[0.06] Wow, [0.84]
[1.2] oh my gosh, you clicked on our thumbnail. [2.68]
[2.68] We just put it out there [3.38]
[3.38] and we didn't know anyone would click and watch [5.18]
[5.18] thank you, oh my God. [6.8]
[6.8] The fact that Google pays to be the default search engine  on many devices is well-known [11.52]
[11.52] but thanks to a recent New York Times report [13.86]
[13.86] and testimony coming out of the US v. Google Antitrust trial, [17.52]
[17.74] we now know how much, [18.9]

[19.2] $26.3 billion was paid out in 2021, [23.74]
[24.06] with 18 billion of that going solely to Apple. [27.78]
[27.96] That means Google is sacrificing almost one third [31.1]
[31.1] of its profits from its entire ad business, including YouTube [34.98]
[34.98] so you can keep telling yourself [36.34]
[36.34] you don't use Bing because it's just not as good. [39.24]
[39.24] You're just a puppet, man. [40.94]
[42.58] Miss Piggy told me not to use it. [44.16]
[44.16] The Times report claims that Google also worked [46.58]
[46.58] on their own version of Apple Spotlight for iPhones, [49.04]

[49.4] promoted its Chrome browser to iPhone users, [51.44]
[51.76] and tried to leverage the EU's Digital Markets Act [54.34]
[54.66] to cut off Apple's potential search engine ambitions like a vasectomy, [58.54]
[58.74] but for ideas. [59.72]
[59.72] This makes Apple and Google's relationship kind of complicated. [63.26]
[63.56] Google is actively trying to hold Apple back [66.28]
[66.28] from their full potential by paying them massive sums of money [69.26]
[69.62] It's like the most toxic relationship you've ever heard of, [72.06]
[72.28] but they're the world's richest corporations [74.04]
[74.04] and not people, so who are we to judge? [76.2]

[78.16] Love is love. [78.8]
[79.08] The newly released Alan Wake 2 is drawing criticism for listing only GPUs [83.6]
[83.6] with mesh shader support in its PC requirements, [86.3]
[86.94] discouraging any graphics card older than Nvidia's RTX 20 series or AMD's RX 6000 series from touching the game. [94.1]
[94.2] Like how back in third grade, [95.58]
[95.58] Allie Watson was excluded from touching anything because she had cooties. [98.98]
[99.22] While you can start up the game on older cards with no hardware mesh shaders [103.36]
[103.56] there's reasons to avoid doing so, [105.42]
[105.68] like the fact you'll get this warning pop-up [107.64]
[107.64] that looks like it traveled all the way from 1995 to stop you from making a terrible mistake. [112.6]

[113.04] Sarah Connor, [113.66]
[114.1] don't start that game. [115.5]
[115.5] We'll have to make sure your parents get married. [117.76]
[118.02] Then there's the fact [118.74]
[118.74] that at 1080p max settings without upscaling, [121.76]
[122.02] an RX 5700 XT and a GTX 1080 Ti [125.68]
[125.68] will perform worse than expected and get spanked [128.88]
[129.06] by a GTX 1660 Ti and an RTX 3050. [133.0]
[133.54] If you lower the settings and enable FSR, [136.0]
[136.16] the 5700 XT will give playable frame rates, [138.88]
[139.12] but it's wild that once trusty flagships [141.7]

[141.7] like the GTX 1080 and 1080 Ti [143.82]
[144.22] are lucky to average 30 FPS. [146.2]
[146.5] If this is where the industry is headed, [148.0]
[148.26] gamers with older cards will be faced with costly decisions, [151.18]
[151.18] not too dissimilar to when Allie Watson's family [153.44]
[153.58] decided to move to a new school district. [155.22]
[157.2] The only thing she's touching is baby seals. [159.0]
[160.84] Western Digital's planned merger with memory chip maker Kioxia has apparently stalled. [166.1]
[166.4] Turns out this is because a key investor in Kioxia [169.54]
[169.86] is the competing memory chip maker, SK Hynix. [173.32]

[174.06] Hey, they may not like their competition, [175.86]
[176.1] but dammit, they respect them enough to invest. [178.26]
[178.7] But while respect is nice [179.94]
[179.94] and all, I'm sure Japan's top three banks, [182.46]
[182.46] as well as the state-backed Development Bank of Japan, [185.24]
[185.48] are probably miffed about the paperwork they'll have to redo [188.44]
[188.44] since they already authorized $12.7 billion [191.66]
[191.66] to help finance the merger. [193.54]
[195.74] Oh, [196.36]
[196.6] to go all the way around the circle. [198.3]

[198.56] This isn't the first time a Western Digital-Kioxia merger [201.54]
[201.54] has been attempted either. [202.84]
[203.14] In 2021, [203.86]
[204.08] a $20 billion deal completely fell apart, but even then, [207.86]
[207.86] the companies have circled each other, like star-crossed lovers, [210.8]
[210.92] even becoming involved in a joint venture last year. [213.5]
[213.66] Just let them get together already, [215.38]
[215.38] SK Hynix. [216.42]
[216.42] I've been writing fan fiction for two years. [218.34]
[218.34] Don't blow this for me! [219.56]
[220.02] I can't go back to the Potterverse. [221.7]
[221.96] No, Ron, no! [223.22]

[256.72] Oh, Quick Bits? [258.12]
[258.12] No, dude. [258.94]
[259.64] Sick bits! I don't like this. [261.5]
[261.5] Sick bits! [262.8]
[264.16] Oh, so sick. [265.16]
[265.72] Apple has released iOS [267.4]
[267.4] and iPadOS 17.1, notably addressing recent problems [271.7]
[271.7] with screen burn-in for the iPhone, [273.58]
[273.82] improving AirDrop, and fixing a bug [276.02]

[276.02] where the OS turned off privacy settings [278.38]
[278.38] for significant locations and iPhone analytics. [280.78]
[281.32] Significant locations, of course, being a feature [283.48]
[283.48] that tracks and remembers places you visit often, [286.0]
[286.34] like your work, your local cafe, [288.14]
[288.4] and the fight club under the overpass. [290.18]
[292.36] I'm dead. [292.8]
[293.7] The update also fixes a three-year-old security gap [297.0]
[297.0] in iOS's private address feature, [298.98]
[298.98] which was supposed to allow users to avoid being tracked [301.54]
[301.54] while connecting to Wi-Fi networks, [303.0]

[303.24] but instead just gave them the warm illusion of safety [306.22]
[306.22] in a cold and perilous world, [307.92]
[308.14] which is also worth something. [309.38]
[309.66] Qualcomm has apparently snagged six more laptop OEMs [312.94]
[312.94] for their upcoming ARM-based Snapdragon X Elite processors, [316.6]
[316.92] including names like Asus, Dell, and Samsung. [319.44]
[319.66] But Intel CEO [320.86]
[320.86] and the world's most calm under pressure nerd, [323.36]
[323.36] Pat Gelsinger, isn't afraid of any competition [326.02]
[326.02] from ARM CPUs, despite efforts from not just Qualcomm, [329.4]

[329.56] but also allegedly secret projects by both Nvidia and AMD. [333.72]
[334.12] In fact, [334.6]
[334.6] he's willing to build their chips with Intel's foundry. [337.02]
[337.54] This guy's tough. [338.38]
[338.84] I'm already fan casting Dwayne Johnson [340.7]
[340.7] to play him in the inevitable biopic. [342.66]
[344.58] Lisa Su. [345.18]
[346.68] Google is launching About This Image, [348.94]
[349.18] a tool to verify the origin [350.84]
[350.84] and context of an image, [352.38]

[352.38] including how long it's been available on Google search [354.54]
[354.66] and which websites have used it in the past, [356.58]
[356.58] like news outlets and fact checkers. [358.22]
[358.46] And if that's not enough reassurance [360.06]
[360.06] for you to trust that an image is real, [362.08]
[362.26] you can try Leica's new M11P camera, [365.1]
[365.1] which comes with built-in content credentials, [367.22]
[367.66] stamping a digital photo [368.96]
[368.96] with detailed metadata at the point of capture. [371.68]
[372.16] You can't put a price on authenticity, [373.78]
[374.12] but Leica can because this thing costs $9,000. [376.34]

[376.84] In partnership with New Lab, [378.74]
[378.74] Airspace Link, and the Michigan Department of Transportation, [381.78]
[382.3] Ford is testing automated delivery drones [384.56]
[384.56] at a giant hundred-year-old train station [387.02]
[387.02] that was closed in the late 1980s. [389.02]
[389.4] The project covers a three-mile radius [391.28]
[391.28] around Michigan Central Station, [392.98]
[393.24] which is 100% haunted, [395.06]
[395.28] both by the spirit of 20th century industrialism [397.74]
[397.74] and packs of feral train-spotting enthusiasts. [400.52]
[401.14] They love Ewan McGregor movies. [403.1]

[403.62] And beloved hacker gadget Flipper Zero [406.04]
[406.22] can now spam Windows and Android with Bluetooth alerts, [409.36]
[409.6] thanks to a new app called BLE Spam on GitHub [412.8]
[412.8] that can make it difficult for a target to discern between legitimate Bluetooth devices [416.94]
[416.94] and spoofs. [418.08]
[418.24] The attack is actually based on a similar one used to target [421.08]
[421.08] and crash iPhones. [422.4]
[422.72] The spam app gives eight flood attack options, [425.1]
[425.1] such as Apple device pop-up, [426.92]
[427.2] Android device pair, [428.28]
[428.58] Windows device found, and even every method combined. [431.86]

[432.02] Because, [432.38]
[432.64] I mean, why go one at a time [433.92]
[433.92] when you can ruin everyone's day? [435.74]
[436.24] But your day will only improve [437.88]
[437.88] if you come back on Monday for more tech news. [440.04]
[440.22] But first, hey, you know what? [441.22]
[441.7] Why don't you get some rest, enjoy your weekend. [443.2]
[443.96] You could write a short, [445.02]
[445.2] steamy romance about your two favorite companies. [447.16]
[447.72] Their love is forbidden, [448.62]
[449.0] but they can't fight their own hearts [450.7]
[451.44] or their quarterly earnings. [453.16]