WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.440 Ah, you've arrived. And just in time, the tech news is about to start. 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:12.800 And they're super chill about the dress code, so that's perfect. Apple is 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:17.119 reportedly gearing up for a big wave of AI hardware, including smart glasses, 00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:22.000 camera equipped AirPods for some reason, and even an AI pendant thing, which will 00:00:19.920 --> 00:00:25.760 finally signal to the normies that they can buy AI wearables. Now, according to 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:29.920 German notorious Marculon, aka Bloomberg's Mark German, the glasses 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:34.000 have evolved from early tethered prototypes with external battery packs 00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:38.719 to sleeker frames with everything embedded directly inside, including 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:42.719 highresolution cameras, but not a display. The Pendant, meanwhile, will 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:47.760 have a low res camera for environmental awareness and lean on your iPhone to 00:00:44.879 --> 00:00:52.480 power its AI features, which I need like yesterday. My pendants haven't been 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.719 hallucinating nearly enough. Get these guys some LSD. 00:00:54.800 --> 00:01:00.480 And Apple has pivoted to exploring camera equipped AirPods instead of a 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:05.360 camera equipped Apple Watch after realizing that viewing that video would 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:09.600 suck. Missed opportunity to redefine the term watching video. These new AirPods 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:12.640 could incorporate gesture controls and contextual awareness, but most 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:16.159 importantly, these new devices will likely be able to let you record 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:19.200 fingerboard tricks from five different angles. 67. 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:26.560 >> All right. Yeah. >> Yeah. Valve has confirmed that Steam Deck OLED shortages are tied directly 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:28.080 to, shocker, the ongoing memory and 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:32.720 storage supply crisis, according to a little notice now sitting at the bottom of the handheld store page. The news 00:01:31.360 --> 00:01:36.560 comes shortly after the Steam Machine was delayed. And the worst part of me 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:40.320 worries that Valve is doing this on purpose to create yet another Halfife 3 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:45.040 situation. Valve could easily survive another 20 years on the hopes of fans 00:01:42.479 --> 00:01:48.799 and commissions on CSGO trading. It's legal kind of. But the fact that even 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:53.040 the mighty valve is being affected by this data centerdriven crisis lines up 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:56.720 with what memory controller company Fisizen CEO recently said in an 00:01:54.960 --> 00:02:00.960 interview. He predicts that many consumer electronics manufacturers will 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:06.159 go bankrupt or exit product lines by the end of 2026, describing a structural 00:02:03.360 --> 00:02:10.000 shift in DRM and nan supply that favors data centers over everyday devices, 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:13.280 which is fine by me. We don't wait in lines to use the pay phone in public 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:17.760 places anymore. And I think we really lost something there. >> Furtus is subscribed to things. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:21.040 >> Sit in a box full of graffiti and spit. Meanwhile, Western Digital revealed 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:24.959 during an investor call that they are pretty much sold out for 2026. They 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:28.560 apparently have data centers buying drives years in advance. So, if you 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:32.560 thought going back to the old hard disk drive was going to save you, then you 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:35.680 were sorely mistaken, bucko. As memory and storage continues to get prioritized 00:02:34.239 --> 00:02:39.599 for AI infrastructure, we're rapidly heading into a situation where hardware 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:42.879 will be so expensive that people just won't be able to own their own computers 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:47.200 anymore. and renting your bleeps and bloops will really be the only option. 00:02:45.680 --> 00:02:52.239 In 10 years, we're going to be driving across the silicon wasteland pumping 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:56.480 buzzeline into our EV swap 1973 Ford Falcons as we try to escape the war 00:02:54.480 --> 00:03:00.000 boys. And we'll still be making payments to a Morton Joe for at least on a Game 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:05.760 Boy Color. >> At least we'll have Payones >> with a Chrome Edition. Discord's global 00:03:03.519 --> 00:03:09.840 age verification rollout somehow got even messier this week after users in 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:14.800 the UK discovered they were part of what Discord calls an experiment with 00:03:12.239 --> 00:03:19.040 Persona, an alternate age assurance vendor. Persona is also used by Reddit, 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:22.720 Roblox, and OpenAI for age assurance. But users found this concerning for a 00:03:20.959 --> 00:03:26.159 couple reasons. For one, Discord promised that age verification data 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:31.567 would become local, not stored. But Persona stores the info users submit for 00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:33.040 7 days and then deletes it. That's not 00:03:31.567 --> 00:03:37.040 [music] zero days. For two, one of Persona's biggest investors is Founders 00:03:35.040 --> 00:03:41.200 Fund, the venture capital firm directed by co-founder of Palunteer and winner of 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:44.959 the world's sweatiest billionaire award, which is a high bar, Peter Teal. And 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:48.239 while Teal's company isn't personally handling the face scans, the association 00:03:46.799 --> 00:03:52.480 with the guy whose surveillance company builds tracking tools that helps the US 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:56.640 military shorten the kill chain and who appeared over 2,200 times in the 00:03:54.319 --> 00:04:00.480 recently released Epstein files isn't going to help with user outrage. 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:06.000 >> What? What's wrong with it? He likes a massage. >> Discord told Kotaku that the Persona 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:09.360 experiment has concluded and they have edited their support blog to remove 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:13.599 mention of it. But that hasn't stopped the ongoing fallout. Discord competitor 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:17.919 Teamspeak says it hit hosting capacity from the wave of users fleeing Discord. 00:04:16.239 --> 00:04:22.240 And even though the September data breach that exposed roughly 70,000 00:04:19.919 --> 00:04:25.280 Discord users government IDs was actually not connected to age 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:29.759 verification rollouts in the past year or so, collecting even more IDs was 00:04:27.919 --> 00:04:34.720 always bound to be met with significant push back. I for one will never push 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:40.000 back though against our sponsor. I consent Jawa, the number one gaming 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:44.880 marketplace to buy and sell new and used gaming gear and custom PCs at prices 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:49.280 that actually make sense. Imagine it's built by gamers for gamers. 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That's right, The Lion King is not public domain clip art. It's 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:12.479 just incredibly traumatizing. That said, Cance 2.0 know is actually a genuine 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:16.319 leap in AI video. It can cut between shots with consistency, generate decent 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:19.759 fight choreography, and users have been cranking out everything from a cat and 00:06:17.919 --> 00:06:24.160 Godzilla doing a Dragon Ball Z fusion dance to some actually funny Star Wars 00:06:21.840 --> 00:06:26.720 skits, which really tickles Riley's heart 00:06:25.919 --> 00:06:31.680 >> and other parts. >> To be fair, it's because a human wrote them. A very clever human was involved. 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:37.520 But a very believable performance from AI Anakin doesn't hurt. OpenAI has hired 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:41.840 Peter Steinberger, the creator of viral AI assistant OpenClaw to build its next 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:46.720 generation of personal agents. [music] In his announcement, Steinberger stated 00:06:44.560 --> 00:06:49.759 that OpenClaw will stay open source, unlike the vast majority of Open AI's 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:54.880 products. >> What does that stand for? >> Open. He also pointed to Europe's 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:58.880 regulatory environment as a factor for the move to open AI, tweeting that in 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:03.599 the US people are enthusiastic about his work. While in Europe, they shout for 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:06.639 regulation and responsibility. Cringe. 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:11.360 To be fair, Europe itself has acknowledged this. Mario Draggy, former 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:15.599 Italian prime minister, published a 2024 report calling the EU's innovation gap 00:07:13.039 --> 00:07:19.599 with the US an existential challenge. But damn it, they just love regulating 00:07:17.840 --> 00:07:23.360 things so much. It's hard to stop. Nokia, the company that made our dad's 00:07:21.440 --> 00:07:29.280 cell phones, has won a patent dispute over the H.265 codec, also known as 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:32.960 HEVC, forcing Acer and ASUS to halt 00:07:29.280 --> 00:07:35.520 certain PC and laptop sales in Germany. 00:07:32.960 --> 00:07:39.280 Europe's at it again. Nokia felt that the use of the codec by these brands was 00:07:37.520 --> 00:07:44.080 not up to the fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory obligations tied to 00:07:41.680 --> 00:07:48.960 its designation as a standard essential patent, allowing Nokia to file for an 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:52.319 injunction in Munich courts. So many fun words in there. Afterwards, both 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:56.319 manufacturers filed for an appeal and will be pursuing further legal action to 00:07:54.560 --> 00:07:59.599 reach a fair solution as quickly as possible. End quote. So, if you're a 00:07:57.680 --> 00:08:03.280 German and you want to buy an Acer or ASUS PC with your marks or whatever, it 00:08:01.919 --> 00:08:07.759 looks like you have to actually go into DSA shop to get one while supplies last. 00:08:05.840 --> 00:08:12.639 T-Mobile is rolling out a live call translation that works without an app 00:08:09.919 --> 00:08:16.479 dubbed live translation. It runs at the network level and can be activated after 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:19.919 enrolling in the beta program by simply dialing an asterisk 87 asterisk on your 00:08:19.280 --> 00:08:24.479 phone. >> 87. >> Only one person on the call needs to be 00:08:23.039 --> 00:08:27.919 on T-Mobile for it to function, translating conversations in real time 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:30.639 across supported languages. And I mean, hey, that sounds great and all, but this 00:08:29.440 --> 00:08:36.399 is also the carrier that's currently being accused of accidentally switching some customers to the wrong phone plans 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:41.479 during iPhone promos. At least now you can yell at their support agents in any 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:41.479 language you want. 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:50.320 Oh no, not the last one. 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:53.920 And China's Spring Festival Gala, an annual Chinese New Year celebration, 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:58.720 featured humanoid robots doing back flips, nunchuk routines, and kung fu 00:08:56.560 --> 00:09:02.720 alongside martial arts actors. Not Steven Seagal, though. That guy. Four 00:09:01.040 --> 00:09:07.360 robotics firms showcased their bots to an audience where nearly 80% of active 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:10.720 TVs in the country were tuned in >> because they had to be. But of course, 00:09:09.040 --> 00:09:14.800 the bots couldn't pull it all off without at least one stumbling and 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:20.160 falling. I guess there's still some kinks to work out. Oh sh What? It's part 00:09:17.839 --> 00:09:23.920 of the show. I wasn't expecting them to use drunken fist style. 00:09:23.306 --> 00:09:29.600 [laughter] It's self-referential. The whole thing was perfectly 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:33.760 choreographed. And as an added bonus, no little kids got accidentally wailed on 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:37.839 by a nunchuck wielding robot. You know what, China? Nice job on this one. I'd 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:42.240 like to see more shows like this performed over there far away from me 00:09:40.160 --> 00:09:45.600 >> and my children. They are nunchuck free so far. But I want you to stay close, 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:48.800 especially on Friday when we come back with more tech news. Right now, we're 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:53.680 all heading to Brad's house to go swimming in his parents' pool. You can come if you want, but his dad said you 00:09:51.920 --> 00:09:56.160 weren't allowed in the pool because of what you did last time. But you can 00:09:55.200 --> 00:10:01.200 come. >> What? >> Not in the pool. >> Sit on the side. to the side.