1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:07,279 Here ye, here ye, the kingdom of TECH DOTH BRING NEWS MOST urgent from the 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:13,440 digital realm. The trebushchets ARE LOADED. THE ZUCKERBERG APPROACHES. LOOSE 3 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:15,280 THE NEWS. 23 major news outlets are 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:20,400 blocking the internet archives incredibly useful way back machine from 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:24,800 crawling their sites because, you know, we cannot in fact have nice things 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:28,720 anymore. USA Today just recently used the Wayback Machine to call out ICE for 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:32,160 altering detention stats and then immediately blocked the archival tool 8 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:37,440 from crawling their own site, which is frankly just rude. The news outlets say 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:42,160 this is necessary to stop AI crawlers from treating their sites like an all 10 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:46,239 you can scrape buffet. But not all of them are blocking Wayback's crawler. The 11 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:50,800 Guardians director of business affairs said that the Wayback Machine's API is a 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:55,199 real AI risk, so they are only going to be blocking that. So maybe don't attack 13 00:00:53,039 --> 00:01:00,559 them on social media. Wayback's director Mark Graham responded, calling those AI 14 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:04,960 fears unfounded and restating how much effort they put into preventing possible 15 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:09,200 abuses of the crawler. Groups like Fight for the Future and Electronic Frontier 16 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:13,760 Foundation are rallying journalists to publicly back the archive, and over 100 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:17,680 of them have signed a letter thanking the Internet Archive and the Way Back 18 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:22,080 Machine for being an essential and critical tool. In other words, uh please 19 00:01:20,159 --> 00:01:26,479 don't die. We kind of need you to fact check our bosses, please. Google, 20 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:30,960 Microsoft, and Meta are all tracking users even when they opt out of cookies. 21 00:01:29,119 --> 00:01:35,280 According to an independent privacy audit, Web X-Ray, a privacy focused 22 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:40,880 search engine, which is founded by a former Google privacy engineer, scanned 23 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:43,200 over 7,000 popular California websites, 24 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:48,479 finding that 55% did set ad cookies even after users 25 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:53,759 clicked reject. Big tech isn't respecting people's privacy. No way. 26 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:59,680 According to the report, Google, Microsoft, and Meta failed to honor the 27 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:02,640 opt outs 86, 50, and 69% of the time, 28 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:06,960 respectively. Nice. Sorry, the number, not the situation. Unsurprisingly, all 29 00:02:05,119 --> 00:02:11,440 three companies disputed the findings with Google calling it a fundamental 30 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:15,280 misunderstanding of the technology with Microsoft complaining that a rejection 31 00:02:12,879 --> 00:02:19,599 of all cookies would cause some websites to break. According to Web X-Ray's 32 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:23,520 founder, the three companies have paid billions in privacy related fines 33 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:27,680 already, but that they see these payments as part of a cost of doing 34 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:31,760 business. You know what they say, you can't make an omelette without breaking 35 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:36,080 a a few billion eggs. 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Alexander H, whose work contributed to Microsoft delaying 72 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:31,440 the original version of the feature. H's tool Total Recall Reloaded, demonstrates 73 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:34,400 how malware can ride along with Windows 74 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:40,160 Recall, getting a free pass to the PC's entire history, which is precisely the 75 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:44,880 scenario Microsoft's architecture should restrict. Despite Alexander submitting a 76 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:48,560 full report to Microsoft, they denied that it was an issue, saying that it 77 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:52,080 falls within the current documented security design. I guess that means it's 78 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:57,280 not a bug, but a feature if they put it in the manual, right? Uh, really makes 79 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:59,520 me recall why Windows gives me the ick. 80 00:05:57,280 --> 00:06:04,560 See what I did there? China has just tested a device that can cut undersea 81 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:09,120 cables at a depth of 3,500 m, hailing it as a breakthrough in 82 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:13,120 pipeline repair and causing other governments to flip out. The 83 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:17,440 announcement comes amidst global tension around a string of suspected sabotage 84 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:20,479 incidents in which undersea cables carrying the world's internet 85 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:24,639 communications were severed. This prompted NATO to patrol the waters near 86 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:28,240 these cables to protect them. So, you better torrent your anime now, boys, if 87 00:06:26,639 --> 00:06:34,160 you ever want to find out if Princess Monoke finally gets her 88 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:37,440 glass slippers back. Snap CEO Evan 89 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:40,560 Spiegel announced plans to lay off 1,000 90 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:42,960 employees, which is 16% of the workforce 91 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:47,360 because AI has the capability of being the company's hardest working intern. 92 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:52,240 Spiegel says AI productivity gains will let smaller teams reduce repetitive work 93 00:06:49,919 --> 00:06:57,440 and increase velocity, which tracks since Snapchat's product roadmap has 94 00:06:54,560 --> 00:07:03,199 historically been 90% new filters and 10% wondering if anyone asked for them. 95 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:05,360 NVIDIA paid out almost 900 million in 96 00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:09,680 warranty claims last year. That is 10 times more than the previous year thanks 97 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:14,960 to the 16pin power connectors continuing to melt themselves into modern art. Look 98 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:19,759 what they did to my boy. There is actually a silver lining in all of this 99 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:22,240 though. At least one Taiwanese RTX490 100 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:26,720 owner was able to prevent a potential houseire last week. It was after his cat 101 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:31,039 started screaming when it smelled rayraced fumes. 102 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:37,520 I guess the most reliable thermal monitoring tool in 2026 might in fact be 103 00:07:34,319 --> 00:07:40,720 a cat. And Chinese automaker Sarah was 104 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:43,120 just granted a patent for an invehicle 105 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:47,520 toilet. The good news is the toilet seat is not permanently fixed and can be 106 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:51,759 hidden under the seat. Otherwise, your butt would get all, you know, sloshy and 107 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:55,520 no one wants that. Hopefully, the creator of the motorized toilet has had 108 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:59,520 his invention patented. Otherwise, there's going to be a serious legal 109 00:07:57,599 --> 00:08:04,400 battle. I for one am on the side of THE MOTORIZED TOILET. I WILL NOT STAND for 110 00:08:01,919 --> 00:08:09,520 big auto monopolizing the mobile bowel movement. That's just ridiculous. Ah, 111 00:08:07,199 --> 00:08:15,520 the siege is over. The kingdom of tech has fallen. But take heart, for now we 112 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:18,080 rebuild. Two days hence, on the 17th of 113 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:23,440 April, we shall gather arms once more and RAIN TECH NEWS UPON THE HEADS OF OUR 114 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:26,240 ENEMIES. This metaphor needs more work, but you kind of