1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,960 Well, this is the last Tech Link before the literal tsunami of tech news that's 2 00:00:05,359 --> 00:00:12,639 going to be hitting us next week during CES. So, I just want to say it's been a 3 00:00:10,719 --> 00:00:17,199 slice, ladies and gentlemen. I hope you brought your water wings. It looks like 4 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:21,920 AMD might be giving us our first look at fourth gen Ryzen at CES this year 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:27,840 because benchmark entries have leaked that mention a Ryzen 7 6 00:00:24,359 --> 00:00:30,560 4800U. That U means that you better be 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:36,000 aware that it's a mobile APU targeted at what would be pretty beefy laptops, but 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:40,719 without too much power consumption. The user benchmark listing describes it as 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:46,160 an 8 core 16thread part with a base and boost clock of 1.8 and 3.6 GHz, 10 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:50,719 respectively. This leak follows the initial one last week and is bolstered 11 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:55,399 by a 3D Mark Fire Strike result that showed a Ryzen 12 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:58,160 4800H scoring higher than an Intel 13 00:00:55,399 --> 00:01:02,320 9880H, one of the fastest Coffee Lake H processors out there. So, while this 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:08,000 information should still be taken with a grain of salt, AMD might be starting to 15 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:14,640 transfer some of its desktop success over to laptops 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:16,240 uh bracket need bracket. Thank you, 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:20,560 Riley, for that. Not sure if I was supposed to read it. I forgot that that 18 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:24,560 way. It looks like Samsung thinks CES has already started because the company 19 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:30,080 just officially announced the Galaxy S10 Lite and Note 10 Lite. They're extremely 20 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:34,479 similar in many ways with 6.7 in screens, 4,500 mAh batteries, and whole 21 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:39,880 punch front-facing cameras. The biggest difference between them is that one has 22 00:01:36,479 --> 00:01:42,960 a pen. Whoa, you got one, too. Or 23 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:44,880 stylus. Stylus. Stylus. and the other 24 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:49,360 one doesn't. We don't have any pricing information yet, but what we do have is 25 00:01:46,479 --> 00:01:53,920 a much more interesting Samsung Tease, a subsidiary of the company called Star 26 00:01:51,600 --> 00:02:00,000 Labs is working on what they call an artificial human that has absolutely 27 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:06,479 nothing to do with Samsung's existing AI assistant, Bixby. This uh fake person is 28 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:09,520 called Neon. And if you interact with What the hell is this? I don't know. If 29 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:13,280 you interact with it, you'll apparently be left wondering which one of you is 30 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:17,440 real. That's That's what they say. Seriously, that's almost as stupid as 31 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:23,200 the gamer socks. This kind of vague, bull, overpromising, ultra futuristic 32 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:26,720 teasing is what CES is all about. And you know what? It actually warms my 33 00:02:24,959 --> 00:02:30,720 heart. I can't wait to find out what the heck neon is cuz it's probably like a 34 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:34,480 voice activated reading lamp or something. And then that'll be funny. 35 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:40,080 And that's not even the wildest CESTs we've had so far from Samsung. Even the 36 00:02:37,519 --> 00:02:44,319 company's R&D ARM called Cabab will also be showing off a gadget that analyzes 37 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:48,640 hair loss patterns and recommends a specific course of action. And it's al 38 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:52,440 there's also an app that uses your phone's selfie camera to detect finger 39 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:58,080 movements so you can type without a keyboard. There's also Pibo Pibo an AI 40 00:02:56,239 --> 00:03:04,080 assistant in the form of a creepy robot that is always looking at you. Vouch, a 41 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:07,840 system that detects virtual touch input, so you can point at things and activate 42 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:12,640 them without physically touching them, like 43 00:03:09,319 --> 00:03:15,120 go and a video calling app with Samsung 44 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:19,200 branded Mimmoji that lets you text chat instead of use your voice. On the non- 45 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:22,800 Samsung side of things, Zen is bringing air power style charging pad to market, 46 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:27,120 topped with tempered glass so you can see its 16 charging coils. And Coler is 47 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:32,480 showing off a shower head with a built-in Alexa speaker. Like the speaker 48 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:36,080 is in the shower head. Yeah. Nobody's seen that before, I think. Yeah, someone 49 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:40,400 had one. I did a video about it. Alexa, play this. No. Alexa, though. That's 50 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:43,040 actually not even that weird compared to the stuff that I know we're going to be 51 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:49,280 seeing next week. It's going to be freaky. Now, it's time for the ginger snaps. Ginger snaps activate. The 52 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:54,159 mysterious swarms of drones that have been plaguing Colorado and Nebraska 53 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:56,080 since December 23rd are still plaguing. 54 00:03:54,159 --> 00:03:59,840 The drones appear to be large, around 6 feet across, and have been spotted in 55 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:03,040 swarms as large as 30. The FAA is investigating, but local sheriffs, this 56 00:04:01,519 --> 00:04:06,560 is a real news story. Yeah. Local sheriffs have encouraged residents to 57 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:10,000 refrain from shooting them down. We don't know what kind of a strange entity 58 00:04:08,239 --> 00:04:13,680 might retaliate. Also, it's a federal crime. You thought I'd just make it up. 59 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:18,160 I I don't know. Sounds pretty weird. Google has disabled links from Xiaomi 60 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:22,400 Smartome products to Google Nest and home devices after owners of Xiaomi 61 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:26,639 smart cameras reported receiving images from other people's 62 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:30,000 cameras. Xiai said that the issue occurred due to an update and that it 63 00:04:28,479 --> 00:04:35,680 wouldn't occur if the cameras were linked to the company's Mi Home app. Um 64 00:04:33,919 --> 00:04:38,880 then it would correctly send people's images straight to the Chinese 65 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:43,759 government instead of stopping by other people's houses first. Much simpler and 66 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:47,440 more efficient. The Google Pixel 4a is on the way and On Leaks has produced 67 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,800 renders of what the phone will look like based on the information they've 68 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:54,880 received so far. If it's accurate, the Pixel 4a honestly looks like a way 69 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:58,240 better phone than the Pixel 4 with a rear fingerprint reader, a headphone 70 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:02,720 jack, and a hole punch front-facing camera instead of a gigantic bezel full 71 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:08,080 of sensors. And it will apparently be cheaper. Does Google get this whole 72 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:13,039 budget is worse, premium is more better? Budget is more money, right? Yeah. Uh, 73 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:16,560 no. Apple has renewed its agreement with Imagination Technologies to produce GPUs 74 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:21,120 for the company's various mobile products. Apple seemingly dropped the 75 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:25,120 company like a hot potato in 2018, but it looks like Oops, this is awkward. 76 00:05:23,759 --> 00:05:31,520 Turns out we weren't quite ready to develop our own dedicated GPUs. So, 77 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:34,240 uh, come on back, please take me back. 78 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:38,240 And OnePlus is teasing the Concept 1 phone that they'll be showing off at 79 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:42,800 CES, which features rear-facing cameras that magically disappear because the 80 00:05:41,039 --> 00:05:46,840 electrochemical glass that covers them can go from transparent to opaque. I'm 81 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:52,960 not sure that anyone was asking for this, but like, you know, ooh, I'm not 82 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:56,720 taking a picture right now. Ooh, my phone doesn't have any cameras. Like, 83 00:05:54,400 --> 00:06:00,000 but bam, now it does. Didn't see that coming. And that's it for this one, 84 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:04,319 guys. Come back on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and Thursday, and Friday 85 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:10,160 because we've got five TechLinked episodes next week. CS. 86 00:06:07,919 --> 00:06:13,800 Oh, I'm tired already. And I'm not even going. What?