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What's going on?

What's going on?

I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech. This is the show where I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's also the place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe the tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology, don't be shy. Also, a lot of iPhone upgraders and questions about that today. I'm assuming just because it's a big deal with this iPhone sixteen. So if you upgraded, or you're thinking about upgrading, or maybe you're having an issue or maybe it didn't upgrade, give me a call. We'll get you on the show and we'll talk about that. Email is also open. Just go to the website rich on tech dot tv and hit the contact link rich on tech dot Tv. Hit contact and if you want a link to something I mentioned here on the show, just go to the website and tap the light bulb icon. Well, welcome to the show from Las Vegas Today, Live from Las Vegas. I'm here for the iHeartRadio Music Festival. iHeart certainly knows how to put on a good show. This is a two day music festival, and my wife and I were curious about how this would work, and it worked out pretty well.

I'm Rich Demiro and this is Rich on Tech. This is the show where I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's also the place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe the tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology, don't be shy. Also, a lot of iPhone upgraders and questions about that today. I'm assuming just because it's a big deal with this iPhone sixteen. So if you upgraded, or you're thinking about upgrading, or maybe you're having an issue or maybe it didn't upgrade, give me a call. We'll get you on the show and we'll talk about that. Email is also open. Just go to the website rich on tech dot tv and hit the contact link rich on tech dot Tv. Hit contact and if you want a link to something I mentioned here on the show, just go to the website and tap the light bulb icon. Well, welcome to the show from Las Vegas Today, Live from Las Vegas. I'm here for the iHeartRadio Music Festival. iHeart certainly knows how to put on a good show. This is a two day music festival, and my wife and I were curious about how this would work, and it worked out pretty well.

It's fun.

It's fun.

So they have a bunch of artists that are all playing, and they all play, you know, some of their best songs, and it moves very quickly. They've actually had this like rotating stage so that they can set up one band to the front, the other band setting up in the back. As soon as that one band is done, they rotate the stage and the next one comes out. So I was pretty impressive that. So we've been having a really good time here doing that. You know, Vegas is it's one of those places where you either love it or hate it. Personally, I really like it. I really enjoy it. You know, we do some simple things here, just enjoy shows, enjoy nice dinner, and a little maybe a little little bit of gambling here and there. Believe me, I'm too frugal to part with all of my cash or what little I have. You know, I do have kids. So we've got some guests this week. Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine. He's going to talk about that trend at Chipotle. I don't know if you heard about this, but they are now automating some of their stores making those burrito bowls by robots. So he's going to talk about that, and then later on Friend of the Show, Matt Swider, he writes the excellent newsletter called the Shortcut. He's going to talk about the iPhone sixteen new features and compare it to the previous models. Now, if you did update your iPhone to iOS eighteen, you got a pretty new iPhone just by updating the software. So iOS eighteen is available if you haven't downloaded it. So far, I haven't seen any real major issues on it. They've been testing this for a long time, but it's available for the iPhone ten s and up models. So remember the ten. It was like, the X is not the X, that one's not included, but it's the ten s. The ten are the eleven, the twelve, the thirteen, the fourteen, the fifteen, the sixteen. And if you have an iPhone S second generation or later, So.

So they have a bunch of artists that are all playing, and they all play, you know, some of their best songs, and it moves very quickly. They've actually had this like rotating stage so that they can set up one band to the front, the other band setting up in the back. As soon as that one band is done, they rotate the stage and the next one comes out. So I was pretty impressive that. So we've been having a really good time here doing that. You know, Vegas is it's one of those places where you either love it or hate it. Personally, I really like it. I really enjoy it. You know, we do some simple things here, just enjoy shows, enjoy nice dinner, and a little maybe a little little bit of gambling here and there. Believe me, I'm too frugal to part with all of my cash or what little I have. You know, I do have kids. So we've got some guests this week. Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine. He's going to talk about that trend at Chipotle. I don't know if you heard about this, but they are now automating some of their stores making those burrito bowls by robots. So he's going to talk about that, and then later on Friend of the Show, Matt Swider, he writes the excellent newsletter called the Shortcut. He's going to talk about the iPhone sixteen new features and compare it to the previous models. Now, if you did update your iPhone to iOS eighteen, you got a pretty new iPhone just by updating the software. So iOS eighteen is available if you haven't downloaded it. So far, I haven't seen any real major issues on it. They've been testing this for a long time, but it's available for the iPhone ten s and up models. So remember the ten. It was like, the X is not the X, that one's not included, but it's the ten s. The ten are the eleven, the twelve, the thirteen, the fourteen, the fifteen, the sixteen. And if you have an iPhone S second generation or later, So.

What are you gonna get?

What are you gonna get?

Well, you're not gonna get Apple Intelligence that is coming soon. And so everyone is talking about this AI stuff and Apple kind of missed the boat on that. But here's the thing. They have released it as a public beta.

Well, you're not gonna get Apple Intelligence that is coming soon. And so everyone is talking about this AI stuff and Apple kind of missed the boat on that. But here's the thing. They have released it as a public beta.

Now.

Now.

I don't recommend typically that you download public betas because it can really mess up your phone because it's just like the beta software. But if you're really adventurous, you can now get this AI stuff in the public beta eighteen teen point one. Siri can rewrite your stuff, you know, like your text messages and your emails. Siriri has a whole new design. You can erase things from your photos and much more. Just keep in mind if you do the beta, if you want to go back to the regular software, you do have to erase your entire phone, So I don't typically recommend it for that. But if you've got IOSA teen, just the regular version of it, what can you do. Everything looks so new and different. Number one, your home screen. You can now place icons anywhere you want. And I know that's a small weird thing that Android has had forever, but it's kind of nice to be able to do that. And if you press and hold on any app, you can now turn it into a widget. So just press and hold on an app you'll see some icons that look like widgets. That's really cool because let's say you have a clock app. You can now just press and hold and turn that into a clock widget. So that's really handy. Your app icons, you can now make them light, you can make them dark, you can tint them a certain color if you want, and maybe you want to be a little easier on your eyes. You can change your icons into large icons. So if you press a hold on there, it'll say use large icons in the edit area, and all of your names of the icons go away, but they will become much bigger.

I don't recommend typically that you download public betas because it can really mess up your phone because it's just like the beta software. But if you're really adventurous, you can now get this AI stuff in the public beta eighteen teen point one. Siri can rewrite your stuff, you know, like your text messages and your emails. Siriri has a whole new design. You can erase things from your photos and much more. Just keep in mind if you do the beta, if you want to go back to the regular software, you do have to erase your entire phone, So I don't typically recommend it for that. But if you've got IOSA teen, just the regular version of it, what can you do. Everything looks so new and different. Number one, your home screen. You can now place icons anywhere you want. And I know that's a small weird thing that Android has had forever, but it's kind of nice to be able to do that. And if you press and hold on any app, you can now turn it into a widget. So just press and hold on an app you'll see some icons that look like widgets. That's really cool because let's say you have a clock app. You can now just press and hold and turn that into a clock widget. So that's really handy. Your app icons, you can now make them light, you can make them dark, you can tint them a certain color if you want, and maybe you want to be a little easier on your eyes. You can change your icons into large icons. So if you press a hold on there, it'll say use large icons in the edit area, and all of your names of the icons go away, but they will become much bigger.

Now.

Now.

Over in Control Center, this is when you swipe down from the right side of your phone. That is much more customizable. This is where you find your Wi Fi and your cellular settings. Now you can have multiple pages so you can completely customize the things that are on these pages, so I put a lot of shortcuts in there.

Over in Control Center, this is when you swipe down from the right side of your phone. That is much more customizable. This is where you find your Wi Fi and your cellular settings. Now you can have multiple pages so you can completely customize the things that are on these pages, so I put a lot of shortcuts in there.

It's very very handy.

It's very very handy.

You can also have a separate page just for your media playback, a connectivity page. So this is really really a place where you want to dive in and customize your phone. Like, for instance, this morning, I was out at a restaurant and I basically added a QR code scanner, because you know how you aimed your phone at, a QR code doesn't always find it. Well, you can add a QR code scanner shortcut to your control center and now when you tap that, it'll immediately go into the mode where it's scanning for a QR code. So that's very handy, and there's so many of those types of things. You can also customize the shortcuts on the home screen, so when you're I should say the lock screen, so when your phone is locked, you used to only be able to activate the flashlight in the camera. Well, now you can replace those with whatever shortcuts you want. So for me personally, let's see what I replaced them with, because I forget already. Oh I still have the flashlight and the camera. I got to replace those with something better. Now, the action button, this is something that was on the iPhone fifteen Pro models last year.

You can also have a separate page just for your media playback, a connectivity page. So this is really really a place where you want to dive in and customize your phone. Like, for instance, this morning, I was out at a restaurant and I basically added a QR code scanner, because you know how you aimed your phone at, a QR code doesn't always find it. Well, you can add a QR code scanner shortcut to your control center and now when you tap that, it'll immediately go into the mode where it's scanning for a QR code. So that's very handy, and there's so many of those types of things. You can also customize the shortcuts on the home screen, so when you're I should say the lock screen, so when your phone is locked, you used to only be able to activate the flashlight in the camera. Well, now you can replace those with whatever shortcuts you want. So for me personally, let's see what I replaced them with, because I forget already. Oh I still have the flashlight and the camera. I got to replace those with something better. Now, the action button, this is something that was on the iPhone fifteen Pro models last year.

It's now on the iPhone sixteen models.

It's now on the iPhone sixteen models.

That has replaced on the left side of your phone the Ringer silent switch, So if you got a new iPhone sixteen, you can customize that button to do whatever you want.

That has replaced on the left side of your phone the Ringer silent switch, So if you got a new iPhone sixteen, you can customize that button to do whatever you want.

So on my phone, I've got it.

So on my phone, I've got it.

Where it immediately starts recording a voice memo and it transcribes it and sends it to my email. It is really really handy. It's an app called Whisper Whisper Memos Whispermemos dot com.

Where it immediately starts recording a voice memo and it transcribes it and sends it to my email. It is really really handy. It's an app called Whisper Whisper Memos Whispermemos dot com.

I absolutely love this app.

I absolutely love this app.

It'll change your life if you like to take a lot of voice memos and have them transcribed, and it's in your inbox, which means you can deal with them whenever you feel like it, so you never forget anything anymore.

It'll change your life if you like to take a lot of voice memos and have them transcribed, and it's in your inbox, which means you can deal with them whenever you feel like it, so you never forget anything anymore.

The photos app got a big redesign. Good luck with that. Just kidding.

The photos app got a big redesign. Good luck with that. Just kidding.

I mean it is a lot more complicated. It looks like there's like a lot more going on. But my recommendation open up the photos app if you're on iOS eighteen, scroll all the way down to the bottom and there is an option to customize and reorder what they show in the photos app. I got rid of everything except recent photos, media types, and utilities, which means I see all my recent photos. I can see like if I want selfies or videos or whatever, and then utility shows things like duplicate photos. So if you want to clean up kind of your photos app, I know Apple added a lot of stuff in there. Just scroll all the way down to the bottom of the screen and you can do that now. When it comes to messages, this got a lot of updates. So messages obviously is where a lot of people spend a lot of time on the iPhone. The big, big, big change is that you now have support for RCS, so that means rich communication services. That means when you text an Android phone, you can send bigger files, you can see when someone's typing, you can see read receipts. The problem is, I am having trouble with this on my phone. Messages are not getting delivered from Android phones to my phone for some reason. So if that's happening, if you're texting people and they're not texting you back, and you're wondering why, it could be some sort of issue that we're seeing right now with the rollout of all this, because a lot of people jumped on board rcs all at the same time, So be patient with that and ask your friends maybe call them and be like, hey, are you trying to type me something because it's not working. So many things you can do in messages now. You can make your text like jump and add effects to it. You can format your text. You can use any emoji to respond to text. You can send a text later, so you can schedule a text to send later. So to do that, tap the plus sign next to the message box and look for an option called send later. You might have to like scroll to find it, but if you press an hold on it, you can drag that up to the top of the list. So messages really really improved. You also might notice there's a new passwords app. Please use this app. I beg of you stop making passwords up that are really bad. Use this app to generate strong passwords. Apple will store them. You can see your Wi Fi passwords, your two factor authentication codes. You can even make a group where you share your passwords with Like if you want to share a password for your Netflix with your significant others you both have access to it. You can do that all in this app. Please use that passwords app. It is much much safer than making your own passwords and trying to remember them.

I mean it is a lot more complicated. It looks like there's like a lot more going on. But my recommendation open up the photos app if you're on iOS eighteen, scroll all the way down to the bottom and there is an option to customize and reorder what they show in the photos app. I got rid of everything except recent photos, media types, and utilities, which means I see all my recent photos. I can see like if I want selfies or videos or whatever, and then utility shows things like duplicate photos. So if you want to clean up kind of your photos app, I know Apple added a lot of stuff in there. Just scroll all the way down to the bottom of the screen and you can do that now. When it comes to messages, this got a lot of updates. So messages obviously is where a lot of people spend a lot of time on the iPhone. The big, big, big change is that you now have support for RCS, so that means rich communication services. That means when you text an Android phone, you can send bigger files, you can see when someone's typing, you can see read receipts. The problem is, I am having trouble with this on my phone. Messages are not getting delivered from Android phones to my phone for some reason. So if that's happening, if you're texting people and they're not texting you back, and you're wondering why, it could be some sort of issue that we're seeing right now with the rollout of all this, because a lot of people jumped on board rcs all at the same time, So be patient with that and ask your friends maybe call them and be like, hey, are you trying to type me something because it's not working. So many things you can do in messages now. You can make your text like jump and add effects to it. You can format your text. You can use any emoji to respond to text. You can send a text later, so you can schedule a text to send later. So to do that, tap the plus sign next to the message box and look for an option called send later. You might have to like scroll to find it, but if you press an hold on it, you can drag that up to the top of the list. So messages really really improved. You also might notice there's a new passwords app. Please use this app. I beg of you stop making passwords up that are really bad. Use this app to generate strong passwords. Apple will store them. You can see your Wi Fi passwords, your two factor authentication codes. You can even make a group where you share your passwords with Like if you want to share a password for your Netflix with your significant others you both have access to it. You can do that all in this app. Please use that passwords app. It is much much safer than making your own passwords and trying to remember them.

A couple other things you can do.

A couple other things you can do.

You can now lock app, so if you want an app to require face ID or touch ID before you can actually use it, you can lock down an app. So press and hold and it will say require face ID, enable that, and now nobody can open that app without your face or your or your fingerprint or your passcode. You can even hide an app, so if you don't want an app to show up on your phone at all, you can hide it once you lock it. You can say hide this app, and it will put it in a special folder that doesn't even show up on your phone unless you are looking at your phone screen.

You can now lock app, so if you want an app to require face ID or touch ID before you can actually use it, you can lock down an app. So press and hold and it will say require face ID, enable that, and now nobody can open that app without your face or your or your fingerprint or your passcode. You can even hide an app, so if you don't want an app to show up on your phone at all, you can hide it once you lock it. You can say hide this app, and it will put it in a special folder that doesn't even show up on your phone unless you are looking at your phone screen.

So this is really good for privacy.

So this is really good for privacy.

I put all my financial apps in there, so if someone ever got a hold of my phone, they don't even see the bank that I use or the card that I have or anything like that because it's totally completely just blanked out for their eyes. Let's see what else. Oh, couple of accessibility features.

I put all my financial apps in there, so if someone ever got a hold of my phone, they don't even see the bank that I use or the card that I have or anything like that because it's totally completely just blanked out for their eyes. Let's see what else. Oh, couple of accessibility features.

I tracking.

I tracking.

You can now control your phone with your eyes, so go into accessibility for that. And you can also set vocal shortcuts, so if you have an atypical speech issue, you can record a vocal shortcut that will trigger certain actions on the phone with the sound that you make.

You can now control your phone with your eyes, so go into accessibility for that. And you can also set vocal shortcuts, so if you have an atypical speech issue, you can record a vocal shortcut that will trigger certain actions on the phone with the sound that you make.

So that's really great for accessibility.

So that's really great for accessibility.

And inside calculator, you got to find this little easter egg.

And inside calculator, you got to find this little easter egg.

So if you tap in.

So if you tap in.

The lower left hand corner, you'll notice they have a thing called math notes. And if you type or you know, draw on your screen, you can literally use your finger to draw out a math problem and it will solve it in your handwriting. And by the way, the calculator, after I don't know how many years of the iPhone, fifteen years of the iPhone, finally got a backspace button. So if you make a mistake on one of the numbers you type in, you can finally.

The lower left hand corner, you'll notice they have a thing called math notes. And if you type or you know, draw on your screen, you can literally use your finger to draw out a math problem and it will solve it in your handwriting. And by the way, the calculator, after I don't know how many years of the iPhone, fifteen years of the iPhone, finally got a backspace button. So if you make a mistake on one of the numbers you type in, you can finally.

Press backspace and it will delete it. All right.

Press backspace and it will delete it. All right.

If you want to read about all of these new features, I'll put the link on the website.

If you want to read about all of these new features, I'll put the link on the website.

Rich on tech dot TV. So much to talk about today.

Rich on tech dot TV. So much to talk about today.

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Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming to you live from Las Vegas today. Always a fun time. It's actually one of the few times I've been in Vegas where the weather is nice, because typically i'm here for Ces that's in January, it is brutally cold, and then I'm here in the summer sometimes when it is really really hot. So this is like perfect perfect weather in Las Vegas. And what an interesting town. Eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. There you can hit contact to send in a question, and you can also hit the light bulb if you want to show notes from this week's show. Let's go to Kevin, Line one in San Clemente. Kevin, you're on with Rich. Welcome to the show. Hello you there. Okay, don't don't hear Kevin.

Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple eight Rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming to you live from Las Vegas today. Always a fun time. It's actually one of the few times I've been in Vegas where the weather is nice, because typically i'm here for Ces that's in January, it is brutally cold, and then I'm here in the summer sometimes when it is really really hot. So this is like perfect perfect weather in Las Vegas. And what an interesting town. Eighty eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. There you can hit contact to send in a question, and you can also hit the light bulb if you want to show notes from this week's show. Let's go to Kevin, Line one in San Clemente. Kevin, you're on with Rich. Welcome to the show. Hello you there. Okay, don't don't hear Kevin.

Let's see. Let's try one more time. Kevin on Line one.

Let's see. Let's try one more time. Kevin on Line one.

You there, Nope, Okay, let's try line two. Matthew in Sonora, California. Matt, are you there?

You there, Nope, Okay, let's try line two. Matthew in Sonora, California. Matt, are you there?

And I'm looking for an electronic engineer to take my schematics and take my shoebox size prototype and scale it down to what it needs to be. Is the size of one of those road reflector bumps in the road. Where's the best place to find a talented electronic engineer to help me with this project? Is there a school I could reach out to for graduates or is there a website or a Facebook page you could subject? You could suggest?

And I'm looking for an electronic engineer to take my schematics and take my shoebox size prototype and scale it down to what it needs to be. Is the size of one of those road reflector bumps in the road. Where's the best place to find a talented electronic engineer to help me with this project? Is there a school I could reach out to for graduates or is there a website or a Facebook page you could subject? You could suggest?

So you've invented something and you need someone to take your design and bring it to life.

So you've invented something and you need someone to take your design and bring it to life.

And I have the schematics already, all the hard bits, I just need someone to build it.

And I have the schematics already, all the hard bits, I just need someone to build it.

Really, what's can you? Can you tell us about the product?

Really, what's can you? Can you tell us about the product?

Or no?

Or no?

Sure?

Sure?

Absolutely, it's a smart road reflector. It's known as a boxtop, those little bumps to reflector. Yeah, as a battery and a solar panel, and that condict detect the presence of wildlife like deer and an approaching car. When it detects both both of them, it starts blinking to warn the car and emits a sound to drive the animal away from the road roadside. You can see my website if I may mention it.

Absolutely, it's a smart road reflector. It's known as a boxtop, those little bumps to reflector. Yeah, as a battery and a solar panel, and that condict detect the presence of wildlife like deer and an approaching car. When it detects both both of them, it starts blinking to warn the car and emits a sound to drive the animal away from the road roadside. You can see my website if I may mention it.

Let's not mention the website. Yeah, no problem, you know.

Let's not mention the website. Yeah, no problem, you know.

But but yeah, that's that's interesting. I mean, as someone who has had a close call with a deer, believe me, those you know it's it's bad.

But but yeah, that's that's interesting. I mean, as someone who has had a close call with a deer, believe me, those you know it's it's bad.

You know, you don't you don't A lot of people dodge a.

You know, you don't you don't A lot of people dodge a.

Dear and hit a tree. So yeah, my lifelong ambition is to get this on roads and in national parks and indots and areas that have high incident of roadkill. It's really meant to end roadkill.

Dear and hit a tree. So yeah, my lifelong ambition is to get this on roads and in national parks and indots and areas that have high incident of roadkill. It's really meant to end roadkill.

Okay, so this is your Okay, so the website, Okay, this is the website is I think we can mention it. I'll see why we can't end roadkill dot com. Kim is telling me end road kill dot com.

Okay, so this is your Okay, so the website, Okay, this is the website is I think we can mention it. I'll see why we can't end roadkill dot com. Kim is telling me end road kill dot com.

Yes, my numbers on there. If any talented electronic engineers want to join me. I'm also going to try to audition for twenty twenty five season of Shark Tank.

Yes, my numbers on there. If any talented electronic engineers want to join me. I'm also going to try to audition for twenty twenty five season of Shark Tank.

Oh that's awesome that, you know what I mean?

Oh that's awesome that, you know what I mean?

Look, this is this is a great idea and uh what so what's your background?

Look, this is this is a great idea and uh what so what's your background?

I'm an engineer mostly mechanics. I build race cars and but I'm also an inventor. I have a lot of different inventions that require electronics and everything in this already exists. No one's ever put it together in a small package that will work at the in the middle of the.

I'm an engineer mostly mechanics. I build race cars and but I'm also an inventor. I have a lot of different inventions that require electronics and everything in this already exists. No one's ever put it together in a small package that will work at the in the middle of the.

Road, right right, and that's and this can handle like cars driving over it and things like that.

Road, right right, and that's and this can handle like cars driving over it and things like that.

Yes, absolutely, Wow.

Yes, absolutely, Wow.

Well, I love It's funny that you mentioned the bot because those things I always use that as trivia to ask people like, because you know, those are a like I never saw those tykeing to California, the bots in the road, you know, right, and and so are they using them now nationwide?

Well, I love It's funny that you mentioned the bot because those things I always use that as trivia to ask people like, because you know, those are a like I never saw those tykeing to California, the bots in the road, you know, right, and and so are they using them now nationwide?

I don't even know, but California, like.

I don't even know, but California, like.

They were developed in the sixties by the gentleman who it's named after, bot Stops, but he didn't get credit for it.

They were developed in the sixties by the gentleman who it's named after, bot Stops, but he didn't get credit for it.

He died.

He died.

Someone else took it off the shelf and it started out as just a round bump in the road that was white and it's moved on to become reflectors and this is the next stage for it being making a smart box stock.

Someone else took it off the shelf and it started out as just a round bump in the road that was white and it's moved on to become reflectors and this is the next stage for it being making a smart box stock.

That's awesome.

That's awesome.

Well, so, I mean, I guess my recommendation would be, I mean, hopefully you get on shark tank.

Well, so, I mean, I guess my recommendation would be, I mean, hopefully you get on shark tank.

Good luck with that.

Good luck with that.

But I think the recommendation is to you know, you've got to just you sound like a smart guy.

But I think the recommendation is to you know, you've got to just you sound like a smart guy.

You know what you're doing. So I think you get you got to put some.

You know what you're doing. So I think you get you got to put some.

Posts out there about this, maybe on uh, you know, maybe something like Reddit, like maybe you got to find the communities where these people are hanging out. And I think the schools is probably the best way to do it. So I would start with the schools. See if someone you know is willing to help you on this project. Do you have funding for this?

Posts out there about this, maybe on uh, you know, maybe something like Reddit, like maybe you got to find the communities where these people are hanging out. And I think the schools is probably the best way to do it. So I would start with the schools. See if someone you know is willing to help you on this project. Do you have funding for this?

Yes?

Yes?

I do, okay, And I've also reached out to the San Jose State University in Silicon Valley to try to get one of their engineers to make it a class project.

I do, okay, And I've also reached out to the San Jose State University in Silicon Valley to try to get one of their engineers to make it a class project.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, so do you do you have one of these like ready to go, like a proof of concept kind of thing.

I mean, so do you do you have one of these like ready to go, like a proof of concept kind of thing.

It's the size of a shoebox.

It's the size of a shoebox.

Oh okay, got it? So somebody to shrink down the tech?

Oh okay, got it? So somebody to shrink down the tech?

Got it?

Got it?

Got it?

Got it?

Well, I'm rooting for you. I think this sounds like a really neat piece of technology. And I think that you know, uh, we put the website out there, so if someone wants to help out there, you go and uh, I get in touch with those schools.

Well, I'm rooting for you. I think this sounds like a really neat piece of technology. And I think that you know, uh, we put the website out there, so if someone wants to help out there, you go and uh, I get in touch with those schools.

That's what you need to do. You got to get this as a joint project. Thanks for the call. Matthew in Sonora, California.

That's what you need to do. You got to get this as a joint project. Thanks for the call. Matthew in Sonora, California.

Eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, we're gonna talk to Brian Merchant about Chapotle's automation push. You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Deburo here hanging out with you talking technology. The phone lines are open at eighty to eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology. We'll get back to the phone lines in just a moment. But first want to welcome Brian Merchant to the show, author of Blood in the Machine, to talk about Chipotle and what they're doing with automation.

Eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, we're gonna talk to Brian Merchant about Chapotle's automation push. You are listening to rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich Deburo here hanging out with you talking technology. The phone lines are open at eighty to eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology. We'll get back to the phone lines in just a moment. But first want to welcome Brian Merchant to the show, author of Blood in the Machine, to talk about Chipotle and what they're doing with automation.

Brian, welcome to the show.

Brian, welcome to the show.

Hello, thanks for having me.

Hello, thanks for having me.

So, thanks for joining me. Let's tell me about your book. First off, Blood in the Machine. What do you discuss and I know you have a sub stack, what do you discuss on all these platforms?

So, thanks for joining me. Let's tell me about your book. First off, Blood in the Machine. What do you discuss and I know you have a sub stack, what do you discuss on all these platforms?

Yeah, well, so the Blood in the Machine was a book that came out last year. I had written it actually before the AI boom was underway, but it really looks at automation and the way throughout history that that that technologies are used to both enhance and replace labor and workers, and what happens when there's a situation where you know, factory owners or bosses or entrepreneurs, are you bring a technology to try to replace a worker or a group of workers and there isn't any real set of options for those workers with their job is gone. So it's it's basically a look at how these forces interact over history, starting from the first time this happened in the Industrial Revolution and then fast boarding until today, well.

Yeah, well, so the Blood in the Machine was a book that came out last year. I had written it actually before the AI boom was underway, but it really looks at automation and the way throughout history that that that technologies are used to both enhance and replace labor and workers, and what happens when there's a situation where you know, factory owners or bosses or entrepreneurs, are you bring a technology to try to replace a worker or a group of workers and there isn't any real set of options for those workers with their job is gone. So it's it's basically a look at how these forces interact over history, starting from the first time this happened in the Industrial Revolution and then fast boarding until today, well.

And today, so you know, it's no secret I cover a lot of these companies that are using automation, and of course now AI is a big part of it. In the past, I've covered robotic machines that make pizza, that make jamba juice, you know, automated growing facilities where they're growing lettuce. I mean, there's just so many that I've seen in the past, and now Chipotle, oh the Burger, the one that started all was I don't know if you remember Flippy the burger flipping robot. Do you remember that one, that that was a big one. Oh, I think we've lost Brian. Well, this week Chipotle announced that they are using an automated system. So they've got one called Autocato. This cuts cores and peels avocados for guacamole. And then they've got this augmented make line which assembles bulls and salads for digital orders. So, Brian, what do you make of this news? I mean this, does this just make sense that companies are trying to do this or does this have real implications for for actual workers?

And today, so you know, it's no secret I cover a lot of these companies that are using automation, and of course now AI is a big part of it. In the past, I've covered robotic machines that make pizza, that make jamba juice, you know, automated growing facilities where they're growing lettuce. I mean, there's just so many that I've seen in the past, and now Chipotle, oh the Burger, the one that started all was I don't know if you remember Flippy the burger flipping robot. Do you remember that one, that that was a big one. Oh, I think we've lost Brian. Well, this week Chipotle announced that they are using an automated system. So they've got one called Autocato. This cuts cores and peels avocados for guacamole. And then they've got this augmented make line which assembles bulls and salads for digital orders. So, Brian, what do you make of this news? I mean this, does this just make sense that companies are trying to do this or does this have real implications for for actual workers?

Yeah? So, I mean the time will tell. Right.

Yeah? So, I mean the time will tell. Right.

You just mentioned Flippy. I think Flippy is already coming gone. It's this kind of automation where you're doing a sort of a complex task that a human would usually do with their hands, is something that workers have been trying. I mean that that that's the tech companies and and and corporate bosses have been trying to figure out how to do for a long time.

You just mentioned Flippy. I think Flippy is already coming gone. It's this kind of automation where you're doing a sort of a complex task that a human would usually do with their hands, is something that workers have been trying. I mean that that that's the tech companies and and and corporate bosses have been trying to figure out how to do for a long time.

Amazonal with their goal, like I've said before, their goal is to not have humans. Basically, like if if a company could, they would not want humans.

Amazonal with their goal, like I've said before, their goal is to not have humans. Basically, like if if a company could, they would not want humans.

That that's that is the end goal of all of these I mean they give them cute names they they call them cobots.

That that's that is the end goal of all of these I mean they give them cute names they they call them cobots.

Like you'll notice in all of the materials.

Like you'll notice in all of the materials.

About the the the Chipotle robot, they call it a cobot because they want to they want to sort of present this uh, this front like that they're just you know, they're helping workers, and they're going to coexist with the with the workers, and it's gonna be a big, shiny future.

About the the the Chipotle robot, they call it a cobot because they want to they want to sort of present this uh, this front like that they're just you know, they're helping workers, and they're going to coexist with the with the workers, and it's gonna be a big, shiny future.

But of course what they really want to do is cut out those labor costs.

But of course what they really want to do is cut out those labor costs.

Eventually, it's what they.

Eventually, it's what they.

Whether you're Uber or whether you're Amazon, or whether you're Chipotle. Uh, the future that you want is one where you can replace your workforce with robots, so that so that you can you know, ostensibly have a you know, a cheaper product, a bigger bottom line, and in some cases, you know, they think of these robots as more reliable, right, but the old adage among the among the bosses is that you know, a robot never causing sick, so they would.

Whether you're Uber or whether you're Amazon, or whether you're Chipotle. Uh, the future that you want is one where you can replace your workforce with robots, so that so that you can you know, ostensibly have a you know, a cheaper product, a bigger bottom line, and in some cases, you know, they think of these robots as more reliable, right, but the old adage among the among the bosses is that you know, a robot never causing sick, so they would.

I mean, look, look, humans are messy. Humans are you know, they're they're people. They're human, like they they call in sick, they come in hungover, they're you know, they have a bad day. They don't feel like you know, they put two much guacamole in the bowl and they're in they're every you know, ounce that's extras costing these companies' money, you know, and they or they pour a drink that's you know, you know, too much vodka in the drink or whatever.

I mean, look, look, humans are messy. Humans are you know, they're they're people. They're human, like they they call in sick, they come in hungover, they're you know, they have a bad day. They don't feel like you know, they put two much guacamole in the bowl and they're in they're every you know, ounce that's extras costing these companies' money, you know, and they or they pour a drink that's you know, you know, too much vodka in the drink or whatever.

You know.

You know.

I've seen robots that do uh, you know, they make drinks.

I've seen robots that do uh, you know, they make drinks.

I mean, there's just so I understand why it's the goal of these companies to do this, But what's the answer do we I mean, do we stop companies from doing this or is there going to be a world where we just if we continue to march on it's humans are.

I mean, there's just so I understand why it's the goal of these companies to do this, But what's the answer do we I mean, do we stop companies from doing this or is there going to be a world where we just if we continue to march on it's humans are.

Just x out of this whole situation.

Just x out of this whole situation.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So the first thing I'd say is that that folks have been trying to.

So the first thing I'd say is that that folks have been trying to.

Do this since the beginning of the industrial Revolution.

Do this since the beginning of the industrial Revolution.

You look at those first factories where you know, you have kind of crude machines that can automate the production of cloth or a garment or something, and they barely can do it. It's much less high quality than a human or a skilled worker can. But you still have people at the at that time writing these treatises like, oh, the end of.

You look at those first factories where you know, you have kind of crude machines that can automate the production of cloth or a garment or something, and they barely can do it. It's much less high quality than a human or a skilled worker can. But you still have people at the at that time writing these treatises like, oh, the end of.

The human worker is right around the corner. So two hundred years.

The human worker is right around the corner. So two hundred years.

Basically we've been hearing these yeah, so that you have the they called it, the automaton, we will have we will have a factory working as an automaton before you know it, and we won't need human workers. Two hundred years later, we can see that that's not true. All of our factories are still filled with human workers. So, needless to say, this is a very hard problem. Even in the last ten years, we've seen so many startups promise to automate, you know, the these service tasks or human labor, or even just the act of picking an object off a shelf at an Amazon warehouse. They haven't even been able to master that. So keep a big old grain of salt handy when you're thinking about all of these claims that the companies are making. So that's number one, right, I don't think there's anything that we need to worry about in terms of like a human free you know situation with with speculus, service work and manual labor in a lot of these cases. Number two is like, we just have to think about what kind of a future we do want. What do we want humans to do versus robots to do? Right now, there's a big struggle between artists and the generative AI companies because it's a slightly different context.

Basically we've been hearing these yeah, so that you have the they called it, the automaton, we will have we will have a factory working as an automaton before you know it, and we won't need human workers. Two hundred years later, we can see that that's not true. All of our factories are still filled with human workers. So, needless to say, this is a very hard problem. Even in the last ten years, we've seen so many startups promise to automate, you know, the these service tasks or human labor, or even just the act of picking an object off a shelf at an Amazon warehouse. They haven't even been able to master that. So keep a big old grain of salt handy when you're thinking about all of these claims that the companies are making. So that's number one, right, I don't think there's anything that we need to worry about in terms of like a human free you know situation with with speculus, service work and manual labor in a lot of these cases. Number two is like, we just have to think about what kind of a future we do want. What do we want humans to do versus robots to do? Right now, there's a big struggle between artists and the generative AI companies because it's a slightly different context.

But one thing that AI can do.

But one thing that AI can do.

Is create sort of regurgitated art that's based on human work. Do we want to replace illustrators with this sort of regurgitated you know, digital imagery that an AI can can write. That is a question we kind of have to answer right now. Do we want to protect the artists? Do we want to protect the act of having an illustrator as a job, like, do we want to protect that kind of stuff? So a lot of this stuff is we're going to have to find out answers and just keep that grain of salt handy. When the tech companies are promising that they can deliver this human free future.

Is create sort of regurgitated art that's based on human work. Do we want to replace illustrators with this sort of regurgitated you know, digital imagery that an AI can can write. That is a question we kind of have to answer right now. Do we want to protect the artists? Do we want to protect the act of having an illustrator as a job, like, do we want to protect that kind of stuff? So a lot of this stuff is we're going to have to find out answers and just keep that grain of salt handy. When the tech companies are promising that they can deliver this human free future.

Have you I mean, do you think anyone's doing this stuff right?

Have you I mean, do you think anyone's doing this stuff right?

Like?

Like?

I mean you have like something like Waimo right like it it's there's cars all over the streets of Los Angeles. I even saw them here in Las Vegas where they're you know, they're driving themselves.

I mean you have like something like Waimo right like it it's there's cars all over the streets of Los Angeles. I even saw them here in Las Vegas where they're you know, they're driving themselves.

I mean, but is it scalable?

I mean, but is it scalable?

And there's also that the idea of cost, like all these companies are trying, like you know, Chipotle's got this in two restaurants or something, but you know, to roll it out to seven thousand restaurants that they want to have in North America.

And there's also that the idea of cost, like all these companies are trying, like you know, Chipotle's got this in two restaurants or something, but you know, to roll it out to seven thousand restaurants that they want to have in North America.

Like that, the cost is probably so expensive.

Like that, the cost is probably so expensive.

Yeah, the cost is high, and there's gonna be a lot of maintenance issues. There's gonna be a lot of complications that they're not foreseeing right now, and they may well just decide that it's cheaper to have a human do this task again, Right, That's all that as far as the company is concerned, especially for stuff that's taking place in the back rooms, preparing the food, preparing a process. If if a human can wind up doing it cheaper, then then they're just gonna have a human doing They're gonna they're gonna sort of cancel the experiment.

Yeah, the cost is high, and there's gonna be a lot of maintenance issues. There's gonna be a lot of complications that they're not foreseeing right now, and they may well just decide that it's cheaper to have a human do this task again, Right, That's all that as far as the company is concerned, especially for stuff that's taking place in the back rooms, preparing the food, preparing a process. If if a human can wind up doing it cheaper, then then they're just gonna have a human doing They're gonna they're gonna sort of cancel the experiment.

So we'll see there.

So we'll see there.

With waime O, it's another case where I'd say, you know, it seems like they're driving themselves, but we know that every time they're faced with a tough decision that gets a little flag to the command center, there's people who are real people who are sitting sort of watching these cars and they have to make what's called an intervention. You know, it's a if it detects us, is that a squirrel on the road. Can I keep driving or is that just a bump? It'll send a little notification to somebody in Scottsdale, Arizona, who's watching four or five of these cars at a given time, and it'll they'll have to take over and make the call. So there is still somebody driving the car right in a sense, they're just the driver has been moved from the driver's seat to a sort of a command center at an off site location. And that's happening with the delivery robots you've probably seen crawling around LA. These are not fully autonomous systems. There's always a person still in the loop because there has to be. It's too it's too messy, as you said, and too complicated and too potentially dangerous or cost producing to the company to not have that human still watching them. If and when we finally, you know, do have a self driving car that is properly self driving and is not having a number of interventions every minute. By the way, we saw when the Cruise car crashed in San Francisco and hit a pedestrian and they were forced to sort of turn over their logs that it was multiple times almost every minute that a human was brought into the loop to tell it what to do. So there is still a person involved in that, and there's still going to be a person looking at this autocado thing in the Chipotle background saying like, is this doing a good enough job?

With waime O, it's another case where I'd say, you know, it seems like they're driving themselves, but we know that every time they're faced with a tough decision that gets a little flag to the command center, there's people who are real people who are sitting sort of watching these cars and they have to make what's called an intervention. You know, it's a if it detects us, is that a squirrel on the road. Can I keep driving or is that just a bump? It'll send a little notification to somebody in Scottsdale, Arizona, who's watching four or five of these cars at a given time, and it'll they'll have to take over and make the call. So there is still somebody driving the car right in a sense, they're just the driver has been moved from the driver's seat to a sort of a command center at an off site location. And that's happening with the delivery robots you've probably seen crawling around LA. These are not fully autonomous systems. There's always a person still in the loop because there has to be. It's too it's too messy, as you said, and too complicated and too potentially dangerous or cost producing to the company to not have that human still watching them. If and when we finally, you know, do have a self driving car that is properly self driving and is not having a number of interventions every minute. By the way, we saw when the Cruise car crashed in San Francisco and hit a pedestrian and they were forced to sort of turn over their logs that it was multiple times almost every minute that a human was brought into the loop to tell it what to do. So there is still a person involved in that, and there's still going to be a person looking at this autocado thing in the Chipotle background saying like, is this doing a good enough job?

Do I have to fix it?

Do I have to fix it?

So we just can't ever dismiss the amount of human labor still required to make all these automated or so called automated systems work.

So we just can't ever dismiss the amount of human labor still required to make all these automated or so called automated systems work.

I like the positivity because as grim as it seems as a future for humans with all this speak of automation, you're right, I mean, every one of these systems, at the end of the day, still relies on humans. And by the way, it's a lot easier to teach a human to grab something off a shelf than it is to program a robot.

I like the positivity because as grim as it seems as a future for humans with all this speak of automation, you're right, I mean, every one of these systems, at the end of the day, still relies on humans. And by the way, it's a lot easier to teach a human to grab something off a shelf than it is to program a robot.

Right now, I get it.

Right now, I get it.

With AI and all this stuff, maybe it'll get easier, but it's just so funny how you can literally teach anyone to do that in about ten seconds versus all the programming in lines it takes to program I'm a robot.

With AI and all this stuff, maybe it'll get easier, but it's just so funny how you can literally teach anyone to do that in about ten seconds versus all the programming in lines it takes to program I'm a robot.

And that's what it is at the end of the day.

And that's what it is at the end of the day.

And not to say this isn't grim, because what the companies are gonna do is they're gonna they're gonna sell the automation. They're gonna sell the fact that hey, this can be cheaper, this should be cheaper. And companies are still going to buy into that sales pitch, and they're going to layoff workers. They're going to assign more work to people who are currently uh you know, having a job that might you know, be potentially uh abetted by automation. And in a lot of cases, what we see is that firms will go ahead and lay off workers, layoff service staff, and then the people who are remaining will be left with even more work.

And not to say this isn't grim, because what the companies are gonna do is they're gonna they're gonna sell the automation. They're gonna sell the fact that hey, this can be cheaper, this should be cheaper. And companies are still going to buy into that sales pitch, and they're going to layoff workers. They're going to assign more work to people who are currently uh you know, having a job that might you know, be potentially uh abetted by automation. And in a lot of cases, what we see is that firms will go ahead and lay off workers, layoff service staff, and then the people who are remaining will be left with even more work.

And the companies, oh yeah, yeah, So.

And the companies, oh yeah, yeah, So.

We're gonna leave it there, Brian, We're gonna leave it there. What's the best website for folks to find you?

We're gonna leave it there, Brian, We're gonna leave it there. What's the best website for folks to find you?

Blood in Theemachine dot Com.

Blood in Theemachine dot Com.

Okay, awesome conversation. Thanks so much for joining me today. Really appreciate it. Brian Merchant, Blood in Theemachine dot Com eight A eight rich one O one eight eight seven four to two four one zero one more rich on Tech right after this, Welcome back.

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Oh, thanks, Rich. I appreciate the information on the new iOS eighteen.

Oh, thanks, Rich. I appreciate the information on the new iOS eighteen.

But you said it has the ability to.

But you said it has the ability to.

Hide apps, which as an adult for financial records like you mentioned, makes sense. But what about as a parent of teens. Is there any type of print of controls or overrides for that sort of.

Hide apps, which as an adult for financial records like you mentioned, makes sense. But what about as a parent of teens. Is there any type of print of controls or overrides for that sort of.

System.

System.

Yeah, great question, because you know the teenagers are going to really take advantage of this, and in many times they know more about their phones than we do. And I think in the past they've already had with of hiding apps, like with sneaky little shortcuts and things like that where they can change the icon or you know, my kids would put them like in a folder like buried Deep, so you wouldn't see what.

Yeah, great question, because you know the teenagers are going to really take advantage of this, and in many times they know more about their phones than we do. And I think in the past they've already had with of hiding apps, like with sneaky little shortcuts and things like that where they can change the icon or you know, my kids would put them like in a folder like buried Deep, so you wouldn't see what.

They have in there.

They have in there.

But according to Apple, children under thirteen in family sharing, So this is the main thing, is that you have to put your kids in your family sharing with Apple ID. If they have their own Apple ID, they could basically do whatever they want. So put them in a family sharing group if they're under thirteen, and of course you've signed them up with the proper age on their phone in their account they cannot lock or hide apps. So again, kids under thirteen in a family sharing group cannot hide or lock.

But according to Apple, children under thirteen in family sharing, So this is the main thing, is that you have to put your kids in your family sharing with Apple ID. If they have their own Apple ID, they could basically do whatever they want. So put them in a family sharing group if they're under thirteen, and of course you've signed them up with the proper age on their phone in their account they cannot lock or hide apps. So again, kids under thirteen in a family sharing group cannot hide or lock.

Apps in iOS eighteen.

Apps in iOS eighteen.

Now, if they are thirteen to seventeen and they're in a family group, they can lock or hide an app, but a parent or guardian in the family group can see the app was downloaded, how much time it's being used, and restrict access to it using screen time. So what they're saying there is that under thirteen can't hide her lock. Thirteen to seventeen they can hide er lock their apps. But when you go on to their list of apps that was downloaded, you can see in the list of like if they're using it a lot, you'll see it at the top of.

Now, if they are thirteen to seventeen and they're in a family group, they can lock or hide an app, but a parent or guardian in the family group can see the app was downloaded, how much time it's being used, and restrict access to it using screen time. So what they're saying there is that under thirteen can't hide her lock. Thirteen to seventeen they can hide er lock their apps. But when you go on to their list of apps that was downloaded, you can see in the list of like if they're using it a lot, you'll see it at the top of.

The list of screen time apps.

The list of screen time apps.

You can also block that app completely using screen time, so you can say that app is not allowed. Now, personally, if I was Apple and i think I'm getting a lot of questions about this, I've already seen a bunch of people asking about this, I think that Apple should straight up make a toggle in screen time. No matter what age the kid is, parents need to have the ability to turn off this feature. Why do kids need to lock or hide apps they're in your house. They are a kid, they are under your supervision. They should not be able to hide her lock apps. Now, maybe there are some reasons for this. I'm trying to think. Obviously, I can't think of every single situation that's known to mankind. And sure there may be an app that you know, teenager doesn't want their friends seeing on their on their phone or something like that or their iPad. So yes, I'm sure maybe there are some things. But again, maybe parents should have that option of being able to allow this or not allow it. So my great question, uh, get those kids inside the family sharing and you have the control. But we all know that screen time can be very, very complicated in general, and kids know how to use this stuff way better than a lot of their parents. So it is going to be tricky and it's going to cause some issues. And I think this, uh, this locking apps is going to cause issues in a lot of ways. You know, it's not just the kids that are doing this. I think it's going to be a lot of the adults as well. You know, people might be hiding apps that they don't want their spouses to see or something like that. So again, there are useful features and that's why Apple came out with this, but they're you know, no matter what, anytime there's a useful feature for something, people are going to find a more evil use of it as well.

You can also block that app completely using screen time, so you can say that app is not allowed. Now, personally, if I was Apple and i think I'm getting a lot of questions about this, I've already seen a bunch of people asking about this, I think that Apple should straight up make a toggle in screen time. No matter what age the kid is, parents need to have the ability to turn off this feature. Why do kids need to lock or hide apps they're in your house. They are a kid, they are under your supervision. They should not be able to hide her lock apps. Now, maybe there are some reasons for this. I'm trying to think. Obviously, I can't think of every single situation that's known to mankind. And sure there may be an app that you know, teenager doesn't want their friends seeing on their on their phone or something like that or their iPad. So yes, I'm sure maybe there are some things. But again, maybe parents should have that option of being able to allow this or not allow it. So my great question, uh, get those kids inside the family sharing and you have the control. But we all know that screen time can be very, very complicated in general, and kids know how to use this stuff way better than a lot of their parents. So it is going to be tricky and it's going to cause some issues. And I think this, uh, this locking apps is going to cause issues in a lot of ways. You know, it's not just the kids that are doing this. I think it's going to be a lot of the adults as well. You know, people might be hiding apps that they don't want their spouses to see or something like that. So again, there are useful features and that's why Apple came out with this, but they're you know, no matter what, anytime there's a useful feature for something, people are going to find a more evil use of it as well.

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Kevin online one Kevin, I only got two minutes, So Kevin and San Clementy, can you get your.

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Question in quick?

Question in quick?

I'll make you real quick. It's a two questions, but related these guys showing up on my Facebook. But how to turn off certain things on your computer?

I'll make you real quick. It's a two questions, but related these guys showing up on my Facebook. But how to turn off certain things on your computer?

Ie, if you do you.

Ie, if you do you.

Know X y Z, type in you know this, that and that or the other and it shows you what to turn off so you're not trapped on your computer. So my question is are those legit? And then related to that, also some of these softwares and I don't know if I can give a couple of the names that came through PC magazine that clean out all your computer information and people that have access to you and you know, some say they you know, track two hundred companies that follow you, five hundred companies that follow you.

Know X y Z, type in you know this, that and that or the other and it shows you what to turn off so you're not trapped on your computer. So my question is are those legit? And then related to that, also some of these softwares and I don't know if I can give a couple of the names that came through PC magazine that clean out all your computer information and people that have access to you and you know, some say they you know, track two hundred companies that follow you, five hundred companies that follow you.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, great question.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, great question.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So first off, on the first question, I'd be very careful with with you know, following some of these instructions, especially if you're getting into settings that you don't understand. So anytime you're doing something you don't understand, I would be careful because you can change something that might mess up your computer or your or whatever. I see all these things like about how to access secret codes on your phone to do things and stuff like that. If you don't understand that, I don't think you should be doing that. When it comes to tracking, uh, these there's there's millions of data broke. There's many many data brokers out there that have information about us. Consumer reports found that most of those data removal sites that you pay for don't really work very well and they're not worth the money. The two that they liked are called easy opt outs and opt e O P T E R Y.