WEBVTT 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 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:11.639 move fast. Let's go. The White House claimed this week that at least some 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:14.559 imports from China are now subject to a 00:00:11.639 --> 00:00:20.400 245% tariff, leaving some analysts wondering whether this was a typo. But 00:00:16.880 --> 00:00:22.880 it appears that 245% includes previous 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:26.080 tariffs levied against China during the preceding Trump and Biden 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:30.320 administrations. And the current administration is now including them on 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:34.719 the executive orders because hey you got to put up big numbers to make the 00:00:31.599 --> 00:00:36.800 investors happy. You guys you you guys 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:41.440 like this or but despite the US government trying to cut China off, US 00:00:39.120 --> 00:00:46.640 consumers are flocking to the Chinese shopping apps DHGate and Taoba which 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:51.440 were the top downloaded free shopping apps on the iOS app store at the time of 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:55.840 writing. This follows also Chinese shopping app Tim Teimu and Shien, which 00:00:53.920 --> 00:01:00.160 is now based in Singapore, announcing price hikes in the wake of the Trump 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:05.199 administration's tariffs. Some reports indicate users are turning to Taoba and 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:10.479 DHGate to buy luxury items direct from China, which usually sell for way more 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:14.960 after they've gone to some brand HQ in Europe for final packaging and a little 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:18.439 kiss of approval from an eccentric old Italian guy. 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:26.400 send it away. But there is some good tariff related news. Nintendo announced 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 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:35.840 company confirmed they are not hiking the price of the console or its games. 00:01:33.759 --> 00:01:40.880 Just its accessories. Joy-Cons are like a hundred bucks and a dock is 120. Hey, 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:45.600 I mean what? What? You're not a real fan? The little strap is $14. Okay. 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:50.799 Google is getting kind of aggressive with their Gemini feature rollouts. Free 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:55.119 users can now use Gemini Live's screen sharing feature, which was previously 00:01:52.640 --> 00:02:00.240 only available to paid users or owners of a Pixel 9 or Galaxy S25 device. The 00:01:58.320 --> 00:02:03.920 feature lets you talk to Gemini while showing it your camera feed like you're 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:08.080 on a video call. And it's basically the same interface used by the prototype 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:15.040 smart glasses Google recently demoed at a TED conference, if that's even real. 00:02:12.959 --> 00:02:18.640 I'm so tired. Look, don't think about it, especially if you're a college 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:23.840 student in the US, because Google's giving all of you free access to Gemini 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:27.840 Advanced until June 30th, so you can get all that help from AI to write your 00:02:25.920 --> 00:02:33.040 papers for you while you play with the also just rolled out V2 video generation 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:37.120 into the Wii hours of the night, morning, something. This really smells 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 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:43.200 another Chromebook program. That's what it's called. That's what it says on the 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:48.000 web page. But I don't know, the internet is finding out some cool stuff about 00:02:45.239 --> 00:02:53.519 ChatCBT's newest biggest reasoning model 03. Turns out it's really good at 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:59.920 geogesser, even correctly identifying a specific library based on a picture of 00:02:56.480 --> 00:03:01.680 books on the shelf. I mean, it answers 00:02:59.920 --> 00:03:06.480 just as confidently when it gets it wrong, but you got to admit it's got 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 00:03:08.480 --> 00:03:16.400 users by name in its internal chain of thought, which seems to be related to 00:03:13.760 --> 00:03:20.480 the recent chat GPT update, causing it to reference all of your previous chats 00:03:18.480 --> 00:03:24.319 when answering a prompt. And this feels even weirder than addressing you 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:27.560 directly by name because it's like asking someone a question and then 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:32.319 they're like, "Sure, Riley just asked me a question, 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 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:40.720 right now with his stupid face. This guy, his name's Riley, really needs a 00:03:38.720 --> 00:03:46.080 haircut. I can hear you. Another fun fact is that 03 and reasoning models in 00:03:43.519 --> 00:03:51.440 general hallucinate more than previous models, according to both OpenAI and AI 00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:56.319 research lab Transloose because they make more claims, both accurate and 00:03:54.080 --> 00:04:00.400 inaccurate. Now, those answers take up a lot of resources. And according to Sam 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:06.400 Alman, millions of dollars are spent to power chat GPT's responses to users just 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:12.319 saying, "Thank you, ChatGpt." But Sam says if that's the cost of being polite 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:14.120 to AI, it's money well spent because you 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:19.280 never know. What? Well, you know, AI might 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:22.880 remember your kindness in, you know, a few 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:26.240 years. Wait, what does that mean, Sam? Does it mean you should check out our 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:30.800 sponsor MicroEnter and their newest store in Santa Clara, California? Sign 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:34.800 up at the link below and receive a free 128 gig flash drive in store when it 00:04:32.960 --> 00:04:39.040 opens this year. And hey, if you bought your old GPU at MicroEnter, bring it 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:43.040 with you for their GPU tradein program. You receive an offer the same day. 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So, it's a great time to pick up some apparel or a commuter backpack or a 00:05:20.520 --> 00:05:26.639 screwdriver. And we are offering a neverbeforeseen price on our magnetic 00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:30.800 cable management essentials bundle. Don't miss it by heading to ltstore.com 00:05:28.960 --> 00:05:33.440 at the link in the video description. Back to you, 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:39.680 Riley. Okay, quick bits. Yeah, Synology 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:44.960 is getting flak for requiring the use of Synology branded hard drives in their 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:48.880 plus line of NAS systems in order for users to access features like drive 00:05:46.960 --> 00:05:54.000 health reports, automatic firmware updates, and volumewide dduplication. 00:05:51.919 --> 00:05:58.479 What makes this move even more silly is that Synology doesn't even make their 00:05:56.080 --> 00:06:03.039 own hard drives. They basically rebrand Toshiba and Seagate drives, which 00:06:01.039 --> 00:06:07.120 involves giving it a little kiss from an eccentric old ital. It's the same guy. 00:06:04.880 --> 00:06:11.440 Discord has been sued by the state of New Jersey for violating child safety 00:06:09.440 --> 00:06:16.960 laws and doing little to protect underage users from harassment, abuse, 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:21.759 and sexual exploitation. Now, Discord is testing a new age verification system 00:06:19.039 --> 00:06:27.039 that involves scanning ID cards and faces with the platform blurring 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:32.560 sensitive media if it detects a young, but only in Australia and the UK, where 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:37.199 recently passed legislation requires the use of such systems. Now, this comes 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:41.600 along with privacy concerns as well, but other regions are considering similar 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 00:06:43.919 --> 00:06:50.560 trench coat. And that's no easy task. Okay, we've all been fooled. After 00:06:47.680 --> 00:06:56.160 losing its search antirust lawsuit last year, Google has been ruled a monopoly 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:59.840 again in the adtech industry, this time following a lawsuit from the US 00:06:57.919 --> 00:07:04.800 Department of Justice. And things are looking similarly not great for Meta, 00:07:02.479 --> 00:07:09.520 who's trying to argue against the FTC's assertion that they have a monopoly on 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:14.160 social media. Zuck has testified saying Tik Tok counts as a competitor. But the 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:19.120 FTC is arguing Tik Tok's more like a content delivery service. If we're 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:24.479 talking truly social media, only Snapchat and a platform nobody's ever 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:29.120 heard of, Miwee, qualify because they focus on sharing between family and 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:35.840 friends, an activity that has gone way, way down on Meta's apps. Meta's Cheryl 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:38.319 Sandberg actually argue that ads can be 00:07:35.840 --> 00:07:42.160 as high quality or even better than organic content, and users want to see 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:45.520 them. So, look, I don't even know if the Monopoly argument holds here, but I 00:07:43.919 --> 00:07:50.400 think we all know Meta deserves to get cooked here anyway. And hey, how about a 00:07:47.520 --> 00:07:56.240 nice tech story? A NASA mission called Polarimeter to unify the corona and 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:58.560 heliosphere, or punch, which is just 00:07:56.240 --> 00:08:03.520 great on its own. Uh, whose entire purpose is to fly to the sun and take 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:09.199 sick photos, as Gizmodo puts it, has begun sending said photos back. And 00:08:06.879 --> 00:08:13.199 yeah, to the untrained eye, they mostly look like a fridge painting by a toddler 00:08:11.520 --> 00:08:17.520 who just discovered the color orange. But this photo's been to space. And so 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 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:28.400 is not whatever, though? You coming back here on Monday for a talk linked with me 00:08:25.520 --> 00:08:32.320 and Luke talking about AI. Yeah, you didn't know I was going to say 00:08:30.039 --> 00:08:34.880 that. I'll explain everything on Monday. Okay, bye.