1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:03,719 Welcome back. 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:13,920 I'm going to sit here for this one. Is that cool, Mark? Uh, a hot new wireless 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:17,600 carrier and smartphone have been announced by none other than the Trump 4 00:00:15,759 --> 00:00:21,199 Organization, which is currently being run by the president's son, Eric. So, 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:25,680 there's no conflict of interest. I mean, they hardly know each other. The carrier 6 00:00:23,039 --> 00:00:31,039 service Trump mobile will operate as a mobile virtual network operator or MVNO 7 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:37,840 that will license parts of Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile's network to offer 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:40,079 the T1 phone, a $500 gold colored iPhone 9 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:44,559 knockoff Android phone apparently built entirely in the US of A. Now, there have 10 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:49,680 been many claims about how making iPhones entirely in the US would be 11 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:54,320 impossible. But as reported by 404 media, there is at least one smartphone 12 00:00:51,840 --> 00:01:01,039 that did it. The Liberty phone from Purism. It just also costs $2,000, while 13 00:00:58,079 --> 00:01:06,799 the version made overseas is 800 bucks. The T1 phone lists some pretty decent 14 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:08,799 specs. 12 GB of RAM, expandable 256 gigs 15 00:01:06,799 --> 00:01:13,600 of storage. Wait, it doesn't say what processor. Uh 120 Hz screen. None of 16 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:18,400 this matters though because it's probably not real. Uh the only evidence 17 00:01:15,439 --> 00:01:23,360 we have is this low res bad photoshop job. But it doesn't have to be real to 18 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:28,720 revolutionize cell phones because it'll have more internet. More international 19 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:32,799 dialin for free. This phone has the most internet you've ever seen. It'll be the 20 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:39,920 biggest bang for your buck if you sign up for the 47 plan for 47.45 21 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:44,720 a month. Okay. Apparently, this is because Trump is the 47th and the 45th 22 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:48,799 president. But if I'm going to be swindled into pre-ordering a fake gold 23 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:53,040 Chinese phone, I expect you to commit to the bit. I'm staying on this stool the 24 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:58,320 whole time. Microsoft has confirmed user reports that Windows Hello just doesn't 25 00:01:55,600 --> 00:02:02,799 work anymore in the dark after an April update changed the sign-in feature to 26 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:07,200 require your face to be visible to your computer's color camera, not just the 27 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:11,120 infrared sensor. The change was made to mitigate a vulnerability that made it 28 00:02:09,119 --> 00:02:15,280 easy for attackers to spoof Windows Hello. And while basement dwellers may 29 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:20,800 be upset about this, you can't say the same about Mark Hatchman, author of the 30 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:24,640 PC World article, Windows Hello webcams have stopped working in the dark. I 31 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:27,920 don't care. If you can't log into your laptop because of a power outage and you 32 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:32,239 live in that town in Alaska that doesn't get daylight for 2 months, hey, that's 33 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:36,239 not my problem. In other Windows news, users running an insider build were 34 00:02:34,319 --> 00:02:40,870 surprised to log into their Windows 11 PCs and hear the startup chime from 35 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,160 Windows Vista. 36 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:47,840 Microsoft called the Switcheroo a delightful blast from the past in the 37 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:53,200 release notes. And a manager on the Windows Insider team says he had some 38 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:56,640 fun with the sound files on Twitter before clarifying that uh okay, yeah, 39 00:02:55,280 --> 00:03:00,879 it's an actual bug and we're working on a fix. We're so sorry. The online ad 40 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:05,599 ecosystem is being shaken up right now. Following Amazon's new AI video ad 41 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:10,640 features, Tik Tok is expanding their Symphony suite of AI ad tools to include 42 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:14,560 generated videos of products. Advertisers can generate a bunch of 43 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:17,920 5-second clips by uploading an image of their product, either directly on Tik 44 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:22,319 Tok or through the tools that the company is licensing to third parties 45 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:25,840 like Adobe Express, which is terrible because the ads were one of the only 46 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:30,480 things on Tik Tok that I knew was real. What I didn't know about was the updates 47 00:03:28,159 --> 00:03:35,680 tab in WhatsApp, where the chat app will be introducing its first ever ads. The 48 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:41,440 company described the addition of ads as helping you find more stuff on WhatsApp, 49 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:44,400 which was my primary complaint before. WhatsApp is cool, but I wish it could 50 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:48,879 help me find more channels and businesses. 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Also, Twitter 75 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:43,520 leaker Mom Mo posted an Intel slide describing the Core 5 processor 120F, a 76 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:47,520 no frills gaming CPU with six performance cores and nothing else. 77 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:54,560 Intel doesn't care which one you buy, but please just buy one of them. 78 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,240 Anything. Controller maker Ghouly Kit 79 00:05:54,560 --> 00:06:00,639 claims they've figured out how to make their controllers wake the Nintendo 80 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:04,400 Switch 2 from sleep mode. something gamers were dismayed to discover was 81 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:08,160 only possible with the Switch Pro Controller thanks to a new system 82 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:11,759 protocol. Hopefully, more companies figure this out, too. So, gamers can 83 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:16,160 wake their Switch 2OS only to find out that the Ethernet port in its dock is 84 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:19,759 borked. Nintendo has acknowledged the issue, which is being experienced by a 85 00:06:17,919 --> 00:06:22,960 bunch of people apparently. But so far, there's no permanent fixes. Maybe 86 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:27,440 because Nintendo wants you to take a break, get up and get outside for a 87 00:06:25,039 --> 00:06:31,440 change, meet some people, bond over how annoying and restrictive Nintendo's 88 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:36,319 infrastructure is, work together on a company that lets people bypass it so 89 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:41,759 Nintendo can sue you. Not me. I'm staying inside. The founder of 23 andMe 90 00:06:39,039 --> 00:06:46,240 and Wujiki has successfully reclaimed the assets of the genetics testing 91 00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:52,639 company after winning its bankruptcy auction. Phew. Now all of that genetic 92 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:54,240 data will land back in the hands of the 93 00:06:52,639 --> 00:06:58,560 person who started the company that collected all of it in the first place. 94 00:06:55,919 --> 00:07:04,240 Is this better? The cycle never ends. And how much did she bid to win the 95 00:07:00,479 --> 00:07:08,000 auction? $23 million. 96 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:09,759 The number 23. No, it was uh 305 97 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:14,560 million. Uh but I'm sure you can divide that to get to 23 somehow. Etsy is 98 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:19,199 cracking down on the sale of 3D printed products, saying that physical items 99 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:24,160 made using computerized tools must be produced based on a seller's original 100 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:29,520 design. Now, Etsy's new rules allow non-original 3D printed designs if 101 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:33,599 they're sufficiently modified by hand. So, sticking on some googly eyes to your 102 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:38,720 thousands of chain link plastic dragons, it's probably not going to cut it. if 103 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:41,199 you put feathers on them. Maybe dragons 104 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:46,400 didn't have feathers and Nexus mods, perhaps the internet's biggest game mod 105 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:51,680 repository, has apparently been sold. In a blog post, the platform's founder, 106 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:56,000 Robin Dark1, Scott, basically said he's been doing this since 2001. And despite 107 00:07:53,759 --> 00:08:00,319 having his team handle more and more of the site recently, he's freaking tired. 108 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:04,240 So, he's handing the site over to new ownership. Although we don't know the 109 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:10,400 real names of the new owners, their handles on Nexus Mods are Fadino and 110 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:14,720 Rapsack, and I think they might be Pokemon. Scott assures the Nexus Mods 111 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:19,759 community that the values and direction of the platform won't change. It'll 112 00:08:16,879 --> 00:08:23,360 always be community first and mod author focused. Whether those authors are 113 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:28,160 crafting fleshed out storydriven expansions for Skyrim or flesh-driven 114 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:32,159 Gooner outfits for Stellarblade, somebody get Nintendo to check on those 115 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:36,719 guys. And I mean, hey, uh, you know, that's, 116 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:42,360 as you know, it's a it's a heck of a thing. Um, more tech news on Wednesday. 117 00:08:42,719 --> 00:08:45,839 Yeah, probably.