1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,160 It's a brand new week of news, or what us newsies call brand news. In the news 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:13,720 biz, you got to save time as much as possible, so you never miss a hot scoop. 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:18,040 That's why we always, my friend Mark Gurman has given more details on Apple's 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:21,800 planned low-cost version of their upcoming Vision Pro headset. Don't 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:26,080 worry, it's still expensive enough for you to flex on the poor people who can't 6 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:29,960 afford it. While Gurman already claimed Apple would be using lower resolution 7 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:34,640 displays and replacing the M-series chip with an iPhone processor, he now also 8 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:38,560 says that the eye sight feature, the revolutionary feature that reveals 9 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:42,480 lifeless simulacra of your eyes on the external screen when you interact with 10 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:46,760 another human, or attempt to, will also be removed from the cheaper model. 11 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:49,880 Notice I didn't say cheap, because apparently the company is looking to 12 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:53,960 price the device somewhere between $1,500 and $2,500. 13 00:00:55,320 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaking of extra months, Gurman has also adjusted his prediction for when 14 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:06,000 the new M3 MacBooks will launch from this month to early next year. The last 15 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:09,960 time Apple launched new MacBook chips so early in the year was 2015. Maybe they 16 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:14,320 should have delayed the iPhone 15 lineup, too, since yet another issue has 17 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:18,880 been found, this time affecting just the 15 Pro Max. Some new owners of the 18 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:23,240 flagship iPhone are reporting screen burn-in on its OLED display on social 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:27,040 media. know. I'm I'm starting to think that maybe focusing all that effort on 20 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:31,720 engineering a $3,500 headset might not have been the best idea. Did the Vision 21 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:36,520 Pro get burn-in? It burns onto your eyes. 22 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:41,160 I'll never forget this 3D holo memory. Intel has officially announced their 23 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:42,840 14th gen Raptor Lake refresh chips just 24 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:48,120 in time for them to be released on the 17th of October, or what us newsies call 25 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:52,600 tomorrow. The launch includes three refreshed chips with K and KF versions 26 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:56,600 of each that will all be releasing at the same price as their 13th gen 27 00:01:54,760 --> 00:02:00,160 predecessors, despite predictions of a price increase. But I mean, can you 28 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:05,600 blame them in this economy? When the milk restock is rebranded as milk 29 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:07,680 premium? Unfortunately, price isn't the 30 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:13,400 only similarity here. Core counts are the same as last gen across the board, 31 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:15,360 save for the i7 14700K, but all the new 32 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:18,440 chips have higher boost frequencies while staying within the same power 33 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:23,680 envelopes as last gen. Let's get it. Intel also claims that the 14th gen 34 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:27,040 chips will have up to 23% better gaming 35 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:29,720 performance than AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D 36 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:36,480 series chips. Though, according to Tom's Hardware, Intel's own benchmarks show an 37 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:37,760 uplift of just 2% on average. For me, 2% 38 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:42,800 only really matters if we're talking milk, which is delicious. Homo or go 39 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,720 home. Homo or homo or go home. That doesn't make sense to Americans. I'm 40 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:49,600 sorry. That's 3.25%, but yeah, it's still good. 41 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:56,800 However, Intel also says their refreshed chips will have up to 54% faster creator 42 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:58,520 workflow versus the Ryzen 9 7950X, which 43 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:03,120 is basically a passing grade on an English exam. Intel also announced their 44 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:07,640 AI assist overclocking plugin for their extreme tuning utility that uses AI 45 00:03:05,640 --> 00:03:11,200 algorithms to help you overclock your processor, which is helpful for people 46 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:14,480 like me who have no idea what they're doing and just enter different numbers 47 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:19,320 in to see what happens. It's like betting your computer on a hand of 48 00:03:15,920 --> 00:03:21,360 poker, but if you win, it just gets 49 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:26,160 slightly faster. And if you lose, you smell burnt toast. 50 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:31,680 It's a bad value proposition. AMD is being blamed by gaming handheld company 51 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:36,600 GPD for the delay in shipping their new Win Max 2, because there's always a 52 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:42,480 reason crowdfunded projects are not on time, ever. GPD has gone as far as to 53 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:48,200 accuse Team Red of breach of contract because they didn't supply enough Ryzen 54 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:50,440 7 7840U APUs. Like all the best stories 55 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:55,680 involving delayed products, GPD posted an update on the Win Max 2's Indiegogo 56 00:03:52,880 --> 00:04:00,000 page saying that AMD did not deliver enough of the chips to GPD's upstream 57 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:04,680 supplier, and therefore they didn't receive their expected second batch of 58 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:10,120 APUs to fulfill backer orders. 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With the calming regality of Mufasa's spirit, 75 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:19,120 now it's time for quick bits. Is that okay? 76 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:23,360 NVIDIA is hell-bent on pushing the envelope regarding what level of chunk 77 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:28,400 is acceptable for graphics cards, but one intrepid modder has had enough. A 78 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:35,480 Redditor going by TechTaxi slapped the cooler of a two-slot Gainward RTX 4070 79 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:38,640 Ghost OC onto the PCB of a Gainward RTX 80 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:41,680 4080 Phoenix GS, resulting in, 81 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:43,760 astonishingly, a normal-size graphics 82 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:48,160 card. What? The smallest commercially 83 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:53,200 available RTX 4080 is the two and a half slot ASUS ProArt model, but hopefully 84 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:57,800 the extensive performance data TechTaxi included in his post proves to NVIDIA 85 00:05:55,360 --> 00:06:00,920 that it is in fact still possible to make graphics cards that can fit in your 86 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:05,720 freezer. That's the part where you ask me, "Why the freezer?" And I say, "Nah." 87 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:13,760 I'm not telling you. That's where I keep my GPUs. 88 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:18,480 Google's VP of engineering for Android, Dave Burke, announced in a Reddit AMA 89 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:23,280 last week that the Pixel 8 and other OEMs will be able to support lossless 90 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:28,400 audio output over USB-C. According to Burke, while Android 14 supports the 91 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:32,680 feature in software, any Android phones need baked-in hardware support to make 92 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:38,400 the magic happen. Something Burke didn't mention is the Pixel 8's support for 93 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:40,680 display over USB-C, which it has, at 94 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:46,320 least if you root your phone to get around the block that Google put on it 95 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:49,600 for some reason. Why? Someone needs to organize an intervention for Google to 96 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:53,080 address their addiction to killing features and services. They're like 97 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:56,400 Dexter over here. It's not healthy. We're concerned. 98 00:06:54,840 --> 00:07:01,240 Another interesting bit from Mark Gurmanson's recent revelations concerns 99 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:06,120 an Apple system that will allow retail store staff to wirelessly update sealed 100 00:07:04,280 --> 00:07:11,160 iPhones. The system consists of a pad-like device that will turn on 101 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:13,640 iPhones even inside unopened boxes, run 102 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:18,040 an update, then turn the phone back off. It feels somehow perfectly Apple to know 103 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:21,560 that Tim Cook got his engineers to create groundbreaking new tech so your 104 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,120 mom won't have to update her new iPhone on Christmas, because that's like half 105 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:27,760 the morning gone. You can't keep your mom happy, Tim Cook 106 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:31,960 will. Come on, Barbara. We're going to 107 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,960 Denny's. 108 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:39,880 A brand new RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card has been killed by a 109 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:43,960 literal bug. You know, the kind with wings and six legs. You'd see more of 110 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:50,200 them if you went outside. In a senseless kamikaze attack, an insect somehow 111 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:52,160 crawled under this card's AD102 GPU 112 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:56,320 chip, like the actual GPU. Luckily, the card was brought back to life by the 113 00:07:53,920 --> 00:08:01,040 removal of the bug and the repair of a minor component, but sadly, the bug did 114 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:06,000 not survive. Funnily enough, the first known computer bug was also an actual 115 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:10,280 insect. Back in 1946, the Harvard Computation Lab suffered a metaphorical 116 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:13,160 bug when a moth got trapped inside a relay. Relays were bigger back then. 117 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:20,560 What the heck was that? What is this, TechWiki? And telehealth platform SimplePractice is warning patients that 118 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:24,920 Apple's new video reactions in FaceTime might result in call participants 119 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:28,960 accidentally adding a heart emoji or virtual confetti during an awkward 120 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:34,280 moment. The reactions are enabled by default, and eight of them can be set 121 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:37,800 off just by hand gestures. It might be nice to get two thumbs up from your 122 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:42,360 therapist for managing to take a shower today, but a round of virtual fireworks 123 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:48,720 just makes it seem sarcastic. Great job. Nice. Oh god, WHERE'S MY NEXT 124 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:52,720 CLIENT? BUT I'M NOT BEING sarcastic when I say 125 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:56,320 you should come back on Wednesday for more tech news. 126 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:59,000 Shower or not. We don't care.