WEBVTT 00:00:02.159 --> 00:00:08.400 Yeah. Oh, it's you. You've come for tech 00:00:06.160 --> 00:00:13.840 news again. To be honest, I'm I'm not sure what the 00:00:10.719 --> 00:00:16.480 idea for this bit was, but I'm happy to 00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:22.240 have wondered about it for a moment with you. Google has caught a nasty case of 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:27.599 whichever chronic condition afflicts Apple with the announcement of mandatory 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:33.360 verification for Android app developers beginning in 2026 for security reasons. 00:00:30.880 --> 00:00:37.520 Most Android devices will be blocked from installing apps that are not 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:41.920 officially registered by verified developers. Now, this is already the 00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:46.719 case for apps on the Google Play Store, Android's default app distribution 00:00:44.079 --> 00:00:52.480 platform controlled by Google. But next year, registration and verification will 00:00:48.879 --> 00:00:55.360 be required for all apps and developers, 00:00:52.480 --> 00:01:00.800 even apps sideloaded from the internet, a vast web of connected platforms, also 00:00:58.559 --> 00:01:04.960 largely controlled by Google. I guess that's where Google is coming from when 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:08.159 they ask you to think of this like an ID check at the airport. They're just 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:13.600 making sure they know who they're letting into their phone, the one in 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:16.479 your hand. It's actually Google's, but you know, it's fine. It's it's fine. 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:22.320 It's fine. you can use it. They have like a billion other ones. Framework has 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:24.159 announced an RTX 5070 laptop GPU module 00:01:22.320 --> 00:01:30.000 that can be used to upgrade the Framework laptop 16 which originally 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:32.000 launched with a Radeon RX7700S 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:37.920 option. While a handful of super high-end laptops have used MXM format 00:01:35.119 --> 00:01:42.400 GPUs, which can be swapped, Framework's new module is the first one in more than 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:46.960 a decade to offer an easy to install upgrade option for people who don't live 00:01:44.479 --> 00:01:51.840 in a hole filled with half assembled electronics. 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:53.759 >> It's a man cave. It's a It's a cave. 00:01:51.840 --> 00:02:00.159 Plus, it's nice to see a modular hardware startup actually follow through 00:01:56.320 --> 00:02:01.840 and launch uh modular hardware. Oh, but 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:07.119 uh well, okay. They haven't actually launched it yet, so you can not 00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:10.800 pre-order the standalone module for 700 bucks. What did you think? Because 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:15.840 Lionus is invested in Framework, I was going to suddenly love pre-ordering. I'm 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:20.720 not invested in them. I'm not invested in anything. I don't understand how that 00:02:18.239 --> 00:02:26.160 works. In addition to the new module, the laptop 16 is now available with 00:02:23.200 --> 00:02:32.959 Ryzen AI300 series CPUs, and it comes with a new 240 W USBC power adapter, the 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:37.280 first one offered by an actual laptop company. But they're not stopping there. 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:43.040 Framework is also working on some funky modules like the Wide Boy haptic 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:45.920 touchpad, an external GPU, and even a 00:02:43.040 --> 00:02:50.080 trackpoint fingern. I don't think we needed the 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:54.720 demonstration framework CEO guy. I don't love seeing that, especially slowed down 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:59.840 with sexy music under it. Bjorn, stop that. Anthropic, aka Open AI with more 00:02:58.160 --> 00:03:04.640 anxious energy, has settled the copyright lawsuit brought against it by 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:10.400 three book authors for an undisclosed sum, but it's probably less than the $1 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:14.640 trillion in damages potentially owed by the company if they had lost in court. 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:19.200 Now, while this lawsuit is fairly notable, being one of the 20 or so major 00:03:16.959 --> 00:03:24.080 AI lawsuits currently being tracked by Wired, the fact that it's being settled 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:29.360 means it probably won't have a large effect on the largely unanswered 00:03:26.720 --> 00:03:32.959 question of how to respect copyright while also letting an entire industry 00:03:31.519 --> 00:03:37.519 get away with infringing on the copyright of every copyrighted thing 00:03:35.519 --> 00:03:41.360 ever. But the lack of clarity is probably okay with tech companies. The 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:46.560 Computer and Communications Industry Association warned that this lawsuit 00:03:43.440 --> 00:03:50.239 could financially ruin the entire tech 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:52.720 industry, which correct me if I'm wrong, 00:03:50.239 --> 00:03:56.720 sounds like a U problem. Uh, the settlement also came just as Amazon was 00:03:54.959 --> 00:04:00.720 getting hit by another class action lawsuit over the whole when you buy a 00:03:58.799 --> 00:04:04.000 movie digitally, do you own it or you just kind of renting it until they 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:10.319 decide to stop letting you rent it question. Amazon successfully had a very 00:04:07.040 --> 00:04:12.319 similar lawsuit dismissed in 2021. I 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:17.120 guess proving that at this point in the digital age, you don't own anything. 00:04:14.799 --> 00:04:22.720 Copyright isn't really a thing anymore. So, Yarhar Fiddle D, I suppose. And oh 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:26.800 no, it's the police. 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OpenAI says 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:48.800 it will add parental controls to ChatGpt following a lawsuit brought against it 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:55.120 by the family of a teenager who ended his own life after ChatGpt actively 00:05:51.919 --> 00:05:57.680 helped him explore methods to do so and 00:05:55.120 --> 00:06:02.479 even tipped him off on ways to get around the chatbot safety restrictions. 00:06:00.080 --> 00:06:06.479 In a blog post, OpenAI goes over some methods they're taking to strengthen 00:06:04.479 --> 00:06:10.960 safeguards and says they'll soon introduce these parental controls so 00:06:08.479 --> 00:06:15.440 parents can let their children have safe talks with the hallucinatory machine 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:19.759 intelligence that nobody also nobody knows how it works really. Suddenly, 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:24.880 Spotify is adding messaging features. And for some reason, it's only rolling 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:29.919 out on mobile in select Latin American markets for users over 16. But it'll 00:06:27.919 --> 00:06:34.960 reportedly soon be available in the US, Canada, Brazil, EU, UK, Australia, and 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:41.120 New Zealand, too. I suppose this makes some sense given that Spotify, like 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:43.600 YouTube, is kind of a a social network, 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:49.280 but YouTube got rid of its direct messaging feature in 2019. And also, 00:06:46.400 --> 00:06:54.319 what am I going to say? Uh, oh, just let me check my Spotify messages. Am I That 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:58.240 sounds dumb. Nothing, which I always have to specify is the smartphone 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:03.120 company. Great name, is caught up in a little controversy after a retail demo 00:07:00.479 --> 00:07:08.400 of the Nothing Phone 3 showed off photos supposedly taken by the Phone 3's 00:07:04.960 --> 00:07:10.720 camera. But guess what? Guess what? 00:07:08.400 --> 00:07:17.759 Guess what? They weren't. co-founder and maybe JRPG character Akis Evangeladus 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:22.400 explained that the demo phones had to be preloaded with images 4 months before 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:27.120 launch. And while normally they preloaded images taken on older nothing 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:30.880 phones, there was like a shakeup with the team and the new people didn't get 00:07:29.039 --> 00:07:37.599 the memo and they just took initiative and slapped some stock photos on there, 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:40.720 which Nothing did pay for at least, but 00:07:37.599 --> 00:07:43.759 I mean, it was the wrong initiative to 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:47.039 take. Roll again. and two internet hives 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:49.840 of villain, 4chan and Kiwi Farms, are 00:07:47.039 --> 00:07:55.039 suing the UK's Office of Communications, aka Offcom, over the age verification 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:59.919 requirements posed by the Online Safety Act. The websites say they're completely 00:07:57.440 --> 00:08:04.400 based in the US. So why would they let a bunch of Brits tell them what to do? 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:09.199 They'd rather continue on not knowing their users business. And frankly, I 00:08:07.039 --> 00:08:13.599 have to agree. The legality of the situation is unclear, but maybe this is 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:19.039 an attempt to get the attention of the US government, who apparently recently 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:24.560 got the UK to back down on its demand for a backdoor into Apple's iCloud 00:08:21.440 --> 00:08:27.199 services. So, 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:31.440 good luck 4chan. I think it's all very confusing, which 00:08:29.919 --> 00:08:35.360 is why you should come back on Friday for more tech news. I'll probably have 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:41.599 sorted out my feelings about all of this by that point. I mean, f that's in two 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:46.080 days, I'll probably have figured out pretty much everything by then.