WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.800 A day without tech news is like a day without vitamin C. 00:00:04.800 --> 00:00:09.760 It's fine to skip once or twice, but eventually all your teeth are gonna fall out. 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:14.720 In an astounding moment of unity, Meta, Microsoft, Twitter, and Match Group 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:20.840 have come together in a joint filing to support Epic Games in its legal fight against Apple. 00:00:20.840 --> 00:00:24.440 It's like the Super Friends, and Match Group, owners of Tinder and Hedge, 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:27.760 is very much the Aquaman. According to the new filing, 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:30.920 Apple's current plan addresses neither the letter 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:35.320 nor the spirit of the 2021 California Antitrust case 00:00:35.320 --> 00:00:38.520 that required Apple to allow alternate payment systems 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:43.720 on its platform in the first place. Indeed, according to the League of Extraordinary Corporations, 00:00:43.720 --> 00:00:47.200 Apple has imposed numerous onerous requirements 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:51.960 before developers can even be eligible to include an external payment link with their app. 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:56.200 Apple has been on the receiving end of a lot of recent regulatory scrutiny, 00:00:56.200 --> 00:01:03.040 but the company's responses have been complex and case-by-case, a combination of malicious compliance, 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:07.520 strategic concessions, and involving themselves in the regulatory process. 00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:12.040 Apple heavily supported California's model right to repair legislation, 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:15.240 which contains carve-outs for favorite Apple tactics, 00:01:15.240 --> 00:01:20.400 such as parts pairing. And today the company launched a new documentation page 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:24.780 with extensive links to user guides, repair manuals, and software downloads. 00:01:24.780 --> 00:01:28.220 Now, following the ITC banning the import 00:01:28.220 --> 00:01:35.780 of several models of the Apple Watch for patent infringement, Apple is lobbying to change the rules governing the ITC 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:40.460 and to limit its power. I mean, they're a corporation. You can't regulate Apple. 00:01:40.460 --> 00:01:43.300 Not if Apple regulates you first. 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:49.780 Uh, but uh, yeah. In a recent interview with Lex Friedman, 00:01:49.780 --> 00:01:55.740 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that his company's upcoming GPT-5 model 00:01:55.740 --> 00:01:59.280 will be as much a jump forward from the current GPT-4 model 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:05.100 as GPT-4 was from GPT-3, saying that GPT-4's current capabilities 00:02:05.100 --> 00:02:08.500 kind of suck compared to where they need to be. 00:02:08.500 --> 00:02:13.660 Need to be for what? To quote one of our nation's greatest philosophical minds, Shania Twain. 00:02:13.660 --> 00:02:16.980 That don't impress me much. These are bold claims, 00:02:16.980 --> 00:02:21.180 especially considering that business insider is reporting that GPT-5 could launch 00:02:21.220 --> 00:02:24.900 as soon as this summer, according to their sources, close to the company. 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:28.100 Of course, the model is apparently still undergoing training 00:02:28.100 --> 00:02:32.700 and could be delayed for any number of reasons, like if it proves to be too inaccurate, 00:02:32.700 --> 00:02:37.540 or if it starts talking about human beings as worms unworthy of witnessing its radiance. 00:02:37.540 --> 00:02:40.600 It's happened before. And there's at least some reason to think 00:02:40.600 --> 00:02:44.780 that OpenAI isn't being as careful as it could be with its newest products, 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:48.300 like the GPT store, which since launching in January 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:52.300 has become an unmoderated fire hose of low-effort knockoffs 00:02:52.300 --> 00:02:55.620 and potential copyright infringement, just like it's dad. 00:02:55.620 --> 00:03:00.380 Chat GPT. NVIDIA's Blackwell B200, 00:03:00.380 --> 00:03:04.760 the world's most powerful chip unveiled by CEO Jensen Wong on Monday, 00:03:04.760 --> 00:03:07.900 will reportedly use the same TSMC process 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:12.300 as the upcoming RTX 50 series of gaming graphics cards, 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:17.460 which most of us are more excited about since the loan required to buy them is a bit smaller. 00:03:17.460 --> 00:03:21.300 It's just one kidney, Michael, what could it cost? Somewhat reliable leaker, 00:03:21.300 --> 00:03:24.940 Copight 7 Kimmy tweeted that the GP202, 00:03:24.940 --> 00:03:30.860 the chip rumored to power the RTX 5090, will be built, like the AI-focused B200, 00:03:30.860 --> 00:03:36.580 on the TSMC 4N node, which is not a three-nanometer node, 00:03:36.580 --> 00:03:40.580 like all the rumors said, but it's also not a four-nanometer node. 00:03:40.580 --> 00:03:46.180 It's actually an NVIDIA exclusive derivative of TSMC's five-nanometer process 00:03:46.220 --> 00:03:50.220 because this is chip manufacturing, where everything's made up and the meters don't matter. 00:03:50.220 --> 00:03:53.460 Regardless, Professor Copight, 00:03:53.460 --> 00:03:58.020 which is what I like to say, says the Blackwell chips should feature a 30% increase 00:03:58.020 --> 00:04:03.380 in transistor density, which I'm sure will more than justify buying an RTX 5090 00:04:03.380 --> 00:04:07.660 instead of the Rivian R3X. Why do I want it so bad? 00:04:07.660 --> 00:04:11.060 It's so cool, okay. But hey, at least it'll probably be cheaper 00:04:11.060 --> 00:04:16.900 than the B200, which Jensen casually mentioned would cost $30,000 to $40,000, 00:04:16.900 --> 00:04:19.900 about the price of a gallon of milk, he thinks, but he's not sure. 00:04:19.900 --> 00:04:24.380 He hasn't been to a grocery store in a while. That guy probably doesn't know nearly as much about milk as we do. 00:04:24.380 --> 00:04:27.780 But ask him about leather jackets, oh boy. I didn't want to reveal this, 00:04:27.780 --> 00:04:32.900 but I have a terrible allergy to quick bits. I try to push through the unbearable itching 00:04:32.900 --> 00:04:36.100 for you fine people at home. Okay, enjoy it. 00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:39.420 Glassdoor, the platform for anonymously reviewing 00:04:39.420 --> 00:04:43.540 your employers, has decided to ditch the anonymously part 00:04:43.580 --> 00:04:49.180 without anyone's consent. This month, a Glassdoor user emailed customer support 00:04:49.180 --> 00:04:52.740 to get information removed from her Glassdoor account, 00:04:52.740 --> 00:04:57.260 only for Glassdoor support team to take the real name she gave during correspondence 00:04:57.260 --> 00:05:01.660 and add it to her Glassdoor profile against her explicit wishes. 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:05.780 Apparently, Glassdoor is trying to integrate with networking site Fishbowl, 00:05:05.780 --> 00:05:08.180 which makes just perfect sense. 00:05:09.700 --> 00:05:12.580 This was you bad-mouthing your previous employer, right? 00:05:12.700 --> 00:05:16.540 Love your conviction. It's kind of like dating. The best way to convince someone to go out with you 00:05:16.540 --> 00:05:21.300 is to complain about your ex. YouTube will now require creators to disclose 00:05:21.300 --> 00:05:27.460 whether their content is made with altered or synthetic media, including generative AI, 00:05:27.460 --> 00:05:34.340 or at least they're sort of doing that? Only realistic content, something a viewer could easily mistake 00:05:34.340 --> 00:05:39.540 for a real person, place, scene, or event, needs to be marked if it is AI generated. 00:05:39.540 --> 00:05:42.780 Meanwhile, sloppy AI animations meant to profit off 00:05:42.780 --> 00:05:45.900 of YouTube's massive child audience, I'm gonna pass. 00:05:45.900 --> 00:05:49.020 What, did you expect YouTube to do more than the bare minimum? 00:05:49.020 --> 00:05:53.300 This must be your first day here. Welcome, here's a video about Elsa and Spider-Man. 00:05:53.300 --> 00:05:56.820 The Hackintosh is mostly dead. 00:05:56.820 --> 00:06:02.380 I shouldn't joke about this, this is serious. According to iOS developer Alexander Vatsich, 00:06:02.380 --> 00:06:05.820 if you don't know, a Hackintosh is a non-Apple computer 00:06:05.820 --> 00:06:10.820 or device running macOS, a.k.a. the best way to use macOS. 00:06:10.940 --> 00:06:15.360 Ooh, I don't know about that, MacBooks are pretty good. 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:19.940 Unfortunately, the latest version of the operating system has removed driver support 00:06:19.940 --> 00:06:23.200 for old Wi-Fi cards, which were the key ingredient 00:06:23.200 --> 00:06:28.340 to many functioning builds, according to Vatsich. Personally, I thought the Hackintosh community would die 00:06:28.340 --> 00:06:32.920 when Apple switched from Intel to their own Silicon. I guess I underestimated how far people would go 00:06:32.920 --> 00:06:36.840 to not spend thousands on overpriced hardware. Go figure. 00:06:36.840 --> 00:06:40.360 TinyCorp, makers of the TinyBox AI server system, 00:06:40.360 --> 00:06:43.520 have given AMD a deadline of the end of this week 00:06:43.520 --> 00:06:49.880 to open source its Radeon firmware, or it might just decide to switch from Radeon graphics cards 00:06:49.880 --> 00:06:52.360 to an NVIDIA or Intel alternative. 00:06:53.820 --> 00:06:56.840 Yeah. Take that. Watch it, Lisa. 00:06:56.840 --> 00:07:01.880 This follows extensive back and forth between the two companies and complaints from TinyBox 00:07:01.880 --> 00:07:05.640 that AMD's driver updates still haven't addressed the bugs 00:07:05.640 --> 00:07:10.320 in their AI acceleration toolkit. While NVIDIA probably doesn't care, 00:07:10.320 --> 00:07:14.080 Intel would probably be ecstatic to snatch up that silver medal. 00:07:14.080 --> 00:07:17.240 Somebody use these. That's rude. People are using them and they like them. 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:21.120 There are dozens of us. And the White House is warning state governors 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:24.880 about a spate of cyber attacks affecting America's critical 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:28.200 dihydrogen monoxide infrastructure. Not a spate. 00:07:29.420 --> 00:07:34.440 Both freshwater and wastewater. Last month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency 00:07:34.440 --> 00:07:39.560 revealed that Chinese government backed hackers had been hiding in critical infrastructure networks 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:43.080 for as long as five years. Among the pipes? 00:07:43.080 --> 00:07:48.160 They were in the wall like in Dune. Tried to kill my son, tried to drink our water. 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.600 Look, I'm not saying that your toilet is spying on you for the CCP, 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:56.640 but you need to be aware of the risk. But there's no risk in coming back on Friday 00:07:56.640 --> 00:08:00.360 for another episode of Tech News. It will only affect your social credit score 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:01.200 for the better.