1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,560 Ooh, I hope you're ready for a spicy new episode. 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,240 I used my secret recipe, the secret is tech news. 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:12,200 It's the only ingredient. The EU's Digital Markets Act has officially come into force, 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,040 dragging the tech giants designated as gatekeepers, 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,520 Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft 6 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,240 into a world where they can't just do whatever the hell they want. 7 00:00:23,240 --> 00:00:27,000 That's for the companies designated as girl bosses. 8 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,520 The EU loves them. Y'alls, Mrs. Quain, you sly. 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:37,920 We've already talked about Apple and Google's plans for compliance, but now Meta has detailed its plans 10 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:43,240 to allow its WhatsApp and Messenger apps to be interoperable with third-party chat apps 11 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,720 that also use the signal protocol for encryption, 12 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:53,400 which includes Google messages when RCS is enabled, Skype private conversations, and of course, signal. 13 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,360 That was, it's not telegram. TikTok announced it would be giving its users 14 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,600 more control over their data, but also complained 15 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,240 about being designated as a gatekeeper because they're so young, and it'll make it harder 16 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:11,720 for them to compete with the boomer tech giants, and it's super lame, but the most anticipated changes 17 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:17,120 are still Apple's new rules allowing third-party app marketplaces on iOS. 18 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:23,080 And the first one has apparently launched the Mobyvention App Marketplace, 19 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,280 which is apparently designed to let enterprises use it 20 00:01:26,320 --> 00:01:29,360 to distribute internal company apps. 21 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,720 But there will come cooler iOS app stores, 22 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,000 like the one Epic Games planned to release 23 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,280 until Apple terminated their developer account again, 24 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,880 citing both Epic's blatant breaking of Apple's rules 25 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:47,360 and CEO Tim Sweeney's very public criticism of the company. 26 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:51,040 Epic complained, prompting EU regulators to investigate 27 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,080 whether Apple had really just punished a company 28 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:59,480 for mean tweets, and the next day, Apple reinstated Epic's account. 29 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:06,120 Sweeney credited the European Commission for taking swift action, but Apple told Apple Insider 30 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:12,720 they changed their mind because Epic committed to follow the rules, something Sweeney had already 31 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,600 promised to do in an email to Phil Shiller before their account ban. 32 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:22,880 But I mean, look at how short that email is. There's an unacceptable lack of apologetic groveling. 33 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:27,480 Make me believe it. Nikon has acquired Red Digital Cinema, 34 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,800 maker of high-end cameras used by Hollywood producers 35 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,680 and YouTubers using hash browns as a mouse pad. That's Linus, we're professionals. 36 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,640 The amount that Nikon paid to purchase Red is a mystery, 37 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:45,160 one that gets even deeper when you remember that Red famously sued Nikon for infringing 38 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:49,560 on seven of its patents related to raw video compression. 39 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,680 Nikon responded to the lawsuit by challenging whether Red should have even been granted 40 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,920 those patents in the first place. Now it's unclear what exactly transpired 41 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:03,880 between the two companies after that, but in April, 2023, a year after Red's lawsuit was filed, 42 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,800 both Red and Nikon agreed to dismiss the case. 43 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:13,080 And now all of a sudden, Nikon shows up and announces they're absorbing their former enemy. 44 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:17,880 But as Fstoppers points out, the merger actually makes a ton of sense as a way to combine 45 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,000 Red's cinema reputation with Nikon's excellence 46 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:26,080 in still-camera photography and lenses. It could be that Nikon and Red's leadership 47 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,880 both realized they'd be better friends than enemies. I believe Tim Sweeney and Tim Cook 48 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,600 will have that same realization someday. They will, they will merge. 49 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:39,600 And now we are one, gaze upon us and despair. 50 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,240 And a U.S. TikTok ban is back on the menu, boys. 51 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,760 After the bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee 52 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,680 unanimously voted 50 to zero to advance a bill 53 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:59,200 that would give Chinese parent company ByteDance six months to sell the app to Elon Musk. 54 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,920 I made that last part up. As soon as TikTok got wind of the bill, 55 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:08,480 it sent push notifications to its users, urging them to call their local representatives 56 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,560 to stop Congress placing a total ban on TikTok. 57 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,280 And call, they did. Congressional staff reported getting bombarded with calls 58 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:22,080 from depressed purple teenagers and the millennials who complain about them pleading 59 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,160 with the government to please let them keep their favorite app. 60 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:32,240 Saying POV, you're disappointing me. Now at the heart of this issue is the certainty 61 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:38,680 among members of Congress that TikTok represents a foreign adversary controlled application. 62 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,880 Despite heavy insistence by ByteDance and their army of E-thoughts 63 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:46,760 that the CCP has no control over TikTok. 64 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:50,880 And I make jokes, but if passed, this bill could have real impact. 65 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,400 There are a ton of small business owners that depend on TikTok for marketing 66 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:59,040 and questionable psychology takes. I think I have ADHD. 67 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:03,440 I do. Or do I? I don't know. Now for the quick bits. 68 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:10,360 The part of the show where you slap your belly and go, ah, well, maybe a few more. 69 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:13,840 Roku, maker of the smart TV you settled for her 70 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:18,040 has figured out a way to make forced arbitration worse. 71 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,880 This week, Roku customers found they couldn't use their TVs at all 72 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:26,160 until they agreed to the company's updated dispute resolution terms. 73 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,800 Two weeks after the terms apparently came into effect. 74 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,560 In addition to the forced arbitration Roku already had in place, 75 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:39,600 the smart TV bronze medalists added an informal dispute resolution process 76 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:43,280 where users are required to call Roku's lawyers 77 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,040 with any concerns they may have before taking further legal action. 78 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,760 And before you sue us, you have to ask Dave. Everything's going through Dave now. 79 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:55,240 I mean, I don't know who's worse off. Roku's customers or the lawyers they've basically turned 80 00:05:55,240 --> 00:06:00,560 into unwilling customer support specialists. I don't know how to turn off motion smoothing. 81 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:05,120 I'm a lawyer. NVIDIA has announced GeForce Now Day Passes 82 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,600 at $4 for a priority day, gaming at up to 1080p and 60fps 83 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,640 or $8 for an ultimate day. 84 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,880 Gaming at up to 4K and 120fps. 85 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:22,000 That day better be pretty good to be called that. Gamers would have to be pretty starved 86 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:28,440 for some play time to pay those prices when a month of priority membership is only $6 more. 87 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,800 But on the other hand, GeForce Now is harder to resist 88 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,360 now that it's added support for NVIDIA Reflex and G-Sync. 89 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:41,640 Although support for variable refresh rates is currently limited to the Windows app on a PC 90 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:48,600 with a relatively recent NVIDIA GPU or the macOS app on a number of Apple Silicon 91 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:54,040 and Intel-powered Macs. But not on a PC with Intel or AMD GPUs. 92 00:06:54,040 --> 00:07:00,120 NVIDIA isn't sure whether those can put out frames at all. Can I run it on this GPU on a, what's that? 93 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:04,880 Sorry, what language is that? In other GeForce news, NVIDIA is reportedly retiring 94 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:09,520 the GTX brand. According to multiple sources, NVIDIA is no longer 95 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,920 distributing GTX 16 cards to partners. 96 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,280 Once all remaining stock of the series is sold, 97 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:20,880 that's it, I mean, game over. Perhaps in a strange twist, the GTX brand 98 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:26,940 will be outlived by the GT name as some GT 1030 cards are still up for sale. 99 00:07:26,940 --> 00:07:31,480 It's unclear if those cards will reach end of life alongside the GTX 16 series. 100 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:36,960 It's like when a normal healthy adult dog is outlived by an old, shriveled, tiny, ugly dog 101 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:41,760 named something like Mr. Poopsie that's missing two legs and is blind in both eyes. 102 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,240 It's sad and it feels weird. Why must Mr. Poopsie suffer? 103 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:46,800 He was a genetic mistake. 104 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:54,840 Rivian had a major launch this week where it announced a mid-size electric SUV called the R2, 105 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:59,520 as well as a compact SUV, sadly not called the D2. 106 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:04,840 R2-D2, Riley. You're the Star Wars guy. 107 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:08,160 Well, the compact R3 SUV also comes 108 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:14,400 in a more rugged R3X variation with more power, higher clearance, and a wider stance. 109 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:19,000 You know, it's just a little butch, but there's no shame in that. 110 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,400 What am I reading? The R2 boasts a 300 mile range 111 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:28,000 with the larger of its two battery pack options and its single motor configuration. 112 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:34,240 And it starts at $45,000, meaning it's significantly cheaper than the larger R1S, 113 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:38,040 placing it competitively among battery-powered mom mobiles. 114 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:42,880 Whoa, I want this thing. It's cause I'm a mom. 115 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:48,840 And a former Google engineer has been charged and arrested for allegedly stealing AI trade secrets 116 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:53,160 on behalf of a Chinese AI startup. Google apparently determined 117 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:58,960 that the employee in question had stolen a large trove of documents by uploading hundreds of files 118 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:04,880 onto his personal Google Cloud account, making this possibly the lamest heist of all time. 119 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,640 According to prosecutors, the suspect was offered a CTO position 120 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:15,700 at the Chinese firm shortly thereafter with a monthly salary worth around $14,800 a month 121 00:09:15,700 --> 00:09:19,520 plus bonus and stock. He also allegedly traveled to China 122 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,280 to raise money for the company and had another employee scan his access badge 123 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,960 back in the US to give the impression he was still at work. 124 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,920 I'm going to try that strat next time I want to attend a 3PM matinee. 125 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,240 Shh, don't tell Linus. And we're putting it in the video. 126 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,800 Um. You didn't watch these. But do please tell me that you'll come back 127 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:44,240 on Monday for more tech news or my heart will break into a thousand pieces. 128 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:49,040 And that just takes forever to clean up. I'll be here, I'll miss the matinee.