WEBVTT - Pixel 9, Massive Data Breach & Dangers of AI 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:04.960 The latest devices from Google and their emphasis on AI. 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.400 What to do if your personal information was exposed in 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:13.000 that massive data breach. The free VPN that's actually good 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:17.360 and you can use right now. Plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:20.279 What's going on. I'm Rich Dmiro and this is Rich 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:23.000 on Tech. This is the show where I talk about 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:25.400 the tech stuff I think you should know about. I 0:00:25.480 --> 0:00:28.720 answer your questions about technology and cut through all the 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:32.400 clutter so you can live a better tech life. I 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:36.080 believe that tech should be interesting, useful and fun. Let's 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:39.279 open up those phone lines at triple eight rich one 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:43.000 oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:45.839 four one zero one. Give me a call. If you 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:48.760 have a question about technology, Let's open up that email 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:52.880 as well. Just go to rich on tech dot tv. 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:57.880 Hit contact rich on tech dot tv. That's the website. 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.880 Go there at the top, hit content and you can 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:05.640 send your email straight to my inbox. Guests this week 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:11.000 on the show, Ryan Montgomery, founder of the cybersecurity firm 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:14.920 pen Tester. He's going to talk about that big Social 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:18.360 Security number breach and he made the tool that lets 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:20.880 you check to see if your numbers floating out there, 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:24.280 and he'll talk about that. Then we've got some folks 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:28.080 from Google to talk about all of their new devices, 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:33.040 Google Home, Google Pixel, Google Pixel Wearables. It's going to 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:36.200 be a great conversation with them. And later in the 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:39.919 show we're expecting to talk to Max Tegmark of the 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:43.600 Future of Life Institute. He is expected to talk about 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:48.360 the good and bad of AI. But first this week, 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:52.640 I took a road trip to Mountain View, California. Yes, 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:55.560 I took a road trip in an all electric suv. 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:59.000 That's another story. I was testing it out. The new 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:03.960 Rivian software lets you charge at Tesla superchargers, so I 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:06.520 tested out that functionality on my way up to Google 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:10.520 their bay View headquarters in Mountain View. This is a 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:14.320 brand new building. It's got like a lizard skin ceiling 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:16.880 or I don't know what you call it, roof tiles. 0:02:16.880 --> 0:02:20.600 They're kind of solar. It's really really cool looking. And 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:24.919 that's where they held there Made by Google event. Typically 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.040 they hold this event in New York City every year. 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:29.520 This time they brought it home to San Francisco and 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:33.840 it was a good one. First off, all about AI. 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:37.639 Google is going all in on AI. Now, we already 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.400 heard this same story from Samsung We heard the same 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:44.160 story from Apple. But Google is in a unique position 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:46.720 because they have been working on AI for a very 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.280 long time. Most of it has been behind the scenes, 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:51.799 powering a lot of the features on their products. Now 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:53.840 they're saying, you know what, no, we're front and center. 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.760 This stuff is out there. Gemini is our baby, and 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.080 that's sort of their answer to chat GPS, and we 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.720 are going to put that in every product that we make. 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:04.799 So I don't know if you've noticed. 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:07.919 If you log onto Gmail, if you log onto Google Search, 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:11.920 if you go onto Docs, YouTube, it has AI built 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.799 in in various ways. So for email, it might say 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.600 summarize this email. At the top of your search results, 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:21.239 you might get an AI powered search result. In Google Docs, 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:23.080 Gemini pops up and says, hey, do you want some 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.440 help with this document? So they are all over the 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:28.000 place with their AI, and they made a point to 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:30.840 take a dig at Apple saying, hey, we're making AI 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.840 that everyone can access. We're making AI that's built into 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.520 all of our products, not just our flagship top of 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.800 the line products. If you remember with Apple their AI, 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.680 Apple Intelligence is only going to be available on the 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:46.920 iPhone fifteen Pro and higher. That means a lot of 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:50.720 people have to upgrade this next cycle with their phone 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:54.680 if they want to get access to Apple's AI. With Google, 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.280 they are bringing it across all kinds of products and 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:58.200 all kinds of phones. 0:03:58.640 --> 0:03:58.800 Now. 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:02.119 The new lineup includes the Pixel nine, the Pixel nine Pro, 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.320 and the Pixel nine Pro x L. They've got this 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:08.480 new processor inside called the Tensor G four. Not the 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:10.680 best processor in the world. Hopefully it's a little bit better. 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:13.600 Runs kind of warm, runs kind of slow, but it's 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:16.240 been their little baby for a while now hopefully it's 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:20.360 a little bit better. In these new phones, improved durability, 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:24.200 larger display options. So what I like that they've done. 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.720 You've got the basic phone, which is the Pixel nine. 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:28.880 Then you've got the Pixel nine Pro that comes in 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.000 two sizes, so you can now get the same specs, 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:35.200 but choose the size phone that you want to carry around. 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:37.240 So if you're like me, I've been carrying a big 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:38.919 phone for a while, I'm kind of ready for a 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.200 smaller device, So you can get it in a six 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:44.400 point three inch size or a six point eight inch size. 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:48.919 They also went with an improved camera setup, improved front 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:52.080 camera on the Pro models and the RAM. These things 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.239 have minimum twelve gigabytes of RAM in the Pixel nine. 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:58.520 In the Pixel pros they've got sixteen gigabytes of RAM, 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:02.200 that is as much as a laptop computer. And Google 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.800 says they're doing that because of the AI intensive tasks. 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.120 If you had an older Pixel and you notice the 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:10.720 fingerprint reader was a little slow, little wonky, it's now 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:14.039 fifty percent faster. I have not noticed any issues on 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:16.560 the review unit that I have, which is the Pixel nine. 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.080 Can't give you my full review just yet, but I 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.680 will tell you I am loving it all right. Now, 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.040 let's talk about some of the new features on these devices. 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:28.000 First off, Gemini Live. This is wild. This is their 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:32.559 version of sort of a conversational AI assistant. I'm telling 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.640 you people are going to have relationships with these ais 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:38.360 because they sound so lifelike. You can choose from ten 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:42.159 different voices. They are all incredibly realistic, and you can 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.719 talk to them back and forth like you would a friend. 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:46.520 So you can just chat. 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.159 You can put your earbut in and chat back and forth, 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:50.720 or you can just chat with them on the phone. 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:53.200 You can interrupt them. You could just say stuff like 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.440 this morning, I was asking about the new pans that 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:57.480 I bought, like, what's the deal with nonstick pans? 0:05:57.480 --> 0:05:58.680 Are they good for you? Bad for you? 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.880 And and I just answered like a regular person what 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:04.640 It was pretty incredible And it stays around in the background, 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:07.400 so even if your phone is closed you can are locked, 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:08.360 you can still talk to it. 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:08.599 I know. 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:10.919 Scary, scary, but kind of cool at the same time. 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:14.000 Some of the other new AI features. Pixel Studio is 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.000 now a new app on these phones that is an 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.559 image generator, and it's one of the best I've seen 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:22.599 using AI. It's fast, it's simple, it's free, and it's 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:27.240 scary good. Pixel Screenshots is a new app that sounds 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.560 very simple, but it's actually quite powerful. So you know 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:32.839 all those screenshots you do on your phone to remember stuff, Well, 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:34.840 this index is them, so you can go back and 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.040 easily search the information in those. So if you get 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:39.880 an invite to a party, you screenshot it, next thing, 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:41.440 you know, you could just search a keyword on that 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:45.360 invite find the information fast. It also kind of categorizes 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.320 these things. It gives all the original information from the 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.599 website that you screenshotted. So if you screenshot it a 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.000 purse that you're looking to get as a gift, for someone. 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:57.520 You can actually tap that information and go back to 0:06:57.560 --> 0:06:59.800 that original website, so it keeps more of that rich 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:04.279 mat of data. Really really useful. Kind of cool pixel 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.240 weather app. I don't know why Google made such a 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:08.360 big deal out of redoing their weather app. I mean, 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:11.840 it's weather app, but it has AI generated reports right now. 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:15.080 So for instance, where I am, let me do the 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:19.119 weather report, So you tap the AI generated weather report. 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:21.640 It doesn't automatically, I guess it does automatically show it. 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.800 It says warm day with a high UV index, so 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.600 be sure to protect yourself from the sun. And then 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:30.160 it gives a couple other little insights. So AI Weather 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:33.880 Report kind of cool, kind of fun. Then you've got 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:37.080 this new adme feature. This is kind of a wild one. 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:39.240 You know, when you're taking a picture with someone and 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:40.800 it's only just two of you, you got to take 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:43.000 a selfie. Maybe you ask someone else take can you 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.560 take our picture? Well, now you have the first person 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.960 stand there, take their picture. Then you swap. You go 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.000 have that person take the phone. You go stand there 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:54.680 and it merges the two photos together. You kind of 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.480 see a little ghost of the other person, so you 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:59.520 can line up the picture just right, and it merges 0:07:59.560 --> 0:07:59.960 the picture. 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:00.320 Now. 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:03.000 In my experience testing this over the past couple of days, 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:05.560 it's not perfect, but it is brand new, and I 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:06.680 think they're still working on. 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:07.840 It, but it's kind of cool. 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.160 We'll see if it actually lives past like you know, 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:14.480 the the interesting novelty of it, versus like you know. 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:15.000 Later on. 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.520 They improve panoramic pictures. I mean, have you taken a 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.600 panoramic picture in a while? I haven't, but they improve those. 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:24.920 They also have a new call notes feature, so the 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.520 phone will record your conversations and give you a transcript 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:31.440 and summary when you're done. I know it sounds scary, 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.040 but Apple's doing the same exact thing. And for me, 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:35.680 my wife tells me a list of things I have 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:37.719 to do, I hang up the phone that I go, Now, 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.080 wait a second, what I have to do? 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:39.680 Now? 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:41.040 I'm going to be I'm going to be a better 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:42.800 husband because of this feature. I'll tell you that. 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:48.120 Satellite SOS again, something that debuted on the iPhone two 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.840 years ago, is now coming to the Pixels. It's on 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.720 there so if you are in an area without cellular 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.800 or without Wi Fi, you can text for help. That 0:08:56.920 --> 0:09:00.640 is incredible. Samsung can't believe they didn't come out with that, 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:03.040 because now the Pixel's got it, Now the iPhone has it. 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:05.400 Samsung better have that with the next go around on 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:10.720 their devices. Seven years of operating system updates and security 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:14.800 updates and new features seven years, So this phone's gonna 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.040 last for a while. Eight hundred bucks for the Pixel nine, 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:20.400 one thousand bucks for the Pixel nine Pro, eleven hundred 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.640 dollars for the Pixel nine pro Xcel. These are in 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.720 stores beginning on August twenty second. The Pixel nine Pro 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:30.000 is September fourth. By the way, they come with two 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:34.280 terabytes of cloud storage. The iPhone comes with five gigabytes. 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.680 Two terabytes of cloud storage. That's only for a year, 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:38.920 so if you fill it up, be prepared to pay 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:42.559 for you know, storage after that. Also, they came out 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.440 with the Pixel nine Pro fold This is their brand 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:49.040 new foldable phone, and again it's a much better version 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:52.560 of the original foldable. It's much thinner, it looks like 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:55.520 two phones kind of slap together, and it's much lighter. 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:59.000 Not much lighter, but it's lighter. That's eighteen hundred dollars. 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:02.920 That arrives on septem number fourth. The fold is much 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:04.760 better and I think they're going to find a much 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:08.160 bigger audience for this phone, but I still don't really 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:10.920 see the universal appeal of a foldable phone for the 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:14.000 average person who is not looking to spend eighteen hundred 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.920 dollars on a smartphone. All right, there you have it 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.319 from Made by Google. You can find more on the website. 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:24.079 Rich on Tech dot TV. Coming up, we're going to 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:26.680 talk more tech news. But first it's your turn. Your 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:29.360 calls at eighty eight rich one oh one. That's eight 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:32.520 eight eight seven four to two, four to one zero one. 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:33.160 Gimme a call. 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:37.959 You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.440 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:45.240 talking technology at triple eight rich one oh one. That's 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:50.600 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Well, 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:52.880 I had no idea this morning when I posted a 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:57.120 little video to u Instagram my Instagram at rich on 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:02.960 Tech just how controversial evs are. I posted a video 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.960 of me charging o Rivian at a Tesla supercharger, and 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:09.720 I said, does this change your mind about getting an 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:12.600 EV And wow, did the comments come. 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:13.280 In hot and heavy. 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:17.400 I did not realize that half of America doesn't like 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:21.720 the idea of an EV maybe more. And the reasons 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:25.079 for not liking it range from too expensive, don't feel 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:29.160 like charging, takes too long to charge, just everything, the 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.040 batteries are not good for the environment. Lots of different reasons. 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:34.680 So anyway, if you want to post your comment, I 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:36.439 am reading them because I'm getting a kick out of them. 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:40.840 Just go to at rich on tech on Instagram. All right, 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:44.960 let's go to the phones. Let's go to Corey in Costa, Mesa. Corey, 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:45.920 welcome to the show. 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:48.760 Hey man, thank you for having me on. 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:50.760 Yeah, what can I help you with? 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:51.679 So? 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:57.280 I saw on your Instagram the post about freezing your 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:01.880 credit and I read the blog post, but I must 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.200 have missed it, and I was a little confused. How 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:05.719 exactly do you do it? 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:07.000 Okay, good question. 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.560 So freezing your credit A lot of people have been 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:14.160 asking me about this because this big data hack of 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:19.480 two point seven billion records, including social security numbers. So 0:12:19.760 --> 0:12:22.360 you can go online, you can check this database and 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.199 it will tell you if your information was leaked, and 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.320 sure enough, for a lot of people it has been. 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:31.840 So I never really thought about doing a credit freeze before. 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.760 But basically, once you freeze your credit and you can 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.640 do it all online. Nobody can open up as far 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.199 as I know, nobody can open up any credit account 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:44.640 in your name or pretty much any account in your 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:46.840 name because it's frozen. So when they put your social 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:50.160 into the bank computer, it says, nope, we gotta this 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:50.680 is frozen. 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:52.200 We can't do anything with this person. 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:56.840 So it protects you basically from identity theft as I 0:12:56.920 --> 0:13:00.440 understand it, and it seems scary, it's it seems like 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.160 a lot of work, but honestly, I did it yesterday 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:07.040 morning in about i'd say thirty minutes for all three bureaus. 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:11.400 So there's three major credit reporting bureaus. There's Equifax, there 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:16.360 is TransUnion and Experience. And the thing is what's tricky 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:18.600 about them is that they are all at this point 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:23.520 trying to sell you on services like credit monitoring, credit improvement, 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:28.280 credit lock, whatever it is. But a credit freeze is free, 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:32.120 and it is instant, and it's very simple to do. 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.480 So I put the links. I'll put them on the 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:38.760 show notes. But Rich on tech dot TV hit the 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.360 light bulb up at the top. This is show number 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.480 eighty five. I'll put all the links there so you 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.880 can get the direct links because once you log in, 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.560 it's kind of tricky to find the links on these 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:50.400 different websites because they hide them. 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:51.480 They don't want people to do this. 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:56.960 Obviously, TransUnion, their entire business is selling these credit reports 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:01.719 to banks and other places credit cards that they subscribe 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.120 to get this information, so they don't want people frozen 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:07.080 because it MUCKs up the whole system. But it's in 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.720 your best interest if you're exposed on one of these 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.400 data breaches. So anyway you go to the website, you 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:14.320 sign up for the websites, you have to create a 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.520 log in. When you create a log in, be sure 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:20.480 to create a strong, unique password. You do have to 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.800 provide some information, some personal information to verify you are 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.520 who you say you are. And then once you're logged in, 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.320 you can then navigate to these links that let you 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.640 freeze your credit and you can place a freeze in 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:35.040 a moment, you can unfreeze in another moment, and it's 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:38.560 very very simple. So that is the process. I found 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:42.440 it to be very easy. And the main thing is 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.720 that you do need to keep track of your log 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:49.160 in for these these different credit reporting agencies because if 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:52.000 you don't, if you ever need to unfreeze your credit. 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:54.880 Let's say you're buying a house, you would need to 0:14:54.960 --> 0:14:57.680 unfreeze your credit report. So that is the main thing 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.480 to know. If you're not opening up a credit card 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.480 or a bank account or a house loan, whatever it is, 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.200 it's not an issue. It's only an issue when you 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.000 need to do something with your credit. So it's probably 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.560 a good idea. You know, they have made it a 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.680 lot easier than in previous years now that everything's online. 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:18.960 But good question, Corey, Thanks for that question, appreciate it. Yeah, 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.160 a lot of people we're going to talk about this 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:24.280 with our next guest, but a lot of people reeling 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:28.280 from this major data breach. Two point seven billion records 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:31.400 of personal information for US residents were leaked on a 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:37.800 hacking form name social security numbers, physical addresses, aliases. It 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.960 all comes from a company named National Public Data. This 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:43.720 is a company that collects and sells access to personal data, 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.560 mostly for background checks. This was two hundred and seventy 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:51.120 seven gigabytes of data. I checked mine, I checked my moms, 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:54.840 I checked other people's and it's a lot. It's out there, 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:58.480 and it's scary because we've seen data breaches before, but 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:02.960 this is very very complex information on a lot of 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:06.400 people all at once, and so you can guarantee that 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.040 this will get into the wrong hands and we're gonna 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:11.200 start seeing a lot of issues. This is only you know, 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.800 three four days in The information was leaked back in 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.960 April apparently, but it wasn't available on the open web 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.480 or the dark web. So now that it's available and 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:23.280 it's out there, that's when the scam artists start taking 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:26.040 this information and they start doing stuff with it. Now, 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.240 some of the information is out of date. It even 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:30.680 had my phone number from when I was growing up 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:33.480 was on this database. I mean I still remember it 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.760 like it was yesterday. I can still recite that phone number. 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:37.320 I mean, how many phone numbers can you remember? At 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:39.240 this point I was going through with my mom. I 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:41.360 was like, can we how many phone numbers can we recite? 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.200 And it's really only a couple. But teacher, kids, you know, 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:50.400 the the vital ones, yours and your grandparents whatever, All right? 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.920 Eight eight eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.640 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:57.840 me a call if you have a question about technology. 0:16:57.880 --> 0:16:59.920 Coming up, we're gonna talk more about this data brea 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:03.400 each with the smartest guy in the room, Ryan Montgomery, 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:07.119 founder of the cybersecurity firm pen Tester. 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:08.000 We'll be right back. 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:11.800 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:15.240 out with you, talking technology. The phone lines are open 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:19.120 at eight eight eight rich one oh one. That's eight 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.200 eight eight seven four to two, four to one zero one. 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:25.040 If you have a question about technology, give me a call. 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:28.000 Otherwise you can go to the website rich on Tech 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:32.080 dot TV hit contact, send your message that way. We'll 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:33.960 get back to the phones in just a moment here. 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:36.760 But first, uh, bringing on the man of the hour, 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:41.960 Ryan Montgomery, founder of the cybersecurity firm pen Tester. 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:43.800 Ryan, welcome to the show. 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:49.560 Hey, nice to meet you, Rich. I spoke to you 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:51.680 last oh yeah, a couple of days ago. But it's 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.320 it's awesome being on the show and I appreciate you 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:54.919 inviting me. 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:59.280 Yeah, absolutely, I know you've you've had quite the whirlwind week. 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:03.240 So mediately you run this cybersecurity firm. Explain what Pentester 0:18:03.359 --> 0:18:04.040 does briefly. 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:10.000 Okay, so the short form of what Pentester does is, originally, 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:14.160 we built the platform around if anyone knows who I am, 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:18.000 we built the platform around investigating individuals, so you know, 0:18:18.040 --> 0:18:22.359 I hunt down child predators and counter human trafficking. So 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:24.919 we figured, okay, let's build some build some tools for 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.679 open source intelligence, which is just a fancy word for 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:32.720 finding things about people online. Our platform, we figured, okay, 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:35.120 we can put this in the in the standard person's 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:38.560 hands and they can see their entire digital footprint and 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:40.879 then give them the option to remove all of that data, 0:18:42.280 --> 0:18:44.840 you know, from all of these data broker websites, et cetera, 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.360 and know what breaches they're in with their passwords, their 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:50.480 credit cards, their socials, you know, the family members, you 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:53.600 name it. It's basically it's out there. There's just not 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:56.919 a centralized place to view it all. So originally we 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.520 built it for businesses and we didn't have the complete 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:03.159 function for personal, and then we realized the demand for 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:06.119 personal and we decided we're going to do whatever it takes. 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:07.920 And we were told literally by an attorney that it 0:19:07.920 --> 0:19:10.200 would be a disservice to our customers if we did 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:13.439 not get breaches immediately as they were released to the public, 0:19:13.800 --> 0:19:17.240 so we got to go ahead on that. We have stayed, 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:20.199 you know, true to that mission, and we have the 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:23.360 largest database in the world of breach credentials as well 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:26.680 as personal information as the other indicators. I just told 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:31.080 you recently, this database just came up. I was you know, 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.840 I downloaded it immediately as I saw it became public. 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:37.560 There's you know, roughly three billion records in it. It 0:19:37.680 --> 0:19:40.520 was one one heck of a task to get all 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:42.639 of that into a database that was searchable for the 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:46.400 average person to and make it fast in the process 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:48.560 and handle like the traffic at the moment, we're getting 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:52.160 about twenty thousand users on the website, you know, at 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:59.480 per moment. So we had a huge, huge technical job 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:03.560 basically to make that thing stand up. And it's standing tall, thankfully. 0:20:04.600 --> 0:20:06.680 But yeah, it's a it's it's very bad. What we're 0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:09.359 what we're dealing with right now is probably the worst 0:20:09.400 --> 0:20:12.080 breach in the United States that I've ever seen. 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:15.800 That's wild, I I I would agree with that. And 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:19.160 and so a couple of things. First off, the regular 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:21.800 scan that you give, the digital footprint and scan that 0:20:21.840 --> 0:20:25.000 you've always had on your website at pentester dot com 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:30.480 is just unbelievably complete and wild. The information that you 0:20:30.560 --> 0:20:33.919 reveal on there, So just that is like all the 0:20:33.960 --> 0:20:36.840 old stuff before this new stuff, and it's like so 0:20:37.080 --> 0:20:40.280 eye opening more so than any other like data broker 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:43.520 kind of remover website I've ever seen. But the new 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:48.800 tool is at NPD dot pentester dot com and that's 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:52.080 where you have this new database of this uh social 0:20:52.080 --> 0:20:56.239 security number breach. I mean, so once you see your 0:20:56.240 --> 0:20:58.600 information in there, what do you think people should do? 0:20:58.680 --> 0:21:00.320 Is it the freeze the credit report? Is that the 0:21:00.320 --> 0:21:01.120 best advice? 0:21:02.280 --> 0:21:02.560 Yeah? 0:21:02.600 --> 0:21:04.840 So so when you when you look up your information, 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:08.720 so NPD like National Public Database dot penttester dot com. 0:21:08.720 --> 0:21:11.760 But it's the acronym as you said, we threw it 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.040 up there. You put in your first name, your last 0:21:14.119 --> 0:21:16.879 name that that's any state that you've ever lived in, 0:21:17.040 --> 0:21:19.639 not just the current state. Make sure you tried different 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:21.800 variations of spelling for your name, if you have a 0:21:21.880 --> 0:21:24.440 maiden name or a different last name. Also searched that 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:26.600 because we can't you know, there's no way for us 0:21:26.600 --> 0:21:30.040 to relate one record to another, so you know, make 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:32.520 sure when you're searching, you don't just assume, you know, 0:21:32.560 --> 0:21:34.320 the state that you're living in with your current name 0:21:34.400 --> 0:21:37.200 is not in there. I found, you know, I found 0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:40.080 data that comes back twenty thirty years, Like yeah, my mom. 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:43.960 For example, my mom, her her credit I'm sorry, not 0:21:44.040 --> 0:21:46.359 her credit, her her address from when she was a 0:21:46.400 --> 0:21:47.800 teenager is in this database. 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:51.159 Yeah, it's it's a really wide ranging database. Like I, 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:52.800 like I said, I found my phone number from when 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:54.520 I was grown up as a kid was part of 0:21:54.560 --> 0:21:55.200 this database. 0:21:55.240 --> 0:21:56.119 So this is like, yeah, I. 0:21:56.200 --> 0:21:58.000 Like where they got it. You know, I know there 0:21:58.040 --> 0:22:00.840 were a background check company, but who gave them this data? 0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:01.280 Yeah? 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:03.760 And so so now that this is out there, you know, 0:22:03.800 --> 0:22:05.520 there's an example. You know, there's this idea of the 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:09.600 dark web, right, so can you explain what that means exactly? 0:22:09.640 --> 0:22:12.000 And also, like, once your information's out there in the 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:14.159 dark web, it's kind of tough to like get it 0:22:14.200 --> 0:22:15.040 out of there, isn't it. 0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:19.240 Yeah, well, it's actually impossible. So when something you know, 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:21.720 the word dark web can mean many things. In the 0:22:21.760 --> 0:22:24.400 technical realm, it means you're connecting to a network called 0:22:24.480 --> 0:22:28.000 tour t R. The dark web, in most people's eyes 0:22:28.119 --> 0:22:31.000 is just like the scary, dark, black black market of 0:22:31.040 --> 0:22:34.800 the Internet. But really, in regards to this, it just 0:22:34.880 --> 0:22:38.520 means the database is released two hackers, good or bad, 0:22:39.320 --> 0:22:41.719 or for people that just commit fraud, maybe they're not hackers. 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:44.879 They can download these this database, they can search through it. 0:22:45.160 --> 0:22:48.040 They they'll be able to see your entire social Security number, 0:22:48.080 --> 0:22:50.440 along with every address that you've lived at, maybe your 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:53.080 current phone number, maybe an old one, and then the 0:22:53.080 --> 0:22:56.120 rest of your family. And that's that's basically enough information 0:22:56.160 --> 0:22:58.840 to open up a credit card, run a credit report, 0:22:59.520 --> 0:23:01.360 buy a car, are maybe you know, do whatever they 0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:03.800 want to do with your information, and that data is 0:23:03.800 --> 0:23:05.919 gonna is going to circulate on the dark web, as 0:23:05.960 --> 0:23:09.000 you asked forever, that's never going to go away as 0:23:09.040 --> 0:23:11.959 well as you know. You know, we can remove your 0:23:12.000 --> 0:23:14.280 data from data brokers and we can alert you of this, 0:23:14.680 --> 0:23:17.520 but we cannot remove your data off of individual people's 0:23:17.560 --> 0:23:20.600 computers when they download the data for themselves. So my 0:23:20.680 --> 0:23:23.359 recommendation is really what you said as well, is is 0:23:23.400 --> 0:23:26.280 to just freeze your credit. Whether you're in this database 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:28.920 or not, freeze it. It doesn't hurt it in any way, 0:23:29.000 --> 0:23:31.840 it doesn't benefit it doesn't benefit me in any way 0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:34.560 to tell you to do it. It's it's and another good 0:23:34.560 --> 0:23:36.679 thing that people I got a lot of questions about this. 0:23:37.280 --> 0:23:39.800 By freezing your credit, it doesn't stop your score from 0:23:39.800 --> 0:23:42.080 going up or down. It doesn't. It doesn't affect your 0:23:42.080 --> 0:23:45.280 credit in any negative way. The only inconveniences if you 0:23:45.400 --> 0:23:47.960 if you go to you know, upgrade the limit on 0:23:47.960 --> 0:23:49.560 your credit card, or buy a car, all the things 0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:52.360 I mentioned. You just sign into all the three bureaus 0:23:52.440 --> 0:23:54.719 individually on your phone, or if you don't know how 0:23:54.760 --> 0:23:56.800 to do that, you can call into all three and 0:23:56.960 --> 0:23:58.760 unfreeze it. It's a click of a button on their 0:23:58.800 --> 0:24:01.280 website or a phone call way for each one of them, 0:24:01.359 --> 0:24:03.320 and you freeze it or unfreeze it, and as soon 0:24:03.359 --> 0:24:05.119 as you're done doing what you're doing with your credit, 0:24:05.440 --> 0:24:08.040 just freeze it again. And and you know with with 0:24:08.119 --> 0:24:09.960 you know almost certainty that you're not going to be 0:24:10.000 --> 0:24:11.040 affected by this breach. 0:24:11.680 --> 0:24:15.199 Wow, So what do you make of all this? You know, 0:24:15.240 --> 0:24:18.000 this information that's floating around out there. You've got average 0:24:18.040 --> 0:24:21.120 people who are working, they're busy, they've got kids, family, 0:24:21.280 --> 0:24:23.840 you know, other things they're dealing with, and there's this 0:24:23.920 --> 0:24:27.399 whole world of just like we're always inundated with like 0:24:27.600 --> 0:24:30.320 scams and texts and links and phishing. 0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:32.960 I mean, your job's never going away. 0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:36.760 No, I mean it's a it's good and bad at 0:24:36.760 --> 0:24:39.240 the same time. It's a it's a it's very unfortunate 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:42.480 that that, you know, almost our entire country was breached 0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:46.120 in the last few days. Yeah, my uh, my job, 0:24:46.240 --> 0:24:49.800 Tensester dot com is not going anywhere, you know, it's 0:24:49.920 --> 0:24:52.159 it's a blessing and a curse. To be honest with you, Rich. 0:24:52.119 --> 0:24:53.680 And how do you think the average person if you 0:24:53.720 --> 0:24:55.520 can give them some advice, what would it be. 0:24:55.600 --> 0:24:56.800 In the last minute here. 0:24:57.800 --> 0:24:59.960 My advice would be to to you know, this is 0:25:00.200 --> 0:25:02.080 this is not me trying to sell my platform. I 0:25:02.160 --> 0:25:04.280 just as Rich said, he saw other data broke removal 0:25:04.280 --> 0:25:06.840 platforms and what they do is great. The thing that 0:25:06.880 --> 0:25:09.760 they don't do is show you your entire digital footprint, 0:25:09.800 --> 0:25:11.679 which is something that you should all know. You should 0:25:11.720 --> 0:25:14.880 know if you're in a wedding photo from ten years ago, 0:25:14.920 --> 0:25:17.040 when you search your face, you know, maybe maybe you 0:25:17.080 --> 0:25:20.440 want to do reverse facial recognition on yourself, or you know, 0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:22.679 maybe you want to see what passwords were associated with 0:25:22.720 --> 0:25:24.840 every email you've ever had, or maybe you forgot about 0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:27.240 an email that you had back in the AOL days 0:25:27.240 --> 0:25:30.320 and that has a password or some private information associated 0:25:30.359 --> 0:25:33.480 with you. And then lastly, uh, you know, do the 0:25:33.600 --> 0:25:37.439 social accounts so we identify based on your phone number 0:25:37.440 --> 0:25:40.919 and email addresses which accounts you're signed up for, so 0:25:41.480 --> 0:25:44.080 you know, for yourself, it's nice to know out what's 0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:45.439 out there, and the way to get rid of that 0:25:45.560 --> 0:25:47.359 is just to lead that account if you don't want it. 0:25:48.240 --> 0:25:50.320 And then another thing for your children, if you you know, 0:25:50.320 --> 0:25:52.800 if you don't want your children on certain websites or 0:25:52.800 --> 0:25:55.080 you want to know what sites they're on, you can 0:25:55.119 --> 0:25:57.560 add them as an identity and you could do this 0:25:57.600 --> 0:26:00.680 securely through our website and and then we'll be able 0:26:00.720 --> 0:26:03.680 to tell you with absolute certainty which websites that they 0:26:03.720 --> 0:26:06.479 are they're registered to, which is a very unique offering 0:26:06.520 --> 0:26:07.840 that no one else has either. 0:26:08.480 --> 0:26:12.840 Wow, and a couple other things, real quick virus protection 0:26:12.920 --> 0:26:14.879 on your computer. Do you recommend that or do you 0:26:14.880 --> 0:26:17.640 think Windows Defender is good enough? And also VPN When 0:26:17.640 --> 0:26:18.480 should someone use that? 0:26:19.320 --> 0:26:22.760 Okay, so Windows Defenders has gotten better over the years, 0:26:22.840 --> 0:26:26.240 I'd recommend some other ones. I like Bitdefender. I also 0:26:26.440 --> 0:26:28.960 like e set, e S, e T. I like them 0:26:29.000 --> 0:26:32.600 as well. Bitdefender has a free version. I'm not sure 0:26:32.640 --> 0:26:35.440 if e set does, but I know for sure bitdefender does. 0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:39.399 And then the other question was what did you say VPN. 0:26:39.480 --> 0:26:40.919 Do you think people should use a VPN? 0:26:40.960 --> 0:26:44.080 Ever, Yeah, well, VPN can hurt so if you're in 0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:46.560 a public place. And I've made many videos about Wi 0:26:46.600 --> 0:26:49.879 Fi hacking and networks vulnerabilities just in general, and I 0:26:50.560 --> 0:26:54.000 like to simplify my contest so people understand it. But 0:26:54.160 --> 0:26:57.520 something interesting about a VPN is it stops a lot 0:26:57.560 --> 0:27:00.520 of these attacks that the average hacker could do on 0:27:00.520 --> 0:27:03.360 your network. Not only does it protect your privacy on 0:27:03.400 --> 0:27:05.520 the other side of things when you connect to a website, 0:27:05.520 --> 0:27:07.359 but on your local network where if you're on a 0:27:07.400 --> 0:27:10.760 public network I got Starbucks or at the airport, it 0:27:10.760 --> 0:27:13.960 protects you from those attacks as well. So I'd highly 0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:17.200 recommend a VPN. There's there's gonna be people out there 0:27:17.240 --> 0:27:19.680 that care about if a VPN logs what you do 0:27:19.840 --> 0:27:21.720 or they don't log what you do. All of them, 0:27:21.720 --> 0:27:23.800 for the most part, they're gonna claim they don't log it. 0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:28.800 I know that IVPN doesn't log mole because that was 0:27:28.840 --> 0:27:31.359 proven in the Supreme Court. That's one I know for sure. 0:27:31.400 --> 0:27:36.320 Of the second one, Mullavad you can mail them cash 0:27:36.440 --> 0:27:38.800 and with an account number and they'll activate it. So 0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:40.639 even if they do store logs, which I don't think 0:27:40.680 --> 0:27:42.600 they do, but let's say they do. They don't even 0:27:42.600 --> 0:27:45.880 know who you are. Wow, So you know it's nice 0:27:45.880 --> 0:27:48.200 to have. It's it's it's to be extra safe. 0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:48.680 Got it? 0:27:49.119 --> 0:27:51.719 All right, Ryan Montgomery, We're gonna leave it there, founder 0:27:51.760 --> 0:27:55.600 of pen Tester, the cybersecurity firm. Definitely go to NPD 0:27:55.920 --> 0:27:58.240 dotpentester dot com. 0:27:58.240 --> 0:27:59.920 And Ryan, what's the best way for folks to follow 0:27:59.920 --> 0:28:00.639 you online? 0:28:01.840 --> 0:28:03.320 The best way to follow me if you want to 0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:05.800 learn more than obviously the MPD breach right now is 0:28:05.800 --> 0:28:08.000 something that definitely, you know, act on, but if you 0:28:08.040 --> 0:28:10.000 want to follow and learn some more stuff about, you know, 0:28:10.359 --> 0:28:13.400 get cars being hacked, your garage door being hacked, how 0:28:13.400 --> 0:28:15.840 people can steal your credit card, hack your phone. I mean, 0:28:16.000 --> 0:28:19.600 I make short videos thirty sixty seconds long on all platforms, 0:28:19.640 --> 0:28:22.479 but right now, the most active is my Instagram and 0:28:22.520 --> 0:28:26.800 that's at zero, like the digit zero day, like day 0:28:26.880 --> 0:28:30.560 night is zero day. So Instagram is the best ways 0:28:30.600 --> 0:28:32.520 the place to find me at the moment, at the moment. 0:28:32.840 --> 0:28:34.760 All right, We're gonna leave it there. Thanks so much 0:28:34.800 --> 0:28:37.680 for joining me on the show today. But I'll put 0:28:37.720 --> 0:28:41.160 all those links on the website Richontech dot TV eight 0:28:41.160 --> 0:28:44.400 eight eight rich one oh one. Coming up, Samsung is 0:28:44.440 --> 0:28:48.720 expanding its AI powered Circle to search feature to more devices. 0:28:48.800 --> 0:28:49.440 Is it yours? 0:28:49.560 --> 0:28:52.000 Find out? Coming up right here on rich on Tech. 0:28:52.880 --> 0:28:55.960 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 0:28:56.000 --> 0:28:59.840 out with you, talking technology. The phone number for the 0:29:00.000 --> 0:29:02.480 you know, eight eight eight rich one on one, that's 0:29:02.520 --> 0:29:06.120 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero on. 0:29:06.240 --> 0:29:10.280 We just got some great information about that massive data breach. 0:29:10.800 --> 0:29:14.280 It is all linked up on the website. Our guests 0:29:14.360 --> 0:29:17.080 shared some great tools, not only a way to check 0:29:17.520 --> 0:29:19.760 to see if you've been breached, but also some of 0:29:19.760 --> 0:29:24.520 the security programs that he recommended for free free anti virus, 0:29:24.800 --> 0:29:29.080 and also the VPNs and his Instagram. So I've got 0:29:29.120 --> 0:29:30.840 to all linked up on the website. Go to rich 0:29:30.880 --> 0:29:34.640 on Tech dot TV. Hit the light bulb icon up 0:29:34.640 --> 0:29:37.920 at the top and that should bring you to the 0:29:37.960 --> 0:29:41.720 show notes. We're show number eighty five today, so you 0:29:41.760 --> 0:29:45.320 can just look for that and the guest Ryan Montgomery, 0:29:45.640 --> 0:29:48.600 all of his information is there really really good information. 0:29:49.360 --> 0:29:53.480 Let's go to Eric in the Inland umpire. Eric, you're 0:29:53.480 --> 0:29:54.040 on with rich. 0:29:55.280 --> 0:29:57.000 Hey, rich thanks for taking my call. 0:29:57.320 --> 0:29:58.280 Yeah, how can I help. 0:29:59.360 --> 0:30:00.400 I jumped on. 0:30:00.680 --> 0:30:02.920 Jumped in the truck right at the top of the show. 0:30:02.680 --> 0:30:05.680 And you were mentioning something about AI tools embedded in 0:30:05.720 --> 0:30:11.680 your phones that transcribe your phone calls. And given the context, 0:30:11.680 --> 0:30:14.400 I missed what the name of it was, but given 0:30:14.400 --> 0:30:18.200 the context, it sounded like a Google service. Our company 0:30:18.320 --> 0:30:21.240 uses Apple products. Is there a service similar to that 0:30:21.240 --> 0:30:24.120 that we can implement for our program managers and stuff 0:30:24.240 --> 0:30:28.040 to utilize these tools? And then I have another question 0:30:28.080 --> 0:30:30.560 when you when you answer that one great question. 0:30:31.120 --> 0:30:34.120 So yes, the feature that I mentioned is coming to 0:30:34.160 --> 0:30:37.360 the Pixel. It's called call notes and basically, when you're 0:30:37.400 --> 0:30:39.520 in a call, you can tap and it will record 0:30:39.520 --> 0:30:43.480 the phone call. Yes, there's privacy concerns, but the according 0:30:43.520 --> 0:30:46.280 to the Google folks I spoke to, it says a recording. 0:30:46.320 --> 0:30:48.840 It says, hey, this call is being recorded by Google. 0:30:49.760 --> 0:30:51.040 You know, you can hang up if you don't want 0:30:51.080 --> 0:30:53.560 to be a part of that whatever. So that's happening 0:30:53.600 --> 0:30:56.520 with with the Pixel side of things. And basically when 0:30:56.560 --> 0:30:58.480 you hang up, it will give you the transcript of 0:30:58.520 --> 0:31:01.640 your phone call and it will summarize that transcript as well. 0:31:01.680 --> 0:31:04.560 So if someone set a phone number or an account number, 0:31:04.680 --> 0:31:06.960 or whatever, you know, notes that you have in that call. 0:31:07.040 --> 0:31:09.960 It'll summarize that, which is very handy. You said you 0:31:10.040 --> 0:31:13.320 use the iPhone side of things. Apple's also coming out 0:31:13.320 --> 0:31:17.280 with this as well. So iOS eighteen will have a 0:31:17.400 --> 0:31:21.320 feature that I don't know if they've given it a name, 0:31:21.600 --> 0:31:26.320 a proper name, but it's basically a call recording, same 0:31:26.360 --> 0:31:29.840 exact feature, it's the same exact thing. So it's built 0:31:29.840 --> 0:31:33.600 into the iPhone. When you download iOS eighteen and you 0:31:33.680 --> 0:31:36.480 get this Apple Intelligence, it will let you record the 0:31:36.480 --> 0:31:40.440 phone call and it will summarize the call and give 0:31:40.440 --> 0:31:44.720 you a transcript afterwards. So that is the main thing 0:31:44.760 --> 0:31:47.960 to know here is that it has to be on 0:31:48.040 --> 0:31:49.200 compatible devices. 0:31:49.280 --> 0:31:53.080 So the question is it's okay. 0:31:53.160 --> 0:31:55.360 It looks like it's going to be available on any 0:31:55.400 --> 0:32:00.800 device that works with iOS eighteen. Do't need an iPhone 0:32:00.840 --> 0:32:04.240 fifteen proto unlock it, so only the transcript summary uses AI. 0:32:04.560 --> 0:32:06.920 Yeah that's a good, good thing for your for your company. 0:32:07.320 --> 0:32:09.280 But yeah, that's gonna come out. That's going to come 0:32:09.280 --> 0:32:12.960 out in September, So basically, come September, you know we've 0:32:13.000 --> 0:32:16.400 got this. I've got the new pixel here. I didn't 0:32:16.440 --> 0:32:19.000 see that feature just yet on the pixel that they 0:32:19.000 --> 0:32:23.280 provided me as my review unit. But I assume maybe 0:32:23.280 --> 0:32:25.480 it's just it's coming out any day now on there, 0:32:25.520 --> 0:32:27.960 but then on Apple it'll be usually September where this 0:32:28.000 --> 0:32:28.880 stuff is coming. 0:32:28.680 --> 0:32:31.800 Out awesome, So we don't have to wait much longer. 0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:33.120 Not much longer. I'm telling you. 0:32:33.120 --> 0:32:35.520 In the future, every phone, everything's going to be recorded, 0:32:35.560 --> 0:32:38.080 not just phone calls. There's like there are pendants that 0:32:38.120 --> 0:32:40.280 people are going to be able to wear that will 0:32:40.280 --> 0:32:44.240 record all the time, so that you can transcribe your world, 0:32:44.320 --> 0:32:46.600 like your life and just remember notes. I mean, it's 0:32:46.640 --> 0:32:50.080 it's quite incredible. I know it's scary, it sounds weird, 0:32:50.480 --> 0:32:52.640 but you know, there are some business use cases for 0:32:52.720 --> 0:32:55.600 this stuff, like you mentioned. You know, even if you 0:32:55.600 --> 0:32:57.120 go to the doctor, you know, they always tell you 0:32:57.120 --> 0:32:58.640 all this stuff at the end of your appointment and 0:32:58.680 --> 0:33:00.400 you don't remember any of it, you know, and then 0:33:00.400 --> 0:33:00.920 they give you this. 0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:03.600 You know, they don't give you notes. What was the 0:33:03.640 --> 0:33:04.280 second question? 0:33:05.040 --> 0:33:07.200 So the second part of my question is our company 0:33:07.280 --> 0:33:12.680 we process ap uh daily and we are just getting 0:33:12.720 --> 0:33:19.000 absolutely buried in invoices and packing slips and whatever other 0:33:19.080 --> 0:33:23.840 nonsense you can you can picture. For a large construction company, 0:33:23.840 --> 0:33:26.640 of the paperwork flow. Is there a program that you 0:33:26.960 --> 0:33:30.720 like the best or that you recommend the best that 0:33:31.160 --> 0:33:36.080 AI can help us optimize this this constant barrage of paperwork, 0:33:36.120 --> 0:33:36.800 whether that be. 0:33:38.320 --> 0:33:40.040 An email inbox that. 0:33:40.040 --> 0:33:44.040 Is dedicated to an AI reader, AI process, or how 0:33:44.200 --> 0:33:46.600 how can we optimize this better? Because we're getting our 0:33:47.040 --> 0:33:52.160 our rear ends sticked uh with this just constant barrage 0:33:52.160 --> 0:33:54.960 of paperwork fairly large company, so it needs to be 0:33:55.040 --> 0:33:56.760 a pretty uh you know. 0:33:56.720 --> 0:33:57.680 Heavy duty solution. 0:33:58.080 --> 0:33:59.480 Yeah. Well that so that's the thing. 0:33:59.480 --> 0:34:01.280 I mean, so a lot of people have been using 0:34:01.360 --> 0:34:05.000 you know, the kind of consumer aspect of chatchybt Claude 0:34:05.400 --> 0:34:08.400 Gemini for their you know, very consumer oriented things, and 0:34:08.440 --> 0:34:10.600 of course anyone who works at a company, you know, 0:34:10.680 --> 0:34:13.080 maybe kind of dabbling with these tools to kind of 0:34:13.080 --> 0:34:15.600 figure out how they can use them in their in 0:34:15.640 --> 0:34:18.200 their workflow, you know, writing emails better, all that kind 0:34:18.239 --> 0:34:21.200 of stuff. When it comes to a large corporation, you've 0:34:21.239 --> 0:34:24.360 got to have a uh an enterprise solution for that, 0:34:24.520 --> 0:34:27.719 because number one, you've got data security. You cannot just 0:34:27.800 --> 0:34:31.160 be putting in your private uh you know, accounts payable 0:34:31.160 --> 0:34:34.000 information into some random uh AI. 0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:38.000 So you're going to have to go. I'm guessing the big. 0:34:37.760 --> 0:34:41.640 Providers that you're already using for some of these workflows 0:34:41.680 --> 0:34:45.279 are probably working on AI integrations. I think right now 0:34:45.280 --> 0:34:48.280 it's a little tricky because it's all about the privacy, 0:34:48.600 --> 0:34:51.560 and so you need to know that the stuff that 0:34:51.560 --> 0:34:54.400 you're using is not going to be feeding your information 0:34:54.600 --> 0:34:57.520 out into the larger web or into the database of 0:34:57.560 --> 0:35:00.640 these AI companies. So I know, you know, you got 0:35:00.680 --> 0:35:03.759 to look at the enterprise stuff from Microsoft, Salesforce, all 0:35:03.800 --> 0:35:06.200 those kind of big companies that are working on the 0:35:06.360 --> 0:35:08.680 enterprise side of things. I don't have a company or 0:35:08.680 --> 0:35:11.560 a solution that I like personally because I'm not really 0:35:11.600 --> 0:35:14.520 dealing with the corporate side of things. Mostly I'm doing 0:35:14.520 --> 0:35:17.359 the consumer side. But that's kind of where I would 0:35:17.360 --> 0:35:20.520 look is the companies that you're already dealing with, see, 0:35:21.760 --> 0:35:23.520 you know, see what they're looking at when it comes 0:35:23.560 --> 0:35:25.919 to AI. Maybe they already have the solutions, maybe they don't, 0:35:26.040 --> 0:35:27.640 or it might be that you have to go with 0:35:27.640 --> 0:35:29.440 one of these startups. But again, a lot of them 0:35:29.440 --> 0:35:31.919 on the back end are using something like the chat 0:35:31.960 --> 0:35:36.440 GBT or the the open AI APIs great questions today, Eric, 0:35:36.480 --> 0:35:38.839 thanks for the calls. Eight eight eight rich one oh 0:35:38.880 --> 0:35:41.799 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:35:41.920 --> 0:35:45.000 zero one coming up. I'll tell you why Peloton and 0:35:45.480 --> 0:35:48.200 fit it are teaming up. You can get some free classes. 0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:51.640 You're listening to Rich on Tech. Welcome back to another 0:35:51.719 --> 0:35:55.239 hour of Rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 0:35:55.239 --> 0:35:59.560 with you, talking technology, having a lot of fun, giving 0:35:59.560 --> 0:36:04.600 out good information that's usable. Yes, people are always surprised 0:36:04.600 --> 0:36:06.439 when they listen to this show because they're like, wait 0:36:06.480 --> 0:36:10.120 a second, I'm learning a lot. I know it's a 0:36:10.160 --> 0:36:14.400 foreign concept sometimes in today's day and age of clickable 0:36:14.800 --> 0:36:18.440 click baity headlines and quick takes and hot takes and 0:36:18.600 --> 0:36:21.600 Instagram and TikTok. No, this is the real deal. This 0:36:21.680 --> 0:36:23.560 is where I actually tell you the stuff that I 0:36:23.600 --> 0:36:26.720 think you should know. Because I am covering this stuff 0:36:26.760 --> 0:36:29.319 on a daily basis, I'm keeping track of it, I'm 0:36:29.440 --> 0:36:32.359 organizing it. I'm making sure the stuff that I think 0:36:32.400 --> 0:36:34.400 you should know is on this show. That's why I 0:36:34.440 --> 0:36:36.560 say it at the beginning of every show. It's not 0:36:36.640 --> 0:36:39.040 just random stuff to get you to listen, or random 0:36:39.080 --> 0:36:41.440 stuff to you know, get you mad or angry. It 0:36:41.520 --> 0:36:43.759 is stuff that I think you need to know as 0:36:43.760 --> 0:36:46.839 a person that's busy, someone that's working, someone that has 0:36:46.960 --> 0:36:49.400 things to do. That's why you listen to me so 0:36:49.400 --> 0:36:52.319 that I can break this stuff down for you. And 0:36:52.400 --> 0:36:54.279 I do thank you for tuning in and listening. The 0:36:54.280 --> 0:36:58.880 website for the show Rich on tech dot TV. The 0:36:58.880 --> 0:37:01.719 phone number eight eight eight Rich one oh one eight 0:37:01.800 --> 0:37:04.640 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:37:04.760 --> 0:37:07.480 This show a lot of it does focus on Google 0:37:07.560 --> 0:37:10.719 because Google just had their event this week, and so 0:37:10.760 --> 0:37:12.840 I'm still going through some of the different products that 0:37:12.880 --> 0:37:13.560 they announced. 0:37:14.080 --> 0:37:15.080 I'll tell you about two. 0:37:14.880 --> 0:37:17.120 More of those, and then later on in this hour, 0:37:17.200 --> 0:37:19.160 we do have some interviews with the Google folks to 0:37:19.640 --> 0:37:22.840 go more in depth on those. Sophie wrote in on 0:37:22.880 --> 0:37:25.400 the website, Hey, Rich, I'm listening today. You mentioned it 0:37:25.480 --> 0:37:27.560 so fast I cannot get the name of the app. 0:37:27.600 --> 0:37:30.040 I take a lot of screenshots. It's an app to 0:37:30.040 --> 0:37:33.319 help categorize them and pull them up. It's Google something. Also, 0:37:33.360 --> 0:37:35.719 I have an iPhone fourteen. Is it just for Android 0:37:35.800 --> 0:37:40.080 or no, thanks Sophie. Sophie, it is called the Pixel 0:37:40.280 --> 0:37:43.880 screen Shots app, and yes, it's built into the new 0:37:43.880 --> 0:37:48.160 Pixel smartphones. No word yet whether this is going to 0:37:48.160 --> 0:37:52.200 come to other Android phones, but It's a really smart app. Basically, 0:37:52.239 --> 0:37:54.920 every time you take a screenshot on your phone, it 0:37:55.120 --> 0:37:58.480 indexes the information and that screenshot to make it searchable. 0:37:58.800 --> 0:38:01.800 You can also categorize them. So let's say you're taking 0:38:01.800 --> 0:38:05.040 screenshots of gifts or gift ideas or places you want 0:38:05.080 --> 0:38:06.799 to go on your vacation. You can put them into 0:38:06.880 --> 0:38:10.400 categories as well. It's using a lot of AI plus 0:38:10.440 --> 0:38:12.600 you can tap the screenshot to go back to the 0:38:12.600 --> 0:38:15.880 original website, which is smart as well. I have a 0:38:15.880 --> 0:38:19.920 feeling someone is going to make something like this for 0:38:19.960 --> 0:38:22.560 the iPhone. It's not unheard of to make an app 0:38:22.640 --> 0:38:25.760 like this for the iPhone pretty easy and pretty quickly. 0:38:25.800 --> 0:38:27.640 I mean it should be Google because they already have 0:38:27.719 --> 0:38:31.319 the technology. The problem is these companies like to have 0:38:31.360 --> 0:38:35.359 stuff exclusively for their products. We're seeing a tech world 0:38:35.400 --> 0:38:38.560 where more and more it's getting highly competitive, and so 0:38:39.080 --> 0:38:42.160 these every company pretty much kind of holds back a 0:38:42.200 --> 0:38:45.120 little bit where they have these things start on their 0:38:45.200 --> 0:38:48.520 products specifically or a specific model of a tech product 0:38:48.520 --> 0:38:51.399 that's new, and then eventually later on it will come 0:38:51.440 --> 0:38:55.360 to other products. Case in point, Google Circle to Search. 0:38:55.880 --> 0:38:59.040 This is something that launched on the Samsung S twenty 0:38:59.080 --> 0:39:02.959 four lineup of smartphones. It's a very cool way to search, 0:39:03.000 --> 0:39:05.239 where you press and hold on the home button and 0:39:05.280 --> 0:39:08.680 then you can tap or circle or highlight anything on 0:39:08.719 --> 0:39:11.640 your screen to search Google. And this was a collaboration 0:39:11.760 --> 0:39:14.360 between Samsung and Google to come up with a killer 0:39:14.440 --> 0:39:16.839 new feature that would sell a lot of smartphones. And 0:39:16.880 --> 0:39:18.560 I'm not sure if it's sold a lot of smartphones, 0:39:18.560 --> 0:39:21.120 but it's really helpful. In fact, when I am not 0:39:21.360 --> 0:39:24.760 using an Android phone, I feel lost on the iPhone 0:39:24.800 --> 0:39:27.840 because you just can't tap the screen to like search something. 0:39:27.880 --> 0:39:30.680 Let's say you're scrolling through Instagram and you see something cool, 0:39:30.840 --> 0:39:33.000 You're like, I want more information about that restaurant or 0:39:33.040 --> 0:39:36.960 those you know, that gadget or whatever you see. You 0:39:37.000 --> 0:39:39.239 could just literally circle to search and it will give 0:39:39.239 --> 0:39:42.440 you all the information. It's really really helpful, and that 0:39:42.520 --> 0:39:44.000 has made its way to more phones. 0:39:44.000 --> 0:39:44.799 It's on a lot of the. 0:39:46.280 --> 0:39:51.000 Pixel smartphones, and now it's coming to the Samsung budget 0:39:51.040 --> 0:39:56.520 line smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy A series, So this is 0:39:56.560 --> 0:39:59.239 going to be available on the Galaxy A fifty five, 0:39:59.680 --> 0:40:03.080 the A four, the A thirty five, and the A 0:40:03.320 --> 0:40:06.040 thirty four. So if you don't have a Samsung Galaxy 0:40:07.000 --> 0:40:09.919 S series or Z series. The A series is sort 0:40:09.920 --> 0:40:12.520 of the budget line. You're getting Circle to Search, which 0:40:12.600 --> 0:40:17.359 is a really helpful feature, especially for homework. Recent things 0:40:17.360 --> 0:40:21.440 that they added a full page translation homework help QR 0:40:21.560 --> 0:40:24.640 barcode scanning. It's a really handy feature if you want 0:40:24.640 --> 0:40:26.960 to see if your phone has it. If you have 0:40:26.960 --> 0:40:30.200 an Android phone, at the bottom of your screen, just 0:40:30.280 --> 0:40:32.600 press and hold right at the bottom, like almost where 0:40:33.200 --> 0:40:36.120 this screen meets the end of your phone. Just press 0:40:36.160 --> 0:40:39.040 and hold right there and your phone should vibrate and 0:40:39.120 --> 0:40:41.520 kind of light up the screen. And so you do that, 0:40:41.640 --> 0:40:44.319 and then just scribble or circle on your screen and 0:40:44.360 --> 0:40:47.120 you can see if your Circle to Search is on there. 0:40:47.160 --> 0:40:50.520 It's a really really handy feature. I absolutely love it. 0:40:50.520 --> 0:40:52.960 It's something that I don't think can come to the iPhone. 0:40:53.000 --> 0:40:56.040 The closest you've got in the iPhone is a screenshot 0:40:56.120 --> 0:40:58.759 with Google Lens, which is very similar, but it's a 0:40:58.800 --> 0:41:02.120 lot easier of a movement on the on the Android 0:41:02.200 --> 0:41:05.040 side of things. All right, A couple more products quickly 0:41:05.080 --> 0:41:09.640 here from Google pixel Watch three. This is bigger, brighter, 0:41:09.719 --> 0:41:12.960 and all about fitness. Two sizes now they added a 0:41:13.080 --> 0:41:15.640 larger size. It comes in the forty one millimeter and 0:41:15.760 --> 0:41:19.480 a new forty five millimeter option, much bigger screen. I 0:41:19.520 --> 0:41:23.000 think it is a much better looking smart watch because 0:41:23.000 --> 0:41:27.840 the screen is actually usable brighter displays. You get forty 0:41:27.920 --> 0:41:31.759 percent more screen on that forty five millimeter display. They 0:41:31.760 --> 0:41:34.240 even made the smaller one have a little bit more display, 0:41:34.320 --> 0:41:36.040 ten percent more, so they pushed it out to the 0:41:36.120 --> 0:41:39.720 edges a little bit more. They've got some new fitness features. 0:41:39.760 --> 0:41:43.120 Everyone's doing this kind of like daily readiness score, and 0:41:43.200 --> 0:41:46.279 so now the pixel watch is doing that as well. 0:41:46.560 --> 0:41:49.560 They've got this really interesting new feature called loss of 0:41:49.719 --> 0:41:52.439 pulse detection. So a couple weeks ago on this show, 0:41:52.480 --> 0:41:55.239 we were talking about how these wearables can detect a 0:41:55.360 --> 0:41:58.279 high pulse rate or a low pulse rate. Now this 0:41:58.360 --> 0:42:02.319 is detecting no pulse rate whatsoever. That's something you don't 0:42:02.360 --> 0:42:05.799 ever want to have, obviously, but now this watch will 0:42:05.800 --> 0:42:09.080 detect that. Now, this is only approved in Europe at 0:42:09.080 --> 0:42:11.080 the start, so we're not getting this feature in the 0:42:11.160 --> 0:42:14.560 US at least not right now, but I imagine they're trying 0:42:14.600 --> 0:42:18.799 to get the proper approving with the FDA. To get 0:42:18.800 --> 0:42:20.840 that or whoever they have to go through the government 0:42:20.880 --> 0:42:22.880 agency here in the US to get that loss of 0:42:22.920 --> 0:42:26.319 pulse detection, because basically, if it detects no pulse, it 0:42:26.360 --> 0:42:30.239 will call for help and text your emergency contacts. There's 0:42:30.280 --> 0:42:33.239 also a new ultra wideband chip in this pixel Watch three, 0:42:33.320 --> 0:42:36.680 which means you can use your phone to unlock digital 0:42:36.719 --> 0:42:40.240 car key functionality, which is neat and pricing three hundred 0:42:40.239 --> 0:42:42.839 and fifty dollars for the forty one millimeter and four 0:42:42.920 --> 0:42:45.960 hundred dollars for the forty five millimeter that does not 0:42:46.000 --> 0:42:47.960 include cellular. Cellular is going to be a little bit 0:42:47.960 --> 0:42:52.959 more expensive. Release date is September tenth, twenty twenty four. 0:42:53.520 --> 0:42:56.920 Then you've got some new pixel buds pixel Buds Pro two. 0:42:57.200 --> 0:43:00.840 These are all about AI. They've got GEM, which is 0:43:00.920 --> 0:43:03.560 Google's AI assistant built in. I did take a demo 0:43:03.640 --> 0:43:07.480 of these up at Google's headquarters and they actually were 0:43:07.600 --> 0:43:11.439 very comfortable my ears, very lightweight. Google says they're twenty 0:43:11.480 --> 0:43:14.400 four percent lighter twenty seven percent smaller than the previous 0:43:14.440 --> 0:43:16.799 pixel Buds Pro, which I did not like. They did 0:43:16.800 --> 0:43:19.319 not stay in my ears very well. These stayed in 0:43:19.320 --> 0:43:22.160 my ears much better. They felt much more comfortable and 0:43:22.239 --> 0:43:24.719 much smaller than the old ones. They also have a 0:43:24.760 --> 0:43:28.239 new custom chip inside, so that's gonna be good for 0:43:28.320 --> 0:43:31.520 improved audio, and of course the AI. The noise cancelation 0:43:31.680 --> 0:43:33.479 was excellent. They put me in a booth. They played 0:43:33.480 --> 0:43:37.239 a whole bunch of noises, really loud noises, like being 0:43:37.239 --> 0:43:40.480 on an airplane, being on a city street, and then 0:43:40.520 --> 0:43:44.360 they turn on the automatic noise cancelation active noise cancelation, 0:43:44.520 --> 0:43:48.120 and all the noises just blended away. So they made 0:43:48.120 --> 0:43:51.439 me listen to that. Oh what's that song right now? 0:43:51.480 --> 0:43:57.160 That hot song right now? Sabrina Carpenter, Espresso. What's the 0:43:57.200 --> 0:43:57.560 other one? 0:43:57.560 --> 0:43:59.080 Oh? Please, please please? I don't know. They made me. 0:43:59.120 --> 0:44:00.799 I think that was Espress. They may be listened to 0:44:00.840 --> 0:44:03.440 by Sabrina Carpenter. That's like all over the radio right now. 0:44:04.520 --> 0:44:06.600 They also have this new twist to fit feature, so 0:44:06.640 --> 0:44:08.000 you kind of push it into your ear and then 0:44:08.000 --> 0:44:10.239 you twist it and then that makes it fit securely. 0:44:10.800 --> 0:44:13.600 These start at two hundred and twenty nine dollars. I 0:44:13.640 --> 0:44:16.239 think that's kind of expensive because there's so many great 0:44:16.280 --> 0:44:19.399 earbuds out there for a lot cheaper. The good news 0:44:19.480 --> 0:44:23.800 is stuff from Google typically gets discounted, So would I 0:44:23.800 --> 0:44:27.239 would earmark these? No pun intended maybe about a two 0:44:27.280 --> 0:44:29.960 hundred dollars price tag, but that's still kind of expensive. 0:44:30.280 --> 0:44:32.200 I know it's in line with like the air Pods, 0:44:32.239 --> 0:44:35.040 but the AirPods Pro. But I think there's in maybe 0:44:35.040 --> 0:44:37.520 I guess the Samsung, but I feel like there's some 0:44:37.560 --> 0:44:39.600 other earbuds that you can get for cheaper that are 0:44:39.719 --> 0:44:42.480 just as good. But again, these work with all the 0:44:42.520 --> 0:44:45.200 Google stuff. These are going to be available on September 0:44:45.280 --> 0:44:48.919 twenty six. Once again, that's the pixel Buds Pro two. 0:44:49.960 --> 0:44:53.040 All right, eighty eight Rich one O one eight eight 0:44:53.120 --> 0:44:56.440 eight seven four to two four to one zero one. 0:44:57.280 --> 0:45:00.880 The website for the show is rich on tech dot TV. 0:45:01.600 --> 0:45:06.360 Let's go to uh max in uh Lake Worth, Florida. 0:45:06.520 --> 0:45:07.680 Max. You're on with Rich. 0:45:08.680 --> 0:45:12.919 Follow rage Max as you're talking to you, Yeah, thanks 0:45:12.920 --> 0:45:13.680 for coming on. 0:45:13.560 --> 0:45:16.719 Your program A lot. I know that, sudd you. We're 0:45:16.840 --> 0:45:20.120 discussing the security breach and credit freed. 0:45:20.880 --> 0:45:21.240 Yes. 0:45:22.280 --> 0:45:26.919 So there are three create reporting agencies and as you described, 0:45:27.480 --> 0:45:32.080 people can go and read their credit there's the fourth 0:45:32.120 --> 0:45:36.359 one that you also need to consider. Okay, the four 0:45:36.440 --> 0:45:41.560 post politic check he as Charlie HS Henry he as 0:45:41.719 --> 0:45:48.240 Edward x as x Ray Systems check systems essentially walks 0:45:48.239 --> 0:45:52.000 with banks. But when someone wants to open a checking 0:45:52.040 --> 0:45:56.520 account or setting account, the bank's checks their credit through 0:45:56.560 --> 0:46:00.759 that system. You also have to go there the website, 0:46:00.800 --> 0:46:06.239 the checksystems dot com and uh, go to the post. 0:46:05.960 --> 0:46:08.640 Of putting free Oh yeah, I see it on. 0:46:08.640 --> 0:46:11.279 The records on that system as well. 0:46:11.400 --> 0:46:12.919 Oh good tip, thanks Max. 0:46:12.960 --> 0:46:16.279 Yeah, I'm looking at the website checksystems dot com and 0:46:16.600 --> 0:46:18.680 uh at the bottom of the website there is a 0:46:18.719 --> 0:46:22.160 link to place a freeze. And so you're saying, this 0:46:22.239 --> 0:46:24.920 is this is Oh yeah, okay here it is designed 0:46:24.920 --> 0:46:28.440 to prevent approval of checking savings, credit accounts, loans or 0:46:28.440 --> 0:46:31.040 other services being approved in your name without your consent. 0:46:31.800 --> 0:46:32.040 Uh. 0:46:32.080 --> 0:46:33.880 Okay, that's a good one. Good to know about that. 0:46:34.239 --> 0:46:36.160 Have you done this yourself? Is it easy? 0:46:37.640 --> 0:46:37.960 Yes? 0:46:38.040 --> 0:46:42.440 I've uh yeah, actually have full gone by the record 0:46:42.640 --> 0:46:46.600 accounts of records many many moons ago because I realized 0:46:46.640 --> 0:46:49.880 that you cannot thrust anything or anybody the day. 0:46:50.120 --> 0:46:52.640 Yeah, I don't even trust you, Max, but I like, 0:46:52.760 --> 0:46:53.640 I like what you're talking. 0:46:53.880 --> 0:46:56.000 But I may be a box here. 0:46:57.680 --> 0:46:59.600 Yeah, how do I know I'm not talking to How 0:46:59.600 --> 0:47:00.960 do I know I'm not talking to AI? 0:47:01.080 --> 0:47:05.120 And the senior side. Rich you have to be what 0:47:05.160 --> 0:47:09.680 I call these days, you have to be an intelligent paranoid. 0:47:10.120 --> 0:47:11.319 Yes, I ask you. 0:47:11.320 --> 0:47:14.399 If you are not an intelligent paranoid, then everybody can 0:47:14.400 --> 0:47:15.400 take advantage of you. 0:47:16.000 --> 0:47:18.719 Max I one hundred percent agree. Thanks so much for 0:47:18.760 --> 0:47:23.000 the call. I am so critical of everything. Even when 0:47:23.080 --> 0:47:27.200 my mom calls me, I ask her some verification questions. 0:47:27.920 --> 0:47:29.920 I'm like, what's your mother's maiden name? Mom? 0:47:30.239 --> 0:47:32.920 Just to make sure we could be tricked very easily. 0:47:33.000 --> 0:47:36.360 You are listening to rich on tech. Welcome back to 0:47:36.480 --> 0:47:38.920 rich on Tech. 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Let's go to 0:48:13.200 --> 0:48:15.440 Mark in Woodland Hill's Mark. 0:48:17.640 --> 0:48:19.280 Ri Hi him. 0:48:19.640 --> 0:48:23.960 I'm a very high miles annually on cycling, so I'm 0:48:23.960 --> 0:48:26.360 out there quite often for hours at a time cycling, 0:48:26.840 --> 0:48:30.520 and I run an app that gives me in real 0:48:30.600 --> 0:48:34.160 time speed odometers, things of that nature that I can 0:48:34.160 --> 0:48:37.640 tap into. My problem is, with course, here in southern California, 0:48:37.880 --> 0:48:41.920 particularly this season, I need a phone that is heat resistant. 0:48:42.360 --> 0:48:44.399 What I find is a lot of my phones are 0:48:44.480 --> 0:48:46.799 just shutting down from the direct lights, you know, the 0:48:46.920 --> 0:48:49.239 direct sunlight, and I hate to have to, you know, 0:48:49.239 --> 0:48:50.920 I want to be able to look at the display. 0:48:51.800 --> 0:48:52.520 Do you have any. 0:48:52.320 --> 0:48:56.760 Suggestions for heat tolerant smartphones by any chance? 0:48:57.800 --> 0:48:58.480 Good question. 0:48:59.000 --> 0:49:02.319 This happens all the time, especially in southern California. And 0:49:02.440 --> 0:49:05.920 you're running GPS on your phone, so that's definitely contributing 0:49:05.960 --> 0:49:11.480 to the heat. Are you using an iPhone or an Android? Currently? 0:49:11.719 --> 0:49:12.200 Android? 0:49:12.280 --> 0:49:14.360 Okay? Android? And which model? 0:49:16.040 --> 0:49:21.080 I'm not really a a cell phone cultured person, but. 0:49:22.560 --> 0:49:25.480 I guess it's a maybe like a Samsung or a 0:49:25.480 --> 0:49:26.880 pixel Samsung. 0:49:27.560 --> 0:49:29.320 Okay, yeah, it's a Samsung. 0:49:29.760 --> 0:49:31.400 Well it's okay. So a couple of things. 0:49:31.440 --> 0:49:36.320 First off, the the older phones don't have as much 0:49:36.760 --> 0:49:40.760 older and less expensive phones don't have as much cooling 0:49:40.800 --> 0:49:44.080 built into them, so that could be number one. But 0:49:44.320 --> 0:49:47.120 in general, I find that when you are out and 0:49:47.160 --> 0:49:49.279 about and your phone is in direct sun, no matter 0:49:49.280 --> 0:49:53.919 what brand I've used, they all overheat, and so it's 0:49:53.920 --> 0:49:56.160 gonna be tough if you're if you're trying to look 0:49:56.160 --> 0:49:59.439 at your screen on your bike at the same time 0:49:59.480 --> 0:50:01.360 that you're using it at the same time it is 0:50:01.480 --> 0:50:05.040 directly in the sun. So that is, uh, that's going 0:50:05.080 --> 0:50:06.839 to be a problem no matter what phone you have. 0:50:08.360 --> 0:50:10.600 But I think you know what I was going to 0:50:10.680 --> 0:50:13.880 recommend in general, there's actually kind of a cool case 0:50:14.080 --> 0:50:20.000 for a phone called the Fouzi phoo z Y. And 0:50:20.880 --> 0:50:22.960 I was not a believer, and I was at I think, 0:50:23.040 --> 0:50:25.000 I don't know if I got this at CS or somewhere. 0:50:25.000 --> 0:50:27.160 I got a sample of this thing, and I was like, 0:50:27.160 --> 0:50:29.160 come on, there's no way this thing works. And it's 0:50:29.200 --> 0:50:31.680 just it's like a thermal bag for your phone, and 0:50:31.719 --> 0:50:33.520 so you pop your phone in it and if you're 0:50:33.520 --> 0:50:36.640 bringing it to the uh you know, whether you're skiing 0:50:36.719 --> 0:50:38.719 or if it's cold outside, or whether you're bringing it 0:50:38.760 --> 0:50:40.560 to the beach and it's hot outside, you keep your 0:50:40.600 --> 0:50:43.760 phone in this little pouch. And sure enough, it keeps it, 0:50:43.760 --> 0:50:46.319 It keeps it cool, it keeps it from overheating or 0:50:46.400 --> 0:50:52.000 over freezing. That's phoo z Y, And so I'm looking 0:50:52.080 --> 0:50:56.040 to see h Mark if they have a version that, 0:50:56.480 --> 0:50:58.520 you know you might be able to put your phone 0:50:58.520 --> 0:51:03.000 in while you're on your bike. You know, that might 0:51:03.000 --> 0:51:05.520 be your best bet. The problem with this is that 0:51:06.200 --> 0:51:08.160 you're not gonna be able to see the screen when 0:51:08.200 --> 0:51:08.920 it's in here. 0:51:09.920 --> 0:51:10.439 But let's see. 0:51:10.440 --> 0:51:12.840 Okay, I'm looking at they've got a cycle collection, so 0:51:12.920 --> 0:51:15.600 let's see maybe they have one that's uh, it's like 0:51:16.040 --> 0:51:20.120 a bike specific one that would work, but they do 0:51:20.239 --> 0:51:23.840 mention biking. Yeah, the cycle series. So I'm looking to 0:51:23.840 --> 0:51:26.600 see maybe if they have like a clear one. But no, 0:51:26.680 --> 0:51:28.400 I don't see a clear one. But anyway, that is 0:51:28.520 --> 0:51:31.200 probably my best bet if you want to just keep 0:51:31.239 --> 0:51:34.480 your phone not from overheating is to use something like this, 0:51:34.760 --> 0:51:37.520 and you're just gonna you may not be able to 0:51:37.600 --> 0:51:39.360 keep your phone where you can see the screen, but 0:51:39.400 --> 0:51:41.160 at least it's not gonna overheat, and the times that 0:51:41.200 --> 0:51:43.279 you do pull it out to see your screen, it 0:51:43.320 --> 0:51:48.520 will still work. So phoo z Y is the uh 0:51:49.120 --> 0:51:52.160 is the device. It's just a pouch. Basically, let me 0:51:52.200 --> 0:51:55.439 see how much these things cost. Usually it's about let's 0:51:55.440 --> 0:52:00.279 see here, thirty, about thirty anywhere from thirty toady to 0:52:00.360 --> 0:52:03.520 forty dollars. They've got a NASA one. That one's pretty cool. 0:52:03.560 --> 0:52:05.680 Now I'm telling you this thing works. I mean it really, 0:52:06.320 --> 0:52:09.040 it really does work. I'm very impressed with this thing. 0:52:09.200 --> 0:52:12.279 So that's the website to go to. Thanks for the 0:52:12.280 --> 0:52:18.280 call today, Mark, appreciate you. Let's see, since you mentioned biking, Google, 0:52:18.280 --> 0:52:21.319 Fippit and Peloton are teaming up. So if you're a 0:52:21.560 --> 0:52:25.120 paid Fitbit premium user. This is a paid user, not 0:52:25.160 --> 0:52:26.279 just if you have a Fitbit, you have to be 0:52:26.280 --> 0:52:28.840 paying for their subscription. You'll be able to access some 0:52:28.920 --> 0:52:32.560 Peloton classes starting in September. You're going to get to 0:52:32.600 --> 0:52:38.359 access strength pilates, running, boxing, and oh some classes will 0:52:38.360 --> 0:52:41.080 be available to non premium Fitbit users, but I'm guessing 0:52:41.080 --> 0:52:44.719 it's a smaller percentage. And then Peloton members they're going 0:52:44.800 --> 0:52:46.840 to cross sell, so they're going to give you special 0:52:46.840 --> 0:52:51.120 offers on the Pixel Watch and Fitbit Charge six. This 0:52:51.160 --> 0:52:53.080 is all coming in September. 0:52:53.400 --> 0:52:53.959 This is a. 0:52:53.920 --> 0:52:58.000 Multi year, multi country partnership by Peloton and fitbit. 0:52:58.160 --> 0:52:59.839 So you know you got to check these things. 0:53:00.000 --> 0:53:02.160 Everything's so expensive nowadays, so if you can get some 0:53:02.200 --> 0:53:05.520 stuff for free, why not, right, take advantage eighty eight 0:53:05.640 --> 0:53:08.239 rich one oh one. Get those calls in, we'll get 0:53:08.239 --> 0:53:09.839 to them in just a bit. Coming up, we're gonna 0:53:09.840 --> 0:53:11.840 talk to some of the Google folks about some of 0:53:11.840 --> 0:53:14.680 the products they announced this week. 0:53:14.840 --> 0:53:16.319 This is rich on Tech. 0:53:17.320 --> 0:53:19.839 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 0:53:19.880 --> 0:53:23.520 out with you, talking technology at triple eight rich one 0:53:23.560 --> 0:53:27.080 oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two, 0:53:27.160 --> 0:53:29.359 four to one zero one. Give me a call if 0:53:29.360 --> 0:53:31.040 you have a tech question. We'll get back to the 0:53:31.080 --> 0:53:33.880 lines in just a moment. But first we're taking a 0:53:33.920 --> 0:53:37.480 deeper dive into Google's latest announcements this week. I was 0:53:37.560 --> 0:53:40.960 up in Mountain View at their beautiful Bayview headquarters, and 0:53:41.000 --> 0:53:42.680 I got to talk to some of the key folks 0:53:42.719 --> 0:53:46.000 helping to make their products from smartphones to smart watches 0:53:46.120 --> 0:53:50.240 and smart home devices. First up, Shanaz Zach, senior director 0:53:50.280 --> 0:53:54.360 of Product management for Pixel First. Zach explained how AI 0:53:54.600 --> 0:53:57.000 is changing the game for pixel users. 0:53:57.520 --> 0:54:00.000 It's a phone that is with you almost the whole 0:54:00.160 --> 0:54:02.200 day and the evening and the night. So I me 0:54:02.280 --> 0:54:04.319 think about Pixel as a phone and a device that 0:54:04.440 --> 0:54:07.280 is your personal device. We think of the whole staff, 0:54:07.320 --> 0:54:10.640 the hardware, the software, and the silicon, and then we 0:54:10.719 --> 0:54:13.279 think about, Okay, what are the problems the Pixel is 0:54:13.320 --> 0:54:16.400 going to help you solve to lead a happier, more fruitful, 0:54:16.480 --> 0:54:18.759 more productive life. Right now, that's how we think about it, 0:54:19.200 --> 0:54:23.160 think of how do we help people with their problems 0:54:23.239 --> 0:54:26.640 and making their lives more fruitful? And in termline too, 0:54:27.480 --> 0:54:31.640 AI and the technology, what is it enabling further enabling? 0:54:31.760 --> 0:54:34.799 Right and you saw that today when Sali Demo did 0:54:34.840 --> 0:54:38.000 with the ear buds. Right now, Gemini Live is in 0:54:38.080 --> 0:54:40.160 my ear bus try to my phone, so if I 0:54:40.200 --> 0:54:43.000 go on a walk, I can just talk to Gemini Live. 0:54:43.239 --> 0:54:46.160 Like I've been literally having these conversations because I have 0:54:46.200 --> 0:54:48.560 a dog. My kids want me to get another dog, 0:54:48.840 --> 0:54:51.399 and so I'm like, okay, which dog should I get? 0:54:51.440 --> 0:54:53.839 If I get a dog? My dog is eight? Like 0:54:54.120 --> 0:54:55.080 should I get a puppy? 0:54:55.080 --> 0:54:55.560 Should I get? 0:54:55.719 --> 0:54:59.520 I'm literally having these conversations with Gemini Live on my walk. 0:55:00.000 --> 0:55:02.319 It's really answering me these questions rather than I'm doing 0:55:02.320 --> 0:55:04.680 a search and then I get distracted with something else, 0:55:04.760 --> 0:55:06.640 I'm like, I'm on my walk and it's given me 0:55:06.680 --> 0:55:09.560 good examples, whether it's a small dog a big dog. 0:55:10.520 --> 0:55:12.360 So again, again I can think of like not so 0:55:12.440 --> 0:55:15.960 much the how do we really help our users? How 0:55:16.000 --> 0:55:17.160 does a phone make your lives better? 0:55:18.040 --> 0:55:20.440 Next, I asked about some of the standout new features 0:55:20.440 --> 0:55:21.800 in the latest Pixel models. 0:55:22.320 --> 0:55:24.399 I have a lot of favorite features, but I would 0:55:24.400 --> 0:55:26.360 say a couple that stand out for me is adme. 0:55:26.880 --> 0:55:30.520 Call notes is another one which is amazing. Again, like 0:55:30.560 --> 0:55:33.680 it's solving the problem of here's the number somebody. Especially 0:55:33.719 --> 0:55:35.799 when I'm driving and somebody gives me a number on 0:55:35.840 --> 0:55:37.279 the phone, I'm like, oh my god, I don't have 0:55:37.320 --> 0:55:39.600 a pen and paper. Can I call you back? Or 0:55:39.600 --> 0:55:42.840 then I have to like park, take bring out my phone, 0:55:43.120 --> 0:55:45.400 type the number, and the keep notes app. Now I 0:55:45.440 --> 0:55:47.320 don't have to do that. I can just turn on 0:55:47.480 --> 0:55:51.840 call notes. It takes the transcript, it summarizes that and 0:55:51.960 --> 0:55:54.279 just puts the phone number right there, or a confirmation 0:55:54.520 --> 0:55:57.120 number or any of those numbers right. So I think 0:55:57.120 --> 0:55:58.759 that's another one that I really use. 0:55:58.800 --> 0:56:02.120 In title helpful private see is always a concern, especially 0:56:02.120 --> 0:56:04.560 with phone calls. I was curious how the new call 0:56:04.600 --> 0:56:06.640 notes feature protects user data. 0:56:06.760 --> 0:56:09.640 When you enable call notes, it will read out a 0:56:09.680 --> 0:56:12.560 promt that this call is being recorded and is using 0:56:12.600 --> 0:56:14.640 for call you. So if we do that prompt to 0:56:15.000 --> 0:56:17.120 both the parties so that you know that the call 0:56:17.200 --> 0:56:19.120 is being recorded. And that's how it works, and it's 0:56:19.160 --> 0:56:21.759 completely on device private using chemin I Nano. 0:56:22.480 --> 0:56:24.640 It can be a very iPhone centric world. So I 0:56:24.680 --> 0:56:27.440 want you to know Zach's reasons why someone should consider 0:56:27.560 --> 0:56:29.480 a switch to the pixels. 0:56:29.640 --> 0:56:32.839 So many reasons, so many reasons. And I will say, 0:56:33.000 --> 0:56:34.960 I know a lot of people is you said ecosystem, 0:56:34.960 --> 0:56:37.920 but it's also inertia right because it's moving to a 0:56:37.960 --> 0:56:40.480 different device and you have all of this data and 0:56:40.520 --> 0:56:42.759 that's a lot of time you're spending also as well 0:56:42.800 --> 0:56:45.719 as like making sure users can easily transfer and move 0:56:45.719 --> 0:56:47.959 all their data, a lot of which we did not mention. 0:56:48.400 --> 0:56:50.520 A lot of focus, a big portion of the team 0:56:50.560 --> 0:56:52.360 things through that because you want to make sure that 0:56:52.440 --> 0:56:55.759 you seamlessly Mower to Pixel can use do everything that 0:56:55.800 --> 0:56:57.040 you've done in the past. 0:56:56.760 --> 0:56:57.680 And better right. 0:56:57.880 --> 0:57:01.560 Next up San deep Riot, Senior director of product management 0:57:01.600 --> 0:57:04.680 for Pixel Wearables. He's been on this show before and 0:57:04.719 --> 0:57:07.040 this time I asked him, what's new with the pixel 0:57:07.080 --> 0:57:07.880 Watch three. 0:57:08.040 --> 0:57:11.399 There's no one size fits all here, and these two 0:57:11.440 --> 0:57:15.520 sizes really give you that expression. We see people then 0:57:15.760 --> 0:57:18.360 looking for more in their watch, so when they're out 0:57:18.400 --> 0:57:20.640 and about, they want to add a glancy, more information. 0:57:20.720 --> 0:57:23.640 So we are bringing more information utilizing that larger screen. 0:57:24.000 --> 0:57:27.240 And they're also looking for more battery life from the watch, 0:57:27.280 --> 0:57:29.520 and again larger size can give that. So that has 0:57:29.560 --> 0:57:32.320 been the number one request in pixel Watch one and two, 0:57:32.680 --> 0:57:34.800 and finally we are bringing the second size with three. 0:57:35.200 --> 0:57:38.080 The feedback we get is that people really love pixel 0:57:38.120 --> 0:57:41.440 Watch for sleep tracking, for their workout tracking, for general 0:57:41.960 --> 0:57:45.280 during the day activity tracking, and on top of that, 0:57:45.320 --> 0:57:47.920 what they're really seeking is that now it's on the wrist, 0:57:48.280 --> 0:57:50.360 now that I like it, give me more help Like 0:57:50.400 --> 0:57:53.680 Google brings some extensions, bring the helpfulness, and that's what 0:57:54.080 --> 0:57:54.919 our goal has been. 0:57:55.160 --> 0:57:57.320 From what I'm hearing, it seems that Google is all 0:57:57.320 --> 0:58:00.880 about adding helpful features, and there are some notable ones 0:58:00.880 --> 0:58:03.560 on the pixel Watch three. Some will likely make their 0:58:03.560 --> 0:58:04.880 way to previous models. 0:58:05.440 --> 0:58:08.080 So from helpfulness standpoint, we are really bringing even more 0:58:08.080 --> 0:58:11.760 helpful extensions off Google and pixel So there are so 0:58:11.840 --> 0:58:14.080 many examples of that recorder app, so on the go, 0:58:14.160 --> 0:58:15.800 if you want to just take a quick memory, you 0:58:15.800 --> 0:58:18.120 can now do that. You can now live stream your 0:58:18.480 --> 0:58:21.960 Nest doorbell and camera. So for example, somebody's at the door, 0:58:22.000 --> 0:58:25.840 you're cooking dinner. You can now live stream that camera 0:58:26.040 --> 0:58:28.480 right on your wrist and do a two way conversation 0:58:28.560 --> 0:58:31.160 as well. You can say drop the package right from 0:58:31.200 --> 0:58:32.960 your wrist, you don't have to lay it. And then 0:58:33.080 --> 0:58:36.240 in terms of bringing even more helpful extensions, you can 0:58:36.280 --> 0:58:40.120 now unlock your pixel phone but just your watch. And 0:58:40.200 --> 0:58:44.080 then there are other smaller aspects of that extension, things 0:58:44.160 --> 0:58:46.840 like now you can They are smaller, but they're big 0:58:46.880 --> 0:58:49.560 features like coll assists, for example, so you can screen 0:58:49.640 --> 0:58:52.160 calls on wrist, but then also put the call on 0:58:52.240 --> 0:58:54.560 hold and call assists will do it for you to 0:58:54.600 --> 0:58:56.440 buy you that minute. So you can now go grab 0:58:56.480 --> 0:58:58.760 your phone or find a quiet place to talk. 0:58:58.960 --> 0:59:01.040 Now our watches can all call for help if you 0:59:01.080 --> 0:59:02.640 take a fall, or notify you. 0:59:02.680 --> 0:59:04.160 About a lower high heart rate. 0:59:04.520 --> 0:59:07.680 Now there's a new safety feature Google's adding that detects 0:59:07.840 --> 0:59:08.920 loss of pulse. 0:59:09.320 --> 0:59:12.400 The research scientist at Google really had this ambitious thing 0:59:12.400 --> 0:59:15.479 onlike can we detect loss of pulse, and that loss 0:59:15.480 --> 0:59:19.640 of pulse is that kind of ambitious thing where it 0:59:19.760 --> 0:59:22.040 really can help you in critical moments of your life. 0:59:23.080 --> 0:59:25.480 And how it works is that it's detecting that the 0:59:25.840 --> 0:59:29.040 pulse on your wrist along with purposeful motion using the 0:59:29.120 --> 0:59:32.000 sensor of fusion, which is taking motion data and heart 0:59:32.080 --> 0:59:34.600 rate data, combining that to see if there's any loss 0:59:34.600 --> 0:59:37.680 of pulse, and then contacting both your emergency contact and 0:59:37.760 --> 0:59:39.760 emergency services to get your quick help. 0:59:40.240 --> 0:59:41.960 Keep in mind that feature is only going to be 0:59:42.000 --> 0:59:44.560 available in Europe at least for now. All right, now, 0:59:44.600 --> 0:59:47.760 from our wrists to the living room. Rishi Chandra heads 0:59:47.840 --> 0:59:50.560 up Health and Home at Google. First I asked about 0:59:50.600 --> 0:59:53.720 Google's decision to kill Chrome cast in favor of a 0:59:53.760 --> 0:59:54.920 new set top box. 0:59:55.360 --> 0:59:58.240 So yeah, we launched Chrome casts in twenty thirteen and 0:59:58.280 --> 1:00:02.560 it changed TV in particular. Most TVs didn't have streaming 1:00:02.560 --> 1:00:04.520 apps at that time. It made it super simple to 1:00:04.520 --> 1:00:07.440 plug in something and you get apps as quickly as possible. 1:00:07.880 --> 1:00:10.040 What we've now found is almost every TV in the 1:00:10.040 --> 1:00:13.320 world has apps already built into it. So what we 1:00:13.360 --> 1:00:15.360 feel like is the next stage of where TV is 1:00:15.400 --> 1:00:16.800 going to go is how do you think about a 1:00:16.880 --> 1:00:19.160 really premium TV experience. 1:00:19.040 --> 1:00:20.520 Combined with the smart home experiences. 1:00:20.800 --> 1:00:24.560 So for example, today, like my monthly bill for streaming 1:00:25.080 --> 1:00:28.880 is actually pretty snificent between Netflix, YouTube, Premium Hulu, Apple TV, 1:00:28.960 --> 1:00:31.920 what have you. But we have these really cheap dongles 1:00:32.240 --> 1:00:34.720 powering my premium TV experience. Well, now we want to 1:00:34.720 --> 1:00:38.520 build a device that's actually optimized for premium TV, so 1:00:38.520 --> 1:00:40.400 you get the best YouTube TV experience, you get the 1:00:40.400 --> 1:00:43.480 best Netflix experience, and we want to bridge smart home 1:00:43.560 --> 1:00:45.120 as part of it, so I should be able to 1:00:45.120 --> 1:00:47.880 see directly from my TV who's at the front door, 1:00:48.320 --> 1:00:51.520 turn off the lights, automatically change my heating settings. So 1:00:51.600 --> 1:00:54.200 we're combining those two things in this new box torm factor, 1:00:54.240 --> 1:00:56.840 which is called Google TV Streamer. A box will always 1:00:56.840 --> 1:00:59.720 be leading edge inter technology. So your TV, you want 1:00:59.760 --> 1:01:02.200 to buy that for five to ten years, so it'll 1:01:02.200 --> 1:01:04.240 give you access to apps. But if you want the latest, 1:01:04.240 --> 1:01:07.520 for example, smart home technology like matter and Thread, you're 1:01:07.520 --> 1:01:10.640 going to need a device, a separate device today until 1:01:10.680 --> 1:01:12.760 that gets embedded in TV. So we always see the 1:01:12.760 --> 1:01:14.200 box is going to be a little bit head of 1:01:14.240 --> 1:01:17.640 the curve of the latest technology, the fastest processor, the 1:01:17.680 --> 1:01:20.920 most capable AI, so that's the role of the box 1:01:21.000 --> 1:01:22.600 is that you can upgrade a little bit faster than 1:01:22.640 --> 1:01:24.680 your television. Where you know, you buy a four K TV, 1:01:24.920 --> 1:01:26.600 I want it to last, you know, five to ten 1:01:26.680 --> 1:01:28.960 years potentially, whereas a box you might want upgrade every 1:01:28.960 --> 1:01:29.560 two three years. 1:01:29.560 --> 1:01:30.560 And that's how we think about it. 1:01:30.640 --> 1:01:33.040 Chandra has been at Google for quite some time. I 1:01:33.040 --> 1:01:35.360 wanted to know his thoughts on how AI is shaping 1:01:35.400 --> 1:01:37.720 the future of home and health products. 1:01:38.200 --> 1:01:41.160 I would say it's an incredibly exciting time because AI 1:01:41.800 --> 1:01:44.760 has this huge potential to change how we think about 1:01:44.760 --> 1:01:48.240 technology products. I helped launch the original Croncast, I help 1:01:48.320 --> 1:01:50.280 launch the original Google Home products. 1:01:49.920 --> 1:01:50.880 With the Google Assistant. 1:01:51.760 --> 1:01:54.400 And the fact that we can actually now apply this 1:01:54.480 --> 1:01:57.960 new technology like LMS and really think see a step 1:01:58.000 --> 1:02:00.560 function change in capability. It's super excit in my mind 1:02:00.600 --> 1:02:02.480 of where we can take health, or we can take home, 1:02:02.560 --> 1:02:05.360 or you can take personal assistance. All of that is 1:02:05.400 --> 1:02:06.720 going to change over the next two years. So I 1:02:06.760 --> 1:02:09.000 think it's really exciting time to be in technology in general. 1:02:09.040 --> 1:02:11.600 There you have it all the updates from Google's latest event, 1:02:11.760 --> 1:02:14.120 and although Google has been working on AI for quite 1:02:14.120 --> 1:02:17.000 some time, it seems we're finally at a turning point 1:02:17.040 --> 1:02:20.040 where it can actually benefit products and make our lives easier. 1:02:20.120 --> 1:02:24.040 Of course, nothing comes without downsides, AI included. All right, 1:02:24.080 --> 1:02:26.080 more of your calls coming up at eighty to eight 1:02:26.240 --> 1:02:29.160 rich one on one that's eight eight eight seven four 1:02:29.200 --> 1:02:30.800 to two or one zero one. 1:02:31.000 --> 1:02:33.520 My name is Rich Damuro and you are listening to 1:02:33.960 --> 1:02:34.720 rich on Tech. 1:02:35.640 --> 1:02:38.320 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:02:38.360 --> 1:02:42.360 out with you talking technology at triple A rich one 1:02:42.400 --> 1:02:44.880 on one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two, 1:02:45.600 --> 1:02:49.439 four one zero one. The website for the show rich 1:02:49.680 --> 1:02:53.920 on Tech dot TV. You can find me there. You 1:02:53.960 --> 1:02:55.960 can sign up for the newsletter. You can see my 1:02:56.040 --> 1:03:01.280 TV reports and also email me. Just hit contact up 1:03:01.280 --> 1:03:04.919 at the top and that should get your message right 1:03:05.000 --> 1:03:08.720 to my inbox. Let's see here. Let's go to Jack 1:03:08.840 --> 1:03:10.760 in north Ridge. Jack, you're on. 1:03:10.760 --> 1:03:11.400 With rich. 1:03:13.480 --> 1:03:13.920 Hello. 1:03:14.200 --> 1:03:18.760 Hi, Hello, Yeah, welcome to the show. 1:03:19.000 --> 1:03:20.520 Hi, thank you for call. 1:03:20.920 --> 1:03:26.120 Let's go with the customer. My question is I have 1:03:26.160 --> 1:03:30.000 an ex girlfriend who is tracking me. She knows where 1:03:30.000 --> 1:03:32.800 I'm going. I think she can read my text messages. 1:03:32.800 --> 1:03:36.240 So I don't know if I need to get a 1:03:36.360 --> 1:03:39.840 track software on my phone or if there's something I 1:03:39.840 --> 1:03:42.400 can buy to see if there's something on the bottom 1:03:42.400 --> 1:03:46.120 of my car. But it's getting kind of scary, so 1:03:46.320 --> 1:03:47.040 I need your help. 1:03:48.840 --> 1:03:50.440 Well, how do you think she's tracking you? 1:03:50.960 --> 1:03:53.480 Well, she knows. She's mentioned in the conversations where I 1:03:53.600 --> 1:03:56.440 was at like physically with out like oh you were here, 1:03:56.480 --> 1:03:59.720 you were there, And I don't think she's following me. 1:04:01.080 --> 1:04:04.520 So I don't know what's going on. And some I 1:04:04.520 --> 1:04:07.360 think she had access to my text messages somehow because 1:04:07.360 --> 1:04:10.320 she knows what I was saying and a message to somebody, 1:04:10.360 --> 1:04:11.960 and she doesn't have access to my phone. 1:04:12.840 --> 1:04:14.840 Are you on iPhone? 1:04:15.080 --> 1:04:15.400 I am? 1:04:15.520 --> 1:04:17.640 Okay? And is she on iPhone? 1:04:18.320 --> 1:04:18.600 Yeah? 1:04:18.640 --> 1:04:21.600 She is no longer like part of my she used 1:04:21.640 --> 1:04:23.560 to be part of like my Apple. 1:04:23.280 --> 1:04:25.800 ID right right, that's her. 1:04:25.680 --> 1:04:27.680 Own because that was a whole mess doing that. 1:04:28.160 --> 1:04:29.560 Yeah, and. 1:04:31.400 --> 1:04:34.120 Yeah, so she has a different company now, she's with 1:04:34.200 --> 1:04:38.040 T Mobile with AT and T and yeah. So I 1:04:38.080 --> 1:04:39.880 have an Apple phone and she has an Apple phone, 1:04:39.920 --> 1:04:43.440 but she's not on my network anymore. That makes sense. 1:04:44.080 --> 1:04:47.880 Well, yes, but I guess the question is is she 1:04:48.080 --> 1:04:54.919 still somehow on your Apple I d like, maybe you disconnected, 1:04:54.960 --> 1:04:57.720 but she's still kind of either in your family or 1:04:58.480 --> 1:05:00.880 you know, in the Find My app, because I'm thinking, 1:05:01.240 --> 1:05:03.280 you know, there's either an air tag that's tracking you, 1:05:03.360 --> 1:05:05.080 which you know, if there's an air tag on your 1:05:05.160 --> 1:05:07.520 on your person or something like that, it would it 1:05:07.520 --> 1:05:10.680 would show up on your iPhone, you know, would say like, hey, 1:05:10.680 --> 1:05:14.800 there's an there's an unknown tracker nearby. So my feeling 1:05:14.920 --> 1:05:17.040 is that there's either Okay, so the things that I 1:05:17.080 --> 1:05:21.200 would think that could be happening here, there's either somehow 1:05:21.360 --> 1:05:26.360 somewhere along the line, you exchanged, uh sharing with that person. 1:05:26.440 --> 1:05:28.640 So for instance, my kids can see where I am 1:05:28.760 --> 1:05:33.360 on their iPhone because we've exchanged at one point, we 1:05:33.480 --> 1:05:36.440 set up some sort of you know, hey, we're in 1:05:36.480 --> 1:05:38.720 the family, and I can see where they are, they 1:05:38.760 --> 1:05:41.240 can see where I am. So I think maybe I 1:05:41.280 --> 1:05:45.240 would go through and check that on your Apple account, 1:05:45.240 --> 1:05:48.919 see if you're sharing your your location with anyone. That's 1:05:48.920 --> 1:05:50.920 what I would look at, because otherwise. 1:05:50.520 --> 1:05:52.320 I mean, I don't think I am I think I 1:05:52.360 --> 1:05:54.040 did that, but I'll tell you, I'll double check. 1:05:54.160 --> 1:05:55.720 Yeah, that's I would double check because that's the only 1:05:55.720 --> 1:05:57.560 one unless she has a physical tracker on you. 1:05:58.000 --> 1:05:58.880 That's really the only way. 1:05:58.960 --> 1:06:01.320 Now there's other third party apps like if there's something 1:06:01.360 --> 1:06:04.600 that you know, maybe you know, like a Life three 1:06:04.720 --> 1:06:07.200 sixty or something like that, maybe you forgot about it, 1:06:07.280 --> 1:06:09.160 but again that would have to be on your phone 1:06:09.720 --> 1:06:13.000 and active. So maybe what I would do if you're 1:06:13.000 --> 1:06:15.880 on the iPhone, you know there's a there's a locations, 1:06:16.120 --> 1:06:17.920 I feel like there's got to be some link to 1:06:17.960 --> 1:06:20.640 your iCloud account in some way, So I would go 1:06:20.720 --> 1:06:24.400 through all of those, like where it says family, and 1:06:24.440 --> 1:06:27.480 then in your privacy and security, I would go through 1:06:27.520 --> 1:06:30.760 like your location services, and I would go through all 1:06:30.840 --> 1:06:33.000 of those and make sure that there's no app in 1:06:33.040 --> 1:06:35.160 there that might get access to your location that she 1:06:35.280 --> 1:06:36.560 may also have access to. 1:06:38.040 --> 1:06:39.800 Yeah, well just just go through. 1:06:39.640 --> 1:06:41.120 And like make sure like for me, you know, I've 1:06:41.160 --> 1:06:43.520 got you I don't know, sixty sixty apps or have 1:06:43.600 --> 1:06:47.400 access to my location. Yeah, I mean, maybe she's just 1:06:47.440 --> 1:06:48.880 tap it into one of those. There's a lot of 1:06:48.880 --> 1:06:51.840 different ways that you can do this, but you know, 1:06:51.920 --> 1:06:54.640 if it's if it's somehow on your account, that's you know, 1:06:54.840 --> 1:06:56.400 that's the thing that you can kind of stop on 1:06:56.440 --> 1:06:59.360 your end and then hopefully she can't. But I mean 1:06:59.560 --> 1:07:02.280 what I would do also is you know, maybe is 1:07:02.320 --> 1:07:03.640 she texting you this information. 1:07:03.680 --> 1:07:04.720 How she's saying I know where you. 1:07:04.760 --> 1:07:10.640 Are to a conversation. We were talking and she goes, 1:07:10.640 --> 1:07:12.160 oh you were here and this and now I was like, 1:07:12.200 --> 1:07:13.960 oh my gosh, okay, and I said, oh, yeah, that 1:07:14.040 --> 1:07:16.600 was it was so. 1:07:17.480 --> 1:07:19.080 I mean, she could have also been she could have 1:07:19.120 --> 1:07:21.400 been calling your bluff. I would you know, she might 1:07:21.640 --> 1:07:22.960 She might just be saying. 1:07:22.680 --> 1:07:23.240 Some of the stuff. 1:07:23.240 --> 1:07:25.480 I don't think so, but maybe maybe. 1:07:25.360 --> 1:07:26.680 I mean it just you know, it depends. 1:07:26.680 --> 1:07:29.080 Like There's my point is I would look for ways 1:07:29.080 --> 1:07:32.640 to actually to actually know if she knows where you are. 1:07:32.680 --> 1:07:34.280 The other thing you can do is just turn location 1:07:34.400 --> 1:07:36.640 services off on your phone altogether for a week and 1:07:36.680 --> 1:07:39.800 see if she can still work her magic and figure 1:07:39.800 --> 1:07:40.560 out where you are. 1:07:41.000 --> 1:07:41.640 I know it's. 1:07:41.440 --> 1:07:44.400 Tricky, but if anyone's using sort of an air tag 1:07:44.600 --> 1:07:46.360 or on the Google side, one of the find my 1:07:46.480 --> 1:07:51.680 devices gadgets, they all will report, whether it's iPhone or Android, 1:07:51.720 --> 1:07:54.560 it will report back to you and tell you that 1:07:54.680 --> 1:07:56.840 you have an unknown tracker following you. So you got 1:07:56.880 --> 1:07:58.560 to look for the ways that she may have access 1:07:59.520 --> 1:08:02.840 that could be, you know, as much as just going 1:08:02.880 --> 1:08:06.680 through your settings. Let's go to Melody and Carl's Bad Melody. 1:08:06.720 --> 1:08:07.439 You're on with Rich? 1:08:09.080 --> 1:08:13.600 Hi, Rich, listen. I several years ago was building a 1:08:13.640 --> 1:08:17.680 house and in the process looking for building materials, and 1:08:17.720 --> 1:08:18.719 I'd be out and. 1:08:18.760 --> 1:08:21.240 Take pictures of the door or. 1:08:21.240 --> 1:08:27.120 That window and whatever, and anyways, I deleted all of 1:08:27.160 --> 1:08:30.720 those from my phone once my house was built and 1:08:30.760 --> 1:08:35.080 I moved into it. But now those photos still continue 1:08:35.160 --> 1:08:37.920 to show up on my screensaver. 1:08:38.840 --> 1:08:44.720 Okay, unware screensaver on what on my lap? So your 1:08:44.760 --> 1:08:48.040 mac book my desktop? Okay, so you have like a 1:08:48.080 --> 1:08:48.719 Mac computer. 1:08:49.840 --> 1:08:52.479 I have a Mac and it's on my neck. Okay, 1:08:52.560 --> 1:08:56.200 so I check the library. They're not in the library 1:08:56.280 --> 1:09:01.480 because I deleted them. They're deleted from my other devices, 1:09:01.800 --> 1:09:05.840 so they're not on my other device with my iPad 1:09:06.200 --> 1:09:11.040 in my obviously my phone, but they still show up 1:09:11.080 --> 1:09:13.880 on my screen saver, and I don't know how to 1:09:13.920 --> 1:09:14.679 get rid of them. 1:09:14.840 --> 1:09:17.920 I went to my iCloud, yeah, and they're not there. 1:09:18.280 --> 1:09:20.720 Got deleted photos or to. 1:09:20.760 --> 1:09:25.439 Delete them there, but I can only delete photos that 1:09:25.680 --> 1:09:28.400 have been deleted in the last thirty days. 1:09:28.760 --> 1:09:32.040 So okay, well I get rid of them. A couple things. 1:09:32.080 --> 1:09:34.960 So first off, have you you've gone into your you've 1:09:34.960 --> 1:09:39.280 gone into your settings screen saver, Photos and then options, 1:09:39.360 --> 1:09:42.280 and you've gone in there into that folder where it 1:09:42.320 --> 1:09:46.600 says choose folder. No okay, okay, So that's where you 1:09:46.640 --> 1:09:48.240 need to go. That's the first place to go. So 1:09:48.280 --> 1:09:51.400 I'll put these instructions on the website rich on tech 1:09:51.439 --> 1:09:53.280 dot TV. I'll put them in the show notes. But 1:09:53.320 --> 1:09:55.920 basically you need to go into the screen saver on 1:09:56.000 --> 1:10:00.560 your settings. So system Preferences, screen saver, scroll down to 1:10:00.560 --> 1:10:03.960 where it says photos. Click there and it says source 1:10:04.400 --> 1:10:06.960 and mine currently says colors. But if it says choose 1:10:07.080 --> 1:10:10.080 choose folder or photo library, you have to go in 1:10:10.120 --> 1:10:12.960 there and find the folder where it's picking those pictures 1:10:13.000 --> 1:10:15.439 out of and delete the pictures out of that folder 1:10:15.920 --> 1:10:18.120 and then empty the trash and once you do that, 1:10:19.200 --> 1:10:22.519 it will be a better place. So that's where they live, 1:10:23.960 --> 1:10:26.800 and that's where it's pulling them from. So sometimes when 1:10:26.840 --> 1:10:29.000 you add a picture to a screen saver, or sometimes 1:10:29.000 --> 1:10:31.560 it gets added, it's just in that folder forever and 1:10:31.600 --> 1:10:34.960 it's kind of copied there. So once you decide, hey, 1:10:35.000 --> 1:10:37.439 I don't want these anymore, go in there, check to 1:10:37.479 --> 1:10:39.400 make sure they're not there, and that should do it. 1:10:39.439 --> 1:10:42.639 If that's not working. There is a way to sort 1:10:42.680 --> 1:10:46.840 of clear the cash on the screen saver that's a 1:10:46.880 --> 1:10:49.640 little bit more complicated, So I think you go with 1:10:49.680 --> 1:10:52.240 the first solution first. I'll put the other solution on 1:10:52.360 --> 1:10:55.320 the show notes. But if that doesn't work, you can 1:10:55.360 --> 1:10:59.200 clear the cash for the screen saver, which sometimes you know, 1:10:59.280 --> 1:11:02.080 sometimes your computer saying, oh, we know that that Melody 1:11:02.080 --> 1:11:03.920 wants these pictures here, so we're gonna make sure we 1:11:03.960 --> 1:11:06.519 protect them. Even if she deletes them in other places, 1:11:06.520 --> 1:11:08.760 We're still gonna save a copy of those so you 1:11:08.800 --> 1:11:10.880 can delete that copy as well. But I think if 1:11:10.880 --> 1:11:13.719 you go into that folder, you may find that it's 1:11:13.760 --> 1:11:16.120 directed to that folder and those pictures are in there. 1:11:16.320 --> 1:11:20.600 Who wants to see construction photos on their screensaver? Nobody, 1:11:21.160 --> 1:11:24.280 especially when the construction's done. Great question, Melody. I know 1:11:24.360 --> 1:11:26.360 when I see the random pictures that I take on 1:11:26.400 --> 1:11:28.080 my daily basis for my work. 1:11:28.280 --> 1:11:29.920 I take so many pictures. 1:11:29.520 --> 1:11:31.799 And they show up on my Google Home and I'm like, Google, 1:11:31.840 --> 1:11:34.240 why are you showing me these random pictures? They are 1:11:34.240 --> 1:11:38.080 not fun at all. You are listening to rich on Tech. 1:11:39.280 --> 1:11:41.960 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:11:42.000 --> 1:11:45.840 out with you talking technology at eight eight eight Rich 1:11:46.040 --> 1:11:48.560 one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to 1:11:48.640 --> 1:11:51.479 two four one zero one. Try to get to a 1:11:51.520 --> 1:11:54.760 couple more calls here. This is the final hour of 1:11:54.840 --> 1:11:57.479 the show this week. Coming up later on in the show, 1:11:57.520 --> 1:12:03.040 I've got a great guest, Max Tegmark, MIT, professor AI researcher. 1:12:03.160 --> 1:12:06.719 He is going to talk about the pros and cons 1:12:06.760 --> 1:12:10.960 of AI. What should we be concerned about because things 1:12:11.000 --> 1:12:13.880 are moving very fast in this AI world, so it's 1:12:13.920 --> 1:12:16.080 going to be an interesting conversation coming up a little 1:12:16.080 --> 1:12:19.240 bit later. The website for the show rich on tech 1:12:19.439 --> 1:12:21.839 dot TV. If you want links to anything I mentioned, 1:12:22.640 --> 1:12:25.040 you can also email me there. Just hit contact up 1:12:25.080 --> 1:12:29.320 at the top. Jim writes in from Prescott Valley, Arizona. Hey, Rich, 1:12:29.360 --> 1:12:31.559 I've got a Fitbit Charge four. I'm a fan of 1:12:31.560 --> 1:12:33.720 the Fitbit products and wondered if any of them could 1:12:33.760 --> 1:12:36.599 push heart rate alerts to my iPhone like the Apple 1:12:36.640 --> 1:12:39.040 Watch did in the story you shared a few weeks ago. 1:12:39.280 --> 1:12:42.960 Thanks for all what you do and your help, Jim So, Jim, 1:12:43.320 --> 1:12:47.519 I think you're correct that the Charge four does not 1:12:47.760 --> 1:12:51.320 do the low high heart rate notifications. As far as 1:12:51.320 --> 1:12:55.080 I can tell, looking at a help page on the 1:12:55.080 --> 1:13:00.200 Fitbit help center, it says the Charge five, Inspire three, 1:13:01.320 --> 1:13:04.920 Sense two Versa three versa four, and Google pixel Watch 1:13:05.000 --> 1:13:08.240 will notify you when we detect your heart rate outside 1:13:08.240 --> 1:13:11.200 of your high or low thresholds when you appear to 1:13:11.240 --> 1:13:14.840 be inactive for at least ten minutes. I would also 1:13:14.840 --> 1:13:18.559 assume the Charge six, which maybe this wasn't updated for 1:13:18.600 --> 1:13:21.800 that one, that should also do it as well. So 1:13:21.840 --> 1:13:24.559 it looks like the newer devices do it, just not 1:13:24.640 --> 1:13:27.200 the one that you have. So all the pixel watches 1:13:27.240 --> 1:13:28.800 do that, and it seems like a lot of the 1:13:30.439 --> 1:13:34.320 fitbit watches do that. Plus the Inspire the charge but 1:13:34.520 --> 1:13:36.200 not the Charge force. You got to get a little 1:13:36.200 --> 1:13:39.760 bit higher. I'd go with the Charge six. That's the 1:13:40.160 --> 1:13:43.680 last one that I reviewed, and it's got a lot 1:13:43.720 --> 1:13:45.519 of good features, very simple if you wanted just a 1:13:45.600 --> 1:13:49.200 simple tracker, The Fitpit Charge six is really nice. 1:13:49.240 --> 1:13:50.439 So check out that. 1:13:50.479 --> 1:13:59.320 One great question let's see here from Rick in Peoria, Arizona. 1:14:00.280 --> 1:14:00.800 I love the show. 1:14:00.840 --> 1:14:03.479 My grand order has an eight month old iPhone fifteen. 1:14:03.520 --> 1:14:06.080 It lost its ability to send and receive cell data. 1:14:06.160 --> 1:14:08.160 Works fine if connected to Wi Fi, but no cell 1:14:08.240 --> 1:14:10.760 data phone calls and text work. AT and T is 1:14:10.760 --> 1:14:13.840 blaming Apple. Apple acknowledges the problem, but blames AT and T. 1:14:14.640 --> 1:14:17.840 The phone still under warranty. Apple won't replace it until 1:14:17.840 --> 1:14:19.800 they remove the software and reload it, but she'll lose 1:14:19.800 --> 1:14:23.639 all of her apps. I read on I read somewhere, Oh, 1:14:23.800 --> 1:14:26.600 I read somewhere there's an ongoing issue with Apple and 1:14:26.680 --> 1:14:31.479 AT and T. Any thoughts, Rick, love you, but this 1:14:31.520 --> 1:14:33.839 is the problem with searching for stuff like this online, 1:14:33.880 --> 1:14:36.800 because what's going to come up the forum where all 1:14:36.840 --> 1:14:38.400 the other people that I've ever in the world had 1:14:38.439 --> 1:14:43.400 a problem with AT and T in the iPhone, you know, 1:14:43.479 --> 1:14:46.680 trade notes and No, there is no ongoing issue with 1:14:46.720 --> 1:14:49.240 Apple and AT and T. Apple and AT and T 1:14:49.320 --> 1:14:52.559 are working just fine. It sounds like you have a 1:14:52.600 --> 1:14:57.360 problem with I message because you're telling me that phone 1:14:57.439 --> 1:15:00.479 calls and texts work, and it works fine if it's 1:15:00.479 --> 1:15:03.680 connected to Wi Fi but no cell data. So what 1:15:03.760 --> 1:15:06.599 I would do is I would do what's called a 1:15:07.280 --> 1:15:11.679 network settings reset. So go on your iPhone, go into 1:15:11.720 --> 1:15:17.160 settings and then go into let's see here settings General. 1:15:17.760 --> 1:15:18.320 Tap there. 1:15:18.840 --> 1:15:22.080 Down to the bottom it says transfer or reset iPhone, 1:15:22.120 --> 1:15:25.519 Tap reset, tap reset one more time. And it says 1:15:25.600 --> 1:15:29.960 reset network settings, and once you do that, that will 1:15:30.000 --> 1:15:33.479 reset all of your network settings and you will have 1:15:33.520 --> 1:15:37.000 to reconnect your iPhone to Wi Fi and Bluetooth, but 1:15:38.040 --> 1:15:40.880 it should retrigger the I message. You may have I 1:15:40.960 --> 1:15:44.160 message turned off over cellular. I don't know if that's possible, 1:15:44.200 --> 1:15:46.320 but maybe that's what happened. The other thing you can 1:15:46.360 --> 1:15:48.840 do is turn off I message and turn it back on. 1:15:49.360 --> 1:15:51.680 Maybe it just needs to reconnect the phone line. If 1:15:52.080 --> 1:15:53.880 she got a new phone, this is a relatively new 1:15:53.920 --> 1:15:58.679 phone that could be the case eight month old iPhone. 1:15:58.720 --> 1:16:01.479 But if that doesn't work work, what I would do 1:16:01.640 --> 1:16:05.160 is what they recommended, which is you have to, you know, 1:16:05.240 --> 1:16:07.920 restart the entire phone. Just just go back to that 1:16:08.000 --> 1:16:12.200 transfer or reset, erase all content and settings, and that 1:16:12.280 --> 1:16:14.880 will wipe the phone clean. Now, as long as you 1:16:14.880 --> 1:16:17.160 have an iCloud backup, you're gonna be just fine because 1:16:17.160 --> 1:16:18.599 all of our apps are going to come back from 1:16:18.640 --> 1:16:21.240 the iCloud backup. But if you're having this problem and 1:16:21.280 --> 1:16:24.080 you do the iCloud backup and restore, you may have 1:16:24.120 --> 1:16:26.040 the same problem when you restore the phone, which could 1:16:26.040 --> 1:16:29.040 be pretty frustrating. So it sounds like it's an eye 1:16:29.080 --> 1:16:31.559 message thing, because you're telling me it works fine connected 1:16:31.600 --> 1:16:33.680 to Wi Fi but not on cell data. So it 1:16:33.760 --> 1:16:36.799 sounds like some sort of messaging. Are these text messages 1:16:36.840 --> 1:16:40.519 that won't go through? Or is it? Is it just 1:16:40.680 --> 1:16:42.880 I messages that won't go through. If it's text, I 1:16:42.880 --> 1:16:45.000 think that network setting reset is going to work. If 1:16:45.000 --> 1:16:47.840 it's I message, that's another thing. But you're telling me 1:16:47.880 --> 1:16:51.439 it works connected to Wi Fi, So do the network 1:16:51.479 --> 1:16:54.200 settings reset. I think that's going to fix most of 1:16:54.240 --> 1:16:57.240 the issues you have. Carrie writes in how do you 1:16:57.280 --> 1:17:01.120 remove tickets from Ticketmaster from my wallet? There is no 1:17:01.240 --> 1:17:05.639 more button to select them to delete them. Great question, Carrie, 1:17:05.720 --> 1:17:08.960 and this is something that often comes up. Things go 1:17:09.040 --> 1:17:11.640 into the Apple Wallet and they never come out. So 1:17:12.560 --> 1:17:14.599 I think the problem is what you're doing is you're 1:17:14.640 --> 1:17:18.400 activating the Apple Wallet by double pressing the side button 1:17:18.439 --> 1:17:20.639 on your phone, which yes, you're right, it does bring 1:17:20.760 --> 1:17:23.400 up all of your cards and when you tap a 1:17:23.439 --> 1:17:25.640 card you can show it, but there's no way to 1:17:25.680 --> 1:17:28.120 get rid of it. What you have to do is 1:17:28.200 --> 1:17:31.920 actually go into the Apple Wallet app. So open up 1:17:31.960 --> 1:17:35.600 your iPhone, type in wallet find, you know, search for 1:17:35.640 --> 1:17:38.880 the wallet app, and now look at all of your 1:17:39.200 --> 1:17:42.760 your cards there. So, for instance, I have my WWDC 1:17:42.920 --> 1:17:46.719 twenty twenty four pass and in the upper right hand 1:17:46.760 --> 1:17:49.519 corner there is a three dots in a circle. You 1:17:49.560 --> 1:17:52.280 tap that and then it says remove pass and when 1:17:52.280 --> 1:17:54.160 you tap that, you should be able to delete that. 1:17:54.720 --> 1:17:57.800 And so there you go. Once you have that, you 1:17:57.880 --> 1:18:00.479 will be able to delete those things. Let's go to 1:18:00.680 --> 1:18:03.960 uh Elsa in Plia del Rey, California. 1:18:04.040 --> 1:18:04.800 Welcome to the show. 1:18:06.400 --> 1:18:08.040 Hey Rich, how are you doing today? 1:18:08.240 --> 1:18:10.639 I'm doing fantastic, Elsa. 1:18:10.760 --> 1:18:11.559 I need your help. 1:18:11.840 --> 1:18:14.160 So I have Direct TV satellite that I've had forever 1:18:14.439 --> 1:18:15.800 and I don't want to get rid of it. I've 1:18:15.840 --> 1:18:18.720 been kind of thinking about streaming and figuring it all out. 1:18:18.920 --> 1:18:20.720 But here's the latest issue for me. 1:18:21.200 --> 1:18:23.519 I wanted to keep the box in my living room. 1:18:23.800 --> 1:18:25.920 I got rid of my son's box so he can 1:18:26.000 --> 1:18:29.040 do the Direct TV app in his room, but in 1:18:29.120 --> 1:18:31.880 my TV, I have a Samsung TV and I can't 1:18:31.920 --> 1:18:34.000 do the app there unless I get a row crew. 1:18:35.640 --> 1:18:37.920 Is there something coming to change or I found that. 1:18:38.640 --> 1:18:39.400 I couldn't believe it. 1:18:39.439 --> 1:18:41.160 They said, yeah, Samsung doesn't let you. 1:18:41.200 --> 1:18:42.400 I guess it's proprietary. 1:18:42.600 --> 1:18:45.599 Yeah, so it depends there are. So you're talking about 1:18:45.640 --> 1:18:48.160 DirecTV stream. This is their streaming service. Is that we're 1:18:48.160 --> 1:18:50.160 talking about or are you talking about Direct TV's own 1:18:50.240 --> 1:18:53.000 streaming app, which, like, are you talking about You're just 1:18:53.080 --> 1:18:55.800 trying to stream your own DirecTV account or is this 1:18:56.000 --> 1:18:57.240 through direct TV Stream? 1:18:58.160 --> 1:19:02.000 No, I'm trying to stream my own Direct TV account? 1:19:02.080 --> 1:19:03.320 Okay, which you have one? 1:19:03.439 --> 1:19:06.160 So you have a satellite, You have a satellite, and 1:19:06.240 --> 1:19:08.560 this is kind of included in your in your satellite, 1:19:08.720 --> 1:19:11.400 you can just stream direct TV correct. 1:19:11.520 --> 1:19:11.880 Okay. 1:19:12.200 --> 1:19:15.200 So I think that's the problem because the direct TV 1:19:15.400 --> 1:19:19.040 stream is a standalone app which is supported on some 1:19:19.160 --> 1:19:23.160 Samsung TVs, but Samsung TV has their own kind of 1:19:23.200 --> 1:19:26.719 like app world, and it's not one of the major players. 1:19:26.760 --> 1:19:29.040 So I mean it is, but it's not. The major 1:19:29.080 --> 1:19:32.760 players are fire TV, stick, Apple TV, and Roku. As 1:19:32.760 --> 1:19:35.000 you found out, they said, oh, just get a Roku. 1:19:35.360 --> 1:19:36.920 The problem is you don't. You don't want a Roku 1:19:36.960 --> 1:19:40.720 because you already have the Samsung TV Smart tv right exactly. 1:19:41.000 --> 1:19:45.320 So the problem is you're beholden to what Samsung allows 1:19:45.479 --> 1:19:49.719 on their platform, and Direct TV has decided that there's 1:19:49.800 --> 1:19:52.879 just not enough of a user base on those TVs 1:19:52.920 --> 1:19:56.599 to support another app because their developers have to go 1:19:56.680 --> 1:19:59.519 through and write that app, and they're just seeing that, 1:19:59.600 --> 1:20:01.360 you know what, we don't have the install base that 1:20:01.400 --> 1:20:03.360 we need to make this app. So we're going to 1:20:03.439 --> 1:20:05.000 make it for Roku, We're going to make it for 1:20:05.360 --> 1:20:07.679 Apple TV, We're going to make it for fire Stick. 1:20:07.840 --> 1:20:10.080 But Samsung TV is going to be sort of left 1:20:10.080 --> 1:20:10.439 out of that. 1:20:11.000 --> 1:20:14.800 So I'm looking on the website to see have you 1:20:14.840 --> 1:20:17.320 looked at the direct tv website to see which Samsung 1:20:17.400 --> 1:20:19.519 TV models are supported, because some are. 1:20:22.000 --> 1:20:25.080 You know, I try to get onto my DirecTV account 1:20:25.720 --> 1:20:28.720 on my TV the streaming and it just said, you know, 1:20:28.960 --> 1:20:31.519 I just wouldn't go through. I'm getting that TV would 1:20:31.520 --> 1:20:32.639 not support that. 1:20:32.880 --> 1:20:35.640 Yeah, it looks like it looks like it's not on 1:20:35.960 --> 1:20:40.120 a lot of TVs, especially older TVs. 1:20:40.120 --> 1:20:41.040 How old is this TV? 1:20:42.800 --> 1:20:43.760 About five? Yeah? 1:20:44.040 --> 1:20:45.800 Yeah, I'm looking at all the TVs on here and 1:20:45.840 --> 1:20:47.000 they're all relatively new. 1:20:47.200 --> 1:20:49.519 So I think the best bet for. 1:20:49.520 --> 1:20:52.519 You if you want to add that that service there, 1:20:52.560 --> 1:20:54.960 you're probably going to have to get a streaming stick, 1:20:55.080 --> 1:20:59.240 and the cheapest one is really, you know, like the 1:20:59.240 --> 1:21:02.960 fire TV. I think that one's pretty cheap. Amazon typically 1:21:03.000 --> 1:21:05.280 has them on sale. I know it's not ideal, but 1:21:05.400 --> 1:21:07.400 what you can do El says, you can breathe new 1:21:07.439 --> 1:21:09.639 life into this TV. Are you using other streaming apps 1:21:09.680 --> 1:21:10.400 on this TV or no? 1:21:11.520 --> 1:21:12.679 Yes? Okay, yeah. 1:21:12.880 --> 1:21:15.639 So the good news is if you get this little 1:21:15.960 --> 1:21:18.120 you know, fire TV stick, you will be able to 1:21:18.200 --> 1:21:20.400 download all of the other apps that you already have. 1:21:20.960 --> 1:21:23.000 You're just going to have to go through that input 1:21:23.080 --> 1:21:28.120 instead of using the native kind of like TV interface 1:21:28.200 --> 1:21:31.360 that you're used to. That's the downside, and you know, 1:21:31.400 --> 1:21:34.559 but the the good news is the the out outlay, 1:21:34.640 --> 1:21:37.080 Like the expense for this is probably about thirty dollars, 1:21:37.120 --> 1:21:38.840 so it's not too much of an expense. It's more 1:21:38.920 --> 1:21:42.280 of a mindset that you've got this TV, you've got 1:21:42.280 --> 1:21:44.960 this smart TV interface, you can't get the app that 1:21:45.000 --> 1:21:48.320 you want on that interface. And so that's that is 1:21:48.360 --> 1:21:49.320 frustrating for sure. 1:21:50.080 --> 1:21:51.760 And one more day before I let you go, because 1:21:51.760 --> 1:21:53.720 as it turns out, direct TV came out with a 1:21:53.840 --> 1:21:56.240 genie that then I can get my apps or I 1:21:56.240 --> 1:21:58.880 don't know. Yeah, so the Technlicson came out and said, 1:21:59.280 --> 1:22:01.360 you know, it's what you just said. It's going to 1:22:01.439 --> 1:22:03.720 be alike because now you have your system going through 1:22:03.720 --> 1:22:05.559 something else. He's like, if you have all your apps 1:22:05.600 --> 1:22:07.719 on your TV like you do now, you don't really 1:22:07.760 --> 1:22:08.120 need it. 1:22:08.280 --> 1:22:10.559 Yeah, agreed. I would agree with that. 1:22:10.760 --> 1:22:14.479 So I would say, do you what about just ditching 1:22:14.479 --> 1:22:20.000 the satellite altogether and just signing up for direct TV stream. 1:22:20.600 --> 1:22:21.680 I considered that. 1:22:22.040 --> 1:22:24.000 That was my whole that was the purpose, so I 1:22:24.000 --> 1:22:24.720 could try it out. 1:22:24.880 --> 1:22:27.400 Yeah, the problem is it's not any cheaper. The problem 1:22:27.439 --> 1:22:28.320 is it's not any cheaper. 1:22:28.320 --> 1:22:31.080 Whatever you do, like Direct TV stream is basically the 1:22:31.120 --> 1:22:33.160 same price, and you may have like a promotion going 1:22:33.200 --> 1:22:33.800 with direct TV. 1:22:34.000 --> 1:22:36.439 So I would just personally, what I. 1:22:36.360 --> 1:22:39.400 Would do is, uh is, just get the dongle, get 1:22:39.439 --> 1:22:42.280 the fire TV stick, all of the apps that you're 1:22:42.280 --> 1:22:45.160 already using on Samsung TV, download them to the fire 1:22:45.200 --> 1:22:47.320 TV stick or the Roku if you want to go Roku, 1:22:47.400 --> 1:22:49.200 go with that. They make a small stick as well, 1:22:50.120 --> 1:22:52.599 and then you know, just use that as your interface 1:22:52.640 --> 1:22:54.559 on this TV and that way you can still use 1:22:54.640 --> 1:22:56.600 your Direct TV. The only thing I would do is 1:22:56.640 --> 1:22:59.519 just check with direct TV to make sure that the 1:22:59.560 --> 1:23:03.040 app that you need to download is available on these 1:23:03.360 --> 1:23:06.160 streaming sticks, because it is. It sounds like it's slightly 1:23:06.200 --> 1:23:09.559 different than the DirecTV stream app, which is more widely 1:23:09.680 --> 1:23:12.120 used than the Direct TV app that I think you 1:23:12.240 --> 1:23:14.360 need to use to sign in with your account. 1:23:15.320 --> 1:23:16.439 More of your calls coming up. 1:23:16.479 --> 1:23:19.120 Eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight 1:23:19.280 --> 1:23:22.880 seven four to two four one zero one. California is 1:23:22.920 --> 1:23:27.240 going to introduce digital driver's licenses in Apple Wallet. I'll 1:23:27.240 --> 1:23:30.639 tell you about that, plus the VPN that is free 1:23:31.360 --> 1:23:35.000 and it installs in your browser quickly. You're listening to 1:23:35.240 --> 1:23:38.760 Rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 1:23:38.800 --> 1:23:42.400 Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology. Coming up, 1:23:43.200 --> 1:23:48.000 we are going to talk to Max Tegmark, MIT professor 1:23:48.040 --> 1:23:51.000 and AI researcher about the AI world we live in 1:23:51.760 --> 1:23:54.439 and what could potentially be good and bad about that. 1:23:54.840 --> 1:23:58.120 Let's go to Robert in California. Robert, you're on with Rich. 1:23:59.160 --> 1:23:59.719 Very Rich. 1:24:00.400 --> 1:24:04.880 I have a question, another direct TV question as Yeah, 1:24:04.920 --> 1:24:10.800 what are the chances I just installed five TVs at 1:24:10.800 --> 1:24:13.599 a bar in Venice and their direct TV and there 1:24:13.680 --> 1:24:15.519 used to be a feature on their boxes where you. 1:24:15.479 --> 1:24:18.720 Could have them automatically tuned to a Dodger game, so 1:24:19.680 --> 1:24:22.240 gets the business account, so the bartender didn't have to 1:24:22.240 --> 1:24:24.519 pick up a remote and change it you could program 1:24:24.560 --> 1:24:27.240 another TV that it would change over to, you know, 1:24:27.320 --> 1:24:30.599 the the Rams game, and they got rid of that feature. 1:24:30.680 --> 1:24:34.000 So my thinking was, well, that's cool. If the boxes 1:24:34.040 --> 1:24:38.120 can talk to Google or to Alexa, I'll just do 1:24:38.200 --> 1:24:40.680 a routine and you know, one of the bartenders or 1:24:40.720 --> 1:24:41.880 something a little set it up for the. 1:24:41.880 --> 1:24:42.519 Week or something. 1:24:43.080 --> 1:24:46.720 But they don't talk to Google or Alexa. And I 1:24:46.720 --> 1:24:49.080 don't want to use a Harmony hub. 1:24:49.120 --> 1:24:50.000 I thought about that, but. 1:24:50.000 --> 1:24:52.760 Is there something similar to a Harmony hub where I 1:24:52.760 --> 1:24:57.439 could have it change channels for me on a schedule. 1:24:58.760 --> 1:25:01.160 I think we've had this question on the show before. 1:25:01.240 --> 1:25:03.439 I'm trying to remember. So the auto tune, Yeah, they 1:25:03.439 --> 1:25:07.280 don't do that anymore. And these boxes the only thing 1:25:07.280 --> 1:25:10.519 I'm okay, the thing that I think might work. And 1:25:10.600 --> 1:25:13.400 maybe you've already thought about this, but what about just 1:25:13.520 --> 1:25:17.040 DVR ing the games and so the DVR switches to 1:25:17.120 --> 1:25:18.599 that channel at that time. 1:25:21.800 --> 1:25:24.800 Shoot, that'll work that it'll just switch once you do 1:25:24.880 --> 1:25:25.400 the DVR. 1:25:25.560 --> 1:25:25.760 Yeah. 1:25:25.800 --> 1:25:28.240 Now, the the problem is I think there's probably like 1:25:28.320 --> 1:25:31.040 depends on how many tuners there are on these boxes. 1:25:31.680 --> 1:25:34.200 So let's just say you have the box and there's 1:25:34.200 --> 1:25:36.280 two tuners, you know, because a lot of these DVRs 1:25:36.320 --> 1:25:38.719 have like two tuners built in. So what I would 1:25:38.720 --> 1:25:41.439 do is try to see if you can record the 1:25:41.479 --> 1:25:46.000 game on both tuners, you know, like maybe record like that. 1:25:46.120 --> 1:25:47.720 That's the only downside to that plan. 1:25:47.800 --> 1:25:51.360 And maybe the Genie they're the Genie boxes, so uh, 1:25:52.000 --> 1:25:56.040 I'm not sure that they I didn't even look into 1:25:56.040 --> 1:25:57.960 whether they're recording, but that's a good idea. 1:25:58.120 --> 1:26:00.200 Yeah, but that's that's the only thing I can each 1:26:00.640 --> 1:26:02.639 has its own box. Yeah, I mean, that's the only 1:26:02.680 --> 1:26:04.439 thing I can think of is just try it program 1:26:04.479 --> 1:26:06.639 the games in, you know, just just I mean anything, 1:26:06.760 --> 1:26:09.479 just record anything and see if it switches. But I'm 1:26:09.520 --> 1:26:12.280 just remembering from the days of TVO. What it would 1:26:12.320 --> 1:26:14.439 do is it would if you had, let's say you 1:26:14.479 --> 1:26:17.520 had a thing recording, it would record that on the 1:26:17.560 --> 1:26:20.800 tuner you weren't using in the background, and then the 1:26:20.840 --> 1:26:23.639 foreground would continue to stay on the show you're on. 1:26:24.040 --> 1:26:25.559 But the way to get around that would be to 1:26:25.640 --> 1:26:27.760 record maybe both. I don't know if it'll let you 1:26:27.840 --> 1:26:30.080 record on two different tuners, but that's the only thing 1:26:30.120 --> 1:26:32.920 I can think of other than other than some sort 1:26:32.920 --> 1:26:37.679 of like ir blaster like you said, like a matrix switch. Yeah, 1:26:37.720 --> 1:26:40.960 well that that could work. 1:26:41.040 --> 1:26:42.919 But what would that How would that work exactly? 1:26:44.000 --> 1:26:44.400 I don't know. 1:26:44.439 --> 1:26:47.320 A major switch. Then that's that's that's on the internet 1:26:47.400 --> 1:26:51.240 that I can talk to and have a schedule. Yeah, 1:26:51.280 --> 1:26:53.519 it's like a smart matrix switch. But I've never seen 1:26:53.520 --> 1:26:54.160 anything like that. 1:26:54.280 --> 1:26:55.800 Yeah, and it seems that seems like you're getting a 1:26:55.800 --> 1:26:57.800 little complicated too, you know, like you want to keep 1:26:57.840 --> 1:27:00.519 this simple because you want it to work and you 1:27:00.560 --> 1:27:02.559 want to run your business. But I think the DVR, 1:27:02.640 --> 1:27:05.320 Try that and see if that works. If not, I mean, 1:27:05.520 --> 1:27:08.280 you know, some sort of IR blaster or like you know, 1:27:09.560 --> 1:27:12.200 I'm trying to It's just depends on what the genie can. 1:27:12.360 --> 1:27:16.200 You know, Harmony, the Harmony hubs are just they still work, no, right, 1:27:16.240 --> 1:27:17.679 they're just not supporting them anymore. 1:27:17.760 --> 1:27:19.800 Yeah, but it's just so complicated, you know, it's like 1:27:20.040 --> 1:27:22.280 you're gonna be programming and sitting there and trying to 1:27:22.280 --> 1:27:24.760 figure out you know, all these times. Try the DVR thing. 1:27:24.800 --> 1:27:26.960 I think that might work. But report back, go to 1:27:26.960 --> 1:27:29.360 the website. Let me know, you know, Rich on tech 1:27:29.400 --> 1:27:32.840 dot TV. Hit contact sounds like a fun place. Sounds 1:27:32.880 --> 1:27:34.439 like you got a fun place going there. Thanks for 1:27:34.479 --> 1:27:38.840 the call, Robert, appreciate it. California. Speaking of California, if 1:27:38.840 --> 1:27:40.960 you live in California, soon you're gonna be able to 1:27:40.960 --> 1:27:44.280 add your driver's license and state ID to Apple Wallet. 1:27:45.120 --> 1:27:46.080 This is coming soon. 1:27:46.160 --> 1:27:48.639 We don't have a date just yet, but Apple has 1:27:48.680 --> 1:27:51.640 announced it and this is going to happen. So I 1:27:51.680 --> 1:27:54.360 got a demo of this yesterday. You basically scan your 1:27:54.400 --> 1:27:57.960 ID with your iPhone, they verify it through the state. 1:27:58.520 --> 1:28:00.360 Then all of a sudden, you get a digital version 1:28:00.400 --> 1:28:03.200 of your driver's license. And what's neat about this is 1:28:03.200 --> 1:28:07.120 that any business can just use an iPhone to check 1:28:07.160 --> 1:28:12.400 to see the validity of your ID. And the best 1:28:12.439 --> 1:28:15.040 part is it is private. So when you show your 1:28:15.080 --> 1:28:18.000 ID to a bouncer, if they have a photographic memory, 1:28:18.000 --> 1:28:20.559 they could remember everything on your ID, right, everything from 1:28:20.600 --> 1:28:24.600 your age to your weight, height, whatever your address. With this, 1:28:24.720 --> 1:28:27.839 it only presents the information that they need to verify. 1:28:28.000 --> 1:28:30.720 In fact, if you're presenting for like, let's say you 1:28:30.720 --> 1:28:33.679 want to verify that you're twenty one, you tap your 1:28:33.720 --> 1:28:36.519 phone to their phone and it will just verify without 1:28:36.560 --> 1:28:39.320 even exchanging your day to birth. It just says, oh, yeah, 1:28:39.320 --> 1:28:44.920 this person's over twenty one. It's all encrypted. Arizona, Maryland, Colorado, Georgia, 1:28:44.960 --> 1:28:51.280 and Ohio already doing it. Coming soon, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Utah, Oklahoma, 1:28:51.400 --> 1:28:54.679 Puerto Rico. Yes, this is happening digital IDs. You still 1:28:54.720 --> 1:28:57.320 need to carry your physical though. Don't forget. This is 1:28:57.400 --> 1:29:01.280 rich On Tech. Welcome, come back to rich On Tech. 1:29:01.560 --> 1:29:08.080 Very excited for my next guest, Max tech Mark. You 1:29:08.120 --> 1:29:11.880 know we're all about AI. Max tech Mark is an 1:29:12.000 --> 1:29:15.120 MIT professor and AI researcher. He's also a best selling 1:29:15.240 --> 1:29:20.639 author and founder of the Future of Life Institute. Max 1:29:20.720 --> 1:29:23.920 is going to talk to us about AI, its potential, 1:29:24.080 --> 1:29:26.360 and what could possibly go wrong. 1:29:26.400 --> 1:29:27.439 Max, Welcome to the show. 1:29:28.320 --> 1:29:30.040 Thank you so much. It's a pleasure. 1:29:30.680 --> 1:29:34.080 Well thanks for joining me, appreciate it. I'm curious because, well, 1:29:34.160 --> 1:29:37.519 first off, just briefly explain the Future of Life Institute. 1:29:37.520 --> 1:29:38.240 What are you doing there? 1:29:39.160 --> 1:29:40.960 Oh yeah, so my day job is just being a 1:29:41.000 --> 1:29:44.920 professor at MIT doing AI research many years so I'm 1:29:44.920 --> 1:29:49.000 basically a huge nerd. But ten years ago I also 1:29:49.040 --> 1:29:52.000 started this nonprofit organization to make sure that this ever 1:29:52.080 --> 1:29:55.719 more powerful tech rebuilding actually just used for for good things, 1:29:55.960 --> 1:29:57.240 not for bad things. 1:29:58.040 --> 1:30:02.000 So you were initially very optimistic about AI's potential. What 1:30:02.200 --> 1:30:05.960 made you hopeful? And then I think the landscape has changed, 1:30:06.000 --> 1:30:08.559 So what kind of changed your tune to saying hey, 1:30:08.600 --> 1:30:11.960 we need to be aware of this and kind of cautious. 1:30:12.520 --> 1:30:15.000 Great question, So let's look at the big picture a 1:30:15.040 --> 1:30:21.639 little bit here. You know, the big idea that's given 1:30:21.720 --> 1:30:24.280 us all of computer tech and all of AI so 1:30:24.360 --> 1:30:26.640 far as this idea that the brain is really a 1:30:26.720 --> 1:30:31.599 biological computer and that therefore, you know, we humans should 1:30:31.600 --> 1:30:35.000 be able to build machines that do everything the brain does. 1:30:35.680 --> 1:30:38.639 For a long as time, we struggled with figuring it out. 1:30:39.840 --> 1:30:43.280 And actually, back in nineteen fifty one, Alan Turing is 1:30:43.320 --> 1:30:45.439 kind of the godfather of the whole field to day, 1:30:45.520 --> 1:30:49.640 I said that, you know, befar off, but if it 1:30:49.640 --> 1:30:52.880 ever happened, it's going to be cool. But we might 1:30:52.920 --> 1:30:55.200 also we're probably going to just lose control over it. 1:30:55.280 --> 1:30:57.560 We're going to build a new robot species basically, and 1:30:57.560 --> 1:31:01.040 they're going to take over Earth. But don't worry. And 1:31:01.040 --> 1:31:03.679 then he said, I'm going to give you a canary 1:31:03.680 --> 1:31:06.320 in the coal mine a test, so you know when 1:31:06.360 --> 1:31:10.519 it's close. He said, it's called the Turing test when 1:31:10.600 --> 1:31:13.840 machines get good enough at mastering language and knowledge that 1:31:13.960 --> 1:31:16.920 taken fool a lot of people into thinking they're humans. 1:31:17.320 --> 1:31:19.360 Now we're there. 1:31:20.320 --> 1:31:22.639 This is where we are all of a sudden right 1:31:22.680 --> 1:31:26.040 now with GPTs four oh and so on. So you know, 1:31:26.120 --> 1:31:29.600 there's a lot of fascinating debate about this. People. Some 1:31:29.640 --> 1:31:36.120 people are very excited, some people are concerned. I'm actually both. 1:31:37.000 --> 1:31:39.200 The people who are excited, they are like, they're like, oh, 1:31:39.200 --> 1:31:41.960 this is great, because if we can make we can 1:31:42.000 --> 1:31:46.440 amplify our intelligence, then we secure cancer, all the other diseases, 1:31:46.560 --> 1:31:50.000 fegure out how to lift people out of poverty, solve climate, 1:31:50.439 --> 1:31:54.640 you know, go to space. On the other hand, a 1:31:54.680 --> 1:31:56.880 lot of people wants to remember tourings warning. You know, 1:31:57.040 --> 1:32:00.000 we're the ouphae species here on Earth, not because we're 1:32:00.040 --> 1:32:03.040 are more muscular than tigers, but because we're smarter. Right, 1:32:03.120 --> 1:32:07.000 So it's pretty obvious if we build a robot species 1:32:07.000 --> 1:32:09.800 with ten billion robots that are way smarter than nuts 1:32:09.840 --> 1:32:13.120 in every possible way, better at manipulating us, better at 1:32:13.120 --> 1:32:17.519 building robot factories, better at inventing tech. They don't care 1:32:17.560 --> 1:32:18.240 about us. 1:32:18.120 --> 1:32:20.080 You know, I mean, do you think do you think 1:32:20.120 --> 1:32:25.080 there's a scenario where we build the robot and eventually 1:32:25.280 --> 1:32:27.240 it turns on us. 1:32:28.520 --> 1:32:31.320 Well, of course, of course there is, That's what Touring 1:32:31.439 --> 1:32:33.439 was talking about. But there's also a scenario where it 1:32:33.479 --> 1:32:38.600 goes really well, So I'll take that one. Well, the 1:32:38.680 --> 1:32:41.160 thing is we shouldn't stay here and eat popcorn and 1:32:41.240 --> 1:32:43.400 just go to watch the future unfold, right, which is 1:32:43.439 --> 1:32:46.080 we're building it now. So which way it's going to 1:32:46.160 --> 1:32:53.400 go wholly depends on what we do. If we raise children, 1:32:53.439 --> 1:32:55.960 for example, we put a do you have kids? 1:32:56.000 --> 1:32:56.759 I do, yes. 1:32:57.280 --> 1:32:59.200 You probably put a lot of effort into not just 1:32:59.680 --> 1:33:02.639 teach seeing them what a nice is and teaching them 1:33:02.640 --> 1:33:05.760 how to make fights, but also teaching them morality and 1:33:05.880 --> 1:33:09.719 teaching them what's the good ways to use the knife 1:33:09.760 --> 1:33:11.800 and the mass and not the bad ways. Right, And 1:33:11.880 --> 1:33:14.439 we need to do the same with our machines. And 1:33:14.640 --> 1:33:17.800 if we just have if you just take a bunch 1:33:17.800 --> 1:33:19.840 of kids and put them in the kindergarten and give 1:33:19.880 --> 1:33:21.680 them a bunch of chain saws and hand grenades and 1:33:21.960 --> 1:33:24.479 tech that they're they don't quite have the wisdom to handle, 1:33:24.560 --> 1:33:28.040 of course it's going to go badly, right If you 1:33:28.160 --> 1:33:30.679 educate them, well, great, things can happen. 1:33:31.160 --> 1:33:34.200 But here's the thing. So, I mean, we live in America, 1:33:34.479 --> 1:33:38.800 capitalist society. We've got companies like Google, We've got open AI, 1:33:39.000 --> 1:33:42.599 We've got Anthropic, We've got so many companies. AI is 1:33:42.640 --> 1:33:46.120 the hottest thing right now. If one company doesn't do it, 1:33:46.160 --> 1:33:48.280 isn't another going to do it? Because it's all in 1:33:48.320 --> 1:33:51.519 the in the you know, they're trying to be the 1:33:51.560 --> 1:33:54.240 biggest and the best depends. 1:33:54.280 --> 1:33:58.400 You know, look at the pharma. Would you say that, oh, 1:33:58.479 --> 1:34:03.519 if one person doesn't thee one medical company isn't allowed 1:34:03.560 --> 1:34:06.960 to build some self sentiment to everybody, someone else is 1:34:06.960 --> 1:34:08.600 going to do that. Of course not. That's where we 1:34:08.680 --> 1:34:11.599 have the FDA, right so there's a safety standard and 1:34:12.520 --> 1:34:15.160 there's a race to the top where companies whatever company 1:34:15.200 --> 1:34:17.960 can first produce safe drugs so they can persuade some 1:34:18.240 --> 1:34:21.599 FDA experts this the benefits of this O way, the harms, 1:34:21.720 --> 1:34:24.439 they make the money. So there's a lot of discussion 1:34:24.479 --> 1:34:27.320 right now in California right about this new law s 1:34:27.320 --> 1:34:33.200 the where will they try to put in place some 1:34:33.200 --> 1:34:36.200 stuff going in that direction to make AI be a 1:34:36.240 --> 1:34:39.200 little bit like more like biotech or airplanes or cars. 1:34:39.240 --> 1:34:43.080 Where where the ultimately you have standards that the companies 1:34:43.120 --> 1:34:45.840 have to meet so that they compete to make space stuff. 1:34:47.240 --> 1:34:49.040 So you think that would be that would work. Now 1:34:49.120 --> 1:34:52.200 that's in America. Do you think that would work worldwide? 1:34:52.920 --> 1:34:53.360 Totally? 1:34:53.400 --> 1:34:56.479 I mean not because other countries like America. But you 1:34:56.520 --> 1:34:59.160 know why is it that China has an FDA, Well 1:34:59.200 --> 1:35:01.920 because a bunch of GIA these companies poisoned the ruse 1:35:01.960 --> 1:35:04.519 of Chinese people in the past with bad drugs, so 1:35:04.600 --> 1:35:06.600 they decided to protect the Chinese. They were going to 1:35:06.640 --> 1:35:10.600 have some laws same in Europe. So actually it's really interesting. 1:35:11.120 --> 1:35:15.240 Europe has a new law now that u AI trying 1:35:15.280 --> 1:35:19.800 to have some shot safety standards for aire. China already 1:35:19.840 --> 1:35:23.000 enacted some so a lot of people in California. Senator 1:35:23.080 --> 1:35:26.599 Weener I really applaud this effort is trying to get 1:35:26.600 --> 1:35:29.400 something similar in California, but California law is much weaker 1:35:29.479 --> 1:35:31.840 so far, but I think it's a it's a good 1:35:32.000 --> 1:35:37.360 first step at least since there's absolutely nothing happening in Washington, DC. 1:35:38.680 --> 1:35:40.880 What's the most concerning part about all this is it 1:35:40.880 --> 1:35:43.719 the fact that we don't have these rules in place 1:35:43.800 --> 1:35:46.519 before these companies continue to progress, or. 1:35:46.520 --> 1:35:54.920 What yeah, I think so. It's a there's so much opportunity, 1:35:55.120 --> 1:35:57.439 as we just talked about, right to do amazing things 1:35:57.439 --> 1:36:01.120 with this technology if we do it right, and it 1:36:01.120 --> 1:36:04.280 would be an incredible pity if we squander by having 1:36:04.320 --> 1:36:08.760 creating also the disasters you know last year, it's CEOs 1:36:08.800 --> 1:36:10.960 of all the top companies that you just listened there 1:36:11.240 --> 1:36:16.040 a thropic, Google, Beat, Mime and Open AI, together with 1:36:16.640 --> 1:36:18.920 some of the most famous A researchers in the world, 1:36:19.080 --> 1:36:23.320 find this open statement saying it is to cause human 1:36:23.360 --> 1:36:27.840 extinction if we don't act carefully. So that's all. 1:36:28.960 --> 1:36:34.000 That's a big statement, human extinction from something that we're 1:36:34.000 --> 1:36:35.320 creating on a computer. 1:36:36.640 --> 1:36:40.360 Well, you know again we're not. Yeah, if you think 1:36:41.000 --> 1:36:44.760 people who dismiss this as just ridiculous, they tend to 1:36:44.760 --> 1:36:46.960 think of AI as just a new technology like the 1:36:47.000 --> 1:36:53.479 Internet or the Steam engine, whereas the AI researchers and 1:36:53.560 --> 1:36:55.400 the CEO to sign this, they think of it as 1:36:55.439 --> 1:36:57.320 a new species because you know, if you have something 1:36:57.320 --> 1:36:59.479 which is much smarter than us and can live in 1:36:59.479 --> 1:37:02.400 a robot body and can do absolutely everything we can, 1:37:02.479 --> 1:37:05.599 and build copies of itself and it's own robot factories, 1:37:05.720 --> 1:37:11.040 not even species, right, and I think we should really 1:37:11.080 --> 1:37:13.920 think twice if we do this, to make sure it's 1:37:13.920 --> 1:37:16.240 a species that we liked us and it's going to 1:37:16.760 --> 1:37:20.400 help us flourish, rather than some species that just doesn't 1:37:20.400 --> 1:37:23.120 care about us and just use us as an irritating test. 1:37:24.720 --> 1:37:26.559 Wow, this is so wild. 1:37:26.640 --> 1:37:30.320 I just I really it's it's like it's exciting because 1:37:30.320 --> 1:37:34.160 most of the consumers are just using things like chatchybt uh, 1:37:34.360 --> 1:37:37.479 you know, and and Claude and you know, Gemini and 1:37:37.520 --> 1:37:40.040 so it's it's just text based. But I think the 1:37:40.080 --> 1:37:42.559 next level is what you're talking about, because someone is 1:37:42.600 --> 1:37:47.040 going to build this into a robot form, which you know, 1:37:47.080 --> 1:37:48.720 we're already seeing a little bit of that. 1:37:48.880 --> 1:37:51.360 So of course, I mean it's up driving cars a robot. 1:37:51.640 --> 1:37:54.599 This doesn't look like Arnold Schwarzenegger in an Hollywood movie, 1:37:54.640 --> 1:37:57.280 and it has a different shape and there's a huge effort. 1:37:57.320 --> 1:37:59.280 Now it has less Optimus and then a bunch of 1:37:59.280 --> 1:38:02.000 other companies, and you know what's the craziest thing is 1:38:02.160 --> 1:38:05.160 it's that it's happening much faster than that we stought, 1:38:05.240 --> 1:38:09.120 you know, five years ago, almost all my professor nerd 1:38:09.160 --> 1:38:13.200 colleagues thought it's something as good as Chatsypt. Four oh 1:38:13.960 --> 1:38:19.600 was thirty forty years away, and boom it happened. You know, 1:38:19.680 --> 1:38:21.240 it turned out there was an easier way to do 1:38:21.320 --> 1:38:24.840 it than we start. And a lot of people now 1:38:25.800 --> 1:38:29.559 who used to think that this this that's getting totally outsmart, 1:38:29.680 --> 1:38:32.360 My machine might be one hundred years away, or now 1:38:32.479 --> 1:38:38.800 saying maybe it's it's a lot closer, five years away, 1:38:39.200 --> 1:38:43.160 maybe it's two years away. Are you even here people 1:38:44.120 --> 1:38:46.320 one year away? Some people say no, no, it won't 1:38:46.320 --> 1:38:48.640 happen for a long time, won't happen until end of 1:38:48.720 --> 1:38:51.880 the decade, like twenty thirty. So that we're not talking 1:38:51.960 --> 1:38:56.360 anymore about something happening on this timescaled climate change. We're 1:38:56.600 --> 1:39:00.599 to talk a lot. There's a real seriousness thinking now 1:39:00.680 --> 1:39:02.840 that you might just few years away from it, and 1:39:02.960 --> 1:39:05.599 that means we kind of have to get back together. 1:39:05.680 --> 1:39:10.400 And I have some insights from State of California and 1:39:10.479 --> 1:39:13.320 from the governments and so on. Basically, if we can 1:39:13.439 --> 1:39:16.280 have an FBA for AI to make sure that it's 1:39:16.520 --> 1:39:18.639 gifts as we get on the benefits and then other downside, 1:39:18.960 --> 1:39:20.720 we have to start. Now. 1:39:21.720 --> 1:39:24.000 We're gonna leave it there, Max, Thank you so much. 1:39:24.120 --> 1:39:28.519 Max teg Mark from the Future of Life Institute Futureoflife 1:39:28.720 --> 1:39:31.960 dot Org. Thanks so much for joining me today. That 1:39:32.160 --> 1:39:35.960 is such a wild, wild topic and oh my gosh, 1:39:36.400 --> 1:39:39.400 and I'm telling you I'm having this conversation where I 1:39:39.680 --> 1:39:42.880 just I just got on my phone the Gemini Live, 1:39:43.000 --> 1:39:46.880 which is Google's kind of humanistic version of AI, and 1:39:47.000 --> 1:39:50.599 it is very convincing. So I see a future where 1:39:51.000 --> 1:39:54.960 build this into a robot and game over all. Right, 1:39:55.040 --> 1:39:59.120 coming up, we're gonna read the feedback. These are your comments, 1:39:59.200 --> 1:40:01.439 your questions, your emails, all coming. 1:40:01.320 --> 1:40:02.559 Up right here rich on Tech. 1:40:06.040 --> 1:40:09.240 Welcome back to rich on Tech, closing out the show. 1:40:09.560 --> 1:40:13.759 Our number three here closing it out two stories before 1:40:13.800 --> 1:40:18.040 we get to the feedbag. 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I would try that, 1:42:11.160 --> 1:42:15.400 but yes, most of the functionality is through the smartphone apps. 1:42:16.000 --> 1:42:19.080 Do you not have a smartphone, because that's pretty rare 1:42:19.120 --> 1:42:22.160 these days, but yes, try downloading the Amazon Alexa app 1:42:22.200 --> 1:42:26.200 for Windows. Look in the Windows Store search Amazon Alexa. 1:42:28.720 --> 1:42:32.040 Neil's writes in I thought AltaVista did extremely well with 1:42:32.120 --> 1:42:34.479 its search results. I could hardly tell the difference between 1:42:34.520 --> 1:42:37.040 what Google returned and what AltaVista returned. In the late 1:42:37.160 --> 1:42:41.000 nineteen nineties, Google drowned out Alta Vista, Yahoo and others 1:42:41.080 --> 1:42:44.880 because of perception of marketing not necessarily superior results. Had 1:42:44.960 --> 1:42:47.680 Alta Vista survived and had the marketing power Google had, 1:42:47.720 --> 1:42:48.960 they might be major competitors. 1:42:49.000 --> 1:42:49.759 You said it yourself. 1:42:50.200 --> 1:42:52.800 Google has thrown billions at companies over the years to 1:42:52.840 --> 1:42:54.120 be to the fault search engine. 1:42:54.160 --> 1:42:57.120 Alta Vista didn't have those billions. I do agree. 1:42:57.160 --> 1:42:59.639 I think AltaVista back in the day was very good, 1:43:00.120 --> 1:43:04.320 but I do think Google had better search results. At 1:43:04.360 --> 1:43:07.160 a certain point people realized they did have better search results, 1:43:07.200 --> 1:43:09.720 and I think that that's what powered Google in the 1:43:09.800 --> 1:43:12.920 early days, and I think what solidified their power was 1:43:13.000 --> 1:43:15.439 some of those deals you talked about. Thanks for the email. 1:43:15.520 --> 1:43:18.240 Harry writes in from North Carolina. I just heard a 1:43:18.280 --> 1:43:20.920 segment about a solar powered electric car. I was wondering 1:43:20.960 --> 1:43:22.880 when someone would put a solar collector on the roof 1:43:22.960 --> 1:43:26.519 of a Tesla. You were the caller recommended mention the 1:43:26.640 --> 1:43:29.280 automatic driving mode of the Tesla. I'm sorry, but in 1:43:29.360 --> 1:43:32.639 my opinion, there's no place for automatic driving mode. I've 1:43:32.680 --> 1:43:37.360 been driving since nineteen fifty six, including semi trailers. My 1:43:37.560 --> 1:43:40.000 driving career ended due to an accident, but my driving 1:43:40.160 --> 1:43:43.719 education remained. Too many people wrongly depend on cruise control 1:43:43.880 --> 1:43:47.479 set at slightly above the speed limit and sit alone 1:43:47.560 --> 1:43:51.160 in the passing lane, oblivious to their surroundings. I'm concerned 1:43:51.160 --> 1:43:55.599 about allowing an automatically driven vehicle to ride alongside trucks 1:43:55.680 --> 1:43:56.240 and tires. 1:43:57.080 --> 1:43:59.720 Where's where's the intelligence? I don't know. 1:44:00.080 --> 1:44:02.240 Use my automatic driving a lot, and it's pretty good. 1:44:02.479 --> 1:44:04.559 You gotta keep an eye on it like anything else. 1:44:05.600 --> 1:44:08.640 Thanks for the email. Dylan from Saint Louis writes in 1:44:08.800 --> 1:44:12.920 months ago, you mentioned raise now called c GCX. I've 1:44:12.960 --> 1:44:15.120 become a huge fan of the site. I now only 1:44:15.200 --> 1:44:17.479 buy Starbucks, Amazon, and many other gift cards from this 1:44:17.600 --> 1:44:20.040 site to get a discount. I don't go into any 1:44:20.080 --> 1:44:23.439 store online or in person without checking if GCX has 1:44:23.479 --> 1:44:25.760 a discounted gift card. I don't know why everyone doesn't 1:44:25.840 --> 1:44:27.400 use it. You might want to mention it again on 1:44:27.479 --> 1:44:29.960 your program. I'm a devoted fan who listens to your 1:44:30.000 --> 1:44:32.160 podcast every week. Thanks for your hard work and all 1:44:32.200 --> 1:44:35.519 you do in helping us understand tech. Yes, raise, I 1:44:35.560 --> 1:44:38.800 didn't realize they changed the name to looking looks like 1:44:38.880 --> 1:44:41.680 it's Gift Card Exchange or something GCX. 1:44:41.840 --> 1:44:43.439 It is a great site. You save money. 1:44:43.479 --> 1:44:45.080 It takes a little bit of work, and not everyone 1:44:45.120 --> 1:44:46.640 wants to do the work, but yeah, if you do it, 1:44:46.800 --> 1:44:50.360 you can get it. Let's see what else here. David 1:44:50.439 --> 1:44:53.240 from Northridge writes in thanks for carrying the torch for 1:44:53.479 --> 1:44:57.280 free tech on the air and on podcasts. Keep up 1:44:57.320 --> 1:44:59.479 the great work with all the new stuff and helping 1:44:59.560 --> 1:45:02.320 other PE people. Dave from North Rich thank you for that. 1:45:03.840 --> 1:45:07.800 Daniel from Ruther for ten rights in where's that? Ruther 1:45:07.880 --> 1:45:12.040 for ten a North Carolina Rich just wanted to say thanks. 1:45:12.080 --> 1:45:14.200 I love the podcast and I always get a little 1:45:14.240 --> 1:45:15.599 knowledge to help me my tech life. 1:45:15.640 --> 1:45:17.400 You're the best. Well, thank you, that is my goal. 1:45:18.560 --> 1:45:22.080 Harley from Tallahassee rites in, mister Demiro, I always enjoy 1:45:22.120 --> 1:45:25.160 your informative show. I listen on Sundays at seven pm 1:45:25.680 --> 1:45:29.760 Eastern on WFLA one hundred and seven FM. Well, thank 1:45:29.800 --> 1:45:34.000 you for listening there in Tallahassee, Florida. 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