WEBVTT 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, 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:08.480 something bad might happen to Keanu Reeves. Probably don't slow down. 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:11.480 He's already sad enough. Apple is apparently going to launch 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:16.080 M4 MacBook Pros this year, which is what I've been learning from Mark Gurman, 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:18.980 who lives in a house made from all the paper he's earning. 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, 00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:30.440 Russian YouTube channel, Wilsacom, claims to have gotten their hands on one. 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:35.800 The channel's video even got a response from Gurman himself, saying it's unconfirmed, 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. 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 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:48.000 from an Xbox event. And by May, I mean definitely. 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.840 World premiere. Whether or not the video is legit, Gurman claims we'll be seeing 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.080 M4 MacBook Pros launch on November 1st, 00:00:55.080 --> 00:00:58.720 alongside new M4 Mac Minis and iMacs. 00:00:58.720 --> 00:01:04.240 Gurman also revealed that Apple Intelligence will finally arrive on October 28th. 00:01:04.240 --> 00:01:09.000 Yeah, it's not out yet, despite weeks of ads featuring actor Bella Ramsey 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. 00:01:16.080 --> 00:01:19.600 I've just had to watch that, knowing I can't get that for myself yet. 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:23.280 Oh, there's fine print at the bottom? I want sad vibes now. 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:27.160 Fortunately, Apple may be trying to prevent weird delays like this. 00:01:27.160 --> 00:01:32.280 As Gurman claims, the company is moving away from its usual annual release cycle. 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:35.480 Instead, they're going to try a revolutionary new strategy 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:38.520 of launching products when they're ready. 00:01:38.520 --> 00:01:42.080 Wow, genius. This is why Tim Cook makes the big bucks. 00:01:42.080 --> 00:01:45.320 Over a third of the web is caught up in a feud 00:01:45.320 --> 00:01:48.360 between two companies that could perhaps be described 00:01:48.360 --> 00:01:52.160 as some high school shit. Just like teenage grudges, 00:01:52.160 --> 00:01:55.960 it's also fairly complicated, but we're here to help you get through it. 00:01:55.960 --> 00:01:59.120 Matt Mullenwake is the co-founder and owner 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:03.040 of the open source WordPress.org web publishing project, 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:07.320 which powers around 40% of the top 10 million websites. 00:02:07.320 --> 00:02:12.880 He's also the CEO of Automatic, which owns WordPress.com, 00:02:12.880 --> 00:02:17.800 a freemium web building platform based on WordPress.org. 00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:21.920 With us so far, last month, Automatic sent WP Engine, 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:26.160 a third-party WordPress hosting service, a cease and desist letter 00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:30.300 for using the WordPress trademark on their site, which Automatic can technically do 00:02:30.300 --> 00:02:33.720 because it holds a license for the trademark's commercial rights, 00:02:33.720 --> 00:02:37.920 stating WP Engine can't claim they bring WordPress 00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:42.280 to the masses when they don't contribute enough to the open source project. 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.520 WP Engine fired back with their own cease and desist, 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:50.660 claiming Mullenwake told them he'd take a scorched earth nuclear approach 00:02:50.660 --> 00:02:53.740 if WP Engine didn't pay 8% of its revenue 00:02:53.740 --> 00:02:58.940 as a trademark fee to Automatic or dedicate employee time of equivalent financial value 00:02:58.940 --> 00:03:02.500 to WordPress contribution. In apparent retaliation, 00:03:02.500 --> 00:03:06.700 Mullenwake banned WP Engine from using WordPress.org servers, 00:03:06.700 --> 00:03:09.780 affecting their customers and breaking a lot of websites. 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 00:03:16.340 --> 00:03:20.500 and 159 Automatic employees accepted a severance package 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:24.740 offered to workers who disagreed with Mullenwake's direction of the company. 00:03:24.740 --> 00:03:28.380 AKA just starting. I probably would have taken it too, 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. 00:03:32.420 --> 00:03:35.900 No, mom, you don't understand. WordPress.org is different from WordPress.com, okay? 00:03:35.900 --> 00:03:40.900 Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer just to get access to Windows 11. 00:03:40.900 --> 00:03:44.420 In other news, water is moist. 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 00:03:50.860 --> 00:03:55.300 running the operating system rather than install it on their current machines. 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. 00:04:00.420 --> 00:04:04.300 But only because that's a direct consequence of what Microsoft is telling people to do. 00:04:04.300 --> 00:04:07.540 The tech giant's advice comes at a pivotal time as, 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. 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. 00:04:20.940 --> 00:04:25.340 How would they? Where would they find a VHS player? The only curse in this story 00:04:25.340 --> 00:04:30.300 are the Windows 11 system requirements, which still controversially necessitate 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, 00:04:35.620 --> 00:04:39.100 millions of incompatible PCs will become unsecured 00:04:39.100 --> 00:04:43.180 in a week. But hey, it's not all bad news. Microsoft will let you reprogram 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:47.060 the new co-pilot key they started adding to laptops this year. 00:04:47.060 --> 00:04:51.420 Thanks to Microsoft for solving the problem they themselves created. 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 00:04:56.820 --> 00:04:59.020 to host QuickPits if I didn't eat my broccoli. 00:05:00.700 --> 00:05:05.580 Look at me now. Thanks, mom. Following its most recent microcode update, 00:05:05.580 --> 00:05:09.660 Intel says that it's finally fixed the root cause 00:05:09.660 --> 00:05:14.420 of the instability in its Raptor Lake CPUs. And this time, they mean it. 00:05:14.420 --> 00:05:17.460 Intel has confirmed that VMIN shift instability 00:05:17.460 --> 00:05:21.020 resulting in excessive voltage is at the heart of the problem, 00:05:21.020 --> 00:05:25.100 something it was previously kind of cagey about. While Intel says their future chips 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 00:05:30.340 --> 00:05:34.340 and no way of telling that a chip is damaged until it starts crashing. 00:05:34.340 --> 00:05:38.300 Intel is apparently working on developing such a diagnostic tool for that situation. 00:05:38.300 --> 00:05:42.180 But in the meantime, I don't know, enable auto-save in your word doc, 00:05:42.180 --> 00:05:45.020 you crazy adrenaline junkie. What are you doing? 00:05:46.180 --> 00:05:49.740 Living on the edge, okay. Japanese peripheral manufacturer, 00:05:49.740 --> 00:05:55.780 Ellicom, has become the first company to get cable certified for USB 4.0 2.0. 00:05:55.780 --> 00:05:59.780 As fun as it is that it ended up being named USB 420, 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. 00:06:05.340 --> 00:06:10.380 There are two cables with certifications. While they both are capable of 80 gigabits per second 00:06:10.380 --> 00:06:15.820 data transfer speeds, one of them is also capable of 240 watts power delivery. 00:06:15.820 --> 00:06:21.580 The other delivers a more modest 60 watts. The USB IF, who governs the USB standard, 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. 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. 00:06:32.340 --> 00:06:38.780 Now with blazing fast speeds. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. 00:06:38.780 --> 00:06:45.300 An unusual number of M1 iMac users are reporting phantom lines appearing on their displays, 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:49.620 which is either screen degradation or this summer's hot new thriller. 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. 00:06:54.900 --> 00:07:00.220 This not-so-fashionable pinstripe pattern typically crops up after two years of use, 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 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 00:07:09.900 --> 00:07:14.020 on a flex cable used to power the LCD, gradually burning out. 00:07:14.020 --> 00:07:17.700 Replacing it typically means replacing the entire screen, 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 00:07:22.020 --> 00:07:26.380 because that doesn't have a display either. Scientists created an artificial plant 00:07:26.380 --> 00:07:31.460 that generates oxygen and electricity using photosynthetic bacteria. 00:07:31.460 --> 00:07:33.780 Wow. Don't cut that. 00:07:35.980 --> 00:07:40.460 Myocondria. While the energy output is currently less than one milliwatt, 00:07:40.460 --> 00:07:44.820 researchers hope to increase it to more than a milliwatt 00:07:44.820 --> 00:07:49.260 and add something like a battery to store the energy for later use. 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. 00:07:52.580 --> 00:07:56.660 There's just extra. According to the paper, the artificial plant was nine times better 00:07:56.660 --> 00:08:00.940 than natural plants at reducing indoor CO2 levels. 00:08:00.980 --> 00:08:04.740 Unfortunately for everyone, the plant is really ugly. 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. 00:08:10.340 --> 00:08:13.700 And Jason Allen, a man who won an art competition 00:08:13.700 --> 00:08:17.260 two years ago with an image generated using mid-jury, 00:08:17.260 --> 00:08:21.300 is appealing the US Copyright Office's denial of copyright 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:26.460 for his image. Why? Well, Allen thinks the question of AI art copyright 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 00:08:31.220 --> 00:08:35.980 gives his work a perceived lower value. And it's even been appropriated and sold 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:39.620 without his permission. Kind of like the countless images that were appropriated 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:42.740 and used to train mid-journey and other art generators. 00:08:42.740 --> 00:08:46.040 Guys, he's not making enough money from the picture the computer gave him. 00:08:46.040 --> 00:08:49.740 What is he supposed to do? Ask it for another picture? 00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:53.140 They all changed the rules already. My fingers are tired. 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 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 00:09:00.660 --> 00:09:04.140 about knockoff AirPods. We just gotta see what we get.