WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.080 Sometimes, tech news can be so confusing. It's like learning another language. 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:08.640 Well, one of those can be a lot easier. Thanks to Babbel, today's sponsor, especially with 60% off on subscription. 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:11.960 Huh, what? Don't worry, we'll tell you about it later. 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:15.000 Google has lost its court battle with the U.S. Department of Justice, 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:19.840 who initially sued the tech giant for violating antitrust laws back in 2020. 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:23.960 Because Google is used for more than 90% of search queries in the U.S., 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:29.600 D.C. district judge, Amit Mehta, wrote in his final ruling that Google is a monopolist. 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:34.480 Get them a monocle, and it abuses that position by paying companies like Apple 00:00:34.480 --> 00:00:40.400 as much as $20 billion a year to be the default search engine on their devices. 00:00:40.400 --> 00:00:45.200 As pointed out by The Verge, Mehta's ruling summarized some spicy moments 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:50.000 from the trial, like Apple exec Eddie Q, saying during testimony that I don't believe 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:53.480 there's a price in the world that Microsoft could offer us 00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:57.480 to replace Google with Bing. This is more about Bing, honestly. 00:00:57.480 --> 00:01:02.360 He continued, they offered to give us Bing for free. They could give us the whole company. 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:07.120 Google's superiority as a product isn't really in question here, 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.560 but Mehta points out that Google felt so secure 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.920 in their position, they made controversial product changes 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:17.840 without concern that its users might go elsewhere, 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:21.720 which brings a distinct stench, 00:01:21.720 --> 00:01:25.440 more than a whiff of monopoly to the nostrils. So what happens now? 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:29.600 Does Google get broken up into separate companies, each of which go to jail? 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:34.200 Well, if this plays out like Microsoft's antitrust conviction back in 1999, 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:37.960 the year of the best movies ever, Google may end up reaching a settlement 00:01:37.960 --> 00:01:42.800 that forces them to even the playing field. Unfortunately, that might not be enough 00:01:42.800 --> 00:01:50.360 to save Mozilla of Firefox fame, which brought in $593 million of revenue in 2022, 00:01:50.360 --> 00:01:55.040 510 of which came from Google's search payments. 00:01:55.080 --> 00:01:58.920 Suddenly Bing ain't looking so bad, baby. 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:03.080 I add these voices to myself. Reviews are out for AMD's Ryzen 5, 9600X, 00:02:03.080 --> 00:02:08.240 and Ryzen 7, 9700X CPUs, and the results look pretty good. 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:14.040 The new Zen 5 chips show a clear performance improvement over their previous gen counterparts and run cooler. 00:02:14.040 --> 00:02:19.080 That's thanks in part to AMD's claimed 15% improvement in thermal resistance, 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:22.880 a claim that almost sounds like it means something until you read it a second time. 00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:26.880 Thermal resistance is a measurable property. Did it increase or decrease? 00:02:26.880 --> 00:02:31.040 That's like me saying, I improved the meters on my weekly run. 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:34.400 Anyway, the 9600X and 9700X not only outperformed 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:40.200 the 7700X and 7600X, but do so while consuming 40% less power, 00:02:40.200 --> 00:02:44.640 at least for the most part. Tech PowerUp found that on average during gaming, 00:02:44.640 --> 00:02:48.480 the 9600X and 9700X consume about the same amount of juice 00:02:48.480 --> 00:02:51.640 as the 7600X and 7700X respectively. 00:02:51.640 --> 00:02:55.440 In terms of pricing, it's also a bit of a good news, bad news situation. 00:02:55.440 --> 00:02:59.120 AMD's announced prices for the entire Ryzen 9000 series 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:03.440 are cheaper than the launch price of the Ryzen 7000 chips. 00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:08.840 Sure, but the situation completely flips when you look at Ryzen 7000's current prices. 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:13.840 For instance, the 9700X costs $69 more than the 7700X. 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:22.680 Ironically, that's not the very nice. NVIDIA has been scraping 80 years worth of videos daily 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:27.520 to train their AI without permission, according to leaked documents and Slack messages. 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:33.520 An internal chart shows the company compiled 38.5 million video URLs for download, 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:36.880 all with the blessing of CEO, Jensen Huang, 00:03:36.880 --> 00:03:41.320 and his leather jacket, who really calls the shots. Huang's just a puppet. 00:03:41.320 --> 00:03:45.720 They won't let me stop. This is despite the fact that those videos came 00:03:45.720 --> 00:03:50.320 from platforms like Netflix and YouTube. And this isn't like that earlier 00:03:50.320 --> 00:03:53.680 NVIDIA AI scraping controversy where they used a third party dataset 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:57.800 that contained unauthorized YouTube data from channels like MKBHD. 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:02.360 Messages show that NVIDIA employees were encouraged to suggest specific YouTube channels 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:08.760 whose videos should be downloaded and used for training. One of those channels was, you guessed it, MKBHD. 00:04:08.760 --> 00:04:12.560 But it was only because his videos are super high quality. 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.760 And it's a compliment. Dang it. 00:04:15.760 --> 00:04:19.660 Upon hearing the news, Marquez tweeted the word, cool, six times in a row. 00:04:19.660 --> 00:04:22.700 Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool. Yet for some reason I suspect 00:04:22.700 --> 00:04:27.660 that he thinks it's actually not cool. I know it sounds weird, but I'm just getting the vibe. 00:04:27.660 --> 00:04:30.720 NVIDIA has given a response that was definitely proofread 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:35.220 saying they respect the rights all of content creators, 00:04:35.220 --> 00:04:40.140 but they are complying with the letter and spurt of copyright law, 00:04:40.140 --> 00:04:45.060 because they're just learning information from different sources to make their own expressions. 00:04:45.060 --> 00:04:49.540 You know, I tried that excuse for plagiarism once, but my university didn't like it very much. 00:04:49.540 --> 00:04:54.380 Quick bits have been a part of important historical events. For example, during the American Revolution, 00:04:54.380 --> 00:04:58.580 Paul Revere famously told the Patriots that the quick bit ish were coming. 00:04:58.580 --> 00:05:03.340 X has filed a federal lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, 00:05:03.340 --> 00:05:06.620 accusing the coalition of colluding to create an ad boycott 00:05:06.620 --> 00:05:11.000 on the Elon Musk on platform. The lawsuit was accompanied by an amazing video 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:14.480 from ex CEO Linda Hacharino, 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:19.600 who communicated her thoughts both in English and American stern mom sign language. 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:24.100 The suit is a bit surprising since Musk famously told advertisers to go fuck themselves. 00:05:24.100 --> 00:05:28.100 Is he upset they listened? Someone took my advice, you're not supposed to do that. 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:31.480 You fuck myself. Google has announced they are killing the Chromecast 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:36.960 for Google TV devices in a blog post discussing memorable moments in Chromecast history, 00:05:36.960 --> 00:05:40.760 because there's nothing more Google than saying, remember this cool stuff we did? 00:05:40.760 --> 00:05:43.840 Anyway, it's dead now. The company is launching a new product 00:05:43.840 --> 00:05:49.320 called the Google TV Streamer, a premium priced, of course, HDMI set top box 00:05:49.320 --> 00:05:52.440 that doubles as a smart home hub. It costs twice as much 00:05:52.440 --> 00:05:56.280 as the now discontinued 4K Chromecast for Google TV dongle, 00:05:56.280 --> 00:06:00.440 but it does not include an HDMI cable in the box. 00:06:00.440 --> 00:06:04.000 Nothing says premium, quite like supplying your own fucking cables. 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:07.120 Dell is allegedly laying off more workers. 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:11.680 It's all part of a reorganization effort that is also meant to create a new group 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:15.320 within its sales team focusing on artificial intelligence products and services, 00:06:15.320 --> 00:06:19.160 making this possibly the most roundabout way that jobs have been lost due to AI. 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:22.760 Several sources claim 12,500 jobs are being cut, 00:06:22.760 --> 00:06:27.320 bringing the total number of Dell layoffs over the past 50 months to 24,500. 00:06:27.320 --> 00:06:31.360 After Intel announced they were laying off 15,000 people last week, 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:37.440 we hear a tech link specifically requested that everyone stop competing for the biggest status number. 00:06:37.440 --> 00:06:41.600 We even said please. Reddit CEO and arch enemy of Reddit users, 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:44.760 Steve Huffman has suggested paywalling subreddits 00:06:44.760 --> 00:06:48.960 as a potential source of income for the site, paywalling certain subreddits. 00:06:48.960 --> 00:06:53.040 During an earnings call, Huffman suggested that the current free version of Reddit 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:56.800 would continue to exist. They just create cool new subreddits 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:00.640 with exclusive content in private areas. Huffman also announced the site 00:07:00.640 --> 00:07:05.600 would be testing AI powered search results pages to summarize and recommend content. 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:10.480 Something he believes will increase ad revenue. Ooh, AI and ads? 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:15.720 Say less, Steve. Seriously, please stop talking. And Logitech is now backpedaling after their CEO 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:19.320 claimed the company wanted to release a subscription based forever mouse 00:07:19.320 --> 00:07:22.600 in an interview with the Verge. This is the second statement the company 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:27.200 has had to walk back from, from that interview. As Logitech also had to assure customers 00:07:27.200 --> 00:07:32.280 it wasn't discontinuing its smart home cameras. Logitech now says they have no plans 00:07:32.320 --> 00:07:38.240 to release a subscription based mouse and called the idea provocative internal thinking, 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:41.560 which is also how my problematic uncle defends his past comments. 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:46.800 Here's a provocative comment. You should come back on Friday for more tech news. 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:51.440 What, what did you think I was gonna say? It's not provocative actually, it's normalize it.