1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to tech Stuff, a production from I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,239 Speaker 1: Hey there, and welcome to tex Stuff. I'm your host, 3 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,240 Speaker 1: Jothan Strickland. I'm an executive producer with iHeart Radio. And 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: how the tech are you. It's time for the tech 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: news for Tuesday, June seven, t d two, and I 6 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: am back after a short vacation. Let's get to the 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: news and we'll start off with an Elon update. We 8 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: should probably get a little jingle for that, and of 9 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: course I'm talking about Elon Musk, the world's richest man 10 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: who has mastered the art of staying in the headlines, 11 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:49,400 Speaker 1: usually by being a borish jerk. First, an update on 12 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: the Twitter situation. In case you weren't aware, Elon Musk 13 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: announced his intention to acquire Twitter and signed a deal 14 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: valued that around forty four bill million dollars and has 15 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,960 Speaker 1: been kind of weird about it ever since. So he's 16 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: been showing signs they wants to back out of this 17 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: deal to acquire Twitter. In fact, he's been doing that 18 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,199 Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks now, but it's been getting 19 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: more dramatic with Ellen demanding that Twitter handover data proving 20 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: the company's assertion that fewer than five percent of all 21 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: monetize able accounts on the platform are actually boughts. Ellen 22 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: says it's much much higher, maybe as high as ninety 23 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: or ninety five percent, but come on, that just doesn't 24 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: seem possible. Though it's also admittedly hard for me to 25 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: believe the five percent number. I think it's probably somewhere 26 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: in between. Anyway, His legal team sent a letter to Twitter, 27 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: essentially saying that Ellen is prepared to drop the deal 28 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: because Twitter has not complied with his requests. Twitter has 29 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: stated repeatedly that it has handed Elan the data. Also, 30 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: the deal included Elon waving due diligence. Plus from the 31 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: very beginning, he said that one of his goals was 32 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:05,600 Speaker 1: to weed out bots, so this argument seems off right, Like, 33 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: if one of the things Ellen wanted to do was 34 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 1: clean Twitter of bots, then it seems odd that he's 35 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: hung up on the number of bots. And a lot 36 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: of armchair analysts have suggested that Ellen has been having 37 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: lots of second thoughts about this deal and that the 38 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: forty four billion dollar price tag is way too high, 39 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: particularly since Twitter's stock prices dipped a couple of times 40 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: since the deal was announced, and moreover, Elon's own stock 41 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: in Tesla, where a lot of his wealth is has 42 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: been affected by another very dramatic drop in stock price. 43 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: Twitter appears to be set on this deal, however, and 44 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: I would not be surprised to see Twitter's own legal 45 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: team enter into litigation in an effort to force Ellen 46 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: to see it through. Right now, it sounds like the 47 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: deal is more likely to happen than not, despite the 48 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: appearance that Ellen wants out, because it's not that easy 49 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: to back out of these kinds of deals. We'll have 50 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: to see where this goes next. In related news, the 51 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: attorney general for the state of Texas has launched an 52 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: investigation into Twitter to look into the bought account issue. 53 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: Now you might wonder why the heck is the attorney 54 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: general of Texas doing this? What what is he doing? 55 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 1: Is it illegal to have bots on your platform? Well, 56 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: the answer to that second question is no, it's not 57 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: illegal to have bots in your platform. But Texas is 58 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: an attorney general whom I should point out faces charges 59 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: of securities fraud from seven years ago and has yet 60 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: to stand trial for that. He says that bots could 61 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: inflate Twitter's value, which could affect quote the costs of 62 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: doing business with it, thus directly harming consumers and businesses. 63 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: End quote. Now you might wonder if all this is 64 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: worth spending taxpayer money on an investigation, and I would 65 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: say I don't think so. But maybe Ellen is friendly 66 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: with the Attorney General's office. I just don't know. Meanwhile, 67 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: over at Tesla, there's been some confusion as to whether 68 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: or not the company is going to make some big 69 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: cuts in its employees. Reuters reported that Musk sent out 70 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: an email last week indicating that Tesla was instituting a 71 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: hiring freeze and that there would be a move to 72 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: cut staff by ten percent. A second email apparently indicated 73 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: that that ten percent cut would really just affect salaried employees, 74 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: not hourly workers. Then Musk tweeted that total head count 75 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: at Tesla would actually increase, but salaried employee numbers would 76 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: stay quote fairly flat end quote. So does that mean 77 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 1: there will not be a ten percent cut of salaried employees, 78 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: I honestly have no clue. Musk indicated that he felt 79 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: some areas of the company were overstaffed, which suggests that 80 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: he is going to make cuts and maybe cutting one 81 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: tenth of your salaried employees seems fairly flat to him, 82 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,119 Speaker 1: It's hard to say. Also, this comes on the tail 83 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: of numerous messages from Musk indicating that he wants folks 84 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: back in the office full time and that people should 85 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: expect to work from home only after they've put in 86 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: forty hours of work at the office. And for those 87 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: of you who are unaware, forty hours is considered a 88 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: normal workload for a week in the United States. Anyway. 89 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: That led many of those same armchair analysts that I 90 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier suggests that maybe Musk is trying to convince 91 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 1: salaried folks to quit, but possibly because maybe if they quit, 92 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: they won't get the same sort of severance deal that 93 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: they would be entitled to if they were instead laid off. 94 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: I don't know. That sounds pretty cynical to me, but 95 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: I mean it could be true. Yesterday, Apple held its 96 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: Worldwide Developers Conference, or w w d C. This event is, 97 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: as the name suggests, primarily directed towards app developers so 98 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: that they can see the sort of support and features 99 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: that they can expect while they're eating the next generation 100 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: of computer and mobile apps. But there's usually some nuggets 101 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: in there that are of interest to the end consumer 102 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: as well. This year we got to see a redesigned 103 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: MacBook Air, which features Apple's mto processor chip. The MacBook 104 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: Air weighs in at just two point seven pounds or 105 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: one point two kims, and it measures just eleven millimeters thick. 106 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: It's also cut some other nifty features, so folks who 107 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: won a super thin, super light Mac should be happy, 108 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: assuming they can shell out the twelve hundred bucks it'll 109 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 1: take to secure the base model. Other models are more expensive. 110 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: The company also introduced the MacBook Pro thirteen, also with 111 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: the M two chip and a new active cooling system. 112 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: The MacBook Pro their team starts at about hundred bucks 113 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:52,159 Speaker 1: and to run on top of those computers. Apple showed 114 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: off the new Mac OS build called Ventura. So app 115 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: always names its OS builds off California landmarks anyway. Ventura 116 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: adds some new features, like an improved search function, which 117 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: can search not just the macs contents but also the web. 118 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: The OS also supports face i D and touch i D, 119 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: allowing users to create biometric logins rather than past words, 120 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: and there's also a feature called Continuity Camera that will 121 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 1: let Mac users with iPhones turn their iPhone into a 122 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: webcam while chatting on their Mac. iOS also got an update, 123 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: so we're up to iOS sixteen now. Apple showed off 124 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: an updated customizable lock screen for iPhones, which users can 125 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: tweak by changing up fonts and colors, And I wonder 126 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: how Sir Johnny Ives feels about all that. Folks who 127 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: use Apple's Messages app will be glad to see that 128 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: they can now edit messages that they've sent so they 129 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: can fix irritating typos or un send a message if 130 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 1: they like. Oh and Apple also added new safety check 131 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: features that lets users revoke data access from other people 132 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: so that those other people cannot snoop or stalk you, 133 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: which is a darn good edition in my mind. Likewise, 134 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 1: the iPad got some similar updates, plus a new app 135 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,520 Speaker 1: for weather data, and the watch os is up to 136 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: version nine now and has more watch phases. You can 137 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: pen apps that you use a lot on the watches 138 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: face and things like that. There's a lot more than 139 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 1: they announced, but I figure anyone's super interested in Apple 140 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: announcements is either already well aware of this or is 141 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: going to look into it into further detail, so we'll 142 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: just move on. Earlier today, the EU gave Apple a 143 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: bit of a setback when it adopted a provisional agreement 144 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,320 Speaker 1: that would require all smartphones and tablets to be compatible 145 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: with us b C chargers by late twenty four in 146 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: the EU. Now, this is not yet set in stone. 147 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: Twenty seven EU countries are going to have to agree 148 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 1: to this and the EU Parliament will have to pass 149 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:53,000 Speaker 1: it into law. But if it does become law, Apple 150 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:55,920 Speaker 1: will have no option but to include USB Sports on 151 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: its devices sold in the EU. So why is the 152 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: EU doing this? Well, having a common standard for chargers 153 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,199 Speaker 1: gives consumers the option of using the same cables from 154 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: device to device, which can save them money and it 155 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: can also cut back on E waste. Apple had previously 156 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: argued that forcing the company to abandon its lightning port 157 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: and to convert over to USBC would hurt innovation. Now 158 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's true or not. I do 159 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: know it would hurt Apple's ability to make more money 160 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: by selling lightning accessories. Anyway, I'll follow up on this 161 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: should the provisional Agreement become EU law. We've got a 162 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: few more stories to cover before we get to that. 163 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick break. Mercedes Benz has issued a 164 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: recall that is affecting almost a million vehicles around the world. 165 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: So at issue are the break booster components in certain 166 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:03,319 Speaker 1: Mercedes vehicles. They turn out to be prone to corrosion, 167 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: and that corrosion can be severe enough to cause break failure, 168 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: which is obviously something you would want to avoid. The 169 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: vehicles affected include the two thousand six to two thousand 170 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: twelve mL class and g L class SUVs, as well 171 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: as the R class minivan. The company warns that drivers 172 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: may notice that their brake pedal starts to feel a 173 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: bit soft, or that they might hear air noises like 174 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: wheezing or or squeaking through the breaking system, and that 175 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: if you do experience any of that, you should not 176 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: be driving your vehicle anymore until it can be inspected 177 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: and then subsequently repaired by an authorized dealership. Last week, Axon, 178 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: the company behind the Taser stun gun, announced that it 179 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: was developing a drone outfitted with a Taser, specifically to 180 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: deploy in situations where there is an active shooter or 181 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,839 Speaker 1: a similar threat. However, Axon's ethics board subsequently released a 182 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: statement making it clear they were vehemently opposed to this idea. 183 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: The board revealed that Axon had previously suggested a more 184 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: scaled back version of this drone, and they had proposed 185 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: that a year ago, and the Ethics Board had even 186 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: voted that down, which was you know, less robust, you 187 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 1: might say. So it did come as quite a shock 188 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: when the company announced this, you know, full on Taser drone, 189 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 1: and that was enough to convince nine of the twelve 190 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 1: Ethics Board members to quit. So that brought a lot 191 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: more attention to the topic. ACS and then released a 192 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: subsequent statement revealing the company had decided to pause work 193 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: on the project and refocus quote to further engage with 194 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: key constituencies to fully explore the best path forward end quote, which, 195 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 1: uh is kind of a fancy way of saying, we 196 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: need to rethink this. Spiegel reports that Telegram, the messaging app, 197 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: has been sharing user data with the Federal Criminal Police 198 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,239 Speaker 1: Office and Harmony in several cases. Now this is noteworthy 199 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: mainly because Telegram has long claimed that it would never 200 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: share user data with any third party, including governments. That 201 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: appears to no longer be the case. As for why 202 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: Telegrams shared this data in the first place, While the 203 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: cases in question were very serious ones, they ranged from 204 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: terrorism to child abuse. Now complicating matters is that far 205 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 1: right extremists have been taken to using Telegram precisely because 206 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: the service has said it will not hand data over 207 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: to authorities. The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, did announce 208 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: back in ten that the company would start to hand 209 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: over information like phone numbers and I P addresses if 210 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: it were so ordered by a court, but otherwise would 211 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: not share data, and the company added that at least 212 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: as of the last time it updated the information on 213 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: this web page, that it had never received any request 214 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: from a court like that, like an actual court order. 215 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: But apparently in February of this year, Durov and some 216 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: of his associates held a virtual meeting with Germany's Federal 217 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: Ministry of the Interior to set up a quote reliable 218 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,080 Speaker 1: direct channel at the working level end quote. I am 219 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: actually not entirely sure what that entails. I don't know 220 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:21,199 Speaker 1: what information the authorities actually have access to. But this 221 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,079 Speaker 1: is another example of the very complicated dilemma of running 222 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,280 Speaker 1: a messaging service. So on the one hand, you want 223 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: the service to be secure and private for users, so 224 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 1: that your users trust it and they use it, and 225 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: that they feel that they are safe from having authoritarian 226 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: governments turned the app into a kind of surveillance. But 227 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: on the other hand, you also want to limit the 228 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: spread of extremist ideology that you don't want to enable 229 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: hate groups. So it is a very complicated matter. I 230 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: expect we're gonna get a well, I'm sure, I'm sorry 231 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: from Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton's pretty soon. Turns out 232 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: that the mobile app for tim Horton's was snoreffing up 233 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:07,199 Speaker 1: user data like location information faster than I can wolf 234 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: down a whole bag of tim bits. That's pretty darn fast. 235 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 1: According to Canadian investigators, the app was pulling down location 236 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 1: data every few minutes of every day up to through 237 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: and not only is that a massive breach of privacy, 238 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 1: it's also illegal, but it would also make your phone 239 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: work overtime and drain your battery faster. So, according to 240 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: the investigators, the app would alert users that it would 241 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: track their location, so it was asking permission to track location, 242 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: but the implication was that it was only going to 243 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: do that while the app was actively open, But in fact, 244 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: the app was tracking users even when the app wasn't 245 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: in use, and it would continue doing so as long 246 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: as the user's device remained on the company had been 247 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: planning to use the app for targeted advertising, which obviously 248 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,920 Speaker 1: gets more targeted the more data you have about your customer. 249 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: And Tim Horton's actually stopped track users locations on a 250 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: continual basis back in, but maintained a contract with a 251 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 1: location data broker for a while and the company has 252 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: agreed to now bring all apps and processes within Canadian 253 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: compliance and in return it will not be punished because 254 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: setting the law on a coffee shop is just playing ludicrous. 255 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you've probably seen all the cops hanging out 256 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: at the coffee shop. A few years ago, I talked 257 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:31,560 Speaker 1: about how researchers were working on an autonomous ship that 258 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: would cross the Atlantic Ocean. It's called the Mayflower Autonomous 259 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: Ship or m AS, and it's named after the Mayflower 260 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 1: ship that brought settlers to North America. Well, the ship 261 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: has now crossed the Atlantic, but the crossing did not 262 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: go completely as planned. The m a S left the 263 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: UK on April nine, crewed only by its AI and 264 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: all of its sensors and and actuators, and it was 265 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: bound for Massachusetts, but at some point the ship began 266 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: encountering technical difficulties, so the researchers decided to divert the 267 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: ship so that it would instead arrive in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 268 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: That's a bit further north than east of Massachusetts. IBM, 269 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: which developed much of the technology on board the ship, 270 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: says the plan is for the m AS two later 271 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: continue its journey and head from Halifax to Plymouth, Massachusetts 272 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:27,080 Speaker 1: and then on to Washington, d C. And that's it. 273 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 1: That's the news for Tuesday, June seven two. Hope you 274 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: are all well. If you would like to leave me 275 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: any comments, questions, maybe you've got a suggestion for a 276 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: future episode, you can reach out to me. 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