1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,040 Welcome to Friday's TechLinked, where we bring you tech news, the moment Linus is through getting 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:10,800 a week's worth of grievances off his chest. Apple has been accused of poaching employees to steal 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:17,600 technology developed by medical tech company Massimo. Massimo! Apple allegedly contacted the 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:23,680 company in 2013 to discuss a working relationship, but turns out they were only really interested in 5 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:29,120 working with two of their executives, who Apple hired to basically develop and patent technology 6 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:35,680 extremely similar to Massimo's. Allegedly, allegedly, if this feels like old news, it's probably because 7 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:42,960 Apple has a persistent habit of being inspired by other companies. This phenomenon has been named 8 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:48,320 Sherlock-ing. After the time Apple updated their Sherlock search tool with features copied from 9 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:54,960 the indie Apple Watson in 2002, the same year Apple ended their famous Think Different campaign. 10 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:00,480 I wonder why? I think we should start thinking the same. 11 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,760 More recently, Blix Inc. alleged the sign-in with Apple feature infringed on their patent, 12 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:12,560 Tile raised concerns about the airtag, and Alivcore Inc. developed an ECG ban for the Apple Watch, 13 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:18,720 only for Apple to add the functionality themselves, and update WatchOS in a way that stopped Alivcore's 14 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:23,440 ban from working at all anymore. Just standard corporate stuff, you know? 15 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:28,480 Apple does have fantastic products, though. I wonder what another company will think of for 16 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:34,560 Apple next. Seagate has been charged $300 million for shipping hard drives to Huawei, 17 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,840 because I guess it's illegal to ship hard drives to your buddies now. 18 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:40,800 I got a whole discord group about it. 19 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:50,160 In August of 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department expanded export restrictions against Huawei 20 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:55,840 after they allegedly tried to obtain advanced technologies to undermine U.S. national security. 21 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:00,080 So, naturally, California-based Seagate did the responsible thing, 22 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,480 and sold 7 million hard-disk drives to the Chinese company throughout the next 11 months. 23 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,080 But come on, no one else was selling them HDDs? What were they supposed to do? 24 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,640 Not be the sole source provider of hard drives to Huawei and blatant disregard for the law? 25 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:18,160 That's crazy talk! In fact, federal regulators alleged that not only did Seagate sell Huawei 26 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:25,360 as many HDDs as they could afford, but they also extended lines of credit worth $1 billion to Huawei, 27 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:30,640 so the Chinese giant could buy even more. The $300 million penalty is meant to be 28 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:35,920 double Seagate's estimated profit from the sales, so hopefully, the next time they want to do business 29 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:42,080 with a potential national security risk, they think twice. The government's punishments come with a 30 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:49,600 side of extra sass. And Elon Musk, a.k.a. Professor X the Everything app, 31 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:55,200 is friends off with Microsoft after the company announced it would be dropping Twitter from its 32 00:02:55,200 --> 00:03:00,560 advertising platform due to Twitter's new API fees. This means that potential advertisers 33 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,040 won't be able to post to the birth site through Microsoft's ad portal. In response, 34 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:12,400 Elon accused Microsoft of using Twitter data to train illegally. So it's lawsuit time, which I 35 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:22,480 can only assume is the name for Musk's custom workout routine. We could speculate that Elon was 36 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:28,240 either referring to the new Bing training on Twitter data or Microsoft's second most successful 37 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:36,000 chatbot, Tay, which Twitter famously turned racist real quick back in 2016. Looking for answers, 38 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,720 BBC News reached out to Twitter via its press email, receiving a carefully considered and 39 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,680 nuanced response that I'm just kidding, they send a poop emoji. At least they didn't leave them on red. 40 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:53,280 Meanwhile, the Twitter API's new paywall has also caused Microsoft to disable the ability to 41 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:59,760 share game uploads to Twitter from Xbox consoles and the Windows game bar. Minecraft influencers 42 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,800 thought they were safe from Elon's nonsense, but the guy seems determined to break as many 43 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:11,760 previously working features as possible. Just pay Twitter to use it. Welcome. Got some rare quick 44 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:18,080 bits on sale, stranger. SpaceX successfully launched their Starship rocket yesterday and 45 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:26,320 shortly thereafter, it successfully exploded. A major setback for SpaceX. Or was it? While many 46 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,520 people online have been quick to point their fingers and laugh, the fact is this was a flight 47 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:37,760 test. SpaceX launched the largest rocket ever made into the air with the intent to gather data. 48 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:42,400 I mean, we spent three years testing and discarding different designs for a screwdriver, 49 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:47,760 I would imagine launching 33 jet engines strapped to a tube would take an extra level of data 50 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:52,000 collection. The exploding really is just, it's a bonus. You know, it doesn't have to happen, 51 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:58,800 but it's kind of cool. It was supposed to explode. It was going to explode whether we launched it or 52 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:03,600 not. We just had to get it out of the way. A German magazine published the first interview with 53 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:09,440 Formula One legend Michael Schumacher since he suffered a severe brain injury in 2013 is what I 54 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:15,600 would say if said magazine didn't instead publish a conversation with an AI chatbot. The magazine 55 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:22,080 claimed it was Schumacher up until the end of the article and now his family are planning to sue. 56 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,720 I'd lie about interviewing someone with debilitating disability simply for profit if I could, 57 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:33,040 but unfortunately I do have feelings, a brain, and the ability to pause for the seconds it would 58 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:40,320 take to consider the ramifications of my actions. It's unfortunate really. I could be so rich by 59 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:46,800 now. An upcoming first-person game called Unrecord has sparked some debate online. A trailer for 60 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:53,280 the first-person bodycam style FPS game looks incredibly real and apparently too real for many 61 00:05:53,280 --> 00:05:58,720 people who accused the so-called in-game footage of being fake. In response, one of the game's 62 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:04,000 co-creators posted a screen recording of the game being developed within Unreal Engine 5. 63 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:11,200 Imagine doing such a good job that no one believes you. Now I truly understand DJ Khaled's seminal 64 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:18,160 album suffering from success. Truly a profit. And he was a profit. I love you too Riley. There's 65 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:25,840 another one. And another one. Isn't there another quote? Another one. We the best tech news! 66 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:32,560 Atari has announced they have acquired the rights to over a hundred classic 80s and 90s games. Well, 67 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:38,480 not acquired exactly. Most of these classic games are assets the company originally had to sell off 68 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:44,080 when they declared bankruptcy in 2013. And saying classic games isn't exactly right either, 69 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:49,520 since one of the few acquired games they actually revealed is Bubsy 3D, which looks like this. 70 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:56,480 Ah. Oh no. So let's all be extra nice to Atari from now on, otherwise 71 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:09,200 they'll release more Bubsy. And the Red Cross launched a bizarre campaign last weekend to raise 72 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:15,520 public awareness of the real-life rules of war as defined in the Geneva Convention by encouraging 73 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:21,360 gamers to play by those rules in first-person shooters. Those rules include no thirsting, 74 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:28,480 aka shooting at downed enemies. Perfectly valid. Didn't say anything about thirst trapping. 75 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:36,000 No shooting nonviolent NPCs or their buildings, and using medkits on everyone, friend or enemy. 76 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:41,120 The Red Cross recruited several Twitch streamers to play by the rules in games like Arma 3, 77 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:47,840 PUBG, Warzone, and even Fortnite, running the slogan, How You Play FPS Makes a Difference on 78 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:53,600 Battlefield's IRL. But they didn't explain how that's possible. Does the Red Cross think all 79 00:07:53,600 --> 00:08:04,720 video games follow the plot of the 1984 classic The Last Starfighter? I half expect their next 80 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:15,360 campaign will be to stop armies recruiting esports pros. And if you want to play by our rules, 81 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:20,000 you'll come back on Monday for more tech news. And make sure you tell Atari that they're your 82 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:27,440 favorite game company and beg for their mercy. I don't get this. Oh, we're sorry for what we said 83 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,520 about Bubsy. I'm not.