WEBVTT - Tech News: Gab gets Hacked and YouTube Copies TikTok

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to tech Stuff, a production from I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey there, and welcome to tech Stuff. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 1>Jonathan Strickland. I'm an executive producer with I Heart Radio

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<v Speaker 1>and I love all things tech. And this is the

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<v Speaker 1>tech news for Tuesday, March second, twenty twenty one. China

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<v Speaker 1>joins the list of countries experimenting with a national digital currency.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the first major world power to do so,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's doing it in kind of an interesting way.

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<v Speaker 1>According to The New York Times, Chinese citizen Annabel Huang

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<v Speaker 1>won a lottery held through the app we Chat. She

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<v Speaker 1>was one of several thousand people to win this way,

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<v Speaker 1>and her prize was two hundred digital yuan, which is

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<v Speaker 1>worth around thirty U S dollars. She then said she

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<v Speaker 1>went to a convenience store to purchase some snacks with

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<v Speaker 1>her virtual prize money and to spend the currency, she

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<v Speaker 1>pulled up an app on her phone which displayed a

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<v Speaker 1>QR code. The store scanned the code, and then the

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<v Speaker 1>transaction followed. She said the experience was similar to other

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<v Speaker 1>payment apps that already exist, though not quite as seamless

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<v Speaker 1>as those older ones that have been on the market

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<v Speaker 1>for a while. It's good she went ahead and spent it,

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<v Speaker 1>because this experiment is a limited time offer type deal,

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<v Speaker 1>and winners who fail to spend their two hundred yuan

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<v Speaker 1>before the experiment ends will find that the digital money

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<v Speaker 1>has vanished in a puff of ones and zeros. While

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<v Speaker 1>The New York Times notes that several countries have explored

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<v Speaker 1>the use of digital currencies in the wake of cryptocurrencies

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<v Speaker 1>becoming popular, you know, particularly bitcoin, it's really good to

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<v Speaker 1>remember that digital currency and bitcoin are not synonymous. They're

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<v Speaker 1>not exactly the same thing. Bitcoin is not backed by

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<v Speaker 1>any sort of central authority. In fact, that's one of

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<v Speaker 1>the major selling points for the currency. And for another,

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<v Speaker 1>Bitcoin is really more like a commodity than a currency.

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<v Speaker 1>It's value fluctuates so much that it makes it difficult

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<v Speaker 1>to use if you plan to actually, you know, purchase

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<v Speaker 1>stuff with it. I've said it before. It's hard to

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<v Speaker 1>convince yourself to hand over a dollar bill if you

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<v Speaker 1>suspect that tomorrow that dollar bill will hold ten times

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<v Speaker 1>the value that it holds today. If you just hold

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<v Speaker 1>onto that dollar bill, your wealth increases. But really, digital

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<v Speaker 1>currencies are exactly what they sound like. They are a

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<v Speaker 1>virtual version of the cash you would otherwise carry around.

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<v Speaker 1>Digital currency could play a big part in transactions from

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<v Speaker 1>the future, but it can also lead to yet more

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<v Speaker 1>data tracking and analysis. The possibility that China would use

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<v Speaker 1>digital currency to keep tabs on big trends as dawn

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<v Speaker 1>ting and the thought of it getting more granular than

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<v Speaker 1>that is downright scary. And that's another way a nationally

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<v Speaker 1>backed digital currency is very different from bitcoin. Another big

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<v Speaker 1>selling point for bitcoin is that if you were to

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<v Speaker 1>use it in a transaction, it would be largely anonymous.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh and the digital Yuan doesn't rely on blockchain either.

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<v Speaker 1>That's another central component of bitcoin. So if you do

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<v Speaker 1>find yourself in a conversation about digital currencies sometimes that

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<v Speaker 1>happens to me, it's helpful to remember that it's not

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<v Speaker 1>synonymous with the old bitcoin example. In related news, there's

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<v Speaker 1>already a scam aiming to trick Chinese citizens who are

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to use the digital Yuan. The scam claims to

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<v Speaker 1>be the quote Central Banks International Wallet end quote, and

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<v Speaker 1>it also claims to give citizens the chance to access

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<v Speaker 1>quote a secret c B d C promotion fund end

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<v Speaker 1>quote worth nearly two hundred million dollars using an app.

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<v Speaker 1>The people behind the scam are collecting personal information, including

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<v Speaker 1>bank account info, from their targets, and they promise a

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<v Speaker 1>two percent return on deposits made through the app, which

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<v Speaker 1>makes it sound to me like this is essentially a

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<v Speaker 1>Ponzi scheme, or they might just be taking all the money,

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<v Speaker 1>which means it's not a Ponzi scheme. It's just playing theft.

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<v Speaker 1>Not that a Ponzi scheme isn't theft. It is as well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just that it's more cleverly disguised theft. In the end,

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<v Speaker 1>these efforts follow the very well worn footsteps of older scams.

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<v Speaker 1>The scammers target people by focusing on something new and

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<v Speaker 1>not fully understood, and they capitalize on that unfamiliarity, and

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<v Speaker 1>they bait the hook with promises of big returns on investment.

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<v Speaker 1>Then they scamper off with other people's money, same as

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<v Speaker 1>it ever was. Gab, a social network that caters to

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<v Speaker 1>users who fall on the right wing of the political spectrum,

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<v Speaker 1>has been hacked. Wired reports that a activist with the

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<v Speaker 1>handle Jack Sparrow that's a J A x P A

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<v Speaker 1>r oh very cute, you filthy pirate anyway, Jack Sparrow

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<v Speaker 1>has breached gabs servers and made off with more than

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<v Speaker 1>seventy gigabytes of information, including personal information about the platform's

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<v Speaker 1>user base. The activists shared this info with a whistle

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<v Speaker 1>blower organization called the Distributed Denial of Secrets. Now, this

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<v Speaker 1>is the first time I've heard about this particular group,

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<v Speaker 1>and the fact that they take their name from d

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<v Speaker 1>DOS attacks is something. According to de DOS Secrets, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess the data includes information that users might have expected

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<v Speaker 1>to be safe and sound, including private messages between users. Initially,

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<v Speaker 1>GAB officials said that they had no actual evidence to

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<v Speaker 1>support that an attack even happened, but over time that

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<v Speaker 1>has changed. Now the CEO of GAB, Andrew Torba, describes

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<v Speaker 1>the attack as having been conducted by quote mentally ill

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<v Speaker 1>end quote hackers. Yikes, it's quite the judgment call. DIDAS

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<v Speaker 1>Secrets says that it does have some passwords that are

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<v Speaker 1>in plain text, but the organization has not tested them,

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<v Speaker 1>so it hasn't looked to see if those passwords actually work,

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<v Speaker 1>and they also say they have not attempted to decrypt

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<v Speaker 1>the hashed passwords that were part of the data dump.

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<v Speaker 1>Emma Best, co founder of dedas Secrets, does say, however,

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<v Speaker 1>that the data collected could be a quote goldmine of

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<v Speaker 1>research for people looking at militia's neo Nazis, the far right,

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<v Speaker 1>Q and non and everything surrounding January six end quote

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<v Speaker 1>that's in reference to the riots at the US Capital.

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<v Speaker 1>This reminds me a bit of the news we got

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<v Speaker 1>leading up to Parlor or Parley if you prefer, are

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<v Speaker 1>getting the boot from Amazon Web Services, when analysts were

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<v Speaker 1>scrubbing through data on Parlor and finding all sorts of

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<v Speaker 1>personal information that I at least assume most users thought

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<v Speaker 1>was secure. Sticking with politics and technology, Senator Amy Klobuchar

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<v Speaker 1>gave a speech at a Verge Live event on Monday.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of her points were about how the government could

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<v Speaker 1>and should get involved in the tech sector, ranging from

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<v Speaker 1>the disproportionate power wielded by a small group of ginormous

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<v Speaker 1>tech companies to the challenges of protecting user information. She

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<v Speaker 1>pointed out how tech companies play a role in creating

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<v Speaker 1>spaces that have enormous impact, and not always in a

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<v Speaker 1>good way. For example, she pointed out that online platforms

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<v Speaker 1>can exacerbate problems like radicalization, and thus making the companies

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<v Speaker 1>accountable for how online activities can escalate into real world

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<v Speaker 1>harm is something she supports now. She did not overtly

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<v Speaker 1>call for government action to break up the big companies

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<v Speaker 1>like Facebook, Google, and is on an Apple, but if

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<v Speaker 1>I were to harbor a guess, I would say she

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<v Speaker 1>probably considers that an option that's still on the table.

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<v Speaker 1>She did expressly call for more transparency in the tech

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<v Speaker 1>world and more work to diversify the workforces in the

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<v Speaker 1>tech sector and to remove discriminatory practices that pop up

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<v Speaker 1>with alarming frequency in Silicon Valley. As for my personal

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<v Speaker 1>take on all this, well, I have to say I

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<v Speaker 1>just don't have enough information to make a truly educated

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<v Speaker 1>opinion about breaking up companies. I do think that Facebook, Google, Amazon, Apple,

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<v Speaker 1>I think they have way too much power and that

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<v Speaker 1>even small mistakes on their part can have devastating consequences

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<v Speaker 1>for end users. But I'm not certain that breaking up

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<v Speaker 1>the companies would lead to, you know, a better outcome.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, I don't know that it would actually

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<v Speaker 1>solve the underlying issues that are actually causing the harm.

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<v Speaker 1>I do completely agree that companies do need to be

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<v Speaker 1>more transparent and less you know, gross. We've seen so

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<v Speaker 1>many stories from Uber to Ubisoft and even companies that

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<v Speaker 1>don't begin with you that end up shining a light

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<v Speaker 1>on some of the uglier elements in the tech sector.

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<v Speaker 1>It would be nice to clean those up and make

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<v Speaker 1>it a healthier industry, not just for consumers, but for

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<v Speaker 1>the people who are working in it. Speaking of health,

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<v Speaker 1>the Verge reports that every Apple store location in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States has now reopened. Apple closed stores nationwide on March,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's been nearly a full year of being closed

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<v Speaker 1>for some stores. The company had been opening locations on

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<v Speaker 1>a case by case basis over time, and the last

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<v Speaker 1>of Apple's US retail stores reopened this week in Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>That means you can at least arrange in store pickups

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<v Speaker 1>for Apple items again, and in some cases you can

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<v Speaker 1>even do in store shopping. But before you do, let

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<v Speaker 1>me just point out a couple of things first. When

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<v Speaker 1>Apple did close stores last March, the seven day average

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<v Speaker 1>of new COVID cases was two seventy three cases in

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. That's across the country. This week, according

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<v Speaker 1>to the c d C, that number is sixty six

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<v Speaker 1>thousand three new cases over the last seven days. That is,

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<v Speaker 1>you might say things are way worse right now than

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<v Speaker 1>they were when Apple stores first shut down Now. Apple

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<v Speaker 1>does have lots of safety measures in place. Customers must

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<v Speaker 1>wear a mask, and there is a strict occupancy limit

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<v Speaker 1>for stores. All that being said, I would strongly suggest

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<v Speaker 1>that if you don't have to go to a store,

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<v Speaker 1>take that option. I understand that some people do need

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<v Speaker 1>to go in, and of course the employees have to

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<v Speaker 1>go in, but to keep people as safe as possible,

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<v Speaker 1>I stress that it is best for only those who

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely have to go in to do so, and everyone

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<v Speaker 1>else should stay safe for themselves, their loved ones, and

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<v Speaker 1>really everybody else too. We often talk about SpaceX on

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<v Speaker 1>tech stuff, but rarely do I spend as much time

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<v Speaker 1>talking about Blue Origin, the private space company that Jeff

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<v Speaker 1>Bezos founded, And maybe they wish I wouldn't because I

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<v Speaker 1>have some bad news. The company has been hard at

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<v Speaker 1>work designing a reusable rocket, you know, similar to the

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<v Speaker 1>Falcon heavy rockets from SpaceX. Reusable rockets really cut down

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<v Speaker 1>on the incredibly high costs of launching stuff and people

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<v Speaker 1>out into space. Blue Origins rockets are to be called

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<v Speaker 1>New Glen. The company announced the plans for the rockets

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<v Speaker 1>in sixteen, with the goal of getting them ready for

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<v Speaker 1>testing by twenty twenty, Bob Smith, who became CEO of

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<v Speaker 1>Blue Origin in assessed that the rockets would not be

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<v Speaker 1>ready by He projected that at best they would be

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<v Speaker 1>ready for launch by twenty twenty two. Bezos heartily disagreed,

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<v Speaker 1>saying the company should stay the course for a launch date,

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<v Speaker 1>but that obviously didn't happen, and now the company projects

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<v Speaker 1>that at the earliest we could expect to see a

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<v Speaker 1>test launched by end of twenty two. Ours Technica has

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<v Speaker 1>a fantastic piece on this, including interviews with people who

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<v Speaker 1>were involved in the development of New Glenn. The piece

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<v Speaker 1>by Eric Burger is titled Blue Origins Massive New Glenn

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<v Speaker 1>Rocket is delayed for years? What went wrong? Rather than

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<v Speaker 1>summarize Burger's work, I urge all of y'all to go

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<v Speaker 1>and check out the article. It's really well done. And hey,

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<v Speaker 1>do you know of TikTok but you're too old to

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<v Speaker 1>figure it out? Well, me too, And don't worry because

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<v Speaker 1>we old folks now have our own TikTok from Google.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks Google, Please stop tragging everything I do. I'm just kidding.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got an Android phone. I know you can't help it.

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<v Speaker 1>This is my way of segueing into a story that

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube is rolling out a new feature called YouTube Shorts.

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<v Speaker 1>It lets users create very very short videos and share them.

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<v Speaker 1>And this just makes me laugh because when YouTube first launched,

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<v Speaker 1>most of us could only upload videos that were a

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<v Speaker 1>few minutes long. Anything longer than ten or later on

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen minutes was too long unless you were a trusted partner,

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<v Speaker 1>and there were very few of those. Now, over time,

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<v Speaker 1>YouTube began to lift that restriction, and consequently, YouTube's algorithm

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<v Speaker 1>tends to favor longer videos because they do keep people

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<v Speaker 1>on the platform for longer. And as we all know,

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<v Speaker 1>time is money for these companies, meaning the more time

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<v Speaker 1>you spend on those platforms, the more money they make.

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<v Speaker 1>But now we see the flip side of that. The

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<v Speaker 1>short videos are going to pop up in the mobile

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<v Speaker 1>apps section of the YouTube app. And I just checked

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<v Speaker 1>my app and I don't have it yet. And gosh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a YouTube Premium subscriber and an Android phone user YouTube.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not getting any younger, and I need to start

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<v Speaker 1>uploading videos of me doing trendy dances really really badly.

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<v Speaker 1>And anyway, a co into ours Technica, the new app

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't really compare that well against TikTok, particularly when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to editing options. I'll be sure to report back

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<v Speaker 1>once I can try it out for myself. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll work on practicing my isolation dance moves. And finally,

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<v Speaker 1>the City of Minneapolis has backpedaled on a plan that

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<v Speaker 1>would have used social media influencers paid by the city

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<v Speaker 1>to share city approved messaging during the trial of Derek Chauvin.

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<v Speaker 1>Chauvin is one of the police officers charged in the

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<v Speaker 1>death of George Floyd. According to the city, the purpose

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<v Speaker 1>of the plan was to use influencers to send messages

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<v Speaker 1>targeting specific communities, such as the black community, in an

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<v Speaker 1>effort to quote address slash, dispel incorrect information end quote.

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<v Speaker 1>They were to be paid two thousand dollars for the job.

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<v Speaker 1>The announcement caused concern, and I think that's understandable after all.

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<v Speaker 1>For one thing, the term influencer carries a bit of

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<v Speaker 1>baggage with it, right, I mean, you're influencing how people

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<v Speaker 1>think and be have, And when you've got a high

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<v Speaker 1>profile case that contributed to a major social movement, that

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<v Speaker 1>being Black Lives Matter, it's a pretty delicate situation. City

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<v Speaker 1>reps said that The intent was to get messages out

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<v Speaker 1>to the public in quick, accessible and reliable ways, but

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<v Speaker 1>due to the concern over the proposal, it's not going

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<v Speaker 1>to happen now. And that's all the news for Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>March one, or at least all the news that I

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<v Speaker 1>could write up in time for this episode to go live.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have any suggestions for topics I should cover

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<v Speaker 1>on Twitter to handle is text stuff hs W, and

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