{"video_id":"R25rGC7w2fU","title":"Google Did An Oopsie","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2025-12-05T14:53:29Z","duration_s":643,"segments":[{"start_s":0.16,"end_s":5.68,"text":"The tech news is a microscopic life form","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.28,"end_s":11.04,"text":"that resides in all technological objects. They continually speak to us,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":8.88,"end_s":17.119,"text":"telling us the wheel of computers. I know it was Qui-Gon, but you can't do a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.719,"end_s":22.64,"text":"Qui-Gon impress. Ah, Leon Niss, it doesn't work. Google is walking back","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.84,"end_s":26.08,"text":"their plan to lock down sideloading on Android. 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Although, it'll take a few extra steps, a handful of warnings, and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":58.879,"end_s":66.28,"text":"swearing you're not going to blame Google when your phone mysteriously","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":62.239,"end_s":66.28,"text":"starts speaking in tongues.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":67.119,"end_s":72.32,"text":">> I don't think anyone's going to understand that at all. >> It's Latin.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":70.32,"end_s":75.2,"text":">> It's like a alternate universe where the Holy Spirit is malware.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":74.56,"end_s":81.6,"text":">> Yeah. [laughter] According to Google's blog post, the idea is to curb malware without","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":79.84,"end_s":85.759,"text":"completely shutting the door on Android's openness, which has always","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":83.439,"end_s":90.56,"text":"been one of its defining features. The change is a response to heavy push back","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":87.92,"end_s":96.88,"text":"from developers, industry groups, and everyday users who didn't love Google","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":93.52,"end_s":99.84,"text":"deciding for them what trusted means. So","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":96.88,"end_s":103.2,"text":"yeah, sideloading is back, baby, just with training wheels. And when those","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":101.68,"end_s":108.32,"text":"come off, I guess that's when we really learned about malware. It feels like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":104.72,"end_s":109.28,"text":"like a concrete skin burn. Skin burn.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":108.32,"end_s":114.159,"text":"What do you call >> road rash? >> Road rash. That's how I learned not to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":111.84,"end_s":121.36,"text":"longboard down hills with no protective equipment. Vine, the 67 67","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":118.32,"end_s":124.64,"text":"video app. Oh man, we have to leave that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":121.36,"end_s":127.68,"text":"in. Vine, the 6-second video app shut","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":124.64,"end_s":130.56,"text":"down by Twitter in 2017, is back at it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":127.68,"end_s":135.92,"text":"again at Crispy Cream in the form of a new app called Divine, complete with a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":133.84,"end_s":141.52,"text":"sizable chunk of the original video library. The app was created by former","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":138.319,"end_s":143.52,"text":"Twitter employee Evan Henshaw Pla aka","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":141.52,"end_s":148.8,"text":"Rabbel while working for Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's notfor-profit","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":146.64,"end_s":154.08,"text":"and other stuff. He didn't work for Jack Dorsey's not for-p profofit and also for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":151.92,"end_s":159.36,"text":"other stuff. The not forprofit's called and other stuff. Okay. [laughter]","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":156.48,"end_s":164.0,"text":"Using data previously stored by archive team which is again a separate entity","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":161.92,"end_s":171.12,"text":"not the same as the archive.org team. Okay. Rabbel was able to restore 150 to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":167.68,"end_s":174.08,"text":"200,000 original vines from 60,000","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":171.12,"end_s":178.4,"text":"creators who can contact him if they want to take control of their","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":175.44,"end_s":183.04,"text":"reconstructed accounts. Wow. And it seems like he's hoping that they will.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":180.319,"end_s":188.879,"text":"Divine breaks from its short form video brethren like Tik Tok by banning AI","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":186.48,"end_s":194.0,"text":"generated content. It'll use tech from the human rights nonprofit The Guardian","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":191.519,"end_s":200.0,"text":"Project to confirm that a clip was truly captured on a smartphone. If Divine","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":196.56,"end_s":203.04,"text":"spots AI slop, it'll yell, \"Is that a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":200.0,"end_s":205.84,"text":"weed?\" and call the police, not on a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":203.04,"end_s":210.56,"text":"microwave. So with Divine, when you say, \"Look at all those chickens,\" be assured","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":208.4,"end_s":215.12,"text":"that while you might not actually be pointing at chickens, you certainly","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":212.56,"end_s":218.959,"text":"won't be pointing at AI chickens. And that's all we want at the end of the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":216.64,"end_s":224.159,"text":"day. Anthropic is in the spotlight after alleging that Chinese state- linked","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":221.04,"end_s":227.2,"text":"hackers used their clawed chatbot to try","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":224.159,"end_s":229.519,"text":"and hack into 30 of what Anthropic calls","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":227.2,"end_s":235.68,"text":"critical organizations. [music] And some of those intrusions actually succeeded","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":232.879,"end_s":240.0,"text":"supposedly. According to Anthropic, attackers fed Claude detailed prompts,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":238.319,"end_s":244.08,"text":"giving it tasks like finding vulnerabilities on selected targets,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":242.0,"end_s":250.0,"text":"exploiting them, and even harvesting data. 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Still, the fact that an LLM could meaningfully","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":290.08,"end_s":296.639,"text":"assist at all is probably raising the blood pressure of IT admins across the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":294.8,"end_s":301.04,"text":"world, especially given how friendly these chatbots seem to be when you talk","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":298.96,"end_s":307.68,"text":"to them. But at least for now, this is less like Claude the Black Hat and more","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":303.68,"end_s":308.88,"text":"like Claude the Duncap.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":307.68,"end_s":312.88,"text":">> Get him, Riley. >> Oh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":310.8,"end_s":317.6,"text":"man, that was a burn that's almost as sick as our sponsor Microenter. Hey","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":315.28,"end_s":320.88,"text":"Arizona, I your sports teams aren't doing so hot. I'm sorry about that. 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No. No way they'll leave me disappointed","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":637.6,"end_s":644.0,"text":"in questioning my lifelong love for tech news. This will be fine.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"The tech news is a microscopic life form that resides in all technological objects. They continually speak to us, telling us the wheel of computers. I know it was Qui-Gon, but you can't do a Qui-Gon impress. Ah, Leon Niss, it doesn't work. Google is walking back their plan to lock down sideloading on Android. In August, the company announced that starting next year, Android users would only be able to install apps made by verified developers, even for apps not listed on the Play Store, which critics said would seriously hinder indie devs, emulator projects, and that one guy on GitHub who ports Doom to everything. What about that guy? Who's going to verify him? Now, Google says that experienced users will still be able to install apps from wherever they want, even from unverified developers. Although, it'll take a few extra steps, a handful of warnings, and swearing you're not going to blame Google when your phone mysteriously starts speaking in tongues. >> I don't think anyone's going to understand that at all. >> It's Latin. >> It's like a alternate universe where the Holy Spirit is malware. >> Yeah. [laughter] According to Google's blog post, the idea is to curb malware without completely shutting the door on Android's openness, which has always been one of its defining features. The change is a response to heavy push back from developers, industry groups, and everyday users who didn't love Google deciding for them what trusted means. So yeah, sideloading is back, baby, just with training wheels. And when those come off, I guess that's when we really learned about malware. It feels like like a concrete skin burn. Skin burn. What do you call >> road rash? >> Road rash. That's how I learned not to longboard down hills with no protective equipment. Vine, the 67 67 video app. Oh man, we have to leave that in. Vine, the 6-second video app shut down by Twitter in 2017, is back at it again at Crispy Cream in the form of a new app called Divine, complete with a sizable chunk of the original video library. The app was created by former Twitter employee Evan Henshaw Pla aka Rabbel while working for Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's notfor-profit and other stuff. He didn't work for Jack Dorsey's not for-p profofit and also for other stuff. The not forprofit's called and other stuff. Okay. [laughter] Using data previously stored by archive team which is again a separate entity not the same as the archive.org team. Okay. Rabbel was able to restore 150 to 200,000 original vines from 60,000 creators who can contact him if they want to take control of their reconstructed accounts. Wow. And it seems like he's hoping that they will. Divine breaks from its short form video brethren like Tik Tok by banning AI generated content. It'll use tech from the human rights nonprofit The Guardian Project to confirm that a clip was truly captured on a smartphone. If Divine spots AI slop, it'll yell, \"Is that a weed?\" and call the police, not on a microwave. So with Divine, when you say, \"Look at all those chickens,\" be assured that while you might not actually be pointing at chickens, you certainly won't be pointing at AI chickens. And that's all we want at the end of the day. Anthropic is in the spotlight after alleging that Chinese state- linked hackers used their clawed chatbot to try and hack into 30 of what Anthropic calls critical organizations. [music] And some of those intrusions actually succeeded supposedly. According to Anthropic, attackers fed Claude detailed prompts, giving it tasks like finding vulnerabilities on selected targets, exploiting them, and even harvesting data. Claude was apparently able to oblige them, but it also hallucinated portions of its results, meaning that the world's first AI orchestrated cyber espionage campaign included completely fictional cyber security threats. It's like staging a heist with that one overconfident guy who points at every wall and says, \"There's a safe behind that.\" And uh there isn't. Anthropic claimed the attack was up to 90% autonomous, a figure that a ton of other researchers immediately questioned, arguing that white hat hackers haven't been able to coax Claude into doing anything close to what's described here. So, it's unlikely the spy ring actually reached near full autonomy. Still, the fact that an LLM could meaningfully assist at all is probably raising the blood pressure of IT admins across the world, especially given how friendly these chatbots seem to be when you talk to them. But at least for now, this is less like Claude the Black Hat and more like Claude the Duncap. >> Get him, Riley. >> Oh man, that was a burn that's almost as sick as our sponsor Microenter. Hey Arizona, I your sports teams aren't doing so hot. I'm sorry about that. But guess what? It's okay because on November 7th, MicroEnter had the grand opening of their Phoenix location. This new store ranks up there with Dobbins Lookout or the Musical Instrument Museum as the city's top landmark uh probably will be soon. The new location is huge news because MicroEnter rules. They just won PC Mag's 2025 awards for best big box store, best brick-andmortar tech retailer, and most impressively, best tech retailer overall. You have got to check these guys out. If you can't visit one of MicroEn's rad physical locations, but still want to be distracted from your terrible sports team, don't fret. They've got you covered online. November's sales are everchanging and only last about a week at a time. So, check the MicroEnter website regularly for some amazing deals throughout the entire month of November. Now, if the long bits, which we just did, are the original trilogy, then the quick bits are the prequels, there's a lot more stuff jammed in there, and they're harder to understand. Firefox is building what it calls an AI window, which is like an AI browser mode that is kept separate from your normal tabs, kind of like a private/inccognito window. In it, you'll be able to chat with an AI assistant and get help while you browse, but only if you want because you can totally ignore this feature. and not use it if you're prejudiced against clankers. Mosilla is asking their community to help shape this feature by signing up to test it and then give feedback. Seems like Mozilla is trying to keep up with all the trending AI browsers while still protecting their users privacy like me in the shallow end at a pool party. I'm present. I'm there, but I don't want to drown. I'm sorry. There's a lot of kids over there and they can all grab your face at any one time. Microsoft has fixed an issue where some Windows 10 users couldn't enroll for extended security updates to get an extra year of free updates. But wait, don't you have to be enrolled in that program to get more updates in the first place? Is Microsoft trapping users in liinal space where they're both getting updates and blocked from getting updates at the same time? No. Thankfully, this isn't a catch22 situation, and every Windows 10 user can get this new fix, which will allow them to use the ESU enrollment wizard and collapse the quantum uncertainty. And we're back in our home dimension. Very good. Good job, Microsoft. So kind of you to allow people to do the thing you said they could do. Tesla is recalling over 10,000 of its Power Wall 2 home battery units in the US because a third-party battery cell defect can lead to overheating, smoke, or even fires. The company says it has remotely discharged nearly all affected units to make them safe and will replace them free of charge with certified installers reaching out to customers. Oh, hello, certified installer. Is it getting hot in here? Or is that just me? What? Uh, my house is battery's on fire. Chat GPT is rolling out group chats in select countries, letting users invite contacts to join their chat GBT session. So, you can use chat GPT to actually chat with another human now, as long as an AI is there to supervise. This is great news, especially if you want someone to mediate your dysfunctional family arguments about what to get for dinner tonight. Yeah, this is the what to do. Meanwhile, WhatsApp is launching third-party chat integration across Europe, allowing fully encrypted conversations with people on other messaging platforms as part of the new requirements laid out by the digital markets act. It doesn't look like chat GBT is one of those now interoperable chat apps. So, at least it won't butt in and offer to write some erotica or something, which is always it always does this. So annoying. Open chat GBD. Good morning. Want some erotica? Stop. Stop asking. And a heal. A heal. A new smart bandage uses an AI powered camera to take pictures of a wound every couple of hours, figure out how it's healing, and then either zap it with tiny pulses of electricity or release drugs to help speed the healing up, which seems better, more useful to me. In How's that healing? Oh, it's all right. Ah, what do you trust me? I'm a doctor. In tests on pigs, the bandage doubled the growth of new skin and cut inflammation. However, the effects are still modest, and there's more work to do before it's ready for people. Animal testing can be a touchy subject, but that pig looks comfortable enough and cool in their little healing vest, so totally worth it. So, any animal testing is actually fine as long as they look cool while they're doing it. >> Yeah. pretend. [laughter] That's actually how we found out cigarettes are fine because the animals look like bad asses. >> Those are the coolest monkeys I've ever seen. And I bet whoever's hosting on Monday will look cool, too. How could they not? So, make sure to come back. I'm going to take the weekend to look into the Tech News sequels. I haven't seen them yet, but I I bet they have to be meticulously plotted. What else would you do with a giant important franch? No. No way they'll leave me disappointed in questioning my lifelong love for tech news. This will be fine."}