WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.760 Apple is threatening to pull services in the UK if the government weakens end-to-end encryption, 00:00:05.760 --> 00:00:11.360 because what happens in iPhone stays on iPhone Gabnah. I'm sorry, I'm James Strybe, this is 00:00:11.360 --> 00:00:16.000 TechLinked, and this is a proposed amendment to the Investigatory Powers Act, causing a bunch of 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:21.360 tech companies to threaten to brexit themselves, including Wikipedia, Signal, and WhatsApp. 00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:25.040 And you know you've got a problem when meta thinks you're being weirdly intrusive. 00:00:25.040 --> 00:00:29.440 The acting question already required messaging service to receive government approval before 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:33.760 releasing new security features, but the change here is that now they'll have to immediately 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:38.800 disable features upon request without any appeal process, effectively eliminating oversight. 00:00:38.800 --> 00:00:42.240 It's unclear from the bill's wording whether communications providers could be ordered to 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:47.040 simply not use encryption, and it's not even clear how many times the Investigatory Powers 00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:51.680 Act has already been used. It's okay, UK government, we totally get the whole 00:00:51.680 --> 00:00:56.880 having to justify your reasons for staring through unlimited bedroom Windows is a huge drag. 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.280 I just want to watch when they're dancing when no one's watching. 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:05.520 Major gaming platform and vomit onomatopoeia Roblox suffered a major data breach that leaked 00:01:05.520 --> 00:01:10.560 the personal information of nearly 4,000 people that attended the invite-only Roblox developer 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:18.320 conference from 2017 to 2020. According to HaveIbeenPone.com, 3,943 unique email accounts, 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:23.200 names, phone numbers, IP addresses, and even physical addresses were circulated on a fork. 00:01:23.600 --> 00:01:27.040 Think of the exploited teenagers. Not even t-shirt sizes were safe. 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:31.920 If you ever went to a developer conference, be wary of anyone who knows your size, especially your 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:39.040 mom. Seriously though, this leak dates back to December 2020, but it was apparently unnoticed 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:43.600 and unreported until now. Roblox gave a statement to PCGamer saying that they are 00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:47.200 aware of a third-party security issue that caused this breach. Further saying, 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:50.640 we engaged independent experts to support the investigation led by our information 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:55.920 security team. They need the help, since not only did this breach occur three years ago, 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:01.120 but the information was originally spread within niche cheating communities within Roblox, 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:06.000 as early as 2021. I'm sure Roblox would have caught it if it spread to the mainstream 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:12.800 cheating communities, but these niche ones. Google and Apple are both taking steps to treat the 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:17.920 whole large language model thing more seriously, even if it means taking a break from creating 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:23.280 subscription services named one. According to the Wall Street Journal, 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:28.720 Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who is my favorite Sergey, has come out of semi-retirement to help 00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:34.160 researchers develop Gemini, the tech giant's answer to open AI's chat GPT-4. What happened 00:02:34.160 --> 00:02:38.640 to Bard? Helping here means dropping in on meetings, recruiting top-tier researchers, 00:02:38.640 --> 00:02:43.840 and presumably asking how AI can help him darken the skies with airships. Meanwhile, 00:02:43.920 --> 00:02:48.560 courtesy of Apple leaker Mark Squirman-German, we're finally hearing about Apple developing 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:55.760 a generative AI chatbot named Ajax, but whose friends call it Apple GPT. Unfortunately, 00:02:55.760 --> 00:02:59.600 the only friends it has are a specific substitute of Apple employees who must go through an 00:02:59.600 --> 00:03:07.760 application approval process to talk to it, which sounds normal for Riley. Ajax-powered Apple services 00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:11.680 probably won't roll out until next year, but when they do, chat GPT will be facing some 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:16.160 fierce competition from fan-favorite underdogs Google and Apple. Watch out, Reloyal. 00:03:18.320 --> 00:03:22.160 The only thing magnetic about these quick bits is my personality, 00:03:22.160 --> 00:03:24.560 and the BB embedded in my left butt cheek, don't ask. 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:32.960 The FTC has withdrawn their upcoming antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft's purchase of Activision 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:38.080 Blizzard after the Xbox company filed a motion to dismiss the proceedings on July 18th. While the 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:43.600 FTC can still refile the complaint or try for a settlement, it's looking more and more like the 00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:48.880 merger will go through, because this is America, and there's no such thing as antitrust. 00:03:48.880 --> 00:03:54.240 This is excited Ubisoft's CEO who has been trying to get someone, anyone, to buy his company since 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:59.440 last year. Always a bribesmate, hey Ubisoft, maybe you can catch Activision's bouquet. 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:06.800 Meta has reportedly discontinued the Quest Pro and stopped all development on the upcoming Quest 00:04:07.040 --> 00:04:12.720 Pro 2, this is crazy. Manufacturers will continue to build Quest Pro headsets only as long as their 00:04:12.720 --> 00:04:18.560 current materials last. Maybe this is unsurprising if you remember when Meta launched the Quest Pro 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:25.040 for $1500, got laughed out of the room, and dropped the price to $1000. Like Meta is a VR 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:29.280 company in the same way that McDonald's is a restaurant, you don't go there for a pricey steak. 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:34.560 Speaking of spatial computing, Microsoft is due to deliver an 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:39.440 improved version of the HoloLens really for another round of US Army testing, oh, 00:04:39.440 --> 00:04:44.560 by the end of this month. The Army wants the mixed rally headset to improve battlefield awareness, 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:49.360 but what the HoloLens wound up doing during previous testing was causing 80% of troops to 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:54.640 experience mission affecting physical impairments, which is military speak for throwing up so hard 00:04:54.640 --> 00:04:58.800 you think you're gonna meet Jesus in person. We want you to keep your lunch inside. 00:04:59.760 --> 00:05:07.600 Haha. Chip manufacturer TSMC is delaying the start of mass production at its Arizona plan to 2025 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:12.560 due to insufficient amount of skilled workers. Yikes, America. The company is currently trying 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:18.400 to get the US government to fast-track non-immigrant visas for 500 Taiwanese engineers, 00:05:18.400 --> 00:05:23.680 and I'm sure this has nothing to do with the horrible reviews of TSMC by its US employees, 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:28.080 which caused the company's chairman to remark, those who are unwilling to take shifts should not 00:05:28.080 --> 00:05:33.600 enter the industry. Maybe American engineers just took his advice. And a world of Warcraft 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:39.680 players can barely contain their excitement for the introduction of GLORBO, according to an article 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:46.080 on gaming site ZLEAGUE.GG written by something named Lucy Reed, an entity so powerful it can 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:52.480 churn out 50 articles per day. If you haven't figured it out, Lucy is an AI that scrapes Reddit 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:57.680 for wow-related stories and was unsurprisingly unable to differentiate between real news and 00:05:57.760 --> 00:06:03.920 an ironic post meant to trick, said AI, into writing about GLORBO, finally being brought into 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:10.640 the game after being hinted at in Hearthstone back in 1994. Even a wow dev celebrated the small 00:06:10.640 --> 00:06:15.440 victory against the machines by tweeting about the event, making GLORBO nearly as celebrated as 00:06:15.440 --> 00:06:22.800 Emmy award-winning TV series Monk Dammit, starring Tarly Shalupe. Another one for the good guys. 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:31.920 And make sure to prepare for the upcoming war against our AI overlords. Come back on Monday 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:36.240 for more tech news. I can't even finish the damn episode. It's getting ridiculous.