WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.680 Don't worry, tech news has been inside you the whole time. 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:10.080 Mostly because it's categorized as a non-essential surgery. Here, we'll distract you from the pain with some more tech news. 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:16.720 Perfect! So, E3 2023 is dead. That's pretty wild, though perhaps it isn't necessarily the most surprising 00:00:16.720 --> 00:00:23.040 news when you look back. Last month, Ubisoft made the weird promise to attend E3 if E3 happens. 00:00:23.040 --> 00:00:26.800 The company then dropped out this Monday and announced they would be hosting a separate 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:35.280 live event, much like Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. So, either Ubisoft lied or they got the tiniest heads up about the doomed convention. 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:40.080 In an interview with Games Industry, the ESA, who organizes and presents E3, 00:00:40.080 --> 00:00:44.480 has stated that marketing needs and game development being altered since COVID were 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:47.920 two of the main factors. Or maybe it was Jeff Keely. 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:51.200 Thanks, Jeff! Friggin' Jeff. Kill E3! 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:58.640 More like Jeff Keely. Back in 2020, the brief fun part of it, Keely said he would not be participating in E3 2020 due 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:04.160 to the direction the event was being taken. Two months after E3 2020 was canceled due to the 00:01:04.160 --> 00:01:10.320 non-fun part, Jeff Keely announced Summer Game Fest, a fully virtual evolution of E3's formula, 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:17.440 and wouldn't you know it, it's still going strong. I guess people must like enjoying game events and special playable content from the comfort of home 00:01:17.440 --> 00:01:21.680 without having to stand in any long lines or experience new and unique smells. 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:26.400 Smell a vision and games didn't last. Smell you later, don't even wanna smell you now. 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:33.520 Smell you never. AI is the gift that keeps on giving, at least for news headlines, otherwise reception is mixed. 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:39.600 For example, Italy decided to fully ban chatGPT, the country's data protection authority said it 00:01:39.600 --> 00:01:44.560 had to do with privacy concerns, especially after the user conversation breach on the 20th of this 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:50.560 month. Though if you ask me, AI made the first strike when it generated this video of Will Smith 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:59.680 eating spaghetti. Speaking of AI visuals, mid-journey has decided to end 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:05.200 free trials of its AI image generator due to extraordinary demand and quote, abuse. 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:09.520 It might have something to do with all the totally real images of former President 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:15.360 Donald J. Trump being taken down by enthusiastic police that exploded on Twitter after old 45 00:02:15.440 --> 00:02:20.000 truths socialed that he would be arrested. There was also that one time with Pope Francis, 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.200 although can you tell which one of these three images are real? 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:27.360 Because I can't. Because I can't see them. I'm looking into a camera. 00:02:28.160 --> 00:02:32.880 And the Restrict Act might need some restrictions of its own, according to everyone other than 00:02:32.880 --> 00:02:37.760 the U.S. government. The bill is receiving bipartisan support in the Senate and bipartisan 00:02:37.760 --> 00:02:42.000 outrage in the news and social media. The legislation was ostensibly a response to 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:47.760 TikTok, but rather applies to any information and communication technology or ICT run by a 00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:52.800 foreign adversary, which are the countries you expect, plus anyone that certain U.S. officials 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:59.120 agree on in the future, that poses a undo or unacceptable risk to national security or the 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:08.480 safety of United States persons. Because they speak two languages. In summary, it's broadly 00:03:08.480 --> 00:03:13.680 worded so much so that digital rights experts believe the act could criminalize VPNs and 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:18.640 people could hypothetically go to jail for 20 years for using one. The communications director 00:03:18.640 --> 00:03:23.760 for the bill's sponsor has stated the act isn't aimed at individual users, but the thing about 00:03:23.760 --> 00:03:31.280 a spokesperson is that they aren't the bill. Does the bill say that? You know, that's the real 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:37.840 question. God willing. Bless. Will the Pope sign that? I mean, the bill mentions post quantum 00:03:37.920 --> 00:03:42.720 cryptography and synthetic biology. Could you not have added a clause that said, hey, 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:46.960 people who use a VPN so they can watch vertical videos made by Zoomers won't go to jail? 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:53.280 Quick bits like these don't come around that often. Only three times a week every week. 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:59.120 Microsoft, who used to be a software company, has announced plans to integrate ads into Bing 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:04.160 Chat, the thing that finally got people to use Bing. It's no secret that Microsoft has been 00:04:04.160 --> 00:04:08.480 trying to put ads into everything they can recently, so we can't be surprised that they're 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:13.920 seeing dollar signs after Bing Chat reached 100 million daily active users. Though it would be 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:17.920 funny if this was what killed Bing after people finally started using it. 100 million users, 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:24.400 those people need ads. Yeah, Google's assistant division is being reorganized to focus on Bard. 00:04:24.400 --> 00:04:29.520 This makes sense since Google's assistant is good but has never made money, while Bard is bad and 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:36.480 also hasn't made money. But maybe it could. I imagine that's why the VP of engineering 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:41.040 for Google Assistant was replaced with a VP from Google's commerce organization. 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:45.840 Bold strategy? I'm sure he'll carve the cutest little tombstone when assistant is killed. 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:51.440 Amazon is suing three groups of Amazon sellers that it says abuse the tech giant's copyright 00:04:51.440 --> 00:04:56.560 takedown system to file illegitimate complaints about their competitors. As long as they weren't 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:01.120 getting rid of illegitimate children. The bad actors even went so far as to create fake websites 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:06.320 as evidence that their competitors were copycats and ended up successfully taking down a number 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:10.960 of competing product listings. So it's good to see that Amazon has decided to care about at least 00:05:10.960 --> 00:05:15.840 one of the many sketchy seller practices in its store. You don't want to get rid of all of them. 00:05:15.840 --> 00:05:20.160 The store's got to have some character. A hobby lobby without a middle-aged woman having a glitter 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:25.680 fight in the back is just boring. I love Glenda. 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:30.800 General Motors is the latest automaker to Nick's support for CarPlay and Android Auto 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:35.200 in favor of a custom infotainment system complete with innovative new features, 00:05:35.200 --> 00:05:40.960 like the ability to pay a monthly subscription for features that used to be free. But don't worry, 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:46.640 GM actually worked with Google to build their custom system, so it'll have Google Maps and 00:05:46.640 --> 00:05:53.520 Assistant at no extra cost for eight years. Until then, they'll just be using the new system's 00:05:53.520 --> 00:05:59.600 tighter integration with other vehicle systems to collect more data on driving habits. So yeah, 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:05.280 owners will have to pay more, but they'll also have more data collected, so it mostly balances 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:09.760 out, right? You know, like, yeah, like they make more money from the data and they make more money 00:06:09.760 --> 00:06:15.680 from you paying for it. So everyone wins. And Nokia is building cell towers where they're most needed. 00:06:15.760 --> 00:06:21.360 The moon. As part of NASA's Artemis program, the Finnish telecom company will be establishing 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:26.640 a 4G network on everyone's favorite natural satellite. The lunar network will allow NASA 00:06:26.640 --> 00:06:31.680 to test if current cell technology is usable in outer space and definitely won't be used by 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:39.760 lonely astronauts to slide into Martian DMs. Hey, you up? You alive? But you can slide into a new 00:06:39.760 --> 00:06:45.200 video on Monday when we'll have another piping hot batch of technicians. Fresh out of the oven. 00:06:45.200 --> 00:06:48.240 Careful. They're hot.