1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:07,520 It's tech news time right now, but after we film this, I'm gonna go listen to SCA 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:13,040 on my Zoom and plan the release of my NFT collection. It calms me. Google has 3 00:00:10,719 --> 00:00:18,560 found a way to force Apple's AirDrop feature to work with Android's similar 4 00:00:15,599 --> 00:00:22,640 quick share feature. It only works on the Pixel 10 lineup for now, but 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:27,680 complaining about that would be a bit like complaining about the distance a 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:33,280 pig flew. To trigger this dark magic, iPhone users can set AirDrop to allow 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:35,200 files from everyone for 10 minutes and 8 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:40,239 boom, they'll be able to receive files from the enemy. Even better, this ritual 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:45,200 goes both ways. So, you can drop stuff from iOS onto your Android, too. What's 10 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:50,320 even crazier, though, is that Google went rogue and did this on its own. 11 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:54,160 essentially forcing Apple to communicate like an introvert being pulled out of 12 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:57,840 the laundry room at a party by their friend who's annoyingly social, but also 13 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,120 maybe they have a crush on, so they go with them. >> I've seen that movie. 14 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:05,920 >> And don't worry, Google wants you to know this new feature is secure, too. 15 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:10,000 Releasing a security blog post all about it, stating that they built the feature 16 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:15,920 in the Rust programming language to avoid common security bugs and promising 17 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:17,840 they'll support contacts mode on iOS at 18 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:21,280 some future point. For now though, if iPhone users want to get a drop from 19 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:25,119 their Android buddy, they're going to have to risk also getting the local 20 00:01:23,119 --> 00:01:29,920 aspiring rappers mixtape. >> Riley, I'm I'm like a young Eminem. 21 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:34,640 >> It's like following you around. They're going to open up airrop any any time 22 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:37,439 now. Qualcomm's acquisition of Arduino 23 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:41,280 has the entire maker community on alert after updates to their terms, 24 00:01:39,119 --> 00:01:46,240 conditions, and privacy policy signaled a potential shift away from the 25 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:51,920 company's open-source roots. These new changes include restricting the reverse 26 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:53,920 engineering of their platform, expanding 27 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:58,560 data collection rights under Qualcomm ownership, and introducing vague 28 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:03,520 language about the ownership of user generated content. Now, many fear this 29 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:07,600 could let Qualcomm claim broader control on existing or future projects, with 30 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:12,640 sections of the agreement potentially giving Qualcomm blanket authority over 31 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:18,959 the patentability of anything built using Arduino tools. Even if the AGPL 32 00:02:16,959 --> 00:02:22,959 licensed dev environment and firmware technically remain open source, the 33 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:27,120 wording is open-ended enough that people worry Qualcomm is laying the groundwork 34 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:30,800 for future lockdowns. Open source hardware company Adafruit publicly 35 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:35,519 criticized the move, pointing out that imposing enterprise style software as a 36 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:40,080 service rules on a community-run platform is a surefire way to destroy 37 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:44,560 trust. Before buying Arduino, did Qualcomm actually know what open-source 38 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:51,840 means? Tell you what, I'll open source my feelings right now. Boo. 39 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:55,360 Bad. Dell and HP have discovered a new way to make some of their business 40 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:59,280 laptops worse. And no, it's not another round of questionable product names. 41 00:02:57,519 --> 00:03:03,840 Small victories. Apparently, these companies decided to start disabling 42 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:08,080 HEVC hardware decoding on several laptops, even though the feature is 43 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:11,760 supported by their CPUs at a hardware level. These cuts are leaving affected 44 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:16,560 users wondering why they were suddenly faced with web video showing continuous 45 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:21,599 loading loops and random errors. Well, as indicated in spec documents for 46 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:24,800 models like the HP ProBook 460G11, 47 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:26,879 hardware HEVC support is turned off by 48 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:32,080 design. And as for Dell, there's a clue buried on a support page that only shows 49 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:36,640 devices with optional upgrades like a 4K screen or a discrete GPU having access 50 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:40,879 to the decoder. Those ones are special. Neither company has offered up a real 51 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:47,920 explanation, but what we do know is that HEVC license fees are going up from 20 52 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:50,080 cents to 24 cents per laptop. 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A new Android Trojan called Sternis is 84 00:06:03,759 --> 00:06:11,199 reportedly stealing WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal messages by abusing Android's 85 00:06:09,039 --> 00:06:16,479 accessibility service to read messages after they're decrypted on screen, 86 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:21,440 meaning it completely sidesteps the task of having to break encryption first. It 87 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:26,000 can also generate fake banking loginins, enable full remote control of a device, 88 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:31,280 and log every tap to harvest credentials. It can do it all. The worst 89 00:06:28,479 --> 00:06:35,759 part, Sternis is only in early testing among hackers. So once it fully rolls 90 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:38,759 out, it's going to cause even more consternation. 91 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:46,240 Meta is saying Dios Mio after a Spanish 92 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:49,360 court said hola and ordered them to pay 93 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:51,759 479 million euros to 87 Spanish news 94 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:56,639 outlets. Boravore. The court ruled that Meta broke EU data protection and 95 00:06:54,000 --> 00:07:01,199 antitrust laws by unfairly using the personal data of its users to make 96 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:05,440 targeted ads, giving it a serious edge over local media. Meta has slightly 97 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:10,240 improved its rules around data collection consent, but the judge 98 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:12,720 estimated Meta made over 5 billion euros 99 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:18,080 from ads during the 5 years before the change. Of course, Meta is saying no 100 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:22,080 manes and planning to appeal the ruling, but similar claims being investigated in 101 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:27,680 France might soon have them shouting, "Sacray blue." 102 00:07:25,599 --> 00:07:33,520 Silicon Valley investors are reportedly funding a human embryo gene editing 103 00:07:30,479 --> 00:07:36,080 startup led by UC Berkeley biochemist 104 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:40,960 Lucas Harrington raising about 30 million USD from backers including 105 00:07:38,479 --> 00:07:47,199 software engineer and husband of Sam Olman Oliver Molharin and Coinbase CEO 106 00:07:44,479 --> 00:07:52,000 Brian Armstrong. The company says it's focused strictly on lab research and 107 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:57,360 definitely 100% will not test their findings if safety is found wanting 108 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:01,360 because uh fun fact, geneediting human embryos is illegal in most countries. 109 00:07:59,759 --> 00:08:06,080 Don't they remember what happened to the guy in China who geneedited three 110 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:09,919 embryos and then seemingly got edited out of existence himself? Those kids 111 00:08:08,319 --> 00:08:13,360 were actually born. >> They don't have a father anymore 112 00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:19,520 >> anymore. I don't think I don't think they were his kids. Never mind. 113 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:24,879 >> And XAI's Grock chatbot has been sickantingly pumping his daddy Elon's 114 00:08:22,479 --> 00:08:30,080 tires in a bunch of now deleted interactions. The chatbot said Musk is 115 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:34,560 more fit than LeBron James and disrupts comedy more than Jerry Seinfeld, but 116 00:08:32,479 --> 00:08:38,320 doesn't go quite as far as to say that Musk would rise from the grave faster 117 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:43,120 than Jesus Christ. That would be a bridge too far. Grock appears to really 118 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:47,120 respect baseball player Shohei Otani, though, who it admits Musk could not 119 00:08:45,519 --> 00:08:51,279 strike out. Now, if you thought all of this was just Musk ego tripping, the 120 00:08:49,279 --> 00:08:55,920 soon-to-be trillionaire tweeted that this latest Grock crash out was once 121 00:08:53,680 --> 00:09:00,320 again caused by someone else manipulating the chatbot, absolutely 122 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:05,680 proving it wasn't him this time by disparaging himself with what Lionus 123 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:07,360 would call the hard R word. I dropped my 124 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:10,959 fair share of hard Rs back then because we didn't even the term hard and it'll 125 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:15,040 be rude if you don't come back on Monday for more tech news. Hey, did you know 126 00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:20,200 that Microsoft's Zoom wireless sharing feature was widely known as squirting? 127 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:27,920 >> Is that real though? >> Google it. Google it. 128 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:31,680 >> Well, those NFTts aren't going to sell themselves. See you later.