Oo, your chart does not look very good.
I see here you're diabetic, so you might just need insulin. But I'm a bit of a
wild card, Gregory House type, so I'm
going to prescribe you more tech news. That'll help. Asus and NVIDIA are
scrambling to set the record straight on rumors about the RTX 5070Ti and 5060 Ti
disappearing from your local computer store. Yesterday, GPU lovers panicked
after Hardware Unboxed reported that according to multiple retailers and
board partners, the RTX 5070Ti and 5060Ti have been effectively killed off
and that no more shipments were coming. That quickly snowballed into headlines
declaring the cards to be dead and speculation that NVIDIA had pulled the
plug entirely due to soaring memory prices. However, this morning, Asus
publicly contradicted the narrative, stating that RTX 5070 Ti and 560 Ti
products were not cancelled and that some people may have received incomplete
information from an ASUS PR representative regarding these products.
He was just practicing for an improv show. He was just riffing. He thought
they knew that. NVIDIA followed up with its own statement saying they continue
to ship all GeForce SKUs and are working closely with our suppliers to maximize
memory availability. Although that doesn't actually verify if more memory
is going towards gaming cards or not. Regardless of the actual truth though,
what is clear is that the GPU situation is going to suck for gamers here for a
little bit. New leaks surfaced yesterday claiming that NVIDIA may reduce their
overall GPU supply by as much as 20%
with no new GeForce GPU models expected
until well into 2027. Hey, remember when you could buy a GPU at MSRP for like a
couple of months in 2025? It's already fading. I feel like everyone should take
out their current graphics card and give it a little kiss to let it know you
appreciate it. You'll be working the gaming minds a bit longer yet, old boy.
Chin up. The US government announced on Wednesday that they would take a 25% cut
of both NVIDIA and AMD's AI chip sales
to China, which was promptly followed by China quietly telling its own companies
not to buy them. But that's neither here nor there. But we're just learning now
how restrictive those US export rules are. In order for this scheme to work,
Team Red and Green must first import the chips from the manufacturers in Asia to
the US, put them through first and third party evaluations, and then re-export
them to China after paying the government that 25% tariff. What a
totally normal and cool and not weird or shady thing to do. NVIDIA stated that
this arrangement strikes a thoughtful balance that is great for America. And
AMD said that it complied with all US export laws and policies. Why do NVIDIA
and AMD sound like they own a grocery store in a mob run neighborhood? Pretty
nice computer chip company you got here. It'd be a shame if something
happened to it. I don't. [laughter] The Department of Commerce requirements also
state that exporters must prove domestic US demand is fully met first and total
shipments to China cannot exceed 50% of what's sold to American customers.
effectively treating China as a market for leftovers and not in the nice
Thanksgiving way either. Turkey sandwiches for weeks. Chinese
manufacturers have taken advantage of this with companies like Huawei,
Cambracon, never heard of them, that's a fun name, and more threads projected to
capture roughly 80% of local demand. As
a result of these restrictions, NVIDIA's share of China's AI processor market is
predicted to decline from 66% in 2024 to
just 8% this year, which is a big problem for Jensen Wong's plans for his
jacket collection. You'll have to imagine the cotton balls. Look how they
massacred my boy. I know it was you, Huawei. That's not a godfather.
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News Hospital, our lady of tech news, we use Quickbits to defibrillate our
patients. The little bastards WILL SHOCK YOU RIGHT OUT OF YOUR SMOCK. Google is
rolling out personal intelligence for Google Gemini, letting the assistant
connect Gmail, photos, YouTube, and search to answer questions based on your
own personal data. It's currently a US-only beta, and most importantly, it
is an optin program. So, while it may be
an unsettling reminder of just how well Google has profiled your entire life,
having an AI actually be able to use that data to be useful
is a small win. Does the Twitter claims it has implemented technological
measures to prevent Grock from undressing images of real people, at
least in jurisdictions where such content is illegal. Everywhere else is
me. The Verge tested the geob blocking's effectiveness in the UK and they were
able to bypass it in less than a minute. Grock still complied with requests to
show cleavage, make breasts bigger, put subjects in crop tops and low-rise
shorts, and do sexualized poses, all using free accounts protected only by a
simple age checkbox. I guess a checkbox [music] counts as a technological
measure. It uses technology. Malaysia and Indonesia have now fully blocked
Grock. The Philippines says it will follow within the week once they catch
the little guy. And the UK's offcom investigation continues. And I think I
speak for everyone stuck on the outofcrol carnival ride that is this
story when I say I've barfed up the churo I ate earlier and I want to get
off. TSMC reported record fourth quarter earnings with $16 billion in net income,
up 35% year-over-year. and CEO CC Wei
said AI chip demand looks endless for years to come. Immediately after saying
that, he scrambled to find some wood to knock on. When asked if Intel Foundry
poses a threat, we said competitors can't beat TSMC by throwing capital at
advanced chip processes, a likely reference to the US government's $ 8.9
billion investment in Intel. Meanwhile, AMD and Intel are reportedly considering
raising server CPU prices by up to 15%
after both companies sold out their 2026 inventories. Hooray for them. Wikipedia
announced that Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have all
signed API access deals through Wikipdia Enterprise to gain high volume data
access for training their AI models. The deals come as a slap in the face to
every high school teacher in the world who spent 25 years screaming at their
students that Wikipedia is not a valid SOURCE OF INFORMATION. WHO'S NOT
APPLYING THEMSELVES NOW, MR. GILLIS? [gasps and sighs]
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said he welcomes AI training on Wikipedia
because it's human curated. He added, "I
wouldn't really want to use an AI that's trained only on X. You know, like a very
angry AI." So now we can all look forward to AIs asking us once a year to
please donate 275 because if everyone did that then they'd be able to keep
making slop for a million years. Please consider security researchers found a
nasty flaw they dubbed whisper pair in Google's fast pair system that lets
attackers silently hijack Bluetooth headphones and speakers. Because many
accessories ignore the only pair when asked rule, a nearby attacker can force
a connection, blast audio, eaves drop through built-in mics, or even track
users via Google's Find My Network. And the bug affects millions of devices
across multiple brands and platforms. Patches are beginning to roll out, but
those are on a per device manufacturer basis, meaning that this isn't something
that can be blocked by just turning the feature off on your phone. So remember,
when you put your headphones on, someone might be listening. So, make sure you
say hi to them and wish them a happy rest of their day. And researchers from
the University of Tokyo have developed a technique that could replace blood draws
with glowing green skin. By injecting bioluminescent material that reacts to
specific biomarkers like inflammation, doctors can read health data visually
through the skin using specialized imaging. No needles required. The glow
changes intensity based on what's happening inside your body, offering a
swanky, colorful new way of monitoring your body via random glowy spots,
>> also known as aura. >> And yes, this means we can all be freaky
little guys just like ET. His finger glowed, too. And all you freaky little
guys got to come back on Monday for more tech news. In the meantime, I have a few
more tech news patients to help. You'd be shocked at how many AI waifu related
injuries we see. I bet my glow stick.
[laughter] >> I need someone to look at it. Only four
more hours until the night shift rotation.
Okay, see you