- Look, I just thought it would be nice
if we talked about some tech news.
I wasn't trying to say anything weird about your mom.
The crackdown by social media platforms
on controversial statements made by U.S. President Trump
and his supporters have only intensified since Wednesday
when a mob of people assaulted the Capitol Building
in Washington DC leading to five deaths
and dozens of casualties.
Facebook, Instagram and Twitch
have said they're suspending Trump's accounts indefinitely
in order to prevent the platforms
from being used to incite violence,
while Twitter released the temporary lock
on the President's account yesterday
before permanently suspending him today.
I didn't see the tweets that caused the permanent suspension
but I'm sure we can all imagine them.
Twitter also banned Trump devotees,
Michael Flynn who called for Trump
to declare martial law and redo the election,
and Trump's former lawyer, Sidney Powell.
Over on YouTube, videos that make claims of election fraud
are now automatically being suspended
and receiving channel strikes.
Reddit has taken down the r/donaldtrump subreddit,
and Twitch removed the infamous PogChamp emote
because the guy whose face it depicted
sort of called for more civil unrest on Twitter.
But then Twitch announced the PogChamp emote would live on
but that it would feature a different face every 24 hours
for their foreseeable future.
Wow, it is wild out there right now, guys.
- [Man] Yeah, I'm bad too.
(Riley laughs)
- What about James?
That is not Parker's.
It's not Parker's at all
But don't think about that stuff guys.
Think about all the amazing products
that we're getting a sneak peek of thanks to virtual CES,
getting progressively less and less content every year
to wait until it's actually supposed to start.
Acer's got a 4k, 144 Hertz HDR400 monitor on the way.
And Sony announced all of their 2021 TVs
will have Google TV built in
but if you want even more Google in your home
the next Nest Hub will use project solely radar
to track your sleep patterns.
Ooh, I need it.
Jlabs have these open air speakers
you can clip onto your glasses
to make your funky frames look decidedly less so.
And Arc X has a giant finger ring
with a joystick to control devices through Bluetooth.
That's actually kind of cool.
I like that.
I also like Kohler smart tub
which can add fog in response to voice commands.
This bath needs to be spookier.
The whole internet, including us made a bit of a big deal
about WhatsApp's recent update to its terms of use
which made it seem like the messaging app
was now beginning to share your data
with its parent company, Facebook.
Elon Musk who's now the richest man in the world.
Congrats dude, even suggested that we all switch
to Signal another messaging app
with end-to-end encryption.
Well, turns out the jokes on us
because as "WIRED" points out,
WhatsApp has actually
been giving Facebook our data since 2016.
And the recent terms of use update
basically just provides more information
on how they process your data.
That data includes your phone number,
logs of how long and how often you use WhatsApp.
This is basic stuff guys,
device information, even location information.
But Facebook says they still can't see the content
of your encrypted messages
unless they bring in Mark
and tell them to use this x-ray reptilian vision.
Ooh, quick baits can't hide from me.
I'm going to find them all.
Apple appears to be getting serious about its ambitions
to launch a self-driving vehicle at some point,
as reports emerged this morning
that the tech giant and car maker Hyundai
were in talks of some sort.
Hyundai's value surged by $9 billion
before the company issued a statement
saying that talks were still like super early.
So like you don't get all-
- [Man] We're testing.
- Excited.
It's super casual right now.
Speaking of hearsay and rumor mongering,
pictures of a new Nvidia graphics card
called the RTX 3060 ultra have leaked.
The thoughts seems to be that this ultra card
will have 12 gigs of Ram while the vanilla RTX 3060
will have six gigs.
But I'm just confused.
Like the ultra branding is similar
to the RTX super branding, but it just says ultra.
So why didn't they just call it...
I'm over leaks, man this is stupid.
I don't want to talk about any anymore ever after this one.
Because ScriesM
that's his name,
a legendary figure in this.
It's a screen name, James.
We have those.
A legendary figure in the Switch hacking scene
claims to have found references
to a Nintendo Switch pro model
which would support 4k in docked mode
and feature and upgraded OLED screen in handheld mode.
I'm actually not excited about this
because it would just make me sad
about the Switch that I do have.
- [Man] I hate docking.
- Don't make me dock.
And the ill-fated mobile streaming service Quibi,
Quibi has been scooped up by Roku
who will include the services shows in a free channel
available on Roku devices.
The deal was reportedly closed for significantly less
than a 100 million, which could mean anything really.
Oh Quibi, you deserve better than this.
And actually, I wouldn't know that 'cause I didn't sign up.
I refuse to quibble about that
and I also don't know how long we can continue this charade.
So come back on Monday for more tech news, will you?