{"video_id":"hEzNxfDZNBM","title":"Yeeeesss, Apple. Do It.","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2025-05-04T14:53:29Z","duration_s":531,"segments":[{"start_s":0.16,"end_s":8.16,"text":"For today's presentation of tech news, I please ask that you remain seated or","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":6.08,"end_s":12.559,"text":"standing or whatever you're doing. Uh the point is to try not to make a scene.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.32,"end_s":16.96,"text":"Okay, this isn't the Minecraft movie. Chicken Jockey is not that's a that's a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.799,"end_s":22.96,"text":"no. Apple is expected to roll out a software overhaul for iPad OS to make","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.84,"end_s":26.64,"text":"using it more like MacOSS. 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It's a good","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":54.879,"end_s":62.96,"text":"setup and it works for me, right? Hey, I empathize. I've wanted","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":60.879,"end_s":68.479,"text":"the iPad to be a Mac since before my mustache came in without even asking me","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":65.68,"end_s":73.68,"text":"first. By the way, Warhammer Gerant Tide also mentioned Apple's AR plans, saying","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":71.28,"end_s":77.68,"text":"Apple's working on a lighter and cheaper version of the Vision Pro, as well as","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":75.84,"end_s":82.96,"text":"another model meant to be used while plugged in to a Mac. 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Also, Meta is going to train their AI on EU users data unless","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":387.039,"end_s":393.8,"text":"they opt out. I didn't have a segue for that. Uh, sorry, here's one. Speaking of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":391.6,"end_s":399.52,"text":"AI, Open AAI announced GPT4.1 this morning, a new family of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":396.4,"end_s":402.24,"text":"models that OpenAI says outperform its","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":399.52,"end_s":406.479,"text":"current general purpose GPT40 family across the board while now supporting up","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":404.4,"end_s":412.44,"text":"to 1 million tokens of context. 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I take it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":438.88,"end_s":446.319,"text":"back. The model is a collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project, who has been","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":443.039,"end_s":449.28,"text":"researching dolphin society for decades.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":446.319,"end_s":454.08,"text":"They say language is the last barrier to cross before we finally give dolphins","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":451.52,"end_s":458.88,"text":"the ability to ask us directly if we would kindly off. They're very busy","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":456.72,"end_s":463.039,"text":"getting high off of puffer fish toxin and we're harshing their vibe. And many","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":460.72,"end_s":468.479,"text":"crosswalk buttons in Palo Alto, California have apparently been hacked","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":465.12,"end_s":471.759,"text":"to play AI generated audio clips mocking","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":468.479,"end_s":474.4,"text":"tech CEOs. As documented on Tik Tok, one","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":471.759,"end_s":479.72,"text":"button featured an AI Elon Musk failing to hype his Cybert truck. But it can buy","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":477.44,"end_s":484.639,"text":"a Cyber Truck and that's pretty sick, right?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":481.96,"end_s":490.319,"text":"Right. I'm so alone. While another featured an AI Zuck assuring listeners,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":487.759,"end_s":494.08,"text":"it's okay. They can't stop the AI slop as we forcefully insert AI into every","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":492.72,"end_s":499.919,"text":"every facet of your conscious experience. And and I just want to assure you, you don't need to worry","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":497.919,"end_s":503.919,"text":"because there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. Anyway, see you. The","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":502.24,"end_s":508.56,"text":"hack probably had something to do with security researcher Deviant Olam","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":506.96,"end_s":512.599,"text":"pointing out last year that the crosswalk buttons often have an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":510.4,"end_s":516.88,"text":"unchanged default password. Either that or the clips are","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":515.039,"end_s":521.2,"text":"real and this is a cry for help. There's no way to know. Thanks AI. There is a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":519.76,"end_s":526.16,"text":"way for you to get more tech news though. Just come back on Wednesday and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":523.599,"end_s":530.24,"text":"that is the only way uh according to science. They've done lots of lots of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":528.56,"end_s":532.48,"text":"testing and that's really the only don't Google","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"For today's presentation of tech news, I please ask that you remain seated or standing or whatever you're doing. Uh the point is to try not to make a scene. Okay, this isn't the Minecraft movie. Chicken Jockey is not that's a that's a no. Apple is expected to roll out a software overhaul for iPad OS to make using it more like MacOSS. According to Mark Gurman of House Bloomberg, watcher of the infinite loop, his girmness doesn't go into specifics, but does say that changes to iPad OS 19 will be a big theme at WWDC in June, focusing on improvements to productivity, multitasking, and window management. noting this will be great news to iPad power users who've been pleading with Apple for something to help them justify spending thousands of dollars on their S tier iPad desktop setup. It's a good setup and it works for me, right? Hey, I empathize. I've wanted the iPad to be a Mac since before my mustache came in without even asking me first. By the way, Warhammer Gerant Tide also mentioned Apple's AR plans, saying Apple's working on a lighter and cheaper version of the Vision Pro, as well as another model meant to be used while plugged in to a Mac. And those are separate from the sleek screen equipped AR glasses that Tim Cook really wants to get to market before Meta launches a competing product. Tim is apparently obsessed by this idea. He's already written his own commercial for it. Buy your mom on Apple glasses or burn burn in the fire of your iniquity. Late on Friday, the Trump administration clarified that semiconductors, smartphones, and various other electronics are exempt from the 145% total tariff that now applies to other imports from China. Somewhat invalidating much of what I said in Friday's episode. So embarrassing. Except I joked that the tariffs would change soon. And oh, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik said on Sunday that these exceptions are temporary, so I guess it wasn't a joke and I was serious the whole time. Except Trump posted on Truth Social to also clarify that smartphones, etc. are subject to the existing 20% tariff and there was no tariff exception announced on Friday. the exception to that statement being the executive order published on Friday titled clarification of exceptions to the tariffs. But but that's it's just like a slang phrase kids say. It doesn't mean anything. China is currently making no exceptions to its new policy completely banning all exports of rare earth minerals and magnets which are critical to the production of basically any product with a circuit in it. The Chinese government is building a new system to administer licenses for exporting these materials, which are almost entirely sourced and processed in China. But they seem to lack the motivation to get that set up quickly. NVIDIA is probably hoping they can get one of those licenses soon as they just committed $500 billion towards manufacturing their flagship Blackwell chips in the US at TSMC's Arizona facility. Sure, they've been talking about doing this since last year. And those US-made chips will still have to be shipped over to Taiwan to use TSMC's packaging tech. But hey, that's I mean, just look at what tariffs can do. Ask if tariffs are right for your family. Back in consumerland, Sony has vaguely alluded to Trump's tariffs as the reason for increasing the price of the PS5 in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, but not the US after already hiking the price for somewhat similar reasons back in 2022. And according to a component supplier, game consoles are not one of the tariffex exempted goods we mentioned earlier. So, North American gamers should brace themselves for price increases on the PS5 and the Switch 2 potentially as well. On the plus side, all of this could change at literally any second, which in which case we may have just wasted a good couple minutes. Uh, you weren't doing anything. You might as well check out our sponsor, Thorum. They make cool rings out of unique materials like World War II rifle stocks, whiskey barrels, dinosaur fossils, and more. And frankly, it's about time. Thorum was founded in 2012 by Caleb Martin when he couldn't afford an engagement ring, so he made one for his lady Steph. She said yes, otherwise I wouldn't tell you the story. Now together they make these sick looking rings and recently introduced Thorum watches featuring meteorite Hawaiian koa wood and California redwood so you can wear your story. Thorum has over 10,000 five-star reviews, free worldwide shipping and a lifetime warranty. So whether you need a wedding band, an anniversary gift, or just an awesome ring for no reason, head over to thorum.com and use code TL20 to get 20% off a truly unique ring. Okay, it's intermission. Uh, thank you for respecting the show and not making your bags of popcorn explode like it's a bed in the Nether dimension. Except for Travis's group over there, but they will get what's coming to them. What's coming to us is the RTX 5060Ti. At least according to video cards with az.com who posted full specs and 3D Mark results provided by their sources showing the 5060Ti 16 gig version performing about 20% better than the 4060 Ti 16 gig. Video cards spelled the funway.com also leaked some specs of the RX960 XT, including its 448 stream processors, making it kind of look like an RX970 XT cut in half if you squint. Seems like these cards are coming soon, hopefully intact. The FTC's antirust lawsuit against Meta over their possibly anti-competitive acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014, respectively, has begun. Meta kicked things off strong by pointing out that when Tik Tok was briefly banned earlier this year, users flooded onto Meta's platforms. It's simple. People use other social media sites, so Meta couldn't have bought WhatsApp and Insta to absorb competition. Also, Meta is going to train their AI on EU users data unless they opt out. I didn't have a segue for that. Uh, sorry, here's one. Speaking of AI, Open AAI announced GPT4.1 this morning, a new family of models that OpenAI says outperform its current general purpose GPT40 family across the board while now supporting up to 1 million tokens of context. They're starting to catch up to Gemini there. OpenAI also says they'll now phase out GPT4.5 because it's worse than the newlyannounced GPT4.1. Welcome to Whose AI Is It Anyway, where the numbers are made up and IP doesn't matter. But you can't make this up. Google says they've made progress on an AI model called Dolphin Gemma that could help translate dolphin sounds into human language. All right, you could totally make that up. Uh, and I think it has been already. I take it back. The model is a collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project, who has been researching dolphin society for decades. They say language is the last barrier to cross before we finally give dolphins the ability to ask us directly if we would kindly off. They're very busy getting high off of puffer fish toxin and we're harshing their vibe. And many crosswalk buttons in Palo Alto, California have apparently been hacked to play AI generated audio clips mocking tech CEOs. As documented on Tik Tok, one button featured an AI Elon Musk failing to hype his Cybert truck. But it can buy a Cyber Truck and that's pretty sick, right? Right. I'm so alone. While another featured an AI Zuck assuring listeners, it's okay. They can't stop the AI slop as we forcefully insert AI into every every facet of your conscious experience. And and I just want to assure you, you don't need to worry because there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. Anyway, see you. The hack probably had something to do with security researcher Deviant Olam pointing out last year that the crosswalk buttons often have an unchanged default password. Either that or the clips are real and this is a cry for help. There's no way to know. Thanks AI. 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