WEBVTT - Google Pixel 8a Review & Unique Motion Sensor 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:06.000 Microsoft changes course on its total recall for PCs, How 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:10.319 to spot a phishing scam, the Apple TV models that 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:15.320 will no longer work with Netflix, plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:18.119 What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:21.200 on Tech. This is the show where I talk about 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:23.640 the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:28.120 also the place where I answer your questions about technology. 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:32.000 I believe the tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. 0:00:32.840 --> 0:00:36.000 Let's open up those phone lines at triple eight rich 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:40.080 one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:44.480 two four one zero one. 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It's a wireless motion sensor. 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:27.959 And before you think, okay, I've got that from my 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:30.240 smart home, this is a little bit different and it's 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:33.400 very unique and there are some really interesting use cases. 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:36.240 So we will have the creators of the Kinnion a 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:41.800 little bit later in the show. So many things happening. 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:46.120 This week's theme is summertime. I know my kids are 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:48.240 out for the summer. Lots of kids getting out for 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:51.880 the summer, so it is in full motion. Summer is 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:57.720 in full swing here. Lots of things happening. Apple's WWDC 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:03.600 Worldwide Developers Conference will happen this week, so it kicks 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:08.120 off on Monday with a keynote. And the big rumor 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:13.280 right now is that Apple is linking up with Open Ai, 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:19.400 the makers of Chat GPT, to somehow make Siri smarter. 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:22.440 Now we are not sure how that's gonna happen exactly, 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.440 but that is the big rumor. Whether it's going to 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:29.320 be just Chat GBT built into the iPhone or the 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:33.040 AI smarts. But I think people are ready for this. 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:36.120 This is what Steve Jobs imagined when he came up 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:40.120 with Siri, a smart assistant that can help you do 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.280 anything on your phone. And over the years we've seen 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:47.720 many of them. We've seen Quartana from Microsoft, we have 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:52.320 seen Bixby from Samsung, we have seen the Google Assistant, 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:57.000 which has now evolved into Gemini and Siri can do 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.640 a lot of things and it's gotten smarter over the years, 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:04.200 but it hasn't really reached that sort of personal assistant level. 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:07.760 So we will see if Apple really makes a big 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:12.200 change with the iPhone. Spoiler alert, I don't want to 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.639 say that this stuff isn't gonna happen soon, but even 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:19.079 if they announce something next week, we're not going to 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:23.880 see any changes until at least September, and potentially some 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.840 of the rumors are saying twenty twenty five. So we 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:29.800 will see. I know the iPhone nothing changes quickly with that, 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:33.080 but I'm excited to see what's going to happen there. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:38.000 Just sent out the newsletter on the website rich on 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:41.240 tech dot tv. Two travel sites I mentioned in the 0:03:41.280 --> 0:03:44.080 newsletter this week. I'll mention them here because if you 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:45.800 haven't signed up for the newsletter, go to rich on 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.520 tech dot tv, hit the sign up button and it 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:51.520 will arrive in your inbox. But two sites I mentioned 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:55.880 this week. The first one is called Points. Yeah, so 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.720 there is a website if you've got points, you know 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:03.160 from your credit card or your frequent flyer programs or 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:06.960 your hotel programs. You may be figuring out how to 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:09.080 use those and how to make the most of them. 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:12.120 So there's a lot of times where let's say you 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:15.400 have points on Delta, they may transfer to another program 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.680 and that program may have a cheaper redemption rate than 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:22.720 what Delta has. So real frequent flyers know that they 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:26.080 don't just check the airline or the program that they 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:29.000 have points with. They check all the different programs so 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.320 that they can see which ones might be the cheapest 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:35.440 use of their points or the maximum value of their points. 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:38.080 And so I've told you this before. I don't play 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:39.919 the points game in a big way, but yes I 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:41.920 do have points, and of course I want to use them. 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.000 I end up not using them because I'm always worried 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.760 about not getting the best value out of them, and 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:49.880 so when I do use them, I try to make 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:53.200 the most out of them. And so this website points Yeah, 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:57.320 is completely free and it lets you search through all 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.600 these different programs. They have a whole bunch of them 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.560 on there, all of the credit card programs, all of 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.240 the airline programs, or a lot of the majority of 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:10.200 the big airline programs, a lot of the hotel programs, 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:12.919 and what's different about this site than some of the 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.400 other ones is that the results are quick, so they'll 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.760 be delivered to your screen at about twenty seconds. The 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:21.640 other one I like is called point me. The search 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.360 can take a couple of minutes to complete, so that's 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:27.160 what's really neat about this one. You can search across 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.839 four days. So let's say you wanted to travel on Wednesday. 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.719 You can search a couple of days on either side 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.320 of that for free to see if maybe you left 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:38.440 on Thursday. It's half the points. And if you upgrade 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.800 to a paid membership, which you don't have to, but 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:42.800 if you do, you can search I think for eight 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:46.480 days on either side, so total of like sixteen days going. 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.560 And you know by the time anyway, there's a lot 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.400 of search on this website. It's very cool. It's just 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.360 something to bookmark when you're looking for your hotels or 0:05:56.080 --> 0:06:01.760 flights this summer points Yeah Dot And you know, if 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:03.960 you listen to the show that everything I mentioned on 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.320 the show I link up on the website rich on 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:10.359 tech dot TV. Hit the light bulb icon on the 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:12.320 website at the top, and that will bring you to 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.200 real time links to everything I mentioned. All right now. 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:20.000 The next one is if you don't like, if you're 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.880 not the best flyer right, if you're kind of a 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.640 person who's a little scared of the turbulence, and we've 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:27.960 seen a lot more. I don't know, it seems like 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:31.200 we've seen a lot more turbulence, at least in the news. 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:35.520 But this is a website called turbly t r bli 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.560 dot com got this through the Point Sky and they 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:43.280 mentioned this website that lets you check the turbulence forecast 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.839 for your flight. So if you type in a flight, 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:50.080 so let's say I type in from LAX to EWR, 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:53.760 which is a common flight that I take, gives you 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.800 a listing of all the different flights United Jet Blue Alaska. 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.640 You tap on your flight and then it will tell 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.480 you what the turbulence forecast is. And not just the 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:04.880 turbulence forecast, but there's all kinds of other stuff. Tells 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.920 you the route, tells you if it's going to be bumpy, 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.560 tells you if the tailwind is going to be strong 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.400 so that means you might arrive earlier. Tells you if 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.320 there's thunderstorms along the way, and if the takeoff and 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:18.360 landing is going to be smooth because it tells you 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:21.600 how much wind is on the landing. I was in 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:26.400 a landing I think it was in either Japan or China, 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.720 and it was so windy. I mean, we were just 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:31.040 bouncing all around on the landing like I was like, 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.680 are we gonna land this thing or what? But I 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.240 do put a lot of faith in these amazing pilots 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:39.160 that fly these planes. They know what they're doing. We 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:42.480 do not. And I know that whenever there's turbulence, what 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.040 do you do? The best is when you're sitting next 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.360 to like a pilot that is off. You know, they're 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:49.280 just like in the seat next to you or something, 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:51.200 and when you see that turbulence, you just kind of 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:53.720 look over at them and they're just like it doesn't 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.000 even phase them. You're like, all right, everything's good. Also, 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.240 I'm sure you look at the flight attendants to see 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.960 like if they're having a reaction. That's always kind of 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.840 like the main thing. Bobo's getting his mic ready? Do 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.560 you have you have thoughts on this? Do you do? 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:06.720 You? 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:08.960 Are you the kind that looks at the flight attendant? 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:11.360 I was gonna say those sound like first class problems 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:14.160 because I've never sit next to another pilot. No, that 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.480 that's the thing. They don't get to sit in first class. 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.800 Oh no, they get if you watch the pilots, like 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.280 the the off duty pilots and flight attendants. They literally 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.320 get the last seat on the plane, so they're on standby. 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:30.760 Literally they have to board last. After every single revenue 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:34.400 seat gets on. They get on. So it doesn't happen often, 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.920 but I've seen it, and they're never I mean they're 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.040 never in first. You would think they would give that first, 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.240 you know, Row one C A and uh yeah. By 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:43.960 the way, it is my dream to fly first. I 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.240 don't fly first most of the time. You don't know 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.959 I fly. I am. I am like Rick Steve. I'm 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:54.080 Rick Steve's I'm just fine with an aisle seat. Yes, 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:56.120 I like the economy plus if I can get it 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.720 with the little extra leg room that part. But I'm fine. 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.480 I'm totally I can go anywhere. I can go anywhere 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.160 and first obviously live flat is amazing. But no, I'm 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.559 a I'm a you know, I'm an easy flyer. I 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.560 really like. My thing is like save the money so 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.720 that you can spend it when you get there, because 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:13.600 if you're spending all that money on, you know, an 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:16.839 upgraded seat. Then you know it's just less money to 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:18.320 spend when you get they're only in the plane for 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:20.800 a couple hours. I mean, it's funny. You're the second 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:23.080 person to ask me that in two days. So I 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:26.600 guess I give off that first class flying vibe. But 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:30.360 you're rich, Demiro, why wouldn't you be first class? It's expensive. 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.200 It's too expensive even I don't care. It's just unless 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:36.160 your company is paying for it. Yes, the only times 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:39.040 i've I've flown it is when I'm either taking some 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:42.720 sort of upgrade or I have like a corporate, you 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.199 know company that's paying for it. But otherwise you'll just 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.880 see me and coach. All right, let me give you 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:52.680 a review of some earbuds that I really like. These 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:56.000 are the nothing earbuds. So I test a lot of 0:09:56.040 --> 0:09:58.440 ear buds, especially on the plane. That's that's my main 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:00.480 place to test these things, to see how the noise 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:03.280 cancelation works. And ninety nine percent of the time I 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.679 put the earbuds in my ears and I take them 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:08.680 out after twenty minutes. Don't even like them. They go 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.080 on the shelf and they're done. I'm not gonna recommend them, 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:15.120 but the nothing earbuds are excellent. They make two versions, 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:18.280 the nothing Ear and the nothing Ear A. The EARA 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.280 are the budget models. They start at ninety nine dollars. 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:25.000 The nothing Ear is one hundred and fifty dollars. Both 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:28.600 of these models have a great fit, they're comfortable, the 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:32.200 audio is excellent. They have a unique design. They've got 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:36.280 active noise cancelation and transparency mode, and even a fun 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:40.000 little audio I don't know chime when you switch between 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:43.800 the different modes, whether it's transparency or noise cancelation. They've 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.319 got fast charging. Ten minutes of plugging in will give 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.040 you ten hours of playback. If you've got the case, 0:10:49.080 --> 0:10:51.720 you get almost forty hours of playback because the case 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:55.679 also charges them. It's got all of the premium stuff, 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.200 so the pinch controls on the stems, the sensors that 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.640 pause and play music when you insert them or remove 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:05.360 them from your ears. They've got good water and dust resistance. 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:10.640 They're just really great earbuds. So if you're looking for 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:13.760 a pair of earbuds for an Android phone, I highly 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:17.160 recommend these earbuds. Now, why do you go with the 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:20.360 premium ones? They offer a wireless charging case and a 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.240 customized sound profile. So if you want the absolute best 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.160 sound from Nothing, pay the extra fifty bucks go with 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.680 the Nothing ear But otherwise the Nothing ear a are excellent, 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.800 and they've got this great yellow color that they come in. 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:34.600 They also come in black and white if you're not 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.679 that adventurous, but I love the yellow color. It looks 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.720 like something that would float if you threw it in 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:43.600 the water. It's a great, great set of earbuds. If 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:46.079 you've got a Nothing phone, which I don't think you have, 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:48.440 but if you did, you'd be able to set chat 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:51.920 GPT as your default voice assistant when you use these earbuds, 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.120 which is also really cool. Now you might be saying, Rich, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.960 what about iPhones? Should I buy these if I have 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.000 an iPhone? Yes, you can buy them and they will 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.440 will absolutely work if you have an iPhone. But here 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.120 is the thing, why would you not get what works 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.959 with Apple's ecosystem, which are their own AirPods. That way 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.320 you get access to Siri. That's why I like the 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:14.000 Nothing buds for the Android phones the most. All right, 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.520 coming up, I also have my review of the Google 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:20.400 Pixel eight, a budget smartphone eight A eight rich one 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.200 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:29.040 one zero one. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:32.959 DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:36.680 eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:42.000 four to two four one zero one website for the 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:45.800 show richon Tech dot TV. If you want a link 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:49.520 to something I mentioned, hit the lightbulb icon. I just 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:54.120 mentioned some handy travel sites. If you want to email me, 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:57.760 just hit the contact link up at the top. Like 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.640 I said, we're playing all summer songs today. It is 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:04.440 a summer travel season. I've got no less than two 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:09.040 people today, friends that texted or emailed me asking for 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:14.800 recommendations on a good portable battery charger for their phone, right, 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:17.080 like a portable battery that you can bring along with 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.520 you on your trip. So I've got these linked up 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.240 on my website rich on Tech dot tv. There is 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.360 a link on the side if you scroll down, it 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:28.240 says shop and that'll bring you to my Amazon page. 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:31.160 And the ones that I recommend the most are Anchor 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.400 a n K er. They make them in a couple 0:13:34.440 --> 0:13:36.360 of different ways. You can get like a mag safe 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.840 one that will actually just magnetically attached to the back 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.880 of your phone. That's great, but it's going to charge 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:46.040 your phone slower than one that you plug in, and 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:47.760 it's also going to be a little bit more expensive. 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.200 So if you want something that you plug in which 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.720 anyone can use, they've got a great one. It's about 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:57.240 thirty dollars for that. The thing to look for, there's 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:58.880 a couple of different things. There's also one that plugs 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.240 into the bottom of your phone that's cheaper, but it's 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.800 going to have less of a charge. And then they've 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:07.160 got one that is it's got like a little display 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:08.640 on it so it can tell you how much of 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.360 a charge it has, because most of these just typically 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:13.760 have a couple of lights on them that lets you 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:15.680 know how much of a charge you get, roughly like 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.400 twenty five, fifty, seventy five or one hundred percent when 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.760 that thing's charge. The main things to look for the 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:24.200 millionamp hours, So the higher the number, the more charges 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:26.520 you're going to get. So let's say a typical smartphone 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.680 has about a battery that's almost let's say four to 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.600 five thousand millionp hours, So if you get one of 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.760 these chargers, that's ten thousand MILLIONMP hours that's going to 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.640 recharge your phone twice. If you get one that's twenty 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.200 thousand million AMP hours, that's probably going to charge your 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:44.680 phone about four times. So again, let's just say five 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:47.680 thousand millionp hours one charge on your phone, So every 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:50.760 five thousand you're going to get an extra charge. Most people, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.160 you probably don't need the twenty thousand. I'd say for 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:55.760 an average day, you might want the ten thousand. Five 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:57.520 thousand's going to give you, you know, maybe one and 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:00.320 a half charges. The other thing to look for is 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:04.880 USBC in and out. So a lot of these the 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:08.800 cheaper ones have sort of the older style USB A 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.240 that lets you plug in your cable that's going to 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:14.920 charge your phone a lot slower, and when you're on 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:16.880 the go and you're out and about, you want to 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.440 charge your phone as fast as possible because you want 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:22.040 to take this thing off your phone and use your 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.480 phone again. So I would look for one that has 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:29.200 USBC in and out. So read the descriptions very closely. 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:31.680 If you're buying one of these things on any website, 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:34.400 make sure that you can charge it with USBC and 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:38.520 you can charge your phone with USBC from it. Those 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.480 are the main things to look for. But yeah, get 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:46.680 a portable charger for your summer vacations. Let's go to 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:50.200 Keith in andover Kansas. Keith, you're on with Rich. 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.120 Very much. It's very nice to visit with you. I 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:59.400 just wanted to say you have a real nice rapport 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.640 with people, and I really appreciate all the help that 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:03.560 you have provided. 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:05.160 Oh, thank you. 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:06.400 Well. 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:11.000 I worked in the healthcare feel for forty years and 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.240 it's nice to speak to people that are genuine and humble, 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:14.960 So thank you. 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:17.040 Appreciate that. What can I help you with? 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:21.680 I've used the free versions of the chat GPTs and 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:26.600 claud and so forth, Gemini one point five. And the 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.800 two questions I have is is it we're spending twenty 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:33.920 dollars a month for one of these? And since I 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.920 don't want to pay twenty dollars a month for each, 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:39.880 which one of these would you recommend? 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:41.880 Okay, we're going to come up to the break here, 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:43.600 so I want to know from you what are you 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.960 using these for? What's your main goal with these ais? 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:56.600 Okay, research, Bible study, medical questions, and general information about history. 0:16:56.960 --> 0:16:59.920 Okay, all right, so you got a couple of good 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.400 use cases there. The main thing is that you don't 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.919 really need to pay for these, because at least for 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:10.440 Chat GPT, they are giving away their latest model, which 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:13.879 is Chat GPT four to oh for free. But what's 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:17.000 gonna happen is you are gonna run up against a limit, 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:19.439 and that is the biggest thing you're up against. So 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:22.040 when you're paying that twenty dollars a month, you will 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:24.879 get much more use out of these on a daily 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:27.480 basis than you would if you were not paying that 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:30.880 twenty dollars a month. We're gonna come back. I'll talk 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.680 more about these AI systems, So hang on the line there, 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:36.640 Keith eighty to eight rich one oh one eight eight 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.760 eight seven four to two four one zero one. I'll 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:42.200 tell you my picks for the best AI coming up 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:49.880 after the break. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:53.360 DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple 0:17:53.400 --> 0:17:57.000 eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven 0:17:57.119 --> 0:17:59.480 four to two, four one zero one. If you have 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:01.840 a question or comment for the show, you can go 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:05.800 to the website rich on Tech dot tv hit the 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:08.840 link that says contact. If you want to link to 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:11.760 something I mentioned, just go to the website and hit 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:14.560 the light bulb icon before the break we had Keith 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:19.840 and Kansas ask about the best use of these AI systems. 0:18:19.880 --> 0:18:23.159 He wants to do research, he wants to look up 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:27.159 medical questions, I believe he said, Bible study, and a 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:29.879 couple of other things. So he was wondering should he 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:32.080 pay the twenty dollars a month and which one is 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:34.879 best for him. So you've got a couple of different 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:38.719 choices out there. You've got Gemini, which is Google's AI. 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:42.600 Then you've got chat GPT, which obviously has become like 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:45.439 Kleenex that's like a brand name for AI at this point. 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:50.840 Then you've got Claude, which is another AI that's really good. 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:55.520 And you've got Mistroll, which is out of Europe, which 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:57.960 is actually surprisingly great, Like I thought it was going 0:18:58.040 --> 0:19:00.679 to be much more like European Focus, but it's actually 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:05.400 really good. And you've got one called Perplexity, and you've 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:09.199 got Copilot, which is from Microsoft. So you've got a 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:11.240 lot of choices out there. Let me break them down 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:14.480 for you. So number one, Gemini from Google, I think 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:20.120 is a great AI because it is loaded with the 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:24.600 information that Google has, and that's real time information. So 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:28.320 if you're doing research, if you're looking for historical information, 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:32.080 something that is factual. Gemini is really good because not 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:36.280 only does Google have in place very strict standards for 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:40.240 what they write into this chatbot, they have all the information, 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:42.600 They've got the Knowledge Panel, they have all the stuff 0:19:42.640 --> 0:19:45.119 that they've been doing for many years, just now they 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:48.520 kind of translated that into a chatbot. So Gemini, I think, 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:51.520 is a great, great choice if you're looking for real 0:19:51.560 --> 0:19:56.200 time information and factual information. Chat GBT is great kind 0:19:56.240 --> 0:19:58.560 of all around. So if you are just looking to 0:19:58.640 --> 0:20:01.639 chat with someone or something, or you just want to 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.240 talk back and forth, or you just want some general information, 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:08.080 chatchbt is great. The problem is it is not completely 0:20:08.200 --> 0:20:11.760 up to date in many aspects, so unless you're paying 0:20:12.400 --> 0:20:14.879 it may not surf the web and find those answers. 0:20:15.200 --> 0:20:18.760 Sometimes it will, but chatchbt is kind of a generalist, right, 0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:20.800 It's going to have just a lot of general knowledge, 0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:22.800 and if you want to kind of use that, it's 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:26.159 a great It's very polished, it's very smart, it's witty, 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:28.959 it's silly. I mean, there's so many uses of it 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:31.479 because that's probably the one that people are using the most, 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:36.120 so it is evolving the fastest. Then you've got Claude, 0:20:36.160 --> 0:20:40.360 Claude dot ai. This is one of my favorites, but 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:42.320 Claude is. Oh and by the way, I should mention 0:20:42.400 --> 0:20:46.439 that chatchibt can also do a lot of things with 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:49.320 images as well. If you're paying for it, it can 0:20:49.359 --> 0:20:51.879 create images. Now actually, I think even if you're not 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:54.359 paying for it, you can create images for that as well, 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:58.040 So it can be used to generate images. Oh, I 0:20:58.080 --> 0:21:02.760 forgot Meta has got theirs now too. Meta Ai. Claude 0:21:03.000 --> 0:21:05.880 is great if you're working with any sort of text, 0:21:06.080 --> 0:21:08.240 so you can throw a PDF in there, you can 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:11.600 throw a long document into there, and Claude is really 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:14.800 good at handling those long documents. So if you're looking 0:21:14.880 --> 0:21:18.080 to summarize something, or you have a bunch of information 0:21:18.200 --> 0:21:21.639 you want to organize it, Claude dot ai is really 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:24.960 good for that. You know, it doesn't have access to 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:27.440 the Internet, so you can't really ask it to look 0:21:27.520 --> 0:21:29.879 up things. Of course, it has a basic amount of 0:21:29.920 --> 0:21:32.320 knowledge just like all these other ones, but it doesn't 0:21:32.359 --> 0:21:34.879 have that live access to the Internet. But Claude is. 0:21:35.440 --> 0:21:37.960 I find it to be really really good if you're 0:21:37.960 --> 0:21:41.360 doing anything with writing, if you're doing anything with your resume, 0:21:41.880 --> 0:21:45.879 if you're doing anything that requires rewriting or summarizing. It 0:21:45.960 --> 0:21:52.000 is really great at that. Let's see perplexity AI. I 0:21:52.080 --> 0:21:54.359 one hundred percent love this app, and I love it 0:21:54.400 --> 0:21:58.359 for one reason. It's got this great feature that kind 0:21:58.359 --> 0:22:01.040 of gives you a book report on anything you ask 0:22:01.080 --> 0:22:04.240 it about. So if you ask a sample question like 0:22:04.320 --> 0:22:07.960 how do earthquakes occur, it shows you the sources that 0:22:08.000 --> 0:22:10.840 it uses to actually come up with its answer, and 0:22:10.920 --> 0:22:13.200 it comes up with a very nice, what I call 0:22:13.320 --> 0:22:16.639 book report answer. So if you want quote unquote a 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:21.080 book report answer on a topic or anything, perplexity ai 0:22:21.400 --> 0:22:23.679 is excellent. I've got it on my home screen on 0:22:23.760 --> 0:22:28.120 my phone, and I specifically love what they do called discover, 0:22:28.640 --> 0:22:31.719 So every day they have the hottest topics kind of 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:35.159 trending out there in the world, and it gives you 0:22:36.840 --> 0:22:39.560 a little book report about those topics. And if you're 0:22:39.720 --> 0:22:41.600 looking to learn something, let's say you want to learn 0:22:41.600 --> 0:22:44.560 about a team or the history of something. It's such 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:47.680 a great way to learn the history of something because 0:22:47.680 --> 0:22:51.120 it gives you these great little reports. And again, all 0:22:51.160 --> 0:22:53.600 of these services that I'm talking about, they all offer 0:22:53.680 --> 0:22:56.680 a free level of service, but then you can pay 0:22:57.119 --> 0:22:59.439 that usually is about twenty bucks a month for that 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:02.360 elevated service which is going to give you unlimited answers, 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:06.880 unlimited access, and maybe some extras. And so I do 0:23:06.960 --> 0:23:10.639 pay for Chat GBT. I have paid for Claude in 0:23:10.640 --> 0:23:14.399 the past. I kind of bop back and forth between 0:23:14.440 --> 0:23:17.000 those two for paying because claud is really great for 0:23:17.040 --> 0:23:19.159 all the research and work that I need to do 0:23:19.240 --> 0:23:23.000 with with documents. But Chat GBT I just got it 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:26.040 because of the new voice system that they are going 0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:28.280 to be implementing soon, which lets you talk back and 0:23:28.320 --> 0:23:31.640 forth almost like a real human. Now, when it comes 0:23:31.640 --> 0:23:36.320 to a good overall system, Microsoft's Copilot is really good. 0:23:37.359 --> 0:23:39.840 When it comes to surfing the web. The thing that 0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:42.600 you need to know is that they're using BING search results, 0:23:42.640 --> 0:23:45.600 which you know may be good, maybe bad, it depends. 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:47.960 Bing is still out there, it's still a contender. Just 0:23:48.000 --> 0:23:50.400 a lot of people don't necessarily use it. But that's 0:23:50.440 --> 0:23:53.520 where Copilot from Microsoft gets a lot of their information, 0:23:53.600 --> 0:23:55.960 and it does have access to that real time information 0:23:56.359 --> 0:23:59.160 from being So that's an option, and it's built into 0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:01.280 a lot of the Windows. A lot of the new 0:24:01.320 --> 0:24:03.159 ones have or all of the new ones have the 0:24:03.720 --> 0:24:05.800 Copilot key on there, so you can just tap that 0:24:05.880 --> 0:24:07.840 on your keyboard. It's right next to the space bar 0:24:08.400 --> 0:24:11.520 and that will bring up copilot. And that's really good. 0:24:11.680 --> 0:24:13.800 And then the new one on the block that I 0:24:13.880 --> 0:24:17.600 get a lot of angry emails about is meta AI. 0:24:18.240 --> 0:24:22.240 So Meta AI is built into Instagram, it's built into WhatsApp, 0:24:22.320 --> 0:24:24.840 it's built into Facebook. A lot of people are asking 0:24:24.840 --> 0:24:27.000 me if you can turn that off, and the answer 0:24:27.160 --> 0:24:29.199 is no. It is at the top of your screen. 0:24:29.760 --> 0:24:34.760 And again this it's actually not that bad. Like I 0:24:34.800 --> 0:24:37.760 know people are hating on it, but let's think about it. 0:24:38.400 --> 0:24:41.359 Facebook has used all of the posts that we have 0:24:41.480 --> 0:24:43.800 made on Facebook and Instagram for the past I don't know, 0:24:43.840 --> 0:24:48.000 twenty years or so to program their AI. So they 0:24:48.040 --> 0:24:51.400 know how people talk, they know how people comment, they 0:24:51.440 --> 0:24:55.159 know how people discuss topics, they know what's interesting to people, 0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:59.520 and so their AI is actually quite good. And it 0:24:59.600 --> 0:25:03.639 does give you sources and it uses Google for a 0:25:03.680 --> 0:25:05.600 lot of its search. So I just did a search 0:25:05.720 --> 0:25:08.399 for or a recent search I did was I was 0:25:08.440 --> 0:25:11.239 looking for a great burger place in Redmond where I 0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:14.520 was staying up for the Microsoft event, and it gave 0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:19.000 me one, two, three, four, five places that was good 0:25:19.119 --> 0:25:21.760 for a burger, and it tells me where it got 0:25:21.760 --> 0:25:25.600 that information. Now, some of this information is, you know, 0:25:25.680 --> 0:25:30.120 a trip Advisor, an apartment complex up there, and then 0:25:30.200 --> 0:25:32.919 Uber eats. So I don't know if that that's that great, 0:25:33.400 --> 0:25:35.880 but it also helps you search Google for that information 0:25:35.960 --> 0:25:41.360 as well. So those are my kind of main kind 0:25:41.400 --> 0:25:44.120 of talking points about each one of them. The Wall 0:25:44.119 --> 0:25:47.080 Street Journal also did sort of an independent review of 0:25:47.119 --> 0:25:50.359 each one of these. They came up with best Overall. 0:25:50.840 --> 0:25:55.400 Chat gibt Oh they sorry, they said, did not lead 0:25:55.440 --> 0:25:58.840 an overall performance despite its update. Oh that's the other 0:25:58.880 --> 0:26:01.399 thing I like about chat GBT remembers your preferences. I 0:26:01.440 --> 0:26:03.560 was just telling my wife this, you can teach it things. 0:26:04.000 --> 0:26:06.280 So what I do is with chat GBT, I teach 0:26:06.320 --> 0:26:08.800 it and it remembers that. So if you say, hey, 0:26:08.960 --> 0:26:10.840 remember when I say this that I want you to 0:26:10.880 --> 0:26:14.600 do that, it will remember. So that's also a plus 0:26:14.600 --> 0:26:21.320 of chat GBT. Claude there, Yeah, Claude. They say strength 0:26:21.440 --> 0:26:24.560 designed to be inoffensive, which, yes, Claude is supposed to 0:26:24.560 --> 0:26:26.280 be a little bit friendlier than a lot of these. 0:26:27.240 --> 0:26:31.720 Copilot good at creative writing. Let's see Gemini from Google 0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:34.720 Access to real time data. That's what I just said, perplexity, 0:26:35.160 --> 0:26:38.440 research Focus cites it sources. Wow. Wall Street Journal just 0:26:38.440 --> 0:26:41.160 said exactly pretty much what I said. Okay, so they 0:26:41.200 --> 0:26:46.680 say summary, health advice, best chat, GBT, that's scary, finance, Gemini, 0:26:46.800 --> 0:26:53.200 cooking chat GBT, work, perplexity, creative writing, copilot, summarization, perplexity, 0:26:54.640 --> 0:27:00.919 current events, perplexity, coding perplexity, that's interesting, speed CHATCHYBT. So again, 0:27:01.119 --> 0:27:03.000 I think the main thing to know about paying for 0:27:03.040 --> 0:27:06.000 these is try them out, see what you like, see 0:27:06.040 --> 0:27:08.000 what the limitations are, because if you're not using it 0:27:08.040 --> 0:27:10.240 in a big way, you don't necessarily need to pay 0:27:10.240 --> 0:27:12.520 for these things, because now the name of the game 0:27:12.560 --> 0:27:14.679 is they're giving a lot of this away for free 0:27:15.160 --> 0:27:17.560 in hopes of getting that user base, and then eventually 0:27:17.640 --> 0:27:20.840 they figure more paid features will come. Well, Keith, I 0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:24.520 think you get the award for the longest answer ever 0:27:24.920 --> 0:27:28.920 to a question on this show. So thanks for that question. 0:27:29.359 --> 0:27:32.720 Hopefully you've got some some clarity now on what to 0:27:32.840 --> 0:27:35.760 use there eight eight eight rich one oh one eight 0:27:35.840 --> 0:27:38.800 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:27:39.000 --> 0:27:42.080 My name is rich Dedmuro. You are listening to rich 0:27:42.160 --> 0:27:47.240 on Tech Welcome back to Rich on tech. Rich DeMuro 0:27:47.400 --> 0:27:50.840 here hanging out with you talking technology at triple eight 0:27:51.200 --> 0:27:54.879 Rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 0:27:54.920 --> 0:28:02.600 two four one zero one. Let's go to Rockston in Ventura, Roxton. 0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:03.359 You're on with Wretch. 0:28:04.720 --> 0:28:07.399 Thanks for taking my call, Rich. That's calling about it 0:28:07.520 --> 0:28:09.720 a Motorola phone that's been acting up. It's a new 0:28:09.720 --> 0:28:13.040 phone that I got from Pure Talk Mobile and it 0:28:13.119 --> 0:28:15.040 took him three months to pour it over from the 0:28:15.080 --> 0:28:17.520 AT and T landline. The landlines are going away, is 0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:19.639 why I got the phone. I was also told that 0:28:19.680 --> 0:28:22.520 it had a mobile hotspot and I could use it 0:28:22.560 --> 0:28:28.159 to hook up the iPad and do my video conferences 0:28:28.200 --> 0:28:32.159 with my doctors at the West la VA. And the 0:28:32.280 --> 0:28:34.639 problem with the phone, the first problem is it doesn't 0:28:34.720 --> 0:28:37.520 let me answer incoming calls. You know, I'm supposed to 0:28:37.560 --> 0:28:41.400 sweep up to answer and sweep down to decline, and 0:28:41.520 --> 0:28:44.000 it won't do that, and also won't take a fingerprint 0:28:44.080 --> 0:28:48.400 for ID for lockedout. And it shuts off the sound 0:28:48.480 --> 0:28:51.640 occasionally and right in the middle of talking, in the 0:28:51.720 --> 0:28:52.640 middle of a conversation. 0:28:53.120 --> 0:28:54.120 What type of phone is this? 0:28:55.000 --> 0:28:57.280 This is a Motorola, a Moto G. 0:28:59.520 --> 0:29:04.560 It's a G five okay, Motorola G five, and so 0:29:05.000 --> 0:29:07.120 did this start when you got it? 0:29:08.360 --> 0:29:08.560 Yes? 0:29:08.800 --> 0:29:11.280 Yes, I got it, and it has never worked right 0:29:11.360 --> 0:29:14.040 since I got it, and I have been having difficulty 0:29:14.120 --> 0:29:19.120 getting any helpful information from the Pure Talk mobile people. 0:29:20.000 --> 0:29:24.520 They had a two week policy on returns, and I 0:29:24.640 --> 0:29:26.520 had it for three months. It wasn't ported over for 0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:31.240 three months from AT and T and I don't know why. 0:29:31.320 --> 0:29:33.800 I guess somebody on one end or the other dropped 0:29:33.800 --> 0:29:34.360 the ball there. 0:29:34.760 --> 0:29:36.520 Has it worked properly ever? 0:29:37.600 --> 0:29:37.640 No? 0:29:38.160 --> 0:29:41.240 Okay, so from day one it has not worked properly. 0:29:41.960 --> 0:29:44.440 It's right, okay. Well, the only thing I could say 0:29:44.440 --> 0:29:47.040 to do is, well two things. I think the main 0:29:47.080 --> 0:29:50.160 thing you need to do is to factory reset this 0:29:50.840 --> 0:29:56.360 phone and try again. So it sounds like, you know, 0:29:56.480 --> 0:29:58.200 the swiping and all that like, none of this stuff. 0:29:58.400 --> 0:30:00.880 I don't think any of it is a unless it's 0:30:01.120 --> 0:30:05.440 a hardware defect, which you're mentioning too many things that 0:30:07.000 --> 0:30:11.400 seem like they're all kind of unrelated. I mean, the screen. 0:30:11.840 --> 0:30:13.560 There could be a problem with the screen if it's 0:30:13.640 --> 0:30:16.800 not swiping and the fingerprint readers not working, but that 0:30:16.840 --> 0:30:20.600 wouldn't really explain the sound not going on sometimes so 0:30:21.560 --> 0:30:23.000 you know, and it could be that the sound is 0:30:24.000 --> 0:30:27.440 being manipulated by the volume rocker. You know, sometimes you're 0:30:27.480 --> 0:30:29.960 adjusting volume. It could be adjusting the volume of the sound. 0:30:30.360 --> 0:30:32.920 But what I would do is personally, I know this 0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:35.920 a little complicated, but I would go into the settings 0:30:36.480 --> 0:30:39.640 and I would format this phone, like so there's a 0:30:39.960 --> 0:30:43.320 setting that says factory reset, and so that's what I 0:30:43.360 --> 0:30:45.480 would do. And you would have to set this thing 0:30:45.600 --> 0:30:48.560 up from the beginning. And so that means signing into 0:30:48.600 --> 0:30:50.760 your Google account, your phone number and everything will still 0:30:50.800 --> 0:30:53.400 stay there, but it would mean signing into your Google 0:30:53.480 --> 0:30:56.400 account and then starting over signing in and then setting 0:30:56.440 --> 0:30:59.320 up this phone fresh. Now, if you still have problems 0:30:59.440 --> 0:31:01.880 after you are able to do that, and you may 0:31:01.960 --> 0:31:03.960 need to enlist the help of someone that knows what 0:31:04.000 --> 0:31:07.040 they're doing to help you along with this. But once 0:31:07.120 --> 0:31:09.360 you do that, if the phone is still having the 0:31:09.440 --> 0:31:12.960 same exact issues, then you got to push on Motorola 0:31:13.040 --> 0:31:17.080 to get a replacement or Pure Talk to get a replacement, 0:31:17.560 --> 0:31:19.200 to just you know, tell them, hey, look, this hasn't 0:31:19.240 --> 0:31:21.840 worked since day one, and just what can you do? 0:31:22.760 --> 0:31:23.880 You know, I know they're gonna have to make an 0:31:23.920 --> 0:31:26.960 exception to the rule of two weeks. But you know, 0:31:27.520 --> 0:31:29.120 I don't know how much you spent on this phone, 0:31:29.200 --> 0:31:31.160 but it might just be the easiest thing to do 0:31:31.360 --> 0:31:33.040 is just to convince them to give you a new one. 0:31:33.280 --> 0:31:35.800 You're staying as a customer. They're really just swapping out 0:31:35.840 --> 0:31:37.640 a device. They're going to see what's wrong with it 0:31:37.720 --> 0:31:39.160 and just give you another one. It's not that big 0:31:39.200 --> 0:31:41.960 of a deal. I don't know how expensive this phone 0:31:42.040 --> 0:31:44.640 is because I can't get a price on it on 0:31:44.760 --> 0:31:48.680 the website, but I think that that will probably be 0:31:48.840 --> 0:31:50.800 just fine. But that's what I would do. Format it 0:31:51.080 --> 0:31:54.040 and start over and see if it still gives you 0:31:54.080 --> 0:31:57.080 those issues. And if it does, then you got to 0:31:57.120 --> 0:31:59.760 convince someone to get you new one oh one time payment. 0:31:59.760 --> 0:32:01.920 So it's about a two hundred and fifty dollars phone. 0:32:02.200 --> 0:32:05.560 This is not that expensive of a phone. So someone 0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:08.560 whether it's Motorola, they've probably got a one year warranty 0:32:08.640 --> 0:32:11.960 on this. You could probably at least get a refurbished 0:32:12.000 --> 0:32:14.840 model from them if you swap it out. UH, keep 0:32:14.880 --> 0:32:16.760 me posted, go on the website, give me an update. 0:32:16.880 --> 0:32:21.520 Roxton appreciate the call today eight eight eight Rich one 0:32:21.600 --> 0:32:25.120 oh one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:32:25.440 --> 0:32:29.560 one zero one. Well, if you're using Instagram, you might 0:32:29.800 --> 0:32:32.680 see something new as you're scrolling, something that might be 0:32:32.720 --> 0:32:36.480 a little frustrating, something that actually stops you from using 0:32:36.560 --> 0:32:40.760 the app. It's an AD break. Yes, Instagram is testing 0:32:40.840 --> 0:32:44.040 what's called an AD break. This will actually stop you 0:32:44.200 --> 0:32:47.600 from scrolling until you view an AD. A lot of 0:32:47.640 --> 0:32:51.400 people on x have been posting screenshots of this, also 0:32:51.480 --> 0:32:55.480 on Reddit, and Instagram spokesperson did confirm that they are 0:32:55.600 --> 0:32:58.880 testing this and uh, they don't know if they're gonna 0:32:58.960 --> 0:33:02.719 use this going far, but they probably will. So if 0:33:02.760 --> 0:33:06.560 you see this. The AD break includes a countdown timer 0:33:06.720 --> 0:33:09.400 indicating how long you have to sit there and wait 0:33:09.520 --> 0:33:13.720 before you can continue browsing. And apparently this is not 0:33:14.040 --> 0:33:16.120 just on the reels you know a video. This is 0:33:16.160 --> 0:33:20.360 on when you're just scrolling through your your feed. And 0:33:20.480 --> 0:33:22.360 so you're just scrolling your feed and all of a sudden, 0:33:22.480 --> 0:33:24.840 your thumb goes up. But then the nothing on the 0:33:25.040 --> 0:33:27.360 on the screen moves because it is frozen in time, 0:33:28.200 --> 0:33:30.520 and you'll see that little countdown it says five four 0:33:30.680 --> 0:33:35.080 three two one. Un skippable ads are a part of 0:33:35.280 --> 0:33:37.800 the landscape now when it comes to a lot of 0:33:37.880 --> 0:33:42.560 other services, whether it is TikTok, whether it is YouTube. 0:33:43.160 --> 0:33:45.720 So sometimes you can skip them, sometimes you can't, or 0:33:45.760 --> 0:33:47.840 sometimes you have to watch a little portion of it 0:33:48.000 --> 0:33:50.920 before you can actually skip it. So we were watching 0:33:50.960 --> 0:33:53.600 a movie last night. I think it was on Amazon 0:33:53.720 --> 0:33:57.160 Prime or no, it was on Peacock. And even though 0:33:57.160 --> 0:34:00.560 I pay for Peacock, you still have to watch some ads. Now, 0:34:00.800 --> 0:34:02.719 this ad was a long time. It was like one 0:34:02.800 --> 0:34:06.440 hundred and eighty seconds, but after that the movie was 0:34:07.200 --> 0:34:09.719 free of ads. So it was like one big ad 0:34:10.440 --> 0:34:12.600 and then you get to watch the movie. But yeah, 0:34:12.680 --> 0:34:14.879 there's no skipping through that ad. And this is why 0:34:15.520 --> 0:34:19.799 these streaming services like on demand versus the DVR, which 0:34:19.840 --> 0:34:23.239 I've mentioned before, the DVR was all the rage. Why 0:34:23.400 --> 0:34:25.719 did all the streaming services and everyone move away from 0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:29.480 the dvr because that includes you recording something and then 0:34:29.600 --> 0:34:33.239 skipping through the ads. When you're watching on demand, there's 0:34:33.320 --> 0:34:36.880 no skipping through those ads because they control the experience. 0:34:37.400 --> 0:34:40.439 And in fact, on Peacock, when you pause, there's also 0:34:40.480 --> 0:34:43.400 an ad. So when you sit and pause, you know, 0:34:43.440 --> 0:34:45.760 and your wife asks you something, you pause the screen. 0:34:46.080 --> 0:34:47.919 Next thing you know, on the on the TV. There's 0:34:47.920 --> 0:34:51.160 an ad and there's a big QR code and it's like, 0:34:51.239 --> 0:34:52.799 you know, make the most of your break or something. 0:34:52.840 --> 0:34:55.320 They you know, they're actually quite fun the ads that 0:34:55.360 --> 0:35:01.640 they have. But yeah, so Instagram be prepared those unskippable ads. 0:35:01.719 --> 0:35:05.480 And if you have an older Apple TV, speaking of 0:35:05.520 --> 0:35:09.600 streaming services, that you're running Netflix on, Netflix is ending 0:35:09.719 --> 0:35:14.000 support for second and third generation Apple TVs. This is 0:35:14.040 --> 0:35:17.239 gonna happen on July thirty first, twenty twenty four. Don't 0:35:17.880 --> 0:35:20.759 don't get all out of shape here, because it's these 0:35:20.800 --> 0:35:24.200 are very old Apple TVs. These were released in twenty 0:35:24.320 --> 0:35:27.839 ten and twenty twelve, so you're talking over a decade old. 0:35:28.640 --> 0:35:30.719 So if you have one of these and you're still 0:35:30.760 --> 0:35:32.960 running Netflix on it, you will not be able to 0:35:33.040 --> 0:35:37.000 run Netflix on it after July thirty first, twenty twenty four. 0:35:37.600 --> 0:35:41.400 The latest Apple TV was released in November twenty twenty two. 0:35:42.000 --> 0:35:44.560 It's the seventh generation Apple TV. Again, these are the 0:35:44.719 --> 0:35:47.399 second and third generation Apple TV, so you're going back 0:35:47.520 --> 0:35:48.279 a long time. 0:35:49.120 --> 0:35:49.279 Now. 0:35:49.480 --> 0:35:52.279 Why do I think Netflix is ending support? Well, I 0:35:52.360 --> 0:35:56.160 think because the ads supported Netflix. I don't think runs 0:35:56.200 --> 0:35:58.640 on these, so I think that that's probably why they 0:35:58.680 --> 0:36:00.400 want to get rid of these, because that's where all 0:36:00.400 --> 0:36:02.560 the growth is is at supporting. Plus it's been a 0:36:02.600 --> 0:36:04.719 long time and they're like, all right, enough is enough. 0:36:05.280 --> 0:36:07.440 Eight to eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:36:07.600 --> 0:36:10.000 seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, 0:36:10.000 --> 0:36:12.640 I'll give you my review of the Pixel eight, a 0:36:13.040 --> 0:36:20.280 budget smartphone. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro 0:36:20.440 --> 0:36:25.040 here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple eight 0:36:25.360 --> 0:36:28.279 Rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to 0:36:28.400 --> 0:36:31.719 two four one zero one. Give me a call if 0:36:31.840 --> 0:36:35.680 you have a question about technology. 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You can get in 0:37:10.520 --> 0:37:14.520 touch by sending an email by hitting contact, and you 0:37:14.600 --> 0:37:17.600 can learn more about me all on the website Richontech 0:37:17.640 --> 0:37:19.360 dot tv and if you want to follow me on 0:37:19.440 --> 0:37:23.960 social media at rich on Tech. Jay from Woodland Hills 0:37:24.320 --> 0:37:27.319 wrote in on the website, I have a Samsung S ten. 0:37:27.920 --> 0:37:30.680 I want to put an air tag equivalent in my car. 0:37:30.880 --> 0:37:35.200 Please advise which one I should use? Thanks? Great question, Jay, 0:37:35.360 --> 0:37:40.479 And you're just in time because Android just activated what's 0:37:40.520 --> 0:37:45.279 called the Find My Device Network. This is brand new 0:37:45.400 --> 0:37:49.040 from Google. So in fact, on your Android phone you 0:37:49.120 --> 0:37:50.960 may get a message that says, hey, do you want 0:37:51.000 --> 0:37:53.000 to be a part of this find my Device network? 0:37:53.600 --> 0:37:57.120 And it uses all of the Android devices out there 0:37:57.200 --> 0:37:59.719 to help you find your stuff. Yes, this is what 0:38:00.000 --> 0:38:02.560 Apple did with the iPhone and all the Apple devices 0:38:02.560 --> 0:38:05.320 a couple of years ago with the Find My network. 0:38:05.880 --> 0:38:08.600 But those air tags are just going to work with 0:38:08.719 --> 0:38:11.719 the iPhone. Now, if you have an Android, you can 0:38:11.880 --> 0:38:16.120 finally get devices that will work with Googles Find my 0:38:16.360 --> 0:38:20.759 Device network. So which one do I recommend for you? 0:38:20.960 --> 0:38:26.120 There are two that are very popular, pebbleb and Chipolo 0:38:26.360 --> 0:38:32.200 c Hipolo and pebble b. Now there's going to be 0:38:32.280 --> 0:38:34.239 many more where this came from, but these are two 0:38:34.360 --> 0:38:37.279 of the kind of out of the gate, right and 0:38:37.480 --> 0:38:42.200 so Chapolo makes one called the Chipolo one Point. It's 0:38:42.280 --> 0:38:45.440 twenty eight dollars for a one pack and it's basically 0:38:46.000 --> 0:38:48.600 identical to an air tag. The main thing you need 0:38:48.719 --> 0:38:54.200 to know is that the battery lasts about a year 0:38:54.719 --> 0:38:59.680 and the battery is a replaceable battery, so it's kind 0:38:59.719 --> 0:39:01.720 of like the battery. Let's see what kind of battery 0:39:01.719 --> 0:39:05.239 it is. I'm guessing it's that that standard like two 0:39:05.320 --> 0:39:08.640 oh yep, there it is the CR two oh three 0:39:08.680 --> 0:39:12.600 to two, so that is the standard battery that it uses. 0:39:12.719 --> 0:39:15.640 It's twenty eight dollars. A four pack is seventy nine dollars, 0:39:16.239 --> 0:39:18.759 and that is basically the equivalent of an air tag. 0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:21.319 So that's uh. I actually have one of these at home. 0:39:21.400 --> 0:39:23.000 I'll be honest. I've had it for a week and 0:39:23.080 --> 0:39:25.160 I have not activated to test it yet, so I 0:39:25.200 --> 0:39:27.960 wish I would have done it anticipating your question. But 0:39:28.200 --> 0:39:29.960 that is that's probably the one that you want to 0:39:30.000 --> 0:39:32.560 go with. Chippolo is great. They are a company that's 0:39:32.600 --> 0:39:35.719 been making these for a long time and now they've 0:39:35.760 --> 0:39:39.000 got these new ones. Now again, the only issue is 0:39:39.800 --> 0:39:43.400 these are not They're tough to get. That's the problem. 0:39:43.760 --> 0:39:45.719 All these companies are offering them, but they're not really 0:39:45.800 --> 0:39:48.520 shipping them just yet. So reviewers like myself have gotten 0:39:48.600 --> 0:39:50.799 some of them, and some of the early early pre 0:39:51.000 --> 0:39:53.160 orders have gotten them, but right now this says this 0:39:53.280 --> 0:39:54.399 is shipping in mid July. 0:39:55.280 --> 0:39:55.400 Now. 0:39:55.520 --> 0:39:59.600 Looking at pebbleb they make a tracker either called the tag, 0:40:00.080 --> 0:40:02.759 the card, or the clip. I would think for the 0:40:04.520 --> 0:40:06.560 I would think for the car, you'd probably just want 0:40:06.600 --> 0:40:10.080 the clip, and the clip is going to last for 0:40:10.200 --> 0:40:13.600 twelve months on a charge. So this has a rechargeable battery, 0:40:14.000 --> 0:40:15.440 which is kind of nice, so if you don't want 0:40:15.480 --> 0:40:18.120 to be replacing that battery, or you might just leave 0:40:18.200 --> 0:40:20.960 this plugged in in your car. If it's USBC, just 0:40:21.040 --> 0:40:23.719 plug it in and it'll just be charging all the time. 0:40:24.600 --> 0:40:28.760 So again the main thing to know about these find 0:40:28.840 --> 0:40:32.879 my tags and trackers, whether it's from Android or whether 0:40:32.960 --> 0:40:37.920 it's from iOS. These do not give real time location. 0:40:38.520 --> 0:40:42.560 They are based on the last known location, which is 0:40:42.640 --> 0:40:45.080 at the mercy of a device that has seen this. 0:40:45.719 --> 0:40:48.200 So these do not have GPS on them. They do 0:40:48.320 --> 0:40:50.919 not have a cellular connection on them, so they're only 0:40:51.000 --> 0:40:53.640 as good as the device is around them. So if 0:40:53.680 --> 0:40:55.520 you park your car in the middle of a field 0:40:56.360 --> 0:41:00.120 and you walk away and your phone will that that 0:41:00.320 --> 0:41:04.040 tag will not be updated unless someone else kind of 0:41:04.320 --> 0:41:06.480 walks by that car. That is part of the network, 0:41:07.080 --> 0:41:09.520 So you have to keep that in mind. So it's 0:41:09.560 --> 0:41:11.879 only as good as you know the network that it's 0:41:11.920 --> 0:41:14.120 on and the amount of phones and things that it 0:41:14.200 --> 0:41:17.240 can pain. So if you're in a very dense location 0:41:17.400 --> 0:41:20.400 with a lot of smartphones nearby, then these things are 0:41:20.400 --> 0:41:23.239 going to be getting a location a lot and a 0:41:23.360 --> 0:41:25.759 very accurate location. But if you're kind of in the 0:41:25.880 --> 0:41:28.000 in a rural area or in the middle of nowhere, 0:41:28.480 --> 0:41:31.759 these things don't get updated by themselves. They rely on 0:41:32.440 --> 0:41:37.040 another device sort of seeing that and relaying that location 0:41:37.200 --> 0:41:39.880 information back up to the server and then when you 0:41:40.000 --> 0:41:41.560 look for it, you can see where that is, so 0:41:42.160 --> 0:41:44.320 that you know. That's the main thing is just keeping 0:41:44.400 --> 0:41:46.319 that in mind. With a car, it's a good thing 0:41:46.360 --> 0:41:49.560 to have in there. Why not, It's better than not 0:41:49.680 --> 0:41:53.080 having it, I would say so. Again, Chippolo and Pebbleby 0:41:53.480 --> 0:41:58.040 go on the website. Pebbleby is shipping expected in two 0:41:58.120 --> 0:41:59.799 to four weeks, so again a lot of these are 0:41:59.840 --> 0:42:02.040 not shipping just yet, but we're going to see a 0:42:02.040 --> 0:42:03.920 whole bunch of them come on the market very soon. 0:42:05.120 --> 0:42:10.680 Let's go to Let's go to Sean in La Costa, California. Sean, 0:42:10.719 --> 0:42:12.239 you're on with Rich Yay. 0:42:14.000 --> 0:42:20.560 Yeah, I foolishly accepted a gift of a iPhone fifteen promac. 0:42:20.840 --> 0:42:21.760 What were you thinking? 0:42:22.160 --> 0:42:27.360 Oh boy, Well, I I'm just like to have a 0:42:27.400 --> 0:42:32.520 good vocabulary and I use scientific symbols on occasion. And 0:42:32.640 --> 0:42:36.480 I've just been really frustrated with the iPhone language interface, 0:42:36.560 --> 0:42:40.400 the voice recognition, it's all. It's kind of like the 0:42:40.560 --> 0:42:46.360 vapid but beautiful little sister to Android. And I'm just 0:42:46.560 --> 0:42:47.920 I'm going back to Android. 0:42:48.120 --> 0:42:52.120 Yeah, I hear you. You're talking. Look you've seen. Look, 0:42:52.160 --> 0:42:55.320 the iPhone is the popular device. It's amazing, it's incredible, 0:42:55.360 --> 0:42:57.680 but it's very basic and it's very simple, and so 0:42:57.920 --> 0:42:59.960 it sounds like you want something that's a bit more 0:43:00.840 --> 0:43:04.560 your speed, which you know, you want something that's a 0:43:04.640 --> 0:43:05.600 little bit better than that. 0:43:06.160 --> 0:43:11.759 Absolutely, And Apple is great for consuming media. You can 0:43:11.840 --> 0:43:16.560 watch a movie with great sound, but if you make 0:43:16.760 --> 0:43:20.760 stop a little different, so well. 0:43:21.160 --> 0:43:23.360 I would argue that I actually think the iPhone is 0:43:23.400 --> 0:43:27.000 incredible for making media as well. But you know, and 0:43:27.120 --> 0:43:29.800 I think actually the Samsung Galaxy S twenty four I 0:43:29.840 --> 0:43:32.600 think is the Ultra is the absolute best phone for 0:43:32.680 --> 0:43:37.520 consuming a movie because that HDR screen is just incredible. 0:43:37.800 --> 0:43:40.360 But I would would agree. I actually had an S 0:43:40.520 --> 0:43:44.160 twenty four or Ultra for a couple of weeks. I 0:43:44.280 --> 0:43:48.880 didn't like the interface language interface because it's not pure Android. 0:43:49.000 --> 0:43:51.600 Yeah, I know that kills me. That really kills me. 0:43:51.760 --> 0:43:54.640 But anyway, I am limiting myself though, I am going 0:43:54.760 --> 0:43:58.279 to go pure Android to be Pixel or Motorola. 0:43:58.480 --> 0:44:01.880 Yeah, I'd go Pixel, and yeah, I'm looking at it. 0:44:02.000 --> 0:44:05.239 Some prices have dropped recently. But my problem is this. 0:44:05.880 --> 0:44:08.960 When I moved over to the iPhone, I had to 0:44:09.040 --> 0:44:12.560 keep my old Android because there were a ton of 0:44:12.680 --> 0:44:15.879 things that I had subscribed to, things that wouldn't transfer over. 0:44:16.520 --> 0:44:19.480 So I have the old Android and then I have 0:44:19.680 --> 0:44:26.440 the iPhone. I want to transfer both memories over to 0:44:26.760 --> 0:44:31.600 this new probably Pixel, and I'm concerned that I'm going 0:44:31.680 --> 0:44:34.320 to overwrite stuff. I want to keep texts. I have 0:44:34.520 --> 0:44:38.600 lots of dead friends whose final texts are still on 0:44:38.719 --> 0:44:42.560 my old Android. And then I've got stuff about important 0:44:42.600 --> 0:44:47.600 things on the iPhone. So is there something a concise 0:44:47.800 --> 0:44:51.000 way to do this? Is there software that you could recommend? 0:44:51.520 --> 0:44:56.160 Ooh, so okay, so number one both the iPhone and Android. 0:44:56.760 --> 0:44:59.239 So when you get that pixel, there will be a 0:44:59.400 --> 0:45:02.600 screen says are you switching from another phone? And you 0:45:02.719 --> 0:45:06.200 can select the phone. And these systems have gotten so 0:45:06.440 --> 0:45:10.040 good at transferring everything over. They will transfer over pretty 0:45:10.120 --> 0:45:13.360 much anything that you need. And in my experience, I 0:45:13.560 --> 0:45:16.279 like to set up my phones clean and so I 0:45:16.400 --> 0:45:18.680 don't like to transfer things over, but in my testing 0:45:18.800 --> 0:45:21.439 I have tried and it does a pretty good job. 0:45:21.960 --> 0:45:24.759 I think the text messages are the trickiest when it 0:45:24.840 --> 0:45:27.800 comes to the iPhone because everything's locked up in that 0:45:27.880 --> 0:45:31.440 I message. So there is a program that you can 0:45:31.760 --> 0:45:36.319 download that will help you extract all that information off 0:45:36.360 --> 0:45:39.719 of your off of the iPhone, and it's called i'mazing 0:45:40.000 --> 0:45:43.839 I M A Z I G. And then there's also 0:45:43.880 --> 0:45:47.640 another program that is from soft a Reno called alt 0:45:47.880 --> 0:45:51.840 tunes A L T T U N E S And 0:45:52.120 --> 0:45:54.560 both of those will help you get the stuff off 0:45:54.640 --> 0:45:57.279 of your iPhone and onto your computer. And then if 0:45:57.320 --> 0:45:59.560 you want to transfer it to the to the Android later, 0:45:59.640 --> 0:46:02.200 you can do that. But the Android is much more 0:46:02.280 --> 0:46:06.000 forgiving because everything is sort of open and whereas the 0:46:06.040 --> 0:46:10.200 iPhone everything is closed, so it's not the easiest to 0:46:10.320 --> 0:46:12.319 sort of get that stuff out of there unless you're 0:46:12.400 --> 0:46:14.320 using that flow screen. Now, the reason I mentioned that 0:46:14.440 --> 0:46:18.040 screen set up on the pixel is because you're gonna 0:46:18.040 --> 0:46:20.680 have a choice to make. You have to decide do 0:46:20.719 --> 0:46:22.920 you want to bring that information from the old Android 0:46:23.000 --> 0:46:25.080 over or do you want to bring the information from 0:46:25.080 --> 0:46:28.719 the iPhone. My advice is to bring the information from 0:46:28.760 --> 0:46:32.640 the Android from the iPhone over to the Android using 0:46:32.960 --> 0:46:36.000 the pixel switch screen, and then when it comes to Android, 0:46:36.080 --> 0:46:40.279 everything is easily moveable. With the text messages, there is 0:46:40.400 --> 0:46:46.000 a great program called SMS Backup and Restore. You can 0:46:46.160 --> 0:46:49.279 just load that onto the old Android phone. You can 0:46:49.440 --> 0:46:52.319 upload all of your messages into this app. It is free, 0:46:52.719 --> 0:46:55.480 and then install that on the new pixel and say 0:46:55.760 --> 0:46:58.520 restore and it will bring those messages to that new pixel, 0:46:58.680 --> 0:47:00.319 or you'll just have them backed up in the loud 0:47:00.680 --> 0:47:03.520 on your Google Drive. So again I think you go 0:47:03.920 --> 0:47:07.600 with the iPhone as the restore point to the new Android. 0:47:08.400 --> 0:47:10.680 If you could avoid that all together, personally, I would 0:47:10.800 --> 0:47:13.640 just set the phone up fresh and then just bring 0:47:13.760 --> 0:47:16.399 over things one at a time as you need them 0:47:17.280 --> 0:47:19.000 and download all the apps that you want and stuff, 0:47:19.000 --> 0:47:20.520 because I feel like when these things do it on 0:47:20.600 --> 0:47:22.759 their own, yeah, they do a good job, but you know, 0:47:22.840 --> 0:47:24.439 you get a lot of junk and stuff that maybe 0:47:24.480 --> 0:47:26.799 you tried out and downloaded that you don't necessarily need. 0:47:27.239 --> 0:47:32.279 So that's my advice. Yeah, Sean, I like that you're 0:47:32.320 --> 0:47:35.920 going back. Nothing against iPhone, but it's just you know, 0:47:36.000 --> 0:47:38.200 you tried it and it wasn't for you. I think 0:47:38.239 --> 0:47:40.600 the Pixel is an incredible device. I'll give you my 0:47:40.680 --> 0:47:43.439 review of the Pixel eight a coming up after the break. 0:47:43.520 --> 0:47:45.719 Eight to eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:47:45.880 --> 0:47:48.800 seven four to two four one zero one. This is 0:47:48.920 --> 0:47:53.160 rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:47:53.239 --> 0:47:56.279 DeMuro here hanging out with you at Triple eight rich 0:47:56.360 --> 0:47:59.600 one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to 0:47:59.640 --> 0:48:02.920 two four one zero one. You can find me online 0:48:03.040 --> 0:48:07.720 at Richontech dot tv. That's the website and social media 0:48:07.920 --> 0:48:13.640 at rich on Tech. Apple has revealed its minimum software 0:48:13.800 --> 0:48:18.279 support time frame for the iPhone, which apparently falls a 0:48:18.280 --> 0:48:22.120 little short compared to Samsung and Google. So Apple says 0:48:22.160 --> 0:48:24.800 they will provide security updates for a minimum of five 0:48:24.960 --> 0:48:29.080 years for iPhones. This starts with the iPhone fifteen series, 0:48:29.239 --> 0:48:31.400 and this is the first time that Apple has actually 0:48:31.480 --> 0:48:35.800 committed to a minimum length of software support for its iPhones. Typically, 0:48:35.840 --> 0:48:38.439 they've been really good about this, they just haven't really 0:48:38.520 --> 0:48:42.240 published a timeframe. Now, if you look at the current 0:48:42.400 --> 0:48:46.040 phone that is supported by iOS seventeen, you're talking you're 0:48:46.080 --> 0:48:49.239 going back all the way to like I had it 0:48:49.360 --> 0:48:52.320 up on my computer here, Oh, the iPhone ten R, 0:48:52.800 --> 0:48:56.759 which was that launched in twenty eighteen, so you're talking 0:48:56.880 --> 0:49:00.640 six years. So Apple has been really good, good about 0:49:00.920 --> 0:49:03.399 keeping its phones up to date for a very long time. 0:49:03.560 --> 0:49:08.640 But because the UK has this rule that you have 0:49:08.840 --> 0:49:13.080 to publish how long you're going to provide security and 0:49:13.200 --> 0:49:15.840 software updates, they had to come out with a number. 0:49:16.239 --> 0:49:18.279 And so that's why they came out with that five 0:49:18.400 --> 0:49:20.919 year minimum because it kind of covers their bases where 0:49:21.320 --> 0:49:23.160 you know, five years, even though they know they're going 0:49:23.200 --> 0:49:24.840 to do a little bit more, but five years is 0:49:25.080 --> 0:49:28.360 a safe bet. So that means if you have the 0:49:28.360 --> 0:49:32.120 iPhone fifteen Pro Max that came out in September twenty 0:49:32.200 --> 0:49:36.200 twenty three, you'll get guaranteed updates until September twenty twenty eight. 0:49:36.360 --> 0:49:39.880 Now Samsung and app and Google have been on this 0:49:40.280 --> 0:49:45.080 March towards seven years, and so you know that's typically 0:49:45.239 --> 0:49:47.359 a little bit longer than what Apple has been doing. 0:49:47.520 --> 0:49:49.960 But this is a new thing. This just started in 0:49:50.080 --> 0:49:54.520 October with Google, and then Samsung got on board and 0:49:54.520 --> 0:49:56.400 they said they're going to do the same thing. So 0:49:56.640 --> 0:49:59.560 with all that said, let me give you my review 0:49:59.680 --> 0:50:04.000 of the Pixel eight to A. This is Google's budget smartphone. 0:50:04.040 --> 0:50:06.160 It sells for five hundred dollars. I have it in 0:50:06.320 --> 0:50:09.480 my hand and I'm telling you it is the perfect 0:50:09.800 --> 0:50:14.160 size phone. It is also the perfect price. So if 0:50:14.239 --> 0:50:17.399 you're looking for a phone that does what you need, 0:50:18.080 --> 0:50:22.239 has an excellent camera, has clean software, look no further 0:50:22.520 --> 0:50:26.239 than this device. It is so good. Now, I'm not 0:50:26.280 --> 0:50:29.759 going to say it's my absolute favorite Android phone for 0:50:29.880 --> 0:50:32.879 this year. That is definitely the Samsung Galaxy S twenty 0:50:32.920 --> 0:50:35.520 four Ultra, but that is also twice the size of 0:50:35.600 --> 0:50:38.680 this phone and also almost three times the price of 0:50:38.800 --> 0:50:41.440 this phone. So if you want something that is simple 0:50:41.920 --> 0:50:44.760 and just works, but also has all the AI features 0:50:44.880 --> 0:50:47.520 and by the way, is going to be supported for 0:50:47.719 --> 0:50:51.319 seven years, this is the phone to get. So let 0:50:51.400 --> 0:50:53.279 me talk about the camera. That's the main thing that 0:50:53.400 --> 0:50:56.759 people like on these pixel phones. The camera is great. 0:50:56.880 --> 0:50:59.799 It's gonna take really nice pictures. It also has all 0:50:59.840 --> 0:51:02.879 the AI features that Google gives you, including Best Take, 0:51:02.920 --> 0:51:05.239 which means if you take like five pictures of a 0:51:05.280 --> 0:51:08.120 group of you and your friends, it's gonna literally chop 0:51:08.200 --> 0:51:10.920 the heads off of you and paste them on with 0:51:11.040 --> 0:51:15.920 the smiles. So it's such a funny little feature. I'll 0:51:15.960 --> 0:51:17.840 be honest, I don't use it as much as I 0:51:17.920 --> 0:51:20.040 thought I would, but it's there if you need it. 0:51:20.080 --> 0:51:21.840 Probably during the holidays when you're trying to get that 0:51:21.880 --> 0:51:25.120 perfect holiday picture or birthday parties with your kids, whatever, 0:51:25.560 --> 0:51:28.000 the Best Take will be pretty nice. It's got the 0:51:28.080 --> 0:51:31.000 Magic Editor, so it will do all kinds of AI 0:51:31.239 --> 0:51:36.400 powered photo editing things on your photos. It's got the 0:51:36.480 --> 0:51:39.280 Magic Eraser, which can erase things out of your pictures, 0:51:39.320 --> 0:51:43.560 people and also unwanted objects. It's got the photo Unblur, 0:51:43.640 --> 0:51:45.360 which I talked about a couple of weeks ago on 0:51:45.400 --> 0:51:47.480 the show, which is just incredible. It takes an old 0:51:47.560 --> 0:51:50.719 picture and just makes it if it's blurry. I did 0:51:50.760 --> 0:51:52.279 a couple of pictures that way and it just was 0:51:52.400 --> 0:51:56.160 incredible the results. It's got a six point one inch screen, 0:51:56.280 --> 0:51:58.200 so not the biggest screen in the world. But it's 0:51:58.280 --> 0:52:01.000 a nice size and it fits in your hands so well. 0:52:01.120 --> 0:52:03.560 Like I love this phone, I want to carry it 0:52:03.920 --> 0:52:07.560 just because it's such a perfect size. The Samsung Ultra, 0:52:07.680 --> 0:52:09.880 as much as I love it, it is huge, and 0:52:09.960 --> 0:52:11.800 you put a case on that thing, it's even bigger. 0:52:12.200 --> 0:52:14.840 It also has one hundred and twenty Hurts display. And 0:52:14.920 --> 0:52:16.680 the main thing to know about that if you get 0:52:16.760 --> 0:52:18.600 this phone, because it was really bugging me because the 0:52:18.640 --> 0:52:21.120 phone was looking pretty choppy, you have to go into 0:52:21.160 --> 0:52:24.680 display and turn on what's called smooth display, or else 0:52:24.719 --> 0:52:26.160 your phone is going to look like something out of 0:52:26.200 --> 0:52:29.120 the eighties. People give it a problem because it's got 0:52:29.120 --> 0:52:31.840 a big bezel that means there's like a big border 0:52:32.000 --> 0:52:34.239 around the edge of the screen. It's fine. It's not 0:52:34.360 --> 0:52:37.840 the best, but it's fine. It's powered by Google's latest 0:52:37.880 --> 0:52:41.680 and greatest chip called Google Tensor G three. Again, not 0:52:41.840 --> 0:52:44.280 the best chip out there compared to the Snap Dragons 0:52:44.320 --> 0:52:46.600 of the world for mobile phones, but it's still really good. 0:52:47.719 --> 0:52:50.480 Memory eight gigabytes a RAM one hundred and twenty eight 0:52:50.560 --> 0:52:53.560 or two hundred and fifty six gigabyte options that charging 0:52:53.640 --> 0:52:55.960 on this phone is not that fast. Whether it's wired 0:52:56.120 --> 0:53:00.440 or wireless, not that fast. But again, great little device. 0:53:00.600 --> 0:53:03.120 It is pocket sized, it's five hundred dollars, and it 0:53:03.239 --> 0:53:06.000 might be cheaper. So I would say, do not buy 0:53:06.080 --> 0:53:08.480 this phone for five hundred dollars. Wait for it to 0:53:08.560 --> 0:53:12.239 go on sale. My price that I'm aiming for is 0:53:12.360 --> 0:53:15.000 for three hundred and fifty to four hundred and fifty dollars. 0:53:15.120 --> 0:53:17.560 I do believe this phone will be sold for those prices, 0:53:17.680 --> 0:53:21.080 So watch the price, keep track of it, and get 0:53:21.160 --> 0:53:23.680 it when it is on sale. Because the Pixel eight, 0:53:23.840 --> 0:53:26.319 which is a little bit of a step above right now, 0:53:26.440 --> 0:53:28.719 is selling for five hundred and fifty dollars, that would 0:53:28.760 --> 0:53:30.920 be the better phone to get, but I think this 0:53:31.080 --> 0:53:33.200 phone will sell for even less on the other end, 0:53:33.280 --> 0:53:36.160 So three fifty to four hundred that's the Pixel eight. 0:53:36.239 --> 0:53:39.400 A more on the website Richontech dot TV. Coming up 0:53:39.800 --> 0:53:43.080 Drew Binski, a travel YouTuber who has gone to every 0:53:43.280 --> 0:53:49.280 country in the world. This is rich on Tech. Welcome 0:53:49.360 --> 0:53:52.359 back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out 0:53:52.400 --> 0:53:57.560 with you talking technology. Cool story. So I first met 0:53:57.719 --> 0:54:00.840 our next guest in twenty six He had been to 0:54:01.120 --> 0:54:05.200 seventy four countries. His name is Drew Binski. He was 0:54:05.280 --> 0:54:11.080 making a living basically sharing his travels on Snapchat and 0:54:11.719 --> 0:54:13.879 his goal was to visit every country in the world. 0:54:14.000 --> 0:54:16.560 So I did a segment with him, interviewed him, and 0:54:16.880 --> 0:54:19.920 he eventually switched to YouTube as his main platform. But 0:54:20.080 --> 0:54:24.040 now he has reached his goal of visiting every country 0:54:24.239 --> 0:54:27.160 in the world. He's a young guy, probably in his 0:54:27.440 --> 0:54:31.440 either late twenties or early thirties, and now he's written 0:54:31.440 --> 0:54:34.120 a book about it. It's called Just Go. So here's 0:54:34.160 --> 0:54:38.400 my conversation with Drew Binski. So what inspired you to 0:54:38.520 --> 0:54:39.839 visit every country in the world. 0:54:40.560 --> 0:54:42.520 I traveled a lot as a kid growing up domestically, 0:54:42.600 --> 0:54:44.040 and I always had a dream to go to Maine, 0:54:44.080 --> 0:54:46.120 which is the farthest stayed away. And once I went 0:54:46.160 --> 0:54:47.200 to May and I was like, I want to go 0:54:47.239 --> 0:54:49.120 to more countries. So I studied a brought in Prague 0:54:49.239 --> 0:54:51.480 Todd English in Korea and just kept going from there. 0:54:52.000 --> 0:54:54.319 You visited one hundred and ninety seven countries. One hundred 0:54:54.320 --> 0:54:56.440 and ninety seven every country in the world. Yes, So 0:54:56.719 --> 0:54:59.120 my kids were watching YouTube video. By the way, unbknownst 0:54:59.120 --> 0:55:00.879 to me like they didn't know that I knew who 0:55:00.920 --> 0:55:04.879 you were. Yeah, well, but so what did you learn 0:55:04.920 --> 0:55:06.759 in your one hundred and ninety seven country visit. 0:55:07.360 --> 0:55:09.080 I learned that all people are the same, you know, 0:55:09.320 --> 0:55:11.840 and the world is safer than you think. Everyone's scared 0:55:11.840 --> 0:55:14.480 to visit places because of what they hear, but when 0:55:14.520 --> 0:55:16.360 you go and meet people face to face, you realize 0:55:16.360 --> 0:55:18.239 that they're just super friendly and kind, and that's that's 0:55:18.239 --> 0:55:19.040 the biggest takeaway. 0:55:19.400 --> 0:55:21.920 This is all about technology. You've traveled a lot of 0:55:21.960 --> 0:55:25.239 different places. You probably have to travel light. What tech 0:55:25.320 --> 0:55:26.640 tools or tips can you offer? 0:55:27.160 --> 0:55:30.120 I basically just travel with my MacBook because I edit 0:55:30.200 --> 0:55:32.000 and I work on my computer, and then my iPhone, 0:55:32.080 --> 0:55:34.520 so there's a couple apps that I use. One really 0:55:34.560 --> 0:55:37.319 good tip is Google Maps works offline, so even if 0:55:37.360 --> 0:55:39.720 your phone is on airplane mode, you can pre download 0:55:39.840 --> 0:55:41.880 the destination you're going to. So if you're going to Lisbon, 0:55:42.080 --> 0:55:44.760 you could download everything in Lisbon and it'll work offline 0:55:44.840 --> 0:55:47.680 and the little blue tracker will follow you around the city. 0:55:48.000 --> 0:55:49.960 So if you want to make sure you're not getting 0:55:49.960 --> 0:55:51.719 in the wrong taxi or something, you can check where 0:55:51.760 --> 0:55:53.799 you're going. And then for an eSIM card, I use 0:55:53.840 --> 0:55:56.279 air Low, which is basically a company that lets you 0:55:56.400 --> 0:55:59.200 have phone access in two hundred countries and territories and 0:55:59.320 --> 0:56:01.360 so you just arrived and you just press you know, 0:56:01.360 --> 0:56:04.200 I'm in Ethiopia and the phone works. So it's really helpful. 0:56:04.360 --> 0:56:06.560 You don't have to get those SIM cards to put 0:56:06.560 --> 0:56:07.320 in your phone anymore. 0:56:07.680 --> 0:56:10.480 Do you think technology has made travel easier? 0:56:10.840 --> 0:56:13.560 Absolutely? Yeah, I wouldn't. It would be a lot more 0:56:13.600 --> 0:56:15.960 difficult to do what I do without having all these tools. 0:56:16.200 --> 0:56:18.640 And also it's nice that I can just like FaceTime, 0:56:18.760 --> 0:56:20.560 you know, my friends and family and my parents, and 0:56:20.760 --> 0:56:22.960 it's just easier to communicate with them. And like three 0:56:23.040 --> 0:56:26.080 G and four G is like pretty worldwide now, whereas 0:56:26.400 --> 0:56:28.440 when we met last time in twenty sixteen, it was 0:56:29.040 --> 0:56:30.879 a lot harder to communicate with people. 0:56:30.960 --> 0:56:34.040 So and Wi Fi is everywhere now. Yeah, what about AI? 0:56:34.160 --> 0:56:36.440 In the past year, we've seen an explosion of AI. 0:56:37.239 --> 0:56:39.080 Is that impacting your travel in any way? 0:56:39.520 --> 0:56:39.719 Yeah? 0:56:39.880 --> 0:56:42.279 It helped me in my work profession because I like 0:56:42.400 --> 0:56:44.439 to get some scripts written and I like to check things. 0:56:44.480 --> 0:56:46.399 And sometimes even if I like am in a pinch, 0:56:46.480 --> 0:56:48.400 it's like, hey, give me ten things to do in 0:56:48.560 --> 0:56:50.520 Uganda and it'll just like, you know, tell you what 0:56:50.600 --> 0:56:52.680 to do. So it's a good reference point. But I 0:56:52.760 --> 0:56:55.640 think everyone should be utilizing AI in whatever field they do, 0:56:55.719 --> 0:56:57.719 because if they if you don't use it, you're just 0:56:57.760 --> 0:56:59.320 going to fall behind the people that are using it, 0:56:59.640 --> 0:57:01.719 and of people I reluctant to AI, but I still 0:57:01.760 --> 0:57:03.920 think it's you just have to accept it because it's 0:57:04.000 --> 0:57:06.719 everywhere and it's going to continue helping our lives if 0:57:06.760 --> 0:57:07.520 you use it the right way. 0:57:07.640 --> 0:57:10.000 I think this is interesting. You've built a pretty big 0:57:10.080 --> 0:57:12.000 following online. Tell me how many followers you had the 0:57:12.080 --> 0:57:13.320 last time we talked, and how many. 0:57:13.200 --> 0:57:13.560 You have now. 0:57:14.440 --> 0:57:16.840 Last time we talked, I had maybe one or two million, 0:57:16.920 --> 0:57:19.640 and now it's like fourteen millions across platforms. 0:57:19.720 --> 0:57:23.600 Fourteen million people following your travels. Yeah, is that nerve racking? 0:57:23.640 --> 0:57:25.600 Because you want to be authentic, but also you want 0:57:25.640 --> 0:57:26.440 to show them a good time. 0:57:26.760 --> 0:57:28.640 There's a little pressure that I have to like deliver 0:57:28.920 --> 0:57:30.800 a certain standard of content and I do. I have 0:57:30.880 --> 0:57:32.560 a team now. Last time I saw you didn't have 0:57:32.600 --> 0:57:34.800 a team. Now I have a team. So yeah, we're 0:57:34.840 --> 0:57:37.360 constantly putting out long form documentaries and it's a lot 0:57:37.400 --> 0:57:39.760 of fun. I like interacting with people. I really like 0:57:39.880 --> 0:57:42.000 to connect with people one on one when I hear 0:57:42.080 --> 0:57:44.600 fourteen million. That's like so obscure to me, you know, 0:57:45.040 --> 0:57:47.040 like I can't imagine that. But like even just meeting 0:57:47.120 --> 0:57:49.040 face to face with people, that's what it's all about. 0:57:49.440 --> 0:57:51.360 You've got a new book. Tell me about the book. 0:57:51.600 --> 0:57:53.600 What made you write it and what did you hope 0:57:53.680 --> 0:57:55.400 to instill into the readers. 0:57:55.520 --> 0:57:58.360 Yeah, the book is called Just Go. It's basically another 0:57:58.400 --> 0:58:00.560 way that I can tell stories that's not through videos, 0:58:00.640 --> 0:58:02.960 and some people prefer reading books. And it's also a 0:58:03.040 --> 0:58:04.880 tangible thing that you can take on an airplane or 0:58:04.880 --> 0:58:06.480 you can read it in your bed, And that was 0:58:06.560 --> 0:58:08.880 kind of my main motive. I wanted to have like 0:58:08.920 --> 0:58:11.200 a book that people could read. And so basically it's 0:58:11.280 --> 0:58:14.160 untold stories from visiting every country, a lot of focus 0:58:14.280 --> 0:58:17.320 on the Middle East, Yemen, Afghanistan, Siria, Somalia, some of 0:58:17.320 --> 0:58:19.800 those countries where people might be too scared to visit. 0:58:19.880 --> 0:58:22.320 I tell really positive and uplifting stories in them, and 0:58:22.360 --> 0:58:24.680 then a lot of practical travel tips and advice and 0:58:24.880 --> 0:58:26.720 secrets that I've learned along the way. So it's an 0:58:26.720 --> 0:58:28.960 easy read, three hundred pages. Can read it in a 0:58:29.000 --> 0:58:31.640 few hours, and there's some photos in there too. It's fun. 0:58:32.360 --> 0:58:34.640 Speaking of forbidding countries, did you go to North Korea? 0:58:34.680 --> 0:58:37.040 I did go to North Korea. Yeah, in twenty seventeen 0:58:37.520 --> 0:58:40.600 after we met, I spent three days in Pyeongang, and 0:58:40.720 --> 0:58:42.240 it was I'm one of the last Americans to go 0:58:42.360 --> 0:58:45.160 there because as soon as I got back, Americans were banned. 0:58:45.480 --> 0:58:49.360 Until now Americans cannot visit North Korea. So I did visit, yes, 0:58:49.840 --> 0:58:52.000 and I think it's interesting. I can speak a bit 0:58:52.000 --> 0:58:54.040 of Korean from living in South Korea, and I just 0:58:54.360 --> 0:58:57.640 I'm obsessed with like the culture and the isolation of 0:58:58.080 --> 0:59:01.360 that country specifically, and you know, the situation there, So 0:59:01.840 --> 0:59:03.120 I'm fascinated by North Korea. 0:59:03.720 --> 0:59:06.080 How do you think you've changed as a person since 0:59:06.280 --> 0:59:07.360 we last talked. 0:59:07.800 --> 0:59:10.400 I think I've become wiser just learning about different cultures, 0:59:10.560 --> 0:59:14.360 being forced into different communities, learning about religion, culture and 0:59:14.840 --> 0:59:17.200 how the world works. I'm still the same person. I 0:59:17.320 --> 0:59:18.800 like to play golf a lot and hang out with 0:59:18.920 --> 0:59:23.520 my dog, but it's rewarding to have a big knowledge 0:59:23.520 --> 0:59:25.920 about the world. And when I watch movies and when 0:59:25.960 --> 0:59:27.640 I listen to songs that there's a lot of references 0:59:27.680 --> 0:59:29.760 that I pick up now because I've been to those countries. 0:59:30.120 --> 0:59:33.360 That is so true. That is so true. The perspective 0:59:33.440 --> 0:59:36.120 it gives you is really what I think is the 0:59:36.160 --> 0:59:38.880 biggest takeaway. You achieved your goal of visiting every country. 0:59:39.040 --> 0:59:39.800 What's next? 0:59:40.680 --> 0:59:41.240 The moon. 0:59:42.720 --> 0:59:44.480 Space of the moon would be a really cool trip. 0:59:44.560 --> 0:59:46.360 I just got back from the South Pole, the actual 0:59:46.400 --> 0:59:49.080 geographic South Pole, which only three thousand people have visited 0:59:49.160 --> 0:59:51.600 in history. That was like a pinnacle moment for me. 0:59:51.920 --> 0:59:54.200 So I'm looking for like those next level trips. But 0:59:54.240 --> 0:59:56.720 i also want to revisit countries that I didn't get 0:59:56.760 --> 0:59:58.800 to see enough of, For example, China. I'm heading back 0:59:58.840 --> 1:00:01.520 in two weeks and I'll be visiting central and western China. 1:00:01.760 --> 1:00:04.680 So there's many regions within countries that I still, you know, 1:00:04.720 --> 1:00:07.120 would love to visit. And the world is a big place, 1:00:07.240 --> 1:00:09.520 so there's a lot of even within California, Like I 1:00:09.600 --> 1:00:12.920 haven't been to northeastern California, central California. There's a lot 1:00:12.920 --> 1:00:13.920 of stories to be told there. 1:00:14.720 --> 1:00:16.600 And when people are traveling kind of what should they 1:00:16.680 --> 1:00:19.600 keep in mind, Like I mean, not everyone's as adventurous 1:00:19.640 --> 1:00:22.080 as you, especially when it comes to what you eat. Yeah, 1:00:22.720 --> 1:00:25.120 I certainly am not. So how do you think people 1:00:25.240 --> 1:00:27.520 make the most of their Most of the time people 1:00:27.520 --> 1:00:28.360 are vacationing. 1:00:28.480 --> 1:00:31.160 Sure, it's helpful to make a local friend anywhere because 1:00:31.240 --> 1:00:34.160 they know their country just like you know your country 1:00:34.280 --> 1:00:36.360 or city, and they can introduce you to the culture. 1:00:36.480 --> 1:00:38.240 If there's a language barrier, they can help with that. 1:00:38.560 --> 1:00:40.439 They can help keep you safe. So you could hire 1:00:40.480 --> 1:00:43.640 a local tour guide. Get your Guide dot com has 1:00:43.680 --> 1:00:46.360 tour guides. There's also tours by Locals dot com, so 1:00:46.480 --> 1:00:48.320 you can just hire, like pay eighty bucks and you'll 1:00:48.320 --> 1:00:51.959 have someone, or just use social media Instagram connect with people, 1:00:52.160 --> 1:00:54.200 friends of friends. You should always try to find a 1:00:54.240 --> 1:00:56.680 local person because they know like the hidden gems of 1:00:56.720 --> 1:00:59.320 the place and you'll just have fun. It's a cultural 1:00:59.400 --> 1:01:01.720 exchange if you hang out with a local person. So 1:01:01.960 --> 1:01:02.960 that's what I recommend. 1:01:03.280 --> 1:01:05.760 And speaking of social media, everyone sees what you do. 1:01:06.800 --> 1:01:09.080 It doesn't look easy, but people feel like they can 1:01:09.160 --> 1:01:12.400 do something similar. Do you feel like the travel social 1:01:12.480 --> 1:01:17.160 media globetrotter is something that is already established or do 1:01:17.200 --> 1:01:18.320 you think people can still do that. 1:01:18.480 --> 1:01:20.840 I think it's a wide open playground, but you need 1:01:20.960 --> 1:01:23.480 to be really focused from the beginning. It's not a 1:01:23.560 --> 1:01:25.200 job that you can just put in an hour a day. 1:01:25.200 --> 1:01:27.400 You have to really focus and if you be yourself 1:01:27.400 --> 1:01:29.320 and you're authentic, I think anybody could do it. But 1:01:29.360 --> 1:01:31.200 it does take a lot of hard work. I mean 1:01:31.400 --> 1:01:33.880 I've been doing this for eight years now, like NonStop, 1:01:33.960 --> 1:01:36.400 and my team is now about fifteen people and we're 1:01:36.440 --> 1:01:38.680 still like have a long way to go. So it 1:01:38.880 --> 1:01:41.600 just you got to post consistently often and just make 1:01:41.680 --> 1:01:43.760 content that you feel proud of, that you want to 1:01:43.800 --> 1:01:46.520 post about, and then you'll grow following. So the answer 1:01:46.600 --> 1:01:48.200 is yes. You also have to be willing to be 1:01:48.280 --> 1:01:50.640 on camera all the time like you are, like I am, 1:01:50.720 --> 1:01:52.960 but it's not for everyone. Some people might not want 1:01:53.000 --> 1:01:55.240 to be showing their face a lot, so yes, but 1:01:55.320 --> 1:01:58.000 it's definitely possible. And did you pick a favorite country 1:01:58.440 --> 1:02:00.840 or place? I have a few face rich The Philippines 1:02:00.920 --> 1:02:03.760 is one of them. I really like Iran and Afghanistan 1:02:03.840 --> 1:02:07.800 and just the culture is so rich there, and in Africa, 1:02:07.880 --> 1:02:10.680 I like Ethiopia the best. I always like connecting with people, 1:02:10.760 --> 1:02:12.240 so if they just reach out to me at Drew 1:02:12.280 --> 1:02:15.040 Binski on any social I'm happy to respond. And yeah, 1:02:15.120 --> 1:02:17.920 I recommend people to visit places that they might not 1:02:18.000 --> 1:02:20.480 think about visiting. The first time. You know, Mexico is great. 1:02:20.480 --> 1:02:22.000 It's actually one of my favorite countries in the world. 1:02:22.120 --> 1:02:23.960 But if you go a little farther south, you're in Guatemala, 1:02:24.000 --> 1:02:26.640 El Salvador, Honduras, and those countries are also really cool. 1:02:26.920 --> 1:02:28.800 So just stepping out of your comfort zone a little 1:02:28.800 --> 1:02:30.680 bit more is something I think is really rewarding. 1:02:31.840 --> 1:02:35.280 Once again, that is Drew Binski, travel YouTuber who has 1:02:35.400 --> 1:02:38.880 visited every country in the world. He mentioned a couple 1:02:38.920 --> 1:02:40.800 of tech tools. Have got them all linked up on 1:02:40.880 --> 1:02:43.720 the website rich on tech dot TV. His book is 1:02:43.800 --> 1:02:47.920 called Just Go eighty eight rich one O one eight 1:02:48.040 --> 1:02:51.040 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one 1:02:51.480 --> 1:02:53.720 more rich on Tech come in your way right after this. 1:02:54.240 --> 1:02:57.640 Welcome back to rich on Tech eight to eight rich 1:02:57.720 --> 1:03:00.360 one O one eight eight eight seven four or two 1:03:00.640 --> 1:03:05.160 four to one zero one. It's got a Carol in 1:03:05.280 --> 1:03:07.200 Los Angeles. Carol, you're on with rich. 1:03:09.000 --> 1:03:11.840 Oh hey, Rich With all these data breaches going on, 1:03:13.080 --> 1:03:16.160 do you recommend you know how each of those companies 1:03:16.200 --> 1:03:20.000 that you've been breached on they offer free credit reporting services, yes, 1:03:20.040 --> 1:03:22.520 but before I sign it with them, would you recommend 1:03:22.600 --> 1:03:27.760 getting individual reports for like Equifax, Transnient or experience or 1:03:28.040 --> 1:03:33.520 someone suggested like a main report with Lexus Naxus, and 1:03:33.680 --> 1:03:37.040 then after you get those reports, then I guess use 1:03:37.760 --> 1:03:43.120 uh like the data breach companies reporting free reporting. 1:03:44.280 --> 1:03:49.040 Well, yeah, I mean my problem with these these companies 1:03:49.120 --> 1:03:51.840 that do the monitoring is that you have to give 1:03:51.840 --> 1:03:54.240 them all of your information. And so that's every time 1:03:54.240 --> 1:03:56.040 when I go to sign up, I stop because I'm like, 1:03:56.080 --> 1:03:57.720 welllit a second, do I really want to give all 1:03:57.800 --> 1:04:01.720 this information to this third party company? So exactly that's 1:04:01.800 --> 1:04:05.160 what keeps me from doing it. With that said, I 1:04:05.320 --> 1:04:08.320 do have a couple of ways that I keep tabs 1:04:08.360 --> 1:04:12.800 on things. I use something called uh, oh, gosh, I'm 1:04:12.800 --> 1:04:17.080 trying to remember what is called wallet gosh nerd wallet. No, 1:04:17.120 --> 1:04:19.200 it's not nerd wallet. I'm trying to remember. I'll think 1:04:19.240 --> 1:04:21.400 of it in a second, but uh it. 1:04:21.760 --> 1:04:21.920 You know. 1:04:22.080 --> 1:04:23.920 So I've got a couple of things like Google has 1:04:23.960 --> 1:04:28.160 a dark web monitoring. Right with the credit report stuff, 1:04:28.520 --> 1:04:32.920 I would probably download the annual creditreport dot com. That's 1:04:32.920 --> 1:04:36.960 where you can get your free credit reports. So you 1:04:37.040 --> 1:04:39.840 can get those from you know, from the government. They 1:04:39.920 --> 1:04:42.800 basically give you like one once a year, right, like 1:04:42.920 --> 1:04:44.600 you can get those I think it's once a year, 1:04:46.120 --> 1:04:46.880 but have you done that? 1:04:48.040 --> 1:04:49.760 No, That's why I wanted to ask you because I 1:04:49.880 --> 1:04:51.880 had the same thing. I don't want to use these 1:04:51.960 --> 1:04:54.959 third parties from like say, if I was att because 1:04:55.000 --> 1:04:56.960 I don't know who they are, you know, I've never 1:04:57.040 --> 1:04:59.919 heard of them. So I was actually on with another 1:05:00.240 --> 1:05:04.280 major company explaining about these data breaches because they needed INPLO. 1:05:04.560 --> 1:05:08.120 And she goes, why are you applying for ECOFAX Transunior 1:05:08.240 --> 1:05:11.280 Experience or the free credit report. She goes, you should 1:05:11.280 --> 1:05:15.920 go to Lexus and Nexus because they have information for everything. 1:05:16.480 --> 1:05:17.280 Well, I know, I don't know. 1:05:17.480 --> 1:05:20.000 I have not used like I know Lexus Nexus is 1:05:20.080 --> 1:05:22.560 like a clearinghouse for everything, Like I know a lot 1:05:22.640 --> 1:05:26.360 of uh you know, legal and journalists. They use it. 1:05:26.520 --> 1:05:29.640 Like it's just they have a lot of information. I 1:05:29.840 --> 1:05:32.400 don't know if they have something for consumers. Have you 1:05:32.520 --> 1:05:34.120 checked their website for consumers? 1:05:34.840 --> 1:05:37.320 They actually do, because we went on it at the 1:05:37.400 --> 1:05:41.960 same time and it looks like you get one report 1:05:42.560 --> 1:05:47.480 and then has everything. Yeah, but one lady said it. 1:05:47.600 --> 1:05:51.080 She she downloaded it and it was like four hundred pages. 1:05:51.280 --> 1:05:53.720 Yes, okay, so this is right, Okay, So this is 1:05:53.760 --> 1:05:57.360 what's called the consumer disclosure report. Okay, so this this 1:05:57.600 --> 1:06:00.560 is basically every all the information they have on you. 1:06:01.120 --> 1:06:04.600 You can request that. I think that'd be fun. I mean, 1:06:04.600 --> 1:06:07.520 if it's free, why not. I mean it's you know, uh, 1:06:07.720 --> 1:06:09.160 let's see what do you have to give them to 1:06:09.680 --> 1:06:16.200 do this? Name address request a description procedure? Okay, so 1:06:16.280 --> 1:06:17.840 that's it, it's just your name and address. I would 1:06:17.880 --> 1:06:19.600 do that. Why not just to see what they have 1:06:19.760 --> 1:06:19.960 on you? 1:06:21.400 --> 1:06:21.560 Oh? 1:06:21.720 --> 1:06:25.680 Depending oh, depending on the type of request, you may 1:06:25.720 --> 1:06:27.480 be required to put in your social Security number or 1:06:27.520 --> 1:06:30.960 your driver's license number. In state, this will only be used. 1:06:31.000 --> 1:06:33.560 So I think if they can't verify you like in 1:06:33.680 --> 1:06:35.520 their systems, they like, if let's say you put in 1:06:35.560 --> 1:06:37.960 an address that they don't have in their system, they 1:06:38.040 --> 1:06:39.840 may say, oh, well, we need to verify you with 1:06:39.920 --> 1:06:43.280 a social or your driver's license with driver's license. I'm 1:06:43.280 --> 1:06:45.440 fine with social Security number, you know. I would be 1:06:45.520 --> 1:06:48.640 a little bit hesitant for that one, but that's I 1:06:48.680 --> 1:06:50.920 would do that. The other thing people do is they 1:06:50.960 --> 1:06:53.520 freeze their credit reports. I have not done that, but 1:06:55.200 --> 1:06:56.800 you know, I feel like a lot of people. I 1:06:56.920 --> 1:06:58.920 was just talking to someone who had their credit hacked 1:06:58.960 --> 1:07:02.280 and they said, absolute, you got to freeze your credit reports, 1:07:02.280 --> 1:07:04.280 like immediately, because if it happens to you, it is 1:07:04.360 --> 1:07:06.280 a pain to get all that stuff right. 1:07:06.640 --> 1:07:09.520 But I was told before you freeze it that you 1:07:09.560 --> 1:07:12.520 should probably get the free credit report from each of them. 1:07:12.640 --> 1:07:14.880 Oh yeah, I would, yeah for sure. 1:07:15.720 --> 1:07:18.400 But so my question is is there free credit report 1:07:18.480 --> 1:07:21.520 for all three or should I apply individually and call 1:07:21.680 --> 1:07:24.200 each one of them up this one? 1:07:24.480 --> 1:07:26.560 If you go to that annual credit report dot com. 1:07:26.640 --> 1:07:30.479 You can get one from Equifax, Experience and TransUnion. Oh okay, 1:07:30.640 --> 1:07:32.960 you can get one from each of them. The service 1:07:33.000 --> 1:07:35.760 that I use to monitor my any alerts that I get, 1:07:35.840 --> 1:07:38.920 like if there's any changes to my credit report, it 1:07:39.000 --> 1:07:41.640 will it will send me an alert, and that's wallet 1:07:41.680 --> 1:07:45.440 hub dot com. And I don't pay anything for that, 1:07:45.640 --> 1:07:49.320 but I do. I've I've had that forever, and now 1:07:49.440 --> 1:07:51.120 I will tell you some of the alerts are a 1:07:51.120 --> 1:07:53.920 little bogus. It'll tell you it'll say, oh, there's been 1:07:53.920 --> 1:07:55.640 a change to your credit report, and you go on 1:07:55.880 --> 1:07:57.800 it says your credit card was paid off for that month. 1:07:57.960 --> 1:08:00.400 So it's not like you know, they want to get 1:08:00.440 --> 1:08:02.840 you on the website. But again, it's a free service. 1:08:02.920 --> 1:08:05.200 So that's what they're going to do, so okay, so 1:08:05.360 --> 1:08:08.240 you would use them than like LifeLock, which is kind 1:08:08.280 --> 1:08:12.000 of ironic since I'm getting all these fan email saying, oh, 1:08:13.160 --> 1:08:15.880 you need to renew your LifeLock account, and I was like, 1:08:16.000 --> 1:08:17.120 I don't have one too. 1:08:17.520 --> 1:08:20.639 Yeah, well, Lifelock's a brand name, so any brand name 1:08:20.720 --> 1:08:23.120 these phishing attempts are going to be are going to 1:08:23.120 --> 1:08:26.519 be triggered. Look, I think it really depends on your situation. 1:08:26.720 --> 1:08:28.400 You know that a lot of people they like to 1:08:28.479 --> 1:08:31.080 have the security of a LifeLock or a Norton whatever, 1:08:31.320 --> 1:08:34.559 you know, they offer similar So I can't fault people 1:08:34.640 --> 1:08:37.559 for that. And having identity theft insurance like that makes 1:08:37.560 --> 1:08:39.400 people feel better because it does take a lot of 1:08:39.479 --> 1:08:42.880 time to get your your identity back if something were 1:08:42.960 --> 1:08:45.439 to ever happen to you, and it's happening a lot 1:08:45.600 --> 1:08:48.479 like this is happening in large numbers on a daily basis. 1:08:48.920 --> 1:08:51.720 So I'm not going to fault anyone for taking the 1:08:51.840 --> 1:08:54.599 measures that they want to take to protect their name 1:08:54.800 --> 1:08:57.679 and their credit report and their information and their identity. 1:08:58.000 --> 1:09:00.479 But I really feel like it comes down to you know, 1:09:01.240 --> 1:09:04.439 what you feel is responsible for yourself. So if you're 1:09:04.680 --> 1:09:06.519 if you think your social Security numbers out there and 1:09:06.600 --> 1:09:09.320 your personal information hasn't been involved in too many hacks 1:09:09.360 --> 1:09:11.760 and breaches, then go ahead and sign up for one 1:09:11.800 --> 1:09:13.920 of these things. If you feel like you can kind 1:09:13.960 --> 1:09:16.000 of get your credit report once in a while, take 1:09:16.000 --> 1:09:19.120 a look, make sure everything's okay and nothing seems fishy. 1:09:19.240 --> 1:09:21.439 Then you know, go with something like a wallet hub 1:09:21.600 --> 1:09:23.640 or just you know, dark web monitoring. 1:09:23.840 --> 1:09:28.800 Would you also recommend going like on Social Security Administration 1:09:28.920 --> 1:09:30.880 and setting up your own account because I heard you 1:09:30.960 --> 1:09:32.800 could lock your account on that too. 1:09:34.640 --> 1:09:36.360 I have not done that, but you might. 1:09:36.600 --> 1:09:36.760 Yeah. 1:09:36.800 --> 1:09:38.160 I think it is a good idea because I remember 1:09:38.160 --> 1:09:40.479 they used to send out paperwork, you know, with like 1:09:40.720 --> 1:09:42.519 estimates of your social security and they don't do that 1:09:42.560 --> 1:09:46.000 anymore as far as I know, So they do they still. 1:09:47.040 --> 1:09:49.560 Yeah, because actually that was kind of one of the 1:09:49.640 --> 1:09:52.400 other issues that had an issue where a wage wasn't 1:09:52.439 --> 1:09:53.320 reported correctly. 1:09:53.520 --> 1:09:53.720 Yeah. 1:09:53.880 --> 1:09:56.240 I had to wait till after the pandemic and go 1:09:56.360 --> 1:09:58.880 in the office to get it corrected. And then I go, 1:09:59.040 --> 1:10:00.840 what happens next to go, Well, they'll send you a 1:10:00.960 --> 1:10:03.000 letter in the mail to look at your case history 1:10:03.120 --> 1:10:05.679 and as all the information you provided as correct will 1:10:06.800 --> 1:10:10.639 reports the correct wages, Like for example, it was supposed 1:10:10.640 --> 1:10:13.600 to be fifty thousand, they followed a W two and 1:10:13.680 --> 1:10:16.400 then they were changing some other information for everybody else 1:10:16.479 --> 1:10:18.439 in the company, and then they re reported it as 1:10:18.560 --> 1:10:22.320 zero on the corrected wages. So how to go through 1:10:22.400 --> 1:10:25.320 this whole rigamoro? The ironic thing is I did get 1:10:25.360 --> 1:10:28.439 a response from them, like in two months later saying 1:10:28.479 --> 1:10:31.920 they had six everything, and they sent a letter with 1:10:32.680 --> 1:10:36.439 my social security full social security number. Yeah, and it 1:10:36.560 --> 1:10:40.080 came in an envelope. Nobody opened it. I guess it 1:10:40.280 --> 1:10:45.519 went through an automated system, you know, storting system. It 1:10:45.760 --> 1:10:48.960 was never stealed, so oh yeah, I've gotten that before. 1:10:50.080 --> 1:10:52.000 I was like, oh my god, I know. 1:10:52.960 --> 1:10:54.680 And here's the thing. There was a great article I 1:10:54.760 --> 1:10:57.320 was just reading about how the social Security number has 1:10:57.439 --> 1:11:02.400 become the de facto identity for Americans and it was 1:11:02.560 --> 1:11:06.679 never intended to be this thing which it has become. 1:11:06.880 --> 1:11:10.519 Like there's pretty much that is it, Like that's the 1:11:10.640 --> 1:11:14.000 only that is the only thing between you and someone, 1:11:14.479 --> 1:11:16.759 you know, taking out a credit line or a credit 1:11:16.840 --> 1:11:19.760 card or opening up something in your name. Uh, there's 1:11:19.840 --> 1:11:21.880 not much to identify us because so much of this 1:11:21.920 --> 1:11:24.880 stuff has been leaked. So now these companies are getting 1:11:24.880 --> 1:11:26.519 a little smarter. When you open up a credit card, 1:11:26.600 --> 1:11:29.160 it may it may ask you questions about people you 1:11:29.360 --> 1:11:32.800 know or places you lived, and it's been doing that 1:11:32.880 --> 1:11:35.040 for years, but now they're getting a little bit smarter 1:11:35.120 --> 1:11:38.200 about how they do it. So, uh, my advice don't 1:11:38.240 --> 1:11:41.240 give out your number as much as possible, protect your 1:11:41.240 --> 1:11:43.920 information and keep an eye on your credit keep an 1:11:43.920 --> 1:11:45.720 eye on the information that's out there on the dark 1:11:45.760 --> 1:11:49.040 web especially, and just do the best you can to 1:11:49.120 --> 1:11:52.120 protect that stuff. Eighty' eight rich one oh one eight 1:11:52.240 --> 1:11:55.599 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:11:55.920 --> 1:11:59.160 More rich on Tech right after this, Welcome back to 1:11:59.280 --> 1:12:01.800 rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you 1:12:02.040 --> 1:12:06.360 talking technology at triple eight rich one oh one. That's 1:12:06.520 --> 1:12:10.680 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:12:10.800 --> 1:12:15.840 The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. 1:12:17.000 --> 1:12:19.240 You can follow me on social media. I am at 1:12:19.479 --> 1:12:25.280 rich on Tech on Instagram, Facebook, and x And we 1:12:25.360 --> 1:12:29.040 got a little feedback here on the credit report conversation. 1:12:30.080 --> 1:12:33.479 H Jen in Los Angeles wrote in to say, I 1:12:33.600 --> 1:12:35.880 think you can get your credit reports every week and 1:12:35.960 --> 1:12:37.320 you don't need to call them. You can do it 1:12:37.360 --> 1:12:39.840 all online and you can freeze and on freeze for 1:12:39.960 --> 1:12:45.479 an unlimited time for free right now. So I looked 1:12:45.520 --> 1:12:48.760 at the websites again. The Annualcreditreport dot com it does 1:12:48.880 --> 1:12:53.760 say free weekly online credit reports are available from all 1:12:53.800 --> 1:12:58.040 three of these providers, so I guess they change from 1:12:58.080 --> 1:13:00.479 annual to weekly. Maybe that was during the penn I'm 1:13:00.479 --> 1:13:03.200 not sure. And then if you look at USA dot 1:13:03.320 --> 1:13:08.400 gov slash credit freeze, it says you can place or 1:13:08.479 --> 1:13:11.240 lift a credit freeze by contacting each of the three 1:13:11.360 --> 1:13:14.599 major credit reporting agencies. You can submit your request online, 1:13:14.640 --> 1:13:17.679 by phone or mail. How long does it take online 1:13:17.760 --> 1:13:20.320 or by phone? They must freeze within one business day, 1:13:21.160 --> 1:13:24.599 and then unfreeze requests they must lift the freeze within 1:13:24.680 --> 1:13:28.280 one hour. So it looks like if you're not sort 1:13:28.320 --> 1:13:30.840 of applying for anything that requires your credit report, it 1:13:30.960 --> 1:13:32.760 might be a good idea just to freeze it in 1:13:32.840 --> 1:13:35.160 the meantime. I don't know what the ramifications are of 1:13:35.280 --> 1:13:38.280 that in in the bigger scheme of things, but if 1:13:38.320 --> 1:13:41.240 you can unfreeze it in an hour, that's a that's 1:13:41.280 --> 1:13:45.360 a pretty quick timeframe there to uh to get that unfrozen. 1:13:45.960 --> 1:13:47.840 All right, coming up this hour, we're going to talk 1:13:47.880 --> 1:13:50.960 to the creators of a device called Kinney. This is 1:13:51.000 --> 1:13:54.040 a wireless motion sensor. I've been testing it out. It's 1:13:54.120 --> 1:13:57.320 really cool, it's very it's really different. It's got privacy 1:13:57.400 --> 1:14:00.120 in mind. And I will tell you the fact or 1:14:00.200 --> 1:14:02.640 the founders will explain why they came up with this 1:14:02.800 --> 1:14:05.160 device and what it could be used for. Again, that's 1:14:05.200 --> 1:14:08.120 coming up later in the show. Let's go to Mark 1:14:09.640 --> 1:14:12.160 Mark Mark, You're on with rich Oh. 1:14:12.240 --> 1:14:14.240 I have the preface by saying, I'm so jealous. I've 1:14:14.280 --> 1:14:16.000 only been the fifty three of the countries, and I 1:14:16.040 --> 1:14:19.360 wish Americans could go overseas and see how America is 1:14:19.479 --> 1:14:21.439 Disneyland and compared to the rest of the world. 1:14:23.240 --> 1:14:23.439 It is. 1:14:23.600 --> 1:14:23.800 It is. 1:14:24.040 --> 1:14:26.280 It is nice. It gives you some perspective to travel, 1:14:26.320 --> 1:14:28.519 that's for sure. What does What can I help you? 1:14:28.960 --> 1:14:31.200 I have a couple of quickies here. I'm going crazy 1:14:31.280 --> 1:14:33.639 with YouTube. They keep telling me I have AD blocker 1:14:33.800 --> 1:14:35.120 on Firefox. 1:14:34.640 --> 1:14:35.040 Et cetera. 1:14:35.120 --> 1:14:38.280 I don't, and they just, you know, keep recycling ad 1:14:38.439 --> 1:14:41.880 nauseum so you can't watch the videos. I wish it 1:14:42.000 --> 1:14:44.200 was a fix for that, but I just I don't 1:14:44.200 --> 1:14:47.920 even have ad blocker, but I would like to say something. 1:14:47.960 --> 1:14:50.120 I wish I could find an American made phone with 1:14:50.240 --> 1:14:53.920 no back doors, because my favorite phone ever was the 1:14:54.080 --> 1:14:57.439 Yoda phone Yoda three with the dual screens. It had 1:14:57.680 --> 1:14:59.840 the black and white e inc. 1:15:00.400 --> 1:15:00.559 Yeah. 1:15:00.760 --> 1:15:03.720 Some phones out now that have color e ink. Yeah, 1:15:04.400 --> 1:15:09.080 they use almost no power whatsoever. And I'm a long 1:15:09.160 --> 1:15:11.400 distance cyclist, so I go five to three to five 1:15:11.439 --> 1:15:14.840 hours a day and it just sucks my joe dry 1:15:15.200 --> 1:15:17.920 using you know the speedometer odometer thingy Well, you have 1:15:17.960 --> 1:15:20.280 any questions on either, sir, uh? 1:15:20.680 --> 1:15:23.200 Well with so, yeah, anytime you're using any sort of 1:15:23.280 --> 1:15:25.000 like GPS on your phone, it's going to use the 1:15:25.040 --> 1:15:27.080 battery up a lot. And that's just kind of like 1:15:27.160 --> 1:15:30.240 the reality of it. I don't know of a phone 1:15:30.320 --> 1:15:33.240 that has that that e ink display that's that's in 1:15:33.479 --> 1:15:35.920 large scale production. I mean there is one called the 1:15:36.080 --> 1:15:39.040 uh the light phone, but they don't have any sort 1:15:39.080 --> 1:15:42.040 of tracking capabilities on there that you're talking about for 1:15:42.200 --> 1:15:46.439 like bike cycling. Best I can say is what'sapp? 1:15:46.960 --> 1:15:49.240 That's just a biking app. You know, you you click 1:15:49.320 --> 1:15:51.439 it and it tells you how fast you're going, you know, 1:15:51.520 --> 1:15:54.080 the GPS, yes, but when you flip it over to 1:15:54.160 --> 1:15:58.240 the e inc. It uses substantially lift oh yeah, because 1:15:58.240 --> 1:15:59.479 it's not refreshing the screen. 1:15:59.640 --> 1:16:02.000 But if if it's still using the GPS it's going 1:16:02.080 --> 1:16:04.760 to have it's gonna be drawing the battery. But I 1:16:04.880 --> 1:16:07.120 don't know of a you know, I think that phones 1:16:07.160 --> 1:16:10.000 have gotten really good with the battery. But anytime you're 1:16:10.080 --> 1:16:12.640 actively using any sort of service on a phone, like 1:16:12.680 --> 1:16:15.719 whether the screen is on, whether the GPS is running, 1:16:16.120 --> 1:16:18.639 it's going to use a substantial amount of that battery. 1:16:18.680 --> 1:16:21.000 And that's just the kind of the way these things are, 1:16:22.000 --> 1:16:23.960 you know. The only thing I could suggest is maybe 1:16:24.080 --> 1:16:27.960 getting a battery pack that kind of attaches to the 1:16:28.040 --> 1:16:29.639 back of your phone. They used to have these battery 1:16:29.720 --> 1:16:32.559 cases for Mophi that you can actually snap your phone 1:16:32.560 --> 1:16:33.920 in and it would give you more battery, but I 1:16:33.960 --> 1:16:35.040 don't even see those anymore. 1:16:35.240 --> 1:16:37.440 Well, the problem is that they also don't want removable 1:16:37.439 --> 1:16:39.479 batteries anymore, because they want to be able to tap 1:16:39.560 --> 1:16:42.439 into you even if your phone is off, you know, 1:16:43.240 --> 1:16:45.760 and now you can't take your battery out and just 1:16:46.040 --> 1:16:47.240 really turn off the phone. 1:16:47.560 --> 1:16:50.519 Yeah, and in fact, I mean, I know that gets 1:16:50.600 --> 1:16:53.479 into a little bit of you know, conspiracy stuff, but 1:16:54.439 --> 1:16:57.160 but it is interesting that you say that, because both 1:16:57.240 --> 1:17:00.360 the iPhone and the Pixel phones at this point, even 1:17:00.400 --> 1:17:02.920 when they are actively turned off, like when they're off, 1:17:03.479 --> 1:17:06.200 they are still able to be found using both the 1:17:06.280 --> 1:17:10.719 find my network and the Android Find my Device network. 1:17:10.760 --> 1:17:13.160 So when you turn off the Pixel after a recent 1:17:13.200 --> 1:17:15.200 software update, there's a little message on it that says 1:17:15.280 --> 1:17:18.400 this is still findable and that's what the phone powered off. 1:17:18.520 --> 1:17:21.400 I mean, I think many people would be surprised that 1:17:21.520 --> 1:17:24.360 that is happening. And on the iPhone it's the same thing. Now, look, 1:17:24.439 --> 1:17:26.200 if you need to find your phone, that's a good thing. 1:17:26.520 --> 1:17:29.679 But on the flip side, these phones are still sort 1:17:29.680 --> 1:17:32.519 of alive even when they're not. Now, to answer your 1:17:32.560 --> 1:17:36.120 first question mark about the ad blocker, there are some 1:17:36.360 --> 1:17:40.240 web browsers that do have built in AD blocking capabilities, 1:17:40.320 --> 1:17:43.920 like the Brave web browser. I know Firefox Focus has 1:17:43.960 --> 1:17:48.360 a built in AD blocker, and that could be what's 1:17:48.439 --> 1:17:50.360 messing with it. There's a couple other things that could 1:17:50.400 --> 1:17:53.080 be messing with it on the back end. If your 1:17:53.200 --> 1:17:57.640 router has an AD blocking system or service on the 1:17:58.000 --> 1:18:00.360 entire network, that could be doing it. I know on 1:18:00.520 --> 1:18:04.320 Eero on Mine I do have that system wide AD blocking, 1:18:04.400 --> 1:18:07.080 and so it does mess with some websites. Sometimes even 1:18:07.120 --> 1:18:09.599 though I'm not actively running an ad blocker, it will 1:18:09.680 --> 1:18:12.040 say sorry, you're running an ad blocker. And that's on 1:18:12.120 --> 1:18:14.080 the network level, so I really can't get around that. 1:18:15.400 --> 1:18:17.240 The other thing is maybe you have an extension that 1:18:17.280 --> 1:18:20.200 you install that's also maybe it's a privacy extension that's 1:18:20.240 --> 1:18:24.360 also an AD blocker. Sometimes it can misinterpret a VPN 1:18:24.520 --> 1:18:30.440 that's also filtering things out. That could be it JavaScript 1:18:30.479 --> 1:18:32.599 could be disabled by your web browser by to fault, 1:18:32.640 --> 1:18:36.439 and that could be causing it. Those are the main things. 1:18:36.479 --> 1:18:38.240 The other thing is that a lot of times on 1:18:38.360 --> 1:18:42.120 the Apple side of things, or on the Pixel side 1:18:42.160 --> 1:18:46.800 of things, they have what's called IP address privacy, and 1:18:47.000 --> 1:18:50.559 so Apple calls it what do they call it private relay. 1:18:51.120 --> 1:18:55.000 So sometimes if private relay is enabled, that will also 1:18:55.160 --> 1:18:58.080 mess with these websites. So it's kind of gotten interesting 1:18:58.280 --> 1:19:01.080 when something when a website gives me an issue, I 1:19:01.479 --> 1:19:03.560 have come to the conclusion that it is not the 1:19:03.680 --> 1:19:06.760 website that is having trouble. It's something that I have 1:19:06.960 --> 1:19:09.960 running on my computer that is messing with that website, 1:19:10.000 --> 1:19:13.240 whether it is grammarly, whether it is an AD blocker, 1:19:13.560 --> 1:19:16.920 whether it is a JavaScript blocker, so you have to 1:19:17.000 --> 1:19:19.160 go through. And what I do is I will go 1:19:19.320 --> 1:19:22.519 into a web browser that I don't use typically and 1:19:22.720 --> 1:19:25.559 test the website there. So if you're having trouble, maybe 1:19:25.680 --> 1:19:28.400 open up a browser that you don't use, like a Safari. 1:19:28.479 --> 1:19:30.599 On my computer, I don't have anything installed on there, 1:19:30.920 --> 1:19:33.280 so when I open up Safari, I can go in 1:19:33.360 --> 1:19:35.960 there and it's basically what's called. You know, it's clean 1:19:36.400 --> 1:19:40.320 and so the website acts as intended. And so that's 1:19:40.360 --> 1:19:42.840 the best indication of whether something is wrong with a 1:19:42.880 --> 1:19:46.240 website or it's just something on my computer that's messing 1:19:46.360 --> 1:19:49.160 with that website. And that happens a lot, a lot 1:19:49.240 --> 1:19:53.240 a lot. Thanks for the call mark in Weinetka appreciate it. 1:19:54.200 --> 1:19:57.320 Two kind of issues this week that where we saw 1:19:57.520 --> 1:20:02.960 big companies respond to the the buzz online. Microsoft remember 1:20:03.040 --> 1:20:07.200 this recall feature that they're enabling on their aipcs. This 1:20:07.360 --> 1:20:10.639 is the feature that remembers everything you do on your computer. 1:20:10.760 --> 1:20:13.960 I talked about it at length on this show and 1:20:14.120 --> 1:20:16.760 talked about the privacy implications. If someone gets access to 1:20:16.840 --> 1:20:19.680 your computer, they can go through and search anything that 1:20:19.760 --> 1:20:23.200 you've seen on your screen. There were some limitations like 1:20:23.280 --> 1:20:26.080 private browsing and things like that, and you can exclude 1:20:26.120 --> 1:20:29.920 certain apps. But clearly consumers were not happy with this, 1:20:30.080 --> 1:20:34.479 and Microsoft listened and early or at the end of 1:20:34.479 --> 1:20:36.479 the week, Microsoft put out a blog post and said, 1:20:36.520 --> 1:20:38.080 you know what, we are going to change the way 1:20:38.120 --> 1:20:41.960 that we launch recall on Windows computers. So number one, 1:20:43.040 --> 1:20:45.920 you are going to have to opt in. So no 1:20:46.080 --> 1:20:48.040 longer is this going to be turned on by default. 1:20:48.320 --> 1:20:50.760 When you set up that new computer, they're gonna say, hey, 1:20:50.880 --> 1:20:53.200 here's the recall feature. Do you want to turn it on? 1:20:53.400 --> 1:20:55.680 And you have to say yes if you want to 1:20:55.720 --> 1:21:00.040 turn it on. It also requires Windows Hello enrollment, and 1:21:00.120 --> 1:21:03.439 that means you have to scan your face to enter 1:21:03.520 --> 1:21:06.599 your computer. And that means that theoretically it should only 1:21:06.680 --> 1:21:09.240 be you getting into your computer, because if you have 1:21:09.280 --> 1:21:12.360 a pin or a password, anyone can know that or 1:21:12.479 --> 1:21:15.559 someone that someone could figure that out. But with Windows Hello, 1:21:15.840 --> 1:21:18.679 it has to be you. And they're going to require 1:21:18.800 --> 1:21:21.720 proof of presence, which means if you're recalled data is 1:21:21.760 --> 1:21:24.640 being accessed, they have to see you sitting at your 1:21:24.680 --> 1:21:29.040 computer to access it, which means remote access would be denied. 1:21:30.080 --> 1:21:33.240 Let's see what else they're also implementing just in time decryption, 1:21:33.760 --> 1:21:36.200 which means that they're going to only decrypt a database 1:21:36.479 --> 1:21:39.120 right at the moment you're accessing something, which should make 1:21:39.160 --> 1:21:43.479 it safer and more private. Now, this was a good 1:21:43.520 --> 1:21:45.640 move by Microsoft. I think it shows that they are 1:21:45.720 --> 1:21:48.720 listening to their customers. They are listening to people and 1:21:49.280 --> 1:21:52.280 is this is a new feature. It's a brave new 1:21:52.360 --> 1:21:55.559 world we are entering by having everything on your screen 1:21:56.000 --> 1:21:59.599 screenshotted moment by moments that you can access it later. 1:21:59.680 --> 1:22:01.599 But I think Microsoft has put in some pretty good 1:22:01.640 --> 1:22:05.280 controls here to help at least give people a sense 1:22:05.320 --> 1:22:08.599 of control and a little bit more security for Windows 1:22:08.680 --> 1:22:11.920 recall eight eight eight rich one oh one eight eight 1:22:12.080 --> 1:22:14.680 eight seven four to two four one zero one. We 1:22:14.760 --> 1:22:16.760 still got a lot more coming up on the show, 1:22:16.840 --> 1:22:19.880 including some of your emails that you have asked me 1:22:20.000 --> 1:22:22.439 questions via the website. I will answer some of those. 1:22:22.880 --> 1:22:26.240 I'll tell you what Adobe did. They had some controversial 1:22:26.439 --> 1:22:29.040 terms going around online. They said, hey, we're going to 1:22:29.080 --> 1:22:31.600 clear this up. This is a little confusing. It's all 1:22:31.720 --> 1:22:37.320 right here on rich On Tech. Welcome back to rich 1:22:37.400 --> 1:22:40.000 On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking 1:22:40.280 --> 1:22:43.680 technology at triple eight Rich one O one eight eight 1:22:43.760 --> 1:22:47.960 eight seven four to two four one zero one. We 1:22:48.080 --> 1:22:53.160 got Bobo Danton to this song happy. If you're listening 1:22:53.200 --> 1:22:57.640 on the podcast, you don't get to hear it. I 1:22:57.760 --> 1:23:01.439 did something kind of different yesterday. I bought my first 1:23:01.600 --> 1:23:05.799 hardcover book in a long time. So I was debating 1:23:06.200 --> 1:23:09.439 whether I wanted to purchase a hardcover book or just 1:23:09.560 --> 1:23:12.799 download this book to my kindle. The book is called Eruption. 1:23:13.840 --> 1:23:15.160 I don't know if you've heard of it, but it 1:23:15.320 --> 1:23:19.559 is by It is by Michael Crichton. Now you might 1:23:19.600 --> 1:23:22.320 be saying, wait a second, Rich, Michael Crichton has passed away. 1:23:22.479 --> 1:23:26.400 Yes he did. I passed away in two thousand and eight, 1:23:27.000 --> 1:23:29.080 and this book is coming out in twenty twenty four. 1:23:29.520 --> 1:23:35.040 How well, his wife found pieces of this novel on 1:23:35.200 --> 1:23:39.839 his computer and she said, I want to get this written, 1:23:40.400 --> 1:23:44.040 and so she somehow linked up with James Patterson, you know, 1:23:44.120 --> 1:23:47.120 the guy who has written so many great books. He 1:23:47.280 --> 1:23:50.320 took a look at what Michael Crichton had done and 1:23:50.520 --> 1:23:53.240 he finished the book. And so if you look at 1:23:53.320 --> 1:23:57.160 this book Eruption on the cover, it's Michael Crichton and 1:23:57.320 --> 1:23:59.559 James Patterson. Who would have ever thought you'd see those 1:23:59.600 --> 1:24:02.840 two names together. And I've read pretty much, I think, 1:24:02.960 --> 1:24:06.280 every single book that Michael Crichton has written, and I 1:24:06.400 --> 1:24:09.400 love them all. Obviously, he is the author of Jurassic 1:24:09.560 --> 1:24:12.479 Park and so he did a lot of great sci 1:24:12.560 --> 1:24:15.759 fi books. I think, Yeah, I think I've read almost 1:24:15.800 --> 1:24:17.400 every single one of them. There's a couple that were 1:24:17.479 --> 1:24:22.080 just like okay, but yeah, he's written a lot. So actually, 1:24:22.120 --> 1:24:23.400 now that I look at this, I didn't read all 1:24:23.439 --> 1:24:25.200 of them. I read a lot, but not all of them. Wow, 1:24:25.240 --> 1:24:28.320 there's a lot anyway, So I was debating whether I 1:24:28.360 --> 1:24:31.600 should get this as a paper as a hardcover or 1:24:32.160 --> 1:24:35.040 wait for the paperback. My favorite format is obviously the 1:24:35.080 --> 1:24:37.479 little paperback when it's a if it's a physical book, 1:24:37.840 --> 1:24:39.759 but I just love the kindle because it's so easy 1:24:40.280 --> 1:24:43.240 and you can adjust the size of the text. You 1:24:43.400 --> 1:24:45.320 can you know, you have that backlighting so you can 1:24:45.400 --> 1:24:47.920 read it in any light. But I was at Costco 1:24:48.040 --> 1:24:50.280 and I heard that Costco is doing away with books. 1:24:50.320 --> 1:24:51.400 By the way, I don't know if you heard this, 1:24:51.520 --> 1:24:53.680 but Costco is getting rid of physical books by the 1:24:54.200 --> 1:24:56.720 by Christmas, I guess they're gonna that's it. That's that's 1:24:56.720 --> 1:24:58.640 the end of the line for those. Just like best Buy, 1:24:58.640 --> 1:25:01.599 I got rid of physical media, the DVDs and the CDs. 1:25:01.600 --> 1:25:03.759 If you go into best Buy one of these remodeled stores, 1:25:04.280 --> 1:25:07.400 it looks you're like, wait, what's missing. Oh, it's all 1:25:07.439 --> 1:25:10.920 of the physical media. It's all gone. And so that's 1:25:10.960 --> 1:25:14.720 what's happening with Costco, I guess and books. But I 1:25:14.760 --> 1:25:16.840 don't know about you. Every as much as a tech 1:25:16.920 --> 1:25:20.200 guy as I am, I still have this nostalgia for 1:25:20.360 --> 1:25:23.519 like old school things like a book. So anyway, I 1:25:23.560 --> 1:25:25.280 don't know why I'm telling you all this, except for 1:25:25.320 --> 1:25:28.360 the fact that I am embarking on a new experience 1:25:28.560 --> 1:25:32.599 of reading a physical hardcover book, and I was trying 1:25:32.640 --> 1:25:35.000 to figure out last night what to do with the cover. 1:25:35.520 --> 1:25:36.720 You know this cover I dount if you've read a 1:25:36.760 --> 1:25:39.679 physical book lately, but you've got this like slippery cover 1:25:39.800 --> 1:25:41.800 on it, Like, do you take it off and put 1:25:41.840 --> 1:25:44.479 it on your bookshelf until you're done? Some people were 1:25:44.479 --> 1:25:47.559 saying that you use the inside of the book cover 1:25:47.720 --> 1:25:50.760 to hold your pages, almost like a bookmark, but or 1:25:50.840 --> 1:25:52.599 do you throw it out? Like sometimes I'll just throw 1:25:52.600 --> 1:25:54.920 them out, And I'm like, well, that seems wasteful, But 1:25:55.360 --> 1:25:58.040 that's where I'm at. So I am reading this book Eruption, 1:25:58.280 --> 1:26:01.680 and I'm looking forward to to devouring it like the 1:26:02.600 --> 1:26:07.080 dinos devoured people in Jurassic Park. That's me with this book. 1:26:08.040 --> 1:26:11.599 Adobe this week also came under fire. If you were 1:26:11.680 --> 1:26:14.800 online at all, you saw all of these people getting 1:26:14.920 --> 1:26:19.200 up in arms over Adobe's updated terms of service. It 1:26:19.320 --> 1:26:22.640 caused confusion and anger among creative cloud users who were 1:26:22.680 --> 1:26:26.840 worried that Adobe claimed rights over all of their work. 1:26:26.960 --> 1:26:29.080 That's what it looked like, it said. According to all 1:26:29.120 --> 1:26:32.880 of the screenshots that I saw, users had to agree 1:26:32.880 --> 1:26:36.120 to these new terms to continue using their apps. People 1:26:36.200 --> 1:26:39.519 are all worried about forced consent without really understanding what 1:26:39.640 --> 1:26:43.360 Adobe meant by the terms of service. And Adobe initially 1:26:43.600 --> 1:26:49.000 kind of defended themselves. Their first response was very dismissive, stating, hey, 1:26:49.040 --> 1:26:51.760 we've had these terms forever. We only recently clarified them, 1:26:51.840 --> 1:26:55.080 so come on. And then Adobe kind of, you know, 1:26:55.200 --> 1:26:57.680 they took a step back, and they realized, Okay, hold on, 1:26:57.720 --> 1:26:59.080 we're at a moment here where a lot of our 1:26:59.160 --> 1:27:01.800 users are unhappy. What should we do. They looked at 1:27:01.840 --> 1:27:04.240 the situation and they said, look, and then they issued 1:27:04.240 --> 1:27:06.479 a blog post that said, we are trying to be 1:27:06.600 --> 1:27:11.040 transparent about how we check this AI content to moderate it. 1:27:11.680 --> 1:27:15.960 And most of this involves moderation of AI content because 1:27:16.000 --> 1:27:18.679 people are starting to use all of these AI tools 1:27:19.080 --> 1:27:22.120 to generate stuff, and we've heard stories about how they're 1:27:22.160 --> 1:27:27.320 generating things like deep fakes and all kinds of stuff 1:27:27.400 --> 1:27:31.000 that is not good. And so Adobe wants to be 1:27:31.040 --> 1:27:33.479 able to check and make sure that people are using 1:27:33.520 --> 1:27:36.880 these in a responsible manner, and so they want to 1:27:36.920 --> 1:27:39.240 make sure that they can knock people off of these 1:27:39.600 --> 1:27:43.960 systems if they're violating any terms of use. So Adobe 1:27:44.120 --> 1:27:47.120 has confirmed that they do not train their generative AI 1:27:47.280 --> 1:27:51.160 models on your customer content and they do not claim 1:27:51.280 --> 1:27:55.360 ownership of customers work. So if you generate something on Adobe, 1:27:56.600 --> 1:27:59.280 as a lot of people are screenshotting saying Adobe owns 1:27:59.320 --> 1:28:02.920 everything I do, that is not true. Adobe made that 1:28:03.040 --> 1:28:05.839 clear that they do not say that they own everything 1:28:05.920 --> 1:28:10.200 that you do, So there you go. Also this week, 1:28:10.320 --> 1:28:13.320 the Apple Watch now pairs directly with the dex Comm 1:28:13.479 --> 1:28:16.240 G seven. This is a first, so if you have 1:28:16.520 --> 1:28:20.080 a dex Comm G seven glucose monitoring device, it can 1:28:20.160 --> 1:28:23.920 now pair directly with the Apple Watch. Eliminating the need 1:28:24.240 --> 1:28:27.519 for users to keep their iPhone nearby for glucose readings. 1:28:28.040 --> 1:28:31.800 This is a first. These cgms provide glucose readings every 1:28:31.880 --> 1:28:35.280 five minutes, and it uses Bluetooth to connect directly to 1:28:35.320 --> 1:28:38.720 the Apple Watch. This is a huge win if you 1:28:38.840 --> 1:28:42.560 are a person with diabetes because this means that you 1:28:42.640 --> 1:28:45.040 can now go out with just your Apple Watch and 1:28:45.160 --> 1:28:47.439 this reader on your arm or wherever you keep it, 1:28:47.840 --> 1:28:50.799 and you can still get those real time readings without 1:28:50.880 --> 1:28:54.559 going through the iPhone and Dexcom says that they are 1:28:54.640 --> 1:28:59.320 looking into doing similar functionality with both the Samsung watches 1:28:59.439 --> 1:29:02.439 and also the Android watches, but it takes a lot 1:29:02.600 --> 1:29:04.840 to do this, and so they started with the Apple Watch. 1:29:04.920 --> 1:29:07.920 But that's a huge win. I know these things are expensive, 1:29:08.120 --> 1:29:10.400 but if if you want those real time readings, like 1:29:10.400 --> 1:29:12.679 if you're working out or doing something without your phone, 1:29:13.200 --> 1:29:16.360 this is a huge, huge benefit. All right, coming up, 1:29:16.360 --> 1:29:19.480 we're gonna talk to the creators of the Kinney wireless 1:29:19.680 --> 1:29:22.120 motion sensor and how you can use it in your 1:29:22.160 --> 1:29:26.360 everyday life. This is rich on Tech. Welcome back to 1:29:26.800 --> 1:29:29.160 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 1:29:29.360 --> 1:29:36.000 talking technology. The website for the show Rich on tech 1:29:36.360 --> 1:29:41.600 Dot TV. Well, I do test out a lot of gadgets, 1:29:41.800 --> 1:29:45.240 and it takes it takes something really unique for me 1:29:45.320 --> 1:29:48.760 to be interested in featuring it or talking about it, 1:29:49.040 --> 1:29:51.720 or you know, really recommending it. But I found one 1:29:51.800 --> 1:29:54.360 that's that it's kind of tough to explain, but it's 1:29:54.479 --> 1:29:58.240 really cool and it's very different. Joining me now, Maboud 1:29:58.360 --> 1:30:01.559 and Nikki Zabettian. They are the creators of a device 1:30:01.720 --> 1:30:06.160 called the Kinny. It's a wireless motion sensor and they're 1:30:06.160 --> 1:30:08.160 going to explain why they came up with this and 1:30:08.320 --> 1:30:10.519 what it could be used for. Welcome to the show, 1:30:11.720 --> 1:30:15.560 Thank you, thank you to be here. Yeah, so, so 1:30:15.880 --> 1:30:18.400 tell me what the Kinni is like. What is this 1:30:18.560 --> 1:30:19.599 device exactly? 1:30:21.560 --> 1:30:24.600 Well, I can tell you that they it was inspired 1:30:24.680 --> 1:30:28.760 by a family time during COVID. We had a lot 1:30:28.840 --> 1:30:31.280 of together time with our three kids who are now 1:30:31.520 --> 1:30:35.320 young adults, and we wrapped dinner. We were discussing the 1:30:35.439 --> 1:30:37.840 news there had been another story of a young child 1:30:38.040 --> 1:30:41.439 bringing a gun to school, and our youngest daughter told 1:30:41.520 --> 1:30:43.960 us a story that happened years ago at a party. 1:30:45.120 --> 1:30:47.920 She was there and the kid who was hosting the 1:30:48.000 --> 1:30:51.479 party had shown everyone their dad's done, and she said 1:30:51.520 --> 1:30:55.120 that many of the kids had held it, and we 1:30:55.240 --> 1:30:56.120 were pretty shocked. 1:30:56.320 --> 1:30:57.840 And that got us just. 1:30:57.960 --> 1:31:00.920 Wondering if the parent, who even knew as child's had 1:31:01.080 --> 1:31:06.200 access to the gun and permission to handle it. You know, 1:31:06.479 --> 1:31:09.800 responsible gun owners know how important it is to store 1:31:09.840 --> 1:31:13.360 their firearms safely on but their faced with this challenge. 1:31:13.840 --> 1:31:17.040 How do they actually know that someone has attempted or 1:31:17.160 --> 1:31:18.439 gained access to it? 1:31:19.000 --> 1:31:23.000 Like even biometric stapes have been known to fail, allowing. 1:31:22.840 --> 1:31:25.920 Any fingerprint to open them. There was a big recall 1:31:26.000 --> 1:31:30.000 on Amazon recently. And all gun STAPs come with backup 1:31:30.040 --> 1:31:32.600 keys or combinations to the locks. They have to be 1:31:32.720 --> 1:31:35.519 stored somewhere, So how do you know if your child 1:31:35.640 --> 1:31:36.559 has discovered those? 1:31:37.280 --> 1:31:40.040 And that's where our innovative device. 1:31:39.880 --> 1:31:42.680 Kini comes in. So yeah, and we thought about it, 1:31:42.720 --> 1:31:45.719 and we decided that we could draw from our experience 1:31:45.840 --> 1:31:49.120 in the tech industry and developed device that could address 1:31:49.760 --> 1:31:54.559 these vuln their abilities and help parents keep their family safe. 1:31:54.960 --> 1:31:57.639 So it's a small it's a small device that basically 1:31:58.000 --> 1:32:01.759 you can you can and put, you can place somewhere. 1:32:01.840 --> 1:32:05.760 So it's got some sort of motion sensor inside and 1:32:06.120 --> 1:32:09.479 when you place it wherever you place it, if it moves, 1:32:09.760 --> 1:32:12.680 it will send you a text or an email that 1:32:12.880 --> 1:32:15.280 movement has been detected. And this is a little bit 1:32:15.280 --> 1:32:17.639 different than you know, you might get a motion sensor 1:32:18.000 --> 1:32:21.000 motion detector as part of your smart home system, or 1:32:21.080 --> 1:32:23.120 maybe even you know, something that tells you if a 1:32:23.200 --> 1:32:25.800 drawer was opened. But this is really unique because it's 1:32:25.920 --> 1:32:26.759 movement based. 1:32:27.000 --> 1:32:27.400 And so. 1:32:28.960 --> 1:32:30.920 Explain why you went with the movement based. 1:32:32.000 --> 1:32:34.600 Well, you know, we didn't want anything that required you 1:32:34.720 --> 1:32:37.760 to wire your house or wire your drawers or. 1:32:38.280 --> 1:32:40.800 You know, like get a large company involved. We wanted 1:32:40.800 --> 1:32:42.240 to need to just toss into a. 1:32:42.320 --> 1:32:44.600 Drawer or put it right on top of something, and 1:32:45.760 --> 1:32:49.240 you know, have it detect the slightest movement, and you 1:32:49.320 --> 1:32:51.320 know that would start. 1:32:51.120 --> 1:32:54.639 The whole whole process of you know, sending a message 1:32:54.680 --> 1:32:56.880 to our cloud servers and then our cloud service will 1:32:56.920 --> 1:32:57.720 send you a message and. 1:32:57.680 --> 1:33:01.960 It all takes under about I had ten seconds typically, 1:33:02.720 --> 1:33:06.880 and it's it really is just a great standalone thing. 1:33:06.960 --> 1:33:08.800 You don't have to have a fugere alarm system, you 1:33:08.840 --> 1:33:11.920 don't have to have a contract with some alarm company. 1:33:11.800 --> 1:33:14.559 And it's it's the messages between you and the device. 1:33:14.720 --> 1:33:17.360 You know, you don't have an alarm company showing up 1:33:17.360 --> 1:33:19.240 at your door to say, you know, you had an 1:33:19.280 --> 1:33:20.760 alarm when we have to see what's going on. 1:33:21.120 --> 1:33:21.479 Yeah, you know. 1:33:21.560 --> 1:33:23.519 Our goal was to really make a device that was 1:33:23.840 --> 1:33:28.120 like effective, affordable and accessible. So all you need is 1:33:28.200 --> 1:33:32.200 an SMS enabled device, which is smartphone, flip phone, even 1:33:32.240 --> 1:33:35.400 a burner phone would work, and your existing Wi Fi. 1:33:35.800 --> 1:33:39.040 And since there is no we didn't want a subscription 1:33:39.640 --> 1:33:41.560 or an app required. You wanted to make it like 1:33:41.800 --> 1:33:44.920 really simple, so you pay once and you're done. 1:33:44.960 --> 1:33:46.519 There are no hidden and how much is it? And 1:33:46.760 --> 1:33:47.920 by the way, I know there's two of you, so 1:33:47.960 --> 1:33:49.600 you're trying to split the microphone. If you can be 1:33:49.640 --> 1:33:51.760 as close to your mic as possible, I want I 1:33:51.840 --> 1:33:53.759 want to be able to hear you as best as possible. 1:33:54.600 --> 1:33:56.440 How much is the kidney device. 1:33:57.680 --> 1:33:59.640 Hiding is sixty five MSRP. 1:34:00.400 --> 1:34:03.560 You can probably find yourself a discount on Amazon or 1:34:03.640 --> 1:34:07.840 on our website if you're first time on buyer, but 1:34:08.080 --> 1:34:10.560 the price blows down if you buy our multipacks, you know, 1:34:10.800 --> 1:34:12.840 or we have three packs that we have flight packs 1:34:12.880 --> 1:34:14.800 for people who have a lot of things that they 1:34:14.840 --> 1:34:15.400 want to monitor. 1:34:15.640 --> 1:34:19.000 So I've been testing this at home. You know, I 1:34:19.080 --> 1:34:23.040 placed it in like basically a drawer that you know, 1:34:23.400 --> 1:34:25.519 every time you open the drawer, I get a message. 1:34:25.600 --> 1:34:28.840 And so it's interesting because you think about the power 1:34:28.920 --> 1:34:32.320 of this. So you can monitor all kinds of things, 1:34:32.680 --> 1:34:35.800 and so you would know, let's say someone's snooping in 1:34:35.880 --> 1:34:38.360 your home, right he would Let's say you have a babysitter. 1:34:38.400 --> 1:34:41.559 I don't know you would know traditionally unless you had 1:34:41.600 --> 1:34:45.639 a camera fixed on that or some sort of alarm 1:34:45.800 --> 1:34:49.920 sensor on that, which is probably quite visible. What are 1:34:49.920 --> 1:34:52.200 the implications of this, like, how are people using this? 1:34:53.760 --> 1:34:57.839 Well, you know, obviously the parents are our target audience 1:34:57.880 --> 1:35:00.760 because there are main responsibilities to keep or children their 1:35:00.800 --> 1:35:03.559 families safe, you know, putting it on a liquor cabinet, 1:35:03.600 --> 1:35:06.880 a medicine cabinet. But even more so, like I know 1:35:07.120 --> 1:35:09.280 of parents that have kids who are at that age 1:35:09.280 --> 1:35:11.960 where they're addicted to their phones or video games. So 1:35:12.120 --> 1:35:14.479 you could put a Kenny on top of the game controller, 1:35:14.760 --> 1:35:18.040 or you can stash those phones in a drawer overnight, 1:35:18.360 --> 1:35:21.679 and you can put Kenny in that drawer and you're 1:35:21.720 --> 1:35:23.680 just telling your kids about it, and that's going to 1:35:23.760 --> 1:35:27.240 deter them from even attempting to use either of those. 1:35:27.760 --> 1:35:30.760 But really, aside from parents, you know, Kenny can be 1:35:30.840 --> 1:35:33.880 used by anyone who has something they want to keep private. 1:35:34.360 --> 1:35:37.400 I mean, people can use it to monitor their work 1:35:37.439 --> 1:35:40.400 related documents. I know, people use it for their confidential 1:35:40.479 --> 1:35:45.360 paperwork and their passports. Teachers have used it on their 1:35:45.439 --> 1:35:50.200 supply closets and their desks. On Airbnb, owners use it 1:35:50.320 --> 1:35:53.120 on the closet and their rental property that has their 1:35:53.240 --> 1:35:54.439 personal belongings in it. 1:35:56.080 --> 1:35:59.519 And you can use it when you have saying large 1:35:59.560 --> 1:36:01.479 events at your home or house guests. 1:36:01.560 --> 1:36:04.640 I mean, you know, you never know if the housekeeper 1:36:04.800 --> 1:36:08.320 or a contractor is just going in a place that 1:36:08.400 --> 1:36:11.160 they don't really need to be and you can't supervise 1:36:11.240 --> 1:36:13.720 them every minute. You know, you're allowing them in your house, 1:36:13.760 --> 1:36:17.920 but you're not following them around, so's there's just I mean. 1:36:17.840 --> 1:36:20.160 Really, the list goes on and on and on. 1:36:20.600 --> 1:36:22.840 And how long's the battery last? I know it's rechargeable. 1:36:22.880 --> 1:36:23.960 How longs the battery last? 1:36:25.000 --> 1:36:26.360 This is something we're really proud of. 1:36:26.439 --> 1:36:30.960 The battery actually lasts over a year, close to do 1:36:31.040 --> 1:36:34.840 two years with normal use. Normal use being you know, 1:36:34.920 --> 1:36:39.519 half a dozen alerts today and once every. 1:36:39.400 --> 1:36:40.759 Two hours of checking. 1:36:41.320 --> 1:36:43.719 What the check in is is to tell the cloud 1:36:43.760 --> 1:36:46.320 servers that the pikinna is still alive, the Wi Fi 1:36:46.439 --> 1:36:48.840 network's still working, and you know the kid or whoever 1:36:49.000 --> 1:36:51.920 you're monitoring hasn't like taken the thing and flushed it 1:36:51.960 --> 1:36:52.519 down the toilet. 1:36:52.680 --> 1:36:54.200 I was going to say, isn't there like a new 1:36:54.760 --> 1:36:57.439 mode that you're introducing to like let you know that 1:36:57.520 --> 1:36:59.680 it's still working even if it hasn't seen movement in 1:36:59.720 --> 1:36:59.960 a while. 1:37:00.000 --> 1:37:05.240 Well, so the thing that make sure it's still working 1:37:05.600 --> 1:37:08.160 is built in through all the modes, and the two 1:37:08.200 --> 1:37:10.719 modes that we have. A new mode is called stasis mode, 1:37:11.120 --> 1:37:14.960 and it actually alerts you if it doesn't detect motion. 1:37:15.400 --> 1:37:20.680 It isn't alerting you that the O pinny is unresponsible. 1:37:20.800 --> 1:37:23.400 It's alerting me that the Kini is responsive and it 1:37:23.520 --> 1:37:26.439 hasn't detected motions. So there's a little bit of nuance there. 1:37:26.640 --> 1:37:30.560 Okay, we already tell you that, you know, if something. 1:37:30.360 --> 1:37:32.640 Goes wrong and we haven't heard from the Kinnie, we 1:37:32.720 --> 1:37:36.680 already notify you. But the statis mode is. 1:37:36.960 --> 1:37:40.839 Mostly for people who care about things that are supposed 1:37:40.840 --> 1:37:42.200 to happen that aren't happening. 1:37:42.960 --> 1:37:46.200 Yeah, like, for example, on what if you have an 1:37:46.200 --> 1:37:50.559 elderly parent that is maybe living with you or living alone, and. 1:37:50.760 --> 1:37:53.960 You want to make sure that they're taking their medicines, 1:37:54.000 --> 1:37:58.000 that are opening their medicine cabinet every day, or maybe 1:37:58.040 --> 1:38:01.200 you want to ensure that you're paid exitter it's actually 1:38:01.320 --> 1:38:03.120 coming into by a day to feed and. 1:38:03.200 --> 1:38:03.920 Walk your dog. 1:38:04.760 --> 1:38:07.560 Or you can even use it to motivate you to exercise, 1:38:07.680 --> 1:38:09.599 Like you could put it on your peloton or your 1:38:09.640 --> 1:38:12.120 treadmill and it will alert you if you haven't touched 1:38:12.160 --> 1:38:12.439 that thing. 1:38:13.120 --> 1:38:16.120 Oh my gosh, what if you use it to store 1:38:16.200 --> 1:38:18.160 your clothes to hang them dry? Then I don't know, 1:38:18.320 --> 1:38:20.960 that's a whole other use case. Okay, we've got to run. 1:38:21.040 --> 1:38:23.960 But has this been fun? This experience of creating a 1:38:24.000 --> 1:38:26.040 product and getting it out there. I mean, it's a 1:38:26.120 --> 1:38:29.280 it's a unique product that you know, you have to 1:38:29.360 --> 1:38:31.680 really kind of think about the use case scenario for 1:38:31.800 --> 1:38:35.439 this thing. But it is very interesting and useful. Has 1:38:35.520 --> 1:38:36.400 been a fun experience. 1:38:37.080 --> 1:38:37.640 Absolutely. 1:38:37.720 --> 1:38:41.200 We love waking up every day and and you know, handling, 1:38:41.760 --> 1:38:44.559 you know, whether whether it's creating new features or talking 1:38:44.600 --> 1:38:46.679 with our customers or doing marketing. 1:38:46.720 --> 1:38:50.679 You know, it's it's all a fun, fun little uh yeah. 1:38:50.840 --> 1:38:52.840 I mean the fact that it's like brand new and 1:38:53.000 --> 1:38:56.080 people don't know, you know, they're not googling and looking 1:38:56.160 --> 1:38:58.640 on Amazon for a wireless most in sensor. To do 1:38:58.760 --> 1:39:01.920 the things that we're doing, we really rely on, like 1:39:02.040 --> 1:39:04.680 you know, educating the public and getting the word out, 1:39:04.720 --> 1:39:07.600 and so we really appreciate you having us on so 1:39:07.800 --> 1:39:10.680 we can, you know, educate people and let them know 1:39:10.760 --> 1:39:11.479 that Kinny is. 1:39:11.520 --> 1:39:12.680 Something that they need. 1:39:14.280 --> 1:39:19.679 Nikki and Maboud Zabedian, creators of the Kinni wireless motion Sensor, 1:39:19.800 --> 1:39:21.800 thanks so much for coming on the show today. Appreciate it. 1:39:22.479 --> 1:39:23.880 Thank you so much much. 1:39:23.920 --> 1:39:26.320 All Right, the website, I will link it up online. 1:39:26.360 --> 1:39:29.040 Go to rich on Tech dot tv. Hit the light 1:39:29.120 --> 1:39:32.440 bulb you can get a link to the Kinny wireless 1:39:32.560 --> 1:39:35.320 motion sensor. Coming up, we're going to open up the feedback. 1:39:35.880 --> 1:39:39.920 You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to 1:39:40.040 --> 1:39:45.720 rich On Tech. Closing out the show, Let's let's get 1:39:45.720 --> 1:39:47.960 through a couple of quick items before we get to 1:39:48.000 --> 1:39:52.479 the feedbag. First off, eBay will stop accepting American Express 1:39:52.720 --> 1:39:57.400 starting on August seventeenth. The decision was driven by the 1:39:57.640 --> 1:40:01.479 high fees charged by American Express y US for processing 1:40:01.560 --> 1:40:04.439 credit card transaction. Sounds like a little spat between these 1:40:04.479 --> 1:40:07.960 two companies, but if you rely on American Express to 1:40:07.960 --> 1:40:09.880 pay for your eBay stuff, you will no longer be 1:40:09.920 --> 1:40:13.680 able to do that. As of August seventeenth, Max is 1:40:13.880 --> 1:40:18.360 raising their prices. Max's ad free monthly subscription is now 1:40:18.479 --> 1:40:22.200 seventeen dollars, the ultimate ad free is now twenty one dollars. 1:40:22.680 --> 1:40:26.000 The annual plans are also going up. A lot of 1:40:26.040 --> 1:40:29.200 people are now picking and choosing which service that they 1:40:29.280 --> 1:40:32.599 subscribe to and dropping them based on the shows they're watching. 1:40:33.320 --> 1:40:37.200 These prices just keep going up. Spotify also raising prices. 1:40:37.960 --> 1:40:40.960 US subscribers will receive an email over the next month 1:40:41.080 --> 1:40:44.720 explaining the changes. Individual plan basically is going up a 1:40:44.800 --> 1:40:48.479 dollar now it is eleven twelve dollars up from eleven. 1:40:49.080 --> 1:40:52.160 The duo plan is going to seventeen, up from fifteen, 1:40:52.240 --> 1:40:55.480 the Family plan twenty dollars a month, up from seventeen, 1:40:55.640 --> 1:40:58.080 and the student plan still remains the best deal in 1:40:58.200 --> 1:41:02.400 town six dollars a month unchanged. This is the second 1:41:02.680 --> 1:41:07.240 price increase within a year for Spotify, and the Better 1:41:07.280 --> 1:41:11.479 Business Bureau says they have recorded a significant increase in 1:41:11.760 --> 1:41:15.439 phishing reports, with over twenty three thousand reports since twenty 1:41:15.520 --> 1:41:18.479 twenty one, in more than nine thousand last year alone. 1:41:18.560 --> 1:41:22.160 Keep in mind these are just people reporting these phishing methods, 1:41:22.479 --> 1:41:27.000 which include emails, texts, calls, voicemails, and even legitimate search 1:41:27.120 --> 1:41:30.760 engine tricks. This is when you search something on a 1:41:30.840 --> 1:41:33.920 webs on the on Google or any search engine, and 1:41:34.040 --> 1:41:36.799 it tricks you into calling a phone number that's actually 1:41:37.000 --> 1:41:39.240 leading to a scammer, or going to a website that 1:41:39.439 --> 1:41:43.280 leads to a scammer. How to avoid phishing scams. Be 1:41:43.479 --> 1:41:48.400 very cautious of unsolicited communications claiming suspicious activity on your 1:41:48.439 --> 1:41:52.479 accounts or account problems. Look at the sender's email address, 1:41:52.600 --> 1:41:56.080 check for any typos, generic language, or if it seems 1:41:56.120 --> 1:41:59.840 like an odd website that could be strained that could 1:41:59.840 --> 1:42:02.920 be a telltale sign. Avoid clicking on links or providing 1:42:03.000 --> 1:42:07.400 financial information and response to unsolicited messages, and you can 1:42:07.520 --> 1:42:12.240 report suspected fraud to the relevant authorities. Let's get to 1:42:12.439 --> 1:42:15.479 the feedbag. I saved a message I actually got from 1:42:15.520 --> 1:42:18.320 my credit card when I did a transaction on it. 1:42:18.680 --> 1:42:21.640 It said, is this fraud? And I'm telling you the 1:42:21.960 --> 1:42:25.519 email I got from my credit card looked very similar 1:42:25.680 --> 1:42:29.120 to a fraud email you might get from an actual 1:42:29.280 --> 1:42:32.439 scam artist and the text message they sent me. So 1:42:32.960 --> 1:42:35.960 this is the thing that the fraud stirs do. They 1:42:36.120 --> 1:42:39.040 send you an alert that looks very similar to what 1:42:39.160 --> 1:42:40.960 you actually might get. All they do is take the 1:42:41.040 --> 1:42:43.880 alert from Bank of America or Chase or any of 1:42:43.920 --> 1:42:46.639 these other banks or American Express and they just engineer 1:42:46.720 --> 1:42:49.360 it to look exactly the same. But it's leading to 1:42:49.439 --> 1:42:52.880 their website. So to be very very careful anytime you 1:42:53.000 --> 1:42:57.200 click a link on a text message or a website, anytime, 1:42:57.400 --> 1:43:01.000 you just have to really really take very close look. 1:43:02.240 --> 1:43:05.960 Now time for the feedbag segment. Feedback plus the mail 1:43:06.000 --> 1:43:08.800 bag equals feedbag. These are the emails, the comments, and 1:43:08.880 --> 1:43:10.920 the questions I've gotten from you. If you want to 1:43:10.920 --> 1:43:13.519 submit yours, just go to Rich on tech dot tv 1:43:13.840 --> 1:43:18.000 and hit contact. Haas from San Clemente writes in I 1:43:18.120 --> 1:43:20.080 have a Google Voice number, but when I use it 1:43:20.160 --> 1:43:22.799 on some sites, for example offer Up, they don't accept 1:43:22.840 --> 1:43:25.200 the number and they will not send the verification code. 1:43:25.640 --> 1:43:28.840 Thank you for your program educating us. Yes, a lot 1:43:28.920 --> 1:43:33.120 of the services will not accept a Google Voice number 1:43:33.600 --> 1:43:36.959 because it's voipe voiceover IP and these could be generated 1:43:37.040 --> 1:43:40.479 in seconds and they could be used for fraud, especially banks. 1:43:40.520 --> 1:43:42.479 They will not My bank will not text my Google 1:43:42.560 --> 1:43:46.040 voice number. It will not do that. So the solution 1:43:46.320 --> 1:43:48.360 is to use your real cell phone number, and that's 1:43:48.360 --> 1:43:50.360 what they're trying to do on offer up. They're trying 1:43:50.400 --> 1:43:52.360 to make sure you are an actual human and not 1:43:52.520 --> 1:43:54.880 just someone trying to scam other people, so they want 1:43:54.920 --> 1:43:57.960 to use a real phone number. You can also sign 1:43:58.080 --> 1:44:01.320 up for a specific phone number, like from an app 1:44:01.400 --> 1:44:03.760 called Burner, which can give you a phone number that 1:44:03.960 --> 1:44:07.240 could accept these one time codes. Yeah, they're doing it 1:44:07.320 --> 1:44:08.560 on purpose because they don't want you to be a 1:44:08.640 --> 1:44:12.360 fraud star. Eleanor from Los Angeles writes in I have 1:44:12.439 --> 1:44:15.759 a bunch of random old devices cell phones, tablets, Android 1:44:15.800 --> 1:44:18.519 and Apple. What's the easiest way to dispose of them? 1:44:18.600 --> 1:44:19.880 Do I need to wipe them clean? 1:44:20.600 --> 1:44:20.760 Yes? 1:44:20.880 --> 1:44:22.840 You should wipe them clean, although a lot of these 1:44:22.880 --> 1:44:26.160 services will promise to wipe them safely for you, but 1:44:26.360 --> 1:44:28.960 I would feel better doing it myself. Go into the 1:44:29.040 --> 1:44:34.200 settings and do a factory reset, factory restore, factory reset. 1:44:34.439 --> 1:44:36.920 Just google the name of the device plus factory reset 1:44:37.000 --> 1:44:40.080 and you should get the instructions. You can take them 1:44:40.120 --> 1:44:42.000 to best Buy. They do have limits on how many 1:44:42.040 --> 1:44:44.800 you can take. Staples is a great place to take them. 1:44:45.800 --> 1:44:48.120 Those are two very easy places to drop them off 1:44:48.240 --> 1:44:52.639 and they will accept them. Gizmo Go is another website 1:44:52.720 --> 1:44:54.840 you can go to and check and see if there's 1:44:54.880 --> 1:45:00.439 any value to these devices. Gizmogo dot com. Best Way 1:45:00.560 --> 1:45:03.920 also has a used electronics box. You buy the box 1:45:04.000 --> 1:45:06.280 for like twenty twenty five or thirty dollars. I think 1:45:06.320 --> 1:45:08.840 something like that. They ship this box to your house. 1:45:08.920 --> 1:45:11.880 You dump all the old cables and cell phones and 1:45:11.960 --> 1:45:15.040 tablets and stuff into this box. You ship it off. 1:45:16.400 --> 1:45:20.639 Postage is paid and they will properly recycle that tech 1:45:21.880 --> 1:45:25.519 Marian Tapanga rights in Hey Rich. Many times during Google searches, 1:45:25.560 --> 1:45:27.479 I want to go back and look at previous information 1:45:27.600 --> 1:45:29.559 I've found. How do you go back on a Google 1:45:29.640 --> 1:45:32.600 Pixel phone? I find that you have to initiate the 1:45:32.640 --> 1:45:36.120 search all over again. Go into Chrome on your phone, 1:45:36.520 --> 1:45:38.479 hit the three dots in the upper right hand corner, 1:45:38.560 --> 1:45:42.080 and you're gonna tap history. Once you tap history, you 1:45:42.160 --> 1:45:44.920 can search through your history if you remember a keyword 1:45:45.040 --> 1:45:48.400 on that website. You can also go to myactivity dot 1:45:48.560 --> 1:45:52.080 Google dot com and search through your web history. 1:45:52.160 --> 1:45:52.320 There. 1:45:54.160 --> 1:45:59.040 Let's see Franklin from Butler, Pennsylvania rites in, thank you 1:45:59.160 --> 1:46:01.479 so much for all the great info. Rich Well, thanks 1:46:01.560 --> 1:46:06.200 for listening in Pennsylvania. And Pete writes in ghost Rees amazing, 1:46:06.360 --> 1:46:09.000 Rich thank you for mentioning it. Pete. Yes, we mentioned 1:46:09.040 --> 1:46:11.439 ghost Ree on the last We had an interview on 1:46:11.520 --> 1:46:14.799 the last show. I actually downloaded it after the interview. 1:46:14.800 --> 1:46:17.360 I've been using it ever since. It's great. It blocks ads, 1:46:17.479 --> 1:46:20.479 it blocks trackers, does a lot of great stuff all 1:46:20.560 --> 1:46:23.479 at once, and I haven't noticed many issues with it 1:46:23.600 --> 1:46:26.200 on my computer. But again, if you're using any sort 1:46:26.240 --> 1:46:29.320 of blocker or tracker blocker on your computer, if you 1:46:29.360 --> 1:46:31.360 have a problem with the website, there is an option 1:46:31.520 --> 1:46:35.000 to disable the blocker for that website so that you 1:46:35.080 --> 1:46:38.400 can use it properly. All right, if you can believe it, 1:46:38.640 --> 1:46:41.160 that's gonna do it. For this episode of the show. 1:46:41.280 --> 1:46:44.240 You can find links to anything I mentioned on my website. 1:46:44.400 --> 1:46:46.760 Just go to rich on tech dot tv. If you're 1:46:46.760 --> 1:46:49.200 listening in real time, hit that light bulb. If you're 1:46:49.240 --> 1:46:51.519 listening later or to the podcast, just scroll down to 1:46:51.520 --> 1:46:54.080 where it said podcast and you will get links to 1:46:54.160 --> 1:46:56.240 everything I mentioned on the show. You can also listen 1:46:56.280 --> 1:46:58.920 to the show again. You can find me on social media. 1:46:59.040 --> 1:47:01.640 I am at Rich on Tech and next week I 1:47:01.720 --> 1:47:05.799 will give you the update of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. 1:47:05.920 --> 1:47:08.400 This is where they are going to reveal all the 1:47:08.479 --> 1:47:11.639 new features coming to the iPhone, the iPad, the Apple Watch, 1:47:11.920 --> 1:47:15.839 the maccomputers, the Apple Vision Pro, all of the Apple products. 1:47:16.280 --> 1:47:19.160 You will find out what is coming soon to those 1:47:19.240 --> 1:47:22.680 products via a free software update. Thank you so much 1:47:22.720 --> 1:47:24.720 for listening. I know there are so many ways to 1:47:24.800 --> 1:47:27.080 spend your time. I really do appreciate you spending it 1:47:27.200 --> 1:47:29.800 right here with me. I look forward to nothing more 1:47:29.880 --> 1:47:33.240 each week than well hanging out with my kids and 1:47:33.280 --> 1:47:36.080 my family, but also being right here in this studio 1:47:36.400 --> 1:47:40.280 talking to you about technology. Thanks to everyone who makes 1:47:40.360 --> 1:47:43.280 this show possible. My name is Richdmiro. I will talk 1:47:43.320 --> 1:47:44.559 to you real soon