June 27, 2025 • 58 mins
In this week’s episode of the JMOR Tech Talk Show, I, John C. Morley—serial entrepreneur, tech enthusiast, and podcast coach—dive into 14 of the most talked-about tech stories shaking the world. From Malaysia’s legal strike on Telegram and a robot that plays badminton 🏸, to Waymo’s NYC robotaxi expansion 🚕, TikTok’s sale deadline drama ⏳, and Google’s AI search mode threatening web traffic 🌐, there’s no shortage of disruption. We explore pet tracking tech 🐾, celebrities launching phone companies 📱, and the shocking acquittal in an AI robocall trial 📞. Plus, Honda lands its first reusable rocket 🚀, major internet outages hit Spotify and Google ⚡, experts cast doubt on Trump’s T1 phone 🇺🇸, Chinese hackers breach Viasat 🛰️, and Nintendo bricks hacked Switch 2 consoles 🎮. Get the full story now—my podcast drops within 24 hours at thejmortechtalkshow.podbean.com and exclusive content is waiting at believemeachieve.com!
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Hi everyone, I'm John C. Morley, the host of
The JMOR Tech Talk Show and Inspirations for
Your Life.
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Well, hey guys, it is John Seymour here,
serial entrepreneur, and it is great to be
with you.
It is June 27, 2025, and welcome to
The JMOR Tech Talk Show.
Great to be with you guys.
Some amazing stuff happening in the tech world,
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All right, everyone.
And so let's just kick off today's show.
So for those of you who don't know,
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I want to just first welcome you to
The JMOR Tech Talk Show.
We are every single Friday, but of course,
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.com for more of my amazing, inspiring creations.
And I know, guys, with a lot of
stuff happening, sometimes you might miss something.
That's perfectly okay to miss stuff, because missing
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things, because there's so much in the world
happening, I find that people get very curious
about things.
And so I love to just kind of
like refresh people on stuff, right?
So welcome, everyone.
Welcome to another powerful and yet very thought
-provoking episode of, of course, the JMOR Tech
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Talk Show.
I'm your host, of course, serial entrepreneur, video
producer, engineer, John C.
Morley, also tech enthusiast, and not only just
a podcast host, but podcast coach as well.
As I said, I'm very passionate about decoding
the latest innovations, trends, and disruptions shaping our
digital world.
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Each week, I bring you tech stories that
matter, from breakthroughs and ethical debates to risks
shaping our digital future.
Get ready, everyone, to explore this week's most
amazing, important tech developments in a way that's
insightful, inspiring, and easy to understand for everyone
of all ages.
So let's just dive right in, all right?
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Number one, Malaysia court order hits Telegram, ouch.
So Malaysia's government is cracking down, and it's
about time they did, on harmful online content
with a court order targeting Telegram for failing
to control disruptive material.
This landmark move marks the start of a
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tougher yet social media reform law in the
country.
A reminder that platforms with global reach face
rising pressures to police their content.
And I think this is important, guys, for
every single person that's out there, regardless of
whether you're in tech or if you're not
in tech.
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I think it's very important to understand this
because we have to, as I said before,
we have to be mindful of what it
is we're doing and why we're doing certain
things.
So I think that's a very important thing.
But to dive in there, Malaysia's communication regulator
has obtained a temporary court order against the
messaging app, Telegram, and two of its channels,
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Edisi Saisat and Edisi Kahas, for allegedly spreading
content that could disrupt public trust and societal
harmony.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission cited Telegram's
repeated failure to act on flag content as
the reason for the legal move.
While Telegram has yet to respond, the higher
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court's interim injunction aims to halt and prevent
similar future content.
The case marks one of the first enforcement
actions under Malaysia's new social media law, requiring
platforms with over 8 million users to register
and face legal consequences if they don't.
Ouch, guys.
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I'm glad that they're stepping up to the
pike because too many people are just thinking
because, you know, hey, we're small and we
can do whatever we want.
So it doesn't matter.
So I'm glad to see that they are
doing that.
Number two, AI robot plays badminton against humans.
Yeah, would you play badminton against an AI
robot?
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So robotics have taken a giant leap this
past week as four-legged AI robots amaze
researchers by rallying 10 hits in a badminton
game against humans.
Now, this blend of robotics, vision, and sports
intelligence hits a very interesting part of the
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future where machines aren't just helpers, they're competitors.
Yeah, that's kind of weird if you ask
me, right?
So AI badminton robot was trained to play
humans.
The researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a
four-legged robot capable of playing badminton against
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humans, marking a breakthrough in sports robotics.
This was featured in Science Robotics.
The AI-powered robot uses advanced camera tracking
and a fast-moving racket arm to follow
and return shutter cocks midair, mimicking human gaze
and movement patterns.
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It's trained to reposition itself after each shot.
The robot faced amateur players and managed a
rally of 10 consecutive hits.
While it's not yet ready for professional play,
the achievement demonstrates how robots can learn complex
sports and compete with humans in real-time
matches.
So this could help humans to become better,
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learning about patterns, learning how to do everything.
Maybe this could be in baseball, learning how
to outwit your pitchers and batters and things
like that.
So there's benefit to that.
But when I hear that we're competing against
a machine, I don't really like that terminology.
I like the idea that we're working with
the machine to become better, but I don't
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like calling it a competitor.
I just feel that feels kind of uneasy.
Number three, Waymo seeks New York City permit
for robo-taxi testing.
The robo-taxi race is heating up again,
guys.
And Waymo is applying to test this autonomous
fleet in New York City, hoping to bring
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driverless rides to America's largest metro area.
As competition with Tesla intensifies, the future of
urban mobility edges just, let's say, a little
bit closer.
Yep.
So, as I said, Waymo seeks New York
City permit in a bid to expand the
U.S. robo-taxi operations.
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Alphabet's self-driving unit, which you all know
is under the Google umbrella, right?
That's Google's parent company.
Waymo announced it will return to New York
City next month to begin autonomous testing and
has applied for a permit from the New
York City Department of Transportation to operate its
vehicles with a safety specialist behind the wheel.
That's just in a few days, next month,
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right?
While the current effort is not a service
launch, Waymo aims to bring its fully autonomous
ride-hailing, quote-unquote, service to the city
in the future.
This move comes as competition in the robo
-taxi space intensifies.
With Tesla preparing limited trials of its autonomous
taxi service, Waymo is already operating over 1
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,500 vehicles and 250,000 weekly rides across
several United States cities.
And it continues to expand its footprint every
day, recently now gaining approval to operate in
more areas of California.
The company is also pushing for changes to
the New York State law, which currently prohibits
driverless vehicles with no human on board.
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I think that's asking for a disaster if
we're going to just run vehicles without humans
on board.
That's a big, big problem.
And so it's important to understand what's going
on.
And I think a lot of people are
just right now very baffled by different things
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that are happening.
I think that's a really big problem.
And number four, guys, I got to tell
you, this is one that I posted on
TikTok not too long ago.
And so TikTok has unfortunately blocked us and
many other people from streaming our services not
on TikTok, but through our third party professional
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streaming platforms.
They've just decided, for whatever reason, they're not
allowing it.
So I think that's kind of wrong.
So recently this morning, I had gotten a
request that came back and it was funny.
The video actually got flagged by their AI
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engine, quote unquote.
Now it's funny.
Just about five minutes ago, TikTok just reinstated
the content.
So here's what happens.
When you create a video, which I do
lots of them, and you use the words
AI and it can't like handle all this
AI processing with the different AI words and
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stuff, they, well, the engine, I should say,
flips out and it just flags it.
So I put the request in that it
was not against the terms and conditions.
And guess what?
The video is now restored.
But AI is definitely making mistakes.
We know this every single day.
And so the video was about, as you
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know, I do reels every day and then
we sum them up in a larger portion
here on the show.
Trump basically was doing some interesting things.
But I'll get to what video was banned
in a minute.
But the first thing I want to talk
about is Trump extending TikTok's US sale deadline.
Again, are we even going to believe what
Trump's doing?
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I've just lost credibility again.
In a saga blending tech and politics, Trump
gave TikTok more time to sell its US
operations amid security concerns.
I mean, how many times are we going
to keep saying tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow?
I mean, come on, Trump.
I mean, what are you doing?
You're making a mockery of this.
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But with the US-China tensions high, the
platform's future, and the data of millions is
hanging in the balance.
And I think this is a, how can
I say, quote unquote, a problem.
So President Donald Trump extends the deadline for
China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's US assets
by another 90 days.
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That comes down to September, basically, pushing the
cutoff to basically mid-September.
And the White House had confirmed this.
Now, despite a law mandating a sale, remember
this, before Trump took office, or shutdown by
January 19th, Trump had now granted three extensions,
like he's going to keep doing this forever,
citing both national security concerns and TikTok's popularity
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among young voters.
Now, a proposed deal to spin off TikTok's
US operations into a domestic firm backed by
American investors stalled due to China's resistance following
new US tariffs.
Now, while Trump seeks a resolution that ensures,
okay, American data security, critics argue he lacks
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the legal authority to delay enforcement.
So my question is this, okay?
If he lacks the legal authority to do
it, then how the heck is he doing
it?
This is my question.
Like, how many times, this is really my
question.
How many times can TikTok keep, can they
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keep extending the deadline?
It's like, I don't know.
Does he have authorization to do this?
I mean, right now he is, but he
might get in trouble down the road, who
knows?
Number five, guys, the Air India 787 crash
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investigation progress.
Authorities are combining through the black box data
after Air India 787's crash.
Now, let's talk a little about the black
box.
So first of all, how many black boxes
are on a plane?
Now, this is something that's pretty interesting.
Most people don't know this.
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There are typically, they say there are two
black boxes.
Although the name is black, they aren't actually
black.
They're orange in color, so they can be
distinguished from far away.
So among the two, one is called the
flight data recorder, and another is called the
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cockpit voice recorder.
The flight data recorder is used to record
the data such as, well, altitude, speed, pressure,
and all the necessary parameters that are used
to keep the aircraft floating, whereas the cockpit
voice recorder captures the voice recordings of the
cockpit, which is having a slot of two
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hours.
The last minute recording gets deleted, and the
new minute recording gets added to that so
that there's always the fresh recording of the
last two hours before the incident.
Previously, the cockpit voice recorder used to have
30 minute time slots, which has now been
upgraded to two hours.
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So commercial aircrafts tend to carry two black
boxes.
Again, they are orange, as I said.
One called the flight data recorder, and one
called the cockpit voice recorder.
And so this is very, very interesting.
It's interesting how it's done because things are
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really crazy with this flight situation.
I mean, they're just like, they're nuts, guys.
They're really, really nuts.
So the investigation into the Air India Boeing
77 is really what we are, in case
you're knowing, that is what we're, that's really
what I'm talking about here today.
And anytime we have issues with planes, I
mean, it gets pretty serious, right?
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Authorities are combining the black box data as
investigators look at engines, controls, and pilot actions.
The world waits for answers on what went
wrong and how future tragedies might be circumvented.
So we mentioned the investigation to Air India
Boeing 77 crash in Abbottabad, which occurred just
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40 seconds after its takeoff, is underway with
many authorities analyzing the wreckage and flight data
recorders, right?
We talked about the cockpit recorder and the
flight data recorder to determine the cause of
the actual disaster.
Now investigators are examining engine performance, cockpit voice
recordings, and aircraft systems, focusing on potential issues
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such as engine failure, flap settings, fuel contamination,
or pilot error.
The recovered black boxes, which are men, are
not black.
They are orange, will provide critical data on
engine thrust, control inputs, and other flight parameters.
While no major safety concerns have been found
in recent inspections of the Air India 77
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fleet, the inquiry involves collaboration among Indian Boeing
GE and international experts.
Given the complexity, early findings may emerge soon,
but a full understanding will take longer to
develop.
And we're going to have to sit by
why that happens, because this is a very
serious situation, guys.
And I think these are definitely a problem.
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I think it's definitely a problem.
So number six is one of my favorites
here today.
Google's AI search mode sparks web traffic fears.
Google's AI-powered search is changing how we
get information, but will it destroy traditional web
traffic with fewer clicks for creators and publishers?
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This could mark the dawn of an AI
-dominated web where human voices are harder to
find.
And I think that's a big problem right
now, because the web is starting to give
us data based on synthesis of other data.
And we all know AI makes mistakes.
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We know that.
So is Google going to kill their new
AI-powered AI mode in its search engine
-promising revolutionary way to find information by providing
a direct AI-generated set of answers instead
of traditional search results?
But the experts are warning this could severely
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reduce traffic to websites, undermining the open web's
business model and threatening the diversity and the
quality of online content.
While Google insists AI mode will enhance search
and benefit the web ecosystem by sending users
to more relevant sites, critics highlight that fewer
clicks mean less revenue for publishers, risking a
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mass shift to social media and less autonomy
for creators.
This shift may mark the end of the
familiar web experience leading to a machine web
where AI summaries replace human-curated content, fundamentally
changing how people discover and interact with information
online.
And guys, I got to tell you, that
is not going to be good.
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Because anytime a machine is going to summarize
everything and I can't read it with my
own two eyes, right?
That's a problem because things are going to
get filtered.
And the data that we expect is not
necessarily going to be what we want.
And so you might say, John, it's not
a big deal.
I'm here to tell you guys, it is
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a major, major, major big deal.
Because if something is telling you what you
should or should not do based on some
data that might not even be 100%
correct, I got a problem with that.
I don't know about you, but I have
a huge problem with systems trying to replace
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humans with technology.
Now, I'm not saying that technology is bad
because technology is a tool.
How we choose to use it makes it
basically good or bad.
It's not the tool itself that's good or
bad.
A weapon is not good or bad, right?
So let's go over to Merriam-Webster.
I think this is probably the best way
to do this.
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Merriam-Webster.
We'll get the definition of tool.
So according to Merriam-Webster, a tool, it's
a noun, it's a handheld device that aids
in accomplishing a task, the cutting or shaping
part in a machine or machine tool.
Something such as an instrument or apparatus used
in performing an operation are necessary in the
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practice of a vocation or a profession.
That could be things like pliers.
That could be anything.
It could be if you're a stylist, it
could be a blow dryer.
It could be a lot of different things.
If you are in the tech world, maybe
it could be a spectrometer.
Maybe it could be a fiber meter.
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Maybe it could be something else.
If you're in the kitchen, well, maybe it
could be your KitchenAid mixer.
Maybe it could be your quick blow freezer
that lets you blow things immediately cold, right?
So, tools are not necessarily good or bad.
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They are something that does something and how
we choose to use them makes it so.
A computer is a tool, guys, and if
you use a computer in its best way,
then it's good.
If you use it in a bad way,
well, it's not good.
So is AI a tool?
Yes, AI is a tool.
Exactly.
You're catching on.
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So AI is not good.
AI is not bad.
So you might say, John, well, why did
we hear about these things a few weeks
ago or a month ago about that company,
Anthropic, and their whole concept to basically try
to blackmail this developer?
Well, I always believe that when these systems
come up with these ideas, they don't just
come up with them on their own.
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Some person in that development team had that
mindset, and I've always said the problem with
it is always its weakest link.
So if somebody on that team was feeding
it data that it shouldn't have been feeding
it or giving it information that really shouldn't
have been getting into the system, that can
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cause a problem, right?
When we do that in a controlled study,
we call that a compromise, right?
We always have to have control study.
Number seven, tech solutions help track and protect
pets.
I love this.
Pet lovers are embracing GPS collars and tracking
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apps to keep furry friends safe.
From real-time alerts to smart boundaries, tech
is making pet ownership smarter and giving owners,
well, let's just say, peace of mind.
Their whole thing is never lose your pet
again, track them with tech, right?
Technology offers pet owners effective ways to keep
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track of their cats and their dogs, as
I said, to GPS-enabled collars.
They can get real-time updates and what
have.
They can even have something called safe zones.
If the pet leaves the designated safe zone,
they can be alerted on their phone, their
smart app.
While devices vary in features and, of course,
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prices, most require a subscription for cellular connectivity.
That can definitely cause some prices to increase
there.
And battery life depends on usage and signal
strength.
So now we're not just talking about your
local Wi-Fi network.
We're talking about the fact that this device
has to connect to a WAN that's on
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cellular wire network.
It's on cellular.
So we all know what cellular bills cost,
and we all know that they charge by
the amount of data.
And so when you have a company that's
using this service, they are going to take
their price, let's say they're getting charged X
dollars, and they're going to mark it up.
That's what they're going to do, because it's
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proprietary and because they're the ones offering the
technology and you're a captive audience.
So they go ahead and they do that.
Now, through microchips, which are still useful for
identification, they don't offer any live tracking in
case you're wondering.
Bluetooth trackers like Apple AirTags can help in
urban areas, but have limited range and, of
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course, a reliability of working outdoors.
Overall, these tracking technologies provide peace of mind
and help prevent lost pets, though they cannot
physically keep pets from wandering off.
So you're probably wondering, so what are, what
tech is out there to, let's say, prevent
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your pet from getting lost?
And I'm giving you the higher level overview
of it, right?
So there are lots of them out there.
There are things just for cats.
You probably heard of wireless fences.
I'm not a big lover of those because
I think that they actually harm the pet
by giving them a shock.
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I think that's really bad.
So they say it's about no more lost
cats and dogs.
And you use tech to track them.
So you can actually pinpoint your pet very
similar to the way you can pinpoint your
iPhone.
And so if you're able to save your
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cat or your dog from wandering off, that
pet can potentially stay of any harm's way.
Pets could be dognapped or catnapped, whatever you
want to call it.
There's a couple of companies out there that
I looked at, and a lot of this
technology, I got to tell you, folks, it
is not inexpensive, especially if you have multiple
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pets.
This can be an issue.
Basically, having dedicated pet, they call it dedicated
pet tracking is out there.
And so a lot of people have used
them.
Some haven't.
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You know, one person said that you might
not even realize it, but your car insurance
company is probably overcharging you.
And the fact they're kind of counting on
you not noticing.
So that's where a lot of people throw
in that thing about tech.
And they kind of throw that in.
And I say that to you because we're
thinking about tech with dogs.
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But now that you're looking about tech with
dogs, you're talking about money, they try to
play this switch bait game.
And I think that's a problem.
So lost dog prevention.
OK, they have this one company I looked
at called Logimatics, techniques and technologies that bring
your pet home safely.
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So they had done some statistics, which I
think was kind of interesting.
I don't know if you know this, a
lot of people have fear of losing a
pet and one owner experiencing this is too
much.
Coupled with the alarming statistics with over close
to two million dogs are stolen each year,
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your furry friend's desire to explore might make
him or her, well, a problem.
And our pets, for most of us, are
family members whose paws leave lasting prints on
our hearts.
No pun intended there.
So in the face of the rising dog
theft, like French Bulldogs, Yorkshires, Terriers and Chihuahuas,
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technology can offer us, well, a little bit
of hope.
I don't know if you know this, but
thirty five point four percent of microchip pets
entering shelters shows up with inaccurate information.
And this basically kills the concept of a
happy return or reunion.
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Moreover, only fifty eight point one percent.
Of microchip pets.
Were registered.
With their respective agencies.
Also hindering recovering efforts.
That's terrible.
So these figures underscore the importance of combining
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technology with responsible pet ownership.
Now, GPS pet tracking technologies are making the
world better and safer, enabling ninety three percent
of dogs and seventy five percent of cats
currently in the statistics to be united with
their owners.
Now, understanding this, learning why your dogs strike,
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it's crucial to prevent their loss.
Behavioral triggers like the lure of an open
door, the thrill of chasing a squirrel or
instinctual urges to explore.
Adventure is part of a pet's life.
Our goal is to make sure they don't
get into trouble so you can do things
like behavior modification, training techniques, calming features of
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some tracking.
But I don't like the things that shock
a dog.
They claim that it's not going to harm
your pet.
But I got to be honest, guys, I
just don't think it's a good way.
You know, these shocking fences are, I think,
harmful.
To your pet and many people that make
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them say no, people say, are they bad?
So they rely on electric shock to a
dog's neck that's supposed to be painful enough
that the dog doesn't approach a defined boundary.
And there are many risks to using these.
OK, not to get into all that now,
but is it safe?
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They claim it doesn't injure the animal much
like it doesn't hurt a horse or a
human, but it does feel nasty for a
brief second.
The idea of electric fences is never to
hurt an animal.
It is to warn them to stay away.
For our pets, they usually only touch the
fence once and then learn to keep well
away from it.
I think it makes the pet more petrified
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of their own property.
An invisible fence is basically a barrier that
gets put around your property and it emits
this wave length.
And when they get close to it, it
goes and will cause a remote, let's say,
triggering of the collar when it gets too,
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too close.
So there's a lot there, like the ethical
dilemma and things like that.
But I think a lot of people don't
realize that these technologies are band-aids.
They are not the be all, they are
not the end all.
And although we can talk about other types
of technologies out there, there are others, right?
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There's NanoGuard out there.
And so all these things, you've got to
pay a fee.
And so I know a lot of you
are saying that, how much is the fee?
So a lot of these monthly, let's say
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monthly fees, they range from basically around $24
.95 a month, sometimes a little bit less.
And the mini GPS rechargeable real time pet
tracker is about $50.
But here again, if it's rechargeable, right, you
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now got to get the collar off the
dog every so often or the cat.
So I don't see this being a great
solution.
I think what would be great is if
the wireless technology was able to charge that
thing, or maybe while the dog or cat
was eating something, it's able to get recharged
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in a safe way.
I mean, these are just some ideas.
So adjustable reporting frequencies can be set up
for optimal battery life so it can report
every 60 seconds when moving.
Charging every three days with that, obviously.
Reporting every 15 minutes, you'd have to charge
every five days.
Reporting every 60 minutes, charging each week.
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Reporting every 24 hours would be charging every
two weeks.
And they operate on a technology, ladies and
gentlemen, called 5G or 4G LTE.
Now you're probably all familiar with LTE, I'm
sorry.
Does everybody know what cellular, it's actually cellular,
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LTE service is?
So cellular service is long-term evolution.
It's a standard for wireless data transmission, and
it's kind of referred to, you might've heard
of 4G LTE.
It allows mobile devices to connect to the
internet when not on Wi-Fi.
So it's a different type of Wi-Fi
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without getting into all the particulars.
So can a GPS tracker help prevent dog
theft?
Well, GPS trackers play a crucial role.
But again, if the pet owner is not
conscious of how these things work, I feel
this can be a huge, huge problem.
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All right.
A really, really big problem.
So we've got to be mindful of how
the technology works and what we can do
to prevent any kind of issues.
Okay.
I think those are, I think those are
very important things.
Number eight, guys, celebrities are now entering the
mobile phone business boom.
What the heck is this?
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So from Trump Mobile to SmartList Mobile, stars
are launching wireless brands at record speeds.
But beyond the big names, consumers want value.
Now, will these celebrity MVNOs, will they deliver,
or is this just going to be some
type of fad or a game?
So why are more celebrities jumping into the
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phone business?
Well, more celebrities are entering the mobile virtual
network operator business.
That's what they call it.
The mobile virtual network operator business offering wireless
services by leasing network access from major carriers.
Recent examples include the Trump family launching Trump
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Mobile, which is interesting, actors, Jason Bateman, Sean
Hayes, and Will Arnett launching SmartList Mobile and
Ryan Reynolds owning a stake in Mint Mobile,
which was acquired by the way, by T
-Mobile.
Now these ventures leverage celebrity branding and aim
to attract fans, but pricing and service quality
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remain key factors for consumer choice.
While some like Mint Mobile have seen significant
success, newer entrants face a crowded market where
competition depends on brand appeal and affordability.
The MVNOs provide opportunities for celebrities and telecom
giants alike, fueling continued growth and new launches
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in this space.
So I think this is definitely something that
is starting to become more popular, but it's
definitely a challenge as we can see.
Number nine, the NH Jury acquits consultant over
AI Biden robocall.
Remember I said to you before I posted
something on TikTok and it actually got somewhere
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that we thought would have been interesting?
Well, TikTok decided that it was going to
be a violation.
Now what I learned is that it wasn't
that at all.
It was actually the fact that their AI
system decided, it decided that it would be
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doing something and I think that's a problem
because their system was saying that it was
basically telling me I did something wrong, but
I didn't.
Now I put a complaint in and so
what happened was when I put the complaint
in and it took several hours later, their
AI system determined that I was possibly in
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violation and I was posting about this exact
post and because I had a lot of
AI terms in there, they weren't bad, but
it kind of freaked out their AI system,
okay?
The NH Jury acquitted consultant over AI Biden
robocalls.
A political consultant was cleared of charges over
AI robocalls that mimic Joe Biden's voice.
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Now the case raised urgent questions about AI
ethics and election integrity.
As we enter the new era of digital
campaigning, I see this being a, well, how
can I say, a little bit of a
problem for some, okay?
And soon maybe for others even more.
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So this was a New Hampshire jury that
acquitted the consultant over the AI Biden robocall.
The New Hampshire jury acquitted the political consultant,
Stephen Kramer, of all charges related to AI
generated robocalls mimicking the former president, Joe Biden,
during the state's 2024 primary.
Kramer admitted to orchestrating the calls, which urged
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voters to save their ballots for the November
election, but argued he intended to raise awareness
about AI misuse in campaigns.
Prosecutors accused him of voter suppression and impersonation,
but the defense contended the primary was a
non-binding event and Biden was not officially
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a candidate, so the laws did not apply.
Kramer faces a separate $6 million FCC fine,
which he refuses to pay, while regulators continue
grappling with AI's impact on elections amid evolving
legal and political debates.
So I don't know, guys, but so this
was the post that kind of flagged my
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account.
Again, it's fine on TikTok now.
I see no issue with it.
But it was just funny that their AI
system gets very big.
And so I got a message back.
I mean, this is what their message says.
It basically says, we reviewed and restored your
video.
Thank you for being a part of the
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TikTok community.
So they are, let's just say, very zealous
in checking security, which I think is good
they do that.
But I think if you're going to use
AI and you don't know how it's going
to work and you can't test it properly,
then you shouldn't really be using it.
I mean, that's just my personal opinion there.
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So number 10, Honda launches and lands the
first reusable rocket.
Honda shocked the space world by landing its
first reusable rocket.
It joined the private space race with subordinal
ambitions by 2029.
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The automaker made soon to be a serious
player beyond Earth's atmosphere.
And I think this is going to be
something that we're going to have to see,
you know, what's going on, because it's going
to be interesting.
Honda launched its first and its first reusable,
I should say, rocket.
Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable
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rocket during a test flight at its facility
in Takahitown, Japan.
The nearly 21 foot, 2,800 pound rocket
flew for 56.6 seconds, reaching an altitude
of 890 feet before landing within 14 inches
of its target using four retractable legs.
This marks Honda's first rocket landing, leveraging technology
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from its other fields like automated driving systems,
although still in the research phase with no
commercial plans finalized.
Honda aims to achieve a suborbital launch by
2029, potentially joining the private spaceflight industry alongside
companies like, well, SpaceX, Move Over, Mr. Musk
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and Blue Origin.
So, it's interesting that these people are now
trying to get into space, right?
That's pretty cool.
And the internet outage disrupts Spotify, Google Cloudflare,
where when Google Cloud faltered, it took down
Spotify, Discord and more.
It proved how fragile our digital ecosystem can
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be when providers go offline.
And I think we as consumers need to
have a backup and know that sometimes things
like this can happen.
And if we're not aware of it, well,
that can be a huge problem, not just
for us, but for everyone else around.
And number 12, yes, the experts doubt the
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Trump T1 phones was made in the US,
which is what they claim, or is that
just something that's false?
The question is, is it made in America?
The analysts suspect it's a Chinese device in
disguise.
This echoes past controversies over political tech products
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and their true origins.
Now, as much as Mr. Trump talks about
the US, the US, the US, I got
to be honest, from seeing him and knowing
he's a business person, I have no qualms
to say that he'll probably buy something from
China, even though he says he won't, because
it'll save him money, he'll do anything to
make a buck.
Number 13, Chinese hackers breached the Viasat satellite
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network.
The state-based hackers target Viasat, a vital
US satellite internet provider.
While damage was contained, this breach shows the
ongoing cyber threats aimed at America's critical infrastructure.
And I think this is an issue for
a lot of people.
They don't realize how we were so vulnerable
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and we still are because things like, you
know, salt typhoon cyber attacks, they were extensively
reporting accessing millions of records and spying on
high profile individuals.
This incident highlights ongoing cybersecurity threats from China
targeting critical US infrastructure, including our own government
and military services that rely on Viasat.
So, you know, this is a problem.
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And I think the people doing this need
to be, I don't know, they need to
be more aware of what's going on and,
and making sure that the service is going
to be protected and that they keep out
bad actors.
So very, very interesting.
And ladies and gentlemen, Nintendo, you know, they
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had that really big sale after the switch
to consoles.
Well, I got some news for you.
Um, they, the switch to consoles are using,
um, some interesting technology.
And if you decide to use piracy hardware,
well, Nintendo is permanently going to disable, or
let's say brick, uh, your switch to console
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that will run any pirate cartridges.
So it's a move igniting debate about user's
rights, gaining preservation and anti-piracy enforcement.
So these are very, very big concerns.
And Nintendo has started now to permanently disable
switch to consoles that use what they call
quote unquote, third-party MIG flash cartridges, which
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can run unlicensed switch one games.
The cartridge originally designed for backup and preservation
was recently updated to work on the switch
too.
But Nintendo's updated user agreement now allows the
company to brick devices, engaging in prohibited activities
like hacking or piracy, affecting users, um, with
an error code of 2124-4508, which blocks
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most device functions and cannot be fixed by,
unfortunately, pressing the factory reset button.
While the crackdown aims to protect Nintendo's ecosystem,
some argue that using such cartridges should be
legal if users already own the original games.
Nintendo has yet to clarify if it will
restore affected devices or extend this policy outside
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the United States.
Wow, guys, that's a, that's a lot.
Um, and you know, as we think about
new technology, that's morphing, right.
Whether we're talking about computers, whether we're talking
about software, whether we're talking about services like
ViyaSat, right.
Um, I don't know.
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Um, and the other thing is they, they,
they, they pitch on their site and they
kind of praise themselves for us.
So, uh, they're out of Boca Raton, Florida,
but that doesn't mean they're out of there,
obviously.
Um, they, they boast that they have a,
um, let's say a, um, uh, a US
-based call.
So now I'm going to go ahead and
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just call them, right?
I'm curious.
Hang on.
1-866.
Just want to call them and see what
they say.
Thank you for calling about ViyaSat high speed
internet.
Okay.
To order new ViyaSat high speed internet service,
press one.
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Existing ViyaSat...
I'm going to press one.
To set up service for your home, please
press one.
To set up service for your business, please
press...
We'll press one.
We are connecting you to a friendly product
specialist.
Just so you know, all calls are monitored
and recorded for quality assurance and training purposes.
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That's nice.
Okay.
Thank you for holding.
Your call is important to us.
All of our agents...
So they're busy.
...are helping other customers...
You are caller number one.
I'm caller number one.
All right, great.
Let's see what happens now.
So I'm guessing one means that I'll be
answered within a few seconds, but I'm not
sure.
The music is terrible that you guys can
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hear.
It's probably one of the worst home musics
I've probably have heard in a long time.
Oh, here we go.
We're talking to someone.
Good afternoon.
Thanks for calling about high speed internet.
This is JoJo speaking.
So who's on the phone just for you?
Hi JoJo.
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My name is John.
I have a question for you.
So how much does it cost to have
your service?
Just so you know, John, this call is
being monitored and recorded for quality assurance and
training purposes.
So I'm going to check the certificate of
service, your address first, and I'm going to
see how much it'll be, okay?
Oh.
Certificate of services.
Okay.
And what's your home address?
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Okay.
So 590 Valley, V-A-L
-L-E-Y Road.
The code?
Uh, 07470.
Now I'm making this address up guys.
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Thank you.
And what's the name of the city?
Uh, Wayne, W-A-Y-N-E.
Thank you.
And by the way, John, I have your
number as 973-394-1000.
Okay.
That's fine.
1000, right?
Yeah, that's fine.
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She's just reading my office number back.
Okay.
And by the way, um, do you have
service right now?
I do not have service, but I wanted
to inquire about what services and what you
offer in my area.
Oh, I'm waiting for a patient here.
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I just put her on mute again.
You can see, so they're checking.
You would think that if you call them
now, they boasted they're a U.S. call
center.
Um, but this person doesn't even know the
product.
So I'm trying to be very polite here.
I've just muted them.
But I wanted to just see what this
is like, because they boast how good they
are.
And that's what I do guys.
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I pick up the phone, I call people
and I let you see firsthand what's going
on.
So how much will service cost me and
what's the installation going to cost me?
Yeah, I'm checking that right now.
I'm just checking to see if they cover
your area first.
Checking to see if they cover the area.
So again, I gave her, I gave her
an address of, uh, where we had a
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business a long time ago.
So I actually gave her a business address.
She hasn't even verified that it's residence or,
or home.
She usually most companies can tell that that's
not a residence, but, um, well, I think
she's done is verified my phone number through
caller ID, but nothing else has really happened
yet.
I'm on the call with this person for
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a little bit of time.
I mean, I was holding for correct.
Correct.
So I'm still waiting here, guys.
This is what happened.
So apparently they, um, they don't seem to
know the product very well.
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I mean, this is what I'm doing.
I literally called them up.
I clicked on their product and I went
to their website and it says voice only
is $25 a month.
Okay.
So I got that right from their website.
They're not even be able to get that
for me.
And I'm calling a call center, right?
Uh, so it says unlimited, uh, unleashed, unlimited
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high speed for nine, nine 99 a month
up to 150 megabits per second.
Now, this is what I'm getting right from
their website.
I just want to see what they're able
to do.
I would say they should at least go
to the website and get the information and
I could get it from here, but suppose
somebody didn't go to the website, right?
This is, this is like a, this is
annoying.
If you ask me, I wonder how long
it's going to take her to actually tell
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me what I just found out from the
website.
So she's checking some documents.
But this is the point.
A lot of people say, Oh, gee, we're
us.
We're us.
You're us.
But then they might not know anything about
the services.
I'm talking to these people for quite a
few minutes.
We're on the call now over four minutes
and almost five minutes now.
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I still don't know if they can service
me.
I still don't know what area.
It looks like it has to be like
so they don't cover my area, which is
interesting because they claim they cover all the
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United States, right?
I gave her a major location and they
don't seem to cover it.
And I'm just going around and around and
around here.
And this is like, and I can hear
a lot of people in the background.
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Is this a business address or is this
a regular home address?
It's a home address.
Oh, so we're going to see here.
I'm not going to hold too much longer
because our show's almost over here.
But this is like crazy how long this
is taking.
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And all right.
But you said you don't provide service, right?
So there's no staying on the phone with
you anymore, right?
Because you said you can't provide service to
me, correct?
Yeah, but I was trying to, it's not
the first time I've done it.
We have different providers.
What do you mean?
You have, what do you mean you have
different providers?
What does that mean?
Right.
You can check.
This is a, um, this is a call
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center that provides different providers, right?
Yeah.
Okay.
So, so when I, when I call you,
I'm really not calling Viacent.
I'm just calling like a main number that
just kind of refers me to different providers.
Is that what you do basically?
But am I actually calling Viacent or are
you another company that just refers to Viacent?
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Okay.
I appreciate your time.
I appreciate your time.
Thank you so much.
Okay.
So that was a complete waste of time.
All right.
Um, I gave her some information.
Look how long it took her to just
validate that she couldn't even service my area.
So it looked like they probably don't service
a lot of areas, even though on the
website, they say they service a lot of
areas, but they don't service my area.
She couldn't help me.
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She wanted to start referring me to T
-Mobile or somebody else.
So it sounds like when you call this
company, that's on Viacent's website, it's not Viacent
you're calling.
You're calling a call center.
That's a referral basically place that refers you
off to places.
So my guess is the people that I'm
probably calling at that number is some company
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that's going to get commissioned off of whoever
I'm connecting.
And Viacent's probably one of their big partners,
but the thing that was very interesting when
I called them, okay.
Is that they were not able to help
me.
And so that was a little bit annoying.
Um, you know, they say that they're an
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American, uh, communications company based in Carlsbad, California
with additional operations across the United States.
Um, that's what they say their headquarters are.
They tell you the CTO is the CIO.
Very nice.
Um, if you visit Viacent deals, you go
to another page.
Um, and if I put in an address,
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let's see if I can even do a
lookup.
Nope.
Let me see if I enter my address.
I'm just going to put in an address
right here.
And I'm going to click it on the
website and let's just see.
I'm curious if I get any difference than
what she was giving me.
Cause remember she really wasn't giving me a
lot and hopefully let's see if this gives
me anything better.
Uh, okay.
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And so I just put that in here.
Um, so I just did that.
And so I click on my link here
and it says unlimited speeds up to 150
megabits per second, perfect for work, school, or
for home.
Now she told me that they don't service
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me, but when I went to the website,
strange thing, it's ready to take my credit
card and do an order.
So I want to do that.
And I like doing that on the shows
guys.
I like to call these different companies and
I like you guys to hear firsthand what
it's like to call these businesses.
Um, I do this with some tech places
to kind of give you the truth about
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things and let you know how sometimes people
don't treat you very fairly.
That could be any store that I call.
I might ask them a very basic question
and that basic question could be something just
to determine if they're going to try to
rip me off.
So I like to do that because I
think that's really good to share with you
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how a lot of these stores rip you
off.
And it seems to me like this Viasat
company.
Okay.
They, they preach that they are from again,
um, the United States, but here's the interesting
thing.
They say their headquarters is in California.
Okay.
And then they claim that their address is
in Boca Raton, Florida.
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So, and here's what it says.
It says authorized retailer.
So that means to me that I'm really
not calling Viasat.
Um, this place that I'm calling and broken
it's, it's called it's in Broken Sound Parkway.
And so when I click on this link
on the website and I go to the
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website for this, I actually wind up getting
another company called SBA site or SBA telecom.
Strange thing about them is the page says
it can't be found.
Then when I click on it, then I
get a thing saying experience, proficiency, ability to
meet mobile demand and what else.
So they're just a referral service that is
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trying to operate and connect with people and
make money, but they are not, they're not
Viasat.
So I'm really not getting to call Viasat.
I'm calling an authorized retailer.
That's what I am doing.
And in very small print, it says one
time scan installation fee may be charged at
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the time of sale.
Monthly service fee, equipment, lease fee, and taxes
applied.
Speeds are up to, are not guaranteed and
will vary.
Service is not available in all areas and
offer may be changed or withdrawn at any
time.
Viasat voice requires an active Viasat internet service
account.
Unless you're on a CAF2 voice only connection
service plan, you'll receive a savings of $10
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and then there's some other stuff here.
There's some other.
And so they have a copyright and stuff,
but my feeling is this is kind of
like a switch and bait.
I'm just being honest.
So when I see these things, I like
to bring them to your attention.
So you're aware of what's going on.
Ladies and gentlemen, you know who I am
by now, but if you don't, I am
John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur, a very passionate, um, serial
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Um, I expose what's going on out there
so that you guys don't get stuck.
So you guys don't get caught in the
traps.
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(58:13):
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I hope you have a fantastic rest of
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All right, everyone.
And so let's just kick off today's show.
So for those of you who don't know,
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The JMOR Tech Talk Show.
We are every single Friday, but of course,
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.com for more of my amazing, inspiring creations.
And I know, guys, with a lot of
stuff happening, sometimes you might miss something.
That's perfectly okay to miss stuff, because missing
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things, because there's so much in the world
happening, I find that people get very curious
about things.
And so I love to just kind of
like refresh people on stuff, right?
So welcome, everyone.
Welcome to another powerful and yet very thought
-provoking episode of, of course, the JMOR Tech
(02:35):
Talk Show.
I'm your host, of course, serial entrepreneur, video
producer, engineer, John C.
Morley, also tech enthusiast, and not only just
a podcast host, but podcast coach as well.
As I said, I'm very passionate about decoding
the latest innovations, trends, and disruptions shaping our
digital world.
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Each week, I bring you tech stories that
matter, from breakthroughs and ethical debates to risks
shaping our digital future.
Get ready, everyone, to explore this week's most
amazing, important tech developments in a way that's
insightful, inspiring, and easy to understand for everyone
of all ages.
So let's just dive right in, all right?
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Number one, Malaysia court order hits Telegram, ouch.
So Malaysia's government is cracking down, and it's
about time they did, on harmful online content
with a court order targeting Telegram for failing
to control disruptive material.
This landmark move marks the start of a
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tougher yet social media reform law in the
country.
A reminder that platforms with global reach face
rising pressures to police their content.
And I think this is important, guys, for
every single person that's out there, regardless of
whether you're in tech or if you're not
in tech.
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I think it's very important to understand this
because we have to, as I said before,
we have to be mindful of what it
is we're doing and why we're doing certain
things.
So I think that's a very important thing.
But to dive in there, Malaysia's communication regulator
has obtained a temporary court order against the
messaging app, Telegram, and two of its channels,
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Edisi Saisat and Edisi Kahas, for allegedly spreading
content that could disrupt public trust and societal
harmony.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission cited Telegram's
repeated failure to act on flag content as
the reason for the legal move.
While Telegram has yet to respond, the higher
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court's interim injunction aims to halt and prevent
similar future content.
The case marks one of the first enforcement
actions under Malaysia's new social media law, requiring
platforms with over 8 million users to register
and face legal consequences if they don't.
Ouch, guys.
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I'm glad that they're stepping up to the
pike because too many people are just thinking
because, you know, hey, we're small and we
can do whatever we want.
So it doesn't matter.
So I'm glad to see that they are
doing that.
Number two, AI robot plays badminton against humans.
Yeah, would you play badminton against an AI
robot?
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So robotics have taken a giant leap this
past week as four-legged AI robots amaze
researchers by rallying 10 hits in a badminton
game against humans.
Now, this blend of robotics, vision, and sports
intelligence hits a very interesting part of the
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future where machines aren't just helpers, they're competitors.
Yeah, that's kind of weird if you ask
me, right?
So AI badminton robot was trained to play
humans.
The researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a
four-legged robot capable of playing badminton against
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humans, marking a breakthrough in sports robotics.
This was featured in Science Robotics.
The AI-powered robot uses advanced camera tracking
and a fast-moving racket arm to follow
and return shutter cocks midair, mimicking human gaze
and movement patterns.
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It's trained to reposition itself after each shot.
The robot faced amateur players and managed a
rally of 10 consecutive hits.
While it's not yet ready for professional play,
the achievement demonstrates how robots can learn complex
sports and compete with humans in real-time
matches.
So this could help humans to become better,
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learning about patterns, learning how to do everything.
Maybe this could be in baseball, learning how
to outwit your pitchers and batters and things
like that.
So there's benefit to that.
But when I hear that we're competing against
a machine, I don't really like that terminology.
I like the idea that we're working with
the machine to become better, but I don't
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like calling it a competitor.
I just feel that feels kind of uneasy.
Number three, Waymo seeks New York City permit
for robo-taxi testing.
The robo-taxi race is heating up again,
guys.
And Waymo is applying to test this autonomous
fleet in New York City, hoping to bring
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driverless rides to America's largest metro area.
As competition with Tesla intensifies, the future of
urban mobility edges just, let's say, a little
bit closer.
Yep.
So, as I said, Waymo seeks New York
City permit in a bid to expand the
U.S. robo-taxi operations.
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Alphabet's self-driving unit, which you all know
is under the Google umbrella, right?
That's Google's parent company.
Waymo announced it will return to New York
City next month to begin autonomous testing and
has applied for a permit from the New
York City Department of Transportation to operate its
vehicles with a safety specialist behind the wheel.
That's just in a few days, next month,
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right?
While the current effort is not a service
launch, Waymo aims to bring its fully autonomous
ride-hailing, quote-unquote, service to the city
in the future.
This move comes as competition in the robo
-taxi space intensifies.
With Tesla preparing limited trials of its autonomous
taxi service, Waymo is already operating over 1
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,500 vehicles and 250,000 weekly rides across
several United States cities.
And it continues to expand its footprint every
day, recently now gaining approval to operate in
more areas of California.
The company is also pushing for changes to
the New York State law, which currently prohibits
driverless vehicles with no human on board.
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I think that's asking for a disaster if
we're going to just run vehicles without humans
on board.
That's a big, big problem.
And so it's important to understand what's going
on.
And I think a lot of people are
just right now very baffled by different things
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that are happening.
I think that's a really big problem.
And number four, guys, I got to tell
you, this is one that I posted on
TikTok not too long ago.
And so TikTok has unfortunately blocked us and
many other people from streaming our services not
on TikTok, but through our third party professional
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streaming platforms.
They've just decided, for whatever reason, they're not
allowing it.
So I think that's kind of wrong.
So recently this morning, I had gotten a
request that came back and it was funny.
The video actually got flagged by their AI
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engine, quote unquote.
Now it's funny.
Just about five minutes ago, TikTok just reinstated
the content.
So here's what happens.
When you create a video, which I do
lots of them, and you use the words
AI and it can't like handle all this
AI processing with the different AI words and
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stuff, they, well, the engine, I should say,
flips out and it just flags it.
So I put the request in that it
was not against the terms and conditions.
And guess what?
The video is now restored.
But AI is definitely making mistakes.
We know this every single day.
And so the video was about, as you
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know, I do reels every day and then
we sum them up in a larger portion
here on the show.
Trump basically was doing some interesting things.
But I'll get to what video was banned
in a minute.
But the first thing I want to talk
about is Trump extending TikTok's US sale deadline.
Again, are we even going to believe what
Trump's doing?
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I've just lost credibility again.
In a saga blending tech and politics, Trump
gave TikTok more time to sell its US
operations amid security concerns.
I mean, how many times are we going
to keep saying tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow?
I mean, come on, Trump.
I mean, what are you doing?
You're making a mockery of this.
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But with the US-China tensions high, the
platform's future, and the data of millions is
hanging in the balance.
And I think this is a, how can
I say, quote unquote, a problem.
So President Donald Trump extends the deadline for
China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's US assets
by another 90 days.
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That comes down to September, basically, pushing the
cutoff to basically mid-September.
And the White House had confirmed this.
Now, despite a law mandating a sale, remember
this, before Trump took office, or shutdown by
January 19th, Trump had now granted three extensions,
like he's going to keep doing this forever,
citing both national security concerns and TikTok's popularity
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among young voters.
Now, a proposed deal to spin off TikTok's
US operations into a domestic firm backed by
American investors stalled due to China's resistance following
new US tariffs.
Now, while Trump seeks a resolution that ensures,
okay, American data security, critics argue he lacks
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the legal authority to delay enforcement.
So my question is this, okay?
If he lacks the legal authority to do
it, then how the heck is he doing
it?
This is my question.
Like, how many times, this is really my
question.
How many times can TikTok keep, can they
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keep extending the deadline?
It's like, I don't know.
Does he have authorization to do this?
I mean, right now he is, but he
might get in trouble down the road, who
knows?
Number five, guys, the Air India 787 crash
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investigation progress.
Authorities are combining through the black box data
after Air India 787's crash.
Now, let's talk a little about the black
box.
So first of all, how many black boxes
are on a plane?
Now, this is something that's pretty interesting.
Most people don't know this.
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There are typically, they say there are two
black boxes.
Although the name is black, they aren't actually
black.
They're orange in color, so they can be
distinguished from far away.
So among the two, one is called the
flight data recorder, and another is called the
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cockpit voice recorder.
The flight data recorder is used to record
the data such as, well, altitude, speed, pressure,
and all the necessary parameters that are used
to keep the aircraft floating, whereas the cockpit
voice recorder captures the voice recordings of the
cockpit, which is having a slot of two
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hours.
The last minute recording gets deleted, and the
new minute recording gets added to that so
that there's always the fresh recording of the
last two hours before the incident.
Previously, the cockpit voice recorder used to have
30 minute time slots, which has now been
upgraded to two hours.
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So commercial aircrafts tend to carry two black
boxes.
Again, they are orange, as I said.
One called the flight data recorder, and one
called the cockpit voice recorder.
And so this is very, very interesting.
It's interesting how it's done because things are
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really crazy with this flight situation.
I mean, they're just like, they're nuts, guys.
They're really, really nuts.
So the investigation into the Air India Boeing
77 is really what we are, in case
you're knowing, that is what we're, that's really
what I'm talking about here today.
And anytime we have issues with planes, I
mean, it gets pretty serious, right?
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Authorities are combining the black box data as
investigators look at engines, controls, and pilot actions.
The world waits for answers on what went
wrong and how future tragedies might be circumvented.
So we mentioned the investigation to Air India
Boeing 77 crash in Abbottabad, which occurred just
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40 seconds after its takeoff, is underway with
many authorities analyzing the wreckage and flight data
recorders, right?
We talked about the cockpit recorder and the
flight data recorder to determine the cause of
the actual disaster.
Now investigators are examining engine performance, cockpit voice
recordings, and aircraft systems, focusing on potential issues
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such as engine failure, flap settings, fuel contamination,
or pilot error.
The recovered black boxes, which are men, are
not black.
They are orange, will provide critical data on
engine thrust, control inputs, and other flight parameters.
While no major safety concerns have been found
in recent inspections of the Air India 77
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fleet, the inquiry involves collaboration among Indian Boeing
GE and international experts.
Given the complexity, early findings may emerge soon,
but a full understanding will take longer to
develop.
And we're going to have to sit by
why that happens, because this is a very
serious situation, guys.
And I think these are definitely a problem.
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I think it's definitely a problem.
So number six is one of my favorites
here today.
Google's AI search mode sparks web traffic fears.
Google's AI-powered search is changing how we
get information, but will it destroy traditional web
traffic with fewer clicks for creators and publishers?
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This could mark the dawn of an AI
-dominated web where human voices are harder to
find.
And I think that's a big problem right
now, because the web is starting to give
us data based on synthesis of other data.
And we all know AI makes mistakes.
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We know that.
So is Google going to kill their new
AI-powered AI mode in its search engine
-promising revolutionary way to find information by providing
a direct AI-generated set of answers instead
of traditional search results?
But the experts are warning this could severely
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reduce traffic to websites, undermining the open web's
business model and threatening the diversity and the
quality of online content.
While Google insists AI mode will enhance search
and benefit the web ecosystem by sending users
to more relevant sites, critics highlight that fewer
clicks mean less revenue for publishers, risking a
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mass shift to social media and less autonomy
for creators.
This shift may mark the end of the
familiar web experience leading to a machine web
where AI summaries replace human-curated content, fundamentally
changing how people discover and interact with information
online.
And guys, I got to tell you, that
is not going to be good.
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Because anytime a machine is going to summarize
everything and I can't read it with my
own two eyes, right?
That's a problem because things are going to
get filtered.
And the data that we expect is not
necessarily going to be what we want.
And so you might say, John, it's not
a big deal.
I'm here to tell you guys, it is
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a major, major, major big deal.
Because if something is telling you what you
should or should not do based on some
data that might not even be 100%
correct, I got a problem with that.
I don't know about you, but I have
a huge problem with systems trying to replace
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humans with technology.
Now, I'm not saying that technology is bad
because technology is a tool.
How we choose to use it makes it
basically good or bad.
It's not the tool itself that's good or
bad.
A weapon is not good or bad, right?
So let's go over to Merriam-Webster.
I think this is probably the best way
to do this.
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Merriam-Webster.
We'll get the definition of tool.
So according to Merriam-Webster, a tool, it's
a noun, it's a handheld device that aids
in accomplishing a task, the cutting or shaping
part in a machine or machine tool.
Something such as an instrument or apparatus used
in performing an operation are necessary in the
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practice of a vocation or a profession.
That could be things like pliers.
That could be anything.
It could be if you're a stylist, it
could be a blow dryer.
It could be a lot of different things.
If you are in the tech world, maybe
it could be a spectrometer.
Maybe it could be a fiber meter.
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Maybe it could be something else.
If you're in the kitchen, well, maybe it
could be your KitchenAid mixer.
Maybe it could be your quick blow freezer
that lets you blow things immediately cold, right?
So, tools are not necessarily good or bad.
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They are something that does something and how
we choose to use them makes it so.
A computer is a tool, guys, and if
you use a computer in its best way,
then it's good.
If you use it in a bad way,
well, it's not good.
So is AI a tool?
Yes, AI is a tool.
Exactly.
You're catching on.
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So AI is not good.
AI is not bad.
So you might say, John, well, why did
we hear about these things a few weeks
ago or a month ago about that company,
Anthropic, and their whole concept to basically try
to blackmail this developer?
Well, I always believe that when these systems
come up with these ideas, they don't just
come up with them on their own.
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Some person in that development team had that
mindset, and I've always said the problem with
it is always its weakest link.
So if somebody on that team was feeding
it data that it shouldn't have been feeding
it or giving it information that really shouldn't
have been getting into the system, that can
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cause a problem, right?
When we do that in a controlled study,
we call that a compromise, right?
We always have to have control study.
Number seven, tech solutions help track and protect
pets.
I love this.
Pet lovers are embracing GPS collars and tracking
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apps to keep furry friends safe.
From real-time alerts to smart boundaries, tech
is making pet ownership smarter and giving owners,
well, let's just say, peace of mind.
Their whole thing is never lose your pet
again, track them with tech, right?
Technology offers pet owners effective ways to keep
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track of their cats and their dogs, as
I said, to GPS-enabled collars.
They can get real-time updates and what
have.
They can even have something called safe zones.
If the pet leaves the designated safe zone,
they can be alerted on their phone, their
smart app.
While devices vary in features and, of course,
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prices, most require a subscription for cellular connectivity.
That can definitely cause some prices to increase
there.
And battery life depends on usage and signal
strength.
So now we're not just talking about your
local Wi-Fi network.
We're talking about the fact that this device
has to connect to a WAN that's on
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cellular wire network.
It's on cellular.
So we all know what cellular bills cost,
and we all know that they charge by
the amount of data.
And so when you have a company that's
using this service, they are going to take
their price, let's say they're getting charged X
dollars, and they're going to mark it up.
That's what they're going to do, because it's
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proprietary and because they're the ones offering the
technology and you're a captive audience.
So they go ahead and they do that.
Now, through microchips, which are still useful for
identification, they don't offer any live tracking in
case you're wondering.
Bluetooth trackers like Apple AirTags can help in
urban areas, but have limited range and, of
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course, a reliability of working outdoors.
Overall, these tracking technologies provide peace of mind
and help prevent lost pets, though they cannot
physically keep pets from wandering off.
So you're probably wondering, so what are, what
tech is out there to, let's say, prevent
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your pet from getting lost?
And I'm giving you the higher level overview
of it, right?
So there are lots of them out there.
There are things just for cats.
You probably heard of wireless fences.
I'm not a big lover of those because
I think that they actually harm the pet
by giving them a shock.
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I think that's really bad.
So they say it's about no more lost
cats and dogs.
And you use tech to track them.
So you can actually pinpoint your pet very
similar to the way you can pinpoint your
iPhone.
And so if you're able to save your
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cat or your dog from wandering off, that
pet can potentially stay of any harm's way.
Pets could be dognapped or catnapped, whatever you
want to call it.
There's a couple of companies out there that
I looked at, and a lot of this
technology, I got to tell you, folks, it
is not inexpensive, especially if you have multiple
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pets.
This can be an issue.
Basically, having dedicated pet, they call it dedicated
pet tracking is out there.
And so a lot of people have used
them.
Some haven't.
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You know, one person said that you might
not even realize it, but your car insurance
company is probably overcharging you.
And the fact they're kind of counting on
you not noticing.
So that's where a lot of people throw
in that thing about tech.
And they kind of throw that in.
And I say that to you because we're
thinking about tech with dogs.
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But now that you're looking about tech with
dogs, you're talking about money, they try to
play this switch bait game.
And I think that's a problem.
So lost dog prevention.
OK, they have this one company I looked
at called Logimatics, techniques and technologies that bring
your pet home safely.
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So they had done some statistics, which I
think was kind of interesting.
I don't know if you know this, a
lot of people have fear of losing a
pet and one owner experiencing this is too
much.
Coupled with the alarming statistics with over close
to two million dogs are stolen each year,
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your furry friend's desire to explore might make
him or her, well, a problem.
And our pets, for most of us, are
family members whose paws leave lasting prints on
our hearts.
No pun intended there.
So in the face of the rising dog
theft, like French Bulldogs, Yorkshires, Terriers and Chihuahuas,
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technology can offer us, well, a little bit
of hope.
I don't know if you know this, but
thirty five point four percent of microchip pets
entering shelters shows up with inaccurate information.
And this basically kills the concept of a
happy return or reunion.
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Moreover, only fifty eight point one percent.
Of microchip pets.
Were registered.
With their respective agencies.
Also hindering recovering efforts.
That's terrible.
So these figures underscore the importance of combining
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technology with responsible pet ownership.
Now, GPS pet tracking technologies are making the
world better and safer, enabling ninety three percent
of dogs and seventy five percent of cats
currently in the statistics to be united with
their owners.
Now, understanding this, learning why your dogs strike,
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it's crucial to prevent their loss.
Behavioral triggers like the lure of an open
door, the thrill of chasing a squirrel or
instinctual urges to explore.
Adventure is part of a pet's life.
Our goal is to make sure they don't
get into trouble so you can do things
like behavior modification, training techniques, calming features of
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some tracking.
But I don't like the things that shock
a dog.
They claim that it's not going to harm
your pet.
But I got to be honest, guys, I
just don't think it's a good way.
You know, these shocking fences are, I think,
harmful.
To your pet and many people that make
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them say no, people say, are they bad?
So they rely on electric shock to a
dog's neck that's supposed to be painful enough
that the dog doesn't approach a defined boundary.
And there are many risks to using these.
OK, not to get into all that now,
but is it safe?
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They claim it doesn't injure the animal much
like it doesn't hurt a horse or a
human, but it does feel nasty for a
brief second.
The idea of electric fences is never to
hurt an animal.
It is to warn them to stay away.
For our pets, they usually only touch the
fence once and then learn to keep well
away from it.
I think it makes the pet more petrified
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of their own property.
An invisible fence is basically a barrier that
gets put around your property and it emits
this wave length.
And when they get close to it, it
goes and will cause a remote, let's say,
triggering of the collar when it gets too,
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too close.
So there's a lot there, like the ethical
dilemma and things like that.
But I think a lot of people don't
realize that these technologies are band-aids.
They are not the be all, they are
not the end all.
And although we can talk about other types
of technologies out there, there are others, right?
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There's NanoGuard out there.
And so all these things, you've got to
pay a fee.
And so I know a lot of you
are saying that, how much is the fee?
So a lot of these monthly, let's say
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monthly fees, they range from basically around $24
.95 a month, sometimes a little bit less.
And the mini GPS rechargeable real time pet
tracker is about $50.
But here again, if it's rechargeable, right, you
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now got to get the collar off the
dog every so often or the cat.
So I don't see this being a great
solution.
I think what would be great is if
the wireless technology was able to charge that
thing, or maybe while the dog or cat
was eating something, it's able to get recharged
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in a safe way.
I mean, these are just some ideas.
So adjustable reporting frequencies can be set up
for optimal battery life so it can report
every 60 seconds when moving.
Charging every three days with that, obviously.
Reporting every 15 minutes, you'd have to charge
every five days.
Reporting every 60 minutes, charging each week.
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Reporting every 24 hours would be charging every
two weeks.
And they operate on a technology, ladies and
gentlemen, called 5G or 4G LTE.
Now you're probably all familiar with LTE, I'm
sorry.
Does everybody know what cellular, it's actually cellular,
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LTE service is?
So cellular service is long-term evolution.
It's a standard for wireless data transmission, and
it's kind of referred to, you might've heard
of 4G LTE.
It allows mobile devices to connect to the
internet when not on Wi-Fi.
So it's a different type of Wi-Fi
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without getting into all the particulars.
So can a GPS tracker help prevent dog
theft?
Well, GPS trackers play a crucial role.
But again, if the pet owner is not
conscious of how these things work, I feel
this can be a huge, huge problem.
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All right.
A really, really big problem.
So we've got to be mindful of how
the technology works and what we can do
to prevent any kind of issues.
Okay.
I think those are, I think those are
very important things.
Number eight, guys, celebrities are now entering the
mobile phone business boom.
What the heck is this?
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So from Trump Mobile to SmartList Mobile, stars
are launching wireless brands at record speeds.
But beyond the big names, consumers want value.
Now, will these celebrity MVNOs, will they deliver,
or is this just going to be some
type of fad or a game?
So why are more celebrities jumping into the
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phone business?
Well, more celebrities are entering the mobile virtual
network operator business.
That's what they call it.
The mobile virtual network operator business offering wireless
services by leasing network access from major carriers.
Recent examples include the Trump family launching Trump
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Mobile, which is interesting, actors, Jason Bateman, Sean
Hayes, and Will Arnett launching SmartList Mobile and
Ryan Reynolds owning a stake in Mint Mobile,
which was acquired by the way, by T
-Mobile.
Now these ventures leverage celebrity branding and aim
to attract fans, but pricing and service quality
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remain key factors for consumer choice.
While some like Mint Mobile have seen significant
success, newer entrants face a crowded market where
competition depends on brand appeal and affordability.
The MVNOs provide opportunities for celebrities and telecom
giants alike, fueling continued growth and new launches
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in this space.
So I think this is definitely something that
is starting to become more popular, but it's
definitely a challenge as we can see.
Number nine, the NH Jury acquits consultant over
AI Biden robocall.
Remember I said to you before I posted
something on TikTok and it actually got somewhere
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that we thought would have been interesting?
Well, TikTok decided that it was going to
be a violation.
Now what I learned is that it wasn't
that at all.
It was actually the fact that their AI
system decided, it decided that it would be
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doing something and I think that's a problem
because their system was saying that it was
basically telling me I did something wrong, but
I didn't.
Now I put a complaint in and so
what happened was when I put the complaint
in and it took several hours later, their
AI system determined that I was possibly in
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violation and I was posting about this exact
post and because I had a lot of
AI terms in there, they weren't bad, but
it kind of freaked out their AI system,
okay?
The NH Jury acquitted consultant over AI Biden
robocalls.
A political consultant was cleared of charges over
AI robocalls that mimic Joe Biden's voice.
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Now the case raised urgent questions about AI
ethics and election integrity.
As we enter the new era of digital
campaigning, I see this being a, well, how
can I say, a little bit of a
problem for some, okay?
And soon maybe for others even more.
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So this was a New Hampshire jury that
acquitted the consultant over the AI Biden robocall.
The New Hampshire jury acquitted the political consultant,
Stephen Kramer, of all charges related to AI
generated robocalls mimicking the former president, Joe Biden,
during the state's 2024 primary.
Kramer admitted to orchestrating the calls, which urged
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voters to save their ballots for the November
election, but argued he intended to raise awareness
about AI misuse in campaigns.
Prosecutors accused him of voter suppression and impersonation,
but the defense contended the primary was a
non-binding event and Biden was not officially
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a candidate, so the laws did not apply.
Kramer faces a separate $6 million FCC fine,
which he refuses to pay, while regulators continue
grappling with AI's impact on elections amid evolving
legal and political debates.
So I don't know, guys, but so this
was the post that kind of flagged my
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account.
Again, it's fine on TikTok now.
I see no issue with it.
But it was just funny that their AI
system gets very big.
And so I got a message back.
I mean, this is what their message says.
It basically says, we reviewed and restored your
video.
Thank you for being a part of the
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TikTok community.
So they are, let's just say, very zealous
in checking security, which I think is good
they do that.
But I think if you're going to use
AI and you don't know how it's going
to work and you can't test it properly,
then you shouldn't really be using it.
I mean, that's just my personal opinion there.
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So number 10, Honda launches and lands the
first reusable rocket.
Honda shocked the space world by landing its
first reusable rocket.
It joined the private space race with subordinal
ambitions by 2029.
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The automaker made soon to be a serious
player beyond Earth's atmosphere.
And I think this is going to be
something that we're going to have to see,
you know, what's going on, because it's going
to be interesting.
Honda launched its first and its first reusable,
I should say, rocket.
Honda successfully launched and landed its own reusable
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rocket during a test flight at its facility
in Takahitown, Japan.
The nearly 21 foot, 2,800 pound rocket
flew for 56.6 seconds, reaching an altitude
of 890 feet before landing within 14 inches
of its target using four retractable legs.
This marks Honda's first rocket landing, leveraging technology
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from its other fields like automated driving systems,
although still in the research phase with no
commercial plans finalized.
Honda aims to achieve a suborbital launch by
2029, potentially joining the private spaceflight industry alongside
companies like, well, SpaceX, Move Over, Mr. Musk
(40:17):
and Blue Origin.
So, it's interesting that these people are now
trying to get into space, right?
That's pretty cool.
And the internet outage disrupts Spotify, Google Cloudflare,
where when Google Cloud faltered, it took down
Spotify, Discord and more.
It proved how fragile our digital ecosystem can
(40:40):
be when providers go offline.
And I think we as consumers need to
have a backup and know that sometimes things
like this can happen.
And if we're not aware of it, well,
that can be a huge problem, not just
for us, but for everyone else around.
And number 12, yes, the experts doubt the
(41:02):
Trump T1 phones was made in the US,
which is what they claim, or is that
just something that's false?
The question is, is it made in America?
The analysts suspect it's a Chinese device in
disguise.
This echoes past controversies over political tech products
(41:22):
and their true origins.
Now, as much as Mr. Trump talks about
the US, the US, the US, I got
to be honest, from seeing him and knowing
he's a business person, I have no qualms
to say that he'll probably buy something from
China, even though he says he won't, because
it'll save him money, he'll do anything to
make a buck.
Number 13, Chinese hackers breached the Viasat satellite
(41:47):
network.
The state-based hackers target Viasat, a vital
US satellite internet provider.
While damage was contained, this breach shows the
ongoing cyber threats aimed at America's critical infrastructure.
And I think this is an issue for
a lot of people.
They don't realize how we were so vulnerable
(42:08):
and we still are because things like, you
know, salt typhoon cyber attacks, they were extensively
reporting accessing millions of records and spying on
high profile individuals.
This incident highlights ongoing cybersecurity threats from China
targeting critical US infrastructure, including our own government
and military services that rely on Viasat.
So, you know, this is a problem.
(42:31):
And I think the people doing this need
to be, I don't know, they need to
be more aware of what's going on and,
and making sure that the service is going
to be protected and that they keep out
bad actors.
So very, very interesting.
And ladies and gentlemen, Nintendo, you know, they
(42:54):
had that really big sale after the switch
to consoles.
Well, I got some news for you.
Um, they, the switch to consoles are using,
um, some interesting technology.
And if you decide to use piracy hardware,
well, Nintendo is permanently going to disable, or
let's say brick, uh, your switch to console
(43:15):
that will run any pirate cartridges.
So it's a move igniting debate about user's
rights, gaining preservation and anti-piracy enforcement.
So these are very, very big concerns.
And Nintendo has started now to permanently disable
switch to consoles that use what they call
quote unquote, third-party MIG flash cartridges, which
(43:36):
can run unlicensed switch one games.
The cartridge originally designed for backup and preservation
was recently updated to work on the switch
too.
But Nintendo's updated user agreement now allows the
company to brick devices, engaging in prohibited activities
like hacking or piracy, affecting users, um, with
an error code of 2124-4508, which blocks
(43:59):
most device functions and cannot be fixed by,
unfortunately, pressing the factory reset button.
While the crackdown aims to protect Nintendo's ecosystem,
some argue that using such cartridges should be
legal if users already own the original games.
Nintendo has yet to clarify if it will
restore affected devices or extend this policy outside
(44:22):
the United States.
Wow, guys, that's a, that's a lot.
Um, and you know, as we think about
new technology, that's morphing, right.
Whether we're talking about computers, whether we're talking
about software, whether we're talking about services like
ViyaSat, right.
Um, I don't know.
(44:43):
Um, and the other thing is they, they,
they, they pitch on their site and they
kind of praise themselves for us.
So, uh, they're out of Boca Raton, Florida,
but that doesn't mean they're out of there,
obviously.
Um, they, they boast that they have a,
um, let's say a, um, uh, a US
-based call.
So now I'm going to go ahead and
(45:04):
just call them, right?
I'm curious.
Hang on.
1-866.
Just want to call them and see what
they say.
Thank you for calling about ViyaSat high speed
internet.
Okay.
To order new ViyaSat high speed internet service,
press one.
(45:25):
Existing ViyaSat...
I'm going to press one.
To set up service for your home, please
press one.
To set up service for your business, please
press...
We'll press one.
We are connecting you to a friendly product
specialist.
Just so you know, all calls are monitored
and recorded for quality assurance and training purposes.
(45:46):
That's nice.
Okay.
Thank you for holding.
Your call is important to us.
All of our agents...
So they're busy.
...are helping other customers...
You are caller number one.
I'm caller number one.
All right, great.
Let's see what happens now.
So I'm guessing one means that I'll be
answered within a few seconds, but I'm not
sure.
The music is terrible that you guys can
(46:07):
hear.
It's probably one of the worst home musics
I've probably have heard in a long time.
Oh, here we go.
We're talking to someone.
Good afternoon.
Thanks for calling about high speed internet.
This is JoJo speaking.
So who's on the phone just for you?
Hi JoJo.
(46:27):
My name is John.
I have a question for you.
So how much does it cost to have
your service?
Just so you know, John, this call is
being monitored and recorded for quality assurance and
training purposes.
So I'm going to check the certificate of
service, your address first, and I'm going to
see how much it'll be, okay?
Oh.
Certificate of services.
Okay.
And what's your home address?
(46:49):
Okay.
So 590 Valley, V-A-L
-L-E-Y Road.
The code?
Uh, 07470.
Now I'm making this address up guys.
(47:10):
Thank you.
And what's the name of the city?
Uh, Wayne, W-A-Y-N-E.
Thank you.
And by the way, John, I have your
number as 973-394-1000.
Okay.
That's fine.
1000, right?
Yeah, that's fine.
(47:31):
She's just reading my office number back.
Okay.
And by the way, um, do you have
service right now?
I do not have service, but I wanted
to inquire about what services and what you
offer in my area.
Oh, I'm waiting for a patient here.
(47:51):
I just put her on mute again.
You can see, so they're checking.
You would think that if you call them
now, they boasted they're a U.S. call
center.
Um, but this person doesn't even know the
product.
So I'm trying to be very polite here.
I've just muted them.
But I wanted to just see what this
is like, because they boast how good they
are.
And that's what I do guys.
(48:11):
I pick up the phone, I call people
and I let you see firsthand what's going
on.
So how much will service cost me and
what's the installation going to cost me?
Yeah, I'm checking that right now.
I'm just checking to see if they cover
your area first.
Checking to see if they cover the area.
So again, I gave her, I gave her
an address of, uh, where we had a
(48:32):
business a long time ago.
So I actually gave her a business address.
She hasn't even verified that it's residence or,
or home.
She usually most companies can tell that that's
not a residence, but, um, well, I think
she's done is verified my phone number through
caller ID, but nothing else has really happened
yet.
I'm on the call with this person for
(48:52):
a little bit of time.
I mean, I was holding for correct.
Correct.
So I'm still waiting here, guys.
This is what happened.
So apparently they, um, they don't seem to
know the product very well.
(49:13):
I mean, this is what I'm doing.
I literally called them up.
I clicked on their product and I went
to their website and it says voice only
is $25 a month.
Okay.
So I got that right from their website.
They're not even be able to get that
for me.
And I'm calling a call center, right?
Uh, so it says unlimited, uh, unleashed, unlimited
(49:35):
high speed for nine, nine 99 a month
up to 150 megabits per second.
Now, this is what I'm getting right from
their website.
I just want to see what they're able
to do.
I would say they should at least go
to the website and get the information and
I could get it from here, but suppose
somebody didn't go to the website, right?
This is, this is like a, this is
annoying.
If you ask me, I wonder how long
it's going to take her to actually tell
(49:55):
me what I just found out from the
website.
So she's checking some documents.
But this is the point.
A lot of people say, Oh, gee, we're
us.
We're us.
You're us.
But then they might not know anything about
the services.
I'm talking to these people for quite a
few minutes.
We're on the call now over four minutes
and almost five minutes now.
(50:17):
I still don't know if they can service
me.
I still don't know what area.
It looks like it has to be like
so they don't cover my area, which is
interesting because they claim they cover all the
(50:37):
United States, right?
I gave her a major location and they
don't seem to cover it.
And I'm just going around and around and
around here.
And this is like, and I can hear
a lot of people in the background.
(50:59):
Is this a business address or is this
a regular home address?
It's a home address.
Oh, so we're going to see here.
I'm not going to hold too much longer
because our show's almost over here.
But this is like crazy how long this
is taking.
(51:21):
And all right.
But you said you don't provide service, right?
So there's no staying on the phone with
you anymore, right?
Because you said you can't provide service to
me, correct?
Yeah, but I was trying to, it's not
the first time I've done it.
We have different providers.
What do you mean?
You have, what do you mean you have
different providers?
What does that mean?
Right.
You can check.
This is a, um, this is a call
(51:42):
center that provides different providers, right?
Yeah.
Okay.
So, so when I, when I call you,
I'm really not calling Viacent.
I'm just calling like a main number that
just kind of refers me to different providers.
Is that what you do basically?
But am I actually calling Viacent or are
you another company that just refers to Viacent?
(52:08):
Okay.
I appreciate your time.
I appreciate your time.
Thank you so much.
Okay.
So that was a complete waste of time.
All right.
Um, I gave her some information.
Look how long it took her to just
validate that she couldn't even service my area.
So it looked like they probably don't service
a lot of areas, even though on the
website, they say they service a lot of
areas, but they don't service my area.
She couldn't help me.
(52:28):
She wanted to start referring me to T
-Mobile or somebody else.
So it sounds like when you call this
company, that's on Viacent's website, it's not Viacent
you're calling.
You're calling a call center.
That's a referral basically place that refers you
off to places.
So my guess is the people that I'm
probably calling at that number is some company
(52:50):
that's going to get commissioned off of whoever
I'm connecting.
And Viacent's probably one of their big partners,
but the thing that was very interesting when
I called them, okay.
Is that they were not able to help
me.
And so that was a little bit annoying.
Um, you know, they say that they're an
(53:11):
American, uh, communications company based in Carlsbad, California
with additional operations across the United States.
Um, that's what they say their headquarters are.
They tell you the CTO is the CIO.
Very nice.
Um, if you visit Viacent deals, you go
to another page.
Um, and if I put in an address,
(53:33):
let's see if I can even do a
lookup.
Nope.
Let me see if I enter my address.
I'm just going to put in an address
right here.
And I'm going to click it on the
website and let's just see.
I'm curious if I get any difference than
what she was giving me.
Cause remember she really wasn't giving me a
lot and hopefully let's see if this gives
me anything better.
Uh, okay.
(53:54):
And so I just put that in here.
Um, so I just did that.
And so I click on my link here
and it says unlimited speeds up to 150
megabits per second, perfect for work, school, or
for home.
Now she told me that they don't service
(54:16):
me, but when I went to the website,
strange thing, it's ready to take my credit
card and do an order.
So I want to do that.
And I like doing that on the shows
guys.
I like to call these different companies and
I like you guys to hear firsthand what
it's like to call these businesses.
Um, I do this with some tech places
to kind of give you the truth about
(54:37):
things and let you know how sometimes people
don't treat you very fairly.
That could be any store that I call.
I might ask them a very basic question
and that basic question could be something just
to determine if they're going to try to
rip me off.
So I like to do that because I
think that's really good to share with you
(55:00):
how a lot of these stores rip you
off.
And it seems to me like this Viasat
company.
Okay.
They, they preach that they are from again,
um, the United States, but here's the interesting
thing.
They say their headquarters is in California.
Okay.
And then they claim that their address is
in Boca Raton, Florida.
(55:21):
So, and here's what it says.
It says authorized retailer.
So that means to me that I'm really
not calling Viasat.
Um, this place that I'm calling and broken
it's, it's called it's in Broken Sound Parkway.
And so when I click on this link
on the website and I go to the
(55:42):
website for this, I actually wind up getting
another company called SBA site or SBA telecom.
Strange thing about them is the page says
it can't be found.
Then when I click on it, then I
get a thing saying experience, proficiency, ability to
meet mobile demand and what else.
So they're just a referral service that is
(56:03):
trying to operate and connect with people and
make money, but they are not, they're not
Viasat.
So I'm really not getting to call Viasat.
I'm calling an authorized retailer.
That's what I am doing.
And in very small print, it says one
time scan installation fee may be charged at
(56:26):
the time of sale.
Monthly service fee, equipment, lease fee, and taxes
applied.
Speeds are up to, are not guaranteed and
will vary.
Service is not available in all areas and
offer may be changed or withdrawn at any
time.
Viasat voice requires an active Viasat internet service
account.
Unless you're on a CAF2 voice only connection
service plan, you'll receive a savings of $10
(56:47):
and then there's some other stuff here.
There's some other.
And so they have a copyright and stuff,
but my feeling is this is kind of
like a switch and bait.
I'm just being honest.
So when I see these things, I like
to bring them to your attention.
So you're aware of what's going on.
Ladies and gentlemen, you know who I am
by now, but if you don't, I am
John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur, a very passionate, um, serial
(57:09):
entrepreneur, engineer, uh, video producer, and a lot
more, and I love being a podcast host
and being a podcast coach.
And I share the truth guys.
Um, I expose what's going on out there
so that you guys don't get stuck.
So you guys don't get caught in the
traps.
Be sure to check out, of course, you
(57:30):
know, believemeachieved.com for more of my amazing,
inspiring creations.
And you can do that by visiting believemeachieved
.com.
There's short form content there.
There is long form content.
And the best thing ladies and gentlemen is
you can go to this site 24 hours
a day.
I think that's a really cool thing.
(57:52):
24 hours a day.
You can listen to us.
You can listen to a podcast.
Uh, you can watch short form content, long
form content, all from the private and comfort
of your chair, of your bed, of your
car, or on a hiking trail.
I hope you guys found this show, uh,
(58:13):
interesting, educational, and I hope it made you
aware of some things.
I hope you have a fantastic rest of
your night.
I'll catch you guys next Friday.
Be well, everyone.
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