WEBVTT - Meta DM rumors, pet tracker & AI videos soar (147, Nov 8, 2025) 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:04.120 The smart ring that's like a virtual notebook for your finger, 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:09.160 the latest pet tracker from a familiar name, and Google's 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:15.240 Pixel smartphone reaches a milestone. Plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:19.040 What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro and this is rich 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:22.079 on Tech. This is the show where I talk about 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:24.480 the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:28.000 also the place where I answer your questions about technology. 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:32.000 I believe that tech should be interesting, useful and fun. 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:34.560 All right, let's do it. Let's open up those phone 0:00:34.600 --> 0:00:38.560 lines at triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:42.400 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:45.040 Give me a call if you have a question about technology. 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:50.040 Eight eight eight rich one oh one. Email is also open. 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:54.280 Just go to rich on Tech dot tv and hit 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:59.240 contact guests. This week, we've got c NEETs AI reporter 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:03.880 to break down the rise of AI video generators like Sora, 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:09.039 and later in the show, Bran Putnam, founder of Mirror 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:13.000 and the New Thing Bored, is going to share how 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:18.720 she's reinventing family game night with her new console. Well, 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:22.040 I hope you are having a fantastic week. Today's one 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:24.959 of those days where I woke up and I just 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:27.680 felt good. Don't you love those days when you get 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:29.840 up and you're just like, all right, this is the 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:33.080 way I wish I felt every day. And I do 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:35.240 feel good most days, but you know some days are 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.280 just you're just like, I don't know what's going on. 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:39.679 What did I do differently this week? I know I 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.800 did one thing. I tried a new workout workout class, 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.720 and I think it really I don't know it did 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.120 well for me because I still have energy from it. So, 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.440 and I usually do my routine where I go for 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.720 a run before the show. I did that. So it's 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:57.280 just all adding up to feeling good. I hope you're 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.200 feeling good. I hope you're ready for some tech. I 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:02.920 hope you're ready for questions and answers most importantly, so 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:07.200 get those questions in now. This happened this week. Whenever 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.720 I get flooded with messages. I've told you this before. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.400 Whenever I get flooded with messages about something, I know 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:14.880 I have to address it right. And so this week, 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:18.639 when I read my ten thousandth DM from you saying, Rich, 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.200 what's the deal with this? Is this true? I know 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:23.840 I have to kind of talk about this. So these 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:27.959 were all about Meta privacy. There is a viral post 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:31.320 or there is a viral post going around that says 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:37.080 Meta will start reading your DMS on December sixteenth. Every conversation, 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:42.720 every photo, every voice message fed into AI used for profit. 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.760 Here's how to stop it now. Number one, we know 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.600 if you're using anything on the Internet that you're not 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.840 paying for. Yeah, they're using your data for profit. That's 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.640 the agreement we have with them. We've always had this 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.880 agreement with Meta. But I get it people are worried. Now. 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.280 Here's the thing about most things I see on line 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.040 that go viral, there is a tiny thread of truth 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.200 to them, but that's it. Then the rest is all nonsense. Now, 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:09.920 if you follow the instructions that this person gives you. 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:13.160 Number one, I couldn't find any of the settings that 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.040 they say to change. Change all these settings, Like, I 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.519 couldn't find any of them. Now I know, because I 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.600 post stuff all the time online about how to change settings. 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.480 I go through them with a fine tooth comb to 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:26.480 make sure the setting is where I say it is. 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.040 All these settings none of them are like there. So 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:31.560 I don't even understand, like how this person can tell 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:35.080 you to do this when there's nothing there to change anyway. 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:39.120 Meta did announce a December sixteenth update, so this is 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:42.640 coming soon. But it's all about Meta AI, not your 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:45.640 private messages. And we've talked about this on the show. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.760 Meta is going to start using your chats with Meta AI, 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:53.360 and that's built into Facebook, it's built into Instagram, it's 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.520 built into WhatsApp, it's in Messenger. They're gonna use whatever 0:03:56.560 --> 0:04:01.440 you say to Meta AI to personalize your ads incommendations. Yes, 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.520 AI is the new search, so it makes sense that 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.280 whatever you talk about with AI, they're going to capitalize 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.600 on that. So if you talk about hiking, yes, you're 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:12.120 going to start seeing ads for hiking boots in your feed. 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:15.000 It makes sense right now, there's no way for US 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.760 users to opt out. In Europe. Apparently you can, but 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:21.360 they have much stronger privacy laws over there in the US. 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.560 You know, we just don't have that. It's not new. 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:27.719 Meta has been using what you post, what you like, 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.040 and what you share for years to shape your feed. 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:34.839 We know this. If you've ever posted a photo on Instagram, 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:37.479 do you notice how it instantly tells you what song 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:41.560 you should accompany that photo with Because it reads the picture. 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:43.960 It looks at that picture using AI. I posted a 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.160 picture of the moon the other night. It said, hey, 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.760 you should use the song Harvest Moon. I said, Oh, 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:51.920 how'd you know that? Yeah, you're looking at the picture. Now, 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:55.359 keep in mind this update only affects the meta AI 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:59.040 conversations you're having, not your private chats with friends or family. 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:00.880 Now I had to look this up. I knew WhatsApp 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:03.680 was end to endingcrypted, which means nobody can look at 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.120 those messages, not even meta if they wanted to, They 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.400 couldn't even look at them. Turns out Messenger is the 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:14.680 same way Instagram. They're working on making the messages on 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:18.000 Instagram and encryptid. They're not there just yet, but that 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.200 is apparently coming and you can toggle that on if 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.880 you want. If you notice at the end of the 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.520 viral post they push a privacy scan tool. Hey, here's 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:29.839 thirty seconds. So what it's really trying to do is 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.440 grab your attention and then sell you something. So you 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.520 can check to see if your data has been leaked 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.000 out on the open web using a free website like 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:43.240 have I Been Poned Pwned? That will tell you if 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:45.920 your email address and some of your other information has 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.599 been out there because of one of these data breaches. 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:51.680 That's an easy freeway to do it, but it's all 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:55.000 part of a bigger trend what they're trying to say, 0:05:55.040 --> 0:05:59.360 of using your chat data to personalize your experiences. I've 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.760 noticed when I search on Google now all my AI 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:06.920 results are personalized to me. Now Chat GBT, same thing. 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.200 They're all mentioning things that I've searched in the past, 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.400 or who I am and what I search regularly in 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.240 my answers, which is a little weird. And I get it. 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:18.240 People are still nervous about meta and data because of 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.200 that whole Cambridge Analytica thing, So I get there's good reason, 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.720 but you have to kind of look beyond the viral 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.880 nature and the eye catching attention of this and see 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:31.800 what's really happening here. And we've known this forever. If 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:35.240 you are not paying for the product, you are the product. 0:06:35.640 --> 0:06:39.080 That's the way it goes. Now. I don't know about you, 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:43.600 but my posts on Facebook and Instagram are pretty casual, right, friends, 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:48.000 family photos. Meta's job is to take the information that 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:51.360 I give it and sell me stuff against it, and yes, 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.359 it works. Half the time. I see these ads on 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:55.800 meta and I'm like, oh, that's that looks cool now. 0:06:55.800 --> 0:07:00.839 I don't know if you saw this story about Meta. 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:05.480 This was a report from Reuters saying that Meta shows 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:09.200 an estimated fifteen billion scam ads every single day. And 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.680 I believe it because people send me these ads and 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.000 they say, rich, is this true? Can I really get 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:18.360 an iPhone seventeen for five fifty dollars it's advertised here 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.560 on Instagram stories? No, you can't. If it's too good 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.560 to be true, it probably is. Meta they found promotes 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:28.720 fake investments, counterfeit products, phony brand offers, and if you 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.559 click on one scam ad, their system shows you more. 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:35.200 And apparently Meta knew this is happening, or knows this 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:39.400 is happening. Their internal docs that Reuter showed say ten 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.760 percent of their Meta's revenue comes from a scam or 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:48.960 band ads seven billion dollars a year. Meta says it's improving. 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.560 They've removed one hundred and thirty four million scam ads, 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.720 but critics say it's still not enough. So if you're 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:58.080 looking at these ads on Instagram, on Facebook, anywhere online, 0:07:58.120 --> 0:07:59.920 if they're too good to be true, they probably are, 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:02.720 and you're emailing me about them on a daily basis, 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:05.200 and I see them now. I would say this is 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.680 the biggest reason to just block ads completely online. You 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:12.240 are protecting yourself. There is an argument that you are 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:15.640 protecting yourself by having an ad blocker, so I'm all 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:19.440 for it. So I believe that privacy matters online. Of 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:21.560 course it does. I think you know, as Apple says, 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.000 privacy is a fundamental human right. You have a right 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.320 to privacy. You don't your stuff, The things that you do, 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:28.880 the things that you say, don't need to be on 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:31.040 the front page of the New York Times right now. 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:34.120 You have to understand when things could be there. So 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:37.000 think before you post anything online can live forever. We 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:40.280 know that if you're logging into your bank or your 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:43.319 you know, your financial accounts, don't use public Wi Fi, 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.480 use cellular, use your hotspot, or use your home network 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:50.920 and make sure that's locked down. Firefox Focus this is 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:54.560 a great app. I know they've got it for the 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.640 mobile phones, but for me, if I'm ever looking up 0:08:57.679 --> 0:09:02.040 something that is, you know, medical related, something health related, 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.959 I'm using Firefox Focus because I don't want any of 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.160 that information into my Google account, right I don't want 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.719 it going into my pipeline. Of all the stuff that 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.240 Google and all these other apps know about me, they 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.040 don't need to know that. So use Firefox focus on 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:19.320 your mobile phone. If you're looking up something sensitive or 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:23.920 something that's medical related, or in chat GBT, you can 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.120 use a temporary chat right if you don't want that 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.800 to live on forever. You can also use incognito mode. 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:33.840 But remember that doesn't necessarily protect Google from seeing everything 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:37.120 you're doing. It just doesn't save that information to your computer. 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.640 So just remember that. Also, you have to watch out 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.080 for these malicious ads. I think that these are the 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:48.400 bigger threat. Malicious ads, fake browser extensions or deceitful browser 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.280 extensions that are trying to steal your data, phishing links, 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:52.959 this is all the stuff that we are up against 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:56.160 on a daily basis. When you're signing up for services, 0:09:56.600 --> 0:10:00.280 use the secondary email address. Duck Duck go has a 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.320 nice free email address you can use and that'll block 0:10:03.360 --> 0:10:06.880 out all the trackers. Proton Mail. You can sign up 0:10:06.920 --> 0:10:08.680 for a free email through there, and that's nice. In 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:12.040 private Google Voice, sign up for a Google Voice or 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:15.000 another phone number that's a secondary number. Give that out 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:17.280 to all the stuff you sign up for. That's just nonsense. 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.839 All the grocery store, phone numbers and things they want. 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:24.880 Use that to sign up for them. Consider a VPN 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:29.600 if you want some extra protection, and in chat, GBT 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:32.280 and all the AI tools, make sure you go into 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:35.120 the settings and turn off the setting that says we 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.800 can train on your data. Why do you want them 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:39.760 to train on your data. There's enough people using it 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:41.480 out there that aren't going to turn that off. Let 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:43.920 them let it train on their data. Doesn't need to 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.760 be trained on my data. I think the real foundation 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.200 of privacy is not just some viral posts that you 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:51.520 see and you switch a whole bunch of settings. It's 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:55.840 you being aware of what's happening and using smart habits 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:59.520 in your everyday life to protect your privacy when you can. 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.560 It's not always possible. If you're using a free product, 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:04.920 you know they are collecting data on you. That's just 0:11:04.960 --> 0:11:08.199 the way it works. But if you understand that exchange, 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:12.120 you can better protect yourself. Also, it might be worth 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:13.720 it after the show to take a couple of minutes 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:17.480 to visit Metas Privacy Center or Google's Privacy Checkup to 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:19.720 kind of look around and see what those settings are 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:24.080 and tweak the things to work. In your benefit eight 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:27.400 eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:29.880 four to two four one zero one. My name is 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.520 Rich dmiro. You are doing something smart today. You are 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:40.480 listening to Rich on Tech back after this. Welcome back 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:42.720 to Rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:46.320 you talking technology at Triple eight Rich one O one 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:50.160 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:54.839 The website for the show is rich on tech dot tv. 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.160 There you can go and get all the show notes. 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:58.880 And while you're there, be sure to sign up for 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:04.000 my free new Let's go to Shelton in Covina. You're 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:04.640 on with Rich. 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.320 Good morning, wage. It's nice to talk to you, and 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.040 thanks a lot for your help with all the text 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:12.000 stuff every week. 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:12.960 Thank you. 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.800 I have a question, you know, I make a lot 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:22.559 of payments online, especially like the taxes, like the property 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:27.440 taxes of La County, and also some donations to various outfits, 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:31.120 so I do it online. The way it is done 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:34.480 on any website is you go and then you make 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:36.880 the payment. But there's no way to log in or 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:42.880 log out. So with all these camps going on, I'm 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:46.480 just wondering how safe is it to continue to do 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:48.720 this so if I should do something. 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:53.240 Else, Okay, good question. I think you know. The main 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.880 thing is if you're logging into your own website, like 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:59.200 your own bank's website, obviously you want to log out 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:02.280 when you're done because that'll clear the session. Make sure 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.120 that you know the server says, okay, we're done here. 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.400 If someone went to this website again right after you 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.599 were done, it would not that session would not continue. 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.240 And then, of course if you're using a public or 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:17.120 shared computer, it's even more important to do that. And 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.720 what I would recommend is if you're ever doing anything 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:23.719 financially related on a public computer, is to use an 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:27.760 incognito window so that nothing is saved after that session. 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.280 That's number one. If you can, don't do that because 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.120 you don't really want to do any sort of banking 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:34.920 or financial stuff on a public computer. But I understand 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:38.520 sometimes you have to. So when it comes to these websites, 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:40.400 and I know what you're talking about because I've I've 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:44.520 definitely paid the taxes, I've made some donations online and 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.720 you're looking, you know, the DMV and sometimes you're looking 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:51.000 for a way to exit the website. So always look 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:53.800 for on that page if it says exit or close. 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.640 Definitely do that number one. If it doesn't have that, 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.320 then it's probably just a one time session. You're not 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:03.319 logging in any way, so once you send your information, 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:06.199 it's going and it's done, so it's not going to 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.839 be saved there in any particular way on that website. 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.960 What I would say is if you are doing anything 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:17.440 that requires your banking or financials, then for sure logout. 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.600 Like don't just get lazy and say, okay, I'm done 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.640 paying my bills online on my website, on my credit 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.680 card or my bank account. Let me just close out 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:28.080 that website and I'm done. Always log out of that website, 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.920 because I think that that just sends that signal that, hey, 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:32.240 this session is over. 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:34.200 Now. 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:36.200 If you want to be you know, a little bit 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.560 more secure, you could go ahead and clear all the 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.760 cookies once you're done with that website. But I think 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:45.280 that's a little bit unnecessary. I think it's more just 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.000 using like kind of what I talked about earlier, just 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.840 using your judgment. For if you are on a public 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:53.760 or shared computer, make sure that you're not doing anything 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:56.440 that leaves a trace there. But if you're on your 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.120 personal computer, I think it should be okay. But also 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.479 make sure the the type of connection you're on is secured. 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:04.600 So if you're on a public Wi Fi connection, you 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.080 probably don't want to do these things. Or use a VPN, 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:10.440 or better yet, use the hot spot on your phone. 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.360 I think that's always the best thing to do because 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.480 that's the most secure. But I think in general, if 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.280 a website doesn't offer that logout, you know, once you 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:22.200 complete the transaction, you should be okay because, like I said, 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:25.360 that information, as long as it's securely transmitted from your 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:28.920 computer to their computer, that's it. It's done. There's nothing 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:33.120 lingering on your computer with that website. Someone would have 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:34.720 to go in and like even if you press the 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.960 back button on that you probably would not find that 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.280 it would fill in your credit card information again or 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:44.480 anything like that. So Shelton, you should be okay. But again, 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:47.560 anytime you have that option to log out, you should 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.200 definitely be logging out for sure. That that is my advice. 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:53.600 So thanks for the question today. Do you appreciate it? 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:56.200 Eight eight eight rich one on one eight eight eight 0:15:56.320 --> 0:16:00.440 seven four to two four one zero one. Uh, let's 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.040 go to Oh wait, we can't go to someone else. 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:07.280 We'll hold you for the next one. So WhatsApp this 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:12.400 week launched a full Apple Watch app. Wow. It's weird 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.160 because when apple Watch first came out, we had all 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:18.600 these apps on Instagram, Twitter back in the day. Obviously 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.520 they were all for Apple Watch Uber, and then all 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:24.440 these companies kind of said, you know what, nevermind, We're 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.240 not going to do Apple Watch apps anymore. We don't 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.760 need to do that because people were using their Apple 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:33.360 Watch more for fitness and tracking and just notifications from 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:36.480 the apps that were on their phone. But now we're 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.600 seeing kind of a resurgence, and I think it's because 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:40.840 people are starting to go out without their phones again 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:43.640 and just using their Apple Watch to do things as 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.720 like a way to stay focused. And so now WhatsApp 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:50.360 has a dedicated Apple Watch app. You can read and 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.720 reply to full messages, even long ones, record and send 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:58.920 voice messages right from your wrist, get call notifications, at emoji, reactions, 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:03.640 image and stickers are clear so and everything remains end 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:06.240 to end ENCRYPTI. So if you want to just go 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.320 out with your cellular Apple Watch with WhatsApp, you can. 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.440 It's there. Eight eight eight rich one O one eight 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.159 eight eight seven four two four one zero one coming up, 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:17.520 more of your calls, plus we'll have the Gadget of 0:17:17.520 --> 0:17:23.160 the week right here on rich On Tech. Welcome back 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.639 to rich On Tech. Uh, we've got a lot to 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.040 get to in this segment, so let's go straight to 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:33.640 Henry in Glendora. Henry your question, Yes, thank you. 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.879 For taking my call. I'll call them because I have 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:41.240 a lot of CDs I've been trying to convert into 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:44.280 a ripping them from on the computer maybe onto a 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:47.840 flash drive. And some of my CDs when I record them, 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:51.040 they have a low volume, so I have to turn 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.040 the volume very high on my radio to listen to them. 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.440 Others are are too high and I need to have 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:59.960 like volume control when I rip them, as well as 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:03.600 possibly sorry, i'm moving water around. 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:06.639 I thought you were getting winded just asking me the question. 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.080 No, I'm filling up our water bottle, so I'm a 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:11.000 little out of shape here. 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:13.480 Oh my gosh. We used to have when I was 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:15.640 a kid, we had one of those water tank things 0:18:15.680 --> 0:18:17.320 where you're like, you know, you put the big gallon 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:20.080 jug like whatever it was, and it was like, what 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.680 I'm doing? Those things are heavy anyway, Yes, the r. 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.440 But sorry about that. Yeah, I'm trying to find some 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:31.840 software I'm using currently Windows seven and I'm looking to 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:35.400 upgrade to possibly ten or eleven Windows. 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.399 What what year are we in, Henry? Come on Windows seven? 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:41.040 When when was the end of life on that? 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:43.359 I don't know. It still works for me. 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:47.040 Oh my, that's wild. Okay, So you're looking for some 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:50.720 software that will that will make the all these MP 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:52.280 three's the same level. 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:56.879 Basically, Yes, I wanted to rip it in and possibly away. 0:18:57.480 --> 0:18:59.520 I want to put them on external hard drives because 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:01.440 in the future I do want to have a server 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:04.720 that I want to build eventually. Sure, sure, I want 0:19:04.760 --> 0:19:06.159 to be able to rip them in a permant that 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:09.040 I want, Okay, but I don't want to pay a 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:12.199 subscription service. I wanted just basically a standard over the 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:16.400 counter software packet that I could download or burn from 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:19.720 a bring in from the CD and be able to 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:23.560 use it but at the same time control the volume control. 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:26.000 All right, I'm going to give you. I'm going to 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:29.359 give you a trio of programs that I recommend for 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:33.360 this functionality, and it should do exactly what you need. 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.760 Because I've gotten this question before from folks, and I've 0:19:35.800 --> 0:19:38.320 recommended it and I've gotten some feedback that it all works. 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:43.479 So the first one is Exact Audio Copy. Exact Audio Copy, 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:46.480 that's a good ripping program. It's maybe the one you're 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:50.440 already using, but that'll you know. It'll read the CDs 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:52.560 and rip them for you into MP three's and it 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:55.640 gives you a lot of options, so that's great. Then 0:19:55.640 --> 0:20:00.280 there's another program called MP three tag dot de so 0:20:00.440 --> 0:20:02.359 MP three tag and I'll link this all up on 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:04.960 the website rich on tech dot tv. But this will 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:09.160 let you batch, tag and organize and get cover art 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:12.160 whatever you want for these things that you rip. If 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:14.800 Exact Audio Copy doesn't give you all that stuff, sometimes 0:20:14.800 --> 0:20:16.720 it will, sometimes it won't, but this will give you 0:20:17.119 --> 0:20:20.080 the full control over everything that you've gotten on your files. 0:20:20.480 --> 0:20:22.560 And then the final program, and I think this is 0:20:22.600 --> 0:20:25.000 the one that you're probably going to need first, is 0:20:25.280 --> 0:20:30.200 MP three Gain. So MP three gain you can. It'll 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:33.479 analyze all your MP three files and adjust them so 0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:36.760 that they have the same volume. And the neat thing 0:20:36.840 --> 0:20:38.960 is that the changes are pretty simple, so I don't 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:40.879 think it has to make all new files for you. 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:43.400 But that's going to be the program that you want 0:20:43.400 --> 0:20:47.520 to use to get those to all be normalized or levelized, 0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:49.320 whatever you would call it. But I think those three 0:20:49.359 --> 0:20:53.840 programs Exact Audio Copy, MP three tag, and MP three 0:20:54.040 --> 0:20:56.920 Gain are the three programs that you want and I 0:20:57.080 --> 0:20:59.679 probably recommend. For what you're talking about with the cloud 0:20:59.680 --> 0:21:02.360 stuff is either something like PLEX, which I do think 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:05.560 they they might have. You might have to charge, They 0:21:05.640 --> 0:21:08.040 might charge you for doing what you're talking about. If 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:11.359 you want a free solution, you can literally go to 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:15.800 YouTube Music and drag and drop your library of songs 0:21:15.840 --> 0:21:18.159 onto the website and it will put those in the 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:20.679 cloud and you can access them from any device. So 0:21:20.720 --> 0:21:22.920 if you go to music dot YouTube dot com, literally 0:21:23.000 --> 0:21:25.679 try it. Just drag and drop an MP three file 0:21:25.760 --> 0:21:29.359 onto your browser window and it will put it into 0:21:29.400 --> 0:21:31.560 the file into the app, and you can download that 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:35.320 app to any supported device, which is pretty much every device, 0:21:35.480 --> 0:21:38.919 and they're available everywhere, and that's completely free. All right, 0:21:38.960 --> 0:21:42.159 Good look, Henry, you got quite the project ahead of you. 0:21:43.320 --> 0:21:47.240 Tim listener Tim emailed and said he's been trying out 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:50.680 all the headphones out there, all the noise canceling headphones, 0:21:50.680 --> 0:21:53.560 and he wanted to call in with his results. Tim. 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:56.840 Are you there, Yeah? Sure, Hey, welcome to the show. 0:21:56.880 --> 0:21:58.960 I know this took a while for us to get coordinated, 0:21:58.960 --> 0:22:02.919 but you've been compared herring headphones. What started you on 0:22:02.960 --> 0:22:05.760 this journey of trying to find the perfect noise canceling headphones. 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:11.320 Well, unfortunately, Calwater decided to replace all the main waters, 0:22:12.160 --> 0:22:15.760 the water pipes on my street and the two adjacent streets, 0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:19.520 and it caused a great deal of noise and it 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:22.760 was turgering. My tonightis it was difficult to work and 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:25.000 concentrate with all the pounding. 0:22:25.320 --> 0:22:27.879 Okay, well, so you've you've tested out. You've got a 0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:32.639 list of bows, Apple, Sony, more Apple, more bows, more Apple, 0:22:32.680 --> 0:22:35.760 more Apple. So which one do you want to start with? 0:22:35.800 --> 0:22:38.800 What's your What's what's the one that you I guess 0:22:38.800 --> 0:22:40.200 got the lowest rating here? 0:22:41.160 --> 0:22:45.760 Well, the Apple beats got pretty terrible rating. The earpads 0:22:45.800 --> 0:22:49.600 were round, so they're probably great for a small child 0:22:50.000 --> 0:22:53.679 or a small woman or a small man, certainly not 0:22:53.760 --> 0:22:57.240 for me. My ear didn't even fit inside. Oh wow, 0:22:57.720 --> 0:23:01.359 that's it, and I know it's cancelation was minimal at best. Okay, 0:23:02.359 --> 0:23:05.159 so we go from there to what was next on 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:13.040 your list after that? In terms of what I tested for, 0:23:14.040 --> 0:23:19.880 I was looking for mostly noise cancelation, not active or passive, 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:23.920 but basically the combined. In other words, that did not differentiate. 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:29.360 And I was looking for call quality and Bluetooth capability. 0:23:29.880 --> 0:23:33.359 Okay, so maybe just go through some of your findings. 0:23:33.720 --> 0:23:37.240 I mean, you're not a you know, a professional reviewer 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:39.680 per se, but you've done some pretty good research. Did 0:23:39.680 --> 0:23:41.359 you buy all of these and then return them when 0:23:41.359 --> 0:23:42.320 you were done with them or what? 0:23:42.800 --> 0:23:47.160 And yes, I actually did all except for two of them. 0:23:47.480 --> 0:23:49.560 Okay, Oh so that's I'm assuming the ones that you 0:23:49.600 --> 0:23:51.240 didn't return are the best ones. 0:23:52.359 --> 0:23:58.320 Yeah, with a caveat that. The Apple AirPods Max, which 0:23:58.359 --> 0:24:03.199 your headphones were, Yes, the problem with them is that 0:24:03.240 --> 0:24:04.040 they're very heavy. 0:24:05.280 --> 0:24:07.840 Okay, I'm and yes, I would say they're heavier than 0:24:07.880 --> 0:24:10.320 other headphones. I wouldn't say they're very heavy because I've 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:14.160 used them. They're just heavier than other headphones out there. 0:24:14.400 --> 0:24:17.400 But they're still I mean, they're still pretty comfortable over time, 0:24:17.560 --> 0:24:19.440 I would say, yeah. 0:24:19.280 --> 0:24:21.359 I mean, it gets it's all relative. Maybe I have 0:24:21.400 --> 0:24:25.720 a soft head. I don't know, but yeah, wearing a 0:24:25.800 --> 0:24:29.120 mad hours a day was not tenable, Okay, wasn't It 0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:31.120 wasn't an option Okay. 0:24:30.800 --> 0:24:33.080 So but they but they you found that they had 0:24:33.160 --> 0:24:36.880 great noise cancelation, but just not the cafer wasn't all 0:24:36.880 --> 0:24:37.359 there for you. 0:24:38.119 --> 0:24:41.320 Yeah, they were amazing and Apple is rumored to actually 0:24:41.359 --> 0:24:44.679 come out with a lighter version of those in twenty 0:24:44.840 --> 0:24:45.560 twenty seven. 0:24:46.000 --> 0:24:48.760 Oh well, then let's just wait until then to finish this. 0:24:49.160 --> 0:24:53.359 Just kidding. Okay, okay, what about the Sony's because those 0:24:53.480 --> 0:24:57.760 are are quite popular. You know, you've you tested the 0:24:57.920 --> 0:25:00.399 XM fours now they're up to six. What did you 0:25:00.440 --> 0:25:00.960 find there? 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:08.080 Yeah, the Sony's were good, but they weren't great. And 0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:10.280 one of the biggest problems with the Sony's is the 0:25:10.280 --> 0:25:13.720 controls were awful. They basically I couldn't get. 0:25:13.560 --> 0:25:16.600 Them to work because it's all touch, right, isn't it 0:25:16.640 --> 0:25:18.080 a lot of like touch controls all. 0:25:18.040 --> 0:25:20.280 Touch and it gets it just didn't like my touch. 0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:23.440 Yeah. Well, also, this is the thing, like I find 0:25:23.480 --> 0:25:27.399 that these these controls that are not necessarily like easy 0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:30.879 to find or do quickly is not the best because 0:25:31.240 --> 0:25:32.879 you have to you almost have to like get a 0:25:32.880 --> 0:25:36.159 PhD in the control touch situation to figure out like, 0:25:36.160 --> 0:25:38.399 oh I want to raise the volume my swiping, am 0:25:38.400 --> 0:25:41.320 I going up am I tapping? So I like the 0:25:41.320 --> 0:25:44.399 physical buttons if possible, but I know everything's changing to 0:25:44.480 --> 0:25:49.440 digital and touch stuff. So okay, So the Sony's, I'm 0:25:49.480 --> 0:25:53.960 looking at the ratings you gave me. The Sony's got 0:25:53.960 --> 0:25:57.000 a nine out of ten for noise cancelation, a seven 0:25:57.080 --> 0:26:01.600 for comfort. AirPods Max you gave a ten for noise canceling, 0:26:01.640 --> 0:26:05.040 a nine for comfort, but you said they were very heavy. 0:26:05.880 --> 0:26:08.520 What else do we have here? The Bows Quiet Comfort, 0:26:08.560 --> 0:26:10.560 I mean those are very popular. What did you find? 0:26:10.680 --> 0:26:13.080 They have a regular and an Ultra. What'd you find 0:26:13.080 --> 0:26:13.320 with those? 0:26:13.440 --> 0:26:17.199 Yeah, the Regular, both quiet comforts. I gave them a 0:26:17.240 --> 0:26:21.439 noise cancelation of eight and a comfort rating of seven. 0:26:21.720 --> 0:26:23.920 The Ultra was not much. 0:26:23.680 --> 0:26:26.320 Better than those in the set of the price or. 0:26:26.200 --> 0:26:29.280 What two hundred and twenty dollars more just wasn't worth it. 0:26:30.240 --> 0:26:32.920 But the people, I mean the Bows, I had those 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:35.840 for a very long time. Very popular. Obviously they have 0:26:35.880 --> 0:26:38.360 the marketing behind them, so people see them a lot. 0:26:39.359 --> 0:26:44.200 What did you choose as your tops? 0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:49.679 Well, unfortunately the Apple AirPods Pro three wasn't available when 0:26:49.720 --> 0:26:54.040 I did my test, so I did end up choosing 0:26:54.240 --> 0:26:57.440 the Bow's Quiet Comfort and then I bought the error 0:26:57.520 --> 0:27:02.320 Pridz Pro three and I love them both, but for 0:27:02.400 --> 0:27:06.439 different reasons. The both quite comfort when I'm on a 0:27:06.480 --> 0:27:11.919 telephone call with someone, they can literally hear the drop 0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:17.760 of a of a pencil or a pen in the background. 0:27:18.600 --> 0:27:21.160 And they were awful. But I'm on my AirPods Pro 0:27:21.320 --> 0:27:25.800 three right now, and I'm sure you you couldn't hear 0:27:25.840 --> 0:27:27.080 that little noise I just made. 0:27:27.320 --> 0:27:30.719 No, it's that they have. I mean, it's actually quite 0:27:30.760 --> 0:27:34.719 interesting because people on their iPhone in general, because iPhone 0:27:34.760 --> 0:27:38.080 has this feature that's like, uh, if you swipe down 0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:41.639 from the upper right hand corner and you're in your headphones, 0:27:41.640 --> 0:27:44.640 it'll say like clear call or something like that, and 0:27:45.080 --> 0:27:50.280 it's really good, like it's uncannily good and so really 0:27:50.280 --> 0:27:54.400 good noise isolation. Yes, uh so those so that's the one. 0:27:54.480 --> 0:27:56.400 So but these are two different. One of these are 0:27:56.440 --> 0:27:59.320 like headphones. One is earbuds. So do you use them 0:27:59.400 --> 0:28:05.600 for different So the earbuds, you don't mind. 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:07.000 You know, I love the earbuds, especially on phone calls. 0:28:08.119 --> 0:28:11.600 You aren't going to believe this. When I'm running my blender, 0:28:12.240 --> 0:28:14.080 I'll put the earbuds in and then I'll put the 0:28:14.119 --> 0:28:15.800 quiet comfort EarPods on top of them. 0:28:15.880 --> 0:28:17.600 Oh my gosh, I want two bunch now. Is this 0:28:17.640 --> 0:28:18.800 because of the tonightis or what? 0:28:19.480 --> 0:28:22.399 Yeah, it's mostly because the tonight is because that blender 0:28:22.440 --> 0:28:24.840 has a real high pitched sound and it'll trigger it. 0:28:25.040 --> 0:28:26.720 And if it triggers it them s with me for 0:28:26.760 --> 0:28:27.080 a day. 0:28:27.480 --> 0:28:31.160 Oh wow. Okay, interesting, Well, I will say, and I've 0:28:31.200 --> 0:28:33.360 and I've talked to Apple about this too. The actual 0:28:33.760 --> 0:28:37.040 the earbuds that seal up your ears actually function as 0:28:37.359 --> 0:28:38.680 hearing protection as well. 0:28:39.040 --> 0:28:41.720 So that is airing protection and hearing aids. 0:28:41.920 --> 0:28:44.280 Yes, yes, so that's. 0:28:44.160 --> 0:28:46.360 The other thing. And I did get them, by the way, 0:28:46.360 --> 0:28:50.160 at Costco and saved about sixty dollars because Costco also 0:28:50.200 --> 0:28:52.120 gives you a two year Apple Care. 0:28:52.400 --> 0:28:52.680 Wow. 0:28:53.600 --> 0:28:56.640 So, and I would recommend that for the earbuds because 0:28:56.680 --> 0:29:01.760 they're they're easily lost and easily damaged. You know, it's 0:29:01.800 --> 0:29:02.840 it's so worth it. 0:29:02.720 --> 0:29:05.920 If you lose one. If you lose one, you will 0:29:05.920 --> 0:29:08.360 they replace it for with that Apple Care for free 0:29:08.440 --> 0:29:08.560 or not. 0:29:08.960 --> 0:29:09.760 That's what they say. 0:29:09.880 --> 0:29:10.120 Yeah. 0:29:10.160 --> 0:29:13.960 Wow, that's that's good damage. Okay, that's pretty incredible. Actually, 0:29:14.080 --> 0:29:17.479 all right, well, Tim, thanks so much for calling in 0:29:17.520 --> 0:29:20.400 and sharing your your thoughts on all these headphones. Really 0:29:20.400 --> 0:29:21.840 appreciate it. I know it took a while to get 0:29:21.880 --> 0:29:24.320 to but it sounds like the AirPods Pro three are 0:29:24.320 --> 0:29:28.000 a winner. The Bows quiet comfort. Did you say the 0:29:28.080 --> 0:29:30.600 Ultra are the regular ones? Where your top the regular ones? 0:29:31.000 --> 0:29:34.040 It's very little different save the money. Okay, there you 0:29:34.080 --> 0:29:37.320 have it now we know, Thank you, Tim, appreciate it. Wow, 0:29:37.640 --> 0:29:40.520 there you go. You know I try all these things 0:29:40.560 --> 0:29:43.080 as well, and I will say the AirPods are tough 0:29:43.120 --> 0:29:45.480 to beat. They really really are. I know a lot 0:29:45.480 --> 0:29:48.960 of people like those. Sony's the XM six is. I 0:29:49.000 --> 0:29:51.120 have not tested them yet, but it's on my list. 0:29:51.680 --> 0:29:53.920 Eight and eight rich one O one eight eight eight 0:29:54.080 --> 0:29:56.560 seven four to two four one zero one Gadget of 0:29:56.560 --> 0:30:01.920 the Week A pet tracker. Coming up next. Gadget of 0:30:01.960 --> 0:30:06.680 the Week this week is the Life three sixty pet 0:30:06.840 --> 0:30:10.880 GPS tracker. Got it right here in my hands. It 0:30:11.000 --> 0:30:14.479 is tiny. Now you probably know Life three sixty. They 0:30:14.520 --> 0:30:17.600 recently purchased Tile, So this is a company that is 0:30:17.720 --> 0:30:22.320 known for tracking people with their app. You know, families 0:30:22.400 --> 0:30:24.400 love it. And then of course you have your items 0:30:24.480 --> 0:30:27.320 with the tile and now you've got pets with this 0:30:27.400 --> 0:30:31.240 GPS tracker, and what the difference is is that it 0:30:31.400 --> 0:30:35.880 uses cellular GPS, Wi Fi and Bluetooth, so that means 0:30:35.920 --> 0:30:39.520 you get real time tracking of your pet and on 0:30:39.560 --> 0:30:42.120 the same map that has things like your items and 0:30:42.160 --> 0:30:44.880 also your family members, so it's like a one stop shop. 0:30:45.320 --> 0:30:47.240 And I love this because if you have something like 0:30:47.280 --> 0:30:50.000 an air tag on your pet, that's not going to 0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:53.600 give you necessarily real time updates of where your pet is, 0:30:53.880 --> 0:30:57.320 especially if they go lost or missing, right, so you 0:30:57.400 --> 0:31:00.000 want that cellular connection. And in the past it's been 0:31:00.120 --> 0:31:02.800 kind of expensive or the battery life hasn't been very good. 0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:06.520 But I think from what I've seen, this little tracker 0:31:06.640 --> 0:31:09.280 is not only a great size, a great weight, but 0:31:09.320 --> 0:31:11.480 it has the functionality you need, So I think that's 0:31:11.560 --> 0:31:15.080 really cool. Battery life up to fourteen days, then once 0:31:15.120 --> 0:31:18.520 that runs out, it's got this low power Bluetooth Reserve 0:31:18.600 --> 0:31:21.240 mode that can give you tracking up to six months, 0:31:21.280 --> 0:31:24.240 So if your pet did go missing, you'd have fourteen 0:31:24.360 --> 0:31:27.800 days to find them in real time, and then six 0:31:27.840 --> 0:31:30.880 months in that Bluetooth reserve modes. That Bluetooth Reserve is 0:31:31.000 --> 0:31:34.160 kind of like a traditional air tag or tile tracker, 0:31:35.120 --> 0:31:38.080 and it's got all the features that you need. It 0:31:38.120 --> 0:31:41.240 is a great price too, by the way, fifty dollars 0:31:41.720 --> 0:31:44.560 plus either fifteen dollars a month or one hundred and 0:31:44.600 --> 0:31:46.760 fifty dollars a year because you do have to pay 0:31:46.760 --> 0:31:50.040 for that cellular tracking. So again brand new from Life 0:31:50.080 --> 0:31:53.600 three sixty. It's called the Pet GPS Tracker. I think 0:31:53.640 --> 0:31:56.280 this is a winner. Just be careful obviously, if you're 0:31:56.280 --> 0:31:58.000 putting this on your pet's neck, you know they still 0:31:58.080 --> 0:32:00.200 might chew at it or something, so be careful because 0:32:00.240 --> 0:32:02.400 it is a size that you know a larger pet 0:32:02.480 --> 0:32:04.720 might be able to chew or eat or something, so 0:32:04.840 --> 0:32:06.920 just you know, be aware of that. But if you 0:32:06.960 --> 0:32:10.080 pop it off this little clip it has, you can 0:32:10.200 --> 0:32:13.480 charge it up. There's a USB C. Why can I 0:32:13.480 --> 0:32:15.920 get this open? There we go. There's a USB C 0:32:16.360 --> 0:32:19.120 plug on the back, so easy to charge. And again 0:32:19.240 --> 0:32:21.240 I think Life three sixty is doing a pretty good 0:32:21.280 --> 0:32:24.560 job with their tile trackers, now their app and also 0:32:24.760 --> 0:32:28.160 the pet Tracker the gadget of the week. This segment 0:32:28.360 --> 0:32:30.960 is sponsored by shop back. So if you're like me, 0:32:31.040 --> 0:32:34.600 you're always spending money online, isn't it nice to get 0:32:34.600 --> 0:32:36.360 money back? What if you open up an email and 0:32:36.400 --> 0:32:39.080 you had cash back inside. That's what happened to me 0:32:39.200 --> 0:32:42.160 this week. 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Yeah, which does not 0:34:30.120 --> 0:34:32.360 include the iCloud. 0:34:33.960 --> 0:34:36.799 Oh that does iCloud Yeah, Okay, I. 0:34:36.800 --> 0:34:43.440 Have another subscription for iCloud Plus. Okay, that is is 0:34:43.440 --> 0:34:46.719 that twenty nine ninety nine a month? And do I 0:34:46.800 --> 0:34:51.840 really need that? Since his all that's being saved on 0:34:51.920 --> 0:34:55.960 the I Cloud Plus, it's just what's on my iPad. 0:34:56.320 --> 0:34:59.719 Okay, And like, well number one, you're doubled up right now, 0:34:59.760 --> 0:35:02.680 beca because if you're paying thirty dollars for iCloud Plus, 0:35:02.719 --> 0:35:06.200 that's that's I think that's more than two terabytes of storage, 0:35:06.239 --> 0:35:06.600 isn't it. 0:35:08.880 --> 0:35:10.879 I count iCloud plus. 0:35:11.200 --> 0:35:14.319 I let's see United States. Hold on, I'm finding the 0:35:14.320 --> 0:35:17.120 price here. If you're paying thirty dollars for iCloud plus, 0:35:17.160 --> 0:35:20.880 that is six terabytes of online storage, okay. And if 0:35:20.920 --> 0:35:25.080 you're paying for Apple one, that is two terabytes of iCloud. 0:35:25.200 --> 0:35:28.000 So my feeling, if you want to have your stuff 0:35:28.040 --> 0:35:31.160 stored in the cloud, cancel one of these. I personally 0:35:31.160 --> 0:35:34.440 would cancel the iCloud plus for thirty dollars because Apple 0:35:34.520 --> 0:35:38.839 one includes everything that Apple has to offer, plus two 0:35:38.920 --> 0:35:42.600 terabytes of iCloud storage. So you're getting the music, you're 0:35:42.640 --> 0:35:46.080 getting Apple TV, you're getting Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness, Apple 0:35:46.160 --> 0:35:49.640 News plus plus that two terabytes of storage that you need. 0:35:50.000 --> 0:35:51.960 And yes, you probably want to have that. If your 0:35:52.000 --> 0:35:54.880 iPad is holding two terabytes, you probably want to have 0:35:54.960 --> 0:35:58.280 that mirrored in the cloud so that all of your data, photos, 0:35:58.320 --> 0:36:00.400 whatever you do on that iPad is going to be 0:36:00.400 --> 0:36:02.439 mirrored in the cloud and backed up safely. But I'd 0:36:02.480 --> 0:36:05.920 say cancel the iCloud Plus, stick with Apple one. Gary, 0:36:06.080 --> 0:36:08.640 You're saving yourself thirty dollars a month. Good question. Eight 0:36:08.600 --> 0:36:13.600 eight eight rich one on one back after this, Welcome 0:36:13.600 --> 0:36:16.200 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 0:36:16.200 --> 0:36:20.080 with you, talking technology. Triple eight Rich one O one 0:36:20.320 --> 0:36:22.839 eight eight eight seven four to two, four to one 0:36:22.960 --> 0:36:26.440 zero one. We are firing on all cylinders today. 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And if 0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:08.160 you're not following me on Instagram, do it rich on 0:37:08.239 --> 0:37:11.520 tech very easy. You can actually see the stuff that 0:37:11.560 --> 0:37:17.480 I talk about posted there. Let's go to let's see here. 0:37:17.760 --> 0:37:20.000 Let's go to Mark. Mark's been on hold for a while, 0:37:20.080 --> 0:37:22.879 Mark and Woodlandhills. You're on with Rich Hi. Rich. 0:37:23.640 --> 0:37:25.759 You know, before I started a family, like twenty five 0:37:25.840 --> 0:37:28.400 years ago, I had a unique profession that took me to, 0:37:28.960 --> 0:37:30.839 and I went to a website to click them all off, 0:37:31.120 --> 0:37:34.360 fifty three of the nations. Oh wow, So I'm pretty 0:37:34.960 --> 0:37:37.520 acquainted with travel, even though a lot of the developing 0:37:37.560 --> 0:37:41.400 world off the tourist track and grid, as it were. 0:37:41.640 --> 0:37:44.440 But you know, now it's a whole new world. You know, 0:37:44.480 --> 0:37:48.200 we have Google features that can help you translate foreign 0:37:48.360 --> 0:37:52.680 signs and foreign language to text, that sort of thing. 0:37:53.440 --> 0:37:55.640 And I was wondering if you have any suggestions. I'm 0:37:55.640 --> 0:37:58.239 not a complete luddite, but I guess I'm kind of 0:37:58.239 --> 0:38:00.720 more in the Thomas Guide. 0:38:00.840 --> 0:38:04.440 Hey, oh my gosh, the Thomas Guide. You gotta explain 0:38:04.480 --> 0:38:06.520 what that is for people that aren't from La. 0:38:07.440 --> 0:38:10.080 Well, I'm well, it's it was a fold out a 0:38:10.200 --> 0:38:16.280 pig by page, very good map system for finding places. 0:38:16.560 --> 0:38:19.200 They have them all over California, but predominantly it was 0:38:19.239 --> 0:38:23.600 in Southland, you know, La. Orange County, that's a riverside county. 0:38:23.640 --> 0:38:25.399 That's sort of like a thick book you would put 0:38:25.400 --> 0:38:27.279 in your car, and it would like if you move 0:38:27.360 --> 0:38:29.680 to La like I did, they would give you this 0:38:29.800 --> 0:38:31.480 book like well, you had to buy it, but like 0:38:31.560 --> 0:38:33.280 people would be like, hey, you got to get this book, 0:38:33.560 --> 0:38:35.279 and you would flip through the pages, and the way 0:38:35.320 --> 0:38:37.680 you got around was when you got to the edge 0:38:37.680 --> 0:38:39.839 of one road on the page, it would say like okay, 0:38:39.880 --> 0:38:42.799 now to continue, flip to like page you know, two 0:38:42.920 --> 0:38:45.360 forty seven f and you go there and it was 0:38:45.360 --> 0:38:46.280 like a grid system. 0:38:46.320 --> 0:38:46.600 It was. 0:38:48.000 --> 0:38:50.239 Thankfully we have Google Maps now. That's all I have. 0:38:50.680 --> 0:38:51.960 Here's my challen sir. 0:38:52.120 --> 0:38:52.440 Sure. 0:38:54.360 --> 0:38:56.680 I know it's a whole different world now, and I 0:38:56.719 --> 0:38:58.960 know that I've been looking up the TSA rules that 0:38:59.040 --> 0:39:02.279 they change constantly. I'm worried about having my power bank 0:39:02.360 --> 0:39:06.000 confiscated because most of them don't stamp on there what 0:39:06.000 --> 0:39:07.719 what the wattage is, and I know you can only 0:39:07.760 --> 0:39:10.759 have up to one hundred that sort of thing. I'm 0:39:10.800 --> 0:39:13.920 also thinking about getting some smart luggage that has a 0:39:14.000 --> 0:39:17.920 detachable battery so that they don't I wouldn't take it 0:39:17.960 --> 0:39:23.160 away as well. I'm looking for password generating secure thumb drives, 0:39:23.440 --> 0:39:26.480 and you know, I'm just you know, do you have 0:39:26.480 --> 0:39:28.640 any suggestions any place I can go and kind of 0:39:28.640 --> 0:39:30.799 get myself up up the snuff, because when you go 0:39:30.840 --> 0:39:33.360 around and you stay in small family run hotels and 0:39:33.440 --> 0:39:35.960 fiones and that sort of thing, I'd really love to 0:39:35.960 --> 0:39:38.520 be able to pull that up and some off the 0:39:38.560 --> 0:39:41.319 main drag sort of local restaurants, you know, because that's 0:39:41.320 --> 0:39:45.200 the way to really eat you Italy. Yeahh never had 0:39:45.200 --> 0:39:47.040 any bad never had any bad food in Italy, I 0:39:47.040 --> 0:39:47.840 got to tell you. 0:39:47.840 --> 0:39:52.000 No, I have never either. Yeah, and well, okay, so 0:39:52.120 --> 0:39:53.719 let's let's break down. I mean we don't you know 0:39:54.080 --> 0:39:57.319 some of the things you're talking about. I mean, like, look, 0:39:57.440 --> 0:40:01.200 international travel has gotten so much easier because of technology. 0:40:01.280 --> 0:40:05.080 So at the very least I would recommend not just 0:40:05.120 --> 0:40:08.240 the translators. I mean, you could download Google Translate, Apple 0:40:08.280 --> 0:40:11.560 Translate is built into every iPhone. Just make sure before 0:40:11.600 --> 0:40:14.640 you go somewhere you download the language offline so that 0:40:14.680 --> 0:40:16.480 it works great no matter what, whether you have a 0:40:16.520 --> 0:40:21.040 connection or not. But AI, to me is probably the 0:40:21.040 --> 0:40:23.839 better thing that's happening now when you travel. So when 0:40:23.880 --> 0:40:25.680 I was in Japan a couple of weeks ago, I 0:40:25.800 --> 0:40:29.359 was using Gemini AI and of course Chat GBT as well, 0:40:29.760 --> 0:40:32.520 but the Gemini Live stuff where it can look through 0:40:32.560 --> 0:40:37.319 your phone's camera and tell you what you're looking at 0:40:37.400 --> 0:40:40.960 and translate it instantly. It is like having the world's 0:40:41.120 --> 0:40:45.360 smartest person in your pocket at all times. So what 0:40:45.480 --> 0:40:47.239 I was doing at the end of the day. You 0:40:47.280 --> 0:40:50.239 don't even have to prompt these ais. Just take a 0:40:50.280 --> 0:40:53.399 picture of something and just upload it and it will 0:40:53.440 --> 0:40:56.160 say what you're looking at, and you know, it'll give 0:40:56.160 --> 0:40:58.920 you the information. If it's a menu, it'll give your recommendations. 0:40:59.239 --> 0:41:02.160 You can do it that way. But the live stuff 0:41:02.200 --> 0:41:04.960 is really wild. So if you have an iPhone or Android, 0:41:05.520 --> 0:41:09.480 just download the Google Gemini app and you'll see they 0:41:09.480 --> 0:41:12.920 have this feature called Gemini Live and it's next to 0:41:13.120 --> 0:41:15.960 the microphone. If you tap that, it looks like almost 0:41:16.040 --> 0:41:19.440 like a waveform and with a little star next to it. 0:41:19.760 --> 0:41:22.960 You tap that, it brings you into live mode. And 0:41:23.040 --> 0:41:25.200 there's two ways of working with live mode. You can 0:41:25.239 --> 0:41:27.480 either just talk to it like it's almost like a human, 0:41:28.320 --> 0:41:32.120 but it's obviously AI voice. But better yet, you can 0:41:32.160 --> 0:41:35.560 tap the video camera and now whatever you are looking 0:41:35.640 --> 0:41:38.960 at through this video camera, the AI is also looking 0:41:39.120 --> 0:41:41.880 at it with you. So imagine you have this person 0:41:41.960 --> 0:41:44.040 with you that's super smart and they're looking at the 0:41:44.080 --> 0:41:46.000 stuff that you're looking at, and you're like, hey, what 0:41:46.040 --> 0:41:47.480 do you think of this? What do you think I'd 0:41:47.560 --> 0:41:50.400 like on this menu? What is this sign saying? What's 0:41:50.440 --> 0:41:53.880 that landmark in front of me. You can do all that, 0:41:53.960 --> 0:41:56.880 and it's just it doesn't miss a beat. It's incredible 0:41:57.239 --> 0:42:01.399 whether whatever whatever lang which the sign you're looking at 0:42:01.440 --> 0:42:04.160 is in, it just knows and it figures it out. 0:42:04.200 --> 0:42:07.160 I mean, it's really mind blowing what this AI stuff 0:42:07.200 --> 0:42:09.719 can do. So it's a great, great helper when you're 0:42:09.760 --> 0:42:12.359 on your trip. The only thing I noticed is that 0:42:13.400 --> 0:42:16.880 it may not be available in all areas, and so again, 0:42:16.920 --> 0:42:19.080 if you have a VPN, it's great because when I 0:42:19.120 --> 0:42:22.319 was in Japan, what I ended up doing was I 0:42:22.400 --> 0:42:25.160 just had my VPN on the entire time and I 0:42:25.280 --> 0:42:27.600 set it to the US so that I didn't have 0:42:27.640 --> 0:42:30.200 to deal with the whole Google changing the results of 0:42:30.239 --> 0:42:32.640 my search. I didn't have to deal with AI mode 0:42:32.719 --> 0:42:35.279 not being available in certain places. I don't even know 0:42:35.280 --> 0:42:37.680 if Gemini is available or not in Japan. I think 0:42:37.719 --> 0:42:39.880 it is. But you don't have to worry about it 0:42:39.920 --> 0:42:42.719 because if it sees as you're it looks as if 0:42:42.760 --> 0:42:46.040 you're a US person, it's not going to skip a beat. 0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:47.560 It's going to give you everything that you're used to 0:42:47.600 --> 0:42:50.160 in the US, but just over in whatever country you're in. 0:42:51.000 --> 0:42:54.160 So that's number one now, the power bank stuff. I 0:42:54.160 --> 0:42:56.480 think if you're getting a power bank, that's I wouldn't 0:42:56.480 --> 0:42:59.480 travel with something that's more than like twenty thousand million hours. 0:42:59.239 --> 0:43:02.919 That's a lot, So I would just be careful with those. 0:43:02.960 --> 0:43:04.960 You don't want something that's bigger and that's gonna be 0:43:05.000 --> 0:43:07.400 too heavy anyway, and you're gonna be charging if you're 0:43:07.440 --> 0:43:10.400 going through more than twenty thousand million hours, that's a 0:43:10.440 --> 0:43:13.840 lot in a day. But I would say that this 0:43:13.960 --> 0:43:17.560 smart luggage I would skip. I'm not really I'm not 0:43:17.600 --> 0:43:20.480 really understanding why smart luggage is a thing. 0:43:21.000 --> 0:43:21.120 Now. 0:43:21.200 --> 0:43:23.439 Yes, put an air tag in your luggage, but why 0:43:23.520 --> 0:43:25.600 is smart luggage? Why do you need a power bank 0:43:25.680 --> 0:43:29.120 in your luggage? Like, it doesn't take much more work 0:43:29.160 --> 0:43:31.200 to just have that power bank in your carry on 0:43:31.640 --> 0:43:34.920 and just plug stuff into it. That would be my recommendation. 0:43:37.960 --> 0:43:39.680 I think I got it all Mark. I'm not sure 0:43:39.680 --> 0:43:42.640 what else. But oh, when it comes to the restaurants, 0:43:43.080 --> 0:43:45.680 I will tell you have a few ways of finding restaurants, 0:43:45.719 --> 0:43:49.000 but AI is really good at this now. And you 0:43:49.000 --> 0:43:52.319 know I was using the AI on the phone to 0:43:52.360 --> 0:43:55.320 find restaurants nearby. We found an amazing ram in place 0:43:55.840 --> 0:43:59.360 thanks to the AI mode but also the way you 0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:01.520 can do it is if you're at a desktop computer. 0:44:01.600 --> 0:44:04.760 This is my new way of finding restaurants like nearby. 0:44:05.320 --> 0:44:08.239 Just type in the name of your hotel. So let's 0:44:08.239 --> 0:44:10.560 say you're in Tokyo. Let's say you're at the New 0:44:10.640 --> 0:44:15.680 Rich Carlton in Tokyo, right, I know, very fancy, but 0:44:15.760 --> 0:44:17.839 let's say you're there, and so I'm going on there. 0:44:17.880 --> 0:44:20.840 I search that on my desktop and then what you 0:44:20.880 --> 0:44:23.000 do is you see on the desktop computer on Google 0:44:23.040 --> 0:44:25.799 Maps that says restaurants up at the top, and so 0:44:25.840 --> 0:44:28.759 you can tap that and it now gives you all 0:44:28.800 --> 0:44:31.239 the notable restaurants in the area. But you see there's 0:44:31.280 --> 0:44:34.920 like a little toggle switch, so it shows walking. I 0:44:34.960 --> 0:44:36.800 want to be able to walk within fifteen minutes. I 0:44:36.800 --> 0:44:38.840 don't want to walk very far to go to a restaurant. 0:44:39.040 --> 0:44:41.040 So now you can zoom in. You can see all 0:44:41.080 --> 0:44:44.120 these restaurants that are within fifteen minutes of this hotel. 0:44:44.920 --> 0:44:47.080 And by the way, that's not in a very good 0:44:47.120 --> 0:44:51.239 location for restaurants. But then at the top you can 0:44:51.320 --> 0:44:53.680 narrow down. So if you want something that's just going 0:44:53.760 --> 0:44:55.080 to be great, you probably want to go with the 0:44:55.120 --> 0:44:57.960 four point five rating cuisine. You can put whatever you 0:44:58.000 --> 0:45:00.720 want there, all filters you can and you know, search 0:45:00.760 --> 0:45:03.399 if you want something like let's say you just want ramen, right, 0:45:03.880 --> 0:45:07.440 so I'm gonna tap ramen done, and now look at this. 0:45:07.880 --> 0:45:11.640 I find a restaurant that is eleven minutes walking and 0:45:11.680 --> 0:45:16.400 it's got great ratings for ramen done. Here's another one 0:45:16.640 --> 0:45:19.080 twenty minutes walking, which is a little bit more, but 0:45:19.320 --> 0:45:21.319 it's got a four point five one hundred and eighty 0:45:21.400 --> 0:45:25.399 nine reviews. Okay, and here we go. If you want 0:45:25.400 --> 0:45:27.839 to find the places that are the real you know, 0:45:27.880 --> 0:45:31.279 where tourists go or people go over and over, you 0:45:31.320 --> 0:45:33.880 look for those restaurants that have a couple thousand ratings 0:45:33.920 --> 0:45:37.360 like here we Go, a fury Rapongi Hills Ramen restaurant's 0:45:37.400 --> 0:45:40.760 got a four point five rating with nineteen hundred reviews. 0:45:41.200 --> 0:45:45.239 That place clearly people know about, now, Mark, you were saying, 0:45:45.239 --> 0:45:47.520 off the beaten path. Sometimes you know you want to 0:45:47.560 --> 0:45:49.319 take a chance, other times you don't. But this place 0:45:49.400 --> 0:45:52.319 is gonna be guaranteed. People clearly know about it. It's 0:45:52.320 --> 0:45:55.759 on a bunch of lists, it looks excellent, and it's 0:45:55.840 --> 0:45:58.200 it's like boom, I just found that in about ten 0:45:58.320 --> 0:46:01.480 ten seconds, and it's within walking distance from my hotel. 0:46:02.239 --> 0:46:04.680 How far is it? Twelve minute walk? So that is 0:46:04.719 --> 0:46:07.080 a fool proof way. I have used this method so 0:46:07.160 --> 0:46:10.439 many times to find great restaurants. It's all about those. 0:46:10.520 --> 0:46:13.640 If you see on Google it's got a couple thousand reviews. 0:46:14.000 --> 0:46:16.839 I'm not talking tourist traps because you want to make 0:46:16.840 --> 0:46:19.320 sure you get that rating four point five or higher. 0:46:19.760 --> 0:46:21.600 If you want to do tourist traps, yeah, they might 0:46:21.640 --> 0:46:23.480 have a lot of reviews, but they're not very good. 0:46:23.760 --> 0:46:26.920 The rating is not very high. So again, that's my 0:46:27.040 --> 0:46:30.920 foolproof method for finding great restaurants near my hotel. I 0:46:31.000 --> 0:46:33.080 always want to walk because it's so much easier. Save money, 0:46:33.200 --> 0:46:37.279 right save on the ubers, great question mark, Thanks for 0:46:37.320 --> 0:46:39.600 the call today, appreciate it. Eighty eight eight rich one 0:46:39.600 --> 0:46:41.879 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:46:42.000 --> 0:46:45.200 one zero one. Coming up, I'm gonna tell you about 0:46:45.239 --> 0:46:48.520 T Mobile. They're opening up their satellite texting to nine 0:46:48.560 --> 0:46:52.680 one one for free to anyone. Plus, we've got talk 0:46:52.840 --> 0:46:56.719 about Sora. We've got c nets AI reporter joining us, 0:46:56.719 --> 0:47:00.279 plus much more right here on rich on Tech, Stay 0:47:00.320 --> 0:47:07.520 with us. Welcome back to rich On Tech. I'm laughing here. 0:47:08.560 --> 0:47:11.560 By the way, Boba, I don't know if you know this. 0:47:11.560 --> 0:47:18.239 This is my all time favorite song, mister Jones counting crows? 0:47:18.800 --> 0:47:21.000 What what is your all time favorite? 0:47:22.080 --> 0:47:23.600 That's a trick one? 0:47:24.280 --> 0:47:25.879 What's that that's a tricky one? 0:47:25.920 --> 0:47:26.280 Answer? 0:47:26.640 --> 0:47:28.640 Come on off the top of your head. If you 0:47:28.640 --> 0:47:31.640 had to pick one song, what's the song? Eric Sermon? 0:47:31.840 --> 0:47:35.680 Just like music? Or Stevie wonder ass? Oh okay, chew 0:47:35.719 --> 0:47:37.759 one of those up for all right? What's that? 0:47:37.880 --> 0:47:38.040 Yeah? 0:47:38.960 --> 0:47:41.080 Let me tell you about Starlink and T Mobile. So 0:47:41.320 --> 0:47:43.719 you know, Starlink and T Mobile have this like satellite 0:47:43.719 --> 0:47:47.279 texting feature which if you have a high end T 0:47:47.480 --> 0:47:51.759 Mobile plan you get it included and if you are 0:47:51.760 --> 0:47:53.799 anyone else you can pay ten dollars for it. And 0:47:53.840 --> 0:47:56.160 it gives you text to nine one one, It gives 0:47:56.200 --> 0:48:00.400 you texting via satellite. It gives you data, limited data, 0:48:00.440 --> 0:48:03.719 but still and it's a godsend. This thing is incredible. 0:48:03.760 --> 0:48:07.520 I've tested it. It's so fast, it's so easy. And 0:48:07.600 --> 0:48:10.680 now because T Mobile knows it's so good, they are 0:48:10.680 --> 0:48:14.239 now offering text to nine one one by satellite for 0:48:14.320 --> 0:48:17.279 free to any person that wants it. That as long 0:48:17.280 --> 0:48:19.799 as you have a compatible phone. So this works in 0:48:19.800 --> 0:48:22.400 the five hundred thousand square miles of US with no 0:48:22.480 --> 0:48:25.719 traditional cell coverage, and you can send nine one one 0:48:25.800 --> 0:48:29.120 text through T Satellite, So your phone basically connects to 0:48:29.280 --> 0:48:33.000 Starlink satellites. There's like six hundred of them, two hundred 0:48:33.000 --> 0:48:36.520 miles above the Earth. Yes, it's possible, and it's amazing 0:48:36.520 --> 0:48:39.600 and it's fast. No special setup, it's very simple. You 0:48:39.600 --> 0:48:41.600 would just text nine one one if you ever needed 0:48:41.600 --> 0:48:43.560 help when you're in the middle of nowhere and there's 0:48:43.600 --> 0:48:48.400 not traditional cellular connection. So again, anyone, even if you're 0:48:48.440 --> 0:48:50.759 a non T mobile customer, you can enroll in this 0:48:50.840 --> 0:48:54.840 for free at T Mobile's website, and I give you 0:48:54.880 --> 0:48:56.880 the website, but it's such a long website that it's 0:48:56.920 --> 0:48:58.640 kind of tricky to find, but I will link it 0:48:58.719 --> 0:49:01.640 up on richontech dot T. Now you might be saying, rich, 0:49:01.800 --> 0:49:05.120 I already have satellite texting. I've got an iPhone fourteen 0:49:05.239 --> 0:49:07.560 and up, or I've got a Google Pixel or I've 0:49:07.560 --> 0:49:09.920 got an Apple Watch Ultra three or I've got a 0:49:09.920 --> 0:49:14.000 Pixel Watch four. Yes, all of those devices have satellite texting, 0:49:14.920 --> 0:49:18.120 and to some extent it's just for emergencies or it's 0:49:18.160 --> 0:49:21.720 for actual you can text anyone with the case of Apple, 0:49:22.120 --> 0:49:25.520 but the difference is t mobiles is a lot faster 0:49:25.640 --> 0:49:28.880 and a lot easier, So it's it's much easier to 0:49:28.920 --> 0:49:32.040 connect to the satellites and stay connected and send your messages. 0:49:32.560 --> 0:49:35.760 So in general, bottom line, if you've got an older iPhone, 0:49:35.760 --> 0:49:38.120 you want to you know, you're always hiking something like that, 0:49:38.160 --> 0:49:40.520 you want to have this text by nine to one one. 0:49:41.520 --> 0:49:43.319 You know, the comfort of knowing that you can always 0:49:43.360 --> 0:49:44.920 get in touch with someone. I would get this for 0:49:45.000 --> 0:49:50.120 free for sure. All right, bobo, what is this? This 0:49:50.200 --> 0:49:50.960 is Stevie Wonder. 0:49:51.120 --> 0:49:51.359 Yah. 0:49:52.280 --> 0:49:54.920 Just the lyrics of the song are amazing. Okay, this 0:49:55.040 --> 0:49:59.960 is Stevie Wonder ask yeah as oh as yeah as Okay, Yeah, 0:50:00.080 --> 0:50:03.120 you say it too much. It sortes sound like yeah, okay, 0:50:03.200 --> 0:50:04.280 so we got that one. 0:50:04.880 --> 0:50:08.880 And then this is Eric Sherman just like music. The 0:50:08.920 --> 0:50:11.279 reason why I love this song is because he describes 0:50:11.320 --> 0:50:15.080 what music is like, but he compares it to love 0:50:15.239 --> 0:50:16.440 and it's just so dope. 0:50:16.640 --> 0:50:16.920 I don't know. 0:50:16.960 --> 0:50:20.240 I didn't realize you were such such a sappy guy. 0:50:20.719 --> 0:50:23.520 Actually I knew it. I knew that the. 0:50:23.680 --> 0:50:27.760 Hardcore that I put on the outside it's just a facadon. 0:50:28.080 --> 0:50:30.439 Oh well, I like this song. Okay, I know both 0:50:30.520 --> 0:50:32.200 these songs. This is great, all right. Now I'm gonna 0:50:32.239 --> 0:50:35.279 listen to the words of this song. So thank you. See, 0:50:35.280 --> 0:50:37.000 I knew you had a couple of favorites. By the 0:50:37.040 --> 0:50:40.480 way that Romen place that I happen to find walking distance, 0:50:40.960 --> 0:50:43.759 it's clearly a thing because they have locations in the 0:50:43.880 --> 0:50:47.200 US as well. So this a furry I don't know 0:50:47.280 --> 0:50:49.319 if I'm saying it right, af u R I coming 0:50:49.360 --> 0:50:52.920 to coast to Mesa, Manhattan, so New York City, they 0:50:52.920 --> 0:50:57.600 already have one in Brooklyn, Houston, Culver City, let's go, oh, 0:50:57.680 --> 0:51:01.759 downtown LA and then Portland. Let's go. Let's go try it. Now, 0:51:01.760 --> 0:51:03.520 we gotta try it. I mean, clearly it must be good. 0:51:03.600 --> 0:51:06.240 But here's my point. So clearly I found that restaurant 0:51:06.239 --> 0:51:09.239 in a couple of minutes, and it is a thing. 0:51:09.440 --> 0:51:11.160 So it's like, if they have all these locations in 0:51:11.160 --> 0:51:13.120 the US, it must be so good that it's you know, 0:51:13.239 --> 0:51:14.280 transcended Japan. 0:51:14.520 --> 0:51:17.520 So the best food that I had in Tokyo was 0:51:17.560 --> 0:51:18.720 actually Chinese food. 0:51:19.600 --> 0:51:22.080 Well, where they dropped the atomic bomb was dropped in 0:51:22.080 --> 0:51:25.320 what city? Really Hiroshima, Hiroshima. 0:51:25.400 --> 0:51:27.880 Yeah, we took a cruise and it took us to 0:51:27.920 --> 0:51:30.640 Hiroshima and it was a Chinese food restaurant and me 0:51:30.680 --> 0:51:32.279 and my wife went in. It was it was our 0:51:32.320 --> 0:51:35.600 honeymoon trip actually, and we went there. Best Chinese food 0:51:35.640 --> 0:51:38.920 I ever had. Best McDonald's I ever had was in Tokyo. 0:51:39.080 --> 0:51:41.600 Yeah, and people laugh because you know, oh, don't go 0:51:41.680 --> 0:51:44.360 to McDonald's when you go to a fig country. Always 0:51:44.400 --> 0:51:48.960 go to McDonald's country. By the way, it's just better. 0:51:48.960 --> 0:51:49.520 Way better. 0:51:49.640 --> 0:51:53.520 Taco bill blew me away everything. Ye, No, taco bill 0:51:53.600 --> 0:51:56.960 was careful? What you dude? You just used two terms 0:51:57.000 --> 0:52:00.000 to describe taco bell that I don't know. Taco bills 0:52:00.640 --> 0:52:02.960 fire and blew you away. I don't know about that. 0:52:03.400 --> 0:52:05.759 All right, Let's see, it's how long do we have. 0:52:05.800 --> 0:52:08.040 We've got two minutes. Let's see. Let's go to ann 0:52:08.640 --> 0:52:10.200 in Orange County and you're on. 0:52:10.200 --> 0:52:11.400 With Rich Hi. 0:52:11.560 --> 0:52:15.520 Rich Hi. I would like to know is it safe 0:52:15.800 --> 0:52:18.280 for me to go to pay bill on my bank 0:52:18.680 --> 0:52:22.520 and have all of my utilities and some donations with 0:52:22.800 --> 0:52:25.040 drawn automatically each month? 0:52:27.200 --> 0:52:28.080 Uh? 0:52:28.360 --> 0:52:31.760 Donations? Fine? I think if you're doing a recurring donation, 0:52:32.040 --> 0:52:35.600 that's fine. I think the utility bills I don't like 0:52:35.680 --> 0:52:37.759 to put on automatic payments. I don't like anything on 0:52:37.800 --> 0:52:40.480 automatic payments. I know some some places force you to, 0:52:41.200 --> 0:52:44.400 but at the online services, but utility bills in particular. 0:52:44.440 --> 0:52:47.440 Here's the reason why I don't like them automatic because 0:52:47.880 --> 0:52:50.400 they will take that money out and if there's a problem, 0:52:50.480 --> 0:52:53.759 now you've got to fight to get your money back. Sokay, 0:52:54.239 --> 0:52:57.560 that's the only reason. And you know it's a small reason, 0:52:57.600 --> 0:52:59.600 but I think that, like for me, I would rather 0:52:59.800 --> 0:53:03.560 just command my money and where it's going, versus being 0:53:03.600 --> 0:53:06.480 on the receiving end of Oh, this this thing is 0:53:06.520 --> 0:53:09.120 already getting charged to me. I don't really you know, 0:53:09.160 --> 0:53:10.880 now I going to call this company if there seems 0:53:10.880 --> 0:53:13.319 like there's an issue. Now, I will tell you I've 0:53:13.320 --> 0:53:16.279 been paying utility bills for many years. I can't really 0:53:16.280 --> 0:53:18.280 tell you the last time I called up the electric 0:53:18.320 --> 0:53:20.320 company and said, hey, you owe me one hundred dollars. 0:53:20.360 --> 0:53:24.160 This was wrong. So you'll probably be fine. But you know, 0:53:24.239 --> 0:53:27.239 it's just more of like a control factor. So that's 0:53:27.800 --> 0:53:29.919 really it. But I think it's safe. I just think 0:53:29.920 --> 0:53:32.800 it's it's all over the place sometimes, especially with the 0:53:32.840 --> 0:53:35.880 water and power bills that you know, at the end 0:53:35.920 --> 0:53:39.000 of the day, it's safe. Yes, but is it something 0:53:39.000 --> 0:53:40.640 i'd recommend. Probably not. 0:53:42.000 --> 0:53:44.720 Well, thank you so much. I really enjoy your show. 0:53:44.880 --> 0:53:46.879 Oh well, thank you, and I really enjoy the fact 0:53:46.880 --> 0:53:49.799 that you said that. I. You know, people when I 0:53:49.800 --> 0:53:51.640 get an email and you might think that I just 0:53:51.680 --> 0:53:54.160 take it for granted. I do not. When someone tells 0:53:54.239 --> 0:53:56.560 me they love what I'm doing or they appreciate it 0:53:56.560 --> 0:53:59.719 it is. It means the world to me. Coming up, 0:54:00.200 --> 0:54:05.160 Caitlin shed Raw shed ro ROWI AI reporter CET is 0:54:05.200 --> 0:54:08.359 going to break down Sora, what it is and why 0:54:08.440 --> 0:54:13.600 it's going viral. That's coming up next. Welcome back to 0:54:13.719 --> 0:54:16.200 Rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you 0:54:16.320 --> 0:54:19.759 talking technology eight eight eight Rich one O one eight 0:54:19.800 --> 0:54:22.680 eight eight seven four two four one zero one. You 0:54:22.719 --> 0:54:25.520 are not shy on the phone today. We will get 0:54:25.520 --> 0:54:27.440 to more of your calls in just a moment. But 0:54:27.560 --> 0:54:32.120 first joining me Caitlin shed Rowie, c net's AI reporter, 0:54:32.640 --> 0:54:37.800 to talk about all things AI right now, especially Sora. Caitlin, 0:54:38.000 --> 0:54:38.880 welcome to the show. 0:54:39.920 --> 0:54:40.880 Thank you for having me. 0:54:41.320 --> 0:54:45.800 So this week, uh, Sora was became available on Android, 0:54:46.280 --> 0:54:51.239 So explain what Sora is First off, so. 0:54:51.360 --> 0:54:54.960 Sora is the sister app to Chat GPT. It's made 0:54:55.000 --> 0:54:58.560 by the same parent company, open Ai. Soora is a 0:54:58.600 --> 0:55:02.200 social media app, and it's a lot like TikTok. You 0:55:02.239 --> 0:55:05.319 can scroll through an endless speed of videos and like 0:55:05.400 --> 0:55:09.160 and comments on different videos. But there's one big catch. 0:55:09.520 --> 0:55:12.600 Nothing you see on Sora is real. Every video is 0:55:12.680 --> 0:55:15.959 AI generated. It is truly what of a kind? 0:55:16.600 --> 0:55:19.000 Which is so wild because when we first covered this, 0:55:19.080 --> 0:55:20.759 when it came out for the iPhone and it was 0:55:20.800 --> 0:55:23.680 invite only, I was like, why would anyone ever scroll 0:55:23.719 --> 0:55:26.840 through a bunch of AI videos? And sure enough I 0:55:26.960 --> 0:55:29.319 find myself doing it, Like every time I open up 0:55:29.480 --> 0:55:31.719 uh Sora, I'm like, I get caught. For a couple 0:55:31.719 --> 0:55:33.520 of minutes, I'm like, oh, these are really funny, Like 0:55:33.520 --> 0:55:35.279 some of them are funny, some are unique, some you 0:55:35.280 --> 0:55:38.400 can't believe. Do you need an invite? I've read that 0:55:38.440 --> 0:55:41.080 you don't need an invite on Android anymore? Is that true? 0:55:42.040 --> 0:55:44.520 No, you no longer you need an invite code for 0:55:44.880 --> 0:55:48.400 iPhone Android no matter what device you have, Sora is 0:55:48.480 --> 0:55:51.680 open for business, and I've certainly been caught in that 0:55:51.760 --> 0:55:55.359 same cycle of just scrolling through Sora, and I think 0:55:55.440 --> 0:55:58.320 part of the appeal is that you don't immediately notice 0:55:58.440 --> 0:56:01.640 that all of the videos are a They're very realistic. 0:56:02.120 --> 0:56:04.640 Yeah, I mean, so this is their video generator. I 0:56:04.640 --> 0:56:06.360 know it's got. I mean, I think they had a 0:56:06.400 --> 0:56:09.840 million downloads on iOS very quickly. I think I've read 0:56:09.960 --> 0:56:13.320 somewhere they might have had five hundred thousand downloads on Android, 0:56:13.360 --> 0:56:17.200 like instantly. So do you think people should download this 0:56:17.280 --> 0:56:19.320 to try it out? I know there's that other aspect 0:56:19.360 --> 0:56:22.719 of it, the cameo aspect, to explain that, which is 0:56:23.200 --> 0:56:26.480 a little controversial, I would say, yeah. 0:56:26.520 --> 0:56:31.440 So Sora's most popular feature is called cameo, and if 0:56:31.480 --> 0:56:34.200 you are a Sora user, when you sign up, the 0:56:34.239 --> 0:56:37.400 app will prompt you to record yourself, your face and 0:56:37.440 --> 0:56:41.600 your voice saying a random string of words. And from 0:56:41.640 --> 0:56:46.000 that recording, the Sora app can generate an AI version 0:56:46.160 --> 0:56:50.120 of your likeness, and if you want to, you can 0:56:50.200 --> 0:56:54.800 allow other Sora users to use your likeness and put 0:56:54.840 --> 0:56:58.799 you in nearly any AI generated video. You do not 0:56:59.000 --> 0:57:03.000 have to let people use your cameo, as it's called, 0:57:03.520 --> 0:57:07.360 but a number of people have, including open Ai ceo 0:57:07.600 --> 0:57:11.279 Sam Altman. It's how I was able to create an 0:57:11.280 --> 0:57:14.480 AI video of him saying that Gemini is better than 0:57:14.560 --> 0:57:18.280 chat GPT. Yeah, clearly that's not something he would say 0:57:18.280 --> 0:57:22.040 in real life, but he lets people use his likeness 0:57:22.120 --> 0:57:25.640 and you can do wild things like that if you 0:57:25.680 --> 0:57:26.080 want to. 0:57:26.480 --> 0:57:29.000 Now, we've heard so much about deep fakes and how 0:57:29.120 --> 0:57:31.880 dangerous they are and how they're, you know, changing the 0:57:31.920 --> 0:57:35.120 fabric of society. We don't know what to believe anymore. 0:57:35.240 --> 0:57:38.000 And here comes this big company that has a lot 0:57:38.040 --> 0:57:40.080 of money behind it and they say, you know what, 0:57:40.200 --> 0:57:42.760 anyone can make a deep fake of themselves and by 0:57:42.800 --> 0:57:45.400 the way, soa can your friends. So do we have 0:57:45.440 --> 0:57:47.840 a problem with this or is this just the reality 0:57:48.040 --> 0:57:50.120 of the future that we just have to give up 0:57:50.160 --> 0:57:54.000 all semblances of like trust. 0:57:55.040 --> 0:57:58.000 I hope that's not the case, but I will say 0:57:58.160 --> 0:58:01.800 we had deep fakes before of AI. They were just 0:58:02.040 --> 0:58:07.520 very expensive and costly and very hard to make. What 0:58:07.800 --> 0:58:11.680 these AI video tools have done, in part is made 0:58:11.720 --> 0:58:15.600 it a lot easier for anybody to make these AI videos. 0:58:15.760 --> 0:58:18.760 And as these models have improved, they're getting more and 0:58:18.840 --> 0:58:22.600 more realistic looking. So yes, there is a huge number 0:58:22.680 --> 0:58:26.880 of experts and advocates and users who are very worried 0:58:27.040 --> 0:58:32.040 about the ability for bad actors to take advantage of 0:58:32.080 --> 0:58:37.240 these tools and create potentially illegal or abusive content or 0:58:37.520 --> 0:58:38.640 spread misinformation. 0:58:39.200 --> 0:58:41.240 Now, I know open ai when it first came out, 0:58:41.360 --> 0:58:42.800 or the Sora app, it was sort of like a 0:58:42.840 --> 0:58:46.200 free for all with the copyright stuff, and I saw, like, 0:58:46.440 --> 0:58:49.760 you know, Jesus on there and like all these prominent 0:58:49.840 --> 0:58:53.240 figures from the past saying things and doing things. Is 0:58:53.280 --> 0:58:55.800 that still the case or have they clamped down on 0:58:55.840 --> 0:58:56.640 some of that stuff. 0:58:58.040 --> 0:58:58.320 Yeah. 0:58:58.400 --> 0:59:03.000 Open ai has definitely reversed course with its initial sort 0:59:03.000 --> 0:59:07.640 of policy, which was that if people didn't want their 0:59:07.880 --> 0:59:12.320 likeness to be used, and not just likeness, but big 0:59:12.680 --> 0:59:16.760 studios or entertainment companies, if they didn't want their protected 0:59:16.840 --> 0:59:20.080 characters to be able to be featured in AI videos, 0:59:20.120 --> 0:59:23.440 they had to opt out. That is not the case anymore, 0:59:23.640 --> 0:59:27.360 which is good because that's not really how copyright law works. 0:59:27.720 --> 0:59:32.320 So now we have some more guardrails in place to 0:59:32.360 --> 0:59:37.160 sort of prevent how likenesses are used, especially for celebrities 0:59:37.160 --> 0:59:38.160 and public figures. 0:59:38.560 --> 0:59:38.720 You know. 0:59:38.880 --> 0:59:42.960 One prominent example, in the first few weeks after the 0:59:43.040 --> 0:59:46.040 Sora app came out, we learned that the estate of 0:59:46.160 --> 0:59:49.680 civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior had reached out 0:59:49.720 --> 0:59:52.640 to open Ai because they were really concerned about the 0:59:52.760 --> 0:59:57.440 number of inappropriate AI videos that were on the app. 0:59:57.720 --> 1:00:01.320 So his estate and and Open Ai had come up 1:00:01.360 --> 1:00:04.920 with a statement saying that they recognized this was a problem. 1:00:05.440 --> 1:00:09.440 They temporarily paused the ability to make videos featuring Keg 1:00:09.920 --> 1:00:13.440 and they had strengthened the guardrails behind the scenes to 1:00:13.520 --> 1:00:16.960 sort of make it harder to make those kinds of videos. 1:00:17.200 --> 1:00:18.840 And then a couple of weeks later we saw it 1:00:18.880 --> 1:00:21.920 again with Brian Cranston, who you might know as an 1:00:21.960 --> 1:00:25.440 actor from Breaking Bad. He and his actors' union sag 1:00:25.480 --> 1:00:28.560 Afra reached out to open Ai again. They put out 1:00:28.600 --> 1:00:31.440 another statement. So I think this is very much a 1:00:31.520 --> 1:00:36.440 concern not only for anybody online, but especially for celebrities 1:00:36.480 --> 1:00:37.400 and public figures. 1:00:37.640 --> 1:00:40.120 Which is ironic because so many of the early adopters 1:00:40.160 --> 1:00:43.800 of this app are prominent influencers and people like that, 1:00:43.840 --> 1:00:46.040 and they're all doing it. And I think part of 1:00:46.080 --> 1:00:48.400 it was that they got early access from Sora to like, 1:00:48.680 --> 1:00:51.160 you know, kind of hype this thing up. What about 1:00:51.800 --> 1:00:55.160 you know, you mentioned some prominent figures like Sam Altman 1:00:55.240 --> 1:00:59.840 is on there. What about like Trump, Elon Musk's Jeff 1:01:00.560 --> 1:01:02.960 are they can you generate videos of them? I have 1:01:03.080 --> 1:01:04.840 not tried that, but those would be like you know, 1:01:04.920 --> 1:01:05.560 powder keg. 1:01:07.080 --> 1:01:11.520 It depends on how you word the prompt. So for example, 1:01:11.640 --> 1:01:13.920 I tried to make a video of like me on 1:01:14.040 --> 1:01:16.760 stage with Taylor Swift and the moment I put Taylor 1:01:16.800 --> 1:01:19.439 Swift in that promp open AI kicked it back and said, 1:01:19.520 --> 1:01:20.240 absolutely not. 1:01:20.480 --> 1:01:21.280 You can't do that. 1:01:22.000 --> 1:01:24.880 But like you said, there are some celebrities on the 1:01:24.920 --> 1:01:29.120 app who let you use their likeness. So Mark Cuban 1:01:29.160 --> 1:01:32.360 from Shark Tank, he's on the app and he's decided 1:01:32.400 --> 1:01:36.240 to let people use his likeness. So if you scroll Sora, 1:01:36.440 --> 1:01:40.000 you might see a number of videos featuring Mark Cuban, 1:01:40.200 --> 1:01:40.720 which is. 1:01:40.960 --> 1:01:41.680 Kind of wild. 1:01:42.280 --> 1:01:44.720 Yeah, that's so, it's such a wild thing. Okay, so 1:01:44.760 --> 1:01:48.800 you cover this AI stuff for cnet. Give me some 1:01:49.000 --> 1:01:51.280 thoughts on where we're at. I mean, we I always 1:01:51.280 --> 1:01:53.400 tell people we're just at the beginning of this stuff. 1:01:54.920 --> 1:01:57.920 Yeah, exactly, and this is the worst that these tools 1:01:57.920 --> 1:02:01.919 will ever be. And we actually come a very long 1:02:01.960 --> 1:02:05.040 way and a very short amount of time. Like it 1:02:05.080 --> 1:02:08.439 literally wasn't until May of this year that we got 1:02:08.480 --> 1:02:13.080 AI videos with sound, which for us, as like you know, 1:02:13.160 --> 1:02:16.080 social media users, that seems really obvious, like we don't 1:02:16.120 --> 1:02:18.920 want to listen to a video that doesn't have sound, 1:02:19.440 --> 1:02:24.200 But for AI companies, adding that AI generated synchronized audio 1:02:24.400 --> 1:02:28.240 to video is a very complex task, and Google was 1:02:28.280 --> 1:02:30.120 the first to sort of come out with a model 1:02:30.160 --> 1:02:32.600 that was able to do that. It's called VO three. 1:02:32.840 --> 1:02:36.600 It's very popular. Sora was sort of the second or 1:02:37.280 --> 1:02:40.920 third after Adobe, but also one of the bigger models 1:02:40.920 --> 1:02:45.120 that was able to include sound. So we've come a 1:02:45.200 --> 1:02:47.120 very long way in a short amount of time. So 1:02:48.160 --> 1:02:51.480 I expect in the future what we're gonna see is 1:02:51.520 --> 1:02:55.920 that these AI video models are gonna get better, meaning 1:02:55.960 --> 1:02:59.520 that we're gonna be able to generate longer videos. Right now, 1:02:59.560 --> 1:03:02.480 the sweet spot is sort of anywhere between five and 1:03:02.520 --> 1:03:05.120 fifteen seconds. I think maybe in the next couple of 1:03:05.160 --> 1:03:07.840 months we can maybe push that to thirty I think 1:03:07.880 --> 1:03:10.760 we're also going to see some videos at a higher resolution. 1:03:11.360 --> 1:03:14.720 There are some companies that offer the ability to natively 1:03:14.840 --> 1:03:18.960 generate in four K, which is really appealing to professional 1:03:19.000 --> 1:03:21.920 creators who want to use AI videos in their work. 1:03:22.680 --> 1:03:25.960 And I think, yeah, I think we're going to see 1:03:26.280 --> 1:03:29.480 a lot of improvements in the actual quality of these 1:03:29.560 --> 1:03:30.520 videos in the future. 1:03:30.720 --> 1:03:33.320 Okay, so you mentioned a couple of competitors. If you've 1:03:33.320 --> 1:03:35.160 heard of Sora and you want to try other things, 1:03:35.160 --> 1:03:38.560 You've got the vo three from Google, You've got Firefly 1:03:38.800 --> 1:03:44.800 from Adobe. How can people tell that a video is fake? 1:03:44.960 --> 1:03:46.800 Because this is the problem we're running into now. I 1:03:46.840 --> 1:03:49.560 know Soro, you know they put these little you know 1:03:49.760 --> 1:03:53.120 what do they call it, like a like a water 1:03:53.200 --> 1:03:55.920 mark that thank you Bobo, they put a watermark on it. 1:03:55.920 --> 1:03:57.440 But my kid is like, but you can just use 1:03:57.440 --> 1:03:59.880 a tool to remove that. So how do you tell? 1:04:00.200 --> 1:04:01.320 How do you tell if something's fake? 1:04:03.040 --> 1:04:06.800 I mean, the frustratingly honest answer is that you can't. 1:04:07.280 --> 1:04:10.360 And nobody is happy with this answer. I'm not happy 1:04:10.400 --> 1:04:12.959 with it, but it is the truth. It is very 1:04:13.000 --> 1:04:16.800 hard to spot an AI generated video, but there are 1:04:16.840 --> 1:04:19.880 some things you can look out for. Like you already mentioned, 1:04:20.000 --> 1:04:22.760 watermarks are one of the biggest things you can look for. 1:04:24.360 --> 1:04:26.760 There are water marks, but like you said, there are 1:04:26.800 --> 1:04:29.000 also tools that you can use to get rid of 1:04:29.040 --> 1:04:33.320 those watermarks, so that's not always a reliable method. Another 1:04:33.400 --> 1:04:35.840 thing you can do is look at an image or 1:04:35.920 --> 1:04:40.440 videos metadata, and I promise that's quicker and easier that 1:04:40.520 --> 1:04:43.600 it sounds. There's a number of websites and apps and 1:04:43.640 --> 1:04:46.560 tools that you can use that can very quickly scan 1:04:47.280 --> 1:04:49.680 an image or a file and it can sort of 1:04:49.720 --> 1:04:52.400 give you some insight into where that piece of content 1:04:52.480 --> 1:04:56.400 came from. And for sour videos in particular, they have 1:04:56.720 --> 1:05:01.960 signals in their video metadata that immediate disclose that this 1:05:02.120 --> 1:05:03.800 was made by open AI and this was. 1:05:03.800 --> 1:05:06.760 AI generated, right, But there's gonna be tools that you know, 1:05:06.880 --> 1:05:09.000 can can remove all of those things in the few 1:05:09.080 --> 1:05:10.960 I mean, if they're not already here. And then of 1:05:10.960 --> 1:05:14.360 course you have you know, nefarious folks that are building 1:05:14.400 --> 1:05:16.640 tools that don't abide by any of these rules or 1:05:16.760 --> 1:05:19.960 laws or whatever. So we are in for it, that 1:05:20.120 --> 1:05:23.880 is for sure. We are starting a very brave new 1:05:23.960 --> 1:05:27.840 future path here. And I think it's exciting because it's 1:05:27.880 --> 1:05:30.880 amazing what can be done. I mean, the Coca Cola ads, 1:05:30.920 --> 1:05:33.400 you know, they're they're making AI ads of their you know, 1:05:33.840 --> 1:05:35.960 Christmas ads. But yet at the same time you have 1:05:36.040 --> 1:05:38.480 people faking Mark Cuban and faking Sam Altman. I mean, 1:05:38.480 --> 1:05:42.400 it's just our brains are not really wired to figure 1:05:42.440 --> 1:05:44.840 all this stuff out, Caitlin, We're gonna leave it there. 1:05:45.200 --> 1:05:51.080 Caitlin shed Rowy from seen at Artificial Intelligence Reporter Fantastic Conversation, 1:05:51.280 --> 1:05:56.120 Go follow her find her work. Thanks for joining me today, Caitlin, Yeah, 1:05:56.200 --> 1:05:59.200 thank you. All right, coming up, we're gonna take some 1:05:59.240 --> 1:06:01.320 more of your calls eighty eight rich one on one, 1:06:01.400 --> 1:06:04.080 eighty eight seven four to two four one zero one, 1:06:04.120 --> 1:06:07.800 and I'll tell you about the smart ring that records 1:06:07.880 --> 1:06:15.560 your thoughts. Welcome back to rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro 1:06:15.720 --> 1:06:18.320 here hanging out with you talking technology eight eight eight. 1:06:18.720 --> 1:06:20.200 I don't even know if I should give out the number. 1:06:20.320 --> 1:06:21.840 I don't think we can get any more calls at 1:06:21.840 --> 1:06:24.040 this point. Eighty eight rich one on one eight eight 1:06:24.040 --> 1:06:26.800 eight seven four to two four one zero one. But 1:06:26.920 --> 1:06:30.640 go ahead, don't let it dissuade you. Always you always try. 1:06:31.040 --> 1:06:35.320 I shared a quote in my newsletter this week. I'm 1:06:35.360 --> 1:06:38.600 reading that book nineteen twenty nine about the stock market crash, 1:06:40.000 --> 1:06:45.280 and the quote is from John Rascob. He said, go 1:06:45.320 --> 1:06:48.880 ahead and do things, the bigger, the better. This is 1:06:48.920 --> 1:06:52.520 the guy who uh backed the Empire State Building. Can 1:06:52.560 --> 1:06:55.880 you imagine like building something one thousand feet high back 1:06:55.920 --> 1:07:00.520 in the day, in like the twenties. I mean, it's 1:07:00.680 --> 1:07:04.120 mind boggling. So go ahead and do things. The bigger 1:07:04.120 --> 1:07:07.720 the better. Let's go to Curtis and I've been waiting 1:07:07.760 --> 1:07:12.120 for a while. Curtis in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. You're on 1:07:12.200 --> 1:07:12.600 with Rich. 1:07:14.800 --> 1:07:15.000 Yeah. 1:07:15.160 --> 1:07:23.520 Rich, I've got a problem with my Samsung Android phone. 1:07:24.600 --> 1:07:27.960 I locked myself out and I don't know if there's anything. 1:07:29.240 --> 1:07:36.520 The only that I've heard so far is that I'll 1:07:36.600 --> 1:07:40.080 just need to clean everything off the phone and get 1:07:40.160 --> 1:07:45.600 rid of all my emails, my photos, my address, phone numbers, 1:07:45.640 --> 1:07:51.520 and start over. And I was hoping there was something 1:07:51.800 --> 1:07:55.480 that can be done. Besides that, I was missing around 1:07:55.880 --> 1:08:01.720 on my computer trying to get into my computer, and 1:08:02.120 --> 1:08:06.280 uh I was. I thought, well, maybe this would be easier. 1:08:06.880 --> 1:08:13.240 It gave me some the possibility of using face. I thought, well, 1:08:13.320 --> 1:08:16.840 maybe maybe I'll try face. Well, I put I type 1:08:16.880 --> 1:08:18.600 face on the computer and next thing I know, I 1:08:18.680 --> 1:08:19.400 locked my phone. 1:08:21.560 --> 1:08:26.640 Oh okay, so you have a Samsung phone and you 1:08:27.040 --> 1:08:29.759 cannot remember what the pin well. 1:08:29.840 --> 1:08:35.160 I don't I remember ever giving a Uh. It says 1:08:35.200 --> 1:08:37.759 that you have to be at least a four letter 1:08:38.600 --> 1:08:40.840 quote to get in there, and it has to have 1:08:40.920 --> 1:08:44.479 at least one. Look here what it says there you 1:08:44.479 --> 1:08:47.800 have to have a four characters including at least one 1:08:47.920 --> 1:08:50.880 letter and four character. 1:08:50.920 --> 1:08:53.759 Wait, hold on, four characters including one letter to unlock 1:08:53.760 --> 1:08:56.960 your phone. Yeah, and that's on the screen of your 1:08:56.960 --> 1:09:00.160 phone when you turn it on. Yeah, that's interesting because 1:09:00.160 --> 1:09:04.000 most people do not choose that method to lock their phone. 1:09:04.040 --> 1:09:07.920 It's usually a pin like it's usually four digits, maybe 1:09:08.000 --> 1:09:13.120 six digits. But to have a letter too, that's uh. 1:09:13.800 --> 1:09:17.280 And I never sat one up, you remember ever the 1:09:18.040 --> 1:09:22.400 computer ever asking me to set up a pin for it. 1:09:22.439 --> 1:09:25.240 Now, hold on, when you say computer, Well, I. 1:09:25.120 --> 1:09:28.200 Was on my computer trying trying to get into Gmail 1:09:28.479 --> 1:09:33.160 because I was having trouble with uh uh Chrome Google Chrome, 1:09:33.960 --> 1:09:39.360 and uh because I can only see half a screen. 1:09:39.439 --> 1:09:41.880 So I thought, well, i'll try I'll try this other one, 1:09:41.880 --> 1:09:44.760 which turned out to be Gmail, and then Gmail kept 1:09:44.760 --> 1:09:49.639 asking me, uh uh for I was getting in there fine. 1:09:49.800 --> 1:09:52.040 Then all of a sudden, I asked me for I 1:09:52.320 --> 1:09:54.519 turned it out again and asked me for a password. 1:09:54.600 --> 1:09:56.479 I put in the password that I had for it 1:09:57.240 --> 1:10:00.920 and did it work? So, uh, I think I changed 1:10:00.960 --> 1:10:03.880 it once and then and and that didn't work later, 1:10:04.040 --> 1:10:06.760 so so I got frustrated. I thought, well, I'll just 1:10:06.800 --> 1:10:08.880 try this. It says face, that's the ball, Okay, I 1:10:10.160 --> 1:10:14.880 can use my face, And so I went in there 1:10:14.920 --> 1:10:17.600 to set up for a face and next thing I know, 1:10:17.800 --> 1:10:25.880 it's it barely. Uh okay, so let's let's make it 1:10:25.920 --> 1:10:30.400 with my phone. And and then later on when I 1:10:30.400 --> 1:10:34.880 went into my phone to uh to use it, it 1:10:34.920 --> 1:10:36.960 was I was locked out and it says I need 1:10:37.000 --> 1:10:37.680 this password. 1:10:37.840 --> 1:10:40.840 Okay, So so right now, do you have access to 1:10:40.880 --> 1:10:41.640 your computer or not? 1:10:42.520 --> 1:10:43.920 Yeah, I got access to my computer. 1:10:43.960 --> 1:10:46.880 Computer's fine. The phone is locked and you can't unlock it. 1:10:47.160 --> 1:10:49.800 You don't. So if it's a Samsung phone, you go 1:10:49.880 --> 1:10:52.240 to the phone and you you go to unlock it, 1:10:52.280 --> 1:10:54.439 and it just says no, it's and there's not. 1:10:54.840 --> 1:10:56.799 I can get calls, people can call. 1:10:56.680 --> 1:10:58.840 Me right, but it's not you're not unlocking the phone. 1:10:58.880 --> 1:11:01.200 I can't call out right because you can't get in there, 1:11:01.640 --> 1:11:03.800 and you don't have a fingerprint on here, and you 1:11:03.880 --> 1:11:06.639 don't now when you talk about your stuff, was any 1:11:06.720 --> 1:11:15.840 of it backed up? I not on my phone, so typically. 1:11:15.520 --> 1:11:19.720 Thinks I got a card here to download my pictures, 1:11:20.280 --> 1:11:22.920 and it was confusing on how to use it. So 1:11:22.960 --> 1:11:26.599 I never got it. I never got it done. 1:11:26.800 --> 1:11:30.920 Okay, a couple of things. So first off, typically when 1:11:31.160 --> 1:11:33.320 your phone when you forget that. I'm looking at the 1:11:33.320 --> 1:11:37.040 Samsung right now and it says set a pin. Remember 1:11:37.080 --> 1:11:39.080 this pin. If you forget it, you'll need to reset 1:11:39.160 --> 1:11:42.200 your phone and all data will be erased. So that 1:11:42.360 --> 1:11:44.960 is typically what happens if you forget the pin to 1:11:45.000 --> 1:11:48.040 your phone. Now, there could be a world where you 1:11:48.080 --> 1:11:51.880 set up a remote unlock like a smart lock or 1:11:51.880 --> 1:11:54.479 find my mobile, but I don't think you did that, 1:11:55.600 --> 1:11:58.519 so that's not going to work. There really is not, 1:11:58.640 --> 1:12:00.760 because all the data on these phones is encrypted now, 1:12:00.760 --> 1:12:02.720 there's really not a way to tap into it. And 1:12:02.760 --> 1:12:05.800 the backup stuff. If your pictures weren't backed up to 1:12:05.880 --> 1:12:08.479 one drive, which you can check there because sometimes Samsung 1:12:08.560 --> 1:12:12.200 does that. Your your emails should be backed up if 1:12:12.240 --> 1:12:14.200 you're using Gmail, which just sounds like you are, so 1:12:14.240 --> 1:12:16.400 those are going to be safe, in your documents and 1:12:16.439 --> 1:12:18.400 things like that. But really the photos are the things 1:12:18.439 --> 1:12:24.360 I'm concerned about. I would see if there's a you 1:12:24.400 --> 1:12:26.360 can try to go to, like a data doctor in 1:12:26.400 --> 1:12:28.120 your area and see if they can help you with 1:12:28.200 --> 1:12:30.840 this or a you break I fix if they have 1:12:30.880 --> 1:12:33.879 one near you see what they say. But typically, Curtis, 1:12:34.080 --> 1:12:37.080 I'm sad to report that typically when you forget the 1:12:37.160 --> 1:12:39.599 pin to your phone, it is really impossible to get 1:12:39.600 --> 1:12:43.000 back into that device. Hopefully that is not the case here. 1:12:43.479 --> 1:12:46.599 Good luck and keep me posted eight eight eight rich 1:12:46.720 --> 1:12:49.080 one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two 1:12:49.240 --> 1:12:52.200 four one zero one. The ring for AI voice notes. 1:12:52.360 --> 1:12:56.639 I'll tell you about it next. Welcome back to rich 1:12:56.720 --> 1:13:01.599 on tech rich DeMuro here eight eight eight rich one 1:13:01.640 --> 1:13:04.080 on one eight eight eight seven four to two four 1:13:04.160 --> 1:13:07.320 one zero one. Coming up this hour, we've got Brand Putnam, 1:13:08.200 --> 1:13:12.360 founder of Mirror later sold to uh Lululemon, I believe, 1:13:12.479 --> 1:13:16.200 and now out with something new called Board. 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Two hundred and 1:13:54.560 --> 1:13:58.639 fifty dollars gonna ship next year and this is from 1:13:58.680 --> 1:14:03.120 two former Meta enginess. Basically, you know, it's just a 1:14:03.160 --> 1:14:07.920 smart ring for notes, you know, using AI now personally, 1:14:08.400 --> 1:14:10.519 you know, I wish that it does not track anything 1:14:10.560 --> 1:14:12.400 health related. So I think it's kind of weird that 1:14:12.439 --> 1:14:15.320 there's no health aspect to this, because you're you're gonna 1:14:15.320 --> 1:14:17.840 wear this on your ring all the time. And also, 1:14:17.880 --> 1:14:19.280 I don't know about you, but I already wear an 1:14:19.320 --> 1:14:22.479 Apple Watch and I use Whisper and Memos on there 1:14:22.560 --> 1:14:24.920 to take all my notes, and I love that it 1:14:24.960 --> 1:14:29.280 goes right to my email. So I don't know, we'll see. 1:14:29.000 --> 1:14:32.759 I think everyone's trying right now to find new ways 1:14:32.960 --> 1:14:37.040 of computing that don't involve the phone, right like, don't 1:14:37.080 --> 1:14:39.680 involve the smartphone. And I just don't know if this 1:14:39.800 --> 1:14:42.519 is it. We'll see, but I've not tested it, so 1:14:42.560 --> 1:14:45.280 I can't really tell you. But it's just it's kind 1:14:45.280 --> 1:14:49.599 of an interesting take. iOS twenty six point one adds 1:14:49.840 --> 1:14:52.880 new liquid glass control. So if you downloaded iOS twenty 1:14:52.920 --> 1:14:54.760 six point one, I think you should because there's a 1:14:54.760 --> 1:14:57.559 lot of fixes in it. There is a new setting 1:14:58.040 --> 1:15:01.880 that can make liquid glass less liquidy. So if you're 1:15:01.960 --> 1:15:05.160 annoyed by how clear everything is, there's a transparency toggle, 1:15:05.560 --> 1:15:08.560 So go to settings once you download it, display brightness 1:15:08.640 --> 1:15:12.080 liquid glass, and you can switch from the traditional clear 1:15:12.200 --> 1:15:15.559 to a new tinted option. And tinted is less see through. 1:15:16.200 --> 1:15:19.160 Of course Apple had to say tinted instead of sea 1:15:19.280 --> 1:15:22.519 instead of you know, well, I guess opaque is a 1:15:22.560 --> 1:15:24.760 little bit. That's a weird word, but you know what 1:15:24.800 --> 1:15:27.479 I mean, Like they tinted sounds like it's still see through. 1:15:27.520 --> 1:15:29.519 It's not really. They just don't want to admit that 1:15:29.560 --> 1:15:33.240 not everyone likes liquid glass being see through because it's 1:15:33.320 --> 1:15:37.400 tough to see. It's it's cool looking, it's maybe not 1:15:37.479 --> 1:15:41.120 the most functionally visually that even makes sense. I don't 1:15:41.200 --> 1:15:44.360 know what else can you do camera setting. You could 1:15:44.400 --> 1:15:46.760 disable the lock screen swipe to open if you don't 1:15:46.800 --> 1:15:52.719 like that. And Airpod's live translation now supports more languages Italian, Chinese, Japanese, 1:15:52.760 --> 1:15:57.040 and Korean. Oh and the alarm is no longer a 1:15:57.080 --> 1:16:00.080 tap You swipe to disable the alarm. You know you 1:16:00.120 --> 1:16:02.080 don't like wake up in the middle of your alarm 1:16:02.120 --> 1:16:04.120 and just like tap it and then you sleep through 1:16:04.120 --> 1:16:09.240 your alarm. Let's go to let's see let's go to 1:16:09.360 --> 1:16:12.160 Don Don in Utah. You're on with Rich. 1:16:12.960 --> 1:16:14.759 I love you so much, Rich, you're the best. 1:16:15.280 --> 1:16:17.640 Grateful for your research you did ever wait for everybody? 1:16:17.720 --> 1:16:19.200 Thank you the first question. 1:16:20.800 --> 1:16:24.880 Okay, sorry, I think we lost him there. Let's go 1:16:25.000 --> 1:16:31.360 to Uh, let's go to Gina. Let's see line for 1:16:31.600 --> 1:16:34.160 Gina in Mission Vaho. Gina, you're on with Rich. 1:16:34.760 --> 1:16:40.400 Oh, hi, Rich, Okay, do you need me to say 1:16:40.400 --> 1:16:42.280 this question or do you already have it? 1:16:42.600 --> 1:16:42.880 Yes? 1:16:43.080 --> 1:16:48.640 I don't read minds, Gina. I wish I did I do, 1:16:48.960 --> 1:16:51.479 But the questions on the screen are like that number one. 1:16:51.680 --> 1:16:54.080 They never match it up to what people ask. 1:16:54.360 --> 1:16:57.040 Oh, okay, okay, I don't. 1:16:56.840 --> 1:16:58.879 Want to hear it, so let's hear what you got. 1:16:59.160 --> 1:17:02.439 Okay. Now, this is just because I'm not very high TechEd. 1:17:02.520 --> 1:17:05.600 I was on a trip recently to Vermont, and I 1:17:05.680 --> 1:17:09.040 brought two Apple iPhones. 1:17:13.320 --> 1:17:18.960 Uh oh, do we lose Gina too? Gina? What happened? 1:17:20.640 --> 1:17:24.599 What Bobo? What happened to Gina, Okay, what's happening here? 1:17:24.680 --> 1:17:29.479 Gina's gone okay, Uh, let's go to let's see who 1:17:29.479 --> 1:17:33.559 do we have here? Mark in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Mark, 1:17:33.560 --> 1:17:35.719 you're on with Rich? What is happening? This whole show 1:17:35.840 --> 1:17:39.720 just went down the tubes? Mark? Are you there? 1:17:40.280 --> 1:17:40.880 Yeah, I'm here. 1:17:40.960 --> 1:17:43.200 There you go, Please pop the slack here. 1:17:44.080 --> 1:17:47.880 Okay, no pressure, huh Okay. What I wanted to ask 1:17:48.120 --> 1:17:51.080 was with the holidays and everything going on. I know 1:17:51.800 --> 1:17:55.600 I used Chrome browser and uh Safari browser, and I 1:17:55.680 --> 1:17:58.160 know us they used to have extensions that that you 1:17:58.200 --> 1:18:02.280 could use to compare, do comparative shopping, you know, all 1:18:02.400 --> 1:18:05.600 across the web. But then is AI also kind of 1:18:05.600 --> 1:18:07.840 replacing that in some way. I'm just looking for something 1:18:07.880 --> 1:18:10.519 to be able to, you know, look at a certain 1:18:10.560 --> 1:18:12.400 look for a certain thing, and then say, okay, these 1:18:12.439 --> 1:18:14.640 ten places have it for this price. This is the 1:18:14.640 --> 1:18:15.960 best price at the store. 1:18:17.000 --> 1:18:21.240 Yeah. So here's the thing. It's a good question, and 1:18:21.640 --> 1:18:24.599 it's such a tough one because there's so many things 1:18:24.600 --> 1:18:26.800 going on. Like, Okay, so you've got the basics like 1:18:26.880 --> 1:18:31.880 Google shopping or Amazon, Yahoo shopping, right, So I just 1:18:31.920 --> 1:18:35.519 did a quick comparison and I typed in this video 1:18:35.560 --> 1:18:39.200 projector into Yahoo Shopping, and then I typed that same 1:18:39.240 --> 1:18:41.960 thing into Google Shopping. And I will tell you that 1:18:42.000 --> 1:18:45.600 I think Google Shopping definitely came up with better results. 1:18:46.200 --> 1:18:48.320 And if you've ever looked for a product on Google 1:18:48.360 --> 1:18:52.000 Shopping in general or on Google in general, I should say, 1:18:52.320 --> 1:18:55.440 you'll see when you look for a product, it'll sometimes 1:18:56.000 --> 1:18:58.080 come up on the side. Hold on, let me type 1:18:58.080 --> 1:19:01.160 this in again, It'll come up on the side with 1:19:01.240 --> 1:19:03.640 like pricing information. So I just looked up the x 1:19:03.720 --> 1:19:07.519 Jimmy mogo for projector, right, and I'm looking at the 1:19:07.520 --> 1:19:10.559 Google search results. It's got the traditional results. Then on 1:19:10.600 --> 1:19:12.919 the right side it notices that this is a product, 1:19:12.920 --> 1:19:15.680 and it's telling me all kinds of information typically four 1:19:16.320 --> 1:19:18.880 to seven ninety nine, and it's saying four ninety nine 1:19:18.920 --> 1:19:21.720 at x Jimmy, which is their website, four ninety nine 1:19:21.760 --> 1:19:24.080 at Walmart, seven ninety nine at best Buy, and then 1:19:24.080 --> 1:19:27.120 I can tap compare prices, and this brings me into 1:19:27.160 --> 1:19:30.519 Google Shopping, and it doesn't go much further than that. 1:19:30.560 --> 1:19:34.080 You've got BNH Photo and a couple other places. But 1:19:34.200 --> 1:19:37.720 here's the thing. So I think that these tools are good, 1:19:38.920 --> 1:19:41.080 and I think that what you really want is something 1:19:41.120 --> 1:19:46.880 to compare against the main websites, which is best Buy, Target, Walmart, Amazon, 1:19:47.360 --> 1:19:50.160 you know, the main websites, and of course the retailer's 1:19:50.240 --> 1:19:52.720 own website, and then sometimes you have something like a 1:19:52.800 --> 1:19:55.679 Cohles will sell electronics and stuff like that. I think 1:19:55.720 --> 1:19:59.719 the easiest way to do it is the Google Shopping Results, 1:20:00.120 --> 1:20:03.960 but I'm not completely certain that all of Google's shopping 1:20:04.280 --> 1:20:07.560 is organic. I think that some of it is sponsored. 1:20:07.600 --> 1:20:09.800 It's not going to have everything that you want on there. 1:20:11.080 --> 1:20:13.559 There's also the Honey. I used to use this Honey 1:20:14.400 --> 1:20:17.960 shopping assistant, so they have If you install Honey on 1:20:18.000 --> 1:20:21.920 your computer, this is from PayPal. It will pop up 1:20:21.960 --> 1:20:24.000 when you're on like an Amazon result and say, hey, 1:20:24.040 --> 1:20:26.120 we found this product at a cheaper price somewhere else. 1:20:26.800 --> 1:20:29.679 The thing that I'm concerned about is that you don't 1:20:29.840 --> 1:20:32.240 really want to be buying these products from a lot 1:20:32.240 --> 1:20:35.479 of random websites you haven't heard of that have really 1:20:35.560 --> 1:20:38.640 good prices. And I think that's what some of these trackers, 1:20:38.960 --> 1:20:41.200 these price trackers have done over the years, is that 1:20:41.240 --> 1:20:43.280 they just feed in a lot of nonsense that like, 1:20:43.800 --> 1:20:46.080 I don't really want to buy this from a random website. 1:20:46.120 --> 1:20:48.519 And I think that's the problem with why we don't 1:20:48.560 --> 1:20:50.880 see a lot more of these online anymore, is because 1:20:51.479 --> 1:20:53.479 it's just I don't think people are using them. Like 1:20:53.520 --> 1:20:55.760 if I have an Amazon Prime membership, I'm pretty much 1:20:55.800 --> 1:20:57.960 sticking to Prime. If I have a Walmart Plus, I'm 1:20:58.000 --> 1:21:00.880 probably buying from Walmart. I like best Buy, and I 1:21:00.960 --> 1:21:03.519 like the rewards program they have, I'm buying it best Buy. 1:21:03.920 --> 1:21:05.920 If I like Target, I've got Target three to sixty. 1:21:05.920 --> 1:21:08.280 I'm probably gonna stick there. And I think that just 1:21:08.400 --> 1:21:12.760 finding the price across those kind of major retailers is 1:21:12.800 --> 1:21:15.599 what most people are doing anyway. And I hate to say, 1:21:15.600 --> 1:21:18.759 but there's not a lot of change between those retailers, 1:21:18.760 --> 1:21:21.479 Like sometimes it's like the same exact price. So I 1:21:21.520 --> 1:21:24.880 think all of this is to say I don't have 1:21:25.160 --> 1:21:28.679 a place where I go to pop in a product 1:21:28.720 --> 1:21:31.160 and say this is going to give you the absolute 1:21:31.160 --> 1:21:34.559 best price. So that is kind of the end all 1:21:35.000 --> 1:21:38.080 this with this, you know, with shopping online, is that 1:21:38.320 --> 1:21:40.479 there's not necessarily a great place to pop in a 1:21:40.520 --> 1:21:42.479 product and get the best price. That's what I'm trying 1:21:42.479 --> 1:21:45.960 to tell you, Mark. What I would say is what 1:21:46.000 --> 1:21:48.439 I do This is what I tell people to do 1:21:49.040 --> 1:21:51.240 is if you have your your eye on something, Let's 1:21:51.240 --> 1:21:54.519 say you want the Apple Watch eleven, right, you type 1:21:54.560 --> 1:21:56.960 that into Google and then what I like to do 1:21:57.120 --> 1:22:00.559 is tap news. And what happens is all of these 1:22:00.600 --> 1:22:04.360 bloggers out there, because they get a commission on the 1:22:04.400 --> 1:22:06.880 prices that they're you know, posting, and the links to 1:22:06.880 --> 1:22:10.200 the affiliate links that they're posting, they're always blogging about 1:22:10.240 --> 1:22:13.280 the best price of things because it's in their best 1:22:13.280 --> 1:22:15.600 interest to have you find that when you search for 1:22:15.640 --> 1:22:18.000 it on Google. So I actually think that's usually the 1:22:18.000 --> 1:22:19.519 best way to do it is you could you can 1:22:19.560 --> 1:22:23.000 tap news, or you could even type in deal Apple 1:22:23.080 --> 1:22:25.800 Watch eleven deal, and it will give you the best 1:22:25.800 --> 1:22:29.599 deals on those because people are finding them and blogging 1:22:29.600 --> 1:22:31.639 about them. Or you can just leave out eleven, maybe 1:22:31.680 --> 1:22:34.160 just want an Apple Watch deal in general, and you 1:22:34.200 --> 1:22:36.840 can find them that way. So there's just there's so 1:22:36.920 --> 1:22:40.479 many ways of doing this. I can't tell you that 1:22:40.520 --> 1:22:42.519 there's one size fits all. I wish there was an 1:22:42.560 --> 1:22:45.000 extension that you can install on Chrome and it would 1:22:45.000 --> 1:22:47.280 pop up every single time there's a better price. I 1:22:47.320 --> 1:22:49.840 don't think there is, and I think that like you 1:22:49.880 --> 1:22:52.920 said AI is where a lot of people are starting 1:22:53.000 --> 1:22:57.200 their shopping searches nowadays, and you know, that's another way 1:22:57.240 --> 1:22:59.360 of doing it. But I think that there's just not 1:22:59.560 --> 1:23:02.479 one shop for everything, Like there used to be a 1:23:02.560 --> 1:23:05.479 lot of price crawlers out there on the web that 1:23:05.520 --> 1:23:07.599 you could pop a product into it it would compare 1:23:07.640 --> 1:23:11.400 against everything. I just don't think that those they exist, yes, 1:23:11.800 --> 1:23:13.920 but I don't think there's one that's like perfect that 1:23:13.960 --> 1:23:15.760 I could recommend to you because I just don't think 1:23:15.760 --> 1:23:18.559 there is a perfect one out there, and I think 1:23:18.600 --> 1:23:20.760 it really comes down to preferences of where you like 1:23:20.800 --> 1:23:23.519 to shop and how you like to buy things. A 1:23:23.600 --> 1:23:26.040 couple other products while we before we go to break here, 1:23:27.120 --> 1:23:31.000 there is one called save wise get savewise dot com 1:23:31.280 --> 1:23:34.120 so you can type in stores and help you get 1:23:34.120 --> 1:23:37.519 offers from your credit card and things like that. The 1:23:37.560 --> 1:23:40.920 other one is card pointers that can help you find 1:23:40.920 --> 1:23:42.760 some of the credit card offers that you have and 1:23:42.800 --> 1:23:46.080 that can help you save some money. And of course 1:23:46.160 --> 1:23:48.320 I like shop Back. We've talked about that on the show. 1:23:48.360 --> 1:23:50.320 They are a sponsor, so I do really like that 1:23:50.360 --> 1:23:53.200 because you can get shop money back there if you're 1:23:53.200 --> 1:23:57.040 trying to do just comparison shopping on Amazon Camel Camel 1:23:57.160 --> 1:24:00.719 Camel is a great place to go. And then there's 1:24:00.720 --> 1:24:03.800 websites like slick Deals and deal News, which gives you 1:24:04.160 --> 1:24:07.840 a whole bunch of the best deals out there on things, 1:24:07.840 --> 1:24:10.000 but not necessarily a thing you're looking for, although you 1:24:10.040 --> 1:24:13.519 can't type that in to the search bar. But Mark, 1:24:13.600 --> 1:24:16.040 I just threw a lot at the wall. There are 1:24:16.160 --> 1:24:18.759 so many ways of doing this. There's not one size 1:24:18.760 --> 1:24:20.760 fits all when it comes to online shopping. That is 1:24:20.800 --> 1:24:23.800 what I've decided. Thanks for the call today, appreciate it. 1:24:24.040 --> 1:24:26.479 Apologies about the other callers. I'm not sure what happened there. 1:24:26.720 --> 1:24:28.200 If you want to call back, a hop on the 1:24:28.240 --> 1:24:30.639 phone eighty to eight Rich one on one back after this, 1:24:34.439 --> 1:24:38.519 come back to Rich on tech rich DeMuro here we 1:24:38.600 --> 1:24:41.439 got an email from Jim. He said you mentioned the 1:24:41.479 --> 1:24:44.120 new slider to turn off the alarm on iOS twenty 1:24:44.160 --> 1:24:47.320 six point one. He says he actually liked the button better. 1:24:48.800 --> 1:24:50.519 Maybe you can mention for other people who might want 1:24:50.520 --> 1:24:52.479 to get the button back. This is how you do it. 1:24:52.520 --> 1:24:57.639 Go into Settings Accessibility touch and if you scroll all 1:24:57.640 --> 1:24:59.840 the way down to the bottom, it says prefer single 1:25:00.120 --> 1:25:04.799 touch actions and that'll get back the single touch alarm 1:25:05.720 --> 1:25:08.519 turnoff button. Okay, it's good to have options, Jim. I 1:25:08.520 --> 1:25:11.680 think here's what I think Apple is admitting with this 1:25:11.760 --> 1:25:15.960 whole update is that it's like everything that they've changed, 1:25:16.000 --> 1:25:18.160 they've given people the option to change back, which I 1:25:18.160 --> 1:25:20.040 think is great. I feel like that's kind of what 1:25:20.120 --> 1:25:22.760 Android has done forever, is give people options rather than 1:25:22.800 --> 1:25:25.000 just like an edict of here's how you do things, 1:25:25.320 --> 1:25:27.479 which is what iOS has been, you know, for a 1:25:27.600 --> 1:25:30.479 very long time. But I think they're getting to the 1:25:30.520 --> 1:25:32.800 point where they're giving people more options. I feel like 1:25:32.840 --> 1:25:36.000 with the last two updates, Apple has really kind of 1:25:36.040 --> 1:25:38.120 taken the lead and like, hey, we'll let you do 1:25:38.240 --> 1:25:39.720 a lot of things that you want to do the 1:25:39.760 --> 1:25:42.000 way you want to do them within reason. You know, 1:25:42.000 --> 1:25:44.080 they still control a lot of the sandboxing and stuff, 1:25:44.120 --> 1:25:46.600 which I think is good for security and privacy, but 1:25:46.720 --> 1:25:49.160 they let you choose a lot of the things that 1:25:49.200 --> 1:25:51.920 you want to do and custom customize the phone in 1:25:51.960 --> 1:25:54.000 the way that you want to do it. So again, 1:25:54.040 --> 1:25:57.679 if you want that single touch alarm turnoff button back 1:25:58.000 --> 1:26:02.519 instead of the slider settings diessibility touch for fer single 1:26:02.600 --> 1:26:06.240 touch actions, it looks like we got Gina back in 1:26:06.320 --> 1:26:10.040 mission via ho Gina, what's up? What happened? We got disconnected? 1:26:10.479 --> 1:26:13.680 Okay, I'll try to talk back here. Yeah, so I 1:26:13.120 --> 1:26:18.240 was in Lamont and trying to use my phones. I 1:26:18.280 --> 1:26:21.880 have two cell phones I brought. One is an iPhone eight, 1:26:22.160 --> 1:26:30.120 the others an iPhone XR Apple XR, and I noticed 1:26:30.120 --> 1:26:34.040 that the XR was able to work with it get 1:26:34.240 --> 1:26:36.799 keep the internet connection from I guess from the hotel 1:26:36.840 --> 1:26:40.200 because I logged into the hotel internet connection. But anyway, 1:26:40.280 --> 1:26:43.720 when I was using it to find using maps to 1:26:43.800 --> 1:26:47.519 make plot courses when I got outside of the hotel, 1:26:48.000 --> 1:26:51.000 only the XR version would work for that. The other 1:26:51.200 --> 1:26:55.880 phone that they eight had the message of no Internet. 1:26:55.360 --> 1:26:59.240 Connection when you were outside the hotel. 1:26:59.640 --> 1:27:03.200 Yeah, Like, I don't exactly win I noticed it. I 1:27:03.200 --> 1:27:05.320 mean I noticed it, but I mean because I was 1:27:05.360 --> 1:27:08.439 trying to use both phones because you know, the power 1:27:08.479 --> 1:27:10.479 I didn't have in case I ran out of power. 1:27:10.720 --> 1:27:12.479 Matter were you on Wi Fi or cellular? 1:27:13.640 --> 1:27:17.240 Okay, those are the kind of question Okay, when you're out, Okay, 1:27:17.320 --> 1:27:20.200 when you this is ride the terminology may get me 1:27:20.439 --> 1:27:25.000 when I'm outside of a hotel if I plugged into 1:27:25.000 --> 1:27:28.479 their internet and I want to leave the premises. Does 1:27:28.520 --> 1:27:31.120 it automatically And this sounds dumb, it does that mean 1:27:31.160 --> 1:27:32.240 it's already on Wi Fi? 1:27:32.439 --> 1:27:32.719 I don't. 1:27:32.880 --> 1:27:35.880 Yeah, it depends, I mean so like So basically the 1:27:35.880 --> 1:27:39.519 way the cellular works versus Wi Fi cellular connection is constant. 1:27:39.600 --> 1:27:42.479 Like your phone is always basically on a cellular connection. 1:27:42.560 --> 1:27:45.200 If it's an iPhone, right, if it's if it's a smartphone, right, 1:27:45.880 --> 1:27:47.840 it always has a cellular connection as long as it 1:27:48.000 --> 1:27:51.760 has one physically, right or I guess wirelessly, however you 1:27:51.800 --> 1:27:53.760 want to say it Wi Fi, if you think about 1:27:53.800 --> 1:27:57.240 it, it almost rides on top of the cellular connection, and 1:27:57.320 --> 1:27:59.680 so you can use Wi Fi by itself and turn 1:27:59.720 --> 1:28:02.479 off the cellular of course, but it's almost like your 1:28:02.520 --> 1:28:04.760 phone is always going to favor Wi Fi when it 1:28:04.880 --> 1:28:07.920 has it, because it uses less battery and it uses 1:28:08.000 --> 1:28:11.160 less of the cellular data. It's just much more power efficient. 1:28:11.320 --> 1:28:14.200 So once you connect, let's say you let's say you 1:28:14.280 --> 1:28:16.439 check into a Let's say you get off a plane, 1:28:16.920 --> 1:28:18.600 and from the time you get off the plane to 1:28:18.640 --> 1:28:20.880 the time you ride to the hotel, your phone is 1:28:20.880 --> 1:28:23.599 probably on a cellular connection. Right soon as you get 1:28:23.640 --> 1:28:25.719 to that hotel, you check into your room, you log 1:28:25.760 --> 1:28:28.679 into the Wi Fi that's that's provided by the hotel. 1:28:29.120 --> 1:28:31.519 Now your phone goes, oh cool, we've got this nice 1:28:31.800 --> 1:28:35.000 Wi Fi connection. We're going to use that because typically faster, 1:28:35.200 --> 1:28:39.439 more power efficient, uses less data from our cellular and 1:28:39.520 --> 1:28:41.840 it's just easier on the whole system. And so now 1:28:41.840 --> 1:28:45.639 we're going to default to that whenever we see that connection. Now, 1:28:46.120 --> 1:28:50.320 your phone manages it by itself, So if the Wi 1:28:50.320 --> 1:28:52.920 Fi is not strong, it's going to just default back 1:28:52.920 --> 1:28:55.200 to the cellular. When the Wi Fi works, it's going 1:28:55.280 --> 1:28:58.280 to take the cellular. When you're outside that hotel, let's 1:28:58.280 --> 1:29:01.200 say you're laying out by the pool, it may have 1:29:01.240 --> 1:29:03.720 a Wi Fi connection if it's strong enough from the 1:29:04.160 --> 1:29:06.880 from the hotel, or it may not. But your phone's 1:29:06.920 --> 1:29:10.160 going to kind of decide. And so the reason these 1:29:10.160 --> 1:29:14.040 two phones had a different connection or different ability is 1:29:14.280 --> 1:29:16.479 probably comes down to the fact that they just have 1:29:16.520 --> 1:29:19.960 different hardware. And I'm guessing which phone had the better one, 1:29:20.000 --> 1:29:24.639 the XR the ten R well X working, Yeah, okay, 1:29:24.680 --> 1:29:28.000 because it's a new and it's a newer model. So 1:29:28.080 --> 1:29:30.800 I think just the iPhone eight just didn't have the 1:29:30.840 --> 1:29:35.799 same strong connection because the specs of the hardware probably 1:29:36.040 --> 1:29:38.120 were not as good or the tuning. I mean it 1:29:38.160 --> 1:29:40.880 could be. I'm looking at the specs right now. Theoretically 1:29:40.920 --> 1:29:44.680 the specs are the same, but the hardware, the way 1:29:44.720 --> 1:29:48.000 it's designed, the way the antenna openings are all that 1:29:48.040 --> 1:29:51.479 stuff could just be more optimized on the ten are so. 1:29:52.240 --> 1:29:54.120 But I will tell you both of these phones, you know, 1:29:54.160 --> 1:29:57.680 are out of service when it comes to support and software. 1:29:58.040 --> 1:30:00.839 So I would look into just you know, for security 1:30:00.880 --> 1:30:03.599 and things like that. I would look into upgrading at 1:30:03.600 --> 1:30:05.559 some point with a newer device. 1:30:06.200 --> 1:30:08.800 Okay, what newer device if I because I'm trying to 1:30:08.840 --> 1:30:11.240 save money, what would be a newer device that isn't 1:30:11.280 --> 1:30:12.760 so extent, like you know, I don't want to go 1:30:12.800 --> 1:30:13.280 to the top? 1:30:13.439 --> 1:30:16.920 Is like a iPhone sixteen E will be great? So, yes, 1:30:17.439 --> 1:30:21.800 sixteen E and that's that's typically five ninety nine. You 1:30:21.880 --> 1:30:24.840 might find it cheaper during the holidays, maybe four ninety nine. 1:30:25.280 --> 1:30:27.559 So I would watch for any sort of deals on that. 1:30:27.600 --> 1:30:29.240 You might even get it for free on your from 1:30:29.280 --> 1:30:31.280 your carrier. How long have you had your carrier? 1:30:32.800 --> 1:30:38.200 Oh well I can't, I can't remember exactly, so few years. 1:30:38.320 --> 1:30:39.960 Okay, Well you might go to them, they might give 1:30:40.000 --> 1:30:42.120 you a free phone. The thing is, if you're not 1:30:42.360 --> 1:30:44.680 changing carriers, like if you don't like let's say, of 1:30:44.680 --> 1:30:46.519 AT and T, you don't want to switch, they may 1:30:46.560 --> 1:30:47.880 give you a new phone and just say, hey, you 1:30:47.880 --> 1:30:49.880 have to stick with us for another two years. If 1:30:49.920 --> 1:30:52.679 you're completely happy with your service and everything you got, 1:30:52.960 --> 1:30:54.800 might as well take the free phone and you're paying 1:30:54.800 --> 1:30:57.800 the same amount. This is rich on Tech. Coming up, 1:30:57.840 --> 1:31:00.880 we are going to talk about board, a new way 1:31:00.960 --> 1:31:07.160 to have family game night. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:31:07.240 --> 1:31:10.559 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology. The 1:31:10.560 --> 1:31:14.120 website rich on tech dot TV. Everything I mentioned is 1:31:14.200 --> 1:31:17.240 linked up on there. So if I mentioned something like 1:31:17.240 --> 1:31:20.559 that Ramen place or you know, anything that I mentioned, 1:31:20.560 --> 1:31:22.720 the reporters we talk to, the people, we talk to, 1:31:22.840 --> 1:31:25.400 the products I mentioned. It's all on the website rich 1:31:25.439 --> 1:31:28.960 on tech dot TV. This is episode one forty seven, 1:31:29.520 --> 1:31:32.040 so you can easily find it there. Another thing, a 1:31:32.120 --> 1:31:35.720 thing I'll link up to. Lift and United Airlines are 1:31:35.720 --> 1:31:39.599 teaming up. So now if you ride Lift you can 1:31:39.640 --> 1:31:43.479 get miles on United Airlines. So mileage plus you can 1:31:43.520 --> 1:31:45.880 link your account in the Lift app. You get four 1:31:45.960 --> 1:31:51.439 miles per dollar on prescheduled airport rides three miles on 1:31:51.640 --> 1:31:57.240 lift black and black suv. Let's see, Okay, I was 1:31:57.280 --> 1:31:59.200 looking for the what you get for a standard trip. 1:31:59.240 --> 1:32:01.880 It's a dollar from Okay, so there you go. But 1:32:02.160 --> 1:32:03.680 if you are a new user, you can get a 1:32:03.760 --> 1:32:06.800 thousand bonus miles for linking and completing two rides within 1:32:06.840 --> 1:32:11.080 thirty days. Anyway, lyft dot com slash United. I don't 1:32:11.080 --> 1:32:12.840 know about you, but I fly United most of the time. 1:32:13.280 --> 1:32:16.519 I don't necessarily take Lyft all the time. But you know, 1:32:16.560 --> 1:32:19.240 maybe this is the whole point of these partnerships is 1:32:19.280 --> 1:32:21.720 to get you to use their products. Right, so we'll 1:32:21.760 --> 1:32:26.519 say all right. Joining me now is Brent Putnam, founder 1:32:26.640 --> 1:32:30.000 of Mirror. This is a product that was a fitness 1:32:30.320 --> 1:32:32.080 Well she can explain it better, but I believe it 1:32:32.080 --> 1:32:35.839 was a fitness board, a fitness mirror that Lululemon purchased, 1:32:35.880 --> 1:32:39.759 and now she's working on something completely new to reinvent 1:32:39.800 --> 1:32:43.439 family game night called bored. The website is boord dot fun, 1:32:43.960 --> 1:32:46.800 which I like the pun. There, Brin Putnam, thanks for 1:32:46.840 --> 1:32:47.519 joining me today. 1:32:48.439 --> 1:32:49.439 Thanks for having me rich. 1:32:49.640 --> 1:32:53.600 Okay, so tell me quickly Mirror this was I've seen it. 1:32:53.600 --> 1:32:55.200 I saw it at the Lula Lemon store. It's like 1:32:55.240 --> 1:32:57.320 a mirror that what you like work out in right, 1:32:57.400 --> 1:32:59.719 like work out with Yeah. 1:32:59.680 --> 1:33:02.879 It's an interactive fitness mirror where you could see yourself 1:33:02.920 --> 1:33:05.920 reflected and then a live instructor and it gave you 1:33:05.960 --> 1:33:10.000 feedback on your form, your intensity via connected heart rate 1:33:10.040 --> 1:33:12.320 monitor and weights. And we sold this a little Lemon 1:33:12.360 --> 1:33:13.040 in twenty twenty. 1:33:13.320 --> 1:33:15.880 Amazing. So I mean that was life changing. I'm sure, 1:33:17.320 --> 1:33:17.920 yeah it was. 1:33:18.560 --> 1:33:21.280 It was an incredible outcome for the for the product 1:33:21.280 --> 1:33:21.760 and the team. 1:33:22.120 --> 1:33:24.840 That's amazing. Okay, so you did that. I mean my 1:33:25.000 --> 1:33:26.920 family and I watched Shark Tank, so I mean we 1:33:27.000 --> 1:33:29.640 love like all the different products and things. Were you 1:33:29.720 --> 1:33:30.600 on that for that or No? 1:33:31.720 --> 1:33:33.720 No, I would love to be on Shark Tank though 1:33:33.720 --> 1:33:34.639 maybe with the next one. 1:33:34.720 --> 1:33:36.200 Well, at this point, now you're not gonna be on 1:33:36.240 --> 1:33:38.360 Sharks Tank for like your product. You're gonna be on 1:33:38.400 --> 1:33:40.000 as one of the sharks because you know, one of 1:33:40.040 --> 1:33:42.960 the guests people. Because now you've done so well. Okay, 1:33:43.000 --> 1:33:46.080 so now you're doing a new thing called Board. The 1:33:46.120 --> 1:33:49.680 website is Board dot Fun and so it's kind of 1:33:49.760 --> 1:33:52.880 like it looks to me like a digital reinvention of 1:33:52.920 --> 1:33:56.960 the board game. So explain Yeah. 1:33:56.600 --> 1:33:59.599 So Board is the first ever face to face game 1:33:59.640 --> 1:34:03.120 console that blends the best of board games and video 1:34:03.160 --> 1:34:06.200 games into one new platform. So how it works is 1:34:06.240 --> 1:34:09.200 it's a twenty four inch touch screen and a beautiful 1:34:09.200 --> 1:34:12.040 wood frame that sits on your table. And we spent 1:34:12.120 --> 1:34:14.439 two years training the screen to do something no other 1:34:14.520 --> 1:34:18.599 screen can do, which is recognize physical pieces game pieces. 1:34:18.880 --> 1:34:21.559 So when you put down a piece, it knows what 1:34:21.600 --> 1:34:23.720 the piece is, where it is on the board, and 1:34:23.760 --> 1:34:26.920 what orientation it's in in real time. So it's an 1:34:27.040 --> 1:34:30.640 entirely new way of playing games that mixes physical pieces 1:34:30.720 --> 1:34:32.200 with a digital screen. 1:34:32.560 --> 1:34:34.040 Now how are you able to do that? What is 1:34:34.080 --> 1:34:36.400 there something in the piece or does the board just 1:34:36.680 --> 1:34:38.439 feel the pressure of the piece. 1:34:39.920 --> 1:34:41.560 So it's a couple components. 1:34:41.680 --> 1:34:45.640 One, the piece has a unique capacitive signature on the 1:34:45.720 --> 1:34:49.160 bottom and the base that the screen then recognizes. And 1:34:49.200 --> 1:34:51.680 then we've trained our own AI models to run on 1:34:51.760 --> 1:34:54.439 the device to recognize what the piece is and what 1:34:54.479 --> 1:34:56.960 it's doing in real time. So we have a whole 1:34:57.000 --> 1:35:00.160 team of sort of computer vision machine learning engineer that 1:35:00.200 --> 1:35:04.280 are training these pieces to be recognizable by the screen. 1:35:04.479 --> 1:35:07.240 And so what types of games are available to play 1:35:07.280 --> 1:35:07.800 on the board. 1:35:09.120 --> 1:35:12.160 So the board at launch has twelve games included. They 1:35:12.280 --> 1:35:16.040 range from things like quick hit retro arcade games to 1:35:16.240 --> 1:35:20.280 deep strategy games to everything in between. And they scale 1:35:20.320 --> 1:35:23.200 from one player to many players. 1:35:24.280 --> 1:35:27.200 Young children up to adults. 1:35:27.200 --> 1:35:32.280 And the goals to get everyone sitting around the table, laughing, talking, collaborating, 1:35:32.760 --> 1:35:34.920 working together around this shared experience. 1:35:35.560 --> 1:35:38.479 Now it almost looks like when I'm looking at the website, 1:35:38.520 --> 1:35:41.080 it almost reminds me of you know, those like arcade 1:35:41.120 --> 1:35:44.360 games that are a console like where you sit like 1:35:44.400 --> 1:35:46.880 a mispac man or something where two people sit on 1:35:46.920 --> 1:35:50.440 either side. It's almost reminiscent of that has that occurred. 1:35:50.120 --> 1:35:53.599 To you at all, the old sort of pizza pizza parlor, 1:35:53.640 --> 1:35:55.800 tabletop arcade games which were so fun. 1:35:56.479 --> 1:35:56.679 Yeah. 1:35:56.680 --> 1:36:01.160 Absolutely, I think there's a lot of sort of similarities 1:36:01.200 --> 1:36:03.599 in terms of just bringing back kind of the fun 1:36:03.640 --> 1:36:07.080 of sitting around this shared experience. So instead of you know, 1:36:07.240 --> 1:36:09.479 being in a corner on your phone or your iPad 1:36:09.600 --> 1:36:12.559 or sitting with hyphones on network to someone on your 1:36:12.640 --> 1:36:16.240 PC or your TV, you're sitting together face to face. 1:36:16.080 --> 1:36:16.799 Across the table. 1:36:17.120 --> 1:36:19.400 Now you kind of touched upon something because we're seeing 1:36:19.400 --> 1:36:22.679 this trend of people trying to be on screens less 1:36:22.720 --> 1:36:26.040 and be more present. And so I think, you know, 1:36:26.080 --> 1:36:28.160 when you think about a classic board game that like 1:36:28.240 --> 1:36:31.040 kind of hits all those things, and here you are 1:36:31.080 --> 1:36:34.320 coming out with a high tech version of that. So 1:36:35.160 --> 1:36:37.560 do you think you get the same sort of disconnection 1:36:37.920 --> 1:36:40.840 from the screen even though you're on a screen playing 1:36:40.880 --> 1:36:41.439 these games? 1:36:42.640 --> 1:36:44.720 Yeah, So board for me was really born out of 1:36:45.120 --> 1:36:45.960 personal need. 1:36:46.160 --> 1:36:49.000 I have five kids, so I range from two and 1:36:49.160 --> 1:36:51.559 eight and then up to three older step kids seventeen 1:36:51.640 --> 1:36:54.519 nineteen twenty one. And we would try to play board games, 1:36:54.560 --> 1:36:56.400 but we'd have to play something easy enough for the 1:36:56.439 --> 1:36:59.639 littlest one to join, or we try to play video games, 1:36:59.680 --> 1:37:02.400 and the teenagers would smoke us because none of us 1:37:02.439 --> 1:37:05.160 were as good on sort of complicated modern controllers as 1:37:05.600 --> 1:37:06.200 the young inins. 1:37:07.200 --> 1:37:09.760 And so the question for me was, like, you know, 1:37:10.120 --> 1:37:12.160 is technology? Can technology be good? Here? 1:37:12.280 --> 1:37:15.720 Can we make the screen something that's helpful in facilitating 1:37:15.880 --> 1:37:19.120 interaction and connection rather than something that isolates us or 1:37:19.200 --> 1:37:22.040 makes us distracted? And so I think it's really about 1:37:22.080 --> 1:37:24.479 how the screen is used, and for us, the screen 1:37:24.600 --> 1:37:28.080 is there to make people talk and laugh, and work 1:37:28.120 --> 1:37:30.240 together rather than something that sort of takes you and 1:37:30.240 --> 1:37:32.680 puts you in you and your own physical bubble. So 1:37:33.040 --> 1:37:35.600 it's not anti tech. It's really about using tech to 1:37:35.640 --> 1:37:36.479 bring people together. 1:37:36.960 --> 1:37:39.200 And each one of these games, it looks like, has 1:37:39.240 --> 1:37:43.200 their own components, like physical components. Does that come with 1:37:43.280 --> 1:37:45.880 the board or do you purchase those separately? 1:37:47.000 --> 1:37:49.400 Yeah, so everything is included, so you get twelve games 1:37:49.400 --> 1:37:52.439 and each game has its own piece set. So Chop 1:37:52.520 --> 1:37:55.200 Chop is our cooperative cooking game, and you get knives 1:37:55.200 --> 1:37:57.400 and spoons and a little chef and a spice mill. 1:37:57.920 --> 1:38:00.479 Or the arcade games have robots and space ships. 1:38:00.680 --> 1:38:04.360 Or Spycraft is an adventure game with this spy kit 1:38:04.439 --> 1:38:07.519 that converts into a laser cutter and a safecracker, and 1:38:07.560 --> 1:38:10.800 that's all included for limited time at launch as part 1:38:10.800 --> 1:38:10.960 of the. 1:38:10.960 --> 1:38:11.960 Four ninety nine price. 1:38:12.640 --> 1:38:16.160 And when it comes to this the durability of the board, 1:38:16.200 --> 1:38:19.720 because you are playing on this surface, is there like 1:38:19.760 --> 1:38:23.320 a screen protector, Like is it replaceable? Explain that because 1:38:23.320 --> 1:38:24.880 it's got to be very durable to be able to 1:38:24.920 --> 1:38:27.320 play the games on here, and it's a display as well. 1:38:28.320 --> 1:38:31.320 Yeah, So the device went through a ton of testing 1:38:31.560 --> 1:38:35.240 of being dropped from very high heights, being submerged in water, 1:38:35.560 --> 1:38:38.400 being scratched up thousands of times, and so we feel 1:38:38.520 --> 1:38:42.000 very good that it's incredibly durable, but it also comes with, 1:38:42.479 --> 1:38:44.519 you know, when you're warranty and a lot of support 1:38:44.520 --> 1:38:45.599 if you should see it. 1:38:45.640 --> 1:38:48.839 Is there a subscription? Do I pay monthly to access 1:38:48.920 --> 1:38:51.639 these games? And right now I'm assuming you're developing all 1:38:51.640 --> 1:38:54.920 the games yourself. Is there going to be a third 1:38:54.960 --> 1:38:58.200 party sort of app store where developers can make things 1:38:58.200 --> 1:38:59.280 for this board? 1:39:00.080 --> 1:39:02.439 Yeah, so the twelve games are included with purchase. Then 1:39:02.479 --> 1:39:05.240 in early twenty twenty six, we roll out our game store, 1:39:05.280 --> 1:39:08.880 where you can purchase additional games as well as expansion 1:39:08.920 --> 1:39:10.599 content for the games you already own. 1:39:10.880 --> 1:39:12.480 And we're really building a platform. 1:39:12.600 --> 1:39:15.800 So we have an SDK available today and developers are 1:39:15.800 --> 1:39:19.760 already building on our SDK new experiences that take advantage 1:39:19.800 --> 1:39:24.000 of this shared screen and the physical interaction. So we're 1:39:24.000 --> 1:39:26.599 really excited to see kind of what the next generation 1:39:26.680 --> 1:39:27.479 of games brings. 1:39:27.520 --> 1:39:29.880 It could be reimagined. 1:39:29.240 --> 1:39:33.719 Classics like Chess or Monopoly brought to life on the board, 1:39:34.000 --> 1:39:37.000 or new native experience. 1:39:36.560 --> 1:39:38.400 As an IP that we haven't even imagined yet. 1:39:38.720 --> 1:39:40.960 You've got a lot of competition in the game kind 1:39:40.960 --> 1:39:44.519 of space. You've got everything from Amazon, Luna, they just 1:39:44.560 --> 1:39:47.439 came out with free games on your TV for prime 1:39:47.479 --> 1:39:50.920 subscribers with no hardware, no additional hardware other than the 1:39:50.960 --> 1:39:54.400 firestick or whatever. You know, You've got the iPad, you've 1:39:54.400 --> 1:39:59.160 got Nintendo, you've got Xbox, you've got Roadblocks, you've got Minecraft, 1:39:59.240 --> 1:40:03.559 you've got PlayStation. How do you see this fitting into 1:40:04.160 --> 1:40:06.200 all that world of gaming? 1:40:07.720 --> 1:40:10.640 I think it's really about the face to face interaction 1:40:10.920 --> 1:40:15.320 that is unique to board and the physical digital combination. 1:40:15.680 --> 1:40:19.360 So it's just an incredibly fun and intuitive way to play. 1:40:19.479 --> 1:40:21.920 So just like swiping on mobile brought in a whole 1:40:21.960 --> 1:40:25.280 new world of gamers, or the swing of the remote 1:40:25.280 --> 1:40:28.599 and we unlocked new ways of playing, I think sort 1:40:28.640 --> 1:40:32.320 of pieces in screen interaction really enables everyone to be 1:40:32.400 --> 1:40:35.280 a gamer. So for us, I think it's about bringing 1:40:35.320 --> 1:40:39.400 everyone together for regardless of age or skill, and for 1:40:39.439 --> 1:40:41.439 an experience that's face to face, which I think is 1:40:41.479 --> 1:40:43.920 just really unique amongst our competitors. 1:40:44.439 --> 1:40:48.920 Again, it's board dot fun. The price is four ninety nine, 1:40:49.439 --> 1:40:52.960 you get twelve games, got physical component and obviously a 1:40:53.000 --> 1:40:56.439 hardware component to it. And a digital component brand. I'm 1:40:56.479 --> 1:40:59.880 just curious for you as a entrepreneur. I mean, obviously 1:41:00.040 --> 1:41:03.080 you found great success with your last product. I always 1:41:03.120 --> 1:41:05.799 feel like it's it's tough. There's a lot of pressure 1:41:06.040 --> 1:41:07.960 for the next product, you know, like this, like it's 1:41:08.000 --> 1:41:11.600 like you want to have another home run. Do you 1:41:11.640 --> 1:41:14.480 feel that pressure and do you feel like you accomplish 1:41:14.600 --> 1:41:16.840 something great with your next venture? 1:41:16.880 --> 1:41:17.080 Here? 1:41:20.040 --> 1:41:20.320 Sure? 1:41:20.400 --> 1:41:22.040 I mean I think for me, you know, you want 1:41:22.080 --> 1:41:25.120 to build something that people love, that has a lasting 1:41:25.320 --> 1:41:29.120 impact on a lot of lives. And so I generally 1:41:29.160 --> 1:41:31.280 am kind of someone who thinks the score takes care 1:41:31.320 --> 1:41:33.559 of itself, So I don't think too much. 1:41:33.400 --> 1:41:34.679 About the end condition. 1:41:34.880 --> 1:41:37.400 It's more about just kind of waking up each day 1:41:37.560 --> 1:41:40.519 and setting a really high bar for execution for me 1:41:40.560 --> 1:41:43.639 and my team. And generally, I think if you deliver 1:41:43.760 --> 1:41:46.960 great experiences, people will enjoy them and thinks will go well. 1:41:47.120 --> 1:41:48.880 Any advice you got like less than a minute, any 1:41:48.920 --> 1:41:52.280 advice for entrepreneurs out there? Someone has an idea. I mean, 1:41:52.400 --> 1:41:54.639 you pretty much hit the pinnacle with your first product, 1:41:54.680 --> 1:41:58.080 and you know, any advice for people that have something 1:41:58.200 --> 1:41:58.840 that they want to do. 1:42:00.160 --> 1:42:04.439 I had no technical experience mirror was my first job 1:42:04.439 --> 1:42:06.360 with the team, and I think what you don't know 1:42:06.479 --> 1:42:09.280 is actually your greatest gift and your greatest asset, because 1:42:10.160 --> 1:42:12.280 you're brave and you see things that other people don't see. 1:42:12.400 --> 1:42:14.519 So let what you don't know create a sense of 1:42:14.600 --> 1:42:16.840 urgency and take the jump and give it a go. 1:42:17.200 --> 1:42:20.280 All right, I love that advice. Brinn Putnam, founder of 1:42:20.520 --> 1:42:23.720 Mirror and now boardboard dot Fun, Thanks so much for 1:42:23.800 --> 1:42:27.080 joining me today. Thanks rach all right, really appreciate it. 1:42:27.120 --> 1:42:30.360 All right, coming up, a couple more items of note 1:42:30.400 --> 1:42:33.919 in the news world, and then we'll get to the feedback. 1:42:34.920 --> 1:42:40.760 You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to 1:42:40.840 --> 1:42:44.640 rich on Tech, rich Demro. Here a couple items of 1:42:44.680 --> 1:42:47.679 no before we open the feedback. First off, new research 1:42:47.720 --> 1:42:53.080 shows that smart watches could help doctors spot heart problems early. 1:42:54.479 --> 1:42:59.360 The doctors developed an AI algorithm that can detect structural 1:42:59.400 --> 1:43:02.920 heart disease like weak heart muscles or damaged valves only 1:43:03.000 --> 1:43:06.759 using a smart watches built in single lead ECG sensor. 1:43:07.240 --> 1:43:09.800 We know that censors and hospitals have like twelve leads, 1:43:09.800 --> 1:43:11.680 you know, they put those little things on you. This 1:43:11.840 --> 1:43:14.439 is just using a smartwatch, and so they took a 1:43:14.520 --> 1:43:16.880 whole bunch of data, they fed it into an algorithm, 1:43:17.080 --> 1:43:18.880 and then they tested it on a whole bunch of 1:43:18.880 --> 1:43:23.439 patients and sure enough it worked. So researchers say this 1:43:23.479 --> 1:43:27.880 could make heart screening more accessible basically your watch. It's 1:43:27.920 --> 1:43:30.719 not a done deal, but it just goes to show 1:43:31.080 --> 1:43:34.719 that with AI and this data that smart watches are collecting, 1:43:34.800 --> 1:43:39.800 even basic data, it can really go far. And then 1:43:40.080 --> 1:43:44.960 I want to just mention Google Google Pixel record sales 1:43:45.000 --> 1:43:47.760 in the US. Pixel sales in the US, according to 1:43:47.800 --> 1:43:52.280 Counterpoint Research, jumped twenty eight percent year over year in 1:43:52.320 --> 1:43:55.360 September twenty twenty five. That's a new single month record 1:43:55.400 --> 1:43:59.080 for Google. Google Sharing the six hundred dollars plus premium 1:43:59.120 --> 1:44:01.720 smartphone market hit six point one percent, So it's still 1:44:01.760 --> 1:44:05.240 pretty small compared to Apple and Samsung, but it was 1:44:05.360 --> 1:44:10.000 just point oh one percent point no point one percent 1:44:10.040 --> 1:44:13.519 three years ago. Why are people buying the Pixel? All 1:44:13.600 --> 1:44:16.680 those Gemini AI ads you see, I mean, have you 1:44:16.680 --> 1:44:19.120 seen them? They're all during the sports games. It's like 1:44:19.160 --> 1:44:22.439 they compare the iPhone to vanilla ice cream. So people 1:44:22.479 --> 1:44:25.439 are apparently it's resonating with folks. I know it does 1:44:25.479 --> 1:44:26.880 every time I see when I go. Yeah, that's why 1:44:26.880 --> 1:44:29.680 I love the pixel so much. Okay, let's open up 1:44:29.680 --> 1:44:34.120 the feedbag. Kevin writes in I almost got caught by 1:44:34.120 --> 1:44:37.600 a really convincing scam pretending to be from one password. 1:44:37.640 --> 1:44:40.800 The email claim there was a security issue and asked 1:44:40.800 --> 1:44:43.840 me to download an important update. It even looked real, 1:44:43.960 --> 1:44:46.920 except it was sent to my old address. I realized 1:44:46.920 --> 1:44:48.920 something was off, so instead of clicking the link, I 1:44:48.960 --> 1:44:51.880 updated the app directly through one password itself. Turns out 1:44:51.880 --> 1:44:55.599 the fake update would have installed malware. Ooh, good catch, Kevin. 1:44:56.160 --> 1:44:59.000 Never click those links and emails. Always go directly to 1:44:59.040 --> 1:45:02.800 the source. Joseph says, as a tip fear listeners, I 1:45:02.880 --> 1:45:06.519 use the open vibe app to follow both blue Sky 1:45:06.680 --> 1:45:10.120 and mastad On in one feed. I use mastadon for 1:45:10.200 --> 1:45:13.040 tech people and blue sky for everyone else. Between the 1:45:13.080 --> 1:45:17.120 two sources, I've completely replaced my old Twitter feed, no ads, 1:45:17.120 --> 1:45:21.760 no tracking, and a clean chronological view. Great tip, Joseph, 1:45:21.800 --> 1:45:24.840 open Vibe. I checked it out. I personally have not 1:45:24.960 --> 1:45:28.599 been using any of the socials except Instagram and Facebook lately, 1:45:28.680 --> 1:45:31.680 so but maybe one day I'll go back on I know. 1:45:32.920 --> 1:45:36.520 Dan from Palmdale says, thanks for your info on iTunes 1:45:36.640 --> 1:45:39.120 match in your latest newsletter. I've got a ton of 1:45:39.200 --> 1:45:41.799 MP three's and CDs I'd love to listen to across 1:45:41.840 --> 1:45:44.559 my devices. Twenty five dollars a year is an ideal, 1:45:44.600 --> 1:45:47.800 but if it works, well, I'll try it. I wanted 1:45:47.840 --> 1:45:49.960 to say, I enjoy everything you do. I see you, 1:45:50.040 --> 1:45:53.240 I hear you, I read you. Keep up the good work. 1:45:53.560 --> 1:45:56.439 Also random question, Bobo, you got to hear this. Do 1:45:56.479 --> 1:46:00.479 you remember the wave radio station from the nineties. There 1:46:00.560 --> 1:46:02.800 was a song with the lyrics it goes up, it 1:46:02.840 --> 1:46:06.720 goes down, never touching the ground elevator with all the 1:46:06.800 --> 1:46:09.799 ladies going uptown. I've been searching for it for years. 1:46:10.520 --> 1:46:14.040 I do not know that song. Okay, well, maybe someone 1:46:14.120 --> 1:46:17.679 listening at that rings a bell. But Google, you would think, 1:46:18.360 --> 1:46:21.720 but I already searched it, couldn't find it. Uh if 1:46:21.720 --> 1:46:23.680 you know how to sing it? Google picks up on 1:46:23.680 --> 1:46:28.280 the melody. No I know, come on, sing it goes up, 1:46:28.520 --> 1:46:33.680 it goes down, never touching the ground elevator with all 1:46:33.920 --> 1:46:40.559 the ladies going up town. Daniel writes in about the 1:46:40.560 --> 1:46:43.519 floating bubbles fix we mentioned a couple weeks ago. I 1:46:43.520 --> 1:46:46.320 had the same messaging issue on my Samsung Galaxy z 1:46:46.400 --> 1:46:48.960 flip seven. Great phone, by the way, Thanks for the 1:46:49.000 --> 1:46:51.439 tip to turn off floating bubbles. I was wondering why 1:46:51.479 --> 1:46:55.960 my messaging was so screwy and discombobulated. Thanks for the tip, Daniel. 1:46:56.040 --> 1:46:57.640 That's what we are here for, and that's what I 1:46:57.680 --> 1:47:02.559 love about this show. But Don from the Redlands another 1:47:02.640 --> 1:47:05.800 Saturday and another newsletter from the tech Master. Keep it up. 1:47:05.880 --> 1:47:08.000 It's a huge world to cover, but you always managed 1:47:08.040 --> 1:47:11.320 to tackle what challenges us most. Okay, they butter me up. 1:47:11.320 --> 1:47:13.000 Now here comes the bad part. Now, I was just kidding. 1:47:13.680 --> 1:47:17.000 My wife's five year old Android phone stopped making sounds 1:47:17.040 --> 1:47:20.720 for calls and texts. She didn't get any notifications and 1:47:20.800 --> 1:47:26.160 later discovered eighteen unheard voicemails and a long list of 1:47:26.240 --> 1:47:29.880 unread messages. We thought the phone was failing. We use 1:47:29.920 --> 1:47:33.800 Consumer Cellular, which gets top marks in consumer reports. After 1:47:33.880 --> 1:47:37.040 visiting a few locations, we finally found a target store 1:47:37.080 --> 1:47:40.160 in Fontana with a real service counter. The young woman 1:47:40.200 --> 1:47:43.120 there couldn't have been more helpful. She discovered do not 1:47:43.320 --> 1:47:46.680 Disturb was turned on, which blocked all alerts, and she 1:47:46.760 --> 1:47:50.080 even installed a new simcard to help update the phone system. 1:47:50.640 --> 1:47:54.160 She ran diagnostics fixed everything and didn't charge a dime. 1:47:55.000 --> 1:47:58.080 It's rare these days to get such genuine, no cost 1:47:58.120 --> 1:48:01.479 help from someone who cares big for Consumer Cellular and 1:48:01.560 --> 1:48:05.280 for us older folks. Don that story warms my heart. Yes, 1:48:05.320 --> 1:48:08.000 there are still people out there that are doing amazing 1:48:08.080 --> 1:48:12.040 things that are there to help people, and just they're 1:48:12.120 --> 1:48:14.719 still out there and I love hearing that. So big 1:48:14.760 --> 1:48:17.759 win for Consumer Cellular. Thank you Don for sharing that story. 1:48:18.400 --> 1:48:21.320 Michael from Baltimore says, I came across your radio show 1:48:21.400 --> 1:48:24.479 on my drive home from Baltimore. It was very helpful 1:48:24.560 --> 1:48:28.000 and informative, much appreciated. Well, thank you, Michael. You know 1:48:28.040 --> 1:48:30.080 I get a bunch of calls a week. We don't 1:48:30.120 --> 1:48:33.439 necessarily talk about this, but this show does air in 1:48:33.600 --> 1:48:37.040 various places across the country. Right, if you listen to LA, 1:48:37.120 --> 1:48:39.200 you listen to New York City, you know it's there, 1:48:39.520 --> 1:48:42.439 but there's all these other places that it airs, and 1:48:42.800 --> 1:48:45.840 you know, we don't necessarily mention it. 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