1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,879 I can't get enough of that tech news. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:10,400 You can never get enough. 3 00:00:09,170 --> 00:00:15,519 [laughter] I'm sorry, that was too much. Microsoft 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:19,760 is reportedly scaling back its internal sales growth targets for some of its 5 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:23,359 newer AI tools after slower than expected adoption by customers. 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:28,720 According to internal sources who spoke with the information, multiple Azure 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:33,440 sales teams missed aggressive quotas last fiscal year according to this 8 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:38,559 report. A rare outcome at Microsoft, prompting the company to quietly relax 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:43,920 growth expectations for certain AI products as enterprise customers pushed 10 00:00:40,719 --> 00:00:47,520 back on paying for agents whose returns 11 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:49,120 they said were hard to measure. Not sure 12 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:54,079 what they're going to get you, but the vibes. Oh, I mean, how? However, after a 13 00:00:52,320 --> 00:01:00,160 few outlets picked up the story, Microsoft told Futurism that the initial 14 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:03,280 reports inaccurately combine growth and 15 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:05,760 sales quotas, insisting that AI sales 16 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:10,159 targets were never lowered, even as internal adjustments suggest 17 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:15,600 expectations are being reset behind the scenes. So, maybe tons of people love 18 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:21,119 paying for Co-Pilot. And for everyone who doesn't, great news. The newest 19 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:23,600 update for LG TVs bakes co-pilot 20 00:01:21,119 --> 00:01:27,360 directly into the home screen. And while it can be hidden, there's no option to 21 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:31,040 uninstall because nothing complements your movie 22 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:34,400 watching experience like another button you'll never click on. It's no wonder 23 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:38,400 people are building custom tools that get rid of all the AI features in 24 00:01:36,479 --> 00:01:42,560 Windows 11. This isn't an endorsement, by the way. We don't know if this tool 25 00:01:40,079 --> 00:01:47,759 is malware. It's just an example. People want AI removal tools because the world 26 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:51,840 is turning to slop, which is the 2025 Miriam Webster word of the year. Maybe 27 00:01:50,159 --> 00:01:58,880 this is God's way of answering our prayers. Dear God, please bring back 28 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:01,280 Clippy and smite this Mo AI Miko AI baby 29 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:06,960 blob thing. I wish to see its face no more. You got it. The RAM apocalypse 30 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:11,039 continues as several companies have announced a new round of price 31 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:16,720 increases, including Framework, which is increasing the price of its laptop DDR5 32 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:18,319 kits by 50%, and Dell, which will be 33 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:24,400 raising the prices of their enterprise PC products from 10 to 30%, depending. 34 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:26,959 Framework says they solemnly do pledge 35 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:31,520 to stay transparent, only raising prices to cover real cost increases and 36 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:34,720 lowering them again if costs fall. But I don't know. They are a for-profit 37 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:41,200 company. I'm not going to hold my breath for that. Lionus is invested in them. I 38 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:42,959 am only invested in having a good time. 39 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:48,319 Meanwhile, Dell and Lenovo are reportedly considering limiting their 40 00:02:44,879 --> 00:02:50,480 mid-range laptops to just 8 GB of DDR5 41 00:02:48,319 --> 00:02:55,920 RAM. I thought we were living in a 16 to 32 GB era, but maybe this will force 42 00:02:53,519 --> 00:02:59,120 software developers to make less memory hungry products. Or maybe you're just 43 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:02,720 going to get a worse laptop for your money. Probably that one. But wait, 44 00:03:00,959 --> 00:03:08,720 there's more. 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They're great. 62 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:23,600 I'm referring to the Quickbits, of course. iRoot, the maker of the Roomba 63 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:28,720 robot vacuum, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and agreed to be bought out 64 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,720 by its main Chinese manufacturer, Pyia 65 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:36,160 Robotics. That's got to be what it is. Or in their own robotic words, iRoot 66 00:04:33,759 --> 00:04:40,240 announces strategic transaction to drive long-term growth plan. Much clearer. Why 67 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:45,280 didn't Why didn't we say that first? The deal comes after years of mounting debt, 68 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:50,400 stiff competition, and a failed Amazon acquisition, and will take iRoot private 69 00:04:47,919 --> 00:04:54,720 under Piscia through a courts supervised restructuring expected to finish by 70 00:04:52,479 --> 00:04:59,520 early 2026. I don't think I'm saying Pyia right, but here we are. But at 71 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:05,360 least app support and product services will continue as usual. So, don't worry, 72 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:08,720 not much is changing for all you room 73 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:10,400 baddies, uh, room ballers. We looked 74 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,680 into it and the Roomba doesn't appear to have a fan club with a cute name for me 75 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:18,240 to reference in a joke here, which seems like a real missed opportunity. What are you guys doing? Google's doing their 76 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:23,120 favorite thing and shutting down features. This time they're axing the 77 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:27,440 dark web data leak reports feature for Google 1 subscribers, which will have 78 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:31,520 all of its data deleted by February. Apparently, feedback showed that this 79 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:36,240 feature didn't really help users act on leaks. So, Google's just going back to 80 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:39,120 saying, "Oh, you want security? Just turn on two-factor authentication." Why 81 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:45,680 haven't you turned on two-factor authentication yet? What's wrong with you? Google has also locked the standard 82 00:05:43,759 --> 00:05:48,639 continued conversation feature, which allows you to keep talking to your smart 83 00:05:47,199 --> 00:05:52,560 device without saying, "Hey Google," every 3 seconds, sorry, behind a 10 84 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:56,880 bucks a month Google Home Premium subscription. This weekend, I couldn't 85 00:05:54,639 --> 00:06:01,120 even get Gemini to play a Spotify song, something Google Assistant handled fine. 86 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:05,919 Can't even play Spotify. This This is hell. This is a bad place. An Intel 87 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:11,600 Panther Lake chip was spotted running in a 1x player handheld. Thanks to a leaked 88 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:14,960 firmark run, the chip was a Core Ultra 5 89 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:18,880 338H with an integrated Intel Arc B370 90 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:22,639 GPU, and it scored 2383 points, roughly 91 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:24,560 GeForce GTX 1060 level. Although, 92 00:06:22,639 --> 00:06:29,520 Firmark is less of a gaming benchmark and more of a stress test. So, let's not 93 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:33,680 write Panther Lake off just yet. That's for later. If you want to feel excited 94 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:37,440 about Intel, however misguided that may be, check out this now deleted reply 95 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:41,120 tweet from the official Intel gaming account seemingly confirming the rumored 96 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:46,160 ArcB770. They say they're thrilled that this fan 97 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:50,160 is pumped about the B770, making sure to also mention the other two things the 98 00:06:47,919 --> 00:06:55,039 fan was pumped about as well, and throw in some friendly emojis. Uh, I'm pretty 99 00:06:52,639 --> 00:06:59,440 sure this is an AI. It's a bot reply. The B770 is canceled, everyone. OpenAI 100 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:04,000 has revealed it's using its C codeex coding agent to help improve its C 101 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:09,280 codeex coding agent. The system can reportedly monitor its own training runs 102 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:14,080 and when prompted decide what code changes to make next, meaning this AI 103 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:19,280 has taken another step towards a self-improving singularity situation. 104 00:07:17,599 --> 00:07:23,919 Although the nerds told it to do that, so don't panic yet. The nerds at Google 105 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:31,360 DeepMind also announced its first automated research lab in the UK, where 106 00:07:27,919 --> 00:07:33,759 a blend of AI systems and robotics in 107 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:38,560 the facility will, I guess, automatically make scientific 108 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:42,080 discoveries in material science. Here's hoping they come up with something good. 109 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:45,840 I'm going to go spend the week on that very fun yacht we talked about earlier. 110 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:52,000 Oh, but first, the US government has launched a new US tech force to rapidly 111 00:07:49,599 --> 00:07:55,680 recruit skilled tech workers into the federal government. The plan is to bring 112 00:07:53,599 --> 00:07:59,120 in a thousand engineers, data scientists, and developers for 2-year 113 00:07:57,599 --> 00:08:04,879 stints and have them work on what the government is calling the world's most 114 00:08:01,039 --> 00:08:08,319 complex and difficult problems 115 00:08:04,879 --> 00:08:10,560 doing it for government people. problems 116 00:08:08,319 --> 00:08:14,160 which somehow have rapidly sprung up after the government laid off all of 117 00:08:12,479 --> 00:08:18,000 those tech workers that it laid off earlier this year. Critics warned the 118 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:21,520 program could pose serious conflicts of interest since many recruits are 119 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:26,319 expected to come directly from major tech companies where they may return 120 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:30,639 after 2 years of accessing all kinds of juicy government data. If only there was 121 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:35,440 some way to keep them focused on what really matters. Enter the Stanford 122 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:41,760 researchers who developed this audio shield system. It helps people with ADHD 123 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:44,480 focus by amplifying the sounds of 124 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:48,560 everyday tasks instead of blocking them out. The wearable device uses 125 00:08:46,399 --> 00:08:54,160 microphones and earbuds to turn actions like typing, washing hands, or handling 126 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:56,399 objects into real time audio cues that 127 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:59,680 they say will boost mindfulness and attention while you're doing stuff. 128 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:04,399 Basically, it's like a hearing aid. It just makes everything louder. In early 129 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:09,200 studies, users stayed on tasks longer and reported higher focus. So, next time 130 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:13,680 a loud talker is distracting you from your work, don't tell them to keep it 131 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:17,360 down. Tell them to turn that up. It might just change your life. And so, 132 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:21,440 we'll coming back this Wednesday for more tech news. In the meantime, I've 133 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:25,200 got a wicked craving for a bowl of cereal. It's magically delicious. 134 00:09:23,279 --> 00:09:32,600 Hopefully, there's got to be some around here somewhere. I'll just follow my 135 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:32,600 nose. We can remember all that stuff.