WEBVTT 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:04.240 - It's freaky Friday. - [Man] Wow, watch out! 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:08.010 - So, you tried and failed to buy one of the next gen consoles this week. 00:00:08.010 --> 00:00:11.690 And you failed, and you tried and failed. Well, don't fail too bad 00:00:11.690 --> 00:00:15.060 as those evil people who were able to hit the order button 00:00:15.060 --> 00:00:18.810 like one millisecond before you did, are having their own problems. 00:00:18.810 --> 00:00:22.890 Some Xbox Series X units are making a clicking noise that reportedly has something to do 00:00:22.890 --> 00:00:27.380 with either the hard drive or the fan. Well, some PlayStation 5 owners 00:00:27.380 --> 00:00:31.380 are experiencing a storage glitch which can corrupt game installs 00:00:31.380 --> 00:00:34.894 and even brick the entire console. That's what they deserve. 00:00:34.894 --> 00:00:39.790 - [Man] (laughs) - 'Cause they're not me. - [Man] Aww! - Neither of these issues seem widespread enough 00:00:39.790 --> 00:00:42.920 to cause a real crisis, not like Bendgate or something, 00:00:42.920 --> 00:00:46.650 with most fans reportedly... Wait, fans as in people? 00:00:46.650 --> 00:00:50.970 - [Man] Yes. - Okay, most people fans reportedly having a quote great time. 00:00:50.970 --> 00:00:54.230 But Nintendo meanwhile, isn't worried about its competitors. 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 00:00:59.490 --> 00:01:02.640 with three playable games. Super Mario Bros one and two, 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:06.660 as well as a juggling game called Balls. - [Man] Sounds way better. 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, 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:16.060 Sony and Microsoft, just so you know, making it the second-highest selling console ever 00:01:16.060 --> 00:01:19.900 for the month. For all Octobers. - All Octobers. 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. 00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:28.820 You know? - [Man] Throw it in the garbage. - A big fuss was made over 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. 00:01:34.290 --> 00:01:38.090 But now NVIDIA says they're going to have their own version up and running soon. 00:01:38.090 --> 00:01:43.090 You guys, smart access memory, SAM, S-A-M, 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:47.170 allows a Ryzen CPU direct access to a Radeon GPU's memory, 00:01:47.170 --> 00:01:52.150 which can improve performance. Some enthusiasts have pointed out that the feature was actually already included 00:01:52.150 --> 00:01:56.240 in the PCIe spec. So technically it wouldn't be that hard 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, 00:02:00.730 --> 00:02:04.510 with rumors pointing to NVIDIA's unannounced RTX 3060, 00:02:04.510 --> 00:02:07.859 launching in January with 12 gigabytes of RAM. - [Man] Whoa! 00:02:07.859 --> 00:02:12.949 And images popping up of its sister card, the RTX 3060 Ti, hello! 00:02:12.949 --> 00:02:16.460 - [Man] Hey. - Sadly, none of them can run Spider-Man: Miles Morales. 00:02:16.460 --> 00:02:19.770 So really, what's the point? - [Man] Throw it in the garbage. 00:02:19.770 --> 00:02:23.540 - Well, they could run it but they don't, it's exclusive. - [Man] Well. 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. 00:02:29.183 --> 00:02:32.240 - [Man] Well you can make it. - And gamers everywhere were glued 00:02:32.240 --> 00:02:37.210 to their screens any different way this morning, as a potential hostage situation unfolded 00:02:37.210 --> 00:02:41.880 at Ubisoft Montreal, yikes. Social media clips showed police surrounding 00:02:41.880 --> 00:02:45.560 the game studios headquarters and then helicopter footage emerged 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:49.340 showing dozens of employees gathering on the roof, holding a rock concert. 00:02:49.340 --> 00:02:52.600 Just kidding. Having barricaded the door back into the building. 00:02:52.600 --> 00:02:56.070 But things weren't as dire as they seemed, as around 4:00PM Eastern, 00:02:56.070 --> 00:03:00.330 police had evacuated the building with all employees reported to be safe and accounted for. 00:03:00.330 --> 00:03:03.970 A police spokesperson said, "No threat has been identified for now." 00:03:03.970 --> 00:03:08.890 It's unclear what exactly happened, maybe someone called in a fake threat, 00:03:08.890 --> 00:03:14.110 or there was a miscommunication, or it was just the last nice day before winter. 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. 00:03:18.410 --> 00:03:23.440 - [Man] Anything could happen. - Ah, Assassin's Creed have a bug, who knows? 00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:26.950 It is now time for the quick bits brought to you by Brilliant, 00:03:26.950 --> 00:03:30.100 the website and app that makes learning accessible and fun. 00:03:30.100 --> 00:03:33.966 Can you believe it kids? Fun. Instead of making you memorize facts. 00:03:33.966 --> 00:03:37.861 - [Man] Whoa. - Brilliant's approach is based on problem solving and active learning. 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 00:03:42.750 --> 00:03:47.820 that you can interact with. 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I've been microdosing QuickVids all week. 00:04:17.010 --> 00:04:20.920 - [Man] Stop it. - After Google Photos locked some editing features behind it paywall, 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:25.630 it's now revealed that next Summer, it will no longer offer free unlimited photo storage. 00:04:25.630 --> 00:04:29.330 If you want more than 15 gigabytes, you're gonna have to pay for cloud storage 00:04:29.330 --> 00:04:32.400 through Google One, whatever that is. 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, 00:04:38.210 --> 00:04:41.920 but current Pixel owners will still enjoy unlimited high quality photos, 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:45.549 which already was a downgrade. 'Cause they used to get unlimited... - [Man] That's true. 00:04:45.549 --> 00:04:50.170 - Yeah, you know, what were they called? - [Man] Original quality. - Original quality. 00:04:50.170 --> 00:04:53.470 PayPal is bringing its support for cryptocurrencies out of Beta. 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. 00:04:58.790 --> 00:05:01.930 You can't use PayPal to buy anything, 00:05:01.930 --> 00:05:05.260 like product-wise with your cryptocurrency, but you'll know it's there. 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. 00:05:08.833 --> 00:05:11.960 - [Man] Its just like Pokemon. - Apple isn't the only one to shift 00:05:11.960 --> 00:05:16.160 using its own proprietary processors. Perhaps because the M1s performance numbers 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:20.120 are looking so great. Amazon has begun shifting away from using NVIDIA's GPU's 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:24.910 in some of its own servers, to using its Inferentia chips. 00:05:24.910 --> 00:05:28.390 And Google is still working on its own mobile chips for our future Pixel phones. 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, 00:05:33.190 --> 00:05:36.410 they're gonna be like Doritos, except with green finger dust, 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. 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 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:51.200 that it promised to the Oculus Quest two, meaning that both standalone and desktop VR titles 00:05:51.200 --> 00:05:54.570 can use the higher refresh rate instead of the 72 Hertz, 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 00:05:59.470 --> 00:06:02.470 while enjoying an admittedly pretty sick headset, 00:06:02.470 --> 00:06:06.160 if not for the Facebook thing. (both men groaning) 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 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:14.930 was the biggest thing in the world? Yeah, apparently the Trump administration forgot too, 00:06:14.930 --> 00:06:18.230 because the app was supposed to have its reckoning this week. 00:06:18.230 --> 00:06:23.220 The deadline for determining its fate, has instead being extended by two weeks. 00:06:23.220 --> 00:06:27.140 At which point, I'm sure everything will be completely calmed down, 00:06:27.140 --> 00:06:31.147 and we can deal with it properly. - [Man] Back to normal. - You know, clear minds. 00:06:31.147 --> 00:06:34.420 - [Man] We'll be fine, two weeks. 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:37.500 - It's time to clear your mind because this episode is over. 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. 00:06:42.610 --> 00:06:45.153 I call it babysitting even though it's my own kid.