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You got a little frog in your throat today yeah

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it up along . I'll uh step out of there

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I can't wait to figure out what he has going for

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us . He just wants to get us drunk . Is

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that what ? It is all right , but now it's time for the latest headlines

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in the world of technology . Here are our

3:09

top technology stories of the week

3:12

all right , this is

3:14

a non-profit privacy

3:16

advocacy group I think

3:18

we're going to need to hear about and talk about in the

3:20

coming future here , but it's

3:22

called none of your your Business , so they're known as NOYB

3:25

. Now they have filed six complaints

3:27

against TikTok , aliexpress

3:30

, shintimu , wechat

3:32

and Zami for unlawfully transferring

3:35

European users' data to China and

3:37

infringing upon the European Union's General

3:39

Data Protection Regulation

3:42

, yep . Let's go to Corinne Westland

3:44

for more on this story .

3:47

The nonprofit privacy advocacy group

3:49

None of your Business has filed

3:51

complaints at data protection authorities in

3:53

Greece , Italy , Belgium , the Netherlands and

3:55

Austria on behalf of users in

3:57

the same countries . In the documents

4:00

, the nonprofit highlights that China

4:02

collects citizen data aggressively and

4:04

processes it without restrictions , which

4:06

is against European Union's data

4:08

protection law . According to the GDPR

4:11

, data transfers outside

4:13

the European space should only be

4:15

allowed as exceptions , and proof that the data

4:17

is strictly protected from unauthorized state

4:19

or other access needs to be produced

4:22

. Sounds like a sticky situation

4:24

. Back to you guys in the studio .

4:28

All right , so let's talk about this . This is all

4:30

up in the air , right ? So , given that China

4:32

is an authoritarian

4:35

surveillance state , it is

4:37

crystal clear that China doesn't offer the

4:39

same level of data protection as the EU

4:41

, right ? That's what's stated in the nyb's

4:44

data protection complaint . According

4:46

to them , the chinese companies are violating

4:48

chapter 5 of the gdpr , specifically

4:52

article 44 with the general

4:54

transfer principles , uh

4:56

also article 46 with

4:59

lack of safeguards , and 46 on the

5:01

failure to conduct adequate impact

5:03

assessment . So let's talk a little bit about this

5:05

. Is this concerning to us that this

5:07

privacy group has

5:09

decided to set

5:12

petitions in these

5:14

countries , that China

5:17

is taking the data and

5:19

surveillancing the data ? This kind

5:21

of goes all the way back to the United States , also

5:24

with the concerns with ByteDance and everything

5:26

else that's going on what is your feeling about

5:28

this ?

5:29

You're the Chinese rah-rah

5:31

guy . What do you think ?

5:35

Well , so Odie and I were having a discussion

5:37

about this just before

5:39

we went on the air , so I

5:41

am so torn . Here's my idea

5:43

If the United

5:45

States has my data , do

5:48

I feel more secure than if somebody

5:50

across the pond feels for

5:52

my data ? And I say I don't feel

5:54

as safe with

5:56

the United States and Meta and all of their social

5:58

media platforms having that data because we know

6:01

that they do sell it to the government . Right

6:03

? They sell that data that they it to the government . Right ? They sell that data that they get

6:05

to the united states .

6:06

Yeah , everything you do anymore online

6:09

is being sold right yeah , it

6:11

is .

6:12

Yeah , whether you're in a car , whether you're in here

6:14

, yeah , everything is being sold .

6:16

It feels like you're positive , especially when we

6:18

talk about your favorite thing , tiktok . Yeah

6:20

, is that ? Uh , you know , chinese

6:22

, the chinese government , they don't care , they're

6:25

just going to take everybody's data and that's

6:27

okay , because everybody else has my

6:29

data already .

6:31

Well , okay . So what happens when a health

6:34

care company gets compromised here in the United

6:36

States ?

6:37

It's already happened . Yeah , well , I think

6:39

every single one of the major large corporations

6:41

that do medical care have

6:43

been compromised , so we just are okay

6:45

with that and we're just like oh , I don't think

6:47

anybody's okay with that , but we're in a

6:49

we're in a place socially where we cannot

6:52

be non-technological

6:54

. Okay , we have to be online

6:57

to do our jobs , to do our

6:59

finances , to do almost everything

7:01

, um , and

7:04

that's the price that

7:06

we pay , and that price is not

7:08

big enough for most

7:10

people that they're going to stop doing what they're

7:12

doing . That's the only way . That's the only way

7:15

this is going to stop is if we get offline

7:17

.

7:17

That's correct . I mean you'd have to completely

7:19

unplug right Cause , even cause , but you couldn't

7:22

. You couldn't exist offline world now

7:24

because if I go and I do medical uh

7:26

information , I have to sign up for my charts right

7:29

so I got to sign up for that otherwise they won't do

7:31

anything .

7:31

Yeah , if I want subscriptions if you want

7:33

any of your data , that's

7:36

right , unless you're a ludite and want to go

7:38

out in the backwoods and live .

7:39

Live a grizzly adams life you're

7:41

not going to be able to get away from this stuff

7:43

. So the the it comes

7:45

down to are you okay with

7:48

the us government having your data

7:50

, or is it okay that

7:52

china is obviously

7:55

and they don't really care that anybody

7:57

knows that they're taking your data ?

7:59

well , I wish it wasn't to that extreme . I wish

8:01

you can still exist . You know , partially

8:04

online and partially offline

8:06

, yeah , you know , now there's

8:08

no , there's no grace in

8:11

the technology . Uh

8:13

, like day-to-day life , you really

8:16

have to be fully in or you

8:18

don't understand it at all yeah , well

8:20

, it doesn't matter , because ai is going to come along and

8:23

replace you anyway .

8:24

Okay .

8:25

All right . So you know , I'm glad that there's

8:27

an advocacy group that is

8:29

out there that's looking at this data .

8:31

I really doubt they have any power

8:33

here , so I don't think they do either .

8:36

And my always it goes back

8:38

to is the consumer ever going to get the

8:40

money for their data ? No

8:48

, because if the consumer doesn't get it , and the lawyers get it , and this government

8:50

authority gets it , and this person gets it , then really the consumers of this data

8:52

that is being taken from is the people that don't I

8:55

, I feel , I feel like , I feel like you think

8:57

that you know , in all of human

8:59

history the peasant class

9:01

was the one that got all the benefits

9:04

from folks .

9:05

I guess that's not the case . That's not the

9:07

case you're right .

9:08

Okay , all

9:10

right , let's see if story number two can

9:12

brighten our day that

9:15

that's your story there , mike um

9:17

sure why not ?

9:18

because you know we , we

9:22

love when people

9:25

make really strange requests

9:28

. Okay , so I think everybody

9:30

knows , or everybody has heard , that

9:32

executives

9:35

on movies can

9:37

really ruin a movie . Yeah , they can , right

9:39

, right .

9:40

Well , it appears that Sometimes directors

9:42

, but most of the time it's the studio .

9:43

Yeah , we hear that all the time is , but most of the time it's the studio or it's yeah

9:45

, we hear that all the time is because they have

9:47

a financial interest in the film , they get to make

9:49

decisions about how the film is going to be shown

9:52

or whatever . Well , it appears that Netflix

9:55

is really going to try and ruin Netflix

9:57

.

9:58

Ok , because there is

10:00

not already Respectfully

10:03

? I don't know .

10:04

I don't know . I like some of the Netflix stuff

10:06

still .

10:07

So there's this sort of rule in writing . It's called

10:09

show , don't tell .

10:11

Are you familiar with this ? Have you heard of this ?

10:13

Yes , well , netflix executives

10:15

are telling their writers not to do that anymore

10:17

. They're telling their writers to have their characters

10:20

give expository

10:22

speeches about what they're doing , so

10:24

they can .

10:26

Like monologues .

10:28

Yes , kind of like monologues , so

10:30

that people who aren't paying that much

10:32

attention will know what's going on in the film

10:34

.

10:35

Well , if you're not paying that much attention to the film , isn't that

10:37

?

10:38

on you . This is the dumbest thing I've ever

10:40

heard . Okay , this is so dumb

10:42

.

10:42

They want people to still be entertained

10:44

, even when they're not , because all I'm

10:46

guilty of this , but I do this with my comfort

10:48

. Shows shows that I've seen hundred times

10:51

over that I don't need to be paying attention to the plot

10:53

anymore yeah , yeah , so I want

10:55

I .

10:55

We watch friends all the time so

10:58

that that's they don't tell me

11:00

what's going on

11:00

though right , but hi I'm ross , I'm walking

11:02

in the door yes , but that's something

11:05

that again , like you just said , that's been

11:07

on for ages . You know what's gonna happen

11:09

now . The new stuff

11:11

that's on netflix wants you to watch . Other

11:13

stuff is what I'm assuming , okay yeah

11:16

, they .

11:16

They want you , they're they're thinking that this

11:18

is going to solve the problem of you staying

11:21

with the comfort show no it's stupid I

11:23

agree it's the dumbest .

11:24

It's the dumbest all right , tell us more . Tell

11:27

us more what ? What's going on here ?

11:28

well , they have been telling their screenwriters to

11:30

have characters announce what they're doing so that viewers

11:33

who have a program

11:35

on in the background can follow

11:37

along without having to miss plot strands

11:39

. Okay , uh , there's barely

11:41

been any pushback until now . So

11:44

several , so several screenwriters who've

11:46

worked for the streamer are telling the outlet that a

11:48

common note from the company

11:51

executives is to do this . And

11:54

, after all , focusing

11:57

your time on a 90-minute movie is certainly not

11:59

an option for the token Netflix viewer . An

12:01

example of it is from their number one hit

12:04

movie , irish wish starring lindsey

12:06

lohan . I don't know how that became number

12:08

one , but hey , uh

12:11

is . Hey , we spend a day

12:13

. We spend a day together . Lohan tells

12:15

her lover james , and irish wish . I

12:17

admit it was a beautiful day , filled with dramatic

12:20

vistas and romantic rain , but that doesn't

12:22

give me the right to question my life choices

12:24

. Tomorrow I'm marrying paul . Fine

12:27

, he responds , that will be the last you see

12:29

of me , because after this job is over

12:31

, I'm going off to bolivia to photograph

12:33

an endangered tree lizard . Okay

12:36

, you , you

12:38

, do you not understand how stupid that

12:40

is ? That sounds ?

12:41

like poor writing . It is horrible poor writing . It

12:43

is why that movie did so

12:45

well . It was probably generated

12:47

by AI .

12:48

Yeah , no , ai

12:51

would not have generated it that bad . They would not

12:53

have said I'm going over here

12:55

and I'm going to photograph an endangered tree lizard

12:57

Maybe . Maybe

13:00

, Grok maybe do that , I don't know .

13:03

Stop defending AI .

13:06

With that being said , what ?

13:07

that's just what's happening right so there

13:10

is no , the I

13:12

you've written . You've written screenplays

13:14

I I no , I've not written . I don't write

13:16

screenplays , but I , I am a writer . I've

13:19

written books and stories

13:21

and articles

13:23

and things like that , so , so I've been writing

13:26

and this is one of the most . This

13:29

is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of .

13:32

Alright , so you're not a big fan of Netflix's . No

13:34

this is dumb .

13:35

It's stupid .

13:36

Okay , there you go , I get you . Let's go to story number

13:39

three . This is great . Gm has recently

13:41

settled with the FTC over allegations

13:43

that it misled drivers by collecting

13:46

and sharing their personal data without disclosure

13:48

. Now we've talked about this ongoing

13:52

for the last probably two and a half years

13:54

, so this is not something new to our listeners . No

13:57

, we've talked about OnStar . Yep subsidiary

14:00

gathered extensive driver

14:02

data such as speed , sharp

14:05

turns , hard braking and seat belt usage

14:07

, and shared this with consumer reporting

14:09

agencies . Now

14:15

the Texas Attorney General's lawsuit has claimed that GM pressured drivers into enrolling onto

14:17

OnStar Smart Driver by stating that it has some safety features

14:19

that would be disabled otherwise . However

14:22

, drivers were not informed that their data would be

14:24

collected and sold to insurers , which

14:26

included a national rise on driver's

14:29

insurance . So

14:31

again , I go back to the whole thing . Here it's

14:34

how is this going to financially

14:36

be paid back to the poor people that signed

14:38

up ? Because OnStar is not free , it's

14:40

an additional paid service . They

14:42

sold their information out there and only

14:44

now , under pressure , is GM

14:47

saying that they're going to take it away , and they say

14:49

that they're going to work to educate

14:51

users more on their vehicles

14:53

. Well , here's the problem is , if

14:55

you sign this privacy agreement

14:57

to use OnStar , to use any of these GM

15:00

vehicles that they have

15:02

the service into . Whether you opt in or opt

15:04

out , they're still tracking your data

15:07

. And the next thing

15:09

is is some of these new contracts ? If you want to buy

15:11

a gm car , if you don't sign that contract

15:13

, mike , guess what , you can't purchase a new vehicle

15:15

so yes , I know

15:17

.

15:18

So I used to pressure people into getting

15:20

on star there you go . All right , there

15:22

you go and you will be pressured to

15:24

get on . Star , because that's part of the salesman's

15:26

job is to get you on to , and

15:28

you because you get a free trial .

15:30

Yeah and then , if you stay on , do

15:32

you get a residual as a salesperson if you sell it

15:34

that way , not on star- but you know that's

15:37

part of your commission .

15:38

that's part of your commission is is getting

15:40

all these upsells on things . All

15:42

right , okay .

15:43

All right , let's go to story number

15:45

four .

15:46

So story number four is about

15:49

K . College is now teaching students

15:51

how to talk on the phone as a class

15:53

as a class

15:56

Okay . So one college

15:58

in the United Kingdom is offering a course to help

16:00

students get over their phone fears . According

16:02

to the BBC , Nottingham college is

16:04

offering training sessions designed to

16:06

help pupils gain some confidence when

16:08

yapping into the phone .

16:10

All right .

16:11

Some of these students may even have a phobia

16:13

of talking on the phone , which even has a

16:15

name telephobia .

16:17

Okay .

16:19

They spoke with a 17-year-old

16:22

student named Elvie who says

16:24

the only people I'll call on the phone

16:26

are my mom or dad , but

16:28

anyone else I don't want them to call me because

16:30

it feels quite formal and that's not

16:32

something I'm used to . It's unknown to

16:34

our generation . We've grown up texting each

16:37

other and , as

16:39

somebody who grew up in this generation , Okay

16:41

, that's why you have this

16:44

story here .

16:45

Do you feel comfortable talking on the phone ?

16:47

Yes and no , it depends . I will

16:49

say what I prefer

16:51

because my okay . So

16:54

here's the best relation I can have with this . My

16:56

sister suffers from social anxiety

16:58

. She hates calling

17:00

on the phone because of the unpredictability

17:03

of it , and that's also why I hate talking on

17:05

the phone when it's with someone who I'm

17:07

comfortable with , aka my mom and dad

17:09

or my siblings , I can be on the phone

17:11

for hours because there's no , what

17:14

do you call that ? There's no sense

17:16

of . Oh , I really need to have the most

17:18

perfect response with them . I could

17:20

just blab and blab for hours , versus

17:22

if I'm on the phone with the doctor . That

17:25

stresses me out , because it's often

17:27

you know for my own personality

17:29

I feel bad for asking for them

17:32

to further explain something

17:34

, or something completely slips my mind

17:36

and I don't have the confidence

17:38

to then say , oh hey , let's cut

17:40

back to that real quick . When is my appointment again

17:42

? What do I need to bring ? So I've often hung up on the phone

17:44

call . Let's cut back to that real quick . When is my appointment again ? What do I

17:46

need to bring ? Da , da , da , da , da da . So I've often

17:48

hung up on the phone call after I spent like an

17:50

hour waiting trying to get an appointment , trying

17:52

to speak to an actual human representative

17:55

, to then get off the phone

17:57

and be like darn . I forgot

17:59

some key points that I really wanted to bring up

18:02

, hence da , da da .

18:04

That's so interesting . That's

18:06

a really good example of social evolution

18:08

and how we

18:11

are changed

18:14

. Our behavior is changed by the environment

18:16

in which we live in . I

18:18

hate getting on the phone because I can't

18:21

talk to a human being .

18:22

Yes , that is another thing that I hate A human

18:24

being . I can talk .

18:25

talk to a human being yes , that is another thing that I hate A human being

18:27

. I can talk much quicker too . I can get things

18:29

taken care of , and I grew up with

18:31

the telephone stretched

18:33

20-foot cord into the subroom

18:36

and talking to the girls and talking to

18:38

my buddies and everything on the phone . That

18:40

was our only communication because we didn't

18:42

have computers , so it's easier . Texting

18:45

for me is much more difficult , and

18:47

the voice to text I don't ever

18:49

check it , so I get words , I get

18:51

texts that are just crazy words

18:53

.

18:53

Well you can't talk anyway , so that's probably

18:56

a problem .

18:57

I identify as a millennial because

18:59

I'm on the cusp of the end of the millennials

19:02

. I remember when minutes were a

19:04

thing . I still remember that and I also

19:06

had a answering machine at home . I

19:08

remember having a home phone . That's actually becoming

19:10

a thing again . I remember

19:12

all that and I will say

19:15

I'm probably the last

19:17

one to remember having to tell my friends

19:19

like , yeah , call my home phone

19:21

, leave a message , then

19:24

my parents will hear it , and then da-da-da-da . So

19:26

I still remember phone etiquette and all that . But

19:28

my sister who grew up more heavily

19:30

on , who was only two years younger

19:32

than me , she didn't really have the home

19:34

phone experience . Yes , it was still a thing

19:37

, but it wasn't that

19:39

big of a thing for her because , you

19:41

know , flip phones were more accessible

19:43

and more of the norm for kids her age

19:45

at that time so let's go back to the story .

19:47

Would you actually attend a class in ?

19:49

college ? No , because I don't need it , but I can definitely

19:51

see my sister and other people

19:53

do it . Yeah , and someone like my younger brother

19:55

who was 15 , I could definitely see him

19:57

doing that all right , this is a college level

20:00

this is a college level class I I kind

20:02

of feel a little

20:04

old .

20:07

No , I don't . You should know how to talk .

20:10

I don't know that we should be relying on colleges

20:13

and universities to teach our children how

20:15

to talk on a phone .

20:18

I mean , is that really a bizarre

20:20

thing though ? Because , honestly , there is

20:22

a lot of kids that graduate high school

20:24

, that don't have the foundational skills

20:27

for the real world .

20:28

If we need to have , he will not talk

20:30

on the phone .

20:31

No matter what he does , he will not talk on the phone

20:33

Individual I work with .

20:35

I won't say his name . I don't want to call his name out , if

20:37

, but

20:40

if it needs to be some sort of educational

20:43

track , then

20:45

community colleges have

20:47

these kind of weird little

20:50

classes that you can take to do stuff that

20:52

might be an option but , maybe

20:54

it should be addressed sooner , maybe

20:56

in secondary edge or something

20:59

like that .

20:59

But the issue again , it's not

21:02

used day to day . But

21:04

the issue again , it's not used day to day Like I know , culturally

21:06

. For me it's something

21:08

where every you know I grew

21:10

up watching my mom call all

21:12

her siblings and be like , oh , this

21:14

is what happened this week . So I

21:16

saw that and I witnessed that , and that's what

21:18

I do with my sister , even though that we live together

21:20

.

21:21

Well , the conflict

21:23

is not your personal use of

21:25

the phone call , but when you get into the

21:28

career world . The phone

21:30

is still a cornerstone of what we

21:32

do .

21:34

Not as much , though . Like think about it , you said it yourself

21:37

you spend

21:39

your time on customer service

21:41

hoping for that human interaction

21:43

. Why ? Because it's usually just some

21:45

AI bot that is going through

21:47

the fake , typing emotions on

21:49

the background .

21:51

That's your experience as a customer but when you're

21:53

sitting at a desk doing your job , you're

21:55

more than likely going to have a phone

21:57

sitting there , unless you're in the tech world , I don't

21:59

even know , if that's yeah , you know a lot of

22:01

offices

22:02

now don know . They use Discord and Slack all

22:04

the time nowadays to

22:06

communicate with each other .

22:08

But I have a phone that I have to use

22:10

, but

22:13

then again .

22:14

I'm in the social services arena , but

22:16

don't you usually send your correspondence through email ?

22:18

What .

22:18

Don't you usually send your primary correspondence

22:20

through email ?

22:21

Yeah , I do . Young kids don't , though they do it in text . I send my kids both emails . They never , ever look at the emails . Primary correspondence

22:23

through email yeah , I do , but young kids don't they do . They do it in text . I I send my kids

22:25

both emails . They never , ever look at the emails

22:28

, but if I text them , then they'll respond .

22:29

Oh yeah , instantaneous . Yeah , but you can't , you

22:31

can't .

22:32

You can't do sales with

22:34

an email , you can't do sales with text

22:36

, so you have to use the phone . A

22:38

lot of industries still require

22:40

a voice-to-voice sort

22:42

of situation . So

22:45

this is why

22:47

this is a necessary piece is that

22:49

the evolution here

22:52

is that , socially

22:54

, you're doing this , you're

22:59

learning this technology from a personal use aspect , but then when you get it , and this is

23:02

the same- for other aspects , this is Mike's most rising moment .

23:03

Yeah , I guess this is the same for other aspects .

23:05

This is Mike's most rising moment . Yeah , I guess this is the same aspect . This is the same aspect

23:07

as many things that are affecting the work

23:09

world . You , know , like

23:11

dependability and not showing up when you

23:14

just don't want to .

23:15

That's a big thing in my generation . Yeah

23:17

, you just call out . Yeah , the idea that you actually

23:19

have to work . They don't even call out .

23:20

They just don't show up .

23:21

Yeah , it's going to show up , all right . Well , we

23:23

can't solve all of the

23:25

world's problems today . We'll continue

23:27

to do that , but I just did Okay , there

23:29

you go .

23:30

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24:47

, of course , a little whiskey on the side . Today , mark

24:49

Gregoire , our whiskey connoisseur

24:51

, has got a crazy event

24:53

going on here . We have three whiskeys , so

24:56

you're going to have to tell us , mark , what

24:58

do we have ?

24:59

today . Oh , today is a special

25:01

day . Today is Jack Daniel's single

25:03

barrel barrel proof rye

25:05

. And these are all . This is a special picks

25:07

battle . Okay , so

25:10

they're all the same whiskey .

25:12

No way , these are all the same whiskey these are all the same

25:14

whiskey .

25:15

They're just single barrels .

25:16

Really they taste there's a big difference between

25:18

green and red . Let me

25:20

just tell you that . Okay .

25:26

All right Now from Jack Daniel's website . This annual special release single barrel

25:28

, barrel proof rye celebrates the early craftsmanship of the Jack Daniel

25:30

Distillery , honoring a time when American whiskey

25:32

was often high in rye content and

25:35

offered at barrel strength , Bottled

25:37

in its purest form right from the barrel and uncut

25:39

at full proof . It's packed with Jack character

25:41

with their signature smooth

25:44

finish proof

25:46

. It's packed with Jack character with their signature smooth finish . Proof will range from

25:48

125 to 140 , depending on which bottle you

25:50

pick up Complex flavors of ripe fruit

25:52

mingled with a light toasted oak note to

25:54

create a rich , rich taste

25:56

with spice and pleasant lingering

25:59

finish . Now this is released from

26:01

Brown Foreman . Of course . It's done in the

26:03

Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg , tennessee

26:05

. It is a rye . It's non-age stated

26:07

, but all these are assumed to be at least four years old

26:10

. It is 70% rye

26:12

, 18% corn , 12%

26:14

malted barley and they go for about $60

26:16

.

26:17

So what makes them taste different ?

26:20

Yeah , there's a huge difference . There's

26:23

a huge difference .

26:23

So if you remember , on some past shows when we've talked about

26:25

single barrels , this

26:28

is the way to express

26:30

to people , to show them why single barrels

26:32

have such a different influence . Okay , so

26:35

just where they're stored in the warehouse , the

26:38

particular barrel they're in Are

26:40

you going to explain each of the barrels that it gets done in

26:43

our whiskey .

26:43

Yeah , one barrel's named .

26:47

Our whiskey yeah .

26:48

I do a little bit during the moment . Okay , alright .

26:49

Alright , now don't forget to like and subscribe

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. In addition , please comment . Let us know if there's a whiskey

26:54

you want us to review and drink responsibly

26:57

. Heaven can wait , there you go .

26:59

Wow , I'll just tell you . There's one that

27:01

is just killer , there's one

27:04

that I could handle and there's one , I think , that's pretty

27:06

smooth . So we'll see . Okay , with

27:08

our first whiskey tasting completed , or

27:10

three , let's move on to our feature segment

27:12

. Today we have the best of the best from CES

27:14

. Let's start our next segment .

27:16

Welcome to the best of the best for CES 2025

27:19

, presented by Tech Time Radio with

27:21

Nathan Mumm .

27:23

All right , here we go . We're going to start with the best new laptop

27:26

. Imagine a laptop screen that can expand

27:28

on command . This is amazing

27:30

. The portable display is

27:33

the ThinkPad Plus Gen

27:35

6 that offers a truly unique solution With

27:37

the touch of a button , the world's first rollable

27:40

laptop OLED display grows

27:42

from 14 inches to 16.77

27:45

inches I saw this on fallon . Yeah , pretty

27:47

cool you saw this on fallon . Yeah , yeah

27:49

, this is how does it grow ?

27:51

did they make jokes about it ?

27:52

because I certainly got some jokes . So

27:55

you know it laptop it

27:57

grows up yes , yes , I

27:59

, yeah , I have a picture of this funny

28:01

it does look funny , but it also looks really

28:04

cool .

28:04

It's really cool . So the idea of this is let's say

28:06

, you have a lengthy document , a PDF . Now

28:08

, all of a sudden , instead of you have to scroll and scroll

28:10

, you actually have the screen scroll

28:13

up .

28:14

So your computer gets excited about PDFs

28:16

, doesn't ?

28:17

it . Oh wow , how do you make it

28:19

grow Well ?

28:20

you hit a button on it and it expands Just

28:22

touch it .

28:23

You got to turn it on , mark

28:26

, thank you , odie .

28:27

All right , it includes an Intel

28:29

Core Ultra processor with Wi-Fi 7

28:31

networking . Now the problem is this

28:33

multitasking laptop comes with a pretty

28:36

premium price tag of almost

28:38

$3,500 . Wait

28:40

until next year , it'll be lower . It'll be lower , but

28:42

this is actually kind of cool . And you know what , wait

28:45

till next year . It'll be lower , it'll be lower , but this is actually kind of

28:47

a cool . And you know what ? I

28:50

think Lenovo has an idea on this , because this first model goes up . I can

28:52

actually see them having it grow and having it expand

28:55

so that you actually get larger

28:57

screens on you guys . Okay

28:59

, all right .

29:00

All right , I'm sorry , it was just there . It was

29:02

right there .

29:04

The Lenovo Legend GS

29:07

. Now , we actually talked about this before it actually

29:09

happened . It's a gaming handheld

29:11

that we've been anticipating

29:14

, you've been anticipating Well at

29:16

the first party to

29:19

time that they've had a third party that

29:21

can now run the Steam OS , the same operating

29:23

system that you get on the steam deck . And

29:25

if you don't want that , on this little handheld which

29:27

looks exactly like a steam deck

29:29

, you can actually get a unit with windows

29:31

11 , with microsoft's

29:34

os , the legion

29:36

gs boots uh , unibody

29:38

design , we're going the detachable

29:40

controllers , it's all in one , just

29:42

like the current steam deck price

29:45

is 599 for the windows 11 version

29:47

and 499 for the

29:49

steam os version . How much is a steam deck

29:51

? Well , steam decks . Right now is

29:54

329 399

29:56

steam deck . That's the steam decks , maybe

29:58

well , the same thing get . Let's get a steam

30:00

well , the idea of this is that you

30:03

now have a d-pad and

30:05

the steam deck doesn't have a d-pad it has a controller

30:07

, so you know yeah mike , it's all about being innovative for 2025

30:10

. It's all about buttons that you can , that's

30:12

right . That's right . Well , speaking about

30:14

buttons , let's talk about a robot vacuum

30:17

. Now this was going to be on my weird area

30:19

, but then actually I did more and more research and

30:21

so I moved it on to kind of like the best . So

30:23

this is called Roborock

30:26

SARS-Z70

30:28

. It's the robot vacuum

30:30

that actually can detect objects like socks

30:32

and shoes in their path , navigate to them and

30:35

the robot vacuum actually

30:37

picks them up . That's right . It's equipped with a claw-mounted

30:39

arm at the end of the robotic unit

30:42

. It can actually go and pick up and move

30:44

your laundry into obstacles that

30:47

they find available for you

30:49

. Can they put them ?

30:50

in a pile somewhere .

30:51

Yeah , so you can have a . You can have an area that the robotic

30:53

arm will go and pick up your socks , your

30:56

shoes , drop it off into a pile and

30:58

it still does an excellent job

31:00

of cleaning the floor

31:02

and it includes mop heads

31:05

that are kind

31:07

of the new item with this , where they can put water into

31:09

it and it actually can clean up and mop your floor at

31:11

the same time are we gonna see this in the mom home

31:13

soon ? Oh boy this .

31:14

So I was looking at this as a weird event and then I

31:17

, the more and more I thought about it , these are all things that

31:19

we're never gonna see . Well , I don't know I don't know .

31:21

I don't know , I actually like that , I actually like

31:23

the . Yeah , so that's why it moved

31:25

from the crazy into my .

31:27

Wasn't there something that we did something with

31:30

laundry , where something moved

31:32

your laundry around ?

31:34

We did it from the UK . That was a

31:36

deal where you would actually take the laundry

31:38

from the washing machine and move it into

31:40

the drying unit .

31:42

So is the claw always out or just the

31:44

claw ?

31:44

always out , it retracts .

31:46

It grows .

31:48

Have you seen Star Wars Rebels .

31:50

Yes , I have .

31:51

This would be chopper . I'm

31:53

stoked for this .

31:54

If you get this .

31:55

I will be over all the time .

31:56

Is it going to have a bad attitude about stuff

31:58

?

31:58

No .

31:59

That would really make it chopper .

32:02

Listen to this next company . Singapore startup

32:04

Flint has developed a flexible

32:06

, rechargeable paper battery that

32:08

can be as small as a coin and embedded in a

32:10

smartwatch strap . It also

32:13

uses cellulose for ion

32:15

transferring , making it environment

32:17

friendly , and , according to the co-founder

32:20

, carlo Charles , their supply

32:22

chain is abundant , as they don't require

32:24

a rare or toxic material . The batters

32:26

are biodegradable within six

32:28

weeks . You can even compose feed

32:32

your plants . Flint is currently focused

32:34

on a smaller consumer , electronics , but sees potential

32:36

for scaling up to smartphones and

32:38

larger applications like electric cars and

32:40

planes . The thin design allows

32:42

layering just like a paper . If you get

32:44

five or six pieces of paper on top of

32:46

each other , without the fire hazards of

32:49

lithium ion , oh okay . So what's

32:51

the supply chain ? The supply

32:53

chain is paper . And

32:56

where does paper come ?

32:57

from Trees , and

32:59

where do we have abundant trees that are being

33:02

deforested all over the place ? Oh , okay

33:04

, well , hang on .

33:05

Okay , all right . Here's

33:07

another one of the best products from CES . It's called

33:09

the HMD Off Grid . Now , if you

33:11

own a smartphone like an iPhone 16 or

33:13

a Google Pixel 9 , you might already have access

33:16

to satellite communications . If you're

33:18

in an emergency , think of a climber , a

33:20

hiker , the jogger that's out in remote areas

33:22

.

33:22

Looking around this room , I can't not picture

33:24

that . I cannot picture that Well .

33:26

I'm out in the middle of nowhere every day , can't

33:29

you tell ?

33:29

Okay , but for most of us , this feature has been absent

33:31

on our devices , leaving us vulnerable if reception goes

33:34

down . Actually , leaving us vulnerable if reception goes down . Actually , if you just go across

33:36

the mountains in Washington State , your reception

33:38

goes down .

33:38

So this would help you with that . If you go to a spot in my apartment

33:41

, it goes down it goes down

33:43

All right .

33:43

Well , hmd's off-grid accessory addresses

33:46

this gap . With a $200 dongle , you

33:48

can send texts and reach emergency

33:50

servers from any iPhone or

33:52

Android device . However , there's a subscription

33:55

for monthly service that is required

33:57

, costing or Android device . However , there's a subscription for monthly service

33:59

that is required , costing at $80 per year . But you can actually do it per month

34:01

type of deals . You don't have to pay the whole $80 , but

34:03

that's the cheaper way to do it . So

34:08

, for 80 bucks , if you're a hiker , a kayaker , jogger , somebody that is

34:10

out into the area , this is a replacement for

34:12

that satellite phone that some of these places

34:14

used to carry around . Now you get access

34:16

to a satellite if you need an emergency call

34:18

to use their service . I

34:20

like this . Now iPhone

34:23

16 and the new Android devices are kind of

34:25

being built into this and they're actually leasing

34:27

space in satellites to do this . So

34:29

it may be a great feature

34:32

for the next four or five years and it may just become

34:34

all incorporating into the new

34:36

product designs . But there we go . What would you have

34:38

to say there ?

34:39

od , you're excited about that uh , my dad

34:41

is an avid hiker slash camper . This

34:43

would be nice . Yeah , I'm trying to think of

34:45

how it would compete with the already

34:47

on the market items , though so

34:50

like I think it's called garmin yeah

34:52

, garmin has a remote device that's available

34:54

there too .

34:55

uh , the thing is , it's

34:57

the dongle , and so the dongle you just plug

34:59

into your phone .

35:00

See , that would be nicer instead of having the whole . You

35:02

have to connect with it , you have to do Bluetooth

35:04

to it so it makes it easier .

35:06

You just plug it in , boom , it's ready to go . So

35:09

I see that functionality and just being

35:11

simple to use Well worth it than

35:13

me trying to connect to this device and then having

35:15

it available .

35:16

Yes , I will say I haven't been able . Every time my

35:18

dad has sent that like this is where we

35:20

are text . It's a whole thing

35:22

for me to try to figure out where he

35:24

is there you go .

35:25

I think this is valuable , but once again , I think it's a

35:27

transition period before these actually get built

35:30

in .

35:30

Yeah , and we did say that we think

35:32

the satellite's going to be kind of the satellite

35:34

phone with Musk and all of his Starlink

35:36

.

35:36

What's the next story ?

35:37

All right . The

35:40

Gaming Pixel Light A light bright

35:42

for the 21st century , unveiled at CES

35:44

2025, . The Goovee Gaming

35:49

Pixel Light is a panel that showcases pixel

35:51

art and built-in video game related

35:53

content . It's the first to support text . To light

35:55

, ai generated lighting effects letting

35:57

you type what you want on the Goofy

36:00

app and then appears on the board so you can

36:02

upload animated GIFs or images . For

36:04

a retro touch , this is the perfect wall

36:06

mounted or tabletop display

36:08

.

36:09

So it's like a fancy picture frame .

36:11

Well no , it's kind of like a stock ticker

36:13

.

36:15

It's like a little stock banner that

36:17

you can sit at your desk and program

36:20

.

36:20

You can see information for weather , sports schedules

36:22

, stock quotes , a bunch of different stuff . So that's

36:24

okay .

36:25

Okay , I don't know why this . Oh wait , this was Nathan's

36:27

list . That's why .

36:28

That's why that's why that's why , that's why , that's

36:32

why that's why , never mind you , probably shouldn't

36:34

open up your list with a growing

36:36

screen . Okay . The

36:39

ExoMotion , the world's most advanced

36:41

wearable robotic exoskeleton

36:44

, is designed to assist patients with mobility

36:46

issues , including spinal

36:48

cord injuries , stroke or other neurological

36:50

conditions . Created by the Vancouver-based

36:53

Human InMotion Robots Inc , this

36:55

is a lower-limb device that aids in standing

36:57

and walking through self balancing and hands-free

37:00

functionality , is intended to use and

37:02

rehab centers and hospitals to reduce the

37:04

cognitive load and physical strain on

37:07

therapists . X motions received health Canada

37:09

approval and is currently in clinical

37:11

trials for FDA approval in the United States

37:13

.

37:13

See , that's what you should have started with . That's

37:16

a good one . That , that's a nice . It's a good one , that's a nice .

37:19

It's a great one , but until you got to the middle

37:21

of it , I thought it was going to be like one of those disco

37:24

robots .

37:24

Yeah , I

37:26

stayed off robots because I know how much Mike likes

37:28

robots . At CES there's a whole bunch of

37:31

them , I was waiting for it to

37:33

devolve further .

37:34

It'd be interesting to talk more with James

37:38

, the best of the best James might know about this

37:40

.

37:40

I probably would . Now we're

37:43

going to go just briefly into Mike's

37:45

mesmerizing moment to see what Mike liked

37:47

. Welcome

37:50

to Mike's mesmerizing

37:53

moment . What does Mike

37:55

have to say today ? All

38:01

right , mike , which of these items did ?

38:02

you like the best .

38:02

This is well , you already went you already talked . You had your whole

38:04

thing in the main show . If you're really

38:06

mesmerizing moment , yeah okay , all right

38:08

.

38:09

So I think the best one on this list

38:11

is the x motion stuff xo

38:13

motion . Um , although

38:15

for pure uh , comedic

38:18

resolve , the very

38:20

first one was probably the best the

38:22

laptop yeah , that's okay . All right , there

38:24

you go but everything else , you know , that's I'm

38:28

not a , you know , I don't have a steam

38:30

deck I . I don't

38:33

hike your camp anymore , and when I did

38:35

, I didn't I . I went to get

38:37

away from all the electronic stuff . So

38:40

okay , all right well

38:42

.

38:42

Thank you , mike , for that inspirational . I need

38:44

a paper battery . The paper battery is kind of

38:46

cool . I like the paper battery that's an .

38:48

That's an interesting one . I , I

38:50

, but you know , I'm thinking in terms of , uh

38:52

, where they're getting their , where they're

38:54

getting their paper and how much they're yeah

38:57

, if it works , I would think it doesn't

38:59

mean you cut down trees .

39:01

I'm sure it could be part of the recycle stuff .

39:03

Let's hope so , because you know , that's

39:05

just one of those things that we get to learn about

39:08

after all these wonderful innovations

39:10

, you know like lithium mining became

39:12

a huge problem after lithium

39:15

batteries .

39:15

All right . Well , we're going to head out here to a commercial break

39:17

now . It'll be a great time to enjoy a little whiskey on the side

39:20

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23rd 1996

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. Have you ever heard of the thing

40:44

called Java ? Java released and coffee

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drinkers were confused . The first version of

40:49

the Java programming language was released . The

40:51

ability of Java is to write

40:53

once run anywhere Made it

40:55

ideal for internet-based applications . Is to write once run anywhere

40:57

Made it ideal for internet-based applications , and

41:00

every internet browser at that time adopted the Java plugins to

41:02

have all of your internet be

41:05

sourced . The popularity of the internet soared and

41:07

so did the usage of Java

41:10

. All right , and then it became

41:12

a way that

41:14

criminals could actually write code that would

41:16

then maliciously cause issues . And

41:18

now everybody has moved away from .

41:20

Java .

41:20

Now , everybody hates Java , that's right , all

41:22

right , that was January 23rd 1996 . Well

41:25

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Review . See you after the break .

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42:24

The segment we've been waiting all week for

42:26

Mark's Whiskey Mumble .

42:35

All right , gentlemen , january 21st

42:38

. What are we celebrating today

42:40

?

42:42

Well , we have three Jim Beans

42:45

here .

42:46

Jack Daniels , buddy , is it a Jack Daniels

42:48

? Oh sorry , jack Daniels , sorry

42:50

.

42:51

Jack Daniels Is it a Jack Daniels you want to

42:53

?

42:53

give them a hint , since they're not close . What's

42:55

that ?

42:55

You gift . Okay , so part of this item

42:57

, it's a two-parter .

42:58

Okay .

42:59

You gifted me one of them for Christmas

43:01

this year , ooh .

43:03

Good hint .

43:04

Okay , that's part of it .

43:05

Okay , it's National Sock

43:07

Day .

43:08

No .

43:08

It's National . Pick Up your Socks With a Robot Arm

43:10

Day .

43:11

No , Think of your . What's

43:13

your favorite ?

43:13

favorite food Lasagna .

43:15

Okay , what's on lasagna ?

43:17

Cheese Socks . There we go , cheese

43:19

socks .

43:20

Cheese socks .

43:21

What is that we ?

43:22

got to it . I didn't think we would . That's pretty good .

43:24

Cheesy sock day . Okay

43:27

, cheesy sock day . So this day that defines your personal taste and style

43:29

.

43:30

I take you in just to let you know . If we're doing

43:32

charades or anything like that , I take

43:34

you as my partner . That was a good way .

43:36

It's all about loving and honoring cheesy

43:38

sock patterns and how adorable they

43:40

look on you . Yes , your love for

43:43

cheesy socks is shared by thousands of people across

43:45

the world , even myself , and

43:48

now is the time that you can go out flaunting

43:50

your favorite pair and I wore one

43:52

of my favorite pairs today .

43:53

I wish I would Really .

43:55

I don't understand that logic . I got my dad's

43:57

socks for Christmas .

43:58

I'm going to wash them every day .

43:59

So my dad is Wear them every day . My dad

44:01

moved to Texas and he's a big fan

44:04

of President-elect

44:07

Donald Trump and there were these socks

44:09

that were on sale and it actually has his

44:11

hair , so you actually put on . That's actually

44:13

kind of funny . It was kind of funny . So you put on

44:15

the socks and they have this huge thing of this hair

44:17

come over left and right , but it moves left

44:19

or right , so that's a little

44:21

creepy actually , is it ?

44:23

Well , it's not as creepy as some of our seats

44:25

, Although if I could , you know , do it the right

44:27

way , I could sweep my floor and not

44:29

worry about the robot .

44:34

Every Tuesday , if you see me , I'll probably be wearing my taco socks . Okay , yeah , and today

44:36

I'm wearing my octopuses because

44:38

, uh , since we're drinking whiskey . I

44:40

need more arms to grab , you know , more

44:42

glasses .

44:43

Okay , you know I'd love to have eight

44:45

arms and eight different whiskeys okay

44:48

, I know where you can get a laptop

44:50

that has a growing screen mike

44:54

walks at lenovo , he okay all right

44:56

, all right .

44:57

Well , in recent years , novelty sock companies

44:59

have created Jack Daniel theme socks too

45:01

. Perfect for whiskey lovers who want to express

45:04

their passion for the iconic brand . These

45:06

socks often feature the classic Jack Daniel's

45:08

old number seven logo , barrels and whiskey

45:10

glasses . Pairing these with the cheesy

45:13

theme socks could be a playful nod to enjoying

45:15

whiskey with a chocotree board

45:17

.

45:19

A common pairing that often includes Is that a chocotery ?

45:21

Chocotery is the English pronunciation oh

45:23

, yes , okay , way to go . So

45:27

we have three picks for our whiskey today

45:29

. Yes , now , they're all the same bourbon . They're

45:32

all the Jack Daniels single barrel

45:34

proof rye at barrel

45:36

strength . Since they're single barrels , they're

45:39

all from different barrels . Yes

45:41

, so we have . One of

45:43

them is from the Bourbon Hounds . Now

45:46

, that's one of the whiskey groups I'm part of . Okay

45:48

, I find this one a little hot

45:50

, masking the flavors

45:53

. Is that my red dot one ? I'm not telling

45:55

you . Okay , now , a dash of water

45:57

does help this one tremendously bring out the flavors

45:59

. Okay , number two and

46:01

three are from another bourbon

46:04

group I'm part of , and it's there called

46:06

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde . Oh

46:08

, now , dr Jekyll , this is my favorite

46:11

. I find it the most balanced and flavorful . Mr

46:13

Hyde is a favorite of that whiskey group

46:15

because it's very spicy and bold , and

46:18

I'm wondering which one Nathan and Mike are going to choose

46:20

.

46:21

Okay , so you've got Jackal and Hyde . So

46:24

what I've learned from this is you're in two different whiskey

46:26

groups . Yeah

46:28

let's just say two . Let's just say two .

46:31

He probably is a

46:33

closet , maybe

46:36

eight group whiskey I think so Okay

46:38

All right . Well , how many

46:40

groups ?

46:42

So thank you , Nathan .

46:43

How does this pair All right Whiskey and technology

46:45

are a great pairing , just like popcorn in the

46:47

movie theater .

46:48

It's a perfect combination .

46:50

Now let's go on to the movie of life

46:52

in the form of the craziest things at

46:54

CES and

46:56

now for the strange , bizarre

46:58

and all-out crazy inventions

47:00

from CES 2025

47:03

, presented by Tech Time Radio

47:05

with Nathan . Mumm . Well , now that we've

47:07

finished the best of the best from CES for Tech Time

47:09

with Nathan Mumm , now we're on to

47:11

things that will make you go mmm , with

47:13

the unique , crazy and weird items from

47:15

CES . Now let's talk about the first one . It's

47:18

called the Karen electric

47:20

salt spoon .

47:22

Oh , I'm curious about this one Weird yes

47:24

.

47:25

A little big for sure . But does it work ? You bet

47:27

. Instead of consuming flavorless

47:30

food because everybody's

47:32

on a low sodium diet , now you can have

47:34

your tastes simulated

47:37

salt with the Kirin Smart Spoon

47:39

, which sends an electric current through the utensil

47:41

to your tongue which tricks the taste buds

47:44

into thinking your food is saltier than it is

47:46

. The handle of the spoon houses

47:48

the product's power and settings with

47:50

four different saltiest options

47:53

. The idea is that we'll think that we

47:55

had salt , but it's not

47:57

for those on a healthier

47:59

diet yeah , you can get the same thing by

48:01

licking a nine volt before

48:04

you put food in your mouth , but don't

48:06

expect this japanese product to ride to the us

48:08

anytime soon . education software giant

48:10

is having issues with

48:12

this that they're taking a look at to see if

48:14

they can actually have this uh

48:16

in available for the United

48:19

States sooner than later .

48:21

All right , I would have been interested in this before

48:23

the salt type of deal .

48:24

I you know what . It's a big . It's

48:26

a big spoon . I get the whole idea that

48:28

you're trying to save on sodium . I

48:30

don't know if I'm going to be okay with me having

48:33

an electric simulation

48:36

to my tongue to get that

48:38

taken care of .

48:39

But you know , I had an adrenal gland issue so I

48:41

could . I had to cut out salt because it

48:43

was it's not . It's not good to process

48:46

it until my adrenal gland was pulled out

48:48

, and so a lot of stuff was was

48:50

tough without salt okay , all right , all

48:52

right , number two .

48:53

But you could lick a penny and get the same . Get

48:55

the same results , I guess all

48:58

right , the new Tribble .

48:59

No CS event is complete without an adorable

49:01

robot stealing our hearts . This year , the

49:03

charmer is the Yaka Marima

49:06

, a fluff ball of cuteness

49:08

. Its main functions are looking cute

49:11

and engaging .

49:12

What ? Yeah , it's Yuki Yuki

49:14

, yuki . You

49:17

know what ?

49:19

It's not going to make a big difference , because this is what it does . It engages with you in

49:21

eye content . It'll occasionally

49:24

make a coy glance at you to

49:26

keep you intrigued . The expected cost is

49:28

80 for this to essentially

49:30

be in your purse

49:33

or case that just moves left and

49:35

right .

49:35

This is so if you buy one

49:37

, does it turn into hundreds ? It does not

49:39

do why do they call it the ?

49:40

trail . Well , that's what they're trying to say . It's

49:43

kind of in , in my opinion , a

49:45

waste of time .

49:46

I don't need to have this look like it's a fluffy

49:48

thing , a little fluffy thing that just sits around

49:50

and stares .

49:51

Yes , yes , that's all it does I that's

49:53

a cat . Well , there's many

49:56

different things that you can have for that , but

49:58

this is a .

49:59

What's it called the U-Kai ? What the U-Kai

50:01

?

50:01

Mirarumi Tribble Mirarumi . All

50:03

right , so you get to take a look at it .

50:06

I would not pay 80 bucks for this Move on .

50:08

Okay , the EcoFlow Power

50:10

Hat .

50:18

Do you want to be able to charge my phone with my hat ? Well then , we have

50:20

the hat for you .

50:21

The EcoFlow Power Hat includes an embedded

50:23

set of silicon solar

50:25

cells and a pair of charging ports

50:28

. It looks dorky , for sure , but

50:30

it's also pretty dang useful . It costs $129

50:32

and it's available right now

50:35

. So this hat , this is a hat

50:37

with plug-ins , this is a hat

50:39

with plug-ins , so you have cables that come down to your phone

50:41

. Well , you just plug it in , it goes into your hat

50:43

so that you have your devices right next

50:45

to your brain as you're walking around in this hat .

50:47

But is it actually a plug-in or is it a wireless

50:49

charging ? We just slide it in the hat ? No

50:51

, you have to plug it in

50:53

.

50:54

I don't know , All right so here we go . We have Odie

50:57

decided .

50:57

That's a little creepy looking .

50:58

Isn't that creepy ?

50:59

That's 80 bucks , All right

51:01

.

51:01

Odie , I think that's so cute .

51:02

Oh well , okay .

51:03

I would buy it , okay , which you know 80

51:06

bucks on .

51:06

That Just sits in your purse and

51:09

it goes back .

51:09

It just sits there and just stares at you .

51:12

It just stares stuffed animal for $7 and put

51:14

it on my purse and do that the same thing . What

51:16

are you talking about ? Maybe that's what you could get me for Christmas next

51:18

year .

51:18

Okay , that's the same thing those

51:20

little robots used to do , oh

51:23

my god . Furbies , furbies , yeah .

51:25

No , Furby actually had an interaction though . Oh

51:27

yeah , I know because , no

51:29

, it just stares at you , that's it .

51:31

So , what's robotic about it .

51:39

Well , the head will move left and right . The head moves , get me a Furby . You're sitting there and suddenly it

51:41

turns its head around three times .

51:43

Here you go , get ready for this item here , odie

51:46

. The next one we have the Star

51:48

Trek tricorder . It's called the Mecha

51:50

System Comet . It's a handheld . The

51:52

Mecha M-E-C-H-A System

51:56

Comet . It's a handheld computer of your dreams

51:58

. It's compact , modular , linux

52:00

based device , is perfect for the hobbyist , and

52:02

it features a 1.8 gigahertz arm , 64

52:05

quad core processor , 32 gigabytes

52:07

of storage and four gigabytes of Ram . Everything

52:10

is expandable and customizable . A magnetic

52:12

snap interface allows the users to clip on various control panels to see it . The comment will soon

52:14

be available on Kickstarter . What am I going to do ? Snap interface Allows users to clip on various

52:16

control panels to see if the comet will

52:18

soon be available on Kickstarter

52:20

.

52:20

What am I going to do on this thing ?

52:21

$160 . It

52:24

looks like a tricorder from Star Trek .

52:27

A tricorder in Star Trek is something

52:29

that you use to figure out what's going

52:31

on around you , right ?

52:32

Yes , it's a mini computer . It's a mini computer

52:34

built on the . Is it going to take sensor

52:36

readings of my ?

52:38

space and be like telling me .

52:40

All it does is it looks like a tricolour .

52:41

There's a Lenovo growing .

52:42

You like that ? All right

52:44

, here we go . Here's the last that

52:47

thing over there staring at me . Here's the last of

52:49

the weirds . Do you love your plants ? Yes

52:51

, and wish you could communicate with them .

52:53

Oh my god Enter .

52:54

Peddle from the makers of Bird

52:57

Buddy . We actually had them on here two years

52:59

ago , the Bird Buddy was the craziest

53:01

thing , it's

53:03

Peddle the makers of Bird Buddy . Peddle is a camera

53:05

with a flexible stem you can place in your yard

53:07

to monitor your plants and flowers . In

53:10

2025 style , it's AI-powered

53:12

to identify potential hazards like insects

53:14

and bees . Plus , you can chat with your

53:16

flowers via the Bird Buddies chat

53:18

bot to learn about your flowers

53:21

day .

53:22

Oh , my God .

53:24

There you go Nice . All right , the

53:27

petal Cody's doing that one .

53:30

Is doing the petal . I don't think , there you

53:32

go , right there , that's it , right there , yeah .

53:34

I would , yeah , get it for my sister

53:36

.

53:36

Maybe she could take care of her plants Well

53:39

the question is that you can

53:41

talk to your plants , but does your plants

53:43

talk to you ?

53:44

You know what I'd like to think that they do .

53:47

I know you would Hopefully it doesn't have the grok

53:51

AI interface .

53:51

Alright , grass screams

53:54

when you cut it .

53:55

Alright , that ends our weird

53:57

cs items this is

53:59

your nugget of the week all

54:02

right . Here's my nugget . Sometimes they're rants , sometimes

54:04

they're educational . This one is kind of in between

54:06

. At&t has decided to end

54:08

its 5g internet air

54:10

service in new york . Due to the new affordable

54:13

broadband act , which went into

54:15

effect on wednesday , existing users

54:17

can now continue to use the service for 45

54:20

days without charges , allowing time to find

54:22

alternative providers . The Affordable

54:24

Broadband Act required providers with

54:27

over 20,000 customers to

54:29

have affordable plans for low-income households

54:32

. These plans must offer speeds of 25

54:34

megabits per second for $15 per month

54:37

and 200 megabits for $20

54:39

per month . Rather than comply

54:41

, at&t has chosen to halt its service , citing

54:43

uneconomical

54:46

conditions for investment and

54:48

expansion .

54:49

Yeah , that means , that means the cost of money to

54:51

do that .

54:53

I just left them .

54:54

That's the decision follows the discontinuation

54:56

of the federal affordable connectivity

54:59

program last year . I'm sure more

55:01

cities will stop this service from

55:05

AT&T in their process of doing that . So

55:10

AT&T must be hurting for money , is what I can say

55:12

, because there's something about

55:14

providing internet services at a low

55:17

level Internet service , once you have a pipe and

55:19

you get a fiber line that's going into it and you distribute the

55:21

stuff , there is no additional cost . There's switching

55:23

and different items to that . But

55:26

it's like water coming out of a hose . If

55:28

I'm deciding to part half of the water to

55:30

the left side of the hose or the right side of the hose

55:32

, if it goes to the left side I still have the same

55:34

amount of water I If it goes to the left side , I still have the same amount of

55:36

water . I'm not costing me anything more to get the water that comes in there .

55:38

It's just like all the low phone providers

55:40

can do it .

55:44

Like Mint , Mobile does it for inexpensive and they just piggyback off people . Well , I guess you

55:46

would have to get Ryan Reynolds to buy a . No , Ryan .

55:47

Reynolds . Clearly , ryan Reynolds is their spokesperson

55:50

, right , but there's just somebody that understood how to do ones

55:52

and zero numbers and put it together and say , hey , we can

55:54

still make money if you do it this way , all

55:56

right . Now let's move to our pick of

55:58

the day whiskey tasting and

56:02

now our pick of the day for our whiskey

56:05

tastings .

56:07

Let's see what bubbles to the top all

56:09

right , gentlemen , we're drinking jack daniel's single

56:11

barrel barrel proof rye . We have three different

56:14

single barrels here from brown

56:16

foreman . They they're all ryes at least four

56:18

years old . They range from $128

56:20

to $132 proof and

56:22

$60 per bottle , roughly when you find

56:24

it . What color is

56:27

your ?

56:27

favorite . My palette is the red . I

56:29

think it's a little bit spicier . I think this is the spicy

56:32

one .

56:32

Which one was your favorite ?

56:34

I like the green one .

56:35

Alright , so red is

56:37

my favorite , mr Hyde

56:40

. And yours was green . That

56:43

was Dr Jekyll .

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Oh , how about that so ?

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you're Dr Jekyll and we're Mr Hyde . Any

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non-drinkable ones .

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I did not like the green myself at all .

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Yellow was just kind of eh , I

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don't think it was non-drinkable , it was just the

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preferred profile

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. Was the green ? They all taste . At

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the end of the day , they tasted the same .

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I love the Dr Jekyll and Mr I , so your two are

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my two favorites . I like the one a little bit better

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, but depending on my mood . But the yellow one , which

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is the Bourbon Hounds one , it's good , but

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