1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:07,279 Oh, hey bud. Can't wait to see what kind of interesting tech news you brought 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:09,599 today for me. I got What's that? You 3 00:00:07,279 --> 00:00:15,960 don't have any? [sighs] Hey, that's okay. You can have some of 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,960 mine. 5 00:00:18,340 --> 00:00:26,560 >> [snorts] >> Reviews are up for Intel's new Panther Lake laptop processors, aka the Core 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:31,279 Ultra 300 series, led by the flagship Intel Core Ultra X9 7 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:35,440 388H. Yes, Intel complicated their naming 8 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:38,559 scheme again by throwing some X's in there. But before you use that pitchfork 9 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:46,320 in your hand to do something you'll regret, listen to this. These chips are 10 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:48,160 pretty good. In single core, the X9388H 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:53,600 is at the front of the pack for Windows laptop chips, only being beaten by the 12 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:56,719 Apple M4 and M5. While in multi-core, it 13 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:58,399 beats the M4 and nearly matches the M5, 14 00:00:56,719 --> 00:01:01,920 which, you know, runs at a much lower wattage, so it's got less power to work 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:06,240 with, but it looks like it's pretty efficient, too. And we haven't even 16 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:10,640 talked about the integrated ARC B390 graphics. My favorite hyperfocused 17 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:16,000 YouTuber, the Fox, found that when matched watt for watt, it even beat AMD 18 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:20,799 Stricks Halo, aka the most powerful chip you can get in a gaming handheld in some 19 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:24,799 games. Although, yeah, they went back and forth. But do you get Do you 20 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:30,080 understand, guys? Are you picking up what is being placed on the ground? 21 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:33,200 Intel's back. As the Verge says, call it 22 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:34,960 a comeback. You can indeed do that. Now, 23 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:38,799 time to chill us out here for a second, okay? [music] Because yes, these are 24 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:43,200 still laptop chips, and it remains to be seen how good the desktop Nova Lake 25 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:48,560 lineup will be when it launches this fall. But Intel seems confident. Team 26 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:53,119 Blue's graphics guru Tom Peterson told 386 that they're not bothering to build 27 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:58,880 their own version of Stricks Halo because AMD's integrated GPUs are not 28 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:05,200 that competitive. The vast majority of gaming handhelds and consoles use AMD 29 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:07,040 graphics, while there's like two Intel 30 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:11,520 ones, so I'm not sure what competition Tom is referring to here, but we love 31 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:16,319 the confidence. Yes, Intel. Microsoft has confirmed that it handed over Bit 32 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:20,080 Locker encryption keys to US law enforcement during an investigation 33 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:24,400 early last year, reopening the long-running debate over who actually 34 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:28,080 controls your encrypted data. According to multiple reports, the company 35 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:33,440 provided a set of Bit Locker recovery keys to the FBI to help unlock suspects 36 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:37,760 laptops. And Microsoft has been very clear that this wasn't a one-off event. 37 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:42,239 Apparently, the company gets requests for keys around 20 times a year. And 38 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:48,000 guess what? If the government asks under the right legal process, THEY DO IT 39 00:02:44,959 --> 00:02:50,319 AGAIN. We don't care. We're Microsoft. 40 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:55,599 The key detail is how this happens. Microsoft says it can only provide keys 41 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:59,440 that are already stored in its servers. If you sign into Windows with a 42 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:03,760 Microsoft account, Bit Locker keys are automatically backed up, linking them to 43 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:07,120 every machine you sign into. From Microsoft's perspective, turning those 44 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:10,879 keys over is no different than responding to any other lawful data 45 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:15,760 request. But it's worth pointing out that at one time it was normal and 46 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:21,040 expected for companies like Apple and Google to fight said requests and try to 47 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:26,080 protect their users privacy a little more. Microsoft may have forgotten that, 48 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:30,879 but privacy advocates haven't with Senator Ron Weiden saying it is simply 49 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:34,080 irresponsible for tech companies to ship products in a way that allows them to 50 00:03:32,319 --> 00:03:37,680 secretly turn over users encryption keys. Say louder for the people in the 51 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:42,720 back. I'll wait. Luckily, Windows workarounds 52 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:47,040 for signing in with a local account only seem to still work. And Microsoft does 53 00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:52,080 say that they will delete the keys at your request. So, it's not all bad. 54 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:57,599 Still, the real alternative is to just install Linux if you don't want the big 55 00:03:53,760 --> 00:04:00,799 man upstairs finding your just enormous 56 00:03:57,599 --> 00:04:02,400 stash of cat photos. Yes, you have a 57 00:04:00,799 --> 00:04:06,159 problem. But maybe the government isn't the best entity to lead your 58 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:10,080 intervention. Tik Tok users panicked a little bit after the US version of the 59 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:15,120 app, now officially controlled by the mostly American Tik Tok USDS joint 60 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:20,000 venture LLC, prompted them to accept the new terms of service and privacy policy. 61 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:23,600 Posts quickly spread online claiming there was all sorts of scary new 62 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:29,360 clauses, including one about collecting info on a user's immigration status, 63 00:04:26,639 --> 00:04:34,240 gender identity, or sexual orientation. But it turns out that stuff was already 64 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:38,479 in there pre-americanization and mostly lines up with the type of 65 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:42,960 data collected by other social media apps. Don't worry, they collect pretty 66 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:48,080 much everything about you, which is normal. However, there were three major 67 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:52,720 changes that may be concerning. Precise GPS location is now up for grabs if you 68 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:56,479 give the Tik Tok app permissions for that. interactions with AI features 69 00:04:55,040 --> 00:05:00,639 weren't even mentioned in the previous policy, and now those can be collected, 70 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:05,840 too. And that data can be used to personalize ads elsewhere on the web, 71 00:05:03,199 --> 00:05:10,560 not just on Tik Tok. So, concerning stuff for sure, but it's more like the 72 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:15,520 bog standard privacy concerns we've gotten used to, rather than new concerns 73 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:19,520 about getting disappeared by the US government, which is very much a concern 74 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,320 for many right now. But the stuff in this privacy policy, that's familiar. 75 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:26,800 here. I mean, this almost feels nostalgic. Now, as if to emphasize all 76 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:31,680 of this, hubbhub, Tik Tok had a big outage today, which combined with the 77 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:36,880 privacy concerns may have driven Tik Tok alternative upscrolled to the number 12 78 00:05:34,639 --> 00:05:40,639 spot on the iOS app store. But if you ask me, instead of trying that, you 79 00:05:38,479 --> 00:05:44,560 should try our sponsor, Squarespace. 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Microsoft is dealing with yet another 95 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:51,360 patch Tuesday faceplant after admitting their latest Windows 11 security update 96 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:53,840 left some PCs completely unable to boot, 97 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:57,840 sticking users with an unmountable boot volume error. The company admits it 98 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:02,479 doesn't know yet what combination of hardware or settings triggers the issue, 99 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:07,759 only that reports of the bug are limited, and it only seems to affect 100 00:07:04,479 --> 00:07:10,160 real computers, not virtual machines, 101 00:07:07,759 --> 00:07:14,560 because those aren't real. Hey, remember back when updates actually fixed things 102 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:17,840 instead of just making them worse? And here's the part where Grayson wants me 103 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:21,759 to do a very specific reference to Ford versus Ferrari. Can we have more of 104 00:07:19,759 --> 00:07:26,560 that, please? More of that, old girl. The good 105 00:07:24,639 --> 00:07:31,280 updates. The team behind the Stop Killing Games movement in the EU 106 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:34,000 announced that 1.3 million of the total 107 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:39,599 1.4 million signatures collected for the EU citizens initiative have been 108 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:44,319 verified. only 1 million were needed to ensure that the issue is discussed at 109 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:51,199 the European Commission. So now it'll no doubt be discussed 0.3 million harder. 110 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:55,440 The goal of Stop Killing Games is not to force companies to host live service 111 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:59,039 games forever. It's just to give gamers an option to keep playing. Whether 112 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:03,440 that's locally hosted servers or a proper offline mode, whatever, just 113 00:08:01,599 --> 00:08:08,000 something. And the country that apparently cares the most about that is 114 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:12,479 Germany, where they know that game companies waiting to fix this until 115 00:08:09,919 --> 00:08:18,800 after people have complained. It's just inefficient. It's much simpler to make 116 00:08:14,479 --> 00:08:20,879 it perfect the first time. Try try it. 117 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:26,240 The US Department of Transportation plans to use Google Gemini to draft new 118 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:31,199 regulations, [music] aiming to dramatically speed up rulemaking by 119 00:08:29,039 --> 00:08:35,680 having the weird new alien robot thing make them up. Per internal records, 120 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:40,719 leadership isn't seeking perfection or even very good rules. Apparently, they 121 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:45,920 just want good enough. Considering this agency handles railways and uh freaking 122 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:50,800 airplanes, is good enough really the goal? Maybe Gemini can hallucinate some 123 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:55,360 regulations on in-flight entertainment. The last time I flew, The Mask of Zoro 124 00:08:52,959 --> 00:08:59,040 wasn't available. And to calm down in the middle of the air, I really need my 125 00:08:57,279 --> 00:09:05,279 Spanish sword fighting movies, man. JBL's new Bandbox speakers come with an 126 00:09:02,399 --> 00:09:10,959 offline AI button that can split songs into individual stems, letting you 127 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:13,200 selectively mute parts of songs such as 128 00:09:10,959 --> 00:09:16,800 vocals or individual instruments. The processing happens locally on the 129 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:20,080 speaker, not in the cloud. Sort of giving you the same effect as a 130 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:25,519 multi-track recording instead of just listening to an MP3. JBL pitches it as 131 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:30,720 the perfect little speaker for practice karaoke remixing stuff on the fly. And 132 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:35,920 hey, if you use it to remove the guitar from AC/DC songs, maybe you'll finally 133 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:40,959 unlock Angus Young's mystical powers of flight. Still a mystery to science. And 134 00:09:38,399 --> 00:09:46,399 YouTuber Retro Game Addict successfully ordered Domino's Pizza. 135 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:51,519 And that's the end. Congrats to him. Now, he did it using a 20-year-old 136 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:56,720 Nintendo Wii. Thanks [music] to the Wii Link project, resurrecting Nintendo's 137 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:02,959 long deadad online services, the aptly named Food Channel started life as the 138 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:05,200 Japan-only Demay channel back in 2006 139 00:10:02,959 --> 00:10:11,519 before Nintendo shut everything down in 2017. We link, a community project 140 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:14,480 launched in 2020, rebuilds those servers 141 00:10:11,519 --> 00:10:19,760 and pipes your orders through the modern API used by Domino's. I would never have 142 00:10:17,279 --> 00:10:24,320 guessed there's a secret society of Nintendo Wii playing pizza lovers who 143 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:28,640 refuse to let this eccentric method of ordering die, 144 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:32,880 but learning that there is makes me so happy. But it would make me even happier 145 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:38,160 if you came back here for more tech news on Wednesday. And maybe, you know, you 146 00:10:35,519 --> 00:10:42,320 could bring some of your own tech news next time, too. You know, as was 147 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:45,920 discussed at length in the email Sharon sent out multiple times. Do you need 148 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:52,000 help fixing your internet? Because I can. I just just just, you know, looking 149 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:54,560 forward to seeing it. Okay. Okay. Okay. 150 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,560 Okay. Bye.