WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.560 Ooh, I hope you're ready for a spicy new episode. 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:07.240 I used my secret recipe, the secret is tech news. 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:12.200 It's the only ingredient. The EU's Digital Markets Act has officially come into force, 00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:16.040 dragging the tech giants designated as gatekeepers, 00:00:16.040 --> 00:00:19.520 Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:23.240 into a world where they can't just do whatever the hell they want. 00:00:23.240 --> 00:00:27.000 That's for the companies designated as girl bosses. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:31.520 The EU loves them. Y'alls, Mrs. Quain, you sly. 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 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:43.240 to allow its WhatsApp and Messenger apps to be interoperable with third-party chat apps 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:46.720 that also use the signal protocol for encryption, 00:00:46.720 --> 00:00:53.400 which includes Google messages when RCS is enabled, Skype private conversations, and of course, signal. 00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:57.360 That was, it's not telegram. TikTok announced it would be giving its users 00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:00.600 more control over their data, but also complained 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 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 00:01:11.720 --> 00:01:17.120 are still Apple's new rules allowing third-party app marketplaces on iOS. 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:23.080 And the first one has apparently launched the Mobyvention App Marketplace, 00:01:23.080 --> 00:01:26.280 which is apparently designed to let enterprises use it 00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:29.360 to distribute internal company apps. 00:01:29.360 --> 00:01:32.720 But there will come cooler iOS app stores, 00:01:32.720 --> 00:01:36.000 like the one Epic Games planned to release 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:39.280 until Apple terminated their developer account again, 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:42.880 citing both Epic's blatant breaking of Apple's rules 00:01:42.880 --> 00:01:47.360 and CEO Tim Sweeney's very public criticism of the company. 00:01:47.360 --> 00:01:51.040 Epic complained, prompting EU regulators to investigate 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.080 whether Apple had really just punished a company 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:59.480 for mean tweets, and the next day, Apple reinstated Epic's account. 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:06.120 Sweeney credited the European Commission for taking swift action, but Apple told Apple Insider 00:02:06.120 --> 00:02:12.720 they changed their mind because Epic committed to follow the rules, something Sweeney had already 00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:16.600 promised to do in an email to Phil Shiller before their account ban. 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. 00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:27.480 Make me believe it. Nikon has acquired Red Digital Cinema, 00:02:27.480 --> 00:02:30.800 maker of high-end cameras used by Hollywood producers 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:35.680 and YouTubers using hash browns as a mouse pad. That's Linus, we're professionals. 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:39.640 The amount that Nikon paid to purchase Red is a mystery, 00:02:39.640 --> 00:02:45.160 one that gets even deeper when you remember that Red famously sued Nikon for infringing 00:02:45.160 --> 00:02:49.560 on seven of its patents related to raw video compression. 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:53.680 Nikon responded to the lawsuit by challenging whether Red should have even been granted 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:57.920 those patents in the first place. Now it's unclear what exactly transpired 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, 00:03:03.880 --> 00:03:07.800 both Red and Nikon agreed to dismiss the case. 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. 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 00:03:17.880 --> 00:03:21.000 Red's cinema reputation with Nikon's excellence 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:26.080 in still-camera photography and lenses. It could be that Nikon and Red's leadership 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:30.880 both realized they'd be better friends than enemies. I believe Tim Sweeney and Tim Cook 00:03:30.880 --> 00:03:34.600 will have that same realization someday. They will, they will merge. 00:03:34.600 --> 00:03:39.600 And now we are one, gaze upon us and despair. 00:03:41.320 --> 00:03:45.240 And a U.S. TikTok ban is back on the menu, boys. 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:48.760 After the bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.680 unanimously voted 50 to zero to advance a bill 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:59.200 that would give Chinese parent company ByteDance six months to sell the app to Elon Musk. 00:03:59.200 --> 00:04:02.920 I made that last part up. As soon as TikTok got wind of the bill, 00:04:02.920 --> 00:04:08.480 it sent push notifications to its users, urging them to call their local representatives 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:12.560 to stop Congress placing a total ban on TikTok. 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:17.280 And call, they did. Congressional staff reported getting bombarded with calls 00:04:17.280 --> 00:04:22.080 from depressed purple teenagers and the millennials who complain about them pleading 00:04:22.080 --> 00:04:25.160 with the government to please let them keep their favorite app. 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:32.240 Saying POV, you're disappointing me. Now at the heart of this issue is the certainty 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:38.680 among members of Congress that TikTok represents a foreign adversary controlled application. 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:42.880 Despite heavy insistence by ByteDance and their army of E-thoughts 00:04:42.880 --> 00:04:46.760 that the CCP has no control over TikTok. 00:04:46.760 --> 00:04:50.880 And I make jokes, but if passed, this bill could have real impact. 00:04:50.880 --> 00:04:55.400 There are a ton of small business owners that depend on TikTok for marketing 00:04:55.400 --> 00:04:59.040 and questionable psychology takes. I think I have ADHD. 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:03.440 I do. Or do I? I don't know. Now for the quick bits. 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. 00:05:10.840 --> 00:05:13.840 Roku, maker of the smart TV you settled for her 00:05:13.840 --> 00:05:18.040 has figured out a way to make forced arbitration worse. 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:21.880 This week, Roku customers found they couldn't use their TVs at all 00:05:21.880 --> 00:05:26.160 until they agreed to the company's updated dispute resolution terms. 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.800 Two weeks after the terms apparently came into effect. 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:33.560 In addition to the forced arbitration Roku already had in place, 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:39.600 the smart TV bronze medalists added an informal dispute resolution process 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:43.280 where users are required to call Roku's lawyers 00:05:43.320 --> 00:05:47.040 with any concerns they may have before taking further legal action. 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:50.760 And before you sue us, you have to ask Dave. Everything's going through Dave now. 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 00:05:55.240 --> 00:06:00.560 into unwilling customer support specialists. I don't know how to turn off motion smoothing. 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:05.120 I'm a lawyer. NVIDIA has announced GeForce Now Day Passes 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:10.600 at $4 for a priority day, gaming at up to 1080p and 60fps 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:13.640 or $8 for an ultimate day. 00:06:13.640 --> 00:06:16.880 Gaming at up to 4K and 120fps. 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 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. 00:06:28.440 --> 00:06:31.800 But on the other hand, GeForce Now is harder to resist 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:36.360 now that it's added support for NVIDIA Reflex and G-Sync. 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:41.640 Although support for variable refresh rates is currently limited to the Windows app on a PC 00:06:41.640 --> 00:06:48.600 with a relatively recent NVIDIA GPU or the macOS app on a number of Apple Silicon 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:54.040 and Intel-powered Macs. But not on a PC with Intel or AMD GPUs. 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? 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:04.880 Sorry, what language is that? In other GeForce news, NVIDIA is reportedly retiring 00:07:04.880 --> 00:07:09.520 the GTX brand. According to multiple sources, NVIDIA is no longer 00:07:09.520 --> 00:07:12.920 distributing GTX 16 cards to partners. 00:07:12.920 --> 00:07:15.280 Once all remaining stock of the series is sold, 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:20.880 that's it, I mean, game over. Perhaps in a strange twist, the GTX brand 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. 00:07:26.940 --> 00:07:31.480 It's unclear if those cards will reach end of life alongside the GTX 16 series. 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 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:41.760 named something like Mr. Poopsie that's missing two legs and is blind in both eyes. 00:07:41.760 --> 00:07:45.240 It's sad and it feels weird. Why must Mr. Poopsie suffer? 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:46.800 He was a genetic mistake. 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, 00:07:54.840 --> 00:07:59.520 as well as a compact SUV, sadly not called the D2. 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:04.840 R2-D2, Riley. You're the Star Wars guy. 00:08:04.840 --> 00:08:08.160 Well, the compact R3 SUV also comes 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:14.400 in a more rugged R3X variation with more power, higher clearance, and a wider stance. 00:08:14.400 --> 00:08:19.000 You know, it's just a little butch, but there's no shame in that. 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:23.400 What am I reading? The R2 boasts a 300 mile range 00:08:23.400 --> 00:08:28.000 with the larger of its two battery pack options and its single motor configuration. 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:34.240 And it starts at $45,000, meaning it's significantly cheaper than the larger R1S, 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:38.040 placing it competitively among battery-powered mom mobiles. 00:08:38.040 --> 00:08:42.880 Whoa, I want this thing. It's cause I'm a mom. 00:08:42.880 --> 00:08:48.840 And a former Google engineer has been charged and arrested for allegedly stealing AI trade secrets 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:53.160 on behalf of a Chinese AI startup. Google apparently determined 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 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:04.880 onto his personal Google Cloud account, making this possibly the lamest heist of all time. 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:08.640 According to prosecutors, the suspect was offered a CTO position 00:09:08.640 --> 00:09:15.700 at the Chinese firm shortly thereafter with a monthly salary worth around $14,800 a month 00:09:15.700 --> 00:09:19.520 plus bonus and stock. He also allegedly traveled to China 00:09:19.520 --> 00:09:24.280 to raise money for the company and had another employee scan his access badge 00:09:24.280 --> 00:09:27.960 back in the US to give the impression he was still at work. 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:31.920 I'm going to try that strat next time I want to attend a 3PM matinee. 00:09:31.920 --> 00:09:35.240 Shh, don't tell Linus. And we're putting it in the video. 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:39.800 Um. You didn't watch these. But do please tell me that you'll come back 00:09:39.800 --> 00:09:44.240 on Monday for more tech news or my heart will break into a thousand pieces. 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.