WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:07.600 Ariana Grande is performing a cosmically mindbending concert in Fortnite. No 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:11.840 thanks. I'll take some tech news. Good choice. Apple has caused a stir among 00:00:09.840 --> 00:00:16.480 tech and privacy enthusiasts by announcing plans to scan the company's 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:20.800 devices for content that depicts the abuse of children. Apple published a 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:24.640 press release and a technical breakdown of how this would work, which involves 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:28.800 using ondevice machine learning to detect images that match a known 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:32.360 database of image hashes. If a certain threshold of matches is reached, Apple 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:38.719 will provide information to the authorities. Now, obviously, this is a 00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:43.040 noble goal, two thumbs up. But the implementation has privacy advocates 00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:47.360 worried that a similar system could easily be used to scan for any number of 00:00:45.440 --> 00:00:51.600 things. The Electronic Frontier Foundation calls it a backdoor into your 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:56.320 private life, while others are pointing out that such a move is a bit strange 00:00:53.920 --> 00:01:00.800 coming from Apple, who is never going to live down that CES billboard about 00:00:58.160 --> 00:01:04.879 things staying on your iPhone. The system won't be implemented until later 00:01:02.559 --> 00:01:10.360 this year, so there's a bit more time to argue about hypothetical situations and 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:15.439 reference George Orwell a lot. But there's even more Apple news 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:19.680 thanks to a number of documents relating to their legal fight with Epic Games 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:23.520 being released this week. One of the more juicy ones actually concerns 00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:28.720 Google, who apparently called Epic's plans to sidestep the Play Store a 00:01:26.119 --> 00:01:32.720 contagion because it threatened Google's dominant app platform. The court filings 00:01:31.119 --> 00:01:37.840 also revealed that Google called the Android sideloading process abysmal and 00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:43.680 contemplated buying a majority stake in Epic to stop their lawsuit because when 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:47.680 you're rich, they let you do it. Another document lays out Apple's anti-Epic 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:52.079 argument in detail, essentially saying that they're only after money since Epic 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:56.640 has admitted at times that current antitrust law may not be on their side. 00:01:54.799 --> 00:02:01.280 In the midst of all of this though, developers complained to Apple this week 00:01:58.960 --> 00:02:06.799 about scam apps that were promoted in the Australian iOS app store. One app 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:11.039 was charging $13 a week to remove ads, which goes against Apple's promise of 00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:14.800 rejecting expensive apps that try to cheat users with irrationally high 00:02:12.959 --> 00:02:20.480 prices, leading once more to the question of whether Apple can decide 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:23.760 what is irrational. Like, is Apple's 00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:25.520 irrational hatred of me irrational? I 00:02:23.760 --> 00:02:29.440 just I just want to tell Tim how much he means to me face to face. I think he 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:33.920 loves you. And here's a scam you should watch out for. A digital storefront 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:38.560 called Quest has been swindling desperate GPU buyers out of their 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:42.160 hard-earned money. A mega thread on the graphics card subreddit is full of 00:02:40.480 --> 00:02:46.800 thousands of comments from wouldbe customers whose orders were never 00:02:43.959 --> 00:02:51.360 fulfilled. At some point, Quest changed their website to a new domain. And while 00:02:48.800 --> 00:02:56.080 it's lacking quite a bit of detail, like for example, it has an empty about 00:02:53.360 --> 00:03:01.599 section. Who are you? It otherwise looks legit enough to trick others. So, we 00:02:58.640 --> 00:03:06.480 would advise avoiding these guys. Uh even if you see a must buy price on a 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:12.440 graphics card, this is this is a side quest you definitely want to skip. Aha. 00:03:09.760 --> 00:03:18.319 Now, it's time for some mainline bits that doesn't work anymore. Scammers are 00:03:15.920 --> 00:03:23.360 everywhere right now. Apparently, Vice just published a report on multiple 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:25.440 services that will let users pay to ban 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:30.560 other users, which is accomplished by creating copycat accounts, impersonating 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:34.959 the target, then reporting the original user for impersonation. Feel like it 00:03:32.480 --> 00:03:38.959 shouldn't work. This will cost you just $60. You know, I missed the old internet 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:44.560 where we just argued about whether it was called GIF or that other word that's 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:48.799 not real and doesn't exist. Lukewarm leaker Front Page Tech claims to have 00:03:46.959 --> 00:03:53.640 inside information that Google will launch the 5G capable Pixel 5A on August 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:58.959 26th for $450. It seems a bit strange to launch 00:03:56.239 --> 00:04:03.680 it so long after the Pixel 5 and so close to the Pixel 6 launch this fall, 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:08.799 but hey, it's a wild time protect products. I mean, Valve is launching a 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:12.799 handheld Steam machine, so far as I can tell, anything goes. I handheld the 00:04:10.640 --> 00:04:17.120 first one. Microsoft has announced it is developing an experimental mode for the 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:22.400 Edge browser called super duper secure mode. Did Elon Musk name it? It will 00:04:20.320 --> 00:04:26.400 apparently slightly increase security while having a minimal impact on 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:30.400 performance. Rumors say they're already working on the second revision of the 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:35.680 system called Mega Ultra Omni Security Bonanza Time, which I personally think 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:40.000 is a much catchier name. Free. And hey, remember that 3dfx Twitter account that 00:04:37.520 --> 00:04:44.560 said the company is coming back? Yeah, it turns out all they posted was an 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:50.800 amateur-looking slideshow with some vague promises before the account itself 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:53.600 was deleted. So, it was all a sham. But, 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:58.479 were we wrong to hope? Really, to look on the horizon for some dim chance of a 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:02.720 brighter tomorrow? Yes, we were. That was stupid. And Disney has revealed the 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:07.759 pricing for its Star Wars Galactic Star Cruiser attraction. Two nights for two 00:05:05.280 --> 00:05:12.560 guests in one cabin will cost almost $5,000. 00:05:10.479 --> 00:05:17.280 But hey, you'd be pretending to sleep and hang out on a spaceship, which would 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:22.000 sound super cool if it didn't take place in the sequel era. It's not canon. If 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:25.600 you want a sequel to this episode, you'll have to come back on Monday for 00:05:23.840 --> 00:05:30.080 Oh, I fell off my box. For more tech news, we have a plan. We're not just 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:34.000 making these up one at a time as we go. Or we're totally pulling a Kevin Feige 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:36.320 here. Yeah, they're already written. I swear it.