1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:06,720 Hey, techl Riley here. How often does 2 00:00:03,919 --> 00:00:10,320 tech news ooze out of the ground so it can be harvested and processed for 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:16,400 transport? Three times a week. I do not have a full 4 00:00:13,599 --> 00:00:22,640 beard. Apple has sued leaker and YouTuber John Proer, who shared details 5 00:00:19,359 --> 00:00:24,080 and unofficial renders of iOS 26, which 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:30,480 was presumed at the time to be called iOS 19. understandable on his Genius Bar 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:34,800 podcast and his Front Page Tech YouTube channel. The leaks got enough attention 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:41,520 that they were called not representative of the real thing by the prime leaker, 9 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:43,760 the Germ Smacker, Mark of the Germs. But 10 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:49,440 people leak Apple stuff all the time. So why is Apple suddenly choosing John for 11 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:54,000 prosecution? I'm sorry. Well, in their lawsuit, Apple says they got an 12 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:59,199 anonymous email naming Proser, his associate, Michael Ramachiotti, and 13 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:03,760 Ramachiott's friend, ex-Apple employee Ethan Lipnik. The suit also cites an 14 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:10,560 audio message sent to Lipnik from Ramachiotti claiming that Proer wanted 15 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:13,520 him to somehow get access to Lipnik's 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:18,000 development iPhone and the tasty trade secrets contained therein. Now, who 17 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:23,200 knows what the truth is? Because while Proser obviously did receive trade 18 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:28,720 secrets somehow, he denies these specific allegations, tweeting that he 19 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,799 didn't plot to access anyone's phone, 20 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:35,680 and he says he's got receipts. He then posted a screenshot where he asks 21 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:41,520 someone, presumably Rama Lama Shotti, "How the hell did you get this?" LOL. 22 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:46,640 which fair enough is usually not something you say to someone with whom 23 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:52,479 you schemed and planned ways to get the this in question. US President Donald 24 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:54,799 Trump has signed the Genius Act, the 25 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:59,520 first federal law to put rules in place for stable coins, which is 26 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:04,479 cryptocurrency that ties its value to, say, the US dollar or gold or something 27 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:08,640 else that is less likely to be worth absolutely nothing after a Paul brother 28 00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:13,280 tweets out the digital equivalent of a wet fart. Trump has been pushing hard 29 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:17,920 for regulation that would legitimize cryptocurrencies in the eyes of more 30 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:21,599 investors only because he thinks crypto is really good and not because it would 31 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:25,280 be beneficial to the crypto ventures he's launched in the past year. No. But 32 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:29,680 regardless of the president's motivations, the Genius Act represents 33 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:35,120 the beginning of the end of the Wild West era of crypto and it'll hopefully 34 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:39,360 do something to prevent more people from dumping their life savings into meme 35 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:44,720 coins that are immediately rugpulled. It was literally called scamcoin. Richard, 36 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:48,800 two other crypto bills are still working their way through Congress, but Trump 37 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:55,120 doesn't need those to reap the benefits of the USD1 stable coin launched by his 38 00:02:52,400 --> 00:03:00,000 I'm sorry, his son's crypto business, World Liberty Financial. Uh, this is all 39 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:06,800 normal. Lots of AI news to talk about. OpenAI has launched ChatGpt Agent, a new 40 00:03:03,599 --> 00:03:09,599 tool that lets ChatGpt use its very own 41 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:14,800 computer. Because chat GPT, you've been so good lately. You only make up random 42 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:19,760 when you're really upset. Agent is even more capable than the operator 43 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:24,239 tool which launched in January and let ChatGBT control a web browser and that, 44 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:28,879 you know, went okay. So, they're letting ChatGpt go deeper into the machine and 45 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:33,840 probably just going to keep doing that until something breaks. Meanwhile, 46 00:03:30,799 --> 00:03:35,599 Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarando said in the 47 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:41,360 company's latest earnings call that one of their originals, the Argentinian 48 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:44,720 sci-fi film, The Eaternaut, used special 49 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:46,879 effects generated by AI. Sarando said 50 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:52,319 that sequence showing a building collapsing is the very first Gen AI 51 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:57,840 final footage to appear on screen in a Netflix original. Well, except for the 52 00:03:55,680 --> 00:04:02,720 pretty obvious AI images almost certainly used in last year's Netflix 53 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:07,920 documentary, What Jennifer Did. Uh, but the creators still deny that. So, at 54 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:12,720 least they're telling us now. Meta, meanwhile, is telling the EU it won't be 55 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:16,799 signing the European Commission's code of practice for general purpose AI, 56 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:21,519 which would have meant committing to things like providing documentation 57 00:04:18,479 --> 00:04:24,080 about Meta's AI tools and not training 58 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:28,240 AI on pirated content. It's simply untenable. Well, today the commission 59 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:33,120 published guidelines to help AI companies prepare for the roll out of 60 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:37,919 its AI act regulation on August 2nd, which it previously indicated was going 61 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:42,720 to happen whether Meta's on board or not. So, I don't know if your thing is 62 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:47,759 getting steamrolled. I'm sure Grock can generate a steamy 63 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:52,479 fanfic for you. It's not my cup of tea. 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This week, the 81 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:17,520 news nonprofit ProPublica published a deep dive on a Microsoft US government 82 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:24,000 contract that involved using software engineers based in China to maintain 83 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:25,919 defense department systems. Now, that's 84 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:31,680 a bit sketchy. So the solution was apparently to pair the engineers with 85 00:06:28,319 --> 00:06:34,000 digital escorts, which were not Grock's 86 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:39,360 not safe for work 3D avatars, but rather US citizens with the proper security 87 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:42,080 clearances, but not very much technical 88 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:45,919 expertise. Current and former escorts told ProPublica stuff like, "We're 89 00:06:44,319 --> 00:06:50,960 trusting that what they're doing isn't malicious, but we really can't tell." 90 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:55,280 After Senator Tom Cotton sent this report to Defense Secretary Pete 91 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:59,360 Hegseath, he miraculously managed to engage all four of his brain cells to 92 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:04,000 tweet that this shouldn't happen anymore. Then today, Microsoft Chief 93 00:07:01,759 --> 00:07:09,199 Communications Officer Frank Shaw said, "Okay, they'll stop." Hopefully, China 94 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:14,160 also didn't notice this was happening until now. Delta Airlines says it's been 95 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:19,039 testing an AI powered system for individualized pricing that analyzes a 96 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:23,919 customer's profile and charges the max amount it thinks you and only you are 97 00:07:21,759 --> 00:07:28,960 willing to pay. Delta was only testing this system on 3% of its total fairs, 98 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:32,960 but it wants to bring that up to 20% by the end of the year. Unless it can be 99 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:37,199 proven that Delta is offering people different rates based on certain 100 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:41,440 characteristics like sex or ethnicity, this system isn't technically illegal. 101 00:07:39,919 --> 00:07:46,479 But it doesn't need to be to fundamentally undermine the idea of a 102 00:07:43,599 --> 00:07:51,360 fair market, which is technically Microsoft, uh, one more time, 103 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:56,560 has closed down its movies and TV storefronts on Xbox consoles and 104 00:07:54,240 --> 00:08:00,479 Windows. Users will no longer be able to purchase content through the app, but 105 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:07,120 the company says they will still be able to watch anything they've already paid 106 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:10,560 for. For how long? Intel Microsoft feels 107 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:13,199 like not making that the case. There was 108 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:18,720 never a buy and a rent option. They're both rent. It's rent all the way down. 109 00:08:15,919 --> 00:08:23,360 And thousands of very cheap VV bikes sold at Walmart and Amazon have been 110 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:27,840 recalled after multiple reports of the bike batteries overheating and catching 111 00:08:25,599 --> 00:08:32,240 fire. I can only hope those batteries are different than the ones shown in 112 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:38,000 this video by Chinese company UOB, in which its Walker S2 humanoid robot is 113 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:42,080 shown replacing its own battery. Those batteries catching on fire would make 114 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:47,760 this an even more appropriate entry in my favorite video series, Existential 115 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:49,760 Anxiety Inducers. You want to reduce my 116 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:54,560 anxiety? Come back on Monday for more tech news. I won't know if you're going 117 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:57,920 to come back until you do, though. So, I'll just have to keep it together 118 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:02,720 somehow over the weekend. But, how will I feel on Monday? My fate is in your 119 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:02,720 hands. Bye-bye.