speaker 1>So late last year the stock actually hit more than

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred dollars per share, but by early January it

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<v Speaker 1>was down to one hundred and thirteen dollars. So it

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<v Speaker 1>has been a rocky road for the car company and

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<v Speaker 1>it's continuing to face economic pressures and increased competition in

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<v Speaker 1>the EV marketplace. There's a hacker group called Lapsus that's

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<v Speaker 1>Lapsus Dollar Sign that has targeted some major companies, among

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<v Speaker 1>them in Nvidia, Ubers. Also another company, Rockstar Games that's

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<v Speaker 1>the video game company behind the Grand Theft Auto series.

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<v Speaker 1>And it turns out these hackers are a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>teenagers in the United Kingdom. Their attacks have proven to

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<v Speaker 1>be pretty darn effective. Some members allegedly carried out hacking

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<v Speaker 1>attacks while they were actually out on bail for charges

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<v Speaker 1>of other hacking attacks, and while the group pulled off

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<v Speaker 1>some attacks that seemed on the surface to be ransomware employees,

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<v Speaker 1>they weren't particularly dedicated to seeing those plans through to

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<v Speaker 1>the point of, you know, actually collecting a ransom. They

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<v Speaker 1>were more frequently doing stuff like infiltrating a company systems,

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<v Speaker 1>stealing a whole bunch of data, and then dumping that

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<v Speaker 1>data on the web somewhere. According to investigators, the attacks

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<v Speaker 1>that the hacker used were not particularly complicated, although they

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<v Speaker 1>were often said to have been creative, but they were

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<v Speaker 1>really really effective, and that doesn't speak highly of corporate

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<v Speaker 1>security practices. A couple members of the hacker gang are

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<v Speaker 1>already in custody. In one case, a judge has already

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<v Speaker 1>ruled that that particular member is not fit to stand trial.

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<v Speaker 1>So we'll see how this continues to unfold. For old

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<v Speaker 1>folks such as myself who have fond memories of developing

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<v Speaker 1>hand cramps while holding an Atari twenty six hundreds c

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<v Speaker 1>X forty joystick, I got good news. The upcoming Atari

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six hundred plus console is now available for pre order.

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<v Speaker 1>It is one hundred and twenty nine dollars in ninety

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<v Speaker 1>nine cents. It will also come with a game cartridge

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<v Speaker 1>that will contain ten classic Atari titles, including Yars Revenge.

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<v Speaker 1>Fun fact, the game designer who created Yurs Revenge would

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<v Speaker 1>go on to make Et the Extraterrestrial, sometimes referenced as

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<v Speaker 1>one of the worst games of all time, though it

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<v Speaker 1>was not really his fault, but that's a story for

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<v Speaker 1>another time. Other titles include the classic adventure Missile Command

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<v Speaker 1>Is on There, Combat Is On There. Plus, the Atari

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<v Speaker 1>twenty six hundred plus console will be able to play

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<v Speaker 1>any Atari twenty six hundred cartridge. So if you happen

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<v Speaker 1>to have an old box full of Atari twenty six

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<v Speaker 1>hundred cartridges, guess what, they will be playable again on

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<v Speaker 1>this machine. But if you have your collection in storage,

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<v Speaker 1>no worries. You could go out and buy a Harmony cartridge.

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<v Speaker 1>This is one that's created by hobbyists, and this cartridge

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<v Speaker 1>plugs into Atari twenty six hundred just as any video

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<v Speaker 1>game cartridge would, but it has a port for an

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<v Speaker 1>SD card, So what you can do is actually go

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<v Speaker 1>and find the RAM that's essentially the game files for

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<v Speaker 1>any Atari twenty six hundred game you own, download it

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<v Speaker 1>and save it to that SD card. Put that into

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<v Speaker 1>the Harmony cartridge and plug that into your Atari twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred plus and then you can play the game. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>technically you can do do that with any realm of

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<v Speaker 1>Attari twenty six hundred games, not just the ones you own,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're only supposed to do it if you own

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<v Speaker 1>the game already, because doing so means that you're essentially

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<v Speaker 1>making a backup of your media. That's legal. Just taking

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<v Speaker 1>any realm not legal, because that's essentially piracy. The other

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<v Speaker 1>alternative is you can go around to garage sales and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, eBay and that kind of stuff and look

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<v Speaker 1>for cartridges in order to build up your collection. The

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<v Speaker 1>cool thing also about the twenty six hundred plus is that,

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<v Speaker 1>unlike the original Atari twenty six hundred, it can connect

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<v Speaker 1>to a modern television through HDMI, so you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to find some weird janki adapter to make it all work.

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<v Speaker 1>This does not mean that the games are suddenly going

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<v Speaker 1>to look better than they did. It'll probably look worse

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<v Speaker 1>because they've got to be on a much larger screen,

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<v Speaker 1>but it will mean that they're playable. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty cool, although I suspect if I were to actually

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<v Speaker 1>get one of these and play it. I might touch

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<v Speaker 1>it maybe three times before never touching it again unless

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<v Speaker 1>I had Pitfall or River Raid, because those games slap.

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<v Speaker 1>This week, Sony gave us more information about the PlayStation Portal,

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<v Speaker 1>a handheld gaming device that will retail for two hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>It has an eight inch screen with ten ADP resolution.

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<v Speaker 1>It's got a refresh rate of sixty hurts, and it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of looks like if you took this screen, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and you had it in landscape mode, and then you

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<v Speaker 1>crammed the left side and the right side of a

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<v Speaker 1>dual sense controller on either side of the screen, and

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<v Speaker 1>you might be saying, hey, Jonathan, how many games can

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<v Speaker 1>this handheld device hold? Or can I take this with

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<v Speaker 1>me everywhere and thus play PlayStation games? And the answers

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<v Speaker 1>to those questions is a bit disappointing because the PlayStation

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<v Speaker 1>Portal can only stream games from your PS five that's

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<v Speaker 1>using remote play, so this is really just a portable

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<v Speaker 1>second screen for your PS five at home. As Kyle

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<v Speaker 1>Orland of Ours Technica points out, this is pretty disappointing

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<v Speaker 1>since you can already get the PS five Remote Play

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<v Speaker 1>app for both iOS or Android devices, so you can

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<v Speaker 1>use your own phone or tablet to access the same

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<v Speaker 1>stuff that the portal can do. You just need to

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<v Speaker 1>pair it with a game controller and you're good to go.

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<v Speaker 1>You get your own DIY portal that way. Plus, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>your DIY version of the portal can do other stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like if it's your smartphone, you can make calls with it,

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<v Speaker 1>or smartphone or tablet you can watch your tiktoks on it.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think it's a good idea to look into

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<v Speaker 1>the PlayStation portal before you put in a pre order,

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<v Speaker 1>so that you understand what it can do, what it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't do, and then make the decision of doesn't make

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<v Speaker 1>sense to drop two hundred bucks on this peripheral. I

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<v Speaker 1>got a couple of article recommendations for you, but before

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<v Speaker 1>I get to that, I have one final story. I

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<v Speaker 1>am flush with excitement about this one. I am, of

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<v Speaker 1>course talking about the ARST that stands for the abrasion resistant,

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<v Speaker 1>super slippery flush toilet. Also, I bet ARST sounds a

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<v Speaker 1>bit like how some people would sound while using the gadget. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so some folks in China developed this material using a

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<v Speaker 1>combination of plastic and hydrophobic grains of sand, which then

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<v Speaker 1>they injected a silicon based oil into this mixture, and

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<v Speaker 1>what they got was a very, very slippery surface. They

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<v Speaker 1>used all sorts of different stuff to try and stick

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<v Speaker 1>to it, like honey and porridge and muddy water and

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<v Speaker 1>fake poo, and it just slid off of this like

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<v Speaker 1>water off a duck's back. They even subjected the surface

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<v Speaker 1>to abrasive treatments. They use sandpaper and a knife and

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<v Speaker 1>a file, and they really went at it to try

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<v Speaker 1>and scuff up the material, but it still retained its slipperiness.

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<v Speaker 1>There are a lot of jokes I could make about this,

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<v Speaker 1>but the innovation has some pretty cool implications. A toilet

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<v Speaker 1>bowl that is resistant to stuff sticking to it will

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<v Speaker 1>be easier to clean and to keep clean, and it

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<v Speaker 1>could require less water for fleshing, which is a big

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<v Speaker 1>deal with conservation efforts. So maybe in the future we'll

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<v Speaker 1>see most toilets made from material like this. That'd be

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<v Speaker 1>pretty slick. Okay, now for article recommendations where you're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to get top notch potty humor like you do

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<v Speaker 1>on this show. So first up, Ashley Belanger of Ours

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<v Speaker 1>Technica has an article titled YouTube may face billions in

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<v Speaker 1>fines if FTC confirms child privacy violations. So Berlanger details

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<v Speaker 1>how some advocacy groups say YouTube has failed to prevent

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<v Speaker 1>targeted advertising on children's programming despite a mandate to do that,

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<v Speaker 1>while YouTube executives say the allegations are based on an

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<v Speaker 1>incorrect assessment of how the platform operates. You should read

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<v Speaker 1>the piece. It's very well written and explains the issue well.

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<v Speaker 1>Next up is another Ours Technica article, this one by

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<v Speaker 1>Ron Amadeo, and it's titled Project Muhan is Google and

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<v Speaker 1>Samsung's inevitable Apple Vision pro clone. And while the article

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<v Speaker 1>does go into Project Mouhan, I would say that it's

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<v Speaker 1>really more about how the engineers who are working on

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<v Speaker 1>various Google AR and VR projects have encountered lots of

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<v Speaker 1>internal obstacles while doing their work, mostly stemming from management

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<v Speaker 1>that has failed to settle on a solid plan of action.

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<v Speaker 1>Both articles are a great read, and as always, I

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<v Speaker 1>have no connection to either the authors of these pieces

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<v Speaker 1>nor to Ours Technica itself. And that's it for the

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<v Speaker 1>Tech News for Thursday August twenty fourth, twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you are all well, and I'll talk to

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<v Speaker 1>you again. Really soon. Tech Stuff is an iHeartRadio production.

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