November 21, 2025 • 58 mins
Welcome to The JMOR Tech Talk Show! I’m John C. Morley, Serial Entrepreneur, Engineer, Marketing Specialist, Video Producer, Podcast Host, Coach, Graduate Student, and, above all, a passionate lifelong learner. On this episode, “Tech Turbulence: Hacks, Layoffs, & Streaming Wars Unleashed,” we’re diving into the latest, wildest, and most disruptive stories shaking up the tech world. Buckle up—these breaking stories blur the lines between innovation and upheaval, all to help you stay one step ahead in our ever-evolving digital future!
1️⃣ Disney Streams Surge—YouTube TV Battle Leaves Fans Hanging 🤯 Disney’s streaming numbers are skyrocketing, but the fierce face-off with YouTube TV is leaving sports fans out in the cold. With profits up but major content disputes brewing, the future of live TV might just look a lot different—and a whole lot more digital!
2️⃣ Verizon Slashes 15,000 Jobs—Telecom World Rocked 📉 Verizon’s massive layoff and new franchise model have sent shockwaves across the entire telecom industry. Is this a sign of digital transformation, survival tactics, or a move that could leave thousands behind as automation and new tech take over?
3️⃣ Zalando Fights EU Rules—Platform Shakeup Looms 🏛️ Zalando is taking its fight against strict EU online platform rules to the highest courts. This battle could redraw the map for every digital marketplace, potentially changing how your favorite online shops and social platforms operate across Europe.
4️⃣ Apple Blocked in UK—Billion-Dollar App Store Fallout 🍏 Apple just hit a giant wall in the UK, with billions at stake as it loses an appeal over App Store commissions. With consumer payouts looming, is the age of unchecked Big Tech control over app markets ending, or will Apple find a way to keep its walled garden intact?
5️⃣ Google Pays $40M—South Africa Tackles Big Tech 🌍 South Africa’s bold move demanding Google pay $40 million and comply with new media transparency rules might set a precedent for global tech accountability. This could open doors for other nations to demand fairer digital ecosystems for local players.
6️⃣ Uber Tests In-App Video—Privacy vs. Driver Safety Clash 🚗 Uber’s new in-app video recording tool aims to protect drivers in India, but it’s stirring up heated debates on privacy. Encrypted and auto-deleting after a week, these videos could help resolve disputes—or simply spark a wider privacy firestorm.
7️⃣ Global Police Bust Major Cybercrime Rings—Crypto & Data Stolen 🕵️♂️ International police collaborations have smashed three major cybercrime rings, recovering millions in stolen crypto and data. But as soon as one ring is stopped, are we just playing a global game of digital Whack-A-Mole?
8️⃣ Amazon Fires Up Piracy Crackdown—Streaming Apps Out 🔥 Amazon is taking no prisoners, wiping piracy apps off Fire TV worldwide and blocking clever hacks. Sports streams are under threat, and the free ride is ending for pirates everywhere—unless a new loophole emerges.
9️⃣ Sony Launches Monster-Hunt MMO—Horizon Goes Mobile 🦖 Sony’s Horizon universe leaps onto mobile and PC, unleashing monster hunts and multiplayer chaos in “Steel Frontiers.” Ready to create your hero and dive into epic digital battles for glory? The game’s on!
🔟 KC Police Files Hacked—Misconduct Secrets Exposed 📂 A stunning hack has exposed Kansas City police misconduct files, revealing years of hidden abuse, dishonesty, and false arrests. Now, long-buried secrets are public—and law enforcement accountability is in the spotlight.
1️⃣1️⃣ US Cyber Exec Sells Secrets to Russia—Zero-Day Scandal 🛑 In an unprecedented betrayal, a US cyber executive sold top-secret exploits to Russia—while still tasked with national defense. The fallout from this zero-day scandal is sending tremors through the cybersecurity community and beyond.
1️⃣2️⃣ Record Phone Searches at US Border—Privacy Fears Rise 📱 With U.S. border agents searching more personal phones than ever, digital privacy is on trial. From basic checks to advanced forensics, every traveler’s device could be under the microscope—are your rights at risk?
1️⃣3️⃣ ICE's Texas Shadow Network—Contractor Deportations Expand 🚚 ICE is quietly building a vast ‘shadow network’ with private contractors, transporting detainees 24/7 across Texas. This industrial-scale operation is raising tough questions about oversight and the future of immigration enforcement.
1️⃣4️⃣ Louvre Jewel Heist—Smart Geometry Could’ve Stopped It 💎 A daring Louvre jewel heist has revealed shocking security flaws—and a forgotten 50-year-old math problem might have been the missing piece to stopping it. Sometimes, the best solutions are hidden in plain sight!
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Hi everyone, I'm John Seymour, the host of
The JMOR Tech Talk show and inspirations
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be starting our fifth year on January 1st,
2026.
The show's title is Tech Turbulence, Hacks, Layoffs,
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and Streaming Wars Unleashed.
Series four, show number 48.
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So welcome everyone to The JMOR Tech
Talk show.
I am John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
I'm an engineer, marketing specialist, video producer, podcast
host, coach, graduate student, and above all, a
passionate lifelong learner.
And it is my privilege and my pleasure
to be with you here on The JMOR
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Tech Talk show.
On this specific episode tonight, as I said,
it's all about tech turbulence, the hacks, the
layoffs, and streaming wars as they get unleashed.
Diving very deep into the latest, wildest, and
most disruptive stories shaking up America and the
world, the tech world that is.
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So buckle up, everyone.
These breaking stories blur the lines between, well,
innovation and upheaval, all to help you stay
on one step ahead in our ever-evolving
digital future.
Let's get right in there, guys.
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Number one, a Disney stream surge.
Yes, a YouTube TV battle leaves fans hanging.
Disney's streaming numbers are skyrocketing, that's true.
But the fierce face-off with YouTube TV
is leaving sports fans, well, a little bit
dismayed, and shall we say, out in the
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cold, no pun intended, without a jacket.
With profits that are going up, but major
content disputes are brewing.
The future of live TV might just look
a lot different pretty soon, and a whole
lot more, well, digital.
And I think when we remember some of
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these wars, I know there was one going
on with, I believe it was Food Network
a few years ago, and I wanted to
watch Iron Chef, and I couldn't, because, well,
Food Network was off the air.
And of course, it was during this week.
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So they did it on, I think it
was on channel 50 or channel 13.
And it was great that they did that,
because, you know, everybody was really wanting to
watch the program, so I'm really happy, you
know, that they did that.
But as I said, Disney is really starting
to go through a little bit of a
conundrum right now, a very fierce fight with
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YouTube TV, and leaving the fans, like I
said, in limbo.
And shares down, not to mention, 8%.
I'm sure they're going to plummet down even
lower if this keeps happening.
Can Disney win this battle for your screens,
or does old school TV risk fading out
as streaming starts to dominate?
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I mean, nobody really watches TV anymore.
I know many years ago, I actually canceled
my TV subscription and just stream.
And if I want a channel, then I
purchase it if I need it.
But I think that's a very important thing,
is to realize, how are we moving forward?
How are we consuming content?
Is it in print?
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Is it online?
You know, is it streaming YouTube?
Is it podcasts?
What is it that is causing, excuse me,
to get our information?
And I think a lot of the information
we're seeing out there is being channeled to
us in a way that maybe we're not
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very happy with.
And so a lot of companies are doing
this because, you know, they want to save
money.
I get that they want to save money,
trust me, I get it, all right?
But at the end of the day, we
have to realize one thing, even though they
want to make profits and things like that,
we've got to do what's right for the
greater good of all concerned.
Because like I said, we have to do
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what's right, even when no one else is
watching.
No pun intended when we talk about TV
there.
Well, our next story deals with the infamous
Verizon, right?
Whether it's an iPhone, whether it's an Android
or some other flip phone, Verizon decides to
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slash 15,000 jobs.
This is like an abomination.
The telecom world is getting rocked and Verizon's
massive layoff and new franchise model have sent
shockwaves across the entire, well, telecom industry.
Is this a sign of digital transformation, survival
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tactics, or a move that could leave thousands
behind as automation and new tech, well, take
over?
So then you probably say to me, John,
you know, and this is a good question,
so why is Verizon laying off 15,000
people?
Well, they're saying 13,000, 15,000, tomato,
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tomato, it's very close.
As part of the major restructuring under new
CEO Dan Schulman to reduce costs, simplify operations
and reorient the company to better serve customers,
and I'm sure to stuff a little more
money in his pocket, the company is facing
increased competition and a recent loss of postpaid
phone customers and aims to improve its cost
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structure to better invest in its customer value
proposition.
These layoffs are also accompanied by an effort
to reduce the company's reliance on outside labor.
You know, the thing is, with all these
companies, if you've noticed that these companies, when
you call them, Verizon doesn't even have customer
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service 24 hours a day, did you know
that?
Yes.
So Verizon customer service is not 24 hours,
and I think that's a big challenge for
Verizon.
For a lot of people to understand, it's
not 24 hours anymore, it used to be.
And so, for example, different accounts and billing
support is 8 a.m. to 7 p
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.m., okay?
And Monday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Sundays, while technical support
for wireless and home internet is available only
8 a.m. to 12 a.m. So
a little bit longer, but still, it's not
24 hours, and I think this is a
big, big problem.
And then there's the big, well, mess between
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how do you reach Verizon wireless or Verizon
LAN?
It's just a big mess, and now companies
like Verizon are trying to get in your
back pocket to become your telephony provider.
They're having trouble providing service in some areas,
and now they're trying to dip into providing
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telephony.
So one of my clients that I've had
for many, many years, I come in, I
see all these phones on the desk, and
I'm like, I'll just call the person, Joe,
I'm like, Joe, what are you doing?
He's like, oh, I don't know, my sister
and my brother, you know, they're trying to
cut costs.
I'm like, okay, fine.
So they put these phones in, which has,
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I think Verizon calls it TelTalk or something
like that.
Anyway, they're Yealinks, but that doesn't matter.
And so they set these up, and then
they set up like a $39 or $49
router.
And they have phones that are more than
800, 900 feet apart.
That's not working.
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Now when you have 10 phones, phones that
are 1500 feet apart or 800 feet apart,
that's just not working.
So they tried it, and the service kept
dropping.
And I'm talking about service that is LAN
service, right?
But it's wireless, and it was just a
complete disaster.
Then you know what they did?
They farmed out the implementation of this to
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some company that you had to get on
the phone.
I mean, that is just so pitiful and
so poor.
It's just crazy.
They're trying to get more money out of
us.
But you know, the thing is, they don't
understand that it's about providing service and doing
it well.
Don't try to be a heart surgeon, a
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barber, and a landscaper.
Don't do that, because something is going to
fail.
You've got a niche.
That's very, very important.
And I got to tell you, I'm very
disappointed with what Verizon is doing.
Will I leave them?
I don't know.
Right now, they're okay.
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And if we had to, so is Verizon
the top?
They're considered top wireless carriers.
So who is anybody better than Verizon?
They say T-Mobile is better for raw
speed.
I don't know if I believe that.
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And so I think what's going on is
it's a price war.
And then you've got incompetencies, and then you've
got things like towers not working.
And they don't really seem very customer service
oriented.
I mean, I'm just noticing this.
And if you pay one price or another
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price, they rope you into things.
And I think that's a real, real problem
for a lot of people.
You know, that's the thing.
They get roped in.
And so, you know, I remember when Verizon
was just selling, like, you know, cell phones.
I'm not talking about the home side.
I'm talking about the wireless side.
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But now the wireless side is trying to
become your telephony company, like for businesses.
And then when you have a problem, the
sales rep, like, is in Timbuktu.
He's not reachable.
I know for this one client I had,
I got the guy's cell phone.
He never called me back.
So, you want to know why Verizon's having
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problems?
It's because they're not delivering customer service.
I mean, that's just a no-brainer.
And I don't mean to want to give
you bad news here.
I mean, yes, they have some good services,
but is their service stellar?
I don't think so.
The customer service is not stellar.
It's not as bad as Amazon, but it's
not stellar, okay?
So, the new CEO is making some bold
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moves to compete.
But will these cuts help the company stay
ahead or leave workers behind in the changing
telecom landscape?
The question is, will Verizon fire more people
in, let's say, in 2026?
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It's unclear, but the company is in the
process of significant layoffs and job cuts now
in the Q4 of 2025 as part of
a major restructuring under its new CEO that
I just, CEO that I mentioned.
So, current layoffs are happening.
The reason for the cuts, as I said,
the layoffs are part of the restructuring to
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lower costs and align the company with new,
you got it guys, AI-enabled direction.
That could be dangerous.
While the company is undergoing major changes now,
there's no official information to indicate whether additional
layoffs will occur in 2026.
But rest assured, if they're not making their
margin, their numbers, I absolutely believe that they're
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going to be firing people.
So, a department that might have 50 people
in it or 30 people in it might
lose one or two.
You might say, gee, that's not much, but
there's a very high probability that you could
be the one that was fired from that
department.
A few of my friends, I talked to,
it's like, oh, we're safe.
We're safe for now.
But what does safe for now really mean?
And Zalando fights European Union rules, platform shakeup
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looms, and Zalando is taking its fight against
strict European Union online platform rules to the
highest courts.
So this battle could redraw the map for
every digital marketplace, potentially changing how your favorite
online shops and social platforms, well, operate across
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Europe.
Number four, Apple blocked in the UK billion
dollar app store fallout.
This is a mess.
Apple just hit a giant wall in the
United Kingdom with billions at stake as it
loses an appeal over app store commissions.
With consumer payouts looming, is the age of
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unchecked big tech control over app markets ending
or will Apple find a way to keep
its walled garden intact?
We already know that they're getting under scrutiny
for so many things, but what's really going
on, guys?
What's really happening?
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I think we're seeing this emergence.
I think AI is being abused in a
lot of ways, to be quite honest with
you.
And, you know, people are starting to realize
that they need to cut back.
That's what we're seeing.
So Zalando is Europe's top fashion retailer.
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It's taking its fight over the strict European
Union content rules to the highest court.
And the new regulations could impact every online
service out there, from media to supermarkets.
The result could shake up how digital performers
and platforms operate across Europe.
And I think this is going to be
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a big thing, as we mentioned.
But as I was saying to you about
what's going on with these things, Apple is
really having some challenges.
Apple faces the billion-dollar UK app store
ruling appeal block.
So Apple just got shut down in the
effort to appeal a United Kingdom ruling over
unfair app store commissions.
Now it could face damages topping up to,
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at least for now, $1.3 billion.
Is big tech finally losing control of app
pricing?
App store users may soon see a big
payout.
That's a lot to take in.
That's just an awful lot.
And I can tell you that a lot
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of people sometimes don't understand what's going on.
So they decide to make things more confusing.
And as they make them more confusing, then
suddenly, well, it gets people interested to want
to pursue, pursue more.
Why pursue more?
I think it's because they think there's a
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faster way to do things, okay?
A faster way to do things.
And if there's a faster way to do
things, then how do we go from point
A to point B?
I mean, how do we do that?
I think it becomes a little bit challenging
for a lot of people because here we
are, we're following one standard and the next
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day, blip, the whole thing just changes like
right before our eyes.
And Google is up to their nonsense again.
So well, Google's being forced, they're not doing
it out of the kindness of their heart.
Let me just share that.
Google pays 40 million, South Africa tackles the
big tech.
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South Africa's bold move demanding Google pay 40
million, excuse me, billion, million, and complying with
new media transparency rules might set a new
precedence for global tech accountability.
It might.
This could open doors for other nations to
demand fair digital ecosystems for local players.
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Number six, Uber tests in-app video privacy
versus driver safety clash.
So Uber's new in-app video recording tool
aims to protect drivers in India, but it's
stirring up some heated debates on privacy.
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Encrypted and auto-deleting after a week, these
videos could help resolve disputes or simply spark
a wider privacy firestorm.
So what happens is you get in the
vehicle, and you've probably been in vehicles before
where there's a sign telling you that you're
being recorded, but it's kind of obvious when
you see the camera.
And so it's funny, you ask the person
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about the camera and they don't understand anything.
But it's their camera.
It's like they paid money to have the
camera in there.
They didn't get it from Uber.
They didn't get it from Lyft.
They put it in there, and they put
it in there because they don't want disputes,
right?
And if they don't want disputes, and then
we have a concern about people's privacy, I
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think that could be a really big problem
for a lot of people, okay?
And that could be an issue that is
going to domino even more, not just today,
not just tomorrow, but it's going to be
continuing throughout the world, all right?
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As the different things progress forward, I mean,
I think Google, Amazon, a lot of these
other big companies, they do what they have
to, what do they always say?
It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it
is to ask for forgiveness.
It's easier to ask for permission.
I don't think that's a very smart thing.
I think that's a bad way of approaching
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it.
And if it's a bad way of approaching
it, then that could be a problem.
And so what do we need to do?
I think we've got to be conscious about
what's going on.
And if we're truly conscious about what's going
on, only then can we make a choice
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on which way we want to go, right?
I think that's a very, very important thing
to understand.
We have to understand what that means and
how that's going to change a reaction, how
that's going to change a result.
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And I think that could be a little
bit challenging for some people.
Why?
I think it's because people are being given
misinformation, okay?
And the misinformation is coming because people are
too concerned about the dollar and not concerned
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about everybody else.
I've said you've got to practice gratitude, but
you've also got to practice doing the right
thing even when no one else is watching.
That's pretty tough, right?
When no one else is watching, you've got
to practice gratitude and you've got to do
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the right thing all the time.
I mean, again, not just when it's convenient,
not just when it's easy, because anybody can
do it, guys, when it's easy, all right?
That's kind of like a no-brainer.
But I think the confusion comes in because
a lot of people don't really understand what
they understand.
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They understand like how things are happening, why
things are happening, like this whole thing with
Uber, right?
Like what they're doing.
It's insane.
So when we think about all this, it
becomes this mess, if you ask me, a
very, very big mess.
And I think it's going to get worse,
unfortunately, before it gets better.
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At number seven, a global police bust, major
cybercrime rings, crypto and data stolen, international police
collaboration, and have saved smash three cybercrime rings,
recovering millions in stolen crypto and data.
But as soon as one ring is stopped,
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are we just playing a global game of
digital whack-a-mole?
Because another one pops up.
Like you ever played whack-a-mole?
How many of you have played whack-a
-mole?
So let me just say, what is the
game whack-a-mole?
I don't know how to explain this to
you guys easily.
So it's whack-a-mole.
It's basically this game.
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And they have these, they call them moles,
but whatever, they pop up.
And you have to bang one down.
As soon as you bang one down, another
pops up.
And that's kind of how security is.
You address one thing, but then bam, it's
like suddenly now you've got to address something
else.
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And I think a lot of times when
we think about these things, people get a
little bit, they get confused.
And the reason they get confused is because
they're being given misinformation.
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Misinformation.
That's a very interesting thing, guys.
Misinformation.
And I can tell you guys that misinformation
happens.
You know why?
Because people are after money.
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People are after doing things in a way
that can be, how can I say, in
a way that can be confusing for some.
And that confusion can cause people more money,
more issues.
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But if we get the wrong information, you
might figure, well, John, what's the big deal
if we get wrong information?
Well, it costs time, it costs effort, it
costs money.
That's something that I think a lot of
people don't really understand.
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That what's going on in our world happens
because of things that are transforming or transponding
around us.
I think that's something, again, that a lot
of people just don't, they just don't get
it.
And I'll tell you that being present is
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a big part of moving forward.
And when we think about these things like
what just happened, right?
The whack-a-mole.
I mean, when they go through all the
trouble to close down, let's say, you know,
a bad gang or something that's conducting all
kinds of heists and stuff like that, it
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could be a big problem.
When we say it's a whack-a-mole,
whack-a-mole is a fun game, but
it's annoying because the other things pop up.
And as you get better with it, they
pop even faster, like, oh, like, as soon
as I get one.
And shutting a rink down, I don't know
if you guys know, if we had to
think about this, how much, if I had
to ask everyone this question, do you know
the answer to this?
How much money does it take to shut
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an average crime rink down?
How much money?
Well, there's no specific dollar amount.
In 2016, the US spent over $295 billion
on criminal analysis of the justice system.
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The cost of individual crimes varied from homicides
to $22,000 to $44,000, rapes, $2
,000 to $5,000, robberies, $600 to $1
,300, burglaries, $200 to $600.
So I think it just depends on the
area.
It could depend on the specific case.
So they're all very varied, right?
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Number eight, guys, Amazon fires up piracy crackdown.
Streaming apps out there, Amazon is taking no
prisoners anymore, and it's wiping privacy apps off
Fire TV worldwide and blocking clever hacks.
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Sports streams are under threat too, and the
free ride is ending now for pirates.
Everywhere, unless new loopholes emerge, there's going to
be problems.
I mean, even Microsoft now, when you install
something, and if you have not installed it
and you go to reinstall it before you
forget to install it into the computer, it's
going to tell you, hey, you only have
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one license, and one plus one makes two,
and you need to remove one.
Before, it was more on the honor system.
Now, it's more like the honor system, no,
it's counting immediately.
So when we think about these things, and
we think about how they emerge, it can
be really crazy when I talk about what's
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going on.
Amazon, basically, I use the analogy where I
did the real, that Amazon is no longer
allowing certain applications.
So as I said, Amazon's blocking piracy apps
on Fire TV, and Amazon is banning illegal
streaming apps on Fire TV sticks everywhere.
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Sideload and VPN hacks won't work anymore.
Sports piracy is about to get much more
difficult.
Will this move finally put an end to
free streams, or will pirates find a new
way?
I think it's going to stop people for
a little while, but I don't think it's
going to cause them to basically stop permanently.
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It's going to give them enough time to
stop so they can come back and they
can realize what's going on or what's not
going.
I think that's a huge thing to understand
what is going on and what's not going
on.
And so when we think about the stuff
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I'm talking about, like I just talked about,
the crime rank, and now this thing with
Amazon, Amazon is doing this.
I'll tell you why.
Because anytime Amazon loses money, they want to
go after it.
I mean, I think any company is kind
of like that, right?
That's no surprise.
So how much was Amazon losing on all
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the Firestick piracy?
How much do you think they're losing, if
we had a look at that number?
Well, they haven't publicly announced the number, but
they have said it's been significant direct financial
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loss.
And losses are primarily incurred by broadcasters and
current owners who are estimated to lose, you
ready guys?
Billions of dollars in revenue annually due to
illegal streaming facilitated by devices like the Fire
TV Stick.
So are there other products out there?
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Yes, they can let you do that.
Yeah, but the problem is, is that these
devices aren't supported.
And in essence, what you're really, well, in
essence, in truth and reality, you're stealing.
You are stealing.
I know several of my friends when I
was younger, they have all these channels and
then they put a filter on with a
little screw and then suddenly they get all
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the channels.
But now the channels are all encrypted digitally.
So that doesn't work.
But do you really want to steal cable?
I mean, do you really want to do
that?
That's just so bad.
It's almost like taking candy from a baby,
right?
Like that's bad because the kid can't defend
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himself, right?
So I think we'll have to just definitely
keep on the brink to say, you know,
what's going on and why things are going
on.
But I do sense, guys, that there'll be
going to be a lot of changes in
our world.
And those changes are going to help us
understand why things are evolving this way.
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Why?
That's the question.
The big multi-million dollar question, guys, is
why.
And number nine, guys.
Sony.
Yes, our friends at Sony.
They launched Monster Hunt MMO.
Horizon goes mobile.
Sony's Horizon universe leaps onto mobile and PCs,
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unleashing Monster Hunts and multiplayer chaos in, quote
unquote, Steel Frontiers, ready to create your hero
and dive into epic digital battles for glory.
The games are on, guys.
And I think this is only the beginning.
We're going to see a lot more of
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this kind of content because I think many
people out in our world, they are seeking
a thrill.
They're seeking games that are going to be
more than, you know, you win, you lose.
They're seeking a lot more than that.
And I know for those of you out
there that are following and listening to what
I'm saying, you're like, well, John, this never
happens to me or this happens to me
every day.
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So Sony's universe explodes, as I said, onto
the mobile and the PC with the Steel
Frontiers, the new free-to-play MMO.
Hunt colossal machines, team up or compete, and
create your own hero in epic deathlands.
So ready for the wildest multiplayer monster battles
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yet?
Well, they're coming.
So you might be asking, and it's a
very, very good question, so what is a
gaming MMO?
So massive multiplayer online.
That's it.
Sometimes they call it massively multiplayer online.
So a lot of people want to be
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able to play with other players because, well,
it challenges them.
And, you know, a lot of them have
the headsets.
And by them having these headsets, it, like,
makes life so interesting because now it's like
you feel like you're right in the room
with the person.
So you're, like, talking, but it's a way
that gets us to communicate like we haven't
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before.
And I think that's a – oh, I
know it is.
That's actually – that's a game-changer, guys.
That's a very, very big game-changer.
Number 10, guys.
KC police files were hacked.
Misconduct secrets were exposed.
A stunning hack is exposed in Kansas City's
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police misconduct files, revealing years of hidden abuse,
dishonesty, and false arrests.
Now long-buried secrets are public, and law
enforcement is becoming accountable in the spotlight.
I'm sure they're not happy with those things.
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No, definitely not.
But, you know, when we think about all
these things, when we think about the ways
that bad actors exploit people, even cops or
lawyers or whatever, it's really – I got
to tell you, it's really pitiful.
It is really pitiful that they can do
stuff like that.
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Yeah, that they can just, like, do what
they want to do.
And if we know that people are doing
things just because, then we've got to be
more on our game, on the top of
our game.
Number 11, guys.
United States cyber exec sells secrets to Russia.
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This is insane.
Zero-day scandal.
An unprecedented betrayal.
A United States cyber executive sold top-secret
exploits to Russia while still tasked with national
defense.
The fallout from this zero-day scandal is
sending tremors through the cybersecurity community and beyond
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at large.
And, you know, when you work in a
position like that, and you do something just
for a buck, first of all, my level
of, let's say, respect for you has just,
just kind of taken a big nose tank.
And, you know, people say, well, you know,
I'm doing it for the money.
But there's other things you can do to
get money, right?
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So I think that's a, I think that's
a real, you know, important thing.
And the United States border is setting a
record for phone searches.
That's right.
Privacy is under fire.
Yes.
So South U.S. border privacy fears are
inevitable.
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Now with us, rising with the United States
border agents searching more personal phones than ever.
Digital privacy is on the trial.
From basic checks to advanced forensics, every traveler's
device could be under the microscope.
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Are your rights at risk?
You know, I think it's a great question.
It's not even, do they need probable cause?
I would think they do.
But I have a hunch they're probably not
filing that.
I'm just, just have that strong hunch.
And ladies and gentlemen, ICE.
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No, not ICE you have in the fridge.
That's Immigration's Custom Enforcement.
So ICE's Texas shadow network contractor deportations expanded.
So ICE is quietly building a vast shadow
network with private contractors, transporting detainees 24 seven
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across Texas.
And this industrial scale operation is raising tough
questions about oversight and the future of immigration
and the enforcement that they put forward.
I mean, I get what they're doing.
I get their job, but I think we
have to do it in a humane way.
Right?
Wouldn't you, wouldn't you kind of agree?
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I would.
Number 14, guys, this is a real favorite
of mine being an engineer.
The Louvre, the Juul heist.
Could this whole robbery have been avoided?
Smart geometry could have stopped it.
A daring Louvre Juul heist has revealed shocking
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security flaws and a forgotten 50-year-old
math problem.
And this has been the missing piece to
stopping it.
Sometimes the best solutions are hidden in plain
sight.
So I think that's important to understand.
And when we think about this heist, I
want to talk about a little more about
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this heist.
So how could, you know, let's see, how
could the Louvre heist been prevented by a
50-year-old math problem?
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I have to tell you that this math
problem, okay, that we're talking about is going
to be – it's pretty simple, but it
works with geometry, right?
And so there is a famous math petition
that I'll get to in just a minute.
But he talks about the whole concept of
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angles, right, polygons, etc.
And so he said the answer, it turns
out, and this gentleman that I'm going to
talk to in a minute here was a
pretty amazing guy.
And he found this out in 1978.
His name was Stephen Fiske.
So Stephen Fiske is a mathematics professor at
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Bowdoin College in Maine, United States.
And he came up with a proof considered
to be one of the most elegant in
all of mathematics ever.
One of these lower limits, okay, causes the
answer.
So he came up with a proof considered
to be, as I said, one of the
best.
And the lower limit on the number of
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cameras needed to be able to have, well,
total security.
His strategy was to divide the gallery up
into triangles.
Check out the left image that we'll have
on one wall and the right image and
compare different things.
And his strategy was to divide them into
triangles and checking out the left image from
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one side, the right image, and going back
and forth.
And he then proved that each vertex of
each triangle could be colored with one or
three colors.
Such that all the triangles have different colored
vertices as we see when we do this.
And this is known as the three coloring
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of the vertices.
So triangles are convex polygons.
And so a camera positioned at any vertex
or indeed anywhere in the triangle can see
every point in that triangle.
Because every triangle has vertices with each of
the three colors.
If we pick just one of the colors
and place the camera at the position, well,
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they will be able to see pretty much
every triangle in the home.
Everybody is part of it in the gallery.
And I think the fact that, you know,
a simple math problem, and how does the
math problem work?
Okay, so you take the number of corners
basically.
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Let's say there's 15 corners.
You take 15 and you divide that number
by 3.
And by dividing it by the number 3,
okay, you come up with 5.
So what is 5?
5 would mean that we need 5 360
-degree security cameras.
So why did Delore do something like this?
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They claim they're redoing things.
But it's funny.
Nobody really reacts to something until it becomes
a public nightmare.
And I know what you're saying to me,
John.
Like, how did this all happen?
First, like, where they entered, I mean, the
people going in, they were Chinese people.
And they had workmen clothes on.
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And just because you have workmen clothes on
doesn't mean you're safe.
I know in many buildings they check the
workers just as they check the employees because
you think they're going to blend in.
Even hospitals, right?
You think a hospital worker is fine.
A lot of people dress up as hospital
workers.
So there's these added checks that we need
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to do, unfortunately.
And with these checks, we have to make
sure that we are verifying things within a
reasonable doubt.
There is no reasonable doubt.
So in the case of here with them
going up, like, the side, there were no
cameras over there.
And they literally used a crane on the
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side of the building.
They broke into Delore.
And they stole these precious things.
So you might say, gee, John, well, how
did they break into Delore?
So I think this is a pretty interesting
thing.
So the thieves broke into Delore by using
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a truck-mounted electric ladder to reach a
second-floor balcony.
This was in October of 2025, just recently.
And they cut through a window with power
tools to enter the Apollo Gallery.
They stole several pieces of jewelry before fleeing
on scooters.
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Having executed the heist in under 10 minutes,
the group consisting of four individuals used the
ladder to access the gallery and threatened guards
before smashing display cases to take the jewels.
So I think when we can understand how
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this works, and if you've ever been to
Delore before, it's a pretty amazing place, how
they keep all these crown jewels, basically.
They keep them in a way that –
because, again, they're responsible for the royal crowns
and things like that.
And I think that's a very, very important
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thing, what they did.
And so the whole concept of them stealing
this is something that is still a bit
of a mystery to a lot of people,
the fact that it happened.
Seven minutes, guys, is all it took for
them to creatively, let's say, meander their way,
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and eight days before the police to announce
the first arrest in the brazen theft that
happened.
So on October 19, four mass thieves stole
eight pieces of jewelry from Delore, valued at
– you ready, guys?
– $102 – not dollars – million dollars.
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Yeah.
Sparking a national outcry and nationwide manhunt, the
daring heist took just seven minutes, leaving investigators
searching for answers as to how one of
the world's most secure museums was robbed in
such a brief window of time.
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Just eight days later, French police announced that
two people had been arrested in connection to
the theft as a nationwide manhunt continues for
the remaining two perpetrators.
The other two have not been captured at
this time yet.
So in this minute-by-minute play, 9
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.30 a.m. is how it all started,
just to give you how this worked.
And the thieves arrived at Delore.
A truck with an extensible ladder arrived at
Delore's sign-facing side.
The thieves raised the ladder in order to
reach a second-floor balcony to enter the
museum, and this was per the police.
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And so Delore had only been open for
about half an hour at the time because
it opens at 9.
Again, this is pretty amazing.
At 9.30, yeah, basically at 9.34,
the break-in and the theft occurred.
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Two of the thieves, dressed as construction workers,
scaled the ladder and used an angle grinder
to cut through a window in the Apollo
Gallery, just a few rooms away from where
the Mona Lisa is displayed.
The thieves then smashed the two display cases
using the angle grinder and removed eight pieces
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of jewelry belonging to Emperor Napoleon and his
wife.
This was according, obviously, to the police, but
this is pretty hefty.
At 9.37 a.m., the alarm was
triggered.
The museum alarm was triggered, alerting museum staff
and authorities to the theft.
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9.37 a.m. They broke in at
precisely 9.34. 9.38, they
escaped.
Within one minute of the alarm going off,
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they escaped.
That's pretty amazing, guys.
Fewer than, well, four minutes after they broke
into the gallery, the thieves fled, descending the
ladder and escaping onto motorbikes heading southeast toward
Asics Highway and the city of Lyon.
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So in their hasty escape, the robbers dropped
one of the stolen pieces of jewelry, the
crown of Empress Eugene, which was adorned with
over 1,000 diamonds.
The crown was recovered but, unfortunately, was damaged.
Police arrived minutes later and ultimately found two
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angle grinders, a blowtorch, gasoline, gloves, a walkie
-talkie, a blanket, and the crown at the
scene.
Police also found a yellow vest that was
apparently dropped by one of the fleeing perpetrators
at the corner of the Pond du Soleil
and Avenue of Henry IV several blocks from
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the lure.
Wow, guys.
10.34, theft is publicly announced.
A robbery took place in the morning.
10.37, the lure announced it is now
closed.
So that was very interesting.
It started early in the morning.
They knew about the theft at 9, the
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alarm at 9.37, but it took them
basically an hour, okay, to decide to close
the lure.
Like, why would you take so long?
Makes no sense to me.
It makes no sense because they messed up.
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They even admit they messed up.
So the big question is, what does the
lure need to do to beef up security?
What do they need to do?
So to enhance security after the recent Crown
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Jewel heist, the lure is installing new surveillance
cameras and an anti-intrusion system, creating a
new security coordinator position and increasing exterior security
measures like anti-vehicle barriers.
Other measures include upgrading technical facilities, reevaluating the
modernizing security protocols and the governance in place,
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and accelerating security upgrades from its long-term
modernization plan.
So those are some pretty amazing things, guys.
Installing the new cameras, the exterior security system,
anti-intrusion and anti-vehicle ramming devices are
installing nearby the public roads, creating a new
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security role person, accelerating security modernization, upgrading technical
infrastructures, and improving governance and protocols.
And I think if they would have done
their homework and they would have done audits,
like banks do all the time, right?
They do internal audits to make sure that
nothing is going to happen.
They want to catch the audit now before
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the person comes in that would be the
real audit.
So they do like a pre-audit to
hopefully catch things.
So a 360 camera is pretty powerful, and
you'll see a lot of schools, colleges, medical
buildings, they're putting in these 360 cameras.
They're not that expensive.
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So you might be asking me, John, how
much – and that's a good question –
how much is a good 360 security camera?
So it's going to vary, guys.
It's going to vary.
They have some that are from $40, and
then they can go up.
So how much is, let's say, the best
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360 security camera?
And I think when I share this with
you, you're probably going to like fall off
your chair just a tiny bit.
Again, it varies.
But the best camera right now is just
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around $980.
That's a pretty amazing thing, okay?
I think a lot of people always go
for cheap, right?
They go for cheap because that's just what
they do.
They go for cheap.
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I think if they would have done their
homework – so the biggest one that you
see a lot of places right now, it's
called the fisheye dome.
And that camera is even a little more
money.
That camera is like around $1,400.
But it's a fisheye dome, and it's a
pretty cool camera.
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And you see them in a lot of
places because it has the ability to give
you this amazing panoramic ability by looking at
the whole area, the whole 360, which before
we weren't able to find cameras that could
do 360 degrees.
We could not find cameras that could do
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stuff like that.
But more and more things are happening, and
grants are being issued by the government.
And any place you go now, you're going
to see 360 cameras are like the staple
of their operation.
And you don't just see one.
You see two.
You see three.
But according to the rule by Stephen Fiske,
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we take the number of corners, and we
divide them by three.
And that tells us basically the number of
cameras that we need to have, the middle
number of cameras that we need to have
to be able to see everywhere, whether it's
a museum, whether it's a house, whether it's
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a building.
That was pretty amazing.
And to know that math is actually the
secret.
A 50-year-old math problem by Stephen
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Fiske, who's actually a mathematics professor, that blew
my mind.
I always knew that math was great.
I love math.
But knowing that just a simple formula like
that could have prevented this, knowing that the
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cameras you have today become obsolete within a
few years.
And so you've got to remember the cameras
have to get upgraded.
Just like you upgrade certain things in your
home.
When they break, you need to upgrade.
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That's like a – I'll call it a
consumable.
Because cameras don't go bad overnight.
They do go bad over time.
And as new cameras come out, well, then
now we've got a better way to look
at that same area.
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Maybe we'll use less energy.
Maybe we'll have a better PTZ, a pan
-tilt-zoom.
I think these are pretty amazing things.
And now with many technologies like being able
to run on Cat5, Cat6, and if you
don't have Cat6 and you want to be
able to change your coax, you can even
use coax to convert into Cat6 like Mocha
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adapters and things like that.
But really cool, really amazing.
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Diving very deep into the latest, wildest, and
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Let's get right in there, guys.
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Number one, a Disney stream surge.
Yes, a YouTube TV battle leaves fans hanging.
Disney's streaming numbers are skyrocketing, that's true.
But the fierce face-off with YouTube TV
is leaving sports fans, well, a little bit
dismayed, and shall we say, out in the
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cold, no pun intended, without a jacket.
With profits that are going up, but major
content disputes are brewing.
The future of live TV might just look
a lot different pretty soon, and a whole
lot more, well, digital.
And I think when we remember some of
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these wars, I know there was one going
on with, I believe it was Food Network
a few years ago, and I wanted to
watch Iron Chef, and I couldn't, because, well,
Food Network was off the air.
And of course, it was during this week.
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So they did it on, I think it
was on channel 50 or channel 13.
And it was great that they did that,
because, you know, everybody was really wanting to
watch the program, so I'm really happy, you
know, that they did that.
But as I said, Disney is really starting
to go through a little bit of a
conundrum right now, a very fierce fight with
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YouTube TV, and leaving the fans, like I
said, in limbo.
And shares down, not to mention, 8%.
I'm sure they're going to plummet down even
lower if this keeps happening.
Can Disney win this battle for your screens,
or does old school TV risk fading out
as streaming starts to dominate?
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I mean, nobody really watches TV anymore.
I know many years ago, I actually canceled
my TV subscription and just stream.
And if I want a channel, then I
purchase it if I need it.
But I think that's a very important thing,
is to realize, how are we moving forward?
How are we consuming content?
Is it in print?
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Is it online?
You know, is it streaming YouTube?
Is it podcasts?
What is it that is causing, excuse me,
to get our information?
And I think a lot of the information
we're seeing out there is being channeled to
us in a way that maybe we're not
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very happy with.
And so a lot of companies are doing
this because, you know, they want to save
money.
I get that they want to save money,
trust me, I get it, all right?
But at the end of the day, we
have to realize one thing, even though they
want to make profits and things like that,
we've got to do what's right for the
greater good of all concerned.
Because like I said, we have to do
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what's right, even when no one else is
watching.
No pun intended when we talk about TV
there.
Well, our next story deals with the infamous
Verizon, right?
Whether it's an iPhone, whether it's an Android
or some other flip phone, Verizon decides to
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slash 15,000 jobs.
This is like an abomination.
The telecom world is getting rocked and Verizon's
massive layoff and new franchise model have sent
shockwaves across the entire, well, telecom industry.
Is this a sign of digital transformation, survival
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tactics, or a move that could leave thousands
behind as automation and new tech, well, take
over?
So then you probably say to me, John,
you know, and this is a good question,
so why is Verizon laying off 15,000
people?
Well, they're saying 13,000, 15,000, tomato,
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tomato, it's very close.
As part of the major restructuring under new
CEO Dan Schulman to reduce costs, simplify operations
and reorient the company to better serve customers,
and I'm sure to stuff a little more
money in his pocket, the company is facing
increased competition and a recent loss of postpaid
phone customers and aims to improve its cost
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structure to better invest in its customer value
proposition.
These layoffs are also accompanied by an effort
to reduce the company's reliance on outside labor.
You know, the thing is, with all these
companies, if you've noticed that these companies, when
you call them, Verizon doesn't even have customer
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service 24 hours a day, did you know
that?
Yes.
So Verizon customer service is not 24 hours,
and I think that's a big challenge for
Verizon.
For a lot of people to understand, it's
not 24 hours anymore, it used to be.
And so, for example, different accounts and billing
support is 8 a.m. to 7 p
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.m., okay?
And Monday and Saturday, 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. on Sundays, while technical support
for wireless and home internet is available only
8 a.m. to 12 a.m. So
a little bit longer, but still, it's not
24 hours, and I think this is a
big, big problem.
And then there's the big, well, mess between
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how do you reach Verizon wireless or Verizon
LAN?
It's just a big mess, and now companies
like Verizon are trying to get in your
back pocket to become your telephony provider.
They're having trouble providing service in some areas,
and now they're trying to dip into providing
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telephony.
So one of my clients that I've had
for many, many years, I come in, I
see all these phones on the desk, and
I'm like, I'll just call the person, Joe,
I'm like, Joe, what are you doing?
He's like, oh, I don't know, my sister
and my brother, you know, they're trying to
cut costs.
I'm like, okay, fine.
So they put these phones in, which has,
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I think Verizon calls it TelTalk or something
like that.
Anyway, they're Yealinks, but that doesn't matter.
And so they set these up, and then
they set up like a $39 or $49
router.
And they have phones that are more than
800, 900 feet apart.
That's not working.
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Now when you have 10 phones, phones that
are 1500 feet apart or 800 feet apart,
that's just not working.
So they tried it, and the service kept
dropping.
And I'm talking about service that is LAN
service, right?
But it's wireless, and it was just a
complete disaster.
Then you know what they did?
They farmed out the implementation of this to
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some company that you had to get on
the phone.
I mean, that is just so pitiful and
so poor.
It's just crazy.
They're trying to get more money out of
us.
But you know, the thing is, they don't
understand that it's about providing service and doing
it well.
Don't try to be a heart surgeon, a
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barber, and a landscaper.
Don't do that, because something is going to
fail.
You've got a niche.
That's very, very important.
And I got to tell you, I'm very
disappointed with what Verizon is doing.
Will I leave them?
I don't know.
Right now, they're okay.
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And if we had to, so is Verizon
the top?
They're considered top wireless carriers.
So who is anybody better than Verizon?
They say T-Mobile is better for raw
speed.
I don't know if I believe that.
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And so I think what's going on is
it's a price war.
And then you've got incompetencies, and then you've
got things like towers not working.
And they don't really seem very customer service
oriented.
I mean, I'm just noticing this.
And if you pay one price or another
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price, they rope you into things.
And I think that's a real, real problem
for a lot of people.
You know, that's the thing.
They get roped in.
And so, you know, I remember when Verizon
was just selling, like, you know, cell phones.
I'm not talking about the home side.
I'm talking about the wireless side.
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But now the wireless side is trying to
become your telephony company, like for businesses.
And then when you have a problem, the
sales rep, like, is in Timbuktu.
He's not reachable.
I know for this one client I had,
I got the guy's cell phone.
He never called me back.
So, you want to know why Verizon's having
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problems?
It's because they're not delivering customer service.
I mean, that's just a no-brainer.
And I don't mean to want to give
you bad news here.
I mean, yes, they have some good services,
but is their service stellar?
I don't think so.
The customer service is not stellar.
It's not as bad as Amazon, but it's
not stellar, okay?
So, the new CEO is making some bold
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moves to compete.
But will these cuts help the company stay
ahead or leave workers behind in the changing
telecom landscape?
The question is, will Verizon fire more people
in, let's say, in 2026?
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It's unclear, but the company is in the
process of significant layoffs and job cuts now
in the Q4 of 2025 as part of
a major restructuring under its new CEO that
I just, CEO that I mentioned.
So, current layoffs are happening.
The reason for the cuts, as I said,
the layoffs are part of the restructuring to
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lower costs and align the company with new,
you got it guys, AI-enabled direction.
That could be dangerous.
While the company is undergoing major changes now,
there's no official information to indicate whether additional
layoffs will occur in 2026.
But rest assured, if they're not making their
margin, their numbers, I absolutely believe that they're
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going to be firing people.
So, a department that might have 50 people
in it or 30 people in it might
lose one or two.
You might say, gee, that's not much, but
there's a very high probability that you could
be the one that was fired from that
department.
A few of my friends, I talked to,
it's like, oh, we're safe.
We're safe for now.
But what does safe for now really mean?
And Zalando fights European Union rules, platform shakeup
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looms, and Zalando is taking its fight against
strict European Union online platform rules to the
highest courts.
So this battle could redraw the map for
every digital marketplace, potentially changing how your favorite
online shops and social platforms, well, operate across
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Europe.
Number four, Apple blocked in the UK billion
dollar app store fallout.
This is a mess.
Apple just hit a giant wall in the
United Kingdom with billions at stake as it
loses an appeal over app store commissions.
With consumer payouts looming, is the age of
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unchecked big tech control over app markets ending
or will Apple find a way to keep
its walled garden intact?
We already know that they're getting under scrutiny
for so many things, but what's really going
on, guys?
What's really happening?
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I think we're seeing this emergence.
I think AI is being abused in a
lot of ways, to be quite honest with
you.
And, you know, people are starting to realize
that they need to cut back.
That's what we're seeing.
So Zalando is Europe's top fashion retailer.
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It's taking its fight over the strict European
Union content rules to the highest court.
And the new regulations could impact every online
service out there, from media to supermarkets.
The result could shake up how digital performers
and platforms operate across Europe.
And I think this is going to be
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a big thing, as we mentioned.
But as I was saying to you about
what's going on with these things, Apple is
really having some challenges.
Apple faces the billion-dollar UK app store
ruling appeal block.
So Apple just got shut down in the
effort to appeal a United Kingdom ruling over
unfair app store commissions.
Now it could face damages topping up to,
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at least for now, $1.3 billion.
Is big tech finally losing control of app
pricing?
App store users may soon see a big
payout.
That's a lot to take in.
That's just an awful lot.
And I can tell you that a lot
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of people sometimes don't understand what's going on.
So they decide to make things more confusing.
And as they make them more confusing, then
suddenly, well, it gets people interested to want
to pursue, pursue more.
Why pursue more?
I think it's because they think there's a
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faster way to do things, okay?
A faster way to do things.
And if there's a faster way to do
things, then how do we go from point
A to point B?
I mean, how do we do that?
I think it becomes a little bit challenging
for a lot of people because here we
are, we're following one standard and the next
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day, blip, the whole thing just changes like
right before our eyes.
And Google is up to their nonsense again.
So well, Google's being forced, they're not doing
it out of the kindness of their heart.
Let me just share that.
Google pays 40 million, South Africa tackles the
big tech.
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South Africa's bold move demanding Google pay 40
million, excuse me, billion, million, and complying with
new media transparency rules might set a new
precedence for global tech accountability.
It might.
This could open doors for other nations to
demand fair digital ecosystems for local players.
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Number six, Uber tests in-app video privacy
versus driver safety clash.
So Uber's new in-app video recording tool
aims to protect drivers in India, but it's
stirring up some heated debates on privacy.
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Encrypted and auto-deleting after a week, these
videos could help resolve disputes or simply spark
a wider privacy firestorm.
So what happens is you get in the
vehicle, and you've probably been in vehicles before
where there's a sign telling you that you're
being recorded, but it's kind of obvious when
you see the camera.
And so it's funny, you ask the person
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about the camera and they don't understand anything.
But it's their camera.
It's like they paid money to have the
camera in there.
They didn't get it from Uber.
They didn't get it from Lyft.
They put it in there, and they put
it in there because they don't want disputes,
right?
And if they don't want disputes, and then
we have a concern about people's privacy, I
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think that could be a really big problem
for a lot of people, okay?
And that could be an issue that is
going to domino even more, not just today,
not just tomorrow, but it's going to be
continuing throughout the world, all right?
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As the different things progress forward, I mean,
I think Google, Amazon, a lot of these
other big companies, they do what they have
to, what do they always say?
It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it
is to ask for forgiveness.
It's easier to ask for permission.
I don't think that's a very smart thing.
I think that's a bad way of approaching
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it.
And if it's a bad way of approaching
it, then that could be a problem.
And so what do we need to do?
I think we've got to be conscious about
what's going on.
And if we're truly conscious about what's going
on, only then can we make a choice
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on which way we want to go, right?
I think that's a very, very important thing
to understand.
We have to understand what that means and
how that's going to change a reaction, how
that's going to change a result.
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And I think that could be a little
bit challenging for some people.
Why?
I think it's because people are being given
misinformation, okay?
And the misinformation is coming because people are
too concerned about the dollar and not concerned
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about everybody else.
I've said you've got to practice gratitude, but
you've also got to practice doing the right
thing even when no one else is watching.
That's pretty tough, right?
When no one else is watching, you've got
to practice gratitude and you've got to do
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the right thing all the time.
I mean, again, not just when it's convenient,
not just when it's easy, because anybody can
do it, guys, when it's easy, all right?
That's kind of like a no-brainer.
But I think the confusion comes in because
a lot of people don't really understand what
they understand.
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They understand like how things are happening, why
things are happening, like this whole thing with
Uber, right?
Like what they're doing.
It's insane.
So when we think about all this, it
becomes this mess, if you ask me, a
very, very big mess.
And I think it's going to get worse,
unfortunately, before it gets better.
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At number seven, a global police bust, major
cybercrime rings, crypto and data stolen, international police
collaboration, and have saved smash three cybercrime rings,
recovering millions in stolen crypto and data.
But as soon as one ring is stopped,
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are we just playing a global game of
digital whack-a-mole?
Because another one pops up.
Like you ever played whack-a-mole?
How many of you have played whack-a
-mole?
So let me just say, what is the
game whack-a-mole?
I don't know how to explain this to
you guys easily.
So it's whack-a-mole.
It's basically this game.
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And they have these, they call them moles,
but whatever, they pop up.
And you have to bang one down.
As soon as you bang one down, another
pops up.
And that's kind of how security is.
You address one thing, but then bam, it's
like suddenly now you've got to address something
else.
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And I think a lot of times when
we think about these things, people get a
little bit, they get confused.
And the reason they get confused is because
they're being given misinformation.
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Misinformation.
That's a very interesting thing, guys.
Misinformation.
And I can tell you guys that misinformation
happens.
You know why?
Because people are after money.
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People are after doing things in a way
that can be, how can I say, in
a way that can be confusing for some.
And that confusion can cause people more money,
more issues.
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But if we get the wrong information, you
might figure, well, John, what's the big deal
if we get wrong information?
Well, it costs time, it costs effort, it
costs money.
That's something that I think a lot of
people don't really understand.
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That what's going on in our world happens
because of things that are transforming or transponding
around us.
I think that's something, again, that a lot
of people just don't, they just don't get
it.
And I'll tell you that being present is
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a big part of moving forward.
And when we think about these things like
what just happened, right?
The whack-a-mole.
I mean, when they go through all the
trouble to close down, let's say, you know,
a bad gang or something that's conducting all
kinds of heists and stuff like that, it
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could be a big problem.
When we say it's a whack-a-mole,
whack-a-mole is a fun game, but
it's annoying because the other things pop up.
And as you get better with it, they
pop even faster, like, oh, like, as soon
as I get one.
And shutting a rink down, I don't know
if you guys know, if we had to
think about this, how much, if I had
to ask everyone this question, do you know
the answer to this?
How much money does it take to shut
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an average crime rink down?
How much money?
Well, there's no specific dollar amount.
In 2016, the US spent over $295 billion
on criminal analysis of the justice system.
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The cost of individual crimes varied from homicides
to $22,000 to $44,000, rapes, $2
,000 to $5,000, robberies, $600 to $1
,300, burglaries, $200 to $600.
So I think it just depends on the
area.
It could depend on the specific case.
So they're all very varied, right?
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Number eight, guys, Amazon fires up piracy crackdown.
Streaming apps out there, Amazon is taking no
prisoners anymore, and it's wiping privacy apps off
Fire TV worldwide and blocking clever hacks.
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Sports streams are under threat too, and the
free ride is ending now for pirates.
Everywhere, unless new loopholes emerge, there's going to
be problems.
I mean, even Microsoft now, when you install
something, and if you have not installed it
and you go to reinstall it before you
forget to install it into the computer, it's
going to tell you, hey, you only have
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one license, and one plus one makes two,
and you need to remove one.
Before, it was more on the honor system.
Now, it's more like the honor system, no,
it's counting immediately.
So when we think about these things, and
we think about how they emerge, it can
be really crazy when I talk about what's
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going on.
Amazon, basically, I use the analogy where I
did the real, that Amazon is no longer
allowing certain applications.
So as I said, Amazon's blocking piracy apps
on Fire TV, and Amazon is banning illegal
streaming apps on Fire TV sticks everywhere.
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Sideload and VPN hacks won't work anymore.
Sports piracy is about to get much more
difficult.
Will this move finally put an end to
free streams, or will pirates find a new
way?
I think it's going to stop people for
a little while, but I don't think it's
going to cause them to basically stop permanently.
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It's going to give them enough time to
stop so they can come back and they
can realize what's going on or what's not
going.
I think that's a huge thing to understand
what is going on and what's not going
on.
And so when we think about the stuff
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I'm talking about, like I just talked about,
the crime rank, and now this thing with
Amazon, Amazon is doing this.
I'll tell you why.
Because anytime Amazon loses money, they want to
go after it.
I mean, I think any company is kind
of like that, right?
That's no surprise.
So how much was Amazon losing on all
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the Firestick piracy?
How much do you think they're losing, if
we had a look at that number?
Well, they haven't publicly announced the number, but
they have said it's been significant direct financial
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loss.
And losses are primarily incurred by broadcasters and
current owners who are estimated to lose, you
ready guys?
Billions of dollars in revenue annually due to
illegal streaming facilitated by devices like the Fire
TV Stick.
So are there other products out there?
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Yes, they can let you do that.
Yeah, but the problem is, is that these
devices aren't supported.
And in essence, what you're really, well, in
essence, in truth and reality, you're stealing.
You are stealing.
I know several of my friends when I
was younger, they have all these channels and
then they put a filter on with a
little screw and then suddenly they get all
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the channels.
But now the channels are all encrypted digitally.
So that doesn't work.
But do you really want to steal cable?
I mean, do you really want to do
that?
That's just so bad.
It's almost like taking candy from a baby,
right?
Like that's bad because the kid can't defend
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himself, right?
So I think we'll have to just definitely
keep on the brink to say, you know,
what's going on and why things are going
on.
But I do sense, guys, that there'll be
going to be a lot of changes in
our world.
And those changes are going to help us
understand why things are evolving this way.
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Why?
That's the question.
The big multi-million dollar question, guys, is
why.
And number nine, guys.
Sony.
Yes, our friends at Sony.
They launched Monster Hunt MMO.
Horizon goes mobile.
Sony's Horizon universe leaps onto mobile and PCs,
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unleashing Monster Hunts and multiplayer chaos in, quote
unquote, Steel Frontiers, ready to create your hero
and dive into epic digital battles for glory.
The games are on, guys.
And I think this is only the beginning.
We're going to see a lot more of
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this kind of content because I think many
people out in our world, they are seeking
a thrill.
They're seeking games that are going to be
more than, you know, you win, you lose.
They're seeking a lot more than that.
And I know for those of you out
there that are following and listening to what
I'm saying, you're like, well, John, this never
happens to me or this happens to me
every day.
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So Sony's universe explodes, as I said, onto
the mobile and the PC with the Steel
Frontiers, the new free-to-play MMO.
Hunt colossal machines, team up or compete, and
create your own hero in epic deathlands.
So ready for the wildest multiplayer monster battles
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yet?
Well, they're coming.
So you might be asking, and it's a
very, very good question, so what is a
gaming MMO?
So massive multiplayer online.
That's it.
Sometimes they call it massively multiplayer online.
So a lot of people want to be
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able to play with other players because, well,
it challenges them.
And, you know, a lot of them have
the headsets.
And by them having these headsets, it, like,
makes life so interesting because now it's like
you feel like you're right in the room
with the person.
So you're, like, talking, but it's a way
that gets us to communicate like we haven't
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before.
And I think that's a – oh, I
know it is.
That's actually – that's a game-changer, guys.
That's a very, very big game-changer.
Number 10, guys.
KC police files were hacked.
Misconduct secrets were exposed.
A stunning hack is exposed in Kansas City's
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police misconduct files, revealing years of hidden abuse,
dishonesty, and false arrests.
Now long-buried secrets are public, and law
enforcement is becoming accountable in the spotlight.
I'm sure they're not happy with those things.
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No, definitely not.
But, you know, when we think about all
these things, when we think about the ways
that bad actors exploit people, even cops or
lawyers or whatever, it's really – I got
to tell you, it's really pitiful.
It is really pitiful that they can do
stuff like that.
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Yeah, that they can just, like, do what
they want to do.
And if we know that people are doing
things just because, then we've got to be
more on our game, on the top of
our game.
Number 11, guys.
United States cyber exec sells secrets to Russia.
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This is insane.
Zero-day scandal.
An unprecedented betrayal.
A United States cyber executive sold top-secret
exploits to Russia while still tasked with national
defense.
The fallout from this zero-day scandal is
sending tremors through the cybersecurity community and beyond
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at large.
And, you know, when you work in a
position like that, and you do something just
for a buck, first of all, my level
of, let's say, respect for you has just,
just kind of taken a big nose tank.
And, you know, people say, well, you know,
I'm doing it for the money.
But there's other things you can do to
get money, right?
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So I think that's a, I think that's
a real, you know, important thing.
And the United States border is setting a
record for phone searches.
That's right.
Privacy is under fire.
Yes.
So South U.S. border privacy fears are
inevitable.
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Now with us, rising with the United States
border agents searching more personal phones than ever.
Digital privacy is on the trial.
From basic checks to advanced forensics, every traveler's
device could be under the microscope.
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Are your rights at risk?
You know, I think it's a great question.
It's not even, do they need probable cause?
I would think they do.
But I have a hunch they're probably not
filing that.
I'm just, just have that strong hunch.
And ladies and gentlemen, ICE.
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No, not ICE you have in the fridge.
That's Immigration's Custom Enforcement.
So ICE's Texas shadow network contractor deportations expanded.
So ICE is quietly building a vast shadow
network with private contractors, transporting detainees 24 seven
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across Texas.
And this industrial scale operation is raising tough
questions about oversight and the future of immigration
and the enforcement that they put forward.
I mean, I get what they're doing.
I get their job, but I think we
have to do it in a humane way.
Right?
Wouldn't you, wouldn't you kind of agree?
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I would.
Number 14, guys, this is a real favorite
of mine being an engineer.
The Louvre, the Juul heist.
Could this whole robbery have been avoided?
Smart geometry could have stopped it.
A daring Louvre Juul heist has revealed shocking
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security flaws and a forgotten 50-year-old
math problem.
And this has been the missing piece to
stopping it.
Sometimes the best solutions are hidden in plain
sight.
So I think that's important to understand.
And when we think about this heist, I
want to talk about a little more about
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this heist.
So how could, you know, let's see, how
could the Louvre heist been prevented by a
50-year-old math problem?
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I have to tell you that this math
problem, okay, that we're talking about is going
to be – it's pretty simple, but it
works with geometry, right?
And so there is a famous math petition
that I'll get to in just a minute.
But he talks about the whole concept of
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angles, right, polygons, etc.
And so he said the answer, it turns
out, and this gentleman that I'm going to
talk to in a minute here was a
pretty amazing guy.
And he found this out in 1978.
His name was Stephen Fiske.
So Stephen Fiske is a mathematics professor at
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Bowdoin College in Maine, United States.
And he came up with a proof considered
to be one of the most elegant in
all of mathematics ever.
One of these lower limits, okay, causes the
answer.
So he came up with a proof considered
to be, as I said, one of the
best.
And the lower limit on the number of
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cameras needed to be able to have, well,
total security.
His strategy was to divide the gallery up
into triangles.
Check out the left image that we'll have
on one wall and the right image and
compare different things.
And his strategy was to divide them into
triangles and checking out the left image from
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one side, the right image, and going back
and forth.
And he then proved that each vertex of
each triangle could be colored with one or
three colors.
Such that all the triangles have different colored
vertices as we see when we do this.
And this is known as the three coloring
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of the vertices.
So triangles are convex polygons.
And so a camera positioned at any vertex
or indeed anywhere in the triangle can see
every point in that triangle.
Because every triangle has vertices with each of
the three colors.
If we pick just one of the colors
and place the camera at the position, well,
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they will be able to see pretty much
every triangle in the home.
Everybody is part of it in the gallery.
And I think the fact that, you know,
a simple math problem, and how does the
math problem work?
Okay, so you take the number of corners
basically.
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Let's say there's 15 corners.
You take 15 and you divide that number
by 3.
And by dividing it by the number 3,
okay, you come up with 5.
So what is 5?
5 would mean that we need 5 360
-degree security cameras.
So why did Delore do something like this?
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They claim they're redoing things.
But it's funny.
Nobody really reacts to something until it becomes
a public nightmare.
And I know what you're saying to me,
John.
Like, how did this all happen?
First, like, where they entered, I mean, the
people going in, they were Chinese people.
And they had workmen clothes on.
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And just because you have workmen clothes on
doesn't mean you're safe.
I know in many buildings they check the
workers just as they check the employees because
you think they're going to blend in.
Even hospitals, right?
You think a hospital worker is fine.
A lot of people dress up as hospital
workers.
So there's these added checks that we need
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to do, unfortunately.
And with these checks, we have to make
sure that we are verifying things within a
reasonable doubt.
There is no reasonable doubt.
So in the case of here with them
going up, like, the side, there were no
cameras over there.
And they literally used a crane on the
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side of the building.
They broke into Delore.
And they stole these precious things.
So you might say, gee, John, well, how
did they break into Delore?
So I think this is a pretty interesting
thing.
So the thieves broke into Delore by using
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a truck-mounted electric ladder to reach a
second-floor balcony.
This was in October of 2025, just recently.
And they cut through a window with power
tools to enter the Apollo Gallery.
They stole several pieces of jewelry before fleeing
on scooters.
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Having executed the heist in under 10 minutes,
the group consisting of four individuals used the
ladder to access the gallery and threatened guards
before smashing display cases to take the jewels.
So I think when we can understand how
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this works, and if you've ever been to
Delore before, it's a pretty amazing place, how
they keep all these crown jewels, basically.
They keep them in a way that –
because, again, they're responsible for the royal crowns
and things like that.
And I think that's a very, very important
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thing, what they did.
And so the whole concept of them stealing
this is something that is still a bit
of a mystery to a lot of people,
the fact that it happened.
Seven minutes, guys, is all it took for
them to creatively, let's say, meander their way,
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and eight days before the police to announce
the first arrest in the brazen theft that
happened.
So on October 19, four mass thieves stole
eight pieces of jewelry from Delore, valued at
– you ready, guys?
– $102 – not dollars – million dollars.
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Yeah.
Sparking a national outcry and nationwide manhunt, the
daring heist took just seven minutes, leaving investigators
searching for answers as to how one of
the world's most secure museums was robbed in
such a brief window of time.
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Just eight days later, French police announced that
two people had been arrested in connection to
the theft as a nationwide manhunt continues for
the remaining two perpetrators.
The other two have not been captured at
this time yet.
So in this minute-by-minute play, 9
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.30 a.m. is how it all started,
just to give you how this worked.
And the thieves arrived at Delore.
A truck with an extensible ladder arrived at
Delore's sign-facing side.
The thieves raised the ladder in order to
reach a second-floor balcony to enter the
museum, and this was per the police.
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And so Delore had only been open for
about half an hour at the time because
it opens at 9.
Again, this is pretty amazing.
At 9.30, yeah, basically at 9.34,
the break-in and the theft occurred.
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Two of the thieves, dressed as construction workers,
scaled the ladder and used an angle grinder
to cut through a window in the Apollo
Gallery, just a few rooms away from where
the Mona Lisa is displayed.
The thieves then smashed the two display cases
using the angle grinder and removed eight pieces
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of jewelry belonging to Emperor Napoleon and his
wife.
This was according, obviously, to the police, but
this is pretty hefty.
At 9.37 a.m., the alarm was
triggered.
The museum alarm was triggered, alerting museum staff
and authorities to the theft.
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9.37 a.m. They broke in at
precisely 9.34. 9.38, they
escaped.
Within one minute of the alarm going off,
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they escaped.
That's pretty amazing, guys.
Fewer than, well, four minutes after they broke
into the gallery, the thieves fled, descending the
ladder and escaping onto motorbikes heading southeast toward
Asics Highway and the city of Lyon.
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So in their hasty escape, the robbers dropped
one of the stolen pieces of jewelry, the
crown of Empress Eugene, which was adorned with
over 1,000 diamonds.
The crown was recovered but, unfortunately, was damaged.
Police arrived minutes later and ultimately found two
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angle grinders, a blowtorch, gasoline, gloves, a walkie
-talkie, a blanket, and the crown at the
scene.
Police also found a yellow vest that was
apparently dropped by one of the fleeing perpetrators
at the corner of the Pond du Soleil
and Avenue of Henry IV several blocks from
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the lure.
Wow, guys.
10.34, theft is publicly announced.
A robbery took place in the morning.
10.37, the lure announced it is now
closed.
So that was very interesting.
It started early in the morning.
They knew about the theft at 9, the
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alarm at 9.37, but it took them
basically an hour, okay, to decide to close
the lure.
Like, why would you take so long?
Makes no sense to me.
It makes no sense because they messed up.
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They even admit they messed up.
So the big question is, what does the
lure need to do to beef up security?
What do they need to do?
So to enhance security after the recent Crown
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Jewel heist, the lure is installing new surveillance
cameras and an anti-intrusion system, creating a
new security coordinator position and increasing exterior security
measures like anti-vehicle barriers.
Other measures include upgrading technical facilities, reevaluating the
modernizing security protocols and the governance in place,
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and accelerating security upgrades from its long-term
modernization plan.
So those are some pretty amazing things, guys.
Installing the new cameras, the exterior security system,
anti-intrusion and anti-vehicle ramming devices are
installing nearby the public roads, creating a new
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security role person, accelerating security modernization, upgrading technical
infrastructures, and improving governance and protocols.
And I think if they would have done
their homework and they would have done audits,
like banks do all the time, right?
They do internal audits to make sure that
nothing is going to happen.
They want to catch the audit now before
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the person comes in that would be the
real audit.
So they do like a pre-audit to
hopefully catch things.
So a 360 camera is pretty powerful, and
you'll see a lot of schools, colleges, medical
buildings, they're putting in these 360 cameras.
They're not that expensive.
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So you might be asking me, John, how
much – and that's a good question –
how much is a good 360 security camera?
So it's going to vary, guys.
It's going to vary.
They have some that are from $40, and
then they can go up.
So how much is, let's say, the best
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360 security camera?
And I think when I share this with
you, you're probably going to like fall off
your chair just a tiny bit.
Again, it varies.
But the best camera right now is just
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around $980.
That's a pretty amazing thing, okay?
I think a lot of people always go
for cheap, right?
They go for cheap because that's just what
they do.
They go for cheap.
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I think if they would have done their
homework – so the biggest one that you
see a lot of places right now, it's
called the fisheye dome.
And that camera is even a little more
money.
That camera is like around $1,400.
But it's a fisheye dome, and it's a
pretty cool camera.
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And you see them in a lot of
places because it has the ability to give
you this amazing panoramic ability by looking at
the whole area, the whole 360, which before
we weren't able to find cameras that could
do 360 degrees.
We could not find cameras that could do
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stuff like that.
But more and more things are happening, and
grants are being issued by the government.
And any place you go now, you're going
to see 360 cameras are like the staple
of their operation.
And you don't just see one.
You see two.
You see three.
But according to the rule by Stephen Fiske,
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we take the number of corners, and we
divide them by three.
And that tells us basically the number of
cameras that we need to have, the middle
number of cameras that we need to have
to be able to see everywhere, whether it's
a museum, whether it's a house, whether it's
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a building.
That was pretty amazing.
And to know that math is actually the
secret.
A 50-year-old math problem by Stephen
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Fiske, who's actually a mathematics professor, that blew
my mind.
I always knew that math was great.
I love math.
But knowing that just a simple formula like
that could have prevented this, knowing that the
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cameras you have today become obsolete within a
few years.
And so you've got to remember the cameras
have to get upgraded.
Just like you upgrade certain things in your
home.
When they break, you need to upgrade.
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That's like a – I'll call it a
consumable.
Because cameras don't go bad overnight.
They do go bad over time.
And as new cameras come out, well, then
now we've got a better way to look
at that same area.
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Maybe we'll use less energy.
Maybe we'll have a better PTZ, a pan
-tilt-zoom.
I think these are pretty amazing things.
And now with many technologies like being able
to run on Cat5, Cat6, and if you
don't have Cat6 and you want to be
able to change your coax, you can even
use coax to convert into Cat6 like Mocha
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adapters and things like that.
But really cool, really amazing.
I just want to take the opportunity to
say thank you to everybody.
For watching all of my shows, for making
the choice to understand what's going on with
technology.
Our episodes release into the audio podcast usually
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within 24 hours.
The JMOR Tech Talk show started off
just because I had this desire to share
technology with people and educate people with things
they may not know but they should know
to have a more enriched and, of course,
safer life.
So, of course, guys, for more unique content,
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I want you now at the end of
the show here to visit BelieveMeAchieve.com.
Because if you do that, you're going to
be able to get so much great content.
You're going to be able to go through
the show again.
You'll learn about how this cyber heist basically
took place if you missed any of it.
And this week's wildest tech shakeups were pretty
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amazing.
I mean these are things you just could
not make up, ladies and gentlemen.
You could not make this up even if
you tried.
So I do tech talks, AI innovation, cybersecurity,
future tech, tech news, smart homes, AI trends,
podcasts, life in the tech world, and innovation,
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tech buzz, and digital futures.
Who am I, guys?
I am John C.
Moorley, serial entrepreneur.
And like I said to you once before,
it is such a privilege, a pleasure, and
an honor to be with you here on
The JMOR Tech Talk Show.
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We're on every week depending on where you're
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it's on our show.
But if you're trying to replay the show,
just go to BelieveMeAchieve.com.
You can go right to The JMOR
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You can even search what you're looking for.
I think you'll find some pretty interesting insights.
I have some other great ones coming up
next week too.
I don't want to let them out of
the bag.
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I do want to take this opportunity, ladies
and gentlemen, to wish you all a very
great, healthy Thanksgiving, and we will talk to
you real soon.
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