1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,640 So Riley wanted a day off, which I'm fine with, but try telling that to the 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:12,480 tech news. It never stops. Every other day, it's story after story after story 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:18,400 after story after story after story after story after. It's finally 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:25,119 happening. Android and Chrome OS are merging. But how exactly? Well, I'm not 5 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:28,960 sure. But Google's Samir Samat, Android ecosystem president extraordinaire, has 6 00:00:27,439 --> 00:00:33,600 confirmed this in an interview with Techraar's Lance Ulanov. Now, it wasn't 7 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:37,280 the main topic of discussion, and he didn't have much else to say on the 8 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:41,600 matter, but this statement could confirm the rumor from November of last year 9 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:46,559 that Chrome OS would be migrating to Android. Man, that would be great to 10 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:51,200 have all of my apps and experiences just translate perfectly between my devices. 11 00:00:48,879 --> 00:00:55,600 You know, like on Apple, except without the massive price tag on every piece of 12 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:59,120 hardware and a walled garden ecosystem that forces you to use products from a 13 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:04,320 single manufacturer. Speaking of expensive hardware, looks like those 14 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:07,680 price leaks for the Xbox Ally and Ally X 15 00:01:04,320 --> 00:01:10,159 were right. Rei Hueos noticed that 16 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:15,600 Google search store metadata from ASUS's own website has listed the Xbox Ally X 17 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:22,880 at €899 and the regular Xbox Ally nonX at €599. 18 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:27,520 I mean, considering how much an Ally and an Ally X cost right now, those prices 19 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:33,119 do sound about right. But if you thought the Switch 2 was expensive, welcome to 20 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:37,439 PC gaming, baby. expensive hardware upfront, but hey, at 21 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:42,000 least there's cheap games of plenty after the fact. And in all seriousness, 22 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:47,439 that tax can greatly affect electronics MSRPs in Europe, and we might see some 23 00:01:44,799 --> 00:01:51,759 lower prices on this side of the pond. Just not that much lower. So, for anyone 24 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:55,600 who was hoping that Xbox and Microsoft would be subsidizing a big chunk of the 25 00:01:53,840 --> 00:02:00,399 price, maybe don't hold your breath. I mean, this is the same Microsoft that 26 00:01:57,759 --> 00:02:04,399 just laid off a ton of developers, developers, developers. Steve Balmer 27 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:09,759 must be rolling over in his grave. >> He's not dead yet, 28 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:11,840 >> right? Uh, next topic. It turns out that 29 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:17,360 Google Gemini for Workspace can be easily manipulated, just like me. 30 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:22,080 My puppet, I guess. I don't know. It's in the script. Basically, an attacker 31 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:26,480 can embed invisible size zero white-on-white font instructions within 32 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:31,360 admin tags, and then if they get summarized by AI, the user will get a 33 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:35,760 bunch of official looking security warnings that could socially engineer 34 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:41,840 them into handing over credentials or placing a call to a scam call center. 35 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:44,160 There's no obvious fishing links, no.exe 36 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:48,879 files to run, and no requests to wire money to a Nigerian prince. The whole 37 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:53,120 thing is kind of pretty clever. And it gets worse because this goes beyond just 38 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:57,840 email and affects just about everything that can be summarized like docs, 39 00:02:55,200 --> 00:03:02,959 slides, and drive search functionality. Marco Figueroa 40 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:07,920 Marco F, who first published findings of this new scam process a few days ago, 41 00:03:04,879 --> 00:03:09,920 suggests that you remove, neutralize, or 42 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:14,000 ignore content that is styled to be hidden in the body text or add a 43 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:18,560 post-processing filter that scans the Gemini output. Guys, I've got it. Let's 44 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:23,519 just make another AI that summarizes whether the AI summary is a scam. Huh, 45 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:28,159 it's brilliant. And we could make it modular and lightweight, like the M1 46 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:31,840 sofa from our sponsor, Rove Lab, who brought it back to our time from a 47 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:35,599 future furniture utopia, where people don't need to call two friends to help 48 00:03:33,519 --> 00:03:39,920 them haul a giant sofa up a flight of stairs. M1 sofa components come in easy 49 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,760 to carry compact boxes from which they blossom into shape when opened like the 50 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:48,159 food in Star Wars which technically takes place in the past not the future. 51 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:52,480 But don't think about that. Think about how M1 sofas don't require any tools or 52 00:03:50,879 --> 00:03:57,599 complicated instructions to set up and are made of premium materials like highdensity foam and durable easy to 53 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:00,959 clean fabrics. They also come with a lifetime warranty for total peace of 54 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:04,720 mind. So, take your couch game into the future and unbox comfort at 55 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:10,159 rovelab.com/techlink where you can get 50% off along with an 56 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:15,519 exclusive $100 discount for our viewers. But what about the rest? Bring out the 57 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,759 expeditious smidgens quickly now. I can 58 00:04:15,519 --> 00:04:20,880 only do this bit for so long. Ever wonder how quickly you can destroy 59 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:26,400 evidence in a pinch? Well, now you don't have to because Team Group has created a 60 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:28,479 self-destructing SSD with intelligent 61 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:34,880 dual mode data destruction on the new P250 Q-M80. You can choose S/W quick 62 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:39,840 erase, which will wipe the drive but maintain functionality, or HW quick 63 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:45,199 erase, which will physically destroy the NAND with high voltage. Okay, that 64 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:50,320 sounds pretty cool. I 100% want to try this when it launches. As for Grock, 65 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:55,199 maybe that should get unlaunched. XAI has tried to explain what happened with 66 00:04:51,919 --> 00:04:57,840 the whole Mecca Hitler fiasco. Their 67 00:04:55,199 --> 00:05:02,960 explanation, we discovered a root cause that was an update to a code path 68 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:07,600 upstream of the at Grock bot. This is independent of the underlying language 69 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:11,759 model that powers at Grock. Wow. Well, I'm completely relieved. All of the 70 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:15,840 racist Hitler loving code is just from an upstream code path, guys. Just like 71 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:20,880 with rivers, it's not our problem if the pollution is coming from upstream. Wait, 72 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:24,240 yes, it is. But I'm not going to worry about that. Just like I'm not going to 73 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:28,720 worry about Microsoft Office not getting any more feature updates on Windows 10 74 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:32,639 because I'm using Windows 11 and also Google Docs. But whether you care about 75 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:36,720 this or not, it's a really good time to point out that as of June earlier this 76 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:41,919 year, Windows 10 still had a higher install base. So, um, the transition not 77 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:46,560 going too great, but that doesn't stop the impending end of life that's coming 78 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:50,800 in October 2028 when it stops getting security updates. And it doesn't change 79 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:56,160 that in August there won't be any new features unless you upgrade your OS to 80 00:05:53,039 --> 00:05:57,840 Windows 11 or Linux. You know, sometimes 81 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:02,240 I wonder why we don't see more human inspired computer technology. Maybe it's 82 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:07,120 cuz we're gross bags of meat. Maybe. Yeah, I think so. But Korean scientists 83 00:06:04,479 --> 00:06:12,240 are looking to our noses for inspiration around filtering air particles. It's 84 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:16,319 called PRO, particle removing oil coated filter. And it both removes more 85 00:06:14,639 --> 00:06:22,960 particles while lasting way longer than traditional filters. That's pretty neat. 86 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:27,120 Excuse me. Sorry. They're still working out the kinks. And last, but yeah, 87 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:33,039 honestly, this one was definitely least. I mean, the one that came before it was a nose filter, but anyway, it's pretty 88 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:37,840 cool. We're getting fake CRTs from Japan's Mizuki Co., and I really do mean 89 00:06:35,919 --> 00:06:43,600 fake, because basically, it's just a curved 4x3 LCD panel that's housed in a 90 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:48,639 CRT-shaped shell. It's going to be about 8 in small and is going to pair with 91 00:06:45,919 --> 00:06:51,759 their mini retro reprint PCs. That is assuming their crowdfunding works. 92 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:58,000 They're a little under halfway there at the time of writing. And I really don't know what the appeal is going to be of 93 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:59,599 an 8 in CRT alike. Thanks for joining us 94 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:03,360 for another episode of TechL. What's going to happen next time? Unlike Dragon 95 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:07,360 Ball Z, there's no sneak peek. So, your guess honestly is as good as mine. But I 96 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:10,680 think I'm gonna bet on Goku fighting Mecca Hitler.