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Google's addiction to leaking their own phones is so bad now they couldn't even

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wait 1 hour for the Pixel 10 launch event to start at 1 p.m. Eastern time.

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The company just dropped all their major announcements at noon. And while I think

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they officially have a problem and should seek help, that did mean I could

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start looking at the new Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, 10 Pro Fold, and Pixel

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Watch 4 right away instead of sitting through the prestream and being

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subjective to an onslaught of AI videos

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depicting pigeons dragging pizza the wrong way. But I was subjected to

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Google's latest desperate attempt to capture some of Apple's RZ in the form

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of a never-ending stream of celebrities and influencers at the event, who I

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don't know, probably just showed up because they love talking about Pixels

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when Google pays them to. All the new Pixels share some common features with

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the hot new one being Google's answer to Apple's MagSafe, new Pixel Snap magnetic

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wireless charging based on the updated Chi 2 standard with an accompanying

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magnetic charging pad and stand as well as the ring stand, which doesn't charge,

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but it is very pretty. Even if it looks like it would be somewhat unstable,

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those things often go together. Every Pixel 10 variant supports charging via

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Pixel Snap at at least 15 watts. And they also all feature the new Tensor G5

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chip. >> Tensor, come on. You know, the Tensor nerds out

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there know what I'm talking about. Tensor G5, >> which Google says is 34% faster than the

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G4 on average. They'll all get 7 years of software updates, and none of them

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will have a physical SIM card slot in the US, just like iPhones now. So, what

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do you think? Google's wondering if that looks like an Apple logo to you yet.

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They're pretty similar. I mean, you

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know, they're equally cool. So, so cool.

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Right onto the phones themselves. The Pixel 10 uses the same overall design as

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the Pixel 9, but it gets a third camera like the Pro models, although they're

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not as good as the Pros. And two of the three cameras on the Pixel 10 are in

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fact worse than the ones on the Pixel 9. They had to borrow some of the pixels,

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but the battery is a tad bigger and the screen is a tad brighter, and you should

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not pre-order it before it hits shelves August 28th, starting at 800 USD. Then

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there's a Pixel 10 Pro, which is nearly identical to the 9 Pro, minus the new

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chip and charging support, and the same is true for the 10 Pro XL, except the XL

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is the only model in the lineup to supportQCQI 2.2 2 charging at up to 25

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watts instead of 15. The Pixel 9 Pro could reach 21 watts, but only with the

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official Pixel stand. Also, please don't pre-order these when they launch August

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28th at 1,000 bucks for the Pixel 10 Pro and 1,200 for the Pro XL. Okay, but the

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new Pixel 10 Fold, that has something

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new. It's the first foldable display phone to achieve an IP68 water and dust

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resistance rating. and it can only pixel snap charge at 15 watts. And it's coming

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a bit later, so you'll have until October 9th to not pre-order it for

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1,800 USD. Now, the Pixel Watch 4 might

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be the most updated device here. It's got a 50% brighter, more curved display

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for 10% more screen space, smaller bezels, 25% longer battery life, and a

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new sidemounted charger to accommodate its apparently more repairable design.

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And it starts at 350 bucks for the smallest Wi-Fi only model, which you

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should also not pre-order before it ships October 9th, even though it's got

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a tiny AI Fitbit Coach slowly going mad

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while it sits on the shelf inside it. Lastly, there's new A series PixelBuds,

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the PixelBuds 2A. They've got active noise cancellation now, and when that's

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on, they'll last 7 hours or 10 hours

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when A&C's off. But even if you completely trash the battery in the

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charging case, it's replaceable. Ah, so

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I can forgive these ones being 130 bucks. $30 more expensive than the first

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A series buds. Ah, what the hell? Pre-order these if you want. Let's go

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crazy. Now, to wrap up the Pixel stuff, I must also mention a few software

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things. The Pixel 10s will feature magic Q, which will pop up relevant details

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that it's gathered from closely watching your every move, like suggesting an

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address when you get a message asking about it. It could just take care of

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your stuff. Do I need to be here for this? The Pixel 10 Pro models have their

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own special ProRes zoom, which has nothing to do with ProRes, the video

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codec. It's different. It applies a latent diffusion model that makes photos

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taken at 30 to 100 time zoom look less

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like they were taken at 30 to 100 time zoom. Google announced that Gemini is

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finally coming to Google Nest and Home devices. The Pixel Flex dualport 67 watt

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charger can charge two devices at once, but will prioritize Pixel phones and

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seems designed to help Pixel users trick iPhone users into thinking iPhones are

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worse. Uh, whoops. That wasn't a software thing, but this is Pixel 10's

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get a new AI enhanced Pixel Journal app

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for when you need AI to help with a task that I'm pretty sure is supposed to be

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valuable because you just take a second and come up with your own uh thoughts,

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but I don't know. Okay, no more Pixel

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stuff. A YouTube rep has replied on Twitter to a re-uploaded Techlink clip

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from Monday's episode in which we talked about YouTube seemingly upscaling shorts

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so they look like AI video compared to the original. Shout out to Dooosaurus

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for reposting the re-uploaded clip and tagging YouTube liaison and former

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YouTuber Renee Richie who said this is an experiment that does not involve

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generative AI or upscaling but does

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unblur dn noiseise and improve clarity

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using traditional machine learning techniques passed down for generations.

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It's AI that your grandpa would be okay with. He says the test is only running

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on select YouTube shorts. Uh but I'm

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thinking they selected a lot of shorts because every random short I picked uh

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had the same effect. Renee went on to further explain his terms which is

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genuinely helpful. AI genai upscaling

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these terms are thrown around very casually. So, we should know what

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specific kind of neural networkbased techniques we're talking about when we

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say that the ones YouTube is using to try and make shorts look better are

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making them look worse. Uh, I'm not mad

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because you're using generative AI. I'm mad because you're making real video

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Focus up. A test result for a system called Valve Fremont has shown up on the

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Geekbench database as spotted by person who spots such things, Brad Lynch. The

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specs of the system seem to be consistent with prior leaks that point

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towards Fremont being a TV settop

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console of some kind, but they're still kind of weird. For one thing, it's got

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an AMD Hawk Point APU from the Ryzen

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8000 mobile uh range, but with the integrated GPU removed in favor of a

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Radeon RX7600. It's also running Windows 11 instead of

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Steam OS. It's all quite mysterious, but

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I'm sure if you do the math right, you can get a HalfLife 3 confirmation from

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this somehow. Ooh, maybe Fremont's running Windows 11 because Valve is

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giving up its OS war with Microsoft because Microsoft announced that the

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Xbox Ally and Ally X handhelds will launch October 16th. They are going to

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come alongside a handheld compatibility

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program, which actually sounds like it improves a bit on Valve's Deckverified

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program, giving games ratings based on expected FPS and other factors like

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whether it has seamless controller support or small screen friendly UI. A

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leak claims the price will be 550 USD for the Xbox Ally and 900 for the Xbox

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Ally X, but nothing's officially confirmed on that front. No doubt due to

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the challenging economic environment that Sony blamed for the $50 price hike

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it's applying to the PS5, PS5 digital edition, and PS5 Pro, which will now be

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550, 500, and 75 7050 USD respectively.

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The news comes after a similar price hike in Europe, Australia, and New

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Zealand was announced in April. But sadly, we have no idea why any of this

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is happening. The economy is like the weather. It's challenging out there

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right now. It's like it's raining. Uh, just wear a coat. And Intel has gotten

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some help with its challenges. Not only has it gotten a $2 billion investment

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from Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, the US government has confirmed rumors that

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it will give Intel the Chips Act funding

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previously allocated to the company as long as the government gets that value,

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about 5.4 billion, I think, in Intel

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equity. Some are concerned about the US government's uh having a stake in a very

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important private company such as Intel. But you know who's not concerned? Bernie

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Sanders. He's all for this. Apparently uh

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confusing everyone except me, the only

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one who understands the economy. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik

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confirmed the investment to CNBC, not to be confused with MSNBC, which is not to

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be confused with its new name, MS Now,

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which stands for my source, News Opinion World, which sounds like a theme park

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for the AI they'll eventually replace me with. But not yet. Haha.

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Sorry, Zuck. I'm going to be right back here on Friday with more tech news. Even

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if you give me and my whole family free tickets to my source news opinion world

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because okay, I'm through the gate and what I'm gonna spend $100 on lunch now.

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Come on.