WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.480 Tech news is an important part of a balanced breakfast. 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:06.520 Sadly, it only gets delivered in the late evening. 00:00:06.520 --> 00:00:10.320 Pacific time. Nothing will bring iMessage to Android, 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:14.240 which is so cool it almost makes me less upset at being forced to write puns 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:17.600 every time we report on this fricking company. Why did you do this? 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:21.920 That's right, nothing. The company founded by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pay 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:26.160 has announced Nothing Chats, an app that will make a message from an Android phone 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:29.560 show up as the coveted blue bubble on iPhones. 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:33.240 Because nothing believes in Windows, not walls. 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:36.640 I mean, sure, Nothing Chats is exclusive to their own phone 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? 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:44.960 The app is a collaboration with Sunbird, one of a few different companies providing iMessage 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:50.280 to Android bridging services in beta. Marques Brownlee asked Nothing how it works 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, 00:00:56.100 --> 00:00:59.100 which is wild, but at least it seems less pathetic 00:00:59.140 --> 00:01:02.860 than Google taking out ads to complain that Apple won't be nice to them. 00:01:02.860 --> 00:01:07.140 You should let me have the blue bubbles. Guys, they're hogging all the blue bubbles. 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:10.300 Features like group chats, typing indicators, voice notes 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 00:01:15.700 --> 00:01:18.900 while read receipts and message reactions are coming soon. 00:01:18.900 --> 00:01:22.040 The only question now is what will Apple do? 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:28.380 Tim won't take this lying down. Insolent worm, you have trespassed and incurred my wrath, 00:01:28.380 --> 00:01:31.500 agony and despair shall be your inheritance. 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:34.540 Is that for you, Barbara? We're leaving, Barbara, come on. 00:01:35.660 --> 00:01:41.940 Microsoft held its annual Ignite event today and announced yet another generative AI thing 00:01:41.940 --> 00:01:45.060 called Copilot, but at least the company is owning it now. 00:01:45.060 --> 00:01:49.940 Corporate Vice President Jared Spatero joked about Microsoft's questionable history 00:01:49.940 --> 00:01:55.300 of choosing marketing names for new products while discussing Microsoft's decision as of today 00:01:55.300 --> 00:02:01.560 to stop trying to make fetch happen and rebrand Bing Chat to Copilot in Bing. 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:04.680 Did they ask Bing whether they could put a Copilot in it? 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 00:02:09.200 --> 00:02:13.760 a dozen other products Copilot already, like George Foreman naming his five sons 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:17.520 George Foreman two through six. And his daughter, George Chat. 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.600 There will also be a Copilot assistant in Microsoft Loop, 00:02:22.600 --> 00:02:26.760 the Notion-like Productivity web app, and who knows how many other places 00:02:26.760 --> 00:02:30.360 thanks to the new Copilot Studio, which will allow users to build their own 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:34.840 custom AI Copilots, just like OpenAI's recently announced GPTs. 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:37.880 Believe it or not, there's some non-Copilot news too. 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 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:48.960 and Cobalt 100 server processors. I'm doing quotes when I say custom 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:53.440 because they're no Apple Silicon, but they do appear to be a bit more custom 00:02:53.480 --> 00:02:56.880 than the company's SQ1 and SQ2 Surface chips 00:02:56.880 --> 00:03:00.640 that were basically Snapdragon 8CXs with a hat and sunglasses on. 00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:03.840 Finally, Microsoft Mesh, its mixed reality platform, 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:09.480 will be integrated into Teams, allowing for virtual meetings in AI-generated 3D spaces 00:03:09.480 --> 00:03:13.720 eventually with personalized avatars, none of which appear to have legs. 00:03:13.720 --> 00:03:16.960 That kind of advanced tech is apparently still well beyond us. 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:20.600 Have they rolled out on the meta platform yet? I don't think they have. 00:03:21.600 --> 00:03:25.400 I'm sorry, we cannot rebuild you. We do not have the technology. 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:30.200 The FBI is struggling to address a small decentralized cyber crime gang 00:03:30.200 --> 00:03:33.760 known as Scattered Spider that's been hitting corporations 00:03:33.760 --> 00:03:38.280 throughout the United States for the last two years, according to cybersecurity experts 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? 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:47.560 That was you. Scattered Spider most notoriously hacked casino operators, 00:03:47.560 --> 00:03:51.320 MGM International and Caesars Entertainment back in September, 00:03:51.320 --> 00:03:54.320 but they also hit telecoms, healthcare firms, 00:03:54.320 --> 00:03:58.800 financial service companies and rival gang disoriented dragonfly. 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:02.440 I'm scared of rankling the non-existent gang that we just made up. 00:04:02.440 --> 00:04:06.680 The FBI has apparently known the identities of at least a dozen members of this group 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. 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:16.520 Some have blamed this lack of action on an equal lack of manpower. 00:04:16.520 --> 00:04:20.120 The FBI having lost many of its best agents to the private sector, 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:25.400 victims have likewise typically been hesitant to inform law enforcement when they've been compromised. 00:04:25.400 --> 00:04:29.080 No doubt partly from embarrassment over being hacked by a gaggle of teenagers 00:04:29.080 --> 00:04:33.360 taking advantage of long known and neglectfully unpatched vulnerabilities 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:37.800 and software relied on by corporations around the world. Another favorite target of these groups 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:41.880 is critical infrastructure and information dense targets like hospitals. 00:04:41.880 --> 00:04:45.440 Just this week, McLaren, a healthcare nonprofit in Michigan, 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:49.120 notified 2.2 million clients of a data breach 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:52.120 that exposed names, birth dates, social security numbers 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.320 and extensive amounts of sensitive medical information. 00:04:55.320 --> 00:04:59.360 Just the kind of ruthless behavior we should expect from hardened cyber criminals 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:03.200 with underdeveloped amygdalas in a diet of pizza and energy drinks. 00:05:03.200 --> 00:05:08.000 Mom, where are my chicken strips? I'm destroying the government. 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:11.640 You do not wanna cross these guys. A warning to our more sensitive viewers. 00:05:11.640 --> 00:05:15.360 The following bits are exceptionally quick. You're gonna wanna strap the f*** in for these. 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.640 In a recent blog post, Meta's global head of safety, 00:05:18.640 --> 00:05:24.240 Antigone Davis, argued that app stores should be charged with enacting age verification 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:27.400 and parental consent controls for social media. 00:05:27.400 --> 00:05:31.960 This would make implementation of guardrails to protect children more intuitive and consistent 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. 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 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. 00:05:48.760 --> 00:05:51.920 But even if Meta's reasons are obviously self-serving, 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. 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:59.200 It doesn't feel good. The Department of Justice has joined an investigation 00:05:59.200 --> 00:06:02.480 of an ongoing controversy in the aviation industry 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:06.160 where thousands of uncertified used engine parts 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:09.480 were refurbished and sold using forged documents 00:06:09.480 --> 00:06:12.600 that hid the actual age and history of the parts. 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:16.320 The issue was first publicly revealed by a Bloomberg report in late August 00:06:16.320 --> 00:06:21.040 after maintenance workers in Europe started flagging inconsistencies with repair parts. 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:25.400 Airlines conducted a panicked audit of their planes to find which had falsified parts 00:06:25.400 --> 00:06:30.620 and remove them from service. And now, AOG Technics, a London-based parts distributor, 00:06:30.620 --> 00:06:34.200 is under investigation for alleged forgery and fraud. 00:06:34.200 --> 00:06:37.440 My advice to AOG, say you picked up the bad parts 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. 00:06:40.960 --> 00:06:44.040 They're just trying to recycle. We are the world. 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:49.920 Google has launched a lawsuit against 22 people, it says, weaponized the DMCA by creating 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:53.160 at least 65 Google accounts so they could submit 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:59.920 thousands of fraudulent notices of copyright infringement against more than 117,000 third-party website URLs. 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:04.040 20 of the defendants are not identified, but the two that are identified in the suit 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:07.400 appear to be involved in selling printed T-shirts online 00:07:07.400 --> 00:07:12.120 and were allegedly motivated by a desire to get their competitors removed from Google search results, 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:16.880 resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue for both the target companies and Google. 00:07:16.880 --> 00:07:22.400 The notices were filed under a variety of fake names, including Amazon, NBC News, Elon Musk, 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:25.960 and LaVar Burton of Star Trek and Reading Rainbow fame. 00:07:25.960 --> 00:07:29.400 Things in red bubble are hitting rough. Those are all real names. 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, 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:41.200 especially when the subject of the photo was white. According to a peer-reviewed study published 00:07:41.200 --> 00:07:44.880 in Psychological Science, which calls attention once again to the problem 00:07:44.880 --> 00:07:50.280 of AI's being trained on image data sets with disproportionately more white faces. 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, 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 00:08:01.880 --> 00:08:05.600 of a generic white guy, but you guys know I'm real, right? 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:10.200 An EV company, Rivian, sent out an over-the-air update 00:08:10.200 --> 00:08:15.200 that soft-bricked infotainment systems of any Rivian vehicles that installed it. 00:08:15.200 --> 00:08:20.240 Turns out the company sent out the wrong update build and the wrong security certificates. 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:26.360 In a public statement, Rivian blamed the error on a fat finger, which I absolutely love, 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:30.280 presumably because instead of pushing the convenient fix cars button, 00:08:30.280 --> 00:08:35.360 Ronald Rivian, chief of cars work good, accidentally pressed the big and red 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:39.000 break all cars button. Anyone could've made that mistake. 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:42.000 Right next to each other, what? It's the literal meme. 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.680 First of all, I think we should stop fat-shaming fingers. 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. 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.