WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.520 Well, well, well, look who finally decided to show themselves. We've had to wait 10 seconds for you. 00:00:05.520 --> 00:00:09.920 I guess now we can deliver the tech news as long as there are any other delays. 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:13.560 Wait a second, where's BootyMangler72? BootyMangler! 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:18.760 Windows 11 Pro's on by default encryption could be slowing down your SSD speed 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:24.160 by as much as 45% according to tests performed by Tom's hardware. 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.840 Does my PC not recognize the flames I drew on the boot drive? 00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:32.560 Tom's hardware tested a Samsung 990 Pro using Windows software BitLocker encryption. 00:00:32.560 --> 00:00:35.840 It's hardware BitLocker encryption and no encryption at all. 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:40.000 Nothing at all. While software encryption caused the frightening performance drop, 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.540 it turns out that hardware encryption may be even faster than no encryption at all. 00:00:44.540 --> 00:00:48.040 This would be terrific news if it weren't for Windows. 00:00:48.040 --> 00:00:51.320 In 2019, Microsoft decided to change Windows 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:56.280 so that software encryption would be the default rather than hardware encryption. 00:00:56.280 --> 00:01:00.160 What makes this worse is that Windows 11 Pro force enables this encryption 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:05.200 without providing a clear opt-out option. And worst of all, if you want to switch 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:09.320 to hardware encryption, even if you don't have software BitLocker enabled, 00:01:09.320 --> 00:01:14.120 you have to reinstall Windows if you have the OS running on that SSD 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:18.880 because how dare you try and make your machine more functional without penalty? 00:01:18.880 --> 00:01:22.720 If you feel your computer has slowed down, there's a blog post on how to get hardware encryption 00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:26.520 working on your PC in our news sources. We knew it was a good tutorial 00:01:26.520 --> 00:01:32.000 because it's not from Microsoft support. Phone manufacturers have been remotely disabling 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:35.260 Mexican customers' cell phones. This is real. 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:38.960 As in many countries, a large percentage of Mexicans buy their phones 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:42.360 on the gray market through sites like Amazon and AliExpress. 00:01:42.360 --> 00:01:46.040 This means they're getting better deals by buying phones that are meant for release in other markets, 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:50.300 but that would still most likely be compatible with Mexico's cellular infrastructure. 00:01:50.300 --> 00:01:53.880 But some phone companies don't like this. In July of this year, 00:01:53.880 --> 00:01:56.880 Motorola announced all phones imported and activated 00:01:56.880 --> 00:02:00.660 in Mexico after that month would be subject to remote disability, 00:02:00.660 --> 00:02:04.520 making the phone completely useless except for emergency calls. 00:02:04.520 --> 00:02:09.280 Fortunately, Samsung disagreed with Motorola's tactics, but unfortunately it was because 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:14.160 they didn't think Motorola went far enough. Samsung started disabling all gray market phones 00:02:14.160 --> 00:02:18.240 retroactively under the pretense that the phones weren't properly certified 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:21.960 by the Mexican government. However, the government never asked Samsung to do this 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:26.680 and in fact, hold manufacturers very strongly to stop disabling phones. 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:31.800 But come on, they offered everyone a 30% off coupon for the second phone customers were being forced to buy. 00:02:31.800 --> 00:02:36.440 What more does the Mexican government want? Not forcibly removing citizens access to their own data 00:02:36.440 --> 00:02:39.720 and or ability to text their loved ones? Dia's mio. 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:44.920 Speaking of phones, it turns out all those fancy AI tasks the Pixel 8 Pro can do 00:02:44.920 --> 00:02:48.760 aren't actually performed by the phone. In his review for the Pixel 8 Pro, 00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:55.000 Mr. Who's the boss revealed that the phone's AI features like AI wallpapermaking and the magic eraser for photos 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:58.520 are not accomplished with the phone's Google-designed processor. 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:04.040 The device needs a persistent internet connection so the phone can offload those tasks to Google servers. 00:03:04.040 --> 00:03:07.480 Maybe someone should have informed Google VP of product management, Monica Gupta, 00:03:07.480 --> 00:03:12.960 before she wrote a blog post saying things like, the Tensor G3 chip continues to push the boundaries 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:16.280 of on-device machine learning and how the chip's upgraded subsystems 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:22.320 are paving the way for on-device generative AI. With specific regard to using magic editor on photos 00:03:22.320 --> 00:03:27.680 or AI-generating wallpapers, I guess on-device generative AI means on-device Wi-Fi 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:31.640 so your phone can connect to an AI server. They never said which device. 00:03:31.640 --> 00:03:35.840 And that sounds way less special. Maybe that's why Google decided to block reviewers 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:38.840 from downloading benchmarks to test the new Tensor chip. 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:42.200 They didn't want anyone to find out their AI magic wasn't real. 00:03:42.200 --> 00:03:45.440 Then the reviewers would start asking questions about the AI tooth fairy. 00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:49.480 Childhood ruined. Quick bits are a sacred addition to going back to some point in the past 00:03:49.480 --> 00:03:53.160 when a significant event happened. I don't know, man. 00:03:53.160 --> 00:03:58.160 I'm just reading this off the property. I don't know what the event was. Twitch is expanding its simulcasting guidelines 00:03:58.160 --> 00:04:03.840 to allow creators to live stream anywhere on the web simultaneously following an unsuccessful ban 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:08.960 on simulcasting that may or may not have contributed to top talent leaving the service in droves. 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:12.040 There are still a few limitations like the version of a stream hosted on Twitch 00:04:12.040 --> 00:04:16.920 should be at least equivalent in quality of experience and streamers shouldn't share links 00:04:16.920 --> 00:04:21.120 to their Twitch audience directing them to watch other platforms midstream. 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:25.800 Twitch also announced that they will be adding doxing and swatting to their list of punishable 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:31.760 off-platform conduct having concluded that criminal harassment is wrong, very wrong. 00:04:31.760 --> 00:04:37.520 You mean I can't stick the cops in butt nugget 65? Get the door, it's dominoes, really it is. 00:04:37.520 --> 00:04:41.360 Microsoft Excel has now finally created a user setting 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:45.000 to turn off its automatic date conversion feature for dates 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:48.360 both as a quality of life measure and to prevent Excel from accidentally destroying 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:53.400 peer-reviewed scientific data. You see, genes tend to have long, stupid names 00:04:53.400 --> 00:04:57.680 like differentiated embryonic grandose site express gene one 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:02.880 which scientists who are only human abbreviated as dease one which Excel 00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:06.240 who's only a computer program interpreted as December 1st 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:12.400 and automatically reformatted. A 2016 study found that out of over 3,500 published papers 00:05:12.400 --> 00:05:17.160 around a fifth had errors introduced by Excel. Scientists actually reworked their entire system 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:21.160 for abbreviating genes back in 2020 when admittedly they had a lot more free time 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:24.280 on their hands. Amazon has launched a trial for its new workforce 00:05:24.280 --> 00:05:28.720 of bipedal humanoid robots developed by Agility Robotics 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:33.680 which are definitely not intended to replace Amazon's current human workforce with their weak flesh 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:36.760 and limited bladder capacity with something superior. 00:05:36.760 --> 00:05:41.720 No, the primary benefit of the new bots is their ability to crouch, grasp and lift objects 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:47.280 and navigate warehouses designed for feeble human workers. One union commented that Amazon has been treating 00:05:47.280 --> 00:05:51.440 their workers like robots for years. Though hopefully we won't start finding bottles 00:05:51.440 --> 00:05:56.600 of used motor oil along the sides of the highway. It's a matter of time before the robots unionize. 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:00.760 And the Windows phone is many things but would you have guessed that it's the unlikely hero 00:06:00.760 --> 00:06:04.040 to save us from YouTube's new ad block blocking? 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:07.320 Twitter user endermanch discovered that if you change 00:06:07.320 --> 00:06:10.440 your user agent, the HTTP header that identifies 00:06:10.440 --> 00:06:16.440 what device browser version and OS you're using, using a user agent switcher to Windows phone, 00:06:16.440 --> 00:06:19.800 it'll disable ads. It's like the reverse of the movie Weekend at Bernie's. 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:23.800 Instead of convincing a party that a corpse is a living person, you're convincing the world's 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:27.600 largest video hosting platform that your computer is running a dead OS. 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:32.840 And Tinder's new matchmaker feature allows you to get outside opinions on potential matches. 00:06:32.840 --> 00:06:36.280 Users can invite loved ones and friends with or without 00:06:36.280 --> 00:06:40.440 their own profile to view and recommend potential matches on the platform. 00:06:40.440 --> 00:06:45.040 Once the matchmaker session expires, you'll be able to see which profiles were recommended 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:48.680 while still getting final say yourself over which direction you swipe. 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:53.600 What a great idea. I mean, who doesn't want their mom to help them choose the one they won't call tomorrow? 00:06:53.600 --> 00:06:56.600 Watch out screenshots. Tinder's coming for ya. 00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:01.440 You're right, dad. He does look like a boy. But we'll call you on Wednesday when we have more 00:07:01.440 --> 00:07:05.720 tech news to share and who knows? Maybe we'll form a deep and lasting emotional connection 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:07.880 that we can explore over future episodes.