1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,640 So Riley wanted a day off, which I'm fine with, but try telling that to the tech news. 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:10,640 It never stops. Every other day, it's story after story after story after story after story 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:18,960 after story after story after story. It's finally happening. Android and Chrome OS are merging. 4 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:26,080 But how exactly? Well, I'm not sure, but Google's Samir Samat, Android ecosystem president 5 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:30,880 extraordinaire, has confirmed this in an interview with tech radars Lance Ulanoff. 6 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:35,280 Now, it wasn't the main topic of discussion, and he didn't have much else to say on the matter, 7 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:40,640 but this statement could confirm the rumor from November of last year that Chrome OS would be 8 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:46,400 migrating to Android. Man, that would be great to have all of my apps and experiences just 9 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:52,400 translate perfectly between my devices. You know, like on Apple, except without the massive price tag 10 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,960 on every piece of hardware and a walled garden ecosystem that forces you to use products from 11 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:02,000 a single manufacturer. Speaking of expensive hardware, looks like those price leaks for the 12 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:10,080 Xbox ally and ally x were right. 3DHuegos noticed that Google search store metadata from ASUS's 13 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:20,560 own website has listed the Xbox ally x at 899 euro and the regular Xbox ally non x at 599 euro. 14 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:26,240 I mean, considering how much an ally and an ally x cost right now, those prices do sound about right, 15 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:32,000 but if you thought the Switch 2 was expensive, welcome to PC gaming, baby. 16 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:38,400 Expensive hardware up front, but hey, at least there's cheap games aplenty after the fact. 17 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:43,120 And in all seriousness, that tax can greatly affect electronics MSRP's in Europe, 18 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:49,280 and we might see some lower prices on this side of the pond. It's just not that much lower. So, 19 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:54,080 for anyone who is hoping that Xbox and Microsoft would be subsidizing a big chunk of the price, 20 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:59,360 maybe don't hold your breath. I mean, this is the same Microsoft that just laid off a ton of 21 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:04,240 developers, developers, developers. Steve Ballmer must be rolling over in his grave. 22 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:13,200 Right. Next topic. It turns out that Google Gemini for Workspace can be easily manipulated, 23 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:18,480 just like me. I guess. I don't know, it's in the script. Basically, 24 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:25,200 an attacker can embed invisible, size zero, white on white font instructions within admin tags, 25 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:31,280 and then if they get summarized by AI, the user will get a bunch of official looking security 26 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:37,040 warnings that could socially engineer them into handing over credentials or placing a call to a 27 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:43,760 scam call center. There's no obvious phishing links, no .exe files to run, and no requests to 28 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:49,520 wire money to a Nigerian prince. The whole thing is kind of pretty clever, and it gets worse, 29 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:54,240 because this goes beyond just email and affects just about everything that can be summarized, 30 00:02:54,240 --> 00:03:02,320 like docs, slides, and drive search functionality. Marco Figaroa. Marco F, who first published 31 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:07,200 findings of this new scam process a few days ago, suggests that you remove, neutralize, 32 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:13,120 or ignore content that is styled to be hidden in the body text, or add a post-processing filter 33 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,680 that scans the Gemini output. Guys, I've got it. Let's just make another AI 34 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:23,600 that summarizes whether the AI summary is a scam. Ah, it's brilliant, but watch about the rest. 35 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:29,760 Bring out the expeditious midgens. Quickly now, I can only do this bit for so long. 36 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,440 Ever wonder how quickly you can destroy evidence in a pinch? Well, now you don't have to, 37 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:40,160 because Teamgroup has created a self-destructing SSD with intelligent dual-mode data destruction 38 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:47,440 on the new P250Q-M80. You can choose S slash W quickerase, which will wipe the drive but maintain 39 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:54,160 functionality, or H slash W quickerase, which will physically destroy the NAND with high voltage. 40 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,480 Okay, that sounds pretty cool. I 100% want to try this when it launches. 41 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:04,960 As for GROC, maybe that should get unlaunched? XAI has tried to explain what happened with the whole 42 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:11,680 mecha-Hitler fiasco. Their explanation? We discovered a root cause that was an update to a 43 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:17,200 code path upstream of the at GROC bot. This is independent of the underlying language model 44 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:23,360 that powers at GROC. Wow. Well, I'm completely relieved. All of the racist, Hitler-loving code 45 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:28,080 is just from an upstream code path, guys. Just like with rivers. It's not our problem if the 46 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:33,840 pollution is coming from upstream. Wait, yes it is, but I'm not going to worry about that. Just 47 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:38,480 like I'm not going to worry about Microsoft Office not getting any more feature updates on Windows 10 48 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:43,840 because I'm using Windows 11 and also Google Docs. But whether you care about this or not, 49 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:48,960 it's a really good time to point out that as of June earlier this year, Windows 10 still had a higher 50 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:55,760 install base. So the transition, not going too great, but that doesn't stop the impending end of 51 00:04:55,760 --> 00:05:00,960 life that's coming in October 2028 when it stops getting security updates. And it doesn't change 52 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:07,840 that in August there won't be any new features unless you upgrade your OS to Windows 11 or Linux. 53 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:11,600 You know, sometimes I wonder why we don't see more human-inspired computer technology. 54 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,880 Maybe it's because we're gross bags of meat. Maybe? Yeah, I think so. But Korean scientists 55 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:22,960 are looking to our noses for inspiration around filtering air particles. It's called PRO, 56 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:28,160 Particle Removing Oil Coated Filter, and it both removes more particles while lasting way 57 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:35,280 longer than traditional filters. That's pretty neat. Excuse me, sorry. They're still working 58 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:40,080 out the kinks. And last, but yeah, honestly, this one was definitely least. I mean, the one that came 59 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:46,000 before it was a nose filter, but anyway, it's pretty cool. We're getting fake CRTs from Japan's 60 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:52,320 Mizukiko. And I really do mean fake because basically it's just a curved 4x3 LCD panel 61 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:58,080 that's housed in a CRT-shaped shell. It's going to be about 8 inches small and is going to pair 62 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:02,800 with their mini retro reprint PCs. That is assuming they're crowdfunding works. They're 63 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,320 a little under halfway there at the time of writing, and I really don't know what the appeal is going 64 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:12,000 to be of an 8 inch CRT alike. Thanks for joining us for another episode of TechLinked. What's going 65 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:16,800 to happen next time? Unlike Dragon Ball Z. There's no sneak peek, so your guess, honestly, is as good 66 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:22,080 as mine, but I think I'm going to bet on Goku fighting Mecha Hitler.