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Google has caught a nasty case of whichever chronic condition afflicts Apple with the announcement of mandatory verification for Android app developers. And beginning in 2026, for security reasons, most Android devices will be blocked from installing apps that are not officially registered by verified developers. This is already the case for apps on the Google Play Store, Android's default app distribution platform controlled by Google. But next year, registration and verification will be required for all apps and developers, even apps side loaded from the Internet. A vast web of connected platforms also largely controlled by Google. I guess that's where Google is coming from when they ask you to think of this like an ID check at the airport. They're just making sure they know who they're letting into their phone. The one in your hand. It's actually Google's, but you know, it's fine, it's fine, it's fine. You can use it. They have like a billion other ones. Framework has announced an RTX5070 laptop GPU module that can be used to upgrade the Framework Laptop 16, which originally launched with a Radeon RX7700s option. While a handful of super high end laptops have used MXM format GPUs which can be swapped. Framework's new module is the first one in more than a decade to offer an easy to install upgrade option for people who don't live in a hole filled with half assembled electronics. It's a man cave. It's a cave. Plus, it's nice to see a modular hardware startup actually follow through and launch modular hardware. Oh, but, well, okay, they haven't actually launched it yet, so you can not pre order the standalone module for 700 bucks. What did you think because Linus is invested in Framework, I was going to suddenly love pre ordering? I'm not invested in them. I'm not invested in anything. I don't understand how that works. In addition to the new module, the laptop 16 is now available with Ryzen AI 300 series CPUs. And it comes with a new 240 watt USB C powered adapter, the first one offered by an actual laptop company. But they're not stopping there. Framework is also working on some funky modules like the Wide Boy Haptic touchpad, an external gpu, and even a trackpoint finger Nubbin for mouse control. And I don't think we needed the demonstration framework. CEO Guy I don't love seeing that, especially slowed down with sexy music under it. Bjorn stop that. Anthropic, aka OpenAI, with more anxious energy, has settled the copyright lawsuit brought against it by three book authors for an undisclosed sum, but it's probably less than the $1 trillion in damages potentially owed by the company if they had lost in court. Now, while this lawsuit is fairly notable being one of the 20 or so major AI lawsuits currently being tracked by Wired, the fact that it's being settled means it probably won't have a large effect on the largely unanswered question of how to respect copyright while also letting an entire industry get away with infringing on the copyright of every copyrighted thing ever. But the lack of clarity is probably okay with tech companies. The Computer and Communications Industry association warned that this lawsuit could financially ruin the entire tech industry, which, correct me if I'm wrong, sounds like a you problem. The settlement also came just as Amazon was getting hit by another class action lawsuit over the whole when you buy a movie digitally, do you own it or you just kind of renting it until they decide to stop letting you rent it? Question. Amazon successfully had a very similar Lawsuit dismissed in 2021. I guess proving that at this point in the digital age, you don't own anything. Copyright isn't really a thing anymore. So yar harfiddle dee dee I suppose and oh no, it's the police. Ah, just kidding. It's our sponsor, dBrand, maker of the Kill Switch, a feature packed protective case for the Switch 2. Now, after some early controversy surrounding QC issues, dbrand is reporting that they've both issued free replacements to everyone affected and resumed shipments to new customers. The Kill Switch features detachable Joy Con grips with ergonomic handles, and while Dbrand caught hate for telling people they were holding their Switch 2 wrong, the new and improved design allows you to hold your switch as long as you want. That's dbrand's words, not mine. Also available is a travel cover which is perfect if you ever happen to actually leave the house. And yes, Those are some Switch 2 cartridges you see there because it also has a nifty game card holder which can store up to 10 games while on the go. Rounding out the package is a custom built and also newly improved dock adapter with full 4K60 pass through and easy one handed undocking. With these fixes in place and the shipping backlog finally starting to clear up, there's never been a better time to grab a dbrand kill switch for your Nintendo Switch 2. If you wanna check it out for yourself, just visit a very cool website. My bossisveryshort.com I am deadly serious about the copyright for Quick Bits though. I actually think there's like three YouTube channels that also use the term quick bits for something, but I don't look at them because it makes me so mad. OpenAI says it will add parental to ChatGPT following a lawsuit brought against it by the family of a teenager who ended his own life after ChatGPT actively helped him explore methods to do so, and even tipped him off on ways to get around the chatbot's safety restrictions. In a blog post, OpenAI goes over some methods they're taking to strengthen safeguards and says they'll soon introduce these parental controls so parents can let their children have safe talks with the hallucinatory machine intelligence that Also nobody knows how it works really. Suddenly Spotify is adding messaging features, and for some reason it's only rolling out on mobile in select Latin American markets for users over 16, but it'll reportedly soon be available in the US, Canada, Brazil, EU, UK, Australia and New Zealand too. I suppose this makes some sense given that Spotify, like YouTube, is kind of a social network, but YouTube got rid of its direct messaging feature in 2019 and also, what am I gonna say? Oh, just let me check my Spotify messages? That sounds dumb. Nothing, which I always have to specify, is the smartphone company Great Name, is caught up in a little controversy after a retail demo of the nothing Phone 3 showed off photos supposedly taken by the Phone 3's camera. But guess what, guess what, guess what? They weren't co founder and maybe JRPG character Akis Evangelidas explained that the demo phones had to be preloaded with images four months before launch, and while normally they preloaded images taken on older Nothing phones, there was like a shakeup with a team and the new people didn't get the memo and they just took initiative and slapped some stock photos on there, which nothing did pay for at least. But I mean it was the wrong initiative to take roll again. And two Internet hives of villainy 4chan and Kiwi Farms are suing the UK's Office of Communications, aka Ofcom, over the age verification requirements posed by the Online Safety Act. The websites say they're completely based in the us, so why would they let a bunch of Brits tell them what to do? They'd rather continue on not knowing their user's business. And frankly, I have to agree, the legality of the situation is unclear, but maybe this is an attempt to get the attention of the US government, who apparently recently got the UK to back down on its demand for a backdoor into Apple's iCloud services. So good luck. 4chan. I think it's all very confusing, which is why you should come back on Friday for more tech news. I'll probably have sorted out my feelings about all of this by that point. I mean, that's in two days. I'll probably have figured out pretty much everything by then.