WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.520 ah i've been doing tech news for seven years now and i swear 00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:12.240 if i see one more tech story i'm gonna tell you about it gladly 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:16.400 dealing with pop-ups from anti-virus bloatware like mcafee on new laptops is 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:20.480 annoying but if you're involved in the us election it might actually be 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:24.400 dangerous to something other than your own mental health a new report from 00:00:22.400 --> 00:00:29.439 google indicates that a chinese hacker group dubbed apt 31 has been 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:33.040 impersonating mcafee employees with the goal of 00:00:30.400 --> 00:00:38.320 infiltrating computers used by campaign workers apt-31 used phishing tactics to 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:43.360 try and get staffers to install mcafee products from github instead of the 00:00:40.239 --> 00:00:45.520 official mcafee website which to be fair 00:00:43.360 --> 00:00:49.440 just as sketchy if not more and these downloads also contain malware which 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:52.800 could be invisible to the end user google says this is part of a larger 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:56.879 trend of government-backed malware attacks which have increased as 2020 has 00:00:55.120 --> 00:01:01.039 gone on the upcoming presidential election in the u.s is no doubt a huge 00:00:58.879 --> 00:01:04.720 impetus for these attacks and here i was thinking attack ads were the worst part 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:10.400 of election season ha not this year this is the hell year 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:13.280 everything's worse it's only gonna get worse 00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:16.560 just you wait although the big news recently in the world of wireless 00:01:14.720 --> 00:01:20.799 charging has been how apple is bringing back magsafe all the wireless charging 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:25.840 enthusiasts are talking about it don't sleep on xiaomi today they unveiled a 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:29.520 wireless charger that can deliver 80 watts which is more than the power 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:34.159 bricks for a lot of mainstream laptops that's a lot of watts wow 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:38.320 that's a lot of watch marty xiaomi claims that its new product can 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:43.360 wirelessly charge a 4 000 milliamp hour battery in just 19 minutes as well as 00:01:41.119 --> 00:01:47.600 get from zero to 50 in less than nine minutes which would be quite impressive 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:51.840 indeed although there are faster charging solutions around this appears 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:55.360 to be the fastest wireless one yet although we're not yet sure exactly when 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:58.960 it's going to hit the market in the meantime remember to plug your phone in 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:02.479 before you pass out just in case when it hits the when it 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:05.680 hits the market and then you're going to pass out that's that's john we love you 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:11.120 john that's our john if you live in san francisco look out for driverless cars 00:02:09.920 --> 00:02:14.800 tooling around with a bit more regularity cruise which is owned by 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:19.360 general motors has gotten a permit from the california dmv to put up to five 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:23.200 driverless cars on the road for use as taxis in this case they're chevy bolts 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:26.800 that have been modified to run autonomously it's not the first 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:31.040 driverless car pilot in the u.s but san francisco's streets are notoriously busy 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:34.480 so it'll be interesting to see how the cars perform the tests 00:02:34.720 --> 00:02:40.319 they can actually do it the tests will be limited to just one neighborhood for 00:02:38.720 --> 00:02:44.720 the time being hopefully it's the one with the squiggly that's insane 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:49.599 yeah exactly and the cars won't exceed 30 miles per hour to reduce the risk of 00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:52.720 you know a wayward car going careening into 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:56.480 step on it drive i'm in a hurry no word on if and when these trials will 00:02:54.720 --> 00:02:59.920 expand to the rest of the city or beyond but it would be awesome not to have to 00:02:58.239 --> 00:03:06.000 make small talk with an uber driver today's quick bits are brought to you by 00:03:01.440 --> 00:03:08.159 the Corsair iq 4000 x case oh yeah it 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:12.239 has tempered glass front and side panels with dedicated front vent channels for 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:16.720 airflow you also get the iq lighting node core for full control and synced 00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:21.599 RGB lighting for up to six fans with Corsair iq software 00:03:18.959 --> 00:03:25.120 it comes with two Corsair 120 millimeter air guide fans 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:29.599 they utilize vanes to direct airflow and enhance cooling 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:35.360 see you later click the link below to learn more 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:37.680 quick bits smooth going down 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:41.440 smooth going up it looks like we'll be getting the next flagship galaxy s 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:45.360 smartphone a little earlier than anticipated as leaks indicate it'll be 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:49.280 coming in january although we're expecting it to again have three cameras 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:54.319 on the back it's not clear yet whether it'll be called the s21 or the s30 but 00:03:52.480 --> 00:03:57.840 i'm sure i'll be calling it expensive 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:02.560 i'm liking these fingers today finger guy the iphone 12 was criticized 00:04:00.480 --> 00:04:06.640 in some quarters for not offering too many compelling new features but as the 00:04:04.480 --> 00:04:10.959 first 5g iphone that hasn't stopped it from pulling in pre-orders at more than 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:14.400 twice the clip of last year's iphone 11. estimates indicate that up to 2 million 00:04:12.799 --> 00:04:18.239 pre-orders were placed though that's still only about half of what we saw 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:23.280 with the iphone 6 which we all remember fondly i guess uh that phone famously 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:27.040 gave the lineup a larger screen maybe apple just needs to sell an iphone the 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:32.080 size of a tv for pre-orders to really take off think about it tim apple 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:35.520 you got the idea here first a new CPU lineup can often mean needing to buy a 00:04:33.919 --> 00:04:39.840 new motherboard if you want to upgrade but MSI has come out and said that all 00:04:37.840 --> 00:04:43.840 of its 400 series chipset boards will indeed support the new ryzen 5000 cpus 00:04:42.080 --> 00:04:47.759 with a BIOS update and they're joining ASUS in this as well and a few other 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:50.960 manufacturers however the updated firmware probably won't be ready until 00:04:49.440 --> 00:04:56.400 january so i hope you can get through black friday as well as christmas 00:04:52.960 --> 00:04:57.919 without too much gadget envy don't count 00:04:56.400 --> 00:05:02.880 on it what about that gadget every new year's and oddly enough tesla looks like it's 00:05:00.880 --> 00:05:06.880 giving freebies out to a select number of car owners some model 3 owners are 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:11.280 getting premium options like satellite maps live traffic and streaming music 00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:14.880 without paying for tesla's premium connectivity package it's possible that 00:05:13.280 --> 00:05:19.520 this might only be available to drivers in canada 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:22.880 yes finally we get something that the us might be missing out on i don't want to 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:27.199 talk about this anymore that's our show so come back wednesday for more tech 00:05:24.479 --> 00:05:31.199 news with that tangy tomato flavor you crave john made it john made a joke 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:36.759 about ketchup chips that's why this was hey don't you throw your really cool 00:05:32.880 --> 00:05:36.759 stylish shoes at me