1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:06,000 Oo, your chart does not look very good. 2 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:11,440 I see here you're diabetic, so you might just need insulin. But I'm a bit of a 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:13,360 wild card, Gregory House type, so I'm 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:17,520 going to prescribe you more tech news. That'll help. Asus and NVIDIA are 5 00:00:15,599 --> 00:00:23,199 scrambling to set the record straight on rumors about the RTX 5070Ti and 5060 Ti 6 00:00:21,279 --> 00:00:27,760 disappearing from your local computer store. Yesterday, GPU lovers panicked 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:32,079 after Hardware Unboxed reported that according to multiple retailers and 8 00:00:29,599 --> 00:00:37,360 board partners, the RTX 5070Ti and 5060Ti have been effectively killed off 9 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:41,280 and that no more shipments were coming. That quickly snowballed into headlines 10 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:45,680 declaring the cards to be dead and speculation that NVIDIA had pulled the 11 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:50,800 plug entirely due to soaring memory prices. However, this morning, Asus 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:56,000 publicly contradicted the narrative, stating that RTX 5070 Ti and 560 Ti 13 00:00:53,920 --> 00:01:00,559 products were not cancelled and that some people may have received incomplete 14 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:04,640 information from an ASUS PR representative regarding these products. 15 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:08,880 He was just practicing for an improv show. He was just riffing. He thought 16 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:13,840 they knew that. NVIDIA followed up with its own statement saying they continue 17 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:18,080 to ship all GeForce SKUs and are working closely with our suppliers to maximize 18 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:22,880 memory availability. Although that doesn't actually verify if more memory 19 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:27,680 is going towards gaming cards or not. Regardless of the actual truth though, 20 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:31,600 what is clear is that the GPU situation is going to suck for gamers here for a 21 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:36,799 little bit. New leaks surfaced yesterday claiming that NVIDIA may reduce their 22 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:39,920 overall GPU supply by as much as 20% 23 00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:42,400 with no new GeForce GPU models expected 24 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:48,159 until well into 2027. Hey, remember when you could buy a GPU at MSRP for like a 25 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:52,159 couple of months in 2025? It's already fading. I feel like everyone should take 26 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:55,680 out their current graphics card and give it a little kiss to let it know you 27 00:01:54,159 --> 00:02:00,799 appreciate it. You'll be working the gaming minds a bit longer yet, old boy. 28 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:07,040 Chin up. The US government announced on Wednesday that they would take a 25% cut 29 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:09,039 of both NVIDIA and AMD's AI chip sales 30 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:12,480 to China, which was promptly followed by China quietly telling its own companies 31 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:17,040 not to buy them. But that's neither here nor there. But we're just learning now 32 00:02:14,239 --> 00:02:21,760 how restrictive those US export rules are. In order for this scheme to work, 33 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:26,800 Team Red and Green must first import the chips from the manufacturers in Asia to 34 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:31,280 the US, put them through first and third party evaluations, and then re-export 35 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:36,400 them to China after paying the government that 25% tariff. What a 36 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:41,519 totally normal and cool and not weird or shady thing to do. NVIDIA stated that 37 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:47,040 this arrangement strikes a thoughtful balance that is great for America. And 38 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:51,280 AMD said that it complied with all US export laws and policies. Why do NVIDIA 39 00:02:49,599 --> 00:02:56,080 and AMD sound like they own a grocery store in a mob run neighborhood? Pretty 40 00:02:53,760 --> 00:03:00,800 nice computer chip company you got here. It'd be a shame if something 41 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:05,440 happened to it. I don't. [laughter] The Department of Commerce requirements also 42 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:10,959 state that exporters must prove domestic US demand is fully met first and total 43 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:14,800 shipments to China cannot exceed 50% of what's sold to American customers. 44 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:19,280 effectively treating China as a market for leftovers and not in the nice 45 00:03:16,959 --> 00:03:22,560 Thanksgiving way either. Turkey sandwiches for weeks. Chinese 46 00:03:20,959 --> 00:03:26,640 manufacturers have taken advantage of this with companies like Huawei, 47 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:32,480 Cambracon, never heard of them, that's a fun name, and more threads projected to 48 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:34,400 capture roughly 80% of local demand. As 49 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:40,480 a result of these restrictions, NVIDIA's share of China's AI processor market is 50 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:43,200 predicted to decline from 66% in 2024 to 51 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:47,120 just 8% this year, which is a big problem for Jensen Wong's plans for his 52 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:51,680 jacket collection. You'll have to imagine the cotton balls. Look how they 53 00:03:48,879 --> 00:03:56,959 massacred my boy. I know it was you, Huawei. That's not a godfather. 54 00:03:55,802 --> 00:04:03,200 [laughter] Haven't seen the movie in a while. Hey, you know who it definitely wasn't 55 00:04:00,159 --> 00:04:05,040 though? Our sponsor, Boot.dev. The smart 56 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:09,200 and fun way to learn back-end web development because boot.dev gets you 57 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:13,920 building real projects in Python, SQL, Go, and or TypeScript. No boring 58 00:04:11,519 --> 00:04:17,680 lectures here. 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Here at the Tech 67 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:57,520 News Hospital, our lady of tech news, we use Quickbits to defibrillate our 68 00:04:55,040 --> 00:05:02,320 patients. The little bastards WILL SHOCK YOU RIGHT OUT OF YOUR SMOCK. Google is 69 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:06,800 rolling out personal intelligence for Google Gemini, letting the assistant 70 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:11,520 connect Gmail, photos, YouTube, and search to answer questions based on your 71 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:17,680 own personal data. It's currently a US-only beta, and most importantly, it 72 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:20,639 is an optin program. So, while it may be 73 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:24,720 an unsettling reminder of just how well Google has profiled your entire life, 74 00:05:23,039 --> 00:05:30,400 having an AI actually be able to use that data to be useful 75 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:34,800 is a small win. Does the Twitter claims it has implemented technological 76 00:05:32,479 --> 00:05:38,639 measures to prevent Grock from undressing images of real people, at 77 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:43,280 least in jurisdictions where such content is illegal. Everywhere else is 78 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:48,560 me. The Verge tested the geob blocking's effectiveness in the UK and they were 79 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:53,280 able to bypass it in less than a minute. Grock still complied with requests to 80 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:58,160 show cleavage, make breasts bigger, put subjects in crop tops and low-rise 81 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:02,874 shorts, and do sexualized poses, all using free accounts protected only by a 82 00:06:00,479 --> 00:06:07,280 simple age checkbox. I guess a checkbox [music] counts as a technological 83 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:11,520 measure. It uses technology. Malaysia and Indonesia have now fully blocked 84 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:16,240 Grock. The Philippines says it will follow within the week once they catch 85 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:20,639 the little guy. And the UK's offcom investigation continues. And I think I 86 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:25,360 speak for everyone stuck on the outofcrol carnival ride that is this 87 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:30,560 story when I say I've barfed up the churo I ate earlier and I want to get 88 00:06:27,759 --> 00:06:37,759 off. TSMC reported record fourth quarter earnings with $16 billion in net income, 89 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:40,400 up 35% year-over-year. and CEO CC Wei 90 00:06:37,759 --> 00:06:45,039 said AI chip demand looks endless for years to come. Immediately after saying 91 00:06:42,639 --> 00:06:50,319 that, he scrambled to find some wood to knock on. When asked if Intel Foundry 92 00:06:47,919 --> 00:06:55,360 poses a threat, we said competitors can't beat TSMC by throwing capital at 93 00:06:53,440 --> 00:07:00,000 advanced chip processes, a likely reference to the US government's $ 8.9 94 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:05,440 billion investment in Intel. Meanwhile, AMD and Intel are reportedly considering 95 00:07:02,319 --> 00:07:08,000 raising server CPU prices by up to 15% 96 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:12,720 after both companies sold out their 2026 inventories. Hooray for them. Wikipedia 97 00:07:10,639 --> 00:07:18,160 announced that Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have all 98 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:23,039 signed API access deals through Wikipdia Enterprise to gain high volume data 99 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:26,560 access for training their AI models. The deals come as a slap in the face to 100 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:30,800 every high school teacher in the world who spent 25 years screaming at their 101 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:35,230 students that Wikipedia is not a valid SOURCE OF INFORMATION. WHO'S NOT 102 00:07:32,479 --> 00:07:38,880 APPLYING THEMSELVES NOW, MR. GILLIS? [gasps and sighs] 103 00:07:36,560 --> 00:07:44,319 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he welcomes AI training on Wikipedia 104 00:07:41,039 --> 00:07:46,240 because it's human curated. He added, "I 105 00:07:44,319 --> 00:07:51,919 wouldn't really want to use an AI that's trained only on X. You know, like a very 106 00:07:49,759 --> 00:07:56,960 angry AI." So now we can all look forward to AIs asking us once a year to 107 00:07:54,400 --> 00:08:00,960 please donate 275 because if everyone did that then they'd be able to keep 108 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:05,599 making slop for a million years. Please consider security researchers found a 109 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:09,840 nasty flaw they dubbed whisper pair in Google's fast pair system that lets 110 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:14,560 attackers silently hijack Bluetooth headphones and speakers. Because many 111 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:19,599 accessories ignore the only pair when asked rule, a nearby attacker can force 112 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:23,840 a connection, blast audio, eaves drop through built-in mics, or even track 113 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:27,919 users via Google's Find My Network. And the bug affects millions of devices 114 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:32,240 across multiple brands and platforms. Patches are beginning to roll out, but 115 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:35,839 those are on a per device manufacturer basis, meaning that this isn't something 116 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:39,760 that can be blocked by just turning the feature off on your phone. So remember, 117 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:43,120 when you put your headphones on, someone might be listening. So, make sure you 118 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:47,200 say hi to them and wish them a happy rest of their day. And researchers from 119 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:52,959 the University of Tokyo have developed a technique that could replace blood draws 120 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:58,080 with glowing green skin. By injecting bioluminescent material that reacts to 121 00:08:55,519 --> 00:09:02,880 specific biomarkers like inflammation, doctors can read health data visually 122 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:07,600 through the skin using specialized imaging. No needles required. The glow 123 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:11,839 changes intensity based on what's happening inside your body, offering a 124 00:09:09,519 --> 00:09:16,720 swanky, colorful new way of monitoring your body via random glowy spots, 125 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:21,839 >> also known as aura. >> And yes, this means we can all be freaky 126 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:26,399 little guys just like ET. His finger glowed, too. And all you freaky little 127 00:09:24,399 --> 00:09:30,160 guys got to come back on Monday for more tech news. In the meantime, I have a few 128 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:35,751 more tech news patients to help. You'd be shocked at how many AI waifu related 129 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:36,640 injuries we see. I bet my glow stick. 130 00:09:35,751 --> 00:09:41,440 [laughter] >> I need someone to look at it. Only four 131 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:47,200 more hours until the night shift rotation. 132 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:47,200 Okay, see you