1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,480 Tech news is an important part of a balanced breakfast. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,520 Sadly, it only gets delivered in the late evening. 3 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:10,320 Pacific time. Nothing will bring iMessage to Android, 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,240 which is so cool it almost makes me less upset at being forced to write puns 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,600 every time we report on this fricking company. Why did you do this? 6 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,920 That's right, nothing. The company founded by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pay 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,160 has announced Nothing Chats, an app that will make a message from an Android phone 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:29,560 show up as the coveted blue bubble on iPhones. 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,240 Because nothing believes in Windows, not walls. 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,640 I mean, sure, Nothing Chats is exclusive to their own phone 11 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,960 and that's kind of a wall, but what are they supposed to do? Live in a gazebo? 12 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:44,960 The app is a collaboration with Sunbird, one of a few different companies providing iMessage 13 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:50,280 to Android bridging services in beta. Marques Brownlee asked Nothing how it works 14 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:56,100 and they confirmed that they're literally routing Android messages through a Mac on a server farm somewhere, 15 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:59,100 which is wild, but at least it seems less pathetic 16 00:00:59,140 --> 00:01:02,860 than Google taking out ads to complain that Apple won't be nice to them. 17 00:01:02,860 --> 00:01:07,140 You should let me have the blue bubbles. Guys, they're hogging all the blue bubbles. 18 00:01:07,140 --> 00:01:10,300 Features like group chats, typing indicators, voice notes 19 00:01:10,300 --> 00:01:15,700 and sending photos that don't look like they were spat on by Tim Cook during transit are working now 20 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:18,900 while read receipts and message reactions are coming soon. 21 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:22,040 The only question now is what will Apple do? 22 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:28,380 Tim won't take this lying down. Insolent worm, you have trespassed and incurred my wrath, 23 00:01:28,380 --> 00:01:31,500 agony and despair shall be your inheritance. 24 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:34,540 Is that for you, Barbara? We're leaving, Barbara, come on. 25 00:01:35,660 --> 00:01:41,940 Microsoft held its annual Ignite event today and announced yet another generative AI thing 26 00:01:41,940 --> 00:01:45,060 called Copilot, but at least the company is owning it now. 27 00:01:45,060 --> 00:01:49,940 Corporate Vice President Jared Spatero joked about Microsoft's questionable history 28 00:01:49,940 --> 00:01:55,300 of choosing marketing names for new products while discussing Microsoft's decision as of today 29 00:01:55,300 --> 00:02:01,560 to stop trying to make fetch happen and rebrand Bing Chat to Copilot in Bing. 30 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,680 Did they ask Bing whether they could put a Copilot in it? 31 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:09,200 We don't know. It's definitely better branding, or it would be if Microsoft hadn't called 32 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,760 a dozen other products Copilot already, like George Foreman naming his five sons 33 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,520 George Foreman two through six. And his daughter, George Chat. 34 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,600 There will also be a Copilot assistant in Microsoft Loop, 35 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,760 the Notion-like Productivity web app, and who knows how many other places 36 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,360 thanks to the new Copilot Studio, which will allow users to build their own 37 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,840 custom AI Copilots, just like OpenAI's recently announced GPTs. 38 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,880 Believe it or not, there's some non-Copilot news too. 39 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:44,480 Microsoft hopes to reduce its reliance on NVIDIA with their new custom ARM-based Azure Myo 100 40 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:48,960 and Cobalt 100 server processors. I'm doing quotes when I say custom 41 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,440 because they're no Apple Silicon, but they do appear to be a bit more custom 42 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,880 than the company's SQ1 and SQ2 Surface chips 43 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,640 that were basically Snapdragon 8CXs with a hat and sunglasses on. 44 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,840 Finally, Microsoft Mesh, its mixed reality platform, 45 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:09,480 will be integrated into Teams, allowing for virtual meetings in AI-generated 3D spaces 46 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:13,720 eventually with personalized avatars, none of which appear to have legs. 47 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,960 That kind of advanced tech is apparently still well beyond us. 48 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,600 Have they rolled out on the meta platform yet? I don't think they have. 49 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,400 I'm sorry, we cannot rebuild you. We do not have the technology. 50 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:30,200 The FBI is struggling to address a small decentralized cyber crime gang 51 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,760 known as Scattered Spider that's been hitting corporations 52 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:38,280 throughout the United States for the last two years, according to cybersecurity experts 53 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:43,680 who are probably all former team hackers themselves. I mean, come on guys, hack the planet, remember? 54 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:47,560 That was you. Scattered Spider most notoriously hacked casino operators, 55 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,320 MGM International and Caesars Entertainment back in September, 56 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,320 but they also hit telecoms, healthcare firms, 57 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,800 financial service companies and rival gang disoriented dragonfly. 58 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,440 I'm scared of rankling the non-existent gang that we just made up. 59 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,680 The FBI has apparently known the identities of at least a dozen members of this group 60 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:12,520 for over half a year, but none have been arrested despite living in the US and causing millions in damages. 61 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,520 Some have blamed this lack of action on an equal lack of manpower. 62 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,120 The FBI having lost many of its best agents to the private sector, 63 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:25,400 victims have likewise typically been hesitant to inform law enforcement when they've been compromised. 64 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,080 No doubt partly from embarrassment over being hacked by a gaggle of teenagers 65 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:33,360 taking advantage of long known and neglectfully unpatched vulnerabilities 66 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,800 and software relied on by corporations around the world. Another favorite target of these groups 67 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,880 is critical infrastructure and information dense targets like hospitals. 68 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,440 Just this week, McLaren, a healthcare nonprofit in Michigan, 69 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:49,120 notified 2.2 million clients of a data breach 70 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,120 that exposed names, birth dates, social security numbers 71 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,320 and extensive amounts of sensitive medical information. 72 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,360 Just the kind of ruthless behavior we should expect from hardened cyber criminals 73 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:03,200 with underdeveloped amygdalas in a diet of pizza and energy drinks. 74 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:08,000 Mom, where are my chicken strips? I'm destroying the government. 75 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:11,640 You do not wanna cross these guys. A warning to our more sensitive viewers. 76 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,360 The following bits are exceptionally quick. You're gonna wanna strap the f*** in for these. 77 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,640 In a recent blog post, Meta's global head of safety, 78 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:24,240 Antigone Davis, argued that app stores should be charged with enacting age verification 79 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,400 and parental consent controls for social media. 80 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:31,960 This would make implementation of guardrails to protect children more intuitive and consistent 81 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:37,800 across legal jurisdictions, but it also has the advantage of making it no longer Meta's responsibility. 82 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:43,840 Meta, alongside several other social media companies, is facing a mountain of lawsuits for damages to minors 83 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:48,760 and they think it would be just awesome if maybe somebody else had to deal with all this. 84 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,920 But even if Meta's reasons are obviously self-serving, 85 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,920 that doesn't necessarily make it a bad idea. The worst person you know just made a great point. 86 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:59,200 It doesn't feel good. The Department of Justice has joined an investigation 87 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,480 of an ongoing controversy in the aviation industry 88 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,160 where thousands of uncertified used engine parts 89 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,480 were refurbished and sold using forged documents 90 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,600 that hid the actual age and history of the parts. 91 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,320 The issue was first publicly revealed by a Bloomberg report in late August 92 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:21,040 after maintenance workers in Europe started flagging inconsistencies with repair parts. 93 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:25,400 Airlines conducted a panicked audit of their planes to find which had falsified parts 94 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:30,620 and remove them from service. And now, AOG Technics, a London-based parts distributor, 95 00:06:30,620 --> 00:06:34,200 is under investigation for alleged forgery and fraud. 96 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,440 My advice to AOG, say you picked up the bad parts 97 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,960 after they fell off the back of a truck. It just works every time. It's so terrifying. 98 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,040 They're just trying to recycle. We are the world. 99 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:49,920 Google has launched a lawsuit against 22 people, it says, weaponized the DMCA by creating 100 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,160 at least 65 Google accounts so they could submit 101 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:59,920 thousands of fraudulent notices of copyright infringement against more than 117,000 third-party website URLs. 102 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:04,040 20 of the defendants are not identified, but the two that are identified in the suit 103 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,400 appear to be involved in selling printed T-shirts online 104 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:12,120 and were allegedly motivated by a desire to get their competitors removed from Google search results, 105 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:16,880 resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue for both the target companies and Google. 106 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:22,400 The notices were filed under a variety of fake names, including Amazon, NBC News, Elon Musk, 107 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,960 and LaVar Burton of Star Trek and Reading Rainbow fame. 108 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,400 Things in red bubble are hitting rough. Those are all real names. 109 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:36,720 People were more likely to perceive AI-generated human faces as real than actual photos of human faces, 110 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,200 especially when the subject of the photo was white. According to a peer-reviewed study published 111 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,880 in Psychological Science, which calls attention once again to the problem 112 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:50,280 of AI's being trained on image data sets with disproportionately more white faces. 113 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,720 The study's authors call this phenomenon of thinking the fake thing looks more real, hyper-realism, 114 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:01,880 but I don't know if we should put much stock in it. I mean, like, I know I look like an AI-generated image 115 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,600 of a generic white guy, but you guys know I'm real, right? 116 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,200 An EV company, Rivian, sent out an over-the-air update 117 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:15,200 that soft-bricked infotainment systems of any Rivian vehicles that installed it. 118 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:20,240 Turns out the company sent out the wrong update build and the wrong security certificates. 119 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:26,360 In a public statement, Rivian blamed the error on a fat finger, which I absolutely love, 120 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,280 presumably because instead of pushing the convenient fix cars button, 121 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:35,360 Ronald Rivian, chief of cars work good, accidentally pressed the big and red 122 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,000 break all cars button. Anyone could've made that mistake. 123 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,000 Right next to each other, what? It's the literal meme. 124 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,680 First of all, I think we should stop fat-shaming fingers. 125 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:50,360 Just like how you'd be making a mistake by not coming back on Friday for more tech news. 126 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:57,600 That sounds like a threat, but it's really not. You're gonna be fine either way, but you better come back.