1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:08,000 Real quick, two things. One, I'm going on vacation next week. James or whoever 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:09,519 will host. Be nice to him. Two, 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,440 I forgot what two was, which is why I need a vacation. Microsoft has been 4 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:18,000 blocking Google Chrome from running on Windows systems with the family safety 5 00:00:15,599 --> 00:00:21,680 feature enabled for the past few weeks, according to multiple reports from 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:25,279 teachers and students. And you can tell they're students because the report is, 7 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:28,560 "Okay, so this morning I woke up and got on my computer to go to Chrome and start 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,760 my day. Next thing I know, boom, Chrome keeps closing itself. If I then try for 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:36,079 a while, I keep restarting my computer and trying to open Chrome, but nothing works. So, I uninstalled it and tried to 10 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:41,120 reinstall it, but it doesn't work. It just keeps saying the same thing. No update available. What the hell is going 11 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:44,399 on? I then did a command prompt and admit to scan for corrupt files and it 12 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:48,480 did find corrupt files and fix them, but Google still won't redownload them. I even tried the standalone installer, but 13 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:52,960 it still didn't work. I'm freaking out like the standalone installer starts to work, gets about twothirds of the way, 14 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:58,640 then just closes. I have no idea what to do. Please help. And to be clear, it is 15 00:00:55,920 --> 00:01:02,879 specifically Chrome being blocked. Other browsers don't seem to be affected. And 16 00:01:00,399 --> 00:01:07,760 this Redditor got Chrome to launch by renaming the Chrome.exe file to 17 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:13,360 Chrome1.exe. You might think, ah, an unfortunate bug. 18 00:01:10,479 --> 00:01:18,000 And sure, maybe. But despite this issue first surfacing on June 3rd, Microsoft 19 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:21,840 hasn't officially said anything about fixing it. They've only given 20 00:01:19,439 --> 00:01:26,240 instructions on how to unblock Chrome to specific users that contact them uh for 21 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:30,799 support. And it's not like Microsoft doing shady things to steer users away 22 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:35,920 from Google would be anything new. Just this year, they made the Bing search 23 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:38,640 results page autocroll down just enough 24 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:42,240 to hide the Bing logo. And last year, Microsoft's Edge browser was caught 25 00:01:40,479 --> 00:01:47,280 automatically opening itself after a Windows 11 update, having decided on its 26 00:01:44,799 --> 00:01:51,040 own to import people's Chrome tabs. But hey, I mean, how are people going to 27 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:54,560 discover that they prefer Edge if they never get a chance to have it shoved in 28 00:01:52,720 --> 00:02:00,560 their face without asking? Adobe surprise dropped a camera app for iOS 29 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:02,320 called Project Indigo that enables some 30 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:06,799 truly impressive quality improvements for iPhone cameras. The app was built by 31 00:02:04,479 --> 00:02:12,400 two former Googlers, one of whom, Florian Canes, worked on computational 32 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:17,440 photography for Google Pixels and specifically night mode. Well, now this 33 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:22,000 Benedict Arnold has made it so iPhones can make a picture taken in an extremely 34 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:26,640 dimly lit room look like it was set up with studio lighting. Fine, that's fine. 35 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:30,879 And while it's hard to take nice photos when you're zoomed all the way in due to 36 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:36,640 camera shake, Indigo can apparently use that camera shake to make the photo look 37 00:02:32,879 --> 00:02:38,160 better without using AI hallucination 38 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:42,000 that don't care. It can even remove 39 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,200 reflections that obscure detail on something like a laminated map, which we 40 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:49,920 don't need anymore because we have phones, and altogether just make photos 41 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:55,519 look better. Okay, fine. It's great. I want it on Android 2. Please come back, 42 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:58,000 Florian. You've got a cool name. News 43 00:02:55,519 --> 00:03:02,879 publishers are facing a historic drop in web traffic due to a Ryzen AI search 44 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:06,560 tools. According to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince and a report from the 45 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:10,879 Wall Street Journal, Prince, not the artist, the Matthew, said that 10 years 46 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:15,920 ago, a publisher could expect one human visitor for every two pages processed by 47 00:03:13,920 --> 00:03:23,360 Google's webcrawler. But by January 2025, the ratio was 1:6. And today, just 48 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:25,840 6 months later, it's 1 to 18. And that's 49 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:30,159 just for Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic crawl exponentially more pages per 50 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:34,480 visitor. This is not only bad for publishers being able to pay their 51 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:38,159 people, it's also bad for users who are rapidly getting used to reading AI 52 00:03:36,239 --> 00:03:42,000 summaries of content rather than the actual content. And this is a good time 53 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:46,959 to remind you that all of our sources for each episode are always linked in 54 00:03:44,239 --> 00:03:52,319 the description. like you can trust us but also don't you know. Anyway, in 55 00:03:50,159 --> 00:03:56,720 other AI news, MidJourney launched their first video generator after focusing 56 00:03:54,799 --> 00:04:01,200 pretty much entirely on photos up until this point. It can turn an image into a 57 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:06,640 slow motion or highotion 5-second video that can be extended up to 21 seconds, 58 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:11,439 which will absolutely not help them defend against Disney and Universal's 59 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:15,519 copyright lawsuit. But hey, it's it's only 10 bucks a month, and at least it 60 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:19,759 looks kind of prettier on average than the other AI slot machines. 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Super, super quick, 78 00:05:32,479 --> 00:05:38,639 a couple things to note before the quick bits. 79 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:43,360 Nope, it's gone. AMD has teased the launch of their Ryzen Threadripper 9000 80 00:05:41,199 --> 00:05:48,000 lineup with some bold claims, saying that its top-end Threadripper Pro 81 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:55,680 9995WX is up to 145% faster than Intel's Xeon 82 00:05:52,800 --> 00:06:00,320 W9 3595X in the professional software VRay and 13 83 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:04,880 to 49% better in a bunch of other software that most of you probably don't 84 00:06:01,759 --> 00:06:07,280 use. Well, there's another chip for you, 85 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:11,759 too, because a reference to the Ryzen 5 9600X3D 86 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:17,280 was spotted on AMD's website by Twitter user Melodic Warrior. Just be aware, 87 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:21,840 this one probably sucks in V-Ray. After their last couple of Starship test 88 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:25,600 flights ended explosively, SpaceX figured, you know, for the next one, why 89 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:30,000 not get to the good part right away? Uh yeah, the rocket blew up spectacularly 90 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:34,400 just before taking off, which was apparently caused by the failure of a 91 00:06:31,919 --> 00:06:38,960 pressurized nitrogen tank, which is what I was just going to say it was. That 92 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:43,360 scammers have been using sponsored search results on Google to inject fake 93 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:48,080 tech support phone numbers into legitimate websites. According to a post 94 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:51,919 from Malware Bites, the ad will list a URL for a service the user actually 95 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:56,479 searched for, like help.netetflix.com, netflix.com, but the sponsored search 96 00:06:54,160 --> 00:07:00,720 result won't list the tail end of that URL, which adds a bunch of extra 97 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:05,680 parameters that make the fake phone number appear on the actual legitimate 98 00:07:03,199 --> 00:07:10,000 web page, often pre-filled in a search bar. Now, Malware Bites says their 99 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:14,720 product can spot this and warn users, but honestly, it might just be time to 100 00:07:11,919 --> 00:07:20,880 call it quits on this whole thing. The internet is overstate its welcome. And I 101 00:07:17,759 --> 00:07:22,960 have personally seen this story about 16 102 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:26,800 billion credentials being leaked all over my feeds the past couple days. And 103 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:31,280 I'm here to tell you it sounds a lot worse than it is. All the reports 104 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:35,759 circulating were based on this original investigation by Cyberne, which was 105 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:40,000 originally posted on Wednesday with no evidence other than written claims and 106 00:07:37,759 --> 00:07:43,919 no external links to verify anything. But since then, they've drastically 107 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:48,800 updated the article with a bunch of that stuff. And kudos to them for fleshing 108 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:53,039 things out. But as noted by have I been pawned guy, Troy Hunt, and Bleeping 109 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:58,720 Computer, the database of credentials found by Cybernews doesn't appear to 110 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:59,919 have any previously unseen data. That 111 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:03,599 doesn't mean that there's nothing to be worried about at all. You know what the 112 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:08,400 heck? Change your password and set up multiffactor authentication. If you 113 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:12,560 haven't, why not? Why haven't you done that? And why haven't you promised me 114 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:17,199 you'll come back on Monday for more tech news? You had this whole video to say 115 00:08:14,879 --> 00:08:23,000 something and you just waited till the end. I was only continuing to talk 116 00:08:19,039 --> 00:08:23,000 because I hate awkward silence. 117 00:08:23,759 --> 00:08:27,199 I have to go.