WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.280 I wanted to surprise you with a little gift today, okay? In this episode, I'm gonna list all my favorite things 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:12.280 about you. Number one. Ah, I guess we'll do tech news. 00:00:12.280 --> 00:00:15.960 Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested last weekend 00:00:15.960 --> 00:00:19.720 on suspicion of failing to moderate criminal activity on the messaging app. 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:26.080 But on Wednesday, that suspicion was upgraded to preliminary charges as Durov was released on bail 00:00:26.080 --> 00:00:29.440 and barred from leaving France pending further investigation. 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:33.000 The move seemed sudden, but it makes some sense 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:36.120 given that back in March, Durov told the Financial Times 00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:40.040 he doesn't think they should be policing the way people express themselves 00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:44.720 unless they cross red lines. Which red lines? 00:00:44.720 --> 00:00:49.720 Unclear, although it seems like one red line he won't cross is being a tad more specific. 00:00:49.720 --> 00:00:55.280 And the specifics matter here, especially concerning Telegram's optional use of encryption 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:58.640 which was implemented without proper declaration. 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:02.200 According to a statement from French authorities that we translated into English. 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:06.640 So hopefully we got that right. A declaration that other encryption using platforms 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:11.160 like WhatsApp and Signal have apparently done properly 00:01:11.160 --> 00:01:15.960 and now they're worried about Telegram making them look bad by association. 00:01:15.960 --> 00:01:18.960 Debate over encryption has been raging in the EU, 00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:23.680 especially after they just passed all these laws that let them boss tech giants around. 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.960 What, are we gonna let encrypted platforms get a pass 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.160 by just putting a sock on the door? Don't look in here. 00:01:30.160 --> 00:01:35.240 The EU is also investigating whether Telegram deliberately undercounted its users 00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:38.660 to stay under the 45 million user threshold 00:01:38.660 --> 00:01:42.840 which would subject the service to stricter regulation. So we'll see how that goes. 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:46.560 All in all, this is a weird story, not just because it's complex, 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:50.760 but also because while the EU has gotten serious about holding companies responsible 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:56.960 for content hosted on their platforms, that usually hasn't involved arresting the CEO, 00:01:56.960 --> 00:02:02.600 crossing red lines indeed. A non-tech, the website known for publishing 00:02:02.600 --> 00:02:05.680 in-depth technical reporting for 27 years 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:09.800 is shutting down according to a post from editor-in-chief Ryan Smith. 00:02:09.800 --> 00:02:14.940 In the latest example of written journalism just not making investors happy enough. 00:02:14.940 --> 00:02:19.840 They just see a wall of letters. It means nothing to them. They need zoom ins and vine booms. 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:22.840 Keep them stimulated. They're like incredibly wealthy toddlers. 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:28.800 I feel insecure at my job. A non-tech has been a rock of the tech journalism world 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:32.760 and one of the only reasons I had a shred of understanding of what the hell I've been talking about 00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:37.480 for the past 10 years. Founder Anand Lal Shimpi left work on chips for Apple 00:02:37.480 --> 00:02:40.720 back in 2014, but the site was left in good hands. 00:02:40.720 --> 00:02:43.780 Two of which were attached to Dr. Ian Cuttrust, 00:02:43.780 --> 00:02:47.920 otherwise known as Tech Tech Potato for reasons I'll never understand 00:02:47.920 --> 00:02:52.800 because a non-tech isn't here anymore to explain it to me. Thankfully, the site itself will remain 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:56.440 up for presumably as long as publisher Future PLC 00:02:56.440 --> 00:03:00.160 decides it wants to. And some non-tech writers have moved over 00:03:00.160 --> 00:03:03.200 to their sister site named after a different guy, 00:03:03.200 --> 00:03:07.000 Tom's Hardware. It's just not the same. 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:11.040 Sounds like it plays you by two by fours. Welcome to Tom's Hardware. You want Cedar or Maple? 00:03:12.160 --> 00:03:16.880 Apple and NVIDIA are both in talks to join forces with Microsoft 00:03:16.880 --> 00:03:20.200 in launching truckfuls of cash at OpenAI 00:03:20.200 --> 00:03:25.240 who have apparently burned through a good chunk of their billions of dollars of investment money. 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:29.600 It's a bit of a strange development, given recent speculation that AI hype 00:03:29.600 --> 00:03:34.640 is steadily descending from its peak into the trough of disillusionment, 00:03:34.640 --> 00:03:39.880 but it would make more sense if OpenAI is considering removing its cap 00:03:39.880 --> 00:03:43.480 on investor profits as reported by the Financial Times. 00:03:43.480 --> 00:03:46.720 But OpenAI insists their for-profit company 00:03:46.720 --> 00:03:49.880 is still controlled by the non-profit company 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:53.920 who will absolutely ignore their for-profit investors 00:03:53.920 --> 00:03:57.040 and refuse to release extremely capable models 00:03:57.040 --> 00:04:00.920 that threaten to turn the internet into a bubbling soup of AI slop. 00:04:00.920 --> 00:04:06.160 Yes, they released chat GPT that was one time. With like four or five updates. 00:04:06.160 --> 00:04:10.800 And actually OpenAI is kind of backing that up 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:13.840 with an agreement also signed by Anthropic 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:17.480 to give the US government's Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute, 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:23.480 as well as the UK's Equivalent Organization, early access to both companies' newest models 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.680 to conduct safety testing before they're released to the public. 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:30.680 I mean, sounds pretty good. 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:35.960 And it maybe explains why Sam Altman thought it was okay to disband OpenAI's safety team. 00:04:35.960 --> 00:04:39.320 They're just outsourcing it to the federal government. 00:04:39.320 --> 00:04:44.000 Why do the work? They've got time. They're watching TV shows at their desk most days anyway. 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:50.200 Okay, I thought of something. You kind of like computers. 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:55.800 Okay, here's a quick bit. AMD has confirmed the existence 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:59.840 of the long-rumored Ryzen 5 7600X3D, 00:04:59.840 --> 00:05:03.800 but you're only allowed to be excited about it if you're American. 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:08.160 Turns out the processor will be exclusive to US retailer Micro Center, 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:13.380 which currently has 28 locations in some of the 50 United States. 00:05:13.380 --> 00:05:16.500 In a statement, the chief merchandising officer for Micro Center said 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:21.740 the chip is a significant step forward in making high-performance, cash-rich processors 00:05:21.740 --> 00:05:25.260 more accessible, despite it being largely inaccessible. 00:05:25.260 --> 00:05:31.020 It's been six days since the port of Seattle was hit by a possible cyber attack, 00:05:31.020 --> 00:05:34.020 and the Seattle Tacoma Airport, aka C-TAC, 00:05:34.020 --> 00:05:38.420 is still mostly offline with no clear timeline for recovery. 00:05:38.420 --> 00:05:42.780 The airport's internet, baggage routing, and gate updates are all down, 00:05:42.780 --> 00:05:46.700 and staff have resorted to taping paper with flight numbers on them 00:05:46.700 --> 00:05:51.580 to the blank screens by each gate. Luckily, the TSA and air traffic control 00:05:51.580 --> 00:05:56.940 are on separate systems from the rest of the airport, which is great news for fans of getting groped 00:05:56.940 --> 00:06:00.020 by the government and not dying in a ball of fire. 00:06:00.020 --> 00:06:03.620 Microsoft is rebranding its remote desktop app, 00:06:03.620 --> 00:06:08.420 an eminently-googleable name, to Windows app. 00:06:08.420 --> 00:06:11.580 In an astounding act of branding self-sabotage. 00:06:11.580 --> 00:06:17.940 And the people who brought you five different co-pilots. The so-called Windows app was released in preview 00:06:17.940 --> 00:06:21.700 under its stupid new name back in November of last year, 00:06:21.700 --> 00:06:24.700 but yesterday, they confirmed this idiocy 00:06:24.700 --> 00:06:28.140 by adding a notification to the current app and their website. 00:06:28.140 --> 00:06:32.940 We're just being harsh. We're being little stinkers. 00:06:32.940 --> 00:06:36.020 Now, you can say the completely true sentence, 00:06:36.020 --> 00:06:40.700 the Windows app is available for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, 00:06:40.700 --> 00:06:44.700 and really confuse your grandma. Anyway, hope you don't run into technical difficulties 00:06:44.700 --> 00:06:48.860 and wind up needing to bing Windows app help anytime soon. 00:06:51.020 --> 00:06:54.940 Just install the Windows app. Which one? Who's unvoiced? 00:06:54.940 --> 00:07:00.460 Scientists have developed a chemical process to vaporize plastic that could be used 00:07:00.460 --> 00:07:03.740 to recycle bags and bottles indefinitely. 00:07:03.740 --> 00:07:08.020 You see, plastic is a polymer. The substance with very large molecules 00:07:08.020 --> 00:07:13.540 composed of repeating subunits. A polymer is not, and this was news to me, 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:15.860 a fish person with multiple partners. 00:07:18.860 --> 00:07:22.540 That's a polymer person. Polymer person. 00:07:22.540 --> 00:07:25.700 By vaporizing certain unfortunate polymers, 00:07:25.700 --> 00:07:29.340 they can be reduced to their building blocks to make new plastics. 00:07:29.340 --> 00:07:33.220 Now, does this solve the whole microplastics inside of us 00:07:33.220 --> 00:07:36.420 and also the ocean and in our brains? Issue? 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:39.700 Probably not, given that we're vaporizing them. 00:07:39.700 --> 00:07:47.100 But Chinese researchers are having success making a robust yet compostable hard plastic out of bamboo. 00:07:47.100 --> 00:07:52.700 And that could help keep the ocean cleaner, saving many non-monogamous fish people. 00:07:52.700 --> 00:07:59.100 And Mid Journey, the company behind AI image generator Mid Journey, is getting into hardware. 00:07:59.100 --> 00:08:03.980 But they haven't been very forthcoming about what kind of hardware. 00:08:03.980 --> 00:08:08.220 The company did hire engineer Ahmad Abbas back in February, 00:08:08.220 --> 00:08:11.420 who previously helped design the Apple Vision Pro. 00:08:11.420 --> 00:08:14.660 Mid Journey is also continuing to develop AI models 00:08:14.660 --> 00:08:18.060 to generate video and 3D environments. 00:08:18.060 --> 00:08:25.300 Maybe the hardware will be a headset that generates 3D worlds, or maybe it's an orb. 00:08:25.820 --> 00:08:31.860 Back in January, Mid Journey CEO David Holtz replied to a pondering my orb meme on Twitter 00:08:31.860 --> 00:08:34.500 by saying, we will make the orb. 00:08:36.780 --> 00:08:40.980 We will make the orb. What does that mean? 00:08:40.980 --> 00:08:44.380 I don't know. But stay tuned for orb. 00:08:44.380 --> 00:08:47.740 The best way to stay tuned is to literally stay tuned 00:08:47.740 --> 00:08:52.780 by coming back on Monday for more tech news. Just kidding, I made a horrible mistake. 00:08:52.780 --> 00:08:57.020 We're not actually uploading anything on Monday, not a talk link, not a regular tech link. 00:08:57.020 --> 00:08:59.260 It's a holiday, so believe it or not, 00:09:00.100 --> 00:09:05.300 we're taking a holiday, we're taking a day off. So come back on Wednesday for more tech news, please.