WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.240 Oh, thank God you're here. I have all of this tech news. 00:00:03.240 --> 00:00:07.060 I can't get rid of it. There's boxes filling up my living room. My wife wants to divorce me. 00:00:07.060 --> 00:00:10.340 Please take it. Microsoft is reportedly planning to release 00:00:10.340 --> 00:00:15.740 a game-changing Windows update next year, but they're scared to actually call it Windows 12. 00:00:15.740 --> 00:00:20.740 They lack the strength. They lack ambition. The update, codenamed Hudson Valley, 00:00:20.740 --> 00:00:25.340 will feature groundbreaking AI features like a new AI-powered GUI 00:00:25.340 --> 00:00:29.020 and even built-in super-resolution tech for videos and games 00:00:29.020 --> 00:00:32.540 because the convergence will not be stopped. Altman be praised. 00:00:32.540 --> 00:00:35.620 I haven't played Dead Space, I'm sorry. 00:00:35.620 --> 00:00:39.580 In addition, Hudson Valley's efficiency will allegedly increase the battery life 00:00:39.580 --> 00:00:44.660 of some devices by 50%. You could use your ROG Ally for 12 more minutes. 00:00:44.660 --> 00:00:49.500 Hudson Valley's release will also feature the return of annual release cycles for Windows. 00:00:49.500 --> 00:00:53.660 Two years after Microsoft announced they were shifting to a three-year cycle, 00:00:53.660 --> 00:00:58.300 which came a year after they returned to a one-year cycle already. 00:00:58.300 --> 00:01:02.820 They just don't know how many Windows people want. It's hard. Now, Hudson Valley won't be released 00:01:02.820 --> 00:01:07.380 to manufacturers until August, but the platform it's built on, Germanium, 00:01:07.380 --> 00:01:12.740 will go out in April as Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon X Elite laptop chips 00:01:12.740 --> 00:01:16.700 depend on new advancements in that platform. With all these new features, 00:01:16.700 --> 00:01:20.380 Microsoft deciding to call Hudson Valley Windows 12 00:01:20.380 --> 00:01:23.620 would be understandable. On the other hand, less than a third 00:01:23.620 --> 00:01:28.860 of the world's 1.4 billion Windows users are on Windows 11, and releasing Windows 12 00:01:28.860 --> 00:01:33.620 will fragment the user base even further. On the other hand, number go up, 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:39.180 which is an argument I don't see given enough respect these days. 23andMe has changed its terms of service 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:43.740 to try and prevent lawsuits by forcing customers into binding arbitration 00:01:43.740 --> 00:01:47.720 if they don't opt out within 30 days. I mean, if you can't trust the people 00:01:47.720 --> 00:01:51.140 that collect tubes full of your ants saliva, who can you trust? 00:01:51.140 --> 00:01:54.260 The site is breaking down. The company probably doesn't want to be sued 00:01:54.300 --> 00:01:57.940 for negligence over the data breach they suffered back in October. 00:01:57.940 --> 00:02:01.380 Last week, they said only 14,000 accounts were compromised, 00:02:01.380 --> 00:02:05.740 but this week, the spit tube enthusiasts confirmed those compromised accounts 00:02:05.740 --> 00:02:10.220 were used to access the personal data of 6.9 million people, 00:02:10.220 --> 00:02:14.660 including data like birth year, relationships to other users, and self-reported locations. 00:02:14.660 --> 00:02:19.700 Now, 23andMe has sent an email to users telling them to accept the new terms of service, 00:02:19.700 --> 00:02:25.900 and that any users who don't opt out of arbitration within 30 days will waive their right to sue the company. 00:02:25.900 --> 00:02:31.140 Even worse, the email the company sent told users to send their opt out requests 00:02:31.140 --> 00:02:34.460 to legal at 23andMe.com, 00:02:34.460 --> 00:02:38.100 which isn't the same email as the one mentioned in the new terms. 00:02:38.100 --> 00:02:41.340 They're really making it hard to not accuse them of negligence here. 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:46.700 Users may have to be more wary about sneaky tactics like this as more data breaches occur. 00:02:46.700 --> 00:02:53.940 According to an independent study commissioned by Apple, the number of data breaches tripled between 2013 and 2022, 00:02:53.940 --> 00:02:57.340 and tricking people into arbitration is a lot cheaper for companies 00:02:57.340 --> 00:03:01.980 than actually protecting all the data they take from you. It's purely business, I'm sure you understand. 00:03:01.980 --> 00:03:08.220 Lord business, for no reason. Mr. Business, we meet again. 00:03:08.220 --> 00:03:11.740 In vain. The game awards happened yesterday, and we don't want to wait four days 00:03:11.740 --> 00:03:17.860 until the next GameLink episode to talk about how ridiculous they were. So, surprise, GameLink segment. 00:03:18.860 --> 00:03:23.220 But I don't like games, I like tech, tough. As noted by Paul Tassie at Forbes, 00:03:23.220 --> 00:03:27.980 the game awards has apparently responded to criticism that it's a glorified three hour commercial 00:03:27.980 --> 00:03:32.500 by becoming a glorified three hour commercial. The vast majority of the show's runtime 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:36.660 was given to videos teasing new games, celebrities teasing new games, 00:03:36.660 --> 00:03:40.740 and straight up commercials for the Steam Deck and Legion Go handhelds. 00:03:40.740 --> 00:03:44.500 Sorry, they were also giveaways. I mean, imagine if the Oscars asked you to call in 00:03:44.500 --> 00:03:48.060 for a chance to win an iPad. Now it's time for Best Director, 00:03:48.060 --> 00:03:52.380 brought to you by Bud Light. The winners of more than a dozen awards 00:03:52.380 --> 00:03:55.500 that Jeff Kealy in his infinite wisdom deemed too small 00:03:55.500 --> 00:04:00.380 to properly include in the show, were listed off rapid fire in a sick mockery 00:04:00.380 --> 00:04:03.780 of our quick bits. Didn't even email us first. 00:04:03.780 --> 00:04:08.620 We're suing. While most of the developers and performers that did get to accept awards 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:12.540 were played off after a minute or less, but that's a small price to pay 00:04:12.540 --> 00:04:16.020 to give Jordan Peele and Jeff's waifu Hideo Kojima 00:04:16.020 --> 00:04:19.260 six and a half minutes to hype up their upcoming game. 00:04:19.260 --> 00:04:23.460 What, do you want to anger Kojima-san? So then he doesn't let Jeff get early access 00:04:23.460 --> 00:04:28.100 to his next slow, melancholy game with a plot diagram shaped like a plate of spaghetti? 00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:32.220 That's what's at stake. And then let him lay in the trap with videos? 00:04:32.220 --> 00:04:36.660 The show also lacked any mention of the thousands of game industry workers 00:04:36.660 --> 00:04:39.980 who were laid off this year. But to be fair, it's hard to think of a way 00:04:39.980 --> 00:04:43.660 to scold the same game companies who are paying you to advertise their games. 00:04:43.660 --> 00:04:46.740 Even if some of them admittedly do look pretty cool. 00:04:46.740 --> 00:04:49.780 And I mean, technically, they're not in the industry anymore. 00:04:49.780 --> 00:04:54.660 Perhaps the best thing about the show though was this transcendent performance of the song, 00:04:54.660 --> 00:04:57.940 Herald of Darkness from Remedy's Alan Wake 2. 00:04:57.940 --> 00:05:01.140 Can we have more of that? Please, I mean, if fans want to see trailers, 00:05:01.140 --> 00:05:04.820 they can just do what we do and watch them all at work with one hand ready to alt-tap. 00:05:04.820 --> 00:05:08.620 Just, it's simple. I don't do that, I work. 00:05:08.620 --> 00:05:12.580 A warning, quick bits present a choking hazard for children under four. 00:05:12.620 --> 00:05:15.700 But all the cool toddlers are watching them. So what are you gonna do? 00:05:15.700 --> 00:05:20.500 Apple and Google have confirmed an allegation by US Senator Ron Wyden 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:26.940 that governments both foreign and domestic are spying on smartphone users through push notifications. 00:05:26.940 --> 00:05:30.580 Furthermore, the US federal government reportedly restricted what companies 00:05:30.580 --> 00:05:33.780 could disclose about this practice to the public. According to Wyden, 00:05:33.780 --> 00:05:38.340 because these notifications are sent through Google and Apple servers as intermediaries, 00:05:38.340 --> 00:05:41.900 the government can secretly compel them to hand that data over. 00:05:41.900 --> 00:05:45.620 Quote, this could tell governments how users interact with certain apps, 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:50.220 give them access to a notification's complete text and disclose some unencrypted content. 00:05:50.220 --> 00:05:54.140 That's right, Candy Crush is a narc. Hey kids, you want some candy? 00:05:54.140 --> 00:05:59.140 Google has said they fixed an issue that was wiping the data of drive users. 00:05:59.140 --> 00:06:02.700 The company has called it a sync issue with the drive desktop app. 00:06:02.700 --> 00:06:06.660 While many affected users have stated they never even used the app. 00:06:06.660 --> 00:06:12.060 Google has now locked community forum posts full of people saying the fix doesn't work, 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:17.140 thereby solving the problem by ignoring it. Meanwhile, privacy-focused Proton Drive 00:06:17.140 --> 00:06:21.100 just launched a new photo backup feature as an alternative to Google Photos. 00:06:21.100 --> 00:06:24.340 Terrific news for fans of not having their data 00:06:24.340 --> 00:06:28.260 mysteriously deleted with an extra side of gaslighting. 00:06:28.260 --> 00:06:31.380 Google has also admitted they faked their best demo 00:06:31.380 --> 00:06:36.980 for their recently unveiled Gemini AI model. In the video, Gemini has shown responding to drawings 00:06:37.020 --> 00:06:40.900 and even a cup game in real time via spoken prompts. 00:06:40.900 --> 00:06:43.900 But a Google spokesperson revealed the video was made 00:06:43.900 --> 00:06:46.900 using still image frames from the footage 00:06:46.900 --> 00:06:51.340 and prompting via text. Turns out the demo wasn't done in real time, 00:06:51.340 --> 00:06:55.860 nor did it include spoken prompts, which means all Gemini did was lie to me. 00:06:55.860 --> 00:07:00.420 Oh, so it's basically Bing then. The EU has managed to scare the entertainment industry 00:07:00.420 --> 00:07:04.020 by considering a ban on geo-blocking streaming content. 00:07:04.020 --> 00:07:07.940 An entertainment group says banning geo-blocking would put jobs at risk, 00:07:07.940 --> 00:07:11.260 as well as cause price increases for streaming services. 00:07:11.260 --> 00:07:14.300 They also said geo-blocking is one of the foundations 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:19.500 for Europe's creative and cultural sectors. I mean, the money that they charged users in some locations 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:23.860 to access some content, it goes back into the filmmaker's pocket 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:27.660 so they can make more stuff, is what they could say if that's what they did. 00:07:27.660 --> 00:07:30.700 And old Hewlett Packard has gone mask off 00:07:30.700 --> 00:07:35.820 with a blunt new ad campaign featuring users physically lashing out at their printers, 00:07:35.820 --> 00:07:41.260 followed by a slogan claiming that HP printers are made to be less hated. 00:07:44.260 --> 00:07:47.500 If true, that would be an improvement over the past few decades, 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:52.460 where HP printers were primarily made to trick consumers with deceptively cheap models 00:07:52.460 --> 00:07:55.580 and then lock them into buying pricey first party ink 00:07:55.580 --> 00:07:59.780 that a recent class action lawsuit described as more expensive per ounce 00:07:59.780 --> 00:08:02.840 than silver, caviar, and champagne. 00:08:02.840 --> 00:08:07.860 But you can't print out an essay with fancy fish eggs. Now can you, so you don't think about that, do you? 00:08:07.860 --> 00:08:10.900 Luckily, you can come back on Monday for more tech news. 00:08:10.900 --> 00:08:13.580 We'll have it all, tech news. 00:08:15.220 --> 00:08:16.060 That's it.