1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,920 Apple has allegedly been shredding usable iPhones for years. 2 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:27,240 According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple pays an outside contractor, Geep Canada Limited, 3 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,840 to shred older devices customers have traded in. 4 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:35,920 Geep apparently handles about a quarter million devices per year, many of which are fully 5 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,000 functional and could easily be resold. 6 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:44,160 Case in point, Apple actually sued Geep in 2020 for breach of contract after iPhones they 7 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:47,720 sent to the contractor were reactivated in China. 8 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:55,240 Tim Cook and the Cupertino crooners claimed that at least 99,975 iPhones sent to Geep 9 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,600 ended up on the gray market instead of being shredded. 10 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:03,920 Now, Apple has apparently decided not to move forward with the lawsuit, perhaps due to the 11 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:09,920 risk of exposing exactly how many usable devices Apple scraps each year and why. 12 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:15,040 After all, the iCompany has been busy trying to construct an image of eco-friendliness just 13 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:21,720 this week. The Apple UK YouTube channel posted a video celebrating how their recycling robot Daisy 14 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:26,720 can recover recyclable materials from 23 different models of iPhone. 15 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:32,560 What they don't mention is that Daisy can apparently only dismantle in a year what Apple 16 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,240 sells in 48 hours, two days. 17 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:41,200 The company site also explicitly says they will resell trade-ins if they are in good 18 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:46,200 shape but I know of at least 99,975 reasons that's a bit misleading. 19 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,200 Come on Tim Cook, help show us how shredded you are. 20 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:54,200 I like being shredded, shred your mom and iPhone. 21 00:01:56,200 --> 00:02:03,200 I don't know. Microsoft has created an AI model that can generate realistic animated talking heads 22 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,200 from a single portrait photo and audio file. 23 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:12,200 A research paper calls the model VASA 1. Oh cool, they're planning a sequel already. 24 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:16,200 They can generate these animations in real time with a demo even showing how the animated 25 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:21,200 portrait's head can be rotated generating realistic angles that aren't present in the 26 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:28,200 original image. Microsoft refers to these videos as talking faces, that's not an accurate to say but 27 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,200 it does downplay how easy it would be for a Microsoft employee to fake a video of me 28 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:38,200 confessing to a crime. Somehow however, the thought of being framed is less horrifying than this video researchers 29 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,200 decided to make of Mona Lisa Wrapping. 30 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaking of stories that will get that nightmare off the screen, Microsoft's upcoming 31 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,200 AI Explorer feature which turns everything you do on your computer into a searchable 32 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:54,200 memory may be exclusive to ARM powered devices. 33 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,200 User at the book is closed on Twitter, spotted that the system requirements for 34 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:03,200 AI Explorer are set to an ARM64 CPU in a recent Windows 11 preview build. 35 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:09,200 I'm fine with missing out if that's true. There are many things that I've seen on my computer that I don't want to remember 36 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,200 and at least one was created by Microsoft. 37 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,200 Mona Lisa, why? 38 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:20,200 She's barely smiling, why would you make a wrap? Meta announced early versions of its Llama 3 AI model. 39 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:26,200 Like Llama 2, the model is semi-open with the code and weights available with restrictions. 40 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,200 The AI industry doesn't have a term for that yet but it'll probably come out around 41 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:37,200 the time I'm thrown in prison for something I didn't do. Llama 3 powers Meta AI which the company has now made more widely available via its 42 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,200 own site. The webpage claims you can ask Meta AI anything. 43 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,200 You can even simulate what I'm assuming from the chosen illustration is the sexiest 44 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:49,200 mock interview of all time. Is that pink-haired figure putting on that jacket? 45 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:56,200 Or taking it off? Meta AI is also integrated into Facebook in some regions and is apparently able to 46 00:03:56,200 --> 00:04:02,200 respond to group posts. It can respond to questions with answers generated quote, using information from the group 47 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,200 including user-generated content like posts and comments. 48 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,200 Oh, and Meta might then use any information you posted in the group to train their AI. 49 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,200 And if you don't want that to happen and you're not a group admin, you need to delete 50 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,200 anything you posted. That's a fun fact you may want to share with your aunts and uncles. 51 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,200 Or just send in this video. Hi guys. 52 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:25,200 You know what I like the most? Quick bits. 53 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,200 Please don't tell my mom what I'm referencing. 54 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:33,200 TSMC is planning to charge customers more for chips made outside of Taiwan. 55 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,200 It's a bit ironic since the whole reason for opening up fabs outside the island nation 56 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:42,200 is the incredible geopolitical and economic risk of having 90% of the world's most advanced 57 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:48,200 semiconductor production in Taiwan, also known as the star of 100% of Xi Jinping's 58 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:54,200 wet dreams. Unfortunately, construction costs and operational expenses are much higher outside of Taiwan 59 00:04:54,200 --> 00:05:01,200 and as a result, chips produced in their Arizona fabs could be 20% to 30% more expensive 60 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:06,200 than their Taiwanese counterparts. That's right. They're passing the charges onto you. 61 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,200 They're practically giving the fees away. 62 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,200 Do you use car salesmen? You get it. 63 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:15,200 You're smart. That's why I like you. 64 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,200 The EU just found another thing it doesn't like. 65 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:25,200 TikTok's new app, TikTok Light, which rewards users with real currency for completing tasks. 66 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:30,200 It's about time TikTokers got paid for the hard labor involved in things like watching 67 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:35,200 videos, liking videos, and inviting friends to join TikTok. 68 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:40,200 But the European Commission isn't into putting children to work for foreign corporations or 69 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:46,200 melting their brains. So they've given TikTok 14 hours to provide an assessment of the risk that the app could 70 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:52,200 cause those things to happen. TikTok will answer 0%, but I've already seen a number of slack-jawed kids in suits out 71 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,200 and about and I'm concerned. They're coming for me. 72 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:02,200 Tesla has issued a recall for all 3,878 of the cybertrunks, not cybertrunks. 73 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,200 Have you seen my cybertrunks? I use them when I swim in my cyber pool. 74 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:13,200 Tesla has issued a recall for all 3,878 of the cybertrunks it has delivered so far due 75 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:19,200 to a manufacturing defect that can cause the accelerator pedal to become stuck at full 76 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:25,200 throttle. It's a defect that many are calling wicked cool, sick, and potentially lethal. 77 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:30,200 Apparently, the defect was caused by somebody using the wrong lube during assembly. 78 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,200 Relatable. 79 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:38,200 What this means primarily is that Tesla will be replacing all defective pedals in the affected 80 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:43,200 vehicles. But it also means that we now know exactly how many cybertrunks Tesla has managed to 81 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,200 ship and that it's a number not even worth rounding. 82 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:52,200 In a major first, quantum information has been successfully produced, stored, and then 83 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:56,200 retrieved. This is a big deal for future quantum networking. 84 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:01,200 Just like the current internet, information can be lost when sent over long distances. 85 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:07,200 To combat this, normal internet uses repeaters that read and re-amplify the signal. 86 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,200 But such systems would destroy quantum information. 87 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:17,200 Fortunately, researchers have created a prototype quantum memory system that is crucially compatible 88 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:23,200 with current fiber optic infrastructure. While it hasn't been tested for distance, it's an important step toward a quantum internet 89 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:28,200 where you can quantum texture, quantum wife about the funny thing your quantum dog just 90 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:32,200 did. Or something like that. Quantum dank memes. 91 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:36,200 Quantum nudes. Is she naked? I don't know if she's naked, but I know how fast she's going. 92 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:41,200 And Amazon has pushed back against claims that it's just walkout cashierless technology 93 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:47,200 isn't really technology. Unless you count a thousand workers in India watching people shop as technology. 94 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,200 In a blog post this week, the tech giant called the initial report published by the information 95 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:59,200 untrue. And while it didn't provide any specific numbers, it insisted that its human workers only annotate 96 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,200 shopping data to improve the AI, not to stand in for it. 97 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:08,200 So shoppers can rest easy, knowing their purchases are being tracked not by mysterious, squishy 98 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,200 flash bags, but by perfectly normal, unfeeling algorithms. 99 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:16,200 And it's perfectly normal for you to come back on Monday for more tech news. 100 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:19,200 On Tuesday, there will be gaming news on GameLint. 101 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:24,200 It has a similar mouth feel to tech news, but with a much gameier flavor. 102 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,200 Bam. Puns.