{"video_id":"rE8CgcDS-gc","title":"Europe Will Save Us","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2024-05-04T14:53:29Z","duration_s":601,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":5.24,"text":"Yes, you did come here for tech news,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.2,"end_s":9.36,"text":"but you'll leave with something even more precious.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":6.84,"end_s":15.24,"text":"This image in your mind. Ha ha please, no applause.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.32,"end_s":18.76,"text":"It's my pleasure. Google's plans to control the web are running into a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.76,"end_s":21.96,"text":"couple snags from haters who are just mad they didn't start their own tech","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":20.2,"end_s":27.04,"text":"giant. The company has responded to merciless criticism of its proposed web","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.48,"end_s":31.64,"text":"environment integrity API for Chrome, deemed a DRM for websites, and is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":29.6,"end_s":37.12,"text":"shelving it in favor of the much different Android web view media","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":34.16,"end_s":41.36,"text":"integrity API, which will apparently be much narrower in scope. Of course, the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":39.56,"end_s":44.92,"text":"reason it doesn't need to be broader is because Android already has an","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.8,"end_s":49.0,"text":"environmental attestation and uses its play integrity API to scan users' phones","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":47.16,"end_s":53.24,"text":"for root privileges. So, what's a few more scans among friends?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":51.16,"end_s":57.36,"text":"The new API could be used to block malicious apps and malware, but it could","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.44,"end_s":61.32,"text":"also prevent the rise of more apps like the now dead Vance, which gave regular","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.44,"end_s":66.08,"text":"YouTube users premium features like ad-free videos and a good time. 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As if the tech giant hasn't had enough controversy, they're also","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":89.76,"end_s":97.08,"text":"integrating generative AI into their advertiser tools because spam art is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":94.56,"end_s":101.36,"text":"what ads need more of, and testing U Chat, a YouTube chatbot that users can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":99.52,"end_s":105.6,"text":"ask about the video they're watching because who has time to actually watch","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":103.32,"end_s":108.88,"text":"videos when there's all these AI toys to play with. I mean, I always read the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":106.68,"end_s":112.8,"text":"comments. Basically the same thing. YouTube is also considering an AI","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":110.72,"end_s":116.68,"text":"feature that summarizes large comment sections, a handy feature for creators","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":115.12,"end_s":120.36,"text":"to figure out what their subscribers are talking about at a glance. Though,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":118.4,"end_s":124.52,"text":"judging by our comment section, the overall effect will be like a supportive","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":122.48,"end_s":130.24,"text":"mom who's been possessed by a demon. You're doing great, sweetie. I hate your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":126.84,"end_s":132.72,"text":"beard. Take a shower. Anyway, love you.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":130.24,"end_s":137.24,"text":"A judge recently unsealed an amended FTC privacy complaint against Kochava, the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":135.28,"end_s":141.0,"text":"world's largest mobile data broker, revealing disturbing allegations that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":139.04,"end_s":144.68,"text":"the company has collected and sells a staggering amount of sensitive","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":142.52,"end_s":149.48,"text":"information that is linked or easily linkable to specific individuals. The","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":147.24,"end_s":153.84,"text":"original FTC lawsuit was blocked back in May because the complaint didn't provide","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":151.68,"end_s":159.4,"text":"enough evidence, but now, apparently, they're back with the goods, and woo","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":155.52,"end_s":161.8,"text":"boy, it is spicy. Muy picante. No me","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":159.4,"end_s":165.92,"text":"gusta. According to the FTC, Kochava sells data including personal","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":163.52,"end_s":170.48,"text":"information like names, addresses, phone numbers, and precise geolocation within","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":168.32,"end_s":175.04,"text":"a few meters, but also demographic information like race, gender, annual","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":172.68,"end_s":178.72,"text":"income, political affiliation, religion, and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":176.92,"end_s":183.2,"text":"pregnancy status. I didn't have another finger. Kochava customers, who are","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":180.72,"end_s":187.92,"text":"hopefully just advertisers, could easily trace an individual's movements from","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":185.16,"end_s":192.36,"text":"their home to their work, to a hospital, to a church, or even to an emergency","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":190.76,"end_s":196.4,"text":"shelter. Jeez. Allegedly, Kochava doesn't just","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":195.0,"end_s":201.4,"text":"collect information about what apps an individual uses, but also what they do","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":199.16,"end_s":204.88,"text":"while inside them and how much money they spend. 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MyQ, best known for their smart","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":218.64,"end_s":224.68,"text":"garage door openers, has apparently spent the last several months repeatedly","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":222.32,"end_s":229.32,"text":"blocking unauthorized third-party smart home apps from access to their devices.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":226.8,"end_s":233.08,"text":"That might make sense, but MyQ currently has very few authorized software","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":231.2,"end_s":237.08,"text":"partners because they require partners to pay them for the right to interact","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":235.0,"end_s":240.48,"text":"with their devices. 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You might wonder why a garage door opener company would be trying to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":263.04,"end_s":269.28,"text":"interfere with its customers ability to open their garages. But MyQ is probably","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":267.88,"end_s":273.44,"text":"trying to force customers to use its official app, probably called Reddit,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":271.32,"end_s":276.4,"text":"which since October has been serving obnoxious ads that interfere with the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":274.96,"end_s":280.96,"text":"functioning of the app. Oh, it is Reddit. Sometimes even pushing the open","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":278.6,"end_s":285.08,"text":"garage button off the screen. While the iOS version of the app is still at 4.8","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":282.84,"end_s":289.6,"text":"stars, its Android counterpart recently dropped to 3.9 due to all those selfish","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":287.84,"end_s":294.2,"text":"customers who think they shouldn't get ads on an app for a product they already","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":292.0,"end_s":296.8,"text":"paid for. Like, what's your problem? What do you think that when you go to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":295.4,"end_s":302.96,"text":"the restaurant you should just get food when you pay for it? Like, bringing it back to McDonald's. Now it's time for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":300.56,"end_s":306.72,"text":"quick bits brought to you by Grammarly. 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Did y'all know Kim and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":363.8,"end_s":367.04,"text":"KANYE GOT DIVORCED?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":367.16,"end_s":373.56,"text":"TO THE SURPRISE OF SEVERAL Apple users, when they received their brand new 14-in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":371.28,"end_s":378.28,"text":"M3 MacBook Pros, the devices came installed not with a standard up-to-date","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":376.2,"end_s":385.4,"text":"operating system with an unreleased build of macOS Ventura 13.5 from back in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":382.56,"end_s":388.44,"text":"July that couldn't be updated. Apple has already released an update addressing","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":387.0,"end_s":393.88,"text":"the issue, but this would seem to indicate that Apple's been stockpiling","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":390.44,"end_s":396.68,"text":"devices with M3 chips the last 4 months.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":393.88,"end_s":400.12,"text":"Apple usually creates these separate incompatible versions of its OS in order","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":398.72,"end_s":404.68,"text":"to keep potential leaks out of public betas, but it's not clear how it wound","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":402.44,"end_s":409.44,"text":"up getting sent to consumers. My theory? Snake, YOU'VE CREATED A TIME","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":406.76,"end_s":414.84,"text":"PARADOX. Who's Pete Davidson? You mean Skeet Davidson? 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I can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":491.4,"end_s":496.68,"text":"still hear the squeals of all those men's Lycra rubbing together.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":498.72,"end_s":504.68,"text":"A team of researchers from the universities of California and Sydney","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":502.28,"end_s":509.72,"text":"have developed an artificial brain from a network of randomly arranged silver","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":506.88,"end_s":513.76,"text":"nanowires. Dr. Frankenstein and all. It's alive and strangely antibacterial.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":512.32,"end_s":518.0,"text":"Its structure pattern changes predictably with electrical stimulus and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":515.96,"end_s":521.64,"text":"can maintain that pattern when the stimulus is removed, meaning the network","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":520.2,"end_s":526.92,"text":"can learn dynamically and more efficiently than traditional AI training","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":523.76,"end_s":528.44,"text":"all in real time. In the near future,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":526.92,"end_s":532.96,"text":"these silver networks could become more popular than GPUs and maybe even grills.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":531.08,"end_s":536.56,"text":"What? You've got silver on your teeth? I've got it in my brain, bro. 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Some recruiters quoted in the article","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":570.72,"end_s":576.96,"text":"are okay with the applicants using AI tools, but others likened it to asking","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":575.36,"end_s":579.84,"text":"out every woman in the bar regardless of who they are, which is apparently a bad","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":578.8,"end_s":585.52,"text":"thing. Oh, well. Sorry for being too nice,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":583.04,"end_s":585.52,"text":"my lady.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":587.36,"end_s":593.76,"text":"And it'd be nice if all you came back on Friday for more tech news, no matter who","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":591.8,"end_s":598.04,"text":"you are. Unless you're Jeffrey Gardner from middle school.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":595.44,"end_s":598.04,"text":"You, Jeff.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Yes, you did come here for tech news, but you'll leave with something even more precious. This image in your mind. Ha ha please, no applause. It's my pleasure. Google's plans to control the web are running into a couple snags from haters who are just mad they didn't start their own tech giant. The company has responded to merciless criticism of its proposed web environment integrity API for Chrome, deemed a DRM for websites, and is shelving it in favor of the much different Android web view media integrity API, which will apparently be much narrower in scope. Of course, the reason it doesn't need to be broader is because Android already has an environmental attestation and uses its play integrity API to scan users' phones for root privileges. So, what's a few more scans among friends? The new API could be used to block malicious apps and malware, but it could also prevent the rise of more apps like the now dead Vance, which gave regular YouTube users premium features like ad-free videos and a good time. But Google's crusade against ad blockers might cause legal trouble in the EU. Privacy experts like Alexander Hanff claim that YouTube's anti-ad blocker measures violate Article 5.3 of EU's e-privacy directive, meaning that after forcing Apple to change their whole closed ecosystem Europe might set its sights on Google next. As if the tech giant hasn't had enough controversy, they're also integrating generative AI into their advertiser tools because spam art is what ads need more of, and testing U Chat, a YouTube chatbot that users can ask about the video they're watching because who has time to actually watch videos when there's all these AI toys to play with. I mean, I always read the comments. Basically the same thing. YouTube is also considering an AI feature that summarizes large comment sections, a handy feature for creators to figure out what their subscribers are talking about at a glance. Though, judging by our comment section, the overall effect will be like a supportive mom who's been possessed by a demon. You're doing great, sweetie. I hate your beard. Take a shower. Anyway, love you. A judge recently unsealed an amended FTC privacy complaint against Kochava, the world's largest mobile data broker, revealing disturbing allegations that the company has collected and sells a staggering amount of sensitive information that is linked or easily linkable to specific individuals. The original FTC lawsuit was blocked back in May because the complaint didn't provide enough evidence, but now, apparently, they're back with the goods, and woo boy, it is spicy. Muy picante. No me gusta. According to the FTC, Kochava sells data including personal information like names, addresses, phone numbers, and precise geolocation within a few meters, but also demographic information like race, gender, annual income, political affiliation, religion, and pregnancy status. I didn't have another finger. Kochava customers, who are hopefully just advertisers, could easily trace an individual's movements from their home to their work, to a hospital, to a church, or even to an emergency shelter. Jeez. Allegedly, Kochava doesn't just collect information about what apps an individual uses, but also what they do while inside them and how much money they spend. You know, an easy rule of thumb of whether a product is dangerously invasive is asking yourself, \"Could a domestic abuser use this to find their estranged spouse simply by typing pregnant female Caucasian Houston Candy Crush Green Party into a search bar?\" Maybe. MyQ, best known for their smart garage door openers, has apparently spent the last several months repeatedly blocking unauthorized third-party smart home apps from access to their devices. That might make sense, but MyQ currently has very few authorized software partners because they require partners to pay them for the right to interact with their devices. Home Assistant recently announced that they will be deactivating their MyQ integration since it isn't working anymore and because as an open source project paying MyQ's fee simply isn't sustainable. You know, like when you don't have money and everyone wants to go to McDonald's? This has left MyQ customers in a situation where the apps they use to manage all their other smart devices simply can't interact with their garage doors. You might wonder why a garage door opener company would be trying to interfere with its customers ability to open their garages. But MyQ is probably trying to force customers to use its official app, probably called Reddit, which since October has been serving obnoxious ads that interfere with the functioning of the app. Oh, it is Reddit. Sometimes even pushing the open garage button off the screen. While the iOS version of the app is still at 4.8 stars, its Android counterpart recently dropped to 3.9 due to all those selfish customers who think they shouldn't get ads on an app for a product they already paid for. Like, what's your problem? What do you think that when you go to the restaurant you should just get food when you pay for it? Like, bringing it back to McDonald's. Now it's time for quick bits brought to you by Grammarly. Here at Linus Media Group, we strive to write good well well, but there's so many rules to keep track of. Thankfully, Grammarly provides generative AI assistance helping us revise and polish our scripts and business emails so they read as smooth as a baby's bottom. If we don't know where to start, clicking the Grammarly logo can help us brainstorm ideas and make outlines. We can also use the rewrite feature to effortlessly paraphrase, improve, and make our sentences more engaging or the reply feature to summarize emails and suggest efficient responses so our inbox stays slim and sexy like me. But the best part is Grammarly is free to use and try out. Sign up for an account at grammarly.com/tl11 if you want to get access to extra features, get 20% off Grammarly Premium if you check out the link below. QuickBits move at near relativistic speeds and thus experience significant time distortion. With every QuickBit, I grow a fraction of a second further out of sync with the universe as you perceive it. Did y'all know Kim and KANYE GOT DIVORCED? TO THE SURPRISE OF SEVERAL Apple users, when they received their brand new 14-in M3 MacBook Pros, the devices came installed not with a standard up-to-date operating system with an unreleased build of macOS Ventura 13.5 from back in July that couldn't be updated. Apple has already released an update addressing the issue, but this would seem to indicate that Apple's been stockpiling devices with M3 chips the last 4 months. Apple usually creates these separate incompatible versions of its OS in order to keep potential leaks out of public betas, but it's not clear how it wound up getting sent to consumers. My theory? Snake, YOU'VE CREATED A TIME PARADOX. Who's Pete Davidson? You mean Skeet Davidson? I heard he's dating Kim. According to reliable leaker and my best friend, kopite7kimmi, please don't say that's not true, expensive GPU lovers should expect NVIDIA to launch the RTX 40 Super series during the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in January. That would make sense considering that NVIDIA reportedly won't be releasing the RTX 50 series until at least 2025, and they tend to pair their gaming launches alongside big industry events. Fellow leaker Megasize GPU has also revealed images of NVIDIA's retail branding inserts for the series, and apparently NVIDIA has changed the stylized typeface of the old Super logo with the same boring sans-serif font it uses for literally everything else. Why can't at least the word super be super? Only the prices, I guess. The driving app Waze has launched a new safety feature called crash history alerts. Basically, using AI and reports from the app's community, Waze will alert drivers if the road they're about to turn onto is prone to accidents. However, the notifications are light on details so as not to distract drivers. They won't tell you if the crashes are major versus minor or if they involved cars, pedestrians, and or cyclists. Hypothetically, you won't know if there's been a daily crash at an intersection for the last year or if a single car knocked over an entire bike race. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, okay? I can still hear the squeals of all those men's Lycra rubbing together. A team of researchers from the universities of California and Sydney have developed an artificial brain from a network of randomly arranged silver nanowires. Dr. Frankenstein and all. It's alive and strangely antibacterial. Its structure pattern changes predictably with electrical stimulus and can maintain that pattern when the stimulus is removed, meaning the network can learn dynamically and more efficiently than traditional AI training all in real time. In the near future, these silver networks could become more popular than GPUs and maybe even grills. What? You've got silver on your teeth? I've got it in my brain, bro. And a software engineer used an AI-powered service to apply for 5,000 jobs leading your mother to ask, \"What's your excuse?\" I hate you! She's still possessed. As Wired explains, the software engineer in question used a service called Job GPT from the accurately named Lazy Apply and landed around 20 interviews out of the 5,000 applications compared to the other 20 interviews he got after manually applying to 200 to 300 jobs. 40 interviews and still unemployed. I'm not sure the amount of applications is the problem. Some recruiters quoted in the article are okay with the applicants using AI tools, but others likened it to asking out every woman in the bar regardless of who they are, which is apparently a bad thing. Oh, well. Sorry for being too nice, my lady. And it'd be nice if all you came back on Friday for more tech news, no matter who you are. Unless you're Jeffrey Gardner from middle school. You, Jeff."}