1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,600 I have to deliver the news at 60 miles an hour, and if I slow down for even a second, 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,480 something bad might happen to Keanu Reeves. Probably don't slow down. 3 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,480 He's already sad enough. Apple is apparently going to launch 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:16,080 M4 MacBook Pros this year, which is what I've been learning from Mark Gurman, 5 00:00:16,080 --> 00:00:18,980 who lives in a house made from all the paper he's earning. 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,680 Thank you, Jacob. You're welcome, world. But even though Apple hasn't even announced them yet, 7 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:30,440 Russian YouTube channel, Wilsacom, claims to have gotten their hands on one. 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:35,800 The channel's video even got a response from Gurman himself, saying it's unconfirmed, 9 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,720 but looks fairly legitimate, which I think is the nicest thing he's ever said about anyone. 10 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,480 Personally, I'm not sure how much I trust a channel that may have ripped their world premiere intro 11 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:48,000 from an Xbox event. And by May, I mean definitely. 12 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,840 World premiere. Whether or not the video is legit, Gurman claims we'll be seeing 13 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,080 M4 MacBook Pros launch on November 1st, 14 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,720 alongside new M4 Mac Minis and iMacs. 15 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:04,240 Gurman also revealed that Apple Intelligence will finally arrive on October 28th. 16 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:09,000 Yeah, it's not out yet, despite weeks of ads featuring actor Bella Ramsey 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:16,080 using the power of AI to do amazing things, like make a photo montage with sad vibes at a fish funeral. 18 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,600 I've just had to watch that, knowing I can't get that for myself yet. 19 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,280 Oh, there's fine print at the bottom? I want sad vibes now. 20 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,160 Fortunately, Apple may be trying to prevent weird delays like this. 21 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,280 As Gurman claims, the company is moving away from its usual annual release cycle. 22 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,480 Instead, they're going to try a revolutionary new strategy 23 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,520 of launching products when they're ready. 24 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,080 Wow, genius. This is why Tim Cook makes the big bucks. 25 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,320 Over a third of the web is caught up in a feud 26 00:01:45,320 --> 00:01:48,360 between two companies that could perhaps be described 27 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,160 as some high school shit. Just like teenage grudges, 28 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,960 it's also fairly complicated, but we're here to help you get through it. 29 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,120 Matt Mullenwake is the co-founder and owner 30 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,040 of the open source WordPress.org web publishing project, 31 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:07,320 which powers around 40% of the top 10 million websites. 32 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:12,880 He's also the CEO of Automatic, which owns WordPress.com, 33 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,800 a freemium web building platform based on WordPress.org. 34 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,920 With us so far, last month, Automatic sent WP Engine, 35 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:26,160 a third-party WordPress hosting service, a cease and desist letter 36 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:30,300 for using the WordPress trademark on their site, which Automatic can technically do 37 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:33,720 because it holds a license for the trademark's commercial rights, 38 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,920 stating WP Engine can't claim they bring WordPress 39 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:42,280 to the masses when they don't contribute enough to the open source project. 40 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,520 WP Engine fired back with their own cease and desist, 41 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:50,660 claiming Mullenwake told them he'd take a scorched earth nuclear approach 42 00:02:50,660 --> 00:02:53,740 if WP Engine didn't pay 8% of its revenue 43 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:58,940 as a trademark fee to Automatic or dedicate employee time of equivalent financial value 44 00:02:58,940 --> 00:03:02,500 to WordPress contribution. In apparent retaliation, 45 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:06,700 Mullenwake banned WP Engine from using WordPress.org servers, 46 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:09,780 affecting their customers and breaking a lot of websites. 47 00:03:09,780 --> 00:03:16,340 That's what it does. What do you need this for? It's all AI now. Last week, WP Engine also sued Automatic for extortion 48 00:03:16,340 --> 00:03:20,500 and 159 Automatic employees accepted a severance package 49 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:24,740 offered to workers who disagreed with Mullenwake's direction of the company. 50 00:03:24,740 --> 00:03:28,380 AKA just starting. I probably would have taken it too, 51 00:03:28,380 --> 00:03:32,420 just so I didn't have to keep trying to explain to my family what's happening at work. 52 00:03:32,420 --> 00:03:35,900 No, mom, you don't understand. WordPress.org is different from WordPress.com, okay? 53 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:40,900 Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer just to get access to Windows 11. 54 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:44,420 In other news, water is moist. 55 00:03:44,460 --> 00:03:50,860 In an updated support article spotted by Neowin, the company is now recommending customers buy a new PC 56 00:03:50,860 --> 00:03:55,300 running the operating system rather than install it on their current machines. 57 00:03:55,300 --> 00:04:00,420 Some people are taking this to mean that Microsoft is recommending you throw out your old PC. 58 00:04:00,420 --> 00:04:04,300 But only because that's a direct consequence of what Microsoft is telling people to do. 59 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:07,540 The tech giant's advice comes at a pivotal time as, 60 00:04:07,540 --> 00:04:13,700 bad news, Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14th, which is a mere seven days away. 61 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:20,940 Please note that this date has been planned for some time. Windows 10 didn't just watch a cursed videotape recently. 62 00:04:20,940 --> 00:04:25,340 How would they? Where would they find a VHS player? The only curse in this story 63 00:04:25,340 --> 00:04:30,300 are the Windows 11 system requirements, which still controversially necessitate 64 00:04:30,300 --> 00:04:35,620 a TPM 2.0 security chip. Though it's kind of ironic that because of that requirement, 65 00:04:35,620 --> 00:04:39,100 millions of incompatible PCs will become unsecured 66 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:43,180 in a week. But hey, it's not all bad news. Microsoft will let you reprogram 67 00:04:43,180 --> 00:04:47,060 the new co-pilot key they started adding to laptops this year. 68 00:04:47,060 --> 00:04:51,420 Thanks to Microsoft for solving the problem they themselves created. 69 00:04:51,420 --> 00:04:56,820 Is there anything they can't do that I like? Growing up, my mom told me I'd never get 70 00:04:56,820 --> 00:04:59,020 to host QuickPits if I didn't eat my broccoli. 71 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:05,580 Look at me now. Thanks, mom. Following its most recent microcode update, 72 00:05:05,580 --> 00:05:09,660 Intel says that it's finally fixed the root cause 73 00:05:09,660 --> 00:05:14,420 of the instability in its Raptor Lake CPUs. And this time, they mean it. 74 00:05:14,420 --> 00:05:17,460 Intel has confirmed that VMIN shift instability 75 00:05:17,460 --> 00:05:21,020 resulting in excessive voltage is at the heart of the problem, 76 00:05:21,020 --> 00:05:25,100 something it was previously kind of cagey about. While Intel says their future chips 77 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:30,340 won't be affected by this issue, there's still no fixing the chips that are already damaged 78 00:05:30,340 --> 00:05:34,340 and no way of telling that a chip is damaged until it starts crashing. 79 00:05:34,340 --> 00:05:38,300 Intel is apparently working on developing such a diagnostic tool for that situation. 80 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:42,180 But in the meantime, I don't know, enable auto-save in your word doc, 81 00:05:42,180 --> 00:05:45,020 you crazy adrenaline junkie. What are you doing? 82 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:49,740 Living on the edge, okay. Japanese peripheral manufacturer, 83 00:05:49,740 --> 00:05:55,780 Ellicom, has become the first company to get cable certified for USB 4.0 2.0. 84 00:05:55,780 --> 00:05:59,780 As fun as it is that it ended up being named USB 420, 85 00:05:59,780 --> 00:06:05,340 USB 4.0 2.0 is kind of done. Fortunately, the specs are far less stupid than the name. 86 00:06:05,340 --> 00:06:10,380 There are two cables with certifications. While they both are capable of 80 gigabits per second 87 00:06:10,380 --> 00:06:15,820 data transfer speeds, one of them is also capable of 240 watts power delivery. 88 00:06:15,820 --> 00:06:21,580 The other delivers a more modest 60 watts. The USB IF, who governs the USB standard, 89 00:06:21,580 --> 00:06:27,980 says the cables will launch at the end of this year, but they also named the new standard USB 4.0 2.0. 90 00:06:27,980 --> 00:06:32,340 And I don't know if I can trust people like that. USB 4.0 2.0, blaze it. 91 00:06:32,340 --> 00:06:38,780 Now with blazing fast speeds. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. 92 00:06:38,780 --> 00:06:45,300 An unusual number of M1 iMac users are reporting phantom lines appearing on their displays, 93 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:49,620 which is either screen degradation or this summer's hot new thriller. 94 00:06:49,620 --> 00:06:54,900 This has been a known issue since mid-2023, but Apple has yet to acknowledge the problem. 95 00:06:54,900 --> 00:07:00,220 This not-so-fashionable pinstripe pattern typically crops up after two years of use, 96 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:05,740 meaning that the device is already well out of warranty, which is a real bummer in an expensive all-in-one device 97 00:07:05,740 --> 00:07:09,900 where you can't just buy a new monitor. At least one repair tech blamed the issue 98 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:14,020 on a flex cable used to power the LCD, gradually burning out. 99 00:07:14,020 --> 00:07:17,700 Replacing it typically means replacing the entire screen, 100 00:07:17,700 --> 00:07:22,020 which costs about as much as an entire Mac mini. And you couldn't even buy one of those instead 101 00:07:22,020 --> 00:07:26,380 because that doesn't have a display either. Scientists created an artificial plant 102 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:31,460 that generates oxygen and electricity using photosynthetic bacteria. 103 00:07:31,460 --> 00:07:33,780 Wow. Don't cut that. 104 00:07:35,980 --> 00:07:40,460 Myocondria. While the energy output is currently less than one milliwatt, 105 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:44,820 researchers hope to increase it to more than a milliwatt 106 00:07:44,820 --> 00:07:49,260 and add something like a battery to store the energy for later use. 107 00:07:49,260 --> 00:07:52,580 Right now it's just, they're just pouring it down the drain. It just escapes in the air. 108 00:07:52,580 --> 00:07:56,660 There's just extra. According to the paper, the artificial plant was nine times better 109 00:07:56,660 --> 00:08:00,940 than natural plants at reducing indoor CO2 levels. 110 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:04,740 Unfortunately for everyone, the plant is really ugly. 111 00:08:04,740 --> 00:08:10,340 Or at least it was before it took off its glasses and let its hair down. Let's get into some hybridization, baby. 112 00:08:10,340 --> 00:08:13,700 And Jason Allen, a man who won an art competition 113 00:08:13,700 --> 00:08:17,260 two years ago with an image generated using mid-jury, 114 00:08:17,260 --> 00:08:21,300 is appealing the US Copyright Office's denial of copyright 115 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:26,460 for his image. Why? Well, Allen thinks the question of AI art copyright 116 00:08:26,460 --> 00:08:31,220 needs answering. And he's kind of right there, but he's also upset that the lack of copyright 117 00:08:31,220 --> 00:08:35,980 gives his work a perceived lower value. And it's even been appropriated and sold 118 00:08:35,980 --> 00:08:39,620 without his permission. Kind of like the countless images that were appropriated 119 00:08:39,620 --> 00:08:42,740 and used to train mid-journey and other art generators. 120 00:08:42,740 --> 00:08:46,040 Guys, he's not making enough money from the picture the computer gave him. 121 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,740 What is he supposed to do? Ask it for another picture? 122 00:08:49,740 --> 00:08:53,140 They all changed the rules already. My fingers are tired. 123 00:08:53,140 --> 00:08:56,620 Now you make sure you come back here on Wednesday. That's how long we have to wait 124 00:08:56,620 --> 00:09:00,660 before we can ask the computer for more tech news. And even then, it might just be a lot of stuff 125 00:09:00,660 --> 00:09:04,140 about knockoff AirPods. We just gotta see what we get.