WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.960 Between Avatar 1 and two, the humans went from harvesting unoptanium to 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:10.080 slurping up alien whale brain juice. It's a cautionary tale about how they 00:00:08.639 --> 00:00:14.799 should have been harvesting tech news from the get- go. Also, something about 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:19.600 colonialism. Did you see Avatar 2 >> in 3D? 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:23.840 Now that's technology. Discord has confirmed a data breach in which hackers 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:27.599 were able to access government ID. Discord says that the hackers hit one of 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:31.760 their third-party customer service providers and gained access to some 00:00:29.599 --> 00:00:35.600 personal information shared by users with that provider, including users 00:00:33.760 --> 00:00:41.040 names, emails, and other contact details, IP addresses, messages with 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:43.120 support agents, and a small number of 00:00:41.040 --> 00:00:47.120 images of government IDs. Again, which is crazy because I thought the UK 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:51.360 government rolled out age checks only after they made all the hackers promise 00:00:49.039 --> 00:00:55.520 to leave the IDs alone. Hopefully all the other hackers stick to the agreement 00:00:53.360 --> 00:00:58.879 and we won't see any more IDs get compromised from the hundreds of other 00:00:57.199 --> 00:01:03.840 popular platforms that have also collected them. Microsoft is assuring 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:07.360 gamers that their Xbox hardware isn't going anywhere. Console elves won't 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 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:17.200 of their Game Pass subscription service, rumors began to spread that this focus 00:01:15.119 --> 00:01:22.159 on profiting from software and membership fees marked the end for Xbox 00:01:19.759 --> 00:01:26.400 hardware. However, Microsoft has now stated that they are still investing in 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:30.799 upcoming firstparty consoles and devices made by Xbox. It makes sense that 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:34.960 Microsoft isn't totally giving up on Xbox hardware because apparently they're 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:38.960 still figuring out exactly how to make those gaming services profitable. 00:01:36.880 --> 00:01:43.680 According to The Verge, Microsoft is considering launching a free ADUP 00:01:41.360 --> 00:01:48.640 supported Xbox cloud gaming service, while a Bloomberg report came out saying 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:54.560 Microsoft lost almost $300 million in sales by putting Call of Duty 6 on Game 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:56.640 Pass. So, so yeah, maybe it's not time 00:01:54.560 --> 00:02:00.079 to jump ship on building hardware quite just yet. That said, it doesn't look 00:01:58.399 --> 00:02:04.479 like Xbox is doing a good job of releasing hardware either because 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:08.800 apparently a firstparty Xbox handheld was cancelled when Microsoft wouldn't 00:02:06.399 --> 00:02:12.160 commit to filling AMD's minimum order requirements for the chips inside the 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 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 00:02:21.440 --> 00:02:27.040 many others its age, it's clearly going through a bit of an existential crisis. 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:29.599 something that routinely happens at age 23 these days. 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:34.400 >> I don't know. >> It's true though. Hey, I hope you figure 00:02:31.760 --> 00:02:38.319 out who you want to be. Xbox. I maybe time to go backpacking to find yourself. 00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:43.680 You know who seems to be really figuring themselves out recently? Xbox's first 00:02:40.959 --> 00:02:48.080 party hardware partner AMD, who has entered into another lucrative 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:51.920 partnership, this time with OpenAI. The new partnership was announced today and 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:58.160 will see OpenAI deploy what they describe as six gigawatts worth of AMD's 00:02:55.760 --> 00:03:03.280 Instinct AI GPUs, which I guess translates to potentially millions of 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:09.920 GPUs over the next several years, beginning with 1 gawatt of the upcoming 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:12.879 Instinct MI450 GPU in the first half of 00:03:09.920 --> 00:03:18.000 2026. Great, Scott. What a missed opportunity for these nerds to have 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:19.599 referenced the 1.21 21 gigawatts used to 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:24.400 try time time travel and back to the future. But whatever. 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:32.799 The deal is worth tens of billions of dollars a year for AMD and gives OpenAI 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 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:42.959 is this deal seemingly great for AMD's wallet, but it also highlights growing 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:47.360 confidence in their AI GPUs, which could help them become more competitive with 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:52.000 NVIDIA, who obviously dominates that field. Yet, the production demands of 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:57.519 making all of these enterprise AI GPUs has PC gamers concerned that AMD's head 00:03:54.720 --> 00:04:02.080 is in the cloud. Woo! Rimshot! instead of the desktop 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:07.200 market which is already dealing with a storage and memory related pricing 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:11.120 apocalypse. I don't think Dr. Lisa Sue will forget about us. 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So head on over to the link in 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:53.520 the video description and check out Delete Me today. Now in the way of 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:58.960 water, the second Avatar movie. Sure, those Met Cena clan kids can swim fast, 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:02.080 but there's no way they're beating the Quickbits. 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:06.160 Quickbits don't even have to hold their breath. 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:11.440 Intel's imminent Panther Lake mobile CPUs are reportedly set to feature 00:05:08.320 --> 00:05:13.840 another kind of chip branding. Yay! 00:05:11.440 --> 00:05:18.160 Every Panther Lake CPU will allegedly include integrated graphics, but the 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:24.080 models with the highest spec will be referred to as Core Ultra X. Elon has 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 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:34.000 chip. Make it stop. Like Jason X, these 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:39.440 Core Ultra X CPUs are going to be beefier than their compatriots. The CPUs 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:42.240 will use 12 XE3 GPUs cores, a big jump 00:05:39.440 --> 00:05:47.039 from the 8 XE2 cores found on Lunar Lake processors. So, Intel is clearly focused 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:51.360 on making more powerful iGPUs to compete with AMD's APUs. For a while there, we 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:56.800 thought about combining TechLink with Jackass to create Techl X, but there 00:05:55.039 --> 00:06:02.320 were just too many casualties. The Nintendo Switch 2 supports multiple 00:05:58.960 --> 00:06:04.560 versions of NVIDIA's DLSS as discovered 00:06:02.320 --> 00:06:07.919 by Digital Foundry in one of their recent YouTube videos. One version is 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 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:17.440 version is a sort of DLSS light that prioritizes performance and appears 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:21.680 built to upscale games beyond 1080p on the Switch 2. This lighter version is 00:06:19.440 --> 00:06:26.080 far less resource inensive, but becomes more apparent during camera motion, 00:06:23.840 --> 00:06:29.919 revealing unfiltered pixels. >> No good. >> Destroy them. According to some 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:33.840 reporting by Digital Foundry, game developers working on Switch 2 titles 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:38.800 are able to choose which DLSS variant best suits their performance targets. Do 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:41.840 a Mario impressions saying, "It's a me a 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:43.520 super sampling." OpenAI and Johnny IV 00:06:41.840 --> 00:06:48.160 are hitting some roadblocks on the way to creating their secretive AI device. 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:52.960 According to a report by the Financial Times, OpenAI and IV, the legendary 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:57.440 Apple product designer, are working to build a palmsized piece of hardware that 00:06:55.440 --> 00:07:01.919 doesn't have a screen, but uses audio and visual cues to serve as your AI 00:06:59.840 --> 00:07:05.680 assistant. However, they are running up against the privacy concerns created by 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:09.680 designing hardware that is always listening and or watching, along with 00:07:07.840 --> 00:07:14.560 concerns about how much compute power is needed for a mass consumer product to 00:07:11.520 --> 00:07:16.400 run OpenAI's suite of models. So far, 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:21.120 this all sounds a bit like that AI friend product Lionus tried on Short 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:24.639 Circuit named Riley, and he seemed to hate, 00:07:23.360 --> 00:07:30.560 but that's only because there can only be one AI Riley. 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:35.039 Wait, Activision's ricochet anti-che appears to be doing what it's supposed 00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:38.240 to. Thank god. Cheating is the scourge of many competitive online games, in 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 00:07:40.479 --> 00:07:48.960 early access beta, Ricochet appears to be catching cheaters hyperefficiently. 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:50.880 Uh-oh. They claim to be stopping 97% of 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:55.360 cheaters within 30 minutes of their first signin, and that fewer than 1% of 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:59.840 cheating attempts are making it into matches. This is great news. Hopefully, 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:03.120 Ricochet's work sets an example for the rest of the gaming industry. But the 00:08:01.440 --> 00:08:07.199 standard they've set for themselves also needs to be maintained because the game 00:08:04.960 --> 00:08:10.720 is only in early access and concurrent gameplay numbers have been lackluster 00:08:08.960 --> 00:08:15.520 for a Call of Duty game. As the anti-cheing ramps up, people care less 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:20.400 about the game. The Astros aren't in the MLB playoffs and they're clearing 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 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 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:35.279 East Group has teamed up with Cheba Prefecture to protect the poultry 00:08:33.680 --> 00:08:41.120 industry with drones equipped with lasers. This doesn't need to be said, 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:45.600 but this is badass. Chicken defending laser drones. Sadly, the more I tell you 00:08:43.680 --> 00:08:49.680 about these drones, the more pedestrian and logical this plan all sounds. But 00:08:47.760 --> 00:08:52.640 I'm gonna do it anyway. Lasers aren't going to set fires or anything like 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:57.360 that. that they're actually being used to scare other birds away from 00:08:55.200 --> 00:09:01.760 interacting with the chickens in order to avoid any spread of aven flu, which 00:09:00.160 --> 00:09:06.000 will help to avoid having to call the chickens. We're living in the future, 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:10.160 baby. I'm going to start shooting a laser pointer at my nephew whenever he 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 00:09:12.880 --> 00:09:19.040 not a parent. And you should get away from me, too. 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 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 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:35.959 I don't have to use any subtitles. Hey 00:09:31.839 --> 00:09:35.959 means until next time.