WEBVTT 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 00:00:05.600 --> 00:00:12.559 you can find that special metal and plasticky magic dust aroma anywhere 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:16.640 else, let me know because it's probably less 00:00:14.559 --> 00:00:20.960 carcinogenic. Microsoft has agreed to give a year of extended Windows 10 00:00:18.880 --> 00:00:26.880 updates to users in the European economic area for free with even less 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:30.080 strings attached. Outside of the EA, it's still the same story we've already 00:00:28.560 --> 00:00:35.760 known about. If you want to stay on Windows 10 after October 14th and still 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:41.600 get security updates, you can either pay 30 bucks or a,000 Microsoft reward 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:46.160 points or you can enable Windows backup and sync your PC settings to one drive. 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:50.559 And uh-oh, if you need more than 5 gigabytes, which is the default, you may 00:00:48.160 --> 00:00:55.520 have to buy some extra cloud space from Microsoft cuz what you you think clouds 00:00:52.719 --> 00:01:00.160 grow on trees or do they? Could you make an argument 00:00:57.039 --> 00:01:02.079 that they do? Anyway, in the EA, all you 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:07.680 have to do is sign into your Microsoft account on your PC every 60 days, and 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. 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:18.880 They're serious about this. Now, Microsoft agreed to this after they were 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:23.200 sent a sternly worded letter by sensibly named European consumer rights group 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:28.320 Euro Consumers, who argued that Microsoft's existing policy may break 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:33.280 the rules of the Digital Markets Act. The group also noted that Windows 10 is 00:01:30.880 --> 00:01:39.200 being phased out faster than previous Windows versions. H why is that, 00:01:35.759 --> 00:01:41.119 Microsoft? Because it's haunted. What? 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 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:49.680 channeling your inner mom and riding one of the most valuable companies in the 00:01:47.119 --> 00:01:53.439 world. A very angry email. But hey, don't worry about Microsoft. For any 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:58.320 Windows 10 support money they're losing out on, they'll make up with the ROG 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:03.920 Xbox Ally handhelds, which have had their prices officially confirmed. The 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:06.479 vanilla Xbox Ally starts at $600 USD, 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:12.080 while the Ally X with the Ryzen Z2 Extreme starts at a,000, making it one 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:16.000 of the most expensive mainstream handhelds. Honestly, the value 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:19.840 proposition for these things are kind of confusing. Cheaper handhelds with 00:02:17.760 --> 00:02:24.959 similar specs will also have access to the special Xboxified Windows UI. So, 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:29.840 does Microsoft even want people to buy these at all? The company has been open 00:02:27.200 --> 00:02:36.160 about their apathy towards Xbox console sales, which is now bearing negative 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:41.440 fruit. In Costco, recently confirming to games reporter Destin Legari, I'm sorry 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:48.000 that I don't know, that they removed Xbox consoles from sale at Costco. And 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:52.560 Canadian outlet WB Games is also reportedly selling off their existing 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:56.160 Xbox inventory and just leaving it at that. I mean, it looks like they still 00:02:54.000 --> 00:03:02.080 have some stock, but that should clear out by Xbox Boxing Day. 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 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:12.480 travels depicting robots having to relearn how to walk after their 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:18.000 engineers dismember them with a chainsaw. What is wrong with these 00:03:15.440 --> 00:03:22.480 people? Don't stop at the legs. Go full Gears of War on these clankers. They 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:27.360 won't take my job. So this company, Skilled AI, is doing these horrific 00:03:24.720 --> 00:03:33.360 things to demonstrate how their skilled brain technology can just work no matter 00:03:30.480 --> 00:03:37.680 what robot body it's running on and can continue forcibly retiring humans even 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:42.560 when it's attacked by a mob of katana wielding neolites. Skilled gives some 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:46.959 much more optimistic examples of robot activities that could benefit from this 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:51.120 tech. And so does Google DeepMind because they showed off their own robots 00:03:48.799 --> 00:03:56.640 exhibiting similar body agnostic abilities. An AI could get smarter and 00:03:53.680 --> 00:04:02.239 smarter as it possesses one vessel after another, which is something we want. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:06.400 Deep mind also demoed a robot searching the web for info to help it complete a 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:11.040 physical task like sorting compost, garbage, and recycling according to San 00:04:08.640 --> 00:04:17.199 Francisco regulations. Speaking of AI, OpenAI also launched ChatGpt Pulse. a 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:22.160 feature exclusive to the $200 pro tier for now, which has ChatGBT proactively 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:27.040 search for stuff it knows you're into and deliver updates on that stuff to you 00:04:24.960 --> 00:04:31.840 of its own accord. 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Last week, in an interview with CNBC, 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:52.880 Tim Cook responded to a question about NVIDIA and Intel's recently announced 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:57.919 partnership by saying, "Competition is very good for the foundry business. We'd 00:05:54.880 --> 00:06:00.160 love to see Intel come back." Now, this 00:05:57.919 --> 00:06:05.759 week, Bloomberg reports that Intel has approached Apple to ask about a possible 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:10.479 investment 5 years after Apple dropped their CPUs for Apple Silicon. Do they 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:15.680 think the uh the flame has been reignited or this is this is awkward. 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:18.960 Uh, Intel, honestly, I'd just leave it. I think you're reading into Tim's 00:06:17.039 --> 00:06:23.280 comment a bit too much. I mean, seconds later in that same interview, the guy 00:06:20.639 --> 00:06:27.440 said, "There's a lot of great people in America." You know, they're just words. 00:06:25.520 --> 00:06:32.000 They don't. Sometimes CEOs just say things. Almost all OnePlus phones are 00:06:30.080 --> 00:06:37.759 vulnerable to a permission bypass exploit that could allow any installed 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:40.080 app to access SMS data and metadata 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:44.880 without informing the user. The issue was discovered by security researchers 00:06:41.840 --> 00:06:47.280 at Rapid 7 and OnePlus is currently 00:06:44.880 --> 00:06:52.960 working on a patch, but there are some OnePlus devices that are protected from 00:06:49.520 --> 00:06:56.080 this flaw. Those still running Oxygen OS 00:06:52.960 --> 00:06:58.720 11 from back in 2020. Now, if you were 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 00:07:00.960 --> 00:07:05.599 data," you were smarter than any of us. 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:10.960 And I'm sorry, Dad. Not Jeff Gearling. 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:15.440 normal debt. Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion dollars to settle the 00:07:13.520 --> 00:07:20.240 Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit over the tech giant intentionally making it 00:07:17.919 --> 00:07:24.720 heinously difficult for users to cancel their Amazon Prime subscription. The 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:30.639 settlement consists of a $1 billion civil penalty, the largest ever in an 00:07:27.440 --> 00:07:32.960 FTC rule violation case for being a very 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:38.720 naughty tech giant. while the remaining 1.5 billion will go towards refunds for 00:07:35.919 --> 00:07:44.000 about 35 million customers harmed by Amazon's nonsense which included a 00:07:41.520 --> 00:07:50.319 cancellation process Amazon internally named the Iliad flow in a reference to 00:07:47.440 --> 00:07:54.800 the famously long and arduous Trojan War. 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:59.599 You got to admit it's a good reference. Everyone knows Amazon makes the sickest 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:04.160 references. And the president and COO of Nintendo of America, Doug Bowser, yep, 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. 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:12.960 Reminiscing about his time there, Bowser recalled one of his earliest video game 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:17.919 experiences was playing the arcade version of Donkey Kong. And he thought, 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 00:08:19.840 --> 00:08:24.639 spiky turtle dragon thing. Obviously, 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:28.160 the role of Nintendo of America president, which, as I've said before, 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:34.479 was previously occupied by a man named Bowser, will now go to a 20-year 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:36.399 Nintendo veteran named Devin Pritchard, 00:08:34.479 --> 00:08:41.120 which, you know, can she change your name to Swanky Kong or something? Like, 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 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 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:55.040 knowing if you're watching the video or not. But hey, life's stranger than 00:08:51.760 --> 00:08:55.040 fiction. Am I right?