oh thank God you're here I have all of this Tech news I can't get rid of it
there's boxes filling up my living room my wife wants to divorce me please take
it Microsoft is reportedly planning to release a game-changing Windows update
next year but they're scared to actually call it Windows 12 they lack the
strength they lack ambition the update code named Hudson Valley will feature
groundbreaking AI features like a new AI powered GUI and even built-in super
resolution TCH for videos and games because the convergence will not be
stopped Altman be praised haven't played Dead Space I'm
sorry wow in addition Hudson Valley's efficiency will allegedly increase the
battery life of some devices by 50% you could use your Rog Ally for 12 more
minutes Hudson Valley's release will also feature the return of annual
release cycles for Windows 2 years after Microsoft announced they were shifting
to a three-year cycle which came a year
after they returned to a one-year cycle already they just don't know how many
Windows people want it's it's hard now Hudson Valley won't be released to
manufacturers until August but the platform it's built on germanium will go
out in April as qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon X Elite laptop chips depend
on new advancements in that platform with all these new features Microsoft
deciding to call Hudson Valley Windows 12 would be understandable on the other
hand less than a third of the world's 1.4 billion Windows users are on Windows
11 and releasing Windows 12 will fragment the user base even further on
the other hand number go up which is an argument I don't see given enough
respect these days 23 in me has changed its terms of service to try and prevent
lawsuits by forcing customers into binding arbitration if they don't opt
out within 30 days I mean if you can't trust the people that collect tubes full
of your ant's saliva who can you trust society's breaking down the company
probably doesn't want to be sued for negligence over the data breach they
suffered back in October last week they said only 14,000 accounts were
compromised but this week the spit tube enthusiasts confirmed those compromised
accounts were used to access the personal data of 6.9 million people
including data like birth year relationships to other users and self-reported locations Now 23 and me
have sent an email to users telling them to accept the new terms of service and
that any users who don't opt out of arbitration within 30 days will wave
their right to sue the company even worse the email the company sent told
users to send their opt-out requests to Legal 23m me.com which isn't the same
email as the one mentioned in the new terms they're really making it hard to
not accuse them of negligence here users may have to be more wary about sneaky
tactics like this as more data breaches occur according to an independent study
commissioned by Apple the number of data breaches tripled between 2013 and 2022
and tricking people into arbitration is a lot cheaper for companies than
actually protecting all the data they take from you it's purely business I'm
sure you understand Lord Business for no
reason Mr business we meet again in Bane
the game awards happened yesterday and we don't want to wait 4 days until the
next gamelink episode to talk about how ridiculous they were so surprise game
link segment but I don't like games I like
Tech tough as noted by Paul tassy at Forbes the game awards has apparently
responded to criticism that it's a glorified 3-hour commercial by becoming
a glorified 3our commercial the vast majority of the show's runtime was given
to videos teasing new games celebrities teasing new games and straight up
commercials for the steam deck and Legion go handhelds sorry they were also
giveaways I mean imagine if the Oscars asked you to call in for a chance to win
an iPad now it's time for best director brought to you by budl the winners of
more than a dozen awards that Jeff Keeley in His Infinite Wisdom deemed too
small to properly include in the show were listed off rapid fire in a sick
mockery of our quick bits they didn't even email us first we're suing While
most of the developers and performers that did get to accept awards were
played off after a minute or less but that's a small price to pay to give
Jordan Peele and Jeff's waifu hide oima
6 and a half minutes to Hype up their upcoming game what do you want to anger
kojiman so then he doesn't let Jeff get early access to his next slow Melancholy
game with a plot diagram shaped like a PL a spaghetti that's what's at stake
and then let him lady in the Trap with videoos the show also lacked any mention
of the thousands of game industry workers who were laid off this year but
to be fair it's hard to think of a way to scold the same game companies who are
paying you to advertise their games even if some of them admittedly do look
pretty cool and I mean technically they're not in the industry anymore
perhaps the best thing about the show though was this Transcendent performance
of the song Herald of Darkness from remedies Allen wake 2 can we have more
of that please I mean if fans want to see trailers they can just do what we do
and watch them all at work with one hand ready to altap just it's simple I don't
do that I I work now it's time for quick
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bits present a choking hazard for children under four but all the cool
toddlers are watching them so what are you going to do do Apple and Google have
confirmed an allegation by us Senator Ron widen that governments both foreign
and domestic are spying on smartphone users through push notifications
furthermore the US federal government reportedly restricted what companies
could disclose about this practice to the public according to weiden because
these notifications are sent through Google and apple servers as
intermediaries The Government Can secretly compel them to hand that data
over quote this could tell governments how users interact with certain apps
give them access to a notifications complete text and disclose some
unencrypted content that's right Candy Crush is a narc hey kids you want some
candy Google has said they fixed an issue that was wiping the data of Drive
users the company has called it a sync issue with the drive desktop app while
many affected users have stated they never even used the app Google has now
locked Community Forum posts full of people saying the fix doesn't work
thereby solving the problem by ignoring it meanwhile privacy focused Proton
Drive just launched a new photo backup feature as an alternative to Google
photos terrific news for fans of not
having their data mysteriously deleted with an extra side of gaslighting Google
has also admitted they faked their best demo for their recently unveiled Gemini
AI model in the video Gemini is shown responding to drawings and even a cup
game in real time via spoken prompts but
a Google spokesperson revealed the video was made using still image frames from
the footage and prompting via text turns
out the demo wasn't done in real time nor did it include spoken prompts which
means all Gemini did was lie to me oh so it's basically Bing then the EU has
managed to scare the entertainment industry by considering a ban on geol
blocking streaming content an Entertainment Group says Banning geol
blocking would put jobs at risk as well as cause price increases for streaming
services they also said geol blocking is one of the foundations for Europe's
creative cultural sectors I mean the money that they charged users in some
locations to access some content it goes
back into the filmmaker's pocket so they can make more stuff is what they could
say if that's what they did and old huet Packard has gone mask off with a blunt
new ad campaign featuring users physically lashing out at their printers
followed by a slogan claiming that HP printers are made to be less
hated if true that would be an improvement over the past few decades
where HP printers were primarily made to trick consumers with deceptively cheap
models and then lock them into buying pricey first-party ink that a recent
class action lawsuit described as more expensive per ounce than silver caviar
and champagne but you can't print out an essay with fancy fish eggs now can you
so you didn't think about that dude luckily you can come back on Monday for
more Tech news we'll have it All Tech
news that's it that's