1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,520 Man, we won't see each other for a whole weekend? What are we gonna do with all the time? 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:08,200 I mean, I already know what I'm doing. I'm not allowed to leave the set. 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,320 I just live here, they don't. It's cold at night. 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:15,520 Google is blocking some Canadians from receiving news content, 5 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,640 which means that if you found this video, you have been chosen. 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,560 From Maple Syrah. Apparently, the tech giant is running tests 7 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:27,440 to block news access in the true north in response to pending Canadian legislation 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,560 that would force large platforms like Google and Meta to pay news publishers 9 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:36,120 for their content. But Google loves news. I can't believe they would be opposed to paying for it 10 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,480 for a third time. Yeah, if this story sounds familiar, 11 00:00:39,480 --> 00:00:43,880 it might be because Google threatened to shut off search in Australia in 2021 12 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:47,200 when the country slash continent proposed similar legislation. 13 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:52,520 Or you might be thinking of the half a billion dollar fine France slapped Google with that same year 14 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:56,360 for refusing to pay French news outlets. In both of these previous cases, 15 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:01,080 Google eventually backed down. But third time's the charm. 16 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:05,320 If it squeaky wheel, et cetera, you know? Google isn't the only tech company 17 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:11,200 to earn the ire of the Canadian government as our privacy commissioner is now also investigating TikTok 18 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,200 to see if, excuse me, how badly the app 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,840 is violating Canadian privacy legislation. Because everyone's talking about, 20 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,120 oh, EU's investigating TikTok, America's investigating TikTok. 21 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,360 Canada can investigate things too. Okay, we just need to take breaks 22 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,720 to send Jean-Louis to hit up Timmy's every once in a while. We're not mysteries. 23 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:33,080 Heard of it? Probably not. It's exclusive to this country. It's my show. 24 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:37,720 Google, the company we just talked about, has been accused by the U.S. Department of Justice 25 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,920 of destroying digital evidence pertinent to the antitrust lawsuit filed by federal 26 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:46,560 and state regulators back in 2020. Look, they could just be minimalists. 27 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,840 A clogged server does not spark joy. According to filings by the U.S. government, 28 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:55,040 Google has been deleting certain internal chats after 24 hours. 29 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,680 The filings further state that Google was supposed to cease its auto delete practices 30 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,520 way back in 2019, when the tech giant reasonably anticipated 31 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:07,240 the upcoming litigation. And instead, according to the DOJ, 32 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:12,000 the auto deletions continued until as recently as the eighth of this month. 33 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,200 Even Bing Chat knows it isn't still 2019. 34 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:20,680 It's 2022. It has no idea what year it is, but it doesn't end with the U.S. government either. 35 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,920 Epic Games filed a motion to sanction Google for the supposed chat deletions, 36 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:29,040 since they are also relevant to the ongoing lawsuit over the Google Play Store. 37 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:34,760 In a statement, Google pointed out that they've already produced over four million documents 38 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,580 for the federal lawsuit alone. So who cares if Google destroys records 39 00:02:38,580 --> 00:02:42,800 of nine potential trial witnesses? I think the DOJ could learn a little something 40 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:47,440 called gratitude. And YouTube, the company owned by that company 41 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:53,120 we just talked about, is adding some new features. One of the most exciting is multi-language audio support, 42 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:58,120 which allows creators to add additional audio tracks to a video for dubs in different languages, 43 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:03,740 which is so much easier than having alternate YouTube channels for each of the world's languages. 44 00:03:03,740 --> 00:03:08,500 So I guess we should cancel our plans for ill-TechLinked. Do I ever been learning Spanish? 45 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:11,840 This feature has already been tested by a small group of established creators 46 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,360 such as MrBeast or SeñorBestia. 47 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,800 If you've been listening to the Spanish audio, huh? Is that okay? 48 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,920 It was okay. YouTube is also adding podcast support 49 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:27,120 in YouTube Studio and YouTube Music. You can now designate your content as a podcast 50 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,760 and organize episodes within a playlist, which will then be available to YouTube Music users. 51 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,280 Now, would I have preferred it if instead of adding podcast compatibility 52 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,640 to YouTube Music, YouTube focused on general quality of life improvements, like allowing me 53 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:44,200 to keep my YouTube Music search history, subscriptions and playlist separate from my YouTube ones? 54 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:49,720 Of course! There's no but, I just needed to get that out. In less popular news, YouTube Video 55 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,240 is apparently testing a 1080p premium quality 56 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:56,360 that lets premium subscribers watch at a higher bit rate. 57 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,060 Despite the conspiracy theories, YouTube has stated they haven't degraded the bit rate 58 00:04:01,060 --> 00:04:06,160 of the normal 1080p option. Google has been accused of lying in the past, 59 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,160 as well as aggressively avoiding added costs. 60 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:12,200 But when was the last time you heard about them doing those things? 61 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,480 You can't count the last two stories. The one three stories from now. 62 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaking of bit rates, my quick bit rate 63 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,280 is about five per video. This is stupid. 64 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:25,840 You made it through. Google, that company that owns the company owned 65 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:30,400 by the company we just talked about, has announced they are rolling out the Magic Eraser 66 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:36,880 and HDR effect tools to Google One subscribers on both Android and iOS, as well as all Pixel users. 67 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:41,000 This is great news. I tried using Mr. Clean's version of Magic Eraser, 68 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,320 but it just left all those little white bits everywhere. And there was no hot bald guy. 69 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,160 Where's the hot bald guy? I was promised a bald man. 70 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,360 The commercials are very misleading. I thought he would dance with me. 71 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,480 Nearly 1,500 web domains containing the words chatGPT 72 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,800 has been registered by hackers just this week. 73 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:05,080 Security researchers have shown images of websites claiming to offer downloads of the chatbot, 74 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:10,080 but surprise, it's malware. 75 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:15,280 It's your classic story. Something becomes popular and other people try to profit off its success. 76 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:18,760 I still remember when I got a super guy action figure for Christmas. 77 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:23,760 He had gamma ray vision and the ability to hover. And then he stole my credit card information. 78 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,520 Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger denied the rumors 79 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,520 that the company would be delaying its three nanometer chips, 80 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:37,080 emphasizing that all three nanometer projects, including Arrow Lake, would be arriving in 2024. 81 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:41,880 You may remember that we reported about the rumors on Wednesday. So on behalf of the entire tech link team, 82 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:46,520 I just wanna say, Pat, please let my family go. I did not mean it. 83 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:51,880 Ozilla performed a study suggesting apps on the Google Play Store are misleading potential users 84 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:55,560 on how much data they're collecting. That's pretty hot and foxy. 85 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:00,200 Cause they made firefox, cut that out, prove it. 86 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,080 The Firefox maker investigated the store's data safety labels, 87 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:07,800 which are meant for developers to disclose how they handle users data. 88 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:12,240 Turns out that not only has Google not been vetting the labels of apps in the Play Store, 89 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,980 they've also been labeling their own apps with misleading claims about data privacy. 90 00:06:16,980 --> 00:06:24,380 Like that you have it. So it's been five tech link stories 91 00:06:24,380 --> 00:06:29,380 since the last time Google was accused of lying. Let's try for a longer streak next time, Google, okay. 92 00:06:29,380 --> 00:06:32,660 And Sony broadcast their latest state of play yesterday, 93 00:06:32,660 --> 00:06:35,820 and their last announcement was a real showstopper. 94 00:06:35,820 --> 00:06:39,180 And after it was done, the show stopped when they, 95 00:06:39,180 --> 00:06:42,940 Sony decided to end the video on the upcoming Suicide Squad game 96 00:06:42,940 --> 00:06:48,620 from developer Rocksteady, which asks the question, what would it be like if someone made a comic licensed 97 00:06:48,620 --> 00:06:51,060 co-op live service loot based game? 98 00:06:51,900 --> 00:06:56,980 That question was already asked three years ago by Marvel's Avengers, and the answer was bad. 99 00:06:56,980 --> 00:07:00,820 So instead get hyped for humanity. A game where the only hope for the survival 100 00:07:00,820 --> 00:07:06,820 of the human species is a Shiba Inu. Now that's how you ask the important questions. 101 00:07:06,820 --> 00:07:10,500 Who is that little dog? Does he like- What's his deal? 102 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:14,140 Does he like belly ropes? And we'll have answers on Monday, so you should tune in. 103 00:07:14,140 --> 00:07:17,820 Please, it's just really lonely standing here all weekend. 104 00:07:17,820 --> 00:07:18,660 Hey!