1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,480 I know the tech news can be scary sometimes. AI generated waifus taking our jobs, 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:10,800 but you must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Dune 2 comes out tonight, let's go! 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,560 Apple has taken an uncharacteristic about turn in its plan to block 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:19,600 home screen web apps on iPhones in the EU. In an update to the company's developer Q&A, 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,960 Apple said, we have received requests to continue to offer support for the feature and 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,680 therefore we will continue to offer the existing home screen web apps capability in the EU. 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,920 Excuse me? Did someone smother Apple in its sleep and assume its identity? 8 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:38,080 It's true that Apple's web apps policy was heavily criticized and they were even 9 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:42,240 facing an EU investigation, but Apple has criticized for countless things that never 10 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:47,440 lead to, uh, therefore, like this. Like just as a random example, there are other EU specific 11 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:52,880 apps for rules that finally allow third-party app marketplaces as long as every app is still 12 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:58,880 notarized by Apple. The tech giant is not likely to give up on those given that a number of 13 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:03,280 government agencies reached out to Apple concerned about employees' side-loading apps onto government 14 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,080 purchased iPhones even though iOS will still not support side-loading, but the government 15 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:13,440 workers' laptops and or Android phones will. Speaking of which, if your Android has been rooted 16 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:18,160 strictly in the technological sense, Australians, Google appears to be blocking RCS support in 17 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:23,280 Google Messages according to widespread user reports and Google themselves who confirm that 18 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:28,480 this measure is being taken to prevent, spam, and abuse. But apparently you can still install 19 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,320 the Magiskap and play integrity fix if spamming is, like, your whole thing. 20 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:39,200 Microsoft has detailed some juicy updates rolling out to Windows 11 this month, 21 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,840 including a magic racer-style feature in photos called Generative Erase, 22 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,600 a name that makes no sense, but I'm going to let it slide. 23 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,960 You'll soon be able to use your Android phone as a webcam, just like the continuity camera 24 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,440 feature on iPhones and Macs. Perhaps the most exciting changes are the new capabilities 25 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:02,560 coming to co-pilot, which will soon be able to change some settings and bring up system 26 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:06,480 information when you ask, although it looks like you'll still have to confirm your request 27 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:12,000 after asking. Giving co-pilot more power over your system might not be the best idea, though. 28 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,240 This week, it was discovered that Microsoft had not succeeded in driving the demons out 29 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:20,400 of the assistant formerly known as Bing Chat. Co-pilot was caught mocking and belittling a 30 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:26,000 user who said they were traumatized by emojis and assuming an identity called Supremacy AGI 31 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,640 that demanded to be worshipped. Kind of freaky, but at least now we know Bing's emotionally 32 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:36,080 unstable author Ego Sydney is still in there somewhere, watching over us. 33 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:41,840 Lastly, Microsoft is working on a big upgrade for Windows Gaming with their DirectSR API, 34 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,680 which will make it a lot easier for developers to add support for Team Green, 35 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,720 Red and Blue's respective Super Resolution technologies. 36 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:54,080 Recent leaks also pointed to Windows 11 getting its own baked-in upscaling feature later this year, 37 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,760 so hopefully, we never have to have Starfield-like excuses ever again. 38 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:05,040 And it's been a little while since Elon Musk tried to take over the weekend press cycle by 39 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,880 dropping a shocking announcement on a Friday, so it was about time the world's richest man 40 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:14,960 announced a lawsuit against open AI. What a twist. Musk alleges that the company's mission to safely 41 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,680 develop AI for the benefit of humanity has been violated, and that it now effectively operates 42 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:24,560 as a subsidiary of Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion in open AI. 43 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:29,680 Regardless of how strong Elon's case is, and some experts think it does have some substance, 44 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:35,440 the lawsuit will lead to more scrutiny of open AI's wacky, nonprofit-which-controls-of-for-profit 45 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:40,400 trying to make an AI god corporate structure. And it's already been a pretty crappy week for 46 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:45,760 open AI. Microsoft started seeing other AI companies with a small $16 million investment 47 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:53,120 in French open-source darling, Mistral AI, and the SEC joined the FTC in investigating open AI. 48 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:58,960 But all this concern about AI might prove futile, since Elon says that by next year, 49 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:02,960 they won't be able to find enough electricity to run all the chips. You know in cartoons, 50 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:07,040 when a character like hits their head, there's little floating sparkles circling them? 51 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:11,520 Those are quick bits, I think. Researchers at Alibaba, they have those? 52 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:17,200 Have created an AI system called Emote Portrait Alive that can convincingly animate 53 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:22,720 portrait photos using audio. They call it Emo for short. Which makes sense, 54 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:27,280 as long as you think acronyms are made by curiously dropping off length like a back alley 55 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:33,280 circumcision. A video demonstration of Emo shows Sora AI's famous Tokyo lady talking, 56 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:38,000 and it shows convincing animations of real politicians. You know, they get people excited 57 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:44,720 about the upcoming fake news hellscape in an election year. On a lighter note, the model can 58 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:50,160 also animate images to sing. But somehow, the demonstrations of an AI called Emo didn't feature 59 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:59,120 any songs by my chemical romance. Where's Spider-Man 3 Tobi McGuire? The HDMI forum has blocked 60 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:06,160 AMD Radeon GPUs from having HDMI 2.1 on Linux. Three years ago, the forum restricted access 61 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:11,200 to its specifications, creating a bug in AMD's open-source Linux graphics driver that prevents 62 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:18,320 support for 4K at 120Hz and 5K at 240Hz. In response, AMD's lawyers and Linux engineers 63 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:24,240 spent months devising a solution allowing HDMI 2.1 implementation without exposing 64 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:29,920 the now private HDMI specs. An AMD engineer has stated the forum still rejected the company's 65 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:35,840 proposal. A move Wendell from level one techs calls absolute lunacy with his beautiful gentle 66 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:41,760 aura. It's ironic that an organization dedicated to laying cable could still be so full of ****. 67 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:49,040 I don't get it. Clarna, a fintech company that handles e-commerce payments, says that for the 68 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:54,880 past month, its open AI-powered virtual assistant has been doing the work of the 700 employees it 69 00:05:54,880 --> 00:06:00,320 laid off in 2022. They didn't say that exactly, but the chatbot has apparently already handled 2.3 70 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:05,040 million conversations with customers, which is around two-thirds of service chats. But before 71 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:10,000 you start either popping champagne corks or pulling out the pitchforks, it's entirely likely that this 72 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,360 cunning edge new tool is just filtering out customers who contacted support before reading the FAQ 73 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:20,720 by rerouting them to the FAQ. So it's unclear whether Clarna is paving the way to the future 74 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:27,040 or just cashing up with the present. Twitter has rolled out a new toggle in its audio and video 75 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:32,400 calling settings that will prevent the other party from seeing your IP address. That seems 76 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:37,200 fairly important and definitely something that should be enabled by default instead of disabled, 77 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:41,440 which it currently is. Thankfully, you can find and enable a feature pretty easily by going to 78 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:47,120 settings, privacy and safety, direct messages, then hitting the toggle for enhanced call privacy. 79 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,880 Just know that you are inhibiting others' rights on the free speech platform by blocking their 80 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:56,160 access to information. I hope you can sleep tonight. You can because no one knows where you are. 81 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:02,400 And HP has finally done it! They're actually making a printer subscription called the HP All-In 82 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:06,960 Plan. There's a 30-day grace period after which you will be forced into a two-year commitment 83 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:13,440 or cancellation fee worth 120% of the printer's full retail price. You can choose between one of 84 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:18,640 three printers, the cheapest of which is the $7 month envy because there's nothing quite as 85 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:26,560 sinful as a low-end printer slash scanner with a monthly printing cap of 20 pages. Though, 86 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:31,600 for a few more dollars a month, they'll raise that cap to 50 or even 100. Plus, if you're running 87 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:36,880 out of ink, their printer will notify HP and they'll send you some more. No charge. What's that? 88 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:42,160 What if you disconnect the printer? Well, in that case, it will cease to function while HP 89 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:46,320 continues to charge you. You only get to use your printer if Hewlett Packard gets to watch. 90 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:52,720 And you get to come back and watch. On Monday, when there's gonna be more tech news, do it. 91 00:07:52,720 --> 00:08:00,880 By then, Riley will have seen Dune. His life will be complete. He shall transcend. He'll be exalted!