2024 Daily Tech News Show


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5			On this episode of DTNS, ... Google AI Overviews tell publishers they can die today, or die another day in the future… converting brain signals into speech reaches farther with a promising new study, and back to the office? Is it really helping tech companies? Depends who you ask...	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Thursday August 15th 2024. From Studio Animal House I'm Sarah Lane
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19		sl	The Financial Times' sources say SoftBank is shifting focus away from working with Intel to build AI processors for its Project Izanagi initiative due to volume and speed isses. Instead, Softbank is said to be in discussions with TSMC on chips designed to rival Nvidia's AI GPUs in performance.	https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/softbanks-intel-ai-processor-plans-in-doubt-as-insiders-say-it-is-now-considering-a-tsmc-partnership
20		jry	The US Federal Trade Commission finalized new rules in its ongoing crackdown of fake reviews, including fake consumer and celebrity testimonials, on websites and e-commerce platforms. The FTC's rules, which passed with a 5-0 vote, prohibit the buying and selling of phony reviews and product testimonials, effective in 60 days. The formal ban includes stiff penalties for violators of the new rules, with fines reaching as high as $50,000 per violation.	https://www.engadget.com/general/the-ftc-finalizes-its-rules-clamping-down-on-fake-online-reviews-191339646.html
21		sl	Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) said Wednesday it disrupted Iran-sponsored efforts to attack campaigns of President Biden and President Trump. TAG, which focuses on combating government-backed attackers, said it detected a steady pattern of “phishing” attempts from the Iranian APT42 hacking group to get into email accounts of senior campaign officials on both sides, and was able to block them. The phishing tactics included impersonating think tanks like the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Brookings Institution.	https://www.wired.com/story/iran-apt42-trump-biden-harris-phishing-targeting/
22		jry	Chinese car maker Zeekr claims its latest EV batteries can be charged from 10% to 80% capacity in 10.5 minutes using its ultra-fast charging stations. This speed beats Zeekr's rivals, including Tesla and BYD. Zeekr’s new battery also performs well in cold temperatures charging from 10% to 80% of its capacity in less than half an hour at temperatures as low as -10C. Zeekr's 2025 007 sedan, will be its first vehicle to have the new battery, available next week.	https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl20971wxpo
23		sl	California Governer Gavin Newsom announced that state driver's licenses and ID cards will be accessible through Apple or Google wallets in the coming weeks. It can be used for ID verification at select businesses and TSA checkpoints. But you will still need to carry your physical ID card as required by law. 500,000 people have already added a driver's license or ID to the California DMV Wallet app. The pilot program launched last year and is capped at 1.5 million participants.	https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/08/15/california-ids-coming-soon-in-apple-wallet-and-google-wallet/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe're%20partnering%20with%20two,technology%20people%20use%20every%20day.%E2%80%9D
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29		sl	Google's "AI Overviews", AKA generated summaries for search results that show up before linked results when you conduct certain types of searches, launched to all US users back in May. Now they're expanding with local language support in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK. Google is also moving the carousel of the source cards below the summary to the right-hand column with page name, description, and more visible other details. On mobile, it will be a row of icons in the top right corner that you can expand. Google is also testing inline links in the summary itself, something Bing and OpenAI already do. Additionally, Google is also testing the ability to save an AI Overview so it comes up if you do that search again, and to simplify the overview's language.	https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-brings-ai-answers-search-new-countries-2024-08-15/
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31			For site owners who want you and me to click on their links instead of blocking AI Overviews, some are in a bit of a pickle, because Google uses is the same crawler (known as Googlebot" that keeps track of web pages for search results. So blocking the crawler effectively keeps you from being discovered online. But allowing AI summaries is designed in theory to need publishers less.	https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-15/google-s-search-dominance-leaves-sites-little-choice-on-ai-scraping?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyMzcyOTM1MywiZXhwIjoxNzI0MzM0MTUzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTSTlHNEREV0xVNjgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGQTUwMzI1N0EwREI0MkNCOTNGM0YyODVENEIzRDNCMSJ9.lVM70e8MPDcqlkA2TV5xPLIagjVBkBT-KCz8kq6_ZGc
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38		sl	The New England Journal of Medicine has published details about a Brian-Computer Interface (BCI) developed by scientists at the University of California, Davis, that can translate brain signals into speech with 97% accuracy, claiming the highest success rate to date. This type of BCI is called a speech neuroprosthesis. - Device uses four micro-electrode arrays, utilizing 256 cortical electrodes, implanted in the left precentral gyrus, a part of the brain associated with speech coordination. - Normally, signals pass through here to move muscles allowing speech - The experiment sent signals to a computer and used that data to train a model to decode the signals into words. - Then the model could decode the signals in real time and display the words on a screen. - A text-to-speech engine, trained on recordings of the patient's voice to sound like them, then reads the words.	https://interestingengineering.com/health/uc-davis-brain-interface-helps-als-patient-speak?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
39			- In July 2023, neurosurgeon Dr. David Brandman implanted the device in 45-year old Casey Harrell, who has ALS and a severe speech impairment. Harrell started communicating within minutes of using the system. - In the first training session, it demonstrated 99.6% accuracy with a vocabulary of 50 words in 30 minutes. After continued training, it sustained 97.5% accuracy over a period of 8.4 months, and Harrell could conduct self-paced conversations at a rate of approximately 32 words per minute for more than 248 cumulative hours.
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51		sl	Former Google CEO and Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt walked back comments he made about work-life balance and remote-work policies at Google being more important than winning against startups where people “work like hell”. In an email to The Wall Street Journal Schmidt said, “I misspoke about Google and their work hours,” “I regret my error.” Schmidt made the initial comments at a wide-ranging discussion at Stanford University. He criticized Google’s remote-work policies in response to a question about Google competing with OpenAI. Stanford posted a video of the conversion to YouTube which received more than 40,000 views before Schmidt asked for the video to be taken down. Schmidt joins a long list of corporate leaders, including JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Tesla CEO Elon Musk who have complained about work-from-home policies, saying they make companies less efficient and less competitive.	https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-eric-schmidt-ai-remote-work-stanford-f92f4ca5?st=klf0i3ukcs984cy
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53			-0- Justin, is this about acknowledging Google is behind the curve in AI development compared with company's like OpenAI? Is this about the resistance to back to work poliices employees are having? Or both?	https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-says-monopolist-google-cant-avoid-app-store-reforms-2024-08-14/
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65			KV from "Sunny and gradually getting reasonably cooler(ish) DC" - In response to a fellow viewer's email on passkeys yesterday; here's a couple of useful directories that list services that support passkeys (apologies if they've been shared before): Passkeys.directory (by 1Password): Passkeys Directory (by FIDO Alliance): For general 2-factor information, 2FA Directory (2factorauth Group): Hopefully your service is on those lists.	https://passkeys.directory/
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97			A gamer from Saudi Arabia has connected 444 gaming consoles to a single television earning him a Guinness World Record. Ibrahim Al-Nasser noticed that he had a had a big stack of gaming consoles that he couldn’t play unless he unplugged existing consoles from his TV and plugged in new ones. That’s when got the idea to hook up over 30 RCA switchers, more than 12 HDMI switchers, and special setup and cable management. All the consoles, many of which most have probably never heard are playable, including his all-time favorite, The Sega Genesis.	https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/8/gaming-is-serious-business-for-man-with-444-consoles-hooked-up-to-one-tv
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140			Former Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, has recanted remarks regarding Google's AI competitiveness he made in a Stanford video talk earlier this year. Schmidt, said "Google decided that work-life balance and going home early and working from home was more important than winning. The reason startups work is because the people work like hell.” The video has since been taking down.