2024 Daily Tech News Show


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5			On this episode of DTNS, New data implies console gaming is dying. Scott tells us it isn't dying but it is changing. Plus the UK goes after Micrososft over Copilot+ Recall feature and would you pay for a better Amazon Echo?	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Wednesday May 22nd, 2024. In LA, I'm Tom Merritt
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19		sl	Humane, makers of the poorly-reviewed $700 AI pin that used generative models to respond to voice requests and projected some answers on a surface, is looking for a buyer according to Bloomberg's sources. Humane is led by former l Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, Bloomberg's sources say the company wants "between $750 million and $1 billion.”	https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/21/24162185/humane-seeking-acquisition-rumor-ai-pin
20		tm	Chinese leader Xi Jinping has a new chatbot. Or rather, a chatbot based on "Xi Jinping thought’, according to a report by The Financial Times, including more than a dozen books attributed to Xi Jinping. This is more than just musings. Xi Jinping is the third Chinese leader, following Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping to have their philosophical writings incorporated into the list of fundamental doctrines of the Chinese Communist Party. The training set also includes government regulations, policy documents, state media reports and other official publications. It's limited to use at a research center under the purview of the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), though it may eventually be released for wider use.	https://www.engadget.com/sure-why-not-china-built-a-chatbot-based-on-xi-jinping-155828456.html
21		sl	Spotify is debuting a new look.. doesn't change anything audiowise, but it's a new... typeface! Spotify Mix, as it's called will replace the Circular typeface across Spotify's app and desktop experiences. Spotify Mix was developed with Berlin-based foundry Dinamo Typefaces to make "a sans-serif typeface that blends features from both classic and contemporary styles." The text in Spotify's logo will also use the new typeface.	https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/22/24162464/spotify-mix-typeface-font-announcement-design-update
22		tm	Back in April, Google announced that it would be making its Magic Editor and other AI-powered tools free for all Google Photos Android and iOS users. Magic Editor lets you move, resize, or erase parts of a photo, as well as apply “contextual presets” and more. Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro folks already had it, but older Pixel 6 and 7 owners are starting to get it now. It will eventually come to iOS Google Photos users too. All users will get 10 Magic Editor saves per month unless you pay for a Google One Premium plan or use a Pixel.	https://www.techradar.com/phones/google-pixel-phones/googles-magic-editor-is-finally-making-its-way-to-some-pixel-7-and-pixel-6-phones
23		sl	CNET got a hold of a memo that T-Mobile's president of consumer group Jon Freier sent to employees explaining charges for some customers will increase, starting with their June or July bills. Exactly which plans are affected isn't clear. Freier specifically wrote that those on T-Mobile's Go5G plans will NOT see their prices increase, nor will those on T-Mobile's Price Lock guarantee. As part of its merger with Sprint, which was completed in 2020, T-Mobile was legally required to not raise prices for three years, but has since introduced Go5G, Go5G Plus and Go5G Next which it has pushed to replace older plans.	https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/t-mobile-is-raising-prices-on-some-of-its-older-plans-starting-with-your-next-bill/
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27		sl	The UK Information Commissioner's Office, or ICO, wants to know more about Microsoft's Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs. Specifically the ICO wants to understand the safeguards in place to protect user privacy, since Recall can log all your activity and then use the CoPilot model to return answers about things you've done, like what was said in a meeting or a recipe you looked for. In theory, these searches better than an index search because the model can understand more vague requests. Maybe you looked up a blanket but closed the tab and can't remember the store.	https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o
28		tm	The kneejerk reaction is that this is a nightmare privacy violation. That a company the size and scale of Microsoft wants access to this data to sell ads, or worse. Microsoft emphasized in its announcement that the data used for Recall is stored on the PC, not in the cloud. It's also encrypted and can only be accessed by the person whose profile was used to sign into the computer. You can also filter out specific websites and apps from being scanned. You can also pause collection when you want, and delete some or all of the data collected at any time. And of course, you can choose not to use Recall at all.	https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/copilot-plus-pcs#faq1
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37		tm	People with knowledge of Amazon’s plans tell CNBC that the company will launch a more conversational version of its voice assistant for Echo devices later this year. But the upgraded voice assistant will probably only be available with a subscription, and not included with Amazon Prime. The sources told CNBC that Amazon had not yet settled on how much it will charge. CEO Andy Jassy has previously mentioned that Amazon was integrating generative models into multiple applications including “an even more intelligent and capable Alexa.” Will you pay for a better Amazon Echo?	https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/amazon-plans-to-give-alexa-an-ai-overhaul-monthly-subscription-price.html
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51		sl	A report from market research company Newzoo is getting a lot of attention because it looks bad for game consoles. The report shows an 8.4% increase PC game and related digital sales in 2023 from 2022. Consoles rose 0.3 percent. Mobile gaming fell about 2 percent. Total revenue for 2023, Newzoo estimates - mobile gaming about $89.9 billion, - consoles at $52.4 billion, - PC gaming around $39 billion.	https://newzoo.com/resources/blog/last-looks-the-global-games-market-in-2023
52			-0- Scott, can you break this down for us? -0- Do you see the beginnings of a trend in the video game marketplace? -0- Will this impact the development of future game consoles?	https://kotaku.com/pc-gaming-growing-faster-consoles-2023-baldurs-gate-3-1851491035
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55			- Consoles are literally PC's now, with fewer of the things that made them stand out in the past. (exclusives, better graphics early on, custom hardware, etc.) - Used to be you needed a beefy rig to play PC games. No longer true. - The big exclusives are coming to PC sooner, often day and date, so in a way MS and PS are contributing to the growth. - The indie scene is on FIRE with PC's right now, and more and more thats where innovation is happening AND doing it at less cost to players.
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65			AnonJr writes in resposne to our conversation in GDI about job retraining: "Seems another big part of career changes is where you go and how it relates to existing skills. For a logical type, who does a lot of writing, coding isn't that big a stretch. For myself, my degree is in Programming. I spent 14 years managing the software and online training catalog for a midsize hospital. I burned out and left. After a few years of returning to retail sales to help my sister and do a sabbatical, I'm 4 years into a new career as a luthier. It's not as odd a jump as that sounds given I roadied for a small band on the side and did basic repair work. I also spent a lot of time learning basic woodworking from my father and stepfather. I wonder sometimes how much harder it would have been to get shunted into some field I had no handhold on."
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96		tm	When it comes to how the media reports on AI, David Reid, professor of Artificial Intelligence at Liverpool Hope University, says “I would put media reporting [about AI] at around two out of 10.” He also said to the BBC earlier this year “When the media talks about AI, they think of it as a single entity. It is not. What I would like to see is more nuanced reporting.” Several years ago Zachary Lipton, then an assistant professor at the machine learning department at Carnegie Mellon University, was quoted in the Guardian calling media coverage of artificial intelligence “sensationalised crap” and comparing it to an “AI misinformation epidemic”. Not everyone considers AI a bunch of “killer robots" but that take is often what gets the most coverage. But some research on media coverage of AI suggest that overall, news coverage comes off as industry-led and generally positive, even uncritical.	https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-news-coverage-often-uncritical-helps-build-ai-hype
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