WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.920 oh you like Tech news Well Tech news 00:00:03.679 --> 00:00:11.920 doesn't care what you think about it Tech news just is and there's a lesson 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:17.520 for all of us there Intel's next gen gaming graphics cards code named battle 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:20.000 mage could be alive after all a shipping 00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:25.439 manifest spotted by Twitter user Joseph K 972 listed a product designated Intel 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:31.800 BMG b580 which is either the name of the 00:00:28.240 --> 00:00:34.399 successor to Intel's Alchemy based a580 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:38.920 or meaningless text the devil planted to deceive us but there are other signs 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:44.680 previously accurate leaker Golden Pig upgrade posted on WBO indicating Intel 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:50.559 would be at least demonstrating battle mage's performance in December and 00:00:47.480 --> 00:00:54.600 others have agreed data Miner Tomas 00:00:50.559 --> 00:00:56.399 gonsky fueled Intel GPU rumors even more 00:00:54.600 --> 00:01:02.000 by spotting references to Intel's follow-up to battl Mage Celestial for 00:00:59.239 --> 00:01:06.520 now that's all these are rumors but they're encouraging given that recent 00:01:03.879 --> 00:01:11.360 comments by Intel CEO Pat gillinger made it sound like his company is getting out 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:15.200 of the discrete GPU game and even if it's not you might want to temper your 00:01:13.240 --> 00:01:21.280 predictions people thought the first Arc gpus would take AMD and NVIDIA down a 00:01:17.720 --> 00:01:23.600 notch and they were pretty good at 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:27.759 encoding video gaming got a lot better with driver updates but I'm going to get 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:30.560 ready for Intel to subvert expectations once again and launch a graphics card 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:36.360 for spreadsheet power users they don't have one yet just it's just for them 00:01:34.399 --> 00:01:41.240 announcing battle mage in December may help Intel avoid being overshadowed by 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:47.600 NVIDIA who's expected to reveal their RTX 50 Series gpus at CES in January 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:52.640 accordingly reports are emerging of RTX 40 series GPU stocks dwindling NVIDIA's 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:59.119 board partners are apparently shipping final Badges of the RTX 4080 super and 00:01:55.719 --> 00:02:00.479 4070 super while the 4060 might stick 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:06.680 around a little longer production of the China specific RTX 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:12.000 490d specially built to avoid us sanctions has apparently been done for 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:17.400 some time and with no desire to be subject to whatever sanctions the US 00:02:13.959 --> 00:02:19.319 decides to put on the RTX 50 Series PC 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:25.319 partner one of the world's largest graphics card manufacturers behind 00:02:20.920 --> 00:02:29.239 Brands like Zotac in3d and 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:31.400 manle with an ey has ironically cowardly 00:02:29.239 --> 00:02:35.879 fled from Hong Kong moving their headquarters to Singapore the US can't 00:02:34.040 --> 00:02:39.720 sanction them there and if they show up to try they'll get arrested for chewing 00:02:37.480 --> 00:02:43.959 their gum too loudly or something but is NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:48.040 underlying the RTX 50 Series ready for prime time after insisting that 00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:53.080 corporate customers like Microsoft and meta use NVIDIA's in-house server rack 00:02:51.040 --> 00:02:57.680 design instead of building their own the company's Blackwell data center gpus 00:02:55.640 --> 00:03:03.239 have apparently been overheating reportedly due to that very inh house 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:05.440 design being unable to properly cool 72 00:03:03.239 --> 00:03:09.159 chips at once but I'm sure those overheating issues won't carry through 00:03:06.920 --> 00:03:13.599 to NVIDIA's famously well- cooled Flagship gaming gpus that have barely 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:17.879 had any heat related issues except for all the times you're thinking of Google 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:23.280 is reportedly planning to slowly replace Chrome OS with the Android operating 00:03:20.920 --> 00:03:27.640 system taking over Chromebooks from the inside out like Corps fungus 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:31.519 assimilating an ant which is always discomforting to see poor ants 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:38.080 thankfully no one cares about Chromebooks which is partially why Google has been explicitly planning to 00:03:35.319 --> 00:03:42.920 do this since June but an Insider source told Android authority that this 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:45.799 chromeos Android hybridization is 00:03:42.920 --> 00:03:50.799 turning into full Android assimilation meaning we're looking at a future full 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:53.000 of Android laptops Google sources also 00:03:50.799 --> 00:03:58.599 told Android authority that a new pixel tablet 2 is on the way with a keyboard 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:01.680 case and Android headline says their 00:03:58.599 --> 00:04:04.319 Insider source them off to a high-end 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:09.760 pixel laptop with a premium build code named snowy being developed at Google 00:04:07.480 --> 00:04:13.560 neither Outlet confirmed whether their Google sources were friends and perhaps 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:17.560 often had free lunch together in the Google cafeteria because that's 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:22.040 irrelevant to anyone but me if this news about Android laptops is relevant to you 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:26.000 I guess you can go build a risk 5 powered framework laptop with a new main 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:30.960 board is that what you're looking for or maybe you're looking for our sponsor 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:36.199 charge their ice mag 2 portable battery bank is so cool it has two cooling 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that valve added support for NVIDIA's dlss 3 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:27.400 with frame generation and Optical flow AI to the experimental version of its 00:05:24.680 --> 00:05:31.479 proton compatibility layer last week as well as adding playable status for a 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:36.720 slute of new games and fixes for games like Doom maternal Jedi Outcast and most 00:05:33.880 --> 00:05:41.360 importantly Skull and Bones dlss support means Linux Gamers with NVIDIA graphics 00:05:38.919 --> 00:05:45.160 cards have one less technical issue to spend inordinate amounts of time trying 00:05:43.400 --> 00:05:49.240 to solve although I'm not sure whether that's what they actually want this 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:53.840 might be bad news for them Microsoft's new marketing campaign is in full swing 00:05:51.680 --> 00:06:00.360 which consists almost entirely of showing devices that are obviously not 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:02.840 an Xbox and saying defiantly this is an 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:09.000 Xbox some people have taken this to mean there won't be any more Xbox Xboxes but 00:06:06.520 --> 00:06:14.039 Phil Spencer told Rolling Stone that there will definitely be future consoles 00:06:11.919 --> 00:06:17.199 called Xbox it's just hard to know exactly what he means by that when 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:24.720 there's now Billboards everywhere calling a laptop an Xbox for your lap 00:06:21.280 --> 00:06:27.720 cringe replies Twitter user volt dweller 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:29.720 that is not an Xbox that is a laptop you 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:35.960 can't pull the wool over these eyes I know what an Xbox is I am not an 00:06:32.919 --> 00:06:38.919 Xbox much of the internet has celebrated 00:06:35.960 --> 00:06:45.120 casio's newest device which gear Patrol says belongs to a burgeoning watch Trend 00:06:42.599 --> 00:06:49.240 which is I guess making watches for your finger and it's honestly fair to call it 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:55.759 a trend at this point because casio's ring watch comes shortly after timx also 00:06:52.440 --> 00:06:57.680 launched a frankly much uglier one I'm I 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:03.039 don't I'm sorry timx that's right casio's crw 00:06:59.960 --> 00:07:05.759 0011 Jr is a ring that looks like a 00:07:03.039 --> 00:07:09.879 watch and is actually also a watch complete with alarms and a stopwatch 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:15.080 function unlike the Rings they released last year that resembled but were not 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:21.479 actually watches I have to imagine volt Diller was also mad about that this is 00:07:17.280 --> 00:07:23.680 not a watch who watches those not me AI 00:07:21.479 --> 00:07:28.000 search company perplexity is trying a new way to make themselves useful now 00:07:25.960 --> 00:07:33.120 the llm powered service can apparently be trusted to buy stuff for you or at 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:37.759 least for perplexity Pro subscribers said subscribers can click the new buy 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:41.240 with Pro button to have the AI automatically fill in your saved 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:45.479 shipping and billing information and check out with select products from 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:50.960 select Merchants which perplexity says just made shopping online 10 times more 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:54.520 easy and fun and I would like to see the math on that so you're thinking 00:07:52.840 --> 00:07:58.720 perplexities got to be taking a cut of these sales right but a spokesperson 00:07:56.520 --> 00:08:04.039 told The Verge that they don't and that right now quote there's no commercial 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:06.400 element involved here they're just so 00:08:04.039 --> 00:08:10.560 passionate about shopping the AI got you chicken thighs instead of a toothbrush 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:15.520 worth it what a thrill and to celebrate halflife 2's 20th anniversary valve 00:08:13.080 --> 00:08:19.360 released a freaking 2hour documentary about the project revealing some 00:08:17.280 --> 00:08:25.240 interesting details about why the Cliffhanger ending of halflife 2 episode 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:27.800 2 wasn't carried on within episode 3 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:31.479 Lord Gabe Newell himself explained that although they quote could have shipped 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:36.080 it it wouldn't have been that hard continuing the story just to finish it 00:08:33.560 --> 00:08:40.839 would be quote copping out of their obligation to Gamers to provide some 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:45.800 meaningful gameplay Innovation and can I just say no Gabe went on to say he 00:08:43.760 --> 00:08:50.120 couldn't figure out why doing episode 3 was pushing anything forward the story 00:08:48.279 --> 00:08:54.480 it be pushing the story forward I want to know Gabe throw a reverse gravity gun 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:58.200 in there or something just finish the story anyways I better tell you to come 00:08:56.680 --> 00:09:03.000 back on Wednesday for more Tech news before I say anything to the Lord of PC 00:09:00.160 --> 00:09:07.920 gaming that I might regret you do not want to mess with anyone with wraparound 00:09:05.480 --> 00:09:12.120 prescription glasses that he looks in that he could do something bad and 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:15.120 they're not even Oakley they're Nikes it's another level