1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:07,919 Nothing tastes quite as sweet as tech news. And that's a lie. But if you think 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:12,559 you can find that special metal and plasticky magic dust aroma anywhere 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:16,640 else, let me know because it's probably less 4 00:00:14,559 --> 00:00:20,960 carcinogenic. Microsoft has agreed to give a year of extended Windows 10 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:26,880 updates to users in the European economic area for free with even less 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:30,080 strings attached. Outside of the EA, it's still the same story we've already 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:35,760 known about. If you want to stay on Windows 10 after October 14th and still 8 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:41,600 get security updates, you can either pay 30 bucks or a,000 Microsoft reward 9 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:46,160 points or you can enable Windows backup and sync your PC settings to one drive. 10 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:50,559 And uh-oh, if you need more than 5 gigabytes, which is the default, you may 11 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:55,520 have to buy some extra cloud space from Microsoft cuz what you you think clouds 12 00:00:52,719 --> 00:01:00,160 grow on trees or do they? Could you make an argument 13 00:00:57,039 --> 00:01:02,079 that they do? Anyway, in the EA, all you 14 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:07,680 have to do is sign into your Microsoft account on your PC every 60 days, and 15 00:01:05,119 --> 00:01:14,000 you can keep partying Windows 10 style 24/7, 365, but not 366. It's a year. 16 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:18,880 They're serious about this. Now, Microsoft agreed to this after they were 17 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:23,200 sent a sternly worded letter by sensibly named European consumer rights group 18 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:28,320 Euro Consumers, who argued that Microsoft's existing policy may break 19 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:33,280 the rules of the Digital Markets Act. The group also noted that Windows 10 is 20 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:39,200 being phased out faster than previous Windows versions. H why is that, 21 00:01:35,759 --> 00:01:41,119 Microsoft? Because it's haunted. What? 22 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:45,439 Admit it. At the end of the day though, this all goes to show the power of 23 00:01:42,799 --> 00:01:49,680 channeling your inner mom and riding one of the most valuable companies in the 24 00:01:47,119 --> 00:01:53,439 world. A very angry email. But hey, don't worry about Microsoft. For any 25 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:58,320 Windows 10 support money they're losing out on, they'll make up with the ROG 26 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:03,920 Xbox Ally handhelds, which have had their prices officially confirmed. The 27 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:06,479 vanilla Xbox Ally starts at $600 USD, 28 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:12,080 while the Ally X with the Ryzen Z2 Extreme starts at a,000, making it one 29 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:16,000 of the most expensive mainstream handhelds. Honestly, the value 30 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,840 proposition for these things are kind of confusing. Cheaper handhelds with 31 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:24,959 similar specs will also have access to the special Xboxified Windows UI. So, 32 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:29,840 does Microsoft even want people to buy these at all? The company has been open 33 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:36,160 about their apathy towards Xbox console sales, which is now bearing negative 34 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:41,440 fruit. In Costco, recently confirming to games reporter Destin Legari, I'm sorry 35 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:48,000 that I don't know, that they removed Xbox consoles from sale at Costco. And 36 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:52,560 Canadian outlet WB Games is also reportedly selling off their existing 37 00:02:50,239 --> 00:02:56,160 Xbox inventory and just leaving it at that. I mean, it looks like they still 38 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:02,080 have some stock, but that should clear out by Xbox Boxing Day. 39 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:08,319 I'd like to show you one of the crazier robot videos I've seen in my internet 40 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:12,480 travels depicting robots having to relearn how to walk after their 41 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:18,000 engineers dismember them with a chainsaw. What is wrong with these 42 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:22,480 people? Don't stop at the legs. Go full Gears of War on these clankers. They 43 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:27,360 won't take my job. So this company, Skilled AI, is doing these horrific 44 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:33,360 things to demonstrate how their skilled brain technology can just work no matter 45 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:37,680 what robot body it's running on and can continue forcibly retiring humans even 46 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:42,560 when it's attacked by a mob of katana wielding neolites. Skilled gives some 47 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:46,959 much more optimistic examples of robot activities that could benefit from this 48 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:51,120 tech. And so does Google DeepMind because they showed off their own robots 49 00:03:48,799 --> 00:03:56,640 exhibiting similar body agnostic abilities. An AI could get smarter and 50 00:03:53,680 --> 00:04:02,239 smarter as it possesses one vessel after another, which is something we want. 51 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:06,400 Deep mind also demoed a robot searching the web for info to help it complete a 52 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:11,040 physical task like sorting compost, garbage, and recycling according to San 53 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:17,199 Francisco regulations. Speaking of AI, OpenAI also launched ChatGpt Pulse. a 54 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:22,160 feature exclusive to the $200 pro tier for now, which has ChatGBT proactively 55 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:27,040 search for stuff it knows you're into and deliver updates on that stuff to you 56 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:31,840 of its own accord. 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Not many 72 00:05:33,919 --> 00:05:40,400 people know this, but Quickbits are actually completely odorless and 73 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:44,080 flavorless, and that's why no one ever sees them 74 00:05:41,919 --> 00:05:48,400 coming. Last week, in an interview with CNBC, 75 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:52,880 Tim Cook responded to a question about NVIDIA and Intel's recently announced 76 00:05:50,479 --> 00:05:57,919 partnership by saying, "Competition is very good for the foundry business. We'd 77 00:05:54,880 --> 00:06:00,160 love to see Intel come back." Now, this 78 00:05:57,919 --> 00:06:05,759 week, Bloomberg reports that Intel has approached Apple to ask about a possible 79 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:10,479 investment 5 years after Apple dropped their CPUs for Apple Silicon. Do they 80 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:15,680 think the uh the flame has been reignited or this is this is awkward. 81 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:18,960 Uh, Intel, honestly, I'd just leave it. I think you're reading into Tim's 82 00:06:17,039 --> 00:06:23,280 comment a bit too much. I mean, seconds later in that same interview, the guy 83 00:06:20,639 --> 00:06:27,440 said, "There's a lot of great people in America." You know, they're just words. 84 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:32,000 They don't. Sometimes CEOs just say things. Almost all OnePlus phones are 85 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:37,759 vulnerable to a permission bypass exploit that could allow any installed 86 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:40,080 app to access SMS data and metadata 87 00:06:37,759 --> 00:06:44,880 without informing the user. The issue was discovered by security researchers 88 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:47,280 at Rapid 7 and OnePlus is currently 89 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:52,960 working on a patch, but there are some OnePlus devices that are protected from 90 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:56,080 this flaw. Those still running Oxygen OS 91 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:58,720 11 from back in 2020. Now, if you were 92 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:04,000 like my dad and went, "Ain't no way I'm updating and giving the Chinese my 93 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:05,599 data," you were smarter than any of us. 94 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:10,960 And I'm sorry, Dad. Not Jeff Gearling. 95 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:15,440 normal debt. Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion dollars to settle the 96 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:20,240 Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit over the tech giant intentionally making it 97 00:07:17,919 --> 00:07:24,720 heinously difficult for users to cancel their Amazon Prime subscription. The 98 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:30,639 settlement consists of a $1 billion civil penalty, the largest ever in an 99 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:32,960 FTC rule violation case for being a very 100 00:07:30,639 --> 00:07:38,720 naughty tech giant. while the remaining 1.5 billion will go towards refunds for 101 00:07:35,919 --> 00:07:44,000 about 35 million customers harmed by Amazon's nonsense which included a 102 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:50,319 cancellation process Amazon internally named the Iliad flow in a reference to 103 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:54,800 the famously long and arduous Trojan War. 104 00:07:52,319 --> 00:07:59,599 You got to admit it's a good reference. Everyone knows Amazon makes the sickest 105 00:07:56,879 --> 00:08:04,160 references. And the president and COO of Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser, yep, 106 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:08,960 that's real if you weren't aware, is stepping down after 6 years in the role. 107 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:12,960 Reminiscing about his time there, Bowser recalled one of his earliest video game 108 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:17,919 experiences was playing the arcade version of Donkey Kong. And he thought, 109 00:08:15,759 --> 00:08:22,879 why is the bad guy a giant monkey? That doesn't make sense. It should be a giant 110 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:24,639 spiky turtle dragon thing. Obviously, 111 00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:28,160 the role of Nintendo of America president, which, as I've said before, 112 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:34,479 was previously occupied by a man named Bowser, will now go to a 20-year 113 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:36,399 Nintendo veteran named Devin Pritchard, 114 00:08:34,479 --> 00:08:41,120 which, you know, can she change your name to Swanky Kong or something? Like, 115 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:45,839 and can you come back here for more tech news on Monday? It just it just always 116 00:08:43,839 --> 00:08:48,959 feels a bit weird when you're not here. About the same amount of weird as me 117 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:55,040 knowing if you're watching the video or not. But hey, life's stranger than 118 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,040 fiction. Am I right?