1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,600 The things life throws at you sometimes. Triumphs, betrayals, literal tons of 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:11,200 tech news. It can be a lot, but don't worry cuz I'm here 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:17,240 to add more of that last one to the pile. You're strong. You can take it. 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:21,600 Microsoft has apparently had enough of being called Microslop and has 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:25,960 officially banned the word from the official Copilot Discord server. 6 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:30,120 Naturally, this went as well as you could probably expect. After the filter 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:35,240 went live, users responded with the maturity of well, Discord users and 8 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:40,920 flooded the chat with creative variants of the Microsoft name like Microslop 9 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:43,040 with a zero or Sloppysoft, 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,760 which was my nickname in college. A day later, the constant turmoil 11 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:50,960 eventually led to the server's moderators disabling message history and 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:56,120 restricting posting altogether. What was Microsoft's strategy here? Fix Copilot's 13 00:00:53,560 --> 00:01:01,440 reputation by telling their most online users exactly which words they aren't 14 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:04,400 allowed to say? The internet loves that. 15 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:08,640 Maybe CEO Satya Nadella was just grumpy that apparently no one had listened to 16 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:13,680 his blog post from December urging us to move past the idea of slop versus 17 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:15,160 sophistication. He had a point. 10 years 18 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:18,280 from now, you're going to feel pretty foolish when you're slurping happily 19 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:22,920 from the trough with all the other piggies. So, stop calling it slop. 20 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:26,960 Investors can hear you. The Mobile World Congress kicked off today in Barcelona 21 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:31,520 featuring a surprise guest, the new iPhone 17E just announced by Apple. They 22 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:35,920 almost never participate in big tech conferences. The entire court is 23 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:40,600 speculating that it's simply a ruse to impress the Duke's frail cousin. 24 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:45,560 Muriel? Apple has finally fixed the largest complaint budget buyers had with 25 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:50,800 the 16E by equipping the 17E with MagSafe. They also doubled the base 26 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:55,440 storage to 256 GB while maintaining the $599 price point. They're so good to us. 27 00:01:53,400 --> 00:02:01,520 Apple has also bumped the chip in the iPad Air from an M3 to an M4 while 28 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:03,920 keeping its $600 MSRP, 128 GB of base 29 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:07,920 storage, and 12 GB of RAM, which is so exciting. You'll probably want to not 30 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:12,920 pre-order it on March 4th because it hits shelves on March 11th. 31 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:16,240 Don't do it. Not even once. Don't even line up. Apple's sudden appearance had 32 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:21,280 the Android phones a little bit of fluster, but Xiaomi still managed to 33 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:23,680 show off the Leica Lights phone 17 Ultra 34 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:28,280 blurring the line between phone and DSLR camera by putting a big circle on the 35 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:33,280 back. My brain is confused. >> What is it? Motorola showed off the Razr 36 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:36,760 Fold, its first book-style foldable, and intriguingly, an enterprise-focused 37 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:42,320 partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation. You know, the privacy-focused Android fork you can 38 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:46,920 already install yourself, but now it will come in a suit. Maybe 39 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:51,800 made of a single layer of carbon atoms. You never know with these guys. But phones got to connect somehow, so it's a 40 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:56,640 good thing that Qualcomm announced their next-gen modem, which supports native 5G 41 00:02:54,480 --> 00:03:00,360 over satellite. And I'm just happy this wasn't a thing back in the year 2000, or 42 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:03,920 Cast Away starring Tom Hanks would have been a terrible film. 43 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:09,800 >> immediately. But if you thought MWC was just for, you know, mobiles, you clearly 44 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:13,800 underestimated just how much R&D money these companies leave completely 45 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:18,080 unsupervised. Xiaomi unveiled the Vision GT electric supercar concept, which is 46 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:21,760 going to be in the Gran Turismo racing game. 47 00:03:19,959 --> 00:03:26,360 You guys I can't wait. >> Meanwhile, Lenovo brought enough 48 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:30,239 concepts to Barcelona to fill a whole separate convention center. First, they 49 00:03:28,519 --> 00:03:34,000 showed off a concept for the Legion Go Fold, a foldable Windows gaming 50 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:38,200 handheld, because the one thing missing from your portable Steam library is a 51 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:42,880 mechanical hinge and inevitable repair bill. Lenovo also showed off a ThinkBook 52 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:48,080 modular AI PC concept, the result of a Framework laptop and an Asus Zenbook Duo 53 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,680 having a baby in the worst worst way you can imagine. 54 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:53,960 >> it like that. It's essentially a system of magnetic 55 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:58,400 modular screens, keyboards, accessories, and ports so you can build the laptop 56 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:02,000 you want, then swap out anything on the fly, which is genuinely awesome. 57 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:05,880 I make jokes. It's awesome. It's such a great concept that I can't wait to never 58 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:09,560 be able to buy it. But it wouldn't be a tech event without 59 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:14,840 at least one robot. Lenovo explored the concept for a desktop AI workmate that 60 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:17,400 is literally a robot arm with puppy dog eyes. Look at his little face. 61 00:04:16,762 --> 00:04:21,440 >> [laughter] >> He wants to help you optimize your spreadsheets. 62 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:25,600 And if that wasn't enough robotics for you, Honor unveiled its robot phone, a 63 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:29,800 futuristic device sporting a little motorized robotic gimbal arm right on 64 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,400 the back. Not only does this 200 megapixel mechanical limb offer 65 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:39,400 cinematic video stabilization and autonomous subject tracking, but it it 66 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:43,960 physically nods, shakes his head, and dances to music, which it did alongside 67 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:46,560 Honor's actual robot backed by a full dance crew. 68 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:53,040 It's hard to be mad at the inevitable robot uprising when it starts with a perfectly choreographed underground 69 00:04:49,919 --> 00:04:55,800 Berlin-style dance session. 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AMD is launching its Ryzen AI 400 Pro 92 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:39,080 series desktop CPUs, which confusingly are replacing the Ryzen 8000G lineup. 93 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:42,760 But, we're far beyond any of these chip names making any sense at this point. 94 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:49,520 There are six new AM5 processors that pair Zen 5 CPU cores with RDNA 3.5 95 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:50,720 integrated graphics, and also an NPU. 96 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:56,960 I guess. These new chips are basically upgraded laptop CPUs meant for OEMs and business 97 00:06:54,200 --> 00:07:00,040 PCs. At least with the new NPU, you won't get too hot and sweaty in the 98 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:03,600 sheets with Copilot trying to work out naming conventions. 99 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:07,520 Put that robot arm to good use. Spreadsheets. Seems like everyone just 100 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:12,000 found out about California's Digital Age Assurance Act passed in October 2025, 101 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:17,000 mandating all operating systems, including Linux and Steam OS, to ask for 102 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:21,880 your age during setup by January 1st, 2027. The OS will send your age signal 103 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:26,040 to apps, so they know which content to flag as restricted. But, despite the 104 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:30,960 non-compliance fines that can run up to a $7,500, 105 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:35,480 age setup is completely self-reported. No photo ID upload required. It's 106 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:41,840 foolproof. So, prepare for a shocking demographic shift of Linux users 107 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:44,320 magically born on January 1st, 1900, 108 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:50,160 which is exactly how old I feel when a youth mentions jester maxing or mogging. 109 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:54,080 YouTube is testing yet another AI feature for shorts. 110 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:59,160 All your favorite things in one story. This time it's add object, which allows 111 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:03,960 users to insert items into a scene and reimagine, which can generate video from 112 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:08,320 a single frame of a different short, whether it's yours or someone else's. 113 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:12,960 Do ours do it. Don't want your likeness to be used in fever dreams created by 114 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:16,840 strangers? I do. You can opt out. I won't. But that disables all regular 115 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:19,720 remixing on your channel. And if I can't remix other people's 116 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:25,360 shorts, what is there even to post there? Original content. >> Post something so I can post it. A new 117 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:30,720 machine from Nobel Prize winning chemist Omar Yaghi can pull up to 1,000 L of 118 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:35,039 drinkable water per day straight out of your butt. It's uh 119 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:39,000 straight out of desert air, even in humidity as low as 20%. Stop laughing, 120 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:43,400 Riley. The shipping container-size system uses special materials called 121 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:48,839 metal-organic frameworks. Basically, ultra-porous molecular sponges that grab 122 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:52,720 water vapor from the air and release it when heated by sunlight. It can run 123 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:57,160 off-grid using just wind and solar energy, meaning remote communities could 124 00:08:54,440 --> 00:09:00,280 literally generate water from thin air. I guess the only question is 125 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:05,320 can we get an invite to the inaugural pool party? >> Not you. You've been rude. 126 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:11,080 >> This pool is dry. And a developer named Victor Larios has recreated a 1994 era 127 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:16,360 Linux desktop environment that runs in your browser, complete with a recreation 128 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:19,040 of the classic CDE interface and XEmacs 129 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:23,040 text editor, and in true '90s fashion, Netscape Navigator. The reports say it's 130 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:27,000 about as stable as Linux. I mean, as stable as uh you'd expect for something 131 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:30,600 pretending to be three decades old. The open-source project runs as a modern web 132 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:35,600 app, though reports say it's about as stable as you'd expect for something pretending to be three decades old. You 133 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:40,920 can also download it from GitHub and run it locally. If you want to, although I'm not totally 134 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,840 sure why you would. Although you're a Linux user. Uh 135 00:09:42,301 --> 00:09:48,000 >> [laughter] >> so it might make sense. Now we just needed it to run Doom. After all, '94 136 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:52,200 was the year the game was ported to Linux. Fun fact, Ah! I knew that and you 137 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:55,240 didn't. I also know you're going to come back here on Wednesday for more tech 138 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:58,920 news because you're a fortuitous person. 139 00:09:57,560 --> 00:10:04,240 You have what it takes to get hit with everything life throws at you and keep 140 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:07,120 standing. Stand tall, player. 141 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:08,880 And you just might shoot the high score. What am I saying? 142 00:10:08,501 --> 00:10:14,680 >> [laughter] >> There's so many different ways to take this >> make IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS! OKAY.