WEBVTT 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 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:13.040 on my Zoom and plan the release of my NFT collection. It calms me. Google has 00:00:10.719 --> 00:00:18.560 found a way to force Apple's AirDrop feature to work with Android's similar 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:22.640 quick share feature. It only works on the Pixel 10 lineup for now, but 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:27.680 complaining about that would be a bit like complaining about the distance a 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:33.280 pig flew. To trigger this dark magic, iPhone users can set AirDrop to allow 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:35.200 files from everyone for 10 minutes and 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:40.239 boom, they'll be able to receive files from the enemy. Even better, this ritual 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:45.200 goes both ways. So, you can drop stuff from iOS onto your Android, too. What's 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:50.320 even crazier, though, is that Google went rogue and did this on its own. 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:54.160 essentially forcing Apple to communicate like an introvert being pulled out of 00:00:52.480 --> 00:00:57.840 the laundry room at a party by their friend who's annoyingly social, but also 00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:01.120 maybe they have a crush on, so they go with them. >> I've seen that movie. 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:05.920 >> And don't worry, Google wants you to know this new feature is secure, too. 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.000 Releasing a security blog post all about it, stating that they built the feature 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:15.920 in the Rust programming language to avoid common security bugs and promising 00:01:12.320 --> 00:01:17.840 they'll support contacts mode on iOS at 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:21.280 some future point. For now though, if iPhone users want to get a drop from 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:25.119 their Android buddy, they're going to have to risk also getting the local 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:29.920 aspiring rappers mixtape. >> Riley, I'm I'm like a young Eminem. 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:34.640 >> It's like following you around. They're going to open up airrop any any time 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:37.439 now. Qualcomm's acquisition of Arduino 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:41.280 has the entire maker community on alert after updates to their terms, 00:01:39.119 --> 00:01:46.240 conditions, and privacy policy signaled a potential shift away from the 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:51.920 company's open-source roots. These new changes include restricting the reverse 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:53.920 engineering of their platform, expanding 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:58.560 data collection rights under Qualcomm ownership, and introducing vague 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:03.520 language about the ownership of user generated content. Now, many fear this 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:07.600 could let Qualcomm claim broader control on existing or future projects, with 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:12.640 sections of the agreement potentially giving Qualcomm blanket authority over 00:02:10.160 --> 00:02:18.959 the patentability of anything built using Arduino tools. Even if the AGPL 00:02:16.959 --> 00:02:22.959 licensed dev environment and firmware technically remain open source, the 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:27.120 wording is open-ended enough that people worry Qualcomm is laying the groundwork 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:30.800 for future lockdowns. Open source hardware company Adafruit publicly 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:35.519 criticized the move, pointing out that imposing enterprise style software as a 00:02:33.440 --> 00:02:40.080 service rules on a community-run platform is a surefire way to destroy 00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:44.560 trust. Before buying Arduino, did Qualcomm actually know what open-source 00:02:42.480 --> 00:02:51.840 means? Tell you what, I'll open source my feelings right now. Boo. 00:02:49.040 --> 00:02:55.360 Bad. Dell and HP have discovered a new way to make some of their business 00:02:53.200 --> 00:02:59.280 laptops worse. And no, it's not another round of questionable product names. 00:02:57.519 --> 00:03:03.840 Small victories. Apparently, these companies decided to start disabling 00:03:01.200 --> 00:03:08.080 HEVC hardware decoding on several laptops, even though the feature is 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:11.760 supported by their CPUs at a hardware level. These cuts are leaving affected 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:16.560 users wondering why they were suddenly faced with web video showing continuous 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:21.599 loading loops and random errors. Well, as indicated in spec documents for 00:03:18.319 --> 00:03:24.800 models like the HP ProBook 460G11, 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:26.879 hardware HEVC support is turned off by 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 00:03:29.200 --> 00:03:36.640 devices with optional upgrades like a 4K screen or a discrete GPU having access 00:03:34.640 --> 00:03:40.879 to the decoder. Those ones are special. Neither company has offered up a real 00:03:38.480 --> 00:03:47.920 explanation, but what we do know is that HEVC license fees are going up from 20 00:03:43.760 --> 00:03:50.080 cents to 24 cents per laptop. 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The company says it's focused strictly on lab research and 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:57.360 definitely 100% will not test their findings if safety is found wanting 00:07:54.800 --> 00:08:01.360 because uh fun fact, geneediting human embryos is illegal in most countries. 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:06.080 Don't they remember what happened to the guy in China who geneedited three 00:08:03.280 --> 00:08:09.919 embryos and then seemingly got edited out of existence himself? Those kids 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:13.360 were actually born. >> They don't have a father anymore 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:19.520 >> anymore. I don't think I don't think they were his kids. Never mind. 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:24.879 >> And XAI's Grock chatbot has been sickantingly pumping his daddy Elon's 00:08:22.479 --> 00:08:30.080 tires in a bunch of now deleted interactions. The chatbot said Musk is 00:08:27.280 --> 00:08:34.560 more fit than LeBron James and disrupts comedy more than Jerry Seinfeld, but 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 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:43.120 than Jesus Christ. That would be a bridge too far. Grock appears to really 00:08:40.560 --> 00:08:47.120 respect baseball player Shohei Otani, though, who it admits Musk could not 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:51.279 strike out. Now, if you thought all of this was just Musk ego tripping, the 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:55.920 soon-to-be trillionaire tweeted that this latest Grock crash out was once 00:08:53.680 --> 00:09:00.320 again caused by someone else manipulating the chatbot, absolutely 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:05.680 proving it wasn't him this time by disparaging himself with what Lionus 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:07.360 would call the hard R word. I dropped my 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 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 00:09:12.560 --> 00:09:20.200 that Microsoft's Zoom wireless sharing feature was widely known as squirting? 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:27.920 >> Is that real though? >> Google it. Google it. 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:31.680 >> Well, those NFTts aren't going to sell themselves. See you later.