WEBVTT - OnePlus 12 Smartphone & Mother of All Data Breaches 0:00:00.640 --> 0:00:03.920 The mother of all data breaches, What you need to 0:00:04.000 --> 0:00:08.680 know about how to protect your personal information, the new 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:12.319 iPhone security feature you should enable pretty much right now, 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:15.640 and why you might be able to file your taxes 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:20.680 for free for real this time. Plus your tech questions answered. 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:23.640 What's going on in Rich Dumiro And This is Rich 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:27.280 on Tech broadcasting live from Los Angeles, coast to coast. 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:29.800 This is the show where I talk about the tech 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:32.280 stuff I think you should know about. It's also the 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:37.520 place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:41.319 the tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:44.160 up the phone lines at triple eight Rich one oh one. 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:47.640 That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:50.040 zero one. Give me a call if you have a 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:53.640 question about technology. Email is also an option. Just go 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.760 to rich on Tech dot tv hit the link that 0:00:56.880 --> 0:01:00.440 says contact. We got some great guests on the show 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:03.959 this week. Juan Carlos Bagnell, some gadget guy on YouTube, 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:07.120 will join me to review the new one plus twelve 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.400 smartphone getting a lot of good reviews, and I think 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:12.000 his will be positive as well. 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:12.920 We'll hear from him. 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:17.840 Mitch Goldstone of scanmyphotos dot com is gonna explain how 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:21.839 small businesses can secure a portion of a five point 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:27.520 five billion dollar payment card settlement he helped secure and 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:31.560 I got the letter right to my house and it 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.040 says it's time to file your claim. So I will 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:37.840 explain why why he did that and how you can 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.560 get some money out of that. And John Faulkner of 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:44.960 Clean Fleet Report will join to review the Kia EV nine. 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:49.480 This is their new three row suv. Well it is 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:53.040 bring your wife to work day. Bobo brought Britney in, 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:57.080 his beautiful newlywed wife, so thanks for joining us here 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:59.920 in the studio. She might she may pick some mus 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.000 I picked the first song, so well, maybe let her 0:02:04.040 --> 0:02:08.359 pick something. Uh okay, So this is really wild. I 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:11.320 switched to the Samsung Galaxy S twenty four Ultra this 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.840 week to really put it through its paces. I don't 0:02:13.840 --> 0:02:15.480 do this very often. The last time I did it 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.480 was with the Pixel fold where I actually switch my 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.400 personal SIM card and phone number into the phone. And 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:25.240 it's kind of a big deal because it changes everything, right, 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:27.680 but I really wanted to see kind of like it's 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.440 been a while since I was in an Android and 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:31.280 I kind of wanted to see like day to day 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:33.600 what it was like, and it's been amazing. This phone 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:36.440 is really really impressive. When I say this is the 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:39.399 most powerful phone I've ever tested, it truly is. I mean, 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:44.120 the screen is just impeccable. The software I've even gotten 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:47.639 used to Samsung's little special flavor of one. UI have 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.760 gotten used to that it is fast. The antenna places 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.200 where my iPhone did not have a signal or work 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:59.880 very properly. This thing is just blazing fast. The powerful 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.560 nature of this thing is just really incredible. 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:02.760 Now. 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.920 I will say the one little issue I have with 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.960 it is I think the camera is good, but I 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:11.920 think it will be great when Samsung does a couple 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:16.280 software updates. And overall, very very happy with this phone. 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:18.799 I think it is their absolute best device they've put 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:21.880 out ever. The Circle to Search feature is just so 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:25.160 much fun. The little AI features not using them as much, 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:27.639 but the Circle to search is like it's just such 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:30.239 an incredible feature where you can scribble anything you want 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.360 on your screen, circle highlight whatever, and it will reverse 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:36.080 search that on Google. So if you're on like Instagram, whatever, 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.040 you want to see the shirt that someone's wearing, like 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:40.240 the brand, whatever, just circle it and you can buy it. 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:40.960 It's pretty cool. 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:44.120 The one thing I will say I've noticed about is 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:48.480 the the ecosystem that Apple has built. It is really 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.000 tough to get out of that. And I noticed it 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.920 with my chargers. They're all mag safe. My Apple Watch, 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.240 I can't wear that because of this thing. And so 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:58.640 it just goes to show the power of what Apple 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.040 has built. It is very tough for people to get 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.600 out of it. And not to mention the whole green 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:07.640 bubble thing. Let me read you a couple of actual 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.760 texts I got from people in the past couple of days. 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:15.680 Friend number one we texted and he wrote Android question mark. 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:18.320 I figured i'd spare you the complaining about the green 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:20.560 bubble and I said, yeah, I know, I'm testing the 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:24.720 new Samsung phone. Friend number two, Okay, thanks green bubbles. 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:27.480 And then he put a little emoji that I don't 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:28.880 know what it means, but it looked like it was 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:33.840 like two eyes looking off to the side. Acquaintance this oside, 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.520 I bobo said, Okay, side eye, that's what it is. Acquaintance. 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:39.120 I don't even really know this person. And we texted 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.000 a couple of times and she said, also, I noticed 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.760 your green bubble. I take it you're using the new phone. 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:49.800 Random person. Uh call screener Kim. This just happened a 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.599 couple of minutes ago. I didn't say anything, didn't prep 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:54.520 this at all. I just texted her from the green bubble. 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:59.000 She goes, also, you're turning my text green today. Ew 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:02.920 must be tech with that Samsung phone. And she made 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.800 me switch to WhatsApp. So, Kim, I love you, but 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:07.960 oh my gosh, this is what you have to deal with. 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:10.119 And so this is why I love doing this actually, 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:12.440 because I get to see what it's like to have to, 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:14.400 you know, put up with this stuff. 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:16.960 Anyway, it's all in good fun. 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.080 My friends know that's from time to time they will 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:21.880 see me text with a green bubble. It is all good. 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:26.800 But Apple, you really really created a division amongst folks 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:31.039 with this thing. Well. As the tech person, you know, 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:33.279 I am tech support for friends and family. I have 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.719 people that run into me on the street they say hi, 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:37.880 and the second question is like, hey, can I ask 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:39.680 you a question real quick? It's like it's like the 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:41.560 doctor at the party, right like can I show you 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.839 this rash? Like no, I'm trying to enjoy my night. 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:46.200 But that's what people do. They proceed to pull out 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.600 their phone and ask me to, you know, figure out something. 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.480 Well for family, of course, I've got a soft spot 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:54.160 in my heart. And so my mom, Well, let me 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:54.440 tell you. 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:54.800 First. 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.560 My son comes home this morning and goes, Dad, I 0:05:57.600 --> 0:05:59.320 need a new iPad. This one's all broken. I'm like, 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:01.080 what what do you mean? You need a new ipe? Yeah, 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.680 this doesn't work. Just Coulick, go get a new one. Like, no, no, no, 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:04.960 We're gonna figure out what's going. 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.120 On with the iPad. So sure enough, I take a look. 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.159 Everything's like all gobbledygook and this and that, and I said, look, 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:12.960 I looked at his storage. I said, dude, you're at 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:16.279 one hundred percent storage. Your iPad can't physically do anything 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:18.920 else because it's so filled up. And so it took 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:20.600 me a little bit. I figured out that cap cut 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.000 was using up all of his storage, cleared it out, 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.080 giving back his iPad. He's like, oh it works now. 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:26.680 I'm like, yeah, you just were ready to throw this 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:30.920 thing out. Then my mom I call my mom picking 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:32.400 up the kids on the way to school. Call my 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.400 mom just casually. She's like, oh, good thing you called. 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:37.320 I'm like, oh, why, Well, my phone. My TV's not working. 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:38.960 What do you mean your TV's not working? I would 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.120 just stop working. Well, what do you mean, Well it 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.160 comes on? But nothing comes on? I said, well is 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:44.960 your fire stick? You know, just got the Amazon fire 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:48.039 stick that I set up on a Roku TV, and 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:51.520 you know, sure enough, we go through this whole troubleshooting stuff. 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:53.760 And I don't know if you know, but like troubleshooting 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.720 from three thousand miles away with someone who is, you know, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:00.159 not necessarily tech savvy is not the easiest thing. So 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.159 she's pulling out the HDMI, she's pulling out the power cord, 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:04.480 and I have to make sure she gets all this 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:06.479 stuff back in. I can't figure it out. So what 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:09.279 I do. I go to my brother justin you're on 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:12.080 the line. This is my actual brother who I had 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:16.280 to bring in to actually help me with my mom's 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.320 set up. Did you help her get this set up? 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:21.120 Hey Rich greeting from Jersey. 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:26.200 Yes, greetings from New Jersey. So I had to turn 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.160 to you. So I was like the I guess I 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:30.800 was like, what do you do at the hospital when 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.760 they kind of like just they figure out like what's 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.600 wrong with you? They assess you the trioge I was 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:40.280 the triage, But you actually went to Mom's place and 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.400 figured out what was wrong with the firestick. 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:46.120 To be honest with you, I still don't know. I 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:48.440 tried everything. I swapped out the USB cable, I. 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:50.960 Tried the plug and the wall I moved that. 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:54.760 I tried changing the port on the HDMI port on 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:55.280 the TV. 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:57.320 Nothing would work. 0:07:57.360 --> 0:08:00.160 I think the actual stick is just dead or it's 0:08:00.240 --> 0:08:01.880 not accepting power for some reason. 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.880 Now you are a tech savvy person. Would a mere 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.640 mortal be able to figure out what you tried to 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:08.960 do with this fire stick? 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:14.160 I probably not. I mean she she couldn't, so I 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:14.600 don't know. 0:08:15.320 --> 0:08:18.320 I was impressed though she was able to pull the 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.520 power chords out yesterday, pull the uh she was likery. 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.080 I was trying to describe like the micro USB power 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:26.680 chord versus like HDMI, and I was like, I don't know, 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:28.920 like the small one that plugs into the side of 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:31.040 the fire TV versus the big one that plugs into 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:31.800 the back of the TV. 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:35.000 I mean, it's really complicated. What did you end up doing? 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:40.079 So I gave up on the fire sticks all together 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.640 at some point, and like, this thing's not working, so 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:44.600 she had, Like you said, she has a Roku TV. 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:46.400 I'm like, let me just download the apps that she 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:51.080 uses onto the TV directly. Let me tell you this 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:55.719 was a process what so it wasn't logged into what? 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:57.840 It wasn't logged into any Wi Fi? So I connected 0:08:57.840 --> 0:08:59.960 it to the Wi Fi. Then the first thing I asked, 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:03.360 before you can do anything, you have to update the TV. 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.559 I'm like, all right, fine, it hasn't been connected to 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.960 Wi Fi and whoever knows how long, so let me 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:12.240 let me do the update. Ten minutes later, comes back 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.440 and the Wi Fi is disconnected again. It must I 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:20.080 think it factory reset the TV. So I get it 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:21.559 back on my Wi Fi. And you know how much 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:23.559 of a pain it is to enter in all the 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:28.199 little password symbols through the control, the remote control. 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:29.720 So I do that. 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.360 Then I had to before I could do anything. Now, 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.920 I had to create a Roku account account. 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:39.600 And you sent me a screenshot of this. And what's 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.880 the first thing I said? Because you handed over all 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:43.480 of her personal information right. 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:47.280 Asked for was like her social her birth data, birth 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.600 her ads, like her full address, Like. 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.760 No, you're just kidding about the social but but look, 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.400 Roku is a data play. They're getting data right off 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.520 the top because they do make money on ads, and 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.280 so you put all that in in there and then 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.320 you download it all the apps, and I imagine you 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:06.200 crowdsource the passwords for the apps from various family members. 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:12.040 I contacted everybody I know, my sisters, my friends, my 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.600 ex boyfriends of sisters, all kinds of things, and I 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.480 finally got log into several different apps. 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.160 So now she's up and running. 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:22.360 And now she's using the remote that came with the TV, 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.920 So she's going from fire TV to Roco. 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.719 Right, But it doesn't even end there. The remote is 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:30.520 I don't know what happened to it, but the up 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:32.559 button doesn't really work that well, so you got to 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:34.360 click it like four times before it moves. 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.839 Ooh, that's not fun. All right, Well, it sounds like 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:38.480 we got to get our a new fire stick. So 0:10:38.720 --> 0:10:40.800 I bring you on and we got to go. But 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.640 I bring you on to say, is this stuff easy? 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.280 Like people call in this show every day. They're frustrated, 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:50.199 they're confused, they're tired of all this stuff. 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:51.840 Is technology easy? 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:57.120 No, definitely not. They've made it more complicated than it 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:00.640 needs to be in every possible way all right. 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:02.959 Justin DeMuro, thanks so much for joining me on the 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.599 show today. I appreciate you helping out and being my 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:10.280 my tech support army over there on the East Coast. 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:13.080 Thanks for having me on, all right. 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:14.559 Appreciate it all right. 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:17.760 Coming up on today's show, how Ai is ruining everything 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.440 in our world from Taylor Swift to the election. But 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.280 first it is your turn. Your call is coming up 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.520 next to Triple eight rich one on one. That's eight 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:29.280 eight eight seven four to two four to one zero one. 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:31.160 Give me a call if you have a question about technology. 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:33.720 My name is rich DeMuro and you are listening to 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:38.640 rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:42.280 DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at Triple 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:46.280 eight rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:51.160 four to two four one zero one. The website is 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:54.880 richon Tech dot tv. You can hit contact there to 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:57.840 submit a message for me or a note for the 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:01.599 show in the feedback segment. Let's see what else so 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:05.680 on Instagram, it's at rich on Tech. Let's go to 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:09.600 Jim in Claremont, California. Jim, you're on with Rich Hi. 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:09.920 Rich. 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.040 I heard that the new Android phone might have some 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:17.440 type of translation feature where you could speak to other 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.160 people that don't speak the same language. 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:20.440 Is that true or not? 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:25.599 Yeah? This is on the S twenty four series from Samsung. 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:29.200 They've got a couple of translation features and they're actually 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:33.199 really cool. So one of them will help you translate 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:36.960 phone calls. So you can make a phone call to someone, 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:38.520 and when you make a call to someone, there's a 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:41.800 little pop up that says call assist, and you can 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.400 tap that and it will basically translate the call in 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.720 real time, so you can speak your language, it will 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:51.760 detect the other language that the person's speaking. It will 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.080 listen to that and then translate it and play it 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.920 back in the language that you can understand, and you 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.000 can just have a back and forth conversation like that. 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:02.320 Is it perfect, No, but it's pretty good. I mean, 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:04.640 if you can imagine that, you can just call someone 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:07.720 in Japan. They can answer the phone a restaurant and 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:10.720 speak in Japanese and you can understand what they're saying, 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:13.280 and they can understand what you're saying, all because of 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:17.320 this middleman translation. That's pretty incredible. So that's one way 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:19.600 you can do it. The other translation feature they have 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:22.920 built in is in the text messaging app, and so 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:28.400 you can type a message and literally translate it. It'll 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:31.200 be translated in real time, so when that message arrives, 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:34.200 no matter what it says and what language, it will 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:36.720 figure that out and translate it into the language that 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.319 you understand. And then the third way that it can 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:43.800 translate things is with a translator app. And so when 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:46.280 you are sitting there talking to someone, it's a two 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:49.280 way app, so on your side of the screen it 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:51.439 has your language and on their side of the screen 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:54.960 it has their language, and then it translates back and forth. 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.040 And the neat thing they did here is that you 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:00.280 can hold the phone between you and one half of 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.400 the screen is sort of rotated so that they can 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:04.440 read the bottom half of the top half and you 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:06.280 could read the other side, so you don't have to 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:07.480 like flip the phone around. 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:08.680 And that was kind of the magic of that. 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:11.920 Because Google translates been around for a while, Apple has 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:14.319 their own translate app as well, but these are all 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:18.160 built into the Samsung Galaxy S twenty four series. They 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:22.400 are coming to the S twenty three series in the 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:24.440 next couple of months, they said, in the first six 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:28.320 months of the year, so if you have an S 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.520 twenty three, you can do that and they're really fun. 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:33.640 I mean, and it's got more than just that you 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.640 can translate text on screen. I mean, there's really a 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.200 lot Like our phone is getting to the point where 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:42.920 you can pretty much, you know, deal with any language 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.120 you want on this phone and it works. Jim, thanks 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:49.240 for the call today, and Clairemont appreciate that beautiful day 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:53.640 here in southern California. So a lot of people outside, 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:56.920 I guess enjoying the warm weather for the first time 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.920 before it rains again. All right, let me get through 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:04.240 two quick AI stories, because AI is incredible, but it's 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:10.280 also messing things up. So AI, these fake AI Taylor 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:14.400 Swift images are spreading across the internet. These are explicit 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:18.120 images that were generated using AI of Tailor Swift, and 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:21.120 as you can imagine, not very nice. People are not 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.040 happy about this. We haven't heard officially from Taylor about this, 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:28.080 but they were spreading on x formerly Twitter for a while, 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.280 read it and Facebook, and it took a while for 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.120 these things to get taken down. A lot of people 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.640 saw these images when they were searching for Taylor Swift 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:39.760 related things, and as you can imagine, not a good thing. 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:45.160 Apparently they stem from this toxic telegram group dedicated to 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:49.920 sharing abusive images of women. So you might be saying, well, 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:53.000 how did they generate these things, because these AI systems 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:55.360 don't they block this stuff? Well, yeah they do, but 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.760 people spend their entire day trying to figure out how 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:00.800 to get around these things. So they didn't necessarily say 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.680 make me an image of Taylor Swift. They used words 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:06.840 that might generate images similar to Taylor Swift. And then 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.800 somehow I haven't seen these, so I don't know what 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.960 they look like or what they were doing, but apparently 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:16.640 they were pretty bad. So this is not the first 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:18.120 time we're going to see this. This is not the 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:19.960 last time we're going to see this. This is going 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:23.560 to be this idea of a deep fake. We are 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:25.000 just going to see more and more of this and 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:28.720 it's going to get more and more real. And so 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:31.880 especially with celebrities people in the public light, you are 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:33.760 not going to be able to believe what you see 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.600 when you see those pictures. Then when it comes to 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:38.280 the election, we know that this is going to be 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:41.840 the election of AI and it is going to have 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.200 a huge impact in this election. With misinformation and all 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.760 kinds of stuff, whether it's pictures, whether it's videos, whether 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:52.560 it's audio. So we have the first AI generated audio 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:56.680 robo call. This happened in New Hampshire. It was purportedly 0:16:57.040 --> 0:17:00.680 President Biden urging Democrats not to vote in the primary. 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:04.760 And this call apparently was sent to a lot of 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.200 people they got it. I listened to it. It sounded 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:11.160 like Biden, and apparently they use this this eleven Labs 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:14.000 audio feature that basically you just need a couple of 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:18.080 minutes of people's voice to generate an AI voice, And 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:22.000 I thought this sounded very convincing. And the problem is 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:25.080 people are getting these calls. You don't know is it real? 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.359 Is it fake? Grobal calls are a part of the election, 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:29.760 So how do you know if this stuff is real? 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:31.720 How do you know if it's fake? You just have 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:34.880 to be on guard. Anything you see, anything you hear, 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:39.000 especially when it comes to celebrities election stuff, you might say, 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:41.600 wait a second, is that real? You just got to 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:44.960 think about it, because this AI stuff is really getting realistic. 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:47.560 Triple eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.280 four to two four one zero one. Coming up, We're 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:53.040 going to talk about the new one plus twelve smartphone 0:17:53.359 --> 0:17:56.440 getting a lot of accolades. You're listening to rich on Tech. 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.240 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich to me Zo 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:03.160 here hanging out with you talking technology at Triple eight 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.240 Rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:12.800 two four one zero one. It is quite the year 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:16.399 for smartphones. We just talked about the new Samsung Galaxy 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:20.520 S twenty four series. Uh, there's a new mint Pixel 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:23.080 phone which I'll talk about a little bit. But we 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:26.360 also have a new one plus phone, the one plus twelve, 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:29.640 and this is a powerhouse of a phone as well, 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:34.200 very different than the way Samsung approaches things. But joining 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:37.560 me to talk about this phone is onan Carlos Bagnell, 0:18:38.160 --> 0:18:41.080 some gadget guy on YouTube. I highly recommend that you 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:44.280 follow him there. He does great in depth reviews of 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:46.320 smartphones and also other things. 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:47.800 So one, thanks so much for joining me. 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:50.000 Yeah, I'm really stoked. 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:51.520 We need to make this a tradition because we got 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:53.400 to chat about the one plus eleven last year. 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:55.760 Oh my gosh was that last year that we did. 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:57.960 I did not even realize that when I called you up. 0:18:58.000 --> 0:18:59.520 I just watched your review and I was like, all right, 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:01.639 I gotta talk this guy about this because you know, 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:03.080 let me. 0:19:03.160 --> 0:19:05.160 You're absolutely right. We've got a lot of fun stuff 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:06.000 going on right now. 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.119 So this phone, you know, it's got the specks that 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:11.520 people love. It's got very high end specs up to 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:15.040 sixteen gigabytes a RAM. It's got a nice display, it's 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:18.320 got fast charging wired and wireless. It's got the you know, 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:21.600 four cameras that you want, Dolby at most. It's got 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:25.200 two colors, Silky Black and Flowy Emerald, and the price 0:19:25.400 --> 0:19:26.040 is so glad. 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:28.520 Yeah, I got I got the Flowy Emerald, and it's 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:29.720 a real pretty phone. 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:31.439 So yeah, this is definitely a looker. 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:34.359 Okay, so give me your impressions of this phone. So 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:39.000 it's under a thousand bucks so but well pretty. 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:40.320 Well under a thousand bucks too. 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:42.159 So right now, I mean, just like we know with 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.000 Samsung and these other companies, they love to come out 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:47.639 with like a pre order deal or some kind of 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:50.040 launch sale. And right now, the top of the line, 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:52.760 the sixteen gigs of RAM with five hundred and twelve 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:56.399 gigs of storage is at the base model price, so 0:19:56.560 --> 0:20:00.760 seven ninety nine in this early launch window. So this 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:04.600 is a really clear shot against phones like the S 0:20:04.640 --> 0:20:09.640 twenty four plus and the iPhone fifteen plus, but with some. 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:11.720 Of the hardware that kind of closes in a. 0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:15.240 Little bit more on the more premium pro and ultraphones, 0:20:15.280 --> 0:20:16.880 it's kind of split in the difference in a really 0:20:16.920 --> 0:20:17.520 exciting way. 0:20:17.880 --> 0:20:20.119 By the way, sixteen gigabytes of RAM, I mean, some 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:22.280 people don't have that on our laptop, and that's on 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:23.120 a phone. 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:27.280 Well, and I've been doing some technical deep dives, so 0:20:27.320 --> 0:20:29.919 I won't border your audience with the hard core nerd stuff. 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:33.679 But the more RAM we put in today, that's a 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:38.240 company's estimation on how valuable AI might be in the future. 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:41.520 The more AI you do on device, you need a 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:45.359 lot more RAM to power that AI. So one plus 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:48.040 the one plus version in China can come with twenty. 0:20:47.720 --> 0:20:50.399 Four gigs overth Oh wow, we know, yeah, we know. 0:20:50.440 --> 0:20:53.360 They're not tied into Google services and cloud services. They're 0:20:53.359 --> 0:20:56.119 going to be doing more on device, especially because a 0:20:56.119 --> 0:20:59.600 lot of areas don't have robust five G networks. So 0:21:00.040 --> 0:21:02.800 when we see these devices coming here having more RAM 0:21:02.880 --> 0:21:04.679 on the device, that's not going to do anything for 0:21:04.720 --> 0:21:07.000 your day to day phone use. But if you think 0:21:07.040 --> 0:21:09.680 AI might be a companion service for you in the future. 0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:11.840 This is sort of the promise of what's to come. 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:16.200 So in general, the hardware, display, the haptics, speakers STUF 0:21:16.720 --> 0:21:17.520 good on this thing. 0:21:17.720 --> 0:21:19.879 Chier very very good. 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:22.879 So one plus is moving up the food chain. The 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:25.760 one plus eleven was a nice sort of balance of 0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:29.520 budget and compromises. There really are no compromises here. These 0:21:29.600 --> 0:21:33.199 are extremely competitive cameras. I think they're better cameras than 0:21:33.240 --> 0:21:37.440 what are on the iPhone fifteen non pro and the 0:21:37.480 --> 0:21:41.320 Galaxy S twenty four non Ultra. But the screen gets 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:46.080 brighter than any other phone that's been released in North America. 0:21:45.119 --> 0:21:49.159 The battery is larger, but even though the battery is 0:21:49.240 --> 0:21:54.520 larger than even the most expensive Samsung, it charges substantially faster. 0:21:54.720 --> 0:21:58.359 Their charge standard on this phone can go from completely 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:02.199 empty to completely full in roughly thirty three minutes. 0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:05.439 Wow, So that's eighty that's the eighty watt fast charging. 0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:06.960 That's the eighty watt fast charging. 0:22:07.000 --> 0:22:09.080 And then you you also mentioned they do have a 0:22:09.920 --> 0:22:12.960 it's a unique standard for them, but it is a 0:22:13.119 --> 0:22:17.280 wireless fast charging that can charge faster wirelessly than a 0:22:17.320 --> 0:22:20.040 Samsung or an Apple can charge plugged in with a cable. 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:24.160 So they're not going light this This phone is coming 0:22:24.200 --> 0:22:27.680 out swinging and it's an aggressive play at this kind 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:29.160 of performance per dollar. 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:31.400 Yeah, that's kind of what I always think of when 0:22:31.440 --> 0:22:33.000 it comes to one plus. It's like if you want 0:22:33.040 --> 0:22:35.280 to spend your money and get like a lot for 0:22:35.320 --> 0:22:37.879 your money, like you're getting you know, you might not 0:22:37.880 --> 0:22:40.320 be getting the best camera on the pro phones that 0:22:40.359 --> 0:22:42.639 we see out there, but you're getting a really good camera. 0:22:42.680 --> 0:22:44.879 And I feel like really good camera. The cameras have 0:22:44.920 --> 0:22:47.240 gotten better too. But tell me a little bit about 0:22:47.240 --> 0:22:49.160 one plus, like in general, like if you know, cause 0:22:49.200 --> 0:22:51.399 dec you don't. I don't think you see ads on 0:22:51.480 --> 0:22:54.840 TV for one plus like you put Samsung, Apple and Pixel. 0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:58.359 So one plus is a subsidiary of a larger brand 0:22:58.920 --> 0:23:02.880 internationally named Opo, and this is their arm that they 0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:05.480 sell in certain regions. And they made a lot of 0:23:05.520 --> 0:23:09.280 waves early on in the company's history, before they were 0:23:09.280 --> 0:23:13.400 directly under Opo, they were this kind of flagship flagship 0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:18.199 killer rebel brand, so really really low cost devices that 0:23:18.240 --> 0:23:22.240 were like sixty percent of your premium tier phone, but 0:23:22.280 --> 0:23:23.320 you spent a lot less. 0:23:23.640 --> 0:23:26.160 Over time, they've kind of matured into. 0:23:25.960 --> 0:23:29.720 More of just a direct premium handset maker, and for 0:23:29.760 --> 0:23:32.000 a while they were showing up in T Mobile stores. 0:23:32.000 --> 0:23:34.439 They had a carrier partnership with T Mobile that ended 0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:38.320 in between the ten and the eleven, where I think 0:23:38.400 --> 0:23:42.600 the brand, especially OPO, was looking at their footprint internationally 0:23:42.600 --> 0:23:44.880 where they were really selling phones, and it didn't make 0:23:44.920 --> 0:23:48.040 a lot of sense to build phones to carrier specs 0:23:48.320 --> 0:23:50.080 and then just have them sit on store shelves like 0:23:50.119 --> 0:23:51.480 this is one of those brands you would see in 0:23:51.520 --> 0:23:55.200 the dusty back corner of a carrier store. They weren't 0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:58.840 paying to really put them up right next to Samsung's 0:23:58.840 --> 0:23:59.400 and Apples. 0:24:00.200 --> 0:24:01.680 They've they've kind of scaled back on. 0:24:01.640 --> 0:24:04.120 That operation, but this is still uh they've still got 0:24:04.160 --> 0:24:06.560 relationships in North America distribution. These are going to be 0:24:06.560 --> 0:24:09.040 showing up in Best buys if you want to play 0:24:09.040 --> 0:24:13.480 with them, Yeah, that's gonna be really exciting. Is I'm 0:24:13.520 --> 0:24:15.639 not every best buy unfortunately, but you will see some 0:24:15.680 --> 0:24:17.359 of these start to show up where you can actually 0:24:17.359 --> 0:24:18.880 handle them and look at them and play with them 0:24:18.880 --> 0:24:21.679 before you have to commit money into ordering one. But 0:24:21.880 --> 0:24:24.240 this is a new strategy. OPO is saying, we're going 0:24:24.280 --> 0:24:27.320 to go very very marginly. We're going to sell the 0:24:27.359 --> 0:24:29.679 most aggressive technologies that we can get our hands on. 0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:32.639 We're gonna cut prices as much as we can, and 0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:35.359 in a way, I bet you they are probably balancing 0:24:35.359 --> 0:24:39.159 out some of those costs against their previous carrier relationships. 0:24:39.280 --> 0:24:43.520 So this is a very exciting strategy for a brand 0:24:43.560 --> 0:24:47.240 that has consistently delivered very good value for the money 0:24:47.640 --> 0:24:49.960 and now trying to push that strategy even a little 0:24:49.960 --> 0:24:50.399 bit further. 0:24:50.720 --> 0:24:52.679 All Right, So the camera, that's the thing that everyone 0:24:52.680 --> 0:24:55.040 wants to know about. How are the cameras on this. 0:24:55.800 --> 0:24:57.280 These are so good? 0:24:58.119 --> 0:25:02.480 One plus has stepped up significant. This is the fourth generation. 0:25:02.800 --> 0:25:06.360 They're saying Hasselblad. They have a partnership with the photography 0:25:06.359 --> 0:25:09.160 company Hasselblad, the company that sent cameras to the Moon. 0:25:10.400 --> 0:25:12.960 So every single time we see one of these pairings, 0:25:13.000 --> 0:25:16.120 the phone camera just gets better, like a Zeiss even 0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:17.160 back in the day Schneider. 0:25:17.560 --> 0:25:19.400 So these sensors are some. 0:25:19.359 --> 0:25:22.639 Of the most bleeding edge sensors for the types of 0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:26.280 photography that we see in a phone. This is the 0:25:26.400 --> 0:25:29.960 newest stacked sensor from Sony that's coming in for the 0:25:30.000 --> 0:25:32.880 main camera sensor. There's a new omni vision, so it's 0:25:32.920 --> 0:25:36.440 not the furthest reach, but the telephoto is a very 0:25:36.600 --> 0:25:40.040 big sensor that is excellent. It's soaking up light, so 0:25:41.040 --> 0:25:44.600 an older Galaxy could reach farther across the soccer field 0:25:44.640 --> 0:25:47.000 when your kids are playing in sunshine. But this is 0:25:47.040 --> 0:25:49.080 the kind of sensor that is really good at taking 0:25:49.160 --> 0:25:53.200 like a fun candid indoors right. The image doesn't fall apart. 0:25:53.240 --> 0:25:55.840 You can still catch a moment of people laughing or hugging. 0:25:56.080 --> 0:25:58.679 You're not shoving your phone right into their face to 0:25:58.800 --> 0:26:01.080 try and get like this moment and distract from what's 0:26:01.160 --> 0:26:05.000 going on. It's a really good candid lifestyle kind of 0:26:05.000 --> 0:26:08.520 photography solution. And the Ultra Wide is similarly a very 0:26:08.600 --> 0:26:12.359 high resolution, high performance sensor. So I would still say 0:26:12.359 --> 0:26:15.520 like an iPhone Pro or a Galaxy Ultra is likely 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:19.119 going to outperform this phone, but at hundreds of dollars more. 0:26:19.520 --> 0:26:21.240 And when you put this up against the phones that 0:26:21.320 --> 0:26:24.680 cost the same from Apple and Samsung, these cameras are 0:26:24.800 --> 0:26:28.360 noticeable improvements in terms of hardware the physics of how 0:26:28.400 --> 0:26:31.800 we capture and play with light. One plus has the 0:26:31.920 --> 0:26:35.280 win in the sub one thousand dollars but still premium 0:26:35.320 --> 0:26:36.520 category of phones. 0:26:36.600 --> 0:26:40.040 This year, anything that you don't like about this device, 0:26:40.080 --> 0:26:42.840 any red flags, anything people should be aware of. 0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:46.480 I think that kind of goes back a little bit 0:26:46.560 --> 0:26:52.040 more to the company's relationship in North America with consumers 0:26:52.200 --> 0:26:55.240 and some of their branding strategy, Like the one Plus 0:26:55.320 --> 0:26:57.960 ten had a PRO version and a T version. The 0:26:58.000 --> 0:27:00.720 one Plus eleven just came out on its own. The 0:27:00.760 --> 0:27:02.760 one plus twelve is coming out with a twelve and 0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:05.199 a twelve R. If you really try to follow the 0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:08.000 roadmap of what one plus devices have been, it's really 0:27:08.040 --> 0:27:11.000 confusing to know which phone am I getting. Am I 0:27:11.000 --> 0:27:13.080 getting the best phone that they offer? Am I getting 0:27:13.080 --> 0:27:15.840 the nicer phone? Am I getting the more budget friendly phone. 0:27:15.920 --> 0:27:18.399 You can look at the price tags, obviously, but I 0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:22.640 feel like that is part of the education. That's part 0:27:22.720 --> 0:27:25.359 of the on ramping to someone who's considering one of 0:27:25.400 --> 0:27:27.880 these is you do kind of need to do your 0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:30.840 own research. It's not as established as iPhone, iPhone fifteen, 0:27:30.880 --> 0:27:35.040 iPhone fifteen Pro, Galaxy S Series twenty four to twenty 0:27:35.040 --> 0:27:37.920 four plus Ultra. We kind of understand this a little 0:27:37.920 --> 0:27:41.240 bit better. But when I go dollar for dollar, there 0:27:41.400 --> 0:27:45.160 really isn't anything I find on an iPhone fifteen plus 0:27:45.280 --> 0:27:48.440 or an S twenty four plus that I would recommend. 0:27:48.960 --> 0:27:52.600 There's better screen tech, better charging tech, longer battery life, 0:27:52.800 --> 0:27:56.920 bigger battery, better camera sensors. One plus has a very 0:27:57.000 --> 0:27:59.560 very clear shot at I think what is the weakest 0:27:59.640 --> 0:28:03.000 segment of Apple and Samsung currently, Apple and Samsung doing 0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:06.800 way better Above one thousand dollars. One plus is seeing 0:28:06.800 --> 0:28:09.199 a clear opportunity to kind of hit Apple and Samsung 0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:10.320 where they're most vulnerable. 0:28:11.119 --> 0:28:13.600 All right, we're gonna leave it there. One plus twelve 0:28:14.000 --> 0:28:16.600 coming in at seven hundred ninety nine dollars available on 0:28:16.680 --> 0:28:19.159 February six. You can do a pre order now, and 0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:20.879 they've got some deals. You can check them out at 0:28:20.880 --> 0:28:24.000 a best Buy as well. One Carlos Bagnew, thanks so 0:28:24.080 --> 0:28:25.040 much for joining me today. 0:28:25.640 --> 0:28:28.240 Yeah, pleasure, and I'll make sure to leave a spot 0:28:28.280 --> 0:28:31.200 on my calendar for the one plus thirteen planning ahead. 0:28:31.240 --> 0:28:31.720 I like it. 0:28:32.480 --> 0:28:37.040 Go follow on some gadget guy on YouTube, some gadget 0:28:37.080 --> 0:28:39.440 guy on YouTube. All right, if we're on a link 0:28:39.480 --> 0:28:42.000 to that phone, Rich on tech dot TV, coming up, 0:28:42.040 --> 0:28:44.880 more of your calls, Triple eight Rich one on one plus. 0:28:44.920 --> 0:28:48.160 I'm gonna tell you about the mother of all data breaches. 0:28:48.440 --> 0:28:49.440 What you need to know. 0:28:53.160 --> 0:28:56.080 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 0:28:56.120 --> 0:28:59.640 out with you, talking technology at Triple eight Rich one 0:28:59.680 --> 0:29:02.200 on one and that's eight eight eight seven four to 0:29:02.200 --> 0:29:07.640 two four one zero one. Playing some Michael Jackson songs 0:29:07.680 --> 0:29:11.280 this weekend because last weekend, after the show, I went 0:29:11.320 --> 0:29:15.640 and saw the MJ play. It was great, but it 0:29:15.680 --> 0:29:17.960 was raining, And I'll tell you this is how people 0:29:17.960 --> 0:29:20.120 get scammed. Had nothing to do with the play. We 0:29:20.120 --> 0:29:22.560 had a great time at the play, but it can 0:29:22.640 --> 0:29:26.760 happen to anyone. And I the main thing when you're 0:29:26.760 --> 0:29:29.720 getting scammed is that you're under some sort of pressure, 0:29:29.960 --> 0:29:33.440 whether it's time, whether it's money, whether it is someone 0:29:33.480 --> 0:29:35.920 else telling you to do something. And so that sort 0:29:35.920 --> 0:29:38.000 of happened to us, and we did end up getting 0:29:38.000 --> 0:29:40.880 scammed in a huge way. But I'll explain basically, after 0:29:40.920 --> 0:29:43.520 the play, trying to get a ride home, right called 0:29:43.560 --> 0:29:47.560 the Uber Uber circling around. It's pouring in Los Angeles. 0:29:47.600 --> 0:29:51.000 Now La shuts down when it rains because people here 0:29:51.040 --> 0:29:52.520 do not know how to deal with the rain. We 0:29:52.560 --> 0:29:54.880 don't have umbrellas, we don't have boots, we have nothing. 0:29:54.920 --> 0:29:57.280 We were wearing shorts and flip flops most of the time, 0:29:57.840 --> 0:30:00.440 and so when it rains it gets pretty wild anyway, 0:30:00.480 --> 0:30:02.840 So I was under pressure after this play ended. As 0:30:02.880 --> 0:30:05.280 you can imagine, there's thousands of people spilling out onto 0:30:05.280 --> 0:30:08.360 the streets of Hollywood Boulevard and I can't meet up 0:30:08.360 --> 0:30:10.160 with the car. And my wife is like, what's going on? 0:30:10.200 --> 0:30:13.080 What's happening? And I'm not blaming her, but it's like 0:30:13.080 --> 0:30:14.520 one of these things where you want to get home 0:30:14.560 --> 0:30:16.280 like you're done, you know, and so. 0:30:17.920 --> 0:30:19.880 The car is not. I'm just not linking up with 0:30:19.920 --> 0:30:20.320 the uber. 0:30:20.440 --> 0:30:22.880 So I see this taxi at the at the curb 0:30:22.880 --> 0:30:24.160 and I'm like, you know what, let's just get in 0:30:24.200 --> 0:30:27.000 the taxi. So we jump in the taxi. It's pouring rain, 0:30:27.040 --> 0:30:30.240 we're soaked, and we start on our way home. And 0:30:30.440 --> 0:30:32.280 about three minutes into the ride, my wife is like, 0:30:32.840 --> 0:30:36.480 where's the meter. I'm like, oh, no, there's no meter, 0:30:37.080 --> 0:30:40.000 there's no sign it was it was a taxi, but 0:30:40.080 --> 0:30:43.160 I think the person was off duty and just picking 0:30:43.240 --> 0:30:44.760 up rides, and so I was like, oh no, we're 0:30:44.800 --> 0:30:46.360 going to be taken here, Like I have no idea 0:30:46.400 --> 0:30:48.880 how much this ride's going to be whatever, you know, 0:30:48.920 --> 0:30:51.640 are they going to request cash, I don't know. So 0:30:51.880 --> 0:30:54.400 long story short, we got home safely, which was my 0:30:54.520 --> 0:30:57.520 main goal. The ride ended up being about three times 0:30:57.560 --> 0:31:00.360 the price of the Uber, but I was perfectly fine 0:31:00.400 --> 0:31:04.160 with that because we were home safe. But my lesson 0:31:04.440 --> 0:31:07.800 learned is that when you're under pressure, that's when you 0:31:07.840 --> 0:31:10.080 are susceptible to being scammed. When you're trying to do 0:31:10.120 --> 0:31:14.000 something fast, you're doing something hasty, stop and think. Because 0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:15.560 if I would have thought like why is there no 0:31:15.640 --> 0:31:17.240 light on this car? And when I get in, why 0:31:17.280 --> 0:31:19.440 is there no meter in this car? Those would have 0:31:19.440 --> 0:31:21.960 been two red flags that would have made me get 0:31:22.000 --> 0:31:22.520 out of that car. 0:31:22.640 --> 0:31:23.080 Knock, get in. 0:31:24.320 --> 0:31:26.800 Let's go to Lauren in San Diego. Lauren, you're on 0:31:26.840 --> 0:31:28.040 with Rich. Welcome to the show. 0:31:28.640 --> 0:31:30.840 How did you and you love your lovely wife? Like 0:31:31.360 --> 0:31:33.200 like the taxi ride I gave you last week? 0:31:33.600 --> 0:31:35.960 That was you great? Well, you are a great driver. 0:31:36.920 --> 0:31:37.959 Do you want to tax you? 0:31:37.960 --> 0:31:38.480 Just kidding you? 0:31:39.040 --> 0:31:44.240 One quick question, Rich, would you recommend key mobile five 0:31:44.320 --> 0:31:47.400 G home Internet to just the power of one of 0:31:48.080 --> 0:31:51.000 device That would be a thirty two inch Samsung Smart TV. 0:31:51.360 --> 0:31:54.000 I like to watch the two b TV movies and 0:31:54.200 --> 0:31:57.400 like YouTube movies, documentaries and I think also. 0:31:57.120 --> 0:31:58.600 A game show like Match. 0:31:58.360 --> 0:32:01.800 Game with jeene Ate Burn and Charles Nelson Riley. 0:32:01.480 --> 0:32:02.520 Would you recommend that? 0:32:03.320 --> 0:32:04.240 Should that work out? 0:32:04.280 --> 0:32:04.720 Per month? 0:32:05.080 --> 0:32:07.680 Just just well, what do you what do you have 0:32:07.800 --> 0:32:08.240 right now? 0:32:09.200 --> 0:32:09.520 Nothing? 0:32:10.040 --> 0:32:12.080 No internet whatsoever? Just a smartphone? 0:32:12.200 --> 0:32:12.520 Okay? 0:32:12.720 --> 0:32:14.000 And what brand is your phone? 0:32:14.000 --> 0:32:14.080 Like? 0:32:14.120 --> 0:32:15.400 What what carrier are you on? 0:32:16.120 --> 0:32:16.720 AT and T? 0:32:16.960 --> 0:32:18.400 And I have a Samstung smart. 0:32:18.400 --> 0:32:19.800 Okay, you're on AT and T. So do you know 0:32:19.840 --> 0:32:21.280 if T Mobile works at your home? 0:32:22.320 --> 0:32:23.960 No idea, I take it it does. 0:32:24.280 --> 0:32:26.440 Okay, Well, are you in like a main area? 0:32:27.120 --> 0:32:30.160 Yes, okay, all right, so in that case, I would 0:32:30.200 --> 0:32:33.080 recommend this. It's it's not as cheap as it was. 0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:36.480 They have raised the prices recently, but it's a great 0:32:36.480 --> 0:32:39.680 way to uh, you know, to get internet quickly at 0:32:39.720 --> 0:32:42.840 your house. There are two other services. You have T 0:32:43.000 --> 0:32:46.800 Mobile Home Internet and also Verizon has their own home Internet, 0:32:47.160 --> 0:32:50.360 and then AT and T has one which I'm trying 0:32:50.360 --> 0:32:53.239 to remember what's it called, like Airplay or something like that. 0:32:53.560 --> 0:32:55.520 I can't remember what the name of THEIRS is, but 0:32:55.840 --> 0:32:58.920 THEIRS is not available in many locations. But let me 0:32:58.960 --> 0:33:01.520 see AT and T five G Home Internet. I gotta 0:33:01.520 --> 0:33:04.080 find out what this name is. Internet Air there it 0:33:04.160 --> 0:33:07.320 is AT and T Internet Air. So I would go 0:33:07.440 --> 0:33:09.600 on the web and I would check all three of these. 0:33:09.600 --> 0:33:12.960 I'm sure you're getting targeted ads for this T Mobile one, 0:33:12.960 --> 0:33:15.520 which is just fine. But the main thing is if 0:33:15.520 --> 0:33:18.000 you don't have a good wireless signal at your home, 0:33:18.320 --> 0:33:21.200 it's not going to be that good. So the good 0:33:21.240 --> 0:33:23.920 news is none of these have contracts, so you can 0:33:24.160 --> 0:33:26.240 call up you can get this thing shipped to your house. 0:33:26.280 --> 0:33:29.200 It's basically plug and play. You plug it in your window, 0:33:29.480 --> 0:33:31.720 it pulls in that signal and then it broadcasts that 0:33:31.760 --> 0:33:34.240 signal out as a so it takes in a cellular 0:33:34.280 --> 0:33:37.160 signal and converts that into a Wi Fi signal that 0:33:37.200 --> 0:33:40.560 you would then connect this TV too. So that's what 0:33:40.600 --> 0:33:43.040 I would recommend. See which one I would start with 0:33:43.080 --> 0:33:45.240 AT and T just because your service is through AT 0:33:45.320 --> 0:33:47.240 and T and you know it works. So I would 0:33:47.320 --> 0:33:49.719 check to see if their Internet Air is available at 0:33:49.760 --> 0:33:52.920 your location. It is in very limited areas so it 0:33:52.960 --> 0:33:54.880 may not be, but I would check to see if 0:33:54.920 --> 0:33:57.480 that one's available first. Then I would move on to 0:33:57.880 --> 0:34:01.480 Verizon T Mobile to a price check, see which one 0:34:01.640 --> 0:34:04.160 is cheaper for what you get and the speed you 0:34:04.200 --> 0:34:07.120 get and I think as far as this powering what 0:34:07.200 --> 0:34:09.759 you want to do, which is just stream stuff on 0:34:09.800 --> 0:34:12.560 your TV, it will absolutely work one hundred percent. So 0:34:12.680 --> 0:34:14.880 if you're streaming stuff on your phone already, it's the 0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:17.480 same thing, it's the same signal. It'll just be on 0:34:17.760 --> 0:34:21.319 your big screen TV. So good question, Lauren, Thanks for 0:34:21.800 --> 0:34:26.000 calling in today from San Diego. Let's see we got 0:34:26.000 --> 0:34:31.720 an email question here. Let's see. Jay says, I would 0:34:31.719 --> 0:34:34.319 like to connect my mom's phone remotely to assist her 0:34:34.320 --> 0:34:36.680 with installing apps or guide her on how to use 0:34:36.680 --> 0:34:38.480 the phone. Is there a free app that we can use. 0:34:38.560 --> 0:34:41.480 What would be your suggestion? She has a Samsung Galaxy 0:34:41.560 --> 0:34:45.839 A fourteen. Thank you, Jy. I would recommend the free 0:34:45.880 --> 0:34:50.239 app called team Viewer. Team Viewer they make an Android app. 0:34:50.280 --> 0:34:53.959 They also make an app for basically every platform, whether 0:34:54.000 --> 0:34:57.120 it is Windows, whether it's Mac Os, whether it's Linux, Chrome, 0:34:57.640 --> 0:34:59.880 Raspberry Pie. You know what that is Android and I 0:35:00.960 --> 0:35:05.080 so you can download this for free. It's a paid 0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:08.040 service if you're a company, but for personal it is free. 0:35:08.440 --> 0:35:10.880 And so if you just type in team Viewer Android 0:35:10.920 --> 0:35:12.880 on Google, you can search it. You can install that 0:35:12.960 --> 0:35:15.480 on her phone. Then you can install it on your desktop, 0:35:15.760 --> 0:35:18.080 and what you do is you basically there is a 0:35:18.080 --> 0:35:20.920 special code that the app will generate on her phone. 0:35:21.320 --> 0:35:23.600 You ask her for that code and you can log 0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:25.840 in from your device and basically take over the screen. 0:35:26.040 --> 0:35:29.040 And that should work with no problems. That's the app 0:35:29.040 --> 0:35:32.320 that I use for my mom's computer and it works 0:35:32.440 --> 0:35:34.239 just fine. And of course you have to do it 0:35:34.239 --> 0:35:38.200 with their permission, and there's like a one time access 0:35:38.320 --> 0:35:41.920 or you can link them up permanently and have more access. 0:35:43.000 --> 0:35:45.840 Thanks for the email, and let me tell you about this. 0:35:45.920 --> 0:35:49.239 The mother of all data breaches. Massive data breach with 0:35:49.320 --> 0:35:52.720 twenty six billion records was discovered Onlines, probably the largest 0:35:52.760 --> 0:35:56.040 data leak in history. Not necessarily new, but it was 0:35:56.040 --> 0:35:59.000 compiled from thousands of previous breaches. So they took all 0:35:59.000 --> 0:36:00.799 this information that was flowing around. They put it into 0:36:00.840 --> 0:36:08.680 one megaaload usernames, passwords, emails, phone numbers from places like LinkedIn, Twitter, Tencent, MySpace. 0:36:09.360 --> 0:36:10.759 Uh, what do you need to know? 0:36:11.280 --> 0:36:13.560 You need to know that you should not be reusing 0:36:13.560 --> 0:36:17.799 your passwords and enable multi factor authentication. There is a 0:36:17.840 --> 0:36:20.719 website cybernews dot com which will allow you to put 0:36:20.719 --> 0:36:22.480 in your phone number or your email and it will 0:36:22.480 --> 0:36:24.760 tell you if it's part of this breach. I recommend 0:36:24.760 --> 0:36:27.600 you do that. If it is, change those passwords. This 0:36:27.920 --> 0:36:32.120 is rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:36:32.320 --> 0:36:35.960 Rich DeMuro here talking technology with you at triple eight 0:36:36.239 --> 0:36:38.839 Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four 0:36:38.800 --> 0:36:42.600 to two four one zero one. This is the show 0:36:42.640 --> 0:36:44.279 where I talk about the tech stuff I think you 0:36:44.280 --> 0:36:46.480 should know about. It's also the place where I answer 0:36:46.680 --> 0:36:51.840 your questions. Coming up this hour. Mitch Goldstone of scanmyphotos 0:36:51.880 --> 0:36:52.319 dot com. 0:36:53.120 --> 0:36:53.239 Uh. 0:36:53.320 --> 0:36:55.200 Not only does he run a small business, but he 0:36:55.239 --> 0:37:00.319 actually helps secure five point five billion dollars in a 0:37:00.400 --> 0:37:05.480 settlement about how payment cards are processed with small businesses. 0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:08.480 So you might have gotten an envelope in the mail 0:37:08.840 --> 0:37:11.040 if you run a small business that says you can 0:37:11.080 --> 0:37:13.319 claim your share of the five point five billion dollar 0:37:13.360 --> 0:37:17.040 settlement if you accepted Visa or MasterCard from January first, 0:37:17.080 --> 0:37:19.880 two thousand and four through January twenty fifth, twenty nineteen, 0:37:20.280 --> 0:37:21.959 and you might have thrown you might have be ready 0:37:22.000 --> 0:37:23.359 to throw it out and say, wait, this is probably 0:37:23.440 --> 0:37:23.879 junk mail. 0:37:23.920 --> 0:37:24.319 No it's not. 0:37:25.040 --> 0:37:27.799 He will explain what that's all about and how he 0:37:28.440 --> 0:37:32.120 won that much money from these credit card processing companies. 0:37:33.800 --> 0:37:37.040 I finished watching Killers of the Flower Moon. This is 0:37:37.080 --> 0:37:41.040 a epic three plus hour movie that's trying to get 0:37:41.040 --> 0:37:46.000 through all the Academy Award nominees, and this, I think 0:37:46.040 --> 0:37:48.560 takes the cake as the most paused movie I've ever 0:37:48.600 --> 0:37:50.600 watched in my life because it was three hours and 0:37:50.640 --> 0:37:53.320 thirty minutes or something like that, and with two kids 0:37:53.360 --> 0:37:57.640 and two jobs and a wife and some other things 0:37:57.680 --> 0:37:59.920 happening in the world, I can't sit in front of 0:38:00.080 --> 0:38:03.440 a TV for that amount of time without getting up 0:38:03.480 --> 0:38:05.600 and pausing, and so I think I paused this movie 0:38:05.600 --> 0:38:10.120 probably like thirty seven times, also over two days. But 0:38:10.200 --> 0:38:13.280 I did switch to a new app for my movie watching, 0:38:13.360 --> 0:38:15.759 and I think that you should check it out. It 0:38:15.840 --> 0:38:18.799 is called just Watch, and I was using one called 0:38:18.840 --> 0:38:22.520 Real Good r ee L g oo D, but I 0:38:22.560 --> 0:38:25.359 find that just Watch is actually kind of easier, and 0:38:25.560 --> 0:38:27.640 I'm really digging it. I haven't paid for the pro 0:38:28.239 --> 0:38:31.480 they give you everything for free, but there's one pro 0:38:31.520 --> 0:38:34.439 feature that's actually kind of nice, and it lets you 0:38:34.480 --> 0:38:38.640 sort your movie list like your little watch list, by time, 0:38:38.840 --> 0:38:40.960 like the run time, So if you only have, like 0:38:41.000 --> 0:38:42.640 you know, if you're Friday night, you don't feel like 0:38:42.719 --> 0:38:44.960 staying up very long. You want to see the shortest 0:38:44.960 --> 0:38:47.200 movie on your list, you can sort it by runtime, 0:38:47.600 --> 0:38:49.360 but they charge you two dollars and fifty cents a 0:38:49.360 --> 0:38:51.160 month for that, so I subscribe for a couple of 0:38:51.200 --> 0:38:54.600 months just to you know, why not right anyway, the 0:38:54.600 --> 0:38:57.520 app is called just Watch. And if you know me, 0:38:57.600 --> 0:38:59.240 if you listen to this show, you know I refuse 0:38:59.320 --> 0:39:02.279 to watch any movie that that are not streaming on 0:39:02.280 --> 0:39:04.120 one of my services because I pay for so many 0:39:04.200 --> 0:39:08.400 of them. So I've got all of the Academy Award 0:39:08.520 --> 0:39:11.360 movies on my little list here, and it tells me 0:39:11.400 --> 0:39:14.040 where they're playing and if they're playing for free. So 0:39:14.080 --> 0:39:16.000 I think next up is going to be The Holdovers 0:39:16.040 --> 0:39:19.319 because that's on Peacock, and so I can watch that 0:39:19.360 --> 0:39:22.719 for free since I pay for Peacock. Let's go to 0:39:23.520 --> 0:39:27.719 Let's go to Stanley in Bettsville, Ohio. 0:39:27.880 --> 0:39:29.200 Stanley are On with Rich. 0:39:29.920 --> 0:39:33.840 Hello rich On Tech. Hello, Hello from the Great Lakes 0:39:33.880 --> 0:39:34.920 region of America. 0:39:36.040 --> 0:39:39.200 How is it there? Is it cold? 0:39:40.040 --> 0:39:40.239 Well? 0:39:40.280 --> 0:39:44.120 It's forty okay, well not nice cold, but dreary, rainy 0:39:44.160 --> 0:39:45.440 and snow tomorrow. 0:39:45.640 --> 0:39:46.400 Okay, well. 0:39:47.760 --> 0:39:52.279 Wait, my friend, yeah, anyway, my question, Rich is I've 0:39:52.320 --> 0:39:55.439 had an INSPI on twenty four inch all in one 0:39:55.560 --> 0:39:59.879 unit from a major computer manufacturer in round Rock text. 0:40:00.360 --> 0:40:02.560 I know who, you know who I'm talking about. 0:40:02.680 --> 0:40:04.200 Sure we can, we can deduce. 0:40:05.080 --> 0:40:08.759 Yeah, And I enjoyed it tremendously. And again it's the 0:40:08.840 --> 0:40:12.239 all in one CPU and screen all in one package. Well, 0:40:12.600 --> 0:40:15.720 looking to upgrade to the twenty seven inch version after 0:40:15.760 --> 0:40:20.240 several years, and I opted for the package they offer 0:40:20.440 --> 0:40:23.880 to transfer data from the old twenty four inch PC 0:40:24.320 --> 0:40:28.600 to the new twenty seven inch PC. Do those things 0:40:29.239 --> 0:40:31.880 actually work well? And I'm thinking, if it's going to 0:40:31.960 --> 0:40:35.880 work anywhere, it will from the same manufacturer to the 0:40:35.880 --> 0:40:38.920 same manufacturer. What's your experience? 0:40:39.239 --> 0:40:39.920 So is it? 0:40:40.680 --> 0:40:44.200 Are you? Do they give you software that's or like, 0:40:44.239 --> 0:40:45.560 what what's the old computer? 0:40:45.800 --> 0:40:46.360 Like version of. 0:40:46.360 --> 0:40:49.239 Windows on Windows ten? 0:40:49.920 --> 0:40:51.600 Okay and the new one has eleven? 0:40:52.400 --> 0:40:52.680 Yeah? 0:40:53.200 --> 0:40:55.680 Yeah, And this is software that when you're getting this 0:40:55.719 --> 0:40:57.480 new computer, they just bundle it in and say for 0:40:57.480 --> 0:40:59.879 an extra forty bucks, we'll give you this hard driving 0:40:59.880 --> 0:41:00.680 more or whatever. 0:41:01.520 --> 0:41:03.759 That's the way I understand it. I don't know if 0:41:03.800 --> 0:41:07.640 it's all software or if there's a physical connection between 0:41:07.800 --> 0:41:09.920 some ports or something. I don't know. 0:41:10.200 --> 0:41:11.799 Yeah, it could be. I mean, here's the thing. So 0:41:11.920 --> 0:41:16.600 Number one, I typically don't. I don't transfer computers to 0:41:16.640 --> 0:41:19.600 the next one like I've done, you know, many upgrades 0:41:19.600 --> 0:41:22.759 over the years. I always start fresh because I feel like, 0:41:22.800 --> 0:41:25.360 if you're bringing your old computer over, unless you have 0:41:25.360 --> 0:41:29.359 a specific reason to why bring all the baggage that 0:41:29.400 --> 0:41:31.479 comes with that computer that you've run for so long 0:41:31.640 --> 0:41:33.959 onto a new, fresh computer that's going to run nice 0:41:33.960 --> 0:41:37.560 and fast and clean. So I personally always install things 0:41:37.640 --> 0:41:40.000 with a fresh start. But if you don't want to 0:41:40.000 --> 0:41:42.319 do that, there's a couple of ways around this. Number One, 0:41:43.239 --> 0:41:45.160 if you're trying to use a program that's going to 0:41:45.200 --> 0:41:48.239 bring over, like the applications and things like that can 0:41:48.239 --> 0:41:51.279 get kind of tricky, so I don't typically recommend that. 0:41:51.400 --> 0:41:54.879 But if you want to bring over your software, your 0:41:54.920 --> 0:41:57.520 files and things like that, you know you can dump 0:41:57.560 --> 0:42:00.400 those all into something like one drive which is built 0:42:00.400 --> 0:42:03.080 into the Windows computer on the you know, the old one, 0:42:03.520 --> 0:42:06.480 and then you know, on the new computer just reaccess 0:42:06.520 --> 0:42:08.600 those and bring those over. Now, you may have too 0:42:08.600 --> 0:42:10.759 many files and that's not going to work, and so 0:42:11.200 --> 0:42:12.600 you know, you don't want to spend the money on 0:42:13.040 --> 0:42:15.239 buying cloud storage for that to happen, but you can 0:42:15.239 --> 0:42:17.520 also just put them on an external hard drive and 0:42:17.560 --> 0:42:19.520 you can back them up to a drive and then 0:42:19.560 --> 0:42:21.839 bring that drive over to the new computer. The main 0:42:21.880 --> 0:42:23.719 thing is that you're probably still going to have to 0:42:24.080 --> 0:42:26.320 unless you're cloning a drive, You're probably still going to 0:42:26.440 --> 0:42:29.680 have to bring over your applications, which means you're gonna 0:42:29.680 --> 0:42:31.840 have to reinstall those on the new computer as well. 0:42:32.600 --> 0:42:35.800 Now Windows used to have sort of a migration tool 0:42:35.840 --> 0:42:38.240 built in. They do not anymore, which is probably why 0:42:38.280 --> 0:42:42.280 this computer company is offering to sell you some software. 0:42:42.760 --> 0:42:46.439 The popular software is PC mover from LapLink. That may 0:42:46.480 --> 0:42:50.960 be what they're selling you forty bucks online. So if that, 0:42:51.200 --> 0:42:53.040 you know, if you want it to be easy and 0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:55.359 simple and you want to use the software transfer, then 0:42:55.520 --> 0:42:58.680 go ahead. It's it's going to make life a little 0:42:58.680 --> 0:43:00.560 bit easier and you know everything's going to be pulled 0:43:00.560 --> 0:43:03.520 over to the new computer. Personally, I'm just much more 0:43:03.560 --> 0:43:06.040 hands on and I like to know what's happening and 0:43:06.080 --> 0:43:08.520 what's being pulled over and what settings are changing and 0:43:08.560 --> 0:43:10.600 all that kind of stuff. So I would like to 0:43:10.640 --> 0:43:13.120 do this myself. But I don't see any problem with 0:43:13.160 --> 0:43:15.920 doing this. If you want to make life easy for yourself, 0:43:16.520 --> 0:43:18.640 go ahead. That's probably the best way to do it. 0:43:19.400 --> 0:43:23.480 Thanks for the call there in Bettsville, Ohio. Stanley appreciate it. 0:43:24.040 --> 0:43:27.759 Let's go to Richard in Saint Charles, Illinois. 0:43:29.840 --> 0:43:33.920 Richard, you're on with rich Hi, I've got a problem. 0:43:33.960 --> 0:43:37.359 I've got a computer that has Windows pen on it, 0:43:38.280 --> 0:43:42.920 and it keeps every few days saying you have to update. 0:43:45.560 --> 0:43:47.880 It'll do it when you turn it off, if you 0:43:48.000 --> 0:43:51.799 tell it to or whatever, and eventually, and I always say, 0:43:51.920 --> 0:43:55.960 forget it. I never want any updates. How do I 0:43:55.960 --> 0:43:58.280 get it so I don't have to have these things 0:43:58.760 --> 0:44:00.760 screwing up my computer all the time? 0:44:01.200 --> 0:44:02.200 Oh? Good question. 0:44:02.960 --> 0:44:05.799 Well, first off, I do recommend doing the updates, and 0:44:05.840 --> 0:44:08.080 I know people don't want to do updates because it 0:44:08.200 --> 0:44:10.799 changes things, it changes the way their computer works. But 0:44:11.320 --> 0:44:14.360 there's a reason for these updates, and it is mostly security. 0:44:14.760 --> 0:44:17.800 Sometimes they do throw in an update that will change 0:44:17.800 --> 0:44:21.319 the way your computer works. But if you want to 0:44:21.800 --> 0:44:25.600 just do the updates that are security related, when you're 0:44:25.640 --> 0:44:28.360 looking at that update screen, you should have the choice 0:44:28.360 --> 0:44:30.680 to choose the individual updates that you want to do. 0:44:31.080 --> 0:44:33.120 You could tell which ones are security related. Because they're 0:44:33.120 --> 0:44:36.560 typically marked that way, but other times there's a bigger 0:44:36.640 --> 0:44:38.760 update that will change some of the things on your computer. 0:44:38.920 --> 0:44:42.600 So I would say it's best to do the updates 0:44:42.680 --> 0:44:44.960 just if you want to keep your computer protected. There 0:44:45.040 --> 0:44:47.520 is no way to stop the updates easily, as. 0:44:47.480 --> 0:44:48.120 Far as I know. 0:44:48.320 --> 0:44:51.600 On Windows, there are some ways to pause them for 0:44:51.640 --> 0:44:55.600 seven days, and you can repeat that if you want 0:44:55.600 --> 0:44:58.799 to pause them for a period of time, but there 0:44:58.840 --> 0:45:03.439 really isn't a way to stop them forever. Looking here 0:45:03.480 --> 0:45:07.000 and seeing if there's a way to defer some of 0:45:07.040 --> 0:45:09.160 these updates, yeah, I mean it's one of these things 0:45:09.200 --> 0:45:11.319 where there are some ways to just defer them for 0:45:11.360 --> 0:45:15.719 a while, but there's not a way to keep them 0:45:15.760 --> 0:45:18.319 from never happening. I mean, really, you can defer them 0:45:18.360 --> 0:45:20.879 for as long as you want to keep them from 0:45:20.880 --> 0:45:24.480 happening for a certain period of time, but eventually you 0:45:24.520 --> 0:45:26.440 know you're probably gonna have to do these things, and. 0:45:26.400 --> 0:45:27.520 I do recommend you do them. 0:45:27.520 --> 0:45:30.399 I think with any any device that you have, whether 0:45:30.480 --> 0:45:33.200 it is your phone, whether it is your computer, these 0:45:33.200 --> 0:45:36.160 software updates are put there for a reason, and they're 0:45:36.160 --> 0:45:39.600 put there to protect you from the exploits that are 0:45:39.640 --> 0:45:43.320 discovered in the wild, and so especially on a Windows computer, 0:45:44.400 --> 0:45:46.799 that is the most common platform out there, and so 0:45:46.840 --> 0:45:49.840 there are a lot of things that can affect this, 0:45:50.120 --> 0:45:52.319 and so by not doing these updates, you are putting 0:45:52.320 --> 0:45:54.840 yourself at a disadvantage. I understand it changes things. I 0:45:54.880 --> 0:45:57.640 know sometimes you get these things on there and they're 0:45:57.640 --> 0:46:00.000 just you know, they change the way your computer works 0:46:00.160 --> 0:46:03.359 or runs. But they still are very important to do. 0:46:03.560 --> 0:46:07.319 So my advice is to always do them. I know 0:46:07.520 --> 0:46:09.919 it changes, but if you want to put them off, 0:46:09.960 --> 0:46:13.719 you can pause them for a while and keep them 0:46:14.040 --> 0:46:16.320 at bay for just a little bit. But I always 0:46:16.360 --> 0:46:19.600 recommend doing them all. Right, coming up, let's see what 0:46:19.640 --> 0:46:22.640 can I tell you about. Speaking of security, if you 0:46:22.680 --> 0:46:26.000 have an iPhone, there is a new security setting that 0:46:26.040 --> 0:46:29.960 I definitely think you should turn on. And Apple is 0:46:30.160 --> 0:46:34.600 changing big changes over in Europe. I'm not sure they'll 0:46:34.640 --> 0:46:37.520 trickle here to the US, but Apple is overhauling its 0:46:37.560 --> 0:46:42.640 app store in response to this new European Union digital law, 0:46:43.040 --> 0:46:44.600 and so I will tell you what you need to 0:46:44.600 --> 0:46:48.720 know about that, plus the website. Rich on tech dot TV. 0:46:48.960 --> 0:46:50.959 If you have a question for me, you can call 0:46:51.000 --> 0:46:53.680 in Triple eight rich one on one eight eight eight 0:46:53.800 --> 0:46:57.040 seven four to two four one zero one. You are 0:46:57.120 --> 0:47:01.759 listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:47:01.840 --> 0:47:04.879 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at 0:47:04.880 --> 0:47:07.920 Triple eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven 0:47:08.040 --> 0:47:12.399 four to two four one zero one. By the way, 0:47:12.400 --> 0:47:14.680 if you hear something I mentioned on the show and 0:47:14.719 --> 0:47:17.600 you want to link, just go to rich on tech 0:47:17.960 --> 0:47:23.840 dot tv slash wiki wiki and that will give you 0:47:23.880 --> 0:47:26.359 the live show notes for the show that you are 0:47:26.400 --> 0:47:29.319 listening to right now. You can always get the show 0:47:29.320 --> 0:47:33.440 notes later at richon tech dot tv, but if you 0:47:33.480 --> 0:47:35.839 go to wiki, it will give you the ones that 0:47:36.640 --> 0:47:39.560 are basically happening in real time, like everything's being written down. 0:47:40.400 --> 0:47:44.200 Let's go to Gordon. Gordon is in Costa Mesa. You're 0:47:44.239 --> 0:47:44.799 on with Rich. 0:47:46.200 --> 0:47:48.799 Hey, Rich, I. 0:47:48.840 --> 0:47:54.480 Have a Asis laptop seventeen inch and it's eleven years old 0:47:54.480 --> 0:47:59.399 and it's starting to fail, and I wanted to know 0:48:00.800 --> 0:48:05.200 what brand is a good brand, whether I should stay 0:48:05.239 --> 0:48:10.440 with Windows or Mac. I don't do a few bills 0:48:10.520 --> 0:48:14.560 on the computer, but nothing really much. 0:48:15.960 --> 0:48:19.480 Uh as you're thinking of switching to Mac, well, I 0:48:19.480 --> 0:48:19.839 don't know. 0:48:19.960 --> 0:48:24.000 I have never used the Mac. I always use Windows. 0:48:24.040 --> 0:48:28.200 But a friend of mine was saying it was easy 0:48:28.320 --> 0:48:29.600 to learn, but I. 0:48:29.480 --> 0:48:31.879 Don't know, I think it's easy to I mean, it's 0:48:31.920 --> 0:48:35.359 definitely a change. I think that uh, you know, a 0:48:35.440 --> 0:48:39.640 really really good MacBook, the MacBook Error is an excellent choice. 0:48:40.280 --> 0:48:42.440 But what do you What do you do on the computer? 0:48:44.719 --> 0:48:53.279 Mostly emails and just kind of surfing and you know, 0:48:53.360 --> 0:48:58.640 we might get a wireless bill and I just and 0:48:58.719 --> 0:49:01.480 it's paid with a credit card or bank account, so 0:49:01.560 --> 0:49:04.680 it's not really on the computer that I have a 0:49:04.719 --> 0:49:06.520 bank account number such and such. 0:49:07.320 --> 0:49:09.640 Well, look, I mean the main thing is that you're 0:49:09.680 --> 0:49:11.640 You're probably gonna be fine with any computer. I think 0:49:11.680 --> 0:49:15.560 it's really the specs that matter with these things, because 0:49:15.800 --> 0:49:17.200 I assume you're just going to like go to get 0:49:17.280 --> 0:49:19.399 like best Buy or something like that to buy one. 0:49:19.600 --> 0:49:22.200 Is that or are you going to try either that 0:49:22.400 --> 0:49:23.280 or Costco? 0:49:23.440 --> 0:49:25.520 But oh yeah, I don't know. 0:49:25.560 --> 0:49:30.000 I need I need somebody to assist me to transfer 0:49:30.480 --> 0:49:33.160 everything I have on the other computer to the new one. 0:49:33.480 --> 0:49:36.359 Yeah, that's also, well, that would be yeah, I mean 0:49:36.360 --> 0:49:38.759 that would be a consideration, especially with this computer that 0:49:38.800 --> 0:49:41.920 you have that's been around for a while. But again 0:49:41.960 --> 0:49:44.200 I would recommend just you can dump all your files 0:49:44.239 --> 0:49:46.160 onto like an external hard drive, and that's an easy 0:49:46.200 --> 0:49:48.360 way to do it. But uh, okay, So when it 0:49:48.400 --> 0:49:50.680 comes to the question of Mac versus PC, so you 0:49:50.719 --> 0:49:53.319 already know PC, you already know how it works, so 0:49:53.600 --> 0:49:56.399 I have no problem with you sticking with that. I 0:49:56.440 --> 0:49:59.800 personally think that the MacBook Air is a really easy 0:49:59.800 --> 0:50:01.640 to use computer that is. 0:50:01.600 --> 0:50:03.000 Going to last for a long time. 0:50:03.080 --> 0:50:05.840 I'm impressed that you got eleven years out of this 0:50:05.920 --> 0:50:10.440 current laptop, so kudos to you for that. But you know, 0:50:10.480 --> 0:50:12.040 when it comes to the new laptop, I think it 0:50:12.080 --> 0:50:16.760 really comes down to the specs. So and Costco you mentioned, 0:50:16.920 --> 0:50:20.440 that's a great place to start because they typically only 0:50:20.520 --> 0:50:24.120 have a small selection of laptops, whether it is a 0:50:24.120 --> 0:50:27.440 couple of Apple laptops or a couple of Windows laptops, 0:50:27.480 --> 0:50:30.920 and they're all excellent. So you really cannot go wrong 0:50:31.040 --> 0:50:32.920 with something that you buy at Costco. So if that's 0:50:32.960 --> 0:50:34.600 if you do have a membership there, I would go 0:50:34.640 --> 0:50:37.399 in there see what they have. And when it comes 0:50:37.440 --> 0:50:40.120 to laptops on the Windows side, you know they have 0:50:40.160 --> 0:50:42.600 some gaming laptops and things like that. You don't need those. 0:50:43.280 --> 0:50:45.840 But if it's just a standard laptop like an a 0:50:45.960 --> 0:50:48.759 sus or an Acer. I would get something that has 0:50:48.800 --> 0:50:51.840 sixteen gigabytes of RAM. That's kind of the minimum that 0:50:51.840 --> 0:50:53.800 I would look for. And then for the hard drive, 0:50:54.960 --> 0:50:57.440 probably like a one terabyte hard drive. You could probably 0:50:57.440 --> 0:51:00.600 be okay with a five to twelve gigabyte, but I 0:51:00.600 --> 0:51:03.800 think a one terabyte drive along with sixteen gigabytes of 0:51:03.880 --> 0:51:06.239 RAM is going to be best. And then when it 0:51:06.239 --> 0:51:10.000 comes to the processor, when it comes to Intel, the 0:51:10.040 --> 0:51:13.120 higher the number the better. And so if you're looking 0:51:13.200 --> 0:51:16.440 at like say an Intel, you know they usually go 0:51:16.440 --> 0:51:19.200 by Core I five, Core I seven, Core I nine. 0:51:20.560 --> 0:51:22.400 If it's like a three, that's probably going to be 0:51:22.560 --> 0:51:24.680 you know, that's on the low end of things. I 0:51:24.800 --> 0:51:27.080 look for at least a five or a seven on 0:51:27.200 --> 0:51:30.919 the Intel processors. So that's really what it comes down 0:51:30.920 --> 0:51:33.240 to is look for those specs. Make sure you're getting 0:51:33.280 --> 0:51:36.440 something that that it's decent specs that's going to last 0:51:36.480 --> 0:51:39.520 you a long time, versus something that's just you know, 0:51:39.600 --> 0:51:41.600 five hundred dollars a best Buy and it's like a 0:51:41.680 --> 0:51:43.759 chromebook style thing and it's not going to last you 0:51:43.880 --> 0:51:46.040 very long because you got a long time out of 0:51:46.040 --> 0:51:49.759 this last computer. I'm very very impressed Now, when it 0:51:49.760 --> 0:51:53.879 comes to the Apple side of things, the Apple the 0:51:53.920 --> 0:51:58.160 MacBook Air M one is a little bit older. But 0:51:58.360 --> 0:52:01.200 this thing was on sale for like seven hundred and 0:52:01.200 --> 0:52:03.200 fifty dollars over the holiday, so I'm checking to see 0:52:03.200 --> 0:52:06.000 what the price is now. Oh, it's still seven hundred 0:52:06.000 --> 0:52:08.240 and fifty bucks. And so if you want to switch 0:52:08.239 --> 0:52:10.680 to the Apple side of things, this MacBook Air from 0:52:10.719 --> 0:52:13.600 twenty twenty has an M one chip. It only has 0:52:13.640 --> 0:52:16.160 eight gigs of RAM and a two hundred and fifty 0:52:16.160 --> 0:52:19.760 six gigabyte hard drive, so that on the on that aspect, 0:52:19.760 --> 0:52:22.480 the spect are not very good. But this is going 0:52:22.560 --> 0:52:25.000 to be a very fast computer and I think that's 0:52:25.120 --> 0:52:26.640 and it's going to last a long time and there's 0:52:26.640 --> 0:52:28.680 not a lot of bloatwear on the Mac computer. So 0:52:29.560 --> 0:52:31.600 I hope that helps. But I would say go to 0:52:31.640 --> 0:52:34.480 Costco and that's probably the best place to start. And 0:52:34.560 --> 0:52:37.200 if you need to, you can email me a picture 0:52:37.320 --> 0:52:39.919 of those the two that you're trying to decide between. There. 0:52:40.080 --> 0:52:42.799 Believe me, people have done it before, so that might 0:52:42.840 --> 0:52:44.200 be the best way to do it. All right, Thanks 0:52:44.239 --> 0:52:49.000 for the call. Gordon calling in today from Costa Mesa. Okay, 0:52:49.040 --> 0:52:51.400 so there is a new feature on the iPhone if 0:52:51.400 --> 0:52:54.480 you have an iPhone that you need to enable. It 0:52:54.560 --> 0:52:59.080 is called stolen Device Protection. This is an iOS seventeen 0:52:59.120 --> 0:53:01.200 point three, So if you haven't updated your phone to 0:53:01.200 --> 0:53:04.200 iOS seventeen point three, you'll need to do it. I 0:53:04.239 --> 0:53:05.919 talked about this. This is all because of the Wall 0:53:05.920 --> 0:53:08.319 Street Journal. If you turn on the setting, it will 0:53:08.360 --> 0:53:13.040 now require your face ID or your fingerprint, or a 0:53:13.160 --> 0:53:17.920 one hour delay before allowing big changes to your account 0:53:17.960 --> 0:53:21.120 like changing your Apple ID password or disabling fine min 0:53:21.760 --> 0:53:24.120 and so this will add an extra layer to your phone. 0:53:24.160 --> 0:53:27.560 In case someone steals your phone and also figures out 0:53:27.600 --> 0:53:30.520 your passcode, they won't be able to make major changes 0:53:30.560 --> 0:53:32.960 to your phone that will enable them to not only 0:53:32.960 --> 0:53:36.640 steal your phone, but also rob you of your identity 0:53:36.800 --> 0:53:40.120 and your data and your financial apps. So it basically 0:53:40.160 --> 0:53:43.560 puts one level of protection between you and the bad people. 0:53:44.480 --> 0:53:48.280 Go to iPhone settings face ID, and it's under Stolen 0:53:48.480 --> 0:53:51.600 Device Protection. If you don't see that new feature, you 0:53:51.680 --> 0:53:55.359 got to do a software update again. iPhone Settings face ID, 0:53:55.800 --> 0:53:57.400 Stolen Device Protection. 0:53:57.200 --> 0:53:57.640 Turn it on. 0:53:58.040 --> 0:54:04.840 Coming up next. Mitch Goldstone from scan my Photos dot Com. 0:54:05.000 --> 0:54:07.799 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:54:07.800 --> 0:54:11.319 out with you talking technology at Triple eight Rich one 0:54:11.360 --> 0:54:15.479 oh one, that's eighty eight seven four two four one 0:54:15.760 --> 0:54:21.000 zero one joining me in the studio Mitch Goldstone of 0:54:21.520 --> 0:54:25.200 scan my Photos dot Com. Mitch, thanks so much for 0:54:25.320 --> 0:54:26.319 joining me today, Rich. 0:54:26.360 --> 0:54:27.800 Pleasure is always for the guys. 0:54:28.160 --> 0:54:30.719 You. You're actually one of only two people who have 0:54:30.760 --> 0:54:33.759 been in studio. First, yeah, you were the first, and 0:54:33.800 --> 0:54:37.040 now you're actually the third because we've only had Jefferson Graham, 0:54:37.239 --> 0:54:37.760 my friend. 0:54:37.800 --> 0:54:39.360 I know Jeff is the greatest guy in there. I 0:54:39.400 --> 0:54:40.239 know he is a great guy. 0:54:40.280 --> 0:54:44.520 Okay. Oh and oh, Bobo reminded me, yeah, my son. 0:54:46.680 --> 0:54:48.640 Do I have both my sons on? Yeah? Okay, no, 0:54:48.880 --> 0:54:52.760 just one, just one? Okay, Parker was over the phone. Anyway, 0:54:52.960 --> 0:54:55.080 So the reason you're here, we'll talk about scan my 0:54:55.120 --> 0:54:56.960 photos dot Com and the fact that you run this 0:54:57.040 --> 0:54:59.880 great business that helps you ble scan all of the 0:55:00.160 --> 0:55:03.239 old photos and film reels and all that stuff. But 0:55:03.280 --> 0:55:06.080 you also did something really interesting. You run a small 0:55:06.080 --> 0:55:09.560 business and you somehow secured a five point five billion 0:55:09.600 --> 0:55:13.040 dollar payment card settlement, and it all relates to this 0:55:13.120 --> 0:55:14.799 you brought into prop. Tell me if you can hear this, 0:55:16.719 --> 0:55:20.560 if you're of a certain age when you went to 0:55:20.600 --> 0:55:23.399 the store. That's the sound you heard when you checked out. 0:55:23.400 --> 0:55:26.640 It is a credit card. What do you call this thing? 0:55:26.920 --> 0:55:27.479 Credit card? 0:55:27.480 --> 0:55:30.959 Imprinter with carbon copy receipts took three days to send 0:55:30.960 --> 0:55:34.200 those to Miami. Millions of merchants took three days to 0:55:34.239 --> 0:55:36.400 get their money. And that sounds so I have to say, 0:55:36.400 --> 0:55:39.160 I'm humbled to be here today after last week's show 0:55:39.400 --> 0:55:41.600 with my other hero, Joanna Stern. 0:55:41.719 --> 0:55:42.720 Oh yeah, she's great. 0:55:42.760 --> 0:55:46.799 She awesome, She is awesome and every time and she 0:55:46.880 --> 0:55:49.320 emails you to say, hey, join and we come on show. Absolutely. 0:55:49.360 --> 0:55:51.879 When when do you need me? Okay, So let's talk 0:55:51.880 --> 0:55:55.360 about this settlement. So five point five to four billion 0:55:55.400 --> 0:55:59.600 dollar anti trust class action settlement for merchants who accepted 0:55:59.640 --> 0:56:03.760 Visa MasterCard from twenty four to twenty nineteen. So what 0:56:04.160 --> 0:56:06.360 started you on this journey to try to get the settlement? 0:56:06.400 --> 0:56:07.200 What was the problem? 0:56:07.760 --> 0:56:07.960 Rich? 0:56:08.040 --> 0:56:11.000 The problem was my business partner and I, Carl Berman, 0:56:11.560 --> 0:56:14.680 ran the photo business, and we realized that everything got 0:56:14.760 --> 0:56:19.520 less expensive and faster, much like Moore's law, everything but 0:56:19.719 --> 0:56:22.719 one thing. Even with scanning. We digitized two pictures and 0:56:22.760 --> 0:56:26.560 a second slides one every second, but credit card fees 0:56:26.640 --> 0:56:30.480 kept on going up, so we were concerned. I reached 0:56:30.480 --> 0:56:34.839 out to Visa and MasterCard. The biggest mistake they never 0:56:34.920 --> 0:56:38.080 took my call from Purchase New York and in San Francisco, 0:56:38.640 --> 0:56:40.680 and all I wanted to do was ask why are 0:56:40.680 --> 0:56:41.839 these rates going up? 0:56:42.280 --> 0:56:44.600 So what are these fees? Just explain what those fees 0:56:44.600 --> 0:56:45.000 are like. 0:56:45.120 --> 0:56:47.240 Every time when you use a credit card at a company, 0:56:47.360 --> 0:56:49.160 or even a debit card or is this just credit 0:56:49.440 --> 0:56:52.040 credit and debit card, they take a little patient, they 0:56:52.080 --> 0:56:54.400 take a little portion, which is a big portion. 0:56:54.719 --> 0:56:57.879 It's tens of billions of dollars a year. Back then, 0:56:58.239 --> 0:57:01.000 when you had the credit card imprint and carbon copies, 0:57:01.560 --> 0:57:04.800 it was cost based. But what happened was I reached 0:57:04.800 --> 0:57:07.800 out and found the most awesome law firm, Robins Kaplan 0:57:07.880 --> 0:57:12.040 in Minneapolis. Out here in Century City, Craig Wildfang, Ryan, 0:57:12.160 --> 0:57:14.239 the whole group. They're the ones that took on the 0:57:14.239 --> 0:57:18.960 tobacco industry. Mister Wildfang was Janet Reno. Worked with Janet 0:57:19.000 --> 0:57:23.640 Reno Department of Justice, and we got together and they 0:57:23.680 --> 0:57:26.760 explained to me that Visa and MasterCard were both owned 0:57:26.800 --> 0:57:29.400 by the same banks, Wells Fargo, ba of a chase, 0:57:29.480 --> 0:57:31.880 all of them city and they also had the same 0:57:31.880 --> 0:57:35.720 board of directors, and twice a year, millions of merchants 0:57:35.760 --> 0:57:38.280 like scan my photos would get a letter saying your 0:57:38.360 --> 0:57:40.760 rates are going up. But we got two letters, one 0:57:40.760 --> 0:57:42.760 from Visa, one for MasterCard and on the same day 0:57:42.800 --> 0:57:43.640 and the same rates. 0:57:44.160 --> 0:57:46.080 So I'm thinking, I don't want to throw out a 0:57:46.160 --> 0:57:47.080 term like collusion. 0:57:47.200 --> 0:57:53.240 But five point five billion dollars in collusion took eighteen years. 0:57:53.680 --> 0:57:56.000 Carl and I started in two thousand and five with this. 0:57:56.360 --> 0:58:00.840 It's collusion, anti competitive price fixing. So the best part 0:58:00.880 --> 0:58:04.400 about the lawsuit is once I followed as lead plaintiff, 0:58:05.280 --> 0:58:11.040 Visa and MasterCard immediately went public, which confirmed that there 0:58:11.080 --> 0:58:13.000 was a problem. And then they did the second thing 0:58:13.080 --> 0:58:17.600 almost instantly, they created a separate board of directors because 0:58:17.640 --> 0:58:21.000 the same guys are on Visa. So it took eighteen years. 0:58:21.000 --> 0:58:24.520 It's a massive, its largest antitrust suit in US history. 0:58:24.560 --> 0:58:26.400 And I know every one of your listeners around the 0:58:26.440 --> 0:58:30.520 country right now who are business owners, are thinking, well, 0:58:30.640 --> 0:58:31.760 how do I get involved? 0:58:31.800 --> 0:58:33.480 How do I get this money? 0:58:33.480 --> 0:58:36.880 But eighteen years, eighteen years, this took, and it's all 0:58:36.880 --> 0:58:38.760 because of you, Like literally you. 0:58:39.640 --> 0:58:42.520 Well, but yeah, it's kind of like, you know Aaron 0:58:42.560 --> 0:58:43.400 brockovic promos. 0:58:43.440 --> 0:58:44.440 I was going to say, I didn't. 0:58:44.760 --> 0:58:46.920 Yeah, you know, I have a story about that. 0:58:47.000 --> 0:58:51.400 I mentioned at cees at the Netflix Pavilion, I ran 0:58:51.440 --> 0:58:54.320 into our dear friend Lance all and Off and I 0:58:54.360 --> 0:58:56.480 was chatting with him, and as soon as I left him, 0:58:56.680 --> 0:58:58.400 these two guys came up to me and said, I 0:58:58.480 --> 0:59:01.240 overheard what you guys were talking about. One is movie 0:59:01.280 --> 0:59:04.120 producer and another is a screenwriter. And they were saying, 0:59:04.160 --> 0:59:06.440 Oh my god, this is like the next Aaron Brockovitz 0:59:06.480 --> 0:59:07.120 two point zero. 0:59:07.120 --> 0:59:09.560 We're going to see a movie with mention it. Oh, 0:59:09.840 --> 0:59:10.720 more like Matt Damon. 0:59:10.720 --> 0:59:13.240 There's a lot I don't know, but it was really 0:59:13.400 --> 0:59:17.200 it was so inspiring. They were excited with it. But 0:59:17.600 --> 0:59:21.400 the point now is people aren't taking this seriously. You know, 0:59:21.480 --> 0:59:23.840 if you have a class action envelope, you throw it away, 0:59:23.880 --> 0:59:27.920 it's for a penny or a coupon. Rich this is thousands, tens, 0:59:28.000 --> 0:59:30.600 hundreds of thousands of dollars based on the size of 0:59:30.600 --> 0:59:31.080 the business. 0:59:31.600 --> 0:59:32.640 It is huge. 0:59:32.920 --> 0:59:35.400 So I helped design When people go to the scan 0:59:35.520 --> 0:59:38.000 my Photos website, all the information is there. You'll see 0:59:38.040 --> 0:59:41.800 the claim form. Carl and I helped design it. We 0:59:41.880 --> 0:59:44.400 have barcode in it, so you just scan the barcode. 0:59:44.480 --> 0:59:46.800 It takes a second. So now there are all these 0:59:46.840 --> 0:59:51.960 other companies that are trying to help businesses with undisclosed fees. 0:59:52.040 --> 0:59:56.280 One company all over on TikTok Social is saying for 0:59:56.280 --> 0:59:58.560 forty percent will handle everything for you. 0:59:58.600 --> 1:00:01.160 No please everyone. So so just to get this straight, 1:00:01.200 --> 1:00:03.280 there is a direct way to do this where you 1:00:03.280 --> 1:00:07.080 can file you know, your claim, I guess. But then 1:00:07.120 --> 1:00:09.240 there's these other klingon companies that are coming out of 1:00:09.240 --> 1:00:11.280 the woodwork saying, hey, we'll do this for you. You 1:00:11.320 --> 1:00:12.880 tell us how much. We'll fill out all the information, 1:00:12.960 --> 1:00:14.640 but we're going to take a cut of that. Don't 1:00:14.680 --> 1:00:16.040 like a third party, you don't want to do that. 1:00:16.120 --> 1:00:18.640 No, and you received one as well in the mail, right. 1:00:18.560 --> 1:00:19.360 So is this real? 1:00:19.800 --> 1:00:20.240 This is? 1:00:20.400 --> 1:00:20.480 So? 1:00:20.560 --> 1:00:21.400 This is the real one. 1:00:21.520 --> 1:00:22.479 That is it? 1:00:22.680 --> 1:00:24.600 And all you have to do is fill it out. 1:00:24.640 --> 1:00:26.600 It takes a second. There's a bar code in it. 1:00:27.840 --> 1:00:31.080 And because there's so many millions, I never thought i'd 1:00:31.120 --> 1:00:35.360 be moiles. There are millions of merchants, businesses that are 1:00:35.400 --> 1:00:38.439 in business that are also no longer in business. So 1:00:38.680 --> 1:00:41.560 we're sending out a million a day, a million of 1:00:41.560 --> 1:00:45.200 those every day. And the important thing is all the 1:00:45.280 --> 1:00:48.600 giant big companies know about this and they're having. 1:00:49.920 --> 1:00:50.760 People figure it out. 1:00:50.880 --> 1:00:51.080 Right. 1:00:51.160 --> 1:00:54.480 I want all small businesses to take advantage of this. 1:00:54.800 --> 1:00:57.640 The average is like five percent of people ever redeemed. No, 1:00:57.920 --> 1:01:00.360 this needs to be one hundred percent. We need every 1:01:00.680 --> 1:01:03.720 small business And the problem is if you don't fill 1:01:03.800 --> 1:01:06.600 that out, it just goes into the pool. So everyone 1:01:06.600 --> 1:01:09.560 who did gets more. But if you're no longer in business, 1:01:09.640 --> 1:01:11.400 and I know a lot of people that listen to 1:01:11.520 --> 1:01:15.920 rich and tech from you and from years ago, may 1:01:15.960 --> 1:01:18.200 no longer be in business, you still get it from 1:01:18.240 --> 1:01:21.840 two thousand and four to twenty nineteen, and all you 1:01:21.960 --> 1:01:24.800 have to do is fill out the form. We put 1:01:24.800 --> 1:01:27.640 everything on the scan my Photos website as well. If 1:01:27.640 --> 1:01:29.440 you just go to in the news or the blog, 1:01:29.680 --> 1:01:33.480 right up front all the information and there's a direct 1:01:33.560 --> 1:01:38.480 link to help with the claims administrator. All of that 1:01:38.760 --> 1:01:39.600 so really easy. 1:01:39.720 --> 1:01:43.760 So the official website is Paymentcard Settlement dot com. Right okay, 1:01:44.440 --> 1:01:46.760 scan my Photos dot com will also have a link. 1:01:47.040 --> 1:01:49.640 You might have gotten a letter in the mail that 1:01:49.720 --> 1:01:51.840 says it's time to file your claim for your share 1:01:51.840 --> 1:01:54.600 of the five point five plus billion dollar settlement if 1:01:54.640 --> 1:01:57.800 you accepted Visa or MasterCard from January first, two thousand 1:01:57.800 --> 1:02:01.280 and four through January twenty fifth, twenty nineteen, and it's 1:02:01.640 --> 1:02:05.120 it comes from the payment card Interchange Fee settlement. So again, 1:02:05.120 --> 1:02:07.120 if you ran a small business and you know, even 1:02:07.120 --> 1:02:10.040 if you're not running that business anymore, you may have 1:02:10.080 --> 1:02:12.320 a portion of this money coming your way, but you 1:02:12.400 --> 1:02:14.000 have to put in the claim for it. 1:02:14.120 --> 1:02:17.640 You do, and we want as many people as possible. 1:02:17.680 --> 1:02:20.520 That's way even on Twitter at the scan my photo 1:02:20.680 --> 1:02:24.160 c or credit card. So on Twitter the address is 1:02:24.160 --> 1:02:27.080 scan my photo CEE. Just reach out to us, ask 1:02:27.160 --> 1:02:29.400 us any questions, let us know did you get one 1:02:29.440 --> 1:02:31.960 of these? Did you not? Do you have any questions 1:02:32.040 --> 1:02:35.600 and we'll put your right in charge with the claims adjuster. 1:02:35.800 --> 1:02:38.240 Okay, So now that you did this, Mitch, I mean, 1:02:39.160 --> 1:02:42.320 has anything changed with the way credit cards are taken 1:02:42.520 --> 1:02:45.200 at businesses? Everything? 1:02:45.320 --> 1:02:48.040 All the technology has changed because back then you'd have 1:02:48.080 --> 1:02:51.560 to swipe the card. Now they're all the security features 1:02:51.560 --> 1:02:54.360 are in it with the the chip, the chip, all 1:02:54.400 --> 1:02:57.959 of that. So all of the reasons the bank said 1:02:58.000 --> 1:03:00.920 we need to charge lots of money because of fraud. 1:03:01.280 --> 1:03:05.520 Fraud has been vastly reduced because of how easy and 1:03:05.600 --> 1:03:08.520 quick and instantaneous. When you use a debit card and 1:03:08.560 --> 1:03:11.200 you go and you swipe it, money is instantly taken 1:03:11.200 --> 1:03:13.400 out of your account, yet the merchant is still being 1:03:13.480 --> 1:03:15.480 charged and interchange. 1:03:15.440 --> 1:03:18.800 Right because of that convenience. I always find it interesting 1:03:18.840 --> 1:03:21.440 when I can't use my own card, when they're protecting 1:03:21.480 --> 1:03:24.120 me from myself. I'm like, no, you're just protecting your bank. 1:03:24.320 --> 1:03:26.440 You know that, you don't really care. You know, I've 1:03:26.440 --> 1:03:28.200 been in Japan, I've been an other most of the time. 1:03:28.200 --> 1:03:30.360 It happens when I'm traveling and all of a sudden, 1:03:30.360 --> 1:03:31.840 it's like, you know, you try to use your card 1:03:31.840 --> 1:03:34.320 that first you step off the plane. You try to 1:03:34.400 --> 1:03:36.840 use your card, even debit or credit, and it's like 1:03:36.960 --> 1:03:39.000 it gets locked up, and you're like, oh no, now 1:03:39.040 --> 1:03:40.960 I got to deal with this card being locked up. 1:03:41.840 --> 1:03:44.160 So thank you for doing that. It's very exciting. And 1:03:44.320 --> 1:03:46.920 quickly before we go, give me an update on scan 1:03:47.040 --> 1:03:49.440 myphotos dot com. This is a huge business that you 1:03:49.520 --> 1:03:54.080 run just keeping people's memories digitized forever. 1:03:54.360 --> 1:03:58.120 It is well, we have crazy big news tomorrow. I'm 1:03:58.200 --> 1:04:00.760 kind of precluded from talking about it yet, but people 1:04:00.800 --> 1:04:03.600 will see it all over the country today with you, though, 1:04:03.640 --> 1:04:07.240 I'd rather focus on the credit cards than the other part. 1:04:07.680 --> 1:04:11.600 Things are going great and on that side, but this 1:04:11.680 --> 1:04:15.240 is more about the millions of businesses out there, tiny 1:04:15.280 --> 1:04:19.440 little businesses, big businesses. Please fill out the claim form. 1:04:20.080 --> 1:04:23.000 Absolutely you heard it from the man himself, Mitch Goldstone 1:04:23.360 --> 1:04:26.440 of scan my photos dot com. Five point five billion 1:04:26.480 --> 1:04:30.080 dollar payment card settlement. Go to the website payment Card 1:04:30.200 --> 1:04:32.800 Settlement dot com or scan my photos dot com to 1:04:33.320 --> 1:04:35.520 get more information and to submit your claim. 1:04:35.640 --> 1:04:37.240 Thanks so much for joining me in studio today. 1:04:37.280 --> 1:04:39.720 You're the best. Appreciate it rich On Tech dot TV. 1:04:39.880 --> 1:04:42.880 Of course we'll have a link as well coming up 1:04:42.920 --> 1:04:44.840 more of your questions at triple eight rich one on 1:04:44.840 --> 1:04:48.280 one eighty eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:04:48.720 --> 1:04:51.360 Plus I will tell you about how Apple is making 1:04:51.400 --> 1:04:55.320 some changes to their app store because of a European law. 1:04:55.720 --> 1:04:56.240 Coming up. 1:04:59.640 --> 1:05:02.320 Welcome, come back to rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro here 1:05:02.400 --> 1:05:05.919 hanging out with you talking technology at triple eight rich 1:05:06.080 --> 1:05:09.440 one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to 1:05:09.440 --> 1:05:14.040 two four one zero one. Just had Mitch Goldstone in 1:05:14.080 --> 1:05:17.800 here to talk about his Aaron Brockovic moment five point 1:05:17.840 --> 1:05:21.080 five billion dollars. So if you ran a small business 1:05:21.120 --> 1:05:25.360 between twenty four and twenty nineteen, accepted Visa and or MasterCard, 1:05:25.400 --> 1:05:28.240 you might have some money coming your way. The website 1:05:28.320 --> 1:05:34.080 once again payment Cardsettlement dot Com. Well, this week Apple 1:05:34.800 --> 1:05:38.600 made some or is announced some major changes to the 1:05:38.600 --> 1:05:41.760 way it's doing business in Europe, all in response to 1:05:41.800 --> 1:05:45.720 this new Digital Markets Act, which takes effect in March 1:05:45.760 --> 1:05:48.320 twenty twenty three. Over in Europe. This is all for 1:05:48.360 --> 1:05:51.520 the EU. The reason I'm telling you this is because 1:05:51.560 --> 1:05:54.840 a it is a huge shift in the way Apple 1:05:54.920 --> 1:05:59.720 does business, because Apple historically, traditionally has run a very 1:05:59.720 --> 1:06:03.440 clared shop. You buy the iPhone, they make the phone, 1:06:03.720 --> 1:06:06.560 they make the software, they make the hardware, they make 1:06:06.600 --> 1:06:08.880 the app store, they make the payment system. It is 1:06:08.920 --> 1:06:12.440 all very apply and then all the accessories you buy 1:06:12.440 --> 1:06:13.600 are mostly Apple stuff. 1:06:13.600 --> 1:06:14.000 As well. 1:06:14.720 --> 1:06:17.760 Over in Europe, they are trying to break down those walls, 1:06:17.920 --> 1:06:22.720 and so Apple is making some changes to comply with 1:06:22.960 --> 1:06:25.720 this new law. So number one, users are going to 1:06:25.760 --> 1:06:29.200 be able to download apps from competing app stores outside 1:06:29.400 --> 1:06:31.919 of the Apple App Store. That's for the first time 1:06:32.000 --> 1:06:36.200 ever on Android We call this sideloading, and it's been 1:06:36.240 --> 1:06:38.680 available and Android for many, many years. This is the 1:06:38.680 --> 1:06:41.400 first time it's available on the iPhone in a big 1:06:41.440 --> 1:06:45.920 way without jail breaking. Banks and other services will be 1:06:45.960 --> 1:06:49.920 allowed to offer competing payment methods inside their apps, so 1:06:50.160 --> 1:06:52.800 you no longer have to use Apple Pay as your default. 1:06:52.880 --> 1:06:55.400 Maybe you want to use Samsung Pay, Maybe you want 1:06:55.440 --> 1:06:58.400 to use PayPal pay, maybe you want to use Venmo pay, 1:06:58.440 --> 1:07:00.439 maybe you want to use Google Pay. 1:07:00.520 --> 1:07:02.080 Whatever you want, you'll be able to do it. 1:07:03.000 --> 1:07:06.360 The new iPhones will show users an option to download 1:07:06.440 --> 1:07:09.400 a different web browser like Chrome and Firefox as an 1:07:09.400 --> 1:07:13.040 alternative to the Safari. You could already set a default 1:07:13.760 --> 1:07:17.240 browser that is not Safari on the iPhone, but they 1:07:17.240 --> 1:07:20.960 are going to also allow a different version of the 1:07:20.960 --> 1:07:23.920 web browser to run. It's a little complicated, but basically 1:07:23.960 --> 1:07:26.320 any web browser that you run on the iPhone still 1:07:26.360 --> 1:07:31.520 in the background sort of runs the Safari framework. They 1:07:31.520 --> 1:07:34.400 are now going to allow Chrome and Firefox to run 1:07:34.440 --> 1:07:38.560 their own framework. The whole point of these changes is that, 1:07:39.480 --> 1:07:42.320 you know, it's to limit the power of big tech 1:07:42.360 --> 1:07:46.480 companies like Apple, Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft in areas like 1:07:46.520 --> 1:07:49.840 app stores and payments, because right now they have a 1:07:49.840 --> 1:07:52.480 lot of power. You buy the iPhone, you subscribe using 1:07:52.640 --> 1:07:55.880 Apple Services to any app that you want to download 1:07:55.880 --> 1:08:01.120 in there. Now, this is going to have profe implications, 1:08:01.360 --> 1:08:04.680 mostly over in Europe, and I think that I don't 1:08:04.720 --> 1:08:06.600 really see a lot of this stuff happening in the 1:08:06.720 --> 1:08:09.520 US unless Apple is compelled to do it here for 1:08:09.560 --> 1:08:14.360 some reason. But in Europe this is a huge shift, 1:08:14.600 --> 1:08:17.559 and I'll be honest, there's a big debate online about 1:08:17.560 --> 1:08:19.680 whether this is going to be good for consumers or 1:08:19.720 --> 1:08:22.639 bad for consumers. I think that you can see both 1:08:22.680 --> 1:08:25.280 sides of that. So on the one side, let's say 1:08:25.320 --> 1:08:29.519 your kid plays roadblocks, and if you buy roebucks from 1:08:29.640 --> 1:08:33.280 roadblocks directly on the iPhone, maybe they're cheaper than if 1:08:33.280 --> 1:08:37.360 you buy the roebucks through Apple's payment system, and so 1:08:37.439 --> 1:08:39.400 in that way it will be nice. But on the 1:08:39.439 --> 1:08:41.920 flip side, and Apple has said that this is going 1:08:42.000 --> 1:08:45.240 to open up a lot of security and privacy risks 1:08:45.360 --> 1:08:49.439 for fraud, for hacks, and the reason for that is 1:08:49.439 --> 1:08:51.960 that you can now get tricked much more easily on 1:08:52.000 --> 1:08:55.719 an iPhone because you are using methods to pay, methods 1:08:55.760 --> 1:08:59.439 to download apps that are not vetted, and so there 1:08:59.479 --> 1:09:03.720 will be many opportunities where people will stumble because you 1:09:03.760 --> 1:09:05.920 think you're buying one thing and it turns out you 1:09:05.960 --> 1:09:09.040 might be buying another. So you're taking outside of that 1:09:09.160 --> 1:09:12.720 guarded security wall that Apple offers right now, and it 1:09:12.760 --> 1:09:14.760 is going to be kind of a free for all. 1:09:15.360 --> 1:09:18.599 So we'll continue to watch that. But again, big changes 1:09:18.760 --> 1:09:21.759 in the way that Apple is doing business over in Europe, 1:09:21.840 --> 1:09:25.840 and it's going to be a big deal. Ed is 1:09:25.880 --> 1:09:27.920 in Las Vegas? Ed, you're on with Rich? 1:09:29.120 --> 1:09:29.320 Rich? 1:09:29.360 --> 1:09:29.880 Here you doing? 1:09:30.240 --> 1:09:31.520 I'm doing fantastic? 1:09:31.560 --> 1:09:33.320 How are you good? 1:09:33.400 --> 1:09:33.639 Good? 1:09:33.680 --> 1:09:36.240 Good? I appreciate your show. I was listening to Leo 1:09:36.400 --> 1:09:39.439 for years and said hi to Cam. That was great 1:09:39.479 --> 1:09:43.719 to talk to her about. My question? Is here in Vegas? 1:09:43.760 --> 1:09:46.920 And I never hear you mention it that they advertise 1:09:47.040 --> 1:09:53.559 something called Tableau Ta b L Tableau TV and says 1:09:53.600 --> 1:09:56.519 you can even record TV shows. It's supposed to be 1:09:57.160 --> 1:10:00.639 I guess, kicking your table company to the curb getting 1:10:00.920 --> 1:10:04.439 better TV service. Don't know much about it. Is it 1:10:04.479 --> 1:10:06.680 worth looking into? Do you know anything about it? 1:10:06.920 --> 1:10:08.600 Yes? I just met with them when I was in 1:10:08.680 --> 1:10:12.080 Las Vegas at CS a couple of weeks ago. Right, 1:10:12.200 --> 1:10:16.639 it feels like forever ago, but it was just recent, right, 1:10:16.840 --> 1:10:21.280 But yes, so and I and I used Tableau extensively 1:10:21.360 --> 1:10:23.679 for the old model. I've not tested the new model, 1:10:23.680 --> 1:10:26.200 but they are sending me that. And so the new model, 1:10:26.240 --> 1:10:28.920 which is the one you're probably seeing advertised, looks like 1:10:29.040 --> 1:10:30.360 a circular puck. 1:10:31.000 --> 1:10:34.080 It's got an. 1:10:32.880 --> 1:10:36.200 Area on the back where you can attach a antenna, 1:10:36.520 --> 1:10:38.920 so you'll need an antenna, and then it has a 1:10:38.920 --> 1:10:42.240 built in DVR and there's no subscription, so it is free. 1:10:42.640 --> 1:10:44.400 And so what you do is you plug in the 1:10:44.400 --> 1:10:46.519 antenna into this device. You got to make sure you 1:10:46.520 --> 1:10:48.559 have a good signal for that, and it will allow 1:10:48.600 --> 1:10:52.400 you to record shows and you know, just like you 1:10:52.439 --> 1:10:54.240 would on a TVO back in the day or any 1:10:54.240 --> 1:11:00.320 other DVR. And there's really there's really no downside to this. 1:11:00.960 --> 1:11:03.439 You get fifty hours of internal storage, you can add 1:11:03.479 --> 1:11:04.520 external storage. 1:11:04.960 --> 1:11:06.120 It works over Wi Fi. 1:11:06.280 --> 1:11:09.160 And the cool thing is anything that's recorded onto this device, 1:11:09.520 --> 1:11:11.960 you can watch it on any device in your home. 1:11:12.120 --> 1:11:15.760 So inside the house, this little device becomes almost like 1:11:15.840 --> 1:11:18.800 a you know, like a DVR for every device. So 1:11:18.800 --> 1:11:20.200 if you want to watch the show on your phone, 1:11:20.240 --> 1:11:21.760 you can watch it on your phone. If you want 1:11:21.760 --> 1:11:23.320 to watch it on your smart TV. You can watch 1:11:23.360 --> 1:11:26.160 it on your smart TV. It's pretty easy to set up. 1:11:27.080 --> 1:11:29.880 You get a fourteen day channel guide for free and 1:11:29.960 --> 1:11:33.080 again no subscription fees. So the main things you don't 1:11:33.080 --> 1:11:38.439 get no four K support, no you know, no watching 1:11:38.560 --> 1:11:41.559 outside of the house. And it is a little buggy. 1:11:41.600 --> 1:11:43.600 From my friends that have used this, they say that 1:11:43.640 --> 1:11:47.479 there are some software bugs. But Tableau this is brand 1:11:47.560 --> 1:11:50.519 new for the second generation of it, and it was 1:11:50.560 --> 1:11:53.120 just purchased by Scripts, by the way, the big news company, 1:11:53.520 --> 1:11:56.280 and so they are pushing this thing hard. And I 1:11:56.360 --> 1:11:59.880 believe the price is about one hundred dollars, so I 1:12:00.200 --> 1:12:03.320 say one hundred percent. If you have a good signal 1:12:03.360 --> 1:12:06.160 over the air and you want to get over the 1:12:06.160 --> 1:12:09.240 air shows and you want to record them, absolutely go 1:12:09.360 --> 1:12:12.439 for the Tableau. I think it's a fantastic device. Just 1:12:12.479 --> 1:12:16.080 be aware of the software bugs that you might encounter, 1:12:16.160 --> 1:12:18.960 but know that they are continually upgrading and making this 1:12:19.000 --> 1:12:21.920 thing better. Thanks for the call today, Ed in Las Vegas, 1:12:21.960 --> 1:12:24.439 Triple eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven 1:12:24.520 --> 1:12:28.479 four to two four one zero one. Welcome back to 1:12:28.920 --> 1:12:33.600 rich on Tech. Another hour of the show coming your way, 1:12:34.439 --> 1:12:36.559 plus time for your calls to Triple eight Rich one 1:12:36.600 --> 1:12:39.200 on one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two 1:12:39.280 --> 1:12:43.160 four one zero one. This is a show where I 1:12:43.200 --> 1:12:46.519 talk about technology and answer your questions. It's the tech 1:12:46.520 --> 1:12:49.599 stuff I think you should know about. 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I 1:13:20.120 --> 1:13:23.519 mentioned the link to check if your data is involved 1:13:23.520 --> 1:13:27.200 in that mother of all data breaches. We mentioned the 1:13:27.200 --> 1:13:31.400 one plus twelve smartphone, the payment card settlement, Tableau TV, 1:13:31.800 --> 1:13:33.960 so many different things. So if you want links to 1:13:34.000 --> 1:13:36.080 anything that I mentioned, just go to rich on tech 1:13:36.240 --> 1:13:39.799 dot tv hit the big red banner up at the top. 1:13:40.400 --> 1:13:44.560 Coming up this hour, I'm gonna tell you about being ghosted. 1:13:45.000 --> 1:13:47.799 What the Better Business Bureau says, you can get ghosted 1:13:47.840 --> 1:13:50.000 by your tax preparer. You don't want that to happen. 1:13:51.040 --> 1:13:54.080 New Pixel features coming soon to the Pixel that. I've 1:13:54.080 --> 1:13:58.439 played with them and they are pretty cool. Plus, we 1:13:58.479 --> 1:14:01.920 have a guest, John Faulkner of Clean Fleet Report is 1:14:01.960 --> 1:14:04.799 going to have his review of the Kia EV nine. 1:14:04.880 --> 1:14:09.080 This is the three row s u V e V 1:14:10.000 --> 1:14:14.479 first of many. First, let's go to Matt in Seal Beach, California. Matt, 1:14:14.520 --> 1:14:18.760 you're on with Rich Rich. Hi, welcome to the shop. 1:14:19.479 --> 1:14:24.080 I've got a networking question for you. I recently upgraded 1:14:24.120 --> 1:14:29.879 my internet service to two point five gigabits. They provided 1:14:29.920 --> 1:14:33.160 me with an euro Mesh system, okay, which is which 1:14:33.200 --> 1:14:36.640 is great, works awesome. The problem I'm having is on 1:14:36.760 --> 1:14:40.000 the Euro there is there is a one gigabit jack 1:14:40.040 --> 1:14:43.439 and a two point five bigabit jack. I would love 1:14:43.560 --> 1:14:46.320 to get two point five gigabits coming out of that 1:14:46.400 --> 1:14:49.000 through a hard line, but I'm unable to because the 1:14:49.040 --> 1:14:51.120 only two point five big a bit jack is taken 1:14:51.200 --> 1:14:54.360 up by the connection from the O n T to 1:14:54.560 --> 1:14:58.439 the mesh system. And I'm basically looking for a unit 1:14:58.479 --> 1:15:01.720 that has you know, multiple two point five out or 1:15:01.760 --> 1:15:04.759 a solution to get that that hard line. 1:15:05.760 --> 1:15:09.320 Oh so you're saying that the two point five jack 1:15:09.400 --> 1:15:11.679 is taken up by the INN and the out is one. 1:15:11.920 --> 1:15:13.640 Yeah, the out of the one, So I can I 1:15:13.680 --> 1:15:16.120 can only get one out, which is you know, I 1:15:16.160 --> 1:15:19.040 get It's great, I get like nine and eighty up 1:15:19.120 --> 1:15:21.559 and down. Yeah, really like the two point five. 1:15:21.400 --> 1:15:21.800 If I could. 1:15:21.920 --> 1:15:23.960 Yeah, if you can get well, okay, So first off, 1:15:24.000 --> 1:15:27.439 what you have is like relatively new and very high speed. 1:15:27.520 --> 1:15:30.800 So yeah, most of these home networking solutions that are 1:15:30.840 --> 1:15:34.000 out do not have capabilities for that just yet because 1:15:34.439 --> 1:15:37.120 it is so new and it's so high end. Now 1:15:37.120 --> 1:15:40.400 with that said, there is a new euro called the 1:15:40.439 --> 1:15:46.800 Eero Max seven and it is it's pretty intense. I 1:15:46.840 --> 1:15:50.000 mean you're talking. This thing is five hundred and ninety 1:15:50.080 --> 1:15:52.960 nine dollars for a one pack, and uh, if you 1:15:53.040 --> 1:15:55.719 look on this thing, this is meant for these super 1:15:55.920 --> 1:16:00.760 high internet standards that you're that are now starting to 1:16:00.840 --> 1:16:03.080 come about. Like at my house, I have a one 1:16:03.120 --> 1:16:06.040 gigabit connection, but they actually I think it goes up 1:16:06.080 --> 1:16:08.280 to five gigabits in my house. I've not upgraded that 1:16:08.320 --> 1:16:11.360 because I just don't need that much, but it is 1:16:11.439 --> 1:16:14.160 nice to have if you can, so I think the 1:16:14.439 --> 1:16:18.960 short answer is most of these are not meant for 1:16:19.080 --> 1:16:21.559 that type of speed just yet. We're just starting to 1:16:21.560 --> 1:16:24.439 see them come into the marketplace. So if I were you, 1:16:24.560 --> 1:16:26.559 I would take a look at the super high end 1:16:26.600 --> 1:16:31.000 offerings from You already have euro so it may be 1:16:31.120 --> 1:16:33.240 worth it to just see if you can add one 1:16:33.280 --> 1:16:36.320 of these. It's called the EO Max seven. See if 1:16:36.320 --> 1:16:39.439 you can add that to the mix. And I think 1:16:39.439 --> 1:16:43.280 it should be backwards compatible with your other devices. So 1:16:43.400 --> 1:16:45.320 you would have to spend six hundred bucks on this thing, 1:16:45.320 --> 1:16:48.280 which is a lot. I don't know if this thing 1:16:48.280 --> 1:16:51.000 has gone on sale just yet, you know, I mean 1:16:51.160 --> 1:16:52.920 it's on sale, like available. I don't know if it's 1:16:52.920 --> 1:16:57.760 actually been discounted yet. But that's probably the one that 1:16:57.760 --> 1:16:59.640 you want to look at to see if they have 1:17:01.120 --> 1:17:03.960 if that'll do what you need. But this one definitely 1:17:04.000 --> 1:17:08.280 handles speeds up to nine point four gigabits wired and 1:17:08.479 --> 1:17:11.280 wireless up to four point three gigabits, so that would 1:17:11.320 --> 1:17:13.920 definitely take care of what you need if you're looking 1:17:13.960 --> 1:17:17.320 for that high end speed. Otherwise, you know, I'm looking 1:17:17.360 --> 1:17:18.720 at the back of it by the way, and there 1:17:18.760 --> 1:17:21.559 are one two, three four ports on the back and 1:17:22.160 --> 1:17:25.320 there's two two point five gigabit ports and then ten 1:17:25.760 --> 1:17:28.720 to ten gigabit ports, so you would be covered with that. 1:17:29.800 --> 1:17:31.000 But that's six hundred dollars. 1:17:31.040 --> 1:17:33.840 So that's probably the easiest way to add it to 1:17:33.880 --> 1:17:36.320 your system is just to go with the Eero Max 1:17:36.360 --> 1:17:38.760 seven and that's probably going to take care of it. 1:17:38.800 --> 1:17:40.759 But again, if you want to switch to a different system, 1:17:41.080 --> 1:17:43.599 I would just take a look at the super high 1:17:43.680 --> 1:17:47.200 end like ORB or TP link whatever they have that's 1:17:47.240 --> 1:17:50.519 like they're almost their their max or there you know, 1:17:50.720 --> 1:17:53.599 pro level systems, because that's what's going to have these speeds. 1:17:53.600 --> 1:17:55.519 But we're going to see much more of this come 1:17:55.560 --> 1:17:58.320 about in the next six months to a year, probably 1:17:58.360 --> 1:18:00.800 see many more of these. K for the question, Matt, 1:18:00.840 --> 1:18:05.320 You've got some serious speed. Matt's got a serious need 1:18:05.360 --> 1:18:08.880 for speed there in Seal Beach. Thanks for the call today, 1:18:09.680 --> 1:18:11.719 Triple eight Rich one on one eight eight eight seven 1:18:11.800 --> 1:18:16.120 four to two four one zero one. Gary writes in Hey, Rich, 1:18:16.160 --> 1:18:18.799 you mentioned that Samsung is providing seven years of security 1:18:18.840 --> 1:18:20.720 updates with the S twenty four. How long will they 1:18:20.760 --> 1:18:23.519 provide monthly updates. Samsung doesn't make it easy to find 1:18:23.520 --> 1:18:26.920 this information. The S nine started with monthly updates, then 1:18:26.960 --> 1:18:30.160 went to quarterly, then semi annual. Their mid range phone 1:18:30.200 --> 1:18:33.280 start with quarterly then go to semi annual. Is Google 1:18:33.320 --> 1:18:35.679 any better in this regard? Do they offer monthly updates 1:18:35.680 --> 1:18:37.720 for the seven years on the Pixel eight? I'd like 1:18:37.720 --> 1:18:40.720 an Android phone that provides monthly security updates as long 1:18:40.760 --> 1:18:44.720 as possible. Thanks Gary, Well, Gary, you're right that the 1:18:44.760 --> 1:18:49.559 new Samsung does offer seven years of OS and security updates, 1:18:50.720 --> 1:18:53.760 and on the Pixel eight lineup, they're also offering seven 1:18:53.840 --> 1:18:56.879 years of updates as well. Now here's the thing. Nobody 1:18:56.920 --> 1:19:00.639 is guaranteeing the frequency of those updates. So with Google, 1:19:00.640 --> 1:19:02.720 they used to guarantee that the updates would come out 1:19:02.720 --> 1:19:04.960 on a monthly basis, the first Monday of the month. 1:19:05.320 --> 1:19:07.479 They have gone away from that. And the reason they've 1:19:07.520 --> 1:19:09.920 gone away from it is because people were setting their 1:19:09.920 --> 1:19:12.960 calendars to it and then getting angry when they didn't deliver, 1:19:13.280 --> 1:19:14.800 and that puts a lot of pressure on the company, 1:19:14.920 --> 1:19:18.120 especially over seven years, to come out those software updates. 1:19:18.400 --> 1:19:20.920 So Samsung has said, yes, we will support this for 1:19:20.960 --> 1:19:23.800 seven years, but we're not going to give you a 1:19:24.400 --> 1:19:27.880 rundown of exactly the timeline of that, so it may 1:19:27.920 --> 1:19:31.160 come out, you know, when necessary, but they will keep 1:19:31.160 --> 1:19:34.160 it up to date. Same thing with Pixel phones. They 1:19:34.160 --> 1:19:37.360 are now just coming out with the updates as necessary 1:19:37.439 --> 1:19:40.840 when they can, on their own schedule. So that's the 1:19:40.880 --> 1:19:44.040 deal with that. Tony writes in Hey, Rich, after listening 1:19:44.040 --> 1:19:46.559 to your podcast, I heard a caller talking about Verizon 1:19:46.680 --> 1:19:50.040 quietly raising their prices without us knowing. I immediately checked 1:19:50.040 --> 1:19:52.680 my bill, and yes they are. I'm tired of their antics. 1:19:53.080 --> 1:19:55.360 Living in New Jersey and I travel along the East coast, 1:19:55.439 --> 1:19:58.880 Verizon is dominant. I'm thinking of at least switching to 1:19:58.920 --> 1:20:01.439 their Visible and going with a thirty five dollars plan. 1:20:01.520 --> 1:20:03.439 I drive all night and I stream a lot. My 1:20:03.520 --> 1:20:05.920 question is if I switch my iPhone and Apple Watch 1:20:05.960 --> 1:20:08.880 to Visible and then next year upgrade my phone, it 1:20:08.920 --> 1:20:11.840 doesn't give Visible as a provider when I check out 1:20:12.120 --> 1:20:14.519 and using Apple's finance for two years, it only gives 1:20:14.560 --> 1:20:17.160 AT and T, T Mobile and Verizon. Would I just 1:20:17.280 --> 1:20:22.960 choose Verizon as always? Thank you sir for what you do, Tony. Uh, Tony, No, 1:20:23.200 --> 1:20:26.719 you could not just choose Verizon. You can you can't 1:20:26.760 --> 1:20:29.200 just choose Verizon because you're that's for a Verizon plan. 1:20:29.720 --> 1:20:32.599 So if you're going with a visible plan, the whole 1:20:32.600 --> 1:20:36.360 thing is that you would actually get a cheaper price 1:20:36.400 --> 1:20:38.400 on the plan over the couple of years. So they're 1:20:38.400 --> 1:20:40.840 not going to give you that financing deal. Now, if 1:20:40.880 --> 1:20:43.519 you've heard from me, I don't recommend financing in general. 1:20:43.840 --> 1:20:46.080 I always say save up for it and buy it 1:20:46.080 --> 1:20:48.479 out right if you can. I understand that most people 1:20:48.479 --> 1:20:50.920 don't like to do that these days, but you know, 1:20:50.960 --> 1:20:54.720 I'm just telling you what I feel. But Apple does 1:20:54.800 --> 1:20:58.800 have a program called the Apple iPhone Upgrade Program, and 1:20:58.840 --> 1:21:01.920 that is basically their own own version of a financing 1:21:01.960 --> 1:21:05.320 program that gives you a new iPhone, you know, every 1:21:05.360 --> 1:21:07.559 twelve months or every year, whatever it is. 1:21:07.600 --> 1:21:09.080 They have their own sort of program. 1:21:09.120 --> 1:21:11.719 So that's if you want to split up that payment 1:21:11.840 --> 1:21:14.680 and not pay the full price outright, that is the 1:21:14.720 --> 1:21:16.479 program that you would have to choose. You can't just 1:21:16.560 --> 1:21:18.240 choose the AT and T or the team OB or 1:21:18.320 --> 1:21:20.519 the Verizon because you do have to have an active 1:21:20.560 --> 1:21:23.280 plan with those carriers to take advantage. And the reason 1:21:23.320 --> 1:21:27.080 why is because they're making money on you staying with 1:21:27.160 --> 1:21:30.519 them and paying an inflated price every month to stay 1:21:30.560 --> 1:21:33.120 with them. So yes, you can get the Visible service 1:21:33.160 --> 1:21:35.200 for thirty five bucks a month or one of these 1:21:35.240 --> 1:21:37.599 other MV and o's that are much cheaper. But if 1:21:37.640 --> 1:21:39.800 you're on one of these big unlimited plans, which you 1:21:39.840 --> 1:21:42.519 typically have to do to get that financing or that 1:21:42.600 --> 1:21:45.800 quote unquote free phone, they're making, you know, twenty thirty 1:21:45.840 --> 1:21:48.479 dollars off of you every month kind of built into 1:21:48.560 --> 1:21:50.559 the price of your plan. If you do the math 1:21:50.600 --> 1:21:52.479 and you look at the old plans that used to 1:21:52.560 --> 1:21:55.320 pay for your phone, like let's say five, six, seven 1:21:55.360 --> 1:21:57.840 years ago, when you paid two hundred dollars for a smartphone, 1:21:58.520 --> 1:22:01.800 basically you would pay less for your phone, but more 1:22:01.800 --> 1:22:04.040 for your plan. Now you just pay more for your 1:22:04.080 --> 1:22:07.000 plan and are less for your plan and more for 1:22:07.080 --> 1:22:09.040 your phone. It's all the same. The math works out 1:22:09.080 --> 1:22:10.599 at the end of the year, if you do it 1:22:10.680 --> 1:22:13.320 like three years, it's about the same exact price. They 1:22:13.520 --> 1:22:15.559 just moved things around. It's like a it's like one 1:22:15.560 --> 1:22:18.120 of those games, you know with the cups and the balls. 1:22:19.240 --> 1:22:23.439 Is there a name for that game? Bobo is laughing. 1:22:24.560 --> 1:22:27.080 Bobo really perked up there. I don't know what I 1:22:27.160 --> 1:22:32.080 said it's a cups and balls game. I mean, come on, 1:22:32.320 --> 1:22:34.960 that's what it is. I'm sure there's a name for it. 1:22:35.040 --> 1:22:39.519 Let's see cups. I just keep saying cups and balls. No, 1:22:39.600 --> 1:22:41.320 it's a cups and balls game. It's a it's a 1:22:41.320 --> 1:22:47.600 magic game. Yeah, see Bobo. Get all right? Triple A 1:22:47.760 --> 1:22:49.920 Rich one o one eighty eight seven four two four 1:22:49.920 --> 1:22:53.040 to one zero one. Uh. Coming up, we're gonna talk 1:22:53.080 --> 1:22:56.560 to John Faulkner of Clean Fleet Report. He's going to 1:22:56.760 --> 1:23:00.639 review the Kia EV nine. The website once again, rich 1:23:00.800 --> 1:23:03.880 on tech dot TV. 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Click here 1:23:45.520 --> 1:23:47.599 you can get the links to anything I've talked about 1:23:48.040 --> 1:23:51.640 Rubyl wrote in on Twitter or I guess formerly known 1:23:51.680 --> 1:23:54.639 as Twitter now X. The cups and balls is called 1:23:54.840 --> 1:23:55.400 shell game. 1:23:55.920 --> 1:23:56.439 There you go. 1:23:56.520 --> 1:23:59.800 See that's what I knew. There was a term I knew. 1:23:59.800 --> 1:24:01.639 There's the term. Bobo say, has never heard of it? Yeah, 1:24:01.680 --> 1:24:03.000 it's like to shell It's something. 1:24:03.439 --> 1:24:03.760 All right. 1:24:03.840 --> 1:24:06.519 Let me get through a few news news spots before 1:24:06.560 --> 1:24:09.360 we get to John Faulkner of clean Fleet Report to 1:24:09.400 --> 1:24:12.719 talk about the Kia EV nine. It is tax season. 1:24:12.760 --> 1:24:15.080 I'm sure you're getting things going for the tax year. 1:24:15.360 --> 1:24:17.000 I'll tell you about my favorite app by the way 1:24:17.040 --> 1:24:20.000 that I use. It's called fly finn Ai, and it 1:24:20.080 --> 1:24:22.320 is incredible. If you're a freelancer or you keep track 1:24:22.360 --> 1:24:24.479 of like anything that you could write off at the 1:24:24.560 --> 1:24:27.280 end of the year, fly finn uses AI to figure 1:24:27.280 --> 1:24:30.120 out what those things might be. So you basically link 1:24:30.160 --> 1:24:32.559 it up to your checking account or your credit card 1:24:33.360 --> 1:24:36.360 or your debit card and all the little like items 1:24:36.479 --> 1:24:39.800 the transactions it will identify and like, let's say you 1:24:39.960 --> 1:24:42.840 make a transaction that you know, you buy a plane ticket, 1:24:42.840 --> 1:24:44.559 It'll be like, well, was this for business? And you 1:24:44.600 --> 1:24:46.360 can keep it and then give that's your tax person, 1:24:46.479 --> 1:24:48.920 or they can do the taxes later. Again, that's called 1:24:49.000 --> 1:24:55.439 fly finn Ai really cool iOS and Android. Speaking of taxes, 1:24:55.520 --> 1:24:58.640 don't be ghosted by your tax preparer. According to the 1:24:58.680 --> 1:25:03.520 Better Business Bureau, these are fly by night tax preparation offices. 1:25:03.840 --> 1:25:06.720 They offer large or fast refunds, and at the end 1:25:06.720 --> 1:25:09.400 of the day they ask you to sign your own 1:25:09.439 --> 1:25:11.800 tax return even though they prepared it. That is the 1:25:11.840 --> 1:25:15.719 red flag. They don't use a prepare tax ID number, 1:25:16.120 --> 1:25:18.679 which if you are using someone to prepare your taxes, 1:25:18.720 --> 1:25:21.960 they have to sign them with this P ten PTI 1:25:22.200 --> 1:25:26.679 N prepare tax ID that basically links them to your taxes. 1:25:26.760 --> 1:25:28.519 Doesn't put you, you know, it doesn't take you off 1:25:28.560 --> 1:25:31.000 the hook if something goes wrong, but just the irs 1:25:31.040 --> 1:25:33.360 knows that someone helped you with your taxes. So what 1:25:33.400 --> 1:25:35.200 these people do is they help you with your taxes, 1:25:35.200 --> 1:25:37.479 they get you this big refund or whatever they promise it, 1:25:37.840 --> 1:25:40.479 and then they they're never to be found again, and 1:25:40.479 --> 1:25:43.479 then you're stuck with a major headache. So only allow 1:25:43.520 --> 1:25:47.120 your refunds to be deposited in your own account. Review 1:25:47.160 --> 1:25:50.640 your return, make sure it has the proper signatures on it. 1:25:50.720 --> 1:25:53.160 Watch out for any of these pop up tax prep 1:25:53.200 --> 1:25:56.880 places that may try to ghost you and leave you 1:25:56.920 --> 1:25:58.280 with a major headache. 1:25:58.320 --> 1:25:58.920 Just be wary. 1:26:00.320 --> 1:26:03.679 This is really cool. I sat through talk about boring. 1:26:04.120 --> 1:26:08.599 I sat through a government zoom session on this new 1:26:08.640 --> 1:26:12.240 IRS Direct File free tax filing, and it was great 1:26:12.280 --> 1:26:13.840 because I learned a lot about it. But it was 1:26:13.880 --> 1:26:15.760 like over an hour and it's like, Okay, can you 1:26:15.760 --> 1:26:18.800 get to the point here, like what you know? But 1:26:18.960 --> 1:26:21.720 the IRS is launching this thing called direct File, and 1:26:21.800 --> 1:26:24.760 this is a new free online tax filing service. It's 1:26:24.800 --> 1:26:29.640 a pilot with only twelve states this year, but it 1:26:29.720 --> 1:26:32.639 means you can completely file your taxes through the IRS 1:26:32.640 --> 1:26:39.640 website for free. And they're doing it in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, 1:26:39.720 --> 1:26:47.280 New Hampshire, New York, Nevada, Hey you say Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, 1:26:47.360 --> 1:26:52.000 and Wyoming. And so this doesn't necessarily have income limits, 1:26:52.040 --> 1:26:56.240 but it does have certain situations that apply. So if 1:26:56.280 --> 1:26:58.320 you have like a lot of deductions, or you have 1:26:58.360 --> 1:27:00.599 a whole bunch of like interests or something like that, 1:27:00.760 --> 1:27:02.280 you won't be able to use it. But you can 1:27:02.280 --> 1:27:04.680 look on the direct file website and see if you 1:27:04.760 --> 1:27:07.479 can do this, and if you can, it's all free. 1:27:07.760 --> 1:27:10.400 And so this is for your federal tax filing. You'll 1:27:10.400 --> 1:27:13.200 still have to file your state taxes the other way. 1:27:13.760 --> 1:27:17.240 But this is all because TurboTax, which was trusted previously 1:27:17.320 --> 1:27:22.320 with the free tax filing, basically allegedly hid their free 1:27:22.360 --> 1:27:25.519 service from Google searches and tricked people into paying for 1:27:25.520 --> 1:27:27.759 stuff they didn't need to pay for. So the IRS 1:27:27.840 --> 1:27:32.160 trusted into it TurboTax with the free file service for 1:27:32.240 --> 1:27:34.519 many years, and people would get there and they think 1:27:34.520 --> 1:27:36.000 they're filing for free, and then all of a sudden 1:27:36.040 --> 1:27:38.040 they be like, oh no, you got to pay this amount. 1:27:38.280 --> 1:27:40.679 And so now the IRS is doing their own thing 1:27:41.400 --> 1:27:44.200 and of course into it and TurboTax say they did 1:27:44.240 --> 1:27:44.840 nothing wrong. 1:27:45.000 --> 1:27:47.280 But you know, this is going to be much easier. 1:27:47.600 --> 1:27:49.280 So if you want to do this direct file thing, 1:27:49.320 --> 1:27:50.840 if you want to see if you qualify, it's not 1:27:50.880 --> 1:27:53.599 available just yet, but you can read about it on 1:27:53.640 --> 1:27:57.880 the website IRS dot gov gov. Do not go to 1:27:57.960 --> 1:28:00.640 IRS dot com. That is not an official website. You 1:28:00.640 --> 1:28:03.400 will be scammed, or at least you will be. Let's 1:28:03.400 --> 1:28:07.000 see what does that go to IRS dot com. That 1:28:07.120 --> 1:28:10.400 takes you to I'll see what. That takes you to 1:28:10.520 --> 1:28:14.160 IRS dot gov. Slash direct file that will take you 1:28:14.200 --> 1:28:17.360 to the official one. IRS dot com is a okay, 1:28:17.400 --> 1:28:19.120 it's a way to like pay your taxes and stuff. 1:28:19.120 --> 1:28:21.840 But it's not affiliated with the government, so they're sort 1:28:21.880 --> 1:28:24.240 of come on, government, like, you should just take that 1:28:24.280 --> 1:28:27.240 website because that's that's probably confusing to a lot of people. 1:28:28.479 --> 1:28:32.559 New pixel features coming out January thirty. First, you now 1:28:32.600 --> 1:28:36.439 have two new pixel phones in Mint. Pixelate Pixelate Pro 1:28:36.560 --> 1:28:40.599 are available in this new Mint color. Pixelate Pro can 1:28:40.640 --> 1:28:44.519 now take body temperature using the thermometer app. I tested 1:28:44.560 --> 1:28:46.679 this out. It is so cool. It feels like the future. 1:28:47.439 --> 1:28:49.759 You take the phone, you wave it over your forehead 1:28:50.280 --> 1:28:52.760 and it will take your temperature. And it took a 1:28:52.800 --> 1:28:54.840 lot for Google to figure this out, but this was 1:28:55.200 --> 1:28:57.280 now we know when the when the Pixel eight pro 1:28:57.479 --> 1:29:01.559 first came out, had this little had this little temperature 1:29:01.600 --> 1:29:03.519 sensor on it, and we're like, this thing is pointless 1:29:03.520 --> 1:29:05.120 because you can only use it to take the temperature 1:29:05.160 --> 1:29:08.320 of objects, like they said, you cannot use this on people. Well, 1:29:08.560 --> 1:29:10.680 the plan all along was to get this thing to 1:29:10.720 --> 1:29:12.840 a place where you could use it on people. And 1:29:12.840 --> 1:29:15.200 it was very complicated because you're holding your phone over 1:29:15.240 --> 1:29:18.080 your forehead and swiping it. So Google had to come 1:29:18.120 --> 1:29:20.280 up with a lot of different things and algorithms and 1:29:21.080 --> 1:29:23.280 a way to help you do that. And it's really good. 1:29:23.400 --> 1:29:25.080 And so now if you have a Pixelate Pro, you 1:29:25.080 --> 1:29:28.599 can update the thermometer app and it will take temperature 1:29:28.640 --> 1:29:32.000 of humans. The other feature coming out is circle to Search. 1:29:32.000 --> 1:29:34.400 I've already talked about how cool that is. You can 1:29:34.479 --> 1:29:37.120 search anything on your phone just by circling it or 1:29:37.160 --> 1:29:40.639 scribbling over it. That is going to make Instagram stalking 1:29:40.720 --> 1:29:43.840 so much easier. And I joke, but if someone shares 1:29:43.840 --> 1:29:45.559 a pair of sneakers that they have, like the other day, 1:29:45.600 --> 1:29:48.720 someone posted last night a picture of a meal they 1:29:48.720 --> 1:29:50.360 were having and on the plate it said. 1:29:50.160 --> 1:29:51.400 The name of the place. I was like, Oh, that 1:29:51.439 --> 1:29:51.960 looks cool. 1:29:52.200 --> 1:29:54.320 So I just circled to search found the place and 1:29:54.360 --> 1:29:56.080 I was like, ah, that's a cool looking place. That 1:29:56.120 --> 1:29:58.920 would have taken me like ten extra steps to get 1:29:58.920 --> 1:30:00.440 to previous. 1:30:01.160 --> 1:30:02.960 All right, they're playing me off. 1:30:03.479 --> 1:30:06.840 Coming up, John Faulkner of Clean Fleet Report, we'll talk 1:30:06.840 --> 1:30:09.559 about the Kia EV nine. My name is Rich Dumiro 1:30:09.680 --> 1:30:14.120 and you are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back 1:30:14.160 --> 1:30:17.599 to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out talking 1:30:17.680 --> 1:30:21.759 technology with you the website rich on Tech dot tv. 1:30:22.680 --> 1:30:24.479 You heard me mention something you want to get a 1:30:24.479 --> 1:30:26.719 link for. Just go to the website. Hit the big 1:30:26.880 --> 1:30:29.960 red banner at the top of the screen that says 1:30:30.720 --> 1:30:35.599 heard it mentioned on the radio, Easy as that there 1:30:35.640 --> 1:30:39.519 are a whole bunch of three row electric SUVs set 1:30:39.520 --> 1:30:41.680 to hit the market. One of the first is the 1:30:41.680 --> 1:30:46.240 twenty twenty four Kia EV nine. John Faulkner of Clean 1:30:46.400 --> 1:30:49.360 Fleet Report has driven it. John, Welcome to the show. 1:30:50.080 --> 1:30:51.519 Hello, Rich good speak with you. 1:30:52.040 --> 1:30:55.240 Good to have you so welcome to the show. Let's 1:30:55.240 --> 1:30:59.760 talk about these three row SUV evs. First off, this 1:30:59.840 --> 1:31:01.960 is kind of like the Holy Grail for the US 1:31:01.960 --> 1:31:04.640 because people love their big SUVs. 1:31:05.080 --> 1:31:08.400 I've been asked for so long, when is a company 1:31:08.439 --> 1:31:11.719 going to come out with a three row electric suv? 1:31:12.000 --> 1:31:15.479 A true three row. Now, there are SUVs that are 1:31:15.479 --> 1:31:21.599 electric that are still the habitaord row, but not really. 1:31:22.160 --> 1:31:24.519 This one is a true third row. You can get 1:31:24.560 --> 1:31:28.080 two full size adults in the third row with leg 1:31:28.160 --> 1:31:31.280 room and the back seat and a third row reclients, 1:31:31.320 --> 1:31:33.639 so you have nice headroom also, so. 1:31:33.680 --> 1:31:36.360 This is uh, this is basically room for seven. Is 1:31:36.400 --> 1:31:36.920 that right? 1:31:37.760 --> 1:31:40.920 It's if you get the bench seat, you have seven. 1:31:41.479 --> 1:31:43.880 If you get the captains chairs in the second row 1:31:44.000 --> 1:31:47.639 you have you have six, two four six. 1:31:47.720 --> 1:31:50.280 Okay, oh captains, Wow, they offer that. I remember when 1:31:50.280 --> 1:31:52.320 we were shopping for an SUV, we really wanted the 1:31:52.360 --> 1:31:55.840 captain's seats in the second row because then you don't 1:31:55.880 --> 1:31:58.479 have to move the row or the you know, the 1:31:59.200 --> 1:32:02.120 seats every time you want to get into the back, which. 1:32:01.920 --> 1:32:05.160 Is really something that Key has done nicely. Onto EV nine. 1:32:05.960 --> 1:32:08.960 The second row captain source chairs not only slide, but 1:32:09.040 --> 1:32:12.280 they fold, therefore getting into that third row even for 1:32:12.360 --> 1:32:15.720 a large person someone me, You're you're taller than me, 1:32:15.840 --> 1:32:17.360 you'd have no problem getting it at all. 1:32:17.600 --> 1:32:21.240 Okay, okay, So this car gets anywhere from two hundred 1:32:21.240 --> 1:32:23.400 and thirty to three hundred and four miles of range. 1:32:24.200 --> 1:32:26.400 You've got fast charging, you can get one hundred miles 1:32:26.439 --> 1:32:29.680 of range in ten minutes. Let's talk about kind of 1:32:29.680 --> 1:32:32.240 like the basics of this car. So what do you 1:32:32.280 --> 1:32:35.920 get for this price of what fifty seven thousand starting at. 1:32:37.280 --> 1:32:42.479 The yes, now well, including including the fourteen hundred ninety 1:32:42.479 --> 1:32:45.080 five dollars destination charge, which is mandatorque. You can't get 1:32:45.120 --> 1:32:45.840 around paying that. 1:32:46.200 --> 1:32:46.479 Wow. 1:32:46.560 --> 1:32:49.759 Base the base model light or wheel drive single motor 1:32:50.560 --> 1:32:54.400 is fifty six three ninety five and that's two hundred 1:32:54.439 --> 1:32:57.479 and two and fifteen horse power to fifty eight torque. 1:32:58.120 --> 1:33:00.400 Then you then move up and they have another single 1:33:00.400 --> 1:33:03.680 motor called the Light Long Range, and that gets you 1:33:03.760 --> 1:33:07.479 that three hundred and four driving range. Then you start 1:33:07.479 --> 1:33:10.160 getting into the all wheel drive models, and those are 1:33:10.160 --> 1:33:14.559 the ones that have all will drive dual motors. Two 1:33:14.600 --> 1:33:18.040 hundred and thirty for the Wind, two eighty for the 1:33:18.120 --> 1:33:21.600 Land Model, and the one that I drove is the 1:33:21.760 --> 1:33:25.760 GT Line and that's two hundred and seventy miles, but 1:33:25.840 --> 1:33:29.160 that has the most horse power and power and torque 1:33:29.680 --> 1:33:33.200 and it's a So when it comes down to which 1:33:33.200 --> 1:33:36.479 one you're looking for, this is a true family vehicle, 1:33:36.560 --> 1:33:39.920 and Kia has made a statement that they are going 1:33:39.960 --> 1:33:43.719 after families, and so you have to make a decision 1:33:44.479 --> 1:33:47.360 do you want because that is a price bread fifty 1:33:47.439 --> 1:33:50.000 six three ninety five to seventy five three ninety five, 1:33:50.360 --> 1:33:52.080 So you have to say, okay, do I want that? 1:33:52.160 --> 1:33:55.680 Extra horse power and torque when you get into the 1:33:56.160 --> 1:33:58.080 all will drive once you could tow up to five 1:33:58.120 --> 1:34:02.160 thousand pounds, So maybe that's the sideration. But if you're 1:34:02.200 --> 1:34:05.920 just driving around town doing a lot of commuting and such, 1:34:06.280 --> 1:34:09.160 probably the best one is the light long range where 1:34:09.240 --> 1:34:13.160 will drive single motor. That's sixty thousand and sixty ninety 1:34:13.160 --> 1:34:16.439 five and that's your three hundred and four all electric 1:34:16.520 --> 1:34:17.320 driving range. 1:34:17.840 --> 1:34:18.400 Now, what's this? 1:34:18.520 --> 1:34:21.400 I read in your review that you can pay for 1:34:21.520 --> 1:34:22.200 boost mode. 1:34:22.280 --> 1:34:22.960 What's that mean? 1:34:23.560 --> 1:34:28.320 Yes, you could pay one time for boost so's it's 1:34:28.520 --> 1:34:31.080 it's a subscription plan, but this one is a one 1:34:31.160 --> 1:34:33.920 time payment and what that'll do is that will give 1:34:33.960 --> 1:34:37.000 you extra power for a short amount of time. Now, 1:34:37.200 --> 1:34:41.479 you drove the EB six, yes, yes, and remember that 1:34:41.600 --> 1:34:45.639 had the boost button, so that's what this would be also, 1:34:45.960 --> 1:34:48.519 but that does not come standard on any of these models. 1:34:48.520 --> 1:34:49.640 You have to pay extra for that. 1:34:50.240 --> 1:34:51.920 We're starting to see more and more of that where 1:34:51.920 --> 1:34:54.840 it's like an add on after you purchase it. So 1:34:55.080 --> 1:34:57.639 the range, Now, because this is such a large vehicle, 1:34:58.160 --> 1:35:01.240 how does it compare to other evs on the market. 1:35:03.520 --> 1:35:05.559 Well, if you're looking at a if you're if you're 1:35:05.600 --> 1:35:08.479 looking at a vehicle that weighs in over this, like 1:35:08.560 --> 1:35:13.240 over five pounds, and it's a gasoline that's probably getting, 1:35:14.320 --> 1:35:18.639 you know, in the mid twenties, high twenties, you can 1:35:18.760 --> 1:35:20.799 you can just kind of figure out what it would be. Also, 1:35:21.160 --> 1:35:25.519 the the the consideration though, obviously with any EV is 1:35:25.560 --> 1:35:28.120 how far are you going to go? And as soon 1:35:28.160 --> 1:35:30.759 as you as soon as you load down an EV 1:35:31.760 --> 1:35:36.280 with people and gear, and then your range is going 1:35:36.320 --> 1:35:41.360 to drop. And that's that that isn't a mystery to anybody. 1:35:41.680 --> 1:35:43.640 So it really comes down to how are you going 1:35:43.720 --> 1:35:45.880 to use this vehicle? If you're going to be doing 1:35:45.920 --> 1:35:51.280 a lot of driving, then in long distances, then you 1:35:51.360 --> 1:35:54.800 may want to be going with either a hybrid or 1:35:54.840 --> 1:35:59.880 a plug in hybrid suv or a pure gasoline model. 1:36:00.439 --> 1:36:03.040 But if you're just driving to and you know, driving 1:36:03.040 --> 1:36:05.240 the kids to and from school every day, just like 1:36:05.360 --> 1:36:08.479 you know, general kind of day to day around town 1:36:08.600 --> 1:36:10.559 kind of stuff, and you have a charger at home, 1:36:11.400 --> 1:36:14.479 that's really kind of the sweet spot, right well. 1:36:14.320 --> 1:36:17.880 It is, and the and even on a level one 1:36:17.960 --> 1:36:22.000 one and twenty volt regular outlet at your house, you 1:36:22.040 --> 1:36:25.599 would still get about forty to fifty miles of range 1:36:25.600 --> 1:36:30.280 overnight just plugging in for eight nine hours. And but 1:36:30.360 --> 1:36:33.559 then if you do invest in a Level two UH 1:36:33.600 --> 1:36:36.120 in your garage at your house, you're gonna you're gonna 1:36:36.160 --> 1:36:38.479 be putting in all the range you're gonna need. And 1:36:38.520 --> 1:36:40.639 if you're do need to go to a DC fast charger, 1:36:40.920 --> 1:36:42.840 that's the beauty of this. That the eight hundred bolt 1:36:42.960 --> 1:36:45.519 architecture that this vehicle has, you're gonna be able to 1:36:45.560 --> 1:36:47.479 you can be able to get that. You're gonna be 1:36:47.479 --> 1:36:51.760 able to get that extremely fast charging which is ten 1:36:51.800 --> 1:36:56.599 to eighty percent and twenty five minutes, and that's that 1:36:56.600 --> 1:36:59.840 that that's that's fast. If you're on a road trip, 1:37:00.160 --> 1:37:02.799 if you're going from here to here to Las Vegas 1:37:02.880 --> 1:37:05.920 and you need to stop, and again everyone listening, I'm 1:37:05.920 --> 1:37:09.040 in southern California. So if you're driving California to Las Vegas, 1:37:09.200 --> 1:37:11.840 you want to stop halfway there, you plug it in 1:37:11.880 --> 1:37:14.120 and in twenty five minutes, after you've gone and gets 1:37:14.160 --> 1:37:16.760 over to eat and drink, you're charged up again. You're 1:37:16.800 --> 1:37:22.000 on your way again. So charging now is really not 1:37:22.040 --> 1:37:25.639 the issue anymore as far as speed goes. 1:37:26.439 --> 1:37:28.960 Yeah, as long as you find a charger that is 1:37:29.920 --> 1:37:32.479 you know, is a fast charger from here to Vegas. 1:37:32.600 --> 1:37:34.519 Like you know, the last time I went for CS 1:37:34.560 --> 1:37:37.280 they they've even got more chargers than before. I mean, 1:37:37.320 --> 1:37:40.720 that's that's you know, California is pretty well covered with 1:37:40.840 --> 1:37:43.439 chargers in places. It's it's when you get outside that 1:37:43.479 --> 1:37:45.760 it could be trickier. What did you think about the 1:37:46.160 --> 1:37:48.040 you know, since this is such a large ev what 1:37:48.080 --> 1:37:50.440 do you think about the ride, the handling, acceleration. 1:37:51.560 --> 1:37:57.200 I'll tell you this, this was so smooth and so quiet, 1:37:58.400 --> 1:38:03.000 and it's incredibly comfortable. The GT line has twenty one 1:38:03.040 --> 1:38:05.280 eighth tires on it, but these are these are designed 1:38:05.320 --> 1:38:09.080 to have load noise and and I mean it was 1:38:09.200 --> 1:38:14.200 quiet inside. I mean and if you if, if you 1:38:14.240 --> 1:38:17.719 really think that you need to drownd out any sound, 1:38:18.200 --> 1:38:20.680 you're going to have that fourteen speaker seven ohndred night 1:38:20.800 --> 1:38:24.120 Watt Meridian Premium audio system that sounds the best thing 1:38:24.120 --> 1:38:26.519 you ever heard. So but you don't need that. It 1:38:26.560 --> 1:38:29.320 is it's really quiet, it's really smooth, The handling is 1:38:29.360 --> 1:38:33.400 really amazing. Obviously, with all wheel drive, which is the 1:38:33.400 --> 1:38:36.080 model that I had, you have you have a you 1:38:36.120 --> 1:38:40.240 have an electronic torque vectoring which basically in simple terms, 1:38:40.320 --> 1:38:43.080 is it puts a power to the wheel that demands 1:38:43.080 --> 1:38:45.840 it the most, so you're going around the corner it 1:38:45.880 --> 1:38:49.479 needs it needs power to the right front wheel or 1:38:49.560 --> 1:38:53.360 the left rear wherever. Once it does, it automatically seamlessly, 1:38:53.920 --> 1:38:56.320 the cars just it handles amazingly. 1:38:56.360 --> 1:38:58.559 Well, got about a minute left. 1:38:58.640 --> 1:38:59.559 What is uh? 1:38:59.760 --> 1:39:01.080 What what's the competition for this? 1:39:01.200 --> 1:39:04.360 I'm assuming early competition is sort of like the Rivian 1:39:05.040 --> 1:39:08.479 that's very expensive. What's the competition a gas car? 1:39:10.080 --> 1:39:13.960 That'd probably be the gas car the So right now, 1:39:14.200 --> 1:39:18.479 the Model Y has a third row, but there's I 1:39:18.520 --> 1:39:22.360 wouldn't even put your smallest kid back there. The There 1:39:22.400 --> 1:39:25.920 are other three row SUVs and Ribbean R one s, 1:39:26.479 --> 1:39:30.799 the Mercedes Benz eqs, and Balbo has the Ex ninety upcoming. 1:39:30.880 --> 1:39:34.320 Those are all pure evs, but neither the Ribbean nor 1:39:34.320 --> 1:39:36.800 then Mercedes has a third row of the same size 1:39:36.800 --> 1:39:40.560 as this. Plus they're all over the eighty thousand dollars 1:39:41.000 --> 1:39:45.240 federal tax credit limit. For that you can they should 1:39:45.320 --> 1:39:49.200 qualify and all of the EV nine's fully loaded to 1:39:49.240 --> 1:39:51.120 fall under that eighty thousand. 1:39:50.880 --> 1:39:53.599 Range, and that's seventy five dollars credit. It's a little 1:39:53.600 --> 1:39:56.519 confusing because right now the initial models will will not 1:39:56.600 --> 1:39:59.000 have that, but eventually they will be eligible. 1:39:59.439 --> 1:40:02.519 That's right, because the first ones that you can buy 1:40:02.560 --> 1:40:05.439 now are built in Korea. The next ones are gonna 1:40:05.439 --> 1:40:08.000 be built in Georgia, and that's later this year, so yes, 1:40:08.040 --> 1:40:10.040 they will Okay. 1:40:10.520 --> 1:40:15.600 John Faulkner of a Cleanfleet Report Cleanfleetreport dot com you 1:40:15.640 --> 1:40:19.240 can read his review of the twenty twenty four Kia 1:40:19.400 --> 1:40:22.599 EV nine. I should call it the flash drive because 1:40:22.600 --> 1:40:24.360 you'll have a full review soon. But this is kind 1:40:24.360 --> 1:40:26.519 of like your initial impressions and things like that, but 1:40:26.600 --> 1:40:28.080 it is quite thorough. 1:40:28.160 --> 1:40:30.800 So thanks for being on the show. Appreciate it today. 1:40:31.320 --> 1:40:31.640 Thank you. 1:40:31.760 --> 1:40:35.120 Rich all Right, rich on Tech dot tv if you 1:40:35.120 --> 1:40:37.840 want to link to that. Coming up, we are gonna 1:40:37.840 --> 1:40:41.080 do the feedback you have been emailing me all throughout 1:40:41.120 --> 1:40:44.280 the show. I will share what you're saying coming up 1:40:45.200 --> 1:40:52.559 when rich on Tech returns. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:40:52.680 --> 1:40:56.320 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology the 1:40:56.360 --> 1:40:59.880 website rich on Tech dot tv. Click the banner at 1:40:59.880 --> 1:41:01.920 the top if you want links to what I mentioned, 1:41:02.800 --> 1:41:04.599 and you can follow me on social media. I am 1:41:04.680 --> 1:41:08.479 at rich on Tech. Let's get through a couple of 1:41:08.520 --> 1:41:12.519 stories before I get to the feedback segment. Ring is 1:41:12.680 --> 1:41:16.559 sunsetting its request for assistance tool in the Neighbors app. 1:41:16.640 --> 1:41:19.360 So this was for law enforcement. If they needed help 1:41:19.400 --> 1:41:22.800 with an investigation, they could put out a request for 1:41:22.880 --> 1:41:26.680 assistance to people that may have ring video doorbells in 1:41:26.720 --> 1:41:30.280 the area and get the video from those doorbells. But 1:41:30.400 --> 1:41:32.920 of course, with the user permission, they would submit it. 1:41:33.280 --> 1:41:35.400 But Ring says, you know what, We're not going this 1:41:35.439 --> 1:41:39.440 direction anymore. Agencies can no longer use request for assistance 1:41:39.479 --> 1:41:43.519 to obtain videos now they need a warrant. So they're 1:41:43.520 --> 1:41:46.439 still inviting public safety agencies to post tips, updates, and 1:41:46.439 --> 1:41:49.880 events in this app. But critics didn't like this. They 1:41:49.920 --> 1:41:52.360 thought that they turned ring doorbells into too much of 1:41:52.400 --> 1:41:56.799 a surveillance tool that was unchecked, and so law enforcement 1:41:56.800 --> 1:41:59.360 now will need a warrant to request video. They could 1:41:59.360 --> 1:42:01.479 still go door to door and ask for this stuff, 1:42:01.479 --> 1:42:04.400 but it's not going to be an easy request for 1:42:04.439 --> 1:42:08.080 assistance tool now inside the Neighbors app. Neighbors is kind 1:42:08.120 --> 1:42:11.840 of like Rings version of Citizen. New Egg has a 1:42:11.840 --> 1:42:17.000 new refurbished program so you can buy resale products top 1:42:17.120 --> 1:42:21.719 pre owned products at competitive prices, Apple products, GPUs abs, 1:42:21.760 --> 1:42:26.760 gaming PCs, monitors, laptops, tablets, phones, vacuums. It's all part 1:42:26.760 --> 1:42:30.320 of New Egg Refreshed, and you get a ninety day 1:42:30.400 --> 1:42:34.240 guarantee with this, so ninety days New Egg refresh if 1:42:34.240 --> 1:42:37.840 you're looking for refurbished stuff at a cheaper price. US 1:42:37.880 --> 1:42:40.519 Mobile this is maybe a carrier you haven't heard of, 1:42:40.560 --> 1:42:42.680 but they have a very competitive plan now if you 1:42:42.720 --> 1:42:45.519 pay for the whole year in advance, fifteen dollars a 1:42:45.560 --> 1:42:49.759 month for a ten gigabyte data plan, unlimited talking, text, 1:42:50.080 --> 1:42:54.120 ten gigabytes of hotspot, and international calling and texting. They 1:42:54.160 --> 1:42:56.759 even have better plans that are a little bit more, 1:42:56.800 --> 1:43:01.599 but US Mobile with a really really competitive plan fifteen 1:43:01.600 --> 1:43:04.360 bucks a month for ten gigs of data, unlimited talk 1:43:04.360 --> 1:43:08.599 and text, hotspot and international calling. Google has an app 1:43:08.640 --> 1:43:14.840 called art Selfie two. This uses AI to transform your 1:43:14.880 --> 1:43:18.799 selfies into over twenty five different historic art styles works 1:43:18.880 --> 1:43:25.320 inspired by Claude Monet, Johannes Vermiir Renoir, and more. And 1:43:25.360 --> 1:43:27.280 the cool thing about this not only is it fun 1:43:27.360 --> 1:43:29.479 to see yourself in these styles, but then you get 1:43:29.479 --> 1:43:32.679 little facts about the art style you so you're learning 1:43:33.040 --> 1:43:35.720 while you're having fun with Generative AI. It's basically their 1:43:35.760 --> 1:43:39.240 secret way of teaching you about art by doing something fun. 1:43:39.600 --> 1:43:42.920 Art Selfie two is available through the Google Arts and 1:43:43.000 --> 1:43:45.800 Culture app, So if you're a teacher out there, it's 1:43:45.880 --> 1:43:48.200 kind of fun get this for your students. Google Arts 1:43:48.200 --> 1:43:51.360 and Culture. It's available on iOS and androids called art 1:43:51.400 --> 1:43:52.120 Selfie two. 1:43:52.200 --> 1:43:53.120 It's inside that app. 1:43:53.560 --> 1:43:56.120 If you have a Honda Accord from twenty eighteen to 1:43:56.160 --> 1:43:58.439 twenty twenty two, you can get a retro fit to 1:43:58.439 --> 1:44:01.840 get wireless Apple Car Play. They're going to offer this 1:44:01.920 --> 1:44:05.559 starting late this month in January. You do have to 1:44:05.600 --> 1:44:07.880 go to the Honda dealership to get this done. It 1:44:07.960 --> 1:44:10.400 is a software update and it will probably cost something. 1:44:10.760 --> 1:44:12.360 But if you want to get rid of the cables 1:44:12.400 --> 1:44:14.519 on your Apple Car Play and you have a twenty 1:44:14.560 --> 1:44:17.160 eighteen to twenty twenty two Honda Cord, this is going 1:44:17.200 --> 1:44:19.960 to be an easy way to do that. If you're 1:44:19.960 --> 1:44:22.080 waiting for that Apple Car to launch, well, it's been 1:44:22.120 --> 1:44:24.559 pushed back. The car that we've heard so much about, 1:44:24.600 --> 1:44:28.200 but yet see no evidence that it's coming out twenty 1:44:28.240 --> 1:44:30.880 twenty eight at the latest. One hundred thousand bucks for 1:44:30.920 --> 1:44:32.479 this car and it's not going to be as self 1:44:32.560 --> 1:44:36.799 driving as Apple wanted. Apple. I'm telling you just buy Lucid, 1:44:37.320 --> 1:44:40.640 solve all your problems. Buy Lucid today. You can have 1:44:40.680 --> 1:44:45.280 an Apple car tomorrow. And Lucid basically operates like an 1:44:45.280 --> 1:44:47.719 Apple car. It's about this, It's very similar. It's expensive, 1:44:47.760 --> 1:44:51.400 it's premium, it's luxurious. It'd be a perfect match. Go ahead, 1:44:51.400 --> 1:44:53.880 buy Lucid and you could get your Apple car soon. 1:44:53.960 --> 1:44:57.040 You heard it here first. And finally, T Mobile Tuesday's 1:44:57.040 --> 1:45:00.679 app it's switching to what's called Tea Life. This rolled 1:45:00.680 --> 1:45:04.799 out to iOS devices on January twenty fifth. Android release 1:45:04.880 --> 1:45:07.280 is coming soon. So basically, if you're using the T 1:45:07.439 --> 1:45:10.320 Mobile Tuesday's app, it is now called Tea Life and 1:45:10.360 --> 1:45:12.479 it has a whole bunch of other stuff inside the app, 1:45:12.560 --> 1:45:15.320 so it's like not your account information, but it's like 1:45:16.479 --> 1:45:18.479 more than just a T Mobile Tuesday's app. 1:45:19.040 --> 1:45:20.320 All right, feed. 1:45:20.240 --> 1:45:23.600 Bag segment Mark says, I'm looking for a device that 1:45:23.640 --> 1:45:25.960 will mute commercials on TV automatically, so I don't have 1:45:26.000 --> 1:45:28.080 to grab the remote, hit mute, then not leave the 1:45:28.160 --> 1:45:30.600 room so I know when to unmute. Is there anything available? 1:45:30.880 --> 1:45:33.640 Love Your Show on nine to ten am Detroit. I 1:45:33.680 --> 1:45:36.840 don't know anything that's available to automatically mute commercials. Maybe 1:45:36.840 --> 1:45:38.800 there is something, but I have not heard of it. 1:45:39.960 --> 1:45:41.800 Pat says, hey, Rich, I just heard you talking about 1:45:41.840 --> 1:45:45.360 AI fake images and audio. I have several solutions in 1:45:45.479 --> 1:45:48.320 order of importance. Number one, people need to stop being 1:45:48.400 --> 1:45:52.760 so stupid. Number two, who answers a robo call these days? 1:45:52.800 --> 1:45:56.360 Stupid people? That's who? Well, I mean, you don't know 1:45:56.360 --> 1:45:59.679 if it has the caller ID number three. Why would 1:45:59.680 --> 1:46:02.439 appla it campaign think a fake AI robo call would 1:46:02.439 --> 1:46:05.400 be useful? Because people are stupid? See the problem here 1:46:05.520 --> 1:46:08.360 proved me wrong. The level of stupidity today is exponentially 1:46:08.439 --> 1:46:11.640 higher than it was thirty years ago, headed towards idiocracy 1:46:11.720 --> 1:46:17.120 at an accelerating pace. Pat, Yes, and no, I think 1:46:17.160 --> 1:46:19.880 that we just have more access to information and things, 1:46:19.960 --> 1:46:22.479 and it's just, you know, we know more about this stuff. 1:46:22.479 --> 1:46:25.560 If someone got a fake phone call years ago or 1:46:25.640 --> 1:46:28.280 saw an image on you know whatever sent to their house, 1:46:28.280 --> 1:46:30.479 they wouldn't necessarily be able to share it with everyone else. 1:46:30.520 --> 1:46:33.800 Now it's instant sharing everywhere, so we just know more 1:46:33.800 --> 1:46:37.040 people that are falling for stuff. Renee says, Hey, we 1:46:37.080 --> 1:46:38.720 heard you on your show talk about an app that 1:46:38.720 --> 1:46:40.719 can be put on the phone and control another phone, 1:46:40.840 --> 1:46:42.920 like adjust the volume, brighten the screen. I didn't catch 1:46:42.920 --> 1:46:44.760 the name, and I want to look into it. My 1:46:44.840 --> 1:46:46.920 father in law is constantly putting his phone on mute 1:46:46.960 --> 1:46:48.800 or darkens the screen. He lives far away, and I 1:46:48.800 --> 1:46:51.120 can help him a lot instead of calling the police 1:46:51.120 --> 1:46:53.200 for a welfare check, then they have to fix his phone. 1:46:53.560 --> 1:46:57.160 Really wow, what is the name of this app? The 1:46:57.200 --> 1:46:58.960 name of the app was Team Viewer. 1:46:59.240 --> 1:47:03.360 Team Viewer. That was the name of the app. Randall says, 1:47:03.360 --> 1:47:05.280 I have an HP all in one twenty seven inch 1:47:05.360 --> 1:47:07.840 Windows eleven PC. The RAM is sixteen. I like to 1:47:07.840 --> 1:47:10.599 process raw files. Is upping my RAM to thirty two 1:47:10.680 --> 1:47:13.960 gigabytes helpful? The PC will slow down well. Doubling my 1:47:14.080 --> 1:47:18.439 RAM help absolutely. RAM will help with that. So I 1:47:18.439 --> 1:47:21.080 think you'll be very happy with doubling that and it's 1:47:21.120 --> 1:47:25.960 not very expensive to do that. Finally, let's read Steven's 1:47:26.000 --> 1:47:29.400 email iPhone issue. I got hacked last week. Within three minutes, 1:47:29.439 --> 1:47:32.160 I lost all my data on my iPhone thirteen. Apple 1:47:32.200 --> 1:47:35.080 support is useless. A hacker can change my phone number 1:47:35.080 --> 1:47:37.120 and password and Apple cannot change it back. They say 1:47:37.120 --> 1:47:39.240 it's a security issue. I was in the middle of 1:47:39.240 --> 1:47:42.040 a conversation when my phone shut down. Opened it up again, 1:47:42.080 --> 1:47:44.479 and the message told me I had been locked out. 1:47:44.880 --> 1:47:48.439 Conversations with Apple Support was a They said nothing they 1:47:48.479 --> 1:47:51.880 can do. As the day passes, there are more inconveniences 1:47:51.920 --> 1:47:54.840 to overcome. My Apple idea is worthless and I have 1:47:54.960 --> 1:47:59.920 zero help. Backstory. I got an email from Apple Support 1:48:00.080 --> 1:48:02.680 inform me I was charged thirty dollars. I checked there 1:48:02.720 --> 1:48:05.760 was no such charge. I clicked here, being busy, I 1:48:05.760 --> 1:48:08.040 received the email. I thought nothing of it. Three minutes later, 1:48:08.080 --> 1:48:11.200 I was locked out. With as careful as I've always been, 1:48:11.240 --> 1:48:16.000 I got sucker punched. Yes, this is a huge issue. 1:48:16.040 --> 1:48:18.439 You were fished and they do this all the time. 1:48:18.479 --> 1:48:21.320 Twenty four to seven. Please be careful and like I 1:48:21.320 --> 1:48:24.400 said with my taxi story, when you're doing things fast 1:48:24.479 --> 1:48:27.080 and hastily, that's when you fall victim to this stuff. 1:48:27.080 --> 1:48:30.080 Steve and I feel for you. Believe me, sorry that 1:48:30.120 --> 1:48:32.479 happened to you. If you can believe it, that's going 1:48:32.520 --> 1:48:34.080 to do it. For this episode of the show, you 1:48:34.080 --> 1:48:35.840 can find links to everything I mentioned. Just go to 1:48:35.920 --> 1:48:38.519 richon tech dot TV. Find me on social media at 1:48:38.600 --> 1:48:41.000 rich on tech next week we'll talk about the Apple 1:48:41.200 --> 1:48:44.120 Vision Pro which is launching. Thanks so much for listening. 1:48:44.160 --> 1:48:46.040 There are so many ways you can spend your time. 1:48:46.120 --> 1:48:48.280 I do appreciate you spending it right here with me. 1:48:48.720 --> 1:48:50.919 My name is rich Dimiro. I will talk to you 1:48:51.000 --> 1:48:51.519 real soon