WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.680 YouTube has decided to simplify ad controls on videos which is a fun and positive way to say 00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:10.320 take ad controls away from creators. But it's also complicated, don't think too hard, 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:15.840 you might get a brain owie. I'm James Shrive, this is TechLink, and this is the YouTube support 00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:20.720 page explaining that starting now, new uploads will only be able to toggle ads on or off rather 00:00:20.720 --> 00:00:26.080 than where they show up and whether they're skippable and unskippable. Midroll ads are 00:00:26.080 --> 00:00:32.240 unchanged, except that manually placed and automatic midrolls can both be enabled now before 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:35.040 they're mutually exclusive. We live in the best timeline. 00:00:36.400 --> 00:00:41.680 YouTube is also changing the TV watching experience for people who miss that pre-TVO era. 00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:46.560 When watching longer form content on television, all the ads will be grouped together. It seems 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:51.440 like Google intends for these changes to lead to more ads served to viewers and therefore 00:00:51.440 --> 00:00:57.040 more revenue to Google. But it may just lead people to get up and go to the bath or more 00:00:57.040 --> 00:01:00.480 the microwave when the commercials start just like the good old days. But Google's trying to 00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:06.160 get more cash on another front as well. No, not their Chrome visual redesign, that won't help. 00:01:06.160 --> 00:01:11.920 No, it's the Privacy Sandbox for the web feature. It allows websites to send targeted ads 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:16.640 based on your browser history, now that third party cookies are harder to come by. Although 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:20.800 Chrome isn't following Safari's lead and disabling those just yet, 00:01:20.800 --> 00:01:26.880 Chromies will now see a misleading pop-up that does a poor job of explaining that you can actually 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:33.040 opt out of browser tracking, in that it doesn't explain it at all. Some users, most likely in 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:37.840 regions with stronger privacy laws, are informed they have a choice because Google understands 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:42.160 consent about as well as a frat house in an 80s movie. Valve has just received 00:01:42.160 --> 00:01:47.600 radio certification in South Korea for a mysterious new device, as uncovered by a user 00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:52.640 of Elon's favorite website slash letter. We can't be quite sure what the device is because the 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:58.800 description isn't unique. It's actually identical to those for the Quest 3 and Steam Deck, 00:01:58.800 --> 00:02:03.840 though it could be a new VR headset. According to popular rumors, Valve has been testing a 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:08.880 standalone VR headset codenamed Deckood that's meant to compete with Quest headsets, and it 00:02:08.880 --> 00:02:14.080 would make sense that this would be their next device. Back in 2021, Valve product designer Greg 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:21.760 Coomer was elated to be asked if the Steam Deck's custom APU would be used in a standalone headset 00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:28.560 and said it would run very well in that environment. Gaming God Gabe Newell was quoted the next year, 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:34.240 saying the Steam Deck is a stepping stone to standalone VR. Near the end of that same year, 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:41.200 Coomer, I love it, revealed to Korean publication This Is Game that Valve is continuing to develop 00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:46.080 VR headsets recently. So you might as well just give away your Valve Index at this point to clear 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:51.200 up space on your desk. Maybe send it to your favorite tech news show writer named Jacob or something. 00:02:51.200 --> 00:02:55.680 Hey, just a thought. Speaking of leaks, a bunch of information has come out concerning 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:01.360 Meta's plans for its Quest headsets. Meta needs to win back consumers after Apple started edging 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:06.480 into their turf, with the Vision Pro by apparently making the upcoming Quest 3 accessories, like 00:03:06.480 --> 00:03:12.240 this leaked headstrap and, consequently, some audio accessories, incompatible with the Quest 2. 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:16.560 But if expensive accessories that make the Quest 3 less of an affordable alternative to the Vision 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:22.320 Pro aren't enough to entice buyers, Meta may also have reversed its plans to discontinue the Meta 00:03:22.320 --> 00:03:28.240 Quest Pro line. A report from South Korean outlet Mail and Business Newspaper claims Meta has partnered 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:32.880 with LG who will build various parts for a high-end headset rumored to be named 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:40.080 not the Meta Quest Pro 2, but the Meta Quest 4 Pro. That would seem to indicate it's less 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:45.360 like a second-gen Quest Pro and more like an upgraded Quest Non-Pro. Whatever it is, 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:51.200 it'll reportedly launch in 2025, by which point the VR hype that Apple has revived may have died 00:03:51.200 --> 00:03:56.000 again. So frankly, I wouldn't worry about it. Quickfits only reach their true power when you 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:00.880 watch them at no speed. Don't do it. Two massive vulnerabilities allowing iOS devices to be infected 00:04:00.880 --> 00:04:06.000 with malware by opening attachments in iMessage were discovered by researchers at the University 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:11.520 of Toronto's Citizen Lab. It's Citizen Lab. According to them, the bugs had already been 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:17.680 used to plant spyware on an iPhone belonging to a Washington DC-based civil society organization. 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:22.560 Fortunately, a security patch has already been released, so update your iPhone before someone 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:27.920 else hacks in there and finds that slash fiction you wrote about Riley and me. Let's be honest, 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:34.320 it's not your best work. Microsoft is partnering with startup Erloom in a devious plot to steal 00:04:34.320 --> 00:04:41.360 all the world's precious carbon dioxide with up to 315,000 anti-American metric tons of CO2 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:46.560 captured over the next decade. Erloom will be building two new carbon capture facilities in 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:50.880 the United States, but they've already been collecting carbon on Microsoft's behalf through 00:04:50.880 --> 00:04:54.960 a partner facility in Iceland. After greenhouse gases are kidnapped from the atmosphere, they'll 00:04:54.960 --> 00:04:59.680 be bound to limestone and held in underground wells. The purpose of this global conspiracy? 00:05:00.640 --> 00:05:06.080 Perhaps we'll never know. A Japanese rocket meant to blast off last month finally launched after 00:05:06.080 --> 00:05:11.040 weather delays. In addition to delivering a space telescope into low earth orbit, the rocket 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:17.760 successfully sent a small rover on its way to moon. We're getting rid of that. Meanwhile, 00:05:17.840 --> 00:05:24.000 NASA admitted their SLS mega rocket program meant to send humans to moon is unaffordable. 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:28.720 Great, now inflation is so bad even astronauts are going to be replaced by robots. 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:32.880 You can't afford to live on moon? The craters are getting tinier every year. 00:05:32.880 --> 00:05:37.520 Nintendo has teamed up with Google to make a VR headset, more VR, at least according to 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:51.520 Leaker and Tatooine Moisture Farmer, Nash Weedle. Weedle who in fairness I'm crying 00:05:51.520 --> 00:05:57.680 did actually predict Metroid Dread's release a year before the game's launch claims he's not 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:05.280 entirely sure how ghoul is involved, but it might involve a subsidiary that makes micro-LE 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:10.720 There's no ironclad proof that this is true, but earlier this year a redditor found a VR-related 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:15.040 patent filed by Nintendo. I'll finally be able to live my ultimate fantasy of stepping into the 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:22.880 shoes of an overweight shroom addicted Italian plumber. And Toyota has provided more information 00:06:22.880 --> 00:06:29.120 on the unexpected shutdown of all 28 assembly lines at all 14 of their Japanese auto plants 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:35.040 caused by a computer error in late August. That computer error? Insufficient disk space 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:40.240 following system maintenance. The plants had backup servers, unfortunately those backups were 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:44.800 running on the same system as the main server and ran into the exact same error. There was some 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:49.680 speculation that Toyota may have been hacked, but no, they just needed to uninstall some steam 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:54.880 games. Baldur's Gate 3 or Starfield, guys, you can't have both. And you can't avoid coming back 00:06:54.880 --> 00:06:59.840 on Monday after you've been playing either Baldur's Gate or Starfield for 45 hours. If this 00:06:59.840 --> 00:07:03.840 gives me more tech news, it never stops. It just keeps going. I'm so tired.