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YouTube Google returns with a wild music concert, the spooky implications of new AI programs, and the destruction of the human spirit! Follow Rogue Ren Twitch YouTube Mastodon (vt.social) Bluesky Takeways Google’s wacky guest musician for the preshow: Marc Rebillet Google announces an enhanced version of Google Lens and Gemini, capable of visual recognition, doxxing people, and spying through phones and glasses alike. Google announces Veo, a AI service designed to generate videos based on prompts. It’s not ready yet Google unveils a new system for detecting/watermarking AI generated content called SynthID. Unfortunately, the nefarious will reverse engineer what was added and remove it from generated content. Google Search now has a horribly inaccurate AI summarization field. PaliGemma, a new open-source machine vision model is announced. It’s not ready yet Android 15 exists… The Google Phone app gains the ability to intercept scam messages. Good for the unaware, but opens the floodgates to serious privacy ramifications. The service is opt-in. Gemma 2 is announced. It’s not ready yet Gemini becomes enhanced with Gems, a way to create personalized AIs for specific tasks or limited data sets. Only available for paying Gemini users and it’s not ready yet YouTube videos are now polluted with AI questionnaires. Referenced Preshow, feat. Marc Rebillet (edited) Original Event (edited) Apple in Talks to License Google Gemini for iPhone, iOS 18 Generative AI Tools - Bloomberg Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find | 404 Media (Archive.org) Is Google Getting Worse? A Longitudinal Investigation of SEO Spam in Search Engines Taylor Swift nude deepfake goes viral on X, despite platform rules OpenAI’s Sora landing page Marques Brownlee’s Sora hot take, which is identical to what Winward said. Meredith Whittaker’s Twitter hot take on Pixel scam detection .dev domains, formerly owned by Google Squarespace Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Google Domains Assets Anonymous poop gifting site hacked, customers exposed Track Listing Post event discussion: Khaim - SSS (Remix) Outro: Khaim - Neon Lamp Bonus Content:

YouTube Apple continues the trend of short, rushed events, showcasing the post-PC world with iPads, the crippled future of Macs, and quaking in fear of Qualcomm’s newest announcements! Will the refreshed iPads be any better? Follow Rogue Ren Twitch YouTube Mastodon (vt.social) Blue Sky Takeaways New iPad Air with M2 chip (2 generations old at this point). iPad Pro is the first to get the M4 chip, signalling Apple’s move to TSMC’s new hardware and an increased focus on the iPad as a device. The M4 chip features near identical performance to the M3, due to regulations about US regulation against Chinese manufacturing. Logic Pro and Final Cut received major updates in a V2, copying Affinity’s branding. New Apple Pencil introduces Barrel Roll, to fold your stroke as you draw it. That is, if you don’t fall for the fact it’s an arbitrary limitation. Procreate doubles down on their iPad only approach. The event is likely a response to the announcement of Qualcomm’s X series chips, which threatens Apple. John Ternus was given lots of screen time and rumored to be Tim Cook’s successor. Referenced Original Event (YouTube) Apple Apologizes for iPad Pro Ad, Scraps Plan to Air It on TV - Bloomberg Apple Is Lobbying Against Right to Repair Six Months After Supporting Right to Repair (Archive) Apple doesn’t actually recycle your stuff Former Apple Executive Says Company Blundered by Firing Him After TikTok Video - WSJ (Bloomberg) The TikTok that got Tony Blevins fired iOS, The Future Of macOS, Freedom, Security And Privacy In An Increasingly Hostile Global Environment by iosecure Apple’s silent announcement of the 13-in M3 MacBooks Track Listing Song that plays for “8 seconds later” is Rude Buster from Delta Rune Chapter 1 Song for the post-event discussion is Khaim - Until the Sunrise Outro: Khaim - Neon Lamp

Mozilla Firefox has lots of features that bypass annoying restrictions on websites. Want to right-click wherever and whenever you want? How about the superior way to play videos in the background? What about skipping ads on Twitch or your HR training videos?

The open source community was rocked with the revelations of a backdoor targeting millions. Turns out, the enemy was the people and processes along the way.

Microsoft kicks off their year with their Surface tablets, but this time for business! What better way to celebrate than featuring presenters held hostage and completely redundant information about Windows?