WEBVTT - Apple Vision Pro Thoughts & App To Clean Up iPhone 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:04.960 Calls for a ban on TikTok surface once again, the 0:00:05.040 --> 0:00:07.840 new iPhone app to help you clear out duplicate and 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:13.039 blurry photos. The new website that lets you search through 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:19.080 millions of old newspapers. Plus your tech questions answered. What's 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:21.680 going on on rich dmiro and this is rich on 0:00:21.760 --> 0:00:26.520 Tech broadcasting live from Los Angeles, coast to coast. This 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:28.680 is the show where I talk about the tech stuff 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:31.760 I think you should know about. It's also the place 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:35.640 where I answer your questions about technology. I believe that 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:40.120 tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. 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Yanco Rutgers, author of 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:21.920 the low Pass newsletter, is going to talk about the 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:26.680 Roku message that surprised many users, how Max is cracking 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:29.520 down on passwords, and why you should download a video 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:34.120 app called VLC. And I've got interviews from Rivian's R 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:38.240 to launch, including the CEO and head designer. They came 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:42.600 out with quite the nice car. This week, I finally 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.679 got my hands on a review unit of the Apple 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:49.520 Vision Pro, and boy do I have some thoughts. So 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:52.240 it is amazing. I will tell you that this is 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:54.200 the first product that I am at the same time 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:58.280 in love with, but I can't fully recommend purchasing it 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:02.000 unless you've got four grand burning a hole in your pocket, 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:05.640 then by all means go ahead. So if you're not 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.640 familiar with the Apple Vision Pro, it's a headset that 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:13.000 combines virtual reality and augmented reality, so you can either 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:17.440 see screens and apps and entertainment and content kind of 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.640 projected onto the world around you, or with one turn 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.520 of a wheel, you can be completely immersed in a 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:28.240 virtual digital world. So I've tried a whole bunch of 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.160 things for starters. The headset is definitely heavier than I 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:33.799 remembered it when I did my tests. It can be 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.079 kind of uncomfortable to find just the right fit and 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:38.840 the position to wear it and sit with it. But 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.600 this is mostly due to the first generation of this product. 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:43.680 This thing is going to get lighter, it's going to 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:46.120 get smaller. I did drop the battery pack one time 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:47.920 because I kind of forgot it was sitting next to me. 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:50.960 It is tethered to the pack or to the headset, 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:54.000 I should say, And yeah, it fell off the couch 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:57.799 and onto the floor. No big deal. The software is incredible. 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.359 This is where Apple excels. This is where they are 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.760 literally just showing off. They have thought of everything. You 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:07.240 are inside this helmet I call a helmet, and it's 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:11.280 kind of like Disneyland. It's so magical. But it's also 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:14.400 quite limited. So for instance, if you search the app store, 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.400 we're used to finding any app you can imagine on 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:20.520 your iPhone. Not many streaming apps inside. I couldn't find Netflix, 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.480 I couldn't find YouTube. Now there is Max, and there 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.680 is Disney Plus, and of course there's Apple TV Plus. 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.160 But when I tried to log into Max, because I 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:31.160 was like, let me try watching a movie on Max, 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:35.040 it was nearly impossible because it wanted me to type 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.400 this super long password that I have on my account 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:40.640 into this virtual keyboard, which required looking at my phone 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.000 to get the password, which I had to have off 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.320 to the side, and I couldn't see because my helmet 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:47.440 was on or headset, whatever you want to call it. 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:50.680 But once I ended up watching a show on Apple 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.920 TV Plus, which is what they wanted me to do, right. 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.920 I watched the show called Hijack. It was great. The 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:59.840 picture was bright, it was crystal clear, the audio was 0:03:59.880 --> 0:04:04.080 just incredible. The screen rivaled in imax. It was huge, 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.720 at least to my brain. But I did struggle to 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.840 sort of get comfortable to watch this show. Towards the end, 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:13.320 I found myself like itching to be done. Now. I 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:15.720 did use the device as a spatial computer, which is 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:17.960 what Apple is saying. This thing is really good at 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:21.120 that's what they're calling it. It's really really cool, but 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:24.440 again it's exhausting. When you look at your Mac computer 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.680 screen on your desk, the vision pro uses AI and 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.000 it recognizes that, says, oh, this must be a computer, 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.360 and it says do you want to project this screen 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:36.040 onto my virtual screen? And you say yes, Then your 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.839 laptop screen becomes a giant screen in a virtual world, 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:42.200 and you can have a whole bunch of windows and 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:45.680 things happening and make it large. It's really cool, and 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:49.000 you use your physical laptop, keyboard and trackpad to control it, 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:51.719 and you're controlling it in any sort of environment you want. 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:54.080 So again, you turn that dial. And I was checking 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:56.599 my emails in the middle of the Joshua Tree desert. 0:04:57.000 --> 0:05:00.600 I was surfing the web and planning this radio show 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:03.040 a top mount hood, and I could even hear birds 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:07.960 chirping in the distance. It was very relaxing, but the 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:11.800 image wasn't as razor sharp or the use as straightforward 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:13.960 as using my MacBook. So what I do? I switched 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:14.840 back to my MacBook. 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:15.240 Now. 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:17.720 I did do a FaceTime call with some folks from 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:19.560 Apple who are showing me how to set things up. 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.760 That was pretty cool. But then my wife called on FaceTime, 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:25.040 which she never typically does, but I said, hey, call 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:28.039 me on FaceTime. I'll take it inside the headset. And 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.279 her reaction was pretty wild. She was like, why do 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.440 you look so weird? I said, that's my persona, a 0:05:33.560 --> 0:05:37.800 digital representation of myself. So you take the helmet off. 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:39.840 I keep calling it a helmet, it's a headset, whatever 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.080 you want to call it, and you take pictures of 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:45.440 yourself with the three D cameras and it stitches them together. 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:50.159 It says, Okay, smile, don't show your teeth, blink, don't blink, 0:05:50.320 --> 0:05:52.800 and then it stitches all this stuff together to make 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.400 this kind of floating head of yourself. If you've ever 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:59.760 been on that ride at Disney, the Haunted Castle, Haunted Mansion, 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:01.919 that's what it looks like. One of those little floating heads, 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:07.880 and that's you, except you're not dead. You're very much alive. Uh, 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:11.320 but this is what people chat with on FaceTime. 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:11.800 Now. 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:15.040 Apple pushed out a software update yesterday to make this better, 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.680 so I haven't tried that, but hopefully it's better. My 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.039 kid really wanted to try the headset. It's not meant 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:22.200 for kids under thirteen, although I'm sure many of them 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:26.880 will be using it. He loved it. His reaction was priceless. 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.000 Just he was like, wow, think about it. This is 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:31.640 a technology that ninety nine point nine percent of the 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.279 world has not tried yet, so it is really incredible 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.200 when you put this on, because it's unlike any entertainment 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.680 form you've ever seen. It's like imagine being inside of 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:44.000 a three D movie. That's what it feels like so 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:46.599 he was playing with dinosaurs and the coolest thing, and 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.800 this is a representation of how cool Apple is with 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.239 their software and how they nailed it. He was able 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.600 to figure out the hand gestures and the navigation within seconds, 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:59.479 no teaching necessary. Now the headset is paired to you. 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.640 It's got some sort of like optical sensor to like unlock, 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.440 just like your iPhone does. You can use a passcode 0:07:05.520 --> 0:07:08.120 or optic sensors, but you can also put it into 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:10.320 guest mode so someone in your house or a friend 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:12.640 can try it out. Now, guest mode is kind of 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.600 tricky because you have to put the headset on, unlock it, 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.200 snap it into guest mode, and then take it off 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.040 within five minutes and hand it to someone else. They 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.200 put it on, they go through this whole setup routine 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:28.200 of you know, adjusting the inside lenses and looking at 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:30.400 things and selecting them so it knows how to track 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:34.080 your eyeballs. It's kind of an involved process, and once 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.040 they take the headset off, they've got to do it 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.360 all over again to try it again. So if you've 0:07:38.360 --> 0:07:40.400 got multiple people in your house, I'm sure there's a 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.800 way to set up multiple accounts on this thing. But 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.560 for guests just giving them a look inside this, it's 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:51.480 kind of tricky, but again their reaction is priceless. So overall, 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.400 my journey with Apple Vision pro has just begun, and 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.760 I think so has Apples. This is a really emerging 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.880 technology and I think Tim Cook kind of nailed it 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:03.880 when he said this is tomorrow's technology today. I think 0:08:03.920 --> 0:08:06.720 the price tag reflects that it is thirty five hundred dollars. 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.680 It is not something that most people can just go 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:11.720 out and buy on a whim. Even if you come 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:14.360 to my house and say, rich, this is the coolest 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.480 thing I've ever tried in my life. I want this. 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.400 With other forms of technology, you might be able to 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:22.320 get it. With this, you're gonna think twice, you're gonna 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:26.440 think three times, and you're gonna say, eh, probably not. Now. 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.800 I want this to work. I want this technology to succeed, 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:31.920 and I have no doubt it will. I have no 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:33.600 doubt that one day you're just gonna put on a 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:36.160 pair of glasses. You're gonna watch a movie, You're gonna 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.840 check email, you're gonna make FaceTime calls or some sort 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.400 of video chat with people. You're gonna use AI to 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:45.320 talk and interact with different things. But that moment is 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:49.360 not here just yet. It is, but it's not attainable 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:53.200 for most people. This is a rare anomaly. Anomally, did 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:55.760 I add an extra syllable to that word? See? Even 0:08:55.840 --> 0:09:00.240 vision pro can't fix my speech? Maybe it can. This 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:04.319 is a rare anomaly where the virtual technology is here. 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:07.880 The technology is here, and it's really really good. But 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.480 it's going to be a matter of time before the 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:14.760 world catches up to this technology. My advice, do yourself 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.679 a favor. Go to the Apple Store, make an appointment 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.520 first and set yourself up for a demo. You have 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.160 to see this technology to believe it now. I'm not 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.920 expecting you to get this today, tomorrow, the next day, 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:29.600 even in a year. This price really has to come 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.120 down to a place where someone sees this and says 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:34.640 I want that now. I don't know what that price 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.720 point is. Maybe it's under one thousand dollars, but a 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.160 lot of people, you know, their main thing right now 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:42.160 is getting a phone every couple of years for one 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:45.360 thousand bucks. That's tough enough. And so imagine trying to 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.240 layer this on top. Imagine trying to layer a computer 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:51.000 on top, and so it does all these things in 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:55.600 a really interesting way. But does it take over something 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:59.520 that you already have and replace that. Not yet right now. 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:01.680 This is just to value add on. Is it really 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:05.000 cool to watch movies inside this thing? Absolutely? It was 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:08.440 it really cool to have my computer screen inside this thing? Absolutely? 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.560 Was it cool to have a web browser and some 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:13.160 music off to the side and have a bunch of 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:17.640 windows on top of a mountain in Hawaii? Absolutely? Was 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:19.640 it cool to sit on the moon and watch a 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:23.760 TV show? Yes, it's very cool. But again, this is 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:27.720 brand new. Apple has done an incredible job, and I 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.240 think the halo effect here is going to be real. 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:32.720 We're going to see more of an interest in virtual reality. 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:35.160 We're going to see more applications for this, and you 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:37.560 know what, I am here for the ride, But I 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.360 will say my initial thoughts on this remain the same. 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:45.640 It is incredibly cool, but it's incredibly expensive, which makes 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:49.960 it a really tough recommendation unless again, you've got that 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.079 money to burn, so applevision pro I will continue to 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.160 check it out. I'm going on a flight soon. I 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.000 will take it on the plane. I'll tell you what 0:10:57.040 --> 0:11:00.320 that's all about, and continue to update you on the 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:06.000 progress with this amazing technology. All right, coming up, will 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:10.839 TikTok get banned in the US. The chatter is happening again, 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.040 But first it's your turn. Your calls coming up next 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:15.680 at Triple A rich one on one that's eight eight 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:19.199 eight seven four to two four one zero one. You 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:26.040 are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.800 on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:32.440 technology at Triple A Rich one O one. That's eight 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:36.920 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:41.880 The website rich on Tech dot tv. Anything I mentioned 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:44.560 on the show, the links are there. Just look for 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.800 the big red banner at the top that says heard 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.240 it on the radio. Click here and you'll get the 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.240 links in real time. You can follow me on social media. 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:55.120 I am at rich on Tech. So once again, the 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:58.640 fate of TikTok is up for debate in the US. 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:03.640 This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted fifty 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:07.280 to zero to advance this bipartisan bill that would require 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:11.400 byte Dance that's TikTok's Chinese parent company, to divest its 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.200 ownership of the app within one hundred and sixty five days. 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.319 If this bill passes still needs to be introduced into 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:20.600 the Senate before it reaches the President's desk. But this 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:24.120 is interesting. President Biden has kind of said, yeah, he 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.160 would support the bill that would result in this nationwide 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.920 ban if it's passed. But what's also interesting is that 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:34.240 the White House recently joined TikTok in an effort to 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:35.160 reach young voters. 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:35.600 HM. 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:39.880 Meanwhile, former President Trump, who previously pushed for a TikTok 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:42.959 ban back in the day, now opposes that. He says 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:46.520 he thinks Facebook will gain from this ban and he 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.880 doesn't like that idea. Now, opponents of the bill, obviously, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.800 there are many of them civil liberties groups. They argue 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.720 that it would infringe on the freedom of expression and 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:59.120 violate the Constitution. And of course TikTok does not like 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:02.959 the idea. You think. They actually sent out a push 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:08.559 notifications to push notification to users warning about this potential ban, 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.320 and they said, you know what, why don't you call 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:15.880 your representative and they gave them the info on how 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.840 to do that, and many users flooded the phone lines 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.200 in DC and they actually had to turn off the 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:24.240 phones for a bit in some of these offices there 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:28.280 because so many people called so obviously a lot of 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:33.560 people use TikTok not just for fun, but also for business, artists, creators. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.120 There are so many things that ride on top of this. 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:40.360 It is an interesting debate to watch. I have my 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:43.480 thoughts on TikTok. I think, of course, it's incredible for 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:46.920 self expression and to be able to go viral and 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:48.760 to build a business, and I know so many people 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:50.679 that have done that. But at the same time, you know, 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.440 there's a lot of junkie junk on there, just like 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:55.720 there is any other social media platform. And does TikTok 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.320 get more information about the American people than any other 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.600 app out there? No, but you have to wonder where 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.160 this information is going and how it could be used. 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:09.320 So there are some real interesting debatable areas of this 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:12.560 whole thing. But we've heard it once before, no doubt 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.720 we're going to hear this once again. Something to be 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:18.920 aware of. Let's go to Janice in Redondo Beach. Janis 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:22.400 you're on with Rich, Well, Hi, how's it going? It 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:22.840 is going? 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:23.080 Well? 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:23.920 What can I help you with? 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:28.800 I got the new update on my Apple Watch and 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.240 nothing works the same way as it used to. Is 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:33.920 there any way to go back to the version before 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:38.760 or somehow learn all the little intricacies of this new update. 0:14:39.520 --> 0:14:41.560 There is no way to go back on the Apple 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.600 Watch to previous software. Apple does not let you do 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:47.600 that easily. Now, yes, is there a way, of course, 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:50.800 there's always a way. But is it easy for you, 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.680 Janie to do this? Probably not unless you have a 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:58.800 lot of knowledge about techie stuff and you know, it's 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.160 just one of those things that Apple is kind of 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:04.480 like a one way street. Once you upgrade, you are upgraded. So, yes, 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.920 everything has changed on the Apple Watch, and I am 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:10.760 still annoyed by it myself. When I tech. There's only 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.000 two buttons on my Apple Watch, and every time I 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:15.120 press the wrong button because it's not what I want 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:18.120 to do. So here's the best thing to do. Now, 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:18.960 do you have an iPhone? 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:20.360 Oh? 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:22.680 Yeah, okay, you've got an iPhone? Obviously you probably do 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.600 if you've got that. Okay, So the best thing to 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.600 do is open up There is a books app on 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:31.960 the iPhone, and you open up the books app and 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.600 type in and I hope I'm doing this in real time? 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:36.840 I hope, yes, Okay, it is there. So you open 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.000 up the books app and then you search Apple Watch 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:43.320 and this is probably the best kept secret of Apple 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:47.800 in the world. But Apple actually posts and creates a 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:51.800 really good user guide for every operating system that they 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.440 come out with, whether it's the one for the Watch, 0:15:54.440 --> 0:15:57.200 whether it's for the iPhone. And so you search Apple 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:01.200 Watch and look for the user guide that has the 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:05.520 latest Watch OS, and so I've got to figure out 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:07.400 which one that is. But right now I see nine 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.720 point four. I think the latest Watch OS is ten. 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:13.280 Let's see if they've got that, So search that up 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.080 and of course I'm not seeing Let's see. I got 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:20.520 to make sure which Apple Watch, which one it is? 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:22.880 The late Yeah, Apple Watch OS ten. So if you 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.560 go into books and you look for Apple Watch OS, 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:28.960 Apple usually publishes a user guide, and so that's what 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:31.080 you want to look for, and that's what you want 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.280 to have as your guide for this. Now I'm looking 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:36.240 right now it says Watch OS nine point four, eight 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:39.960 point six, five point two. Definitely don't want that one 0:16:40.320 --> 0:16:43.280 four point three and six point two. So I don't 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:46.480 know if they gave up and they just stopped putting 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:49.040 these things out, but I'm not seeing the ten just yet, 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:52.000 which is kind of odd. Obviously, there are many third 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:54.600 party books on the Apple Watch. But what I would 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:57.160 do is first search for that Apple Watch user guide 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:00.160 no matter what version of Apple Watch you're using. They 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.800 don't have it just yet, they will soon, but I 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.280 can tell you the side button and the top button 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.560 look on the Apple They've run a great Apple Support 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:13.200 website where they have a lot of interesting tutorials and things. 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.760 That's going to be the best way to learn it. Also, 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:18.320 YouTube is your friend. Go on YouTube and just search 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:22.120 Apple Watch new os or OS ten, and you will 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.199 see all of the interesting tutorials that people spend a 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.880 lot of time making that will give you the basics. 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:30.760 The basics have changed what the actual buttons do on 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:33.960 the watch, but the watch functions in mostly the same way. 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:35.600 But I get it. It is frustrating. This is why 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:38.600 people don't do software updates, because they are so worried 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:41.040 about what it's going to change, and they're worried about 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:44.000 being able to operate these things just when they figure 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:48.000 it out. Thanks for the call, Jannis. Coming up, digital 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:51.480 minimalist Jose Brionez is going to talk about why you 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.320 might want to ditch your smartphone. You are listening to 0:17:54.760 --> 0:18:08.320 Rich on Tech. What's going on rich Tomuro here Rich 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:11.159 on Tech, welcome back to the show. Joining me now 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:16.360 is Jose Brionez. He runs a website called Dumb phone Finder. 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:20.320 He is a digital minimalist. Jose, welcome to the show. 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:22.040 Thank you for having me. 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.320 Rich, you embraced. 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:27.840 Digital minimalism a couple of years ago. Tell me why 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:29.439 and what that journey's been like. 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:33.199 So for me, I think the idea is that I 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:37.280 was spending too much time online, and that's because I 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:40.480 went from one environment to another. So I got out 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:43.439 of college, I went to university, and I had a 0:18:43.560 --> 0:18:47.960 very structure life, going to school, going to work hours, 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:51.399 and then going home. But then I went out of 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:54.040 that structure life to the life that I had to 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:57.760 build myself, and I found myself spending too much of 0:18:57.760 --> 0:18:59.679 that lifetime online. 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:01.520 So when I got my first. 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.840 Job, I was spending roughly about twelve to thirteen hours 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:09.520 online work and leisure all together. And I did not 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.280 want to do that. So I started to find alternatives 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:16.080 in my life that will allow me to live what 0:19:16.119 --> 0:19:18.879 I call a better life, a more balanced life, and 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:21.920 interact with technology but not be overcome by it. 0:19:22.119 --> 0:19:24.520 Okay, so the first thing you did in this journey 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:27.680 I assume was get rid of the smartphone. What tell 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:30.359 me about that aspect you switched. What did you try 0:19:30.400 --> 0:19:33.399 to do, like, what was your goal in Did you 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:35.320 try to reduce your time on the smartphone or just 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:36.359 get rid of it all together? 0:19:36.680 --> 0:19:38.400 So I think at first I was trying to keep 0:19:38.440 --> 0:19:41.160 my smartphone and use the tools that are with it, 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:44.359 so screen time or other you know, kind of like 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.920 little hacks. But at some point in time I realized 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:50.199 that I am not a smartphone person. If I have 0:19:50.320 --> 0:19:53.760 something available and I have the technology available to me, 0:19:54.160 --> 0:19:56.320 I want to use it. If I have a smartphone 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:57.439 in my hands, I want to use it. 0:19:57.480 --> 0:19:57.960 I want to. 0:19:58.000 --> 0:19:59.480 Get the most out of it. 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:03.399 So taking that and going to a simpler phone at 0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:06.080 the time, I tried a light phone too, which has 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:08.919 been my device for the past four years, and it 0:20:08.960 --> 0:20:11.840 had enough. It had enough things that I liked, I 0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:15.359 liked the company, and it wasn't perfect, but it had 0:20:15.400 --> 0:20:18.439 the things that I wanted and appreciate it, and I 0:20:18.560 --> 0:20:22.119 started to look for alternative ways to do all of 0:20:22.160 --> 0:20:24.640 the other smart things that I had become accustomed to. 0:20:24.920 --> 0:20:28.360 And real quick I have tested the light phone. It's 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:32.160 basically a Kindle like a Kindle screen on a phone. 0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:35.480 It's really small, it's very minimalistic. It's not a color 0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:37.320 screen as far as I know, the one I tested 0:20:37.440 --> 0:20:40.679 wasn't and it's very basic. I mean I had a 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:43.080 couple of functions on it. I can't remember everything it did, 0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:44.919 but you know, you could text on it, you can 0:20:44.960 --> 0:20:48.520 make phone calls, and I believe Verizon for a while 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:51.000 was allowing you to add it as a secondary line, 0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:53.520 so theoretically you could have your smartphone during the week 0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:55.960 and then your light phone on the weekends or nights 0:20:55.960 --> 0:20:58.720 when you go out to dinner. What has been the 0:20:58.760 --> 0:21:01.760 biggest challenge in trend positioning away from a smartphone? 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:04.040 I think the biggest challenge for me is that you 0:21:04.119 --> 0:21:06.639 have to relearn how to operate in the twenty first 0:21:06.640 --> 0:21:09.359 century but with twentieth century principles. 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:11.960 So when you go to a restaurant and they have a. 0:21:12.000 --> 0:21:14.840 QR code, you need to ask, hey, can I get 0:21:14.840 --> 0:21:18.160 a paper menu? Or when you go to the airport, 0:21:18.400 --> 0:21:21.199 instead of having the QR code ready for you to 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:24.240 use and board your plane, you have to be mindful 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:26.920 of printing it at home or going to the kiosk 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:29.720 and talking to somebody so that you can get those things. 0:21:30.080 --> 0:21:33.119 And of course navigating that's a new thing, right, Like 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:35.720 you know GPS, so we don't have the bulky ones anymore, 0:21:35.800 --> 0:21:37.280 so you kind of have to go back a couple 0:21:37.280 --> 0:21:39.399 of years and say, Okay, I'm going to bring this 0:21:39.480 --> 0:21:42.439 bulky GPS on my car instead of having my phone 0:21:42.480 --> 0:21:46.680 with Android auto and everything really nicely laid out. It's 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:50.040 difficult in the beginning because we're used to all of 0:21:50.080 --> 0:21:53.440 this convenience, but over time you start finding and you 0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:56.960 start asking more questions, and you find the alternatives that 0:21:56.960 --> 0:21:58.760 you need to find for the things that you need 0:21:58.800 --> 0:22:01.800 to do, and you live normal life as normal as 0:22:01.800 --> 0:22:05.600 it is. It's definitely simpler and less convenient. But for 0:22:05.720 --> 0:22:09.359 me at least, it has been quite an improvement in 0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:11.560 my personal life, my relationships, and my. 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:12.200 Work as well. 0:22:12.760 --> 0:22:14.560 What have the improvements been. 0:22:15.200 --> 0:22:18.399 I think the main improvement is that I can have 0:22:18.440 --> 0:22:21.880 a conversation with my wife and not be distracted by 0:22:21.880 --> 0:22:26.280 the notifications on my phone because I'm not deeply attracted 0:22:26.320 --> 0:22:27.280 to it anymore. 0:22:27.920 --> 0:22:29.560 Even when we go on a trip. 0:22:29.640 --> 0:22:32.400 I do have a smartphone that I keep for international 0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:34.159 trips because when. 0:22:34.000 --> 0:22:36.320 I'm international, I don't know the language. 0:22:36.720 --> 0:22:38.280 You know, I may not be able to figure it 0:22:38.280 --> 0:22:40.120 out all the things that I have figured out here 0:22:40.320 --> 0:22:44.240 in my local context, but even when we go international, 0:22:44.560 --> 0:22:47.800 I'm definitely more present, more available, you know, in my 0:22:47.840 --> 0:22:50.439 personal relationships. I can go to a place and not 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:53.879 take my phone and I don't feel wow, oh my gosh, 0:22:53.920 --> 0:22:55.960 like what's going on in the world out there, because 0:22:56.000 --> 0:22:58.840 I get to cherish the experiences. When it comes to work, 0:22:59.080 --> 0:23:02.520 I finish quite faster, you know, just because I don't 0:23:02.520 --> 0:23:05.320 have a lot of distractions pinging me or grabbing my attention. 0:23:05.640 --> 0:23:08.240 You kind of remain more focused in your work, and 0:23:08.280 --> 0:23:10.320 you do it faster, and then you get more time 0:23:10.359 --> 0:23:12.400 for relaxation and other activities that I want. 0:23:12.800 --> 0:23:14.480 Do you ever feel like you're missing out? 0:23:14.720 --> 0:23:17.040 I do miss out, But I think that's a mindset 0:23:17.040 --> 0:23:19.480 that you had to accept. I did not start this 0:23:19.720 --> 0:23:23.040 in order to have the niceties of the twenty first 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:26.440 century and the principles of the twentieth century and then 0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:28.920 you know, kind of like interact back and forth between them. 0:23:29.520 --> 0:23:32.520 I started this as a lifestyle change. I wanted my 0:23:32.560 --> 0:23:35.280 lifestyle to change. I wanted to start interacting more with 0:23:35.480 --> 0:23:38.800 print media. I wanted to kind of have a little 0:23:38.800 --> 0:23:41.959 bit more of a slower life. So, yes, I am 0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:44.680 missing out, but I'm okay with that. I have accepted that, 0:23:45.160 --> 0:23:46.800 and that's one of the hardest parts. 0:23:46.880 --> 0:23:47.080 You know. 0:23:47.320 --> 0:23:49.560 I've missed out on a couple parties that my friends 0:23:49.640 --> 0:23:52.520 organized because I'm not in the group message or I 0:23:52.520 --> 0:23:55.600 don't have that app that everybody has. I missed out 0:23:55.600 --> 0:23:59.560 on quote unquote posts that are important, and one time 0:23:59.680 --> 0:24:02.240 I did miss out on some email communication that was 0:24:02.280 --> 0:24:03.040 pretty prompt. 0:24:03.520 --> 0:24:05.359 It wasn't a super emergency. 0:24:05.359 --> 0:24:07.560 Because this is something that I tell everybody, if it's 0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:13.959 a true emergency, somebody will find you somehow someway. They 0:24:14.000 --> 0:24:17.200 will call you, they will get your coworker, they will 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:19.719 try to find your family member. Because when it's a 0:24:19.760 --> 0:24:21.280 real emergency, they will do that. 0:24:21.480 --> 0:24:24.600 You run a website called dumbphones dot org. Tell me 0:24:24.640 --> 0:24:27.040 about the website and what that helps people do. 0:24:27.760 --> 0:24:31.439 So about three years ago I started this website and 0:24:31.640 --> 0:24:35.440 the animus or the idea was to help people find 0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:39.840 their perfect phone. When people hear dumb phones, they usually think, oh, 0:24:39.880 --> 0:24:43.000 it's an old flip phone, it doesn't have any capabilities, 0:24:43.440 --> 0:24:46.840 but actually they do. It's just that you know, it's 0:24:46.880 --> 0:24:48.960 not in the media as much. You don't get the 0:24:49.000 --> 0:24:53.119 shiny new announcement from Samsung or Apple out there. So 0:24:53.240 --> 0:24:55.439 if you go to the Dumbphone Finder, you can find 0:24:55.600 --> 0:24:58.440 the perfect phone for you. So the website just runs 0:24:58.480 --> 0:25:01.040 different filters and you can explo and it has a 0:25:01.040 --> 0:25:04.399 lot of other useful resources for people to start the journey. 0:25:04.840 --> 0:25:08.240 What's a dumb phone run these days? And do you 0:25:08.280 --> 0:25:09.080 have a top pick? 0:25:09.880 --> 0:25:12.640 Yes, I do have three top picks, and they all 0:25:12.800 --> 0:25:17.080 range from different price points. I think most people associate 0:25:17.160 --> 0:25:20.000 the sub one hundred dollars, but they can go all 0:25:20.040 --> 0:25:22.359 the way to three hundred dollars, like the light phone. 0:25:22.400 --> 0:25:25.200 You know, the light phone is more of a minimal device, 0:25:25.320 --> 0:25:28.400 you know, something that you really want for a lifestyle change. 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:34.520 The Cats twenty two flip is more of the smarter device. 0:25:34.680 --> 0:25:37.119 You can still have apps and you know, all of 0:25:37.160 --> 0:25:40.280 the nice city and convenience of the world. That one 0:25:40.359 --> 0:25:43.879 runs you about seventy nine to one hundred dollars, depending 0:25:43.920 --> 0:25:46.640 on the condition. You can get them on Amazon. And 0:25:46.680 --> 0:25:50.400 then something more like in the middle will be a Nokia. 0:25:50.520 --> 0:25:53.359 You know, there's still Nokia devices out there. The twenty 0:25:53.359 --> 0:25:55.760 seven to eighty can run you eighty bucks or so, 0:25:56.280 --> 0:25:58.680 and there is everything in between. You know, different companies 0:25:58.720 --> 0:26:01.720 are coming out with different concept and I'm really excited 0:26:01.720 --> 0:26:04.160 about the space growing in the next few years. 0:26:04.640 --> 0:26:06.520 If I'm not ready to give up my smartphone and 0:26:06.560 --> 0:26:09.080 I'm not ready to get a dumb phone, give me 0:26:09.960 --> 0:26:14.159 a tip to sort of be more intentional and have 0:26:14.240 --> 0:26:17.119 less screen time. I'll give you two quick tips. 0:26:17.400 --> 0:26:20.720 The first one is give your screen time password to 0:26:20.920 --> 0:26:24.280 someone else. So that's one of the biggest things that 0:26:24.320 --> 0:26:27.439 has helped me. Whenever I go, you know, and I 0:26:27.480 --> 0:26:29.880 have to use my smartphone for whatever reason, my wife 0:26:29.960 --> 0:26:32.320 has set up the screen time passcode. So if I 0:26:32.400 --> 0:26:34.919 try to bypass it, I can't because I don't know 0:26:34.920 --> 0:26:37.040 the passcode. And if I really want to do it, 0:26:37.080 --> 0:26:39.680 I'll have to factor reset, and I really doubt you're 0:26:39.680 --> 0:26:40.440 going to do that. 0:26:41.160 --> 0:26:44.600 The second one is find an app that works for you. 0:26:44.760 --> 0:26:49.320 There's one that is called unpluck with a queue or Brick, 0:26:49.600 --> 0:26:52.800 which is the Brick app. They both lock you down 0:26:52.960 --> 0:26:56.399 with physical devices. You tap the physical device and it 0:26:56.520 --> 0:27:00.680 blocks everything from your smartphone, and if you tap it again, 0:27:00.880 --> 0:27:02.840 you have access to it again, so you can leave 0:27:02.840 --> 0:27:04.960 it at home. You can have a relaxed day. You 0:27:05.040 --> 0:27:06.879 come back, you may not need to have to check email. 0:27:06.920 --> 0:27:08.840 You tap and then you have access to all of 0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:09.520 the things again. 0:27:09.760 --> 0:27:12.280 All right, Jose, this has been great. Tell folks how 0:27:12.320 --> 0:27:13.679 to how to find you online. 0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:15.800 So the best way is to go to the don't 0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:16.320 phone finder. 0:27:16.400 --> 0:27:19.760 Dombphones dot org is my main website where I run 0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:22.159 all the things for digital minimalism. I also have a 0:27:22.200 --> 0:27:26.000 personal website at Jose brionez dot org and you can 0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:28.280 find email and different ways in there to contact me. 0:27:28.960 --> 0:27:32.920 Jose Brione is a founder of dumbphones dot org. Thanks 0:27:32.960 --> 0:27:35.520 so much for joining me today. Thank you for having me. 0:27:36.520 --> 0:27:39.639 All right, I will link up all of Jose's websites 0:27:39.720 --> 0:27:43.160 on mine. Just go to rich on tech dot tv. 0:27:43.880 --> 0:27:45.960 Lots to unpack, their lots to think about. 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:47.720 Could you give up your smartphone? 0:27:47.880 --> 0:27:50.000 Give me a fall Triple eight rich one oh one. 0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:53.800 That's eight eight eight seven four two four one zero one. 0:27:54.160 --> 0:28:04.840 You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to 0:28:05.119 --> 0:28:09.560 rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here talking technology at triple 0:28:09.640 --> 0:28:12.879 A rich one oh one. Phone number for the show 0:28:13.080 --> 0:28:17.000 is eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:28:17.320 --> 0:28:20.280 zero one. You can also go to the website richon 0:28:20.440 --> 0:28:24.320 tech dot TV. Hit contact and that will send me 0:28:24.359 --> 0:28:27.840 a message. Let's go to Rod in Los Angeles. Rod, 0:28:27.840 --> 0:28:30.800 you're on with Rich. Hey, Rich, you're doing I'm doing great. 0:28:31.840 --> 0:28:36.520 So I use one of the well known anti virus programs, 0:28:37.119 --> 0:28:41.400 and they're often trying to get me to buy additional 0:28:42.560 --> 0:28:44.680 services from them, right, And I was kind of wondering 0:28:44.760 --> 0:28:47.160 if you have any opinion on the value of these things, 0:28:47.200 --> 0:28:50.440 Like they've got dark wed monitoring, they've got one that's 0:28:50.440 --> 0:28:52.480 the driver updated, and I think they've got one that 0:28:52.520 --> 0:28:54.040 does registry updates. 0:28:54.800 --> 0:28:58.480 I think the the dark web stuff might be useful, 0:28:59.360 --> 0:29:02.440 the registry updates, and what was the other one you mentioned, 0:29:03.440 --> 0:29:07.080 the driver updates in you're on Windows. Yeah, I mean 0:29:07.120 --> 0:29:08.720 a lot a lot of that stuff is like built 0:29:08.720 --> 0:29:10.960 into the operating system, so I wouldn't I wouldn't worry 0:29:10.960 --> 0:29:13.040 about that too much. Are you having a lot of 0:29:13.080 --> 0:29:14.400 issues with your computer. 0:29:15.200 --> 0:29:19.400 Other than just slow but it's necessarily small processor and 0:29:21.880 --> 0:29:22.880 that's really the main thing. 0:29:23.200 --> 0:29:25.920 Yeah, I mean, so that's the thing. Yeah, So these 0:29:25.960 --> 0:29:30.640 things sort of prey upon you know, every computer user 0:29:30.760 --> 0:29:33.840 has issues with you know, whether it's slow startup, whether 0:29:33.880 --> 0:29:37.280 it's things not working perfectly. So of course, you pay, 0:29:37.320 --> 0:29:39.560 and you pay, and you pay, and doesn't get any better. 0:29:39.640 --> 0:29:41.960 So I think that you could probably ignore most of 0:29:41.960 --> 0:29:45.720 those things. I do think that the when it comes 0:29:45.760 --> 0:29:48.640 to the actual dark web stuff and all that personal 0:29:48.640 --> 0:29:52.080 information stuff, that might be worth it because there is 0:29:52.120 --> 0:29:55.520 surprisingly a lot of information about us on the dark web, 0:29:55.560 --> 0:29:59.440 and just in general. Have you done the Google results 0:29:59.560 --> 0:30:04.120 about you yet? Okay? So if you look up Google 0:30:04.240 --> 0:30:08.200 results about you. This is a free service that Google 0:30:08.600 --> 0:30:12.200 offers where it will search on the web for public 0:30:12.600 --> 0:30:16.560 displays of your name, your phone number, your email address, 0:30:16.800 --> 0:30:19.280 anything like that that's been involved in some sort of 0:30:19.360 --> 0:30:22.320 data leak or on one of those like data websites 0:30:22.360 --> 0:30:24.720 like a you know, name shopping website kind of thing, 0:30:25.320 --> 0:30:28.200 and it will offer to take those down for you. Now, 0:30:28.600 --> 0:30:31.160 it only takes those down from Google search results. It 0:30:31.160 --> 0:30:34.520 does not actually take it down from the website. So 0:30:35.480 --> 0:30:37.240 if you want to take that down from the website, 0:30:37.280 --> 0:30:40.400 there are tools, probably this Dark Webfinder tool that you're 0:30:40.400 --> 0:30:43.720 talking about will assist you with that. Mozilla also has 0:30:43.800 --> 0:30:47.960 one which is called Mozilla Monitor that's brand new. You 0:30:48.000 --> 0:30:49.800 can check that out and they will help you get 0:30:49.800 --> 0:30:53.200 things down as well. You can also go through and 0:30:53.600 --> 0:30:57.360 kind of diyatt too, so you can go through, there's 0:30:57.400 --> 0:31:02.200 a website just delete Let's see, it's just delete me. 0:31:02.600 --> 0:31:05.000 And I got to always find this such a bookmark this, 0:31:05.560 --> 0:31:08.600 but they have if you look up, let's see it's 0:31:08.680 --> 0:31:12.600 I think it's just delete me DIY. But there's a 0:31:12.640 --> 0:31:14.920 way if you look up, like you know, any of 0:31:14.960 --> 0:31:17.680 these websites that offer to sell your information. Towards the 0:31:17.720 --> 0:31:20.840 bottom of the website, there are instructions for how to 0:31:20.840 --> 0:31:22.800 opt out of that, so you can do that as well. 0:31:23.440 --> 0:31:25.000 But those are the things that I would recommend. I 0:31:25.040 --> 0:31:27.920 also did an article for KTLA about starting the year 0:31:27.960 --> 0:31:33.920 off with a clean computer, and basically my general steps 0:31:34.000 --> 0:31:37.120 are to uninstall any programs that you no longer use, 0:31:38.120 --> 0:31:40.520 look at your web browser any extensions that you no 0:31:40.600 --> 0:31:44.040 longer use. Obviously, check all of the software updates, whether 0:31:44.040 --> 0:31:46.920 it's for the system or for the apps, clear your 0:31:46.960 --> 0:31:50.800 browsing data, and get rid of anything in the trash 0:31:50.840 --> 0:31:52.719 and that should go a long way to make your 0:31:52.720 --> 0:31:54.720 computer running better. If The other thing I would check 0:31:54.760 --> 0:31:58.240 for you is to see sort of what programs are 0:31:58.320 --> 0:32:01.880 starting up when you start up your computer. So if 0:32:01.920 --> 0:32:04.000 it's a program that just keeps opening every time you 0:32:04.040 --> 0:32:06.920 open up your computer. That's using resources. So I would 0:32:06.920 --> 0:32:09.160 get rid of those as well if you don't need 0:32:09.200 --> 0:32:11.000 them to open up as soon as you do that. 0:32:11.520 --> 0:32:13.720 But yeah, these programs, they will sell you on anything, 0:32:13.800 --> 0:32:16.160 believe me. You know, they make a lot of money. 0:32:16.240 --> 0:32:17.880 You see them on the news all the time or 0:32:18.000 --> 0:32:20.360 you know on TV where it's like, hey, you know, 0:32:20.440 --> 0:32:24.040 speed up your PC? Do they really work? So sometimes 0:32:24.080 --> 0:32:27.680 they do more damage than they actually help. Let's go 0:32:27.800 --> 0:32:31.760 to uh Mark, Mark and Lake Elson or Mark you're 0:32:31.800 --> 0:32:32.320 on with Rich? 0:32:33.280 --> 0:32:37.719 Yeah, Hi, Rich, Hi, I get the cell phone issue. 0:32:39.280 --> 0:32:45.600 When it's a little coiler there we go like normal. 0:32:45.920 --> 0:32:49.400 I'm on about the two years of the life of 0:32:49.440 --> 0:32:52.960 my cell phone. I'm having issues with the screen. I 0:32:53.160 --> 0:32:55.840 want to upgrade it. I really don't want to spend 0:32:55.840 --> 0:33:00.280 another thousand bucks for a song for two years. Been 0:33:00.320 --> 0:33:04.400 shopping for other stuff, and you know, I'm looking at 0:33:04.480 --> 0:33:06.840 phones for anywhere from one hundred and fifty barks up. 0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:11.360 If I go with something like a Motorola I think 0:33:11.360 --> 0:33:14.560 it was a five G five What am I going 0:33:14.640 --> 0:33:19.240 to lose in quality and stuff versus going with the 0:33:19.280 --> 0:33:21.440 newer Samsung you know the S series. 0:33:22.160 --> 0:33:25.160 Well, you're going to lose a lot. So Number one, 0:33:25.240 --> 0:33:28.640 I don't think that everyone needs the Samsung S series 0:33:28.640 --> 0:33:32.560 of phones, which are you know, Samsung has the premium s, 0:33:32.600 --> 0:33:35.440 they've got the budget A and then they've got the 0:33:35.480 --> 0:33:38.880 foldables which are their Z line. So I don't think 0:33:38.880 --> 0:33:42.640 that anyone needs or that everyone needs the S lineup, 0:33:42.760 --> 0:33:46.239 you know, the Samsung Galaxy US twenty four, Ultra S 0:33:46.280 --> 0:33:48.800 twenty four, S twenty four Plus. So I think really 0:33:48.800 --> 0:33:51.120 what it comes down to when you get these budget phones, 0:33:51.640 --> 0:33:54.320 it comes down to the processor. It comes down to 0:33:54.360 --> 0:33:56.360 the quality of the materials. A lot of times they're 0:33:56.360 --> 0:34:00.800 plastic versus you know, glass and metal. The camera is 0:34:00.960 --> 0:34:03.160 really where you take a big step back with a 0:34:03.160 --> 0:34:07.320 lot of these cheap phones. Software not only the blow 0:34:07.440 --> 0:34:09.840 on there, but also the updates that you get like 0:34:09.880 --> 0:34:13.440 how long is this phone supported? And also you know 0:34:13.480 --> 0:34:16.120 the memory, the RAM, so whether it's two gigs or 0:34:16.160 --> 0:34:18.759 maybe four gigs, you're you're probably gonna get less of that. 0:34:19.360 --> 0:34:22.160 So my advice when it comes to these budget phones, 0:34:23.800 --> 0:34:27.680 I would actually go with a brand like OnePlus. So 0:34:27.680 --> 0:34:31.799 they've got a great series called the Nord series. Have 0:34:31.880 --> 0:34:32.319 you heard of that? 0:34:33.280 --> 0:34:34.080 No, not at all. 0:34:34.200 --> 0:34:36.279 Yeah, So this is a this is a company that's 0:34:36.320 --> 0:34:38.319 a little bit off the radar. A lot of people 0:34:38.400 --> 0:34:40.600 in the tech world know about it, but the one 0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:43.840 plus Nord is just a great value. It's like probably 0:34:44.480 --> 0:34:47.720 the favorite budget phone out of most reviewers out there. 0:34:47.800 --> 0:34:50.279 So what I like about it is that not only 0:34:50.360 --> 0:34:53.759 is it less expensive than the big phones, but it's 0:34:53.960 --> 0:34:57.000 the software is really good, and so I think that's 0:34:57.160 --> 0:34:59.560 a big advantage here is that your phone is not 0:34:59.640 --> 0:35:02.360 going to low down. Now, I will say Motorola, I 0:35:02.400 --> 0:35:05.399 will give it credit. They actually do a pretty good 0:35:05.520 --> 0:35:08.879 job with the software on their phones because they keep 0:35:08.920 --> 0:35:11.759 it kind of clean, but I think it ends there, 0:35:11.760 --> 0:35:14.120 like the cameras on the Motorola phones have really just 0:35:14.200 --> 0:35:17.879 not been that great, even for their higher end phones. Now, 0:35:17.920 --> 0:35:22.239 the phone that I would recommend without any hesitation immediately 0:35:22.520 --> 0:35:26.799 is the Pixel seven A or the Pixel eight And 0:35:26.880 --> 0:35:29.120 those two phones they're gonna be a little bit more expensive, 0:35:29.680 --> 0:35:32.680 but I think the reality of those phones, like especially 0:35:32.680 --> 0:35:36.120 if you got the Pixel eight mark, they are supporting 0:35:36.200 --> 0:35:40.080 that phone for seven years, so you're talking you would 0:35:40.080 --> 0:35:42.040 not have to worry. I mean, yeah, is it going 0:35:42.080 --> 0:35:44.520 to slow down in the next seven years, Probably, But 0:35:44.600 --> 0:35:47.680 you've got software support for seven years, So do the 0:35:47.719 --> 0:35:51.880 math if that phone costs you. Now that phone, the 0:35:51.880 --> 0:35:54.319 Pixel seven A is about five hundred dollars it goes 0:35:54.360 --> 0:35:56.719 on sale. I would definitely recommend waiting for it to 0:35:56.719 --> 0:36:00.000 go on sale. The Google phones always do. The Pixel 0:36:00.120 --> 0:36:02.279 eight is a little bit more expensive. I think it 0:36:02.400 --> 0:36:05.200 starts at six ninety nine. Let's see how much that is, 0:36:06.040 --> 0:36:07.680 and I know we're getting up there in the price. Yeah, 0:36:07.719 --> 0:36:10.520 that's six ninety nine. But again, you know, if you 0:36:10.560 --> 0:36:14.080 do that math over seven years, that is a pretty 0:36:14.120 --> 0:36:16.400 good deal. And again that will go on sale. So 0:36:16.840 --> 0:36:19.440 my advice, look at the OnePlus Nord, look at the 0:36:19.480 --> 0:36:22.120 Pixel seven A. I think that's overall your best bet 0:36:22.120 --> 0:36:23.920 for a budget phone that is not going to give 0:36:23.960 --> 0:36:26.880 you any grief, and it has an incredible camera up 0:36:26.960 --> 0:36:31.239 and amazing software. Those are my recommendations. But I think 0:36:31.320 --> 0:36:33.840 that a lot of these budget phones give people more headaches. 0:36:34.480 --> 0:36:37.080 They save the money in the short term, but they 0:36:37.080 --> 0:36:39.680 give them more headaches in the long term, So just 0:36:39.719 --> 0:36:43.200 be aware of those limitations. Great question, Thanks for calling 0:36:43.200 --> 0:36:46.319 in today from Lake Elson or all right, rich on 0:36:46.400 --> 0:36:50.880 Tech website, richontech dot TV phone number for the show 0:36:50.960 --> 0:36:53.840 Triple eight Rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:36:53.960 --> 0:36:57.080 four to two four one zero one. Coming up, I'll 0:36:57.080 --> 0:36:59.560 tell you about the big Meta outage this week and 0:36:59.600 --> 0:37:13.319 what in Instagram is doing to upgrade messaging. Welcome back 0:37:13.360 --> 0:37:16.040 to Rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, 0:37:16.160 --> 0:37:19.640 talking technology at triple eight Rich one O one. That's 0:37:19.680 --> 0:37:26.120 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:37:26.640 --> 0:37:32.160 Did you survive the big Facebook outage of twenty twenty four? 0:37:33.360 --> 0:37:36.480 It happened. Uh believe it was this week now now 0:37:36.520 --> 0:37:38.480 I'm trying to remember. Was it this week? 0:37:38.800 --> 0:37:38.960 Yeah? 0:37:39.040 --> 0:37:40.920 It was this week? Yes, sorry, it was Super Tuesday. 0:37:40.960 --> 0:37:44.800 That's right, Okay, thank you, Bobo. Uh get my weeks 0:37:44.840 --> 0:37:47.200 mixed up here. So this was a global outage that 0:37:47.320 --> 0:37:51.800 lasted over two hours. Everyone was freaking out. It actually 0:37:51.840 --> 0:37:55.000 started with my mom. She texted me and said I 0:37:55.000 --> 0:37:57.280 can't log into my Facebook and I said that's odd, 0:37:57.960 --> 0:38:01.440 and then the flood of message I mean, I'm talking 0:38:01.640 --> 0:38:04.440 everyone emailed me and was like, Rich, what's going on. 0:38:04.480 --> 0:38:07.320 I can't get onto Facebook marketplace, I can't get onto Instagram. 0:38:07.320 --> 0:38:09.359 I can't do this. And I said, well, why are 0:38:09.400 --> 0:38:13.480 you emailing me? What can I do about this? But 0:38:14.040 --> 0:38:16.920 that was enough to set the wheels in motion for 0:38:16.960 --> 0:38:20.040 me to figure out what was going on, which you know, 0:38:20.160 --> 0:38:23.240 looking at the Facebook status pages, the meta status pages, 0:38:23.320 --> 0:38:25.840 and yeah, it was. It was a big outage. Everyone 0:38:25.840 --> 0:38:28.000 of course wondered was it due to hacking, was it 0:38:28.040 --> 0:38:33.040 due to cybersecurity. There was lots of reports of various things. 0:38:33.719 --> 0:38:38.160 You know, they've got three billion users for Facebook, Instagram, 0:38:39.200 --> 0:38:43.960 Meta Quest, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger. There are so many people 0:38:43.960 --> 0:38:47.399 that use this stuff, and everyone went to Twitter. That's 0:38:47.400 --> 0:38:50.319 where people went. Everyone went to Twitter to complain and 0:38:50.360 --> 0:38:53.840 to talk about it. Of course, Twitter owner Elon Musk 0:38:53.920 --> 0:38:56.839 took a job at Meta saying, if you're if you're 0:38:56.880 --> 0:39:00.719 reading this, our plur if you're if you're seeing this, 0:39:01.080 --> 0:39:04.080 our servers are working. And you know, the funny thing 0:39:04.160 --> 0:39:07.160 is that Twitter probably had the most issues back in 0:39:07.200 --> 0:39:09.480 the day when they were just starting that they had 0:39:09.480 --> 0:39:12.520 this thing called the fail whale, and whenever Twitter wasn't working, 0:39:12.520 --> 0:39:14.160 you would just see this picture of a whale that 0:39:14.320 --> 0:39:17.400 was failed. And that happened probably the most out of 0:39:17.480 --> 0:39:21.279 any platform I can remember. But the difference now is 0:39:21.320 --> 0:39:23.759 that these platforms are bigger and bigger and bigger, Like 0:39:23.760 --> 0:39:26.880 we saw with the AT and T outage huge affects 0:39:27.080 --> 0:39:30.360 large swaths of people because these companies keep getting bigger, 0:39:30.960 --> 0:39:33.759 so when they go down, more people are affected. So 0:39:33.920 --> 0:39:36.399 what was this all about? A technical issue? They said, 0:39:36.440 --> 0:39:39.799 some sort of software technical issue caused it, and that's it. 0:39:39.840 --> 0:39:42.600 There's nothing you can do. You can't file your grievances 0:39:42.640 --> 0:39:45.960 because it's all free now. Instagram did roll out some 0:39:46.120 --> 0:39:50.040 major updates to their messaging this week, so a couple 0:39:50.120 --> 0:39:52.200 things to know. Number One, if you send a direct 0:39:52.200 --> 0:39:54.719 message to someone, you now have fifteen minutes to edit 0:39:54.760 --> 0:39:56.600 that message, which is kind of cool. So just press 0:39:56.640 --> 0:39:59.120 and hold on the message. You'll get a little edit icon. 0:39:59.239 --> 0:40:01.400 You can tap that just like I message. You can 0:40:01.520 --> 0:40:05.480 edit that message for fifteen minutes. And you can now 0:40:05.600 --> 0:40:09.080 pin up to three chats for quick access up at 0:40:09.080 --> 0:40:13.240 the top of your messaging you know the messaging screen 0:40:13.360 --> 0:40:16.360 on Instagram, So if you always message no your partner 0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:20.000 or your group or whatever, you can pin those to 0:40:20.040 --> 0:40:22.680 the top, press and hold press the pin. I don't 0:40:22.680 --> 0:40:25.799 know if that is available just yet, but it is 0:40:25.840 --> 0:40:29.040 coming soon, so go into your messaging and just let's 0:40:29.040 --> 0:40:31.200 see if I can do that. Nope, not there just yet. 0:40:31.600 --> 0:40:34.040 I think you have to swipe on them to do it. 0:40:34.440 --> 0:40:37.040 It's not available on my app just yet. And then 0:40:37.040 --> 0:40:39.719 the other thing is read receipts. So you know how 0:40:39.760 --> 0:40:42.040 when you look at someone's you send someone a message 0:40:42.040 --> 0:40:44.040 in that you see that little scene at the bottom 0:40:44.280 --> 0:40:47.000 where it says they saw the message. You can turn 0:40:47.040 --> 0:40:49.440 off that ability for someone to see if you've read 0:40:49.480 --> 0:40:52.680 their message. You can go into your read you can 0:40:52.719 --> 0:40:55.600 go into your messaging settings, and so how do you 0:40:55.680 --> 0:40:58.600 do that? Go to your profile, Tap the three lines 0:40:58.600 --> 0:41:01.880 in the upper right hand corner, Tap settings in privacy, 0:41:02.520 --> 0:41:07.440 tap messages and story replies, tap show read receipts, and 0:41:07.480 --> 0:41:10.000 you can toggle that off. I know that's a lot, 0:41:10.040 --> 0:41:11.799 but if you want to see those instructions, just go 0:41:11.840 --> 0:41:14.759 to my Instagram and look for the one that says 0:41:14.800 --> 0:41:17.480 new Instagram feature. You can now turn off read Receipts. 0:41:17.960 --> 0:41:20.640 The downside to this, if you toggle this off, it's 0:41:20.680 --> 0:41:23.920 a two way street. If you toggle off read Receipts, 0:41:24.000 --> 0:41:26.000 you will no longer be able to see when people 0:41:26.040 --> 0:41:28.640 read your messages. So they kind of made that as 0:41:28.640 --> 0:41:30.799 an incentive for you to leave it on, because you 0:41:30.880 --> 0:41:33.560 can't sneak around Instagram thinking, oh, nobody could see when 0:41:33.560 --> 0:41:35.399 I read my messages, but I'll see when other people 0:41:35.400 --> 0:41:38.839 read them. Uh huh, doesn't work that way. Let's go 0:41:38.960 --> 0:41:43.920 to Let's go to Jenny, Jenny and San Diego. You're 0:41:43.920 --> 0:41:46.200 on with Rich Hi there. 0:41:46.360 --> 0:41:51.640 I'm going to France and Netherlands next month, and I 0:41:51.760 --> 0:41:56.680 just got new phones from Spectrum which they do not 0:41:56.880 --> 0:42:00.600 have an international plan, and I'm on TEAE with them, 0:42:00.680 --> 0:42:03.640 so I don't believe that I can use an ETHM. 0:42:04.040 --> 0:42:07.960 So I've been looking online for different like pocket Wi Fi, 0:42:08.320 --> 0:42:12.080 like hip pocket and some other things on Amazon, and 0:42:12.120 --> 0:42:15.680 I was just wondering if you had any you're familiar 0:42:15.719 --> 0:42:19.400 with hip pocket, or if you have maybe there's something 0:42:19.440 --> 0:42:20.640 else I'm not thinking of. 0:42:21.280 --> 0:42:24.720 So hip Pocket is a is a Wi Fi rental. 0:42:24.800 --> 0:42:27.239 I'm actually not familiar, but I've heard of the the 0:42:27.440 --> 0:42:29.120 you know the way this works. These used to be 0:42:29.239 --> 0:42:33.399 very very popular. So you rent the Wi Fi over 0:42:33.520 --> 0:42:35.600 in Europe and then they ship it to you here 0:42:35.600 --> 0:42:37.440 in the US, so you have it before you get there. 0:42:38.120 --> 0:42:41.160 Yes, you can either do that or you can like 0:42:41.280 --> 0:42:44.520 reserve it and when you get to the airport, or 0:42:44.520 --> 0:42:47.719 they'll send it to your hotel. But I have enough 0:42:47.760 --> 0:42:51.200 time where they could ship it to my house and 0:42:51.239 --> 0:42:54.560 then when I get there, me and my husband, you know, 0:42:55.120 --> 0:42:57.320 to connect on it because it said it could connect 0:42:57.320 --> 0:42:59.200 it to like kid devices. 0:42:59.320 --> 0:43:02.399 Yeah, it's a hot spot, so it'll you know, it'll 0:43:02.400 --> 0:43:04.719 connect any of the devices that you know, just like 0:43:04.719 --> 0:43:07.600 any other hot spot. So I'm looking at their plans, 0:43:07.600 --> 0:43:10.759 so you can get a fourteen day rental plan which 0:43:10.800 --> 0:43:15.040 includes delivery to the US. So it seems like the 0:43:15.040 --> 0:43:17.480 more you pay, the more they'll deliver it to the US. Right, 0:43:17.560 --> 0:43:19.239 So if you're getting like the cheaper plan, you have 0:43:19.280 --> 0:43:22.040 to get it delivered to your European hotel, which I 0:43:22.080 --> 0:43:26.240 personally think that would be a pain to do because 0:43:26.480 --> 0:43:29.120 you're going to want your connectivity from the airport the 0:43:29.200 --> 0:43:31.360 second lang yep, yep. 0:43:31.200 --> 0:43:33.840 Because you're going to have to, like if you're going 0:43:33.920 --> 0:43:37.360 to do uber or exactly figure out where you're going 0:43:38.080 --> 0:43:38.879 and things like that. 0:43:39.000 --> 0:43:41.400 So I'd rather have it at your house, you know. 0:43:41.480 --> 0:43:44.360 So it looks like for fourteen days rental in Europe, 0:43:44.360 --> 0:43:48.279 they're looking at ninety six euros, which is probably what 0:43:48.520 --> 0:43:51.480 a little bit about one hundred dollars in US dollars. 0:43:51.880 --> 0:43:56.279 That would actually cheaper than when we had Verizon. They 0:43:56.280 --> 0:44:00.839 would charge you ten dollars a day, you know, So 0:44:01.080 --> 0:44:02.160 it's expensive. 0:44:02.440 --> 0:44:08.319 Yeah, yeah, it is. So there's a couple of other ways. Well, 0:44:08.360 --> 0:44:10.040 so what I used when I went to Europe, I 0:44:10.080 --> 0:44:13.759 tested a product called Solace Wi Fi s O l 0:44:13.880 --> 0:44:16.920 I s H. But this is something that you purchase, 0:44:17.000 --> 0:44:19.480 and so that's the so that these Wi Fi rental 0:44:19.520 --> 0:44:22.320 hotspots used to be super popular, Like any country you 0:44:22.400 --> 0:44:25.080 went to, there used to be one hundred different companies 0:44:25.080 --> 0:44:28.040 that would rent these things out. That has gotten way 0:44:28.120 --> 0:44:30.600 less over the years because people have hot spots on 0:44:30.640 --> 0:44:32.799 their phone, they have the e sims, they have the 0:44:32.840 --> 0:44:36.720 international calling plans, so those are all things that have 0:44:36.719 --> 0:44:40.040 have lessened this product. So while I can't vouch for 0:44:40.080 --> 0:44:43.120 the hip pocket Wi Fi, it's definitely an idea that 0:44:43.160 --> 0:44:45.000 has been around for a long time and it's been 0:44:45.080 --> 0:44:47.360 very successful. I have done it in the past. The 0:44:47.400 --> 0:44:49.520 company that I used in the past is no longer 0:44:49.560 --> 0:44:53.240 around due to these you know, it's just the demand 0:44:53.320 --> 0:44:55.840 for this is not as great as it used to be. 0:44:56.600 --> 0:44:59.840 Okay, And then what if I have a phone that 0:45:00.360 --> 0:45:02.480 that when I replaced it, I have like an old 0:45:02.640 --> 0:45:07.919 note Sansung Note twenty that's unlocked. It's and I don't 0:45:07.920 --> 0:45:10.360 know if if I don't know, should I or I 0:45:10.360 --> 0:45:11.600 could take that. 0:45:11.880 --> 0:45:15.480 There, Yeah, use that as a hotspot and use. 0:45:15.360 --> 0:45:18.920 That and then use that phone as a hotspot for 0:45:19.360 --> 0:45:20.000 our phone. 0:45:20.400 --> 0:45:20.640 Yeah. 0:45:20.760 --> 0:45:23.799 That that's just I thought of that and I wasn't 0:45:23.800 --> 0:45:25.840 sure if if that would work. 0:45:25.960 --> 0:45:28.319 Yeah, that'll work. I would do that. So if you 0:45:28.360 --> 0:45:29.880 have that old phone, I mean that's a you have 0:45:29.920 --> 0:45:32.279 a note, that's a pretty big battery on there, So 0:45:32.280 --> 0:45:34.880 that's gonna work pretty well. Uh yeah, I don't I 0:45:34.880 --> 0:45:36.759 don't see any problem with doing that. So you set 0:45:36.840 --> 0:45:38.880 up the phone. What I would do is I would 0:45:39.760 --> 0:45:42.200 format that phone, like I would clear it out, like 0:45:42.239 --> 0:45:45.040 I would do a factory reset so that there's nothing 0:45:45.080 --> 0:45:48.360 on it. Set it up fresh, you know, get the 0:45:48.400 --> 0:45:50.719 E sim on it. I like RL A I R 0:45:50.920 --> 0:45:54.080 A l O. There are others. But you can get that. 0:45:54.200 --> 0:45:56.799 You can get a you probably want a pretty big 0:45:57.800 --> 0:45:59.959 allotment on there, and then you can flip that into 0:46:00.120 --> 0:46:02.360 a hot spot. The only thing is that's going to 0:46:02.400 --> 0:46:04.200 be just a little bit trickier, and that's going to 0:46:04.239 --> 0:46:06.839 be a little bit more unknown and a little bit 0:46:06.920 --> 0:46:11.279 uncharted than the hippo. So the Hippo is giving you 0:46:11.360 --> 0:46:15.360 one hundred megabits. Let's see if high speed four g 0:46:15.560 --> 0:46:18.480 l t E unlimited internet and unlimited data in Europe, 0:46:18.840 --> 0:46:22.200 so you're getting unlimited for about one hundred dollars. You know, 0:46:22.280 --> 0:46:24.760 travel is expensive to begin with. I think one hundred 0:46:24.760 --> 0:46:26.719 dollars is pretty reasonable. Are you going for more than 0:46:26.760 --> 0:46:27.919 fourteen days? 0:46:28.320 --> 0:46:32.120 No, they're going out just under okay, twelve days. 0:46:32.280 --> 0:46:34.680 I mean I think that this little hippo thing is 0:46:34.760 --> 0:46:37.000 probably a pretty nice. 0:46:37.640 --> 0:46:39.840 Yeah, I just put I'm kind of leaning towards but 0:46:39.920 --> 0:46:42.400 I just I'm so glad I got to talk to 0:46:42.400 --> 0:46:45.400 you because IVE been thinking about. 0:46:45.800 --> 0:46:48.480 Yeah, I just I would. My only thing is I 0:46:48.480 --> 0:46:50.480 would I would try to find some real reviews. I'm 0:46:50.520 --> 0:46:52.880 just looking at the website, which looks legitimate and it 0:46:52.920 --> 0:46:55.600 looks fine. I would just try to find some real 0:46:55.640 --> 0:46:59.000 reviews from people on you know, maybe search, you know, 0:46:59.120 --> 0:47:01.279 just search the web for some good reviews from like 0:47:01.360 --> 0:47:05.520 actual travelers that you trust, people that run a decent blog, 0:47:05.680 --> 0:47:08.360 and just make sure that this is legitimate. But it 0:47:08.440 --> 0:47:10.160 seems like it is, and I love the fact that 0:47:10.200 --> 0:47:12.799 they will deliver it here to the US. You have it, 0:47:13.040 --> 0:47:15.279 you get off the plane, you turn it on, your 0:47:15.320 --> 0:47:17.400 phone's are already linked up to it and it works. 0:47:17.480 --> 0:47:20.840 I've had a couple of trips in the past, Jenny, 0:47:20.880 --> 0:47:24.520 where I've landed and my phone does not work, and 0:47:24.600 --> 0:47:26.960 it is the most frustrating thing you could ever imagine. 0:47:27.000 --> 0:47:29.680 That trip from the airport to the hotel is probably 0:47:29.719 --> 0:47:32.120 the longest trip of your life when that's happening. So 0:47:32.920 --> 0:47:34.359 make sure this works. But I think that's a good 0:47:34.360 --> 0:47:36.040 way to do it. And the other phone would work 0:47:36.080 --> 0:47:38.280 as a hot spot, but it's a little bit more involved, 0:47:38.320 --> 0:47:40.880 and I would say it's probably not worth the headache, 0:47:40.880 --> 0:47:42.880 to be honest, because. 0:47:42.800 --> 0:47:45.600 It's it's kind of an older phone. Yeah, all right, well, 0:47:45.640 --> 0:47:46.760 thank you so much. 0:47:46.880 --> 0:47:49.120 All right, Jenny, thanks for the call, and have fun. 0:47:49.480 --> 0:47:51.680 I'm jealous. We've been trying to plan a trip to 0:47:52.760 --> 0:47:55.760 the dream trip to Paris and London with the kids, 0:47:55.920 --> 0:48:00.120 and it's a lot. You know, travel it's expensive. I 0:48:00.239 --> 0:48:02.200 used to travel when I was coming out to California, 0:48:02.680 --> 0:48:05.520 when I was just myself, it was one ticket. It 0:48:05.560 --> 0:48:07.400 turns out when you have a family of four and 0:48:07.440 --> 0:48:09.640 you're traveling, you're buying four tickets and that's just the 0:48:09.800 --> 0:48:13.200 entry price. Travel gets very very expensive when you have 0:48:13.239 --> 0:48:17.600 a family, and believe me it is. Travel is not cheap, 0:48:17.800 --> 0:48:20.600 so enjoy it, have a great time, and stay connected. 0:48:21.000 --> 0:48:23.719 All right. Eighty eight rich one on one eight eight 0:48:23.800 --> 0:48:27.520 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give 0:48:27.520 --> 0:48:29.360 me a call if you have a question about technology. 0:48:29.520 --> 0:48:32.239 Coming up, I'm going to tell you about the new 0:48:32.280 --> 0:48:36.520 website that lets you search old newspapers. Very cool. You 0:48:36.640 --> 0:48:41.160 are listening to rich on tech. Welcome back to rich 0:48:41.200 --> 0:48:43.840 on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking 0:48:43.920 --> 0:48:48.160 technology at triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight 0:48:48.160 --> 0:48:51.640 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:48:52.600 --> 0:48:57.840 Let's go to uh Craig in Des Moines, Iowa. Craig, 0:48:57.880 --> 0:48:58.600 you're on with Rich. 0:49:00.040 --> 0:49:01.400 Yea, that's how you're doing Rick. 0:49:01.560 --> 0:49:02.440 I'm doing great. 0:49:03.920 --> 0:49:08.480 I have a Dawnton S twenty four, one of the 0:49:08.600 --> 0:49:14.600 new phone, and I want to know, Yeah, I can 0:49:14.680 --> 0:49:20.319 get the website like poor emudgency, like the enderware or 0:49:21.440 --> 0:49:22.839 whatever the phone got. 0:49:23.080 --> 0:49:24.120 Oh good question. 0:49:25.000 --> 0:49:28.640 I don't have the one with the dialist Okay, so't 0:49:28.719 --> 0:49:30.880 have that one. I have the little one. 0:49:31.080 --> 0:49:34.120 You've just got a standard Samsung S twenty four, which 0:49:34.160 --> 0:49:37.680 is a great phone, brand new. It's it's uh you know, 0:49:37.680 --> 0:49:42.520 it's the smaller of the Samsung's. So the Samsung devices, 0:49:43.120 --> 0:49:46.520 they're actually lagging a little bit in this emergency area, 0:49:46.600 --> 0:49:49.799 which is not very good. So if you look at 0:49:49.840 --> 0:49:53.839 the iPhone, they've got not only the newest models, have 0:49:54.120 --> 0:49:57.040 emergency satellite service, so if you are in the middle 0:49:57.080 --> 0:50:00.000 of nowhere and you need help and there's no cellular, 0:50:00.760 --> 0:50:03.880 they will use satellite to get you help. That's incredible. 0:50:04.960 --> 0:50:08.279 But they also have fall detection and they've got car 0:50:08.320 --> 0:50:12.319 crash detection. So those are some really useful things that 0:50:12.360 --> 0:50:16.080 will help you get help in an emergency. Now, the 0:50:16.120 --> 0:50:19.359 Pixel does not have this. That's Google's phone. They do 0:50:19.480 --> 0:50:24.880 not have the satellite service, although it's rumored that it 0:50:25.000 --> 0:50:28.480 is coming soon to the Pixel, perhaps with the next model. 0:50:29.400 --> 0:50:32.040 But they do have car crash detection, and so if 0:50:32.040 --> 0:50:34.560 you're in a car in a crash, it will attempt 0:50:34.600 --> 0:50:36.839 to dial nine one one. And the Watch also has 0:50:36.880 --> 0:50:42.359 fall detection. So when it comes to Samsung, they have 0:50:42.400 --> 0:50:46.520 something called Emergency SOS and that is it basically. But 0:50:46.960 --> 0:50:50.279 as far as I know, none of this is automatic, 0:50:50.920 --> 0:50:53.239 and so that is the thing that you need to 0:50:53.320 --> 0:50:55.760 know is that you can set up the emergency SOS 0:50:55.840 --> 0:50:58.000 feature on the Samsung, but it's not gonna be automatic 0:50:58.040 --> 0:51:00.719 and it doesn't have satellite, so you are going to 0:51:00.719 --> 0:51:03.360 be at the mercy of the cellular networks. So to 0:51:03.400 --> 0:51:08.160 set this up, go into settings Safety and Emergency and 0:51:08.239 --> 0:51:09.880 look for something. There's a couple of things that you 0:51:09.880 --> 0:51:13.000 want to fill out. Number one your medical info. Number 0:51:13.040 --> 0:51:18.560 two your emergency contacts. Number three emergency SOS. Get familiar 0:51:18.600 --> 0:51:23.920 with that, and that involves turning on the feature and 0:51:24.200 --> 0:51:28.520 when you press the side button five times in emergency, 0:51:28.600 --> 0:51:31.640 it will call the emergency number and it will send 0:51:32.239 --> 0:51:36.040 an SOS to your emergency contacts. And then the other 0:51:36.080 --> 0:51:40.799 thing they have is called emergency Sharing, and so emergency 0:51:40.840 --> 0:51:44.439 Sharing is another feature on the Samsung that will share 0:51:44.480 --> 0:51:47.799 your location another info with your emergency contacts if you 0:51:47.880 --> 0:51:52.680 need help. So you can share with your emergency contacts 0:51:52.680 --> 0:51:56.080 that you set up earlier, and it will actually share 0:51:56.120 --> 0:51:59.320 a picture of your front and rear cameras and include 0:51:59.320 --> 0:52:02.040 them the message and also a five second of audio 0:52:02.160 --> 0:52:05.600 if you ever need to activate that feature. So it's 0:52:05.600 --> 0:52:08.200 not as automatic as some of the other phones, but 0:52:08.520 --> 0:52:10.920 that's the feature that you get. I think that because 0:52:10.960 --> 0:52:14.280 Apple has had this SOS feature now for two years 0:52:14.800 --> 0:52:17.360 on the last two phones they've put out, the iPhone 0:52:17.400 --> 0:52:20.920 fourteen and the iPhone fifteen. That is a huge feature. 0:52:21.640 --> 0:52:23.960 And there are some third party products that would give 0:52:24.000 --> 0:52:29.560 you that feature, notably the Motorola Defy satellite link. But 0:52:29.719 --> 0:52:32.680 the problem with that is the company that makes it 0:52:32.719 --> 0:52:36.880 is I believe they filed bankruptcy. They licensed the Motorola 0:52:36.960 --> 0:52:39.520 name from them, and I think the company that puts 0:52:39.520 --> 0:52:42.680 this out is trying to reorganize or something. So the 0:52:42.680 --> 0:52:45.439 fate of that product is up in the air right now. 0:52:46.480 --> 0:52:49.520 So where does that leave you, Craig. That leaves you 0:52:49.560 --> 0:52:53.160 with setting up the emergency SOS feature once again. Go 0:52:53.200 --> 0:52:56.879 into settings, look for safety and emergency and just go 0:52:56.920 --> 0:52:59.439 through all of those settings and get that set up 0:53:00.040 --> 0:53:02.840 because that is very important to have that on. Great question. 0:53:02.960 --> 0:53:06.480 Thanks for the call today from des Moines, Iowa. I 0:53:06.480 --> 0:53:09.280 always feel like I'm gonna say des Moin wrong because 0:53:09.440 --> 0:53:16.600 it's looks like des Moines. All right. My Heritage has 0:53:16.680 --> 0:53:18.799 launched a new website. This is pretty cool. It's called 0:53:18.880 --> 0:53:23.880 oldnews dot com. This helps you explore historical newspapers. They 0:53:23.920 --> 0:53:29.240 have scanned millions of newspapers from various countries, including the US, 0:53:29.719 --> 0:53:32.319 and you can search for them. You can search a name, 0:53:32.400 --> 0:53:34.520 you can search an event, you can search all kinds 0:53:34.560 --> 0:53:37.400 of stuff. I've had a lot of fun with this website. 0:53:37.400 --> 0:53:39.239 This week, I searched my own name. I found an 0:53:39.360 --> 0:53:43.080 article about myself from two thousand and seven in some 0:53:43.200 --> 0:53:46.440 newspaper from Maine. I was on the Today Show showing 0:53:46.480 --> 0:53:51.319 off an antenna actually our guests last week, and you know, 0:53:51.320 --> 0:53:53.359 we were talking about anyway, there's an article about how 0:53:53.360 --> 0:53:55.000 that went viral back in the day and they were 0:53:55.000 --> 0:53:58.000 selling out. But it's cool because it shows you the 0:53:58.000 --> 0:54:02.640 actual newspaper article and it highlights your search term in yellow, 0:54:02.719 --> 0:54:04.680 so you can see what it looked like on the page. 0:54:04.680 --> 0:54:07.600 You can download that newspaper page. And what's this good for? 0:54:07.760 --> 0:54:11.600 This is good for obviously ancestry reasons. You want to 0:54:11.600 --> 0:54:14.000 look up obituaries, you want to look up birth announcements, 0:54:14.040 --> 0:54:15.319 you want to look up events. You want to look 0:54:15.400 --> 0:54:17.720 up your hometown. You want to look up your high school, 0:54:18.120 --> 0:54:20.720 anything that happened in your hometown when you were young. 0:54:21.080 --> 0:54:23.319 It's really cool, it's really good. I don't know how 0:54:23.400 --> 0:54:25.920 thorough it is with the newspapers, but it looks like 0:54:25.960 --> 0:54:28.799 it has a lot. It is not free, but they 0:54:28.800 --> 0:54:32.840 do offer a free seven day trial, so if you 0:54:32.840 --> 0:54:34.719 want to try it out, I recommend signing up for 0:54:34.800 --> 0:54:38.120 that and canceling immediately so that you don't get charged, 0:54:38.200 --> 0:54:41.000 no surprises, and then if you want to later on 0:54:41.040 --> 0:54:43.480 you can sign up. If it's really amazing, you can 0:54:43.520 --> 0:54:46.480 sign up for an annual plan. The problem is they 0:54:46.520 --> 0:54:49.799 don't offer a monthly plan. They only offer an annual plan. 0:54:49.880 --> 0:54:52.279 It is ninety nine dollars for the year, twenty five 0:54:52.320 --> 0:54:54.520 percent off for the first year. Again, the website is 0:54:54.640 --> 0:54:57.160 oldnews dot com. You can find a link on my 0:54:57.200 --> 0:55:01.600 website go to richontech dot tv. All right, coming up, 0:55:01.600 --> 0:55:04.239 we're going to talk the future of streaming TV and 0:55:04.280 --> 0:55:07.359 why you should download an app called VLC. You are 0:55:07.400 --> 0:55:15.640 listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:55:15.760 --> 0:55:19.560 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology. Triple 0:55:19.600 --> 0:55:22.319 eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four 0:55:22.280 --> 0:55:25.399 to two four one zero one. We've got some lines open, 0:55:25.440 --> 0:55:27.360 so if you have a question about technology, give me 0:55:27.440 --> 0:55:30.120 a call. If you want to link to something I mentioned, 0:55:30.160 --> 0:55:34.680 just go to richon Tech dot TV. Yanco Rutgers is 0:55:34.800 --> 0:55:39.160 author of the low Pass newsletter. He has written about 0:55:39.239 --> 0:55:42.759 TV and our changing world and streaming for many many 0:55:42.840 --> 0:55:46.799 years now. Uh Janko, welcome to the show. So tell 0:55:46.800 --> 0:55:48.960 me about the newsletter real quick. What do you write about. 0:55:49.600 --> 0:55:53.880 I write about a VA streaming, all the fun stuff 0:55:53.920 --> 0:55:57.200 that's basically on the intersection of technology and entertainment. 0:55:57.800 --> 0:56:00.359 It's so wild because you know, I just find got 0:56:00.360 --> 0:56:03.200 my hands on the Vision Pro in my home and 0:56:03.239 --> 0:56:07.720 I watched an episode of Hijack, like an Apple TV show, 0:56:08.320 --> 0:56:10.359 and it was quite incredible. Like I was like looking 0:56:10.400 --> 0:56:12.239 at people's faces and stuff. I'm like, this is like 0:56:12.360 --> 0:56:17.640 extremely clear and vivid and pretty amazing. It's just so 0:56:17.760 --> 0:56:20.760 darn expensive that it's like, are people going to experience 0:56:20.760 --> 0:56:21.600 this anytime soon? 0:56:22.600 --> 0:56:23.239 Yeah, that's right. 0:56:23.320 --> 0:56:26.840 It's a I think it's gonna stay a small, small 0:56:26.880 --> 0:56:29.120 footprint device for some time to come until they come 0:56:29.120 --> 0:56:31.439 out with somebody said the vision on Pro. 0:56:31.920 --> 0:56:35.440 Yeah, we were debating names today. Maybe it's gonna be 0:56:35.520 --> 0:56:39.360 like Vision Vision plus Vision Pro. So we'll see. But 0:56:39.400 --> 0:56:42.399 they need they need different pricing tiers for sure. Let's 0:56:42.400 --> 0:56:45.360 talk about the story this week. I always know something's 0:56:45.360 --> 0:56:47.400 the story when people email me A bunch and a 0:56:47.400 --> 0:56:51.040 lot of people are very upset about this Roku situation. 0:56:51.120 --> 0:56:54.279 I guess they saw a message on their screen that said, 0:56:54.360 --> 0:56:57.680 we have some new terms of service and people just figure, 0:56:57.719 --> 0:56:59.520 you know, you can cancel out of it. You couldn't, 0:56:59.600 --> 0:57:01.839 You couldn't proceed unless you accepted this. 0:57:03.120 --> 0:57:05.520 Yeah, and all companies do this all the time. But 0:57:05.640 --> 0:57:08.440 they sort of revised the terms of service, or in 0:57:08.440 --> 0:57:10.920 this case, it was sort of the dispute resolution terms, 0:57:11.120 --> 0:57:15.040 basically saying you can't sue Roku, but they decide to 0:57:15.040 --> 0:57:17.040 put it front and center and you had to agree 0:57:17.040 --> 0:57:19.560 to it right then and there on the TV screen, 0:57:20.080 --> 0:57:22.720 and that ended up being a major hazard for many 0:57:22.720 --> 0:57:25.640 people because you know, if you build up your TV system, 0:57:25.720 --> 0:57:28.480 maybe you have a sound Ball, maybe every Universe or remote, 0:57:28.480 --> 0:57:31.080 maybe even use the other device to reallydo all your 0:57:31.080 --> 0:57:33.760 streaming and connected Xbox, and you don't even touch the 0:57:33.800 --> 0:57:36.960 Roker remote anymore. So some people didn't have the remote anymore, 0:57:36.960 --> 0:57:39.080 and then they couldn't agree to this, and they couldn't 0:57:39.080 --> 0:57:41.680 access any of their other stuff anymore either. They've basically 0:57:41.720 --> 0:57:44.960 been stuck for like days in this weird limbo of 0:57:45.520 --> 0:57:47.760 having to agree to these terms that they can't agree to. 0:57:48.120 --> 0:57:50.960 So they really messed up how their world is out. 0:57:51.240 --> 0:57:53.320 Oh my gosh, I didn't realize that aspect of it 0:57:53.360 --> 0:57:55.600 that people were you know, yeah, that's so true. Like 0:57:55.600 --> 0:57:57.320 if you didn't if you don't have your remote handy, 0:57:57.320 --> 0:57:59.160 if you're using like a third party device and all 0:57:59.160 --> 0:58:01.960 of a sudden, this pops up on your screen and 0:58:02.000 --> 0:58:04.280 you just want to be like, please dismiss, you know, 0:58:04.320 --> 0:58:06.080 like you want to use your voice or something. But 0:58:06.160 --> 0:58:09.320 that's wild. Now people were saying, you know, I saw 0:58:09.320 --> 0:58:11.320 an article that says the only way to opt out 0:58:11.800 --> 0:58:15.280 is to write Roku's lawyers a letter. Do you think 0:58:15.280 --> 0:58:15.800 that's worth it? 0:58:15.800 --> 0:58:15.920 Here? 0:58:16.000 --> 0:58:18.040 I mean, is there any reason why someone's going to 0:58:18.160 --> 0:58:21.040 sue Roku? Like they don't like to show they're watching 0:58:21.080 --> 0:58:22.800 and they want their money back. 0:58:23.440 --> 0:58:25.560 I mean, so here's the thing about this. 0:58:26.040 --> 0:58:28.680 Roku is a streaming device maker and now they make 0:58:28.720 --> 0:58:30.640 TVs as well, but they make all the money with 0:58:30.680 --> 0:58:33.400 the advertising and with the advertising that comes from downsides 0:58:33.440 --> 0:58:36.240 when it comes to like profiling collecting data on people. 0:58:36.760 --> 0:58:39.200 So sometimes people do get upset about it. And there's 0:58:39.280 --> 0:58:41.800 try lawyers obliviously who want to make money with that, 0:58:41.920 --> 0:58:44.960 collect make class action lawsuits. And this was all about 0:58:45.040 --> 0:58:47.240 Rocu saying no, you can't do a class action lawsuit 0:58:47.240 --> 0:58:49.640 against us for any of those things because you have 0:58:49.680 --> 0:58:52.120 to go into arbitration. And again, a lot of companies 0:58:52.160 --> 0:58:54.920 do that. You know, maybe it's not the greatest thing 0:58:54.960 --> 0:58:57.440 for consumers, but it's just the wealthy we live in today. 0:58:57.800 --> 0:59:00.000 But in this case, they just messed up the role up. 0:59:00.520 --> 0:59:03.240 Ah, that makes sense, okay, because they do collect a 0:59:03.240 --> 0:59:06.760 lot of data. Speaking of data, So Walmart bought Visio 0:59:06.920 --> 0:59:08.960 and Visio actually I feel like they had a big 0:59:08.960 --> 0:59:12.400 class action lawsuit over their data collection practices a while back, 0:59:13.240 --> 0:59:15.640 So this is a big data play, right, Like Walmart, 0:59:15.760 --> 0:59:16.880 why are they buying Visio. 0:59:17.600 --> 0:59:22.360 It's basically the same story for Visio and Roku, all 0:59:22.400 --> 0:59:25.280 these companies that make relatively affordable TV. So you can 0:59:25.320 --> 0:59:26.840 go into a store right now and you can buy 0:59:26.880 --> 0:59:29.560 like a fifty five inch TV for three hundred bucks, 0:59:29.600 --> 0:59:32.160 which is insane, right because ten years ago you had 0:59:32.160 --> 0:59:35.480 to spend ten x as much. So TV prices have 0:59:35.520 --> 0:59:38.920 gone down completely. They're not making money on hardware anymore. 0:59:39.040 --> 0:59:41.600 Everybody's making money on advertising. As soon as you turn 0:59:41.640 --> 0:59:44.200 these things on as ads on the home screen, you 0:59:44.240 --> 0:59:46.080 get a lot of free channels on there. All of 0:59:46.120 --> 0:59:49.760 them have advertising, any third party ads or do any 0:59:49.800 --> 0:59:52.480 of those TVs has to share ad revenue or slots 0:59:52.520 --> 0:59:55.760 with them. So that's where the money is. And that's 0:59:56.160 --> 0:59:58.600 why Walmart also wants again and they want to grow 0:59:58.680 --> 1:00:01.040 more revenue. They don't just want to sell your stuff, 1:00:01.080 --> 1:00:03.520 but they want to then have a way to make 1:00:03.600 --> 1:00:07.160 money with that stuff that they already sold you every 1:00:07.200 --> 1:00:10.320 month for years to come, and TVs are a good, 1:00:10.560 --> 1:00:12.920 good avenue for that, so that's why they wanted to 1:00:12.920 --> 1:00:13.880 get into this space. 1:00:14.240 --> 1:00:16.360 Yeah, it's pretty wild. I don't think people realize just 1:00:16.440 --> 1:00:19.640 how much these TVs collect. I mean, everything's a smart 1:00:19.680 --> 1:00:22.720 TV now and they're all collecting so much data that 1:00:22.960 --> 1:00:25.720 is monetized and you know Roku and all these things, 1:00:25.720 --> 1:00:28.840 like they make a cut on even the streaming services 1:00:28.840 --> 1:00:31.440 that they have on there, like you think I downloaded 1:00:31.440 --> 1:00:34.080 you know, HBO Max or whatever, like they have these 1:00:34.120 --> 1:00:36.440 deals that they somehow get a little piece of the 1:00:36.480 --> 1:00:38.880 action for ads that are even served up on these 1:00:38.920 --> 1:00:40.240 third party services. 1:00:40.600 --> 1:00:43.840 Yeah, that's right, and I mean, to be fair, it's 1:00:43.880 --> 1:00:46.200 the only way that can make money. And we all 1:00:46.240 --> 1:00:48.400 like GPS, right, so that's the downs that we have 1:00:48.480 --> 1:00:51.760 to accept with that. And to be fair, if you 1:00:51.760 --> 1:00:53.640 buy a really expensive TV, if you go out and 1:00:53.640 --> 1:00:56.439 buy Samson TV for two thousand dollars, it's still gonna 1:00:56.440 --> 1:00:58.080 have the same ads on there, it's still gonna have 1:00:58.080 --> 1:00:59.920 the same services, and it's still going to collect this 1:01:00.160 --> 1:01:02.480 type of data. Now, some of these team makeers, you 1:01:02.520 --> 1:01:04.520 can actually opt out of some personalization. 1:01:05.000 --> 1:01:05.840 If you google that. 1:01:06.440 --> 1:01:08.960 There's articles that tell you how to opt out of 1:01:09.040 --> 1:01:11.720 a lot of the data collection. You're still going to 1:01:12.320 --> 1:01:14.720 you know, there's still some service level profile. You never 1:01:14.760 --> 1:01:17.040 can completely opt out of it unless you like go 1:01:17.120 --> 1:01:19.600 back to DVD's correct you over the antenna basically. 1:01:20.120 --> 1:01:22.320 But that's just the world we live in these days. 1:01:22.680 --> 1:01:24.560 And I guess you could disconnect it from Wi Fi 1:01:24.640 --> 1:01:27.320 if you're not using it as your you know, primary 1:01:27.920 --> 1:01:30.120 uh streaming service like my tea. I just got a 1:01:30.200 --> 1:01:32.520 TV and I opted out of all of the uh, 1:01:33.000 --> 1:01:34.720 you know, the data collection stuff. But they make it 1:01:34.800 --> 1:01:36.560 sound really scary. They make it sound like your TV 1:01:36.720 --> 1:01:38.320 is not going to work, you know, like we make 1:01:38.360 --> 1:01:40.680 your experience better and we make sure you know. They 1:01:41.080 --> 1:01:42.960 they at one point tried to sell me on they 1:01:43.080 --> 1:01:46.440 scan what you're watching to adjust the TV picture to 1:01:46.480 --> 1:01:48.520 look its best or something, and I'm like, oh, come on, 1:01:48.720 --> 1:01:52.040 like give me a break. Okay. So Max is the 1:01:52.160 --> 1:01:53.840 latest to say they are going to crack down on 1:01:53.920 --> 1:01:57.240 password sharing. This has gotten really bad, I mean really 1:01:57.360 --> 1:02:01.600 sad for us, well people who people have been sharing 1:02:01.640 --> 1:02:03.160 their passwords for a long time, and I know a 1:02:03.200 --> 1:02:05.920 lot of families and households and things. You know, no 1:02:06.000 --> 1:02:08.880 one ever enforced it, and now they're enforcing it in 1:02:08.880 --> 1:02:10.760 a pretty big way. And Max is the latest to 1:02:10.840 --> 1:02:12.200 do this. When's that starting. 1:02:13.520 --> 1:02:15.440 They haven't put a firm data on it, but they 1:02:15.480 --> 1:02:18.240 have said later this year and possibly up into twenty 1:02:18.320 --> 1:02:18.840 twenty five. 1:02:19.200 --> 1:02:20.920 And it's all because Netflix. 1:02:20.640 --> 1:02:22.280 Was the first company to come up with this, and 1:02:22.680 --> 1:02:25.000 obviously they have the biggest streaming company, they have the 1:02:25.000 --> 1:02:28.160 biggest footprint, so they also were at some point seeing, oh, 1:02:28.440 --> 1:02:31.040 accounts aren't beingly growing anymore in the US, but people 1:02:31.080 --> 1:02:32.960 are still obviously streaming a lot of a lot of 1:02:33.040 --> 1:02:36.200 different households, so they start to experiment with it, and 1:02:36.280 --> 1:02:38.280 actually it turned out to be really successful for it. 1:02:38.520 --> 1:02:42.560 Netflix added like thirty million around thirty million subscribers last year, 1:02:42.600 --> 1:02:45.240 which was like almost ten million more than the year before, 1:02:45.800 --> 1:02:49.400 primarily because of this aicond sharing stuff. So now everybody 1:02:49.440 --> 1:02:51.160 else is trying to do it as well. Disney is 1:02:51.160 --> 1:02:52.880 trying to do it, Hulu is trying to do it. 1:02:53.000 --> 1:02:56.320 I think YouTube with their premium so has started. Now 1:02:56.480 --> 1:02:59.720 Max is going to be the next one. It's somewhat 1:02:59.800 --> 1:03:02.520 under standable. I think for these companies they do have 1:03:02.600 --> 1:03:05.120 to make money somehow, but I think it really comes 1:03:05.200 --> 1:03:07.920 down to how they implement it. With Netflix, you can 1:03:08.040 --> 1:03:11.320 decide to either like spin someone out, so if somebody 1:03:11.440 --> 1:03:13.600 is used your account and they have profile data and 1:03:13.640 --> 1:03:15.240 then they're like, oh, okay, I guess I have to 1:03:15.360 --> 1:03:17.800 pay now. They can actually take so all the stuff 1:03:17.840 --> 1:03:20.440 that you're collected in the past, like they're watch listens 1:03:20.480 --> 1:03:22.760 of what to that new account, which is quite quite nice. 1:03:23.640 --> 1:03:25.440 And you can also decided, you know, if it's your 1:03:25.520 --> 1:03:29.440 parents and they're maybe not technical savvy and they don't 1:03:29.440 --> 1:03:31.520 want to set up there on Netflix account, you can 1:03:31.640 --> 1:03:33.360 pay to keep them on your account. 1:03:34.280 --> 1:03:35.560 That's a pretty way to do it. 1:03:36.200 --> 1:03:37.960 I don't know the details and how Max is going 1:03:38.000 --> 1:03:39.560 to do that, and I think the devil is always 1:03:39.560 --> 1:03:41.640 in the detail on how they rule it out, how 1:03:41.720 --> 1:03:44.000 they frame it and really how consumer affact did they 1:03:44.080 --> 1:03:44.280 make it? 1:03:45.440 --> 1:03:47.680 So in your newsletter this week We've just got about 1:03:47.680 --> 1:03:50.360 a minute to go, you mentioned you kind of had 1:03:50.400 --> 1:03:52.040 a deep dive on this app that is kind of 1:03:52.080 --> 1:03:56.040 the Swiss Army Knife of video apps called VLC. So 1:03:56.440 --> 1:03:59.080 why do you think someone should learn about VLC and 1:03:59.240 --> 1:04:00.000 download that app? 1:04:00.040 --> 1:04:00.200 App? 1:04:01.000 --> 1:04:04.000 It helps with playing anything that you might have on 1:04:04.080 --> 1:04:07.240 your heart drive, any old family videos, any videos you 1:04:07.320 --> 1:04:10.040 may have downloaded somewhere years ago and you can't really 1:04:10.080 --> 1:04:12.919 quite figure it out. It can play any video file, 1:04:13.000 --> 1:04:17.000 basically any music file. It's just a really good thing 1:04:17.080 --> 1:04:20.160 to have, and it has been downloaded five billion times. 1:04:20.440 --> 1:04:24.320 It's available fourmacs, four PCs, so people have a Linux system. 1:04:24.640 --> 1:04:28.680 It's mobile apps spread so basically anywhere. It can play everything. 1:04:29.000 --> 1:04:31.040 It's always a good thing to have in your back pocket. 1:04:31.520 --> 1:04:34.480 Yeah, it's always been something that I've had downloaded, and 1:04:34.600 --> 1:04:36.960 it's surprising sometimes. I mean I think it's even available 1:04:37.000 --> 1:04:40.280 for like iOS and Android right right, right right, so 1:04:40.560 --> 1:04:43.360 you can it's just yeah, like all those weird formats 1:04:43.400 --> 1:04:45.400 that like maybe you have like in your Google drive 1:04:45.480 --> 1:04:47.520 somewhere that you're like, how do I open this? Like 1:04:47.960 --> 1:04:50.800 nine times out of ten. It just figures it out exactly. 1:04:51.120 --> 1:04:52.320 And is it open source? 1:04:52.440 --> 1:04:56.520 That program it's free, it's open source, and it's basically 1:04:57.160 --> 1:05:00.360 one of the most popular open source projects ever. Point 1:05:00.400 --> 1:05:04.240 it's around, been around for twenty years. They just had 1:05:04.280 --> 1:05:06.800 a big open source community around that supported it. Yeah, 1:05:06.800 --> 1:05:08.080 and that's been going strong. 1:05:08.680 --> 1:05:11.680 And the it's like video land player, I think, like 1:05:11.760 --> 1:05:13.880 the website is a little bit it's like video land 1:05:13.960 --> 1:05:17.280 dot org. So don't get thrown off by the website. 1:05:17.320 --> 1:05:21.280 But it's VLC is the media player. All right? Tell 1:05:21.320 --> 1:05:22.680 folks how they can find the newsletter. 1:05:23.480 --> 1:05:28.200 It is lowpass dot CC, so that's l Owpass dot 1:05:28.400 --> 1:05:31.680 CC and otherwise you can also just google it, all right. 1:05:31.760 --> 1:05:35.120 Yanco Rutgers, author of the low Pass newsletter, thanks so 1:05:35.200 --> 1:05:38.800 much for joining me today anytime, all right, more of 1:05:38.840 --> 1:05:41.680 your calls coming up next at triple eight rich one 1:05:41.760 --> 1:05:44.360 oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two 1:05:44.800 --> 1:05:48.000 four one zero one. I'll tell you what's new with 1:05:48.560 --> 1:05:52.720 Rivian and what's new with iOS seventeen point four. You 1:05:52.920 --> 1:06:00.560 are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich 1:06:00.640 --> 1:06:03.720 on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking 1:06:03.920 --> 1:06:07.880 technology at triple eight rich one oh one eight eight 1:06:07.960 --> 1:06:13.600 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Let's 1:06:13.640 --> 1:06:17.840 go to h. Richard in Lancaster. Richard, you're on with rich. 1:06:20.080 --> 1:06:23.280 Hello rich Hi, thank you for taking my call. 1:06:23.600 --> 1:06:25.080 Yeah, what can I help you with? 1:06:25.680 --> 1:06:30.400 Okay, I have a Window seven computer and I need 1:06:30.440 --> 1:06:32.800 to get security software. Do you have one that you recommend? 1:06:33.400 --> 1:06:33.560 Now? 1:06:33.640 --> 1:06:35.720 What do you what do you mean by security software? 1:06:38.240 --> 1:06:41.080 Well, like I've been using McCafe okay. 1:06:40.920 --> 1:06:44.880 So like antivirus kind of software. Yeah, oh okay, so 1:06:45.080 --> 1:06:48.280 Windows seven. You've had this computer for a while huh yes, 1:06:48.760 --> 1:06:51.040 and you're not you're not ready to give this up? 1:06:51.120 --> 1:06:51.920 Huh correct? 1:06:52.520 --> 1:06:54.240 Why is that just curious? 1:06:55.200 --> 1:06:58.320 Well, because it satisfies my needs for what I do 1:06:58.440 --> 1:07:00.560 on the computer. First of all, I won't tell you. 1:07:00.720 --> 1:07:05.720 I don't do any banking or online purchases on it. 1:07:07.160 --> 1:07:08.000 Just search the internet. 1:07:08.680 --> 1:07:11.480 Okay. Now I'm curious because I don't have a Windows 1:07:11.480 --> 1:07:14.600 seven system anymore. But does like Chrome and all these 1:07:14.680 --> 1:07:16.440 are I mean, what do you use like your web browser? 1:07:16.440 --> 1:07:18.400 And is it still supported with updates? 1:07:19.480 --> 1:07:23.240 It notifies me that it will not accept Windows. 1:07:22.920 --> 1:07:25.520 Seven also, Okay, I was curious because I'm looking at this, 1:07:25.600 --> 1:07:28.000 so there's a good website endof life dot date and 1:07:28.040 --> 1:07:32.560 I'm looking up Windows seven, Windows seven Service Pack one, 1:07:33.400 --> 1:07:37.000 so let's see it was released, Oh my gosh, this 1:07:37.200 --> 1:07:44.720 was released thirteen years ago. The software support active support ended, 1:07:45.800 --> 1:07:49.280 let's see here ended nine years ago, and then security 1:07:49.400 --> 1:07:52.000 support ended four years ago, so not too bad with that. 1:07:52.240 --> 1:07:55.360 But that means that this computer has not gotten any 1:07:55.440 --> 1:07:59.800 active software updates with relation to you know, software, but 1:07:59.840 --> 1:08:03.000 also more importantly security for four years. So what does 1:08:03.040 --> 1:08:06.720 that mean. I'm sure you're aware, but that means that 1:08:06.960 --> 1:08:12.680 any exploit that has been found with this software could 1:08:12.760 --> 1:08:16.000 be used and there's no patch available for that as 1:08:16.080 --> 1:08:20.479 of this point because the security updates ended on January fourteenth, 1:08:20.640 --> 1:08:24.679 twenty twenty. So it's a good it's a good idea 1:08:24.840 --> 1:08:28.799 to eventually upgrade this and to start planning for that upgrade, 1:08:29.360 --> 1:08:31.880 mostly because you know, you don't want to be put 1:08:31.920 --> 1:08:35.679 in a position where someone is able to access everything 1:08:35.760 --> 1:08:40.800 on this computer or can exploit some sort of security 1:08:41.160 --> 1:08:43.080 issue with this system that is that is in the 1:08:43.200 --> 1:08:46.120 ut wild. So what happens is anytime you have software 1:08:46.120 --> 1:08:47.920 that's been around for a long time, it's no longer 1:08:48.000 --> 1:08:51.040 actively supported. You know, there's there's forums and things that 1:08:51.240 --> 1:08:53.640 percolate with this information and people know like, hey, this 1:08:53.800 --> 1:08:56.799 is a known exploit of this software, let's find machines 1:08:56.840 --> 1:09:00.280 that are running it, and let's actively, you know, explore it. 1:09:00.920 --> 1:09:05.480 So with that said, I did a quick search of antivirus. 1:09:05.520 --> 1:09:09.320 So the way I usually look up antivirus software as 1:09:09.360 --> 1:09:13.200 I go to avdash test dot org. I like their 1:09:13.320 --> 1:09:17.280 ratings of antivirus software and a vast is typically highly rated, 1:09:17.880 --> 1:09:20.760 and I searched a VAST for Windows seven, and it 1:09:20.880 --> 1:09:24.240 turns out they say this is They actually have a 1:09:24.640 --> 1:09:27.240 whole landing page set up for this. It says, protect 1:09:27.280 --> 1:09:31.640 your Windows seven PC with a VAST free antivirus. Microsoft 1:09:31.800 --> 1:09:35.080 no longer supports Windows seven, but a VAST does. Our 1:09:35.160 --> 1:09:38.960 top rated antivirus protection will stay fully updated on Windows seven, 1:09:39.520 --> 1:09:42.720 and that is a free download. A Vast obviously has 1:09:43.160 --> 1:09:47.320 paid services, but you can get the free service as well. 1:09:48.000 --> 1:09:52.120 So I would probably say go for that and download it. 1:09:52.520 --> 1:09:55.080 And in fact, they have a whole fact on this 1:09:55.280 --> 1:10:00.600 page faq is Windows seven still safe to use? And 1:10:00.720 --> 1:10:04.519 it says Microsoft doesn't provide updates anymore? How do I 1:10:04.600 --> 1:10:08.760 protect Windows seven from viruses? But I would go with this, 1:10:08.960 --> 1:10:12.799 So a VAST Windows seven antivirus looks like it's still supported, 1:10:13.160 --> 1:10:16.280 but I would again think about getting this system updated 1:10:16.439 --> 1:10:19.400 in the near future. So good question, Richard. I understand 1:10:19.400 --> 1:10:24.280 there's a lot of hesitation to upgrade things, but because 1:10:24.320 --> 1:10:26.400 they people want things to work the way they've always worked, 1:10:26.800 --> 1:10:28.439 and if it's working for you, why not. But you 1:10:28.560 --> 1:10:30.479 have to remember that there are people that are looking 1:10:30.520 --> 1:10:33.479 for these exploits, so keep yourself protected there. Thanks for 1:10:33.560 --> 1:10:36.120 the question. Triple eight rich one on one eight eight 1:10:36.240 --> 1:10:41.759 eight seven four to two four one zero one. Rob says, 1:10:42.200 --> 1:10:45.160 I'm an Android user from day one. My oldest daughter 1:10:45.400 --> 1:10:48.360 now works for Apple and her position involves travel to China, 1:10:48.479 --> 1:10:51.280 so she purchased an iPhone fifteen Promax for me for 1:10:51.400 --> 1:10:53.920 Christmas and she would like me to switch over, as 1:10:53.960 --> 1:10:56.800 any good daughter that works for Apple would. Is there 1:10:56.840 --> 1:10:59.760 any app that will transfer my text messages and associated 1:10:59.760 --> 1:11:02.280 foot potos from my Samsung to the iPhone without losing 1:11:02.720 --> 1:11:06.679 the texts and the photos. Apple actually makes their own 1:11:06.800 --> 1:11:11.360 app called move Let's see. It's called Move to iOS 1:11:12.120 --> 1:11:14.680 and you can download it on the Android device. So 1:11:14.760 --> 1:11:17.640 if you go on the Google Play Store, you can 1:11:17.720 --> 1:11:21.639 download move to iOS on that device. It will create 1:11:21.760 --> 1:11:25.639 an ad hoc Wi Fi network that the iPhone will 1:11:25.680 --> 1:11:28.360 then latch onto and transfer all of your stuff. So 1:11:28.479 --> 1:11:32.960 what will it transfer? Let's see it will transfer. I 1:11:33.040 --> 1:11:38.080 got to find the information here, message history, contacts, camera photos, videos, 1:11:38.120 --> 1:11:43.360 photo albums, files and folders, accessibility settings, display settings, bookmarks, 1:11:43.400 --> 1:11:47.679 mail accounts, WhatsApp calendars if they're available on both Google 1:11:47.720 --> 1:11:49.719 Play and the App Store. Some of your free apps 1:11:49.760 --> 1:11:53.240 will also transfer, so this is probably your best bet. 1:11:54.000 --> 1:11:57.439 That is the official way move to iOS app. If 1:11:57.479 --> 1:12:01.599 you want some unofficial ways, there are some apps Doctor Phone, 1:12:01.840 --> 1:12:06.519 dr Phone, Foe from wonder Share. We'll also do something 1:12:06.600 --> 1:12:09.439 similar in an app called any trans a n Y 1:12:09.720 --> 1:12:12.200 t r A n S. These are probably just a 1:12:12.320 --> 1:12:16.479 little bit more full featured, a little bit more robust 1:12:16.560 --> 1:12:18.640 when it comes to what you can transfer and the 1:12:18.720 --> 1:12:21.640 control that you get. The Apple one is going to 1:12:21.680 --> 1:12:23.800 be very basic. It's just going to move things over 1:12:24.360 --> 1:12:26.200 and it's going to be a very basic way to 1:12:26.240 --> 1:12:28.280 do that. But there you have it. Three good options. 1:12:28.360 --> 1:12:32.559 But hey, kudos to you for having such an awesome 1:12:32.680 --> 1:12:36.920 daughter to work for Apple and get to travel to China. 1:12:37.640 --> 1:12:41.439 That is super cool, very very cool. All right, speaking 1:12:41.479 --> 1:12:47.440 of iOS iOS, seventeen. 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I was at the launch event this 1:13:55.720 --> 1:13:58.280 week in Laguna Beach, which by the way. 1:13:59.040 --> 1:13:59.200 I know. 1:13:59.280 --> 1:14:01.720 There was a TV show, what was it, Laguna Hills 1:14:01.800 --> 1:14:05.519 or Laguna Beach Laguna Hills that I actually watched at 1:14:05.560 --> 1:14:07.760 one point, and I still didn't realize how beautiful that 1:14:07.840 --> 1:14:11.160 area was. It's really really nice down there. It took 1:14:11.200 --> 1:14:12.800 me a couple hours to get home from there, so 1:14:13.160 --> 1:14:17.920 that was, yeah, not easily. I guess you can't get 1:14:17.960 --> 1:14:20.960 there very easily if you're driving in the afternoon rush 1:14:21.040 --> 1:14:24.120 hour after a long day. But with that said, it 1:14:24.280 --> 1:14:27.599 was amazing. Let's see talk about tech. I'm gonna tell 1:14:27.600 --> 1:14:30.400 you how you can get ESPN Plus included if you 1:14:30.479 --> 1:14:34.719 have Spectrum TV. At this point, the FCC is warning 1:14:34.840 --> 1:14:38.120 that the Affordable Connectivity program is coming to a close, 1:14:39.720 --> 1:14:41.400 and oh my gosh, I have a list of stuff. 1:14:41.400 --> 1:14:43.400 I've got literally one hundred things still to tell you, 1:14:43.560 --> 1:14:45.280 so we'll try to get through as much of that 1:14:45.439 --> 1:14:48.200 as possible. The website for the show rich on Tech 1:14:48.520 --> 1:14:51.840 dot tv. If you need a link to something I mentioned, 1:14:52.000 --> 1:14:53.840 and while you're at it, go ahead and follow me 1:14:53.920 --> 1:14:57.040 on Instagram at rich on tech is where you can 1:14:57.120 --> 1:14:59.280 find me. I often post a lot of stuff in 1:14:59.360 --> 1:15:02.320 my stories throughout the week that will end up making 1:15:02.360 --> 1:15:06.200 its way to this show and the newsletter. The newsletter 1:15:06.479 --> 1:15:10.799 is available. It's free. I sent out my third issue today, 1:15:12.000 --> 1:15:14.000 So if you listen to the earlier part of the show, 1:15:14.400 --> 1:15:17.200 at the beginning, I talked about vision Pro. That was 1:15:17.680 --> 1:15:20.040 a lot of that was in my newsletter. So just 1:15:20.120 --> 1:15:22.400 go to richon tech dot TV and look for the 1:15:22.479 --> 1:15:25.400 newsletter pop in your email address. It is free and 1:15:25.600 --> 1:15:28.000 I will send you a little updates throughout the week. 1:15:28.479 --> 1:15:31.479 Let's go to Kathy in Denver, Colorado. Kathy, you're on 1:15:31.600 --> 1:15:33.280 with Rich Rich. 1:15:33.400 --> 1:15:35.439 Thank you so much for taking my call. And I 1:15:35.520 --> 1:15:38.960 want to thank one of your prior callers, also named Rich, 1:15:39.000 --> 1:15:42.160 because he asked you a question about Windows seven and 1:15:42.320 --> 1:15:47.400 some antivirus software. I too have a Windows seventh laptop 1:15:48.040 --> 1:15:52.000 and I wanted to find out if I can upgrade 1:15:52.080 --> 1:15:53.599 it or if I just need. 1:15:53.560 --> 1:15:55.880 To go out and buy a whole new laptop. So 1:15:56.000 --> 1:15:56.679 that's my question. 1:15:56.840 --> 1:16:00.280 I wasn't I'm just not sure what to do next 1:16:00.320 --> 1:16:01.120 to get it upgraded. 1:16:01.160 --> 1:16:01.880 Can I upgrade it? 1:16:03.439 --> 1:16:07.040 It probably is upgradeable, but it's probably not easy at 1:16:07.080 --> 1:16:11.040 this point. So it was free to upgrade these computers. 1:16:11.880 --> 1:16:14.080 Let's see, I'm trying to see let's see a Microsoft's 1:16:14.120 --> 1:16:18.440 free upgrade offer ended on July twenty ninth, twenty sixteen, 1:16:19.200 --> 1:16:23.120 so it's been a while. Let's see the installation path 1:16:23.160 --> 1:16:25.720 to obtain the Windows seven eight free upgrade is now 1:16:25.800 --> 1:16:29.720 removed as well. Upgrades to Windows eleven from Windows ten 1:16:29.920 --> 1:16:34.479 are still free, so it doesn't look like it's free anymore. 1:16:35.439 --> 1:16:37.680 It also, when you go into your settings, does it 1:16:37.720 --> 1:16:40.000 allow you to update or no, to say, doesn't say 1:16:40.040 --> 1:16:41.960 Windows ten or eleven anymore? 1:16:42.040 --> 1:16:44.080 Huh no it doesn't. 1:16:44.479 --> 1:16:48.720 Yeah, so don't paying for it. I just didn't know 1:16:49.080 --> 1:16:52.719 if I could update, you know, update my current Lenovo, 1:16:52.880 --> 1:16:55.400 or whether I have to spend the bigger bucks and 1:16:55.520 --> 1:16:58.880 go buy a new laptop, or whether the constant of 1:16:58.920 --> 1:16:59.760 being about the same. 1:17:00.200 --> 1:17:03.280 Okay, so I let's see here. So Windows seven to 1:17:03.320 --> 1:17:06.240 Windows ten upgrade take place in your existing device, although 1:17:06.320 --> 1:17:09.320 Microsoft recommends using Windows ten on a new PC to 1:17:09.400 --> 1:17:13.160 take advantage of the latest features and security improvements. So 1:17:14.280 --> 1:17:16.519 that is the main thing. I think with Windows ten, 1:17:16.640 --> 1:17:21.000 they introduce some new security like some there's like two 1:17:21.080 --> 1:17:23.320 types of computers, some that take advantage of these new 1:17:23.360 --> 1:17:26.719 security systems and some that do not. So the older 1:17:26.760 --> 1:17:29.920 computers are not and so that's probably where yours is 1:17:30.000 --> 1:17:34.000 going to fall into that category. So my advice, if 1:17:34.080 --> 1:17:38.160 you can, I would say it's probably a good idea 1:17:38.280 --> 1:17:41.040 to get a new computer. Does that mean you can't 1:17:41.200 --> 1:17:44.280 upgrade from Windows seven to Windows ten or eleven? No, 1:17:44.520 --> 1:17:46.599 But is it going to run very well on your computer? 1:17:47.360 --> 1:17:51.080 Probably not. You're looking at a computer that is pretty 1:17:51.160 --> 1:17:54.400 old at this point, and so these modern operating systems, 1:17:54.560 --> 1:17:57.600 you know, they take a lot of resources, and so 1:17:57.880 --> 1:17:59.519 I just don't know if it would be the best 1:17:59.600 --> 1:18:03.120 experience to do that. With that said, if you want 1:18:03.160 --> 1:18:05.200 to go ahead and try it, you can, and you 1:18:05.320 --> 1:18:09.560 probably will have to pay, So I will post the 1:18:09.640 --> 1:18:12.519 instructions on you know where to look to do that 1:18:12.640 --> 1:18:14.760 on the website in the show notes rich on tech 1:18:14.800 --> 1:18:17.760 dot TV. That's probably where i'd go. But I think 1:18:17.800 --> 1:18:21.759 at this point it's, you know, again, you're talking something 1:18:21.840 --> 1:18:26.080 that's very, very many years out of date. And I 1:18:26.200 --> 1:18:27.720 know that a lot of people did not want to 1:18:27.720 --> 1:18:29.800 go to Windows ten at the time because they were 1:18:29.840 --> 1:18:32.800 happy with Windows seven, and there were some holdouts. But 1:18:32.960 --> 1:18:35.559 at this point, Windows ten, Windows eleven is the way 1:18:35.600 --> 1:18:38.120 of the world for Windows and it's probably a good 1:18:38.160 --> 1:18:40.640 idea to either get the modern machine that can handle that, 1:18:41.960 --> 1:18:45.120 or see if your machine can upgrade through the Windows website. 1:18:45.160 --> 1:18:47.280 So I will post the link on that when I 1:18:47.320 --> 1:18:48.840 have a little bit more time to get that for 1:18:49.000 --> 1:18:51.400 you not live on air here. Thanks so much for 1:18:51.479 --> 1:18:55.479 the call. Kathy in Denver, Colorado. Do appreciate that if 1:18:55.560 --> 1:18:57.600 you have ESPN or if sorry, if you have a 1:18:57.720 --> 1:19:01.280 Spectrum TV, if you're paying for Spectrum TV, you can 1:19:01.360 --> 1:19:06.120 now get ESPN Plus included at no extra cost. So, 1:19:06.320 --> 1:19:07.920 I don't know if you remember, a couple months ago, 1:19:08.120 --> 1:19:12.600 I announced that Disney Plus was free for Spectrum TV customers. 1:19:13.120 --> 1:19:15.439 So now they're doing the same thing with ESPN Plus. 1:19:15.479 --> 1:19:16.920 They said they were going to do this, and now 1:19:16.960 --> 1:19:20.120 they're actually doing it. So if you have a Spectrum 1:19:20.240 --> 1:19:26.280 TV Select, then you can get this ESPN Plus. So 1:19:26.600 --> 1:19:29.639 ESPN Plus what does it have? It's usually ten dollars 1:19:29.680 --> 1:19:31.840 a month, ten ninety nine a month, as over thirty 1:19:31.880 --> 1:19:36.160 thousand live events, UFC, NHL games, college sports, just a 1:19:36.200 --> 1:19:38.200 whole bunch of stuff to watch if you like sports. 1:19:38.840 --> 1:19:40.800 So how do you get this? You have to go 1:19:41.080 --> 1:19:47.080 to the website Spectrum dot com slash ESPN Plus and 1:19:48.600 --> 1:19:50.560 just like the Disney Plus and the Disney Plus is 1:19:50.640 --> 1:19:52.800 still that offer still stands as well. So if you 1:19:52.880 --> 1:19:55.680 go to Spectrum dot com slash Disney Plus you can 1:19:55.760 --> 1:19:59.120 get that. But ESPN and it looks like it's the 1:19:59.160 --> 1:20:01.240 plus sign. It's just kind of weird. Let me just 1:20:01.320 --> 1:20:03.320 make sure. I just want to be sure that I'm 1:20:03.400 --> 1:20:08.080 sending you to the right website. Let's see here, ESPN YEP, 1:20:08.400 --> 1:20:12.320 ESPN and then the plus sign after it. So ESPN 1:20:12.360 --> 1:20:15.639 Plus it says now available with your Spectrum Plan start. 1:20:15.720 --> 1:20:19.280 If you're on the Spectrum TV Select Plus plan, you 1:20:19.400 --> 1:20:22.800 can sign in with your ESPN Plus account. And I 1:20:22.840 --> 1:20:25.840 would read all of the questions and answers before you 1:20:25.960 --> 1:20:28.360 do this, because there is some confusion if you're already 1:20:28.400 --> 1:20:30.479 paying for it. If you already have a sign in, 1:20:31.240 --> 1:20:33.160 you're gonna need both sign ins. You're gonna need your 1:20:33.200 --> 1:20:35.799 Spectrum sign in and you're also gonna need your ESPN 1:20:35.880 --> 1:20:40.160 Plus account. So just read through everything before you embark 1:20:40.240 --> 1:20:42.200 on this. But if you're paying ten nine a month 1:20:42.240 --> 1:20:44.200 and you're also paying for Spectrum, you might as well 1:20:44.240 --> 1:20:46.639 get it. So it's a nice thing they've been doing there. 1:20:48.439 --> 1:20:53.639 Speaking of internet, FCC is saying the Affordable Connectivity Program 1:20:53.800 --> 1:20:56.760 funding is out and that program is going to end. 1:20:57.400 --> 1:20:58.800 So I don't know if you remember this, but this 1:20:58.960 --> 1:21:01.960 was during the pandemic. They rolled out this thing called 1:21:02.000 --> 1:21:05.040 the Affordable Connectivity Program and they put a bunch of 1:21:05.080 --> 1:21:08.240 money into it, and they were giving out discounts on 1:21:08.320 --> 1:21:12.040 your monthly internet to eligible households. It was thirty dollars 1:21:12.080 --> 1:21:15.680 a month discount and it was if you were on 1:21:16.640 --> 1:21:21.000 different government programs, you would qualify for this program. So 1:21:21.080 --> 1:21:23.639 a lot of people took advantage of it, and now 1:21:23.920 --> 1:21:29.160 that funding has dried up, and so according to their surveys, 1:21:29.200 --> 1:21:32.320 they said more than two thirds of ACP households had 1:21:32.400 --> 1:21:35.880 inconsistent or no connectivity prior to enrolling in the program, 1:21:36.400 --> 1:21:39.080 and more than three quarters will have a service disruption 1:21:39.240 --> 1:21:42.000 if the program ends. So what's going to happen is 1:21:42.240 --> 1:21:45.160 all the people that were on this program, they are 1:21:45.200 --> 1:21:47.200 going to pay either thirty dollars more a month, which 1:21:47.280 --> 1:21:50.600 is going to bring their bill up, or they're not 1:21:50.760 --> 1:21:52.360 going to be able to continue because they're not going 1:21:52.439 --> 1:21:55.479 to be able to pay this. So what's happening, Well, 1:21:55.640 --> 1:21:59.160 there are some senators and representatives that have introduced the 1:21:59.320 --> 1:22:03.759 Affordable Activity Program Extension Act, which would give an additional 1:22:03.880 --> 1:22:07.559 seven billion dollars in funding for this program, but they 1:22:07.640 --> 1:22:12.400 have stopped accepting new applications and the last fully funded 1:22:12.479 --> 1:22:16.479 program month is April. So at the end of April, 1:22:16.880 --> 1:22:19.439 there will be some surprises for people in May, either 1:22:19.479 --> 1:22:22.200 their bill will pop up or they will have to 1:22:22.479 --> 1:22:27.000 cancel this. But I have a feeling that there will 1:22:27.080 --> 1:22:29.880 be a continuation to this program, just because it is 1:22:29.960 --> 1:22:33.920 such a big program. The phone Affordability program has been 1:22:33.920 --> 1:22:36.599 going on for a while and now they've got this Internet. 1:22:37.200 --> 1:22:40.000 It's one of those things where you know, you've got 1:22:40.080 --> 1:22:42.400 to get people on both sides to agree to say yes, 1:22:42.720 --> 1:22:44.280 and it does help a lot of people. And I 1:22:44.360 --> 1:22:48.800 believe the funding is through other people's bills. Don't quote 1:22:48.840 --> 1:22:51.639 me on that one, but I think that the funding 1:22:52.040 --> 1:22:54.880 for these programs comes from the people that pay their bills, 1:22:55.040 --> 1:22:57.680 and there's like an extra couple of dollars a month. 1:22:57.720 --> 1:23:00.280 I don't know. I don't you know what strike from 1:23:00.280 --> 1:23:04.120 the record on Usher if that's true, but I think 1:23:04.200 --> 1:23:06.840 that's how they do it. All right. Let me tell 1:23:06.880 --> 1:23:11.600 you about this cool app called clean my Phone. So 1:23:11.960 --> 1:23:14.080 if you have an iPhone and you've got all these 1:23:14.160 --> 1:23:16.839 pictures on it that are always cluttering up your storage. 1:23:17.760 --> 1:23:20.200 Everyone's always asking me for a way to declutter and 1:23:20.400 --> 1:23:23.240 optimize the storage on iOS. So this is a new 1:23:23.280 --> 1:23:27.360 app called clean my Phone. It evolved from Gemini Photos, 1:23:27.400 --> 1:23:30.240 another popular app I recommend it for many years, that 1:23:30.400 --> 1:23:32.519 was launched in twenty eighteen, but this one is kind 1:23:32.520 --> 1:23:35.000 of a new version of that. So what it'll do 1:23:35.320 --> 1:23:39.320 is scan your camera role for duplicates, blurry images, screen recordings, 1:23:39.360 --> 1:23:42.920 and anything else that might be unnecessary. Uses AI, oh 1:23:43.040 --> 1:23:46.599 there's that keyword AI to analyze and organize photos into 1:23:46.640 --> 1:23:49.439 folders based on themes or subjects. Whether you need it 1:23:49.560 --> 1:23:51.640 or not, I don't know. And then it has a 1:23:51.920 --> 1:23:54.240 it's kind of weird. It's got a network module which 1:23:54.320 --> 1:23:57.679 lets you test your Internet connection speed inside the app. 1:23:58.120 --> 1:24:01.080 So the app, again is called clean my Phone. I 1:24:01.200 --> 1:24:04.759 expect it to be very, very popular. It is twenty 1:24:04.800 --> 1:24:07.920 five dollars for the year, but they did a three 1:24:08.120 --> 1:24:10.680 day free trial and I did download it. I did 1:24:10.800 --> 1:24:13.760 sign up for the twenty five dollars for the year, 1:24:13.840 --> 1:24:16.360 but again you just cancel as soon as you sign 1:24:16.439 --> 1:24:18.519 up and you can still use it for those three days. 1:24:19.040 --> 1:24:20.840 You could do a lot of cleaning in three days 1:24:20.960 --> 1:24:23.519 if you want to organize your camera role. So again, 1:24:24.439 --> 1:24:27.800 it comes from a trusted publisher called MacPaw, who I 1:24:28.000 --> 1:24:31.679 like very much. They're actually based in Ukraine. They develop 1:24:31.720 --> 1:24:33.960 a lot of software. Another program I like called Clean 1:24:34.040 --> 1:24:37.439 my Mac. Now they are making clean my Phone. So 1:24:37.520 --> 1:24:38.920 if you want to download that, I'll put it in 1:24:38.960 --> 1:24:42.519 the show notes. Rich on Tech dot tv is the 1:24:42.560 --> 1:24:46.960 place to look for the show notes. All right, let's 1:24:47.400 --> 1:24:48.960 give you the phone number one more time, eight eight 1:24:49.000 --> 1:24:51.360 eight rich one on one eight eight eight seven four 1:24:51.360 --> 1:24:53.920 to two four one zero one, the website rich on 1:24:54.200 --> 1:24:57.360 tech dot tv. Coming up, we are going to talk 1:24:57.479 --> 1:25:02.720 about the Rivian R two launch. Seventy thousand reservations for 1:25:02.800 --> 1:25:06.439 this new electric car overnight. I'll tell you why so 1:25:06.479 --> 1:25:08.760 many people are liking it. That's coming up right here 1:25:08.880 --> 1:25:16.080 on rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. 1:25:16.200 --> 1:25:19.640 Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at 1:25:19.760 --> 1:25:22.280 triple eight rich one on one eighty eight seven four 1:25:22.320 --> 1:25:25.840 to two, four one zero one. The website rich on 1:25:25.960 --> 1:25:28.720 tech dot tv. You can hit contact and send in 1:25:28.880 --> 1:25:31.479 your messages. I'll get to the feedback segment at the 1:25:31.640 --> 1:25:33.160 end of the show. So if you have a comment 1:25:33.720 --> 1:25:36.439 about something that was mentioned here. Submit it now, go 1:25:36.520 --> 1:25:40.120 to the website richontech dot TV, hit contact and I 1:25:40.200 --> 1:25:43.160 will read it at the end of the show. You 1:25:43.200 --> 1:25:46.000 can also submit your questions, which a lot of you do. 1:25:47.439 --> 1:25:50.519 Let's see Shamika says, I need to know the best 1:25:50.680 --> 1:25:54.920 audio transcribing device for a conference room to record then 1:25:55.040 --> 1:26:00.240 type texts, to word documents to take notes. Well you're in. Look, 1:26:00.240 --> 1:26:02.799 there's lots of ways to do this these days, especially 1:26:02.920 --> 1:26:06.720 thanks to AI transcription tools. I will tell you my favorites. 1:26:07.439 --> 1:26:11.960 So number one, I mean, the easiest thing you can 1:26:12.000 --> 1:26:13.720 do nowadays. I mean, there used to be apps like 1:26:13.840 --> 1:26:18.360 Otter otter ai, o t t er Ai and that 1:26:18.479 --> 1:26:22.960 app would transcribe things for you, and you know, but 1:26:23.080 --> 1:26:24.680 it was only give you like a certain amount of 1:26:24.720 --> 1:26:28.280 free every month. But now the new phones have a 1:26:28.360 --> 1:26:30.519 lot of transcription built in. So if you have a Samsung, 1:26:30.560 --> 1:26:34.240 the latest SAMSUNGS, the S twenty three, the S twenty 1:26:34.320 --> 1:26:36.880 four will give you transcription built into the recorder app. 1:26:37.400 --> 1:26:40.479 The latest Pixels also give you transcription built into the 1:26:40.560 --> 1:26:44.400 recorder app on those phones. iPhone does not have built 1:26:44.439 --> 1:26:48.680 in transcription, but you can use the audio app on 1:26:48.760 --> 1:26:52.040 the iPhone to record the meeting and then you can 1:26:52.160 --> 1:26:55.639 transcribe it using one of these tools. So on Mac, 1:26:56.200 --> 1:27:01.360 my favorite tool is called mac whisper. And on Windows, 1:27:02.120 --> 1:27:05.360 oh my gosh, I'm trying to remember I the name 1:27:05.400 --> 1:27:07.320 of the app is evading me right now, But there 1:27:07.439 --> 1:27:09.760 is an app on Windows that will give you the 1:27:09.800 --> 1:27:11.799 transcription as well. I'll think of that in a second. 1:27:12.840 --> 1:27:15.600 But those there's also another app called descript D E 1:27:16.080 --> 1:27:19.040 S c R I P T, and descript will give 1:27:19.040 --> 1:27:22.600 you transcription as well. If you have a membership to 1:27:23.200 --> 1:27:28.839 Office three sixty five, there's actually a tool inside Office, 1:27:29.560 --> 1:27:33.000 inside word that will let you upload an audio file 1:27:33.120 --> 1:27:36.080 and it will transcribe it there for you. So there 1:27:36.120 --> 1:27:41.439 are many, many ways to transcribe things, and so many 1:27:41.479 --> 1:27:42.840 of them are free, and so many of them are 1:27:42.920 --> 1:27:48.000 really good because of because of the AI systems that 1:27:48.080 --> 1:27:50.840 they use on the back end. Oh, here it is. 1:27:50.920 --> 1:27:57.639 It's called buzz Buzz. So buzz is in an It's 1:27:57.720 --> 1:28:00.360 powered by open AI's Whisper, which is a same one 1:28:00.400 --> 1:28:04.519 that mac whisper does. But I'm not kidding. Transcription used 1:28:04.520 --> 1:28:06.519 to be such a chore and it used to be 1:28:06.680 --> 1:28:11.320 so expensive. I now transcribe every single thing that I do, 1:28:11.479 --> 1:28:15.120 every interview that I do, all my radio shows, all 1:28:15.200 --> 1:28:18.479 the podcasts, anything, if I'm in a meeting, I will 1:28:18.640 --> 1:28:21.200 just record it and transcribe it because it's so easy 1:28:21.200 --> 1:28:23.320 and it's so simple now, and then you can just 1:28:23.400 --> 1:28:26.360 throw that transcription into AI and it will summarize it 1:28:26.439 --> 1:28:28.599 for you. And some of the phones, like I mentioned 1:28:28.640 --> 1:28:30.840 the Pixel and the Samsung, they will summarize that for 1:28:31.040 --> 1:28:34.720 you as well. So so many ways to do that 1:28:35.000 --> 1:28:41.559 and it's just gotten so much, so much easier. Story 1:28:41.640 --> 1:28:46.360 this week about thieves using Wi Fi jammers to break 1:28:46.400 --> 1:28:50.639 into homes to disable the wireless smart home security systems. 1:28:50.760 --> 1:28:54.200 So there's multiple reports. There's one out of Los Angeles, 1:28:54.280 --> 1:28:56.760 there's one out of Minneapolis, there's one out of Arizona 1:28:57.400 --> 1:29:00.840 about these Wi Fi jammers to block signs. And I'm 1:29:00.840 --> 1:29:02.680 not telling you this to scare you, but it's just 1:29:03.160 --> 1:29:05.920 kind of to know what's out there. It's not really 1:29:06.000 --> 1:29:07.559 a whole lot you can do about this. I mean, 1:29:07.600 --> 1:29:09.960 the recommendation is that you can go with a wired 1:29:10.080 --> 1:29:13.840 security camera system, but that's not very realistic. But some 1:29:13.960 --> 1:29:17.439 of these, you know, many of these security devices, these 1:29:17.720 --> 1:29:21.599 cameras use radio frequencies like two point four gigahertz, which 1:29:21.640 --> 1:29:24.920 can be overpowered by these jammers that send a signal 1:29:25.000 --> 1:29:28.040 on the same frequency. Now, these jammers are banned in 1:29:28.120 --> 1:29:30.240 the US by the FCC, but that doesn't mean people 1:29:30.280 --> 1:29:34.839 don't get them from other sources, especially online. So apparently 1:29:34.960 --> 1:29:40.000 these burglars research houses online before they burglarize them, and 1:29:40.080 --> 1:29:43.799 they target the primary bedrooms and steal high value items 1:29:43.840 --> 1:29:46.439 from there. So just be aware. A lot of people 1:29:46.479 --> 1:29:49.000 are blurring out their homes on Google Maps and things 1:29:49.120 --> 1:29:52.320 like that. I mean, you can do that, but just 1:29:52.400 --> 1:29:54.400 be aware of this stuff. And I think having lights 1:29:54.439 --> 1:29:57.080 in a system and you know, signs will really go 1:29:57.200 --> 1:30:03.080 a long way. Rivian this week unveiled a new suv 1:30:03.280 --> 1:30:07.160 that's smaller. It's called the R two forty five thousand bucks. 1:30:07.400 --> 1:30:11.120 It's set to launch in twenty twenty six. This was great. 1:30:11.240 --> 1:30:14.400 They did this in Laguna Beach. I was there. The 1:30:14.520 --> 1:30:18.479 pricing is right, forty five grand for a small electric suv. 1:30:19.080 --> 1:30:21.000 But here's the thing. It doesn't come out for another 1:30:21.400 --> 1:30:23.840 year and a half two years. A lot can change 1:30:23.880 --> 1:30:26.519 in that time. But that did not keep them from 1:30:26.560 --> 1:30:30.920 getting a lot of reservations. Sixty eight thousand reservations overnight 1:30:32.280 --> 1:30:35.080 for the new R two. Reservation is one hundred dollars. 1:30:35.680 --> 1:30:39.559 It's a deposit that is refundable. They expect to ramp 1:30:39.680 --> 1:30:42.519 up these cars when they start making them a normal 1:30:42.680 --> 1:30:46.479 Illinois that's where the plant is. They're expecting to make 1:30:46.520 --> 1:30:49.120 two hundred and fifteen thousand vehicles per year there. That 1:30:49.240 --> 1:30:51.720 may sound like a lot, but when you look at 1:30:51.760 --> 1:30:54.800 what Tesla's selling, they're selling a whole lot more. All right, 1:30:54.840 --> 1:30:57.880 coming up, I've got interviews from my event at the 1:30:58.360 --> 1:31:01.200 Rivian launch event in Laguna. We're going to talk to 1:31:01.240 --> 1:31:02.720 the CEO. We're going to talk to the head of 1:31:02.800 --> 1:31:07.760 design and some other folks all about the Rivian R two. 1:31:08.040 --> 1:31:17.160 Coming up right here on rich on Tech. Welcome back 1:31:17.200 --> 1:31:19.680 to rich On Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with 1:31:19.760 --> 1:31:23.280 you talking technology at Triple eight Rich one oh one. 1:31:23.840 --> 1:31:26.320 So this week I went to the unveiling of the 1:31:26.439 --> 1:31:30.799 new Rivian electric vehicles. The company was expected to announce 1:31:31.040 --> 1:31:35.320 one smaller suv. They surprised the world by announcing three 1:31:35.479 --> 1:31:39.160 new cars. The R two, which is a smaller version 1:31:39.240 --> 1:31:42.599 of their suv. It's expected to go over three hundred 1:31:42.640 --> 1:31:45.200 miles on a charge, and it's going to cost forty 1:31:45.240 --> 1:31:48.920 five thousand dollars. It is a five seater small suv. 1:31:49.520 --> 1:31:53.040 So first up, I talked to Rivian's head of design, 1:31:53.320 --> 1:31:57.120 Jeff Hamoud. They kept saying throughout their entire presentation that 1:31:57.360 --> 1:32:00.479 Rivian is all about adventure, So I asked him how 1:32:00.560 --> 1:32:01.360 do they design for that. 1:32:01.840 --> 1:32:03.800 When you think about adventure, we really have to think 1:32:03.800 --> 1:32:05.040 about broad strokes. 1:32:05.280 --> 1:32:06.400 What adventure could be. 1:32:06.600 --> 1:32:09.479 I mean with obviously answer are things that we've shown 1:32:09.600 --> 1:32:12.960 on our one is whether that's camping, kayaking, surfing, things 1:32:13.000 --> 1:32:16.000 like that. But adventure could be many things. Adventure could 1:32:16.000 --> 1:32:18.920 be moving to another city. Adventure could be taking your 1:32:19.000 --> 1:32:21.880 kids off to college, or as I just said, adventure 1:32:21.960 --> 1:32:24.040 could be going to Ikea. So we really want to 1:32:24.080 --> 1:32:26.400 look at what are the things that people do and 1:32:26.520 --> 1:32:28.120 try to make their lives easier. 1:32:28.640 --> 1:32:30.920 Two models of the Rivan, both the pickup truck and 1:32:31.080 --> 1:32:33.160 the suv, have been out in the wild for a while. 1:32:33.640 --> 1:32:36.839 I next asked Jeff how they learned from that experience 1:32:36.920 --> 1:32:38.639 and what they improved on these new cars. 1:32:39.240 --> 1:32:42.240 Well, with R two being able to scale and get 1:32:42.240 --> 1:32:44.120 a lot more people in our brand obviously is trying 1:32:44.160 --> 1:32:47.040 to get something that is more affordable. The size of 1:32:47.040 --> 1:32:49.400 the vehicle as well, while having the vehicle be smaller, 1:32:49.560 --> 1:32:52.080 more more notevable, and more athletic. But there's things that 1:32:52.200 --> 1:32:55.000 we also carried over from our one that we really 1:32:55.040 --> 1:32:57.120 appreciated in our too. We got a lot of positive 1:32:57.160 --> 1:32:59.679 feedback and have some of the details. As I've mentioned, 1:33:00.120 --> 1:33:02.840 is the map pockets in the door. You know, how 1:33:02.920 --> 1:33:05.599 do we use our UI screens? We still have two screens. 1:33:05.600 --> 1:33:07.960 We still think that's really important. Proved on things like 1:33:08.000 --> 1:33:10.599 our steering wheel controls because I think there's was room 1:33:10.840 --> 1:33:13.559 for improvement on that for our one, and carried over 1:33:13.640 --> 1:33:16.960 some of the core features of accessibility, but with it 1:33:17.080 --> 1:33:18.800 with R two we went even further with It's like, 1:33:18.920 --> 1:33:20.640 well the car is smaller, but we know that we 1:33:20.720 --> 1:33:23.439 had a lot of feedbackward customers. We're using the vehicles 1:33:23.479 --> 1:33:25.400 to sleep in it, but with this smaller. 1:33:25.120 --> 1:33:26.040 Wheelace, what do you do? 1:33:26.160 --> 1:33:28.559 So that's why the seats are able to fold flat completely, 1:33:28.680 --> 1:33:30.280 including the front front road. 1:33:30.840 --> 1:33:32.840 Next to those curious who the R two is for, 1:33:33.720 --> 1:33:35.880 I think that RB two could be for everyone. 1:33:35.960 --> 1:33:38.400 Honestly, That's that's really what we're doing, and it's people 1:33:38.439 --> 1:33:41.559 that resonate well hopefully with our brand. You look at 1:33:41.600 --> 1:33:44.280 the EV space, there's a lot of vehicles that have 1:33:44.479 --> 1:33:46.679 a lot of similar feeling, and I think for EV 1:33:46.760 --> 1:33:49.719 adoption to take off is the ability to have choice, 1:33:50.000 --> 1:33:53.320 and for Rivian having that very two box suv, higher 1:33:53.400 --> 1:33:58.000 ground clearance, more capability off road or an inclement weather. 1:33:58.400 --> 1:34:01.360 Being able to have that confidence really expands sort of 1:34:01.439 --> 1:34:04.400 the market offering out there and helps differentiate us from others, 1:34:04.479 --> 1:34:06.559 but still gives the customers the ability of choice. 1:34:07.240 --> 1:34:10.599 Rivian recently had layoffs, the stock price was at an 1:34:10.680 --> 1:34:13.560 all time low recently, so many are saying that this 1:34:13.680 --> 1:34:15.920 is sort of a make or break moment for the company. 1:34:16.160 --> 1:34:19.840 I think this product is very important for us to scale. Absolutely. 1:34:20.120 --> 1:34:22.200 I wouldn't call it our make or break moment, but 1:34:22.320 --> 1:34:25.160 it's the ability to make Rivian become a global brand, 1:34:25.280 --> 1:34:27.680 to really expand our volumes and get the brand to 1:34:27.800 --> 1:34:30.479 more people. The price point of our one, it's an 1:34:30.680 --> 1:34:32.800 excellent vehicle, but it's going to limit the amount of 1:34:32.800 --> 1:34:34.679 people that can afford it, or even limit the amount 1:34:34.680 --> 1:34:36.960 of see it people that see it, so it has 1:34:37.000 --> 1:34:40.439 a lot of reminiscence obviously of Our one, but that's 1:34:40.479 --> 1:34:42.439 something we really wanted to build off of because this 1:34:42.560 --> 1:34:45.120 could be the very first experience that a lot of 1:34:45.160 --> 1:34:47.920 people have with the Rivian product. So we wanted to 1:34:47.960 --> 1:34:50.120 build off of what was great about our one, but 1:34:50.240 --> 1:34:53.040 offer it at something at a much more affordable price 1:34:53.120 --> 1:34:55.400 point so we can get more people into the brand. 1:34:55.800 --> 1:34:58.120 This is one of the first electric vehicles I've seen 1:34:58.160 --> 1:35:01.400 that actually has Tesla's charger built in Natively, that means 1:35:01.439 --> 1:35:04.640 you won't need an adapter to use a Testless supercharger. 1:35:04.960 --> 1:35:06.840 So I asked Jeff if he thinks that's going to 1:35:06.880 --> 1:35:08.160 make a big difference here. 1:35:08.720 --> 1:35:09.360 I think it will. 1:35:09.640 --> 1:35:12.880 Test has obviously got a very amazing charging network and 1:35:12.960 --> 1:35:15.200 being able to utilize that is going to help not 1:35:15.360 --> 1:35:17.599 only Rivian, but all the other brands that have signed 1:35:17.680 --> 1:35:20.080 up to do that. And that's something that I think 1:35:20.160 --> 1:35:22.920 is really helpful for everyone to get ev adoption. We 1:35:23.000 --> 1:35:25.679 really need a lot of charges everywhere. With that, we're 1:35:25.720 --> 1:35:28.479 continuing to build out our adventure network, which is something 1:35:28.520 --> 1:35:30.920 we continue to add sites every day, which will also 1:35:31.000 --> 1:35:31.360 help with. 1:35:31.400 --> 1:35:31.840 A lot of that. 1:35:32.280 --> 1:35:34.720 So being able to have options I think is what's 1:35:34.760 --> 1:35:36.840 most important to people. Being able to charge at home 1:35:36.960 --> 1:35:38.360 is a huge one. I think if you've got the 1:35:38.439 --> 1:35:40.320 vehicle at home, being able to plug it in and 1:35:41.000 --> 1:35:41.639 just drive off. 1:35:41.720 --> 1:35:43.840 My wife first time, first time EV. 1:35:43.840 --> 1:35:46.479 Owner was with a Rivin R one S and her 1:35:46.560 --> 1:35:48.599 being able to charge charge at home and never having 1:35:48.600 --> 1:35:51.280 to go into gas station again is a really great experience. 1:35:51.520 --> 1:35:53.160 And I think the more people will get to live 1:35:53.200 --> 1:35:55.360 with these vehicles and vehicles, whether it's an EV or 1:35:55.800 --> 1:35:58.000 whether it's a Rivian or any other AEV, the really 1:35:58.080 --> 1:36:00.519 starts to find the benefits of actually dry and owning 1:36:00.560 --> 1:36:00.920 an evy. 1:36:01.560 --> 1:36:04.439 Next up, I spoke with John Reddinger. He is a 1:36:04.640 --> 1:36:08.640 popular YouTuber and he happens to own two Rivians. 1:36:09.120 --> 1:36:09.680 I mean, I love it. 1:36:09.720 --> 1:36:11.840 I've got thirty thousand miles on my R one T 1:36:12.040 --> 1:36:14.240 the truck. My wife has the R one S about 1:36:14.280 --> 1:36:16.760 twenty thousand. I've had mine for two years, year and 1:36:16.800 --> 1:36:19.439 a half. It's been perfect. I just put my first 1:36:19.439 --> 1:36:21.920 set of tires on the truck after thirty thousand miles, 1:36:21.920 --> 1:36:24.920 which is incredible. And I think the R two looks 1:36:25.080 --> 1:36:27.920 like a baby version of the R one S like 1:36:28.000 --> 1:36:30.920 everybody's expecting, like Rivian's model why but I think what 1:36:31.000 --> 1:36:34.439 they delivered is more of a Wrangular Bronco competitor kind 1:36:34.479 --> 1:36:37.719 of off road but with some luxury inside the price 1:36:37.800 --> 1:36:40.080 of forty five thousand dollars if it actually you know, 1:36:40.160 --> 1:36:42.479 prices are subject to change, right, if it comes out 1:36:42.520 --> 1:36:44.640 at that price, I think we've got a home run 1:36:44.680 --> 1:36:46.639 on their hands. I think there are two people buying. 1:36:46.479 --> 1:36:46.960 Tessels, right. 1:36:46.960 --> 1:36:50.680 They're those that are very into Elon, and they're those 1:36:50.760 --> 1:36:52.880 that just want a cool electric car. I think for 1:36:52.920 --> 1:36:55.320 the folks that want a cool electric car, they're options 1:36:55.360 --> 1:36:58.000 from and I think this is going to be one 1:36:58.000 --> 1:36:59.280 of those many, many options. 1:36:59.720 --> 1:37:02.320 I'd get some time to chat with Rivian's forty one 1:37:02.400 --> 1:37:06.720 year old billionaire founder and CEO RJ Scringe. I was 1:37:06.760 --> 1:37:09.559 impressed not only with his presentation he did the entire 1:37:09.640 --> 1:37:12.559 thing without a teleprompter, but his enthusiasm too. 1:37:12.960 --> 1:37:13.639 Beyond excited. 1:37:13.640 --> 1:37:16.160 I mean, we've been working on these for years, and 1:37:16.560 --> 1:37:19.599 I think people expected to see R two, but it's 1:37:19.640 --> 1:37:23.280 sibling platform variant. The R three was like to show that. 1:37:23.760 --> 1:37:25.400 We were so nervous it was going to leak over 1:37:25.439 --> 1:37:28.040 the last few months. But I mean, it's such a 1:37:28.080 --> 1:37:29.519 cool product, so we're really excited. 1:37:29.600 --> 1:37:31.519 Yeah, So I asked r J, how did you keep 1:37:31.560 --> 1:37:32.360 this so quiet? 1:37:32.960 --> 1:37:36.120 Really carefully, really carefully. We don't put him out on 1:37:36.160 --> 1:37:39.559 public roads. We keep them even in the studio. There's 1:37:39.680 --> 1:37:42.400 lots of security around not showing them. We had the 1:37:42.400 --> 1:37:43.880 same thing with R one where we didn't want it 1:37:43.920 --> 1:37:46.400 to leak. There was a few leaks around R two, 1:37:46.680 --> 1:37:48.360 but nothing with R three, which is great. 1:37:48.600 --> 1:37:51.040 I asked RJ, what do people need to know about 1:37:51.040 --> 1:37:51.519 this brand? 1:37:51.880 --> 1:37:53.439 You know, when we think about Riven as a company, 1:37:53.960 --> 1:37:56.920 so much around the product is built around creating these experiences. 1:37:57.200 --> 1:38:01.760 So every decision, the interior, the package, the powertrain, the 1:38:01.760 --> 1:38:04.720 efficiency is designed to create amazing experiences to really drive 1:38:04.920 --> 1:38:08.160 massive adoption electric vehicles. And the market needs choice. The 1:38:08.200 --> 1:38:10.360 market needs lots of interesting choices, so we need lots 1:38:10.400 --> 1:38:13.200 of successful car companies making lots of really interesting products. 1:38:13.200 --> 1:38:16.120 So we hope these help give customers a choice to 1:38:16.720 --> 1:38:19.439 move from the combustion world into the eving world. 1:38:19.760 --> 1:38:22.320 Finally, I was curious what keeps RJ going? 1:38:23.000 --> 1:38:25.759 I mean, the team, the products, and then the importance. 1:38:25.760 --> 1:38:27.840 I mean, we're at such a critical juncture where we 1:38:27.920 --> 1:38:31.200 do have to electrify the world, and you know, how 1:38:31.280 --> 1:38:32.560 lucky are we to be in the middle of that 1:38:33.040 --> 1:38:34.439 where we can help drive that change. 1:38:34.720 --> 1:38:37.679 Now, for a little perspective, I talked to Abigail Bassett. 1:38:37.960 --> 1:38:41.400 She is a freelance journalist who is covering the Rivian 1:38:41.479 --> 1:38:42.439 event for The Verge. 1:38:43.000 --> 1:38:45.080 It's a little bit, it's a little bit of a 1:38:45.360 --> 1:38:48.000 difficult time right now. They're sort of in the ev 1:38:48.240 --> 1:38:51.559 Valley of death, if you will, where their production costs 1:38:51.600 --> 1:38:53.880 and their demand are geting each other. They can't make 1:38:53.920 --> 1:38:56.839 those things meet at this point. They've got some production 1:38:57.280 --> 1:39:00.799 issues with their factory. They're building a new in Georgia. 1:39:01.280 --> 1:39:03.080 We're really hoping that we'll be able to see these 1:39:03.160 --> 1:39:05.439 vehicles because there's a lot riding on them. 1:39:05.720 --> 1:39:07.680 I was curious what she thought of these cars and 1:39:07.760 --> 1:39:10.120 how they compare to the Teslas of the world. I 1:39:10.160 --> 1:39:11.680 think the R two is really competitive. 1:39:11.720 --> 1:39:13.160 If you look at the market right now, you've got 1:39:13.240 --> 1:39:16.280 things like the Mustang Mode, You've got the Tesla Model Wide, 1:39:16.320 --> 1:39:18.920 which all come in around that level at forty five 1:39:18.960 --> 1:39:21.679 thousand dollars. Now, of course, you're talking about a base level, 1:39:21.800 --> 1:39:23.840 so in order to get like all wheel drive and 1:39:23.920 --> 1:39:25.559 a bigger battery pack, you're probably going. 1:39:25.560 --> 1:39:27.439 To have to step up a little bit more. So, 1:39:27.479 --> 1:39:28.639 I would expect, like if. 1:39:28.560 --> 1:39:30.519 You want the top of the line features for the 1:39:30.640 --> 1:39:34.000 R two, you're probably going to spend around around fifty 1:39:34.040 --> 1:39:37.160 thousand dollars to get there, and then of course with Rivian, 1:39:37.920 --> 1:39:40.640 it's inevitable that they'll probably offer a whole lot of 1:39:40.680 --> 1:39:43.439 other features, things like bike add ons. You know, they 1:39:43.479 --> 1:39:45.599 had the camp stove and the R one T which 1:39:45.640 --> 1:39:48.599 they've since sort of discontinued to reconfigure, but you can 1:39:48.640 --> 1:39:51.040 expect a whole lot more features that are available or 1:39:51.080 --> 1:39:53.280 coming for the R two. I would say this is 1:39:53.320 --> 1:39:56.479 for a different demographic. Ultimately, if you're a Tesla bar buyer, 1:39:56.560 --> 1:39:59.599 you're buying into sort of the Elon Musk infrastructure. You're 1:39:59.640 --> 1:40:02.360 buying in to his persona, You're buying into a lot 1:40:02.439 --> 1:40:03.519 of that environment. 1:40:04.240 --> 1:40:04.439 RJ. 1:40:04.720 --> 1:40:07.160 Rivian, the whole environment that they're building. 1:40:07.040 --> 1:40:07.840 Is very different. 1:40:08.000 --> 1:40:11.520 They take a different sort of software approach to their consumers, 1:40:11.640 --> 1:40:14.720 so it's a very different buyer I think. And I 1:40:14.840 --> 1:40:17.560 think given sort of the politicized environment we live in 1:40:18.080 --> 1:40:20.000 and the way that we express to our politics is 1:40:20.080 --> 1:40:22.160 through what we buy or what we don't buy, I 1:40:22.200 --> 1:40:24.519 think this will just be another option for folks out 1:40:24.560 --> 1:40:27.360 there who want something that's adventurous, off rody. 1:40:27.120 --> 1:40:29.080 And a lot of fun. You can put a reservation 1:40:29.240 --> 1:40:31.120 down for the R two right now. It is one 1:40:31.240 --> 1:40:34.040 hundred dollars and it is refundable. The company says they 1:40:34.120 --> 1:40:37.679 got over sixty eight thousand reservations in less than twenty 1:40:37.760 --> 1:40:40.680 four hours. The R two is expected to ship in 1:40:40.760 --> 1:40:44.320 the first half of twenty twenty six. The R three 1:40:44.479 --> 1:40:47.400 and the R three X expected to follow after that. 1:40:48.120 --> 1:40:51.000 Coming up next, it's the feedback segment or rich on 1:40:51.080 --> 1:40:56.679 Tech coming up right after this. Welcome back to rich 1:40:56.760 --> 1:41:00.960 On Tech. Man, I'm still recovering from that tap dancing. 1:41:03.360 --> 1:41:06.000 You know what, Once in a while you're really thrown 1:41:06.080 --> 1:41:09.599 for a loop, and why not? I welcome it all 1:41:09.680 --> 1:41:12.320 right Before we get to the feedback segment, just two 1:41:12.400 --> 1:41:16.679 more items of no. Apple this week launched new fifteen 1:41:16.720 --> 1:41:22.200 inch MacBook Airs and thirteen inch models with a new 1:41:22.439 --> 1:41:26.240 M three chip. So I'm actually gonna buy one of these. 1:41:26.439 --> 1:41:29.200 I was at the Apple store yesterday making my decision. 1:41:29.760 --> 1:41:31.920 I bought the I think I got like a fourteen 1:41:31.960 --> 1:41:33.880 inch MacBook Pro or something like that, and I just 1:41:34.040 --> 1:41:36.800 I've hated it since day one because the screen is 1:41:36.920 --> 1:41:40.160 just too small. So I got to get this fifteen 1:41:40.200 --> 1:41:42.360 inch so I can have more on my screen. Here anyway, 1:41:43.280 --> 1:41:47.120 these things are the new kind of go to MacBook. 1:41:47.160 --> 1:41:50.240 Airs got support for up to twenty four gigs of 1:41:50.439 --> 1:41:54.920 memory on board. They support two external displays when the 1:41:55.040 --> 1:41:59.560 laptop lid is closed, and they've got Wi Fi six E, 1:42:00.439 --> 1:42:03.120 so that's a little bit faster download speeds than the 1:42:03.280 --> 1:42:06.240 previous generation. The thirteen inch model starts at one thousand 1:42:06.320 --> 1:42:09.960 ninety nine. The fifteen inch model starts at twelve ninety nine. 1:42:10.400 --> 1:42:13.920 They do have education pricing available. Don't forget about that. 1:42:15.040 --> 1:42:18.360 My color is the Midnight looks pretty nice. The only 1:42:18.400 --> 1:42:20.960 problem is, even though they said they put this coding 1:42:21.040 --> 1:42:23.320 on it to make the fingerprints less of an issue, 1:42:24.000 --> 1:42:26.799 there's still a fingerprint issue. Out of all the colors 1:42:26.840 --> 1:42:29.840 I looked at yesterday in the store, the Midnight one 1:42:29.920 --> 1:42:31.880 still has the most fingerprints on it. The guy at 1:42:31.880 --> 1:42:33.160 the store said, Oh, it's just because a lot of 1:42:33.160 --> 1:42:37.360 people touch it. I don't know about that. Dreamscape is 1:42:37.479 --> 1:42:41.040 closing down their immersive VR experience. This is kind of 1:42:41.320 --> 1:42:44.680 a local story in LA but they did have locations 1:42:44.760 --> 1:42:47.680 planned or in other places, but that's it. They are 1:42:47.760 --> 1:42:50.920 closing down the Century City Mall location. If you follow 1:42:51.000 --> 1:42:53.720 me at all, you know I love this experience. Dreamscape 1:42:53.760 --> 1:42:57.880 in Immersive was there for six years, and this was 1:42:58.840 --> 1:43:01.000 kind of like a movie brought to life. So I 1:43:01.080 --> 1:43:03.559 did like the Dinosaur one, I did the Aliens one. 1:43:03.680 --> 1:43:06.720 I did the How To Train a Dragon one. You 1:43:06.800 --> 1:43:09.080 put on all this VR equipment and then you go 1:43:09.240 --> 1:43:12.080 into this little room and you kind of walk around 1:43:12.120 --> 1:43:14.919 the room for the adventure, and it was very realistic. 1:43:15.000 --> 1:43:17.800 It was very cool, but it was very expensive and 1:43:18.000 --> 1:43:20.640 it was very tough to kind of scale because you 1:43:20.720 --> 1:43:22.880 had to have a backpack on with all this VR stuff. 1:43:22.920 --> 1:43:25.000 It took a long time to set it up and 1:43:25.240 --> 1:43:28.720 it was very ambitious, and I just don't think they 1:43:28.760 --> 1:43:30.840 could ever scale it to the way they wanted to. 1:43:31.120 --> 1:43:34.960 AMC Movie theaters had like an interest in it. It 1:43:35.120 --> 1:43:36.680 just never really worked out. So now they're going to 1:43:36.720 --> 1:43:41.160 focus on education. They are partnering with the Arizona State 1:43:41.280 --> 1:43:44.479 University to launch Dreamscape Learn, So a lot of the 1:43:44.520 --> 1:43:47.719 company and a lot of what they did will be existing, 1:43:47.800 --> 1:43:50.960 but in a different way. So it's closing on March tenth, 1:43:51.160 --> 1:43:53.560 so not much time to see it, but if you 1:43:53.640 --> 1:43:55.920 saw it, it was really cool. I always recommended people 1:43:56.000 --> 1:43:58.759 do that. All right, Now, time for the feedback. Segment 1:43:59.320 --> 1:44:03.200 feedback plus the mailbag equals feedback. Let's see what you 1:44:03.280 --> 1:44:07.040 had to say. Ken says, switching from Android to iPhone, 1:44:07.120 --> 1:44:10.920 even with Apple's transfer program, is never perfect. Be prepared 1:44:11.000 --> 1:44:13.760 for days of frustration and save your Android phone for 1:44:13.920 --> 1:44:16.800 data that didn't transfer. Just because the app was created 1:44:16.880 --> 1:44:19.479 does not mean the data will. Learning the iOS system 1:44:19.560 --> 1:44:22.879 is another issue, absolutely, Ken. That's why I always recommend 1:44:22.920 --> 1:44:25.280 that you really just don't do the switch programs. Just 1:44:25.360 --> 1:44:30.160 try to move things over on your own accord. Gail says, Yo, Rich, 1:44:30.280 --> 1:44:33.519 another great show. You just did it again. Transcription. Let 1:44:33.560 --> 1:44:35.160 me get on this. I'm going to your web page 1:44:35.240 --> 1:44:37.160 right now. I take a lot of notes as a 1:44:37.320 --> 1:44:40.280 producer reporter on hundreds of stories. This sounds like something 1:44:40.320 --> 1:44:43.759 I need immediately. Keep teaching me, and oh, keep teaching 1:44:43.840 --> 1:44:46.519 all of us listeners. Gail, That, by the way, is 1:44:47.200 --> 1:44:50.840 Gail Anderson. I work with Gail and I love Gail 1:44:50.960 --> 1:44:54.880 at KTLA, and I'm not kidding. Every week Monday morning 1:44:54.920 --> 1:44:56.720 I walk in and she's like, Rich, we got to 1:44:56.760 --> 1:45:00.519 talk about your show for like an hour. Neil on 1:45:00.680 --> 1:45:04.040 Broadcast HD. I was there when it first started, and 1:45:04.120 --> 1:45:06.519 he got pretty decent signal on the main channel, although 1:45:06.600 --> 1:45:09.320 early football was a bit blocky until they figured it out. However, 1:45:09.400 --> 1:45:11.920 if you go there today, you'll find they've split their 1:45:12.000 --> 1:45:14.840 channel into multiple sub channels where only a tiny bit 1:45:14.880 --> 1:45:16.840 of the quality goes to the main and they have 1:45:16.920 --> 1:45:20.960 a ton of really low quality subchannels for various reruns. 1:45:21.040 --> 1:45:25.400 Why did they do this? Probably advertising anyway, Sorry for 1:45:25.479 --> 1:45:29.479 the grump, Thanks for your service, Neil in Ohio. Yeah, 1:45:29.760 --> 1:45:34.599 that happens, Tom. When you discussed HP ink cartridges subscriptions today, 1:45:35.520 --> 1:45:37.400 I don't think you mentioned the big downside. If you 1:45:37.520 --> 1:45:40.000 sign up for automatic ink shipments for your new printer, 1:45:40.520 --> 1:45:44.680 they remotely disabled that printer's ability to ever use aftermarket cartridges. 1:45:45.160 --> 1:45:48.040 You're forced to only use HP OEM cartridges for the 1:45:48.120 --> 1:45:50.320 life of the printer. They don't make this very obvious. 1:45:50.880 --> 1:45:53.280 I suspect a lot of users are caught unaware. It's 1:45:53.360 --> 1:45:56.320 buried in the fine print and seem somewhat deceptive. This 1:45:56.560 --> 1:45:58.200 was the case when I bought my last printer a 1:45:58.280 --> 1:46:00.160 couple of years ago, and the reason I may ever 1:46:00.240 --> 1:46:03.760 buy another HP printer. Huh Okay, that's interesting. I did 1:46:03.840 --> 1:46:07.040 not know that, Pete says Rich. I understand that TikTok 1:46:07.120 --> 1:46:10.599 is directly associated with the CCP, China's Communist Party, Why 1:46:10.680 --> 1:46:13.400 then do you even mention its use. I personally wish 1:46:13.479 --> 1:46:16.719 it were banned completely from its access on US soil. 1:46:18.160 --> 1:46:22.040 I don't think it's owned directly by the Chinese Communist Party, 1:46:22.479 --> 1:46:26.439 but yes, it does have connections to China. It's very 1:46:26.520 --> 1:46:29.639 complicated and I don't think anyone knows the specific answer, 1:46:29.720 --> 1:46:33.960 but byte Edance owns TikTok. They both have offices in China. 1:46:35.040 --> 1:46:37.280 They also have something in the Cayman Islands. They also 1:46:37.320 --> 1:46:41.120 have an office in Los Angeles. This is why there's 1:46:41.160 --> 1:46:43.920 a lot of debate around TikTok. There is a lot 1:46:43.960 --> 1:46:47.640 of unknowns and I don't have a good answer for 1:46:47.760 --> 1:46:53.719 you on that, but thanks for the feedback there, And okay, 1:46:53.880 --> 1:46:56.800 I think that's it. Oh, let's just end with Bruce 1:46:57.040 --> 1:47:02.240 love your show, Bruce and Claremont. We'll leave it there, 1:47:02.360 --> 1:47:04.320 all right, if you can believe it, that's going to 1:47:04.360 --> 1:47:06.160 do it for this episode of the show. If you 1:47:06.200 --> 1:47:08.160 want to find links to everything I mentioned, you can 1:47:08.240 --> 1:47:11.760 go to the website. Just go to richon tech dot tv. 1:47:11.960 --> 1:47:15.040 I keep really good notes something new I'm doing. 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