00:00Welcome back to Bloomberg This Weekend, or BTWs, as I like to call it, and David likes to not call
00:05it.
00:05Nope, BTW.
00:06BTWs. I'm Christina Ruffini. That's David Gurra.
00:09Lisa Mateo, catch us up on some of the stories we might have missed this week.
00:13All right, you know how they say good things come in small packages?
00:15I've heard that.
00:15Yes. Okay, this applies to beer, too, apparently.
00:18No, interesting. Not jewelry.
00:19Okay, so this is from the Wall Street Journal.
00:20Big brewers making an outside bet on tiny cans of beer.
00:25Okay, so they're called pony cans, right?
00:27They're about seven to nine ounces.
00:28Oh, like a pony keg. I love that.
00:29Yes, exactly. Instead of, like, the 12 to 18 ounce.
00:33So those are, you know, who are watching how much they drink.
00:36Maybe this goes good for, they're watching how much they spend.
00:39Maybe they have small hands.
00:41Maybe they have small hands. Maybe they just like their beer cold, because, you know, if it sits in a
00:44big, you know.
00:44That's me. I'm a very slow beer drinker, and it gets warm, and then I don't want it.
00:49Exactly. So it's taking off.
00:51So you have Sierra Nevada, right? They have the small can of Pills Brew.
00:55Okay.
00:55They're doing well. Constellation Brands has Coronitas.
00:58They have Moraditos, too.
01:01Pacifico has seven-ounce containers.
01:02Bud Light released this post-Malona little tiny one, too.
01:07So it's really seeing, you know, a lot of momentum behind it.
01:10It's a small little market share, but it's working for them.
01:14Well, I like that they're being upfront about it.
01:16I don't like when you pick up, like, a Michelob Ultra, and it feels like they're not telling you that
01:19it's 12 ounces.
01:19It's smaller.
01:20That's fair.
01:21Kind of like a bag of chips player.
01:22I'll endorse them doing this, but...
01:24Do you feel like you can handle the normal-sized beer and get it in time?
01:27Okay.
01:27All right.
01:28I won't be clamoring for these, but I understand for those who are slow drinkers.
01:32And, you know, I like a koozie.
01:34I could get you a koozie, Christina, if you didn't want to keep it cold.
01:36And we need to look at it.
01:37I went to school in Texas.
01:38I have many, many koozies.
01:40I had no idea what that was until I went to school down there, but, yes, okay, koozie is a
01:43good idea.
01:43I just think they're cute.
01:44Do you get more in a six-pack?
01:45Like, are you getting just six beers still if they're small?
01:47You do, but they come in, like, a variety.
01:49Okay.
01:49A variety.
01:50So, yeah.
01:50Are they cheaper?
01:51They must be cheaper, I would hope.
01:52Exactly.
01:53They are a little cheaper, so, yes.
01:54I'll do some investigation, but I will not buy them.
01:56You will not?
01:57Oh, okay.
01:58I'll buy some.
01:59Lisa, you and I can like them.
01:59If you come over, Lisa.
02:00I just think they're cute.
02:00That's why I like to buy them.
02:01If you and I can drink tiny beers before we go to the spa.
02:03Fit more in the cooler, I guess.
02:04Okay, perfect.
02:05Okay.
02:06Household chores.
02:07This is an issue for me with my children, getting them to clean around the house, okay?
02:11So, maybe, still, at this age, yes, maybe this, from Business Insider, a 7,999 home robot
02:19joins the race to automate household chores.
02:22All right, this is Weave Robotics.
02:24It launched the Isaac One.
02:26So, it's this home robot.
02:28It's a little creepy.
02:29It is a little creepy.
02:29I think the radio audience isn't going to be able to fully appreciate the eyes opening
02:32on the robot.
02:33I don't even know how to describe this.
02:34It's like an army green set of arms on a pedestal with no body and a little white face with
02:40like eyes that are black.
02:42But it's picking up, like it's folding the blankets, right?
02:44It can do...
02:45Picking up the night.
02:47Oh, my God.
02:49So, it comes in different colors.
02:51You're going to have to be nicer to our robot overlords, or they're going to come for you.
02:54But look, it can help you do the laundry.
02:57I mean, at a glacial pace.
03:00Make your bed.
03:01It folds your clothes.
03:02I mean, it does all these things that I cannot get my children to do.
03:08$8,000.
03:10$450 monthly pre-order plan.
03:12So, you know, maybe that'll work for you a little bit better.
03:14It'll be good on a trial basis.
03:15I mean, $8,000.
03:18But it's...
03:18I'm trying to think about how much a cleaning person charges in New York.
03:21And I feel like that would get you like several years of a cleaning person.
03:24Definitely not.
03:24But...
03:24Yeah, it's a lot.
03:26It's a lot.
03:26It finally comes once every five weeks, so maybe that's why.
03:28To boot, it's cheaper than the alternative with other robots.
03:31There's one out there for $20,000.
03:33Oh, my gosh.
03:33So this one...
03:34And think about it.
03:35Tesla.
03:35They haven't even announced the number, the price for that Optimus robot that they have out.
03:40What's its name again?
03:40Isaac?
03:41Isaac is this one we're speaking of.
03:43Yes.
03:43You should just tell your kids if they don't do their chores, they're going to let Isaac move into the
03:46room.
03:47Yeah.
03:47They're going to disemperate it.
03:48Give him the boot.
03:49Yeah.
03:49100%.
03:49Do your kids pick up?
03:51We're working on that.
03:52See?
03:52I'm telling you.
03:53It's a struggle.
03:54It's a lifelong struggle.
03:54I know families at home can realize the struggle.
03:56All right.
03:57New York Times.
03:57That's what we'll go to.
03:58All right.
03:59When did bare nails become a status symbol?
04:02Well, I've done this for years.
04:04David, you're not.
04:05But Christina and I, yes, we have the bare nails.
04:08Nail salons, they're reporting that people are using colors, light colors.
04:13Nude colors, soft pink, milky neutrals.
04:15So you're getting your nails done.
04:16So, yes.
04:17So it looks like you haven't had your nails done.
04:18Yeah, exactly.
04:20So you're paying money for that.
04:22I have done zero of those things.
04:24Lisa's look nice and polished.
04:26Yeah.
04:26But this is the thing.
04:27It takes so long to get them done.
04:28You have to schedule it.
04:29You have to sit there.
04:30You can't do anything.
04:31You're held captive.
04:32And a lot of us have just decided it's just not real.
04:36I always walk by and it seems like people are having a nice chat or reading a magazine.
04:40It is kind of, it's a treat.
04:42I do it once in a while.
04:43But these are for people who do it, like, all the time.
04:45Like, it just, it's a time-consuming thing if you do it all the time.
04:48And it's gotten very expensive as well, like everything.
04:50And I think that's another reason people are cutting back.
04:51I usually do my own.
04:52I was going to do American Flags for yesterday.
04:55But you didn't.
04:55I didn't have time.
04:56So bare nails it is.
04:57I love that this is a trend and not just me being lazy.
04:59Maybe Isaac can do it for you.
05:00Maybe.
05:01All right.
05:02Now, a nail salon robot.
05:03That would be interesting.
05:05All right.
05:06This one I want to go to.
05:07All right.
05:08For those of you addicted to the social media scroll, listen up.
05:11This is the Wall Street Journal, okay?
05:13Can a $60 plastic cube solve our screen time crisis?
05:17Okay.
05:18So this is called Brick.
05:19It's a small little gray.
05:20Yeah.
05:20I haven't heard of it.
05:21I'm just learning about this from here.
05:23About two inches on each side.
05:24About 60 bucks.
05:25It helps you reduce your screen time.
05:28So it was founded by these Gen Z computer scientists.
05:30Okay.
05:30So it basically connects to an app that blocks distracting apps on your phone.
05:35So you stay bricked.
05:37That's why the name Brick.
05:38I see.
05:38Okay.
05:39So to stop it, you have to tap your phone to it.
05:43You have to actually do something to undo it.
05:45Yeah.
05:45So people will put it in another room.
05:47Because the problem with, like, I put limits on all my socials.
05:49But all you have to do is hit ignore.
05:51And then you can just keep scrolling.
05:52Not a very strict limit.
05:53You have to actually get it and tap it.
05:55You have to get up, go to the other room, and physically tap it on the thing to open
05:59up your social media.
06:00Interesting.
06:00I've heard of people making their screen grayscale.
06:03But that helps as well.
06:04Oh, that's interesting.
06:05You wouldn't be as fascinated by all of the algorithmic pictures and videos.
06:10Self-control is a tough thing.
06:12It is.
06:13Gosh.
06:13It is.
06:14It's all in our hands.
06:15There's so many different things I'm supposed to not be doing, Lisa.
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