WEBVTT - Samsung S25 Edge, Amazon cashback tip & iPhone 16e letdown (121, May 17, 2025) 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:04.600 The battle of the thin phones begins with Samsung's Galaxy 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:08.479 S twenty five Edge now and the iPhone expected later. 0:00:09.119 --> 0:00:13.440 Coinbase gets hacked and promises to pay back customers. A 0:00:13.440 --> 0:00:16.120 new way to get cash back on your online purchases 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:19.079 makes its way to the US, and yes, that even 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:23.600 includes Amazon Plus. Your tech questions answered? What's going on 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:27.160 on Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech. This 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:29.320 is the show where I talk about the tech stuff 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:31.800 I think you should know about. It's also the place 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:35.560 where I answer your questions about technology. I believe the 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:40.000 tech should be interesting, useful and fun. 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Tuning in on radio stations 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:10.040 across the nation and streaming the beginning of the show 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:15.840 on KTLA Plus, which is available on the major streaming platforms. 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:20.480 Guests this week, Johnny Jet, you remember him, he joins 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.360 us to share the latest in travel technology and tips, 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:27.440 and later in the show, Steve Fisher, futurist and co 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:30.280 author of Super Shifts, is going to talk about the 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:35.240 future of humanity and what comes after the age of AI. 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.600 I think we're all wondering that. Let's talk thin phones. 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:43.000 Since the beginning of the smartphone, the idea has always 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:48.320 been smaller, thinner, lighter. Our phones have evolved with more 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:53.240 features packed into tinier spaces. Now go back to the iPod. 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:56.640 Remember it was almost laughable how much smaller it got 0:01:56.680 --> 0:02:00.080 each time it was released. First you had the iPod Classic, 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.320 then you had the iPod Mini, then you had the Nano, 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.680 then you had the shuffle so small you might lose 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:10.040 it if you blinked, And that kind of happened with phones. 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:13.560 When the first Samsung Galaxy S arrived in twenty ten, 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:17.440 it was notably thinner than the iPhone four at the time, 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.040 and that was heavily advertised. Then each generation of the 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.760 iPhone shaved off just a millimeter or two to make 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:28.000 it ever so thin. That was until the Droid Razor 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:31.600 came along. That was marketed as the thinnest smartphone in 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:35.959 the world. At just seven point one millimeters thick. Keep 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.959 in mind they measure these things at their thinnest point, 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:43.520 not including the camera bump. Even the original Flip Razor 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:47.120 phone that everyone had, I mean, Motorola at one point 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:49.959 was on top of the smartphone market. That was seen 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.400 as amazingly thin at the time. Razor thin, right, see 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:56.440 where they got the name, especially compared to one of 0:02:56.440 --> 0:03:00.000 my first smartphones, the Motorola Star Tac Flip. Remember that 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.640 one in the late nineties. That thing was huge, and 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.560 if you had the extended battery on it, it was 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:08.120 even bigger. But it was amazing. Then I remember my 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:11.040 phone before the iPhone. This was going back to two 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.280 thousand and seven. It was the Moto Q. Now, this 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.520 was kind of a sleeper hit for me versus a 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.400 lot of other people. You know, everyone was into their 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:24.240 Blackberries at the time, but this Moto Q stole my attention. 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.040 I lusted after that thing. 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.480 This was the phone before the iPhone, and it was 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:32.920 all the advertising around New York City, where I was 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:34.960 living at the time, was all about the thinness of 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.480 this device. And don't forget, this was a smartphone, so 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:40.360 I had the smarts built in and it was eleven 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:44.480 millimeters thick. Now remember those numbers. Of course, then consumer 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.640 taste began to change. People wanted more battery life and 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.240 more performance out of their phones, not just a super 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:53.080 thin experience. So phones kind of got a little bit bigger, 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:54.880 and they started to come in more sizes. 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:57.920 Until this week, we. 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.760 Are back to counting millimeters with the samson On Galaxy 0:04:00.960 --> 0:04:02.120 S twenty five Edge. 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:06.280 I have it right here. If you're watching on the streaming, 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:06.960 you can see it. 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:11.360 This thing is so thin and light it almost feels fake. 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:15.040 It is five point eight millimeters thick or thin. However, 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:17.480 you look at it one hundred and sixty three grams, 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:20.640 which really means nothing. For reference, the S twenty five 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:23.960 Ultra is two hundred and eighteen grams. But it's one 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:26.200 of those things that you have to feel. You have 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:28.479 to hold it in your hand to realize just how 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.719 thin and light this is. I've been using this phone 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:34.800 for a few days now. It's I mean, we've used 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:38.239 this term before. It's an engineering marvel. It is literally 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.359 one of the slimmest and lightest phones I've ever used. 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:44.640 It doesn't feel real, and we have not seen a 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:48.880 mainstream phone this thin in nearly a decade, especially not 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.640 one with specs this good. You're not giving up a 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.000 lot with this device like you might have in the 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:57.200 past for a thin phone. By the way, it's also 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:59.880 really slippery, so you need to put a case on 0:04:59.920 --> 0:05:04.479 it asap. Side point, why are manufacturers of these phones 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:08.159 not working on grippier phones? I mean, it would not 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:10.080 take much to make a phone that you can actually 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:13.000 hold without a case. But maybe it's because the accessory 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:15.560 industry is valued at a cool ninety billion dollars. 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:16.279 But I digress. 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.440 The Samsung Galaxy S twenty five Edge has pretty much 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:20.440 everything you need. 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:22.320 That six point seven inch screen. 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:25.600 There's no anti reflective coding like the S twenty five 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:27.280 Ultra has, which is an amazing feature. 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:27.760 By the way. 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:31.200 It also has a two hundred megapixel main camera, a 0:05:31.240 --> 0:05:35.200 twelve megapixel wide angle camera, but no zoom lens. You 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.560 can still zoom, but it's all digital, so it's up 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:41.000 to ten times digital zoom. Then you've got twelve gigabytes 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:44.119 of RAM and same as the S twenty five Ultra 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:46.760 two hundred and fifty six gigs of storage or five 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.240 hundred and twelve and it's got the same high end 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.880 processor that's in the S twenty five Ultra. Now, Samsung 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.680 is positioning this as in between the S twenty five 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.880 Plus and in between next to the Ultra, and if 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:02.440 you believe the rumors, the Plus might go away the 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:05.760 next time Samsung releases their phones, so we have to 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:09.080 keep that in mind. There's also good water and dust resistance, 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:12.920 but no spen. But then there's the battery. Thirty nine 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:17.000 hundred millionamp hours. Now that's compared to most modern smartphones, 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:19.760 the flagship devices, and the Ultra has about a five 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.159 thousand million amp hour battery. So what does that mean. 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:25.600 It means you're getting about twenty percent less battery capacity, 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.960 which doesn't bode well for power users like myself. That 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:31.720 could mean the difference between making it to bedtime or 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:35.480 hunting for a charger by dinner. However, I will say 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:37.720 in my testing over the past couple of days, the 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:40.520 battery does trickle down a little bit faster than the Ultra, 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:44.479 but Samsung phones do charge up pretty fast, so you 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:45.960 plug it in, it's just fine. 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:47.120 For instance, I woke. 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:49.240 Up this morning the phone was at forty seven percent 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:51.440 because I didn't plug it in last night. I plugged 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.080 it in for just a little bit and it was 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.279 up to ninety seven percent in just a few minutes, 0:06:55.320 --> 0:06:59.239 so it charges very fast. I will say there is 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:03.240 the issue of heat dissipation with these thin phones. So, 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:04.880 like I said, I've had my hands on this phone 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.240 for just a couple of days, it does seem to 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.520 get warmer than the Ultra. And they've worked on making 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:13.160 the Ultra cooler over the years with a larger they 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.600 called the vapor chamber inside. That's just a fancy term 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:17.840 for how air can flow through this phone and make 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:22.280 it cool and say cool. But of course I'm using 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.040 this phone a lot. I'm setting it up, I'm downloading apps, 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.680 I'm logging into things, I'm putting the phone through its paces. 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:32.480 Keep in mind, Samsung is so confident about the thin 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:35.720 lightness nature of this device that they actually are going 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:40.800 to have special systems to attach these phones, like the 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.080 anti theft systems in the stores. They came up with, 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.160 like special ones so that you can actually hold the 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.120 phone fully without something else weighing it down. You know, 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:51.720 usually there's that big thing glued to the back of 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:54.360 the phone to keep it keep you from stealing it. Well, 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:56.720 they somehow made something that's a lot smaller and lighter, 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:58.880 so that it feels like you can actually feel the 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:02.600 amazingness of this phone. The Galaxy S twenty five Edge 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.320 is eleven hundred dollars. It's available on May thirtieth. Now, 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.040 they do have pre order deals that gets you about 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:10.080 fifty dollars off, double the storage, and up to six 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.800 hundred and thirty dollars for your old phone. But the 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:16.400 question becomes, who needs a super thin phone? Well, I 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:17.720 don't think it's a bad thing, and I don't think 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:19.440 people are going to run out to buy this phone 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:21.920 specifically because it's thin, although you might want to take 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:23.920 a look at it. I do think once you see 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:26.160 and feel it, though, you will be intrigued. Especially if 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.480 you want a Samsung. You're getting a mostly flagship phone 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.680 that's a bit different from everything else out there, and 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.440 this is not just a Samsung thing. Like I said earlier, 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.040 Apple is expected to come out with their rumored iPhone 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:41.000 Air later this year. The iPhone seventeen models will probably 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:44.760 include a super thin phone, and next year, Apple's rumored 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.400 to do their first foldable phone, something Samsung's been doing 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:50.480 for six years now. I remember seeing the first fold 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:52.400 in twenty nineteen. Yeah, the one that had all those 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.480 screen issues. Now, you have to give Samsung credit for 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:57.160 giving people a lot of choices. 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:57.800 They've got the. 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.680 Ultra, they've got the Edge, they've got the regular s 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.959 twenty five and two sizes. Then they've got their foldable phones, 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.480 one that folds like a book, the other like a clamshell. 0:09:06.800 --> 0:09:09.240 But the funny thing is, as much as I've been 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.720 reporting on Samsung innovations for years, many in the Apple 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:16.680 ecosystem just sort of discount the news. They wait for 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.520 Apple to do their thing, and it's happened over and over. 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:23.760 We've seen larger screens, water resistance, wireless charging, multiple lenses, 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.680 and always on displays happen first on the Samsung and 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:28.800 then later on the iPhone where they get a lot 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:32.200 of attention. The top tech YouTuber I got a kick 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:35.160 out of this MKBHD. He tweeted the other day how 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:38.280 he was at a family members graduation and the person 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:41.560 behind him was marveling at the zoom capabilities of his phone. 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.520 They'd never seen anything like that before. He said, well, 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:46.160 it's as Samsung S twenty five Ultra. The top reply 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.319 to that tweet was another YouTuber completing the interaction in 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:52.040 the way it typically goes, Oh, that's not an iPhone. 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:52.800 Never mind. 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.040 Now, I'm not saying Apple doesn't innovate, but don't get 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.280 me wrong there. They just take a bit longer to 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:59.280 do things, and when they do, they put their own 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.240 signature twist on it, and usually do it in a 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:04.920 really thoughtful, polished way. Samsung probably throws more at the 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.600 wall to see what would work. But the bigger issue 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:09.720 these days is, even though there's no lack of innovation, 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:12.360 it's getting tougher and tougher to switch from one side 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:15.160 to another. When I first started covering this stuff, the 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.400 question always was are you going to switch from Android 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:17.800 to iPhone? 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:18.720 iPhone to Android? 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:20.880 But these days it's so rare that people want to 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.000 go through the hassle of that. Who's going to move 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.319 their iCloud to Android or Google Drive to iPhone? Even 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:28.760 though the accessory, even the accessori is built up around 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.080 Apple gadgets keep you wanting more and don't get me 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:32.760 started on I message you know my thoughts there. 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:33.959 Overall, it's a. 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.520 Good thing that companies keep innovating, even if the majority 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.280 of tech headlines and YouTube videos about the edge seem 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:42.000 to be this is a phone nobody asked for, but 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.160 maybe that's just to get you to click. So while 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:46.040 this phone might not be for everyone, it is proof 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.720 that companies are still trying to wow us, even if 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.360 that means going back to thin to win. All right, 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:53.640 coming up on the show, I'm going to tell you 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.559 about the new service that gives you a dollar back 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:58.240 on every Amazon order. 0:10:58.520 --> 0:10:59.840 But first it is your turn. 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.240 We're going to take your calls at Triple eight Rich 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.240 one on one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:06.960 four one zero one. My name is Rich dmiro, and 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:14.760 you are listening to Rich on Tech. Let's go to 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:18.040 Tony in the Inland Empire. Tony, you're on with Rich. 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:22.080 Hi, Rich, thank you so much for taking my call. 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.960 I really really really need your help. I would like 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:29.120 to figure out how to put the setting back to 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:33.360 have my iPhone notify me when I leave my phone behind. 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.360 My phone did this at one time. I didn't change 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.960 any settings or do anything, but it no longer worked, 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.720 and I misplaced my phone a few times and I really. 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:43.080 Need your help. 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.920 Okay, now, what where are you going to get the notification? 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:49.400 If it's your phone that's on my watch okay, on 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:50.079 your watch. 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:53.120 I'm sorry. Yeah, my watch would notify me if I 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.760 left my iPhone behind, Like if I leave it in 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:59.160 the car and I walk away my phone, my I 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:02.240 watched with some I'll notify me that I'm out of 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:05.360 range or that I've left my phone behind or something. 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:06.319 Yes, yep, okay. 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:09.760 So what you're talking about is a feature called a 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:15.000 separation alert, and this is a feature inside the Find 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:19.000 My app. So what happened is you probably got one 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.880 of these notifications on your wrist and you might have 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:24.360 swiped it away or dismissed it, or turned it off 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.439 at some point by accident, or you might have said 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:30.520 something that discontinued these alerts and they just have to 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.720 be reset up. So all you have to do is 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:36.400 go into the So go on your iPhone and just 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.360 type in find my and that will bring up to 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:40.280 Find My app. 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:42.080 And there's a whole bunch of stuff going on in 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:43.120 this app. Down at the bottom. 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.520 You've got people, you've got devices, you've got items. 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:48.280 Can you do with items? 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:49.520 No? 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.280 I don't think so you can do it with items, 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.640 and then you've got me. So what you want to 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:58.600 do is tap devices and if your Apple watch is 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:02.160 connected to your phone. You should have some options there. 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:07.040 And that's interesting. It's showing my AirPods in a hmm, 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:11.200 interesting shows that my wife left. Oh maybe, sure, this 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:13.640 is weird. It's showing that her air pods are left 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:15.200 at the gym. It looks like but I don't know 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.880 who knows. We'll see Wait, is that Someone's house? Now, 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:24.560 it's just kidding, Jim's house. Yeah, that's funny. Okay, So 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:26.839 what you want to do is go under the devices 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:29.319 and you know what, we gotta put the show on hold. 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:30.839 I gotta look at this. I gotta no. I was 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.800 just kidding. I'm just kidding. Okay. 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:36.240 So you go under devices and where it says your iPhone. So, 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.839 for instance, my iPhone is named Rich's iPhone seventeen Ultra, 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:42.520 which I know it's nerd humor. There is no such 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:44.480 thing as an iPhone seventeen ultra. But I always think 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:46.720 it's funny if people see my stuff on air Drop 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:47.760 that they were like, wait. 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.480 What this phone? It doesn't even okay, I know I'm 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:50.840 a nerd. 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:53.839 So you go in there and you'll see under notifications, 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:57.640 it says notify when left behind, and it should say 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:01.440 enabled for you or Apple Watch. If it does not 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:05.000 say that, you need to toggle on the switch that 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:08.559 says notify when left behind. Okay. And then the other 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:11.160 thing is there's some exceptions. You might have turned on 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:13.960 an exception. So some people might like this to be 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:16.600 turned off when they're at their house because if they 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.600 leave their phone in their car or something like that, 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.200 they don't want this or at their work. So make 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:23.080 sure no exceptions are on there. And if there's an 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.400 exception on there, then you can just go ahead and 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:27.760 delete that. So you can there's a little arrow like 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:29.600 a looks like a circle with a line through it. 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:31.920 You can just tap that and say remove, and then 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.320 once you have that all set up, it should work 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.800 next time to alert you when your stuff is left behind. Now, 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.160 these alerts are great, but sometimes they're kind of annoying 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.040 because if you have a lot of Apple devices, Like 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:44.360 every time I go on a run, it's like you 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:46.000 just left behind. It gives me a list of like 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:47.960 one hundred things. I'm like, I get it. They're all 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:50.280 safe and sound in my house. So if you're getting 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.200 those alerts, you can turn off some of them. If 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:56.160 at the secured locations where you might leave your stuff 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:59.280 behind on purpose, for instance, your home or your work, 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:02.040 or maybe you have a you know, vacation house somewhere. 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:04.480 You don't need those things to trigger every time you 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.400 leave the house. So a great question, Tony, really appreciate 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.520 it this morning. That is an excellent one. 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:10.600 Good luck. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.600 And yes, I always joke that the number one feature 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:17.120 of my Apple Watch is pinging my phone. I love 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:19.000 that little feature where you just go on the side, 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:21.240 you press the button and there's a little ping if 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:22.880 you press the flat button on the side of your 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.320 Apple Watch and you look in that in all the 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:28.000 little quick settings, there's one that looks like an iPhone 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.400 that's ringing. You tap that and your iPhone will do this. 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:34.920 So if you've ever done that, you know that sound 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:35.480 very well? 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.320 All right? Eighty eight rich one O. 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:41.640 One eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:46.760 zero one. Let's do a quick question here from Melissa 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.360 in Los Angeles. She wrote in I want to send 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:51.400 my nephew some cash for his birthday. I thought I'd 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.240 use Apple Cash, but the app told me I needed 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.320 to add a debit card to my Apple wallet. That 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.520 makes sense, but I don't feel safe doing it since 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.800 that's a direct line in my checking account. I know 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.000 Apple is secure, but it seems like credit card companies 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:04.560 protect us more than banks. What do you think, Well, 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.640 first off, Melissa, I think it's very smart that you're 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.240 thinking about this. Anytime I'm adding a debit card or 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.800 using that debit card for anything, I'm always thinking about 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:16.560 the privacy and security implications. In fact, I have a 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:19.040 separate debit card that is not linked to my main 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:22.120 checking account just for stuff like this, because that means 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:24.400 there's only a limited amount of money at risk. So 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:26.240 that is a little bit of buffer, A little bit 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:29.080 of a buffer with debit cards. Yeah, it could be 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.200 trickier to get your money back compared to credit cards, 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:34.080 but I will tell you just looking up the Apple 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:37.800 Pay security, Apple goes through a lot of hoops to 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:41.880 keep your information safe. It says, after your card has approved, 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.200 they come up with a device specific account number, they 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.080 encrypt it, and they do not store or have access 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.560 to the original card numbers of credit, debit or prepay cards. 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:53.600 So I think you should be okay, But I like 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.600 that you're questioning this stuff. Eighty eight rich one one 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.320 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:00.400 one coming up can get. 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.080 Money back on your Amazon purchases. 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:11.600 Got an email from Leo saying, I'm supposed to be 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.600 a tech wizard, but I can't find the option to 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:17.240 stream your show live on the KTLA plus app or 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.800 anywhere else. I should clarify, So if I said live stream, 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.760 I did not mean that you can watch the first 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:27.920 ten minutes of the show on the KTLA plus app 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:29.119 through rich on Tech Weekly. 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:33.040 That's a show that we do on the app specifically. 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:36.320 So KTLA Plus app is available for Roku, Apple TV, Fire, 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.280 TV stick, and select Samsung TVs. So it's not gonna 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:41.200 be the live show. We do not live stream the show. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:42.960 The only way to listen to the show live is 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:45.480 on the radio, and it's that way for a reason 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:48.120 because I like it that way. And we may change, 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:50.640 you know, we may, Okay, I say that now we may. 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:51.239 You never know. 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.159 Things could change over time. But at this point, the 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:58.200 way to listen to the show is live on the radio. 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.400 If you want to download the KTLA plus app, which 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:02.840 you can do anywhere no matter where you live, you 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.119 don't have to live in Los Angeles, you can watch 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.560 the first minute, first ten minutes of the show that way. 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.800 Plus you can see all of my TV reports as well. 0:18:11.040 --> 0:18:12.920 We package them all up in a weekly show. It's 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:16.440 kind of fun and uh yeah, it's great. Okay, let's 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:19.960 go to Oh my gosh, so many people. Let's go 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:21.520 to Leon in a Fallbrook. 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:21.840 Leon. 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:24.240 You're on with Rich Good morning. 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:25.000 All right. 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:30.800 When MGM had their big security breach, you were recommending 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:36.439 Penchester protect your data. Do you still recommend that. 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.760 We talked about pen Tester. I did not recommend it. 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:44.479 I mentioned it. We did an interview with them, and 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.600 I did talk about how you can use it. They 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:49.399 had a special tool that they set up. This was 0:18:49.480 --> 0:18:52.119 during the big data breach the UH I think it 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:55.439 was called the NPD the National Public Data One, and 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:57.439 so we did have the guy on from pen Tester. 0:18:58.000 --> 0:18:59.480 We did have the tool on. 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:03.479 As for recommending these services, I don't recommend a specific service, 0:19:03.560 --> 0:19:08.800 But if you're trying to sort of rein in some 0:19:08.880 --> 0:19:11.840 of the information that's out there about you on the web, 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:14.520 I think it's a really tough question because here's a thing, 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.440 and this is actually what the guests and many guests 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:20.520 have said, is that the toughest part about all this 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:24.480 information is that the worst stuff is on the dark web, 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:28.600 and that is nearly impossible to recall. Right, you cannot 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:31.200 remove stuff from the dark web. What does the dark 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:34.639 web have? Your social Security number, your date of birth, 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:39.199 all the really highly personal information, your passwords that's out 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:41.720 there on the dark web, the stuff that's on the 0:19:42.160 --> 0:19:46.320 sort of mainstream data broker sites, your name, your address, 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:50.200 your age, your phone number. That stuff is like almost 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:52.840 like table stakes at this point. Anyone can get that. 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.640 Anyone can have that. It's very simple to find that information. 0:19:56.080 --> 0:19:59.240 So I think the question becomes is it worth cleaning 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:02.119 up all that information for twenty dollars a month? And 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:04.040 that's something that you really have to decide now. For 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:07.399 me personally, I have done a lot of this stuff myself. 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:11.159 I use the DIY takedown guide and they've got a 0:20:11.160 --> 0:20:13.879 whole bunch of them. Let's see, I think it was 0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:18.920 from delete me. So if you go to there's there's. 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:21.040 Okay, let's say, is it just delete me. 0:20:21.560 --> 0:20:24.160 There's a couple of services that can give you these 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:26.760 guides on how to change or how to take down 0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:31.520 the information that's you know, on you out there, and 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:33.320 so you can do that yourself or you can pay 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:35.639 one of these services The thing about paying these services 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:39.399 is that, you know, it depends how much you need 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:42.600 taken down and how effective that is, because there's a 0:20:42.640 --> 0:20:44.480 new one popping up every day. It's like a game 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:46.640 of whack a ble, And so even if you pay 0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:48.680 twenty dollars a month to take these things down, there's 0:20:48.720 --> 0:20:50.400 gonna be another one that takes it, you know, puts 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:52.920 it up the next day. So you have to kind 0:20:52.920 --> 0:20:55.000 of subscribe to them for the long term for them 0:20:55.040 --> 0:20:57.280 to continually be removed. Now, the one that I did 0:20:57.320 --> 0:21:02.159 do that was automated. Mozilla gave me a sort of 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:06.520 a test account of their service called Mozilla Monitor, and 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:09.600 you know, it was interesting and I saw that they 0:21:09.600 --> 0:21:12.280 did take down like two hundred and fifty different pieces 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:14.800 of my data. But again it's still sort of there 0:21:14.960 --> 0:21:20.400 in general, and so I guess my advice would be, 0:21:21.080 --> 0:21:22.800 if you want to try one of these things, if 0:21:22.840 --> 0:21:24.399 you want to get this stuff taken down, it's not 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:26.400 going to hurt, but yes, you are going to spend 0:21:26.400 --> 0:21:29.239 some money. And the idea behind these systems is that 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:30.560 you know, you got to kind of beat them for 0:21:30.600 --> 0:21:33.120 the long term because there's always going to be something 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:35.160 new that pops up. So I would say it might 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:37.119 be easier to just sort of do a couple of 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:40.480 things yourself, get down some of the main things, remove those, 0:21:40.560 --> 0:21:43.840 and that can help. So I had a segment for 0:21:43.960 --> 0:21:48.199 ktla remove how to erase yourself from the Internet, that 0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:51.520 was pretty popular, and in there I talk about number 0:21:51.520 --> 0:21:54.919 one signing up for Google's free Results about You service, 0:21:55.359 --> 0:21:56.840 So you can sign up for this and if a 0:21:56.840 --> 0:21:59.280 website has your personal information on it, you can ask 0:21:59.320 --> 0:22:01.719 Google to take it down. Doesn't delete the original, but 0:22:01.760 --> 0:22:04.560 it will take down some of those. Then I talk 0:22:04.640 --> 0:22:08.560 about the services like you mentioned, including Incogni Privacy b 0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:11.679 Those are twenty dollars a month. Consumer reports said that 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:13.600 a lot of them don't have a great success rate. 0:22:15.320 --> 0:22:18.560 And then I posted the free opt out guide and 0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:21.480 this is from delete Me. Delete me dot com has 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:24.359 these opt out guides and you can go through almost 0:22:24.440 --> 0:22:27.520 every website that you've ever signed up for and you 0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:30.720 can follow their instructions on how to delete your information, 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:34.760 deactivate your account, delete the information from those sites. So 0:22:35.359 --> 0:22:37.359 it could be from a spokio or it could be 0:22:37.400 --> 0:22:42.280 from something like Angie's List. So again it's this is 0:22:42.680 --> 0:22:45.480 a system and a process that takes a very long 0:22:45.560 --> 0:22:48.760 time to do, but it can be done. And those 0:22:48.800 --> 0:22:50.840 services like you mentioned, the pen testers of the world, 0:22:50.880 --> 0:22:53.600 they can help for sure, But the main thing is 0:22:53.680 --> 0:22:56.960 moving forward. I think you have to practice sort of 0:22:57.080 --> 0:23:00.600 better hygiene when it comes to the web. Use a 0:23:00.680 --> 0:23:03.639 masked email address for you know, if you're signing up 0:23:03.680 --> 0:23:07.000 for random things, definitely one hundred percent. Use a strong 0:23:07.080 --> 0:23:09.920 unique password for every single website that you're signing up for, 0:23:10.400 --> 0:23:12.879 and then of course two factor authentication, and then you 0:23:12.960 --> 0:23:15.040 might want to look into sort of freezing your credit 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:17.560 reports if you're soci security numbers out there, which it 0:23:17.600 --> 0:23:20.200 probably is, and you can do all that stuff pretty 0:23:20.240 --> 0:23:23.080 much for free, So that's kind of what I recommend. 0:23:23.240 --> 0:23:24.919 I think that that's a great way to go about it. 0:23:24.920 --> 0:23:26.280 And if you want to spend the money on one 0:23:26.320 --> 0:23:27.520 of these services, it's. 0:23:27.359 --> 0:23:28.600 Not going to hurt you. 0:23:28.600 --> 0:23:29.880 You know, you're just going to be out one hundred 0:23:29.880 --> 0:23:31.679 and fifty bucks for the year whatever it is, you know, 0:23:31.680 --> 0:23:34.200 two hundred dollars for the year. But yes, they will 0:23:34.240 --> 0:23:37.840 take down a large percentage of your information online. Just 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:40.400 understand that it's not the end all. There's still more 0:23:40.400 --> 0:23:42.600 information that's out there. Leon, Thanks so much. 0:23:42.640 --> 0:23:42.960 For the call. 0:23:43.080 --> 0:23:45.720 Do appreciate it. It's interesting, you know people use the 0:23:46.000 --> 0:23:49.360 word recommend are you know, when it's when they talk 0:23:49.359 --> 0:23:52.280 about the things that I've talked about or they say endorse, 0:23:52.359 --> 0:23:54.159 And you have to understand that, like, you know, I 0:23:54.200 --> 0:23:57.399 talk about a lot of things unless I'm specifically saying 0:23:57.440 --> 0:23:59.480 like this is what I use, this is what I like, 0:23:59.560 --> 0:24:02.320 this is what I think you should be using. You know, 0:24:02.400 --> 0:24:04.000 there's a lot of things that come up in the 0:24:04.080 --> 0:24:08.480 discussions on my radio show, my social media, my newsletter, 0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:12.240 my TV segments. So it does get confusing because just 0:24:12.240 --> 0:24:15.360 because I'm presenting something to you doesn't mean I am 0:24:15.760 --> 0:24:17.600 saying that this is what you should do. A lot 0:24:17.640 --> 0:24:19.600 of times I'm telling you kind of the different options 0:24:19.600 --> 0:24:25.119 that are out there. Okay, big big merger deal. Charter 0:24:25.280 --> 0:24:30.240 and Cos, the two big cable companies are merging. So 0:24:30.440 --> 0:24:34.600 Charter Communications is buying Cox Communications. For now, They've seen 0:24:34.640 --> 0:24:37.000 a whole bunch of numbers thrown around. A couple of 0:24:37.000 --> 0:24:38.960 them say twenty two billion, some of them say thirty 0:24:38.960 --> 0:24:39.440 four billion. 0:24:39.480 --> 0:24:41.000 I'm not a numbers guy. I'm not really sure. 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:43.760 All I know is is a lot combined company is 0:24:43.760 --> 0:24:46.600 going to have thirty eight million customers. Good luck calling 0:24:46.600 --> 0:24:49.600 customer service there. It'll be the biggest cable and broadband 0:24:49.600 --> 0:24:51.840 provider in the US. The new company is going to 0:24:51.880 --> 0:24:55.840 be called Cox Communications. Spectrum is going to be the 0:24:56.000 --> 0:24:58.040 consumer brand for internet and TV. 0:24:58.800 --> 0:24:58.960 Now. 0:24:59.000 --> 0:25:01.280 The deal is expected to say these companies five hundred 0:25:01.280 --> 0:25:05.320 million dollars annually are within three years. I guess, so 0:25:05.720 --> 0:25:10.040 layoffs are expected, of course, and you know, the cable 0:25:10.080 --> 0:25:12.560 companies are painting this picture of a lot of pressure 0:25:12.880 --> 0:25:16.640 from the wireless companies, the satellite companies, the streaming companies, 0:25:16.680 --> 0:25:18.440 and I do agree with that. I do think that 0:25:18.720 --> 0:25:21.119 cable TV used to be a huge, big business that 0:25:21.240 --> 0:25:24.080 was guaranteed. And now, yeah, you can sign up for 0:25:24.200 --> 0:25:27.320 Verizon Home Internet and have that wirelessly delivered your house 0:25:27.320 --> 0:25:30.560 in two seconds, or same thing with US Starlink. So 0:25:30.720 --> 0:25:33.960 I do think that there is much more competition, and 0:25:34.000 --> 0:25:35.440 they say that they're gonna have to use this to 0:25:35.480 --> 0:25:38.920 compete against Verizon and T Mobile. But they did say 0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:41.080 that broadband is now the main business. TV is no 0:25:41.160 --> 0:25:45.000 longer the growth area that it was, so they say 0:25:45.040 --> 0:25:47.439 there will be no immediate impact to customers, but of 0:25:47.480 --> 0:25:51.560 course we're going to see different pricing changes different package changes. 0:25:52.000 --> 0:25:54.560 And I always think when these big companies merge, it 0:25:54.600 --> 0:25:56.760 is never a good thing for the consumer, right it's 0:25:56.880 --> 0:25:59.280 less choice where you're going to go. But at this point, 0:25:59.320 --> 0:26:01.440 at least you've got the wireless options, at least you've 0:26:01.440 --> 0:26:05.040 got satellite keeping these companies on their toes. So it's 0:26:05.080 --> 0:26:07.880 not going to happen overnight. But I have said before 0:26:08.320 --> 0:26:11.600 that we are going to see many, many big companies 0:26:11.640 --> 0:26:14.840 merging in the next couple of years because the time 0:26:14.920 --> 0:26:19.000 is right for these companies. With the current administration and 0:26:19.119 --> 0:26:22.400 the climate in Washington, it seems like these big companies 0:26:22.440 --> 0:26:25.560 have been waiting to pounce, and it is the time 0:26:25.680 --> 0:26:26.280 for them. 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:27.920 Eighty eight rich. 0:26:27.800 --> 0:26:30.240 One O one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:26:30.640 --> 0:26:34.080 four one zero one coming up more of your questions, 0:26:34.119 --> 0:26:38.080 and I will tell you about the new rewards program 0:26:38.200 --> 0:26:41.240 that just came to the US and it can give 0:26:41.280 --> 0:26:43.920 you cash back on your Amazon purchases. I'll tell you 0:26:43.960 --> 0:26:46.200 about that coming up next right here on Rich on Tech. 0:26:50.240 --> 0:26:53.480 Edward in Tampa has a question that's very intriguing. Edward, 0:26:53.480 --> 0:26:54.200 You're on with Rich. 0:26:55.200 --> 0:26:58.600 Yeah, rich wanted to bring this up for not just 0:26:58.720 --> 0:27:01.119 for people that I live in the row areas. But 0:27:01.200 --> 0:27:03.119 even even if you live in the city, and that 0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:06.879 is called Terra. This is the laser internet instead of 0:27:06.920 --> 0:27:10.199 the traditional fiber optics. What is your take on it? 0:27:10.280 --> 0:27:14.439 I saw this on that German DW in March. What 0:27:14.480 --> 0:27:15.600 do you think about something like that. 0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:19.440 I'm the first I'm hearing of it. Is it available 0:27:19.440 --> 0:27:20.000 in the US? 0:27:22.440 --> 0:27:25.880 I know Google? It comes out from out of Google. 0:27:26.480 --> 0:27:30.119 So I'd like to see something like this be more 0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:33.080 in commercial use because I think it'd be very beneficial 0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:36.000 than the traditional fiber optics. 0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:39.240 I mean, it's yeah, it's so you're not laying any 0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:42.400 You're not laying any cable basically, Okay, so it's yeah. 0:27:42.480 --> 0:27:43.879 Interest This is the first I'm hearing of it. But 0:27:43.920 --> 0:27:47.040 it's Google's parent company, you know, it's alphabet. It's a 0:27:47.119 --> 0:27:50.440 laser internet company called Terra t A A r A. 0:27:51.080 --> 0:27:53.040 Now they're independent, so I guess they were spun off. 0:27:53.480 --> 0:27:57.000 But it basically uses beams of light to transmit data 0:27:57.080 --> 0:28:00.000 between terminals. So it's sort of a high speed, case 0:28:00.240 --> 0:28:02.520 free alternative to fiber optics. So if you don't want 0:28:02.520 --> 0:28:05.040 to lay fiber, you just do this and it can 0:28:05.080 --> 0:28:08.359 transmit data at speeds up to twenty gigabits per second. 0:28:08.400 --> 0:28:12.000 That's very fast over distances of up to twenty kilometers. 0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:16.800 So twenty kilometers to miles is what twelve miles, So 0:28:16.880 --> 0:28:20.400 these stations have to be twelve miles apart. But it's fascinating. 0:28:20.520 --> 0:28:24.280 I think probably if I had to guess, the downside 0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:25.399 is the cost. 0:28:26.240 --> 0:28:29.000 So it's fast, but it's okay. It requires a. 0:28:28.920 --> 0:28:32.320 Clear line of sight between terminals, and performance can be 0:28:32.359 --> 0:28:35.679 affected by weather conditions like fog and heavy rain. So 0:28:36.880 --> 0:28:40.640 that's an interesting sort of idea, and I think the 0:28:40.680 --> 0:28:43.880 bottom line is that it's probably expensive. It's probably right 0:28:43.920 --> 0:28:46.720 now being used in it looks like it's being used 0:28:46.720 --> 0:28:49.440 in a couple places India, Kenya, Fiji. 0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:52.120 But I think the thing. 0:28:51.960 --> 0:28:54.520 About here in the US is that we have pretty 0:28:54.560 --> 0:28:58.360 good coverage with our internet systems that we have, right, 0:28:58.760 --> 0:29:00.760 especially when you look at something like Starlink that's now 0:29:00.840 --> 0:29:03.960 covering I guess the whole US all at once, right, 0:29:04.440 --> 0:29:07.520 So I think this kind of solution in the future, 0:29:07.760 --> 0:29:09.360 I mean, I think it's going to start with places 0:29:09.400 --> 0:29:13.479 that are really tricky for putting wires in, and then 0:29:13.520 --> 0:29:16.240 I think eventually this will probably be a good alternative 0:29:16.760 --> 0:29:20.760 to either satellite or when the cost gets cheap enough, 0:29:20.960 --> 0:29:21.880 people will have it. 0:29:21.880 --> 0:29:24.440 It's funny. This reminds me of when I was in. 0:29:24.360 --> 0:29:28.920 College, they had a TV service that was sort of 0:29:28.920 --> 0:29:33.080 like an alternative to the standard cable service that was beamed. 0:29:33.080 --> 0:29:35.280 They had to put as little special antenna, like it 0:29:35.320 --> 0:29:38.160 was almost like an RF antenna on your roof, and 0:29:38.200 --> 0:29:41.840 then somehow the cable service was beamed to that antenna 0:29:42.480 --> 0:29:44.240 and it was from I think it was from pack 0:29:44.280 --> 0:29:47.200 Bell Pacific Bell back in the day, and I thought 0:29:47.200 --> 0:29:48.680 it was like the coolest thing. So of course I 0:29:48.760 --> 0:29:50.400 called them up to try to get this installed in 0:29:50.400 --> 0:29:53.480 my apartment at college, and they came out and put 0:29:53.480 --> 0:29:54.800 the thing on the roof. They're like, now it's not 0:29:54.840 --> 0:29:56.440 going to work here because you need a direct line 0:29:56.440 --> 0:30:01.040 of sight. So that's a fascinating solution, Edward, and I 0:30:01.040 --> 0:30:04.320 think that it holds a lot of promise, but the 0:30:04.400 --> 0:30:07.760 reality is I think the the I guess it's a 0:30:07.880 --> 0:30:10.400 rival to starlink. I mean, that's really what it sounds 0:30:10.440 --> 0:30:12.520 like to me. So I guess it comes down to 0:30:12.960 --> 0:30:16.120 which is cheaper, which is faster, and which one's easier 0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:18.480 for the people that need it. Great question. Thanks for 0:30:18.520 --> 0:30:21.320 the call today eighty eight rich one O one eight 0:30:21.400 --> 0:30:24.080 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:30:24.440 --> 0:30:26.600 All right, I gotta tell you about this because I've 0:30:26.600 --> 0:30:30.240 been mentioning it, but this is really interesting. So there's 0:30:30.280 --> 0:30:34.080 a new cash back rewards program in the US. It's 0:30:34.120 --> 0:30:38.520 called shop Back shop Back, and apparently this is very 0:30:38.600 --> 0:30:41.440 popular in Asia and some other countries, but now they 0:30:41.640 --> 0:30:42.760 just came to the US. 0:30:43.280 --> 0:30:44.480 And it's sort of like you know. 0:30:44.440 --> 0:30:46.640 Those other things that you see out there, like the honey, 0:30:46.680 --> 0:30:49.720 the cash back things, the two ken However, you say 0:30:49.720 --> 0:30:55.160 that racketin I think, But what makes it different is 0:30:55.200 --> 0:30:58.080 that it is giving you money back on. 0:30:58.000 --> 0:31:00.600 Your Amazon orders, which is pretty wild. 0:31:00.680 --> 0:31:04.840 So Shotback was founded in Singapore and twenty fourteen, they've 0:31:04.880 --> 0:31:08.280 got over fifty million users in thirteen countries. They're headquarters 0:31:08.280 --> 0:31:11.160 here in Austin, Texas, and they've got over two thousand 0:31:11.240 --> 0:31:17.520 brands on their platform, including, like I said, Amazon, Walmart, Expedia, Macy's, Uber, Cole's, CVS, 0:31:17.560 --> 0:31:20.480 Door Dash and more. But it's the only platform that 0:31:20.560 --> 0:31:24.600 offers a dollar cash back per Amazon transaction. So I 0:31:24.680 --> 0:31:28.760 installed this, I signed up, and I did my first 0:31:28.840 --> 0:31:31.600 Amazon order and I got my little emails yesterday or 0:31:31.640 --> 0:31:32.200 this morning. 0:31:33.000 --> 0:31:36.040 Let's see, let me let me find it shot back. 0:31:36.760 --> 0:31:39.280 Yeah, it says your your cash back is tracked one 0:31:39.360 --> 0:31:43.120 dollar coming your way from your Amazon order, and so 0:31:43.240 --> 0:31:46.040 once they get the final confirmation, they'll give you the money. 0:31:46.080 --> 0:31:49.120 So if you go to this website, I'll put the 0:31:49.160 --> 0:31:52.440 link online. Rich on tech dot tv. But they've got 0:31:52.480 --> 0:31:54.600 a lot of the big companies on there, and they 0:31:54.600 --> 0:31:56.720 also Okay, so the other thing they do are these quests, 0:31:56.720 --> 0:31:59.520 and they sort of gamify shopping. So right now, they've 0:31:59.520 --> 0:32:01.959 got this quest earn ten dollars when you spend two 0:32:02.000 --> 0:32:04.600 hundred dollars at any store. And then they got five 0:32:04.680 --> 0:32:07.760 dollars on your first browser purchase extension, so you have 0:32:07.800 --> 0:32:10.720 to install a little browser extension. And then, of course 0:32:10.760 --> 0:32:12.520 I looked at the privacy of this whole thing, because 0:32:12.520 --> 0:32:14.040 I was worried about that. You know, are they looking 0:32:14.040 --> 0:32:16.560 at everything you do online? And it says no, we 0:32:16.680 --> 0:32:19.880 only track your data on the sites that we work with. 0:32:20.280 --> 0:32:22.560 So when you go to one of our sites, one 0:32:22.560 --> 0:32:26.240 of our stores, that's when it sort of comes into play, 0:32:26.320 --> 0:32:28.400 and you'll see it'll spring into action. It'll kind of 0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:30.840 highlight on your web browser and it will say here, 0:32:30.840 --> 0:32:34.120 you're going to get a dollar here. Six percent cash 0:32:34.160 --> 0:32:37.400 back on booking dot com, up to three percent on Expedia, 0:32:37.480 --> 0:32:40.320 ten percent on Walmart right now for the next two days, 0:32:40.360 --> 0:32:41.520 ten percent on eBay. 0:32:42.000 --> 0:32:43.680 So they do a lot of these deals. 0:32:44.280 --> 0:32:47.120 Half a percent on best Buy, and again you can 0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:49.720 just cash out to PayPal after you have a minimum 0:32:49.720 --> 0:32:52.520 of five dollars. So so far it seems really good. 0:32:52.560 --> 0:32:54.560 The dollar on Amazon seems too good to be true. 0:32:54.600 --> 0:32:56.920 I'm not sure how that how long that's going to last, 0:32:57.080 --> 0:33:01.320 if that's just sort of a grand ope celebration deal. 0:33:01.800 --> 0:33:04.320 But hey, I shop on Amazon a lot, and let's 0:33:04.320 --> 0:33:05.880 say you do three orders in a week, that's three 0:33:05.920 --> 0:33:08.680 dollars back. Why not every dollar counts. So again it's 0:33:08.680 --> 0:33:12.560 called shopback dot com. And I guess it's probably best 0:33:12.600 --> 0:33:14.440 to sign up with my code because then I think 0:33:14.480 --> 0:33:16.560 you get a bonus if you sign up with that. 0:33:16.600 --> 0:33:18.440 So I'll put it in the show notes rich on 0:33:18.560 --> 0:33:21.760 tech dot TV. But hey, I mean, I'm impressed so far, 0:33:22.240 --> 0:33:24.600 and I think this this competes against the other kind 0:33:24.640 --> 0:33:28.320 of cash back shopping portals out there, like racketin. But 0:33:28.560 --> 0:33:30.200 the thing about them is I don't think they do 0:33:30.280 --> 0:33:33.280 anything with Amazon that used to be called Ebates yep, 0:33:34.440 --> 0:33:37.440 and anyway, so check it out. I'll put out the 0:33:37.480 --> 0:33:41.800 website rich on Tech dot tv shopback dot com. All right, 0:33:41.840 --> 0:33:43.960 eighty to eight rich one on one eight eight eight 0:33:44.120 --> 0:33:47.080 seven four to two four one zero one. I'll tell 0:33:47.120 --> 0:33:49.720 you why ticketmaster is now showing you the entire price 0:33:49.720 --> 0:33:56.200 you're gonna pay upfront on rich on Tech. Welcome back 0:33:56.200 --> 0:33:58.520 to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, 0:33:58.680 --> 0:34:03.120 talking technology at triple eight rich one oh one eight 0:34:03.160 --> 0:34:06.280 eight eight seven four to two four one zero on 0:34:06.320 --> 0:34:09.960 the website is rich on Tech dot tv. If you 0:34:10.000 --> 0:34:11.960 want to get an email into me, just go to 0:34:12.040 --> 0:34:15.200 the website hit contact. If you want show notes, just 0:34:15.560 --> 0:34:18.760 tap the episode number one twenty one that has links 0:34:18.760 --> 0:34:21.400 to everything I mentioned on the show, including that cash 0:34:21.480 --> 0:34:24.640 back shopping site I just mentioned called shop Back. A 0:34:24.719 --> 0:34:28.080 lot of you going there to get that information. Steve 0:34:28.120 --> 0:34:31.560 writes in about the laser Internet won't work. Need to 0:34:31.640 --> 0:34:33.840 establish line of site permits, so no one builds a 0:34:33.880 --> 0:34:36.279 house in your path. Just like a microwave link, if 0:34:36.280 --> 0:34:38.040 you place the transmitter on a hill and put the 0:34:38.080 --> 0:34:41.200 receiver on your community roof, then you could route the 0:34:41.239 --> 0:34:45.040 data via ethernet for the last mile. Good for a building, 0:34:45.080 --> 0:34:46.879 not so good for a home, as the density would 0:34:46.880 --> 0:34:50.520 need a rather large broad beam to cover multiple addresses 0:34:50.560 --> 0:34:53.920 in a general area. Good point, Steve, Yeah, I think 0:34:53.960 --> 0:34:55.440 that goes into what I was saying, where this is 0:34:55.520 --> 0:35:00.600 much more specialized internet connections, like in a very area 0:35:00.680 --> 0:35:03.600 that wants to get high speed internet. That's why it 0:35:03.600 --> 0:35:05.839 seems like they're using it in different countries. First off, 0:35:06.560 --> 0:35:09.480 you're going to see some changes. FTC's new rule on 0:35:10.040 --> 0:35:14.840 unfair or deceptive fees is now in effect. This primarily 0:35:14.840 --> 0:35:20.440 affects tickets for concerts, sports plays, also hotels and vacation rentals. 0:35:21.200 --> 0:35:24.840 I was not aware that the hotels and vacation rentals 0:35:24.840 --> 0:35:26.880 had to show all these fees up front now, and 0:35:26.920 --> 0:35:29.319 sure enough, it just did a quick search on one 0:35:29.320 --> 0:35:32.840 of the travel websites and yeah, all those annoying resort 0:35:32.880 --> 0:35:37.160 fees are now included in the full price. So companies 0:35:37.200 --> 0:35:40.960 selling event tickets or lodging short term lodging must show 0:35:40.960 --> 0:35:45.080 the real price upfront, no more hidden charges. All required 0:35:45.120 --> 0:35:47.960 fees must be included in the price you see first. 0:35:48.960 --> 0:35:52.719 So if extra fees like taxes are shipping, can't be 0:35:52.800 --> 0:35:56.359 calculated upfront. Sellers have to disclose them before you pay. 0:35:56.920 --> 0:35:59.880 So the goals to make everything more transparent. Companies can 0:36:00.080 --> 0:36:02.759 will charge these annoying fees, they just have to be 0:36:02.840 --> 0:36:04.040 much more upfront about it. 0:36:04.520 --> 0:36:05.719 So this is a great thing. 0:36:05.760 --> 0:36:08.880 How many times have you searched for concert tickets or 0:36:08.920 --> 0:36:12.920 a hotel room and it's a super low price on 0:36:13.000 --> 0:36:14.759 the front end, and all of a sudden you get 0:36:14.760 --> 0:36:16.439 to the checkout page and you know, another one hundred 0:36:16.480 --> 0:36:18.800 dollars or two hundred dollars of all these added fees, 0:36:19.400 --> 0:36:21.000 and so it's going to be a lot more helpful. Now, 0:36:21.080 --> 0:36:23.440 let's say you're buying tickets for a sports game and 0:36:23.480 --> 0:36:25.799 you say, I don't want to spend one hundred bucks. Well, 0:36:25.840 --> 0:36:27.640 if you're looking for one hundred dollars tickets, by time 0:36:27.680 --> 0:36:29.520 you get to the end, that one hundred dollars tickets 0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:32.919 one fifty, two hundred whatever. Now you can finally say, okay, 0:36:32.960 --> 0:36:35.000 here's one hundred dollars ticket. When I get to the end, 0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:38.800 it's going to be one hundred dollars. That is nice hotels, 0:36:38.880 --> 0:36:41.400 same thing. I mean, how many times you know, especially 0:36:41.440 --> 0:36:44.239 with these Vegas hotels, you know ninety nine dollars for 0:36:44.280 --> 0:36:46.440 the night. By time you get to the end, the 0:36:46.480 --> 0:36:49.000 resort fee is fifty bucks half the price of the hotel. 0:36:49.600 --> 0:36:52.680 And the reason they did this is because all these 0:36:52.719 --> 0:36:56.040 sites like Kayak, these aggregator sites that just kind of 0:36:56.080 --> 0:36:56.800 list everything. 0:36:57.200 --> 0:36:58.640 What do you think people do when they go to 0:36:58.680 --> 0:36:59.799 a travel website. 0:37:00.080 --> 0:37:03.480 They sort hotels by cheapest to most expensive, and what 0:37:03.520 --> 0:37:05.600 do they do They look at the cheapest one. So 0:37:05.640 --> 0:37:07.840 if that cheap hotel was one hundred and fifty dollars 0:37:07.840 --> 0:37:10.880 for the night, you don't take into consideration the extra 0:37:10.960 --> 0:37:13.160 seventy five dollars they're charging you in fees. Until you 0:37:13.200 --> 0:37:14.799 get to the end, you're all invested. You're like, ah, 0:37:14.800 --> 0:37:17.880 it's fine, I'll just do that now. The one place 0:37:17.920 --> 0:37:20.040 I think they should have enacted this, which they did not, 0:37:20.800 --> 0:37:24.280 is the airlines. It is really frustrating with the airlines, 0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:27.200 especially when you're on a Google flight search and let's 0:37:27.200 --> 0:37:30.400 say you're going, you know, from here to wherever, and 0:37:30.440 --> 0:37:32.719 you've got this super cheap fare from one of these 0:37:33.320 --> 0:37:36.600 budget airlines like a Spirit or a Frontier, and I'm 0:37:36.680 --> 0:37:38.800 not you know, singling them out saying they're bad. I 0:37:38.800 --> 0:37:41.640 think it's great that we have these options. The problem 0:37:41.760 --> 0:37:44.880 is that they're showing you this fair that you know 0:37:44.920 --> 0:37:47.480 it's eighty to extra dollars to bring a carry on, 0:37:48.000 --> 0:37:50.359 and you don't see that up front. So I think 0:37:50.400 --> 0:37:52.359 there needs to be a little bit more transparency there 0:37:52.360 --> 0:37:55.920 at the airlines, because again, what do people do. They're searching. 0:37:56.000 --> 0:37:59.720 Unless you're a power traveler that's you know, a certain 0:37:59.719 --> 0:38:02.200 airline that you're always going on, most people are just 0:38:02.200 --> 0:38:05.359 searching for their destination and sorting by price, and they're 0:38:05.360 --> 0:38:06.960 picking the first flight that's the cheapest. 0:38:07.000 --> 0:38:08.399 Then they're surprised at check out. 0:38:08.600 --> 0:38:10.839 And some of these airlines I've noticed because I've taken 0:38:10.880 --> 0:38:14.400 some of them, they do not give you all the 0:38:14.400 --> 0:38:18.560 final fees and add ons until the very end, after 0:38:18.600 --> 0:38:21.839 you're so invested, you've put all your information in, all 0:38:21.880 --> 0:38:25.239 of your passenger information, all of your personal data, your 0:38:25.400 --> 0:38:27.240 your credit card and all that stuff, and then finally 0:38:27.280 --> 0:38:28.799 the last screen they're like, oh, by the way, here's 0:38:28.800 --> 0:38:30.040 how much you have to pay for all this stuff. 0:38:30.600 --> 0:38:32.040 So it's a start. 0:38:32.160 --> 0:38:34.719 I think it's good, but I think that there can 0:38:34.760 --> 0:38:37.640 be more that could be done. Let's go to JP 0:38:38.080 --> 0:38:40.360 in Calabasis. Welcome to the show. 0:38:41.880 --> 0:38:45.200 Hey, Rich, great talking with you. Hey, you know, I 0:38:45.239 --> 0:38:48.680 had a silly question about a phone that's outdated, But 0:38:48.880 --> 0:38:50.799 now I think I should be asking, is Tara the 0:38:50.840 --> 0:38:52.160 new Bluetooth. 0:38:53.440 --> 0:38:54.160 Is from? 0:38:54.360 --> 0:38:54.920 I don't think so. 0:38:55.160 --> 0:38:58.200 Yeah, Well, okay, cool, Well, before you get into that, 0:38:58.280 --> 0:39:00.840 I had a question about the s SE. He like 0:39:00.880 --> 0:39:02.600 a special edition phone that and a lot of my 0:39:02.640 --> 0:39:05.640 friends really still like, and they discontinue it. You think 0:39:05.640 --> 0:39:07.400 they're just getting rid of it because they want to 0:39:07.400 --> 0:39:09.719 bring on the swim phone. And I also had some 0:39:09.800 --> 0:39:12.000 intel from my buddy who works at Apple. You told 0:39:12.040 --> 0:39:15.560 me you're gonna hear it on this show first, but 0:39:15.680 --> 0:39:18.160 they're bringing Apple walkie Talkie next year. 0:39:18.719 --> 0:39:22.319 Mm okay, I have heard rumors about that, you know, 0:39:22.600 --> 0:39:24.239 it's I think that rumor has been out for a 0:39:24.280 --> 0:39:27.000 little bit with the walkie talkie, and you know they're 0:39:27.080 --> 0:39:29.080 using this term walkie talkie. I mean, it's kind of 0:39:29.080 --> 0:39:30.640 like the next Tell back in the day in a 0:39:30.680 --> 0:39:34.480 blue bloop. But it's really just going over the LTE networks. 0:39:34.480 --> 0:39:37.040 And there's a couple of services that already do this. 0:39:37.160 --> 0:39:40.120 I think one of them is called Relay. Let's see, Yeah, 0:39:40.120 --> 0:39:42.880 it's called Relay, and it's kind of like basically a 0:39:42.960 --> 0:39:47.520 walkie talkie, but it just goes over the LTE systems. 0:39:47.880 --> 0:39:49.520 And if you have an Apple Watch, they already have 0:39:49.719 --> 0:39:52.319 a walkie talkie functionality built in. I'm not sure many 0:39:52.320 --> 0:39:55.319 people use it, but if you scroll all the way down, 0:39:55.840 --> 0:39:59.200 there is walkie talkie functionality on the Apple Watch. And 0:39:59.239 --> 0:40:02.480 what it's doing is it's actually just using a FaceTime connection, 0:40:02.560 --> 0:40:08.000 a FaceTime audio connection that is sort of staying persistent 0:40:08.040 --> 0:40:10.239 in the background for a certain amount of time to 0:40:10.360 --> 0:40:12.960 let you go back and forth with someone else. So 0:40:12.960 --> 0:40:14.759 if you haven't tried the walkie talkie feature on the 0:40:14.800 --> 0:40:17.200 Apple Watch, it's definitely there. It would be interesting if 0:40:17.200 --> 0:40:18.840 they brought that to the iPhone. I think that'd be 0:40:18.920 --> 0:40:22.280 kind of fun, especially knowing that a lot of people 0:40:22.640 --> 0:40:25.520 the young'ins I'll say, you know, my wife works at 0:40:25.520 --> 0:40:27.840 a school, so she's kind of connected with what the 0:40:27.880 --> 0:40:32.400 young kids are doing. But they're all using the audio 0:40:32.680 --> 0:40:36.680 feature on I Message to send each other audio messages 0:40:36.719 --> 0:40:39.160 instead of typing out messages. So it's almost like a 0:40:39.200 --> 0:40:42.880 little mini voicemail that gets delivered to your I Message. Anyway, 0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:48.040 I digress. You asked about the iPhone s. What's happening 0:40:48.040 --> 0:40:51.359 with that, So the iPhone SE has pretty much been 0:40:51.400 --> 0:40:55.160 replaced with the iPhone sixteen E and the iPhone SE. 0:40:55.200 --> 0:40:57.000 What people liked about it is that it still had 0:40:57.000 --> 0:41:00.000 the home button, but with the addition of the iPhone 0:41:00.160 --> 0:41:03.960 sixteen E, it is Apple's cheapest iPhone five hundred and 0:41:04.000 --> 0:41:08.200 ninety nine dollars and it is it's got all the functionality, 0:41:08.239 --> 0:41:11.759 like all the latest processor and stuff like that. So 0:41:11.800 --> 0:41:15.319 it's great and it's cheaper, but it's not the iPhone SE. 0:41:15.360 --> 0:41:18.319 It does not have the home button. And so if 0:41:18.360 --> 0:41:21.120 you still have an SE, I'm looking at the old ones. Okay, 0:41:21.120 --> 0:41:25.839 so let's see here. SE second generation was Let's see 0:41:25.840 --> 0:41:30.600 it was released five years ago April twenty fourth, twenty twenty, 0:41:30.680 --> 0:41:35.280 and it's got it's still being supported, but it was discontinued. 0:41:35.800 --> 0:41:37.520 So and I'm just looking at the website end of 0:41:37.640 --> 0:41:40.239 life dot date. This gives you all the details in 0:41:40.280 --> 0:41:42.640 every single phone to tell you how long it's going 0:41:42.719 --> 0:41:46.280 to be supported for now, if you have the old 0:41:46.880 --> 0:41:50.879 the old SE, the first generation that was introduced nine 0:41:50.920 --> 0:41:53.959 years ago, support for that just ended a month ago 0:41:54.640 --> 0:41:56.640 March thirty first, twenty twenty five. 0:41:57.200 --> 0:42:00.120 That was released, I guess let's see, here was to. 0:42:00.120 --> 0:42:04.640 Say discontinues discontinued six years ago, six years eight months. 0:42:05.160 --> 0:42:06.120 So here's a deal. 0:42:06.680 --> 0:42:09.600 If you're if you're using a phone that is no 0:42:09.760 --> 0:42:14.080 longer getting operating system or security updates, you can still 0:42:14.200 --> 0:42:14.520 use it. 0:42:14.640 --> 0:42:16.240 You can ride this thing out forever. 0:42:16.600 --> 0:42:20.160 It's gonna make calls, it's gonna send text, but you're 0:42:20.160 --> 0:42:22.280 gonna have a couple of things that may not work 0:42:22.360 --> 0:42:22.960 over time. 0:42:23.520 --> 0:42:25.560 Number one, security risks. 0:42:25.640 --> 0:42:29.279 You're gonna have security patches and bugs and things that 0:42:29.320 --> 0:42:32.760 are just not available for your phone, or security patches 0:42:32.800 --> 0:42:35.000 for bugs that are not available on your phone because 0:42:35.000 --> 0:42:38.000 they're not they're not giving you that update anymore. So 0:42:38.040 --> 0:42:40.080 you're not only getting not only not getting the new 0:42:40.120 --> 0:42:42.640 operating system, but you're also not getting any of the 0:42:42.719 --> 0:42:45.919 security patches. And so that's a that's a pretty big 0:42:45.960 --> 0:42:50.760 deal because there are always hackers looking to exploit certain 0:42:50.800 --> 0:42:53.799 features on the iPhone or any phone and use that 0:42:53.880 --> 0:42:57.239 to their advantage to hack your phone. So if you're 0:42:57.239 --> 0:43:00.000 not getting those updates, then those holes are wide open 0:43:00.160 --> 0:43:03.680 on your device. And if you've noticed, on the smartphones, 0:43:03.960 --> 0:43:06.359 we're getting more and more software updates, and a lot 0:43:06.360 --> 0:43:09.240 of them have to do with little bugs and security 0:43:09.320 --> 0:43:13.160 exploits that these companies are fixing. Sometimes they will also 0:43:13.719 --> 0:43:16.840 impede your ability to download or update your apps. So 0:43:16.960 --> 0:43:19.160 what happens is, you know, because there's so many phones 0:43:19.200 --> 0:43:22.280 out there, the phone companies say, look, if you're a developer, 0:43:22.360 --> 0:43:25.839 you only have to support up to operating system ten 0:43:26.040 --> 0:43:28.759 or eleven or twelve or thirteen. Whatever it is, just 0:43:28.800 --> 0:43:30.759 to make things easy, so you're not sitting there pulling 0:43:30.800 --> 0:43:34.160 your hair out updating an app for three people that 0:43:34.280 --> 0:43:36.040 use this old operating system, like there has to be 0:43:36.120 --> 0:43:40.120 a cutoff somewhere. And then of course performance features all 0:43:40.120 --> 0:43:43.400 this other stuff. Battery, you know that's going to degrade 0:43:43.400 --> 0:43:45.480 over time. But yeah, you can use the phone at 0:43:45.480 --> 0:43:48.799 its most basic core functionality indefinitely, as long as the 0:43:48.840 --> 0:43:51.879 thing still turns on and the network still supports it. 0:43:52.160 --> 0:43:53.799 I mean, I've got a pixel at home that my 0:43:53.960 --> 0:43:57.000 kid was playing with, hacking on it, and you know 0:43:57.040 --> 0:43:59.480 that thing is so old, and I fired it up. 0:43:59.480 --> 0:44:02.440 I think as Android android ten, does that sound right? 0:44:03.239 --> 0:44:05.400 But it's uh, you know, it still works, but everything 0:44:05.440 --> 0:44:08.320 it's like frozen in memory, like there's it's not getting updates. 0:44:08.480 --> 0:44:11.279 They can't update the apps it's just there. But I 0:44:11.360 --> 0:44:13.040 tried to connect it to the Wi Fi and it 0:44:13.120 --> 0:44:16.440 worked and it you know, just understand the security risks 0:44:16.480 --> 0:44:19.560 of things like this. Eighty eight rich one O one 0:44:19.680 --> 0:44:23.440 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:44:23.480 --> 0:44:27.759 Coming up YouTube changing how ads work. You're now going 0:44:27.800 --> 0:44:30.560 to see commercials right after the most exciting moments in 0:44:30.560 --> 0:44:34.040 a video I'll explain. Coming up right here, I'm Rich 0:44:34.080 --> 0:44:40.000 on Tech. Let's go to Vivian and Murrietta. 0:44:40.880 --> 0:44:44.440 So I have a question. So I recently got an 0:44:44.440 --> 0:44:46.680 email from I mean, I tried to get into my 0:44:46.880 --> 0:44:52.920 Yahoo email account I've had for fifteen years with no problems. 0:44:53.000 --> 0:44:57.000 They asked for my password. I put the password and 0:44:57.080 --> 0:45:00.560 it's it denied it. So then it for me to 0:45:00.640 --> 0:45:04.600 change the password. They are sending me a link to 0:45:04.640 --> 0:45:08.920 my driver's to my phone. I never got that, so 0:45:08.960 --> 0:45:12.319 when and I tried several times, it would never give 0:45:12.360 --> 0:45:16.600 me that access code. So then I called y'allhoo a 0:45:16.719 --> 0:45:19.440 hunter number, and they want want to charge me a 0:45:19.520 --> 0:45:25.239 fee to help me and two which I paid and 0:45:25.280 --> 0:45:30.879 then when they sent I'm sorry, I paid it, but 0:45:30.960 --> 0:45:35.200 then I uh, it didn't go through because I fought 0:45:35.200 --> 0:45:37.520 them on that okay, So then. 0:45:37.560 --> 0:45:40.640 When they how much do they charge you? How much 0:45:40.640 --> 0:45:41.319 do they charge you? 0:45:41.400 --> 0:45:43.520 Charged me eighty two dollars, eighty. 0:45:43.320 --> 0:45:47.640 Two dollars for customer support. 0:45:46.480 --> 0:45:49.640 Eighty two dollars for support just to change my password? 0:45:49.719 --> 0:45:50.560 What, okay? 0:45:51.600 --> 0:45:53.520 Whatever? I called my bank. 0:45:54.280 --> 0:45:58.280 You disputed the charge. I'm sorry you disputed the charge. 0:45:58.320 --> 0:45:59.960 Afterwards, I disputed the charge. 0:46:00.080 --> 0:46:02.800 But in the meantime, so I called back a second 0:46:02.840 --> 0:46:06.760 time and they helped me. But they want to send 0:46:06.760 --> 0:46:08.880 me a link to prove who I am. I have 0:46:08.960 --> 0:46:12.680 to I send them. The link requires me to take 0:46:12.680 --> 0:46:16.280 a picture of my driver's license, the front and the back. Sure, 0:46:16.480 --> 0:46:18.719 And at that point I tried to do it by 0:46:18.960 --> 0:46:22.759 by kind of blocking my information so they could just 0:46:22.800 --> 0:46:25.960 get my picture and my name. It wouldn't accepse. 0:46:26.120 --> 0:46:27.840 No, it won't take it if it doesn't show that. 0:46:28.280 --> 0:46:30.480 No, this is fraud, right. 0:46:30.360 --> 0:46:31.799 Well, not necessarily. 0:46:32.000 --> 0:46:36.160 So these companies, these tech companies do and and this 0:46:36.200 --> 0:46:38.880 is I'm glad that you're you're on alert with this, Vivian, 0:46:38.960 --> 0:46:42.799 because you know, these hackers do try to trick us 0:46:42.800 --> 0:46:46.080 into doing things like this. But the big tech companies, 0:46:46.080 --> 0:46:51.160 and I've seen it, they do require sometimes identification like 0:46:51.200 --> 0:46:53.719 you're talking about. And so sometimes, like with Facebook, if 0:46:53.719 --> 0:46:56.600 you're if you're locked out, they will have you sort 0:46:56.600 --> 0:46:58.759 of hold your driver's license up in front of a 0:46:58.840 --> 0:47:03.239 video camera on your webcam and do a screenshot like 0:47:03.280 --> 0:47:05.759 that and like make sure it's you. So it's not 0:47:05.960 --> 0:47:09.120 out of the realm that Yahoo is trying to protect 0:47:09.120 --> 0:47:11.360 your account in this way. And you have to understand 0:47:11.360 --> 0:47:14.240 where they're coming from. You've lost access to this account. 0:47:14.280 --> 0:47:17.520 You're saying it's mine, and you're trying to regain access, 0:47:18.000 --> 0:47:21.560 and you know, once you have control of someone's email account, 0:47:22.000 --> 0:47:23.759 there are many things you can do with that. You 0:47:23.760 --> 0:47:26.759 can go in there and do password resets and all 0:47:26.840 --> 0:47:29.080 kinds of stuff and access all kinds of information. So 0:47:29.360 --> 0:47:33.000 they want to keep this account private. Now, how do 0:47:33.040 --> 0:47:36.040 you know that the link where you're sending the license 0:47:36.239 --> 0:47:38.240 is legitimate? Is it a Yahoo link? 0:47:39.920 --> 0:47:43.400 I don't remember right now because I kind of got scared, Okay, 0:47:44.040 --> 0:47:45.799 so I don't have it in front of me to 0:47:45.880 --> 0:47:48.400 know if it's lishit or not. And I got just 0:47:48.520 --> 0:47:53.319 scared because you're right, it could be true. But with nowadays, 0:47:53.320 --> 0:47:57.680 with everything being so, you know, so many scammers, and 0:47:57.719 --> 0:48:01.120 the thing is they didn't try to verify my who 0:48:01.160 --> 0:48:04.520 I am by asking me questions that only I would know. 0:48:05.200 --> 0:48:06.960 They didn't ask me that to begin with. 0:48:07.080 --> 0:48:09.080 Well, they may not have that because you know, don't 0:48:09.080 --> 0:48:11.239 forget when you sign up for this email account, you 0:48:11.280 --> 0:48:13.560 don't really need much to sign up. They're not asking 0:48:13.560 --> 0:48:16.120 for your mother's maide name, or your social or you know, 0:48:16.200 --> 0:48:18.799 all this identifying information that a bank would, so they 0:48:18.800 --> 0:48:22.399 don't really have anything on you. Now, when you're trying 0:48:22.440 --> 0:48:24.920 to reset this password, are you doing it from a 0:48:24.960 --> 0:48:27.640 device that you've used before, because a lot of times 0:48:27.680 --> 0:48:30.920 these these tech companies get spooked when you're logging in 0:48:30.960 --> 0:48:34.000 from a different device and you're trying to reset your password. 0:48:34.040 --> 0:48:36.000 So if you tried doing this from the place where 0:48:36.000 --> 0:48:40.080 you always use this Yahoo account, I did, okay, and 0:48:40.120 --> 0:48:41.000 it still wouldn't take. 0:48:41.920 --> 0:48:44.560 And so the thing also that scared me was when 0:48:44.680 --> 0:48:47.239 they were trying to send me a link to you know, 0:48:47.360 --> 0:48:50.520 with a code, it wouldn't go through to my cell phone. 0:48:51.000 --> 0:48:53.440 But when they sent me a link to the same 0:48:53.600 --> 0:48:56.560 cell phone to put my to take a picture on 0:48:56.640 --> 0:48:59.000 my driver's ices, that went through. 0:48:58.920 --> 0:49:01.040 Okay, And that was the only thing. 0:49:00.880 --> 0:49:03.279 That kind of like that was the red flag for me. 0:49:04.000 --> 0:49:06.760 But again, I can't prove that it was not legit 0:49:06.880 --> 0:49:10.480 or legit, but it just kind of That's what scared me, Like, wait, 0:49:10.600 --> 0:49:12.600 one thing in and going through, but the thing that 0:49:12.680 --> 0:49:15.279 you need for me is going through. That doesn't make right. 0:49:15.520 --> 0:49:16.319 I would agree with that. 0:49:16.360 --> 0:49:17.640 So look, I mean, I think at the end of 0:49:17.680 --> 0:49:20.840 the day, I think that you're very smart to be 0:49:20.880 --> 0:49:22.600 on guard with this stuff, and I think you do 0:49:22.719 --> 0:49:25.600 need to be on your toes. What I would do 0:49:25.719 --> 0:49:27.839 is I would try this process again. You already paid 0:49:27.880 --> 0:49:30.680 the money. Even though you've disputed it, you probably still 0:49:30.680 --> 0:49:33.520 have a little bit of access to this premium service. 0:49:33.920 --> 0:49:35.560 I would call back and say, look, I need to 0:49:35.560 --> 0:49:37.520 do this. Make sure you're calling the number that's on 0:49:37.640 --> 0:49:40.240 the Yahoo help page, do not just dial a random number. 0:49:40.440 --> 0:49:43.040 And make sure all those incoming texts and links are 0:49:43.120 --> 0:49:45.719 going to a Yahoo site. That's what I would do 0:49:45.840 --> 0:49:48.400 to regain access. This is rich on Tech. 0:49:52.560 --> 0:49:52.920 Joining me. 0:49:53.000 --> 0:49:56.680 Now you know them, you love them, Johnny Jets, all 0:49:56.719 --> 0:49:57.480 things travel. 0:49:57.680 --> 0:50:00.200 What a busy, busy travel time it is is. 0:50:00.280 --> 0:50:02.600 I know people thinking about summer trips and all this stuff, 0:50:02.640 --> 0:50:06.080 but oh my gosh, this whole situation with the air 0:50:06.120 --> 0:50:08.960 traffic controllers. I'm sure you've been following this, Johnny Jet, 0:50:09.040 --> 0:50:10.320 what's up. Welcome to the show. 0:50:10.920 --> 0:50:13.160 Hey, thanks for having me on. And I loved word 0:50:13.239 --> 0:50:15.320 science growing up, by the way. 0:50:14.920 --> 0:50:17.319 Right, wasn't it always was? It was just so odd. 0:50:17.360 --> 0:50:17.840 There's another one. 0:50:17.880 --> 0:50:20.960 There's a movie called Mannekin that they were like where 0:50:21.000 --> 0:50:24.520 the person came to life. I mean there's so many that, like, Yeah, 0:50:24.520 --> 0:50:26.360 as a kid, you would just watch these movies and 0:50:26.400 --> 0:50:28.440 like I didn't understand half of what was going on, 0:50:28.760 --> 0:50:29.880 but I was like, ah, this. 0:50:29.760 --> 0:50:31.279 Is you know, I'm a little bit older than you, 0:50:31.360 --> 0:50:33.440 and I understood and I want to be Anthony Michael 0:50:33.440 --> 0:50:34.759 Hall and I met him one day in the bar 0:50:34.840 --> 0:50:38.520 in La and we had a fun conversation. 0:50:38.239 --> 0:50:40.759 That see that's only in La story See like only 0:50:40.800 --> 0:50:42.960 in La. Are like, oh, this person that I liked 0:50:43.320 --> 0:50:45.960 on a movie as a kid, like I met, Like 0:50:46.239 --> 0:50:49.640 my kid is watching the show Boy Meets World and 0:50:49.680 --> 0:50:52.640 there's Dan Danielle Fischel I think it is her name. 0:50:53.040 --> 0:50:54.120 And my friend and I are at. 0:50:54.000 --> 0:50:56.640 Barmt Marmont like many years ago, and who do we 0:50:56.719 --> 0:50:59.439 sit next to? Is Danielle? This was many years ago 0:50:59.640 --> 0:51:02.279 and we just have like this whole conversation, and it's like, 0:51:02.640 --> 0:51:05.359 now my kid's watching that show twenty years later, and 0:51:05.800 --> 0:51:08.440 it's a panga. Yeah, and I'm trying to like explain 0:51:08.520 --> 0:51:10.239 to him, like, oh, we had drinks at a bar. 0:51:10.800 --> 0:51:13.120 Sounded weird anyway. 0:51:12.880 --> 0:51:15.759 Especially Lax. I mean, and if you're playing between LA 0:51:15.840 --> 0:51:17.080 and New York, you always. 0:51:16.840 --> 0:51:18.360 See a celebrity always. 0:51:19.239 --> 0:51:23.160 Let's talk about Newark number one. What's the latest on that? 0:51:23.200 --> 0:51:25.320 I mean, should people be concerned, should they be rerouting 0:51:25.360 --> 0:51:27.040 or what I flew in there? I had no problem, 0:51:27.120 --> 0:51:28.600 but obviously I understand the concern. 0:51:28.800 --> 0:51:29.120 What time? 0:51:29.239 --> 0:51:30.560 What time of day? Would your flight? Was it in 0:51:30.640 --> 0:51:31.040 the morning? 0:51:31.640 --> 0:51:34.280 Uh, you know, I don't remember. 0:51:34.600 --> 0:51:36.600 I mean, if you're going to do it, do it 0:51:36.600 --> 0:51:37.000 in the morning. 0:51:37.040 --> 0:51:37.279 Okay. 0:51:37.320 --> 0:51:38.960 I would I say avoid Newark? 0:51:39.280 --> 0:51:42.160 I say void Newark anytime, but especially now with what's 0:51:42.160 --> 0:51:45.000 going on with these air traffic controllers. I mean they're 0:51:45.000 --> 0:51:49.920 down to three and at times, so it's really for 0:51:50.040 --> 0:51:50.920 the delays. 0:51:50.960 --> 0:51:52.759 Although I did see some posts. 0:51:52.480 --> 0:51:54.520 On social media where if you want to have an 0:51:54.560 --> 0:51:56.880 empty seat next to you. There was a lady who 0:51:57.000 --> 0:51:59.600 just filmed the whole flight LA to New York to 0:51:59.719 --> 0:52:02.240 LA and the plane was empty, but they were sitting 0:52:02.239 --> 0:52:03.280 on the runway for hours. 0:52:03.480 --> 0:52:05.440 Yeah, I mean, that's that's the thing. Like for our 0:52:05.480 --> 0:52:08.359 flight going in it was no problem. But yeah, there's 0:52:08.440 --> 0:52:11.560 like a twenty minute delay. And then coming home they said, look, 0:52:11.560 --> 0:52:13.640 we're like fifteen in line to take off because they 0:52:13.680 --> 0:52:17.040 have to space out the planes further just in case 0:52:17.120 --> 0:52:19.239 the you know, the floppy disk system goes down for 0:52:19.320 --> 0:52:21.000 ninety seconds and they have to like you'd be like, 0:52:21.040 --> 0:52:22.680 all right, let's let that plane get out before we 0:52:22.680 --> 0:52:23.799 put another one behind them. 0:52:24.320 --> 0:52:25.480 Theme is not bad? 0:52:26.040 --> 0:52:27.439 What's that the theme? 0:52:27.560 --> 0:52:29.400 I would take that any day at no work. 0:52:29.560 --> 0:52:31.520 Well, yeah, I mean, but this is the thing is, Look, 0:52:31.719 --> 0:52:33.680 new Jersey gets a bad rap to begin with. 0:52:33.840 --> 0:52:34.800 This is not helping. 0:52:35.560 --> 0:52:38.160 You know, I've flown in and on Newark many many times, 0:52:38.239 --> 0:52:40.360 and you know, with a new a terminal, it's a 0:52:40.360 --> 0:52:44.200 beautiful experience. It's got a lot of Jersey pride. But 0:52:44.360 --> 0:52:46.640 you know, and I understand, Look, I travel a lot. 0:52:46.680 --> 0:52:49.640 You travel a lot. Like people that don't travel a lot, 0:52:49.680 --> 0:52:52.480 they don't want to be hearing that there's a problem 0:52:52.480 --> 0:52:53.400 with air traffic control. 0:52:53.440 --> 0:52:53.880 You know what I mean? 0:52:54.680 --> 0:52:59.080 All right, listen, safety wise, you're gonna be okay. If 0:52:59.080 --> 0:53:01.720 it keeps going on, we'll see, but right now it's fine. 0:53:01.800 --> 0:53:03.919 I mean all the planes I spoke to have many 0:53:03.920 --> 0:53:06.440 friends that are captains, right, Like, listen, all our planes 0:53:06.960 --> 0:53:10.319 are outfitted with all kinds of safety things. If the 0:53:10.320 --> 0:53:13.719 air traffic goes down, we still can space out, So 0:53:13.840 --> 0:53:14.839 there's no problem there. 0:53:14.920 --> 0:53:19.320 It's just really for convenience. I mean, Sean Duffy, who's 0:53:19.320 --> 0:53:21.120 ahead of the. 0:53:20.480 --> 0:53:23.200 Secretary Secretary of Transportation, you know, he just had his 0:53:23.280 --> 0:53:26.440 wife change her flight from Newark to La Guardian. 0:53:26.560 --> 0:53:28.880 So, I mean that tells you everything right there. Although 0:53:28.920 --> 0:53:30.200 I don't know if I'd go to Laguardian. 0:53:30.320 --> 0:53:32.719 I look at the Yeah, I just look at the 0:53:32.760 --> 0:53:36.040 traffic between Newark and LaGuardia. It's only like thirty miles 0:53:36.120 --> 0:53:37.879 or not even thirty miles, and it was an hour 0:53:37.880 --> 0:53:39.400 and a half. You could go to Philly, which is 0:53:39.480 --> 0:53:41.600 ninety miles, and it was it was less time. 0:53:41.800 --> 0:53:46.279 Yeah Philly, Yeah, I went in doubt. Just walk, you know, 0:53:46.520 --> 0:53:50.319 just just walk to your destination. Okay, So, speaking of 0:53:50.400 --> 0:53:53.239 all the airline situation, airline complaints hit a record high 0:53:53.320 --> 0:53:56.759 last year. Why do you think people are unhappy with 0:53:56.920 --> 0:54:00.000 airlines and how can they get better? Results when filing 0:54:00.080 --> 0:54:01.880 a complaint. I mean, I know, use chatch ebt to 0:54:01.880 --> 0:54:02.479 write your letter. 0:54:03.600 --> 0:54:04.120 Definitely. 0:54:05.560 --> 0:54:09.040 The problem with the problem with passengers is that no 0:54:09.120 --> 0:54:11.560 matter what I don't know, some people just they're just 0:54:11.600 --> 0:54:14.480 not grateful. I mean, when I get on a plane, 0:54:14.480 --> 0:54:17.200 I'm like, oh my god, can you believe I'm flying 0:54:17.400 --> 0:54:21.000 I'm going twenty five hundred miles and five hours? When 0:54:21.400 --> 0:54:24.279 you know, if my great grandfathers are around, they would 0:54:24.280 --> 0:54:28.440 take them months to do this, and you can have 0:54:28.600 --> 0:54:31.520 you can have the same flight and have different experiences 0:54:31.560 --> 0:54:32.600 with the passenger next to you. 0:54:32.600 --> 0:54:33.920 They'd be like, this was the worst flight ever. The 0:54:33.960 --> 0:54:35.040 other person to make it's great. 0:54:35.640 --> 0:54:37.360 But I think you know, people do not like to 0:54:37.360 --> 0:54:39.680 be delayed or have canceled flights, so you always need 0:54:39.719 --> 0:54:42.680 to have a backup plan. And they also don't like 0:54:42.719 --> 0:54:46.000 to have their bags gone, go missing or stolen. So 0:54:46.400 --> 0:54:49.080 don't check a bag. That will really alleviate a lot 0:54:49.080 --> 0:54:50.600 of the problems. And if you do check a bag, 0:54:50.680 --> 0:54:53.880 use an air tag and track it that way. But 0:54:54.000 --> 0:54:55.560 the best thing to do is to carry on only. 0:54:55.760 --> 0:54:58.320 I know so many of the travel experts recommend to 0:54:58.320 --> 0:55:00.359 carry on only, and I get it for a couple 0:55:00.320 --> 0:55:01.960 of days, but I know people that can go for 0:55:02.000 --> 0:55:03.480 like a week or two with a carry on. I 0:55:03.520 --> 0:55:06.160 can't do that, but I will say I think that 0:55:06.200 --> 0:55:09.160 the carry on situation is probably one of the biggest 0:55:09.560 --> 0:55:12.600 pro tips out there because it gives you the most 0:55:12.640 --> 0:55:15.319 flexibility to do whatever you need to do if there 0:55:15.400 --> 0:55:17.680 is a delay or a change, or you want to 0:55:17.760 --> 0:55:21.919 just stay later, leave earlier, whatever it is. It can't 0:55:21.920 --> 0:55:24.319 be said how important that is to just have that flexibility. 0:55:24.320 --> 0:55:25.960 I mean, when you do carry on, you can show 0:55:26.000 --> 0:55:27.799 up to the airport late, you go right to the gate. 0:55:27.920 --> 0:55:30.600 If the flight is delayed or canceled, you can easily 0:55:30.600 --> 0:55:32.719 get on the next one without having to wait for 0:55:32.760 --> 0:55:35.240 your bag or have the agent to handle all that stuff. 0:55:35.560 --> 0:55:37.080 And then you don't have to wait for an eternity 0:55:37.400 --> 0:55:38.839 for the bags that come out and if they do 0:55:38.920 --> 0:55:39.200 come out. 0:55:39.239 --> 0:55:42.080 And also you can take public transportation a lot easier. 0:55:42.120 --> 0:55:44.120 When you're traveling light, you can always shift your stuff 0:55:44.160 --> 0:55:45.239 if you're flying domestically. 0:55:45.520 --> 0:55:47.520 What's what's a Do you have a website recommendation? 0:55:47.960 --> 0:55:51.279 I mean there are Luglass is one of them, but 0:55:51.320 --> 0:55:53.160 I mean you can use FedEx ground just do it 0:55:53.200 --> 0:55:55.759 five days in the vans. Make sure your hotel is 0:55:55.800 --> 0:55:58.000 not charging a receiving fee, which some of them do 0:55:58.120 --> 0:56:01.680 now and or I mean what I do is I 0:56:01.760 --> 0:56:04.880 usually ship my stuff going home. I shipped my old clothes, 0:56:05.280 --> 0:56:06.880 everything that needs to be laundered. I don't care if 0:56:06.880 --> 0:56:09.359 it gets lost, and I just you just bring the 0:56:09.480 --> 0:56:11.440 bag to FedEx and they'll just wrap it right there. 0:56:11.480 --> 0:56:13.759 You don't need to do a box or anything. They'll 0:56:13.760 --> 0:56:14.480 just ship it like that. 0:56:14.840 --> 0:56:17.239 Wow, okay, just do it. 0:56:17.360 --> 0:56:19.000 Just give at least five days in advance. 0:56:19.320 --> 0:56:22.719 I saw that United is rolling out it's starlink on 0:56:23.360 --> 0:56:27.120 some of its planes yesterday, right, yeah, So I mean 0:56:27.160 --> 0:56:28.399 this is going to be I think this is gonna 0:56:28.400 --> 0:56:30.640 be game changing. I had the chance to test this 0:56:30.680 --> 0:56:33.960 out on Hawaiian airlines. Now United's doing it. Has there 0:56:34.000 --> 0:56:36.560 been any other inklings of other airlines? 0:56:37.239 --> 0:56:39.640 You know, I'm not sure of that, but I mean 0:56:39.719 --> 0:56:41.960 I hear it's amazing. It's super fast. I mean some 0:56:42.000 --> 0:56:45.080 people say it's faster in the sky than it is at. 0:56:44.960 --> 0:56:46.200 Their house the internet. 0:56:46.400 --> 0:56:49.400 So I'm looking forward to that. And also it's a 0:56:49.400 --> 0:56:52.360 lot of these airlines are now gonna not stop charging. 0:56:52.600 --> 0:56:54.919 Yeah, it's wild. So they're investing in it, but they're 0:56:54.920 --> 0:56:56.600 also not charging. But of course we know they're going 0:56:56.640 --> 0:56:58.040 to make it up on the fees on the back end. 0:56:58.040 --> 0:56:59.760 I mean some some kind of new fee. 0:57:00.040 --> 0:57:02.640 They're making money. Yeah, I by American Aligne and they're 0:57:02.680 --> 0:57:05.439 just rolled out. They're going to start rolling out free 0:57:05.480 --> 0:57:08.359 Wi Fi. But they charged an astronomical fee. I mean 0:57:08.400 --> 0:57:12.960 it's like twenty five dollars for two hours right now. Yeah, 0:57:13.120 --> 0:57:15.640 and United, although you know, if you have T Mobile, 0:57:15.680 --> 0:57:17.280 you always check to see because if you have a 0:57:17.320 --> 0:57:20.080 T Mobile you can usually get twenty minutes free or 0:57:20.120 --> 0:57:22.760 even four flights a year the Wi Fi free. 0:57:23.120 --> 0:57:23.680 So do that. 0:57:23.840 --> 0:57:26.480 Yeah, that's a great tip if you have a Tea Mobile, 0:57:26.480 --> 0:57:28.000 if you have a T Mobile phone number, A lot 0:57:28.000 --> 0:57:30.200 of the login pages say hey, what's your Tea Mobile number? 0:57:30.240 --> 0:57:32.760 Put that in or actually, I've got a great tip 0:57:32.800 --> 0:57:34.560 that I'm going to share later on the show about 0:57:34.800 --> 0:57:36.720 kind of you can just connect to the messaging, even 0:57:36.720 --> 0:57:39.640 connect to the messaging, you know, real quick. Before we 0:57:39.680 --> 0:57:42.520 go the resort pass. Have you heard of this? 0:57:42.520 --> 0:57:44.400 This sudary? What what's the deal with that? 0:57:44.720 --> 0:57:44.919 Well? 0:57:44.920 --> 0:57:47.200 Listen, As a hotel guest, I do not like it 0:57:47.360 --> 0:57:49.000 because it makes a pool. 0:57:48.800 --> 0:57:50.960 More crowded, it's not as exclusive. 0:57:51.080 --> 0:57:53.800 But if you're a consumer, and actually, if you're a hoteler, 0:57:53.880 --> 0:57:55.760 you got to love it because you're generating more money. 0:57:55.760 --> 0:57:58.000 But if you're a consumer who you know, don't want 0:57:58.000 --> 0:58:00.240 to spend the five hundred dollars for a hotel room, 0:58:00.280 --> 0:58:00.880 they just want. 0:58:00.720 --> 0:58:02.520 To use the pool for the day, I mean it's great. 0:58:02.600 --> 0:58:04.840 I mean some of these charge thirty dollars a. 0:58:04.840 --> 0:58:07.720 Day, eighty dollars a day and you get in and 0:58:07.800 --> 0:58:09.480 I you know, I was done in a hotel in 0:58:09.560 --> 0:58:10.680 San Diego and I met. 0:58:10.480 --> 0:58:12.400 A bunch of people who were using it. This is 0:58:12.480 --> 0:58:14.000 years ago. That's when I first learned about it. 0:58:14.000 --> 0:58:18.400 I was like, what And anyway, if you just check, 0:58:18.400 --> 0:58:20.760 it's all around the world. You can check different hotels 0:58:20.760 --> 0:58:22.760 and a lot of them are even like five stars 0:58:22.840 --> 0:58:26.480 swanky hotels. They charge a lot more, but hey, you 0:58:26.480 --> 0:58:27.760 don't need to pay the big money. 0:58:28.600 --> 0:58:31.640 And okay, I know I'm getting the thing that I 0:58:31.680 --> 0:58:34.760 got to go here AI anything, I mean, are using 0:58:34.800 --> 0:58:36.640 AI to help plan this travel. 0:58:36.720 --> 0:58:38.520 I mean, people are just like all over this stuff 0:58:38.560 --> 0:58:39.000 with AI. 0:58:39.560 --> 0:58:41.920 I do use it obviously, I know, I know. Did 0:58:41.960 --> 0:58:44.400 I turn you onto the app? Flighty. 0:58:44.720 --> 0:58:48.000 I love Flighty. I yeah, So, I mean. 0:58:47.920 --> 0:58:50.360 I look at Flighty whenever I fly, and it tells 0:58:50.400 --> 0:58:52.880 you what you know, it predicts how long taxi times 0:58:52.920 --> 0:58:55.480 are going to be airtime, and I would take a 0:58:55.480 --> 0:58:58.920 screenshot and then afterwards see see how accurate it was a. 0:58:58.920 --> 0:59:02.320 Lot of times it's accurate. Not always, but a lot 0:59:02.320 --> 0:59:02.880 of times. 0:59:02.640 --> 0:59:06.120 It is, okay, Flighty And then they I wish it 0:59:06.160 --> 0:59:06.760 was on Android. 0:59:06.800 --> 0:59:07.640 It's not on Android. 0:59:07.720 --> 0:59:09.960 So I tell people flight Radar twenty four is like 0:59:09.960 --> 0:59:10.720 the good alternative. 0:59:10.720 --> 0:59:11.640 Is there anything else you like? 0:59:12.080 --> 0:59:16.240 I use trip it, but that's a paid service plans 0:59:16.240 --> 0:59:19.880 a trip, but actually that's not paid. But that's I'm 0:59:19.920 --> 0:59:20.320 an AI. 0:59:21.240 --> 0:59:24.040 But then I use you know, I don't even use 0:59:24.560 --> 0:59:28.000 I use play aware dot com. But again that's just 0:59:28.000 --> 0:59:30.840 just track how many flights are being delayed and canceled. 0:59:31.800 --> 0:59:33.080 I always like that. The newsletter. 0:59:33.080 --> 0:59:35.280 You always say like, here's how many flights we're canceled today, 0:59:35.360 --> 0:59:38.160 like tw n and twenty seven or I don't know anyway, 0:59:38.200 --> 0:59:40.640 the Johnny Jet Newsletter. Get it if you haven't subscribed, 0:59:40.680 --> 0:59:43.120 go to the website Johnny Jet dot com. I look 0:59:43.160 --> 0:59:46.280 forward to getting my Johnny Jet newsletter every day, Johnny, 0:59:46.280 --> 0:59:47.760 thanks so much for being on the show today. 0:59:48.040 --> 0:59:48.920 Thanks for having me on. 0:59:49.040 --> 0:59:50.000 All right, appreciate it. 0:59:50.280 --> 0:59:54.640 Follow him on the newsletter johnnyjet dot com. So much 0:59:54.680 --> 0:59:56.919 information there if you like to travel or you're trying 0:59:56.920 --> 0:59:58.560 to keep up with all these things that are happening 0:59:58.640 --> 1:00:01.560 during the summer. All right, coming out, I will share 1:00:01.600 --> 1:00:04.520 the tip that I have about accessing AI while you're 1:00:04.560 --> 1:00:06.280 on the plane. If you don't feel like paying for 1:00:06.320 --> 1:00:08.720 Wi Fi, I'll tell you about that plus more of 1:00:08.720 --> 1:00:10.800 your calls a triple eight rich one oh one when 1:00:10.800 --> 1:00:18.400 we come back. Okay, I promise this the Gemini hack. 1:00:18.560 --> 1:00:20.760 So this is if you don't want to pay for 1:00:20.880 --> 1:00:23.800 in flight Wi Fi, you can still play with AI 1:00:23.960 --> 1:00:27.320 on your flight. This comes from Android Authority. They wrote 1:00:27.320 --> 1:00:31.240 this article about this little hack when of their writers tried. Basically, 1:00:31.520 --> 1:00:34.200 instead of paying for the Internet, you just connect to 1:00:34.240 --> 1:00:37.040 the Wi Fi and then you can use your messaging app. 1:00:37.080 --> 1:00:39.320 Typically all the airlines are many of them let you 1:00:39.400 --> 1:00:41.840 use your messaging app for the Wi Fi. So if 1:00:41.880 --> 1:00:45.160 you're on Android, you've got Google Messages. Gemini AI is 1:00:45.240 --> 1:00:49.640 built in so you can just log in to their WiFi, 1:00:49.920 --> 1:00:53.000 do the messaging, and then start chatting with Gemini, and 1:00:53.080 --> 1:00:55.439 now you're not going to be sitting there surfing the web, 1:00:55.440 --> 1:00:59.560 but you can just learn about something, ask questions, get weather, 1:00:59.680 --> 1:01:04.000 travel advice. Where you're going all through text messaging. And 1:01:04.040 --> 1:01:06.840 if you have not accessed this before on your Google Messages, 1:01:07.280 --> 1:01:09.280 you can just go into your Google Messages in the 1:01:09.320 --> 1:01:12.200 lower right hand corner. There's like a little that kind 1:01:12.240 --> 1:01:16.400 of star, sparkly looking star thing. That's how you access 1:01:16.520 --> 1:01:20.040 Google Gemini and it says, hi, I'm Gemini and Google Messages. 1:01:20.160 --> 1:01:22.960 Chat with me to draft messages, brainstorm ideas, plan events, 1:01:23.040 --> 1:01:29.920 or simply have a fun conversation. If you're not on 1:01:30.560 --> 1:01:32.720 Android and you want to do something similar, a similar 1:01:32.760 --> 1:01:35.400 hack is to use that text dot Ai service I 1:01:35.440 --> 1:01:38.760 told you about a couple shows ago. This just works 1:01:38.800 --> 1:01:41.760 on over any text messaging, so you literally just text 1:01:41.840 --> 1:01:47.080 the phone number and it will reply back. It's usually 1:01:47.120 --> 1:01:50.120 like I'm guessing it's using some sort of version of 1:01:50.240 --> 1:01:52.640 chat GBT or something, but it's kind of cool because 1:01:52.640 --> 1:01:53.880 you can say, like, you know, I want a movie, 1:01:53.880 --> 1:01:56.840 your recommendation, You can ask questions, but you go to 1:01:56.920 --> 1:02:00.560 text dot ai and then you can just start a 1:02:00.600 --> 1:02:03.400 text chat and it works on Telegram and WhatsApp as well, 1:02:03.760 --> 1:02:05.320 and you can add it to your group tex So 1:02:05.320 --> 1:02:06.960 if you want to add it to a text with 1:02:07.000 --> 1:02:08.760 your friends, that could be kind of funny. I don't 1:02:08.760 --> 1:02:10.200 know why you'd want to do that, but you could. 1:02:11.680 --> 1:02:17.800 Let's see here Coinbase. Coinbase was sort of quasi hacked, 1:02:18.520 --> 1:02:22.920 so criminals targeted their overseas coinbased tech support agents with 1:02:23.040 --> 1:02:26.080 bribes and they ended up getting access to some of 1:02:26.120 --> 1:02:29.080 the coinbased systems and they got customer data. Not a 1:02:29.080 --> 1:02:31.200 lot of users, less than one percent, but if it's you, 1:02:31.520 --> 1:02:35.960 it still matters. The data they got includes names, addresses, 1:02:36.000 --> 1:02:40.800 phone numbers, emails, social security number, and bank account details. 1:02:40.840 --> 1:02:42.520 But it was all masked so they didn't get the 1:02:42.560 --> 1:02:44.840 full numbers. They just got a portion of the numbers, 1:02:45.360 --> 1:02:51.280 also ID images and account history. Then these hackers went 1:02:51.320 --> 1:02:53.440 to coinbase and said, look, we got all this information. 1:02:53.520 --> 1:02:55.880 Passed twenty million dollars for this to go away, and 1:02:55.920 --> 1:02:59.120 Coinbase said, noah, we're not doing that. And so some 1:02:59.160 --> 1:03:02.600 of the customers who were tricked into sending funds because 1:03:02.640 --> 1:03:05.920 of this, because then the attackers went and targeted these 1:03:05.920 --> 1:03:08.800 customers and said, hey, we're Coinbase, you got to send 1:03:08.840 --> 1:03:10.880 money to this to make sure your accounts in good order. 1:03:10.920 --> 1:03:11.280 Whatever. 1:03:11.640 --> 1:03:15.160 Some people did it, they were tricked and so Coinbase 1:03:15.200 --> 1:03:16.959 said they will make those people whole again. 1:03:16.960 --> 1:03:19.800 They will pay to pay them back. 1:03:19.840 --> 1:03:23.000 Basically, so if you lost money in this hack, which 1:03:23.360 --> 1:03:25.040 you know, not a lot of people, but some did, 1:03:25.640 --> 1:03:29.400 you were already notified by email on May fifteenth. So 1:03:29.560 --> 1:03:34.200 the notifications came from no dash reply at info dot 1:03:34.240 --> 1:03:39.080 coinbase dot com. So login credentials, two factor codes, all 1:03:39.080 --> 1:03:42.040 those private keys are safe. So they did not get 1:03:42.080 --> 1:03:48.560 that stuff. Let's see here, let's see. John in Denver 1:03:49.040 --> 1:03:51.040 has a comment. John, welcome to the show. 1:03:51.800 --> 1:03:52.720 Hey, thanks you helly are you? 1:03:53.400 --> 1:03:54.440 I'm doing well. 1:03:55.400 --> 1:03:57.760 Well if that happened now will You're talking about all 1:03:57.800 --> 1:04:01.280 those add on seas and hidden fees that the SEC 1:04:01.440 --> 1:04:04.000 now requires to be listed on websites, and you were 1:04:04.000 --> 1:04:07.240 talking about the airline aggregators, et cetera. And it got 1:04:07.240 --> 1:04:08.840 me to thinking to an app that I just got 1:04:08.840 --> 1:04:12.320 within the past two months or so called payback dot app. 1:04:12.400 --> 1:04:14.720 Have you ever heard of it or you didn't know? 1:04:14.840 --> 1:04:17.560 I haven't payback dot app p A. 1:04:17.840 --> 1:04:23.400 I Oh, okay, interesting app. And I'm fairly loyal to 1:04:23.680 --> 1:04:26.760 one of the major US carriers. I've got maybe five 1:04:26.880 --> 1:04:30.600 or six national and international flights this this coming year, 1:04:30.760 --> 1:04:35.320 and you basically send the take a confirmation number to 1:04:35.520 --> 1:04:40.880 this app and they will constantly track the fees for 1:04:40.960 --> 1:04:45.560 the same flight of flights, and if there's a change 1:04:45.560 --> 1:04:49.120 fee that's lower, they automatically get you airline credit or 1:04:49.360 --> 1:04:52.160 full refund of the difference and they take a small 1:04:52.200 --> 1:04:55.240 cut of it. And it is seamless. It is effortless. 1:04:55.280 --> 1:04:57.920 Instead of you going every day is looking to see 1:04:57.960 --> 1:05:01.560 whether your fare has changed prices, this does it automatically 1:05:01.560 --> 1:05:03.760 if you in the background and secures a better price. 1:05:03.960 --> 1:05:07.040 Oh that's interesting. So yeah, because there's no more change fees. 1:05:07.120 --> 1:05:09.920 So they basically would say, like, look, here's the instructions 1:05:09.920 --> 1:05:11.800 on how to rebook your account at the cheaper one 1:05:11.880 --> 1:05:12.680 and just get the. 1:05:12.800 --> 1:05:14.880 Or do they do it? Do they rebook it for you? 1:05:15.600 --> 1:05:15.720 They? 1:05:17.400 --> 1:05:20.120 Uh, oh, do not change the confirmation number. They did 1:05:20.200 --> 1:05:23.280 not change your sea dessignments. Nothing changes other than you 1:05:23.320 --> 1:05:25.520 get a refund of the fair difference. 1:05:25.800 --> 1:05:28.880 Okay. Interesting, And have you have you had this trigger yet? 1:05:29.720 --> 1:05:32.280 I've had I've got maybe five or six flights this year. 1:05:32.600 --> 1:05:35.040 Three of the flights have triggered I'd saved maybe three 1:05:35.080 --> 1:05:35.600 hundred dollars. 1:05:35.560 --> 1:05:37.880 Oh wow, myself and my wife and. 1:05:38.720 --> 1:05:40.840 And it's Effortless's the kind of thing you would normally 1:05:41.360 --> 1:05:44.560 be doing yourself and saying, damn I missed that. That's 1:05:44.560 --> 1:05:45.160 fair change. 1:05:45.320 --> 1:05:48.520 Yeah, no, I most people don't check after they've booked it. 1:05:48.560 --> 1:05:50.680 They've gone through all the trouble of booking and researching. 1:05:50.680 --> 1:05:53.600 They don't even think about it afterwards. But that's what 1:05:53.800 --> 1:05:55.800 Flight prices do change all the time. Do you know 1:05:55.840 --> 1:05:57.520 how much they take? How much do they take? Oh, 1:05:57.520 --> 1:05:58.600 twenty percent commission? 1:06:00.040 --> 1:06:04.480 Which again it's it's free money is whatever it is. 1:06:04.520 --> 1:06:06.800 It's freer than what you just lost if you hadn't 1:06:06.960 --> 1:06:08.520 added on the change free. 1:06:08.560 --> 1:06:08.920 All right. 1:06:08.960 --> 1:06:12.160 So the website thanks for that, John, appreciate it. Website 1:06:12.200 --> 1:06:15.280 is payback p AI B A c K dot app. 1:06:15.560 --> 1:06:18.800 This reminds me of another one that's called autopilot with 1:06:19.000 --> 1:06:20.400 autopilot dot com. 1:06:20.520 --> 1:06:21.640 Very similar principle. 1:06:22.400 --> 1:06:25.480 Again, this works best if you are a frequent flyer, 1:06:25.560 --> 1:06:28.400 but definitely something to check out. Let them track the 1:06:28.440 --> 1:06:30.720 flights and get you some money back. Eighty eight rich 1:06:30.760 --> 1:06:32.880 one on one eighty eight seven four to two four 1:06:33.000 --> 1:06:33.920 one zero one. 1:06:37.000 --> 1:06:37.560 Welcome back. 1:06:37.560 --> 1:06:40.280 To Rich on tech Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, 1:06:40.440 --> 1:06:43.720 talking technology. A couple of items before we get to 1:06:43.760 --> 1:06:47.920 the calls. Peacock right now offering a year of streaming 1:06:47.960 --> 1:06:51.960 for just twenty five dollars. So this is ad supported, 1:06:52.040 --> 1:06:53.960 so you're gonna see some ads on the movies. But 1:06:54.000 --> 1:06:55.920 what I like about Peacock I usually pay for it 1:06:55.960 --> 1:06:59.520 once a year, usually during Black Friday. I think I 1:06:59.520 --> 1:07:01.800 paid twenty dollars. This is twenty five, so that's still 1:07:01.840 --> 1:07:05.920 pretty good. Regular price is eighty, and you get a 1:07:05.920 --> 1:07:08.400 whole bunch of movies like throughout the year. You definitely 1:07:08.440 --> 1:07:12.520 will get your money's worth because Peacock is owned by Universal, 1:07:12.840 --> 1:07:14.840 They've got all kinds of big movies on there. I 1:07:14.840 --> 1:07:17.360 mean you'll you'll literally just fire up Peacock and be like, oh, 1:07:17.400 --> 1:07:19.680 I didn't realize that came to streaming. So they get 1:07:19.680 --> 1:07:23.640 a lot of good stuff. So don't discount the Peacock anyway. 1:07:23.680 --> 1:07:26.080 Twenty five dollars right now, I don't know how long 1:07:26.120 --> 1:07:28.080 that's gonna last. So if you're interested in getting that, 1:07:28.120 --> 1:07:30.400 I would go to their website and do that deal, 1:07:31.080 --> 1:07:34.200 and then Max is going to go back to being 1:07:34.240 --> 1:07:38.280 called HBO Max yeah, what the heck. 1:07:39.000 --> 1:07:41.680 So when this thing launched, it was called HBO Max. 1:07:42.360 --> 1:07:45.560 Then Warner Brothers, I guess, merged with Discovery a couple 1:07:45.600 --> 1:07:48.200 of years ago, and they probably all went together and said, 1:07:48.240 --> 1:07:50.320 we need a new name for this. We got to 1:07:50.360 --> 1:07:52.920 reflect all the things that you can get inside this app, 1:07:52.960 --> 1:07:56.600 not just HBO Max. And they said, okay, fine, we'll 1:07:56.640 --> 1:08:00.840 just call it Max. Nobody liked that. Nobody ever said, oh, 1:08:00.920 --> 1:08:03.960 did you watch that on Max? Like literally everyone says 1:08:04.080 --> 1:08:07.480 HBO Max. And so now guess what. They're going back 1:08:07.520 --> 1:08:11.160 to HBO Max. Now, HBO Max does have a lot 1:08:11.160 --> 1:08:13.560 of brands. That's the thing about it is, I like, 1:08:13.600 --> 1:08:16.519 I understand their issue here. It's like I think they 1:08:16.520 --> 1:08:19.800 have like don't they have like Discovery shows on there too? 1:08:21.040 --> 1:08:22.200 Like they have so many, so. 1:08:22.160 --> 1:08:25.960 Many different brands on there. It's not just like HBO stuff. 1:08:26.000 --> 1:08:28.000 So I understand why. Yeah, they've got like all these 1:08:28.040 --> 1:08:32.040 like HGTV shows. I don't know they used to have 1:08:32.120 --> 1:08:34.160 all the brands listed. I guess they don't have it anymore, 1:08:35.320 --> 1:08:39.559 but they used to have like DC. Anyway, HBO it's 1:08:39.600 --> 1:08:41.880 going back to HBO Max, And it's interesting. A couple 1:08:41.880 --> 1:08:44.200 of weeks ago they announced that they were changing the 1:08:44.240 --> 1:08:46.720 colors from the blue that they had to like the 1:08:46.880 --> 1:08:51.479 classic HBO black and white, and now it's just becoming 1:08:51.760 --> 1:08:55.360 HBO Max again. Anyway, this this stuff is wild, with 1:08:55.439 --> 1:08:58.400 this streaming stuff. Nobody like these streaming services change names 1:08:58.400 --> 1:08:58.960 so often. 1:09:00.040 --> 1:09:00.519 They got it. 1:09:00.800 --> 1:09:02.400 You know, once you get a good name like peacock, 1:09:02.439 --> 1:09:05.920 you don't need to change that. Let's go to Leo 1:09:06.240 --> 1:09:07.880 in Torrance. Leo, you're on with Rich? 1:09:08.720 --> 1:09:10.639 Hey, Hi, Rich, how you doing good? 1:09:10.760 --> 1:09:12.280 Is this the Leo that emails me? 1:09:12.400 --> 1:09:13.920 Or no? 1:09:13.920 --> 1:09:14.000 No? 1:09:14.240 --> 1:09:17.000 Oh okay, different Leo. Lots of Leo's out there. What's up? 1:09:17.080 --> 1:09:19.439 Leo used to listen to Leo the Ford. 1:09:19.720 --> 1:09:20.760 Yeah, another Leo. 1:09:21.640 --> 1:09:21.960 Okay. 1:09:22.000 --> 1:09:26.360 My question is, well the setup. I bought the new 1:09:27.040 --> 1:09:30.840 iPhone sixteen E and then after buying it, found out 1:09:30.960 --> 1:09:33.040 and I went to the Apple Store. Well, I bought 1:09:33.040 --> 1:09:34.560 it through AT and T, but I've got to the 1:09:34.600 --> 1:09:37.200 Apple Store and I said, how come my AV adapter 1:09:37.280 --> 1:09:41.719 doesn't work with the sixteen E. And the store manager 1:09:41.760 --> 1:09:43.840 had to look it up and he didn't even know, 1:09:43.920 --> 1:09:47.920 but he found out that it said it's not compatible 1:09:47.920 --> 1:09:50.759 with the sixteen E. The little dongle. 1:09:50.880 --> 1:09:51.759 Yeah, the adapter. 1:09:52.080 --> 1:09:56.400 Yeah, and said, well, what's up with that? That wasn't 1:09:56.400 --> 1:09:58.880 in the say, you know, the brochure, because you know 1:09:58.920 --> 1:10:01.280 I bought it the the week before that you could 1:10:01.320 --> 1:10:03.360 actually pick it up, so I preset you I bought 1:10:03.360 --> 1:10:06.960 it on the pre sale and and that information was 1:10:07.000 --> 1:10:08.720 not available when we bought them. 1:10:08.840 --> 1:10:11.200 I mean, I'm looking at the website, all the specs. 1:10:11.240 --> 1:10:13.240 I don't see a word about that on here. 1:10:13.720 --> 1:10:15.000 This is nice to me. 1:10:16.000 --> 1:10:18.920 Yeah, and I don't remember when we bought them the 1:10:18.920 --> 1:10:22.599 beginning of April or something like that. I've since called 1:10:22.600 --> 1:10:25.880 Apple and I've talked to Apple support and they said, yeah, 1:10:26.000 --> 1:10:28.600 it does not have a V and I, well, is 1:10:28.640 --> 1:10:31.360 it going to And the person I talked to you said, 1:10:31.640 --> 1:10:34.880 I don't know it's that. I figured it's probably a 1:10:34.880 --> 1:10:35.719 hardware function. 1:10:35.840 --> 1:10:39.280 I don't think they can add this via software. 1:10:40.160 --> 1:10:43.200 Well, so they said, your only recourse is to go 1:10:43.320 --> 1:10:45.479 to AT and T because that's who you bought it through. 1:10:46.240 --> 1:10:49.840 So for all the listeners out there, if you're thinking 1:10:49.840 --> 1:10:53.480 about the sixteen E and you actually use that AV capability, 1:10:54.760 --> 1:10:56.360 I don't think you're going to be getting it. So 1:10:56.520 --> 1:10:59.439 I'm I'm a little bummed about that. The second thing 1:10:59.520 --> 1:11:01.880 is is I or being an early adopter. I thought 1:11:02.280 --> 1:11:06.720 Apple's designing their their own modem chip. Well, what's going 1:11:06.760 --> 1:11:08.920 to be a good thing. Well, I haven't seen any 1:11:09.400 --> 1:11:15.519 improvement in cell phone uh in the Yeah, it's I 1:11:15.560 --> 1:11:16.880 don't think it's any better. 1:11:17.880 --> 1:11:21.920 Well, they're they're big thing with the uh what was 1:11:21.960 --> 1:11:24.160 the speeds were faster with their modem. 1:11:24.240 --> 1:11:25.360 And also the battery life. 1:11:25.400 --> 1:11:27.240 Have you noticed the battery life is pretty good though, 1:11:27.680 --> 1:11:30.360 Let's let's leave this on an on a positive note. 1:11:32.520 --> 1:11:37.599 Uh, battery life is is not worse than my second 1:11:37.640 --> 1:11:41.240 gen sEH, but I find it. I do have to 1:11:41.360 --> 1:11:44.679 charge it pretty much once once about every every day 1:11:44.760 --> 1:11:46.720 or every other day, I have to charge it. So 1:11:47.400 --> 1:11:51.400 it's it's not Latin. And I don't think I'm a 1:11:51.439 --> 1:11:53.840 big user. I don't think I'm on it that much. 1:11:55.640 --> 1:11:58.840 And there's a whole yeah you said, on a positive note, 1:11:58.920 --> 1:12:01.320 there's a whole lot of queer key things with the 1:12:01.360 --> 1:12:07.479 sixteen E. In the when you're text editing, it doesn't 1:12:07.520 --> 1:12:13.280 even seem to matter what app you're using, whether it's Gmail, Facebook, Messenger, 1:12:14.240 --> 1:12:18.800 the text editor is it just throws itself away sometimes. 1:12:18.520 --> 1:12:21.639 Leo, Leo, it's sounding like you don't like this phone 1:12:21.800 --> 1:12:22.439 very much. 1:12:23.160 --> 1:12:24.679 What I mean, here's the thing. 1:12:24.720 --> 1:12:26.920 Look, I think the main thing about the sixteen E 1:12:27.080 --> 1:12:29.560 to know is that, yes, I mean Apple, I'm not 1:12:29.600 --> 1:12:31.720 going to say they cut corners on this phone, but 1:12:31.840 --> 1:12:35.440 it is aimed at sort of the most baseline iPhone 1:12:35.520 --> 1:12:39.160 user that wanted. They basically wanted a phone where they 1:12:39.160 --> 1:12:41.880 could say, look, Apple intelligence is built into this phone. 1:12:42.360 --> 1:12:45.040 You're getting, you know a lot of the features and 1:12:45.080 --> 1:12:48.599 the latest processor, but if you look at the specs, 1:12:48.600 --> 1:12:50.960 there are a lot of little things that are not included, 1:12:51.200 --> 1:12:53.559 you know, like a zoom camera and all kinds of 1:12:53.560 --> 1:12:55.840 like you know, buttons that they just leave out because 1:12:55.920 --> 1:12:58.120 you know, the screen. It's just like a lot of 1:12:58.160 --> 1:13:00.800 things are not as good as the the top of 1:13:00.840 --> 1:13:03.080 the line phones, whether it's a sixteen or the pro 1:13:03.560 --> 1:13:07.400 version and the DisplayPort thing. The fact that they left 1:13:07.439 --> 1:13:10.360 that out, I think, you know, it's definitely something they 1:13:10.360 --> 1:13:13.400 should have probably said in somewhere like I can't find 1:13:13.439 --> 1:13:17.599 it anywhere on their support page whatsoever. And so that's 1:13:17.600 --> 1:13:19.960 something that, like you said, surprised you. Now, if you 1:13:20.000 --> 1:13:23.680 go to the the Digital AV multiport adapter, like the 1:13:23.680 --> 1:13:27.160 official one that Apple sells and I know there's third party. 1:13:27.280 --> 1:13:29.840 They don't even list the iPhone sixteen on there, which 1:13:29.880 --> 1:13:33.519 is interesting. But of course Apple, you know they want you. 1:13:33.560 --> 1:13:35.479 They don't want you to connect this thing with HDMI. 1:13:35.560 --> 1:13:38.080 They want you to connect it with airplay, and that's 1:13:38.120 --> 1:13:40.639 kind of like there, you know, that's probably I don't 1:13:40.640 --> 1:13:43.160 know that would be their answer, I guess anyway, So 1:13:43.320 --> 1:13:44.880 are you gonna are you gonna return this phone or 1:13:44.880 --> 1:13:45.760 what you're gonna keep it? 1:13:47.120 --> 1:13:49.960 Well, I don't know. I'd have to go to AT 1:13:50.080 --> 1:13:52.840 and T and find out if there's if there's you know, 1:13:52.920 --> 1:13:55.479 some kind of a deal we could work. But there's 1:13:55.520 --> 1:13:57.920 a there's a lot of users out here that use 1:13:57.960 --> 1:14:02.280 a av for not just airplay, to like a capable 1:14:02.360 --> 1:14:05.040 TV or something. I go camping and I use a 1:14:05.040 --> 1:14:08.679 small projector and I use my SE all the time 1:14:08.840 --> 1:14:10.960 to hook up to the projector to throw it up 1:14:11.000 --> 1:14:13.400 on a white sheet on the side of my tent. 1:14:13.600 --> 1:14:17.240 Yeah, that's frustrating. That is that is frustrating. I mean, look, 1:14:17.600 --> 1:14:20.040 it sounds like you need this feature and it's something 1:14:20.040 --> 1:14:22.240 that you really liked, and it sounds like it wasn't 1:14:22.280 --> 1:14:24.960 really clear that this phone didn't have this feature. 1:14:25.040 --> 1:14:27.439 This is the first TI I'm hearing of it. You know. 1:14:27.720 --> 1:14:29.840 The good news is, you know, talk to AT and 1:14:29.880 --> 1:14:32.240 T see what they say, see what the deal is, 1:14:32.280 --> 1:14:34.439 and see if they offer you some sort of olive 1:14:34.439 --> 1:14:37.519 branch here and trading in this device. I guess you'd 1:14:37.520 --> 1:14:40.840 have to go with the with the sixteen, which is 1:14:40.880 --> 1:14:42.680 a step up. Do you know if that supports it? 1:14:42.720 --> 1:14:43.120 For sure? 1:14:43.920 --> 1:14:46.680 Well, let me let me tell your users, tell you 1:14:46.720 --> 1:14:50.760 and the other listeners. I kept my old SE and 1:14:51.080 --> 1:14:53.519 when I'm at home, I can still connect with the 1:14:53.640 --> 1:14:57.320 SE to the internet, and I download my Netflix videos 1:14:57.360 --> 1:15:02.280 to my old SE which doesn't need self service to operate. 1:15:02.439 --> 1:15:04.720 Oh yeah, when I go when I go camping, I 1:15:04.800 --> 1:15:06.799 just use my old SSE as source. 1:15:07.680 --> 1:15:09.559 Oh that's not a bad I mean, look, that's not 1:15:09.600 --> 1:15:11.960 a bad thing. So, I mean, if that's if that's 1:15:11.960 --> 1:15:14.160 the worst case scenario where you're trying to go camping, 1:15:14.160 --> 1:15:16.160 you've got the Netflix downloaded, I don't think it sounds 1:15:16.160 --> 1:15:18.559 like a terrible thing. Obviously it'd be nice if it 1:15:18.600 --> 1:15:20.200 was all in one, But in some ways that's a 1:15:20.200 --> 1:15:22.960 better set up, Leo, because you've got all your stuff 1:15:23.000 --> 1:15:26.160 on the device that's sort of insulated and isolated from 1:15:26.200 --> 1:15:28.320 your main device, which means you could still be on it, 1:15:28.360 --> 1:15:31.760 take calls whatever, while this thing's playing the movie on 1:15:31.800 --> 1:15:34.320 the campsite. So I mean, it's not not totally bad, 1:15:34.320 --> 1:15:37.320 but it is interesting the things you raise. So thanks 1:15:37.320 --> 1:15:39.519 for the mini review of the iPhone sixteen E. You 1:15:39.520 --> 1:15:40.519 do appreciate it, Leo. 1:15:41.320 --> 1:15:43.280 Yeah, thank you, Rich. I love your show and I 1:15:43.320 --> 1:15:44.960 watch you on KTLA also. 1:15:44.840 --> 1:15:47.800 Oh well, thank you appreciate that. Enjoy, enjoy the rest 1:15:47.840 --> 1:15:50.120 of the weekend. Here there you have it. So if 1:15:50.160 --> 1:15:52.920 you need to plug in that HDMI to your your 1:15:52.960 --> 1:15:55.400 iPhone sixteen E, that HDMI out, you know, if you're 1:15:55.400 --> 1:15:57.920 connecting it, something doesn't sound like it's gonna work. So 1:15:59.160 --> 1:16:01.960 eighty eight rich one eight eight eight seven four to 1:16:02.040 --> 1:16:04.679 two four one zero one. I should mention our guest 1:16:05.960 --> 1:16:08.840 coming up here this hour Steve Fisher, futurist and co 1:16:08.920 --> 1:16:11.680 author of Super Shifts. He's going to talk about the 1:16:11.720 --> 1:16:15.320 future of humanity and what comes after the age of AI. 1:16:15.880 --> 1:16:16.120 Plus. 1:16:16.120 --> 1:16:18.160 We'll take some more of your calls right after this. 1:16:23.240 --> 1:16:26.360 Jake is in Brighton, Colorado. Jake, you're on with Rich. 1:16:27.240 --> 1:16:28.320 Well, sir, how are you? 1:16:28.479 --> 1:16:30.599 I am doing fantastic? Welcome to the show. 1:16:30.920 --> 1:16:32.320 Thank you. I have a. 1:16:32.320 --> 1:16:35.599 Question about if he hasn't have any knowledge on how 1:16:35.640 --> 1:16:39.040 to get an old about a thirteen year old Facebook 1:16:39.080 --> 1:16:43.479 account deleted My wife and I at the time. We're 1:16:43.560 --> 1:16:47.160 now separated or been separated for a long time. We've 1:16:47.280 --> 1:16:50.040 used the account for maybe couple a couple of months, 1:16:50.160 --> 1:16:53.240 and since then we never figured out how to get 1:16:53.280 --> 1:16:56.160 access back to that account. Don't even remember what email 1:16:56.320 --> 1:16:59.200 we associated that account with. And I've been trying off 1:16:59.240 --> 1:17:01.280 and on for the past thirteen years to get this 1:17:01.360 --> 1:17:05.080 account to lead it using every option that Facebook authors 1:17:05.360 --> 1:17:07.760 and zero success. 1:17:07.960 --> 1:17:12.880 You've been trying this for thirteen years. Oh my god, Jake, 1:17:13.080 --> 1:17:18.040 but you get the award for persistence. Unfortunately it's not working. 1:17:18.840 --> 1:17:20.040 So let me get this straight. 1:17:20.080 --> 1:17:22.639 You've got is the okay? 1:17:23.200 --> 1:17:25.760 Is the account a joint account with your wife? Like, 1:17:25.800 --> 1:17:27.360 does she want this to lete it as well? 1:17:28.280 --> 1:17:29.040 Or your ex wife? 1:17:29.120 --> 1:17:32.680 I'm yeah, I'm the original I'm the one that originally 1:17:32.760 --> 1:17:36.200 created the account with her permission, of course, but I 1:17:36.280 --> 1:17:38.599 did the whole setup and all, and we had plans 1:17:38.600 --> 1:17:41.519 to just ultimately get rid of our personal account and 1:17:41.560 --> 1:17:44.479 then use the joint account. But the marriage is on 1:17:44.520 --> 1:17:46.759 the rocks. At that point, so we never even follow 1:17:46.880 --> 1:17:49.519 through with it, and since then it's just kind of 1:17:49.560 --> 1:17:53.559 a constant reminder that this page is there. But how 1:17:53.560 --> 1:17:54.280 do we even get. 1:17:54.200 --> 1:17:54.479 Rid of it? 1:17:54.520 --> 1:17:55.040 Oh my gosh? 1:17:55.040 --> 1:17:57.160 Does it have like a picture of you guys, like back, 1:17:57.439 --> 1:17:59.600 you know, in love, like in a little circle or 1:17:59.600 --> 1:18:00.559 something on this page? 1:18:00.560 --> 1:18:01.720 Like how terrible is that? 1:18:02.960 --> 1:18:03.160 Yeah? 1:18:03.320 --> 1:18:06.040 It has like my name and her name flash the 1:18:06.160 --> 1:18:07.000 name that we were. 1:18:06.880 --> 1:18:09.840 Married with, sap in the face every time you look 1:18:09.880 --> 1:18:14.479 at that, yeah, oh my gosh. Okay, And so are 1:18:14.520 --> 1:18:16.960 you like friends with people, like, like, can your friends 1:18:16.960 --> 1:18:17.920 still see this page? 1:18:19.160 --> 1:18:23.080 Yes? I mean a long time ago, some friends were 1:18:23.120 --> 1:18:26.720 like sharing images to that account and that's like the 1:18:26.800 --> 1:18:29.360 latest activity, which probably would have been two more years 1:18:29.439 --> 1:18:33.880 after that account was made. But we've I've tried the 1:18:34.960 --> 1:18:38.120 ask a friend to help prove the validity of the account, 1:18:38.479 --> 1:18:40.880 and none of that ever has works. 1:18:41.560 --> 1:18:42.200 M okay. 1:18:42.520 --> 1:18:45.000 So the main thing is that you cannot You don't 1:18:45.000 --> 1:18:47.960 remember how you what email address you used to create 1:18:48.000 --> 1:18:48.640 this account? 1:18:49.760 --> 1:18:53.320 Yeah, I think the email address. Uh, it was like 1:18:53.360 --> 1:18:55.760 another joint email address we just created on the fly 1:18:56.800 --> 1:18:59.639 to make that account. Uh, and then don't have any 1:18:59.680 --> 1:19:01.160 record that information? 1:19:01.800 --> 1:19:02.479 Oh my gosh. 1:19:02.520 --> 1:19:07.080 Okay, well, if you can't log into the account, it's 1:19:07.120 --> 1:19:10.400 going to be really tricky to sort of delete this account, 1:19:10.400 --> 1:19:11.800 because I would say, if you, you know, if you 1:19:11.800 --> 1:19:13.519 were able to log in, you just go through the 1:19:13.560 --> 1:19:15.880 deletion process and get rid of it. But since you 1:19:16.000 --> 1:19:18.960 can't do that, it sounds like, I mean, I know 1:19:19.000 --> 1:19:20.559 this sounds silly, but it sounds like you may have 1:19:20.560 --> 1:19:25.080 to write a letter and get it started that way. 1:19:25.080 --> 1:19:27.120 I mean, have you tried going through like this the 1:19:27.160 --> 1:19:30.479 standard help pages on Facebook, and that I'm guessing leads nowhere. 1:19:31.800 --> 1:19:36.360 Yeah, because it wants me to I pin out the 1:19:36.680 --> 1:19:39.080 Facebook page that I want help with, but it keeps 1:19:39.120 --> 1:19:44.040 resorting to resetting the password to my individual Facebook page, 1:19:44.160 --> 1:19:45.599 so it keeps sending me. 1:19:45.560 --> 1:19:46.120 In a circle. 1:19:46.800 --> 1:19:48.080 Okay, well here's something. 1:19:48.320 --> 1:19:51.479 What about have you tried using like an incognito web 1:19:51.520 --> 1:19:55.240 browser or a different computer that's not logged into Facebook 1:19:55.240 --> 1:19:55.519 at all. 1:19:57.560 --> 1:19:59.960 I have not. That's an option I've never thought about. 1:20:00.200 --> 1:20:03.120 I would try that first off, because you know, if 1:20:03.160 --> 1:20:05.280 you're if it keeps so, what's happening is every time 1:20:05.320 --> 1:20:08.080 you try to do this, it's defaulting to your your 1:20:08.080 --> 1:20:10.519 Facebook account that you have now because you're probably logged 1:20:10.520 --> 1:20:12.599 in there or it sees that you know you're using that. 1:20:13.320 --> 1:20:15.479 So if you can do this from a separate device 1:20:15.560 --> 1:20:18.400 and say, you know, forgot my password, whatever, it should 1:20:18.439 --> 1:20:21.640 send an email to that original email. The problem is 1:20:21.680 --> 1:20:23.880 if that email address is not accessible or you're not 1:20:23.960 --> 1:20:25.960 getting that, then you're still not gonna be able to 1:20:25.960 --> 1:20:26.400 do much. 1:20:27.640 --> 1:20:30.840 But I would try that number one, and then you know, I. 1:20:30.760 --> 1:20:34.679 Would just go through these these Facebook dot Com slash 1:20:34.720 --> 1:20:37.000 help pages and there's like a couple of things you 1:20:37.040 --> 1:20:39.160 can look for, and there's like, you know, there's all 1:20:39.280 --> 1:20:41.120 there's like things where you can kind of go through 1:20:41.160 --> 1:20:43.880 and see, you know, they have all these options for 1:20:43.960 --> 1:20:46.400 old accounts and deleting accounts. So I would look through 1:20:46.400 --> 1:20:48.639 and see if any of those fit. Doesn't this seems 1:20:48.640 --> 1:20:52.600 like a very unique situation and so you may have 1:20:52.680 --> 1:20:54.880 to just fiddle around a little bit there. But if not, 1:20:55.760 --> 1:20:57.799 you know, you may just have to appeal to Facebook 1:20:57.800 --> 1:20:59.639 with a letter and see if that works. I don't 1:20:59.680 --> 1:21:03.040 know if they even accept that, but you know, there 1:21:03.080 --> 1:21:06.799 there may also be a legal like a legal section 1:21:06.880 --> 1:21:09.760 of Facebook's help account or help pages that you know, 1:21:09.800 --> 1:21:12.479 you can appeal that way. But here's what I would 1:21:12.520 --> 1:21:14.880 like you to do. Also, send me an email and 1:21:14.920 --> 1:21:16.639 I'm gonna I'm gonna see because I gotta I'm gonna 1:21:16.640 --> 1:21:18.840 reach out to Facebook and see what they say about 1:21:18.840 --> 1:21:21.240 this because it's a it's kind of an interesting situation. 1:21:22.439 --> 1:21:25.679 So send me an email feedback at richon tech dot tv, 1:21:26.439 --> 1:21:30.120 and I will ping Facebook and see what they say 1:21:30.120 --> 1:21:32.519 about this, because this, Jake, this is an interesting one. 1:21:32.520 --> 1:21:35.479 Now you got my curiosity here, so I'll see what 1:21:35.520 --> 1:21:36.040 I can do on that. 1:21:36.080 --> 1:21:38.519 And okay, yeah, thank you for that. 1:21:38.640 --> 1:21:40.840 Then the problem is trying to get in contact with 1:21:40.880 --> 1:21:45.880 Facebook almost anyone is they don't even have people you 1:21:45.880 --> 1:21:48.240 can actually reach out through directly. So that's what I've 1:21:48.240 --> 1:21:50.920 been battling with Facebook many years. 1:21:51.040 --> 1:21:53.840 There is one little hack that people have been using, 1:21:54.040 --> 1:21:59.120 and uh, it's called the meta Verified for Business And basically, 1:21:59.400 --> 1:22:02.679 you sign up, you pay like fifteen bucks a month 1:22:03.240 --> 1:22:06.840 to get access to a live human that can. 1:22:06.720 --> 1:22:07.880 Help you with your account. 1:22:08.200 --> 1:22:10.760 So you may maybe pay for a month of that 1:22:10.880 --> 1:22:13.280 and try to get you know, the chat support person 1:22:13.360 --> 1:22:15.640 or the phone number of the support person, and then 1:22:15.680 --> 1:22:17.160 be like, oh, by the way, I've got this other 1:22:17.200 --> 1:22:18.880 page I need to get rid of just to clean 1:22:18.960 --> 1:22:21.400 up my you know, online presence. See what asay. That's 1:22:21.400 --> 1:22:23.519 another thing that people have been doing doing that's called 1:22:23.560 --> 1:22:27.240 Facebook meta verified, So that's another route. But send me 1:22:27.280 --> 1:22:29.679 the email, let me look into it, and definitely try 1:22:29.720 --> 1:22:33.360 to log into the account from you know, a browser 1:22:33.400 --> 1:22:36.439 that you're not signed into your primary account on to 1:22:36.479 --> 1:22:38.800 see if it can trigger that recovery code without going 1:22:38.800 --> 1:22:41.680 to your main account. Thanks for the call, Jake, appreciate it, 1:22:41.800 --> 1:22:44.479 and I'm glad you can laugh about the the ex 1:22:44.760 --> 1:22:47.960 wife situation. Uh eighty eight rich one On one eighty 1:22:48.000 --> 1:22:50.479 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, 1:22:50.640 --> 1:22:53.240 we are going to talk about the future of humanity 1:22:53.560 --> 1:23:00.759 post AI. You are listening to rich on Tech. Joining 1:23:00.800 --> 1:23:04.200 me now is Steve Fisher, a futurist and co author 1:23:04.320 --> 1:23:07.360 of super Shifts, here to talk about the future of 1:23:07.479 --> 1:23:11.519 humanity and what comes after the Age of AI. Steve, 1:23:11.560 --> 1:23:12.320 Welcome to the show. 1:23:13.040 --> 1:23:14.479 Thanks a lot, rich good to be here. 1:23:14.800 --> 1:23:18.600 So give me a sort of a quick primer on 1:23:18.640 --> 1:23:18.920 the book. 1:23:19.320 --> 1:23:20.040 What's it all about? 1:23:21.080 --> 1:23:24.599 Yeah, so there's a couple things. We are entering a 1:23:24.640 --> 1:23:28.120 new age, last age called the Age of Machines. I 1:23:28.160 --> 1:23:31.680 did a whole thing on ages and eras, which is 1:23:31.680 --> 1:23:34.640 a social theory around the last thousand years of macrohistory. 1:23:34.760 --> 1:23:37.880 So we're kind of repeating the next cycle. So the 1:23:37.880 --> 1:23:40.120 next two hundred years we call the age of Intelligence, 1:23:40.160 --> 1:23:42.840 and what does that mean? Think about it like this. 1:23:42.920 --> 1:23:46.479 It's a fusion of human, artificial, and networked intelligence. And 1:23:46.680 --> 1:23:49.360 it's not just about smarter machines, which is for the 1:23:49.360 --> 1:23:50.719 first time in history, we'll have. 1:23:50.720 --> 1:23:51.760 Things smarter than us. 1:23:52.120 --> 1:23:52.719 That's scary. 1:23:53.320 --> 1:23:55.520 Yeah, I know. It's about a smarter civilization. 1:23:55.680 --> 1:23:59.519 It's where intelligence becomes decentralized, is amplified and embedded into 1:23:59.560 --> 1:24:01.599 the fabric of how we live, work and think. 1:24:01.920 --> 1:24:02.800 And I wanted to. 1:24:04.280 --> 1:24:08.479 Set the stage for there's nine super shifts that come 1:24:08.560 --> 1:24:16.720 across technology, generational structures, social theory. It's a whole, but 1:24:16.840 --> 1:24:21.320 think of it like this accelerated convergence. We know about trends, right, 1:24:21.760 --> 1:24:25.280 we know about the drivers of change. There's a larger 1:24:25.360 --> 1:24:28.160 set of shifts, and then there's multiple shifts that combine 1:24:28.160 --> 1:24:31.479 into this like very systemic type of change. 1:24:32.200 --> 1:24:33.400 What we've done in the book. 1:24:33.240 --> 1:24:36.799 Is we look at the societal impact of each of these, 1:24:37.040 --> 1:24:41.120 the organizational impact and the impact on yourself, and the 1:24:41.240 --> 1:24:44.040 end part we really look at actionable ways to take 1:24:44.479 --> 1:24:47.200 advantage of this. I can get into that, but I 1:24:47.200 --> 1:24:49.040 know we don't have a whole lot of time today. 1:24:49.080 --> 1:24:52.520 But it really gets into what we call spectrum futures, 1:24:52.560 --> 1:24:57.120 and this is about multiple simultaneous futures we live in. 1:24:57.240 --> 1:25:01.120 Things are collapse, things are transformation. And what we wanted 1:25:01.120 --> 1:25:03.479 to do with this book is we also wanted to 1:25:03.479 --> 1:25:07.160 give it some humanization. So there's a design fiction piece. 1:25:07.240 --> 1:25:10.240 The prologue introduces you to a family in twenty forty 1:25:10.280 --> 1:25:13.880 called the Sinclair's and they experienced this and you could 1:25:13.920 --> 1:25:16.200 almost look at this as what happens after the Singularity. 1:25:16.880 --> 1:25:19.680 Oh wow, you know, yeah, explain with singularity is for 1:25:19.840 --> 1:25:20.840 someone who may not know. 1:25:21.280 --> 1:25:25.639 Yeah, the Singularity predates you might have heard it from 1:25:25.680 --> 1:25:30.479 like Ray kurzwell, but before that, and I'm trying remember 1:25:30.520 --> 1:25:32.720 the gentleman's name. It really kind of came up with it. 1:25:32.720 --> 1:25:35.320 It's an acceleration of technology and every and a lot 1:25:35.360 --> 1:25:38.479 of other factors that create this single point where there's 1:25:38.479 --> 1:25:42.559 a transformational uh like even more than then a shift. 1:25:42.680 --> 1:25:46.880 It is a radical like radical change in all of 1:25:46.960 --> 1:25:52.200 what humanity can fit and really can expect to be. 1:25:52.439 --> 1:25:55.080 Taken advantage of and you know, I can't even do 1:25:55.120 --> 1:25:55.639 it justice. 1:25:55.680 --> 1:25:58.800 It's like if you look about beyond superintelligence, if you 1:25:58.800 --> 1:26:01.639 think about when you think about the changes in how 1:26:01.680 --> 1:26:05.160 we interact with the world today, everything will change, you know, 1:26:05.400 --> 1:26:08.599 every the It's that, yes, is it kind of star 1:26:08.680 --> 1:26:11.000 trek in that way and that age of abundance in 1:26:11.040 --> 1:26:14.080 a way, but it allows us to really go beyond 1:26:14.120 --> 1:26:14.920 ourselves as humans. 1:26:14.960 --> 1:26:16.920 It's kind of like a point of no return as well. 1:26:17.800 --> 1:26:19.519 Yeah, a bit of a bit of a point of 1:26:19.560 --> 1:26:24.439 no return. The design fiction piece. What it strives to 1:26:24.479 --> 1:26:27.800 do is that the family moves through weeks of the 1:26:27.920 --> 1:26:30.040 change and the shift that's happening in the world. 1:26:30.640 --> 1:26:31.960 You experience it through their eyes. 1:26:32.120 --> 1:26:34.080 So each shift you have kind of the beginning of 1:26:34.160 --> 1:26:36.920 the chapter goes into that, and the epilogue actually goes 1:26:36.960 --> 1:26:40.439 two hundred years in the future and we actually talk 1:26:40.479 --> 1:26:42.960 about the next that next age, which is that age 1:26:42.960 --> 1:26:47.800 of transcendence because people will be alive and kids now 1:26:47.840 --> 1:26:49.519 could be one hundred and fifty years old, they can 1:26:49.600 --> 1:26:50.920 live to see the entire thing. 1:26:51.120 --> 1:26:54.080 I think that's wow, that's radicals. 1:26:54.360 --> 1:26:57.519 It sounds radical, but in the same way, and you 1:26:57.520 --> 1:27:00.439 think about one hundred years ago, most people live forty 1:27:00.520 --> 1:27:03.840 or fifty and now we live eighty ninety healthfully, right, 1:27:04.680 --> 1:27:05.919 So yeah. 1:27:05.840 --> 1:27:06.719 That's quite the thought. 1:27:07.520 --> 1:27:11.799 Yeah, well okay, I mean AI obviously a buzzword today. 1:27:11.920 --> 1:27:14.479 I mean people are you know, people are already using 1:27:14.560 --> 1:27:17.400 it in their daily lives, chat, GBT, all these different things. 1:27:18.320 --> 1:27:21.080 How do you think that's influencing the decisions we're making 1:27:21.360 --> 1:27:22.680 without even us realizing it. 1:27:23.800 --> 1:27:25.799 I think it's a question of critical thinking. 1:27:26.000 --> 1:27:28.920 I think we're My concern is that it's taking away 1:27:29.040 --> 1:27:33.240 the challenge of thought, the challenge of new thought, because 1:27:33.240 --> 1:27:35.599 there's an existing body of language, and if you look 1:27:35.600 --> 1:27:39.360 at it as a tool to help you clear away. 1:27:39.240 --> 1:27:41.360 Maybe some of the more mundane things to do the 1:27:41.400 --> 1:27:42.479 more challenging things. 1:27:42.640 --> 1:27:45.080 I think if that perspective is kept in a way 1:27:45.160 --> 1:27:49.120 to really push the boundaries of whatever profession you're in, 1:27:49.479 --> 1:27:52.559 the things that you're contemplating. The whole thing is that 1:27:52.600 --> 1:27:56.400 technology should, and even any type of not beyond technology, 1:27:56.439 --> 1:27:59.160 but any kind of change should allow you to have 1:27:59.200 --> 1:28:01.960 more space for harder things. And that's how we've you know, 1:28:02.040 --> 1:28:04.120 move forward as a as a as a as the 1:28:04.200 --> 1:28:04.800 human race. 1:28:05.000 --> 1:28:05.160 Right. 1:28:05.880 --> 1:28:07.599 I think right now, the challenge right now is that 1:28:07.640 --> 1:28:13.040 we are kind of co evolving with these technologies. You know, 1:28:13.120 --> 1:28:16.160 AIS needs to become a partner, not just a tool. 1:28:16.360 --> 1:28:18.040 I think people see it as a tool, but I 1:28:18.040 --> 1:28:20.280 think there's a lot more to it as it gets smarter. 1:28:20.680 --> 1:28:23.560 If you look at six months, it's like a lifetime, 1:28:24.040 --> 1:28:27.880 right It's yeah. I mean, and you look at a 1:28:27.960 --> 1:28:28.519 year or two. 1:28:28.479 --> 1:28:31.080 It's generational. I mean, it's where it will be. 1:28:31.240 --> 1:28:33.160 My son is eight years old and he'll be the 1:28:33.280 --> 1:28:34.920 high school class of twenty thirty five. 1:28:35.680 --> 1:28:37.120 What will college look like then? 1:28:37.240 --> 1:28:39.840 Right In the book, we wrote a letter to the 1:28:39.880 --> 1:28:41.480 eight children of the Age of Intelligence. 1:28:41.520 --> 1:28:42.880 We wrote a book to this. 1:28:43.000 --> 1:28:46.760 This two page letter kind of is the wonder of 1:28:46.800 --> 1:28:49.360 what is ahead for them and the hope that we have. 1:28:49.439 --> 1:28:52.080 It's a very pro topian book, not a the dystopian. 1:28:52.720 --> 1:28:53.200 That's good. 1:28:53.720 --> 1:28:55.839 I you know, one of the things that I've. 1:28:55.680 --> 1:28:57.920 Worked on is, you know, in AI ethics is kind 1:28:57.920 --> 1:29:01.080 of creating like laws of AI, like laws of robotics 1:29:01.160 --> 1:29:04.960 in terms of how humanity can coexist in that way 1:29:05.520 --> 1:29:08.760 because we have to protect us as a human race. 1:29:08.800 --> 1:29:12.639 We can't have supercomputing think that we're the problem, because 1:29:12.720 --> 1:29:16.760 then that's that conjures up all the all the the 1:29:16.920 --> 1:29:19.040 movies of the last thirty forty years. 1:29:19.160 --> 1:29:21.160 Well, I guess, I guess that's a good question people have. 1:29:21.240 --> 1:29:23.120 You know, when these things get so smart, and I've 1:29:23.120 --> 1:29:25.439 said on this show many times that there will be 1:29:25.479 --> 1:29:28.880 a point when this AI is built into sort of 1:29:29.320 --> 1:29:33.160 a robotic form, human form, where now it's moving, it's 1:29:33.160 --> 1:29:36.439 making decisions, it's it's making physical actions. Right like, right 1:29:36.439 --> 1:29:39.080 now you just type into it, stops typing, You're done. 1:29:39.200 --> 1:29:41.439 But when this thing can actually move and do things, 1:29:42.560 --> 1:29:45.160 you know, is is that a concern? Should we be 1:29:45.240 --> 1:29:46.040 concerned about that? 1:29:47.280 --> 1:29:49.559 I mean, I think as long as there needs to 1:29:49.600 --> 1:29:53.200 be a set of ethical laws built into the systems, 1:29:53.360 --> 1:29:55.080 and you have to make it so that they can't 1:29:55.120 --> 1:29:59.760 just remove it themselves and override themselves, because then then 1:29:59.800 --> 1:30:04.080 that kind of free range takes away any kind of 1:30:04.120 --> 1:30:08.080 wisdom that we might have, you know, as the AI 1:30:08.200 --> 1:30:11.320 grows so much, the wisdom we have, you know, because 1:30:11.360 --> 1:30:14.160 intelligence without ethics is it's a faster way to crash 1:30:14.200 --> 1:30:14.639 the system. 1:30:14.920 --> 1:30:15.120 Right. 1:30:15.880 --> 1:30:18.960 You know, we're not just asking this is in mortal 1:30:19.000 --> 1:30:21.400 words of Jeff Goldbloom. You know, it's because we can 1:30:21.479 --> 1:30:23.519 do it. Should we do it right? And how do 1:30:23.560 --> 1:30:25.840 we design for impact right? How do we just use that? 1:30:26.000 --> 1:30:29.439 So writing super shifts and as a futurist, you know, 1:30:29.800 --> 1:30:32.400 I help people think about the let you know, these 1:30:32.640 --> 1:30:35.639 rates of change, and what's really interesting is that AI 1:30:35.720 --> 1:30:39.600 right now is changing that length. You know, some industries 1:30:39.640 --> 1:30:42.479 take five, ten, twenty years to change, some some shorter. 1:30:43.560 --> 1:30:46.160 But people kind of watch the future happen and we 1:30:46.200 --> 1:30:48.280 have the perspective of history, right, you know. And I 1:30:48.800 --> 1:30:51.479 think when you were living in it so fast, we 1:30:51.680 --> 1:30:53.920 feel the change. I think that's what's different right now 1:30:54.000 --> 1:30:56.400 is we're feeling in a visceral way and it's going 1:30:56.439 --> 1:30:58.920 to be very scary. So I think for us is 1:30:58.960 --> 1:31:01.880 instead of being spectator, we have to be designers of 1:31:01.920 --> 1:31:04.200 that future. We have to take the we have to 1:31:04.240 --> 1:31:07.160 take the active participation. I think that's the bill. That's 1:31:07.200 --> 1:31:08.960 the opportunity for us. 1:31:09.040 --> 1:31:12.000 Okay, along that note, we've got about a minute left. Yeah. 1:31:12.040 --> 1:31:12.280 Yeah. 1:31:12.320 --> 1:31:14.400 For people feeling overwhelmed by all this, I mean all 1:31:14.400 --> 1:31:17.280 this stuff we've just been talking about, all these changes. 1:31:17.320 --> 1:31:19.320 What's your advice to start adapting right now? 1:31:20.360 --> 1:31:24.880 I would say, don't fear it, engage it, start asking 1:31:24.960 --> 1:31:25.679 better questions. 1:31:25.880 --> 1:31:26.080 You know. 1:31:26.400 --> 1:31:28.479 I mean think if you start small with things, you 1:31:28.560 --> 1:31:33.880 can do things on a smaller scale and then engage other. 1:31:33.800 --> 1:31:34.800 People to participate. 1:31:34.920 --> 1:31:37.040 And it's not just about the elites in tech or 1:31:37.120 --> 1:31:40.800 other industries. It's about thinking about co creation. I think 1:31:40.840 --> 1:31:43.160 it's there's an opportunity to co create with other people, 1:31:43.600 --> 1:31:46.439 to be inclusive in it, regenitive. I think there's a 1:31:46.640 --> 1:31:49.400 real we have an opportunity for I think the first 1:31:49.400 --> 1:31:52.240 time in history, to really change how we. 1:31:52.560 --> 1:31:53.599 Interact with the world. 1:31:54.120 --> 1:31:55.560 I think it's a real oper I think it's a 1:31:55.600 --> 1:31:58.440 real opportunity and I want to leave people with that optimism. 1:31:59.120 --> 1:32:00.920 And you know, check the book. I think you'll. 1:32:01.000 --> 1:32:04.519 I think you'd be encouraged by what potential is in 1:32:04.720 --> 1:32:06.760 front of us and what you can do, and. 1:32:06.720 --> 1:32:08.800 There's actuable ways you can take advantage of it. 1:32:09.240 --> 1:32:09.639 All right. 1:32:09.720 --> 1:32:12.559 Steve Fisher, futurist and co author of the book is 1:32:12.840 --> 1:32:17.800 Super Shifts again Super Shifts. It's available now. Check it out. 1:32:17.920 --> 1:32:20.320 Thanks so much for joining me, Steve, Thanks a lot. 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He was obviously there to promote his book, 1:33:33.320 --> 1:33:36.040 but I wish you would ask why is his conscience back, 1:33:36.479 --> 1:33:38.479 Where was his conscience back when he was doing all 1:33:38.520 --> 1:33:40.840 the things he now criticizes, And why the sudden change 1:33:40.880 --> 1:33:43.400 of heart would have added a little bit more credibility 1:33:43.439 --> 1:33:46.479 if that had been explored just saying Mike, I get you, Mike, 1:33:46.520 --> 1:33:47.720 I hear you. 1:33:47.720 --> 1:33:48.719 You know, don't I don't. 1:33:48.520 --> 1:33:50.720 Always get it right, and so I will. I will 1:33:50.720 --> 1:33:54.120 do better next time. Don writes in I've been dealing 1:33:54.120 --> 1:33:56.880 with phone and cable companies for decades. When we moved 1:33:56.880 --> 1:33:59.080 into our current home thirty years ago, I switched to 1:33:59.120 --> 1:34:02.160 Direct TV and never looked back. Yes, it's pricey, but 1:34:02.200 --> 1:34:04.800 I need the channels. I held onto my landline from 1:34:04.880 --> 1:34:08.080 nineteen sixty eight and eventually added Internet through AT and T. 1:34:08.080 --> 1:34:10.920 Turns out they only offer twelve down and four up 1:34:10.920 --> 1:34:13.240 in our area, no fib or, no upgrades, and repairs 1:34:13.240 --> 1:34:16.160 were a nightmare. Texts needed to access polls in our 1:34:16.240 --> 1:34:19.599 yard and our neighbors, which is a scheduling hassle. Then 1:34:19.640 --> 1:34:21.639 I saw a Spectrum truck on our street. They offered 1:34:21.680 --> 1:34:24.479 landline and internet, so I switched. It's been ninety nine 1:34:24.520 --> 1:34:29.000 percent reliable ever since. Now use Spectrum for landline, internet 1:34:29.000 --> 1:34:32.240 and streaming direct TV for TV, consumer cellular for cell phones, 1:34:32.520 --> 1:34:35.439 plus satellite radio, Netflix and other services. I also pay 1:34:35.479 --> 1:34:39.719 for Equifax protection and software for our church. Total monthly cost, 1:34:40.280 --> 1:34:43.920 let's just say, I try not to look appreciate all 1:34:43.920 --> 1:34:46.160 you do, blessings do in your family. Thank you, don 1:34:46.240 --> 1:34:49.080 That was yes. Do not look at the amount you 1:34:49.120 --> 1:34:51.679 pay on subscriptions when you add them up. I one 1:34:51.720 --> 1:34:54.040 time put all my things to AT and T. I 1:34:54.080 --> 1:34:56.320 had direct TV AT and T, phone line, AT and 1:34:56.400 --> 1:34:58.519 T Internet. I got my first bill it was like 1:34:58.560 --> 1:34:59.400 over four hundred dollars. 1:34:59.479 --> 1:35:00.439 Said, why is this? 1:35:00.840 --> 1:35:03.200 It's the same amount I'd been paying, but it was 1:35:03.240 --> 1:35:04.920 all chopped up when I put them together. 1:35:04.960 --> 1:35:06.439 I said, nah, I got to cancel that. I can't 1:35:06.479 --> 1:35:07.040 do that anymore. 1:35:08.160 --> 1:35:12.320 Don't bundle teen teen rights in just a heads up. 1:35:12.720 --> 1:35:16.120 Verizon's new Unlimited Ultimate plan worked great for us on 1:35:16.160 --> 1:35:19.200 a recent trip to South Korea. No issues with phone, 1:35:19.240 --> 1:35:22.400 text or data, and the hotspot worked perfectly for my iPad. 1:35:22.800 --> 1:35:25.000 I love the show and I still tune in even 1:35:25.120 --> 1:35:28.479 when I'm out of the country. Yeah, that Unlimited Ultimate 1:35:28.520 --> 1:35:30.880 is expensive, but it does include pretty much every perk 1:35:30.920 --> 1:35:34.559 you can think of, including that international roaming PAM rights in. 1:35:34.600 --> 1:35:37.400 When you rave about a program or app, please repeat 1:35:37.439 --> 1:35:39.680 the name a few times and maybe even spell it. 1:35:40.040 --> 1:35:42.120 I was half listening while driving and missed the name 1:35:42.120 --> 1:35:44.759 of the voice to text app you mentioned. It sounded 1:35:44.800 --> 1:35:46.839 like talk to flow, but I couldn't find it online. 1:35:46.880 --> 1:35:50.679 What is it, PAM. The app is called whisper wispr. 1:35:51.200 --> 1:35:54.240 You can check it out at whisperflow dot ai. And 1:35:54.320 --> 1:35:56.839 you know what I do. Try to repeat names clearly 1:35:57.120 --> 1:35:59.759 on air, but I have to strike that balance between 1:35:59.800 --> 1:36:02.280 being helpful and not sounding like a complete commercial. 1:36:02.280 --> 1:36:03.080 If I just said, like. 1:36:03.040 --> 1:36:07.400 Whisper ai, whisperflow dot ai, go to whisperflow dot ai, 1:36:07.479 --> 1:36:08.599 you would think that's a commercial. 1:36:08.640 --> 1:36:09.920 So gotta be careful with that. 1:36:10.520 --> 1:36:12.760 Thanks for the email, Bob, and Sacramento says, I heard 1:36:12.760 --> 1:36:15.720 your segment on staying connected while camping Just to heads up. 1:36:15.760 --> 1:36:18.559 Satellite internet gear can use a lot of power. 1:36:18.800 --> 1:36:20.680 If you're in an RV or car, no problem, but 1:36:20.680 --> 1:36:22.919 if you're hiking it with a battery, that's something consider. 1:36:24.160 --> 1:36:27.479 Also for folks traveling overseas, is Verizon sponsoring this what's 1:36:27.520 --> 1:36:30.800 happening here? Especially for Verizon customers. You can switch to 1:36:30.880 --> 1:36:34.120 their Unlimited Ultimate Plan for a month and then switch back. 1:36:34.160 --> 1:36:36.719 It includes international service in over two on our countries, 1:36:36.760 --> 1:36:38.599 but don't do it if you're on a grandfather plan. 1:36:39.080 --> 1:36:39.759 One more tip. 1:36:39.800 --> 1:36:42.679 My son often travels to South America and says everyone there, 1:36:42.680 --> 1:36:46.599 including businesses, uses WhatsApp, so keep data usage in mind 1:36:46.840 --> 1:36:48.120 when planning your trip. 1:36:48.200 --> 1:36:52.280 Thank you, Bob and Sacramento. Good things to remember. Let's see. 1:36:52.360 --> 1:36:55.200 Russ writes in, I picked up an iPhone se from 1:36:55.240 --> 1:36:57.960 track Phone for one hundred and eighty four bucks. Just 1:36:58.040 --> 1:37:00.439 needed something that works well with my Apple gear. The 1:37:00.479 --> 1:37:03.360 bonus at home I can answer calls on my iPad, 1:37:03.400 --> 1:37:07.600 iPod Touch or even my computer super convenient. Yes, the 1:37:07.640 --> 1:37:10.040 Apple ecosystem is excellent at that. And when I've got 1:37:10.080 --> 1:37:12.320 everything all fired up, when I get a phone call 1:37:12.360 --> 1:37:14.800 about twenty five things ring in my house, I'm like, 1:37:14.840 --> 1:37:15.760 where do I answer this? 1:37:17.960 --> 1:37:18.360 Let's see. 1:37:18.400 --> 1:37:22.200 Mike from California rites in, I didn't hear you mentioned 1:37:22.200 --> 1:37:25.480 a couple of things Apple and Google offer for smaller developers. 1:37:25.840 --> 1:37:27.320 Both platforms reduce their. 1:37:27.200 --> 1:37:30.880 Commissions to fifteen percent for businesses making under a million 1:37:30.920 --> 1:37:35.280 dollars a year. Definitely worth noting if you're just starting out. Also, 1:37:35.320 --> 1:37:38.000 when it comes to tracking in app subscriptions. There's no 1:37:38.080 --> 1:37:41.080 easy way through their platform. The most reliable method is 1:37:41.120 --> 1:37:44.040 setting up back end services to receive updates directly from 1:37:44.080 --> 1:37:46.960 Apple or Google. A lot of small devs skip this. 1:37:47.160 --> 1:37:53.240 It leads to confusion about renewals and cancellations. Mike, good information. Obviously, 1:37:53.520 --> 1:37:56.320 you know this show is geared towards the average tech consumer, 1:37:56.360 --> 1:37:59.000 but there are a certain element of folks that are 1:37:59.040 --> 1:38:02.080 in the development community and you know it community that 1:38:02.120 --> 1:38:05.559 do listen. So I always joke that they're listening to 1:38:05.720 --> 1:38:07.600 enjoy the show, but also see how I do with 1:38:07.640 --> 1:38:11.840 my answers as well. Matt from I told you we 1:38:11.880 --> 1:38:14.679 had a lot this week. Matt from Queen Creek, Arizona 1:38:14.680 --> 1:38:17.000 writes in I always look forward to hearing your podcast 1:38:17.040 --> 1:38:17.519 each week. 1:38:17.560 --> 1:38:18.639 Thanks for a great show. 1:38:19.080 --> 1:38:20.920 Last week you had a caller looking for over the 1:38:21.000 --> 1:38:26.280 year headphone headphones with bass base bass. Isn't it basse 1:38:27.120 --> 1:38:31.559 pass base bass is fish? Yes, That's why I used 1:38:31.560 --> 1:38:33.559 to catch when I was growing up Lake George. I 1:38:33.600 --> 1:38:36.559 want to recommend Soundcore, a brand that hasn't been mentioned 1:38:36.560 --> 1:38:38.719 on your show before. They offer an app to control 1:38:38.760 --> 1:38:41.639 the base, treble and more. The Q twenty has great 1:38:41.720 --> 1:38:44.800 base base base Base, It's bluetooth and cost less than 1:38:44.800 --> 1:38:46.439 fifty dollars on Amazon. 1:38:46.520 --> 1:38:48.120 Yes, Matt, we have mentioned that brand. 1:38:49.040 --> 1:38:51.680 Our expert we had on a couple of years a 1:38:51.720 --> 1:38:54.519 couple of months ago mentioned Soundcore always a good value 1:38:54.520 --> 1:38:58.800 made by anchor. Actually, Jase from Sydney, Australia rights in, 1:38:58.880 --> 1:39:00.880 I was listening to the podcast of your show from 1:39:00.920 --> 1:39:04.000 May tenth, and I really connected with your opening about 1:39:04.040 --> 1:39:07.400 disconnecting from social media and the Internet. I just flew 1:39:07.439 --> 1:39:10.400 fourteen hours from Melbourne to Los Angeles with no Wi 1:39:10.439 --> 1:39:13.280 Fi and passed the time listening to podcasts, including yours, 1:39:13.600 --> 1:39:16.600 and I watched videos I downloaded. It was actually refreshing 1:39:16.600 --> 1:39:19.479 to be offline and enjoy entertainment. I chose I'm flying 1:39:19.479 --> 1:39:22.519 back next Thursday and plan to do the same. Yes, 1:39:22.560 --> 1:39:24.640 I'm from Sydney, but flew out of Melbourne because my 1:39:24.720 --> 1:39:28.320 original flight was canceled. Thank you, Jase. I posted a 1:39:28.320 --> 1:39:31.639 bit of that on my Instagram at richon Tech. Chris 1:39:31.640 --> 1:39:34.080 from Troy, Michigan writes in, we frequently listened to the 1:39:34.120 --> 1:39:36.360 show from the Detroit area on the iHeart app. I 1:39:36.400 --> 1:39:39.200 really appreciate the tech tips and thoughtful analysis you bring 1:39:39.280 --> 1:39:41.760 each week. That said, I wanted to respond to your 1:39:41.760 --> 1:39:44.759 recent comment about tuning out the constant stream of bad news. 1:39:45.120 --> 1:39:47.600 While I get the intention encouraging people to focus on 1:39:47.640 --> 1:39:49.839 what's right in front of them, I think it's important 1:39:49.840 --> 1:39:52.920 to acknowledge our responsibility as citizens to be aware of 1:39:53.000 --> 1:39:56.640 and take action against injustice when we see it. Sometimes 1:39:56.640 --> 1:39:59.000 stepping back from the noise is necessary, but we shouldn't 1:39:59.040 --> 1:40:01.160 let that become a reason to ignore the world beyond 1:40:01.160 --> 1:40:01.679 our circle. 1:40:01.720 --> 1:40:04.120 Thanks for the show and hearing me out, Chris. 1:40:04.200 --> 1:40:07.400 Yes, I said in my opening monologue that tune things 1:40:07.400 --> 1:40:10.600 out when they become too much, don't tune them out forever, obviously, 1:40:11.360 --> 1:40:13.400 and Daniel writes in your sermon at the top of 1:40:13.479 --> 1:40:16.479 last week's show was terrific enough with the devices already. 1:40:16.960 --> 1:40:18.120 Appreciate that, Daniel. 1:40:18.160 --> 1:40:19.880 You can watch the whole thing on my Facebook page, 1:40:19.880 --> 1:40:22.040 Facebook dot com slash rich on Tech, or just check 1:40:22.040 --> 1:40:24.560 out last week's episode on the podcast That's going to 1:40:24.600 --> 1:40:26.519 do It For this episode links on the website rich 1:40:26.520 --> 1:40:27.360 on Tech dot tv. 1:40:27.600 --> 1:40:29.120 Find me at rich on Tech. 1:40:29.200 --> 1:40:32.960 Next week, I'm talking to my ex boss at KTLA. 1:40:33.760 --> 1:40:36.040 He left and now he's trying something new. 1:40:36.120 --> 1:40:39.240 He's going to reinvent himself as a creator, and he's 1:40:39.240 --> 1:40:41.880 going to talk about all the off the shelf technology, 1:40:41.960 --> 1:40:45.080 including AI, newsletters and more, that he's using to start 1:40:45.160 --> 1:40:47.920 up his new venture. Thank you so much for listening. 1:40:48.160 --> 1:40:49.920 There are so many ways you can spend your time. 1:40:50.000 --> 1:40:52.519 I do appreciate you spending it right here with me. 1:40:52.920 --> 1:40:55.320 Thanks everyone who makes this show possible. Adam, thanks for 1:40:55.320 --> 1:40:56.000 filling in today. 1:40:56.120 --> 1:40:56.320 Kim. 1:40:56.400 --> 1:40:59.000 On the phones, my name is rich Demiro. I will 1:40:59.000 --> 1:40:59.960 talk to you real soon.