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My fingers are tired!
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Now you make sure you come back here on Wednesday.
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That's how long we have to wait
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before we can ask the computer for more tech news.
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And even then it might just be a lot of stuff about knockoff AirPods, you know.
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We just kind of got to see what we get.
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Listen, I don't want to babble too much before the tech news
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but this video is sponsored by Babbel, spelled differently.
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Keep watching and we'll tell you
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how you can get 60% off a Babbel subscription,
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okay?
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After a court ruled that
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Google has abused its market dominance in internet search
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the US Department of Justice says
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that it's considering structural remedies
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which is a boring antitrust term
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that means forcing the company to sell off part of its business.
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Breaking up Google is only one of a suite
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of potential remedies that the DOJ will be recommending as options
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to the judge in the case, Ahmed Mehta
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who is almost definitely not just Mark Zuckerberg
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in a black robe and rubber mask.
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It's hard to believe that Google might actually get chopped up and sold for spare parts
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mostly because it's been over 40 years
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since the last time U.S. antitrust regulators actually broke up a company,
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the 1982 breakup of the Bell system.
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Microsoft nearly got the Solomon baby treatment 24 years ago
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but that case was appealed and then eventually settled out of court
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with serious restrictions for how Microsoft was allowed to do business going forward.
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Google is clearly taking the possibility seriously, however
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and has argued that the DOJ's proposals are radical
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and sweeping and a potential risk
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to consumers, businesses, and developers.
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That's what I say whenever I got a brew in my hands.
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I'm radical and sweeping.
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Google plans to appeal the decision
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but it won't have the opportunity until Meta,
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the judge, not the company,
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decides on an appropriate remedy, most likely by August 2025
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meaning that this case will most likely
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drag on for at least a few more years.
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In far lower stakes Google antitrust news
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a judge has ordered Google to allow third-party app stores
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to access the Play Store's app collection.
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Google likewise plans to appeal this decision
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though it might be cheaper
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if Sundar Pichai just challenged Epic CEO Tim Sweeney
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to a fistfight in the nearest Waffle House parking lot.
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Just an idea.
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Hackers connected to the Chinese government
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have infiltrated several U.S. internet service providers,
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including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen.
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They were scared off by the customer service.
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The hackers reportedly had access to these networks for several months
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and they gained that access through a system of security backdoors
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that are legally required by the U.S. government
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for use in wiretapping.
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Okay.
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The extent of the attack and what information the hackers had access to is still being investigated
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but if you're wondering how bad this is
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the answer is very.
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The Chinese government has denied being behind these attacks
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and even pretended to be hurt by the accusation,
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despite the fact that their government,
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and basically every other government
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is pulling stuff like this all the time.
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But not us!
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However, this kind of attack highlights a deeper problem
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with the U.S. government's approach to system security.
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where it has long pressured tech companies to embed hardware
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and software back doors in their products
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for the sake of its own convenience,
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despite the very real risk
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that a malicious actor could exploit
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the exact same route to cause serious harm
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like what we're seeing right now.
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This was Apple's argument when they were pressured by the FBI
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to access devices belonging to alleged mass shooters
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and the company has largely been vindicated.
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Buy your mom an iPhone because she's probably not a terrorist.
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When would she launch the attack?
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She spends all her time with me.
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Barbara, are you doing something I don't like?
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Barbara, you're in big trouble.
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EV startup Fisker has run into a potentially serious snag in its bankruptcy plan.
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It has no way of migrating its EV's cloud operations onto its new owner's servers.
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For context, in June
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Fisker reached an agreement with New York-based rental company American Lease
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to buy its remaining fleet of 3,300 vehicles for $46.3 million.
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However, Fisker only informed American Lease
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that they couldn't transfer the EV's server links last Friday
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when they had already paid $42.5 million
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and accepted 1,100 Ocean SUVs.
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It is currently unclear how long
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Fisker has known about this extremely relevant technical issue
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American Lease has therefore filed
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an emergency objection to Fisker's liquidation plan.
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They wanted their liquidation plan to be more solid.
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The Department of Justice has filed its own objection
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in response to claims
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