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[ { "start": 0, "end": 6.32, "text": " Hi, this is Dani with The Verge and I'm here with iZotope's Spire Studio, which is basically" }, { "start": 6.32, "end": 10.8, "text": " a portable recording studio that you can take with you anywhere on the road." }, { "start": 10.8, "end": 15.6, "text": " So before this, you would need loads of recording equipment to tackle any of the number of instruments" }, { "start": 15.6, "end": 19.98, "text": " that you might need to complete a song, but this does everything for you." }, { "start": 19.98, "end": 24.14, "text": " So you can use this to record up to eight separate audio tracks." }, { "start": 24.14, "end": 29.72, "text": " So you could have an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar, drums, vocals, and it will save them" }, { "start": 29.72, "end": 34.42, "text": " all as separate tracks within this one tiny unit that fits in your backpack." }, { "start": 34.42, "end": 39.84, "text": " So I have the app for the Spire Studio and I'm going to act as engineer now." }, { "start": 39.84, "end": 46.599999999999994, "text": " We have a box drum and an acoustic guitar and we're going to start a song from scratch" }, { "start": 46.599999999999994, "end": 48.96, "text": " and see how this goes on the fly." }, { "start": 48.96, "end": 50.36, "text": " So what do we do first?" }, { "start": 50.36, "end": 51.36, "text": " Let's do this first." }, { "start": 51.36, "end": 54.44, "text": " So we're just going to start by playing kind of the rhythm part." }, { "start": 54.44, "end": 59.64, "text": " John will play the cajon for us and I'll play an acoustic guitar track." }, { "start": 59.64, "end": 64.2, "text": " We're going to actually record John through the built-in microphone in front of Spire" }, { "start": 64.2, "end": 68.56, "text": " and then I'm going to plug in the acoustic guitar directly into the back." }, { "start": 68.56, "end": 70.28, "text": " So we'll be recording each part individually." }, { "start": 70.28, "end": 73.6, "text": " And then we're going to want to sound check it just so that we can set all the levels" }, { "start": 73.6, "end": 74.76, "text": " properly." }, { "start": 74.76, "end": 76.96000000000001, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 76.96000000000001, "end": 77.96000000000001, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 77.96000000000001, "end": 81.08, "text": " We'll have you listen to it since you're the engineer." }, { "start": 81.08, "end": 82.88, "text": " John and I will go fly solo." }, { "start": 82.88, "end": 86.84, "text": " We can actually plug right into the back of Spire to have you monitor the sound and you'll" }, { "start": 86.84, "end": 92.52000000000001, "text": " be hearing both the guitar part and the cajon kind of blended together here in the headphones." }, { "start": 92.52000000000001, "end": 93.52000000000001, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 93.52000000000001, "end": 99, "text": " One, two, one, two, three, four." }, { "start": 99, "end": 102.08, "text": " So if we want to layer other parts, which is one of the things that we can easily start" }, { "start": 102.08, "end": 108.32000000000001, "text": " doing so we really liked what we just recorded, I'll go back and let's work on adding some" }, { "start": 108.32000000000001, "end": 109.32000000000001, "text": " effects." }, { "start": 109.32000000000001, "end": 111.60000000000001, "text": " I'll put electric guitar on and then we'll layer some vocals on top." }, { "start": 111.60000000000001, "end": 112.60000000000001, "text": " Oh, sounds great." }, { "start": 112.60000000000001, "end": 113.60000000000001, "text": " So we'll build up the song from scratch." }, { "start": 113.60000000000001, "end": 114.60000000000001, "text": " Cool." }, { "start": 114.6, "end": 123.91999999999999, "text": " I'm hearing the previous take that we just recorded in the headphones as well as what" }, { "start": 123.91999999999999, "end": 127.32, "text": " he's playing right now, which is really cool." }, { "start": 127.32, "end": 133.32, "text": " So I can hear the song as it's being layered on the fly to see what the whole project would" }, { "start": 133.32, "end": 134.48, "text": " sound like in total." }, { "start": 134.48, "end": 135.48, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 135.48, "end": 142.44, "text": " So for the final touch for our song, we're now going to add vocals courtesy of our producer," }, { "start": 142.44, "end": 143.44, "text": " Sarah." }, { "start": 143.44, "end": 152.68, "text": " Now we've recorded three separate layers of audio." }, { "start": 152.68, "end": 156.32, "text": " I can listen to all three of these dry." }, { "start": 156.32, "end": 157.96, "text": " I can add effects to them." }, { "start": 157.96, "end": 165.64, "text": " So I could do some pretty in-depth adjustments before it even reaches a DAW or a digital" }, { "start": 165.64, "end": 167.64, "text": " audio workstation on my computer." }, { "start": 167.64, "end": 170.64, "text": " So let's see what we've got." }, { "start": 170.64, "end": 178.64, "text": " If I were a flower grown wild and free, I'd want you to be my sweet honeybee." }, { "start": 178.64, "end": 183.35999999999999, "text": " So after playing around with this for probably 10 minutes, it was pretty easy for me to get" }, { "start": 183.35999999999999, "end": 185.76, "text": " a grasp on how it worked." }, { "start": 185.76, "end": 190.2, "text": " And one thing that I really like about it is that you don't really have to be a technical" }, { "start": 190.2, "end": 194.79999999999998, "text": " genius or even really have that much of a technical background in order to get a hold" }, { "start": 194.8, "end": 200.44, "text": " of what it does and how to manipulate the audio and get something that sounds really" }, { "start": 200.44, "end": 201.96, "text": " good out of it." }, { "start": 201.96, "end": 206.32000000000002, "text": " It's really accessible and because it is all in one, one of the nice things about it is" }, { "start": 206.32000000000002, "end": 211.68, "text": " that it just bypasses all of the technical setup and allows you to really be in the creative" }, { "start": 211.68, "end": 214.36, "text": " moment and just flow with your inspiration." }, { "start": 214.36, "end": 218, "text": " Isotope Spire Studio is priced at $349 and it's available now." }, { "start": 218, "end": 222.12, "text": " So if you're looking for an option to have an all in one studio that you can just throw" }, { "start": 222.12, "end": 224.88, "text": " in your bag, this could be the thing that you're looking for." }, { "start": 224.88, "end": 252.24, "text": " For more coverage on CES, just visit us at youtube.com slash the verge." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 6.4, "text": " Hey everybody, this is Sean with The Verge and we are here in New York City taking a" }, { "start": 6.4, "end": 11.08, "text": " look at the brand new DJI Mavic Air." }, { "start": 11.08, "end": 17, "text": " Now this is the newest drone from DJI and it looks a little bit like the DJI Spark and" }, { "start": 17, "end": 19.92, "text": " a little bit like the DJI Mavic Pro." }, { "start": 19.92, "end": 24.6, "text": " And it's because it's basically a little bit of both of those drones all in one package." }, { "start": 24.6, "end": 28.580000000000002, "text": " It's got a lot of really great features from the Mavic Pro that cinematographers are going" }, { "start": 28.58, "end": 34.04, "text": " to like and it comes in this really portable size that fits in basically a really big pocket" }, { "start": 34.04, "end": 35.04, "text": " like the Spark." }, { "start": 35.04, "end": 36.04, "text": " Let's talk about some of the specs." }, { "start": 36.04, "end": 39.16, "text": " It can shoot 4K footage at 24 or 30 frames a second." }, { "start": 39.16, "end": 44.32, "text": " It can shoot 1080p footage at up to 120 frames a second for really good slow motion footage." }, { "start": 44.32, "end": 50.2, "text": " DJI says that it's got a 21 minute flight time which is on the lower side but more than" }, { "start": 50.2, "end": 55.12, "text": " the Spark and obviously the battery is swappable so if you buy extra batteries you can fly" }, { "start": 55.12, "end": 56.42, "text": " as long as you want." }, { "start": 56.42, "end": 60.440000000000005, "text": " And it's also not supposed to overheat as easily as some past drones have." }, { "start": 60.440000000000005, "end": 64.88, "text": " DJI says that they've created this whole new ventilation system that's supposed to keep" }, { "start": 64.88, "end": 68.84, "text": " the drone cool which is a good thing because you don't want it overheating in the sky and" }, { "start": 68.84, "end": 70.24000000000001, "text": " falling to its death." }, { "start": 70.24000000000001, "end": 73.26, "text": " Some of the other things that DJI has done with this, it's redesigned the gimbal system" }, { "start": 73.26, "end": 75, "text": " that supports the camera." }, { "start": 75, "end": 77.8, "text": " Not really any different camera as far as the sensor goes." }, { "start": 77.8, "end": 82.4, "text": " It's the same size sensor as the Mavic Pro but DJI says that they've put a lot of software" }, { "start": 82.4, "end": 87.2, "text": " work into making the footage and the pictures that come out of this look a lot better this" }, { "start": 87.2, "end": 88.2, "text": " time around." }, { "start": 88.2, "end": 89.56, "text": " There's other new hardware on this drone too." }, { "start": 89.56, "end": 94.2, "text": " There are these extra antennas now that also act as landing legs that are supposed to support" }, { "start": 94.2, "end": 100.36000000000001, "text": " up to 2.5 miles of range and up to 16,000 feet for the ceiling on this drone." }, { "start": 100.36000000000001, "end": 104.24000000000001, "text": " It also can supposedly withstand winds of up to 22 miles an hour and has a top speed" }, { "start": 104.24000000000001, "end": 111, "text": " of 42.5 miles an hour in a sport mode which DJI says is its fastest at least in its consumer" }, { "start": 111, "end": 112, "text": " drones." }, { "start": 112, "end": 116.56, "text": " There are seven cameras on this drone to help support a newly rebuilt obstacle avoidance" }, { "start": 116.56, "end": 120.84, "text": " system which now not only will stop the drone if it sees it's about to run into something" }, { "start": 120.84, "end": 125.24, "text": " but can also try and plan a route around that obstacle." }, { "start": 125.24, "end": 130.12, "text": " So if you're heading for a tree and you already have the drone making this really smooth movement" }, { "start": 130.12, "end": 135.72, "text": " filming, it can move its way around that tree instead of just stopping and ruining your" }, { "start": 135.72, "end": 136.72, "text": " shot." }, { "start": 136.72, "end": 140.4, "text": " There are a bunch of other software enhancements on this drone too." }, { "start": 140.4, "end": 146.24, "text": " DJI says that there are new shooting modes like a 32 megapixel panorama mode." }, { "start": 146.24, "end": 150.24, "text": " There's this new sort of tiny planet mode that it will be able to warp the footage around" }, { "start": 150.24, "end": 156, "text": " and make it look like you've got the DJI drone thousands and thousands and thousands of feet" }, { "start": 156, "end": 158.84, "text": " up in the air looking down on the planet." }, { "start": 158.84, "end": 162, "text": " The gesture control system is supposed to be a lot better for controlling the drone" }, { "start": 162, "end": 166.8, "text": " with your hand and DJI is also promising a lot of the other sort of smart features that" }, { "start": 166.8, "end": 170.08, "text": " we've seen on its drones in the past are all getting improvements here." }, { "start": 170.08, "end": 174.4, "text": " The vision recognition system, the sort of way that it handles itself in flight, the" }, { "start": 174.4, "end": 179.64000000000001, "text": " algorithms that control it for keeping it from slamming into objects have all gotten" }, { "start": 179.64000000000001, "end": 181.68, "text": " better on the Mavic Air." }, { "start": 181.68, "end": 186.04000000000002, "text": " Now this drone not only slots between the Spark and the Mavic Pro on sort of specs and" }, { "start": 186.04000000000002, "end": 188, "text": " size and everything like that but also on price." }, { "start": 188, "end": 193.16000000000003, "text": " This costs $799 which includes a newly redesigned remote." }, { "start": 193.16000000000003, "end": 196.52, "text": " There's also a $1000 combo pack like we've seen in the past which will get you extra" }, { "start": 196.52, "end": 199.16000000000003, "text": " propellers, extra batteries, things like that." }, { "start": 199.16, "end": 203.16, "text": " My first impression of this thing is it's a really smart blending of the size and portability" }, { "start": 203.16, "end": 208.24, "text": " of something like the Spark and the affordability of something like the Spark with most of if" }, { "start": 208.24, "end": 211.44, "text": " not all of the Pro features that you get on something like the Mavic Pro." }, { "start": 211.44, "end": 215.8, "text": " Sure there are some things that are probably missing that people will want like 4K at 60" }, { "start": 215.8, "end": 219.56, "text": " frames a second but you get pretty much everything else that you'd get in the Mavic Pro in a" }, { "start": 219.56, "end": 224.4, "text": " smaller size with a slightly shorter flight time." }, { "start": 224.4, "end": 228.3, "text": " The only thing DJI really has to worry about is whether or not they're releasing too many" }, { "start": 228.3, "end": 229.92000000000002, "text": " drones now." }, { "start": 229.92000000000002, "end": 236.68, "text": " This is a lot to fit within a $500 price range but this company owns 50% or more of the American" }, { "start": 236.68, "end": 241, "text": " drone market right now and considering that GoPro just left the drone market two weeks" }, { "start": 241, "end": 244.8, "text": " ago completely I doubt that's going to be much of a problem." }, { "start": 244.8, "end": 249.44, "text": " Keep a lock to theverge.com for more drone coverage and head to youtube.com slash theverge" }, { "start": 249.44, "end": 260.56, "text": " and click subscribe." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 4.72, "text": " Hey everybody, this is Sean with The Verge. I'm about to hop into this, the Electra Mechanica" }, { "start": 4.72, "end": 6.8, "text": " Solo EV. Let's go for a ride." }, { "start": 15.36, "end": 21.52, "text": " So what exactly am I in right now? This is the Electra Mechanica Solo EV. It is a tiny" }, { "start": 21.52, "end": 28.400000000000002, "text": " three-wheeled electric car. It costs about $20,000 as a range of about 100 miles and a" }, { "start": 28.4, "end": 36.48, "text": " top speed of around 80 miles an hour. It is weird. This is only one of 18 built so far." }, { "start": 37.68, "end": 41.68, "text": " Four of them have actually already been delivered. And Electra Mechanica is just this company" }, { "start": 41.68, "end": 48.16, "text": " out of Vancouver who decided to build this weird little EV. Some other specs you might be curious" }, { "start": 48.16, "end": 54.08, "text": " about. It takes about three to six hours to charge out of a standard wall outlet or a 220V outlet." }, { "start": 54.08, "end": 63.68, "text": " It has a 16 kilowatt hour battery, so pretty small. But again, good enough for about a 100" }, { "start": 63.68, "end": 71.84, "text": " mile range, which is pretty close to some of the EVs that are out there. Inside you find basically" }, { "start": 71.84, "end": 78.32, "text": " all the kinds of accoutrement you would want inside a normal car. We've got a radio, we've got" }, { "start": 78.32, "end": 84.88, "text": " air conditioning, we've got wipers. I mean, it's not like it's missing anything. It's just less of" }, { "start": 84.88, "end": 95.67999999999999, "text": " a car than most cars. The company comes from a group of people who were a part of Intermechanica," }, { "start": 95.67999999999999, "end": 101.91999999999999, "text": " which is an old shop that used to refurb Porsches. It really does kind of look like a normal car from" }, { "start": 101.92, "end": 108.56, "text": " the front, and then you turn and all of a sudden it looks like a slipper or a mohawk. I don't know" }, { "start": 108.56, "end": 116.64, "text": " what you'd really call it. The company that this most directly relates to is Elio Motors," }, { "start": 116.64, "end": 121.6, "text": " who made a three-wheel gasoline car that has really fallen flat. They've run into so many" }, { "start": 121.6, "end": 127.04, "text": " troubles trying to get that on the road, and who knows if Electra Mechanica will face those same" }, { "start": 127.04, "end": 132.48000000000002, "text": " kinds of troubles. I think what I like most about this car is not the way it drives or how it looks" }, { "start": 132.48000000000002, "end": 139.52, "text": " or anything like that. It's what it represents. This is another example of how the drop in price" }, { "start": 139.52, "end": 145.20000000000002, "text": " of electric motor technology and battery technology is changing everything. Everything from something" }, { "start": 145.20000000000002, "end": 151.04000000000002, "text": " like this to electric scooters to electric bikes. It's making so many people with weird ideas" }, { "start": 151.04, "end": 157.28, "text": " finally able to challenge those weird ideas and try to put them on the road. And that's never" }, { "start": 157.28, "end": 162.79999999999998, "text": " really been possible before. I mean, we are really seeing a revolution here. Electric vehicles may" }, { "start": 162.79999999999998, "end": 169.6, "text": " only make up 1% of the market so far, but we're seeing more weird ideas like this come out every" }, { "start": 169.6, "end": 178.39999999999998, "text": " year. It is extremely strange to be in a car that's this small. I've been in cars that are this low" }, { "start": 178.4, "end": 183.44, "text": " before, race cars that are this low before, but this is something totally different. And it feels" }, { "start": 183.44, "end": 188.96, "text": " like you're so invisible, and that scares me a little bit. I haven't had a chance to get it up" }, { "start": 188.96, "end": 195.76, "text": " to its top speed of about 85 miles an hour. It has 82 horsepower, which I guess some feeling. I mean," }, { "start": 195.76, "end": 202.08, "text": " anything below 100 is a bit hard to register, even in a small car like this. Also not very quiet in" }, { "start": 202.08, "end": 206.72, "text": " the cabin. I don't know if you can hear that. The whir of the motor comes right through because" }, { "start": 206.72, "end": 215.04, "text": " it's right back there. I really don't know who it's for, other than people who have $20,000 to" }, { "start": 215.04, "end": 221.44, "text": " burn. One of my favorite things though is driving anything that draws attention, and everybody" }, { "start": 221.44, "end": 235.52, "text": " keeps looking at this and wondering what the hell is this guy driving." }, { "start": 235.52, "end": 240.88000000000002, "text": " So that was a drive of the Electra Mechanica Solo EV. For all the weird electric cars, electric" }, { "start": 240.88000000000002, "end": 245.12, "text": " scooters, self-driving cars, everything we've seen at CES this week, go to youtube.com slash" }, { "start": 245.12, "end": 249.76000000000002, "text": " the verge, click subscribe. Go to theverge.com slash CES for everything else we've seen." }, { "start": 249.76000000000002, "end": 251.28, "text": " And that's it. Thanks for watching." }, { "start": 251.28, "end": 253.76000000000002, "text": " Am I looking at you?" }, { "start": 253.76000000000002, "end": 254.32000000000002, "text": " No, look at me." }, { "start": 254.32, "end": 264.71999999999997, "text": " So that was a ride in the Electra Mechanica Solo EV for... sorry." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 4.66, "text": " We're here with Coravin. They're about to launch a new model of their wine preservation opener." }, { "start": 4.66, "end": 9.22, "text": " And basically, it's supposed to let you pour a wine without actually opening the bottle." }, { "start": 9.22, "end": 13.66, "text": " Like you're seeing a needle straight through the cork, pumping in gas, pouring out the wine," }, { "start": 13.66, "end": 17.46, "text": " and then it's supposed to be able to just sit there in the bottle as though it's unopened after that." }, { "start": 17.46, "end": 21.86, "text": " So this new model is called the Model 11, and we're going to see it pour wine." }, { "start": 25.060000000000002, "end": 28.740000000000002, "text": " So it wakes up automatically, and then when you turn it, put it onto the device," }, { "start": 28.74, "end": 31.7, "text": " it turns green to let you know it's good." }, { "start": 31.7, "end": 34.699999999999996, "text": " Then you just push it in, and you're ready to pour." }, { "start": 34.699999999999996, "end": 39.94, "text": " And right now it's pumping gas in to displace the wine, which then pours back out." }, { "start": 39.94, "end": 44.14, "text": " And so you see it's like a slower pour than if you had fully opened it." }, { "start": 44.14, "end": 49.26, "text": " What's cool is that you can now turn the bottle upside down, and it will not actually pour out." }, { "start": 49.26, "end": 52.18, "text": " It's resealed because the cork is kind of flexible and just closes it back in." }, { "start": 52.18, "end": 56.34, "text": " But it's pretty neat. So this is their first connected model, and it has Bluetooth built in," }, { "start": 56.34, "end": 63.18000000000001, "text": " it connects to an iPhone app. It's actually like a bizarrely gorgeous app for like a wine opening device." }, { "start": 63.18000000000001, "end": 67.7, "text": " It's able to tell you if you need to replace different parts of the wine opener," }, { "start": 67.7, "end": 72.94, "text": " if you need to give it a new needle every once in a while, if you need to replace the argon gas it uses." }, { "start": 72.94, "end": 77.30000000000001, "text": " If you've ever looked up wine preservation techniques, argon is a really common one." }, { "start": 77.30000000000001, "end": 83.82000000000001, "text": " And you can buy canisters of argon and pump it into the bottle, and then put your own cork back on top." }, { "start": 83.82, "end": 89.53999999999999, "text": " This does it without actually ever really fully removing the cork, which will theoretically preserve it much longer." }, { "start": 89.53999999999999, "end": 93.69999999999999, "text": " And the idea is that argon is inert, so it doesn't interact with the wine at all," }, { "start": 93.69999999999999, "end": 97.1, "text": " so you won't have any aging or spoiling effects." }, { "start": 97.1, "end": 101.61999999999999, "text": " It's going to launch in September. This new model is supposed to sell for right under $1,000," }, { "start": 101.61999999999999, "end": 105.74, "text": " which is extremely expensive, obviously. They have cheaper options that are not connected" }, { "start": 105.74, "end": 109.78, "text": " that sell for as cheap as $200 and do basically the same thing." }, { "start": 109.78, "end": 115.94, "text": " So $1,000 is obviously insanely expensive for a wine opener, especially because they have a $200 model" }, { "start": 115.94, "end": 119.3, "text": " that doesn't have the smart features, but functions exactly the same." }, { "start": 119.3, "end": 123.14, "text": " Save $800, get the normal version if this seems cool to you." }, { "start": 123.14, "end": 127.78, "text": " I don't know, I'm glad there's some weird Bluetooth features, but they're not, not worth that much money." }, { "start": 127.78, "end": 135.9, "text": " Tastes like wine." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 3.6, "text": " So in some ways CES is not the most relevant show in the world anymore" }, { "start": 3.6, "end": 8, "text": " It's not really the place to go to see the technology that is changing people's lives in meaningful ways" }, { "start": 8, "end": 13.16, "text": " but one thing that CES is really really grateful is TVs and giant screens and" }, { "start": 13.52, "end": 18.44, "text": " Looking at the future of looking at things and the best place to start is LG's booth" }, { "start": 18.44, "end": 20.78, "text": " Which is the first thing you see as you go into CES" }, { "start": 20.78, "end": 22, "text": " There is this crazy" }, { "start": 22, "end": 27.28, "text": " Canyon of OLED panels that funnels you into the booth and once you're here there is a lot to look at so" }, { "start": 27.28, "end": 31.92, "text": " LG already makes the best TVs in the world its OLED range is available now" }, { "start": 31.92, "end": 39.24, "text": " And they've updated that of course this year the new models for 2018 have Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and UI tweets for web OS" }, { "start": 39.480000000000004, "end": 47.32, "text": " But looking further forward there's a lot of crazy stuff as well LG display the display panel arm of the company is working on this" }, { "start": 47.96, "end": 50.2, "text": " unbelievable 65 inch rollable display" }, { "start": 50.36, "end": 55.64, "text": " Which just rolls up right like a newspaper and the company is also starting to experiment with 8k as well" }, { "start": 55.64, "end": 60.04, "text": " So Samsung on the other hand is kind of not really doing OLED TVs anymore" }, { "start": 60.04, "end": 65.36, "text": " They used to show off them at CES every year right now it focuses on LED and this year" }, { "start": 65.36, "end": 67.72, "text": " It's showing off a new technology called micro LED" }, { "start": 67.76, "end": 70.32, "text": " Which it claims is going to kind of like" }, { "start": 70.68, 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I love to look at this stuff. I love to look at these unbelievable screens and" }, { "start": 197.8, "end": 218.76000000000002, "text": " It's just fun to think about like what my living room is gonna look like five ten thirty years into the future" } ]

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}, { "start": 150.86, "end": 155.4, "text": " But in that place Nissan has this thing called the digital room mirror and that shows cars" }, { "start": 155.4, "end": 159.44, "text": " in your rear view approaching rather than using the traditional side mirrors which is" }, { "start": 159.44, "end": 160.76, "text": " kind of cool." }, { "start": 160.76, "end": 165.92000000000002, "text": " We're told this system is operated by using thumb prints or retina of your eye to control" }, { "start": 165.92, "end": 170.51999999999998, "text": " the function which then activates a koi fish that swims across your screen and acts as" }, { "start": 170.51999999999998, "end": 172.51999999999998, "text": " your personal assistant." }, { "start": 172.51999999999998, "end": 176.85999999999999, "text": " Only thing is that we couldn't actually test it out so instead we just watched this video" }, { "start": 176.85999999999999, "end": 180.79999999999998, "text": " looping of this mesmerizing koi fish." }, { "start": 180.79999999999998, "end": 186.64, "text": " Unfortunately at Detroit there are a lot of ideas but little chance to actually play around" }, { "start": 186.64, "end": 188.92, "text": " with the execution." }, { "start": 188.92, "end": 190.83999999999997, "text": " Some automakers took screens to another level." }, { "start": 190.84, "end": 196.84, "text": " The new RAM 1500 extended its massive proportions into a massive 12 inch touch screen." }, { "start": 196.84, "end": 202.9, "text": " We found the system to be a bit laggy to use showing that maybe bigger isn't always better." }, { "start": 202.9, "end": 207.56, "text": " The reality is that all of the automakers at the Detroit Auto Show and beyond such as" }, { "start": 207.56, "end": 213.36, "text": " Tesla and other companies that we don't see here today are all chasing the idea of how" }, { "start": 213.36, "end": 215.64000000000001, "text": " to make the perfect infotainment system." }, { "start": 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This is the first time we've seen such" }, { "start": 37.04, "end": 42.16, "text": " a thing and what it basically means is we're probably going to see gaming laptops or laptops" }, { "start": 42.16, "end": 46.879999999999995, "text": " that are capable of playing games anyway at the sort of size and form factor of these two devices." }, { "start": 46.879999999999995, "end": 52.959999999999994, "text": " Dell's XPS 15 2-in-1 is new this year and we've obviously seen the XPS 15 before but this one has" }, { "start": 52.96, "end": 58.120000000000005, "text": " the hinge so you can go put it into tablet mode and as you can see this is a quite a regular" }, { "start": 58.120000000000005, "end": 62.56, "text": " looking laptop but the graphics support on it so playing games and stuff like that should be a" }, { "start": 62.56, "end": 65.6, "text": " little bit better. It's not going to be amazing just yet but I think that's going to set the" }, { "start": 65.6, "end": 70.56, "text": " stage for us having gaming laptops inside of laptops that look kind of normal. Now this is" }, { "start": 70.56, "end": 75.72, "text": " the first time that AMD and Intel have paired up since like the 1980s so that's also kind of" }, { "start": 75.72, "end": 82.88, "text": " interesting to see what could happen for the rest of the year there. Dell's XPS 15 also includes" }, { "start": 82.88, "end": 87.96, "text": " a maglev keyboard. Now that sounds pretty fancy and it kind of is so what's inside is essentially" }, { "start": 87.96, "end": 92.88, "text": " magnets sit underneath the keys and they hold the keys in place. Now that means that it's actually" }, { "start": 92.88, "end": 98.44, "text": " got a little bit less travel but it feels and sounds a lot clickier so it's quite interesting" }, { "start": 98.44, "end": 103.03999999999999, "text": " to see that on this particular laptop and on Windows laptops in general and the keyboard is" }, { "start": 103.03999999999999, "end": 108.88, "text": " slightly thinner so something more like the Apple MacBook Pro but it's kind of interesting you're" }, { "start": 108.88, "end": 114.24, "text": " seeing Dell doing this and that might mean we see some of the other PC makers do a similar sort" }, { "start": 114.24, "end": 120, "text": " of thing with their keyboards. Speaking of experimentation we're starting to see quite a" }, { "start": 120, "end": 125.12, "text": " lot less of that this year. There's not so many crazy flipping laptops and people are sort of" }, { "start": 125.12, "end": 129.76, "text": " settling on their own designs but what we are starting to see and we saw it in December is" }, { "start": 129.76, "end": 134.8, "text": " these new ARM powered laptops. Now basically what that means is you're starting to see laptops" }, { "start": 134.8, "end": 138.6, "text": " that are going to have all-day battery life that's 20 plus hours they're going to be able to be put" }, { "start": 138.6, "end": 142.88, "text": " on standby can throw them in your bag pick them up and they're not going to be out of battery and" }, { "start": 142.88, "end": 147.04, "text": " inside you're going to get the similar sort of components you would any other laptop and the" }, { "start": 147.04, "end": 151.32, "text": " form factors that we've seen so far are mainly tablets and two-in-ones but I think we're probably" }, { "start": 151.32, "end": 155.44, "text": " going to see a lot more experimentation later in the year we might even get some just regular" }, { "start": 155.44, "end": 161.44, "text": " clamshell laptops. 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We didn't see many" }, { "start": 251.48, "end": 256.44, "text": " Chromebooks this year but Razer is experimenting with its own Android powered phone and docking" }, { "start": 256.44, "end": 261.59999999999997, "text": " it and turning from a phone into a laptop now we've seen this a bunch of times Motorola's Atrix," }, { "start": 261.59999999999997, "end": 267.71999999999997, "text": " Samsung's DexDock, even Microsoft's own Continuum stuff on Windows Phone and a lot of those projects" }, { "start": 267.71999999999997, "end": 272.8, "text": " have failed in the past but Razer stuff is very much a prototype at the moment too. 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}, { "start": 39.28, "end": 40.28, "text": " Andy, you wrote the story." }, { "start": 40.28, "end": 43.879999999999995, "text": " Why don't you give us a little bit more information about what it was before we talk about it?" }, { "start": 43.879999999999995, "end": 44.879999999999995, "text": " Sure." }, { "start": 44.879999999999995, "end": 49.4, "text": " So I think it was in 2015 that Ford said that they were going to spend around $4.5 billion" }, { "start": 49.4, "end": 52.76, "text": " on electric cars, and they were going to have around two dozen of them, and they were going" }, { "start": 52.76, "end": 55.96, "text": " to be rolling out sometime in the 2020s." }, { "start": 55.96, "end": 59.76, "text": " Now they say that they're going to spend $11 billion, more than doubling the amount that" }, { "start": 59.76, "end": 61.239999999999995, "text": " they said that they were originally going to spend." }, { "start": 61.239999999999995, "end": 64.48, "text": " We're going to start seeing some of those battery electric cars rolling out a little" }, { "start": 64.48, "end": 66.75999999999999, "text": " bit sooner, maybe 2019." }, { "start": 66.75999999999999, "end": 70.6, "text": " So I think it's a big deal that Ford says they want to spend this much money." }, { "start": 70.6, "end": 75.08, "text": " Whether or not they get, you know, this produces vehicles that people actually want to buy" }, { "start": 75.08, "end": 80.32, "text": " and drive and can drive, like there's an infrastructure in place that people can charge these cars," }, { "start": 80.32, "end": 82.64, "text": " I think is going to be the real big question." }, { "start": 82.64, "end": 85.4, "text": " I think facing Ford and all companies that are making electric cars." }, { "start": 85.4, "end": 89.76, "text": " Well, I was going to say they showed up, they did this, and they showed up with a diesel" }, { "start": 89.76, "end": 90.76, "text": " F-150." }, { "start": 90.76, "end": 93.4, "text": " So I mean like, you know, what does it mean in the short term?" }, { "start": 93.4, "end": 95.56, "text": " It feels like it doesn't mean much in the short term, right?" }, { "start": 95.56, "end": 99.16, "text": " And it's also even the charging network, too, that I'm wondering if part of this investment" }, { "start": 99.16, "end": 100.56, "text": " is investment in infrastructure." }, { "start": 100.56, "end": 105.64, "text": " I mean, they talked a lot at CES, which was just a few days ago, seems like a year ago," }, { "start": 105.64, "end": 109.68, "text": " but where Ford talked about really wanting to be involved in smart cities." }, { "start": 109.68, "end": 114.76, "text": " And so I'm curious if these two strategies meet or if they're just separate ideas kind" }, { "start": 114.76, "end": 115.76, "text": " of fishing in the pond." }, { "start": 115.76, "end": 119.64000000000001, "text": " I mean, they almost have to have some sort of infrastructure investment 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149.04, "text": " Mercedes came out with the new G-Wagen." }, { "start": 149.04, "end": 152.51999999999998, "text": " That was for sure the craziest event we saw all week." }, { "start": 152.51999999999998, "end": 153.51999999999998, "text": " Hands down." }, { "start": 153.51999999999998, "end": 155.39999999999998, "text": " You should go watch the video if you haven't already." }, { "start": 155.39999999999998, "end": 161.2, "text": " It involves fire shooting up from a mountain on a stage in an old theater and also Arnold" }, { "start": 161.2, "end": 163.44, "text": " Schwarzenegger doing shots of snops." }, { "start": 163.44, "end": 169.44, "text": " Why did Mercedes go so far pulling out all the stops to announce this new G-Wagen?" }, { "start": 169.44, "end": 173.35999999999999, "text": " I mean, the G-Wagen is, it is a ridiculous car." }, { "start": 173.35999999999999, "end": 177.28, "text": " Like it's a huge, it's expensive as the S-Class." }, { "start": 177.28, "end": 183.76, 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213.34, "text": " the CEO of Daimler." }, { "start": 213.34, "end": 216.24, "text": " And so it was all about spectacle." }, { "start": 216.24, "end": 220.84, "text": " And if you're going to do it, do it big, and that's what they did by having this event" }, { "start": 220.84, "end": 225.68, "text": " at the Michigan Theater, an iconic theater that's decaying and falling apart, and fire" }, { "start": 225.68, "end": 226.68, "text": " going off in the background." }, { "start": 226.68, "end": 230.08, "text": " I thought the most telling aspect of that announcement was when Schwarzenegger asked" }, { "start": 230.08, "end": 234.28, "text": " Dieter whether or not there was going to be an electric version of the G-Wagen coming" }, { "start": 234.28, "end": 235.28, "text": " out." }, { "start": 235.28, "end": 240.24, "text": " And he had apparently retrofitted his own G-Wagen to run on battery electric power." }, { "start": 240.24, "end": 241.24, "text": " Dieter kind of hemmed and 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318.52, "end": 322.40000000000003, "text": " That was, I think, the funniest thing about the Jetta announcement to me, that Volkswagen" }, { "start": 322.40000000000003, "end": 327.24, "text": " feels comfortable enough that they can just sort of get back into the groove now as opposed" }, { "start": 327.24, "end": 334.72, "text": " to making big claims about, oh, we want to electrify our entire lineup by 2020, whatever." }, { "start": 334.72, "end": 338.36, "text": " It was the first time that company's felt normal in a little while." }, { "start": 338.36, "end": 341.24, "text": " I don't know if consumers are ready to give them credit for that." }, { "start": 341.24, "end": 345.76, "text": " I don't know if the press is ready to give them credit for that, but they're trying." }, { "start": 345.76, "end": 350.12, "text": " But their sales are there, which is totally crazy to me that dieselgate or not, people" }, { "start": 350.12, "end": 351.12, "text": " kept buying their cars." }, { "start": 351.12, "end": 352.12, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 352.12, "end": 354.92, "text": " So it was time for them to get back to that point." }, { "start": 354.92, "end": 359.40000000000003, "text": " And also, they did a great job of marketing diesel as clean technology." }, { "start": 359.40000000000003, "end": 360.40000000000003, "text": " It just wasn't true." }, { "start": 360.40000000000003, "end": 363.36, "text": " Let's talk about some of the weird screens that we've seen, especially in some of the" }, { "start": 363.36, "end": 364.36, "text": " concepts." }, { "start": 364.36, "end": 367, "text": " We've talked a lot about the cars that are actually going to be on sale, but there were" }, { "start": 367, "end": 371.72, "text": " a couple of interesting concepts that came out at the show this week." }, { "start": 371.72, "end": 374.92, "text": " The Infiniti Q Inspiration, I think, was a real noteworthy one." }, { "start": 374.92, "end": 377.92, "text": " You described it as a... What was it again?" }, { "start": 377.92, "end": 379.8, "text": " A land yacht for movie villains." }, { "start": 379.8, "end": 380.8, "text": " Yeah, right." }, { "start": 380.8, "end": 382.40000000000003, "text": " Like for Bond villains, specifically." }, { "start": 382.4, "end": 386.71999999999997, "text": " I was intrigued by it coming into the show because the teaser image they released looked" }, { "start": 386.71999999999997, "end": 392.59999999999997, "text": " like a lot like the Lucid Air or the Model S. It had this sort of stout rear end, and" }, { "start": 392.59999999999997, "end": 396.76, "text": " it just had that sort of vibe, that sort of curve in the ceiling of it." }, { "start": 396.76, "end": 399.59999999999997, "text": " And it looks totally different here on the show floor." }, { "start": 399.59999999999997, "end": 401.4, "text": " It actually impressed me more than I thought it would." }, { "start": 401.4, "end": 407.44, "text": " It is, like the name suggests, supposed to be an inspiration for Infiniti's design going" }, { "start": 407.44, "end": 408.44, "text": " forward." }, { "start": 408.44, "end": 414.24, "text": " I've never particularly liked Infiniti's design, and this one actually sort of strikes me as" }, { "start": 414.24, "end": 418.52, "text": " different and a thoughtful reimagining of what their cars look like." }, { "start": 418.52, "end": 420.54, "text": " And so I'm excited to see where that goes." }, { "start": 420.54, "end": 423.82, "text": " One thing I thought was interesting, even though it sounds ridiculous in their press" }, { "start": 423.82, "end": 429.28, "text": " release, is they talk about this whole concept of there's a Zen mode that before or after" }, { "start": 429.28, "end": 433.48, "text": " you drive, the screen will enter this Zen mode to try and calm you down." }, { "start": 433.48, "end": 436.68, "text": " That's a ridiculous idea, and it's not something that's going to come to a production car," }, { "start": 436.68, "end": 442.28000000000003, "text": " but I think at least, I hope, means that they're thinking about things like that and not using" }, { "start": 442.28000000000003, "end": 445.8, "text": " the screen to just horribly distract you while you're driving." }, { "start": 445.8, "end": 451.40000000000003, "text": " This also isn't a concept where the seats turn and it's all about full autonomy." }, { "start": 451.40000000000003, "end": 455.2, "text": " It's still very much a car you're going to drive, 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523.9599999999999, "end": 528.88, "text": " debate, but it's still a show about trucks and SUVs." }, { "start": 528.88, "end": 530.52, "text": " It is." }, { "start": 530.52, "end": 535.04, "text": " One thing I'm thinking about what you're saying being here, the reason to still come to an" }, { "start": 535.04, "end": 539.0799999999999, "text": " auto show is to actually see everything in physical form." }, { "start": 539.0799999999999, "end": 544.04, "text": " Because oftentimes what we see in pictures looks very different in person." }, { "start": 544.04, "end": 549.4799999999999, "text": " We're all here as media covering the new announcements, but when the public day is open on Saturday" }, { "start": 549.48, "end": 555.24, "text": " this is where people will come to do their car shopping." }, { "start": 555.24, "end": 556.4, "text": " What are they shopping for?" }, { "start": 556.4, "end": 560.96, "text": " The best selling vehicles are trucks and SUVs." }, { "start": 560.96, "end": 565.08, "text": " Something that we've seen since last year is that we saw some dips in sales numbers" }, { "start": 565.08, "end": 567.48, "text": " in the auto industry." }, { "start": 567.48, "end": 572.5600000000001, "text": " This show is critical for them to get to that place where they can have koi fish swimming" }, { "start": 572.5600000000001, "end": 574.96, "text": " on their screens." }, { "start": 574.96, "end": 579.76, "text": " We saw a lot of big announcements from the big three who love to make a splash in Detroit." }, { "start": 579.76, "end": 584.48, "text": " This is their hometown, their front page news in the local papers." }, { "start": 584.48, "end": 586.22, "text": " It's important to them." }, { "start": 586.22, "end": 592.52, "text": " People who live here work for these companies on all levels and some get perks on driving" }, { "start": 592.52, "end": 593.52, "text": " these cars." }, { "start": 593.52, "end": 598.12, "text": " It's a sense of pride 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"text": " market, super important for the success of CA's future is selling that truck this year." }, { "start": 640.2, "end": 642.24, "text": " That's what we're seeing here." }, { "start": 642.24, "end": 647.84, "text": " The other side of that is in the midsize range, Ford had the Ford Ranger on display." }, { "start": 647.84, "end": 651.12, "text": " And Sean, I think you described the Ford Ranger really well." }, { "start": 651.12, "end": 652.12, "text": " I'll let you talk about it." }, { "start": 652.12, "end": 653.12, "text": " Truck for millennials." }, { "start": 653.12, "end": 654.12, "text": " Yes." }, { "start": 654.12, "end": 655.12, "text": " It's the Tumbler truck." }, { "start": 655.12, "end": 658.6800000000001, "text": " It's like what you want if you're a younger person in this country and you maybe want" }, { "start": 658.6800000000001, "end": 660.5600000000001, "text": " to go camping but maybe not." }, { "start": 660.56, "end": 663.28, "text": " Maybe you just 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"end": 128.2, "text": " like GDC." }, { "start": 128.2, "end": 134.22, "text": " But, we did get one VR hardware announcement here at CES, HTC's new Vive Pro." }, { "start": 134.22, "end": 138.24, "text": " It gives the company's headset a resolution bump, built-in headphones, and a wireless adapter" }, { "start": 138.24, "end": 139.76, "text": " for cordless play." }, { "start": 139.76, "end": 143.95999999999998, "text": " That's a big deal, because it means HTC is really focusing hard on the premium PC-powered" }, { "start": 143.95999999999998, "end": 144.95999999999998, "text": " VR market." }, { "start": 144.95999999999998, "end": 149.23999999999998, "text": " It will be interesting to see how Oculus responds, especially because Oculus has been putting" }, { "start": 149.23999999999998, "end": 154.48, "text": " a lot of resources toward cordless, self-contained headsets like its Santa Cruz prototype." }, { "start": 154.48, "end": 155.48, "text": " But here's the reality." }, { 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240, "end": 244.24, "text": " We also saw a number of other AR-style displays for specific applications, like motorcycle" }, { "start": 244.24, "end": 245.24, "text": " helmets." }, { "start": 245.24, "end": 251.04, "text": " Now, sure, there's a ton of junk out there, most of which will never become a successful" }, { "start": 251.04, "end": 252.64, "text": " consumer product." }, { "start": 252.64, "end": 256.52, "text": " Everyone thinks AR is going to take over the world, and it might just 10 or 15 years from" }, { "start": 256.52, "end": 257.52, "text": " now." }, { "start": 257.52, "end": 260.91999999999996, "text": " That's not to say that eventually won't happen, but these types of transitions in technology" }, { "start": 260.91999999999996, "end": 261.91999999999996, "text": " take time." }, { "start": 261.91999999999996, "end": 266.96, "text": " There's a HoloLens 2.0 on the way, and then even Apple is working on a rumored AR device." }, { "start": 266.96, "end": 270.68, "text": " And also, there's Magic Leap, whose apparently groundbreaking goggles are coming out later" }, { "start": 270.68, "end": 271.68, "text": " this year." }, { "start": 271.68, "end": 276.24, "text": " So, if there's anything to take away from CES about VR, AR, and gaming, it's that there" }, { "start": 276.24, "end": 279.2, "text": " will be hype, and there will be missed expectations." }, { "start": 279.2, "end": 282.84, "text": " But when all of that dies down, we'll be left with products that are smaller, better, and" }, { "start": 282.84, "end": 283.84, "text": " more powerful." }, { "start": 283.84, "end": 288.8, "text": " Because CES is a look around the corner, and technology keeps getting better all the time." }, { "start": 288.8, "end": 290.59999999999997, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 290.59999999999997, "end": 292.4, "text": " Now sure, there's a ton of junk." }, { "start": 292.4, "end": 293.4, "text": " Oh, sorry." }, { "start": 293.4, "end": 294.4, "text": " I had to just get by." }, { "start": 294.4, "end": 295.4, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 295.4, "end": 296.4, "text": " Sorry." }, { "start": 296.4, "end": 297.4, "text": " Get wrecked." }, { "start": 297.4, "end": 313, "text": " You good?" } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 8.52, "text": " Hey, it's Zach from The Verge, and we're covering the 2019 Mercedes G-Class." }, { "start": 8.52, "end": 13.16, "text": " Now, Mercedes held the event in this space, the Old Michigan Theater, because of the drama" }, { "start": 13.16, "end": 18.8, "text": " this space offers, not to mention the fire, smoke, and of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger." }, { "start": 18.8, "end": 23.04, "text": " The event was a spectacle, which is fitting considering this off-road truck cost more" }, { "start": 23.04, "end": 25.080000000000002, "text": " than $100,000 to start." }, { "start": 25.080000000000002, "end": 29.68, "text": " While the exterior looks much the same as the big boxy icon, it's finally a remade" }, { "start": 29.68, "end": 31.96, "text": " vehicle with modern technology." }, { "start": 31.96, "end": 36.54, "text": " That's important given that Mercedes's most upmarket customers pick this SUV over any" }, { "start": 36.54, "end": 38.06, "text": " other in their lineup." }, { "start": 38.06, "end": 43, "text": " It's a retro, unapologetic car that actually works in the modern tech world." }, { "start": 43, "end": 47.4, "text": " When it comes to the interior, the 2019 G-Wagen has all the updated luxury features, despite" }, { "start": 47.4, "end": 48.980000000000004, "text": " its classic exterior." }, { "start": 48.980000000000004, "end": 53.019999999999996, "text": " The G-Wagen is still a style statement more than anything else, with 10.6 inches of ground" }, { "start": 53.019999999999996, "end": 56.92, "text": " clearance and more go-anywhere capability than its owners will ever use." }, { "start": 56.92, "end": 61.300000000000004, "text": " Its original mission in life was to be a military vehicle, of course, but this relaunch is an" }, { "start": 61.300000000000004, "end": 65.6, "text": " attempt to bring it more in line with its sedan counterparts like the S-Class flagship." }, { "start": 65.6, "end": 69.64, "text": " 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84.08, "text": " bike or an e-bike and a vehicle that we're familiar driving down the road." }, { "start": 84.08, "end": 86.48, "text": " What it's found in Ojo is actually something kind of special." }, { "start": 86.48, "end": 90, "text": " While it looks a lot like some other electric scooters that we see here every year, this" }, { "start": 90, "end": 91.92, "text": " thing is a blast to ride." }, { "start": 91.92, "end": 95.84, "text": " It is very quick, especially in the top speed mode." }, { "start": 95.84, "end": 97.75999999999999, "text": " It is extremely well balanced." }, { "start": 97.75999999999999, "end": 102.72, "text": " It's got a unibody chassis that is heavy but not too heavy that lets you really sort of" }, { "start": 102.72, "end": 106.6, "text": " carve around on it in a way that I've never really done on an electric scooter like this." }, { "start": 106.6, "end": 111.96, "text": " It has a suspension on both wheels that means going over bumps is not as much of a challenge" }, { "start": 111.96, "end": 114.32, "text": " as it is usually on something like this." }, { "start": 114.32, "end": 117.88, "text": " I just can't tell you how much fun I've had riding it." }, { "start": 117.88, "end": 120.88, "text": " Usually I get on these things, I'll ride them for a little bit, I don't really ever think" }, { "start": 120.88, "end": 125.72, "text": " about them again but this is the kind of thing that I actually would want to ride past today." }, { "start": 125.72, "end": 130.18, "text": " There are two other things that are pretty specific to this scooter that I really like." }, { "start": 130.18, "end": 133.44, "text": " One is that the way it's shaped you can sit or stand." }, { "start": 133.44, "end": 138.07999999999998, "text": " I know it sounds a little weird but it actually makes a pretty big difference." }, { "start": 138.07999999999998, "end": 141.28, "text": " It means this is a bit more comfortable to ride no matter what kind of terrain you're" }, { "start": 141.28, "end": 142.28, "text": " riding over." }, { "start": 142.28, "end": 146.56, "text": " And the other thing is it's got a retractable power cord built right into it." }, { "start": 146.56, "end": 150.66, "text": " This thing takes about five hours to charge which isn't quick but you always have that" }, { "start": 150.66, "end": 154.28, "text": " cord with you and you can plug it into any wall outlet to give yourself just a little" }, { "start": 154.28, "end": 156.06, "text": " bit more juice if you need it." }, { "start": 156.06, "end": 159.34, "text": " It's also not really that expensive all things considered." }, { "start": 159.34, "end": 165.32, "text": " It costs $2,150 which isn't cheap but when you're getting something with 50 miles of" }, { "start": 165.32, "end": 169.6, "text": " range, really good performance, a whole bunch of features like Bluetooth connectivity, it's" }, { "start": 169.6, "end": 173.51999999999998, "text": " got dual speakers on 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around the world which is really sort of the best of both worlds." }, { "start": 200.6, "end": 204.16, "text": " The Ford Dojo scooter is available now in a wide variety of colors, some of them even" }, { "start": 204.16, "end": 207.12, "text": " modeled after iconic Ford cars." }, { "start": 207.12, "end": 212.36, "text": " Don't be surprised if you see them soon in a resort, in a city, or maybe even in my driveway" }, { "start": 212.36, "end": 215.12, "text": " if I've had one." }, { "start": 215.12, "end": 219.18, "text": " For more electric scooters, electric cars, self-driving cars, everything we've seen at" }, { "start": 219.18, "end": 223.60000000000002, "text": " CES this week, go to youtube.com slash the verge and click subscribe or go to theverge.com" }, { "start": 223.6, "end": 225.92, "text": " slash CES for everything else we're waiting for." }, { "start": 225.92, "end": 254.04, "text": " Thanks for watching." } ]

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customers looking to buy a wireless charging pad for the first time" }, { "start": 41.6, "end": 43, "text": " in their lives." }, { "start": 43, "end": 47.76, "text": " And two, the basic effect of death of the other main wireless charging standard, PMA." }, { "start": 47.76, "end": 53.56, "text": " In fact, at CES this year, PMA announced that its PowerMAT chargers would be adopting Qi" }, { "start": 53.56, "end": 54.56, "text": " now going forward." }, { "start": 54.56, "end": 56.92, "text": " That leads us to the chargers themselves." }, { "start": 56.92, "end": 59.660000000000004, "text": " Even though this technology's been around for a while, we're still seeing companies" }, { "start": 59.660000000000004, "end": 62.24, "text": " experimenting and trying to figure things out." }, { "start": 62.24, "end": 66.24000000000001, "text": " Because unlike a charging cable, a wireless charger's a big thing that's always going" }, { "start": 66.24000000000001, "end": 69.84, "text": " to be 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147.92000000000002, "end": 149.64000000000001, "text": " too many features." }, { "start": 149.64000000000001, "end": 153.08, "text": " When you're going through a tough time, sometimes all you really want is just something comforting" }, { "start": 153.08, "end": 154.28, "text": " to get you through it." }, { "start": 154.28, "end": 156.56, "text": " CS is full of all kinds of gadgets." }, { "start": 156.56, "end": 160.46, "text": " Strange, weird, a lot of them useless, so it's nice to see something with a genuinely" }, { "start": 160.46, "end": 163.76, "text": " heartwarming purpose." }, { "start": 163.76, "end": 167.39999999999998, "text": " Now my special Affleck is not actually going to be commercially available." }, { "start": 167.39999999999998, "end": 171.48, "text": " Affleck is trying to work with hospitals around the nation to get this to the 16,000 kids" }, { "start": 171.48, "end": 176.23999999999998, "text": " who are diagnosed with cancer yearly, so they're working to 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depth camera, there's a camera camera, we've got a snapdragon processor." }, { "start": 43.88, "end": 47.6, "text": " Right now, this demo version, they added a Raspberry Pi." }, { "start": 47.6, "end": 51, "text": " That's something that people will be able to mount to the robot." }, { "start": 51, "end": 55.8, "text": " To make sure it doesn't run into anything, there are sort of different kind of depth" }, { "start": 55.8, "end": 58.76, "text": " sensors in the front and the back here." }, { "start": 58.76, "end": 60.919999999999995, "text": " And obviously, there's a display." }, { "start": 60.919999999999995, "end": 64.56, "text": " There's a little bit of personality and you can control that and program that." }, { "start": 64.56, "end": 66.72, "text": " You can also play sounds through the robot." }, { "start": 66.72, "end": 70.44, "text": " So the most basic way to control the robot is with map." }, { "start": 70.44, "end": 75.03999999999999, "text": " So you can turn it, you can move it, you can set the speed." }, { "start": 75.03999999999999, "end": 79.92, "text": " You'll also be able to control the mapping in here." }, { "start": 79.92, "end": 85.28, "text": " This robot can map its environment with its sensors and developers will be able to use" }, { "start": 85.28, "end": 88, "text": " that map to tell the robot to go from place to place." }, { "start": 88, "end": 93.24, "text": " So this is autonomous mode and Misty is going through a few different skills kind of randomly," }, { "start": 93.24, "end": 99.12, "text": " but it will do collision avoidance, it'll back up if it's going to run into something." }, { "start": 99.12, "end": 105, "text": " It's looking for faces to hone in on and then you can spook it if you get lucky." }, { "start": 105, "end": 106, "text": " Ah, ah, ah." }, { "start": 106, "end": 109, "text": " I think it's just ignoring me now." }, { "start": 109, "end": 110.92, "text": " Come on, Misty." }, { "start": 110.92, "end": 112.08, "text": " Spook one more time for me." }, { "start": 112.08, "end": 113.08, "text": " I spooked Misty." }, { "start": 113.08, "end": 114.08, "text": " I did it." }, { "start": 114.08, "end": 115.08, "text": " I'm sorry, Misty." }, { "start": 115.08, "end": 117.8, "text": " I'm sorry." }, { "start": 117.8, "end": 120.92, "text": " Developers will be able to build something that are called skills, kind of like the app" }, { "start": 120.92, "end": 122.67999999999999, "text": " store for this robot." }, { "start": 122.67999999999999, "end": 126.96, "text": " You'll be able to use skills built by other developers on your robot and mix and match" }, { "start": 126.96, "end": 127.96, "text": " them." }, { "start": 127.96, "end": 131.96, "text": " In the future, hopefully this will be able to follow people around and have a lot of" }, { "start": 131.96, "end": 133.68, "text": " more elaborate skills." }, { "start": 133.68, "end": 137.36, "text": " So this is the simplest way to program Misty." }, { "start": 137.36, "end": 138.36, "text": " It's something called Blockly." }, { "start": 138.36, "end": 142.88, "text": " I'm sure you've seen it, that you can learn how to program Minecraft with Blockly." }, { "start": 142.88, "end": 145.68, "text": " There's lots of Blockly in the world." }, { "start": 145.68, "end": 151.24, "text": " So they've exposed the Misty API to Blockly and I've got these little functions here." }, { "start": 151.24, "end": 152.24, "text": " Let's see." }, { "start": 152.24, "end": 159, "text": " So I'm going to have it move forward for a speed of 25, duration of 500 milliseconds." }, { "start": 159, "end": 163.16, "text": " So I'll just click that in and then I already have this play audio file." }, { "start": 163.16, "end": 165.44, "text": " And then I'm going to have it turn." }, { "start": 165.44, "end": 167.07999999999998, "text": " So I've programmed my robot." }, { "start": 167.08, "end": 175, "text": " I'm going to click run." }, { "start": 175, "end": 176, "text": " That's programmed." }, { "start": 176, "end": 181.48000000000002, "text": " Where you really want to end up is JavaScript and they have a whole sort of API explorer." }, { "start": 181.48000000000002, "end": 185.4, "text": " These are all the functions that will be available to a program using JavaScript." }, { "start": 185.4, "end": 189.92000000000002, "text": " So I'm going to make Misty angry." }, { "start": 189.92000000000002, "end": 195.04000000000002, "text": " And then confused." }, { "start": 195.04, "end": 197.88, "text": " And then unamused." }, { "start": 197.88, "end": 198.88, "text": " All the negative emotions." }, { "start": 198.88, "end": 199.88, "text": " This is good." }, { "start": 199.88, "end": 205.72, "text": " Misty 1 is supposed to ship in February of this year for $1,500 and it's really targeted" }, { "start": 205.72, "end": 206.72, "text": " at developers." }, { "start": 206.72, "end": 211.7, "text": " If you've seen the Misty Robotics website, they're teasing this real slick looking robot." }, { "start": 211.7, "end": 216.68, "text": " That's Misty 2, a future version of this that will hopefully launch later this year." }, { "start": 216.68, "end": 220.2, "text": " It'll still be for developers but it'll be a bit more of a polished product." }, { "start": 220.2, "end": 224.07999999999998, "text": " And hopefully there'll be a bunch of skills that you can play with and it'll be pretty" }, { "start": 224.08, "end": 228.48000000000002, "text": " accessible for people who understand a little bit about programming." }, { "start": 228.48, "end": 254.56, "text": " So I'm excited to make my own robot come alive and do whatever I want." } ]

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49.480000000000004, "text": " The Smart Vision EQ was announced late last year at the Frankfurt Motor Show and this" }, { "start": 49.48, "end": 52.48, "text": " was the first time that Mercedes has brought it to the United States." }, { "start": 52.48, "end": 57.519999999999996, "text": " It was the kind of opportunity I didn't want to pass up to see this weird futuristic idea" }, { "start": 57.519999999999996, "end": 60.31999999999999, "text": " from one of the world's biggest and oldest automakers." }, { "start": 60.31999999999999, "end": 62.72, "text": " It was pretty chaotic when we got there." }, { "start": 62.72, "end": 66.75999999999999, "text": " Mercedes had shut down a whole section of Las Vegas Boulevard, had dozens of people" }, { "start": 66.75999999999999, "end": 71.08, "text": " coordinating the whole thing, and a ton of tourists were trying to snap photos or yell" }, { "start": 71.08, "end": 76.47999999999999, "text": " questions about just what exactly they were seeing." }, { "start": 76.48, "end": 81.68, "text": " I should be clear, this is not driving itself like it is supposed to someday." }, { "start": 81.68, "end": 86.04, "text": " There's literally a guy with a bunch of joysticks in a bag who's going to be driving us down" }, { "start": 86.04, "end": 91.48, "text": " this strip, so let's see how this goes." }, { "start": 91.48, "end": 95.52000000000001, "text": " So here we go, we're moving." }, { "start": 95.52000000000001, "end": 97.76, "text": " None of the stuff in here is actually really working." }, { "start": 97.76, "end": 101.72, "text": " I mean, the screen is lighting up and showing us a demo, but I'm touching it and it's not" }, { "start": 101.72, "end": 102.72, "text": " doing anything." }, { "start": 102.72, "end": 103.72, "text": " It's not an actual touch screen." }, { "start": 103.72, "end": 108.76, "text": " These are like speakers or cameras or lights or something, but I can't really tell." }, { "start": 108.76, "end": 115.16, "text": " This is really just like a mock-up of what Mercedes thinks a self-driving car would be" }, { "start": 115.16, "end": 116.66, "text": " like in 2030." }, { "start": 116.66, "end": 121.16, "text": " Something that you would order on your phone and have come pick you up so that you can" }, { "start": 121.16, "end": 123.84, "text": " go out to wherever it is you want to go." }, { "start": 123.84, "end": 128.56, "text": " It's based off of the Smart Fortwo, so an actual car that's on the road today, which" }, { "start": 128.56, "end": 132.88, "text": " is why it might look a little bit similar to you if you've ever seen some of those flashier," }, { "start": 132.88, "end": 137.48, "text": " newer smart cars, but obviously redesigned with a whole bunch of future flair." }, { "start": 137.48, "end": 141.42, "text": " You've got these crazy blue lights, these doors that scissor up and down and sound like" }, { "start": 141.42, "end": 144.35999999999999, "text": " they're in a 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back, which is cool because we're on the Las Vegas" }, { "start": 177.32, "end": 178.32, "text": " strip." }, { "start": 178.32, "end": 179.32, "text": " We can see everything that's happening." }, { "start": 179.32, "end": 180.66, "text": " Like, there's Planet Hollywood." }, { "start": 180.66, "end": 182.8, "text": " There's the Paris." }, { "start": 182.8, "end": 183.8, "text": " That's still Planet Hollywood." }, { "start": 183.8, "end": 186.12, "text": " I never knew Planet Hollywood was so big." }, { "start": 186.12, "end": 190.66, "text": " All of this, the see-through design, the giant screen, has to do with how Mercedes thinks" }, { "start": 190.66, "end": 193.35999999999999, "text": " we'll one day use a fully self-driving car." }, { "start": 193.35999999999999, "end": 198.62, "text": " And while some companies imagine them as workspaces or store experiences, the SmartVision EQ is" }, { "start": 198.62, "end": 202.78, "text": " all about turning your car into a rolling smartphone ride with things like your favorite" }, { "start": 202.78, "end": 206.2, "text": " entertainment or social media accounts available right in the dashboard." }, { "start": 206.2, "end": 208.6, "text": " Now, maybe that's a good idea or not." }, { "start": 208.6, "end": 212.5, "text": " I can tell you right now, though, that the idea of my Twitter feed scrolling by on the" }, { "start": 212.5, "end": 216, "text": " dashboard of a self-driving car is already giving me nightmares." }, { "start": 216, "end": 220.35999999999999, "text": " Oh, there's a picture of a turtle, and it's got 203 likes." }, { "start": 220.36, "end": 221.36, "text": " That has more." }, { "start": 221.36, "end": 225.4, "text": " The turtle from the future has more likes than my Instagram posts." }, { "start": 225.4, "end": 230.76000000000002, "text": " So we've gone back and forth down the street a couple times now, and so here's as much" }, { "start": 230.76000000000002, "end": 236.76000000000002, "text": " as I can tell you going 12 miles an hour in a remote-controlled version of this car." }, { "start": 236.76000000000002, "end": 237.76000000000002, "text": " I get it." }, { "start": 237.76000000000002, "end": 240.36, "text": " Like, I get what Mercedes is really trying to do here." }, { "start": 240.36, "end": 241.36, "text": " There's no steering wheel." }, { "start": 241.36, "end": 242.36, "text": " There's no pedals." }, { "start": 242.36, "end": 243.44000000000003, "text": " You hail the car." }, { "start": 243.44000000000003, "end": 244.44000000000003, "text": " You hop in." }, { "start": 244.44000000000003, "end": 249.72000000000003, "text": " You've got your smartphone apps connected, your social media, your entertainment, and" }, { "start": 249.72, "end": 250.72, "text": " you don't have to worry." }, { "start": 250.72, "end": 255.04, "text": " You can just take it and enjoy the view, and that all sounds great, but there's so much" }, { "start": 255.04, "end": 260.72, "text": " more work to be done to get the technology, the automotive technology ready to get self-driving" }, { "start": 260.72, "end": 266.82, "text": " cars to this level that by the time we get there, by the time we get to 2030, so much" }, { "start": 266.82, "end": 271.96, "text": " more is going to change that it's hard to say how close this really is to what we'll" }, { "start": 271.96, "end": 273.6, "text": " eventually be riding." }, { "start": 273.6, "end": 277.12, "text": " So it's nice that Mercedes is thinking about these things." }, { "start": 277.12, "end": 282.6, "text": " It is sweet to see that they're willing to put this much work into making sure everybody" }, { "start": 282.6, "end": 287.76, "text": " knows that they're thinking about these things, but for right now, it's just another sort" }, { "start": 287.76, "end": 293.52, "text": " of stab in the dark at what our future of moving around looks like." }, { "start": 293.52, "end": 299.16, "text": " So for more weird self-driving cars, electric cars, rideables, all the crazy stuff we've" }, { "start": 299.16, "end": 304.12, "text": " seen this week at CES 2018, go to youtube.com slash the verge and click subscribe, and while" }, { "start": 304.12, "end": 307.44, "text": " you're at it, go to the verge.com slash CES." }, { "start": 307.44, "end": 310.28000000000003, "text": " Everything else we've done this week is there and so much more." }, { "start": 310.28, "end": 334.67999999999995, "text": " Thanks for watching." } ]

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[ { "start": 0, "end": 6, "text": " So we just might have broken a $16,000 laundry folding robot" }, { "start": 6, "end": 11, "text": " because I insisted on demoing it with a Verge T-shirt that I brought" }, { "start": 11, "end": 14, "text": " and apparently it wasn't really made for that." }, { "start": 14, "end": 19, "text": " So we're just waiting for it to pop out with the T-shirt whenever it's ready." }, { "start": 19, "end": 25, "text": " I feel really anxious and apologetic and I never meant to harm this machine." }, { "start": 27, "end": 29, "text": " Thank you." }, { "start": 29, "end": 32, "text": " To be fair, it is a really complicated piece of technology." }, { "start": 32, "end": 36, "text": " It's called the Laundroid by a Japanese company called Seven Dreamers." }, { "start": 36, "end": 41, "text": " It's got AI neural networks, deep learning, it's got robotic arms on the inside" }, { "start": 41, "end": 45, "text": " that'll pick up a piece of clothing and scan it with the camera in 3D" }, { "start": 45, "end": 48, "text": " to see what kind of clothing item it is." }, { "start": 48, "end": 52, "text": " For example, this Verge T-shirt, the robotic arms would pick it up" }, { "start": 52, "end": 57, "text": " and it would determine which side is the front, where is the collar, how long are the sleeves." }, { "start": 57, "end": 60, "text": " This Verge T-shirt didn't work because it's black" }, { "start": 60, "end": 64, "text": " and this demo version is only set up to work with bright colors." }, { "start": 64, "end": 69, "text": " So it actually works with a companion app that catalogs all of your clothing items for you." }, { "start": 69, "end": 72, "text": " So when you first set it up, you can feed it all of your clothing items" }, { "start": 72, "end": 75, "text": " and it can even categorize it by household family member." }, { "start": 75, "end": 80, "text": " It'll eventually even have Alexa integration because what doesn't have Alexa integration these days?" }, { "start": 80, "end": 85, "text": " And of course, because this is CES, Laundroid isn't the only laundry folding robot here." }, { "start": 85, "end": 91, "text": " We saw one yesterday called Fold-A-Mate, which is about half the size and around $850." }, { "start": 91, "end": 96, "text": " But you have to clip on the clothing individually and who has time for that?" }, { "start": 96, "end": 99, "text": " So should I start saving all my quarters for the Koi Laundromat" }, { "start": 99, "end": 102, "text": " or a machine that will fold it all for me?" }, { "start": 102, "end": 115, "text": " For more CES coverage, check us out on YouTube at youtube.com slash the Verge." } ]

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There are touch sensors all" }, { "start": 38.88, "end": 43.160000000000004, "text": " over it so you can pet it under the chin, on the top of its head, on its back. And you" }, { "start": 43.160000000000004, "end": 47.56, "text": " can see how he reacts to the sensation of being petted. There's a camera in his nose" }, { "start": 47.56, "end": 51.44, "text": " so he can recognize people in the family that he lives with. And there's a camera on his" }, { "start": 51.44, "end": 56.28, "text": " back which helps orientate it in his surroundings. And of course the whole point of Aibo is that" }, { "start": 56.28, "end": 63.28, "text": " it's a robot pet, right? So it can sit, it can fetch, it can shake your hand, it can" }, { "start": 63.52, "end": 67.92, "text": " pick up the bone if it can align itself with the bone. It's not the greatest environment" }, { "start": 67.92, "end": 73.16, "text": " to recreate a home with all these people and Wi-Fi signals flying around. 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So it's" }, { "start": 108.52, "end": 113.92, "text": " kind of like a robot vacuum cleaner with legs. And yeah, these OLED eyes are leveraging Sony's" }, { "start": 113.92, "end": 118.8, "text": " technology. The whole point is that it's meant to interact naturally with your voice and" }, { "start": 118.8, "end": 122.64, "text": " through the camera in its nose, it'll actually recognize family members that play with it" }, { "start": 122.64, "end": 126.44, "text": " more and sort of build a stronger relationship with them. It'll actually interact with them" }, { "start": 126.44, "end": 131.51999999999998, "text": " in a more friendly and realistic way. All of these technological advances, while the" }, { "start": 131.51999999999998, "end": 137.12, "text": " concept isn't totally new, the technological advances are there to help build a more realistic" }, { "start": 137.12, "end": 141.4, "text": " relationship with the dog. And that's actually a really big deal because while the idea of" }, { "start": 141.4, "end": 148.04, "text": " a robot pet may seem strange, in Japan there was a huge, huge community of Aibo owners" }, { "start": 148.04, "end": 154.16, "text": " who got really upset when support for the line ended. There's no longer technical support" }, { "start": 154.16, "end": 158.04000000000002, "text": " for Aibo in Japan and some people have even gone as far as to give funerals for their" }, { "start": 158.04000000000002, "end": 164.42000000000002, "text": " dogs. So this is the kind of thing that people really do feel a bond with and the technological" }, { "start": 164.42, "end": 169.6, "text": " advances are actually going to improve that kind of bond. So Aibo is only confirmed for" }, { "start": 169.6, "end": 174, "text": " a Japanese release right now, just like the original Aibo line was Japan only. 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so you could say they probably know what they're doing." }, { "start": 31.64, "end": 35.68, "text": " Now they've partnered with Microsoft, it's running on Windows 10 IoT Core, that probably" }, { "start": 35.68, "end": 37.72, "text": " doesn't mean a lot to you." }, { "start": 37.72, "end": 41.76, "text": " But what it does mean is essentially it's running on a Qualcomm chip." }, { "start": 41.76, "end": 45.480000000000004, "text": " So it's really like an Internet of Things device, but it's going to be a thermostat" }, { "start": 45.480000000000004, "end": 48.92, "text": " that's going to sit on your wall, control your heating, your cooling and everything" }, { "start": 48.92, "end": 49.92, "text": " else." }, { "start": 49.92, "end": 54.760000000000005, "text": " So we've seen a bunch of different smart thermostats, one from Nest, that's obviously the big player" }, { "start": 54.760000000000005, "end": 55.760000000000005, "text": " in the market." }, { "start": 55.76, "end": 60.72, "text": " And Ekobe's got one with Alexa integration, and the difference with Johnson Controls," }, { "start": 60.72, "end": 64.6, "text": " they're kind of really digging into monitoring your house in a way that perhaps the other" }, { "start": 64.6, "end": 66.24, "text": " thermostats aren't." }, { "start": 66.24, "end": 69.6, "text": " So there's three sensors inside here, there's a carbon dioxide sensor, and there's other" }, { "start": 69.6, "end": 71.64, "text": " sensors that are going to monitor like your air quality." }, { "start": 71.64, "end": 75.6, "text": " So they're going to work out what the air quality is inside and out, so that will help" }, { "start": 75.6, "end": 79.64, "text": " with like when your cooling systems are coming on, or even your heating systems." }, { "start": 79.64, "end": 82, "text": " There's even stuff like emergency stuff for when you're away." }, { "start": 82, "end": 87.08, "text": " So if you're in a really cold city, like New York City has been recently, then if you're" }, { "start": 87.08, "end": 93.84, "text": " away this thermostat will like spin up and keep your components like all safe and sound." }, { "start": 93.84, "end": 97.12, "text": " So let's just dig into exactly what you can do with this thermostat." }, { "start": 97.12, "end": 101.52, "text": " Obviously you can control it with your fingers and with touch, as you'd expect, and you get" }, { "start": 101.52, "end": 105.96000000000001, "text": " all the sort of information you would expect from like an interface on a thermostat." }, { "start": 105.96000000000001, "end": 108.12, "text": " What's really different is obviously the Cortana integration." }, { "start": 108.12, "end": 110.56, "text": " Hey Cortana." }, { "start": 110.56, "end": 112.64, "text": " What's the weather like in London?" }, { "start": 112.64, "end": 117.44, "text": " In London it's mostly cloudy and 41, with cloudy skies and a hot day." }, { "start": 117.44, "end": 121.60000000000001, "text": " Okay so at the moment the Cortana integration is fairly basic." }, { "start": 121.60000000000001, "end": 125.60000000000001, "text": " Johnson Controls tells me that in the future there's going to be a lot of visual cues," }, { "start": 125.60000000000001, "end": 127.64, "text": " the sort of stuff you'd expect from Cortana on the PC." }, { "start": 127.64, "end": 131.54, "text": " But at the moment it's only voice and it's going to respond with voice." }, { "start": 131.54, "end": 135.16, "text": " In terms of the user interface, you've obviously got a lot of the energy saving settings that" }, { "start": 135.16, "end": 136.16, "text": " you'd expect." }, { "start": 136.16, "end": 140.4, "text": " You can dig in, work out what energy you saved." }, { "start": 140.4, "end": 145.88, "text": " You can even set smart controls on stuff like your heating, so you can edit a schedule." }, { "start": 145.88, "end": 150.4, "text": " Similar to the sort of stuff you'd see on most smart thermostats." }, { "start": 150.4, "end": 152.84, "text": " You can copy those across to other days pretty easily." }, { "start": 152.84, "end": 154.56, "text": " There's also a mobile app." }, { "start": 154.56, "end": 158.12, "text": " Now that will be the exact same sort of user interface as what we're seeing here, so you" }, { "start": 158.12, "end": 162.28, "text": " can set all those sort of things from afar as well if you don't want to constantly play" }, { "start": 162.28, "end": 163.28, "text": " with the screen." }, { "start": 163.28, "end": 169.24, "text": " But yeah, as you can see, it's a pretty, I'd say, we've said before it's a pretty beautiful" }, { "start": 169.24, "end": 171.8, "text": " device and I think that plays through." }, { "start": 171.8, "end": 174.28, "text": " It's pretty unique with a translucent display as well." }, { "start": 174.28, "end": 177.4, "text": " So Johnston Controls is actually pitching this in the consumer space, so it's going" }, { "start": 177.4, "end": 180.72, "text": " to be sold through the Microsoft Store, through their own retail outlets." }, { "start": 180.72, "end": 184.88, "text": " And you're going to be able to get this installed by a technician or you can actually do it" }, { "start": 184.88, "end": 188.32000000000002, "text": " yourself and there's going to be visual cues on the screen that will tell you which wires" }, { "start": 188.32000000000002, "end": 190.60000000000002, "text": " you've connected and which you haven't." }, { "start": 190.60000000000002, "end": 194.52, "text": " So it's going to be available for pre-order in March and it's going to run for around" }, { "start": 194.52, "end": 195.52, "text": " about $319." }, { "start": 195.52, "end": 199.60000000000002, "text": " And for that you're going to obviously get all the Cortana integration, the translucent" }, { "start": 199.60000000000002, "end": 203.44, "text": " display and just a kind of really unique thermostat that we haven't really seen elsewhere." }, { "start": 203.44, "end": 207.4, "text": " Okay, so it's a real quick look at the Johnston Controls glass thermostat, which is obviously" }, { "start": 207.4, "end": 208.76000000000002, "text": " Cortana powered." }, { "start": 208.76000000000002, "end": 213.20000000000002, "text": " And for more devices at CES this week, don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel" }, { "start": 213.2, "end": 224.51999999999998, "text": " and you'll see a lot more just like this." } ]

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going to go through with the YumBly app." }, { "start": 31.64, "end": 35.96, "text": " You can use the image recognition portion of this app to either scan your entire fridge" }, { "start": 35.96, "end": 38.04, "text": " or just the ingredients you want to cook tonight." }, { "start": 38.04, "end": 44.04, "text": " So let's see what we got." }, { "start": 44.04, "end": 51.239999999999995, "text": " So we've got asparagus, so you want a protein and that's salmon and round it out with potato" }, { "start": 51.239999999999995, "end": 56.06, "text": " and based on that alone, we have a handful of recipes that we can make." }, { "start": 56.06, "end": 58.980000000000004, "text": " So let's go with that one." }, { "start": 58.98, "end": 62.64, "text": " And you have the instructions here but you also have an ingredient list of what else" }, { "start": 62.64, "end": 66.84, "text": " you need such as lemon and salt, that's pretty basic standard stuff." }, { "start": 66.84, "end": 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[ { "start": 0, "end": 5.44, "text": " Hey, I'm Vlad with The Verge here at CES 2018 and the phone I have in front of me is the" }, { "start": 5.44, "end": 10.44, "text": " first one to have a fingerprint sensor integrated into the display." }, { "start": 10.44, "end": 13.44, "text": " And it actually worked." }, { "start": 13.44, "end": 20.12, "text": " So this is the first phone to have the fingerprint sensor integrated into the display." }, { "start": 20.12, "end": 25.02, "text": " So it's right in this area down here, which is available to use as you would with any" }, { "start": 25.02, "end": 27.12, "text": " other smartphone display." }, { "start": 27.12, "end": 32.76, "text": " When you lock the phone and you want to unlock it, it turns into a fingerprint sensor." }, { "start": 32.76, "end": 36.84, "text": " It works exactly like the capacitive fingerprint sensor you might have seen on an Apple iPhone" }, { "start": 36.84, "end": 39.44, "text": " or Samsung Galaxy S or 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was really ideal." }, { "start": 67.28, "end": 71.4, "text": " There were many reports that Samsung and Apple were trying to integrate it into the display" }, { "start": 71.4, "end": 76.84, "text": " itself under the OLED panel, and that's exactly what Vivo has done here with the help of Synaptics." }, { "start": 76.84, "end": 79.08000000000001, "text": " Vivo is the first company to introduce this." }, { "start": 79.08000000000001, "end": 83.64, "text": " It's very likely that there will be others following on for the rest of the year in 2018," }, { "start": 83.64, "end": 85.96000000000001, "text": " and it's really impressive." }, { "start": 85.96, "end": 91.24, "text": " It works exactly as the usual capacitive fingerprint sensor does, but it's just integrated into" }, { "start": 91.24, "end": 95, "text": " the display, and it feels a little bit magical because you're using the display as you would" }, { "start": 95, "end": 99.72, "text": " on any other phone, but when you lock the phone and you're trying to unlock it, you" }, { "start": 99.72, "end": 102.91999999999999, "text": " put your finger on it and it authenticates you." }, { "start": 102.91999999999999, "end": 105.38, "text": " It does the usual biometric authentication." }, { "start": 105.38, "end": 107, "text": " It's optical like the previous stuff." }, { "start": 107, "end": 111.91999999999999, "text": " Now, this only works with OLED panels because it's optical, and there's a Synaptics sensor" }, { "start": 111.91999999999999, "end": 114.88, "text": " down here at the bottom which looks through the OLED dots." }, { "start": 114.88, "end": 118.64, "text": " This wouldn't work with an LCD because that requires a backlight which would block that" }, { "start": 118.64, "end": 122.44, "text": " recognition, so you'll only be able to find this on smartphones with OLED displays coming" }, { "start": 122.44, "end": 124.08, "text": " up in the rest of this year." }, { "start": 124.08, "end": 127.36, "text": 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[ { "start": 0, "end": 2, "text": " Look at this crazy keynote." }, { "start": 2, "end": 5, "text": " How did this happen?" }, { "start": 5, "end": 6, "text": " Let's say you're Intel." }, { "start": 6, "end": 9, "text": " You make laptop chips and server chips, and they're good," }, { "start": 9, "end": 12, "text": " but people don't really care about that stuff that much anymore." }, { "start": 12, "end": 14, "text": " So what do you do?" }, { "start": 14, "end": 18, "text": " Well, you hold a giant keynote at the biggest electronic show of the year" }, { "start": 18, "end": 20, "text": " to tell a new story." }, { "start": 20, "end": 24, "text": " But let's say a week or so before your giant crazy keynote," }, { "start": 24, "end": 27, "text": " there's a huge, massive security flaw" }, { "start": 27, "end": 30, "text": " in every computer chip made in the past 20 years" }, { "start": 30, "end": 33, "text": " that could slow your stuff down by as much as 30%." }, { "start": 33, "end": 35, "text": " Well, then what do you do?" }, { "start": 35, "end": 38, "text": " If you're Intel, you do this." }, { "start": 38, "end": 42, "text": " Before we start, I want to take a moment to thank the industry" }, { "start": 42, "end": 45, "text": " for coming together for another purpose." }, { "start": 45, "end": 49, "text": " To address the recent security research findings" }, { "start": 49, "end": 52, "text": " reported as Meltdown and Spectre." }, { "start": 52, "end": 56, "text": " The best thing you can do to make sure your data remains safe" }, { "start": 56, "end": 61, "text": " is to apply any updates from your operating system vendor" }, { "start": 61, "end": 66, "text": " and system manufacturer as soon as they become available." }, { "start": 66, "end": 70, "text": " Well, that was awkward, but it was necessary." }, { "start": 70, "end": 74, "text": " Intel needs to be honest about Spectre and Meltdown." }, { "start": 74, "end": 77, "text": " But it also wants to tell that other new story." }, { "start": 77, "end": 81, "text": " And when you're at CES, the only way to tell a story" }, { "start": 81, "end": 85, "text": " is with a gigantic, crazy, light-up spectacle." }, { "start": 85, "end": 89, "text": " Intel decided to let me go run around backstage at a rehearsal" }, { "start": 89, "end": 91, "text": " to see how that spectacle gets made." }, { "start": 91, "end": 93, "text": " So we did that." }, { "start": 93, "end": 96, "text": " So it's a couple days before CES actually kicks off," }, { "start": 96, "end": 99, "text": " and we're here at the Park Theater at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas" }, { "start": 99, "end": 102, "text": " going backstage to look at Intel's keynote." }, { "start": 102, "end": 104, "text": " They're rehearsing right now." }, { "start": 104, "end": 107, "text": " We're watching lots of crazy stuff happen with data lines" }, { "start": 107, "end": 110, "text": " flying from a piano to AR, VR, guitar players." }, { "start": 110, "end": 112, "text": " We're expecting a lot more," }, { "start": 112, "end": 115, "text": " and this happens backstage at a CES keynote." }, { "start": 115, "end": 118, "text": " Uh..." }, { "start": 118, "end": 122, "text": " So I am on the stage." }, { "start": 122, "end": 124, "text": " This is surreal." }, { "start": 124, "end": 127, "text": " I've never given a keynote before." }, { "start": 127, "end": 131, "text": " Later on, we're going to see a giant helicopter drone thing" }, { "start": 131, "end": 135, "text": " called the Volocopter take off right here on stage." }, { "start": 135, "end": 139, "text": " There's going to be a car, a self-driving car, that comes out." }, { "start": 139, "end": 142, "text": " And, man, I don't even know." }, { "start": 142, "end": 145, "text": " Intel is really, really motivated to convince you" }, { "start": 145, "end": 147, "text": " that they should be part of your story" }, { "start": 147, "end": 149, "text": " of all the data in the universe," }, { "start": 149, "end": 152, "text": " and they want to also remind you that, you know," }, { "start": 152, "end": 155, "text": " that chips are good, and even though they had to slow them down" }, { "start": 155, "end": 158, "text": " because of that security thing, they can do cool stuff." }, { "start": 158, "end": 161, "text": " That is the CEO of Intel, Brian Krizanich." }, { "start": 161, "end": 163, "text": " We were originally going to interview him" }, { "start": 163, "end": 166, "text": " about Intel's announcements right after this rehearsal," }, { "start": 166, "end": 168, "text": " but then meltdown happened," }, { "start": 168, "end": 171, "text": " and he decided that he needed to cancel the interview." }, { "start": 171, "end": 174, "text": " But he did give us this photo bomb, so I guess that's nice." }, { "start": 174, "end": 177, "text": " I wonder if he knew what I was talking about" }, { "start": 177, "end": 179, "text": " when he jumped on camera." }, { "start": 179, "end": 182, "text": " Now, Spectre is everybody's problem, not just Intel's." }, { "start": 182, "end": 184, "text": " Intel has a bigger problem." }, { "start": 184, "end": 186, "text": " You don't buy anything from them." }, { "start": 186, "end": 189, "text": " You buy from Apple and Amazon and Microsoft." }, { "start": 189, "end": 193, "text": " And, sure, there's often Intel chips inside that stuff," }, { "start": 193, "end": 195, "text": " but you don't care, and why should you?" }, { "start": 195, "end": 197, "text": " They're not right there, right in front of you." }, { "start": 197, "end": 200, "text": " Anyway, there's so much more that they show us at their stage," }, { "start": 200, "end": 202, "text": " so let's get back to that." }, { "start": 202, "end": 205, "text": " CES is when Intel can get in front of you." }, { "start": 205, "end": 208, "text": " It creates this massive production, this gigantic show," }, { "start": 208, "end": 211, "text": " to convince you to care, to get you to feel as connected to Intel" }, { "start": 211, "end": 214, "text": " as you do to your phone." }, { "start": 214, "end": 217, "text": " That's why Intel's keynote starts with sports." }, { "start": 217, "end": 220, "text": " It's directly involved in the thing that you actually care about." }, { "start": 220, "end": 224, "text": " Intel has these camera systems that are pointing at football fields," }, { "start": 224, "end": 229, "text": " and with them, it knows where the players are, like characters in a video game." }, { "start": 229, "end": 233, "text": " So you can see the game from the perspective of the quarterback." }, { "start": 233, "end": 235, "text": " It converts everything that these cameras see" }, { "start": 235, "end": 237, "text": " into these things called voxels." }, { "start": 237, "end": 239, "text": " Now, imagine a Rubik's Cube." }, { "start": 239, "end": 241, "text": " Each of those cubes is a point in space." }, { "start": 241, "end": 245, "text": " Now imagine a Rubik's Cube that covers an entire football stadium." }, { "start": 245, "end": 249, "text": " Then imagine you can see and track every single one of those cubes." }, { "start": 249, "end": 252, "text": " Intel is doing the same thing for the Winter Olympics." }, { "start": 252, "end": 255, "text": " It's going to let them create VR experiences from the games." }, { "start": 255, "end": 260, "text": " Intel's also getting into understanding other kinds of spaces, like roads." }, { "start": 260, "end": 264, "text": " So it partnered with Ford to make better self-driving cars." }, { "start": 264, "end": 267, "text": " All right, so now we're going to go look at the Ford Fusion self-driving car." }, { "start": 267, "end": 270, "text": " What's interesting about this car is it's actually part of a fleet." }, { "start": 270, "end": 273, "text": " They are rolling out, I don't know, 100 or something of these things," }, { "start": 273, "end": 275, "text": " and they actually intend to have them on the road." }, { "start": 275, "end": 277, "text": " They say they're level 4." }, { "start": 277, "end": 281, "text": " Yeah, we rode in the car right there on the keynote stage." }, { "start": 281, "end": 285, "text": " Intel's also trying to understand where things are in the air." }, { "start": 285, "end": 287, "text": " It's helping make the Volocopter possible," }, { "start": 287, "end": 290, "text": " which is this gigantic helicopter drone thing" }, { "start": 290, "end": 294, "text": " that both companies hope will someday become a self-driving vehicle," }, { "start": 294, "end": 296, "text": " like a Jetsons car." }, { "start": 296, "end": 298, "text": " We got to check out the Volocopter up close" }, { "start": 298, "end": 302, "text": " and see it fly during the keynote behind a giant glass wall" }, { "start": 302, "end": 307, "text": " right there in the room." }, { "start": 308, "end": 311, "text": " Oh, look at this." }, { "start": 311, "end": 314, "text": " So this is the Shooting Star Mini." }, { "start": 314, "end": 318, "text": " It is, it looks, you know, it weighs like next to nothing." }, { "start": 318, "end": 321, "text": " You've probably seen a lot of these little home drones that you can get" }, { "start": 321, "end": 323, "text": " that just fly all over creation." }, { "start": 323, "end": 326, "text": " But this is much more stable, I think." }, { "start": 326, "end": 329, "text": " You know, they had the little light show going." }, { "start": 329, "end": 333, "text": " There's obviously Intel chips in here to power it." }, { "start": 333, "end": 337, "text": " It seems, yeah, it seems like a good little drone." }, { "start": 337, "end": 341, "text": " Intel has tiny new drones that can safely fly around indoors." }, { "start": 341, "end": 345, "text": " Now, you can't go buy one, but you can go buy a hundred" }, { "start": 345, "end": 348, "text": " and turn them into a choreographed dancing star field." }, { "start": 348, "end": 351, "text": " It doesn't look like much on the screen that you're looking at right now," }, { "start": 351, "end": 354, "text": " but in real life, seeing those tiny points of light" }, { "start": 354, "end": 359, "text": " moving in a cyclone right above your head is kind of amazing." }, { "start": 359, "end": 363, "text": " All the stuff happening on stage is just bonkers crazy." }, { "start": 363, "end": 365, "text": " The floor is a giant screen." }, { "start": 365, "end": 369, "text": " Pillars and balls of light descend and ascend from the sky." }, { "start": 369, "end": 372, "text": " The weird wild graphics on the screen," }, { "start": 372, "end": 375, "text": " they ride the line of a dystopian future hellscape," }, { "start": 375, "end": 377, "text": " but they don't quite cross it." }, { "start": 377, "end": 382, "text": " There's acrobats wearing completely crazy LED suits and helmets" }, { "start": 382, "end": 384, "text": " jumping around on trampolines." }, { "start": 384, "end": 387, "text": " The spectacle of it all, the sound and the fury," }, { "start": 387, "end": 390, "text": " the planning and above all, all of the money," }, { "start": 390, "end": 395, "text": " it's all designed to convince you that Intel isn't just a boring PC chip company." }, { "start": 395, "end": 397, "text": " Did it work?" }, { "start": 397, "end": 401, "text": " Yeah, the problem here is Intel isn't actually trying to tell one story." }, { "start": 401, "end": 403, "text": " It's trying to tell half a dozen." }, { "start": 403, "end": 405, "text": " One of those stories is about data." }, { "start": 405, "end": 407, "text": " Did you hear? It's the new oil." }, { "start": 407, "end": 409, "text": " Sure." }, { "start": 409, "end": 412, "text": " They're also telling stories about quantum computing and neuromorphic chips" }, { "start": 412, "end": 414, "text": " and whatever else." }, { "start": 414, "end": 418, "text": " Intel is kind of famous for making product demos that never go anywhere." }, { "start": 418, "end": 422, "text": " The problem is Intel wants to be everything to everybody," }, { "start": 422, "end": 424, "text": " which is impossible." }, { "start": 424, "end": 429, "text": " So it often feels like Intel ends up being kind of nothing to nobody." }, { "start": 429, "end": 433, "text": " This year, Intel is actually showing you stuff you're going to be able to experience," }, { "start": 433, "end": 435, "text": " which is refreshing." }, { "start": 435, "end": 439, "text": " The real story here is that Intel can turn real objects in space" }, { "start": 439, "end": 442, "text": " into data on your computer." }, { "start": 442, "end": 444, "text": " Other companies know about pixels on a screen," }, { "start": 444, "end": 448, "text": " but Intel is on a path to know about real 3D space." }, { "start": 448, "end": 451, "text": " But that story, it got a little lost in all the spectacle." }, { "start": 451, "end": 456, "text": " And again, getting lost in the spectacle is the oldest CES story of all." }, { "start": 457, "end": 461, "text": " So for much more of what's happening here at CES 2018," }, { "start": 461, "end": 463, "text": " go to youtube.com slash The Verge," }, { "start": 463, "end": 467, "text": " hit that subscribe button, and prepare to soak in the strangeness" }, { "start": 467, "end": 494, "text": " of the Consumer Electronics Show." } ]

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35.8, "end": 41.12, "text": " And they're usually big flashy events that talk about high top speeds and really crazy" }, { "start": 41.12, "end": 42.92, "text": " zero to 60 times." }, { "start": 42.92, "end": 44.8, "text": " We didn't get any of that from Byton." }, { "start": 44.8, "end": 48.08, "text": " What they really focused on was more about what it's going to be like to be inside this" }, { "start": 48.08, "end": 49.08, "text": " car." }, { "start": 49.08, "end": 51.84, "text": " And that means whether you're driving it or whether you're riding in it or whether you're" }, { "start": 51.84, "end": 57.2, "text": " riding in it when it's operating in semi or fully autonomous mode." }, { "start": 57.2, "end": 60.800000000000004, "text": " And the centerpiece of all of this, and I can't believe I haven't talked about it yet," }, { "start": 60.800000000000004, "end": 65.36, "text": " is a gigantic dashboard sized screen." }, { "start": 65.36, "end": 68.4, "text": " It is 49 inches 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}, { "start": 100.12, "end": 104.86, "text": " As if a giant screen in the dashboard wasn't enough, there's a whole other part to this" }, { "start": 104.86, "end": 106.36, "text": " in that it's not a touchscreen." }, { "start": 106.36, "end": 112.2, "text": " You're actually controlling it either by the tablet on the steering wheel or through gesture" }, { "start": 112.2, "end": 113.2, "text": " recognition." }, { "start": 113.2, "end": 118.36, "text": " There are cameras right below the screen that let you point and sort of move your hand around" }, { "start": 118.36, "end": 119.36, "text": " and pinch." }, { "start": 119.36, "end": 123.68, "text": " You can do all these different things to move through the menus and open up media streaming" }, { "start": 123.68, "end": 127.44, "text": " or teleconferencing or navigation." }, { "start": 127.44, "end": 130.6, "text": " All the things that you would expect in a futuristic smart car." }, { "start": 130.6, "end": 132.56, "text": " There's so much more going on in this car too." }, { "start": 132.56, "end": 137.36, "text": " There's a whole part of the user interface that connects to your wearables and will track" }, { "start": 137.36, "end": 138.52, "text": " things like your health." }, { "start": 138.52, "end": 142.28, "text": " There's facial recognition on the side of the car that can recognize when you come up" }, { "start": 142.28, "end": 146.76, "text": " to the car and load up all your preferences and unlock the car for you." }, { "start": 146.76, "end": 152.72, "text": " It's a pretty wild take on the future of cars and Byton really wants to deliver that in" }, { "start": 152.72, "end": 154.6, "text": " the near future, which is really strange." }, { "start": 154.6, "end": 159.76, "text": " Now, Byton plans to offer all of this in both an economy sort of base level model that will" }, { "start": 159.76, "end": 165.48, "text": " cost around $45,000 US and a high performance model that will get you a little bit closer" }, { "start": 165.48, "end": 169.84, "text": " to that feeling of being in a Tesla Model X." }, { "start": 169.84, "end": 171.72, "text": " And we did get a chance to ride in the car." }, { "start": 171.72, "end": 174.2, "text": " We got to see all of those UI elements at play." }, { "start": 174.2, "end": 178.36, "text": " They're all definitely still a work in progress, especially the gesture control." }, { "start": 178.36, "end": 182.48, "text": " And it was fun to ride around in, but it's not the kind of thing that will blow you away" }, { "start": 182.48, "end": 186.07999999999998, "text": " like other high performance EVs that we've seen over the last couple of years." }, { "start": 186.07999999999998, "end": 189, "text": " Even with the talent that Byton's acquired, this is going to be an immense challenge to" }, { "start": 189, "end": 192.32, "text": " get a car like this onto the road in just two years time." }, { "start": 192.32, "end": 195.56, "text": " They do have a factory that they're already working on in China and they are headed towards" }, { "start": 195.56, "end": 196.56, "text": " this goal." }, { "start": 196.56, "end": 199.48, "text": " But if we've learned anything from the EV startups we've seen over the last couple of" }, { "start": 199.48, "end": 203.04, "text": " years, it's that Byton's going to have a very long road ahead to get there." }, { "start": 203.04, "end": 207.12, "text": " For more electric cars, self-driving cars, all the crazy stuff we're seeing here at CES" }, { "start": 207.12, "end": 210.6, "text": " 2018, subscribe to The Verge on YouTube, youtube.com slash theverge." }, { "start": 210.6, "end": 213.04, "text": " And go to theverge.com slash CES, everything else is there." }, { "start": 213.04, "end": 214.04, "text": " What are you waiting for?" }, { "start": 214.04, "end": 215.04, "text": " Thanks for watching." }, { "start": 215.04, "end": 219, "text": " Oh god, I've got Lyft drivers emailing me angry about the self-driving piece." }, { "start": 219, "end": 224.12, "text": " No, about the whole thing, like they hate Lyft." }, { "start": 224.12, "end": 225.12, "text": " But they drive for Lyft?" }, { "start": 225.12, "end": 226.12, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 226.12, "end": 227.12, "text": " I didn't look at it." }, { "start": 227.12, "end": 228.12, "text": " Yeah, it's weird." }, { "start": 228.12, "end": 230.12, "text": " I don't know." } ]

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"start": 489.8, "end": 518.52, "text": " The exact same scene captured volumetrically." }, { "start": 518.52, "end": 524.92, "text": " Now the important thing to remember is that we shot this scene only one time." }, { "start": 524.92, "end": 531.68, "text": " And now we have all that data and the ability to recreate the scene from any point of view." }, { "start": 531.68, "end": 537.56, "text": " One of the fascinating developments is the rise of neuromorphic computing." }, { "start": 537.56, "end": 543.92, "text": " We've been building something that truly mimics the way that the brain observes, learns and" }, { "start": 543.92, "end": 545.8, "text": " understands." }, { "start": 545.8, "end": 552, "text": " Our research efforts have produced a prototype chip called Loihi." }, { "start": 552, "end": 554.56, "text": " This has been a major research effort at Intel." }, { "start": 554.56, "end": 559.3199999999999, "text": " And today we have a fully functioning neuromorphic research 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"start": 856.48, "end": 864.3199999999999, "text": " Everything it does is made simple and possible by data." }, { "start": 864.3199999999999, "end": 870.8399999999999, "text": " Now this is not the type of drone you can buy in a store." }, { "start": 870.8399999999999, "end": 878.72, "text": " The hardware is a completely new design so it can be safely flown and navigate indoors" }, { "start": 878.72, "end": 880.44, "text": " where there is no GPS." }, { "start": 880.44, "end": 885.8000000000001, "text": " It has the most advanced software and is fully automated." }, { "start": 885.8000000000001, "end": 895.44, "text": " And a single fleet of a hundred drones can be controlled by one pilot." }, { "start": 895.44, "end": 900.08, "text": " I really hope you enjoyed the new member of our family." }, { "start": 900.08, "end": 909.88, "text": " Have a wonderful evening and enjoy CES 2018." } ]

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different from what you're showing off on stage at Intel right?" }, { "start": 95.48, "end": 99.28, "text": " Yes, so this is the Volocopter 2X, it's our latest model." }, { "start": 99.28, "end": 103.32, "text": " The doors is the most obvious change to the overall structure that we've made." }, { "start": 103.32, "end": 108.36, "text": " We've set the entire rotor level a bit higher, that's to have more passive safety." }, { "start": 108.36, "end": 113.76, "text": " We now have more room inside the fuselage and of course we have much more room for the" }, { "start": 113.76, "end": 114.76, "text": " battery compartment." }, { "start": 114.76, "end": 117.76, "text": " And where are you at for performance and endurance right now?" }, { "start": 117.76, "end": 125.04, "text": " So with the 2X we will reach 30 minutes of flight, which still isn't where people want" }, { "start": 125.04, "end": 130.02, "text": " it to be eventually but it is what we can live with based on the current 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electric" }, { "start": 163.07999999999998, "end": 167.82, "text": " motors and building this around electric technology as opposed to a helicopter which has many" }, { "start": 167.82, "end": 173.6, "text": " more moving parts and is far more complex is that something like this should be actually" }, { "start": 173.6, "end": 178.23999999999998, "text": " very easy to fly even if somebody doesn't have experience in a helicopter or something" }, { "start": 178.23999999999998, "end": 179.84, "text": " that requires a pilot's license." }, { "start": 179.84, "end": 183.72, "text": " Does that mean I could really hop in this thing and actually fly it without any experience" }, { "start": 183.72, "end": 184.72, "text": " like that?" }, { "start": 184.72, "end": 185.72, "text": " Absolutely." }, { "start": 185.72, "end": 186.72, "text": " It is so intuitive to fly." }, { "start": 186.72, "end": 188.92, "text": " You can put a five-year-old in there without any explanation." }, { "start": 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" So again from a psychological perspective." }, { "start": 217.12, "end": 218.6, "text": " I saw that in the prototype." }, { "start": 218.6, "end": 221.6, "text": " Explain how a parachute works on a thing with 18 rotors." }, { "start": 221.6, "end": 226.32, "text": " So actually that's the neat thing about the design of the helicopter." }, { "start": 226.32, "end": 229.38, "text": " We don't have a rotor covering the center piece." }, { "start": 229.38, "end": 236.04, "text": " So if the parachute shoots out, it of course is wired in a way throughout the entire fuselage." }, { "start": 236.04, "end": 241.88, "text": " So it will hold the entire fuselage, the cabins with the passenger inside." }, { "start": 241.88, "end": 247.84, "text": " And actually it's a ballistic rocket that's being shot out in order to inflate the parachute" }, { "start": 247.84, "end": 249.26, "text": " as fast as possible." }, { "start": 249.26, "end": 253.4, "text": " And then it will descend the entire vehicle in a safe manner." }, { "start": 253.4, "end": 257.32, "text": " This is far from the only company working on air taxis or flying cars or whatever you" }, { "start": 257.32, "end": 258.6, "text": " want to call them." }, { "start": 258.6, "end": 263.72, "text": " This might seem like a crazy technology, but there are huge companies like Uber and Airbus" }, { "start": 263.72, "end": 268.2, "text": " and plenty of startups that are soaking up money to try and make all this happen." }, { "start": 268.2, "end": 272, "text": " The whole idea with this partnership that Intel announced this week is that first off" }, { "start": 272, "end": 273, "text": " it's already been going." }, { "start": 273, "end": 277.12, "text": " They've been doing all this work with Volocopter to integrate their flight control software," }, { "start": 277.12, "end": 282.44, "text": " their motor controllers, stuff that they've gotten real, their expertise." }, { "start": 282.44, "end": 285.84, "text": " They've cut their teeth on with all the drone stuff that we've seen here this week." }, { "start": 285.84, "end": 289.52, "text": " They've integrated all that into this and helped Volocopter really just sort of move" }, { "start": 289.52, "end": 293.4, "text": " the schedule up on this fantastic idea." }, { "start": 293.4, "end": 298.86, "text": " It doesn't mean that we're going to have flying cars and flying taxis tomorrow or next week" }, { "start": 298.86, "end": 302.28, "text": " or in the next five years, but Volocopter is going to get there a lot faster with help" }, { "start": 302.28, "end": 304, "text": " from a company like Intel." }, { "start": 304, "end": 307.48, "text": " And on Intel's side, they get to work with a company that's doing flying cars." }, { "start": 307.48, "end": 312.6, "text": " I mean, that's a cool thing to have in your roster of companies that you work with when" }, { "start": 312.6, "end": 314, "text": " you're a company like Intel." }, { "start": 314, "end": 318.68, "text": " And you're constantly competing with other companies that are also doing cool stuff like" }, { "start": 318.68, "end": 322.12, "text": " autonomous cars and graphics chips and all this stuff." }, { "start": 322.12, "end": 326.20000000000005, "text": " So I think this is the perfect example of what Intel is trying to show off at CES this" }, { "start": 326.2, "end": 341.44, "text": " year, which is, hey, our stuff is really powerful, but look at the cool stuff that it can power." }, { "start": 341.44, "end": 345.12, "text": " Tell you what, it's tight." }, { "start": 345.12, "end": 358.08, "text": " But this is kind of cool." } ]

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"text": " 스마트폰 앱을 연결하고 있는" }, { "start": 125, "end": 127, "text": " 경험을 매일 연결하고 있습니다." }, { "start": 127, "end": 131, "text": " 우리는 스마트폰을 넘어가는 것입니다." }, { "start": 131, "end": 135, "text": " 하먼이그나이드, 하먼의 연결 기술을 연결하는" }, { "start": 135, "end": 140, "text": " 클라우드 플랫폼은 스마트폰 앱에 연결이 됩니다." }, { "start": 140, "end": 144, "text": " 그것은 당신의 차를 연결할 수 있는" }, { "start": 144, "end": 148, "text": " 연결 기술의 핵심 기술이 될 것입니다." }, { "start": 148, "end": 151, "text": " 마지막 계획을 이야기하고 싶습니다." }, { "start": 151, "end": 153, "text": " 인텔리전스." }, { "start": 153, "end": 156, "text": " 인텔리전스는 당신의 삶을 쉽게 할 수 있습니다." }, { "start": 156, "end": 161, "text": " 이것이 Bixby와 함께하는 우리의 vision입니다." }, { "start": 161, "end": 164, "text": " 당신의 앱을 더 잘 만들기 위해" }, { "start": 164, "end": 168, "text": " 더 빨리, 더 쉽게 할 수 있는 것입니다." }, { "start": 168, "end": 172, "text": " 단지 몇 단계, 적은 메뉴," }, { "start": 172, "end": 174, "text": " 더 많은 액션을," }, { "start": 174, "end": 177, "text": " 모두 한 단계의 목소리가 있습니다." }, { "start": 177, "end": 181, "text": " 우리의 앱을 깊게 인정시켜야 합니다." }, { "start": 181, "end": 186, "text": " Bixby는 모든 것에 대해 주요 컨트롤을 하고 있습니다." }, { "start": 186, "end": 191, "text": " 음악, 콘텐츠, 그리고 집을." }, { "start": 191, "end": 197, "text": " 오늘 우리는 매우 새로운 공동을 발표하고 있습니다." }, { "start": 197, "end": 202, "text": " 2020년에는 모든 삼성 연결 기술이" }, { "start": 202, "end": 204, "text": " IoT에만 준비되어 있으며," }, { "start": 204, "end": 207, "text": " 또한 인텔리전스의 기술을 만들겠습니다." }, { "start": 207, "end": 211, "text": " 당신이 사랑하는 콘텐츠를 찾는 것은 더 쉽습니다." }, { "start": 211, "end": 215, "text": " Binge Worthy 시리즈가 준비되어 있으며," }, { "start": 215, "end": 217, "text": " 당신이 무엇을 보고 있는지 모를 때," }, { "start": 217, "end": 220, "text": " 2018 스마트 TV의 새로운 답이 있습니다." }, { "start": 220, "end": 223, "text": " 이 TV는 Universal Guide라고 불립니다." }, { "start": 223, "end": 225, "text": " 한 곳에만," }, { "start": 225, "end": 227, "text": " 당신의 취향에 따라" }, { "start": 227, "end": 229, "text": " 영화와 TV를 찾아보세요." }, { "start": 229, "end": 231, "text": " 바로 시작할 수 있습니다." }, { "start": 231, 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집에서 즐거운 시간을 보내는 방법입니다." }, { "start": 275, "end": 278, "text": " 당신의 안드로이드," }, { "start": 278, "end": 280, "text": " 또는 iOS 핸드폰을" }, { "start": 280, "end": 282, "text": " TV를 통해" }, { "start": 282, "end": 284, "text": " 블루투스의 약한 에너지를 통해" }, { "start": 284, "end": 286, "text": " 연결합니다." }, { "start": 286, "end": 288, "text": " 이 팝업을 받습니다." }, { "start": 288, "end": 290, "text": " 이 팝업을 받으면," }, { "start": 290, "end": 292, "text": " 설정 버튼을 눌러야 합니다." }, { "start": 292, "end": 295, "text": " 그리고, 당신의 핸드폰과 TV를 통해" }, { "start": 295, "end": 298, "text": " 필요한 정보가 연결됩니다." }, { "start": 298, "end": 300, "text": " 스마트 팅즈 클라우드입니다." }, { "start": 300, "end": 301, "text": " 잠깐만요," }, { "start": 301, "end": 304, "text": " 집에서 기억할 수 없는 Wi-Fi," }, { "start": 304, "end": 306, "text": " 스틴 지 앤호," }, { "start": 306, "end": 308, "text": " 모든 것들은 한 번 클릭한 거에요?" }, { "start": 308, "end": 310, "text": " 더 이상 스틴 지 앤호," }, { "start": 310, "end": 312, "text": " 아, 젠장, 다시 다시 다시," }, { "start": 312, "end": 313, "text": " 아, 아니요." }, { "start": 313, "end": 314, "text": " 모든 것이 연결되었습니다." }, { "start": 314, "end": 315, "text": " 좋아요." }, { "start": 315, "end": 316, "text": " 네." }, { "start": 316, "end": 318, "text": " 안녕하세요, 빅스피." }, { "start": 318, "end": 319, "text": " 아침 브리프 연주해 주세요." }, { "start": 319, "end": 321, "text": " 좋은 아침, 조." }, { "start": 321, "end": 323, "text": " 여기요." }, { "start": 323, "end": 325, "text": " 8시에 회의가 있습니다." }, { "start": 325, "end": 328, "text": " 12시 15분에 회의가 됩니다." }, { "start": 328, "end": 331, "text": " 삼성 CES 2018" }, { "start": 331, "end": 333, "text": " 회의가 2시에 시작됩니다." }, { "start": 335, "end": 336, "text": " 마이크로 LED." }, { "start": 336, "end": 338, "text": " 이 TV는" }, { "start": 338, "end": 340, "text": " 다른 기술을 통해" }, { "start": 340, "end": 342, "text": " 경험하는 상품이 없다는 것입니다." }, { "start": 342, "end": 345, "text": " 이 TV는 non-organic materials를 사용합니다." }, { "start": 345, "end": 347, "text": " 그리고, 색 필터가 필요하지 않습니다." }, { "start": 347, "end": 349, "text": " 완벽한 블랙을 만들기 위해" }, { "start": 349, "end": 351, "text": " 액셀 컬러가 필요합니다." }, { "start": 351, "end": 353, "text": " 마이크로 LED는" }, { "start": 353, "end": 356, "text": " 밝은 빛이나 시선을 상호하지 않습니다." }, { "start": 356, "end": 359, "text": " 그리고, 삼성 마이크로 LED는" }, { "start": 359, "end": 360, "text": " 모듈을 사용합니다." }, { "start": 360, "end": 362, "text": " 그는, 원하는 크기," }, { "start": 362, "end": 364, "text": " 원하는 설정," }, { "start": 364, "end": 366, "text": " 이 TV의 디자인은" }, { "start": 366, "end": 369, "text": " 가능한 것의 컨셉을 변화합니다." }, { "start": 369, "end": 371, "text": " 간단하게 말해서," }, { "start": 371, "end": 373, "text": " 이 TV는 TV의 미래입니다." }, { "start": 373, "end": 375, "text": " 이 TV는 우리 기업에" }, { "start": 375, "end": 377, "text": " 큰 영향을 미칠 것입니다." }, { "start": 377, "end": 379, "text": " 내일 시작될 저희 기업에서" }, { "start": 379, "end": 381, "text": " 꼭 오세요." }, { "start": 381, "end": 384, "text": " 우리의 더 얇고," }, { "start": 384, "end": 386, "text": " 더 얇고," }, { "start": 386, "end": 388, "text": " 더 강력한 PC를 소개합니다." }, { "start": 388, "end": 392, "text": " 삼성 노트북 9PEN." }, { "start": 392, "end": 394, "text": " 이 TV는 우리의 가장 얇고" }, { "start": 394, "end": 397, "text": " 지속적인 2-in-1 PC입니다." }, { "start": 397, "end": 399, "text": " 이 TV는 여러분이" }, { "start": 399, "end": 401, "text": " 어디에서든" }, { "start": 401, "end": 403, "text": " 일을 할 수 있는" }, { "start": 403, "end": 405, "text": " 힘과 플렉시빌리티가 있습니다." }, { "start": 405, "end": 408, "text": " 삼성 플립은 360도" }, { "start": 408, "end": 410, "text": " 옵티멀 디스플레이의" }, { "start": 410, "end": 412, "text": " 흔들림을 가지고 있습니다." }, { "start": 412, "end": 414, "text": " 삼성 플립은" }, { "start": 414, "end": 416, "text": " 유용하고," }, { "start": 416, "end": 418, "text": " 완전히 이동된" }, { "start": 418, "end": 420, "text": " 흰색 스플립입니다." }, { "start": 420, "end": 422, "text": " PC와 폰을 연결할 수 있는" }, { "start": 422, "end": 423, "text": " 소통과" }, { "start": 423, "end": 425, "text": " 팀워크를" }, { "start": 425, "end": 427, "text": " 쉽게 나눌 수 있는" }, { "start": 427, "end": 429, "text": " 소통을 만들 수 있는" }, { "start": 429, "end": 431, "text": " 소통을 만들 수 있는" }, { "start": 431, "end": 433, "text": " 소통을 만들 수 있는" }, { "start": 433, "end": 435, "text": "토제를 많이처럼" }, { "start": 435, "end": 437, "text": "ubs펄제를 fore Housing," }, { "start": 437, "end": 453, "text": " 우리의" }, { "start": 453, "end": 455, "text": "현장과" }, { "start": 455, "end": 457, "text": " 我 else" }, { "start": 457, "end": 462, "text": " her" }, { "start": 462, "end": 467, "text": " NFC 기술을 사용하여 연결을 합니다." }, { "start": 471, "end": 472.5, "text": " 이렇게 하면," }, { "start": 472.5, "end": 476.5, "text": " 제 핸드폰에 비디오와 두각지로 조절이 됩니다." }, { "start": 476.5, "end": 477.5, "text": " 아주 멋지네요." }, { "start": 479.5, "end": 481.5, "text": " 삼성은 3G와 4G 기술을 통해" }, { "start": 481.5, "end": 483.5, "text": " 3G와 4G 기술을 통해" }, { "start": 483.5, "end": 487.5, "text": " 5G에서 최고의 기술을 가진 것은 자연입니다." }, { "start": 487.5, "end": 494, "text": " 미국에서는 5G 기술을 성공적으로 7개의 도시에서 활용한 Verizon을 통해" }, { "start": 494, "end": 498, "text": " last week we announced that Verizon had selected Samsung" }, { "start": 498, "end": 505, "text": " for the launch of its first 5G commercial service in Sacramento later this year." }, { "start": 505, "end": 508, "text": " Our intelligent digital cockpit," }, { "start": 508, "end": 512, "text": " shown for the first time here at CES 2018," }, { "start": 512, "end": 518, "text": " securely delivers greater productivity and personalization" }, { "start": 518, "end": 522, "text": " with countless apps and enterprise services." }, { "start": 523, "end": 527, "text": " The digital cockpit merges the instrument cluster" }, { "start": 527, "end": 530, "text": " and the entertainment systems of the car into one." }, { "start": 531, "end": 539, "text": " The second technology I want to share is our new telematics control unit, or TCU." }, { "start": 539, "end": 543, "text": " Our cars are no longer islands." }, { "start": 543, "end": 547, "text": " They have to communicate with traffic lights," }, { "start": 547, "end": 552, "text": " instruments, infrastructure, and even other cars on the road." }, { "start": 553, "end": 557, "text": " Telematics is what makes these connections possible." }, { "start": 557, "end": 564, "text": " I am proud to announce we have already signed a leading European automaker" }, { "start": 564, "end": 569, "text": " as the first customer for this 5G telematics solution ever." }, { "start": 570, "end": 575, "text": " Here at CES, we are also introducing Driveline," }, { "start": 575, "end": 578, "text": " our new platform for autonomous driving." }, { "start": 578, "end": 583, "text": " Designed by Samsung in close collaboration with Harman," }, { "start": 583, "end": 590, "text": " Driveline combines modular hardware and software with an open ecosystem" }, { "start": 590, "end": 594, "text": " to accelerate best-in-class solutions." }, { "start": 594, "end": 621, "text": " Thank you and have a great CES 2018." }, { "start": 624, "end": 628, "text": " 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It's not very noticeable from a distance," }, { "start": 33.2, "end": 37.12, "text": " but when you get up close it's really obvious. Now, inside they've actually changed the resolution" }, { "start": 37.12, "end": 43.92, "text": " of the lenses, so you've actually got a 2880 by 1600 now resolution, so that's up 78% from the" }, { "start": 43.92, "end": 48.32, "text": " original Vive. Now, in real terms, outside those specs, what that actually means is when you're" }, { "start": 48.32, "end": 52.8, "text": " playing games, you're reading text or anything like that in VR, it's going to be a lot clearer." }, { "start": 52.8, "end": 56.879999999999995, "text": " I just tried it on for about five minutes and I was trying to read your text and it seems a lot" }, { "start": 56.88, "end": 62.160000000000004, "text": " better than the original. It's still not going to be perfect, but I definitely noticed the difference." }, { "start": 62.160000000000004, "end": 66.56, "text": " In terms of the actual design, it's changed quite a fair bit from the original. You've still got the" }, { "start": 66.56, "end": 70.96000000000001, "text": " strap at the top of the head, so you can adjust from there. There's actually a sizing dial at the" }, { "start": 70.96000000000001, "end": 75.12, "text": " back right here, so you can go counterclockwise or clockwise and that will lock more closely to your" }, { "start": 75.12, "end": 80.08, "text": " head. It makes it feel a lot more comfortable. One of the problems I had with the original HTC" }, { "start": 80.08, "end": 85.44, "text": " Vive is it felt a little bit front-heavy, so you tilt your head and it felt like it was going to" }, { "start": 85.44, "end": 90.08, "text": " push you forward. It's a lot better balanced and it feels a little bit lighter as well, so that's" }, { "start": 90.08, "end": 93.2, "text": " going to help with that balance too. The other thing you're going to notice is it's got built-in" }, { "start": 93.2, "end": 97.2, "text": " headphones, just like the Oculus Rift. That's a lot better, so you don't have to plug in another" }, { "start": 97.2, "end": 101.52, "text": " pair of headphones and worry about another cable when you're trying to play VR. They sound pretty" }, { "start": 101.52, "end": 106, "text": " good. It's really loud here, so there's no noise cancelling on them, so it's really hard to find" }, { "start": 106, "end": 110.24, "text": " out exactly how good they are. They've got spatial audio, so that's going to be pretty good for VR" }, { "start": 110.24, "end": 114.72, "text": " games. It's just pretty great to see them having headphones built in. Other than that, it still" }, { "start": 114.72, "end": 119.28, "text": " kind of looks like the original HTC Vive. The other hardware accessory that HTC announced today is a" }, { "start": 119.28, "end": 123.84, "text": " wireless adapter for the Vive and the new Vive Pro. It's going to snap on the back of the headset." }, { "start": 123.84, "end": 127.28, "text": " It's just basically to mean you don't have to have this ugly cable running into your PC." }, { "start": 127.28, "end": 131.76, "text": " It works on Intel's YGIG technology, so it's going to be running at low latency, so hopefully the" }, { "start": 131.76, "end": 135.68, "text": " games won't stutter or anything like that when you're in the middle of VR. We'll test it out" }, { "start": 135.68, "end": 140.72, "text": " fully when we're outside and we've actually got a unit, but it looks promising right now. It's an" }, { "start": 140.72, "end": 147.12, "text": " interesting competition to Facebook and Oculus's Santa Cruz headsets that aren't out to share," }, { "start": 147.12, "end": 153.92, "text": " and they're just prototypes. Aside from hardware, HTC announced some very minor Vive port changes" }, { "start": 153.92, "end": 158.24, "text": " today. You'll now be able to try all titles in VR, so you'll be able to actually look at them" }, { "start": 158.24, "end": 161.92, "text": " on your headset and see what they look like before you actually buy them. It's pretty cool for trying" }, { "start": 161.92, "end": 167.52, "text": " out VR, but I guess most people probably buy their games from Steam VR anyway. HTC is planning to" }, { "start": 167.52, "end": 171.84, "text": " release this in the first quarter, just the Vive Pro headset standalone. They're going to have" }, { "start": 171.84, "end": 176.4, "text": " bundles later in the year for enterprise customers and stuff like that. I think it's a really" }, { "start": 176.4, "end": 181.20000000000002, "text": " interesting upgrade from the original. I think it solves some of the design problems and some of the" }, { "start": 181.20000000000002, "end": 188.56, "text": " weight issues. Especially in the UK, we have a theme park VR ride and it uses the Vive, and it's" }, { "start": 188.56, "end": 192.96, "text": " not very comfortable and you don't have the headphones on it, so I feel like something like" }, { "start": 192.96, "end": 197.28, "text": " this is going to be probably more widely used in stuff like theme parks, museums, and those sort of" }, { "start": 197.28, "end": 203.2, "text": " businesses. Okay, so that was a real quick look at the new HTC Vive Pro. For more of this and" }, { "start": 203.2, "end": 227.6, "text": " everything else at CES, check out the Virg's YouTube channel and don't forget to subscribe." } ]

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Okay so what I'm gonna do is" }, { "start": 46.040000000000006, "end": 50.760000000000005, "text": " we're gonna, this is the suiting up here. So this is your left hand so go ahead and" }, { "start": 50.760000000000005, "end": 54.760000000000005, "text": " put that out and I'll suit you up here. These are hands-free controllers that you" }, { "start": 54.760000000000005, "end": 58.92, "text": " strap to your wrist so the app can track your movements. You strap those on, you" }, { "start": 58.92, "end": 63.42, "text": " put on an HTC Vive headset which is tethered to the cable machine and you" }, { "start": 63.42, "end": 67.4, "text": " enter a virtual stadium. That's where your opponent stands waiting and you're" }, { "start": 67.4, "end": 71.72, "text": " basically supposed to do more chest presses than they do. Put your back" }, { "start": 71.72, "end": 76.6, "text": " against the pad. There's a pad right behind you. Yep perfect. Got it. Okay now you" }, { "start": 76.6, "end": 81.96000000000001, "text": " just can see start doing reps. So did you guys also make this gym equipment? Yeah" }, { "start": 81.96000000000001, "end": 85.48, "text": " so this is actually a patent-pending dynamic resistance machine that's" }, { "start": 85.48, "end": 90.12, "text": " specifically built to work with VR. So the idea there is that there's a" }, { "start": 90.12, "end": 95.60000000000001, "text": " dynamic resistance that can adapt to in-game elements. So yeah so this is just" }, { "start": 95.60000000000001, "end": 99.24000000000001, "text": " a bite-sized piece of actual gameplay. In the full version you'll actually be able" }, { "start": 99.24000000000001, "end": 102.94, "text": " to select which movements you want to do and the machine will immediately calibrate" }, { "start": 102.94, "end": 109.92, "text": " for you. It's definitely getting harder. It's getting heavy. It's really, so the machine is adjusting because it knows my reps. Yep it's counting your reps." }, { "start": 109.92, "end": 114.60000000000001, "text": " So you're I think probably on 10 or 12 right now. There you go. Good job. So if I," }, { "start": 114.6, "end": 118.39999999999999, "text": " and I'm trying to defeat this person in front of me on the screen or is that me?" }, { "start": 118.39999999999999, "end": 128.4, "text": " Yep. Oh good job. That's the opponent. Is that the opponent? Okay. So can I do this with friend? Oh my good lord. Nice okay good job." }, { "start": 128.4, "end": 131.84, "text": " Gave it your all. Yeah so eventually you'll actually be able to do this" }, { "start": 131.84, "end": 135.35999999999999, "text": " asynchronously with a friend and you could actually battle them. Right now" }, { "start": 135.35999999999999, "end": 138.76, "text": " this is just a computer, an AI that's basically is measuring your strength and" }, { "start": 138.76, "end": 143.7, "text": " adapting to it. And are you planning on selling this directly to people like me" }, { "start": 143.7, "end": 147.92, "text": " or are you gonna sell this to gyms? So phase one is we're actually looking at" }, { "start": 147.92, "end": 151.92, "text": " later this year opening up a our own boutique gym. And so we'll actually have" }, { "start": 151.92, "end": 155.98, "text": " these boxes inside our own gym. 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Exactly that's one of the biggest problems and the good thing is" }, { "start": 198.60000000000002, "end": 202.52, "text": " with these base stations that they can track it's such a fine fine fidelity that" }, { "start": 202.52, "end": 206.36, "text": " as those sensors get better we can actually track exact biomechanics and" }, { "start": 206.36, "end": 210.72, "text": " again course correct to make sure that people aren't injuring themselves. That was a" }, { "start": 210.72, "end": 215.32000000000002, "text": " pretty wild experience I don't think I've ever worked out in VR before and I" }, { "start": 215.32000000000002, "end": 219.12, "text": " think the novelty of it threw me a little bit at first like I wasn't really" }, { "start": 219.12, "end": 223.36, "text": " paying attention to the game aspect of it but that's supposed to be a big part" }, { "start": 223.36, "end": 228.28, "text": " of this whole black box experience. 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However, probably the most meaningful change to the 2018 Super UHD lineup is the addition" }, { "start": 488.44, "end": 492.15999999999997, "text": " of full array local dimming backlighting." }, { "start": 492.15999999999997, "end": 494.91999999999996, "text": " Now this is critical for viewing HDR content." }, { "start": 494.91999999999996, "end": 503.84, "text": " So ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce our lineup of concept robots." }, { "start": 503.84, "end": 505.2, "text": " So we have three here." }, { "start": 505.2, "end": 512.8, "text": " We have a serving robot, a porter robot, which will handle various hospitality needs, and" }, { "start": 512.8, "end": 519.24, "text": " a shopping cart robot, which can provide automatic payment and grocery service at supermarkets." }, { "start": 519.24, "end": 521.9, "text": " Let's take a closer look at each robot." }, { "start": 521.9, "end": 528.92, "text": " So the serving robot's role, as the name implies, is to serve meals to guests at a hotel, maybe" }, { "start": 528.92, "end": 546.76, "text": " room service, or even an airport lounge." }, { "start": 546.76, "end": 548.92, "text": " See what the serving robot has for me today." }, { "start": 548.92, "end": 558.68, "text": " Maybe breakfast, but instead, the daily newspaper." }, { "start": 558.68, "end": 564.5999999999999, "text": " Now the porter robot is going to be able to take luggage to the hotel room, but an additional" }, { "start": 564.5999999999999, "end": 569.92, "text": " benefit is that it'll offer express check-in and check-out services." }, { "start": 569.92, "end": 578.04, "text": " And finally, shoppers can reduce time spent in supermarket by scanning the barcodes of" }, { "start": 578.04, "end": 583.24, "text": " the grocery items using the shopping cart robot." }, { "start": 583.24, "end": 588.62, "text": " Ladies and gentlemen, the future is here today, and with LG, life's good." }, { "start": 588.62, "end": 591.88, "text": " Thank you very much for your attention." }, { "start": 591.88, "end": 619, "text": " Have a great show." } ]

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at CES" }, { "start": 27.04, "end": 29.72, "text": " to one of 20 or more destinations across the week." }, { "start": 29.72, "end": 32.68, "text": " So people who are attending the show can actually sign up" }, { "start": 32.68, "end": 35.64, "text": " and just in the Lyft app hail a self-driving car" }, { "start": 35.64, "end": 37.42, "text": " and take it to one of these destinations." }, { "start": 37.42, "end": 38.64, "text": " And we're about to get a preview" }, { "start": 38.64, "end": 40.72, "text": " of what that whole experience looks like." }, { "start": 40.72, "end": 45.72, "text": " So we just hopped in the car, tap confirm." }, { "start": 48.5, "end": 49.84, "text": " It's showing us our route." }, { "start": 49.84, "end": 51.36, "text": " I think we're going to Caesar's Palace." }, { "start": 51.36, "end": 53.16, "text": " Smooth and simple, yeah, we're gonna go to Caesar's Palace." }, { "start": 53.16, "end": 54.84, "text": " I didn't bring any cash with me." }, { "start": 54.84, "end": 57.94, "text": " Oh, and I get to start, oh, I didn't know" }, { "start": 57.94, "end": 60.919999999999995, "text": " that there was gonna be so much control, all right." }, { "start": 60.919999999999995, "end": 62.239999999999995, "text": " The driver's actually driving right now" }, { "start": 62.239999999999995, "end": 63.739999999999995, "text": " because there's regulations that say" }, { "start": 63.739999999999995, "end": 65.44, "text": " that they can't do it on private property here." }, { "start": 65.44, "end": 67.24, "text": " One of the biggest challenges in Las Vegas" }, { "start": 67.24, "end": 70.03999999999999, "text": " with self-driving cars is that it doesn't have" }, { "start": 70.03999999999999, "end": 73.36, "text": " the same kind of lane lines that most roads have in America." }, { "start": 73.36, "end": 74.84, "text": " It has these things called BOTS dots," }, { "start": 74.84, "end": 77.32, "text": " which are just little sequences of 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again." }, { "start": 105.12, "end": 106.88, "text": " It's very smooth so far." }, { "start": 106.88, "end": 110.18, "text": " Like many self-driving demos, it's a little bit boring" }, { "start": 110.18, "end": 112.04, "text": " if you forget about the technology and that." }, { "start": 112.04, "end": 113.88, "text": " That's a little loud and not boring." }, { "start": 113.88, "end": 118.88, "text": " It is giving us a lot of information about what's going on," }, { "start": 119.39999999999999, "end": 121.92, "text": " whether it's here on the screen in the back seat" }, { "start": 121.92, "end": 124.03999999999999, "text": " or in the screen in the front seat," }, { "start": 124.03999999999999, "end": 126.67999999999999, "text": " showing basically that the car knows what it's doing" }, { "start": 126.67999999999999, "end": 130.24, "text": " and trying to constantly prove that the car knows" }, { "start": 130.24, "end": 132.51999999999998, "text": " what it's doing to the people 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who are going out or back from a night on the town" }, { "start": 186, "end": 188.2, "text": " and you're wobbling them back and forth," }, { "start": 188.2, "end": 189.4, "text": " that's probably a bad idea." }, { "start": 189.4, "end": 191.04, "text": " Another thing that can really challenge" }, { "start": 191.04, "end": 192.92, "text": " some of these systems is harsh lighting," }, { "start": 192.92, "end": 194.98, "text": " especially when there aren't solid lane lines." }, { "start": 194.98, "end": 196.64, "text": " And we've got a lot of light and shadow" }, { "start": 196.64, "end": 198.64, "text": " and cars breaking in front of us" }, { "start": 198.64, "end": 202, "text": " and it's reading the scene pretty well." }, { "start": 202, "end": 204, "text": " At least to the point that I'm not noticing" }, { "start": 204, "end": 205.72, "text": " the car reading it wrong." }, { "start": 205.72, "end": 208.55999999999997, "text": " Look, this guy actually has to talk to his taxi 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without losing any money," }, { "start": 248.54000000000002, "end": 251.02, "text": " which is a pretty good feat in Las Vegas." }, { "start": 251.02, "end": 252.54000000000002, "text": " Also no crashes." }, { "start": 252.54000000000002, "end": 254.48000000000002, "text": " For more self-driving cars," }, { "start": 254.48, "end": 258.28, "text": " weird self-flying helicopters and flying cars" }, { "start": 258.28, "end": 259.8, "text": " and all that stuff from CES 2018," }, { "start": 259.8, "end": 261.48, "text": " make sure you go to youtube.com slash the verge," }, { "start": 261.48, "end": 264.76, "text": " click subscribe and the verge.com slash CES." }, { "start": 264.76, "end": 265.92, "text": " That's where everything is." }, { "start": 265.92, "end": 284.92, "text": " Thanks for watching." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 6.36, "text": " Hey everybody, this is Sean from The Verge." }, { "start": 6.36, "end": 12.120000000000001, "text": " I'm here at CES 2018 and I'm maybe obviously on an electric scooter." }, { "start": 12.120000000000001, "end": 17.2, "text": " This is the Relink electric scooter and it's not the same kind of flashy electric scooter" }, { "start": 17.2, "end": 18.8, "text": " we're used to here at CES." }, { "start": 18.8, "end": 23.3, "text": " It has a range of 30 kilometers which is nice, but it has a pretty low top speed and that's" }, { "start": 23.3, "end": 24.3, "text": " on purpose." }, { "start": 24.3, "end": 28.34, "text": " It's because this is really aimed at the mobility sector and by that I mean people who need" }, { "start": 28.34, "end": 32.68, "text": " help getting around, whether that's old people, people who have maybe been injured or have" }, { "start": 32.68, "end": 34.92, "text": " a handicap." }, { "start": 34.92, "end": 39.72, "text": " More importantly than all of that, it's small, it's relatively light, only about 20 to 30" }, { "start": 39.72, "end": 43.44, "text": " pounds and you can fold it up and store it in really tight spaces." }, { "start": 43.44, "end": 44.44, "text": " Take a look." }, { "start": 44.44, "end": 48.72, "text": " All you have to do is lower the seat, then reach down into the floor of the scooter," }, { "start": 48.72, "end": 52.16, "text": " grab a handle, pull it up and snap, it's all together." }, { "start": 52.16, "end": 56.2, "text": " At that point it works basically as a luggage roller and you can even take the handlebar" }, { "start": 56.2, "end": 60.64, "text": " section and fold that down so that it fits better in the trunk of a car." }, { "start": 60.64, "end": 64.4, "text": " Now the Relink scooter is being built in China but they want to sell it especially in Europe" }, { "start": 64.4, "end": 65.4, "text": " but also in the US." }, { "start": 65.4, "end": 71.92, "text": " It's going to cost around $3,600 and it weighs somewhere in between the 20 to 30 pound range" }, { "start": 71.92, "end": 76.36, "text": " and it basically has all the things you'd expect from an electric scooter, a modern" }, { "start": 76.36, "end": 77.64, "text": " electric scooter." }, { "start": 77.64, "end": 81.28, "text": " There's a gauge on the dash that tells you how fast you're going, how much range you" }, { "start": 81.28, "end": 85.44, "text": " have, how much battery is left and it's powered by two batteries." }, { "start": 85.44, "end": 87.92, "text": " You can actually swap them out and just charge them at home." }, { "start": 87.92, "end": 92.36, "text": " You can charge this scooter right in a wall outlet too even when it's folded up into that" }, { "start": 92.36, "end": 94.92, "text": " sort of compact position." }, { "start": 94.92, "end": 99.75999999999999, "text": " What's interesting about this scooter to me especially is that this is more proof that" }, { "start": 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"start": 159.08, "end": 160.08, "text": " Do this." }, { "start": 160.08, "end": 161.08, "text": " I did it." }, { "start": 161.08, "end": 162.08, "text": " I'm sorry." }, { "start": 162.08, "end": 163.08, "text": " Wow." }, { "start": 163.08, "end": 164.08, "text": " Okay, man." }, { "start": 164.08, "end": 165.08, "text": " I'm sorry." }, { "start": 165.08, "end": 177.44, "text": " I didn't do it." } ]

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[ { "start": 0, "end": 8.68, "text": " Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the CS Las Vegas. Welcome to" }, { "start": 8.68, "end": 19.64, "text": " BITON. Thank you. Thank you. So hello everyone. Very much welcome to BITON and" }, { "start": 19.64, "end": 25.240000000000002, "text": " thank you for coming to join us today for our world premiere. Now this is a" }, { "start": 25.240000000000002, "end": 29.6, "text": " very emotional moment for you because I'm going to tell you a bit about our" }, { "start": 29.6, "end": 34.980000000000004, "text": " baby, our first product, our first BITON. So we believe that this vehicle will be a" }, { "start": 34.980000000000004, "end": 42.400000000000006, "text": " new design icon with high-tech details to express our digital leadership. This" }, { "start": 42.400000000000006, "end": 47.2, "text": " is a key priority of us. We have to create new design" }, { "start": 47.2, "end": 54, "text": " semantics which replaces horsepower with digital power. You can see that" }, { "start": 54, "end": 58.32, "text": " traditional automotive elements have nearly disappeared to make way for" }, { "start": 58.32, "end": 63.04, "text": " state-of-the-art symbols of the new generation driving technology. For" }, { "start": 63.04, "end": 68.8, "text": " example, rear cameras, rear view cameras are replacing the side mirrors and a" }, { "start": 68.8, "end": 73.6, "text": " landmark facial recognition camera integrated to the B pillar of the car is" }, { "start": 73.6, "end": 79.03999999999999, "text": " for user authentication. The progressive design is continued with the exterior" }, { "start": 79.03999999999999, "end": 83.68, "text": " lighting concept. 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You will be happy to hear that we already have a schedule for" }, { "start": 574.72, "end": 580.6, "text": " the launch of our first Biden and it looks like this. Yes our production plant" }, { "start": 580.6, "end": 586.24, "text": " is located the same place as our global headquarters in Nanjing and is already" }, { "start": 586.24, "end": 591.08, "text": " under construction and we are preparing for our global launch starting in late 2019." }, { "start": 591.08, "end": 612.84, "text": " Thank you thank you." } ]

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has a tendency to look a little" }, { "start": 59, "end": 61.66, "text": " oversaturated at times, which I really didn't like." }, { "start": 61.66, "end": 64.39999999999999, "text": " Of course, good video isn't just all about image quality." }, { "start": 64.39999999999999, "end": 66.52, "text": " There are tons of other factors to consider." }, { "start": 66.52, "end": 70, "text": " One thing the Note 8 does best is it has the highest resolution front-facing camera of" }, { "start": 70, "end": 71, "text": " all of these phones." }, { "start": 71, "end": 76.12, "text": " It can shoot Quad HD or 2K footage in selfie mode, which looks really impressive and is" }, { "start": 76.12, "end": 77.96, "text": " great if you want to vlog on the go." }, { "start": 77.96, "end": 81.72, "text": " The Pixel 2 XL has the best stabilization of all three of these phones, which means" }, { "start": 81.72, "end": 86.32, "text": " its footage looks super smooth, but the Pixel's sound recording is noticeably worse than the" }, { "start": 86.32, "end": 88.08, "text": " iPhone X or the Note 8." }, { "start": 88.08, "end": 91.08, "text": " Alright, this is the Google Pixel 2 XL." }, { "start": 91.08, "end": 93.08, "text": " This is the Samsung Galaxy Note 8." }, { "start": 93.08, "end": 96.84, "text": " Alright, this is the iPhone X selfie camera." }, { "start": 96.84, "end": 101.16, "text": " The Pixel also doesn't have dual cameras, which means it's not quite as versatile." }, { "start": 101.16, "end": 105.52, "text": " The iPhone X and the Note 8 each have a second telephoto rear camera, and that means you" }, { "start": 105.52, "end": 108.52, "text": " can capture a greater variety of footage with those phones." }, { "start": 108.52, "end": 113.11999999999999, "text": " The LG V30 also has a second rear camera, but it's a super wide one, and it looks like" }, { "start": 113.11999999999999, "end": 117.1, "text": " a GoPro a little bit, which is kind of cool, but I think it looks better in photos than" }, { "start": 117.1, "end": 119.06, "text": " it does with the video on this phone." }, { "start": 119.06, "end": 120.44, "text": " We could do this back and forth all day." }, { "start": 120.44, "end": 125.08, "text": " The Note 8 has faster autofocus than the iPhone X, but the iPhone lets you shoot super slow" }, { "start": 125.08, "end": 130, "text": " motion at 240 frames a second with the telephoto lens, and the Note 8 doesn't do that." }, { "start": 130, "end": 134.8, "text": " Meanwhile, the Pixel 2 XL will only let you shoot 240 frames a second at a lower resolution" }, { "start": 134.8, "end": 136.5, "text": " than those other two phones." }, { "start": 136.5, "end": 140.48, "text": " The point here is the Note 8 and the iPhone X are the best out of these five phones when" }, { "start": 140.48, "end": 142.04, "text": " it comes to shooting video." }, { "start": 142.04, "end": 145.56, "text": " If I have to pick a winner, it'd probably be the Note 8 just because of that slight" }, { "start": 145.56, "end": 149, "text": " edge in image quality on both sets of cameras, front and back." }, { "start": 149, "end": 152.92000000000002, "text": " But either of those two or the Pixel 2 XL will still serve you really well when it comes" }, { "start": 152.92000000000002, "end": 155.52, "text": " to shooting video on your smartphone." }, { "start": 155.52, "end": 158.74, "text": " Hey, thanks for watching." }, { "start": 158.74, "end": 163.08, "text": " If you want to see a full, in-depth comparison between the iPhone X, the Google Pixel 2 XL," }, { "start": 163.08, "end": 168.08, "text": " the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the HTC U11, and the LG V30, we did a video with James Barum." }, { "start": 168.08, "end": 169.84, "text": " You can watch that right here." }, { "start": 169.84, "end": 193.44, "text": " And make sure to subscribe to The Verge." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 7, "text": " Ask any parent 20-something or longtime video game fan what the most coveted gadget of the holiday season is," }, { "start": 7, "end": 10, "text": " and the Nintendo Switch will be high on that list, probably at the top." }, { "start": 10, "end": 11, "text": " Nintendo!" }, { "start": 11, "end": 16, "text": " It's been almost a year since the hybrid handheld launched, and it's still pretty hard to get your hands on one." }, { "start": 16, "end": 22, "text": " And for good reason. The Switch is the most innovative console in nearly a decade, basically since the original Wii." }, { "start": 22, "end": 26, "text": " Besides being immensely popular, the Switch also saved Nintendo." }, { "start": 26, "end": 30, "text": " It's easy to forget how dire the company's console business was in the wake of the Wii U's failure." }, { "start": 30, "end": 37, "text": " Nintendo found success with the 3DS and its sequel, but the handheld was not enough to keep the company's biggest franchises afloat," }, { "start": 37, "end": 41, "text": " and sales of the Wii U painted a bleak picture of the company's future in the living room." }, { "start": 41, "end": 46, "text": " Critics were telling Nintendo to exit the console hardware market, move everything to mobile, and call it a day." }, { "start": 46, "end": 49, "text": " So when the Switch was first unveiled, fans were skeptical." }, { "start": 49, "end": 55, "text": " Some thought Nintendo had made another gimmicky device with funky detachable controllers, an unorthodox docking system," }, { "start": 55, "end": 59, "text": " and a mobile processor that can never match PlayStation or Xbox." }, { "start": 59, "end": 63, "text": " Despite these initial concerns, the Switch proved to be a massive hit." }, { "start": 63, "end": 69, "text": " This month, after only nine months on the market, Nintendo said it sold 10 million units, and many times that in software sales." }, { "start": 69, "end": 73, "text": " It stole the show this year as the fastest selling home console in Nintendo's history," }, { "start": 73, "end": 77, "text": " setting the course for the company's resurgence back to the forefront of the gaming market." }, { "start": 77, "end": 79, "text": " So how did Nintendo pull this off?" }, { "start": 79, "end": 83, "text": " It's important to think of the Switch as the evolution of the company's previous hardware." }, { "start": 83, "end": 88, "text": " It's always made wacky devices using nascent technologies like 3D and motion control." }, { "start": 88, "end": 92, "text": " While an eye for innovation hasn't always paid off, anyone remember the Virtual Boy?" }, { "start": 92, "end": 99, "text": " The company has a history of success in handheld, starting with the Game Boy, and more recently with the Nintendo DS and the 3DS." }, { "start": 99, "end": 104, "text": " For the Switch, Nintendo put portability above all else, and the company struck gold." }, { "start": 106, "end": 110, "text": " You can play it on an airplane or in bed, or even on the subway." }, { "start": 110, "end": 115, "text": " The device truly is a hybrid solution that transforms to enjoy games in a number of different ways," }, { "start": 115, "end": 119, "text": " whether docked, handheld, or kickstand out using the detachable Joy-Con." }, { "start": 119, "end": 123, "text": " There's versatility to choose how you want to play and where." }, { "start": 123, "end": 129, "text": " It takes the concept of console gaming and turns it into an on-the-go social experience that gets you off your couch." }, { "start": 129, "end": 136, "text": " Yes, you can play at home, alone, but there are plenty of options for multiplayer using both split screen play or local co-op." }, { "start": 136, "end": 139, "text": " This has always been a part of Nintendo's DNA." }, { "start": 139, "end": 143, "text": " Who doesn't love to play a friend in Super Smash Bros. or Mario Kart?" }, { "start": 143, "end": 147, "text": " And that's where the Switch's success story becomes so heavily tied to its games." }, { "start": 147, "end": 154, "text": " Nintendo made sure the first year of the Switch included The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey," }, { "start": 154, "end": 158, "text": " two incredible entries in two of its most prolific franchises." }, { "start": 158, "end": 161, "text": " It's unheard of for a console to launch with a Game of the Year contender," }, { "start": 161, "end": 165, "text": " and it's even less likely for a console to get two of them in its first year." }, { "start": 165, "end": 170, "text": " But Nintendo was smart, and it had a new Mario and a new Zelda game in the works for the Wii U." }, { "start": 170, "end": 176, "text": " It moved development to its new console and it shuffled its release schedule to make the must-own Switch titles out of the gate." }, { "start": 176, "end": 180, "text": " Those two games have gone on to sell millions and win multiple awards." }, { "start": 180, "end": 185, "text": " They also re-established Nintendo as the influential and innovative developer we've always known them to be." }, { "start": 185, "end": 190, "text": " You can easily argue that the Switch would have never taken off without Nintendo's pre-built cachet," }, { "start": 190, "end": 194, "text": " the company's behind some of the longest-running most beloved series since the beginning of gaming." }, { "start": 194, "end": 201, "text": " Characters like Kirby, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, they've become cultural icons that go way beyond the core gaming demographic." }, { "start": 201, "end": 205, "text": " But when Nintendo's hardware fails, fans have nowhere to play its games," }, { "start": 205, "end": 208, "text": " and the company's reputation suffers if people aren't buying its software." }, { "start": 208, "end": 211, "text": " Its entire business model depends on its cultural significance." }, { "start": 211, "end": 215, "text": " So fans were desperately looking for a reason to cheer Nintendo on," }, { "start": 215, "end": 218, "text": " hoping it wouldn't just fade away and peddle nostalgia." }, { "start": 218, "end": 220, "text": " They found that in the Switch." }, { "start": 220, "end": 225, "text": " The Switch is a Frankenstein of all the best ideas Nintendo's ever had." }, { "start": 225, "end": 232, "text": " The 3DS showed Nintendo how a well-made handheld gaming machine with great games could thrive in a mobile-dominated landscape." }, { "start": 232, "end": 239, "text": " Much like the Switch, the Wii shied away from top-tier graphics and realism in favor of motion controls," }, { "start": 239, "end": 242, "text": " local multiplayer, and Nintendo's well-tested game design." }, { "start": 242, "end": 246, "text": " The Wii U was definitely flawed, but it was an important stepping stone" }, { "start": 246, "end": 250, "text": " because it first introduced the idea of merging mobile with the home console." }, { "start": 250, "end": 255, "text": " Where the Wii U was a tablet powered by a console that sat plugged into your TV," }, { "start": 255, "end": 259, "text": " the Switch was the inverse, a console powered by a tablet." }, { "start": 259, "end": 265, "text": " So while the Wii U's tablet screen was clunky and poorly designed and the device was a huge flop," }, { "start": 265, "end": 268, "text": " it did pave the way for Nintendo to incorporate these ideas," }, { "start": 268, "end": 272, "text": " alongside the benefits of the Wii and the 3DS, all into the Switch." }, { "start": 272, "end": 276, "text": " The Switch is a proper portable console in all the ways the Wii U failed to be." }, { "start": 277, "end": 280, "text": " It's still too early to judge the overall impact of the Switch." }, { "start": 280, "end": 285, "text": " Consumers have been more than happy to excuse its bigger flaws because the first few games have been so amazing." }, { "start": 285, "end": 288, "text": " But there's the online service that won't launch until next year," }, { "start": 288, "end": 292, "text": " there's the perpetual supply problems that make just getting the thing an obnoxious struggle." }, { "start": 292, "end": 296, "text": " Nintendo fans will be less forgiving next year when Zelda and Mario are old news," }, { "start": 296, "end": 299, "text": " and it has to rely on other developers to help its platform succeed." }, { "start": 299, "end": 303, "text": " But that's where the secret to the Switch's long-term success might be." }, { "start": 304, "end": 309, "text": " Since launch, we've seen a bunch of interest from indie game makers and even big-name developers." }, { "start": 309, "end": 313, "text": " Some really great games like Stardew Valley, Axiom Verge, The Elder Scrolls Skyrim," }, { "start": 313, "end": 316, "text": " even the new Doom reboot have all made their way to the Switch." }, { "start": 316, "end": 318, "text": " There's only going to be more to come." }, { "start": 318, "end": 322, "text": " As it stands right now, Nintendo is the only player in the portable gaming market," }, { "start": 322, "end": 325, "text": " and consumers have shown that they're really willing to buy into its vision." }, { "start": 325, "end": 329, "text": " Sony already tried with its PSP and Vita handhelds," }, { "start": 329, "end": 333, "text": " and the company says it has no plans to make another one anytime soon." }, { "start": 333, "end": 338, "text": " Microsoft has also toyed with the idea of portable gaming with handheld Xbox prototypes in the past," }, { "start": 338, "end": 340, "text": " but it's never taken the plunge." }, { "start": 340, "end": 342, "text": " Apple and other makers of set-top boxes running Android," }, { "start": 342, "end": 346, "text": " they've all tried to bridge the smartphone game market with a TV ecosystem," }, { "start": 346, "end": 349, "text": " but mobile games on big screens have never really taken off." }, { "start": 349, "end": 354, "text": " But without a constant stream of hot new games to play, amazing hardware becomes pretty much useless." }, { "start": 354, "end": 357, "text": " So it's up to the developers to cement the Switch's future." }, { "start": 357, "end": 361, "text": " Sure, Nintendo's planning a bunch of new games in its own franchises," }, { "start": 361, "end": 365, "text": " like a new Kirby, a new Pokemon, a much-anticipated reboot of Metroid Prime," }, { "start": 365, "end": 367, "text": " but those take years to make." }, { "start": 368, "end": 371, "text": " In the meantime, the company needs to quench the thirst of players" }, { "start": 371, "end": 375, "text": " by working with devs to bring premium titles that are fun, innovative," }, { "start": 375, "end": 379, "text": " but also complex enough to keep the Switch in the hands of consumers," }, { "start": 379, "end": 381, "text": " at least until the next Zelda game comes out." }, { "start": 381, "end": 384, "text": " Luckily, with all the consumer success of the Switch," }, { "start": 384, "end": 411, "text": " Nintendo should have plenty of cash to do just that." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 4.7, "text": " One of the most important questions you can ask yourself when you're thinking about buying" }, { "start": 4.7, "end": 7.16, "text": " a smartphone is whether or not it has a good camera." }, { "start": 7.16, "end": 11.64, "text": " And luckily for all of us over the last couple years, the answer to that question is increasingly" }, { "start": 11.64, "end": 12.64, "text": " yes." }, { "start": 12.64, "end": 15.280000000000001, "text": " So we took the five best ones released this past year." }, { "start": 15.280000000000001, "end": 22.52, "text": " The iPhone X, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the Google Pixel 2, the LG V30, and the HTC U11." }, { "start": 22.52, "end": 26.080000000000002, "text": " Now we put them to the test in a whole bunch of different situations, all to figure out" }, { "start": 26.08, "end": 32.36, "text": " which smartphone has the best camera." }, { "start": 32.36, "end": 34.839999999999996, "text": " So we're here in the studio and we're about to take a look at some of the images." }, { "start": 34.839999999999996, "end": 37.28, "text": " I'm joined by James Barron, the Verge's creative director." }, { "start": 37.28, "end": 38.28, "text": " Thank you, James." }, { "start": 38.28, "end": 39.28, "text": " Hello." }, { "start": 39.28, "end": 42.28, "text": " And why don't you give the people an idea of what it is that makes you an expert in" }, { "start": 42.28, "end": 43.28, "text": " this field." }, { "start": 43.28, "end": 44.28, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 44.28, "end": 45.28, "text": " Well, that's interesting." }, { "start": 45.28, "end": 49.18, "text": " I've been taking pictures for a very long time, but I've been specifically taking pictures" }, { "start": 49.18, "end": 50.92, "text": " with these phones for the past week." }, { "start": 50.92, "end": 53.099999999999994, "text": " I've had pockets full of phones." }, { "start": 53.1, "end": 57.6, "text": " And if you caught our circuit breaker show last week, you'll have seen that we went out" }, { "start": 57.6, "end": 60.2, "text": " and shot some pictures and started comparing them." }, { "start": 60.2, "end": 64.68, "text": " And then we handed the phones over to you and you've been picked up the mantle and have" }, { "start": 64.68, "end": 65.68, "text": " been doing it ever since." }, { "start": 65.68, "end": 66.68, "text": " Yes." }, { "start": 66.68, "end": 71.12, "text": " And we decided to pick these phones not only because they're some of the industry leaders" }, { "start": 71.12, "end": 76.32, "text": " in sales and things like that, but they just are the best cameras that are out there as" }, { "start": 76.32, "end": 78.92, "text": " far as the top tier of smartphones that you can buy right now." }, { "start": 78.92, "end": 81.92, "text": " There are definitely some other competitors that we could have included in this test," }, { "start": 81.92, "end": 83.60000000000001, "text": " but then we would have been here 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Of course." }, { "start": 279.11999999999995, "end": 280.67999999999995, "text": " You know, you know what you're doing." }, { "start": 280.67999999999995, "end": 281.67999999999995, "text": " It's very neutral." }, { "start": 281.67999999999995, "end": 283.7, "text": " It's very flat as well." }, { "start": 283.7, "end": 288.26, "text": " So you've got very even tone from the foreground and the background." }, { "start": 288.26, "end": 293.71999999999997, "text": " And I think that this kind of image really shows up the neutrality of the Pixel camera," }, { "start": 293.71999999999997, "end": 297.79999999999995, "text": " which is, I think, having played around with them myself for a week, I know that you've" }, { "start": 297.79999999999995, "end": 298.79999999999995, "text": " been playing around." }, { "start": 298.79999999999995, "end": 301.79999999999995, "text": " I think that's my immediate takeaway about the Pixel." }, { "start": 301.8, "end": 307.64, "text": " It is the kind 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"text": " But yeah, the Pixel, yeah, it really does feel like you can read the individual subway." }, { "start": 704.36, "end": 705.36, "text": " It's very clean." }, { "start": 705.36, "end": 711.12, "text": " There doesn't seem to be, it's almost like in paint where paint bleeds, the colors bleed." }, { "start": 711.12, "end": 714.08, "text": " These are very kind of restrained and crisp and clear." }, { "start": 714.08, "end": 715.08, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 715.08, "end": 716.84, "text": " All the paint is within the lines, which is kind of funny." }, { "start": 716.84, "end": 722.5600000000001, "text": " I think if we think of contrast ratio as a visual thing that here's a contrast ratio" }, { "start": 722.5600000000001, "end": 727.72, "text": " on most of the phones, the Pixel just has a broader gamut." }, { "start": 727.72, "end": 733.12, "text": " It's going to capture more in the dark end of more in the light end and just give you" }, { "start": 733.12, "end": 735.32, "text": " an overall better exposed image." }, { "start": 735.32, "end": 739.08, "text": " And I'll say, like one of the things that we, I think both you and I were not expecting" }, { "start": 739.08, "end": 744.64, "text": " coming into testing all these smartphones out is that we weren't expecting the HTC to" }, { "start": 744.64, "end": 752, "text": " find, like the HTC is as good as the iPhone and the Pixel at in like a bunch of different" }, { "start": 752, "end": 753, "text": " settings sometimes." }, { "start": 753, "end": 754, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 754, "end": 755.24, "text": " And that was something that surprised both of us." }, { "start": 755.24, "end": 758.48, "text": " And here is like one of the clearest examples of that." }, { "start": 758.48, "end": 760.76, "text": " Like this image looks a lot like that." }, { "start": 760.76, "end": 764, "text": " Maybe not at the detail level when we zoom way in, but when you look at it sort of zoomed" }, { "start": 764, 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"text": " It's kind of weird." }, { "start": 951.6, "end": 953.32, "text": " Yeah, but the color is bleeding." }, { "start": 953.32, "end": 954.82, "text": " I mean, look around here." }, { "start": 954.82, "end": 957.9200000000001, "text": " You can actually see the blue is bleeding around." }, { "start": 957.9200000000001, "end": 961.0400000000001, "text": " Let's take a look at what that did in the iPhone." }, { "start": 961.04, "end": 963.12, "text": " Yeah, the iPhone did a way better job with that." }, { "start": 963.12, "end": 968.0799999999999, "text": " You can actually see detail in this like grassy thing, whereas apparently that all got lost" }, { "start": 968.0799999999999, "end": 970.28, "text": " pretty much in the Samsung." }, { "start": 970.28, "end": 977.28, "text": " If you zoom in, you can also see on the iPhone how much artifacts is adding from the sharpening." }, { "start": 977.28, "end": 982.0999999999999, "text": " What we wanted to do though with some of these pictures and with this one in particular is" }, { "start": 982.0999999999999, "end": 988.7199999999999, "text": " look at it in an even more neutral platform than maybe this screen, which is Instagram." }, { "start": 988.72, "end": 995.6800000000001, "text": " Because how much do these differences matter if they're all being funneled through Instagram's" }, { "start": 995.6800000000001, "end": 1000.6800000000001, "text": " compression algorithm, which is probably removing a lot of these differences in the first place." }, { "start": 1000.6800000000001, "end": 1003.28, "text": " So we have uploaded a few of them here." }, { "start": 1003.28, "end": 1008, "text": " I think the one where it's showing me the most of what Instagram is doing is we zoom" }, { "start": 1008, "end": 1012.76, "text": " way in here on the LG versus what we saw here." }, { "start": 1012.76, "end": 1015.36, "text": " Let's get to the same spot." }, { "start": 1015.36, "end": 1019.6, "text": " The LG, which we knocked a little bit for resolving some of this detail, still was able" }, { "start": 1019.6, "end": 1023.12, "text": " to get some of these finest little branches here." }, { "start": 1023.12, "end": 1025.1200000000001, "text": " Whereas in the Instagram..." }, { "start": 1025.1200000000001, "end": 1027.6, "text": " Oh no, that's as big as it's going." }, { "start": 1027.6, "end": 1030.56, "text": " You can see it here." }, { "start": 1030.56, "end": 1034.68, "text": " I'm looking at this spot right here." }, { "start": 1034.68, "end": 1039.32, "text": " That's a nest of information with all these branches and twigs." }, { "start": 1039.32, "end": 1041.48, "text": " Here it's just like it's been blurred together." }, { "start": 1041.48, "end": 1045.64, "text": " There's all these artifacts from the compression." }, { "start": 1045.64, "end": 1048.76, "text": " You're also noticing it in the shadow data along the trees." }, { "start": 1048.76, "end": 1052.96, "text": " If you jump back to the original picture, look how crisp the separation of the different" }, { "start": 1052.96, "end": 1054.76, "text": " colors of bark are." }, { "start": 1054.76, "end": 1060.92, "text": " Then once you get into this, it's almost like it's stripping some of those colors out." }, { "start": 1060.92, "end": 1067.08, "text": " It's making a decision of this is this kind of brown, this is this kind of green." }, { "start": 1067.08, "end": 1076.24, "text": " What matters about that is we take a look at, let's say, here the HTC, which we said" }, { "start": 1076.24, "end": 1078.28, "text": " handled the scene really well, right?" }, { "start": 1078.28, "end": 1082.6399999999999, "text": " That actually looks worse than the LG does on Instagram." }, { "start": 1082.6399999999999, "end": 1091.72, "text": " It lost so much more detail in the back branches of this tree that the HTC photo uploaded on" }, { "start": 1091.72, "end": 1098.16, "text": " Instagram on the HTC phone viewed on the web now, to sort of give it a neutral platform," }, { "start": 1098.16, "end": 1103.1000000000001, "text": " looks worse than the LG photo uploaded through Instagram on the LG phone." }, { "start": 1103.1000000000001, "end": 1108.44, "text": " That's a weird thing that it's stripping more information out of the file from the HTC phone" }, { "start": 1108.44, "end": 1111.94, "text": " than the LG one, which apparently had less to compress, I don't know." }, { "start": 1111.94, "end": 1115.2, "text": " I think looking at them, I would sum it up like this." }, { "start": 1115.2, "end": 1121.68, "text": " The platform, it's like an amplifier for whatever the trait of the image is." }, { "start": 1121.68, "end": 1125.48, "text": " If the image is slightly soft, it's going to make it softer." }, { "start": 1125.48, "end": 1130.2, "text": " If the image is slightly contrasty, it's going to make it even more contrasty." }, { "start": 1130.2, "end": 1133.44, "text": " If it's slightly warm, it's going to make it even warmer." }, { "start": 1133.44, "end": 1137.48, "text": " It just seems to take these decisions and push it that much further." }, { "start": 1137.48, "end": 1143.2, "text": " As you said, we saw that slight softness in the HTC image, and that's now much more pronounced" }, { "start": 1143.2, "end": 1144.88, "text": " when we look at it through Instagram." }, { "start": 1144.88, "end": 1147.4, "text": " What was the pixel one like on Instagram?" }, { "start": 1147.4, "end": 1148.4, "text": " Let's find that." }, { "start": 1148.4, "end": 1150.88, "text": " You see, it's made it flatter and darker." }, { "start": 1150.88, "end": 1155.5200000000002, "text": " Yeah, it looks even darker and moodier than it does on this screen here." }, { "start": 1155.5200000000002, "end": 1157.8000000000002, "text": " At least here, there's some information in the shadows." }, { "start": 1157.8000000000002, "end": 1161.68, "text": " It doesn't feel quite as dark and dour." }, { 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information to make it sharp." }, { "start": 1193.6799999999998, "end": 1198.1599999999999, "text": " It is dark because it did not capture enough information in the shadows to bring out the" }, { "start": 1198.1599999999999, "end": 1199.1599999999999, "text": " detail." }, { "start": 1199.1599999999999, "end": 1204.72, "text": " It's just going to exponentially run down that path as you run it through Instagram." }, { "start": 1204.72, "end": 1209.3600000000001, "text": " If you were to upload some of these, the HTC, which is a little soft, if you were to upload" }, { "start": 1209.3600000000001, "end": 1212.56, "text": " this to Instagram a couple more times, I'm sure it would just be one big foggy image" }, { "start": 1212.56, "end": 1214.84, "text": " by the time you did that." }, { "start": 1214.84, "end": 1221.66, "text": " An interesting exercise would be to actually then process the image before you upload it." }, { "start": 1221.66, "end": 1224.96, "text": " If you know it's going to block up, you fill in some shadow detail." }, { "start": 1224.96, "end": 1228.92, "text": " If you know that it's going to go too bright, you bring the highlights back or push the" }, { "start": 1228.92, "end": 1229.92, "text": " color up." }, { "start": 1229.92, "end": 1233.48, "text": " I think that that's the other side to all of these images." }, { "start": 1233.48, "end": 1235.92, "text": " This is what the image looks like." }, { "start": 1235.92, "end": 1238.2, "text": " What do you want the image to look like?" }, { "start": 1238.2, "end": 1243.6, "text": " I think we've said that at the end of the day, these phones take really, really good" }, { "start": 1243.6, "end": 1247.72, "text": " pictures and a lot of these choices are going to come down to what kind of pictures do you" }, { "start": 1247.72, "end": 1248.88, "text": " like?" }, { "start": 1248.88, "end": 1252.18, "text": " If you like brown fuzzy pictures, then the Samsung is for you." }, { "start": 1252.18, "end": 1254.16, "text": " Let's just put that out there." }, { "start": 1254.16, "end": 1255.56, "text": " Clearly a lot of people do." }, { "start": 1255.56, "end": 1257.82, "text": " They sell a lot of phones." }, { "start": 1257.82, "end": 1262.08, "text": " Just like if you are going to live with the fact, if you get an iPhone, you're going to" }, { "start": 1262.08, "end": 1264.6799999999998, "text": " have to live with the fact that it overexposes sometimes." }, { "start": 1264.6799999999998, "end": 1269.6399999999999, "text": " The question then is, does this change the opinion of which camera did the best in this" }, { "start": 1269.6399999999999, "end": 1270.6399999999999, "text": " situation?" }, { "start": 1270.6399999999999, "end": 1272.48, "text": " I think maybe it does." }, { "start": 1272.48, "end": 1276.6399999999999, "text": " I think the best photo out of the cameras looking at it on the screen was probably the" }, { "start": 1276.6399999999999, "end": 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1309.08, "text": " in the end." }, { "start": 1309.08, "end": 1314.1000000000001, "text": " The problem with once you start viewing the images on Instagram and saying, well, now" }, { "start": 1314.1000000000001, "end": 1319.06, "text": " you've seen the image on the screen and now you've uploaded it, which do you think handles" }, { "start": 1319.06, "end": 1320.9199999999998, "text": " that the best?" }, { "start": 1320.9199999999998, "end": 1325.3999999999999, "text": " The problem is, the answer is, it depends on the picture." }, { "start": 1325.3999999999999, "end": 1331.1, "text": " I think that if you're going to upload a bright sunny day with a deep blue sky and a bright" }, { "start": 1331.1, "end": 1338.32, "text": " red car and a big green bench, then the brightness of the iPhone is probably going to make that" }, { "start": 1338.32, "end": 1340, "text": " look amazing." }, { "start": 1340, "end": 1347.2, "text": " I think if you've got muted colors, grain, shadow detail, backlit, which we've experimented" }, { "start": 1347.2, "end": 1351.44, "text": " with before, and the Pixel 2 XL or Pixel 2 is going to kill it." }, { "start": 1351.44, "end": 1353.88, "text": " I mean, it's just by far the winner." }, { "start": 1353.88, "end": 1358, "text": " I think the HTC is still the average one." }, { "start": 1358, "end": 1364.2, "text": " I think these kind of tests are very much we're trying to find definitive answers." }, { "start": 1364.2, "end": 1368.16, "text": " Actually the answers are, this is probably the best, maybe." }, { "start": 1368.16, "end": 1370.24, "text": " But then you could compensate for it." }, { "start": 1370.24, "end": 1371.24, "text": " So where do you stop?" }, { "start": 1371.24, "end": 1375.98, "text": " You could say, well, if I have an iPhone, I know I'm going to kind of push the color" }, { "start": 1375.98, "end": 1377.24, "text": " balance a little bit redder." }, { "start": 1377.24, "end": 1380.2, "text": " That's the point where you lose people, right?" }, { "start": 1380.2, "end": 1382.96, "text": " Most people aren't going to do that to try and compensate to make the photos look better." }, { "start": 1382.96, "end": 1383.96, "text": " They just want it to work." }, { "start": 1383.96, "end": 1391.24, "text": " And so at that point, you just have to know that Instagram is going to sort of, again," }, { "start": 1391.24, "end": 1396.04, "text": " skew or enhance the problems that you're already dealing with." }, { "start": 1396.04, "end": 1401.3600000000001, "text": " I think the answer is that overall, you know where you are with the iPhone." }, { "start": 1401.3600000000001, "end": 1404.2, "text": " You know where you are with the Pixel 2." }, { "start": 1404.2, "end": 1409.04, "text": " I think inconsistency on the other three is means you're probably going to know a little" }, { "start": 1409.04, "end": 1410.04, "text": " bit less." }, { "start": 1410.04, "end": 1411.04, "text": " I think that's the thing." }, { "start": 1411.04, "end": 1416.96, "text": " I think that you can compensate and take into account what the iPhone 10 and what the Pixel" }, { "start": 1416.96, "end": 1419.16, "text": " 2 are going to do." }, { "start": 1419.16, "end": 1421.68, "text": " And they will consistently always do that." }, { "start": 1421.68, "end": 1426.8600000000001, "text": " OK, so here's another sort of weird test that we want to use to show how differently these" }, { "start": 1426.8600000000001, "end": 1428.64, "text": " photos can look." }, { "start": 1428.64, "end": 1430.2, "text": " How much differently." }, { "start": 1430.2, "end": 1431.76, "text": " Can I just say this?" }, { "start": 1431.76, "end": 1432.76, "text": " Yes." }, { "start": 1432.76, "end": 1435.56, "text": " You know, I said we should get into the weeds." }, { "start": 1435.56, "end": 1436.56, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1436.56, "end": 1438.72, "text": " So we're going to get into the weeds with pictures of weeds." }, { "start": 1438.72, "end": 1439.72, "text": " I'm leaving." }, { "start": 1439.72, "end": 1441.72, "text": " Is that meant to?" }, { "start": 1441.72, "end": 1447.2, "text": " So this is what we're looking at right now is a picture that was taken by the Pixel 2" }, { "start": 1447.2, "end": 1451.56, "text": " XL on the Pixel 2 XL screen and on the iPhone 10 screen." }, { "start": 1451.56, "end": 1452.56, "text": " Same picture." }, { "start": 1452.56, "end": 1454.48, "text": " Same picture." }, { "start": 1454.48, "end": 1459, "text": " And already, I don't know, it might be hard to see in the video, but like already it is" }, { "start": 1459, "end": 1460, "text": " insanely different." }, { "start": 1460, "end": 1461, "text": " It's insanely different." }, { "start": 1461, "end": 1462, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1462, "end": 1465.04, "text": " So if you have like True Tone or anything turned on, these are just sort of we've got" }, { "start": 1465.04, "end": 1469.86, "text": " the Pixel 2 XL in the screen mode that actually matters, whatever one they call it, the one" }, { "start": 1469.86, "end": 1472.24, "text": " that doesn't have dumb colors." }, { "start": 1472.24, "end": 1473.24, "text": " The right one." }, { "start": 1473.24, "end": 1474.24, "text": " Yeah, the right one." }, { "start": 1474.24, "end": 1476.56, "text": " And then the iPhone just sort of in its standard mode." }, { "start": 1476.56, "end": 1483.36, "text": " And the iPhone is interpreting the Pixel's photo as like almost kind of dull." }, { "start": 1483.36, "end": 1484.36, "text": " It's doing it deliberately." }, { "start": 1484.36, "end": 1485.36, "text": " Very, yeah, right." }, { "start": 1485.36, "end": 1486.64, "text": " It's very flat." }, { "start": 1486.64, "end": 1489.4, "text": " Like there's not as much contrast." }, { "start": 1489.4, "end": 1490.4, "text": " It's still a good photo." }, { "start": 1490.4, "end": 1492.92, "text": " It looks like it's representing some pretty good detail." }, { "start": 1492.92, "end": 1495.16, "text": " But here's something crazy, right?" }, { "start": 1495.16, "end": 1501.4, "text": " We've been saying up to this point how the iPhone makes everything look green." }, { "start": 1501.4, "end": 1507.1200000000001, "text": " And the one color it's stripped out of the Pixel's image is the green has gone." }, { "start": 1507.1200000000001, "end": 1511.2800000000002, "text": " Yeah, in comparison, the Pixel is just like lush and beautiful and it's got all this vibrant" }, { "start": 1511.2800000000002, "end": 1512.2800000000002, "text": " color." }, { "start": 1512.2800000000002, "end": 1513.2800000000002, "text": " It's just gone." }, { "start": 1513.2800000000002, "end": 1517.4, "text": " It just looks like this is normal and this is after a few days when the water's gone" }, { "start": 1517.4, "end": 1519, "text": " and it's gone a little bit brown." }, { "start": 1519, "end": 1522.08, "text": " So what I want to do is get in a little bit closer so we can see some of the detail." }, { "start": 1522.08, "end": 1523.84, "text": " I'm having trouble because-" }, { "start": 1523.84, "end": 1524.84, "text": " Apple hates Google?" }, { "start": 1524.84, "end": 1529.16, "text": " Yeah, the Google Drive app won't let me zoom in any further on the iPhone." }, { "start": 1529.16, "end": 1536.28, "text": " But one thing I will say is that they're not resolving the detail any differently." }, { "start": 1536.28, "end": 1539.56, "text": " This is really just about color, the difference here." }, { "start": 1539.56, "end": 1546.6, "text": " And I don't know, I do pulled back kind of look like the way that the Pixel's looks on" }, { "start": 1546.6, "end": 1547.68, "text": " the Pixel." }, { "start": 1547.68, "end": 1551.92, "text": " But the sort of photographer in me is looking at this one and saying like, that's a more" }, { "start": 1551.92, "end": 1555.6000000000001, "text": " realistic image because I was there shooting this picture." }, { "start": 1555.6000000000001, "end": 1558.8200000000002, "text": " The greens were not that green and the blue was not that blue." }, { "start": 1558.8200000000002, "end": 1562.76, "text": " That is an aggressive reproduction by Google in sort of-" }, { "start": 1562.76, "end": 1563.76, "text": " I don't want to live in the real world." }, { "start": 1563.76, "end": 1566.48, "text": " I want to live in the better world." }, { "start": 1566.48, "end": 1568, "text": " Fair enough." }, { "start": 1568, "end": 1572.4, "text": " Let's take a look at the iPhone's photo on the Pixel." }, { "start": 1572.4, "end": 1573.4, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 1573.4, "end": 1578.72, "text": " So the other way around now, we've got the iPhone X's photo from this scene on both of" }, { "start": 1578.72, "end": 1580.88, "text": " these screens and it's doing the same thing." }, { "start": 1580.88, "end": 1583.1200000000001, "text": " I mean, it's like almost the exact same differences." }, { "start": 1583.1200000000001, "end": 1586.3200000000002, "text": " The iPhone is almost like-" }, { "start": 1586.3200000000002, "end": 1587.3200000000002, "text": " It's making it more neutral." }, { "start": 1587.3200000000002, "end": 1588.3200000000002, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1588.3200000000002, "end": 1592.96, "text": " I mean, this is like a real color profile kind of problem where like, you have one photo" }, { "start": 1592.96, "end": 1596.44, "text": " that's the same everywhere, but it looks different everywhere." }, { "start": 1596.44, "end": 1598.24, "text": " And so it's the same thing again." }, { "start": 1598.24, "end": 1603.3200000000002, "text": " We've got the Pixel sort of really going crazy on the colors, making the greens way more" }, { "start": 1603.32, "end": 1605.12, "text": " green, the blues way more blue." }, { "start": 1605.12, "end": 1608.08, "text": " The iPhone is much more muted." }, { "start": 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"text": " And so it's taking a problem and making it worse." }, { "start": 1638.16, "end": 1641.24, "text": " To your point earlier, if the information isn't there, it's not there." }, { "start": 1641.24, "end": 1642.24, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 1642.24, "end": 1646.3200000000002, "text": " So removed from all that sort of phone screen trickery, now we're looking at those same" }, { "start": 1646.3200000000002, "end": 1650.64, "text": " two images here on the Retina MacBook." }, { "start": 1650.64, "end": 1657.8400000000001, "text": " And I think a pretty wild difference in the sense of the Pixel's image actually looks" }, { "start": 1657.8400000000001, "end": 1658.8400000000001, "text": " flatter." }, { "start": 1658.84, "end": 1659.84, "text": " Way flatter." }, { "start": 1659.84, "end": 1663.76, "text": " And not as saturated as it did on the phone, which is super weird." }, { "start": 1663.76, "end": 1664.76, "text": " It feels like we got flipped." }, { "start": 1664.76, 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2037.2, "text": " It's easy to forget that it's there as far as like the UI goes." }, { "start": 2037.2, "end": 2039.0800000000002, "text": " That's probably why I don't use it." }, { "start": 2039.0800000000002, "end": 2040.0800000000002, "text": " I just forget." }, { "start": 2040.0800000000002, "end": 2042.8400000000001, "text": " Yeah, I think that's probably part of it." }, { "start": 2042.8400000000001, "end": 2046.16, "text": " But you can go too far on the Note 8." }, { "start": 2046.16, "end": 2049.7400000000002, "text": " Their version of portrait mode is called Live Focus and it is right under the shutter button" }, { "start": 2049.74, "end": 2052.8799999999997, "text": " all the time, which makes it feel like you're always in portrait mode, even though you're" }, { "start": 2052.8799999999997, "end": 2053.8799999999997, "text": " not." }, { "start": 2053.8799999999997, "end": 2056.4399999999996, "text": " You have to tap it even though it looks like a swipe." }, { "start": 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Actually, yes, we are." }, { "start": 2157, "end": 2158, "text": " It's the Pixel." }, { "start": 2158, "end": 2163.7999999999997, "text": " So no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, because I think the Pixel is doing things that is" }, { "start": 2163.7999999999997, "end": 2165.16, "text": " more impressive than some of the other things." }, { "start": 2165.16, "end": 2169.6, "text": " I think they have a better lead on the rest of the smartphones as far as their cameras." }, { "start": 2169.6, "end": 2171.8399999999997, "text": " And I think they can take it to more interesting places." }, { "start": 2171.8399999999997, "end": 2172.8399999999997, "text": " This is a surprise." }, { "start": 2172.8399999999997, "end": 2176.8399999999997, "text": " I think the iPhone is right there with it, if not a little behind it." }, { "start": 2176.8399999999997, "end": 2179.44, "text": " I love the versatility of a second lens." }, { "start": 2179.44, "end": 2181.68, "text": " And we tested this on 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So I think Apple's got some advantages over the Pixel." }, { "start": 2207.64, "end": 2212.6, "text": " I think just like hands down most consistent, going to always give you the best photo in" }, { "start": 2212.6, "end": 2214.68, "text": " most situations." }, { "start": 2214.68, "end": 2217.88, "text": " I don't think you can say it isn't the Google Pixel 2X." }, { "start": 2217.88, "end": 2218.88, "text": " I own it." }, { "start": 2218.88, "end": 2219.88, "text": " I get it." }, { "start": 2219.88, "end": 2223.92, "text": " I was just trying to be the most sort of diplomatic diplomatic." }, { "start": 2223.92, "end": 2227.04, "text": " I mean, there are times and I think that this is the point." }, { "start": 2227.04, "end": 2229.84, "text": " There are times when an iPhone is going to be better." }, { "start": 2229.84, "end": 2231.8, "text": " There's times when the ACCU 11 is going to be better." }, { "start": 2231.8, "end": 2236.44, "text": " There's times maybe not when the Note 8 is going to be better or the LG." }, { "start": 2236.44, "end": 2239.4, "text": " But I think we have three that are sort of in a class of others." }, { "start": 2239.4, "end": 2242.56, "text": " And then these are the sort of best that are out there, which is why we picked them in" }, { "start": 2242.56, "end": 2243.56, "text": " the first place." }, { "start": 2243.56, "end": 2244.56, "text": " Exactly." }, { "start": 2244.56, "end": 2246.6400000000003, "text": " We have way more comparisons on the website." }, { "start": 2246.64, "end": 2251.3599999999997, "text": " So make sure you go find the smartphone camera comparison there where I'll have just way" }, { "start": 2251.3599999999997, "end": 2253.92, "text": " more detail than we could fit in this video." }, { "start": 2253.92, "end": 2254.92, "text": " So look for that." }, { "start": 2254.92, "end": 2256.96, "text": " Head to youtube.com slash the verge." }, { "start": 2256.96, "end": 2259.8399999999997, "text": " Click subscribe if you're not already, which like at the end of this video, like, what" }, { "start": 2259.8399999999997, "end": 2261.3799999999997, "text": " are you doing if you're not?" }, { "start": 2261.3799999999997, "end": 2262.8599999999997, "text": " And thanks for watching." }, { "start": 2262.8599999999997, "end": 2263.8599999999997, "text": " Thank you." }, { "start": 2263.8599999999997, "end": 2266.72, "text": " Just the amount of what's the word I'm thinking of?" }, { "start": 2266.72, "end": 2267.72, "text": " I have no idea." }, { "start": 2267.72, "end": 2268.72, "text": " Please tell me." }, { "start": 2268.72, "end": 2269.72, "text": " Oh my God." }, { "start": 2269.72, "end": 2276.7999999999997, "text": " Why am I blacking out?" } ]

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So the options for videos is pretty limited. Mostly it's just movie" }, { "start": 90.03999999999999, "end": 95.24, "text": " trailers and Amazon Prime video content. But the screen is great for displaying a clock and there's" }, { "start": 95.24, "end": 100.08, "text": " 16 different faces to choose from. They both have analog and digital designs and four of them are" }, { "start": 100.08, "end": 105.2, "text": " customizable with your own photos. In addition it displays album art, to-do lists, shopping lists," }, { "start": 105.2, "end": 110.32, "text": " and weather information right at a glance. Now on top of the spot are buttons for controlling the" }, { "start": 110.32, "end": 115.47999999999999, "text": " volume and muting the mic and camera. There's also four far-field microphones which in my tests" }, { "start": 115.47999999999999, "end": 120.36, "text": " were able to hear my voice just about as well as the seven microphone arrays on other Echo devices." }, { "start": 120.36, "end": 125.24, "text": " The spot has a 1.4 inch speaker that sounds way better than the Echo Dot's tinny speaker when" }, { "start": 125.24, "end": 129.84, "text": " Alexa talks. It also sounds fine for casual music listening but it's obviously not going to work as" }, { "start": 129.84, "end": 135.12, "text": " well for that as a larger Echo or a Sonos One. If you do want better sound you can link the spot" }, { "start": 135.12, "end": 141.52, "text": " to a larger speaker with a cable or Bluetooth which is a nice convenience to have. Now just" }, { "start": 141.52, "end": 145.84, "text": " like the Echo Show you can use the spot to make video calls to other Echo devices with a screen" }, { "start": 145.84, "end": 150.84, "text": " or to a phone using Amazon's Alexa app. Now in practice this works pretty well. The image is" }, { "start": 150.84, "end": 155.08, "text": " clear, the sound is good, and you can easily see the person you're calling and your own image right" }, { "start": 155.08, "end": 160, "text": " on the spot's display. Now you can also enable that creepy drop-in feature that lets you connect" }, { "start": 160, "end": 165.48, "text": " to another Echo spot or show directly without anyone answering the call. But video calling definitely" }, { "start": 165.48, "end": 170.24, "text": " seems like a feature that's better suited for the larger show than the smaller spot. 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The" }, { "start": 225.04000000000002, "end": 229, "text": " spot will even display the current weather conditions when your alarm goes off so you know" }, { "start": 229, "end": 234.12, "text": " how to dress for the day when you wake up. It's basically the perfect smart alarm clock if it" }, { "start": 234.12, "end": 238.92000000000002, "text": " didn't have an anxiety-inducing camera built into the front of it. Amazon says that the spot can" }, { "start": 238.92000000000002, "end": 243.28, "text": " work in other parts of your home too but it's probably not the best echo for most other uses." }, { "start": 243.28, "end": 248.24, "text": " The larger show is better if you want a voice control display in your kitchen for recipes and" }, { "start": 248.24, "end": 253.36, "text": " background video watching while you're cooking or doing dishes. 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Republicans voted to repeal the regulations on a party" }, { "start": 21.48, "end": 26.52, "text": " line vote, but not without scathing dissent from the FCC's two Democratic commissioners." }, { "start": 26.52, "end": 31.56, "text": " Here's what Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn had to say." }, { "start": 31.56, "end": 37.28, "text": " Net neutrality is internet freedom. I support that freedom." }, { "start": 37.28, "end": 45.56, "text": " I dissent from this spirally spun, legally lightweight, consumer harming, corporate enabling," }, { "start": 45.56, "end": 54.72, "text": " destroying internet freedom order. I dissent because I am among the millions outraged." }, { "start": 54.72, "end": 61.44, "text": " Outraged because the FCC pulls its own teeth, abdicating responsibility to protect the nation's" }, { "start": 61.44, "end": 63.44, "text": " broadband consumers." }, { "start": 63.44, "end": 68.36, "text": " I dissent from this rash decision to roll back net neutrality rules." }, { "start": 68.36, "end": 72.96000000000001, "text": " I dissent from the corrupt process that has brought us to this point." }, { "start": 72.96000000000001, "end": 78.8, "text": " And I dissent from the contempt this agency has shown our citizens in pursuing this path" }, { "start": 78.8, "end": 80.75999999999999, "text": " today." }, { "start": 80.76, "end": 86.44, "text": " This decision puts the Federal Communications Commission on the wrong side of history, the" }, { "start": 86.44, "end": 92.64, "text": " wrong side of the law, and the wrong side of the American public." }, { "start": 92.64, "end": 99.24000000000001, "text": " Because the public can plainly see that a soon to be toothless FCC is handing the keys" }, { "start": 99.24000000000001, "end": 106.2, "text": " to the internet, the internet. One of the most remarkable, empowering, enabling inventions" }, { "start": 106.2, "end": 112.64, "text": " of our lifetime over to a handful of multi-billion dollar corporations." }, { "start": 112.64, "end": 119.52000000000001, "text": " And if past is prologue, those very same broadband internet service providers that the majority" }, { "start": 119.52000000000001, "end": 127.04, "text": " says you should trust to do bright by you will put profits and shareholders returns" }, { "start": 127.04, "end": 130.96, "text": " above what is best for you." }, { "start": 130.96, "end": 136.12, "text": " As a result of today's misguided action, our broadband providers will get extraordinary" }, { "start": 136.12, "end": 138.72, "text": " new powers." }, { "start": 138.72, "end": 144.64000000000001, "text": " They will have the power to block websites, the power to throttle services, and the power" }, { "start": 144.64000000000001, "end": 147.28, "text": " to censor online content." }, { "start": 147.28, "end": 154.96, "text": " They will charge inscrutable below the line fees, raise prices unexpectedly, and put consumers" }, { "start": 154.96, "end": 161.36, "text": " on hold for hours at a time who will have their best interest at heart in a world without" }, { "start": 161.36, "end": 163.84, "text": " clear and enforceable rules." }, { "start": 163.84, "end": 168.36, "text": " They will have the right to discriminate and favor the internet traffic of those companies" }, { "start": 168.36, "end": 175.04000000000002, "text": " with whom they have a pay for play arrangement, and the right to consign all others to a slow" }, { "start": 175.04000000000002, "end": 177.16, "text": " and bumpy road." }, { "start": 177.16, "end": 183, "text": " Particularly damning is what today's repeal would mean for marginalized groups like communities" }, { "start": 183, "end": 187.32, "text": " of color that rely on platforms like the internet to communicate." }, { "start": 187.32, "end": 192.76, "text": " You see, traditional outlets rarely if ever consider their issues or concerns worthy of" }, { "start": 192.76, "end": 194.24, "text": " coverage." }, { "start": 194.24, "end": 201.44, "text": " It was through social media, remember, that the world first heard about Ferguson, Missouri," }, { "start": 201.44, "end": 207.8, "text": " because those legacy outlets did not consider them worthy enough for coverage until that" }, { "start": 207.8, "end": 210.72, "text": " hashtag started trending." }, { "start": 210.72, "end": 213.64, "text": " They say, just trust us." }, { "start": 213.64, "end": 218.56, "text": " But know this, they have the technical ability and business incentive to discriminate and" }, { "start": 218.56, "end": 221.4, "text": " manipulate your internet traffic." }, { "start": 221.4, "end": 226.48, "text": " And now this agency gives them the legal green light to go ahead and do so." }, { "start": 226.48, "end": 232.24, "text": " One broadband provider who had in the past promised to not engage in pay prioritization" }, { "start": 232.24, "end": 238.4, "text": " has now quietly dropped that promise from its list of commitments on its website." }, { "start": 238.4, "end": 242.12, "text": " We're told don't worry, competition will save us." }, { "start": 242.12, "end": 247.52, "text": " But the FCC's own data show that our broadband markets are not competitive." }, { "start": 247.52, "end": 252.02, "text": " Half the households in this country have no choice of broadband provider." }, { "start": 252.02, "end": 256.72, "text": " So if your broadband provider is blocking websites, you have no recourse." }, { "start": 256.72, "end": 258.44, "text": " You have nowhere to go." }, { "start": 258.44, "end": 260.04, "text": " What's next?" }, { "start": 260.04, "end": 261.56, "text": " Blocking or throttling?" }, { "start": 261.56, "end": 263.72, "text": " That will never happen, you say?" }, { "start": 263.72, "end": 271.52000000000004, "text": " Under today's vote, exactly who is the cop on the beat that can or will stop them?" }, { "start": 271.52000000000004, "end": 274.56, "text": " And just who will be impacted the most?" }, { "start": 274.56, "end": 277.52000000000004, "text": " Consumers and small businesses, that's who." }, { "start": 277.52000000000004, "end": 282.8, "text": " Everyone from the creator of the World Wide Web to religious leaders to governors and" }, { "start": 282.8, "end": 289.76000000000005, "text": " mayors of big cities and small towns to musicians to actors to actresses to entrepreneurs and" }, { "start": 289.76, "end": 297, "text": " academics and activists have registered their upset and anger." }, { "start": 297, "end": 300.94, "text": " They are reeling at how this agency could make this kind of mistake." }, { "start": 300.94, "end": 304.42, "text": " They are wondering how it could be so tone deaf." }, { "start": 304.42, "end": 309.08, "text": " And they are justifiably concerned that just a few unelected officials could make such" }, { "start": 309.08, "end": 313.96, "text": " a vast and far-reaching decision about the future of the Internet." }, { "start": 313.96, "end": 320.12, "text": " Now there is a darker side to all of this that we have witnessed over the past few weeks." }, { "start": 320.12, "end": 328.02, "text": " Threats and intimidation, personal attacks, Nazi cheering, Russian influence, fake comments." }, { "start": 328.02, "end": 330.67999999999995, "text": " These are unacceptable." }, { "start": 330.67999999999995, "end": 333.85999999999996, "text": " Some of these actions are illegal." }, { "start": 333.85999999999996, "end": 337.4, "text": " Two million comments feature stolen identities." }, { "start": 337.4, "end": 341.64, "text": " Half a million comments are from Russian email addresses." }, { "start": 341.64, "end": 347, "text": " Fifty thousand consumer complaints are inexplicably missing from the record." }, { "start": 347, "end": 349.4, "text": " I think that's a problem." }, { "start": 349.4, "end": 354.32, "text": " I think our record has been corrupted and our process for public participation lacks" }, { "start": 354.32, "end": 356, "text": " integrity." }, { "start": 356, "end": 359.47999999999996, "text": " Nineteen state attorneys general agree." }, { "start": 359.47999999999996, "end": 364.8, "text": " They have written us demanding we halt our vote until we investigate and get to the bottom" }, { "start": 364.8, "end": 366.26, "text": " of this mess." }, { "start": 366.26, "end": 373.88, "text": " This is the new norm at the FCC, a norm where the majority ignores the will of the people," }, { "start": 373.88, "end": 379.8, "text": " a norm where the majority stands idly by while the people they are committed to serve, that" }, { "start": 379.8, "end": 384.64, "text": " they have taken an oath to serve, are about to lose so much." }, { "start": 384.64, "end": 390.74, "text": " I worry that this decision and the process that brought us to this point is ugly." }, { "start": 390.74, "end": 396.76, "text": " It's ugly in the cavalier disregard this agency has demonstrated to the public, the contempt" }, { "start": 396.76, "end": 404.44, "text": " it has shown for citizens who speak up, and the sheer disdain it has for public opinion." }, { "start": 404.44, "end": 411.88, "text": " When you really wake up and see what has changed, I fear it may be too late to do anything about" }, { "start": 411.88, "end": 416.54, "text": " it because there will be no agency in power to address your concerns." }, { "start": 416.54, "end": 424.72, "text": " This item insidiously ensures that the FCC will never be able to fully grasp the harm" }, { "start": 424.72, "end": 428.36, "text": " it may have unleashed on the internet ecosystem." }, { "start": 428.36, "end": 431.84000000000003, "text": " We're told don't worry, the Federal Trade Commission will save us." }, { "start": 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"end": 486.64, "text": " fine print in its terms of service." }, { "start": 486.64, "end": 491.2, "text": " There is a basic fallacy underlying the majority's actions and rhetoric today." }, { "start": 491.2, "end": 500.47999999999996, "text": " The assumption of what is best for broadband providers is obviously what is best for America." }, { "start": 500.48, "end": 507.20000000000005, "text": " Unlike its predecessors, this FCC has not held a single public hearing on net neutrality." }, { "start": 507.20000000000005, "end": 514.76, "text": " But what saddens me the most today is that the agency that is supposed to protect you" }, { "start": 514.76, "end": 517.9200000000001, "text": " is actually abandoning you." }, { "start": 517.9200000000001, "end": 524.5, "text": " But what I am pleased to be able to say today is that the fight to save net neutrality does" }, { "start": 524.5, "end": 527.16, "text": " not end today." }, { "start": 527.16, "end": 532.36, "text": " The agency does 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It's also the longest to return" }, { "start": 159.44, "end": 162.56, "text": " to full functionality and most costly just because the soft tissues in your" }, { "start": 162.56, "end": 165.52, "text": " shoulder. So we're really trying to prevent shoulder injuries in our" }, { "start": 165.52, "end": 170.04, "text": " assembly plant. That's Marty Smets. He's an ergonomics engineer who works on human" }, { "start": 170.04, "end": 174.32, "text": " systems and virtual manufacturing at Ford. He's the one who's been evaluating" }, { "start": 174.32, "end": 177.68, "text": " different options for exoskeletons and ultimately decided to work with the" }, { "start": 177.68, "end": 182.04, "text": " company Exo on this vest. How many people right now are using this? So we only have" }, { "start": 182.04, "end": 185.88, "text": " four right now in the Michigan area. So we've got a couple at Flat Rock" }, { "start": 185.88, "end": 190, "text": " Assembly and a couple at Michigan Assembly and they've been using them" }, { "start": 190, "end": 195.34, "text": " pretty much full-time since May. How much do they cost? The devices are around" }, { "start": 195.34, "end": 200.64, "text": " $6,500 a piece. Yeah it really doesn't feel like I'm carrying nine extra pounds." }, { "start": 200.64, "end": 203.84, "text": " I think I felt worse after Thanksgiving dinner than I feel right now. That's" }, { "start": 203.84, "end": 209.14, "text": " probably 11 or 12 extra pounds if you eat like I do. Speak for yourself." }, { "start": 209.14, "end": 213.8, "text": " The vest that Ford is trying out happens to not have any electronics in it, but" }, { "start": 213.8, "end": 222.16000000000003, "text": " some exosuits do. Like this lower body exoskeleton from Suit X. A California" }, { "start": 222.16000000000003, "end": 226.32000000000002, "text": " based company that's also working on modular exoskeletons. So we founded the" }, { "start": 226.32000000000002, "end": 232.88000000000002, "text": " company in 2012. We were at UC Berkeley as graduate students that were under" }, { "start": 232.88000000000002, "end": 238, "text": " Professor Kazarinie. What problem were you and your team hoping to solve when" }, { "start": 238, "end": 243.84, "text": " you decided to make these? We're hoping to solve a problem that people have" }, { "start": 243.84, "end": 249.16, "text": " without replacing the people for industrial use. And they have a very harsh" }, { "start": 249.16, "end": 252.96, "text": " environment. They get back injuries, shoulder injuries, and knee injuries all the" }, { "start": 252.96, "end": 260.04, "text": " time. So we're hoping to make their work environment better. And do these have" }, { "start": 260.04, "end": 265.76, "text": " electronics in them? Not all of them. Only the Leg X has electronics. The" }, { "start": 265.76, "end": 270.4, "text": " electronics there are just to trigger the mechanism, not necessarily running" }, { "start": 270.4, "end": 276.44, "text": " the mechanism. So it's a very lightweight, low battery system. Okay. Like Bluetooth" }, { "start": 276.44, "end": 282.64, "text": " you're using? Yes. So the idea is that if you're wearing an exoskeleton with" }, { "start": 282.64, "end": 287.2, "text": " electronics, it's communicating, but it's not actually doing the work for you." }, { "start": 287.2, "end": 292.71999999999997, "text": " Exactly. Okay. So you see the exoskeleton as something that can help humans do" }, { "start": 292.72, "end": 300.20000000000005, "text": " more robotic-like work. Humans do robotic work. I would call it like" }, { "start": 300.20000000000005, "end": 305.28000000000003, "text": " robots helping human work rather than humans doing robots work. Yeah." }, { "start": 305.28000000000003, "end": 310, "text": " Su-Dex also makes exoskeletons for medical use cases. Their first released" }, { "start": 310, "end": 314.72, "text": " exoskeleton, the Phoenix, has literally allowed paralyzed people to walk again." }, { "start": 314.72, "end": 320.08000000000004, "text": " But medical exoskeletons, while arguably offering more significant benefits, also" }, { "start": 320.08, "end": 327.2, "text": " tend to be a lot more expensive and need FDA approval. As far as our product map," }, { "start": 327.2, "end": 332.68, "text": " we have a variety of exoskeletons. One of them exoskeletons for elderly who can" }, { "start": 332.68, "end": 338.08, "text": " actually walk for longer distances without getting tired. 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We are" }, { "start": 523.8399999999999, "end": 528.16, "text": " expecting a lot more clever devices, just like any other technology, like your" }, { "start": 528.16, "end": 531.14, "text": " cell phone like five, ten years ago was different than the cell phones you have" }, { "start": 531.14, "end": 536.12, "text": " right now. And as you go along these things will get added into that. It's our" }, { "start": 536.12, "end": 541.9599999999999, "text": " responsibility to make sure those features coming in at the lowest cost to" }, { "start": 541.96, "end": 545.02, "text": " people, mostly because the customer doesn't have much money. This is not a" }, { "start": 545.02, "end": 549.2800000000001, "text": " luxury item, this is for workers and also for people with mobility disorders who" }, { "start": 549.2800000000001, "end": 554.52, "text": " really need these devices. So maintaining highest performance at lowest cost is an" }, { "start": 554.52, "end": 567, "text": " engineering challenge. Thank you. Are we good? Thank you. It was a pleasure. Nice to talk to you, it was a" }, { "start": 567, "end": 581.64, "text": " pleasure. Did you get that part too? This is crazy. I feel like I could use this in" }, { "start": 581.64, "end": 597.6, "text": " the ladies room when I don't want to touch the seat." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 5, "text": " What if you could produce clean drinking water right out of thin air and without using electricity?" }, { "start": 5, "end": 12, "text": " That's what one Arizona-based startup is trying to do using a combination of solar energy, material science, and data." }, { "start": 12, "end": 15, "text": " Is this the next level of drinking water?" }, { "start": 20, "end": 26, "text": " This is Zero Mass Water. It's a water startup operating out of an old car dealership in Scottsdale, Arizona." }, { "start": 26, "end": 32, "text": " Zero Mass is building and selling solar-powered panels that harvest drinking water, called Source." }, { "start": 32, "end": 39, "text": " The panels have been up and running in specific locations over the past couple years, but Source just became more widely available." }, { "start": 39, "end": 44, "text": " At the very highest level, we take sunlight and air and we produce water." }, { "start": 44, "end": 51, "text": " And so, as you drill into that, the air part of that equation is applying air into materials that like water." }, { "start": 51, "end": 59, "text": " So, in the same way when you leave a lid off a sugar bowl, the sugar gets a little clumpy, that's because that sugar really likes water in the air." }, { "start": 59, "end": 64, "text": " I visited Zero Mass at their headquarters to check out their panels and, of course, to taste the water." }, { "start": 64, "end": 66, "text": " And where is this water coming from?" }, { "start": 66, "end": 73, "text": " So the panels that produce this water are on the roof, so we're taking the water vapor out of the air, concentrating it in the panels, and then we're dispensing it to the tap." }, { "start": 73, "end": 74, "text": " It tastes nice and clean." }, { "start": 74, "end": 75, "text": " It's good, isn't it?" }, { "start": 75, "end": 79, "text": " Yeah, I had some tap water last night that didn't taste quite like this." }, { "start": 79, "end": 85, "text": " Okay, so to say they pull water from the air is technically accurate, but really it's a multi-step system." }, { "start": 85, "end": 93, "text": " The Zero Mass panels look like regular solar panels, but the middle strip is the only part that is standard photovoltaic technology." }, { "start": 93, "end": 96, "text": " That part drives the fans and the communications inside the unit." }, { "start": 96, "end": 101, "text": " On either side of that strip is a proprietary porous material, one that generates heat." }, { "start": 101, "end": 107, "text": " A separate proprietary material inside the panel absorbs moisture from the air." }, { "start": 107, "end": 115, "text": " Then the panel uses sunlight to take the water back out of those materials and produce a process that's not dissimilar from dew forming on grass." }, { "start": 115, "end": 118, "text": " Basically, when warm air hits a surface colder than itself." }, { "start": 118, "end": 123, "text": " And then the water ends up in a 30-liter reservoir, where it's mineralized and pH balanced." }, { "start": 123, "end": 125, "text": " And at that point, it's drinkable." }, { "start": 125, "end": 130, "text": " Let's say there's an emergency situation, like with the recent hurricane in Puerto Rico." }, { "start": 130, "end": 134, "text": " How quickly can you get one of these set up?" }, { "start": 134, "end": 137, "text": " So the three of us could install two of these in probably an hour." }, { "start": 137, "end": 145, "text": " And so it actually turns out that the thing that takes the longest in putting these in is moving that line down to the sink or to the refrigerator." }, { "start": 145, "end": 154, "text": " While I was able to see the Zero Mass panels and taste the water, I didn't have much visibility into how the water actually runs from the reservoir to a faucet." }, { "start": 154, "end": 158, "text": " I was, however, able to see the company's network operations center." }, { "start": 158, "end": 160, "text": " We call it the NOC for short." }, { "start": 160, "end": 165, "text": " Every panel that we've ever deployed is communicating with the server we have here." }, { "start": 165, "end": 172, "text": " Robinson also said that each panel has a circuit board that runs an algorithm, so it can adjust itself to maximize water output." }, { "start": 172, "end": 177, "text": " On average, each panel is supposed to produce five liters of water per day." }, { "start": 177, "end": 184, "text": " But it is safe to assume that if you're in a less humid climate or more dry climate, that your water output could be less." }, { "start": 184, "end": 189, "text": " Here is probably very different from here in the Philippines, right?" }, { "start": 189, "end": 196, "text": " The two things that affect the amount of water we produce are the humidity in the atmosphere and the amount of solar energy that's available." }, { "start": 196, "end": 204, "text": " Still, he says that Zero Mass panels are absolutely able to make water in the desert, even in a place as dry as Arizona." }, { "start": 206, "end": 211, "text": " There's no doubt that a lack of access to clean water is a big problem for a lot of people." }, { "start": 211, "end": 217, "text": " According to the United Nations, water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of the global population." }, { "start": 217, "end": 222, "text": " What would you say is the biggest water problem we have around the globe right now?" }, { "start": 222, "end": 226, "text": " Is it scarcity? Is it quality? Is it access?" }, { "start": 226, "end": 229, "text": " I would say it's really all of the above. That would be the right answer." }, { "start": 229, "end": 236, "text": " The number of people who die from waterborne diseases is enormous." }, { "start": 236, "end": 239, "text": " It exceeds a million deaths per year." }, { "start": 239, "end": 246, "text": " Dr. Ashok Gadgil is a kind of legend when it comes to socially beneficial technologies, especially in the developing world." }, { "start": 246, "end": 252, "text": " He's won numerous awards, including an induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame." }, { "start": 252, "end": 257, "text": " Back in the 90s, he developed a product that uses UV light to disinfect water." }, { "start": 257, "end": 266, "text": " He says that changes in climate patterns, the explosion in urban populations, and rising incomes are setting us up for a serious water crisis." }, { "start": 266, "end": 269, "text": " This century is going to be an extraordinary crisis." }, { "start": 269, "end": 277, "text": " The groundwater, which we relied on as if it was there in indefinitely large quantities, is not, of course, there that way." }, { "start": 277, "end": 280, "text": " And we have to drill deeper and deeper." }, { "start": 280, "end": 290, "text": " And we are extracting now water that some of my geochemist friends tell me is 10,000 years old that is being pulled out of the ground to be used." }, { "start": 290, "end": 295, "text": " Because that's the rate of replenishment. It's minuscule compared to the rate of withdrawal." }, { "start": 295, "end": 299, "text": " So is Zero Mass going to replace groundwater as a primary source?" }, { "start": 299, "end": 302, "text": " Is it going to help people with little to no access to clean water?" }, { "start": 302, "end": 306, "text": " Or is it just for people who buy a lot of bottled water?" }, { "start": 306, "end": 309, "text": " Cody Friesen, the CEO, says all of the above." }, { "start": 309, "end": 315, "text": " This takes us from a position of water scarcity to a position of water abundance for every person." }, { "start": 315, "end": 320, "text": " And it's a profound thing to say, and I recognize it sounds profound." }, { "start": 320, "end": 329, "text": " But this technology entitles us to be aspirational because of the fact that we can say, OK, yep, there's Syrian refugee issues in northern Lebanon." }, { "start": 329, "end": 335, "text": " Let's go there. Yep. Maria hit Puerto Rico. Yep. Let's go there. Hey, there's issues in Flint. Let's go there." }, { "start": 335, "end": 341, "text": " Hey, by the way, you're buying bottled water in Berkeley. Let's displace that. Same in Oakland. Same in Scottsdale." }, { "start": 341, "end": 347, "text": " There is still the cost to consider. Each panel costs $2,000 plus a $500 installation fee." }, { "start": 347, "end": 355, "text": " So $4,500 total for a two panel array. So far, Zero Mass says hundreds of panels have been set up in eight countries around the world." }, { "start": 355, "end": 360, "text": " For people in developed markets, that means they're either early testers or they're paying out of pocket." }, { "start": 360, "end": 369, "text": " In emergency situations or places where there's a lack of funding, the company is relying on donors, NGOs or multilateral institutions." }, { "start": 369, "end": 376, "text": " The fact that it's totally independent of any infrastructure, no wire, no pipe or anything, the fact that we can just put this anywhere changes your life." }, { "start": 376, "end": 385, "text": " There's no doubt Zero Mass is working hard on an innovative way for people to have access to clean water without electricity or sophisticated plumbing." }, { "start": 385, "end": 392, "text": " Not surprisingly, others are working on solutions like this, too. The question then doesn't seem to be whether it's too good to be true." }, { "start": 392, "end": 399, "text": " It's whether harvesting water from the air is the most sustainable, most cost effective solution for clean water." }, { "start": 399, "end": 407, "text": " While Dr. Gadgil declined to comment on Zero Mass specifically, he said the method of harvesting water from the air wouldn't be his first choice." }, { "start": 407, "end": 416, "text": " Pulling water from moisture, condensing water from moisture in the air is viable if I was on a desert island." }, { "start": 416, "end": 421, "text": " I had lots of money and there was no other source of fresh water and I was going to die." }, { "start": 421, "end": 426, "text": " Then the value of my life is what is now pitted against the cost of that water." }, { "start": 426, "end": 435, "text": " Instead, he says conserving water and recycling water, like the stuff we flush down the toilet every day, are still more cost effective than harvesting new water." }, { "start": 435, "end": 441, "text": " We need to do both, but we should do whatever is cheaper and least damaging to the environment." }, { "start": 441, "end": 446, "text": " In almost all cases, reusing the water seems to be the cheaper way to go." }, { "start": 446, "end": 453, "text": " Similarly, conserving water seems to be cheaper way to go before you start harvesting it from the air." }, { "start": 453, "end": 461, "text": " In the world of water, there may be different interpretations of sustainability and varying approaches to how to just get clean water to more people." }, { "start": 461, "end": 470, "text": " For Zero Mass, the company says the goal is to get to the point where the idea of water from thin air is just a part of people's everyday conversations." }, { "start": 470, "end": 474, "text": " If you're at a cocktail party and you say, oh, I've got solar in my room, people think, oh, electricity." }, { "start": 474, "end": 479, "text": " To in a small number of years, people saying, oh, you have solar in your room, are you talking about electricity or water?" }, { "start": 479, "end": 484, "text": " Let's go up to the roof and check out our array up there." }, { "start": 484, "end": 485, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 485, "end": 488, "text": " Mike's coming with us, right? Is it Mike coming with us?" }, { "start": 488, "end": 490, "text": " I think Mike was supposed to come with us." }, { "start": 490, "end": 491, "text": " Yeah, Mike's coming with us." }, { "start": 491, "end": 494, "text": " I was supposed to? Sorry. I was eating mcSickles." }, { "start": 494, "end": 496, "text": " Why don't we all just like, we can all enter from around the corner." }, { "start": 496, "end": 509, "text": " Yeah, yeah, let's just do that." } ]

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Our producer," }, { "start": 31.159999999999997, "end": 33.04, "text": " Andrew Marino, is not here." }, { "start": 33.04, "end": 35.64, "text": " We are live, foolishly," }, { "start": 35.64, "end": 38.44, "text": " on Hangouts on YouTube," }, { "start": 38.44, "end": 40.16, "text": " which may or may not be working." }, { "start": 40.16, "end": 42.519999999999996, "text": " And there's a live audience here chatting at us." }, { "start": 42.519999999999996, "end": 45.599999999999994, "text": " But I am at my parents' house in Wisconsin." }, { "start": 45.599999999999994, "end": 47.64, "text": " Hi, Dieter, where are you?" }, { "start": 47.64, "end": 51.480000000000004, "text": " I'm in a little town called Magnolia, Arkansas," }, { "start": 51.480000000000004, "end": 53.4, "text": " which is a lovely town." }, { "start": 53.4, "end": 57.480000000000004, "text": " And it has internet." }, { "start": 57.480000000000004, "end": 58.92, "text": " Interestingly enough, I think it's" }, { "start": 58.92, "end": 60.08, "text": " the only internet option here," }, { "start": 60.08, "end": 62.120000000000005, "text": " is this meh internet." }, { "start": 62.120000000000005, "end": 63.400000000000006, "text": " Yeah, that's about right." }, { "start": 63.400000000000006, "end": 65.44, "text": " I also have meh internet." }, { "start": 65.44, "end": 66.8, "text": " That's the only option at my parents' house" }, { "start": 66.8, "end": 68.28, "text": " here in Racine, Wisconsin." }, { "start": 68.28, "end": 69.64, "text": " Paul, where are you?" }, { "start": 69.64, "end": 71.4, "text": " I am at the New York office," }, { "start": 71.4, "end": 73.48, "text": " and I'm literally the only person here" }, { "start": 73.48, "end": 75.12, "text": " other than some guy who's going around" }, { "start": 75.12, "end": 76.4, "text": " cleaning stuff." }, { "start": 76.4, "end": 78.72, "text": " How's the internet in your office?" }, { "start": 78.72, "end": 80.08, "text": " Well, that's exactly why I'm here." }, { "start": 80.08, "end": 81.56, "text": " When I am at home," }, { "start": 81.56, "end": 83.72, "text": " I think my router is misconfigured." }, { "start": 83.72, "end": 85.76, "text": " And whenever, especially Google Hangouts" }, { "start": 85.76, "end": 86.96000000000001, "text": " is the worst." }, { "start": 86.96, "end": 89.52, "text": " It just chokes and it just sits there" }, { "start": 89.52, "end": 91.67999999999999, "text": " and it doesn't work for a little while." }, { "start": 91.67999999999999, "end": 94.11999999999999, "text": " So as you might be guessing," }, { "start": 94.11999999999999, "end": 95.55999999999999, "text": " as you may have surmised" }, { "start": 95.55999999999999, "end": 97.63999999999999, "text": " from our internet banter," }, { "start": 97.63999999999999, "end": 102.19999999999999, "text": " we're here emergency renegade broadcast" }, { "start": 102.19999999999999, "end": 103.11999999999999, "text": " for one reason," }, { "start": 103.11999999999999, "end": 106.36, "text": " which is that the HomePod has been delayed." }, { "start": 106.36, "end": 109.03999999999999, "text": " None of us know why." }, { "start": 109.03999999999999, "end": 110.28, "text": " We're bereft." }, { "start": 110.28, "end": 111.36, "text": " We're homepobless." }, { "start": 111.36, "end": 115.36, "text": " We're emergency HomePodcast." }, { "start": 115.36, "end": 117.04, "text": " Oh, you do?" }, { "start": 117.04, "end": 118.28, "text": " See, this is why we don't do a video show" }, { "start": 118.28, "end": 120.6, "text": " because now there's going to be props." }, { "start": 120.6, "end": 122.08, "text": " Look at this." }, { "start": 122.08, "end": 123, "text": " Funny prop." }, { "start": 123, "end": 124.03999999999999, "text": " Everybody laughs." }, { "start": 124.03999999999999, "end": 126.12, "text": " You have to describe it for the audio listeners." }, { "start": 126.12, "end": 130.88, "text": " I have like a 2004 product called HomePod" }, { "start": 130.88, "end": 135.92, "text": " by a company called Macsense." }, { "start": 135.92, "end": 137.4, "text": " It's basically a HomePod." }, { "start": 137.4, "end": 138.68, "text": " It's like an internet radio thing." }, { "start": 138.68, "end": 141.36, "text": " All right, Paul, put the HomePod down." }, { "start": 141.36, "end": 144.44, "text": " No one wants your 2004 internet radio here." }, { "start": 144.44, "end": 146.35999999999999, "text": " All right, but here's why we're actually doing it." }, { "start": 146.35999999999999, "end": 149.44, "text": " On Wednesday, which is the day before Thanksgiving," }, { "start": 149.44, "end": 152.92, "text": " we're recording this on the blackest of Black Fridays." }, { "start": 152.92, "end": 156.64, "text": " On Wednesday, Ajit Pai and the FCC" }, { "start": 156.64, "end": 159.76, "text": " put out their proposed order" }, { "start": 159.76, "end": 163.84, "text": " to completely rescind all net neutrality rules" }, { "start": 163.84, "end": 164.68, "text": " in the United States." }, { "start": 164.68, "end": 169.07999999999998, "text": " So Tom Wheeler, the former chairman of the FCC," }, { "start": 169.07999999999998, "end": 172.8, "text": " in 2015 reclassified internet service," }, { "start": 172.8, "end": 176.84, "text": " broadband service as a Title II common carrier service," }, { "start": 176.84, "end": 179.44, "text": " which let him put rules on it," }, { "start": 179.44, "end": 183.08, "text": " like no blocking, no locking, no paid prioritization," }, { "start": 183.08, "end": 186.28, "text": " no throttling, transparency rules." }, { "start": 186.28, "end": 189.16000000000003, "text": " Ajit Pai and the Republicans thought this was a terrible idea." }, { "start": 189.16000000000003, "end": 191.36, "text": " They thought it would reduce broadband investment." }, { "start": 191.36, "end": 192.20000000000002, "text": " Pai has been-" }, { "start": 192.20000000000002, "end": 193.04000000000002, "text": " And the Republican?" }, { "start": 193.04000000000002, "end": 194, "text": " Oh yeah, okay, I'm with you." }, { "start": 194, "end": 194.84, "text": " Yes, you're gone." }, { "start": 194.84, "end": 196.08, "text": " He's a Republican." }, { "start": 196.08, "end": 197.08, "text": " What are you going to do?" }, { "start": 197.08, "end": 207.08, "text": " Pai became the chairman of the FCC when Trump became president." }, { "start": 207.08, "end": 211.88000000000002, "text": " He has spent, I would say, the past year making his case" }, { "start": 211.88000000000002, "end": 213.52, "text": " that investment has been lowered." }, { "start": 213.52, "end": 216.16000000000003, "text": " He has not, and I think this is an important point," }, { "start": 216.16000000000003, "end": 218.36, "text": " he has not taken any interviews" }, { "start": 218.36, "end": 220.64000000000001, "text": " with anyone who disagrees with him." }, { "start": 220.64000000000001, "end": 222.32000000000002, "text": " He's only insisted that he's right." }, { "start": 222.32000000000002, "end": 225.72000000000003, "text": " I think this is a point I want to come back to a whole lot" }, { "start": 225.72, "end": 228.84, "text": " as we talk about this on this broadcast." }, { "start": 228.84, "end": 231.88, "text": " And he put out his notice to proposed rulemaking" }, { "start": 231.88, "end": 234.6, "text": " a few months ago, which we read and reacted to," }, { "start": 234.6, "end": 239.92, "text": " and he put out his proposed order on Wednesday." }, { "start": 239.92, "end": 241.12, "text": " There's going to be a vote." }, { "start": 241.12, "end": 243.28, "text": " He's pushing a vote on December 14th." }, { "start": 243.28, "end": 247.36, "text": " So he's all about like, look, I put out the rules." }, { "start": 247.36, "end": 248.28, "text": " The public gets to see them." }, { "start": 248.28, "end": 249.76, "text": " That's not what Tom Wheeler did," }, { "start": 249.76, "end": 252.4, "text": " but he put them out the day before Thanksgiving" }, { "start": 252.4, "end": 254.4, "text": " and he's holding a vote in two weeks." }, { "start": 254.4, "end": 258.52, "text": " So it's like six and one half of the other, right?" }, { "start": 258.52, "end": 260.08, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 260.08, "end": 260.92, "text": " People are mad." }, { "start": 260.92, "end": 262.24, "text": " I'm mad." }, { "start": 262.24, "end": 263.32, "text": " Dieter, I think you're mad." }, { "start": 263.32, "end": 265.16, "text": " Paul, probably not so mad." }, { "start": 265.16, "end": 266.56, "text": " I'm glad." }, { "start": 266.56, "end": 268.6, "text": " Paul's glad." }, { "start": 268.6, "end": 272.2, "text": " But people are right now today protesting at Verizon stores." }, { "start": 272.2, "end": 275.28000000000003, "text": " They spent all day yesterday protesting." }, { "start": 275.28000000000003, "end": 279.08, "text": " The battleforthenet.com is running huge call-in campaigns." }, { "start": 279.08, "end": 280.8, "text": " We're writing posts on the site." }, { "start": 280.8, "end": 282.88, "text": " And because we talk about the virtual cast so much," }, { "start": 282.88, "end": 284.8, "text": " Paul said to me and Dieter," }, { "start": 284.8, "end": 286.52, "text": " why don't we have an emergency rogue session?" }, { "start": 286.52, "end": 288.2, "text": " So everyone else is on vacation," }, { "start": 288.2, "end": 290.24, "text": " except for the poor people covering Black Friday deals" }, { "start": 290.24, "end": 291.08, "text": " on the verge." }, { "start": 291.08, "end": 293.56, "text": " And we are basically at our parents' houses," }, { "start": 293.56, "end": 295.08, "text": " except for Paul who's in the office." }, { "start": 295.08, "end": 296.44, "text": " The verge is my parent." }, { "start": 298.15999999999997, "end": 299.88, "text": " Do an emergency session." }, { "start": 299.88, "end": 302.76, "text": " So here's what I will start with." }, { "start": 302.76, "end": 304.15999999999997, "text": " And this is the important thing." }, { "start": 304.15999999999997, "end": 305, "text": " Up until now." }, { "start": 305, "end": 305.84, "text": " Man, there's so much, hang on, hang on." }, { "start": 305.84, "end": 307.24, "text": " Just, I want to point out that Neal's" }, { "start": 307.24, "end": 309.4, "text": " like lightning fast overview," }, { "start": 309.4, "end": 312.2, "text": " it lies over like a million points" }, { "start": 312.2, "end": 313.84, "text": " that we would have previously spent" }, { "start": 313.84, "end": 315.92, "text": " the entire verge cast on." }, { "start": 315.92, "end": 317, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 317, "end": 319.08, "text": " Like a million points." }, { "start": 319.08, "end": 324.08, "text": " There's just so much history and pain and sorrow" }, { "start": 324.68, "end": 327.76, "text": " and like actually very interesting debates" }, { "start": 327.76, "end": 329.64, "text": " that we have had that are embedded" }, { "start": 329.64, "end": 331.24, "text": " in that little story that Neal I told." }, { "start": 331.24, "end": 334.36, "text": " And so if you see us pause" }, { "start": 334.36, "end": 338.2, "text": " and have a well of feelings during this podcast," }, { "start": 338.2, "end": 340.71999999999997, "text": " it's because like, oh man, you just said that thing." }, { "start": 340.71999999999997, "end": 342.03999999999996, "text": " I could talk for an hour about that," }, { "start": 342.04, "end": 343.24, "text": " but I have to shut up now." }, { "start": 343.24, "end": 345.56, "text": " So I just want to point that out." }, { "start": 345.56, "end": 346.40000000000003, "text": " There's a lot." }, { "start": 346.40000000000003, "end": 349.6, "text": " So I think, I mean, this is just long history." }, { "start": 349.6, "end": 353.24, "text": " This is, you know, in 21," }, { "start": 353.24, "end": 356, "text": " I'll start with the main thing, which is we now-" }, { "start": 356, "end": 357.52000000000004, "text": " With the railroads." }, { "start": 357.52000000000004, "end": 358.36, "text": " Dude, sorry." }, { "start": 358.36, "end": 363.08000000000004, "text": " No, the main thing is we now have a document from Pi," }, { "start": 363.08000000000004, "end": 367.16, "text": " a legal document in which he makes his legal argument." }, { "start": 367.16, "end": 368, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 368, "end": 372.56, "text": " We have to have like a moral debate about this, right?" }, { "start": 372.56, "end": 373.44, "text": " We're not having a," }, { "start": 373.44, "end": 375.96, "text": " how do we think the internet should be regulated?" }, { "start": 375.96, "end": 377.08, "text": " We have-" }, { "start": 377.08, "end": 379.36, "text": " Guess what we're going to have." }, { "start": 379.36, "end": 383.84, "text": " I know, but there's like a foundation under it" }, { "start": 383.84, "end": 387.12, "text": " and there's an argument under it that we can," }, { "start": 387.12, "end": 389.08, "text": " I can at least refer to because I've opened it." }, { "start": 389.08, "end": 390.28, "text": " I'll Slack it to you guys." }, { "start": 395.36, "end": 396.32, "text": " But it's here, right?" }, { "start": 396.32, "end": 399.88, "text": " And so it, I can just read you." }, { "start": 399.88, "end": 402.68, "text": " There's like a summary over the top, right?" }, { "start": 402.68, "end": 406.32, "text": " So it says, this is the fact sheet," }, { "start": 406.32, "end": 408.24, "text": " document number 17-108." }, { "start": 408.24, "end": 409.24, "text": " Over 20 years ago," }, { "start": 409.24, "end": 411.04, "text": " President Clinton and Republican Congress established" }, { "start": 411.04, "end": 412.71999999999997, "text": " a policy in the United States to preserve the vibrant" }, { 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like think about America online in the 90s." }, { "start": 511.88, "end": 513.36, "text": " You would dial into America online." }, { "start": 513.36, "end": 514.88, "text": " It would present you an interface." }, { "start": 514.88, "end": 518, "text": " That interface would have lots of bits and pieces," }, { "start": 518, "end": 520.76, "text": " like an email client and forums" }, { "start": 520.76, "end": 522.92, "text": " and like AOL shopping or whatever." }, { "start": 522.92, "end": 524.8, "text": " And then you could like take a right turn" }, { "start": 524.8, "end": 527.24, "text": " out of that interface onto the main internet." }, { "start": 527.24, "end": 529, "text": " That's an information service." }, { "start": 529, "end": 530.08, "text": " Does that have anything to do" }, { "start": 530.08, "end": 532.56, "text": " with the common carrier designation?" }, { "start": 532.56, "end": 535, "text": " So if as an information service," }, { "start": 535, "end": 538.2, 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actually start an information," }, { "start": 618.28, "end": 621.4399999999999, "text": " like a more modern equivalent, not AOL might be what?" }, { "start": 621.4399999999999, "end": 623.24, "text": " Like the Bloomberg terminal?" }, { "start": 623.24, "end": 625.6, "text": " Like that to me sounds like an information service." }, { "start": 625.6, "end": 627.24, "text": " You are free to do whatever the hell you want" }, { "start": 627.24, "end": 628.12, "text": " on that information service." }, { "start": 628.12, "end": 630.28, "text": " So I'm gonna pay you to get access to the news" }, { "start": 630.28, "end": 631.84, "text": " that you provide in the terminal." }, { "start": 631.84, "end": 633.48, "text": " I will just do it." }, { "start": 633.48, "end": 635.44, "text": " Everything will be fine." }, { "start": 635.44, "end": 638.64, "text": " But nobody does that on the internet." }, { "start": 638.64, "end": 643, "text": " And so this idea that was DNS and caching" }, { "start": 643, "end": 648, "text": " counts as information service, it's like, no, no, it doesn't." }, { "start": 649.36, "end": 650.2, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 650.2, "end": 655.0400000000001, "text": " Like I'm trying to approach the argument on like his terms." }, { "start": 655.04, "end": 657.4, "text": " If he's setting the rules of the debate" }, { "start": 657.4, "end": 661.24, "text": " and the rules are that counts as a bespoke," }, { "start": 661.24, "end": 664.28, "text": " I am directly giving you a thing, information service" }, { "start": 664.28, "end": 666.16, "text": " and not a telecommunication service." }, { "start": 667.48, "end": 671.8399999999999, "text": " I don't know, like that seems odd to me." }, { "start": 671.8399999999999, "end": 674.7199999999999, "text": " That seems like a fig leaf." }, { "start": 674.7199999999999, "end": 676.4, "text": " It seems like not true at all." }, { "start": 676.4, "end": 679.8399999999999, "text": " But if we are going 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797.52, "text": " or make available information via telecommunications?" }, { "start": 797.52, "end": 799.1999999999999, "text": " Well, that's an information service." }, { "start": 799.1999999999999, "end": 801.68, "text": " So we'll just stick broadband internet under that." }, { "start": 801.68, "end": 805.04, "text": " And they go on to say," }, { "start": 805.04, "end": 806.4399999999999, "text": " the record reflects the fundamental purposes" }, { "start": 806.4399999999999, "end": 808.4, "text": " of broadband internet access service" }, { "start": 808.4, "end": 811, "text": " are for generating and making available information," }, { "start": 811, "end": 813.48, "text": " for example, through social media and file sharing," }, { "start": 813.48, "end": 816.04, "text": " which is not what you do with what you get" }, { "start": 816.04, "end": 818.16, "text": " from your internet service provider," }, { "start": 818.16, "end": 820.04, "text": " but that's what they're saying you do." }, { "start": 820.04, "end": 822.3199999999999, "text": " So that's the first piece." }, { "start": 822.3199999999999, "end": 826.4, "text": " It is the foundation upon which this entire argument rests." }, { "start": 826.4, "end": 828.9599999999999, "text": " Is the internet a telecommunication service," }, { "start": 828.9599999999999, "end": 831.36, "text": " broadband internet access from your provider?" }, { "start": 831.36, "end": 833.0799999999999, "text": " Is it a telecommunication service" }, { "start": 833.0799999999999, "end": 834.76, "text": " or an information service?" }, { "start": 834.76, "end": 836.88, "text": " And all the stuff that we will talk about," }, { "start": 836.88, "end": 839.36, "text": " competition and whether you have one provider or two," }, { "start": 839.36, "end": 843.92, "text": " all of that comes down to what do we do once we," }, { "start": 843.92, "end": 848.12, "text": " how do we define it once we know what competition is like?" }, { "start": 848.12, "end": 849.6, "text": " Does that make any sense?" }, { "start": 849.6, "end": 850.76, "text": " Yeah, absolutely." }, { "start": 850.76, "end": 851.6, "text": " Sure." }, { "start": 851.6, "end": 854.8, "text": " One of Pi's points is that," }, { "start": 854.8, "end": 859.8, "text": " this is how broadband providers were originally classified." }, { "start": 860.28, "end": 864.8, "text": " So 2015 was the anomaly to move it to telecommunications" }, { "start": 864.8, "end": 865.92, "text": " and we're just reverting back" }, { "start": 865.92, "end": 868.04, "text": " to what the internet always was." }, { "start": 868.04, "end": 870.9599999999999, "text": " So that is his argument," }, { "start": 870.9599999999999, "end": 874.3199999999999, "text": " but it is not, I don't think it's backed up" }, { "start": 874.3199999999999, "end": 877.5999999999999, "text": " because for the longest time," }, { "start": 877.5999999999999, "end": 881.3199999999999, "text": " the way people got on the internet was with dial up modems." }, { "start": 881.3199999999999, "end": 884.64, "text": " And so you have to do the mental exercise" }, { "start": 884.64, "end": 887.84, "text": " of separating out the phone line," }, { "start": 887.84, "end": 891.1999999999999, "text": " which was always a title two common carrier service." }, { "start": 891.1999999999999, "end": 895.52, "text": " So your phone company could not restrict or throttle" }, { "start": 895.52, "end": 897.68, "text": " whatever was happening on your phone line." }, { "start": 897.68, "end": 899.68, "text": " And then you had ISPs." }, { "start": 899.68, "end": 904.68, "text": " And when, so here in literally my parents' house," }, { "start": 904.72, "end": 907.92, "text": " which is the first place I ever got on the internet," }, { "start": 907.92, "end": 911.4399999999999, "text": " our phone company at that time was called Ameritech." }, { "start": 911.4399999999999, "end": 914.16, "text": " You 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"text": " That was one competitor." }, { "start": 941.28, "end": 943.48, "text": " You could get internet access by calling" }, { "start": 943.48, "end": 945.04, "text": " Ameritech's bank of modems." }, { "start": 945.04, "end": 946.9200000000001, "text": " You could call AOL's bank of modems." }, { "start": 946.9200000000001, "end": 949.32, "text": " You could call prodigies bank of modems." }, { "start": 949.32, "end": 954.32, "text": " And Ameritech running the line couldn't stop you, right?" }, { "start": 954.5600000000001, "end": 956.72, "text": " They couldn't say you can only call Ameritech" }, { "start": 956.72, "end": 958.72, "text": " to get internet access." }, { "start": 958.72, "end": 961, "text": " So that allowed competition to flourish" }, { "start": 961, "end": 964.44, "text": " because Ameritech which controlled the title two phone line" }, { "start": 964.44, "end": 967.12, "text": " wasn't allowed to tell you who you could call." }, { "start": 967.12, "end": 967.96, "text": " Simple." }, { "start": 967.96, "end": 970.24, "text": " So there was like this huge range of ISP providers." }, { "start": 970.24, "end": 972.04, "text": " The ISP providers at that time, the internet was new." }, { "start": 972.04, "end": 973.52, "text": " They're running dial up modem." }, { "start": 973.52, "end": 975.64, "text": " They were doing all kinds of stuff" }, { "start": 975.64, "end": 977.24, "text": " to make the internet work better." }, { "start": 977.24, "end": 979.0999999999999, "text": " And they were competing and the FCC was like," }, { "start": 979.0999999999999, "end": 980.68, "text": " we're gonna leave that alone" }, { "start": 980.68, "end": 983.8399999999999, "text": " because fundamentally it's title two on the phone line." }, { "start": 983.8399999999999, "end": 985.12, "text": " Does that make any sense, Paul?" }, { "start": 985.12, "end": 987.8, "text": " So like there's an argument to be had" }, { "start": 987.8, "end": 992.04, "text": " about 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so the United States is like built on that model." }, { "start": 1259.52, "end": 1262.36, "text": " The Europeans generally have said," }, { "start": 1262.36, "end": 1266.76, "text": " what if we had a giant government, like a meta government" }, { "start": 1268.3999999999999, "end": 1270.32, "text": " and like we pick standards for competitors." }, { "start": 1270.32, "end": 1272.56, "text": " So like, this is why in Europe," }, { "start": 1272.56, "end": 1274.08, "text": " you can buy any phone you want," }, { "start": 1274.08, "end": 1276.9199999999998, "text": " put any SIM card in that you want, everybody uses GSM." }, { "start": 1276.9199999999998, "end": 1278.96, "text": " You have like different kinds of competition," }, { "start": 1278.96, "end": 1282.4399999999998, "text": " but there's not, there's not why max versus LTE or whatever." }, { "start": 1282.4399999999998, "end": 1284.04, "text": " Everyone just has to use LTE." }, { "start": 1284.04, "end": 1286.6, "text": " So 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"text": " if it applies a Comcast.net email service," }, { "start": 1313.7199999999998, "end": 1315.84, "text": " it is definitely not a telecommunications." }, { "start": 1315.84, "end": 1319.8799999999999, "text": " Maybe we can move to an adjacent weed with this." }, { "start": 1320.72, "end": 1324.8, "text": " The one thing that has been kind of a big controversy" }, { "start": 1324.8, "end": 1326.1999999999998, "text": " in this whole debate," }, { "start": 1326.1999999999998, "end": 1328, "text": " and I'm not really sure where we're at with it," }, { "start": 1328, "end": 1331.4399999999998, "text": " is peering, like paid peering." }, { "start": 1331.4399999999998, "end": 1335.32, "text": " So something like at ISP, like Time Warner Cable." }, { "start": 1335.32, "end": 1336.1599999999999, "text": " Is that still a company?" }, { "start": 1336.1599999999999, "end": 1337, "text": " I don't even know." }, { "start": 1337, "end": 1339.08, "text": " It's not, it's called Spectrum now." }, { "start": 1339.08, "end": 1339.9199999999998, "text": " Spectrum." }, { "start": 1342.6, "end": 1343.6, "text": " So Spectrum can say," }, { "start": 1343.6, "end": 1348.12, "text": " Netflix, hey, you can host your movies in our data center," }, { "start": 1348.12, "end": 1350.32, "text": " and you can just link right into our customers." }, { "start": 1350.32, "end": 1353.9599999999998, "text": " You don't have to go over regular pipes" }, { "start": 1353.9599999999998, "end": 1355.12, "text": " to get to our customers." }, { "start": 1355.12, "end": 1359.6799999999998, "text": " You can just get straight to them and just pay us some money." }, { "start": 1359.6799999999998, "end": 1362.8, "text": " Right, so that is, again," }, { "start": 1362.8, "end": 1365.76, "text": " I think where I keep coming back to" }, { "start": 1365.76, "end": 1368.12, "text": " is the consumer experience, right?" }, { "start": 1368.12, "end": 1369.28, "text": " That's basically what we cover." }, { "start": 1369.28, "end": 1370.84, "text": " That's basically who we talk to." }, { "start": 1370.84, "end": 1374.84, "text": " Hopefully that's who's in the chat, right?" }, { "start": 1374.84, "end": 1377, "text": " The consumer experience of the internet" }, { "start": 1377, "end": 1380.6, "text": " is that you have one provider or two potentially" }, { "start": 1380.6, "end": 1384.6399999999999, "text": " that take like 86% of Americans only have two providers," }, { "start": 1384.6399999999999, "end": 1385.9599999999998, "text": " and you get what you get," }, { "start": 1385.9599999999998, "end": 1388.12, "text": " and it's really hard to switch away." }, { "start": 1388.12, "end": 1390.6399999999999, "text": " Then there's the backhaul portion of the internet" }, { "start": 1390.6399999999999, "end": 1393.48, "text": " where Netflix is like making deals with data centers" }, { "start": 1393.48, "end": 1396.8, "text": " or like network companies like Level 3" }, { "start": 1396.8, "end": 1398.52, "text": " are making deals with other network companies" }, { "start": 1398.52, "end": 1401.6399999999999, "text": " like Comcast to like trade traffic back and forth." }, { "start": 1401.6399999999999, "end": 1403.32, "text": " That originally was not," }, { "start": 1403.32, "end": 1404.8799999999999, "text": " what you're talking about paid peering," }, { "start": 1404.8799999999999, "end": 1407.92, "text": " was originally not in like the net neutrality order." }, { "start": 1407.92, "end": 1410.32, "text": " It was all about the consumer line." }, { "start": 1410.32, "end": 1414.44, "text": " The FCC put it, part of it, in the net neutrality order," }, { "start": 1414.44, "end": 1416.44, "text": " and that was a big win for Netflix," }, { "start": 1416.44, "end": 1418.6399999999999, "text": " but it's not, I don't think that's what people" }, { "start": 1418.6399999999999, "end": 1419.48, "text": " are mad about." }, { "start": 1419.48, "end": 1420.6, "text": " I don't think people give a shit" }, { "start": 1420.6, "end": 1422, "text": " about paid peering arrangements" }, { "start": 1422, "end": 1423.68, "text": " on the backhaul part of the network." }, { "start": 1423.68, "end": 1424.84, "text": " I think they care about the fact" }, { "start": 1424.84, "end": 1428, "text": " that they don't have many choices for internet access," }, { "start": 1428, "end": 1431.36, "text": " and if they're ISP'd as something stupid," }, { "start": 1431.36, "end": 1433.4, "text": " they have very little recourse," }, { "start": 1433.4, "end": 1434.8, "text": " and the recourse most people would want" }, { "start": 1434.8, "end": 1436.32, "text": " is not to file a lawsuit," }, { "start": 1436.32, "end": 1438.48, "text": " which is what Pyosing can do," }, { "start": 1438.48, "end": 1441.08, "text": " but switch providers to somebody else." }, { "start": 1441.08, "end": 1443, "text": " Let me back up just a minute." }, { "start": 1443, "end": 1444.36, "text": " So like we can talk about the peering stuff." }, { "start": 1444.36, "end": 1446.72, "text": " We could talk about whether or not DNS and caching counts" }, { "start": 1446.72, "end": 1449, "text": " as an information service," }, { "start": 1449, "end": 1452.92, "text": " but like I hear these legalistic arguments," }, { "start": 1452.92, "end": 1455.6, "text": " and I don't feel like they're being made in good faith." }, { "start": 1455.6, "end": 1459.8799999999999, "text": " Like, do you really think that like Ajit Pai" }, { "start": 1459.8799999999999, "end": 1463.56, "text": " and his fellow FCC commissioners are sitting" }, { "start": 1463.56, "end": 1467.6, "text": " and getting high and talking about the philosophy" }, { "start": 1467.6, "end": 1469.76, "text": " of what's the difference between this and that," }, { "start": 1469.76, "end": 1472.24, "text": " or is it what I actually think is happening" }, { "start": 1472.24, "end": 1474.9199999999998, "text": " is he wants to do this thing," }, { "start": 1474.9199999999998, "end": 1479.32, "text": " and he's finding a legal reason to do the thing" }, { "start": 1479.32, "end": 1481, "text": " that he wants to do?" }, { "start": 1481, "end": 1483.84, "text": " But isn't that what happened in the first place?" }, { "start": 1483.84, "end": 1485, "text": " No!" }, { "start": 1485, "end": 1485.92, "text": " Well, so hang on." }, { "start": 1485.92, "end": 1488.76, "text": " Let me, that's possibly true," }, { "start": 1488.76, "end": 1492, "text": " but this is the thing I was tweeting about the other day." }, { "start": 1495.28, "end": 1499.72, "text": " Why does he want to do the thing is the question." }, { "start": 1499.72, "end": 1503.2, "text": " Like the philosophical argument that I think" }, { "start": 1503.2, "end": 1504.64, "text": " like we've had before," }, { "start": 1504.64, "end": 1505.88, "text": " Paul said we want to try and avoid," }, { "start": 1505.88, "end": 1507.04, "text": " I don't think we can," }, { "start": 1507.04, "end": 1509.64, "text": " is whatever like we decide we want to do" }, { "start": 1509.64, "end": 1511.76, "text": " to like run the internet the best way possible," }, { "start": 1511.76, "end": 1514.52, "text": " we're gonna find a legal fiction to make that possible." }, { "start": 1514.52, "end": 1516.68, "text": " Like we're gonna like look up a definition" }, { "start": 1516.68, "end": 1517.52, "text": " of the dictionary," }, { "start": 1517.52, "end": 1519.8, "text": " find a word in that definition to make it the thing." }, { "start": 1519.8, "end": 1520.76, "text": " Fine." }, { "start": 1520.76, "end": 1524.76, "text": " But why is pulling these regulations away" }, { "start": 1524.76, "end": 1527.76, "text": " the thing that is so important for him to do?" }, { "start": 1527.76, "end": 1532.12, "text": " And like I genuinely truly want to hear" }, { "start": 1532.12, "end": 1534.68, "text": " like the freshman dorm room explanation" }, { "start": 1534.68, "end": 1539.04, "text": " of why regulations actually hurt innovation," }, { "start": 1539.04, "end": 1541.56, "text": " because the explanations I've heard," }, { "start": 1541.56, "end": 1543.8, "text": " regulation bad, like okay," }, { "start": 1543.8, "end": 1546.72, "text": " it actually hampers investment and innovation." }, { "start": 1546.72, "end": 1548.12, "text": " I kind of don't believe that." }, { "start": 1548.12, "end": 1550.36, "text": " And I don't think there's good evidence for that." }, { "start": 1550.36, "end": 1552.24, "text": " I feel like there's another reason" }, { "start": 1552.24, "end": 1556.32, "text": " and I don't want to go full anti-corporate conspiracy" }, { "start": 1556.32, "end": 1558.32, "text": " and say it's just about Verizon's profits," }, { "start": 1558.32, "end": 1560.48, "text": " but I feel like that might be on the table," }, { "start": 1560.48, "end": 1563.12, "text": " but there's gotta be another reason I'm not thinking of" }, { "start": 1563.12, "end": 1566.56, "text": " because I'm dumb to justify this thing." }, { "start": 1566.56, "end": 1568.96, "text": " And then I later on towards the end of this," }, { "start": 1568.96, "end": 1570.72, "text": " we need to talk about the definition" }, { "start": 1570.72, "end": 1571.76, "text": " of arbitrary and capricious," }, { "start": 1571.76, "end": 1575.56, "text": " but let's get, let's like step out and be like, why?" }, { "start": 1575.56, "end": 1576.92, "text": " Just why?" }, { "start": 1576.92, "end": 1578.12, "text": " So Paul, I'm sure you have an answer," }, { "start": 1578.12, "end": 1580.6, "text": " but I'll give it a very simple one." }, { "start": 1580.6, "end": 1582.76, "text": " I can't look into Ajit Pai's heart." }, { "start": 1584.24, "end": 1585.28, "text": " I can't." }, { "start": 1585.28, "end": 1588.28, "text": " I mean, you could get yourself a chest saw." }, { "start": 1588.28, "end": 1590.48, "text": " Wow." }, { "start": 1590.48, "end": 1592.64, "text": " So someone's been in Arkansas too long." }, { "start": 1595.36, "end": 1597.44, "text": " I can't look in the man's heart." }, { "start": 1597.44, "end": 1602.24, "text": " But what he says is that since the net neutrality rules" }, { "start": 1602.24, "end": 1604.56, "text": " are passed, overall investment" }, { "start": 1604.56, "end": 1606.52, "text": " in broadband infrastructure is down." }, { "start": 1607.3600000000001, "end": 1609.48, "text": " And so if you take the rules away" }, { "start": 1609.48, "end": 1612.04, "text": " and the rules are costly or whatever," }, { "start": 1612.04, "end": 1613.0800000000002, "text": " the investment will go back up" }, { "start": 1613.0800000000002, "end": 1614.28, "text": " and what you want is more investment" }, { "start": 1614.28, "end": 1615.2, "text": " in broadband infrastructure" }, { "start": 1615.2, "end": 1617.6000000000001, "text": " because everyone loves infrastructure investment." }, { "start": 1617.6000000000001, "end": 1618.52, "text": " That's his argument." }, { "start": 1618.52, "end": 1621.24, "text": " Now, there's a lot of argument" }, { "start": 1621.24, "end": 1623.0800000000002, "text": " about whether his numbers are right." }, { "start": 1623.0800000000002, "end": 1624.56, "text": " Just a lot of argument." }, { "start": 1624.56, "end": 1627.76, "text": " And one of the main things to argue with" }, { "start": 1627.76, "end": 1630.36, "text": " is AT&T is so huge," }, { "start": 1631.52, "end": 1634.08, "text": " they tip the scale." }, { "start": 1634.08, "end": 1637.08, "text": " So AT&T finished its LTE rollout." }, { "start": 1637.08, "end": 1639.8799999999999, "text": " It finished a huge network investment." }, { "start": 1639.8799999999999, "end": 1643, "text": " It bought DirecTV for one period of time." }, { "start": 1643, "end": 1647.2, "text": " It paused investment on its network." }, { "start": 1647.2, "end": 1650.72, "text": " And so over the period that Pai is claiming," }, { "start": 1650.72, "end": 1654.28, "text": " AT&T alone is enough to say," }, { "start": 1654.28, "end": 1656.16, "text": " over the year ago period," }, { "start": 1656.16, "end": 1658.92, "text": " broadband investment has fallen $200 million." }, { "start": 1658.92, "end": 1660.56, "text": " But that's just AT&T." }, { "start": 1660.56, "end": 1662.48, "text": " Every other company is out there saying," }, { "start": 1662.48, "end": 1664.12, "text": " we're gonna keep investing in our network." }, { "start": 1664.12, "end": 1665.6, "text": " So you can look at the total, you can slice it," }, { "start": 1665.6, "end": 1667.3999999999999, "text": " you can have all kinds of fights." }, { "start": 1667.3999999999999, "end": 1669.56, "text": " But that's like the main argument over his metric." }, { "start": 1669.56, "end": 1671, "text": " Paul, I'm sure you have another answer." }, { "start": 1671, "end": 1672.92, "text": " Yeah, in his Wall Street Journal piece," }, { "start": 1672.92, "end": 1675.3999999999999, "text": " he said that growth had slowed." }, { "start": 1675.3999999999999, "end": 1678.84, "text": " It wasn't, I mean, it's not like net down, but it's-" }, { "start": 1678.84, "end": 1680.68, "text": " Well, it's net down if you count AT&T." }, { "start": 1680.68, "end": 1682.76, "text": " And the reason you count it, right," }, { "start": 1682.76, "end": 1685.48, "text": " it's net down if AT&T is allowed to say," }, { "start": 1685.48, "end": 1688.72, "text": " we bought DirecTV and hit pause on infrastructure investment." }, { "start": 1688.72, "end": 1691.04, "text": " So here's my freshman dorm." }, { "start": 1691.04, "end": 1692.12, "text": " I didn't go to college." }, { "start": 1692.12, "end": 1694.92, "text": " So most of my conversations are just" }, { "start": 1694.92, "end": 1697.44, "text": " freshman dorm conversations that I'm not aware of." }, { "start": 1698.8, "end": 1702.56, "text": " If you think of what the FCC was like originally," }, { "start": 1702.56, "end": 1707.56, "text": " it's like the US government is going to own the airwaves" }, { "start": 1708.56, "end": 1710.08, "text": " and lease them to companies." }, { "start": 1710.08, "end": 1715.08, "text": " The airwaves are going to be a public good," }, { "start": 1715.76, "end": 1719.08, "text": " and therefore no company will be allowed to own them." }, { "start": 1719.08, "end": 1722.8, "text": " Yeah, I would say that the fundamental debate" }, { "start": 1722.8, "end": 1725.52, "text": " that we'll have with that start of this explanation" }, { "start": 1725.52, "end": 1727.8, "text": " is whether or not the US government" }, { "start": 1727.8, "end": 1729.8, "text": " is an effective proxy for the people." }, { "start": 1729.8, "end": 1731.24, "text": " Like the people own the airwaves," }, { "start": 1731.24, "end": 1734.36, "text": " the US government regulate, manages them for the people." }, { "start": 1734.36, "end": 1738.56, "text": " Well, but the people don't own Google." }, { "start": 1738.56, "end": 1740.36, "text": " The people don't own Twitter." }, { "start": 1740.36, "end": 1741.2, "text": " That's correct." }, { "start": 1741.2, "end": 1742.04, "text": " That's correct." }, { "start": 1743.76, "end": 1747.84, "text": " So you have the airwaves, but this," }, { "start": 1747.84, "end": 1752.84, "text": " the FCC making all the pipes dug underground," }, { "start": 1755.3999999999999, "end": 1760.3999999999999, "text": " a public good is in a sense almost like asset seizure." }, { "start": 1761.2, "end": 1762.9199999999998, "text": " It's the government saying that" }, { "start": 1762.9199999999998, "end": 1765.56, "text": " because this is so important to people," }, { "start": 1765.56, "end": 1767.8799999999999, "text": " and obviously the internet is very important for people," }, { "start": 1767.88, "end": 1770.4, "text": " and it is a good for people," }, { "start": 1770.4, "end": 1771.92, "text": " it now needs to be a public good" }, { "start": 1771.92, "end": 1774.44, "text": " so that we can make rules for it." }, { "start": 1774.44, "end": 1775.2800000000002, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 1775.2800000000002, "end": 1780.2800000000002, "text": " And this is a very baseline life, liberty, property" }, { "start": 1780.68, "end": 1782.2, "text": " kind of thing." }, { "start": 1782.2, "end": 1784.92, "text": " I think that is the government overstepping its role." }, { "start": 1784.92, "end": 1788.5600000000002, "text": " And I think it's the FCC overstepping the role" }, { "start": 1788.5600000000002, "end": 1792, "text": " that was assigned to it by Congress." }, { "start": 1792, "end": 1794.92, "text": " And, you know, Ajit Pai, a lot of," }, { "start": 1794.92, "end": 1799.8400000000001, "text": " was always talking about the FEC," }, { "start": 1799.8400000000001, "end": 1803.04, "text": " or sorry, the FTC, like they can manage this." }, { "start": 1803.04, "end": 1805.64, "text": " If there's an anti-competitive practice" }, { "start": 1805.64, "end": 1807.96, "text": " of one of these companies," }, { "start": 1807.96, "end": 1810.92, "text": " we have agencies for that to solve that," }, { "start": 1810.92, "end": 1814.48, "text": " but we shouldn't protect internet companies" }, { "start": 1814.48, "end": 1818.28, "text": " from monopoly status and then make a bunch of rules" }, { "start": 1818.28, "end": 1821.0800000000002, "text": " that actually manage how they're allowed" }, { "start": 1821.0800000000002, "end": 1822.8400000000001, "text": " to implement their property." }, { "start": 1822.8400000000001, "end": 1823.68, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 1823.68, "end": 1825.88, "text": " And just real quick, it sounds like the end of that argument" }, { "start": 1825.88, "end": 1827.28, "text": " is you don't think that back in the day," }, { "start": 1827.28, "end": 1831.2, "text": " the FCC should have even like regulated," }, { "start": 1831.2, "end": 1832.48, "text": " had Title II in the first place." }, { "start": 1832.48, "end": 1834.5600000000002, "text": " Like it should not have regulated telephone lines" }, { "start": 1834.5600000000002, "end": 1839.48, "text": " and kept AT&T from like blocking me from calling you" }, { "start": 1839.48, "end": 1841.76, "text": " and changing prices and like the kind of stuff" }, { "start": 1841.76, "end": 1843.8400000000001, "text": " that they want phone companies to stop doing." }, { "start": 1843.8400000000001, "end": 1846.96, "text": " I don't think the government should be in the role" }, { "start": 1846.96, "end": 1849.3200000000002, "text": " of protecting monopolies." }, { "start": 1849.3200000000002, "end": 1852.04, "text": " Like when monopolies really hurt consumers," }, { "start": 1852.04, "end": 1854, "text": " it's when the government is propping them up." }, { "start": 1854, "end": 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1884.0800000000002, "text": " Right, and you have to," }, { "start": 1885.2, "end": 1888.04, "text": " like digging a hole in the ground is difficult." }, { "start": 1888.04, "end": 1890.2, "text": " Like it's just a hard thing to do." }, { "start": 1890.2, "end": 1891.04, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1891.04, "end": 1892.0800000000002, "text": " The easiest way to dig a hole in the ground" }, { "start": 1892.0800000000002, "end": 1896.48, "text": " is to connect to everybody is to do it on public streets." }, { "start": 1896.48, "end": 1898.3600000000001, "text": " So the government does own the streets." }, { "start": 1898.3600000000001, "end": 1899.2, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1899.2, "end": 1900.76, "text": " And say, okay, you have access along the street" }, { "start": 1900.76, "end": 1901.8000000000002, "text": " to dig a hole." }, { "start": 1901.8000000000002, "end": 1903.64, "text": " And the main thing they did, Paul," }, { "start": 1903.64, "end": 1907.16, "text": " and I agree with you, this is the heart of the problem," }, { "start": 1907.16, "end": 1910.3600000000001, "text": " is they granted monopolies to some companies" }, { "start": 1910.36, "end": 1912.36, "text": " to put pipes in the streets." }, { "start": 1912.36, "end": 1913.1999999999998, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 1913.1999999999998, "end": 1917.08, "text": " So in Philadelphia, Comcast sued the government" }, { "start": 1917.08, "end": 1920.12, "text": " for providing public wifi and killed public wifi" }, { "start": 1920.12, "end": 1922.1999999999998, "text": " because they didn't want competition with Comcast." }, { "start": 1922.1999999999998, "end": 1923.04, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1923.04, "end": 1923.9199999999998, "text": " Right, and the government sort of like let that happen" }, { "start": 1923.9199999999998, "end": 1925.28, "text": " and let it die." }, { "start": 1925.28, "end": 1928.3999999999999, "text": " But the ability for a competitor to come in" }, { 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"text": " that they shouldn't be regulated." }, { "start": 2118.6, "end": 2120.92, "text": " And they're out there, Comcast is like," }, { "start": 2122.04, "end": 2123.44, "text": " tweeting crazy things today." }, { "start": 2123.44, "end": 2124.7599999999998, "text": " Like, we'll never block anything." }, { "start": 2124.7599999999998, "end": 2126.44, "text": " We don't, these rules, don't worry." }, { "start": 2126.44, "end": 2128.16, "text": " We're gonna follow them anyway, because we love you." }, { "start": 2128.16, "end": 2130.2, "text": " Like, fine, right?" }, { "start": 2130.2, "end": 2131.04, "text": " So they all know." }, { "start": 2131.04, "end": 2132.8399999999997, "text": " The best commentary I saw on that by the way," }, { "start": 2132.8399999999997, "end": 2135.04, "text": " was Comcast also promises to be at your house" }, { "start": 2135.04, "end": 2136.16, "text": " between one and five." }, { "start": 2136.16, "end": 2139, "text": " Yeah, so like, right, like," }, { "start": 2139, "end": 2141.8799999999997, "text": " so the internet companies know what the public wants," }, { "start": 2141.8799999999997, "end": 2143.96, "text": " right, there's just no market force." }, { "start": 2143.96, "end": 2146.48, "text": " If Comcast decides to break all of its promises," }, { "start": 2146.48, "end": 2149.6, "text": " it's very hard for a lot of people to leave Comcast." }, { "start": 2149.6, "end": 2153.3199999999997, "text": " By the way, disclosure, Comcast through its NBC unit," }, { "start": 2153.3199999999997, "end": 2155.56, "text": " owns a minority stake in Vox Media, which owns The Verge." }, { "start": 2155.56, "end": 2156.7599999999998, "text": " There's your disclosure." }, { "start": 2158.24, "end": 2160.12, "text": " So that's like, Paul, I think that's the problem." }, { "start": 2160.12, "end": 2161.52, "text": " You can have competition." }, { "start": 2161.52, "end": 2165.68, "text": " This is Craig Aaron from Free Press told me this in 2014." }, { "start": 2165.68, "end": 2167.12, "text": " It's a quote in a piece I wrote." }, { "start": 2167.12, "end": 2169.44, "text": " You can have competition or you can have regulation." }, { "start": 2169.44, "end": 2171.8399999999997, "text": " Comcast is trying to have neither, right?" }, { "start": 2171.8399999999997, "end": 2174.3999999999996, "text": " So it does a lot of lobbying work" }, { "start": 2174.3999999999996, "end": 2176.3599999999997, "text": " to make sure it's the exclusive internet provider" }, { "start": 2176.3599999999997, "end": 2177.3999999999996, "text": " in the markets it's in," }, { "start": 2177.3999999999996, "end": 2179.7999999999997, "text": " and it's doing a lot of lobbying work to say," }, { "start": 2179.7999999999997, "end": 2181.3199999999997, "text": " we shouldn't be regulated." }, { "start": 2181.3199999999997, "end": 2182.3999999999996, "text": " You can't have both." }, { "start": 2182.3999999999996, "end": 2183.44, "text": " You gotta have both." }, { "start": 2183.44, "end": 2188.44, "text": " Absolutely dislike the lobbying against competition." }, { "start": 2188.9199999999996, "end": 2191.72, "text": " And that's one of the reasons why it terrifies me" }, { "start": 2192.72, "end": 2195.12, "text": " that the FCC has this much power." }, { "start": 2195.12, "end": 2197.96, "text": " Because let's say the roles were reversed, right?" }, { "start": 2197.96, "end": 2202.96, "text": " Let's say the status quo was the 2015 internet," }, { "start": 2203.12, "end": 2206.3599999999997, "text": " like the internet had been classified" }, { "start": 2206.3599999999997, "end": 2208.72, "text": " under Title II this whole time," }, { "start": 2208.72, "end": 2213.2799999999997, "text": " and then 2015 comes along, or let's say 2017 right now." }, { "start": 2213.2799999999997, "end": 2216.8399999999997, "text": " You've got a president who was elected" }, { "start": 2216.8399999999997, "end": 2218.72, "text": " but didn't win the popular vote." }, { "start": 2219.6, "end": 2224.24, "text": " He nominates one person who was already on this commission" }, { "start": 2224.24, "end": 2226.04, "text": " to be the leader of this commission." }, { "start": 2227.3999999999996, "end": 2230.3999999999996, "text": " And now the whole internet changes." }, { "start": 2230.3999999999996, "end": 2231.24, "text": " And that's why I think," }, { "start": 2231.24, "end": 2234, "text": " I understand that the Congress makes a law" }, { "start": 2234, "end": 2235.9599999999996, "text": " and then you get a regulatory agency" }, { "start": 2235.9599999999996, "end": 2239.3599999999997, "text": " to sort of enact that role that the Congress created for it." }, { "start": 2239.3599999999997, "end": 2243.9199999999996, "text": " But this is basically one person being the deciding vote" }, { "start": 2243.9199999999996, "end": 2246.6, "text": " of what billion dollar companies" }, { "start": 2246.6, "end": 2250.12, "text": " and billions of dollars worth of infrastructure," }, { "start": 2250.12, "end": 2252.16, "text": " how that's actually used." }, { "start": 2252.16, "end": 2256.3599999999997, "text": " Like if somebody showed up in some regulatory agency" }, { "start": 2256.3599999999997, "end": 2258.3599999999997, "text": " and said, you need to go home" }, { "start": 2258.3599999999997, "end": 2261.3599999999997, "text": " and deflate all your footballs and basketballs" }, { "start": 2261.3599999999997, "end": 2263.96, "text": " for some reason, it's like, well, that's my property." }, { "start": 2263.96, "end": 2267.04, "text": " Like I understand that you made a law" }, { "start": 2267.04, "end": 2268.3999999999996, "text": " and then there's an agency," }, { "start": 2268.3999999999996, "end": 2270.8399999999997, "text": " and then there's this guy who drinks coffee" }, { "start": 2270.8399999999997, "end": 2273.2799999999997, "text": " out of a Reese's mug, thinks I should 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2298.76, "text": " It's illegal for you to show up in my house" }, { "start": 2298.76, "end": 2299.64, "text": " and punch me in the face." }, { "start": 2299.64, "end": 2301.04, "text": " Like that's your body." }, { "start": 2301.04, "end": 2302.48, "text": " Like I can't tell you what to do with your body." }, { "start": 2302.48, "end": 2303.32, "text": " Yes, I can." }, { "start": 2303.32, "end": 2304.36, "text": " I can absolutely tell you." }, { "start": 2304.36, "end": 2305.88, "text": " I can tell you not to put drugs in your body." }, { "start": 2305.88, "end": 2309.2400000000002, "text": " Like there are all kinds of rules we make." }, { "start": 2309.24, "end": 2312.2, "text": " And I think this is where you're either super philosophical" }, { "start": 2312.2, "end": 2315.16, "text": " and idealistic, or you're just pragmatic about reality." }, { "start": 2315.16, "end": 2318.04, "text": " And I think where I come down is there's not enough" }, { "start": 2318.04, "end": 2321.2799999999997, "text": " competition to be that philosophical and idealistic." }, { "start": 2321.2799999999997, "end": 2322.9599999999996, "text": " If there was more competition," }, { "start": 2322.9599999999996, "end": 2324.9199999999996, "text": " I would be absolutely fine saying," }, { "start": 2324.9199999999996, "end": 2327.04, "text": " and I think this is true in mobile." }, { "start": 2327.04, "end": 2329.8799999999997, "text": " In mobile, you have at least four competitors" }, { "start": 2329.8799999999997, "end": 2332.4399999999996, "text": " and T-Mobile is a disruptive competitor" }, { "start": 2332.4399999999996, "end": 2334.9199999999996, "text": " and AT&T and Verizon are having to react to." }, { "start": 2334.9199999999996, "end": 2336.3599999999997, "text": " I think there should be more competitors." }, { "start": 2336.3599999999997, "end": 2337.68, "text": " I think that would be even better," }, { "start": 2337.68, "end": 2339.3599999999997, "text": " but you can at least see how that market is working." }, { "start": 2339.3599999999997, "end": 2340.9199999999996, "text": " People are switching to T-Mobile." }, { "start": 2340.9199999999996, "end": 2344.8799999999997, "text": " They're doing binge on T-Mobile CEOs, like making videos." }, { "start": 2344.8799999999997, "end": 2346.16, "text": " He's like middle fingers in the air." }, { "start": 2346.16, "end": 2347.52, "text": " He's like throwing bombs." }, { "start": 2347.52, "end": 2350.04, "text": " AT&T and Verizon are now doing things" }, { "start": 2350.04, "end": 2351.52, "text": " that look a lot like T-Mobile." }, { "start": 2351.52, "end": 2354.24, "text": " And what's really interesting about that cycle" }, { "start": 2354.24, "end": 2356.9199999999996, "text": " is they're all starting to do unlimited plans" }, { "start": 2356.9199999999996, "end": 2361.08, "text": " because they all have to layer on more and more services." }, { "start": 2361.08, "end": 2363.68, "text": " So T-Mobile started with free music streaming" }, { "start": 2363.68, "end": 2365.68, "text": " and then AT&T started doing free music streaming." }, { "start": 2365.68, "end": 2367.96, "text": " So then T-Mobile started doing free video streaming" }, { "start": 2367.96, "end": 2370.3199999999997, "text": " and now they're all just doing unlimited plans." }, { "start": 2370.3199999999997, "end": 2372.3199999999997, "text": " And it's like when the market speaks," }, { "start": 2372.3199999999997, "end": 2375.12, "text": " when people actually have a free market choice," }, { "start": 2375.12, "end": 2377.7999999999997, "text": " the thing that they want looks an awful lot" }, { "start": 2377.7999999999997, "end": 2378.7599999999998, "text": " like net neutrality." }, { "start": 2379.8799999999997, "end": 2381.8799999999997, "text": " When they don't have a market choice," }, { "start": 2381.8799999999997, "end": 2383.44, "text": " the thing they want is regulation" }, { "start": 2383.44, "end": 2385.08, "text": " that gets them net neutrality." }, { "start": 2385.08, "end": 2387.56, "text": " So either way, what people are saying is," }, { "start": 2387.56, "end": 2389.8399999999997, "text": " don't monkey with my internet connection." }, { "start": 2389.8399999999997, "end": 2392.12, "text": " And what they need is recourse" }, { "start": 2392.12, "end": 2394, "text": " if you start monkeying with their internet connection." }, { "start": 2394, "end": 2398.2, "text": " But the recourse is one person appointed by a president" }, { "start": 2398.2, "end": 2399.96, "text": " who's elected every four years." }, { "start": 2399.96, "end": 2401.04, "text": " Sure, but like-" }, { "start": 2401.04, "end": 2401.88, "text": " Well, that's-" }, { "start": 2401.88, "end": 2404.04, "text": " So actually- The people's recourse is the state." }, { "start": 2404.04, "end": 2405.84, "text": " No, but Paul's making a really good point" }, { "start": 2405.84, "end": 2408.52, "text": " that the whiplash of the rules" }, { "start": 2408.52, "end": 2413, "text": " around how the internet gets served to humans in America" }, { "start": 2413, "end": 2415.08, "text": " changing every time there's a new administration," }, { "start": 2415.08, "end": 2416.88, "text": " there's a new group of people in the FCC," }, { "start": 2416.88, "end": 2420.28, "text": " it goes from three to two to two to three is crazy making." }, { "start": 2420.28, "end": 2423.8, "text": " And yes, it would be great if I-" }, { "start": 2423.8, "end": 2424.6400000000003, "text": " Wait, wait, wait, hold on." }, { "start": 2424.6400000000003, "end": 2425.48, "text": " No, let me finish." }, { "start": 2425.48, "end": 2426.7200000000003, "text": " I'm making a point." }, { "start": 2426.7200000000003, "end": 2428.2000000000003, "text": " I'm making a point." }, { "start": 2428.2000000000003, "end": 2431.36, "text": " It would be great if Congress would make a law." }, { "start": 2431.36, "end": 2432.32, "text": " My personal politics," }, { "start": 2432.32, "end": 2434.4, "text": " I think that if this Congress could actually pull that off," }, { "start": 2434.4, "end": 2435.4, "text": " I don't know if I would like that law," }, { "start": 2435.4, "end": 2437.4, "text": " but at least then we would have less whiplash." }, { "start": 2437.4, "end": 2438.7200000000003, "text": " We could argue about the law." }, { "start": 2438.7200000000003, "end": 2440.2400000000002, "text": " Let me finish." }, { "start": 2440.2400000000002, "end": 2441.32, "text": " Let me finish." }, { "start": 2441.32, "end": 2442.1600000000003, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 2446.6000000000004, "end": 2449.32, "text": " I'm putting the ball on the tee for you, Neal." }, { "start": 2449.32, "end": 2450.1600000000003, "text": " Are you ready?" }, { "start": 2450.1600000000003, "end": 2451, "text": " The ball is just a good one." }, { "start": 2451, "end": 2451.84, "text": " I hate the tee." }, { "start": 2451.84, "end": 2454.88, "text": " I'm walking over to the tee with the baseball." }, { "start": 2454.88, "end": 2457.4, "text": " You've got the big giant plastic bat." }, { "start": 2457.4, "end": 2458.2400000000002, "text": " It's a whipple ball." }, { "start": 2458.2400000000002, "end": 2460.88, "text": " You're gonna hit it and it won't go very far." }, { "start": 2460.88, "end": 2463.2000000000003, "text": " Isn't one of the rules around the way the FCC" }, { "start": 2463.2000000000003, "end": 2465.1200000000003, "text": " is supposed to work that we're not supposed to have" }, { "start": 2465.1200000000003, "end": 2466.2400000000002, "text": " this whiplash," }, { "start": 2466.2400000000002, "end": 2468.88, "text": " that they have to have good legal justifications" }, { "start": 2468.88, "end": 2471.56, "text": " and it can't be, I think the phrase is arbitrary" }, { "start": 2471.56, "end": 2472.6800000000003, "text": " and capricious." }, { "start": 2472.6800000000003, "end": 2473.52, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 2473.52, "end": 2474.36, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 2474.36, "end": 2475.2000000000003, "text": " Thank you for the ball and the tee." }, { "start": 2475.2000000000003, "end": 2476.04, "text": " Wow." }, { "start": 2476.04, "end": 2477.48, "text": " It is a slightly different ball and tee" }, { "start": 2477.48, "end": 2478.8, "text": " than I thought was coming." }, { "start": 2480.2000000000003, "end": 2481.1200000000003, "text": " I think I'm playing hockey." }, { "start": 2481.12, "end": 2482.04, "text": " It's very confusing." }, { "start": 2483.2799999999997, "end": 2486, "text": " So wait, just to Paul's point," }, { "start": 2486, "end": 2488.2, "text": " his narrow point, which is we had an election" }, { "start": 2488.2, "end": 2489.68, "text": " and everything's different." }, { "start": 2489.68, "end": 2492.4, "text": " Yes, it actually doesn't matter how that," }, { "start": 2492.4, "end": 2494.4, "text": " the mechanics of that don't matter." }, { "start": 2494.4, "end": 2496.6, "text": " So like we had an election, we elected Obama," }, { "start": 2496.6, "end": 2497.44, "text": " there's Obamacare." }, { "start": 2497.44, "end": 2499, "text": " We had an election, we elected Trump" }, { "start": 2499, "end": 2501.7999999999997, "text": " and they're furiously trying to undo Obamacare." }, { "start": 2501.7999999999997, "end": 2503.2, "text": " That happens all the time." }, { "start": 2503.2, "end": 2505.92, "text": " Like you can't stop it." }, { "start": 2505.92, "end": 2509.3199999999997, "text": " The end point of that is we should have a king, right?" }, { "start": 2509.3199999999997, "end": 2510.92, "text": " And the king will just never change his mind." }, { "start": 2510.92, "end": 2512.56, "text": " I'm saying that the Polish-" }, { "start": 2512.56, "end": 2515.28, "text": " I vote for a queen actually, but I guess I won't vote at all" }, { "start": 2515.28, "end": 2516.12, "text": " because it'd be a queen." }, { "start": 2516.12, "end": 2516.96, "text": " Let me finish this thought." }, { "start": 2516.96, "end": 2518.76, "text": " So the check on that-" }, { "start": 2518.76, "end": 2520.56, "text": " Wait, so they did what I was saying." }, { "start": 2520.56, "end": 2523.76, "text": " Right, but the check on that, which is what you want," }, { "start": 2523.76, "end": 2526.28, "text": " which is you can't elect somebody new," }, { "start": 2526.28, "end": 2528.32, "text": " have them appoint some new people in regulatory agencies" }, { "start": 2528.32, "end": 2531.48, "text": " who weren't actually elected, is what Dieter is saying," }, { "start": 2531.48, "end": 2535.36, "text": " which is the FCC has to like provide stability" }, { "start": 2535.36, "end": 2536.2000000000003, "text": " to the market." }, { "start": 2536.2000000000003, "end": 2538.6, "text": " They understand that it needs, the market needs stability" }, { "start": 2538.6, "end": 2542.3199999999997, "text": " and they are not allowed to change their mind" }, { "start": 2542.3199999999997, "end": 2544, "text": " in an arbitrary and capricious way." }, { "start": 2544, "end": 2547.2799999999997, "text": " That's in the administrative law of our country." }, { "start": 2547.2799999999997, "end": 2552.16, "text": " So Pai has to make a case that since the time" }, { "start": 2552.16, "end": 2555.04, "text": " of net neutrality passing in 2015," }, { "start": 2555.04, "end": 2557.3199999999997, "text": " something has changed so much" }, { "start": 2557.3199999999997, "end": 2561.08, "text": " that provides him a reason to undo it, right?" }, { "start": 2561.08, "end": 2564.3199999999997, "text": " And his argument is that broadband investment has slowed." }, { "start": 2564.3199999999997, "end": 2565.52, "text": " That's his argument." }, { "start": 2565.52, "end": 2568.88, "text": " So we passed net neutrality." }, { "start": 2568.88, "end": 2570.52, "text": " If broadband investment had like," }, { "start": 2570.52, "end": 2572.08, "text": " everything was going great," }, { "start": 2572.08, "end": 2573.84, "text": " then he wouldn't be allowed to change it." }, { "start": 2573.84, "end": 2575.08, "text": " There'd be a lawsuit and they would sue him" }, { "start": 2575.08, "end": 2577.32, "text": " and the court would say, this is just an arbitrary change." }, { "start": 2577.32, "end": 2578.16, "text": " You're not elected." }, { "start": 2578.16, "end": 2579, "text": " You can't do that." }, { "start": 2579, "end": 2582, "text": " He's saying, well, broadband investment has slowed." }, { "start": 2582, "end": 2583.6, "text": " That law was obviously bad." }, { "start": 2583.6, "end": 2585.88, "text": " That regulatory interpretation was obviously bad." }, { "start": 2585.88, "end": 2588.24, "text": " So I'm changing it and it's not arbitrary." }, { "start": 2588.24, "end": 2590.6, "text": " And that's where the fight is going to be." }, { "start": 2590.6, "end": 2592.4, "text": " So the information service thing," }, { "start": 2592.4, "end": 2596.04, "text": " the broadband investment thing," }, { "start": 2596.04, "end": 2598.6800000000003, "text": " all of that stuff is what people are going to fight about." }, { "start": 2598.6800000000003, "end": 2602.64, "text": " So like, also, I think the court," }, { "start": 2602.64, "end": 2603.8, "text": " just based on what I'm seeing today," }, { "start": 2603.8, "end": 2606.04, "text": " I think it would be foolish for a future court." }, { "start": 2606.04, "end": 2608.2400000000002, "text": " So I know Free Press is going to sue the FCC." }, { "start": 2608.2400000000002, "end": 2610.2000000000003, "text": " The ACLU is going to sue the FCC." }, { "start": 2610.2000000000003, "end": 2612.6, "text": " The EFF is going to sue the FCC." }, { "start": 2612.6, "end": 2614.88, "text": " He's going to take this vote on the 14th" }, { "start": 2614.88, "end": 2617.2000000000003, "text": " and he will immediately face a lawsuit that says," }, { "start": 2617.2000000000003, "end": 2620.04, "text": " this is arbitrary and capricious and you can't do it." }, { "start": 2620.04, "end": 2620.88, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 2620.88, "end": 2622.12, "text": " And that somebody in our chat right now" }, { "start": 2622.12, "end": 2623.3599999999997, "text": " is the FCC doesn't answer anyone." }, { "start": 2623.3599999999997, "end": 2624.7999999999997, "text": " It's beyond the people's reach." }, { "start": 2624.7999999999997, "end": 2625.64, "text": " No, it's not." }, { "start": 2625.64, "end": 2626.48, "text": " You can just file a lawsuit." }, { "start": 2626.48, "end": 2628.7999999999997, "text": " And I think Pai is walking into a lawsuit" }, { "start": 2628.7999999999997, "end": 2631.3199999999997, "text": " that says his decision is arbitrary and capricious." }, { "start": 2631.3199999999997, "end": 2632.4, "text": " And so you just," 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It's going to happen." }, { "start": 2659.36, "end": 2660.2, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2660.2, "end": 2661.04, "text": " And then the lawsuit starts." }, { "start": 2661.04, "end": 2661.88, "text": " And the lawsuit starts." }, { "start": 2661.88, "end": 2662.76, "text": " So, okay." }, { "start": 2662.76, "end": 2663.6, "text": " And this is like," }, { "start": 2663.6, "end": 2665.24, "text": " are you enough of a single issue voter" }, { "start": 2665.24, "end": 2666.6, "text": " to vote Democratic or Republican" }, { "start": 2666.6, "end": 2668.4, "text": " based on broadband regulation?" }, { "start": 2668.4, "end": 2670.16, "text": " It's, who knows?" }, { "start": 2670.16, "end": 2671.56, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 2671.56, "end": 2672.4, "text": " But it seems-" }, { "start": 2672.4, "end": 2673.92, "text": " Ask r slash the Donald," }, { "start": 2673.92, "end": 2676, "text": " because that's an exciting place right now." }, { "start": 2676, "end": 2679.08, "text": " Right, so yeah, the Donald Trump subreddit on Reddit" }, { "start": 2679.08, "end": 2681.12, "text": " is like torn asunder." }, { "start": 2681.12, "end": 2682.2, "text": " Because, right?" }, { "start": 2682.2, "end": 2684.88, "text": " Because that wouldn't exist, but for net neutrality," }, { "start": 2684.88, "end": 2688.7999999999997, "text": " if your ISP could have slowed down Reddit in the early days," }, { "start": 2688.7999999999997, "end": 2691.96, "text": " or they could have looked at the Donald Trump phenomenon" }, { "start": 2691.96, "end": 2692.92, "text": " and Russian interference" }, { "start": 2692.92, "end": 2695.92, "text": " and decided to start blocking certain kinds of content," }, { "start": 2695.92, "end": 2697.56, "text": " you wouldn't really be able to stop them" }, { "start": 2697.56, "end": 2699.3199999999997, "text": " and you wouldn't really be able to switch." }, { "start": 2699.3199999999997, "end": 2702.04, "text": " Reddit existed before 2015." }, { "start": 2703.36, "end": 2704.72, "text": " Right, but the argument-" }, { "start": 2704.72, "end": 2708.48, "text": " And people lobbied for net neutrality before 2015" }, { "start": 2708.48, "end": 2711.68, "text": " and the run up to the FCC's decision." }, { "start": 2711.68, "end": 2715.4, "text": " Right, because the Brand X decision was bad," }, { "start": 2715.4, "end": 2718.6, "text": " is like a piece of this in the background." }, { "start": 2718.6, "end": 2721.2400000000002, "text": " And people really wanted net neutrality" }, { "start": 2721.2400000000002, "end": 2724.68, "text": " because they started switching in huge numbers" }, { "start": 2724.68, "end": 2727.2400000000002, "text": " from dial up internet to broadband internet" }, { "start": 2727.2400000000002, "end": 2728.84, "text": " and realizing they had no competition." }, { "start": 2728.84, "end": 2731.16, "text": " They were pretty far down that road by 2015" }, { "start": 2731.16, "end": 2733.76, "text": " and Comcast wasn't blocking Reddit" }, { "start": 2733.76, "end": 2735.52, "text": " because Reddit did a blackout." }, { "start": 2735.52, "end": 2737.2400000000002, "text": " I think you're over-" }, { "start": 2737.24, "end": 2742.24, "text": " I think you're being over optimistic" }, { "start": 2743.6, "end": 2746, "text": " about broadband penetration in the United States." }, { "start": 2746, "end": 2748.2, "text": " These are the fears that were sold to me" }, { "start": 2748.2, "end": 2750, "text": " like going into 2015," }, { "start": 2750, "end": 2752.3599999999997, "text": " like you don't wanna get like a $10 bill" }, { "start": 2752.3599999999997, "end": 2754.3599999999997, "text": " because you decided to use Twitter that month" }, { "start": 2754.3599999999997, "end": 2755.2, "text": " or something like that," }, { "start": 2755.2, "end": 2757.08, "text": " or you don't wanna pay extra for Netflix" }, { "start": 2757.08, "end": 2759.6, "text": " or you'll have a slow lane or something like that." }, { "start": 2759.6, "end": 2762.8399999999997, "text": " And I am arguing that broadband companies" }, { "start": 2762.8399999999997, "end": 2765.2, "text": " should have the right to do any of that stuff." }, { "start": 2765.2, "end": 2767.96, "text": " But I really don't-" }, { "start": 2767.96, "end": 2770.6, "text": " most companies don't do something" }, { "start": 2770.6, "end": 2772.7999999999997, "text": " that their customers will absolutely hate." }, { "start": 2772.7999999999997, "end": 2776.64, "text": " We end up disliking a lot about what companies do," }, { "start": 2776.64, "end": 2779.4399999999996, "text": " but you can definitely push it too far." }, { "start": 2779.4399999999996, "end": 2781.52, "text": " I mean, I would just, again," }, { "start": 2781.52, "end": 2784.12, "text": " there's like philosophy and there's realism" }, { "start": 2784.12, "end": 2787.64, "text": " and there's like the reality" }, { "start": 2787.64, "end": 2790.56, "text": " is Comcast is the most hated company in America." }, { "start": 2790.56, "end": 2793.24, "text": " They do things their customers hate all day long." }, { "start": 2793.24, "end": 2797.16, "text": " AT&T is like, they're around, people don't love them." }, { "start": 2797.16, "end": 2799.12, "text": " They have an enormous number of customers." }, { "start": 2799.12, "end": 2802.64, "text": " But they clearly realize that there's a line" }, { "start": 2802.64, "end": 2804.4399999999996, "text": " that they're gonna push past that there's-" }, { "start": 2804.4399999999996, "end": 2807.08, "text": " And Comcast pushes past that line all of the time." }, { "start": 2807.08, "end": 2808.9199999999996, "text": " Comcast blocked BitTorrent." }, { "start": 2808.9199999999996, "end": 2811.24, "text": " There's another company called, what was it?" }, { "start": 2811.24, "end": 2813.8399999999997, "text": " Madison River Systems that blocked Vonage." }, { "start": 2813.8399999999997, "end": 2818.8399999999997, "text": " Comcast prioritizes its own TV service to various devices." }, { "start": 2819.16, "end": 2821.4799999999996, "text": " Like AT&T wants to buy Time Warner," }, { "start": 2821.48, "end": 2824.04, "text": " the main thing AT&T wants to do with Time Warner content" }, { "start": 2824.04, "end": 2829.04, "text": " is give it to you for free versus non-Time Warner content." }, { "start": 2829.08, "end": 2831.48, "text": " Like this is the future, right?" }, { "start": 2831.48, "end": 2835.04, "text": " It's coming at us and they want to do these things" }, { "start": 2835.04, "end": 2836.64, "text": " that people don't want them to do." }, { "start": 2836.64, "end": 2838.48, "text": " And what people want is a rule preventing them" }, { "start": 2838.48, "end": 2839.84, "text": " from doing those things." }, { "start": 2839.84, "end": 2843.88, "text": " Or you could start all over and build more competition," }, { "start": 2843.88, "end": 2848.64, "text": " but the world in which, you know, the-" }, { "start": 2848.64, "end": 2850.04, "text": " So Comcast bought Amazon," }, { "start": 2850.04, "end": 2852.52, "text": " so Comcast bought NBC, right?" }, { "start": 2852.52, "end": 2854.24, "text": " They signed a consent decree saying" }, { "start": 2854.24, "end": 2856.16, "text": " they would basically abide by net neutrality" }, { "start": 2856.16, "end": 2857.44, "text": " until next year." }, { "start": 2857.44, "end": 2859.88, "text": " Next year, that consent decree goes away." }, { "start": 2859.88, "end": 2861.2799999999997, "text": " There's no net neutrality." }, { "start": 2861.2799999999997, "end": 2864.52, "text": " And suddenly NBC programming, Universal Movies" }, { "start": 2864.52, "end": 2867.2799999999997, "text": " will come to you for free over to Comcast lines" }, { "start": 2867.2799999999997, "end": 2868.84, "text": " and everyone else will hit the cap." }, { "start": 2868.84, "end": 2872.08, "text": " So the minions will be free and I don't know," }, { "start": 2872.08, "end": 2873.84, "text": " Milana won't be, right?" }, { "start": 2873.84, "end": 2876.12, "text": " Like that's not an outcome that people want." }, { "start": 2876.12, "end": 2877.4, "text": " And we all know that the phrase," }, { "start": 2877.4, "end": 2880.52, "text": " the minions will be free is a contradiction in terms" }, { "start": 2880.52, "end": 2882.88, "text": " because by definition, by the dictionary definition," }, { "start": 2882.88, "end": 2883.7200000000003, "text": " they're minions." }, { "start": 2883.7200000000003, "end": 2885.48, "text": " They're not supposed to be free." }, { "start": 2885.48, "end": 2888.64, "text": " I'm not saying everybody gets everything they want" }, { "start": 2888.64, "end": 2890.2000000000003, "text": " no matter what the rules are." }, { "start": 2891.2400000000002, "end": 2892.08, "text": " You just have a choice." }, { "start": 2892.08, "end": 2893.92, "text": " You try sometimes, you just might find." }, { "start": 2893.92, "end": 2895.6, "text": " No, but Paul, you don't have a choice." }, { "start": 2895.6, "end": 2897.2400000000002, "text": " You get what you need." }, { "start": 2897.2400000000002, "end": 2900.08, "text": " These companies can do things you hate" }, { "start": 2900.08, "end": 2903.96, "text": " and they do them all the time because you can't leave," }, { "start": 2903.96, "end": 2904.8, "text": " right?" }, { "start": 2904.8, "end": 2905.84, "text": " That's the thing." }, { "start": 2905.84, "end": 2907.7200000000003, "text": " The philosophy question here is," }, { "start": 2907.7200000000003, "end": 2908.88, "text": " Paul doesn't believe these companies" }, { "start": 2908.88, "end": 2911.6400000000003, "text": " are gonna do bad things, but maybe they will," }, { "start": 2911.6400000000003, "end": 2914.2000000000003, "text": " but who knows, but should we make a law preventing" }, { "start": 2914.2000000000003, "end": 2915.6000000000004, "text": " a company from doing a bad thing" }, { "start": 2915.6000000000004, "end": 2917, "text": " before they've done the bad thing?" }, { "start": 2917, "end": 2921.32, "text": " Okay, so this goes to the other thing that Pai brings up" }, { "start": 2921.32, "end": 2922.6400000000003, "text": " and Paul had been talking about," }, { "start": 2922.6400000000003, "end": 2925.4, "text": " which is maybe the FCC doesn't need this power" }, { "start": 2925.4, "end": 2928.2400000000002, "text": " because the FTC, the Federal Trade Commission" }, { "start": 2928.2400000000002, "end": 2929.8, "text": " or the Consumer Protection Agency" }, { "start": 2929.8, "end": 2931.1200000000003, "text": " will be able to do this stuff either." }, { "start": 2931.1200000000003, "end": 2935.08, "text": " So I'm just gonna read more from Pai's document" }, { "start": 2935.08, "end": 2936.84, "text": " because I think it's important to keep referring" }, { 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2958.44, "text": " in anti-competitive foreclosure." }, { "start": 2958.44, "end": 2961.08, "text": " Whether one regards Comcast behavior" }, { "start": 2961.08, "end": 2963.64, "text": " towards BitTorrent as blocking or throttling," }, { "start": 2963.64, "end": 2965.2799999999997, "text": " it could have been pursued as an antitrust" }, { "start": 2965.2799999999997, "end": 2966.72, "text": " or consumer protection case." }, { "start": 2966.72, "end": 2968.7999999999997, "text": " The FCC noticed that BitTorrent service allowed users" }, { "start": 2968.7999999999997, "end": 2971.08, "text": " to view video that they might otherwise have had to purchase" }, { "start": 2971.08, "end": 2973.24, "text": " through Comcast video on demand service," }, { "start": 2973.24, "end": 2976.3199999999997, "text": " a claim that would have been considered anti-competitive." }, { "start": 2976.3199999999997, "end": 2977.68, "text": " Comcast also failed to disclose" }, { "start": 2977.68, "end": 2979, "text": " this network management practice" }, { "start": 2979, "end": 2980.96, "text": " and initially denied that it was engaged in throttling," }, { "start": 2980.96, "end": 2983.64, "text": " potentially unfair or deceptive acts or practices." }, { "start": 2983.64, "end": 2987.7999999999997, "text": " So he's saying, okay, Comcast is throttling BitTorrent." }, { "start": 2987.7999999999997, "end": 2991.56, "text": " If we discover it and they haven't disclosed it," }, { "start": 2991.56, "end": 2995.16, "text": " someone can sue them, very unclear who." }, { "start": 2995.16, "end": 2999.2799999999997, "text": " If the DOJ wants to make the case" }, { "start": 2999.2799999999997, "end": 3002.36, "text": " that throttling BitTorrent unreasonably preferences" }, { "start": 3002.36, "end": 3005, "text": " Comcast like video on demand service," }, { "start": 3005, "end": 3006.52, "text": " they can bring a lawsuit too." }, { "start": 3006.52, "end": 3008.16, "text": " So instead 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"text": " So if they could bury it in a small print," }, { "start": 3041.04, "end": 3044.72, "text": " and this is an important loophole," }, { "start": 3044.72, "end": 3046.2, "text": " they don't have to be transparent" }, { "start": 3046.2, "end": 3048.56, "text": " about anything they define as a reasonable network" }, { "start": 3048.56, "end": 3050, "text": " management practices." }, { "start": 3050, "end": 3053.7599999999998, "text": " So if throttling a bunch of Netflix at 8 p.m." }, { "start": 3053.7599999999998, "end": 3055.56, "text": " is a reasonable network management practice" }, { "start": 3055.56, "end": 3056.64, "text": " because everyone's using Netflix," }, { "start": 3056.64, "end": 3058.9199999999996, "text": " they wanna preserve some service or some bandwidth" }, { "start": 3058.9199999999996, "end": 3061.2799999999997, "text": " for Hulu, they don't have to tell you that." }, { "start": 3061.2799999999997, "end": 3064.04, "text": " You have to discover it, then you have to sue them" }, { "start": 3064.04, "end": 3066.8799999999997, "text": " to say this isn't a reasonable network management practice." }, { "start": 3066.8799999999997, "end": 3068.8399999999997, "text": " And then you have to further win a lawsuit saying" }, { "start": 3068.8399999999997, "end": 3070.16, "text": " this is anti-competitive." }, { "start": 3070.16, "end": 3072.3199999999997, "text": " So like, that's a lot of lawsuits." }, { "start": 3072.3199999999997, "end": 3075.3199999999997, "text": " So what you had was a rule, and now Pi is saying," }, { "start": 3075.32, "end": 3076.96, "text": " well, we can just have a bunch of lawsuits" }, { "start": 3076.96, "end": 3078.7200000000003, "text": " that get us back to the rules," }, { "start": 3078.7200000000003, "end": 3082.2400000000002, "text": " which seems like if what you're worried about is costs," }, { "start": 3082.2400000000002, "end": 3083.84, "text": " you have just created the opportunity" }, { "start": 3083.84, "end": 3085.84, "text": " for legal costs to skyrocket." }, { "start": 3088, "end": 3091.36, "text": " Well, I, so here's a straw man's situation" }, { "start": 3091.36, "end": 3096.36, "text": " for the reduced investment, right?" }, { "start": 3096.4, "end": 3101.1600000000003, "text": " I'm Verizon, I wanna do this kind of crazy thing," }, { "start": 3101.16, "end": 3105.2, "text": " I'm not sure if the FCC will allow me to do it" }, { "start": 3105.2, "end": 3107.6, "text": " under the 2015 rules." }, { "start": 3107.6, "end": 3111.6, "text": " So I do it, and then the FCC says, no, I can't." }, { "start": 3111.6, "end": 3116.6, "text": " And then I need to argue in court that the FCC was wrong" }, { "start": 3117.24, "end": 3119.7999999999997, "text": " to ever even have these rules," }, { "start": 3119.7999999999997, "end": 3123.24, "text": " or outside of these 2015 rules, I do it." }, { "start": 3124.44, "end": 3129.44, "text": " And then the FTC says that's anti-competitive." }, { "start": 3129.44, "end": 3132.12, "text": " And then I can argue whether or not it's anti-competitive." }, { "start": 3132.12, "end": 3137.12, "text": " I don't have to argue that the FCC has overstepped its," }, { "start": 3137.12, "end": 3139.8, "text": " like I don't have to argue against the entire existence" }, { "start": 3139.8, "end": 3141.52, "text": " of a government agency." }, { "start": 3141.52, "end": 3145.2400000000002, "text": " I just need to decide what, help or argue" }, { "start": 3145.2400000000002, "end": 3146.44, "text": " in front of the court whether or not" }, { "start": 3146.44, "end": 3148.68, "text": " what I've done is anti-competitive." }, { "start": 3148.68, "end": 3151.2400000000002, "text": " And there's a lot more literature in legal," }, { "start": 3151.2400000000002, "end": 3153.48, "text": " like my lawyers, before I do that," }, { "start": 3153.48, "end": 3155.64, "text": " that potentially anti-competitive thing," }, { "start": 3155.64, "end": 3158.4, "text": " my lawyers can look at this great body" }, { "start": 3158.4, "end": 3162.52, "text": " of legal argument about what ends up qualifying" }, { "start": 3162.52, "end": 3165.48, "text": " as anti-competitive, where with the FCC," }, { "start": 3165.48, "end": 3170.08, "text": " I'm not quite sure what they're gonna decide." }, { "start": 3170.08, "end": 3171.44, "text": " And it's up to them." }, { "start": 3173.08, "end": 3174.6800000000003, "text": " I don't really track." }, { "start": 3174.6800000000003, "end": 3178.28, "text": " I think there's a body of law for everything, right?" }, { "start": 3178.28, "end": 3180.6800000000003, "text": " The country is very old." }, { "start": 3180.6800000000003, "end": 3183.12, "text": " Well, it's not that old, but the country is like," }, { "start": 3183.12, "end": 3184.48, "text": " a couple of hundred years old." }, { "start": 3184.48, "end": 3188.1600000000003, "text": " There's literally every word in PIE's documents" }, { "start": 3188.16, "end": 3189.7599999999998, "text": " that's in this document here." }, { "start": 3189.7599999999998, "end": 3192.2, "text": " There's a body of law undergirding every single word, right?" }, { "start": 3192.2, "end": 3193.04, "text": " That's how precedent works." }, { "start": 3193.04, "end": 3194.44, "text": " There's like branching precedent" }, { "start": 3194.44, "end": 3196.3999999999996, "text": " and your lawyers do lawyer stuff." }, { "start": 3196.3999999999996, "end": 3198.2, "text": " I think what you're asking is like," }, { "start": 3198.2, "end": 3201.7999999999997, "text": " are we making rules where you have to fight" }, { "start": 3201.7999999999997, "end": 3203.52, "text": " against the rules or are we making rules" }, { "start": 3203.52, "end": 3205, "text": " where you're free to do something" }, { "start": 3205, "end": 3206.52, "text": " and somebody else can come in and fight" }, { "start": 3206.52, "end": 3207.7599999999998, "text": " to enforce the rules, right?" }, { "start": 3207.7599999999998, "end": 3210.68, "text": " Or is the burden on the company" }, { "start": 3210.68, "end": 3213.7599999999998, "text": " or is the burden on the consumer that might be harmed?" }, { "start": 3213.7599999999998, "end": 3216.92, "text": " I generally think the burden is on the company." }, { "start": 3216.92, "end": 3219.4, "text": " I think only for this reason," }, { "start": 3219.4, "end": 3224.4, "text": " the best way for a consumer to address a harm" }, { "start": 3225.12, "end": 3227.7200000000003, "text": " is to stop paying you, right?" }, { "start": 3227.7200000000003, "end": 3228.64, "text": " That's what we want." }, { "start": 3228.64, "end": 3231.88, "text": " Like Paul, I think you and I are actually far more aligned" }, { "start": 3231.88, "end": 3233.96, "text": " of like the basic free market principle there" }, { "start": 3233.96, "end": 3235.12, "text": " than anybody would suspect." }, { "start": 3235.12, "end": 3238.6, "text": " Like if I don't like what I'm getting," }, { "start": 3238.6, "end": 3241, "text": " if I don't like the value I'm getting from you" }, { "start": 3241, "end": 3242.56, "text": " when I pay you for a service," }, { "start": 3242.56, "end": 3244.08, "text": " I should just take my money away." }, { "start": 3244.08, "end": 3245.6800000000003, "text": " You'll react to that." }, { "start": 3245.68, "end": 3249.68, "text": " The problem is that 51% of Americans" }, { "start": 3249.68, "end": 3252.3599999999997, "text": " have nowhere else to spend that money." }, { "start": 3252.3599999999997, "end": 3253.56, "text": " So they're stuck." }, { "start": 3253.56, "end": 3256.48, "text": " So you now have this like incredible leverage" }, { "start": 3256.48, "end": 3258.04, "text": " as an internet service provider" }, { "start": 3258.04, "end": 3259.7999999999997, "text": " to do anything that you want." }, { "start": 3259.7999999999997, "end": 3263.12, "text": " And there's no immediate redress for me." }, { "start": 3263.12, "end": 3266.24, "text": " I have to spend more money to pay a lawyer" }, { "start": 3266.24, "end": 3267.96, "text": " to address your behavior." }, { "start": 3267.96, "end": 3270.8399999999997, "text": " So if we pass that cost back to that set" }, { "start": 3270.8399999999997, "end": 3272.68, "text": " of internet service providers and say," }, { "start": 3272.68, "end": 3276, "text": " here are the rules, like this relationship is not equal." }, { "start": 3277.04, "end": 3278.8799999999997, "text": " The rules are you can't do X, Y, and Z" }, { "start": 3278.8799999999997, "end": 3280.2, "text": " because the people have spoken" }, { "start": 3280.2, "end": 3284.56, "text": " and through some complicated set of government processes," }, { "start": 3284.56, "end": 3286.48, "text": " you've created rules." }, { "start": 3286.48, "end": 3288.52, "text": " I think that's fine, right?" }, { "start": 3288.52, "end": 3289.96, "text": " That's the difference that keeps coming back" }, { "start": 3289.96, "end": 3291.56, "text": " to between idealism and like pragmatism." }, { "start": 3291.56, "end": 3292.9199999999996, "text": " Like that's fine." }, { "start": 3292.9199999999996, "end": 3295.3999999999996, "text": " If there were like 500 competitors," }, { "start": 3296.3999999999996, "end": 3298.44, "text": " okay, I'm just gonna take my money away." }, { "start": 3298.44, "end": 3299.9199999999996, "text": " I do that all the time." }, { "start": 3299.92, "end": 3302.96, "text": " There's two slightly different things here then." }, { "start": 3302.96, "end": 3307.96, "text": " There is what FCC rules will lead to the most investment" }, { "start": 3309.44, "end": 3314.44, "text": " and what FCC rules will lead to a certain minimum" }, { "start": 3316.04, "end": 3317.76, "text": " of internet service." }, { "start": 3317.76, "end": 3322.76, "text": " And I would argue that the new no-net neutrality rules" }, { "start": 3323.52, "end": 3326.52, "text": " are designed to lead to the most investment," }, { "start": 3326.52, "end": 3330.16, "text": " which will hopefully foster space internet" }, { "start": 3330.16, "end": 3332, "text": " and project loom and whatever." }, { "start": 3332, "end": 3334.2, "text": " So we can actually have competition, right?" }, { "start": 3334.2, "end": 3336, "text": " So, right, but if you have enough money" }, { "start": 3336, "end": 3338, "text": " to do space internet, right?" }, { "start": 3338, "end": 3340.84, "text": " Like the marginal cost of your lawyer applying" }, { "start": 3340.84, "end": 3342.44, "text": " for the waiver to the rules" }, { "start": 3342.44, "end": 3346.56, "text": " so you can build a new technology is like pretty low." }, { "start": 3346.56, "end": 3347.56, "text": " Like it's not gonna stop you." }, { "start": 3347.56, "end": 3348.48, "text": " You're not gonna like, oh my God," }, { "start": 3348.48, "end": 3350.36, "text": " I've got to bill a lawyer $10,000." }, { "start": 3350.36, "end": 3353.2, "text": " Like- Well, you need the money" }, { "start": 3353.2, "end": 3358.2, "text": " from what exists right now to fund your space internet." }, { "start": 3358.4399999999996, "end": 3360.9199999999996, "text": " Sure, but I'm saying that the percentage cost of the leak," }, { "start": 3360.9199999999996, "end": 3365.64, "text": " if like, if you have the ability to put rockets into space," }, { "start": 3365.64, "end": 3367.4399999999996, "text": " you probably have the ability to pay for a lawyer" }, { "start": 3367.4399999999996, "end": 3370.2, "text": " because you can't do that without lawyers to begin with." }, { "start": 3370.2, "end": 3371.2, "text": " So like, there you are." }, { "start": 3371.2, "end": 3374.9199999999996, "text": " But like, Paul, you and I are talking in hypotheticals." }, { "start": 3374.9199999999996, "end": 3376.52, "text": " I'm just gonna read this." }, { "start": 3376.52, "end": 3378.56, "text": " It's from the EFF, so it's obviously a biased list," }, { "start": 3378.56, "end": 3380.64, "text": " but here's their list." }, { "start": 3380.64, "end": 3382.7999999999997, "text": " More than a thousand small businesses, investors," }, { "start": 3382.8, "end": 3384.6000000000004, "text": " and technology startups in all 50 states" }, { "start": 3384.6000000000004, "end": 3387.36, "text": " have publicly opposed the rollback of net neutrality." }, { "start": 3387.36, "end": 3390.44, "text": " More than 900 online video creators" }, { "start": 3390.44, "end": 3392.8, "text": " have produced content for more than 200 million viewers," }, { "start": 3392.8, "end": 3394.76, "text": " oppose the FCC plan." }, { "start": 3394.76, "end": 3397.1600000000003, "text": " 52 social justice, civil rights," }, { "start": 3397.1600000000003, "end": 3399.04, "text": " and human rights organizations" }, { "start": 3399.04, "end": 3400.6000000000004, "text": " have filed support of net neutrality." }, { "start": 3400.6000000000004, "end": 3403.44, "text": " Dozens of ISPs across the country have told the FCC" }, { "start": 3403.44, "end": 3404.76, "text": " to leave the rules in place." }, { "start": 3404.76, "end": 3408.6400000000003, "text": " 120,000 libraries in total across the United States" }, { "start": 3408.6400000000003, "end": 3409.8, "text": " want net neutrality." }, { "start": 3409.8, "end": 3411.8, "text": " Privacy organizations want it." }, { "start": 3411.8, "end": 3413.44, "text": " State attorneys general from Illinois," }, { "start": 3413.44, "end": 3415.2000000000003, "text": " California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa," }, { "start": 3415.2000000000003, "end": 3416.8, "text": " Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi," }, { "start": 3416.8, "end": 3418.2400000000002, "text": " Oregon, Vermont, Washington," }, { "start": 3418.2400000000002, "end": 3420.96, "text": " and DC support retaining net neutrality rules." }, { "start": 3420.96, "end": 3425.1200000000003, "text": " 60 mayors, the National Association of Realtors," }, { "start": 3425.1200000000003, "end": 3427.96, "text": " just wandering in the door at the last minute." }, { "start": 3427.96, "end": 3431.04, "text": " What are we talking about, guys?" }, { "start": 3431.04, "end": 3434.04, "text": " Right, like..." }, { "start": 3434.04, "end": 3438.88, "text": " And then there's like a lot of argument about the comments," }, { "start": 3438.88, "end": 3441.44, "text": " but it's like millions of comments in support." }, { "start": 3441.44, "end": 3447.6, "text": " So you do have this extreme amount of public support" }, { "start": 3447.6, "end": 3448.96, "text": " for these rules." }, { "start": 3448.96, "end": 3450.88, "text": " And at some point, you just have to deal with it." }, { "start": 3450.88, "end": 3453.76, "text": " I don't think you can just say," }, { "start": 3453.76, "end": 3455.4, "text": " we'll have more innovation" }, { "start": 3455.4, "end": 3457.12, "text": " if we let companies do whatever they want." }, { "start": 3457.12, "end": 3459.7200000000003, "text": " People have deep relationships" }, { "start": 3459.7200000000003, "end": 3460.92, "text": " with their internet service providers." }, { "start": 3460.92, "end": 3464.56, "text": " They understand the parameters of that relationship," }, { "start": 3464.56, "end": 3467.44, "text": " and they think that those relationships are unfair," }, { "start": 3467.44, "end": 3469.12, "text": " and they want some rules in place." }, { "start": 3469.12, "end": 3473.04, "text": " I think however you feel about government," }, { "start": 3473.04, "end": 3474.44, "text": " you have to respect that in some way," }, { "start": 3474.44, "end": 3477.12, "text": " and I think Pye is aggressively ignoring it." }, { "start": 3477.12, "end": 3480.04, "text": " In fact, we know he's aggressively ignoring it." }, { 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3646.4399999999996, "end": 3648.6, "text": " to a private mobile service." }, { "start": 3648.6, "end": 3651.16, "text": " And a commercial radio service is anything" }, { "start": 3651.16, "end": 3655.04, "text": " that connects to a common carrier service basically." }, { "start": 3655.04, "end": 3656.04, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 3656.04, "end": 3658.3999999999996, "text": " So like, if you say the internet is," }, { "start": 3658.3999999999996, "end": 3660.52, "text": " so like think about telephones." }, { "start": 3660.52, "end": 3662.8799999999997, "text": " So your copper landline telephones" }, { "start": 3662.8799999999997, "end": 3665.04, "text": " are common carrier cell phone," }, { "start": 3665.04, "end": 3667.72, "text": " voice calls over cell phones connect to that network." }, { "start": 3667.72, "end": 3669.6, "text": " By definition, it's a commercial radio service" }, { "start": 3669.6, "end": 3671, "text": " and can be regulated this way." }, { "start": 3671.92, "end": 3676, "text": " So they switched the broadband internet service to title two" }, { "start": 3676, "end": 3678.64, "text": " and they said, LTE is now a commercial radio service" }, { "start": 3678.64, "end": 3680.8399999999997, "text": " because it connects to a common carrier." }, { "start": 3680.8399999999997, "end": 3682.92, "text": " So we can regulate it this way." }, { "start": 3682.92, "end": 3687.64, "text": " Then they now Pi wants to switch broadband internet access" }, { "start": 3687.64, "end": 3690.44, "text": " from, sorry, I think this is hilarious." }, { "start": 3690.44, "end": 3691.92, "text": " Mobile broadband." }, { "start": 3691.92, "end": 3694.48, "text": " No, he wants to switch broadband internet access" }, { "start": 3694.48, "end": 3697.68, "text": " the internet from telecommunications" }, { "start": 3697.68, "end": 3699.3199999999997, "text": " to information service." }, { "start": 3699.32, "end": 3700.1600000000003, "text": " So he does 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"end": 3720.8, "text": " see, I was right all along." }, { "start": 3720.8, "end": 3722.1600000000003, "text": " And that's a hundred percent what he's doing." }, { "start": 3722.1600000000003, "end": 3724.6400000000003, "text": " But fundamentally the question is," }, { "start": 3724.6400000000003, "end": 3726.8, "text": " do you have the market power, you yourself" }, { "start": 3726.8, "end": 3727.92, "text": " to take your money away?" }, { "start": 3727.92, "end": 3730.48, "text": " If your ISP doesn't do something you don't like" }, { "start": 3730.48, "end": 3734.28, "text": " and just most Americans don't, that's the answer." }, { "start": 3734.28, "end": 3736, "text": " And so most Americans are saying," }, { "start": 3736, "end": 3738.96, "text": " I would prefer the government to mediate this relationship." }, { "start": 3738.96, "end": 3739.96, "text": " Okay, okay." }, { "start": 3739.96, "end": 3743.6, "text": " So like, what's gonna happen?" }, { "start": 3744.7200000000003, "end": 3746.8, "text": " The December 14th, they're gonna have this vote." }, { "start": 3746.8, "end": 3747.64, "text": " It's gonna pass." }, { "start": 3747.64, "end": 3750.76, "text": " A bunch of like organizations are gonna sue the FCC." }, { "start": 3750.76, "end": 3754.28, "text": " When do I have to pick my internet package," }, { "start": 3754.28, "end": 3757.36, "text": " the super premium plus version with HBO now," }, { "start": 3757.36, "end": 3759.1600000000003, "text": " Hulu plus and Netflix." }, { "start": 3759.1600000000003, "end": 3760.88, "text": " So what's amazing about that," }, { "start": 3760.88, "end": 3763.7200000000003, "text": " with the bonus extra stuff for like Reddit and Twitter." }, { "start": 3763.7200000000003, "end": 3766.52, "text": " So what's amazing about this, amazing," }, { "start": 3766.52, "end": 3769.96, "text": " is that the Trump administration is such chaos," }, { "start": 3769.96, "end": 3772.1200000000003, "text": " they can't even get it all right, right?" }, { "start": 3772.1200000000003, "end": 3776.52, "text": " So the FCC is saying, okay, AT&T do whatever you want," }, { "start": 3776.52, "end": 3778.28, "text": " get out there, go crazy." }, { "start": 3778.28, "end": 3780.6800000000003, "text": " And at the same time, the Department of Justice is saying," }, { "start": 3780.6800000000003, "end": 3784.6400000000003, "text": " hold up AT&T, you are not allowed to buy Time Warner." }, { "start": 3784.6400000000003, "end": 3786.6, "text": " So I think if it was different" }, { "start": 3786.6, "end": 3790.7999999999997, "text": " and the DOJ was letting the Time Warner deal go through," }, { "start": 3790.7999999999997, "end": 3794.6, "text": " you would see in short order, the Time Warner deal close," }, { "start": 3794.6, "end": 3797.36, "text": " AT&T now owns HBO and CNN, whatever," }, { "start": 3797.36, "end": 3800.24, "text": " you would immediately see AT&T customers" }, { "start": 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4020.6, "text": " He now runs the largest cable company lobbying group." }, { "start": 4020.6, "end": 4022.24, "text": " It's basically Comcast lobbying group." }, { "start": 4022.24, "end": 4024, "text": " He answered hard questions with me." }, { "start": 4024.96, "end": 4027.04, "text": " We've, I mean, basically we've interviewed" }, { "start": 4027.04, "end": 4027.88, "text": " Jessica Rosenworcel." }, { "start": 4027.88, "end": 4029.92, "text": " We've asked her hard questions like down the line," }, { "start": 4029.92, "end": 4032.98, "text": " Mignon Clyburn, who's another FCC commissioner." }, { "start": 4032.98, "end": 4034.88, "text": " We've interviewed her and asked her questions." }, { "start": 4034.88, "end": 4037.58, "text": " Down the line, we have interviewed these people" }, { "start": 4037.58, "end": 4040.36, "text": " who are public servants and asked hard questions" }, { "start": 4040.36, "end": 4042.3199999999997, "text": " about their policies and they've given 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any way." }, { "start": 4065.04, "end": 4067.6400000000003, "text": " He won't take hard questions in any forum." }, { "start": 4067.6400000000003, "end": 4070.2000000000003, "text": " He won't come, if you think we're his opposition," }, { "start": 4070.2000000000003, "end": 4073, "text": " if you think I'm his opposition, he won't talk to me," }, { "start": 4073, "end": 4075.1600000000003, "text": " but he won't talk to, I've seen, I don't know," }, { "start": 4075.16, "end": 4077.44, "text": " I've seen probably a dozen people who have his podcast" }, { "start": 4077.44, "end": 4078.68, "text": " tweeted him over the past two days saying," }, { "start": 4078.68, "end": 4079.8399999999997, "text": " hey, will you come on my podcast?" }, { "start": 4079.8399999999997, "end": 4081.48, "text": " He's not going to any of those." }, { "start": 4081.48, "end": 4084.58, "text": " He is just doing this without doing the associated work" }, { "start": 4084.58, "end": 4088, "text": " of justifying his plan in the face of hard questions." }, { "start": 4088, "end": 4090.7999999999997, "text": " And I think if anything's the most dangerous piece of this," }, { "start": 4090.7999999999997, "end": 4093.72, "text": " it's that, like he's not answering to the people" }, { "start": 4093.72, "end": 4095.7599999999998, "text": " through the channels that we traditionally expect" }, { "start": 4095.7599999999998, "end": 4097.68, "text": " our politicians to answer to the people." }, { "start": 4097.68, "end": 4100.5599999999995, "text": " And I think if you would just start doing that," }, { "start": 4100.5599999999995, "end": 4103.0199999999995, "text": " like I would actually calm down a whole lot, right?" }, { "start": 4103.0199999999995, "end": 4104.88, "text": " If you would start saying, if you would," }, { "start": 4104.88, "end": 4108.28, "text": " so Steve Kovach, who works for Business Insider," }, { "start": 4108.28, "end": 4109.84, "text": " FCC announced its plan." }, { "start": 4109.84, "end": 4113.46, "text": " Kovach gets on the press call and he says," }, { "start": 4113.46, "end": 4115.28, "text": " hey, you keep saying this thing about broadband investment," }, { "start": 4115.28, "end": 4118.68, "text": " but according to the numbers I'm looking at, you're wrong." }, { "start": 4118.68, "end": 4120.54, "text": " Like, can you justify the discrepancy?" }, { "start": 4120.54, "end": 4123.52, "text": " Which is a great question to ask, right?" }, { "start": 4123.52, "end": 4126.24, "text": " Like well thought out question from a good reporter." }, { "start": 4127.6, "end": 4130.38, "text": " They just said next question and moved on." }, { "start": 4130.38, "end": 4132.2, "text": " They just refused to answer his question." }, { "start": 4132.2, "end": 4133.16, "text": " He's so mad about it." }, { "start": 4133.16, "end": 4135, "text": " Yeah, he and I were talking about it." }, { "start": 4135, "end": 4137.5599999999995, "text": " And a lot of other people noticed it." }, { "start": 4137.5599999999995, "end": 4138.9, "text": " They're at that level, right?" }, { "start": 4138.9, "end": 4141.7, "text": " Where the fundamental question that they need to answer," }, { "start": 4141.7, "end": 4143.72, "text": " that they will have to answer in front of a court," }, { "start": 4143.72, "end": 4146.16, "text": " they're just not even acknowledging." }, { "start": 4146.16, "end": 4147.5199999999995, "text": " They're just saying this is the right thing to do" }, { "start": 4147.5199999999995, "end": 4148.36, "text": " and they're moving on." }, { "start": 4148.36, "end": 4150.12, "text": " And I think that's the mess." }, { "start": 4150.12, "end": 4154.36, "text": " Like, whatever, policies are policy, elections come in," }, { "start": 4154.36, "end": 4155.54, "text": " in four years, there'll be another one." }, { "start": 4155.54, "end": 4158.5599999999995, "text": " Maybe it'll get even crazier in one direction" }, { "start": 4158.5599999999995, "end": 4159.7, "text": " or maybe they'll swing all the way back." }, { "start": 4159.7, "end": 4161.4, "text": " Like that is the nature of elections." }, { "start": 4161.4, "end": 4163.04, "text": " But once you take the office," }, { "start": 4163.04, "end": 4164.16, "text": " once you're doing the job," }, { "start": 4164.16, "end": 4166.16, "text": " I think you have to be responsible to the people." }, { "start": 4166.16, "end": 4168, "text": " And Kai is definitely not doing that." }, { "start": 4171.56, "end": 4173.04, "text": " Stun silence from Paul." }, { "start": 4173.04, "end": 4174.8, "text": " Eli wins again." }, { "start": 4175.96, "end": 4178.32, "text": " Yeah, I really wish he'd get on the podcast." }, { "start": 4178.32, "end": 4181.28, "text": " Yeah, it'd be really nice to talk to him." }, { "start": 4181.28, "end": 4182.88, "text": " I will say-" }, { "start": 4182.88, "end": 4184.96, "text": " He has a standing invite to come on his show." }, { "start": 4184.96, "end": 4186, "text": " Yeah, he does." }, { "start": 4186, "end": 4189.6, "text": " We should ask our listeners to ask him to join us." }, { "start": 4189.6, "end": 4192.6, "text": " Just send them my hangouts link on Twitter, Dito." }, { "start": 4192.6, "end": 4197.04, "text": " Just add Ajit Pai FCC, A-J-I-T-P-A-I-F-C-C." }, { "start": 4197.04, "end": 4197.88, "text": " Tweet at him." }, { "start": 4197.88, "end": 4198.72, "text": " Yep." }, { "start": 4198.72, "end": 4200.400000000001, "text": " I think if you've been listening to this," }, { "start": 4200.400000000001, "end": 4201.400000000001, "text": " wait, if you've been listening to this," }, { "start": 4201.400000000001, "end": 4202.780000000001, "text": " Paul and I have known each other for a long time." }, { "start": 4202.780000000001, "end": 4206, "text": " We obviously disagree about this, but we're also friends." }, { "start": 4206, "end": 4208.52, "text": " Like, and I think if you've been listening to the show," }, { "start": 4208.52, "end": 4209.52, "text": " we are very nerdy." }, { "start": 4209.52, "end": 4211.360000000001, "text": " We are very willing to get into the weeds" }, { "start": 4211.360000000001, "end": 4212.76, "text": " of this argument with him." }, { "start": 4212.76, "end": 4214.04, "text": " This is a great show for him to come on" }, { "start": 4214.04, "end": 4214.88, "text": " and make these arguments." }, { "start": 4214.88, "end": 4216.8, "text": " It's not actually a hostile space." }, { "start": 4216.8, "end": 4218.320000000001, "text": " It's not an opposition space." }, { "start": 4218.320000000001, "end": 4219.160000000001, "text": " It's just-" }, { "start": 4219.160000000001, "end": 4222.08, "text": " And please don't tweet offensive crap at him." }, { "start": 4222.08, "end": 4224.76, "text": " I've seen like, I made a joke about the ratio" }, { "start": 4224.76, "end": 4226.72, "text": " on his Happy Thanksgiving tweet, and I was right." }, { "start": 4226.72, "end": 4228.92, "text": " A bunch of people tweeted nasty things at him" }, { "start": 4228.92, "end": 4230.5199999999995, "text": " to just saying Happy Thanksgiving." }, { "start": 4230.5199999999995, "end": 4231.76, "text": " Please be kind." }, { "start": 4231.76, "end": 4235.28, "text": " But like, and we intend to be kind and fair" }, { "start": 4235.28, "end": 4237.84, "text": " to him on this show, but we do want him to answer" }, { "start": 4237.84, "end": 4239.8, "text": " the questions that he's refusing to answer." }, { "start": 4239.8, "end": 4240.68, "text": " Yeah, he just won't do it." }, { "start": 4240.68, "end": 4243.32, "text": " I think, again, and he's racing this through, right?" }, { "start": 4243.32, "end": 4245.36, "text": " He put out the plan the day before Thanksgiving." }, { "start": 4245.36, "end": 4247.08, "text": " He's pushing a vote on December 14th." }, { "start": 4247.08, "end": 4249.64, "text": " Like, the amount of time the American people" }, { "start": 4249.64, "end": 4252.64, "text": " have to react to this is just very low." }, { "start": 4254.04, "end": 4255.200000000001, "text": " But you gotta give him credit." }, { "start": 4255.200000000001, "end": 4258.12, "text": " It's more time than there was in 2015." }, { "start": 4258.12, "end": 4260.12, "text": " Will you at least get to read the full text?" }, { "start": 4260.12, "end": 4262, "text": " No, I disagree." }, { "start": 4262, "end": 4264.04, "text": " I disagree in a serious way." }, { "start": 4264.04, "end": 4269.04, "text": " In 2015, what had happened was that was five years" }, { "start": 4269.360000000001, "end": 4272.64, "text": " after the FCC tried to do something in 2010." }, { "start": 4272.64, "end": 4276, "text": " They finally did the thing that the courts told them to do." }, { "start": 4276, "end": 4279.6, "text": " So there was a huge run-up, right?" }, { "start": 4279.6, "end": 4283.200000000001, "text": " FCC originally tried to put net neutrality regulations" }, { "start": 4283.200000000001, "end": 4287.240000000001, "text": " in place under Title I, and Verizon sued them and won." }, { "start": 4287.240000000001, "end": 4289.72, "text": " If Verizon hadn't sued them, it would be fine." }, { "start": 4289.72, "end": 4291.88, "text": " We would have net neutrality rules under Title I." }, { "start": 4291.88, "end": 4294.4800000000005, "text": " We wouldn't have all this burdensome additional regulation." }, { "start": 4294.4800000000005, "end": 4296.400000000001, "text": " But Verizon decided they didn't like it," }, { "start": 4296.400000000001, "end": 4298.320000000001, "text": " and they sued them, and they won." }, { "start": 4298.320000000001, "end": 4300, "text": " Great, and the court said to them," }, { "start": 4300, "end": 4302.4400000000005, "text": " if you want these regulations, you have to use Title II." }, { "start": 4302.4400000000005, "end": 4306.04, "text": " So then there was a massive run-up again," }, { "start": 4306.04, "end": 4311.04, "text": " and Tom Wheeler's first instinct was to not do Title II." }, { "start": 4311.04, "end": 4314.4, "text": " It was to try to shoehorn them into yet another statute" }, { "start": 4314.4, "end": 4315.84, "text": " and go to court again." }, { "start": 4315.84, "end": 4319.5199999999995, "text": " And basically, the public pressure was put on him" }, { "start": 4319.5199999999995, "end": 4321.04, "text": " to use Title II." }, { "start": 4321.04, "end": 4323.32, "text": " So there was that huge run-up." }, { "start": 4323.32, "end": 4326.04, "text": " I mean, it was just an endless process where Verizon," }, { "start": 4326.04, "end": 4329.44, "text": " they did the rules, Verizon won a case years later," }, { "start": 4329.44, "end": 4332.56, "text": " and then Tom Wheeler was made to use Title II" }, { "start": 4332.56, "end": 4335.44, "text": " with a combination of a court ruling and public pressure." }, { "start": 4335.44, "end": 4339.24, "text": " So that's not the same as this." }, { "start": 4339.24, "end": 4340.32, "text": " That process was so long." }, { "start": 4340.32, "end": 4342.919999999999, "text": " It might not have been out as in front," }, { "start": 4342.919999999999, "end": 4344.759999999999, "text": " and it might not have been like this document," }, { "start": 4344.759999999999, "end": 4347.32, "text": " like here's what the FCC is voting on." }, { "start": 4347.32, "end": 4349.36, "text": " But the process that was going through," }, { "start": 4349.36, "end": 4353.599999999999, "text": " we covered the hell out of it every month for four years." }, { "start": 4353.599999999999, "end": 4355.44, "text": " So I just don't see that argument." }, { "start": 4355.44, "end": 4356.36, "text": " I get what he's doing." }, { "start": 4356.36, "end": 4357.44, "text": " Like, I'm more transparent." }, { "start": 4357.44, "end": 4359.719999999999, "text": " You can't read the, whatever." }, { "start": 4359.719999999999, "end": 4361.2, "text": " No human can read this document." }, { "start": 4361.2, "end": 4363.599999999999, "text": " I will say, in just an abstract sense," }, { "start": 4363.6, "end": 4367.4800000000005, "text": " I want it to be as easy for an agency to devolve power" }, { "start": 4367.4800000000005, "end": 4369.96, "text": " as it is to grab power." }, { "start": 4369.96, "end": 4375.320000000001, "text": " And I really do think of 2015 as a power grab by the FCC," }, { "start": 4375.320000000001, "end": 4378.280000000001, "text": " constitutional or not, it really bugs me." }, { "start": 4378.280000000001, "end": 4382.280000000001, "text": " I'm really happy to see Ajit Pai trying to devolve power," }, { "start": 4382.280000000001, "end": 4386.72, "text": " and I hope that he has correct legal arguments to do that." }, { "start": 4386.72, "end": 4389.52, "text": " And I see how they're a little tenuous," }, { "start": 4389.52, "end": 4392.56, "text": " but I hope he makes it through." }, { "start": 4392.56, "end": 4395.72, "text": " And I'm sorry, I know a lot of people hate," }, { "start": 4395.72, "end": 4400.68, "text": " I need to open my mouth to disagree with net neutrality." }, { "start": 4400.68, "end": 4403.080000000001, "text": " But yeah, it worries me." }, { "start": 4403.080000000001, "end": 4405.360000000001, "text": " And I really do think it puts speech more" }, { "start": 4405.360000000001, "end": 4407.8, "text": " in the hands of the government." }, { "start": 4407.8, "end": 4409.88, "text": " If you're going to make a free speech argument," }, { "start": 4409.88, "end": 4412.4800000000005, "text": " I understand that it's scary for private companies" }, { "start": 4412.4800000000005, "end": 4415.52, "text": " to have so much control over our speech, and that bugs me." }, { "start": 4415.52, "end": 4419.200000000001, "text": " But it worries me even more that the FCC would have it." }, { "start": 4419.2, "end": 4423.32, "text": " Fundamentally, the question about this regulation" }, { "start": 4423.32, "end": 4429.24, "text": " is, do you trust the government to do the right thing about it," }, { "start": 4429.24, "end": 4431.04, "text": " or do you trust these private corporations" }, { "start": 4431.04, "end": 4432.24, "text": " to do the right thing about it?" }, { "start": 4432.24, "end": 4435.32, "text": " And normally with private corporations," }, { "start": 4435.32, "end": 4437.4, "text": " you can say, I don't have to trust them or not." }, { "start": 4437.4, "end": 4440.28, "text": " I could just choose not to give them my money." }, { "start": 4440.28, "end": 4443.12, "text": " And in this case, I don't think we have that option, or 51%" }, { "start": 4443.12, "end": 4446, "text": " of Americans don't have that option." }, { "start": 4446, "end": 4448.24, "text": " And yes, I'm with you that the idea" }, { "start": 4448.24, "end": 4453.76, "text": " that I would put more power into the government seems scary." }, { "start": 4453.76, "end": 4457.639999999999, "text": " But I also like, who am I more afraid of, big giant" }, { "start": 4457.639999999999, "end": 4459.5199999999995, "text": " corporations or a big giant government?" }, { "start": 4459.5199999999995, "end": 4463.639999999999, "text": " Well, in theory, at least, if we're talking about philosophy," }, { "start": 4463.639999999999, "end": 4466, "text": " I can vote for the people in the big giant government in a way" }, { "start": 4466, "end": 4468.679999999999, "text": " that I can't in the big giant corporations." }, { "start": 4468.679999999999, "end": 4469.599999999999, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 4469.599999999999, "end": 4472.28, "text": " Yeah, Paul, I mean, I think this is why I like," }, { "start": 4472.28, "end": 4474.84, "text": " this is why we wanted to do an emergency podcast, right?" }, { "start": 4474.84, "end": 4476.04, "text": " You and I disagree." }, { "start": 4476.04, "end": 4478.72, "text": " I think it's interesting to talk about the parameter" }, { "start": 4478.72, "end": 4480.24, "text": " of that disagreement." }, { "start": 4480.24, "end": 4485, "text": " But to me, it's, I don't, I'm stuck at what power" }, { "start": 4485, "end": 4486.8, "text": " did the FCC grab?" }, { "start": 4486.8, "end": 4488.08, "text": " I couldn't tell you, right?" }, { "start": 4488.08, "end": 4490.72, "text": " Like, the FCC did a thing that the people of the United" }, { "start": 4490.72, "end": 4492.32, "text": " States were very vocal about wanting," }, { "start": 4492.32, "end": 4496.4, "text": " which is restricting the ability of private internet companies" }, { "start": 4496.4, "end": 4499.12, "text": " to block speech, basically." }, { "start": 4499.12, "end": 4500.56, "text": " And if you don't have a choice, I" }, { "start": 4500.56, "end": 4502.28, "text": " think that's a totally acceptable function" }, { "start": 4502.28, "end": 4503.08, "text": " for the government." }, { "start": 4503.08, "end": 4505.12, "text": " Like, the government needs to do things." }, { "start": 4505.12, "end": 4506.36, "text": " Otherwise, you might as well not have one." }, { "start": 4506.36, "end": 4508.28, "text": " And I think, right at the end of that, again," }, { "start": 4508.28, "end": 4510.64, "text": " it's like, are you an idealist or are you a pragmatist?" }, { "start": 4510.64, "end": 4512.44, "text": " Like, do you live in this world or do you" }, { "start": 4512.44, "end": 4514.8, "text": " want to live in a world that doesn't exist?" }, { "start": 4514.8, "end": 4517.76, "text": " Well, Neil, I am an anarcho-capitalist." }, { "start": 4517.76, "end": 4520.92, "text": " I'm glad you asked." }, { "start": 4520.92, "end": 4522.4, "text": " Yeah, I'm just not." }, { "start": 4522.4, "end": 4525.5599999999995, "text": " Like, look, we're home for, I'm in my parents' house, right?" }, { "start": 4525.5599999999995, "end": 4526.96, "text": " Like, we're home for the holidays." }, { "start": 4526.96, "end": 4530.72, "text": " Like, their relationship to this technology is not," }, { "start": 4530.72, "end": 4532.5199999999995, "text": " and they're very smart doctors." }, { "start": 4532.5199999999995, "end": 4534.96, "text": " There's a model of a heart back here somewhere." }, { "start": 4534.96, "end": 4536.04, "text": " I was an MBA." }, { "start": 4536.04, "end": 4539.2, "text": " Like, their relationship to technology" }, { "start": 4539.2, "end": 4541.72, "text": " is not as sophisticated as to understand" }, { "start": 4541.72, "end": 4544.36, "text": " what AT&T U-verse is doing to their connection." }, { "start": 4544.36, "end": 4545.28, "text": " They don't give a shit." }, { "start": 4545.28, "end": 4546.84, "text": " They have better things to do." }, { "start": 4546.84, "end": 4549.8, "text": " And that's the slippery slope of danger," }, { "start": 4549.8, "end": 4553.2, "text": " where Netflix is buffering, and they just are like, fuck it," }, { "start": 4553.2, "end": 4555.16, "text": " and they use U-verse." }, { "start": 4555.16, "end": 4558.08, "text": " Well, they're not going to file the consumer protection" }, { "start": 4558.08, "end": 4558.68, "text": " lawsuit." }, { "start": 4558.68, "end": 4560.44, "text": " They're not going to investigate whether that's a reasonable" }, { "start": 4560.44, "end": 4561.84, "text": " network management practice." }, { "start": 4561.84, "end": 4565.76, "text": " So the scope of potential harm, unless we sit around" }, { "start": 4565.76, "end": 4568.6, "text": " doing our job and investigating what every company is doing," }, { "start": 4568.6, "end": 4570.360000000001, "text": " and you believe the press when they find out," }, { "start": 4570.360000000001, "end": 4573.28, "text": " or consumer advocacy organizations," }, { "start": 4573.28, "end": 4575.56, "text": " which are not well-funded, are doing the work." }, { "start": 4575.56, "end": 4577.16, "text": " You've just moved the cost." }, { "start": 4577.16, "end": 4578.68, "text": " You've moved the cost from the company" }, { "start": 4578.68, "end": 4580.4400000000005, "text": " to this diffuse set of other actors," }, { "start": 4580.4400000000005, "end": 4582.68, "text": " and they're not going to win as the companies get bigger" }, { "start": 4582.68, "end": 4585.360000000001, "text": " and bigger and bigger and collect more profits." }, { "start": 4585.360000000001, "end": 4586.88, "text": " That, to me, is the reality." }, { "start": 4586.88, "end": 4588.6, "text": " So we've gone way over." }, { "start": 4588.6, "end": 4590.56, "text": " Dieter, did we miss anything?" }, { "start": 4590.56, "end": 4591.12, "text": " Probably." }, { "start": 4591.12, "end": 4592.68, "text": " I could make more points about being" }, { "start": 4592.68, "end": 4596.72, "text": " afraid of normal, non-techy Americans not seeing" }, { "start": 4596.72, "end": 4599.28, "text": " the point here, or not seeing the danger here," }, { "start": 4599.28, "end": 4601.68, "text": " but we definitely need to stop." }, { "start": 4601.68, "end": 4605.2, "text": " OK, I'll say it real quick." }, { "start": 4605.2, "end": 4607.72, "text": " Yes, last night, we were going to watch a movie," }, { "start": 4607.72, "end": 4609.64, "text": " and it was like, well, OK, I'm just" }, { "start": 4609.64, "end": 4611.68, "text": " going to find something good to rent." }, { "start": 4611.68, "end": 4614.96, "text": " But everybody else wanted to find something free on Netflix" }, { "start": 4614.96, "end": 4618.48, "text": " to save the $4 that it would cost to stream something." }, { "start": 4618.48, "end": 4621.799999999999, "text": " And if it's built into the internet service" }, { "start": 4621.799999999999, "end": 4626.12, "text": " that you can get CNN for free and Fox News costs $2," }, { "start": 4626.12, "end": 4628.759999999999, "text": " people will definitely just watch CNN." }, { "start": 4628.759999999999, "end": 4630.36, "text": " And that's the danger." }, { "start": 4630.36, "end": 4633.879999999999, "text": " If the network gets to give you something," }, { "start": 4633.879999999999, "end": 4635.959999999999, "text": " it gets to preference content, then it" }, { "start": 4635.959999999999, "end": 4637.959999999999, "text": " is the network choosing what you're watching," }, { "start": 4637.959999999999, "end": 4642.919999999999, "text": " because people have a very, very lizard brain desire" }, { "start": 4642.919999999999, "end": 4644.759999999999, "text": " to just take the cheaper thing." }, { "start": 4644.759999999999, "end": 4646.12, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 4646.12, "end": 4649.599999999999, "text": " OK, did anybody get anything good for Thanksgiving?" }, { "start": 4649.599999999999, "end": 4653.44, "text": " Are you supposed to get presents?" }, { "start": 4653.44, "end": 4654.4, "text": " It's 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4703.96, "end": 4704.76, "text": " I'm out of town." }, { "start": 4704.76, "end": 4706.12, "text": " The Verge cast is back next week." }, { "start": 4706.12, "end": 4708.320000000001, "text": " And then Ashley and Caitlin are back with Why'd" }, { "start": 4708.320000000001, "end": 4709.72, "text": " You Push That Button next week." }, { "start": 4709.72, "end": 4711.56, "text": " You can also listen to Too Embarrassed to Ask" }, { "start": 4711.56, "end": 4713.68, "text": " with Lauren Good, who is wonderful." }, { "start": 4713.68, "end": 4715.96, "text": " She does a show with Kara Swisher." }, { "start": 4715.96, "end": 4719.64, "text": " Kara Swisher, equally wonderful, hosts Recode Decode." }, { "start": 4719.64, "end": 4721.6, "text": " And then Peter Kofta hosts Recode Media." }, { "start": 4721.6, "end": 4724.7, "text": " And I am sure that Recode Media is" }, { "start": 4724.7, "end": 4726.62, "text": " going to have some net neutrality and AT&T stuff on it" }, { "start": 4726.62, "end": 4728.96, "text": " coming up, because two biggest stories in tech policy" }, { "start": 4728.96, "end": 4730.04, "text": " happening right now." }, { "start": 4730.04, "end": 4731.88, "text": " Thank you very much, everybody, on the chat" }, { "start": 4731.88, "end": 4736.08, "text": " here for joining our renegade Black Friday net neutrality" }, { "start": 4736.08, "end": 4737.08, "text": " podcast." }, { "start": 4737.08, "end": 4739.16, "text": " I know it's the hottest thing going right now," }, { "start": 4739.16, "end": 4741.84, "text": " but it's important to us." }, { "start": 4741.84, "end": 4742.72, "text": " I will just say this." }, { "start": 4742.72, "end": 4744.400000000001, "text": " I think it's cool that three of us can have a conversation," }, { "start": 4744.400000000001, "end": 4747, "text": " which we disagree about something this fundamental," }, { "start": 4747, "end": 4749.12, "text": " and have it be cool." }, { "start": 4749.12, "end": 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"end": 267.36, "text": " But there are rumors that something new is coming." }, { "start": 267.36, "end": 268.8, "text": " Sure, they might make a phone again." }, { "start": 268.8, "end": 270.88, "text": " And hell, it might even run Android." }, { "start": 270.88, "end": 272.56, "text": " But there's also rumors that Microsoft" }, { "start": 272.56, "end": 274.68, "text": " might be working on something completely new." }, { "start": 274.68, "end": 276.6, "text": " And I'm not talking about the HoloLens." }, { "start": 276.6, "end": 279.04, "text": " I'm talking about a dual screen tablet" }, { "start": 279.04, "end": 280.84000000000003, "text": " that's similar to that courier concept that" }, { "start": 280.84000000000003, "end": 282.56, "text": " got killed off a few years ago." }, { "start": 282.56, "end": 283.36, "text": " Can they do it?" }, { "start": 283.36, "end": 285.72, "text": " Well, the hardware division certainly can." }, { "start": 285.72, "end": 287.24, "text": " Microsoft has already shown that it" }, { "start": 287.24, "end": 288.8, "text": " can make Windows work on a gaming" }, { "start": 288.8, "end": 292.28000000000003, "text": " console and on all sorts of different computer shapes." }, { "start": 292.28000000000003, "end": 294.8, "text": " But they couldn't make it work on phones." }, { "start": 294.8, "end": 296.56, "text": " Whatever Microsoft does next, it's" }, { "start": 296.56, "end": 300.2, "text": " really got to be something totally weirdly new." }, { "start": 300.2, "end": 302.24, "text": " The company has learned how to make computers" }, { "start": 302.24, "end": 304.32, "text": " in all sorts of different shapes." }, { "start": 304.32, "end": 307.48, "text": " But if Microsoft really has a courier sitting somewhere" }, { "start": 307.48, "end": 310.28000000000003, "text": " inside its hardware labs, I know for a fact" }, { "start": 310.28000000000003, "end": 312.56, "text": " that a lot is going to hinge on its hinges." }, 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"text": " charge at highway speed." }, { "start": 473.56, "end": 480.28000000000003, "text": " This thing will have three motors, so it's all wheel drive, one motor in the front, two" }, { "start": 480.28000000000003, "end": 481.28000000000003, "text": " in the rear." }, { "start": 481.28000000000003, "end": 482.28000000000003, "text": " It'll do torque steering." }, { "start": 482.28000000000003, "end": 486.84000000000003, "text": " As I said, 200 kilowatt hour battery pack, 10,000 Newton meters of torque." }, { "start": 486.84000000000003, "end": 492.88, "text": " You know what that means, it's stupid." }, { "start": 492.88, "end": 495.24, "text": " It's also a four seater." }, { "start": 495.24, "end": 500.76, "text": " So it's a two plus two, two plus two." }, { "start": 500.76, "end": 507.36, "text": " Okay you can't put giant people in the rear seat, but you will put, okay, the giant person" }, { "start": 507.36, "end": 512.48, "text": " squashed or a small person fit in the back." }, { "start": 512.48, "end": 514.52, "text": " So it's a four seater." }, { "start": 514.52, "end": 516.52, "text": " This is four seats." }, { "start": 516.52, "end": 521.56, "text": " It's convertible, so it's a roof." }, { "start": 521.56, "end": 523.28, "text": " And it has tons of storage." }, { "start": 523.28, "end": 528.48, "text": " So you'll actually be able to travel somewhere, bring luggage, bring whatever you want, and" }, { "start": 528.48, "end": 531, "text": " have plenty of storage, carry four people." }, { "start": 531, "end": 534.12, "text": " Like it's a real car, it's not just crammed in." }, { "start": 534.12, "end": 536.4, "text": " So it has all that functionality with four seats." }, { "start": 536.4, "end": 538.64, "text": " Expecting this to be available in 2020." }, { "start": 538.64, "end": 542.96, "text": " What the hell with barriers, touch, jump over the barriers, jump over." }, { "start": 542.96, "end": 559.24, "text": " Thank you for coming." }, 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"text": " Now the software on the OnePlus 5T is virtually identical" }, { "start": 236.88, "end": 238.16, "text": " to what you get on the OnePlus 5." }, { "start": 238.16, "end": 241.76, "text": " It's still running Android 7.1.1 Nougat." }, { "start": 241.76, "end": 245.36, "text": " The company says it's working on getting Oreo out the door" }, { "start": 245.36, "end": 248.46, "text": " for early next year, and it does have a couple beta programs" }, { "start": 248.46, "end": 250.04, "text": " in place for that for some of its other phones." }, { "start": 250.04, "end": 253.28, "text": " But at launch, this is running Android 7.1.1." }, { "start": 253.28, "end": 256.04, "text": " It's got OnePlus's launcher here," }, { "start": 256.88, "end": 259.56, "text": " which gives you some customizability." }, { "start": 259.56, "end": 261.2, "text": " It's very fast and easy to use," }, { "start": 261.2, "end": 263.8, "text": " and you can see there's almost no bloatware installed." }, { 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theverge.com" }, { "start": 309.2, "end": 310.84, "text": " and youtube.com slash theverge." }, { "start": 312.7, "end": 314.96, "text": " This is why we need the garage door on here." }, { "start": 314.96, "end": 316.28, "text": " It's like, shut this off for video." }, { "start": 316.28, "end": 318.76, "text": " We could even use this as a meeting room with the clothes." }, { "start": 318.76, "end": 320.92, "text": " We could install a smart garage door opener on it." }, { "start": 320.92, "end": 349.92, "text": " There's so many." } ]

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They're kind of sort of Google's answer to Apple AirPods." }, { "start": 4.4, "end": 10.200000000000001, "text": " They're wireless earbuds, though not truly wireless, and they cost about the same amount of money, $159." }, { "start": 10.200000000000001, "end": 14.200000000000001, "text": " On one hand, they're really good wireless earbuds that do a lot of the basics well," }, { "start": 14.200000000000001, "end": 20, "text": " while also teasing that seemingly inevitable future of having supercomputers in our ears." }, { "start": 20, "end": 26.2, "text": " On the other hand, there are a couple tiny nitpicky flaws that, when added together, kind of mar the experience." }, { "start": 26.2, "end": 32.2, "text": " Up front, though, we have to start with one of the features that Google's hyping the most about the Pixel Buds," }, { "start": 32.2, "end": 34.2, "text": " and that's real-time translation." }, { "start": 34.2, "end": 36.2, "text": " Can you tell me where the train station is?" }, { "start": 45.2, "end": 47.2, "text": " Sort of wrong." }, { "start": 47.2, "end": 55.2, "text": " Can you tell me where the bathroom is?" }, { "start": 58.2, "end": 62.2, "text": " That's good to hear. There's a toilet not far from here." }, { "start": 62.2, "end": 64.2, "text": " Can you tell me how to get to the train station?" }, { "start": 64.2, "end": 66.2, "text": " Go straight and turn right." }, { "start": 68.2, "end": 70.2, "text": " Hello, and thanks for helping out." }, { "start": 77.2, "end": 78.2, "text": " Is that kind of right?" }, { "start": 78.2, "end": 80.2, "text": " Yeah, it is. It is." }, { "start": 80.2, "end": 82.2, "text": " It's taking a while to translate it." }, { "start": 82.2, "end": 83.2, "text": " Do you know how to translate it?" }, { "start": 83.2, "end": 84.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 84.2, "end": 85.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 85.2, "end": 86.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 86.2, "end": 87.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 87.2, "end": 88.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 88.2, "end": 89.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 89.2, "end": 90.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 90.2, "end": 91.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 91.2, "end": 92.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 92.2, "end": 93.2, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 93.2, "end": 94.2, "text": " I don't know how to translate it." }, { "start": 94.2, "end": 96.2, "text": " Do you know how to get to the train station?" }, { "start": 100.2, "end": 102.2, "text": " What's wrong about it?" }, { "start": 102.2, "end": 108.2, "text": " It would just be a bit like you're kind of like, it's using the imperative," }, { "start": 108.2, "end": 112.2, "text": " so it would be a bit like, not very polite to just stop someone and say," }, { "start": 112.2, "end": 115.2, "text": " tell me where to get to the train station." }, { "start": 115.2, "end": 117.2, "text": " Like you would say, can you tell me how to get to the train station?" }, { "start": 117.2, "end": 119.2, "text": " So this is as if I was a rude five-year-old." }, { "start": 119.2, "end": 120.2, "text": " Yes." }, { "start": 120.2, "end": 123.2, "text": " Hey, Dami, thank you for helping us with this." }, { "start": 123.2, "end": 127.2, "text": " Wait, so am I speaking into the app or am I speaking at the Pixel Buds?" }, { "start": 127.2, "end": 128.2, "text": " That's also weird." }, { "start": 128.2, "end": 131.2, "text": " You are speaking into the app, but it's reading it out in English to me." }, { "start": 131.2, "end": 133.2, "text": " Oh, so you can hear it in English." }, { "start": 133.2, "end": 136.2, "text": " So what it's showing up here, it's reading to me in English." }, { "start": 136.2, "end": 138.2, "text": " Oh, okay. Well, I guess, yeah, you don't mind." }, { "start": 138.2, "end": 139.2, "text": " Would you rather hear both, though?" }, { "start": 139.2, "end": 140.2, "text": " No." }, { "start": 140.2, "end": 141.2, "text": " No? Okay." }, { "start": 141.2, "end": 144.2, "text": " Can you tell me how to get to the train station?" }, { "start": 144.2, "end": 151.2, "text": " Wow, this is not super accurate." }, { "start": 151.2, "end": 152.2, "text": " Oh, yeah?" }, { "start": 152.2, "end": 153.2, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 153.2, "end": 154.2, "text": " What did it get wrong?" }, { "start": 154.2, "end": 160.2, "text": " Just like a lot of grammar, and you're speaking to me in a really informal way." }, { "start": 161.2, "end": 166.2, "text": " There seems to be a problem with it, is that it's very rude with the way that it's translating things." }, { "start": 166.2, "end": 168.2, "text": " I'm sensing a little hostility from you." }, { "start": 169.2, "end": 173.2, "text": " The one common thread we saw across all the languages is that the translation's pretty crude," }, { "start": 173.2, "end": 178.2, "text": " so you're probably going to come across as sounding a little bit rude or maybe even kind of like a five-year-old." }, { "start": 178.2, "end": 180.2, "text": " And that's not a problem with the Pixel Buds themselves." }, { "start": 180.2, "end": 185.2, "text": " It's really just a problem with where translation apps are at this point in time." }, { "start": 185.2, "end": 186.2, "text": " And that's really all this is." }, { "start": 186.2, "end": 190.2, "text": " It's not like the Pixel Buds are doing magic to translate conversations." }, { "start": 190.2, "end": 195.2, "text": " It's just leaning on the Google Translate app that already probably exists on your phone." }, { "start": 195.2, "end": 201.2, "text": " The weirdest thing for me is that with Pixel Buds, you're adding a whole other device into what is already an awkward situation" }, { "start": 201.2, "end": 204.2, "text": " when you're trying to speak somebody else's language." }, { "start": 204.2, "end": 207.2, "text": " And it makes it a bit more impersonal." }, { "start": 207.2, "end": 210.2, "text": " My coworkers didn't really seem to have much of a problem with it just testing it out," }, { "start": 210.2, "end": 213.2, "text": " but I know for myself I would probably rather just use the app on the phone" }, { "start": 213.2, "end": 216.2, "text": " as opposed to adding a whole other device into the situation." }, { "start": 217.2, "end": 221.2, "text": " Now there may very well be a time one day where everybody is wearing the Pixel Buds" }, { "start": 221.2, "end": 226.2, "text": " and using them to talk to people across languages and borders, but that future is not here yet." }, { "start": 226.2, "end": 229.2, "text": " This current version of the product is only teasing it. It's not delivering on it." }, { "start": 229.2, "end": 232.2, "text": " Google Assistant, however, is much further along." }, { "start": 232.2, "end": 235.2, "text": " And here's the best thing about it on the Pixel Buds. It is stupid fast." }, { "start": 235.2, "end": 238.2, "text": " You just tap the right earbud and you're already talking to the Assistant." }, { "start": 238.2, "end": 242.2, "text": " You don't have to wait for it to confirm that it's heard you or anything." }, { "start": 242.2, "end": 244.2, "text": " You just tap, talk, and it's off to the races." }, { "start": 244.2, "end": 248.2, "text": " It's so fast that I found myself begging for reasons to use it." }, { "start": 248.2, "end": 253.2, "text": " I usually only use the Assistant for things like weather or alarms, especially on headphones." }, { "start": 253.2, "end": 257.2, "text": " That said, I think Google's Assistant is the best of the ones out there," }, { "start": 257.2, "end": 261.2, "text": " and having it less than a second away definitely feels like a genuine step forward." }, { "start": 261.2, "end": 266.2, "text": " I found myself using it in ways that I never had, like asking it to tell me how long it'll take me to get home on the subway," }, { "start": 266.2, "end": 270.2, "text": " or asking it to read me the news while I walk from the subway back home." }, { "start": 270.2, "end": 273.2, "text": " So let's set all these fantastical and futuristic features aside now," }, { "start": 273.2, "end": 277.2, "text": " because while they might be useful in a pinch, what you're going to be using the Pixel Buds for the most" }, { "start": 277.2, "end": 279.2, "text": " is listening to music that's coming from your phone." }, { "start": 279.2, "end": 284.2, "text": " And in the right setting, they do that really well. 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Great." } ]

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It just had some glitches." }, { "start": 103.16, "end": 107.76, "text": " The second one, a lot more stable and the range is a little better," }, { "start": 107.76, "end": 111.60000000000001, "text": " which is great because we can really protect that five mile airspace bubble." }, { "start": 111.60000000000001, "end": 114, "text": " Martino also flies drones himself." }, { "start": 114, "end": 118.72, "text": " He uses them for tower inspections and to monitor wildlife at Camarillo Airport." }, { "start": 118.72, "end": 125.76, "text": " It's still restricted airspace, but in this case, the airport ops team has gotten drone approval from the FAA." }, { "start": 125.76, "end": 129.12, "text": " So when he's not flying drones, he's looking out for them." }, { "start": 129.12, "end": 137.8, "text": " I joined him on one of his patrols around the airport with the Aeroscope box, which he calls the Gizmos." }, { "start": 137.8, "end": 143.56, "text": " Give away any taxing aircraft and proceeding with taxable inspections at Airport 7." }, { "start": 143.56, "end": 146.8, "text": " How many alien life forms have you spotted out here with this thing?" }, { "start": 146.8, "end": 148.6, "text": " Just two." }, { "start": 148.6, "end": 149.64000000000001, "text": " Friendly?" }, { "start": 149.64000000000001, "end": 154.12, "text": " Yeah. I think there's bigger concern that we're colluding with Russia right now." }, { "start": 154.12, "end": 156.28, "text": " So that's the most common." }, { "start": 156.28, "end": 162.2, "text": " Understandable." }, { "start": 162.2, "end": 164.68, "text": " They have no idea that the heliport exists." }, { "start": 164.68, "end": 165.68, "text": " You spotted a drone." }, { "start": 165.68, "end": 168.2, "text": " We do. We have a drone." }, { "start": 168.2, "end": 169.44, "text": " Where is this guy?" }, { "start": 169.44, "end": 172.56, "text": " So if you zoom out, we should see an icon." }, { "start": 172.56, "end": 175.44, "text": " Yeah. And we'll wait for it to get bearing, get a lock." }, { "start": 175.44, "end": 180.2, "text": " There he is. So we have an active drone." }, { "start": 180.2, "end": 185.36, "text": " But I do see a Gmail and that's an opportunity for us to contact that person." }, { "start": 185.36, "end": 187.56, "text": " But you're relying on someone seeing that email." }, { "start": 187.56, "end": 188.4, "text": " Correct." }, { "start": 188.4, "end": 189.92000000000002, "text": " We got a hit." }, { "start": 189.92000000000002, "end": 196.88000000000002, "text": " Yeah, we have an inspire at, looks like, Port Wainimi." }, { "start": 196.88000000000002, "end": 203.92000000000002, "text": " So now what we can do is we can essentially send them a friendly email introducing ourselves in the airport and hopefully engage." }, { "start": 203.92000000000002, "end": 205.92000000000002, "text": " What does the email usually say?" }, { "start": 205.92000000000002, "end": 211.68, "text": " The airport doesn't approve or deny any FAA or any UAS operations." }, { "start": 211.68, "end": 218.28, "text": " But here's the proper method to getting approval to flying within the restricted airspace." }, { "start": 218.28, "end": 223.44, "text": " Aeroscope works by picking up the communication that's happening between the drone and the drone controller." }, { "start": 223.44, "end": 229.56, "text": " It decodes the information in the signal and then it displays the telemetry and drone data on the Aeroscope screen." }, { "start": 229.56, "end": 234.12, "text": " The drone's flight path only appears on the map when the drone is powered on or in the air." }, { "start": 234.12, "end": 237.52, "text": " Once the drone is powered off, it goes away on the map." }, { "start": 237.52, "end": 241.48000000000002, "text": " And Aeroscope only tracks DJI drones, at least for now." }, { "start": 241.48, "end": 247.11999999999998, "text": " But the history of the flight is still stored on the box and you can still see a pilot's email." }, { "start": 247.11999999999998, "end": 250.56, "text": " Do you think this makes DJI customers nervous?" }, { "start": 250.56, "end": 256.44, "text": " I think the vast majority of users want to operate safely and responsibly." }, { "start": 256.44, "end": 264.28, "text": " What happens if a law enforcement agency sees a drone flying in restricted airspace, finds the operator, can they ticket them at that point?" }, { "start": 264.28, "end": 267.28, "text": " I mean, what happens to the drone operator?" }, { "start": 267.28, "end": 271.91999999999996, "text": " Honestly, it will depend on the situation and the local rules and regulations." }, { "start": 271.91999999999996, "end": 280.67999999999995, "text": " But at minimum, it starts a conversation or an investigation path so that if there is some sort of penalty that needs to be put in place," }, { "start": 280.67999999999995, "end": 284.84, "text": " law enforcement and regulators have that tool at their disposal." }, { "start": 284.84, "end": 290.32, "text": " Harry also pointed out that unless a drone has been registered, you won't see the pilot's email on the box." }, { "start": 290.32, "end": 297.96, "text": " And he emphasized that DJI's solution is a localized one, not a networked one, unlike, say, our cell phone networks." }, { "start": 297.96, "end": 304.4, "text": " So it's probably worth taking a quick step back and looking at why this drone detection tech has to exist in the first place." }, { "start": 304.4, "end": 309, "text": " The TLDR version is that innovation has outpaced regulation." }, { "start": 309, "end": 311.2, "text": " Drones are growing in popularity." }, { "start": 311.2, "end": 318.32, "text": " Almost three million personal and commercial drones are expected to be produced in 2017, according to a report from research firm Gartner," }, { "start": 318.32, "end": 321.64, "text": " which is nearly 40 percent more than in 2016." }, { "start": 321.64, "end": 325.76, "text": " But despite their growth, the rules around drones are still super confusing." }, { "start": 325.76, "end": 334.36, "text": " Don't fly above 400 feet. Don't fly close to airports. Don't fly over people or beyond visual line of sight or fly at night." }, { "start": 334.36, "end": 337.24, "text": " So those are some of the key fundamental ideas." }, { "start": 337.24, "end": 340.28, "text": " In terms of airspace, there's no question." }, { "start": 340.28, "end": 348.12, "text": " The FAA controls that space. But then what you actually do on a particular property, that can be interpreted to be a local decision." }, { "start": 348.12, "end": 355.44, "text": " Where things start getting more complicated is when you start applying in areas with restricted airspace." }, { "start": 355.44, "end": 362.8, "text": " Which is why dozens of companies and agencies have been testing drone detection systems, including the FAA itself." }, { "start": 362.8, "end": 372.8, "text": " A couple of years ago, the FAA started partnering with agencies like the Department of Homeland Security and technology providers like Khaki to test drone detection at airports." }, { "start": 372.8, "end": 380.24, "text": " Right now we just kind of have the Wild West situation of just everybody just does whatever they want and there's no real enforcement mechanism." }, { "start": 380.24, "end": 393.88, "text": " Which, you know, the biggest danger, I think, is that you'll end up with a situation where during this phase in which we don't have quite the right level of regulations or rules or systems and infrastructure." }, { "start": 393.88, "end": 400.56, "text": " The danger is that something bad happens during this period of time that then kind of sours the public's opinion of drones in general." }, { "start": 400.56, "end": 409.52, "text": " That's Grant Jordan. He's the CEO of SkySafe, a San Diego-based drone control startup that's working with the military to keep unwanted drones away." }, { "start": 409.52, "end": 417.16, "text": " But SkySafe doesn't just track drones, it also intercepts them. And Jordan says that's what the real regulatory battle could be about." }, { "start": 417.16, "end": 421, "text": " Hacking drones to take them down when they truly are dangerous." }, { "start": 421, "end": 424.8, "text": " Okay, so taking down drones might look cool, but there is a catch." }, { "start": 424.8, "end": 430.2, "text": " Intercepting drones for the most part is illegal, even if it's with a roll of toilet paper." }, { "start": 430.2, "end": 439.64, "text": " According to the FAA, certain drone detection and mitigation capabilities are restricted by Title 18 USC and other applicable U.S. federal laws." }, { "start": 439.64, "end": 444.88, "text": " Most federal agencies, as well as state and local entities and private parties, are subject to these laws." }, { "start": 444.88, "end": 449.48, "text": " Some federal agencies have specific legal authority exempting them from these laws." }, { "start": 449.48, "end": 451.96, "text": " But yeah, for the most part, illegal." }, { "start": 451.96, "end": 463.56, "text": " And so one of the things is that if this is a commercial UAS and it's registered commercially and you're intercepting a registered drone, are you intercepting a registered aircraft?" }, { "start": 463.56, "end": 466.15999999999997, "text": " And that's a big question right now in the industry." }, { "start": 466.15999999999997, "end": 471.64, "text": " And I think that coordination between the local government and the federal government, they'll continue." }, { "start": 471.64, "end": 475.2, "text": " And we'll get a clearer picture on that pretty soon, I hope." }, { "start": 475.2, "end": 480.71999999999997, "text": " Is that technology that your team is working on, how to remotely control a drone?" }, { "start": 480.72, "end": 489.24, "text": " From our perspective, we think that any technology that develops in that space is going to need to answer some very fundamental questions." }, { "start": 489.24, "end": 494.12, "text": " One is about the legal issue and more importantly, also about a safety issue." }, { "start": 494.12, "end": 507.68, "text": " So a lot of the implementations and thinking around taking control of the drone, we believe whether it's a forced landing or even causing a crash, it causes a significant safety concern." }, { "start": 507.68, "end": 512.88, "text": " So whatever solution is developed would have to address those two questions." }, { "start": 512.88, "end": 516.32, "text": " What does safety really mean when it comes to drones?" }, { "start": 516.32, "end": 523.64, "text": " The answer probably lies somewhere between sending a friendly email to a drone operator and shooting one down from the sky yourself." }, { "start": 523.64, "end": 535.04, "text": " Most drone makers and even some safety officials like Nick Martino will say that the bad eggs are few and far between, that most pilots want to fly responsibly and just need a little more education." }, { "start": 535.04, "end": 541.48, "text": " There's no doubt that the industry is stuck in somewhat of a holding pattern while it waits for important policy decisions to be made." }, { "start": 541.48, "end": 548.16, "text": " In the meantime, companies like DJI are using drone detection to learn more about how people are using drones." }, { "start": 548.16, "end": 552.1999999999999, "text": " And that information might be the most valuable part of all of this." }, { "start": 558.4, "end": 562.52, "text": " Exactly four times, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep." }, { "start": 562.52, "end": 566.04, "text": " Did you consider using the AOL dial up sound?" }, { "start": 566.04, "end": 567.8, "text": " That's definitely a loud and obnoxious sound." }, { "start": 567.8, "end": 592.8, "text": " Yeah, it could be like..." } ]

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This mom and baby casting call led her to 8i," }, { "start": 74, "end": 79.52000000000001, "text": " a Los Angeles-based company that makes so-called holograms, volumetric video that can be viewed" }, { "start": 79.52, "end": 85.28, "text": " in a VR headset or as part of an AR app. A lot of the video content 8i makes is focused on" }, { "start": 85.28, "end": 90.24, "text": " celebrities or animals, but not in this case. This was really early on in the company," }, { "start": 90.24, "end": 96.64, "text": " and we were looking for ways to test the emotional connectivity that can happen between a real person" }, { "start": 96.64, "end": 102.88, "text": " and a digital person. And so a mom and a baby seemed like a really good idea. When Ashley came" }, { "start": 102.88, "end": 108.88, "text": " back and she was able to enter her hologram and hold her baby again, she was got very emotional." }, { "start": 108.88, "end": 112.56, "text": " We all got very emotional watching her, and we understood, hey, we're onto something." }, { "start": 112.56, "end": 117.28, "text": " After seeing Ashley's experience, other 8i employees started to bring their kids in to" }, { "start": 117.28, "end": 122.72, "text": " get their own holograms made. This is one-year-old Lowell next to almost two-year-old Lowell," }, { "start": 123.52, "end": 127.6, "text": " and he was super bald then, but he still carries the same blankie." }, { "start": 131.76, "end": 134.88, "text": " We're going to film you using all these cameras right now. See all the cameras" }, { "start": 134.88, "end": 139.68, "text": " circling around you, but you have to stay in this little circle in order for the cameras to see you." }, { "start": 139.68, "end": 143.68, "text": " Last month, we followed Ashley as she made her fourth trip to 8i," }, { "start": 143.68, "end": 149.2, "text": " this time with her now youngest child Wilder. Being recorded isn't any different than normal" }, { "start": 149.2, "end": 153.2, "text": " video, which I happen to know because I've had a hologram of myself made before." }, { "start": 153.76, "end": 157.28, "text": " What is different, though, is what it's like to experience it afterwards." }, { "start": 157.28, "end": 164.96, "text": " Whoa, this is so cool, and it's so nice to see the little her again. Looking at a flat image," }, { "start": 164.96, "end": 170.48, "text": " it's just way different. She's changed so much, and it's just crazy how fast it's going." }, { "start": 170.96, "end": 176.48, "text": " It just takes you right back to that moment, and when you're dealing with a newborn," }, { "start": 176.48, "end": 182.16, "text": " it feels like that stage is just going to last forever because your days are long and your nights" }, { "start": 182.16, "end": 188.88, "text": " are longer, but it really goes by so fast. And so to be able to jump right back into that again," }, { "start": 188.88, "end": 196.32, "text": " it was overwhelming. Anytime you kind of had that feeling of like, oh, I miss my newborn," }, { "start": 196.32, "end": 202.4, "text": " I miss that stage, it's kind of cool that you can literally just put on a headset or with the new" }, { "start": 202.4, "end": 206.4, "text": " technology with the phones and everything, you could be right back in that place." }, { "start": 206.4, "end": 211.92000000000002, "text": " AR is definitely more accessible to view now that it's on smartphones, but the big question is when" }, { "start": 211.92000000000002, "end": 217.52, "text": " will people be able to tape holograms the way that Ashley has? At least one major company invested in" }, { "start": 217.52, "end": 223.36, "text": " AR and VR has taken steps towards that. Microsoft just opened its first mixed reality capture" }, { "start": 223.36, "end": 229.12, "text": " studios in San Francisco and London. 8i says that's coming, but they're just not there yet." }, { "start": 229.12, "end": 233.76, "text": " Do you have friends asking you if they can come in to 8i and do this? Sorry to interrupt you," }, { "start": 233.76, "end": 240.48, "text": " but everybody asks me about that. Everybody wants holograms of their kids. Yeah. Can you imagine a" }, { "start": 240.48, "end": 246.23999999999998, "text": " world in which this becomes commercially available through 8i? Yes, I think it will be hopefully in" }, { "start": 246.23999999999998, "end": 250.95999999999998, "text": " the not too distant future. We don't have a firm date for that because there's a lot of engineering" }, { "start": 250.95999999999998, "end": 256, "text": " that has to happen, but what I can tell you that we are doing is starting to experiment with how" }, { "start": 256, "end": 260.56, "text": " does the quality get affected if you use less cameras? And that's with an eye towards a lot" }, { "start": 260.56, "end": 265.12, "text": " of use cases. Capturing your kids. What about dating, right? How are people going to make" }, { "start": 265.12, "end": 271.04, "text": " dating apps of the future? Social VR. But it's not all baby holograms and dating apps. In our quest" }, { "start": 271.04, "end": 275.92, "text": " to find others who have been experimenting with AR and VR to capture memories, we ended up taking" }, { "start": 275.92, "end": 281.04, "text": " a deep dive into one of the darkest moments in history. Hi, Pincus. How are you today?" }, { "start": 282.32, "end": 288.88, "text": " I'm fine, thank you. Tell me about your experience during the holocaust. This is Pincus," }, { "start": 288.88, "end": 294.48, "text": " guter. He's a still living holocaust survivor who has had his life story preserved by the USC" }, { "start": 294.48, "end": 300.24, "text": " Shoah Foundation. Over the past 23 years, the foundation has been capturing personal testimonies" }, { "start": 300.24, "end": 306.08, "text": " of people who survived genocide. And as part of a newer project called New Dimensions in Testimony," }, { "start": 306.08, "end": 312.8, "text": " the foundation has been experimenting with AR and VR. How does it feel to be a hologram? It feels" }, { "start": 312.8, "end": 321.92, "text": " a little strange when I watch myself. It's so important for the future to actually see and hear" }, { "start": 322.56, "end": 328, "text": " and being able to interact with a holocaust survivor, despite the fact that he's just a" }, { "start": 328, "end": 336.40000000000003, "text": " hologram, is so important because I think it will impact the audience in a much more forceful way" }, { "start": 336.4, "end": 343.52, "text": " than just watching a film in one or two dimensional way. Even though I know it's not a real person and" }, { "start": 343.52, "end": 348.56, "text": " it's a video, it feels very real. Part of the reason why talking to Pincus felt so natural is" }, { "start": 348.56, "end": 353.52, "text": " that the foundation created its own natural language processing system that enables the video" }, { "start": 353.52, "end": 360.64, "text": " to respond to you, actually have a conversation, not preformed robot responses. 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In a lot of cases, like when it requires a headset, these things just aren't easy" }, { "start": 397.28, "end": 402.88, "text": " to pick up and view the way you can look at a flat photo or a video clip on your TV. But the bigger" }, { "start": 402.88, "end": 407.44, "text": " question might be what happens once this kind of immersive video is married with artificial" }, { "start": 407.44, "end": 413.28, "text": " intelligence, which is where some experts say it's going. What if a holographic AI isn't just" }, { "start": 413.28, "end": 419.11999999999995, "text": " recognizing what you're asking, but is formulating its own responses? So these were all discussions" }, { "start": 419.11999999999995, "end": 426.08, "text": " that we had to have. And they are important because actually there are going to be versions of this in" }, { "start": 426.08, "end": 432.4, "text": " future, for sure, where you're going to be able to take the human form of a subject and put words" }, { "start": 432.4, "end": 437.2, "text": " into his or her mouth and be able to create answers from an artificial intelligence drawn off a" }, { "start": 437.2, "end": 442.64, "text": " database that's continually growing and changing. That's without question that that's going to happen." }, { "start": 443.28, "end": 447.59999999999997, "text": " But that's going to be an android. And what we've got is human beings telling their story, and we" }, { "start": 447.59999999999997, "end": 452.96, "text": " make a very clear distinction between the two. A future filled with hyper-realistic holograms seems" }, { "start": 452.96, "end": 458.88, "text": " bizarre, but also quite possible when you consider the advancements being made in AR and VR. 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"text": " You unlock it just by looking at it." }, { "start": 29.8, "end": 32.160000000000004, "text": " There's all kinds of new gestures for navigating." }, { "start": 32.160000000000004, "end": 35.1, "text": " There are some big bets here on the future of the iPhone," }, { "start": 35.1, "end": 36.96, "text": " and a lot of unanswered questions." }, { "start": 36.96, "end": 38.7, "text": " Earlier this week, we published a video," }, { "start": 38.7, "end": 40.16, "text": " said send us your questions," }, { "start": 40.16, "end": 42.08, "text": " you sent us a ton of those questions," }, { "start": 42.08, "end": 44.760000000000005, "text": " and I think we can answer them all in this review." }, { "start": 44.760000000000005, "end": 47.040000000000006, "text": " We got a lot of questions about the design and the display," }, { "start": 47.040000000000006, "end": 48.400000000000006, "text": " so let's start there." }, { "start": 48.400000000000006, "end": 50.08, "text": " First, there's the notch." }, { "start": 50.08, "end": 50.92, "text": " There it is." }, { "start": 50.92, "end": 51.92, "text": " There's no getting around it," }, { "start": 51.92, "end": 53.96, "text": " there's no point in pretending it's not there," }, { "start": 53.96, "end": 57, "text": " but I'm gonna tell you that after a few days, it's fine." }, { "start": 57, "end": 59.36, "text": " It's not great, but especially in portrait," }, { "start": 59.36, "end": 61.12, "text": " you just learn to ignore it." }, { "start": 61.12, "end": 62.96, "text": " It's definitely annoying in landscape though," }, { "start": 62.96, "end": 64.6, "text": " especially when you're watching video." }, { "start": 64.6, "end": 66.96, "text": " If you zoom, the notch will definitely cut" }, { "start": 66.96, "end": 68.44, "text": " into the side of what you're watching." }, { "start": 68.44, "end": 70.72, "text": " And I don't love browsing the web in landscape either," }, { "start": 70.72, "end": 72.8, "text": " the notch is just right there." }, { "start": 72.8, "end": 75.3, "text": " This is a phone designed to be used in portrait." }, { "start": 75.3, "end": 77.68, "text": " You'll also notice the large black border around the display," }, { "start": 77.68, "end": 79.36, "text": " which is pretty polarizing." }, { "start": 79.36, "end": 80.98, "text": " A lot of people I showed the phone to hated it," }, { "start": 80.98, "end": 83.2, "text": " but I actually think it makes the bright colors" }, { "start": 83.2, "end": 84.44, "text": " of the display pop." }, { "start": 84.44, "end": 86, "text": " It's a very different design decision" }, { "start": 86, "end": 88.64, "text": " than Samsung curving the screen to eliminate the bezel." }, { "start": 88.64, "end": 91, "text": " Apple's highlighting what little bezels remain." }, { "start": 91, "end": 92.56, "text": " Apple gave us the white and silver model" }, { "start": 92.56, "end": 93.92, "text": " of the iPhone X to review," }, { "start": 93.92, "end": 96.12, "text": " and although Apple says the band on the outside" }, { "start": 96.12, "end": 98.92, "text": " is better than surgical grade stainless steel," }, { "start": 98.92, "end": 101.48, "text": " mine already has scratches and dings." }, { "start": 101.48, "end": 102.84, "text": " And all we've really done with it" }, { "start": 102.84, "end": 104.6, "text": " is take photos and videos of it." }, { "start": 104.6, "end": 107.04, "text": " So I wouldn't expect this phone to remain flawless" }, { "start": 107.04, "end": 108.12, "text": " if you don't have a case." }, { "start": 108.12, "end": 109.68, "text": " Aside from the removal of the home button" }, { "start": 109.68, "end": 110.92, "text": " and the larger screen," }, { "start": 110.92, "end": 113.92, "text": " the rest of the iPhone X looks a lot like the iPhone 8." }, { "start": 113.92, "end": 116.5, "text": " There's the mute switch and volume buttons on the left," }, { "start": 116.5, "end": 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"text": " where you're holding the phone to make it work better." }, { "start": 459.41999999999996, "end": 461.52, "text": " You also have to look at it pretty directly," }, { "start": 461.52, "end": 463.12, "text": " which means unlocking while the phone is sitting" }, { "start": 463.12, "end": 465.91999999999996, "text": " on a table is out unless you look over the phone." }, { "start": 465.91999999999996, "end": 468.03999999999996, "text": " We got a bunch of questions about face ID privacy," }, { "start": 468.04, "end": 470.12, "text": " but I don't think there's much to be worried about there." }, { "start": 470.12, "end": 473.32, "text": " Face ID never really takes or stores a photo of your face." }, { "start": 473.32, "end": 475.52000000000004, "text": " The regular front camera is only used during setup" }, { "start": 475.52000000000004, "end": 476.96000000000004, "text": " so you can see yourself." }, { "start": 476.96000000000004, "end": 479.40000000000003, "text": " The IR 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feature in iOS 11," }, { "start": 916.28, "end": 917.68, "text": " which lets you connect to carplay" }, { "start": 917.68, "end": 918.98, "text": " without plugging in a cable." }, { "start": 918.98, "end": 921.36, "text": " So all you gotta do, turn on the car," }, { "start": 921.36, "end": 924.0799999999999, "text": " you can drop it on the pad down here," }, { "start": 924.0799999999999, "end": 926.16, "text": " the wireless charging light is up," }, { "start": 926.16, "end": 929.0799999999999, "text": " in just a second, carplay shows up." }, { "start": 929.0799999999999, "end": 930.18, "text": " That is the dream." }, { "start": 930.18, "end": 932.16, "text": " I have been wanting that to happen in a car" }, { "start": 932.16, "end": 934.4399999999999, "text": " since the first day I ever got a phone." }, { "start": 934.4399999999999, "end": 936.0799999999999, "text": " It is so awesome when it works." }, { "start": 936.0799999999999, "end": 937.42, "text": " It works great in this car." }, { "start": 937.42, "end": 941, "text": " I will say, getting it out of this spot sucks." }, { "start": 941, "end": 942.76, "text": " And BMW should definitely work on that," }, { "start": 942.76, "end": 943.9599999999999, "text": " but I will take it." }, { "start": 943.9599999999999, "end": 945.3199999999999, "text": " So that's the iPhone X." }, { "start": 945.3199999999999, "end": 946.36, "text": " It's a great phone." }, { "start": 946.36, "end": 948.0799999999999, "text": " It's probably the best iPhone ever made." }, { "start": 948.0799999999999, "end": 950.92, "text": " It's thin, it's powerful, it's beautiful." }, { "start": 950.92, "end": 952.6, "text": " It's full of really interesting ideas" }, { "start": 952.6, "end": 955.42, "text": " what all these cameras on a phone are supposed to do." }, { "start": 955.42, "end": 957.3199999999999, "text": " I think the OLED display looks great," }, { "start": 957.3199999999999, "end": 958.56, "text": " but it's still an iPhone." }, { "start": 958.56, "end": 961.28, "text": " It runs iOS 11 pretty much the same as an iPhone 8" }, { "start": 961.28, "end": 963.1999999999999, "text": " or even an iPhone 7." }, { "start": 963.1999999999999, "end": 966.64, "text": " Siri is still Siri, notifications are still pretty basic," }, { "start": 966.64, "end": 968.52, "text": " iMessage is still a beautiful prison." }, { "start": 968.52, "end": 970.8199999999999, "text": " If you know what you're getting into with iOS 11" }, { "start": 970.8199999999999, "end": 973.92, "text": " and you like it, you're probably gonna love the iPhone X." }, { "start": 973.92, "end": 975.5799999999999, "text": " So the most important question we got" }, { "start": 975.5799999999999, "end": 978.22, "text": " was whether the iPhone X is worth $1,000." }, { "start": 978.22, "end": 980.8, "text": " It's the most expensive iPhone ever made." }, { "start": 980.8, "end": 983.24, "text": " And I don't think there's an easy answer to that 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{ "start": 1022.52, "end": 1024, "text": " Does keeping apps over the home screen" }, { "start": 1024, "end": 1025.8799999999999, "text": " make the OLED display burn in faster?" }, { "start": 1025.8799999999999, "end": 1027.36, "text": " Why is your home screen open all the time?" }, { "start": 1027.36, "end": 1028.56, "text": " Lastly, how's the X?" }, { "start": 1028.56, "end": 1031.08, "text": " iOS 11 has been pretty janky in the past few years." }, { "start": 1031.08, "end": 1051.08, "text": " iOS 11 is still kinda janky." } ]

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[ { "start": 0, "end": 2.32, "text": " Here at The Verge, we're all about the future." }, { "start": 2.32, "end": 5.68, "text": " But in Next Level, we take you even further into the future." }, { "start": 5.68, "end": 9.84, "text": " Last season, we explored modular planes, got nerdy with light field displays," }, { "start": 9.84, "end": 12.48, "text": " and took a dose of prescription video games." }, { "start": 12.48, "end": 15.6, "text": " In this season of Next Level, things are going to get even weirder." }, { "start": 15.6, "end": 18.16, "text": " Technology is coming at us faster than ever before," }, { "start": 18.16, "end": 21.6, "text": " which is both exciting and makes us feel inherently more vulnerable." }, { "start": 21.6, "end": 24.560000000000002, "text": " That's why we're going beyond just asking, how does it work?" }, { "start": 24.560000000000002, "end": 27.36, "text": " And instead asking, what does this really mean?" }, { "start": 27.36, "end": 30.48, "text": " I'm Lauren Good, and this is Next Level Season 2." } ]

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"end": 25.64, "text": " Then I want your questions." }, { "start": 25.64, "end": 27.36, "text": " Put them in the comments below." }, { "start": 27.36, "end": 31.92, "text": " We'll publish a much longer video answering all those questions in a couple of days." }, { "start": 31.92, "end": 33.68, "text": " All right, well, roadblock number one." }, { "start": 33.68, "end": 40.24, "text": " I need to put my SIM in here and I don't know about you, but I am not in possession of a" }, { "start": 40.24, "end": 46.72, "text": " paperclip currently, nor would I want to do that operation in the back of a moving car." }, { "start": 46.72, "end": 54.36, "text": " But the screen looks nice." }, { "start": 54.36, "end": 55.36, "text": " So we're here in the studio." }, { "start": 55.36, "end": 59.24, "text": " I'm going to give you some quick impressions of the big stuff, the screen, the cameras" }, { "start": 59.24, "end": 60.24, "text": " and face ID." }, { "start": 60.24, "end": 63.12, "text": " The screen, there's notch." }, { "start": 63.12, "end": 64.12, "text": " No getting around it." }, { "start": 64.12, "end": 65.12, "text": " It's right there at the top of the screen." }, { "start": 65.12, "end": 68.96, "text": " I will say that even just using it after a few hours, I've stopped thinking about the" }, { "start": 68.96, "end": 70.76, "text": " notch or caring about the notch." }, { "start": 70.76, "end": 75.28, "text": " You will notice it in two places right away." }, { "start": 75.28, "end": 77.16, "text": " The first is an apps to play video." }, { "start": 77.16, "end": 80.24, "text": " So we run the Star Wars trailer on YouTube." }, { "start": 80.24, "end": 82.24, "text": " YouTube is optimized for the phone." }, { "start": 82.24, "end": 86.44, "text": " It looks weird because you can either go full screen and the notch sits over the left side" }, { "start": 86.44, "end": 89.67999999999999, "text": " of the video or you can shrink it down so it doesn't." }, { "start": 89.67999999999999, "end": 94.44, "text": " But then the video is pillar boxed and letter boxed, and that means it's really small, which" }, { "start": 94.44, "end": 95.88, "text": " is just not great." }, { "start": 95.88, "end": 98.19999999999999, "text": " So you've got two not great options." }, { "start": 98.19999999999999, "end": 103.25999999999999, "text": " The other thing is apps that aren't optimized for this display are kind of broken." }, { "start": 103.25999999999999, "end": 107.16, "text": " So like dark sky has a weird black bar at the top." }, { "start": 107.16, "end": 110.91999999999999, "text": " Google Docs, which isn't optimized yet, has huge borders at the top and bottom." }, { "start": 110.92, "end": 112.56, "text": " They're basically fake bezels." }, { "start": 112.56, "end": 117.36, "text": " Other apps that use auto layout, like my news reader app, Newsify, it's just broken." }, { "start": 117.36, "end": 120, "text": " There's lines cutting across the status bar." }, { "start": 120, "end": 123.08, "text": " Usually Apple developers are really great about fixing their apps or new versions of" }, { "start": 123.08, "end": 127.56, "text": " iOS, but the last time Apple made a change this big was the iPhone 6 and it took some" }, { "start": 127.56, "end": 131.74, "text": " developers years to make their apps work on iPhone 6 side screens." }, { "start": 131.74, "end": 133.36, "text": " So we'll see how it goes." }, { "start": 133.36, "end": 137.64, "text": " The screen is a 5.8 inch OLED display and I would say the experience of using it so" }, { "start": 137.64, "end": 142.22, "text": " far is actually somewhere in between the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus." }, { "start": 142.22, "end": 143.95999999999998, "text": " It doesn't act like a plus size display." }, { "start": 143.95999999999998, "end": 147.16, "text": " It doesn't have tabs in Safari and landscape." }, { "start": 147.16, "end": 149.95999999999998, "text": " The keyboard is 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about OLED screens in general and I'm just going to tell you," }, { "start": 175.48, "end": 178.48, "text": " looking at it for a few hours, this display is great." }, { "start": 178.48, "end": 183.12, "text": " It's made by Samsung, but Apple is really insistent that they actually designed and" }, { "start": 183.12, "end": 184.62, "text": " engineered it themselves." }, { "start": 184.62, "end": 188.24, "text": " So Samsung's just manufacturing it and it's a pen tile arrangement." }, { "start": 188.24, "end": 191.95999999999998, "text": " If you're that kind of nerd, I know I am, but Apple's doing a lot of custom work to" }, { "start": 191.95999999999998, "end": 194.95999999999998, "text": " eliminate some of the problems pen tile displays have had in the past." }, { "start": 194.96, "end": 195.96, "text": " The colors are vibrant." }, { "start": 195.96, "end": 198, "text": " They're not muted like the Pixel 2." }, { "start": 198, "end": 200.52, "text": " They are not super 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camera, because it has the TrueDepth system, can now take portrait mode selfies," }, { "start": 251.2, "end": 255.72, "text": " which is fun, and you get to use Animoji, which are super silly and I think are probably" }, { "start": 255.72, "end": 257.8, "text": " the best feature of the phone." }, { "start": 257.8, "end": 260.4, "text": " So face ID, that's the big one." }, { "start": 260.4, "end": 263, "text": " Apple got rid of the home button, they got rid of the fingerprint sensor, they got rid" }, { "start": 263, "end": 268.02, "text": " of touch ID, they changed all the gestures on the phone of how you use it, because now" }, { "start": 268.02, "end": 271.32, "text": " you unlock the phone just by looking at it." }, { "start": 271.32, "end": 275.4, "text": " And I've got to be honest with you, it's been a little bit inconsistent for me." }, { "start": 275.4, "end": 278.32, "text": " So inside, it basically works all the time." }, { "start": 278.32, "end": 282.84, "text": " 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fluorescent" }, { "start": 309.59999999999997, "end": 314.34, "text": " lights and the camera's a harder time seeing the IR beam illuminate your face." }, { "start": 314.34, "end": 317.9, "text": " This is just my theory right now, but it's kind of what's been happening." }, { "start": 317.9, "end": 320.79999999999995, "text": " So we got to do a lot more testing, I'm going to ask Apple what's going on, we're going" }, { "start": 320.79999999999995, "end": 323.79999999999995, "text": " to figure it all out, we're going to have all that information in the full review, but" }, { "start": 323.79999999999995, "end": 326.79999999999995, "text": " right now I'm just going to tell you, it hasn't worked great all the time." }, { "start": 326.79999999999995, "end": 330.64, "text": " So that is what I know after these first few hours of playing with the iPhone X." }, { "start": 330.64, "end": 332.79999999999995, "text": " I think it's a really good iPhone." }, { "start": 332.8, "end": 337.72, "text": " I think there's some big questions to be answered around face ID consistency, particularly outside." }, { "start": 337.72, "end": 341.28000000000003, "text": " I think there is some deep camera testing I want to do, especially against the Pixel" }, { "start": 341.28000000000003, "end": 342.28000000000003, "text": " 2." }, { "start": 342.28000000000003, "end": 346.44, "text": " I can't really tell you about battery life yet, because I just haven't had it long enough," }, { "start": 346.44, "end": 350.14, "text": " but I think if you've pre-ordered this phone, you're going to be pretty happy." }, { "start": 350.14, "end": 353.76, "text": " You're going to be on the face ID journey of discovery with the rest of us as we figure" }, { "start": 353.76, "end": 357.32, "text": " out where and when it does and doesn't work." }, { "start": 357.32, "end": 362.48, "text": " If you haven't pre-ordered and you have questions, ask us, because I want to hear from you." }, { "start": 362.48, "end": 365.96000000000004, "text": " So leave questions in the comments on this YouTube video, hit me up on Twitter, hit us" }, { "start": 365.96000000000004, "end": 366.96000000000004, "text": " up on the website." }, { "start": 366.96000000000004, "end": 369.36, "text": " We're going to take all those questions, we're going to go back to Apple, we're going to" }, { "start": 369.36, "end": 373.6, "text": " ask them some additional really hard questions, and we're going to answer them all in our" }, { "start": 373.6, "end": 375.8, "text": " full review coming in just a couple days." }, { "start": 375.8, "end": 378.68, "text": " Hey Joanna, how's it going?" }, { "start": 378.68, "end": 381.32, "text": " I'm good, I just got my iPhone X." }, { "start": 381.32, "end": 383.32, "text": " Do you have one yet?" }, { "start": 383.32, "end": 384.32, "text": " No." }, { "start": 384.32, "end": 385.32, "text": " I'm special." }, { "start": 385.32, "end": 386.32, "text": " Alright, that's enough." }, { "start": 386.32, "end": 387.32, "text": " Get back here, Stern!" }, { "start": 387.32, "end": 392.8, "text": " Get back here, Stern!" } ]

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case at all with this machine." }, { "start": 419.84, "end": 422.56, "text": " It runs Chrome better than any other computer" }, { "start": 422.56, "end": 425.71999999999997, "text": " I've used recently that isn't some $15 or $2,000" }, { "start": 425.71999999999997, "end": 427.96, "text": " Super Pro Plus thing." }, { "start": 427.96, "end": 430.88, "text": " Now, that's how it should be with a machine like this," }, { "start": 430.88, "end": 433.44, "text": " but I'm really happy to report that it is." }, { "start": 433.44, "end": 435.56, "text": " Now, Google is claiming you can get 10 hours" }, { "start": 435.56, "end": 436.79999999999995, "text": " of battery life on this thing," }, { "start": 436.79999999999995, "end": 438.84, "text": " but I'm not quite getting that." }, { "start": 438.84, "end": 441.76, "text": " Now, admittedly, I'm pushing this thing really hard," }, { "start": 441.76, "end": 444.76, "text": " but I wouldn't trust it past seven or eight hours" }, { "start": 444.76, "end": 446.64, "text": " unless you're being super careful." }, { "start": 446.64, "end": 449.4, "text": " Luckily, it charges really fast over USB-C," }, { "start": 449.4, "end": 452.47999999999996, "text": " and speaking of USB-C, I was even able to eek out" }, { "start": 452.47999999999996, "end": 454.08, "text": " some extra time by using one of those" }, { "start": 454.08, "end": 456.44, "text": " in-seat USB ports on an airplane." }, { "start": 456.44, "end": 460.6, "text": " Speaking of airplanes, this is what laptops should be now." }, { "start": 460.6, "end": 463, "text": " Apple, good on you for refusing to put a touchscreen" }, { "start": 463, "end": 464.76, "text": " on your laptops, and Microsoft, good on you" }, { "start": 464.76, "end": 466.44, "text": " for making a traditional laptop," }, { "start": 466.44, "end": 469.04, "text": " but this is just so convenient," }, { "start": 469.04, "end": 470.58, "text": " especially when you're on an airplane," }, { "start": 470.58, "end": 473.6, "text": " that it should be the shape of laptops from now on." }, { "start": 473.6, "end": 477.76, "text": " [\"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy\"]" }, { "start": 479.76, "end": 481.04, "text": " Look, I get it." }, { "start": 481.04, "end": 482.48, "text": " There are a million things that the Mac" }, { "start": 482.48, "end": 483.8, "text": " is better at than this thing." }, { "start": 483.8, "end": 486.88, "text": " Same goes for Windows, same goes for the iPad Pro." }, { "start": 486.88, "end": 489, "text": " They are better at hitting that last 10%" }, { "start": 489, "end": 491.6, "text": " of the things that you need than this," }, { "start": 491.6, "end": 494.24, "text": " but what this is good at is being very simple." }, { "start": 494.24, "end": 495.32, "text": " It's always up to date," }, { "start": 495.32, "end": 497.76, "text": " and it's very good at doing Chrome things." }, { "start": 497.76, "end": 499.2, "text": " Here's what the Pixelbook is." }, { "start": 499.2, "end": 502.72, "text": " It's a supercomputer for web apps with a side of Android." }, { "start": 502.72, "end": 504.68, "text": " Now, I'm not going to tell you" }, { "start": 504.68, "end": 506.40000000000003, "text": " if that's worth a thousand bucks to you," }, { "start": 506.40000000000003, "end": 508.72, "text": " and I'm not going to tell you if it's possible" }, { "start": 508.72, "end": 511.28000000000003, "text": " for that to replace your current computer." }, { "start": 511.28000000000003, "end": 513.46, "text": " What I am going to tell you is that Google" }, { "start": 513.46, "end": 515.72, "text": " is closer than it's ever been before" }, { "start": 515.72, "end": 517.72, "text": " even saying that it's possible," }, { "start": 517.72, "end": 520.2, "text": " and for a platform that's only six years old," }, { "start": 520.2, "end": 521.1, "text": " that's impressive." }, { "start": 522, "end": 523.12, "text": " Hey buddy, how's it going?" }, { "start": 523.12, "end": 524.08, "text": " Good to see you." }, { "start": 524.08, "end": 525.2, "text": " You're just going to keep on popping up" }, { "start": 525.2, "end": 526.8000000000001, "text": " while I do this video, aren't you?" }, { "start": 528.12, "end": 528.96, "text": " Shh." }, { "start": 528.96, "end": 543.96, "text": " I can search the web for you. Thanks Google." } ]

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Now you're going to get an option if you live in a city with this service" }, { "start": 34.660000000000004, "end": 38.56, "text": " when you order a package for in-home delivery. That's basically giving" }, { "start": 38.56, "end": 41.58, "text": " permission to the delivery person to come inside your house. You'll get a" }, { "start": 41.58, "end": 45.2, "text": " notification that they're on the way. When the delivery person shows up, they" }, { "start": 45.2, "end": 48.16, "text": " scan the barcode on the package just to double-check that this is the right" }, { "start": 48.16, "end": 52.24, "text": " package at the right place. If everything checks out, the lock will open for them," }, { "start": 52.24, "end": 56, "text": " they'll place the package inside, close the door, and lock it again. In fact," }, { "start": 56, "end": 59.04, "text": " they'll knock first just to be polite and make sure you don't have a big angry" }, { "start": 59.04, "end": 61.52, "text": " dog. After they've dropped off the package, you'll get a notification" }, { "start": 61.52, "end": 66.76, "text": " confirming it and a short video just for peace of mind. So all that is intended to" }, { "start": 66.76, "end": 71.08, "text": " facilitate Amazon's delivery empire, but the camera also works just like an" }, { "start": 71.08, "end": 75.28, "text": " ordinary camera. You can talk to it, it has a microphone and a speaker. If you're down" }, { "start": 75.28, "end": 78.22, "text": " in the basement, you could say, hey Alexa, show me the front door, and the system" }, { "start": 78.22, "end": 82.2, "text": " will do that. Amazon will offer a subscription that will let you save 24" }, { "start": 82.2, "end": 85.68, "text": " hours of video or more. You can get a whole bunch of cameras. It will do" }, { "start": 85.68, "end": 88.88000000000001, "text": " person detection and zone detection, all the things you would expect from a" }, { "start": 88.88000000000001, "end": 93.02000000000001, "text": " modern-day connected home security camera. And the lock works just like a" }, { "start": 93.02000000000001, "end": 96.48, "text": " lock with the Amazon Key app. You could give temporary permission to a friend" }, { "start": 96.48, "end": 99.36000000000001, "text": " who's visiting from out of town or recurring permission to a dog walker" }, { "start": 99.36000000000001, "end": 104.04, "text": " who comes once a week. In fact, Amazon is hoping that you'll use the key with" }, { "start": 104.04, "end": 108.4, "text": " their services division. So when you start using a service for dog walking or" }, { "start": 108.4, "end": 112.32000000000001, "text": " home cleaning, if it's connected and works with Amazon's Key, then you can" }, { "start": 112.32000000000001, "end": 115.48, "text": " authorize that person to come use your home while you're at work. So all of this" }, { "start": 115.48, "end": 118.64, "text": " is part of Amazon's push to get deeper and deeper into your home and to make it" }, { "start": 118.64, "end": 122.64, "text": " simpler than ever to order something and have it arrive quickly and cheaply. The" }, { "start": 122.64, "end": 126.60000000000001, "text": " big question left is, do you trust Amazon? Do you want them to have a connected" }, { "start": 126.60000000000001, "end": 130.32, "text": " camera in your home that's running 24-7 and a lock that works with their" }, { "start": 130.32, "end": 133.6, "text": " delivery people to let them in and out? Amazon is betting that for the" }, { "start": 133.6, "end": 137.08, "text": " convenience of having your packages delivered safely inside, a lot of people" }, { "start": 137.08, "end": 139.88, "text": " will. If you're a Prime customer who's interested in this, you can pre-order" }, { "start": 139.88, "end": 145.16, "text": " starting today. It's $249.99. That'll get you the camera and the lock" }, { "start": 145.16, "end": 148.64, "text": " Amazon will come and install this stuff for you. You could also buy the camera on" }, { "start": 148.64, "end": 153, "text": " its own. That's 120 bucks. Now November 8th is when you can download the app and" }, { "start": 153, "end": 156.76, "text": " start actually receiving deliveries for this service in 37 cities around the" }, { "start": 156.76, "end": 177.56, "text": " nation." } ]

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25.26, "end": 27.52, "text": " They just do dozens of little things" }, { "start": 27.52, "end": 28.84, "text": " better than you might expect," }, { "start": 28.84, "end": 31.12, "text": " given their kind of unassuming form." }, { "start": 31.12, "end": 32.86, "text": " And it starts with the hardware." }, { "start": 39.56, "end": 41.04, "text": " The nice thing about these phones is that" }, { "start": 41.04, "end": 43.28, "text": " other than the size of the screen and the battery," }, { "start": 43.28, "end": 45.08, "text": " they are basically identical." }, { "start": 45.08, "end": 47.04, "text": " Google isn't making you miss out on too much" }, { "start": 47.04, "end": 48.56, "text": " by choosing the smaller phone." }, { "start": 48.56, "end": 49.96, "text": " And for both the different sizes," }, { "start": 49.96, "end": 51.08, "text": " there are a few different colors," }, { "start": 51.08, "end": 53.54, "text": " and they all have slightly different textures." }, { 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[ { "start": 0, "end": 3.5, "text": " It's Chris Welch with The Verge here in New York City where we just saw the Sonos One." }, { "start": 3.5, "end": 7, "text": " It's the first ever Sonos speaker that has built-in voice controls." }, { "start": 8, "end": 13, "text": " Sonos finally has its own smart, voice-controlled speaker, and it's called the Sonos One." }, { "start": 14, "end": 19, "text": " It works with Amazon's Alexa, goes on sale October 24th, and costs $199." }, { "start": 19, "end": 21, "text": " The same price as the old Play One speaker." }, { "start": 22, "end": 26, "text": " The Sonos One looks identical to the Play One from the front, and it sounds exactly the same." }, { "start": 26, "end": 30, "text": " But on top are new microphones that listen for you when you ask Alexa to play music," }, { "start": 30, "end": 32, "text": " or control your smart home, or just answer a question." }, { "start": 33, "end": 35, "text": " So you can say, Alexa, play some Tom Petty." }, { "start": 35, "end": 39, "text": " Or, Alexa, turn off the lights, just like you would on an Echo, and it works the same way." }, { "start": 40, "end": 44, "text": " Sonos One will support Google Assistant sometime next year, so you'll be able to pick one or the other," }, { "start": 44, "end": 46, "text": " or maybe even use both at the same time." }, { "start": 47, "end": 51, "text": " Unfortunately, not every music service can play your spoken song requests right now." }, { "start": 51, "end": 55, "text": " Spotify won't be supported until after launch, and Apple Music doesn't work either." }, { "start": 55, "end": 60, "text": " Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and others do fully support voice out of the box." }, { "start": 60, "end": 64, "text": " And your basic commands like pause or skip this track work everywhere." }, { "start": 66, "end": 70, "text": " Sonos One might have some of the same features as an Echo, but your music is going to sound a lot better." }, { "start": 70, "end": 73, "text": " First and foremost, this is still a music speaker." }, { "start": 73, "end": 76, "text": " You can put two Sonos Ones together for a stereo pair," }, { "start": 76, "end": 79, "text": " or add the new speaker to your current Sonos setup anywhere in your house." }, { "start": 80, "end": 82, "text": " Sonos is also redesigning its smartphone app," }, { "start": 82, "end": 87, "text": " where you can stream music or podcasts from any number of popular services, so it's easier to use." }, { "start": 87, "end": 91, "text": " But other companies are also starting to make their voice speakers sound better." }, { "start": 91, "end": 95, "text": " Amazon's brand new Echo has improved sound quality and is half the price of the Sonos One." }, { "start": 96, "end": 101, "text": " And on the more expensive side, Google just announced a $400 speaker, the Home Max." }, { "start": 101, "end": 105, "text": " And then there's Apple, which has also said that its upcoming HomePod will sound better than all the competition" }, { "start": 105, "end": 106, "text": " when it ships in December." }, { "start": 107, "end": 110, "text": " Either way, Sonos has realized how easy and valuable voice control is." }, { "start": 110, "end": 113, "text": " People love listening to music on the Echo and Home, not because they sound great," }, { "start": 113, "end": 115, "text": " but because they're so convenient." }, { "start": 115, "end": 120, "text": " That's what led Sonos to try and fend off everybody else with this $200 Sonos One," }, { "start": 120, "end": 122, "text": " and you can pre-order it starting now." }, { "start": 122, "end": 124, "text": " If buying a whole new speaker is too much for you," }, { "start": 124, "end": 128, "text": " you can try the new public beta to control your Sonos system with a $50 Echo Dot." }, { "start": 128, "end": 131, "text": " Now we're going to be comparing all these new speakers very soon," }, { "start": 131, "end": 140, "text": " so for more videos like this, just check out TheVerge.com." } ]

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It's an incredible" }, { "start": 904, "end": 904.9, "text": " application of Google Translate" }, { "start": 905, "end": 906.9, "text": " powered by machine learning" }, { "start": 907, "end": 908.9, "text": " that's like having a personal" }, { "start": 909, "end": 910.9, "text": " translator by your side." }, { "start": 911, "end": 911.9, "text": " Isabelle is going to speak" }, { "start": 912, "end": 913.9, "text": " Swedish into her Pixel Buds and" }, { "start": 914, "end": 914.9, "text": " I'll hear the English" }, { "start": 915, "end": 916.9, "text": " translation out of Pixel 2's" }, { "start": 917, "end": 918.9, "text": " front speakers. And then I'll" }, { "start": 918.9, "end": 920.8, "text": " respond in English and she'll" }, { "start": 920.9, "end": 921.8, "text": " hear the Swedish translation" }, { "start": 921.9, "end": 923.8, "text": " in her Pixel Buds. 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And the case holds" }, { "start": 958.8, "end": 960.6999999999999, "text": " multiple charges, so you get" }, { "start": 960.8, "end": 962.6999999999999, "text": " up to 24 hours of listening" }, { "start": 962.8, "end": 964.6999999999999, "text": " time when you're on the go." }, { "start": 964.8, "end": 966.6999999999999, "text": " Pixel Buds are available in" }, { "start": 966.8, "end": 968.6999999999999, "text": " clearly white, kind of blue," }, { "start": 968.8, "end": 971.6999999999999, "text": " and just black to beautifully" }, { "start": 971.8, "end": 973.6999999999999, "text": " complement your Pixel 2." }, { "start": 973.8, "end": 974.6999999999999, "text": " And they'll be available in" }, { "start": 974.7, "end": 977.6, "text": " November for $159," }, { "start": 977.7, "end": 979.6, "text": " and pre-orders begin today." }, { "start": 979.7, "end": 980.6, "text": " We have one more product" }, { "start": 980.7, "end": 981.6, "text": " to show you." }, { "start": 981.7, 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"text": " and it's looking for something to record." }, { "start": 66, "end": 69, "text": " The idea is that you're just going to set it down or clip it to something" }, { "start": 69, "end": 71, "text": " and let it do its thing." }, { "start": 71, "end": 74, "text": " It looks for what Google's algorithms think might be interesting," }, { "start": 74, "end": 77, "text": " and then it records a little seven-second clip of that thing." }, { "start": 77, "end": 81, "text": " It might be of your kids playing or somebody smiling just right," }, { "start": 81, "end": 83, "text": " or, you know, whatever." }, { "start": 83, "end": 85, "text": " The camera also learns over time." }, { "start": 85, "end": 88, "text": " It has facial recognition so it can recognize your face," }, { "start": 88, "end": 91, "text": " your family's faces, and even your pets." }, { "start": 91, "end": 94, "text": " Eventually, it learns to take pictures of those people" }, { "start": 94, "end": 96, "text": " and ignore other people." }, { "start": 96, "end": 99, "text": " It's smart enough not to record your hand when you go to pick the thing up," }, { "start": 99, "end": 101, "text": " and it's smart enough to ignore really blurry shots" }, { "start": 101, "end": 104, "text": " because you're just swinging it around too fast." }, { "start": 104, "end": 107, "text": " But, you know, if you must, you can hit the shutter button" }, { "start": 107, "end": 110, "text": " and take a picture manually, like an animal." }, { "start": 110, "end": 115, "text": " So, yes, this all sounds very creepy, like super creepy." }, { "start": 115, "end": 118, "text": " It sounds like a spy camera that learns your children's faces" }, { "start": 118, "end": 121, "text": " and records them automatically and sends them to Google kind of creepy." }, { "start": 121, "end": 124, "text": " Google says none of that is happening." }, { "start": 124, "end": 128, "text": " All of the data is stored only on this little 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It's also exclusively marketing this thing to parents and people with pets." }, { "start": 164, "end": 165, "text": " Here's the pitch." }, { "start": 165, "end": 168, "text": " When you whip your phone out, your adorable little monster" }, { "start": 168, "end": 171, "text": " might stop doing that really cute thing that it does." }, { "start": 171, "end": 173, "text": " The other thing that happens when you whip your phone out" }, { "start": 173, "end": 175, "text": " is that you're looking at the world through a screen" }, { "start": 175, "end": 178, "text": " and you're probably not going to be in the picture yourself." }, { "start": 178, "end": 181, "text": " With Clips, Google says that you do get to be in the picture," }, { "start": 181, "end": 183, "text": " and there's going to be a bunch of candid moments" }, { "start": 183, "end": 185, "text": " that will get captured for you automatically." }, { "start": 185, "end": 187, "text": " And the design is really smart, too." }, { "start": 187, "end": 191, "text": " It's small and cute and teal, but it's also square so that you can set it anywhere." }, { "start": 191, "end": 195, "text": " And it comes with this clip, which you can, you know, clip to stuff." }, { "start": 195, "end": 199, "text": " Now, you can clip it to your shirt, but Google says that a bunch of people" }, { "start": 199, "end": 201, "text": " have been testing that and that it kind of sucks," }, { "start": 201, "end": 204, "text": " so you really shouldn't think of this thing as a wearable camera." }, { "start": 204, "end": 207, "text": " It's also thin enough to drop in your pocket or your purse," }, { "start": 207, "end": 211, "text": " and when you do, Clips is smart enough to realize, hey, I'm in a pocket," }, { "start": 211, "end": 214, "text": " and it will stop looking for something that I can take a picture of." }, { "start": 214, "end": 217, "text": " I have no idea if anybody's going to be convinced by all of that," }, { "start": 217, "end": 221, "text": " but if they are, they're going to get a pretty neat app to go with the camera." }, { "start": 221, "end": 224, "text": " It just creates a vertically scrolling list of all the clips" }, { "start": 224, "end": 226, "text": " that the camera has automatically recorded." }, { "start": 226, "end": 228, "text": " Again, they're stored on the camera." }, { "start": 228, "end": 230, "text": " They stream over to your phone over Wi-Fi." }, { "start": 230, "end": 234, "text": " You just scroll through them and swipe one direction to save the ones you want" }, { "start": 234, "end": 237, "text": " and swipe the other direction to delete the ones you don't." }, { "start": 237, "end": 239, "text": " The app can also be used to give you a live preview," }, { "start": 239, "end": 242, "text": " so if you're trying to set up a group shot with a whole mess of people," }, { "start": 242, "end": 244, "text": " you can preview it live in the app," }, { "start": 244, "end": 247, "text": " and when you hit the shutter button, it records that same seven seconds." }, { "start": 247, "end": 251, "text": " You can scrub through any clip and pick out just the frame you want to save," }, { "start": 251, "end": 254, "text": " and if you want, you can even trim any of these longer clips" }, { "start": 254, "end": 256, "text": " to exactly the length that you want." }, { "start": 256, "end": 260, "text": " When you're done, you can share it as a GIF or a video file or a plain old image" }, { "start": 260, "end": 263, "text": " or in Google's new motion photos format." }, { "start": 263, "end": 267, "text": " The early prototype version of the app I tried was sometimes crazy fast" }, { "start": 267, "end": 271, "text": " and super fun to use, and sometimes it was a little bit slow and annoying." }, { "start": 271, "end": 275, "text": " I'm really hoping the final version will be more like the fun version that I tried." }, { "start": 275, "end": 277, "text": " Oh, yeah, it's a camera, so here are the specs." }, { "start": 277, "end": 280, "text": " It has a 130-degree lens on a 12-megapixel camera" }, { "start": 280, "end": 284, "text": " that's not quite as good as what you'd get on a phone, but it's still pretty nice." }, { "start": 284, "end": 288, "text": " It only has 8 gigs of storage, but that seems like it's enough to store a ton of these clips." }, { "start": 288, "end": 290, "text": " It was more than I could shoot in a single day." }, { "start": 290, "end": 295, "text": " It should last about three hours if you have it on and actively recording stuff," }, { "start": 295, "end": 298, "text": " and it should go for a few days on standby." }, { "start": 298, "end": 301, "text": " It weighs 43 grams, and again, there is no microphone at all." }, { "start": 301, "end": 303, "text": " Remember, it's not creepy." }, { "start": 303, "end": 308, "text": " Google says it works with Pixel phones, iPhones, and the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S8," }, { "start": 308, "end": 311, "text": " but that more phone support should be coming soon." }, { "start": 311, "end": 315, "text": " Maybe the most important spec is the price, $249." }, { "start": 315, "end": 320, "text": " To me, that feels like it's at least $50 too expensive, but then again, I don't have kids." }, { "start": 320, "end": 324, "text": " To Google, it thinks that all the personal sweet in-between moments" }, { "start": 324, "end": 327, "text": " that this thing can capture is going to justify the price." }, { "start": 327, "end": 331, "text": " I guess we'll see who's right when it goes on sale very soon." }, { "start": 332, "end": 334, "text": " So that's clips, but who is this thing for?" }, { "start": 334, "end": 339, "text": " Well, like I said before, Google says it's for parents and pet parents," }, { "start": 339, "end": 343, "text": " because pet parenting is definitely a thing, and you know what? That's true." }, { "start": 343, "end": 346, "text": " You're going to be able to get pictures with this little thing that you wouldn't have gotten before" }, { "start": 346, "end": 350, "text": " because the camera would have kept you from doing it. This just does it automatically." }, { "start": 350, "end": 356, "text": " But for me, what's really interesting about this is that it's a new kind of camera." }, { "start": 356, "end": 359, "text": " I mean, let's face it, how do you look at pictures?" }, { "start": 359, "end": 364, "text": " You look at them on your phone, and your phone is capable of doing really interesting things" }, { "start": 364, "end": 367, "text": " because it has a screen and a processor and all the stuff." }, { "start": 367, "end": 372, "text": " And not a lot of cameras are taking advantage of that new way of looking at pictures" }, { "start": 372, "end": 376, "text": " by making them move and loop and turn into GIFs and the whole shebang." }, { "start": 376, "end": 381, "text": " And this camera does that. It's not a GoPro, it's not an action cam," }, { "start": 381, "end": 384, "text": " it's not a spy camera or a security camera." }, { "start": 384, "end": 387, "text": " It's something, I think, genuinely new." }, { "start": 387, "end": 414, "text": " It's an adorable little glimpse at the future of photography." } ]

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The Pixel 2 has a 5-inch screen." }, { "start": 44, "end": 48, "text": " It's got these squared off corners and these giant bezels on the top and the bottom." }, { "start": 48, "end": 54, "text": " While the Pixel 2 XL has a much larger 6-inch screen, the corners of the screen are rounded" }, { "start": 54, "end": 56, "text": " and, you know, it still has some bezels on the top and the bottom." }, { "start": 56, "end": 61, "text": " Now, before we get too far into it, I want to talk about the aesthetics of these phones." }, { "start": 61, "end": 67, "text": " Google decided to keep the glass shade and while you might not like it, it's definitely identifiable as a Pixel." }, { "start": 67, "end": 70, "text": " And there are lots of little design touches here that are just kind of fun." }, { "start": 70, "end": 79, "text": " I mean, look at these neon power buttons and the glass shade on this white one, it's black, so it's got this whole Stormtrooper vibe." }, { "start": 79, "end": 86, "text": " But look, I'm just going to say it, these phones are not as flashy as the Galaxy S8 or even the iPhone X." }, { "start": 86, "end": 91, "text": " For example, the screens aren't truly edge to edge. They've got those big bezels that I mentioned." }, { "start": 91, "end": 96, "text": " But they're here for a reason. It's because they're front-facing stereo speakers inside there." }, { "start": 96, "end": 102, "text": " Overall, I think it's fair to say that these phones are more utilitarian or pragmatic than other flagship smartphones." }, { "start": 102, "end": 107, "text": " If I had to pick a single word to describe the design, I'd actually go with Scandinavian." }, { "start": 107, "end": 112, "text": " Like a piece of Ikea furniture or a Playmobil toy or a Volvo or Lego." }, { "start": 112, "end": 116, "text": " It's more whimsical than it is glitzy and it's designed to work." }, { "start": 116, "end": 121, "text": " Both phones are available for pre-order right away and they're going to be shipping on October 19th." }, { "start": 121, "end": 124, "text": " The smaller Pixel 2 comes in three colors, blue, black and white." }, { "start": 124, "end": 128, "text": " It starts at $649 for 64 gigs of storage." }, { "start": 128, "end": 132, "text": " The Pixel 2 XL comes in just black and white and it's $849." }, { "start": 132, "end": 135, "text": " You can get 128 gig versions of either one for $100 more." }, { "start": 135, "end": 140, "text": " Google is partnering with Verizon again, but you'll also be able to get them unlocked directly from Google." }, { "start": 140, "end": 143, "text": " The company has told me that it's going to do its best to make enough of them." }, { "start": 143, "end": 150, "text": " And it has finally upgraded its online store so that you can pre-order even if the thing is out of stock to hold your place in line." }, { "start": 151, "end": 153, "text": " Let's talk cameras." }, { "start": 153, "end": 157, "text": " Now, it's way, way too early for me to truly judge the quality of these cameras." }, { "start": 157, "end": 164, "text": " But I have been using them for a little bit with pre-production software and I'm already impressed." }, { "start": 164, "end": 170, "text": " The color accuracy, the detail and the texture all seem really good, even on the selfie camera." }, { "start": 170, "end": 176, "text": " Oh, and I should point out that both cameras on both sides on both phones are identical." }, { "start": 176, "end": 178, "text": " You get the same camera whichever phone you choose." }, { "start": 178, "end": 182, "text": " On the back is a 12 megapixel sensor with just the barest of camera bumps." }, { "start": 182, "end": 186, "text": " It's got an f1.8 lens and optical image stabilization." }, { "start": 186, "end": 191, "text": " It also has these things that are called dual pixels and they're actually the key to what Google has done to improve this camera." }, { "start": 191, "end": 196, "text": " Basically, dual pixels means that every pixel on the camera sensor is actually two pixels." }, { "start": 196, "end": 201, "text": " That helps with focus, but it also means that there's just a lot more information for the camera processor to work with." }, { "start": 201, "end": 204, "text": " And Google loves information." }, { "start": 204, "end": 211, "text": " The cameras are fast and they take really good photos, but Google can use all of that information to do some crazy new stuff." }, { "start": 211, "end": 218, "text": " So it can do portrait mode on both the front and the rear sensors using its algorithms to nicely cut around hair and blur in the background." }, { "start": 218, "end": 222, "text": " But those dual pixels also let it do portrait mode with any object." }, { "start": 222, "end": 229, "text": " Instead of two lenses that are half an inch apart like you get on an iPhone, it's using data from two pixels that are less than a micron apart." }, { "start": 229, "end": 231, "text": " The pixels also have some other camera tricks." }, { "start": 231, "end": 237, "text": " There's something that mimics Apple's live photos so you can record a tiny three second movie with every single shot you take." }, { "start": 237, "end": 244, "text": " But Google analyzes the clip and tries to match the beginning and the end to make a better loop and also to cut out blurry movement." }, { "start": 244, "end": 252, "text": " It's also going to build augmented reality stickers directly into the camera app, so if you really want that selfie with a Demi-Gorgon from Stranger Things, you can go to town." }, { "start": 252, "end": 255, "text": " And so far the features here really do seem to work." }, { "start": 255, "end": 260, "text": " Google has made all these camera improvements by adding a ton of machine learning to the system." }, { "start": 260, "end": 265, "text": " And when you're recording a video, its algorithms do the standard electronic image stabilization," }, { "start": 265, "end": 273, "text": " but they've turned on the optical image stabilizer because it's able to track its motion in real time too and combine all that information together in real time." }, { "start": 273, "end": 274, "text": " It's a very smart camera." }, { "start": 274, "end": 278, "text": " Now again, this is not a final verdict. We need to do the review." }, { "start": 278, "end": 286, "text": " But last year's Pixel had the best camera you could get on a smartphone, and this year's Pixel, I don't know, I think it has a chance of keeping the crown." }, { "start": 286, "end": 289, "text": " Let's talk about the rest of the specs on these things." }, { "start": 289, "end": 294, "text": " They both have Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processors paired to 4 gigs of RAM." }, { "start": 294, "end": 300, "text": " They use USB-C for charging and no, they don't have headphone jacks, but a dongle comes in the box." }, { "start": 300, "end": 307, "text": " There are, however, front-facing speakers on both models that don't just get loud, but do so without distorting the sound all to hell." }, { "start": 307, "end": 311, "text": " They have Bluetooth 5.0 and support a bunch of new Bluetooth codecs," }, { "start": 311, "end": 315, "text": " and they also do auto pairing with certain headphones just like Apple's AirPods do." }, { 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{ "start": 388, "end": 392, "text": " It's added a new gimmick that lets you quickly launch the Google Assistant by squeezing the phone." }, { "start": 392, "end": 394, "text": " It takes some getting used to." }, { "start": 394, "end": 399, "text": " The trick is to squeeze it really fast like you're hitting a button, not grip it super hard like you're trying to crush it." }, { "start": 399, "end": 401, "text": " I don't know, I think it's fine." }, { "start": 401, "end": 404, "text": " The Pixel 2 is also getting first access to Google Lens." }, { "start": 404, "end": 412, "text": " It's a button inside the Photos app and inside the Google Assistant that can identify real world objects with the camera and lets you search the web for them." }, { "start": 412, "end": 417, "text": " So to start, Google is only promising that it's going to be able to identify a limited set of objects." }, { "start": 417, "end": 420, "text": " Stuff like books and movie posters and landmarks." }, { "start": 420, "end": 422, "text": " It definitely worked on a book when I tried it." }, { "start": 422, "end": 426, "text": " But you can also point it at random stuff too if you want, and it might have a shot at working." }, { "start": 426, "end": 431, "text": " I pointed it at my watch and it recognized that it was a watch, but it couldn't tell what kind of watch it was." }, { "start": 431, "end": 437, "text": " And finally, as it does with every single release, Google is messing around with the home screen and adding some more custom features." }, { "start": 437, "end": 442, "text": " This time, the button to search Google has been integrated at the bottom on the app dock." }, { "start": 442, "end": 446, "text": " And then up top, there's a new at-a-glance widget that will show your next appointment." }, { "start": 446, "end": 450, "text": " There are now better live wallpapers that are basically like little movie clips on your home screen." }, { "start": 450, "end": 453, "text": " And last but not least, Google has updated the camera software." }, { "start": 453, "end": 456, "text": " It integrates a little bit better with Google Photos now." }, { "start": 456, "end": 459, "text": " Are these the world's most powerful phones?" }, { "start": 459, "end": 460, "text": " Nah." }, { "start": 460, "end": 465, "text": " They don't have the world's most powerful processor and they definitely don't have the world's most amazing screen." }, { "start": 465, "end": 472, "text": " Where Apple and Samsung can hit you in the face with hardware advances, Google has to play a more subtle game." }, { "start": 472, "end": 476, "text": " Like I said before, where these other companies are flashy, Google is being pragmatic." }, { "start": 476, "end": 479, "text": " But it is trying to take advantage of the strengths that Google does have." }, { "start": 479, "end": 484, "text": " The assistant, the home screen, the camera, all the machine learning, all of it," }, { "start": 484, "end": 489, "text": " is there so that Google's algorithms can figure stuff out for you automatically." }, { "start": 489, "end": 491, "text": " And that's always been Google's promise." }, { "start": 491, "end": 494, "text": " Let the AI make things better, not just the hardware." }, { "start": 494, "end": 499, "text": " We'll find out if Google is right about all that on October 19th when they go on sale." } ]

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}, { "start": 257.06, "end": 259.18, "text": " as the games it can play." }, { "start": 259.18, "end": 261.14, "text": " With that, Microsoft still has a lot of work to do," }, { "start": 261.14, "end": 263.94, "text": " both with third-party developers and internally." }, { "start": 263.94, "end": 268.5, "text": " For now, it's asking customers to buy into its vision and to come along for the uncertain ride," }, { "start": 268.5, "end": 287.54, "text": " one that just might pay off in a really big way." } ]

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Now to learn how to ride this you just have to know how to" }, { "start": 45.36, "end": 48.92, "text": " ride a bike. As you pedal the sensors measure hundreds of times a second to" }, { "start": 48.92, "end": 52.88, "text": " get your power, your torque, your speed, even your cadence. Then they adapt and" }, { "start": 52.88, "end": 56.24, "text": " give you a little bit of a boost. It feels totally natural. The tech was" }, { "start": 56.24, "end": 60, "text": " developed at MIT and then spun out into a startup. Now with the battery and the" }, { "start": 60, "end": 63.96, "text": " motor the back wheel is obviously very heavy but it's got lots of range. In my" }, { "start": 63.96, "end": 68.84, "text": " testing I found it got about 20 miles on a single charge. 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The normal one is standard, turbo is for extra" }, { "start": 90.08, "end": 95.72, "text": " boost, eco which is low, completely off, or exercise which offers some resistance." }, { "start": 95.72, "end": 99.36, "text": " The app also tells you how much battery you've got left, how fast you're going," }, { "start": 99.36, "end": 102.84, "text": " and how much of the energy pushing the bike forward comes from you versus the" }, { "start": 102.84, "end": 106.32000000000001, "text": " wheel. One of the nice things about the Copenhagen wheel is that it can be" }, { "start": 106.32, "end": 109.91999999999999, "text": " attached to basically any bike. You can buy a whole unit like I have here, the" }, { "start": 109.91999999999999, "end": 113.46, "text": " wheel and the frame from Super Pedestrian, or you can buy just the wheel." }, { "start": 113.46, "end": 116.91999999999999, "text": " Our art director Will has got the wheel attached to his own beater over here." }, { "start": 116.91999999999999, "end": 120.28, "text": " Installing it on your own bike requires a little know-how and courage, especially" }, { "start": 120.28, "end": 125.52, "text": " when things go wrong like they did with Will and his squeaky wheel. The entire" }, { "start": 125.52, "end": 130.07999999999998, "text": " bike cost $2,000 which is comparable to a good road bike. They sell five different" }, { "start": 130.07999999999998, "end": 134.68, "text": " brands and 18 different frames. Now the wheel all by itself is $1,500. That's a" }, { "start": 134.68, "end": 138, "text": " lot for a wheel but you're really getting a whole new kind of bike with it." }, { "start": 138, "end": 142.72, "text": " But the wheel is also 17 pounds, about the same weight as some entire road" }, { "start": 142.72, "end": 146.24, "text": " bikes, so if you have to lift it up a bunch of stairs every day you're" }, { "start": 146.24, "end": 150.08, "text": " probably not going to want to own this unit. Also because of the heavy wheel the" }, { "start": 150.08, "end": 154.36, "text": " bike isn't very well balanced so it's not great for hanging on a rack. I've" }, { "start": 154.36, "end": 157.88, "text": " been testing the bike for a few weeks and I find it cuts about a third off my" }, { "start": 157.88, "end": 162.36, "text": " commute time. I went from 22 minutes to just under 15 to get from my house in" }, { "start": 162.36, "end": 166.60000000000002, "text": " downtown Brooklyn to our office in Lower Manhattan. Not only was the trip faster" }, { "start": 166.60000000000002, "end": 170.48000000000002, "text": " it's much easier. One of the things I love is that with the electric assist I" }, { "start": 170.48000000000002, "end": 174.16000000000003, "text": " don't break a sweat. It was light exercise enough to get my heart rate up" }, { "start": 174.16000000000003, "end": 178.08, "text": " but not so much that I was straining. For me as a daily commuter that's the" }, { "start": 178.08, "end": 181.64000000000001, "text": " perfect balance. That being said you can always turn the assist down or" }, { "start": 181.64000000000001, "end": 184.76000000000002, "text": " completely off. You could even add resistance if you want an intense" }, { "start": 184.76000000000002, "end": 188.52, "text": " workout. All of which is to say using the wheel doesn't mean you can't exercise," }, { "start": 188.52, "end": 192.08, "text": " you probably just won't." } ]

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[ { "start": 0, "end": 4.9, "text": " Hey, I'm Lauren Good from The Verge and we're here at the Amazon Echo event in Seattle where," }, { "start": 4.9, "end": 7.62, "text": " as you might expect, we've seen new Echoes today." }, { "start": 7.62, "end": 11.24, "text": " We've seen a whole bunch of new stuff, but I'm going to take you through these Echo speakers" }, { "start": 11.24, "end": 14.56, "text": " and I'm going to start with the Echo Plus because I think this is the one that's a little" }, { "start": 14.56, "end": 16.36, "text": " more interesting, even though this one looks different." }, { "start": 16.36, "end": 19.68, "text": " So the Echo Plus looks just like the original Echo." }, { "start": 19.68, "end": 25.48, "text": " It's the same tubular design, it has the same far-field microphone array." }, { "start": 25.48, "end": 30.36, "text": " There are some differences to the speaker architecture inside of this, but the biggest" }, { "start": 30.36, "end": 34.68, "text": " thing about it is that it doubles as a smart home hub." }, { "start": 34.68, "end": 41.08, "text": " So for a while you've been able to use Echo devices, use Alexa on Echo devices to control" }, { "start": 41.08, "end": 43.120000000000005, "text": " certain aspects of your smart home." }, { "start": 43.120000000000005, "end": 48.24, "text": " But now this will actually search for different wireless protocols around your home, look" }, { "start": 48.24, "end": 51.92, "text": " for smart home gadgets that you're trying to connect with, and go through the setup" }, { "start": 51.92, "end": 55.16, "text": " and configuration process directly from the Echo speaker." }, { "start": 55.16, "end": 59.31999999999999, "text": " You just say, Alexa, discover devices around the home, and if you happen to have, let's" }, { "start": 59.31999999999999, "end": 63.959999999999994, "text": " say, smart light bulbs in the home, she'll take you through the setup process." }, { "start": 63.959999999999994, "end": 67.36, "text": " Amazon says this is going to support different wireless protocols." }, { "start": 67.36, "end": 69.96, "text": " The one that we saw demonstrated today was Zigbee." }, { "start": 69.96, "end": 74.96, "text": " I don't think this supports Z-Wave, but it'll also work across Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as you" }, { "start": 74.96, "end": 75.96, "text": " might expect." }, { "start": 75.96, "end": 81.92, "text": " Okay, so this is the other new Echo speaker, as is obvious, new form factor." }, { "start": 81.92, "end": 87.16, "text": " It's shorter and a little bit squatter than the other Echo we just took a look at." }, { "start": 87.16, "end": 92.84, "text": " Also has a different speaker architecture built inside of it, as you might expect, because" }, { "start": 92.84, "end": 94.72, "text": " physically it's different." }, { "start": 94.72, "end": 100.16, "text": " Also has Dolby sound processing, does all the stuff that you would expect an Alexa-equipped" }, { "start": 100.16, "end": 102, "text": " Echo speaker to do." }, { "start": 102, "end": 105.96000000000001, "text": " But the most interesting thing about this is that it's $99." }, { "start": 105.96000000000001, "end": 109.36, "text": " So that is a pretty inexpensive Echo speaker." }, { "start": 109.36, "end": 112.64, "text": " It also comes in different designs, so this one's wood." }, { "start": 112.64, "end": 115.76, "text": " You can get one covered in fabric." }, { "start": 115.76, "end": 117.64, "text": " And here's a little bonus Echo for you." }, { "start": 117.64, "end": 120, "text": " These are the new Echo buttons that we saw today." }, { "start": 120, "end": 124.68, "text": " These pair with an existing Echo device, and then you're supposed to use Alexa to trigger" }, { "start": 124.68, "end": 126.88, "text": " the buttons, and you can start playing some type of game." }, { "start": 126.88, "end": 131.5, "text": " You can play trivia games or just games that involve you tapping the buttons, as you might" }, { "start": 131.5, "end": 132.5, "text": " expect." }, { "start": 132.5, "end": 135.38, "text": " We don't know exactly when these are going to go on sale yet, but we know that they're" }, { "start": 135.38, "end": 140.92, "text": " selling for $20 for a two-pack of buttons, but let's be honest, you're probably going" }, { "start": 140.92, "end": 144.12, "text": " to want to buy more of these if you're the kind of person who wants to interact with" }, { "start": 144.12, "end": 146.04, "text": " your Echo in this way." }, { "start": 146.04, "end": 148.04, "text": " So yeah, Echo buttons." }, { "start": 148.04, "end": 151.04, "text": " These are going to be the things that force you to interact with other human beings rather" }, { "start": 151.04, "end": 153.32, "text": " than just interacting with your voice-controlled speaker." }, { "start": 153.32, "end": 155.6, "text": " We live in the future." }, { "start": 155.6, "end": 157.12, "text": " The Echo Plus goes on sale today." }, { "start": 157.12, "end": 159.1, "text": " It starts shipping next month." }, { "start": 159.1, "end": 164.4, "text": " It's $149, which is less expensive than the original price of the original Echo from two" }, { "start": 164.4, "end": 169.64000000000001, "text": " years ago, but still puts it at the upper level of pricing for Echo products." }, { "start": 169.64000000000001, "end": 172.16, "text": " So yeah, it's been a pretty Echo-filled day." }, { "start": 172.16, "end": 175.36, "text": " We also saw the Echo Spot, which we have another video on." }, { "start": 175.36, "end": 176.36, "text": " We saw the Echo Connect." }, { "start": 176.36, "end": 178.88, "text": " It's supposed to let you make phone calls." }, { "start": 178.88, "end": 185, "text": " But yeah, Amazon is really going all in on its approach to infiltrating your smart home" }, { "start": 185, "end": 187.96, "text": " and making Alexa be everywhere." }, { "start": 187.96, "end": 190.84, "text": " Did I say echoes or echos?" }, { "start": 190.84, "end": 191.84, "text": " I said it weird, right?" }, { "start": 191.84, "end": 192.84, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 192.84, "end": 193.84, "text": " Echoes." }, { "start": 193.84, "end": 194.84, "text": " Echoes." }, { "start": 194.84, "end": 223.84, "text": " Echoes." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 2.24, "text": " Hey guys, it's Casey with The Verge." }, { "start": 2.24, "end": 4.44, "text": " I'm here at Amazon headquarters in Seattle" }, { "start": 4.44, "end": 7.28, "text": " where they just introduced a ton of new hardware." }, { "start": 7.28, "end": 10.28, "text": " And our favorite thing that showed up today might be this." }, { "start": 10.28, "end": 12.88, "text": " This is the Echo Spot." }, { "start": 12.88, "end": 17.04, "text": " Imagine if the Echo Show and an Echo Dot had a baby." }, { "start": 17.04, "end": 18.52, "text": " It might look like this." }, { "start": 18.52, "end": 21.84, "text": " A tiny alarm clock with a two and a half inch screen" }, { "start": 21.84, "end": 23.88, "text": " that is Alexa enabled." }, { "start": 23.88, "end": 24.76, "text": " What does that mean?" }, { "start": 24.76, "end": 26.68, "text": " Well, it can do something that a lot" }, { "start": 26.68, "end": 28.76, "text": " of Alexa enabled devices can do," }, { "start": 28.76, "end": 30.8, "text": " which is control your smart home." }, { "start": 30.8, "end": 32.04, "text": " It can also play music." }, { "start": 32.04, "end": 33.56, "text": " It also has a front facing camera." }, { "start": 33.56, "end": 35.88, "text": " That means you can use it to make free video calls." }, { "start": 35.88, "end": 37.08, "text": " And by the way, starting today," }, { "start": 37.08, "end": 39.04, "text": " you can now use Alexa to make free video calls" }, { "start": 39.04, "end": 41.800000000000004, "text": " to anywhere in the United States, Canada, and Mexico." }, { "start": 41.800000000000004, "end": 44, "text": " But this device is part of Amazon's strategy" }, { "start": 44, "end": 47, "text": " to bring Alexa absolutely everywhere." }, { "start": 47, "end": 50.32, "text": " This thing is gonna go on sale today for pre-order," }, { "start": 50.32, "end": 52.6, "text": " and then we'll start shipping in December," }, { "start": 52.6, "end": 55.22, "text": " and it will cost you $130." }, { "start": 55.22, "end": 57.68000000000001, "text": " Amazon thinks that people are gonna get a number of these" }, { "start": 57.68, "end": 60.04, "text": " for their homes, maybe put one on your desk," }, { "start": 60.04, "end": 62.64, "text": " one in the kitchen, one in the bedroom." }, { "start": 62.64, "end": 65.24, "text": " That's certainly where I plan on putting mine." }, { "start": 65.24, "end": 68.14, "text": " It's part of their strategy of bringing Alexa" }, { "start": 68.14, "end": 69.5, "text": " absolutely everywhere." }, { "start": 69.5, "end": 72.32, "text": " And so while Amazon showed off a ton of things today," }, { "start": 72.32, "end": 74.88, "text": " this one, well, it might just be the one" }, { "start": 74.88, "end": 76.48, "text": " we think is the most interesting." }, { "start": 79.16, "end": 81.48, "text": " I'm trying to do a blooper, Farhad." }, { "start": 81.48, "end": 82.32, "text": " It's so hard for you." }, { "start": 82.32, "end": 83.72, "text": " It's so hard for me to screw up." }, { "start": 83.72, "end": 84.92, "text": " Make sure your blooper doesn't fall off the drop." }, { "start": 84.92, "end": 85.92, "text": " It's not gonna drop." }, { "start": 85.92, "end": 87.92, "text": " I'm not dropping it." }, { "start": 87.92, "end": 116.92, "text": " Okay, great." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 5, "text": " So I have actually been waiting to buy a Levi's Trucker jacket for over a year." }, { "start": 5, "end": 9.5, "text": " That's how long it's been since Levi's and Google announced this jacket." }, { "start": 9.5, "end": 14, "text": " It's the Trucker Commuter Jacket with Project Jacquard built in." }, { "start": 14, "end": 21, "text": " And it has a pretty expensive price. You might call it a designer price. It costs $350." }, { "start": 21, "end": 26, "text": " So why the long wait and why that very expensive price?" }, { "start": 26, "end": 34, "text": " Well, this jacket has intelligent capacitive fibers woven into the literal fabric so that you can just do that." }, { "start": 38, "end": 44, "text": " And music starts playing. It connects to your smartphone via a Bluetooth app. So let's check that out." }, { "start": 44, "end": 47, "text": " So once you've paired and set it up, this is what the app looks like." }, { "start": 47, "end": 53, "text": " You've really only got three, four core gestures and you can customize them to do whatever you want." }, { "start": 53, "end": 56, "text": " So the brush in, which is what I did to play my music." }, { "start": 56, "end": 64, "text": " This one's really neat, the double tap. When you double tap, and then it just gives you whatever your next direction is to go home." }, { "start": 64, "end": 71, "text": " Which is pretty clever. And then you can also just cover your sleeve to stop whatever the action is that it's doing." }, { "start": 71, "end": 78, "text": " When Jacquard is hooked up and you're on your bike, it automatically defaults to reading all of your notifications out loud," }, { "start": 78, "end": 84, "text": " which is potentially annoying, but you can go in and set it to this thing called ping," }, { "start": 84, "end": 89, "text": " which means it will only allow calls and texts in from people that you actually care about so you're less distracted on the road." }, { "start": 89, "end": 96, "text": " But really, one of the more fun things you can do, and you should actually just see how this works, is you can see how these capacitive threads work." }, { "start": 96, "end": 101, "text": " So if I open this thing up, these frets represent the threads on my sleeve." }, { "start": 101, "end": 105, "text": " So I can like, it's kind of fun. You can kind of see where your finger is." }, { "start": 105, "end": 110, "text": " It's also pressure sensitive. And yeah, it's just kind of fun to play around with." }, { "start": 110, "end": 115, "text": " But the point is, you've got these very simple, easy to remember gestures that you set up yourself," }, { "start": 115, "end": 123, "text": " and once you do that while you're riding your bike, you are able to just get the quick information, the quick song change that you need without having to hassle with it." }, { "start": 123, "end": 128, "text": " The cuff will also vibrate when you have an incoming notification, so it acts a little bit like a smart watch in that way." }, { "start": 128, "end": 133, "text": " And you can do other weird stuff, like you can count stuff if you're a bouncer, I guess." }, { "start": 133, "end": 139, "text": " You can check the current time, see how long it will take you to get to where you're going, and so on." }, { "start": 139, "end": 144, "text": " So that's it. It's a very simple app, but that's on purpose, because this isn't meant to be gadgety." }, { "start": 144, "end": 148, "text": " It's meant to be just a thing that helps you do a couple quick things while you're riding your bike." }, { "start": 148, "end": 154, "text": " So that's how the app works. But the app kind of isn't the point. The point is that this is just a nice jacket," }, { "start": 154, "end": 158, "text": " and in fact, you can treat it like you would pretty much any other jean jacket." }, { "start": 158, "end": 163, "text": " Once you take off this little cuff dongle thing, which is how it connects to your phone, set it aside," }, { "start": 163, "end": 168, "text": " you can throw the whole jacket in the wash. So you can just treat it like anything else." }, { "start": 168, "end": 172, "text": " And it works really well for its purpose, which is people who commute by a bicycle." }, { "start": 172, "end": 178, "text": " It's got a little extender on the back, reflectors, pop the collar, there's another reflector, and pockets for all of your gadgets." }, { "start": 178, "end": 185, "text": " So $350, admittedly, is a bit more than you would normally pay for a jacket like this, especially from Levi's." }, { "start": 185, "end": 191, "text": " But it's not crazy for a very nice piece of clothing. And if you want your very nice piece of clothing to maybe" }, { "start": 191, "end": 198, "text": " make you less likely to look at your phone while you're riding your bike, because don't do that, then it's going to be worth a look." }, { "start": 198, "end": 221, "text": " So that's the jacket." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 2.4, "text": " So you're watching this on YouTube, right?" }, { "start": 2.72, "end": 9.3, "text": " The first thing to know about the new Apple TV 4k is that it doesn't support 4k or HDR on YouTube, which..." }, { "start": 9.68, "end": 11.68, "text": " What?" }, { "start": 13.120000000000001, "end": 18.86, "text": " There are basically two ways to review the Apple TV 4k. The first, which is what I think everyone else will do, is to talk" }, { "start": 18.86, "end": 20.68, "text": " about the interface, the App Store," }, { "start": 20.68, "end": 27.26, "text": " Apple's content deals, and all that stuff is really important. The second way is to be a huge AV spec nerd, which" }, { "start": 27.26, "end": 29.700000000000003, "text": " honestly is what's in my heart." }, { "start": 29.700000000000003, "end": 31.700000000000003, "text": " But I think you have to do both together," }, { "start": 31.82, "end": 37.260000000000005, "text": " because Apple's decisions about what specs and formats to support really influence a lot of what content is available." }, { "start": 37.980000000000004, "end": 43.900000000000006, "text": " So the new 4k Apple TV is the first one to support 4k HDR, which is kind of a catch-up moment for Apple." }, { "start": 43.94, "end": 51.260000000000005, "text": " Most 4k HDR TVs are smart TVs with apps anyhow, and competitors like Roku have been shipping 4k HDR boxes forever." }, { "start": 51.26, "end": 58.099999999999994, "text": " But the Apple TV 4k is the first complete external box that supports both HDR 10 and Dolby Vision." }, { "start": 58.62, "end": 61.98, "text": " The other thing to know about the Apple TV 4k is that it's really expensive." }, { "start": 62.099999999999994, "end": 69.7, "text": " It starts at $179 for a 32 gig model, the Roku Ultra is $99, and the Chromecast Ultra is $69." }, { "start": 69.7, "end": 73.86, "text": " And for all that money, you should probably be able to get the most out of your TV in your home theater setup." }, { "start": 73.86, "end": 76.02, "text": " And with the Apple TV, you just can't." }, { "start": 76.02, "end": 83.02, "text": " So let's start with some good stuff. First, the entire user interface of the Apple TV 4k has been redone in 4k HDR, which is really nice." }, { "start": 83.02, "end": 86.42, "text": " The text looks sharp, the graphics are bright, the icons are clear," }, { "start": 86.42, "end": 90.34, "text": " and there's no mode switching when you click around between apps and shows and movies." }, { "start": 90.34, "end": 96.74, "text": " Apple's also selling 4k HDR movies in the iTunes store cheaper than anyone else, $20 instead of $30." }, { "start": 96.74, "end": 101.94, "text": " Apple's also upgrading all the purchases you've already made to 4k HDR when they get remastered." }, { "start": 101.94, "end": 107.94, "text": " Another thing to know is that Apple's low prices on 4k HDR movies come because they made deals with Hollywood Studios," }, { "start": 107.94, "end": 111.46, "text": " but they haven't made deals with everyone, most notably Disney." }, { "start": 111.46, "end": 117.3, "text": " And that means while other services have, say, Marvel movies in 4k HDR, Apple just doesn't yet." }, { "start": 117.3, "end": 119.62, "text": " So now here's some bad news for spec nerds." }, { "start": 119.62, "end": 126.94, "text": " The fact that the entire UI runs in 4k HDR all the time means that apps that don't support it, like HBO Go," }, { "start": 126.94, "end": 130.1, "text": " get upscaled and processed in really weird ways." }, { "start": 130.1, "end": 135.29999999999998, "text": " So we watched The Dark Knight on HBO Go and blacks were way too dark, the lights were way too bright," }, { "start": 135.29999999999998, "end": 139.14, "text": " and all of the film grain got turned into really weird noise." }, { "start": 139.14, "end": 142.1, "text": " I asked Apple about this and they said that wasn't their intent." }, { "start": 142.1, "end": 147.85999999999999, "text": " What they want to do is preserve the movie as it is in SDR, even though it's being shown in HDR," }, { "start": 147.85999999999999, "end": 153.22, "text": " but they're still working with content providers and studios and app developers to make it happen across their catalogs." }, { "start": 153.22, "end": 160.42, "text": " I don't know when it's all going to get updated, but right now it just doesn't look good." }, { "start": 160.42, "end": 166.34, "text": " Apple's big plan is that they'll sign deals with cable providers who will authenticate apps on the Apple TV" }, { "start": 166.34, "end": 171.06, "text": " and then they can show you all the stuff that's available to you, just like a really modern cable box." }, { "start": 171.06, "end": 176.42, "text": " But the problem is that big cable providers like Comcast and Verizon FiOS haven't signed up with Apple yet," }, { "start": 176.42, "end": 182.42, "text": " and might never, so you're stuck just activating every single app you can find that your cable provider might support." }, { "start": 182.42, "end": 187.85999999999999, "text": " Apple could build some hacks to 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" And because the Apple TV is basically a little iOS computer, you can do all sorts of other things, like play games." }, { "start": 220.18, "end": 223.45999999999998, "text": " Apple told me they think of the Apple TV as a video-first device," }, { "start": 223.45999999999998, "end": 227.54, "text": " but they're excited that games are there because it makes people use the product more." }, { "start": 227.54, "end": 231.22, "text": " In terms of hardware, the only really notable thing that's changed is the remote." }, { "start": 231.22, "end": 236.1, "text": " The old Apple TV remote was actually really hard to hold because it's exactly the same top and bottom." }, { "start": 236.1, "end": 240.1, "text": " So now Apple's added a little white ring around the menu button so you can feel it in the dark." }, { "start": 240.1, "end": 243.06, "text": " The touchpad is still really, really frustrating though." }, { "start": 243.06, "end": 247.45999999999998, "text": " So there's one more bad thing, and it only affects a tiny number of people, but I'm one of them." }, { "start": 247.45999999999998, "end": 252.98, "text": " The Apple TV doesn't support Dolby Atmos, which is the highest quality surround sound format available." }, { "start": 252.98, "end": 259.46, "text": " And the real problem is that there's actually nothing on the market that supports both Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos sound," }, { "start": 259.46, "end": 263.38, "text": " which means I can't get both the highest quality video and audio." }, { "start": 263.38, "end": 267.54, "text": " And I just don't understand it. The Apple TV is really expensive, it has a really fast processor." }, { "start": 267.54, "end": 270.26, "text": " Apple told me it's not a hardware limitation." }, { "start": 270.26, "end": 272.5, "text": " And all of its competitors support Atmos." }, { "start": 272.5, "end": 274.65999999999997, "text": " The $79 Roku supports Atmos." }, { "start": 274.65999999999997, "end": 277.38, "text": " The Xbox One S supports HDR and Atmos." }, { "start": 277.38, "end": 282.74, "text": " So I just don't know why Apple won't let me unlock all of the power of this box." }, { "start": 282.74, "end": 285.46, "text": " Here's the thing. I really, really want to like the Apple TV." }, { "start": 285.46, "end": 289.94, "text": " It's full of good ideas. Siri voice search is a good idea." }, { "start": 289.94, "end": 294.34, "text": " Having a really fast processor connected to the iOS ecosystem is a great idea." }, { "start": 294.34, "end": 300.58, "text": " Having Apple, one of the most powerful companies in the world, negotiate for better movie prices is a wonderful idea." }, { "start": 300.58, "end": 305.54, "text": " But Apple doesn't seem to understand that their TV box is just a box." }, { "start": 305.54, "end": 310.34, "text": " It's connected to somebody else's TV. It's often connected to somebody else's home theater equipment." }, { "start": 310.34, "end": 314.5, "text": " And that isolation is really holding this thing back." }, { "start": 314.5, "end": 315.54, "text": " So about YouTube." }, { "start": 315.54, "end": 322.58000000000004, "text": " The reason the Apple TV doesn't support 4K or HDR on YouTube is because YouTube 4K uses a video codec called VP9," }, { "start": 322.58, "end": 345.94, "text": " which Apple doesn't support because Apple and Google are terrible at making deals with each other." } ]

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It makes use of nest sister company Google's face net software" }, { "start": 74.4, "end": 80.22, "text": " It can learn over time to recognize people who come up to your door whether that's family members friends the mailman" }, { "start": 80.36, "end": 82.36, "text": " And then it will be able to send you alerts" }, { "start": 82.36, "end": 86.14, "text": " Telling you who that person is before you even have to look at the camera" }, { "start": 86.36, "end": 92.4, "text": " Unlike the previous outdoor camera nest made this one actually plugs in into your house and into a wall outlet" }, { "start": 92.4, "end": 97.12, "text": " Which is for some people a little bit more reassuring that they don't to worry about having something plugged in outside" }, { "start": 97.24, "end": 101.64, "text": " So nest is still selling the original nest cam outdoor for a hundred and ninety nine dollars" }, { "start": 101.74, "end": 105.92, "text": " This one will ship in November for three hundred and forty nine dollars" }, { "start": 105.92, "end": 111.8, "text": " If you want to have that nest aware subscription service that gives you the facial recognition and a few other new features" }, { "start": 111.8, "end": 117.36, "text": " That will cost you ten dollars a month or five dollars after that for every new device you add to it" }, { "start": 117.36, "end": 120.39999999999999, "text": " So if you already have nest aware and you want to add this to your current system" }, { "start": 120.6, "end": 126.03999999999999, "text": " It'll be five dollars more a month the nest cam IQ outdoor isn't the only camera nest is announcing today" }, { "start": 126.03999999999999, "end": 131.68, "text": " They have a second one called nest. 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They see the light" }, { "start": 192.83999999999997, "end": 197.5, "text": " They think they're being watched they they get out of there so unlike the other camera nest is announcing today" }, { "start": 197.5, "end": 203.1, "text": " This one does not come out in November. 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34.52, "end": 37.84, "text": " same as old Apple Watches, but there are a few differences." }, { "start": 37.84, "end": 42.64, "text": " The crown of the watch now has a red dot on it, which is supposed to differentiate LTE" }, { "start": 42.64, "end": 47.72, "text": " versions of the Apple Watch from non-cellular versions, for whatever reason." }, { "start": 47.72, "end": 51.72, "text": " The Series 3 watch also has an antenna built directly into its display." }, { "start": 51.72, "end": 55.84, "text": " It has a faster processor, which Apple claims makes the watch 70% faster." }, { "start": 55.84, "end": 60, "text": " And of course, it has the electronic SIM for LTE." }, { "start": 60, "end": 64.9, "text": " The base price of the Series 3 watch with LTE is $399." }, { "start": 64.9, "end": 70.52000000000001, "text": " There is a non-LTE version of the Series 3 watch, and that costs just $329, so it is" }, { "start": 70.52000000000001, "end": 71.96000000000001, "text": " a little bit less." }, { "start": 71.96000000000001, "end": 78.48, "text": " And then there's the Series 1 watch, which doesn't have LTE or GPS, and that's $249." }, { "start": 78.48, "end": 82.26, "text": " But if you opt for the Series 3 watch with LTE, you're going to have to factor in a monthly" }, { "start": 82.26, "end": 86.52000000000001, "text": " cell connection fee, which is going to cost you an extra $10 per month." }, { "start": 86.52000000000001, "end": 90.28, "text": " For people who do decide to pay for that, the real value is probably going to come from" }, { "start": 90.28, "end": 94.62, "text": " those rare instances when you want to run out for a coffee or go for a jog without your" }, { "start": 94.62, "end": 99.12, "text": " phone, and you just really want the option to call or text message someone if you need" }, { "start": 99.12, "end": 100.12, "text": " to." }, { "start": 100.12, "end": 103.24000000000001, "text": " But based on my personal experience, I'm still not convinced I need to upgrade from" }, { "start": 103.24000000000001, "end": 105.64, "text": " last year's Apple Watch Series 2." }, { "start": 105.64, "end": 109.52000000000001, "text": " And this is partly because the watch's connectivity without the phone didn't work all that well" }, { "start": 109.52, "end": 114.67999999999999, "text": " for me, whether I was in a coffee shop, going for a walk in my neighborhood, or out in the" }, { "start": 114.67999999999999, "end": 115.67999999999999, "text": " middle of the ocean." }, { "start": 115.67999999999999, "end": 123.32, "text": " Well, it doesn't look like I have service out here." }, { "start": 123.32, "end": 126.56, "text": " Hey Siri, call..." }, { "start": 126.56, "end": 134.68, "text": " It turns out that having an LTE equipped smartwatch in the middle of the ocean isn't really all" }, { "start": 134.68, "end": 135.72, "text": " it's cracked up to be." }, { "start": 135.72, "end": 139.76, "text": " I was able to call Verge videographer Viren Pavic one time from my wrist." }, { "start": 139.76, "end": 143.36, "text": " Oh wait, it's actually ringing now." }, { "start": 143.36, "end": 146.04, "text": " I either had no service or I only had one bar of service." }, { "start": 146.04, "end": 147.68, "text": " It didn't always work that well." }, { "start": 147.68, "end": 150.48, "text": " I tried using Siri, that didn't work all that well." }, { "start": 150.48, "end": 151.72, "text": " Siri's not working out here." }, { "start": 151.72, "end": 152.72, "text": " I have one bar." }, { "start": 152.72, "end": 158.64, "text": " So yeah, I mean, I guess it's good in case you really need it, but it wasn't super reliable." }, { "start": 158.64, "end": 162.72, "text": " Okay, let's talk about battery life since that's really what's going to be impacted" }, { "start": 162.72, "end": 164.72, "text": " the most by having LTE in a smartwatch." }, { "start": 164.72, "end": 169.92, "text": " I've had a really mixed experience with the Siri's 3 and that's partly because the first" }, { "start": 169.92, "end": 172.96, "text": " review unit I had, there was something wrong with it." }, { "start": 172.96, "end": 173.96, "text": " Siri wasn't working." }, { "start": 173.96, "end": 178.54, "text": " It wasn't always connecting to LTE when it was supposed to and the battery was draining" }, { "start": 178.54, "end": 179.54, "text": " really quickly." }, { "start": 179.54, "end": 181.32, "text": " I mean, it was dismal." }, { "start": 181.32, "end": 185, "text": " So Apple sent me a second review unit and that one I think has been working more like" }, { "start": 185, "end": 186.56, "text": " it's supposed to." }, { "start": 186.56, "end": 191.34, "text": " If you're not using LTE, you can probably expect to get a day to a day and a half out" }, { "start": 191.34, "end": 195.64000000000001, "text": " of the watch per charge, just like you would with another Apple watch." }, { "start": 195.64000000000001, "end": 198.48000000000002, "text": " Once you start using LTE, you will experience drainage though." }, { "start": 198.48000000000002, "end": 203.56, "text": " We've been out here shooting for a few hours now and around noon, I hit the 30% mark on" }, { "start": 203.56, "end": 208.68, "text": " the watch, which isn't terrible, but once again, not as good if you're not using LTE." }, { "start": 208.68, "end": 212, "text": " I can probably get a few more hours out of it at this point, but I'm definitely going" }, { "start": 212, "end": 214.2, "text": " to have to charge it again today." }, { "start": 214.2, "end": 217.72, "text": " Sorry for the interruption, but we have an update." }, { "start": 217.72, "end": 221.28, "text": " During the production of this video, Apple released an official statement addressing" }, { "start": 221.28, "end": 225.04, "text": " some of the connectivity issues with Apple Watch Series 3." }, { "start": 225.04, "end": 226.68, "text": " Here's what they had to say." }, { "start": 226.68, "end": 231.44, "text": " We have discovered that when Apple Watch Series 3 joins unauthenticated Wi-Fi networks without" }, { "start": 231.44, "end": 235.2, "text": " connectivity, it may at times prevent the watch from using cellular." }, { "start": 235.2, "end": 241.68, "text": " The company also said it is working on a fix that will be issued in a future software update." }, { "start": 241.68, "end": 246.32, "text": " So that sort of explains some of the issues I've been having trying to get the watch to" }, { "start": 246.32, "end": 251.23999999999998, "text": " connect to LTE, but we still don't know exactly when this new software release is going to" }, { "start": 251.23999999999998, "end": 254.92, "text": " be put out or how exactly it's going to fix things." }, { "start": 254.92, "end": 259.42, "text": " Okay, back to our regularly scheduled review." }, { "start": 259.42, "end": 263.76, "text": " So if you're like me and you're not 100% sold on the 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them know this." }, { "start": 407.03999999999996, "end": 414.4, "text": " So they have to keep adding in more software features to make it just work better." }, { "start": 414.4, "end": 420.23999999999995, "text": " So should you buy the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE for $400 plus that $10 per month" }, { "start": 420.23999999999995, "end": 421.23999999999995, "text": " fee?" }, { "start": 421.23999999999995, "end": 426.12, "text": " It really depends on how much you're willing to pay for what I think is a very rare convenience" }, { "start": 426.12, "end": 429.56, "text": " of having LTE on your wrist without your phone around." }, { "start": 429.56, "end": 431.47999999999996, "text": " Personally, I'm not buying it." }, { "start": 431.47999999999996, "end": 434.32, "text": " I mean, I just didn't find it to be all that convenient." }, { "start": 434.32, "end": 435.32, "text": " It drained the battery life." }, { "start": 435.32, "end": 440.52, "text": " And I even had some 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Feature for feature, Android has out-innovated the iPhone over the past few years." }, { "start": 52, "end": 58, "text": " But when Apple ships features on the iPhone, so many people get those features and actually use them." }, { "start": 58, "end": 60, "text": " But the world around us tends to change." }, { "start": 60, "end": 64, "text": " So something like wireless charging has been around since the Windows days." }, { "start": 64, "end": 70, "text": " But now that the iPhone has it, you're going to see wireless charging pads everywhere, actually in use." }, { "start": 70, "end": 75, "text": " Look, let's not dance around it. The iPhone X looms over this review like a shadow." }, { "start": 75, "end": 76, "text": " It looms over the entire industry." }, { "start": 76, "end": 79, "text": " It's Apple's complete redesign of what the iPhone is." }, { "start": 79, "end": 84, "text": " It's got a huge edge-to-edge screen. It's got the Face ID authentication system." }, { "start": 84, "end": 88, "text": " There's a huge amount of changes to how iOS works." }, { "start": 88, "end": 90, "text": " But that's not this phone." }, { "start": 90, "end": 94, "text": " This phone is the fourth generation of the design that we've been seeing since 2014." }, { "start": 94, "end": 97, "text": " It's basically the iPhone 6 with a glass back." }, { "start": 97, "end": 101, "text": " I don't think it's the nicest design Apple's ever made. I think that's the iPhone 4." }, { "start": 101, "end": 103, "text": " This is just the nicest version of this design." }, { "start": 103, "end": 106, "text": " And for most people, that's fine." }, { "start": 106, "end": 112, "text": " So little has changed besides the glass back that the 8 even fits into iPhone 7 cases perfectly." }, { "start": 112, "end": 116, "text": " The glass back makes the 8 noticeably heavier than the 7, but I like it." }, { "start": 116, "end": 121, "text": " The glass is way less slippery than aluminum, and that, combined with the increase in weight," }, { "start": 121, "end": 126, "text": " just makes the whole thing seem more solid and less likely to fly out of your hand like the 6 and the 7." }, { "start": 126, "end": 132, "text": " Apple says it's reformulated the glass in the back to be stronger than ever, but I've already slightly scratched the 8+." }, { "start": 132, "end": 136, "text": " We'll see what happens when millions of people around the world start dropping these things." }, { "start": 136, "end": 140, "text": " Apple gave me the gold and silver phones, and the silver is pretty familiar." }, { "start": 140, "end": 143, "text": " But the gold is definitely a matter of personal taste." }, { "start": 143, "end": 148, "text": " The back isn't white. It's a very 70s-looking cream color that I'm not really into," }, { "start": 148, "end": 152, "text": " but it's apparently very trendy, and several people in my office really liked it." }, { "start": 152, "end": 154, "text": " And you'll notice that it doesn't say," }, { "start": 154, "end": 157, "text": " Designed by Apple in California in the back anymore, just iPhone." }, { "start": 157, "end": 161, "text": " All the small print has been moved into software or onto the paperwork in a box," }, { "start": 161, "end": 165, "text": " which Apple said it had to get approval by regulatory agencies around the world to do." }, { "start": 165, "end": 167, "text": " It's very Apple." }, { "start": 167, "end": 172, "text": " Okay, but let's be real here. The iPhone 8 is fundamentally the fourth generation of the iPhone 6," }, { "start": 172, "end": 176, "text": " and the iPhone 6 is far from the most beautiful iPhone Apple has ever made." }, { "start": 176, "end": 181, "text": " We've been calling out the basic clunkiness of the 6 design since the 6 came out in 2014." }, { "start": 181, "end": 184, "text": " This might be the first iPhone that's better in a case, actually." }, { "start": 184, "end": 187, "text": " I think it's fair to say that they're not the world's most beautiful phones." }, { "start": 187, "end": 192, "text": " From a visual design perspective, Samsung's definitely pulled ahead this generation." }, { "start": 192, "end": 196, "text": " There's no question that the 8 is by far the most polished and refined iteration of this design." }, { "start": 196, "end": 202, "text": " But compared to the Galaxy S8, the Note 8, and other Android flagships like the LG V30," }, { "start": 202, "end": 205, "text": " it's all just starting to feel extremely dated." }, { "start": 205, "end": 210, "text": " Yes, there's the iPhone X, but Apple says the 8 is also a flagship phone." }, { "start": 210, "end": 214, "text": " And by those standards, these huge bezels just don't cut it anymore." }, { "start": 214, "end": 217, "text": " The S8 is just a tiny bit bigger than the regular iPhone 8," }, { "start": 217, "end": 221, "text": " but it has a bigger screen than the iPhone 8 Plus, it doesn't have a camera bump," }, { "start": 221, "end": 224, "text": " and it generally feels much nicer to hold in your hand." }, { "start": 224, "end": 227, "text": " Now, I'm not in love with Samsung's software," }, { "start": 227, "end": 232, "text": " but there's no question that the S8 is a nicer piece of hardware than the iPhone 8." }, { "start": 232, "end": 236, "text": " Even startup shops like Essential are pushing beyond Apple here." }, { "start": 236, "end": 240, "text": " All the other edge-to-edge phones on the market, including the iPhone X, use OLED displays," }, { "start": 240, "end": 245, "text": " but the Essential phone has an edge-to-edge LCD, the same tech the iPhone 8 uses." }, { "start": 245, "end": 246, "text": " And yeah, it has a big, silly notch." }, { "start": 246, "end": 250, "text": " But my point is that Apple's put all of its design energy into the iPhone X," }, { "start": 250, "end": 253, "text": " and that means the 8 suffers in comparison." }, { "start": 253, "end": 257, "text": " Now, none of this matters if you have no intention of switching away from iOS," }, { "start": 257, "end": 261, "text": " or you're just locked into iMessage, like me." }, { "start": 261, "end": 264, "text": " Those other phones might as well not even exist for you." }, { "start": 264, "end": 269, "text": " The thing to know is that spending money on an iPhone 8 doesn't get you the cutting edge of phone design." }, { "start": 269, "end": 271, "text": " For that, you'll have to get an iPhone X." }, { "start": 271, "end": 275, "text": " As far as that LCD screen itself goes, there's a couple new things." }, { "start": 275, "end": 279, "text": " The first is True Tone, which uses sensors on the front of the phone to measure the ambient light" }, { "start": 279, "end": 282, "text": " and calibrate the display to show accurate colors." }, { "start": 282, "end": 285, "text": " You shouldn't notice it working when it's on, since it adjusts the screen in real time," }, { "start": 285, "end": 289, "text": " but if you click the buttons in Settings, you'll generally see things warm up a bit." }, { "start": 289, "end": 293, "text": " It's nice. I think the iPhone LCD has long been the best phone display out there," }, { "start": 293, "end": 295, "text": " and True Tone just makes it better." }, { "start": 295, "end": 298, "text": " We'll see if Apple can beat it with the OLED on the iPhone X." }, { "start": 298, "end": 302, "text": " The other thing to note about the hardware is that the new stereo speakers are actually great." }, { "start": 302, "end": 304, "text": " It's the same trick as on the iPhone 7." }, { "start": 304, "end": 307, "text": " The earpiece just gets really loud to act as the other speaker," }, { "start": 307, "end": 311, "text": " but on the iPhone 8, it all gets up to 25% louder," }, { "start": 311, "end": 313, "text": " and it really makes a difference." }, { "start": 313, "end": 317, "text": " I cannot believe I'm saying this about speakers on a phone, but I think it sounds terrific." }, { "start": 317, "end": 321, "text": " You can hear stereo separation. It's pretty impressive." }, { "start": 321, "end": 325, "text": " And because it's me, I'm just going to point out, there's no headphone jack," }, { "start": 325, "end": 329, "text": " which I think is a little more annoying than people are willing to admit." }, { "start": 329, "end": 334, "text": " Did you know Apple's own headphone dongle is one of the lowest rated products in the Apple Store?" }, { "start": 334, "end": 337, "text": " 1.5 stars. I think that says something." }, { "start": 337, "end": 340, "text": " Apple's all-in on wireless, so the upgrade to Bluetooth 5 is nice." }, { "start": 340, "end": 343, "text": " It's lower power, and it'll enable smarter devices." }, { "start": 343, "end": 349, "text": " But there's not a ton of Bluetooth 5 devices out yet, so we'll have to just test it out in the future." }, { "start": 349, "end": 352, "text": " I will say the Bluetooth settings screen on iOS 11 is still a mess." }, { "start": 352, "end": 356, "text": " Managing all these wireless devices with an iPhone is no fun." }, { "start": 356, "end": 360, "text": " The glass back enables wireless charging, which is based on the Qi standard." }, { "start": 360, "end": 363, "text": " Apple gave me one of the Mophie charging pads that'll be selling in stores," }, { "start": 363, "end": 367, "text": " and we tried it out with Qi pads from Samsung as well, and it all just worked." }, { "start": 367, "end": 373, "text": " As with all wireless charging systems so far, you have to be careful to line up the phone just right before it charges." }, { "start": 373, "end": 376, "text": " I didn't have any problems, especially with the bigger iPhone 8 Plus," }, { "start": 376, "end": 379, "text": " but some of our video crew noticed that they had to be a little bit more careful than they thought." }, { "start": 379, "end": 381, "text": " Wireless charging is still pretty slow, though." }, { "start": 381, "end": 385, "text": " In my tests, I saw the battery go up about 15% every 30 minutes," }, { "start": 385, "end": 390, "text": " which is especially slow when you consider that the phone has to be sitting on the pad and not in your hand the whole time," }, { "start": 390, "end": 394, "text": " and that the iPhone 8 also supports fast charging for quick top-offs." }, { "start": 394, "end": 396, "text": " It'll be nice at night on a bedstand and all." }, { "start": 396, "end": 398, "text": " I think wireless charging will be especially useful in cars," }, { "start": 398, "end": 401, "text": " where you can just put the phone on the charger, connect wirelessly to Bluetooth," }, { "start": 401, "end": 403, "text": " and be on your way without any cables at all." }, { "start": 403, "end": 406, "text": " We tried it in this Prius with a Qi charger, and it worked fine," }, { "start": 406, "end": 411, "text": " although I will say I only got about 15% more charge in an hour, and the phone got pretty warm." }, { "start": 411, "end": 414, "text": " But don't get too excited, especially if you use CarPlay." }, { "start": 414, "end": 421, "text": " Right now, the only car in the market that supports both wireless charging and wireless CarPlay is the BMW 7 Series." }, { "start": 421, "end": 424, "text": " Every other CarPlay user is going to be plugging in until they get a new car." }, { "start": 424, "end": 429, "text": " Apple's made some big changes to how the camera works in the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus," }, { "start": 429, "end": 435, "text": " and it's hard not to see them as responses to the Galaxy S8 and Pixel pulling ahead of the iPhone 7." }, { "start": 435, "end": 438, "text": " Like Samsung, images are more saturated by default," }, { "start": 438, "end": 443, "text": " although Apple says they're still aiming for realism instead of the extreme pop of the S8." }, { "start": 443, "end": 447, "text": " And HDR is just on all the time, like the Pixel. You actually can't turn it on." }, { "start": 447, "end": 452, "text": " In a quick head-to-head test where we just took all the phones out and shot in auto without messing with the settings," }, { "start": 452, "end": 458, "text": " I think the iPhone 8 seemed to produce the best overall images on average, with less smoothing and better color." }, { "start": 458, "end": 463, "text": " But we'll do a much deeper comparison test in the future after the Pixel 2 comes out." }, { "start": 463, "end": 466, "text": " The big new feature is something called Portrait Lighting on the iPhone 8 Plus," }, { "start": 466, "end": 470, "text": " which lets you mimic the complexity of all of this professional lighting in software." }, { "start": 470, "end": 475, "text": " There's a few modes. There's one called Studio, another one called Contour," }, { "start": 475, "end": 480, "text": " and a very dramatic effect called Stage, which you can also do in black and white." }, { "start": 480, "end": 484, "text": " I asked The Verge's creative director to explain what's going on here, and here's his take on it." }, { "start": 484, "end": 491, "text": " Real studio lighting creates shape and definition by balancing the output of different lights in different positions around your subject." }, { "start": 491, "end": 494, "text": " Apple's using its software to try to do the same thing." }, { "start": 494, "end": 499, "text": " Studio mode fills in the shadows, Contour mode crunches those shadows and adds contrast," }, { "start": 499, "end": 504, "text": " and Stage mode dramatically darkens the background to emphasize the face. All of which is pretty clever." }, { "start": 504, "end": 509, "text": " Portrait lighting isn't perfect. The system seems to just cut faces out of the background and apply filters to them," }, { "start": 509, "end": 514, "text": " and it's pretty easy to get some wacky results. But portrait lighting is also in beta," }, { "start": 514, "end": 518, "text": " and it's not like most people have studios like this available to play around in." }, { "start": 518, "end": 521, "text": " So it's a lot of fun, and you should expect to see it on your Instagram a whole bunch." }, { "start": 521, "end": 524, "text": " Just don't expect it to be perfect." }, { "start": 524, "end": 530, "text": " Inside the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, there's the new A11 Bionic processor, which is the same chip in the iPhone X." }, { "start": 530, "end": 537, "text": " Why is it called Bionic? Apple told me it realized it was losing a branding battle by having boring chip names like A7 and A8," }, { "start": 537, "end": 545, "text": " and when it added the word Fusion to the A10 last year, people started talking about it more. So, A11 Bionic. Sure." }, { "start": 545, "end": 549, "text": " Marketing-speak aside, it should be no surprise the A11 is lightning fast." }, { "start": 549, "end": 556, "text": " Apple is at the forefront of chip design and performance, and the A11 has a new performance controller that manages six active cores," }, { "start": 556, "end": 559, "text": " two high-performance cores, and four high-efficiency cores." }, { "start": 559, "end": 567, "text": " Early benchmarks suggest the iPhone 8 is faster than the A10 Fusion and the iPad Pro, and even the Intel Core i7-powered 13-inch MacBook Pros." }, { "start": 567, "end": 573, "text": " But really, it's what you do with all that power that matters, and honestly, I didn't notice some huge performance boost from the iPhone 7" }, { "start": 573, "end": 577, "text": " when I did basic things like browsing the web, watching videos, and taking photos." }, { "start": 577, "end": 580, "text": " I played a few games, everything seemed fast and fluid." }, { "start": 580, "end": 587, "text": " My opinion is that Apple sells iPhones for years after they're released. The iPhone 6S is still in the lineup, for example." }, { "start": 587, "end": 593, "text": " So, all this extra power just feels like headroom for the future, not something you immediately sense going from year to year." }, { "start": 593, "end": 599, "text": " Where you do get a sense of the extra performance is when you try new apps that use Apple's AR kit and iOS 11." }, { "start": 599, "end": 605, "text": " There aren't many out there yet, but I got to try some early versions of a measuring app, an app that teaches you about the human heart," }, { "start": 605, "end": 610, "text": " a stargazing app, and of course, an app that puts Thomas the Tank Engine in the room with you." }, { "start": 610, "end": 615, "text": " These early AR demos are really cool and they're fun to play with, but the novelty wears off fast," }, { "start": 615, "end": 618, "text": " especially since you're holding your phone out in front of you the whole time." }, { "start": 618, "end": 623, "text": " Apple's not making a huge deal about AR just yet, but it's clearly in the lead right now," }, { "start": 623, "end": 627, "text": " and it's exciting to think about what happens when AR goes beyond these early experiments" }, { "start": 627, "end": 631, "text": " and turns into just another tool developers can use to make their apps work better." }, { "start": 631, "end": 636, "text": " Speaking of iOS 11, it's a pretty big update. We'll do another video that dives deep into all the features," }, { "start": 636, "end": 642, "text": " but part of the fun of a new iPhone is using an updated version of iOS, and iOS 11 is no different." }, { "start": 642, "end": 646, "text": " You'll notice chunkier fonts everywhere and redesigns of most major apps." }, { "start": 646, "end": 651, "text": " The App Store is much nicer now, with big cards and even some blog-like write-ups of interesting apps and games." }, { "start": 651, "end": 656, "text": " The new Control Center makes a ton more sense and offers a lot of customization options." }, { "start": 656, "end": 662, "text": " My favorite thing is that airplane mode is now sticky, so you can have it leave Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on and just turn the cell radio off," }, { "start": 662, "end": 666, "text": " which is perfect for flights where you're wearing Bluetooth headphones and connected to the Wi-Fi." }, { "start": 666, "end": 672, "text": " Notifications have also been redesigned slightly, although Apple doesn't think you should actively manage them, so you still kind of can't do that." }, { "start": 672, "end": 678, "text": " And screenshots are really cool now. They slide to the bottom of the screen and you can tap on them to annotate them instantly, which I love." }, { "start": 678, "end": 683, "text": " And there's a new Files app which lets you finally work with files and services like iCloud and Dropbox directly," }, { "start": 683, "end": 687, "text": " although you're still not getting real access to the actual file system of the phone." }, { "start": 687, "end": 689, "text": " Siri sounds a lot nicer as well." }, { "start": 689, "end": 690, "text": " My name is Siri." }, { "start": 690, "end": 692, "text": " Although Siri is still Siri." }, { "start": 692, "end": 694, "text": " I don't understand." }, { "start": 694, "end": 698, "text": " I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that." }, { "start": 698, "end": 706, "text": " But overall, iOS 11 is a really solid update, and if you have an iPhone 7, you might not miss any of the iPhone 8's features once you have it." }, { "start": 706, "end": 711, "text": " Oddly, the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus have slightly smaller batteries than the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus." }, { "start": 711, "end": 718, "text": " Apple says both phones should last about the same on a charge as the older models, though, partially because the A11 chip is more efficient than the A10." }, { "start": 718, "end": 722, "text": " Both my iPhone 6S and iPhone 7 dropped battery life pretty quickly, though," }, { "start": 722, "end": 725, "text": " so I'll have to see how the 8's do over time." }, { "start": 725, "end": 731, "text": " But in these first few days of testing, everything seemed just about the same as before, with just under a day of standard use on a charge." }, { "start": 731, "end": 736, "text": " The battery drained far more quickly when we ran AR apps nonstop, which makes sense." }, { "start": 736, "end": 742, "text": " And you can add the switch for low power mode to Control Center now, which is very convenient if you routinely need to save power." }, { "start": 744, "end": 750, "text": " I said at the beginning of this video that the iPhone X looms over this review like a shadow, and I think that's really true," }, { "start": 750, "end": 753, "text": " especially because the iPhone 8 is kind of expensive." }, { "start": 753, "end": 756, "text": " It's $50 more than the iPhone 7 was this time last year." }, { "start": 756, "end": 765, "text": " The regular iPhone 8 starts at $699, the iPhone 8 Plus with 256 gigs of storage is all the way up at $949." }, { "start": 765, "end": 767, "text": " That's just $50 less than an iPhone X." }, { "start": 767, "end": 771, "text": " So, big question, who is this phone for?" }, { "start": 771, "end": 775, "text": " And I think the answer is that it's for waves of upgraders." }, { "start": 775, "end": 781, "text": " If you have an iPhone 6 or 6S, you're on an upgrade plan with your carrier, or you're on Apple's upgrade plan," }, { "start": 781, "end": 786, "text": " you're just going to get this phone, you've been paying for it up front this whole time, and you're going to be really happy." }, { "start": 786, "end": 789, "text": " It's a major upgrade to what you have today." }, { "start": 789, "end": 795, "text": " But if you have an iPhone 7 Plus and you're thinking about spending $950 on an iPhone 8 Plus, don't do that." }, { "start": 795, "end": 800, "text": " Wait for the iPhone X, it's a much bigger upgrade than what you have now." }, { "start": 800, "end": 804, "text": " I think all of this means the iPhone is just kind of a commodity now." }, { "start": 804, "end": 809, "text": " This is the default phone for a lot of people, and a default phone this good is actually pretty great." }, { "start": 809, "end": 814, "text": " But if you're the kind of person who wants the latest and greatest, you should wait for an iPhone X." }, { "start": 814, "end": 817, "text": " I need to say, you'll be plugging it in until you get a new car." }, { "start": 817, "end": 819, "text": " Yeah, yeah, yeah." }, { "start": 819, "end": 838, "text": " Jesus Christ, man." } ]

[ { "start": 0, "end": 1, "text": " Let's begin." }, { "start": 1, "end": 7, "text": " Hello and welcome to the Verge cast." }, { "start": 7, "end": 30, "text": " You may have noticed that something is different about the flagship podcast of the Verge dot" }, { "start": 30, "end": 32, "text": " Moby today." }, { "start": 32, "end": 34, "text": " We've been raided by pirates." }, { "start": 34, "end": 41, "text": " No, we are here, I'm very excited to say we are here in front of a live audience in San" }, { "start": 41, "end": 42, "text": " Francisco." }, { "start": 42, "end": 43, "text": " It's the day after the iPhone event." }, { "start": 43, "end": 44, "text": " Give yourselves a hand." }, { "start": 44, "end": 54, "text": " And because it's the day after the iPhone event, we're going to talk about Windows Phone." }, { "start": 54, "end": 56, "text": " Yeah, only Windows Phone." }, { "start": 56, "end": 58, "text": " 90 minutes of pure Windows excitement." }, { "start": 58, "end": 63, "text": " No, but these people, if you're listening in your car, just know that we'll be interrupted" }, { "start": 63, "end": 67, "text": " by the shouts of drunkards for the next hour to 90 minutes." }, { "start": 67, "end": 68, "text": " But it's great." }, { "start": 68, "end": 72, "text": " I would like, they are." }, { "start": 72, "end": 75, "text": " I think everybody's drinking responsibly that I've seen so far." }, { "start": 75, "end": 78, "text": " Is there like a keyword that we have that every time we say that you have to?" }, { "start": 78, "end": 81, "text": " I guess we're going to all figure it out together, Lauren." }, { "start": 81, "end": 84, "text": " It's iPhone." }, { "start": 84, "end": 85, "text": " It's not right." }, { "start": 85, "end": 87, "text": " Anyway, I'm Nilay Patel, I'm the energy of the Verge." }, { "start": 87, "end": 88, "text": " Dieter Bohn is here." }, { "start": 88, "end": 89, "text": " Hello." }, { "start": 89, "end": 90, "text": " Paul Miller is here." }, { "start": 90, "end": 91, "text": " Hello." }, { "start": 91, "end": 93, "text": " Lauren Good is joining us today." }, { "start": 93, "end": 94, "text": " How are you doing, Lauren?" }, { "start": 94, "end": 95, "text": " Good." }, { "start": 95, "end": 96, "text": " How are you guys?" }, { "start": 96, "end": 98, "text": " So we should just get into it." }, { "start": 98, "end": 100, "text": " I need to say some things that I've forgotten." }, { "start": 100, "end": 101, "text": " Here are the things I need to say." }, { "start": 101, "end": 105, "text": " One, we are part of the Vox Media podcast network." }, { "start": 105, "end": 109, "text": " We are the best podcast in that network, in case you were confused about that situation." }, { "start": 109, "end": 111, "text": " Weeds fan out there." }, { "start": 111, "end": 112, "text": " Yeah, the weeds is great." }, { "start": 112, "end": 113, "text": " They're like a tank." }, { "start": 113, "end": 114, "text": " We're like flagship." }, { "start": 114, "end": 117, "text": " It's a very different situation." }, { "start": 117, "end": 119, "text": " Just barreling over the landscape of policy." }, { "start": 119, "end": 120, "text": " Good job, Ezra." }, { "start": 120, "end": 123, "text": " But we sail through the water with the greatest of ease." }, { "start": 123, "end": 125, "text": " Second, I want to just say thank you." }, { "start": 125, "end": 129, "text": " T-Mobile is helping us present this live event today, so thank you to them." }, { "start": 129, "end": 131, "text": " But that's enough business." }, { "start": 131, "end": 133, "text": " Let's get on to business." }, { "start": 133, "end": 136, "text": " Yesterday was the iPhone event." }, { "start": 136, "end": 137, "text": " We were there." }, { "start": 137, "end": 139, "text": " Dieter, Lauren, and I were there." }, { "start": 139, "end": 142, "text": " Our talented video director, Phil Esposito, was with us." }, { "start": 142, "end": 144, "text": " And there's lots of iPhone news." }, { "start": 144, "end": 145, "text": " There's an iPhone X." }, { "start": 145, "end": 146, "text": " There's an iPhone 8." }, { "start": 146, "end": 147, "text": " It's not an iPhone 9." }, { "start": 147, "end": 148, "text": " Nope." }, { "start": 148, "end": 149, "text": " Troublesome." }, { "start": 149, "end": 150, "text": " No SE news." }, { "start": 150, "end": 151, "text": " There's a watch." }, { "start": 151, "end": 152, "text": " There's Apple TV." }, { "start": 152, "end": 157, "text": " But honestly, the biggest thing, literally, physically the biggest thing that happened" }, { "start": 157, "end": 160, "text": " was that we went to Apple Park for the first time." }, { "start": 160, "end": 163, "text": " We were in the Steve Jobs Theater." }, { "start": 163, "end": 165, "text": " And it was beautiful." }, { "start": 165, "end": 166, "text": " It was breathtaking." }, { "start": 166, "end": 167, "text": " It was also very strange." }, { "start": 167, "end": 171, "text": " Lauren, I think you at one point described it to me as post-apocalyptic." }, { "start": 171, "end": 176, "text": " Yeah, I had the distinct feeling that if anything were to really go down, you know, sometime" }, { "start": 176, "end": 178, "text": " soon, as you sometimes read about on Twitter." }, { "start": 178, "end": 182, "text": " These days that we would have survived if it happened yesterday because we were in what" }, { "start": 182, "end": 186, "text": " felt like this, I don't know, hyper-realistic, surrealistic." }, { "start": 186, "end": 187, "text": " Is that a word?" }, { "start": 187, "end": 188, "text": " Surreal?" }, { "start": 188, "end": 189, "text": " Hyper surreal." }, { "start": 189, "end": 196, "text": " Hyper surreal postmodern bunker designed by Johnny Ive but dreamt up by Steve Jobs years" }, { "start": 196, "end": 197, "text": " ago." }, { "start": 197, "end": 199, "text": " You know who's getting like the shaft and all that?" }, { "start": 199, "end": 203, "text": " It's Norman Foster, the very famous architect who designed the building." }, { "start": 203, "end": 206, "text": " Johnny Ive's like, Norm, you're good." }, { "start": 206, "end": 207, "text": " Just take a seat, buddy." }, { "start": 207, "end": 208, "text": " Just circle." }, { "start": 208, "end": 209, "text": " I've got it." }, { "start": 209, "end": 212, "text": " Just to be clear, I was not there." }, { "start": 212, "end": 216, "text": " And it's a circle that's above ground." }, { "start": 216, "end": 217, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 217, "end": 221, "text": " And then you go into that circle and then you descend into the theater." }, { "start": 221, "end": 222, "text": " Yeah, you go into the lair." }, { "start": 222, "end": 223, "text": " Well, that's just the Steve Jobs Theater." }, { "start": 223, "end": 229, "text": " So the part where employees are going to be or I guess have started to populate is the" }, { "start": 229, "end": 231, "text": " big circle that you've all seen drone footage of." }, { "start": 231, "end": 232, "text": " Spaceship." }, { "start": 232, "end": 233, "text": " The spaceship, right." }, { "start": 233, "end": 239, "text": " Seeing it from a distance, there's only one way to describe the actual Apple Park spaceship." }, { "start": 239, "end": 240, "text": " It looms." }, { "start": 240, "end": 243, "text": " Yeah, it just looms." }, { "start": 243, "end": 244, "text": " It's pretty impressive." }, { "start": 244, "end": 245, "text": " It's amazing." }, { "start": 245, "end": 246, "text": " Then the Steve Jobs." }, { "start": 246, "end": 247, "text": " What was that?" }, { "start": 247, "end": 248, "text": " Nothing." }, { "start": 248, "end": 249, "text": " That's our first live event, everybody." }, { "start": 249, "end": 250, "text": " That's absurd, everybody." }, { "start": 250, "end": 253, "text": " How many times can you say looms?" }, { "start": 253, "end": 259, "text": " No, but the Steve Jobs Theater is the glass structure that has no apparent beam." }, { "start": 259, "end": 263, "text": " So it's just this glass circle that's somehow holding up a ceiling." }, { "start": 263, "end": 266, "text": " I guess they're load bearing glass panels." }, { "start": 266, "end": 268, "text": " It's just remarkably beautiful." }, { "start": 268, "end": 272, "text": " And then, yes, there is a staircase that kind of goes below and then you go into the Steve" }, { "start": 272, "end": 273, "text": " Jobs Theater and that's where we were." }, { "start": 273, "end": 274, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 274, "end": 278, "text": " And that first room that you walk into, we took a bunch of photos." }, { "start": 278, "end": 279, "text": " There's photos everywhere." }, { "start": 279, "end": 285, "text": " But it's eerie because they've aligned all of the buildings to look perfect in the morning" }, { "start": 285, "end": 286, "text": " sunlight." }, { "start": 286, "end": 291, "text": " So everyone looks happy and beautiful and then it's a totally bare concrete floor and" }, { "start": 291, "end": 295, "text": " there's just Apple employees in white shirts smiling at you." }, { "start": 295, "end": 296, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 296, "end": 298, "text": " And it's like we're going to die here." }, { "start": 298, "end": 303, "text": " There's no chance that we're not because it's too nice here." }, { "start": 303, "end": 304, "text": " Everything's too nice." }, { "start": 304, "end": 308, "text": " And then you go down and then you're in the theater and behind you, what you don't understand" }, { "start": 308, "end": 311, "text": " is that the middle of the circle is hidden from you." }, { "start": 311, "end": 314, "text": " And while you're sitting there and Tim Cook is distracting you, the middle of the circle" }, { "start": 314, "end": 319, "text": " is opening to reveal the hands-on area where you saw all of our videos." }, { "start": 319, "end": 322, "text": " And that just quietly, I mean it very much is like a cult." }, { "start": 322, "end": 323, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 323, "end": 327, "text": " It's like the whole campus is like a really super nice college." }, { "start": 327, "end": 329, "text": " I think Jobs modeled it after Stanford." }, { "start": 329, "end": 330, "text": " He loved Stanford." }, { "start": 330, "end": 335, "text": " So he basically tore up a parking lot and then built hills in it, which is very Apple." }, { "start": 335, "end": 340, "text": " We got, someone today told us all of the concrete they dug up was recycled into the building." }, { "start": 340, "end": 341, "text": " So we're very proud of that." }, { "start": 341, "end": 344, "text": " So it felt like we had arrived at college the first day." }, { "start": 344, "end": 345, "text": " I took iPhone 101." }, { "start": 345, "end": 348, "text": " How was the Wi-Fi?" }, { "start": 348, "end": 349, "text": " Oh my God, the Wi-Fi was great." }, { "start": 349, "end": 350, "text": " I had very different opinions." }, { "start": 350, "end": 352, "text": " I had zero problems with the Wi-Fi." }, { "start": 352, "end": 353, "text": " I had all the problems." }, { "start": 353, "end": 354, "text": " It's never happened to me at a tech event." }, { "start": 354, "end": 356, "text": " I think it's because you have a newer Mac than I do." }, { "start": 356, "end": 359, "text": " Yeah, it's because you were using your Mac Pro from like 2000." }, { "start": 359, "end": 363, "text": " I was using a Mac Book Pro from 2012 and it worked fine." }, { "start": 363, "end": 368, "text": " My theory is that they had detected my useful USB ports." }, { "start": 368, "end": 373, "text": " SD card reader and workable processor and just shut me the fuck down." }, { "start": 373, "end": 383, "text": " My favorite detail about the Steve Jobs Theater and the whole area, it's underground and every door is actually like 14 inches thick at minimum." }, { "start": 383, "end": 385, "text": " It is ready for an apocalypse." }, { "start": 385, "end": 387, "text": " It might cause one." }, { "start": 387, "end": 392, "text": " There are little things too, like not to get too TMI, but like the doors to the bathrooms are really nice." }, { "start": 392, "end": 395, "text": " You're like, oh, somebody thought about the bathroom doors." }, { "start": 395, "end": 396, "text": " It was Johnny Ive." }, { "start": 396, "end": 398, "text": " It was Norman Foster." }, { "start": 398, "end": 400, "text": " Norman Foster is like easily the finest bathroom." }, { "start": 400, "end": 407, "text": " You go to like Authenticate and the keypads and walls, you know, like normal office buildings are like these terrible, ugly things that stick out from the doorframe." }, { "start": 407, "end": 411, "text": " And these are just like these beautiful white pads flush with the wall." }, { "start": 411, "end": 412, "text": " Like where is the keypad?" }, { "start": 412, "end": 419, "text": " It's somewhat unfortunate that the movie The Circle came out before we went to a circle that looked like we were going to die." }, { "start": 419, "end": 421, "text": " But it was very beautiful." }, { "start": 421, "end": 425, "text": " And like one of the most stunning things that you can go see, you can actually go there." }, { "start": 425, "end": 428, "text": " There's a visitor center that is a store." }, { "start": 428, "end": 430, "text": " Go there and like you can." }, { "start": 430, "end": 431, "text": " It's a town hall." }, { "start": 431, "end": 432, "text": " The town square." }, { "start": 432, "end": 434, "text": " The town square." }, { "start": 434, "end": 435, "text": " It's a town square." }, { "start": 435, "end": 437, "text": " You can have a civics situation there if you want." }, { "start": 437, "end": 439, "text": " But anyway, so we're there." }, { "start": 439, "end": 441, "text": " It's worth talking about because it was just so amazing to be there." }, { "start": 441, "end": 443, "text": " We're going to go there a lot and it's going to get less amazing over time." }, { "start": 443, "end": 445, "text": " But this time was amazing." }, { "start": 445, "end": 447, "text": " But then they announced a whole bunch of stuff." }, { "start": 447, "end": 448, "text": " Did they?" }, { "start": 448, "end": 449, "text": " Yeah, it was all leaked." }, { "start": 449, "end": 451, "text": " You could read about it in the first cycle." }, { "start": 451, "end": 452, "text": " But they actually announced the stuff." }, { "start": 452, "end": 453, "text": " It was great." }, { "start": 453, "end": 454, "text": " Where should we start?" }, { "start": 454, "end": 456, "text": " iPhone X." }, { "start": 456, "end": 457, "text": " Is it?" }, { "start": 457, "end": 458, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 458, "end": 459, "text": " What do you guys think?" }, { "start": 459, "end": 461, "text": " It's like some medium." }, { "start": 461, "end": 463, "text": " What about Atmos support on the Dolby TV?" }, { "start": 463, "end": 469, "text": " Yeah, see, what they came here for." }, { "start": 469, "end": 471, "text": " And I just want to point this out." }, { "start": 471, "end": 475, "text": " The Verge has created a community where 200 people pay tickets to hear about surround sound formats." }, { "start": 475, "end": 479, "text": " After that, headphone jacks." }, { "start": 479, "end": 482, "text": " Let's just do, let's start with the Apple TV." }, { "start": 482, "end": 483, "text": " Get it out of the way." }, { "start": 483, "end": 486, "text": " And then we'll go to iPhone X." }, { "start": 486, "end": 494, "text": " I just want the crowd, if you understand the following joke, I want you to yell and cheer." }, { "start": 494, "end": 495, "text": " They're going to yell anyway." }, { "start": 495, "end": 497, "text": " There are four lights." }, { "start": 497, "end": 500, "text": " No." }, { "start": 500, "end": 501, "text": " These guys aren't." }, { "start": 501, "end": 502, "text": " You keep quiet, Joey." }, { "start": 502, "end": 503, "text": " They're not, they're not." }, { "start": 503, "end": 504, "text": " Was I supposed to yell?" }, { "start": 504, "end": 505, "text": " They're not Star Trek Next Generation fans." }, { "start": 505, "end": 506, "text": " It really disappoints me." }, { "start": 506, "end": 507, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 507, "end": 508, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 508, "end": 511, "text": " So Apple TV was like, it was first up." }, { "start": 511, "end": 514, "text": " Here's I think the most important thing to know about the Apple TV." }, { "start": 514, "end": 517, "text": " It was when they were done with the event and they were like, go play with all the stuff." }, { "start": 517, "end": 519, "text": " There is no Apple TV there." }, { "start": 519, "end": 522, "text": " Like literally they were like, yeah, that didn't happen." }, { "start": 522, "end": 525, "text": " Because the only update to it is the resolution update." }, { "start": 525, "end": 529, "text": " No, no, no, the remote is." }, { "start": 529, "end": 533, "text": " They put a ring around one of the buttons so that you could maybe know which way it was pointing when you picked it up." }, { "start": 533, "end": 534, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 534, "end": 535, "text": " They didn't mention it." }, { "start": 535, "end": 536, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 536, "end": 538, "text": " Like during the keynote or the thing, we had to ask them later." }, { "start": 538, "end": 541, "text": " And they were like, yeah, we added a ridge of plastic." }, { "start": 541, "end": 542, "text": " It's great." }, { "start": 542, "end": 545, "text": " It's the biggest upgrade to the Apple TV in years, everybody." }, { "start": 545, "end": 550, "text": " No, literally the one thing they added was 4K HDR and they came out and they did all the stuff." }, { "start": 550, "end": 551, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 551, "end": 554, "text": " And they, was it the founder or CEO of Dolby was there?" }, { "start": 554, "end": 555, "text": " CEO of Dolby was there." }, { "start": 555, "end": 557, "text": " CEO of Dolby was there." }, { "start": 557, "end": 559, "text": " And I think you all know this." }, { "start": 559, "end": 564, "text": " I'm very excited about the idea of having both Dolby Vision, which is better than HDR 10," }, { "start": 564, "end": 568, "text": " and Dolby Atmos, which is like object-based surround sound happening in my life." }, { "start": 568, "end": 569, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 569, "end": 570, "text": " The thing I want." }, { "start": 570, "end": 571, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 571, "end": 572, "text": " Because I don't want to go to the movie theater." }, { "start": 572, "end": 573, "text": " You want all the lights to light up on your receiver." }, { "start": 573, "end": 574, "text": " All of the lights." }, { "start": 574, "end": 575, "text": " So did you get all the lights?" }, { "start": 575, "end": 576, "text": " No." }, { "start": 576, "end": 577, "text": " I did not." }, { "start": 577, "end": 578, "text": " Well, what happened?" }, { "start": 578, "end": 582, "text": " In fact, they were so confused about the lights that I assumed when I was talking to them afterwards." }, { "start": 582, "end": 583, "text": " I can't imagine." }, { "start": 583, "end": 584, "text": " I was like, this is great." }, { "start": 584, "end": 585, "text": " It's a thing." }, { "start": 585, "end": 588, "text": " And like you're going to, they also announced that all of your iTunes purchases that you" }, { "start": 588, "end": 590, "text": " did in HD will be automatically upgraded to 4K." }, { "start": 590, "end": 591, "text": " Which is great." }, { "start": 591, "end": 592, "text": " Which is great." }, { "start": 592, "end": 593, "text": " It's a big deal." }, { "start": 593, "end": 594, "text": " It's a big deal." }, { "start": 594, "end": 597, "text": " They're going to be cheaper than like Vudu and Amazon and all the other people." }, { "start": 597, "end": 598, "text": " All of that's great." }, { "start": 598, "end": 599, "text": " Well, this is a huge win." }, { "start": 599, "end": 600, "text": " I'm going to get all the lights." }, { "start": 600, "end": 601, "text": " I'm going to save some money." }, { "start": 601, "end": 602, "text": " Get all these free upgrades." }, { "start": 602, "end": 603, "text": " I'm going to watch movies for days." }, { "start": 603, "end": 606, "text": " Are you excited to spend $180 on it?" }, { "start": 606, "end": 614, "text": " And then I was talking to them later, and I was so excited that I just assumed that" }, { "start": 614, "end": 615, "text": " all the lights would light up." }, { "start": 615, "end": 616, "text": " And I was like, how is the Atmos thing going?" }, { "start": 616, "end": 617, "text": " And they're like, yeah." }, { "start": 617, "end": 621, "text": " And then like later on, they're like, we forgot to tell you something." }, { "start": 621, "end": 622, "text": " This is a true story." }, { "start": 622, "end": 624, "text": " Like later on, I got a note." }, { "start": 624, "end": 628, "text": " And I'm like, the email had an emoji, an anemoji." }, { "start": 628, "end": 629, "text": " Thank you." }, { "start": 629, "end": 632, "text": " Tucking his hair behind his ear sheepishly." }, { "start": 632, "end": 634, "text": " And they're like, yeah, we're just not doing it." }, { "start": 634, "end": 635, "text": " And I was like, why?" }, { "start": 635, "end": 636, "text": " And they're like, we have nothing to say." }, { "start": 636, "end": 641, "text": " They couldn't get the extra, the fourth light because they don't actually employ any Romulan" }, { "start": 641, "end": 642, "text": " torture." }, { "start": 642, "end": 644, "text": " And they're going to make this joke app just happening." }, { "start": 644, "end": 646, "text": " You're listening to this podcast in your car." }, { "start": 646, "end": 647, "text": " Pull over and watch all the next generation." }, { "start": 647, "end": 651, "text": " Which season and episode should I watch to be able to get this joke?" }, { "start": 651, "end": 652, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 652, "end": 653, "text": " Which of the Star Trek's is it?" }, { "start": 653, "end": 654, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 654, "end": 657, "text": " Somebody, somebody, somebody Google it for us real quick." }, { "start": 657, "end": 660, "text": " We're sitting in front of computers." }, { "start": 660, "end": 664, "text": " Speaking of computers, there's a mysterious, mysterious MacBook Air." }, { "start": 664, "end": 665, "text": " It's been here all day." }, { "start": 665, "end": 666, "text": " Are we going to open it?" }, { "start": 666, "end": 667, "text": " I think it's fine." }, { "start": 667, "end": 668, "text": " It's fine." }, { "start": 668, "end": 669, "text": " It's not bothering." }, { "start": 669, "end": 670, "text": " No, this isn't a surprise." }, { "start": 670, "end": 671, "text": " It's not a reveal." }, { "start": 671, "end": 672, "text": " It doesn't have an iPhone in it." }, { "start": 672, "end": 673, "text": " It's literally just someone's computer." }, { "start": 673, "end": 676, "text": " I think it's one of Walt Mossberg's because he has like 15 MacBook Airs." }, { "start": 676, "end": 679, "text": " Is there anything else to say about the Apple TV?" }, { "start": 679, "end": 681, "text": " Well, there's the one thing I will say about it." }, { "start": 681, "end": 682, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 682, "end": 683, "text": " It's very expensive, right?" }, { "start": 683, "end": 686, "text": " It's like, it's really actually quite expensive." }, { "start": 686, "end": 693, "text": " And I think that their intention for it is that all the people who have 4K TVs who have" }, { "start": 693, "end": 698, "text": " just held onto their Apple TVs because they have bought a lot of movies on iTunes already" }, { "start": 698, "end": 702, "text": " will get the upgrade and they'll be like so happy that their TV is 4K now because they" }, { "start": 702, "end": 704, "text": " haven't bought a Roku in the meantime." }, { "start": 704, "end": 707, "text": " I think that is very hopeful of them." }, { "start": 707, "end": 712, "text": " I think the enthusiast community that would have otherwise bought it is already disappointed." }, { "start": 712, "end": 713, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 713, "end": 716, "text": " I don't understand why you're putting, it's basically a home theater PC, right?" }, { "start": 716, "end": 718, "text": " It's more powerful than a Mac Mini." }, { "start": 718, "end": 719, "text": " It has an A10 in it." }, { "start": 719, "end": 722, "text": " The Mac Mini has like a Steam engine." }, { "start": 722, "end": 723, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 723, "end": 729, "text": " Like there's a world in which that thing is actually a computer and you run apps on it." }, { "start": 729, "end": 731, "text": " And we're going to talk about the iPhone 8, too." }, { "start": 731, "end": 736, "text": " They have entered a weird middle of the market where the bottom of the market is going to" }, { "start": 736, "end": 740, "text": " be very cheap that's useful and good and the top of the market is going to say this isn't" }, { "start": 740, "end": 743, "text": " the thing I want or they're going to buy something else that does more." }, { "start": 743, "end": 744, "text": " So I don't know." }, { "start": 744, "end": 745, "text": " We're going to get one." }, { "start": 745, "end": 746, "text": " We're going to review it." }, { "start": 746, "end": 747, "text": " See what lights I can get out of it." }, { "start": 747, "end": 750, "text": " There's the potential that you do a software update and then…" }, { "start": 750, "end": 752, "text": " Get more lights." }, { "start": 752, "end": 753, "text": " That's really emotional." }, { "start": 753, "end": 755, "text": " Download the lights." }, { "start": 755, "end": 757, "text": " You buy the thing and it has all the lights in the front." }, { "start": 757, "end": 760, "text": " You just want to…you people understand, right?" }, { "start": 760, "end": 762, "text": " One guy understands." }, { "start": 762, "end": 763, "text": " That's great." }, { "start": 763, "end": 764, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 764, "end": 765, "text": " Let's talk about phones." }, { "start": 765, "end": 766, "text": " Go ahead." }, { "start": 766, "end": 767, "text": " So there's the 8 and there's the 10." }, { "start": 767, "end": 768, "text": " Your thing." }, { "start": 768, "end": 769, "text": " I had my thing." }, { "start": 769, "end": 770, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 770, "end": 771, "text": " My sad thing." }, { "start": 771, "end": 772, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 772, "end": 780, "text": " So the thing that I will say that is not popular is there's only two things different between" }, { "start": 780, "end": 783, "text": " the 8 and the 10 and the 8 is not getting enough respect." }, { "start": 783, "end": 790, "text": " I think the 8 is an iPhone 10 for all intents and purposes except for the screen and the" }, { "start": 790, "end": 791, "text": " crazy selfie face unlock." }, { "start": 791, "end": 793, "text": " Screen and the front camera." }, { "start": 793, "end": 794, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 794, "end": 795, "text": " Same processor." }, { "start": 795, "end": 797, "text": " Back camera is just as good." }, { "start": 797, "end": 800, "text": " The screen isn't like as amazing but like it's an iPhone screen." }, { "start": 800, "end": 801, "text": " It looks fine." }, { "start": 801, "end": 802, "text": " You know, you've got…" }, { "start": 802, "end": 803, "text": " Wait." }, { "start": 803, "end": 804, "text": " You mean the plus?" }, { "start": 804, "end": 805, "text": " The plus." }, { "start": 805, "end": 806, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 806, "end": 808, "text": " The plus which it's a big dopey surfboard of a phone." }, { "start": 808, "end": 813, "text": " Does the plus have…the plus doesn't have optical image stabilization for both cameras?" }, { "start": 813, "end": 814, "text": " It does." }, { "start": 814, "end": 815, "text": " I think it does." }, { "start": 815, "end": 816, "text": " No." }, { "start": 816, "end": 817, "text": " No." }, { "start": 817, "end": 818, "text": " It's not." }, { "start": 818, "end": 819, "text": " Look at this." }, { "start": 819, "end": 820, "text": " Just the one." }, { "start": 820, "end": 821, "text": " Just the one." }, { "start": 821, "end": 822, "text": " Whatever." }, { "start": 822, "end": 823, "text": " But it does have wireless charging, right?" }, { "start": 823, "end": 824, "text": " It does." }, { "start": 824, "end": 825, "text": " It does." }, { "start": 825, "end": 826, "text": " It does." }, { "start": 826, "end": 827, "text": " We have wireless charging." }, { "start": 827, "end": 828, "text": " Everyone angrily Google." }, { "start": 828, "end": 829, "text": " What are we doing?" }, { "start": 829, "end": 830, "text": " Just angrily Google." }, { "start": 830, "end": 831, "text": " Trust our audience." }, { "start": 831, "end": 832, "text": " You know, the problem with being at the event when you live log and take photos and do the" }, { "start": 832, "end": 834, "text": " things, you actually have no idea what happened." }, { "start": 834, "end": 835, "text": " No." }, { "start": 835, "end": 837, "text": " Information just goes into your brain and then goes out." }, { "start": 837, "end": 838, "text": " And then turns into a live log." }, { "start": 838, "end": 841, "text": " And then we have to go back and read our own live blogs later." }, { "start": 841, "end": 845, "text": " I watched all the events in 3X speed afterwards which is very entertaining." }, { "start": 845, "end": 847, "text": " I recommend this to everyone." }, { "start": 847, "end": 848, "text": " No." }, { "start": 848, "end": 851, "text": " I think we can get the 8 like the basic specs of it out of the way." }, { "start": 851, "end": 852, "text": " You all know it." }, { "start": 852, "end": 853, "text": " I forgot the bionic." }, { "start": 853, "end": 854, "text": " It's the bionic sensor." }, { "start": 854, "end": 855, "text": " Apple started naming their chips." }, { "start": 855, "end": 856, "text": " I'm very angry that the processor is called A11 bionic." }, { "start": 856, "end": 857, "text": " Wait." }, { "start": 857, "end": 858, "text": " Tell them the reason." }, { "start": 858, "end": 859, "text": " The reason is amazing." }, { "start": 859, "end": 860, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 860, "end": 861, "text": " So, I mean, every year there's an incremental process." }, { "start": 861, "end": 862, "text": " I shouldn't say incremental." }, { "start": 862, "end": 863, "text": " There's a significant processor upgrade and it's numeric." }, { "start": 863, "end": 864, "text": " It's, you know, the A9 or the A10 or whatever it might be." }, { "start": 864, "end": 865, "text": " And then the iPad, it's the X, right?" }, { "start": 865, "end": 870, "text": " But people weren't making as big of a deal of that as Apple wanted." }, { "start": 870, "end": 875, "text": " So they started giving it away." }, { "start": 875, "end": 882, "text": " Like fusion or bionic." }, { "start": 882, "end": 891, "text": " And now we're all talking about it and saying, it's got a bionic sensor." }, { "start": 891, "end": 892, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 892, "end": 893, "text": " Because the numbers just weren't doing it." }, { "start": 893, "end": 894, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 894, "end": 895, "text": " But like fusion you get." }, { "start": 895, "end": 896, "text": " It's taking two different things and using them together and you get both." }, { "start": 896, "end": 897, "text": " That's great." }, { "start": 897, "end": 898, "text": " But what were the two different things?" }, { "start": 898, "end": 899, "text": " Things that are different." }, { "start": 899, "end": 900, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 900, "end": 901, "text": " Two of them." }, { "start": 901, "end": 902, "text": " Just checking." }, { "start": 902, "end": 905, "text": " The big and the small." }, { "start": 905, "end": 906, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 906, "end": 907, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 907, "end": 908, "text": " Big and the small." }, { "start": 908, "end": 917, "text": " Bionic either means electronic thing that is inspired by a biological thing, the original" }, { "start": 917, "end": 922.24, "text": " definition, or it means bionic man, a biological thing that is infused with technology." }, { "start": 922.24, "end": 925.16, "text": " It's a chip for running machine learning algorithms." }, { "start": 925.16, "end": 929, "text": " So it's therefore informed by the structure of our brain?" }, { "start": 929, "end": 930, "text": " Well, neural networks are basically inspired." }, { "start": 930, "end": 932, "text": " Once again, they're inspired." }, { "start": 932, "end": 934, "text": " Jeff Hawkins idea, by the way." }, { "start": 934, "end": 935, "text": " We should invent." }, { "start": 935, "end": 937, "text": " Jeff Hawkins did not invent neural networks." }, { "start": 937, "end": 941, "text": " No, he just wrote a really good book that I highly recommend about how our brains work." }, { "start": 941, "end": 944, "text": " Hawkins is the author of Palm, by the way, if you're not aware." }, { "start": 944, "end": 945, "text": " Youngins." }, { "start": 945, "end": 946, "text": " Wow." }, { "start": 946, "end": 947, "text": " Youngins." }, { "start": 947, "end": 948, "text": " Really pushing the fact that you're old today." }, { "start": 948, "end": 949, "text": " Super old today." }, { "start": 949, "end": 950, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 950, "end": 951, "text": " Paul, go ahead." }, { "start": 951, "end": 952, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 952, "end": 959, "text": " So, but 12 megapixel camera, the optical image stabilization on just the one." }, { "start": 959, "end": 960, "text": " You're right." }, { "start": 960, "end": 961, "text": " Everyone's right about the one camera." }, { "start": 961, "end": 962, "text": " I should buy an iPhone X." }, { "start": 962, "end": 965, "text": " Stereo speakers sound very good." }, { "start": 965, "end": 970.56, "text": " It's like on the earpiece and on the bottom thing, it's I think a little bit overdue that" }, { "start": 970.56, "end": 972.48, "text": " we got that on an iPhone, but it's great." }, { "start": 972.48, "end": 974.56, "text": " I'm happy to have it." }, { "start": 974.56, "end": 977.32, "text": " And it feels better than you expect." }, { "start": 977.32, "end": 980.4, "text": " Like I was expecting to walk and be like, oh, it's just another iPhone 7, which is just" }, { "start": 980.4, "end": 983.8, "text": " another iPhone 6, but it does feel significantly better." }, { "start": 983.8, "end": 989.16, "text": " They did a better job with the glass back on the iPhone 8 than most other companies" }, { "start": 989.16, "end": 990.16, "text": " do." }, { "start": 990.16, "end": 993.8, "text": " It's like Galaxy S8 quality in terms of its overall build." }, { "start": 993.8, "end": 997.7199999999999, "text": " I read that when you guys wrote that for the verge.com." }, { "start": 997.7199999999999, "end": 1001.88, "text": " How can you tell that glass is better by just touching it?" }, { "start": 1001.88, "end": 1002.88, "text": " You touch it?" }, { "start": 1002.88, "end": 1003.88, "text": " Yeah, I dropped it." }, { "start": 1003.88, "end": 1007.68, "text": " I threw it on the ground in a fit of panic." }, { "start": 1007.68, "end": 1008.68, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1008.68, "end": 1013.7199999999999, "text": " No, I mean like, so the Galaxy has the weird curve and it comes to that edge because the" }, { "start": 1013.72, "end": 1014.72, "text": " front screen." }, { "start": 1014.72, "end": 1018.2, "text": " And the S7 had like the rail that like stuck out and then the S8 had like flowed in a little" }, { "start": 1018.2, "end": 1019.2, "text": " bit better." }, { "start": 1019.2, "end": 1020.2, "text": " These are features." }, { "start": 1020.2, "end": 1021.2, "text": " You're talking about the flat surface." }, { "start": 1021.2, "end": 1022.2, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1022.2, "end": 1026.72, "text": " So like as a physical object, just strictly as a physical object, yo, it's an iPhone." }, { "start": 1026.72, "end": 1028.96, "text": " It's like got giant bezels." }, { "start": 1028.96, "end": 1032.32, "text": " But it's like it's a very nicely made iPhone." }, { "start": 1032.32, "end": 1034.24, "text": " It's also the one most people are going to get, I think." }, { "start": 1034.24, "end": 1036.4, "text": " Well, that is a big question." }, { "start": 1036.4, "end": 1040.68, "text": " So your argument is that there's really no need to get that excited about the, I want" }, { "start": 1040.68, "end": 1045.88, "text": " to say X all the time, about the X because the iPhone is just as good minus the display." }, { "start": 1045.88, "end": 1046.88, "text": " I'm saying that." }, { "start": 1046.88, "end": 1047.88, "text": " It's basically minus the display." }, { "start": 1047.88, "end": 1051.2, "text": " I'm not saying that it's just as good, but I'm saying that if you go out and get an 8" }, { "start": 1051.2, "end": 1054.24, "text": " or an 8 plus, you shouldn't feel bereft." }, { "start": 1054.24, "end": 1057.2, "text": " You shouldn't feel like, oh, I didn't get the good one." }, { "start": 1057.2, "end": 1058.64, "text": " Everybody else is better than me." }, { "start": 1058.64, "end": 1059.92, "text": " You should feel like you got an amazing iPhone." }, { "start": 1059.92, "end": 1061.4, "text": " Until you get your first Animoji." }, { "start": 1061.4, "end": 1062.4, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1062.4, "end": 1063.4, "text": " Like I suck." }, { "start": 1063.4, "end": 1068.16, "text": " I'm the lamest kid at this private school." }, { "start": 1068.16, "end": 1069.6000000000001, "text": " That's your life now." }, { "start": 1069.6, "end": 1072.84, "text": " You had $700 but not $1,000." }, { "start": 1072.84, "end": 1073.84, "text": " That's who you are." }, { "start": 1073.84, "end": 1074.84, "text": " You bought the V6 Mustang." }, { "start": 1074.84, "end": 1075.84, "text": " That was me." }, { "start": 1075.84, "end": 1076.84, "text": " That was my high school experience." }, { "start": 1076.84, "end": 1077.84, "text": " Wait." }, { "start": 1077.84, "end": 1078.84, "text": " Can you explain that one for me?" }, { "start": 1078.84, "end": 1083.84, "text": " You had a nice car in high school." }, { "start": 1083.84, "end": 1086.84, "text": " It's a Mustang without an edge to edge screen." }, { "start": 1086.84, "end": 1087.84, "text": " That's what that is." }, { "start": 1087.84, "end": 1089.84, "text": " Wait, Paul, you actually wrote a..." }, { "start": 1089.84, "end": 1090.84, "text": " Wait." }, { "start": 1090.84, "end": 1092.56, "text": " I want to stop doing this iPhone analysis." }, { "start": 1092.56, "end": 1094.36, "text": " Let's talk about the X and what it is." }, { "start": 1094.36, "end": 1095.36, "text": " Let's get into the tech." }, { "start": 1095.36, "end": 1096.36, "text": " Lauren, you held it in your hand." }, { "start": 1096.36, "end": 1097.36, "text": " You played with it." }, { "start": 1097.36, "end": 1098.36, "text": " I did." }, { "start": 1098.36, "end": 1099.36, "text": " It's beautiful." }, { "start": 1099.36, "end": 1103.12, "text": " I am not the first person to upgrade to the newest phones." }, { "start": 1103.12, "end": 1106.56, "text": " Or just in general, for a gadget reviewer, I tend to take my time." }, { "start": 1106.56, "end": 1109.08, "text": " I am carrying the 6S right now." }, { "start": 1109.08, "end": 1110.08, "text": " Headphone jack." }, { "start": 1110.08, "end": 1111.08, "text": " With a headphone jack." }, { "start": 1111.08, "end": 1112.08, "text": " RIP." }, { "start": 1112.08, "end": 1113.08, "text": " My people love analog audio." }, { "start": 1113.08, "end": 1114.08, "text": " Not in furniture." }, { "start": 1114.08, "end": 1115.08, "text": " No." }, { "start": 1115.08, "end": 1120.12, "text": " And I live blogged yesterday on a late 2012 MacBook Pro." }, { "start": 1120.12, "end": 1121.6399999999999, "text": " So keys are missing." }, { "start": 1121.6399999999999, "end": 1123.1799999999998, "text": " It's amazing." }, { "start": 1123.1799999999998, "end": 1126.6799999999998, "text": " So I'm not the fastest person to upgrade." }, { "start": 1126.68, "end": 1132.8400000000001, "text": " And I thought, well, I'm not...whatever this iPhone X is, if it's $1,000, I am a real human" }, { "start": 1132.8400000000001, "end": 1135.44, "text": " being and I immediately am going to be like, yeah, I don't know." }, { "start": 1135.44, "end": 1138, "text": " I'll probably just go for whatever one is next." }, { "start": 1138, "end": 1139.24, "text": " Beyond that." }, { "start": 1139.24, "end": 1141.72, "text": " I saw it and I thought, that's a really beautiful phone." }, { "start": 1141.72, "end": 1143.48, "text": " I thought the display was absolutely beautiful." }, { "start": 1143.48, "end": 1148.3600000000001, "text": " I thought it was designed really nicely." }, { "start": 1148.3600000000001, "end": 1152.28, "text": " The elongated camera on the back is a little jarring at first, but there's, of course," }, { "start": 1152.28, "end": 1153.96, "text": " a design reason for that." }, { "start": 1153.96, "end": 1158.6000000000001, "text": " The stuff that it appears to be able to do, which is very limited in the hands-on area," }, { "start": 1158.6000000000001, "end": 1159.72, "text": " is impressive." }, { "start": 1159.72, "end": 1165.56, "text": " So I'm still not rush out and buy this thing, but I don't know, it's a really nice looking" }, { "start": 1165.56, "end": 1166.56, "text": " phone." }, { "start": 1166.56, "end": 1170.24, "text": " And I've brought this up a lot in the past few days and we've written about this, we" }, { "start": 1170.24, "end": 1172.72, "text": " did this in our Instagram Live, which you guys probably saw." }, { "start": 1172.72, "end": 1174.88, "text": " Not that I expect anyone here followed our Instagram Live." }, { "start": 1174.88, "end": 1175.88, "text": " You all did." }, { "start": 1175.88, "end": 1181.2, "text": " But Apple is doing everything after everybody else." }, { "start": 1181.2, "end": 1183.54, "text": " They're doing edge-to-edge OLED display." }, { "start": 1183.54, "end": 1186.48, "text": " They're doing biometric unlocking." }, { "start": 1186.48, "end": 1187.48, "text": " They're doing wireless charging." }, { "start": 1187.48, "end": 1189.68, "text": " They're doing all this stuff after everybody else." }, { "start": 1189.68, "end": 1193.56, "text": " But they just have such control over the full stack of everything that there are little" }, { "start": 1193.56, "end": 1194.56, "text": " things that they can do to make it better." }, { "start": 1194.56, "end": 1198.08, "text": " And we're not going to know if it actually is better until we use the phone, but there's" }, { "start": 1198.08, "end": 1201.76, "text": " a good chance that there are certain things that are definitely better." }, { "start": 1201.76, "end": 1206.52, "text": " I mean, just in the little bit of time I got to play with Face ID, it is miles better than" }, { "start": 1206.52, "end": 1208.76, "text": " any Samsung implementation of that." }, { "start": 1208.76, "end": 1209.76, "text": " And that, you know..." }, { "start": 1209.76, "end": 1210.76, "text": " Did you get to set it up?" }, { "start": 1210.76, "end": 1211.76, "text": " You set it up." }, { "start": 1211.76, "end": 1212.76, "text": " I set it up." }, { "start": 1212.76, "end": 1213.76, "text": " It worked." }, { "start": 1213.76, "end": 1219.32, "text": " I set it up, and I would say that it failed on me a couple of times." }, { "start": 1219.32, "end": 1221.36, "text": " Not like the 10 times I tried it." }, { "start": 1221.36, "end": 1223.32, "text": " But the times that it worked, it super worked." }, { "start": 1223.32, "end": 1227.68, "text": " And I think it failing was me not knowing the precise angle to point it at." }, { "start": 1227.68, "end": 1231.52, "text": " I think it failing was probably your hair was not quite as high as Craig Federighi's." }, { "start": 1231.52, "end": 1232.52, "text": " And so it just..." }, { "start": 1232.52, "end": 1233.52, "text": " Probably true." }, { "start": 1233.52, "end": 1235.68, "text": " Yeah, you just needed to adjust." }, { "start": 1235.68, "end": 1241, "text": " It definitely feels more accurate than Samsung's face unlock, and it's 1000% more convenient" }, { "start": 1241, "end": 1243.4, "text": " than Samsung's iris scanning." }, { "start": 1243.4, "end": 1250.36, "text": " So I think that in general, at least for just basic unlocking and using your phone, it's" }, { "start": 1250.36, "end": 1256.08, "text": " maybe gonna be like a half step back in terms of convenience from Touch ID, but that'll" }, { "start": 1256.08, "end": 1262.2, "text": " iterate over time, and you're not gonna suffer if you get this and don't have Touch ID." }, { "start": 1262.2, "end": 1265.64, "text": " Or next year they're gonna figure out how to put the fingerprint sensor into the screen." }, { "start": 1265.64, "end": 1266.64, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 1266.64, "end": 1267.64, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 1267.64, "end": 1268.64, "text": " I mean, that's like the big rumor." }, { "start": 1268.64, "end": 1275.72, "text": " So the way it works, in case none of you..." }, { "start": 1275.72, "end": 1279.24, "text": " I could pull anyone up from the audience, be like, tell me how Face ID works." }, { "start": 1279.24, "end": 1282.2, "text": " But if you're listening in a car, and this is how you catch the news." }, { "start": 1282.2, "end": 1286.1200000000001, "text": " So it has an array of sensors they call TrueDepth at the top of the phone in the notch." }, { "start": 1286.1200000000001, "end": 1288.3600000000001, "text": " The notch is very controversial." }, { "start": 1288.3600000000001, "end": 1289.88, "text": " In that notch is all the sensors." }, { "start": 1289.88, "end": 1295.2, "text": " There is an infrared camera, a flood illuminator, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor," }, { "start": 1295.2, "end": 1299.28, "text": " a speaker, a microphone, a front camera, and a dot projector." }, { "start": 1299.28, "end": 1301, "text": " So here's the thing about the dot projector." }, { "start": 1301, "end": 1302.52, "text": " It's almost like a tiny Kinect, right?" }, { "start": 1302.52, "end": 1305.6000000000001, "text": " Yeah, it's a little tiny Xbox Kinect." }, { "start": 1305.6000000000001, "end": 1309.3600000000001, "text": " And you can have it pause movies whenever you want." }, { "start": 1309.3600000000001, "end": 1313.3600000000001, "text": " We need to have Han do a DIY with a Kinect." }, { "start": 1313.3600000000001, "end": 1314.3600000000001, "text": " So here's the thing about..." }, { "start": 1314.3600000000001, "end": 1321.0800000000002, "text": " The difference with this and the Kinect is people will use this." }, { "start": 1321.0800000000002, "end": 1325.16, "text": " How many people here have a Kinect under their TV right now?" }, { "start": 1325.16, "end": 1330.3600000000001, "text": " I can't see you, so it's just me from what I..." }, { "start": 1330.3600000000001, "end": 1333.52, "text": " Okay, yes, one yes." }, { "start": 1333.52, "end": 1338.76, "text": " Here's the thing about this, and I will tell you, my family, about this, and we'll share" }, { "start": 1338.76, "end": 1340.6000000000001, "text": " our shame together." }, { "start": 1340.6000000000001, "end": 1344.6000000000001, "text": " The dot projector, if you watch our hands-on video..." }, { "start": 1344.6000000000001, "end": 1346.8000000000002, "text": " I didn't see this, but our camera picked it up." }, { "start": 1346.8000000000002, "end": 1350.8000000000002, "text": " It's constantly blinking at you because it's projecting IR dots on your face." }, { "start": 1350.8, "end": 1358.32, "text": " It's a fucking IR blaster on the front of this phone, which makes me think that someone" }, { "start": 1358.32, "end": 1363.08, "text": " is gonna jailbreak the phone and turn it into a remote for the TV." }, { "start": 1363.08, "end": 1364.08, "text": " And that's what I want." }, { "start": 1364.08, "end": 1368.48, "text": " That's all I want out of this, is all of that design, all of that engineering, and you can" }, { "start": 1368.48, "end": 1372.76, "text": " be like, I turned the volume up with this jailbreak ad." }, { "start": 1372.76, "end": 1373.76, "text": " But it works." }, { "start": 1373.76, "end": 1376, "text": " It's like a Google Tango module for your face." }, { "start": 1376, "end": 1377.48, "text": " Yeah, it's wild." }, { "start": 1377.48, "end": 1379.8799999999999, "text": " So Dieter had it work on his face." }, { "start": 1379.88, "end": 1382.8000000000002, "text": " When we rushed to do our video, I was not able to set up because there were so many" }, { "start": 1382.8000000000002, "end": 1383.8000000000002, "text": " people behind me." }, { "start": 1383.8000000000002, "end": 1388, "text": " So I just had this poor gentleman from Apple whose job it is to walk you through the demos," }, { "start": 1388, "end": 1390.8000000000002, "text": " and it was set up for his face." }, { "start": 1390.8000000000002, "end": 1391.96, "text": " This poor guy's in our video." }, { "start": 1391.96, "end": 1397.3600000000001, "text": " I kept pointing at his face, which is hilarious in this context, not so hilarious in the context" }, { "start": 1397.3600000000001, "end": 1398.3600000000001, "text": " of the cops." }, { "start": 1398.3600000000001, "end": 1399.3600000000001, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1399.3600000000001, "end": 1400.3600000000001, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 1400.3600000000001, "end": 1404.3000000000002, "text": " And you can't reset your face if it's your password." }, { "start": 1404.3000000000002, "end": 1405.92, "text": " It doesn't work if your eyes are closed." }, { "start": 1405.92, "end": 1410.2, "text": " So if you get pulled over, you just have to shut your eyes forever." }, { "start": 1410.2, "end": 1411.2, "text": " Huh?" }, { "start": 1411.2, "end": 1412.2, "text": " What?" }, { "start": 1412.2, "end": 1413.2, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1413.2, "end": 1415.4, "text": " Okay, yes, you're a pirate." }, { "start": 1415.4, "end": 1416.4, "text": " Great." }, { "start": 1416.4, "end": 1422.16, "text": " That's an approach for you is to have an emergency security eye patch at all times." }, { "start": 1422.16, "end": 1426.4, "text": " But it's also supposed to recognize as you age, if you grow your hair long, if you wear" }, { "start": 1426.4, "end": 1429.76, "text": " a hat, if you wear glasses, makeup." }, { "start": 1429.76, "end": 1432.3200000000002, "text": " Unclear sunglasses will trigger it or not." }, { "start": 1432.32, "end": 1438.96, "text": " So there's all this set of questions that I think remain unanswered about it." }, { "start": 1438.96, "end": 1441, "text": " And Apple tried to address some of them in the presentation." }, { "start": 1441, "end": 1443.52, "text": " I'm sure they're gonna address more of them over time." }, { "start": 1443.52, "end": 1449.32, "text": " But they had the wall of Arya Stark masks showed." }, { "start": 1449.32, "end": 1450.32, "text": " We've made all these faces." }, { "start": 1450.32, "end": 1451.32, "text": " It didn't trick them." }, { "start": 1451.32, "end": 1452.32, "text": " But then there were..." }, { "start": 1452.32, "end": 1457.32, "text": " A poster for the movie Face Off." }, { "start": 1457.32, "end": 1459.32, "text": " Nicolaage Cage was there yesterday." }, { "start": 1459.32, "end": 1460.32, "text": " It was very strange." }, { "start": 1460.32, "end": 1464.72, "text": " Yeah, and then all of a sudden it was John Travolta." }, { "start": 1464.72, "end": 1469.28, "text": " But they also are like, if you have a twin, you should probably just use your passcode." }, { "start": 1469.28, "end": 1472.8799999999999, "text": " Which is a really weird thing for the richest and most powerful company in technology to" }, { "start": 1472.8799999999999, "end": 1473.8799999999999, "text": " say." }, { "start": 1473.8799999999999, "end": 1477.48, "text": " We've solved every problem except twins." }, { "start": 1477.48, "end": 1478.48, "text": " That doesn't happen." }, { "start": 1478.48, "end": 1480.26, "text": " No one has those." }, { "start": 1480.26, "end": 1486.08, "text": " So I think there's this whole set of questions about what it means for literally the most" }, { "start": 1486.08, "end": 1492.1599999999999, "text": " public part of you to be your password, because you can't constantly hide your face." }, { "start": 1492.1599999999999, "end": 1493.1599999999999, "text": " You can't keep it a secret." }, { "start": 1493.1599999999999, "end": 1496.9199999999998, "text": " You can't write it down on a piece of paper and tuck it away." }, { "start": 1496.9199999999998, "end": 1497.9199999999998, "text": " And that's not great." }, { "start": 1497.9199999999998, "end": 1501.72, "text": " I think all of us understand it's not a good solution, having a password." }, { "start": 1501.72, "end": 1506.24, "text": " But to go from something that you can obviously keep a secret to something that can never" }, { "start": 1506.24, "end": 1508.8, "text": " truly be a secret, I think is very difficult." }, { "start": 1508.8, "end": 1512.04, "text": " And that to me is a whole set of questions about Face ID." }, { "start": 1512.04, "end": 1514, "text": " Can they navigate all those turns?" }, { "start": 1514, "end": 1519.28, "text": " Yeah, I mean, like, great, you can click." }, { "start": 1519.28, "end": 1522.04, "text": " So people are yelling five clicks, two people." }, { "start": 1522.04, "end": 1526.16, "text": " Two nerds who have drugs with them right now are yelling five clicks." }, { "start": 1526.16, "end": 1534.76, "text": " Wait, can you explain to me why is it so fundamentally more easy to take a picture of a face than" }, { "start": 1534.76, "end": 1535.76, "text": " get your hands?" }, { "start": 1535.76, "end": 1538.44, "text": " I guess because you have to touch me to get my fingerprint?" }, { "start": 1538.44, "end": 1539.44, "text": " That's what I was wondering." }, { "start": 1539.44, "end": 1544.56, "text": " Like in the point of sale situation right now, a lot of us are used to just going like" }, { "start": 1544.56, "end": 1546.56, "text": " this and then your thumb is already there." }, { "start": 1546.56, "end": 1551.3600000000001, "text": " Now you're going to be like, if you have a $1,000 iPhone, you're a line at Whole Foods" }, { "start": 1551.3600000000001, "end": 1556.3600000000001, "text": " like all the other $1,000 iPhone people." }, { "start": 1556.3600000000001, "end": 1557.3600000000001, "text": " Amazon's lowering prices." }, { "start": 1557.3600000000001, "end": 1558.3600000000001, "text": " Hold on." }, { "start": 1558.3600000000001, "end": 1561.24, "text": " Hold those avocados." }, { "start": 1561.24, "end": 1562.24, "text": " Hold my beer." }, { "start": 1562.24, "end": 1563.24, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1563.24, "end": 1564.24, "text": " Thank you very much." }, { "start": 1564.24, "end": 1565.24, "text": " I'll take my kombucha now." }, { "start": 1565.24, "end": 1573.72, "text": " I mean, it's like, you're right, like is it that much easier than just going like this?" }, { "start": 1573.72, "end": 1576.56, "text": " What Apple will tell you when you're like, do you really have to hold your face over" }, { "start": 1576.56, "end": 1577.56, "text": " the point of sale terminal?" }, { "start": 1577.56, "end": 1582.16, "text": " Like, no, no, just like double click the home, the side button." }, { "start": 1582.16, "end": 1583.88, "text": " No, it's not called sleep wake button." }, { "start": 1583.88, "end": 1585.36, "text": " It's called the side button now." }, { "start": 1585.36, "end": 1586.36, "text": " The whole thing." }, { "start": 1586.36, "end": 1587.36, "text": " Launches Bixby." }, { "start": 1587.36, "end": 1590.08, "text": " Oh, God." }, { "start": 1590.08, "end": 1591.08, "text": " Double click that." }, { "start": 1591.08, "end": 1592.76, "text": " That turns on the face unlock thing." }, { "start": 1592.76, "end": 1594.28, "text": " That turns on Apple Pay." }, { "start": 1594.28, "end": 1595.44, "text": " Then you authenticate it." }, { "start": 1595.44, "end": 1601.36, "text": " Then you tap the terminal, which is a very different sort of quick and easy workflow" }, { "start": 1601.36, "end": 1602.36, "text": " from just doing before." }, { "start": 1602.36, "end": 1607.76, "text": " I can barely pay with my thumb already." }, { "start": 1607.76, "end": 1611.6, "text": " The security stuff where you click it five times and you, I get it." }, { "start": 1611.6, "end": 1618.08, "text": " But what I'm saying is, if you can actually beat it, the information that is required" }, { "start": 1618.08, "end": 1623.3999999999999, "text": " for you to input into the mechanism that beats it is the most public information about you" }, { "start": 1623.4, "end": 1626.0400000000002, "text": " that is commonly available." }, { "start": 1626.0400000000002, "end": 1628.64, "text": " They have to make sure you can't beat it." }, { "start": 1628.64, "end": 1633, "text": " The cops showing up and you click it five times and throw it in the air and run away." }, { "start": 1633, "end": 1634, "text": " Great." }, { "start": 1634, "end": 1636.0400000000002, "text": " We've all been there together as a family." }, { "start": 1636.0400000000002, "end": 1637.0400000000002, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 1637.0400000000002, "end": 1640.88, "text": " I travel through the TSA a lot with a bag full of wires, so I have a weird..." }, { "start": 1640.88, "end": 1642.44, "text": " But it's on my way here." }, { "start": 1642.44, "end": 1643.44, "text": " I got stopped." }, { "start": 1643.44, "end": 1644.44, "text": " Because I..." }, { "start": 1644.44, "end": 1647.2, "text": " I mean, honestly, I was carrying like 15 lithium ion batteries." }, { "start": 1647.2, "end": 1649.52, "text": " I would have stopped." }, { "start": 1649.52, "end": 1654.6, "text": " But if you can beat it, and there's like, Dieter yesterday was talking about, it has" }, { "start": 1654.6, "end": 1655.8, "text": " new vectors." }, { "start": 1655.8, "end": 1660.8799999999999, "text": " So Touch ID only ever talked to the authentication chip in the phone." }, { "start": 1660.8799999999999, "end": 1662.6, "text": " Never talked to anything else." }, { "start": 1662.6, "end": 1667.56, "text": " But the front camera and all that tracking talks to Animoji." }, { "start": 1667.56, "end": 1670.28, "text": " So you can get that data in other ways." }, { "start": 1670.28, "end": 1673.72, "text": " Like the Snapchat filters we demoed are obviously mapping your face." }, { "start": 1673.72, "end": 1677.2, "text": " So there are other ways to collect the data and then potentially..." }, { "start": 1677.2, "end": 1679.44, "text": " I'm sure immediately people are gonna try to beat it." }, { "start": 1679.44, "end": 1684.68, "text": " But I actually talked to our security reporter, Russell Brando, about this a little bit." }, { "start": 1684.68, "end": 1691.16, "text": " Presumably those apps that use the data that you can get from that to make crazy face filters," }, { "start": 1691.16, "end": 1693.28, "text": " it's just working through an API and that stuff isn't lost." }, { "start": 1693.28, "end": 1697.44, "text": " But the fear is somebody makes a random..." }, { "start": 1697.44, "end": 1701.16, "text": " What was the app that did the face filters that turned out to have a bunch of spyware" }, { "start": 1701.16, "end": 1702.16, "text": " in it?" }, { "start": 1702.16, "end": 1703.16, "text": " Oh, Me Too." }, { "start": 1703.16, "end": 1704.16, "text": " Me Too." }, { "start": 1704.16, "end": 1705.16, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1705.16, "end": 1709, "text": " Like that app makes cute face filters, but what it's actually doing is secretly recording" }, { "start": 1709, "end": 1713.48, "text": " your face data so they can build a mask to get you." }, { "start": 1713.48, "end": 1717.8, "text": " It's probably through the standard APIs, they're not getting enough data to do that." }, { "start": 1717.8, "end": 1718.8, "text": " We don't know." }, { "start": 1718.8, "end": 1724.88, "text": " I love the idea of a person with both the capability of launching that app and making" }, { "start": 1724.88, "end": 1726.6, "text": " really high res masks." }, { "start": 1726.6, "end": 1727.6, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 1727.6, "end": 1728.6, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 1728.6, "end": 1732.12, "text": " Like there's a mask maker out there who's like, I gotta fucking learn to code." }, { "start": 1732.12, "end": 1734.6, "text": " This is my future." }, { "start": 1734.6, "end": 1735.6, "text": " So Paul, you wrote..." }, { "start": 1735.6, "end": 1737.6, "text": " I wanna make sure you talk about the watch." }, { "start": 1737.6, "end": 1740.9599999999998, "text": " I'm not gonna talk about how you think this is the best OLED screen ever made by human" }, { "start": 1740.9599999999998, "end": 1741.9599999999998, "text": " hands." }, { "start": 1741.9599999999998, "end": 1742.9599999999998, "text": " I also wanna talk about the notch." }, { "start": 1742.9599999999998, "end": 1743.9599999999998, "text": " There's like two things to talk about." }, { "start": 1743.9599999999998, "end": 1744.9599999999998, "text": " Oh yeah." }, { "start": 1744.9599999999998, "end": 1745.9599999999998, "text": " So long..." }, { "start": 1745.9599999999998, "end": 1746.9599999999998, "text": " Let's do this." }, { "start": 1746.9599999999998, "end": 1748.9599999999998, "text": " Let's do the notch first and then I wanna ask Paul, because you wrote a piece today" }, { "start": 1748.9599999999998, "end": 1750.76, "text": " about why you wanna buy the 8 over the 10." }, { "start": 1750.76, "end": 1756.36, "text": " But so the notch, I don't know if you guys have been following like the deep Apple nerd" }, { "start": 1756.36, "end": 1760.36, "text": " community that I'm forced to follow." }, { "start": 1760.36, "end": 1762.36, "text": " I find it a pleasure." }, { "start": 1762.36, "end": 1765.04, "text": " There, there." }, { "start": 1765.04, "end": 1772, "text": " So there is like deep, meaningful, like controversy about the existence of the notch, what it" }, { "start": 1772, "end": 1773.52, "text": " means for developers." }, { "start": 1773.52, "end": 1778.3999999999999, "text": " I think the thing that is really interesting to me is the screen is 5.8 inches." }, { "start": 1778.3999999999999, "end": 1781.6, "text": " Like Dieter said, I think it is easily the best OLED screen I've ever seen." }, { "start": 1781.6, "end": 1783.84, "text": " I've never really liked them." }, { "start": 1783.84, "end": 1784.84, "text": " I think they're way oversaturated." }, { "start": 1784.84, "end": 1788.32, "text": " I think most of them have weird pixel matrix issues." }, { "start": 1788.32, "end": 1789.32, "text": " This one looks..." }, { "start": 1789.32, "end": 1792.1599999999999, "text": " He wants to say Pentile, but he knows that that time has passed, so he's not bringing" }, { "start": 1792.1599999999999, "end": 1793.1599999999999, "text": " it up." }, { "start": 1793.1599999999999, "end": 1794.1599999999999, "text": " Over." }, { "start": 1794.16, "end": 1795.16, "text": " It looks like Blackberry." }, { "start": 1795.16, "end": 1796.16, "text": " It's fucking dead." }, { "start": 1796.16, "end": 1799.16, "text": " Sorry, the one Blackberry person hissed at me." }, { "start": 1799.16, "end": 1800.16, "text": " That was weird." }, { "start": 1800.16, "end": 1801.16, "text": " But no, you're good." }, { "start": 1801.16, "end": 1802.16, "text": " You're great." }, { "start": 1802.16, "end": 1803.16, "text": " Thumbs up." }, { "start": 1803.16, "end": 1804.16, "text": " TCL is gonna take care of you." }, { "start": 1804.16, "end": 1814.64, "text": " No, so like it looks beautiful, but the notch, it's 5.8 inches, but the notch and then the" }, { "start": 1814.64, "end": 1816.16, "text": " rounded corners..." }, { "start": 1816.16, "end": 1817.92, "text": " Rounded corners I think are the big..." }, { "start": 1817.92, "end": 1821.68, "text": " And then the home area at the bottom that you have to protect." }, { "start": 1821.68, "end": 1828.68, "text": " All of that means that the usable screen area is more like the iPhone 6, 7, 8 design than" }, { "start": 1828.68, "end": 1829.68, "text": " the Plus design." }, { "start": 1829.68, "end": 1831.24, "text": " I heard a really good analogy for this." }, { "start": 1831.24, "end": 1836.28, "text": " Do you remember like old cameras would have kind of a safe area, like show the corners" }, { "start": 1836.28, "end": 1837.28, "text": " of what's like..." }, { "start": 1837.28, "end": 1840.28, "text": " This will definitely show up on every CRT TV." }, { "start": 1840.28, "end": 1844.3200000000002, "text": " That is what developers have now because there are rounded corners and a bunch of the screen" }, { "start": 1844.3200000000002, "end": 1845.64, "text": " is being wasted." }, { "start": 1845.64, "end": 1856.5200000000002, "text": " Also Apple through the WebKit team asked the CSS committee to add safe areas to the CSS" }, { "start": 1856.5200000000002, "end": 1859.5600000000002, "text": " spec back in August." }, { "start": 1859.5600000000002, "end": 1863.64, "text": " And then like on the GitHub comments, there's like a comment from yesterday." }, { "start": 1863.64, "end": 1866.5600000000002, "text": " I was like, oh, so that's why Apple did that." }, { "start": 1866.5600000000002, "end": 1870.8400000000001, "text": " They're trying to figure out how do you add this to CSS." }, { "start": 1870.84, "end": 1877.52, "text": " Because if you look at your computer the next time, is there anything in the corners?" }, { "start": 1877.52, "end": 1878.8, "text": " There's lots of things in the corners." }, { "start": 1878.8, "end": 1881, "text": " A lot of times the close buttons are in the corners." }, { "start": 1881, "end": 1884.86, "text": " There's things that we put in the corners of our user interfaces all the time." }, { "start": 1884.86, "end": 1889.9599999999998, "text": " And now you have to be cognizant as a developer both for the web and for apps." }, { "start": 1889.9599999999998, "end": 1893.76, "text": " And there'll be some ways that it'll automatically kind of dodge them out of the corners." }, { "start": 1893.76, "end": 1898.12, "text": " But like if you want to use the whole screen, you have to figure out how to not use corners" }, { "start": 1898.12, "end": 1899.1999999999998, "text": " because they're curved." }, { "start": 1899.2, "end": 1905.4, "text": " The other thing about the safe area thing is in order to get the home bar that indicates" }, { "start": 1905.4, "end": 1909.48, "text": " that you swipe out to go home to work, it needs to cut that out from safe area." }, { "start": 1909.48, "end": 1911.72, "text": " And when you rotate the phone, I tried this." }, { "start": 1911.72, "end": 1912.72, "text": " What did I do?" }, { "start": 1912.72, "end": 1913.72, "text": " Nothing." }, { "start": 1913.72, "end": 1914.72, "text": " What?" }, { "start": 1914.72, "end": 1915.72, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 1915.72, "end": 1916.72, "text": " It's projector shenanigans." }, { "start": 1916.72, "end": 1917.72, "text": " Great." }, { "start": 1917.72, "end": 1919.72, "text": " Everyone loves a projector shenanigans." }, { "start": 1919.72, "end": 1925.74, "text": " When you turn the phone in landscape, the home button moves to the bottom of the landscape." }, { "start": 1925.74, "end": 1928.04, "text": " You swipe up in landscape to go home." }, { "start": 1928.04, "end": 1929.04, "text": " Which is cool." }, { "start": 1929.04, "end": 1930.04, "text": " But also bonkers." }, { "start": 1930.04, "end": 1934.24, "text": " By the way, I own swipe to go home.com now." }, { "start": 1934.24, "end": 1936.24, "text": " Oh, God." }, { "start": 1936.24, "end": 1939.44, "text": " Finally, a monetization strategy." }, { "start": 1939.44, "end": 1944.8, "text": " Because you need that bar, the usable area for developers when you're in landscape mode" }, { "start": 1944.8, "end": 1949, "text": " is shorter than you get on an iPhone 678." }, { "start": 1949, "end": 1954, "text": " It actually has less usable vertical space in landscape mode than like a regular iPhone." }, { "start": 1954, "end": 1957.76, "text": " Also, if your app is not coded correctly and you turn it into landscape and you scroll," }, { "start": 1957.76, "end": 1960.28, "text": " the scroll bar disappears behind the notch." }, { "start": 1960.28, "end": 1962.28, "text": " And it shows up again." }, { "start": 1962.28, "end": 1963.28, "text": " Hello." }, { "start": 1963.28, "end": 1964.28, "text": " Really exciting." }, { "start": 1964.28, "end": 1965.28, "text": " I think all of this doesn't matter." }, { "start": 1965.28, "end": 1968.68, "text": " Because, one, I don't use any app except for video apps." }, { "start": 1968.68, "end": 1969.68, "text": " I go 90." }, { "start": 1969.68, "end": 1970.68, "text": " I'm not ashamed to admit it." }, { "start": 1970.68, "end": 1971.68, "text": " Oh, God." }, { "start": 1971.68, "end": 1972.68, "text": " This show is presented by T-Mobile." }, { "start": 1972.68, "end": 1973.68, "text": " And go 90 is a terrible joke." }, { "start": 1973.68, "end": 1974.68, "text": " So it all works out." }, { "start": 1974.68, "end": 1979.56, "text": " So, like, video apps, you turn your phone." }, { "start": 1979.56, "end": 1981.24, "text": " Videos are pillar boxed." }, { "start": 1981.24, "end": 1983, "text": " So you don't actually see it." }, { "start": 1983, "end": 1984, "text": " On the 10, they're pillar boxed?" }, { "start": 1984, "end": 1985, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 1985, "end": 1988.64, "text": " You can still tap to get the full zoom in and have it notch cut out, but by default," }, { "start": 1988.64, "end": 1989.64, "text": " they're boxed." }, { "start": 1989.64, "end": 1992.04, "text": " So Apple just didn't show that yesterday." }, { "start": 1992.04, "end": 1995.72, "text": " So I think everyone's assuming that videos are going to be cut off by the notch." }, { "start": 1995.72, "end": 1999.96, "text": " But I think more importantly, this phone is designed to be held in portrait." }, { "start": 1999.96, "end": 2000.96, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2000.96, "end": 2003.2, "text": " Which is actually the more natural way to hold a phone." }, { "start": 2003.2, "end": 2007.48, "text": " And I think in portrait, the bottom is an issue, but the top is just not." }, { "start": 2007.48, "end": 2009.76, "text": " The bottom is an issue in terms of the content getting cut off?" }, { "start": 2009.76, "end": 2010.76, "text": " Yeah, the corners and the bottom of the screen." }, { "start": 2010.76, "end": 2014.16, "text": " That's like kind of the dead space you're talking about." }, { "start": 2014.16, "end": 2017.16, "text": " That's where you're going to be doing the swiping up anyway, right?" }, { "start": 2017.16, "end": 2020.8400000000001, "text": " Like even when you're holding the phone, like your fingers are going to be sort of curling" }, { "start": 2020.8400000000001, "end": 2021.8400000000001, "text": " around it." }, { "start": 2021.8400000000001, "end": 2022.8400000000001, "text": " So here's my big question." }, { "start": 2022.8400000000001, "end": 2025.76, "text": " Like I'm, everybody's all freaked out." }, { "start": 2025.76, "end": 2028.88, "text": " I'm fine with it because I've used a bunch of Android phones and they all have crazy" }, { "start": 2028.88, "end": 2030.76, "text": " UIs and like things will be different." }, { "start": 2030.76, "end": 2031.76, "text": " It's cool." }, { "start": 2031.76, "end": 2032.76, "text": " No." }, { "start": 2032.76, "end": 2033.76, "text": " It's fine." }, { "start": 2033.76, "end": 2034.76, "text": " No." }, { "start": 2034.76, "end": 2035.76, "text": " It's cool." }, { "start": 2035.76, "end": 2036.76, "text": " This has been Deeders Jam for like two days." }, { "start": 2036.76, "end": 2037.76, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2037.76, "end": 2038.76, "text": " He's like, Android's a mess and everyone's alive." }, { "start": 2038.76, "end": 2039.76, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2039.76, "end": 2040.76, "text": " You'll be fine." }, { "start": 2040.76, "end": 2041.76, "text": " It's fine." }, { "start": 2041.76, "end": 2042.76, "text": " And like swipe up to go home?" }, { "start": 2042.76, "end": 2043.76, "text": " Love that." }, { "start": 2043.76, "end": 2044.76, "text": " That's some web OS shit right there." }, { "start": 2044.76, "end": 2045.76, "text": " Around your people." }, { "start": 2045.76, "end": 2046.76, "text": " There's notifications." }, { "start": 2046.76, "end": 2047.76, "text": " That's fine." }, { "start": 2047.76, "end": 2062.06, "text": " Although notifications on iOS are still a hot mess." }, { "start": 2062.06, "end": 2065.06, "text": " Every app is a website." }, { "start": 2065.06, "end": 2066.06, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2066.06, "end": 2067.56, "text": " The phone." }, { "start": 2067.56, "end": 2072.92, "text": " Y'all are just mean." }, { "start": 2072.92, "end": 2074.6800000000003, "text": " They're only available on Sprint." }, { "start": 2074.6800000000003, "end": 2078.92, "text": " The phone is double tall." }, { "start": 2078.92, "end": 2084.76, "text": " It's a super tall phone and they, because there's no home button to slightly tap with" }, { "start": 2084.76, "end": 2089.48, "text": " your finger twice, there's no more reachability to move half the screen down." }, { "start": 2089.48, "end": 2090.48, "text": " And I think that kind of sucks." }, { "start": 2090.48, "end": 2091.48, "text": " People use reachability." }, { "start": 2091.48, "end": 2092.48, "text": " I use it all the time." }, { "start": 2092.48, "end": 2093.48, "text": " I use it all the time." }, { "start": 2093.48, "end": 2094.48, "text": " Really?" }, { "start": 2094.48, "end": 2098.44, "text": " Also iOS 11 has killed the 3D touch from the side for switching apps." }, { "start": 2098.44, "end": 2104.2400000000002, "text": " The 3D touch does still exist on the new phone, but our understanding, and we don't have the" }, { "start": 2104.2400000000002, "end": 2107.8, "text": " deep dive into this yet, but our understanding is because the display is different." }, { "start": 2107.8, "end": 2109.08, "text": " It's OLED, of course." }, { "start": 2109.08, "end": 2113.6, "text": " The display stack is different, and so the usual mechanism 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2139.68, "text": " Yeah, it's there." }, { "start": 2139.68, "end": 2144.12, "text": " It's almost like for a while, everyone said multi-touch every chance they got, and now" }, { "start": 2144.12, "end": 2145.12, "text": " it's just assumed." }, { "start": 2145.12, "end": 2150.16, "text": " I think that we're getting to a point where for people who do use 3D touch, it's just" }, { "start": 2150.16, "end": 2155.52, "text": " kind of assumed it's part of your interface and your controls, and that's what you do." }, { "start": 2155.52, "end": 2161.8, "text": " You also, on the home bar on the bottom, you can swipe to the right, and that is how you" }, { "start": 2161.8, "end": 2165.44, "text": " switch to the last app, and you can just switch through apps that way." }, { "start": 2165.44, "end": 2168.32, "text": " And once you do it a couple times, you're like, oh, yeah, this is how it should work." }, { "start": 2168.32, "end": 2169.32, "text": " It's great." }, { "start": 2169.32, "end": 2170.32, "text": " Explain that again." }, { "start": 2170.32, "end": 2171.32, "text": " On the home bar..." }, { "start": 2171.32, "end": 2172.84, "text": " On the home bar, you swipe up to home." }, { "start": 2172.84, "end": 2173.84, "text": " You swipe up..." }, { "start": 2173.84, "end": 2174.84, "text": " Swipe to go home.com." }, { "start": 2174.84, "end": 2175.84, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2175.84, "end": 2184, "text": " But if you just swipe over on it, it swipes the app over to your last app." }, { "start": 2184, "end": 2188.48, "text": " So you just very quickly, without having to do any 3D touch shenanigans, you just swipe" }, { "start": 2188.48, "end": 2189.96, "text": " over and it's the last app you're using." }, { "start": 2189.96, "end": 2190.96, "text": " It's great." }, { "start": 2190.96, "end": 2192.44, "text": " It's a little grabber for your app." }, { "start": 2192.44, "end": 2193.44, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2193.44, "end": 2195.76, "text": " And if you throw it up, you go home, and if you slide, you go..." }, { "start": 2195.76, "end": 2196.76, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 2196.76, "end": 2197.76, "text": " That works." }, { "start": 2197.76, "end": 2199.96, "text": " The question is, why didn't they pull a Samsung and make it a 3D touch home button where" }, { "start": 2199.96, "end": 2201.52, "text": " you could just press on it really hard?" }, { "start": 2201.52, "end": 2202.52, "text": " Really hard, right." }, { "start": 2202.52, "end": 2203.52, "text": " Here's my question." }, { "start": 2203.52, "end": 2207.08, "text": " We have to wonder if they tried that and it just didn't work." }, { "start": 2207.08, "end": 2208.28, "text": " That's your question, Paul." }, { "start": 2208.28, "end": 2213.24, "text": " Why didn't they do something crazy and absurd down in the bottom portion of the phone?" }, { "start": 2213.24, "end": 2219.12, "text": " Like I was so stoked on all the wild UI concepts I saw that they're gonna basically use that" }, { "start": 2219.12, "end": 2223.4399999999996, "text": " portion to create like sort of a contextual UI." }, { "start": 2223.4399999999996, "end": 2227.2799999999997, "text": " And now that I think about it, it is kind of stupid to have a software circle there" }, { "start": 2227.2799999999997, "end": 2228.2799999999997, "text": " all the time." }, { "start": 2228.2799999999997, "end": 2229.2799999999997, "text": " Obviously, things change around." }, { "start": 2229.2799999999997, "end": 2230.2799999999997, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2230.2799999999997, "end": 2231.2799999999997, "text": " But I don't know." }, { "start": 2231.2799999999997, "end": 2232.2799999999997, "text": " I just feel like they've done more." }, { "start": 2232.2799999999997, "end": 2233.2799999999997, "text": " A lot of Android fans here." }, { "start": 2233.2799999999997, "end": 2234.2799999999997, "text": " They made..." }, { "start": 2234.2799999999997, "end": 2235.2799999999997, "text": " They're not gonna come out of you." }, { "start": 2235.2799999999997, "end": 2239.9599999999996, "text": " Not only did they not like super utilize the bottom of the phone, they kind of made it" }, { "start": 2239.96, "end": 2243.6, "text": " like a safe area..." }, { "start": 2243.6, "end": 2248.32, "text": " Literally they call it a safe area because of that little bar that always has to be available" }, { "start": 2248.32, "end": 2249.32, "text": " for grabbing." }, { "start": 2249.32, "end": 2251.76, "text": " So you can't have too many controls at the bottom of the phone." }, { "start": 2251.76, "end": 2255.16, "text": " You're already getting more screen than you would have otherwise." }, { "start": 2255.16, "end": 2258.48, "text": " You're already getting more screen just because they reserved a portion of it to work the" }, { "start": 2258.48, "end": 2259.48, "text": " phone." }, { "start": 2259.48, "end": 2260.48, "text": " Like fine." }, { "start": 2260.48, "end": 2262.92, "text": " I thought it might have something to do with drag and drop." }, { "start": 2262.92, "end": 2265.2400000000002, "text": " You could have a dock that shows up there." }, { "start": 2265.2400000000002, "end": 2267.84, "text": " You could make multitasking better somehow." }, { "start": 2267.84, "end": 2273.08, "text": " I honestly think that their move here, they're not gonna sell very many of this phone." }, { "start": 2273.08, "end": 2277.04, "text": " And the people who buy it, I think they're gonna be caught in the loop of, I spent a" }, { "start": 2277.04, "end": 2278.04, "text": " lot of money on this phone." }, { "start": 2278.04, "end": 2285.8, "text": " Because to be honest, I think most people will buy the 256 gig version, which is $1,125." }, { "start": 2285.8, "end": 2288.04, "text": " So really this phone costs $1,125." }, { "start": 2288.04, "end": 2292.36, "text": " I think if you spend that much money on a phone that is actually a very beautiful physical" }, { "start": 2292.36, "end": 2297.44, "text": " object, your natural state of being is to be happy with it." }, { "start": 2297.44, "end": 2301, "text": " It's like I bought a Ferrari and it gets terrible gas mileage." }, { "start": 2301, "end": 2302, "text": " It's a fucking Ferrari." }, { "start": 2302, "end": 2303, "text": " It's a Ferrari." }, { "start": 2303, "end": 2304, "text": " It's true." }, { "start": 2304, "end": 2305, "text": " That's how I would feel." }, { "start": 2305, "end": 2307.8, "text": " Any Ferrari owners here?" }, { "start": 2307.8, "end": 2308.8, "text": " Dead silence." }, { "start": 2308.8, "end": 2310, "text": " That's great." }, { "start": 2310, "end": 2313.96, "text": " Or there's like two of them and they're like, we can't talk about it." }, { "start": 2313.96, "end": 2319.32, "text": " I think they're able, because the scale is so much smaller, to do things like what if" }, { "start": 2319.32, "end": 2323.96, "text": " we completely change the home button control center swipe interface?" }, { "start": 2323.96, "end": 2329.56, "text": " What if we push it and then they have a year of seeing how that goes?" }, { "start": 2329.56, "end": 2334.04, "text": " They can either commit to it or change it in iOS 12 when that comes to the mainstream" }, { "start": 2334.04, "end": 2335.04, "text": " part of their lineup." }, { "start": 2335.04, "end": 2337.76, "text": " But they do have this opportunity to screw around." }, { "start": 2337.76, "end": 2338.76, "text": " And I agree with you." }, { "start": 2338.76, "end": 2340.28, "text": " I don't know why they didn't screw on more." }, { "start": 2340.28, "end": 2345.96, "text": " But they've created a space to a, revert if it's a huge fail, the amount of changes they've" }, { "start": 2345.96, "end": 2348.84, "text": " made, or to push it if it's a success." }, { "start": 2348.84, "end": 2349.84, "text": " And I think that's cool." }, { "start": 2349.84, "end": 2352.56, "text": " Okay, I want to make sure we talk about the watch." }, { "start": 2352.56, "end": 2358, "text": " So Lauren, you have been cursed with wearable reviews." }, { "start": 2358, "end": 2360.64, "text": " No, but you've reviewed the last few watches." }, { "start": 2360.64, "end": 2361.64, "text": " I have." }, { "start": 2361.64, "end": 2364.58, "text": " This one is the, it's the same watch with LTE basically." }, { "start": 2364.58, "end": 2365.58, "text": " As expected." }, { "start": 2365.58, "end": 2367.72, "text": " Everything really was leaked, wasn't it?" }, { "start": 2367.72, "end": 2368.72, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2368.72, "end": 2369.72, "text": " Everything was leaked." }, { "start": 2369.72, "end": 2372.1, "text": " Yeah, so this Apple watch has LTE in it." }, { "start": 2372.1, "end": 2375.16, "text": " It is not the first smart watch to have LTE." }, { "start": 2375.16, "end": 2380.84, "text": " Some of you may have tried LG's LTE smart watch before." }, { "start": 2380.84, "end": 2381.84, "text": " Also dead silent." }, { "start": 2381.84, "end": 2385.92, "text": " The Atari owners and LG watch owners in this room currently." }, { "start": 2385.92, "end": 2389.76, "text": " Perhaps Samsung's Galaxy Gear, was it the S2?" }, { "start": 2389.76, "end": 2390.76, "text": " It was the S3." }, { "start": 2390.76, "end": 2391.76, "text": " Also crickets." }, { "start": 2391.76, "end": 2392.76, "text": " Put me on the spot." }, { "start": 2392.76, "end": 2393.76, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2393.76, "end": 2394.76, "text": " Gear had a better implementation." }, { "start": 2394.76, "end": 2397.08, "text": " Okay, so here's the thing." }, { "start": 2397.08, "end": 2402.04, "text": " When you're talking about these little wrist computers that are about yay big, and you" }, { "start": 2402.04, "end": 2405.92, "text": " start to add things like cellular modems and more stuff to them, is that the battery life" }, { "start": 2405.92, "end": 2407.04, "text": " generally suffers." }, { "start": 2407.04, "end": 2411.6800000000003, "text": " So that was my biggest thing going into this, was like, how badly or how much is this going" }, { "start": 2411.68, "end": 2412.72, "text": " to impact battery life?" }, { "start": 2412.72, "end": 2414.8799999999997, "text": " We don't know yet." }, { "start": 2414.8799999999997, "end": 2415.8799999999997, "text": " Stay tuned for reviews." }, { "start": 2415.8799999999997, "end": 2419.96, "text": " I told a few people in the audience this earlier." }, { "start": 2419.96, "end": 2426.64, "text": " But Apple is saying that they've managed to keep the 18-hour battery claim, even with" }, { "start": 2426.64, "end": 2427.96, "text": " an LTE modem." }, { "start": 2427.96, "end": 2430.8799999999997, "text": " Which if they managed to do that is impressive." }, { "start": 2430.8799999999997, "end": 2432.72, "text": " But I'm not wholly convinced." }, { "start": 2432.72, "end": 2433.72, "text": " I'm not wholly convinced." }, { "start": 2433.72, "end": 2437.24, "text": " Like there was this moment when during the introduction when they showed a woman on a" }, { "start": 2437.24, "end": 2441.24, "text": " surfboard and she was like catching this wave, and then all of a sudden she got a phone call." }, { "start": 2441.24, "end": 2444.52, "text": " And it was supposed to be this lighthearted moment, but I was like, wow." }, { "start": 2444.52, "end": 2447.12, "text": " That just like totally, I don't know." }, { "start": 2447.12, "end": 2450, "text": " I just feel like there's some places still where you shouldn't have an LTE connection." }, { "start": 2450, "end": 2456, "text": " There should still be some places in the world where you can escape from a cellular connection." }, { "start": 2456, "end": 2461.7599999999998, "text": " For me the standout is seeing the number keypad on that phone display." }, { "start": 2461.7599999999998, "end": 2463.9599999999996, "text": " That was terrifying to me." }, { "start": 2463.9599999999996, "end": 2467.64, "text": " Yeah it's like, at the end of the day I think what's going to happen is people are going" }, { "start": 2467.64, "end": 2470.2799999999997, "text": " to use the LTE for true emergency situations." }, { "start": 2470.28, "end": 2474.2000000000003, "text": " Like your phone battery died and you're like, I still need to call Lyft." }, { "start": 2474.2000000000003, "end": 2477.2000000000003, "text": " Or you know." }, { "start": 2477.2000000000003, "end": 2480.6800000000003, "text": " Why are we all laughing?" }, { "start": 2480.6800000000003, "end": 2485.1600000000003, "text": " I think the idea that your phone battery dies before you watch batteries." }, { "start": 2485.1600000000003, "end": 2488.0800000000004, "text": " I thought you were laughing because I didn't say Uber." }, { "start": 2488.0800000000004, "end": 2491.36, "text": " No, we call Lyfts, okay?" }, { "start": 2491.36, "end": 2492.36, "text": " We call Lyfts." }, { "start": 2492.36, "end": 2493.36, "text": " Wow." }, { "start": 2493.36, "end": 2494.36, "text": " And." }, { "start": 2494.36, "end": 2495.36, "text": " Wait." }, { "start": 2495.36, "end": 2501.36, "text": " I don't spend a lot of time in the Bay Area, but the idea of ride sharing service fans" }, { "start": 2501.36, "end": 2504.7200000000003, "text": " is terrifying." }, { "start": 2504.7200000000003, "end": 2505.7200000000003, "text": " Leave California." }, { "start": 2505.7200000000003, "end": 2508.7200000000003, "text": " Have you heard anything about what's going on at Uber?" }, { "start": 2508.7200000000003, "end": 2511.08, "text": " All right, so back to the watch." }, { "start": 2511.08, "end": 2513.04, "text": " I think that it's going to be helpful in some situations." }, { "start": 2513.04, "end": 2517.28, "text": " I think like once they get the music streaming thing down on it, that that could be a real" }, { "start": 2517.28, "end": 2519.92, "text": " value proposition for people who want to go out and about with a watch and they want to" }, { "start": 2519.92, "end": 2523.96, "text": " just like on the fly change their music selection and they happen to not have their phone with" }, { "start": 2523.96, "end": 2524.96, "text": " them." }, { "start": 2524.96, "end": 2529.04, "text": " But the LTE watches we reviewed prior to this, it's been a little iffy." }, { "start": 2529.04, "end": 2530.48, "text": " So it's still, yeah." }, { "start": 2530.48, "end": 2535, "text": " I mean I think what Apple is doing is like it's kind of a classic product differentiation," }, { "start": 2535, "end": 2536, "text": " right?" }, { "start": 2536, "end": 2538.4, "text": " That we no longer see the Series 2 available." }, { "start": 2538.4, "end": 2540.48, "text": " So we've got the Series 3 with LTE." }, { "start": 2540.48, "end": 2542.84, "text": " There's a Series 3 without LTE." }, { "start": 2542.84, "end": 2544.7200000000003, "text": " That's the price of the Series 2." }, { "start": 2544.7200000000003, "end": 2548.92, "text": " If you don't want LTE, you can still get GPS and waterproofing, which like work out people" }, { "start": 2548.92, "end": 2549.92, "text": " like." }, { "start": 2549.92, "end": 2554.78, "text": " I say that like I'm not one of them." }, { "start": 2554.78, "end": 2558.32, "text": " And then there's the Series 1 for people who just, which is the least expensive for people" }, { "start": 2558.32, "end": 2562.0800000000004, "text": " who just want kind of like a basic smartwatch that has like notifications and other cool" }, { "start": 2562.0800000000004, "end": 2563.5600000000004, "text": " things like that." }, { "start": 2563.5600000000004, "end": 2567.44, "text": " So this is just like classic like, okay, if you want to pay the most, you're going to" }, { "start": 2567.44, "end": 2570.44, "text": " have this LTE thing and maybe you're not going to use it all the time, but it's like the" }, { "start": 2570.44, "end": 2571.44, "text": " feature." }, { "start": 2571.44, "end": 2572.44, "text": " It's the thing." }, { "start": 2572.44, "end": 2574.96, "text": " And they also, I mean there's a faster processor." }, { "start": 2574.96, "end": 2579.36, "text": " They built the antenna into the face of the watch, which is interesting." }, { "start": 2579.36, "end": 2580.36, "text": " That is really cool." }, { "start": 2580.36, "end": 2581.36, "text": " They like figured it out." }, { "start": 2581.36, "end": 2585.32, "text": " You have to imagine that that was, they had been thinking about that with the first watch." }, { "start": 2585.32, "end": 2589.1200000000003, "text": " And by the way, Fitbit did something similar with their new like Ionic smartwatch." }, { "start": 2589.1200000000003, "end": 2593.2000000000003, "text": " They did some fusion thing in the build where the antenna is actually like, anyway, we can" }, { "start": 2593.2000000000003, "end": 2594.2000000000003, "text": " get into Fitbit in another podcast." }, { "start": 2594.2000000000003, "end": 2595.2000000000003, "text": " We could spend another entire hour on that." }, { "start": 2595.2000000000003, "end": 2596.2000000000003, "text": " But let's talk about the red dot." }, { "start": 2596.2000000000003, "end": 2597.2000000000003, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 2597.2000000000003, "end": 2598.2000000000003, "text": " A lot of feelings about that red dot." }, { "start": 2598.2000000000003, "end": 2603.2000000000003, "text": " A lot of feelings about the red dot so far." }, { "start": 2603.2000000000003, "end": 2607.92, "text": " So it's just cosmetic." }, { "start": 2607.92, "end": 2610.6, "text": " My understanding, well, it's cosmetic to indicate the LTE." }, { "start": 2610.6, "end": 2611.6, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2611.6, "end": 2621.12, "text": " It's to tell people I have a watch, but by the way, if my phone dies, I can call it Lyft." }, { "start": 2621.12, "end": 2626.6, "text": " Which is when you're in line at Whole Foods and you've got that really heavy grocery bag" }, { "start": 2626.6, "end": 2627.6, "text": " of avocados." }, { "start": 2627.6, "end": 2629.6, "text": " You're screaming at your wrist." }, { "start": 2629.6, "end": 2632.7599999999998, "text": " And you left your $1,000 iPhone at home." }, { "start": 2632.7599999999998, "end": 2634.7999999999997, "text": " It kind of looks like a record button." }, { "start": 2634.7999999999997, "end": 2635.7999999999997, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2635.7999999999997, "end": 2636.7999999999997, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2636.7999999999997, "end": 2639.12, "text": " Or I think it looks like an SOS button, which is interesting because the watch actually" }, { "start": 2639.12, "end": 2640.12, "text": " has an SOS feature." }, { "start": 2640.12, "end": 2641.12, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 2641.12, "end": 2642.12, "text": " But to me, it looks like emergency." }, { "start": 2642.12, "end": 2643.12, "text": " I'm rich." }, { "start": 2643.12, "end": 2644.12, "text": " Oh, no." }, { "start": 2644.12, "end": 2645.12, "text": " Would you guys get one?" }, { "start": 2645.12, "end": 2658.12, "text": " Would you get an LTE Apple Watch?" }, { "start": 2658.12, "end": 2663.3599999999997, "text": " If I had the money to spare, it's an extra $70 for the LTE version." }, { "start": 2663.3599999999997, "end": 2664.8399999999997, "text": " It's $10 a month for the connection." }, { "start": 2664.8399999999997, "end": 2665.8399999999997, "text": " Then I would not." }, { "start": 2665.8399999999997, "end": 2666.8399999999997, "text": " That's a good point." }, { "start": 2666.84, "end": 2672.4, "text": " Like the $10 a month, unless they make a Project 5 version because extra data sims on 5 are" }, { "start": 2672.4, "end": 2673.4, "text": " free." }, { "start": 2673.4, "end": 2674.4, "text": " See?" }, { "start": 2674.4, "end": 2675.4, "text": " Cheers." }, { "start": 2675.4, "end": 2678.4, "text": " But that's never going to happen." }, { "start": 2678.4, "end": 2679.4, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2679.4, "end": 2682.88, "text": " I don't know that I want to pay $10 a month for my watch." }, { "start": 2682.88, "end": 2686.1600000000003, "text": " Because the question about that, too, is not just that you're paying for LTE, but it's" }, { "start": 2686.1600000000003, "end": 2689.1200000000003, "text": " going to be how intelligently they manage the handoff." }, { "start": 2689.1200000000003, "end": 2693.04, "text": " Because there's already like, right, you can use a lot of things with Bluetooth on the" }, { "start": 2693.04, "end": 2698.24, "text": " watch, or if you're in an area where there's a known Wi-Fi network, then the watch will" }, { "start": 2698.24, "end": 2699.24, "text": " connect to that." }, { "start": 2699.24, "end": 2702.96, "text": " And then it's not like using the other protocols." }, { "start": 2702.96, "end": 2707.4, "text": " And so they're going to do this handoff thing where it's going to go from different wireless" }, { "start": 2707.4, "end": 2710.44, "text": " protocols to LTE when you need it." }, { "start": 2710.44, "end": 2713.8, "text": " And I think how well it works is all going to be dependent on that handoff process." }, { "start": 2713.8, "end": 2720.36, "text": " Will it work as well as the lift your arm or tweak your arm gesture to actually have" }, { "start": 2720.36, "end": 2722.72, "text": " the watch face turn on?" }, { "start": 2722.72, "end": 2723.72, "text": " That's an excellent question." }, { "start": 2723.72, "end": 2727.7599999999998, "text": " If it works that well, then it's doomed." }, { "start": 2727.7599999999998, "end": 2730.52, "text": " So you've got to review the thing." }, { "start": 2730.52, "end": 2732.8399999999997, "text": " But they're winning, right?" }, { "start": 2732.8399999999997, "end": 2737.08, "text": " So if they just make it incrementally better, they're just going to keep trucking along," }, { "start": 2737.08, "end": 2738.08, "text": " basically." }, { "start": 2738.08, "end": 2739.08, "text": " That's the thing." }, { "start": 2739.08, "end": 2740.6, "text": " They presented a slide yesterday that I thought was fascinating." }, { "start": 2740.6, "end": 2742.7999999999997, "text": " They're like, we're now the number one watch brand in the world." }, { "start": 2742.7999999999997, "end": 2744.3199999999997, "text": " And they just listed all the..." }, { "start": 2744.3199999999997, "end": 2747.8399999999997, "text": " But the metric by which they're number one was not presented." }, { "start": 2747.8399999999997, "end": 2751.68, "text": " And the second one that they listed was Rolex." }, { "start": 2751.68, "end": 2755, "text": " And it's like, okay, there can't be number of watches sold." }, { "start": 2755, "end": 2756, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 2756, "end": 2757.56, "text": " So I think it's revenue." }, { "start": 2757.56, "end": 2758.56, "text": " It's revenue." }, { "start": 2758.56, "end": 2763.72, "text": " Rolex sells $4 million watches a year, and Apple sells that many number of $300 watches." }, { "start": 2763.72, "end": 2764.72, "text": " And I go, we're number one." }, { "start": 2764.72, "end": 2765.72, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 2765.72, "end": 2769.08, "text": " They said their sales have increased 50% year over year." }, { "start": 2769.08, "end": 2773.2, "text": " And then if you look at the latest IDC numbers, which puts out these reports of global wearable" }, { "start": 2773.2, "end": 2777.6, "text": " shipments every so often, they're actually now only number two to Xiaomi." }, { "start": 2777.6, "end": 2781.48, "text": " So Xiaomi is beating them in volume, which is not surprising because it's Xiaomi." }, { "start": 2781.48, "end": 2785.92, "text": " But Apple has now snuck ahead of Fitbit, which has had a lot of sales declines this year." }, { "start": 2785.92, "end": 2791.04, "text": " It's ahead of Garmin, which is impressive because they're in that sports enthusiast" }, { "start": 2791.04, "end": 2792.04, "text": " category." }, { "start": 2792.04, "end": 2798.36, "text": " And then Cook has said in vague terms, this business is the size of a Fortune 500 business" }, { "start": 2798.36, "end": 2799.36, "text": " on its own." }, { "start": 2799.36, "end": 2801.72, "text": " So it's a real thing at Apple." }, { "start": 2801.72, "end": 2804.4, "text": " But how many people here are wearing smart watches?" }, { "start": 2804.4, "end": 2805.4, "text": " Probably a lot in this crowd, right?" }, { "start": 2805.4, "end": 2806.4, "text": " Yeah, there's a good amount." }, { "start": 2806.4, "end": 2807.4, "text": " Show him." }, { "start": 2807.4, "end": 2808.4, "text": " Dude." }, { "start": 2808.4, "end": 2809.4, "text": " Yeah, he's like, I have four." }, { "start": 2809.4, "end": 2810.4, "text": " If it's more than 10, I'd be shocked." }, { "start": 2810.4, "end": 2811.4, "text": " Thanks." }, { "start": 2811.4, "end": 2815.6, "text": " You just boosted the average for the rest of us." }, { "start": 2815.6, "end": 2819.28, "text": " I think for a lot of normal people still, they're like, I don't know if I need a smart" }, { "start": 2819.28, "end": 2820.28, "text": " watch." }, { "start": 2820.28, "end": 2821.28, "text": " I still think that's a very real question." }, { "start": 2821.28, "end": 2822.28, "text": " Apple watch for kids." }, { "start": 2822.28, "end": 2825.04, "text": " Apple watch for kids, yeah." }, { "start": 2825.04, "end": 2826.04, "text": " That's dystopian." }, { "start": 2826.04, "end": 2829.56, "text": " And then you release them into the cement circle and just chase them around." }, { "start": 2829.56, "end": 2832.1600000000003, "text": " Okay, we are..." }, { "start": 2832.1600000000003, "end": 2835.32, "text": " I told everyone that we were gonna go long and we have certainly gone long." }, { "start": 2835.32, "end": 2836.32, "text": " We long." }, { "start": 2836.32, "end": 2839.28, "text": " So Lauren, I really wanna thank you for coming to the event yesterday, for being on stage," }, { "start": 2839.28, "end": 2840.28, "text": " seeing these people." }, { "start": 2840.28, "end": 2841.28, "text": " It was super fun." }, { "start": 2841.28, "end": 2842.28, "text": " I'm gonna go..." }, { "start": 2842.28, "end": 2843.28, "text": " All right, Lauren, clap for Lauren." }, { "start": 2843.28, "end": 2844.28, "text": " Oh." }, { "start": 2844.28, "end": 2845.28, "text": " Bye, guys." }, { "start": 2845.28, "end": 2854.4, "text": " But I wanna bring out a dude right now, the only person I can think of to talk about Animoji" }, { "start": 2854.4, "end": 2857.5600000000004, "text": " with, Casey Newton." }, { "start": 2857.5600000000004, "end": 2860.92, "text": " Hi, everybody." }, { "start": 2860.92, "end": 2866.2400000000002, "text": " That's Steve Austin's music." }, { "start": 2866.2400000000002, "end": 2867.2400000000002, "text": " Sure is." }, { "start": 2867.2400000000002, "end": 2868.2400000000002, "text": " The Texas rattlesnake." }, { "start": 2868.24, "end": 2873.3199999999997, "text": " I just say, the last time I was in this physical space, I saw Mark Zuckerberg and his wife," }, { "start": 2873.3199999999997, "end": 2877.4399999999996, "text": " Priscilla Chan, announce a campaign to end all human disease." }, { "start": 2877.4399999999996, "end": 2879.4399999999996, "text": " So it's great to hear you guys talk about the iPhone." }, { "start": 2879.4399999999996, "end": 2881.2, "text": " But anyway, what were we saying?" }, { "start": 2881.2, "end": 2884.24, "text": " I just shook a bunch of strangers' hands and then ate food, so..." }, { "start": 2884.24, "end": 2885.8399999999997, "text": " Did that happen in this room?" }, { "start": 2885.8399999999997, "end": 2887.64, "text": " Yes, in this very room." }, { "start": 2887.64, "end": 2889.2999999999997, "text": " And how's it going?" }, { "start": 2889.2999999999997, "end": 2892.08, "text": " As far as I can tell, cancer is still a thing, so..." }, { "start": 2892.08, "end": 2897.72, "text": " All right, Casey, before we begin, I don't wanna forget, that was dark, by the way." }, { "start": 2897.72, "end": 2898.72, "text": " I'm just getting started." }, { "start": 2898.72, "end": 2901.9599999999996, "text": " Casey's like a professional improv comedian now, and that was one of the roughest chuckles" }, { "start": 2901.9599999999996, "end": 2902.9599999999996, "text": " I've ever heard." }, { "start": 2902.9599999999996, "end": 2903.9599999999996, "text": " I don't wanna forget." }, { "start": 2903.9599999999996, "end": 2904.9599999999996, "text": " Paul?" }, { "start": 2904.9599999999996, "end": 2905.9599999999996, "text": " You're weak, buddy." }, { "start": 2905.9599999999996, "end": 2906.9599999999996, "text": " Oh, we almost forgot." }, { "start": 2906.9599999999996, "end": 2907.9599999999996, "text": " But we never forget." }, { "start": 2907.9599999999996, "end": 2908.9599999999996, "text": " We never..." }, { "start": 2908.9599999999996, "end": 2909.9599999999996, "text": " You do a thing, segment." }, { "start": 2909.9599999999996, "end": 2910.9599999999996, "text": " What's it called, buddy?" }, { "start": 2910.9599999999996, "end": 2911.9599999999996, "text": " It's called..." }, { "start": 2911.9599999999996, "end": 2912.9599999999996, "text": " Is there a refrigerator in this thing?" }, { "start": 2912.96, "end": 2935.68, "text": " I forgot to come up with a new title because it..." }, { "start": 2935.68, "end": 2936.68, "text": " It's not bad." }, { "start": 2936.68, "end": 2937.68, "text": " This happens also, by the way." }, { "start": 2937.68, "end": 2940.2, "text": " It's called, Is There a Refrigerator in This Thing?" }, { "start": 2940.2, "end": 2941.2, "text": " Well, edit it." }, { "start": 2941.2, "end": 2942.2, "text": " Edit." }, { "start": 2942.2, "end": 2944.2, "text": " The famous Vergecast segment." }, { "start": 2944.2, "end": 2948.3199999999997, "text": " All right, this is burning up the internet today." }, { "start": 2948.3199999999997, "end": 2950.16, "text": " It's something called bodega." }, { "start": 2950.16, "end": 2955.3199999999997, "text": " And a chill filled the room." }, { "start": 2955.3199999999997, "end": 2957.12, "text": " There is a refrigerator in this thing." }, { "start": 2957.12, "end": 2958.12, "text": " No, no, that's..." }, { "start": 2958.12, "end": 2959.2, "text": " I'm pretty sure." }, { "start": 2959.2, "end": 2964.2799999999997, "text": " They sell beverages in this bodega, but it does not seem to be refrigerated." }, { "start": 2964.2799999999997, "end": 2967.04, "text": " So you can get a lukewarm vitamin water." }, { "start": 2967.04, "end": 2968.04, "text": " Does anybody want..." }, { "start": 2968.04, "end": 2969.24, "text": " What the bodega is." }, { "start": 2969.24, "end": 2978.08, "text": " So bodega, imagine a box in a building and you approach that box and you give that box" }, { "start": 2978.08, "end": 2981.08, "text": " money somehow and you receive a product from that box." }, { "start": 2981.08, "end": 2982.7999999999997, "text": " What would you call that?" }, { "start": 2982.7999999999997, "end": 2983.7999999999997, "text": " A vending machine." }, { "start": 2983.7999999999997, "end": 2984.7999999999997, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 2984.7999999999997, "end": 2985.7999999999997, "text": " No, it's a bodega." }, { "start": 2985.7999999999997, "end": 2993.74, "text": " And it's gonna disrupt the bodega industry and mom and pop and first generation immigrants" }, { "start": 2993.74, "end": 2998.8799999999997, "text": " are all gonna be out of business and destitute and Silicon Valley, meanwhile, is going to" }, { "start": 2998.88, "end": 2999.88, "text": " take all the money." }, { "start": 2999.88, "end": 3000.88, "text": " Big bodega has it coming." }, { "start": 3000.88, "end": 3001.88, "text": " Big bodega." }, { "start": 3001.88, "end": 3002.88, "text": " Big bodega." }, { "start": 3002.88, "end": 3003.88, "text": " I don't know." }, { "start": 3003.88, "end": 3004.88, "text": " I think it's hilarious." }, { "start": 3004.88, "end": 3011.52, "text": " These guys made a box that has some machine learning in it so that basically you unlock" }, { "start": 3011.52, "end": 3013.36, "text": " it with your phone, you open it up, you get a..." }, { "start": 3013.36, "end": 3016.96, "text": " You're listening in your car and making aggressive scare quotes at the words machine learning." }, { "start": 3016.96, "end": 3017.96, "text": " Whatever." }, { "start": 3017.96, "end": 3018.96, "text": " It's a real thing." }, { "start": 3018.96, "end": 3019.96, "text": " People do it." }, { "start": 3019.96, "end": 3020.96, "text": " It's a job." }, { "start": 3020.96, "end": 3021.96, "text": " No, machines do it." }, { "start": 3021.96, "end": 3024.96, "text": " You can get a Udemy course on machine learning." }, { "start": 3024.96, "end": 3025.96, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 3025.96, "end": 3026.96, "text": " So it's two ex-Google engineers." }, { "start": 3026.96, "end": 3027.96, "text": " It's a talent." }, { "start": 3027.96, "end": 3029.68, "text": " It's like a Codecademy course." }, { "start": 3029.68, "end": 3030.68, "text": " Lawyer quotes." }, { "start": 3030.68, "end": 3031.68, "text": " Oh, boy." }, { "start": 3031.68, "end": 3034.68, "text": " Machines can do that now better than I ever could." }, { "start": 3034.68, "end": 3035.68, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 3035.68, "end": 3036.68, "text": " Go ahead." }, { "start": 3036.68, "end": 3038.68, "text": " Don't be mean to Codecademy, by the way." }, { "start": 3038.68, "end": 3039.68, "text": " No, they're great." }, { "start": 3039.68, "end": 3040.68, "text": " They'll come at you." }, { "start": 3040.68, "end": 3041.68, "text": " They will." }, { "start": 3041.68, "end": 3043.84, "text": " That's a long story." }, { "start": 3043.84, "end": 3049.84, "text": " So you unlock this box and then it sees what you take out of it and it charges it to your" }, { "start": 3049.84, "end": 3054.44, "text": " account and so the idea is that they're gonna put them in apartment buildings or gyms or" }, { "start": 3054.44, "end": 3058.16, "text": " kind of shared spaces that are relatively secure because this box doesn't look very" }, { "start": 3058.16, "end": 3059.16, "text": " secure." }, { "start": 3059.16, "end": 3065.28, "text": " But there's just a huge controversy today because they called it Bodega and I think" }, { "start": 3065.28, "end": 3066.8, "text": " Bodega means a lot to a lot of people." }, { "start": 3066.8, "end": 3068.88, "text": " They'd called it like Vendor with no E." }, { "start": 3068.88, "end": 3070.7200000000003, "text": " Yeah, like Vendor with, yeah, exactly." }, { "start": 3070.7200000000003, "end": 3071.7200000000003, "text": " No vowels, Vendor." }, { "start": 3071.7200000000003, "end": 3075.76, "text": " Okay, so you're my resident Silicon Valley silliness reporter." }, { "start": 3075.76, "end": 3076.76, "text": " Yes." }, { "start": 3076.76, "end": 3078.56, "text": " Tell me about Bodega." }, { "start": 3078.56, "end": 3081.44, "text": " The name was a really bad choice." }, { "start": 3081.44, "end": 3085.32, "text": " What we learned today is that 80% of a New Yorker's identity is that they're friends" }, { "start": 3085.32, "end": 3090.4, "text": " with a cat in a convenience store." }, { "start": 3090.4, "end": 3095.92, "text": " If you read Twitter today, man, did you hear about the deep, deep friendships that these" }, { "start": 3095.92, "end": 3100.7200000000003, "text": " rich people have with the people who work at their Bodega." }, { "start": 3100.7200000000003, "end": 3102.48, "text": " I don't believe any of that, by the way." }, { "start": 3102.48, "end": 3107.2400000000002, "text": " I think they buy Cheetos there and tell themselves they have a friend who's unlike them." }, { "start": 3107.2400000000002, "end": 3108.2400000000002, "text": " That's not real." }, { "start": 3108.2400000000002, "end": 3109.2400000000002, "text": " Here's the thing." }, { "start": 3109.24, "end": 3116.7999999999997, "text": " What is real is that technology is displacing jobs and technology has no answer for that" }, { "start": 3116.7999999999997, "end": 3122.12, "text": " and Silicon Valley is extremely callous about that and its only alternative to jobs seems" }, { "start": 3122.12, "end": 3125.2799999999997, "text": " to be what if we just have the government write you a check." }, { "start": 3125.2799999999997, "end": 3131.9199999999996, "text": " So Silicon Valley doesn't know the first thing to do about what is happening because of automation." }, { "start": 3131.9199999999996, "end": 3134.4399999999996, "text": " So when things like Bodega come along with the implication that they're going to get" }, { "start": 3134.4399999999996, "end": 3138.3599999999997, "text": " rid of real people's jobs, then I think there is a justified backlash against it because" }, { "start": 3138.36, "end": 3140.48, "text": " it does come across as idiotic." }, { "start": 3140.48, "end": 3147.2000000000003, "text": " Now the founders of Bodega said in a Medium post today, which was inevitable and had 241" }, { "start": 3147.2000000000003, "end": 3148.2000000000003, "text": " claps the last time I looked." }, { "start": 3148.2000000000003, "end": 3149.2000000000003, "text": " Oh my God." }, { "start": 3149.2000000000003, "end": 3150.2000000000003, "text": " Stop clapping." }, { "start": 3150.2000000000003, "end": 3151.2000000000003, "text": " Do not clap in the audience." }, { "start": 3151.2000000000003, "end": 3152.2000000000003, "text": " Because it doesn't count." }, { "start": 3152.2000000000003, "end": 3157.2000000000003, "text": " You have to clap on the website so no one gets paid." }, { "start": 3157.2000000000003, "end": 3160.36, "text": " This is real." }, { "start": 3160.36, "end": 3161.36, "text": " Stop laughing." }, { "start": 3161.36, "end": 3165.76, "text": " Authors do not get paid unless you physically clap on the website." }, { "start": 3165.76, "end": 3172.92, "text": " What the author said was essentially that they feel really sorry about the name because" }, { "start": 3172.92, "end": 3175.88, "text": " they never intended to go head to head with actual convenience stores." }, { "start": 3175.88, "end": 3179.92, "text": " They just wanted to put vending machines in apartment complexes and apparently they did" }, { "start": 3179.92, "end": 3186.44, "text": " a bunch of market research that said that like immigrants did not object to this name." }, { "start": 3186.44, "end": 3189.76, "text": " So anyway, the whole thing is a huge mess but I think if they had to do it over again," }, { "start": 3189.76, "end": 3191.7200000000003, "text": " they'd pick a different name." }, { "start": 3191.72, "end": 3196.3199999999997, "text": " Also I think that the Fast Company headline was like, this Silicon Valley startups wants" }, { "start": 3196.3199999999997, "end": 3199.2, "text": " to deport immigrants with their vending machine." }, { "start": 3199.2, "end": 3202, "text": " They didn't write that." }, { "start": 3202, "end": 3204.24, "text": " It's not fair for me to ever complain about headlines." }, { "start": 3204.24, "end": 3205.24, "text": " Animoji." }, { "start": 3205.24, "end": 3206.24, "text": " Yeah, Casey, that's why you're here." }, { "start": 3206.24, "end": 3209.6, "text": " Let's get off this dark stuff and talk about talking foxes." }, { "start": 3209.6, "end": 3212.6, "text": " So well, animoji." }, { "start": 3212.6, "end": 3215.9599999999996, "text": " Which animoji are you?" }, { "start": 3215.9599999999996, "end": 3220.48, "text": " Well as far as I was able to ascertain yesterday, there is no eggplant animoji." }, { "start": 3220.48, "end": 3225.2400000000002, "text": " Which feels like a missed opportunity to me." }, { "start": 3225.2400000000002, "end": 3229.04, "text": " My thing is that the animoji are apparently in the iMessage app store." }, { "start": 3229.04, "end": 3230.04, "text": " Is that right?" }, { "start": 3230.04, "end": 3231.72, "text": " You have to access the app store to use them or how does that work?" }, { "start": 3231.72, "end": 3234.32, "text": " Okay, so you have a keyboard." }, { "start": 3234.32, "end": 3236.32, "text": " You do click on the app store icon." }, { "start": 3236.32, "end": 3238.8, "text": " The first thing that opens is animoji." }, { "start": 3238.8, "end": 3239.8, "text": " I see." }, { "start": 3239.8, "end": 3240.8, "text": " Then you're another level away." }, { "start": 3240.8, "end": 3241.8, "text": " Great." }, { "start": 3241.8, "end": 3243.68, "text": " So they're training you to click on that button." }, { "start": 3243.68, "end": 3244.8, "text": " That is true." }, { "start": 3244.8, "end": 3246.96, "text": " But whether you will ever go to..." }, { "start": 3246.96, "end": 3250.4, "text": " I once hired a private investigator to find the iMessage app store and I'm still waiting" }, { "start": 3250.4, "end": 3253.4, "text": " to hear back." }, { "start": 3253.4, "end": 3260.08, "text": " Look, I think these things are fun, but all of the recent kind of social enhancement to" }, { "start": 3260.08, "end": 3266.04, "text": " iMessage have felt a little bit either half-hearted or too late to me." }, { "start": 3266.04, "end": 3270.84, "text": " How many times, if iMessage users out there in the past day has someone sent you something" }, { "start": 3270.84, "end": 3272.88, "text": " with lasers, right?" }, { "start": 3272.88, "end": 3275.88, "text": " This stuff is there, but I don't think it gets widely used." }, { "start": 3275.88, "end": 3281, "text": " So I think you might see a few novelty foxes and panda faces in your iMessage, but I don't" }, { "start": 3281, "end": 3285.86, "text": " think this is going to become the new default way for teens to communicate." }, { "start": 3285.86, "end": 3289.04, "text": " It's a bummer to me that it's locked to iMessage because I hate things that are locked to iMessage." }, { "start": 3289.04, "end": 3292.32, "text": " Peter is just watching a GIF of the group smiling at him on his computer right now." }, { "start": 3292.32, "end": 3296.6400000000003, "text": " I wanted to gaze upon the different emoji options and the GIF was the first thing that" }, { "start": 3296.6400000000003, "end": 3297.6400000000003, "text": " came up." }, { "start": 3297.6400000000003, "end": 3301.6, "text": " So we got to try it though and I will tell you it is the most fun I've had with the phone" }, { "start": 3301.6, "end": 3302.6, "text": " in the past six months." }, { "start": 3302.6, "end": 3309.88, "text": " It is wildly fun to talk to your phone and have an emoji literally beat for beat, no" }, { "start": 3309.88, "end": 3313.12, "text": " lag at all, become your face." }, { "start": 3313.12, "end": 3314.8399999999997, "text": " I became a little dog yesterday." }, { "start": 3314.8399999999997, "end": 3316.3199999999997, "text": " It was very cute." }, { "start": 3316.3199999999997, "end": 3319.7599999999998, "text": " Sure, but if..." }, { "start": 3319.7599999999998, "end": 3322.04, "text": " Are you going to deny that that was cute, Casey?" }, { "start": 3322.04, "end": 3323.7999999999997, "text": " I would never deny that that's cute." }, { "start": 3323.7999999999997, "end": 3328.36, "text": " It was very cute, but the thing is I've been using Snapchat for four years, right?" }, { "start": 3328.36, "end": 3331.36, "text": " And they have lenses that are not actually all that different." }, { "start": 3331.36, "end": 3333.44, "text": " So I don't deny that the technology is cute." }, { "start": 3333.44, "end": 3337.76, "text": " I think some people will have a little bit of fun with it and it is a novel demonstration" }, { "start": 3337.76, "end": 3342.08, "text": " of this technology that they built into this very expensive phone, but I don't know." }, { "start": 3342.08, "end": 3344.44, "text": " I just think iMessage is such an amazing platform for Apple." }, { "start": 3344.44, "end": 3349.2400000000002, "text": " I would love to see them invest like 10 times more in it because there's actually a lot" }, { "start": 3349.2400000000002, "end": 3353.36, "text": " of research out there that it's really the number one chat app for teens, right?" }, { "start": 3353.36, "end": 3357, "text": " Because for teens having iPhone is such a status symbol and it's where most of their" }, { "start": 3357, "end": 3358.2400000000002, "text": " communications are going on." }, { "start": 3358.24, "end": 3364, "text": " So man, you could just imagine iMessage being so much more than it is right now." }, { "start": 3364, "end": 3368.2, "text": " I think the thing about Animoji that gets me is the way they want you to use it is that" }, { "start": 3368.2, "end": 3370.16, "text": " you're going to record a movie." }, { "start": 3370.16, "end": 3374.2799999999997, "text": " And I don't do that with iMessage ever." }, { "start": 3374.2799999999997, "end": 3377.24, "text": " I never send the little audio messages." }, { "start": 3377.24, "end": 3381, "text": " So the idea that I'm going to respond to someone instead of sending them one quick emoji, I'm" }, { "start": 3381, "end": 3384.3599999999997, "text": " going to pull up my phone and act out a quiet scene for them." }, { "start": 3384.3599999999997, "end": 3385.3599999999997, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 3385.36, "end": 3389.32, "text": " What if you were courting a lady, would you think you would maybe invest a little time" }, { "start": 3389.32, "end": 3390.32, "text": " in making a panda face?" }, { "start": 3390.32, "end": 3396.6, "text": " I will confidently tell you that if I send my wife a talking poop, I'm literally married" }, { "start": 3396.6, "end": 3398.88, "text": " to a divorce attorney." }, { "start": 3398.88, "end": 3402.92, "text": " I will do this shit for free." }, { "start": 3402.92, "end": 3405, "text": " So I don't think that's going to happen." }, { "start": 3405, "end": 3406, "text": " I'll try it." }, { "start": 3406, "end": 3407, "text": " We'll just see what happens." }, { "start": 3407, "end": 3410.1200000000003, "text": " No, I mean, sure." }, { "start": 3410.1200000000003, "end": 3411.2000000000003, "text": " But I think you're right." }, { "start": 3411.2000000000003, "end": 3414.04, "text": " I think Snapchat is like, it's so much farther." }, { "start": 3414.04, "end": 3417.7599999999998, "text": " And there's a huge incremental upgrade to Snapchat filters." }, { "start": 3417.7599999999998, "end": 3419.72, "text": " That stuff when I tried that yesterday was also incredible." }, { "start": 3419.72, "end": 3421.32, "text": " Okay, but what was the difference?" }, { "start": 3421.32, "end": 3422.64, "text": " I've watched this video." }, { "start": 3422.64, "end": 3424.2, "text": " It looked like a Snapchat filter." }, { "start": 3424.2, "end": 3426.52, "text": " What was the difference?" }, { "start": 3426.52, "end": 3429.52, "text": " So usually when I use Snapchat filters or Instagram filters, which I think are a little" }, { "start": 3429.52, "end": 3434.48, "text": " bit worse, there is a perceptible lag between what you're doing and what the computer is" }, { "start": 3434.48, "end": 3436.6, "text": " pasting onto your face." }, { "start": 3436.6, "end": 3437.6, "text": " None of it is there." }, { "start": 3437.6, "end": 3439.64, "text": " It just looks actually like it's applied to your face." }, { "start": 3439.64, "end": 3441.32, "text": " You became the dancing hot dog." }, { "start": 3441.32, "end": 3443.94, "text": " I was the dancing hot dog." }, { "start": 3443.94, "end": 3444.94, "text": " That's my animoji." }, { "start": 3444.94, "end": 3448.44, "text": " Just dancing away while the world burns." }, { "start": 3448.44, "end": 3449.76, "text": " Yeah, I mean, that's great." }, { "start": 3449.76, "end": 3453.84, "text": " Look, to the extent that all of this is making augmented reality a thing, I think it's really" }, { "start": 3453.84, "end": 3454.84, "text": " exciting." }, { "start": 3454.84, "end": 3458.4, "text": " Something that did not get a lot of attention yesterday at the keynote, but that has been" }, { "start": 3458.4, "end": 3463.6, "text": " huge, particularly on Twitter, is all of these novel applications of ARKit." }, { "start": 3463.6, "end": 3467.32, "text": " There are Twitter accounts where you can just see every day novel applications of ARKit," }, { "start": 3467.32, "end": 3470.84, "text": " and it's some of the absolute coolest stuff that is being done with the iPhone." }, { "start": 3470.84, "end": 3474.1600000000003, "text": " So I hope we see a lot more of that, and I hope Apple talks a lot more about that." }, { "start": 3474.1600000000003, "end": 3478.1200000000003, "text": " So animoji, great use for that, but I think the AR stuff that is going to come out in" }, { "start": 3478.1200000000003, "end": 3481.28, "text": " the next six months is going to have nothing to do with animoji, and that's going to be" }, { "start": 3481.28, "end": 3482.28, "text": " the stuff we're talking about." }, { "start": 3482.28, "end": 3487.08, "text": " Also, the limited amount of people who are going to have the 10, it's not going to be" }, { "start": 3487.08, "end": 3488.6400000000003, "text": " a huge number of people." }, { "start": 3488.6400000000003, "end": 3489.6400000000003, "text": " It just isn't." }, { "start": 3489.6400000000003, "end": 3491.48, "text": " But only because of supply constraints." }, { "start": 3491.48, "end": 3493.2000000000003, "text": " This is where I differ from you guys." }, { "start": 3493.2000000000003, "end": 3498.1600000000003, "text": " I think that it's the 8 that is not going to be a huge hit, and I think that Apple is" }, { "start": 3498.1600000000003, "end": 3500.36, "text": " going to sell every 10 that it makes." }, { "start": 3500.36, "end": 3504.28, "text": " Because I think you either want the best iPhone or you want the iPhone that you can best afford," }, { "start": 3504.28, "end": 3506.08, "text": " and the 8 is neither of those things." }, { "start": 3506.08, "end": 3512.1600000000003, "text": " So, okay, let's posit that anybody who can spend $750, $800 for an 8 or 8 Plus." }, { "start": 3512.1600000000003, "end": 3514.1200000000003, "text": " Or $50 a month." }, { "start": 3514.1200000000003, "end": 3518.8, "text": " And if they could, would get the 10 because it's not that much more on an amortized carrier" }, { "start": 3518.8, "end": 3519.8, "text": " plan." }, { "start": 3519.8, "end": 3525.28, "text": " So let's stipulate that that's true, and let's also further stipulate that it seems likely" }, { "start": 3525.28, "end": 3527.6400000000003, "text": " that Apple's not going to be able to make enough of these damn things." }, { "start": 3527.6400000000003, "end": 3528.6400000000003, "text": " Resolve." }, { "start": 3528.64, "end": 3530.56, "text": " The United Nations shall buy an iPhone X." }, { "start": 3530.56, "end": 3538.3199999999997, "text": " So what happens on December 20th when my phone breaks, I need to go buy a phone, I've surveyed" }, { "start": 3538.3199999999997, "end": 3542.3199999999997, "text": " the market, I didn't buy a phone in the fall because I'm not an idiot." }, { "start": 3542.3199999999997, "end": 3546.62, "text": " And you don't buy a phone until after all the phones are announced, that's what I mean." }, { "start": 3546.62, "end": 3552.3199999999997, "text": " And I go and I discover that if I want to get an iPhone X, I have to wait until June." }, { "start": 3552.3199999999997, "end": 3553.64, "text": " The backlog is that long." }, { "start": 3553.64, "end": 3559.3199999999997, "text": " I waited six weeks for my AirPods and I still feel sad about it, but I waited." }, { "start": 3559.3199999999997, "end": 3561.8399999999997, "text": " Do you think that most people are going to do that or are they going to quote unquote" }, { "start": 3561.8399999999997, "end": 3563.08, "text": " settle for an 8?" }, { "start": 3563.08, "end": 3570.52, "text": " I think that for so many people, like the current year iPhone, it's a status symbol," }, { "start": 3570.52, "end": 3572.44, "text": " it's something they look forward to all year." }, { "start": 3572.44, "end": 3575.52, "text": " I absolutely think that people are going to wait." }, { "start": 3575.52, "end": 3577.6, "text": " Particularly those like us who are buying a new phone every year." }, { "start": 3577.6, "end": 3581.12, "text": " Let's say there's a two month wait for the new phone, they'll wait because the phone" }, { "start": 3581.12, "end": 3584.8399999999997, "text": " they have in their pocket is a 7 or a 7S and it's fine, right?" }, { "start": 3584.8399999999997, "end": 3588.16, "text": " They only want it because it does some cool stuff, it's going to look cool when they bring" }, { "start": 3588.16, "end": 3589.7999999999997, "text": " it out at parties." }, { "start": 3589.7999999999997, "end": 3592.16, "text": " I think people are absolutely going to wait for the X." }, { "start": 3592.16, "end": 3596, "text": " Yeah, I think the question is are they going to wait so long that it's next September?" }, { "start": 3596, "end": 3598.44, "text": " It's like real." }, { "start": 3598.44, "end": 3602.44, "text": " If it's true that there's a 12 month wait for the iPhone X, everything you guys have" }, { "start": 3602.44, "end": 3603.44, "text": " said is true." }, { "start": 3603.44, "end": 3608, "text": " Yeah, I think that's the most interesting problem for them." }, { "start": 3608, "end": 3611.72, "text": " I hung out by the way with a guy named Kunal Dua, today he was the editor in chief of Gadgets" }, { "start": 3611.72, "end": 3613.96, "text": " 360, which is the biggest tech site in India." }, { "start": 3613.96, "end": 3618.2, "text": " It's actually bigger than the verge and it's just Indian audiences." }, { "start": 3618.2, "end": 3623.76, "text": " He told me that Indian buyers on average buy a new phone every nine months." }, { "start": 3623.76, "end": 3626.36, "text": " They cover two phone launches a day." }, { "start": 3626.36, "end": 3630.2, "text": " There's an average of ten phones launched in India every week." }, { "start": 3630.2, "end": 3634.84, "text": " All the companies have price segments that are like Samsung has a phone at every $8," }, { "start": 3634.84, "end": 3636.84, "text": " which is every 500 rupees." }, { "start": 3636.84, "end": 3639.8, "text": " It's from zero to the top of the line." }, { "start": 3639.8, "end": 3644.8, "text": " The reason the iPhone 6S still exists is because it is the most popular phone Apple sells" }, { "start": 3644.8, "end": 3645.8, "text": " in India." }, { "start": 3645.8, "end": 3650.4, "text": " It's the one that fits into that pricing strategy that's new and what people don't want there" }, { "start": 3650.4, "end": 3652, "text": " is refurbished phones." }, { "start": 3652, "end": 3657.36, "text": " Apple has this, obviously we have a somewhat myopic view of our market and there's all" }, { "start": 3657.36, "end": 3662.4, "text": " of the, if you can afford 750, you can afford 1000, which I am pretty shaky on." }, { "start": 3662.4, "end": 3665.6000000000004, "text": " I understand it's a big leap." }, { "start": 3665.6, "end": 3669.92, "text": " It's funny how Apple also has to cater to these other huge markets that they are seeing" }, { "start": 3669.92, "end": 3676.2, "text": " where they have to show growth because if all that happens is the wave of carrier upgrade" }, { "start": 3676.2, "end": 3681.04, "text": " plans sweeps over America and everybody gets an iPhone 8 because it's the one that you've" }, { "start": 3681.04, "end": 3685.3199999999997, "text": " been paying on installments for this entire time, they will have zero growth." }, { "start": 3685.3199999999997, "end": 3689.12, "text": " They have to find ways to capture new people, which means both going down market, which" }, { "start": 3689.12, "end": 3693.92, "text": " is not what we generally pay attention to, and it also means they've got to convert a" }, { "start": 3693.92, "end": 3699.7200000000003, "text": " bunch of Android high-end owners over, which means they have to appeal to note owners." }, { "start": 3699.7200000000003, "end": 3700.7200000000003, "text": " So here's the thing." }, { "start": 3700.7200000000003, "end": 3705.36, "text": " I don't know if the iPhone 10 appeals to the note owner who's like, what I want is a 400" }, { "start": 3705.36, "end": 3708.28, "text": " horsepower engine and a stylus." }, { "start": 3708.28, "end": 3711.92, "text": " So talking about myopia, you're getting a 10?" }, { "start": 3711.92, "end": 3712.92, "text": " That's the plan." }, { "start": 3712.92, "end": 3714.56, "text": " Neil is getting a 10, I'm probably getting a 10." }, { "start": 3714.56, "end": 3715.56, "text": " Paul is not." }, { "start": 3715.56, "end": 3716.56, "text": " I want to hear about this." }, { "start": 3716.56, "end": 3717.56, "text": " Why not?" }, { "start": 3717.56, "end": 3718.56, "text": " Cars." }, { "start": 3718.56, "end": 3719.56, "text": " Cars." }, { "start": 3719.56, "end": 3726.44, "text": " Yeah, I was up pretty late last night trying to make a car analogy." }, { "start": 3726.44, "end": 3731.88, "text": " I don't know a lot about cars." }, { "start": 3731.88, "end": 3735.16, "text": " Here's where I went with it." }, { "start": 3735.16, "end": 3740.08, "text": " The iPhone 10 is like a Ferrari, but I just need a Honda." }, { "start": 3740.08, "end": 3749.36, "text": " I just need something reliable and affordable and something that matches my actual use case." }, { "start": 3749.36, "end": 3756.56, "text": " And it's not such a precious object in my life that I need the ultra luxury one." }, { "start": 3756.56, "end": 3761.2000000000003, "text": " So I do like to have a really nice phone, and I like it to have a long-lasting battery" }, { "start": 3761.2000000000003, "end": 3765.32, "text": " life and be reliable and take nice pictures and stuff, but it's not the most important" }, { "start": 3765.32, "end": 3766.32, "text": " object in my life." }, { "start": 3766.32, "end": 3770.04, "text": " See, if I'm Apple and I hear this, this terrifies me, because what Paul is saying is the iPhone" }, { "start": 3770.04, "end": 3772.44, "text": " 8 is a station wagon, right?" }, { "start": 3772.44, "end": 3774.04, "text": " And Apple has never been about that." }, { "start": 3774.04, "end": 3778.1200000000003, "text": " They've always been about creating that sense of like, oh my God, the future has just landed" }, { "start": 3778.12, "end": 3779.52, "text": " in the present." }, { "start": 3779.52, "end": 3783.08, "text": " That was the entire, I mean, that was the thesis of the event yesterday." }, { "start": 3783.08, "end": 3784.08, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 3784.08, "end": 3785.08, "text": " We're in the Steve Jobs Theater." }, { "start": 3785.08, "end": 3786.08, "text": " This is his dream." }, { "start": 3786.08, "end": 3791.44, "text": " He would literally, I've heard multiple Apple executives saying, we hope he's proud of us," }, { "start": 3791.44, "end": 3792.44, "text": " right?" }, { "start": 3792.44, "end": 3797.4, "text": " Like they were, like, is the iPhone 10 to you the same as the iPhone?" }, { "start": 3797.4, "end": 3801.12, "text": " The answer to me is like, no, it just has an edge-shed screen." }, { "start": 3801.12, "end": 3803.2799999999997, "text": " Well here's what I would say about it." }, { "start": 3803.2799999999997, "end": 3807.06, "text": " The iPhone that I remain the most satisfied with in terms of like where it took me from" }, { "start": 3807.06, "end": 3809.08, "text": " where I was is the iPhone 4." }, { "start": 3809.08, "end": 3811.6, "text": " The iPhone 4, every time you took it out of your pocket, it looked like jewelry." }, { "start": 3811.6, "end": 3815.64, "text": " It looked like you were holding this just incredible object, right?" }, { "start": 3815.64, "end": 3819.7599999999998, "text": " And I haven't held the iPhone 10 in my hands yesterday, but looking at the video that you" }, { "start": 3819.7599999999998, "end": 3821.7999999999997, "text": " did looking at everything else, it looked like jewelry." }, { "start": 3821.7999999999997, "end": 3824.2, "text": " And I haven't felt that way about the iPhone for a long time." }, { "start": 3824.2, "end": 3826.2, "text": " As a piece of hardware, it is absolutely stunning." }, { "start": 3826.2, "end": 3830.44, "text": " I think that's going to carry it so much further than the 8 being like, you know, the camera's" }, { "start": 3830.44, "end": 3831.44, "text": " mental." }, { "start": 3831.44, "end": 3836.6, "text": " A lot of people tweeted me, tweeted this to me yesterday when I said, does anybody have" }, { "start": 3836.6, "end": 3837.6, "text": " thoughts about the 8?" }, { "start": 3837.6, "end": 3838.6, "text": " I've only heard about the X today." }, { "start": 3838.6, "end": 3842.16, "text": " And like a flood of people tweeted, it's the iPhone 7S." }, { "start": 3842.16, "end": 3847.72, "text": " Who here thinks it's the 7S they renamed the 8 to make it sound better?" }, { "start": 3847.72, "end": 3848.72, "text": " You're good." }, { "start": 3848.72, "end": 3851.3199999999997, "text": " Joey's got nothing." }, { "start": 3851.3199999999997, "end": 3855, "text": " So it's like a medium feeling that's out there in the world that I think they have to contend" }, { "start": 3855, "end": 3856, "text": " with." }, { "start": 3856, "end": 3858.72, "text": " I think the vast majority of people who do not come to podcasts about surround sound" }, { "start": 3858.72, "end": 3861.68, "text": " formats are probably not thinking about." }, { "start": 3861.68, "end": 3864.7599999999998, "text": " But actually, this leads me to my next question." }, { "start": 3864.76, "end": 3869.2000000000003, "text": " It's like really what I want to talk to you about, which is what animoji are you?" }, { "start": 3869.2000000000003, "end": 3870.2000000000003, "text": " No." }, { "start": 3870.2000000000003, "end": 3874.2000000000003, "text": " So you weren't there, but you are, you watched it, obviously, you paid attention." }, { "start": 3874.2000000000003, "end": 3881.0800000000004, "text": " I felt like the vibe towards Apple and its self-regard yesterday was distinctly different" }, { "start": 3881.0800000000004, "end": 3886.96, "text": " than 10 years ago or last year or even the year before that, where it was seen as somewhat" }, { "start": 3886.96, "end": 3887.96, "text": " out of touch." }, { "start": 3887.96, "end": 3888.96, "text": " Did you get that?" }, { "start": 3888.96, "end": 3893.44, "text": " Yeah, I mean, they said a couple of things that I would have personally advised them" }, { "start": 3893.44, "end": 3894.44, "text": " against." }, { "start": 3894.44, "end": 3897.28, "text": " Like you can call a corporate retail space a town square." }, { "start": 3897.28, "end": 3901.6, "text": " I think that it's, it actually, like it offends my sensibilities just because there's a lot" }, { "start": 3901.6, "end": 3904.96, "text": " of things that you can't do in a retail store that you can and should do in a town square," }, { "start": 3904.96, "end": 3905.96, "text": " right?" }, { "start": 3905.96, "end": 3912.12, "text": " I also think there was a lot of talk about Apple as a company and having, like I saw" }, { "start": 3912.12, "end": 3913.84, "text": " Steve Jobs introduced the iPad too." }, { "start": 3913.84, "end": 3916.6, "text": " And it was very, like the whole event was sort of about the iPad and what it could do" }, { "start": 3916.6, "end": 3921.28, "text": " for your life, not about Apple and what an incredible company Apple is, although of course" }, { "start": 3921.28, "end": 3922.8, "text": " Steve Jobs talked about that too." }, { "start": 3922.8, "end": 3926.48, "text": " So I do think it was somewhat backward looking, but I can't fault Apple for that too much" }, { "start": 3926.48, "end": 3930.2000000000003, "text": " because they were there to inaugurate a new building that was named after their founder." }, { "start": 3930.2000000000003, "end": 3935.32, "text": " So as somebody who has loved Apple products for a really long time, I did cut them a lot" }, { "start": 3935.32, "end": 3940.26, "text": " of slack to a degree that I think some other journalists would say that I was sort of going" }, { "start": 3940.26, "end": 3941.54, "text": " too soft on them." }, { "start": 3941.54, "end": 3946.2000000000003, "text": " But stuff Apple has made has done really amazing things in my life." }, { "start": 3946.2000000000003, "end": 3952.52, "text": " And so if they want to spend 10 minutes at the top of their show telling me about Steve" }, { "start": 3952.52, "end": 3955.92, "text": " Jobs' view on technology, I'm like, I'm super down for that." }, { "start": 3955.92, "end": 3959.1, "text": " Like maybe in ways that are not flattering to me as a journalist, but like I was sort" }, { "start": 3959.1, "end": 3960.62, "text": " of there for it." }, { "start": 3960.62, "end": 3964.68, "text": " But then when they sort of come around to like an Apple store as a community center," }, { "start": 3964.68, "end": 3968.96, "text": " like I've been to their flagship store in Union Square and it's just like lines of people" }, { "start": 3968.96, "end": 3970.92, "text": " trying to buy AirPods." }, { "start": 3970.92, "end": 3978.16, "text": " Yeah, to me the feeling I got was there's so much more attention being paid and actually" }, { "start": 3978.16, "end": 3982.94, "text": " in weird ways we talk about this on the show all the time between what our corporations" }, { "start": 3982.94, "end": 3986.68, "text": " should do, what they're free to do, and what our government should do and what our government" }, { "start": 3986.68, "end": 3987.68, "text": " is free to do." }, { "start": 3987.68, "end": 3988.68, "text": " Does that make any sense?" }, { "start": 3988.68, "end": 3989.68, "text": " Sure, let's go with it." }, { "start": 3989.68, "end": 3990.68, "text": " We've all been drinking." }, { "start": 3990.68, "end": 3991.68, "text": " We talk about that." }, { "start": 3991.68, "end": 3994.68, "text": " We do, we talk about it all the time." }, { "start": 3994.68, "end": 3999.7799999999997, "text": " And Apple seems to be taking the position that it actually will be the greatest force" }, { "start": 3999.7799999999997, "end": 4001.3999999999996, "text": " for good in your life." }, { "start": 4001.3999999999996, "end": 4002.3999999999996, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 4002.3999999999996, "end": 4005.64, "text": " And the way it will do that is by selling you relatively expensive things." }, { "start": 4005.64, "end": 4006.64, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 4006.64, "end": 4011.64, "text": " I think it's actually fine for a company like Apple to say because their business is selling" }, { "start": 4011.64, "end": 4013.3599999999997, "text": " expensive things." }, { "start": 4013.3599999999997, "end": 4017.56, "text": " But where they're not, I think, making the connection that people want, if they were" }, { "start": 4017.56, "end": 4023.44, "text": " actually going out into cities and spending their war chest of billions of dollars to" }, { "start": 4023.44, "end": 4027, "text": " build a library, like this is a town square, it's our gift to you." }, { "start": 4027, "end": 4028, "text": " But they're not, right?" }, { "start": 4028, "end": 4031.48, "text": " They're like, we're going to capture an obvious return on investment in this space that is" }, { "start": 4031.48, "end": 4032.48, "text": " our retail space." }, { "start": 4032.48, "end": 4033.48, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 4033.48, "end": 4037.72, "text": " And that distinction is actually quite troublesome and they haven't quite thought about the messaging" }, { "start": 4037.72, "end": 4038.72, "text": " of it." }, { "start": 4038.72, "end": 4042.44, "text": " Because and I don't mean to say this about this government, although I feel this very" }, { "start": 4042.44, "end": 4047.28, "text": " deeply in my heart about our current government, our current government is not like doing it." }, { "start": 4047.28, "end": 4048.28, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 4048.28, "end": 4049.28, "text": " And that is true." }, { "start": 4049.28, "end": 4052.44, "text": " I think that'd be true whether we had a demo, like, but our current government is not doing" }, { "start": 4052.44, "end": 4053.44, "text": " it." }, { "start": 4053.44, "end": 4054.44, "text": " Sorry." }, { "start": 4054.44, "end": 4058.88, "text": " I was listening to another Vox Media podcast, Recode Decode with Kara Swisher who had Scott" }, { "start": 4058.88, "end": 4059.88, "text": " Galloway on." }, { "start": 4059.88, "end": 4061.2, "text": " I believe it was this week." }, { "start": 4061.2, "end": 4064.64, "text": " And he talked about the idea of what if Apple just used some of those many, many billions" }, { "start": 4064.64, "end": 4068.12, "text": " that it has in reserves to create a free online university and just sort of like put that" }, { "start": 4068.12, "end": 4071.4199999999996, "text": " out in the world and anyone could just study any subject that they wanted and Apple subsidize" }, { "start": 4071.4199999999996, "end": 4072.4199999999996, "text": " it." }, { "start": 4072.4199999999996, "end": 4073.4199999999996, "text": " Right?" }, { "start": 4073.4199999999996, "end": 4076.7599999999998, "text": " Sort of bring, really like put your money where your mouth is when it comes to being" }, { "start": 4076.7599999999998, "end": 4080.4399999999996, "text": " like humanitarians at the intersection of technology and the liberal arts." }, { "start": 4080.4399999999996, "end": 4083.3599999999997, "text": " So I do think that there is a lot more that Apple can do there." }, { "start": 4083.3599999999997, "end": 4086.22, "text": " I think that they're talking about themselves as humanitarians." }, { "start": 4086.22, "end": 4088.12, "text": " It does get somewhat overwrought." }, { "start": 4088.12, "end": 4092.24, "text": " But they do create creative tools that a lot of people in the creative arts do use to make" }, { "start": 4092.24, "end": 4093.5, "text": " very cool things." }, { "start": 4093.5, "end": 4097.44, "text": " And that buys them a certain amount of leeway to do that kind of talk." }, { "start": 4097.44, "end": 4103.64, "text": " I think for me, if they're still towing the line of, not towing the line, if they're still" }, { "start": 4103.64, "end": 4107.12, "text": " following the theme of talking more about Apple as a company and a concept instead of" }, { "start": 4107.12, "end": 4112.24, "text": " the things we made and what precisely it will do for you in six months or a year, that's" }, { "start": 4112.24, "end": 4114.2, "text": " a problem." }, { "start": 4114.2, "end": 4117.8, "text": " You just built the most amazing corporate campus ever made." }, { "start": 4117.8, "end": 4121.9400000000005, "text": " You built a thing that is insanely beautiful and cool." }, { "start": 4121.9400000000005, "end": 4123.68, "text": " That does not have childcare, but go on." }, { "start": 4123.68, "end": 4124.68, "text": " Does not have childcare." }, { "start": 4124.68, "end": 4125.68, "text": " It's a fact." }, { "start": 4125.68, "end": 4126.68, "text": " Very good point." }, { "start": 4126.68, "end": 4131.24, "text": " The Tim Cook likes to work out, so it has a 10,000 square foot workout facility in it." }, { "start": 4131.24, "end": 4132.24, "text": " It's your choices, right?" }, { "start": 4132.24, "end": 4133.24, "text": " You reflect yourself." }, { "start": 4133.24, "end": 4134.56, "text": " I was just going to say, you can have that minute." }, { "start": 4134.56, "end": 4137.24, "text": " You can have that introduction to the keynote." }, { "start": 4137.24, "end": 4142.56, "text": " You can have the moment playing insanely creepy music in your atrium that we all sat there" }, { "start": 4142.56, "end": 4145.02, "text": " for, stood there for." }, { "start": 4145.02, "end": 4146.02, "text": " You get that." }, { "start": 4146.02, "end": 4149.72, "text": " I was unashamed about being Apple yesterday." }, { "start": 4149.72, "end": 4151.280000000001, "text": " They were not modest." }, { "start": 4151.280000000001, "end": 4153.56, "text": " They were unapologetically Apple." }, { "start": 4153.56, "end": 4154.56, "text": " Unapologetically Apple." }, { "start": 4154.56, "end": 4155.56, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 4155.56, "end": 4156.56, "text": " That's fine." }, { "start": 4156.56, "end": 4158.56, "text": " They just opened the Steve Jobs Theater." }, { "start": 4158.56, "end": 4162.68, "text": " They just invited people over to the giant spaceship they built." }, { "start": 4162.68, "end": 4169.4400000000005, "text": " They announced the most ambitious iPhone they've done in how many years, do you want to say?" }, { "start": 4169.4400000000005, "end": 4170.4400000000005, "text": " Several." }, { "start": 4170.4400000000005, "end": 4171.4400000000005, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 4171.4400000000005, "end": 4172.4400000000005, "text": " Take the moment." }, { "start": 4172.4400000000005, "end": 4173.4400000000005, "text": " Five." }, { "start": 4173.44, "end": 4180.32, "text": " If you do it again, if you're still acting that way in a year, then you're a little full" }, { "start": 4180.32, "end": 4181.32, "text": " of yourself." }, { "start": 4181.32, "end": 4182.32, "text": " Right." }, { "start": 4182.32, "end": 4184.639999999999, "text": " Then they'll introduce an incremental upgrade and we'll sit here talking about how brilliant" }, { "start": 4184.639999999999, "end": 4185.639999999999, "text": " it was." }, { "start": 4185.639999999999, "end": 4186.639999999999, "text": " Apple can't innovate anymore." }, { "start": 4186.639999999999, "end": 4187.639999999999, "text": " No." }, { "start": 4187.639999999999, "end": 4188.639999999999, "text": " I think it's less than that." }, { "start": 4188.639999999999, "end": 4192.28, "text": " I think they're so important." }, { "start": 4192.28, "end": 4195.919999999999, "text": " They broke through the noise of our current political discourse." }, { "start": 4195.919999999999, "end": 4199.5599999999995, "text": " They broke through the noise of whatever people were angry about on Twitter yesterday." }, { "start": 4199.5599999999995, "end": 4202.12, "text": " They're able to do it with products." }, { "start": 4202.12, "end": 4206.48, "text": " I think the big difference, and I think about this a lot, there's a great interview, one" }, { "start": 4206.48, "end": 4213, "text": " of the many great interviews Walt and Kara did with Steve Jobs at Code." }, { "start": 4213, "end": 4216.54, "text": " I don't know what they were talking about, but Jobs said to Walt, we're going to make" }, { "start": 4216.54, "end": 4221.7, "text": " choices for people and if they like it, they buy it and if they don't, they won't and that's" }, { "start": 4221.7, "end": 4222.7, "text": " the best we can do." }, { "start": 4222.7, "end": 4225.599999999999, "text": " But he never talked about a larger mission." }, { "start": 4225.599999999999, "end": 4230.5199999999995, "text": " He was entirely focused on here's how I make choices about what products to make and I'm" }, { "start": 4230.52, "end": 4234.4400000000005, "text": " going to sell them to you for whatever price I think is fair and hopefully you like it." }, { "start": 4234.4400000000005, "end": 4238.080000000001, "text": " I think also, by the way, everyone else is a piece of shit." }, { "start": 4238.080000000001, "end": 4240.120000000001, "text": " That's why we loved him." }, { "start": 4240.120000000001, "end": 4245.38, "text": " Apple right now keeps talking about their larger responsibility to the world because" }, { "start": 4245.38, "end": 4247.96, "text": " they are the most valuable corporation in the world." }, { "start": 4247.96, "end": 4253.72, "text": " I think doing that without the corresponding action is what caused that other reaction" }, { "start": 4253.72, "end": 4254.72, "text": " we saw yesterday." }, { "start": 4254.72, "end": 4258.34, "text": " Paul, I'm actually really curious in your take of this because we generally disagree" }, { "start": 4258.34, "end": 4259.34, "text": " on these sorts of things." }, { "start": 4259.34, "end": 4261.96, "text": " I'm very curious what you think about this." }, { "start": 4261.96, "end": 4267.88, "text": " I don't know how the federal government would be creating these public spaces." }, { "start": 4267.88, "end": 4272.400000000001, "text": " I'm not actually exactly sure." }, { "start": 4272.400000000001, "end": 4278.68, "text": " I do get what you're talking about with the store being like a town square." }, { "start": 4278.68, "end": 4279.8, "text": " That bugs me as well." }, { "start": 4279.8, "end": 4285.4800000000005, "text": " The idea that a company... To be honest, the thing I love about Apple is that it makes" }, { "start": 4285.4800000000005, "end": 4287.84, "text": " my decisions for me." }, { "start": 4287.84, "end": 4293.56, "text": " I've signed up to be an Apple user so Apple can make all these decisions for me." }, { "start": 4293.56, "end": 4294.56, "text": " I'll go along with them." }, { "start": 4294.56, "end": 4300, "text": " If I have strong opinions about certain things like pages, I'll use Google Docs or whatever." }, { "start": 4300, "end": 4303.400000000001, "text": " For the most part, I'll just use the Apple stuff and it simplifies my life." }, { "start": 4303.400000000001, "end": 4312.32, "text": " The only person who has an opinion about pages, let alone a strong one." }, { "start": 4312.32, "end": 4316.4400000000005, "text": " I don't want them to make my political decisions for me." }, { "start": 4316.44, "end": 4322.719999999999, "text": " They don't define my religion, my politics, my activism." }, { "start": 4322.719999999999, "end": 4327.679999999999, "text": " It's fine for a company to go out and do that, but I don't want them to sell me that." }, { "start": 4327.679999999999, "end": 4330.4, "text": " I think that's actually the heart of this troublesome town square thing." }, { "start": 4330.4, "end": 4332.96, "text": " This podcast got very deep." }, { "start": 4332.96, "end": 4333.96, "text": " Everybody take a breath." }, { "start": 4333.96, "end": 4336.32, "text": " Okay, we're going to keep going." }, { "start": 4336.32, "end": 4338, "text": " Does everyone finish taking their notes?" }, { "start": 4338, "end": 4340.2, "text": " There will be a quiz at the end." }, { "start": 4340.2, "end": 4342.879999999999, "text": " At the end of it, they're a company and they have to sell to everyone." }, { "start": 4342.88, "end": 4348.08, "text": " That means they will file the edges off their harshest opinions in a way the government" }, { "start": 4348.08, "end": 4349.08, "text": " doesn't." }, { "start": 4349.08, "end": 4353.2, "text": " The government takes all the input, they take your tax dollars and make a bunch of policy" }, { "start": 4353.2, "end": 4354.2, "text": " decisions." }, { "start": 4354.2, "end": 4356.2, "text": " Half of you hate them." }, { "start": 4356.2, "end": 4358.96, "text": " That to me is the difference." }, { "start": 4358.96, "end": 4362.16, "text": " I wanted to bring that up in this show in front of this audience that came here for" }, { "start": 4362.16, "end": 4363.16, "text": " a surround sound jokes." }, { "start": 4363.16, "end": 4370.04, "text": " One of the choices that Apple has made for you is that you want to have fucking Atmos." }, { "start": 4370.04, "end": 4373.24, "text": " I want to bring it up on the show because we spend so much time talking about their" }, { "start": 4373.24, "end": 4377.92, "text": " hardware, but so much of yesterday was also laced through with their social ambition and" }, { "start": 4377.92, "end": 4379.24, "text": " their policy ambition." }, { "start": 4379.24, "end": 4384.92, "text": " Like Apple, for example, came out a few weeks ago and for the first time filed a brief in" }, { "start": 4384.92, "end": 4385.92, "text": " support of net neutrality." }, { "start": 4385.92, "end": 4386.92, "text": " That's great." }, { "start": 4386.92, "end": 4390.04, "text": " The largest, most powerful company in technology being like, here's a policy that I personally" }, { "start": 4390.04, "end": 4391.04, "text": " agree with." }, { "start": 4391.04, "end": 4392.04, "text": " Paul doesn't agree with." }, { "start": 4392.04, "end": 4394.8, "text": " But they're doing it because they're about to launch video content." }, { "start": 4394.8, "end": 4401.12, "text": " They hired a bunch of Sony executives to make shows and if some carriers block those shows," }, { "start": 4401.12, "end": 4402.52, "text": " Apple's at a disadvantage." }, { "start": 4402.52, "end": 4407.28, "text": " Now they're making policy decisions that obviously serve their interests, I think serve everyone's" }, { "start": 4407.28, "end": 4411.12, "text": " interests, but they're using that weight to do it, but they only did it when it actually" }, { "start": 4411.12, "end": 4413.08, "text": " began to serve their interests rather than a larger interest." }, { "start": 4413.08, "end": 4418.4800000000005, "text": " I think it's important to just take a half step back from arguing about notches and whatever" }, { "start": 4418.48, "end": 4425.759999999999, "text": " and just point out that they talk a huge game, but there is actually a lot of dissent underneath" }, { "start": 4425.759999999999, "end": 4430.32, "text": " that that I think is tied into a moment." }, { "start": 4430.32, "end": 4432.339999999999, "text": " The EU fined Google." }, { "start": 4432.339999999999, "end": 4436.719999999999, "text": " There's a lot of talk about antitrust law coming after Google, Facebook, Microsoft," }, { "start": 4436.719999999999, "end": 4437.719999999999, "text": " Apple, Amazon." }, { "start": 4437.719999999999, "end": 4439.28, "text": " Amazon now owns everything." }, { "start": 4439.28, "end": 4443.36, "text": " They actually own this building." }, { "start": 4443.36, "end": 4448.5599999999995, "text": " Are you sensing the sort of panic in the valley around the tech moment colliding with the," }, { "start": 4448.5599999999995, "end": 4450.16, "text": " hey, you guys are a little too powerful?" }, { "start": 4450.16, "end": 4455.799999999999, "text": " Yeah, and I think the writing has maybe been on the wall for a few months, but I think" }, { "start": 4455.799999999999, "end": 4459.719999999999, "text": " you're just starting to see it crystallize even within the last few weeks with the EU" }, { "start": 4459.719999999999, "end": 4460.719999999999, "text": " and Google." }, { "start": 4460.719999999999, "end": 4464.4, "text": " There is this sense that all of a sudden we don't feel the same way about tech companies" }, { "start": 4464.4, "end": 4465.4, "text": " that we once did." }, { "start": 4465.4, "end": 4471.5599999999995, "text": " Now obviously, kind of the big four or five, Amazon, Google, Apple, et cetera, like those," }, { "start": 4471.56, "end": 4476.400000000001, "text": " I know I left out one, but we're doing it live." }, { "start": 4476.400000000001, "end": 4480.8, "text": " They're beloved consumer brands, and I don't think the average citizen is mad at them." }, { "start": 4480.8, "end": 4485.18, "text": " In fact, they're probably the source of national pride, but at the same time, there are real" }, { "start": 4485.18, "end": 4486.18, "text": " threats." }, { "start": 4486.18, "end": 4489.3, "text": " Probably the number one threat is that they are eliminating jobs." }, { "start": 4489.3, "end": 4492.96, "text": " You think of Facebook as one of the biggest companies in the world, and it has 17,000" }, { "start": 4492.96, "end": 4493.96, "text": " employees." }, { "start": 4493.96, "end": 4499.04, "text": " I think of how many employees like Ford or General Motors had back in the day." }, { "start": 4499.04, "end": 4500.160000000001, "text": " Those jobs are going away." }, { "start": 4500.16, "end": 4502.16, "text": " There's a sense that they're not coming back." }, { "start": 4502.16, "end": 4504, "text": " The companies are growing ever larger." }, { "start": 4504, "end": 4507.2, "text": " At some point, I think there is a thought that something has to give." }, { "start": 4507.2, "end": 4511.72, "text": " I think you're going to see tech companies spend a lot more on lobbying, but maybe you'll" }, { "start": 4511.72, "end": 4513.68, "text": " even see them making some preemptive moves." }, { "start": 4513.68, "end": 4515.8, "text": " Maybe they'll spin out one of their businesses." }, { "start": 4515.8, "end": 4521.24, "text": " I think they'll do whatever they can to be the masters of their own destiny." }, { "start": 4521.24, "end": 4524.32, "text": " You cover all the other companies here in the Valley pretty closely." }, { "start": 4524.32, "end": 4526.5199999999995, "text": " How do they feel about Apple?" }, { "start": 4526.5199999999995, "end": 4529.72, "text": " When these moments happen and there's a big new piece of hardware, it's suddenly like" }, { "start": 4529.72, "end": 4534.360000000001, "text": " Twitter is like, we figured out Nazis because we have corners on the screens now." }, { "start": 4534.360000000001, "end": 4535.360000000001, "text": " How do they think it through?" }, { "start": 4535.360000000001, "end": 4538.72, "text": " I think the rank and file employees get very excited about it." }, { "start": 4538.72, "end": 4541.58, "text": " I was actually chatting with some folks in the audience here before, and they work for" }, { "start": 4541.58, "end": 4543.4800000000005, "text": " tech companies in Silicon Valley." }, { "start": 4543.4800000000005, "end": 4546.4800000000005, "text": " They were all really excited to watch the iPhone event yesterday because they want to" }, { "start": 4546.4800000000005, "end": 4550.64, "text": " know what is this device that I use 90 times a day going to look like." }, { "start": 4550.64, "end": 4555.76, "text": " I think at the individual level, they are largely fans of the product." }, { "start": 4555.76, "end": 4559.92, "text": " At the corporate level, they will gripe about the same things that everybody gripes about" }, { "start": 4559.92, "end": 4561.04, "text": " with Apple." }, { "start": 4561.04, "end": 4563.52, "text": " The partnerships can be hard." }, { "start": 4563.52, "end": 4565.8, "text": " Apple says no to an awful lot of things." }, { "start": 4565.8, "end": 4569.84, "text": " They can be difficult to work with." }, { "start": 4569.84, "end": 4574.8, "text": " I'll just say personally, I'm far more worried about Facebook's effect on the public sphere" }, { "start": 4574.8, "end": 4577.04, "text": " than I am about Apple." }, { "start": 4577.04, "end": 4580.76, "text": " Apple makes the tools, and Facebook is the stuff that we're actually looking at that" }, { "start": 4580.76, "end": 4584.84, "text": " appears to be warping all of our minds in frightening ways." }, { "start": 4584.84, "end": 4587.16, "text": " I think Apple actually will get a pass." }, { "start": 4587.16, "end": 4592.56, "text": " I think you'll see antitrust come for Amazon and Facebook and Google long before you see" }, { "start": 4592.56, "end": 4593.56, "text": " it come for Apple." }, { "start": 4593.56, "end": 4596.82, "text": " I think it's interesting because Apple owns the store." }, { "start": 4596.82, "end": 4599.64, "text": " They have in a real way far more power." }, { "start": 4599.64, "end": 4602.8, "text": " I feel like we need to end this on an up note." }, { "start": 4602.8, "end": 4603.8, "text": " You know how we're going to do that?" }, { "start": 4603.8, "end": 4604.8, "text": " I think I know how we're going to do it." }, { "start": 4604.8, "end": 4606.8, "text": " We're going to take some questions from these people." }, { "start": 4606.8, "end": 4609.12, "text": " Does that feel right to you?" }, { "start": 4609.12, "end": 4611.92, "text": " Joey, can you bring us up, buddy?" }, { "start": 4611.92, "end": 4612.92, "text": " Go nuts." }, { "start": 4612.92, "end": 4613.92, "text": " Bring up that." }, { "start": 4613.92, "end": 4614.92, "text": " That's our audience." }, { "start": 4614.92, "end": 4615.92, "text": " I think there's microphones." }, { "start": 4615.92, "end": 4616.92, "text": " You're like seven for eight." }, { "start": 4616.92, "end": 4617.92, "text": " Oh, wow, lights." }, { "start": 4617.92, "end": 4618.92, "text": " Hey, everybody." }, { "start": 4618.92, "end": 4619.92, "text": " Oh, there you are." }, { "start": 4619.92, "end": 4620.92, "text": " Hey." }, { "start": 4620.92, "end": 4621.92, "text": " Hey, everybody." }, { "start": 4621.92, "end": 4622.92, "text": " You're all so beautiful." }, { "start": 4622.92, "end": 4623.92, "text": " Look at how beautiful they look." }, { "start": 4623.92, "end": 4624.92, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 4624.92, "end": 4625.92, "text": " By the way, I'm really grateful for people that came." }, { "start": 4625.92, "end": 4626.92, "text": " Yeah, thank you all so much." }, { "start": 4626.92, "end": 4627.92, "text": " It's really nice and validating of you to come to see us." }, { "start": 4627.92, "end": 4628.92, "text": " I'm talking to somebody who came here from Singapore." }, { "start": 4628.92, "end": 4629.92, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 4629.92, "end": 4643.04, "text": " And he told me he was actually here to help with Hurricane Harvey relief, but then he came" }, { "start": 4643.04, "end": 4644.04, "text": " here." }, { "start": 4644.04, "end": 4645.04, "text": " Thank you, sir." }, { "start": 4645.04, "end": 4649.36, "text": " I talked to somebody who escaped from Mobile World Congress America, which is arguably even" }, { "start": 4649.36, "end": 4650.36, "text": " more difficult." }, { "start": 4650.36, "end": 4651.36, "text": " It's rough." }, { "start": 4651.36, "end": 4652.36, "text": " He's right there." }, { "start": 4652.36, "end": 4653.36, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 4653.36, "end": 4654.36, "text": " I don't know how we have microphones." }, { "start": 4654.36, "end": 4655.36, "text": " There are microphones or should we should we should..." }, { "start": 4655.36, "end": 4656.36, "text": " I think they're right in the front of the stage." }, { "start": 4656.36, "end": 4657.36, "text": " Right here." }, { "start": 4657.36, "end": 4658.36, "text": " They're disconcertingly close to us." }, { "start": 4658.36, "end": 4659.36, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 4659.36, "end": 4660.36, "text": " Can we do this?" }, { "start": 4660.36, "end": 4661.36, "text": " Can we move those back there?" }, { "start": 4661.36, "end": 4662.36, "text": " Is that a task we can perform, Zach?" }, { "start": 4662.36, "end": 4663.36, "text": " Thank you." }, { "start": 4663.36, "end": 4664.36, "text": " It's not only terrifying, but it's also terrifying." }, { "start": 4664.36, "end": 4665.36, "text": " It's terrifying." }, { "start": 4665.36, "end": 4666.36, "text": " It's terrifying." }, { "start": 4666.36, "end": 4667.36, "text": " It's terrifying." }, { "start": 4667.36, "end": 4668.36, "text": " It's terrifying." }, { "start": 4668.36, "end": 4669.36, "text": " It's terrifying." }, { "start": 4669.36, "end": 4670.36, "text": " It's terrifying." }, { "start": 4670.36, "end": 4671.36, "text": " It's terrifying." }, { "start": 4671.36, "end": 4672.36, "text": " It's terrifying." }, { "start": 4672.36, "end": 4674.839999999999, "text": " It's not only terrifying for you to have to come all the way to us." }, { "start": 4674.839999999999, "end": 4679.08, "text": " I think it's terrifying for us for you to attack the stage." }, { "start": 4679.08, "end": 4681.08, "text": " Rush the stage and ask us questions, please." }, { "start": 4681.08, "end": 4686.04, "text": " Look, it's quite possible that we've already answered all of your questions because of" }, { "start": 4686.04, "end": 4689.639999999999, "text": " our detailed and excellent analysis of the app element." }, { "start": 4689.639999999999, "end": 4690.639999999999, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 4690.639999999999, "end": 4691.639999999999, "text": " So if you have a question, just arrive." }, { "start": 4691.639999999999, "end": 4692.639999999999, "text": " There we go." }, { "start": 4692.639999999999, "end": 4693.639999999999, "text": " Hey, all right." }, { "start": 4693.639999999999, "end": 4694.639999999999, "text": " There we go." }, { "start": 4694.639999999999, "end": 4695.639999999999, "text": " I was really terrified." }, { "start": 4695.639999999999, "end": 4701.719999999999, "text": " There would be a moment where I'd be like, yeah, no, we don't want to talk to you." }, { "start": 4701.72, "end": 4702.72, "text": " You're great." }, { "start": 4702.72, "end": 4708.16, "text": " What do you all think about the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus pricing considering the base models" }, { "start": 4708.16, "end": 4713.16, "text": " are more expensive than the 7 and 7 Plus?" }, { "start": 4713.16, "end": 4714.16, "text": " Inflation." }, { "start": 4714.16, "end": 4715.16, "text": " Just go with it." }, { "start": 4715.16, "end": 4716.16, "text": " Also, gas is more expensive now." }, { "start": 4716.16, "end": 4717.16, "text": " It's the 70s." }, { "start": 4717.16, "end": 4720.04, "text": " Actually, Lauren was saying this earlier." }, { "start": 4720.04, "end": 4722.320000000001, "text": " They have an average selling price problem." }, { "start": 4722.320000000001, "end": 4727.280000000001, "text": " They also bumped the prices of the iPads quietly by 50 bucks yesterday." }, { "start": 4727.28, "end": 4733.36, "text": " I think it comes down to if they show relatively flat growth but tons of revenue growth, they'll" }, { "start": 4733.36, "end": 4734.36, "text": " be okay." }, { "start": 4734.36, "end": 4735.44, "text": " They'll be able to make that excuse." }, { "start": 4735.44, "end": 4740.5199999999995, "text": " I don't know if adding a glass back and a bunch of Qi licensing for wireless charging" }, { "start": 4740.5199999999995, "end": 4744.96, "text": " costs that much money, but I do think there's a move to make all the products more premium." }, { "start": 4744.96, "end": 4747.679999999999, "text": " It's possible the processor was like a bunch more money." }, { "start": 4747.679999999999, "end": 4748.679999999999, "text": " It's bionic now." }, { "start": 4748.679999999999, "end": 4749.679999999999, "text": " It's bionic." }, { "start": 4749.679999999999, "end": 4750.679999999999, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 4750.679999999999, "end": 4755.4, "text": " But, yeah, I will say I'm not super pleased by it." }, { "start": 4755.4, "end": 4760.04, "text": " But, I mean, the iPhone 7 is also around." }, { "start": 4760.04, "end": 4762.759999999999, "text": " They could have dropped the price a little more maybe." }, { "start": 4762.759999999999, "end": 4765.799999999999, "text": " I would pay another 50 bucks for a headphone jack." }, { "start": 4765.799999999999, "end": 4766.799999999999, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 4766.799999999999, "end": 4767.799999999999, "text": " Super would." }, { "start": 4767.799999999999, "end": 4768.799999999999, "text": " All right, man." }, { "start": 4768.799999999999, "end": 4776.12, "text": " So, a hidden feature of that sort of an emoji style thing that they've got going on is actually" }, { "start": 4776.12, "end": 4782.799999999999, "text": " that dot matrix is used in affective neuroscience to measure facial expressions and facial emotions." }, { "start": 4782.8, "end": 4787.2, "text": " Do you think we're going to enter into a world where Siri starts interacting with us sort" }, { "start": 4787.2, "end": 4788.72, "text": " of in our own emotional context?" }, { "start": 4788.72, "end": 4792.64, "text": " And how long do you think it's going to be before Domino starts paying money to make" }, { "start": 4792.64, "end": 4793.64, "text": " sure we can get it to act to each other?" }, { "start": 4793.64, "end": 4794.64, "text": " You are making a lot of assumptions about Siri." }, { "start": 4794.64, "end": 4803.04, "text": " Honestly, I think that will happen after you're able to use Siri to set a timer on your Mac." }, { "start": 4803.04, "end": 4804.16, "text": " It's probably the dream." }, { "start": 4804.16, "end": 4807.52, "text": " I'm sure someone else will do it first." }, { "start": 4807.52, "end": 4809.4800000000005, "text": " All of that also is scary." }, { "start": 4809.48, "end": 4813.879999999999, "text": " I think to cross that wall where you're not just unlocking it by looking at it, but Apple" }, { "start": 4813.879999999999, "end": 4819.799999999999, "text": " saying to you, now we can read your emotions and adjust the color temperature of the display," }, { "start": 4819.799999999999, "end": 4821.36, "text": " because that's their best trick." }, { "start": 4821.36, "end": 4822.959999999999, "text": " It is, by the way, their best trick." }, { "start": 4822.959999999999, "end": 4828.28, "text": " But there's so much of just questions around we're looking at you that they have to answer" }, { "start": 4828.28, "end": 4831.36, "text": " with unlocking the phone before they can go all the way there." }, { "start": 4831.36, "end": 4832.36, "text": " But also Siri." }, { "start": 4832.36, "end": 4838.799999999999, "text": " There is like a history of research, I think it's called affective computing." }, { "start": 4838.8, "end": 4844.28, "text": " And there is a lot of interesting stuff around if your devices were more aware of you, like" }, { "start": 4844.28, "end": 4848.72, "text": " when you're perspiring or if you're getting mad or if you're happy or you're sad or something" }, { "start": 4848.72, "end": 4849.72, "text": " like that." }, { "start": 4849.72, "end": 4852.52, "text": " But there might be, because obviously there's a lot of creepy ways you can go with that." }, { "start": 4852.52, "end": 4858.360000000001, "text": " But there also might be some really interesting ways like, hey, you should take a breather." }, { "start": 4858.360000000001, "end": 4862.6, "text": " There are ways that our devices could help us out by understanding our emotions better" }, { "start": 4862.6, "end": 4864.08, "text": " and giving us little cues." }, { "start": 4864.08, "end": 4865.56, "text": " Or it could just be creepy." }, { "start": 4865.56, "end": 4867.56, "text": " I just don't trust it to not be ham-fisted." }, { "start": 4867.56, "end": 4875.6, "text": " I saw one of the guys, an Apple employee who works on a heart rate monitor, they released" }, { "start": 4875.6, "end": 4878.76, "text": " the watch, which is the most popular heart rate monitor in the world, and they released" }, { "start": 4878.76, "end": 4882.64, "text": " a feature, the new one, where it will measure your resting heart rate and when it's elevated" }, { "start": 4882.64, "end": 4884.76, "text": " abnormally, like when you're not working out." }, { "start": 4884.76, "end": 4888.400000000001, "text": " And one of the Apple employees was tweeting yesterday, I worked on this feature, my heart" }, { "start": 4888.400000000001, "end": 4890.92, "text": " rate gets elevated when I'm on a date and when I'm stressed out." }, { "start": 4890.92, "end": 4896.160000000001, "text": " And I was like, yeah, and also when Trump tweets." }, { "start": 4896.16, "end": 4902.08, "text": " If you know those two pieces of information, you should just shut my computer down." }, { "start": 4902.08, "end": 4903.08, "text": " You should shut it, go outside." }, { "start": 4903.08, "end": 4904.08, "text": " All right, what's up, man?" }, { "start": 4904.08, "end": 4912.16, "text": " All right, so the iPhone X is supposed to be the next decade for what the iPhone should" }, { "start": 4912.16, "end": 4913.16, "text": " be." }, { "start": 4913.16, "end": 4918.12, "text": " Do you think there's enough courage there to really meet that?" }, { "start": 4918.12, "end": 4919.12, "text": " All right, Dr. Samsung." }, { "start": 4919.12, "end": 4921.84, "text": " I'm on to you." }, { "start": 4921.84, "end": 4924.84, "text": " Kevin Samsung is here." }, { "start": 4924.84, "end": 4928.64, "text": " That's my whole answer." }, { "start": 4928.64, "end": 4932.88, "text": " I can address this." }, { "start": 4932.88, "end": 4940.16, "text": " The idea that the iPhone X has a bunch of new fundamental concepts of the way a phone" }, { "start": 4940.16, "end": 4947.84, "text": " should work doesn't ring true to me in the way that the original iPhone, original and" }, { "start": 4947.84, "end": 4953.4400000000005, "text": " then later on a couple iterations into Android, webOS, even Windows phone, all had brand new" }, { "start": 4953.44, "end": 4957.839999999999, "text": " ideas of this is the way a phone should work and this is how you're going to interact with" }, { "start": 4957.839999999999, "end": 4960.48, "text": " this device." }, { "start": 4960.48, "end": 4965.639999999999, "text": " And even though there's a couple new ways to swipe around and do whatever, and there's" }, { "start": 4965.639999999999, "end": 4971.799999999999, "text": " a bunch of new AR stuff, I think that a lot of that stuff feels more experimental and" }, { "start": 4971.799999999999, "end": 4977.32, "text": " trying it out rather than a systematized thought process of this is the way that phones are" }, { "start": 4977.32, "end": 4979.24, "text": " going to work from now on." }, { "start": 4979.24, "end": 4985.5199999999995, "text": " So yes, there are surely things in the iPhone X that are indicators of what the next 10" }, { "start": 4985.5199999999995, "end": 4989.84, "text": " years of the iPhone are going to look like, but there's not a brand new big idea there." }, { "start": 4989.84, "end": 4994.88, "text": " It is fundamentally iterative, and I know that tech reviewers and tech writers use the" }, { "start": 4994.88, "end": 5000.92, "text": " word iterative too often and it kind of doesn't mean as much as it used to, but they've introduced" }, { "start": 5000.92, "end": 5004.04, "text": " a few new concepts, but I don't think they've introduced a brand new foundation." }, { "start": 5004.04, "end": 5006.24, "text": " So yes, screens are going to look like that from now on." }, { "start": 5006.24, "end": 5008.16, "text": " That's just the default now." }, { "start": 5008.16, "end": 5010.36, "text": " Phones are going to have cool AR stuff from now on." }, { "start": 5010.36, "end": 5015.54, "text": " That's just the default now, but that doesn't mean that it's changed everything." }, { "start": 5015.54, "end": 5021.8, "text": " So my answer is only slightly different in that the first iPhone was this absolute force" }, { "start": 5021.8, "end": 5023.42, "text": " of convergence." }, { "start": 5023.42, "end": 5029.5, "text": " So it ate your MP3 player, it ate your camera, it ate taxi dispatch services." }, { "start": 5029.5, "end": 5033.3, "text": " It just ate everything in its wake, and it was able to do that in a way that literally" }, { "start": 5033.3, "end": 5036.42, "text": " no other product before it was able to do." }, { "start": 5036.42, "end": 5041.72, "text": " You can't do that again, so you're kind of limited in scope, but I do think that front" }, { "start": 5041.72, "end": 5046.36, "text": " camera stack, that is the beginning of something really, really important." }, { "start": 5046.36, "end": 5048.88, "text": " I think we put this in the hands-on yesterday." }, { "start": 5048.88, "end": 5053.84, "text": " The front camera on the X is way more important than the back camera, and that I think ushers" }, { "start": 5053.84, "end": 5058.68, "text": " in another set of uses for the phone that we kind of don't understand that could lead" }, { "start": 5058.68, "end": 5063.08, "text": " it to once again disrupting taxi services." }, { "start": 5063.08, "end": 5064.08, "text": " Uber knows you're pissed off." }, { "start": 5064.08, "end": 5066.8, "text": " Something interesting about the portrait lighting." }, { "start": 5066.8, "end": 5067.8, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5067.8, "end": 5071.36, "text": " It was something I was trying to come up with, like what's another photographic technique" }, { "start": 5071.36, "end": 5073.72, "text": " that could be added as a technology?" }, { "start": 5073.72, "end": 5077.76, "text": " And I didn't think of lighting, but Apple thought of lighting and did a really cool" }, { "start": 5077.76, "end": 5078.76, "text": " technology." }, { "start": 5078.76, "end": 5084.24, "text": " And if you combine that with that front sensor, if you think of where the phone is eventually" }, { "start": 5084.24, "end": 5089.5599999999995, "text": " going, it's something that you hold out, and it has a perfect 3D photorealistic map of" }, { "start": 5089.56, "end": 5094.200000000001, "text": " everything around you, and then you can do things based on all of that information that's" }, { "start": 5094.200000000001, "end": 5095.200000000001, "text": " now on your phone." }, { "start": 5095.200000000001, "end": 5099.240000000001, "text": " You can make a video game out of it and explore it, or you could get contextual information" }, { "start": 5099.240000000001, "end": 5105.76, "text": " in AR, or you could Photoshop it like crazy and relight it and change everybody's faces." }, { "start": 5105.76, "end": 5106.76, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5106.76, "end": 5110.4800000000005, "text": " I don't think we know, but if it comes from anywhere, I think it's that." }, { "start": 5110.4800000000005, "end": 5111.4800000000005, "text": " Joey." }, { "start": 5111.4800000000005, "end": 5112.4800000000005, "text": " What's up?" }, { "start": 5112.4800000000005, "end": 5113.4800000000005, "text": " Everybody give a hand for Joey." }, { "start": 5113.4800000000005, "end": 5114.4800000000005, "text": " He had to deal with me." }, { "start": 5114.48, "end": 5121.4, "text": " I made a lot of angry faces at Joey because he was literally the only person I could see." }, { "start": 5121.4, "end": 5122.4, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 5122.4, "end": 5126.44, "text": " So you guys have touched on this whole show in a few episodes back, but Apple's obviously" }, { "start": 5126.44, "end": 5128.599999999999, "text": " in a kind of state of flux right now." }, { "start": 5128.599999999999, "end": 5132.08, "text": " We saw Apple as a company where they sold the best product at the highest price point" }, { "start": 5132.08, "end": 5133.08, "text": " for a long time." }, { "start": 5133.08, "end": 5137.0199999999995, "text": " Now they're about to sell five different models of the iPhone, eight if you count the pluses." }, { "start": 5137.0199999999995, "end": 5139.28, "text": " What does this mean for the next five, 10 years of Apple?" }, { "start": 5139.28, "end": 5142.099999999999, "text": " Are they going to sell a $200, $100 iPhone?" }, { "start": 5142.1, "end": 5144.68, "text": " What is their future in terms of growth?" }, { "start": 5144.68, "end": 5147.240000000001, "text": " Are we looking at the best phone forever?" }, { "start": 5147.240000000001, "end": 5150.72, "text": " Are we really trying to get the entire world to buy an iPhone?" }, { "start": 5150.72, "end": 5154.160000000001, "text": " Well, if I knew that, I would work in a circle." }, { "start": 5154.160000000001, "end": 5161.76, "text": " I will say, when I was writing my car piece, I got a feeling that it wasn't..." }, { "start": 5161.76, "end": 5163.76, "text": " I wasn't mad at Apple." }, { "start": 5163.76, "end": 5166.360000000001, "text": " I was kind of celebrating them." }, { "start": 5166.360000000001, "end": 5169.4400000000005, "text": " You made a good enough phone." }, { "start": 5169.44, "end": 5177.5599999999995, "text": " I would love that these specs... someone tweeted at me, put these new specs in the SE." }, { "start": 5177.5599999999995, "end": 5182.32, "text": " Apple is definitely in a position where they have the good enough, the camera good enough," }, { "start": 5182.32, "end": 5184.799999999999, "text": " screen good enough, software good enough." }, { "start": 5184.799999999999, "end": 5187.759999999999, "text": " They can make smaller, cheaper phones that are good enough." }, { "start": 5187.759999999999, "end": 5193.04, "text": " And that's really exciting that this technology can keep on going down the price." }, { "start": 5193.04, "end": 5196.08, "text": " I have no idea where to go in the high end at all." }, { "start": 5196.08, "end": 5202.08, "text": " I think to me that that future of Apple is one a lot of people talk about and care about." }, { "start": 5202.08, "end": 5206.84, "text": " The one that is always most important, one Casey was discussing earlier, is what Apple" }, { "start": 5206.84, "end": 5210.48, "text": " has historically done is democratize tools of creation." }, { "start": 5210.48, "end": 5215.2, "text": " And so if you can get all of that in a cheaper phone, now you've got kids who are like, I'm" }, { "start": 5215.2, "end": 5216.2, "text": " going to shoot a 4K video." }, { "start": 5216.2, "end": 5218.38, "text": " And like, now we have vloggers." }, { "start": 5218.38, "end": 5220.5199999999995, "text": " So I guess that was a mistake." }, { "start": 5220.5199999999995, "end": 5221.5199999999995, "text": " No." }, { "start": 5221.5199999999995, "end": 5222.5199999999995, "text": " Just kidding." }, { "start": 5222.5199999999995, "end": 5223.5199999999995, "text": " There's like 10 vloggers." }, { "start": 5223.52, "end": 5226.240000000001, "text": " No, it's like we have Instagram influencers." }, { "start": 5226.240000000001, "end": 5229.160000000001, "text": " Can we agree that that is a mistake?" }, { "start": 5229.160000000001, "end": 5230.160000000001, "text": " No." }, { "start": 5230.160000000001, "end": 5231.160000000001, "text": " Guess not." }, { "start": 5231.160000000001, "end": 5232.160000000001, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 5232.160000000001, "end": 5233.160000000001, "text": " You know what I mean?" }, { "start": 5233.160000000001, "end": 5237.160000000001, "text": " But that's like, all of that jokes aside, all of that is super exciting." }, { "start": 5237.160000000001, "end": 5242.160000000001, "text": " They have created an entirely new class of creators that have in turn created an entirely" }, { "start": 5242.160000000001, "end": 5246.6, "text": " new world of business and commerce and culture." }, { "start": 5246.6, "end": 5247.6, "text": " That's like Apple's move." }, { "start": 5247.6, "end": 5253, "text": " I think if they continue to live there, the business stuff will actually sort itself out." }, { "start": 5253, "end": 5257.92, "text": " The question of should they just have a four product matrix, I think is like long gone." }, { "start": 5257.92, "end": 5259.92, "text": " Like they're too big for that." }, { "start": 5259.92, "end": 5264.12, "text": " When they were doing that project, they were 90 days away from bankruptcy and like 10 people" }, { "start": 5264.12, "end": 5265.8, "text": " bought Macs and I was three of them." }, { "start": 5265.8, "end": 5269.28, "text": " I also think that the question of will the iPhone become the best selling phone on the" }, { "start": 5269.28, "end": 5270.28, "text": " planet is kind of irrelevant." }, { "start": 5270.28, "end": 5271.28, "text": " I don't think Apple even cares." }, { "start": 5271.28, "end": 5272.28, "text": " They want to make the tools for creators and they want to make a ton of money and they" }, { "start": 5272.28, "end": 5273.28, "text": " don't have to beat Android to do that." }, { "start": 5273.28, "end": 5274.28, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5274.28, "end": 5275.28, "text": " Over here." }, { "start": 5275.28, "end": 5276.28, "text": " We can probably do two, three." }, { "start": 5276.28, "end": 5277.28, "text": " Yeah, we're running out of time." }, { "start": 5277.28, "end": 5278.28, "text": " Hello." }, { "start": 5278.28, "end": 5279.28, "text": " Hello." }, { "start": 5279.28, "end": 5290.84, "text": " Yeah, I think they'll make an iPhone SE as the iPhone X and also did 789?" }, { "start": 5290.84, "end": 5291.84, "text": " Security?" }, { "start": 5291.84, "end": 5292.84, "text": " Goodbye everybody." }, { "start": 5292.84, "end": 5293.84, "text": " That was for chest." }, { "start": 5293.84, "end": 5298.84, "text": " I don't think I was going to be able to." }, { "start": 5298.84, "end": 5303.28, "text": " They might make another one but it's going to be one of those things where like every" }, { "start": 5303.28, "end": 5304.92, "text": " few years like, oh yeah, we forgot." }, { "start": 5304.92, "end": 5307.679999999999, "text": " We got to make a small one again and then they'll slightly update it." }, { "start": 5307.679999999999, "end": 5308.679999999999, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5308.68, "end": 5312.320000000001, "text": " I think they were surprised how many people bought the SE so they're going to keep all" }, { "start": 5312.320000000001, "end": 5313.320000000001, "text": " updated one more time." }, { "start": 5313.320000000001, "end": 5315.200000000001, "text": " Like even they are like, yeah, we make it." }, { "start": 5315.200000000001, "end": 5322.64, "text": " People like that size but the whole goal of the X is to make it smaller so they can probably" }, { "start": 5322.64, "end": 5326.52, "text": " make a bigger screen in a smaller size and they might just do that." }, { "start": 5326.52, "end": 5327.52, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5327.52, "end": 5336.4400000000005, "text": " So when you were seeing the iPhone X, the iPhone X yesterday, did you see anybody, did" }, { "start": 5336.44, "end": 5339.799999999999, "text": " you see touch rather face ID fail?" }, { "start": 5339.799999999999, "end": 5344.66, "text": " In particular, I'm concerned because I wear glasses all the time and I have Snapchat filters" }, { "start": 5344.66, "end": 5349.719999999999, "text": " just straight up not work on me and also I'm of East Asian descent and I often have cameras" }, { "start": 5349.719999999999, "end": 5353, "text": " tell me, did you blink?" }, { "start": 5353, "end": 5355.919999999999, "text": " So is this like, did you see this at all?" }, { "start": 5355.919999999999, "end": 5358.12, "text": " I failed for Dieter a couple of times, right?" }, { "start": 5358.12, "end": 5359.12, "text": " You were saying?" }, { "start": 5359.12, "end": 5360.12, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5360.12, "end": 5364.12, "text": " I was wearing glasses but it was also like I didn't know what I was doing and people" }, { "start": 5364.12, "end": 5366.2, "text": " were getting jostled and whatever." }, { "start": 5366.2, "end": 5367.2, "text": " You were holding it wrong." }, { "start": 5367.2, "end": 5368.2, "text": " We're going to have to review the phone." }, { "start": 5368.2, "end": 5369.2, "text": " Holding it wrong." }, { "start": 5369.2, "end": 5370.2, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5370.2, "end": 5371.2, "text": " We have to review the phone." }, { "start": 5371.2, "end": 5372.2, "text": " We don't know." }, { "start": 5372.2, "end": 5373.2, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5373.2, "end": 5374.2, "text": " But like literally, federal use first demo failed." }, { "start": 5374.2, "end": 5375.2, "text": " Yep." }, { "start": 5375.2, "end": 5377.48, "text": " So like, you know, like we're going to, we're going to all learn how to use it in the same" }, { "start": 5377.48, "end": 5380.04, "text": " way that we all learned how to use such ID and we'll review it and we'll find out." }, { "start": 5380.04, "end": 5381.04, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5381.04, "end": 5382.04, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 5382.04, "end": 5383.04, "text": " We'll do one more." }, { "start": 5383.04, "end": 5384.04, "text": " So back to the monopoly stuff." }, { "start": 5384.04, "end": 5387.36, "text": " Why do you think that tech's getting so much more attention than like Lockheed or like" }, { "start": 5387.36, "end": 5391.36, "text": " the ag tech companies, like the pharmaceutical companies that are much bigger and much more" }, { "start": 5391.36, "end": 5393.48, "text": " pervasive, just more behind the scenes?" }, { "start": 5393.48, "end": 5394.48, "text": " I think it's really a good question." }, { "start": 5394.48, "end": 5397.16, "text": " I've seen a lot of people talk about it recently." }, { "start": 5397.16, "end": 5400.08, "text": " I think part of it's related to what Casey was talking about." }, { "start": 5400.08, "end": 5403.959999999999, "text": " Those companies still employ a lot of people and they also price their products, right?" }, { "start": 5403.959999999999, "end": 5410.4, "text": " So like the classic antitrust model, which is like the Chicago school and I went to University" }, { "start": 5410.4, "end": 5411.4, "text": " of Chicago." }, { "start": 5411.4, "end": 5412.959999999999, "text": " So like it's really great and we should stick with it." }, { "start": 5412.959999999999, "end": 5416.04, "text": " Yeah, but they screwed up our concept of monopoly and yeah." }, { "start": 5416.04, "end": 5420.36, "text": " No, but it's a great school and you should all go there." }, { "start": 5420.36, "end": 5421.36, "text": " Whatever." }, { "start": 5421.36, "end": 5422.959999999999, "text": " So the classic model is about price, right?" }, { "start": 5422.96, "end": 5427.24, "text": " So the way that you measure the effects of monopoly is like if consumer prices go up because" }, { "start": 5427.24, "end": 5429.76, "text": " now you know there's not pricing pressure in the market." }, { "start": 5429.76, "end": 5431.6, "text": " I know it's like epipen." }, { "start": 5431.6, "end": 5433.4, "text": " Argument is about that, right?" }, { "start": 5433.4, "end": 5435.72, "text": " So you can measure Lockheed's price." }, { "start": 5435.72, "end": 5438, "text": " You can do all this stuff with their prices." }, { "start": 5438, "end": 5442.92, "text": " All of these other companies give their stuff away for free generally or they provide an" }, { "start": 5442.92, "end": 5444.92, "text": " inordinate amount of value for a small amount of money." }, { "start": 5444.92, "end": 5450.2, "text": " So like Prime, there's no competitor to Prime to measure its price against." }, { "start": 5450.2, "end": 5456, "text": " I think what is happening is for at least in my opinion, the longest time the government" }, { "start": 5456, "end": 5460.44, "text": " regulators lawyers, they were not aware of how tech companies worked." }, { "start": 5460.44, "end": 5464.599999999999, "text": " But what happened was a lot of nerds went to college and became lawyers." }, { "start": 5464.599999999999, "end": 5467.96, "text": " So they're like really aware of how these companies work and they're looking at it and" }, { "start": 5467.96, "end": 5473, "text": " they're saying this model that I was trained in, we can never ever make it apply to Google." }, { "start": 5473, "end": 5474.679999999999, "text": " Like we just can't." }, { "start": 5474.68, "end": 5480, "text": " So we need some other model that explains Google's market power and that is actually" }, { "start": 5480, "end": 5484.68, "text": " like to me that that's the engine that's turning all of the interest and the interest is turning" }, { "start": 5484.68, "end": 5486.280000000001, "text": " into we should do something." }, { "start": 5486.280000000001, "end": 5491.16, "text": " No one knows what to do, but I think the amount of attention that you're seeing is a lot of" }, { "start": 5491.16, "end": 5495.200000000001, "text": " very smart people who are intimately familiar with tech products, as familiar as anybody" }, { "start": 5495.200000000001, "end": 5498.64, "text": " in this room are saying, hey, wait a minute." }, { "start": 5498.64, "end": 5502.68, "text": " Right now our model does not allow the government to say anything about what they're doing and" }, { "start": 5502.68, "end": 5505.4800000000005, "text": " that is probably not the right place to go." }, { "start": 5505.4800000000005, "end": 5510.360000000001, "text": " And also Google as a search company does not have a competitor for you for us to even think" }, { "start": 5510.360000000001, "end": 5511.360000000001, "text": " about." }, { "start": 5511.360000000001, "end": 5514.200000000001, "text": " And if we're in the absence of a competitor, the government should probably think about" }, { "start": 5514.200000000001, "end": 5515.200000000001, "text": " that in some way." }, { "start": 5515.200000000001, "end": 5516.68, "text": " Now, do I think they should regulate Google?" }, { "start": 5516.68, "end": 5518.64, "text": " Like no, right?" }, { "start": 5518.64, "end": 5519.8, "text": " Like probably not." }, { "start": 5519.8, "end": 5522.08, "text": " Like Google makes a lot of products." }, { "start": 5522.08, "end": 5527.68, "text": " They, Google feels like it has a lot of competitors and they give their shit away for free." }, { "start": 5527.68, "end": 5529.68, "text": " So like I was trained in that school." }, { "start": 5529.68, "end": 5531.88, "text": " I don't think that that's the first place we should go." }, { "start": 5531.88, "end": 5534.68, "text": " I think the first place we should go is coming to the old Comcast." }, { "start": 5534.68, "end": 5536.400000000001, "text": " But that's another show." }, { "start": 5536.400000000001, "end": 5539.76, "text": " Tune in next time." }, { "start": 5539.76, "end": 5542.28, "text": " Are we done?" }, { "start": 5542.28, "end": 5545.4800000000005, "text": " So now we have to do the wrap up." }, { "start": 5545.4800000000005, "end": 5548.6, "text": " Peter, you were like trying to say something and I kept interrupting you." }, { "start": 5548.6, "end": 5552.72, "text": " I was just going to say that the Chicago schools interpretation of how monopolies work based" }, { "start": 5552.72, "end": 5557.6, "text": " on price is fundamentally flawed and we should go back to a Rooseveltian version." }, { "start": 5557.6, "end": 5559.6, "text": " I think monopolies are myth." }, { "start": 5559.6, "end": 5562.6, "text": " But it's a great bargain." }, { "start": 5562.6, "end": 5563.6, "text": " Anyway." }, { "start": 5563.6, "end": 5567.120000000001, "text": " The old trust buster, Dieter Bohn is here everybody." }, { "start": 5567.120000000001, "end": 5569.120000000001, "text": " Watch out Carnegie, we're coming for you." }, { "start": 5569.120000000001, "end": 5571.120000000001, "text": " Should we wrap up the show?" }, { "start": 5571.120000000001, "end": 5572.120000000001, "text": " What?" }, { "start": 5572.120000000001, "end": 5573.120000000001, "text": " Yeah." }, { "start": 5573.120000000001, "end": 5574.120000000001, "text": " Do you want to threaten Andrew Carnegie some more?" }, { "start": 5574.120000000001, "end": 5575.120000000001, "text": " No." }, { "start": 5575.120000000001, "end": 5576.120000000001, "text": " I hate you John Rockefeller." }, { "start": 5576.120000000001, "end": 5579.240000000001, "text": " By the way, John Rockefeller founded the University of Chicago." }, { "start": 5579.240000000001, "end": 5583.96, "text": " You can understand why his school was opposed to monopoly regulation." }, { "start": 5583.96, "end": 5588, "text": " Just our whole plan to end on an up note just totally destroyed." }, { "start": 5588, "end": 5589, "text": " I feel like I learned something." }, { "start": 5589, "end": 5592.28, "text": " I actually love a good John Rockefeller story." }, { "start": 5592.28, "end": 5596.88, "text": " Can anybody just raise a hand if you didn't know there was this whole kerfuffle about" }, { "start": 5596.88, "end": 5598.88, "text": " let's sue all the tech companies." }, { "start": 5598.88, "end": 5599.88, "text": " That's a kerfuffle." }, { "start": 5599.88, "end": 5600.88, "text": " I wasn't aware." }, { "start": 5600.88, "end": 5601.88, "text": " I'm sorry." }, { "start": 5601.88, "end": 5602.88, "text": " Furfuffle." }, { "start": 5602.88, "end": 5606, "text": " Real talk and fox situation." }, { "start": 5606, "end": 5607, "text": " I want to ask this question." }, { "start": 5607, "end": 5609.16, "text": " Here's our end on note." }, { "start": 5609.16, "end": 5613.44, "text": " Make some noise if you're going to buy an iPhone X." }, { "start": 5613.44, "end": 5615.72, "text": " Make some noise if you're going to buy an iPhone 8." }, { "start": 5615.72, "end": 5617.48, "text": " 8 plus." }, { "start": 5617.48, "end": 5618.48, "text": " Thank you." }, { "start": 5618.48, "end": 5620.24, "text": " Dead silent for 8 plus." }, { "start": 5620.24, "end": 5622.719999999999, "text": " I'm so right about that." }, { "start": 5622.719999999999, "end": 5623.719999999999, "text": " I think that's the real noise." }, { "start": 5623.719999999999, "end": 5624.719999999999, "text": " In case you called it." }, { "start": 5624.719999999999, "end": 5625.719999999999, "text": " In case you called it." }, { "start": 5625.719999999999, "end": 5626.719999999999, "text": " In case you called it." }, { "start": 5626.719999999999, "end": 5627.719999999999, "text": " Well, at least for these nerds." }, { "start": 5627.719999999999, "end": 5628.799999999999, "text": " Anyway, here's what I'll say." }, { "start": 5628.799999999999, "end": 5631.5599999999995, "text": " I love all of you so much for coming." }, { "start": 5631.5599999999995, "end": 5639.36, "text": " It is absolutely wild to us." }, { "start": 5639.36, "end": 5643.919999999999, "text": " This conversation I think for all of us was like when I was growing up there was no one" }, { "start": 5643.919999999999, "end": 5647.719999999999, "text": " to have this conversation with in Racine, Wisconsin." }, { "start": 5647.72, "end": 5651.240000000001, "text": " And now I get to do it with people that I love very much." }, { "start": 5651.240000000001, "end": 5652.6, "text": " And all of you came to see us." }, { "start": 5652.6, "end": 5654.4800000000005, "text": " And that just makes my heart explode with joy." }, { "start": 5654.4800000000005, "end": 5656.4800000000005, "text": " So thank you so much for coming." }, { "start": 5656.4800000000005, "end": 5661.240000000001, "text": " I have to plug some other podcasts." }, { "start": 5661.240000000001, "end": 5664.96, "text": " There's only one Virge podcast at this moment." }, { "start": 5664.96, "end": 5666.6, "text": " This one, the best one." }, { "start": 5666.6, "end": 5668.6, "text": " No other podcast exists in the world." }, { "start": 5668.6, "end": 5670.360000000001, "text": " But Casey is going to start a show soon." }, { "start": 5670.360000000001, "end": 5671.52, "text": " He keeps promising me." }, { "start": 5671.52, "end": 5672.52, "text": " Stay tuned." }, { "start": 5672.52, "end": 5674.320000000001, "text": " A lot of exciting things coming later this year." }, { "start": 5674.32, "end": 5677.799999999999, "text": " You know, usually on the show, like, Dieter and Paul will tell me an idea they have." }, { "start": 5677.799999999999, "end": 5679.28, "text": " And I'm like, you have to write that story now." }, { "start": 5679.28, "end": 5681.08, "text": " Now you've told the people you're starting a podcast." }, { "start": 5681.08, "end": 5683.08, "text": " So we're raising the bar for the live show." }, { "start": 5683.08, "end": 5684.08, "text": " That's what I like." }, { "start": 5684.08, "end": 5685.08, "text": " Casey's going to do one." }, { "start": 5685.08, "end": 5688.639999999999, "text": " Our two great reporters, Ashley Carman and Caitlin Tiffany, have a new show that's coming" }, { "start": 5688.639999999999, "end": 5689.639999999999, "text": " soon." }, { "start": 5689.639999999999, "end": 5691.5599999999995, "text": " I can't give you a date yet." }, { "start": 5691.5599999999995, "end": 5693.5599999999995, "text": " Called Why'd You Push That Button, which I'm really excited about." }, { "start": 5693.5599999999995, "end": 5695.28, "text": " So look around for that." }, { "start": 5695.28, "end": 5700.04, "text": " Lauren, who is on stage with us, has an amazing show called Too Embarrassed to Ask, which" }, { "start": 5700.04, "end": 5701.04, "text": " all of you should listen to." }, { "start": 5701.04, "end": 5702.04, "text": " Lauren, who's your guest this week?" }, { "start": 5702.04, "end": 5704.56, "text": " Yeah, Dan." }, { "start": 5704.56, "end": 5707.56, "text": " Everyone loves Dan." }, { "start": 5707.56, "end": 5710.2, "text": " So Dan was also at the Apple event, so they're going to be presumably talking about Apple." }, { "start": 5710.2, "end": 5712.04, "text": " So you should listen to Lauren's show, which is wonderful." }, { "start": 5712.04, "end": 5713.04, "text": " She does it with Kara Swisher." }, { "start": 5713.04, "end": 5716.84, "text": " Kara Swisher herself does a recode decode." }, { "start": 5716.84, "end": 5720.4, "text": " And Peter Kafka does a recode media, which if you are a media nerd, which I suspect many" }, { "start": 5720.4, "end": 5722.56, "text": " of you are, you should absolutely listen to." }, { "start": 5722.56, "end": 5725.4, "text": " Oh, Ezra Klein has the Ezra Klein interview show." }, { "start": 5725.4, "end": 5726.4, "text": " He interviewed Hillary Clinton." }, { "start": 5726.4, "end": 5727.4, "text": " Who's he?" }, { "start": 5727.4, "end": 5728.4, "text": " Just a guy." }, { "start": 5728.4, "end": 5729.4, "text": " No, it's fine." }, { "start": 5729.4, "end": 5730.4, "text": " All right." }, { "start": 5730.4, "end": 5734.4, "text": " There's also, there's all kinds of other great Vox podcasts, including, I know some" }, { "start": 5734.4, "end": 5735.4, "text": " dude, Ezra." }, { "start": 5735.4, "end": 5736.4, "text": " He's fine." }, { "start": 5736.4, "end": 5738.16, "text": " We're actually friends." }, { "start": 5738.16, "end": 5740.759999999999, "text": " The fact that I'm starting a feud with Ezra on this show." }, { "start": 5740.759999999999, "end": 5741.759999999999, "text": " I fully support it." }, { "start": 5741.759999999999, "end": 5745.04, "text": " I guarantee you, he does not know about and does not care about." }, { "start": 5745.04, "end": 5747.719999999999, "text": " It's my favorite thing right now." }, { "start": 5747.719999999999, "end": 5749.44, "text": " Also we're friends, so like whatever." }, { "start": 5749.44, "end": 5751.44, "text": " But that's Ezra." }, { "start": 5751.44, "end": 5753.96, "text": " Know what you are?" }, { "start": 5753.96, "end": 5754.96, "text": " Better than Ezra." }, { "start": 5754.96, "end": 5755.96, "text": " Oh God." }, { "start": 5755.96, "end": 5760.56, "text": " Can I, I will tell you this story now." }, { "start": 5760.56, "end": 5762.6, "text": " Wait, I'm going to end the podcast." }, { "start": 5762.6, "end": 5763.6, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 5763.6, "end": 5764.6, "text": " And then we can leak it." }, { "start": 5764.6, "end": 5765.6, "text": " You can all leak it on your Snapchat or whatever." }, { "start": 5765.6, "end": 5766.6, "text": " Is that what kids do now?" }, { "start": 5766.6, "end": 5767.6, "text": " Okay." }, { "start": 5767.6, "end": 5768.6, "text": " So that's our show." }, { "start": 5768.6, "end": 5771.72, "text": " We're going to keep the mics on when we're done because I'll tell the story." }, { "start": 5771.72, "end": 5772.72, "text": " But that's our show." }, { "start": 5772.72, "end": 5775.6, "text": " Thank you all so much for coming." }, { "start": 5775.6, "end": 5776.6, "text": " Rock and roll." }, { "start": 5776.6, "end": 5777.6, "text": " Paul." }, { "start": 5777.6, "end": 5778.6, "text": " Paul." }, { "start": 5778.6, "end": 5788, "text": " Paul." } ]

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red, which is supposed to indicate that this is an LTE" }, { "start": 30, "end": 32.96, "text": " equipped Series 3 Apple Watch." }, { "start": 32.96, "end": 37.44, "text": " So it looks exactly the same as the other Apple Watches that you've seen before, but" }, { "start": 37.44, "end": 39.839999999999996, "text": " there is one slight aesthetic difference." }, { "start": 39.839999999999996, "end": 42.64, "text": " It is a little bit thicker on the bottom here." }, { "start": 42.64, "end": 47.92, "text": " So if you look at this heart rate sensor module here, and you were to compare that to an older" }, { "start": 47.92, "end": 51.92, "text": " watch, in fact, I'm wearing one right now, you can see that it's just the slightest bit" }, { "start": 51.92, "end": 52.32, "text": " thicker." }, { "start": 52.32, "end": 56.8, "text": " Apple says it's two sheets of paper thicker, which is just, I don't know, a brilliant but" }, { "start": 56.8, "end": 59.12, "text": " typical marketing statement to make about it." }, { "start": 59.12, "end": 64, "text": " But when I was wearing it on my wrist earlier, so I put this on, it really didn't feel all" }, { "start": 64, "end": 64.8, "text": " that different." }, { "start": 64.8, "end": 67.52, "text": " And honestly, it doesn't look thicker." }, { "start": 67.52, "end": 71.36, "text": " It just kind of looks the same as previous Apple Watches." }, { "start": 71.36, "end": 75.2, "text": " Aside from the addition of an LTE modem, one of the things that's different on this watch" }, { "start": 75.2, "end": 76.72, "text": " is watchOS 4." }, { "start": 76.72, "end": 78, "text": " It's running new software." }, { "start": 78, "end": 81.52, "text": " And this is software that's going to run on all Apple Watches, not just the LTE." }, { "start": 81.52, "end": 84.16, "text": " It's going to run on all Apple Watches, not just this one." }, { "start": 84.16, "end": 88.64, "text": " You can see here that when you're scrolling through your app doc now, it is, you scroll" }, { "start": 88.64, "end": 92, "text": " vertically rather than across like you used to." }, { "start": 92, "end": 94.56, "text": " There's some direct integration with gym equipment." }, { "start": 94.56, "end": 98.96, "text": " So if you go to a gym that happens to support Apple Watch software, you can carry your watch" }, { "start": 98.96, "end": 100.56, "text": " directly to the gym equipment." }, { "start": 100.56, "end": 102.56, "text": " There's more Siri integration." }, { "start": 103.36, "end": 107.28, "text": " You can basically talk to Siri on the watch and it will talk back to you, which it didn't" }, { "start": 107.28, "end": 108.24, "text": " used to do." }, { "start": 108.24, "end": 112.32, "text": " The sensors in the back look pretty much the same except for a little bit of thickness." }, { "start": 112.32, "end": 115.03999999999999, "text": " Apple's doing some interesting stuff around heart rate tracking now." }, { "start": 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replacement for iPhone." }, { "start": 170.88000000000002, "end": 175.04000000000002, "text": " It's still in a relationship with iPhone, but it's a little more independent without" }, { "start": 175.04000000000002, "end": 176.24, "text": " it now." }, { "start": 176.24, "end": 180, "text": " The new Apple Watch Series 3 is going to be available on September 22nd." }, { "start": 180, "end": 183.28, "text": " This one with LTE costs $399." }, { "start": 183.28, "end": 189.20000000000002, "text": " There is going to be a Series 3 without LTE, and that's going to cost $329." }, { "start": 189.2, "end": 193.35999999999999, "text": " And then the Series 1, which is the original Apple Watch, which doesn't have GPS, doesn't" }, { "start": 193.35999999999999, "end": 198.64, "text": " have waterproofing, doesn't have LTE, that one is $249." }, { "start": 198.64, "end": 203.6, "text": " Series 2 has essentially gone away because the Series 3 without LTE is that." }, { "start": 203.6, "end": 219.6, "text": " For more coverage, go to youtube.com slash The Verge." } ]

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great visitor center which will be open later this year where we will welcome everyone." }, { "start": 51.6, "end": 56.2, "text": " You'll also find a fantastic new Apple retail store." }, { "start": 56.2, "end": 63.2, "text": " So before we get to some incredible products, we'd like to give you an update on retail." }, { "start": 63.2, "end": 65.8, "text": " We've launched today at Apple." }, { "start": 65.8, "end": 71.60000000000001, "text": " We've created new programs like Photo Walks where customers can perfect their photography skills" }, { "start": 71.60000000000001, "end": 76.60000000000001, "text": " with features like Portrait Mode or Swift Playgrounds where the next generation app developers" }, { "start": 76.60000000000001, "end": 79.4, "text": " can begin to learn the basics of coding." }, { "start": 79.4, "end": 82.80000000000001, "text": " And one of my personal favorites, Teachers Tuesdays," }, { "start": 82.8, "end": 88.6, "text": " where our teams help local educators stay updated on the newest technologies and apps." }, { "start": 88.6, "end": 93.2, "text": " And I'm thrilled to personally announce the opening of our newest flagship store" }, { "start": 93.2, "end": 99.8, "text": " in the heart of the Midwest, Apple Michigan Avenue in Chicago on October 20th." }, { "start": 99.8, "end": 105.6, "text": " Introducing Apple Watch Series 3 and it has cellular built in." }, { "start": 105.6, "end": 114, "text": " You can receive an important call with just your watch and the number is the same number as your iPhone." }, { "start": 114, "end": 118.19999999999999, "text": " And third-party apps like WeChat work over cellular as well." }, { "start": 118.19999999999999, "end": 124, "text": " Cellular is going to change the way we listen to music because with Apple Watch Series 3 and Apple Music," }, { "start": 124, "end": 128, "text": " you can stream 40 million songs on your wrist." }, { "start": 128, "end": 133.2, "text": " Inside is a new dual-core 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Life goes on." }, { "start": 166, "end": 169, "text": " But one thing I didn't mention, because it has a glass back," }, { "start": 169, "end": 173, "text": " it supports wireless charging with the Qi standard, that's QI." }, { "start": 173, "end": 176, "text": " If you see QI, it'll work. And you can just set it down." }, { "start": 176, "end": 180, "text": " And Apple's promising that in the future, it's going to create an all-new charging standard" }, { "start": 180, "end": 185, "text": " that'll work with many, many devices at the same time intelligently and automatically." }, { "start": 185, "end": 191, "text": " So, here you go. This is the iPhone 8. It's going to be available on September 22nd." }, { "start": 191, "end": 196, "text": " The regular model starts at $699 for 64 gigs, and the Plus is $100 more." }, { "start": 196, "end": 215, "text": " For much more from The Verge, please check out our YouTube channel. It's youtube.com slash theverge." } ]