Tech news and it just keeps coming in it's all over those it just keeps coming
they're just so cool there's so many technical things but they're like oh you
want me to do something about it Apple has unveiled new Macbook Pros and
Mac minis powered by M2 socs including
new Chips thankfully named M2 Pro and M2 Max instead of M2 excessive or something
M2 outlandish the 14 and 16 inch MacBook
Pros perform around 20 to 30 percent faster than their M1 derived
counterparts at least according to Apple's graphs and can be configured
with up to 96 gigabytes of RAM if you're Elon Musk there's also M2 and M2 Pro
equipped Mac Mini so I can get my mom a discounted M1 version soon but if you
watched Apple's 18 minute video keenly looking for any sign of the company's
mixed reality headset keep waiting it'll probably still show up in June although
we'll be waiting longer for Apple's lighter AR glasses which have been
delayed in favor of making a cheaper headset for the Quest 2 crowd but that
wasn't actually everything that Apple officially announced this week There's a
new full-size homepod 2 for 2.99 after
Apple pulled the old one because no one bought it it's apparently better even
though it has less physical speakers inside it but that might be to make room
for unknown sensors like the secret temperature and humidity sensor that
Apple just activated in the homepod mini people bought it without even knowing it
was in there what else is in there let's hide
it's a big sword like anyways you can use two of the new big homepods as
stereo speakers for your Apple TV but can you use it to accept the new terms
and conditions after your TV updates yeah this week a tweet by Chris I don't
know how to read his handle went viral after he was prompted by his Apple TV to
accept its new TOs using basically any
other Apple device which he didn't have
a situation that is apparently inconceivable to Apple what what do you
what do you mean you don't have more than you don't even have an iPad you
don't need another device to set up the Apple TV so this was confusing
thankfully there is a workaround involving signing out from the Apple TV
settings but Apple would really prefer you to have an iOS device on hand
because otherwise how is it going to collect your user data without your
consent that's right France just fined Apple a whole 8.5 million dollars aka
the amount of cash it gives its kids to spend at the corner store for that whole
debacle from a free a few months ago where it was found that Apple's
personalized ads toggle in iOS did absolutely nothing in most of Apple's
own apps because what happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone it's just
you have to understand that Apple's servers are are part of your iPhone and
in on Apple news Getty Images has sued
stability AI the maker of popular AI art tools stable diffusion in the second
major lawsuit over what the heck we're going to do about the copyright thing
now that art can be absorbed mixed around and reconstituted like a freak
Star Trek transporter accident Getty Images says stability AI copied and
processed millions of images protected by copyright without a license although
Getty CEO Craig Peters said they're not seeking monetary damages they just want
to establish a precedent for this kind of thing and yeah sure if people pay for
licenses as part of that as a matter of conscience then fine and to be clear we
do need that precedent and education and transparency regarding this AI stuff
because people are freaking out and thinking Adobe is definitely training AI
with your Photoshop files which the company has denied but was that press
release written by chat GPT how can you know I don't know maybe we
can burn through a bunch of these lawsuits really quick we should just use that AI lawyer bot due process just
takes so much time I could be eating dinner right now now it's time for quick
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I know you like the quick bits okay but I don't do it just for you there are
other people here look around oh oh you're on the toilet okay well in a much
too common trend Microsoft announced it's laying off 10 000 workers around
4.5 percent of the company's Workforce but the move is attracting even more
criticism than normal since it comes one year to the day after Microsoft
announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard for 69 nice billion dollars the
layoffs might make more sense if Microsoft had actually paid that money
already but the deal hasn't gone through and it might not ever if Regulators get
their way and then what are you going to do hire the poor workers back I don't I
understand how businesses work Dell's once controversial cam laptop memory
standard has come full circle the Industry Group overseeing memory
standards jedek I'm assuming that announced they'll formally adopt cam as
the next RAM module standard for notebooks jedx says they may modify the
design before releasing the spec in the second half of 2023 but that doesn't
mean you shouldn't feel dumb for doubting Dell's good intentions we
really should trust tech companies more Google Stadium will be well and truly
dead as of 11 59 PM Pacific time today
January 18th just over three years after
the service was announced people will no doubt be talking about how Google
announces and then cancels services but maybe we're thinking about this the
wrong way maybe stadia lived a proper life three years is a long time would
you want to be in prison for three years not if the only option for entertainment
was stadia Boston Dynamics has again attempted to
intimidate the world with a new video of its Atlas robot not only parkour
parkouring around a construction site but also making its own Bridge with a
wooden plank and throwing a heavy bag of tools at a human worker and then it has
the audacity to do a twisty flip McGee off of a box and pump its metal limb in
a disquieting mockery of a human person Boston Dynamics this will not end well
why don't you just act like a normal company and sell home pods or something and yet more classified military
information has been revealed on the War Thunder forums by people who apparently
care more about the accuracy of their game than about National Security
to back up an interesting detail they found out about the F-16 fighter jet a
user posted a specifications document that was still classified as restricted
the user might be at risk of facing 10 years in prison and or a massive fine
but honestly that's worth it to know that people aren't flying a virtual
plane equipped with the wrong type of missiles that's unacceptable and this is
the wrong time to continue this episode because it's over come back on Friday
for more Tech news or face 10 years in prison and or a massive fine