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The two companies plan to build a multi-platform AI tool set for games
that will include, shocker,
an AI copilot to assist with development
and an AI character runtime engine
that will allow you to import AI characters into any game client
from Unreal Engine 5 to Roblox.
Is it also called Copilot 365?
Cause I've had enough.
How many copilots can you have until they're just crew members?
We're all piloting together.
Now developers of all ages can hire the worst voice actors for their games.
Western Digital is splitting up their flash and hard drive businesses
into two independent companies,
but that doesn't mean they love you any less than they did before.
Just a number.
It seems that Western Digital's flash company has been suffering from demand shortage,
which is a funny way of saying no one wants it.
And since they couldn't get Kioxia to give them a place to stay and regular business,
WD is kicking out their two-time and flash segment
and increasing their own stock prices by 10% for the trouble.
However, there has been no word on how this will affect alimony payments.
Attendees at ApeFest,
the Bored Ape Yacht Club's annual NFT event in Hong Kong,
reported severe eye pain, visual impairment,
and skin damage similar to sunburns after the event.
While it's tempting to assume that Zeus Almighty finally did something about crypto,
this parallels a previous incident in Hong Kong in 2017,
where contractors installed disinfecting UV lights instead of stage lights,
leading to an effect similar to staring into the sun.
Organizers claimed that fewer than 1% of attendees were affected,
only to get roasted by an ophthalmologist
for blasting ultraviolet light directly into people's faces
and destroying their corneas.
Don't worry, apes.
The doctor says it'll grow back.
You can look at more stupid variations of the same image in the future.
And we promise fewer than 0.1% of you will be blinded
if you come back on Wednesday for more tech news.
Hey, those are pretty good odds.
I mean, not every channel can say that.
Yes, you did come here for tech news,
but you'll leave with something even more precious.
This image in your mind.
Ah ha ha ha ha, please, no applause.
It's my pleasure.
Google's plans to control the web are running into a couple snags
from haters who are just mad they didn't start their own tech giant.
The company has responded to merciless criticism
of its proposed Web Environment Integrity API for Chrome,
deemed a DRM for websites,
and is shelving it in favor of the much different
Android WebView Media Integrity API,
which will apparently be much narrower in scope.
Of course, the reason it doesn't need to be broader
is because Android already has environmental attestation
and uses its Play Integrity API to scan users' phones for root privileges.
So what's a few more scans among friends?
The new API could be used to block malicious apps and malware,
but it could also prevent the rise of more apps like the now dead Vanced,
which gave regular YouTube users premium features like ad-free videos and a good time.
But Google's crusade against ad blockers might cause legal trouble in the EU.
Privacy experts like Alexander Hanf claim that
YouTube's anti-ad blocker measures violate Article 5.3 of EU's e-Privacy Directive,
meaning that after forcing Apple to change their whole closed ecosystem, shtick,
Europe might set its sights on Google next.
As if the tech giant hasn't had enough controversy,
they're also integrating generative AI into their advertiser tools
because spam art is what ads need more of,
and testing YouChat,
a YouTube chatbot that users can ask about the video they're watching,
because who has time to actually watch videos when there's all these AI toys to play with?
I mean, I always read the comments.
Basically the same thing.
YouTube is also considering an AI feature that summarizes large comment sections,
a handy feature for creators to figure out what their subscribers are talking about at a glance,
though judging by our comment section,
the overall effect will be like a supportive mom who's been possessed by a demon.
You're doing great, sweetie.
I hate your beard.
Take a shower.
Anyway, love you.
A judge recently unsealed an amended FTC privacy complaint against Kochava,
the world's largest mobile data broker,
revealing disturbing allegations
that the company has collected and sells a staggering amount of sensitive information
that is linked or easily linkable to specific individuals.
The original FTC lawsuit was blocked back in May
because the complaint didn't provide enough evidence,
but now apparently they're back with the goods and, ooh boy, it is spicy.
Muy picante.
According to the FTC,
Cochava sells data including personal information
like names, addresses, phone numbers,
and precise geolocation within a few meters,
but also demographic information
like race, gender, annual income, political affiliation, religion, and...
pregnancy status.
I didn't have another finger.
Kochava customers, who are hopefully just advertisers,
could easily trace an individual's movements from their home to their work,