1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,440 I can't believe Android would do something like this! Back in my day, I was a teeny little baby boy. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,360 That's not related, but it is true. Some Android users are being blocked from 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,680 side-loading apps and instead forced to download them from the Play Store. It's a weird move, 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,520 since side-loading has been one of Android's main selling points, whereas the iPhone's selling 5 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:22,320 point was not getting bullied over the color green. Android users who have side-loaded certain apps 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:26,960 have received unsurpassable pop-ups, prompting them to install the app from the Play Store instead. 7 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,120 There are some issues with enforcing this. For starters, some apps can't be downloaded from 8 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,520 the Play Store in certain regions. On top of that, this affects users of alternate operating systems 9 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:41,440 like the privacy and security-focused graphing OS. And on top of that, I'm uncomfortable with the 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:47,040 idea of being told what to do by a f***ing rectangle! Not all restrictions are bad. For example, 11 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:51,760 Android 15 will restrict sensitive permissions like being able to listen to notifications from 12 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:56,000 side-loaded apps by default, which can prevent malicious apps from accessing your data. It's 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,560 just weird to me that Android apps are being restricted at the same time that Apple is preparing 14 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:06,800 to allow third-party app stores on EU iPads. I mean, what is it? Opposite day? OpenAI has released 15 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:13,280 01? Allegedly, the company's first family to have reasoning skills. In their official announcement, 16 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:18,080 OpenAI said 01 was trained to spend more time thinking about problems before responding, 17 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:23,040 like a person would. I feel like that's kind of an inaccurate description of people based on, you 18 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:28,640 know, all of history. Whatever the reason, thanks to OpenAI's overestimation of what a person is 19 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:35,680 capable of, 01 is apparently far more accurate than their previous model, GPT-4O, at answering math, 20 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,720 coding, and PhD-level science questions. Even more impressively, it nearly passed the 21 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:45,520 I'm Not Your Buddy guy test, developed by totally real Canadian computer scientist, 22 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:49,120 Terrence and Philip. Now, before you get all excited about using 01, you should know that 23 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,960 there are some massive restrictions that nobody will be able to bypass. Not only is the model 24 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:00,960 unable to browse the web or analyze files, but users are also limited to 30 or 50 messages a week, 25 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:05,760 depending on the model version. On top of that, at least one of the models, the 01 preview, 26 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:10,800 is up to four times more expensive than GPT-4O. On the plus side, it hasn't expressed a desire 27 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:15,760 to bring about the downfall of mankind, at least not yet. The US government is allegedly asking 28 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,640 NVIDIA and Apple to kindly use Intel's foundries. What? In case you weren't aware, 29 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:26,160 Intel has been having a bit of a rough go. Apparently CEO Pat Gelsinger was so upset, 30 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:30,880 he went and cried to mom. Or rather, United States Commerce Secretary Gina Ramondo. 31 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:35,440 In a meeting with Ramondo, Gelsinger apparently expressed frustration with America's reliance on 32 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:40,560 TSMC for chip production. Ramondo, like any support a parent would do, then set up private 33 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:44,560 meetings with the shareholders of NVIDIA and Apple, hoping to convince the shareholders to 34 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:49,520 convince the companies to give US foundries a shot. It's a bit interesting to see the US government 35 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,680 indirectly help Intel in this way, specifically because they're currently withholding billions 36 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,920 of dollars in funding from the company. Around $20 billion under the CHIPS Act, 37 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:02,640 but that's because it's all dependent on Intel's promises to actively establish semiconductor 38 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:06,960 facilities inside the US. It turns out that's kind of hard to do when your business is a little bit 39 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:12,960 on fire, including your processors. It's a real fire sale. Meanwhile, TSMC's trial production 40 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:17,600 at its Arizona fab last week produced yield rates on par with their Taiwanese facilities, 41 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,040 probably making Intel's all-time low field just a little bit lower. 42 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:26,320 And Pat Gelsinger's already pretty short. Is he? Oh, sorry, I'm just used to short people around all the time. 43 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:31,120 Our quick bits, they're quicker than Vin Diesel when he's running late to a family reunion, 44 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:36,240 because family. Speaking of family, the final specs of Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake desktop 45 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:41,680 CPU family have been leaked by a Chinese outlet, Bench Life, merely a week after a UK retailer 46 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:46,240 accidentally listed the chips on its site. I'm kind of starting to feel bad for Intel, 47 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:50,400 I'm not. While the CPUs are expected to be officially announced on October 10th, 48 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,480 Bench Life claims they won't be released until October 24th. Haha, better wait. 49 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,960 But you should maybe consider buying one. For Pat Gelsinger's sake, if not anyone else, 50 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:03,520 if enough sell, he might stop crying. But he definitely won't get taller. 51 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:08,160 Several AI vendors such as Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic have apparently committed to help 52 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,080 combat non-consensual deep fakes and child sexual abuse material. 53 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,720 Around the same time, Meta, Snap, and TikTok have formed an unholy alliance to stop the 54 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:21,760 spread of self-harm content. Which is good, since those three companies' platforms are 55 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:26,480 not exactly known for being good for people. The coalition hopes that they'll be able to share 56 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:30,480 what problematic content they've found on their platform so that other members can easily find 57 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:35,840 it on their own platforms. I never thought I'd see the day when Meta, Snap, and TikTok share 58 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:39,840 data for good. I mean, they're not really doing it for good, they're just doing it because they 59 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:43,360 have to, right? I mean, they did it voluntarily. Really? Are you sure? 60 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:48,160 On a completely different note, Uber is adding autonomous taxis to its apps in Austin and Atlanta, 61 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:52,240 thanks to a partnership with Waymo. So don't be too surprised if you hail a ride sometime in 62 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:57,360 early 2025 and an empty car shows up. App users can apparently increase the likelihood of getting 63 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,760 chauffeured around by a ghost by opting into autonomous rides, but it's not clear if that 64 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:06,560 includes the option to be completely opted out. Can you request a Victorian ghost? 65 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,720 While there have been concerns of robo taxis roaming the streets without human supervision, 66 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,800 Waymo has been comparatively open about its crash statistics, which not only show that 67 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,040 Waymo taxis get into severe crashes around a third as much as human drivers, 68 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:24,080 but also that most of those crashes involve getting rear-ended by flesh-and-blood drivers on the road. 69 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,880 It's because they're robots, isn't it? Yes. 70 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:34,000 Yes. Google's notebook LM has a new AI feature called Audio Overview, which summarizes 71 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:40,000 documents in the form of a lively podcast with banter between two AI hosts, not unlike the WAN Show. 72 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,600 This is potentially a novel new way to take in otherwise boring information 73 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:47,840 and a serious threat to the long-term employment of stoned white dudes with microphones in their 74 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:52,640 basement, not like the WAN Show. Users can even download the file to take it on the go, 75 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,320 though they should be conscious of the fact that LLMs, much like podcast hosts, 76 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:00,960 are extremely prone to what we in the biz call just making shit up, like the WAN Show. 77 00:06:01,840 --> 00:06:06,880 And a collaboration between LEGO and McLaren has resulted in a fully functional replica of a McLaren 78 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:14,320 P1 made out of 342,817 LEGO Technic pieces. Plus, of course, a metal frame, standard wheels, 79 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:20,000 and a typical car battery. Look, imagination be damned, you can't make everything out of LEGO. 80 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:25,520 But in 2018, LEGO did create a life-size Bugatti Chiron, but that model could only go 81 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:32,240 12 miles per hour and had no steering. The LEGO P1, however, uses 768 electric 82 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:37,680 LEGO motors to reach top speeds of 40 miles per hour. Plus, it can, you know, turn. 83 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:42,880 And you'll get your turn to watch more tech news when you come back on Monday. Bye!