WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.840 You know, tech news isn't all fun and games, and given yourself little electric shocks 00:00:03.840 --> 00:00:08.440 for fun, it can have real consequences, like finding out how good robots are getting. 00:00:08.440 --> 00:00:13.760 So always do the tech news with a partner. If you don't have- I count as a partner, you're good. 00:00:13.760 --> 00:00:19.220 Microsoft's Edge browser has been caught stealing people's Chrome tabs in broad daylight. 00:00:19.220 --> 00:00:24.200 When the Verge reporter Tom Warren started up his PC after updating Windows, he was met 00:00:24.200 --> 00:00:28.520 by Edge, automatically opening with all of his tabs open. 00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:33.600 Doesn't seem that weird, except that he had those tabs open in Chrome, his default browser. 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:42.480 And Tommy's not alone. There have been a slow and steady buildup of reports from users complaining about their 00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:47.880 Edge browsers just going ahead and importing browser data from Chrome without permission. 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:52.520 One person that this happened to even uninstalled Edge and deleted all of its app data from 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:58.040 Windows only to have it pop up having imported everything again after an update. 00:00:58.040 --> 00:01:03.440 And this time, it was angry. Got a bit of a single white female situation. 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:11.720 You didn't mean to do that, did you? Turns out, Edge has a little-known feature that allows it to pull data from other browsers. 00:01:11.720 --> 00:01:16.280 So when Microsoft decides to push another update that auto-launches the app, it'll take longer 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:19.360 for users to realize that isn't their grandma at all. 00:01:19.360 --> 00:01:22.560 It's the wolf! Grandma, what great cookies you have! 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:27.880 Privacy researcher Zach Edwards pointed out that when reinstalling Windows, a screen appears 00:01:27.880 --> 00:01:33.760 giving you the option to disable this feature. But it clearly nudges you towards keeping it on. 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.240 But if you missed that, you can also disable it in Edge's settings. 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:40.440 Who knows if that'll stick, though? That's half the fun. 00:01:40.440 --> 00:01:45.320 Speaking of browsers, the company behind the unusual Arc browser, they're called the 00:01:45.320 --> 00:01:50.760 browser company to make things less confusing, has launched ArcSearch, an iPhone exclusive 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:55.080 app with an AI-powered feature called BrowseForMe. 00:01:55.080 --> 00:02:03.200 Because laying on the couch with your phone like this is just exhausting. AI-assisted search is nothing new, but instead of making you go back and forth with a chatbot, 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:09.560 ArcSearch will actually read six webpages and generate a summary web page for you, complete 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:15.440 with embedded YouTube videos and verified quotes, which probably could do with some 00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:19.840 more verification afterwards since generative AI is involved, but I can't deny it looks 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:26.720 pretty convenient. But as with other AI-powered tools, heralded as the future of web browsing, this one sparking 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:32.000 concern about how publishers get compensated when their content is scraped by a bot instead 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.960 of a squishy human who can be lured into clicking a shiny ad for hot cheese sauce. 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:40.720 Ads like that don't work on robots. They hate that stuff. It gunks up their gears. 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:46.800 Ah, what are we gonna do? How do we sell cheese to robots? 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:51.080 People may have spit in the EU's face with their iOS changes announced last week, but 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:54.160 Amazon's Cajones apparently aren't as large. 00:02:54.160 --> 00:03:00.800 The e-commerce giant has announced it's cancelling its $1.4 billion agreement to acquire iRobot, 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:05.120 the company behind Roomba, and did you know there's a mopping Roomba called Brava with 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:10.520 three As? Pretty cool. This is what Isaac Asimov had in mind. 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:15.240 Opposition from European regulators and an active investigation by the FTC cooled Amazon's 00:03:15.440 --> 00:03:23.600 linoleum cleansing jets. Unfortunately, the same day the deal was cancelled, iRobot announced an operational restructuring 00:03:23.600 --> 00:03:30.920 plan involving 31% of the company's 1130 employees being laid off while its co-founder 00:03:30.920 --> 00:03:34.040 and CEO, Colin Engel, is stepping down. 00:03:34.040 --> 00:03:37.400 Take a good look, Europe. You did this. Europe. 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:43.720 Europe! While there were concerns that the acquisition would lead to Amazon favoring its own products 00:03:43.720 --> 00:03:48.160 on its marketplace, because they have done that many times before, others have pointed 00:03:48.160 --> 00:03:53.360 out that iRobot's products are struggling while losing ground to many Chinese-made competitor 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:58.960 products, none of which have names that are nearly as simultaneously quaint and nonsensical. 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:04.080 A Roomba. Quick bits are the answer. 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:07.200 To what question? Indeed. 00:04:07.200 --> 00:04:14.760 Last week, Apple announced its proposed changes in response to the EU Digital Markets Act 00:04:14.760 --> 00:04:19.600 to a chorus of jeering and booze, because the company still wants to review every app 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:25.400 on offer on iOS, and they even added a potentially punishing new core technology fee for developers. 00:04:25.400 --> 00:04:30.960 When asked about Apple's half-assed plan, EU internal market commissioner Thierry Breton 00:04:30.960 --> 00:04:36.080 didn't comment on Apple directly, but told Reuters that company proposals that failed 00:04:36.080 --> 00:04:39.400 to go far enough will be met with strong action. 00:04:39.400 --> 00:04:43.800 It's like how when your mom doesn't say she'll punish you if your room is messy, just 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:48.120 that the house had better be clean when she gets home. It's a scary home to live in. 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:53.440 NASA has officially announced the end of the Ingenuity Helicopter's mission on Mars. 00:04:53.440 --> 00:04:58.600 According to NASA, Ingenuity, or Gini, to its friends, is still functional in the sense 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:03.440 that it's upright and capable of communicating with NASA control back on Earth, but it likely 00:05:03.440 --> 00:05:08.600 damaged one or more of its rotor blades, meaning that it's permanently grounded. 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:14.520 Over the course of three years, Gini managed 72 flights through Mars' ultra-thin atmosphere, 00:05:14.520 --> 00:05:18.760 far beyond the original five test flights that NASA scientists expected. 00:05:18.760 --> 00:05:23.320 Tragically, despite over two hours of total flight time, this little helicopter was still 00:05:23.320 --> 00:05:26.800 unable to complete its ultimate goal and rescue Matt Damon. 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.360 Some say he's still up there, growing taters, cracking wise. 00:05:30.520 --> 00:05:35.360 Fossil has officially thrown in the towel and will no longer be making smartwatches, 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:39.400 leaving them to an assortment of non-tech products none of us here care about. 00:05:39.400 --> 00:05:44.240 They're basically dead to us. It's a big deal, but it also really, really isn't. 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:48.760 Fossil was possibly the biggest partner for Google's Wear OS platform, but despite launching 00:05:48.760 --> 00:05:55.000 nearly a decade ago, Fossil smartwatches still only made up 2% of the smartwatch market. 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:59.080 This isn't coming out of nowhere, Fossil's last smartwatch was a refresh of the Fossil 00:05:59.080 --> 00:06:03.520 Gen 6 back in late 2022, and they hadn't really said much since. 00:06:03.520 --> 00:06:09.080 It's like having your girlfriend ghost you for over a month. The eventual breakup text isn't that much of a shock. 00:06:09.080 --> 00:06:14.880 Canon, the Japanese camera and printer company, plans to start shipping chip-making machines 00:06:14.880 --> 00:06:20.360 that use a new technology called nano-imprint lithography sometime this year. 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:25.480 The tech involves stamping chip designs onto silicon, as opposed to etching them using 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:30.200 EUV lithography, the technique used by industry leader ASML. 00:06:30.200 --> 00:06:35.640 Canon says their stamping method, which sounds suspiciously like a printer, is significantly 00:06:35.640 --> 00:06:40.440 cheaper and uses up to 90% less power than the way the Dutch company does it. 00:06:40.440 --> 00:06:44.360 But at this point, we don't care if they're literally drawing the chip designs on with a pen. 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:50.440 We need chips to get cheaper, and for that to happen, we need more chips. And the Dutch have stood in our way for too long, Europe. 00:06:50.440 --> 00:06:55.440 Speaking of Japanese Ws, the Japanese government will no longer require companies to submit 00:06:55.440 --> 00:07:01.880 certain official documents in the form of CD-ROMs, mini-discs, and floppy discs, a media 00:07:01.880 --> 00:07:06.800 format that is the same age as Mark Wahlberg, and also apparently the Quarter Pounder. 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:12.280 Okay. Since 2022, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has been begging the other 00:07:12.280 --> 00:07:16.640 various branches of the government to modernize their submission protocols, which apply to 00:07:16.640 --> 00:07:21.960 important sectors throughout the Japanese economy, including aircraft and weapons manufacturers. 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.640 Unfortunately, this isn't an issue exclusive to Japan. 00:07:25.640 --> 00:07:30.520 Many elderly planes and medical devices still require floppy discs, and the US government 00:07:30.520 --> 00:07:35.560 only stopped using floppy discs to coordinate nuclear launches back in 2019. 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:39.440 Truly, proving the power of nostalgia. We have to move on. 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:43.600 And I know you have the power to come back on Wednesday for more tech news. 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:48.880 You're capable of so much, especially clicking that mouse on a video. 00:07:48.880 --> 00:07:49.560 You got this.