1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 So I've been reading comments, and I've seen that some people don't want the intros. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:09,800 And I hear that. So in this video, we're going to skip the intro, OK? 3 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:14,560 No preamble, no, you know, just tech news, like right away. 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:18,000 Many chat GPT users were shocked to discover this week 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,400 that many of their chats were being indexed by Google 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,640 and were thus searchable by anyone who knows how to use Google. 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:30,240 Though the numbers for that class of user are dwindling as Google transitions from a search 8 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,360 engine into an idiot librarian who's constantly seeing things. 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,720 Now, I said many chat GPT users and not all, 10 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:41,080 because the cause of these leaks is this checkbox 11 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:46,520 in the share dialog asking if you want to make this chat discoverable, which quote, 12 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,480 allows it to be shown in web searches. 13 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:55,560 How could this happen? I can see how some people quickly looking to share their chat 14 00:00:55,560 --> 00:01:01,320 may have thought they had to check that box in order to make it shareable while not understanding what they were 15 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,480 doing. And apparently, OpenAI feels the same, 16 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,000 because their InfoSec chief announced they have since removed 17 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,800 that option. It's not clear why it was ever an option, really, 18 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,840 other than to be a point of embarrassment for OpenAI after they made such a fuss about being forced 19 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:21,400 to retain users chats by the judge in the New York Times copyright case. 20 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,840 User privacy is crucial and must be protected. 21 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,480 Yes, we have a confusing button that will share your private chat with the entire internet. 22 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,760 What's the problem? Google's attempt to appeal its big loss to Epic Games 23 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,800 in 2023 has failed, with a ruling from the Ninth Court 24 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:42,920 of Appeals upholding the result of the original lawsuit over Google's anti-competitive Android policies. 25 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:49,320 In a statement, Google said, this decision will significantly harm user safety, limit choice, 26 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:54,080 and undermine the innovation that has always been really good. 27 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:58,160 Now, it's going to be really bad, whatever, Google. You sound, no one's listening. 28 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,240 Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was quick to proclaim 29 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,680 that the Epic Games Store will be listed on the Play Store, 30 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,400 in addition to being available directly from Eric, Eric's 31 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,880 website. Welcome to ericsgamestore.com. 32 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,560 It's unclear when Google will be required to host competing app 33 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,880 stores on its store. That might be next year. 34 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,520 But Google is required to enact a list of other changes 35 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:30,120 very soon, like they have to stop inhibiting developers from using non-Google payment methods 36 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:35,680 or linking users to their site. And they have to do that within 14 days. 37 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,760 You mean a fortnight? 38 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:43,160 Oh, Google asked for another week, and the judge gave it to them. 39 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:47,400 Is there a word for three weeks? Trihebdomal, maybe? 40 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,320 Sucks. See, Google needs more time because it's 41 00:02:53,320 --> 00:03:00,680 so busy doing other things, like preparing to break all the goo.gl URL shortener links that aren't 42 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:05,320 being actively used. Originally, Google was just going to gank all of them 43 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,720 in August, but now it's responding to feedback from people wondering 44 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,800 how Google's going to try and control the whole internet, 45 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,840 but sure gets responsibility to keep the links working. 46 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,960 Did these people go to the bathroom during the Uncle Ben part of Spider-Man or something? 47 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,000 Hey, if you're worried that Google will break its Authenticator app, 48 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,760 Proton just launched one. 49 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:32,160 Were we talking about fortnight a second ago? QuickBit's doing the QuickBits now. 50 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,960 I think that was nice and short. Didn't want to drag that out. 51 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,240 It's literally just introducing the next few stuff. Like it doesn't have to be a big thing that we... 52 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:45,160 The age check apocalypse continues to rage across the UK 53 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:50,200 and parts of the broader internet, and all these submitting selfies and credit cards 54 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:55,240 and government IDs is concerning, according to privacy experts and many others 55 00:03:55,240 --> 00:04:01,760 who couldn't afford privacy experts' school. The UK's Online Safety Act is also having knock-on effects 56 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,920 with the BBC reporting that Twitter and Reddit are restricting under-18 accounts 57 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,360 from accessing news-related but sensitive content 58 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:14,400 about current events like wars. The usage of VPNs to get around age checks 59 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:20,160 has skyrocketed, leading some regulators to wonder whether a ban on VPNs is needed. 60 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:27,480 And once people figure out how to get around that, we just might have to ban the VPN ban bypass VPN. 61 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:32,120 If they get around that, though, let them through. They earned it. 62 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,680 Nintendo has cited market conditions as the reason they'll be hiking the price 63 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:40,240 of Switch One consoles and also Alarmo. 64 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,360 Because if you bought a $100 alarm clock, you can do another 10 bucks, deal with it. 65 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,000 Gaming news account Wario64 tweeted the new prices 66 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,520 after they showed up on Target's website with an increase of 30 bucks for the Switch Lite, 67 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,200 40 for the vanilla Switch and 50 for the Switch OLED. 68 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:01,960 Although the prices reverted shortly afterwards, so things might look differently come August 3rd 69 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,880 when the price changes go into effect. Nintendo's announcement said price adjustments 70 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:11,500 for the Switch Two aren't happening right now, but maybe necessary in the future. 71 00:05:12,340 --> 00:05:16,200 To prevent the collapse of the entire global financial system. 72 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,220 It's just necessary. Man, Amazon's got some great ideas in the pipe. 73 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:23,460 CEO Andy Jassy told investors on Thursday, 74 00:05:23,460 --> 00:05:27,320 there will be opportunities to have Alexa advertise products 75 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,620 to users as they talk to her, which sounds like the worst. 76 00:05:31,620 --> 00:05:35,340 Although it also reminds me of the Truman Show when his wife is like holding up cocoa 77 00:05:35,340 --> 00:05:39,340 from the slopes of Mount Nicaragua. And he's like, who are you talking to? 78 00:05:39,340 --> 00:05:42,340 And that's a great movie. I mean, maybe this'll all be fine. 79 00:05:42,340 --> 00:05:46,660 Amazon also funded Showrunner, a streaming service that lets you use AI 80 00:05:46,660 --> 00:05:49,900 to make your own TV shows, which sounds like slop. 81 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:53,940 No one will wanna watch. And funnily enough, the CEO agrees. 82 00:05:53,940 --> 00:05:57,300 Intel has updated its XESS tech package 83 00:05:57,300 --> 00:06:00,340 with support for frame generation and low latency 84 00:06:00,340 --> 00:06:05,160 for older non-Intel GPUs, specifically NVIDIA's RTX 3000 series 85 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,500 and AMD's RX 6000 series. Your mileage may vary, 86 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:14,140 and you might be better off without it, but it's nice to know that like a good state farm, 87 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:18,980 this thing is there. TikTok is launching a new app called TikTok Pro 88 00:06:18,980 --> 00:06:22,300 in Germany, Portugal, and soon Spain. 89 00:06:22,300 --> 00:06:25,620 It's basically TikTok without live streams, 90 00:06:25,620 --> 00:06:31,020 shopping features, or ads. But it will also have the Sunshine program, 91 00:06:31,020 --> 00:06:34,740 which will incentivize users to engage with charities. 92 00:06:34,740 --> 00:06:38,540 That will generate a currency called Virtual Sunshine, 93 00:06:38,580 --> 00:06:44,860 which will then be converted into donations to those charities sent from TikTok. 94 00:06:44,860 --> 00:06:49,340 It sounds like a good thing, but it's also very unusual, 95 00:06:49,340 --> 00:06:55,380 leading some to wonder whether this is a move by TikTok to appease regulators who've criticized the platform's 96 00:06:55,380 --> 00:07:01,860 more toxic elements. I mean, I don't know, it kind of gives the donating to charities thing a panicked vibe. 97 00:07:01,860 --> 00:07:05,620 Ah, yes, I love this video. Oh, those children need our help. 98 00:07:05,620 --> 00:07:10,900 Let's, uh, uh. And Valve CEO Gabe Newell is so rich, 99 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:14,740 he didn't just buy a yacht. He bought a whole yacht company. 100 00:07:14,740 --> 00:07:20,420 Newell has acquired Oceanco, one of the world's top super yacht companies, 101 00:07:20,420 --> 00:07:24,940 but if you're worried he was gonna come in there and screw up the company's culture, don't be. 102 00:07:24,940 --> 00:07:30,620 Their press release says Gabe just wants Oceanco to push harder on what it already does best, 103 00:07:30,620 --> 00:07:32,620 putting people first. 104 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:38,940 Not people in general, people who can afford to spend a small nation's GDP 105 00:07:38,940 --> 00:07:43,860 on a monstrosity named the Black Pearl. Who's gonna take care of them, hmm? 106 00:07:43,860 --> 00:07:48,180 Gabe Will, thank goodness. And thank goodness you watched this whole episode 107 00:07:48,180 --> 00:07:51,220 because guess what? Monday is a holiday for us, 108 00:07:51,220 --> 00:07:55,260 so there won't be a new TechLinked until Wednesday. 109 00:07:55,260 --> 00:07:58,420 But tell you what, I've made over 1,100 of these. 110 00:07:58,420 --> 00:08:02,740 You know, give one of those of you. John Hank, I'll see you on Wednesday.