WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.040 Listen, I don't wanna babble too much before the tech news, but this video is sponsored by Babble, spelled differently. 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:10.000 Keep watching and we'll tell you how you can get 60% off of Babble's subscription, okay? 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:14.720 After a court ruled that Google has abused its market dominance in internet search, 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.240 the U.S. Department of Justice says that it's considering structural remedies, 00:00:19.240 --> 00:00:24.520 which is a boring antitrust term that means forcing the company to sell off parts of its business. 00:00:24.520 --> 00:00:29.820 Breaking up Google is only one of a suite of potential remedies that the DOJ will be recommending 00:00:29.860 --> 00:00:33.060 as options to the judge in the case, Omic meta, 00:00:33.060 --> 00:00:37.540 who is almost definitely not just Mark Zuckerberg in a black robe and rubber mask. 00:00:37.540 --> 00:00:41.540 It's hard to believe that Google might actually get chopped up and sold for spare parts, 00:00:41.540 --> 00:00:45.140 mostly because it's been over 40 years since the last time 00:00:45.140 --> 00:00:48.440 U.S. antitrust regulators actually broke up a company, 00:00:48.440 --> 00:00:55.620 the 1982 breakup of the Bell system. Microsoft nearly got the Solomon baby treatment 24 years ago, 00:00:55.620 --> 00:01:00.300 but that case was appealed and then eventually settled out of court with serious restrictions 00:01:00.300 --> 00:01:06.140 for how Microsoft was allowed to do business going forward. Google is clearly taking the possibility seriously, 00:01:06.140 --> 00:01:09.140 however, and has argued that the DOJ's proposals 00:01:09.140 --> 00:01:12.200 are radical and sweeping and a potential risk 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:17.020 to consumers, businesses, and developers. That's what I say whenever I got a broom in my hands. 00:01:17.020 --> 00:01:21.900 I'm radical and sweeping. Google plans to appeal the decision, 00:01:21.900 --> 00:01:25.940 but it won't have the opportunity until meta, the judge, not the company, 00:01:25.980 --> 00:01:30.380 decides on an appropriate remedy, most likely by August 2025, 00:01:30.380 --> 00:01:34.500 meaning that this case will most likely drag on for at least a few more years. 00:01:34.500 --> 00:01:41.180 In far lower stakes, Google antitrust news, a judge has ordered Google to allow third-party app stores 00:01:41.180 --> 00:01:46.500 to access the Play Store's app collection. Google likewise plans to appeal this decision, 00:01:46.500 --> 00:01:51.660 though it might be cheaper if Sundar Pichai just challenged Epic CEO Tim Sweeney to a fistfight 00:01:51.660 --> 00:01:55.100 in the nearest Waffle House parking lot. Just an idea. 00:01:55.100 --> 00:02:01.220 Hackers connected to the Chinese government have infiltrated several US internet service providers, 00:02:01.220 --> 00:02:06.340 including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen. They were scared off by the customer service. 00:02:06.340 --> 00:02:11.420 The hackers reportedly had access to these networks for several months, and they gained that access 00:02:11.420 --> 00:02:16.980 through a system of security backdoors that are legally required by the US government 00:02:16.980 --> 00:02:19.980 for use in wiretapping. Okay. 00:02:19.980 --> 00:02:24.980 The extent of the attack and what information the hackers had access to is still being investigated, 00:02:24.980 --> 00:02:28.620 but if you're wondering how bad this is, the answer is very. 00:02:28.620 --> 00:02:34.140 The Chinese government has denied being behind these attacks and even pretended to be hurt by the accusation, 00:02:34.140 --> 00:02:37.540 despite the fact that their government, and basically every other government, 00:02:37.540 --> 00:02:41.540 is pulling stuff like this all the time. But not us. 00:02:41.540 --> 00:02:46.820 However, this kind of attack highlights a deeper problem with the US government's approach to system security, 00:02:46.820 --> 00:02:52.860 where it has long-pressured tech companies to embed hardware and software backdoors in their products 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:57.580 for the sake of its own convenience. Despite the very real risk that a malicious actor 00:02:57.580 --> 00:03:01.140 could exploit the exact same route to cause serious harm, 00:03:01.140 --> 00:03:05.740 like what we're seeing right now. This was Apple's argument when they were pressured 00:03:05.740 --> 00:03:09.500 by the FBI to access devices belonging to alleged mass shooters, 00:03:09.500 --> 00:03:14.220 and the company has largely been vindicated. Buy your mom an iPhone, 00:03:14.220 --> 00:03:17.700 because she's probably not a terrorist. When would she launch the attack? 00:03:17.700 --> 00:03:21.860 She spends all her time with me. Barbara, are you doing something I don't like? 00:03:21.860 --> 00:03:27.620 Barbara, you're in big trouble. EV startup Fisker has run into a potentially serious snag 00:03:27.620 --> 00:03:33.220 in its bankruptcy plans. It has no way of migrating its EV's cloud operations 00:03:33.220 --> 00:03:38.580 onto its new owner's servers. For context, in June, Fisker reached an agreement 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:41.700 with New York-based rental company, American Lease, 00:03:41.700 --> 00:03:45.220 to buy its remaining fleet of 3,300 vehicles 00:03:45.220 --> 00:03:50.460 for $46.3 million. However, Fisker only informed American Lease 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:56.860 that they couldn't transfer the EV's server links last Friday, when they had already paid $42.5 million 00:03:56.860 --> 00:04:02.340 and accepted 1,100 ocean SUVs. It is currently unclear how long Fisker has known 00:04:02.340 --> 00:04:08.180 about this extremely relevant technical issue. American Lease has therefore filed an emergency objection 00:04:08.180 --> 00:04:12.180 to Fisker's liquidation plan. They wanted the liquidation plan to be more solid. 00:04:12.180 --> 00:04:16.060 Psst, psst. The Department of Justice has filed its own objection 00:04:16.060 --> 00:04:21.940 in response to claims that Fisker has been trying to make ocean owners pay for their own recall repairs, 00:04:21.940 --> 00:04:26.320 which is very much illegal. Fisker is likewise attracting ominous attention 00:04:26.320 --> 00:04:29.380 from the SEC, who are investigating the company, 00:04:29.380 --> 00:04:33.620 but haven't said exactly why. That's just what happens when you're a struggling company 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:39.140 failing to meet its contractual obligations. You start seeing the silhouette of SEC chairman Gary Gensler 00:04:39.140 --> 00:04:42.260 every time you close your eyes, like the Grim Reaper. 00:04:42.260 --> 00:04:48.140 Does that happen to people? Believe it or not, in 1964, this show won the Nobel Prize 00:04:48.140 --> 00:04:53.860 for quickest bid. Now that's something to tell your grandkids. YouTube has started hiding the Skip Button Timer 00:04:53.860 --> 00:04:57.340 on its mobile app just a week after some Reddit users 00:04:57.340 --> 00:05:01.540 reported seeing a grayed out Skip Button Timer on desktop. 00:05:01.540 --> 00:05:05.940 Now it might not be the worst thing, as seen in a screen recording from Android Police, 00:05:05.940 --> 00:05:09.780 the length of the unskippable portion is still shown in the SEC bar, 00:05:09.780 --> 00:05:12.940 and the Skip Button appears after that portion is done. 00:05:12.940 --> 00:05:19.220 And a YouTube spokesperson said the change is meant to allow users to focus on the ads. 00:05:19.220 --> 00:05:23.340 Yeah, that's why I don't watch YouTube ads. The distracting Skip Button. 00:05:23.340 --> 00:05:26.420 Just can't take my eyes off it. It's gorgeous. 00:05:26.420 --> 00:05:29.660 ASUS's new Nitropath RAM Slot design 00:05:29.660 --> 00:05:35.980 can apparently boost speeds by up to 400 mega transfers per second in a peculiar way. 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:41.860 The tech has no direct improvements for populated RAM Slots, but for the unpopulated ones. 00:05:41.860 --> 00:05:45.140 Turns out that the metal contacts in empty slots 00:05:45.140 --> 00:05:48.340 act like antennas, generating electrical noise 00:05:48.340 --> 00:05:51.420 that interferes with RAM at high speeds. 00:05:51.420 --> 00:05:55.420 It's like how everyone's wisdom teeth accidentally pick up secret CIA transmissions. 00:05:55.420 --> 00:06:01.740 That's everyone, right? That happens to you, right? Nitropath Slots solve this by shortening the contacts. 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:07.180 Though the tech was announced back in August, it's finally arriving on select high-end ASUS motherboards 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:10.180 and should come to other OEMs sometime next year, 00:06:10.180 --> 00:06:13.500 according to YouTuber Der Bauer and my teeth. 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:16.700 Leaked slides allegedly from Intel's imminent unveiling 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:23.260 of its Core Ultra 200 series desktop CPUs, AKA Aero Lake, show the upcoming flagship 00:06:23.260 --> 00:06:28.180 Core Ultra 9285K, providing lower FPS on average 00:06:28.180 --> 00:06:31.900 than its predecessor, the Core i9-14900K. 00:06:31.900 --> 00:06:35.500 Unless we're gonna get a Ultra 9295K at some point, we don't know. 00:06:35.500 --> 00:06:40.860 Although the Aero Lake chip is using 80 watts less than the older model, and it has eight fewer threads 00:06:40.860 --> 00:06:45.420 thanks to Intel removing hyperthreading, it's a bit weird that Intel is advertising 00:06:45.420 --> 00:06:50.420 their new product with a promise of more modest performance. 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:56.340 I don't know, maybe that's their marketing angle. This CPU isn't big and flashy, it's very demure, 00:06:56.340 --> 00:07:00.660 very mindful of how much power it's using. This guy uses TikTok. 00:07:00.660 --> 00:07:05.900 Meta has now confirmed that they will be training its AI on pictures and videos taken 00:07:05.900 --> 00:07:11.060 using Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, after previously refusing to publicly discuss 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:14.300 whether or not they do so. Oh, I guess, why would that be? 00:07:14.340 --> 00:07:19.740 It's not, guys, this isn't, why are we even worrying about this? You can technically opt out of the training 00:07:19.740 --> 00:07:22.820 by not using the multimodal AI capabilities 00:07:22.820 --> 00:07:25.940 of your multimodal AI-powered smart glasses. 00:07:25.940 --> 00:07:30.100 Meta will also use your voice convos with the AI for training, 00:07:30.100 --> 00:07:35.340 though you can actually opt out of that the first time you log in to the Ray-Ban Meta app. 00:07:35.340 --> 00:07:38.940 But please don't if you're in Australia or the UK, 00:07:38.940 --> 00:07:43.300 both countries that just got access to the AI. Zuck needs that voice data 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:48.420 so he can learn how to tell what the hell you're saying. He has no idea that New Zealand even exists. 00:07:48.420 --> 00:07:55.900 Don't tell him that. Why do you say words like that? And speaking of, AI won big at this year's Nobel Prizes. 00:07:55.900 --> 00:08:00.700 The Prize for Chemistry was awarded to American biochemist David Baker, 00:08:00.700 --> 00:08:05.340 as well as Demi Hassabi and John Jumper of Google DeepMind 00:08:05.340 --> 00:08:09.900 for their involvement in the development of protein structure prediction AI, AlphaFold. 00:08:09.900 --> 00:08:15.020 They're doing chemistry, I guess. The Prize for Physics went to professors John Hopfield 00:08:15.020 --> 00:08:20.300 and Jeffrey Hinton, whose work laid the foundation for modern neural networks. 00:08:20.300 --> 00:08:24.860 This is confusing. All science is just AI now. You know, AI, physics. 00:08:24.860 --> 00:08:29.180 And the Nobel Prize for Biology is gonna go to Boston Dynamics. 00:08:29.180 --> 00:08:32.420 Hinton, often called one of the godfathers of AI, 00:08:32.420 --> 00:08:38.020 has expressed regrets about his life's work and was reportedly flabbergasted to receive the prize. 00:08:38.020 --> 00:08:42.300 You and me both. Many in the scientific community were equally flabbergasted 00:08:42.300 --> 00:08:46.740 with German physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, and also a YouTuber now, 00:08:46.740 --> 00:08:50.180 noting that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics 00:08:50.180 --> 00:08:55.060 wasn't even being awarded to an achievement in physics, but she seems just kinda grumpy all the time, 00:08:55.060 --> 00:08:58.740 so I can see that. But your award for sitting through an entire episode 00:08:58.740 --> 00:09:02.620 is an invitation to come back on Friday for more tech news. 00:09:02.620 --> 00:09:06.140 We're gonna do the same thing. But different. 00:09:06.140 --> 00:09:06.980 But different.