1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,379 Google is preparing to launch a high-end laptop project called Chromebook X it's 2 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:12,480 like Malcolm X except for the everything about it except the X 3 00:00:10,019 --> 00:00:17,279 I'm Riley this is techlinked and this branding is similar to some Microsoft 4 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:23,039 products like the Xbox series X and the Surface Pro X tablet X being arguably 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:27,779 the coolest letter in the alphabet Z is up there W no at least they didn't go 6 00:00:25,619 --> 00:00:31,439 with ultra not a letter now however the Chromebook X Program will allow Chrome 7 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:34,800 OS devices from third-party manufacturers that meet elevated 8 00:00:33,180 --> 00:00:39,660 Hardware requirements to receive additional features and special branding 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:43,739 marking them as a Chromebook X although I'm not sure how many laptop companies 10 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:47,940 will be eager to Brand their products as a perfectly acceptable laptop for 11 00:00:45,540 --> 00:00:53,039 children and seniors but better the X stands for extra adequate 12 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:56,940 extra just okay also somewhat confusing is Google's 13 00:00:55,260 --> 00:01:03,860 apparent plans to equip these Chromebook X's with AMD Zen 2 plus or Zen 3 chips 14 00:01:00,239 --> 00:01:06,420 as well as Intel 12th gen Bria and Nissa 15 00:01:03,860 --> 00:01:10,380 n-series CPUs which are on the mid to low end of the power Spectrum not 16 00:01:08,340 --> 00:01:14,760 exactly chips you'd expect in a laptop with such a cool letter in its name but 17 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:19,560 Google is more about software so the Chromebook X's special features include 18 00:01:16,740 --> 00:01:24,659 apparently live caption for calls a portrait blur option and voice isolation 19 00:01:22,140 --> 00:01:28,380 Tech mind these are less special features than they are regular features 20 00:01:26,759 --> 00:01:33,240 that a standard Chromebook can't run without [ __ ] straight through the bed 21 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:36,119 so that's pretty powerful though 22 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:40,740 like I can't even that strong twitch is replacing its mature content toggle that 23 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:45,299 allows users to enable and disable adult material with a more informative system 24 00:01:42,659 --> 00:01:49,860 of content classification labels now instead of Simply marking the stream as 25 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:53,939 mature streamers can specify the exact kind of depravity they intend to 26 00:01:51,780 --> 00:01:58,579 broadcast be it mature rated video games intoxication violence sexual themed 27 00:01:56,399 --> 00:02:04,860 profanity gambling conversation going outside 28 00:02:02,579 --> 00:02:08,700 question if you manage to hit every single content warning in one stream do 29 00:02:06,719 --> 00:02:12,120 you get a prize like in Bingo streamers that fail to correctly label their 30 00:02:10,140 --> 00:02:16,200 streams will not be banned but will receive an email warning after multiple 31 00:02:14,340 --> 00:02:20,280 warnings their Channel may be locked for a period of days or weeks if you get a 32 00:02:18,599 --> 00:02:24,660 bingo in front of an audience of under supervised 12 year olds the punishment 33 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:28,860 is an extended opportunity to touch the grass ah there it is the change is an 34 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:32,700 interesting quality of life measure coming at a time when twitch is losing 35 00:02:30,660 --> 00:02:37,260 several of its top streamers the most viewed streamer xqc signed a 100 million 36 00:02:35,700 --> 00:02:42,959 dollar non-exclusive deal with quick with quick with Kik last week and now 37 00:02:40,020 --> 00:02:46,019 hot tub Queen amaranth who kick paid an undisclosed amount to apparently begin 38 00:02:44,519 --> 00:02:50,160 streaming herself and her friends showering twitch actually lost another 39 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:55,019 prominent streamer this week not to kick but to burnout former pro fortnite 40 00:02:52,379 --> 00:02:59,340 player Turner T few Tenney has retired at the age of 25 after eight years as a 41 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:03,360 twitch partner citing the stress of daily hours-long live streams many 42 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:07,260 creators have criticized which is high requirements to maintain status 43 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:12,959 contributing to a culture of burnout and overwork xqc the poster boy for just 44 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:17,340 insane streaming schedules celebrated his two-year deal with kick by flirting 45 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:21,720 with a band immediately violating the dmca policy by streaming The Dark Knight 46 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:25,920 he's the hero kick deserves but not the one it needs right now 47 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:31,200 it's just making things more complicated but where the other streamers going well 48 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:35,280 and while most of the subreddits protesting reddit's new ABI prizing have 49 00:03:33,239 --> 00:03:39,480 reopened many are still registering their disapproval by labeling themselves 50 00:03:37,140 --> 00:03:44,340 as not safe for work which adds an age gate on desktop requires app login to 51 00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:47,640 view on mobile and prevents ads from being run on the subreddit this follows 52 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:51,959 an earlier wave of subreddits that transitioned into non-stop thirst traps 53 00:03:50,220 --> 00:03:56,400 featuring comedian John Oliver thankfully fully pornographic John 54 00:03:54,299 --> 00:04:01,860 Oliver content has yet to emerge but it's only a matter of time fortunately 55 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:08,099 give me that all of us okay please please I'll live [ __ ] the only 56 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:13,439 thing more obstinate and self-important than a moderator is an admin on Tuesday 57 00:04:10,860 --> 00:04:18,900 shortly after the users of R mildly interesting voted to set it to NSFW the 58 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:23,100 entire mod team was removed and locked out of their accounts apparently by a 59 00:04:20,820 --> 00:04:29,040 Reddit employed admin then following report of The Purge from The Verge they 60 00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:30,780 were just as suddenly reinstated Reddit 61 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:34,560 refused to comment on whether it was behind either the removal or the 62 00:04:32,699 --> 00:04:39,259 reinstatement which I for one think is more than mildly interesting post that 63 00:04:37,620 --> 00:04:44,940 in our slash several other subreddits including r 64 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:48,360 slash interesting is r slash thanks I 65 00:04:44,940 --> 00:04:50,040 hate it and r slash life Pro tips all of 66 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:54,360 which have over a million subscribers are currently unmoderated having been 67 00:04:52,139 --> 00:05:00,000 hit by similar purges making their advice even worse 68 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:03,419 feel like Pro tip get banned while Reddit hasn't confirmed that they are 69 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:06,720 behind the removals they did threaten to remove mods that failed to comply last 70 00:05:05,340 --> 00:05:10,919 week it's a bit like when your business partner takes a long unexpected vacation 71 00:05:08,940 --> 00:05:15,180 to the Bahamas shortly after you told the entire Christmas party you wanted 72 00:05:12,780 --> 00:05:19,680 him dead yet another protest strategy was employed by at least two subreddits 73 00:05:17,460 --> 00:05:25,560 r slash March against Nazis and R political humor which made all members 74 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:28,199 moderators in response to reddit's CEO 75 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:33,180 Steve Huffman calling moderators landed gentry who ignore the desires of rank 76 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:38,460 and file users I don't like aristocracy Mr Huffman how about Anarchy I mean 77 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:42,180 you're trying it right now let's you spend first among equals 78 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:45,320 now it's time for quick bits brought to you I'm back from on vacation 79 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:53,280 not on or any other planet it's time to 80 00:05:49,979 --> 00:05:57,120 build my quick bits Galactic Empire with 81 00:05:53,280 --> 00:06:00,180 our sponsor Paradox in Stellaris I'll 82 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:02,880 explore and Conquer an unknown universe 83 00:06:00,180 --> 00:06:07,380 perhaps I'll allow some democracy or rule with an iron fist or maybe I'll 84 00:06:05,639 --> 00:06:11,460 engineer a race of beings controlled by a psychic hive mind that could be fun 85 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:15,600 I'm definitely going to form alliances and influence other alien factions 86 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:19,199 through diplomacy strength or Espionage but if that doesn't work there's always 87 00:06:17,340 --> 00:06:23,940 the old blow up their home World trip that's just me with unparalleled 88 00:06:21,660 --> 00:06:29,699 possibilities no two games of Stellaris are ever the same your story will be 89 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:33,360 Uniquely Yours starting on June 22nd you 90 00:06:29,699 --> 00:06:35,940 can play on Steam for free oh go conquer 91 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:39,900 the Galaxy don't threaten the audience Dennis 92 00:06:37,020 --> 00:06:43,919 a little bit of tech news in your life a little bit of this guy by your side 93 00:06:41,580 --> 00:06:49,259 that's right quick bits were inspired by Lou Bega which is why there's Mambo 94 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:51,840 Number Five of them please laugh 95 00:06:49,259 --> 00:06:57,000 the FTC sued Amazon on Wednesday for making it trivial to subscribe to their 96 00:06:54,300 --> 00:07:01,380 Prime service but a labyrinthine process to cancel presumably by forcing you to 97 00:06:59,759 --> 00:07:07,080 fight a Minotaur if you don't want to pay 140 every year additional eight 98 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:10,919 bucks a month if you want magic yarn the commission's lawsuit alleges Amazon 99 00:07:08,699 --> 00:07:14,639 knowingly tricked millions of Americans into signing up for their Prime 100 00:07:12,180 --> 00:07:19,080 subscription using dark patterns a term that describes manipulative coercive or 101 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:23,940 deceptive user interface designs and not the sequence of increasingly problematic 102 00:07:21,180 --> 00:07:27,960 behavior of flashstar Ezra Miller and they still release that movie which is 103 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:33,840 the real crime if Twitter Clips are any indication EA has decided to split EA 104 00:07:31,139 --> 00:07:37,860 Games and EA Sports in the game into two distinct units so now you have two 105 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:43,259 corporate entities to hate instead of one also EA Games is being rebranded as 106 00:07:40,979 --> 00:07:48,419 EA entertainment suggesting they intend to expand Beyond games interpretive 107 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:52,620 dance another Flash movie meanwhile EA Sports is expanding into the courtroom 108 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:57,599 because they've been sued over their upcoming college football game is that 109 00:07:54,840 --> 00:08:03,120 the title college football game CA college and the college book EA Sports 110 00:07:59,819 --> 00:08:05,520 CFG the plaintiff is the brander group 111 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:09,900 Noe which has deals to negotiate licensing contracts for several NCAA 112 00:08:07,740 --> 00:08:16,080 schools and therefore has an issue with EA Sports offering individual athletes a 113 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:19,139 flat 500 fee and no royalties for their 114 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:22,740 name image and likeness in perpetuity 115 00:08:19,139 --> 00:08:24,060 yep that's ridiculous wow yay you're not 116 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:28,860 allowed to take advantage of college athletes that's the brander group's job 117 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:32,640 DP Review and invaluable digital photography resource was supposed to 118 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:37,200 close in April as part of Amazon's careless cuts and mass layoffs earlier 119 00:08:34,860 --> 00:08:41,820 this year but oddly the site continued publishing even after the deadline where 120 00:08:39,180 --> 00:08:46,080 the site was set to go read only it kept going and going well past its supposed 121 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:50,640 due date just like the yogurt in the break room fridge sorry apparently this 122 00:08:48,779 --> 00:08:54,899 is because Amazon was instead approached by gear Patrol an independent tech 123 00:08:53,220 --> 00:08:59,279 review site which has officially acquired DP Review as of yesterday DP 124 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:04,800 reviews editor-in-chief released a statement saying that the site will continue to operate as it was before 125 00:09:02,459 --> 00:09:09,480 with all editorial coverage and site features remaining the same and all 126 00:09:06,959 --> 00:09:16,500 historical content accessible former site editor Gannon Gannon Gannon former 127 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:18,420 site editor Gannon burget is quoted as 128 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:22,620 saying you figure this sort of stuff out before shutting down an entire division 129 00:09:20,399 --> 00:09:30,300 of your company not in hindsight after weeks of backlash and also quote Amazon 130 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:33,300 and also quote link stop stopping my 131 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:35,519 plans be kidnapped the princess 132 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:40,080 I'm shedding real tears for this Kingdom Marvel Studios is facing controversy for 133 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:44,399 using AI to create the opening credit scene for their secret Invasion 134 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:49,019 miniseries upsetting artists people with taste and possibly epileptics they 135 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:54,180 really need to smooth those Out director and executive producer Ali Salim told 136 00:09:51,420 --> 00:09:57,600 polygon he doesn't really understand how AI works and apparently also didn't 137 00:09:56,160 --> 00:10:02,160 understand that the writer's Guild of America is currently on strike to 138 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:05,279 protect writers against AI so maybe throwing AI into one of the most hotly 139 00:10:03,839 --> 00:10:09,180 anticipated projects in a massively popular Cinematic Universe was a bad 140 00:10:06,899 --> 00:10:13,800 idea who can say fortunately the premiere episode has a lengthy cold open 141 00:10:11,220 --> 00:10:17,760 so geeky artists got to enjoy a solid eight minutes of the show before feeling 142 00:10:15,839 --> 00:10:23,339 angry and betrayed that's like a minute more than I got to spend in heaven with 143 00:10:19,560 --> 00:10:25,560 Stacy Carlisle when I was in sixth grade 144 00:10:23,339 --> 00:10:30,779 Jacob wrote that I wish that was true it's all Riley he's lying I 145 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:35,399 actually it was me deep feelings 146 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:40,800 and Eve online has added a new feature in the form of a free add-on 147 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:43,260 of Microsoft Excel sounds weird but it's 148 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:47,519 right up there Ally after years of being called a glorified spreadsheet simulator 149 00:10:45,180 --> 00:10:52,200 both by fans and detractors Eve online will be officially integrating Excel 150 00:10:49,740 --> 00:10:57,660 into its alleged space adventure game alleged now players will be able to 151 00:10:55,200 --> 00:11:03,000 create custom reports graphs and charts yes to better calculate their Fleet DPS 152 00:11:00,779 --> 00:11:07,140 and manage their in-universe corporate expense accounts without having to tap 153 00:11:05,579 --> 00:11:11,279 out of the game like they usually would so immersion breaking Eve online fans 154 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:15,420 were ecstatic when the partnership was announced and I think the rest of us can 155 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:19,019 just be happy for them and we'll be happy too when you come back on Friday 156 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:23,160 for another episode of techlinked I mean not like ecstatic you're not exactly 157 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:27,200 like a integrated spreadsheet but you know no offense but definitely pleased