1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,080 Oh, so it's tech news you want. 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:11,080 Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:16,380 Apple has been making some positively wacky moves lately, with notoriously accurate analyst 4 00:00:16,380 --> 00:00:23,240 Ming-Chi Kuo claiming a more affordable MacBook is coming next year with an A18 Pro processor. 5 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:27,520 Yeah, as in the chip that powers the iPhone 16 Pro. 6 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,800 If any other company was putting a phone CPU in a laptop, we'd probably all immediately 7 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,960 burst out laughing. But this is an Apple Silicon chip. 8 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,920 Scientists don't even know how to measure its upper limits. I'm pretty sure it could power an Ironman suit. 9 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:46,320 Lending some credence to Kuo's claim, MacRumor said they spotted references to this iPhone 10 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,480 book in some back-end code last year. 11 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:57,160 So, uh, Kuo also made it clear Apple ain't given up on special computing just yet, predicting 12 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:03,600 a new Vision Pro with an M5 chip launching this year, a Vision Air and XR glasses in 13 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,440 2027 followed by a Vision Pro 2 in 2028. 14 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:13,060 Maybe by then, they'll have stopped trying to slither around EU regulations, like they 15 00:01:13,060 --> 00:01:18,760 did last week when they announced a new tiered commission system that punishes iOS app developers 16 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:24,120 with less visibility on the app store and the removal of basic features unless they 17 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,500 pay Apple a 13% commission on external purchases. 18 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:34,880 Apple also said they have no choice but to withhold some iOS 26 features from EU users 19 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:40,680 due to bureaucratic complexities introduced by the so-called Digital Markets Act, and 20 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:46,200 they implore regulators to consider making it easier for small businesses such as themselves 21 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:55,340 to make a living and say hi to your mother for me. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Texas law requiring adult websites to verify 22 00:01:55,340 --> 00:02:01,680 the age of their users, indicating that similar laws passed in nearly half of all U.S. states 23 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:07,120 are totally fine, despite Pornhub ceasing operations in many of them, and horn dogs 24 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,600 have nowhere else to go. Twitter's not a thing anymore. 25 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,480 The ruling is igniting Dick's source, I mean discourse, around how such laws interact 26 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:20,760 with the First Amendment, a.k.a. free speech, with some analysts saying age verification 27 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:26,720 could demolish the internet as a tool for speech and that the Supreme Court judges are scared 28 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:32,440 of nudity. And while there are legitimate concerns about how easy it is to legalize censorship as long 29 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:37,600 as you're doing it to protect the kids, more and more countries and U.S. states are passing 30 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,840 age verification laws for social media, too. 31 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,760 Now, if we could just find a way to do it without forcing people to upload their driver's 32 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:50,400 licenses or something, because we'd have to start giving kids driver's licenses, and 33 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:57,480 that's a whole other can of worms. Supposed human person Mark Zuckerberg has announced all of Meta's AI stuff is being 34 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:03,480 restructured under a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs, led by scale 35 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:09,880 AI founder Alexander Wang, who was recruited earlier this month as part of a $14 billion 36 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:17,520 investment in scale AI. Zuck also treated himself to some billionaire fun, you know, he splurged a bit, offered 37 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:24,200 massive pay packages and successfully poached 11 top researchers from Google Anthropic and 38 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:28,600 especially OpenAI, where so many employees were getting Meta offers that the company 39 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:34,000 is now recalibrating compensation for staff and giving them the whole week off so the 40 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:38,600 execs can please have quiet in the office for five seconds. 41 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:43,400 Meta wants all those AI researchers because A, Meta's models need some serious work to 42 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:49,920 catch up and B, they really want AI in every corner of their products, including Facebook, 43 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:55,520 where users have reported being shown AI versions of private pictures from their camera roll. 44 00:03:55,520 --> 00:04:02,280 This is a feature, not a bug. In the U.S. at least, some users were shown a pop-up with allow and disallow options 45 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:07,360 for letting Meta AI automatically AI-ify your private photos. 46 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:12,560 In the EU, some users say they got an email to opt out, which was likely missed by many. 47 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,200 Regardless, you can opt out yourself on the Facebook mobile app, can't do it on desktop, 48 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:21,600 by going to settings, then preferences, then camera roll sharing suggestions. 49 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:26,680 Meta AI, the personal AI that understands you because it already went through all of 50 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:32,200 your sh**. What? Now you want a quick bits? 51 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:33,720 Tell me you're joking. 52 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:42,400 Microsoft is making it easier for regular non-business users to stay on Windows 10 for an extra year 53 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:48,040 by making extended security updates free for users who sync their PC settings to Windows 54 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:56,160 backup with their Microsoft account. You can still pay 30 bucks if you prefer, or you can now redeem a thousand Microsoft 55 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,600 rewards points, if you know what those are, because I don't. 56 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:04,240 Microsoft's even just providing an option in Windows settings to enroll in the ESU program 57 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:09,040 because Windows 10's end of support in October is fast approaching, and I guess they'll do 58 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:15,520 anything to stop you from migrating to Linux. For they know the pain that awaits you there. 59 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:22,520 Anchor has announced another recall for five more of the company's power banks, the A-1257, 60 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:27,480 A-1647, I'm not going to read all of those, they don't exactly roll off the tongue. 61 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:32,480 Unlike the previous recall of the Powercore 10,000 power bank, there are reportedly no 62 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:38,000 reports of explosions, but Anchor figured, hey, why not try being proactive and do something 63 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,720 to stop their batteries from exploding before they explode? 64 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:49,920 It's weird and new, but they're open-minded. Canada has canceled plans to enact a digital services tax on American tech companies, the 65 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,600 first payments of which were supposed to start coming in today. 66 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:59,080 U.S. President Trump ended all trade talks with Canada on Friday in response to the tax, 67 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:07,880 which left Canada feeling pretty dumb. So, you know, sorry, but that, and after making their tiny humanoid robots fight each other 68 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:14,360 physically, China is making them play the world's most popular game, a football. 69 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:18,440 While humans may love it, the robots show no celebration whatsoever when they score 70 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:23,000 a goal, but they do capture the spirit of the game perfectly in one respect. 71 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,520 These bots take some of the most dramatic dives I've ever seen, for no discernible reason 72 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,520 at all. Oh, what? They're bringing out the stretcher? 73 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:36,440 Come on, he's fine. I won't be fine if you don't come back on Wednesday for more tech news, though. 74 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,960 It'll be as emotionally damaging to me as it is to soccer players, none of whom have 75 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,080 ever suffered a single real injury. I love sports.