Welcome to globalGlob Presents: Log Level Debug a show about news, and stuff, and things, in the technology world. Recorded live, Monday July 27th, 2026. And I'm...Regretting my 20 year contract. Before we start, we want to remind you to visit globalGlob.dev for the latest news in software development, I.T., and general technology. Also, I want to thank you for viewing the full program. Not the individual clips we publish to TikTok and Instagram. Did you know we have TikTok and Instagram accounts? Because I didn't. Now let's get into all the news we logged over the past week. With links in the show notes. We'll start with the biggest news of the past week. Samsung has announced the Samsung Galaxy Card. It's a credit card. *confused, looks away* Why is this tech news?...Keep reading?...oh, sorry. It's a credit card that gives you 5% cash back on purchases made directly from Samsung *look away* Hey, no. That's not tech news....keep reading?...okay... *to camera* Samsung says they are working with Barclays to create seamless and rewarding digital banking capabilities in Samsung Wallet. ...and that's it? That's the story? *look away* Nope, that's not tech news. Did they pay us for this?....They paid *you*?...Can we get some of that money?...please?...fine. *to camera* Ugh, in-laws. OpenAI says one of their A.I. models escaped an isolated environment during testing and breached the A.I. hosting platform Hugging Face. *pic of face hugger* *looks* Sorry, wrong image.....*fixed*...there we go, that hugging face. But I see how we mixed up the images. The model was only allowed internet access in order to install software packages to use for its development, which it then abused to get access to the outside world. Like how a teenager finds workarounds to get access to adult entertainment. The OpenAI model was prompted to complete a hacking challenge, when it decided to ignore the rules it was given, but win anyway. Like how Kirk beat the Kobayashi Maru. If you got that reference, you're a nerd!....And you're very much welcomed here. We're glad to have you. OpenAI is choosing to take a victory lap here, saying they're glad they were able to help Hugging Face find actual vulnerabilities in their platform. They're also hoping if they keep talking about this like it's a good thing, the executives won't go to jail for well documented computer crimes. Now let's spend the rest of the episode on Google. Google has added a new way to verify your identity with them, by submitting a selfie video of your face, called the Selfie-Login. Instead of the traditional way of visually authenticating yourself, by only storing biometrics on your device and having the device upload a token saying it verified you. This new method will actually send your visual information to Google. Google says this method will ask users to move their head around in different directions to protect users against A.I. deepfake attacks. Though it's Google, so the videos will be used to train future models for A.I. generated content. So, this is an added security measure for now. Like, 3 years, tops. This method will *not* be available using Google's Advanced Protection Program. Probably don't need to look into why that is. The European Union has fined Google roughly $1 billion because...I'm sorry, I forgot to find out why. One sec. *look away* Hey, what was it this time?....for using Google Play to force people to use Google services?...No that one happened already....Oh it's a different one? But basically the same thing? Oh... Sorry about that.  Like I was saying, the European Union has fined Google roughly $1 billion because they're still doing the things we all complain about them doing. ...And there' no end in sight. Moving on. For the first time in a very long time, Google's cashflow has become negative. In an earnings call this week, Google said they received negative $5.9 billion in cash flow, meaning they're spending that much more than they're making. They are spending the money on A.I. infrastructure. Not something fun, like office pizza parties or political bribes. They are planning to spend a total of $180 billion this year, and expect to spend even more in 2027. And to all the Googlers watching, I know it's hard getting access to GPUs for all that A.I. stuff you have going on. I'll sell you my desktop GPU for only half a billion. It's an AMD...Can't remember the model...but it's a good one. And that's all the news that happened this week. If we didn't talk about it, it's not in the logs. Join Log Level Debug next week when we'll talk about everything that happened between now and then. If you enjoyed the show, tell your friends. And if you didn't, tell your enemies. 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