The Chris Voss Show - The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Daily Business & Tech News Aug 1, 2019

Episode Date: August 1, 2019

Daily Business & Tech News Aug 1, 2019

Hi folks, Chris Voss here from thechrissvossshow.com. Come here with another podcast. We certainly appreciate you guys tuning in. We started doing a new thing where we're going to cover daily news, kind of the news of the day, if you will, and my take on it. So you're going to get to hear my thoughts, my impressions, my good, the bad, the ugly. Sorry for anyone's eardrums or speakers. I just broke whistling into the mic.

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in life, right, you want to be smart, not like the dub people, you want to be like a smart person, like I'm smart, you know, Fredo, anyway, I'm not dumb like dad says anyway that's a Godfather 2 reference for those of you who are Millennials anyway and Jen Ziers not like you listen to an old man show anyway so he's there's that so let's go through what's happening today some interesting stuff and like I said we're gonna try and put this show together daily now or at least week daily and i'm going to cover the news of the day a lot of technology business news things of that nature maybe some some of the top of the topics we're going to try and stay away from the politics topic that's for another podcast so that goes over there

but uh last night was without getting into politics, the Democratic debates. You know, aside from what my opinion is of it all, I really hate them doing this 10 to 20 people on stage. That's just such a horrible thing. And then I hate the bait where they're like, here's some red meat. Let's see you fight. Let's see you fight to the death. I hate that shit because you don't learn dick. And if anything, you just kind of learn.

It becomes like this game to like, who can be the biggest dick to the other person tonight? And they might go up in the polls. It was worse the first time they did it. Then the second time, they're all going after joe biden who's like this poor puppy in the water who's just like i love everyone don't hurt me and uh and like everybody learned from kamala harris that if you if you're sucking in the polls the best way to get a pump is uh to attack biden swore biden i wouldn't even want to just show up for that thing i've been like fucking i'll just show up next year because i'm going to be winning anyway or something

i don't know but jesus christ the poor old man shows up and it's just like elder abuse all night long they're just fucking attacking him for shit and it's just like oh man and like here's my opinion part way through the show they're starting to shit on his record well the interesting thing is is part of his record is obama's record so if you're a democrat and you thought obama was god i liked him about 50% of the time but i had a lot of respect for obama i voted for him for his first term uh i wasn't happy enough to vote for him the second term, I didn't vote for anybody, I was just like, fuck this voting shit, everyone lies to me, and then the story changes once they get into office, but you know, we had

good times, let's put it that way, it's like a family, so it's like a family of your country if I you don't get along sometimes like each other so anyway it was kind of ironic because I don't know if erotic sorry word but it's kind of weird because I'm like why are you shitting on a Joe Biden's fucking past that's Obama's past you fucking morons you're shitting on Obama now what is wrong with you people have you not made this fucking connect because the voter i was just like man you're shitting on obama like are you guys which team are you guys on right now you guys are starting to sound like a lot of republicans or something what's going on so anyway i i just hate the whole thing i mean here's what i

want to do i I want to, I want serious interviews with all these people except for the crackheads. Um, I want serious lengthy interviews, like sit down with the, I want you to sit down with the, uh, lie detector tests and I want to strap you up in that baby. And I want to talk to you about some questions, man. Like I want to know a lot of stuff and I want access to your browser so I can see what your history is. I don't know what's going on, man, in your head because we don't need another one of these. Uh, uh, we don't want another one of these idiots, uh, back in the office. I saw something funny that was, uh, that was, uh, just the best burn

that, uh, I got a, I get a, um, I got a kick out of. What was it? Oh, Donald Trump Jr., he wrote, Comedy Central should be the host of the next round of these debates. Dem debate. Comedy Central replied, this is for real. Comedy Central replied, nah. Last time there was a joke in a debate, it became president.

Oh, man, the dude's dad, man, that's freaking cold, anyway, yeah, so there's that, but enough of politics, I'd be interested to know what your guys' thoughts are on it, you can go to my Facebook or wherever and maybe send me some comments, Twitter or something, let me know what you think about the Democrat debate like i said i i hate this where they put 10 people on stage and it's like you have five seconds to answer how would you solve the middle east peace process in uh in in 100 different ways or something you know like and they're like what i gotta answer that in five fucking seconds and then they got you know next to him or Bob or whoever the fuck it is this week going, that's a stupid plan.

Well, I only had five fucking seconds to tell you my fucking plan. You know what's stupid? This debate thing. So we wonder why we have idiots that we elect for leaders. This is why. Because the system is just fucking stupid from the get-go. Like, here's what I want. Have a different night

where we get to interview the guy for like three fucking hours. Just each guy, gal, they get a fucking night and we get to, they have to go on Reddit and do AMA with a fucking video. We get to ask fucking anything. That's what I want.

And I want to interview these people. I want to crawl around their skin. Well, that sounds a little Silence of the Lambs, doesn't it? But I want to crawl around inside their head and find out what ticks. I want to keep peppering with questions till their eye starts twitching like that guy from uh pink panther you know the sergeant dude who's over what's his face you know when he started getting stressed out he'd start winking that eye that's what i want to do i want to push him to the point we should have like we should have something like that like it's like survivor man we gotta we gotta push them to the fucking brink like you want around this country man We're gonna put you on a fucking island it's gonna have like Indians and Russians on it and shit and we're just gonna give you a penknife and

You got to survive fucker because if you can get that shit done you might have earned the right to in this country We need something like that. This is this ten ten people on the stage it's just stupid now I realize what the Democrats are doing they're trying to be fair give everyone option showcase everybody they realize that when this really comes down to the the true sort of elections and runoffs next year you know half this group is gonna be dead there's probably like five people or something six people you know they half this group is going to be dead. There's probably going to be like five people or something, six people, you know, there'll be four good people. And then like three people are like, I'm just hanging on for a VP spot. If I can get, I'm not giving up. Coming up is for people who go to rehab. I'm not doing it. Yeah. Give it up, buddy. Um, so anyway so anyway we need we need to change the process of how this

goes down because it's just bs put two or three people on stage let them talk it out don't make some one big night of it just give us a whole bunch of nights so we can just tune in it's like hey what's going on and not like it's like a cage match super bowl function you know and somebody was even using uh some news reporter today when I was in the shower that's the radio sorry for putting that image in your head but I am pasty white and built and so uh I just lost five listeners right there wow look at that just went right down so anyway uh pasty white like really pasty white like the kind that gives you so anyway, pasty white, like, really pasty white, like, the kind that gives you sun cancer, that pasty white, like, when I, when I date girls, and I take my clothes off in the room,

they think Jesus has arrived, so anyway, that's how pasty white I am, but just like Jesus, I was circumcised too. Too much information. What kind of freaking podcast is this for damn hell's sakes? So anyway, that needs to change. Let's get on to business and the news and all that sort of good stuff because you guys are just bored already, I'm sure. I'm bored. So coming from The Verge, this is kind of interesting.

You've heard a lot about this Fortnite thing where these guys are just shoveling bank loads of money back to players. And I'm in gaming. We review a lot of gaming products and everything else. I have huge clans for our gaming. We have a big Discord that Chris Voss Show has. And our YouTube channel even has its own Discord. And I'm on Twitch, but I got to it too late so uh plus i'm not

13 so no one wants to look at the old broken down guy who can't see straight or and who's can get wiped out by squeakers who can you know fiddle those thumbsticks about 50 000 light years at speed at light speed at a time. And you're just sitting there trying to shoot your gun. Like I pulled the trigger and they're just like, they've killed you and like half your team. And you're just like, what happened,

man? So, so there's that. Um, youth is wasted on the young, but, uh, I guess one of the biggest names in Fortnite and one of Twitch's most popular stars is going to move to Microsoft's Mixer.

And Microsoft Mixer is a new sort of Twitch competitor platform, which is pretty interesting. Because when you really think about it, Microsoft has the Xbox. And so this makes sense for them to try and help that dominate for their platform and their console. So pretty interesting. Uh, I didn't know this guy, but Ninja Belvins, I think I've heard my nephew reference him a few times. He's the one who's who knows what's going on, man. I just tune into him. He's like, he's like, uh, there's an old story of Hollywood where, uh, who wasn't Don Siegel or somebody that used to have like a 12 year old girl and he would send her to go watch the previews of all the movies they made. And she was like, she was like, she

could pick the ones that were going to be good. And the ones that were going to die. And she had like a hundred percent boom, like, like whatever this chick told him was going to fly at the box office would fly. So anyway, so this guy's named Ninja, and he's announced that he's one of the biggest names of Fortnite, one of Twitch's most popular stars. He's leaving the platform to stream on Mixer. The news comes via tweet from the streaming star and him dubbing the move the next chapter. I'm sure he got paid a lot of money for that.

Uh, he better, because if it doesn't work out, there goes that. Um, so anyway, um, it looks like they're trying to build this platform and they're doing what a

lot of platforms did back in the day to get big YouTube. When I first started out, went to, uh, I can't remember the name of the company, Joe J TV. YouTube, when I first started out, went to, uh, I can't remember the name of the company, Joe J TV. Um, uh, I don't remember Justin TV. I think it was Justin TV. And, uh, what's her name? Uh, the eye lady, really great gal. Uh, she's been around forever. He's the bump into her in LA all the time. Her, um, uh, I forget her name, but she's, I Justine.

So she was over there and she was like starting to really rock the platform. She's one of the top people on the platform. And the story is, is, uh, YouTube went to her and said, Hey, you know, we're building a thing. Come over here and, you know, we'll give you a boost and juice. And of course, you know, Hey, Google, eh? So she went to Google and, and you know help them build it and and uh i hope she gets some money from it so anyway this is the next big thing so if you're not

on mixer go on mixer i just got done actually setting up my channel chris voss one on mixer you can also see chris voss one on twitch and uh yeah compete I love competition and I love new platforms because guess what I'm going over there trying to get my my gig on you know it's funny years ago twitch came to me on my youtube channel like 2013 I think it was and they begged me to come over and the and I and I thought the concept was just so stupid I was like there's people paying to watch video games. Like why would they do that when they can just go play the video game? But I don't think like a 12 year old because I hope I don't, maybe I do. I've had some girlfriends tell me I do.

So, um, take it or leave it there. But, um, you know, I mean, um, what's my point? Somehow that segue just set me off on the wrong direction of my girlfriends. Now I'm thinking about them all. So anyway, you know, a lot of 12-year-olds, they can't buy these games. You know, if they get $30, man, that's like the year's freaking cash flow, man. That's their little nest away, squirrel away money, you know. And so when they got to plunk down $30, man, that's a life choice for them. That's a life choice.

Like they don't even put that much thought into marriage or breeding. Like that's their $30 or $50, man. And it's got to go a long way. And those kids game. So it's got to go a long way, especially until the next DLC. Cause then I can have that 30 again. Um, so anyway, um, yeah, so they were right and I was wrong. I told him to blow off and now they won't return my calls when I asked them to advertise my channel. They're like, you have a small channel years ago you said I could come over and you take care of me like fuck you so there you go

this is kind of interesting story for from vice it's inside us-based phone farms where people use dozens of hundreds of smartphones to fabricate engagements with ads and generate disposable income. What is going on, man? There's phone farms where people use hundreds of smartphones. Ordinary Americans are using armies of phones to generate cash to buy food, diapers, and beer through ad fraud.

What? Netflix thought it was four different people I was being paid through an app to watch its trailers over and over again, racking up digital points I could eventually trade for an Amazon gift card or real cash. Rather than use my own phone, I bought four Android devices to churn through the trailer simultaneously, bringing in more money. You'd think they would know that you're coming from the same IP address unless you didn't log in your Wi-Fi and you were just using the IP address of the Android farms.

It made a small phone farm able to fabricate engagement with advertisements and programs from companies like Netflix, as well as video game trailers, celebrity gospel shows, and sports, too. No one's watching trailers, but Netflix didn't need to know that. The goal was to passionately run these phones 24-7, each collecting a fraction of a penny for each ad they watched. Holy crap. That's a lot of work, man.

Like, does this guy have a life, a girlfriend, maybe some kids or something? Holy crap, there's a picture of it. They got, like, whole trays of frickin iPads and phones there's like a hundred phones I'd say they're in the picture you can find this on vice.com Wow there's a NBC Universal launched an app called watch back which gives users a chance to win $100 in exchange for watching TV shows isn't that cheating like the Nelson ratings or something I don't know how there's a whole mess more phones these guys just have giant how to become a phone farmer holy crap how to build a 100 plus cell phone farm cheap wow man is there like a lot of money in this

like i'm not doing this for for five cents oh wow man this is crazy you should read the article on vice uh i'd highly recommend it as i'm cruising through this thing uh it's by Joseph Cox, America's DIY phone farmer. So be sure to check that out. Man, that is crazy, dude. That is some crazy stuff. Intel unveils the 11th, or 11. This is kind of confusing to read. Intel unveils 11 10th generation Ice Lake laptop CPUs.

Why didn't they just announce 10 11th gen? 11 10th generation Ice Lake laptop CPUs. Why didn't they just announce 10 11th gen Ice Lake? Anyway, built on its new 10 NM Sunny Cove architecture claims it can run 18% more instructions per clock than before. Because God knows I need that extra 18 to download my Pornhub. So that's coming out. And if you like Intel's new Ice Lake chips. Sounds like some sort of thing I'm going to munch on. Like do I get some dip with that? Some cheese and stuff?

What do you have in there, Chris? That looks tasty. Ice Lake chips. Wait. Ice Lake chips? Weren't those the color? Weren't those the chips they had in that one show, Breaking Bad where they would chip the things, you know, they'd sell the chips? I don't know.

Suck on that. Chris, why is that Ice Lake chip from Intel in your mouth? It's supposed to be tasty. I don't know. I can't tell the ice. So there it is. Facebook details its first takedown of in then ik inauthentic accounts linked to Saudi government alongside a separate takedown of accounts linked to UEA and Egypt I know there's one account I wish they would take down but it's actually a Twitter account but you know what I'm saying. What else is out? Bird unveils a new electric scooter with 50% more battery life, anti-vandalism sensors, anti-tipping kickstands,

anti-puncture tires. Listen, honey, it's a fucking scooter. Like, come on, man. Like, if someone steals your scooter, they're doing you a favor, man. Come on. You know, nothing says nothing says like i can't afford a car and i don't have a job and i'm still a virgin at 35 with my little scooter

oh man here's good news from the verge german regulator says google has agreed to stop listening and transcribing google assistant recordings for three months in Europe that's always good I mean once I heard that employees are like listening in for quality control that's what I do I call my last time I got caught in my next-door neighbor's house look at his windows with him and his wife having sex he got yelled at me call the cops I says I said we're just doing cuz subscribing and transcribing and assistant recordings we're just making sure there's better quality control by the way he finished after the second and she's not

happy so that's you know that he could do what what I used to do back before the Google age, I just stand outside my neighbor's window, watch their, them having sex. Then I would hold up like an Olympic card, like 10, eight, seven, six. Sometimes they give a 0.5 and they'd be like, what got the 0.5 man? Um, that also will have you put before a judge, is my understanding, asking. Friend, happened to a friend, yeah. So, what else is in the business news, Chris? Holy crap. SEC filings from Bloomberg.

Mackenzie Bezos is now the second largest Amazon shareholder. That's Mr. Bezos' wife. She's, of course, much better looking than him. Call me. Holding 9.7 million shares. So she didn't do too bad. She owns like, she's now the second largest Amazon shareholder. If she puts a little more arsenic in his coffee, she could be number one.

So there you go. From the next web, Mix Sensor Tower, YouTube remains the world's top grossing video app, generating 138 million in user spending. Where's my fucking money? I'm just getting nickel and dime checks from YouTube. Hey, man, let's get paid, bitch uh give me that thing this is pretty interesting i thought this was wild with an estimated 420,000 cctv cameras operating the city london has become a test bed for visual surveillance tech including

live facial recognition man i remember years ago when people used to freak out on me when i was wearing google glass they're like you're recording me and i'm like no the battery's dead dude only lasts for like 15 minutes give me a break it can still hear me no it really can't there's see there's like this thing called electronics and batteries and current and no you could stick google still has ways all right man you man, you know what? You go sit in a corner with your little tinfoil hat, and you have fun with that. So I don't want you to point it at me.

It's not on, asshole, but it could be. Oh, man. Shit I used to put up with. Now everyone's just like, yeah, I want a Google Home and an Echo to be listening to me and my wife have sex, sometimes the mistress. And, yeah, I'm totally fine with someone else listening to me doing the dirty. So that's great. You know, yeah, they can hear, you know, the big poo-poos that you're taking. All right, whatever.

So let's see. Cisco paying a settlement. I don't care about that. Lyft has made its 1000 e-bikes in san francisco unavailable to riders following two reports of bikes catching fire i don't know that sounds kind of like a fun ride for me man it's like you're trying to get to your destination on a bike and you're just like riding along and starts catching fire like oh man i should ride faster because i gotta have my destination but when this thing fully bursts into flames eh wow so this is in

the san francisco examiner and they're showing a melted down smoking uh wow that's bad it looks like the battery pack is what's catching on fire man oh that's not good that's like it didn't apple products or laptops have that problem years ago the batteries start lighting everything on fire and crap oh man wow here you are you're trying to you're trying to live a healthy life you're like oh man i'm gonna start riding a bike so it's more healthier and you burn a whole fucking crotch off you're like god damn, God damn it. God damn it. I was just trying to be healthier and get good looking so that I can pick up some babages.

And then you end up with third degree burns all up and down you. And no one will ever look at you again. Way to go. This is why you should stick to those those carbon-emission eating cars you know buy a Lexus go for it actually I think Lexus is making some electronic cars are supposed to I can't keep track of that shit and I really don't care unless it's BMW so that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it so anyway this is interesting too from the verge DJI if you're not familiar with them

they make drones. And they make a lot of cool products, too. 3X's gimbal and stuff. We reviewed them on the Chris Foss show. They made new goggles for its drones. Wow, man, where was this shit when I was owning drones? Offering a 720p streaming first-person view and new controller, both geared towards racing and available.

819. Dude, that's a deal. shut up and take my money um wow man goggles i always wanted them i used to i used to go out and fly drones with the guys who were uh the real um the real strong hobbyists of drone racing and you know they'd hardwired their freaking um their freaking goggles and stuff they're always like hey we're trying these goggles and you're like getting handed this crazy goggle setup that's got like 50 000 wires coming off it and you're just like yeah this was like something that uh i don't know was on frankenstein's head when they lit him up and brought him alive what's going on here man? I'm afraid I'm dying of shock.

And whatever this thing is, it feels like you're going to take my soul if I put on these fucking glasses, buddy. So anyway, that's the old way they used to do it. They just hack it. But I guess now they're going to build it all in so you can just have it and go. There's been a number of times where i've filmed uh drone racing it's pretty it's pretty cool it's fun to watch uh it can be a little boring to lead up to and there's a lot of crashing and whatever and like half the time you're trying to see the drone you're like where

is it it's at the foreign of the field coming this way you're like it's so fucking small i can't tell um and then it comes back in you're you're like, oh, there it is. And it goes through the uprights. They have these flags that are for them. And then half the time they hit the flag, and that wrecks them. And then it's just whoever, it's survival of the fittest, man. It's like NASCAR or Demolition Derby, man. It's who's left standing at the end, and first one to the flag.

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