1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,960 We make these videos in a single day, so saving time is super important, which is why I'm just 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:08,720 gonna tell you that Magical is sponsoring this video and move on, okay? I'll tell you more 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:13,840 later, don't worry about it. The United States Department of Justice sued Apple on Thursday for 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:20,160 monopolizing smartphone markets, which is a bolder and broader claim than even Epic Games made 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:23,840 in their lawsuit. They should have thought of that before they became a video game company 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:29,680 instead of a government institution. The sheer scope of the DOJ's complaints make this probably 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:36,960 the largest antitrust case since the DOJ sued Microsoft back in 1998, which led to the company 8 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:42,320 pinky swearing to not be so monopolistic in shoving Internet Explorer down consumers' 9 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,000 throats. But when you change the browser name to Edge, pinky promises don't count. That's 10 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,680 playground rules. In a nutshell, the reason for the DOJ's lawsuit is basically summarized by Tim 11 00:00:51,680 --> 00:01:05,600 Cook's now classic line, buy your mom an iPhone. Join me or be cast into the piercing void with 12 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:12,720 the rest of your contemptible kind, unworthy scum. Cook said this in response to a reporter talking 13 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:17,440 about how pictures and videos look like grainy garbage when they're sent between iPhones and 14 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:22,880 Androids, and it's even quoted in the DOJ's complaint. They also mentioned the iOS app store's 15 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:29,200 restrictive rules, specifically claiming that Apple blocks super apps like WeChat, which basically 16 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:34,240 serves as an app platform in itself in China. And they also bring up hardware incompatibility, 17 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:39,920 citing the Apple Watch's lack of Android support. But that's apparently not for a lack of trying. 18 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:46,640 Apple told 9to5Mac that it spent three years investigating whether Android support could 19 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:52,800 be added to Apple Watch, ultimately deciding it would never work because of technical limitations. 20 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,640 Pretty much any issue with iOS you've ever heard of is cited in this lawsuit. And it's clear the 21 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:06,320 DOJ thinks Apple's walled garden approach isn't cool anymore. In a statement issued to the press, 22 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:13,600 Apple says the lawsuit threatens who we are. And yeah, yeah, it does. That's kind of the whole 23 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:18,640 point. You're toxic. I'm slipping under. But for me, the most scandalous part of all of this 24 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:24,000 is that Tim Sweeney can't even tweet about it until he's done giving testimony in the Australian 25 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:29,840 Epic Games vs. Apple trial. What does he think? If he does tweet, it spins the opposite way. 26 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain computer interface company posted a live stream on Twitter proving 27 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:43,920 that their first human patient is not only alive, he is killing it at chess. 28 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:50,480 Nolan Arbach received the wireless implant in January and can now easily move a mouse cursor 29 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:56,640 with his mind well enough to play Civilization 6 for eight hours straight, only stopping because 30 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:01,200 he had to charge it. Now, while this is certainly impressive, BCI experts have pointed out that 31 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:06,880 the basic technology here isn't new. I mean, here's a video from 2007 of a guy controlling 32 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:12,080 a mouse cursor with his mind. Academic researchers and startups like Synchron and BlackRock, 33 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,680 the Neurotech company, not the one you're thinking of, have all achieved similar results. 34 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:23,760 But it's clear that Neuralink is trying to create the iPhone moment for BCIs with its minimalist 35 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:32,000 design and sexy neural threads that get all up inside your brain. And to be fair, it does seem 36 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,680 like Neuralink has stirred up a lot of hype, thanks in no small part to Elon making claims 37 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:43,280 like this one, where he says it's possible to shunt brain signals past a spinal injury so 38 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:48,720 paralyzed people can walk again, which would obviously be awesome. But I've also seen a lot 39 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:55,280 of this guy's rockets explode, so I just don't know. Microsoft has hired the CEO and founder of 40 00:03:55,280 --> 00:04:01,840 Inflection AI, the company behind the popular Pi Chatbot, to head up its Microsoft AI division. 41 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:08,640 Also hired by Microsoft, most of Inflection's other 70 employees in what many in the industry 42 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:14,560 are calling an aqua hire and what a smaller group is calling a higher-quisition. It's just me 43 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:20,640 saying that, you know, I don't even like it. Microsoft will also pay Inflection $620 million 44 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:27,040 to license their Pi models and another $30 million to keep their lips shut about the whole poaching 45 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:32,640 a whole company thing. Don't spread this around. In a blog post, the survivors at Inflection 46 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:37,520 referred to the gutting of their company as an important change to how we'll work. 47 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:43,440 But analyst Tony Wang, and everyone else with eyes, says this is basically an acquisition 48 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:48,320 of Inflection without having to go through regulatory approval. It's clear that Microsoft 49 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:53,760 CEO Satya Nadella is serious about his company's dominance in AI. In the wake of this story, 50 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:57,520 a quote has gone viral from one of his interviews back in November, 51 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:03,520 when Microsoft was briefly going to hire open AI CEO Sam Altman and much of that company's staff. 52 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,880 Asked about the possibility of open AI folding, Nadella said Microsoft would be fine because, 53 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:14,560 quote, we have all the IP rights and all the capability. We have the people, we have the 54 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:20,960 compute, we have the data, we have everything. We are in there, we are below them, above them, 55 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:25,760 around them. We are the Senate. He didn't say that last part. 56 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:35,360 AMD has announced FSR 3.1, which not only adds substantial improvements to its upscaling technologies, 57 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:43,040 but also greatly expands access to frame generation. The update allows for the decoupling of AMD's 58 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:49,120 frame generation tech from its FSR 3 upscaling, allowing other upscaling solutions like NVIDIA's 59 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:55,520 DLSS or Intel's XESS to use Team Red's frame generation feature. Apparently, 60 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:02,560 NVIDIA RTX 20 series cards and above are supported. Though AMD's upscaling also got some love, FSR 61 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:08,560 3.1 improves temporal stability and reduces ghosting, which AMD demonstrated using GIFs 62 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,760 that are definitely from Ratchet and Clanked Rift Apart and totally aren't just AI-generated 63 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,560 acclaimation. Why are they so small? Look how good this looks! 64 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:26,720 SUYU, a non-profit open source Nintendo Switch emulator based on the recently defunct Yuzu, 65 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:32,480 released its first build on Wednesday, only to have it immediately pulled down by GitLab 66 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:38,160 on the grounds that it's a fork of a public repo against which we previously received a DMCA 67 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:45,280 notice. However, the SUYU team says they will still continue the project. The build is available 68 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:50,160 for Windows, Linux, and macOS, and they've apparently added several fixes and removed 69 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:55,120 all telemetry, which is probably a good idea given what happened to the last guy who tangled with 70 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,600 Nintendo's enforcers. Those goombas look not threatening, but... 71 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:06,960 At a virtual event, Microsoft unveiled the brand new Surface Pro X and Surface Laptop 6. 72 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,400 For business. No, but seriously, if you're excited about the new ARM powered devices, 73 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:18,080 don't be. For these, these products use Intel Core Ultra chips, which are still new. 74 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,880 The rumored Snapdragon X Elite notebooks won't be coming until May, but it might be worth the 75 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:28,800 wait. Qualcomm claims most Windows games should just work on their processors. You know what else 76 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:34,800 works? Co-pilot. Before announcing the new Surface devices, Microsoft rehashed all of their AI's 77 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:40,560 greatest hits. Like a Rolling Stones concert. If no one wanted to listen to the Rolling Stones. 78 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:46,080 How they gonna tick it? Apple's M-series chips have an un-patchable side-channel vulnerability 79 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:51,600 allowing attackers to extract encryption keys from Macs. A team of researchers from multiple 80 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:57,280 universities detailed an attack called GoFetch, which uses an app that doesn't require any root 81 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:03,360 access to the target Mac. Only the same user privilege is needed by most third-party macOS apps. 82 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:08,720 The vulnerability is due to the design of the silicon itself, so it can't be patched, 83 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:13,440 only mitigated by software defenses that could severely affect performance. I also have an 84 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:18,720 un-patchable flaw that affects my performance. It's called depression. And security researchers 85 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:24,080 say that around 13,000 buildings, predominantly hotels from around the world, are currently 86 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:30,160 vulnerable to an exploit that allows a master key to be created for the entire building using just 87 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:36,480 an NFC-enabled Android device and a key card from that hotel. It can also be used to override 88 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:41,920 deadbolts, so you're gonna want to hope that little chain can hold. This vulnerability affects 89 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:52,800 safflock locks created by Dormacaba. Dormacama is aware of the issue and had so far replaced or 90 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:59,440 patched 36% of the affected locks. Wow. There are no known cases of this exploit being used in the 91 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:05,760 wild. This is very much a horror we have uncovered for ourselves in captivity, much like the Zonki, 92 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:13,760 the unholy offspring of a zebra and a donkey. That's Jessica's fun fact. Fun horror for the day. 93 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:18,400 And you'll uncover more tech news if you come back on Monday for another episode of TechLinked.