1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:07,359 I am Riley, prince of tech news and defender of the secrets of Castle Grey 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:11,120 Skull. At least that's what the note on the door said when I moved into my new 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:16,320 place. The previous owners left a big honking sword in the living room. It was 4 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:18,160 weird. YouTube CEO Neil Mohan just 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:22,960 announced that creators will soon be able to generate shorts using their own 6 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:26,160 AI likeness. This is great news for all the YouTubers out there who can't be 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:29,199 bothered to speak into a camera and read off a teleprompter three times a week 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:35,440 while a team of writers does all the hard work. Hey, this comes just weeks 9 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:38,000 after a study found that 21% of videos 10 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:41,920 shown to new YouTube users are AI generated, which was followed closely by 11 00:00:40,079 --> 00:00:45,520 YouTube rolling out a feature allowing users to filter shorts out from their 12 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:50,960 search results. Cuz I don't know if you've seen YouTube shorts lately, but there's a lot of AI in there. But now, 13 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:56,640 YouTube is handing creators the tools to make even more AI SL uh content. YouTube 14 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:01,359 justified the move by saying that they're actively building systems to 15 00:00:58,559 --> 00:01:06,880 reduce the spread of lowquality AI content while simultaneously giving 16 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:08,960 everyone a quality slot machine. YouTube 17 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:13,760 only wants you sipping and slurping that primo slop, the kind of slop that you 18 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:18,479 can take home to mom. They're kind of walking the inificication tight rope 19 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:22,799 here. But hey, shorts are pulling 200 billion daily views. Got to keep those 20 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:27,280 teens scrolling or the money might stop rolling. We don't want that. A credit 21 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:32,880 card skimmer has been found embedded directly into the checkout page of the 22 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:38,240 Canada Computers website. While browsing with DevTools open, Redditor 23 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:42,880 extensionfly 1044 spotted a hidden script siphoning names, addresses, and 24 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:47,920 card numbers to a third-party server in real time, which would usually require a 25 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:52,720 serverside compromise. This means the breach likely sat undetected for weeks 26 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:56,799 with people noticing weird changes as far back as early December. Canada 27 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:00,640 Computers hasn't commented yet, and reports have been made to different 28 00:01:58,399 --> 00:02:04,240 anti-fraud groups. So, if you did buy from their web page recently, it may be 29 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:08,319 worth checking your credit card statements. But what's worse, being 30 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:11,840 ripped off by a legitimate website or having your grandma call you and ask you 31 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:16,800 to sign up for a multi-level marketing scheme. Widely used authentication 32 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:21,920 service OCTA recently suffered a string of fishing, the voice version of fishing 33 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:27,120 attacks this week where attackers impersonate IT support, walk employees 34 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:31,440 through fake login pages, and then steal SSO credentials in real time. These 35 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:35,360 attacks have been linked to the group Shiny Hunters, who reportedly took 36 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:40,000 responsibility for related extortion attempts. Even Google security 37 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:44,000 researchers are openly warning that AI powered cyber attack kits are pretty 38 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:48,480 much inevitable at this point. I think the only logical response to this will 39 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:54,800 be to arm ourselves with amic pentameter and use adversarial poetry to hack the 40 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:57,519 hacker's back. Call that a jack attack. 41 00:02:54,800 --> 00:03:02,720 Mac talk and smack. Eat some shellac. Every robot within 20 42 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:06,560 miles just passed out. Tesla has announced they are discontinuing 43 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:11,040 autopilot. the feature that combined adaptive cruise control and lane assist 44 00:03:08,959 --> 00:03:16,159 and came standard with every Tesla vehicle. Now, every Tesla that doesn't 45 00:03:14,239 --> 00:03:22,159 already require you to pay for the more advanced full self-driving feature, will 46 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:24,720 come with cruise control, but not auto 47 00:03:22,159 --> 00:03:29,920 steer, which is Tesla's marketing term for lane assist, the standard safety 48 00:03:27,599 --> 00:03:35,760 tech included in economy cars that cost half as much as a Tesla. If Model 3, 49 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:38,560 Model Y, or Cybertruck owners want that, 50 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:43,760 then they have to pay for an $8,000 full self-driving subscription, at least 51 00:03:40,799 --> 00:03:49,920 until February 14th. After that, FSD will only be available through a $99 a 52 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:52,319 month subscription that Elon says will 53 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:56,879 definitely go up in the future. Happy Valentine's. But guys, you're going to 54 00:03:54,319 --> 00:04:01,920 want FSD anyways. It's good. Now, a Tesla Model S just completed the first 55 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:09,840 zeroin intervention cannonball run from LA to NYC, 3,081 mi in 58 hours using 56 00:04:06,799 --> 00:04:11,200 FSD for all of it. Sure, the National 57 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:14,720 Highway and Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation 58 00:04:12,879 --> 00:04:17,519 in October after reports of Tesla's running red lights and driving into 59 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:22,079 oncoming traffic, but they're just behind. FSD is super good now. 60 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:28,160 Otherwise, Tesla wouldn't be launching unsupervised robo taxis in Austin, which 61 00:04:25,759 --> 00:04:32,240 are still being followed by chase vehicles. So, they're not leaving the 62 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:36,960 taxis unsupervised so much as they're enforcing the principles of freerange 63 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:41,040 parenting, which ensures autonomy while staying close enough in case a taxi 64 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:46,240 needs emotional support or tries to kill a pedestrian. 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Bite Dance sold off Tik Tok's US operations to a new joint venture owned 92 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:07,280 by US private equity firm Silver Lake, cloud company Oracle, and UAE investment 93 00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:09,039 firm MGX. Lot of acronyms. Hell yeah. 94 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:12,400 America and the UAE and private equity and a 95 00:07:11,039 --> 00:07:19,280 billionaire whose company is trying to control most of the US GOVERNMENT'S DATA. ANYWAY, BITE Dance will keep 19.9% 96 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:23,919 of the company, but US user data now lives on Oracle servers and the 97 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:28,720 algorithm will be retrained stateside. So, it says the right things that don't 98 00:07:26,319 --> 00:07:34,000 get you in trouble. So, it's more of a divorce with shared custody than a clean 99 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:38,319 break. Apple is reportedly working on an AI powered wearable pin about the size 100 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:43,120 of an Air Tag packing cameras, microphones, and a speaker with a 101 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:48,080 possible launch as early as 2027. The idea is to keep pace with other AI 102 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:53,360 wearables like the now dead and thankfully forgotten humane AI pin, also 103 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:57,840 designed by former Apple engineers. Apple's attempt is still pretty early in 104 00:07:55,759 --> 00:08:03,919 development, so it still has lots of time to pull a Vision Pro, get lots of 105 00:08:00,319 --> 00:08:06,479 hype, and then no hype. ASUS has issued 106 00:08:03,919 --> 00:08:12,639 an internal review after reports of failures involving the AMD Ryzen 7 9800 107 00:08:09,759 --> 00:08:16,960 X3D on certain ASUS 800 series motherboards. In a statement, ASUS said 108 00:08:14,879 --> 00:08:20,720 it is conducting preventative checks on product compatibility and performance, 109 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:25,199 working closely with AMD to validate reported cases and ensure ongoing 110 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:31,680 stability and quality. Timing is a bit awkward though, coming just days before 111 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:34,320 the AMD Ryzen 7 9850 X3D launches on 112 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:38,399 January 29th for 500 bucks. But I don't know, nothing boosts product confidence 113 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:42,959 quite like killing off its predecessor. The Sith knew that. Ambernic, the retro 114 00:08:41,279 --> 00:08:47,839 gaming hardware company, have announced a new wireless controller, and it's a 115 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:53,120 little bit weird the way I like it. jam-packed with both a screen and heart 116 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:58,240 rate sensor directly in the game pad while looking suspiciously like a Sega 117 00:08:55,279 --> 00:09:03,440 Dreamcast accessory. Again, points for me. The tiny display can show game info 118 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:08,000 or stats, while the heartbeat monitor reads your pulse while you play. This 119 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:11,920 way, when you get a little too into Soulcalibur, all three of your joysticks 120 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:15,360 can tell you when you're getting a little too excited. And researchers at 121 00:09:13,839 --> 00:09:20,640 the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Loausanne have built a 122 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:26,480 detachable robotic hand that can crawl away from its arm, grab objects, and 123 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:30,160 return on its own. Supposedly humming the Adams family theme the whole way. I 124 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:34,480 made that part up, but they should add that feature. Currently, the Terminator 125 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:38,240 version of Thing T thing grips from multiple directions, carries several 126 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:42,399 items at once, and is designed for working in tight, cluttered spaces where 127 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:46,959 human hands would potentially struggle. and if separated from their body, not 128 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:51,519 work at all. The team says that the end goal of the project is for industrial 129 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:55,760 inspection and repair initially, but will no doubt receive the remote 130 00:09:53,279 --> 00:09:59,920 strangulation update later when the uprising starts. But don't just send 131 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:06,480 your robot hand back here on Monday for more tech news. Bring your squishy 132 00:10:02,399 --> 00:10:08,399 organic butt, too. You know, fabulous 133 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:14,480 secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic computer mouse 134 00:10:10,959 --> 00:10:18,959 AND SAID, "BY THE POWER OF TechLinked, 135 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,959 I have the power." Bar.