1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:08,160 For today's presentation of tech news, I please ask that you remain seated or 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:12,559 standing or whatever you're doing. Uh the point is to try not to make a scene. 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:16,960 Okay, this isn't the Minecraft movie. Chicken Jockey is not that's a that's a 4 00:00:14,799 --> 00:00:22,960 no. Apple is expected to roll out a software overhaul for iPad OS to make 5 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:26,640 using it more like MacOSS. According to 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:29,039 Mark Gurman of House Bloomberg, watcher 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:35,120 of the infinite loop, his girmness doesn't go into specifics, but does say 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:38,239 that changes to iPad OS 19 will be a big 9 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:39,760 theme at WWDC in June, focusing on 10 00:00:38,239 --> 00:00:45,360 improvements to productivity, multitasking, and window management. 11 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:47,200 noting this will be great news to iPad 12 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:52,079 power users who've been pleading with Apple for something to help them justify 13 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:57,719 spending thousands of dollars on their S tier iPad desktop setup. It's a good 14 00:00:54,879 --> 00:01:02,960 setup and it works for me, right? Hey, I empathize. I've wanted 15 00:01:00,879 --> 00:01:08,479 the iPad to be a Mac since before my mustache came in without even asking me 16 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:13,680 first. By the way, Warhammer Gerant Tide also mentioned Apple's AR plans, saying 17 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:17,680 Apple's working on a lighter and cheaper version of the Vision Pro, as well as 18 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:22,960 another model meant to be used while plugged in to a Mac. And those are 19 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:28,240 separate from the sleek screen equipped AR glasses that Tim Cook really wants to 20 00:01:25,759 --> 00:01:32,320 get to market before Meta launches a competing product. Tim is apparently 21 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:38,079 obsessed by this idea. He's already written his own commercial for it. Buy 22 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:40,479 your mom on Apple glasses or burn burn 23 00:01:38,079 --> 00:01:44,320 in the fire of your iniquity. Late on Friday, the Trump administration 24 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:49,680 clarified that semiconductors, smartphones, and various other 25 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:52,079 electronics are exempt from the 145% 26 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:56,159 total tariff that now applies to other imports from China. Somewhat 27 00:01:54,240 --> 00:02:01,680 invalidating much of what I said in Friday's episode. So embarrassing. 28 00:01:58,799 --> 00:02:06,719 Except I joked that the tariffs would change soon. And oh, US Commerce 29 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:10,800 Secretary Howard Lutnik said on Sunday that these exceptions are temporary, so 30 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:16,239 I guess it wasn't a joke and I was serious the whole time. Except Trump 31 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:22,560 posted on Truth Social to also clarify that smartphones, etc. are subject to 32 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:27,920 the existing 20% tariff and there was no tariff exception announced on Friday. 33 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:33,040 the exception to that statement being the executive order published on Friday 34 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:38,640 titled clarification of exceptions to the tariffs. But but 35 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:42,720 that's it's just like a slang phrase kids say. It doesn't mean anything. 36 00:02:40,319 --> 00:02:47,680 China is currently making no exceptions to its new policy completely banning all 37 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:51,440 exports of rare earth minerals and magnets which are critical to the 38 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:55,599 production of basically any product with a circuit in it. The Chinese government 39 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:59,599 is building a new system to administer licenses for exporting these materials, 40 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:04,280 which are almost entirely sourced and processed in China. But they seem to 41 00:03:02,239 --> 00:03:08,560 lack the motivation to get that set up quickly. NVIDIA is probably hoping they 42 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:13,680 can get one of those licenses soon as they just committed $500 billion towards 43 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:19,599 manufacturing their flagship Blackwell chips in the US at TSMC's Arizona 44 00:03:17,319 --> 00:03:23,920 facility. Sure, they've been talking about doing this since last year. And 45 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:28,800 those US-made chips will still have to be shipped over to Taiwan to use TSMC's 46 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:32,640 packaging tech. But hey, that's I mean, just look at what tariffs can do. Ask if 47 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:37,120 tariffs are right for your family. Back in consumerland, Sony has vaguely 48 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:42,720 alluded to Trump's tariffs as the reason for increasing the price of the PS5 in 49 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:47,840 Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, but not the US after already hiking the 50 00:03:45,519 --> 00:03:53,040 price for somewhat similar reasons back in 2022. And according to a component 51 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:57,120 supplier, game consoles are not one of the tariffex exempted goods we mentioned 52 00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:02,000 earlier. So, North American gamers should brace themselves for price 53 00:03:58,959 --> 00:04:05,360 increases on the PS5 and the Switch 2 54 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,959 potentially as well. On the plus side, 55 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:11,000 all of this could change at literally any second, which in which case we may 56 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:15,280 have just wasted a good couple minutes. Uh, you weren't doing anything. 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Video cards spelled 76 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:45,600 the funway.com also leaked some specs of the RX960 XT, including its 448 stream 77 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:51,440 processors, making it kind of look like an 78 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:51,440 RX970 XT cut in half if you 79 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:59,280 squint. Seems like these cards are coming soon, hopefully intact. The FTC's 80 00:05:56,639 --> 00:06:04,240 antirust lawsuit against Meta over their possibly anti-competitive acquisition of 81 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:08,560 Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014, respectively, has begun. Meta kicked 82 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:13,520 things off strong by pointing out that when Tik Tok was briefly banned earlier 83 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:19,280 this year, users flooded onto Meta's platforms. It's simple. People use other 84 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:23,840 social media sites, so Meta couldn't have bought WhatsApp and Insta to absorb 85 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:29,280 competition. Also, Meta is going to train their AI on EU users data unless 86 00:06:27,039 --> 00:06:33,800 they opt out. I didn't have a segue for that. Uh, sorry, here's one. Speaking of 87 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:39,520 AI, Open AAI announced GPT4.1 this morning, a new family of 88 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:42,240 models that OpenAI says outperform its 89 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:46,479 current general purpose GPT40 family across the board while now supporting up 90 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:52,440 to 1 million tokens of context. They're starting to catch up to Gemini there. 91 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:55,360 OpenAI also says they'll now phase out 92 00:06:52,440 --> 00:07:01,280 GPT4.5 because it's worse than the newlyannounced 93 00:06:58,199 --> 00:07:03,039 GPT4.1. Welcome to Whose AI Is It 94 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:07,039 Anyway, where the numbers are made up and IP doesn't matter. But you can't 95 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:12,319 make this up. Google says they've made progress on an AI model called Dolphin 96 00:07:09,759 --> 00:07:17,199 Gemma that could help translate dolphin sounds into human language. All right, 97 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:20,800 you could totally make that up. Uh, and I think it has been already. I take it 98 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:26,319 back. The model is a collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project, who has been 99 00:07:23,039 --> 00:07:29,280 researching dolphin society for decades. 100 00:07:26,319 --> 00:07:34,080 They say language is the last barrier to cross before we finally give dolphins 101 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:38,880 the ability to ask us directly if we would kindly off. They're very busy 102 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:43,039 getting high off of puffer fish toxin and we're harshing their vibe. And many 103 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:48,479 crosswalk buttons in Palo Alto, California have apparently been hacked 104 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:51,759 to play AI generated audio clips mocking 105 00:07:48,479 --> 00:07:54,400 tech CEOs. As documented on Tik Tok, one 106 00:07:51,759 --> 00:07:59,720 button featured an AI Elon Musk failing to hype his Cybert truck. But it can buy 107 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:04,639 a Cyber Truck and that's pretty sick, right? 108 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:10,319 Right. I'm so alone. While another featured an AI Zuck assuring listeners, 109 00:08:07,759 --> 00:08:14,080 it's okay. They can't stop the AI slop as we forcefully insert AI into every 110 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:19,919 every facet of your conscious experience. And and I just want to assure you, you don't need to worry 111 00:08:17,919 --> 00:08:23,919 because there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. Anyway, see you. The 112 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:28,560 hack probably had something to do with security researcher Deviant Olam 113 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:32,599 pointing out last year that the crosswalk buttons often have an 114 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:36,880 unchanged default password. Either that or the clips are 115 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:41,200 real and this is a cry for help. There's no way to know. Thanks AI. There is a 116 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:46,160 way for you to get more tech news though. Just come back on Wednesday and 117 00:08:43,599 --> 00:08:50,240 that is the only way uh according to science. They've done lots of lots of 118 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:52,480 testing and that's really the only don't Google