1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,080 Okay, here's how this works. We say the tech news and you absorb it. You can laugh, 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,960 you make some facial expressions, maybe write a comment, but don't speak. We can't hear you. 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,960 When that tech is here, we'll let you know. There were several new features announced at 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:19,280 this year's Made on YouTube event, many, but not all of which are AI. Google DeepMind's newest 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:26,160 video generation model, VO, will be integrated into DreamScreen, which creates still and moving 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:31,440 backgrounds for YouTube shorts. In addition to making these backgrounds more realistic, 7 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:37,840 VO is able to edit and remix previously generated footage, allowing creators to fine-tune their 8 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:44,400 very own machine-generated horrors. Like this in-watershot of the San Francisco Bay. Oh, 9 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:51,680 disgusting. At some point early next year, you'll be able to use DreamScreen to fully generate 10 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:57,840 six-second video clips, not a background, an actual video. That's right, Vine is back, baby, 11 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:04,720 and now it's 100% robot hallucinations. All natural, the opposite. YouTube also announced 12 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:11,040 communities, which seem to operate like a creator-controlled Discord or Facebook page, 13 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:17,360 where both the creator and their subscribers can post in a fun, parasocial little hangout space. 14 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:22,960 YouTube is also testing a new hype feature, where users can choose to promote a recent video 15 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:28,400 from a creator with fewer than half a million subscribers, causing it to be served to more 16 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:34,160 people on the platform instead of an AI choosing to do it for humans. Imagine. 17 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:40,320 Highly hyped videos will appear on a special leaderboard, as well as receiving a badge marking 18 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:47,200 them as fan favorites. Viewers can hype up to three videos for free every week or pay for more 19 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,440 in a fee, which will also be shared with a creator. All in all, it's pretty cool, guys. 20 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:56,000 Yet another feature announced is a new community hub in the YouTube Studio app, 21 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,200 which includes AI-enhanced comment reply suggestions to give creators a starting 22 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,720 point when a weird comment leaves them thinking, what the heck am I supposed to say to that? 23 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:14,480 You look like my grandma. Okay. Or maybe as a way of responding to all of those porn bots 24 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:18,480 infesting the comment section, just let the robot sort this out between themselves. 25 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,560 Oh my gosh. I actually kind of like them. They're very encouraging. 26 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:32,800 Meanwhile, the inspiration tab in analytics is rolling out more widely to more creators, 27 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:38,320 adding AI idea generation to preexisting features that show you what your viewers are 28 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:44,000 supposedly searching for. You guys are apparently big into line is tech tips. 29 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:51,280 What's the story there? Thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by the militant group Hezbollah 30 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:55,920 horrifically exploded across the country of Lebanon in the past two days, 31 00:02:55,920 --> 00:03:03,120 killing at least 22 people and wounding nearly 3000, leaving hospitals overrun and many wondering 32 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,920 if this was some kind of cyber attack. But two sources with knowledge of the operation have 33 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:14,960 told Axios and other outlets that Israel in a complex supply chain maneuver planted explosives 34 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:20,000 in the devices before they were sold to Hezbollah. The destroyed pagers apparently used to design 35 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:25,440 by the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo, who says the model in question is actually licensed and 36 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:33,680 manufactured by a separate company, Hungary based BAC Consulting. NBC reached BAC CEO by phone who 37 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,840 confirmed their business relationship with Gold Apollo, but said they don't make the pagers 38 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:43,680 either, claiming to be an intermediary, a statement cosigned by the Hungarian prime minister's office. 39 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:48,880 Israel hasn't explicitly confirmed it's behind the attack, but has declared it's shifting its 40 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:54,640 military focus to its northern region, bordering Lebanon, where it will supposedly continue trying 41 00:03:54,640 --> 00:04:02,080 to eradicate its enemies by making new ones. AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPU launch has been one of the worst 42 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:07,520 in the company's history, with abysmal sales numbers in the DIY market. According to publicly 43 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,920 available sales numbers from Mind Factory, an online retailer based out of Germany, 44 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:17,280 they have only sold a couple hundred units of these chips since they launched a month ago, really? 45 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:22,800 This has drawn comparisons to the 2011 launch of AMD's infamous bulldozer architecture. 46 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:26,960 But while bulldozer chips had genuinely poor single thread performance, 47 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:33,840 Zen 5 really just seems to be kind of underwhelming, particularly in one specific area, gaming. 48 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:37,840 That being said, your average tech enthusiast isn't out here buying the fresh new hotness 49 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:42,400 straight off the line for the sake of a lightning fast refresh rate in Microsoft Excel. 50 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:47,200 AMD is otherwise doing fine as a company. They got a bustling data center business, 51 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,920 as well as their contracts for consoles and other pre-builds. They got their head above water, 52 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,320 unlike their nearest competitor Intel, which has been thrashing in the deep end while the 53 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:02,480 lifeguard has his back turned for a while now. But it's not all doom and gloom, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger. 54 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,760 Sadly, the multiverse's last surviving Pat Gelsinger. 55 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:12,480 Announced on Monday that the company has received up to $3 billion in funding from the US government 56 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:17,840 and will be expanding its partnership with Amazon Web Services, as well as restructuring and making 57 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:23,280 its foundry division into an independent subsidiary. That still reports to Pat. 58 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:27,040 This isn't a huge change. It's kind of like moving out of your parents' place and 59 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:31,200 into the coach house in their backyard. Okay, here come the quick bits. For this part, 60 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:34,880 you actually can speak. They are not going to stop to reply to you, though. 61 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:41,200 Snap of chat fame have officially unveiled their new Spectacles 5 AR glasses, 62 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:46,000 and they look like if the CIA did a bad job hiding cameras in a pair of 3D glasses. 63 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,760 But that's okay, because they aren't for you. They're for developers who can rent them 64 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:58,320 for $99 a month. What? What also isn't for you is the exclusive use of your face. 65 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:04,720 It turns out that Snapchat's AI-powered MySelfie feature can be used to serve you ads 66 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,720 with your own face in them, unless you toggle off the setting. 67 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:13,840 But to be safe, you can also uninstall the app, microwave your phone, and go live in the forest. 68 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:20,720 Apple has temporarily paused the rollout of iPadOS 18 on newer M4 iPad Pros 69 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:25,680 due to complaints that the update was bricking the devices. This is further proof that tablets 70 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:31,440 should never have evolved past just being clay. The bug hasn't affected every M4 iPad Pro, 71 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:37,200 but the ones that are affected seem unrecoverable, with Apple allegedly offering hardware replacements 72 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:42,080 to affected users. Apple has put out a statement saying they are working to resolve the issue, 73 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:46,560 but it's a real mystery. Like something right out of the Emmy Award-winning TV series, 74 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:52,880 Monk, starring Tony Shalhoub. We're back, baby! He's back! I don't know the- is there a song? 75 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:58,320 It's a jungle out there. What? Disorder and confusion everywhere. 76 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:01,680 Okay. Discord is officially rolling out Dave. 77 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:11,040 A new guy. Dave, which stands for Discord's audio and video end-to-end encryption. 78 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:16,400 Bizarrely, one thing Dave doesn't include is encrypted text communications. 79 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:20,720 Probably because that would have messed up their fun acronym. Discord says this exception is to 80 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:26,240 ensure they can continue their current moderation policy, but that doesn't explain why an audio 81 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,840 call is somehow less risky than a DM or why they couldn't use a system similar to WhatsApp, 82 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:36,640 where communications aren't encrypted until a user in the conversation reports a message. 83 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:40,960 Dave's like an overbearing parent who insists on reading all your text messages, 84 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,800 but hasn't figured out that you've been calling your weed dealer using the landline. 85 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:52,800 Technically, that's hacking. A bipartisan bill to force vehicle manufacturers to include AM radio has passed through committee 86 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,880 and will now move to a full floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. 87 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:02,160 AM radio has been in cars for nearly a century, but some manufacturers have started leaving it out 88 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:08,240 of EV vehicles because the electromagnetic forces from the powertrain cause significant interference. 89 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:13,200 There are workarounds, but they might require expensive redesigns and additional shielding, 90 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:21,040 you know, stuff that costs money. Lawmakers, however, argue that AM radio is a vital tool during natural disasters and other 91 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:26,480 emergencies because AM signals travel much farther than FM signals and pass through solid 92 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:34,640 objects, like the ghost of NPR. And Microsoft says all Microsoft 365 co-pilot subscribers 93 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:41,040 can now access co-pilot Academy, a product to help you learn how to use a different product. 94 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:46,480 Because despite generative AI being forcefully injected into literally everything, industry 95 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:51,520 reports consistently say that workers and consumers are struggling to figure out how to make it 96 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:56,720 actually useful. You might think that's because it's not actually that useful for people outside 97 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:01,840 of a few specific niches, but you'd be wrong. You're just not using it right with your dumb, 98 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:08,240 fleshy sausage fingers. Move over, let the AI use itself. We here at TechLink love your fleshy sausage 99 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:12,160 fingers and we want to see them here again on Friday. Everybody in the office wants a look. 100 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:21,600 Come on, hold them up. Look at those. They're great. It's a sin against man. Those look, what? Except, no.