WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.200 So, I'm thinking about combining my love of tech news with my love of sausage. 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:11.920 And soon I'll try rebranding Tech LinkedIn as Tech Links, where I tell you 00:00:09.840 --> 00:00:16.880 a variety of tech news stories while eating a variety of dectible meats. It 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:21.680 worked for hot ones. Microsoft is pulling official support for Windows 10 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:25.920 in less than 2 weeks. So, naturally, users appear to be flocking to the only 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:32.320 other version of Windows that makes sense, Windows 7. Huh. Yep. A slew of 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:37.120 articles has popped up to tell you that according to StatCounter, Windows 7 has 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:43.520 gone from only having a 2% share of the Windows version market to a 9.6% share, 00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:47.200 an increase of nearly five times. Because who doesn't miss the safety and 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:51.680 warmth we all enjoyed inside our mother's wombs? I say we go back. 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:55.920 There's just one issue here. Stat Counter isn't exactly an infallible 00:00:54.239 --> 00:01:00.559 source when it comes to market share because the site doesn't just count the 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:06.240 number of users out there using a given OS. It counts the number of page views 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:10.320 on websites that have embedded the stat counter tracker because they're 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:13.920 interested in usage numbers. And the problem with that is page views aren't 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:17.840 going to tell you how many devices are running a certain Windows version. It's 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:22.720 just going to tell you how many pages only on stock counters affiliated 00:01:19.520 --> 00:01:25.840 websites are being loaded on a say 00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:28.080 Windows 7 device. So it could be that 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:32.560 Windows 10 users are running away from the impending support cut off back into 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:37.360 the arms of the devouring mother. But this could also be explained by, you 00:01:35.360 --> 00:01:42.960 know, someone booting up a ton of existing Windows 7 PCs and suddenly 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:45.040 browsing like mad. Also weird time to 00:01:42.960 --> 00:01:48.479 abandon Windows 10 when everybody essentially gets a year of extended 00:01:46.479 --> 00:01:53.759 security updates for free and when the new Windows 112H2 update that just is 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:59.200 dropping now actually makes the start button less dumb. Okay, but counterpoint 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:04.399 when you used Windows 7, your mom made you dinner all the time. And maybe she 00:02:01.759 --> 00:02:09.759 will again. OpenAI has announced that they're launching Sora 2, their new 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:16.800 flagship video and sound generation model inside a new app also called Sora. 00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:21.920 OpenAI's announcement comes a week after Meta unveiled Vibes, their new feed to 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:25.520 discover and create video content that we just totally missed reporting on last 00:02:23.760 --> 00:02:31.040 week. I wonder why. >> No one cares. Ah, according to Sora 2's 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:36.959 launch video, it will generate videos that include sound and better physics 00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:39.440 and body mechanics to improve realism. I 00:02:36.959 --> 00:02:43.120 did see a skateboard video that really tricked me. Great. Now, when folks want 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:46.720 to share their nightmare fuel with people, you won't just have to see this 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:50.879 stuff, but you'll hear it, too. And it'll all be more realistic than ever. 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:55.440 You're welcome. On top of that, you can even make cameos in your videos, 00:02:53.120 --> 00:03:00.560 essentially deep faking yourself into these horror shows. just by recording a 00:02:57.680 --> 00:03:05.280 one-time video. Thankfully, OpenAI says they've built ways to avoid doom 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:06.800 scrolling and slooptimized feeds. Is that a quote? 00:03:06.239 --> 00:03:12.239 >> Yeah. >> From you or from them? >> They came up with a term slopimized. 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:17.360 >> Yeah. >> They're just leaning into it. So that way you'll have more control over what 00:03:15.519 --> 00:03:21.360 their algorithm is showing you. And sure, you know, why not? I'll I'll take 00:03:19.519 --> 00:03:25.280 them at their word. Look what a great job they did with Chat GBD's parental 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:28.300 controls. Damn it. When I look up sausage content, I wanted to be 00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:31.280 wholesome. 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:39.280 It's a tall ask. But this is just one part of the AI wave crashing over us all 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:44.000 this week. For example, Meta is doing their users a solid. The tech giant will 00:03:41.760 --> 00:03:49.680 start collecting your AI chat data to serve you personalized ads on December 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:52.080 16th. But on the plus side, they're 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:56.400 giving you a heads up first. Oh my god, Zuck is so cool now. Wow. He's like one 00:03:54.080 --> 00:04:01.599 of the bros. Meta's announcement came alongside a post featuring Instagram 00:03:58.640 --> 00:04:05.840 boss Adam Maseri desperately trying to tell you and convince you that Meta's 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:09.280 products don't eavesdrop on you through your microphone. Those eerie ads for the 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:16.160 thing you were just talking to your friend about pop up because of all the other ways they spy on you. But not the 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:19.199 microphone. That would be too far. Google knows. 00:04:17.359 --> 00:04:23.600 >> If you want AI to listen to your microphone, though, Google is finally 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:28.240 rolling out Gemini for Home, replacing its venerable Google Assistant in nearly 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:32.800 every Nest and Google Home device that's still functioning and launching two new 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:37.120 Nest Cams and a doorbell featuring the highest resolution ever seen in the 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:42.479 lineup. AI is in your house now, and if nothing gets its way, all up in your 00:04:39.520 --> 00:04:47.280 phone, too. 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This part of the show will be called Quick Bites. And uh that means 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:58.639 that unfortunately they'll never be quite as fast as the Quick Bits on 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:03.280 account of the chewing. Apple is getting pestered by the Brits again. The UK 00:06:00.960 --> 00:06:08.160 government has issued another order demanding access to the encrypted cloud 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:13.280 storage of Apple's users. However, the UK government was specifically this time 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:17.120 saying, "We want the British user data if we have a warrant and if there's a 00:06:15.440 --> 00:06:20.639 threat to national security." This is not the first time the UK government has 00:06:19.120 --> 00:06:24.639 tried to pull this off, sending a similar order back in January. But in 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:29.520 August, US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said that the US 00:06:27.039 --> 00:06:33.840 had pushed the UK to drop their mandate for Apple to provide a backdoor. Well, 00:06:31.919 --> 00:06:38.240 these hooligans are back at it again, and Apple will now need to defend its 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:42.240 walled garden standing as a bastion of user privacy. I'll admit, it's weird 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:48.000 every time I find myself cheering for a mega corporation, but you know what they 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:52.800 say about strange bedfellows. Is that a British thing? Sounds like it. Microsoft 00:06:51.039 --> 00:06:58.240 is increasing the price of some of their Xbox Game Pass membership tiers. The PC 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:02.400 Game Pass is going from $11.99 a month to $16.49. 00:07:00.080 --> 00:07:06.880 And more glaringly, the monthly cost of Game Pass Ultimate is going from 20 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:10.319 bucks all the way up to 30 bucks. Now, since Microsoft doesn't seem to care 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:13.919 about selling consoles, they need to get your money somehow. I mean, this we knew 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:18.080 this was coming. These price hikes do include some benefits, though. PC and 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:22.960 Game Pass Ultimate subscribers now get access to Ubisoft Plus Classics, and 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:28.319 Ultimate users get exclusive access to improved cloud game streaming quality 00:07:25.440 --> 00:07:32.880 and resolution up to 1440p on select games. I have some friends that swear 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:38.639 Game Pass is genuinely too good a deal to pass up. Well, how about now, 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:43.360 Frederick? Qualcomm has announced a complete victory over ARM in their 00:07:41.039 --> 00:07:46.479 longunning legal dispute over licensing agreements. If you don't remember, this 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:50.319 whole thing kicked off when Qualcomm acquired Nuvia, who had different ARM 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:53.599 licenses than Qualcomm, which resulted in ARM suing Qualcomm for making 00:07:52.080 --> 00:07:58.000 products using those licenses. And basically, you know, this recent court 00:07:55.759 --> 00:08:02.800 win allows Qualcomm to keep selling chips with designs developed by Nuvia. 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:07.120 Uh, do we cheer for that? I don't know. Naturally, this whole situation isn't 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:10.240 actually over as ARM declared that they plan on appealing the ruling, which is 00:08:08.720 --> 00:08:15.360 great because, you know, we love updating you on licensing litigation. 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:20.000 Exhilarating. Intel's recent GPU driver updates appear to have resolved some 00:08:17.599 --> 00:08:24.879 reported CPU overhead issues with their ARC GPUs. Hardware Unboxed confirmed 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:29.840 that Intel's latest driver significantly improved the B580s performance in some 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:36.479 games like Spider-Man Remastered where using a B580 with the new drivers paired 00:08:32.640 --> 00:08:40.399 with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600 CPU saw the 00:08:36.479 --> 00:08:43.440 average FPS increase by 31 frames. 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:45.200 That's that is some frames. It's worth 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:49.600 noting that these improvements are due to game specific updates and you won't 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:54.240 see the same results in every game, but it is nice that Intel is refining their 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:58.880 GPU's performance. Keep working Intel. You're going to be a real competitor in 00:08:56.160 --> 00:09:04.080 the tech industry someday. And I'm sorry ahead of time to any arachnophobes, but 00:09:00.880 --> 00:09:06.240 they're building spider robots 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:10.560 that build you houses. Build a house and get out of here. Crest Robotics has 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:16.240 introduced Charlotte, a spiderlooking robot that could be used to build 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:20.080 structures on Earth and other planets or 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:22.000 moons. The Robugs Extrusion System 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:26.959 collects sand, earth, and other materials, binds them in fabric, 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:30.880 compresses them, and poops them out as layers for a building. As you do, with 00:09:28.640 --> 00:09:34.800 the aim being for Charlotte to construct homes in a single day. Now, on a 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:38.640 positive note for the arachnophobes, they want Charlotte to be used to build 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:43.279 a moon base. So, you might get the catharsis of seeing a spider shot far 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.480 away from you into space. You'll definitely also get the catharsis of 00:09:44.959 --> 00:09:50.959 seeing more tech news if you come back on Friday. Now, do that. And if you 00:09:48.959 --> 00:09:56.800 don't mind, I have to continue to argue about Italian versus Polish sausages 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:58.880 with my vegetarian coowriter. I think 00:09:56.800 --> 00:10:03.680 Polish might be better, but I do love that Italian sausages are sweet and 00:10:01.040 --> 00:10:09.440 spicy. I don't care. >> It's some people's job to make sausages. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:09.440 What about the economy?