WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.279 Oh, hey bud. Can't wait to see what kind of interesting tech news you brought 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:09.599 today for me. I got What's that? You 00:00:07.279 --> 00:00:15.960 don't have any? [sighs] Hey, that's okay. You can have some of 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:15.960 mine. 00:00:18.340 --> 00:00:26.560 >> [snorts] >> Reviews are up for Intel's new Panther Lake laptop processors, aka the Core 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:31.279 Ultra 300 series, led by the flagship Intel Core Ultra X9 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:35.440 388H. Yes, Intel complicated their naming 00:00:33.360 --> 00:00:38.559 scheme again by throwing some X's in there. But before you use that pitchfork 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:46.320 in your hand to do something you'll regret, listen to this. These chips are 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:48.160 pretty good. In single core, the X9388H 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:53.600 is at the front of the pack for Windows laptop chips, only being beaten by the 00:00:50.320 --> 00:00:56.719 Apple M4 and M5. While in multi-core, it 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:58.399 beats the M4 and nearly matches the M5, 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 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:06.240 with, but it looks like it's pretty efficient, too. And we haven't even 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.640 talked about the integrated ARC B390 graphics. My favorite hyperfocused 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:16.000 YouTuber, the Fox, found that when matched watt for watt, it even beat AMD 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:20.799 Stricks Halo, aka the most powerful chip you can get in a gaming handheld in some 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:24.799 games. Although, yeah, they went back and forth. But do you get Do you 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:30.080 understand, guys? Are you picking up what is being placed on the ground? 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:33.200 Intel's back. As the Verge says, call it 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:34.960 a comeback. You can indeed do that. Now, 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:38.799 time to chill us out here for a second, okay? [music] Because yes, these are 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:43.200 still laptop chips, and it remains to be seen how good the desktop Nova Lake 00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:48.560 lineup will be when it launches this fall. But Intel seems confident. Team 00:01:45.600 --> 00:01:53.119 Blue's graphics guru Tom Peterson told 386 that they're not bothering to build 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:58.880 their own version of Stricks Halo because AMD's integrated GPUs are not 00:01:56.240 --> 00:02:05.200 that competitive. The vast majority of gaming handhelds and consoles use AMD 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:07.040 graphics, while there's like two Intel 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:11.520 ones, so I'm not sure what competition Tom is referring to here, but we love 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:16.319 the confidence. Yes, Intel. Microsoft has confirmed that it handed over Bit 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:20.080 Locker encryption keys to US law enforcement during an investigation 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:24.400 early last year, reopening the long-running debate over who actually 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:28.080 controls your encrypted data. According to multiple reports, the company 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:33.440 provided a set of Bit Locker recovery keys to the FBI to help unlock suspects 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:37.760 laptops. And Microsoft has been very clear that this wasn't a one-off event. 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:42.239 Apparently, the company gets requests for keys around 20 times a year. And 00:02:40.160 --> 00:02:48.000 guess what? If the government asks under the right legal process, THEY DO IT 00:02:44.959 --> 00:02:50.319 AGAIN. We don't care. We're Microsoft. 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:55.599 The key detail is how this happens. Microsoft says it can only provide keys 00:02:53.200 --> 00:02:59.440 that are already stored in its servers. If you sign into Windows with a 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:03.760 Microsoft account, Bit Locker keys are automatically backed up, linking them to 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:07.120 every machine you sign into. From Microsoft's perspective, turning those 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:10.879 keys over is no different than responding to any other lawful data 00:03:09.040 --> 00:03:15.760 request. But it's worth pointing out that at one time it was normal and 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:21.040 expected for companies like Apple and Google to fight said requests and try to 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:26.080 protect their users privacy a little more. Microsoft may have forgotten that, 00:03:23.760 --> 00:03:30.879 but privacy advocates haven't with Senator Ron Weiden saying it is simply 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:34.080 irresponsible for tech companies to ship products in a way that allows them to 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:37.680 secretly turn over users encryption keys. Say louder for the people in the 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:42.720 back. I'll wait. Luckily, Windows workarounds 00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:47.040 for signing in with a local account only seem to still work. And Microsoft does 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:52.080 say that they will delete the keys at your request. So, it's not all bad. 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:57.599 Still, the real alternative is to just install Linux if you don't want the big 00:03:53.760 --> 00:04:00.799 man upstairs finding your just enormous 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:02.400 stash of cat photos. Yes, you have a 00:04:00.799 --> 00:04:06.159 problem. But maybe the government isn't the best entity to lead your 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:10.080 intervention. Tik Tok users panicked a little bit after the US version of the 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:15.120 app, now officially controlled by the mostly American Tik Tok USDS joint 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:20.000 venture LLC, prompted them to accept the new terms of service and privacy policy. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:23.600 Posts quickly spread online claiming there was all sorts of scary new 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:29.360 clauses, including one about collecting info on a user's immigration status, 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:34.240 gender identity, or sexual orientation. But it turns out that stuff was already 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:38.479 in there pre-americanization and mostly lines up with the type of 00:04:36.400 --> 00:04:42.960 data collected by other social media apps. Don't worry, they collect pretty 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:48.080 much everything about you, which is normal. However, there were three major 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:52.720 changes that may be concerning. Precise GPS location is now up for grabs if you 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:56.479 give the Tik Tok app permissions for that. interactions with AI features 00:04:55.040 --> 00:05:00.639 weren't even mentioned in the previous policy, and now those can be collected, 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:05.840 too. And that data can be used to personalize ads elsewhere on the web, 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:10.560 not just on Tik Tok. So, concerning stuff for sure, but it's more like the 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:15.520 bog standard privacy concerns we've gotten used to, rather than new concerns 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:19.520 about getting disappeared by the US government, which is very much a concern 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:22.320 for many right now. But the stuff in this privacy policy, that's familiar. 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:26.800 here. I mean, this almost feels nostalgic. 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It's just, you know, it's just like 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:40.720 beggars can't be choosers, you know, like you didn't you didn't you didn't 00:06:38.479 --> 00:06:45.440 bring anything. And that's fine. Microsoft is dealing with yet another 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:51.360 patch Tuesday faceplant after admitting their latest Windows 11 security update 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:53.840 left some PCs completely unable to boot, 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:57.840 sticking users with an unmountable boot volume error. The company admits it 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:02.479 doesn't know yet what combination of hardware or settings triggers the issue, 00:07:00.400 --> 00:07:07.759 only that reports of the bug are limited, and it only seems to affect 00:07:04.479 --> 00:07:10.160 real computers, not virtual machines, 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:14.560 because those aren't real. Hey, remember back when updates actually fixed things 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:17.840 instead of just making them worse? And here's the part where Grayson wants me 00:07:15.840 --> 00:07:21.759 to do a very specific reference to Ford versus Ferrari. Can we have more of 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:26.560 that, please? More of that, old girl. The good 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:31.280 updates. The team behind the Stop Killing Games movement in the EU 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:34.000 announced that 1.3 million of the total 00:07:31.280 --> 00:07:39.599 1.4 million signatures collected for the EU citizens initiative have been 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:44.319 verified. only 1 million were needed to ensure that the issue is discussed at 00:07:41.520 --> 00:07:51.199 the European Commission. So now it'll no doubt be discussed 0.3 million harder. 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:55.440 The goal of Stop Killing Games is not to force companies to host live service 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:59.039 games forever. It's just to give gamers an option to keep playing. Whether 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:03.440 that's locally hosted servers or a proper offline mode, whatever, just 00:08:01.599 --> 00:08:08.000 something. And the country that apparently cares the most about that is 00:08:06.080 --> 00:08:12.479 Germany, where they know that game companies waiting to fix this until 00:08:09.919 --> 00:08:18.800 after people have complained. It's just inefficient. It's much simpler to make 00:08:14.479 --> 00:08:20.879 it perfect the first time. Try try it. 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:26.240 The US Department of Transportation plans to use Google Gemini to draft new 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:31.199 regulations, [music] aiming to dramatically speed up rulemaking by 00:08:29.039 --> 00:08:35.680 having the weird new alien robot thing make them up. Per internal records, 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:40.719 leadership isn't seeking perfection or even very good rules. Apparently, they 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:45.920 just want good enough. Considering this agency handles railways and uh freaking 00:08:43.680 --> 00:08:50.800 airplanes, is good enough really the goal? Maybe Gemini can hallucinate some 00:08:48.640 --> 00:08:55.360 regulations on in-flight entertainment. The last time I flew, The Mask of Zoro 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 00:08:57.279 --> 00:09:05.279 Spanish sword fighting movies, man. JBL's new Bandbox speakers come with an 00:09:02.399 --> 00:09:10.959 offline AI button that can split songs into individual stems, letting you 00:09:07.760 --> 00:09:13.200 selectively mute parts of songs such as 00:09:10.959 --> 00:09:16.800 vocals or individual instruments. The processing happens locally on the 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:20.080 speaker, not in the cloud. Sort of giving you the same effect as a 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:25.519 multi-track recording instead of just listening to an MP3. JBL pitches it as 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:30.720 the perfect little speaker for practice karaoke remixing stuff on the fly. And 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 00:09:33.680 --> 00:09:40.959 unlock Angus Young's mystical powers of flight. Still a mystery to science. And 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:46.399 YouTuber Retro Game Addict successfully ordered Domino's Pizza. 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 00:09:48.800 --> 00:09:56.720 Nintendo Wii. Thanks [music] to the Wii Link project, resurrecting Nintendo's 00:09:54.000 --> 00:10:02.959 long deadad online services, the aptly named Food Channel started life as the 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:05.200 Japan-only Demay channel back in 2006 00:10:02.959 --> 00:10:11.519 before Nintendo shut everything down in 2017. We link, a community project 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:14.480 launched in 2020, rebuilds those servers 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:19.760 and pipes your orders through the modern API used by Domino's. I would never have 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:24.320 guessed there's a secret society of Nintendo Wii playing pizza lovers who 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:28.640 refuse to let this eccentric method of ordering die, 00:10:26.560 --> 00:10:32.880 but learning that there is makes me so happy. But it would make me even happier 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:38.160 if you came back here for more tech news on Wednesday. And maybe, you know, you 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:42.320 could bring some of your own tech news next time, too. You know, as was 00:10:39.680 --> 00:10:45.920 discussed at length in the email Sharon sent out multiple times. Do you need 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:52.000 help fixing your internet? Because I can. I just just just, you know, looking 00:10:48.640 --> 00:10:54.560 forward to seeing it. Okay. Okay. Okay. 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.560 Okay. Bye.