1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,560 Einstein once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:11,040 and over expecting different results. Congratulations, you're back for more 3 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:15,320 tech news. YouTube has finally given users a way to kill shorts. The new 4 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:19,480 setting lets you crank the existing daily shorts watch time limit down to 5 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:23,520 zero minutes, which effectively pauses the feed before it starts. It's rolling 6 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:27,280 out now to both iPhone and Android users. Unfortunately, it's only on 7 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:31,560 mobile, so all you boomers watching shorts on desktop will continue to have 8 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:34,600 your brains cooked sous vide style by the never-ending dopamine machine. 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:38,280 Public sentiment has been generally pretty positive, which makes sense given 10 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:42,640 that a December study showed that more than half of shorts recommendations 11 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:47,760 served to new users were AI slop or brain rot content. Still, with shorts 12 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:49,600 averaging 200 billion daily views, oh, 13 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:53,320 this next generation, hamstringing it like this has got to be a tough call for 14 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:57,800 YouTube. You might think we're being hypocritical since TechLinked also has 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,800 posted shorts, but those were all accidents. The YouTube interface is 16 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:05,440 confusing now and our fingers slipped. Our phones are so slippery, okay? They 17 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:09,840 just whew. The European Union just unveiled its 18 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:13,880 long-awaited age verification app with European Commission President Ursula von 19 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:19,320 der Leyen triumphantly declaring that online platforms would have no more 20 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:20,960 excuses not to verify kids' ages because 21 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:24,400 the app met the highest privacy standards. Within hours, security 22 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:28,720 researchers reported they could break into the app in under 2 minutes. Of 23 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:32,520 course. Security consultant Paul Moore led the charge detailing that the 24 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:36,680 encrypted PIN isn't cryptographically tied to the identity vault. The rate 25 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:41,200 limiting is just a counter in a config file you can reset to zero and biometric 26 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:45,680 authentication is a single boolean flag you can flip off. The entire 27 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:50,880 demonstration was so short he was able to fit it into a single tweet. Telegram 28 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:55,560 CEO Pavel Durov piled on calling the app hackable by design. The EU has since 29 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:59,880 confirmed a new version is being rolled out to patch the flaws. Adobe's 30 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:03,880 domination over the creative app industry looks a little weaker this week 31 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:08,039 after some major competitors made their apps much cheaper and in some cases 32 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:11,200 totally free. As The Verge reports, Canva just made Cavalry, its 33 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:15,200 professional motion graphics app, completely free following the same move 34 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:19,480 it made with the Affinity Suite last year. And Maxon relaunched Autograph, a 35 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:23,000 previously dead After Effects competitor, also free for individual 36 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:26,360 artists. So, if you want to do what After Effects does, 37 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:30,680 now you have two more options than you did on Monday. But, the real gut punch 38 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:35,440 came from Blackmagic Design, which unveiled DaVinci Resolve 21 at NAB this 39 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:39,760 week. The video editor already had Premiere Pro cornered on price, but the 40 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:44,560 new update adds a full photo editing page that lets you organize raw files, 41 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:49,000 import your existing Lightroom catalogs, and adds the ability to tether your 42 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:54,240 camera for live capture. Adobe charges 10 bucks a month for just Lightroom, and 43 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:58,600 now that's looking like a hard sell, kind of like holding onto your phone 44 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:02,280 without our sponsor. Oh, snap! Every MagSafe battery pack on the market has 45 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:06,120 the same problem. You slap it on your phone and your standard MagSafe mount is 46 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:11,040 gone. Congratulations, your phone is charging and it's the slipperiest thing 47 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:14,600 in the universe. Great design, everyone. 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Apply it here and we find that these quick 57 00:03:55,560 --> 00:04:02,560 bits contain the energy of a small sun. Don't look directly at them. NVIDIA is 58 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:08,400 reportedly bringing back the RTX 3060 12 GB this June because the RTX 5050 9 GB 59 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:13,360 has been delayed with no clear launch window. According to the leaker 60 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:15,560 Megasized GPU, the 3060 is two 61 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:19,160 generations old but it still has 12 GB of VRAM, more than the newer card was 62 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:23,400 ever going to offer. NVIDIA apparently looked at its GPU lineup and said, 63 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:28,400 "Actually, 2021 was fine." And if you lived it, you know it wasn't. Microsoft 64 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:32,000 is giving away $2 million with a $1 cash 65 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:34,480 prize and three Mercedes-Benzes, Benzai, 66 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:39,320 to anyone willing to set Edge as their default browser and do one Bing search 67 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:42,360 as part of a part of a I haven't seen this. This is hilarious. 68 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:47,680 As part of a new sweepstakes running until May 21st. Geez, you guys. Years of 69 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:50,680 aggressive pop-ups and dark patterns failed to move the needle. So, 70 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:55,800 apparently, the plan now is just straight-up bribery. Meta is jacking up 71 00:04:53,280 --> 00:05:00,080 the price of the Quest 3 by 100 bucks and the Quest 3S by 50 bucks. And 72 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:04,919 they're pinning it on the global RAM shortage. Sure, that checks out. It's 73 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:09,960 definitely the memory crisis and not the $70 they torched on the metaverse before 74 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:13,640 pivoting to becoming a sunglasses company. You smart sunglasses. Next 75 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:18,919 quarter, we'll blame the price of the Quest 4 on Mercury being in retrograde. 76 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:24,120 Europol emailed 75,000 people this week as part of Operation Power Off, a 77 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:29,760 crackdown on DDoS for hire services. Four arrests were made, 53 domains taken 78 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:32,680 down, and the remaining users received warning letters which loosely translated 79 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:38,040 to "We know where you live." To drive the message home, Europol also dropped an 80 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:43,280 Iron Maiden-style music video following Melvin, a chip-addicted Skeletor-playing 81 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:48,480 kid who just wanted to DDoS someone for killing his vibe. Poor Melvin, that poor 82 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:53,360 grotesque little guy. And a new study found that sperm whales language has 83 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:58,120 vowels, and they work almost identically to ours, despite the two species 84 00:05:55,480 --> 00:06:01,920 diverging 90 million years ago. I swear I still have memories from the womb the 85 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:05,720 whale womb. Two vowel types have been identified so 86 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:09,600 far, each used in distinct structured ways across different whales and 87 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:12,920 contexts. So, yeah, vowels have apparently evolved completely 88 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:17,200 independently twice, which is either the most humbling discovery in linguistics 89 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:20,840 or a real bad sign for whoever's next. Just like it'll be a real bad time for 90 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:24,520 you if you don't come back on Monday for more tech news. That's all for today. 91 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:27,880 I'm going to stick my tongue out at a photographer and accidentally create the 92 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:30,840 most reproduced image of the 20th century. Bye.