Apple unveils the newest features for iPhone and a whole new look called liquid Glass. Google brings one of my favorite apps back from the dead, and Anchor recalls one of its most popular products. I'll have details on what to look for, plus your tech questions answered. What's going on on 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 eight eight eight rich one oh one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology. Email is also open. Just go to richon Tech dot tv and hit contact. We've got a couple of good guests this week. Stephanie Whitesman joins me to talk about Speech a Fly. If you're not familiar, this is the popular text to speech app that helps people listen to.

Apple unveils the newest features for iPhone and a whole new look called liquid Glass. Google brings one of my favorite apps back from the dead, and Anchor recalls one of its most popular products. I'll have details on what to look for, plus your tech questions answered. What's going on on 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 eight eight eight rich one oh one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology. Email is also open. Just go to richon Tech dot tv and hit contact. We've got a couple of good guests this week. Stephanie Whitesman joins me to talk about Speech a Fly. If you're not familiar, this is the popular text to speech app that helps people listen to.

The information they want to learn or absorb.

The information they want to learn or absorb.

I showed my wife that app last night and she was like, Oh, that's really cool. John Mills and Dave Merritt. You'll probably remember the name of this app, Watch Dudy. They're gonna explain how their app became a must have download during the LA wildfires back in January. Well, this week I drove up to Cooper Tino for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference twenty twenty five. You might be saying, Rich, why do you always drive? Are you afraid to fly?

I showed my wife that app last night and she was like, Oh, that's really cool. John Mills and Dave Merritt. You'll probably remember the name of this app, Watch Dudy. They're gonna explain how their app became a must have download during the LA wildfires back in January. Well, this week I drove up to Cooper Tino for Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference twenty twenty five. You might be saying, Rich, why do you always drive? Are you afraid to fly?

No?

No?

I am not.

I am not.

In fact, I love to fly, but I also love driving even more now I get it. It might be a couple of hours in the car, but this is a time for me. It's me time, time to think, time to reflect, and of course listen to audiobooks. I finished two of them on the trip. I actually did something I've never done before. I started reading the physical book and then I finished it with the audio version. Like I got halfway through the print and I was like, wait a second, I can listen to the rest of this thing, and of course flip around the dial. It's just fun to be in the car the open road. Isn't that like the dream? Just be there and enjoy things. So I got up to Apple Park, and I've been going to Apple events for years. The Bay Area feels very familiar to me. The Apple campus, if you've never been, is a very interesting place. I mean it's very new. You know, they just built this giant, spaceship looking campus.

In fact, I love to fly, but I also love driving even more now I get it. It might be a couple of hours in the car, but this is a time for me. It's me time, time to think, time to reflect, and of course listen to audiobooks. I finished two of them on the trip. I actually did something I've never done before. I started reading the physical book and then I finished it with the audio version. Like I got halfway through the print and I was like, wait a second, I can listen to the rest of this thing, and of course flip around the dial. It's just fun to be in the car the open road. Isn't that like the dream? Just be there and enjoy things. So I got up to Apple Park, and I've been going to Apple events for years. The Bay Area feels very familiar to me. The Apple campus, if you've never been, is a very interesting place. I mean it's very new. You know, they just built this giant, spaceship looking campus.

What is it like?

What is it like?

It is just like the iPhone, It's polished, it's elegant. There's so much thought put into the design. Think glass stone, curved edges, free snacks for the journalists, which is pretty cool. And I'm not kidding. They've got the visitor center that anyone can go to. You can't get on campus as a lay person, but anyone can go to the visitor center, which includes sort of a cafe and then an Apple Store.

It is just like the iPhone, It's polished, it's elegant. There's so much thought put into the design. Think glass stone, curved edges, free snacks for the journalists, which is pretty cool. And I'm not kidding. They've got the visitor center that anyone can go to. You can't get on campus as a lay person, but anyone can go to the visitor center, which includes sort of a cafe and then an Apple Store.

And it's a nice big Apple store. And I'm not kidding.

And it's a nice big Apple store. And I'm not kidding.

There are lines out the door to buy stuff at this Apple store because they sell shirts and things that you can only get at Apple Campus up in Coopertino. One sweatshirt in particular, they just launched It's only there thing sells for like eighty dollars.

There are lines out the door to buy stuff at this Apple store because they sell shirts and things that you can only get at Apple Campus up in Coopertino. One sweatshirt in particular, they just launched It's only there thing sells for like eighty dollars.

I'm not kidding.

I'm not kidding.

There's a line all day to buy that. All day long. I was gonna get a couple for the kids. By the time I got in there, I was like, na way, I'm not waiting this line. Sorry, kids, But the best part about getting to these Apple events is not only being their first person, but you know, seeing all the other tech people mingling, but also talking with the Apple folks who build this stuff. And I talk about this with every event I go to, whether it's Samsung, whether it's Google, whether it's Apple, any event, you get to talk to the people who build this stuff, who know it best, They know the features inside and out. Plus you get to see it all before the public does, so that's really cool. An Apple, of course, runs these events almost like a tech version of cirqu Da Sila.

There's a line all day to buy that. All day long. I was gonna get a couple for the kids. By the time I got in there, I was like, na way, I'm not waiting this line. Sorry, kids, But the best part about getting to these Apple events is not only being their first person, but you know, seeing all the other tech people mingling, but also talking with the Apple folks who build this stuff. And I talk about this with every event I go to, whether it's Samsung, whether it's Google, whether it's Apple, any event, you get to talk to the people who build this stuff, who know it best, They know the features inside and out. Plus you get to see it all before the public does, so that's really cool. An Apple, of course, runs these events almost like a tech version of cirqu Da Sila.

Right. It's all smooth.

Right. It's all smooth.

They've got everything figured out and nothing is left to chance. Although I will say, first time I've ever seen this at an Apple event, there was a protester. Someone jumped up in the audience, said he was an Apple employee and he was protesting something. But you know, and it was very interesting the way Apple handled it. They didn't jump on the guy. They sort of let him say what he wanted to say. No one skipped a beat on stage, but they just let him out. And I can guarantee you that guy's not an Apple employee anymore, probably not, But Anyway, if you want to get a similar experience to what it feels like going to the Apple campus, just walk into any Apple stores the same thing. It's like a little slice of tech utopia in a world that's not always perfect.

They've got everything figured out and nothing is left to chance. Although I will say, first time I've ever seen this at an Apple event, there was a protester. Someone jumped up in the audience, said he was an Apple employee and he was protesting something. But you know, and it was very interesting the way Apple handled it. They didn't jump on the guy. They sort of let him say what he wanted to say. No one skipped a beat on stage, but they just let him out. And I can guarantee you that guy's not an Apple employee anymore, probably not, But Anyway, if you want to get a similar experience to what it feels like going to the Apple campus, just walk into any Apple stores the same thing. It's like a little slice of tech utopia in a world that's not always perfect.

So what did Apple do?

So what did Apple do?

They previewed all their updates across the iPhone, the iPad, the Mac, the watch, Apple TV, and much more. They didn't really talk much about AI per se, and they didn't admit that Siri is behind in a but they did say that, you know, Siri is not where they want it to be, where they promised it would be last year.

They previewed all their updates across the iPhone, the iPad, the Mac, the watch, Apple TV, and much more. They didn't really talk much about AI per se, and they didn't admit that Siri is behind in a but they did say that, you know, Siri is not where they want it to be, where they promised it would be last year.

Apple has a way with words.

Apple has a way with words.

I'm sure this was very thoughtfully scripted, but they basically said the Smarter, the Smarter SII is coming next year or sometime in the next year. They said, So for now, what do we get? We get a lot of new stuff, but mostly software updates. Apple's new design style is called liquid Glass. Think smooth, rounded, translucent. Yes, kind of inspired by the campus that I just mentioned. It's also going to look bubbly and modern, and I think it's gonna be very polarizing. I had a chance to play with this, and it's very, very different than what we're used to on the iPhone. They also add a lot of depth and motion to the screen, so they have like these three D lock screens you can do like your pictures pop out. Almost Apple never uses the term three D, they use spatial. But yes, it's all very much inspired by that headset they came out with a couple of years ago called the Vision Pro and so all this is sort of inspired by Vision OS. And the other big announcement was that the version numbers will now match the year, so it's not gonna be iOS nineteen, it's gonna be iOS twenty six, kind of like the way car car designers do it. The model year for the car is like the next year, So now iOS twenty six is what we're getting on the iPhone. That was front and center. Lots of new features on the iPhone. Call screening is number one, so unknown callers will have to say why they're calling, and that will show up on your lock screen. So once they say hey, it's Jan from the furniture company, that will show up on the lock screen. You can decide if you want to answer it, ignore it, or block, but your phone won't even ring until this person says why they're calling, which is pretty smart. So that'll help get rid of a lot of the spam calls that just are nonsense. Then in messages, same thing, you've got a new filter for your unknown senders, because we get all these messages and say, hey, we've got a great job opportunity. You don't have to do anything, but we'll pay you up to three thousand dollars a day to do nothing. It's remote, by the way, Yeah, that's bogus, So that's gonna be filtered into its own thing. Then they've also got whold assist. So when the iPhone hears hold music, like if you're calling an airline utility company, your phone will say, hey, do you want us to hold for you?

I'm sure this was very thoughtfully scripted, but they basically said the Smarter, the Smarter SII is coming next year or sometime in the next year. They said, So for now, what do we get? We get a lot of new stuff, but mostly software updates. Apple's new design style is called liquid Glass. Think smooth, rounded, translucent. Yes, kind of inspired by the campus that I just mentioned. It's also going to look bubbly and modern, and I think it's gonna be very polarizing. I had a chance to play with this, and it's very, very different than what we're used to on the iPhone. They also add a lot of depth and motion to the screen, so they have like these three D lock screens you can do like your pictures pop out. Almost Apple never uses the term three D, they use spatial. But yes, it's all very much inspired by that headset they came out with a couple of years ago called the Vision Pro and so all this is sort of inspired by Vision OS. And the other big announcement was that the version numbers will now match the year, so it's not gonna be iOS nineteen, it's gonna be iOS twenty six, kind of like the way car car designers do it. The model year for the car is like the next year, So now iOS twenty six is what we're getting on the iPhone. That was front and center. Lots of new features on the iPhone. Call screening is number one, so unknown callers will have to say why they're calling, and that will show up on your lock screen. So once they say hey, it's Jan from the furniture company, that will show up on the lock screen. You can decide if you want to answer it, ignore it, or block, but your phone won't even ring until this person says why they're calling, which is pretty smart. So that'll help get rid of a lot of the spam calls that just are nonsense. Then in messages, same thing, you've got a new filter for your unknown senders, because we get all these messages and say, hey, we've got a great job opportunity. You don't have to do anything, but we'll pay you up to three thousand dollars a day to do nothing. It's remote, by the way, Yeah, that's bogus, So that's gonna be filtered into its own thing. Then they've also got whold assist. So when the iPhone hears hold music, like if you're calling an airline utility company, your phone will say, hey, do you want us to hold for you?

Now? It doesn't.

Now? It doesn't.

It just basically listens to the music and it waits for the person to pick up the customer service rep. And as soon as they pick up, they say, hey, hang on, hold on, I'm gonna go grab the person, and then your phone will make a sound. You run to your phone and now you can talk to them. So basically you can just do what you need to do while your phone is listening. What else, in messages, they've got these animated and colorful chat backgrounds, so now you can customize your chats. They've also got polls in your group chats, so if you want to ask everyone what they want for dinner on a Friday night, Hey, do you want pizza? Do you want tacos? You want Italian? Whatever, you can ask it in a poll. The Camera app is getting simplified, so now at the bottom there's just two big clear options, photo and video. If you want all your other options, you can tap or swipe and they're all there. It's just they're kind of hidden away until you need them. In the Photos app, they are bringing back the tabs that we miss so much, So now at the bottom you will see two tabs, one for your library, which is all of your pictures, and one for collections, which is the way it used to be. Live translation is getting expanded. Now you can live translate your calls, your messages FaceTime. Apple Maps is going to save a searchable list of all the places you visit often, which not everyone's gonna like.

It just basically listens to the music and it waits for the person to pick up the customer service rep. And as soon as they pick up, they say, hey, hang on, hold on, I'm gonna go grab the person, and then your phone will make a sound. You run to your phone and now you can talk to them. So basically you can just do what you need to do while your phone is listening. What else, in messages, they've got these animated and colorful chat backgrounds, so now you can customize your chats. They've also got polls in your group chats, so if you want to ask everyone what they want for dinner on a Friday night, Hey, do you want pizza? Do you want tacos? You want Italian? Whatever, you can ask it in a poll. The Camera app is getting simplified, so now at the bottom there's just two big clear options, photo and video. If you want all your other options, you can tap or swipe and they're all there. It's just they're kind of hidden away until you need them. In the Photos app, they are bringing back the tabs that we miss so much, So now at the bottom you will see two tabs, one for your library, which is all of your pictures, and one for collections, which is the way it used to be. Live translation is getting expanded. Now you can live translate your calls, your messages FaceTime. Apple Maps is going to save a searchable list of all the places you visit often, which not everyone's gonna like.

Thankfully, you can turn that off.

Thankfully, you can turn that off.

Visual Intelligence this is kind of Apple's version of Circle to Search. Not as good, but it's a start and it does work, so you can search photos you can copy text, search that text whatever you want. Let's see accessibility upgrades, Braille access, accessibility reader, and better live list and support. This is where you can use your iPhone mic to send audio to your air or your hearing aids. So your iPhone sort of acts as like a remote microphone. You can aim it towards the person you're trying to listen to. The Apple Watch gets a new AI workout Buddy Custom Motivation. It'll say, hey, you just ran you know, five miles. If you do zero point twenty five more, it'll be past your best mileage. Ever then they've got a new risk gesture on the Apple Watch. So now you can flick your risks, sort of rotate your wrist up and that will dismiss a notification or it will bring you back to the home screen. So are these updates revolutionary, No, but they're good little upgrades for the billion plus iPhone users out there, and to iPhone users they're new.

Visual Intelligence this is kind of Apple's version of Circle to Search. Not as good, but it's a start and it does work, so you can search photos you can copy text, search that text whatever you want. Let's see accessibility upgrades, Braille access, accessibility reader, and better live list and support. This is where you can use your iPhone mic to send audio to your air or your hearing aids. So your iPhone sort of acts as like a remote microphone. You can aim it towards the person you're trying to listen to. The Apple Watch gets a new AI workout Buddy Custom Motivation. It'll say, hey, you just ran you know, five miles. If you do zero point twenty five more, it'll be past your best mileage. Ever then they've got a new risk gesture on the Apple Watch. So now you can flick your risks, sort of rotate your wrist up and that will dismiss a notification or it will bring you back to the home screen. So are these updates revolutionary, No, but they're good little upgrades for the billion plus iPhone users out there, and to iPhone users they're new.

Now.

Now.

I know, if you're using an Android you're saying, rich, come on, give me a break. We've had these features forever. Yes you have, but you have to come from the aspect of the iPhone user. They're not interested in switching. They're not interested in changing things up to them. This is new on Android, you can download an app and customize anything you want on your phone. On Apple, it's just not that way. So they have to wait until Apple gives them these features, and for them, it's new. So what do you need to get these new features? I iPhone eleven or newer to get iOS twenty twenty six or iOS twenty six, or an iPhone se two or later, that's the twenty twenty model, of course. To get the AI features, you'll need an iPhone fifteen Pro or later. Now, there will be a public beta in July, but that could be filled with bugs, so I don't recommend that you put it on your phone or your phone that's your daily driver, but if you're curious, you can test it out in July.

I know, if you're using an Android you're saying, rich, come on, give me a break. We've had these features forever. Yes you have, but you have to come from the aspect of the iPhone user. They're not interested in switching. They're not interested in changing things up to them. This is new on Android, you can download an app and customize anything you want on your phone. On Apple, it's just not that way. So they have to wait until Apple gives them these features, and for them, it's new. So what do you need to get these new features? I iPhone eleven or newer to get iOS twenty twenty six or iOS twenty six, or an iPhone se two or later, that's the twenty twenty model, of course. To get the AI features, you'll need an iPhone fifteen Pro or later. Now, there will be a public beta in July, but that could be filled with bugs, so I don't recommend that you put it on your phone or your phone that's your daily driver, but if you're curious, you can test it out in July.

The final software will land in September. So there you have it.

The final software will land in September. So there you have it.

All the updates from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. I'll have more about what they announced throughout the show, but first let's get some of your calls eight a' eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, I'll tell you about the anchor recall they are recalling one of their power banks. I'll tell you which one and how to identify it and what you can do. This is rich on Tech. I don't know if this happened to you, but this happened to me this week. I was trying to do a whole bunch of things on my phone. None of them were working. This was Thursday, and I'm sitting there, Okay, first service doesn't work, second service doesn't work, third service doesn't work. And that I'm like, Okay, something is a little bit odd here. Well, turn out there was a major Google cloud outage that caused all kinds of disruptions across the Internet. And affected services were cloud Flare, Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, and even some AI coding tools.

All the updates from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. I'll have more about what they announced throughout the show, but first let's get some of your calls eight a' eight rich one oh one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Coming up, I'll tell you about the anchor recall they are recalling one of their power banks. I'll tell you which one and how to identify it and what you can do. This is rich on Tech. I don't know if this happened to you, but this happened to me this week. I was trying to do a whole bunch of things on my phone. None of them were working. This was Thursday, and I'm sitting there, Okay, first service doesn't work, second service doesn't work, third service doesn't work. And that I'm like, Okay, something is a little bit odd here. Well, turn out there was a major Google cloud outage that caused all kinds of disruptions across the Internet. And affected services were cloud Flare, Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, and even some AI coding tools.

So what happened? Let's see do we know what happened?

So what happened? Let's see do we know what happened?

Doesn't really say why it happened, but they're still assessing to see what.

Doesn't really say why it happened, but they're still assessing to see what.

I guess just went out.

I guess just went out.

But here's the takeaway from this is number one, you know, when these things happen, they seem to be to a cloud provider, and we often wonder, like what is going on here? So when in doubt, you got to go online and see. So I ended up posting to my Instagram saying here's what's happening, and of course the comments started flooding in from people saying, yeah, it's happening to me too. But the other thing is this just under this shows how much we are reliant on these cloud providers. Like you think you're using a service, but a lot of these services are relying on one of the big back end providers, which is Google, Amazon with AWS, and Microsoft with Azure. So these are the providers that are sort of the back end for a lot of these products that we use. So none of them are safe from this stuff. So again, major Google Cloud outage happened last week. That's what explains all of the issues that you might have experienced with some of your cloud services. Dario writes in on the website, I was recently shown a black and white photo of mine that was colorized, sharpened, and even animated. I'm curious what app would you recommend that can do this at a decent price. Well, there's a couple that I've tested, and I will tell you my favorites. Number one, if you want something that's just on the website, you can try my Heritage. They have a feature called in color and this is just a website where you can go to You do have to log in, but you can drop in a black and white photo and it will basically turn it into a color photo. The images will have a watermark, but it's free to use and it works. Then you've got remedy r e m I NI. This is an app that can restore old photos. Again, a lot of these apps are sort of freemium where they want you to subscribe or pay, but they'll do stuff even for free. And then the other one is photomine PHO t O m y N and this allows you to even scan your photos if you have them, old pictures, even slides and it will do all the stuff that you said. And of course they do have a free version, but if you want unlimited, you're gonna have to pay. But those are the three. I think the animated one is my heritage. I think they have the one's that animates your pictures. But that's that's an interesting effect. It kind of brings your old pictures to life. And it's a little little creepy, I'll be honest. I tested it out. So one of the more interesting things out there. Okay, we've got coming up, I'm gonna tell you about the Anchor recall. Anchor is a company that makes portable chargers very popular. This is a product that has been recommended by many tech folks over the years. It's one of those portable battery banks. And yeah, they are recalling it because of a potential fire. So I will tell you what to look for on that device, and I will tell you how to identify it and also what you can get replacement or some cash. And the website rich on tech dot tv I for we want more information. This is episode number one, twenty five. So if you go to the websit I search episode one, you can get show notes to every single thing that I talk about. And while you're there, please don't forget to sign up for my free newsletter. It's all online at richontech dot tv. My name is rich Demiro. More show coming up right after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple eight rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. Easy way to submit your emails there, just hit contact and you can get your question on the air. That way, it seems like sometimes it's interesting. Sometimes people prefer the website, sometimes people prefer the phone line.

But here's the takeaway from this is number one, you know, when these things happen, they seem to be to a cloud provider, and we often wonder, like what is going on here? So when in doubt, you got to go online and see. So I ended up posting to my Instagram saying here's what's happening, and of course the comments started flooding in from people saying, yeah, it's happening to me too. But the other thing is this just under this shows how much we are reliant on these cloud providers. Like you think you're using a service, but a lot of these services are relying on one of the big back end providers, which is Google, Amazon with AWS, and Microsoft with Azure. So these are the providers that are sort of the back end for a lot of these products that we use. So none of them are safe from this stuff. So again, major Google Cloud outage happened last week. That's what explains all of the issues that you might have experienced with some of your cloud services. Dario writes in on the website, I was recently shown a black and white photo of mine that was colorized, sharpened, and even animated. I'm curious what app would you recommend that can do this at a decent price. Well, there's a couple that I've tested, and I will tell you my favorites. Number one, if you want something that's just on the website, you can try my Heritage. They have a feature called in color and this is just a website where you can go to You do have to log in, but you can drop in a black and white photo and it will basically turn it into a color photo. The images will have a watermark, but it's free to use and it works. Then you've got remedy r e m I NI. This is an app that can restore old photos. Again, a lot of these apps are sort of freemium where they want you to subscribe or pay, but they'll do stuff even for free. And then the other one is photomine PHO t O m y N and this allows you to even scan your photos if you have them, old pictures, even slides and it will do all the stuff that you said. And of course they do have a free version, but if you want unlimited, you're gonna have to pay. But those are the three. I think the animated one is my heritage. I think they have the one's that animates your pictures. But that's that's an interesting effect. It kind of brings your old pictures to life. And it's a little little creepy, I'll be honest. I tested it out. So one of the more interesting things out there. Okay, we've got coming up, I'm gonna tell you about the Anchor recall. Anchor is a company that makes portable chargers very popular. This is a product that has been recommended by many tech folks over the years. It's one of those portable battery banks. And yeah, they are recalling it because of a potential fire. So I will tell you what to look for on that device, and I will tell you how to identify it and also what you can get replacement or some cash. And the website rich on tech dot tv I for we want more information. This is episode number one, twenty five. So if you go to the websit I search episode one, you can get show notes to every single thing that I talk about. And while you're there, please don't forget to sign up for my free newsletter. It's all online at richontech dot tv. My name is rich Demiro. More show coming up right after this. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at triple eight rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. Easy way to submit your emails there, just hit contact and you can get your question on the air. That way, it seems like sometimes it's interesting. Sometimes people prefer the website, sometimes people prefer the phone line.

Just sort of depends on.

Just sort of depends on.

Uh.

Uh.

I guess where the moon is that weekend.

I guess where the moon is that weekend.

I told you about this Anchor recall, So if you bought a portable charger from Anchor in the last few years, it could pose a fire hazard. This is a recall between Anchor and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. They're recalling their powercre ten thousand power bank. This is a very popular model of their power bank, model number A twelve sixty three. Again A twelve sixty three. These were sold in the US between June twenty sixteen and December twenty twenty two. They could overheat and catch fire. It's a very popular device. Many many folks tech folks have recommended Anchor products over the years, so there's probably a lot of these out there. The issue is obviously the battery. It could melt, smoke, or ignite. So check your unit. Look on the bottom from model A twelve sixty three, or you can go online to Anchor's online serial number checker to see that yours to confirm that yours is affected. If it qualifies, you can get a replacement or a thirty dollars gift card.

I told you about this Anchor recall, So if you bought a portable charger from Anchor in the last few years, it could pose a fire hazard. This is a recall between Anchor and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. They're recalling their powercre ten thousand power bank. This is a very popular model of their power bank, model number A twelve sixty three. Again A twelve sixty three. These were sold in the US between June twenty sixteen and December twenty twenty two. They could overheat and catch fire. It's a very popular device. Many many folks tech folks have recommended Anchor products over the years, so there's probably a lot of these out there. The issue is obviously the battery. It could melt, smoke, or ignite. So check your unit. Look on the bottom from model A twelve sixty three, or you can go online to Anchor's online serial number checker to see that yours to confirm that yours is affected. If it qualifies, you can get a replacement or a thirty dollars gift card.

My tip is, the.

My tip is, the.

Numbers are so tiny on this thing that you're not gonna be able to see them with your naked eye unless you are Superman. So you My advice is to take a picture of the little area with the model number and the serial number, and then zoom in on that picture once you take it, so you can actually read the numbers. You'll thank me later for that one. Again, if you have one of these, don't use it. Do not throw it in the trash. You have to dispose of it at a certified hazardous waste site, not your curb side recycling container. So go on my website. Rich on tech dot tv. I've got all the information on that anchor recall. That's a big one. A lot of people do have that. Let's see here. We got a question from Let's see. Christina from Los Angeles writes in Hey there, I was hoping you can help me with a few things.

Numbers are so tiny on this thing that you're not gonna be able to see them with your naked eye unless you are Superman. So you My advice is to take a picture of the little area with the model number and the serial number, and then zoom in on that picture once you take it, so you can actually read the numbers. You'll thank me later for that one. Again, if you have one of these, don't use it. Do not throw it in the trash. You have to dispose of it at a certified hazardous waste site, not your curb side recycling container. So go on my website. Rich on tech dot tv. I've got all the information on that anchor recall. That's a big one. A lot of people do have that. Let's see here. We got a question from Let's see. Christina from Los Angeles writes in Hey there, I was hoping you can help me with a few things.

Recently, I got a new iPhone.

Recently, I got a new iPhone.

My iCloud space is very limited because the things, mostly photos from my last phone, were carried onto the new one. I would really like to upload my photos onto one of those SD card readers. However, I would like to get one where an app isn't necessary. Do you know anything like that. Well, number one the caveat is I do not recommend that you only have these things on an SD card because if that card gets lost, stolen, ruined, that's it.

My iCloud space is very limited because the things, mostly photos from my last phone, were carried onto the new one. I would really like to upload my photos onto one of those SD card readers. However, I would like to get one where an app isn't necessary. Do you know anything like that. Well, number one the caveat is I do not recommend that you only have these things on an SD card because if that card gets lost, stolen, ruined, that's it.

There goes your photos.

There goes your photos.

So I do recommend that you expand your iCloud space if possible, keep these things in the cloud. That is the best way to keep them backed up, in addition to on your phone. Right, the ideal backup is in three places. Place number one is the original That would be your phone, Place number two would be iCloud, and place number three would be the SD card. So that is the ideal situation. Is everyone going to do that? Probably not. It's a lot of work to do that. So at the very least I would like them on your phone and an iCloud. iCloud is not very expensive. I understand the long term of this, but if you lose your pictures, like I get so many emails from people that do, it's a real bummer. People do not like losing their pictures, understandably. So with that said, I mean, yes, you can drag these onto a flash drive that you plug into the bottom of your phone. But that's going to take a really long time. I'm not sure why you don't want an app. So there's a great one from sand Disc. It's called the Phone Drive for iPhone. Mean, let me look this thing up sand Disc Phone Drive for iPhone.

So I do recommend that you expand your iCloud space if possible, keep these things in the cloud. That is the best way to keep them backed up, in addition to on your phone. Right, the ideal backup is in three places. Place number one is the original That would be your phone, Place number two would be iCloud, and place number three would be the SD card. So that is the ideal situation. Is everyone going to do that? Probably not. It's a lot of work to do that. So at the very least I would like them on your phone and an iCloud. iCloud is not very expensive. I understand the long term of this, but if you lose your pictures, like I get so many emails from people that do, it's a real bummer. People do not like losing their pictures, understandably. So with that said, I mean, yes, you can drag these onto a flash drive that you plug into the bottom of your phone. But that's going to take a really long time. I'm not sure why you don't want an app. So there's a great one from sand Disc. It's called the Phone Drive for iPhone. Mean, let me look this thing up sand Disc Phone Drive for iPhone.

Okay, very very simple. It's forty dollars.

Okay, very very simple. It's forty dollars.

You plug this into the bottom of your phone and it comes with an app that will back up the photos from your phone onto this little drive. It's a flash drive, same thing you've been using for years that you plug into your computer, but it plugs into the bottom of your phone. Did you mention the model number your phone, Well, you said you got a new iPhone, so I'm guessing it's USBC. So you plug this in forty dollars, gives you sixty four gigabytes. One hundred and twenty eight gigs is fifty dollars, and two hundred and fifty six gigs is seventy dollars.

You plug this into the bottom of your phone and it comes with an app that will back up the photos from your phone onto this little drive. It's a flash drive, same thing you've been using for years that you plug into your computer, but it plugs into the bottom of your phone. Did you mention the model number your phone, Well, you said you got a new iPhone, so I'm guessing it's USBC. So you plug this in forty dollars, gives you sixty four gigabytes. One hundred and twenty eight gigs is fifty dollars, and two hundred and fifty six gigs is seventy dollars.

Plug it into the bottom your phone and.

Plug it into the bottom your phone and.

It's it's got the nice fast speed and it's going to back up the photos from your phone.

It's it's got the nice fast speed and it's going to back up the photos from your phone.

That's what I would do.

That's what I would do.

This also by the word by the let's see, yeah, iPhone iPad a sand disc mobile app, So I don't see why you wouldn't want to use this with the app now, I think when you set app, maybe you meant you didn't want to use like an Amazon Photos or something like that. And by the way, that's another great way to back up your pictures. If you're an Amazon Prime Member, you can download the Amazon Photos app and back up your photos for free, unlimited amounts of them. As long as you are a Prime member, you'll be able to keep that. If you're not a Prime member, you'll want to download those. But the good news is you got to get these things into a couple of different places. So again, this is called the sand disc phone drive for iPhone. It's a little flask drive. You can plug it right into the bottom of your phone, back up those pictures and it's gonna be super easy.

This also by the word by the let's see, yeah, iPhone iPad a sand disc mobile app, So I don't see why you wouldn't want to use this with the app now, I think when you set app, maybe you meant you didn't want to use like an Amazon Photos or something like that. And by the way, that's another great way to back up your pictures. If you're an Amazon Prime Member, you can download the Amazon Photos app and back up your photos for free, unlimited amounts of them. As long as you are a Prime member, you'll be able to keep that. If you're not a Prime member, you'll want to download those. But the good news is you got to get these things into a couple of different places. So again, this is called the sand disc phone drive for iPhone. It's a little flask drive. You can plug it right into the bottom of your phone, back up those pictures and it's gonna be super easy.

Let's see. Is it even cheaper on Amazon?

Let's see. Is it even cheaper on Amazon?

Probably is, No, it's not same price on Amazon thirty nine to ninety five, thirty nine ninety nine. That's a great gift for dad too, Father's Day weekend. Why not get him that, get his pictures backed up?

Probably is, No, it's not same price on Amazon thirty nine to ninety five, thirty nine ninety nine. That's a great gift for dad too, Father's Day weekend. Why not get him that, get his pictures backed up?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Nintendo switched to We talked about this on the show. Officially the fastest selling game system of all time, Nintendo says it sold three point five million switch to consoles in just four days. That makes it the fastest selling home video game console ever. Yes, ahead of the PS five and PS four for comparison.

Nintendo switched to We talked about this on the show. Officially the fastest selling game system of all time, Nintendo says it sold three point five million switch to consoles in just four days. That makes it the fastest selling home video game console ever. Yes, ahead of the PS five and PS four for comparison.

This is from the Verge.

This is from the Verge.

They said the PS five took seven weeks to reach four point four million units, the PS four took two point one sold two point one million in sixteen days. So people were excited. Why well, pent up demand this thing. It's been eight years since they had a new switch console. Nintendo very smart and the way they marketed this, and there were some tariff concerns. People want to buy early because they're not sure if the price is going to go up. We haven't seen that happen with this, but we did on the accessories. They did raise some prices there, but not on the switch itself. Nintendo wants to sell fifteen million of these by March twenty twenty six.

They said the PS five took seven weeks to reach four point four million units, the PS four took two point one sold two point one million in sixteen days. So people were excited. Why well, pent up demand this thing. It's been eight years since they had a new switch console. Nintendo very smart and the way they marketed this, and there were some tariff concerns. People want to buy early because they're not sure if the price is going to go up. We haven't seen that happen with this, but we did on the accessories. They did raise some prices there, but not on the switch itself. Nintendo wants to sell fifteen million of these by March twenty twenty six.

Seems like they will.

Seems like they will.

The original Switch sold one hundred and fifty million, but that's been out for eight years. The question is can Nintendo keep this momentum going. They need some really good titles to get this thing going, that's for sure. Right now, they've got the Mario Kart World, which is different but it's familiar. And then they've got Donkey Kong Bonanza coming out and that. You know, those are two good games, but they are not console selling games. That's the thing. If you have one of the old consoles, what's the reason to upgrade? You got to be a diehard Nintendo fan. It sounds like they found those three point five million diehards in the first four days. Now they've got to find many more, and of course we've got a bunch of months until the holidays. This thing is not as easy to get as walking into a stor right now, but if you put your mind to.

The original Switch sold one hundred and fifty million, but that's been out for eight years. The question is can Nintendo keep this momentum going. They need some really good titles to get this thing going, that's for sure. Right now, they've got the Mario Kart World, which is different but it's familiar. And then they've got Donkey Kong Bonanza coming out and that. You know, those are two good games, but they are not console selling games. That's the thing. If you have one of the old consoles, what's the reason to upgrade? You got to be a diehard Nintendo fan. It sounds like they found those three point five million diehards in the first four days. Now they've got to find many more, and of course we've got a bunch of months until the holidays. This thing is not as easy to get as walking into a stor right now, but if you put your mind to.

It, you'll be able to get it again. That's a Nintendo switch too.

It, you'll be able to get it again. That's a Nintendo switch too.

If you want to see my thoughts on that, you can go to my website rich on Tech dot tv look at last week's newsletter. All right, coming up, I've been playing with this downloaded the Developer beta iPad os twenty six.

If you want to see my thoughts on that, you can go to my website rich on Tech dot tv look at last week's newsletter. All right, coming up, I've been playing with this downloaded the Developer beta iPad os twenty six.

I'm not kidding.

I'm not kidding.

It turns your iPad into more like a Windows machine. I'll explain coming up right here on rich on Tech Welcome back, to rich on Tech rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology at triple eight Rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. I know a lot of you are looking for the show notes on the Anchor recall that is in the show Notes episode one twenty five. You can find the link there to check your serial number see if you can get a replacement for your Anchor PowerCore one thousand, model number twelve sixty three. It's unfortunate, you know, Anchor I think has had a pretty good track record up until now. But you know, these things happen. They're manufacturing these things at scale. We never want to see a recall, especially on such a popular product, but it does happen. Did they say how many they had out there? Let's see, they didn't. Trying to see if they have a number. Sometimes they'll include like a number of how many they've had. Now they didn't say that. So earlier I was talking about the WWDC announcements. One of those, one of the biggest changes I would argue bigger than the iPhone is iPad OS twenty six and Apple made a huge change here to the way that the iPad works. The software is getting a complete overhaul and it is now more like a desktop computer. This is something that people have been wondering when Apple would do for a long time. The problem is it's very confusing for Apple because they've got this iPad and then they've got the Mac laptops. What's the difference at this point. They both can have a keyboard, they both can have a lot of different apps. So one is touchscreen, one is not. Now with this software, you could probably install this software on a MacBook. I mean you can't, but I'm just saying if they wanted to, and it's the same thing. It's it's basically Windows. I mean a windowing It's not Windows like Microsoft, but a windoing system. So each app now can be in its own window. And I was playing with it this morning and yeah, I mean it's not polished just yet, like I think it's a little quirky, but it's there and it's what people wanted. You could just open up a whole bunch of apps, arrange them, resize, put them all over your screen. It's not like the old days of the iPad operating system where you had to snap everything into grids. No, now everything is free floating. Now, don't forget. This does not come out until September, so you can't get this right now. But the developers have access. So I have the developers beta, which means I can play with this. And I also got the hands on up at Apple's campus in Coopertino, so I've gotten to play with this extensively from the experts that showed me how to use it.

It turns your iPad into more like a Windows machine. I'll explain coming up right here on rich on Tech Welcome back, to rich on Tech rich Demiro here hanging out with you talking technology at triple eight Rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. I know a lot of you are looking for the show notes on the Anchor recall that is in the show Notes episode one twenty five. You can find the link there to check your serial number see if you can get a replacement for your Anchor PowerCore one thousand, model number twelve sixty three. It's unfortunate, you know, Anchor I think has had a pretty good track record up until now. But you know, these things happen. They're manufacturing these things at scale. We never want to see a recall, especially on such a popular product, but it does happen. Did they say how many they had out there? Let's see, they didn't. Trying to see if they have a number. Sometimes they'll include like a number of how many they've had. Now they didn't say that. So earlier I was talking about the WWDC announcements. One of those, one of the biggest changes I would argue bigger than the iPhone is iPad OS twenty six and Apple made a huge change here to the way that the iPad works. The software is getting a complete overhaul and it is now more like a desktop computer. This is something that people have been wondering when Apple would do for a long time. The problem is it's very confusing for Apple because they've got this iPad and then they've got the Mac laptops. What's the difference at this point. They both can have a keyboard, they both can have a lot of different apps. So one is touchscreen, one is not. Now with this software, you could probably install this software on a MacBook. I mean you can't, but I'm just saying if they wanted to, and it's the same thing. It's it's basically Windows. I mean a windowing It's not Windows like Microsoft, but a windoing system. So each app now can be in its own window. And I was playing with it this morning and yeah, I mean it's not polished just yet, like I think it's a little quirky, but it's there and it's what people wanted. You could just open up a whole bunch of apps, arrange them, resize, put them all over your screen. It's not like the old days of the iPad operating system where you had to snap everything into grids. No, now everything is free floating. Now, don't forget. This does not come out until September, so you can't get this right now. But the developers have access. So I have the developers beta, which means I can play with this. And I also got the hands on up at Apple's campus in Coopertino, so I've gotten to play with this extensively from the experts that showed me how to use it.

So you've got your windows where you can put them anywhere you want.

So you've got your windows where you can put them anywhere you want.

You can also tile them if you've got an expose a view, which means you can move your there's like a swipe up or I'll show you all of your windows at once. And this brings that new liquid glass design. So again the liquid glass thing. I think some people are gonna love it. Some people are not gonna like it. It's very polarizing if you ask me, because it's such a departure from what we've had. Oh, by the way, you can now have background tasks on the iPad. That's something that's never been done before. Why well, if you want to edit a video and final cut on the iPad, you can export it and do other things while that's exporting in the background. Yeah, this is a whole new way to think about the iPad. What else here folders. The folders now were in the dock, so you can put folders in your dock, which means you can access files much easier.

You can also tile them if you've got an expose a view, which means you can move your there's like a swipe up or I'll show you all of your windows at once. And this brings that new liquid glass design. So again the liquid glass thing. I think some people are gonna love it. Some people are not gonna like it. It's very polarizing if you ask me, because it's such a departure from what we've had. Oh, by the way, you can now have background tasks on the iPad. That's something that's never been done before. Why well, if you want to edit a video and final cut on the iPad, you can export it and do other things while that's exporting in the background. Yeah, this is a whole new way to think about the iPad. What else here folders. The folders now were in the dock, so you can put folders in your dock, which means you can access files much easier.

Again just like a Mac computer.

Again just like a Mac computer.

The files app is all new, so you've got all kinds of customizations you can have in the files app. You can have it you view the files in different ways, you can list them, sort them whatever you want. You can also make them color like you can make all the files different colors to file folders, and you can add emojis to them as well. So again big departure. And then you've got the new Preview app which is coming to the iPad. So before you could look at PDFs on the iPad, no problem. Now this is like the entire Preview app is on the iPad. So if you want to view a PDF, market up fill in things, Apple pencil is on there, autofill is on there, again, more like a computer. The Journal app is also coming to the iPad. If you use that, they've got three D graphing and the math notes they've got a calligraphy pen in the notes app, which is interesting. I used to love cligraphy pens when I was a kid. I know, I was a Weirdoh I still am.

The files app is all new, so you've got all kinds of customizations you can have in the files app. You can have it you view the files in different ways, you can list them, sort them whatever you want. You can also make them color like you can make all the files different colors to file folders, and you can add emojis to them as well. So again big departure. And then you've got the new Preview app which is coming to the iPad. So before you could look at PDFs on the iPad, no problem. Now this is like the entire Preview app is on the iPad. So if you want to view a PDF, market up fill in things, Apple pencil is on there, autofill is on there, again, more like a computer. The Journal app is also coming to the iPad. If you use that, they've got three D graphing and the math notes they've got a calligraphy pen in the notes app, which is interesting. I used to love cligraphy pens when I was a kid. I know, I was a Weirdoh I still am.

Whatever.

Whatever.

Cligraphy is cool, Like I used to have the clicker, like I used to have to get the cligraphy pen and then the ink cartridge. You would snap into it and that thing nine out of ten times would leak all over you and you would just have ink everywhere.

Cligraphy is cool, Like I used to have the clicker, like I used to have to get the cligraphy pen and then the ink cartridge. You would snap into it and that thing nine out of ten times would leak all over you and you would just have ink everywhere.

But it was super cool.

But it was super cool.

Yes, So the public beta coming next month, that is in July, and the full release will be in this fall. This is gonna support iPads with the A sixteen chip or later or the M one chip or later, So a sixteen chip, M one chip. If you want to see what you've got in your iPad, you can go into the settings about type that into Google and see what you've got inside. Sometimes it says it on the iPad the chip. I think, all right, I've done a lot about Apple. Let's give you a Samsung users something fun. If you have a Samsung Galaxy, you can get a year of Perplexity Pro for free right now, no strings attached. This is one of the top AI assistants. If you're not familiar with Perplexity check it out Perplexity dot ai what perplexity. What's unique about Perplexity is the way that it gives you a full answer to your question. And yes, these are things that Google can do, these are things that chatcybt can do, things that copilot can do, but Perplexity kind of they kind of came out with this first. So if you say something like give me a full biography on actually say, that's not even a good idea. You can just type in something like someone's name, like a famous actor, Adam, give me a famous actor's name.

Yes, So the public beta coming next month, that is in July, and the full release will be in this fall. This is gonna support iPads with the A sixteen chip or later or the M one chip or later, So a sixteen chip, M one chip. If you want to see what you've got in your iPad, you can go into the settings about type that into Google and see what you've got inside. Sometimes it says it on the iPad the chip. I think, all right, I've done a lot about Apple. Let's give you a Samsung users something fun. If you have a Samsung Galaxy, you can get a year of Perplexity Pro for free right now, no strings attached. This is one of the top AI assistants. If you're not familiar with Perplexity check it out Perplexity dot ai what perplexity. What's unique about Perplexity is the way that it gives you a full answer to your question. And yes, these are things that Google can do, these are things that chatcybt can do, things that copilot can do, but Perplexity kind of they kind of came out with this first. So if you say something like give me a full biography on actually say, that's not even a good idea. You can just type in something like someone's name, like a famous actor, Adam, give me a famous actor's name.

Okay, Tom Cruise.

Okay, Tom Cruise.

So when you type in Tom Cruise, immediately says Tom Cruise, movies, age, net worth, height, mission impossible. Maybe I just want to Tom Cruise bio boom. Type that in and now it gives me a full response of everything you need to know about Tom Cruise, stuff that previously you might have had to look up on Google click a million links and find this stuff. No, now it's got everything, and by the way, it's all recent and in real time, and then at the end it gives you a whole bunch of related questions. So it's really really a nice way of learning. And I love their feature which is Current Events, so you can search all their current events are sorry. Discover is their main kind of like almost like their news, so you can go through and look up just all the current events, all the stuff that's happening, and it's all in real time. It's really really well done. So how do you get this for free? What do you get with the pro Well, you get unlimited pro searches, access to all the different models, they have image generation file uploads, AI summaries.

So when you type in Tom Cruise, immediately says Tom Cruise, movies, age, net worth, height, mission impossible. Maybe I just want to Tom Cruise bio boom. Type that in and now it gives me a full response of everything you need to know about Tom Cruise, stuff that previously you might have had to look up on Google click a million links and find this stuff. No, now it's got everything, and by the way, it's all recent and in real time, and then at the end it gives you a whole bunch of related questions. So it's really really a nice way of learning. And I love their feature which is Current Events, so you can search all their current events are sorry. Discover is their main kind of like almost like their news, so you can go through and look up just all the current events, all the stuff that's happening, and it's all in real time. It's really really well done. So how do you get this for free? What do you get with the pro Well, you get unlimited pro searches, access to all the different models, they have image generation file uploads, AI summaries.

All kinds of stuff.

All kinds of stuff.

It's basically just the best that they have to offer for twenty dollars a month, but you're getting it for free.

It's basically just the best that they have to offer for twenty dollars a month, but you're getting it for free.

If you have a Galaxy phone, how do you do this?

If you have a Galaxy phone, how do you do this?

If you have Perplexity on your Samsung phone, go ahead and delete it and then you have to re download it from the Samsung Galaxy Store. Did you even know that Samsung had their own store? Probably not, but now you do. And that's why they're doing deals like this, because they want you to go in that store and see what there is to offer. Download Perplexity from the Samsung Galaxy Store, sign up or log in, do not give any credit card, no information about payment, and then all of a sudden it will upgrade you magically to Perplexity Pro for a year, and you should get an email that says you've been upgraded and now you have access to all this great stuff. I went ahead once I did this and installed this now in all my phones, and that's what they want you to do. They want you to use Perplexity Pro because there's a lot of competition in the AI world.

If you have Perplexity on your Samsung phone, go ahead and delete it and then you have to re download it from the Samsung Galaxy Store. Did you even know that Samsung had their own store? Probably not, but now you do. And that's why they're doing deals like this, because they want you to go in that store and see what there is to offer. Download Perplexity from the Samsung Galaxy Store, sign up or log in, do not give any credit card, no information about payment, and then all of a sudden it will upgrade you magically to Perplexity Pro for a year, and you should get an email that says you've been upgraded and now you have access to all this great stuff. I went ahead once I did this and installed this now in all my phones, and that's what they want you to do. They want you to use Perplexity Pro because there's a lot of competition in the AI world.

You've got Perplexity Now.

You've got Perplexity Now.

I think that Google's AI mode is excellent, and I would say it's the closest to Perplexity. I would say it's a direct response to Perplexity. That's why they had to make.

I think that Google's AI mode is excellent, and I would say it's the closest to Perplexity. I would say it's a direct response to Perplexity. That's why they had to make.

This in Google. So but again, Perplexity's been doing it longer. They do a great job.

This in Google. So but again, Perplexity's been doing it longer. They do a great job.

I'll put the information on how to claim the free year Perplexity Pro on my website.

I'll put the information on how to claim the free year Perplexity Pro on my website.

Rich on Tech dot TV. All right, coming up, I'll tell you which.

Rich on Tech dot TV. All right, coming up, I'll tell you which.

App is back with a surprise redesign on the iPhone. This is rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at triple eight Rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. There you can go to get show notes. You can also sign up for my newsletter and uh see what we're talking about here on the rich On Tech Radio show. Coming up this hour, we've got some guests. Well, we've got Stephanie Weitzman to talk about speech a FI. If you haven't tried this app, it is really it's really interesting. It basically takes any article pretty much anything you want to read, uh, but it makes it so you can listen to it. So it's a text to speech app. Works on your phone, works on your computer. And I even did my own voice, Like I recorded my own voice into this app last night. You can create an AI clone so you can listen to yourself talking. Should I see if I can play that? Let's see here, Uh so you it doesn't take very long to do it at all. So let's see this is uh oh gosh, this is Steve Job's speech that he gave many years ago at a commencement. Of course, it's got to process the file, so maybe that's not going to work so well right now, I might have to come back to that. Let's see if I have a something that's already processed. There we go, okay, right now Gwyneth Paltrow is my voice. But here's here's my own voice rich on tech. Let's see if this sounds like me.

App is back with a surprise redesign on the iPhone. This is rich on Tech. Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you talking technology at triple eight Rich one O one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. The website for the show rich on Tech dot TV. There you can go to get show notes. You can also sign up for my newsletter and uh see what we're talking about here on the rich On Tech Radio show. Coming up this hour, we've got some guests. Well, we've got Stephanie Weitzman to talk about speech a FI. If you haven't tried this app, it is really it's really interesting. It basically takes any article pretty much anything you want to read, uh, but it makes it so you can listen to it. So it's a text to speech app. Works on your phone, works on your computer. And I even did my own voice, Like I recorded my own voice into this app last night. You can create an AI clone so you can listen to yourself talking. Should I see if I can play that? Let's see here, Uh so you it doesn't take very long to do it at all. So let's see this is uh oh gosh, this is Steve Job's speech that he gave many years ago at a commencement. Of course, it's got to process the file, so maybe that's not going to work so well right now, I might have to come back to that. Let's see if I have a something that's already processed. There we go, okay, right now Gwyneth Paltrow is my voice. But here's here's my own voice rich on tech. Let's see if this sounds like me.

Tell me if you.

Tell me if you.

In a more theoretical discussion about the simulation.

In a more theoretical discussion about the simulation.

Theory, like I don't know if that sounds like living in a digital facsimile.

Theory, like I don't know if that sounds like living in a digital facsimile.

Of I don't think so. Okay, So here's what I did. I think I re courted it. I was in like a very echoe room, and I did it kind of very in passing. So I'm gonna do it in the studio here. I'll, you know, I'll do it during the break. I'll record it. Only takes like twenty seconds, so I'll pretend that never happened. But we do have Stephanie Weisman to talk about Speech of five, really really interesting app that reads anything to you out loud.

Of I don't think so. Okay, So here's what I did. I think I re courted it. I was in like a very echoe room, and I did it kind of very in passing. So I'm gonna do it in the studio here. I'll, you know, I'll do it during the break. I'll record it. Only takes like twenty seconds, so I'll pretend that never happened. But we do have Stephanie Weisman to talk about Speech of five, really really interesting app that reads anything to you out loud.

And then we've got more.

And then we've got more.

Of your questions, emails, calls, all that good stuff, plus the tech news of the week. This was really interesting. Sam Altman, I don't know if you're reading his blog posts, but the guy has a lot of thoughts. He's the uh, you know, the guy behind open ai chat EBT. He's got a lot of thoughts on things. He says that the gentle singularity is underway. So he says, AI superintelligence is already in motion, and we're already in the early stages. It's very gradual, right. Systems like CHATCHYBT says, are he being used by hundreds of millions already every day, and they're more capable than any individual human in some areas. Think about that, they've already created kind of like the smartest being in the world.

Of your questions, emails, calls, all that good stuff, plus the tech news of the week. This was really interesting. Sam Altman, I don't know if you're reading his blog posts, but the guy has a lot of thoughts. He's the uh, you know, the guy behind open ai chat EBT. He's got a lot of thoughts on things. He says that the gentle singularity is underway. So he says, AI superintelligence is already in motion, and we're already in the early stages. It's very gradual, right. Systems like CHATCHYBT says, are he being used by hundreds of millions already every day, and they're more capable than any individual human in some areas. Think about that, they've already created kind of like the smartest being in the world.

And it's not like Google.

And it's not like Google.

Right, Google's very smart, has all the answers, but it's not the same as a chat GPT where it synthesizes things from a lot of different places. So here's his timeline of AI growth twenty twenty five, AI agents doing meaningful cognitive work that's sort of happening right now, twenty twenty six. Next year, he believes that AI systems will make original scientific discoveries. They will see things that humans have missed or never we're able to do. They will figure them out, and then in twenty twenty seven robots capable of real world tasks.

Right, Google's very smart, has all the answers, but it's not the same as a chat GPT where it synthesizes things from a lot of different places. So here's his timeline of AI growth twenty twenty five, AI agents doing meaningful cognitive work that's sort of happening right now, twenty twenty six. Next year, he believes that AI systems will make original scientific discoveries. They will see things that humans have missed or never we're able to do. They will figure them out, and then in twenty twenty seven robots capable of real world tasks.

Think about that.

Think about that.

Right now, AI lives in a little chatbot, little chat screen on your computer, on your phone, But imagine when this this smarts, these smarts are built into a humanoid robot, which many companies are working on right now, and you can teach them to do things like right now, if you go into chat GBT and you need to do something, you can teach it how to do that. So that is the main thing that you need to know about that. Whatever you want to teach chat GBT, it will figure it out. You say, here's how I do this, Now do it, and yes, it will do it. But imagine when you can put that into a robot. That's when it's going to get really interesting. So he believes that intelligence and energy will become abundant, removing long standing barriers to progress. And if you're wondering, by the way, about this whole have you heard this thing like, oh, just one question on chat GBT uses a gallon of water or you know, enough electricity to power up a whole city. So he addresses that a single question on chat GBT, a single query uses about point three four wat hours of electricity. Now what does that mean? Nobody knows, but he says it it's about what an oven uses in one second. And then how about the water point zero zero zero zero eight five.

Right now, AI lives in a little chatbot, little chat screen on your computer, on your phone, But imagine when this this smarts, these smarts are built into a humanoid robot, which many companies are working on right now, and you can teach them to do things like right now, if you go into chat GBT and you need to do something, you can teach it how to do that. So that is the main thing that you need to know about that. Whatever you want to teach chat GBT, it will figure it out. You say, here's how I do this, Now do it, and yes, it will do it. But imagine when you can put that into a robot. That's when it's going to get really interesting. So he believes that intelligence and energy will become abundant, removing long standing barriers to progress. And if you're wondering, by the way, about this whole have you heard this thing like, oh, just one question on chat GBT uses a gallon of water or you know, enough electricity to power up a whole city. So he addresses that a single question on chat GBT, a single query uses about point three four wat hours of electricity. Now what does that mean? Nobody knows, but he says it it's about what an oven uses in one second. And then how about the water point zero zero zero zero eight five.

Gallons of water?

Gallons of water?

Per query that's around one fifteenth of a teaspoon of water, so probably had to use chat GBT for those conversions. He compares what we're going through is a slow motion singularity, massive changes that feels gradual because we're living through it. Two years ago. If you would have thought about the stuff that chatchbt could do, you wouldn't believe it. Now people are doing it every day, synthesizing things, summarizing things, coming up with business plans, proofreading things, writing essays, writing stories. I was using Google's vo today VO three, which is their AI video generator. Oh, I haven't even talked about this on the show. It is so incredible. It is unbelievable. It creates high quality eight second videos with AI. You type what you want it to do and it makes that and you can do anything. It is unbelievable. By the way, it also has speech and audio, so if you want a bird pecking at a tree in a sci fi world, it can do that. It generates stuff that is just so realistic. I'm my mind is boggled right now.

Per query that's around one fifteenth of a teaspoon of water, so probably had to use chat GBT for those conversions. He compares what we're going through is a slow motion singularity, massive changes that feels gradual because we're living through it. Two years ago. If you would have thought about the stuff that chatchbt could do, you wouldn't believe it. Now people are doing it every day, synthesizing things, summarizing things, coming up with business plans, proofreading things, writing essays, writing stories. I was using Google's vo today VO three, which is their AI video generator. Oh, I haven't even talked about this on the show. It is so incredible. It is unbelievable. It creates high quality eight second videos with AI. You type what you want it to do and it makes that and you can do anything. It is unbelievable. By the way, it also has speech and audio, so if you want a bird pecking at a tree in a sci fi world, it can do that. It generates stuff that is just so realistic. I'm my mind is boggled right now.

Now.

Now.

You do have to, I think, to use this you have to have a membership to Google's AI, which I do, but unbelievable.

You do have to, I think, to use this you have to have a membership to Google's AI, which I do, but unbelievable.

The ultra plan.

The ultra plan.

If you want the real like right now, I only have access to Vo three Fast, which is just their fast generation. That's like twenty dollars a month. If you want VO three, which is their ultra like high quality, you gotta pay for the Google's ultraplan, which is two hundred and fifty dollars a month. And some people will do that, Like there will be someone who uses this to create an entire music video, an entire movie. But again it's got to be eight second clips. But again, it's got native audio generation as well, which is the new thing. So it's called they call it flow, that's their video generator. I mean all these things like we're gonna need like a class just in the names of all these AI products. But is he what does Altman continue to say? Here's a great examp. I thought he gave the greatest example in this blog post about how AI is being used versus how social media algorithms were being used. He warned about the risks of misaligned AI, and the best example he gave was social media algorithms who do they favor?