1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:04,240 - It's freaky Friday. - [Man] Wow, watch out! 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,010 - So, you tried and failed to buy one of the next gen consoles this week. 3 00:00:08,010 --> 00:00:11,690 And you failed, and you tried and failed. Well, don't fail too bad 4 00:00:11,690 --> 00:00:15,060 as those evil people who were able to hit the order button 5 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:18,810 like one millisecond before you did, are having their own problems. 6 00:00:18,810 --> 00:00:22,890 Some Xbox Series X units are making a clicking noise that reportedly has something to do 7 00:00:22,890 --> 00:00:27,380 with either the hard drive or the fan. Well, some PlayStation 5 owners 8 00:00:27,380 --> 00:00:31,380 are experiencing a storage glitch which can corrupt game installs 9 00:00:31,380 --> 00:00:34,894 and even brick the entire console. That's what they deserve. 10 00:00:34,894 --> 00:00:39,790 - [Man] (laughs) - 'Cause they're not me. - [Man] Aww! - Neither of these issues seem widespread enough 11 00:00:39,790 --> 00:00:42,920 to cause a real crisis, not like Bendgate or something, 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,650 with most fans reportedly... Wait, fans as in people? 13 00:00:46,650 --> 00:00:50,970 - [Man] Yes. - Okay, most people fans reportedly having a quote great time. 14 00:00:50,970 --> 00:00:54,230 But Nintendo meanwhile, isn't worried about its competitors. 15 00:00:54,230 --> 00:00:59,490 They've just released the Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros, a tiny clock that doubles as a handheld 16 00:00:59,490 --> 00:01:02,640 with three playable games. Super Mario Bros one and two, 17 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,660 as well as a juggling game called Balls. - [Man] Sounds way better. 18 00:01:06,660 --> 00:01:11,560 - I'm keeping my voice like this. Oh, and the Switch sold 735,000 units in October, 19 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:16,060 Sony and Microsoft, just so you know, making it the second-highest selling console ever 20 00:01:16,060 --> 00:01:19,900 for the month. For all Octobers. - All Octobers. 21 00:01:19,900 --> 00:01:25,620 - It's surpassed only by the sales of the Wii in 2008. And the Switch doesn't even support ray tracing. 22 00:01:25,620 --> 00:01:28,820 You know? - [Man] Throw it in the garbage. - A big fuss was made over 23 00:01:28,820 --> 00:01:34,290 AMD's Smart Access Memory Technology when they revealed it at the Radeon 6000 event last week. 24 00:01:34,290 --> 00:01:38,090 But now NVIDIA says they're going to have their own version up and running soon. 25 00:01:38,090 --> 00:01:43,090 You guys, smart access memory, SAM, S-A-M, 26 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:47,170 allows a Ryzen CPU direct access to a Radeon GPU's memory, 27 00:01:47,170 --> 00:01:52,150 which can improve performance. Some enthusiasts have pointed out that the feature was actually already included 28 00:01:52,150 --> 00:01:56,240 in the PCIe spec. So technically it wouldn't be that hard 29 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,730 for NVIDIA to implement similar tech. The GPU wars are only set to heat up from here, guys, 30 00:02:00,730 --> 00:02:04,510 with rumors pointing to NVIDIA's unannounced RTX 3060, 31 00:02:04,510 --> 00:02:07,859 launching in January with 12 gigabytes of RAM. - [Man] Whoa! 32 00:02:07,859 --> 00:02:12,949 And images popping up of its sister card, the RTX 3060 Ti, hello! 33 00:02:12,949 --> 00:02:16,460 - [Man] Hey. - Sadly, none of them can run Spider-Man: Miles Morales. 34 00:02:16,460 --> 00:02:19,770 So really, what's the point? - [Man] Throw it in the garbage. 35 00:02:19,770 --> 00:02:23,540 - Well, they could run it but they don't, it's exclusive. - [Man] Well. 36 00:02:23,540 --> 00:02:29,183 - That's what you're saying, right? - [Man] No, it's on consoles. - Yeah, yeah, but like they could, they could handle it. 37 00:02:29,183 --> 00:02:32,240 - [Man] Well you can make it. - And gamers everywhere were glued 38 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:37,210 to their screens any different way this morning, as a potential hostage situation unfolded 39 00:02:37,210 --> 00:02:41,880 at Ubisoft Montreal, yikes. Social media clips showed police surrounding 40 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,560 the game studios headquarters and then helicopter footage emerged 41 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,340 showing dozens of employees gathering on the roof, holding a rock concert. 42 00:02:49,340 --> 00:02:52,600 Just kidding. Having barricaded the door back into the building. 43 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:56,070 But things weren't as dire as they seemed, as around 4:00PM Eastern, 44 00:02:56,070 --> 00:03:00,330 police had evacuated the building with all employees reported to be safe and accounted for. 45 00:03:00,330 --> 00:03:03,970 A police spokesperson said, "No threat has been identified for now." 46 00:03:03,970 --> 00:03:08,890 It's unclear what exactly happened, maybe someone called in a fake threat, 47 00:03:08,890 --> 00:03:14,110 or there was a miscommunication, or it was just the last nice day before winter. 48 00:03:14,110 --> 00:03:18,410 But their confusion is understandable. We're all just a little on edge right now, you know. 49 00:03:18,410 --> 00:03:23,440 - [Man] Anything could happen. - Ah, Assassin's Creed have a bug, who knows? 50 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,950 It is now time for the quick bits brought to you by Brilliant, 51 00:03:26,950 --> 00:03:30,100 the website and app that makes learning accessible and fun. 52 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:33,966 Can you believe it kids? Fun. Instead of making you memorize facts. 53 00:03:33,966 --> 00:03:37,861 - [Man] Whoa. - Brilliant's approach is based on problem solving and active learning. 54 00:03:37,861 --> 00:03:42,750 - [Man] Yeah. - You'll encounter concepts visually, with courses laid out like bite-sized pieces of story 55 00:03:42,750 --> 00:03:47,820 that you can interact with. 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I've been microdosing QuickVids all week. 63 00:04:17,010 --> 00:04:20,920 - [Man] Stop it. - After Google Photos locked some editing features behind it paywall, 64 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:25,630 it's now revealed that next Summer, it will no longer offer free unlimited photo storage. 65 00:04:25,630 --> 00:04:29,330 If you want more than 15 gigabytes, you're gonna have to pay for cloud storage 66 00:04:29,330 --> 00:04:32,400 through Google One, whatever that is. 67 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:38,210 Pixel phones are also getting a downgrade. Future Pixel devices won't get any special photos perks, 68 00:04:38,210 --> 00:04:41,920 but current Pixel owners will still enjoy unlimited high quality photos, 69 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,549 which already was a downgrade. 'Cause they used to get unlimited... - [Man] That's true. 70 00:04:45,549 --> 00:04:50,170 - Yeah, you know, what were they called? - [Man] Original quality. - Original quality. 71 00:04:50,170 --> 00:04:53,470 PayPal is bringing its support for cryptocurrencies out of Beta. 72 00:04:53,470 --> 00:04:58,790 Now all PayPal users will have the ability to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies in the U.S. 73 00:04:58,790 --> 00:05:01,930 You can't use PayPal to buy anything, 74 00:05:01,930 --> 00:05:05,260 like product-wise with your cryptocurrency, but you'll know it's there. 75 00:05:05,260 --> 00:05:08,833 And that's half the fun of crypto anyway. Just something to have and to hold on. 76 00:05:08,833 --> 00:05:11,960 - [Man] Its just like Pokemon. - Apple isn't the only one to shift 77 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,160 using its own proprietary processors. Perhaps because the M1s performance numbers 78 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,120 are looking so great. Amazon has begun shifting away from using NVIDIA's GPU's 79 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,910 in some of its own servers, to using its Inferentia chips. 80 00:05:24,910 --> 00:05:28,390 And Google is still working on its own mobile chips for our future Pixel phones. 81 00:05:28,390 --> 00:05:33,190 And honestly, I'm thinking to make my own chips too. There's gonna be a ton of great DIY recipes online, 82 00:05:33,190 --> 00:05:36,410 they're gonna be like Doritos, except with green finger dust, 83 00:05:36,410 --> 00:05:40,710 because they're gonna be hemp-based, which is better for the environment, and you know the war on drugs is a failure. 84 00:05:40,710 --> 00:05:46,120 - [Man] Whoa, what's going on with you? - Oculus has already pushed out the 90 Hertz update 85 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:51,200 that it promised to the Oculus Quest two, meaning that both standalone and desktop VR titles 86 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,570 can use the higher refresh rate instead of the 72 Hertz, 87 00:05:54,570 --> 00:05:59,470 the headset was previously locked to. So you can send data to Facebook even faster than before 88 00:05:59,470 --> 00:06:02,470 while enjoying an admittedly pretty sick headset, 89 00:06:02,470 --> 00:06:06,160 if not for the Facebook thing. (both men groaning) 90 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,620 - I'm against Facebook but I love Instagram, you know. And remember when TikTok potentially being banned 91 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:14,930 was the biggest thing in the world? Yeah, apparently the Trump administration forgot too, 92 00:06:14,930 --> 00:06:18,230 because the app was supposed to have its reckoning this week. 93 00:06:18,230 --> 00:06:23,220 The deadline for determining its fate, has instead being extended by two weeks. 94 00:06:23,220 --> 00:06:27,140 At which point, I'm sure everything will be completely calmed down, 95 00:06:27,140 --> 00:06:31,147 and we can deal with it properly. - [Man] Back to normal. - You know, clear minds. 96 00:06:31,147 --> 00:06:34,420 - [Man] We'll be fine, two weeks. 97 00:06:34,420 --> 00:06:37,500 - It's time to clear your mind because this episode is over. 98 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:42,610 Come back on Monday for more. It won't be me, I'll be at home with my baby, by myself. 99 00:06:42,610 --> 00:06:45,153 I call it babysitting even though it's my own kid.