WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:06.720 Hey, techl Riley here. How often does 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:10.320 tech news ooze out of the ground so it can be harvested and processed for 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:16.400 transport? Three times a week. I do not have a full 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:22.640 beard. Apple has sued leaker and YouTuber John Proer, who shared details 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:24.080 and unofficial renders of iOS 26, which 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:30.480 was presumed at the time to be called iOS 19. understandable on his Genius Bar 00:00:27.680 --> 00:00:34.800 podcast and his Front Page Tech YouTube channel. The leaks got enough attention 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:41.520 that they were called not representative of the real thing by the prime leaker, 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:43.760 the Germ Smacker, Mark of the Germs. But 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:49.440 people leak Apple stuff all the time. So why is Apple suddenly choosing John for 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:54.000 prosecution? I'm sorry. Well, in their lawsuit, Apple says they got an 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:59.199 anonymous email naming Proser, his associate, Michael Ramachiotti, and 00:00:56.480 --> 00:01:03.760 Ramachiott's friend, ex-Apple employee Ethan Lipnik. The suit also cites an 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:10.560 audio message sent to Lipnik from Ramachiotti claiming that Proer wanted 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:13.520 him to somehow get access to Lipnik's 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:18.000 development iPhone and the tasty trade secrets contained therein. Now, who 00:01:16.240 --> 00:01:23.200 knows what the truth is? Because while Proser obviously did receive trade 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:28.720 secrets somehow, he denies these specific allegations, tweeting that he 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:30.799 didn't plot to access anyone's phone, 00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:35.680 and he says he's got receipts. He then posted a screenshot where he asks 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:41.520 someone, presumably Rama Lama Shotti, "How the hell did you get this?" LOL. 00:01:38.880 --> 00:01:46.640 which fair enough is usually not something you say to someone with whom 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:52.479 you schemed and planned ways to get the this in question. US President Donald 00:01:49.360 --> 00:01:54.799 Trump has signed the Genius Act, the 00:01:52.479 --> 00:01:59.520 first federal law to put rules in place for stable coins, which is 00:01:56.720 --> 00:02:04.479 cryptocurrency that ties its value to, say, the US dollar or gold or something 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:08.640 else that is less likely to be worth absolutely nothing after a Paul brother 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:13.280 tweets out the digital equivalent of a wet fart. Trump has been pushing hard 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:17.920 for regulation that would legitimize cryptocurrencies in the eyes of more 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:21.599 investors only because he thinks crypto is really good and not because it would 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:25.280 be beneficial to the crypto ventures he's launched in the past year. No. But 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:29.680 regardless of the president's motivations, the Genius Act represents 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:35.120 the beginning of the end of the Wild West era of crypto and it'll hopefully 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:39.360 do something to prevent more people from dumping their life savings into meme 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:44.720 coins that are immediately rugpulled. It was literally called scamcoin. Richard, 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:48.800 two other crypto bills are still working their way through Congress, but Trump 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:55.120 doesn't need those to reap the benefits of the USD1 stable coin launched by his 00:02:52.400 --> 00:03:00.000 I'm sorry, his son's crypto business, World Liberty Financial. Uh, this is all 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:06.800 normal. Lots of AI news to talk about. OpenAI has launched ChatGpt Agent, a new 00:03:03.599 --> 00:03:09.599 tool that lets ChatGpt use its very own 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:14.800 computer. Because chat GPT, you've been so good lately. You only make up random 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:19.760 when you're really upset. Agent is even more capable than the operator 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:24.239 tool which launched in January and let ChatGBT control a web browser and that, 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:28.879 you know, went okay. So, they're letting ChatGpt go deeper into the machine and 00:03:27.200 --> 00:03:33.840 probably just going to keep doing that until something breaks. Meanwhile, 00:03:30.799 --> 00:03:35.599 Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarando said in the 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:41.360 company's latest earnings call that one of their originals, the Argentinian 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:44.720 sci-fi film, The Eaternaut, used special 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:46.879 effects generated by AI. Sarando said 00:03:44.720 --> 00:03:52.319 that sequence showing a building collapsing is the very first Gen AI 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:57.840 final footage to appear on screen in a Netflix original. Well, except for the 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:02.720 pretty obvious AI images almost certainly used in last year's Netflix 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:07.920 documentary, What Jennifer Did. Uh, but the creators still deny that. So, at 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:12.720 least they're telling us now. Meta, meanwhile, is telling the EU it won't be 00:04:10.720 --> 00:04:16.799 signing the European Commission's code of practice for general purpose AI, 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:21.519 which would have meant committing to things like providing documentation 00:04:18.479 --> 00:04:24.080 about Meta's AI tools and not training 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:28.240 AI on pirated content. It's simply untenable. Well, today the commission 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:33.120 published guidelines to help AI companies prepare for the roll out of 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:37.919 its AI act regulation on August 2nd, which it previously indicated was going 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 00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:47.759 getting steamrolled. I'm sure Grock can generate a steamy 00:04:44.960 --> 00:04:52.479 fanfic for you. It's not my cup of tea. What gets me steamy is our sponsor 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:56.800 Vessie and their weekend sneaker. 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This week, the 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:17.520 news nonprofit ProPublica published a deep dive on a Microsoft US government 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:24.000 contract that involved using software engineers based in China to maintain 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:25.919 defense department systems. Now, that's 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:31.680 a bit sketchy. So the solution was apparently to pair the engineers with 00:06:28.319 --> 00:06:34.000 digital escorts, which were not Grock's 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:39.360 not safe for work 3D avatars, but rather US citizens with the proper security 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:42.080 clearances, but not very much technical 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:45.919 expertise. Current and former escorts told ProPublica stuff like, "We're 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:50.960 trusting that what they're doing isn't malicious, but we really can't tell." 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:55.280 After Senator Tom Cotton sent this report to Defense Secretary Pete 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:59.360 Hegseath, he miraculously managed to engage all four of his brain cells to 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:04.000 tweet that this shouldn't happen anymore. Then today, Microsoft Chief 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:09.199 Communications Officer Frank Shaw said, "Okay, they'll stop." Hopefully, China 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:14.160 also didn't notice this was happening until now. Delta Airlines says it's been 00:07:12.080 --> 00:07:19.039 testing an AI powered system for individualized pricing that analyzes a 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:23.919 customer's profile and charges the max amount it thinks you and only you are 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:28.960 willing to pay. Delta was only testing this system on 3% of its total fairs, 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 00:07:30.960 --> 00:07:37.199 proven that Delta is offering people different rates based on certain 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:41.440 characteristics like sex or ethnicity, this system isn't technically illegal. 00:07:39.919 --> 00:07:46.479 But it doesn't need to be to fundamentally undermine the idea of a 00:07:43.599 --> 00:07:51.360 fair market, which is technically Microsoft, uh, one more time, 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:56.560 has closed down its movies and TV storefronts on Xbox consoles and 00:07:54.240 --> 00:08:00.479 Windows. Users will no longer be able to purchase content through the app, but 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:07.120 the company says they will still be able to watch anything they've already paid 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:10.560 for. For how long? Intel Microsoft feels 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:13.199 like not making that the case. There was 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. 00:08:15.919 --> 00:08:23.360 And thousands of very cheap VV bikes sold at Walmart and Amazon have been 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:27.840 recalled after multiple reports of the bike batteries overheating and catching 00:08:25.599 --> 00:08:32.240 fire. I can only hope those batteries are different than the ones shown in 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:38.000 this video by Chinese company UOB, in which its Walker S2 humanoid robot is 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:42.080 shown replacing its own battery. Those batteries catching on fire would make 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:47.760 this an even more appropriate entry in my favorite video series, Existential 00:08:44.560 --> 00:08:49.760 Anxiety Inducers. You want to reduce my 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 00:08:52.640 --> 00:08:57.920 to come back until you do, though. So, I'll just have to keep it together 00:08:55.920 --> 00:09:02.720 somehow over the weekend. But, how will I feel on Monday? My fate is in your 00:08:59.920 --> 00:09:02.720 hands. Bye-bye.