WEBVTT - Hands-on Nintendo Switch 2, light bulb security cam & passkey basics (124, June 7, 2025) 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:06.080 First impressions of the Nintendo Switch to the security camera 0:00:06.160 --> 0:00:09.560 that's as easy to install as screwing in a light bulb, 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:15.320 The twenty second rule to avoid being scammed, plus your 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:19.320 tech questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich Demiro and 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:22.880 this is rich on Tech. This is the show where 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:25.000 I talk about the tech stuff I think you should 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:27.720 know about. It's also the place where I answer your 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:31.560 questions about technology. I believe that tech should be interesting, 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:35.720 useful and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:39.600 triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:43.600 seven four to two four one zero one. Give me 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:45.760 a call if you have a question about technology once 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:50.159 again eight eight eight rich one oh one. Email is 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:52.720 also an option. If you'd like to email me, just 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:56.640 go to the website rich on Tech dot tv and 0:00:56.720 --> 0:01:00.320 hit contact all right. This week on the show, dear 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:04.600 Friend of Mine joining us Brian Bishop also known as 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:08.679 Bald Brian, is going to talk cancer, movies and his 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:12.120 new newsletter all about helping you make the most of 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:17.080 your streaming services by finding the best movies available. And 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:21.479 later in the show, Andrew she Kr of the Fido 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:26.160 Alliance will explain past keys what they are why they matter, 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:30.119 and why they're changing the way you log in. Well, 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:33.760 I hope you're having a fantastic week. Look what I 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:36.160 have in my hands. Well, you can't see unless you're 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:40.600 streaming on a the KTLA plus app. But this is it, 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:47.119 the new Nintendo Switch. To highly anticipated release from Nintendo, 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:51.520 eight years in the making, and yes, Nintendo sent me 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.800 a review unit. I've been playing with it, my kids 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.240 have been playing with it, and it's been. 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:58.080 A long time coming. 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.600 You know, the original Switch came out about eight years ago, 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.480 and they did some incremental upgrades along the way, but 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.560 this is a full rewriting of everything, and they just 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.280 sort of upgraded all the major points on this thing. 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:10.600 Now. 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.760 I don't think you could just walk into a store 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:16.160 and buy one just yet, so people were obviously waiting 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.320 outside in line. But with a little research, I think 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.639 you can track one down. And of course, they launched 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:24.679 this thing early enough before the holidays that anyone who 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:28.079 really wants one in time for the holidays hopefully will 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:29.519 be able to get one. But there always seems to 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.040 be this thing with these new gaming consoles where it 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:33.080 takes a while to get it. 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:35.519 I thought it'd be fun. We went out. 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:38.640 You know, my day job is with KTLA TV in 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:42.119 Los Angeles, and we went out to the Best Buy 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:44.000 where folks were waiting in line for this. 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:45.560 Now I've done this in the past. 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.160 I used to cover this a lot, you know, coming 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.320 up in the tech world, going to these midnight launches 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.880 in Los Angeles that happened to be nine pm, which 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:56.079 was kind of cool for these people. But I thought 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:57.640 it'd be fun if we play some of the sound 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.680 from some of the folks. So let's hear from little Eddie, 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:02.400 who was excited to be out there. 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:05.800 This actually my first time, so it's very exciting for me. 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:07.760 I always wanted to do something like this at least 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:08.560 once in my life. 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:10.520 It's way better. I mean, the switch that I have 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:11.800 is kind of owned. 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:15.480 The battery runs out very quickly, and with this new 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.240 switsh it has like a bigger screen, which compared to 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:21.240 my tiny swish is a huge eyebreak for me. 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:23.400 Actually, I think Eddie was one of the adults we 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.600 talked to. Stanley. He was one of two adults we 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:28.440 talked to. Stanley was a kid. 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:31.679 Let's hear what Stanley had to say. 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:36.040 It's been like eight years and I got my first 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:39.080 Nintendo when I was five, so I just want to 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:44.320 get a new one. I'm expecting the Super Mario, the 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:48.000 Mario Kart and very new features. 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.120 There you go, and Danny. Danny was a character. 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:54.480 Danny really impressed me with some of the words that 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:57.240 I had not heard before used in these terms. 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:57.800 Check it out. 0:03:58.200 --> 0:03:59.880 I just want to switch too. I've been here since 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:01.800 four thirty just getting comfy. 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:03.400 That's awesome. 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:05.320 I don't really know. 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:06.400 I'm just kind of here. 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.040 Because I think it's cool. 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:12.400 I'm also really excited for the games like Pokemon Legends, 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:17.200 z A, the DLC for Sonic Shatter Generations switch to version. 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:18.360 It's gonna be peak. 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:20.279 I'm just really excited. 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:23.880 It's gonna be peak. I love that it's gonna be peak. 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:26.160 Oh my gosh. You learn something new every day. 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:26.400 All right. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.560 Now, here's the other adult we talked to, Paul Atte. 0:04:28.640 --> 0:04:30.200 Let's hear what paul Atte had to say. 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.400 We did it for the first one, and it wasn't 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:33.240 hours and hours. 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:34.960 This is the first time I do hours and hours. 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:35.760 But I made new friends. 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:42.360 Right hey, because I play, I play the game, and 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.000 I have the first one, so the second one helps 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:48.719 is gonna get me more things, better visuals, new games, 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:53.719 and more ways to interact with my husband. I play, Actually, 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:56.720 my husband and I do play a lot. We have 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.680 our own computers, we have our own consoles because each 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:01.599 one of us has a different style that we like, 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.440 so we enjoy it. And we also play with friends 0:05:04.760 --> 0:05:07.240 for each of the things that we like. 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:09.719 All right, there you have it. 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:11.599 I mean, this is what I love about Nintendo is 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:16.640 that it really spans a wide range of fans. It's 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.320 not like some of these systems that are just sort 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.360 of for like the ultimate gamers out there. Like this 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:23.440 is like very family oriented, which I really like. And 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:25.400 I told you that it's a little tricky to get. 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:27.880 But I'm hearing in real time from my friend Matt Swider, 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.880 he runs the shortcut dot com. He's all about how 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.720 to get these things. He just texted and said, Walmart 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.159 always has the best stock. They had a huge restock 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.599 last night, but they sold out in thirty minutes. But 0:05:38.640 --> 0:05:41.640 they are the best place to get it online. And 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:43.479 then some of the other people I've spoken to, you know, 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:45.560 you can walk into a Target or another store like 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:48.560 that they're giving out you know, like tickets when you 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:50.920 get there and if you get a ticket, you can 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:52.799 buy one. But of course they get a certain amount 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:55.520 of these things every day. Let's see what else he's saying. 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:59.000 Best buying game Stop have better in store restocks than Walmart. 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:03.440 Target has laid shipments. Ooh ouch. So it's kind of random. 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.440 So I did set this thing up and play with it, 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:07.640 and it's it's kind of cool. 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:08.559 So set up as simple. 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:11.279 They've got this new dock that I think is better, 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:12.760 way better than the old one. I had a lot 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.080 of connection problems with the old dock. This one doesn't 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.560 seem to have that. The magnetic controller system is so 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:20.839 much better, so if you're not familiar with the switch 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:25.000 in general, it's basically like a handheld gaming console with 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.280 two sort of controllers that attach on the sides, but 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:31.160 then you can detach those. I mean you could use 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.120 that on the go and then you could detach those, 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:35.640 put it into the dock, and then connect this to 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:36.200 your TV. 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:38.279 So it's basically a two to one device. 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:40.479 You can play it at home on your TV, and 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.400 then when you're on the go, you can just take 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.320 this thing out of the dock, put the controllers on, 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:48.799 and then there you go. The screen is much bigger, 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.560 which makes the device kind of heavier in general, which 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:54.200 will take some getting used to if you have your 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:57.240 original version or one of the previous versions. This thing 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:00.240 has sort of grown over time, but I still think 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.280 it feels comfortable in your hands. And I was a 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:05.400 little bit concerned about the magnetic attachment of the controllers, 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:08.640 like when they break off or something, but no, they 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.120 stay on there pretty securely, so I think the engineering 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:13.920 marvel of how they figured out those controllers is also 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:18.200 pretty neat in itself. Game sharing is so much better, 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.480 Oh my gosh. The digital games sort of now act 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.480 like virtual game cards, so it's not like the old 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.720 days where the game was sort of linked to just 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.440 one person. Now it's like on the device and then 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:31.440 whoever's playing sort of gets to play that game. So 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:35.680 I think that aspect is way easier. The software way faster, 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.720 way smoother, and Nintendo has kind of kept its fun 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.480 friendly interface but made it feel more modern and responsive, 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.600 so I really appreciated that. Now the big feature kids 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:48.960 and players are going nuts over is this game chat. 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.840 So this lets you voice chat while you play and 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.280 even share your screen with a friend, So that is 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:59.080 a welcome addition, especially for kids who already on their 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.600 iPads sort of facetiming with their friends as they play 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:04.040 their games. So now that this is built into the 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.800 Nintendo Switch, I think that's gonna help it better compete 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:10.560 on this casual gaming market with the iPad. That feature 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.400 is free through March twenty twenty six. After that, you're 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:17.080 gonna need a Nintendo Online account. Thankfully, those are not 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:19.920 that expensive. The other new thing is that you can 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:23.760 plug in a USBC webcam. Doesn't have to be Nintendo's, 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:25.440 even though they sew one. We just plugged in a 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:29.320 random one and that worked really well. Graphics look great. 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.880 You can get up to ten ADP on the handheld 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.480 up to four k hdr When you dock it. The 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:37.480 speaker sounded loud and much much louder to me and 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:40.240 much clearer. Now the kickstand. That's a big feature of 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.000 this because you can put this on a table and 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:44.440 sort of play with the controllers in your hand. There's 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.440 a lot of different ways to play this thing. I 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:49.040 think the kickstand is a little weird. It's like it's 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.840 a little flimsy when you're moving it. But the hinge 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.440 is really solid, so it supports like all the angles 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:57.280 you want. Don't think that's a deal breaker at all. 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.880 But then there's a couple of games. I played, Switch Tour. 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.080 It feels like it would be included because it's kind 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.760 of like a tutorial about what the new switch is 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:07.200 all about and all the new features. 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:09.840 But they charge you ten dollars for that. Feels like 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.360 it should have been free. Now. Mario Kart World is 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:14.160 the new game. You heard the kid talk about it. 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.160 That is sort of a familiar game, but they kind 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:20.559 of built in some new I guess, some new ways 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:21.160 to play on it. 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:22.320 I didn't get really past. 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.280 The first level just yesterday, so I didn't have too 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:27.040 much time to play. But these games are eighty dollars now, 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:29.880 which is wild. My favorite is that you can access 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:33.160 all these classic Nintendo games if you have the online membership, 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:36.160 and that's not very expensive. Again, like I said, so, 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:39.640 I was playing Tetris from my original Game Boy like 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:42.640 thirty plus years later, which I thought was pretty cool. 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:44.520 And of course, one of the big games coming up 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:48.319 is Donkey Kong Bonanza that is upcoming in the next 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:51.200 couple of months. Here price it is kind of expensive, 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.360 four to fifty for the console. If you're gonna get it, 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:55.679 definitely try to get it bundled with that Mario Kart game. 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:57.360 It'll save you at least thirty dollars. 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:01.240 I do not expect price drops on this anytime soon, 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:03.600 so if you want one before the holidays, you're probably 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:05.240 gonna have to pay full price. The only thing we'll 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:08.360 see is maybe some bundles at the stores that bundle 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.120 in some other things, like maybe a gift card or 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:10.800 something like that. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:11.640 I think the. 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:13.760 Bottom line here, if you like the original switch, you're 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.280 gonna love this one. Not necessarily something you have to 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.400 upgrade to, but if you feel like you want something 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.080 that's new and fresh and faster and better graphics and 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.640 just overall kind of a fresh take on the switch. 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.000 I do think that Nintendo did a really nice job 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:31.080 in improving this, all right, eighty eight rich one oh 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.920 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:36.040 zero one. I should add that my kids were very 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.400 excited about this new switch, and so were their friends, 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.280 so that's a really good sign. All right, coming up, 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:42.679 we'll take some of your calls and I'll tell you 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:47.719 about the light bulb security camera that's so easy to install. 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:49.120 Anyone should be. 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.720 Able to do it. You are listening to rich on Tech. 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:57.800 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.880 out with you talking technology at Triple Late rich one 0:11:00.960 --> 0:11:03.920 on one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:07.560 four one zero one. I should clarify because I mentioned 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:10.280 earlier that you can see me holding the switch, and 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.920 I said, if you're watching on the KTLA plus app, 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:15.480 we don't stream the show on the app, but you 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:17.440 can watch it after the fact. So we put the 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:20.720 first ten minutes of the show of the radio show 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:24.439 on TV so you can watch it and enjoy and 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:26.280 it's sort of like the first ten minutes and it's 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:27.760 part of my larger show. 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:30.000 I have streaming which is called rich on Tech Weekly. 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.040 So if you want to check it out anywhere you live, 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:34.200 you can download the free KTLA plus app. 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.160 Look for rich on Tech Weekly. It is on there 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:37.840 and that's what it is. 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.200 So getting more information from my pal Matt Swider about 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:45.040 the Nintendo switch too. He's saying it's easy to get 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:48.240 in the Midwest. In quotes, Texas stores have them sitting 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.200 on shelves, but major metro areas are sold out completely. 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.240 Definitely not as hard to get as a PlayStation five. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:55.920 But we're not at the point where you can just 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.280 walk into a Best Buy and get one. And then 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.880 he has his I ate his tip from his newsletter 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:05.679 The shortcut dot com as our switch to restock notifications 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:08.840 can attest. There's much more inventory of the console bundle 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:12.400 than the standalone version. Some people assume that the four 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:14.319 hundred and fifty dollars console will be easier to get 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:16.760 because it's less popular, but they didn't account for the 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:17.920 lack of inventory. 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:19.520 So there you have it. 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:21.760 I think that this is probably going to be easier 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:25.880 to get throughout the year than the PlayStation five was. 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:27.800 But remember did in that launch during the pandemic. So 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:31.480 did the Xbox the New Xbox, so you know those 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:35.000 were that was a different time for sure. Let's go 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:38.960 to Jim in British Columbia gym. 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:39.680 You're on with Rich. 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:45.400 Yeah, Hey, Rich, Yeah, I got a message a couple 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:49.760 of days ago from it appeared to be from Amazon. Now. 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:51.800 I just tried to send you a copy of it 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:55.000 on Rich on tach dot tv and it said it's 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.280 an invalid email address. 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:57.960 I don't know why. 0:12:58.160 --> 0:12:59.680 Uh oh, we're gonna have to look into that. 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.400 I'm getting a lot of emails from people, so I 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:04.840 don't know what the email address was, what the problem was. 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:05.400 Let me see. 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:09.520 Yeah, it's rich on tech dot TV. Yes, and it's 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.120 feed bag it rich on email address. 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.640 Feed anyway, feedbag it rich on tech dot TV. That's 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.320 the email, not feedback I got. 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:22.320 I get this message and it says that Amazon has 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:26.920 got a whole whack of these palettes which are in 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:30.160 the picture. They appear to be about three or four 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:34.200 feet tall. I mean they're huge, and they're twenty nine dollars. 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:35.679 Oh wow, that's yeah. 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:41.720 They're selling them for two weeks. And uh, I'm just 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:45.960 wondering if it's for real, because you know, it had 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:47.200 had some the. 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:51.120 Message really, I mean, it was beautiful. 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.959 If it's a scam, those guys are really getting good. 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:54.640 Wow. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:55.720 Well let's see. 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:59.600 So, uh, I feel like Jim, because you're calling me 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:01.439 you have an inkling that this might. 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.560 Be too good to be true. Yeah, yeah, and so 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:05.280 what so. 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:08.320 The the the idea here is and I've not seen 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:09.040 one of these ads. 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.440 I've heard of this before. I've heard of you know, 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:12.160 various things. 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:15.160 This sort of plays au pron those TV shows where 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:18.080 people go into like the abandoned storage facilities and like 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.360 get stuff and like find treasure and all that stuff. 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.040 That's kind of what this sounds like to me. But 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:27.400 I'm going to say that it is probably very unlikely 0:14:27.560 --> 0:14:32.240 that you're finding a legitimate Amazon liquidation palette for thirty bucks. 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:34.840 I just don't think that's possible. It's funny you say 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.200 this because right before the show, I returned a whole 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:41.040 bunch of stuff to Amazon at the Amazon Store, and 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:43.680 I watched. You know, the return policy, or the return 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.280 sort of process is very easy at the Amazon Store. 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:48.880 You give it to them, they scan a bar they 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:50.960 paste a bar code on the item, they scan it, 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:52.920 they scan the bar code from your email, and off 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:55.280 you go. And then they take the item. They just 0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:59.200 toss it into a giant box. And I was looking 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.200 at the address on the box, and they basically send 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:05.920 it to an Amazon warehouse in like Las Vegas, or 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.520 probably a local one, whatever's closest to you, and then 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:12.200 someone goes through that whole thing. So typically the products 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.320 that you return to Amazon go to a couple places. 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.720 They'll either put them back on Amazon as a used item. 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.600 If there's nothing wrong with it, they'll send it back 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:22.080 to the manufacturer if there's like a problem or an 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:25.200 issue or some sort of defect, or they might just 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:27.680 destroy it if it's not really worth any of that stuff. 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.640 And I've also heard of situations where Amazon will just 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.040 say just keep it, you know, it's not. 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:32.760 Worth our time. 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.240 Although I feel like they're doing that less because people 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.360 got hipped to that and just started returning stuff and 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:39.800 got to keep it for free and got the credit. 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:44.240 But typically an Amazon return palette, just looking up online 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.120 here might cost anywhere between one hundred and ten thousand 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.680 dollars with all of this stuff that's on the palette. 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:54.560 And there are social media platforms, especially Facebook, that have 0:15:54.720 --> 0:16:00.440 these scam listings that promise these unrealistically low prices, and 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.360 often this turns out to be fraudulent. So it, you know, 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.040 twenty nine dollars to you, Jim, not a big deal. 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:09.080 But if they're scamming a couple of people every day 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.800 selling twenty nine dollars and never delivering on the goods, 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:14.840 not a bad business to be in until you get caught, 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.040 or until you get banned, or until someone gets hipped 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:20.920 to it. So I would not buy the Amazon pallet 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.560 for twenty nine dollars just to ship you. Let's just 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.200 think about the math here, just to ship you a 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:30.240 twenty nine dollars pallet. There's no way that that works 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:33.240 out in anyone's favor. So I'm gonna call this a 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.480 big and we're not doing this. Thanks for the call, Jim, 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.000 do appreciate it. Eight eight eight Rich one oh one 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:43.280 eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:46.160 Coming up, we'll take some more of your calls. I 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:46.920 check the email. 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:50.480 It is working. It is feedback at Richontech dot TV. 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.360 And coming up, I'll tell you about this new light 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:56.280 bulb security camera. I think it's pretty cool. If you 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.120 can screw in a light bulb, you can have. 0:16:58.160 --> 0:16:59.160 A security camera. 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.240 My name is rich Demiro. You are listening to rich 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:08.600 on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Let's go 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:11.800 to Drew in Costa Mesa. 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:14.320 Drew, you're on with Rich Pray. 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:14.600 Rich. 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:21.520 I got an Epston copier et point seven twenty and uh, 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.000 I don't use it often. So every time I've had 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:26.200 to use it, you know, I have to go through 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:29.800 the maintenance, cleaning the heads and everything. But now it's 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:32.880 after the last time I did that, it still won't work. 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.679 I called the guy and he said, it's cheaper to 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:37.680 buy a new one than it is to fix it. Yes, 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:41.560 asking you if you can recommend a copier for somebody 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:44.320 like me who doesn't use it that much. 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:47.399 Yes, absolutely, easy, easy, easy choice. 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:47.719 Uh. 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:52.000 The I had this printer for I think over ten 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:56.359 years and it was fantastic, and my kids convinced me 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:01.399 to upgrade to an HP color laser jet all in 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.400 one you know thing, and it's been nothing but trouble. 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:07.919 I'm talking, you know, just the amount I'm spending on 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:11.679 inc I broke the duplexer. I can't figure out how 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:13.760 to scan on this thing. It's just all a nightmare. 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:15.400 And I told my kids again this morning, I said, 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.600 can I please downgrade to the Brother? Well, I just 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.439 gave it away, but this is the one you want. 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:24.080 You want the Brother, You want a Brother laser printer. 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.040 And it's simple, it's easy. They have a bunch of models. 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:31.440 The one that I'd recommend for you is the DCP 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.680 L two six forty DW You don't have to write 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:37.200 that down, I'll put it in the show notes. Rich 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:42.040 on tech dot TV. This is episode one four, but 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:43.879 that's the one I recommend. One hundred and ninety nine 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:46.960 dollars and it's got the you said you wanted the 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:49.199 printer and the copier, so it's got all that built in. 0:18:49.240 --> 0:18:51.719 I might just buy this for myself right now. If 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:53.160 I had a place to put this in my house, 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:55.240 I would. This would be on my doorstep by tomorrow. 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.560 But I had this printer, the smaller version of it, 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:01.159 just I didn't have the copier part of it, but 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:03.000 I had the smaller one, Like I said, for about 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:07.000 ten years, never had a single problem. The most annoying 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:08.560 thing was just a couple of times you had to 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:11.159 buy the ink or the toner rather, which you know 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:13.919 lasts pretty long if you get the Excel one. But 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:17.639 in general, yeah, printers are are pretty much the razor 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:21.840 Blade model Drew, where you buy the printer for really cheap, 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:23.399 and then you got to buy the ink, which is 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.280 typically pretty expensive. So I always recommend looking at the 0:19:26.320 --> 0:19:31.080 price of the ink before you actually purchase this thing. Now, 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:34.040 this one replacement toner, if you get the Excel one, 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:37.800 which i'd recommend, is going to cost you eighty five bucks. 0:19:37.840 --> 0:19:41.320 So the machine itself is two hundred, the toner is 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:45.000 eighty five, But that's going to be. You know, that's 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:47.400 going to give you a lot if your only this 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:49.919 is up to three thousand pages, so you may just 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:51.480 want to you know, the one that comes with it 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:53.080 may last you for a while, even though I think 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.000 it's probably like a starter thing. But that's the one 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:58.640 i'd recommend. Very simple, very easy again. It's the Brother 0:19:58.880 --> 0:20:04.680 DCP L two six four zero DW. It's a black 0:20:04.680 --> 0:20:07.680 and white laser printer copy scan duplex. All the good 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:10.400 stuff you need. Two hundred dollars. You might even wait 0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:12.639 to see if it goes on sale. Let's let's cross 0:20:12.680 --> 0:20:16.080 reference this. I'm gonna go to Camelcammelcammel dot com. I'm 0:20:16.080 --> 0:20:20.800 gonna pop in the Amazon URL and yeah, no, this 0:20:20.840 --> 0:20:22.840 thing does not go on sale, so I just buy 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:25.680 it today. You can use a website like a shop 0:20:25.800 --> 0:20:28.280 back if you want to buy it from a store 0:20:28.320 --> 0:20:29.119 that might have. 0:20:29.440 --> 0:20:31.320 Let's see if they have any good deals right now. 0:20:32.440 --> 0:20:33.120 Let's see here. 0:20:33.600 --> 0:20:35.199 You might be able to stack it if you go 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:37.320 to like some of these brands, they have deals on Yeah, 0:20:37.320 --> 0:20:39.359 I get five dollars when you spend fifty on Amazon, 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:42.560 so there's another five dollars you can save. Shopback dot 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:45.639 com great question, Drew, Thanks for the call today, do 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:49.119 appreciate it. I told you about this light bulb that 0:20:49.600 --> 0:20:53.000 Wise has launched. Now, why's this is a company that 0:20:53.040 --> 0:20:55.520 when they came out with a twenty dollars security camera 0:20:55.640 --> 0:20:57.520 back in the day this might have been I don't know, 0:20:57.920 --> 0:21:02.400 twenty eighteen or something like that, people went bananas over 0:21:02.440 --> 0:21:04.920 it because it's twenty dollars. Whoever heard of a security 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:08.600 camera for twenty dollars. So now they've come out with 0:21:08.640 --> 0:21:10.320 things over the years, and I've talked to the people 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:13.240 at this company. It's a lot of like ex Amazon folks, 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:16.840 a lot of smart people, and they make just great 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:19.880 stuff at great prices. Now, yes, before you say, rich, 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:21.440 didn't they have that security lapse? 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:21.680 Rich? 0:21:21.760 --> 0:21:24.359 Don't they have issues with their privacy and security? Yes, 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:26.640 they've had some issues in the past, and I would 0:21:26.720 --> 0:21:29.800 call them growing pains. I think they've fixed all of 0:21:29.840 --> 0:21:32.679 those issues. They made people lock down their accounts with 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:36.080 two factor authentication. I have no problem recommending the security 0:21:36.080 --> 0:21:38.480 cameras from this company. So they came out with a 0:21:38.520 --> 0:21:42.120 new Wise BULBCAM and what's cool about it is it's 0:21:42.480 --> 0:21:44.440 it looks like a light bulb with the security camera 0:21:44.480 --> 0:21:46.640 on the top. So if you have a light fixture 0:21:47.000 --> 0:21:49.320 that you want to put a security camera in, you 0:21:49.359 --> 0:21:49.840 can do it. 0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:53.760 You just screw in the light bulb and the security 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:55.360 camera's there. So obviously it has. 0:21:55.200 --> 0:21:58.240 To be a place where you can have an open 0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:01.600 sort of area, like if it, say, a fixture, has 0:22:01.640 --> 0:22:03.520 to either be open on the top or the bottom. 0:22:03.560 --> 0:22:06.480 For this thing to have, the cameras kind of stick 0:22:06.520 --> 0:22:09.240 out because it's can be longer than your typical light bulb. 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:14.040 But great for garages, porches, anywhere you don't have an outlet, 0:22:14.359 --> 0:22:17.479 anywhere you don't want to deal with wires or solar Now, 0:22:17.520 --> 0:22:20.359 I've not tested this personally just yet, but i have 0:22:20.440 --> 0:22:23.119 no reason to believe. It looks like a wisecam is 0:22:23.200 --> 0:22:25.840 just attached to a light bulb. And I've got wisecams. 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:28.080 I've been using them since day one in my home 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:30.879 and they are fantastic because they do exactly what you 0:22:30.960 --> 0:22:33.720 need to do. This one's got two k HD video, 0:22:33.800 --> 0:22:36.000 it's got color, night vision, one hundred and sixty degrees 0:22:36.040 --> 0:22:39.600 field of view, two A audio. Now, the camera is adjustable, 0:22:39.680 --> 0:22:42.399 so you can kind of tilt it, rotate it, extend 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:44.440 it up or down, to get the angle that you want. 0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:47.720 The light bulb is dimmable. It can be grouped with 0:22:47.800 --> 0:22:51.600 other wise bulbs, which is really cool. So the bulbcam 0:22:51.600 --> 0:22:54.600 itself with the security cameras fifty dollars. Then you can 0:22:54.640 --> 0:22:57.720 buy other light bulbs for about twenty dollars and you 0:22:57.720 --> 0:22:59.560 can group it with up to five other bulbs. So 0:22:59.600 --> 0:23:01.960 let's say you had a whole bunch of light fixtures 0:23:01.960 --> 0:23:05.080 surrounding your home. You can put the security camera bulb 0:23:05.160 --> 0:23:08.639 in one and then the five other camera light bulbs 0:23:08.640 --> 0:23:11.600 in the others, and when the security camera senses motion, 0:23:12.240 --> 0:23:13.840 it will turn on all the other lights at the 0:23:13.840 --> 0:23:15.399 same time, which is just really cool. 0:23:16.320 --> 0:23:18.680 It also records locally to an SD card. 0:23:18.720 --> 0:23:21.840 Now, if you're worried about someone jacking the camera and 0:23:21.920 --> 0:23:23.840 taking that, of course they would have all the video 0:23:23.880 --> 0:23:27.280 as well, so that doesn't require a subscription. But if 0:23:27.280 --> 0:23:29.680 you want the stuff to go into the cloud, you'd 0:23:29.680 --> 0:23:32.159 have to pay something like three dollars a month. But 0:23:32.440 --> 0:23:34.639 it's very easy to set up if it's just like 0:23:34.680 --> 0:23:38.120 any of the other wise cameras. I see these things 0:23:38.160 --> 0:23:40.080 as sort of like just workhorses. You set them up 0:23:40.119 --> 0:23:42.000 once and they kind of just work. For a long time. 0:23:42.400 --> 0:23:46.320 So again, the bulb cam is fifty dollars. The additional 0:23:46.359 --> 0:23:49.920 bulbs are seventeen dollars. They're available now at wys dot com. 0:23:50.040 --> 0:23:55.000 Last I checked, of course, because this thing is let's say, 0:23:55.000 --> 0:23:56.760 I'm gonna type in wise bulb. You know how tough 0:23:56.800 --> 0:23:58.480 it is to type while you're on the radio. It 0:23:58.560 --> 0:24:02.159 is really impossible. But I so let's see. If you 0:24:02.200 --> 0:24:06.439 get the bulb. It's forty nine to ninety eight ships 0:24:06.480 --> 0:24:08.400 in one to two weeks, so that's not too bad. 0:24:08.960 --> 0:24:10.920 And then you can get the you know, the bundle 0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:13.600 is sixty five dollars. If you want to get one 0:24:13.960 --> 0:24:17.800 extra bulb plus the security camera, two extra bulbs, you 0:24:17.800 --> 0:24:18.720 can get a deal whatever. 0:24:19.160 --> 0:24:20.119 Wys dot com. 0:24:20.280 --> 0:24:23.280 They also typically sell their stuff on Amazon, but it's 0:24:23.359 --> 0:24:26.200 not usually they wait a bit because it's pretty hot 0:24:26.240 --> 0:24:30.520 at the beginning, so you probably can't find this on 0:24:30.560 --> 0:24:32.959 Amazon yet. And what I like about this is that 0:24:33.040 --> 0:24:35.880 I already know people are buying these light bulb security 0:24:35.920 --> 0:24:36.800 cameras on Amazon. 0:24:36.880 --> 0:24:37.440 Don't do it. 0:24:37.720 --> 0:24:40.040 They're junk. You don't know if they're good or not. 0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:42.639 They're coming from a no name company. You don't know 0:24:42.680 --> 0:24:45.560 what the security is like. Talk about a security nightmare. 0:24:45.760 --> 0:24:47.080 You don't want to get those things, and I know 0:24:47.119 --> 0:24:49.000 people are buying them because I got questions about them 0:24:49.000 --> 0:24:51.720 all the time my email. This is a much safer 0:24:51.760 --> 0:24:54.480 bet and it's not much more expensive. Yeah, it's maybe 0:24:54.520 --> 0:24:57.840 ten dollars twenty dollars more than these cheapeas I'm seeing 0:24:57.840 --> 0:24:59.760 on Amazon, but those are going to be all over 0:24:59.800 --> 0:25:02.800 the The only thing to know about the Wise camera 0:25:02.960 --> 0:25:05.080 is that it only works with two point four gigahertz. 0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:07.479 So if you've had problems in the past with your 0:25:07.560 --> 0:25:10.440 router and linking up those types of devices, you could 0:25:10.440 --> 0:25:12.919 have a problem with this. But most modern routers have 0:25:12.960 --> 0:25:16.920 a way to do that. Okay, So that's that. I'll 0:25:16.920 --> 0:25:20.080 put the link on the website rich on tech dot tv. 0:25:20.880 --> 0:25:22.879 By the way, if you want any information on the 0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:24.879 stuff that I talk about, it's all on the website 0:25:25.240 --> 0:25:27.760 rich on tech dot TV. 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My wife keeping it real. I love you, babe, 0:26:36.200 --> 0:26:36.520 all right? 0:26:36.760 --> 0:26:39.280 Rich on tech Dot TV eighty eight Rich one oh 0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:42.240 one eight eight eight seven four to two four one 0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:46.160 zero one coming up. The twenty second rule to avoid scams, 0:26:46.200 --> 0:26:47.120 plus more of your calls. 0:26:47.200 --> 0:26:48.440 Right here, I'm rich on Tech. 0:26:52.520 --> 0:26:55.399 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 0:26:55.440 --> 0:26:59.680 out with you, talking technology. Let's go to Spencer in Charlotte, 0:26:59.680 --> 0:27:03.400 North Carolina. Spencer, you've got an update on I guess 0:27:03.400 --> 0:27:04.439 some advice I gave you. 0:27:05.240 --> 0:27:10.960 Yes, converting Windows ten to Windows eleven. Uh, if you 0:27:11.040 --> 0:27:15.119 have a compatible motherboard that thinks that it is ready 0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:21.080 for Windows eleven and you keep getting errors on your 0:27:22.080 --> 0:27:25.679 uh stuff that tells you whether you can go or not? 0:27:25.880 --> 0:27:30.200 Yeah, like if you can actually upgrade? Yeah, yeah, Uh. 0:27:30.320 --> 0:27:32.680 The problem the problem is with secure boot. 0:27:33.359 --> 0:27:36.160 Yes, and uh, all. 0:27:36.160 --> 0:27:41.440 These people that are sneaking around ah to convert their 0:27:41.480 --> 0:27:43.520 systems without doing all this stuff, We're going to get 0:27:43.560 --> 0:27:51.000 into trouble eventually. But the way to convert your hard drive. 0:27:52.160 --> 0:27:55.720 UH to do this is, uh, you have to convert 0:27:55.960 --> 0:28:00.720 U E F I to secure boot, and UH you 0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:07.240 have to turn off the compatibility support module which allows 0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:09.840 you to use older biosystems. 0:28:10.080 --> 0:28:12.160 Yeah. I think I think were you were you listening 0:28:12.280 --> 0:28:12.640 last week? 0:28:12.680 --> 0:28:16.040 I think our guest was talking about that he was 0:28:16.960 --> 0:28:19.199 ed bought the Windows security or the Windows guy. I 0:28:19.200 --> 0:28:21.640 think he was mentioning something about that that you got 0:28:21.640 --> 0:28:24.000 to basically disable something. But this is this is kind 0:28:24.040 --> 0:28:25.560 of advanced, right a little bit. 0:28:27.280 --> 0:28:30.160 Yeah, but if you don't do this conversion, you'll never 0:28:30.200 --> 0:28:31.400 get Windows eleven. 0:28:31.119 --> 0:28:33.680 To work, right, right, So you did this. 0:28:34.000 --> 0:28:38.840 First, Yeah, yeah, my system turned out great. What you 0:28:38.880 --> 0:28:41.080 do first is back up all your data and then 0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:44.719 you test that backup to make sure it works. And 0:28:44.760 --> 0:28:50.040 then you open a command prop with admin access and 0:28:50.520 --> 0:28:53.600 you use this command. Now, I'm going to read it 0:28:54.640 --> 0:28:59.000 and read it slow so you can get it. The 0:28:59.040 --> 0:29:04.800 command is m b R numeric two g p T, 0:29:05.280 --> 0:29:07.720 and what that stands for is m b R is 0:29:07.760 --> 0:29:12.040 a master boot record, and secure boot does not look 0:29:12.120 --> 0:29:17.040 at master boot records. And the n b R numeric 0:29:17.080 --> 0:29:23.520 to g p T. What GPT is is a q 0:29:23.760 --> 0:29:27.880 I D partition table, which allows you to have up 0:29:27.880 --> 0:29:30.760 to one hundred and twenty eight partitions on a single disc, 0:29:30.840 --> 0:29:36.840 whereas NBR would only allow four. So you do the 0:29:36.960 --> 0:29:39.840 n b R numeric two g p T dot e 0:29:39.960 --> 0:29:47.680 x E space forward slash, convert space forward slash allow 0:29:48.000 --> 0:29:52.000 full o S. That's a l l O w f U. 0:29:52.120 --> 0:29:53.520 L l O s. 0:29:53.800 --> 0:29:54.120 Now. 0:29:55.200 --> 0:29:58.000 You fire that command off and it will convert your 0:29:58.080 --> 0:30:04.440 drive to GPT and if everything does well, you uh 0:30:04.840 --> 0:30:09.360 reboot the computer, go into your bios, turn off CMS 0:30:09.800 --> 0:30:14.560 like CSM, and then reboot and it should should work 0:30:14.800 --> 0:30:15.400 like a charm. 0:30:15.680 --> 0:30:17.240 Wow, well sounds easy. 0:30:18.600 --> 0:30:20.480 And then and then all you got to do is 0:30:20.720 --> 0:30:22.000 load Windows eleven. 0:30:22.840 --> 0:30:23.240 Okay. 0:30:24.120 --> 0:30:25.880 Now, now I don't know if we have time to 0:30:26.200 --> 0:30:27.800 learn how to load with is love. But so you 0:30:27.840 --> 0:30:29.720 did this, and so your computer was giving you a 0:30:29.720 --> 0:30:32.239 message that said you can't get Windows eleven because of 0:30:32.480 --> 0:30:34.680 the way it boots up, and that that secure chip 0:30:34.760 --> 0:30:36.959 or whatever they you know, the new computers basically have 0:30:37.080 --> 0:30:40.800 like added security at the boot level, and that's really 0:30:41.120 --> 0:30:43.920 what Windows wants moving forward for security and all these 0:30:43.960 --> 0:30:46.840 different things. But if you're sort of smart and savvy, 0:30:46.920 --> 0:30:49.520 which you seem to be, you can get around that. 0:30:49.640 --> 0:30:51.440 If you know what you're doing. I wouldn't reckon the 0:30:51.520 --> 0:30:53.800 average person to do this. There's a reason why Windows 0:30:53.840 --> 0:30:56.120 are sort of stopping that. But there there's also a 0:30:56.120 --> 0:30:58.280 reason why they're allowing it for people that sort of 0:30:58.400 --> 0:30:59.600 know what they're doing, like yourself. 0:30:59.600 --> 0:31:00.680 Would you agree with that. 0:31:01.400 --> 0:31:05.320 Well, this is actually doing what WIN does want you 0:31:05.400 --> 0:31:07.920 to do. Win does does not want you to do 0:31:08.040 --> 0:31:10.960 master boot record anymore? When does want you to do 0:31:11.400 --> 0:31:16.080 the guid petition table, which is, let's see GUID stands 0:31:16.160 --> 0:31:21.760 for Global Unique Identifiers to identify partitions. And like I said, 0:31:22.560 --> 0:31:27.320 NBR would only support four petitions, whereas GPT can support 0:31:27.400 --> 0:31:29.840 up to one hundred and twenty eight on a single disc. 0:31:30.920 --> 0:31:34.680 Is there a good tutorial online that I can link 0:31:34.720 --> 0:31:38.080 up to that sort of encompasses everything you just said? 0:31:38.120 --> 0:31:39.800 Or am I going to have to just find just 0:31:41.000 --> 0:31:43.320 transcribe what you just said and put it in the 0:31:43.440 --> 0:31:44.000 show notes? 0:31:46.840 --> 0:31:54.800 Well, you can look up GPT format and get some information, 0:31:55.040 --> 0:31:58.960 and then you can look up CXM mode and get 0:31:59.000 --> 0:32:03.440 some information. Between those two kinds of lookups, it will 0:32:03.880 --> 0:32:07.600 eventually get you around to those commands and how to 0:32:07.880 --> 0:32:09.200 do the conversion. 0:32:09.680 --> 0:32:13.600 All right, I love it, Well, thank you, Spencer, appreciate that. 0:32:13.600 --> 0:32:15.600 That's uh, you know, it's a little bit more advanced, 0:32:15.640 --> 0:32:18.720 I think than a lot of people you know that 0:32:18.720 --> 0:32:22.000 that are just sort of casual users are in for. 0:32:22.200 --> 0:32:25.160 But if you've been trying to update to Windows eleven, 0:32:25.240 --> 0:32:27.840 we know that deadline is coming up. I believe it's 0:32:27.880 --> 0:32:30.960 in October, So you know a lot of people have 0:32:30.960 --> 0:32:32.560 been wondering about this, and that's why we had the 0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:34.920 guest last week sort of talk about what the options are. 0:32:35.280 --> 0:32:38.040 But the whole thing is that, you know, this idea 0:32:38.240 --> 0:32:42.000 of Windows eleven wants your computer to boot up in 0:32:42.040 --> 0:32:45.680 a very secure way. And so the thing is that 0:32:46.080 --> 0:32:48.479 Windows when they check your computer see if it's if 0:32:48.480 --> 0:32:51.200 it's available to go to Windows eleven, they check for 0:32:51.280 --> 0:32:54.800 this thing called secure boot, and so that's why it 0:32:54.960 --> 0:32:57.000 sort of gives you the message that your computer can't 0:32:57.000 --> 0:33:01.840 be updated if it doesn't immediately find that. What Spencer's 0:33:01.840 --> 0:33:04.160 saying is that you can sort of toggle some things 0:33:04.160 --> 0:33:07.560 and get it to go and make your computer ready 0:33:07.560 --> 0:33:10.840 to update. So good call there. Appreciate the call. Spencer 0:33:10.920 --> 0:33:14.720 from Charlotte, North Carolina. I thought this was interesting. The 0:33:14.920 --> 0:33:20.160 twenty second rule to avoid scams. So we've actually had 0:33:22.400 --> 0:33:27.480 representative from NOB four on our on our show before, 0:33:28.040 --> 0:33:31.360 but he says two things can stop ninety nine point 0:33:31.440 --> 0:33:34.040 nine percent of scams before they start. If you get 0:33:34.080 --> 0:33:37.160 a message and it's unexpected and it asks you to 0:33:37.280 --> 0:33:39.160 do something new, that's it. 0:33:39.160 --> 0:33:40.000 It's all you need to know. 0:33:40.280 --> 0:33:43.000 You get a message, whether it's on email, tech, social media, phone, 0:33:43.080 --> 0:33:45.920 or in person, if it's unexpected and it asks you 0:33:45.960 --> 0:33:50.440 to do something new, slow down and verify, and that's it. 0:33:50.720 --> 0:33:53.840 That's the bottom line. Can stop ninety nine percent of 0:33:53.880 --> 0:33:57.240 scams before they start. This is rich on Tech. 0:34:01.000 --> 0:34:02.280 Welcome back to rich on Tech. 0:34:02.400 --> 0:34:05.560 Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at 0:34:05.640 --> 0:34:09.160 triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight 0:34:09.400 --> 0:34:12.480 seven four to two four one zero one. Lots to 0:34:12.560 --> 0:34:15.920 celebrate this week, the rich on Tech newsletter has hit 0:34:16.080 --> 0:34:19.920 fifty thousand followers, so thank you for doing that. And 0:34:19.960 --> 0:34:23.960 then of course we've got this little uh Nintendo switch 0:34:24.040 --> 0:34:24.800 to happening. 0:34:24.840 --> 0:34:26.560 I know a lot of people, you know. 0:34:26.640 --> 0:34:28.759 It came out Thursday, so I bet Friday was a 0:34:28.880 --> 0:34:32.160 very unproductive day in the office for people who purchased 0:34:32.200 --> 0:34:35.560 that thing. Midnight launch over on the East coast, nine 0:34:35.600 --> 0:34:38.600 pm launch on the West coast. And then of course 0:34:38.640 --> 0:34:40.800 when you get these things, you want to play them. 0:34:41.520 --> 0:34:44.160 I remember so many times over the years getting I 0:34:44.160 --> 0:34:46.240 mean I get, you know, every gadget at this point 0:34:46.280 --> 0:34:48.000 sent to me. At this point, there's like a there's 0:34:48.000 --> 0:34:49.719 too many. I don't even have the time to go, 0:34:50.160 --> 0:34:52.360 you know, to go through all of them. But you know, 0:34:52.440 --> 0:34:55.040 before I did this I would go out and I'd 0:34:55.120 --> 0:34:57.120 go to Best Buy on Black Friday and I'd sit 0:34:57.160 --> 0:34:59.320 out there and i'd wait for things and i'd get stuff, 0:34:59.320 --> 0:35:02.399 and you know, it's fun, it's exciting. If you've never 0:35:02.480 --> 0:35:04.960 done that, I get it. With the whole online stuff 0:35:05.040 --> 0:35:06.799 is a little bit different in pre orders and. 0:35:06.800 --> 0:35:08.399 Things, but it's still just fun. 0:35:08.440 --> 0:35:11.120 It's more the camaraderie you have with all the people 0:35:11.160 --> 0:35:13.400 around you, and it's like you're there. There are so 0:35:13.480 --> 0:35:16.160 many things that are fragmented in our world these days. 0:35:16.400 --> 0:35:18.719 You know, everyone's watching a different show, everyone's on a 0:35:18.719 --> 0:35:19.840 different path, whatever. 0:35:20.280 --> 0:35:22.719 But you know, it's like having these shared experiences. 0:35:22.760 --> 0:35:24.120 Why do you think people have so much fun at 0:35:24.120 --> 0:35:27.520 a ballgame or like, you know, a vacation or you know, 0:35:27.719 --> 0:35:30.080 I don't know, riding the bus to work. Whatever it is, 0:35:30.440 --> 0:35:34.719 it's that shared experience that brings us together, Like me 0:35:34.760 --> 0:35:37.160 and Adam when we get together and here, you know, 0:35:37.200 --> 0:35:40.600 when Bobo's gone this, Adam's in for Bobo today. 0:35:40.640 --> 0:35:43.680 So thank you for that, Adam. Uh eighty to eight. 0:35:43.680 --> 0:35:46.480 Rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to 0:35:46.560 --> 0:35:49.239 two four one zero one Coming up this hour, We're 0:35:49.239 --> 0:35:51.160 gonna have one of my dear friends on the show, 0:35:51.280 --> 0:35:54.680 Brian Bishop Baal Brian. He's got a new newsletter that's 0:35:55.000 --> 0:35:57.839 all about making the most of your streaming services. 0:35:58.080 --> 0:36:00.279 He's got these great picks each week that. 0:36:00.320 --> 0:36:03.640 Tell you, you know, what you can watch that is included 0:36:03.680 --> 0:36:05.480 in the services you're probably already paying for. 0:36:05.560 --> 0:36:07.200 So we'll have him in just a bit. For now, 0:36:07.719 --> 0:36:10.200 let's go to let's see here line three. 0:36:11.000 --> 0:36:14.719 Is it Margie in Fortune in California? 0:36:15.000 --> 0:36:17.960 Yeah, Hi, Hi, how are you? 0:36:18.120 --> 0:36:21.600 I am doing fantastic, Welcome to the show, Thank you 0:36:21.640 --> 0:36:22.120 so much. 0:36:23.360 --> 0:36:25.759 I was wondering, is there any kind of a program 0:36:25.800 --> 0:36:30.120 out there that could help kind of create a basic 0:36:30.640 --> 0:36:34.480 first draft screenplay of some ideas that you might have. 0:36:35.239 --> 0:36:36.440 Hmm, good question. 0:36:36.600 --> 0:36:40.480 I mean I think all of the you know, all 0:36:40.520 --> 0:36:44.719 of the standard AIS can write, it can help you write. 0:36:44.760 --> 0:36:46.480 Have you tried any of those or. 0:36:46.480 --> 0:36:50.640 No, no, I really haven't. I was trying to find 0:36:50.640 --> 0:36:52.960 something that encompassed all of it, that would lay out 0:36:53.040 --> 0:36:56.080 the structure of the format, you know, just a basic 0:36:56.880 --> 0:36:57.640 first draft. 0:36:58.280 --> 0:37:00.400 Okay, I'm looking at some ideas. 0:37:00.440 --> 0:37:03.840 I mean, obviously CHATCHYBT can easily you know, if you 0:37:03.920 --> 0:37:05.680 ask it to help you with a screenplay, it can 0:37:05.719 --> 0:37:09.680 do it. So that's number one. Then you've got Claude, 0:37:09.719 --> 0:37:13.240 which I think is actually probably a little bit better 0:37:13.400 --> 0:37:16.040 at writing. So if you haven't tried Claude, I'd go 0:37:16.120 --> 0:37:18.319 with that one first because CHATCHYBT is sort of like 0:37:18.320 --> 0:37:20.680 a jack of all trades. It can do everything. It 0:37:20.680 --> 0:37:23.920 does everything you know that you can think of. But 0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:26.960 I think Claude has a little bit better command of 0:37:27.160 --> 0:37:29.120 the English language, So I try that if you're just 0:37:29.160 --> 0:37:31.799 gonna use an off the shelf kind of thing. Now, 0:37:31.800 --> 0:37:35.040 when it comes to specialized tools, there are many out there, 0:37:35.360 --> 0:37:37.240 and I think this is kind of a hot topic 0:37:37.440 --> 0:37:41.560 in you know, the the Hollywood sort of world, because 0:37:41.880 --> 0:37:45.080 you know, AI is is this force to be reckoned 0:37:45.120 --> 0:37:47.600 with because it can do things like write an entire 0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:50.680 movie if you wanted it to. I'm looking at this 0:37:50.719 --> 0:37:55.040 one called NOLANAI dot app. So this is one that 0:37:55.200 --> 0:37:59.319 sort of works does everything, So it does covering the 0:37:59.360 --> 0:38:03.239 full film production process from concept creation to screenwriting to 0:38:03.320 --> 0:38:07.000 planning and stage production. So that can kind of write 0:38:07.080 --> 0:38:10.160 and do everything you need to do. That's Nolan AI 0:38:10.360 --> 0:38:14.000 dot app. Let's see here. I mean this one is 0:38:14.080 --> 0:38:18.239 like this one's called AI Screenwriter. I mean, who thought 0:38:18.239 --> 0:38:21.560 of that title. Wow, that's really very unique. I want 0:38:21.600 --> 0:38:24.520 that one writing my AI screenplay. This one was built 0:38:24.520 --> 0:38:29.600 by film industry insiders. This industry secret will set your 0:38:29.640 --> 0:38:32.759 creativity free. Yeah, because everyone at the Academy Wards is 0:38:32.760 --> 0:38:36.080 saying their industry secret is using AI to write a screenplay. 0:38:36.680 --> 0:38:39.839 Now here's the thing, Margie, I think that you know, 0:38:40.280 --> 0:38:44.040 using AI is great, I think as a collaborator, but 0:38:44.400 --> 0:38:46.480 I think if you're just gonna use it to write 0:38:46.520 --> 0:38:50.000 the whole thing, it's just, you know, you gotta have 0:38:50.040 --> 0:38:51.560 that human touch, you know, you got to have that 0:38:51.640 --> 0:38:54.120 human kind of like the way I write my newsletter 0:38:54.600 --> 0:38:57.200 is I write it and then I'll use AI to 0:38:57.239 --> 0:39:00.920 sort of polish it. So it's still very very much me. 0:39:01.960 --> 0:39:03.799 But I'm not having it. You know, you could you 0:39:03.800 --> 0:39:05.520 could literally, and I know there's people that do this. 0:39:05.560 --> 0:39:09.239 You could literally have AI write entire blog posts for you. 0:39:09.360 --> 0:39:11.319 Like you could just say, Hey, write me a whole 0:39:11.320 --> 0:39:16.400 blog post on the dangers of clicking random links in 0:39:16.480 --> 0:39:18.439 texts that you get and I'll just write a whole 0:39:18.440 --> 0:39:20.080 blog post. And some people do that and they put 0:39:20.120 --> 0:39:22.240 on the web and they call that slop AI slop. 0:39:22.640 --> 0:39:26.160 It's basically just stuff that like it's just regurgitated kind 0:39:26.160 --> 0:39:28.440 of stuff from all over the web that it's finding 0:39:28.440 --> 0:39:30.960 and putting together, and it just doesn't have that human 0:39:31.040 --> 0:39:33.520 feel to it. Now, yeah, it's pretty good, but I 0:39:33.560 --> 0:39:36.400 think that the human aspect of writing and then polishing 0:39:36.480 --> 0:39:41.520 is probably better. But this AI screenwriter aiscreenwriter dot com. 0:39:41.560 --> 0:39:45.399 That's interesting. And then let's see this one. Oh wow, 0:39:45.560 --> 0:39:49.000 Deep Story. Let's see what deep story is all about. Oh, 0:39:49.040 --> 0:39:53.120 deep Story the best free AI scriptwriter and story generator. 0:39:53.600 --> 0:39:57.120 So again, I mean it's like if you're having someone 0:39:57.200 --> 0:39:59.240 come up with your whole story too. I'm a little 0:39:59.239 --> 0:40:04.440 concerned about that. So the deep story servers are currently 0:40:04.520 --> 0:40:08.120 undergoing maintenance. Please refresh your browser or try again. That's 0:40:08.160 --> 0:40:11.080 not really a good sign. But look at this. You 0:40:11.080 --> 0:40:13.560 can try out a minimal version of deep Story AI 0:40:13.719 --> 0:40:16.520 right here on the web page. Look at that Oscar 0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:19.040 winning sample. You don't even have to look. You could 0:40:19.040 --> 0:40:22.440 get an Oscar winning sample right away. You can do 0:40:22.560 --> 0:40:26.200 let's see super Bad Goodwill hunting. It's actually pretty cool. 0:40:27.960 --> 0:40:30.279 Tells you the action, the character of the dialogue. You know, 0:40:30.360 --> 0:40:32.600 I did write a screenplay one time in my life. 0:40:32.840 --> 0:40:36.160 I will not forget this. It's actually quite good. I 0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:39.480 was in college and I had an idea for a screenplay, 0:40:39.600 --> 0:40:41.919 and I'm not kidding. I locked myself in a room 0:40:42.120 --> 0:40:45.440 for an entire weekend and I wrote the entire screenplay 0:40:45.480 --> 0:40:49.680 from start to finish, and it's still really good. I'd 0:40:49.680 --> 0:40:52.279 probably have to update it, and now that again is 0:40:52.320 --> 0:40:55.640 something that I might use AI to update, right, And 0:40:55.680 --> 0:40:57.440 you can't just like feed the whole thing in there 0:40:57.440 --> 0:40:59.799 and expect it to come out perfectly. But it's one 0:40:59.800 --> 0:41:02.880 of the things where you start with something and AI 0:41:03.040 --> 0:41:05.480 is a really good assistant, so that's the way I'd 0:41:05.480 --> 0:41:09.000 go for it. I gave you a couple of solutions there, 0:41:09.520 --> 0:41:13.319 Claude Nolan, what was the other one? AI screenwriter and 0:41:13.760 --> 0:41:17.280 deepstory Dot AI and of course chat GBT is always 0:41:17.320 --> 0:41:19.719 there as well. So good luck with the screenplay. I 0:41:19.719 --> 0:41:21.560 hope you uh. I hope to see you on the 0:41:21.600 --> 0:41:23.600 stage the Academy Awards in a couple of years. Maybe 0:41:23.600 --> 0:41:24.399 we'll both be up there. 0:41:24.840 --> 0:41:25.200 I got it. 0:41:25.200 --> 0:41:26.960 My kids keep saying, Dad, I want you dust off 0:41:26.960 --> 0:41:30.640 your screenplay. I got an agent, I'm not kidding for 0:41:30.680 --> 0:41:32.960 this screenplay, and like I sent it out to a 0:41:33.000 --> 0:41:35.400 couple of people, I got like a couple calls immediately 0:41:35.960 --> 0:41:37.440 and then they're like, wait, how young are you? 0:41:37.480 --> 0:41:37.960 What do you doing? 0:41:38.040 --> 0:41:38.080 What? 0:41:39.239 --> 0:41:42.760 And nothing ever came of it, But anyway, good question eight. 0:41:42.560 --> 0:41:45.120 A eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 0:41:45.280 --> 0:41:48.279 four to two four one zero one. AT and T 0:41:48.640 --> 0:41:52.920 has a new discount plan for seniors. This is the 0:41:52.960 --> 0:41:56.840 AT and T fifty five plus Plan. So this offers 0:41:56.920 --> 0:42:01.400 unlimited talk, text, and data for just forty dollars a month. Now, 0:42:01.440 --> 0:42:05.960 this used to be only available in Florida, and it's interesting. 0:42:05.960 --> 0:42:07.759 I didn't realize this, but I was when I was 0:42:07.760 --> 0:42:11.120 reading about this plan. I guess AT and T, I 0:42:11.120 --> 0:42:13.120 guess there's a lot of I know there's a lot 0:42:13.160 --> 0:42:16.680 of seniors in Florida, but I guess Verizon and AT 0:42:16.800 --> 0:42:20.400 and T only had their senior plans available with a 0:42:20.400 --> 0:42:24.560 Florida address. And I think with T Mobile making their 0:42:24.600 --> 0:42:27.839 Senior plan nationwide, AT and T, I guess just had 0:42:27.840 --> 0:42:30.359 too many people switching. And so they said, all right, fine, 0:42:30.400 --> 0:42:32.920 we'll open this up to everyone. So now this applies 0:42:32.960 --> 0:42:35.400 to anyone that's fifty five and up anywhere in the US, 0:42:36.120 --> 0:42:39.600 and it's forty dollars a month for unlimited everything. And 0:42:39.640 --> 0:42:42.160 you might say, rich aren't there other services out there 0:42:42.160 --> 0:42:44.239 that you can get forty dollars a month for everything? Yes, 0:42:44.800 --> 0:42:46.840 but this is AT and T and you can bundle 0:42:46.880 --> 0:42:48.880 it with some other stuff as well in the future, 0:42:50.440 --> 0:42:54.040 and so it's not a bad value. Two lines bring 0:42:54.080 --> 0:42:56.279 it down to thirty five dollars per line, which makes 0:42:56.280 --> 0:42:58.920 it sort of competitive with Mint and T Mobile. It 0:42:58.960 --> 0:43:02.480 includes ten gigs of hot Spot data, five g access 0:43:03.560 --> 0:43:06.560 let's see spam blocking. You're not going to get any 0:43:06.600 --> 0:43:09.120 like Netflix or anything included, but you know, there you go. 0:43:09.640 --> 0:43:12.360 So the previous AT and T senior plan in Florida 0:43:12.440 --> 0:43:14.680 was sixty two dollars, so this is even cheaper than 0:43:14.680 --> 0:43:17.520 it was. Now you will have to verify your age 0:43:17.560 --> 0:43:20.960 with ID and you know, maybe this will put some 0:43:21.000 --> 0:43:23.400 pressure on Verizon to open up their senior plan to 0:43:23.480 --> 0:43:26.919 other states as well. T Mobile already has theirs. Let's 0:43:26.920 --> 0:43:29.720 see how much is their's T mobile fifty five plan. 0:43:30.880 --> 0:43:33.000 I think it's actually more expensive than this. 0:43:33.719 --> 0:43:37.200 So fifty five plus on T Mobile is forty five 0:43:37.239 --> 0:43:39.120 dollars a month, So there you go. So AT and 0:43:39.120 --> 0:43:41.120 T kind of coming in strong with this new plan. 0:43:41.960 --> 0:43:43.960 And by the way, I got an email from let's 0:43:44.000 --> 0:43:46.560 see it was it Bruce. I got an email from 0:43:46.640 --> 0:43:50.439 Bruce that said, Rich, thanks for putting this new plan 0:43:50.480 --> 0:43:53.440 in your newsletter. You're saving me thirty dollars a month 0:43:53.920 --> 0:43:58.759 on my combined landline bill. Yeah, I listen. This is 0:43:58.760 --> 0:44:01.080 why I listen to your valuable radio show. It's like 0:44:01.120 --> 0:44:05.920 immersion language training for tech. Eventually, I'll probably switch my 0:44:06.000 --> 0:44:09.000 other lines anyway, there you go, might save you some cash. 0:44:09.160 --> 0:44:10.960 I'll put the link on the website. Rich on tech 0:44:11.000 --> 0:44:11.799 dot TV. 0:44:12.040 --> 0:44:14.719 Eight eight eight Rich one O one eight eight eight 0:44:14.920 --> 0:44:18.000 seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, 0:44:18.840 --> 0:44:21.640 I'll tell you about my favorite app on the iPhone 0:44:22.360 --> 0:44:24.960 that you can finally use. I was testing it in beta. 0:44:25.000 --> 0:44:27.640 It's available for everyone. Now that's coming up right here. 0:44:27.719 --> 0:44:35.640 I'm Rich on Tech Cheryl in Glendora, Cheryl your own 0:44:35.680 --> 0:44:36.040 with Rich. 0:44:36.760 --> 0:44:38.280 Hi, Rich, How are you doing today? 0:44:38.320 --> 0:44:41.880 Oh I'm doing fantastic. Thanks for asking. Welcome to the show. 0:44:42.800 --> 0:44:43.239 Thank you. 0:44:44.440 --> 0:44:47.120 Thursday morning. I believe it was on the Early Show 0:44:47.160 --> 0:44:50.080 with and Kirk and Megan. 0:44:50.480 --> 0:44:53.239 Thanks you great folks. Great group of folks, by the way, 0:44:53.920 --> 0:44:54.279 they are. 0:44:54.480 --> 0:44:55.160 That's phenomenal. 0:44:57.239 --> 0:44:57.319 Ye. 0:44:57.680 --> 0:45:02.799 Yes, so you addressed the iPhone that some of them 0:45:02.880 --> 0:45:06.200 that email was working on and off, and I was 0:45:06.280 --> 0:45:09.880 leondering if you had any update when I iPhone has 0:45:09.920 --> 0:45:11.400 been a correct app turned updates. 0:45:11.960 --> 0:45:14.240 Ah, good question. Uh, it's interesting. 0:45:14.320 --> 0:45:16.799 So this is the beauty of having a bunch of 0:45:16.800 --> 0:45:19.479 people that email me when there's something going on. Because 0:45:19.480 --> 0:45:23.280 I got the first email about this the mail app 0:45:23.360 --> 0:45:26.839 on iOS eighteen point five when people updated there was 0:45:26.920 --> 0:45:29.480 like problems and I got the first email about it. 0:45:29.520 --> 0:45:31.920 Someone said, hey, if you heard any issues about this? 0:45:31.960 --> 0:45:35.040 Said no, I'd never heard anything. All of a sudden, 0:45:35.040 --> 0:45:37.640 about an hour later, I get another email, Hey, I'm 0:45:37.680 --> 0:45:39.560 having issues with the mail app on my iPhone. 0:45:39.600 --> 0:45:40.120 What's going on? 0:45:40.160 --> 0:45:42.200 And I said, uh, And when I get two emails 0:45:42.239 --> 0:45:45.160 in a row, then I know something's going on. And 0:45:45.200 --> 0:45:47.200 then I get three and four and five, and then 0:45:47.200 --> 0:45:49.360 people say on Twitter, yes I'm having the same problem. 0:45:49.400 --> 0:45:51.560 I mean, I tweeted this and I couldn't believe how 0:45:51.600 --> 0:45:54.839 many people were saying that they had problems with their 0:45:54.880 --> 0:45:57.520 mail app. And so yeah, basically what we know right 0:45:57.560 --> 0:46:02.320 now is that users are reporting the mail app on 0:46:02.360 --> 0:46:05.160 the iPhone is opening to a white screen, then freezing 0:46:05.239 --> 0:46:09.279 or crashing, and it seems linked to iOS eighteen point five, 0:46:09.360 --> 0:46:12.000 which is interesting because I feel like that came out 0:46:12.000 --> 0:46:15.280 a while ago. So Apple has not acknowledged any issue 0:46:15.280 --> 0:46:20.080 with this whatsoever just yet. People have tried restarting their phone, 0:46:20.160 --> 0:46:22.560 which might work for a little bit, deleting the app, 0:46:22.600 --> 0:46:25.920 reinstalling it. Some people even say turning off auto correct 0:46:26.000 --> 0:46:29.840 might work. But all of these are temporary. Most users 0:46:29.840 --> 0:46:33.000 do see the issues returning, and the bug seems to 0:46:33.040 --> 0:46:37.640 be widespread, so I am assuming that Apple is working 0:46:37.640 --> 0:46:41.319 on a fix behind the scenes. The thing is for 0:46:41.400 --> 0:46:45.319 Apple to update this usually takes a software update, like 0:46:45.360 --> 0:46:47.840 they have to do in iOS eighteen point five point 0:46:47.840 --> 0:46:50.879 one or something like that, so hopefully we'll see that soon. 0:46:51.680 --> 0:46:54.280 But yeah, the responses on this, a lot of people 0:46:54.480 --> 0:46:55.799 had issues with this, So. 0:46:57.239 --> 0:46:57.920 Just hang tight. 0:46:58.000 --> 0:47:00.719 I know it's annoying in the In the meantime, you know, 0:47:00.800 --> 0:47:03.360 if you're using something like a Gmail or a Yahoo, 0:47:03.840 --> 0:47:07.799 you could download the Gmail or Yahoo app, you know, 0:47:07.840 --> 0:47:10.080 you can download their mail app and then that way 0:47:10.160 --> 0:47:13.000 you have direct access to the mail and you don't 0:47:13.000 --> 0:47:15.359 have to deal with the Apple built in mail app. 0:47:15.400 --> 0:47:19.839 So that's what's happening, Cheryl. Let's hope it gets fixed soon. 0:47:20.440 --> 0:47:22.680 Apple has a big event coming up this week so 0:47:22.719 --> 0:47:25.920 I'm sure they're they're very busy. We're getting prepared for that. 0:47:26.120 --> 0:47:28.319 But I know they know about these issues. You know, 0:47:28.360 --> 0:47:31.439 Apple's the kind of company that doesn't really they don't 0:47:31.440 --> 0:47:34.319 really acknowledge things in public. They don't say, hey, we 0:47:34.400 --> 0:47:36.239 know there's a big problem with the mail app and 0:47:36.280 --> 0:47:37.000 we're working on it. 0:47:37.040 --> 0:47:37.960 They don't really do that. 0:47:38.480 --> 0:47:42.240 They will just come out with an update to iOS 0:47:42.320 --> 0:47:46.200 and they will just say bug fixes and improvements. And 0:47:46.280 --> 0:47:48.239 if they want to say that there is, like, you know, 0:47:48.320 --> 0:47:51.120 they're specifically fixed an issue with the mail app, they 0:47:51.200 --> 0:47:54.040 might say it. But again, if you want to check, 0:47:54.400 --> 0:47:57.600 you have to go into software our general software update, 0:47:57.840 --> 0:48:01.160 and right now it's iOS eighteen point five five. iOS 0:48:01.239 --> 0:48:04.000 is up to date. There is nothing new to report there, 0:48:04.280 --> 0:48:08.239 just yet. Appreciate the call, Cheryl eighty eight rich one 0:48:08.280 --> 0:48:11.960 O one eight eight eight seven four to two four 0:48:12.000 --> 0:48:14.080 ones around. Oh, Erica, hold on, we got more about this. 0:48:14.120 --> 0:48:17.360 We got Erica, Erica and Temecula. You have the male 0:48:17.719 --> 0:48:23.759 issue as well. Oh, I guess Erica got cold feet. 0:48:23.840 --> 0:48:27.920 She she didn't want to talk on the air. Okay, 0:48:27.960 --> 0:48:29.560 the other thing I want to tell you about this 0:48:29.600 --> 0:48:31.720 is actually a great app to download to your iPhone. 0:48:31.760 --> 0:48:37.040 It's called whisper Flow wispr Flow. This is a great 0:48:37.120 --> 0:48:41.000 dictation app for iPhone and uh your desktop. Now I've 0:48:41.000 --> 0:48:42.640 been talking about this if you listen to this show, 0:48:42.680 --> 0:48:44.280 you know I've been talking about this in the past. 0:48:44.800 --> 0:48:47.480 So it was available for Mac first. 0:48:47.440 --> 0:48:49.800 Then it came to Windows, then it came to iPhone 0:48:49.880 --> 0:48:52.000 in beta, which I've been testing for the past couple 0:48:52.040 --> 0:48:55.360 of months. Now it's available for iPhone for everyone. So 0:48:55.640 --> 0:48:58.799 if you want to dictate stuff into your phone and 0:48:58.800 --> 0:49:03.040 have it perfectly format and really fast, this is incredible. 0:49:03.880 --> 0:49:06.000 I just absolutely love this app and I use it 0:49:06.040 --> 0:49:09.840 every day and again it's called whisper Flow. The base, 0:49:10.160 --> 0:49:13.279 the base functionality is free. If you use it a ton, 0:49:13.719 --> 0:49:16.640 you're gonna have to pay, but right now it is free, 0:49:16.680 --> 0:49:19.160 So I'll put a link on the website. Rich on 0:49:19.360 --> 0:49:21.759 tech dot TV. I'm getting a lot of emails back 0:49:21.800 --> 0:49:24.120 from folks who have downloaded this and they're all saying, yes, 0:49:24.160 --> 0:49:26.759 they absolutely love it. So that's a good thing. All right, 0:49:26.800 --> 0:49:29.960 Before hang on, we got our let's see here. We 0:49:30.040 --> 0:49:33.680 got our guests coming up. Bald Brian Brian Bishop. He 0:49:33.880 --> 0:49:36.120 is going to talk about this newsletter that he does 0:49:36.160 --> 0:49:38.480 and give you some of his backstory that's quite interesting. 0:49:38.800 --> 0:49:42.080 But this week on TV I featured these apps that 0:49:42.200 --> 0:49:44.560 help you sort of keep a watch list of the 0:49:44.600 --> 0:49:47.279 things that you want to stream next. So I'll tell 0:49:47.280 --> 0:49:48.480 you about a couple of these and then tell you 0:49:48.480 --> 0:49:50.560 which one I've been using. But first off is kernel 0:49:51.000 --> 0:49:53.440 K E R and E L like popcorn Kernel. This 0:49:53.560 --> 0:49:55.920 is only for the iPhone. But what's neat about this 0:49:56.160 --> 0:49:59.560 is that it's very simple. It gets you right to 0:49:59.600 --> 0:50:01.200 the movies you want to stream, but you can make 0:50:01.320 --> 0:50:04.560 multiple lists. So I think that's what people like about 0:50:04.560 --> 0:50:07.120 this is that if you want certain movies to watch 0:50:07.160 --> 0:50:08.960 with your kids, or certain movies to watch with your 0:50:08.960 --> 0:50:12.840 wife or your husband, whatever, you can make multiple lists. 0:50:12.840 --> 0:50:16.000 And I think that's what's cool about that one. Showly, 0:50:16.719 --> 0:50:19.040 this one is great overall. It just has a lot 0:50:19.080 --> 0:50:21.320 of good information. I think the streaming links are a 0:50:21.360 --> 0:50:23.960 little annoying, but they've got a ton of information on 0:50:24.000 --> 0:50:27.560 this app called Showly. Then you've got an app called 0:50:27.600 --> 0:50:29.959 Real Good ore E E L Good. 0:50:30.520 --> 0:50:32.359 This is probably one of the best apps out there. 0:50:32.400 --> 0:50:35.239 It supports nearly every major streaming service, you pick the 0:50:35.239 --> 0:50:37.120 ones that you have. It only shows you the stuff 0:50:37.120 --> 0:50:40.160 that's on those which is really nice. It's got sort 0:50:40.160 --> 0:50:43.040 of a blended rating system, so it uses its own 0:50:43.040 --> 0:50:46.080 proprietary ratings, but that one's good. And then the one 0:50:46.120 --> 0:50:48.759 I've been using is called just Watch. And what I 0:50:48.840 --> 0:50:51.280 like about this is that it gives you direct links 0:50:51.440 --> 0:50:54.840 to the movies right on. Your services got a million 0:50:54.880 --> 0:50:57.360 ways to sort of filter the movies you want to watch. 0:50:58.040 --> 0:51:00.600 The only one filter that I want that us money 0:51:00.680 --> 0:51:03.520 is the one that filters by runtime. Sometimes I only 0:51:03.560 --> 0:51:05.719 have ninety minutes to watch a movie and I want 0:51:05.719 --> 0:51:08.640 to see all my shortest movies in order, but that 0:51:08.680 --> 0:51:11.080 requires a paid upgrade. The other one that people like 0:51:11.239 --> 0:51:14.080 is called letterboxed L E T T E R B 0:51:14.239 --> 0:51:17.200 O x D. This is very minimalistic, but is what 0:51:17.360 --> 0:51:19.799 all the kids are using. So there you go. 0:51:19.880 --> 0:51:21.240 I'll link them all up on the website. 0:51:21.360 --> 0:51:24.839 Rich on tech dot TV more movie talk coming up 0:51:24.840 --> 0:51:28.080 next with Bald Brian Brian Bishop. Right here, I'm rich 0:51:28.120 --> 0:51:36.560 on tech. We were just talking about movie tracking apps. 0:51:36.600 --> 0:51:38.880 You know this idea of I always want to go 0:51:38.920 --> 0:51:41.520 to the movie theater, but of course time I can't. 0:51:41.719 --> 0:51:43.759 So every movie that comes out like add to my 0:51:43.880 --> 0:51:45.839 list and it just continues to grow. Of all these 0:51:45.880 --> 0:51:49.719 movies I want to see here to talk about. He's 0:51:49.760 --> 0:51:51.560 come out with like a great newsletter he has. He's 0:51:52.200 --> 0:51:55.719 my friend, Brian Bishop. Okay, bald Brian. If you've ever 0:51:55.760 --> 0:51:58.560 heard him on the radio. He basically asked me to 0:51:58.640 --> 0:52:00.319 lunch a couple of months ago and said, hey, Rich, 0:52:00.320 --> 0:52:02.120 I know you do a newsletter. I might start one. 0:52:02.160 --> 0:52:04.480 I said absolutely, It's the best thing I've ever done. 0:52:04.600 --> 0:52:06.239 And he's like, I might talk about movies. I said, 0:52:06.320 --> 0:52:08.680 do it. And he has come out with this newsletter 0:52:08.719 --> 0:52:13.040 and it is fantastic, great, great recommendations on streaming services 0:52:13.080 --> 0:52:14.360 and the stuff that's in the theaters. 0:52:14.960 --> 0:52:16.440 Brian Bishop, welcome to the show. 0:52:17.080 --> 0:52:19.000 Oh thanks, Rich story you called me in the middle 0:52:19.000 --> 0:52:22.440 of enjoying my favorite newsletter. They're rich on Tech newsletter 0:52:22.480 --> 0:52:25.720 that just came out this morning. Very informative, very entertaining. 0:52:25.960 --> 0:52:28.480 Well, if you're my wife, she said, Rich, you know 0:52:28.480 --> 0:52:29.680 your newsletter's a little long. 0:52:31.440 --> 0:52:33.120 You know what, That's what I love about it. It's 0:52:33.239 --> 0:52:34.440 it's a verbose. 0:52:35.760 --> 0:52:36.080 It is. 0:52:36.080 --> 0:52:36.799 But here's the thing. 0:52:36.840 --> 0:52:39.399 You know, some people pay like they upgrade to pay, 0:52:39.400 --> 0:52:41.439 and I'm like, I want to give everyone their Money's worth, 0:52:41.480 --> 0:52:43.080 even the people that are you know, everyone gets it 0:52:43.120 --> 0:52:44.880 for free and it's the same whether you pay or not. 0:52:45.360 --> 0:52:47.200 But you know, it's just I feel like I want 0:52:47.200 --> 0:52:48.680 to give people their value. 0:52:49.600 --> 0:52:52.440 Well, here's as long as we're talking about movies. People 0:52:52.480 --> 0:52:55.279 you know, complained about long movies. There's no such thing 0:52:55.480 --> 0:52:58.520 as a good movie that's too long. Like a good 0:52:58.600 --> 0:53:00.640 movie you want to keep going on. 0:53:00.120 --> 0:53:00.680 And on and on. 0:53:00.920 --> 0:53:03.399 Now, there are plenty of bad movies that are too long, 0:53:03.480 --> 0:53:07.080 whether they actually are long movies three hours or yeah, 0:53:07.719 --> 0:53:10.000 if they're long in an hour and forty five minutes, 0:53:10.520 --> 0:53:12.960 like the length is as long as it needs to be, 0:53:13.000 --> 0:53:13.920 if that makes sense. 0:53:14.160 --> 0:53:15.840 Well, and some of them, okay, so I will This 0:53:15.880 --> 0:53:18.520 is a great example. I don't know if you remember this. 0:53:18.600 --> 0:53:19.160 I'm sure you do. 0:53:19.600 --> 0:53:22.880 The movie The Irishman, sure, okay, Now I know it 0:53:22.920 --> 0:53:25.920 got mixed reviews. I personally loved it, like I loved 0:53:26.000 --> 0:53:27.320 every second of that movie. 0:53:27.719 --> 0:53:29.160 And it was up for Best Picture. 0:53:29.320 --> 0:53:31.440 It was oh well, okay, well I thought I was 0:53:31.440 --> 0:53:32.120 the only one that liked it. 0:53:32.160 --> 0:53:33.759 But anyway, but you know what there was there was 0:53:33.800 --> 0:53:36.920 a little bit of a pushback, but go on, three hours, 0:53:36.960 --> 0:53:38.680 twenty nine minutes and I'm not kidding. 0:53:38.719 --> 0:53:42.000 When that thing ended, I was still wanting more. 0:53:42.040 --> 0:53:43.560 And I guess that goes to show that like, if 0:53:43.640 --> 0:53:45.239 you like it, you're gonna want more of it. 0:53:45.800 --> 0:53:47.319 Yeah, exactly for me. 0:53:47.480 --> 0:53:50.959 Maybe that's The Godfather where it's over three hours long, 0:53:51.000 --> 0:53:54.600 but I am never I've seen that movie ten twelve times. 0:53:54.760 --> 0:53:56.800 I've never been like, that's a little lone. 0:53:56.880 --> 0:53:59.400 Okay, So we're talking to Brian Bishop bald Brian. 0:54:00.040 --> 0:54:00.760 We have a history. 0:54:01.080 --> 0:54:04.480 We went to school together and we've been friends ever since. 0:54:05.080 --> 0:54:09.000 For better or for worse, I guess checkered past. He 0:54:09.440 --> 0:54:13.160 obviously was on radio for many years with Adam Carolla. 0:54:13.560 --> 0:54:16.240 He does his own podcast now called The Film Vault. 0:54:16.440 --> 0:54:19.920 He just started a newsletter called The Baldywood Newsletter on substack, 0:54:20.040 --> 0:54:25.040 so definitely subscribe to it on Instagram at bald Brian. So, Brian, 0:54:25.480 --> 0:54:28.000 first off, I know you had a long history in radio, 0:54:28.760 --> 0:54:31.960 but then you got cancer at some point during that time. 0:54:33.280 --> 0:54:35.680 You've talked about your journey. How are you doing right now? 0:54:36.360 --> 0:54:36.799 It's still a. 0:54:36.840 --> 0:54:39.319 Personal rich I was ready to talk about movies, but 0:54:39.400 --> 0:54:41.040 I guess I guess we can change it up a 0:54:41.080 --> 0:54:45.359 little bit. No, I was diagnosed at age thirty, right 0:54:45.400 --> 0:54:49.360 in between when the Adam Crawler radio show ended and 0:54:49.440 --> 0:54:52.680 the Adam Kraler podcast began, and was writing that nestle 0:54:52.760 --> 0:54:55.560 in nuts spot and yeah, I was two months out 0:54:55.600 --> 0:54:59.160 of our away from our wedding with my fiance now wife. 0:54:59.520 --> 0:55:01.960 I'm glad to say that was two thousand and nine 0:55:02.320 --> 0:55:05.360 when I was given six months to live, and spoiler alert, 0:55:05.400 --> 0:55:09.040 I'm still here doing well. Thank you for asking. I 0:55:09.080 --> 0:55:10.600 don't know if you after or not, but thank you 0:55:10.640 --> 0:55:15.920 for I assume you're curious. But yeah, it's been just 0:55:16.120 --> 0:55:22.359 past sixteen years of diagnosis and it's been awful at 0:55:22.360 --> 0:55:25.239 times that you've seen personally you and your wife and 0:55:25.280 --> 0:55:29.239 your family, but also it's given me some opportunities do 0:55:29.320 --> 0:55:32.879 some pretty amazing things. So it's been a real double 0:55:32.960 --> 0:55:35.759 edged sort of real journey. But glad to be here. 0:55:35.760 --> 0:55:38.080 It's all been living for this moment, and I've seen 0:55:38.080 --> 0:55:40.160 Brian on the ups and the downs. I would say, 0:55:40.160 --> 0:55:42.400 at this point you're at your best you've been in 0:55:42.440 --> 0:55:44.839 a long time, so I really appreciate that. 0:55:45.120 --> 0:55:47.560 It's scary to say this is about as good as yets, 0:55:47.800 --> 0:55:50.040 but this is this is this is my peak. 0:55:51.840 --> 0:55:53.720 Now you've been open about your journey. 0:55:53.760 --> 0:55:56.040 I know, so people I'm sure ask you, like, are 0:55:56.080 --> 0:55:59.840 there any movies that really portray illness or recovery that 0:55:59.880 --> 0:56:00.520 you recommend? 0:56:00.560 --> 0:56:01.440 Is there anything that you like? 0:56:02.000 --> 0:56:03.960 No, this is the first time I've ever talked about it. 0:56:05.360 --> 0:56:09.239 One of the best movies just movies. Just a great 0:56:09.280 --> 0:56:12.000 movie I've seen in the last ten years, and a 0:56:12.080 --> 0:56:15.880 movie that really is insightful as it pertains to a 0:56:16.320 --> 0:56:20.480 cancer journey is fifty to fifty, the movie with Joseph 0:56:20.520 --> 0:56:23.640 Gordon Levitt and Seth Rogen and Kendrick. 0:56:24.120 --> 0:56:25.480 Just a great movie. 0:56:25.480 --> 0:56:28.200 On his face, it's kind of like sixth sense, not 0:56:28.480 --> 0:56:31.600 like this sixth sense, but in the sense that it's 0:56:31.640 --> 0:56:33.880 a great movie and it's got a great twist, but 0:56:33.920 --> 0:56:36.160 it's great without the twist. Fifty to fifty is a 0:56:36.200 --> 0:56:40.040 great movie by itself. The fact that it speaks to 0:56:40.080 --> 0:56:45.320 me so personally, with so many great insightful cancer moments 0:56:45.320 --> 0:56:47.520 and references is just bonus. 0:56:47.560 --> 0:56:48.760 It's just a great movie. 0:56:49.239 --> 0:56:52.640 A lot of knowing references from someone the writer who 0:56:52.680 --> 0:56:54.120 obviously lived the story. 0:56:54.280 --> 0:56:56.719 There are plenty of times during that movie where I'd. 0:56:56.520 --> 0:56:59.960 Be like, oh, yeah, that's something I recognized, that's something 0:57:00.200 --> 0:57:02.240 up to make so that's that's a great one. 0:57:02.440 --> 0:57:04.000 Okay, I remember when that came out. I'll put that 0:57:04.040 --> 0:57:06.479 on my list. 0:57:05.880 --> 0:57:08.640 Know you you you it's a great so I I 0:57:09.040 --> 0:57:14.000 my personal, my my proprietary definition of a great date 0:57:14.120 --> 0:57:17.600 movie is it, you know, a movie that's romantic or whatever. 0:57:17.640 --> 0:57:19.880 It's a movie that I think men and women can 0:57:20.000 --> 0:57:23.640 enjoy equally. It's not a guy movie, it's not a 0:57:23.680 --> 0:57:25.720 chick like. It's just it's a great movie that can 0:57:25.760 --> 0:57:26.960 be enjoyed by everyone. 0:57:27.400 --> 0:57:27.560 Uh. 0:57:27.600 --> 0:57:30.560 And I think fifty to fifty is is right there. 0:57:30.360 --> 0:57:33.960 In that sweet spot all right, women like it? I 0:57:34.000 --> 0:57:35.360 like that has the title. 0:57:36.000 --> 0:57:39.680 Okay, so now you've started this newsletter, which I think 0:57:39.760 --> 0:57:40.480 is fantastic. 0:57:40.520 --> 0:57:41.520 You know, you're a great writer. 0:57:41.920 --> 0:57:45.840 You've got good opinions on things, except for Transformers that 0:57:45.920 --> 0:57:49.800 you know you recommend often. Sure, But notwithstanding that, what 0:57:49.840 --> 0:57:51.360 I like about it is that you always have a 0:57:51.400 --> 0:57:53.240 couple of picks. Like you talk about the major movie 0:57:53.240 --> 0:57:55.600 in the theater, but you also talk about the like 0:57:55.720 --> 0:57:58.840 hidden gems on the streaming services. And I think that's 0:57:58.960 --> 0:58:02.320 really what people want, because like we're all paying for Netflix, 0:58:02.320 --> 0:58:04.720 we're all paying for Peacock or whatever these things are. 0:58:04.920 --> 0:58:06.000 Maybe I'm the only one. 0:58:06.120 --> 0:58:08.880 But you want to I'm blaming whatever you've got. I've 0:58:08.880 --> 0:58:09.720 got twice moody. 0:58:09.840 --> 0:58:13.800 You want to get the Criterion Channel because I don't 0:58:13.840 --> 0:58:17.360 even know what that is. I'm movie though, I'm a 0:58:17.360 --> 0:58:19.120 big movie No, I'm just kidding. Sure, I've heard of 0:58:19.120 --> 0:58:21.040 that one. So how do you I mean, you're seeing 0:58:21.040 --> 0:58:22.560 like how many movies a week? And how do you 0:58:22.600 --> 0:58:23.960 decide what to put in this newsletter? 0:58:24.520 --> 0:58:28.720 Typically I see about three movies a week, some new, 0:58:28.880 --> 0:58:31.720 some old. We we talk about them all in the 0:58:31.720 --> 0:58:33.640 film BA podcast you mentioned earlier. 0:58:34.440 --> 0:58:36.880 But uh yeah, I try to. 0:58:37.880 --> 0:58:40.360 I talk about a new movie in the newsletter and 0:58:40.440 --> 0:58:43.080 this in theaters if it's worth talking about. There's plenty 0:58:43.160 --> 0:58:45.840 of times where movies just that great, and I don't 0:58:45.920 --> 0:58:47.800 like I don't like talking crash about movies. 0:58:47.840 --> 0:58:49.800 I love movies. I want every movie I seem to 0:58:49.880 --> 0:58:50.280 be good. 0:58:50.720 --> 0:58:52.800 So the fact that I see ones that aren't great, 0:58:53.000 --> 0:58:54.920 I just let them go and they can, you know, 0:58:55.000 --> 0:58:55.560 do whatever they do. 0:58:55.720 --> 0:58:58.200 Sometimes it's your huge hits and don't even my help. 0:58:58.560 --> 0:59:02.840 But then my my secret sauce. The thing that I 0:59:02.840 --> 0:59:05.520 hope makes the newsletter kind of stand out is like 0:59:05.560 --> 0:59:07.320 you allude to those hidden gems. 0:59:07.360 --> 0:59:10.240 Those movies that are great. 0:59:10.240 --> 0:59:13.120 Should have been seen by more people, aren't seen by 0:59:13.160 --> 0:59:16.040 more people, And I want to bring them up and 0:59:16.200 --> 0:59:19.560 bring them to people's attention, but also give that sort 0:59:19.560 --> 0:59:24.440 of oddly specific scenario where you'd want to watch that movie, 0:59:24.520 --> 0:59:26.120 like for fifty to fifty maybe that's. 0:59:25.960 --> 0:59:28.360 A little more well known or maybe not, but you 0:59:28.360 --> 0:59:29.120 haven't seen it. 0:59:29.160 --> 0:59:31.720 But like I might say, oh, I want a date 0:59:31.840 --> 0:59:34.920 movie that my wife and I are going to enjoy. 0:59:35.000 --> 0:59:37.120 Equally, I might say, right, well, you know what, fifty 0:59:37.160 --> 0:59:38.280 fifty is your choice? 0:59:39.160 --> 0:59:42.080 So and I bookmarked so many of the movies you recommend, 0:59:42.080 --> 0:59:44.640 so I've gotten my list in a world you recommended 0:59:44.840 --> 0:59:48.880 a couple of months show, let's see the Spanish Prisoner 0:59:49.000 --> 0:59:50.680 you recommend? I mean, these are movies that you know. 0:59:50.960 --> 0:59:52.800 I've been out for a while, but it's like new 0:59:52.840 --> 0:59:56.040 to me, Philomena. Was that on your list? That's okay, 0:59:56.080 --> 0:59:58.600 that's on my list. So my wife and I ended 0:59:58.640 --> 1:00:01.320 up watching Nana's Last Night or Nona's. 1:00:01.600 --> 1:00:02.920 Oh I haven't seen it? How was it? 1:00:03.200 --> 1:00:05.280 Well, we only got halfway through. It's very depressing, like 1:00:05.280 --> 1:00:07.440 everyone dies in that movie, which is really sad. 1:00:07.440 --> 1:00:08.280 But I love it did not. 1:00:08.480 --> 1:00:09.480 I did not recommend it. 1:00:09.720 --> 1:00:12.520 I did not recommend that. All right, we got to run. 1:00:12.520 --> 1:00:14.880 But you have any recommendations you want to tell people 1:00:14.920 --> 1:00:18.919 about the UH under the radar gem, a recent must watch, 1:00:18.960 --> 1:00:19.480 a classic? 1:00:19.520 --> 1:00:20.000 What do you want to? 1:00:20.040 --> 1:00:20.400 What do you want to? 1:00:20.560 --> 1:00:21.000 Yeah, the one. 1:00:21.040 --> 1:00:23.440 The ones that you mentioned are very indicative of what 1:00:23.480 --> 1:00:25.640 I go for in the newsletter, which is, you know, 1:00:25.720 --> 1:00:27.680 ones that fell through the cracks, ones that you may 1:00:27.680 --> 1:00:30.280 have heard of but I haven't seen, or or like 1:00:30.800 --> 1:00:32.560 a movie that you know you just don't want to 1:00:32.600 --> 1:00:35.200 spend the time in the hassle of finding something. 1:00:35.360 --> 1:00:37.760 Just listen to me. I know what I'm talking about, 1:00:37.760 --> 1:00:40.640 and I really want everyone to love the movies. I 1:00:40.720 --> 1:00:41.960 recommend a good one. 1:00:41.960 --> 1:00:43.720 I don't know if your kids have seen this Rich 1:00:44.120 --> 1:00:46.640 uh an animated film to come out a year or 1:00:46.680 --> 1:00:48.200 two ago called Naemona. 1:00:48.320 --> 1:00:48.360 Do. 1:00:48.480 --> 1:00:49.280 I recommend this. 1:00:49.200 --> 1:00:53.200 One to you back in the Daynemona Pnemona and im 1:00:53.520 --> 1:00:54.920 a Namona Sweet. 1:00:54.960 --> 1:00:56.240 It's streaming on Netflix. 1:00:56.680 --> 1:01:01.280 It's an animated film about It's it's hard to describe, 1:01:01.280 --> 1:01:02.040 but it's about this. 1:01:02.240 --> 1:01:02.479 UH. 1:01:02.960 --> 1:01:06.800 These nights like nights, right, but they live in the future. 1:01:06.920 --> 1:01:08.400 It's like a futuristic nights. 1:01:08.680 --> 1:01:11.439 But like, like all of a sudden, this girl named 1:01:11.520 --> 1:01:14.640 Naemona comes on the scene and she is this complete 1:01:14.680 --> 1:01:18.800 ass kicking like kid who just like you know, decimates everyone. 1:01:18.840 --> 1:01:22.080 And she's hilarious and she's fun, and it's great for kids, 1:01:22.080 --> 1:01:24.760 it's great for adults. It was nominated for Best Animated 1:01:24.800 --> 1:01:27.560 Feature and it's on Netflix. Check out Pnemona. 1:01:27.640 --> 1:01:28.280 That's a winner. 1:01:28.400 --> 1:01:30.120 All right, all right, if you want more, you're gonna 1:01:30.160 --> 1:01:34.280 have to go find Brian's newsletter. It's uh Baldbrian dot 1:01:34.360 --> 1:01:39.400 substack dot com. Baldbrian dot substack dot com. Thanks so 1:01:39.520 --> 1:01:41.520 much for coming on the show, Tay, Brian really appreciate it. 1:01:41.840 --> 1:01:43.840 Hey, before I leave, can I say I'm a big 1:01:43.880 --> 1:01:45.280 fan and I enjoy everything we do. 1:01:46.160 --> 1:01:48.160 Thank you. Save it for the feedback. 1:01:49.040 --> 1:01:51.720 Fair enough eight eight eight rich one on one eight 1:01:51.760 --> 1:01:54.720 eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:01:54.800 --> 1:02:03.240 Back to the phone lines. Right after this, let's go 1:02:03.320 --> 1:02:06.080 to Jim and Hammett. Jim, you're on with Writch. 1:02:06.920 --> 1:02:08.200 Hey, how are you doing. 1:02:08.640 --> 1:02:10.000 I am doing fantastic. 1:02:12.960 --> 1:02:17.200 I'm glad you're doing great. My question is can you 1:02:17.240 --> 1:02:17.520 hear me? 1:02:17.720 --> 1:02:18.440 Yeah? I hear you? 1:02:19.600 --> 1:02:20.000 All right? 1:02:20.080 --> 1:02:23.960 My question is I get a lot of pictures. 1:02:24.680 --> 1:02:31.600 From my employees, and most of them are on Samsung, 1:02:32.920 --> 1:02:34.720 but some of them are on. 1:02:37.400 --> 1:02:40.760 Apple, and the Apple has the HC. 1:02:42.120 --> 1:02:49.720 Whatever it is. So when I try and download them 1:02:49.760 --> 1:02:55.000 on my PC, my PC says they don't understand them. 1:02:56.040 --> 1:03:03.640 So I have to put them in Google Drive save 1:03:03.760 --> 1:03:09.959 them as the JPEG so I can download them. 1:03:10.480 --> 1:03:13.400 Yes, what can what can I help you with in 1:03:13.440 --> 1:03:14.120 that process? 1:03:14.360 --> 1:03:16.720 My question is is there a way to do that 1:03:18.040 --> 1:03:26.080 quicker are faster between you know, as Samsung and a 1:03:26.200 --> 1:03:28.120 Jay and Ale. 1:03:28.480 --> 1:03:29.920 Yeah, I mean, look the easy. 1:03:30.040 --> 1:03:33.720 So what's what's happening here is that the people that 1:03:33.760 --> 1:03:36.640 are using their iPhone iPhone switched to this new format, 1:03:36.720 --> 1:03:39.720 like you said, h I C, right, And the reason 1:03:39.720 --> 1:03:42.960 why that format is nice is s h I C 1:03:43.120 --> 1:03:46.640 or h I F Yeah, h I C. And so 1:03:46.840 --> 1:03:50.680 the reason why people like that is or why Apple 1:03:50.840 --> 1:03:54.000 likes it is because it's it's more efficient, right, It's 1:03:54.040 --> 1:03:57.040 like you can store more data in a smaller amount, 1:03:57.240 --> 1:03:58.200 and you know. 1:03:58.120 --> 1:03:59.520 And also it's just Apple being Apple. 1:03:59.560 --> 1:04:01.560 I feel like like sometimes they just change things that 1:04:01.640 --> 1:04:03.800 like everyone in the world knows jpeg, and all of 1:04:03.800 --> 1:04:07.520 a sudden, iPhones start taking pictures in this hchic format. Now, 1:04:07.520 --> 1:04:10.360 I'm sure it's probably fine, and I'm sure it's better 1:04:10.400 --> 1:04:13.160 in some way, but for a lot of people it 1:04:13.240 --> 1:04:15.480 causes issues, like you're saying, So the first thing you 1:04:15.520 --> 1:04:18.000 can do is, if you're getting these from the same 1:04:18.040 --> 1:04:20.400 people over and over, you can just say, hey, do 1:04:20.440 --> 1:04:23.120 you mind changing the format on your phone. I don't 1:04:23.160 --> 1:04:25.280 know how close you are with these people, if they're employees, 1:04:25.320 --> 1:04:28.480 whatever might be a tall order, but I've changed it 1:04:28.520 --> 1:04:30.080 on my phone because it just got to be so 1:04:30.160 --> 1:04:32.960 annoying that half the people this would work with, and 1:04:33.080 --> 1:04:35.640 myself when I try to upload a picture to a 1:04:35.680 --> 1:04:38.960 website or something, it doesn't work because it's achic. Then 1:04:39.040 --> 1:04:41.360 if you convert it, and it's easy enough to convert, 1:04:41.560 --> 1:04:43.800 but it takes a little bit to do that. So 1:04:44.040 --> 1:04:46.960 Number one, if you are having this similar issue, go 1:04:47.040 --> 1:04:51.320 into your settings, tap camera and under formats you'll see 1:04:51.320 --> 1:04:56.160 camera capture high efficiency or most compatible. Most compatible is 1:04:56.200 --> 1:04:59.560 going to keep it in JPEG. High efficiency is going 1:04:59.600 --> 1:05:02.600 to be the h G I F or h G 1:05:02.720 --> 1:05:07.360 I C format, whatever they whatever it's called. Now, Jim 1:05:07.480 --> 1:05:10.400 for you on the back end here trying to figure 1:05:10.400 --> 1:05:13.240 out what to do with this. What I would do 1:05:13.600 --> 1:05:15.240 is you could do it could do a couple of things. 1:05:15.280 --> 1:05:17.880 You can download an app from Windows from Windows Store 1:05:17.920 --> 1:05:20.280 to transform these, which sounds like you might have already 1:05:20.280 --> 1:05:22.480 been doing. Actually no, it sounded like you were doing 1:05:22.520 --> 1:05:25.640 Google Photos. That's a very like roundabout way of doing it. 1:05:25.680 --> 1:05:27.880 I don't think you should do that. I think go 1:05:27.920 --> 1:05:30.040 into Windows Store see if they have an app that 1:05:30.120 --> 1:05:30.680 will do that. 1:05:31.680 --> 1:05:34.080 If not, there's website. There's a website called. 1:05:34.120 --> 1:05:38.800 Vert v E R T dot s H and basically 1:05:38.840 --> 1:05:41.920 short for convert and you can go in there and 1:05:41.960 --> 1:05:44.000 it will You can drag and drop the picture and 1:05:44.040 --> 1:05:45.920 it will convert it into a jpeg. I mean, it's 1:05:46.000 --> 1:05:49.680 really pretty simple. So that's probably what I would do. 1:05:49.720 --> 1:05:52.280 And you could drop a bunch of them and that's 1:05:52.360 --> 1:05:55.880 probably the easiest way to do it. There's also websites 1:05:55.920 --> 1:05:57.800 that will do it, but again you can either get 1:05:57.840 --> 1:06:00.160 a piece of software or use the website to do it. 1:06:00.520 --> 1:06:03.600 That's probably what I would do. I'm trying to see 1:06:03.680 --> 1:06:07.480 if there is a Windows app that will do this. 1:06:07.680 --> 1:06:13.880 Let me see here, let's see the built in photos app. 1:06:13.880 --> 1:06:16.600 But you see see the Windows doesn't seem to like 1:06:16.640 --> 1:06:20.280 it very much, so it doesn't seem to really like 1:06:20.360 --> 1:06:22.680 that format, which is why you're having trouble with it. 1:06:22.680 --> 1:06:24.200 It looks like you have to pay at least a 1:06:24.320 --> 1:06:28.760 dollar for an extension to let Windows natively open these files. 1:06:29.680 --> 1:06:32.040 You can get third party software that can do it. 1:06:32.920 --> 1:06:35.880 But yeah, it looks like So this actually looks like 1:06:35.920 --> 1:06:41.480 the best one interesting copy trans hi c And what's 1:06:41.560 --> 1:06:44.080 nice about that is it will make a right click 1:06:44.120 --> 1:06:46.160 in Windows Explorer to convert it. 1:06:46.840 --> 1:06:48.680 But how much do they charge for this app? 1:06:48.760 --> 1:06:54.160 Is the question? Personal usage? Free download? There you go, 1:06:54.360 --> 1:06:57.000 So I don't know. Let's see if it is there 1:06:57.040 --> 1:06:59.560 a price? That might be the way to do it. 1:06:59.560 --> 1:07:03.560 Copy dot net looks like they have copy trans Hic 1:07:03.760 --> 1:07:07.000 for Window open and convert hic files in your Windows PC, 1:07:07.640 --> 1:07:10.400 and it looks like it adds it to a right 1:07:10.480 --> 1:07:14.120 click and it says free and premium plans. So I 1:07:14.120 --> 1:07:18.040 would try that first, and that's probably gonna be the 1:07:18.040 --> 1:07:21.200 easiest just because then you don't have to worry about 1:07:21.840 --> 1:07:23.720 moving it anywhere else. You can just do that right 1:07:23.840 --> 1:07:27.440 inside your your Windows Explorer. But again, you have a 1:07:27.480 --> 1:07:31.480 lot of options. Not ideal, but there are ways of converting, 1:07:31.520 --> 1:07:33.960 and you know, unless the person changes it on their 1:07:34.080 --> 1:07:36.480 end with their iPhone, you're gonna be stuck with the 1:07:36.520 --> 1:07:37.560 conversion on your end. 1:07:37.600 --> 1:07:40.480 So good question. Thanks for the call, appreciate it. 1:07:41.800 --> 1:07:46.560 Speaking of photos, Photoshop has come to Android. They've had 1:07:46.640 --> 1:07:48.360 some versions in the past, but this is like the 1:07:48.440 --> 1:07:52.120 new Photoshop beta app, free to download on Google Play, 1:07:52.880 --> 1:07:56.439 works on Android eleven plus devices with at least six 1:07:56.480 --> 1:07:59.960 gigs of RAM. It's got all the iconic Photoshop tool 1:08:00.160 --> 1:08:03.600 built in, like layers and masks and clone stamp, magic 1:08:03.680 --> 1:08:06.720 wand it also has some of the AI features, So 1:08:06.880 --> 1:08:10.440 Firefly AI is Adobe's brand of AI. You can use 1:08:10.440 --> 1:08:14.200 that to easily add or remove objects or backgrounds, so 1:08:14.440 --> 1:08:17.400 again you can use this on your phone to make thumbnails, 1:08:17.520 --> 1:08:20.559 artwork whatever you want. It's got pretty much everything you 1:08:20.600 --> 1:08:24.120 need and free access to some Adobe stock assets. Now 1:08:24.600 --> 1:08:26.479 this is in beta, so a lot of the features 1:08:26.479 --> 1:08:28.720 are free, but eventually they might cost something. But if 1:08:28.720 --> 1:08:31.439 you've been waiting for Photoshop to come to Android, it 1:08:31.520 --> 1:08:34.880 is on Android at this point in beta. It came 1:08:35.000 --> 1:08:38.559 to the iPhone earlier this year, and of course it's like, oh, sure, 1:08:38.560 --> 1:08:39.920 you come to the iPhone first. 1:08:39.720 --> 1:08:41.360 When are you going to come to Android? And now 1:08:41.439 --> 1:08:42.519 it actually has. 1:08:43.080 --> 1:08:45.960 Eighty eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven 1:08:46.120 --> 1:08:48.519 four to two four one zero one. Rich on Tech 1:08:48.600 --> 1:08:51.880 dot TV back after this and I'll tell you why 1:08:51.880 --> 1:08:54.160 if you use PayPal and Google Wallet, you got to 1:08:54.200 --> 1:08:54.960 find something new. 1:08:55.160 --> 1:08:56.160 This is rich on Tech. 1:08:58.600 --> 1:09:01.280 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging 1:09:01.320 --> 1:09:04.600 out with you, talking technology. Triple eight rich one O 1:09:04.680 --> 1:09:07.760 one eighty eight seven four to two four one zero one. 1:09:07.800 --> 1:09:10.200 Coming up this hour, we're going to talk about pass keys. 1:09:11.080 --> 1:09:13.439 This is the the new way to log in that 1:09:13.560 --> 1:09:16.720 does not require a password, and a lot of websites 1:09:16.720 --> 1:09:20.040 are adopting it. We'll talk to someone from the Fido 1:09:20.120 --> 1:09:23.120 Alliance to explain what that's all about. 1:09:23.960 --> 1:09:25.560 Plus we have the feedbag. 1:09:25.120 --> 1:09:26.599 Coming up later, so if you want to get your 1:09:26.800 --> 1:09:29.200 emails in rich on Tech dot TV, we'll get to 1:09:29.640 --> 1:09:32.519 some more of your calls as well. I was doing 1:09:32.680 --> 1:09:35.360 the self checkout thing this week, you know, at one 1:09:35.400 --> 1:09:38.200 of the registers at the grocery store. My kids helping me, 1:09:38.600 --> 1:09:40.840 and I'm not kidding the entire tay. It is just 1:09:40.920 --> 1:09:43.639 the worst experience ever. Depends on the place you go, 1:09:44.240 --> 1:09:46.960 but this self checkout, you know, it's like some companies 1:09:47.040 --> 1:09:49.639 have decided we're going to make our self checkout really 1:09:49.680 --> 1:09:53.439 easy and you know, not so bad. Other companies said, 1:09:53.479 --> 1:09:55.120 you know, they just decided we're going to make it 1:09:55.160 --> 1:10:00.200 the worst possible experience for a human being. Now, this 1:10:00.240 --> 1:10:04.360 particular location, I will not name names, but it's sort 1:10:04.400 --> 1:10:06.599 of like a first person's name. It's a very prominent 1:10:06.640 --> 1:10:11.719 grocery store and it's really bad. And every single item 1:10:11.720 --> 1:10:13.439 you've got to scan it and then it's got to 1:10:13.479 --> 1:10:15.600 go on the side where you put it like in 1:10:15.640 --> 1:10:17.479 this little thing. And so the way the system works 1:10:17.520 --> 1:10:20.240 is every item is weighed, and so when you scan 1:10:20.439 --> 1:10:23.880 about a carton of milk, the system knows how much 1:10:23.920 --> 1:10:26.160 that milk weighs, and then you have to put that 1:10:26.200 --> 1:10:28.280 milk on the side and there's like the whole thing 1:10:28.400 --> 1:10:31.640 is a scale and it weighs the milk and so 1:10:31.720 --> 1:10:33.439 it knows you put it there. It's like, okay, that's 1:10:33.560 --> 1:10:36.160 that's the right thing they scanned. They're not stealing. 1:10:37.160 --> 1:10:37.800 And you know, we. 1:10:37.800 --> 1:10:39.519 Kept scanning stuff putting it in the bags, and the 1:10:39.560 --> 1:10:41.880 thing just kept flagging and flagging. The lady comes over 1:10:41.920 --> 1:10:44.640 and she was really not very nice and she's like, 1:10:44.640 --> 1:10:46.479 you can't put the stuff in the bags while your 1:10:46.520 --> 1:10:49.519 bag while you're checking out. So what what do you mean, 1:10:49.520 --> 1:10:51.800 I can't put stuff in bags while I'm checking out 1:10:51.800 --> 1:10:54.600 at the grocery store. And she's like, no, it's you know, 1:10:54.760 --> 1:10:57.280 that's that's you know, you're trying to cheat the system 1:10:57.320 --> 1:10:57.599 or something. 1:10:57.600 --> 1:10:59.439 I said, We're not trying to cheat the system. We're 1:10:59.439 --> 1:10:59.960 trying to check out. 1:11:00.000 --> 1:11:02.880 So I did not ask to be hired as a 1:11:03.160 --> 1:11:05.680 checkout clerk at a grocery store. That was not on 1:11:05.720 --> 1:11:08.120 my list of things I wanted to do today. But 1:11:08.240 --> 1:11:10.880 you have made me do it because guess what, every 1:11:10.960 --> 1:11:14.200 single aisle at this store, every single checkout register is 1:11:14.240 --> 1:11:17.560 closed except for the ten or twenty that you've converted 1:11:17.600 --> 1:11:18.599 into self checkout. 1:11:19.200 --> 1:11:22.519 And so you're making me do this. Don't treat me like. 1:11:22.479 --> 1:11:26.320 A shoplifter because you've decided not to staff the registers. 1:11:26.920 --> 1:11:29.960 That's what's happening now at Target on Name Names because 1:11:29.960 --> 1:11:32.599 they actually have a good checkout system. They don't let 1:11:32.680 --> 1:11:34.680 you self check out anymore if you have more than 1:11:34.760 --> 1:11:37.559 like ten things. I guess people were just throwing stuff 1:11:37.600 --> 1:11:39.800 in bags. It was like, you know, left and right. 1:11:40.560 --> 1:11:42.800 But the big thing is that this self checkout, it's 1:11:42.840 --> 1:11:45.800 like the stores have to decide do you want us 1:11:45.800 --> 1:11:48.320 to check out and just assume, yeah, there's gonna be 1:11:48.360 --> 1:11:50.720 some level of theft, or do you want to come 1:11:50.800 --> 1:11:53.320 up with a better system that actually works for the people. Now, 1:11:53.320 --> 1:11:55.200 I will tell you I checked out just before the 1:11:55.240 --> 1:11:58.439 show at an Amazon Fresh and it was a very 1:11:58.520 --> 1:12:02.000 nice experience. System must have been written from the ground 1:12:02.040 --> 1:12:04.200 up by Amazon, because it just worked. 1:12:04.680 --> 1:12:06.240 Now I will tell you I did. 1:12:06.600 --> 1:12:09.640 I did scan an item twice by accident, and I 1:12:09.760 --> 1:12:11.960 just because it asked me to call someone over and 1:12:11.960 --> 1:12:13.439 there's no one to call over. I just walked to 1:12:13.479 --> 1:12:17.920 a different self checkout and just started over again. So 1:12:17.960 --> 1:12:19.880 whoever goes to that one has to deal with my 1:12:20.080 --> 1:12:25.280 uh my half order. I guess let's go to Marshall. 1:12:25.280 --> 1:12:28.000 We're gonna try Marshall again in Studio City. 1:12:28.040 --> 1:12:31.360 Marshall, you're on with I'm here? What's up? 1:12:32.240 --> 1:12:33.400 I got you? 1:12:33.439 --> 1:12:35.760 First of all, I know that Ralph I hate them too. 1:12:36.080 --> 1:12:38.960 I did not name names, Marshall, Okay, I. 1:12:38.880 --> 1:12:41.519 Will, but anyways, I hope you deplete me out. But anyways, 1:12:41.560 --> 1:12:43.280 I gotta ask. I have the note I have not 1:12:43.439 --> 1:12:46.880 to note the Samsung twenty five Ultra, and I thought 1:12:46.880 --> 1:12:48.439 I heard you tell when you were heard they were 1:12:48.439 --> 1:12:53.360 first introducing it that the batteries were being for environmentally, 1:12:53.720 --> 1:12:57.280 they were using recycled, like refurbished batteries. Because I'm having 1:12:57.280 --> 1:12:59.479 a pavern with my battery I had when I was 1:12:59.520 --> 1:13:01.680 targe to it came up like a yellow triangle with 1:13:01.720 --> 1:13:04.479 an exclamation point during the time at one point it 1:13:04.520 --> 1:13:06.920 never happened again. But it's charge is slow. And I 1:13:06.920 --> 1:13:09.400 have two different cables and two different blocks from Best Buys, 1:13:09.439 --> 1:13:11.600 so I know they're pretty you know, credible, you know, 1:13:11.640 --> 1:13:15.559 equipment like that, and yet it's charging slow. They when 1:13:15.600 --> 1:13:17.519 I talked to Team Mobile, my carrier, they said they 1:13:17.600 --> 1:13:19.679 never heard of such a thing. Did you not tell 1:13:19.680 --> 1:13:22.559 when you were introducing the Samsung twenty five vols a 1:13:22.600 --> 1:13:25.120 while back that they're using refurbished batteries. 1:13:25.600 --> 1:13:28.719 Well, they're not refurbished batteries. What these all these companies 1:13:28.760 --> 1:13:32.759 are doing is they're using recovered materials in their batteries. 1:13:32.800 --> 1:13:35.360 So it's not like the battery is fresh. It's just 1:13:35.400 --> 1:13:38.280 the recycling some of the you know, precious metals and 1:13:38.320 --> 1:13:41.120 things that are in these batteries and using them over 1:13:41.240 --> 1:13:45.800 So explain, Wait, what's what's the problem with the battery again, it. 1:13:46.600 --> 1:13:49.200 Doesn't charge its fast well, it' stop charging altogether. At 1:13:49.240 --> 1:13:52.080 one point it had a yellow triangle with an exclamation 1:13:52.120 --> 1:13:54.400 point on my screen. Okay, hey, but other times I 1:13:54.400 --> 1:13:56.720 have it, we're super fast charging. I'm going to my 1:13:56.800 --> 1:13:59.000 cables and like that. Yeah, and it takes over two 1:13:59.040 --> 1:14:00.439 and a half hours for it to get a fold 1:14:00.479 --> 1:14:00.720 and hard. 1:14:00.800 --> 1:14:02.840 Okay, well, it sounds like there could be an issue 1:14:02.840 --> 1:14:06.000 with your phone because I have the S twenty five Ultra. 1:14:06.080 --> 1:14:08.320 I've used a lot of Samsung products and they I 1:14:08.360 --> 1:14:11.960 actually think they charge really well and quite fast, especially 1:14:12.000 --> 1:14:13.439 when you see that. What I'd like you to do, 1:14:14.040 --> 1:14:16.599 there is an app you can download for free. It's 1:14:16.600 --> 1:14:20.840 called the Samsung Members App, and so you download that 1:14:20.880 --> 1:14:24.000 app and they have a diagnostic for your phone built 1:14:24.000 --> 1:14:28.400 into this app. So if you go into the Samsung 1:14:28.479 --> 1:14:31.000 Members App, open it up lower right hand corner, it 1:14:31.000 --> 1:14:34.160 says support. You tap that and then you can run 1:14:34.200 --> 1:14:37.920 through a diagnostic and it will test everything. We're talking 1:14:38.000 --> 1:14:43.120 the battery, the NFC, SIM power restart, official software, Mobile network, sensors, camera, 1:14:43.920 --> 1:14:46.240 It tests it all and then it will give you 1:14:46.280 --> 1:14:48.920 the results. And so once you get the results, you 1:14:48.960 --> 1:14:52.280 can tap battery status to see what it says about 1:14:52.280 --> 1:14:55.720 your battery and mindsets normal life. Good tells you the 1:14:55.760 --> 1:14:59.479 capacity and if that's a problem, you can check the 1:14:59.479 --> 1:15:03.559 battery usage. But it sounds to me like if you're 1:15:03.560 --> 1:15:05.840 having this many issues, a couple of things could be happening. 1:15:05.880 --> 1:15:08.760 If you're not using a good charging cable, that could 1:15:08.760 --> 1:15:11.479 be the problem. And so what I'd recommend is making 1:15:11.520 --> 1:15:13.640 sure you have a thirty watt plug in charger with 1:15:13.680 --> 1:15:17.000 a reputable cable attached. And then I would also check 1:15:17.040 --> 1:15:18.960 the bottom of your phone, make sure that there's nothing 1:15:19.120 --> 1:15:21.680 caught in there. Could be lint, could be you know, 1:15:21.720 --> 1:15:25.439 something could be caught in that charging cable. Because if 1:15:25.439 --> 1:15:28.120 it's saying fast charging, it usually gives a time of 1:15:28.160 --> 1:15:29.840 how long it's going to take to charge. It should 1:15:29.880 --> 1:15:33.000 not be taking, you know, well, it should be taking 1:15:33.040 --> 1:15:36.200 whatever time it says on there. So that's what i'd recommend. 1:15:36.200 --> 1:15:39.880 Marshall the recycled battery, I don't think. I don't think 1:15:39.920 --> 1:15:43.479 it has anything to do with the performance of the battery. 1:15:43.880 --> 1:15:46.720 I mean, Samsung is a big company. They have a 1:15:46.760 --> 1:15:50.439 lot of experience with batteries, and I don't think that 1:15:50.479 --> 1:15:53.320 they would put something in there. That's not going to work, 1:15:53.600 --> 1:15:56.400 especially on a brand new phone that they make millions of. 1:15:56.520 --> 1:15:58.200 So if you do have a problem with the S 1:15:58.240 --> 1:16:02.519 twenty five Ultra, I would invoke your warranty. I mean 1:16:02.560 --> 1:16:04.519 that phone has not been out for a year just yet, 1:16:04.640 --> 1:16:06.840 so I would go with a warranty on that That's 1:16:06.840 --> 1:16:08.320 a brand new phone. I mean, didn't it come out 1:16:08.360 --> 1:16:12.880 in January. So figure out the warranty situation and bring 1:16:12.920 --> 1:16:14.720 that in. And if that app says something wrong. If 1:16:14.760 --> 1:16:16.920 it doesn't say anything wrong, it could be how you're 1:16:17.000 --> 1:16:19.679 charging or what you're doing, so I would make sure 1:16:19.680 --> 1:16:21.400 that you've got the right charger set up on that 1:16:21.439 --> 1:16:24.840 phone as well. Thanks for the call, Marshall, appreciate it. 1:16:25.520 --> 1:16:27.760 Good listener was listening to what I said when that 1:16:27.800 --> 1:16:28.519 phone came out. 1:16:29.080 --> 1:16:29.759 If you're using. 1:16:29.680 --> 1:16:32.679 PayPal in Google Wallet, it will no longer work starting 1:16:32.720 --> 1:16:36.040 on June thirteenth, So if you have your PayPal linked up, 1:16:36.120 --> 1:16:40.200 it will automatically be deleted from the Google Wallet app. 1:16:40.720 --> 1:16:42.960 So this will affect your instore payments. You will not 1:16:43.000 --> 1:16:45.799 be able to tap to pay with PayPal via Google 1:16:45.840 --> 1:16:49.080 Wallet anymore. Google says this was PayPal's decision, not theirs, 1:16:49.520 --> 1:16:52.760 so check your email for more details from PayPal. If 1:16:52.800 --> 1:16:55.519 you want to still use your PayPal account, you can 1:16:55.600 --> 1:16:57.840 link up a PayPal debit card just like you would 1:16:57.920 --> 1:17:00.360 any other card you put into Google Wallet. You would 1:17:00.360 --> 1:17:03.120 add that directly to Google Wallet. This has been a 1:17:03.120 --> 1:17:06.120 long time. They started this integration back in twenty seventeen. 1:17:06.680 --> 1:17:09.040 But I guess PayPal either no one's using this or 1:17:09.080 --> 1:17:12.000 it's just not part of their plan anymore. So Uh, 1:17:12.080 --> 1:17:14.640 there you have it if you have Google Wallet in 1:17:14.760 --> 1:17:18.560 a PayPal in Google Wallet no longer happening after June thirteenth. 1:17:18.720 --> 1:17:20.720 All right, more on the website, rich On Tech dot 1:17:20.800 --> 1:17:23.760 TV eighty eight rich one on one eight eight eight 1:17:23.880 --> 1:17:26.880 seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, 1:17:27.360 --> 1:17:29.320 I'll tell you about the new study that reveals the 1:17:29.479 --> 1:17:32.880 ideal amount of time you should work before you take 1:17:32.880 --> 1:17:35.200 a break in any given day. 1:17:35.280 --> 1:17:36.639 This is rich on Tech. 1:17:41.360 --> 1:17:44.679 Welcome back to rich On Tech. Let's get to uh 1:17:44.760 --> 1:17:47.800 Mark in Weineka. Mark, you're on with rich. 1:17:48.880 --> 1:17:54.000 Yes, my family has been interested in finding out our history. 1:17:54.960 --> 1:17:58.800 We're a bit hesitant about because of all the data 1:17:58.800 --> 1:18:02.160 breaches in and the selling information of DNA. We don't 1:18:02.200 --> 1:18:06.640 want to go that route. And a professional genealogist is 1:18:06.720 --> 1:18:11.040 almost prohibitively expensive. Really, do you have any suggestions for 1:18:11.080 --> 1:18:13.639 those who are just looking to find out their family tree, 1:18:13.680 --> 1:18:15.720 where we're from, that sort of thing, somebody who can 1:18:15.800 --> 1:18:19.080 do the backgrounding and without the DNA. 1:18:19.560 --> 1:18:24.559 Oh. I don't really have a suggestion on that because 1:18:25.120 --> 1:18:26.960 I feel like, if you want to learn about that stuff, 1:18:26.960 --> 1:18:29.400 you got to do the DNA test. But I understand 1:18:30.160 --> 1:18:33.840 the whole DNA situation. I did an ancestry DNA for 1:18:33.920 --> 1:18:37.360 what it's worth, you know, I thought the results were interesting, 1:18:37.439 --> 1:18:40.439 they were not groundbreaking. I did not do twenty three 1:18:40.439 --> 1:18:41.960 in meters, which I know a lot of people have, 1:18:42.560 --> 1:18:45.560 especially around Prime Day. The other thing I did is 1:18:45.600 --> 1:18:48.160 there's a website called Genie dot com g E n 1:18:48.200 --> 1:18:51.479 I dot com. If you tried that, no, Suir, Okay, 1:18:51.600 --> 1:18:55.200 So Genie dot com is pretty much your own You 1:18:55.200 --> 1:18:57.960 can build your own family tree on there. So if 1:18:57.960 --> 1:18:59.800 you have some relatives you want to talk to them, 1:18:59.840 --> 1:19:01.800 you can kind of fill out a family tree there, 1:19:02.360 --> 1:19:04.760 and I believe they sort of help you along with 1:19:05.280 --> 1:19:08.320 you can look out some records and things like that. 1:19:08.960 --> 1:19:12.719 So yeah, it's got like automatic tree matches. There's already 1:19:12.720 --> 1:19:15.479 two hundred and seventy million people on there, so it's 1:19:15.520 --> 1:19:17.839 it's not a bad way to build your own family 1:19:17.880 --> 1:19:19.920 tree if you don't want to go the DNA route. 1:19:20.320 --> 1:19:21.000 I guess they have. 1:19:21.120 --> 1:19:24.200 Let's see, they have a link for their own DNA 1:19:24.280 --> 1:19:26.880 test my heritage DNA tests, so I guess they have 1:19:26.920 --> 1:19:29.760 their own link there as well. One hundred and forty 1:19:29.840 --> 1:19:32.960 nine dollars, three hundred and sixty eight and then five 1:19:33.040 --> 1:19:35.400 hundred and twenty nine. Those are the prices for various 1:19:35.720 --> 1:19:38.080 tests you can get. But I don't know if you don't, 1:19:38.080 --> 1:19:40.280 you know the problem with all these DNA tests is, 1:19:40.320 --> 1:19:42.639 like you said, the data breaches, you don't know how, 1:19:42.720 --> 1:19:44.640 Like twenty three meters was just purchased, you don't know 1:19:44.680 --> 1:19:46.439 how the new company is going to use the data, 1:19:46.560 --> 1:19:50.400 even though they pledged to sort of honor the old 1:19:50.800 --> 1:19:53.400 data privacy rules that twenty three meters had in place. 1:19:53.960 --> 1:19:56.840 So I understand where you're coming from, But I think 1:19:56.880 --> 1:19:59.920 the easiest way is really just to build your own 1:20:00.439 --> 1:20:03.880 family tree on a website like Genie. And there's another 1:20:03.920 --> 1:20:05.640 one too. Let me see if there's another one. I 1:20:06.000 --> 1:20:11.200 Ancestry dot Com obviously is another. Let's see Ancestry. Let's 1:20:11.200 --> 1:20:13.960 see if they have their own like familytree, Yeah, ancestry 1:20:14.000 --> 1:20:17.320 dot com. But see Ancestry is a big DNA company too. 1:20:17.360 --> 1:20:20.360 They want you to do your DNA so sort of 1:20:20.360 --> 1:20:23.599 depends if you don't want your DNA stuff, that's you know, 1:20:23.640 --> 1:20:26.799 it limits in the information, But the DNA stuff really 1:20:27.120 --> 1:20:29.480 on the back end. Like what would happen on the 1:20:29.479 --> 1:20:34.160 the test that I took is that basically it would say, hey, 1:20:34.200 --> 1:20:36.760 we found a cousin of yours and it would flag them, 1:20:36.760 --> 1:20:38.519 and it like really was a cousin of mine, which 1:20:38.520 --> 1:20:39.160 I couldn't believe. 1:20:39.160 --> 1:20:41.000 I was like, wow, that's quite impressive. 1:20:41.560 --> 1:20:43.439 So if you don't want to do the DNA stuff, 1:20:43.640 --> 1:20:45.400 you can still just build the family tree on your 1:20:45.400 --> 1:20:47.120 own using the information that you provide. 1:20:48.080 --> 1:20:49.360 Good question. It's interesting. 1:20:49.400 --> 1:20:52.040 I think that at a certain point everyone was excited 1:20:52.080 --> 1:20:55.320 about the DNA tests, and then after we realized the 1:20:55.360 --> 1:20:57.720 privacy concerns, everyone's like, I don't know if I want 1:20:57.720 --> 1:21:00.839 to do that anymore. I think in general, it's probably 1:21:00.920 --> 1:21:03.120 you know, if you read the if you read sort 1:21:03.160 --> 1:21:07.360 of their their privacy policies and stuff, they probably try 1:21:07.360 --> 1:21:10.040 to keep this stuff private and anonymized. But you know, 1:21:10.040 --> 1:21:13.920 there's always a breach, Like you said, new study reveals 1:21:14.439 --> 1:21:19.080 the ideal work break balance in a post pandemic world. 1:21:19.880 --> 1:21:23.320 Here it is. You're ready, bring this to your employer. 1:21:24.000 --> 1:21:28.040 Employees who work seventy five minutes and then break for 1:21:28.200 --> 1:21:30.840 thirty three minutes are the most productive. 1:21:31.600 --> 1:21:32.240 There you have it. 1:21:33.080 --> 1:21:36.719 During the pandemic, the ratio was longer, so people worked 1:21:36.760 --> 1:21:39.360 for one hundred and twelve minutes and then rested for 1:21:39.439 --> 1:21:44.000 twenty six minutes. But let's see, hybrid work appears to 1:21:44.080 --> 1:21:46.840 encourage more frequent, longer breaks now about four per day. 1:21:46.840 --> 1:21:49.679 So yeah, if you're working hybrid, of course you're you know, 1:21:49.520 --> 1:21:53.560 you've got more liberties. If you're working hybrid, office environments 1:21:53.600 --> 1:21:59.120 boost break habits, coffee, chat, walk around, which actually helps productivity. 1:21:59.160 --> 1:22:01.639 I do believe that I've mentioned this on this show. 1:22:01.680 --> 1:22:03.719 Like when you're working from home or working from work 1:22:04.160 --> 1:22:07.680 the office, it is a very different experience. And you 1:22:07.720 --> 1:22:09.720 know at work there are there are breaks sort of 1:22:09.720 --> 1:22:12.920 built into your day. People interrupt you, you walk to 1:22:12.960 --> 1:22:14.800 the restroom, someone talks to you. 1:22:14.800 --> 1:22:15.400 You have to deal. 1:22:15.520 --> 1:22:17.599 You got to interface with someone in real life, they 1:22:17.640 --> 1:22:19.599 talk to you. You know, I've got all these people, 1:22:19.880 --> 1:22:23.080 I talk to them. I work for different reasons, and 1:22:23.120 --> 1:22:25.040 so you know, it's all part of the breaks that 1:22:25.120 --> 1:22:27.680 I take at work. And I guess it just I 1:22:27.760 --> 1:22:30.080 work hard when I'm there, but i'm you know, chat 1:22:30.120 --> 1:22:32.280 with one person about baseball cards, I chat another person 1:22:32.280 --> 1:22:34.040 about their you know, how their day is going, and 1:22:34.120 --> 1:22:39.000 chat another person about travel whatever it is. Let's see, 1:22:39.400 --> 1:22:42.479 this comes from desk time. So I guess desk time. 1:22:42.520 --> 1:22:46.439 Back in twenty fourteen, found the fifty two seventeen work rule. 1:22:46.960 --> 1:22:50.200 Now it is seventy five thirty three. So again, there 1:22:50.240 --> 1:22:53.240 you have it, seventy five minutes on, thirty three minutes off. 1:22:53.960 --> 1:22:56.880 I like that I can do that. I find that 1:22:57.040 --> 1:22:59.840 my Apple Watch actually reminds me when I need to 1:23:00.120 --> 1:23:02.400 or to take a break because I'll be sitting there 1:23:02.439 --> 1:23:04.760 at my desk and it's like you haven't stood up 1:23:04.760 --> 1:23:06.880 for an hour. I'm like, oh, that's a good idea. 1:23:07.000 --> 1:23:10.439 Let me stand up. If you have Mint Mobile, you 1:23:10.560 --> 1:23:13.920 now have RCS. This is the latest texting standard. 1:23:13.920 --> 1:23:14.080 You know. 1:23:14.120 --> 1:23:18.080 It makes texts much easier between iPhone and Android. So 1:23:18.120 --> 1:23:20.600 no matter what your phone, no matter what phone you have, 1:23:20.720 --> 1:23:24.360 now on Mint Mobile you can get this. RCS has 1:23:24.400 --> 1:23:28.000 those typing indicators, the read receipts or red receipts are 1:23:28.000 --> 1:23:31.320 we say it hi res photos and videos, sharing group 1:23:31.400 --> 1:23:33.920 chats are much better and to end encryption on certain 1:23:33.960 --> 1:23:38.280 Android to Android messages and really having rcs is just 1:23:38.360 --> 1:23:42.839 a big step for modern texting. You know, the iPhone 1:23:42.880 --> 1:23:47.000 had the blue bubbles for many years. People favored those 1:23:47.040 --> 1:23:50.400 and they still do. But OURCS has really made texting 1:23:50.400 --> 1:23:53.840 between iPhone and androids so much better. You do need 1:23:53.880 --> 1:23:56.599 Google Messages on Android, so make sure you're using that, 1:23:56.840 --> 1:23:59.920 and then iOS eighteen on iPhone for the iPhone use. 1:24:00.160 --> 1:24:02.040 But if you're on Mint Mobile, you've got now the 1:24:02.120 --> 1:24:07.960 latest modern texting. I made a big booboo yesterday, big booboo. 1:24:08.040 --> 1:24:11.240 I was booking a flight for my wife and I 1:24:11.280 --> 1:24:13.960 booked it no problem. I was using my miles and 1:24:14.000 --> 1:24:15.760 this morning, I don't know why, I happened to look 1:24:15.800 --> 1:24:17.560 at my credit card and I was like, why is 1:24:17.560 --> 1:24:20.719 there this big charge for like four hundred dollars And 1:24:21.240 --> 1:24:23.759 I look at my email, I'm like, wait, they charged 1:24:23.760 --> 1:24:26.360 me for the miles. So apparently I bought the miles 1:24:26.400 --> 1:24:30.080 by accident, and so I called the airline and I said, hey, 1:24:30.080 --> 1:24:31.800 this is a mistake. You know, it's only it hasn't 1:24:31.800 --> 1:24:33.559 even been twenty four hours. Like, oh, yeah, once you 1:24:33.560 --> 1:24:37.040 buy miles, there is no refund. I said, what do 1:24:37.080 --> 1:24:39.360 you mean, no refund twenty four hours? You can refund anything. 1:24:39.400 --> 1:24:43.320 It says, no, not for miles. Miles are final. I said, well, 1:24:43.360 --> 1:24:46.640 I didn't know I was buying miles, and so I 1:24:46.680 --> 1:24:50.840 invoked my favorite words in customer service, and these are 1:24:51.200 --> 1:24:54.519 Remember these words because they have served me well so 1:24:54.640 --> 1:24:57.160 many times. I'm not trying to get over on anyone, 1:24:57.439 --> 1:25:00.760 but these words seem to unlock a world that is 1:25:00.880 --> 1:25:03.840 just reserve for the upper echelon of customer service. And 1:25:03.880 --> 1:25:07.759 the words are can you grant a one time exception? 1:25:08.920 --> 1:25:11.040 I don't know what it is about those words, but 1:25:11.080 --> 1:25:15.800 they are magical to a customer service representative's years. I 1:25:15.880 --> 1:25:18.960 think it gives them the freedom to do something they 1:25:19.000 --> 1:25:21.960 can't typically do under their rules because it's a one 1:25:21.960 --> 1:25:24.479 time exception. It's not a thing they're doing for everyone. 1:25:24.520 --> 1:25:27.640 They're just doing it for you. And then for you 1:25:27.840 --> 1:25:31.040 get a pass because you get the idea that they're 1:25:31.040 --> 1:25:33.360 not doing this for everyone's. You can't go on Twitter 1:25:33.560 --> 1:25:35.280 or on a radio show and say, hey, do this 1:25:35.360 --> 1:25:37.120 because this they'll refund everyone. 1:25:37.360 --> 1:25:37.880 They won't. 1:25:37.960 --> 1:25:40.519 It was a one time exception, so it's a pass 1:25:40.640 --> 1:25:43.920 for both of you to make this situation work. 1:25:44.520 --> 1:25:45.439 And I can't believe it. 1:25:45.479 --> 1:25:47.479 They ended up refunding, which I would have fought it 1:25:47.520 --> 1:25:50.160 a little bit harder if they didn't. But the woman 1:25:50.280 --> 1:25:52.040 was very nice on the phone and she said, we 1:25:52.040 --> 1:25:54.240 don't do this for anyone, but we're gonna do it 1:25:54.240 --> 1:25:56.360 for you. I said, well, thank you for making that 1:25:56.360 --> 1:25:59.439 one time exception works like a charm every time. Try 1:25:59.479 --> 1:26:03.040 it next time. One time It is my favorite words. 1:26:03.080 --> 1:26:05.800 And for some reason, it's like a little agreement you 1:26:05.880 --> 1:26:08.040 have with the customer service representative, like they know they're 1:26:08.080 --> 1:26:10.360 doing something they don't typically do. You know you're asking 1:26:10.400 --> 1:26:12.560 them to do something they don't typically do. But it 1:26:12.600 --> 1:26:15.800 all works out in the end. Coming up, we are 1:26:15.840 --> 1:26:18.080 going to talk about past keys and how they can 1:26:18.080 --> 1:26:20.920 protect your accounts and make them easier to log into it. 1:26:20.920 --> 1:26:28.519 At the same time, this is rich on Tech. Welcome 1:26:28.520 --> 1:26:30.840 back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out 1:26:30.840 --> 1:26:34.719 with you talking technology the website for the show rich 1:26:34.880 --> 1:26:37.479 on Tech dot TV. If you want to get your 1:26:37.520 --> 1:26:40.240 feedback in go ahead email me now we'll get to 1:26:40.280 --> 1:26:43.120 that next, But first we're going to talk Past Keys. 1:26:43.960 --> 1:26:48.760 Andrew Shakira is here with the Fido Alliance. This is 1:26:48.800 --> 1:26:52.240 an industry association sort of helping promote and figure out 1:26:52.280 --> 1:26:55.439 these standards to make us to make our lives easier 1:26:55.479 --> 1:26:58.080 when it comes to logging in to all of our websites. Andrew, 1:26:58.080 --> 1:26:58.840 thanks for joining me. 1:26:59.360 --> 1:27:00.439 Hey, Rich, thanks for having me. 1:27:00.439 --> 1:27:01.320 It's awesome to be here. 1:27:01.640 --> 1:27:04.080 So Past Keys, I know, well, first off, I explain 1:27:04.120 --> 1:27:05.960 the final Alliance. Did I explain that properly? 1:27:07.080 --> 1:27:07.280 Yeah? 1:27:07.320 --> 1:27:07.680 You did so. 1:27:07.800 --> 1:27:10.040 Fido Alliance is an industry body. We have over three 1:27:10.080 --> 1:27:15.000 hundred members worldwide that collaborate to create open standards for 1:27:15.120 --> 1:27:18.080 better authentication. So basically our mission is to get rid 1:27:18.080 --> 1:27:20.479 of passwords, to make it easier for everyone to sign 1:27:20.520 --> 1:27:23.320 into things and more secure as well, and somber. Our 1:27:23.320 --> 1:27:25.800 members include everyone you'd think you'd want to have solving 1:27:25.840 --> 1:27:27.799 the problem is working to solve this problem. 1:27:27.840 --> 1:27:29.440 So it's like Apple and Google. 1:27:29.160 --> 1:27:33.160 And eBay and Amazon and you know, you name it. 1:27:33.160 --> 1:27:35.760 The companies that really have so much to lose by 1:27:36.360 --> 1:27:38.000 you know, it's the risk of security out there, it's 1:27:38.040 --> 1:27:40.639 what you gain by easier signings are all working together 1:27:41.040 --> 1:27:43.719 on this technology in our body Fino alliance. 1:27:44.240 --> 1:27:46.120 So what is the problem with passwords? 1:27:46.360 --> 1:27:49.640 First off, well, I think everyone can relate to the 1:27:49.680 --> 1:27:52.000 challenges of passwords. How happen do you forget a password, 1:27:52.120 --> 1:27:54.040 need to sign in and you have to try to 1:27:54.040 --> 1:27:55.760 recover it or try to guess it or supposed to 1:27:55.800 --> 1:27:58.599 use unique passwords for every site. So from a peer 1:27:58.640 --> 1:28:02.000 to you know humans standpoint, passwords are just very difficult 1:28:02.040 --> 1:28:04.320 to manage, and if you're do them correctly, which means 1:28:04.400 --> 1:28:07.320 use a complex password for each site, it's actually impossible. 1:28:07.640 --> 1:28:09.879 That's what ends up happening is people use the same password, 1:28:09.960 --> 1:28:13.920 which isn't that complex for every site, and then attackers 1:28:14.000 --> 1:28:16.000 you steal that password or it's lost in a data 1:28:16.000 --> 1:28:18.519 breach or something like that, those accounts get taken over. 1:28:18.920 --> 1:28:21.480 So not only they're hard to use, but they're very insecure. 1:28:21.640 --> 1:28:24.400 And so when you hear about these massive data breaches, 1:28:24.840 --> 1:28:27.080 hundreds of millions of accounts being stolen things like that, 1:28:27.800 --> 1:28:30.320 over eighty percent of the time that's to do to passwords. 1:28:30.479 --> 1:28:32.960 So they're hard to remember, which is not fun as 1:28:32.960 --> 1:28:36.120 a consumer, but also they're incredibly risky, so it need 1:28:36.240 --> 1:28:39.200 to you know, create these tools that makes it easier 1:28:39.200 --> 1:28:41.439 for people to sign in, but also easier for the 1:28:41.479 --> 1:28:44.759 services to have a more secure environment. 1:28:45.360 --> 1:28:47.200 So I've been hearing a lot about the pass keys. 1:28:47.240 --> 1:28:48.960 I think I've even set a couple up on a 1:28:49.000 --> 1:28:52.200 couple of my accounts, but I'm not exactly sure what 1:28:52.240 --> 1:28:54.519 they're all about. So can you explain what a past 1:28:54.600 --> 1:28:57.799 key is? And you know what that's all about? 1:28:59.000 --> 1:29:01.560 Yeah, so you know, let's start with passwords. So the 1:29:01.600 --> 1:29:03.880 way passwords work is you have a quote unquote secret 1:29:03.960 --> 1:29:05.640 that's sitting on a server and you know it in 1:29:05.680 --> 1:29:07.240 your head, and when you go to sign and you 1:29:07.360 --> 1:29:10.640 enter that secret and if it matches, you can sign in. Now, 1:29:10.680 --> 1:29:13.320 the problem with that is that your secret isn't that secret, 1:29:13.360 --> 1:29:15.519 so someone can steal or someone can guess it, or 1:29:15.640 --> 1:29:17.720 someone can set up a fishing site, pretend to be 1:29:17.800 --> 1:29:20.200 the real site and steal your password. That way the 1:29:20.240 --> 1:29:22.519 way past keys work. Instead, instead of a secret you 1:29:22.560 --> 1:29:25.360 know on the server, you have what's called a unique keypair, 1:29:25.840 --> 1:29:28.280 a virtual keypair, where you have one what's called the 1:29:28.320 --> 1:29:30.640 public key that sits on the server and then the 1:29:30.720 --> 1:29:32.960 unique part of the key pair is on your device 1:29:33.040 --> 1:29:35.920 with you. And then you need to verify yourself to 1:29:35.960 --> 1:29:38.360 your device for those keys to talk to each other 1:29:38.400 --> 1:29:41.240 to sign in. That sounds very complex. What it looks 1:29:41.280 --> 1:29:44.439 like to the average consumer is, you know, whatever you're 1:29:44.439 --> 1:29:46.400 doing to unlock your phone, right, So if you're on Apple, 1:29:46.439 --> 1:29:48.920 it's probably face ID or touch ID, or Android it's 1:29:48.960 --> 1:29:52.160 you know, face or touch. And so when you're doing 1:29:52.200 --> 1:29:55.000 that action, whatever you're doing to unlock your device, you're 1:29:55.000 --> 1:29:58.240 actually verifying yourself to your private key, which then signs in. 1:29:58.960 --> 1:30:01.759 But it's a very simple action, so say single gesture 1:30:02.360 --> 1:30:04.599 sign in. And so what's more secure about this than 1:30:04.640 --> 1:30:07.080 the password model is that no one can have your 1:30:07.080 --> 1:30:09.479 private key other than you, right, and if a site 1:30:09.479 --> 1:30:11.360 pretends to be in a site, it's not the real site, 1:30:11.760 --> 1:30:12.880 you know, there's no way for them to do that 1:30:12.960 --> 1:30:15.320 unless they have the public key. So it really, you know, 1:30:15.760 --> 1:30:18.599 takes away the threat of fishing and all these remote attacks, 1:30:18.640 --> 1:30:21.400 but also makes it way easier for you to sign in. 1:30:21.800 --> 1:30:24.400 You're basically doing the same thing that people do dozens 1:30:24.400 --> 1:30:26.400 of times a day. It's unlock their device. Is now 1:30:26.400 --> 1:30:27.360 what you're doing to sign in? 1:30:27.560 --> 1:30:29.800 Okay, So let's say I went to eBay and I 1:30:29.840 --> 1:30:32.479 need to sign in. It says log in, and if 1:30:32.479 --> 1:30:34.439 I have my past key that I've already set up 1:30:34.439 --> 1:30:37.080 on my phone with eBay, what does that look like? 1:30:37.160 --> 1:30:40.479 I just literally put my fingerprint on my phone. Yeah, 1:30:40.560 --> 1:30:41.160 whatever you do. 1:30:41.040 --> 1:30:41.920 To unlock your phone. 1:30:41.960 --> 1:30:44.040 So for me, I'm on iPhone for example, I'll use 1:30:44.080 --> 1:30:47.559 either face ID or my PIM. So whatever you do 1:30:47.600 --> 1:30:49.080 to unlock your device is what you now do to 1:30:49.120 --> 1:30:51.760 sign in. And by unlocking that device, you're proving that 1:30:51.800 --> 1:30:54.760 you aren't possession of that device, and that allows your 1:30:54.760 --> 1:30:56.240 magic key pare to talk to each other so you 1:30:56.240 --> 1:30:56.720 can sign in. 1:30:57.080 --> 1:30:58.719 Okay, So do I need like an app? 1:30:58.760 --> 1:30:58.840 Like? 1:30:58.880 --> 1:31:01.240 I know a couple of the apps I use for 1:31:01.280 --> 1:31:03.519 password managers that I've tested, it seems like they have 1:31:03.600 --> 1:31:06.280 pass keys built in. I also know the phones have 1:31:06.360 --> 1:31:08.080 it built in. So what do I need to get 1:31:08.120 --> 1:31:12.280 started with this? Yeah, that's exactly it. So you know 1:31:12.320 --> 1:31:14.599 we mentioned before, you're three hundred companies in the Alliance. 1:31:15.000 --> 1:31:18.160 Because of that, you know the support virtually everywhere for 1:31:18.240 --> 1:31:20.439 pass keys, so it is built into your operating systems. 1:31:20.439 --> 1:31:22.320 It's also built into your password managers. 1:31:22.400 --> 1:31:25.680 So you can have passkeys stored in either place it's 1:31:25.720 --> 1:31:28.000 really up to you, or you can have multiple pass 1:31:28.080 --> 1:31:30.759 keys per site, So whatever you're doing, you know, again, 1:31:30.800 --> 1:31:33.200 we call this your credential manager. So whether it's your 1:31:33.360 --> 1:31:36.439 say iCloud keychain or Apple passwords, whether you're using one 1:31:36.439 --> 1:31:39.600 password or Bitwoarden or dash Lane, whatever you're doing to 1:31:39.600 --> 1:31:42.040 access that is what you're doing now to access your 1:31:42.040 --> 1:31:45.320 pass key and sign in. But again that's way more 1:31:45.320 --> 1:31:48.040 words than the actual user experience, which is generally just 1:31:48.120 --> 1:31:50.160 your device unlocked. But if you're doing to unlock your device, 1:31:50.240 --> 1:31:52.439 is what you're doing to sign in. So generally on 1:31:52.479 --> 1:31:54.640 your mobile phone, it's a biometric and you're in. 1:31:55.080 --> 1:31:58.200 Okay, So I guess the question becomes and this is 1:31:58.200 --> 1:32:00.439 why I think some people have hesitation, like wait, what 1:32:00.479 --> 1:32:01.599 if I lose my phone? 1:32:01.920 --> 1:32:03.479 Do I lose all my past keys? 1:32:03.520 --> 1:32:03.600 Like? 1:32:04.120 --> 1:32:05.439 Am I never going to be able to get back 1:32:05.439 --> 1:32:06.519 into Amazon ever? Again? 1:32:07.040 --> 1:32:09.439 Yeah, The cool thing about this, and what's really important 1:32:09.439 --> 1:32:12.800 about these credential managers and operating systems is that the 1:32:12.800 --> 1:32:16.160 way paskis work is actually your private key is readily 1:32:16.160 --> 1:32:19.519 available across anywhere where you access things. Right, So in 1:32:19.560 --> 1:32:23.960 my example, if I had enrolled with my iPhone, then 1:32:23.960 --> 1:32:26.280 I show up on my MacBook or another another piece 1:32:26.280 --> 1:32:28.439 of hardware that that key is there too, so I 1:32:28.520 --> 1:32:30.960 use the same you know, whatever I'm doing to unlock 1:32:31.000 --> 1:32:33.960 that device is generally what I'm doing to access to 1:32:34.000 --> 1:32:36.839 pass key. If it's if it's the same operating system, 1:32:37.320 --> 1:32:39.639 or if I'm using say credential manager up to one password, 1:32:39.680 --> 1:32:41.880 if I have it on you know, my phone and 1:32:41.960 --> 1:32:43.960 my PC, I can just you know, do it there 1:32:44.000 --> 1:32:46.360 as well. So if you lose one device, it doesn't 1:32:46.400 --> 1:32:49.080 really matter because your recovery now is much easier. Your 1:32:49.080 --> 1:32:53.160 recovery is just basically logging into that credential manager, which 1:32:53.160 --> 1:32:54.960 if it's on the same operating system, is just opening 1:32:55.000 --> 1:32:57.360 a device, or if it's you know, if it's a 1:32:57.400 --> 1:32:59.519 password manager, we may have to log into it be 1:32:59.520 --> 1:33:02.360 your past is there. And so this takes away actually 1:33:02.400 --> 1:33:05.480 a lot of the hassle and the risk of passwords. 1:33:05.520 --> 1:33:09.240 Also because generally attackers will leverage this what's called a 1:33:09.520 --> 1:33:12.400 recovery process right for tend you've lost your password or 1:33:12.400 --> 1:33:14.720 something like that to take over accounts, and that's no 1:33:14.800 --> 1:33:18.080 longer possible unless you have, you know, possession of the 1:33:18.120 --> 1:33:19.280 device that you're using to sign in. 1:33:19.760 --> 1:33:21.800 So it sounds to me like if you're a person 1:33:21.880 --> 1:33:23.519 like me that has a lot of different devices, like 1:33:23.520 --> 1:33:27.040 an Android, an iPhone, Mac computer, Windows computer. You might 1:33:27.040 --> 1:33:29.640 want to use like an independent sort of like like 1:33:29.720 --> 1:33:31.720 you said, like a bit Warden or a dash lane 1:33:31.760 --> 1:33:33.640 because you can install it in all those But if 1:33:33.680 --> 1:33:36.080 you're just using like an iPhone and your Mac computer, 1:33:36.560 --> 1:33:38.240 you know, you're good with just what's built into the 1:33:38.240 --> 1:33:41.280 operating system because it's just that's you know, it's all there. 1:33:41.800 --> 1:33:42.879 Yeah, if you're only. 1:33:42.720 --> 1:33:45.800 On Apple, it's very easy. I'm typically on Apple and 1:33:45.840 --> 1:33:48.280 a PC. But also you can also set up multiple 1:33:48.280 --> 1:33:51.000 pass keys per se. In the fact, we almost recommend that. 1:33:51.120 --> 1:33:53.080 So for a lot of my sights, for a lot 1:33:53.120 --> 1:33:55.080 of sites where use paskis for example, I'll have an 1:33:55.520 --> 1:33:57.599 an Apple pass key and I'll have a Windows pass 1:33:57.640 --> 1:33:59.599 key and they you know, with my potential dander. 1:33:59.640 --> 1:34:01.200 Also, oh that's interesting. 1:34:01.720 --> 1:34:05.040 Give you some optionality, yes, and that's fine because it's 1:34:05.080 --> 1:34:07.479 not really any it's not risky because all these things 1:34:07.479 --> 1:34:10.880 can only be opened by you, right, So so. 1:34:11.080 --> 1:34:13.479 If it prompts you on whatever device you're on, hey 1:34:13.520 --> 1:34:14.479 do you want to set up a paskey? 1:34:14.520 --> 1:34:15.599 You're like, I already have one. 1:34:15.880 --> 1:34:18.120 But if it's a different device, that's like using a 1:34:18.120 --> 1:34:22.640 different operating system, it can still interface with that website 1:34:22.720 --> 1:34:25.479 because it's this device is authenticating it now plus the 1:34:25.520 --> 1:34:27.000 other device exactly. 1:34:27.040 --> 1:34:28.720 And a lot of sites where you manage where you 1:34:28.760 --> 1:34:31.040 have pasts, if you go into your accounts settings and 1:34:31.040 --> 1:34:35.559 it'll let you add pasts, and so that's a good practice. Also, 1:34:36.240 --> 1:34:38.559 the other thing you can do if you're going across 1:34:38.600 --> 1:34:40.880 operating systems, so you have a past unal on your 1:34:40.880 --> 1:34:43.400 phone and you're going to a PC, you can also 1:34:43.560 --> 1:34:45.240 scan like the little QR code on there, and so 1:34:45.400 --> 1:34:47.880 like literally the past is in your hand in that phone, 1:34:48.240 --> 1:34:50.120 and then you get a prompt like with a QR 1:34:50.160 --> 1:34:52.000 code on a PC and you can use this passk 1:34:52.040 --> 1:34:52.640 you to sign in. 1:34:53.120 --> 1:34:54.120 That's really good to do. 1:34:54.280 --> 1:34:56.559 Say I'm visiting you sim Rich, I'm at your house 1:34:56.640 --> 1:34:58.719 or something, and I want to sign it in my service, 1:34:58.840 --> 1:35:00.920 like my gaming service or something like that. I can 1:35:01.000 --> 1:35:02.760 just use my pass game my phone to sign in 1:35:03.040 --> 1:35:06.160 and I'm not actually creating a PASKI on your device, 1:35:06.320 --> 1:35:08.280 if that makes sense right. So it's really good for 1:35:08.320 --> 1:35:12.360 shared devices or like you're not at home against something 1:35:12.400 --> 1:35:15.040 you're in possession of in your hand to sign in 1:35:15.640 --> 1:35:18.600 to a site. That's you know that I'm trying to access. 1:35:18.880 --> 1:35:20.880 All right, we got less than a minute. How do 1:35:20.920 --> 1:35:23.720 I know which of my apps or websites support this. 1:35:24.880 --> 1:35:27.760 Spe Typically you'll see it at signing. The good news 1:35:27.840 --> 1:35:30.000 is when pask has only been available for around, you know, 1:35:30.040 --> 1:35:33.599 two and a half years, roughly half of the top 1:35:33.600 --> 1:35:36.880 one hundred sites on the Internet support paskis, So pretty 1:35:36.960 --> 1:35:39.439 much every major e commerce provider, a lot of you 1:35:39.479 --> 1:35:41.919 grown number of travel sites and things like that support paskis, 1:35:42.000 --> 1:35:43.960 so you can generally see it at signing. 1:35:44.000 --> 1:35:46.559 I'll give you the option of using the pasty all right. 1:35:46.760 --> 1:35:49.400 Very interesting, and uh, I think you gave me the 1:35:49.439 --> 1:35:52.519 confidence I need to start using these more often because 1:35:53.280 --> 1:35:57.120 I can't stand remembering passwords. And I do obviously use 1:35:57.120 --> 1:35:59.559 a password manager because I know that's very important. But 1:35:59.600 --> 1:36:01.599 even that, you know, it's like it's just the past 1:36:01.640 --> 1:36:04.000 key the couple of websites I've set up. It is 1:36:04.040 --> 1:36:06.639 a much smoother process. It's almost so easy. I'm like, wait, 1:36:06.640 --> 1:36:07.640 did I just log in or what? 1:36:08.360 --> 1:36:08.720 All right? 1:36:08.960 --> 1:36:10.800 So you're doing something right? All right? Thank you? 1:36:11.080 --> 1:36:15.519 Andrews Kerr from the Fido Alliance. Any website you want 1:36:15.520 --> 1:36:17.000 people to go to to learn more about this. 1:36:17.920 --> 1:36:21.599 Can go to paskcentral dot org. But yeah, that's that's 1:36:21.600 --> 1:36:24.439 the side mainly for developers. But I check that out 1:36:24.439 --> 1:36:27.120 because you more information on paskis and by all means 1:36:27.120 --> 1:36:28.320 you know, when you see when you have a chance, 1:36:28.360 --> 1:36:29.000 he's a past. 1:36:28.880 --> 1:36:29.639 You do it. 1:36:29.840 --> 1:36:31.760 All right, there you have it, Thanks so much for 1:36:31.840 --> 1:36:35.840 the information today, rich on Tech dot TV. I'll put 1:36:35.880 --> 1:36:39.599 a link to that passkeycentral dot org. More information about 1:36:39.640 --> 1:36:42.080 passkeys there, all right, Coming up, we are going to 1:36:42.120 --> 1:36:44.439 open up the feedback. We are going to hear from you. 1:36:45.080 --> 1:36:45.599 These are the. 1:36:45.560 --> 1:36:48.639 Emails, the comments, the questions you sent me all week long. 1:36:48.720 --> 1:36:50.040 We'll do that coming up next. 1:36:56.600 --> 1:36:59.240 Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Demiro here hanging 1:36:59.280 --> 1:37:01.479 out with you talking technology. A couple of things to 1:37:01.520 --> 1:37:03.960 mention before I get to the feedback. Two tools this 1:37:04.040 --> 1:37:07.960 week to check out, actually three. First it's called payback 1:37:08.160 --> 1:37:12.719 Pai b a ck. We had a payback dot app. 1:37:12.720 --> 1:37:15.160 We had a caller call in about this. They basically 1:37:15.240 --> 1:37:18.559 track your airfare for price drops and if it you 1:37:18.600 --> 1:37:21.519 know something that you've already booked, and if the price drops, 1:37:21.520 --> 1:37:25.479 they request a credit from the airline. So I have 1:37:25.520 --> 1:37:28.040 talked to the developers and now I'm using it to 1:37:28.160 --> 1:37:31.080 track a couple of my upcoming flights again. It's called 1:37:31.160 --> 1:37:34.920 paybackpai back Dot app. And what's cool about it is 1:37:34.960 --> 1:37:37.599 it gives you the confidence to book your flight knowing 1:37:37.640 --> 1:37:39.920 that if the price drops, you'll be able to get 1:37:39.960 --> 1:37:43.000 a credit, not a refund, a credit and then another 1:37:43.320 --> 1:37:47.240 website or an app. Actually, hobby Scan. Hobby Scan is 1:37:47.240 --> 1:37:49.240 another one of those card scanning apps. 1:37:49.439 --> 1:37:50.040 It's pretty cool. 1:37:50.080 --> 1:37:51.920 They have a rapid scan feature where you can scan 1:37:52.000 --> 1:37:54.000 a whole bunch of cards at once and then the 1:37:54.000 --> 1:37:56.360 other thing. I'm absolutely loving, but I'm not sure I'm 1:37:56.360 --> 1:37:58.000 going to pay for it because it's kind of expensive. 1:37:58.439 --> 1:38:02.519 But Notion has this feature called AI Meeting Notes, and 1:38:02.600 --> 1:38:04.639 as soon as you start a zoom meeting or any 1:38:04.680 --> 1:38:07.320 sort of like online meeting on your computer, it starts 1:38:07.360 --> 1:38:09.920 taking a transcription and then gives you at the end 1:38:10.000 --> 1:38:16.040 a summary. It is incredibly good. So the AI AI 1:38:16.120 --> 1:38:18.479 Meeting Notes from Notion, Oh my gosh, I don't know 1:38:18.520 --> 1:38:20.400 who's programming it, but kudos to you. 1:38:20.960 --> 1:38:23.639 All right, let's open up the feedbag. Let's see here. 1:38:25.080 --> 1:38:27.439 Robin from Anaheim rits In you talked about a phone 1:38:27.479 --> 1:38:30.280 cleaning app for iPhone. I'm an Android user. There are 1:38:30.280 --> 1:38:32.760 many similar apps. When I'm afraid to choose the wrong one. 1:38:32.800 --> 1:38:35.920 Do you have one you recommend something that deletes duplicates 1:38:35.960 --> 1:38:38.479 and cleans up the phone. I don't think you really 1:38:38.560 --> 1:38:42.920 need a third party cleaner app. There's one on Google 1:38:43.040 --> 1:38:46.200 for free. It's called Google Files. They have a built 1:38:46.240 --> 1:38:50.000 in clean functionality. It's got a duplicate photo finder. It's 1:38:50.080 --> 1:38:52.280 very safe, it's simple, it's effective. I ran it on 1:38:52.320 --> 1:38:55.920 my phone yesterday again. It's Google's free files app. I 1:38:55.920 --> 1:38:57.240 don't think you need to mess with any of the 1:38:57.240 --> 1:38:59.960 other ones out there. That one does exactly what you need. 1:39:00.160 --> 1:39:04.080 Google Files. PJ writes in I've been living in Mexico 1:39:04.160 --> 1:39:06.760 for several years. US phones can work here if your 1:39:06.800 --> 1:39:10.240 carrier has reciprocal agreements with Mexican providers. I use both 1:39:10.240 --> 1:39:13.360 the US phone and a Mexican phone. For my Mexican phone, 1:39:13.360 --> 1:39:16.519 I use Telsell, though there are other carriers. My plans 1:39:16.520 --> 1:39:19.160 on both phones cover Canada, the US and Mexico with 1:39:19.200 --> 1:39:22.599 no roaming charges. The US phone costs under thirty dollars 1:39:22.640 --> 1:39:24.920 a month, and the tel Cell plan is even cheaper. 1:39:25.200 --> 1:39:27.479 I keep data usage low by using Wi Fi for 1:39:27.600 --> 1:39:31.719 most things. Enrique also writes in about cell plans in Mexico. 1:39:31.960 --> 1:39:34.719 On your show, you mentioned someone needing permanent cell coverage 1:39:34.720 --> 1:39:37.840 in Mexico. T Mobile has decent plans with good coverage 1:39:37.920 --> 1:39:39.799 back to the US, but the big player in Mexico 1:39:39.920 --> 1:39:43.040 is telsell good plans but higher rates for calls to 1:39:43.040 --> 1:39:43.479 the States. 1:39:43.520 --> 1:39:44.960 I would not recommend movie Star. 1:39:45.280 --> 1:39:48.000 It's got a big footprint, but coverage to the US 1:39:48.120 --> 1:39:51.000 is poor or non existent. I imagine at some point 1:39:51.080 --> 1:39:53.439 that person is going to want to call home, even 1:39:53.520 --> 1:39:55.599 just five minutes to the in laws on Thanksgiving without 1:39:55.640 --> 1:39:58.960 getting stuck on a massive bill. Also, I'm looking forward 1:39:59.000 --> 1:40:01.559 to using audible to check out Apple and China, which 1:40:01.560 --> 1:40:03.639 you recommended on the show. Keep up the great work, 1:40:03.760 --> 1:40:08.519 thank you, Enrique. Philip writes in the Personal Extended Security 1:40:08.600 --> 1:40:12.240 Updates for Windows is thirty dollars per year for business customers, 1:40:12.640 --> 1:40:14.720 the cost starts at sixty one for one year, then 1:40:14.800 --> 1:40:16.840 doubles each year, one hundred and twenty two for two, 1:40:17.200 --> 1:40:19.559 two forty four for year three. That's four hundred and 1:40:19.600 --> 1:40:23.320 twenty seven dollars total per PC over three years. Microsoft's 1:40:23.360 --> 1:40:26.160 blog post doesn't break down that math, probably. 1:40:26.000 --> 1:40:29.120 Because it looks pretty steep. Hey, rich I. 1:40:29.160 --> 1:40:32.880 Recently traveled to Istanbul, Croatia, and Venice. Before leaving, I 1:40:32.920 --> 1:40:36.200 downloaded Call the Midwife to my iPhone using the Netflix app. 1:40:36.439 --> 1:40:37.880 I was able to watch it on the plane, but 1:40:37.920 --> 1:40:40.080 once I got to my destination, I couldn't. 1:40:39.760 --> 1:40:41.120 Access the show anymore. 1:40:41.520 --> 1:40:43.519 I understand it might be a licensing thing, but if 1:40:43.560 --> 1:40:45.760 I'm using my own phone and paying for Netflix, why 1:40:45.760 --> 1:40:48.760 can't I watch what I already downloaded? Great question, and 1:40:48.880 --> 1:40:51.519 yes this comes down to licensing. I've had this issue. 1:40:51.560 --> 1:40:54.680 Not everything on Netflix is available everywhere. I think the 1:40:54.920 --> 1:40:57.400 hack is to put your phone into airplane mode before 1:40:57.439 --> 1:40:59.200 you open up the app the next time you're in 1:40:59.240 --> 1:41:03.519 a different country. Jonathan writes in listening to your show 1:41:03.560 --> 1:41:06.120 has made me more curious about trying AI. I'm a 1:41:06.160 --> 1:41:08.840 fan of classic movies and wanted something short to watch. 1:41:08.880 --> 1:41:11.400 Instead of looking up run times one by one, I 1:41:11.439 --> 1:41:13.960 took a screenshot of several titles on my DVR and 1:41:14.040 --> 1:41:17.519 uploaded it to Gemini and Perplexity. Both gave me a 1:41:17.600 --> 1:41:20.000 full list of runtimes. See someone else that likes run 1:41:20.040 --> 1:41:20.960 times for their movies? 1:41:21.479 --> 1:41:22.000 Amazing. 1:41:22.120 --> 1:41:24.160 I even asked them to organize the list by runtime 1:41:24.240 --> 1:41:26.080 or release here, and they did it. Gemini was a 1:41:26.120 --> 1:41:30.080 bit faster, but Perplexity gave cleaner results and helpful links. 1:41:30.360 --> 1:41:32.800 Thanks for keeping us informed on how to use this 1:41:33.000 --> 1:41:36.439 cool tech. Craig in New York rights in Hey, Rich, 1:41:36.520 --> 1:41:40.840 I enjoy your radio show here in Rochester on Wham 1:41:40.960 --> 1:41:45.960 eleven eighty Wham eleven eighty am. Thanks for your service. 1:41:46.000 --> 1:41:48.599 I'm eighty and not a techie, but you make things 1:41:48.840 --> 1:41:49.880 very understandable. 1:41:50.000 --> 1:41:50.840 Thank you, Craig. 1:41:52.400 --> 1:41:55.880 Jony from Carmel, California rights in love the podcast. 1:41:55.920 --> 1:41:56.040 Now. 1:41:56.040 --> 1:41:58.679 I'm overwhelmed with how many data breaches the online checkers 1:41:58.720 --> 1:42:02.600 have found for me. The latest breach is especially concerning 1:42:03.080 --> 1:42:04.840 be well and thanks for the good work. 1:42:06.120 --> 1:42:09.880 Let's see you well. Lots lots of feedback this week. 1:42:10.040 --> 1:42:12.080 Ron from Los Angeles writes in thank you for the 1:42:12.120 --> 1:42:15.400 recommendation of whisper flow. This might be one of the 1:42:15.439 --> 1:42:18.840 best app recommendations you've offered in a long time. This 1:42:19.000 --> 1:42:22.280 is saving me so much time at my desktop office 1:42:22.800 --> 1:42:26.360 and in my personal iPhone life. Absolutely, Ron, it is 1:42:27.040 --> 1:42:29.400 one of the best innovations I've seen. I would not 1:42:29.439 --> 1:42:32.880 be surprised, mark my words, I would not be surprised 1:42:32.920 --> 1:42:36.559 if Apple or Google purchases this startup because it is 1:42:36.800 --> 1:42:40.679 just that good. Whoever gets that technology on their phone 1:42:41.080 --> 1:42:43.080 in a big way is going to take a big 1:42:43.160 --> 1:42:45.439 leap forward, because once you try that, you just can't 1:42:45.479 --> 1:42:45.840 go back. 1:42:45.880 --> 1:42:48.719 It's that good. Steve writes in from New Jersey. 1:42:48.760 --> 1:42:51.400 Hey, Rich, just have to say your last show had 1:42:51.439 --> 1:42:54.280 me rolling in laughter when you started singing your version 1:42:54.320 --> 1:42:58.479 of please Please Please on the podcast, Oh podcast Gold. 1:42:59.040 --> 1:43:00.680 Keep up the great work. Your show is. 1:43:00.640 --> 1:43:03.400 Always one of the highlights of my weekend. Hope all 1:43:03.600 --> 1:43:08.280 is well, Steve, Thank you, Steve, appreciate that. Melissa from 1:43:08.280 --> 1:43:10.759 West Hollywood writes in, I'm writing to add my voice 1:43:10.760 --> 1:43:13.120 to the many who appreciate your work. I especially enjoy 1:43:13.160 --> 1:43:16.920 your podcast in social media, I'm consistently learning something new 1:43:16.960 --> 1:43:20.320 each week as someone working in tech, specifically in web 1:43:20.320 --> 1:43:23.240 and app content management, with a solid background in the field. 1:43:23.520 --> 1:43:25.000 Melissa, I'm not giving you a job here. 1:43:25.439 --> 1:43:29.880 I still find your insights incredibly valuable. Your approachable and 1:43:29.960 --> 1:43:33.560 friendly style, free from any hint of condescension. 1:43:33.400 --> 1:43:34.920 Makes learning from you a pleasure. 1:43:34.960 --> 1:43:35.160 See. 1:43:35.200 --> 1:43:39.480 I can't even pronounce certain words, that's how approachable I am. 1:43:39.520 --> 1:43:42.519 All right, let's see here, Hey, rich stand Ward writes 1:43:42.560 --> 1:43:44.519 in great show, I like the part about LPs and 1:43:44.560 --> 1:43:47.160 cassette tapes. I had to stop myself from collecting too much. 1:43:47.240 --> 1:43:49.599 My front room looks like a record store. I buy 1:43:49.640 --> 1:43:53.439 tapes by the cases. I miss my portable Sony recorder 1:43:53.560 --> 1:43:57.559 so I can listen to them one minute. 1:43:57.600 --> 1:43:58.240 Let's see here. 1:43:58.320 --> 1:44:02.600 Mark from Portland says on your May thirtieth show, a 1:44:02.600 --> 1:44:04.920 caller asked how to record a radio broadcast on their 1:44:04.960 --> 1:44:08.000 Android motog I'm not sure if they were listening via 1:44:08.080 --> 1:44:10.640 streaming or over the AIRFM, but here's my setup. I 1:44:10.720 --> 1:44:13.720 use my Moto stylist on T Mobile and listen using 1:44:13.720 --> 1:44:16.800 the built in FM radio with Motorola's app with headphones. 1:44:17.080 --> 1:44:19.840 The app has a record button right on the screen. 1:44:20.000 --> 1:44:22.960 It works great for over the air FM. Thank you 1:44:23.040 --> 1:44:25.880 Mark for adding that that's going to do it for 1:44:25.920 --> 1:44:28.000 this episode of the show. You can find links to 1:44:28.080 --> 1:44:30.360 everything I mentioned on my website. Just go to the 1:44:30.400 --> 1:44:34.280 website rich on Tech dot tv. You can find me 1:44:34.439 --> 1:44:36.720 on social media at rich on Tech If you're not 1:44:36.720 --> 1:44:39.519 following me on Instagram, that is where I do a 1:44:39.600 --> 1:44:43.040 bulk of my posting, especially those scams keep sending them 1:44:43.040 --> 1:44:45.759 to me. Thank you so much for that. Next week, 1:44:45.880 --> 1:44:50.639 Apple's WWDC. This is their big developers conference, but they 1:44:50.720 --> 1:44:54.440 kick it off on Monday with all of the features 1:44:54.439 --> 1:44:56.400 that are coming soon to the iPhone, so I'll have 1:44:56.439 --> 1:44:58.559 a wrap up of that. Thank you so much for listening. 1:44:58.600 --> 1:45:00.280 There are so many ways you can spend your time. 1:45:00.560 --> 1:45:02.599 I appreciate you spending it right here with me. One 1:45:02.680 --> 1:45:05.120 reminder before I go, please do not text and drive. 1:45:05.640 --> 1:45:07.639 Whatever it is, it can wait. It's not just you, 1:45:07.920 --> 1:45:10.519 it's the safety of everyone. Thanks to everyone who makes 1:45:10.520 --> 1:45:13.639 this show possible. Adam today, Kim on phones, my name 1:45:13.680 --> 1:45:15.479 is rich Demiro. I'll talk to you real soon.