WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.560 Reddit crashed for three hours on Monday after nearly 8 000 subreddits went dark 00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:12.000 switching to private or read-only mode in protest of the platform's new API 00:00:10.019 --> 00:00:15.660 fees because what do you get when you cause your user's favorite third-party 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:20.400 apps to shut down you get exactly what you freaking deserve 00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:23.460 I'm James and this is techlinked and this is what Reddit looked like to a lot 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:29.340 of people who are just trying to ask strangers whether or not but Reddit CEO 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:33.180 you are but Reddit CEO Steve Huffman wasn't worried he sent out a 00:00:31.140 --> 00:00:37.800 company-wide memo downplaying the user protest which was immediately leaked to 00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:41.640 the media and also the users not a great show of internal confidence Huffman 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:45.480 claimed that the blackout hasn't had significant Revenue impact and that he 00:00:43.739 --> 00:00:50.100 anticipates that many subreddits will return by Wednesday it is currently well 00:00:48.180 --> 00:00:54.120 into Wednesday and around 6 000 subreddits are still private or locked 00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:57.780 with many users pushing to continue indefinitely so if you're trying to find 00:00:55.980 --> 00:01:01.559 out information on parenting PC gaming or photography we try to do alliteration 00:00:59.940 --> 00:01:05.580 but the last one is kind of f sounding you might be Sol am I the app is 00:01:04.019 --> 00:01:09.659 understandably up and running though because I think it qualifies as a public 00:01:07.619 --> 00:01:13.439 service at this point the CEO's memo continued there's a lot of noise with 00:01:11.340 --> 00:01:17.760 this one amongst the noisiest we've seen and like all blow ups on Reddit this one 00:01:15.600 --> 00:01:21.600 will pass as well Huffman then warned employees to be mindful of wearing 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:24.960 Reddit gear in public apparently for fear that they might be harassed or 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:28.439 attacked by Angry users because that's what people assume when they see 00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:33.360 somebody wearing the logo of the world's most popular Forum wow that's definitely 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:39.119 one of reddit's 2000 employees and definitely not one of their 430 million 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:42.720 active users it's their fault time for some incredibly specific Revenge don't 00:01:41.220 --> 00:01:47.520 worry don't worry our bottom line is fine but somebody May assault you 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:49.380 Rockstar has removed 189 vehicles from 00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:54.240 Grand Theft Auto online a nearly 10 year old game in a spectacular case of 00:01:51.720 --> 00:01:57.600 nominative determinism I mean a crime simulator that steals cars it makes 00:01:56.220 --> 00:02:01.619 sense like the fact that William headline is a real journalist I'd like 00:01:59.579 --> 00:02:03.920 how rich Fairbanks the CEO of Capital One 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:10.560 the change was part of GTA's San Andreas mercenaries update which made the 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:14.099 admirably mercenary decision to actively remove features from the game when 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:17.879 Rockstar announced that it was removing lesser used vehicles in order to 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:21.720 streamline the browsing experience for the in-game shop there was very little 00:02:19.920 --> 00:02:25.260 protest probably because that's a remarkably casual way to say that you're 00:02:23.459 --> 00:02:29.400 removing over a quarter of the game's vehicle selection including some very 00:02:27.239 --> 00:02:33.959 popular cars and putting it behind a paywall pay wall yeah that's right the 00:02:32.220 --> 00:02:38.819 vehicles aren't gone they're part of a brand new perk for players with a GTA 00:02:37.020 --> 00:02:44.280 Plus subscription which is only available for your PS5 and Xbox series X 00:02:41.819 --> 00:02:48.060 and S not PC or Legacy consoles although if you already bought one of the cars 00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:52.620 you can keep it according to Rockstar players can also Spin The Game's lucky 00:02:50.340 --> 00:02:56.640 wheel once every 24 hours for a chance to win the paywalled cars as a reward 00:02:55.019 --> 00:03:01.440 for enabling companies to make never-ending live service games instead 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:06.599 of Titanfall 3. we're streamlining your wallet by removing the money good job 00:03:04.200 --> 00:03:11.640 and an Amazon Customer claims to have been locked out of a smart home for a 00:03:08.940 --> 00:03:18.540 week after a delivery driver accused his doorbell of racism this 2023 sentence 00:03:15.260 --> 00:03:20.159 the customer Brandon Jackson said he 00:03:18.540 --> 00:03:23.519 received no notification and initially assumed that he had been hacked his 00:03:21.900 --> 00:03:27.659 smart home simply shot off the lights and all his devices stopped working 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:32.580 Amazon apparently froze his account pending investigation rendering all his 00:03:29.940 --> 00:03:36.540 connected systems inoperable for a week it's just like that Ray Bradbury short 00:03:34.739 --> 00:03:40.200 story with the stereotypical 1950s nuclear family living in an automated 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:43.319 house where the children used their VR Nursery to train digital Lions to eat 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:46.980 their parents except instead of artificial lines the danger here is a 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:50.760 delivery driver thinking you said a No-No word poop footage from the 00:03:49.379 --> 00:03:54.480 customer security system shared with Lewis Rossman seems to show that no one 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:58.680 was home at the time of the incident that you feed dorby the yuffie again 00:03:56.640 --> 00:04:02.879 yuffie doorbell apparently gave an automated 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00:05:52.979 --> 00:05:56.520 wearing no blouse at all 00:05:56.520 --> 00:06:01.919 real life Trucking Company Schneider National is putting up virtual 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:05.880 Billboards in the game American Truck Simulator to try and Recruit new 00:06:03.780 --> 00:06:10.500 employees amid a driver's shortage gaming is leading to a real job 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:14.100 transferable skills because who hasn't dreamed of turning their escape from the 00:06:11.940 --> 00:06:18.600 stresses of work into the source of those stresses as it turns out a certain 00:06:16.380 --> 00:06:23.039 segment of the truck simulator fan base approves of the ads as they like the 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:27.060 immersion the real ads bring into the game this is getting very meta 00:06:25.139 --> 00:06:31.080 any fans looking for a career change should keep in mind that American Truck 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:35.880 Simulator allows you to pause at any time to use the bathroom and one thing 00:06:33.479 --> 00:06:40.560 the game can't simulate is how a truck cab smells nothing sits in the nostrils 00:06:38.280 --> 00:06:44.340 like Diesel and steel farts although I like my brand a Turkish Government 00:06:42.180 --> 00:06:49.319 website has been hacked exposing the private information of nearly 85 million 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:53.160 Turkish citizens which is based on a quick Google search here all of them the 00:06:51.780 --> 00:06:57.180 data apparently includes names phone numbers addresses and deeds banking 00:06:55.500 --> 00:07:01.560 details and National identification numbers instant colonoscopy the 00:06:59.940 --> 00:07:04.919 identification numbers are unique and used to access services like banking 00:07:03.300 --> 00:07:08.400 education Healthcare Social Security taxes and voting it's the worst thing 00:07:06.840 --> 00:07:12.840 imaginal it's like your social security number except somehow worse experts are 00:07:10.979 --> 00:07:16.740 describing this current incident as the biggest data leak in Turkish history 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:20.699 which isn't hard because again it's every single man woman and child 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:25.440 currently living in Turkey including the president a strikingly similar breach in 00:07:22.919 --> 00:07:29.039 2016 resulting in the leak of 50 million Turkish citizens private data not even 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:33.599 two-thirds of the country rookie numbers this is big and finally our Lord and 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:38.759 Savior Jesus Christ has returned sort of more accurately there's an AI generated 00:07:35.819 --> 00:07:43.259 Jesus on Twitch and he is distractingly Caucasian he's also answering questions 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:48.240 and taking requests from his new twitch chat disciples questions like is Call of 00:07:45.660 --> 00:07:52.080 Duty a sin and Jesus why do we hide eggs on Easter are we hiding them from you 00:07:49.979 --> 00:07:56.340 this isn't the only case of an online AI chatbot being used as a preacher but 00:07:54.180 --> 00:08:01.380 others have stopped short of creating an actual artificial Jesus probably because 00:07:58.919 --> 00:08:05.060 it's heresy robot Messiahs are specifically forbidden in second 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:09.780 Thessalonians AI Jesus voice is appropriately echoey and ethereal but 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:16.139 the animation of his mouth can be best described as Unholy disturbing or quite 00:08:13.080 --> 00:08:18.780 possibly blasphemy definitely blessed me 00:08:16.139 --> 00:08:22.919 and it will be even more Blasphemous for you do not come back on Friday for more 00:08:20.460 --> 00:08:26.580 Tech link Jeff I swear to all that is Holy if you don't come back you Jeff 00:08:25.080 --> 00:08:30.860 with the J I'll tell your mom and she will be very 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:30.860 disappointed in you