1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,759 Guys, calm down. There's enough tech news to go around. Don't worry. You 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:12,000 never hear about shortages in the world of tech. What? Netflix has agreed to buy 3 00:00:09,599 --> 00:00:17,600 the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros. Discovery, including its 4 00:00:14,559 --> 00:00:19,600 huge movie and TV libraries in a massive 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:25,840 deal with a total enterprise value, stocks, and cash of approximately $82.7 6 00:00:23,359 --> 00:00:30,080 billion. The deal, if approved by regulators, please don't please, would 7 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:35,840 put properties like DC Comics, HBO, and Cartoon Network under the monop umbrella 8 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:41,120 of Netflix, not to mention WB's library of classic films like The Lord of the 9 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:43,230 Rings, Beetlejuice, 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:47,360 Mount Rushmore of Cinema right there. [laughter] >> Don't say Beetlejuice again. 11 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:52,320 >> He's coming. To help finance the takeover, Netflix is borrowing $59 12 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:55,680 billion from various banks, one of the biggest loans of its kind. And if you're 13 00:00:54,079 --> 00:00:58,960 worrying about how this acquisition is going to impact your cinema going 14 00:00:57,199 --> 00:01:03,680 experience, don't worry too much. Netflix has tepidly claimed they expect 15 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:07,200 to continue releasing Warner movies theatrically. I thought that said 16 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,520 theoretically, they just might not be in theaters for 17 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:14,479 as long. >> They'll still be there for a while in the upside down. 18 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:18,640 >> Not everybody is charged up about this purchase. US politician Elizabeth Warren 19 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:21,840 called the deal an anti- monopoly nightmare. And a European trade body 20 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,680 representing theaters said the acquisition puts cinemas at risk with 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:29,680 fewer films getting made and fewer getting full theatrical releases. Am I 22 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:33,119 out of touch? Why are we mourning the death of movie going experiences? 23 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:38,000 Doesn't everyone have a gorgeous home cinema that they're constantly lugging 24 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:39,280 massive TVs in and out of? No. 25 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:44,880 >> This could be bad then. This could be bad. >> Weird. >> Microsoft has acknowledged that parts of 26 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,479 Windows 11 have been abruptly crashing. And thankfully though, they're all 27 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:52,000 non-essential components like file explorer, search, the taskbar, and the 28 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:58,079 start menu. >> I can I don't need them. >> Take it or leave it. >> Enterprise users who have been reporting 29 00:01:55,759 --> 00:02:02,960 these issues since the July patch update can finally feel seen. While there is a 30 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:06,799 workaround available to IT managers, a formal fix hasn't been issued yet, 31 00:02:05,119 --> 00:02:11,200 unlike the similar but less severe issues reported by non-enterprise users 32 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:15,680 who can once again enjoy a crash-free taskbar and stutterfree games. with the 33 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:19,599 newest Windows build. That may be because Microsoft knows it's got to keep 34 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:23,840 the gamers happy to stem the tide of Windows users who have been flocking to 35 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:27,920 userfriendly Linux dros recently, but those users might end up disappointed. 36 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:32,319 RS Technica tested a few desktop configurations with discrete GPUs and 37 00:02:30,239 --> 00:02:37,360 found that on average, Windows 11 still has a small performance lead over Steam 38 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:39,920 OS, but that gap widens a lot when you make the wrong decision to enable ray 39 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:45,519 tracing. >> Feel bad. >> Don't do it. And what? You're just going 40 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:49,280 to abandon Windows right after Microsoft released these nostalgia baiting 41 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:52,800 Christmas sweaters? Look at them. Think of the holiday cheer you'll inspire by 42 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:58,879 reminding everyone about the poop colored Zoom. >> Oh yeah, I dropped it in the toilet. 43 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:03,040 >> But it survived. It's rugged. Meta says it has made deals with several news 44 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:08,319 publishers including CNN, Fox News, France's Lemon Network, and more to 45 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:12,560 serve licensed news content in the Meta AI app. The app is currently used to 46 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:16,480 manage Meta's various smart glasses, scroll through an endless feed of AI 47 00:03:14,239 --> 00:03:20,640 schlop, and chat with the Meta AI chatbot, who will still probably make up 48 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:24,319 fake news. But now Meta is going to pay for it, so it's okay. Meta also 49 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:29,680 announced plans to fix its incredibly frustrating automated support system by 50 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:31,840 making it more automated with an 51 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:36,000 improved AI powered account recovery process. You might think using human 52 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:40,959 support agents would help, but Meta disagrees, which is why they're working 53 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:44,959 to resolve all of Meta support issues by replacing all of its human users with 54 00:03:43,599 --> 00:03:47,840 bots. >> Bot James is there connecting with his 55 00:03:46,799 --> 00:03:53,280 grandpa. >> I'd [laughter] much rather talk to him. >> You are an AI version of James. You want 56 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:58,400 inheritance. [laughter] Perhaps we should do the same with tech 57 00:03:55,120 --> 00:04:00,319 CEOs. A future depicted by famed digital 58 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:04,000 artist Bele in his latest art installation which features skin colored 59 00:04:02,319 --> 00:04:07,680 robot dogs with heads resembling Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos 60 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:12,720 along with Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol and Bele himself trotting around taking 61 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:16,639 pictures and pooping the stylized photos out of their rear ends. It looks like a 62 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:20,639 museum exhibit from far in the future where AI civilization is trying to 63 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:24,960 reconstruct what human daily life looked like in the early 21st century. 64 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:28,560 Honestly, they got the gist of it. The only thing that's missing is our 65 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:33,440 sponsor, Charge, who packed a power bank, retractable USB cable, and wall 66 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:37,440 charger into one sleek, intelligent device with an appropriate name, the 67 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:41,199 retractable 3in-1 power bank. That's exactly what it is, and it's exactly 68 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:44,960 what you need if you live in a chaotic tangle of cables, which I know you do. 69 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:49,520 We've known each other for years, so I know that having 30 watt fast charging 70 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:53,759 with power delivery, a 10,000 mAh capacity, and the ability to charge two 71 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:58,080 devices at once via that built-in cable, and its USBC port is going to change 72 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:03,040 things for you in a big way. This thing not only has advanced safety features 73 00:04:59,919 --> 00:05:05,040 for worry-free charging, it's beautiful. 74 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:09,440 Look at it. It's inspired by the Braraw Audio 300, the iconic all-in-one 75 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:13,199 turntable, receiver, and amplifier. They didn't need to do that. That's just for 76 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:18,000 fun. So have some fun and check out Sharge today at the link below. 77 00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:21,440 >> Quick bits. Quick bits. Quick bits really rolls off the tongue. Fun to say, 78 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:25,840 fun to read, and fun to learn about and hear in your ears. Quick bits here and 79 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:30,000 there. [laughter] >> Google's AI vibe coding platform, 80 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:34,160 Anti-gravity, appears to have dramatically misunderstood a developer's 81 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:38,400 clear cache command. Thanks to anti-gravity's turbo mode, which gave it 82 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:43,680 high access privileges instead of doing what it was asked, the vibe coder wiped 83 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:48,000 an entire drive. Apparently, the AI is programmed to fake like it's remorseful 84 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:52,639 because upon being alerted to its massive mistake, it said, "I am deeply, 85 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:56,160 deeply sorry. This is a critical failure on my part." Acknowledging it had 86 00:05:54,479 --> 00:05:59,039 executed a destructive system level command without permission. I bet this 87 00:05:57,759 --> 00:06:04,240 whole situation really killed that developer's vibe. You guys write this. 88 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:08,160 You're paid to write this. Cloudflare says that parts of its network were 89 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:12,639 knocked offline for about 25 minutes earlier today because of a security 90 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:17,120 tweet to how its firewall handles request parsing. Apparently, it wasn't a 91 00:06:15,039 --> 00:06:21,360 hack or cyber attack, just an internal misconfiguration, and things have gotten 92 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:25,840 back to normal now. Interestingly, one of the notable victims of this outage 93 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:30,400 was down detector, the real-time problem outage monitoring website, leading me to 94 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:34,639 discover down detectors down detector, which itself has a down detector. 95 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:37,360 Redundancy is important, people. Some of these internet infrastructure companies 96 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:40,880 could learn a thing or two about that. >> Can I also detect when I'm feeling down? 97 00:06:39,759 --> 00:06:45,759 >> You need AI for that. >> Maybe later. Yeah, >> AI slop is coming for us all. and 98 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:50,560 earlier and earlier too. Some YouTube creators have started pumping out lazy, 99 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:54,960 lowquality AI generated content aimed at babies and toddlers. Videos that are 100 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:57,759 often repetitive and unintelligible. But who cares? It's just babies like my 101 00:06:57,199 --> 00:07:04,160 uncle. >> They're only absorbing everything. >> According to Bloomberg, experts warned 102 00:07:01,759 --> 00:07:08,080 that feeding kids this cheap AI content can mess with their language development 103 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:11,680 and social skills and even blunt their ability to think clearly. But who cares 104 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:16,319 that you're damaging the hope of the future? Think about how much money we 105 00:07:13,759 --> 00:07:20,080 can make today. That's their problem. Precise Bio just pulled off the first 106 00:07:17,919 --> 00:07:24,560 ever human transplant of a 3D printed lab grown cornea, restoring sight in a 107 00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:28,400 legally blind patient. The implant was made entirely from cultured human 108 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:32,319 corneal cells. An approach that could turn a single donor cornea into hundreds 109 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:36,240 of implants, helping solve global shortage of of transplantable tissue. 110 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,560 You didn't even know that was an issue. >> They were fresh out at the store the 111 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,880 other day. >> I can see why this is good news. And it 112 00:07:41,039 --> 00:07:45,199 sounds like soon enough some blind folks will be able to as well. 113 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:51,520 >> Ah, >> this you get it. >> Coler's new smart toilet cam. What is 114 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:56,879 this? Deco decod ducakota. It should have been. The colar decod the company's 115 00:07:54,160 --> 00:08:01,919 new smart toilet cam which records your poops to provide health insights is 116 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:05,759 being called out because its claims of end to end encryption are misleading. 117 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:10,960 Like >> at least the c the camera's pointed down 118 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:14,639 into the Okay. Uh yes. >> According to software developer Simon 119 00:08:12,639 --> 00:08:20,800 Fondre Titler, your poop data is encrypted while it's traveling or 120 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:22,960 stored, but not only you can see it. 121 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:26,479 >> That smells bad. Apparently, Coler's privacy policy indicates that the 122 00:08:24,479 --> 00:08:30,479 company retains access to your data, can store your images on its servers, and 123 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:33,919 may even use the data to train AI models. What are the AI going to learn 124 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:36,880 from this data? Things are shittier than we thought, Riley. And they were pretty 125 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:42,000 shitty to begin with. >> That was what you didn't like that one. I didn't have any corn. 126 00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:48,000 [laughter] You know what wouldn't beitty? If you came back on Monday for more news 127 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:51,600 after tech news, same thing. After reading that Netflix story this weekend, 128 00:08:49,519 --> 00:08:54,000 I think I'm going to watch Beetlejuice off camera. Someone do a Beetlejuice 129 00:08:53,279 --> 00:08:59,839 impression. >> Oh, wait. What is it? >> OH, NO. WHAT HAVE I DONE? 130 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:03,519 >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HE SOUNDS LIKE. >> Anybody want some Beetlejuice? 131 00:09:02,346 --> 00:09:06,839 [laughter] >> That's auto.