WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:08.000 Real quick, two things. One, I'm going on vacation next week. James or whoever 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:09.519 will host. Be nice to him. Two, 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.440 I forgot what two was, which is why I need a vacation. Microsoft has been 00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:18.000 blocking Google Chrome from running on Windows systems with the family safety 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:21.680 feature enabled for the past few weeks, according to multiple reports from 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:25.279 teachers and students. And you can tell they're students because the report is, 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 00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:31.760 my day. Next thing I know, boom, Chrome keeps closing itself. If I then try for 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 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 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:44.399 on? I then did a command prompt and admit to scan for corrupt files and it 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 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, 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 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:02.879 specifically Chrome being blocked. Other browsers don't seem to be affected. And 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:07.760 this Redditor got Chrome to launch by renaming the Chrome.exe file to 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:13.360 Chrome1.exe. You might think, ah, an unfortunate bug. 00:01:10.479 --> 00:01:18.000 And sure, maybe. But despite this issue first surfacing on June 3rd, Microsoft 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:21.840 hasn't officially said anything about fixing it. They've only given 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:26.240 instructions on how to unblock Chrome to specific users that contact them uh for 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:30.799 support. And it's not like Microsoft doing shady things to steer users away 00:01:28.320 --> 00:01:35.920 from Google would be anything new. Just this year, they made the Bing search 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:38.640 results page autocroll down just enough 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:42.240 to hide the Bing logo. And last year, Microsoft's Edge browser was caught 00:01:40.479 --> 00:01:47.280 automatically opening itself after a Windows 11 update, having decided on its 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:51.040 own to import people's Chrome tabs. But hey, I mean, how are people going to 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:54.560 discover that they prefer Edge if they never get a chance to have it shoved in 00:01:52.720 --> 00:02:00.560 their face without asking? Adobe surprise dropped a camera app for iOS 00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:02.320 called Project Indigo that enables some 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:06.799 truly impressive quality improvements for iPhone cameras. The app was built by 00:02:04.479 --> 00:02:12.400 two former Googlers, one of whom, Florian Canes, worked on computational 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:17.440 photography for Google Pixels and specifically night mode. Well, now this 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:22.000 Benedict Arnold has made it so iPhones can make a picture taken in an extremely 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:26.640 dimly lit room look like it was set up with studio lighting. Fine, that's fine. 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 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:36.640 camera shake, Indigo can apparently use that camera shake to make the photo look 00:02:32.879 --> 00:02:38.160 better without using AI hallucination 00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:42.000 that don't care. It can even remove 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:45.200 reflections that obscure detail on something like a laminated map, which we 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:49.920 don't need anymore because we have phones, and altogether just make photos 00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:55.519 look better. Okay, fine. It's great. I want it on Android 2. Please come back, 00:02:52.480 --> 00:02:58.000 Florian. You've got a cool name. News 00:02:55.519 --> 00:03:02.879 publishers are facing a historic drop in web traffic due to a Ryzen AI search 00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:06.560 tools. According to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince and a report from the 00:03:04.720 --> 00:03:10.879 Wall Street Journal, Prince, not the artist, the Matthew, said that 10 years 00:03:08.480 --> 00:03:15.920 ago, a publisher could expect one human visitor for every two pages processed by 00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:23.360 Google's webcrawler. But by January 2025, the ratio was 1:6. And today, just 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:25.840 6 months later, it's 1 to 18. And that's 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:30.159 just for Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic crawl exponentially more pages per 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:34.480 visitor. This is not only bad for publishers being able to pay their 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:38.159 people, it's also bad for users who are rapidly getting used to reading AI 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:42.000 summaries of content rather than the actual content. And this is a good time 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:46.959 to remind you that all of our sources for each episode are always linked in 00:03:44.239 --> 00:03:52.319 the description. like you can trust us but also don't you know. Anyway, in 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:56.720 other AI news, MidJourney launched their first video generator after focusing 00:03:54.799 --> 00:04:01.200 pretty much entirely on photos up until this point. It can turn an image into a 00:03:58.720 --> 00:04:06.640 slow motion or highotion 5-second video that can be extended up to 21 seconds, 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:11.439 which will absolutely not help them defend against Disney and Universal's 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 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, 00:05:32.479 --> 00:05:38.639 a couple things to note before the quick bits. 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:43.360 Nope, it's gone. AMD has teased the launch of their Ryzen Threadripper 9000 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:48.000 lineup with some bold claims, saying that its top-end Threadripper Pro 00:05:45.840 --> 00:05:55.680 9995WX is up to 145% faster than Intel's Xeon 00:05:52.800 --> 00:06:00.320 W9 3595X in the professional software VRay and 13 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:04.880 to 49% better in a bunch of other software that most of you probably don't 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:07.280 use. Well, there's another chip for you, 00:06:04.880 --> 00:06:11.759 too, because a reference to the Ryzen 5 9600X3D 00:06:08.880 --> 00:06:17.280 was spotted on AMD's website by Twitter user Melodic Warrior. Just be aware, 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:21.840 this one probably sucks in V-Ray. After their last couple of Starship test 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:25.600 flights ended explosively, SpaceX figured, you know, for the next one, why 00:06:23.520 --> 00:06:30.000 not get to the good part right away? Uh yeah, the rocket blew up spectacularly 00:06:27.840 --> 00:06:34.400 just before taking off, which was apparently caused by the failure of a 00:06:31.919 --> 00:06:38.960 pressurized nitrogen tank, which is what I was just going to say it was. That 00:06:36.880 --> 00:06:43.360 scammers have been using sponsored search results on Google to inject fake 00:06:41.440 --> 00:06:48.080 tech support phone numbers into legitimate websites. According to a post 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:51.919 from Malware Bites, the ad will list a URL for a service the user actually 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:56.479 searched for, like help.netetflix.com, netflix.com, but the sponsored search 00:06:54.160 --> 00:07:00.720 result won't list the tail end of that URL, which adds a bunch of extra 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:05.680 parameters that make the fake phone number appear on the actual legitimate 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:10.000 web page, often pre-filled in a search bar. Now, Malware Bites says their 00:07:07.520 --> 00:07:14.720 product can spot this and warn users, but honestly, it might just be time to 00:07:11.919 --> 00:07:20.880 call it quits on this whole thing. The internet is overstate its welcome. And I 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:22.960 have personally seen this story about 16 00:07:20.880 --> 00:07:26.800 billion credentials being leaked all over my feeds the past couple days. And 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 00:07:28.960 --> 00:07:35.759 circulating were based on this original investigation by Cyberne, which was 00:07:33.280 --> 00:07:40.000 originally posted on Wednesday with no evidence other than written claims and 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:43.919 no external links to verify anything. But since then, they've drastically 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:48.800 updated the article with a bunch of that stuff. And kudos to them for fleshing 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:53.039 things out. But as noted by have I been pawned guy, Troy Hunt, and Bleeping 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:58.720 Computer, the database of credentials found by Cybernews doesn't appear to 00:07:55.280 --> 00:07:59.919 have any previously unseen data. That 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 00:08:02.080 --> 00:08:08.400 heck? Change your password and set up multiffactor authentication. If you 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 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 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:23.000 something and you just waited till the end. I was only continuing to talk 00:08:19.039 --> 00:08:23.000 because I hate awkward silence. 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:27.199 I have to go.