Google changes headlines, Supermicro smuggling scandal, 24hr Android sideloading wait + more!

Duration: 10:17

Timestamps:

0:00 do u ever feel like a muppet

0:11 Google Search AI editing headlines

2:00 Supermicro co-founder smuggling charges

3:47 Android sideloading 24-hour wait period

5:14 QUICK BITS INTRO

5:30 Meta Horizon Worlds VR stays alive

6:19 multi-country botnet takedown

7:19 Musician indicted for AI music fraud

8:13 DLSS 5 only sees 2D frame, thanks Daniel Owen

9:14 Cyborg cockroaches

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

SEARCH AND DESTROY

Google Search experiment straight up replaces article headlines

https://www.theverge.com/tech/896490/google-replace-news-headlines-in-search-canary-coal-mine-experiment

Some Details about how it works specifically https://android.gadgethacks.com/news/googles-ai-revolution-smarter-search-headlines-revealed/#google_vignette

Quote with the details

Quote The verge reached out to google to get info on how it works

SEO is getting fucked

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/gemini/articles/google-search-engine-now-rewriting-165622219.html

Quote: Organic Traffic drops of 30-60% documented

YouTube is asking users if videos “feel like AI slop” to flag low-quality content

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-is-asking-users-if-videos-feel-like-ai-slop-to-flag-low-quality-content-3337295/

Some users See this as youtube taking a strong stance against AI: https://x.com/DramaAlert/status/2033939940753461381

Others are suggesting that it’s so they can train their model make better AI https://x.com/TukiFromKL/status/2033968600248180958

Am I being toxic right now? Yes? Ok good

CHEAP AS CHIPS

U.S. prosecutors charge Super Micro Computer employees with smuggling Nvidia chips to China

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/20/supermicro_nvidia_gpu_charges/

Quote about the other two guys

Quote FBI Assistant Director James C Brnacle Jr

Imact to Supermicro is a significant share drop (25%) https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/us-tech-execs-smuggled-nvidia-chips-to-china-prosecutors-say.html

US Government has been trying to track ships making it to china illegally

Quote about 2.5 Billion dollars in sales

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/super-micro-employees-accused-of-smuggling-usd2-5-billion-worth-of-nvidia-hardware-to-china-perps-used-a-hairdryer-to-move-serial-numbers-between-real-hardware-and-thousands-of-dummy-servers

Quote about How the scheme worked

Tweet about them using hairdryers to remove serial numbers: https://x.com/mweinbach/status/2034807110857347201

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/the-biggest-heist-of-the-us-china-chip-war-3-supermicro-employees-charged-with-conspiracy-to-smuggle-restricted-nvidia-h100-h200-and-b200-chips-to-china-dummy-boxes-fake-labels-and-a-pass-through-company-enabled-the-usd2-5-billion-scheme

Quote with specifics about which chips were being smuggled

TAKE YOUR TIME, LITTLE PHONE

Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/google-details-new-24-hour-process-to-sideload-unverified-android-apps/

https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-to-impose-24-hour-safety-wait-to-activate-android-app-sideloading

Blog Post: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html

The advanced flow for power users: https://lmg.gg/M8AqU

(Editor please show the whole chart, and then draw the eye to step 3)

https://www.phonearena.com/news/googles-new-sideloading-rules-may-force-you-to-wait-24-hours-before-installing-an-app_id179043

50 times the malware quote:

https://lmg.gg/Xdfkx

Different levels of developer verification

https://m-cdn.phonearena.com/images/articles/445036-image/260318-ADV-flow-chart-v5.webp

Both the limited distribution accounts and the new installation flow will be rolled out to users in August.

https://lmg.gg/H7Npg

F-Droid calls it an existential threat: https://thenewstack.io/f-droid-says-googles-android-developer-verification-plan-is-an-existential-threat-to-alternative-app-stores/

QUICKBITS

BIG METAVERSE DUBSKI

Everyone thought the metaverse vr horizon worlds died, but jokes on you, someone sent an upset email to meta and they are now keeping the platform alive in vr because of how good their email was

https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/meta-isnt-shutting-down-its-vr-metaverse-after-all-165520696.html

We didn’t know that ONE person was still using it! We gotta keep this thing going.

https://mashable.com/article/meta-metaverse-vr-horizon-worlds-update

This is only 2 days after they said they were shutting down the VR side of the platform

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/18/meta-horizon-worlds-metaverse-vr.html

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/meta-decides-not-to-shut-down-horizon-worlds-on-vr-after-all/

They have to do everything twice quote

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/meta-decides-not-to-shut-down-horizon-worlds-on-vr-after-all/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThere%E2%80%99s%20a%20much,build%20for%20mobile.%E2%80%9D

WHERE THE BOTS AT

Aisuru - Largest botnet in the world, taken down in joint operation between Canadian, German, and American federal police.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aisuru-kimwolf-jackskid-and-mossad-botnets-disrupted-in-joint-action/

https://www.wired.com/story/us-takes-down-botnets-used-in-record-breaking-cyberattacks/

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-police-dismantle-major-cyberattack-botnets/a-76449005

Statement: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ak/pr/authorities-disrupt-worlds-largest-iot-ddos-botnets-responsible-record-breaking-attacks

TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC

Musician pleads guilty to $10M streaming fraud powered by AI bots - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/musician-pleads-guilty-to-10m-streaming-fraud-powered-by-ai-bots/

Quote about how the fraud worked

Original Source DOJ: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/north-carolina-musician-charged-music-streaming-fraud-aided-artificial-intelligence

Quote from them about how they are dedicated to prosecuting AI music - Absolute hypocrisy

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/streaming-fraud-man-who-pocketed-8m-using-hundreds-of-thousands-of-ai-songs-streamed-billions-of-times-by-bots-pleads-guilty/

Quote about the co conspirators being as of yet unnamed

WE WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG

Surprise! DLSS 5 is indeed simply taking a 2D frame (and motion vectors) as input. Nvidia’s Jacob Freeman confirms to YouTuber Daniel Owen

Original Source:

https://youtu.be/D0EM1vKt36s?si=Ol1kpHldtVkjwA9d

3:15 - 3:22 DLSS 5 only takes 2D frame and motion vectors as input

Second answer at 11:12

4:43 - 4:53 where the question is asked about 3D geometry data

12:42 - lists developer controls on DLSS 5 (Intensity, Color Grading, Masking)

15:17 - Freeman goes into a bit more detail but overall just reinforces the point

Jenson says gamers are completely wrong