1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,560 I'm going to be completely honest. We're shooting this video really late and there's a lot of tech news, so we got to 2 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:11,639 move fast. Let's go. The White House claimed this week that at least some 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:14,559 imports from China are now subject to a 4 00:00:11,639 --> 00:00:20,400 245% tariff, leaving some analysts wondering whether this was a typo. But 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:22,880 it appears that 245% includes previous 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:26,080 tariffs levied against China during the preceding Trump and Biden 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:30,320 administrations. And the current administration is now including them on 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:34,719 the executive orders because hey you got to put up big numbers to make the 9 00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:36,800 investors happy. You guys you you guys 10 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:41,440 like this or but despite the US government trying to cut China off, US 11 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:46,640 consumers are flocking to the Chinese shopping apps DHGate and Taoba which 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:51,440 were the top downloaded free shopping apps on the iOS app store at the time of 13 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:55,840 writing. This follows also Chinese shopping app Tim Teimu and Shien, which 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:01:00,160 is now based in Singapore, announcing price hikes in the wake of the Trump 15 00:00:58,079 --> 00:01:05,199 administration's tariffs. Some reports indicate users are turning to Taoba and 16 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:10,479 DHGate to buy luxury items direct from China, which usually sell for way more 17 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:14,960 after they've gone to some brand HQ in Europe for final packaging and a little 18 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:18,439 kiss of approval from an eccentric old Italian guy. 19 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:26,400 send it away. But there is some good tariff related news. Nintendo announced 20 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:31,439 US and Canada pre-orders for the Switch 2 will go live on April 24th. And the 21 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:35,840 company confirmed they are not hiking the price of the console or its games. 22 00:01:33,759 --> 00:01:40,880 Just its accessories. Joy-Cons are like a hundred bucks and a dock is 120. Hey, 23 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:45,600 I mean what? What? You're not a real fan? The little strap is $14. Okay. 24 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:50,799 Google is getting kind of aggressive with their Gemini feature rollouts. Free 25 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:55,119 users can now use Gemini Live's screen sharing feature, which was previously 26 00:01:52,640 --> 00:02:00,240 only available to paid users or owners of a Pixel 9 or Galaxy S25 device. The 27 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,920 feature lets you talk to Gemini while showing it your camera feed like you're 28 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:08,080 on a video call. And it's basically the same interface used by the prototype 29 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:15,040 smart glasses Google recently demoed at a TED conference, if that's even real. 30 00:02:12,959 --> 00:02:18,640 I'm so tired. Look, don't think about it, especially if you're a college 31 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:23,840 student in the US, because Google's giving all of you free access to Gemini 32 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:27,840 Advanced until June 30th, so you can get all that help from AI to write your 33 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:33,040 papers for you while you play with the also just rolled out V2 video generation 34 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:37,120 into the Wii hours of the night, morning, something. This really smells 35 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:40,400 like the give every kid a Chromebook and now they're used to it and will buy 36 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:43,200 another Chromebook program. That's what it's called. That's what it says on the 37 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:48,000 web page. But I don't know, the internet is finding out some cool stuff about 38 00:02:45,239 --> 00:02:53,519 ChatCBT's newest biggest reasoning model 03. Turns out it's really good at 39 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:59,920 geogesser, even correctly identifying a specific library based on a picture of 40 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:01,680 books on the shelf. I mean, it answers 41 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:06,480 just as confidently when it gets it wrong, but you got to admit it's got 42 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:11,200 some. Okay. It's also doing a kind of a creepy thing now where it's referring to 43 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:16,400 users by name in its internal chain of thought, which seems to be related to 44 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:20,480 the recent chat GPT update, causing it to reference all of your previous chats 45 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:24,319 when answering a prompt. And this feels even weirder than addressing you 46 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,560 directly by name because it's like asking someone a question and then 47 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:32,319 they're like, "Sure, Riley just asked me a question, 48 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:36,319 so I should probably do a web search to find the answer." Oh, he's looking at me 49 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:40,720 right now with his stupid face. This guy, his name's Riley, really needs a 50 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:46,080 haircut. I can hear you. Another fun fact is that 03 and reasoning models in 51 00:03:43,519 --> 00:03:51,440 general hallucinate more than previous models, according to both OpenAI and AI 52 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:56,319 research lab Transloose because they make more claims, both accurate and 53 00:03:54,080 --> 00:04:00,400 inaccurate. Now, those answers take up a lot of resources. 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Yeah, Synology 78 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:44,960 is getting flak for requiring the use of Synology branded hard drives in their 79 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:48,880 plus line of NAS systems in order for users to access features like drive 80 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:54,000 health reports, automatic firmware updates, and volumewide dduplication. 81 00:05:51,919 --> 00:05:58,479 What makes this move even more silly is that Synology doesn't even make their 82 00:05:56,080 --> 00:06:03,039 own hard drives. They basically rebrand Toshiba and Seagate drives, which 83 00:06:01,039 --> 00:06:07,120 involves giving it a little kiss from an eccentric old ital. It's the same guy. 84 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:11,440 Discord has been sued by the state of New Jersey for violating child safety 85 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:16,960 laws and doing little to protect underage users from harassment, abuse, 86 00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:21,759 and sexual exploitation. Now, Discord is testing a new age verification system 87 00:06:19,039 --> 00:06:27,039 that involves scanning ID cards and faces with the platform blurring 88 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:32,560 sensitive media if it detects a young, but only in Australia and the UK, where 89 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:37,199 recently passed legislation requires the use of such systems. Now, this comes 90 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:41,600 along with privacy concerns as well, but other regions are considering similar 91 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:46,240 legislation. So, AI is going to need to get real good at spotting two kids in a 92 00:06:43,919 --> 00:06:50,560 trench coat. And that's no easy task. Okay, we've all been fooled. After 93 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:56,160 losing its search antirust lawsuit last year, Google has been ruled a monopoly 94 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:59,840 again in the adtech industry, this time following a lawsuit from the US 95 00:06:57,919 --> 00:07:04,800 Department of Justice. And things are looking similarly not great for Meta, 96 00:07:02,479 --> 00:07:09,520 who's trying to argue against the FTC's assertion that they have a monopoly on 97 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:14,160 social media. Zuck has testified saying Tik Tok counts as a competitor. But the 98 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:19,120 FTC is arguing Tik Tok's more like a content delivery service. If we're 99 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:24,479 talking truly social media, only Snapchat and a platform nobody's ever 100 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:29,120 heard of, Miwee, qualify because they focus on sharing between family and 101 00:07:26,639 --> 00:07:35,840 friends, an activity that has gone way, way down on Meta's apps. Meta's Cheryl 102 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:38,319 Sandberg actually argue that ads can be 103 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:42,160 as high quality or even better than organic content, and users want to see 104 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:45,520 them. So, look, I don't even know if the Monopoly argument holds here, but I 105 00:07:43,919 --> 00:07:50,400 think we all know Meta deserves to get cooked here anyway. And hey, how about a 106 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:56,240 nice tech story? A NASA mission called Polarimeter to unify the corona and 107 00:07:53,199 --> 00:07:58,560 heliosphere, or punch, which is just 108 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:03,520 great on its own. Uh, whose entire purpose is to fly to the sun and take 109 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:09,199 sick photos, as Gizmodo puts it, has begun sending said photos back. And 110 00:08:06,879 --> 00:08:13,199 yeah, to the untrained eye, they mostly look like a fridge painting by a toddler 111 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:17,520 who just discovered the color orange. But this photo's been to space. And so 112 00:08:15,599 --> 00:08:22,160 has Katy Perry now, so I guess that's kind of whatever. Uh, hey, you know what 113 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:28,400 is not whatever, though? You coming back here on Monday for a talk linked with me 114 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:32,320 and Luke talking about AI. Yeah, you didn't know I was going to say 115 00:08:30,039 --> 00:08:34,880 that. I'll explain everything on Monday. Okay, bye.