WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000 In the future, when humanity travels via 00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:09.760 mass relay, tech news will be provided through a digestible data-bearing 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:14.200 sludge. For now though, I'll just give it to you normally, from my mouth. Apple 00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:19.400 and Google are close to finalizing a deal in which Apple would pay about $1 00:00:16.560 --> 00:00:24.080 billion per year for the use of Google's AI technology to power their Siri voice 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:29.120 assistant. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple is finalizing plans 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:34.080 to commission from Google a custom Gemini model to help overhaul Siri's 00:00:32.040 --> 00:00:38.520 summarizer and planner features. However, this planned reliance on Google 00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:43.800 is only temporary as Gurman reports that the company is currently building its 00:00:40.440 --> 00:00:45.640 own flagship AI model, which it aims to 00:00:43.800 --> 00:00:49.920 make available for consumer use as soon as next year. And of course, this isn't 00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:55.800 the only deal between the two companies. Google currently pays Apple $20 a year 00:00:53.800 --> 00:01:00.160 for search to be the default option on Safari. And under this supposed deal, 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:05.160 Apple would pay $1 billion of that back to Google to continue pretending that 00:01:02.720 --> 00:01:09.200 they've made Siri any better. Siri will never change. It got better one time and 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:14.720 that's it. Tesla shareholders have approved Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay 00:01:12.520 --> 00:01:19.720 package. Now, it's complicated, but the gist is that shareholders okay the plan 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:23.000 to give Elon stock worth up to $1 trillion 00:01:20.760 --> 00:01:27.920 over the next decade providing he hits a number of milestones, which include 20 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:33.080 million Tesla vehicles delivered, 10 million active full self-driving 00:01:29.880 --> 00:01:35.440 subscription sold, 1 million Optimus 00:01:33.080 --> 00:01:40.120 robots delivered. Uh good luck on that. And 1 million robo-taxis in commercial 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:43.680 operation. That still That also seems like a lot. Musk seems to be getting 00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:47.880 right to work on that last milestone though, claiming that the Cybertaxi 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:52.360 vehicle Tesla announced a year ago will begin production in April. Now, that 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:57.760 might not necessarily mean much considering Tesla's grand tradition of 00:01:54.800 --> 00:02:01.640 saying things will happen that then do not. Following that tradition, Tesla 00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:08.039 just announced they've delayed the reveal of the production Roadster 2 to 00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:10.039 April Fools' Day 2026, nearly nine years 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 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 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:24.040 also said that in the future, prisoners shouldn't go to jail, but instead have a 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:28.680 robot follow them around to make sure they're behaving themsel- kind of like 00:02:26.000 --> 00:02:33.480 Navi in Ocarina of Time. Except this Navi stops you from doing crime. I like 00:02:31.360 --> 00:02:36.960 this robot a lot more than MY PROBATION OFFICER. HEY! 00:02:35.440 --> 00:02:41.920 LISTEN, Twitter has started preloading links and 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:47.160 media from posts across the platform, creating what some are describing as 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:50.760 ghost traffic to external sites. And developers noticed the change after 00:02:48.720 --> 00:02:56.000 seeing spikes in referral data from Twitter to platforms like Substack and 00:02:53.320 --> 00:02:59.800 Blue Sky, even when users never actually clicked on the links. According to the 00:02:57.720 --> 00:03:04.320 company, this behavior is actually intentional. When you tap a link, 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:09.080 Twitter now collapses the original post, letting you still like, reply, repost, 00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:14.640 and bookmark while viewing the linked webpage underneath. 00:03:11.240 --> 00:03:17.200 You can do it all. So powerful. The idea 00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:21.880 is apparently to keep users engaged without leaving the timeline because God 00:03:19.600 --> 00:03:26.360 forbid you spend 5 seconds on another site. This is the everything app. Why 00:03:24.160 --> 00:03:30.000 would you need to? Critics argue it's just another way for the company to 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:34.560 inflate engagement numbers and muddy everyone else's analytics with some 00:03:32.160 --> 00:03:39.440 advertisers already reporting suspicious traffic surges. Elon Musk's Twitter has 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:42.960 gone from suppressing links to Substack and Blue Sky, which they viewed as 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:47.360 competitors, to loading them whether you like it or not. The internet's a wild 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:50.960 ride, baby. 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Sure. 00:04:54.000 --> 00:05:01.480 Grand Theft Auto 6 has been DELAYED ONCE AGAIN. 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:06.680 I'M SO FRUST- WITH Rockstar confirming the launch is moving from May to 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:11.120 November of 2026. A moment of silence for everyone 00:05:08.400 --> 00:05:15.800 really upset about this. This new delay follows reports that some recently fired 00:05:13.320 --> 00:05:19.760 employees leaked internal information about the company on Discord, though 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:23.360 it's unclear if that actually had anything to do with this at all. 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:26.720 Guess we'll just have to take two number nines, a number nine large, a number six 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:30.720 with extra dip, a number seven, two number 45s, one with the cheese, and a 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:34.840 large soda while we wait. What is he talking about? Look at him. Meta is the 00:05:32.640 --> 00:05:40.040 subject of a Reuters investigation that claims the company earns billions from 00:05:37.280 --> 00:05:44.240 posts advertising scams with internal documents reportedly showing Meta just 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:48.480 really struggling with the decision of whether to forfeit all the revenue 00:05:46.440 --> 00:05:53.720 they're getting from these scammy ads by removing them or pay the fines if they 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:57.440 keep them up. Ah, it's less about what's the right 00:05:55.600 --> 00:06:01.920 thing to do and what's the money what's the more money thing to do. 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:06.440 Some higher value accounts even racked up hundreds of violations before being 00:06:04.200 --> 00:06:11.640 shut down, leading to them creating an internal list of the scammiest scammers. 00:06:09.520 --> 00:06:16.360 Real creative guys. What's next? A round up of the most smiling smilers? I was 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:18.840 the smiliest smile in my elementary school. 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:27.160 Nice one. Hyundai's IT services subsidiary has 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:32.080 revealed it was hit by a cyberattack between February 22nd and March 2nd of 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:37.960 this year, during which hackers stole names, social security numbers, and 00:06:34.960 --> 00:06:40.720 driver's licenses of up to 2.7 million 00:06:37.960 --> 00:06:44.280 owners of Hyundai and Kia vehicles. The company says it's brought in forensic 00:06:42.440 --> 00:06:48.320 experts, notified law enforcement, and is offering two years of free credit 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:52.760 monitoring to those impacted, which makes everything better. My wife told me 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 00:06:54.680 --> 00:07:04.000 ME. DAMN YOU, BREAKING BAD! REMEMBER WHEN HE THREW THAT PIZZA on the roof? 00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:04.000 I haven't seen the show. Oh, 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:11.960 And Tinder is testing a new AI-powered feature called Chemistry that, with your 00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:16.240 permission at least, scans your camera roll and asks you questions to learn 00:07:14.080 --> 00:07:20.760 your interests and personality in order to get you better matches. The feature 00:07:18.320 --> 00:07:26.000 is live in Australia and New Zealand and is slated to roll out more broadly in 00:07:22.760 --> 00:07:28.680 2026. Hey, you've both got PICTURES OF 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 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:36.120 dinner date. You've both got a million nudes on your phone. 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 00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:45.000 I'm prepping for Monday's feast. Because it's the tech news sludge. 00:07:42.640 --> 00:07:49.120 >> In In the meantime, tell me about your favorite soup or your Mass Effect love 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:52.800 interest. I don't want to hear that. 00:07:51.840 --> 00:07:56.600 You can It's okay. Is it the soup or the Mass Effect love 00:07:56.120 --> 00:08:00.680 interest? >> It's fine. See you Monday.