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Good news! I have undergone an experimental operation to infuse tech news throughout my

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entire body. Bad news, my kidneys are now proprietary. Dark clouds appeared on the horizon for

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apps that allow ad-free viewing as YouTube published a memo indicating that they would

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be upping enforcement against third-party apps that violate YouTube's terms of service.

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And if that wasn't clear enough, the next thing they say is specifically they're talking about

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ad blocking apps, okay? I'm sorry. It's not clear whether YouTube will be completely blocking

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offending apps from using their API, but the company warned that these apps' users

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might experience service issues like buffering, error messages, and videos failing to load.

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Of course, these third-party clients could simply comply with YouTube's terms of service and turn

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on ads, but I think we all know that ad blocking and free access to premium features is a significant

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part of the appeal for some of them. For others, it's just the culture. In their memo,

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YouTube emphasized the importance of ads in supporting creators and their content,

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which is an argument that I find at least somewhat persuasive, both as a creator and a big fan of

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living indoors, at least somewhere where the owner of the building knows that I'm there.

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The Chrome Store, however, doesn't seem to have got the memo, seeing as it still offers

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several ad blocking third-party YouTube apps. That's entrapment, Google.

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After over a decade, Boston Dynamics will be retiring its iconic, yet terrifying, human robot

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human robot. It was a human in there the whole time. Humanoid robot Atlas, and replacing it with

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an even scarier humanoid robot, also called Atlas. That's all for today. See you later.

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The primary difference between the two models is that the OG Atlas used hydraulics while the

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new Atlas is fully electric, has a fully rotating torso, limbs, and head, and moves like it's been

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demotically possessed. That's a feature. Don't worry, they haven't added the firmware to make any babies yet.

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Nothing gets me excited for the robot future like abject terror.

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Why did they introduce it like that?

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Over the course of its development, Atlas has gone from barely being able to balance,

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pathetic, to performing ambitious feats of athleticism. But we've yet to see popular

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adoption of these kinds of humanoid robots, primarily because this one wasn't for sale.

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Tech companies clearly think we're on the verge of a tipping point. Given the amount of investment

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there's been in new Android concepts from companies like Figure and Aptronic, even though

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neither of them can spin their head like the chick from The Exorcist. This one can, though.

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The United Kingdom has passed a new law criminalizing the creation of sexually explicit deep fakes

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without consent, in what appears to be a legal first. Offenders prosecuted under the law would

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most likely face a criminal conviction and a fine with jail time as a possibility if the

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offender also shares or distributes this now illegal material. Aspiring adult filmmakers

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will still have the option of creating filth featuring consenting people, fake people,

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and, of course, popular serial mascots. I mean, those options are great.

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Oh man. Non-consensual deep fake pornography has been a problem for years, but the proliferation

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of deep fakes as AI technology becomes more and more sophisticated has apparently brought the

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issue to the forefront of the legislative agenda. UK officials are also apparently in the early

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stages of drafting legislation to more closely regulate AI in general. But I bet we could speed

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up the process significantly by sending our legislators AI-generated photos of themselves

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robbing banks. Seem important now? I weep for the AI future, but I also weep for the future where

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people see that and think it's real. All of our parliamentarians? The agriculture minister!

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Quick bits, eh? Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time. 24 hours at least.

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America's Federal Communications Commission is a week away from voting on rules enforcing net

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neutrality, the idea that internet service providers should have a neutral stance towards

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all network traffic treating it all equally. But critics say that while the proposed rules

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forbid ISPs from slowing down certain types of traffic, speeding up some traffic, say gaming

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or streaming video, by putting it in fast lanes would be allowed thanks to a feature of 5G networks

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called network slicing. All internet traffic would still be equal. Some would just be more

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equal than others. The US has had net neutrality rules before. They were first adopted in 2015

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before being unadopted in 2018. I'm assuming because the FCC found out the child they'd

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welcomed into their home was actually Satan's baby. Altstore Pal, the first consumer-focused

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third-party app marketplace for iOS, has launched in the European Union, opening up a new avenue

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for iPhone users to discover countless new apps. It's nice. Right now, Altstore has two apps.

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Oh, that's not countless at all. There's Delta, a rare Nintendo console emulator, and Clip,

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a Clipboard Manager, both developed by the same guy that made Altstore, Riley Testit. It is a name.

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With the EU investigating whether Apple's new rules are kosher or not,

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Apple's alternative app store rules may change further, but should be fine. Riley's just

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testing it out. It's a different last name than mine.

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TSMC has reportedly shared 200,000 kilowatt hours of energy from its backup power generators,

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with the rest of the Taiwanese power grid to help prevent power outages. Taiwan, of course,

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suffered a massive earthquake only two weeks ago, which caused eight of the country's major power

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generators to fail. TSMC, a critical part of the global semiconductor supply chain,

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only paused work for a day to allow for safety inspections, in part because the company has

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prioritized earthquake preparedness ever since Taiwan's last major quake in 1999. They're

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so prepared that their buildings offer earthquake protection 25% above the legally mandated standard.

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Honestly, if the bombs ever do drop, the post-apocalyptic wasteland is getting repopulated

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by TSMC workers who just happen to be on shift. NASA is going to send a giant nuclear-powered

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robot dragonfly to Saturn's largest moon. Just regular science things. It sounds like a plan

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someone came up with while they were high. The rotorcraft is planned to be launched in 2028,

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though it won't reach Saturn's moon Titan until 2034, because Titan is, I'm told, very far away.

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It's also rich in organic molecules, which is why NASA is launching this mission in the first place.

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The complex chemistry of this moon, reminiscent of pre-life Earth, could give scientists insight

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into the origin of life in the solar system. Its secondary objective is to make me feel

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way less cool about what I do for work. And I don't appreciate it.

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I would love to fly a robot dragonfly, no one asks me.

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And a startup called Ozzit announced Paintcam Eve, an AI-powered security camera that can fire

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paintballs containing either UV paint or tear gas at intruders. And you thought the last story

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started with a wild sentence. The UV paint is meant to allow police to identify intruders after the

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fact while the tear gas is literally tear gas. I mean, it's self-explanatory. It makes them think

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of sad things. There are several models available, with the higher-end versions unlocking the ability

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to recognize animals and human faces. Like all great ideas, Paintcam Eve will launch on Kickstarter.

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On April 23rd, you'll have the chance to actively advance the death of humanity by funding an AI

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weaponization campaign. The next generation of neighbor-to-neighbor warfare. But you'll have

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the chance on Friday to watch more tech news. Even better, there will be a 0% chance of tear gas.

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I'm still figuring that out.