WEBVTT 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, 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. 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 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 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:26.160 video generation model, VO, will be integrated into DreamScreen, which creates still and moving 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:31.440 backgrounds for YouTube shorts. In addition to making these backgrounds more realistic, 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:37.840 VO is able to edit and remix previously generated footage, allowing creators to fine-tune their 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:44.400 very own machine-generated horrors. Like this in-watershot of the San Francisco Bay. Oh, 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 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, 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:04.720 and now it's 100% robot hallucinations. All natural, the opposite. YouTube also announced 00:01:04.720 --> 00:01:11.040 communities, which seem to operate like a creator-controlled Discord or Facebook page, 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:17.360 where both the creator and their subscribers can post in a fun, parasocial little hangout space. 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 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 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:34.160 people on the platform instead of an AI choosing to do it for humans. Imagine. 00:01:35.440 --> 00:01:40.320 Highly hyped videos will appear on a special leaderboard, as well as receiving a badge marking 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 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. 00:01:51.440 --> 00:01:56.000 Yet another feature announced is a new community hub in the YouTube Studio app, 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:01.200 which includes AI-enhanced comment reply suggestions to give creators a starting 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? 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 00:02:14.480 --> 00:02:18.480 infesting the comment section, just let the robot sort this out between themselves. 00:02:21.040 --> 00:02:24.560 Oh my gosh. I actually kind of like them. They're very encouraging. 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:32.800 Meanwhile, the inspiration tab in analytics is rolling out more widely to more creators, 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:38.320 adding AI idea generation to preexisting features that show you what your viewers are 00:02:38.320 --> 00:02:44.000 supposedly searching for. You guys are apparently big into line is tech tips. 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 00:02:51.280 --> 00:02:55.920 horrifically exploded across the country of Lebanon in the past two days, 00:02:55.920 --> 00:03:03.120 killing at least 22 people and wounding nearly 3000, leaving hospitals overrun and many wondering 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 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:14.960 told Axios and other outlets that Israel in a complex supply chain maneuver planted explosives 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:20.000 in the devices before they were sold to Hezbollah. The destroyed pagers apparently used to design 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:25.440 by the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo, who says the model in question is actually licensed and 00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:33.680 manufactured by a separate company, Hungary based BAC Consulting. NBC reached BAC CEO by phone who 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:37.840 confirmed their business relationship with Gold Apollo, but said they don't make the pagers 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:43.680 either, claiming to be an intermediary, a statement cosigned by the Hungarian prime minister's office. 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 00:03:48.880 --> 00:03:54.640 military focus to its northern region, bordering Lebanon, where it will supposedly continue trying 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 00:04:02.160 --> 00:04:07.520 in the company's history, with abysmal sales numbers in the DIY market. According to publicly 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:11.920 available sales numbers from Mind Factory, an online retailer based out of Germany, 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? 00:04:17.280 --> 00:04:22.800 This has drawn comparisons to the 2011 launch of AMD's infamous bulldozer architecture. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:26.960 But while bulldozer chips had genuinely poor single thread performance, 00:04:26.960 --> 00:04:33.840 Zen 5 really just seems to be kind of underwhelming, particularly in one specific area, gaming. 00:04:33.840 --> 00:04:37.840 That being said, your average tech enthusiast isn't out here buying the fresh new hotness 00:04:37.840 --> 00:04:42.400 straight off the line for the sake of a lightning fast refresh rate in Microsoft Excel. 00:04:42.400 --> 00:04:47.200 AMD is otherwise doing fine as a company. They got a bustling data center business, 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, 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:56.320 unlike their nearest competitor Intel, which has been thrashing in the deep end while the 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. 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:05.760 Sadly, the multiverse's last surviving Pat Gelsinger. 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 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:17.840 and will be expanding its partnership with Amazon Web Services, as well as restructuring and making 00:05:17.840 --> 00:05:23.280 its foundry division into an independent subsidiary. That still reports to Pat. 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 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:31.200 into the coach house in their backyard. Okay, here come the quick bits. For this part, 00:05:31.200 --> 00:05:34.880 you actually can speak. They are not going to stop to reply to you, though. 00:05:34.880 --> 00:05:41.200 Snap of chat fame have officially unveiled their new Spectacles 5 AR glasses, 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. 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 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. 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 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:08.720 with your own face in them, unless you toggle off the setting. 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. 00:06:13.840 --> 00:06:20.720 Apple has temporarily paused the rollout of iPadOS 18 on newer M4 iPad Pros 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:25.680 due to complaints that the update was bricking the devices. This is further proof that tablets 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, 00:06:31.440 --> 00:06:37.200 but the ones that are affected seem unrecoverable, with Apple allegedly offering hardware replacements 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, 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, 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? 00:06:53.440 --> 00:06:58.320 It's a jungle out there. What? Disorder and confusion everywhere. 00:06:58.320 --> 00:07:01.680 Okay. Discord is officially rolling out Dave. 00:07:04.080 --> 00:07:11.040 A new guy. Dave, which stands for Discord's audio and video end-to-end encryption. 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:16.400 Bizarrely, one thing Dave doesn't include is encrypted text communications. 00:07:16.400 --> 00:07:20.720 Probably because that would have messed up their fun acronym. Discord says this exception is to 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:26.240 ensure they can continue their current moderation policy, but that doesn't explain why an audio 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, 00:07:31.840 --> 00:07:36.640 where communications aren't encrypted until a user in the conversation reports a message. 00:07:36.640 --> 00:07:40.960 Dave's like an overbearing parent who insists on reading all your text messages, 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:44.800 but hasn't figured out that you've been calling your weed dealer using the landline. 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 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:56.880 and will now move to a full floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. 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 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:08.240 of EV vehicles because the electromagnetic forces from the powertrain cause significant interference. 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:13.200 There are workarounds, but they might require expensive redesigns and additional shielding, 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 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:26.480 emergencies because AM signals travel much farther than FM signals and pass through solid 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:34.640 objects, like the ghost of NPR. And Microsoft says all Microsoft 365 co-pilot subscribers 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. 00:08:41.040 --> 00:08:46.480 Because despite generative AI being forcefully injected into literally everything, industry 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:51.520 reports consistently say that workers and consumers are struggling to figure out how to make it 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 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, 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 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. 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:21.600 Come on, hold them up. 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