1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,500 Hello. 2 00:00:00,500 --> 00:00:04,440 I went through the desert on a horse with no name. 3 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,800 But stuff still happened. 4 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:07,640 So what's up? 5 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,120 Give me your notification. 6 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:09,680 Give him. 7 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,040 I exist solely off of the nutrients provided 8 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:14,760 by eating your notification, much like a government. 9 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,120 All right, let me step back many steps. 10 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,720 All right, so US Senator from Oregon, Ron Wyden, 11 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,480 has penned a letter to the US Attorney General saying, 12 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,040 hey, we received a tip last year that foreign governments are 13 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,160 asking Apple and Google to hand over users' notification data. 14 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:34,040 Apparently, his office received this tip 15 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:36,080 and have spent the past year investigating it. 16 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:38,240 They reached out to Apple and Google, who were like, 17 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:39,920 we can't talk about that. 18 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,520 Our hands are tied legally. 19 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,880 Basically, whenever an app wants to send you a notification 20 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:45,960 to your phone, they have to ask Apple or Google 21 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:47,280 to do it for them. 22 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,400 And that means that Apple and Google knows 23 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,080 what app is sending you what notification at what time 24 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,160 to what device, and sometimes, what 25 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,600 does that notification contain. 26 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,320 And so if a government can't access your personal records, 27 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,680 they can say, hey, just give us the notification data. 28 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:02,960 That's not user data. 29 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:04,920 And so in theory, Apple and Google 30 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:06,640 are not compelled to tell you about it 31 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,840 and can't disclose further information. 32 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,000 And so Wyden's letter was like, hey, can we 33 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,160 change that so that they can tell people? 34 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:15,280 Because what the hell? 35 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,920 I want to be clear that we don't technically have proof of this. 36 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,600 But when asked if they're giving user notification information 37 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,560 to foreign governments, Apple and Google, 38 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,640 who have some of the most well-paid PR teams in the world, 39 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:32,080 were both like, I feel like the winning answer 40 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,560 would be to say, no. 41 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,400 You can stop asking everyone now what they think 42 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,920 will win game of the year, because it's Baldur's Gate 3, 43 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:41,920 at least for the game awards, the big one. 44 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,440 Baldur's Gate 3 has already been winning a ton of awards, 45 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:45,880 and it just won game of the year. 46 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:47,720 There's been a lot of discussion about whether or not 47 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,960 it would be Tears of the Kingdom or Baldur's Gate 3 that's 48 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,360 going home with the title. 49 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:52,960 Tears of the Kingdom was an incredible game. 50 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,840 I don't think anyone's arguing that it's not a feat of wonder, 51 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:56,320 right? 52 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,360 But have you met somebody who plays Baldur's Gate 3? 53 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:00,600 It is a lifestyle. 54 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:01,680 I'm going to read you some stats. 55 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,200 I was browsing through my news feeds, 56 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,840 and I saw a couple of articles from Polygon and Rock Paper 57 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:07,880 Shotgun that compiled a few different stats 58 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:08,920 about Baldur's Gate. 59 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:13,040 1.3 million players have completed the main campaign. 60 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,960 Of them, 1.24 million players were turned into a wheel 61 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:18,160 of cheese at some point. 62 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:19,600 That's just good game design. 63 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,320 Shadowheart was by far the most picked love interest. 64 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:25,480 I'm still here for Carlac. 65 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:31,600 And players have played a collective 51,662 years 66 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:32,840 of Baldur's Gate 3. 67 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,280 According to historians, if you go that far back 68 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:39,680 in human history, you get like initial European settlement 69 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,880 and the first use of needle and thread. 70 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,600 I don't know what that stat means. 71 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,840 But hey, Larian, you should sponsor my new world building 72 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,760 podcast, the Atlas Loom, available now. 73 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,080 Twitch is pulling out of Korea. 74 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:51,840 You heard me. 75 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,400 Twitch, popular online streaming service, 76 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,200 is pulling out of Korea, South Korea. 77 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,880 South Korea telecoms have a policy 78 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,720 called sending party pays, which essentially 79 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,560 is like the digital equivalent of paying for last mile delivery 80 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:05,280 services. 81 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,560 Since companies like Twitch and YouTube and Netflix 82 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,960 send so much data over the wire, the telecom companies 83 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:12,520 are basically saying, look, you got 84 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,480 to pay us to transfer this just massive amount of data. 85 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,760 While this kind of makes sense, according to Twitch, 86 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,720 the fees in Korea are about 10 times higher 87 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:21,640 than other countries. 88 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:23,800 Or at least that's what their marketing department is saying. 89 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,320 But because of that, Twitch is now pulling out 90 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:27,440 of the country entirely. 91 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,240 They are ceasing operation. 92 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:32,400 What does that mean for popular Twitch streamers in Korea? 93 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:33,160 Get bent. 94 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:33,640 Oh, what? 95 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:35,000 You've spent years of your life building up 96 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,920 a community and an online presence creating 97 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,760 a career in a very volatile world? 98 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,000 Go somewhere else. 99 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,720 But hey, if you are a streamer in Korea 100 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,920 and you feel cast aside and you feel wronged by Twitch, 101 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:47,800 I just want you to know that it's OK. 102 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,160 And you're not supposed to feel bad anymore. 103 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,040 Because the executives at Twitch said this was a hard decision. 104 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:53,920 They're also saying that they're going 105 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,880 to help people transfer over to other streaming services. 106 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:57,880 Wild. 107 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,640 As someone who streams regularly now, 108 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,600 the empathy here is making me livid. 109 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,400 Anyway, hey, girl, what's your sign? 110 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:05,240 Is it Google? 111 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,720 I don't have a better intro than that. 112 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,000 Because Google has launched a new AI 113 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,840 that they are calling Gemini. 114 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,120 And they're like, hey, it's better than chat GPT. 115 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:15,240 It's very, very great. 116 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:15,760 Trust us. 117 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:16,720 Here's a cool demo. 118 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:17,840 Oops. 119 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:19,200 They faked the demo. 120 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:20,400 Double oops. 121 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,800 Initial reactions to the AI is that it's super mid. 122 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,680 Mitter than my jokes on a good day. 123 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:26,840 That's saying something. 124 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:28,600 Stop with self-deprecating humor. 125 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:29,960 Cut it out. 126 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:30,480 Stop it. 127 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,840 Anyway, yeah, Google showed off a pretty impressive demo 128 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:35,000 of the AI doing stuff like live video 129 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,600 and taking commands and whatnot with voice and blah, blah, 130 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,960 blah, blah, blah. 131 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:39,720 It was a lie. 132 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,360 They precrafted this demo. 133 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,760 They gave it specific inputs to make it do the thing they 134 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,480 wanted it to do and then made it seem like it was more fluid 135 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:47,480 than it actually was. 136 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,480 Now, tech companies do this literally all the time. 137 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,560 Doing live demos is super dangerous. 138 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,440 But this is a bit different than we've prerecorded a demo. 139 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:59,120 This was we've prerecorded a demo with complete lies. 140 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:01,640 And also, tech companies do include complete lies 141 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,200 in their demos all the time. 142 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,480 Remember the Google Glass demo video? 143 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,160 Or when Apple was like, hey, we made AirPower. 144 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,480 This is going to be a product. 145 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,560 Note, it was never a product. 146 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,560 Anyway, we shall see if it gets better. 147 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,600 I'm sure it's going to be a thing that exists for a while. 148 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,280 I question how long we're going to continue to care. 149 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:25,680 On this day in 1863, Pan Am Flight 214 150 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,120 was struck by lightning in the air. 151 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:29,960 And then it crashed. 152 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:31,880 Because of the lightning, upon being struck, 153 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,040 it destroyed a wing, the fuel caught fire. 154 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:36,560 It didn't go the way that you want a plane to go. 155 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,160 And that's the, it went down. 156 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,840 It crashed so hard that according to the first responder 157 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:44,520 who got there, the engines were buried 10 to 15 feet 158 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,800 into the ground from the force of the impact. 159 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,680 The details only get more gruesome. 160 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,480 And I'm going to avoid talking about that. 161 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,640 Because, oh boy, but suffice to say, 162 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,240 I don't think anybody suffered. 163 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:56,240 Lightning round. 164 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,480 Another person has died after drinking 165 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,400 Panera's charged lemonade. 166 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:02,200 He had three of them and collapsed 167 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:03,320 while he was walking home. 168 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,280 This is the second person that I've talked about, 169 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:07,280 even just on this show, who has died 170 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:08,840 from drinking a Panera drink. 171 00:06:08,840 --> 00:06:11,160 Oxford University Press has listed Riz 172 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,600 as the word of the year. 173 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,680 And what's hilarious here is that there's an article 174 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:16,440 I saw that was like, what is Riz? 175 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,040 And should you be scared of him? 176 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,160 A woman who threw her burrito bowl 177 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,920 at a Chipotle employee and was charged with assault 178 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,560 has been sentenced to two months 179 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,600 of working in a fast food restaurant. 180 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,400 That lies somewhere between hilarity 181 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,440 and a horrifying commentary on the current state 182 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,080 of service workers in America. 183 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,000 Music streaming service Tidal is laying off 10% 184 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,960 of their employees, about 40 people. 185 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,560 It's part of a larger consolidation 186 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,680 from parent company Block. 187 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,000 I always forget about that. 188 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,320 I also forget about Tidal. 189 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,080 It was announced last night that Pala, 190 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,280 the cozy game MMO is coming to Nintendo Switch 191 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:54,040 on December 14th for free, which is rad. 192 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,040 I'm not sponsored, they should sponsor me. 193 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:58,240 But also I played a lot of my stream, come say hello. 194 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,800 And finally for today, it must be a day that ends in Y 195 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,840 because Google is shutting down a service. 196 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:05,000 They are shutting down Google podcasts 197 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,480 and moving it to YouTube music. 198 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,680 And as somebody who manages podcasts, I'm deeply confused. 199 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:12,680 Thank you so much for listening to today's episode 200 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:13,720 of Stuff Keeps Happening. 201 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,360 Head to stuffkeepshappening.online for sources, 202 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:21,360 bonus content, and just the secret code to it all. 203 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,920 My name is Endeavor and it's a quick programming note. 204 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,280 I'm going to be testing out a new schedule, 205 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,160 doing Stuff Keeps Happening twice a week 206 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,160 on Mondays and Thursdays. 207 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,560 I'm expecting slightly longer episodes 208 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,440 and we'll see, hopefully pretty decent quality still. 209 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,040 But you know, it's just an experiment. 210 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:42,440 We'll see, we'll see. 211 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:46,480 Regardless, my name is Endeavor and I'll be back on Monday. 212 00:07:46,480 --> 00:08:05,480 Take care and be well.