1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 In the future, when humanity travels via 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:09,760 mass relay, tech news will be provided through a digestible data-bearing 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:14,200 sludge. For now though, I'll just give it to you normally, from my mouth. Apple 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:19,400 and Google are close to finalizing a deal in which Apple would pay about $1 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:24,080 billion per year for the use of Google's AI technology to power their Siri voice 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:29,120 assistant. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple is finalizing plans 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:34,080 to commission from Google a custom Gemini model to help overhaul Siri's 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:38,520 summarizer and planner features. However, this planned reliance on Google 9 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:43,800 is only temporary as Gurman reports that the company is currently building its 10 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:45,640 own flagship AI model, which it aims to 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:49,920 make available for consumer use as soon as next year. And of course, this isn't 12 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:55,800 the only deal between the two companies. Google currently pays Apple $20 a year 13 00:00:53,800 --> 00:01:00,160 for search to be the default option on Safari. And under this supposed deal, 14 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:05,160 Apple would pay $1 billion of that back to Google to continue pretending that 15 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:09,200 they've made Siri any better. Siri will never change. It got better one time and 16 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:14,720 that's it. Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay 17 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:19,720 package. Now, it's complicated, but the gist is that shareholders okay the plan 18 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:23,000 to give Elon stock worth up to $1 trillion 19 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:27,920 over the next decade providing he hits a number of milestones, which include 20 20 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:33,080 million Tesla vehicles delivered, 10 million active full self-driving 21 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:35,440 subscription sold, 1 million Optimus 22 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:40,120 robots delivered. Uh good luck on that. And 1 million robo-taxis in commercial 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:43,680 operation. That still That also seems like a lot. Musk seems to be getting 24 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:47,880 right to work on that last milestone though, claiming that the Cybertaxi 25 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:52,360 vehicle Tesla announced a year ago will begin production in April. Now, that 26 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:57,760 might not necessarily mean much considering Tesla's grand tradition of 27 00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:01,640 saying things will happen that then do not. Following that tradition, Tesla 28 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:08,039 just announced they've delayed the reveal of the production Roadster 2 to 29 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:10,039 April Fools' Day 2026, nearly nine years 30 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:13,600 after the project was first revealed. It's got to be a prank. And it's hard to 31 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:18,720 tell if Elon was pranking us or trying to get those 1 million bot sales when he 32 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:24,040 also said that in the future, prisoners shouldn't go to jail, but instead have a 33 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:28,680 robot follow them around to make sure they're behaving themsel- kind of like 34 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:33,480 Navi in Ocarina of Time. Except this Navi stops you from doing crime. I like 35 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:36,960 this robot a lot more than MY PROBATION OFFICER. HEY! 36 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:41,920 LISTEN, Twitter has started preloading links and 37 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:47,160 media from posts across the platform, creating what some are describing as 38 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:50,760 ghost traffic to external sites. And developers noticed the change after 39 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:56,000 seeing spikes in referral data from Twitter to platforms like Substack and 40 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:59,800 Blue Sky, even when users never actually clicked on the links. According to the 41 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:04,320 company, this behavior is actually intentional. When you tap a link, 42 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:09,080 Twitter now collapses the original post, letting you still like, reply, repost, 43 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:14,640 and bookmark while viewing the linked webpage underneath. 44 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:17,200 You can do it all. So powerful. The idea 45 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:21,880 is apparently to keep users engaged without leaving the timeline because God 46 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:26,360 forbid you spend 5 seconds on another site. This is the everything app. Why 47 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:30,000 would you need to? Critics argue it's just another way for the company to 48 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:34,560 inflate engagement numbers and muddy everyone else's analytics with some 49 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:39,440 advertisers already reporting suspicious traffic surges. Elon Musk's Twitter has 50 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:42,960 gone from suppressing links to Substack and Blue Sky, which they viewed as 51 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:47,360 competitors, to loading them whether you like it or not. The internet's a wild 52 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:50,960 ride, baby. 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Meta is the 78 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:40,040 subject of a Reuters investigation that claims the company earns billions from 79 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:44,240 posts advertising scams with internal documents reportedly showing Meta just 80 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:48,480 really struggling with the decision of whether to forfeit all the revenue 81 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:53,720 they're getting from these scammy ads by removing them or pay the fines if they 82 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:57,440 keep them up. Ah, it's less about what's the right 83 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:01,920 thing to do and what's the money what's the more money thing to do. 84 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:06,440 Some higher value accounts even racked up hundreds of violations before being 85 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:11,640 shut down, leading to them creating an internal list of the scammiest scammers. 86 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:16,360 Real creative guys. What's next? A round up of the most smiling smilers? I was 87 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,840 the smiliest smile in my elementary school. 88 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:27,160 Nice one. Hyundai's IT services subsidiary has 89 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:32,080 revealed it was hit by a cyberattack between February 22nd and March 2nd of 90 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:37,960 this year, during which hackers stole names, social security numbers, and 91 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:40,720 driver's licenses of up to 2.7 million 92 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:44,280 owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles. The company says it's brought in forensic 93 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:48,320 experts, notified law enforcement, and is offering two years of free credit 94 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:52,760 monitoring to those impacted, which makes everything better. My wife told me 95 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:57,320 I didn't need that Hyundai Santa Fe, but my love of New Mexico got the BETTER OF 96 00:06:54,680 --> 00:07:04,000 ME. DAMN YOU, BREAKING BAD! REMEMBER WHEN HE THREW THAT PIZZA on the roof? 97 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:04,000 I haven't seen the show. Oh, 98 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:11,960 And Tinder is testing a new AI-powered feature called Chemistry that, with your 99 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:16,240 permission at least, scans your camera roll and asks you questions to learn 100 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:20,760 your interests and personality in order to get you better matches. The feature 101 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:26,000 is live in Australia and New Zealand and is slated to roll out more broadly in 102 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:28,680 2026. Hey, you've both got PICTURES OF 103 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:32,320 DOGS. GO FOR A DOG WALK. YOU'VE BOTH GOT a million pictures of food. Time for a 104 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:36,120 dinner date. You've both got a million nudes on your phone. 105 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:40,640 Now, I've got to get back in the kitchen to get some pictures of the tech news 106 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:45,000 I'm prepping for Monday's feast. Because it's the tech news sludge. 107 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:49,120 >> In In the meantime, tell me about your favorite soup or your Mass Effect love 108 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:52,800 interest. I don't want to hear that. 109 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:56,600 You can It's okay. Is it the soup or the Mass Effect love 110 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,680 interest? >> It's fine. See you Monday.