1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,080 Light speed is too slow. We're gonna have to go to ludicrous speed. 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:13,440 Actually, Elon Musk kind of ruined that joke for me. Japanese researchers have announced a new record download speed of 402 terabits a second, 3 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:18,960 using standard commercially available fiber optic cables. That's 25% faster than the former record, 4 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:23,680 which is also crazy fast. That's fast enough to download the entire 400 Gigabyte file for 5 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:29,760 ARK Survival Evolved in under seven thousandths of a second. These engineers used as many 6 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:35,600 transmission bands as possible in combination with bleeding edge amplifiers and gain equalizers 7 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:44,400 liven to achieve a total signal bandwidth of 37.6 terahertz. Sadly, even the highest end gaming rig 8 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,480 would be unable to take advantage of that kind of speed due to multiple hardware bottlenecks. 9 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:52,720 Not to mention the total population collapse that will follow once gamers no longer have to leave 10 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:58,160 their homes for the bare few hours it takes to install Cod. Regardless, there are more modest 11 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,960 innovations that users can access in the here and now, such as the newly launched Thunderbolt 5, 12 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:10,240 which offers an amazing but comparatively piddling 120 gigabit per second of bandwidth and 240 watts 13 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:15,840 of power. The new cords are available for about the cost of a relatively decadent burrito bowl, 14 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:20,320 which would be great if only there were more than a single model of laptop available with 15 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:25,760 Thunderbolt 5 ports right now. And also, these burrito bowls just keep, they're decadent. 16 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:35,120 According to Android authorities, sources within Google tell them that the upcoming Pixel 9 will 17 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:42,560 have new AI features. These include Admi, Studio, and Pixel screenshots. The first is apparently 18 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:47,120 a camera feature that helps capture a group of people in a single shot, while the second is 19 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:53,120 rumored to be some kind of AI image generator. As for pixel screenshots, sources say it's an 20 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:59,120 opt-in feature that will collect user screenshots alongside metadata and an AI-generated summary 21 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:03,200 of the image. I'll figure out a way to use it. Other leaks from the sources have claimed that 22 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:09,520 all three Pixel 9 models, normal one pro and big one, will have M14 OLED screens from Samsung 23 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:14,000 Display. There's also at least one guy waving around what appears to be a pink Pixel 9 on 24 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Twitter claiming that the phone is already out in Algeria. They always get things first. 25 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,640 However, if it's a genuine Pixel 9, it's very likely he got it from a local reseller, 26 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:28,240 not Google. However, if you don't want to give out any more of your life to a single company 27 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:33,360 or the AI menace, there's always Proton's new end-to-end encrypted version of Google Docs 28 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:38,720 with no AI training. Either that or you might consider simply walking into the sea, viewer of 29 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:43,680 salt. The European Commission has charged Meta's social media platforms with violating the EU's 30 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:49,360 Digital Markets Act. According to the Commission, Meta's binary choice of paid subscription with 31 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:55,920 no ads or unpaid subscription with targeted ads is not offering users who don't want Mark Zuckerberg 32 00:02:55,920 --> 00:03:01,200 sniffing their dirty laundry an equivalent but less personalized product. He is an underwear 33 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:06,240 sniffer, that guy. It's offering them an option they might choose and an option they definitely 34 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,120 won't, which is paying 120 euros a year to watch your friends from high school get gradually more 35 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,440 racist. The Commission laid similar charges against Apple and Microsoft last week, 36 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:20,400 possibly indicating that they're just working their way down a list of the largest tech companies 37 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,960 by market share. Speaking of which, France is reportedly preparing antitrust charges against 38 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:30,320 NVIDIA after citing concerns about the closed nature and limited compatibility of NVIDIA's CUDA 39 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:36,080 in a report on competition in generative AI. If any Americans feel like they're missing out, 40 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:41,760 the FTC send warning letters to ASRock, Gigabyte, and Zotac for placing warranty void if removed 41 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:46,080 stickers on their products and for implying that continued warranty coverage requires the use of 42 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:51,120 specific parts and services when in fact you are free to repair your laptop with bacon if you see 43 00:03:51,120 --> 00:04:01,360 fit. This is America, dammit! Design company with a weird name, Figma, has disabled its recently 44 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:06,800 launched AI-powered app design tool after accusations it was ripping off Apple's weather app. 45 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:12,000 Developer Andy Allen found the two tools output remarkably similar. I mean, the AI-designed 46 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:19,280 app even featured a matter baby. Whatever that is. Nothing, go back to sleep. Figma executives 47 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:24,800 have since revealed they didn't train the model. It uses off-the-shelf LLMs as a bespoke design 48 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,360 system that they commissioned but didn't make. Either they're lying or once again a tech company 49 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:35,920 is shocked that haphazardly slapping a plagiarism machine and something has consequences. Figma 50 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:41,280 balls. In the lead up to the American presidential catastrophe, I mean election, a network of websites 51 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:46,160 apparently based out of Russia are pumping in large amounts of fake AI-generated news stories 52 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:51,120 while pretending to be local American news outlets. They're using names like The Houston Post, 53 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:58,160 The Boston Times, DC Weekly, and even the titles of real but defunct newspapers. The highest profile 54 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,640 of these fake stories was a lurid claim that the first lady of Ukraine had bought a brand new 55 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:09,120 Bugatti in Paris using money from American military aid. She then presumably burnt the Star Spangled 56 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:12,560 Banner in front of a starving veteran and dropped a kick to puppy with terminal cancer. 57 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:17,440 I heard she doesn't even like apple pie. She likes borsh pie. They're sick over there. 58 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,680 Researchers at two Chinese universities have developed a brain-computer interface chip designed 59 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:28,320 to allow small lab-grown brain organoids to control electronics and eventually robots. 60 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:32,160 And my brain is definitely an organoid. This is not sci-fi, this is actually real, although that 61 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:37,600 picture of the little brain ball in the robot is just a mock-up. Processing chips powered by hundreds 62 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:42,400 of thousands of human brain cells are currently being developed by cortical Labs in Australia, 63 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:47,200 University of Indiana researchers, and Swiss startup Final Spark, who are researching using 64 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:52,000 dopamine as a reward mechanism. What we really need is other scientists to create adolescent 65 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:57,280 anthropomorphic fighting reptiles to take these things down if they get out of hand and also 66 00:05:57,280 --> 00:06:02,320 prop up the pizza economy. A new San Francisco app called Two Night wants to help people determine 67 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:07,360 what nightclub they want to hit by installing cameras in partner venues and live streaming 68 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:12,880 club interiors. And you're not gonna believe this, but some clubgoers are upset. Sure, 69 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,160 the average American is captured on multiple security cameras every day, but those camera 70 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:21,360 feuds aren't turning random people trying to have fun into involuntary reality TV stars. 71 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,440 If you want to observe people getting wilder and more embarrassing over time, that's what Twitter's 72 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:31,760 for. And Drone Maker DJI has announced an electric mountain bike called the Amphlo Pluh, 73 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:35,680 making what the company calls a natural move into an adjacent product category, 74 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,080 perhaps because they're staring down the barrel of a US ban on their own drones, 75 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:44,800 and the CCP has never spied on anyone through a bike yet. In other news, 76 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,360 Sky Elements just got FAA approval to attach fireworks to its drones, 77 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,520 because Americans might be scared of Chinese drones, but they're apparently fine with attaching 78 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,920 glittery explosives to a swarm of flying American drones. And you should swarm on back 79 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:01,600 to another episode of TechLink this Friday. Nobody's gonna lose a finger, I promise. It's 80 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:07,040 almost never happened here. You could get de-gloved on this set though.