1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,240 Yes, you did come here for tech news, 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:09,360 but you'll leave with something even more precious. 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:15,240 This image in your mind. Ha ha please, no applause. 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:18,760 It's my pleasure. Google's plans to control the web are running into a 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:21,960 couple snags from haters who are just mad they didn't start their own tech 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:27,040 giant. The company has responded to merciless criticism of its proposed web 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:31,640 environment integrity API for Chrome, deemed a DRM for websites, and is 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:37,120 shelving it in favor of the much different Android web view media 9 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:41,360 integrity API, which will apparently be much narrower in scope. Of course, the 10 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:44,920 reason it doesn't need to be broader is because Android already has an 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:49,000 environmental attestation and uses its play integrity API to scan users' phones 12 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:53,240 for root privileges. So, what's a few more scans among friends? 13 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:57,360 The new API could be used to block malicious apps and malware, but it could 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:01:01,320 also prevent the rise of more apps like the now dead Vance, which gave regular 15 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:06,080 YouTube users premium features like ad-free videos and a good time. But 16 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:10,880 Google's crusade against ad blockers might cause legal trouble in the EU. 17 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:16,600 Privacy experts like Alexander Hanff claim that YouTube's anti-ad blocker 18 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:18,720 measures violate Article 5.3 of EU's 19 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:23,440 e-privacy directive, meaning that after forcing Apple to change their whole 20 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:27,920 closed ecosystem Europe might set its sights on Google 21 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:31,680 next. As if the tech giant hasn't had enough controversy, they're also 22 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:37,080 integrating generative AI into their advertiser tools because spam art is 23 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:41,360 what ads need more of, and testing U Chat, a YouTube chatbot that users can 24 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:45,600 ask about the video they're watching because who has time to actually watch 25 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:48,880 videos when there's all these AI toys to play with. I mean, I always read the 26 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:52,800 comments. Basically the same thing. YouTube is also considering an AI 27 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:56,680 feature that summarizes large comment sections, a handy feature for creators 28 00:01:55,120 --> 00:02:00,360 to figure out what their subscribers are talking about at a glance. Though, 29 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:04,520 judging by our comment section, the overall effect will be like a supportive 30 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:10,240 mom who's been possessed by a demon. You're doing great, sweetie. I hate your 31 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:12,720 beard. Take a shower. Anyway, love you. 32 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:17,240 A judge recently unsealed an amended FTC privacy complaint against Kochava, the 33 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:21,000 world's largest mobile data broker, revealing disturbing allegations that 34 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:24,680 the company has collected and sells a staggering amount of sensitive 35 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:29,480 information that is linked or easily linkable to specific individuals. The 36 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:33,840 original FTC lawsuit was blocked back in May because the complaint didn't provide 37 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:39,400 enough evidence, but now, apparently, they're back with the goods, and woo 38 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:41,800 boy, it is spicy. Muy picante. No me 39 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:45,920 gusta. According to the FTC, Kochava sells data including personal 40 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:50,480 information like names, addresses, phone numbers, and precise geolocation within 41 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:55,040 a few meters, but also demographic information like race, gender, annual 42 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:58,720 income, political affiliation, religion, and 43 00:02:56,920 --> 00:03:03,200 pregnancy status. I didn't have another finger. Kochava customers, who are 44 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:07,920 hopefully just advertisers, could easily trace an individual's movements from 45 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:12,360 their home to their work, to a hospital, to a church, or even to an emergency 46 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:16,400 shelter. Jeez. Allegedly, Kochava doesn't just 47 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:21,400 collect information about what apps an individual uses, but also what they do 48 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:24,880 while inside them and how much money they spend. You know, an easy rule of 49 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:28,880 thumb of whether a product is dangerously invasive is asking yourself, 50 00:03:26,959 --> 00:03:32,440 "Could a domestic abuser use this to find their estranged spouse simply by 51 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:36,000 typing pregnant female Caucasian Houston Candy Crush Green Party into a search 52 00:03:33,959 --> 00:03:40,160 bar?" Maybe. MyQ, best known for their smart 53 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:44,680 garage door openers, has apparently spent the last several months repeatedly 54 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:49,320 blocking unauthorized third-party smart home apps from access to their devices. 55 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:53,080 That might make sense, but MyQ currently has very few authorized software 56 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:57,080 partners because they require partners to pay them for the right to interact 57 00:03:55,000 --> 00:04:00,480 with their devices. Home Assistant recently announced that they will be 58 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:05,920 deactivating their MyQ integration since it isn't working anymore and because as 59 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:09,760 an open source project paying MyQ's fee simply isn't sustainable. You know, like 60 00:04:07,959 --> 00:04:12,800 when you don't have money and everyone wants to go to McDonald's? 61 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:16,480 This has left MyQ customers in a situation where the apps they use to 62 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:20,920 manage all their other smart devices simply can't interact with their garage 63 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:24,960 doors. You might wonder why a garage door opener company would be trying to 64 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:29,280 interfere with its customers ability to open their garages. But MyQ is probably 65 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:33,440 trying to force customers to use its official app, probably called Reddit, 66 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:36,400 which since October has been serving obnoxious ads that interfere with the 67 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:40,960 functioning of the app. Oh, it is Reddit. Sometimes even pushing the open 68 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:45,080 garage button off the screen. While the iOS version of the app is still at 4.8 69 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:49,600 stars, its Android counterpart recently dropped to 3.9 due to all those selfish 70 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:54,200 customers who think they shouldn't get ads on an app for a product they already 71 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:56,800 paid for. Like, what's your problem? What do you think that when you go to 72 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:02,960 the restaurant you should just get food when you pay for it? Like, bringing it back to McDonald's. 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I can 118 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:16,680 still hear the squeals of all those men's Lycra rubbing together. 119 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:24,680 A team of researchers from the universities of California and Sydney 120 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:29,720 have developed an artificial brain from a network of randomly arranged silver 121 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:33,760 nanowires. Dr. Frankenstein and all. It's alive and strangely antibacterial. 122 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:38,000 Its structure pattern changes predictably with electrical stimulus and 123 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:41,640 can maintain that pattern when the stimulus is removed, meaning the network 124 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:46,920 can learn dynamically and more efficiently than traditional AI training 125 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:48,440 all in real time. In the near future, 126 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:52,960 these silver networks could become more popular than GPUs and maybe even grills. 127 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:56,560 What? You've got silver on your teeth? I've got it in my brain, bro. And a 128 00:08:54,400 --> 00:09:01,720 software engineer used an AI-powered service to apply for 5,000 jobs leading 129 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:06,480 your mother to ask, "What's your excuse?" I hate you! 130 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:11,120 She's still possessed. As Wired explains, the software engineer in 131 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:14,080 question used a service called Job GPT 132 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:18,640 from the accurately named Lazy Apply and landed around 20 interviews out of the 133 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:23,760 5,000 applications compared to the other 20 interviews he got after manually 134 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:25,920 applying to 200 to 300 jobs. 135 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:28,960 40 interviews and still unemployed. I'm not sure the amount of applications is 136 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:32,440 the problem. Some recruiters quoted in the article 137 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:36,960 are okay with the applicants using AI tools, but others likened it to asking 138 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:39,840 out every woman in the bar regardless of who they are, which is apparently a bad 139 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:45,520 thing. Oh, well. Sorry for being too nice, 140 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:45,520 my lady. 141 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:53,760 And it'd be nice if all you came back on Friday for more tech news, no matter who 142 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:58,040 you are. Unless you're Jeffrey Gardner from middle school. 143 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,040 You, Jeff.