1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,880 Tech news? I dabble, you know, I just put my fingers in this, 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:08,920 you know, I just like put my little things in it. I just bathe my entire body in it every day, 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:13,360 you know, just whatever. Can you believe like Linus just pays? 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:17,460 Like, Apple's Vision Pro reviews are out right now 5 00:00:17,460 --> 00:00:21,720 from those Apple deemed worthy. The consensus on the device seems to be that 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:26,960 while the future may not be here, it's definitely somewhere nearby. 7 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,440 They can smell it. The Vision Pro's displays are reportedly 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:34,640 crisp as a granny smith, and its pass-through mode has minimal latency, 9 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,880 which will hopefully minimize injury when you decide to live in this thing full-time 10 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:44,120 to get your money's worth, 3,500. At 1.3 pounds, or roughly the weight 11 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,160 of a pre-hybernation hedgehog, it's a relatively heavy headset. 12 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:52,080 Have you ever held a hedgehog? Have you ever strap one to your face? Not more than once. 13 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,120 The heavy headset, and that's not including the wearable battery. 14 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,200 The hand-eye control interface is really impressive, 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:03,520 but perhaps unsurprisingly, its floating intangible keyboard is next to useless. 16 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:08,320 Despite how it looked in early demos, iSight, the Vision Pro's digital representation 17 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:11,540 of the user's eyes on the external display, 18 00:01:11,540 --> 00:01:15,120 is deep in the uncanny valley, and attempting to hold a conversation 19 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:20,160 or host a dinner party with the headset on will earn nothing but your spouse's contempt. 20 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:26,660 Reviewers are also pointing out that the Vision Pro still lacks any real killer apps 21 00:01:26,660 --> 00:01:30,260 at a time when Apple is not exactly making friends 22 00:01:30,260 --> 00:01:34,500 with third-party developers through their iOS and app rule changes in the EU. 23 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:38,620 Though as much as Apple's walled garden approach might alienate potential devs, 24 00:01:38,620 --> 00:01:41,780 that's gotta be part of the appeal for some consumers. 25 00:01:41,780 --> 00:01:47,020 A polished AR headset that will easily slot in to your existing network of accounts and devices, 26 00:01:47,020 --> 00:01:52,460 just like marrying your high school sweetheart. We are meant to be together, Barbara. 27 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:58,660 Forever, Barbara, Barbara. Diablo streamer Elon Musk announced on Twitter this week 28 00:01:58,660 --> 00:02:04,160 that Neuralink has placed its first brain-computer interface in a human subject. 29 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,340 It's happened. According to Musk, initial results 30 00:02:07,340 --> 00:02:12,340 show promising neuron spike detection, and the patient is recovering well. 31 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:15,540 And that's great to hear, especially considering who the patients are 32 00:02:15,540 --> 00:02:19,060 in these early human trials. Individuals who are quadriplegic 33 00:02:19,060 --> 00:02:24,140 due to spinal cord injuries or ALS. It would usually be nearly impossible for a company 34 00:02:24,140 --> 00:02:29,020 to convince regulators to allow them to perform experimental, non-essential brain surgery 35 00:02:29,020 --> 00:02:33,700 on an otherwise healthy patient. However, Neuralink's first planned implant, 36 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:37,460 apparently called telepathy, is intended to allow recipients 37 00:02:37,460 --> 00:02:41,180 to communicate directly with a computer, which can then decode that message 38 00:02:41,180 --> 00:02:46,660 and interpret how the user intends to move, which has obvious potential to improve the lives of people 39 00:02:46,660 --> 00:02:50,900 with significant physical limitations. Similar implants from other firms 40 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:53,900 have already been used to bypass damaged neurons 41 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:57,060 and allow paralyzed patients to regain some control 42 00:02:57,060 --> 00:03:00,380 over their existing limbs. On the more sci-fi end of things, 43 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:05,060 Musk likewise said that the implant might also one day allow users to control 44 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:10,140 almost any device just by thinking. Sounds cool, but I personally dread the day 45 00:03:10,140 --> 00:03:14,480 when I can accidentally butt-dial my mom by way of a particularly vivid nightmare, 46 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:20,560 or even worse, a sexy nightmare. General Motors is jumping on the plug-in hybrid train. 47 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,920 The exact same train they jumped off of back in 2019 48 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:27,720 when they killed the highly efficient PHEV Chevy Volt. 49 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:31,440 Turns out the Volt wasn't a bad idea, just an idea before its time, 50 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,000 because nobody knew what a FEV was back in 2018 51 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,080 when we were all listening to Drake and dinosaurs roamed the earth. 52 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:45,200 However, it turns out there are a significant number of North American drivers who really would like 53 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:51,200 to spend less on gas but can't justify the jump to pure battery electric due to its limited range. 54 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:58,160 This has left dealerships with a surplus of EVs and carbon reduction quotas they can't hope to meet right now. 55 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:02,920 Those dealers in turn have put pressure on GM to bring back plug-in hybrids. 56 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,480 GM has likewise backtracked on its decision early last year 57 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:11,360 to kill the Chevy Bolt with a B, the light and efficient battery electric car 58 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,800 that made up over 80% of GM's EV sales in 2023. 59 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:22,480 This is a trend that extends far beyond GM. BMW is expanding both its EV and PHEV lineups 60 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,720 and Mazda will also be debuting its first plug-in hybrid 61 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:30,320 this year with the CX-90. Lamborghini is in planning on a fully electric vehicle 62 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:33,600 until 2028, but they launched their first plug-in hybrid 63 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:40,880 in 2023, which they'll be following with a PHEV version of their Urus SUV this year, Urus. 64 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,000 And you know gas prices are bad when the Lamborghini owners jump ship. 65 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,440 I wonder the impression you buy a Lamborghini specifically to burn gas. 66 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,920 We film these after lunch, so I just get a quick bite. 67 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:58,600 A quick bite, you get it. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a major hearing 68 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,080 on the issue of child safety and exploitation online 69 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:08,520 where they questioned the CEOs of Discord, Snap, Meta, TikTok, and the website formerly known as Twitter. 70 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,760 You know, the bad boys of tech. Leading up to the hearing, companies tried to get ahead 71 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:17,800 of any accusations. Snap came out in support of the Kids Online Safety Act 72 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:21,280 and swore not to enact end-to-end encryption 73 00:05:21,280 --> 00:05:24,960 in order to continue scanning messages for child abuse imagery, 74 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,080 which is how that kid got caught for the plain joke. 75 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,640 Meta reiterated its support for app-level age verification. 76 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,020 TikTok pledged to spend $2 billion in 2024 77 00:05:35,020 --> 00:05:39,840 on protecting US users and Twitter, promised to hire back around 6% 78 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:44,560 of those 1,500 content moderators they fired. He really cares about this issue. 79 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:47,680 Raising the bar after lowering it into the ground. 80 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:53,600 A listing for NVIDIA's rumored six-Gigabyte edition of the RTX 3050 recently surfaced on a site 81 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:59,040 for Australian retailer E-Tech that can only be described as disappointing if true. 82 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:04,440 The listing, which has since been removed, shows a concerning drop in CUDA cores of 20% 83 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:09,000 compared to the base model, which already had an advantage of two additional gigabytes of RAM. 84 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,040 Earlier rumors indicated that the new card would either maintain core count 85 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:18,120 or see a drop of just 10%. But maybe NVIDIA is just trying to let us down gently. 86 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,840 So by the actual launch, we won't be disappointed to find it's just a single fan 87 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:24,960 duct-taped to a box of Lunchables. At least it's pizza. 88 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,160 It's not the worst rumor out there today, though. That goes to Intel, 89 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,920 who are reportedly planning a refresh of their Raptor Lake refresh. 90 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,000 Raptor Lake, the refreshing, even refresher. 91 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,960 New York's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Citibank, 92 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,280 claiming it has failed to protect customers from hacks and scams 93 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:46,840 and refused to reimburse millions of dollars in lost funds. 94 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:49,840 By law, US banks must reimburse customers 95 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:53,640 any funds stolen via unauthorized electronic transactions, 96 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:58,080 but Citibank claims they are exempt because there was no indication 97 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:02,160 their clients were being deceived. However, one woman informed the bank 98 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,240 after simply clicking on a suspicious link in a text. 99 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:11,320 Citibank told her not to worry about it, and three days later, scammers transferred $40,000 out of her account. 100 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,520 If only she had indicated she had been deceived 101 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,960 rather than overtly stating it. It's supposed to, you're supposed to kind of walk, 102 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:23,640 like go around it, you know. It's like flirting. I've been deceived, I don't believe you. 103 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,960 PayPal, also known as Elon Musk's first stepchild, 104 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:33,920 announced it's cutting 2,500 jobs, affecting both existing workers and job listings. 105 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,400 He's not even involved with any more, but we have to make a job. 106 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:42,120 We were too nice to him during the Neuralink story. Fellow FinTech company, Block, 107 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:47,840 who owns Square, Cash App, and Afterpay, announced it's laying off around 1,000 people 108 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,400 because cutting jobs is the newest strat in the tech corp meta. 109 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:56,800 As an extremely thin silver lining, you can know that these layoffs aren't coming cheap. 110 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,720 Google expects to spend $700 million on severance 111 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:05,640 this quarter, but it only costs me 10 bucks to watch the whole first season on Apple TV+. 112 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,600 Why is Google so bad with money? It's a classic Jacob pun. 113 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:14,360 Best show I've seen in a while though, by the way. I endorse it. And car rental company, Europe Car, 114 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,360 said a massive leak of 50 million customer records 115 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:20,360 posted on a hacker forum were actually generated 116 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,840 by chat GPT, showing that at least AI doles out 117 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:30,480 misinformation to upstanding citizens and criminals alike. However, Europe Car may be in the misinformation business too. 118 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:35,260 Troy Hunt, the security researcher behind HaveIBeenPwned.com, responded to this story 119 00:08:35,260 --> 00:08:38,500 with a strong claim that this kind of data fabrication 120 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:43,100 doesn't need generative AI at all. It's just on everyone's brains all the time right now, 121 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:48,740 thanks to stories like this one about yet another lawyer getting caught citing a non-existent court case 122 00:08:48,740 --> 00:08:51,840 thanks to chat GPT, or this one about an alarm clock 123 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:57,180 on Kickstarter that displays AI-generated poems to tell you the time in the least efficient way possible, 124 00:08:57,180 --> 00:09:01,120 especially because it gets both the time and basic English words wrong, 125 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,620 so you have to check an actual clock anyway. It's gonna change everything. 126 00:09:04,620 --> 00:09:09,060 Meanwhile, all you have to do is check back here on Friday for more tech news. 127 00:09:09,060 --> 00:09:13,620 We're the most efficient way to get your tech news, as long as you like it sandwiched between 128 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:18,940 whatever you wanna call the type of thing that I'm doing right now. You know, you don't have to watch.