1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:06,960 Tech News can help you understand and adapt to important technological, 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:13,960 economic, and socioultural shifts that affect all of us. But why keep up with 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:17,039 it at all? It's a good 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:19,119 question. Hell if I know. Nintendo has 5 00:00:17,039 --> 00:00:23,840 updated their user agreements to let gamers know they might brick your Switch 6 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:26,640 if you screw around with it. Because as much as they love to sue people, it's 7 00:00:25,279 --> 00:00:30,800 like their favorite thing other than releasing the same game a million times, 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:36,360 it's just faster to remotely disable people's consoles. And along with it, 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:39,440 their ability to legally play Nintendo's 10 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:42,399 games. Hold on. As first spotted by 11 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:47,039 Steven Totio at Gamefile, the old Nintendo account agreement for US 12 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:51,520 accounts forbade a long list of jailbreaky actions like copying, 13 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:56,239 modifying, and decompiling Nintendo services. But the new agreement goes 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:01:00,879 into more detail and notes that failing to comply with these restrictions may 15 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:05,920 cause Nintendo to render your account and or Nintendo device permanently 16 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:10,080 unusable in whole or in part. I don't know what that last part is like. They 17 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:14,560 might break only your Joy-Con sticks, make them worse than they already are. 18 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:20,080 Uh the UK version of the agreement is a bit softer, saying non-compliance may 19 00:01:16,799 --> 00:01:23,520 result in the console becoming unusable. 20 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:25,759 might happen, might not stop. Nintendo 21 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:31,200 also updated their privacy policy in the US and UK to say they might monitor and 22 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:35,759 record your video and audio interactions with other users. So, just make sure you 23 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:40,159 get all the swearing out of your system before you sit down to play online. 24 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:46,079 Okay. NVIDIA is reportedly once again refusing to give tech reviewers official 25 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:49,439 drivers for the RTX 5060 until the card 26 00:01:46,079 --> 00:01:51,200 launches on May 19th. Igor's Lab first 27 00:01:49,439 --> 00:01:56,000 made this claim, but it was corroborated by Hardware Unboxed and Andrea Schilling 28 00:01:54,079 --> 00:02:01,600 of Hardware Lux, who pointed out NVIDIA's plan sucks extra hard because 29 00:01:58,799 --> 00:02:05,360 May 19th is the first day of Computex and everybody's going to be in Taiwan 30 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:09,599 possibly enjoying delicious soup dumplings and bubble tea, which is not 31 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:14,239 important right now. What's important is we're looking at another launch day 32 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:18,560 filled potentially with videos of short sandled people complaining about not 33 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:24,319 being able to publish a review. Thanks NVIDIA. Honestly, the Radeon RX960 XT 34 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:30,080 listings of which leaked recently revealing both 8 gig and 16 gig variants 35 00:02:26,959 --> 00:02:32,080 can't come soon enough. Please let Linus 36 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:36,800 review something. Anything. Apple has filed a motion to stay that ruling from 37 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:42,239 last week, forcing the tech giant to allow external payment options on iOS, 38 00:02:39,519 --> 00:02:47,599 even though Judge Ivon Gonzalez Rogers explicitly said she would not grant a 39 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:51,360 stay and that she is generally sick of Apple 40 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:55,599 shenanigans. That's my paraphrasing. But you see, Apple had no choice but to try 41 00:02:53,840 --> 00:03:00,080 something. Because if they don't collect all the commissions they can, even on 42 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:04,560 purchases made outside of the app store, they could lose hundreds of millions, 43 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:09,200 even billions of dollars, which I believe was the whole idea, but I could 44 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:14,080 be wrong. Obviously, Epic Games thinks Apple's motion is BS. The company just 45 00:03:11,599 --> 00:03:19,440 submitted the Fortnite iOS app to Apple for review once again. And again, I feel 46 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:24,239 like it won't be approved, but you know, I appreciate Tim Sweeny's spirit. 47 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:28,640 Meanwhile, Apple SVP Eddie Q made a spirited argument in the Google Search 48 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:33,360 antirust remedies trial, asserting that Google should still be allowed to pay 49 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:38,239 Apple 20 billion a year to be Safari's default search engine because search 50 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:42,000 won't even be relevant soon anyway. I mean, people are using it less because 51 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:46,159 they're using AI to search for stuff instead. Now, Google didn't love the 52 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:50,720 sound of that, so they posted a short statement to say, "Ah, well, hey, just 53 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:54,879 uh hold on now." You know, they're we're still seeing overall query growth in 54 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:59,360 search. So, I mean, you know, Google's still a big deal. And then Apple's like, 55 00:03:57,599 --> 00:04:05,120 "No, it's not." And then Google's like, "Yes, it is." Anyway, Eddie even went so 56 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:11,519 far as to say you may not even need an iPhone by 2035 because AI is changing 57 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:16,079 how people use the web so much. In fact, the changes are so big, according to 58 00:04:13,599 --> 00:04:20,160 Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, they're killing the internet's entire business 59 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:23,600 model. I mean, the tides are changing. You know, winds are shifting, your 60 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:26,400 honor. There are probably a lot of things we should be worrying about 61 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,600 instead of Google paying Apple $20 billion. So, probably just keep letting 62 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:33,919 them do that. Okay? Right? 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Well, actually, their migration tool 71 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:13,440 makes it super easy to transfer emails, calendars, and contacts from Google and 72 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:17,280 other providers. Why not go to the link in the description, create an account 73 00:05:15,039 --> 00:05:22,720 for free, try Proton Mail for a few months, and see how it feels to stick it 74 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:26,039 to big tech? Just an idea. I know why 75 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:28,320 tech news is useful, you 76 00:05:26,039 --> 00:05:33,440 know. No idea what the quick bits are for. An AI generated video of a man 77 00:05:31,199 --> 00:05:38,960 killed in a road rage incident in Arizona was played during the killer's 78 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:43,759 trial and accepted by the judge as a victim impact statement. Uh the video 79 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:48,080 was produced by the victim's sister and features the man saying he believes in 80 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:53,120 forgiveness despite his family asking the judge to deliver the maximum 81 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:58,120 sentence. After hearing the uh testimony, the judge said he didn't hear 82 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:02,720 the victim asking for the maximum sentence, probably because that wasn't 83 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:06,639 actually the victim. It was a fake person. Does everyone realize that? And 84 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,720 then the judge handed out the max sentence anyway. Okay. 85 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:15,360 Not sure what we learned from any of this. Huawei showed off its first 86 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:19,120 laptops running a desktop version of its Harmony OS operating system. The Chinese 87 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:22,880 tech giant first started developing Harmony OS as an Android-based 88 00:06:21,039 --> 00:06:27,840 alternative to reduce their reliance on Google. And now they're trying to reduce 89 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:31,840 dependence on Microsoft too because of the, you know, the US China trade war 90 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:35,680 and also probably because they're sick of the constant nagging to upgrade to 91 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:41,600 Windows 11. Relatable. In case you missed it, there's a new pope in town. 92 00:06:37,840 --> 00:06:45,039 And yeah, he's a gamer. Kind of. Uh, 93 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:47,120 Robert Pvost, aka Pope Leo I 14th, is 94 00:06:45,039 --> 00:06:51,759 the first American pope and the first one confirmed to play video games, 95 00:06:49,759 --> 00:06:56,400 specifically Wordle and Words with Friends. According to his biological 96 00:06:54,160 --> 00:07:00,160 gamer bros, he's also the first pope that can be properly stalked on social 97 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:03,919 media. Evidence has already been discovered of him arguing with his 98 00:07:01,759 --> 00:07:09,039 relatives on Facebook. He's just like us. and a viral Tik Tok trend called the 99 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:13,280 Chromebook Challenge, in which kids stick objects into the USB ports of 100 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:17,919 their schoolisssued Chromebooks to elicit a bit of magic smoke, has 101 00:07:15,599 --> 00:07:22,479 unsurprisingly led to fires and evacuations at schools in multiple 102 00:07:19,919 --> 00:07:26,960 states. As one Tik Tok video points out, blowing up your Chromebook may lead to a 103 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:32,160 situation where it ain't even a Chromebook anymore. Important lessons 104 00:07:29,599 --> 00:07:36,880 learned. Searching Chromebook challenge on Tik Tok now leads to a Tik Tok page 105 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:41,199 warning against participating in such challenges which they needed to do 106 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:45,360 because the fire challenge was already a thing and that involved kids pouring 107 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:50,880 flammable liquid on themselves and then lighting that liquid on fire. What is 108 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:55,039 the challenge there? To survive. Thankfully, kids have already pivoted to 109 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:59,599 finding new and creative ways to screw with their Chromebook settings, making 110 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:04,560 the laptop hard to use the old-fashioned way. You know, maybe the kids are all 111 00:08:01,919 --> 00:08:07,919 right. Maybe the kids are all right. But I won't be all right unless you come 112 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:11,840 back on Monday for more tech news. I'll just be sitting here worried sick that 113 00:08:09,759 --> 00:08:17,199 you're doing something less useful, like touching grass or other things that are 114 00:08:13,759 --> 00:08:17,199 outside. Your hands might get dirty.