1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to tech Stuff, a production from I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: Hey there, and welcome to tech Stuff. I'm your host, 3 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: Jonathan Strickland. I'm an executive producer with I Heart Radio 4 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,799 Speaker 1: and love all things tech. And now it's time for 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: the tech news for Tuesday, March nine, twenty twenty one. 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: Let's get to it. The New York Times reports that 7 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: White House Press Secretary Jen Saki indicates the United States 8 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: will carry out a mix of actions against Russia due 9 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: to the solar winds hack, which continues to be a 10 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: massive security problem for multiple companies and government agencies in 11 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: the United States and beyond. Those actions will be quote 12 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 1: seen and unseen end quote. So I'm guessing some of 13 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: them are going to be, you know, pretty obvious, such 14 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: as sanctions against RuSHA, and others will be on the 15 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: super duper sneaky side, like similar cyber warfare tactics. We 16 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: should remember that infiltration, espionage, and exploitation of computer systems, 17 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: it's something that's pretty much always going on between different 18 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: nation states with different levels of success. The solar winds 19 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 1: hack was pretty darned devastating, so I don't really think 20 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: of it as news news that such things are going 21 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: to happen by the US against Russia, because, like I said, 22 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: that stuff is always happening everywhere, everybody's doing it. It's 23 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: one of the reasons why cyber warfare is terrifying. For example, 24 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: one story I didn't get to last week, and some 25 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: Twitter followers of mine asked me why I didn't it 26 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: was a good question, was that hackers were able to 27 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: exploit some vulnerabilities in a very widely distributed Microsoft product. 28 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: The vulnerableity was with Exchange Server. Now, this is a 29 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: product that's an electronic mail and calendar server, and it's 30 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: used by tens of thousands of companies and organizations around 31 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: the world. Now, Microsoft first claimed that these attacks were 32 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: quote limited and targeted end quote which is kind of 33 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: similar to the attacks we saw with solar winds. Now. 34 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: With solar winds, a ton of systems were hit, but 35 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: the hackers only followed up on a very small percentage 36 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: of those that were hit for subsequent attacks, because that 37 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: first attack was really just getting an end into an organization, 38 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: and then it was the subsequent attacks that did the 39 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: real harm. However, I'm seeing estimations ranging somewhere between twenty 40 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: thousand and thirty thousand compromised organizations in the United States alone, 41 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: and then there are thousands more in other parts of 42 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: the world. The working hypothesis right now is that the 43 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: hackers were from a hacker group that's backed by China, 44 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: and that they exploited several zero day vulnerabilities that Microsoft 45 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: began to patch starting back on March two. A zero 46 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: day vulnerability is one in which those responsible for the 47 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: software in question are unaware of the vulnerability, so it 48 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: represents a way for hackers to potentially take advantage of 49 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: a flaw and exploit it, as was the case with 50 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: these particular four. The vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Exchange server 51 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: gave hackers the chance to create a way to either 52 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: spread more malware or spy on infected systems, or potentially both. 53 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: Microsoft is urging network administrators to apply security fixes right 54 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: away to mitigate the issue, but for systems that are 55 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: already compromised, that's too late. It's like shutting the door, 56 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: but all the windows are open. It doesn't really matter 57 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: at that point. So for those systems, it's going to 58 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: require a more thorough approach to identifying and removing malware. 59 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: In other news, the EU has granted its approval to 60 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax Media that is the parent company 61 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: of Bethesda Softworks. Bethesda is the company behind the Elder 62 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: Scrolls series, you know, the one that includes Skyrim, also 63 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: the Fallout series. They're also the current owner of the 64 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: Doom franchise. The price tag for Zenni Max comes in 65 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 1: at a cool seven point five billion dollars a parentsly 66 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 1: some the e use finding states that quote, the commission 67 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns 68 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: given the combined entities, limited market position upstream, and the 69 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 1: presence of strong downstream competitors in the distribution of video games. 70 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: End quote. From all reports, Microsoft plans to have Bethesda 71 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: operate pretty much the way it has been operating, with 72 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: a largely handsoff approach, though with this acquisition, we should 73 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: expect to see lots of titles that are in Bethesda's 74 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: vast library showing up on the Xbox Game Pass service. 75 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: Based on recent announcements from Microsoft, it really looks like 76 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: the cloud based game service is the key to their 77 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 1: stratag G moving forward, at least for Xbox and Windows. 78 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: Gaming and company representatives say they have no intention of 79 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,800 Speaker 1: turning Bethesda into like an Xbox exclusive or Windows exclusive 80 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: games developer. It looks like Panasonic is moving toward an 81 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: acquisition of its own, this one being the supply chain 82 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: software company blew Yonder. Panasonic had previously secured a twenty 83 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: percent stake in the company in twenty and while as 84 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: of this recording, Panasonic has not acknowledged that it is 85 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: actually moving forward with a full acquisition, that's what it 86 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: looks like is happening. And I always think of Panasonic 87 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: as a consumer electronics company. It's the company that you 88 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: know owns this huge booth that's always right in the 89 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: middle of ce s with lots of TVs and stuff. 90 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,360 Speaker 1: But the truth of the matter is that Panasonic has 91 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: been diversifying quite a bit and moving further out from 92 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: the direct consumer market to become more of a components 93 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,679 Speaker 1: supplier for other companies, and as such, managing supply chains 94 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: becomes much more complicated. It so in that regard, this 95 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,919 Speaker 1: acquisition makes a lot of sense, and it seems like 96 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: Panasonic would be looking at about a six point five 97 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: billion dollar price tag for blue Yonder. And now it's 98 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: time for another COVID related tech topic, which yea, the 99 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: Washington Post published an article stating that research organization I 100 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: p VM tested numerous temperature checking systems, you know, the 101 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: kinds of stuff that you would find in places like 102 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: schools or airports or public venues, that kind of thing 103 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: where they screen people by looking at their skin temperature 104 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: before letting them in. The organization says these devices aren't 105 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: always reliable. In fact, reporter Drew Harrowell word did it 106 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: as quote, the tools are dangerously ineffective end quote. Making 107 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: matters worse is that some administrators are using these devices 108 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: in ways that they weren't intended, such as to measure 109 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: the body temperatures of multiple people at one time. All 110 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: of this is super bad news, as lots of places 111 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: are using these sorts of devices as part of their 112 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,840 Speaker 1: reopening strategies. While COVID is still running rampant throughout the world. 113 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: Here in the United States, several states have eased up 114 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 1: on restrictions, and the use of tempt checking devices plays 115 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: a part in the messaging that hey, y'all, it's all okay, 116 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: there's a vaccine now, though most of you can't get 117 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: it yet. And besides, we're totally checking temperatures to see 118 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: if anyone's got a fever, so we're all over it now. 119 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: This report shows that the tech being used isn't always reliable, 120 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,239 Speaker 1: so it could miss people who actually do have a fever, 121 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: or have false positives of people who don't have a 122 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: fever showing up as if they do. It kind of 123 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: creates the illusion of safety, which might make people feel 124 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: at ease, but it also opens up the very real 125 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: possibility of actual COVID transmission. Think of it like this, 126 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 1: You've tested negative for COVID. You've taken a test, it's 127 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: come at negative. You're good to go. But you need 128 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: to go to a public space that does tempt checks 129 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: and you pa us that check no problem because like 130 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: I said, it came back negative. You're you're healthy. So 131 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: once you are inside this public venue, you think, hey, 132 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: everyone else here also had to pass that same test 133 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: I did, Like they had to get screened before they 134 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: came in. So maybe you're not quite as careful as 135 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: you normally would be. You feel like you're in a 136 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: safe space. Maybe you don't keep as much distance between 137 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: you and everyone else as you should. Maybe you don't 138 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: wash your hands as frequently. You can see how an 139 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: unreliable piece of technology could feed into a perception that 140 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: you're safe, when in fact you might not be. Now, 141 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: I don't say this to send anyone into a panic, 142 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: but rather to remind everyone we're not outll the woods yet. 143 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: We still need to take personal responsibility for our own 144 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: health as well as show consideration for our fellow human beings. 145 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: Stay home, if you can, wear masks, practice social distancing, 146 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,319 Speaker 1: wash your hands. It's no time to throw caution to 147 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: the wind, though That's what I see way too often 148 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: on the rare occasions where I do have to leave 149 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 1: my house. Ours Technica reported on SpaceX's plans for the 150 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: spaceport that it's currently building out in Texas. The company 151 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: had to file its plans with the Texas government and 152 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: so they are publicly available on the Army Corps of 153 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: Engineers site. It's also available for comments from the public. 154 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: The full spaceport is going to have two landing pads, 155 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: one of those is already built, and it will also 156 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: have two launch pads for suborbital missions, meaning they won't 157 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: go all the way out into space like not orbital 158 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: space anyway, and then two other launch pads for orbital missions. 159 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: So far, they the facility already has one suborbital launch pad, 160 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: and it's building its first orbital launch pad. Ours Tannica 161 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: points out that the design of the complex is pretty 162 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: darn compact. Stuff tends to be pretty close together, partly 163 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: because SpaceX has to adhere to certain event restrictions. It 164 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: doesn't own that many acres of land in this part 165 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: of Texas, and there are restrictions like you, they have 166 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: to have stormwater ponds in order to help prevent flooding, 167 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: for example, so some of that space has to be 168 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: set aside for that. SpaceX has to get approval from 169 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: the Army Corps of Engineers, also has to pass an 170 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: environmental impact assessment from the f a A, and SpaceX 171 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,640 Speaker 1: founder Elon Musk has also indicated that he would very 172 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: much like to conquer I'm sorry, I mean incorporate the 173 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: nearby community of Boca Chica Village, which consists of several 174 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: dozen homes, and he wants to boost that up to 175 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: a small city that supports the spaceport. In fact, he 176 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: wants to take that community and turn into a city 177 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: called Star based Texas. Now, I can't decide if that 178 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: sounds cool or corny. There have been reports that SpaceX 179 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: has been a bit pushy with the residents of Boca 180 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: Chica Village, attempting to convince some homeowners to pick up 181 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: stakes and move, and that sounds, you know, not great. 182 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: Tech Crunch reports that it has received confirmation from Apple 183 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: the company is discontinuing it's iMac Pro line of computers. 184 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: The iMac Pro is an all in one computer with 185 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: the computer and display built into a single form factor. 186 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: It was first produced back in December. The standard Imax 187 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: seems to be sticking around, but apparently that standard iMac 188 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: was kind of the go to model for people who 189 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: are kind of looking at that style of computer, whereas 190 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: those who were more interested in a computer that had 191 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: more capability than the standard iMac. We're gravitating towards the 192 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: Mac Pro. Now, if you still really want one, you 193 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,559 Speaker 1: can order one of the remaining models that are currently 194 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,839 Speaker 1: in Apple stock. It'll set you back a cool five 195 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. And a couple of other quick stories. The 196 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: Guardian has a fun article titled Typographic Attack, Pen and 197 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,319 Speaker 1: paper fool AI into thinking Apple is an iPod now. 198 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: As the headline indicates, the article is about an image 199 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: recognition AI system called clip which should be able to 200 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: figure out basic stuff by examining pictures. However, if you 201 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: were to handwright say the word iPod on a sticky note, 202 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: and then you were to slap that sticky note on 203 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 1: an apple, as in the fruit, and then you took 204 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: a photo of that and fed it to Clip, that 205 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: text could be enough to convince Clip that, sure enough, 206 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,719 Speaker 1: that piece of fruit is in fact an m P 207 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: three player from Apple Now. According to the Guardian, a 208 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: different test involved just typing up dollar signs on top 209 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 1: of a picture of a dog, so like just putting 210 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,559 Speaker 1: a text box there and putting in dollar signs, then 211 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: feeding that image to Clip, and it was enough for 212 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: Clip to misidentify it as a piggy bank. The organization 213 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: behind clip open AI acknowledges that this type of typographic 214 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: attack can be effective. The model is able to decipher 215 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: text and interpret it, and that is powerful enough to 216 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: push the model towards misidentifying whatever the thing is it's 217 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 1: looking at. In some ways, you can think of Clip 218 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: as being a sweet summer child, a naive innocent that 219 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: will believe whatever you tell it. If you post a 220 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: video of an ostrich with the sign Santa clause underneath it. Well, hey, 221 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: there's a chance that will think that that Ostrich is 222 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 1: in fact Santa Claus. And honestly, who's to say that 223 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: it's not. I mean, we've all been a bit hasty 224 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: to judge, right. As for clip, while this report is 225 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: pretty amusing, it does indicate there's some pretty big opportunities 226 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: for mischief, including stuff that goes well beyond mischief using 227 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: this vulnerability. I suspect that a large part of open 228 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,520 Speaker 1: aiyes work will be refining this AI model so that 229 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: it weights the text interpretation against other elements in an image. So, 230 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: in other words, they're going to have to teach the 231 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: AI that human beings are liars. And finally, in an 232 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: interview for the Infra Nation, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked 233 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: about how virtual reality is an exciting field that will 234 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:10,360 Speaker 1: play a bigger part in online social presence in the future. 235 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: He spoke about the work going into creating realistic avatars 236 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: to represent users and allow them to interact within a 237 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: virtual space together. So think of something like Ready Player one, 238 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: or maybe a more immersive version of Second Life, which 239 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: has its own implications. It really makes me think that 240 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: any big shared virtual space is going to be jarring, 241 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 1: not necessarily because of the technology, but because of how 242 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 1: people can be. Some people just like to push boundaries 243 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: or worse, and they can make or break an experience. 244 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: They can make an experience truly unbearable. Also, the level 245 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: of VR that Zuckerberg is talking about makes me a 246 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: little nervous, not because of it being immersive, but because 247 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: of the technology that would be you to make it happen, 248 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: technology like eye tracking, for example. Now, Facebook makes nearly 249 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: all of its revenue from advertising, so I can only 250 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: imagine that Zuckerberg is eager to roll out tech that 251 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: let's Facebook track where users are looking within a virtual world, 252 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: because that's where you're going to see advertising pop up. Right, everyone, 253 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: get ready for the next phase or techno capitalist dystopia. 254 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: But no, seriously, I'm sure it'll be really neat. Well. 255 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: That wraps up the news for Tuesday, March nine, twenty one. 256 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: If you folks have any suggestions for future topics I 257 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 1: should tackle in tech Stuff, let me know. 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