WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.719 Welcome back. 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 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:17.600 carrier and smartphone have been announced by none other than the Trump 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:21.199 Organization, which is currently being run by the president's son, Eric. So, 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:25.680 there's no conflict of interest. I mean, they hardly know each other. The carrier 00:00:23.039 --> 00:00:31.039 service Trump mobile will operate as a mobile virtual network operator or MVNO 00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:37.840 that will license parts of Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile's network to offer 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:40.079 the T1 phone, a $500 gold colored iPhone 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:44.559 knockoff Android phone apparently built entirely in the US of A. Now, there have 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:49.680 been many claims about how making iPhones entirely in the US would be 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:54.320 impossible. But as reported by 404 media, there is at least one smartphone 00:00:51.840 --> 00:01:01.039 that did it. The Liberty phone from Purism. It just also costs $2,000, while 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:06.799 the version made overseas is 800 bucks. The T1 phone lists some pretty decent 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:08.799 specs. 12 GB of RAM, expandable 256 gigs 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:13.600 of storage. Wait, it doesn't say what processor. Uh 120 Hz screen. None of 00:01:12.240 --> 00:01:18.400 this matters though because it's probably not real. Uh the only evidence 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 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:28.720 revolutionize cell phones because it'll have more internet. More international 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 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:39.920 biggest bang for your buck if you sign up for the 47 plan for 47.45 00:01:37.600 --> 00:01:44.720 a month. Okay. Apparently, this is because Trump is the 47th and the 45th 00:01:43.360 --> 00:01:48.799 president. But if I'm going to be swindled into pre-ordering a fake gold 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 00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:58.320 whole time. Microsoft has confirmed user reports that Windows Hello just doesn't 00:01:55.600 --> 00:02:02.799 work anymore in the dark after an April update changed the sign-in feature to 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:07.200 require your face to be visible to your computer's color camera, not just the 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:11.120 infrared sensor. The change was made to mitigate a vulnerability that made it 00:02:09.119 --> 00:02:15.280 easy for attackers to spoof Windows Hello. And while basement dwellers may 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:20.800 be upset about this, you can't say the same about Mark Hatchman, author of the 00:02:18.160 --> 00:02:24.640 PC World article, Windows Hello webcams have stopped working in the dark. I 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 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 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:36.239 not my problem. In other Windows news, users running an insider build were 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:40.870 surprised to log into their Windows 11 PCs and hear the startup chime from 00:02:38.720 --> 00:02:42.160 Windows Vista. 00:02:42.160 --> 00:02:47.840 Microsoft called the Switcheroo a delightful blast from the past in the 00:02:46.160 --> 00:02:53.200 release notes. And a manager on the Windows Insider team says he had some 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:56.640 fun with the sound files on Twitter before clarifying that uh okay, yeah, 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 00:02:58.480 --> 00:03:05.599 ecosystem is being shaken up right now. Following Amazon's new AI video ad 00:03:03.440 --> 00:03:10.640 features, Tik Tok is expanding their Symphony suite of AI ad tools to include 00:03:08.480 --> 00:03:14.560 generated videos of products. Advertisers can generate a bunch of 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:17.920 5-second clips by uploading an image of their product, either directly on Tik 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:22.319 Tok or through the tools that the company is licensing to third parties 00:03:19.920 --> 00:03:25.840 like Adobe Express, which is terrible because the ads were one of the only 00:03:23.760 --> 00:03:30.480 things on Tik Tok that I knew was real. 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Also, Twitter 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:43.520 leaker Mom Mo posted an Intel slide describing the Core 5 processor 120F, a 00:05:41.440 --> 00:05:47.520 no frills gaming CPU with six performance cores and nothing else. 00:05:45.840 --> 00:05:54.560 Intel doesn't care which one you buy, but please just buy one of them. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:56.240 Anything. Controller maker Ghouly Kit 00:05:54.560 --> 00:06:00.639 claims they've figured out how to make their controllers wake the Nintendo 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:04.400 Switch 2 from sleep mode. something gamers were dismayed to discover was 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:08.160 only possible with the Switch Pro Controller thanks to a new system 00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:11.759 protocol. Hopefully, more companies figure this out, too. So, gamers can 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:16.160 wake their Switch 2OS only to find out that the Ethernet port in its dock is 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:19.759 borked. Nintendo has acknowledged the issue, which is being experienced by a 00:06:17.919 --> 00:06:22.960 bunch of people apparently. But so far, there's no permanent fixes. Maybe 00:06:21.440 --> 00:06:27.440 because Nintendo wants you to take a break, get up and get outside for a 00:06:25.039 --> 00:06:31.440 change, meet some people, bond over how annoying and restrictive Nintendo's 00:06:29.280 --> 00:06:36.319 infrastructure is, work together on a company that lets people bypass it so 00:06:33.520 --> 00:06:41.759 Nintendo can sue you. Not me. I'm staying inside. The founder of 23 andMe 00:06:39.039 --> 00:06:46.240 and Wujiki has successfully reclaimed the assets of the genetics testing 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:52.639 company after winning its bankruptcy auction. Phew. Now all of that genetic 00:06:49.280 --> 00:06:54.240 data will land back in the hands of the 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:58.560 person who started the company that collected all of it in the first place. 00:06:55.919 --> 00:07:04.240 Is this better? The cycle never ends. And how much did she bid to win the 00:07:00.479 --> 00:07:08.000 auction? $23 million. 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:09.759 The number 23. No, it was uh 305 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 00:07:12.080 --> 00:07:19.199 cracking down on the sale of 3D printed products, saying that physical items 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:24.160 made using computerized tools must be produced based on a seller's original 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:29.520 design. Now, Etsy's new rules allow non-original 3D printed designs if 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:33.599 they're sufficiently modified by hand. So, sticking on some googly eyes to your 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:38.720 thousands of chain link plastic dragons, it's probably not going to cut it. if 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:41.199 you put feathers on them. Maybe dragons 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:46.400 didn't have feathers and Nexus mods, perhaps the internet's biggest game mod 00:07:43.440 --> 00:07:51.680 repository, has apparently been sold. In a blog post, the platform's founder, 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:56.000 Robin Dark1, Scott, basically said he's been doing this since 2001. And despite 00:07:53.759 --> 00:08:00.319 having his team handle more and more of the site recently, he's freaking tired. 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:04.240 So, he's handing the site over to new ownership. Although we don't know the 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:10.400 real names of the new owners, their handles on Nexus Mods are Fadino and 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:14.720 Rapsack, and I think they might be Pokemon. Scott assures the Nexus Mods 00:08:12.960 --> 00:08:19.759 community that the values and direction of the platform won't change. It'll 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:23.360 always be community first and mod author focused. Whether those authors are 00:08:21.440 --> 00:08:28.160 crafting fleshed out storydriven expansions for Skyrim or flesh-driven 00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:32.159 Gooner outfits for Stellarblade, somebody get Nintendo to check on those 00:08:29.840 --> 00:08:36.719 guys. And I mean, hey, uh, you know, that's, 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. 00:08:42.719 --> 00:08:45.839 Yeah, probably.