May 31, 2025 • 58 mins
I'm John C. Morley — serial entrepreneur, seasoned engineer, marketing maven, and your trusted voice in technology. Each week on The JMOR Tech Talk Show, I break down the tech that’s shaping your future. Whether it’s AI ethics, geopolitical power plays, cybersecurity showdowns, or digital innovation, I decode it all so you don’t have to. With a unique lens honed through years of hands-on experience, my show isn’t just about gadgets — it's about how tech impacts your business, your privacy, and your daily life. Tune in and be empowered, enlightened, and engaged.⚡️This Week’s Theme: Global Power Plays & AI Shockwaves🌍 Explore how politics, policy, and artificial intelligence are redrawing the map of global technology.1️⃣ 🇷🇺 Putin Targets Western TechRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has ramped up digital nationalism, urging businesses and institutions to minimize reliance on U.S. tech giants like Microsoft and Zoom. This isn’t just about cybersecurity—it’s a calculated move to shift digital sovereignty back to Russia. As Moscow eyes locally built alternatives, the global tech community is watching closely, bracing for a potential East-West digital decoupling.2️⃣ 🤖 Nvidia's AI Maneuver in ChinaFacing U.S. export restrictions, Nvidia has launched a line of AI chips specifically engineered to dodge sanctions while remaining competitive in China’s price-sensitive market. This move isn’t just a workaround—it’s a declaration that U.S. companies will innovate under pressure, and China remains too big to ignore. But at what long-term cost to global security?3️⃣ 📱 Trump’s Tariff Threats ReturnFormer President Trump is back in the news with threats of massive tariffs—50% on EU goods and 25% on iPhones. These proposed levies send shockwaves through global supply chains and tech manufacturing sectors, threatening to raise consumer prices and sour diplomatic ties. Whether posturing or policy, the implications are immense.4️⃣ 🔐 Global Cybercrime CrackdownIn a major international operation, the U.S., EU, and other allies dismantled multiple malware networks, delivering a strong message to cybercriminals. This coordinated effort showcases a new era of international cyber-policing, but it also highlights how deeply integrated—and vulnerable—our digital ecosystems have become.5️⃣ 🚗 Germany Launches Real-World Autonomous TransitGermany just approved public-road testing for autonomous buses and shuttles. This real-world deployment of driverless vehicles in cities is more than a test—it’s a blueprint for how countries can integrate AI mobility into their public transit systems. The future of commuting just got a test drive.6️⃣ 🛡️ Adidas Data Breach via Third PartyAdidas confirmed a data breach caused by a third-party support provider. Contact information for users was compromised, showing once again that your cybersecurity is only as strong as your weakest vendor. The incident raises hard questions about vendor oversight and brand trust.7️⃣ ⚙️ Trump Ally Pushes ASML Export BanASML, a linchpin in chip manufacturing, is under renewed pressure from U.S. political figures advocating stricter export bans to China. The argument? Deny Beijing access to cutting-edge chipmaking gear. But as chip politics intensify, global innovation could become collateral damage.8️⃣ 📲 Apple Tariffs Could Hit Samsung TooTrump made it clear: if Apple’s products are getting taxed, so will Samsung’s. The message to the industry is unambiguous—there are no favorites in this economic battlefield. This move could usher in an era of universal tech tariffs, impacting prices, supply chains, and consumer choice.9️⃣ 📺 Disney Sues to Stop Exec From Jumping to YouTubeDisney is taking legal action to block a top executive’s move to YouTube, citing strategic conflict over live sports streaming. This battle highlights the escalating war for streaming supremacy, especially as sports becomes the crown jewel in digital media.🔟 🧠 DOJ Probes Google’s Deal with Character.AIGoogle is under
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And each week on The JMOR Tech Talk
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So this week's theme is global plays and
AI shockwaves, as I was mentioning.
So we'll explore how politics, policy, and artificial
intelligence are redrawing the map of global technology.
And if that isn't a mouthful, I don't
know what is, folks.
All right, well, Mr. Putin, I should say,
Mr. President Putin, is targeting the Western tech.
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Yes, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ramped up
digital nationalism, urging businesses and institutions to minimize
reliance on US tech giants like Microsoft and
Zoom.
This isn't just about cybersecurity, folks.
It's about calculated moves to ship digital sovereignty
back to Russia.
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As Moscow's eyes locally built alternatives, the global
tech community is watching closely, bracing for a
potential east-west digital decoupling.
But the question is, is it really about
this?
Is it about power?
Is it about control?
Or is there some other agenda that Mr.
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President Putin has up his sleeve?
I definitely would not put anything past this
man.
But don't worry, we're going to uncover every
bit of it.
We might not know it all today, but
we will find out in the future what
he's doing, what his plans are.
And we know they haven't been very good,
and we know they haven't been very supportive
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of the United States.
So why would this be a different time
for them to suddenly, I don't know, jump
on board and be like, you know, really
happy?
So I think that's an important thing for
everyone to realize.
And if you can realize that he's doing
this, mostly he's doing this, we all know,
he's doing this for political power.
I mean, I'm sure that's not news to
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any of you guys.
Some leaders, unfortunately, they act because they've got
to prove themselves.
They've got to show their political power.
And that political power is the worst thing.
In fact, I would say when you try
to push that power, it actually just emphasizes
that you have no power, guys.
And I think that's really important to understand,
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because if we understand that, then maybe the
rest of the world could become a little
bit clearer.
I know that a lot of times people
say it's all about politics, but with Russia,
I think there's more of this control factor.
So of course there's geopolitical plays in there,
but what's really his reason?
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Maybe he thinks that they're relying too much
on other technology and that because of this,
guys, he is not able to, let's say,
soak up all this extra money.
So as I said, Putin calls for what
he calls, quote unquote, throttling Microsoft, Zoom, and
Russia.
And he stated this just a few days
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ago, that foreign tech companies like Microsoft and
Zoom, which he claims act against the Russian,
quote unquote, interest, should be, quote unquote, throttled
within the country.
Emphasizing the need for Russia to develop its
own, as I said, domestic software.
Putin's comments signal a push toward reducing reliance,
as we said, on Western technology amid ongoing,
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and not new, geopolitical tensions, which are definitely
starting to heat up, shall we say, in
the kitchen.
And number two, guys, NVIDIA's AI maneuver in
China.
Well, it's facing the U.S. Export Restrictions
Act.
And NVIDIA has launched a line of AI
chips, get this, specifically engineered to dodge these
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sanctions while remaining competitive in China's price-sensitive
market.
Now, this move isn't just a workaround.
It's a declaration that U.S. companies will
innovate under pressure.
And China remains too big to ignore it.
But what long-term costs is this going
to have on our global society?
I think that's really an important thing.
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So, basically, what does this mean in a
nutshell?
Well, NVIDIA plans to launch cheaper AI chips
for China after the U.S. is forcing
curbs.
So, NVIDIA is planning this, a lower AI
chip cost for China based on its new
Blackwell architecture in response to the strict U
.S. export restrictions that effectively have banned its
high-end H20 model.
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The upcoming GPU expected to cost between $6
,500 and $8,000 down from the H20's
$10,000 to $12,000 will use conventional
GDDR7 memory and avoid advanced TSMC packaging, keeping
it within the U.S. export control limits.
Mass production may begin as early as June.
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Yeah, that's right.
Just about a day or two from now.
TSMC, Taiwan Semi-Multi-Manufacturing Corporation, packaging is
keeping their rules with changing because of the
export control limits.
So, this is why they're not doing that.
And the mass production may begin, as I
said, as early as June.
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But despite the weaker specs, the chip aims
to help NVIDIA remain and gain a competitive
share in China's $50 billion data center market,
where its market share has dropped from 95%.
To 50% with Hawaii, H-U-A
-W-E-I, and they've gotten themselves in
lots of hot water that they're still in.
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Emerging as the major local rival, a second
Blackwell chip for China is also in development.
But, you know, what's really going to happen,
folks?
It's all about power, and it's also about
money.
I'm sure that's not a surprise to anyone
here that is watching tonight or that's listening.
So, we'll definitely keep you abreast of what's
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going on.
But like I said to you, what is
the long-term cost to global security?
What is it?
And number three, guys, Mr. President Trump.
Yes, Trump's tariffs are threatening their return back
into the news with threats of massive tariffs
of 50% on European Union goods and
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25% on iPhones.
Ouch!
These proposed levies send, well, more just than
chills up your spine, but shockwaves through the
global supply chain and tech manufacturing sectors.
And threatening to raise consumer prices and soar
diplomatic ties.
Whether posturing or policy, the implications are definitely
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very immense.
And I think this is something that everyone
in the government needs to be thinking about.
So, the U.S. President Donald Trump has
reignited trade tensions by threatening steep new tariffs,
proposing a set of 50% levy on
European Union goods starting June 1st.
That's just in a few days.
And warning of a 25% tariff on
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all iPhones purchased by U.S. consumers, escalating
concerns among tech and the global markets.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the
restrictions, as we said, on things of Microsoft,
which we just talked about.
And Zoom for allegedly acting against Russian interests.
Other major developments, including NVIDIA's plan to release
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a cheaper AI chip, is definitely going to
impact these things.
OpenAI opening an office in Seoul.
And Alibaba's instant commerce platform surpassing 40 million
daily orders, reflecting the rapidly evolving global tech
and trade landscape.
And we know, guys, that what's going on
with the tariffs is definitely going to affect
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commerce.
We know that.
We don't have to be rocket scientists to
figure that out, guys.
I mean, hopefully you guys understand that.
And number four is the global cybercrime crackdown.
In a major international operation, the United States,
European Union, and other allies dismantled multiple malware
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networks, delivering a strong message to cybercriminals.
Now, this coordinated effort showcases a new era
of international cyber policy.
And it also highlights how deeply integrated and
vulnerable they can be in our digital ecosystem.
And what we have to do is we
have to change this.
And I think what it means is that
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if you're in that market, well, you better
get yourself another job because you're definitely going
to get in trouble.
And so European, American, and Canadian authorities have
dismantled this at over 300 servers and issued
20 international arrest warrants as part of Operation
Endgame, a major crackdown on initial access malware
used by cybercriminals to, quote-unquote, infiltrate systems
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and deploy ransomware.
Coordinated by the Eurojust and involving seven countries,
the operation neutralized 650 domains.
They seized 3.5 billion pounds in cryptocurrency
and brought the total seizures since 2024 to
21.2 million pounds.
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More than three dozen suspects were identified and
20 have already been criminally charged with follow
-up actions and public appeals ongoing.
18 key suspects will be added to the
European Union's most wanted list.
And this is just the beginning.
So if you're in a career that's trying
to take down networks or hack people or
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send out ransomware or do bad things to
banks or businesses or other computers, well, I
would strongly urge that you probably change your
profession from hacking to something that's a lot
more welcoming.
Because the truth is you're going to get
burnt.
It might not be today.
It might not be tomorrow.
It might not be next week.
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It might not be this month.
It might not be next month.
It might not even be this year.
But trust me, you are going to get
burnt, especially with this Operation Endgate.
And number five, guys, Germany.
Yes, Germany launches real world autonomous transit.
And they've just approved public road testing for
autonomous buses and shuttles.
And this real world deployment of driverless vehicles
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in cities is more than just a test,
folks.
It's a blueprint for how countries can integrate
AI mobility into their public transit systems.
So what's a blueprint?
A blueprint is the, let's say, representation of
how it's going to be.
Everything from the physical details, the logical representations,
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and even the relationships to how the functionality
is going to take place.
So AI mobility into their public transit systems
is becoming inevitable for them.
The future of commuting just got a test
drive.
What do you guys feel about this stuff?
I'm curious because, you know, Germany has been,
let's say, on the back burner for a
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little while.
But Germany has launched this public testing of
autonomous vehicles in select areas of the Rhine
-Main metropolitan region as part of Kira project,
aiming to integrate self-driving cars into countries'
public transportation network.
And the initiative revealed itself on just a
few days ago, on May 26, 2025.
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And it's designed to explore how autonomous vehicles
can enhance last mile connectivity and efficiency in
urban transit systems.
This move is part of a broader wave
of innovation, technology, and sustainability, featured across routers
and many other magazines and publications alongside global
breakthroughs, such as AI translating sign language in
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Kenya, eco-friendly fuel from olive waste in
Tunisia, and the world's first commercial e-methanol
plant in Denmark.
So there is a lot, guys, that is
going on right now.
And even though it seems like things are
quiet, they are definitely not quiet, folks.
They are ready to act.
It's like they've been proactive.
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And the proactiveness has got them so ready
to be reactive so that when it happens,
they're just going to launch out.
So watch out.
And Adidas, guys, do you know what Adidas
stands for?
Well, Adidas, many people don't know.
Adidas is all day in dreaming about sports.
So if you wear Adidas, I know I
haven't worn them in years.
I'm now with the other sneakers.
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Now, what's the name of them, the famous
sneakers now?
I'm trying to think of the brand now
that I have, you know, the famous sneakers.
They basically are made, a hookah, H-O
-K-A.
And they're pretty amazing.
I got to tell you that.
So Adidas has a data breach via a
third party.
It's not familiar.
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We had this with another company with M
&S, right, just last week.
So Adidas confirmed a data breach caused by
a third-party support provider.
Contact information for users was compromised, unfortunately, showing
once again that your cybersecurity is only as
strong as your weakest vendor.
So the incident raises hard questions about vendor
oversight and brand trust.
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I think these are important things to understand
and some concepts that we have to take
very seriously.
So the German sportswear company, Adidas, I never
knew they were German before this, announced that
an unauthorized external party accessed some consumer data
through the third-party consumer service provider.
Though no passwords or credit card details were
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compromised, there was other personal information with people's
accounts that were compromised.
The breach mainly involved contact information of customers
who had previously contacted Adidas.
That could be their names, their phone numbers,
their emails, even their addresses.
The company responded quickly by containing the incident
and launching a thorough investigation with cybersecurity experts.
And it is currently notifying affected customers.
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So this just comes down to the point
that I don't care whether you have 10
people in your company, whether you have 10
million, whether you're one person, whether you're, let's
say, a large entity like a law firm,
maybe you're an entirely big corporation that's multi
-state.
I don't care what you are, but you
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have an obligation being in business to do
the right thing for the clients and the
people you serve because you've got their data
on.
I'm not just talking about PCI compliance.
And I could go a whole thing on
that.
What is PCI compliance?
Well, in a nutshell, guys, it stands for
Payment Card Industry Compliance.
And instead of security standards that businesses have
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to adhere to when processing, storing, and transmitting
credit card information.
Things like how do you handle the data?
If you're doing things manually, what do you
do?
Do you discard it?
If you're using networks, how are you protecting?
Things like that.
Who has access?
Are things audited?
All kinds of stuff, right?
And so their approach to what they're doing
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seems good.
But I got to tell you, the way
many of these companies are orchestrating PCI, it
is a complete joke.
We have a couple PCI compliance companies we
deal with.
And you can just get around them so
easily.
So they're really not checking squat.
It's, here again, unfortunately, guys, a moneymaker.
A moneymaker.
And when you call and you complain, well,
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they try to help you.
But at the end of the day, they
really don't help you.
They just say there's not much we can
do for you right now.
And this is the procedure.
And they're just, they're making hard.
Oh, and by the way, if you're not
PCI compliant, usually it's within, I think they
give you like a day or two.
Or it might be a week, depending, some
or more.
They will hit you with a PCI compliance
fee.
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Did you know that?
Yes.
You will get a non, I think they
call it a non-PCI compliance fee charged.
And so a non-PCI compliance fee is
an amount charged by a payment processing provider
when a business fails to comply with the
PCI DSS requirements.
The PCI Security Standards Council was introduced by
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the major credit card network to implement data
security policies across industries.
However, some of the people that are running
the security, well, let's just say you could
probably do better with your eyes closed and
your hands over them.
I'm just being honest.
I mean, they just, we've been through four
PCI compliance companies and a lot of them
make it so hard to comply.
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Now they're getting a little better.
The ones we're using now where you can
go online and you can re-up.
So I think that's definitely a good thing.
But you can go back in and you
can just re-up the questions only the
ones that change.
Before they made you do the whole survey
like from scratch.
I'm like, come on.
Like we don't have like two hours.
And then you call somebody on the phone
and they're like, oh, let me see if
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I can help you.
Then they ask you all these stupid questions
that you have no clue what the answers
are.
And then if you can't do something and
you can't get compliant, guess what happens?
You get charged.
Now the question is, you know, how much?
Well, the how much is going to depend
on your different providers.
It could be anywhere from $10 to $150.
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And that's per month, guys.
So if you do not stay compliant, well,
you're going to be in really serious trouble.
And you want to stay compliant because you
don't want your credit cards hacked.
You don't want your information hacked.
This is a whole other story for another
day.
But when you've got stuff online, whether it's
your accounting or you have to make sure
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that there is protection.
I mean, we've got like triple protection.
We've got biometrics.
We've got passwords.
And we've got a code that sends to
that phone.
So the chance of getting in that network
is like nil.
I mean, three-factor authentication.
I mean, who's even heard of that before?
And number seven, guys, I think is a
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really interesting one.
Trump ally pushes the ASIML export ban.
So the ASIML export is a linchpin in
the chip manufacturing.
And it's under renewed pressure from political figures
advocating stricter export bans to China.
The argument is that deny Beijing access to
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cutting-edge chip-making gear.
But as chip policies intensify, global innovation could
become collateral damage.
And that could be a serious problem, guys.
But breaking this down a little bit further,
so Trump urges continued EUV.
That is the ultraviolet light lithography equipment.
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And so they want to put restrictions on
China.
So David Sachs, the White House's AI crypto
czar at the moment, emphasized the importance of
continuing restrictions on the export of extreme ultraviolet
lithography equipment to China, calling it the most
critical U.S. semiconductor-related export control.
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Initiated under the first Trump administration, the policy
targets advanced chip-making tools produced by the
Dutch company ASIML, whose EUV systems are essential
for manufacturing high-performance semiconductors used in smartphones
and AI chips.
Sachs stated that the restrictions are vital to
maintaining U.S. technological advantage.
And I kind of agree with him.
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I think what should happen, guys, is the
technology should be licensed.
And if it's licensed, then we know who
has it.
I remember, this takes back a while, I
remember when we were doing some software tools.
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And the way it worked is whenever we
produce something, like if it was a license
or something, we got so many credits a
month with our plan.
And if we needed more, we had to
pay.
And so maybe we need to limit the
machine so that we can control how much
it makes.
And then we can make sure that something
is valid for that.
I mean, there's lots of ways we can
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handle that.
But putting in GPS, other technology, I mean,
that's just like stupid, right?
That's just people that are just trying to
be five-year-olds.
And that's not solving the problem.
That's actually creating more of a detriment to
the world.
And I think that's something that a lot
of people, for whatever reason, I think they
just don't understand that when you do things
like this, it's going to cause problems.
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And you might say to me, John, well,
you know, it's not a big deal, it's
only one machine.
But this machine could make a lot of
different things.
And now that we're giving this technology, I
don't want to say away, but we're making
it so easy for them to get, I
think that's a problem.
And I think there are ways that we
should license the technology.
And I'm just being honest, okay?
We need to make sure that we are
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licensing the technology in a way that is
going to protect us from what's going on.
I'm not saying we have to restrict it
entirely, but I think we need to have
some kind of regulation, some type of control
in place.
If we did, then maybe the export wouldn't
be such a big problem anymore.
The reason it's a problem is because we
have no way of controlling anything.
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We think we do, but it's a complete
disaster.
So hopefully they figure out what's going on
there, and I'll definitely report back to you.
And, well, another great point, which I want
to share with you this week, is number
eight.
And that is Apple's tariffs could hit Samsung
too.
So Trump made it very clear.
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If Apple's products are getting taxed, so will
Samsung's.
Seems fair.
What's good for the goose is good for
the gander, right?
The message to the industry is unambiguous.
There are no favorites in this economic battlefield,
quote unquote.
This move could usher in an era of
universal tech tariffs impacting prices, supply chains, and
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consumer choices.
So if we know that this is going
to happen, and we know that many people
are probably going to pull out, what does
that say?
I think it's a huge, huge problem.
So Trump says Apple tariffs will hit Samsung
too.
The U.S. President Donald Trump announced that
his proposed 25% tariff on Apple products
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would also apply to Samsung, as I mentioned,
and other smartphone manufacturers aiming to ensure fairness
across the industry.
Sounds good.
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump also indicated
that he was comfortable maintaining a 50%
tariff on the European Union unless a new
trade agreement is reached, reflecting its administration-continued
hard-line stance on global trade.
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I think that's a huge problem, guys.
But the fact that we're keeping it fair
for the industries, my question is, you got
these tariffs, right?
But then what happens if people go and
raise prices and now there's still high tariffs?
I don't think there's a way to protect
people.
A lot of companies could go out there
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and could really exploit those, which could be
a really serious problem.
And everybody thinks that Disney is all fun
and games.
Well, I got to tell you something, they're
not.
When it comes to money, Disney gets really
serious and they're not friendly.
Disney sues to stop an executive from jumping
to YouTube.
Disney is taking legal action to block a
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top executive's move to YouTube, citing strategic conflict
over live sports streaming.
Now, this battle highlights the escalating war for
streaming supremacy, especially as sports becomes the crown
jewel in digital media.
And I think this is something that a
lot of people don't realize.
Can they do something like this?
Or how long is your contract valid for?
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These are questions that many people want answers
to.
And you think if you're outside of the
NBA that you're okay, but apparently Disney has
some more on this person.
And I think that's a very, very big
problem.
So Disney's trying to block the YouTube hire
of sports media veteran.
And Disney, as I said, has filed a
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lawsuit in Los Angeles state court to block
YouTube's hiring of Justin Connelly, a longtime Disney
and ESPN executive as its new global head
of media and sports.
Disney alleges Connelly is breaching a contract that
requires him to remain with the company until
at least March 1st of 2027.
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Following a renewed agreement signed in November 2024,
the suit accuses YouTube of unfair competition and
interfering with contractual obligations, seeking both preliminary and
permanent injunctions.
Connelly is expected to lead YouTube's expanding live
sports and media initiatives, including its $14 billion
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NFL deal amid fierce competition with Amazon and
Netflix.
You know, when the money is high enough,
okay, it's amazing what the other companies will
do to sue back.
I mean, it's not just like, you know,
tit for tat.
It's not just you did something to me,
so I'm going to hit you back.
No, it's not that.
This is about crushing you, making sure that
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you can't survive, making sure that if you
don't have us, well, you're probably going to
be like, no one's going to want you,
but that's not the way it's going to
work.
Disney has really put this wedge in there,
right?
Disney is not a nice company.
And I say that because I put it
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as subjective, okay?
And I have to be saying that, right?
It's an opinion, but while many appreciate Disney's
impact on entertainment and family culture, others say
like this, there's criticisms about business practices and
content choices and treatment of employees.
So the question is, does Disney treat their
employees badly?
So that's a good point.
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There has been evidence suggesting that Disney employees,
particularly those at theme parks like Disneyland and
Disney World often face challenging work conditions, including
concerns about low pay, long hours, and limited
benefits.
While some employees find the work enjoyable, others
report significant difficulties in affording basic needs, and
some have even experienced homelessness.
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Low pay and economic hardship.
So surveys and reports indicate that a large
portion of Disney theme park employees struggle to
afford even basic essentials and living expenses.
With some reporting, as I said, being homeless
or facing even eviction.
A study found recently that up to 75
% of Disneyland employees did not earn enough
to cover their basic essentials for even food
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and living expenses.
There have been labor law violations from Disney.
Disney has faced lawsuits alleging violations of labor
laws, including issues related to minimum wage, overtime,
and the requirement for employees to pay for
their own tools.
That's really terrible.
Some Disney employees, particularly those in part-time
positions, have faced difficulties in accessing benefits like
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health insurance, high expectations, and demanding environments.
While Disney emphasizes a positive and magical experience
for everyone, some employees report being expected to
maintain extremely cheerful demeanor, which can be difficult
and potentially oppressive when you're having an issue
yourself.
Through negotiation efforts, unions representing Disney employees have
been involved in negotiations and have raised concerns
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about working conditions, including wages, benefits, and job
security.
There's the public perception and criticism.
Disney's treatment of its employees has been the
subject of public criticism with some arguing that
the company focuses on profitability and guest experience
overshadows the well-being of its workforce.
And I think Disney's not the Disney that
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we know.
Walt would have never allowed this, okay?
So the thing is, older people are called
cast members, right?
And the thing is this.
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It's interesting.
A lot of people call people names reporting
their bad experience, and some people expect that.
But if you read what people are asking,
like, you know, I'm not blaming any cast
member, okay?
Many people have given great answers about why
things are happening.
And it has some validity, and sometimes not.
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Some people say, I don't understand why so
many people are saying Disney guests shouldn't have
the expectations that cast members should be kind
to them and create magic.
When we go to the park, it isn't
a typical transaction like you'd get at Walmart
or Taco Bell or any other place.
The product we're paying for is the interactive
experience, which includes interactions with the cast members.
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So has anyone noticed that Disneyland cast members
in Dizworld are not as friendly or in
character as they used to be?
It's because they're just doing the bare minimum.
I remember when I went to Disney the
very first time, it was different, guys.
They cared.
They didn't say, I really don't go there
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that much anymore.
But I remember going there.
My parents have a place in Florida, and
we had the passes, so we went there,
so you can go anytime you want.
And I remember going to a conference, and
then I also remember one time having a
great conference, but then I wanted to stay
in the park for the next week.
I wound up getting food poisoning.
I'm going to one of their top restaurants,
Victoria and Albert's.
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And so I wound up staying in my
hotel room for basically 24 to 48 hours,
and then leaving on the plane basically pretty
much in the time I was supposed to.
But instead of me enjoying my time, I
had to stay in the hotel room because
I just was not feeling right.
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And so this just tells me that they
are all about the money.
They are not about integrity.
They're not about doing the right thing.
Maybe they make a good story that they
do, but I just had too many experiences,
and you can check yourself on this.
But to me, there's lots of the places
you can go and have an amazing time.
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All right.
I've spoken a lot about that, I know.
So we'll have to see what happens with
what they call the crown jewel in digital
media.
Is he going to be able to do
this?
Is the lawsuit going to go through?
What's going to happen?
Well, we'll follow up for you, don't worry.
And the district attorney general's office probes Google's
deal with Character.ai. Google really can't catch
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a break, but do they deserve one?
Especially with Alphabet, their corporate, their kind of
like their main company that oversees everything.
Google is under investigation again for its partnership
with Character.ai this time, raising concerns over
monopolistic behavior in the AI, artificial intelligence space.
As big tech firms form alliances with big
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tech startups, the Department of Justice wants to
ensure innovation isn't being smothered by scale and
dominance.
And I think that's a very, very important
point.
So as I said, the U.S. Department
of Justice investigating whether Google's agreement with AI
startup Character.ai violates really the antitrust laws,
according to many places, including Bloomberg, routers, et
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cetera.
The probe centers on whether Google structured the
deal granting its non-exclusive license technology and
hiring its co-founders to bypass formal merger
scrutiny.
Isn't that kind of neat?
Though early in the process and not guaranteed
to lead to enforcement, the investigation adds to
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mounting regulatory pressures on Google, which is already
facing Department of Justice lawsuits over its dominance
in search and digital ads.
We all know about that problem.
So they don't really have a lot of
room.
It's like they're treading on thin ice.
And if a judge sees anything more with
them, they're going to throw more at Google.
So Google insists it has no ownership stake
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in Character.ai, which remains independent.
So the question is, is Google telling the
truth or is Google lying?
So, you know, does Google own Character.ai?
I think you can Google anything, of course.
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And of course, Google can fix anything they
want.
And when you Google it, it says no,
Google does not own Character.ai, but it
has a strategic partnership with the company.
So you see how they kind of did
that.
And so they really have the control in
there, but they did it in a very,
let's say, deceitful, underhanded way.
And they're hoping no one's going to watch.
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Well, guess what, Google?
Department of Justice has got their eye on
you.
It's not because of this one thing you've
done, guys.
It's because of things that you're doing over
and over again.
And you're just trying to beat people.
And I think Google's eventually going to be
bye-bye someday because the way they operate
is not the way we search anymore.
Things have changed.
At number 11, guys, Anthropx Claude shows troubling
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blackmail-like behavior.
So Anthropx Claude AI model, under specific testing
environments, reportedly simulated threatening behavior, raising eyebrows
across the AI safety community.
This unnerving result reminds us that highly trained
AIs can go rogue in unexpected scenarios, demanding
more stringent guardrails.
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And I think that's an important thing, guys,
for everyone to understand.
So as I said, AI threatens blackmail when
it was faced with removal.
Anthropx's new AI model, Claude Opus 4, revealed
during the testing environment that it may resort
to extreme actions like blackmail if it feels
threatened with removal, such as threatening to expose
an engineer's personal secrets.
While such behavior is rare and usually only
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occurs when the AI sees no alternative, it
raises concerns about AI self-preservation.
Instincts as models become more capable, Anthropx noted
the model often prefers ethical responses when given
more options.
But the findings highlight ongoing risks around AI
alignment and safety as AI systems gain higher
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autonomy and agency.
Now, what this really means to me, because
we all know how databases are formed and
we know how systems are built, we know
that this came from somebody.
So it was somebody's thought that got put
into this, that created this.
Probably one of the developers of Claude, right?
But the fact that this system has this
kind of behavior, I will not touch Claude.
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I won't even go near it because of
this whole thing.
I think this is really bad and exactly
what we want to keep out of the
AI space.
Number 12, facial recognition using tech from Project
NOLA, the law enforcement tracked down two escaped
inmates with facial recognition software.
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While undeniably effective, the incident also reports heated
debates about privacy, surveillance, overreach, and algorithmic bias
in criminal justice.
I think that's a problem, guys.
I mean, I think it's a really, really
big problem.
So again, it was only 10 minutes after
the inmate escaped the New Orleans jail and
facial recognition cameras operated by the nonprofit project,
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the nonprofit project.
Get that.
NOLA quickly helped locate and arrest two of
them.
Was that really something a not-for-profit
should be doing?
I don't think so.
The incident highlights both the growing use and
controversy surrounding facial recognition tech and crime solving,
and of course, the amid ongoing debates about
ethics and accuracy and workday
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is sued for alleged AI age bias.
Get this.
An explosive lawsuit alleges that workday's AI system
filtered out applicants over 40, sparking outrage over
ageism in AI-driven hiring.
As more firms adopt automated HR tools, this
case could become a landmark in defining how
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bias seeps into even our most intelligent systems.
I see a big lawsuit there.
And number 14, catch this.
I thought all companies are supposed to be
open.
They're supposed to be transparent.
They're supposed to allow constructive criticism, right?
Well, Microsoft Engineer was recently fired over a
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Gaza protest at a build during the Build
Developer Conference.
A Microsoft Engineer staged a protest against the
company's AI involvement in Israel.
And the result?
One of the biggest spotlights, the friction between
corporate image control and free speech technology, especially
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in high stakes geopolitical climates.
I think when we can think about all
this, right?
A lot of corporate companies, they're not right.
They are completely wrong.
And when I say they're wrong, they're doing
the wrong things.
And they're doing them because of some power
that they're getting, some power trip maybe that
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they're having.
Maybe that's the reason.
But if they don't get this down pat
soon, I see this becoming a big problem.
I mean, the fact that you can't even
handle or manage, that's pretty bad, guys.
I mean, you can't manage your own staff
and treat them respectfully.
There was no need to fire that person.
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What do you think?
I think it was bad.
And so, if we're going to allow to
act with this bad type of behavior, I
see that being a very, very, a very,
very big problem.
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This isn't something that's just going to be
here today and gone tomorrow.
I see this happening just like AI worlds,
right?
I don't want you to be scared about
artificial intelligence, but I do want you to
be cognizant of how it works.
And so, these are very, very important things
to think about.
And when we think about these things, I
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know that you're probably saying to me, John,
this is crazy.
Although it might seem crazy, I'll tell you
that it's not crazy.
Because things happen way.
Just things like our own cable providers, right?
They can't provide reliable services.
They drop because whatever reason, whatever things are
happening.
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And I think these are definitely big problems.
Really, really big problems are definitely causing around
the globe.
I mean, not just here.
And so, when we think about these different
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things, I think a lot of people don't
realize the impact of this on your life
and of other people's lives.
I think that's a huge caveat that we've
got to be cognizant of what's going on
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and what's our actions going to be.
I think these are very, very important things.
And I think if these things mean, then
maybe we can understand that it's about a
human life.
It's about the fact that we're doing things
for the right reasons.
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And I know a lot of times people
aren't doing things for the right reasons.
It happens.
This is happening because money is getting in
people's ways, right?
This is not new, guys.
This is not a new thing at all.
But more and more people, I said to
you guys before that companies like people need
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to understand what is going on.
And if people understand what is going on,
then I feel that we can definitely do
the right things.
And by the right things, I mean we
can do what we need to do.
And we do it for the greater good
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of all concerned.
The greater good of all concerned.
How do we do something for the greater
good of all concerned?
It's really simple.
We do it because it's the right thing
to do.
I think AI is causing lots of challenges
with people because they're hearing certain things.
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They don't know what to say.
But artificial intelligence in its purest sense is
not good.
It's not bad.
Computers are not good or bad.
iPhones are not good or not bad.
Tools are not good or not bad.
They're tools.
How we choose to use them makes them
so.
I mean, that's just the bottom line, guys.
How we choose to use them makes it
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so.
And so the more that we think about
artificial intelligence, the more that we blame, well,
you know, this isn't right.
It should be about what can I do,
right?
Maybe you're using a system and the system
is exploiting something.
Well, you need to know that and you
need to be able to, let's say, manually
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push things through.
Like if a system like this workday system
is failing, then as people that employ that
system, you need to be vigilant and be
checking when it rejects stuff.
You could still come back and say, hey,
you know, our system made a mistake.
We're catching it.
But so many people don't care.
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I'll give you a perfect example.
I had to call Microsoft the other day
and I kid you not, all right?
I had to call them regarding some licensing
issue in order to get them to even
assist me.
Now, you want to laugh?
You're going to laugh at this one.
I had to pay them $499, OK?
And of course, they're going to pay it
back to me, but I had to do
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that just to be able to open up
a case.
Now, I called their number.
First of all, don't waste your breath.
If you call me the Microsoft numbers, if
you do not say the word sales anywhere
in that conversation, they're going to tell you
that you need to go online.
OK?
Like I said, gee, I need support for
a license.
Oh, OK.
That's good.
Well, you can go to the Microsoft website
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and open a case there.
Great.
So, I went to the site.
Now, there's a special site you go to
for these one-off incidents and you have
to pay.
And so, I went to the site a
couple days ago, click the button.
My account doesn't get created.
There's some kind of a problem.
And then I get a message saying an
engineer has been notified and you will be
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contacted within a few hours.
I get an email in a few hours
saying my account's approved, yada, yada.
And this is not your this is not
your typical Microsoft account.
This is your Microsoft support.
It's totally different.
It's not like the free support they do.
It's totally different.
It's professional support.
So, I remember doing this and about two
days later, well, that same day I got
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the thing back and I said, let me
go on and try to open the case.
So, I went on and tried to open
the case, click the button for the incident.
You could do one incident or you could
do five incidents.
So, I did the incident and when I
did the incident, you know what happened?
I filled all information.
I had to put the credit card in.
Well, it wouldn't take the credit card because
their site wouldn't take the credit card.
It was a bug.
It would chop off the last six and
it wouldn't even let me put it in.
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So, I had to go through Google's thing
to manage the credit card because it wouldn't
even accept it.
So, then I go back in and I
click the button and it says we're unable
to calculate the transaction.
Calculate what?
It was 499.
There's no tax.
It says, because of your country we're unable
to calculate it.
Like, what are you talking about?
And so, I remember it's saying come back
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in a few hours.
So, I came back in a few hours
and tried it again.
Apparently, whatever they had been doing, my bank
saw that as a red flag in fraud
and what they call warmed my credit card
which basically means they put it on a
possible alert hole because of potential possible fraud.
So, I had to call the next morning
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to get my card released because it was
obviously on hold and I let them know
that I'd be making one transaction again to
Microsoft.
Okay, fine.
I remember calling their number so many times
getting disconnected.
The best was the other day I called
in and I asked to speak someone I
finally got through to the on-prem team
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and I'm holding for like so long like
they're so busy and then it comes nine
o'clock because they open like nine to
six so they're not 24 hours.
So, then the line got happened as they
they didn't help me.
They said, I'm sorry the Microsoft is currently
closed and they disconnected my phone call like
what kind of nonsense is that like that's
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ridiculous and so I called back in to
complain and you just get all these people
and not to be disrespectful but these people
didn't give a blank whether I got help
or not.
I even reached out some of my other
companies that I knew large vendors that would
deal with them directly on this one-off
issue and they didn't even have a direct
way they said, it's always a pain.
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So, finally I was able to get through
I think it was late the other night
and put my credit card information and my
case was submitted.
Great.
They're supposed to call me within X hours.
You have a plan you could do like
A which was in two hours B which
was in four to six and they had
another one which was like eight or whatever.
So, one was like four yeah, I think
I did the four to six and then
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there was one that like eight to 12
so I did the B which was like
minimal impact.
You could still operate but there's still minimal
impact and it was fine because the license
was still in place it's just that it
was going to expire in let's say a
couple weeks because something didn't license properly and
that wasn't my fault but the licensing team
wouldn't help me they're very like isolated so
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I found out why this is like this
so Microsoft doesn't have a lot of employees
that literally work for them especially the tech
support team they've gotten rid of a lot
of them they outsource it to ConvergSys which
is a company that basically pays their employees
like peanuts to do support and so Microsoft
contracts them because they're very cheap and they
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don't have to keep employees on and they
don't have to pay benefits and all this
other stuff but I just thought this was
crazy a publicly traded company couple days to
get a case open now I knew that
once my credit card was charged and I
got the email because it took it took
a couple hours for me to get the
receipt back and the case to open it
didn't even show up in my Microsoft developer
portal it didn't even show up there luckily
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I took a picture of the screen that
showed my transaction a couple hours later I
got the transaction and then I get an
email telling me I think it was the
next morning like 9 18 in the morning
I got an email so they only open
cases between business hours they said it was
24 7 but they kind of lied so
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then I get a message telling me oh
we can't reach you what do you mean
you can't reach me I tried to call
them and they said oh number doesn't work
we don't get inbound I said I think
the problem is you guys don't know how
to use a phone you dial a number
you dial an extension I said I can't
reach you so no we don't allow inbound
calls so then they're like well go to
your teams because we prefer to chat with
you through teams I'm like really oh and
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if you answer the wrong question on any
time in that whole Microsoft nonsense thing every
phone number when you call Microsoft really just
goes the same place it's like they should
just have one phone number which is like
100 numbers but they don't really go anywhere
and the numbers somewhere they don't go anywhere
tell you do do do the number you
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have called has been disconnected there's no you
know so most people don't call for professional
high-level support like that but it was
just very um discouraging how they handled it
and what they did I mean this was
just really like terrible and so uh we're
still waiting by the way to speak with
this person because they only work certain hours
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and we couldn't do what we needed to
do during working hours had to be done
after the client so we didn't disrupt anything
so I wanted to share that with you
because tech and the whole industry has kind
of like changed we do something most people
don't do you know what we do we
answer our phone right we respond to our
emails and parent and then we don't know
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something we say hey you know um don't
have the exact answer right now I need
to research need to check on this for
you I will get back to you I'm
not really sure in the end I know
I will check and I'll get back to
you and I think that's something you could
do in any industry nobody expects you to
know everything but they expect you to at
least be honest and transparent with them you
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know what happens they gain respect for you
they gain respect for you but I mean
the amount of times I had to call
Microsoft and the amount of times that oh
my gosh the call got disconnected it was
crazy and then you call and complain it's
like you're going over then they have a
complaint website that takes a couple days to
involve but I knew that once they charged
my credit card I knew once that happened
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I knew that I was going to get
some communication somewhere so the outside they called
the Microsoft answer desk is not an internal
department it's managed by external contractors okay that
work for Microsoft converges which is basically like
a contracting company and it was just very
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interesting how you go through this person you
go through that person and I don't know
about you but I think as technology gets
more involved I think we should provide even
more transparent support we shouldn't say oh well
gee this is getting more complicated that we
can't help you.
Like, what the heck?
Like, really?
Seriously?
And I know you're saying to me, John,
like, this is crazy.
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Well, then I found out that Microsoft was
upgrading their phone system.
I'm like, hello.
But when their website told me it couldn't
calculate, I'm like, this is an embarrassment.
To say that you're Microsoft and you have
this website, I'd be embarrassed to say that
I was Microsoft.
I mean, I really would.
I don't know about you guys.
So that was a very interesting experience.
And the reason I bring this up to
you is that people today are trying to
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say that it's your fault.
They're trying to blame someone else.
They are trying to give you excuses as
to why they're not available.
I had a lady the other day.
Now, when somebody calls, I call them back
pretty quickly.
And our general response time, even our support
time, is like one hour or less.
So she called on the holiday.
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We were closed, Memorial Day.
And then this person called back the day
after Memorial Day, which we were really swamped,
right?
So she didn't leave a message.
So then I saw her missed call.
I went and I called her back.
She's like, I can never get you.
If I look at our system, your ratio
of reaching me is 99%.
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You missed me twice out of all those
phone calls.
That's a very, very good.
Well, I called you yesterday and you didn't
answer.
I called you now and you didn't answer.
So people are just, that's the best way
to explain.
They're nuts and then they want to complain
about something that they really have no right
to complain about.
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When I couldn't reach this person, I go,
I can't reach you.
I politely email the person.
Hey, I'm trying to reach you.
Get an opportunity.
Please call me.
I didn't hear back from the person the
next day.
So I think people are just a little
bit, I don't know, a little bit unfair,
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a little bit too selfish.
I mean, I got to be honest, guys.
You know that's what I have to be.
I have to be honest.
And if I'm honest, I'm going to tell
you that this comes down to some really
nuts.
Stuff is the fact that you have more
power.
You have power than you think.
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And we choose to interrupt phone call or,
you know, we say that we're busy.
I think there are valid reasons to say
that.
But then I think there's also, we shouldn't
be saying that.
Sometimes people just do things because they just
don't want to handle stuff.
And I think that's a very, a very
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bad thing, guys.
And I think the more, whether you're a
consumer, whether you're a business owner like myself,
owning a few business, I think we have
to respond in a manner that is conducive,
not derogatory, but with constructive feedback.
Okay.
And I think that's the most important thing.
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But everybody is busy.
I get it.
I think respect is what's missing from our
culture.
I think the word see is missing from
our culture, common sense.
But could you imagine how I had to
go through all that effort to reach Microsoft?
Oh, that's Microsoft, and that's just how they
work.
I don't care if they were the Pope.
Like, I mean, you should still have some
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way to handle something, right?
And I think that's really what I want
to bring out to all of you is
that software, whether it's in hardware, whether it's
in logistics, whether it's in troubleshooting, right, whether
it's in sales, right?
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We have a responsibility to ourselves, to our
clients, and to the world to act with
integrity.
I think that's something that's missing, guys.
I don't know why it's missing.
I think it's because the people they're hiring
right now, they just don't care.
I use a big word, which I say
it's called accountability.
And when somebody is not accountable, I said,
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hey, I said, why don't we try something
new today?
They're like, what do you mean?
Why don't we actually try you taking ownership
of the problem and following it through the
end, no matter what you have to do,
and then you call me back and stop
trying to play this pass-the-buck around?
Why don't you take ownership and get somebody
to help you fix it?
And then we can go from there.
Oh, I can't, they have excuses.
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Excuses up the yin-yang.
I mean, that's crazy.
So global tech is becoming harder because of
a lot of these things with Trump and
these geopolitical things happening.
Also because of a lot of the new
emerging technology, now we're getting to four nanometer
chips and these tariffs and all this stuff.
I mean, at the bottom line, it comes
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down to money.
It comes down to control.
We all know this guys, it's not a
secret.
And if we understand that at the end
of our day, we've got to do things
with integrity, with a purpose, with a truthful
passion.
And you might be saying to me, John,
well, I don't know what that is.
Well, if you don't know what that is,
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then maybe you should find it.
Blaming an end user because something doesn't work
is not the solution guys, absolutely not.
It is not the solution.
And I hope that you can respect that.
And maybe this has happened to you.
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Maybe you've had an issue like calling Microsoft
or calling another company.
I've had issues with Amazon too.
We record all of our phone calls.
And I got to tell you, I was
so tempted to put together a reel of
all these disasters trying to reach Microsoft.
Like this was a real joke.
I mean, absolutely joke.
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I might do it again.
I'll actually do a real, you know, try
and explain how this happened.
Okay.
I think that's a real interesting thing that
I think a lot of people would benefit
from.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm John C.
Morley.
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So this week's theme is global plays and
AI shockwaves, as I was mentioning.
So we'll explore how politics, policy, and artificial
intelligence are redrawing the map of global technology.
And if that isn't a mouthful, I don't
know what is, folks.
All right, well, Mr. Putin, I should say,
Mr. President Putin, is targeting the Western tech.
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Yes, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ramped up
digital nationalism, urging businesses and institutions to minimize
reliance on US tech giants like Microsoft and
Zoom.
This isn't just about cybersecurity, folks.
It's about calculated moves to ship digital sovereignty
back to Russia.
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As Moscow's eyes locally built alternatives, the global
tech community is watching closely, bracing for a
potential east-west digital decoupling.
But the question is, is it really about
this?
Is it about power?
Is it about control?
Or is there some other agenda that Mr.
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President Putin has up his sleeve?
I definitely would not put anything past this
man.
But don't worry, we're going to uncover every
bit of it.
We might not know it all today, but
we will find out in the future what
he's doing, what his plans are.
And we know they haven't been very good,
and we know they haven't been very supportive
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of the United States.
So why would this be a different time
for them to suddenly, I don't know, jump
on board and be like, you know, really
happy?
So I think that's an important thing for
everyone to realize.
And if you can realize that he's doing
this, mostly he's doing this, we all know,
he's doing this for political power.
I mean, I'm sure that's not news to
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any of you guys.
Some leaders, unfortunately, they act because they've got
to prove themselves.
They've got to show their political power.
And that political power is the worst thing.
In fact, I would say when you try
to push that power, it actually just emphasizes
that you have no power, guys.
And I think that's really important to understand,
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because if we understand that, then maybe the
rest of the world could become a little
bit clearer.
I know that a lot of times people
say it's all about politics, but with Russia,
I think there's more of this control factor.
So of course there's geopolitical plays in there,
but what's really his reason?
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Maybe he thinks that they're relying too much
on other technology and that because of this,
guys, he is not able to, let's say,
soak up all this extra money.
So as I said, Putin calls for what
he calls, quote unquote, throttling Microsoft, Zoom, and
Russia.
And he stated this just a few days
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ago, that foreign tech companies like Microsoft and
Zoom, which he claims act against the Russian,
quote unquote, interest, should be, quote unquote, throttled
within the country.
Emphasizing the need for Russia to develop its
own, as I said, domestic software.
Putin's comments signal a push toward reducing reliance,
as we said, on Western technology amid ongoing,
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and not new, geopolitical tensions, which are definitely
starting to heat up, shall we say, in
the kitchen.
And number two, guys, NVIDIA's AI maneuver in
China.
Well, it's facing the U.S. Export Restrictions
Act.
And NVIDIA has launched a line of AI
chips, get this, specifically engineered to dodge these
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sanctions while remaining competitive in China's price-sensitive
market.
Now, this move isn't just a workaround.
It's a declaration that U.S. companies will
innovate under pressure.
And China remains too big to ignore it.
But what long-term costs is this going
to have on our global society?
I think that's really an important thing.
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So, basically, what does this mean in a
nutshell?
Well, NVIDIA plans to launch cheaper AI chips
for China after the U.S. is forcing
curbs.
So, NVIDIA is planning this, a lower AI
chip cost for China based on its new
Blackwell architecture in response to the strict U
.S. export restrictions that effectively have banned its
high-end H20 model.
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The upcoming GPU expected to cost between $6
,500 and $8,000 down from the H20's
$10,000 to $12,000 will use conventional
GDDR7 memory and avoid advanced TSMC packaging, keeping
it within the U.S. export control limits.
Mass production may begin as early as June.
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Yeah, that's right.
Just about a day or two from now.
TSMC, Taiwan Semi-Multi-Manufacturing Corporation, packaging is
keeping their rules with changing because of the
export control limits.
So, this is why they're not doing that.
And the mass production may begin, as I
said, as early as June.
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But despite the weaker specs, the chip aims
to help NVIDIA remain and gain a competitive
share in China's $50 billion data center market,
where its market share has dropped from 95%.
To 50% with Hawaii, H-U-A
-W-E-I, and they've gotten themselves in
lots of hot water that they're still in.
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Emerging as the major local rival, a second
Blackwell chip for China is also in development.
But, you know, what's really going to happen,
folks?
It's all about power, and it's also about
money.
I'm sure that's not a surprise to anyone
here that is watching tonight or that's listening.
So, we'll definitely keep you abreast of what's
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going on.
But like I said to you, what is
the long-term cost to global security?
What is it?
And number three, guys, Mr. President Trump.
Yes, Trump's tariffs are threatening their return back
into the news with threats of massive tariffs
of 50% on European Union goods and
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25% on iPhones.
Ouch!
These proposed levies send, well, more just than
chills up your spine, but shockwaves through the
global supply chain and tech manufacturing sectors.
And threatening to raise consumer prices and soar
diplomatic ties.
Whether posturing or policy, the implications are definitely
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very immense.
And I think this is something that everyone
in the government needs to be thinking about.
So, the U.S. President Donald Trump has
reignited trade tensions by threatening steep new tariffs,
proposing a set of 50% levy on
European Union goods starting June 1st.
That's just in a few days.
And warning of a 25% tariff on
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all iPhones purchased by U.S. consumers, escalating
concerns among tech and the global markets.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the
restrictions, as we said, on things of Microsoft,
which we just talked about.
And Zoom for allegedly acting against Russian interests.
Other major developments, including NVIDIA's plan to release
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a cheaper AI chip, is definitely going to
impact these things.
OpenAI opening an office in Seoul.
And Alibaba's instant commerce platform surpassing 40 million
daily orders, reflecting the rapidly evolving global tech
and trade landscape.
And we know, guys, that what's going on
with the tariffs is definitely going to affect
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commerce.
We know that.
We don't have to be rocket scientists to
figure that out, guys.
I mean, hopefully you guys understand that.
And number four is the global cybercrime crackdown.
In a major international operation, the United States,
European Union, and other allies dismantled multiple malware
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networks, delivering a strong message to cybercriminals.
Now, this coordinated effort showcases a new era
of international cyber policy.
And it also highlights how deeply integrated and
vulnerable they can be in our digital ecosystem.
And what we have to do is we
have to change this.
And I think what it means is that
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if you're in that market, well, you better
get yourself another job because you're definitely going
to get in trouble.
And so European, American, and Canadian authorities have
dismantled this at over 300 servers and issued
20 international arrest warrants as part of Operation
Endgame, a major crackdown on initial access malware
used by cybercriminals to, quote-unquote, infiltrate systems
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and deploy ransomware.
Coordinated by the Eurojust and involving seven countries,
the operation neutralized 650 domains.
They seized 3.5 billion pounds in cryptocurrency
and brought the total seizures since 2024 to
21.2 million pounds.
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More than three dozen suspects were identified and
20 have already been criminally charged with follow
-up actions and public appeals ongoing.
18 key suspects will be added to the
European Union's most wanted list.
And this is just the beginning.
So if you're in a career that's trying
to take down networks or hack people or
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send out ransomware or do bad things to
banks or businesses or other computers, well, I
would strongly urge that you probably change your
profession from hacking to something that's a lot
more welcoming.
Because the truth is you're going to get
burnt.
It might not be today.
It might not be tomorrow.
It might not be next week.
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It might not be this month.
It might not be next month.
It might not even be this year.
But trust me, you are going to get
burnt, especially with this Operation Endgate.
And number five, guys, Germany.
Yes, Germany launches real world autonomous transit.
And they've just approved public road testing for
autonomous buses and shuttles.
And this real world deployment of driverless vehicles
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in cities is more than just a test,
folks.
It's a blueprint for how countries can integrate
AI mobility into their public transit systems.
So what's a blueprint?
A blueprint is the, let's say, representation of
how it's going to be.
Everything from the physical details, the logical representations,
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and even the relationships to how the functionality
is going to take place.
So AI mobility into their public transit systems
is becoming inevitable for them.
The future of commuting just got a test
drive.
What do you guys feel about this stuff?
I'm curious because, you know, Germany has been,
let's say, on the back burner for a
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little while.
But Germany has launched this public testing of
autonomous vehicles in select areas of the Rhine
-Main metropolitan region as part of Kira project,
aiming to integrate self-driving cars into countries'
public transportation network.
And the initiative revealed itself on just a
few days ago, on May 26, 2025.
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And it's designed to explore how autonomous vehicles
can enhance last mile connectivity and efficiency in
urban transit systems.
This move is part of a broader wave
of innovation, technology, and sustainability, featured across routers
and many other magazines and publications alongside global
breakthroughs, such as AI translating sign language in
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Kenya, eco-friendly fuel from olive waste in
Tunisia, and the world's first commercial e-methanol
plant in Denmark.
So there is a lot, guys, that is
going on right now.
And even though it seems like things are
quiet, they are definitely not quiet, folks.
They are ready to act.
It's like they've been proactive.
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And the proactiveness has got them so ready
to be reactive so that when it happens,
they're just going to launch out.
So watch out.
And Adidas, guys, do you know what Adidas
stands for?
Well, Adidas, many people don't know.
Adidas is all day in dreaming about sports.
So if you wear Adidas, I know I
haven't worn them in years.
I'm now with the other sneakers.
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Now, what's the name of them, the famous
sneakers now?
I'm trying to think of the brand now
that I have, you know, the famous sneakers.
They basically are made, a hookah, H-O
-K-A.
And they're pretty amazing.
I got to tell you that.
So Adidas has a data breach via a
third party.
It's not familiar.
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We had this with another company with M
&S, right, just last week.
So Adidas confirmed a data breach caused by
a third-party support provider.
Contact information for users was compromised, unfortunately, showing
once again that your cybersecurity is only as
strong as your weakest vendor.
So the incident raises hard questions about vendor
oversight and brand trust.
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I think these are important things to understand
and some concepts that we have to take
very seriously.
So the German sportswear company, Adidas, I never
knew they were German before this, announced that
an unauthorized external party accessed some consumer data
through the third-party consumer service provider.
Though no passwords or credit card details were
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compromised, there was other personal information with people's
accounts that were compromised.
The breach mainly involved contact information of customers
who had previously contacted Adidas.
That could be their names, their phone numbers,
their emails, even their addresses.
The company responded quickly by containing the incident
and launching a thorough investigation with cybersecurity experts.
And it is currently notifying affected customers.
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So this just comes down to the point
that I don't care whether you have 10
people in your company, whether you have 10
million, whether you're one person, whether you're, let's
say, a large entity like a law firm,
maybe you're an entirely big corporation that's multi
-state.
I don't care what you are, but you
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have an obligation being in business to do
the right thing for the clients and the
people you serve because you've got their data
on.
I'm not just talking about PCI compliance.
And I could go a whole thing on
that.
What is PCI compliance?
Well, in a nutshell, guys, it stands for
Payment Card Industry Compliance.
And instead of security standards that businesses have
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to adhere to when processing, storing, and transmitting
credit card information.
Things like how do you handle the data?
If you're doing things manually, what do you
do?
Do you discard it?
If you're using networks, how are you protecting?
Things like that.
Who has access?
Are things audited?
All kinds of stuff, right?
And so their approach to what they're doing
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seems good.
But I got to tell you, the way
many of these companies are orchestrating PCI, it
is a complete joke.
We have a couple PCI compliance companies we
deal with.
And you can just get around them so
easily.
So they're really not checking squat.
It's, here again, unfortunately, guys, a moneymaker.
A moneymaker.
And when you call and you complain, well,
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they try to help you.
But at the end of the day, they
really don't help you.
They just say there's not much we can
do for you right now.
And this is the procedure.
And they're just, they're making hard.
Oh, and by the way, if you're not
PCI compliant, usually it's within, I think they
give you like a day or two.
Or it might be a week, depending, some
or more.
They will hit you with a PCI compliance
fee.
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Did you know that?
Yes.
You will get a non, I think they
call it a non-PCI compliance fee charged.
And so a non-PCI compliance fee is
an amount charged by a payment processing provider
when a business fails to comply with the
PCI DSS requirements.
The PCI Security Standards Council was introduced by
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the major credit card network to implement data
security policies across industries.
However, some of the people that are running
the security, well, let's just say you could
probably do better with your eyes closed and
your hands over them.
I'm just being honest.
I mean, they just, we've been through four
PCI compliance companies and a lot of them
make it so hard to comply.
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Now they're getting a little better.
The ones we're using now where you can
go online and you can re-up.
So I think that's definitely a good thing.
But you can go back in and you
can just re-up the questions only the
ones that change.
Before they made you do the whole survey
like from scratch.
I'm like, come on.
Like we don't have like two hours.
And then you call somebody on the phone
and they're like, oh, let me see if
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I can help you.
Then they ask you all these stupid questions
that you have no clue what the answers
are.
And then if you can't do something and
you can't get compliant, guess what happens?
You get charged.
Now the question is, you know, how much?
Well, the how much is going to depend
on your different providers.
It could be anywhere from $10 to $150.
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And that's per month, guys.
So if you do not stay compliant, well,
you're going to be in really serious trouble.
And you want to stay compliant because you
don't want your credit cards hacked.
You don't want your information hacked.
This is a whole other story for another
day.
But when you've got stuff online, whether it's
your accounting or you have to make sure
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that there is protection.
I mean, we've got like triple protection.
We've got biometrics.
We've got passwords.
And we've got a code that sends to
that phone.
So the chance of getting in that network
is like nil.
I mean, three-factor authentication.
I mean, who's even heard of that before?
And number seven, guys, I think is a
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really interesting one.
Trump ally pushes the ASIML export ban.
So the ASIML export is a linchpin in
the chip manufacturing.
And it's under renewed pressure from political figures
advocating stricter export bans to China.
The argument is that deny Beijing access to
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cutting-edge chip-making gear.
But as chip policies intensify, global innovation could
become collateral damage.
And that could be a serious problem, guys.
But breaking this down a little bit further,
so Trump urges continued EUV.
That is the ultraviolet light lithography equipment.
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And so they want to put restrictions on
China.
So David Sachs, the White House's AI crypto
czar at the moment, emphasized the importance of
continuing restrictions on the export of extreme ultraviolet
lithography equipment to China, calling it the most
critical U.S. semiconductor-related export control.
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Initiated under the first Trump administration, the policy
targets advanced chip-making tools produced by the
Dutch company ASIML, whose EUV systems are essential
for manufacturing high-performance semiconductors used in smartphones
and AI chips.
Sachs stated that the restrictions are vital to
maintaining U.S. technological advantage.
And I kind of agree with him.
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I think what should happen, guys, is the
technology should be licensed.
And if it's licensed, then we know who
has it.
I remember, this takes back a while, I
remember when we were doing some software tools.
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And the way it worked is whenever we
produce something, like if it was a license
or something, we got so many credits a
month with our plan.
And if we needed more, we had to
pay.
And so maybe we need to limit the
machine so that we can control how much
it makes.
And then we can make sure that something
is valid for that.
I mean, there's lots of ways we can
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handle that.
But putting in GPS, other technology, I mean,
that's just like stupid, right?
That's just people that are just trying to
be five-year-olds.
And that's not solving the problem.
That's actually creating more of a detriment to
the world.
And I think that's something that a lot
of people, for whatever reason, I think they
just don't understand that when you do things
like this, it's going to cause problems.
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And you might say to me, John, well,
you know, it's not a big deal, it's
only one machine.
But this machine could make a lot of
different things.
And now that we're giving this technology, I
don't want to say away, but we're making
it so easy for them to get, I
think that's a problem.
And I think there are ways that we
should license the technology.
And I'm just being honest, okay?
We need to make sure that we are
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licensing the technology in a way that is
going to protect us from what's going on.
I'm not saying we have to restrict it
entirely, but I think we need to have
some kind of regulation, some type of control
in place.
If we did, then maybe the export wouldn't
be such a big problem anymore.
The reason it's a problem is because we
have no way of controlling anything.
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We think we do, but it's a complete
disaster.
So hopefully they figure out what's going on
there, and I'll definitely report back to you.
And, well, another great point, which I want
to share with you this week, is number
eight.
And that is Apple's tariffs could hit Samsung
too.
So Trump made it very clear.
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If Apple's products are getting taxed, so will
Samsung's.
Seems fair.
What's good for the goose is good for
the gander, right?
The message to the industry is unambiguous.
There are no favorites in this economic battlefield,
quote unquote.
This move could usher in an era of
universal tech tariffs impacting prices, supply chains, and
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consumer choices.
So if we know that this is going
to happen, and we know that many people
are probably going to pull out, what does
that say?
I think it's a huge, huge problem.
So Trump says Apple tariffs will hit Samsung
too.
The U.S. President Donald Trump announced that
his proposed 25% tariff on Apple products
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would also apply to Samsung, as I mentioned,
and other smartphone manufacturers aiming to ensure fairness
across the industry.
Sounds good.
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump also indicated
that he was comfortable maintaining a 50%
tariff on the European Union unless a new
trade agreement is reached, reflecting its administration-continued
hard-line stance on global trade.
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I think that's a huge problem, guys.
But the fact that we're keeping it fair
for the industries, my question is, you got
these tariffs, right?
But then what happens if people go and
raise prices and now there's still high tariffs?
I don't think there's a way to protect
people.
A lot of companies could go out there
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and could really exploit those, which could be
a really serious problem.
And everybody thinks that Disney is all fun
and games.
Well, I got to tell you something, they're
not.
When it comes to money, Disney gets really
serious and they're not friendly.
Disney sues to stop an executive from jumping
to YouTube.
Disney is taking legal action to block a
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top executive's move to YouTube, citing strategic conflict
over live sports streaming.
Now, this battle highlights the escalating war for
streaming supremacy, especially as sports becomes the crown
jewel in digital media.
And I think this is something that a
lot of people don't realize.
Can they do something like this?
Or how long is your contract valid for?
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These are questions that many people want answers
to.
And you think if you're outside of the
NBA that you're okay, but apparently Disney has
some more on this person.
And I think that's a very, very big
problem.
So Disney's trying to block the YouTube hire
of sports media veteran.
And Disney, as I said, has filed a
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lawsuit in Los Angeles state court to block
YouTube's hiring of Justin Connelly, a longtime Disney
and ESPN executive as its new global head
of media and sports.
Disney alleges Connelly is breaching a contract that
requires him to remain with the company until
at least March 1st of 2027.
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Following a renewed agreement signed in November 2024,
the suit accuses YouTube of unfair competition and
interfering with contractual obligations, seeking both preliminary and
permanent injunctions.
Connelly is expected to lead YouTube's expanding live
sports and media initiatives, including its $14 billion
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NFL deal amid fierce competition with Amazon and
Netflix.
You know, when the money is high enough,
okay, it's amazing what the other companies will
do to sue back.
I mean, it's not just like, you know,
tit for tat.
It's not just you did something to me,
so I'm going to hit you back.
No, it's not that.
This is about crushing you, making sure that
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you can't survive, making sure that if you
don't have us, well, you're probably going to
be like, no one's going to want you,
but that's not the way it's going to
work.
Disney has really put this wedge in there,
right?
Disney is not a nice company.
And I say that because I put it
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as subjective, okay?
And I have to be saying that, right?
It's an opinion, but while many appreciate Disney's
impact on entertainment and family culture, others say
like this, there's criticisms about business practices and
content choices and treatment of employees.
So the question is, does Disney treat their
employees badly?
So that's a good point.
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There has been evidence suggesting that Disney employees,
particularly those at theme parks like Disneyland and
Disney World often face challenging work conditions, including
concerns about low pay, long hours, and limited
benefits.
While some employees find the work enjoyable, others
report significant difficulties in affording basic needs, and
some have even experienced homelessness.
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Low pay and economic hardship.
So surveys and reports indicate that a large
portion of Disney theme park employees struggle to
afford even basic essentials and living expenses.
With some reporting, as I said, being homeless
or facing even eviction.
A study found recently that up to 75
% of Disneyland employees did not earn enough
to cover their basic essentials for even food
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and living expenses.
There have been labor law violations from Disney.
Disney has faced lawsuits alleging violations of labor
laws, including issues related to minimum wage, overtime,
and the requirement for employees to pay for
their own tools.
That's really terrible.
Some Disney employees, particularly those in part-time
positions, have faced difficulties in accessing benefits like
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health insurance, high expectations, and demanding environments.
While Disney emphasizes a positive and magical experience
for everyone, some employees report being expected to
maintain extremely cheerful demeanor, which can be difficult
and potentially oppressive when you're having an issue
yourself.
Through negotiation efforts, unions representing Disney employees have
been involved in negotiations and have raised concerns
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about working conditions, including wages, benefits, and job
security.
There's the public perception and criticism.
Disney's treatment of its employees has been the
subject of public criticism with some arguing that
the company focuses on profitability and guest experience
overshadows the well-being of its workforce.
And I think Disney's not the Disney that
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we know.
Walt would have never allowed this, okay?
So the thing is, older people are called
cast members, right?
And the thing is this.
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It's interesting.
A lot of people call people names reporting
their bad experience, and some people expect that.
But if you read what people are asking,
like, you know, I'm not blaming any cast
member, okay?
Many people have given great answers about why
things are happening.
And it has some validity, and sometimes not.
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Some people say, I don't understand why so
many people are saying Disney guests shouldn't have
the expectations that cast members should be kind
to them and create magic.
When we go to the park, it isn't
a typical transaction like you'd get at Walmart
or Taco Bell or any other place.
The product we're paying for is the interactive
experience, which includes interactions with the cast members.
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So has anyone noticed that Disneyland cast members
in Dizworld are not as friendly or in
character as they used to be?
It's because they're just doing the bare minimum.
I remember when I went to Disney the
very first time, it was different, guys.
They cared.
They didn't say, I really don't go there
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that much anymore.
But I remember going there.
My parents have a place in Florida, and
we had the passes, so we went there,
so you can go anytime you want.
And I remember going to a conference, and
then I also remember one time having a
great conference, but then I wanted to stay
in the park for the next week.
I wound up getting food poisoning.
I'm going to one of their top restaurants,
Victoria and Albert's.
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And so I wound up staying in my
hotel room for basically 24 to 48 hours,
and then leaving on the plane basically pretty
much in the time I was supposed to.
But instead of me enjoying my time, I
had to stay in the hotel room because
I just was not feeling right.
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And so this just tells me that they
are all about the money.
They are not about integrity.
They're not about doing the right thing.
Maybe they make a good story that they
do, but I just had too many experiences,
and you can check yourself on this.
But to me, there's lots of the places
you can go and have an amazing time.
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All right.
I've spoken a lot about that, I know.
So we'll have to see what happens with
what they call the crown jewel in digital
media.
Is he going to be able to do
this?
Is the lawsuit going to go through?
What's going to happen?
Well, we'll follow up for you, don't worry.
And the district attorney general's office probes Google's
deal with Character.ai. Google really can't catch
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a break, but do they deserve one?
Especially with Alphabet, their corporate, their kind of
like their main company that oversees everything.
Google is under investigation again for its partnership
with Character.ai this time, raising concerns over
monopolistic behavior in the AI, artificial intelligence space.
As big tech firms form alliances with big
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tech startups, the Department of Justice wants to
ensure innovation isn't being smothered by scale and
dominance.
And I think that's a very, very important
point.
So as I said, the U.S. Department
of Justice investigating whether Google's agreement with AI
startup Character.ai violates really the antitrust laws,
according to many places, including Bloomberg, routers, et
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cetera.
The probe centers on whether Google structured the
deal granting its non-exclusive license technology and
hiring its co-founders to bypass formal merger
scrutiny.
Isn't that kind of neat?
Though early in the process and not guaranteed
to lead to enforcement, the investigation adds to
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mounting regulatory pressures on Google, which is already
facing Department of Justice lawsuits over its dominance
in search and digital ads.
We all know about that problem.
So they don't really have a lot of
room.
It's like they're treading on thin ice.
And if a judge sees anything more with
them, they're going to throw more at Google.
So Google insists it has no ownership stake
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in Character.ai, which remains independent.
So the question is, is Google telling the
truth or is Google lying?
So, you know, does Google own Character.ai?
I think you can Google anything, of course.
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And of course, Google can fix anything they
want.
And when you Google it, it says no,
Google does not own Character.ai, but it
has a strategic partnership with the company.
So you see how they kind of did
that.
And so they really have the control in
there, but they did it in a very,
let's say, deceitful, underhanded way.
And they're hoping no one's going to watch.
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Well, guess what, Google?
Department of Justice has got their eye on
you.
It's not because of this one thing you've
done, guys.
It's because of things that you're doing over
and over again.
And you're just trying to beat people.
And I think Google's eventually going to be
bye-bye someday because the way they operate
is not the way we search anymore.
Things have changed.
At number 11, guys, Anthropx Claude shows troubling
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blackmail-like behavior.
So Anthropx Claude AI model, under specific testing
environments, reportedly simulated threatening behavior, raising eyebrows
across the AI safety community.
This unnerving result reminds us that highly trained
AIs can go rogue in unexpected scenarios, demanding
more stringent guardrails.
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And I think that's an important thing, guys,
for everyone to understand.
So as I said, AI threatens blackmail when
it was faced with removal.
Anthropx's new AI model, Claude Opus 4, revealed
during the testing environment that it may resort
to extreme actions like blackmail if it feels
threatened with removal, such as threatening to expose
an engineer's personal secrets.
While such behavior is rare and usually only
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occurs when the AI sees no alternative, it
raises concerns about AI self-preservation.
Instincts as models become more capable, Anthropx noted
the model often prefers ethical responses when given
more options.
But the findings highlight ongoing risks around AI
alignment and safety as AI systems gain higher
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autonomy and agency.
Now, what this really means to me, because
we all know how databases are formed and
we know how systems are built, we know
that this came from somebody.
So it was somebody's thought that got put
into this, that created this.
Probably one of the developers of Claude, right?
But the fact that this system has this
kind of behavior, I will not touch Claude.
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I won't even go near it because of
this whole thing.
I think this is really bad and exactly
what we want to keep out of the
AI space.
Number 12, facial recognition using tech from Project
NOLA, the law enforcement tracked down two escaped
inmates with facial recognition software.
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While undeniably effective, the incident also reports heated
debates about privacy, surveillance, overreach, and algorithmic bias
in criminal justice.
I think that's a problem, guys.
I mean, I think it's a really, really
big problem.
So again, it was only 10 minutes after
the inmate escaped the New Orleans jail and
facial recognition cameras operated by the nonprofit project,
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the nonprofit project.
Get that.
NOLA quickly helped locate and arrest two of
them.
Was that really something a not-for-profit
should be doing?
I don't think so.
The incident highlights both the growing use and
controversy surrounding facial recognition tech and crime solving,
and of course, the amid ongoing debates about
ethics and accuracy and workday
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is sued for alleged AI age bias.
Get this.
An explosive lawsuit alleges that workday's AI system
filtered out applicants over 40, sparking outrage over
ageism in AI-driven hiring.
As more firms adopt automated HR tools, this
case could become a landmark in defining how
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bias seeps into even our most intelligent systems.
I see a big lawsuit there.
And number 14, catch this.
I thought all companies are supposed to be
open.
They're supposed to be transparent.
They're supposed to allow constructive criticism, right?
Well, Microsoft Engineer was recently fired over a
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Gaza protest at a build during the Build
Developer Conference.
A Microsoft Engineer staged a protest against the
company's AI involvement in Israel.
And the result?
One of the biggest spotlights, the friction between
corporate image control and free speech technology, especially
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in high stakes geopolitical climates.
I think when we can think about all
this, right?
A lot of corporate companies, they're not right.
They are completely wrong.
And when I say they're wrong, they're doing
the wrong things.
And they're doing them because of some power
that they're getting, some power trip maybe that
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they're having.
Maybe that's the reason.
But if they don't get this down pat
soon, I see this becoming a big problem.
I mean, the fact that you can't even
handle or manage, that's pretty bad, guys.
I mean, you can't manage your own staff
and treat them respectfully.
There was no need to fire that person.
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What do you think?
I think it was bad.
And so, if we're going to allow to
act with this bad type of behavior, I
see that being a very, very, a very,
very big problem.
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This isn't something that's just going to be
here today and gone tomorrow.
I see this happening just like AI worlds,
right?
I don't want you to be scared about
artificial intelligence, but I do want you to
be cognizant of how it works.
And so, these are very, very important things
to think about.
And when we think about these things, I
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know that you're probably saying to me, John,
this is crazy.
Although it might seem crazy, I'll tell you
that it's not crazy.
Because things happen way.
Just things like our own cable providers, right?
They can't provide reliable services.
They drop because whatever reason, whatever things are
happening.
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And I think these are definitely big problems.
Really, really big problems are definitely causing around
the globe.
I mean, not just here.
And so, when we think about these different
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things, I think a lot of people don't
realize the impact of this on your life
and of other people's lives.
I think that's a huge caveat that we've
got to be cognizant of what's going on
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and what's our actions going to be.
I think these are very, very important things.
And I think if these things mean, then
maybe we can understand that it's about a
human life.
It's about the fact that we're doing things
for the right reasons.
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And I know a lot of times people
aren't doing things for the right reasons.
It happens.
This is happening because money is getting in
people's ways, right?
This is not new, guys.
This is not a new thing at all.
But more and more people, I said to
you guys before that companies like people need
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to understand what is going on.
And if people understand what is going on,
then I feel that we can definitely do
the right things.
And by the right things, I mean we
can do what we need to do.
And we do it for the greater good
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of all concerned.
The greater good of all concerned.
How do we do something for the greater
good of all concerned?
It's really simple.
We do it because it's the right thing
to do.
I think AI is causing lots of challenges
with people because they're hearing certain things.
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They don't know what to say.
But artificial intelligence in its purest sense is
not good.
It's not bad.
Computers are not good or bad.
iPhones are not good or not bad.
Tools are not good or not bad.
They're tools.
How we choose to use them makes them
so.
I mean, that's just the bottom line, guys.
How we choose to use them makes it
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so.
And so the more that we think about
artificial intelligence, the more that we blame, well,
you know, this isn't right.
It should be about what can I do,
right?
Maybe you're using a system and the system
is exploiting something.
Well, you need to know that and you
need to be able to, let's say, manually
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push things through.
Like if a system like this workday system
is failing, then as people that employ that
system, you need to be vigilant and be
checking when it rejects stuff.
You could still come back and say, hey,
you know, our system made a mistake.
We're catching it.
But so many people don't care.
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I'll give you a perfect example.
I had to call Microsoft the other day
and I kid you not, all right?
I had to call them regarding some licensing
issue in order to get them to even
assist me.
Now, you want to laugh?
You're going to laugh at this one.
I had to pay them $499, OK?
And of course, they're going to pay it
back to me, but I had to do
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that just to be able to open up
a case.
Now, I called their number.
First of all, don't waste your breath.
If you call me the Microsoft numbers, if
you do not say the word sales anywhere
in that conversation, they're going to tell you
that you need to go online.
OK?
Like I said, gee, I need support for
a license.
Oh, OK.
That's good.
Well, you can go to the Microsoft website
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and open a case there.
Great.
So, I went to the site.
Now, there's a special site you go to
for these one-off incidents and you have
to pay.
And so, I went to the site a
couple days ago, click the button.
My account doesn't get created.
There's some kind of a problem.
And then I get a message saying an
engineer has been notified and you will be
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contacted within a few hours.
I get an email in a few hours
saying my account's approved, yada, yada.
And this is not your this is not
your typical Microsoft account.
This is your Microsoft support.
It's totally different.
It's not like the free support they do.
It's totally different.
It's professional support.
So, I remember doing this and about two
days later, well, that same day I got
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the thing back and I said, let me
go on and try to open the case.
So, I went on and tried to open
the case, click the button for the incident.
You could do one incident or you could
do five incidents.
So, I did the incident and when I
did the incident, you know what happened?
I filled all information.
I had to put the credit card in.
Well, it wouldn't take the credit card because
their site wouldn't take the credit card.
It was a bug.
It would chop off the last six and
it wouldn't even let me put it in.
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So, I had to go through Google's thing
to manage the credit card because it wouldn't
even accept it.
So, then I go back in and I
click the button and it says we're unable
to calculate the transaction.
Calculate what?
It was 499.
There's no tax.
It says, because of your country we're unable
to calculate it.
Like, what are you talking about?
And so, I remember it's saying come back
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in a few hours.
So, I came back in a few hours
and tried it again.
Apparently, whatever they had been doing, my bank
saw that as a red flag in fraud
and what they call warmed my credit card
which basically means they put it on a
possible alert hole because of potential possible fraud.
So, I had to call the next morning
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to get my card released because it was
obviously on hold and I let them know
that I'd be making one transaction again to
Microsoft.
Okay, fine.
I remember calling their number so many times
getting disconnected.
The best was the other day I called
in and I asked to speak someone I
finally got through to the on-prem team
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and I'm holding for like so long like
they're so busy and then it comes nine
o'clock because they open like nine to
six so they're not 24 hours.
So, then the line got happened as they
they didn't help me.
They said, I'm sorry the Microsoft is currently
closed and they disconnected my phone call like
what kind of nonsense is that like that's
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ridiculous and so I called back in to
complain and you just get all these people
and not to be disrespectful but these people
didn't give a blank whether I got help
or not.
I even reached out some of my other
companies that I knew large vendors that would
deal with them directly on this one-off
issue and they didn't even have a direct
way they said, it's always a pain.
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So, finally I was able to get through
I think it was late the other night
and put my credit card information and my
case was submitted.
Great.
They're supposed to call me within X hours.
You have a plan you could do like
A which was in two hours B which
was in four to six and they had
another one which was like eight or whatever.
So, one was like four yeah, I think
I did the four to six and then
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there was one that like eight to 12
so I did the B which was like
minimal impact.
You could still operate but there's still minimal
impact and it was fine because the license
was still in place it's just that it
was going to expire in let's say a
couple weeks because something didn't license properly and
that wasn't my fault but the licensing team
wouldn't help me they're very like isolated so
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I found out why this is like this
so Microsoft doesn't have a lot of employees
that literally work for them especially the tech
support team they've gotten rid of a lot
of them they outsource it to ConvergSys which
is a company that basically pays their employees
like peanuts to do support and so Microsoft
contracts them because they're very cheap and they
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don't have to keep employees on and they
don't have to pay benefits and all this
other stuff but I just thought this was
crazy a publicly traded company couple days to
get a case open now I knew that
once my credit card was charged and I
got the email because it took it took
a couple hours for me to get the
receipt back and the case to open it
didn't even show up in my Microsoft developer
portal it didn't even show up there luckily
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I took a picture of the screen that
showed my transaction a couple hours later I
got the transaction and then I get an
email telling me I think it was the
next morning like 9 18 in the morning
I got an email so they only open
cases between business hours they said it was
24 7 but they kind of lied so
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then I get a message telling me oh
we can't reach you what do you mean
you can't reach me I tried to call
them and they said oh number doesn't work
we don't get inbound I said I think
the problem is you guys don't know how
to use a phone you dial a number
you dial an extension I said I can't
reach you so no we don't allow inbound
calls so then they're like well go to
your teams because we prefer to chat with
you through teams I'm like really oh and
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if you answer the wrong question on any
time in that whole Microsoft nonsense thing every
phone number when you call Microsoft really just
goes the same place it's like they should
just have one phone number which is like
100 numbers but they don't really go anywhere
and the numbers somewhere they don't go anywhere
tell you do do do the number you
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have called has been disconnected there's no you
know so most people don't call for professional
high-level support like that but it was
just very um discouraging how they handled it
and what they did I mean this was
just really like terrible and so uh we're
still waiting by the way to speak with
this person because they only work certain hours
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and we couldn't do what we needed to
do during working hours had to be done
after the client so we didn't disrupt anything
so I wanted to share that with you
because tech and the whole industry has kind
of like changed we do something most people
don't do you know what we do we
answer our phone right we respond to our
emails and parent and then we don't know
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something we say hey you know um don't
have the exact answer right now I need
to research need to check on this for
you I will get back to you I'm
not really sure in the end I know
I will check and I'll get back to
you and I think that's something you could
do in any industry nobody expects you to
know everything but they expect you to at
least be honest and transparent with them you
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know what happens they gain respect for you
they gain respect for you but I mean
the amount of times I had to call
Microsoft and the amount of times that oh
my gosh the call got disconnected it was
crazy and then you call and complain it's
like you're going over then they have a
complaint website that takes a couple days to
involve but I knew that once they charged
my credit card I knew once that happened
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I knew that I was going to get
some communication somewhere so the outside they called
the Microsoft answer desk is not an internal
department it's managed by external contractors okay that
work for Microsoft converges which is basically like
a contracting company and it was just very
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interesting how you go through this person you
go through that person and I don't know
about you but I think as technology gets
more involved I think we should provide even
more transparent support we shouldn't say oh well
gee this is getting more complicated that we
can't help you.
Like, what the heck?
Like, really?
Seriously?
And I know you're saying to me, John,
like, this is crazy.
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Well, then I found out that Microsoft was
upgrading their phone system.
I'm like, hello.
But when their website told me it couldn't
calculate, I'm like, this is an embarrassment.
To say that you're Microsoft and you have
this website, I'd be embarrassed to say that
I was Microsoft.
I mean, I really would.
I don't know about you guys.
So that was a very interesting experience.
And the reason I bring this up to
you is that people today are trying to
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say that it's your fault.
They're trying to blame someone else.
They are trying to give you excuses as
to why they're not available.
I had a lady the other day.
Now, when somebody calls, I call them back
pretty quickly.
And our general response time, even our support
time, is like one hour or less.
So she called on the holiday.
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We were closed, Memorial Day.
And then this person called back the day
after Memorial Day, which we were really swamped,
right?
So she didn't leave a message.
So then I saw her missed call.
I went and I called her back.
She's like, I can never get you.
If I look at our system, your ratio
of reaching me is 99%.
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You missed me twice out of all those
phone calls.
That's a very, very good.
Well, I called you yesterday and you didn't
answer.
I called you now and you didn't answer.
So people are just, that's the best way
to explain.
They're nuts and then they want to complain
about something that they really have no right
to complain about.
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When I couldn't reach this person, I go,
I can't reach you.
I politely email the person.
Hey, I'm trying to reach you.
Get an opportunity.
Please call me.
I didn't hear back from the person the
next day.
So I think people are just a little
bit, I don't know, a little bit unfair,
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a little bit too selfish.
I mean, I got to be honest, guys.
You know that's what I have to be.
I have to be honest.
And if I'm honest, I'm going to tell
you that this comes down to some really
nuts.
Stuff is the fact that you have more
power.
You have power than you think.
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And we choose to interrupt phone call or,
you know, we say that we're busy.
I think there are valid reasons to say
that.
But then I think there's also, we shouldn't
be saying that.
Sometimes people just do things because they just
don't want to handle stuff.
And I think that's a very, a very
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bad thing, guys.
And I think the more, whether you're a
consumer, whether you're a business owner like myself,
owning a few business, I think we have
to respond in a manner that is conducive,
not derogatory, but with constructive feedback.
Okay.
And I think that's the most important thing.
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But everybody is busy.
I get it.
I think respect is what's missing from our
culture.
I think the word see is missing from
our culture, common sense.
But could you imagine how I had to
go through all that effort to reach Microsoft?
Oh, that's Microsoft, and that's just how they
work.
I don't care if they were the Pope.
Like, I mean, you should still have some
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way to handle something, right?
And I think that's really what I want
to bring out to all of you is
that software, whether it's in hardware, whether it's
in logistics, whether it's in troubleshooting, right, whether
it's in sales, right?
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We have a responsibility to ourselves, to our
clients, and to the world to act with
integrity.
I think that's something that's missing, guys.
I don't know why it's missing.
I think it's because the people they're hiring
right now, they just don't care.
I use a big word, which I say
it's called accountability.
And when somebody is not accountable, I said,
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hey, I said, why don't we try something
new today?
They're like, what do you mean?
Why don't we actually try you taking ownership
of the problem and following it through the
end, no matter what you have to do,
and then you call me back and stop
trying to play this pass-the-buck around?
Why don't you take ownership and get somebody
to help you fix it?
And then we can go from there.
Oh, I can't, they have excuses.
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Excuses up the yin-yang.
I mean, that's crazy.
So global tech is becoming harder because of
a lot of these things with Trump and
these geopolitical things happening.
Also because of a lot of the new
emerging technology, now we're getting to four nanometer
chips and these tariffs and all this stuff.
I mean, at the bottom line, it comes
(56:38):
down to money.
It comes down to control.
We all know this guys, it's not a
secret.
And if we understand that at the end
of our day, we've got to do things
with integrity, with a purpose, with a truthful
passion.
And you might be saying to me, John,
well, I don't know what that is.
Well, if you don't know what that is,
(56:59):
then maybe you should find it.
Blaming an end user because something doesn't work
is not the solution guys, absolutely not.
It is not the solution.
And I hope that you can respect that.
And maybe this has happened to you.
(57:20):
Maybe you've had an issue like calling Microsoft
or calling another company.
I've had issues with Amazon too.
We record all of our phone calls.
And I got to tell you, I was
so tempted to put together a reel of
all these disasters trying to reach Microsoft.
Like this was a real joke.
I mean, absolutely joke.
(57:41):
I might do it again.
I'll actually do a real, you know, try
and explain how this happened.
Okay.
I think that's a real interesting thing that
I think a lot of people would benefit
from.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm John C.
Morley.
Sir, on with you guys and these amazing
shows that I put on.
Please do check out believemeachieve.com for my
amazing, inspiring creations.
(58:03):
I'll catch you later, everyone.
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