WEBVTT - Helping my dad untangle his tech, Galaxy A17 & removing people from photos (155, January 3, 2026) 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:03.080 Samsung launching a budget phone with useful features at a 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:07.240 great price. That Amazon Prime refund check is actually real. 0:00:07.400 --> 0:00:09.760 I'll tell you why some people are getting it. A 0:00:09.800 --> 0:00:13.800 warning about crypto ATMs before you get scammed. Plus your 0:00:13.960 --> 0:00:17.599 tech questions answered. What's going on Rich Demiro And this 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.880 is Rich on Tech. 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Well, 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:05.200 like I said, this is the first show of twenty 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:08.200 twenty six. Welcome. If you are listening for the very 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:11.800 first time. If you're listening for the one hundred and 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:14.920 fifty fifth time, well you get a gold star for today. Yes, 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.399 that's how many shows we have done. So far right 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:19.679 here on rich On Tech. I can't believe it either. 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:26.360 This is year number four. How is that possible? Year 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:30.400 number four? I remember starting this like it was yesterday. 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:34.080 I mean I really do. I had Bill standing right 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:37.920 there watching every word I said. And now he'll just 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.840 show up. You know, I can't remember the last time 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:46.000 he was here. We love you anyway, Bill. We got 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.960 Bobo here, we got me, we got Kim on the phones. 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:53.360 And I call this the shoulder season in technology. We 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:58.279 are just moments away from CS in Las Vegas, kicks 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:01.480 off this weekend. And if you're not sure what that is, 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:05.800 CS used to stand for Consumer Electronics Show. It does 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.680 not stand for that anymore. It is now just CES 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.920 because it's way bigger than just gadgets, because there is 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.799 everything on display. You know, this was the start of 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:18.079 the DVD player, the TVO, the flat screen TV. All 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.000 this stuff got it started at CES when it was 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:23.240 the Consumer Electronics Show. Now it is just CS because 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:27.280 we have health tech, AI, wearables, car tech, data security, 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:29.520 and all kinds of stuff that's getting not only an 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.799 Internet connection this year, but also AI. This is one 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.320 of my biggest weeks of the year. I always love 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:38.600 bringing back the information to you that I find the coolest, 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.079 the weirdest, the most useful things that I see out there. 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:45.000 I've been covering that show for more than fifteen years now, 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.760 and I remember, yes, my very first CS. I was 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.440 with CNET back in the day, and I remember staying 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:55.440 at the Palms Hotel for eleven days straight. I mean 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:58.960 that was a marathon. I was a lot younger back then. 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:02.480 But I'll be there for the whole week endless rows 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:06.800 of exhibitors all across the convention center. Basically every hotel 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:10.079 on the strip also has some sort of exhibitor there 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:12.160 on display. There's no way to see it all, but 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.400 I do my best. And the cool thing is you 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.480 get to see every single person you've ever met in 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:18.720 the tech world, and the people you email with on 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.760 a daily basis, walking and talking, and you know you 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:23.720 kind of catch up with them as well. So stay tuned. 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:26.919 I've got a lot coming from seats next week. Can't 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.840 wait for that. We've got a lot of news on 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:31.679 the show today. But I have to tell you about 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:35.160 my trip back to New Jersey. My kids hit the 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:38.480 vacation lottery because it snowed, not just not once, but 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.720 twice while we were there. And yes, I know you 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:43.520 could see snow in California, but we don't go to 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:45.520 the mountains that much, so for my kids this was 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:47.680 a huge deal. My kid literally ran outside in his 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.880 pajamas and started throwing snowballs. It was so cute. It 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:53.880 reminded me of waking up back in the day growing 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.800 up in New Jersey checking the window and hoping for 0:03:56.840 --> 0:04:00.800 a snow day because that was the best. You didn't 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:02.480 have to go to school, and back then they would 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:06.160 literally sound this loud alarm. I don't know how they did. 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:08.360 It was like a foghorn or something, and that's how 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:11.040 you knew there was no school. And then you go outside, 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.000 you play, you know, shovel your neighbor's sidewalks for some 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.640 extra money. It was great. I did stay at my 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:21.680 dad's house in New Jersey, and I didn't expect to 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:23.920 be the geek squad as much as I was, But yes, 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:26.600 I was the geek squad for my dad. And what 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.080 I loved about this is that every time I go 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:33.280 home or just being like another person's home, I realized 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:36.320 what the average person deals with when it comes to technology. So, 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:38.799 first off, he had switched his Internet to T Mobile 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.680 five g. He switched all of his Internet and his 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:43.840 phones to T Mobile without asking me. He was like, hey, 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:45.240 they gave me a great deal. I was like, all right, 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:47.560 So of course I ran a speed test to see 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:49.800 how that was functioning, and I was very impressed. He 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:52.320 got like a pretty good speed there. You place this 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:55.880 if you're not familiar, you place this router near a window. 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:58.880 It pulls in a cellular signal and turns it into 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:00.680 Wi Fi for the house. My friend gave me this 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:04.240 great analogy. It's almost like a hose. The hose is 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:07.080 the Internet connection, and then the sprinkler is the router 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.320 that kind of sprinkles the signal throughout the house. Problem 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.040 was that signal did not reach everywhere, so as TV 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.080 kept buffering, and he said, Rich, I'm dealing with this 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:18.120 every single night. The TV just buffers. So I had 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:22.280 anticipated this idea, and so I brought my old euro system. 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.880 EUO is a Wi Fi mesh Wi Fi system. You 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.520 put a bunch of these little leafs around the house 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:30.480 and they all work together to give you a nice 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:34.520 blanket of Internet. Imagine different sprinklers all over your lawn, 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.200 right instead of just one sprinkler in the middle, so 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.560 I set it up. It took just a few minutes, 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:43.240 and everything was faster and more reliable instantly. Now the 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.479 funny thing is he used to have Euro before he 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:47.880 switched to T Mobile, so I just reused his old 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:51.680 Wi Fi network name so all his devices would reconnect automatically, 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:55.240 which sounds very simple, but he kept saying to me Rich, 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:58.039 I don't understand I canceled that internet. How do I 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.280 have it back? I don't have that anymore. And that 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:03.600 kind of sums up how confusing this stuff can be 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:07.000 because he didn't understand that the pipe is different from 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:10.200 the Wi Fi signal. Right, even though it is confusing, 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.440 because T Mobile and Spectrum and AT and T they 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:16.080 all name their WiFi after the connection, which you can 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:18.000 make that any name you want, so I always come 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:21.119 up with something really fun. So next up was the TV. 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:24.400 He was using an LGTV with the built in software, 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:26.680 which I tried for like one second and I hated 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.719 it instantly. Now, don't write me angry letters. If you 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:32.040 have an LGTV and you love the webOS stuff, sure, 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.320 if it works for you, that's great. For me, it 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.320 did not, and I asked him. I said, Dad, you 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:38.479 like this remote? Do you like how it waves around 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.000 like a pointer on the screen. He goes, no, I 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.160 hate it. I thought that's the only thing I could have, 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.039 and I was like no, So I ordered him a 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:47.280 fire TV stick. It arrived the next day. I plugged 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:49.719 it in. I cleaned up all the cables behind the 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:51.440 TV because he had like everything that used to be 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.080 plugged in still there but not plugged in. Put it 0:06:54.120 --> 0:06:56.440 all into the soundbar and I said, Okay, here's your 0:06:56.480 --> 0:07:00.680 new remote. Just use this. And he loved. He's like, 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.760 oh my gosh, this is so much easier. I said, yeah, 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:07.360 so just by swapping out the streaming stick that you 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:09.360 have or the streaming platform that you have on your 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.320 smart TV, you can have an entirely different experience with 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:15.920 the same exact device. And just in that twenty four 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.640 hours that I switched this all over, everything was just 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:22.240 so much better. But the real headache was his logins 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:24.560 and passwords. Hey Dad, I got a log into your Netflix. 0:07:24.560 --> 0:07:28.920 What's your account? Oh, I have no idea. Okay, what 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.000 about your password? No, no idea. I don't even know 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.720 I had Netflix. I mean it's just on there. Okay, Dad, well, 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:35.800 you must pay for it. Somehow, turns out it was 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.080 included with his T mobile subscription. So I said, remember 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.080 that app we set you up with Bitwarden. Let's figure 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:44.640 that out again. So I went on his computer and 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:48.520 this is so wild. He had Bitwarden, Apple passwords, and 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:52.360 Google passwords all competing for his attention when I would 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.160 click one of the logins screens, so they'd all pop 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:57.720 up at the same time. Now that is confusing, even 0:07:57.760 --> 0:08:00.640 for me who's sitting there going okay, these all popping 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.000 up at the same time. So I had to go in, 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.720 go into the settings and cancel them out and just 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:06.840 keep one, which was Bitworten, which I really like because 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:11.000 it's free in a cross platform. Google was the trickiest, 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.280 by the way. It kept popping up for a very 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:15.440 long time, even after I turned it off, and I 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:19.040 had to really do some little things on Chrome to 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.920 get it to stop doing that. So Google, come on, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.680 make it a little easier for us. But I got 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.200 it all figured out. We went through all of his 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.800 main logins and I said, all right, Dad, we've got 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:30.480 to fix these. We've got to clean them up. We 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:32.960 can't use the same words over and over and then 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.360 when you show someone that doesn't use a password manager 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.920 the wild passwords that it generates, they get very intimidated. 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:40.840 And I understand that because everyone's like, well, I'm never 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.520 going to be able to remember that. You don't have 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.000 to remember it because your password manager will remember it. 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:48.240 So I got that all figured out. We went through 0:08:48.240 --> 0:08:51.600 the main passwords, we consolidated all of it, and we 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.719 got most of it working. And it's been about I 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:56.240 don't know, a week and a half since I've been 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:58.760 not there, so I have not gotten that phone call 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.760 yet that says, hey, I I can't do this. What's happening? 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:04.200 I can't access something I used to be able to access. 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:08.959 So clearly things are working. It's better. The sound is improved, 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:12.319 the log just everything. So what is my takeaway here? 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:16.199 I tell you this because this stuff is not always easy, 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:19.319 especially if you're not a digital native, especially if you 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:22.800 don't understand basic concepts. Hey click that icon? What's an icon? 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.600 You know? Hey? Open that program? What's that program? Do 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:26.880 I do it on my phone? Do I do on 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.600 my computer? These are things that you know, I take 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.400 for granted because I've been covering this stuff forever. But 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:34.240 when I talk to regular people, and a lot of 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:38.000 them call this show. I realize that this stuff is complicated, 0:09:38.120 --> 0:09:40.680 even for people like me. So I tell you this 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:42.760 because I want you to relax. I want you to 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:45.280 take a deep breath. I want you to understand that 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.559 you're not going to understand this stuff instantly. It may 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:52.199 not come naturally, but you can figure it out if 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:55.840 you take the time and you get organized from the start. 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.600 So when you do things, just take that extra minute 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:01.280 to create a strong password, Take the extra minute to 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:04.160 save that password, Take the extra minute to turn on 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:08.160 two factor authentication. Write things down, Write down your process, 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:12.240 keep notes. I will tell you you will not remember 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:14.600 this stuff later off the top of your head. You 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.120 just won't. Like for instance, I set up bitwarden with 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.719 a passcode on his computer. He said, oh, what's the 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.199 pass code? And I instantly forgot about it. I was like, oh, wait, 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:24.440 which one was it? And of course it took me 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:26.240 a minute to remember, but it was like something that 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:29.319 I thought i'd remember instantly. No, you won't. But it's 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:32.280 a new year, perfect time to go through clean up 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.280 the apps that you use. Go ahead, delete stuff that 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.920 you're no longer using. Look at the services that you have, 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:41.200 the subscriptions, go through, cancel, delete, upgrade, whatever you need 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.800 to do, downgrade, check out the tech you're using, and 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:46.160 get it all up and running. I did that over 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.520 the past week. I've got my systems in place and 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.640 it feels so much better. Cleaning up your tech world 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:55.720 is worth it. You will breathe a sigh of relief, 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:57.680 and yes it can be done. And no, you're probably 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:00.839 not going to break anything, so enjoy all right eight 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:03.960 eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.000 four to two four one zero one. We got a 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.439 great show planned for you today. We'll take some of 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:13.240 your calls coming up next, plus news, opinions, all kinds 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:21.240 of stuff right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:24.120 to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:28.840 talking technology. The website for the show is rich on 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.920 tech dot tv. There you can get links to anything 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:36.120 that I mentioned on the show, learn more about the show, 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:38.360 follow me on Instagram, all that good stuff. It's right 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:41.760 there rich on tech dot tv. This is episode one 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:44.800 fifty five, so click that if you want the exact 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.440 links that I mentioned here on this show. So go 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:51.720 to Mike in Mankato Minnesota. You're on with Rich. 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:56.440 Hey, Hey, Rich, it's Mike in Minnesota. Hey. So, I 0:11:56.679 --> 0:12:01.280 have a nept geary. 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:04.080 By cable modem router that I purchased at a new Egg. 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.240 And it says too because I. 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.560 I forgot the uh the user or the password for 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:12.120 the admin. 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.760 So I don't know. I don't know because. 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.920 I'm visually impaired and I can't. I use a screen 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:21.480 it called Josh the Windows. It's a screenerader, and I 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:25.080 can't read the label on the because it says to 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:31.920 enter the It says to enter the uh the the 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:35.439 password three times wrong when I go to you know, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.280 user dot log in, and. 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:41.800 So I do that and then it says to enter 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.920 the serial number. But I can't read the label on 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:47.400 the on the router. 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:53.040 Well, here, here's an easier way to do this. There 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:56.120 is a tiny hole on the back of the router 0:12:56.760 --> 0:13:00.480 that you can press, uh press a paper up into 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:03.840 and that will reset it to factory. And then once 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.960 it's going to reset to factory, that way, you should 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:10.400 be able to just go onto your computer and type 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:13.720 in it. It's typically one nine to eight dot one 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.720 six two dot one dot one or something like that. 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.839 And then once once you go there, it should give 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:23.320 you the ability to get back into this router. But 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:26.560 you're saying, if you do that, it's going to give 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:30.839 you the factory information from the that's printed on the 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.400 bottom of the router. Is that what you're saying. 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:39.000 No, Well, when I go, because when I go and puts. 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:43.280 The forgot password button, it says to It says to 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:49.200 enter the wrong password three times when I'm on uh 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.920 router dot log in dot. 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:54.120 Okay, that's what they use. 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:58.319 It says that, Yeah, and then it says, enter the. 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:02.280 Cereal number of your product. But I can't read the 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:03.000 serial number. 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:04.040 Is it scratched out? 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:08.760 No, I'm visually impaired, so I can't. My eyes don't work. 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:10.040 Okay, Well I can't. 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:11.480 I can't see anything. 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:14.079 Okay, Well why don't you do this? Have you heard 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:15.240 of the app be my Eyes? 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:16.920 Yeah? 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.040 Okay, Well, why don't you just use that to connect 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:20.760 with someone that can read the number for you off 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:21.480 the bottom of it? 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:23.880 Okay, that would work? 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:27.160 Yeah, I think I think that would work. Because this 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.440 is an app that basically, you know, if you're familiar 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:33.080 with it, you download it. It's it works two ways. Visually, 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.440 impaired download it to their phone and it's kind of 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:37.480 like a FaceTime with someone, and so they can when 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:40.520 they need help seeing something, they can say, hey, you know, 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:42.600 let me reach out, and then me on the other end, 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.960 who can see I can log onto the app and say, oh, 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.080 let me help this person. I look at whatever's on 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:50.760 my screen. I can read it out or whatever. So 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.240 why don't you try that? Yeah and do that? 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:56.800 Yeah, I love this show. This thing is so cool. 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:58.040 Oh oh thank you? 0:14:59.080 --> 0:14:59.280 Yeah. 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:03.920 Yeah, because because what's that bit bitwarden you were talking about. 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:07.760 Yeah, bitwarden. So bitwarden is the password manager that I like. 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:09.760 And the reason I like it is because it's free 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:13.360 and it's open source, so you can you can download 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.880 it to your computer, you can download your phone, you 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:18.520 can download your iPad, and it's going to work the 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:20.600 same way across all those and they're not going to 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:22.800 charge you for it either. Now there is, of course, 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:26.040 ninety nine percent of free apps have some sort of 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:29.080 paid level, you know, that you can step up to. 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.480 But I use this. I've been using it for the past, 0:15:31.840 --> 0:15:34.200 you know, eight months or whatever when I switched over, 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:36.040 and it works great, and I haven't paid a dime. 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:37.800 I want to pay them because I love it so 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:39.880 much and I was paying sixty dollars a year for 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.720 my old one, right right, But Mike, what what station 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:44.760 do you listen on over there? 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:47.000 KA way out of Colorado? 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.800 Awesome? All right, Well, thanks for thanks for the call today, 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.440 and keep me posted. Let me know if you figure 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:51.760 this out. 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:53.280 Okay, yeah, I. 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:56.960 Will, all rights, have a great one, all right? Eight 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:59.480 eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.040 four to two four one zero one. We'll get to 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:05.640 more calls after the break. CS, like I mentioned, is 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:09.840 happening next week in Las Vegas, but already some companies, 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:11.400 you know, the whole name of the game is trying 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.680 to capture the attention of the journalists that go to 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.960 CS or the media in general. So some companies will 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.720 kind of put out a couple of little announcements before 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.280 the actual event happens so that they can kind of 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:27.440 capture this slow time of news to you know, get 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.800 the headline. So a couple things trickled out this week. 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:33.920 Number one, LG is going to make a gallery TV. 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.800 So if you're familiar with Samsung, they've got that frame 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.760 TV that they've been doing forever. Well, LG is now 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:42.680 unveiling a new art TV at CES twenty twenty six. 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:45.920 It's called the LG Gallery TV. The idea is that 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.560 your TV doubles as artwork when you're not using it, 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.440 So it's got a screen that looks more like art. Now, 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:54.520 I will tell you that, you know, Samsung does this 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:58.480 the frame I saw at Costco yesterday. They all all 0:16:58.520 --> 0:17:01.160 the TV makers have some sort of like ambient art. 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:03.440 But if you truly want it to look like art 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.760 when it's not in use, obviously you need a certain 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.720 screen that is matt and not reflective and it just 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:11.919 looks not, you know, like super bright. But you can 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:13.359 do this, by the way, if you have a fire 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:16.600 TV stick, there's an ambient mode on it and so 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:19.480 you can use that. It's kind of like the screen 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:23.160 saver on your TV, except it just looks much more 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.159 like art. So the lighting of the TV sort of 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:29.800 changes to make it blend in with the room, so 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:32.240 that doesn't look like this big bright screen. It almost 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:34.240 like if you just walked into that room, you'd say, wait, 0:17:34.280 --> 0:17:36.000 is that a piece of art on the wall. Oh no, 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:39.160 it's a TV. So it's very popular. People love these 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.159 that have them and so of course that will be 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.720 one of the things I'm checking out the LG Gallery 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:47.120 TV eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:49.439 seven four two four one zero one. More of your 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:52.000 calls coming up on rich On Tech right after this. 0:17:56.800 --> 0:18:00.920 Welcome back to rich On Tech. Let's go to Jamie 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:01.800 and Tampa. 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:05.520 You're on with rich Hey, how you doing today, man? 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:06.960 I'm doing well? What's up? 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:08.120 First off? 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:11.520 I love your musical selection choice you go from you 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:16.280 go from Little Darling By. I think it's the Beatles, Brad. 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:18.399 What you know? 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:23.240 I pick everything myself, Jamie, So yes, these are these 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:26.480 are There is a theme today. The theme is sort 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:29.480 of a rebirth of fresh you know, new Year. You know, 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:31.399 I'm trying to keep with the New Year's stuff, you know, 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:35.280 even though I have not heard one person, not one 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:38.800 person talk about resolutions, not even in the news nowhere, 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:41.360 Like nobody talks about resolutions anymore, because I think we've 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:44.200 all decided that nobody keeps them anyway. So what can 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:45.720 I what can I help you with? Today? 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:46.720 Well? 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:48.760 Bro, I got two questions. First of all, I want 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:50.840 to thank you for your advice. You gave me what 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:52.639 I called you just think was either last year the 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:56.160 year before last, asking about how to cut my swimming 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:58.639 bill because man, I was paying where the freaking sun 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:04.040 didn't for three and television, and you said, hey, getnintenna. 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:07.760 Well I got one, and I got the amplifier for 0:19:07.960 --> 0:19:10.520 it I bought. I bought a separate amplifier because the 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:12.880 one that they can be intended intendant come with team 0:19:12.880 --> 0:19:15.480 to be basically just cheap crap. Anyway, I bought a 0:19:15.520 --> 0:19:18.280 better amplifier for it, and I love it for the 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:19.800 most part. But I want to know how do I 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:23.000 get I mean, is there a way? Because there's that 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:25.560 one channel and it just happen to be the local 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:26.840 CBS Facilia for some. 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:30.440 Reason, CBS which one CBS CBS. 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:32.600 You know that you know that there is that one? 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:35.679 Okay, I have and for some of it. 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:38.680 I cannot get it. I live near the towers. I'm 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:43.639 like fifteen miles from the broadcast towers. I get everything 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:47.280 else except that one, and I don't want to. 0:19:47.280 --> 0:19:47.560 Have to go. 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:51.200 And I also went out too. I'm visually impaired just 0:19:51.280 --> 0:19:51.840 as Mike is. 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:54.000 Oh wow, and I love it. 0:19:54.200 --> 0:19:56.040 I love it when I saw a blank community reach 0:19:56.080 --> 0:19:56.600 out to your show. 0:19:56.600 --> 0:19:59.160 By the way, Oh, yeah, me too. It's it's it's 0:19:59.440 --> 0:20:02.240 you know, we talked about those meta glasses last year. 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:04.920 It's you know, it's eye opening, no pun intended. I 0:20:04.960 --> 0:20:08.040 hate I hate that I just said that, but it's, uh, 0:20:08.200 --> 0:20:11.080 you know, it's really been interesting to see, you know, 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:14.199 how technology is used and how it is opening up 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:17.960 the world for people of all different abilities. But here's 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:20.520 my solution for you. Why not just download their free 0:20:20.600 --> 0:20:21.240 streaming app. 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:24.920 Well it's well, okay, okay, the I have them is 0:20:24.960 --> 0:20:26.400 the app. It's good for new. 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:28.199 Yeah, oh, but not programming. 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:32.440 But if I want to watch stay yes, yes, I yep. 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:36.680 That can that can be a little bit of a okay. 0:20:37.480 --> 0:20:39.080 Luckily, the only thing I really watched it on TVs 0:20:39.200 --> 0:20:39.879 is the Price is right? 0:20:40.920 --> 0:20:44.040 You and my kids they watched it every day. Uh 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:46.200 well okay, but here here's a couple of things. So 0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:50.040 have you you've tried putting the antenna in different locations 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:50.720 of your home? 0:20:52.720 --> 0:20:55.399 That I tried, And it's funny how I have to 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:57.399 do it. I literally have to stand on a stool 0:20:57.400 --> 0:20:58.680 because I put four. 0:20:59.080 --> 0:21:01.359 Be careful, Jamie, I don't want you fallen off a 0:21:01.440 --> 0:21:05.760 stool to get to prices right, Well, I tried listen. 0:21:05.920 --> 0:21:07.719 The funny thing is my girlfriend saw me up there 0:21:07.720 --> 0:21:10.040 one day says, oh my god, my boyfriend got. 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:10.960 To kill hmself. 0:21:12.240 --> 0:21:15.560 All the name of Drew Carey. Now I'm just kidding, right, Okay, Well, 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:17.800 here's what I think you should do. Have you checked 0:21:17.840 --> 0:21:24.600 out an app called Antenna Point that well, I you 0:21:24.680 --> 0:21:26.600 may have to have someone help you, but you know 0:21:27.000 --> 0:21:28.960 what it does. Is it you put in your you know, 0:21:29.160 --> 0:21:32.359 basically based on where your phone is, it will show 0:21:32.400 --> 0:21:36.120 you where to point your antenna to get the reception 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:39.720 of the channel that you want. So if you're looking 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:41.520 at this thing, and I've done this in my home, 0:21:42.680 --> 0:21:45.000 you know, most of the channels come from a certain 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:47.320 tower right like here in where I live. They all 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:50.520 come from the same mountain pretty much in your area. 0:21:50.640 --> 0:21:52.320 That may be the same case, but you won't know 0:21:52.440 --> 0:21:55.119 until you open up this app and look. So I 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:58.520 would get that app. It's called Antenna Point. It comes 0:21:58.560 --> 0:22:01.879 from Antenna's Direct and you basically can look at that 0:22:02.600 --> 0:22:05.920 and see where this antenna needs to be aimed for 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:10.440 the maximum reception. And it may be that you know, 0:22:10.560 --> 0:22:12.760 you change it to one side, it's going to get CBS. 0:22:12.840 --> 0:22:14.119 You change it to the other. It's not gonna get 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:16.560 anything else, so you have to you know, the whole 0:22:16.600 --> 0:22:18.680 antenna thing is not a perfect system. Let's put it 0:22:18.760 --> 0:22:19.040 that way. 0:22:19.160 --> 0:22:22.680 It's just not another thing. Rich I keep hearing about, 0:22:22.760 --> 0:22:24.399 is this whole next in TV? 0:22:24.800 --> 0:22:25.920 Yes, you know. 0:22:26.720 --> 0:22:29.119 My concern is because I keep hearing that they have 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:32.720 all these APSP three boxes you can get. I'm gonna 0:22:32.720 --> 0:22:34.399 have to get a new TV down the road anyway, 0:22:35.119 --> 0:22:40.919 but like, do they make accessible like ATSD three boxes? 0:22:41.280 --> 0:22:44.520 Like because my Rowcup TV it's talked, So that's why 0:22:44.560 --> 0:22:46.800 I know what I'm doing, right, But I don't want 0:22:46.800 --> 0:22:50.159 to have to pay money through the nose for a 0:22:50.320 --> 0:22:54.080 box that I need somebody here to help me use. 0:22:54.160 --> 0:22:58.240 I want to go to watch TV independently without needing 0:22:58.359 --> 0:23:01.240 to have my goal friend whoever in the house with 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:04.280 me be like, Hey, okay, Jamie, you got to click 0:23:04.359 --> 0:23:06.680 on this thing and do this thing. And I'm like, 0:23:07.119 --> 0:23:09.360 I'm very impatient with stuff that is mostly. 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:12.040 The preciety, right, Oh, I totally get that. I mean, 0:23:12.480 --> 0:23:15.399 I would say because the next gen TV stuff is 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:17.639 so new, and by the way, I'd said, I'll be 0:23:17.680 --> 0:23:19.600 at CS next week They're going to have this on 0:23:19.720 --> 0:23:22.600 display like they always do. This has taken a lot 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:27.919 longer to mature than I think these broadcast companies wanted, 0:23:28.400 --> 0:23:30.360 and I think the take up is not as high 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:32.280 because people, you know, I don't know if you remember, 0:23:32.320 --> 0:23:35.240 we all went through that digital transition with the channels, 0:23:35.640 --> 0:23:37.680 so that was a big thing, and now they want 0:23:37.720 --> 0:23:39.720 people to buy a different box to go to this 0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:41.960 next gen TV, which is great and it has a 0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:43.760 lot of cool features. I mean, they've got all these 0:23:43.880 --> 0:23:47.080 enhanced features. It's almost like a mix of streaming and 0:23:47.400 --> 0:23:50.680 over the air, right like it brings interactive features to 0:23:51.000 --> 0:23:55.840 standard broadcast channels. And I'm sure the TV companies love 0:23:55.920 --> 0:23:57.800 it because I bet I just have a feeling that 0:23:57.840 --> 0:24:00.680 they probably get a lot more analytics from the people 0:24:00.720 --> 0:24:03.200 that tune in, so like for things like ratings and stuff. 0:24:03.240 --> 0:24:07.200 It's probably really good. They can also deliver data alongside 0:24:07.359 --> 0:24:09.880 the programming and that kind of stuff. But I would 0:24:09.920 --> 0:24:13.880 say these boxes are very immature, and so I don't 0:24:14.000 --> 0:24:16.399 know if they have all those accessibility features. But you 0:24:16.480 --> 0:24:19.119 know what, I will definitely ask when I'm there and 0:24:19.560 --> 0:24:22.120 at CES and meet with these folks and see where 0:24:22.160 --> 0:24:24.840 they're at with accessibility. But Jamie in the meantime, I 0:24:24.840 --> 0:24:28.399 would definitely check out, you know, see if you can 0:24:28.880 --> 0:24:32.080 get that antenna app again, it's called Antenna Point. It's 0:24:32.080 --> 0:24:35.800 available for iOS and Android. See if that helps you 0:24:35.960 --> 0:24:39.399 figure out if you can even receive the CBS channel 0:24:39.480 --> 0:24:41.720 in your area, like you may not even Let's say 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:44.280 you point your antenna towards the mountain where it says 0:24:44.640 --> 0:24:46.159 you still may not get it. I mean, and you 0:24:46.200 --> 0:24:48.480 know antenna signals are you know, they can be finicky. 0:24:48.640 --> 0:24:51.240 So great question. Thanks for the call, Really appreciate it, 0:24:51.359 --> 0:24:55.560 Jamie listening in Tampa, and thanks so much today. It's 0:24:55.640 --> 0:24:57.800 just so nice to hear from folks all over the US. 0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:02.000 Here Debora rights in listening on the podcast. Hey, I've 0:25:02.040 --> 0:25:04.480 got a few old printed wedding photos four by six 0:25:04.600 --> 0:25:07.240 five x seven. I'd love to remove just my ex 0:25:07.320 --> 0:25:11.879 from them. I've tried some free editing software. The trials 0:25:11.920 --> 0:25:14.119 are super limited, and I don't want to sign up 0:25:14.200 --> 0:25:17.120 or pay for anything. That's the best question. I don't 0:25:17.119 --> 0:25:19.359 want to pay for anything or sign up for anything, 0:25:19.440 --> 0:25:20.680 but I still want to be able to do this. 0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:23.920 I hear you, Deborah. The tricky part is he has 0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:26.320 his hand around the arm of the person next to him, 0:25:26.320 --> 0:25:28.440 so when I remove him, it looks like her arm 0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:30.680 is cut off. I know there's a way to use 0:25:30.760 --> 0:25:33.000 layers and patch in some skin area, but that's way 0:25:33.040 --> 0:25:34.560 too complicated for me. Do you know if a simple 0:25:34.560 --> 0:25:37.160 website or company that can handle this. Thanks for any advice. 0:25:37.160 --> 0:25:39.960 I'm always listening to you. You're everywhere, Deborah. Thank you. 0:25:40.440 --> 0:25:42.920 The good news is you do not need to pay 0:25:43.040 --> 0:25:45.920 a dime to do this. You will not believe how 0:25:46.080 --> 0:25:50.560 easy this is to do with Google's Gemini AI Gemini 0:25:50.880 --> 0:25:52.240 dot Google dot com. 0:25:52.560 --> 0:25:53.160 It is free. 0:25:53.640 --> 0:25:55.720 It will do an amazing job with this. I showed 0:25:55.760 --> 0:25:59.080 my wife yesterday. I was doing a picture for the newsletter. 0:25:59.119 --> 0:26:00.359 I said, ah, I don't want to have you in 0:26:00.400 --> 0:26:02.760 this picture, so watch me remove you. And she goes, 0:26:02.800 --> 0:26:06.760 wait what And it was like watching like Back to 0:26:06.840 --> 0:26:08.600 the Future, where it's just like you just get a 0:26:08.720 --> 0:26:13.240 race from the picture instantly. Again, So scan your photo. 0:26:13.359 --> 0:26:15.840 You can use the free Google Photo Scan app. It's quick, 0:26:15.880 --> 0:26:18.760 it'll remove Claire. Then go to Gemini on the web 0:26:18.960 --> 0:26:20.879 or on the app, upload the photo and all you 0:26:20.920 --> 0:26:23.720 have to do is type something in like remove the man, 0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:27.320 remove this guy that crossed me, remove this X that 0:26:27.440 --> 0:26:31.320 I hate now, I'm just kidding. Google may respond with 0:26:31.400 --> 0:26:34.800 that remove the guy with his hand on her arm, 0:26:35.000 --> 0:26:36.800 or you can just say remove the guy from the picture. 0:26:36.920 --> 0:26:40.280 Whatever it is. Try it. It will do it so easily, 0:26:40.720 --> 0:26:43.439 and I'm not kidding. You will even recreate whatever parts 0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:46.000 of the body that it's covering that you know gets erased. 0:26:46.040 --> 0:26:49.679 I mean, it's pretty pretty amazing. So try that, Deborah, 0:26:49.800 --> 0:26:53.600 thanks for listening. Really appreciate the kind words. Super super simple. 0:26:53.720 --> 0:26:56.200 You will not believe. You know, you've probably heard me 0:26:56.240 --> 0:26:59.600 talk about this Google Nano Banana that is just a 0:27:00.440 --> 0:27:04.920 nice funny name for Gemini, which is okay, let me 0:27:04.960 --> 0:27:07.359 start at the beginning. So you've got different flavors of 0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:10.280 AI out there. You've got Chat GBT that's an AI, 0:27:10.720 --> 0:27:13.840 You've got Gemini, which is an AI that's from Google, 0:27:14.440 --> 0:27:18.160 and then nano Banana pro is just a fancy way 0:27:18.240 --> 0:27:23.359 of referring to the image editing technology that is built 0:27:23.440 --> 0:27:26.840 into Google Gemini AI. And the way they got that name, 0:27:27.080 --> 0:27:30.080 they didn't even it wasn't even supposed to be named that. Basically, 0:27:30.160 --> 0:27:32.480 an engineer just put that in as like a placeholder 0:27:32.840 --> 0:27:34.600 when they were coming up with something with this. They 0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:35.960 were going to launch this and they said, oh this 0:27:36.040 --> 0:27:38.920 is call it Nano Banana, and it stuck and people 0:27:39.040 --> 0:27:41.800 started loving it. They love the name and it's really 0:27:41.880 --> 0:27:46.600 given branding to this image generator and photo editor. So 0:27:46.720 --> 0:27:49.200 if you have not tried this, if you have ever 0:27:49.320 --> 0:27:52.560 used photoshop in your entire life and you've been like, oh, 0:27:52.840 --> 0:27:56.200 like okay, here's a great example. I have had this 0:27:56.359 --> 0:27:59.240 dream of changing signs. You know, when you see a 0:27:59.320 --> 0:28:01.960 street sign or a sign on the side of the road, 0:28:02.080 --> 0:28:04.240 or an exit sign, whatever you see a sign. I 0:28:04.320 --> 0:28:07.400 always love in my head thinking how silly those signs 0:28:07.440 --> 0:28:10.240 would be if they said something silly, right, almost like 0:28:10.320 --> 0:28:13.520 that La movie What was it? What was the one 0:28:13.560 --> 0:28:17.480 with Steve Martin La Story? Yeah, where like the signs 0:28:17.520 --> 0:28:19.600 on the freeway had like funny things that they said 0:28:19.600 --> 0:28:21.960 to him, Like I've always thought that was really interesting. 0:28:22.600 --> 0:28:24.640 Now you have to match the font, you gotta match 0:28:24.680 --> 0:28:27.879 the background, you gotta match everything. I tried this in 0:28:28.000 --> 0:28:31.600 Nano Banana yesterday. I just went through probably one hundred 0:28:31.640 --> 0:28:35.159 signs in my photo album and just changed them all 0:28:35.200 --> 0:28:38.200 to silly stuff just for my own laughter. And you 0:28:38.320 --> 0:28:41.240 can do this now, so try it. Gemini dot Google 0:28:41.320 --> 0:28:44.120 dot com put a photo in there, ask to edit 0:28:44.360 --> 0:28:46.560 super super simple. By the way, not to be outdone, 0:28:47.040 --> 0:28:51.640 chatch Ebt also upgraded their image generation tool a couple 0:28:51.720 --> 0:28:54.560 of weeks ago, and it's also gotten very good, So 0:28:54.880 --> 0:28:57.360 you can't go wrong with either of these. I understand 0:28:57.440 --> 0:29:01.240 it's impacting jobs, it's impacting all these people that learned photoshop, 0:29:01.640 --> 0:29:04.560 but I mean, I didn't invent it. This is just 0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:07.400 how we're moving forward, and it's wild. So you got 0:29:07.520 --> 0:29:10.240 to try this stuff. Eighty eight Rich one O one 0:29:10.440 --> 0:29:12.560 eight eight eight seven four to two four to one 0:29:12.680 --> 0:29:14.719 zero one. More rich on Tech coming your way right 0:29:14.800 --> 0:29:20.600 after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro 0:29:20.720 --> 0:29:23.400 here hanging out with you, talking technology. Eight eight eight 0:29:24.360 --> 0:29:27.360 rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 0:29:27.400 --> 0:29:33.800 two four one zero one. Let's let's go to Jamie 0:29:34.440 --> 0:29:37.160 in San Dimas. Jamie, you're on with Rich. 0:29:38.640 --> 0:29:39.800 Hey, how's it going, Rich? 0:29:40.080 --> 0:29:42.120 It is going fantastic. How are you doing on this 0:29:42.240 --> 0:29:42.600 new year? 0:29:43.120 --> 0:29:43.880 I'm pretty good. 0:29:43.920 --> 0:29:45.720 I'm glad I finally got through to you because this 0:29:45.840 --> 0:29:50.120 has been an ongoing problem that I'm hoping Apple has 0:29:50.160 --> 0:29:53.960 got a solution for, but maybe not. So I have 0:29:54.120 --> 0:29:58.320 an iPhone twelve soon to upgrade through A fifteen. But 0:29:59.720 --> 0:30:03.400 I constantly when I make a phone call, if I 0:30:03.560 --> 0:30:07.240 try to click out of the phone or something like that, 0:30:07.480 --> 0:30:10.720 I end up hitting somebody else in my favorite contact 0:30:10.800 --> 0:30:13.440 list and make another phone call. Is there any way 0:30:13.520 --> 0:30:16.360 to set it up to where when a call ends, 0:30:17.280 --> 0:30:20.920 that screen closes automatically. 0:30:23.080 --> 0:30:26.120 I don't think there's a way to have that screen close. 0:30:26.280 --> 0:30:30.200 But what I do is and this is the thing 0:30:30.240 --> 0:30:31.840 that a lot of people just forget to do. But 0:30:32.000 --> 0:30:34.240 you know, I just press the lock button on the side. 0:30:34.760 --> 0:30:34.960 Yeah. 0:30:35.000 --> 0:30:35.400 I know that. 0:30:35.560 --> 0:30:37.680 My son tells me that all the time. Just turn 0:30:37.760 --> 0:30:38.160 the phone. 0:30:38.600 --> 0:30:41.160 Yeah, and I yell at my mom. I don't yell. 0:30:41.200 --> 0:30:44.840 I'm very nice. But there's certain people that like to 0:30:44.960 --> 0:30:47.800 leave their screen on all the time, and they put 0:30:47.840 --> 0:30:49.840 it in their pocket or their purse with the screen on, 0:30:50.360 --> 0:30:52.400 and then they say, oh, my app's moved around, or 0:30:52.440 --> 0:30:56.000 my home screen got rearranged, or I called someone. It's 0:30:56.040 --> 0:30:59.360 all because the phone is still on. So there's really 0:30:59.720 --> 0:31:02.120 you know, so when you're talking you dial a person. 0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:05.720 Let's say you dial someone right and then that end screen. 0:31:05.760 --> 0:31:07.920 I'm gonna I'm gonna dial my wife real quick. She'll 0:31:07.920 --> 0:31:10.240 probably call me back and be like, what's happening? Uh okay, 0:31:10.280 --> 0:31:12.400 So I press end and then you're okay, it ends, 0:31:12.440 --> 0:31:15.640 and then it goes right to that favorite screen exactly. Yeah. 0:31:15.840 --> 0:31:18.520 And I have a tendency when I'm trying to hit 0:31:18.680 --> 0:31:22.920 and if it doesn't end right away, right my fingers 0:31:23.000 --> 0:31:25.479 on there is in the process of trying to hit 0:31:25.680 --> 0:31:29.400 end again and then I'm back to the favorite. 0:31:29.360 --> 0:31:30.960 Right and I and I've done that. I've done that 0:31:31.040 --> 0:31:33.800 where I dial someone else or you know what happens 0:31:33.840 --> 0:31:36.720 Sometimes you dial someone and it like hangs up for 0:31:36.840 --> 0:31:38.720 some reason really quickly, and I'm like, wait what and 0:31:38.800 --> 0:31:42.960 I press something and it immediately dials the next person. 0:31:43.160 --> 0:31:44.000 So exactly. 0:31:44.120 --> 0:31:46.200 Yeah, I mean this is definitely an issue. I mean 0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:49.960 it's really Yeah, there's there's not really a way to 0:31:50.680 --> 0:31:50.920 do that. 0:31:51.040 --> 0:31:53.280 I don't think there's I just have to get into 0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:55.360 muscle memory of turning off the phone. 0:31:55.520 --> 0:31:57.880 Yeah, that's I mean, that's really that's that's the best 0:31:57.880 --> 0:31:59.440 way to do with the muscle memory. Now I'm gonna 0:31:59.480 --> 0:32:01.240 run through a couple other ways just to kind of 0:32:01.640 --> 0:32:03.720 set up your phone if this is always happening to you. 0:32:03.840 --> 0:32:06.800 So number one, you know, because butt dialing is a 0:32:07.000 --> 0:32:08.959 is a problem. People do it all the time. I mean, 0:32:09.000 --> 0:32:11.160 it's it's just here we are in twenty twenty six 0:32:11.320 --> 0:32:13.440 and we're still it's a It's like a problem that's 0:32:13.480 --> 0:32:16.520 been you know, fifteen years old. So Number one, you 0:32:16.680 --> 0:32:18.600 have to get into the habit of when you're done 0:32:18.720 --> 0:32:21.200 with your phone, just press that lock button on the 0:32:21.560 --> 0:32:23.560 side of it, the power button, whatever it does to 0:32:23.640 --> 0:32:25.760 lock your phone. That's it. So that's number one. Some 0:32:25.840 --> 0:32:27.760 people set their phones up. You have Android, you could 0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:29.680 like double tap the screen to lock it. Whatever you do, 0:32:29.920 --> 0:32:32.600 just turn it off. That's number one. A couple other 0:32:32.640 --> 0:32:34.760 ways to make it on the iPhones that you don't 0:32:35.080 --> 0:32:39.040 misdial someone by accident. You can disable raise to wake, 0:32:39.520 --> 0:32:41.280 So if you you know, when you raise your iPhone, 0:32:41.320 --> 0:32:43.160 it kind of on. It doesn't unlock it, but it 0:32:43.680 --> 0:32:46.120 will wake it up. And when your phone's in a 0:32:46.160 --> 0:32:48.560 wake up state, it's easier to unlock, and it's easier 0:32:48.640 --> 0:32:50.400 for the face i D to work. So you can 0:32:50.440 --> 0:32:52.280 go into settings and turn it off if you want 0:32:52.320 --> 0:32:54.200 to kind of be in control. So you go to 0:32:54.320 --> 0:32:57.600 settings and then display and brightness, and there's an option 0:32:57.760 --> 0:33:00.719 for raise to wake turn it off. The other thing 0:33:00.760 --> 0:33:02.600 you do. By the way, Jamie is turned the auto 0:33:02.720 --> 0:33:05.920 lock to like thirty seconds instead of a couple of minutes. 0:33:06.280 --> 0:33:09.680 I have mine on five minutes. Autolock is how long 0:33:09.720 --> 0:33:13.080 your phone automatically locks, and I always recommend, by the way, 0:33:13.640 --> 0:33:17.000 keeping that to a lower number in general because of 0:33:17.120 --> 0:33:19.400 security reasons. You don't want someone to come over and 0:33:19.440 --> 0:33:21.880 grab your phone and it's on lock for five minutes. 0:33:21.920 --> 0:33:25.080 That would be a privacy nightmare, all right, So that's 0:33:25.160 --> 0:33:29.160 number two. Then you've got tap to wake, so in accessibility, 0:33:29.680 --> 0:33:33.320 you can go into settings Accessibility and then touch and 0:33:33.440 --> 0:33:35.840 there's a tap to wake, so it says tap or 0:33:35.920 --> 0:33:39.600 swipe to wake. You can turn that off so that'll 0:33:39.640 --> 0:33:42.400 make your phone not wake up as much. And then 0:33:42.400 --> 0:33:46.080 if you have a passcode, you can let's see, well, 0:33:46.120 --> 0:33:48.600 obviously you should set a passcode. But the other one, 0:33:48.760 --> 0:33:50.400 the other one that you may not know about, is 0:33:50.480 --> 0:33:55.000 in settings under face ID and passcode. Let's see where 0:33:55.040 --> 0:33:57.800 that is. That's going to ask for your passcode, So 0:33:57.920 --> 0:34:00.920 put that in. And then there's an op shin that 0:34:01.120 --> 0:34:05.640 says return missed calls. And see if you go in 0:34:05.720 --> 0:34:08.919 here it says allow access while locked. There's a whole 0:34:09.000 --> 0:34:11.920 bunch of things that your phone can actually do when 0:34:12.000 --> 0:34:14.600 it's locked if you have these turned on, and one 0:34:14.640 --> 0:34:17.560 of them is return miss calls. So if you're always 0:34:17.800 --> 0:34:19.880 if you have those miss calls on your lock screen 0:34:20.719 --> 0:34:22.600 and you put your phone in your pocket or your 0:34:22.640 --> 0:34:25.480 jim bag or you're pressing your phone and your screen 0:34:25.880 --> 0:34:28.719 touches your finger touches one of those missed calls, it 0:34:28.800 --> 0:34:32.280 will dial that number. So even if your phone is locked, 0:34:32.880 --> 0:34:35.080 because you know, Apple is trying to make things easier 0:34:35.160 --> 0:34:36.680 for you, so you can go in and turn that 0:34:36.840 --> 0:34:40.480 off so that you know, now, I hate to be 0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:42.879 like a kind of like look into the dark side 0:34:42.880 --> 0:34:45.239 of things, but there's always, you know, there's a reason 0:34:45.280 --> 0:34:47.080 why you might want to keep that on. Let's say 0:34:47.480 --> 0:34:51.319 I don't know, I don't want to. It gets too tough. 0:34:51.600 --> 0:34:53.680 I run a lot, and so I'm always thinking if 0:34:53.719 --> 0:34:55.919 I'm just left dead in a ditch somewhere, if someone 0:34:55.960 --> 0:34:57.640 has to like pick up my phone and like dial 0:34:57.719 --> 0:35:00.719 a number from it to like call my loved ones. 0:35:00.760 --> 0:35:02.200 I mean, I don't know why I think that way, 0:35:02.320 --> 0:35:04.680 but it's like good, you know, it's something you kind 0:35:04.680 --> 0:35:06.840 of have to think about sometimes. But anyway, so I 0:35:06.880 --> 0:35:09.120 always think about that, like if someone found me, like 0:35:09.160 --> 0:35:11.800 when I go running like a foreign city, I'm like, 0:35:12.560 --> 0:35:14.560 if someone found me in this, let's say in Tokyo, 0:35:14.680 --> 0:35:18.040 right in Japan, someone found me here on a run, 0:35:18.160 --> 0:35:20.600 Like literally, what would they do? They'd have to like 0:35:20.719 --> 0:35:22.400 put my picture on TV and be like who is 0:35:22.480 --> 0:35:22.799 this guy? 0:35:23.200 --> 0:35:23.359 Right? 0:35:23.520 --> 0:35:24.920 So I'm always like, Okay, I have to put my 0:35:25.360 --> 0:35:28.560 my ID in my pocket because I need something that 0:35:28.719 --> 0:35:30.120 like they can go through my pocket and be like, 0:35:30.160 --> 0:35:32.319 all right, we found this guy. I mean, it's sad 0:35:32.800 --> 0:35:34.880 and it's kind of weird to think that way, but 0:35:35.280 --> 0:35:37.799 that's how my brain works. So anyway, if you find 0:35:37.840 --> 0:35:40.600 me running, just look at my pocket, because yes, my 0:35:40.719 --> 0:35:42.120 ID will be in there, and you'll be able to 0:35:42.120 --> 0:35:44.359 tell who I am now getting in touch with someone 0:35:44.400 --> 0:35:45.640 on that D I don't know how that would work 0:35:45.640 --> 0:35:47.080 where they got to like go to the embassy and 0:35:47.160 --> 0:35:48.439 be like, hey, can you look up the phone number 0:35:48.480 --> 0:35:48.839 for this guy? 0:35:48.880 --> 0:35:49.200 I don't know. 0:35:49.840 --> 0:35:51.840 These are things I never want to find out, but 0:35:52.080 --> 0:35:55.359 it's like things I think about. Eight to eight rich 0:35:55.560 --> 0:35:58.000 one O one eight eight eight seven four to two 0:35:58.120 --> 0:36:00.520 four one zero one. 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It has been 0:36:42.120 --> 0:36:44.080 quite the ride. It's been so much fun to do this, 0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:48.320 coming in every weekend, talking with you, going over the 0:36:48.360 --> 0:36:51.240 news of the week. My favorite thing though is really, 0:36:51.480 --> 0:36:53.120 you know, anyone can tell you the news in the 0:36:53.200 --> 0:36:55.160 tech world, but my favorite thing is when I find 0:36:55.200 --> 0:36:58.520 the little tidbits that I tell you that are interesting 0:36:59.160 --> 0:37:02.160 and useful and helpful. And we've had a bunch of 0:37:02.239 --> 0:37:04.480 them over the years, so that is really what keeps 0:37:04.560 --> 0:37:07.640 me going. And of course the feedback when I tell you, 0:37:08.560 --> 0:37:11.160 when I tell you I can do email for an 0:37:11.360 --> 0:37:14.600 unlimited amount of time, that is not a joke. It 0:37:14.760 --> 0:37:17.160 is not a joke. I will send I will, I 0:37:17.200 --> 0:37:19.040 will look at my email as soon as I do 0:37:19.120 --> 0:37:20.799 a show, as soon as I do a newsletter, as 0:37:20.800 --> 0:37:23.440 soon as I do a TV segment. The emails come in, 0:37:24.440 --> 0:37:26.279 and then I reply to those emails as much as 0:37:26.320 --> 0:37:29.200 I can, and more come in. But I love it 0:37:29.360 --> 0:37:31.640 because you know, this would not be anything if it 0:37:31.760 --> 0:37:34.120 wasn't for you. So thank you for that, and I 0:37:34.200 --> 0:37:37.520 appreciate it. I'm honored that you trust what I say 0:37:38.120 --> 0:37:40.840 and you like my recommendations. It is not lost on 0:37:40.920 --> 0:37:43.440 me in any way. So I was saying that some 0:37:43.560 --> 0:37:48.200 of this technology for thank you Bobo, Thank you Bobo. 0:37:49.160 --> 0:37:49.520 Some of this. 0:37:49.600 --> 0:37:51.960 Technology they're trying to get ahead of at CS. One 0:37:52.000 --> 0:37:55.120 of them is pretty interesting. We've actually talked to Clicks. 0:37:55.160 --> 0:37:58.400 They're the company that makes those physical keyboard cases. They 0:37:58.640 --> 0:38:02.760 just unveiled their first phone and it kind of looks 0:38:02.840 --> 0:38:08.240 like where BlackBerry left off. So it's called the Clicks Communicator, 0:38:08.640 --> 0:38:10.839 And if you go to their website Clicks dot tech, 0:38:11.800 --> 0:38:14.640 I mean, this thing looks like a BlackBerry and it's 0:38:14.680 --> 0:38:18.280 got a screen. Let's see the specs here. It runs Android. 0:38:18.920 --> 0:38:21.560 So the idea is that this is your second phone. 0:38:22.239 --> 0:38:24.960 So people that are juggling like a work and personal device, 0:38:25.440 --> 0:38:28.719 you can have this secondary device that's just focused on messaging, 0:38:28.920 --> 0:38:33.520 email and getting things done. So it's got software that 0:38:33.640 --> 0:38:37.200 you can have you know, Gmail on there, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, 0:38:37.760 --> 0:38:40.920 in a message hub. It's got this signal light on 0:38:41.000 --> 0:38:43.960 the side that glows different colors. Remember those Remember when 0:38:44.040 --> 0:38:46.320 phones used to have a physical light like an led 0:38:46.520 --> 0:38:47.920 on them that would light up when you had a 0:38:47.960 --> 0:38:51.400 message that was the best. No, no phone has it 0:38:51.400 --> 0:38:54.719 anymore as far as I know, So VIPs can have 0:38:54.760 --> 0:38:58.040 a different color than your group chat. It's got a 0:38:58.080 --> 0:39:00.800 real physical keyboard so you can type faster, and you 0:39:00.840 --> 0:39:03.279 can also scroll. So there's a little let's see, is 0:39:03.320 --> 0:39:07.160 there a little scroll wheel on the side. No, I 0:39:07.200 --> 0:39:08.840 don't know if I can't see the left side of 0:39:08.920 --> 0:39:12.120 this thing, but maybe there's a scroll wheel. Let's see 0:39:12.160 --> 0:39:16.600 what else. So the hardware has things that people I mean, 0:39:16.680 --> 0:39:19.359 this is just wild. They put a headphone jack, micro 0:39:19.560 --> 0:39:26.200 SD card, physical SIM plus E SIM tactical tactile tactical 0:39:26.840 --> 0:39:30.920 tactile kill switch, so you can map that to airplane 0:39:30.960 --> 0:39:34.279 mode or notifications whatever you want. Kind of like kind 0:39:34.320 --> 0:39:36.160 of like the button on the the action button on 0:39:36.160 --> 0:39:39.680 the iPhone, but it's actually a real switch. It's got 0:39:39.760 --> 0:39:44.280 Android sixteen, five years of security update, four thousand million battery, 0:39:44.320 --> 0:39:47.480 wireless charging, fifty megapixel main camera. I'm guessing the camera 0:39:47.600 --> 0:39:49.560 is going to be the sore spot here, but you're 0:39:49.600 --> 0:39:50.760 not getting this for the camera. 0:39:51.440 --> 0:39:51.800 I don't know. 0:39:51.920 --> 0:39:56.640 I'm kind of intrigued. I'm really intrigued. Five hundred dollars. 0:39:57.640 --> 0:39:59.920 You can get that price down to three ninety nine, 0:40:00.000 --> 0:40:01.719 and if you reserve it now, you can put two 0:40:01.800 --> 0:40:04.719 hundred dollars down to reserve it for three ninety nine. 0:40:05.080 --> 0:40:07.759 I know it's confusing, so if you don't do anything, 0:40:07.760 --> 0:40:09.480 you're gonna pay five hundred, but if you reserve it 0:40:09.560 --> 0:40:12.520 for two hundred dollars, you'll pay four hundred. Shipping expected 0:40:12.800 --> 0:40:16.600 later this year, I don't know. Kind of interesting. Check 0:40:16.640 --> 0:40:19.800 it out clicks dot Tech. This will be at CS 0:40:19.880 --> 0:40:23.080 of course. I don't know. I've kind of gotten over 0:40:23.120 --> 0:40:25.000 the physical buttons on my phone, so I don't know 0:40:25.080 --> 0:40:28.200 if I need this, but I think that they definitely 0:40:28.360 --> 0:40:31.360 are coming out the product that people that have a 0:40:31.520 --> 0:40:35.400 work phone and a personal phone could enjoy, Cause if 0:40:35.440 --> 0:40:37.440 you just want to throw away your work phone when 0:40:37.440 --> 0:40:38.759 you get done with work and you don't want to 0:40:38.800 --> 0:40:40.400 deal with all the emails that come in and the 0:40:40.440 --> 0:40:42.879 messages and things like that. You just get this phone, 0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:44.759 put all your work stuff on it, and then you know, 0:40:45.200 --> 0:40:48.880 hide it under a pillow when you get home, but 0:40:48.960 --> 0:40:51.080 it's still there for when you need it. So anyway, 0:40:51.160 --> 0:40:53.120 kind of a neat idea. Clicks dot tech. Let's go 0:40:53.400 --> 0:40:58.799 to let's go to Brian line for Brian in uh 0:40:58.960 --> 0:41:00.840 oh Claire with constant. 0:41:01.680 --> 0:41:04.759 You're on with Rich, Hey, Rich, thanks for taking my call. 0:41:06.320 --> 0:41:08.920 Hopefully quick question here. I think I know the answer, 0:41:09.080 --> 0:41:12.680 but uh, you know, over the holidays, usually get an 0:41:12.680 --> 0:41:16.200 Amazon gift card and I'm not a huge online chopper, 0:41:16.280 --> 0:41:19.320 so I usually use that to purchase my TurboTax for 0:41:19.480 --> 0:41:22.160 the for the year. Sure, and I went to do 0:41:22.280 --> 0:41:25.200 that this year, and I was about to download it 0:41:25.840 --> 0:41:27.879 when I realized it's kind of in fine print there 0:41:27.920 --> 0:41:30.960 that it says now it's only for Windows eleven and newer, 0:41:31.239 --> 0:41:34.400 and I'm I'm running Windows ten on my on my 0:41:34.719 --> 0:41:39.600 HP Pavilion X three sixty. They do offer an online option, 0:41:40.000 --> 0:41:41.719 and I kind of poked around in there and I 0:41:41.760 --> 0:41:44.640 thought it was a little bit cumbersome. I guess a 0:41:44.719 --> 0:41:47.200 couple questions if if I were to download it on 0:41:47.280 --> 0:41:49.600 Windows ten, woul would nothing happen? Or would it just 0:41:49.680 --> 0:41:52.680 be a security risk? Or is there kind of a 0:41:52.760 --> 0:41:54.640 workaround that I'd still be able to use it on 0:41:54.760 --> 0:41:58.880 my the desktop or a downloaded version on my on 0:41:59.040 --> 0:42:00.600 my HP pavilion. 0:42:00.880 --> 0:42:04.400 Yeah, great, great question. Actually, I think someone emailed me 0:42:04.520 --> 0:42:07.920 this question late last year and said, hey, for the 0:42:08.080 --> 0:42:09.960 next upcoming year, you know you're not gonna be able 0:42:10.000 --> 0:42:14.440 to run TurboTax on Windows ten. And so yeah, the 0:42:15.160 --> 0:42:19.919 company has said that the TurboTax desktop program twenty twenty 0:42:20.000 --> 0:42:24.399 five will require Windows eleven because there's no more. Now, 0:42:24.440 --> 0:42:27.000 this is the interesting thing. They say this because of 0:42:27.080 --> 0:42:31.080 security reasons, right, because Windows ten is no longer actively supported. 0:42:31.400 --> 0:42:34.320 But the funny thing is it is sort of actively 0:42:34.400 --> 0:42:37.719 supported by Microsoft for security updates. But I think the 0:42:37.840 --> 0:42:40.920 problem is they can't guarantee that everyone has those updates. 0:42:40.960 --> 0:42:42.799 So I'm not sure what the reasoning is, like why 0:42:42.880 --> 0:42:45.480 they said you can't do this anymore. I think it's 0:42:45.600 --> 0:42:48.640 just because they want to make a blanket. You know, Okay, 0:42:48.800 --> 0:42:50.640 we know Windows ten is not supported in a big 0:42:50.680 --> 0:42:52.719 way anymore. So we're just going to move forward with 0:42:52.800 --> 0:42:55.799 Windows eleven. So that is the company line. What they're 0:42:55.800 --> 0:42:59.239 saying is this software will not run on ten. So 0:43:00.080 --> 0:43:02.000 and they did say that, you know, security was the 0:43:02.080 --> 0:43:05.480 main reason. So what are your options now? Is there 0:43:05.600 --> 0:43:08.160 some sort of hack or work around. I'm sure there is, 0:43:08.680 --> 0:43:10.480 but I don't know of that hack, nor can I 0:43:10.600 --> 0:43:12.839 recommend that because you're talking about your taxes, you're talking 0:43:12.880 --> 0:43:15.439 about your personal information, talking about you know, the most 0:43:15.920 --> 0:43:19.000 personal and private and secure information you're working with as 0:43:19.040 --> 0:43:21.120 a person. So I can't really say like, oh yeah, 0:43:21.120 --> 0:43:23.920 I just do this and and get around that. So 0:43:24.440 --> 0:43:27.800 I think your best option is if you you know, 0:43:27.880 --> 0:43:30.560 you can upgrade your computer Windows eleven if that supports it. 0:43:30.600 --> 0:43:32.279 If it doesn't, then of course, or if you don't 0:43:32.280 --> 0:43:35.320 want to, that's a whole nother thing. But why do 0:43:35.400 --> 0:43:37.239 you not want to use the online thing? And I 0:43:37.320 --> 0:43:39.400 know a lot of people like this desktop software. Is 0:43:39.440 --> 0:43:41.520 it just because it's offline? Like, what's the reason for that. 0:43:42.840 --> 0:43:44.640 I was poking around a little bit yesterday and it 0:43:44.800 --> 0:43:46.680 just seemed that, I want to say glitchy, but it 0:43:46.840 --> 0:43:49.040 was it was a little bit harder to read the 0:43:49.200 --> 0:43:52.000 best stop version and a little bit more difficult to 0:43:52.400 --> 0:43:54.120 you know, to copy and paste from like a you know, 0:43:54.160 --> 0:43:56.640 a W two and from bank statements and that sort 0:43:56.719 --> 0:43:56.960 of thing. 0:43:57.239 --> 0:43:59.000 Okay, and it was it. 0:43:59.120 --> 0:44:02.440 Wasn't terrible but any means, but not not as streamlined 0:44:02.480 --> 0:44:04.160 as the desktop version that I was used to. 0:44:04.239 --> 0:44:07.680 I guess, okay, I mean I understand that I'm trying 0:44:07.719 --> 0:44:10.120 to see here, So yeah, I mean that's okay. I'm 0:44:10.160 --> 0:44:12.600 looking at Reddit right now, and you know, some people 0:44:12.640 --> 0:44:15.560 are discussing this, of course, and it is interesting because 0:44:15.600 --> 0:44:18.080 people said, well, hold on, now that we have these 0:44:18.160 --> 0:44:21.920 security updates to October twenty twenty six, why can't they 0:44:22.000 --> 0:44:24.480 support it? Like, come on, people are you know, if 0:44:24.480 --> 0:44:27.960 you if you're doing that extension. So I would say 0:44:28.120 --> 0:44:31.359 you're probably going to be unless TurboTax changes their mind. 0:44:32.000 --> 0:44:36.200 You're probably stuck using the online system. You can also 0:44:36.320 --> 0:44:39.040 switch to a different app, but of course that's a 0:44:39.120 --> 0:44:41.680 pain because I'm sure all your data is in this app, right. 0:44:42.320 --> 0:44:42.880 That's correct. 0:44:43.000 --> 0:44:46.000 Yeah, So I would say, now here's my other question. 0:44:46.160 --> 0:44:49.800 If you're using the desktop app, does your data follow 0:44:49.920 --> 0:44:51.080 through to the online app? 0:44:52.280 --> 0:44:55.040 You can you can upload the you know, the file 0:44:55.280 --> 0:44:59.239 from your from your from your from the browser and 0:44:59.400 --> 0:45:01.440 it will you can you can transfer it over. 0:45:01.560 --> 0:45:05.399 Yeah, okay, so that's probably what you're gonna be stuck 0:45:05.440 --> 0:45:07.120 with doing, Brian. I know you said you thought you 0:45:07.200 --> 0:45:09.080 knew the answer before you call it. I think that's 0:45:09.200 --> 0:45:12.919 really you know, the only other thing that would be Yeah, 0:45:13.000 --> 0:45:15.240 there is a thing where you can like write click 0:45:15.280 --> 0:45:18.000 on an app on Windows and do like compatibility mode, 0:45:18.000 --> 0:45:20.279 but I think that's only for backwards compatibility, so if 0:45:20.320 --> 0:45:22.279 you're running it, you know, if you wanted to run 0:45:22.640 --> 0:45:24.680 on an older version or something like that. But I 0:45:24.719 --> 0:45:26.080 don't think you're gonna be able to get around this 0:45:26.160 --> 0:45:30.080 unless TurboTax changes something. I will keep an eye on this. 0:45:30.280 --> 0:45:33.160 It's definitely something that a lot of people are chatting about, 0:45:33.520 --> 0:45:35.400 and I think it's going to impact more people. Were 0:45:35.440 --> 0:45:37.920 only a couple of days into January, so I think 0:45:37.920 --> 0:45:40.040 people are going to be discovering this as we move 0:45:40.080 --> 0:45:43.000 into January, and maybe the more people that are vocal 0:45:43.040 --> 0:45:46.120 about it, the more that TurboTax into it might have 0:45:46.280 --> 0:45:48.920 a change of heart. But right now, that is what 0:45:49.040 --> 0:45:52.440 the company says, that's what they're doing. I'll be honest. 0:45:52.600 --> 0:45:56.680 I use TurboTax for a long time. I now use 0:45:56.760 --> 0:45:59.920 this app called fly fin, which you know I don't. 0:46:00.000 --> 0:46:01.799 I'm not saying you have to change what you use, 0:46:01.880 --> 0:46:04.800 but I love this app and I already got to 0:46:04.880 --> 0:46:08.239 sign my CPA to do my taxes and it's I 0:46:08.320 --> 0:46:09.920 used it last year, I used it the year before. 0:46:10.000 --> 0:46:14.160 It's incredible. If you are even if you are not 0:46:14.440 --> 0:46:16.800 a person that is a freelancer or whatever, you have 0:46:16.840 --> 0:46:19.279 a lot of deductions. This app is just so cool. 0:46:19.520 --> 0:46:21.760 I love it because it's like high tech. So basically, 0:46:21.840 --> 0:46:24.200 you connect all of your accounts. It looks at all 0:46:24.280 --> 0:46:28.600 of your transactions and you classify them. It helps with AI. 0:46:28.760 --> 0:46:30.960 It'll say like, oh, we think this is a business 0:46:31.040 --> 0:46:32.759 expense or even a you know, if you don't have 0:46:32.800 --> 0:46:34.680 a business, just your personal expense, you know, But you 0:46:34.760 --> 0:46:37.160 have to get past that whatever it is, like the 0:46:37.320 --> 0:46:40.120 thirty thousand dollars that you get. You know, I'm not 0:46:40.160 --> 0:46:42.080 a tax expert, but I know there's like some sort 0:46:42.080 --> 0:46:46.640 of threshold for your deductions. But anyway, it's really good. 0:46:46.680 --> 0:46:48.640 And then at the end of the year, you literally 0:46:48.760 --> 0:46:51.440 just someone they assign you a CPA and then they 0:46:51.600 --> 0:46:54.160 just do your taxes for you. And I will tell 0:46:54.239 --> 0:46:56.680 you that last year, I did get like a disclaimer 0:46:56.719 --> 0:46:58.440 that said, you know, just so you know your your 0:46:58.560 --> 0:47:02.080 CPA is overseas, like they're not based in the US. 0:47:02.600 --> 0:47:04.000 I was like, well, I don't know. I mean everything 0:47:04.120 --> 0:47:06.440 is overseas now, right. I mean, it doesn't mean that 0:47:06.520 --> 0:47:09.920 this person is not any more qualified or less qualified 0:47:10.000 --> 0:47:12.280 to do this, but you know that that was a reality. 0:47:12.280 --> 0:47:13.440 I think that was the only warning I saw. I 0:47:13.440 --> 0:47:14.800 don't know if that's the same as this year. I 0:47:14.840 --> 0:47:17.640 didn't see that warning, but just so you know, you know, 0:47:17.719 --> 0:47:19.919 that's probably how they're doing it for a much better 0:47:20.120 --> 0:47:22.520 price tag than some of these other things. But and 0:47:22.600 --> 0:47:25.840 I've tried the live CPA assist on Turbo tax and 0:47:25.880 --> 0:47:30.160 I'll be honest, I wasn't as impressed with that. But anyway, 0:47:30.200 --> 0:47:32.799 by you know who likes taxes anyway, not no one 0:47:32.840 --> 0:47:35.440 I've ever met except CPA's. They kind of like them, 0:47:36.160 --> 0:47:37.520 but they're making a lot of money off of them. 0:47:37.800 --> 0:47:39.560 Eighty to eight rich one on one eight eight eight 0:47:39.719 --> 0:47:45.359 seven four to two four one zero one back after this, Oh, 0:47:45.400 --> 0:47:52.200 this one's a slow burn. Okay, wait for it? Is 0:47:52.280 --> 0:47:59.680 this the right now song? Okay? This will forever? Is 0:47:59.760 --> 0:48:02.360 this right here? Right now, right, Okay, I think this 0:48:02.560 --> 0:48:08.560 was the Crystal Pepsi song. Look up on YouTube Crystal Pepsi? 0:48:08.680 --> 0:48:09.400 Is this van Helen? 0:48:09.920 --> 0:48:10.200 Okay? 0:48:10.400 --> 0:48:15.640 Yeah, nineteen ninety two Crystal Pepsi Van Halen. They did 0:48:15.680 --> 0:48:17.600 a commercial I think it was on Saturday Night Live 0:48:18.480 --> 0:48:22.160 and it was like, oh gosh, now I'm forgetting if 0:48:22.200 --> 0:48:24.520 it was the actual commercial or just the Saturday Night 0:48:24.600 --> 0:48:27.160 Live version. Anyway, they did a version on Saturday Night 0:48:27.200 --> 0:48:29.880 Live that was Crystal gravy. I will never forget as 0:48:29.920 --> 0:48:33.440 a kid just seeing that, and I love Crystal pepsi. 0:48:33.760 --> 0:48:35.759 It was like the clear Pepsi. I was like, hey, 0:48:35.840 --> 0:48:37.120 how did they make pepsi clear? 0:48:37.920 --> 0:48:38.040 Oh? 0:48:38.160 --> 0:48:41.680 Because it's all chemicals and fake That's how eight to 0:48:41.760 --> 0:48:44.239 eight rich one oh one eighty eight seven four to 0:48:44.280 --> 0:48:47.640 two four one zero one. Christine has been waiting patiently 0:48:47.680 --> 0:48:51.080 at Huntington Beach with her question. I don't know if 0:48:51.080 --> 0:48:53.000 I can help, because I can't. I don't understand what 0:48:53.080 --> 0:48:55.319 it says on my screen here, But I will, I will, 0:48:55.640 --> 0:48:57.759 I will attempt. What can I help you with? 0:48:58.360 --> 0:48:58.520 Oh? 0:48:58.760 --> 0:49:00.839 Hi, happy to be here, rich and Bobo, and thank 0:49:00.880 --> 0:49:02.920 you for taking my calm. And I just want to 0:49:02.960 --> 0:49:05.240 tell you I'm always learning from you, and I'm always 0:49:05.320 --> 0:49:08.520 replaying your podcast to learn to learn more all the time. 0:49:08.640 --> 0:49:12.040 So oh my gosh, I feel so bad for you replaying. 0:49:12.120 --> 0:49:14.239 I mean, listening to it once is worse enough for 0:49:14.400 --> 0:49:14.920 some people. 0:49:15.360 --> 0:49:17.279 No, no, it's good. 0:49:17.520 --> 0:49:20.520 I learned a lot. So okay, So I have never 0:49:20.680 --> 0:49:23.840 had this happen to me before. So last week I 0:49:23.920 --> 0:49:27.520 have a laptop and it's Microsoft based, and I went 0:49:27.600 --> 0:49:30.480 to restart my computer and then when the screen came up, 0:49:31.560 --> 0:49:34.200 you know you put in your credentials, like you put 0:49:34.239 --> 0:49:37.120 your password in. Well I put it in, and it 0:49:37.239 --> 0:49:42.799 kept saying Microsoft, your log off of your offline with Microsoft. 0:49:43.280 --> 0:49:44.840 So I thought, well, that's really weird. So maybe I 0:49:44.880 --> 0:49:45.600 didn't type it right. 0:49:45.680 --> 0:49:46.279 So I typed it. 0:49:46.400 --> 0:49:49.279 I typed it several times, constantly just kept telling me 0:49:49.560 --> 0:49:53.680 I was offline with Microsoft. I couldn't open up. It 0:49:54.000 --> 0:49:55.960 literally locked me out of my computer. I couldn't open 0:49:56.040 --> 0:49:58.160 up any screens. I couldn't go to Google to like 0:49:58.280 --> 0:50:00.359 start typing the thin to figure out what it's wrong 0:50:00.400 --> 0:50:06.040 with my right whatever. So I thought, okay, well, let 0:50:06.080 --> 0:50:07.719 me just go to my phone. So I went to 0:50:07.800 --> 0:50:11.640 my phone, I typed in Microsoft, went in there found it, 0:50:12.360 --> 0:50:15.400 put my credentials in, and then it started asking me 0:50:15.440 --> 0:50:19.479 a series of questions and one thing I couldn't get around. 0:50:19.560 --> 0:50:21.000 And I don't know if you call it a it 0:50:21.120 --> 0:50:23.440 gave me a single use code or maybe you call 0:50:23.520 --> 0:50:27.120 it a pass key. I couldn't get around that because anyways, 0:50:27.120 --> 0:50:29.200 because I think I remember you saying something like don't 0:50:29.560 --> 0:50:31.280 don't take a pass key because I could. 0:50:31.239 --> 0:50:32.280 Goof you up or something. 0:50:32.360 --> 0:50:34.320 But I have to go back and listen to that podcast. 0:50:34.800 --> 0:50:37.120 So anyways, after like trying to figure this out for 0:50:37.160 --> 0:50:39.759 a couple of hours, I ended up logging in on 0:50:39.840 --> 0:50:44.040 my phone with Microsoft directly, and it ended up I 0:50:44.160 --> 0:50:45.960 was able to get into my computer. It was the 0:50:46.040 --> 0:50:49.279 strangest thing I've never had this happen. And I've you know, 0:50:49.400 --> 0:50:52.200 been having computers for over thirty years and always dealing 0:50:52.239 --> 0:50:55.120 with Microsoft. So have you ever heard of this happening before? 0:50:55.400 --> 0:50:59.040 Well, I think what I think what it sounds to 0:50:59.160 --> 0:51:03.200 me that you basically so Microsoft, for some reason, they 0:51:03.280 --> 0:51:06.440 really like an internet connection when you're logging on to 0:51:06.600 --> 0:51:10.160 like verify the account unless you're using a local account. 0:51:10.760 --> 0:51:13.200 So and some people kind of have a work like Basically, 0:51:13.280 --> 0:51:15.640 Microsoft wants everything to be done online at this point, right, 0:51:15.719 --> 0:51:18.600 like they want everything to be you know, a Microsoft 0:51:18.640 --> 0:51:20.800 account and when you sign in, it's checking against the 0:51:20.880 --> 0:51:23.359 online account. So that sounds like it sounds like two 0:51:23.400 --> 0:51:25.920 things were happening. Number one, it could have been a coincidence. 0:51:25.960 --> 0:51:28.640 Has this happened again, No, it happened. 0:51:28.719 --> 0:51:29.759 Happened since last week. 0:51:29.960 --> 0:51:33.240 So I'm wondering if when you logged in, your computer 0:51:33.719 --> 0:51:36.479 was offline, like it just you know, sometimes these things happen, 0:51:36.560 --> 0:51:38.440 and your computer was just happened to be offline at 0:51:38.480 --> 0:51:41.440 that moment and it couldn't log in, and then when 0:51:41.440 --> 0:51:44.800 you went to your phone, it did log in because 0:51:44.800 --> 0:51:47.279 your phone, you know, either your WiFi was fine there 0:51:47.360 --> 0:51:49.359 or the connection was there, or you're you know, you're 0:51:49.440 --> 0:51:52.160 on cellular whatever, and you're able to log in there. 0:51:52.440 --> 0:51:55.640 The thing that's confusing to me is the one time passcode. 0:51:55.680 --> 0:51:57.920 So did you were you able to log into your 0:51:57.920 --> 0:51:59.680 computer the regular way at the end? 0:52:00.640 --> 0:52:00.799 Yeah? 0:52:00.840 --> 0:52:02.640 I was, and I was able to do it. And 0:52:03.000 --> 0:52:05.480 I kept checking my because I have a euro Wi 0:52:05.600 --> 0:52:10.200 Fi or system in my house based on your recommendations, 0:52:11.280 --> 0:52:12.680 so I kept looking at it. 0:52:12.960 --> 0:52:13.520 It was lit. 0:52:13.640 --> 0:52:15.759 It wasn't offline or anything. It was and I kept 0:52:15.800 --> 0:52:18.040 looking at my computer to see that the Wi Fi 0:52:18.360 --> 0:52:20.200 signal was up and I was connected. It was just 0:52:20.280 --> 0:52:21.760 the strangest thing, and I can never. 0:52:21.680 --> 0:52:22.200 Have that happen. 0:52:22.320 --> 0:52:24.919 Okay, Well, here's here's an easy way to try this again. 0:52:24.960 --> 0:52:26.200 And I don't know if you want to put yourself 0:52:26.239 --> 0:52:29.279 through this pain again, but you could, uh, you know, 0:52:29.440 --> 0:52:31.960 either turn off your Wi Fi or if your if 0:52:32.000 --> 0:52:34.040 your computer is connected via Ethernet, you can just pull 0:52:34.120 --> 0:52:36.399 that cable and see if you get that same error 0:52:36.480 --> 0:52:38.040 and then you know that like it was just a 0:52:38.120 --> 0:52:40.600 one time thing because your phone wasn't online. So that's 0:52:40.680 --> 0:52:42.160 one way. But but I don't know if you want 0:52:42.200 --> 0:52:43.839 to do that, because you know, I know, once things 0:52:43.880 --> 0:52:45.799 are working in the tech world, you don't really want 0:52:45.840 --> 0:52:48.920 to mess them up again. But in the future, if 0:52:48.960 --> 0:52:52.040 this happens again, you might be able to do what's 0:52:52.080 --> 0:52:54.880 called a local account and set up like a local 0:52:54.960 --> 0:52:57.359 login for this computer just to still get in even 0:52:57.400 --> 0:52:59.080 if you you know, can't get in with the with 0:52:59.160 --> 0:53:02.759 the Wi Fi situation. And then at the end of 0:53:02.760 --> 0:53:05.440 the day, there's something called safe mode which you can 0:53:05.560 --> 0:53:08.359 boot into that and you can see, you know, if 0:53:08.400 --> 0:53:10.000 that if that can help you at least get into 0:53:10.000 --> 0:53:11.840 your computer. But it sounds like this was just a 0:53:11.960 --> 0:53:15.360 fluke to me. Yeah, and the one time code and 0:53:15.400 --> 0:53:17.000 all that stuff, I think was just I don't think 0:53:17.040 --> 0:53:18.960 anyone hacked you. I don't. I think that this was 0:53:19.000 --> 0:53:21.359 a fluke and it just maybe at the moment your 0:53:21.400 --> 0:53:24.200 computer was not connected, at the second it logged on 0:53:24.360 --> 0:53:24.960 or something like that. 0:53:25.440 --> 0:53:27.359 Well, And I was also thinking, like not to even 0:53:27.440 --> 0:53:29.560 have a password to even get into my laptop. 0:53:30.760 --> 0:53:32.399 Just I was thinking that, like, I don't. 0:53:32.440 --> 0:53:35.960 I don't recommend that, dog you down. Do not recommend that, no, 0:53:36.160 --> 0:53:39.080 because I mean, it's just too you know, with everything 0:53:39.160 --> 0:53:41.040 we store on these computers. Even if you say, oh, 0:53:41.080 --> 0:53:42.520 I just leave my computer at home, it's not a 0:53:42.560 --> 0:53:44.960 big deal. I don't try. I just I can't in 0:53:45.080 --> 0:53:47.440 good faith tell people to not have a passcode on 0:53:47.480 --> 0:53:50.680 their computer or password on you know, passcode on their phone, 0:53:50.719 --> 0:53:53.319 password on their computer. There's too much stuff on there, 0:53:53.800 --> 0:53:55.200 and you know, you just don't want this to get 0:53:55.200 --> 0:53:58.200 into the wrong hands. Thanks to the call, Christine, really 0:53:58.239 --> 0:54:00.719 appreciate the kind words there and huntingdon be eighty eight 0:54:00.840 --> 0:54:02.840 rich one on one. Coming up, we're gonna talk with 0:54:02.960 --> 0:54:06.920 the author of the subtle art of not giving a 0:54:07.960 --> 0:54:12.680 you know what? Right here, I'm rich on Tech. Welcome 0:54:12.719 --> 0:54:14.920 back to rich on Tech, rich DeMuro here hanging out 0:54:14.960 --> 0:54:17.920 with you, Talking technology triple eight rich one O one 0:54:18.120 --> 0:54:22.359 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:54:23.640 --> 0:54:27.480 Some more news trickling out of the prelude to CS 0:54:27.560 --> 0:54:30.839 twenty twenty six. Samsung is bringing Google Photos to its 0:54:30.880 --> 0:54:35.360 Samsung TVs and twenty twenty six, which is interesting and 0:54:35.480 --> 0:54:38.880 that's great, But hey, Google, let's make a Google Photos 0:54:38.880 --> 0:54:44.640 app for all TVs, right, Samsung, Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, 0:54:44.840 --> 0:54:48.160 where is the app? Come on, I got all my 0:54:48.200 --> 0:54:49.440 photos in there. I want to see him on my 0:54:49.480 --> 0:54:52.359 big screen. And now I can call it Apple too, 0:54:52.360 --> 0:54:54.400 because they don't have an Apple Photos app for anything 0:54:54.480 --> 0:54:56.719 except Apple TV. But you know, and yes, you can 0:54:56.840 --> 0:54:59.680 cast your photos, but I want a native app that 0:54:59.719 --> 0:55:02.399 I can just have on my screen anyway. So that's 0:55:02.440 --> 0:55:06.000 something we'll be checking out. Samsung bringing Google Photos to 0:55:06.080 --> 0:55:09.759 Samsung TV's twenty twenty six models first, and then some 0:55:09.840 --> 0:55:13.239 of the older devices will get them as well. Here's 0:55:13.280 --> 0:55:14.960 what I love about my job, Here's what I love 0:55:15.000 --> 0:55:19.480 about my shows. I've read this book when it came 0:55:19.560 --> 0:55:21.279 out and I can't believe it's been this long, by 0:55:21.320 --> 0:55:24.520 the way, and I never thought I'd actually interview the 0:55:24.600 --> 0:55:28.399 author of this book, but yet here we are Mark 0:55:28.440 --> 0:55:32.280 Manson on the phone. He's got a new app called Purpose. 0:55:32.440 --> 0:55:34.759 He's the author of the I got to figure out 0:55:34.760 --> 0:55:36.400 how to say this on the radio, the subtle art 0:55:36.480 --> 0:55:40.160 of not giving. Can I say an F I guess 0:55:40.400 --> 0:55:44.759 I just did Mark, Welcome to the show, be here, 0:55:44.880 --> 0:55:47.560 thanks for having me. So was it really released in 0:55:47.640 --> 0:55:51.000 twenty sixteen? I know, man, we're coming up. It's going 0:55:51.080 --> 0:55:53.920 to be ten years this year. That's wild. I mean, 0:55:53.960 --> 0:55:57.560 this was so I'll never forget reading this book. And 0:55:57.680 --> 0:56:00.520 I had like a little and I'm sure you've heard many, 0:56:00.560 --> 0:56:02.640 many stories about how this affected people's lives, but I 0:56:02.719 --> 0:56:05.759 had a little extra swagger in my step after reading 0:56:05.840 --> 0:56:07.040 this book. I'm like, you know what, I don't care 0:56:07.080 --> 0:56:14.160 about anything anymore. Yeah, yeah, those were the days. Similar days. 0:56:14.520 --> 0:56:18.160 So how has life changed in the wake of this book? 0:56:18.239 --> 0:56:22.320 So you wrote this obviously bestseller, did anything you know? 0:56:22.800 --> 0:56:25.359 Did your perspective change on anything? Because so many people 0:56:25.400 --> 0:56:28.240 are now suddenly coming to you for this type of advice. 0:56:30.120 --> 0:56:33.000 I it's interesting because in hindsight. 0:56:33.120 --> 0:56:36.439 I didn't think about this at the time, but looking back, 0:56:36.880 --> 0:56:39.359 you know, ten years into the past, I do think 0:56:39.560 --> 0:56:41.520 one of the reasons it did so well is that 0:56:41.640 --> 0:56:45.240 it was one of the first books to name something 0:56:45.320 --> 0:56:48.040 that everybody was experiencing. So if you think about the 0:56:48.160 --> 0:56:51.480 early twenty tens, Facebook released its newsfeed. 0:56:51.560 --> 0:56:53.000 I believe in twenty twelve. 0:56:54.280 --> 0:56:57.200 Social media Instagram came out twenty eleven, like social media 0:56:57.280 --> 0:56:59.960 really started to take off, like twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen, 0:57:00.120 --> 0:57:02.480 and and so that's when you start getting this like 0:57:03.239 --> 0:57:07.280 these ideas of fomo and social media and douced anxiety 0:57:07.360 --> 0:57:10.480 and all this stuff. And so I think the just 0:57:10.800 --> 0:57:14.920 the message of the book about being noticing what is 0:57:15.040 --> 0:57:18.640 worth caring about and what's not worth caring about. I 0:57:18.720 --> 0:57:23.760 think it caught really the struggle of our generation at 0:57:23.800 --> 0:57:27.080 a very very early And so when I when I 0:57:27.160 --> 0:57:30.000 look back over those ten years, I'm like, Okay, now 0:57:30.080 --> 0:57:31.880 it kind of makes sense why it did so well. 0:57:32.360 --> 0:57:35.160 But at the time I was just like, oh my god, 0:57:35.280 --> 0:57:39.720 that's a lot of book sales. Yeah, you've got a 0:57:39.760 --> 0:57:45.680 new app called Purpose. It's an AI coaching app. Explain 0:57:45.800 --> 0:57:49.400 what this app is all about. So the app is 0:57:49.520 --> 0:57:55.000 designed to help people find direction and clarity in their life. 0:57:56.360 --> 0:57:59.480 The best way to describe it is, I don't. 0:57:59.280 --> 0:58:00.840 Know about if you've done this, but. 0:58:02.320 --> 0:58:05.560 The recent survey show that almost fifty percent of chat 0:58:05.640 --> 0:58:09.760 GBT users use chat GPT for life advice. They asked 0:58:09.800 --> 0:58:12.520 personal questions they give them, you know, I'm having an 0:58:12.600 --> 0:58:15.200 argument with my spouse or I want to make a 0:58:15.280 --> 0:58:18.760 career change, and they're using They're starting to use AI. 0:58:18.800 --> 0:58:21.960 For these sorts of questions. I've heard people gotten divorced 0:58:22.000 --> 0:58:23.680 because of it, Like they're like, oh, you should divorce 0:58:23.720 --> 0:58:25.360 your wife and they're like, okay, sure, I'll do. 0:58:25.400 --> 0:58:30.080 It's it's actually crazy, Like there's some crazy stuff that's 0:58:30.120 --> 0:58:31.080 been happening around this. 0:58:31.360 --> 0:58:34.040 And I first this landed on my radar about a 0:58:34.120 --> 0:58:34.480 year ago. 0:58:34.560 --> 0:58:36.280 I started running into a number of people in my 0:58:36.400 --> 0:58:38.720 personal life who are like, hey, I'm using chat GPT 0:58:38.800 --> 0:58:42.200 as a therapist. And I was like, huh, So I 0:58:42.360 --> 0:58:44.440 went to it and I started testing it out. And 0:58:45.040 --> 0:58:47.840 the problem, which is pretty well documented at this point, 0:58:47.960 --> 0:58:53.160 is that the foundational AI models like they don't they're 0:58:53.200 --> 0:58:56.200 psycho fantic. They kiss your butt, they don't challenge you, 0:58:56.400 --> 0:58:58.680 they don't disagree with you. You know, if I go 0:58:58.760 --> 0:59:00.320 to chat GPT and I tell it that I'm the 0:59:00.400 --> 0:59:02.880 Queen of England and I should conquer the world, like, 0:59:02.960 --> 0:59:05.720 it's probably not going to push back. It's probably just 0:59:05.840 --> 0:59:07.920 going to start helping me come up with, you know, 0:59:08.200 --> 0:59:10.280 whatever I want to come with. 0:59:10.400 --> 0:59:12.280 My wife, and my wife and I joke about this 0:59:12.320 --> 0:59:13.960 all the time, so like any idea you have, Oh, 0:59:14.040 --> 0:59:16.560 that's a great idea. Oh I just said it's going 0:59:16.600 --> 0:59:19.760 to mix you know, vinegar and whatever. It doesn't even matter. 0:59:19.840 --> 0:59:23.960 It's like, yes, this is great. It's like okay, yeah, 0:59:24.080 --> 0:59:26.440 can I get a real independent perspective here? Okay, So 0:59:26.520 --> 0:59:28.280 we know the problem. That's that's the problem. These things 0:59:28.320 --> 0:59:29.880 are just kissing up to everyone. 0:59:31.160 --> 0:59:31.360 Yeah. 0:59:31.440 --> 0:59:34.680 And the issue is that ultimately, these these AI models, 0:59:34.680 --> 0:59:37.280 they're designed to be assistance. And what does an assistant do. 0:59:37.600 --> 0:59:40.600 An assistant says yes to everything anything you ask. Yeah, 0:59:40.680 --> 0:59:42.960 I can do that anything you want. Yeah, sure you 0:59:43.000 --> 0:59:46.240 should have that. So I started thinking of like, okay, 0:59:46.280 --> 0:59:48.400 they're really if people are already going to be doing this, 0:59:48.520 --> 0:59:50.000 then there needs to be some sort of AI on 0:59:50.080 --> 0:59:52.200 the market that that is at least going to challenge 0:59:52.400 --> 0:59:56.280 your assumptions, question your beliefs, you know, kind of poke 0:59:56.320 --> 0:59:59.080 at some blind spots because ultimately, like that is what 0:59:59.600 --> 1:00:03.320 good coaching or therapy is. Is it somebody who can 1:00:03.520 --> 1:00:06.240 reflect back to the things that you're missing or not seeing. 1:00:07.560 --> 1:00:09.080 So I met my co founder. 1:00:10.240 --> 1:00:11.680 I was looking to. 1:00:13.360 --> 1:00:16.320 Like invest in a startup that was working on something 1:00:16.440 --> 1:00:18.720 like this, and that's when I met my co founder 1:00:18.720 --> 1:00:21.960 about a year ago, and he's been building AI products 1:00:22.000 --> 1:00:25.400 for over ten years, and we just said, screw it, 1:00:25.440 --> 1:00:26.680 why don't why don't we make it? 1:00:28.000 --> 1:00:30.240 And so okay, so you've got this app, So explain 1:00:30.360 --> 1:00:32.400 kind of like if you're using let's say you're already 1:00:32.440 --> 1:00:35.440 using chatchybt for like everything, you know, questions answers. What 1:00:35.560 --> 1:00:38.320 does purpose do differently, like what is it? What does 1:00:38.360 --> 1:00:42.320 it bring to the table that chatchybe doesn't. I would 1:00:42.320 --> 1:00:44.320 say the first thing it does is that it is 1:00:44.880 --> 1:00:48.080 it is designed to be challenging. It's designed to question 1:00:48.200 --> 1:00:51.840 your assumptions. One of the things that people notice right 1:00:51.880 --> 1:00:53.800 away with it is that it if you go to 1:00:53.920 --> 1:00:56.480 it and you say, like I want to lose ten pounds, 1:00:57.480 --> 1:00:59.960 you know, chatchybt will will give you like a die, 1:01:00.080 --> 1:01:03.600 a plan and a workout routine purpose will say, why 1:01:03.640 --> 1:01:05.360 do you want to lose ten pounds? What is it 1:01:05.400 --> 1:01:06.960 about the ten pounds that you think is going to 1:01:07.040 --> 1:01:07.560 make you happy? 1:01:07.800 --> 1:01:07.920 Right? 1:01:08.120 --> 1:01:08.960 It's there? 1:01:09.240 --> 1:01:12.120 Is there another is this being motivated by something that's healthy? 1:01:12.320 --> 1:01:16.280 Or are you like feeling insecure for some reason? And 1:01:16.400 --> 1:01:20.360 so it looks it always tries to look a layer deeper. 1:01:21.760 --> 1:01:23.880 The second thing that it does is that it has 1:01:24.680 --> 1:01:27.760 I mean, we've worked really hard on the memory system. 1:01:28.080 --> 1:01:30.640 Like the problem with the memory of most AI models 1:01:30.680 --> 1:01:35.640 at the moment is that they can't sort by importance. Right, 1:01:35.800 --> 1:01:40.720 so chat GBT knows that you you know, your probably 1:01:40.760 --> 1:01:43.280 your mother's name, and the city you grew up in. 1:01:43.960 --> 1:01:46.840 It also knows what TV stand you bought last month 1:01:47.080 --> 1:01:51.960 or the the issue you had with your car last week. 1:01:52.600 --> 1:01:56.280 It doesn't understand that those are two completely different things. 1:01:56.400 --> 1:01:58.880 That one memory, your memory of your mother, is far 1:01:59.000 --> 1:02:04.200 more important and close to your identity than what TV 1:02:04.320 --> 1:02:06.520 stand you bought last month. And so we've tried to 1:02:06.560 --> 1:02:10.200 build a memory that will rank and prioritize the importance 1:02:10.440 --> 1:02:15.240 of memory so that it like understands that you know, 1:02:15.360 --> 1:02:18.360 it won't get fixated on some like random detail of 1:02:18.440 --> 1:02:22.560 your life and and start to start over indexing on 1:02:23.000 --> 1:02:24.920 the advice that it gives. And then the last thing 1:02:24.960 --> 1:02:27.160 that we've really focused on is just personality, Like it's 1:02:28.440 --> 1:02:30.600 I've been writing in this space for twenty years. I've 1:02:30.640 --> 1:02:33.400 been very successful, you know, communicating a lot of these 1:02:33.440 --> 1:02:35.240 ideas to people, and so the goal was to really 1:02:35.360 --> 1:02:39.280 just like give it a little bit of flavor, personality, 1:02:39.440 --> 1:02:43.640 some fun like a make it tonally and stylistically a 1:02:43.720 --> 1:02:44.760 little bit different. 1:02:44.520 --> 1:02:47.240 Than a normal AI that you would talk to. So 1:02:47.360 --> 1:02:50.000 the website for the app is purpose dot app. If 1:02:50.000 --> 1:02:52.000 you want to see what we're talking about here, Purpose 1:02:52.280 --> 1:02:55.360 dot app. So would you consider this therapy? 1:02:55.880 --> 1:02:58.920 Is it a journal? Is it something in between? Like 1:02:59.240 --> 1:03:02.840 who do you think need this? And why it's not 1:03:02.960 --> 1:03:07.840 We're definitely not going after therapy. We actually consciously chose 1:03:07.920 --> 1:03:12.480 to kind of stay out of the therapy world for 1:03:12.560 --> 1:03:14.520 a couple of reasons. One is just I think it's 1:03:14.600 --> 1:03:17.400 higher stakes and I think this technology is still. 1:03:17.240 --> 1:03:18.720 So new that it's not. 1:03:20.920 --> 1:03:24.960 I don't like, I don't want to be making these 1:03:25.400 --> 1:03:28.520 grand tests on people who are very psychologically vulnerable. I 1:03:28.560 --> 1:03:30.880 think that that the technology really just needs to be 1:03:30.960 --> 1:03:32.840 worked on quite a bit more before we like put 1:03:32.880 --> 1:03:35.760 it in these high stake situations, so we're more focused 1:03:35.800 --> 1:03:39.040 on kind of the coaching mentorship side of things, more 1:03:39.080 --> 1:03:42.360 of the personal growth, personal development. I jokingly call it 1:03:43.040 --> 1:03:49.000 the high quality problems. It's it's like if you want 1:03:49.080 --> 1:03:53.160 to get a raise at work this year, or if 1:03:53.240 --> 1:03:56.240 you're struggling to figure out whether you should stay in 1:03:56.280 --> 1:04:02.439 a relationship or not. It's basically problems that normal, well 1:04:02.480 --> 1:04:06.720 functioning adults, everyday people struggle with. But it's not like 1:04:07.040 --> 1:04:10.400 a major emotional crisis. It's not like a psychiatric issue. 1:04:10.240 --> 1:04:10.840 Anything like that. 1:04:10.960 --> 1:04:13.560 For those things and and for those things purposes, it 1:04:14.080 --> 1:04:16.760 is trained to tell you to go seek a professional. 1:04:17.600 --> 1:04:20.840 Interesting, So would you is it almost it's not really 1:04:21.000 --> 1:04:23.280 life coaching or it almost is like life coaching, but 1:04:23.320 --> 1:04:25.160 you don't want to you don't want to frame it 1:04:25.240 --> 1:04:28.000 in these things. It's more of like a helpful app. 1:04:28.800 --> 1:04:32.200 Yeah, it's it is weird because it is new territory, right, 1:04:32.320 --> 1:04:34.600 So on the one hand, it is I think probably 1:04:34.680 --> 1:04:37.959 the closest thing in the human world that it would 1:04:38.000 --> 1:04:40.160 compare to is life coaching. But on the other hand, 1:04:40.240 --> 1:04:43.840 like I mean, you can use it for all sorts 1:04:43.840 --> 1:04:47.600 of different things. I mean it's we we get people 1:04:47.760 --> 1:04:52.440 who uh, you know, use it to just bounce ideas 1:04:52.480 --> 1:04:54.680 off of as they're going throughout their day. We get 1:04:54.720 --> 1:04:56.760 people who are like, if they're bored on their commute, 1:04:56.800 --> 1:04:58.160 they just pull it up and talk to it. So 1:04:58.240 --> 1:05:00.680 like it is, I do feel like AI is going 1:05:00.760 --> 1:05:04.600 to inhabit a lot of different categories that like we 1:05:04.800 --> 1:05:07.600 haven't really that don't don't exist. 1:05:08.880 --> 1:05:12.120 Among humans, and I imagine that this product is no different. 1:05:12.880 --> 1:05:14.840 So you've got the app, You've got a seven day 1:05:14.880 --> 1:05:16.919 free trial. It's twenty dollars a month or one hundred 1:05:16.920 --> 1:05:19.440 and fifty for the year. The question that I think 1:05:19.480 --> 1:05:22.160 people are going to be asking themselves is, hey, how 1:05:22.320 --> 1:05:24.720 is this better than my chat GBT or how is 1:05:24.760 --> 1:05:27.360 this better than chatting with Gemini or whoever they're using? 1:05:27.880 --> 1:05:29.800 And what's your answer to that? What are they going 1:05:29.840 --> 1:05:31.280 to get out of this that they don't get. 1:05:33.000 --> 1:05:37.680 You're going to get a higher, higher signal to noise ratio, 1:05:37.840 --> 1:05:39.760 and you're going to get it much faster. I would 1:05:39.800 --> 1:05:42.240 just I always encourage people and like, just download it, 1:05:42.360 --> 1:05:46.480 try it for like twenty minutes. Generally speaking, people are 1:05:46.600 --> 1:05:48.360 blown away within the first conversation. 1:05:48.840 --> 1:05:49.080 It is. 1:05:49.680 --> 1:05:51.760 It is it's eerie. 1:05:51.960 --> 1:05:55.240 How like we've got an onboarding process where we kind 1:05:55.280 --> 1:05:58.640 of pull some personality traits and learn a little bit 1:05:58.680 --> 1:06:04.120 about you. And it is shocking sometimes how dead on 1:06:04.480 --> 1:06:07.840 the AI is in that first conversation. So I would 1:06:07.840 --> 1:06:09.680 just encourage people to give it a shot, and if 1:06:09.760 --> 1:06:12.320 it feels weird or it's not for you, that's totally fine. 1:06:12.360 --> 1:06:15.600 But he there, let us know what you think. They're 1:06:15.600 --> 1:06:19.240 playing me off purpose dot app. Mark Manson, thanks so 1:06:19.360 --> 1:06:21.960 much for joining me today. I really appreciate it. Thank you. 1:06:22.160 --> 1:06:25.040 Rich all right, purpose dot app. Hey you heard them? 1:06:25.240 --> 1:06:27.360 Download it? Try it, see what you think you know, 1:06:27.480 --> 1:06:30.800 get some life changing insights. Eight eight eight rich one 1:06:30.840 --> 1:06:32.880 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 1:06:32.920 --> 1:06:38.400 one zero one. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 1:06:38.440 --> 1:06:42.320 Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology. Eight eight 1:06:42.400 --> 1:06:45.240 eight seven four to two four one zero one. The 1:06:45.320 --> 1:06:49.560 website for the show is rich on Tech dot tv 1:06:50.280 --> 1:06:52.480 if you're going there to grab that app. We were 1:06:52.520 --> 1:06:56.200 just talking about purpose or I was able to find 1:06:56.440 --> 1:07:01.680 the official TurboTax letter from let's see who was it? 1:07:01.760 --> 1:07:05.440 The vice president of Turbo Tax that talked about their 1:07:05.480 --> 1:07:09.480 decision to not support Windows ten and They do address 1:07:09.600 --> 1:07:12.040 the fact that a lot of people are getting the 1:07:12.080 --> 1:07:15.439 extended software updates, and they understand that, but they still 1:07:15.480 --> 1:07:18.360 say that, you know what, it's just too risky to 1:07:18.520 --> 1:07:21.280 use this system. So they've got a whole letter if 1:07:21.320 --> 1:07:23.640 you want to read all about that. Rich on tech 1:07:23.680 --> 1:07:27.480 dot tv again the whole turbo tax. The new TurboTax 1:07:27.520 --> 1:07:30.080 software is not going to work on a Windows ten 1:07:30.120 --> 1:07:33.360 computer this year. So if you did an upgrade or 1:07:33.440 --> 1:07:35.800 you didn't, you know, you're not using Windows eleven, You're 1:07:35.800 --> 1:07:37.000 not gonna be able to run that. You got to 1:07:37.080 --> 1:07:42.000 use the online software. Let's go to Vivian in Menefee. 1:07:42.160 --> 1:07:43.000 You're on with Rich. 1:07:44.880 --> 1:07:52.560 Yes, I enjoy listening to your show, Thank you, but 1:07:53.080 --> 1:07:56.400 I have a very serious. 1:07:57.680 --> 1:08:00.440 With my email. 1:08:00.960 --> 1:08:06.880 It's an email I don't like and it seems like 1:08:07.080 --> 1:08:10.960 it's sub fixed in one because it has all these 1:08:11.880 --> 1:08:16.400 giggles on it to your amount where you can't read nothing, 1:08:17.479 --> 1:08:22.160 and every time I tried to delete it, it comes back. 1:08:24.479 --> 1:08:26.519 So you're trying to get rid of this this So 1:08:26.600 --> 1:08:30.040 you're you're getting a phishing email and it's you're deleting 1:08:30.120 --> 1:08:32.920 it and it's coming back. Is it the same exact sender? 1:08:33.160 --> 1:08:39.479 Or is it different senders it's the same okay, same center. Uh, 1:08:39.840 --> 1:08:42.679 you can. If it's the same sender, I would recommend 1:08:42.720 --> 1:08:46.479 blocking the sender. So on whatever email app you have, 1:08:47.320 --> 1:08:51.920 there is typically a way to block a sender with 1:08:52.080 --> 1:08:55.439 a specific email address. Now you have to understand that 1:08:55.680 --> 1:08:58.400 most of the time when you're getting spam emails or 1:08:58.439 --> 1:09:01.800 a phishing email, they are coming from different addresses. But 1:09:01.880 --> 1:09:04.320 if this email keeps coming back from the same person 1:09:05.080 --> 1:09:07.720 with the same address, you can block that. And the 1:09:07.760 --> 1:09:11.479 way to do that is just Google, Yahoo, you know, 1:09:11.600 --> 1:09:14.760 block email sender and you know it'll give you the 1:09:15.040 --> 1:09:18.840 directions for whatever your email address is. So if you're 1:09:18.960 --> 1:09:22.240 using Outlook, just say Outlook block email sender. If you 1:09:22.320 --> 1:09:26.000 using Gmail, block out block sender. Apple lets you do 1:09:26.080 --> 1:09:30.479 it on their phone. But whatever software you're using, you 1:09:30.520 --> 1:09:33.800 either have to use the block or you can create 1:09:33.840 --> 1:09:38.040 a filter that will just automatically filter that message into oblivion. 1:09:38.760 --> 1:09:41.479 But Vivian, I would be careful. You know, if this 1:09:41.840 --> 1:09:44.920 phishing email, I mean they're very common, so if you're 1:09:44.960 --> 1:09:48.920 getting this, it's no real indication of your security. But 1:09:49.000 --> 1:09:51.160 if they're using anything or they include anything in that 1:09:51.240 --> 1:09:54.040 email that is personal, that you're still using. Like let's 1:09:54.040 --> 1:09:56.680 say they say, oh, you have your password, and they 1:09:56.760 --> 1:09:58.880 tell you what it is. A lot of times these 1:09:58.920 --> 1:10:01.400 emails will scrape data that they find on the web, 1:10:02.080 --> 1:10:06.439 especially from data breaches, and they will include that information 1:10:06.760 --> 1:10:10.280 in the email to make it seem more legitimate. But 1:10:10.680 --> 1:10:13.320 do not be swayed by that. These people, you know, 1:10:13.360 --> 1:10:17.639 they're just phishing. That's where this term phishing email came from. 1:10:17.960 --> 1:10:22.040 They're literally just throwing casting a wide net and hoping 1:10:22.120 --> 1:10:24.880 to catch folks in it that are, you know, not 1:10:25.080 --> 1:10:27.920 reading closely or not reading carefully, or they're scared, or 1:10:27.960 --> 1:10:30.479 they're worried and they click a link, or they give 1:10:30.520 --> 1:10:33.880 over their information, whatever it is. So that's the best 1:10:33.920 --> 1:10:36.080 way to do it. You can also report as spam 1:10:36.840 --> 1:10:42.760 in your email program and that will help you as well. Now, additionally, 1:10:43.040 --> 1:10:45.760 I would do some things to keep your information from 1:10:45.800 --> 1:10:48.360 getting out there. So, for instance, when you sign up 1:10:48.360 --> 1:10:51.599 on websites you know that are just for advertising emails 1:10:51.640 --> 1:10:55.880 and things like that, use the different email address. I 1:10:56.000 --> 1:10:58.920 mentioned bitwarden a bunch on this show. One of the 1:10:58.960 --> 1:11:00.559 other things I like about them is that you can 1:11:00.920 --> 1:11:04.679 use it to generate usernames that still send to your email. 1:11:04.800 --> 1:11:07.519 So if you have Gmail, you know, Gmail lets you 1:11:07.600 --> 1:11:09.879 do this thing where you can say your Gmail address 1:11:10.680 --> 1:11:12.720 plus and put a plus sign there and then at 1:11:12.720 --> 1:11:15.080 the end put a bunch of random letters, and whatever 1:11:15.160 --> 1:11:17.439 that email address is, it will still come to your email, 1:11:17.880 --> 1:11:20.679 so you can use that as a first line of defense. 1:11:21.360 --> 1:11:23.120 And when you sign up for a website, you can 1:11:23.200 --> 1:11:25.360 just sign up with a with a plus to email address, 1:11:25.439 --> 1:11:27.200 and that way you can just filter that email address 1:11:27.200 --> 1:11:29.439 to the trash when you don't want to get that 1:11:29.479 --> 1:11:32.760 email anymore. Most of the big companies will respect your 1:11:32.800 --> 1:11:36.599 wishes to to not get their emails once you're done. 1:11:36.640 --> 1:11:38.840 But the phishing emails are different because they're not These 1:11:38.880 --> 1:11:41.200 are not like a legitimate company that's sending you this. 1:11:41.360 --> 1:11:44.960 These are just scam artists, so be very careful. I 1:11:45.080 --> 1:11:48.280 also do a thing where I do not load the 1:11:48.439 --> 1:11:52.840 images on my email program. So if you go into 1:11:52.880 --> 1:11:56.639 your settings, you might see a setting that says remote 1:11:56.720 --> 1:12:00.280 image loading, so you can turn that off. And what 1:12:00.439 --> 1:12:04.559 that does is anyone that's using a system to track 1:12:04.640 --> 1:12:07.519 when you open your email, they will not be able 1:12:07.600 --> 1:12:09.320 to tell that you open that email. And I tested 1:12:09.360 --> 1:12:10.800 this out with my friend the other day, we were 1:12:10.800 --> 1:12:13.519 out to lunch and he said, oh, you superhuman. I 1:12:13.520 --> 1:12:15.280 can tell when you open my email. I said, not mine. 1:12:15.920 --> 1:12:18.720 I said, let's try it. He sent an email and 1:12:18.880 --> 1:12:21.720 it said, uh, you know, sent a rich And then 1:12:21.800 --> 1:12:23.679 he said, did you open it yet? And I showed 1:12:23.720 --> 1:12:25.640 him on my phone, Yeah, it's open, and on his 1:12:25.800 --> 1:12:30.719 thing is still said not opened. Because these email programs 1:12:30.760 --> 1:12:32.639 that people use to track you, they've got a little 1:12:32.640 --> 1:12:35.240 tiny tracking pixel and the way they can track that 1:12:35.320 --> 1:12:38.599 you've opened their email is that image loads on your 1:12:38.760 --> 1:12:41.240 end and as soon as it loads, their server says, 1:12:41.280 --> 1:12:43.160 oh he just loaded that image. You opened the email. 1:12:43.600 --> 1:12:47.360 When you turn off external images, that can't happen. So 1:12:47.439 --> 1:12:49.920 that's another line of defense. I'll link that up in 1:12:49.960 --> 1:12:53.680 my website. Richontech dot tv eighty eight rich one O 1:12:53.800 --> 1:12:56.080 one eighty eight seven four two four one zero one. 1:12:56.200 --> 1:13:02.439 Back after this, Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 1:13:02.479 --> 1:13:07.160 Demiro here hanging out with you Talking technology eight eight 1:13:07.240 --> 1:13:10.639 A rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 1:13:10.680 --> 1:13:13.120 to two four one zero one. The website for the 1:13:13.200 --> 1:13:18.360 show is rich on tech dot TV. Three things you 1:13:18.479 --> 1:13:21.040 need to do If you like what I talk about, 1:13:21.160 --> 1:13:23.280 you follow me or you want to follow me you're 1:13:23.320 --> 1:13:27.960 hearing this for the first time. 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Also at the website, you 1:14:03.560 --> 1:14:05.840 can email me. Just go to rich on tech dot tv, 1:14:06.080 --> 1:14:08.800 hit contact up at the top, and your email makes 1:14:08.880 --> 1:14:11.600 it right to my screen. We do something at the 1:14:11.680 --> 1:14:14.679 end of the show called Feedbag, which is a combination 1:14:14.800 --> 1:14:17.880 of feedback and the mail bag, where I kind of 1:14:17.960 --> 1:14:20.160 read all the things that you email me throughout the week, 1:14:20.200 --> 1:14:22.640 all the different little topics and things, and then of 1:14:22.720 --> 1:14:24.800 course the questions that you email me. Some of those 1:14:24.920 --> 1:14:29.840 become topics for this show as well, Samsung is gonna 1:14:29.840 --> 1:14:34.040 come out with a two hundred dollars, a two hundred 1:14:34.040 --> 1:14:38.439 dollars smartphone. It's called the Galaxy, a seventeen to five 1:14:38.600 --> 1:14:43.920 G affordable five G smartphone, big screen six point seven 1:14:44.000 --> 1:14:47.519 inch ammal ed display. It's got a smooth refresh rate 1:14:47.640 --> 1:14:50.360 ninety hertz, which is not the highest, but it's not 1:14:50.439 --> 1:14:52.400 the lowest. That's good. It's a good middle ground, so 1:14:52.520 --> 1:14:55.280 good for scrolling, good for video. It's got a you know, 1:14:55.400 --> 1:14:58.320 fifty megapixel camera with better low light photos, and a 1:14:58.360 --> 1:15:01.080 lot of other budget phones apparently according to Samsung. I 1:15:01.120 --> 1:15:04.679 haven't tested this personally yet. Battery is five thousand million 1:15:04.720 --> 1:15:09.240 amp hours. That's huge. It'll recharge fifty percent in thirty minutes. 1:15:09.720 --> 1:15:14.320 And here is the best part. Samsung is promising six 1:15:14.720 --> 1:15:19.840 years of security updates and Android updates. So you're talking 1:15:20.160 --> 1:15:22.559 six years for a budget phone that costs just two 1:15:22.640 --> 1:15:25.839 hundred bucks. That's incredible. And it's got some AI features. 1:15:25.920 --> 1:15:29.040 So I have not tested this phone, but I love 1:15:29.160 --> 1:15:32.960 the fact that we have choices. Not everyone wants a 1:15:33.160 --> 1:15:36.400 thousand dollars phone. Some people just want a good phone 1:15:36.760 --> 1:15:39.080 for a couple hundred dollars. This is something that you 1:15:39.160 --> 1:15:43.320 could buy unlocked and use without a monthly payment and 1:15:43.560 --> 1:15:46.400 use and it's cheap and it gets the job done, 1:15:46.520 --> 1:15:49.479 and it's not a lot of times these budget basic 1:15:49.640 --> 1:15:52.280 phones are horrible. Yeah, you can get a phone for 1:15:52.320 --> 1:15:54.680 one hundred bucks unlocked on Amazon and guess what, it's 1:15:54.720 --> 1:15:58.679 gonna be terrible. It's gonna be bloatwear city. The screen's 1:15:58.680 --> 1:16:01.479 not gonna be good, the camera's gonna all cloudy and nasty. 1:16:02.080 --> 1:16:05.439 So I love that these companies, and I include Apple 1:16:05.479 --> 1:16:10.160 and this as well, they're using their size to their 1:16:10.200 --> 1:16:12.760 advantage at this point because they're coming out with these 1:16:12.840 --> 1:16:15.920 high end technologies that two or three years later are 1:16:15.960 --> 1:16:19.120 still really good, but the price has come down on them, 1:16:19.560 --> 1:16:20.960 and so they could put them in a phone like 1:16:21.000 --> 1:16:23.160 the A seventeen to five G and come out with 1:16:23.240 --> 1:16:26.200 it at two hundred bucks. And I love it because 1:16:26.200 --> 1:16:27.640 now you can have a phone that actually works and 1:16:27.720 --> 1:16:32.280 it's really good for a price that is not extravagant 1:16:32.360 --> 1:16:34.080 for you know, or out of reach for a lot 1:16:34.120 --> 1:16:38.120 of people. So that's coming out on January seventh. Hopefully 1:16:38.160 --> 1:16:39.920 I'll get a review unit on that one. I have 1:16:40.080 --> 1:16:43.280 to because I want to try that out. Let's go 1:16:43.520 --> 1:16:47.920 to Melissa in Los Angeles. Melissa, you're on with Rich? 1:16:49.720 --> 1:16:52.320 Yes, thank you for taking my call. I have a 1:16:52.400 --> 1:16:57.480 question regarding the floppy beast okay, because they're absolutely. 1:16:57.080 --> 1:16:58.280 Now where can it go? 1:17:00.280 --> 1:17:03.519 Because I have certain family photos in there and certain 1:17:03.600 --> 1:17:09.320 documents that I want to transfer to my computer? So 1:17:09.479 --> 1:17:11.800 where do you know where I can go to have 1:17:12.040 --> 1:17:16.719 that done? Because I don't have anymore away, I don't 1:17:16.800 --> 1:17:17.720 know a way how to. 1:17:19.040 --> 1:17:22.400 They're so obsolete, what they don't What kind of discs 1:17:22.439 --> 1:17:24.760 are we talking? Are we talking like a five and 1:17:24.800 --> 1:17:27.160 a quarter inch floppy or three and a half inch? 1:17:27.240 --> 1:17:27.280 Like? 1:17:27.640 --> 1:17:29.640 How what kind of discs are we talking about here? 1:17:29.760 --> 1:17:32.160 Remember those square ones the floppy discs? 1:17:32.320 --> 1:17:34.880 Yeah, like the true floppy like it's big and like 1:17:34.960 --> 1:17:36.040 it's just it's just no. 1:17:36.120 --> 1:17:36.679 They're small. 1:17:36.840 --> 1:17:39.639 Okay, So this is so it's okay. 1:17:39.800 --> 1:17:42.280 Like in the seventies up to the late nineties. 1:17:42.439 --> 1:17:45.160 Okay, so it's the smaller ones, but they're they're hardshell 1:17:45.280 --> 1:17:48.400 kind of like they're they're not flexible. 1:17:49.360 --> 1:17:52.280 No, they're not flexible. And then there's small square got it? 1:17:52.720 --> 1:17:55.320 Okay, so that's a three and a half inch floppy disk? Okay, 1:17:56.240 --> 1:17:58.640 I mean you call it a floppy even though it's not, 1:17:58.920 --> 1:18:05.160 but technically it's. Yeah. Do you have a computer, yeah, 1:18:05.280 --> 1:18:05.879 but it's. 1:18:07.400 --> 1:18:07.960 Macair. 1:18:08.640 --> 1:18:10.960 Okay, well, I know it doesn't have a drive on it. 1:18:11.040 --> 1:18:14.560 But you can order a floppy drive on Amazon, like 1:18:14.800 --> 1:18:16.479 a USB one for about twenty bucks. 1:18:18.280 --> 1:18:19.120 What do you call it? 1:18:19.520 --> 1:18:20.639 Floppy disk drive? 1:18:20.800 --> 1:18:23.240 Yeah, so look on Amazon for something, look for a 1:18:23.360 --> 1:18:29.720 three point five inch USB floppy disk drive, or you 1:18:29.880 --> 1:18:31.640 just say, just say here, let me just see if 1:18:31.640 --> 1:18:36.760 I type in three point five inch USB disk drive, 1:18:37.960 --> 1:18:39.200 let me see if that brings it up. 1:18:40.680 --> 1:18:45.720 We would I would also need what do you call 1:18:45.800 --> 1:18:47.960 that a cable right to cook it up. 1:18:48.320 --> 1:18:50.400 Yeah, it'll it'll come with a cable. The only thing 1:18:50.479 --> 1:18:52.640 that you may need is and it looks like it 1:18:52.760 --> 1:18:56.240 comes with it, so your computer may have USB C 1:18:56.439 --> 1:19:00.439 it's called this. This comes with a U B A, 1:19:00.680 --> 1:19:02.920 but it looks like it comes with a connector, so 1:19:03.200 --> 1:19:05.560 you basically and and the beauty of Amazon is that 1:19:05.640 --> 1:19:08.360 you can try this put your disc in there. I 1:19:08.439 --> 1:19:10.800 can't guarantee that your your computer is going to read 1:19:10.840 --> 1:19:13.720 this disc, but if it does, you know, you just 1:19:13.800 --> 1:19:16.160 copy these over to a cloud drive or you know, 1:19:16.680 --> 1:19:18.880 at the very if it's a jpeg. Obviously it's going 1:19:18.960 --> 1:19:21.400 to be fine because that's a universal format. But if 1:19:21.439 --> 1:19:24.639 it's in some funky format from the the earlier days 1:19:24.720 --> 1:19:27.000 of things, you may have to convert it. And there's 1:19:27.000 --> 1:19:28.960 a million websites that can help you do that as well. 1:19:30.120 --> 1:19:32.080 One of them is called vert v e r T 1:19:32.320 --> 1:19:37.559 dot s H vert dot r T. Yeah, V like convert, 1:19:37.640 --> 1:19:40.560 you know, but v e r T dot s H. 1:19:41.240 --> 1:19:43.560 And so if you run into a document or a 1:19:43.680 --> 1:19:46.519 file that I mean this one. When I'm looking at 1:19:46.560 --> 1:19:49.680 these the image files that it can convert, it's like, 1:19:50.080 --> 1:19:51.960 I've never even heard of half of these, So you 1:19:52.080 --> 1:19:54.400 should be good there. So if these come up in 1:19:54.520 --> 1:19:56.719 some kind of weird format, even if your computer won't 1:19:56.760 --> 1:19:59.519 read them, uh even if it sees it but it 1:19:59.560 --> 1:20:02.280 can't open it, just copy them over to your your 1:20:02.600 --> 1:20:04.960 hard drive, and then you can upload them to this 1:20:05.080 --> 1:20:07.600 website and it will convert them into a format that 1:20:07.840 --> 1:20:11.800 a modern computer can see, like a JPEG, or if 1:20:11.840 --> 1:20:13.920 it's a document, you know, it can convert them into 1:20:14.000 --> 1:20:17.240 a word doc or a whatever you need, and then 1:20:17.280 --> 1:20:19.759 you can save them. And I would of course recommend 1:20:19.840 --> 1:20:21.760 saving them to the cloud so that you don't lose 1:20:21.840 --> 1:20:23.880 them in the future. But I would just look on 1:20:23.920 --> 1:20:29.880 Amazon for a USB floppy disk drive three point five 1:20:30.200 --> 1:20:33.680 and that should get you there. If not, if you 1:20:33.720 --> 1:20:37.000 don't feel comfortable doing this, you could just go on 1:20:37.160 --> 1:20:40.720 Yelp and look for something like a data doctor or 1:20:40.840 --> 1:20:43.519 something like that in your area and they may have 1:20:43.760 --> 1:20:47.200 a computer or a system that can accommodate these old 1:20:47.840 --> 1:20:48.840 media formats. 1:20:52.200 --> 1:20:54.360 I don't know if there's anyone. 1:20:54.040 --> 1:20:58.040 Around, well you're in Lost, Well, if you're in Los Angeles, 1:20:58.080 --> 1:21:00.360 there definitely there's a lot of people can do this. 1:21:00.479 --> 1:21:03.360 So if you do, like a data recovery or something 1:21:03.479 --> 1:21:06.680 like that, specialist, they should have a computer that they 1:21:06.720 --> 1:21:09.479 can that they can use to get these things. And 1:21:09.520 --> 1:21:11.439 if they don't, they they'll know how to do it. 1:21:11.479 --> 1:21:12.880 At least. Now, of course, you're gonna have to pay 1:21:12.960 --> 1:21:14.920 someone to do that, which is, you know, not ideal 1:21:14.960 --> 1:21:18.560 because you can do all this yourself hopefully. You know, 1:21:18.920 --> 1:21:21.120 the modern computers these days, they don't have any of 1:21:21.120 --> 1:21:22.960 these connectors. You know, we used to have a floppy drive. 1:21:23.000 --> 1:21:26.559 We used to have a DV drive, a DVD drive, 1:21:26.600 --> 1:21:28.639 a CD drive. None of that stuff is on today's 1:21:28.880 --> 1:21:31.320 you know, most of the laptops for sure, some of 1:21:31.360 --> 1:21:33.679 the desktops have them, but you know, it's just getting 1:21:33.840 --> 1:21:36.880 rareer and rarer because everything's everything's done with the cloud. 1:21:36.880 --> 1:21:39.560 And if if the phone makers had their way, and 1:21:39.640 --> 1:21:42.080 this may be happening, Melissa, is that they don't want 1:21:42.160 --> 1:21:44.960 any inputs on these phones whatsoever. You know, even that 1:21:45.200 --> 1:21:47.120 the thing where you plug in your power cable at 1:21:47.120 --> 1:21:48.519 the bottom, they want to get rid of that too, 1:21:49.160 --> 1:21:51.799 because the more we can move people to the cloud. 1:21:51.880 --> 1:21:54.760 Guess what, the more you know, it's it's better for 1:21:54.840 --> 1:21:57.720 security on the on the on the pro side, on 1:21:57.880 --> 1:22:00.600 the flip side, it's better for their business because guess what. 1:22:01.160 --> 1:22:03.000 Now you got to use their software to transfer things 1:22:03.040 --> 1:22:05.400 to your phone. You've got to store stuff in their cloud, 1:22:06.160 --> 1:22:08.280 and it's you know, it's just one less way for 1:22:08.360 --> 1:22:11.000 you to kind of open up the possibilities on this 1:22:11.120 --> 1:22:13.640 phone with a with a connector cable, and it's just 1:22:13.720 --> 1:22:15.240 one less thing to break. I mean, there's a whole 1:22:15.240 --> 1:22:16.640 bunch of reasons why they want to get rid of it, 1:22:16.640 --> 1:22:19.680 and it probably will happen over time, hopefully not in 1:22:19.720 --> 1:22:20.439 the next year or so. 1:22:22.000 --> 1:22:26.360 Eventually, I want to transfer photos also to shutterfly. You're 1:22:26.960 --> 1:22:28.280 you're familiar with Shutterfly. 1:22:28.840 --> 1:22:33.599 Yeah, I personally wouldn't recommend Shutterfly. I mean nothing against Shutterfly. 1:22:34.200 --> 1:22:36.599 It's fine, but you know, there are there are other 1:22:36.720 --> 1:22:38.360 services out there that I think are better. I mean, 1:22:38.360 --> 1:22:40.839 if you're trying to print these, I mean, I personally 1:22:40.960 --> 1:22:43.120 like Google Photos. I think that that's a really good 1:22:43.160 --> 1:22:46.280 place to put these because, Melissa, you'll find that they 1:22:46.360 --> 1:22:49.360 have amazing AI built in that if you put a 1:22:49.400 --> 1:22:51.920 bunch of people, you know, old relatives and things in 1:22:52.000 --> 1:22:56.920 these photos, it will sort them by people, places, things. 1:22:57.240 --> 1:22:59.479 And Shutterfly may do this. I haven't. I haven't used 1:22:59.479 --> 1:23:00.840 them in a why well, I used to use them 1:23:00.840 --> 1:23:03.040 a lot. In fact, that's where I kept all my 1:23:03.120 --> 1:23:06.160 pictures for many, many years. But I think that there's just, 1:23:06.400 --> 1:23:09.160 you know, better thing, better places to store your photos 1:23:09.200 --> 1:23:11.760 at this point. Shutterfly to me is more a place 1:23:11.800 --> 1:23:14.760 where you go to print your photos, not necessarily store 1:23:14.840 --> 1:23:18.360 them for the long term. Amazon Photos is really good 1:23:18.400 --> 1:23:20.840 and if you're a Prime member, that's completely free to 1:23:20.960 --> 1:23:24.679 store unlimited photos. Obviously, if you have an iPhone, iCloud 1:23:24.800 --> 1:23:27.920 is good, drop Box one edrive, I mean, there's so 1:23:28.040 --> 1:23:31.120 many ways to do this, Melissa, But the main thing 1:23:31.240 --> 1:23:34.320 is get those things off the discs, get them onto 1:23:34.360 --> 1:23:36.920 your computer, get them into the cloud, and then once 1:23:37.000 --> 1:23:39.160 you have them all converted and figured out, then you 1:23:39.200 --> 1:23:41.959 can go from there. Are you good on the process? 1:23:42.760 --> 1:23:43.559 You feel confident? 1:23:45.600 --> 1:23:48.479 Yeah, after your explanation. But the one thing I want 1:23:48.520 --> 1:23:52.200 to tell you is I don't have confidence privacy issues 1:23:52.240 --> 1:23:52.719 with Google. 1:23:53.280 --> 1:23:56.600 Okay, well that's okay, I would. I mean, I I 1:23:58.040 --> 1:23:59.720 think that you know a lot of that. I think 1:23:59.760 --> 1:24:03.040 Google is actually a pretty good company when it comes 1:24:03.080 --> 1:24:03.719 to a lot of this stuff. 1:24:03.720 --> 1:24:04.080 But they do. 1:24:05.160 --> 1:24:08.840 Look, they've built their business on using you know, people's data. 1:24:08.880 --> 1:24:11.040 But anytime you're using a free product, that's kind of 1:24:11.040 --> 1:24:13.280 the agreement you have with them. So I'm fine with that. 1:24:13.320 --> 1:24:14.720 If you don't want to use Google, you don't have to. 1:24:14.800 --> 1:24:16.600 I mean, I'm not I'm just giving you what I like. 1:24:17.439 --> 1:24:20.080 But there's there's yeah exactly. But if you want something 1:24:20.120 --> 1:24:22.880 that's super private, they're not really trying to do anything 1:24:22.920 --> 1:24:24.479 with your stuff. I mean, use Dropbox. You know, you 1:24:24.520 --> 1:24:28.000 can get a couple gigs on there for free. Amazon obviously. 1:24:28.040 --> 1:24:29.640 If you don't like Google, they're kind of you know, 1:24:30.360 --> 1:24:33.599 I mean, they're not really using your data for your photos. 1:24:33.680 --> 1:24:35.760 But you know it's just if you want something, you 1:24:35.920 --> 1:24:37.560 use whatever you want. I'm not I'm just telling you 1:24:37.640 --> 1:24:40.360 to try to get it into the cloud, just for safekeeping. 1:24:39.960 --> 1:24:41.880 You know, right, But do as you like. 1:24:42.439 --> 1:24:43.120 One more quick question. 1:24:43.280 --> 1:24:44.639 Hold on, We're gonna have to take it off the air. 1:24:44.680 --> 1:24:46.160 Hang on, Hang on because I gotta go to break 1:24:46.680 --> 1:24:49.200 eighty eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven 1:24:49.320 --> 1:24:51.679 four to two four one zero one the website Rich 1:24:51.840 --> 1:24:54.000 on tech dot TV. I'll link up that floppy disc 1:24:54.040 --> 1:25:00.160 reader rich on tech dot TV. Welcome back to which 1:25:00.240 --> 1:25:02.559 on tech Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking 1:25:02.680 --> 1:25:05.800 technology at Triple eight Rich one O one eight eight 1:25:05.880 --> 1:25:08.479 eight seven four to two four to one zero one. 1:25:10.640 --> 1:25:15.919 Ellison says, hey, Rich, happy holidays. Oh wow, happy holidays. 1:25:15.960 --> 1:25:18.680 I guess people are still saying that. I love it 1:25:18.720 --> 1:25:20.439 when your sons are on the show. They're like young 1:25:20.600 --> 1:25:22.919 versions of you, so articulate and intelligent. 1:25:23.439 --> 1:25:23.639 Yeah. 1:25:23.680 --> 1:25:25.920 All I think about is how articulate intelligent I used 1:25:25.960 --> 1:25:29.519 to be. They're just coming up in this world. I'm 1:25:29.560 --> 1:25:32.920 like coming down. Quick question, what was on what was 1:25:32.960 --> 1:25:34.920 the name of the website you mentioned a few weeks 1:25:34.920 --> 1:25:39.919 ago for getting discounts on shopping sites. It was simply Codes. 1:25:40.520 --> 1:25:45.160 Simplycodes dot Com. Love that website. It's the only one 1:25:45.200 --> 1:25:48.200 I check. I tell you this every single time. If 1:25:48.280 --> 1:25:50.560 I was shopping on a website the other day and 1:25:51.640 --> 1:25:53.840 I looked at simply Codes and it was you know, 1:25:53.880 --> 1:25:56.920 if if you search for the website on there and 1:25:57.080 --> 1:25:59.559 the word codes is like crossed out, that means there's 1:25:59.600 --> 1:26:02.400 no codes. And you can go try looking at codes 1:26:02.400 --> 1:26:04.760 all over the internet. You're not gonna find them, guaranteed. 1:26:05.160 --> 1:26:06.880 I don't know what the secret sauce is of that. 1:26:06.960 --> 1:26:08.880 We should have Simply Codes on the show because I've 1:26:08.920 --> 1:26:12.560 talked about them so much. Sue says, Hey, Rich, I 1:26:12.600 --> 1:26:14.479 have one of those flash drives that lets you download 1:26:14.560 --> 1:26:16.800 pictures from your iPhone to your desktop computer. Can you 1:26:16.840 --> 1:26:19.719 also go the other way download pictures from the desktop 1:26:19.920 --> 1:26:25.400 to the iPhone. You could, but most of the way 1:26:25.479 --> 1:26:29.800 that Apple is sort of like configured is one way. 1:26:30.560 --> 1:26:34.920 So you could do this, and I believe you can 1:26:35.000 --> 1:26:37.960 plug that into your iPhone. And I think there's an 1:26:38.080 --> 1:26:42.519 import functionality on the photos app that shows up when 1:26:42.640 --> 1:26:45.080 you are when you plug something in. I don't have 1:26:45.160 --> 1:26:47.120 something to plug into here right now. I mean I 1:26:47.200 --> 1:26:50.280 do but it's well, let me say, hang on. This 1:26:50.920 --> 1:26:52.960 is why I bring my bag of tricks with me everywhere, 1:26:53.479 --> 1:26:56.640 so I can test this stuff. Let's see if I 1:26:56.720 --> 1:27:00.040 have a flash drive here. Usually, yeah, I do. So 1:27:00.080 --> 1:27:02.360 I'm gonna plug this into the bottom of my iPhone 1:27:02.439 --> 1:27:04.360 and see if it has an import. Now, if you 1:27:04.400 --> 1:27:07.040 said Android, yeah, simple, but iPhone, you know they're a 1:27:07.040 --> 1:27:09.960 little bit a little bit different. Everything's there, it's just 1:27:10.080 --> 1:27:13.960 in you know, sometimes not necessarily where you think. Okay, 1:27:14.000 --> 1:27:17.120 so I've got I went here, let's see. Okay, I'm 1:27:17.200 --> 1:27:20.280 not seeing an import. There's gotta be okay, hold on, 1:27:20.360 --> 1:27:23.240 hold on, I'm looking at utilities. Hold on, let's see utilities. 1:27:23.960 --> 1:27:27.960 Uh it says imports. Let's see. Now those are the 1:27:28.000 --> 1:27:31.160 things I have imported. Okay, I'll have to look at this. 1:27:31.320 --> 1:27:34.880 But in general, I'm gonna know you can import into 1:27:34.960 --> 1:27:37.800 the files app like copy things over, but I got 1:27:37.880 --> 1:27:39.160 to look to see how to do that with them. 1:27:40.080 --> 1:27:42.439 But in general, a couple of ways to get photos 1:27:42.520 --> 1:27:46.320 from your computer to your iPhone. Number one, if you 1:27:46.360 --> 1:27:48.960 have a Mac computer, just air drop them. They'll go 1:27:49.200 --> 1:27:52.200 right into the photos app. You could turn on iCloud 1:27:52.240 --> 1:27:55.280 photos on both devices, so you can drag and drop 1:27:55.479 --> 1:27:57.559 on your photos app on the desktop and they'll sync 1:27:57.640 --> 1:28:00.960 right to your phone. There's some wire options if you 1:28:01.040 --> 1:28:03.280 have a cross platform, like if you have a Windows computer, 1:28:03.960 --> 1:28:07.439 you can use the app called local Send, and basically 1:28:07.479 --> 1:28:09.280 if you're on the same Wi Fi network, you can 1:28:09.400 --> 1:28:13.479 just transfer large files anything from your phone or your 1:28:13.520 --> 1:28:17.360 computer to your phone. And then another one is called Blip. 1:28:18.040 --> 1:28:21.000 I just use this today. This one's this is basically 1:28:21.120 --> 1:28:23.719 like an air drop, but it does work over the Internet. 1:28:24.200 --> 1:28:26.080 But once you install it on your computer, like it's 1:28:26.080 --> 1:28:27.800 really cool. Like let's say you have a computer, a 1:28:27.880 --> 1:28:31.680 Windows computer and an iPhone. You can install Blip on 1:28:31.760 --> 1:28:34.559 both of those devices, and then everything gets a name, 1:28:35.000 --> 1:28:36.720 so when you want to share a picture from one 1:28:36.760 --> 1:28:39.080 thing to another, you just literally tap the name of 1:28:39.120 --> 1:28:41.720 the product like your phone, and it will send it 1:28:41.800 --> 1:28:43.600 to it. So it's kind of like Local Send, but 1:28:43.720 --> 1:28:47.439 like less geeky. And then if you want something that's 1:28:47.520 --> 1:28:50.560 really good, I love this app called Walter Pro and 1:28:50.680 --> 1:28:54.320 this is really cool because it does more than just photos. 1:28:54.360 --> 1:28:57.200 It basically lets you transfer any file onto your phone 1:28:57.280 --> 1:29:00.960 like Dragon drop or your iPad. So if you've been struggling, 1:29:01.000 --> 1:29:03.000 you got an ebook or something. You know, a lot 1:29:03.040 --> 1:29:04.920 of the stuff has gotten easier thanks to the Internet, 1:29:05.000 --> 1:29:07.759 but you know, before when it was all cables and stuff, 1:29:07.800 --> 1:29:09.799 it was really tough to move things to your iPhone. 1:29:10.200 --> 1:29:12.080 But this is this app is like it's in my 1:29:12.200 --> 1:29:15.560 toolkit and I just love it. Walter Pro wa l 1:29:15.720 --> 1:29:19.040 t r Pro and you just drag and drop any file, 1:29:19.680 --> 1:29:23.200 so it figures out what the file is, it converts 1:29:23.240 --> 1:29:26.000 it if your iPhone can't play it, and it will 1:29:26.000 --> 1:29:28.880 put it into the right app. So all of these things. 1:29:29.200 --> 1:29:31.280 It's really really good at that stuff. So it's called 1:29:31.320 --> 1:29:35.920 Walter Pro works on Mac and Windows, and I love 1:29:35.960 --> 1:29:38.479 it because you can just drag and drop anything. And 1:29:38.600 --> 1:29:42.200 so I mean you can do files, you can do photos, 1:29:42.320 --> 1:29:45.760 you can do music, you can do any video, and 1:29:45.880 --> 1:29:47.680 it's just it's just so it's like what it's what 1:29:47.840 --> 1:29:50.920 Apple should give you, but they don't. And I'm not 1:29:50.960 --> 1:29:53.120 sure why they don't give us that, but they don't. 1:29:54.560 --> 1:29:57.720 Let's say one more before we get to the break here, 1:29:59.240 --> 1:30:01.880 Darren says, hey, Rich, is the website missing money dot 1:30:02.000 --> 1:30:05.559 com legit. I heard it's for government for finding old 1:30:05.640 --> 1:30:08.000 lost money. I went there, found some started filling out 1:30:08.000 --> 1:30:09.680 the form and asked for my social Should I give it? 1:30:09.760 --> 1:30:15.080 Merry Christmas? It is legit, so it's run on behalf 1:30:15.080 --> 1:30:17.639 of state governments to help. You know, these reunite people 1:30:17.680 --> 1:30:23.160 with unclaimed funds. But I agree. I did the same thing. 1:30:23.200 --> 1:30:25.400 I went there and I started doing the claim. Then 1:30:25.439 --> 1:30:27.200 I asked for my social I was like, ah, I 1:30:27.280 --> 1:30:30.439 really want to give that. But anyway, all the states 1:30:30.520 --> 1:30:32.519 run their own sites as well, so you can go there. 1:30:32.560 --> 1:30:34.400 I think this's just links to them. But yes, it 1:30:34.520 --> 1:30:36.240 is legit. You just have to decide if the money's 1:30:36.280 --> 1:30:39.280 worth it. Eighty to eight rich one oh one rich 1:30:39.479 --> 1:30:45.560 on tech Dot TV more after this, Welcome back to 1:30:45.680 --> 1:30:47.960 rich on tech rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, 1:30:48.120 --> 1:30:52.160 talking technology. We got a call. We got a question 1:30:52.280 --> 1:30:56.439 about importing photos onto the iPhone. It is possible. I'm 1:30:56.520 --> 1:31:00.280 just trying to find where the import they've moved. It 1:31:00.560 --> 1:31:02.679 looks like on the iPhone, so I'm trying to find 1:31:02.720 --> 1:31:05.120 where to import those. I know you can do it 1:31:05.160 --> 1:31:07.519 in the photos app somehow. I just with iOS twenty 1:31:07.560 --> 1:31:11.760 six it seems like it's changed. So there I see 1:31:11.800 --> 1:31:13.320 the imports, but I just can't seem to get it 1:31:13.360 --> 1:31:15.560 to find the photo on my flash drive, but it 1:31:15.640 --> 1:31:18.720 is possible. Eighty eight rich one on one eighty eight 1:31:18.800 --> 1:31:21.559 seven four two four one zero one. The website richon 1:31:21.800 --> 1:31:24.320 tech dot tv. It's updated with everything that we've mentioned 1:31:24.439 --> 1:31:29.480 so far. My next guest is someone who I interviewed 1:31:30.160 --> 1:31:35.440 for KTLA, a web a story about EXIF data metadata 1:31:35.560 --> 1:31:40.080 on your phone. Remish Strina of Austin is a UCLA 1:31:40.160 --> 1:31:45.200 professor and director of the uc Digital Culture's Lab Ramess 1:31:45.240 --> 1:31:45.639 you there. 1:31:46.560 --> 1:31:46.960 I'm here. 1:31:47.240 --> 1:31:48.800 Hi, Welcome to the show. 1:31:50.000 --> 1:31:51.760 Oh, I'm so glad to join you. Thank you for 1:31:51.840 --> 1:31:52.840 having me, Thank. 1:31:52.800 --> 1:31:55.120 Thanks for being here. I know this a long time coming. 1:31:55.200 --> 1:31:57.639 We're we're trying to figure out the best date and time. 1:31:57.760 --> 1:32:00.360 But I'm glad you're here because you said some great 1:32:00.439 --> 1:32:03.720 stuff in the interview we do with KTLA about privacy. 1:32:05.160 --> 1:32:07.720 But let me just ask you, it's twenty twenty six. 1:32:08.200 --> 1:32:11.400 What's top of mind when it comes to you know, 1:32:11.680 --> 1:32:14.920 what people are up against this year when it comes 1:32:14.960 --> 1:32:15.880 to their digital life. 1:32:16.840 --> 1:32:20.800 Yeah, I mean the gateway to so many anxieties we 1:32:20.920 --> 1:32:25.960 have about technology today, Rich, is the reality that almost 1:32:26.280 --> 1:32:28.680 as we discussed in the story, the great story you 1:32:28.720 --> 1:32:32.680 did for KTLA, is that almost anything in everything we 1:32:32.800 --> 1:32:36.800 do is surveilled rich basically almost anything and everything we 1:32:36.920 --> 1:32:41.240 do is turned into data, and that data is captured. 1:32:41.520 --> 1:32:44.000 That data is being used to train AI systems that 1:32:44.120 --> 1:32:49.640 in many cases are displacing, if not replacing work. That 1:32:49.800 --> 1:32:52.360 data is being used to prop up the most powerful 1:32:52.479 --> 1:32:54.880 companies in the history of the world. That data is 1:32:54.920 --> 1:32:58.760 being used, you know, combined with particular algorithms to have 1:32:58.920 --> 1:33:02.400 polarizing effects on the American population. So I hate to 1:33:02.439 --> 1:33:04.280 be a doom and gloomer because I think we can 1:33:04.360 --> 1:33:08.000 do a ton to transform the status quo. But the 1:33:08.080 --> 1:33:11.720 reality is is these forces that make many people feel insecure. 1:33:12.360 --> 1:33:14.320 You know, I'm not sure if they can trust what 1:33:14.760 --> 1:33:19.200 they see or who they're engaging with online. These forces 1:33:19.280 --> 1:33:24.120 are all built upon the collection, uh the aggregation and 1:33:24.240 --> 1:33:29.960 the retention of our our lives, our intimate personal lives. 1:33:30.000 --> 1:33:31.880 And if you just think about it, even like social 1:33:31.960 --> 1:33:35.240 media itself, I don't really go on to social media 1:33:35.280 --> 1:33:37.000 to see what Mark Zuckerberg is up to. 1:33:37.439 --> 1:33:40.599 You know, No, you don't care that he's body surfing 1:33:40.680 --> 1:33:41.400 or whatever he's doing. 1:33:42.479 --> 1:33:44.719 I mean, just a little it's funny. It's a little funny, 1:33:45.040 --> 1:33:47.720 and I've actually met him before, so he looked very 1:33:47.760 --> 1:33:49.920 different when I met him those ten years ago. 1:33:50.120 --> 1:33:51.680 Oh wow, yeah, the. 1:33:53.200 --> 1:33:56.120 Up right, Or I go into social media maybe if 1:33:56.120 --> 1:33:58.439 I'm voyeuristic to see what an ex girlfriend is up to. 1:33:59.120 --> 1:34:01.400 That's why I go in social media. Right. So we 1:34:01.640 --> 1:34:04.360 are the product and the customer, right, But it's all 1:34:04.479 --> 1:34:07.280 our data that is being monetized for these third parties, 1:34:07.320 --> 1:34:11.799 which is these insanely wealthy evaluated companies that are dominating 1:34:11.840 --> 1:34:16.719 the stock market. So that's why there's concern and anxiety today. 1:34:18.120 --> 1:34:20.479 But this digital world could serve all of us if 1:34:20.560 --> 1:34:22.960 we put in particular reforms, and I truly believe we 1:34:23.040 --> 1:34:26.280 can do that, but it might take some time and 1:34:26.479 --> 1:34:28.240 the political will as well. Well. 1:34:28.320 --> 1:34:32.479 I mean in the US, at least, the company is king, right, 1:34:32.640 --> 1:34:35.040 like the tech companies are the ones who are writing 1:34:35.080 --> 1:34:38.120 the rules. There's really not a lot of laws around 1:34:38.160 --> 1:34:41.519 this stuff. Now we're seeing some, but it's all very much. 1:34:42.400 --> 1:34:44.639 Uh you know, the these tech companies fight it. Of course, 1:34:44.720 --> 1:34:46.600 they don't want any rules around what they do. 1:34:46.920 --> 1:34:47.040 Right. 1:34:47.200 --> 1:34:48.360 Is that is that fair to say? 1:34:48.760 --> 1:34:49.920 Absolutely? Yeah. 1:34:50.760 --> 1:34:52.840 We had we had a woman who I a caller 1:34:52.880 --> 1:34:55.080 who was I recommended Google Photos to her and she said, 1:34:55.080 --> 1:34:56.400 I don't want to put my stuff into role. I 1:34:56.400 --> 1:34:59.320 don't trust it. I don't like the privacy aspect. And 1:34:59.400 --> 1:35:01.840 I said, you know, we have this agreement with these 1:35:01.920 --> 1:35:05.360 companies that we are the data and so they're monetized. 1:35:05.400 --> 1:35:07.600 If it's free, we are the product, right, isn't that 1:35:08.000 --> 1:35:09.200 you know, I'm not the first process. 1:35:09.439 --> 1:35:12.080 It's all built on terms of service that we all 1:35:12.280 --> 1:35:14.640 sign on to or we just you know, hit a 1:35:14.720 --> 1:35:18.080 checkbox on that are totally designed to be unintelligible, meaning 1:35:18.240 --> 1:35:20.720 like I mean, they're not just legal speak, but it's 1:35:20.800 --> 1:35:24.400 like extremely impossible to understand it. And the default that 1:35:24.560 --> 1:35:27.439 the real problem is, the default is warrantless data collection. 1:35:27.840 --> 1:35:30.439 The default should be, you know that we opt in 1:35:31.000 --> 1:35:34.160 maybe with particular services or perks offered to us to 1:35:34.320 --> 1:35:37.519 certain types of data collection. But now the status quo 1:35:37.640 --> 1:35:41.200 data is data collection about everything and anything. Let me 1:35:41.320 --> 1:35:43.200 just give you an example. It's not just on a 1:35:43.280 --> 1:35:46.400 platform rich as I said, the aggregation and data. So 1:35:46.680 --> 1:35:48.880 an example I like to say, always tell people are 1:35:48.960 --> 1:35:52.439 my students, you know, we're starting term at UCLA on Monday, 1:35:53.400 --> 1:35:56.439 is okay, it's one thing for you know, my Instagram 1:35:56.560 --> 1:36:00.719 data to be you know available to Meta, the holding 1:36:00.840 --> 1:36:03.840 you know, the big com the parent company, but it's 1:36:03.880 --> 1:36:07.040 another for that. You know, we're in Instagram, I'm always 1:36:07.120 --> 1:36:09.280 having a good time. I'm just too cool for school. 1:36:10.320 --> 1:36:12.880 But what if that data was aggregated with my seven 1:36:12.920 --> 1:36:15.519 to eleven data going there last night at midnight and 1:36:15.640 --> 1:36:19.240 buying forties and cigarettes and I didn't do either of 1:36:19.280 --> 1:36:21.160 those things. But think about that that part of my 1:36:21.520 --> 1:36:24.280 There are different parts of our lives. So privacy is 1:36:24.360 --> 1:36:26.679 not just a one size fits ault thing. It's certain 1:36:26.800 --> 1:36:30.120 things in certain contexts, right, and so that is being 1:36:30.240 --> 1:36:33.240 violated right now. And what you call tech companies rich 1:36:33.360 --> 1:36:36.439 are not just tech companies. The biggest taxi company in 1:36:36.479 --> 1:36:38.479 the history of the world is a tech company Uber, 1:36:38.880 --> 1:36:41.360 the biggest hotel company in the history of the world 1:36:41.360 --> 1:36:45.920 accommodation company is a tech company Airbnb. The biggest media 1:36:46.000 --> 1:36:49.000 company in the history of the world is Meta slash Facebook. Right, 1:36:49.479 --> 1:36:53.760 So they've taken over everything in anything, monetizing our data 1:36:54.080 --> 1:36:55.960 with these little gremlins in the middle that we call 1:36:56.040 --> 1:36:59.120 I'm just joking about the which we call algorithms. 1:36:59.040 --> 1:36:59.599 But it's true. 1:37:00.080 --> 1:37:02.040 We see in what we don't see, all based on 1:37:02.120 --> 1:37:05.559 surveillance of us. So people are being individually micro targeted 1:37:05.600 --> 1:37:08.720 with content. And that's why maybe you and I rich 1:37:08.720 --> 1:37:12.720 are like brothers from another mother, same demographic, SA, this, same, that, 1:37:12.920 --> 1:37:14.960 same everything. But you and I could both be on 1:37:15.040 --> 1:37:18.120 Twitter slash x and be presented with visions of the 1:37:18.200 --> 1:37:21.320 world and the nation that have no overlap whatsoever with 1:37:21.439 --> 1:37:21.880 one another. 1:37:22.080 --> 1:37:23.120 That's wild Why. 1:37:23.160 --> 1:37:25.320 At scale we get fragmentsed in polarized. 1:37:25.520 --> 1:37:28.200 This is I talk about this all the time. We 1:37:28.400 --> 1:37:32.960 used to have shared values in this world, by the way, 1:37:33.080 --> 1:37:35.640 and country, yeah, and we also have. We also have. 1:37:35.800 --> 1:37:37.560 We also used to all watch the same thing, like 1:37:37.640 --> 1:37:39.880 we used to sit down for better or for worse. 1:37:39.960 --> 1:37:42.720 Wizard of Oz came on once a year, you sat down. 1:37:42.760 --> 1:37:46.720 It was that shared experience. Right now everyone has their 1:37:46.720 --> 1:37:50.280 own individual experience and it's run, like you said, by 1:37:50.320 --> 1:37:52.880 an algorithm that, by the way, is leading people down 1:37:53.040 --> 1:37:56.400 paths that have never been done before. Right Like you're 1:37:56.760 --> 1:37:59.040 you're sitting there, you watch one video about something, and 1:37:59.080 --> 1:38:01.960 now you're suddenly seeing a thousand videos about an eating 1:38:02.040 --> 1:38:03.200 disorder or something like that. 1:38:03.439 --> 1:38:06.120 Never hardcore en us, you know, for these platforms, it 1:38:06.280 --> 1:38:08.840 just makes you more and more and more hardcore because 1:38:08.880 --> 1:38:13.280 it's predicting, computationally predicting content that is likely to grab 1:38:13.360 --> 1:38:17.439 our attention, which is extracting dopamine. It's usually these three 1:38:17.520 --> 1:38:21.520 hormones are part of the process. Dopamine, cortisol, and adrenaline. 1:38:21.880 --> 1:38:24.400 I mean, I am an adrenaline junkie, I'll be honest, 1:38:24.880 --> 1:38:27.120 you know. But at the same time, I also know 1:38:27.240 --> 1:38:30.400 that too much adrenaline firing in my brain could actually 1:38:30.560 --> 1:38:34.120 imbalance me. Same thing with dopamine and cortisol. Right, dopamine, 1:38:34.160 --> 1:38:37.320 we get a dopamine rush when we get maybe ding 1:38:37.439 --> 1:38:40.680 ding ding at a slot machine. But then we know 1:38:40.840 --> 1:38:44.280 you get strung out if you just become a dopamine hounds, 1:38:44.400 --> 1:38:49.040 so to speak. So this is why we are, you know, 1:38:49.120 --> 1:38:52.000 being fragmented, because if you actually look at Americans or 1:38:52.040 --> 1:38:57.040 Californians or Angelino's like us, we have remarkable actually agreements 1:38:57.320 --> 1:38:59.200 in a lot of different things. If you just pull 1:38:59.280 --> 1:39:03.480 this country seven percent, you know what, there's widespread consensus 1:39:03.840 --> 1:39:07.320 on many issues politically, economically if you just do a 1:39:07.439 --> 1:39:11.240 wide poll outside of this category of political party or 1:39:11.320 --> 1:39:14.720 what have you. And the and the reason the engines 1:39:14.760 --> 1:39:17.920 that individualize us and separate us are really part of 1:39:18.320 --> 1:39:21.000 this technology world, and the sad part of it for 1:39:21.160 --> 1:39:23.479 me is not that it's all only that it's built 1:39:23.560 --> 1:39:27.640 upon data collection and micro targeting through these algorithms, but 1:39:27.800 --> 1:39:31.120 it's also built on an Internet that started at UCLA 1:39:31.240 --> 1:39:34.760 where I work fifty now fifty six years ago that 1:39:35.200 --> 1:39:38.960 we paid for US taxpayers. So if you compound these 1:39:39.040 --> 1:39:41.679 issues and then you look at the emergence of AI, 1:39:42.120 --> 1:39:46.120 which is creating content that's indistinguishable, you know, like fake 1:39:46.240 --> 1:39:46.880 human beings. 1:39:47.760 --> 1:39:47.880 You know. 1:39:47.960 --> 1:39:49.559 I was even told by a friend of mine who 1:39:49.600 --> 1:39:52.720 is tech CEO rich that you know that I know 1:39:52.800 --> 1:39:55.519 we're doing this audio, but say we even video that 1:39:55.640 --> 1:39:58.000 an AI could do this interview for me within you know, 1:39:58.120 --> 1:40:00.960 six months to one year. And I don't know, I 1:40:01.040 --> 1:40:03.360 could just you know whatever, it's just whatever you want your. 1:40:03.320 --> 1:40:06.960 Data than my AI to do that, right, I do 1:40:07.080 --> 1:40:09.320 believe it. It's it's wild because it's these things have 1:40:09.439 --> 1:40:10.960 taken on a life of their own, and they kind 1:40:11.000 --> 1:40:15.479 of they absorb so much information quickly and regurgitate it 1:40:15.600 --> 1:40:18.599 that it's unlike anything we've ever seen before. Real quick. 1:40:18.640 --> 1:40:20.280 We got to run in a in a minute. But 1:40:20.360 --> 1:40:22.439 I want to what's the solution you've talked about this 1:40:22.640 --> 1:40:27.479 idea of you know, a more democratic internet. What do 1:40:27.560 --> 1:40:27.800 you think? 1:40:27.840 --> 1:40:28.120 I mean, what? 1:40:28.280 --> 1:40:28.320 What? 1:40:28.479 --> 1:40:30.000 What's the solution here? Do we have one? 1:40:31.280 --> 1:40:35.000 It involves, you know, harnessing the kinds of political forces 1:40:35.080 --> 1:40:37.479 to set up checks and balances in our system. And 1:40:37.640 --> 1:40:40.080 that's not going to be anti tech innovation. It's going 1:40:40.160 --> 1:40:42.599 to direct it in a way that continues to amass 1:40:43.560 --> 1:40:46.920 astronomical profits and valuations for these companies, but not at 1:40:46.960 --> 1:40:50.840 the cost of workers, consumers, citizens, even people of the planet, 1:40:50.920 --> 1:40:55.080 given the disastrous effects of AI on energy, water, and 1:40:57.000 --> 1:40:59.960 rare earth minerals. So instead, what we can do is how, 1:41:00.240 --> 1:41:02.960 as I alluded to earlier, have the default being not 1:41:03.120 --> 1:41:06.639 the surveillance and capture of our data, and actually create 1:41:06.760 --> 1:41:10.360 regulations that ensure that people have certain levels of power 1:41:10.720 --> 1:41:14.320 and transparency and the ability to have greater accountability. So 1:41:14.439 --> 1:41:16.920 we can create things like data unions that represent us 1:41:16.960 --> 1:41:20.680 for our data. We can create mechanisms where people have 1:41:21.720 --> 1:41:25.040 you know, job security and economic security as jobs get 1:41:25.040 --> 1:41:28.640 automated out. We can regulate the algorithms that actually do 1:41:28.760 --> 1:41:31.960 the dividing on social media platforms to ensure that there's 1:41:32.000 --> 1:41:35.639 third party audit without divulging the source code so they're 1:41:35.800 --> 1:41:39.759 the cool thing about this all is as fun as engineering. 1:41:39.840 --> 1:41:42.920 As I'm a former engineer. There are even more sort 1:41:42.960 --> 1:41:46.680 of solutions to guide and redirect this digital world so 1:41:46.840 --> 1:41:50.519 it actually supports everybody's interests rather than the very very 1:41:50.720 --> 1:41:53.960 very few at you know, pitted against the rest of us, 1:41:54.640 --> 1:41:56.600 you know, and that just creates division. And that's what 1:41:56.760 --> 1:41:58.920 we need to change right now in this country. 1:41:59.080 --> 1:42:03.400 I believe greed. Ramesh, doctor Ramesh shrina Vast and thanks 1:42:03.400 --> 1:42:05.639 so much for joining me today, professor at UCLA. I'll 1:42:05.640 --> 1:42:08.160 put a link to all of his books and website 1:42:08.280 --> 1:42:13.599 and podcast online. Rich On Tech dot TV coming up, Yeah, 1:42:13.720 --> 1:42:15.639 thank you. We are going to open up the feedbag 1:42:15.680 --> 1:42:18.519 to hear from you. Coming up next on rich On Tech. 1:42:21.240 --> 1:42:23.679 Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:42:23.680 --> 1:42:25.920 out with you. We're gonna get to the feedbag. I 1:42:26.000 --> 1:42:29.280 want to share my inflight texting hack that I used 1:42:29.320 --> 1:42:31.880 on my last flight, which I cannot take credit for 1:42:32.040 --> 1:42:37.880 this Android authority in clude me into this last year 1:42:38.520 --> 1:42:39.920 and I was I did it last year and I 1:42:40.000 --> 1:42:41.439 might have mentioned it, but I just I love it 1:42:41.479 --> 1:42:44.160 because it's so great if you're on the plane and 1:42:44.240 --> 1:42:46.639 you've got an Android phone and you've got you don't 1:42:46.640 --> 1:42:48.760 want to pay for Wi Fi, but they give you 1:42:48.960 --> 1:42:53.320 messaging for free. If you open up the Google Messages app, 1:42:53.880 --> 1:42:56.560 you can chat with Google Gemini for free, just like 1:42:56.640 --> 1:42:58.559 you would text someone. So if the airline has given 1:42:58.600 --> 1:43:02.040 you free texting, and instead of texting another person, you're 1:43:02.120 --> 1:43:05.519 just texting AI. And so I did this all flight long. 1:43:06.080 --> 1:43:08.479 I finished a book, I watched a movie, and I 1:43:08.640 --> 1:43:10.840 had the you know, the book. I said, okay, explain 1:43:10.920 --> 1:43:12.920 me this in the book. And then the movie, I 1:43:13.080 --> 1:43:15.120 just you know, asked. I watched this movie called Friendship, 1:43:15.160 --> 1:43:18.120 which was, oh my gosh. I mean it's like whoa, 1:43:18.720 --> 1:43:20.639 it was a. It was just it was it's about 1:43:20.680 --> 1:43:22.800 guys trying to make friends with other guys, and it's 1:43:22.880 --> 1:43:26.439 like very real about how tough it is, Like women 1:43:26.479 --> 1:43:28.960 seem to make friends, no problem, guys a little bit 1:43:28.960 --> 1:43:31.719 trickier anyway. So it was like it was cringe worthy, 1:43:31.840 --> 1:43:34.720 let's put it that way. Anyway. Uh yeah, it's such 1:43:34.760 --> 1:43:36.920 a I'll link up the article in the show notes. 1:43:37.280 --> 1:43:39.200 But it's such a cool way to uh kind of 1:43:39.240 --> 1:43:42.720 hack the system. And it's great. The other thing this 1:43:42.840 --> 1:43:47.400 another article is let's see where is it. Oh gosh, 1:43:47.479 --> 1:43:49.599 I'm trying to find it. Oh yeah. Android Wi Fi 1:43:49.720 --> 1:43:52.719 sharing So this another thing where you can basically share 1:43:52.800 --> 1:43:55.680 your Wi Fi. Uh if you log into a Wi 1:43:55.760 --> 1:43:57.240 Fi network you want to share it with your friends. 1:43:57.280 --> 1:43:58.840 I know people do this on the plane as well. 1:43:59.520 --> 1:44:01.760 You don't need to travel router, you can just share 1:44:01.760 --> 1:44:04.320 it using an Android phone. So both of these things 1:44:04.360 --> 1:44:07.920 are Android specific because iPhone has different rules and regulations 1:44:07.960 --> 1:44:10.160 with their phone. But anyway, I thought they were both 1:44:10.200 --> 1:44:11.760 really interesting. I'll link them up on the show notes. 1:44:11.800 --> 1:44:15.000 All right, let's get to the feedback. Bruce in southern 1:44:15.040 --> 1:44:18.400 California says Rich, I've got to watch it. Consumer alert. 1:44:18.439 --> 1:44:20.599 I paid what looked like a simple five dollars fee 1:44:21.040 --> 1:44:23.800 on a website to get help with an old laptop issue. 1:44:23.840 --> 1:44:26.360 I only need a quick answer. What I didn't realize 1:44:26.400 --> 1:44:28.439 is that the five dollars question quietly signed me up 1:44:28.479 --> 1:44:31.639 for a sixty five dollars a month subscription. I skipped 1:44:31.640 --> 1:44:33.519 the fine print while chatting with their bot, which was 1:44:33.600 --> 1:44:36.400 my mistake, but the way it's presented is not clear 1:44:36.439 --> 1:44:38.800 at all. I caught it quickly and canceled, but it 1:44:38.840 --> 1:44:42.360 still showed up as a pending charge. My credit card 1:44:42.400 --> 1:44:45.120 company told me to wait. Anyway, I found lots of 1:44:45.200 --> 1:44:48.040 lawsuits and settlements over this exact issue with this company, 1:44:48.479 --> 1:44:52.760 single question fees turning to expensive monthly subscriptions without clear disclosure. 1:44:53.120 --> 1:44:55.160 I'm usually careful about this stuff, so this one caught 1:44:55.160 --> 1:44:57.040 me off guard. Just wanted to flag it for others. 1:44:57.880 --> 1:45:01.040 I appreciate the work you do, Bruce. This leads me 1:45:01.200 --> 1:45:05.000 to advice that I always give. You have to look 1:45:05.040 --> 1:45:06.680 for the fine print. And I know you sound like 1:45:06.720 --> 1:45:10.639 you do, but look, look look again. Anything that you're 1:45:10.680 --> 1:45:12.800 getting for like ninety nine cents for a one week 1:45:12.920 --> 1:45:15.760 trial or you know, whatever it is, there's going to 1:45:15.840 --> 1:45:18.519 be a big payment that comes after that, and that's 1:45:18.560 --> 1:45:20.840 the reason they're giving you that dollar trial or whatever. 1:45:21.000 --> 1:45:23.160 So always look in. My other pro tip is you 1:45:23.240 --> 1:45:25.479 can cancel the subscription as soon as you sign up 1:45:25.520 --> 1:45:27.840 for it, and you'll still usually get to use it 1:45:28.040 --> 1:45:31.000 until the free trial runs out, whether you're on Android, 1:45:31.040 --> 1:45:33.479 iPhone or even with any sort of subscription you sign 1:45:33.560 --> 1:45:37.280 up for. So just remember that. Dennis in Florida says, 1:45:37.320 --> 1:45:40.200 what the heck Man no Show on December twenty seventh, 1:45:40.240 --> 1:45:43.360 at least give us a best of you're slacking, Rich. Oh, 1:45:43.439 --> 1:45:45.439 we did have a show. It was a best of 1:45:45.600 --> 1:45:48.000 show and we did give it to you. Maybe he 1:45:48.080 --> 1:45:50.840 sent this before the podcast came out. But you know, 1:45:51.040 --> 1:45:53.280 no matter what, we only do a tape show like 1:45:53.400 --> 1:45:55.840 a couple times a year, and no matter what, I 1:45:55.920 --> 1:45:59.719 get emails from people saying Rich, I can't believe you're slacking. 1:45:59.720 --> 1:46:01.320 It is like I gotta take a break once in 1:46:01.360 --> 1:46:06.920 a while. Come on, cut me some slack jack. Let's 1:46:06.920 --> 1:46:10.879 see here. PJ says someone asked you about scanning programs recently. 1:46:11.080 --> 1:46:12.840 One I like a lot is a free program called 1:46:12.960 --> 1:46:18.160 NAPS two. Not another PDF scanner. It's open source, it's free, 1:46:18.320 --> 1:46:21.519 works on Mac, Windows, and it's compatible with most scanners 1:46:21.640 --> 1:46:26.800 like Cannon brother HP built in scanning ocr searchable PDFs. 1:46:27.520 --> 1:46:30.360 It's great NAPS two dot com. All right, that's a 1:46:30.400 --> 1:46:31.920 good one to add to the list. I'll put that 1:46:32.000 --> 1:46:36.320 on the website. John says, I tried downloading that Glimpse 1:46:36.400 --> 1:46:38.760 notifications app you recommended, but I ended up with the 1:46:38.800 --> 1:46:41.880 wrong one called Easy home Screen. It tried to charge 1:46:41.920 --> 1:46:44.040 me thirty nine dollars and took over my home screen. 1:46:44.640 --> 1:46:47.200 Turns out, when I searched for a glimpse in the 1:46:47.240 --> 1:46:49.600 play Store. The first one that popped up was not 1:46:49.720 --> 1:46:52.639 the real glimpse. This time I used your direct link. 1:46:52.680 --> 1:46:55.559 I got the free the right free app installed. From 1:46:55.640 --> 1:46:57.960 now on, I'll be more careful and check the details 1:46:58.000 --> 1:47:01.680 before downloading, or better yet, use the links you provide. Absolutely, 1:47:02.720 --> 1:47:05.439 this happens all the time. I recommend an app on 1:47:05.560 --> 1:47:08.240 TV or the radio. People download whatever they find when 1:47:08.240 --> 1:47:10.680 they search for it, and they blame me and they say, Rich, 1:47:11.040 --> 1:47:13.120 you just recommended this app. They're charging me ten dollars 1:47:13.160 --> 1:47:15.040 a month, sixty dollars a month, and that's not the 1:47:15.080 --> 1:47:18.960 app I recommended. Look closely when you search something on 1:47:19.080 --> 1:47:21.280 Google Play. The first link that comes up is not 1:47:21.439 --> 1:47:24.599 always the link to the direct app. It's probably an ad. 1:47:24.840 --> 1:47:28.439 Same thing goes on iPhone, same thing goes on Google. 1:47:28.760 --> 1:47:32.040 So be careful, use direct links when possible, and double 1:47:32.120 --> 1:47:34.799 check the names. A lot of these apps they sound similar, 1:47:35.200 --> 1:47:37.439 but they're not the same spelling. 1:47:37.920 --> 1:47:38.080 You know. 1:47:38.160 --> 1:47:40.840 They They're said one way, but it's spelled another way. 1:47:41.920 --> 1:47:45.280 Let's see here. Cecilia says, Hey, Rich, I just saw 1:47:45.320 --> 1:47:47.360 your Rich on Tech Weekly show on KTLA for the 1:47:47.400 --> 1:47:49.920 first time, and I love it. Keep it going. This 1:47:50.120 --> 1:47:53.040 was so funny. This happened over the break. 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