data/2024-10-07 this_is_unprecedented.en.txt

[0.06] I have to deliver the news at 60 miles an hour [2.39]
[2.39] and if I slow down for even a second [4.73]
[4.73] something bad might happen to Keanu Reeves. [7.33]
[7.33] Bradley, don't slow down! [8.49]
[8.49] He's already sad enough. [9.95]
[9.95] Apple is apparently going to launch M4 MacBook Pros this year [13.61]
[13.61] which is what I've been learning from Mark Gurman [16.11]
[16.11] who lives in a house made from all the paper he's earning. [18.71]
[21.51] Thank you, Jake. [22.45]
[22.45] You're welcome, world. [23.31]
[23.31] But even though Apple hasn't even announced them yet [25.77]
[25.77] Russian YouTube channel Wilsacom [28.09]
[28.09] claims to have gotten their hands on one. [30.42]
[30.42] The channel's video even got a response from Gurman himself [33.66]
[33.66] saying it's unconfirmed but looks fairly legitimate [37.53]
[37.53] which I think is the nicest thing he's ever said about anyone. [39.71]
[39.71] Personally, I'm not sure how much I trust a channel [41.85]
[41.85] that may have ripped their World Premiere intro from an Xbox event. [45.73]
[45.73] And by may, I mean definitely. [47.93]
[47.93] World Premiere. [48.97]
[48.97] Whether or not the video is legit [50.41]
[50.41] Gurman claims we'll be seeing M4 MacBook Pros launch on November 1st, [55.09]
[55.09] alongside new M4 Mac Minis and iMacs. [58.7]
[58.7] Gurman also revealed [59.58]
[59.58] that Apple Intelligence will finally arrive on October 28th. [62.94]
[64.22] Yeah, it's not out yet, [65.3]
[65.3] despite weeks of ads featuring actor Bella Ramsey [69.02]
[69.02] using the power of AI [70.18]
[70.18] to do amazing things like make a photo montage [73.04]
[73.04] with sad vibes at a fish funeral. [76.03]
[76.03] I've just had to watch [76.85]
[76.85] that knowing I can't get that for myself yet. [79.63]
[79.63] Oh, there's fine print at the bottom? [81.69]
[81.69] I want sad vibes now! [83.29]
[83.29] Fortunately, Apple may be trying to prevent weird delays like this [87.24]
[87.24] as Gurman claims [88.06]
[88.06] the company is moving away from its usual annual release cycle. [92.32]
[92.32] Instead, they're going to try a revolutionary new strategy [95.14]
[95.14] of launching products when they're ready. [97.92]
[97.92] Wow. [99.64]
[99.64] Genius. [100.28]
[100.28] This is why Tim Cook makes the big bucks. [102.12]
[102.12] Over a third of the web is caught up in a feud between two companies [106.66]
[106.66] that could perhaps be described as some high school show. [110.44]
[110.44] Just like teenage grudges [112.08]
[112.08] it's also fairly complicated [114.14]
[114.14] but we're here to help you get through it. [116.08]
[116.08] Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder and owner [119.18]
[119.18] of the open-source WordPress.org web publishing project [123.06]
[123.06] which powers around 40% of the top 10 million websites. [127.35]
[127.35] He's also the CEO of Automattic, [130.13]
[130.13] which owns WordPress.com, [133.01]
[133.01] a freemium web-building platform based on WordPress.org. [137.75]
[137.75] You with us so far? [138.93]
[138.93] Last month, Automatic sent [140.88]
[140.88] WP Engine, a third-party WordPress hosting service, [144.68]
[144.68] a cease-and-desist letter [146.16]
[146.16] for using the WordPress trademark on their site [148.78]
[148.78] which Automatic can technically do [150.3]
[150.3] because it holds the license for the trademark's commercial rights [153.8]
[153.8] stating WP Engine can't claim they bring WordPress to the masses [159.13]
[159.13] when they don't contribute enough to the open-source project. [162.47]
[162.47] WP Engine fired back with their own cease and desist [165.49]
[165.49] claiming Mullenweg told them [167.49]
[167.49] he'd take a scorched earth nuclear approach [170.7]
[170.7] if WP Engine didn't pay 8% of its revenue [173.72]
[173.72] as a trademark fee to Automatic [175.7]
[175.7] or dedicate employee time [177.48]
[177.48] of equivalent financial value to WordPress contribution. [180.79]
[180.79] In apparent retaliation, [182.45]
[182.45] Mullenweg banned WP Engine from using WordPress.org servers [186.67]
[186.67] affecting their customers and breaking a lot of websites. [189.67]
[189.67] That's what it does. [190.33]
[190.33] What do you need this for? [191.07]
[191.07] It's all AI now. [192.21]
[192.21] Last week, WP Engine also sued Automatic for extortion [196.49]
[196.49] and 159 Automatic employees accepted a severance package [200.53]
[200.53] offered to workers who disagreed with Mullenweg's direction of the company. [204.77]
[204.77] a.k.a. [205.62]
[205.62] just starting. [206.98]
[206.98] I probably would have taken it too [208.36]
[208.36] just so I didn't have to keep trying to explain [210.26]
[210.26] to my family what's happening at work. [212.42]
[212.42] No mom, you don't understand. [213.33]
[213.33] wordpress.org is different from wordpress.com, okay? [215.91]
[215.91] Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer [218.73]
[218.73] just to get access to Windows 11. [220.55]
[220.55] In other news... [221.53]
[222.82] Water is moist. [224.38]
[224.38] In an updated support article spotted by Neowin [227.09]
[227.09] the company is now recommending [228.95]
[228.95] customers buy a new PC running the operating system [232.34]
[232.34] rather than install it on their current machines. [235.28]
[235.28] Some people are taking this to mean [236.54]
[236.54] that Microsoft is recommending you throw out your old PC. [240.34]
[240.34] But only because that's [241.26]
[241.26] a direct consequence of what Microsoft is telling people to do. [244.21]
[244.21] The only curse in this story are the Windows 11 system requirements, [248.25]
[248.25] which still controversially necessitate a TPM 2.0 security chip. [253.12]
[253.12] Though it's kind of ironic that because of that requirement [256.06]
[256.06] millions of incompatible PCs will become unsecured. [259.28]
[259.28] But hey, it's not all bad news. [260.92]
[260.92] Microsoft will let you reprogram [262.56]
[262.56] the new co-pilot key they started adding to laptops this year. [266.46]
[266.46] Thanks to Microsoft for solving the problem they themselves created. [270.82]
[270.82] Is there anything they can't do that I like? [272.97]
[272.9] [CUT] [304.67]
[304.76] Growing up, uh, My mom told me [307.34]
[307.34] I'd never get to host Quick Bits if I didn't eat my broccoli. [309.82]
[311.79] And look at me now. [312.39]
[313.71] Thanks, mom. [314.45]
[314.45] Following its most recent microcode update [316.83]
[316.83] Intel says that it's finally fixed [319.54]
[319.54] the root cause of the instability in its Raptor Lake CPUs, [323.04]
[323.04] and this time, They mean it. [325.59]
[325.59] Intel has confirmed that V-min shift instability [328.59]
[328.59] resulting in excessive voltage is at the heart of the problem [332.17]
[332.17] something it was previously kind of cagey about. [334.65]
[334.65] While Intel says their future chips won't be affected by this issue [338.03]
[338.03] there's still no fixing the chips that are already damaged [341.55]
[341.55] and no way of telling [342.43]
[342.43] that a chip is damaged until it starts crashing. [345.55]
[345.55] Intel is apparently working [346.71]
[346.71] on developing such a diagnostic tool for that situation. [349.41]
[349.41] But in the meantime [350.91]
[350.91] I don't know [351.37]
[351.37] enable autosave in your Word doc, you crazy adrenaline junkie. [355.21]
[355.21] What are you doing? [355.85]
[357.35] Living on the edge, okay. [358.85]
[358.85] Japanese peripheral manufacturer, Elecom, [361.63]
[361.63] has become the first company to get cable certified for USB 4 2.0. [366.8]
[366.98] As fun as it is [367.75]
[367.75] that it ended up being named USB 4 20 [370.66]
[370.66] USB 4 2 is kind of dumb. [373.44]
[373.72] Fortunately, the specs are far less stupid than the name. [376.52]
[376.52] There are two cables with certifications. [378.84]
[378.84] While they both are capable [379.92]
[379.92] of 80 gigabits per second data transfer speeds [383.06]
[383.06] one of them is also capable of 240 watts power delivery. [386.98]
[386.98] The other delivers a more modest 60 watt. [389.82]
[389.82] The USB-IF, who governs the USB standard [392.81]
[392.81] said the cables will launch at the end of this year. [395.2]
[395.2] But they also named the new standard USB 4 2.0. [398.84]
[399.22] And I don't know if I can trust people like that. [401.2]
[401.2] USB 4 2.0. [402.76]
[403.05] Blaze it. [403.57]
[403.57] Now with blazing fast speeds. [405.86]
[410.0] An unusual number of M1 iMac users [412.74]
[412.74] are reporting phantom lines appearing on their displays [416.5]
[416.5] which is either screen degradation [418.64]
[418.64] or this summer's hot new thriller. [420.8]
[420.8] This has been a known issue since mid-2023 [423.5]
[423.5] but Apple has yet to acknowledge the problem. [426.12]
[426.12] This not-so-fashionable pinstripe pattern typically crops up [429.85]
[429.85] after two years of use [431.43]
[431.43] meaning that the device is already well out of warranty. [434.23]
[434.23] Which is a real bummer in an expensive all-in-one device [436.89]
[436.89] where you can't just buy a new monitor. [439.15]
[439.15] At least one repair tech blamed the issue [441.15]
[441.15] on a flex cable used to power the LCD gradually burning out. [445.21]
[445.21] Replacing it typically means replacing the entire screen [448.9]
[448.9] which costs about as much as an entire Mac Mini. [451.6]
[451.6] And you couldn't even buy one of those instead [453.16]
[453.16] because that doesn't have a display either! [454.8]
[454.8] Scientists created an artificial plant [457.56]
[457.56] that generates oxygen and electricity using photosynthetic bacteria. [462.61]
[462.61] Wow. [462.93]
[462.93] Mitochondria! [464.05]
[464.05] Don't cut that. [464.69]
[467.18] Mitochondria! [468.46]
[468.46] While the energy output is currently less than one milliwatt [471.68]
[471.68] researchers hope to increase it to more than a milliwatt. [475.02]
[476.04] And add something like a battery to store the energy for later use. [480.4]
[480.4] Right now it's just [481.16]
[481.16] they're just pouring it down the drain. [482.62]
[482.62] It just escapes in the air. [483.72]
[483.72] They're just extra. [484.56]
[484.56] According to the paper [485.46]
[485.46] the artificial plant was nine times better [487.82]
[487.82] than natural plants at reducing indoor CO2 level. [492.14]
[492.14] Unfortunately for everyone, the plant is really ugly. [495.9]
[495.9] Or at least it was before [496.78]
[496.78] it took off its glasses and let its hair down. [498.66]
[498.66] Let's get into some hybridization, baby. [501.6]
[501.6] And Jason Allen, a man who won an art competition two years ago [505.92]
[505.92] with an image generated using MidJourney, is appealing the U.S. [509.7]
[509.7] Copyright Office's denial of copyright for his image. [513.68]
[513.68] Why? [514.48]
[514.48] Well, Allen thinks the question of AI art copyright needs answering. [518.89]
[518.89] And he's kind of right there. [519.97]
[519.97] But he's also upset [520.95]
[520.95] that the lack of copyright gives his work a perceived lower value. [525.25]
[525.25] And it's even been appropriated and sold without his permission. [528.42]
[528.42] Kind of like the countless images that were appropriated [530.8]
[530.8] and used to train Midjourney and other art generators. [533.96]
[533.96] Guys, he's not making enough money [535.45]
[535.45] from the picture the computer gave him. [537.21]
[537.21] What is he supposed to do? [539.01]
[539.01] Ask it for another picture? [540.91]
[540.91] They all changed the rules already! [542.93]
[542.93] My fingers are tired! [544.33]
[544.33] Now you make sure you come back here on Wednesday. [546.41]
[546.41] That's how long we have to wait [547.81]
[547.81] before we can ask the computer for more tech news. [550.25]
[550.25] And even then it might just be a lot of stuff about [552.39]
[552.39] knockoff AirPods, you know. [553.6]
[553.6] We just kind of got to see what we get. [555.0]