Oh boy, there are some stories today. You won't believe these stories.
There are stories, and we're gonna tell you about them. And let me just say,
when Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro this morning, demand was so high,
it seems to have exceeded available supply. Shipping estimates for each of the headset's
three storage options have now moved from February 2nd
to mid-March. But if you're sad, you have to wait an extra month
for your face MacBook, maybe don't be since the device is shipping without a Netflix app
of any kind, literally unplayable, not chill.
We're not just talking about a native VisionOS app, mind you, back in September,
Apple claimed nearly all iPad and iPhone apps can run on VisionOS, unmodified.
But Netflix has confirmed to Bloomberg that they're not making theirs compatible at all,
despite the process sounding much easier than, well, buying a Vision Pro.
And Netflix isn't the only app absent from the platform.
Bloomberg also was told by YouTube, it will not allow its iPad app to work on Vision Pro
while a person familiar with Spotify's plans said their app wouldn't show up either.
And according to Mac Stories, many other popular apps have also manually opted out
of making their existing apps usable on the platform. But no one is saying why,
leaving us to assume the only logical explanation is that they're all making their own $3,500 headsets.
This music looks amazing.
Amazon is planning to launch a paid subscription for its voice assistant later this year,
according to leaked internal documents and sources.
We leaked these sources everywhere. They have a tentative and very original name
for the upgraded version of ALEXA.
They're calling it ALEXA Plus. Apparently Ms. Plus will have more chatGPT style features
to give it better conversational and reasoning skills so you can get better input
on what specific toilet paper you should order with same day shipping.
ChatGPT doesn't even use toilet paper. Same day wiping. Even better than that,
the upgraded assistant will allegedly be able to tell the difference between when you are finished speaking
and when you're just pausing. So it doesn't cut you off.
The Plus model could launch as soon as June 30th,
but there are some roadblocks for starters. While the new assistant is a better conversation list,
it's not very good at assisting. It gives overly long answers,
makes factual errors and frequently hallucinates. Like a toddler on acid.
On top of those pretty severe issues, there's also reports of internal conflict at Amazon
with some employees feeling they shouldn't charge for the upgrade.
It's almost like customers already paying Amazon's multitude of other subscriptions might not want another one.
Okay guys, this is too many, too many features.
Don't buy it. TSMC says it anticipates further delays
in getting their second Arizona FAB up and running. Initially projected to be up and running in 2026,
Chairman Mark Liu now says it will probably take until 2027 or even 2028.
When we won't exist. My toddler's doing acid by then. Once again, blaming all of those gosh darn skilled workers
for apparently non-existing. Just as he did when the company announced a similar delay
for their other Arizona factory. Making things even worse, the chip's output by factory two may end up
less advanced than planned. TSMC wanted their first factory to produce
four nanometer chips while the second factory made chips using three nanometer tech.
But now the company says that three nanometer capability is dependent on funding promised by the US government
through their CHIPS Act. However, TSMC hasn't received their promised grant yet.
Instead, the Biden administration gave first funding to BAE systems, BAE systems.
A military supplier that makes chips for fighter jets,
which are admittedly a lot sexier than computers and phones.
However, even if TSMC can make a three nanometer FAB,
this delay could mean the factory is a whole generation of silicon tech behind before it even opens its doors.
The Arizona chips are gonna feel so old when they hear Taiwanese chips saying all this new slang,
they don't understand. They're gonna be like, sweet dude. That's not based at all.
Let's just get these pesky quipets out of my pocket so they're ready to, what?
They're gone. What are we gonna do? Our show is dependent on the quipets.
How are we gonna finish if there's not? Here in my other pocket, it's all good.
Mark the Zuck, Zuckerberg has announced that MENA will be
pursuing the creation of an artificial general intelligence, presumably so he can have member of his own kind
to talk to on this planet. Part of Zuckerberg's vision is to make MENA's theoretical
future AI relatively open source, similar to their LAMMA LLM rather than solely controlled
by a few elite companies who know Jiu Jitsu. This of course, raised concerns that with the general public
having access to tools roughly equivalent to human intelligence, right now the general public
isn't intelligent at all. At press time, Zuckerberg was quoted as saying,
grow my children, move fast and break things.
BMW will be introducing general purpose humanoid robots
from figure at a manufacturing plant in South Carolina.
Figure CEO Brad Adcock, whose name is the complete sentence.
I'm a professional.
It's hard when the whole room is crying. Says that they're planning to ship their first figure 01 robot
within the year. However, these bots will likely start with one task
before expanding their repertoire, mostly repetitive, unappealing tasks like stacking pallets or unpacking boxes.
So hard to read when there's tears in your eyes. There's plenty of room to expand
because these robots can apparently learn complex actions like how to make a pot of coffee
just by imitating videos of humans. Just nobody let it watch Westworld.
That's what you want. Okay. I'm installing Adcock right now.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha. A janitor's house that was being used as office space
has been converted into an assistive smart home. The council of the English city of Sunderland
undertook the project to allow occupational therapists and technologists as well as their customers
and partners to have a space to train with assistive technology and to try out ideas
to maximize independence for clients. They even used the space to help make gaming
more accessible to kids. After all, being differently able shouldn't bar you
from normal childhood activities like being bullied in Fortnite.
This the council decrees. Microsoft has made an AI reading tutor available for free.
Reading coach, that's the name.
Generate stories for users to read while being equipped with guardrails
to keep things appropriate. Users can make choices to alter the story's plot
to help make learning more engaging while personalizing the experience
by learning what words the learner is commonly mispronouncing.
There's even a reward system that unlocks new elements and characters that can be used to generate new stories.
And if that sounds too good to be true, that's because you're still gonna need
a Microsoft account to access it. They got your kids.
They got them now. And a handheld AI powered skin cancer detector
has been approved by the FDA in an encouraging example of AI that's being used for something
other than pumping the internet full of detritus. The derma sensor device actually identified
skin cancer 96% of the time and correctly ruled it out 97% of the time
in the FDA study, which is great news for the one in five Americans
who will get some type of skin cancer by age 70. But just in case the story made you feel too good,
I'm obligated to add that the derma sensor will be available to doctors
through a subscription of $200 a month per five patients or 400 bucks a month for unlimited use.
What a thing of the time savings though, you know? And those three out of a hundred people?
Pranks, it was a prank, bro. I'm not sorry about giving you even more tech news
if you come back on Monday. But if you don't come back, you just don't get tech news.