{"video_id":"nrCVnn2Zfxw","title":"If you used this you’re screwed","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2025-05-04T14:53:29Z","duration_s":462,"segments":[{"start_s":0.16,"end_s":7.759,"text":"Oh, I'm sorry. You wanted some happy golucky, positive tech news? Yeah, well,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.279,"end_s":12.639,"text":"tech news ain't your friend. I'm your friend. I'm just trying to protect you.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.76,"end_s":16.48,"text":"We know each other. 23 andMe, the DNA testing company, has filed for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.24,"end_s":20.8,"text":"bankruptcy nearly 20 years after pioneering the consumer genetic testing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.64,"end_s":25.279,"text":"industry while collecting a valuable horde of personal data that would make","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":22.96,"end_s":28.96,"text":"Smog the Dragon blush. While the company says it will continue to operate during","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":27.199,"end_s":34.16,"text":"the bankruptcy proceedings, during which it will seek to sell its assets,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":31.039,"end_s":36.719,"text":"co-founder and CEO Anne Wujiki announced","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":34.16,"end_s":41.92,"text":"she's stepping down so she can be better positioned to bid on the company","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":38.719,"end_s":44.48,"text":"herself. Now 23 andMe says customers","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":41.92,"end_s":48.96,"text":"genetic data is anonymized, but no one's sure whether to believe that. And with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":46.879,"end_s":55.32,"text":"the eventual fate of their genetic data uncertain, privacy experts are strongly","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":51.6,"end_s":59.52,"text":"advising customers to delete their","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.32,"end_s":62.96,"text":"DNA. How wouldn't that kill you? Oh, DNA","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.52,"end_s":65.92,"text":"data. Oh, it looked like don't do the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":62.96,"end_s":70.56,"text":"first thing. Um, also 23 and me say that even if you delete your account, they'll","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":67.92,"end_s":74.72,"text":"still retain a ton of data about you and your DNA, assuming you can still restore","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":73.119,"end_s":78.96,"text":"it from the recycle bin. Hey, who's ready for some new GPUs? These ones","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":76.88,"end_s":84.479,"text":"could be affordable, kind of. I'm talking about the 60 tier cards.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":80.88,"end_s":87.04,"text":"NVIDIA's RTX 5060 and 5060Ti have had","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":84.479,"end_s":92.56,"text":"some specs leak courtesy of known Twitter hardware leaker Momo, who posted","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":90.0,"end_s":99.92,"text":"a couple of HP's Omen desktops with an RTX 5060 Ti. Those models have 8 GB of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":96.56,"end_s":102.24,"text":"VRAM, but a 16 GB variant of the Ti was","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":99.92,"end_s":106.64,"text":"spotted in a Best Buy listing. According to video cards with a z.com fun","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":104.56,"end_s":112.64,"text":"spelling, NVIDIA is forcing their board partners to have at least one graphics","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":108.88,"end_s":114.72,"text":"card model priced at MSRP and it has to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":112.64,"end_s":119.04,"text":"be available to purchase on the launch date. I mean, have you ever heard of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":116.799,"end_s":123.52,"text":"such a thing? Video Cards also purports to know some other specs of the cards","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":121.2,"end_s":130.52,"text":"which are scheduled to launch on April 16th according to WX Nod on Twitter. 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In an email to affected users, the company said the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":156.8,"end_s":163.84,"text":"deletion was caused by a technical issue, but did not elaborate further,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":162.239,"end_s":167.76,"text":"forcing us to assume they were training a robot to deliver coffee in the server","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":166.08,"end_s":172.56,"text":"room. You could have done that in the company ball pit, Google, come on. The","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":170.08,"end_s":178.08,"text":"data snafu comes after some users already lost location history data after","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":175.519,"end_s":182.8,"text":"Google announced in December 2023 that it would be moved to ondevice storage by","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":180.56,"end_s":186.959,"text":"default and they gave users instructions on how to back it up. There were lots of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":185.2,"end_s":191.12,"text":"articles spreading the word about this, but you can't reach everyone. And now","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":189.68,"end_s":195.599,"text":"Google says that if your data was deleted and you don't have a backup,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":193.519,"end_s":200.08,"text":"you're hooped, bud. I mean guys, Google's got a lot of data to keep track","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":197.84,"end_s":205.44,"text":"of. Have you seen your Google Drive? Pulling up Bilbo Baggins over here. Why","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":202.8,"end_s":210.959,"text":"shouldn't I keep it? You shouldn't keep using boring coding tutorials. Use our","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":207.92,"end_s":212.879,"text":"sponsor boot.dev. 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Look, some","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":275.759,"end_s":284.0,"text":"of these Quickbits are going to be happy. Okay, happy to see","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":281.24,"end_s":288.56,"text":"you. Boop. Android users are reporting that Google has started rolling out","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":286.08,"end_s":292.32,"text":"screen and camera sharing for its Gemini Live AI conversation mode. They're","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":290.8,"end_s":296.8,"text":"features that were previously shown off under the name Project Astra, promising","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":295.12,"end_s":300.72,"text":"a future where you can carry on a conversation with your AI assistant","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":298.639,"end_s":308.759,"text":"while it looks through your phone camera as if you're on one of the worst kind of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":303.28,"end_s":311.72,"text":"video calls. And look, there's the sign.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":308.759,"end_s":317.44,"text":"Uh oh. Wow. An Italian court has ruled that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":314.639,"end_s":321.6,"text":"Google must block pirate websites listed under the country's piracy shield","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":319.36,"end_s":326.96,"text":"system, replacing their original web addresses with fake ones on Google's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":324.0,"end_s":332.08,"text":"public DNS service, a tactic known as DNS poisoning. An Italian regulators","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":329.68,"end_s":338.479,"text":"post on LinkedIn celebrated the ruling as a win against piracy, which seems a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":335.52,"end_s":343.6,"text":"little ironic given that Italy invented the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":340.52,"end_s":345.6,"text":"mafia. NVIDIA's latest GPU drivers have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":343.6,"end_s":352.0,"text":"reportedly caused the black screen issues that affected some RTX 50 series","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":348.32,"end_s":354.08,"text":"GPUs to spread to the RTX 40 series,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":352.0,"end_s":358.16,"text":"according to multiple Reddit posts from users suffering the same pain.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":356.24,"end_s":362.4,"text":"Apparently, rolling back to a previous driver sometimes fixes it, but then","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":360.32,"end_s":366.96,"text":"you're prevented from playing new games with up-to-date drivers. I don't know,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":365.199,"end_s":371.44,"text":"maybe Jensen's just trying to teach us a lesson. You know, just cuz that screen","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":369.199,"end_s":376.88,"text":"is dark doesn't mean your mind has to be. Imagine something in those inky","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":374.319,"end_s":381.039,"text":"depths. Oh god, it's coming this way. This was a mistake. The Philips Huegh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":378.639,"end_s":385.36,"text":"brand, which is now owned by Signify, is mostly made up of RGB enabled smart","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":383.28,"end_s":390.96,"text":"lights. But a reference to a Philips Huegh smart doorbell was spotted in an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":388.16,"end_s":399.0,"text":"app update. Interestingly, it doesn't change colors, but it does ask visitors,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":394.6,"end_s":399.0,"text":"who are you?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":407.68,"end_s":414.68,"text":"What the was that? And Penn State researchers have developed technology","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":411.84,"end_s":420.88,"text":"that can create what they call audible enclaves, little pockets of physical","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":417.44,"end_s":423.68,"text":"space inside which audio can be heard","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":420.88,"end_s":429.52,"text":"and nowhere else. The scientists say they've achieved this using self-bending","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":426.56,"end_s":434.08,"text":"ultrasound beams and nonlinear acoustics, which I'm not here to explain","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":431.84,"end_s":438.72,"text":"to you. I could, but I'm only here to warn that if this gets widely adopted,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":436.639,"end_s":441.599,"text":"walking around in a city could sound like you're flipping through radio","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":440.16,"end_s":445.68,"text":"stations. And if people hear something they like, they could suddenly stop and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":443.52,"end_s":449.68,"text":"then you got a sidewalk pileup on your hands. We must destroy this technology","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":447.84,"end_s":452.919,"text":"immediately. To hear about more tech abominations that shouldn't exist, come","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":451.44,"end_s":459.319,"text":"back on Wednesday. What? Some of it will be","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":455.319,"end_s":459.319,"text":"happy. Whatever.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Oh, I'm sorry. You wanted some happy golucky, positive tech news? Yeah, well, tech news ain't your friend. I'm your friend. I'm just trying to protect you. We know each other. 23 andMe, the DNA testing company, has filed for bankruptcy nearly 20 years after pioneering the consumer genetic testing industry while collecting a valuable horde of personal data that would make Smog the Dragon blush. While the company says it will continue to operate during the bankruptcy proceedings, during which it will seek to sell its assets, co-founder and CEO Anne Wujiki announced she's stepping down so she can be better positioned to bid on the company herself. Now 23 andMe says customers genetic data is anonymized, but no one's sure whether to believe that. And with the eventual fate of their genetic data uncertain, privacy experts are strongly advising customers to delete their DNA. How wouldn't that kill you? Oh, DNA data. Oh, it looked like don't do the first thing. Um, also 23 and me say that even if you delete your account, they'll still retain a ton of data about you and your DNA, assuming you can still restore it from the recycle bin. Hey, who's ready for some new GPUs? These ones could be affordable, kind of. I'm talking about the 60 tier cards. NVIDIA's RTX 5060 and 5060Ti have had some specs leak courtesy of known Twitter hardware leaker Momo, who posted a couple of HP's Omen desktops with an RTX 5060 Ti. Those models have 8 GB of VRAM, but a 16 GB variant of the Ti was spotted in a Best Buy listing. According to video cards with a z.com fun spelling, NVIDIA is forcing their board partners to have at least one graphics card model priced at MSRP and it has to be available to purchase on the launch date. I mean, have you ever heard of such a thing? Video Cards also purports to know some other specs of the cards which are scheduled to launch on April 16th according to WX Nod on Twitter. But there were also leaks mentioning AMD's RX960 XT, which looks like it's also coming in 8 and 16 GB variants courtesy of yet another Twitter leaker, Haru Kaz 5719. Do you think they get together on holidays? Google has confirmed it may have possibly accidentally uh deleted some users data from timeline, the Google Maps feature, previously known as location history. In an email to affected users, the company said the deletion was caused by a technical issue, but did not elaborate further, forcing us to assume they were training a robot to deliver coffee in the server room. You could have done that in the company ball pit, Google, come on. The data snafu comes after some users already lost location history data after Google announced in December 2023 that it would be moved to ondevice storage by default and they gave users instructions on how to back it up. There were lots of articles spreading the word about this, but you can't reach everyone. And now Google says that if your data was deleted and you don't have a backup, you're hooped, bud. I mean guys, Google's got a lot of data to keep track of. Have you seen your Google Drive? Pulling up Bilbo Baggins over here. Why shouldn't I keep it? 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So click the link in the description box and use the code techlink to check it out and get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev. That's 25% off your first month or your first year depending on the subscription you choose. Look, some of these Quickbits are going to be happy. Okay, happy to see you. Boop. Android users are reporting that Google has started rolling out screen and camera sharing for its Gemini Live AI conversation mode. They're features that were previously shown off under the name Project Astra, promising a future where you can carry on a conversation with your AI assistant while it looks through your phone camera as if you're on one of the worst kind of video calls. And look, there's the sign. Uh oh. Wow. An Italian court has ruled that Google must block pirate websites listed under the country's piracy shield system, replacing their original web addresses with fake ones on Google's public DNS service, a tactic known as DNS poisoning. An Italian regulators post on LinkedIn celebrated the ruling as a win against piracy, which seems a little ironic given that Italy invented the mafia. NVIDIA's latest GPU drivers have reportedly caused the black screen issues that affected some RTX 50 series GPUs to spread to the RTX 40 series, according to multiple Reddit posts from users suffering the same pain. Apparently, rolling back to a previous driver sometimes fixes it, but then you're prevented from playing new games with up-to-date drivers. I don't know, maybe Jensen's just trying to teach us a lesson. You know, just cuz that screen is dark doesn't mean your mind has to be. Imagine something in those inky depths. Oh god, it's coming this way. This was a mistake. The Philips Huegh brand, which is now owned by Signify, is mostly made up of RGB enabled smart lights. But a reference to a Philips Huegh smart doorbell was spotted in an app update. Interestingly, it doesn't change colors, but it does ask visitors, who are you? What the was that? And Penn State researchers have developed technology that can create what they call audible enclaves, little pockets of physical space inside which audio can be heard and nowhere else. The scientists say they've achieved this using self-bending ultrasound beams and nonlinear acoustics, which I'm not here to explain to you. I could, but I'm only here to warn that if this gets widely adopted, walking around in a city could sound like you're flipping through radio stations. And if people hear something they like, they could suddenly stop and then you got a sidewalk pileup on your hands. We must destroy this technology immediately. To hear about more tech abominations that shouldn't exist, come back on Wednesday. What? Some of it will be happy. Whatever."}