WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.760 Ah, nothing tastes quite as sweet as tech news. 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:09.680 And that's a lie, but if you think you can find that special metal and plastic-y magic dust aroma 00:00:09.680 --> 00:00:13.200 anywhere else, let me know 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:17.440 because it's probably less carcinogenic. Microsoft has agreed to give a year 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:22.960 of extended Windows 10 updates to users in the European economic area for free 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:28.080 with even less strings attached. Outside of the EEA, it's still the same story 00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:32.680 we've already known about. If you wanna stay on Windows 10 after October 14th 00:00:32.680 --> 00:00:39.040 and still get security updates, you can either pay 30 bucks or 1,000 Microsoft reward points 00:00:39.040 --> 00:00:43.920 or you can enable Windows backup and sync your PC settings to OneDrive 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:49.520 and uh-oh, if you need more than five gigabytes, which is the default, you may have to buy some extra 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:54.080 cloud space from Microsoft. Because what, you think clouds grow on trees? 00:00:55.680 --> 00:01:00.560 Or do they? Could you make an argument that they do? Anyway, in the EEA, all you have to do 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:04.880 is sign into your Microsoft account on your PC every 60 days 00:01:04.880 --> 00:01:09.880 and you can keep partying Windows 10 style 24, 7, 365, 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:13.720 but not 366, it's a year, they're serious about this. 00:01:13.720 --> 00:01:17.880 Now, Microsoft agreed to this after they were sent a sternly worded letter 00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:20.920 by sensibly named European consumer rights group, 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:25.200 Euro consumers, who argued that Microsoft's existing policy 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.400 may break the rules of the Digital Markets Act. 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:34.360 The group also noted that Windows 10 is being phased out faster than previous Windows versions. 00:01:34.360 --> 00:01:38.480 Hmm, why is that Microsoft? Because it's haunted? 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:44.320 What? Admit it. At the end of the day though, this all goes to show the power of channeling your inner mom 00:01:44.320 --> 00:01:47.560 and writing one of the most valuable companies in the world, 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:51.280 a very angry email. But hey, don't worry about Microsoft, 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:57.840 for any Windows 10 support money they're losing out on, they'll make up with the ROG Xbox Ally handhelds, 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:04.000 which have had their prices officially confirmed. The vanilla Xbox Ally starts at 600 USD, 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:07.240 while the Ally X with the Ryzen Z2 Extreme 00:02:07.240 --> 00:02:13.160 starts at $1,000, making it one of the most expensive mainstream handhelds. 00:02:13.160 --> 00:02:16.560 Honestly, the value proposition for these things are kind of confusing. 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:20.520 Cheaper handhelds with similar specs will also have access to these special 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:26.160 Xbox-ified Windows UI. So does Microsoft even want people to buy these at all? 00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:30.440 The company has been open about their apathy towards Xbox console sales, 00:02:30.440 --> 00:02:33.880 which is now bearing negative fruit. 00:02:33.880 --> 00:02:36.960 In Costco, recently confirming to games reporter, 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:40.240 Destin Legari, I'm sorry, that I don't know, 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.840 that they removed Xbox consoles from sale at Costco. 00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:50.200 And Canadian outlet, WB Games, is also reportedly selling off their existing 00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:55.220 Xbox inventory and just leaving it at that. I mean, it looks like they still have some stock, 00:02:55.220 --> 00:03:02.160 but that should clear out by Xboxing day. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. 00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:07.680 I'd like to show you one of the crazier robot videos I've seen in my internet travels depicting robots 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:13.920 having to relearn how to walk after their engineers dismember them with a chainsaw. 00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:17.400 What the is wrong with these people? Don't stop at the legs, 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:21.440 go full gears of war on these clankers. They won't take my job. 00:03:21.440 --> 00:03:25.120 So this company, Skilled AI, is doing these horrific things 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:28.760 to demonstrate how their skilled brain technology 00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:32.800 can just work no matter what robot body it's running on 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:36.560 and can continue forcibly retiring humans even when it's attacked 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:42.040 by a mob of katana-wielding Neoludites. Skilled gives some much more optimistic examples 00:03:42.040 --> 00:03:47.040 of robot activities that could benefit from this tech and so does Google DeepMind 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:51.960 because they showed off their own robots exhibiting similar body agnostic abilities. 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:57.120 An AI could get smarter and smarter as it possesses one vessel after another, 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:03.320 which is something we want. DeepMind also demoed a robot searching the web for info 00:04:03.320 --> 00:04:07.640 to help it complete a physical task like sorting compost, garbage, and recycling 00:04:07.640 --> 00:04:14.360 according to San Francisco regulations. Speaking of AI, OpenAI also launched ChatGPT Pulse, 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:17.880 a feature exclusive to the $200 pro tier for now, 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:22.160 which has ChatGPT proactively search for stuff it knows you're into 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:26.080 and deliver updates on that stuff to you, of its own accord. 00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:29.560 And as the Verge notes, OpenAI and other AI companies 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:33.200 really want you to get used to AI, not only doing stuff for you, 00:04:33.200 --> 00:04:37.240 but doing it for you before you even think to ask, which will get people hooked on it, 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:42.920 which will eventually lead to everyone leading sedentary lives on the space cruise liner from Wally, 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.600 which is obviously the end goal for all of us, right? Not many people know this, 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:50.360 but QuickBits are actually completely odorless and flavorless. 00:04:52.200 --> 00:04:54.200 And that's why no one ever sees them coming. 00:04:55.760 --> 00:05:00.680 Last week in an interview with CNBC, Tim Cook responded to a question about NVIDIA 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:06.240 and Intel's recently announced partnership by saying, competition is very good for the foundry business. 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:11.040 We'd love to see Intel come back. Now, this week, Bloomberg reports 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:15.400 that Intel has approached Apple to ask about a possible investment. 00:05:15.400 --> 00:05:19.760 Five years after Apple dropped their CPUs for Apple Silicon. 00:05:19.760 --> 00:05:22.960 Ooh, do they think the flame has been reignited 00:05:22.960 --> 00:05:27.440 or this is awkward? Intel, honestly, I'd just leave it. 00:05:27.440 --> 00:05:31.920 I think you're reading into Tim's comment a bit too much. I mean, seconds later in that same interview, 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:36.080 the guy said, there's a lot of great people in America. 00:05:36.080 --> 00:05:39.720 You know, they're just words. They don't, sometimes CEOs just say things. 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:44.200 Almost all OnePlus phones are vulnerable to a permission bypass exploit 00:05:44.200 --> 00:05:48.440 that could allow any installed app to access SMS data 00:05:48.440 --> 00:05:53.560 and metadata without informing the user. The issue was discovered by security researchers 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:57.680 at Rapid7 and OnePlus is currently working on a patch, 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:02.160 but there are some OnePlus devices that are protected from this flaw. 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:07.160 Those still running OxygenOS 11 from back in 2020. 00:06:07.320 --> 00:06:13.560 Now, if you were like my dad and went, ain't no way I'm updating and giving the Chinese my data. 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:19.600 You were smarter than any of us. And I'm sorry, dad. 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:24.320 Not Jeff Kearley, normal dad. Amazon has agreed to pay two and a half billion dollars 00:06:24.320 --> 00:06:29.640 to settle the federal trade commission's lawsuit over the tech giant intentionally making it 00:06:29.640 --> 00:06:33.800 heinously difficult for users to cancel their Amazon Prime subscription. 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:37.720 The settlement consists of a $1 billion civil penalty, 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:41.000 the largest ever in an FTC rule violation case 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:45.840 for being a very naughty tech giant. While the remaining one and a half billion 00:06:45.840 --> 00:06:49.400 will go towards refunds for about 35 million customers 00:06:49.400 --> 00:06:54.400 harmed by Amazon's nonsense, which included a cancellation process 00:06:54.400 --> 00:06:58.280 Amazon internally named the Iliad Flow 00:06:58.280 --> 00:07:02.640 in a reference to the famously long and arduous Trojan War. 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:09.320 You gotta admit it's a good reference. Everyone knows Amazon makes the sickest references. 00:07:09.320 --> 00:07:12.560 And the president and COO of Nintendo of America, 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:18.880 Doug Bowser, yep, that's real if you weren't aware, is stepping down after six years in the role. 00:07:18.880 --> 00:07:23.340 Reminiscing about his time there, Bowser recalled one of his earliest video game experiences 00:07:23.340 --> 00:07:29.320 was playing the arcade version of Donkey Kong. And he thought, why is the bad guy a giant monkey? 00:07:29.320 --> 00:07:34.640 That doesn't make sense. It should be a giant spiky turtle dragon thing, obviously. 00:07:34.640 --> 00:07:39.120 The role of Nintendo of America president, which I have said before was previously occupied 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:43.280 by a man named Bowser, will now go to a 20-year Nintendo veteran 00:07:43.280 --> 00:07:48.240 named Devin Prichard, which, you know, can't you change your name 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:52.160 to Swanky Kong or something? Like, and can you come back here 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:57.520 for more tech news on Monday? It just always feels a bit weird when you're not here. 00:07:57.520 --> 00:08:01.200 About the same amount of weird as me knowing if you're watching the video or not. 00:08:01.200 --> 00:08:04.760 But hey, life's stranger than fiction, am I right? 00:08:04.760 --> 00:08:06.200 I'm very, very true.