{"video_id":"J3WLtA-Oeus","title":"No More Shorts… 🥹","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2026-04-18T00:40:52+00:00","duration_s":390,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":6.56,"text":"Einstein once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.92,"end_s":11.04,"text":"and over expecting different results. Congratulations, you're back for more","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":8.52,"end_s":15.32,"text":"tech news. YouTube has finally given users a way to kill shorts. The new","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.52,"end_s":19.48,"text":"setting lets you crank the existing daily shorts watch time limit down to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":17.8,"end_s":23.52,"text":"zero minutes, which effectively pauses the feed before it starts. It's rolling","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.24,"end_s":27.28,"text":"out now to both iPhone and Android users. Unfortunately, it's only on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":25.84,"end_s":31.56,"text":"mobile, so all you boomers watching shorts on desktop will continue to have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":29.44,"end_s":34.6,"text":"your brains cooked sous vide style by the never-ending dopamine machine.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":33.24,"end_s":38.28,"text":"Public sentiment has been generally pretty positive, which makes sense given","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":36.36,"end_s":42.64,"text":"that a December study showed that more than half of shorts recommendations","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":39.88,"end_s":47.76,"text":"served to new users were AI slop or brain rot content. Still, with shorts","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":44.68,"end_s":49.6,"text":"averaging 200 billion daily views, oh,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":47.76,"end_s":53.32,"text":"this next generation, hamstringing it like this has got to be a tough call for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":51.44,"end_s":57.8,"text":"YouTube. You might think we're being hypocritical since TechLinked also has","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":56.16,"end_s":61.8,"text":"posted shorts, but those were all accidents. The YouTube interface is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.6,"end_s":65.44,"text":"confusing now and our fingers slipped. Our phones are so slippery, okay? They","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":64.12,"end_s":69.84,"text":"just whew. The European Union just unveiled its","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":67.28,"end_s":73.88,"text":"long-awaited age verification app with European Commission President Ursula von","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":72.12,"end_s":79.32,"text":"der Leyen triumphantly declaring that online platforms would have no more","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":75.68,"end_s":80.96,"text":"excuses not to verify kids' ages because","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":79.32,"end_s":84.4,"text":"the app met the highest privacy standards. Within hours, security","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":82.68,"end_s":88.72,"text":"researchers reported they could break into the app in under 2 minutes. Of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":86.6,"end_s":92.52,"text":"course. Security consultant Paul Moore led the charge detailing that the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":90.28,"end_s":96.68,"text":"encrypted PIN isn't cryptographically tied to the identity vault. The rate","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":94.64,"end_s":101.2,"text":"limiting is just a counter in a config file you can reset to zero and biometric","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":99.16,"end_s":105.68,"text":"authentication is a single boolean flag you can flip off. The entire","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":103.6,"end_s":110.88,"text":"demonstration was so short he was able to fit it into a single tweet. Telegram","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":108.24,"end_s":115.56,"text":"CEO Pavel Durov piled on calling the app hackable by design. The EU has since","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":113.48,"end_s":119.88,"text":"confirmed a new version is being rolled out to patch the flaws. Adobe's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":118.12,"end_s":123.88,"text":"domination over the creative app industry looks a little weaker this week","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":121.96,"end_s":128.039,"text":"after some major competitors made their apps much cheaper and in some cases","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":126.0,"end_s":131.2,"text":"totally free. As The Verge reports, Canva just made Cavalry, its","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":129.72,"end_s":135.2,"text":"professional motion graphics app, completely free following the same move","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":133.08,"end_s":139.48,"text":"it made with the Affinity Suite last year. And Maxon relaunched Autograph, a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":138.0,"end_s":143.0,"text":"previously dead After Effects competitor, also free for individual","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":141.44,"end_s":146.36,"text":"artists. So, if you want to do what After Effects does,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":144.6,"end_s":150.68,"text":"now you have two more options than you did on Monday. But, the real gut punch","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":148.88,"end_s":155.44,"text":"came from Blackmagic Design, which unveiled DaVinci Resolve 21 at NAB this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":153.56,"end_s":159.76,"text":"week. The video editor already had Premiere Pro cornered on price, but the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":157.32,"end_s":164.56,"text":"new update adds a full photo editing page that lets you organize raw files,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":162.36,"end_s":169.0,"text":"import your existing Lightroom catalogs, and adds the ability to tether your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":166.08,"end_s":174.24,"text":"camera for live capture. Adobe charges 10 bucks a month for just Lightroom, and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":171.8,"end_s":178.6,"text":"now that's looking like a hard sell, kind of like holding onto your phone","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":175.68,"end_s":182.28,"text":"without our sponsor. Oh, snap! Every MagSafe battery pack on the market has","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":180.4,"end_s":186.12,"text":"the same problem. You slap it on your phone and your standard MagSafe mount is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":184.36,"end_s":191.04,"text":"gone. Congratulations, your phone is charging and it's the slipperiest thing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":188.48,"end_s":194.6,"text":"in the universe. Great design, everyone. I definitely wanted to drop my phone","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":192.959,"end_s":198.64,"text":"into the toilet of a bus station in Memphis. Thankfully, Ohsnap has you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":196.8,"end_s":203.88,"text":"covered with a Snap Pack, which has MagSafe on both sides. What? It charges","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":202.08,"end_s":208.8,"text":"your phone from the bottom and your accessories stack right on top. That's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":206.16,"end_s":214.76,"text":"right. It's a mag so nice, they safed it twice. And with 15-W Qi2 fast charging","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":212.28,"end_s":220.16,"text":"and 5,000 mAh of capacity, you can get an iPhone 17 up to 85%. It's not 100,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":218.519,"end_s":224.08,"text":"but it's in a space-grade aluminum package that's about the same thickness","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":221.8,"end_s":228.84,"text":"as your iPhone. It's beautiful. Check out Ohsnap's Snap Pack today using our","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":226.32,"end_s":233.52,"text":"link in the description. Einstein's E = MC squared tells us energy equals mass","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":231.32,"end_s":238.04,"text":"times the speed of light squared. Apply it here and we find that these quick","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":235.56,"end_s":242.56,"text":"bits contain the energy of a small sun. Don't look directly at them. NVIDIA is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":239.84,"end_s":248.4,"text":"reportedly bringing back the RTX 3060 12 GB this June because the RTX 5050 9 GB","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":246.2,"end_s":253.36,"text":"has been delayed with no clear launch window. According to the leaker","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":250.08,"end_s":255.56,"text":"Megasized GPU, the 3060 is two","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":253.36,"end_s":259.16,"text":"generations old but it still has 12 GB of VRAM, more than the newer card was","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":257.32,"end_s":263.4,"text":"ever going to offer. NVIDIA apparently looked at its GPU lineup and said,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":260.84,"end_s":268.4,"text":"\"Actually, 2021 was fine.\" And if you lived it, you know it wasn't. Microsoft","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":265.28,"end_s":272.0,"text":"is giving away $2 million with a $1 cash","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":268.4,"end_s":274.48,"text":"prize and three Mercedes-Benzes, Benzai,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":272.0,"end_s":279.32,"text":"to anyone willing to set Edge as their default browser and do one Bing search","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":277.48,"end_s":282.36,"text":"as part of a part of a I haven't seen this. This is hilarious.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":280.64,"end_s":287.68,"text":"As part of a new sweepstakes running until May 21st. Geez, you guys. Years of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":285.96,"end_s":290.68,"text":"aggressive pop-ups and dark patterns failed to move the needle. So,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":289.04,"end_s":295.8,"text":"apparently, the plan now is just straight-up bribery. Meta is jacking up","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":293.28,"end_s":300.08,"text":"the price of the Quest 3 by 100 bucks and the Quest 3S by 50 bucks. And","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":298.0,"end_s":304.919,"text":"they're pinning it on the global RAM shortage. Sure, that checks out. It's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":303.08,"end_s":309.96,"text":"definitely the memory crisis and not the $70 they torched on the metaverse before","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":308.36,"end_s":313.64,"text":"pivoting to becoming a sunglasses company. You smart sunglasses. Next","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":312.24,"end_s":318.919,"text":"quarter, we'll blame the price of the Quest 4 on Mercury being in retrograde.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":316.2,"end_s":324.12,"text":"Europol emailed 75,000 people this week as part of Operation Power Off, a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":321.28,"end_s":329.76,"text":"crackdown on DDoS for hire services. Four arrests were made, 53 domains taken","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":327.4,"end_s":332.68,"text":"down, and the remaining users received warning letters which loosely translated","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":331.68,"end_s":338.04,"text":"to \"We know where you live.\" To drive the message home, Europol also dropped an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":336.0,"end_s":343.28,"text":"Iron Maiden-style music video following Melvin, a chip-addicted Skeletor-playing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":340.84,"end_s":348.48,"text":"kid who just wanted to DDoS someone for killing his vibe. Poor Melvin, that poor","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":346.6,"end_s":353.36,"text":"grotesque little guy. And a new study found that sperm whales language has","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":351.28,"end_s":358.12,"text":"vowels, and they work almost identically to ours, despite the two species","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":355.48,"end_s":361.92,"text":"diverging 90 million years ago. I swear I still have memories from the womb the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":360.48,"end_s":365.72,"text":"whale womb. Two vowel types have been identified so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":363.68,"end_s":369.6,"text":"far, each used in distinct structured ways across different whales and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":367.64,"end_s":372.92,"text":"contexts. So, yeah, vowels have apparently evolved completely","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":370.92,"end_s":377.2,"text":"independently twice, which is either the most humbling discovery in linguistics","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":374.64,"end_s":380.84,"text":"or a real bad sign for whoever's next. Just like it'll be a real bad time for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":379.28,"end_s":384.52,"text":"you if you don't come back on Monday for more tech news. That's all for today.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":382.8,"end_s":387.88,"text":"I'm going to stick my tongue out at a photographer and accidentally create the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":386.08,"end_s":390.84,"text":"most reproduced image of the 20th century. Bye.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Einstein once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. Congratulations, you're back for more tech news. YouTube has finally given users a way to kill shorts. The new setting lets you crank the existing daily shorts watch time limit down to zero minutes, which effectively pauses the feed before it starts. It's rolling out now to both iPhone and Android users. Unfortunately, it's only on mobile, so all you boomers watching shorts on desktop will continue to have your brains cooked sous vide style by the never-ending dopamine machine. Public sentiment has been generally pretty positive, which makes sense given that a December study showed that more than half of shorts recommendations served to new users were AI slop or brain rot content. Still, with shorts averaging 200 billion daily views, oh, this next generation, hamstringing it like this has got to be a tough call for YouTube. You might think we're being hypocritical since TechLinked also has posted shorts, but those were all accidents. The YouTube interface is confusing now and our fingers slipped. Our phones are so slippery, okay? They just whew. The European Union just unveiled its long-awaited age verification app with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen triumphantly declaring that online platforms would have no more excuses not to verify kids' ages because the app met the highest privacy standards. Within hours, security researchers reported they could break into the app in under 2 minutes. Of course. Security consultant Paul Moore led the charge detailing that the encrypted PIN isn't cryptographically tied to the identity vault. The rate limiting is just a counter in a config file you can reset to zero and biometric authentication is a single boolean flag you can flip off. The entire demonstration was so short he was able to fit it into a single tweet. Telegram CEO Pavel Durov piled on calling the app hackable by design. The EU has since confirmed a new version is being rolled out to patch the flaws. Adobe's domination over the creative app industry looks a little weaker this week after some major competitors made their apps much cheaper and in some cases totally free. As The Verge reports, Canva just made Cavalry, its professional motion graphics app, completely free following the same move it made with the Affinity Suite last year. And Maxon relaunched Autograph, a previously dead After Effects competitor, also free for individual artists. So, if you want to do what After Effects does, now you have two more options than you did on Monday. But, the real gut punch came from Blackmagic Design, which unveiled DaVinci Resolve 21 at NAB this week. The video editor already had Premiere Pro cornered on price, but the new update adds a full photo editing page that lets you organize raw files, import your existing Lightroom catalogs, and adds the ability to tether your camera for live capture. Adobe charges 10 bucks a month for just Lightroom, and now that's looking like a hard sell, kind of like holding onto your phone without our sponsor. Oh, snap! Every MagSafe battery pack on the market has the same problem. You slap it on your phone and your standard MagSafe mount is gone. Congratulations, your phone is charging and it's the slipperiest thing in the universe. Great design, everyone. I definitely wanted to drop my phone into the toilet of a bus station in Memphis. Thankfully, Ohsnap has you covered with a Snap Pack, which has MagSafe on both sides. What? It charges your phone from the bottom and your accessories stack right on top. That's right. It's a mag so nice, they safed it twice. And with 15-W Qi2 fast charging and 5,000 mAh of capacity, you can get an iPhone 17 up to 85%. It's not 100, but it's in a space-grade aluminum package that's about the same thickness as your iPhone. It's beautiful. Check out Ohsnap's Snap Pack today using our link in the description. Einstein's E = MC squared tells us energy equals mass times the speed of light squared. Apply it here and we find that these quick bits contain the energy of a small sun. Don't look directly at them. NVIDIA is reportedly bringing back the RTX 3060 12 GB this June because the RTX 5050 9 GB has been delayed with no clear launch window. According to the leaker Megasized GPU, the 3060 is two generations old but it still has 12 GB of VRAM, more than the newer card was ever going to offer. NVIDIA apparently looked at its GPU lineup and said, \"Actually, 2021 was fine.\" And if you lived it, you know it wasn't. Microsoft is giving away $2 million with a $1 cash prize and three Mercedes-Benzes, Benzai, to anyone willing to set Edge as their default browser and do one Bing search as part of a part of a I haven't seen this. This is hilarious. As part of a new sweepstakes running until May 21st. Geez, you guys. Years of aggressive pop-ups and dark patterns failed to move the needle. So, apparently, the plan now is just straight-up bribery. Meta is jacking up the price of the Quest 3 by 100 bucks and the Quest 3S by 50 bucks. And they're pinning it on the global RAM shortage. Sure, that checks out. It's definitely the memory crisis and not the $70 they torched on the metaverse before pivoting to becoming a sunglasses company. You smart sunglasses. Next quarter, we'll blame the price of the Quest 4 on Mercury being in retrograde. Europol emailed 75,000 people this week as part of Operation Power Off, a crackdown on DDoS for hire services. Four arrests were made, 53 domains taken down, and the remaining users received warning letters which loosely translated to \"We know where you live.\" To drive the message home, Europol also dropped an Iron Maiden-style music video following Melvin, a chip-addicted Skeletor-playing kid who just wanted to DDoS someone for killing his vibe. Poor Melvin, that poor grotesque little guy. And a new study found that sperm whales language has vowels, and they work almost identically to ours, despite the two species diverging 90 million years ago. I swear I still have memories from the womb the whale womb. Two vowel types have been identified so far, each used in distinct structured ways across different whales and contexts. So, yeah, vowels have apparently evolved completely independently twice, which is either the most humbling discovery in linguistics or a real bad sign for whoever's next. Just like it'll be a real bad time for you if you don't come back on Monday for more tech news. That's all for today. I'm going to stick my tongue out at a photographer and accidentally create the most reproduced image of the 20th century. Bye."}