1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,580 Gah, I'm sorry guys. There's no tech news today. Everyone in tech is just kind of chilling. It's not doing much. 2 00:00:06,580 --> 00:00:09,600 OH! Psyche! OH! 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:15,200 D-D-Dir-Your face was really good. Oh-You should've seen your face. 4 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:22,700 Anyone still using Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 will be losing the ability to run Steam at the end of this year. 5 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:29,980 Part of the rationale for the Sunset is that some of the newest Steam features rely on an embedded version of Google Chrome, 6 00:00:29,980 --> 00:00:34,900 which has only limited functionality in older versions of the OS, okay? 7 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:38,860 The change will affect an estimated 1.9% of Steam users, 8 00:00:38,860 --> 00:00:43,900 which is surprising for multiple reasons. First, that 1.4% of active account holders 9 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:47,140 are using Windows 7, a 13 year old OS 10 00:00:47,140 --> 00:00:51,440 that was discontinued in 2015. But, hey, I'm not judging. 11 00:00:52,780 --> 00:00:56,620 Some of us are judging. Second, that number still surpasses Steam accounts 12 00:00:56,620 --> 00:01:01,540 using any version of Linux. I mean, how are PC gamers gonna continue complaining 13 00:01:01,540 --> 00:01:04,740 about Windows when we won't even switch? You first though. 14 00:01:04,740 --> 00:01:09,780 Microsoft ended all extended security updates for these older OSes in January of this year. 15 00:01:09,780 --> 00:01:14,240 So if users do wait until Valve's January 1st, 2024 deadline, 16 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:19,340 they will have slightly bigger problems than no longer being able to download Stardew Valley. 17 00:01:19,340 --> 00:01:24,340 They will be using a dangerously vulnerable machine that hasn't been patched in nearly a year. 18 00:01:24,340 --> 00:01:28,940 And no, you don't get an achievement for that. It's kind of the opposite. 19 00:01:28,940 --> 00:01:32,260 You failed to achieve an upgrade. So... 20 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:39,180 Twitter is back in the news again, because that's what happens when the world's richest man 21 00:01:39,180 --> 00:01:44,840 buys the world's angriest group chat. Elon Musk has announced that the only realistic way 22 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,860 to address AI bot swarms taking over, 23 00:01:48,980 --> 00:01:53,820 actual quote, that's where Skynet started, is to allow only tweets, 24 00:01:53,820 --> 00:01:59,500 quotan by Twitter blue subscribers, to appear in the for you, for you, for you. 25 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:02,540 It's for you. For you? In the for you tab. 26 00:02:02,540 --> 00:02:07,220 This change turned out to be so wildly unpopular that Musk added a second tweet, 27 00:02:07,220 --> 00:02:11,860 claiming that users you follow directly will still appear on the for you tab. 28 00:02:11,860 --> 00:02:17,340 He just forgot. Slip my mind. So it won't only be crypto bros with three followers 29 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:20,820 who mostly tweet about Martha Stewart secretly being an alien lizard. 30 00:02:20,820 --> 00:02:25,460 Phew. Musk also stated that voting in polls 31 00:02:25,460 --> 00:02:30,540 will require verification for same reason, and definitely not because of that time 32 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:37,180 he made a poll asking if he should step down as head of Twitter, and 57.5% of respondents said yes. 33 00:02:37,180 --> 00:02:40,180 Not. Sparks knock your life. 34 00:02:40,180 --> 00:02:44,540 On top of all that, legacy verification will be sunsetting April 1st, 35 00:02:44,540 --> 00:02:49,340 which is not an April Fool's joke, unless the joke is that brands, celebrities, 36 00:02:49,340 --> 00:02:53,780 and government officials will be forced to pay for verification or face rampant impersonation, 37 00:02:53,780 --> 00:02:59,580 which admittedly was extremely funny last time. Even funnier Musk claimed in a memo to employees 38 00:02:59,580 --> 00:03:02,660 that Twitter is now worth $20 billion, 39 00:03:02,660 --> 00:03:09,740 less than half of what he paid for it. So Twitter can be thought of as an inverse startup, 40 00:03:09,740 --> 00:03:13,700 which I guess is like the corporate equivalent of Benjamin Button. 41 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:17,820 It's a shutdown. It starts as a company with money 42 00:03:17,820 --> 00:03:20,820 and then just goes the opposite way. 43 00:03:20,820 --> 00:03:24,140 But don't worry, Musk sees a clear but difficult path 44 00:03:24,140 --> 00:03:28,100 to a future valuation of more than 250 billion, 45 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:33,980 once enough bought farms by Twitter Blue. And Amazon has released a developer kit for third parties 46 00:03:33,980 --> 00:03:37,220 to create devices for Amazon's nationwide 47 00:03:37,220 --> 00:03:41,620 sidewalk mesh network, which feels like a good moment to ask, 48 00:03:41,620 --> 00:03:44,860 wait, when did Amazon get a nationwide mesh network? 49 00:03:44,860 --> 00:03:49,180 You see, for the last two years, Amazon has been using ring cameras and echo speakers 50 00:03:49,180 --> 00:03:54,260 to send out low bandwidth signals, too weak for high bandwidth devices like phones, 51 00:03:54,260 --> 00:03:59,900 but enough to connect other IoT smart devices that need to ping Amazon servers to function, 52 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:04,620 like TVs and blenders. This was originally so that ring cameras 53 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:08,460 could still ping when motion activated, even when offline, 54 00:04:08,460 --> 00:04:13,220 through using another nearby device as a bridge, even if that device was on a different 55 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:16,700 Wi-Fi network owned by a stranger. And sure, they wouldn't be strangers 56 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:20,220 if you just introduced yourself to your neighbors like a normal person, but that's beside the point. 57 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:25,860 Amazon technically has permission to add these devices to its wide area network as part of their default settings, 58 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:28,860 which require users to opt out 59 00:04:28,860 --> 00:04:32,580 if they don't want to be a part of it. According to data. Look, it said works. 60 00:04:33,860 --> 00:04:38,300 You bought the- You didn't say no, so that's a yes. You went to amazon.com. 61 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:42,260 According to data released by Amazon, the sidewalk network currently covers an area 62 00:04:42,260 --> 00:04:45,900 that includes around 90% of the US population. 63 00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:50,300 That last 10%, they're coming for you. Next up are the quick bits, 64 00:04:50,300 --> 00:04:56,300 not to be confused with fast pieces, the cheap knockoff against which we are pursuing legal action. 65 00:04:56,300 --> 00:05:01,100 The Australian government has proposed applying an 18 plus rating to video games 66 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:06,060 with any form of simulated gambling. That includes games based on real life gambling, 67 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:11,500 like poker and slot machines, but also potentially any game with paid loot boxes. 68 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:16,100 Apparently the Australian government thinks being constantly exposed to gambling from an early age 69 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:20,100 is bad for kids or something. But I remember back in my day, 70 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:23,100 I had to walk to school through three casinos 71 00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:26,340 up here both ways. Is it a view glass? 72 00:05:26,340 --> 00:05:31,660 We just fought each other in the yard. Well, teachers threw money. 73 00:05:31,660 --> 00:05:36,180 Whoever had the knife won. The dolphin emulator for Gamecube and Wii 74 00:05:36,180 --> 00:05:39,380 will be coming to steam this summer. 75 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:43,260 It will not however be providing the ROMs to run on it, as usual. 76 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:48,140 Instead, there is a disclaimer on Steam that says that users must own an original copy 77 00:05:48,140 --> 00:05:51,820 of any game they wanna use with Dolphin. This is an important legal distinction, 78 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:58,020 though I'm not sure how much that's gonna matter to the players, or more importantly, Nintendo. 79 00:05:59,660 --> 00:06:04,380 Nintendo V Valve? Google will be removing several features 80 00:06:04,380 --> 00:06:09,020 from Fitbit accessories, specifically anything that could be considered fun, 81 00:06:09,060 --> 00:06:13,940 like challenges and adventure races, which encouraged users to compete against friends 82 00:06:13,940 --> 00:06:18,420 and family as motivation for a workout. These social elements have been removed 83 00:06:18,420 --> 00:06:23,860 as part of an effort to streamline the Fitbit, focusing on its intended purpose as a cold tool 84 00:06:23,860 --> 00:06:29,540 for measuring the health outcomes of friendless losers. After delaying the PC port of the Last of Us part one, 85 00:06:29,540 --> 00:06:35,380 three weeks to ensure its quality due to the popularity of the HBO adaptation, no doubt, 86 00:06:35,380 --> 00:06:39,260 the game finally came out. Yet in the place of a cordyceps fungus, 87 00:06:39,260 --> 00:06:42,820 players found a game infected with shiitake mushrooms. 88 00:06:42,820 --> 00:06:47,660 It cost numerous issues, okay. Like making Joel look like an amnesiac 89 00:06:47,660 --> 00:06:50,060 tried to draw the gigachat from memory. 90 00:06:51,580 --> 00:06:56,620 Developer Naughty Dog apologized on Twitter for being a bad boy and not the fun kind. 91 00:06:56,620 --> 00:06:59,860 What is the fun kind of bad boy? Is that a sexy thing? 92 00:06:59,860 --> 00:07:03,580 I'll tell you when you're older. Okay, and over a thousand tech experts, 93 00:07:03,580 --> 00:07:08,060 including engineers, researchers, and high profile figures like Steve Wozniak 94 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:12,100 have signed an open letter urging a delay in AI development 95 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:15,700 until we are sure that we can manage the potential risks. 96 00:07:15,700 --> 00:07:19,820 Setting aside the fact that a complete pause is absolutely, 97 00:07:19,820 --> 00:07:24,220 definitely not going to happen. There are a lot of serious risks to AI, 98 00:07:24,220 --> 00:07:27,740 mass job loss, criminal exploitation, and misinformation. 99 00:07:27,740 --> 00:07:32,580 Just last week, an image created using mid-journey fooled the world into thinking the Pope 100 00:07:32,580 --> 00:07:35,780 had a nice winter coat. Nobody even noticed that his hand 101 00:07:35,780 --> 00:07:39,860 was half phased through the lid of a cup or that the image of Jesus on his crucifix 102 00:07:39,860 --> 00:07:43,700 looked like a silver hot dog. But it could have been a miracle, you know? 103 00:07:43,700 --> 00:07:47,900 We absolutely cannot think that the Pope has more drip than he has already. 104 00:07:47,900 --> 00:07:51,260 And that's all the tech news for the day. Come back on Friday if you want more. 105 00:07:51,260 --> 00:07:55,140 You could come back on Thursday, but it's not gonna, you're gonna, 106 00:07:55,140 --> 00:07:59,300 then you're gonna just have to wait till Friday again. So you see what I mean when I say, okay.