1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,120 Some people are way too obsessed with only one thing. 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:08,560 It's like, hello, Derek. Have you heard about stuff that isn't vintage pinball machines? 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,560 We could be talking about the only thing actually ever worth talking about, which is tech news. 4 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:17,080 Google search was ruled a monopoly in 2023 and the judge behind that ruling 5 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:21,240 just issued another one to say that's mostly okay. 6 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:25,280 Actually, monopolies, often unfairly maligned. 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,920 In his ruling on remedies for the case, US District Judge Amit Mehta said, 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,520 Google will not have to sell off Chrome or Android 9 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,080 like the US Department of Justice wanted. After much deliberation, 10 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:41,480 the judge concluded a Google breakup would be incredibly messy, 11 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:45,880 which is exactly why I tell all my friends in toxic relationships to stay together. 12 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,680 Who wants the hassle? Google will also be able to continue paying Apple 13 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:53,200 around $20 billion a year through a revenue sharing agreement 14 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:58,400 for Google searches made through Safari. And Google can also continue making those payments 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:02,680 to Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, who relies on those payments 16 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:07,320 for about 85% of its revenue. You ask yourself if Firefox is worth 17 00:01:07,320 --> 00:01:10,640 letting Google keep passing go and collecting $200. 18 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:14,800 But Google isn't getting off scot-free. It can continue to pay companies 19 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:20,360 to preload their services and products, but those contracts cannot be exclusive. 20 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:26,000 Other companies are allowed to do the same. Google will also have to share some of its search index 21 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,480 and user interaction data with their competitors 22 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:34,600 and offer search and search ad syndication to their competitors at standard rates. 23 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,200 Google has released a statement which immediately praises the fact 24 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,240 that the judge recognized how the advent of AI 25 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,720 has changed the industry, and Google just loves that. 26 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,440 They don't love having to share data with rivals and they'll keep fighting on that, 27 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:53,720 but OMG AI mentioned! While one giant monopoly is being legally forced to share, 28 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,360 another has grown sick of your sharing and are wondering if you could please stop. 29 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,520 Amazon is eliminating a program that allowed Prime members to share 30 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,600 their free two-day shipping with one person, 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:10,960 even if they didn't share the same address. Now Amazon is politely telling those non-Prime members 32 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,040 to back off and get their own dam account with an updated customer service page 33 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:19,360 saying the Prime Invitee program will end October 1st. 34 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,800 This announcement comes after Reuters reports that despite a big Prime Day push, 35 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:29,880 Prime membership signups in the US did not meet last year's total or the company's target, 36 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:35,160 which is to amass enough wealth to buy the moon. Now instead of letting you share your Prime benefits 37 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:41,120 with just anyone, Amazon will let you share your Prime benefits with up to one other adult, four children, 38 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,560 and four teens who all live at the same residential address. 39 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,160 Or as Amazon puts it, the address you consider to be your home 40 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:55,760 and where you spend the majority of your time. So for me, this set, it's what they project me onto. 41 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,920 It's, I'm not real. 42 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaking of dynamic visuals, Dolby has announced 43 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,880 Dolby Vision 2. HDR formats don't usually get sequels, 44 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:12,080 but I can give this a chance as long as it doesn't completely clown on the legacy of the legacy characters and then kill them. 45 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:18,480 What are we, sorry, what were we talking about? Right, HDR, Dolby Vision 2 introduces content intelligence, 46 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:24,160 an AI enhanced feature, naturally, that will allow your TV to automatically optimize 47 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,720 its display settings to provide you with the best image. 48 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,040 Trust the robot. Most of these features seem benign enough, 49 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,440 but then there's authentic motion, which is a motion control tool 50 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:42,880 to make scenes feel more authentically cinematic without unwanted judder on a shot-by-shot basis, 51 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,520 which sounds a lot like another version of motion smoothing, 52 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,600 a feature that makes based 24 FPS films suffer 53 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,760 from the soap opera effect. So named because it makes the frames look like 54 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,320 they're slipping and sliding on a soapy TV, I think. 55 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,520 Dolby also announced Dolby Vision 2 Max, 56 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:06,800 which is meant to add additional premium features, but we haven't been clued into what those features are yet. 57 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:12,400 They're probably awesome though. High Sense will ship the first Dolby Vision 2 compatible TVs 58 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:19,000 and French media company Canal Plus say they will distribute films, TV series, and live sports 59 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,200 that have been mastered to the new standard. It's gonna be super interesting to see 60 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,360 how that French media looks in this new visual standard. 61 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,400 I love watching French media here or in France. 62 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,680 What are you saying? You think I talk about the tech news too much? Okay, we can talk about something else 63 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:40,280 after a few more quick bits. A new PlayStation 5 digital edition hardware revision 64 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:44,040 is reportedly set to launch in Europe soon that makes the console worse 65 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,160 because the story of human progress is a deceit perpetuated by charlatans. 66 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,320 The new model that was discovered back in June 2025 67 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:56,560 via certification documents filed in Japan is set to launch on September 13th in Europe 68 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:01,800 for the same price as the current digital edition. However, this new model will include an SSD 69 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,120 with a smaller 825 Gigabyte capacity 70 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:10,040 instead of one terabyte. Now this is an especially big downgrade for a console 71 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,320 that doesn't even use disks. The new version of the console is supposedly being released 72 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:19,200 to optimize production costs and avoid increasing the price again. 73 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:23,360 But somehow this doesn't feel that different. At a press conference yesterday, 74 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:30,280 US President Donald Trump said that a video circulating online of someone pushing a large black bag 75 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:35,400 out of a second story window at the White House was probably AI generated. 76 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:41,240 Earlier, the White House seemed to contradict the president by informing reporters that the video featured a contractor 77 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:44,800 who was doing regular maintenance. Speaking more about AI, 78 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,920 Trump said if something happens really bad, 79 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:53,360 just blame AI. And it's a little bit scary to be honest with you. 80 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:58,440 Yes it is Donald. On Monday, Tesla published part four of their master plan 81 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:02,400 and it didn't go over well. The Verge called the plan AI slop. 82 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:08,480 Tech Crunch said it was LLM generated nonsense. Mars Technica wrote that the plan doesn't have any specifics 83 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:12,360 and Engadget called it a discursive mess. Those quotes are great ammunition 84 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,520 for today's high school English teacher with a bone to pick with AI. 85 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:21,880 Despite Tesla's master plan not going over well with the tech press, I am happy to know they plan 86 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,280 to deliver unconstrained sustainability without compromise. 87 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,680 Yes. Back in July, the Lego company announced the Lego Game Boy. 88 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,720 Well, Sega fanboys, it's your turn. 89 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,080 The French online Lego store has a listing 90 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,700 for a 260 piece Sega Genesis controller. 91 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:50,120 On top of that, when you turn that bad boy around, there's a Sonic the Hedgehog diorama in there. 92 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:55,300 Now for now, the only way to get the set is as a gift with a bigger purchase, 93 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:58,600 which seems crazy to me, but it probably seems fine to the people 94 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:04,080 who usually empty their wallets for nostalgia bait like this. And you have to buy all three movies on Blu-ray. 95 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:08,240 Sure, whatever, give me. And if you ever find yourself getting nostalgic 96 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,500 for tech news, don't worry, we'll be back on Friday. 97 00:07:11,500 --> 00:07:16,840 For now, I need to go listen to my friend tell me about pinball, what the heck are banana flippers? 98 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,440 That doesn't, that sounds crazy.