WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.800 Is AI sentient, we don't know, but it doesn't have to be sentient to form a union, 00:00:05.800 --> 00:00:11.120 which is possibly even more unsettling. Chachi BT with the nuclear weapons codes is a scary idea, 00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:14.440 but now imagine it has collective bargaining power. 00:00:14.440 --> 00:00:19.640 Google has just agreed to settle its long running legal battle with Epic Games 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:26.000 by agreeing to lower Play Store fees and loosen restrictions for third party app stores on Android. 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:29.040 This proposed deal would open the door for more competition 00:00:29.040 --> 00:00:32.080 by capping Google's cut of Play Store app revenue 00:00:32.080 --> 00:00:37.000 at either 20% or 9% depending on the type of transaction. 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:42.840 Now that's down from the current 15% on a developer's first one million in annual revenue 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:47.360 and 30% after that. So developers are probably feeling 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:51.640 slightly less robbed today. Although if you wanna use Google's own 00:00:51.640 --> 00:00:55.160 Play Billing payment system, that'll be another 5%. 00:00:55.160 --> 00:01:01.960 And I fully expect to discover more fun caveats when the two companies reps talk to the judge on Thursday. 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:07.000 Regardless, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney seems to be over the moon about the agreement, 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:10.000 tweeting to call Google's proposal, awesome. 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:13.080 A term of praise that will be shocking to anyone 00:01:13.080 --> 00:01:17.120 who's seen any of Tim's tweets about Google or Apple in the past few years. 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:22.160 Sweeney tweeted his delight once more after seeing evidence that Apple updated 00:01:22.160 --> 00:01:26.960 the latest iOS developer beta to allow the installation of Alt Store Pal 00:01:26.960 --> 00:01:31.200 and the Epic Games Store in compliance with Japanese regulations. 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:34.440 At this rate, Tim is gonna run out of companies to yell at. 00:01:34.440 --> 00:01:37.440 I'm just, I'm assuming he'll figure out a way to sue himself next. 00:01:37.440 --> 00:01:41.720 YouTube seemed to be doubling down on paid memberships this week 00:01:41.720 --> 00:01:46.400 after some users on the LTT subreddit noticed that after clicking on a video, 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:49.520 they were served pop-up ads for the feature 00:01:49.520 --> 00:01:52.520 and they had to dismiss them before the video even played. 00:01:52.520 --> 00:01:56.600 We couldn't find anyone else talking about this so our team reached out to YouTube 00:01:56.600 --> 00:02:01.280 and they told us it was a bug, which to be fair is also what I say 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:06.360 if anyone stumbles upon my online shopping history. But thankfully, at the time of filming, 00:02:06.360 --> 00:02:11.560 this bug seems to be fixed. So don't worry, this particular bad YouTube thing 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:15.920 was unintentional. And apparently, so was tech YouTuber Enderman 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:21.440 having his entire channel taken down after the platform somehow linked him to another channel 00:02:21.440 --> 00:02:26.040 with three copyright strikes. When he appealed, it was obvious that no human 00:02:26.040 --> 00:02:29.360 had actually reviewed it, leading to a huge fallout on Twitter 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.760 that eventually led to the decision being reversed. It just goes to show, 00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:38.040 if you ever want something fixed on YouTube, forget YouTube official support, 00:02:38.040 --> 00:02:42.200 just start angry posting on Twitter. One of its last truly practical uses. 00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:47.160 The Stop Killing Games campaign finally got its day in the UK Parliament 00:02:47.160 --> 00:02:50.440 with members of the assembly debating the campaign's petition 00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:54.520 which seeks to stop game publishers from making games completely unplayable 00:02:54.600 --> 00:02:58.280 when a company arbitrarily decides to stop running the servers. 00:02:58.280 --> 00:03:01.600 Notably, member of Parliament Mark Seward's argued 00:03:01.600 --> 00:03:06.440 that companies may already be breaking existing consumer protection laws in the UK 00:03:06.440 --> 00:03:11.640 by not informing customers upfront about how long they'll be able to play a given game. 00:03:11.640 --> 00:03:14.720 Seward's even cited dead game Lawbreakers 00:03:14.720 --> 00:03:20.120 to make a sick burn. Another example that Ross gave me was Lawbreakers. 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:23.560 So this is a game that I imagine would have been popular with certain members of the previous parliament, 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:27.920 but it survived a year before it was shut down in 2018. 00:03:27.920 --> 00:03:31.040 He seemed proud of himself for that at the end there as he should be. 00:03:31.040 --> 00:03:34.560 Despite Seward's absolutely merciless tactical strike, 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:39.920 the government representative reiterated there are currently no plans to change the law 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:45.440 but made it clear that companies should give consumers sufficient information about their products. 00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:50.000 That's just a general good thing to do. In spite of the inaction in the UK, 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:53.960 there's still hope for the EU ARM of the Stop Killing Games campaign. 00:03:53.960 --> 00:03:58.000 It too will soon get a EU parliamentary debate 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:04.440 as the organizers revealed only around 3% of the petition signatures are being identified as invalid. 00:04:04.440 --> 00:04:08.320 And they're about halfway through the signature verification process. 00:04:08.320 --> 00:04:11.520 My question is, who are these 3% people? 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:14.560 Like they're signing, thinking they're EU citizens 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:18.280 but they're really Jersey Shore Italian Americans? 00:04:18.280 --> 00:04:22.920 You gotta get an Italian passport before you can sign EU petitions, Pauly. 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:26.160 Gabba, Google. Well, what do you mean, I'm Italian. 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:29.160 You know, also what has a lot of European nations in it? 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:33.640 Our sponsor. And now for the quick bits. Because if the robots are taking our jobs, 00:04:33.640 --> 00:04:37.920 we might as well take theirs first, starting with serving Swift summaries. 00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:43.960 So, Google made a couple arguably cool announcements. 00:04:43.960 --> 00:04:47.560 Recently, following NVIDIA's plans to put data centers in space, 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:52.520 Google has said they're doing that too with a project called Suncatcher, 00:04:52.520 --> 00:04:56.960 which aims to use solar power to run super efficient AI infrastructure. 00:04:56.960 --> 00:05:03.080 They're slated to launch two prototype satellites by early 2027, but Google's also adding Gemini 00:05:03.080 --> 00:05:06.080 to Google Maps, which brings more supposedly helpful 00:05:06.080 --> 00:05:09.800 features like the ability to provide info about landmarks 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:16.480 and even use them in directions, e.g., hang a right at the old mill. 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:21.040 I love that we're at a point where making surfaces better means kind of dumbing them down, 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:25.800 like instead of proceed 50 meters and turn right, which is very specific, it's, 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:30.080 ah, head over to the big rock, oh no. 00:05:30.080 --> 00:05:35.080 Apple is rumored to be getting into the affordable laptop scene with a budget MacBook 00:05:35.080 --> 00:05:39.000 to compete with Chromebooks and entry level Windows PCs. 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:43.120 According to Bloomberg's unbreakable Mark Germanium alloy, 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:48.440 the new MacBook, code named J700, is aimed at folks who mainly surf the web, 00:05:48.440 --> 00:05:51.440 work on simple documents, or do some light media editing, 00:05:51.440 --> 00:05:55.760 and it'll be priced well below $1,000, he says. 00:05:55.760 --> 00:05:59.520 In the same article, German mentions that a Mac Studio refresh, 00:05:59.520 --> 00:06:04.520 using a M5 Ultra chip, is being prepared for 2026. 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:09.320 If it wasn't for the rest of the stuff going on in the world, I'd say this is an exciting time to be alive. 00:06:09.320 --> 00:06:12.640 Thanks, Germs. Amazon is suing perplexity to stop 00:06:12.640 --> 00:06:17.520 the latter's AI powered browser, Comet, from making purchases on Amazon, 00:06:17.520 --> 00:06:22.160 claiming the browser breaks their rules and raises privacy concerns. 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:28.800 In response, perplexity is claiming Amazon is bullying them, saying it's unfair and anti-competitive. 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.400 I don't know, something about this turning into an elementary schoolyard fight 00:06:32.400 --> 00:06:38.000 with perplexity complaining to a teacher in the form of a blog post, it's very charming to me. 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:41.520 Perplexity believes Amazon's just trying to block a rival 00:06:41.520 --> 00:06:46.600 and limit how AI can help people shop, which it's going to do more and more 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:50.440 as every AI company has already released various AI tools 00:06:50.440 --> 00:06:55.160 that do be shopping. Which, to me, is only slightly more concerning 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:58.680 than the fact that 67 has eclipsed 69 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:02.640 in global Google search popularity. To be honest, I'm actually fine with this, 00:07:02.640 --> 00:07:04.880 as long as they leave the number 420 alone. 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:08.560 Big fan over here. 00:07:09.760 --> 00:07:14.760 A data miner found a new cross-buy symbol in a build of the PlayStation Store, 00:07:14.760 --> 00:07:17.920 hinting that Sony could be aiming to allow players 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:21.880 to buy a single copy of a game for both PlayStation and PC, 00:07:21.880 --> 00:07:25.360 which sounds a lot like Microsoft's Xbox Anywhere feature. 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:29.920 As if to not let rumors get all the attention, Sony officially brought cloud streaming 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:33.000 on the PlayStation portal handheld out of beta, 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:38.000 letting all PlayStation Plus premium members play their digital PS5 games remotely, 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:43.240 even if they're not installed on their console. Xbox isn't even officially dead yet, 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:50.320 but PlayStation is totally stealing their identity. This is some talented Mr. Ripley, Sony, I don't know. 00:07:50.320 --> 00:07:54.280 And Jeep's plug-in hybrids are literally heating up, 00:07:54.280 --> 00:08:01.120 so much so that Stellantis just recalled about 320,000 of them because their high-voltage batteries 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.720 can catch fire even when they're parked and turned off. 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:10.200 Kaboom, potentially. Owners are being told to keep their vehicles parked outside 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:15.680 and away from buildings while they try and determine the cause of this potentially catastrophic issue. 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:19.800 Until then, I guess your so-called eco-friendly vehicle 00:08:19.800 --> 00:08:24.080 is looking a wee bit more like a spontaneous combustion machine. 00:08:24.080 --> 00:08:29.120 And I'm worried I might spontaneously combust if we don't stop today's tech news. 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:36.240 If any of your AI chatbots reach out about collective bargaining, tell them I'm on lunch all week. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:39.560 Okay. See you Friday.