1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: Welcome to Tech Stuff, a production from iHeartRadio. Hey there, 2 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: and welcome to tech Stuff. I'm your host, Jonathan Strickland. 3 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: I'm an executive producer with iHeartRadio. And how the tech 4 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: are you, y'all? I am in the studio recording today, 5 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: which means that super producer Tari is actually listening on 6 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 1: the cans right now across the room from me in 7 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: the control room. And this is the first time we've 8 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: done this, possibly since the pandemic. It has been a while, y'all, 9 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: and already Tari is making her presence felt on this show, 10 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: largely by suggesting numerous inappropriate titles for the episode, so 11 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:58,440 Speaker 1: her assistance, as always, is invaluable. Anyway, what we're going 12 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: to talk about first is, well, you know, around this 13 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: time of year you can count on a few things 14 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: here in the United States. For example, folks are already 15 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: obsessing over Halloween, honestly, with my friend's list that actually 16 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: started last month. Pumpkin spice flavors have made their way 17 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: into pretty much everything you are able to eat or 18 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: drink at this point. And also, you know that if 19 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: it's this time of year, Apple's going to hold an 20 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 1: event highlighting the next generation iPhone. This is where Tari's 21 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: suggestions for titles came in, because technically they showed off 22 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: the iPhone fifteen, but Tari says, it's more like they 23 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: reintroduced the iPhone fourteen, or maybe the iPhone fifteen is 24 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: really iPhone fourteen A or Part two or something like that. 25 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: This already gives you a hint as to how certain 26 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: Apple devotees are feeling toward the Apple fifteen. So what 27 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 1: is different, Well, there is one big difference, and that 28 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: is that this is the first iPhone to have the 29 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: USBC charging port. This was a change that Apple had 30 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: to make because the EU government has mandated that all 31 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: smartphones as well as several other digital devices are going 32 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: to have to adopt the USBC standard for charging, and 33 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: that means that people will be able to use the 34 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: same USBC cables to charge their stuff, rather than have 35 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: to hunt between two or three different kinds of cables 36 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: with different connectors. Now that's not to say that all 37 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 1: USBC cables are equal. They're not, so there still can 38 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: be some cable confusion, but less so than there would 39 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: be if you've got like five different proprietary connectors or whatever. Also, 40 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: Apple announced that the dynamic Island feature, which previously was 41 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: only available on the phone fourteen Pro and the iPhone 42 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 1: fourteen Pro Max, is actually going to be on all 43 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: the iPhone fifteen models. So there's one difference, Tari. You 44 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: get your dynamic island. You know that little black oval 45 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: at the top of the screen that gives you your notifications. 46 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: So you know, I don't know what you're complaining about 47 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: USBC port Dynamic Island sounds to me like you guys 48 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: are getting tons of upgrades. Anyway. There are two broad 49 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: versions of the basic iPhone fifteen. The base model has 50 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: a screen that measures six point one inches on the diagonal. 51 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: That one starts at seven hundred and ninety nine dollars. 52 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: Then you have the iPhone fifteen Plus, which is a 53 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: little bit bigger. It's six point seven inches and it 54 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: will start at eight ninety nine. Then you've also got 55 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: the Pro and the Pro Max models as well. These 56 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: will have the A seventeen Pro processor. Of the iPhone 57 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: fifteen will have the A sixteen, which was what you 58 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: saw on the I fourteen Pro, So yeah, A seventeen 59 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: Pro processor. The iPhone fifteen Pro Max has a forty 60 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: eight megapixel camera and a five times telephoto lens, so 61 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: well there's that as well. The Pro starts at nine 62 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: hundred ninety nine dollars, the Promax starts at one one 63 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: hundred ninety nine dollars. All of these phones will be 64 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: available for pre orders starting tomorrow. Apple also had updates 65 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: to some other product lines, like air pods and the 66 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: Apple Watch. I think for the most part, we just 67 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: saw sort of incremental changes in this update, apart from 68 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 1: that migration to USBC, which is pretty that's a pretty 69 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: big thing, but everything else was a kind of smaller 70 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: innovation or incremental improvement. But you also have to realize 71 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: that the smartphone is a mature technology at this point, 72 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 1: right It's been around for more than a decade, so's 73 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: it's hard to imagine coming out with something that's significantly 74 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 1: different from what we're already used to. Doesn't mean it's impossible, 75 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: but as technology form factors mature, it's less realistic to 76 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,119 Speaker 1: expect huge updates and innovations in the They still can happen, 77 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: but they're fairly rare. Yesterday, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck 78 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: Schumer hosted an insight forum focusing artificial intelligence. Among the attendees, 79 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: were the CEOs of Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Open Ai. Plus. 80 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: You had Elon Musk there and the president of Nvidia 81 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: was there too. The event happened behind closed doors and 82 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 1: no media was invited. However, some of the executives gave 83 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: a statement after the meeting was over, and not surprisingly, 84 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: most of these executives were calling for a methodical and 85 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: careful approach toward legislation and regulation. Now. They argue that 86 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: AI has enormous potential to benefit business and society and 87 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: warning that if the government is a little too strict 88 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: with regulations, this can stifle innovation. It's an argument we 89 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: have heard before, but one dissenting voice was Elon Musk. 90 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: Musk actually said that a federal oversight committee or agency 91 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: would be appropriate, like to have a part of the 92 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: government specifically to oversee AI development and deployment. He argued 93 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,239 Speaker 1: that companies don't really have an incentive to run AI 94 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: projects responsibly if you don't have these sorts of constraints, 95 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 1: and I kind of agree with him. We have seen 96 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: time and again that in the absence of regulations, companies 97 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: will take advantage of the very long leash they are 98 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: allowed to be on, and this can lead to consequences 99 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: that then we have to handle and far too late 100 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: then the government will step in to do something about it. 101 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 1: According to Schumer, the purpose of the meeting was for 102 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: members of the US government to gain a better understanding 103 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: around AI. You know what it is, what it can do, 104 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: what the potential risks are, what are the benefits. And 105 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: that is also understandable. While I cover tech for a 106 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: living and I have a decent but by no means exhaustive, 107 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: understanding of artificial intelligence, it could be easy to develop 108 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: a view of the technology that's far too specific and 109 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: far too narrow, or to just have a totally mistaken 110 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: concept of what AI is all about. Schumer was quick 111 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: to point out that this forum was to help educate 112 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: leaders and that any legislation that follows will take some 113 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: time to draft and then to amend, and then to 114 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: vote unto law. So really this was just an early 115 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: step in the process. We shouldn't expect to see AI 116 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: legislation roll out anytime soon. I've got some more updates 117 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: on the cybersecurity issue that has severely impacted MGM resorts, 118 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: So in case you missed this news on Monday, properties 119 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: belonging to the company MGM resorts in cities like Las Vegas, 120 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: Atlantic City, Detroit and others started to encounter massive computer 121 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: system problems. Those problems shut down many, but not all, 122 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: of the slot machines in some of these casinos. They 123 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:04,239 Speaker 1: took ATM offline. They forced MGM to replace their normal 124 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 1: website with a new landing page directing people to contact 125 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: resorts by phone for stuff like reservations and that kind 126 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: of thing, and lots more other issues. And we can't 127 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: be sure how extensive these attacks were or what other 128 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: systems could be affected. In fact, we don't even know 129 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: for a fact that it's an attack, or at least 130 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: MGM Resorts has not come out and said that explicitly. 131 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: We don't know if the issue has impacted customer data. Personally, 132 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: I'm very interested in that because literally a couple of 133 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,079 Speaker 1: hours before all this happened, I made a ding dang 134 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: reservation at an MGM property for an upcoming work trip. 135 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: Come on anyway. At first, a cybersecurity research group called 136 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 1: VX Underground posted a message on X you know, formerly 137 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: known as Twitter, that claimed a Russian based hacker group 138 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: known as black Cat also known as Alpha so it's 139 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: spelled alph that this group was behind the attack, and further, 140 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 1: according to this research group, the hackers gained access through 141 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: the old fashioned and tried and true method of social engineering. 142 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: They allegedly called someone in it and they got access 143 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: to the system that way. However, more recent reports mentioned 144 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: a different hacker group as being responsible for the attack, 145 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: or perhaps working in collusion with Alpha. This other group 146 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 1: is called Scattered Spider, and hackers in that group are 147 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: mostly located in places like the United States and the 148 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: United Kingdom. The general consensus is that this is a 149 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: ransomware attack, though again MGM Resorts is not yet commented 150 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: on that. And interestingly, it appears as though Caesar's Entertainment, 151 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: which also owns multiple casinos and resorts, was attacked by 152 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: this very same group a few weeks ago, and according 153 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: to some unnamed sources, the company agreed to pay millions 154 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: of dollars in ransom to regain control of their sets. 155 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,439 Speaker 1: And if that's true, the company has yet to disclose 156 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: that attack. And I feel that if in fact it 157 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: is true that Caesar's Entertainment was attacked a few weeks ago, 158 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: MGM Resorts executives are going to be seeing red because 159 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: they might feel that maybe had they known about the 160 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: attack on Caesar's, they might have been better prepared for 161 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: the one that hit them now. Anyway, apparently the rest 162 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: of the story kind of fits what VX Underground reported 163 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: that hackers seemingly got access through social engineering, although the 164 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: most recent account says that they targeted a third party 165 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: IT vendor and got access through them. And this is 166 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: really bonkers because presumably these IT professionals should be on 167 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: the lookout for social engineering attacks. Anyway, it really hammers 168 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: home that people tend to be the weakest link in 169 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: security systems, and that companies are justified in educating and 170 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: testing their employees regarding cybersecurity practices and good gull on 171 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 1: a selfish level, I sure hope this is sorted out 172 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 1: by the time I had to Vegas next week. Also, 173 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,559 Speaker 1: paying ransoms is a bad idea. Companies should not do 174 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: that because paying a ransom sends the message that the 175 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: attack wasn't just successful, it was profitable, and that means 176 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: you get more attacks in the future. Okay, while I 177 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: regain my composure, let's take a quick break to thank 178 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: our sponsors. We're back. As I mentioned in Tuesday's episode, 179 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: Google is on trial this week. The US Department of 180 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: Justice has accused Google of engaging in non competitive practices, 181 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: using the company's dominant position in web search to stifle 182 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 1: any potential competition, and according to the DOJ, part of 183 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,319 Speaker 1: those efforts include paying billions of dollars a year to 184 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: smartphone companies and web browser companies to make Goo Google 185 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: the default search engine on those devices and browsers. The 186 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 1: DOJ says that Google spends around ten billion dollars a 187 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 1: year in payments to companies like Samsung and Apple and 188 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: Mozilla and others for the privilege of Google Search being 189 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 1: the default go to search engine, and that this prevents 190 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: any other company from having a fair shot. Now, we're 191 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: still in the very early stages of this trial and 192 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: there's no telling where it will go. For one thing, 193 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: another news article revealed that the judge in this case, 194 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: I'm at Meta, may not have a really strong grasp 195 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: of the tech being discussed. According to Ours Technica, Meta 196 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: has asked if Mozilla is a browser or a search engine, 197 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: which I get it. If you're not using this stuff 198 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: a lot, and you're not covering the world of tech, 199 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: you might not know what Mozilla is. But it could 200 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,320 Speaker 1: mean that this could be a particularly complicated case for 201 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: the judge to preside over. And as you might imagine, 202 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: Google's lawyers say that the company really hasn't done anything 203 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: wrong and that it just makes a superior product and 204 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,959 Speaker 1: that's why it has a dominant position in the market. 205 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 1: It's not that they have acted unfairly to get and 206 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 1: hold that position, rather than no one else makes stuff 207 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: that's as good as Google does. A paper just published 208 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders lays out 209 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: a case that TikTok videos covering autism have information that 210 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:28,320 Speaker 1: is quote not aligned with the current scientific understanding of 211 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: autism end quote. This is according to Eric Dolan Ofsypost 212 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 1: dot org. So the researcher has created a brand new 213 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: TikTok account because they wanted to make sure that they 214 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: didn't have any algorithmic bias if they used an already 215 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: existing account, so brand new account. Then they started searching 216 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: for videos and they use the search query hashtag autism. 217 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: They then weeded out things like duplicate videos, so if 218 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: it showed up more than once, they would eliminate the extras. 219 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: They eliminated any videos from non English speaking hosts. They 220 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: took those out to They also got rid of any 221 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: videos that didn't cover autism but were showing up in 222 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: search results. And what they had left once they did 223 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: that initial culling was three hundred and sixty five videos, 224 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: one for every day of the year. They then went 225 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: further and they continued to weed out videos. They took 226 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: out ones that were more about a person's experience with autism, 227 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: you know, kind of like life story stuff, and they 228 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: wanted to focus solely on videos that were claiming to 229 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 1: be educational or informational to be providing information about autism. 230 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: They wanted to just focus on those. This got them 231 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: down to one hundred thirty three videos. Then they started 232 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: to really look at these videos and compare them against 233 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: the body of accepted scientific knowledge surrounding autism to see 234 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: how accurate. They were. They would label videos as being inaccurate, 235 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 1: containing over generalizations, or being accurate right. They would look 236 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: and say, which of these does this fit or how 237 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: many instances are we finding per video. They would also 238 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: only label a video inaccurate if something in the video 239 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: clearly contradicted accepted scientific knowledge. So they wanted to be 240 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: as fair as possible in this approach. Even with all 241 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,640 Speaker 1: those steps, they found that seventy three percent of those 242 00:15:23,640 --> 00:15:27,680 Speaker 1: one hundred thirty three videos contained at least some inaccurate 243 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: information or over generalized claims regarding autism. They also noted 244 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: that these videos get a lot of views, like the 245 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,800 Speaker 1: one hundred thirty three videos collectively accounted for nearly two 246 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: hundred million views, and while the medical professionals who were 247 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: hosting videos were more likely to get things correct, they 248 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: weren't necessarily the most viewed videos. There were other content creators, 249 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: either those who claimed to have autism or to be 250 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: a caregiver for someone with autism, that were giving information 251 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: that just won scientifically correct or at least not in 252 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: agreement with the scientific consensus on autism. So the researchers 253 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: are actually suggesting that TikTok works to create a space 254 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: where people who want to talk about autism and talk 255 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: about their life experiences and that sort of thing, that 256 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: they have a space where they can do that, but 257 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: that that space is separate from discussions that are about 258 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 1: the scientific understanding of autism to try and minimize the 259 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 1: dissemination of misinformation about autism. They so that it's good 260 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: to have the platform to expand people's understanding of autism 261 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: and to reduce stigma. That's good. What we don't want 262 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: to do is to fuel misinformation. So I think it 263 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: was actually a pretty measured approach outlined in the paper. 264 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: The study itself is called The Reach and Accuracy of 265 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: Information on Autism on TikTok. The Verge reports that TikTok 266 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: has started to include excerpts from and links to Wikipedia 267 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: articles in your search results. This seems to follow the 268 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: trend of younger people treating TikTok as a search engine, 269 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: which I still have to wrap my mind around because 270 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: I'm old. The Verge reached out to TikTok, and a 271 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: spokesperson confirmed that the platform has partnered with Wikipedia and 272 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: that in fact, this feature has actually been live for 273 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: several weeks. It's just been gradually rolling out, and TikTok 274 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: didn't make a big old fuss about it. They just 275 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: kind of let it roll out. Now. I do not 276 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: use TikTok, so I have not seen this in action myself, 277 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: but apparently the Wikipedia stuff appears between videos in your 278 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 1: search results. So you search for something, you scroll down 279 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: and in between video like four and five, there might 280 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: be a Wikipedia excerpt or link there, and it's not universal. 281 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 1: You're not guaranteed to see Wikipedia content connected to any 282 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: in every search. Some topics appear to have Wikipedia in 283 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 1: tries included, and others. TikTok is also plopping down videos 284 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: from sponsors in between those search results. So it sounds 285 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: like using TikTok is starting to become more like using 286 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: a regular web search engine. You know, you get some excerpts, 287 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: you get some summaries, you get some links to the 288 00:18:18,440 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: stuff you are actually looking for, and you get a 289 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: whole bunch of sponsored content peppered throughout fun times. A 290 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:32,440 Speaker 1: high profile Russian journalist and publisher named Galina Timchenko revealed 291 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: this week that her iPhone was compromised by the NSO 292 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 1: Group's spyware product Pegasus earlier this year, so in case 293 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 1: you need a refresher. Pegasus is a piece of software 294 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: that lets someone send an I message to a target 295 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 1: iPhone or iOS device, and because of a flaw in 296 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: Apple's software, this message would compromise that target device and 297 00:18:55,920 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: turn it into a surveillance gadget. The attacker could activate 298 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: the device's camera and its microphone remotely, so you can 299 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: spy using a person's own phone. You can also like 300 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,120 Speaker 1: search stuff that's in the phone's memory and essentially access 301 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: all of its contents. Anyway, according to MEDUSA, that's a 302 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: news outlet that Galina Timchenko co founded, someone used Pegasus 303 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: to infiltrate Timchenko's phone just a few hours before she 304 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:28,720 Speaker 1: was scheduled to meet with exiled members of Russia's media 305 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 1: in a meeting in Berlin. MEDUSA says this is the 306 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: first confirmed case of a Russian journalist being the target 307 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,199 Speaker 1: of a Pegasus attack, which isn't a surprise. The NSO 308 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: group says that the tool, the Pegasus tool will not 309 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: work on phone numbers from the United States or from Russia, 310 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 1: and they won't do business with Russia, and Russia won't 311 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,680 Speaker 1: do business with them, largely because Russia believes in funding 312 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: their own spyware technologies. They don't outsource it, they build 313 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: that stuff themselves. So anyway, NSOL Group has said that 314 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 1: Pegasus was intended for people to use to identify and 315 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: surveil like terrorists and other dangerous people. But we've seen 316 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: time and again that NSO groups customers have been using 317 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: Pegasus to really spy on anybody they don't like and 318 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 1: that includes journalists and activists and other politicians that sort 319 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: of stuff, not active threats against the state, and so 320 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: NSO groups claims that it's kind of innocent of all 321 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: these issues fall on deaf ears for me anyway, because 322 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,640 Speaker 1: I think it's pretty clear their customers include some very 323 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 1: not nice people who are using this tool to spy 324 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 1: on folks who are not an active like threat existential 325 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 1: threat to the state. So yeah, still no word exactly 326 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: on who might have been responsible for this attack. You know. 327 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 1: The thought is that it probably wasn't Russia, but it's 328 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: hard to say or if it was Russia, the attack 329 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: was carried out through an intermediary of some sort, So yeah, 330 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: no telling who it was that directed the attack on 331 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 1: Galina Timchenko. But yeah, it's a continuing issue and now 332 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: has affected a Russian journalist. She joins the ranks. All right, 333 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna take another quick break. When we come back, 334 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: I've got a few more news stories to cover. Okay, 335 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: let's wrap up with some more news stories. This is 336 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: a big one. So there's this rumbling over in the 337 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: video game development world, and I don't mean the little 338 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,479 Speaker 1: motors that cause game controllers to vibrate There's a company 339 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: that's called Unity, right. They make a popular game engine, 340 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: the Unity Engine, and this company has announced a big 341 00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: change in its subscription tier that has upset a lot 342 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: of developers. So the way this used to work is 343 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 1: that as a developer, you would subscribe to a tier 344 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 1: of service with Unity, and in return, you would get 345 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: access to the Unity Engine and you would get a 346 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: suite of editing tools, and that was it. You would 347 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: pay the subscription that would give you access and you 348 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: went on your merry way. There were no royalty fees 349 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: you had to worry about. In fact, if you were 350 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 1: a really small developer, let's say that you made less 351 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: than one hundred thousand dollars per month in revenue, well 352 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: then you would get no fees at all to subscribe 353 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: to the Personal Tier, the lowest tier of service of 354 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:46,480 Speaker 1: Unity Engine. However, now Unity has announced that starting next year, 355 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: the company will charge developers a certain amount per install 356 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 1: once a title reaches a particular threshold. So, for example, 357 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: let's say you're an independent game developer and you have 358 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: subscribed to that Unity Personal Tier or the lowest tier, 359 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 1: you will have to fork over twenty cents per install, 360 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: not per sale, per install of your game once you 361 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: have hit two hundred thousand dollars in annual revenue or 362 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: you have hit an install base of two hundred thousand 363 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: players for that game. For customers who are paying more 364 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: money for a higher tier of service, they'll actually see 365 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: a lower per install fee and a higher threshold they 366 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: have to meet before they have to pay it. So, 367 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: in other words, if you're paying more money for a 368 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: higher subscription tier, you're paying fewer royalties or less amount 369 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: of royalties, at least on a per install basis. So 370 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: developers got really really upset. Some of them called out 371 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 1: to the developer community to stop using Unity Engine full stop. 372 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: Just don't use Unity, use something else. And they have 373 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: accused Unity of pulling sort of a bait and switch 374 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: routine which got companies invested in using the Unity Engine 375 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: and then they had the rug pulled out from under 376 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 1: them with this change in policy. One developer, Megacrit, which 377 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 1: produced the game Slay the Spire, posted a message that 378 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: said its next game, which has already been in development 379 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: for two years, will actually migrate to a different game 380 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: engine if Unity does not change its policy. That's a 381 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: heck of a thing to say, To say you're willing 382 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: to throw away essentially two years of work in order 383 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 1: to switch over. They also posted the statement quote we 384 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 1: have never made a public statement before that is how 385 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 1: badly you fed up end quote, only they didn't use 386 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: the word ft if you catch my drift. Eurogamer reports 387 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: that Unity executives sold off thousands of their shares in 388 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: the company earlier this year, which some might interpret as 389 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,040 Speaker 1: the executives knowing that this change would likely lead to 390 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:53,160 Speaker 1: a decline in Unity's share price. It certainly looks suspicious 391 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 1: considering the timing. In fact, the CEO of the company 392 00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: has sold more than fifty thousand shares this year, bought 393 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: no shares in this company this year two thousand of 394 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: those transactions or those shares, I should say, we're done. 395 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:11,880 Speaker 1: Just last week. Unity has now backtracked a little bit 396 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: on this policy. They are now saying that the charges 397 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:19,479 Speaker 1: will only come after a user has first installed the title, 398 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: and that's it just the first time. The reason for 399 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 1: that is that some developers were concerned that users who 400 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: are particularly angry at a developer could potentially install the 401 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 1: uninstalled then reinstall a game many, many, many times, and 402 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: if there's a charge for every install, it means that 403 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: these trollish gamers can install bomb a developer. If the 404 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,639 Speaker 1: developer has to pay for every single install above a 405 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: certain threshold, that could bleed them dry. So now Unity 406 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 1: is saying, Okay, it only counts the first time you 407 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: install it on a device. However, we are still going 408 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: to count it for every device they install it on. 409 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: So if they have like fifteen devices and they install 410 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: the game on all fifteen, that counts fifteen times, but 411 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 1: it won't count if they delete it and then reinstall it. 412 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: That that should be done anyway. Developers are not mollified 413 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: by this, so I expect we're going to see a 414 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: lot more conversation around this moving forward. In the video 415 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: game space. The Wall Street Journal reports that SpaceX's Starlink 416 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:29,639 Speaker 1: division is underperforming, at least from a business perspective, based 417 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,960 Speaker 1: upon what the company had previously projected. So The Wall 418 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: Street Journal says that back in twenty fifteen, SpaceX presented 419 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 1: potential investors in Starlink with a pitch, and they said 420 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 1: that by twenty twenty two, Starlink would have twenty million 421 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: subscribers and would generate close to twelve billion dollars in 422 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: revenue and around seven billion dollars in profit. Now, obviously 423 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: this pitch was designed to convince investors to invest money 424 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,119 Speaker 1: in two SpaceX's coffers, right, Like, that's the whole purpose 425 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: of it. But then, how well did the company deliver 426 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: on these estimations. Well, again, according to The Wall Street Journal, 427 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:15,959 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, revenues for Starlink were one point four billion. Now, 428 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,920 Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, one point four billion is a 429 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:20,920 Speaker 1: lot of money, and it was a big jump from 430 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. In twenty twenty one, Starlink made two 431 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: hundred and twenty two million, So one point four billion 432 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: is a lot of money. But as impressive as one 433 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,439 Speaker 1: point four billion is, it falls pretty darn short of 434 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: the twelve billion that SpaceX was projecting back in twenty fifteen. Also, 435 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,840 Speaker 1: the Jeneral reports that the service has more than a 436 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:46,439 Speaker 1: million customers. According to SpaceX VP Jonathan Haffeler, it's like 437 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: a million and a half customers worldwide. But again, back 438 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, SpaceX was saying they estimated that they 439 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,720 Speaker 1: would have twenty million customers by now, not one and 440 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: a half. So it does sound like the division is 441 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: going to potentially turn out a profit this year, so 442 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: that's good, but it's not performing up to the estimates 443 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: that investors were being told back in twenty fifteen, and 444 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: I don't know how they're gonna feel about that. And finally, 445 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: astronomers have analyzed data gathered by the James Webb Space 446 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: Telescope and discovered that an exoplanet called K two eighteen 447 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: B has some interesting signs that could potentially mean the 448 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:33,760 Speaker 1: planet might support life or maybe support the life in 449 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,960 Speaker 1: the past. Now, before we get too excited, let's try 450 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,960 Speaker 1: and be calm and rational. So this planet is in 451 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,479 Speaker 1: the so called Goldilocks zone around its home star, so 452 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 1: that means it's not too far out from the star 453 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: to receive too little energy to support life, and it's 454 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: not too close to its star where the radiation from 455 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: the star would burn away any life that could be 456 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: on the planet. It's in the zone that's just right, 457 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: the Goldilock zone, so theoretically it should be receiving the 458 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: right amount of energy to sustain life, at least life 459 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: as we are familiar with it now. On top of that, 460 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,720 Speaker 1: according to the data that the scientists studied, the planet's 461 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: atmosphere includes carbon dioxide and methane in it, and also 462 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: a whole lot of hydrogen. Plus the scientists say they 463 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: believe there could be signs of another molecule, this one 464 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: called dimethyl sulfide. So here on Earth, the stuff that 465 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: produces dimethyl sulfide is life, specifically like microbial life like phytoplankton, 466 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. So again this points to the 467 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,719 Speaker 1: possibility that there is life on this other planet. K 468 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: two eighteen B is much bigger than the Earth, is 469 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: more than eight times as large as the Earth. It's 470 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: also one hundred and ten light years away, so we're 471 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: not gonna pop by to borrow a cup of sugar 472 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:02,080 Speaker 1: anytime soon. But still, pretty aren't exciting. And that's it 473 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: for this episode of tech Stuff. I hope you are 474 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 1: all well. As I said, pretty soon, I'm going to 475 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: be traveling for work. I'm going to continue to bring episodes. 476 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: Next week, we're going to have an interview with someone 477 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,479 Speaker 1: from Surf air Mobility, a company that is looking to 478 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: be a pioneer in the regional air mobility space. It's 479 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: a really interesting conversation that's on Monday, so check that out. Tuesday. 480 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: I believe we've got another Smart Talks with IBM episode. 481 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 1: I think I don't have my calendar pulled up, but 482 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,240 Speaker 1: I think that happens on Tuesday. But you should also 483 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 1: get some more new episodes throughout the week, I hope, 484 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: assuming everything's going well, and yeah, we're gonna have a 485 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 1: whole bunch of weird stuff coming out soon because I'm 486 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: going all the way out to Las Vegas to record 487 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: a show and then cover Mobile World Congress and then 488 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: come back home. So here's hoping that goes well. Here's 489 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: hoping MGM Resorts has cleared away the problems by the 490 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: time I get there. From a purely selfish level, I mean, 491 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 1: I want it to be solved because I'm sure the 492 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: people working for MGM Resorts right now are at their 493 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 1: wits end. It has to be really stressful, I imagine. 494 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: So I hope that's all been cleared up, and I 495 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: hope again that you are all well out there, and 496 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: I'll talk to you again. Really. So tech Stuff is 497 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:33,960 Speaker 1: an iHeartRadio production. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the 498 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your 499 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:42,200 Speaker 1: favorite shows.