WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:07.640 Tech news Tech news Tech 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:11.040 news Tech news Google has agreed to pay 00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:13.480 $700 million in Damages to us consumers 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:18.600 as part of a settlement with every state attorney's General everyone over the 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:24.199 search Giants alleged anti-competitive Play Store rules I say alleged because 00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:28.439 Google has admitted to no wrongdoing as part of the settlement of course classic 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:32.320 700 million is less than what the Play Store makes in a month and of course 00:00:30.439 --> 00:00:36.280 Google Play users make up a not insignificant percentage of the US 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:41.559 population thus the settlement only guarantees a minimum payout of $2 per 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:47.160 user with more going to higher spending users but hey that's just enough money 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:48.840 to buy Super Meat Boy forever twice 00:00:47.160 --> 00:00:53.600 didn't think about that two forever Google has also agreed to simplify side 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:58.440 loading for at least the next 5 years and allow Android phone oems to 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:02.719 pre-install more apps on new phones for at least 7 years yay more Facebook apps 00:01:00.760 --> 00:01:06.840 you can't uninstall that's raised some concerns that phone manufacturers might 00:01:04.559 --> 00:01:10.600 pack devices with bloatware even more than they currently do in addition 00:01:08.600 --> 00:01:15.119 Google's user Choice Billing System which was in the pilot phase will be 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:19.840 expanding so more developers can avoid paying the Play Store's default 30% cut 00:01:17.960 --> 00:01:26.200 they'll now have the option to pay a much cheaper Google service fee of only 00:01:23.159 --> 00:01:28.400 26% it's not so much better as it is 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:33.479 slightly less worse not a very good discount but it would be a rich 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:38.320 milk it seems that messaging service beeper is struggling to find a permanent 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:43.200 fix for its Android-based iMessage app beeper mini after a few weeks of Apple 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:48.119 whacka Ming the loopholes it was using before beeper's new apparently temporary 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:53.680 solution requires users to have access to a Max unique registration data the 00:01:51.360 --> 00:01:57.960 update allows users to share that data with others but there's still a finite 00:01:55.880 --> 00:02:01.840 number of Macs and a finite number of people willing to share that data just 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:06.000 so you can send fancy blue bubbles from your Nokia the cool kids will definitely 00:02:03.960 --> 00:02:09.840 stop sworting you now one advantage of beeper's new method is that the Mac 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:14.480 associated with the registration data has no access to the user's account or 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:17.920 messages another Advantage is that the server Farm method used by other 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:21.440 bridging services and by Bieber themselves before Bieber mini 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:27.400 potentially creates an anomalous number of users all supposedly using one single 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:33.040 computer which is exactly the kind of thing that draws the eye of Sauron and 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:37.360 by SA r i mean Tim Cook you cannot hide 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:40.680 I see you there is no life in the void 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:42.959 only death AI is undoubtedly coming for 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:48.519 everyone's jobs but deoe one of the world's largest consulting firms wants 00:02:45.200 --> 00:02:51.640 to use AI to reduce the need for layoffs 00:02:48.519 --> 00:02:53.879 deoe hired 130,000 additional staff this 00:02:51.640 --> 00:02:57.760 year but found at the same time that thousands of their employees were at 00:02:55.319 --> 00:03:01.800 risk of redundancy due to reduced demand for certain Services rather than go 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:06.599 through through large swings of hirings and layoffs the entire tech industry the 00:03:04.959 --> 00:03:12.400 past year and a half or two years something deoe is using AI to assess 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:17.560 existing employees skills then creating a plan to shift them into higher demand 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:19.920 roles and strangely that's not the only 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:24.640 positive AI news today weo has announced that a statistical analysis of over 7.1 00:03:22.519 --> 00:03:30.239 million miles driven by its driverless cars has found an 85% reduction in 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:32.439 crashes resulting in injuries and a 57 % 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:35.200 reduction in crashes reported by police compared to human benchmarks that's cuz 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:41.400 AIS don't N I feel like they'll n even more 00:03:38.040 --> 00:03:44.040 stitches get stitches is that 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:48.640 AI though anyone interpreting that data needs to account for the fact that wayo 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:53.319 only operates within a Geo fenced area in three US cities and that Robo taxis 00:03:51.480 --> 00:03:57.560 are far more likely to report minor accidents than humans many of whom just 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:01.959 silently prey that nobody saw them back into that dumpster but just in case you 00:03:59.920 --> 00:04:07.319 thought your job was safe again an AI has also used its Little Robot fingers 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:11.680 to beat humans at a rotating wooden Maze Game an unusual case of an AI surpassing 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:16.120 people at a task that is both intellectual and physical so if that's 00:04:13.959 --> 00:04:19.840 your job doing the little maze game yeah I'm the wooden maze man you're in 00:04:17.479 --> 00:04:23.360 trouble let's close out this story with one of the funnier Reflections on our 00:04:21.440 --> 00:04:28.639 changing relationship to technology YouTuber J schlatt posted recent video 00:04:25.880 --> 00:04:33.440 about the growing subgenre of AI covers inexplicably featuring his voice and 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:38.560 distinctive New York accent to which he responded by releasing his own actually 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:44.320 kind of amazing cover of Frank Sinatra My Way I Did It 00:04:42.400 --> 00:04:52.080 My Way quote you for trying to replace me 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:53.960 heartwarming I'm going to replace 00:04:52.080 --> 00:04:59.000 myself the only person is going to replace me is me now it's time for quick 00:04:56.360 --> 00:05:02.600 bits brought to you by Samsung this holiday season season you can save big 00:05:00.680 --> 00:05:07.160 on appliances because your home deserves to be functional and smart perhaps a new 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:11.120 vacuum might help clean up all the cookie crumb Santa will leave behind or 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:15.600 maybe it's time 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except maybe 00:05:54.440 --> 00:06:01.520 apply the patch that Citrix provided for them on October 10th instead of waiting 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:06.680 a week to get get started what they were busy the internet pipes don't clean 00:06:04.039 --> 00:06:13.880 themselves Comcast CEO is in there going to wiping them manually there's a lot of 00:06:10.599 --> 00:06:17.120 Gunk Intel thinks it's still on track to 00:06:13.880 --> 00:06:19.599 launch its next gen battl Mage gpus in 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:23.240 2024 according to a road map shared by the company's Japanese Branch if that 00:06:21.599 --> 00:06:28.160 launch goes the way that the first Arc GPU launch went this means that just 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:32.800 before Christmas 2024 you'll be able to go to the store and pick up your phone 00:06:30.599 --> 00:06:37.240 to read a press releasee about it it's not because it's not it's not going to 00:06:35.280 --> 00:06:40.680 be there Intel's Arc gaming cards have gotten way better thanks to driver 00:06:38.919 --> 00:06:45.360 updates and by the time battle mage comes out team blue may have a dlss 00:06:43.080 --> 00:06:48.479 frame generation competitor of its own if Intel sponsored research from the 00:06:46.880 --> 00:06:53.280 University of California is any indication so get excited for Intel's 00:06:50.840 --> 00:06:58.759 new gpus or at least nice pictures of them to launch next year or at some 00:06:56.080 --> 00:07:04.080 other time mercedesbenz wants to use turquoise tail lights to communicate 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:06.160 when a car is driving itself only Nevada 00:07:04.080 --> 00:07:09.240 and California have approved testing of the light color but that's mainly 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:13.400 because they're the only two states where the automaker's conditionally 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:18.000 autonomous self-driving technology is legal frankly I'm in favor of the choice 00:07:16.039 --> 00:07:23.440 I I can't think of a more soothing color to see before your legs are taken out by 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:25.599 a Rog AI oh that's so beautiful you can 00:07:23.440 --> 00:07:28.000 always get a job in the metaverse cuz they got no 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:33.400 legs the virtual reality ship keeps 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:38.199 sinking even though Zuck keeps plugging the holes with billions of dollars it's 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:44.080 not watertight industry research firm cirana says sales of VR and AR devices 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:48.960 declined by 40% this year even though Mark Zuckerberg specifically asked Santa 00:07:46.759 --> 00:07:53.159 for the metaverse this Christmas he even added tongue tracking to the quest Pro 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:57.440 to better appeal to his fellow reptiles but it turns out most bearded dragons 00:07:55.400 --> 00:08:02.759 can't afford a $1,000 headset someone needs to do something and the EU is 00:07:59.599 --> 00:08:04.800 adding three adult sites PornHub strip 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:08.240 chat and x videos I haven't even heard of the F the middle one strip chat is 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:12.319 just about chicken strips just a bunch of boys getting together disgu the best 00:08:10.039 --> 00:08:17.280 tendies the EU is adding them to their list of very large online platforms or 00:08:15.039 --> 00:08:21.360 vlops these sites are now in the strictest regulatory classification 00:08:19.159 --> 00:08:26.039 under its Digital Services act alongside Heavy Hitters like Amazon meta Tik Tok 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:30.400 Twitter and Wikipedia this decision will likely lead to user age verification 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:34.839 Gates on all three sites but it also provokes an interesting semantic 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:39.640 discussion is Pornhub in some sense a social media site can you be a PornHub 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:43.880 influencer you can add other users as friends on there you also probably 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:47.839 shouldn't unless it's the guy who does calculus yeah he's having a great time 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:52.399 but you should come back on Friday for more Tech news I 00:08:49.640 --> 00:08:58.279 promise it won't get weird it's not not like it it'll be fine you please