1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,520 We don't have much time! I don't know how much longer I can hold back the tech news! 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:10,640 Oh no! It breaks the containment run! More details about Intel's upcoming AeroLake desktop CPUs have leaked, 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,960 and there were some surprising numbers. Not the silly 200-series numbering scheme. 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:20,160 We knew that already. According to Chinese news outlet Bench Life, the AeroLake S Core Ultra 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:25,600 series will only comprise 13 SKUs. That's not the only surprising number. Bench Life's ratio 6 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:31,680 of P-Cores to E-Cores in the K-Series Core Ultra 7 CPU disagrees with earlier leaks, 7 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:37,200 while Bench Life has claimed the processor would have 8 P-Cores and 12 E-Cores reports from January 8 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:44,240 suggested 6 plus 16 configuration. But both leaks claim all K-Series chips have as many threads as 9 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:49,760 they have cores, which would mean AeroLake won't feature hyperthreading. That's Intel's simultaneous 10 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:54,960 multi-threading tech, not your grandma's secret embroidery technique. While Intel's ditching 11 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:00,720 hyperthreading may be a significant change, it might not be a bad one. Because of the larger 12 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:06,400 number of cores on modern CPUs, it may be better to dedicate a whole core to a single task. 13 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,560 Many chip makers and designers like Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm don't even support 14 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:15,200 simultaneous multi-threading on their platforms. Hopefully AeroLake does well for Intel's sake, 15 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:21,920 though its AMD hit an all-time high in desktop x86 market share this year. Intel has fallen to a 16 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:29,120 measly 76.1% of the market. How can Intel possibly cope with only three-quarters of the entire market? 17 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:35,440 I'd be worried. Apple managed to anger the entire internet with a single ad, something that sounds 18 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:41,680 a lot easier than it is. The Cupertino Commune released an ad for their new iPad Pro called 19 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:47,680 Crush, in which a giant hydraulic press destroys art and creative tools like instruments and 20 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:52,960 camera lenses in an attempt to demonstrate how amazing it is that the thinnest iPad ever can do 21 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,920 so many things. Unfortunately, the YouTube video had comments turned off, so everyone did the 22 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:03,680 healthy thing and went on to Twitter to bully Tim Cook for tweeting the ad. Some strong hate came 23 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,720 from Japanese viewers, apparently some of that may be due to the belief in Tsukomogami from Japanese 24 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:14,320 folklore, tools that have acquired a spirit, which could mean that in a way, Apple basically 25 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:19,760 committed mass murder. And I mean, look at these cute little guys. What kind of sick monster would 26 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:24,640 want to crush them? Creators at large were upset by the sight of beloved objects being flattened 27 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:30,880 by faceless unstoppable machines, which is a very blunt metaphor for AI taking every artist's job. 28 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:40,000 But hey, at least Apple apologized. It won't bring that piano back, but you know, buy your mom a soul. 29 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,560 Spotify will apparently pay about $150 million less to US songwriters next year, 30 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,560 according to Billboard. This is after the company announced it would be raising the prices of its 31 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:56,000 subscription plans in several markets to cover the cost of audiobooks, a service Spotify introduced 32 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:01,680 last year. The music streaming giant now claims that since it has to pay licensing fees for books 33 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:08,160 and music, Spotify qualifies to pay a discounted bundle rate to songwriters for premium streams. 34 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:13,680 And you now have to pay for lyrics after Spotify quietly restricted being able to read the words 35 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:19,440 of a song to premium users. But Spotify isn't the only music company to alienate its customer base. 36 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,040 Sonos released a brand new update to its mobile apps for iOS and Android, 37 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:29,040 and everyone hates them. While the intent was to make the app better, the company actually 38 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:34,160 removed a ton of key features, even worse, the update broke accessibility for visually impaired 39 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:39,120 users. And if you don't like the new update, you can't roll it back. In a statement to The Verge, 40 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,600 the company said they will be reintroducing the missing features in the coming months. 41 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:47,360 In response to the criticism, Sonos chief product officer said, 42 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,440 It takes courage to rebuild a brand's core product from the ground up. 43 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:55,600 That's what the person sounds like for sure. And it takes a strong lack of common sense to release 44 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:00,400 that build before it's finished. Quick bits are like the five shorter stories at the end of the video. 45 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:06,080 Actually, that's literally what they are. Google launched the $500 Pixel 8a this week, 46 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,400 starting with 8 gigabytes of RAM, 128 gigabytes or 256 gigabytes of storage, 47 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:16,400 and a handful of fun colors, like the one Boing Boing calls abandoned house bathroom green. 48 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,400 It's actually called Aloe. And based on early impressions, the Pixel 8a actually seems like 49 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:25,520 a decent mid-range phone. And it's even getting support for DisplayPort over USBC, along with 50 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,960 the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro. But as with all things Google, we'll keep our fingers crossed that Google 51 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:35,840 doesn't kill it eight months from now. It's less of a company and more like a weather system. 52 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:41,280 The FCC has eased worries that the net neutrality rules it voted back into force on April 25th 53 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:46,640 would still contain a loophole allowing telecoms to create paid fast lanes for certain types of 54 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:51,600 internet traffic. While the draft text of the rules didn't explicitly prohibit such lanes, 55 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:57,920 the final rules published this week do. And thank goodness, we knew that making some stuff go slower 56 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,920 means that it's not going the same speed as the rest of the stuff, but we had no idea 57 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:07,840 if that was true for going faster. Big day for science. Neuralink has publicly stated that its 58 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:13,840 first human brain implant partially malfunctioned within a few weeks of being inserted. Luckily, 59 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:20,000 however, it seems that the patient, 29-year-old quadriplegic Noland Arbao, is unharmed and 60 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:24,400 currently under no risk. In fact, he's still using the brain computer interface, which Neuralink has 61 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:29,280 adjusted to compensate for having fewer electrodes available to communicate with. The implant relies 62 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:36,000 on 1,024 electrodes spread across 64 finer than hair threads that reach through the pathways of the 63 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:41,280 brain. An unknown number of these threads retracted for unknown reasons, though I'm really hoping 64 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:47,840 that's just unknown to we the public and not unknown to Neuralink. As the possibility of 65 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:52,800 mad computer science recreating our dead loved ones as AI-powered ones and zeros looms on the 66 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:58,400 horizon. Ethicists are warning that creating a chatbot designed to mimic your dead spouse 67 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,960 might be psychologically unhealthy. Not only is there concern that this might circumvent the 68 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:07,680 normal grieving process, there's already a lot of potential for predatory businesses to exploit 69 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:12,320 people's grief and anxiety over death. There's also plenty of room for this to be incredibly 70 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:17,680 disrespectful to both living and the dead. Say if your premium trial ends, your husband's AI 71 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:25,760 ghost starts sneaking branded messaging into every conversation. And the United States Marine 72 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:31,200 Forces Special Operations Command say that that five times fast is currently evaluating robot 73 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:37,440 dogs armed with AI-aimed rifles, baby! Less than a year ago, the Marines were testing robot dogs 74 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:42,400 armed with rocket launchers. Personally, I want to know why everyone keeps slapping weapons on 75 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:47,120 the back of robot dogs. Last month, a company called Throw Flame started selling robot dogs with 76 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:51,840 flamethrowers on their backs. Why can't we just let robot dogs do normal robot dog things like 77 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:57,440 play fetch and leak oil on fire hydrants? And why can't you come back on Monday for more tech news? 78 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:02,320 True question, you can come back and you will. Or I'll sick my robot dog army on you, 79 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:06,640 but they only carry treats and little first aid kits on their backs because I'm sane.