November 2, 2024 • 46 mins
Get ready for another exciting episode of The JMOR Tech Talk Show! Today, we're unpacking a week filled with groundbreaking tech news and developments that are shaping our world. From cybersecurity breaches that threaten election integrity to the auction of an AI-created masterpiece, we’ve got the highlights that matter. Don’t miss out on discussions about innovative grocery shopping solutions, the latest controversies surrounding TikTok, and how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the medical field. We bring you the tech trends you need to know, presented in a way that's engaging and easy to digest.
Join us as we explore how these stories impact your life and the tech landscape as a whole. Tune in now to hear the full scoop! 🎧
🚀 TSMC Suspends Shipments: The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a key player in the global semiconductor industry, has suspended shipments to various clients. This unprecedented move could have far-reaching consequences, affecting everything from smartphone manufacturing to automotive production. As TSMC plays a crucial role in supplying chips for numerous tech giants, we’ll explore how this suspension might disrupt supply chains, impact product availability, and what it means for the tech economy.
🎨 Italian Database Access Arrests: In a significant cybersecurity crackdown, Italian authorities have arrested individuals linked to unauthorized access of a government database. This breach raises serious concerns about data security and privacy, prompting discussions on the effectiveness of current security measures in protecting sensitive information. We’ll analyze the implications for both individuals and organizations and what lessons can be learned to strengthen data protection strategies.
🔒 Chinese Hackers Target Harris Campaign: Recent reports reveal that hackers believed to be linked to China have targeted the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris. This alarming breach underscores the ongoing threat of foreign interference in U.S. elections. In this segment, we will delve into the specifics of the attack, the potential repercussions for national security, and the importance of robust cybersecurity measures in protecting democratic processes.
✈️ Delta vs. CrowdStrike Lawsuit: A high-stakes legal battle is unfolding between Delta Airlines and cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike over responsibilities following a major data breach. As both parties argue their cases, we’ll break down the complexities of this lawsuit, the legal precedents it could set for data security, and the broader implications for businesses in the travel and tech industries facing similar challenges.
🎨 AI Art Auction at Sotheby’s: An AI-generated artwork has recently made headlines by being auctioned at Sotheby’s, stirring debates about creativity, ownership, and the role of artificial intelligence in art. We’ll explore the significance of this event in the art world, how AI is changing the creative landscape, and what it means for artists and collectors in the age of technology.
🛒 Innovative Grocery Shopping Cart: Imagine a grocery cart that not only holds your items but also helps you shop smarter! In this segment, we’ll showcase the latest innovations in grocery shopping technology, including smart carts equipped with sensors and checkout features designed to streamline the shopping experience. Discover how these advancements are set to transform the way we shop for groceries, making it more efficient and user-friendly.
🎃 Halloween Tech Innovations: With Halloween around the corner, this segment will highlight the exciting tech innovations that are enhancing spooky celebrations this year. From smart decorations that sync with music to augmented reality experiences, we’ll discuss how technology is bringing a new level of creativity and interactivity to Halloween festivities.
🗳️ Election Cybersecurity Efforts: As elections approach, cybersecurity has become a top priority for governments and organizations alike. We’ll take a closer look at the various initiatives aimed at securing election systems and protecting voter data. Our discussion will cover the latest strategies and technologies being deployed to ensure a safe and secure electoral process in an increasingly digital world.
⏰ Clocks Winding Back: Daylight saving time is ending soon, and with it comes the annual debate over its effects on health, safety, and energy consumption. In this segment, we’ll discuss the science behind daylight saving time, how it impacts our daily routines, and what changes we can expect as the clocks wind back.
📱 Ofcom's Findings on Social Media: The recent findings by Ofcom regarding social media usage shed light on the evolving landscape of online interactions. We’ll analyze the implications of these findings for users, including the impact on mental health, privacy concerns, and the role of social media in shaping public disco
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Hi everyone, I'm John C. Morley, Serial Entrepreneur, the host of
the JMOR Tech Talk Show and Inspirations for
Your Life.
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Hey guys, how are you?
It is John Seymour here, serial entrepreneur, and
of course, your coach and the founder of
the Jamwar Connection Incorporated and the host of
the Jamwar Tech Talk Show.
So welcome everyone, thanks so much for being
here.
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Maybe it's an icy cold drink, maybe it's
something hot, maybe it's leftover Halloween candy, maybe
it's a nice healthy piece of fruit, whatever
it is, go get it and come on
back here.
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my amazing inspiring creations.
So this show has a very interesting title,
you ready for it?
The title for this show is, I know
you're ready for it, Pixels and Politics.
The Intersection of Tech and Society.
I love that title.
So we have a great show planned for
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you here today, and we're going to dive
into the future, innovation, cybersecurity, and AI insights.
So get ready for another earth shattering show
of the Jamwar Tech Talk Show.
Today we're unpacking a week filled, that's right,
with groundbreaking tech news and developments that are
shaping our world from cybersecurity breaches that threaten
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election integrity to the auction of an AI
created masterpiece.
We've got the highlights that matter.
Don't miss out, ladies and gentlemen, on discussions
about innovative grocery shopping solutions, the latest controversies
surrounding TikTok, and how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing
the medical field.
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We bring you the tech trends you need
to know, presented in a way that's engaging
and easy to digest.
Of course, you know, every single week we
give you the real short versions of these
trends and then we give you the longer
version on the Jamwar Tech Talk Show.
So join me as we explore.
Come on back from that kitchen there.
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We got to start the show here, buddy.
All right.
Let's get going.
So TSMC.
All right.
So who knows who TSMC is before I
even get started?
Who is TSMC?
So TSMC is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited,
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and it's a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing
and design company.
It's the world's second most valuable semiconductor company,
the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, and
its country's largest company, with headquarters and main
operations located in Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu,
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Taiwan, according to Wikipedia.
All right, guys, let's talk about the caper
that's going on here with TSMC.
So TSMC has decided to halt shipments to
China firm after a Huawei chip was found
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to have their contents in an AI processor.
So TSMC suspended shipments to the Chinese chip
designator, SOPHGO, that's S-O-P-H-G
-O, after discovering that a chip it produced
ended up, as I said, in Huawei's AI
processor.
The Ascend 910B raised concerns over political violations
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of U.S. export controls.
The U.S. banned sales of foreign-made
tech to Huawei in 2020 due to national
security concerns.
Tech Insights identified the chip while analyzing Huawei's
processor, prompting TSMC to alert U.S. and
Taiwanese authorities and halt shipments to SOPHGO.
Neither Huawei nor SOPHGO responded to requests for
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comment, while TSMC stated it hasn't supplied Huawei
since September 2020.
All right, so that's definitely a little bit
unsettling that that's happening, but at least they
are at the top of their game and,
you know, alerting people.
So that's definitely a good thing that they're
doing that.
But I have to tell you, ladies and
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gentlemen, I wish we had a foundry like
that in the United States, that we didn't
have to rely on, you know, foreign countries
for that.
And here's another interesting one, Italian database access
arrests.
This is really cool.
The Italy police arrest four over alleged illegal
database access.
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That's right.
The Italian police placed four individuals, including Leonardo
Maria and Del Vecchio, under house arrest in
a probe involving alleged illegal access to state
databases.
Del Vecchio, a son of Luxottica's late founder,
is accused of using a private intelligence agency
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run by a former policeman to gather information
amid a family inheritance dispute.
Investigations revealed illegal access to financial tax and
police databases dating back to 2019, with data
allegedly being sold or used for blackmail.
Prosecutors expressed concern over the basically the sale
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of the market for confidential information, highlighting its
businesslike dimensions.
And I think that is a very, very
big problem that, you know, sometimes people are
in the field and then they abuse their
power.
So I think what they're doing is good.
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And I think there needs to be more
checks and balances when people leave companies so
that they no longer have access to certain
things.
So I think that's a big, big concern
right there.
And ladies and gentlemen, this is another interesting
story.
I think you guys are really going to,
I should say, appreciate.
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Chinese hackers targeted phones linked to Harris's campaign.
So Chinese hackers allegedly accessed Verizon's systems to
target phones connected to the Kamala Harris's presidential
campaign.
A source had revealed this, and reports indicated
that Republican candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance
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were also targeted through this method.
And the fact that they are still doing
some testing, they're saying that there might be
a possibility that this didn't happen, although the
other parties are trying to make this very
clear that it did happen because they're trying
to say that they went after both sides.
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Both the FBI and the CISA are investigating
unauthorized access to telecom infrastructures linked to China.
While Verizon acknowledged a sophisticated attempt to infiltrate
the U.S. telecoms, the Chinese embassy denied
involvement, stating that China does not interfere in
U.S. elections.
The Trump campaign was previously targeted in a
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separate hack attributed to Iran.
This is getting very messy, and the election,
as you know, is just a few days
away with coming up just this week on
November 5th.
It's going to be interesting to see what
happens.
And is there going to be any foul
play going on overseas?
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I don't know.
We're going to have to see what's going
on there.
And you remember Delta, right?
Delta and CrowdStrike and that thing about them
wanting to bring a lawsuit.
Well, Delta Airlines has filed a lawsuit against
cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, claiming a faulty software update
caused a mask-like disruption in July, leading
to 7000 cancellations and affecting 1.3 million
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passengers.
The airline seeks over 500 million in damages
for the financial impact, legal costs and reputational
harm.
Delta alleges that CrowdStrike's update, which affected millions
of Windows computers, was untested and caused widespread
system crashes.
CrowdStrike denies the claims attributing the disruptions to
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Delta's issues were because of outdated IT infrastructure.
Yeah, it's easy to do a pass the
blame, isn't it?
The incident is still under investigation by the
U.S. Department of Transportation.
Well, I got to tell you, I think
CrowdStrike really lost their reputation and maybe they're
trying to rebuild it.
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But the question you might be asking is
Delta, and this is a good question, is
Delta justified in suing CrowdStrike?
And I have to tell you, yes, I
think the way they run their company over
at CrowdStrike is just an abomination.
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And so, you know, they've been silent about
this for a while, but now Delta is
starting to realize that it's, you know, it's
starting to affect their pockets because, you know,
they need this revenue back.
And, you know, we know that Microsoft actually
lashed out at Delta not too long ago,
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you know, on the time frame August 6th.
You know, I think everybody is pointing fingers
at everybody.
And what is truly going on is no
one is becoming accountable for what people are
doing, why they're doing certain things and what
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this means to people.
I think that's really the whole bottom line.
But, you know, the lawsuit filed in Fulton
County Superior Court near Delta Atlanta's headquarters stemmed
back from a July incident when the faulty
CrowdStrike software update triggered widespread system failures, including
the quote unquote infamous blue screen of death,
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BSOD, on Windows computers worldwide.
And this was according to many sources, including
the Associated Press.
Now, Delta's suit states the cybersecurity firm's negligence
in rolling out an untested Microsoft computer update
led to the cancellation of approximately 7000 flights
over five days during the peak summer travel
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season.
The airline is pursuing, like I said, both
compensatory and punitive damages, asserting that the company's
actions caused widespread disruption during one of the
busiest travel periods of the year.
And I think, ladies and gentlemen, I think
it's got to come down to the fact
that people have to understand what's going on
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and why things are going on and what's
really happening.
I think most people don't understand, you know,
what things mean or why things mean things.
I think that's what happens.
And so many people don't quite get the
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reasons.
But I think what Delta is doing is
going to set a precedence.
And I wouldn't be a bit surprised, ladies
and gentlemen, if a lot of other airlines
and companies jump on board to file suit
against CrowdStrike as well.
I mean, anytime you release software, right, you
have to do testing.
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You have stuff that's in a test environment
and you have to make sure everything works
before it goes into a production environment.
That is just common sense.
But people know at these companies that they
don't get paid until something goes into production.
So they oftentimes push something into production, but
it's not ready for production.
So this becomes, how can I say, a
very serious problem.
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And the problem stems from people not understanding
that, you know, something was done wrong.
And it's not Delta's fault.
Of course, they're blaming it back on other
things.
Right.
But it's not really their fault.
Even though they had outdated technology, it was
working fine before.
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So this has nothing, nothing, nothing, ladies and
gentlemen, I mean, nothing to do with anything
like that.
But they're trying to, they're trying to basically,
you know, figure out what's going on and
why things are going on.
Hopefully this suit will bring some clarity and
also will bring some justice to the situation.
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All right.
Here is an interesting one.
Many of you know Sotheby's.
Well, a new AI robots painting set to
make history at the Sotheby's auction.
That's right.
Sotheby auctioned off its first artwork created by
a humanoid robot named AI Da on October
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31st, Halloween, 2024.
The piece titled AI God is a mixed
media portrait of mathematician Alan Turning, who significantly
contributed to modern computing and artificial intelligence.
Measuring 64 by 90.5 inches, the artwork
is expected to fetch between $120,000 and
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$180,000.
AI Da developed by the U.K. and
art dealer ADN Meller creates art using cameras,
AI algorithms and a robotic arm, marking a
significant movement and moment in the intersection of
technology and art.
Now, Miller emphasizes that the auction highlights the
rapid advancement, ladies gentlemen, in robotics and AI,
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prompting discussions about their implications for society and
the art world.
Proceeds from the sale will support the AI
Da project, which involves something very substantial and
is going to be a groundbreaking point.
So I think this is interesting.
You know what's going on?
And you might be saying, you know, John,
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what did the, let's say, sell for?
And again, this is pretty amazing, you know,
what happened?
And so the thing about it is that
it's just the fact that AI can be
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producing more money than if a human person
made it.
So the question is, you know, by using
AI, will other people be able to produce
the same thing?
I mean, that's really the question, and that's
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a big concern, right?
An AI robot painting and other things are
going to happen like that, right?
And you might be saying, John, well, you
know, it can't be that hard, right?
Well, but you have issues, right?
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Like how much things are going for and
things like that.
So what I will tell you is that
the lot is supposed to close on November
7th, 201 p.m. Eastern time for the
AI Da robot.
As of today, OK, yes, there was 120
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,000, 180,000.
The current bid, OK, was 120,000, but
the reserve was not met.
So even though they said it was estimated
around 120, that means they set the reserve
a lot higher.
Could be 130, could be 150.
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Heck, it could even be 180.
So it really isn't going for 120, even
though they said it could be.
They kind of lied to us about that.
All right.
In other news that is transcending the globe
beside this very infamous AI Da, how would
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you like to go to a store and
have your shopping cart fly in front of
you and you could move it in the
air by just a little handle as you
push it and even navigate it?
This flying cart, they say, could enhance your
shopping experiences.
And researchers at Seoul National University, that's S
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-C-O-U-L, Seoul's National University of
Science and Technology, have introduced the Palantrone, a
flying cart designed for aerial cargo transport that
enhances grocery shopping.
Unlike traditional carts, the Palantrone can navigate obstacles
and rocky terrains guided by human operators.
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It employs a unique admittance control technique allowing
users to interactively control its flight path.
The team has conducted tests to assess its
performance under various conditions and potential applications, such
as serving as a flying tripod for flexible
camera movements.
This innovation showcases how technology can transform shopping
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experiences and other tasks.
Unfortunately, it's not able to handle enough for
most people going shopping.
It might be good for the occasional thing,
but they still got some logistics and engineering
to figure out because it's not ready for
the real world application.
It is a prototype.
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And so with Halloween just leaving our door
just a couple of days ago, this one
I think will be very interesting for all
of you guys.
And that comes with the premise of tech
or treat.
I didn't say trick or treat.
I said tech or treat.
So there are several cool apps that hopefully
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you had a chance to play with that
I mentioned on Halloween when I released the
short reel about these.
One is the Nextdoor Candy Corn Map.
Now, many of you know Nextdoor.
It's a basically a social media platform that's
available in many neighborhoods.
And you sign up, it's free, and then
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they even get businesses that can pay to
advertise to people in the community.
But the interesting thing about Nextdoor is that
it allows people in the community to get
to know each other.
Now, they add a feature called the Nextdoor
Candy Corn Map.
If you enable that for your home, when
trick or treaters see your house on the
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app, they'll be able to see a candy
corn marked on or by your house.
And that'll indicate that you are giving out
treats this year.
How about Trick or Treat Tracker?
Easily track the number of trick or treaters
visiting your house, downloading it from the app
store or the Android store.
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There's another one called Glimpse.
Track your child or a group for safety
while trick or treating.
And here's another one, the Panic Button.
All these so far are free.
Panic Button isn't just to be used at
Halloween.
It's a lifesaving app for emergencies.
It sends GPS coordinates to emergency contacts with
just the touch of one press of a
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button on your phone.
So this lifesaving app by pressing it, regardless
of whether it's Halloween or any other time,
anytime your child or an elder person or
anyone in your family needs help, they just
press it and it can simply send the
GPS coordinates.
Well, if you have not gotten enough of
a fright before the end of your Halloween,
maybe you'll want to check this out for
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next time, but I did mention it on
Halloween and it is another cool app, ladies
and gentlemen.
It's called Fright Maps.
So get ready to scream as this app
will quickly let you locate those spooky events
near you, haunted houses, spooky hair rides, creepy
mazes, and more.
Unfortunately, gentlemen, you're going to have to wait
till October probably 20th or maybe 25th till
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most people get their stuff set up and
you can explore because I don't think there's
going to be much around right now.
And, uh, it's important to understand that a
lot of these apps are free.
There are some paid apps, but the ones
I've mentioned right now are free.
And, uh, they're really here for a community
service to help people, um, you know, navigate
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around safer and find fun things to do
in the community.
So, um, cybersecurity for the upcoming presidential election
is definitely a very hot topic.
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the EAC,
plays a very crucial role in ensuring the
integrity and security of elections across the country
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by providing resources for voter registration, enhancing cybersecurity
measures, and promoting transparency through audits.
The EAC supports both election officials and the
voting public.
Now collaboration among various stakeholders is emphasized to
foster shared knowledge and best practices.
Some of the things to realize is voter
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engagement, importance of the voter registration and understanding
the ballot casting process, the election security resources,
comprehensive guidelines, cybersecurity toolkit, and the training for
officials, and also the incident response communication strategies
and preparatory checklists for those involved and, um,
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those that are doing, uh, daily things like,
you know, voting and stuff like that.
Also the threat awareness, uh, regular threat intelligence
briefings on emerging cyber threats as they're happening.
In fact, uh, they've actually, I heard, activated
the National Guard, uh, keeping them on watch
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just to make sure, uh, everyone's safe and
ensure that if any outbreaks happen, um, they
quickly are detained and, uh, they become no
incident, but that's pretty serious when you hear
the National Guard is being, uh, activated, um,
transparency and trust is also what they're about.
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The significance and election audits for accuracy and
public trust, encouragement of collaboration among election offices
to share best practices.
So I think it's good when these offices
can do things and share them as a
team.
Right.
I think that's a, a pretty amazing thing
when they can share things as a team,
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when they can understand what's going on and,
and why things are going on.
But I think when we actually work as
a team, we're able to, um, not only
work smarter, uh, but we're able to be
much more efficient, helping more people.
For example, you guys might know of something
called, uh, sandboxing, uh, for, uh, preventing threats.
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What happens is when a, a file or
program, uh, is not recognized, it'll be put
on the sandbox, which is usually a cloud
server, but it's quarantined.
So it can run and do whatever it
wants to do in that virtual environment.
And as long as it behaves, then it
is allowed back out into the regular world.
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But, uh, it also, while I was in
there, um, the system gathers all kinds of,
uh, data and how it's performing.
And then it reports it back to other
threat intelligence systems, not only with that network,
but other networks to make people safer and
to mitigate against others being, uh, let's say,
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uh, attacked by that.
So, uh, lots of stuff, uh, is going
on right now.
And, uh, it's gonna be very interesting to
see what happens with the election, because I
think the shape of the technology and where
the AI bills go, I think it's going
to be pretty hot, um, of a topic
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and who gets in is going to affect
how that direction, um, you know, moves forward.
And when we think about, you know, directions,
uh, another important one that I want to
share with you guys, I think is a
really cool one is the direction of our
clocks.
Yes.
So imagine a clock that takes hours to
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wind back.
Well, you won't have to imagine too long.
The land Hydra, a Victorian country house in
Cornwall run by the national trust, um, collections
officer, Faye Racin faces a labor intensive task
when British summertime ends winding back 20 clocks,
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a process taking about two and a half
hours.
While weekly windings usually take an hour and
a half adjusting for the time change is
more complex, particularly for a Walnut, a long
case clock from 1740 that chimes eight bells
every 15 minutes.
Uh, Racin's favorite is a French eight day
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striking clock that presents its own challenge with
a fragile glass dome.
Each clock has a record sheet, noting winding
details and time accuracy for maintenance.
I remember, um, when I was probably in
single digits and living, um, with my parents
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in Wayne, I remember, uh, they had this
clock and the clock in our first home
when I probably wasn't even in second or
third grade, it would never seem to run,
right?
It would always like stop.
Uh, something wasn't balanced, right?
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So when we moved to our new house,
another part of Wayne, my mom decided to
call, um, basically, um, a clocksmith, um, clockmaker.
And so, um, he looked at the clock,
he did his tweaks and this clock would
chime on the hour.
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So whatever hour it was, it would chime
that many times.
So it was eight o'clock.
It would chime eight times, uh, on the
quarter past the hour, it would chime once
on the half hour, it would chime once
on the quarter to the hour, it would
chime once and back on the next hour,
it would chime again.
So this thing would chime all night long,
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never woke me up.
But then what would happen is whenever it
got out of balance, we'd always have to
call them and they'd have to re-sync
it, otherwise it wouldn't keep working.
So the way this clock worked is you
basically would wind it up.
There were two places you would wind it
and it had a, um, you know, the
little pendulum going back and forth, but you
had to wind it, um, I forgot how
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often, maybe every couple of weeks or something
like that, but it was a really cool
clock.
It came from Italy.
And, uh, I think that's a very, very,
uh, you know, interesting thing, but who would
ever thought that a clock would take that
long, uh, to wind at the Lennahundrock, uh,
Victorian country house.
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And, uh, I was, uh, answering someone on
social media just the other day.
And she commented back to one of my
reels about, you know, this clock and just
like, oh, that's nothing.
Uh, the clock over my microwave, she says
takes months.
Now it really didn't take her months, but
it's one of those clocks where you have
to literally go all the way around.
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Like you just can't just like go quick.
It like takes a long time.
So I thought that was kind of, uh,
interesting.
Uh, but the ones, uh, definitely at that,
uh, historic place are really a challenge.
Clocks are very beautiful, but they oftentimes are
a lot of work.
So Ofcom, who we've talked about many times,
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office of communication in, um, Europe, uh, UK
is a clear link.
They said between online posts and violent disorder
is what they found.
So Ofcom found a clear connection between the
social media posts and the violent unrest in
England and Northern Ireland during the summer, linking
the spread of illegal content and disinformation to
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a stabbing in Southport in July.
While some tech platforms acted quickly to remove
harmful content, responses varied, revealing the role of
morality and algorithms in spreading, uh, divisive, uh,
narratives, Ofcom emphasized the need for greater accountability
with new responsibilities set under the upcoming online
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safety act, including swift content removal and better
user protection, the unrest led to arrest scrutiny
of big tech and high profile criticism, including
exchanges involving Elon Musk, wow, guys, that's a
pretty powerful one there.
And AI is starting to do something very
interesting.
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AI is now assisting doctors in detecting fractures
on x-rays.
How cool is that?
The national Institute for health and care excellence.
Nice is the acronym for that suggests using
artificial intelligence, AI to help doctors detect broken
bones on x-rays, potentially reducing the three
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to 10% of cases where fractures are
missed with shortages of radiologists and radiographers, AI
could speed up diagnoses and relieve, um, pressure
on healthcare staff and minimize follow-up appointments
for AI tools are set for recommendation in
England's urgent care.
While further evidence is being gathered, AI will
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work alongside clinicians with radiologists, uh, reviewing all
images to ensure accuracy.
A consultation on the guidance, uh, is set
to conclude on November 5th.
We'll have more details on what's happening with
that.
And ladies and gentlemen on Saturday, November 2nd,
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before you put your wonderful head on the
pillow to rest for a good, healthy, relaxing
night's sleep.
Please remember to fall back, turn your clocks
all back one hour.
Now your computer will automatically adjust.
Some of your technology will automatically adjust like
my watch automatically adjust, but some of the
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manual clocks make maybe the one you have
over your kitchen sink, um, or maybe, uh,
if you have an older alarm clock that
doesn't auto adjust, right?
Um, your cars, most of them will automatically
adjust.
And so daylight saving time ends on November
3rd, 2024 at 2 AM.
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So the clocks will be set back an
hour, making a shift to standard time.
And, uh, until we hit the period of
March 9th, when we'll be springing ahead.
Despite several bills in Congress to make daylight
saving time permanent, none have passed as of
yet.
Advocates for permanent standard time argue that it's
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benefits health and safety by ensuring more daylight
in the mornings.
While permanent daylight saving time could result in
dark mornings, commutes that could be challenging and
experts suggest maintaining standard time could improve sleep
quality.
Uh, heart health and overall wellbeing.
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So if you forget and you get up
to go somewhere church or like the New
York marathon, whether I'm going to on Sunday
and you do not, uh, fall back, well,
you're going to be there, um, way early.
You're going to be wondering like, what happened?
Did they cancel mass?
Did they cancel the event?
No, they didn't cancel anything.
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You're just early.
So at least that's a good thing in
the spring.
If you forget to, um, basically, um, spring
ahead, well, you'll be late.
So please remember, ladies, gentlemen, set an alarm
right now to do that.
Maybe you want to set something on your
iPhone or, uh, have a note, but before
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you go to bed tonight, make sure that
you go ahead and fall back on all
of your clocks.
So, um, very, very interesting.
And, uh, do remember to do that.
Um, our last topic for today is one
from the infamous, uh, tick tock.
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Now I got to tell you something, whenever
I post stuff on tick tock, that's about
tick tock that talks about incompetencies, uh, that
talks about, uh, what they forgot to do
that criticizes or make suggestions on how they
can improve things.
Guess what happens?
They shadow ban my post.
So instead of it getting 500 or several
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thousand views gets three, four or five because
they purposely blocked it.
That's unfair.
So 14 attorney generals, uh, Sue tick tock
over alleged harm to kids, mental health, wow.
A bipartisan coalition of 14 state attorneys, uh,
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from the general has sued tick tock, alleging
the platform is harmful to children's mental health
by promoting addictive behaviors through features like endless
scrolling content, challenge videos, and late night notifications
that disrupt sleep.
The lawsuit claims tick tock prioritizes profits over
safety and targets minors despite its age restrictions
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and fosters compulsive use with content recommendation algorithms.
The legal action is part of a set
of broader concerns over social media's impact on
youth as authorities also address privacy issues and
calls for content regulation.
Tick tock of course, defends its safety efforts,
citing screen time limits and parental controls, but
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I don't think tick tock is so innocent,
right?
Tick tock, uh, has issues, as I said,
with the, uh, with the attorneys and, you
know, with them, it's always been about money,
right?
It's been about the fact that now they're
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clamping down with every little thing they do.
And so it's like, they can't have a
happy medium.
It's like all or nothing with them.
And so this suit, uh, argues, um, that
there are some issues and, um, this is
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in regard to the liability shield of section
two 30, um, which protects services from lawsuits
over user speech.
The AGs accused tick tock of using addictive
features that keep kids on the app longer,
like auto playing videos, promoting live content and
stories that are only available temporarily and offering
beauty filters on videos.
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They also referenced dangerous challenges that have gone
viral and tick tock, and in some cases
been connected to teens deaths.
So, uh, there is a law out there,
ladies, gentlemen, that protects you and I and
good Samaritans and people that are doing things
as well as even companies that post social
media.
And they say, you know, if you do
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something, um, and you have to kind of
know not to do it, but what tick
tock is doing is they are blatantly showing
you how to do it, they're condoning it,
so they're in a lot of hot water
because it's like the protection shield for them,
it's like, if you ever hear of piercing
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the corporate veil, which means, you know, there's
no corporate protection, you're going right for the
person.
And I think this is what's happening with
tick tock is that it's like piercing the
veil of the protection and going right after
them because they are guilty.
They are doing things that are bringing lots
of money in and they don't care about
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your wellbeing or my wellbeing.
Uh, I remember writing to them one time
and asking them if they can, you know,
get me out to more people.
And they said, no, my content was great,
high quality content, but most of the content
that does well on tick tock is like
stupid stuff.
It's stuff that basically is geared for younger
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audiences, stuff that is very superficial, uh, a
lot of things like some of the dances
and stuff like that, that's what, uh, that's
what takes off on tick tock.
Uh, there are some other people in there
that are, you know, using it for other
things, but not many.
Uh, so, you know, Facebook and Instagram, they
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don't have these dangerous challenges, they would be
removed immediately, tick tock, left them up there
because they're making lots of money off of
this, lots of money.
And this money ladies and gentlemen is a
serious issue because it's affecting not only kids
and children, but other adults as well.
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I mean, any platform that manipulates you into
doing something you don't want to do.
I think that is a serious, serious problem.
So as we get ready for the election
and, uh, lots of other things are happening
here and pretty soon Thanksgiving's coming around, I
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think one of the most important things is
that when we use social media, we've got
to have a purpose.
Okay.
We've got to have a purpose.
And so I know that you're probably telling
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me that this shouldn't be that way.
That shouldn't be this way.
I get it.
Um, and I think this comes from the
fact that so many people have done it
and they think it's okay and maybe, just
maybe their intent was not to cause this,
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but when controversy brought so many more people
to the platform, well, they weren't going to
stop it because it was getting more people
to watch tick tock videos.
And the question I know you will ask
will be asking me is will tick tock,
uh, ever be shut down and so the
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legislative gives by dance nine months to sell
tick tock to a new buyer with an
additional three month grace period before any band
would take effect, tick tock said this could
mean it is either forced to sell or
shut down United States by January 19th, 2025
after the U S presidential election.
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So, um, my feeling is they're going to
look at the numbers and they're going to
see if there's some kind of company they
can get, but maybe that they can control
like a puppet and I honestly believe that
bite dance is probably going to shut down.
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They would prefer to shut down its loss
-making app rather than sell it.
Um, if this Chinese company exhausts all legal
options to fight legislation, uh, to ban the
platform from app stores in the U S
um, it's interesting, right?
Tick tock accounts for a small share of
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bite dances, total revenue, and daily active users,
so the parent would rather have the app
shut down the U S in a worst
case scenario than sell it to a potential
American buyer.
Um, I find that the people on tick
tock, they're not loyal, uh, subscribers.
So to me, if I saw the platform
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go away, I probably wouldn't lose too much
sleep.
Would actually save us some time.
So we don't have to post to that
platform.
The engagement on tick tock is not authentic.
And so many people on tick tock, take
your content, repost it, and they don't even
have the decency to like your video.
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That's pretty bad.
So I think whatever's supposed to happen will
happen.
If tick tock does close, uh, on, you
know, the January date, like I was telling
you, um, it's going to make a lot
of people unhappy, but at the end of
the day, it's probably what's best for the
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United States, right?
It's probably what's best for the United States.
And so, um, the bill went into place
on April 24th.
Um, you know, unless, um, they changed the
bill around, but right now the clock is
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unfortunately ticking for them.
And, um, it could face a full U
S shutdown in January.
If it doesn't sell its U S operations,
millions of users are hooked on tick tock
short form videos.
Uh, and this tick tock us band could
be a game changer for social media.
To me, it doesn't make or break me.
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It's a very small percent of my followers.
And I just feel the people on there.
They're not people that are going to interact
or buy my services or even follow like
faithfully.
Unfortunately.
Um, that's just what I've seen.
You know, I've found that most of the
people that like my content stay with it,
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but there's a lot of people that watch
my videos and, um, they share them and
they don't even comment, they don't even like
the video, so that's pretty terrible.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
We have talked about so much today and,
uh, we dove right into the heart of
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cybersecurity and AI insights, but, you know, we're
just scratching the surface.
We're definitely going to keep track of what's
happening with the election.
If anything happens, any technology insights and, uh,
a new bills that are going to be
passed.
I hope you do visit, believe me, achieve
.com where my amazing, inspiring creations, ladies, gentlemen,
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and I'll catch you guys when, well, you
know, when next Friday, uh, November 8th, I
hope you guys have a fantastic, uh, rest
of your night, our day and a wonderful
rest of the weekend.
And please ladies, gentlemen, remember, remember, remember if
today is November 2nd, and you're about to
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go to bed first, set all your clocks
back.
One hour.
All right.
And if you have any, um, fire alarms
in your home, um, and they're not the
kind that have the battery that gets replaced
(44:39):
when you replace the smoke detector, carbon monoxide
detector.
This is the same time that you should
be going around to all those detectors and
replacing that battery.
You might say, well, gee, I only have
to do it once a year.
Do it every time the clock changes.
Because if you do and you ever forget,
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you'll protect your safety when it comes to
our life.
What's a few extra pennies, right?
Life is priceless.
I'll see you guys on the next JMOR
tech talk show.
Thanks so much for watching and visit believemeachieve
.com for more of my amazing, inspiring creations.
Hi everyone, I'm John C. Morley, Serial Entrepreneur, the host of
the JMOR Tech Talk Show and Inspirations for
Your Life.
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Hey guys, how are you?
It is John Seymour here, serial entrepreneur, and
of course, your coach and the founder of
the Jamwar Connection Incorporated and the host of
the Jamwar Tech Talk Show.
So welcome everyone, thanks so much for being
here.
Take that moment right now to skedaddle and
(01:29):
get something tasty and delicious from the fridge.
Maybe it's an icy cold drink, maybe it's
something hot, maybe it's leftover Halloween candy, maybe
it's a nice healthy piece of fruit, whatever
it is, go get it and come on
back here.
All right, everyone, so welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome
to the Jamwar Tech Talk Show.
I'm your host, John Seymour.
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Do check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for more of
my amazing inspiring creations.
So this show has a very interesting title,
you ready for it?
The title for this show is, I know
you're ready for it, Pixels and Politics.
The Intersection of Tech and Society.
I love that title.
So we have a great show planned for
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you here today, and we're going to dive
into the future, innovation, cybersecurity, and AI insights.
So get ready for another earth shattering show
of the Jamwar Tech Talk Show.
Today we're unpacking a week filled, that's right,
with groundbreaking tech news and developments that are
shaping our world from cybersecurity breaches that threaten
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election integrity to the auction of an AI
created masterpiece.
We've got the highlights that matter.
Don't miss out, ladies and gentlemen, on discussions
about innovative grocery shopping solutions, the latest controversies
surrounding TikTok, and how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing
the medical field.
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We bring you the tech trends you need
to know, presented in a way that's engaging
and easy to digest.
Of course, you know, every single week we
give you the real short versions of these
trends and then we give you the longer
version on the Jamwar Tech Talk Show.
So join me as we explore.
Come on back from that kitchen there.
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We got to start the show here, buddy.
All right.
Let's get going.
So TSMC.
All right.
So who knows who TSMC is before I
even get started?
Who is TSMC?
So TSMC is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited,
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and it's a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing
and design company.
It's the world's second most valuable semiconductor company,
the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, and
its country's largest company, with headquarters and main
operations located in Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu,
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Taiwan, according to Wikipedia.
All right, guys, let's talk about the caper
that's going on here with TSMC.
So TSMC has decided to halt shipments to
China firm after a Huawei chip was found
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to have their contents in an AI processor.
So TSMC suspended shipments to the Chinese chip
designator, SOPHGO, that's S-O-P-H-G
-O, after discovering that a chip it produced
ended up, as I said, in Huawei's AI
processor.
The Ascend 910B raised concerns over political violations
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of U.S. export controls.
The U.S. banned sales of foreign-made
tech to Huawei in 2020 due to national
security concerns.
Tech Insights identified the chip while analyzing Huawei's
processor, prompting TSMC to alert U.S. and
Taiwanese authorities and halt shipments to SOPHGO.
Neither Huawei nor SOPHGO responded to requests for
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comment, while TSMC stated it hasn't supplied Huawei
since September 2020.
All right, so that's definitely a little bit
unsettling that that's happening, but at least they
are at the top of their game and,
you know, alerting people.
So that's definitely a good thing that they're
doing that.
But I have to tell you, ladies and
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gentlemen, I wish we had a foundry like
that in the United States, that we didn't
have to rely on, you know, foreign countries
for that.
And here's another interesting one, Italian database access
arrests.
This is really cool.
The Italy police arrest four over alleged illegal
database access.
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That's right.
The Italian police placed four individuals, including Leonardo
Maria and Del Vecchio, under house arrest in
a probe involving alleged illegal access to state
databases.
Del Vecchio, a son of Luxottica's late founder,
is accused of using a private intelligence agency
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run by a former policeman to gather information
amid a family inheritance dispute.
Investigations revealed illegal access to financial tax and
police databases dating back to 2019, with data
allegedly being sold or used for blackmail.
Prosecutors expressed concern over the basically the sale
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of the market for confidential information, highlighting its
businesslike dimensions.
And I think that is a very, very
big problem that, you know, sometimes people are
in the field and then they abuse their
power.
So I think what they're doing is good.
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And I think there needs to be more
checks and balances when people leave companies so
that they no longer have access to certain
things.
So I think that's a big, big concern
right there.
And ladies and gentlemen, this is another interesting
story.
I think you guys are really going to,
I should say, appreciate.
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Chinese hackers targeted phones linked to Harris's campaign.
So Chinese hackers allegedly accessed Verizon's systems to
target phones connected to the Kamala Harris's presidential
campaign.
A source had revealed this, and reports indicated
that Republican candidates Donald Trump and JD Vance
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were also targeted through this method.
And the fact that they are still doing
some testing, they're saying that there might be
a possibility that this didn't happen, although the
other parties are trying to make this very
clear that it did happen because they're trying
to say that they went after both sides.
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Both the FBI and the CISA are investigating
unauthorized access to telecom infrastructures linked to China.
While Verizon acknowledged a sophisticated attempt to infiltrate
the U.S. telecoms, the Chinese embassy denied
involvement, stating that China does not interfere in
U.S. elections.
The Trump campaign was previously targeted in a
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separate hack attributed to Iran.
This is getting very messy, and the election,
as you know, is just a few days
away with coming up just this week on
November 5th.
It's going to be interesting to see what
happens.
And is there going to be any foul
play going on overseas?
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I don't know.
We're going to have to see what's going
on there.
And you remember Delta, right?
Delta and CrowdStrike and that thing about them
wanting to bring a lawsuit.
Well, Delta Airlines has filed a lawsuit against
cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, claiming a faulty software update
caused a mask-like disruption in July, leading
to 7000 cancellations and affecting 1.3 million
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passengers.
The airline seeks over 500 million in damages
for the financial impact, legal costs and reputational
harm.
Delta alleges that CrowdStrike's update, which affected millions
of Windows computers, was untested and caused widespread
system crashes.
CrowdStrike denies the claims attributing the disruptions to
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Delta's issues were because of outdated IT infrastructure.
Yeah, it's easy to do a pass the
blame, isn't it?
The incident is still under investigation by the
U.S. Department of Transportation.
Well, I got to tell you, I think
CrowdStrike really lost their reputation and maybe they're
trying to rebuild it.
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But the question you might be asking is
Delta, and this is a good question, is
Delta justified in suing CrowdStrike?
And I have to tell you, yes, I
think the way they run their company over
at CrowdStrike is just an abomination.
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And so, you know, they've been silent about
this for a while, but now Delta is
starting to realize that it's, you know, it's
starting to affect their pockets because, you know,
they need this revenue back.
And, you know, we know that Microsoft actually
lashed out at Delta not too long ago,
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you know, on the time frame August 6th.
You know, I think everybody is pointing fingers
at everybody.
And what is truly going on is no
one is becoming accountable for what people are
doing, why they're doing certain things and what
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this means to people.
I think that's really the whole bottom line.
But, you know, the lawsuit filed in Fulton
County Superior Court near Delta Atlanta's headquarters stemmed
back from a July incident when the faulty
CrowdStrike software update triggered widespread system failures, including
the quote unquote infamous blue screen of death,
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BSOD, on Windows computers worldwide.
And this was according to many sources, including
the Associated Press.
Now, Delta's suit states the cybersecurity firm's negligence
in rolling out an untested Microsoft computer update
led to the cancellation of approximately 7000 flights
over five days during the peak summer travel
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season.
The airline is pursuing, like I said, both
compensatory and punitive damages, asserting that the company's
actions caused widespread disruption during one of the
busiest travel periods of the year.
And I think, ladies and gentlemen, I think
it's got to come down to the fact
that people have to understand what's going on
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and why things are going on and what's
really happening.
I think most people don't understand, you know,
what things mean or why things mean things.
I think that's what happens.
And so many people don't quite get the
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reasons.
But I think what Delta is doing is
going to set a precedence.
And I wouldn't be a bit surprised, ladies
and gentlemen, if a lot of other airlines
and companies jump on board to file suit
against CrowdStrike as well.
I mean, anytime you release software, right, you
have to do testing.
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You have stuff that's in a test environment
and you have to make sure everything works
before it goes into a production environment.
That is just common sense.
But people know at these companies that they
don't get paid until something goes into production.
So they oftentimes push something into production, but
it's not ready for production.
So this becomes, how can I say, a
very serious problem.
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And the problem stems from people not understanding
that, you know, something was done wrong.
And it's not Delta's fault.
Of course, they're blaming it back on other
things.
Right.
But it's not really their fault.
Even though they had outdated technology, it was
working fine before.
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So this has nothing, nothing, nothing, ladies and
gentlemen, I mean, nothing to do with anything
like that.
But they're trying to, they're trying to basically,
you know, figure out what's going on and
why things are going on.
Hopefully this suit will bring some clarity and
also will bring some justice to the situation.
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All right.
Here is an interesting one.
Many of you know Sotheby's.
Well, a new AI robots painting set to
make history at the Sotheby's auction.
That's right.
Sotheby auctioned off its first artwork created by
a humanoid robot named AI Da on October
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31st, Halloween, 2024.
The piece titled AI God is a mixed
media portrait of mathematician Alan Turning, who significantly
contributed to modern computing and artificial intelligence.
Measuring 64 by 90.5 inches, the artwork
is expected to fetch between $120,000 and
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$180,000.
AI Da developed by the U.K. and
art dealer ADN Meller creates art using cameras,
AI algorithms and a robotic arm, marking a
significant movement and moment in the intersection of
technology and art.
Now, Miller emphasizes that the auction highlights the
rapid advancement, ladies gentlemen, in robotics and AI,
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prompting discussions about their implications for society and
the art world.
Proceeds from the sale will support the AI
Da project, which involves something very substantial and
is going to be a groundbreaking point.
So I think this is interesting.
You know what's going on?
And you might be saying, you know, John,
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what did the, let's say, sell for?
And again, this is pretty amazing, you know,
what happened?
And so the thing about it is that
it's just the fact that AI can be
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producing more money than if a human person
made it.
So the question is, you know, by using
AI, will other people be able to produce
the same thing?
I mean, that's really the question, and that's
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a big concern, right?
An AI robot painting and other things are
going to happen like that, right?
And you might be saying, John, well, you
know, it can't be that hard, right?
Well, but you have issues, right?
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Like how much things are going for and
things like that.
So what I will tell you is that
the lot is supposed to close on November
7th, 201 p.m. Eastern time for the
AI Da robot.
As of today, OK, yes, there was 120
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,000, 180,000.
The current bid, OK, was 120,000, but
the reserve was not met.
So even though they said it was estimated
around 120, that means they set the reserve
a lot higher.
Could be 130, could be 150.
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Heck, it could even be 180.
So it really isn't going for 120, even
though they said it could be.
They kind of lied to us about that.
All right.
In other news that is transcending the globe
beside this very infamous AI Da, how would
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you like to go to a store and
have your shopping cart fly in front of
you and you could move it in the
air by just a little handle as you
push it and even navigate it?
This flying cart, they say, could enhance your
shopping experiences.
And researchers at Seoul National University, that's S
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-C-O-U-L, Seoul's National University of
Science and Technology, have introduced the Palantrone, a
flying cart designed for aerial cargo transport that
enhances grocery shopping.
Unlike traditional carts, the Palantrone can navigate obstacles
and rocky terrains guided by human operators.
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It employs a unique admittance control technique allowing
users to interactively control its flight path.
The team has conducted tests to assess its
performance under various conditions and potential applications, such
as serving as a flying tripod for flexible
camera movements.
This innovation showcases how technology can transform shopping
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experiences and other tasks.
Unfortunately, it's not able to handle enough for
most people going shopping.
It might be good for the occasional thing,
but they still got some logistics and engineering
to figure out because it's not ready for
the real world application.
It is a prototype.
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And so with Halloween just leaving our door
just a couple of days ago, this one
I think will be very interesting for all
of you guys.
And that comes with the premise of tech
or treat.
I didn't say trick or treat.
I said tech or treat.
So there are several cool apps that hopefully
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you had a chance to play with that
I mentioned on Halloween when I released the
short reel about these.
One is the Nextdoor Candy Corn Map.
Now, many of you know Nextdoor.
It's a basically a social media platform that's
available in many neighborhoods.
And you sign up, it's free, and then
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they even get businesses that can pay to
advertise to people in the community.
But the interesting thing about Nextdoor is that
it allows people in the community to get
to know each other.
Now, they add a feature called the Nextdoor
Candy Corn Map.
If you enable that for your home, when
trick or treaters see your house on the
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app, they'll be able to see a candy
corn marked on or by your house.
And that'll indicate that you are giving out
treats this year.
How about Trick or Treat Tracker?
Easily track the number of trick or treaters
visiting your house, downloading it from the app
store or the Android store.
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There's another one called Glimpse.
Track your child or a group for safety
while trick or treating.
And here's another one, the Panic Button.
All these so far are free.
Panic Button isn't just to be used at
Halloween.
It's a lifesaving app for emergencies.
It sends GPS coordinates to emergency contacts with
just the touch of one press of a
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button on your phone.
So this lifesaving app by pressing it, regardless
of whether it's Halloween or any other time,
anytime your child or an elder person or
anyone in your family needs help, they just
press it and it can simply send the
GPS coordinates.
Well, if you have not gotten enough of
a fright before the end of your Halloween,
maybe you'll want to check this out for
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next time, but I did mention it on
Halloween and it is another cool app, ladies
and gentlemen.
It's called Fright Maps.
So get ready to scream as this app
will quickly let you locate those spooky events
near you, haunted houses, spooky hair rides, creepy
mazes, and more.
Unfortunately, gentlemen, you're going to have to wait
till October probably 20th or maybe 25th till
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most people get their stuff set up and
you can explore because I don't think there's
going to be much around right now.
And, uh, it's important to understand that a
lot of these apps are free.
There are some paid apps, but the ones
I've mentioned right now are free.
And, uh, they're really here for a community
service to help people, um, you know, navigate
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around safer and find fun things to do
in the community.
So, um, cybersecurity for the upcoming presidential election
is definitely a very hot topic.
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission, the EAC,
plays a very crucial role in ensuring the
integrity and security of elections across the country
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by providing resources for voter registration, enhancing cybersecurity
measures, and promoting transparency through audits.
The EAC supports both election officials and the
voting public.
Now collaboration among various stakeholders is emphasized to
foster shared knowledge and best practices.
Some of the things to realize is voter
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engagement, importance of the voter registration and understanding
the ballot casting process, the election security resources,
comprehensive guidelines, cybersecurity toolkit, and the training for
officials, and also the incident response communication strategies
and preparatory checklists for those involved and, um,
(22:38):
those that are doing, uh, daily things like,
you know, voting and stuff like that.
Also the threat awareness, uh, regular threat intelligence
briefings on emerging cyber threats as they're happening.
In fact, uh, they've actually, I heard, activated
the National Guard, uh, keeping them on watch
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just to make sure, uh, everyone's safe and
ensure that if any outbreaks happen, um, they
quickly are detained and, uh, they become no
incident, but that's pretty serious when you hear
the National Guard is being, uh, activated, um,
transparency and trust is also what they're about.
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The significance and election audits for accuracy and
public trust, encouragement of collaboration among election offices
to share best practices.
So I think it's good when these offices
can do things and share them as a
team.
Right.
I think that's a, a pretty amazing thing
when they can share things as a team,
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when they can understand what's going on and,
and why things are going on.
But I think when we actually work as
a team, we're able to, um, not only
work smarter, uh, but we're able to be
much more efficient, helping more people.
For example, you guys might know of something
called, uh, sandboxing, uh, for, uh, preventing threats.
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What happens is when a, a file or
program, uh, is not recognized, it'll be put
on the sandbox, which is usually a cloud
server, but it's quarantined.
So it can run and do whatever it
wants to do in that virtual environment.
And as long as it behaves, then it
is allowed back out into the regular world.
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But, uh, it also, while I was in
there, um, the system gathers all kinds of,
uh, data and how it's performing.
And then it reports it back to other
threat intelligence systems, not only with that network,
but other networks to make people safer and
to mitigate against others being, uh, let's say,
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uh, attacked by that.
So, uh, lots of stuff, uh, is going
on right now.
And, uh, it's gonna be very interesting to
see what happens with the election, because I
think the shape of the technology and where
the AI bills go, I think it's going
to be pretty hot, um, of a topic
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and who gets in is going to affect
how that direction, um, you know, moves forward.
And when we think about, you know, directions,
uh, another important one that I want to
share with you guys, I think is a
really cool one is the direction of our
clocks.
Yes.
So imagine a clock that takes hours to
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wind back.
Well, you won't have to imagine too long.
The land Hydra, a Victorian country house in
Cornwall run by the national trust, um, collections
officer, Faye Racin faces a labor intensive task
when British summertime ends winding back 20 clocks,
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a process taking about two and a half
hours.
While weekly windings usually take an hour and
a half adjusting for the time change is
more complex, particularly for a Walnut, a long
case clock from 1740 that chimes eight bells
every 15 minutes.
Uh, Racin's favorite is a French eight day
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striking clock that presents its own challenge with
a fragile glass dome.
Each clock has a record sheet, noting winding
details and time accuracy for maintenance.
I remember, um, when I was probably in
single digits and living, um, with my parents
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in Wayne, I remember, uh, they had this
clock and the clock in our first home
when I probably wasn't even in second or
third grade, it would never seem to run,
right?
It would always like stop.
Uh, something wasn't balanced, right?
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So when we moved to our new house,
another part of Wayne, my mom decided to
call, um, basically, um, a clocksmith, um, clockmaker.
And so, um, he looked at the clock,
he did his tweaks and this clock would
chime on the hour.
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So whatever hour it was, it would chime
that many times.
So it was eight o'clock.
It would chime eight times, uh, on the
quarter past the hour, it would chime once
on the half hour, it would chime once
on the quarter to the hour, it would
chime once and back on the next hour,
it would chime again.
So this thing would chime all night long,
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never woke me up.
But then what would happen is whenever it
got out of balance, we'd always have to
call them and they'd have to re-sync
it, otherwise it wouldn't keep working.
So the way this clock worked is you
basically would wind it up.
There were two places you would wind it
and it had a, um, you know, the
little pendulum going back and forth, but you
had to wind it, um, I forgot how
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often, maybe every couple of weeks or something
like that, but it was a really cool
clock.
It came from Italy.
And, uh, I think that's a very, very,
uh, you know, interesting thing, but who would
ever thought that a clock would take that
long, uh, to wind at the Lennahundrock, uh,
Victorian country house.
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And, uh, I was, uh, answering someone on
social media just the other day.
And she commented back to one of my
reels about, you know, this clock and just
like, oh, that's nothing.
Uh, the clock over my microwave, she says
takes months.
Now it really didn't take her months, but
it's one of those clocks where you have
to literally go all the way around.
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Like you just can't just like go quick.
It like takes a long time.
So I thought that was kind of, uh,
interesting.
Uh, but the ones, uh, definitely at that,
uh, historic place are really a challenge.
Clocks are very beautiful, but they oftentimes are
a lot of work.
So Ofcom, who we've talked about many times,
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office of communication in, um, Europe, uh, UK
is a clear link.
They said between online posts and violent disorder
is what they found.
So Ofcom found a clear connection between the
social media posts and the violent unrest in
England and Northern Ireland during the summer, linking
the spread of illegal content and disinformation to
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a stabbing in Southport in July.
While some tech platforms acted quickly to remove
harmful content, responses varied, revealing the role of
morality and algorithms in spreading, uh, divisive, uh,
narratives, Ofcom emphasized the need for greater accountability
with new responsibilities set under the upcoming online
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safety act, including swift content removal and better
user protection, the unrest led to arrest scrutiny
of big tech and high profile criticism, including
exchanges involving Elon Musk, wow, guys, that's a
pretty powerful one there.
And AI is starting to do something very
interesting.
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AI is now assisting doctors in detecting fractures
on x-rays.
How cool is that?
The national Institute for health and care excellence.
Nice is the acronym for that suggests using
artificial intelligence, AI to help doctors detect broken
bones on x-rays, potentially reducing the three
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to 10% of cases where fractures are
missed with shortages of radiologists and radiographers, AI
could speed up diagnoses and relieve, um, pressure
on healthcare staff and minimize follow-up appointments
for AI tools are set for recommendation in
England's urgent care.
While further evidence is being gathered, AI will
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work alongside clinicians with radiologists, uh, reviewing all
images to ensure accuracy.
A consultation on the guidance, uh, is set
to conclude on November 5th.
We'll have more details on what's happening with
that.
And ladies and gentlemen on Saturday, November 2nd,
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before you put your wonderful head on the
pillow to rest for a good, healthy, relaxing
night's sleep.
Please remember to fall back, turn your clocks
all back one hour.
Now your computer will automatically adjust.
Some of your technology will automatically adjust like
my watch automatically adjust, but some of the
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manual clocks make maybe the one you have
over your kitchen sink, um, or maybe, uh,
if you have an older alarm clock that
doesn't auto adjust, right?
Um, your cars, most of them will automatically
adjust.
And so daylight saving time ends on November
3rd, 2024 at 2 AM.
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So the clocks will be set back an
hour, making a shift to standard time.
And, uh, until we hit the period of
March 9th, when we'll be springing ahead.
Despite several bills in Congress to make daylight
saving time permanent, none have passed as of
yet.
Advocates for permanent standard time argue that it's
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benefits health and safety by ensuring more daylight
in the mornings.
While permanent daylight saving time could result in
dark mornings, commutes that could be challenging and
experts suggest maintaining standard time could improve sleep
quality.
Uh, heart health and overall wellbeing.
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So if you forget and you get up
to go somewhere church or like the New
York marathon, whether I'm going to on Sunday
and you do not, uh, fall back, well,
you're going to be there, um, way early.
You're going to be wondering like, what happened?
Did they cancel mass?
Did they cancel the event?
No, they didn't cancel anything.
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You're just early.
So at least that's a good thing in
the spring.
If you forget to, um, basically, um, spring
ahead, well, you'll be late.
So please remember, ladies, gentlemen, set an alarm
right now to do that.
Maybe you want to set something on your
iPhone or, uh, have a note, but before
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you go to bed tonight, make sure that
you go ahead and fall back on all
of your clocks.
So, um, very, very interesting.
And, uh, do remember to do that.
Um, our last topic for today is one
from the infamous, uh, tick tock.
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Now I got to tell you something, whenever
I post stuff on tick tock, that's about
tick tock that talks about incompetencies, uh, that
talks about, uh, what they forgot to do
that criticizes or make suggestions on how they
can improve things.
Guess what happens?
They shadow ban my post.
So instead of it getting 500 or several
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thousand views gets three, four or five because
they purposely blocked it.
That's unfair.
So 14 attorney generals, uh, Sue tick tock
over alleged harm to kids, mental health, wow.
A bipartisan coalition of 14 state attorneys, uh,
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from the general has sued tick tock, alleging
the platform is harmful to children's mental health
by promoting addictive behaviors through features like endless
scrolling content, challenge videos, and late night notifications
that disrupt sleep.
The lawsuit claims tick tock prioritizes profits over
safety and targets minors despite its age restrictions
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and fosters compulsive use with content recommendation algorithms.
The legal action is part of a set
of broader concerns over social media's impact on
youth as authorities also address privacy issues and
calls for content regulation.
Tick tock of course, defends its safety efforts,
citing screen time limits and parental controls, but
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I don't think tick tock is so innocent,
right?
Tick tock, uh, has issues, as I said,
with the, uh, with the attorneys and, you
know, with them, it's always been about money,
right?
It's been about the fact that now they're
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clamping down with every little thing they do.
And so it's like, they can't have a
happy medium.
It's like all or nothing with them.
And so this suit, uh, argues, um, that
there are some issues and, um, this is
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in regard to the liability shield of section
two 30, um, which protects services from lawsuits
over user speech.
The AGs accused tick tock of using addictive
features that keep kids on the app longer,
like auto playing videos, promoting live content and
stories that are only available temporarily and offering
beauty filters on videos.
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They also referenced dangerous challenges that have gone
viral and tick tock, and in some cases
been connected to teens deaths.
So, uh, there is a law out there,
ladies, gentlemen, that protects you and I and
good Samaritans and people that are doing things
as well as even companies that post social
media.
And they say, you know, if you do
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something, um, and you have to kind of
know not to do it, but what tick
tock is doing is they are blatantly showing
you how to do it, they're condoning it,
so they're in a lot of hot water
because it's like the protection shield for them,
it's like, if you ever hear of piercing
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the corporate veil, which means, you know, there's
no corporate protection, you're going right for the
person.
And I think this is what's happening with
tick tock is that it's like piercing the
veil of the protection and going right after
them because they are guilty.
They are doing things that are bringing lots
of money in and they don't care about
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your wellbeing or my wellbeing.
Uh, I remember writing to them one time
and asking them if they can, you know,
get me out to more people.
And they said, no, my content was great,
high quality content, but most of the content
that does well on tick tock is like
stupid stuff.
It's stuff that basically is geared for younger
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audiences, stuff that is very superficial, uh, a
lot of things like some of the dances
and stuff like that, that's what, uh, that's
what takes off on tick tock.
Uh, there are some other people in there
that are, you know, using it for other
things, but not many.
Uh, so, you know, Facebook and Instagram, they
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don't have these dangerous challenges, they would be
removed immediately, tick tock, left them up there
because they're making lots of money off of
this, lots of money.
And this money ladies and gentlemen is a
serious issue because it's affecting not only kids
and children, but other adults as well.
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I mean, any platform that manipulates you into
doing something you don't want to do.
I think that is a serious, serious problem.
So as we get ready for the election
and, uh, lots of other things are happening
here and pretty soon Thanksgiving's coming around, I
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think one of the most important things is
that when we use social media, we've got
to have a purpose.
Okay.
We've got to have a purpose.
And so I know that you're probably telling
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me that this shouldn't be that way.
That shouldn't be this way.
I get it.
Um, and I think this comes from the
fact that so many people have done it
and they think it's okay and maybe, just
maybe their intent was not to cause this,
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but when controversy brought so many more people
to the platform, well, they weren't going to
stop it because it was getting more people
to watch tick tock videos.
And the question I know you will ask
will be asking me is will tick tock,
uh, ever be shut down and so the
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legislative gives by dance nine months to sell
tick tock to a new buyer with an
additional three month grace period before any band
would take effect, tick tock said this could
mean it is either forced to sell or
shut down United States by January 19th, 2025
after the U S presidential election.
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So, um, my feeling is they're going to
look at the numbers and they're going to
see if there's some kind of company they
can get, but maybe that they can control
like a puppet and I honestly believe that
bite dance is probably going to shut down.
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They would prefer to shut down its loss
-making app rather than sell it.
Um, if this Chinese company exhausts all legal
options to fight legislation, uh, to ban the
platform from app stores in the U S
um, it's interesting, right?
Tick tock accounts for a small share of
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bite dances, total revenue, and daily active users,
so the parent would rather have the app
shut down the U S in a worst
case scenario than sell it to a potential
American buyer.
Um, I find that the people on tick
tock, they're not loyal, uh, subscribers.
So to me, if I saw the platform
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go away, I probably wouldn't lose too much
sleep.
Would actually save us some time.
So we don't have to post to that
platform.
The engagement on tick tock is not authentic.
And so many people on tick tock, take
your content, repost it, and they don't even
have the decency to like your video.
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That's pretty bad.
So I think whatever's supposed to happen will
happen.
If tick tock does close, uh, on, you
know, the January date, like I was telling
you, um, it's going to make a lot
of people unhappy, but at the end of
the day, it's probably what's best for the
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United States, right?
It's probably what's best for the United States.
And so, um, the bill went into place
on April 24th.
Um, you know, unless, um, they changed the
bill around, but right now the clock is
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unfortunately ticking for them.
And, um, it could face a full U
S shutdown in January.
If it doesn't sell its U S operations,
millions of users are hooked on tick tock
short form videos.
Uh, and this tick tock us band could
be a game changer for social media.
To me, it doesn't make or break me.
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It's a very small percent of my followers.
And I just feel the people on there.
They're not people that are going to interact
or buy my services or even follow like
faithfully.
Unfortunately.
Um, that's just what I've seen.
You know, I've found that most of the
people that like my content stay with it,
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but there's a lot of people that watch
my videos and, um, they share them and
they don't even comment, they don't even like
the video, so that's pretty terrible.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
We have talked about so much today and,
uh, we dove right into the heart of
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cybersecurity and AI insights, but, you know, we're
just scratching the surface.
We're definitely going to keep track of what's
happening with the election.
If anything happens, any technology insights and, uh,
a new bills that are going to be
passed.
I hope you do visit, believe me, achieve
.com where my amazing, inspiring creations, ladies, gentlemen,
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and I'll catch you guys when, well, you
know, when next Friday, uh, November 8th, I
hope you guys have a fantastic, uh, rest
of your night, our day and a wonderful
rest of the weekend.
And please ladies, gentlemen, remember, remember, remember if
today is November 2nd, and you're about to
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go to bed first, set all your clocks
back.
One hour.
All right.
And if you have any, um, fire alarms
in your home, um, and they're not the
kind that have the battery that gets replaced
(44:39):
when you replace the smoke detector, carbon monoxide
detector.
This is the same time that you should
be going around to all those detectors and
replacing that battery.
You might say, well, gee, I only have
to do it once a year.
Do it every time the clock changes.
Because if you do and you ever forget,
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you'll protect your safety when it comes to
our life.
What's a few extra pennies, right?
Life is priceless.
I'll see you guys on the next JMOR
tech talk show.
Thanks so much for watching and visit believemeachieve
.com for more of my amazing, inspiring creations.
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