1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,520 Used to be a king, you know, but I abdicated the throne for one very simple reason. 2 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:10,400 I wanted to focus on bringing you the tech news. Still gonna tax you, though. 3 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:17,600 Mozilla has ignited controversy among Firefox users this week by, primarily, being bad at marketing. 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:22,000 See, the company's been trying to build a new framework for online advertising that depends 5 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:27,440 less on collecting people's personal information. They acquired Anonym, a company working on just 6 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:32,720 that in June, before announcing Privacy Preserving Attribution in August. 7 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:39,360 PPA supposedly encrypts and aggregates data about how many users engage with an ad without 8 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:44,880 collecting any info about those users, preserving privacy while still letting websites generate 9 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:50,880 revenue. And I think it sounds good when you say it like that. Unfortunately, 10 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:57,200 yesterday Mozilla's relatively new CEO started off her blog post about PPA by saying the company 11 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:03,040 is going to be more active in digital advertising, while an official forum post talked about making 12 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:09,440 ads and privacy coexist, causing concern among the particularly ad averse that Mozilla was going 13 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,640 through that phase when you think Don Draper is a good guy in Mad Men. 14 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:22,880 While some Firefox users simply want no ads on the internet, period, others are trying to explain 15 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:30,000 how PPA could balance privacy and sustainability. The problem is, this isn't even Mozilla's first 16 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:36,160 marketing blunder for PPA. Adblock users were already mad about PPA being enabled by default 17 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:44,000 in July's Firefox 128.0 release, which led EU privacy organization Noib, which stands for 18 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:51,760 none of your business. The spit is silent. To file a complaint over Firefox's new feature, which 19 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:58,320 tracked users. Side note, Noib is no joke. Another of their complaints just led to a top 20 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:04,240 EU court imposing limits on Meta's data collection. Do not rub Noib the wrong way. 21 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:14,080 They call it noibing. Turns out that early PPA rollout was a limited developer test and did not 22 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:19,680 collect any user data, but Mozilla did admit last week they could have been more open about what 23 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:25,680 they were doing, only to fumble the ball again this week. The same week they flagged the uBlock 24 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:32,320 Origin Lite Firefox add-on as collecting user data and using machine-generated code, causing 25 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,880 developer Raymond Hill to pull it from the add-on store after getting fed up with Mozilla support. 26 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:41,440 Listen, I want Firefox to be better at marketing, so more people use it. But right now they're at 27 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,600 like 7% market share, so proportionally I spent way too much time talking about this. 28 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,920 YouTube has announced a bunch of changes to how shorts work, starting with how they're not 29 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:58,240 gonna be so short. Starting October 15th, shorts can be up to three minutes long, 30 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:03,200 meaning any video with a square aspect ratio or taller, that's less than three minutes, 31 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:09,120 will be seen as a short by YouTube. The change will only apply to videos uploaded after that date, 32 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:14,240 though, so don't worry, vertical doom scrollers won't suddenly be hit with your experimental 33 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:25,440 artsy student film. The square is a box. This represents society. In an ode to TikTok's 34 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:31,440 cap cut templates, YouTube's also adding a remix ability with the use template button, 35 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,440 which will let you participate in that most storied of human traditions. 36 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:41,120 Doing it for the meme. There's also a new trends page for shorts, and later, the shorts feed itself 37 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,520 will show previews of comments before you even click through to the video. 38 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,240 Which comments? Oh, the worst ones, obviously. YouTube's obviously hoping the new features 39 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,560 will help it compete with TikTok, and it's already beating it in at least one way, 40 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:00,400 the new YouTube feature that lets you temporarily hide shorts from your YouTube home feed altogether. 41 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,880 I wish I could do that on TikTok. I also wish I wouldn't be spied on by the Chinese government. 42 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:11,520 Meta has revealed Meta Movie Gen, its own photorealistic video generator capable of creating 43 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,920 16-second videos with a twist, or else I wouldn't be telling you about it. 44 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:20,240 Though it's not available to the public, Meta's demos showcase the ability to edit 45 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:26,480 existing videos using only text, as well as impressively realistic simulations of bad Halloween 46 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:32,400 costumes. But here's the twist. With a single photo, Movie Gen can make a video deepfake of 47 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:37,040 anyone DJing an impromptu set next to a cheetah. Only that scenario. 48 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,960 But is the cheetah dancing? No. Is it chest or cheetah? Maybe. I'm out. 49 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:48,400 I hate that guy. And even more impressively, to me, it can generate music and audio 50 00:04:48,400 --> 00:05:02,640 synced up to the action in the video. Meta says Movie Gen could usher in a new AI-enabled era for content creators. 51 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:08,560 As an example, they ask you to imagine sending your friends some fresh baked AI slop for their 52 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:14,560 birthday. That'll be kind of funny, the first time I made this for you. No, you didn't. 53 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:21,600 Not many people know this, but Quickbits is actually a nickname. It's short for 54 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,080 Quichard Bits Gerald. Now, you know, a man I killed in 1973. 55 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:33,440 Microsoft has finally killed WordPad, the rich text editing word processor that debuted on Windows 56 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:39,520 95. Microsoft has added it to its list of removed features and functionality. It'll be gone from 57 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:45,040 all editions of Windows, starting with Windows 11 version 24H2, which started rolling out this week. 58 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,400 We are witnessing the death of a legend, so pour one out, but not just any drink, 59 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:55,520 something classy. Something fit to celebrate the life of a program born in the 90s. 60 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:03,200 An aged can of surge. A few days ago, Amazon's Ring sent an email out to Protect Plus subscribers, 61 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:08,400 reminding them that they would be migrated to the Protect Pro Plan next year, 62 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:14,400 doubling their subscription fee. That reminder comes with heavy air quotes because the Verge 63 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:20,240 tracked down when Ring sent its original notification, which turned out to be a tiny fine print 64 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:26,880 footnote in a September 2021 email with the subject line, important, your plan name has changed. 65 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:33,120 The email said, quote, don't worry, everything else is staying the same. Ring sent a similar email 66 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:39,120 to Canadian Ring Home standard subscribers this week with a heading, new name, new features, 67 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:44,320 same great price. The email then informs users that their subscription will no longer include 68 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:49,760 alarm professional monitoring and SOS emergency response, because now calling the cops costs 69 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:54,720 extra. Do you think calls to the police grow on trees? Someone's gotta pay him. The government, 70 00:06:54,720 --> 00:07:00,960 who? Google is testing the use of blue checkmarks as a way to protect users from fraudulent links 71 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:06,880 in search results. Hovering over the checkmark explains that Google is pretty sure the business 72 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,680 is who they say they are. An example of this, also from the Verge, depicts a notice that says 73 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:16,720 Google can't guarantee the reliability of this business or its products. But to be fair, 74 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:25,360 the business in question was Apple. Fruits! What's the symbol? I needed the symbol. 75 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:32,160 Oh, that's a new rim shot. Badoom fruits! Speaking of unreliable products, Google 76 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:38,160 Search's AI overview feature will now be getting ads that are relevant to your question. Finally, 77 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:42,160 Gem and I won't just tell you to eat rocks, but also recommend the tastiest ones. 78 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:51,120 Samsung issued a faulty software update two days ago that bricked many older Galaxy smartphones 79 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:55,840 globally. Even worse, the issue seemed to have been caused by an update to Samsung's 80 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:01,840 SmartThings Framework app, an automatically installed app for controlling compatible smart devices. 81 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:07,520 I feel like users still rocking Galaxy phones from 2019 aren't splurging on a smart fridge. 82 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,920 We're not sure whether this was necessary. They're buying sensible things, like basically 83 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:18,960 anything else you can buy. Cabbage. Would you put in a dump? But the smart fridge enthusiasts 84 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:24,960 watching this video may be excited to know that Apple fixed the update that was bricking M4 iPads. 85 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,600 What a transition. I'm not saying only smart fridge owners own M4 iPads, 86 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:34,080 but I'm pretty sure they could afford one. I want a fridge I could watch TikTok on. 87 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:40,080 And a court has dismissed a shareholders lawsuit against Tesla over Elon Musk's exaggerated 88 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,560 claims about its full self-driving feature. Of course, the case wasn't dismissed because 89 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:49,440 those claims were true, but rather because, according to Tesla's own lawyers, the statements 90 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:57,280 were nothing more than corporate puffery, aka bulls***, that no reasonable investor would have 91 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:03,600 taken seriously. I mean, come on guys, we're all just just locker room talk. But Elon had less 92 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:10,560 success in Australia, where a court upheld a $418,000 fine against Twitter, which the corporation 93 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:16,320 formerly known as Twitter fought on the grounds that, following its merger with X-Core, Twitter 94 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:22,880 no longer exists. Twitter? Who's that? Twitter, I never even met her. Twitter, I never even met her. 95 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:28,240 Look, Elon, just because somebody gets married and changes their name, doesn't mean they no 96 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:32,800 longer exist. And it definitely doesn't mean they don't owe me money. Like how you owe it to 97 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:38,800 yourself to come back on Monday for more tech news. You also owe it to me. Like a little bit. I mean, 98 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:43,840 I gave up a crown for you. I was bossing people around. It was great. 99 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,720 A few assassination attempts. I was executing pizzas.