1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:07,600 You know what I wish was in the tech news today? Some kind of technology that 2 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:09,920 can make your hair not look ridiculous 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:12,400 and put your colleagues in stitches through that window that you can 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:18,560 definitely You know, your hair's not so great either, Pella. Last week, the USB-IF, 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:23,440 the organization that oversees USB standards, announced in a phenomenally 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:26,360 stupid renaming scheme for existing USB 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:33,080 specifications and designated the latest 20 gigabit per second capable version as 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,560 USB 3.2 Gen 2 by 2. Well, if you're on 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:39,640 the bleeding edge of data transferring connections, you might not have to worry 10 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:44,800 about that very much because Intel has just given the specification for 11 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:48,280 Thunderbolt 3, which is capable of 40 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:50,640 gigabits per second, to the USB-IF, who 13 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:58,880 will then use it to form the basis of USB 4. This means that essentially USB 4 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:01:02,640 will encompass the protocols for USB 3.2 15 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:05,320 Gen 2 by 2. So stupid. And Thunderbolt 16 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:09,320 3, meaning that device makers won't have to determine whether or not to include 17 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:15,600 Thunderbolt controllers in their products. This means that upcoming 18 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:19,080 devices will have USB Type-C ports that 19 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:21,440 are capable of everything that USB and 20 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:25,920 Thunderbolt ports are capable of. So, like charging, display output, data 21 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:32,280 transfer at up to 40 gigabit per second. But, the USB-IF couldn't just leave it 22 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:38,200 at that. All good news. They had TO SCREW IT UP. THEY SCREWED UP THE NAME. 23 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:41,760 USB 4 DOESN'T HAVE A space in it. It's 24 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,640 just USB 4. For what? For who? It's 25 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:48,200 mostly good. We'll never know. Someone's got to have a look at their heads. Speaking of 26 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,440 heads, you know, this past console generation has really been an 27 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:56,800 eye-opener, and your eyes are on your head. That's where I was going with that. For Microsoft, they learned a lot 28 00:01:54,760 --> 00:02:02,240 of things, like how bad Sony could destroy them in PS4 versus Xbox sales. 29 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:06,920 So, during a press at their headquarters in Washington, the company laid out a 30 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:11,720 vision that involves giving gamers access to games on every platform. Now, 31 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:17,320 we already talked last week about their plans to reportedly bring Xbox Game Pass 32 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:23,640 to the Nintendo Switch. But at the event, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said that 33 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:26,960 Xbox wants to bring Game Pass to any 34 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:29,880 device that somebody wants to play on. I 35 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:34,080 mean, even the PlayStation 4, PHIL? HAVE YOU GONE MAD? NOW, as unlikely as Sony 36 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:39,120 would be to agree to such an arrangement, it looks like Microsoft 37 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:43,360 would be open to the idea. So, we'll hopefully get more news about the 38 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:48,800 company's plan at GDC 2019, where they're expected to talk about their 39 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:51,080 multi-platform plans and Project xCloud 40 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:56,440 game streaming, and then maybe even some new Xboxes, if maybe you'd like to buy 41 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,800 one of those instead of a PS5. You'd like whatever. Yeah, it's I mean, it's 42 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:03,600 fine, though. It's all about choice. Yeah. And Anthem, 43 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:08,440 the looter shooter from EA and BioWare, launched to a decidedly more subdued 44 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:12,200 level of hype than its publishers anticipated. The developers have been 45 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:16,360 working hard to incorporate community feedback, but it's now become much 46 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:20,920 harder for players to appreciate any changes being made because their 47 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:25,240 consoles are being bricked by the game. PlayStation 4 players are reporting that 48 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:30,440 the game will sometimes crash back to the console's home screen and even turn 49 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:34,920 it off. Some players have even reported being unable to reboot their machines 50 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:39,040 after a crash. So, it's just the latest setback for the game, but maybe if they 51 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:44,400 didn't want such a rocky launch, they shouldn't have tried to jam a classic 52 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:47,160 BioWare-esque narrative-focused game and 53 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:50,960 a multiplayer grindy looter shooter into the same cartridge. 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And then once you're 73 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:15,520 done, you you to drink it, it's hot, you know? You got to wait a while. 74 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:19,480 NVIDIA's GTX 1660 Ti is out, and we've 75 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:21,120 heard about a possible non-Ti 1660 and a 76 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:25,440 1650. But then, 77 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:30,360 Dell just ruined the whole rumor mill because they spilled the beans on the 78 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:33,480 existence of an RTX 2050 on the specs 79 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:36,600 page for their G5 15 gaming laptop. So, 80 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:40,400 that's exciting news for gamers who need 81 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:42,240 glorious rays at 480p, I suppose. Last 82 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:46,360 week, we saw some developers install Android on a Nintendo Switch, and now 83 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:51,240 others have managed to install the ARM-compatible version of Windows 10. 84 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:56,280 They apparently even managed to summon a blue screen of death. But uh that 85 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:59,840 shouldn't be any real surprise. This means Yeah, they're having the the full 86 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:05,560 Windows experience. Now, it's time for an update on MIT's 87 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:07,920 future robot-killing machines. 88 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:13,120 The institute's adorable mini cheetah robot can now do a backflip. It can also 89 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:16,960 stand up to gentle kicks and even land softly on its feet from a fall. T'war 90 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:20,120 one, and encouraging for the future of the robot race. Not so much for humans, 91 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:24,560 though. And SpaceX successfully docked their 92 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:29,160 Crew Dragon spacecraft with the International Space Station yesterday. 93 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:34,480 Despite the name, there were no actual crew members on board, and in fact, no 94 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:39,800 dragons. The flight was just a test undertaken before SpaceX's first manned 95 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:45,240 mission using the Dragon later on this year. I believe that's when Elon Musk is 96 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:47,040 planning to move to the ISS permanently 97 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:51,520 to avoid having his tweets regulated. Oh, yeah. That would make sense. And 98 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:55,200 now, WE'VE GOT TO NO, WAIT. THERE'S ONE MORE IMPORTANT piece of 99 00:06:53,120 --> 00:07:00,120 news. Can I get Can I get some sad music? Can 100 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:03,360 Yeah, thank you. Okay. So, 101 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:08,960 a little over a year ago, we did a review of what I thought really was 102 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:14,200 going to be the first true robot companion for humans. I'm just kidding. 103 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:19,840 Everything about the idea was terrible, and the execution was just as bad. But, 104 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:24,960 Jibo, Jibo, I'm afraid is no longer with us as 105 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:30,600 of today. Jibos themselves have been informing their owners that the servers 106 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:33,120 that run the Jibo service are being shut 107 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:38,760 down, and so I just wanted to I want us all, actually, to take a moment and 108 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:43,840 remember Jibo. Ah, Jibo. Oh, Jibo. 109 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:48,320 You were terrible. Speaking of terrible, I have some terrible news. More terrible 110 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:51,080 news. It's the end of TechLinked. But just for today, come back Wednesday. 111 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:55,280 There'll be more. That was scary. 112 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,280 Cool.