WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.240 Yes, you did come here for tech news, 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:09.360 but you'll leave with something even more precious. 00:00:06.840 --> 00:00:15.240 This image in your mind. Ha ha please, no applause. 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:18.760 It's my pleasure. Google's plans to control the web are running into a 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:21.960 couple snags from haters who are just mad they didn't start their own tech 00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:27.040 giant. The company has responded to merciless criticism of its proposed web 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:31.640 environment integrity API for Chrome, deemed a DRM for websites, and is 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:37.120 shelving it in favor of the much different Android web view media 00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:41.360 integrity API, which will apparently be much narrower in scope. Of course, the 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:44.920 reason it doesn't need to be broader is because Android already has an 00:00:42.800 --> 00:00:49.000 environmental attestation and uses its play integrity API to scan users' phones 00:00:47.160 --> 00:00:53.240 for root privileges. So, what's a few more scans among friends? 00:00:51.160 --> 00:00:57.360 The new API could be used to block malicious apps and malware, but it could 00:00:55.440 --> 00:01:01.320 also prevent the rise of more apps like the now dead Vance, which gave regular 00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:06.080 YouTube users premium features like ad-free videos and a good time. But 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:10.880 Google's crusade against ad blockers might cause legal trouble in the EU. 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:16.600 Privacy experts like Alexander Hanff claim that YouTube's anti-ad blocker 00:01:13.080 --> 00:01:18.720 measures violate Article 5.3 of EU's 00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:23.440 e-privacy directive, meaning that after forcing Apple to change their whole 00:01:20.480 --> 00:01:27.920 closed ecosystem Europe might set its sights on Google 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:31.680 next. As if the tech giant hasn't had enough controversy, they're also 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:37.080 integrating generative AI into their advertiser tools because spam art is 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:41.360 what ads need more of, and testing U Chat, a YouTube chatbot that users can 00:01:39.520 --> 00:01:45.600 ask about the video they're watching because who has time to actually watch 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 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:52.800 comments. Basically the same thing. YouTube is also considering an AI 00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:56.680 feature that summarizes large comment sections, a handy feature for creators 00:01:55.120 --> 00:02:00.360 to figure out what their subscribers are talking about at a glance. Though, 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:04.520 judging by our comment section, the overall effect will be like a supportive 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:10.240 mom who's been possessed by a demon. You're doing great, sweetie. I hate your 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:12.720 beard. Take a shower. Anyway, love you. 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:17.240 A judge recently unsealed an amended FTC privacy complaint against Kochava, the 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:21.000 world's largest mobile data broker, revealing disturbing allegations that 00:02:19.040 --> 00:02:24.680 the company has collected and sells a staggering amount of sensitive 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:29.480 information that is linked or easily linkable to specific individuals. The 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:33.840 original FTC lawsuit was blocked back in May because the complaint didn't provide 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:39.400 enough evidence, but now, apparently, they're back with the goods, and woo 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:41.800 boy, it is spicy. Muy picante. No me 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:45.920 gusta. According to the FTC, Kochava sells data including personal 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:50.480 information like names, addresses, phone numbers, and precise geolocation within 00:02:48.320 --> 00:02:55.040 a few meters, but also demographic information like race, gender, annual 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:58.720 income, political affiliation, religion, and 00:02:56.920 --> 00:03:03.200 pregnancy status. I didn't have another finger. Kochava customers, who are 00:03:00.720 --> 00:03:07.920 hopefully just advertisers, could easily trace an individual's movements from 00:03:05.160 --> 00:03:12.360 their home to their work, to a hospital, to a church, or even to an emergency 00:03:10.760 --> 00:03:16.400 shelter. Jeez. Allegedly, Kochava doesn't just 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:21.400 collect information about what apps an individual uses, but also what they do 00:03:19.160 --> 00:03:24.880 while inside them and how much money they spend. You know, an easy rule of 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:28.880 thumb of whether a product is dangerously invasive is asking yourself, 00:03:26.959 --> 00:03:32.440 "Could a domestic abuser use this to find their estranged spouse simply by 00:03:30.200 --> 00:03:36.000 typing pregnant female Caucasian Houston Candy Crush Green Party into a search 00:03:33.959 --> 00:03:40.160 bar?" Maybe. MyQ, best known for their smart 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:44.680 garage door openers, has apparently spent the last several months repeatedly 00:03:42.320 --> 00:03:49.320 blocking unauthorized third-party smart home apps from access to their devices. 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:53.080 That might make sense, but MyQ currently has very few authorized software 00:03:51.200 --> 00:03:57.080 partners because they require partners to pay them for the right to interact 00:03:55.000 --> 00:04:00.480 with their devices. Home Assistant recently announced that they will be 00:03:58.200 --> 00:04:05.920 deactivating their MyQ integration since it isn't working anymore and because as 00:04:03.040 --> 00:04:09.760 an open source project paying MyQ's fee simply isn't sustainable. You know, like 00:04:07.959 --> 00:04:12.800 when you don't have money and everyone wants to go to McDonald's? 00:04:11.320 --> 00:04:16.480 This has left MyQ customers in a situation where the apps they use to 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:20.920 manage all their other smart devices simply can't interact with their garage 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:24.960 doors. You might wonder why a garage door opener company would be trying to 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:29.280 interfere with its customers ability to open their garages. But MyQ is probably 00:04:27.880 --> 00:04:33.440 trying to force customers to use its official app, probably called Reddit, 00:04:31.320 --> 00:04:36.400 which since October has been serving obnoxious ads that interfere with the 00:04:34.960 --> 00:04:40.960 functioning of the app. Oh, it is Reddit. Sometimes even pushing the open 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 00:04:42.840 --> 00:04:49.600 stars, its Android counterpart recently dropped to 3.9 due to all those selfish 00:04:47.840 --> 00:04:54.200 customers who think they shouldn't get ads on an app for a product they already 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.800 paid for. Like, what's your problem? What do you think that when you go to 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. Now it's time for 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:06.720 quick bits brought to you by Grammarly. 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I can 00:08:11.400 --> 00:08:16.680 still hear the squeals of all those men's Lycra rubbing together. 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:24.680 A team of researchers from the universities of California and Sydney 00:08:22.280 --> 00:08:29.720 have developed an artificial brain from a network of randomly arranged silver 00:08:26.880 --> 00:08:33.760 nanowires. Dr. Frankenstein and all. It's alive and strangely antibacterial. 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:38.000 Its structure pattern changes predictably with electrical stimulus and 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:41.640 can maintain that pattern when the stimulus is removed, meaning the network 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:46.920 can learn dynamically and more efficiently than traditional AI training 00:08:43.760 --> 00:08:48.440 all in real time. In the near future, 00:08:46.920 --> 00:08:52.960 these silver networks could become more popular than GPUs and maybe even grills. 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 00:08:54.400 --> 00:09:01.720 software engineer used an AI-powered service to apply for 5,000 jobs leading 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:06.480 your mother to ask, "What's your excuse?" I hate you! 00:09:04.760 --> 00:09:11.120 She's still possessed. As Wired explains, the software engineer in 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:14.080 question used a service called Job GPT 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:18.640 from the accurately named Lazy Apply and landed around 20 interviews out of the 00:09:15.920 --> 00:09:23.760 5,000 applications compared to the other 20 interviews he got after manually 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:25.920 applying to 200 to 300 jobs. 00:09:23.760 --> 00:09:28.960 40 interviews and still unemployed. I'm not sure the amount of applications is 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:32.440 the problem. Some recruiters quoted in the article 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:36.960 are okay with the applicants using AI tools, but others likened it to asking 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:39.840 out every woman in the bar regardless of who they are, which is apparently a bad 00:09:38.800 --> 00:09:45.520 thing. Oh, well. Sorry for being too nice, 00:09:43.040 --> 00:09:45.520 my lady. 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 00:09:51.800 --> 00:09:58.040 you are. Unless you're Jeffrey Gardner from middle school. 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:58.040 You, Jeff.