So I've been reading comments, and I've seen that some people don't want the intros.
And I hear that. So in this video, we're going to skip the intro, OK?
No preamble, no, you know, just tech news, like right away.
Many chat GPT users were shocked to discover this week
that many of their chats were being indexed by Google
and were thus searchable by anyone who knows how to use Google.
Though the numbers for that class of user are dwindling as Google transitions from a search
engine into an idiot librarian who's constantly seeing things.
Now, I said many chat GPT users and not all,
because the cause of these leaks is this checkbox
in the share dialog asking if you want to make this chat discoverable, which quote,
allows it to be shown in web searches.
How could this happen? I can see how some people quickly looking to share their chat
may have thought they had to check that box in order to make it shareable while not understanding what they were
doing. And apparently, OpenAI feels the same,
because their InfoSec chief announced they have since removed
that option. It's not clear why it was ever an option, really,
other than to be a point of embarrassment for OpenAI after they made such a fuss about being forced
to retain users chats by the judge in the New York Times copyright case.
User privacy is crucial and must be protected.
Yes, we have a confusing button that will share your private chat with the entire internet.
What's the problem? Google's attempt to appeal its big loss to Epic Games
in 2023 has failed, with a ruling from the Ninth Court
of Appeals upholding the result of the original lawsuit over Google's anti-competitive Android policies.
In a statement, Google said, this decision will significantly harm user safety, limit choice,
and undermine the innovation that has always been really good.
Now, it's going to be really bad, whatever, Google. You sound, no one's listening.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was quick to proclaim
that the Epic Games Store will be listed on the Play Store,
in addition to being available directly from Eric, Eric's
website. Welcome to ericsgamestore.com.
It's unclear when Google will be required to host competing app
stores on its store. That might be next year.
But Google is required to enact a list of other changes
very soon, like they have to stop inhibiting developers from using non-Google payment methods
or linking users to their site. And they have to do that within 14 days.
You mean a fortnight?
Oh, Google asked for another week, and the judge gave it to them.
Is there a word for three weeks? Trihebdomal, maybe?
Sucks. See, Google needs more time because it's
so busy doing other things, like preparing to break all the goo.gl URL shortener links that aren't
being actively used. Originally, Google was just going to gank all of them
in August, but now it's responding to feedback from people wondering
how Google's going to try and control the whole internet,
but sure gets responsibility to keep the links working.
Did these people go to the bathroom during the Uncle Ben part of Spider-Man or something?
Hey, if you're worried that Google will break its Authenticator app,
Proton just launched one.
Were we talking about fortnight a second ago? QuickBit's doing the QuickBits now.
I think that was nice and short. Didn't want to drag that out.
It's literally just introducing the next few stuff. Like it doesn't have to be a big thing that we...
The age check apocalypse continues to rage across the UK
and parts of the broader internet, and all these submitting selfies and credit cards
and government IDs is concerning, according to privacy experts and many others
who couldn't afford privacy experts' school. The UK's Online Safety Act is also having knock-on effects
with the BBC reporting that Twitter and Reddit are restricting under-18 accounts
from accessing news-related but sensitive content
about current events like wars. The usage of VPNs to get around age checks
has skyrocketed, leading some regulators to wonder whether a ban on VPNs is needed.
And once people figure out how to get around that, we just might have to ban the VPN ban bypass VPN.
If they get around that, though, let them through. They earned it.
Nintendo has cited market conditions as the reason they'll be hiking the price
of Switch One consoles and also Alarmo.
Because if you bought a $100 alarm clock, you can do another 10 bucks, deal with it.
Gaming news account Wario64 tweeted the new prices
after they showed up on Target's website with an increase of 30 bucks for the Switch Lite,
40 for the vanilla Switch and 50 for the Switch OLED.
Although the prices reverted shortly afterwards, so things might look differently come August 3rd
when the price changes go into effect. Nintendo's announcement said price adjustments
for the Switch Two aren't happening right now, but maybe necessary in the future.
To prevent the collapse of the entire global financial system.
It's just necessary. Man, Amazon's got some great ideas in the pipe.
CEO Andy Jassy told investors on Thursday,
there will be opportunities to have Alexa advertise products
to users as they talk to her, which sounds like the worst.
Although it also reminds me of the Truman Show when his wife is like holding up cocoa
from the slopes of Mount Nicaragua. And he's like, who are you talking to?
And that's a great movie. I mean, maybe this'll all be fine.
Amazon also funded Showrunner, a streaming service that lets you use AI
to make your own TV shows, which sounds like slop.
No one will wanna watch. And funnily enough, the CEO agrees.
Intel has updated its XESS tech package
with support for frame generation and low latency
for older non-Intel GPUs, specifically NVIDIA's RTX 3000 series
and AMD's RX 6000 series. Your mileage may vary,
and you might be better off without it, but it's nice to know that like a good state farm,
this thing is there. TikTok is launching a new app called TikTok Pro
in Germany, Portugal, and soon Spain.
It's basically TikTok without live streams,
shopping features, or ads. But it will also have the Sunshine program,
which will incentivize users to engage with charities.
That will generate a currency called Virtual Sunshine,
which will then be converted into donations to those charities sent from TikTok.
It sounds like a good thing, but it's also very unusual,
leading some to wonder whether this is a move by TikTok to appease regulators who've criticized the platform's
more toxic elements. I mean, I don't know, it kind of gives the donating to charities thing a panicked vibe.
Ah, yes, I love this video. Oh, those children need our help.
Let's, uh, uh. And Valve CEO Gabe Newell is so rich,
he didn't just buy a yacht. He bought a whole yacht company.
Newell has acquired Oceanco, one of the world's top super yacht companies,
but if you're worried he was gonna come in there and screw up the company's culture, don't be.
Their press release says Gabe just wants Oceanco to push harder on what it already does best,
putting people first.
Not people in general, people who can afford to spend a small nation's GDP
on a monstrosity named the Black Pearl. Who's gonna take care of them, hmm?
Gabe Will, thank goodness. And thank goodness you watched this whole episode
because guess what? Monday is a holiday for us,
so there won't be a new TechLinked until Wednesday.
But tell you what, I've made over 1,100 of these.
You know, give one of those of you. John Hank, I'll see you on Wednesday.