1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,960 Between Avatar 1 and two, the humans went from harvesting unoptanium to 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:10,080 slurping up alien whale brain juice. It's a cautionary tale about how they 3 00:00:08,639 --> 00:00:14,799 should have been harvesting tech news from the get- go. Also, something about 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:19,600 colonialism. Did you see Avatar 2 >> in 3D? 5 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:23,840 Now that's technology. Discord has confirmed a data breach in which hackers 6 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:27,599 were able to access government ID. Discord says that the hackers hit one of 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:31,760 their third-party customer service providers and gained access to some 8 00:00:29,599 --> 00:00:35,600 personal information shared by users with that provider, including users 9 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:41,040 names, emails, and other contact details, IP addresses, messages with 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:43,120 support agents, and a small number of 11 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:47,120 images of government IDs. Again, which is crazy because I thought the UK 12 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:51,360 government rolled out age checks only after they made all the hackers promise 13 00:00:49,039 --> 00:00:55,520 to leave the IDs alone. Hopefully all the other hackers stick to the agreement 14 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:58,879 and we won't see any more IDs get compromised from the hundreds of other 15 00:00:57,199 --> 00:01:03,840 popular platforms that have also collected them. Microsoft is assuring 16 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:07,360 gamers that their Xbox hardware isn't going anywhere. Console elves won't 17 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:13,119 steal it away in the middle of the night. When Microsoft announced they'd be raising the price on multiple tiers 18 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:17,200 of their Game Pass subscription service, rumors began to spread that this focus 19 00:01:15,119 --> 00:01:22,159 on profiting from software and membership fees marked the end for Xbox 20 00:01:19,759 --> 00:01:26,400 hardware. However, Microsoft has now stated that they are still investing in 21 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:30,799 upcoming firstparty consoles and devices made by Xbox. It makes sense that 22 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,960 Microsoft isn't totally giving up on Xbox hardware because apparently they're 23 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:38,960 still figuring out exactly how to make those gaming services profitable. 24 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:43,680 According to The Verge, Microsoft is considering launching a free ADUP 25 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:48,640 supported Xbox cloud gaming service, while a Bloomberg report came out saying 26 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:54,560 Microsoft lost almost $300 million in sales by putting Call of Duty 6 on Game 27 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:56,640 Pass. So, so yeah, maybe it's not time 28 00:01:54,560 --> 00:02:00,079 to jump ship on building hardware quite just yet. That said, it doesn't look 29 00:01:58,399 --> 00:02:04,479 like Xbox is doing a good job of releasing hardware either because 30 00:02:02,159 --> 00:02:08,800 apparently a firstparty Xbox handheld was cancelled when Microsoft wouldn't 31 00:02:06,399 --> 00:02:12,160 commit to filling AMD's minimum order requirements for the chips inside the 32 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:17,920 hardware. We really just don't know if we're going to sell that many. So, I was like, can 33 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:23,360 we just do like baker's dozen or the Xbox brand is 23 years old now and like 34 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:27,040 many others its age, it's clearly going through a bit of an existential crisis. 35 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,599 something that routinely happens at age 23 these days. 36 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:34,400 >> I don't know. >> It's true though. Hey, I hope you figure 37 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:38,319 out who you want to be. Xbox. I maybe time to go backpacking to find yourself. 38 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:43,680 You know who seems to be really figuring themselves out recently? Xbox's first 39 00:02:40,959 --> 00:02:48,080 party hardware partner AMD, who has entered into another lucrative 40 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:51,920 partnership, this time with OpenAI. The new partnership was announced today and 41 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:58,160 will see OpenAI deploy what they describe as six gigawatts worth of AMD's 42 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:03,280 Instinct AI GPUs, which I guess translates to potentially millions of 43 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:09,920 GPUs over the next several years, beginning with 1 gawatt of the upcoming 44 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:12,879 Instinct MI450 GPU in the first half of 45 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:18,000 2026. Great, Scott. What a missed opportunity for these nerds to have 46 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:19,599 referenced the 1.21 21 gigawatts used to 47 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:24,400 try time time travel and back to the future. But whatever. 48 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:32,799 The deal is worth tens of billions of dollars a year for AMD and gives OpenAI 49 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:38,239 the ability to acquire up to 10% of that company for a penny per share. Not only 50 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:42,959 is this deal seemingly great for AMD's wallet, but it also highlights growing 51 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:47,360 confidence in their AI GPUs, which could help them become more competitive with 52 00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:52,000 NVIDIA, who obviously dominates that field. Yet, the production demands of 53 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:57,519 making all of these enterprise AI GPUs has PC gamers concerned that AMD's head 54 00:03:54,720 --> 00:04:02,080 is in the cloud. Woo! 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Yay! 72 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:18,160 Every Panther Lake CPU will allegedly include integrated graphics, but the 73 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:24,080 models with the highest spec will be referred to as Core Ultra X. Elon has 74 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:31,919 got to be hyped on this. And you can expect to see a Core Ultra X9 and X7 75 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:34,000 chip. Make it stop. Like Jason X, these 76 00:05:31,919 --> 00:05:39,440 Core Ultra X CPUs are going to be beefier than their compatriots. The CPUs 77 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:42,240 will use 12 XE3 GPUs cores, a big jump 78 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:47,039 from the 8 XE2 cores found on Lunar Lake processors. So, Intel is clearly focused 79 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:51,360 on making more powerful iGPUs to compete with AMD's APUs. For a while there, we 80 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:56,800 thought about combining TechLink with Jackass to create Techl X, but there 81 00:05:55,039 --> 00:06:02,320 were just too many casualties. The Nintendo Switch 2 supports multiple 82 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:04,560 versions of NVIDIA's DLSS as discovered 83 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:07,919 by Digital Foundry in one of their recent YouTube videos. One version is 84 00:06:06,479 --> 00:06:12,880 practically the same as the one you'd find on NVIDIA's PC GPUs, but the second 85 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:17,440 version is a sort of DLSS light that prioritizes performance and appears 86 00:06:14,639 --> 00:06:21,680 built to upscale games beyond 1080p on the Switch 2. This lighter version is 87 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:26,080 far less resource inensive, but becomes more apparent during camera motion, 88 00:06:23,840 --> 00:06:29,919 revealing unfiltered pixels. >> No good. >> Destroy them. According to some 89 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:33,840 reporting by Digital Foundry, game developers working on Switch 2 titles 90 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:38,800 are able to choose which DLSS variant best suits their performance targets. Do 91 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:41,840 a Mario impressions saying, "It's a me a 92 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:43,520 super sampling." OpenAI and Johnny IV 93 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:48,160 are hitting some roadblocks on the way to creating their secretive AI device. 94 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:52,960 According to a report by the Financial Times, OpenAI and IV, the legendary 95 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:57,440 Apple product designer, are working to build a palmsized piece of hardware that 96 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:01,919 doesn't have a screen, but uses audio and visual cues to serve as your AI 97 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:05,680 assistant. However, they are running up against the privacy concerns created by 98 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:09,680 designing hardware that is always listening and or watching, along with 99 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:14,560 concerns about how much compute power is needed for a mass consumer product to 100 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:16,400 run OpenAI's suite of models. So far, 101 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:21,120 this all sounds a bit like that AI friend product Lionus tried on Short 102 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:24,639 Circuit named Riley, and he seemed to hate, 103 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:30,560 but that's only because there can only be one AI Riley. 104 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:35,039 Wait, Activision's ricochet anti-che appears to be doing what it's supposed 105 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:38,240 to. Thank god. Cheating is the scourge of many competitive online games, in 106 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:43,039 case you didn't know. But with the launch of Call of Duty Black Ops 7's 107 00:07:40,479 --> 00:07:48,960 early access beta, Ricochet appears to be catching cheaters hyperefficiently. 108 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:50,880 Uh-oh. They claim to be stopping 97% of 109 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:55,360 cheaters within 30 minutes of their first signin, and that fewer than 1% of 110 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:59,840 cheating attempts are making it into matches. This is great news. Hopefully, 111 00:07:57,759 --> 00:08:03,120 Ricochet's work sets an example for the rest of the gaming industry. But the 112 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:07,199 standard they've set for themselves also needs to be maintained because the game 113 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:10,720 is only in early access and concurrent gameplay numbers have been lackluster 114 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:15,520 for a Call of Duty game. As the anti-cheing ramps up, people care less 115 00:08:13,199 --> 00:08:20,400 about the game. The Astros aren't in the MLB playoffs and they're clearing 116 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:24,240 cheaters off of a COD game. Maybe there is hope for fair play after all. I'm 117 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:31,520 sure that joke makes sense >> to someone. Yeah. Yeah. >> But I I wouldn't know. And in Japan, NT 118 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:35,279 East Group has teamed up with Cheba Prefecture to protect the poultry 119 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:41,120 industry with drones equipped with lasers. This doesn't need to be said, 120 00:08:38,399 --> 00:08:45,600 but this is badass. Chicken defending laser drones. Sadly, the more I tell you 121 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:49,680 about these drones, the more pedestrian and logical this plan all sounds. But 122 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:52,640 I'm gonna do it anyway. Lasers aren't going to set fires or anything like 123 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:57,360 that. that they're actually being used to scare other birds away from 124 00:08:55,200 --> 00:09:01,760 interacting with the chickens in order to avoid any spread of aven flu, which 125 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:06,000 will help to avoid having to call the chickens. We're living in the future, 126 00:09:03,519 --> 00:09:10,160 baby. I'm going to start shooting a laser pointer at my nephew whenever he 127 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:15,040 comes at me with a runny nose. Get away from me, Goopy. And that's why you're 128 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:19,040 not a parent. And you should get away from me, too. 129 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:24,080 But come back on Wednesday for more tech news. I've got to get my Nevi language 130 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:31,839 lessons in. I'm trying to learn it before fire and ash, that's Avatar 3. So 131 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:35,959 I don't have to use any subtitles. Hey 132 00:09:31,839 --> 00:09:35,959 means until next time.