good news I have undergone an experimental operation to infuse Tech
news throughout my entire body bad news
my kidneys are now proprietary dark clouds appeared on the horizon for apps
that allow adree viewing as YouTube published a memo indicating that they
would be upping enforcement against third-party apps that violate YouTube's
terms of service and if that wasn't clear enough the next thing they say is
specifically they're talking about ad blocking apps okay I'm I'm sorry it's
not clear whether YouTube will be complet completely blocking offending
apps from using their API but the company warned that these apps users
might experience service issues like buffering error messages and videos
failing to load of course these thirdparty clients could simply comply
with YouTube's terms of service and turn on ads but I think we all know that ad
blocking and free access to premium features is a significant part of the
appeal for some of them for others it's just the culture in their memo YouTube
emphasized the importance of ads in supporting creators and their content
which is an argument that I find at least somewhat persuasive both as a
Creator and a big fan of living indoors
at least somewhere where the owner of the building knows that I'm there the
Chrome Store however doesn't seem to have got the memo seeing as it still
offers several ad blocking thirdparty YouTube apps that's entrapment Google oh
ad blocking apps so bad so bad they're so bad don't use them after over a
decade Boston Dynamics will be retiring its iconic yet terrifying human robot
human robot it was a human in there the whole time humanoid robot Atlas and
replacing it with an even scarier humanoid robot also called Atlas that's
all for today see you later the primary difference between the two models is
that the OG Atlas used Hydraulics while
the new Atlas is fully electric has a fully rotating torso Limbs and head and
moves like it's been demonically possessed that's a feat
don't worry they haven't added the firmware to make it eat babies yet
nothing gets me excited for the robot future like abject Terror why did they
introduce it like that I don't
know they introduced it like a villain in a horror
movie over the course of its development Atlas has gone from barely being able to
balance pathetic to performing ambitious Feats of athleticism but we've yet to
see popular adoption of these kinds of humanoid robots primarily because this
one wasn't for sale tech companies clearly think we're on the verge of a
Tipping Point given the amount of investment there's been in new Android
Concepts from companies like figure and optronic even though neither of them can
spin their head like the chick from The Exorcist this one can
though the United Kingdom has passed a new law criminalizing the creation of
sexually explicit deep fakes without consent in what appears to be a legal
fur first offenders prosecuted under the law would most likely face a criminal
conviction and a fine with jail time as a possibility if the offender also
shares or distributes this now illegal material aspiring adult filmmakers will
still have the option of creating filth featuring consenting people fake people
and of course popular serial mascots I mean those options are
great oh man non-consensual deep fake
pornography has been been a problem for years but the proliferation of deep
fakes as AI technology becomes more and more sophisticated has apparently
brought the issue to the Forefront of the legislative agenda UK officials are
also apparently in the early stages of drafting legislation to more closely
regulate AI in general but I bet we
could speed up the process significantly by sending our legislators AI generated
photos of themselves robbing banks seem important now I weep for the AI future
but I also weep for the future where people see that and think it's real all
of our parliamentarians the agriculture
Minister but you can Bank on having dry
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docomo in a long long time 24 hours at
least America's Federal Communications Commission is a week away from voting on
rules enforcing net neutrality the idea
that internet service providers should have a neutral stance towards all
Network traffic treating it all equally but critics say that while the proposed
rules forbid isps from slowing down certain types of traffic speeding up
some traffic say gaming or streaming video by putting it in Fast Lanes would
be allowed thanks to a feature of 5G networks called Network slicing all
internet traffic would still be equal some would just be more more equal than
others the US has had net neutrality rules before they were first adopted in
2015 before being unadopted in 2018 I'm
assuming because the FCC found out the child they'd welcomed into their home
was actually Satan's baby altstore pal the first consumer focused thirdparty
app Marketplace for iOS has launched in
the European Union opening up a new Avenue for iPhone users to discover
countless new apps it's nice right now
altstore has two apps oh that's not countless at all there's Delta a rare
Nintendo console emulator and clip a clipboard manager both developed by the
same guy that made alt store Riley test
it it is a name with the EU investigating whether Apple's new rules
are Kosher or not Apple's alternative app store rules may change further but
should be fine Riley's just testing it out it's a different last name than
mine tsmc has reportedly shared 200,000
kilowatt hours of energy from its backup power generators with the rest of the
Taiwanese power grid to help prevent power outages Taiwan of course suffered
a massive earthquake only two weeks ago which caused eight of the country's
major power generators to fail tsmc a
critical part of the global semiconductor supply chain only paused
work for a day to allow for safety inspections in part because the company
has prioritized earthquake preparedness ever since taiwan's last major quake in
1999 they're so prepared that their buildings offer earthquake protection
25% above the illegally mandated standard honestly if the bombs ever do
drop the post-apocalyptic Wasteland is getting repopulated by tsmc workers who
just happen to be on shift NASA is going to send a giant nuclear powerered robot
dragonfly to Saturn's largest moon just regular science things it sounds like a
plan someone came up with will they or high it sounds like the next Spy Kids
movie The rotorcraft is planned to be launched in 2028 though it won't reach
Saturn's moon Titan until 2034 because
Titan is I'm I'm told very far away it's
also rich in organic molecules which is why NASA is launching this mission in
the first place the complex chemistry of this Moon reminiscent of pre-life Earth
could give scientists insight into the origin of life in the solar system its
secondary objective is to make me feel way less cool about what I do for work
and I don't appreciate it I would love to fly a robot dragonfly no one asks me
and a startup called azit announced paint cam Eve an AI powered security
camera that can fire paint balls containing either UV paint or tear gas
at Intruders and you thought the last story started with a wild sentence the
UV paint is meant to allow police to identify Intruders after the fact while
the tear gas is literally tear gas I
mean it's self-explanatory makes them think of sad
things there are several models available with the higher-end versions
unlocking the ability to recognize animals and human faces like all great
ideas paint cam Eve will launch on Kickstarter on April 23rd you'll have
the chance to actively Advance the death of humanity by funding an AI
weaponization campaign I love when Kickstarter campaigns are also military
campaigns the next generation of
neighbor to neighbor Warfare but you'll have the chance on
Friday to watch more Tech news H even
better there will be a 0% chance of tear gas