{"video_id":"CezMTD7cYwM","title":"Tesla’s Robotaxi Sorta Kinda Launches","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2025-07-08T14:53:29Z","duration_s":370,"segments":[{"start_s":0.08,"end_s":6.4,"text":"Well, everyone, World War II is almost here. Or maybe we've already been in it.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.48,"end_s":10.08,"text":"But at least I can take a Tesla robo taxi to the enlistment office and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":8.24,"end_s":14.639,"text":"distract myself with hardware news on the ride over. That's right, the robo","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.759,"end_s":19.359,"text":"taxi is alive. Sort of. The program launched this weekend with Model Y's,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.72,"end_s":23.92,"text":"not cyber cabs, in Austin, Texas, and was limited to invitees, many of whom","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.6,"end_s":29.279,"text":"were, surprise surprise, proTesla influencers, in a small geoenced area to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":26.96,"end_s":33.6,"text":"avoid construction, major highways, and complex intersections is scary. Tesla is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":31.599,"end_s":37.44,"text":"allegedly using a special version of full self-driving that's not available","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":35.44,"end_s":42.399,"text":"to the average Tesla owner. Of course not. It's not like people paid for full","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":39.36,"end_s":43.84,"text":"self-driving years ago. They did. Oh,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.399,"end_s":47.84,"text":"they did. Well, kind of sounds like Tesla doesn't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":45.52,"end_s":52.48,"text":"trust the technology yet, which is even more apparent by their inclusion of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":49.68,"end_s":56.399,"text":"safety monitors. These are people there. It's like Amazon with the cameras. These","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":54.16,"end_s":61.6,"text":"are people. Elon promised unsupervised trips by June. It is June, but this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.12,"end_s":65.84,"text":"launch not only has Chase cars in some instances following the 10 to 20 Model","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":63.84,"end_s":70.24,"text":"Y's, but each taxi also has safety bonders in the front passenger seats","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":68.24,"end_s":74.159,"text":"with kill switches ready to end the trip. Better than your life. Most","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":72.72,"end_s":78.159,"text":"patrons said their rides were uneventful. Hail the car with the robo","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":76.24,"end_s":82.799,"text":"taxi app. Find it at the pickup location, show the safety monitor your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":80.0,"end_s":89.36,"text":"phone, and away you go out into the wild blue geoence yonder and straight into","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":86.799,"end_s":93.6,"text":"perhaps oncoming traffic. Thankfully, there have been no accidents yet. Elon","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":91.84,"end_s":97.119,"text":"stated that there will be over a thousand driverless vehicles within a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":95.439,"end_s":102.159,"text":"few months, and rides currently only cost a flat rate, regardless of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":98.799,"end_s":105.04,"text":"distance, of $4.20. Oh, Elon, you're so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":102.159,"end_s":108.96,"text":"quirky. That's the weed number, man. That's like the 69th time he said that.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":107.119,"end_s":114.159,"text":"Nice. Speaking of rich people stuff, soon your 5090 could pull a,000 watts.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":111.92,"end_s":117.84,"text":"We've actually got a few GPU tidbits for you here, but let's start with Derbau","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":115.84,"end_s":122.88,"text":"shunt modding a liquid cooled Astral card to draw a conservative 800 watts.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":121.04,"end_s":129.52,"text":"Definitely not the limit, but enough to outperform the super expensive RTX Pro","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":126.24,"end_s":132.879,"text":"6000. in 3D Mark Speedway. It may have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":129.52,"end_s":135.44,"text":"been only by like 6 FPS, but hey, that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":132.879,"end_s":140.4,"text":"card costs overs $10,000. A win's a win. Hate NVIDIA. Dozens of Linux and Intel","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":138.0,"end_s":147.04,"text":"Arc users can rejoice. It's been found that disabling Intel's graphics security","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":143.04,"end_s":150.239,"text":"mitigations can net a nice 20% uplift in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":147.04,"end_s":152.239,"text":"Open CL and level zero in Ubuntu. This","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":150.239,"end_s":156.239,"text":"can be a little risky. Security measures are in place for a reason, but Intel","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":154.08,"end_s":160.4,"text":"seems confident that it'll be fine. totally fine. They're so confident you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":158.56,"end_s":165.04,"text":"can already grab the Open CL and level zero compute stacks on their GitHub","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":162.4,"end_s":168.239,"text":"pages security. And for more free performance, this time for hundreds of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":166.48,"end_s":173.44,"text":"you, Jay's two cents has pointed out that systems rocking 13th or 14th gen","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":171.2,"end_s":180.0,"text":"Intel chips and NVIDIA graphics cards might not actually have rebar enabled.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":177.12,"end_s":184.319,"text":"BIOS says it's enabled. GPUZ says it's enabled, but you'll need to dig into the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":181.84,"end_s":187.76,"text":"NVIDIA profile inspector to know the truth and potentially make a change.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":186.56,"end_s":192.72,"text":"Check out Jay's video for more information and then check out our","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":189.84,"end_s":197.519,"text":"sponsor. Oh snap, they looked at all the bulky, cheap, plasticky phone grips out","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":195.2,"end_s":202.4,"text":"there and thought, hm, how about not that? Then they made the Snap Grip Lux,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":200.159,"end_s":206.48,"text":"a multi-functional MagSafe compatible, strong as hell phone grip that's somehow","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":204.56,"end_s":209.76,"text":"still thinner than your camera bump. Look at this thing in grip mode. Now","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":208.08,"end_s":214.159,"text":"look at it in kickstand mode and what it's charging now and it's magnetically","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":212.48,"end_s":218.48,"text":"sticking to all sorts of metal stuff so you can do video calls or watch a show","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":216.48,"end_s":221.599,"text":"and remember what it's like to have both hands free.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":220.48,"end_s":225.44,"text":"Yeah, I mean that's going to happen sometimes. It's time to upgrade to a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":223.519,"end_s":229.92,"text":"phone grip that doesn't suck. Check out the O Snap Snap Grip Lux at our link in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":228.159,"end_s":234.64,"text":"the description. But what about the quick bits? In preparation for the Xbox","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":1},{"start_s":232.56,"end_s":239.36,"text":"Ally X, Microsoft has been spotted testing out their consolidated game","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":236.48,"end_s":243.36,"text":"library in the Xbox app. Finally, an end to game segregation across platforms. A","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":241.599,"end_s":246.959,"text":"beautiful world where Steam and Xbox games can live together in harmony. To","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":245.12,"end_s":251.76,"text":"try for yourself, just download the Xbox Insider Hub on PC and join the gaming","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":249.439,"end_s":256.32,"text":"preview. Then take a look at the My Library section. Not literally my","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":254.239,"end_s":260.4,"text":"library. You don't want to go in there. And if you want to play those games with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":257.68,"end_s":264.479,"text":"a Steam Controller, don't. Because Tommy B has shown us the path to enlightenment","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":262.479,"end_s":268.639,"text":"with his version of the Steam Controller 2 or Steam Deck controller. He used a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":266.88,"end_s":272.56,"text":"ton of off-the-shelf and 3D printed parts to create a splitable unit that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":270.72,"end_s":276.4,"text":"features everyone's favorite trackpads. And honestly, it looks pretty sick.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":274.479,"end_s":279.36,"text":"Valve, please hire this man or just pay him a bunch of money and make it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":277.68,"end_s":284.479,"text":"official. Either way, just let the people have it. Now, there's more good news. Today's just it's just a good day.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":282.32,"end_s":288.88,"text":"The Epic team working on Unreal Engine 5 updates has shown off a significant","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":286.479,"end_s":294.639,"text":"performance uplift going from patch 5.4 to 5.6 in the Paris Tech demo from scans","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":292.24,"end_s":299.36,"text":"factory. GPUbound scenarios saw up to 25% higher frame rates and CPUbound","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":296.8,"end_s":305.12,"text":"scenarios saw up to 35% with reduced frame time spikes and all with better","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":301.84,"end_s":306.72,"text":"visuals. Holy actually. Yeah. U 5","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":305.12,"end_s":311.36,"text":"is finally going to be optimized. Incredible. R/patient gamers, you shall","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":309.6,"end_s":316.479,"text":"be exalted. Something else to look forward to is this super cool real life","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":313.919,"end_s":320.479,"text":"ad block using augmented reality. You see an ad or a product, it gives a big","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":318.4,"end_s":326.479,"text":"transparent ad block logo. But soon, thanks to Steen Stigen Spavenho, I'm so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":324.24,"end_s":330.72,"text":"sorry, man. You too could be inundated with giant red rectangles. It's not","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":328.479,"end_s":336.72,"text":"perfect, but it's a cool first step to an ad-free world. ltdstore.com. And","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":334.08,"end_s":342.0,"text":"last, but not least, yep, War Thunder forum users are added again. War Thunder","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":339.919,"end_s":347.44,"text":"Forum users will be War Thunder Forum users this time. A user uploaded a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":344.32,"end_s":351.759,"text":"section from a Nat TOPS manual for the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":347.44,"end_s":354.56,"text":"AV8B and TAB8B Harrier. Clearly marked","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":351.759,"end_s":357.759,"text":"that it's not public information. It's not a massive leak, but it's a leak","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":356.16,"end_s":361.68,"text":"nonetheless. So, somebody set the counter back to zero for the reset. Just","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":359.919,"end_s":364.639,"text":"like I'm resetting in a couple of days, stay tuned for Wednesday's episode where","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":363.12,"end_s":371.039,"text":"we'll have stories about crazy stuff like magical GPU price cuts. Just","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":367.36,"end_s":371.039,"text":"kidding. I can't tell the future.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Well, everyone, World War II is almost here. Or maybe we've already been in it. But at least I can take a Tesla robo taxi to the enlistment office and distract myself with hardware news on the ride over. That's right, the robo taxi is alive. Sort of. The program launched this weekend with Model Y's, not cyber cabs, in Austin, Texas, and was limited to invitees, many of whom were, surprise surprise, proTesla influencers, in a small geoenced area to avoid construction, major highways, and complex intersections is scary. Tesla is allegedly using a special version of full self-driving that's not available to the average Tesla owner. Of course not. It's not like people paid for full self-driving years ago. They did. Oh, they did. Well, kind of sounds like Tesla doesn't trust the technology yet, which is even more apparent by their inclusion of safety monitors. These are people there. It's like Amazon with the cameras. These are people. Elon promised unsupervised trips by June. It is June, but this launch not only has Chase cars in some instances following the 10 to 20 Model Y's, but each taxi also has safety bonders in the front passenger seats with kill switches ready to end the trip. Better than your life. Most patrons said their rides were uneventful. Hail the car with the robo taxi app. Find it at the pickup location, show the safety monitor your phone, and away you go out into the wild blue geoence yonder and straight into perhaps oncoming traffic. Thankfully, there have been no accidents yet. Elon stated that there will be over a thousand driverless vehicles within a few months, and rides currently only cost a flat rate, regardless of distance, of $4.20. Oh, Elon, you're so quirky. That's the weed number, man. That's like the 69th time he said that. Nice. Speaking of rich people stuff, soon your 5090 could pull a,000 watts. We've actually got a few GPU tidbits for you here, but let's start with Derbau shunt modding a liquid cooled Astral card to draw a conservative 800 watts. Definitely not the limit, but enough to outperform the super expensive RTX Pro 6000. in 3D Mark Speedway. It may have been only by like 6 FPS, but hey, that card costs overs $10,000. A win's a win. Hate NVIDIA. Dozens of Linux and Intel Arc users can rejoice. It's been found that disabling Intel's graphics security mitigations can net a nice 20% uplift in Open CL and level zero in Ubuntu. This can be a little risky. Security measures are in place for a reason, but Intel seems confident that it'll be fine. totally fine. They're so confident you can already grab the Open CL and level zero compute stacks on their GitHub pages security. And for more free performance, this time for hundreds of you, Jay's two cents has pointed out that systems rocking 13th or 14th gen Intel chips and NVIDIA graphics cards might not actually have rebar enabled. BIOS says it's enabled. GPUZ says it's enabled, but you'll need to dig into the NVIDIA profile inspector to know the truth and potentially make a change. Check out Jay's video for more information and then check out our sponsor. Oh snap, they looked at all the bulky, cheap, plasticky phone grips out there and thought, hm, how about not that? Then they made the Snap Grip Lux, a multi-functional MagSafe compatible, strong as hell phone grip that's somehow still thinner than your camera bump. Look at this thing in grip mode. Now look at it in kickstand mode and what it's charging now and it's magnetically sticking to all sorts of metal stuff so you can do video calls or watch a show and remember what it's like to have both hands free. Yeah, I mean that's going to happen sometimes. It's time to upgrade to a phone grip that doesn't suck. Check out the O Snap Snap Grip Lux at our link in the description. But what about the quick bits? In preparation for the Xbox Ally X, Microsoft has been spotted testing out their consolidated game library in the Xbox app. Finally, an end to game segregation across platforms. A beautiful world where Steam and Xbox games can live together in harmony. To try for yourself, just download the Xbox Insider Hub on PC and join the gaming preview. Then take a look at the My Library section. Not literally my library. You don't want to go in there. And if you want to play those games with a Steam Controller, don't. Because Tommy B has shown us the path to enlightenment with his version of the Steam Controller 2 or Steam Deck controller. He used a ton of off-the-shelf and 3D printed parts to create a splitable unit that features everyone's favorite trackpads. And honestly, it looks pretty sick. Valve, please hire this man or just pay him a bunch of money and make it official. Either way, just let the people have it. Now, there's more good news. Today's just it's just a good day. The Epic team working on Unreal Engine 5 updates has shown off a significant performance uplift going from patch 5.4 to 5.6 in the Paris Tech demo from scans factory. GPUbound scenarios saw up to 25% higher frame rates and CPUbound scenarios saw up to 35% with reduced frame time spikes and all with better visuals. Holy actually. Yeah. U 5 is finally going to be optimized. Incredible. R/patient gamers, you shall be exalted. Something else to look forward to is this super cool real life ad block using augmented reality. You see an ad or a product, it gives a big transparent ad block logo. But soon, thanks to Steen Stigen Spavenho, I'm so sorry, man. You too could be inundated with giant red rectangles. It's not perfect, but it's a cool first step to an ad-free world. ltdstore.com. And last, but not least, yep, War Thunder forum users are added again. War Thunder Forum users will be War Thunder Forum users this time. A user uploaded a section from a Nat TOPS manual for the AV8B and TAB8B Harrier. Clearly marked that it's not public information. It's not a massive leak, but it's a leak nonetheless. So, somebody set the counter back to zero for the reset. Just like I'm resetting in a couple of days, stay tuned for Wednesday's episode where we'll have stories about crazy stuff like magical GPU price cuts. Just kidding. I can't tell the future."}