1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,840 What's that, tech industry? You can do whatever you want? You're immune to the 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:12,560 laws of God and man? Oh, no, no, no, no, no. We're going to stop by talking about 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:17,720 your activities in a kind of sassy way. Oh, it's over for you. YouTube is now 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:24,120 the world's largest asterisk media company by revenue. YouTube's $62 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:27,160 billion in 2025 revenue beat even 6 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:29,400 Disney, which came just short at $61 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:33,360 billion. Although, it does exclude Disney's theme parks and cruises and 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:36,400 merch. YouTube won't catch up until they do that, too. 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,760 I don't even want to imagine it. >> Jake Paul cruise. 10 00:00:37,990 --> 00:00:44,880 >> [laughter] >> To enter, you have to go through Mr. Beast's mouth. 11 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:46,560 Research firm Moffett Nathanson, wow, 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:53,000 that sounds like a fake name, also estimates that the platform pulled in 13 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:55,720 $40.4 billion in ad revenue in 2025, 14 00:00:53,000 --> 00:01:01,080 more than Disney, NBC, Paramount, and Warner Brothers combined. YouTube CEO 15 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:05,400 Neal Mohan stated that their current market position comes from YouTube's 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:11,240 ability to bring together human storytelling and the best of technology, 17 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:15,520 which sounds a lot better than saying, "We pumped that platform full of ads and 18 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:18,080 AI slop, and it made us a ton of money. I 19 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:21,680 I guess we're rich now." Part of that making money strategy was doing things 20 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:26,840 like increasing the amount of unskippable ads people see alongside 21 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:30,920 their rollout of anti-ad blocker technology. While the lion's share of 22 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:35,760 revenue comes from ads, YouTube is clearly pushing subscriptions, too, with 23 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:40,440 YouTube Premium, YouTube Music, NFL Sunday Ticket, and YouTube TV all 24 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:44,520 driving growth. The report also credits YouTube's heavy investment in AI tools, 25 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:50,320 which gives creators the ability to generate slop content faster than ever, 26 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:55,281 helping them take shorts to 200 billion views a day. Take that, TikTok. You're 27 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:58,760 not better than us. >> [laughter] >> That's YouTube. But, some of the 28 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:02,920 features YouTube has added are helpful, like this conversational AI feature on 29 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:07,360 smart TVs that will let you ask questions mid-video. Like, "What 30 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:11,480 ingredients are in a recipe? What's the meaning behind these song lyrics? And 31 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:17,200 would you still love me if I was a worm?" Intel has announced the Core 32 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:19,440 Ultra 200S Plus lineup, a direct refresh 33 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:24,320 of Arrow Lake aimed at winning back the gaming market. In case you forgot, Arrow 34 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:27,959 Lake's disastrous gaming latency issues when it first launched tanked its 35 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:32,440 reputation with PC builders. And so Intel decided it needed to begin its 36 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:38,640 apology tour. This mid-range refresh features the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus 37 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:41,680 packing 24 cores and the Ultra 5 250K 38 00:02:38,640 --> 00:02:43,600 Plus with 18. At a price point of 300 39 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:48,440 bucks and 200 bucks respectively, it's clear that Intel has done some deep soul 40 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:54,080 searching. If you consider soul searching to be realizing that AMD's 3D 41 00:02:50,959 --> 00:02:56,360 V-Cache stays winning. Interestingly, 42 00:02:54,080 --> 00:03:03,120 Intel says these new chips are their fastest gaming desktop processors ever. 43 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:06,239 They now have a 270K that is faster than 44 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:08,239 their existing flagship 285K. 45 00:03:06,239 --> 00:03:12,480 And I got to say, as a lover of sequential value scaling, this makes me 46 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:15,880 furious. The refreshed Arrow Lake chips aren't just faster. They come with new 47 00:03:14,239 --> 00:03:19,040 features meant to reduce frame time and latency bottlenecks, increase 48 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:23,200 instructions per clock in specific games to boost performance, and support faster 49 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:27,360 DDR5 out of the box. It's no wonder Reddit commenters view this as a great 50 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:31,519 deal. A better deal if, [music] you know, we could we could have some 51 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:36,280 affordable RAM to put alongside it. Like right now you got a cheap top-tier beef 52 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:40,519 patty, but the burger bun costs five times as much, which seems like a 53 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:45,160 problem. Unless you go full carnivore like me. I don't need buns. 54 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:50,160 I always have some kind of meat in my hands. Check out this guy's buns. Some 55 00:03:47,959 --> 00:03:56,360 people like buns, I like the meat. Meta has acquired Multbook, the Reddit-style 56 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:58,800 social network for open-claw AI agents, 57 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:02,800 not for people, that went viral earlier this year, dropping any remaining 58 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:06,880 pretense that Facebook is still for humans. Wait, I They're just waiting 59 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:10,560 until they can go mask off. Multibook's creators will join Meta 60 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:15,760 Superintelligence Labs, where they'll presumably come up with applications for 61 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:18,280 their always-on agent directory that are 62 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:23,520 more practical than automating ragebait posts. Axios, which broke the story, 63 00:04:20,799 --> 00:04:29,240 reported that existing Multibook users can continue letting their agents uh use 64 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:33,400 the platform, though Meta signaled that's likely going to change. While 65 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:37,960 some big names in the AI world, like Andre Karpathy, hyped it up to be a 66 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:41,680 singularity event, much of the viral activity around Multibook was people 67 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:45,160 using it to artificially increase the value of meme coins for pump-and-dump 68 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:49,440 schemes, which was possible because the whole thing was incredibly insecure. The 69 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:53,880 acquisition is another step in Meta CEO and puppet yearning to be a real boy, 70 00:04:51,600 --> 00:05:00,840 Mark Zuckerberg's strategy to flood the world with more soulless bots so he can 71 00:04:56,919 --> 00:05:02,080 feel more normal. When you wish upon a 72 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:07,000 star He's like, "Someday everyone will 73 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:11,480 have dead eyes like me." On an earnings call last year, Zuckerberg stated his 74 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:16,160 intention for every business to have a business AI wearing a suit, just like 75 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,680 they have an email address and website. While on the consumer side, 76 00:05:17,678 --> 00:05:25,000 >> [music] >> people are speculating that agents would find deals, manage bookings, and shop on 77 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:30,000 your behalf. So, to translate this from corporate, the endgame is agents making 78 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:33,960 and posting the ads, agents looking at the ads and buying the stuff in the ads, 79 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:37,919 and then the middle Zuckerberg is managing all that infrastructure and 80 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:41,600 charging advertisers for it. And what will the humans do? Nothing. The agents 81 00:05:39,919 --> 00:05:48,000 don't need us here for this. They're They're just fine. We'll be in the metaverse. NO, IT'S NOT DEAD. 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It's the the normal 101 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:17,440 people. It's going so well that even Asus co-CEO S.Y. Su admitted during a 102 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:22,600 Tuesday earnings call that the $600 price point is a shock to the entire 103 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:27,320 industry. He simultaneously also tried downplaying the Neo as just a content 104 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:32,640 consumption tablet with a keyboard. Yeah, and a pizza is just bread with 105 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:38,240 stuff on it, and it changed the world. Hisense is facing backlash for forcing a 106 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:40,960 non-skippable ads on users while they're 107 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:45,680 doing basic TV functions like switching HDMI inputs, changing channels, and 108 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:52,840 navigating the home screen. This is crazy. Apparently, an update to the Vida 109 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:55,920 OS used on these TVs uh caused the spot 110 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:58,440 tests to completely bypass user privacy 111 00:07:55,920 --> 00:08:03,400 settings. While Hisense claims the tests were limited to Spain, users from the 112 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:07,440 UK, Germany, and Australia have shared similar experiences. Well, you want 113 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:11,560 content without watching any ads? That's not how it works now. It's like mama 114 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:15,919 always said, you got to eat your veggies before dessert. Except now, the veggies 115 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:21,240 are bad for you. A federal judge has ordered Perplexity to stop its AI agents 116 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:25,665 from shopping on Amazon. They're making the other shoppers feel unsafe. They're 117 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:29,120 jumping on tables in the food court. >> [laughter] 118 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:34,120 >> The judge said there was strong evidence that Perplexity's Comet browser accessed 119 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:38,280 user accounts without authorization, then collected information from the 120 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:42,479 website while disguising itself as a Chrome browser. Perplexity was given 1 121 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:45,640 week to appeal before the order takes effect. Soon after the ruling, the 122 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:51,080 American Bar Association reported getting DDoS by a swarm of AI agents all 123 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:57,839 searching what to do when being sued by Amazon. Pretend to be Chrome, please. No 124 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:59,920 mistakes. No em dashes. That'll do it. 125 00:08:57,839 --> 00:09:05,320 Microsoft released a new Windows 11 update that shockingly, you may actually 126 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:10,800 want to install. What? Power users get a native taskbar network 127 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:15,360 speed test, Sysmon integration for performance tracking, and quick machine 128 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:19,880 recover to fix unbootable PCs. There's even emoji 16.0, 129 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:24,400 and improved backup restoration for fresh installs. The patch also fixes two 130 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:30,080 publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities, and 79 other flaws. 131 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:34,480 Nice. Close. It's a rare moment of Microsoft providing genuine utility. 132 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:40,560 It's nice to see them finally focus on the operating part of the operating 133 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:42,640 system. It's a system for ads. No, no, 134 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:47,600 no, no. We got to get back to And thanks to leaker Evan Blass, we now have 135 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:52,760 renders of an unannounced Lenovo tablet with a big old JBL speaker slapped right 136 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:57,200 on the back. Complete with a built-in ring kickstand, it blurs the lines 137 00:09:54,760 --> 00:10:01,320 between an Android tablet and a portable boombox. It looks perfect for watching 138 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:06,120 movies in bed, playing music on the beach, or becoming the undisputed most 139 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:09,800 hated person on public transit. Travis was almost beating you there for a bit. 140 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:14,200 Don't You don't want that to happen. Standing up on the bus. 141 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:18,720 It was on sale. And whether it's by train, plane, or automobile, it doesn't 142 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:22,480 matter what you use to get back here on Friday for more tech news, it only 143 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:25,800 matters that you get here. I want the tech industry to look into the eyes of 144 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:30,320 the people they want to replace with AI bots and feel bad. So, 145 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:34,800 I'll need your best sad puppy impression. 146 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:37,920 Oh, that's That's not You know, AI will do sad puppy way better than that. You 147 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,240 know, just take Take a day to work on it.