WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:05.279 Welcome back to the show that keeps you informed of the latest tech news. Even 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:09.519 though The Simpsons did all of it first 20 plus years ago, Microsoft has 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:14.000 followed through on its threat to kill Skype unless people stop slandering 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:17.520 Teams online, which has not happened because Teams is what you would get if 00:00:15.440 --> 00:00:22.160 you put Slack in a blender with Nordon antiirus and an Atlantic oil spill. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:27.039 Skype has had a heck of a run. It was launched by Swedish, Danish, and 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:32.000 Estonian developers in 2003 before being bought by eBay in 2005 and then bought 00:00:30.080 --> 00:00:36.880 again by a group of investors that included the Canada Pension Plan. With 00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:40.719 Skype dead, many Canadian boomers might join it, which is okay because we need 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:46.480 their houses. That's a joke. Microsoft saved those boomers by acquiring Skype 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:49.680 in 2011. But 14 years later, the tech 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:51.840 giant is really hoping Skype users will 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:56.879 scadaddle over to the free version of Teams instead, which already sucks in 00:00:55.039 --> 00:01:01.440 terms of branding alone. Like, I'm going to ask my pen pals to install Teams. It 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:06.159 sounds like I'm recruiting them into my multi-level marketing cult. But it also 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:10.799 sucks that some of Skype's best features are being paywalled or just going away. 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:16.000 The Skype Twitter account confirmed that on Teams free, group calls are limited 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:20.799 to 60 minutes without a subscription and you can't call phone numbers. Although 00:01:18.080 --> 00:01:25.759 later the account said you can, but only until your Skype credits run out. Then 00:01:22.960 --> 00:01:30.720 you'll have to pay. Or, and here's the real kicker, you could use one of the 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:36.880 many alternatives. Literally every app has video calling now. Skype. RIP. 00:01:34.320 --> 00:01:43.040 Company towns are back, baby. On Saturday, a group of mostly SpaceX 00:01:39.360 --> 00:01:45.520 employees voted 212 to6 to incorporate a 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:51.280 new city called Starbase near the company's Starbase launch site in Bokh 00:01:48.479 --> 00:01:55.680 Chica Beach, Texas. Reports indicate the six people who voted against the measure 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:59.600 do not work for SpaceX and are probably going to be really bored at town hall 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:04.560 meetings. Elon celebrated the city's incorporation, something he's been in 00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:07.360 favor of since 2021. Starbase, Texas 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:12.080 will house about 500 official residents and hopefully inspire country songs that 00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:16.560 include mentions of rockets and space alongside the traditional guns, trucks, 00:02:14.239 --> 00:02:20.160 beer, and dogs. Many also hope the city won't be the kind of company town that 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:24.400 traps its employees in a life of servitude because the company's script 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:29.200 is Dogecoin and its value tanked after Elon tweeted something, just like how 00:02:26.959 --> 00:02:34.560 those things happened in the olden days. OpenAI has backtracked on its plan to 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:40.160 transform into more of a for-profit operation, instead opting to transition 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:44.800 its for-profit company into a public benefit corporation, which will continue 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:49.200 to be controlled by its nonprofit arm. And if you're unfamiliar with OpenAI's 00:02:47.200 --> 00:02:52.560 wacky corporate structure, I'm sorry, you'll have to Google it. While it 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:57.680 certainly seems like OpenAI went this route to avoid legal issues, their blog 00:02:55.440 --> 00:03:02.800 post frames it as the responsible thing to do. like pushing kids to use AI. 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:08.159 Google has emailed parents who use Family Link, notifying them that kids 00:03:04.959 --> 00:03:10.239 under 13 will soon be able to use Gemini 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:15.080 if you let them. Uh, this actually makes sense. Adults have already gotten bored 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:20.080 of asking AI to show them a T-Rex. But kids, entertainment for days. Just first 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:25.040 make sure you go through Google's Family Guide for AI so you can explain to your 00:03:22.480 --> 00:03:28.239 kids how AI's inner workings are still a black box and we really don't know what 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:32.400 the we're dealing with. It's dangerous. Be careful. Okay, have fun. 00:03:30.480 --> 00:03:37.440 But hey, at least it looks like Google's trying to be responsible, unlike Meta, 00:03:34.879 --> 00:03:42.400 whose new Meta AI app launched last week and is raising privacy concerns since 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:48.560 its appetite for data is only matched by a kid's need to see T-Rex pictures. The 00:03:45.040 --> 00:03:50.480 app's social feed is also weird. I mean, 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:55.519 in an age when people are getting fed up with feeds full of AI generated filler, 00:03:53.360 --> 00:04:00.000 now there's a social app that might as well be called Oops! all slop. That's 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:04.560 almost as bad as data brokers selling your personal info online. Thankfully, 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:08.560 our sponsor, Delete Me, is a pro at keeping your personal 00:04:06.200 --> 00:04:12.319 information personal. Their experts find and remove your sensitive data from 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:17.919 search engines and websites, so it can't be passed around like a newborn baby at 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:22.639 the grandma meetup. It's your info. It's not a baby. Speaking of babies, Delete 00:04:20.239 --> 00:04:26.800 Me has family plans now. So, each family member gets their own personalized data 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:30.320 cleanup service. And managing it all is easy with Delete Me's userfriendly tool. 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:35.440 So head on over to the link in the video description and check out Delete Me 00:04:32.080 --> 00:04:38.160 today. Now see, The Simpsons never did 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:42.960 the Quickbits, although Steamed Hams might count. Some GPU reviewers have 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:48.240 actually gotten their hands on the 8 GB variant of the RTX 5060Ti, including 00:04:45.919 --> 00:04:53.520 German outlet Computer Base. During their testing, they found that the card 00:04:49.840 --> 00:04:57.040 performed 14 to 17% worse in terms of 00:04:53.520 --> 00:05:00.160 FPS when it was plugged into a PCIe 4.0 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:02.080 slot instead of a PCIe 5.0 slot. And 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:07.840 with such a small amount of VRAM, the card has to fetch data from system 00:05:04.320 --> 00:05:10.160 memory more often, and PCIe 4.0 slots 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:13.280 just don't have big enough pipes to pipe all those numbers fast enough. Don't 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:18.080 tell me there's no actual pipes involved. This works for me. Microsoft 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:23.360 has begun rolling out the 24H2 update for Windows 11. Whether you like it or 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:26.560 not. Yeah, the update had a ton of bugs that only became obvious once they 00:05:25.039 --> 00:05:30.000 rolled it out to the public, but they fixed those. I'm sure it'll be fine. If 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:33.919 you still don't want it, though, a support page says this update will be 00:05:31.840 --> 00:05:38.320 rolled out automatically for devices that are not managed by IT departments. 00:05:36.639 --> 00:05:44.000 So, you'll either have to stay up all night to stand watch over your PC, hire 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:46.639 a personal IT manager, or open wide. 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:50.080 Here comes the airplane. Ah, you actually open your mouth for a second. I 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:55.919 saw that. Time for an extra extra quick quick bit. Look, it's a hover bike. It's 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:58.800 called the Vololo Air Bike. That'd be a 00:05:55.919 --> 00:06:03.680 fun way to go out. Sam Alman's OpenAI for-profit plans didn't work out. So, he 00:06:01.039 --> 00:06:07.600 pivoted and brought his world company to the US, which will let Americans join 00:06:05.919 --> 00:06:12.840 the people from other countries who have already scanned their eyes with World's 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:15.280 Orb device and received Worldcoin 00:06:12.840 --> 00:06:20.000 cryptocurrency alongside cryptographic proof you are a real human. At least 00:06:17.759 --> 00:06:24.319 according to this Orb. World also announced the Orb Mini, a 00:06:21.960 --> 00:06:29.759 smartphonesized scanner you can point at other humans to prove they're real. and 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:33.680 I guess accept payment eventually. It seems weird, but hey, Razer's on board. 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:39.560 You'll be able to use World to verify your Razer ID so you can game with real 00:06:36.400 --> 00:06:42.720 humans. At least until you all get 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:44.880 activated. Nintendo has sued Genki, the 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:49.039 accessory maker that revealed a 3D mockup of the Switch 2 before it was 00:06:46.960 --> 00:06:53.840 even announced. They basically posted a full video of the console on their 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:59.120 website and brought a 3D printed mockup to CES and let people play around with 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:02.479 it. And yeah, that was probably unwise, 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:05.039 but man, were people really aware of who 00:07:02.479 --> 00:07:09.280 Genki was for a bit there. And Sarabite has proven the durability of their 00:07:06.880 --> 00:07:13.919 glass-based storage device by grilling it in an oven and boiling it in hot 00:07:11.840 --> 00:07:18.240 water, although they stopped short of mashing it and sticking it in a stew. 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:22.240 Even after all that abuse, the data on the drive remained completely intact. To 00:07:20.960 --> 00:07:28.400 be honest, I'm probably not going to pick one up, though, until I see them slice it with a katana and give it an 00:07:25.919 --> 00:07:32.240 open-handed slap. The shame that comes after that can do the most damage. And 00:07:30.400 --> 00:07:36.080 I'll be emotionally damaged if you don't come back here on Wednesday for more 00:07:33.680 --> 00:07:40.160 tech news. I'm not trying to emotionally manipulate you. I'm just stating the 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:43.919 fact that if you're not here on Wednesday, you won't be able to stop me 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:48.720 from snapping rubber bands at myself until the pain goes away. 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:51.759 And that was that was maybe a little dark. I'm sorry.