WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.640 Windows 11 is getting a new feature that will roll back bad updates to a more 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:10.240 stable version automatically, starting with driver updates with no action 00:00:08.559 --> 00:00:15.920 needed from the user or the device manufacturer. This is fantastic. I can't 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:21.039 wait for my PC to roll itself back to Windows 10. I'm Riley Murdoch. This is 00:00:18.880 --> 00:00:25.840 TechLink. And in a new tech community blog post, Microsoft acknowledged the 00:00:23.439 --> 00:00:29.599 issues surrounding bad drivers being delivered through Windows Update and 00:00:27.599 --> 00:00:34.320 bricking parts of your system. They're not sure where those drivers came from, 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:39.120 but we're all trying to find the guy who did this. So, Microsoft is developing 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:43.840 cloud initiated driver recovery, which will identify borked drivers, create a 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:48.079 recovery request, deliver the roll back instruction to your device through 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:53.920 Windows Update, and most importantly, confirm an approved driver to install 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:58.000 before uninstalling the bad one. So, they forgot about that a couple times. 00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:02.640 It's going through validation testing now and the official rollout is set for 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:06.640 September 2026. Fingers crossed we don't end up in a situation where the cloud 00:01:04.479 --> 00:01:10.000 initiated recovery will need its own cloud initiated recovery. I hope that 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:14.640 they've thought of this. Don't worry guys, Windows update will update itself. 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:20.080 Thousands of Samsung workers are planning to go on strike next Thursday 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:22.640 and in anticipation DDR4 prices have 00:01:20.080 --> 00:01:28.200 already jumped 20% in a single week. Sorry, just a second. I just have to 00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:28.200 just I'll be right back. EXCUSE 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:42.000 ME. As with literally everything bad happening in the world right now, this 00:01:38.479 --> 00:01:44.320 traces back to AI and the fat stacks of 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:49.360 cash chip makers are making off the resulting memory demand. The workers 00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:54.159 union dispute is focused around how Samsung is calculating employee bonuses 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:58.960 from this year's record revenue. Samsung is offering workers 10% of operating 00:01:56.399 --> 00:02:01.920 profits and a one-time payment of $340,000. 00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:07.280 >> Wow. Wait, >> that sounds pretty good. Until you look 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:12.400 at SKH Heinix, where employees are pulling in $470,000 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:17.440 in bonuses this year. This is chump change. Come on. 00:02:14.959 --> 00:02:22.080 Samsung's offer caused negotiations to collapse on Tuesday, and the company was 00:02:20.160 --> 00:02:28.400 forced to start winding down chip production ahead of the strike. This is 00:02:24.640 --> 00:02:31.760 wild. Samsung, which stands to lose $2 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:34.160 billion daily during the shutdown, is 00:02:31.760 --> 00:02:38.160 eager to restart negotiations. The union, however, is totally fine waiting 00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:43.040 until the strike ends on June 7th because, oh yeah, the SKH employees, 00:02:41.519 --> 00:02:49.840 analysts project that they're going to get a $900,000 payment next year. I 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:56.239 would hold out too, I think. >> Riley, do you want to move to Korea with 00:02:51.599 --> 00:02:57.920 me and work for for SK Hires? 00:02:56.239 --> 00:03:03.920 >> The food's delicious, as far as I can tell. AMD just confirmed that FSR 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:09.840 upscaling 4.1 is no longer going to be reserved exclusively for Radeon RX 9000 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:13.920 series GPUs. It's officially coming to older cards, which means you can finally 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:18.560 stop trying to sell your kidney on eBay for a 9000 series upgrade. That was 00:03:16.239 --> 00:03:23.920 probably not a good idea anyway. Senior VP Jack Quinn tweeted that coming this 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:30.000 July, Radeon 7000 series owners will get FSR 4.1 and over 300 supported games 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:35.200 right at launch and RX6000 folks haven't been forgotten, but that roll out will 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:37.120 occur later in early 2027. Older cards 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:42.560 will still take a bigger performance hit since they use INT8 math instead of the 00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:44.879 9000 series FP8 accelerator, but having 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:50.480 the option on the table is a huge win, especially since the PS5 and Xbox Series 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:53.599 X/S use the same RDNA2 architecture that 00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:56.640 Radeon 6000 series cards use. Meaning 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:58.959 FSR4 on console is now a possibility. 00:03:56.640 --> 00:04:03.519 You know what's better than FSR 4.1 on a 7-year-old GPU? I can think of a lot of 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:08.720 things, but at the top of that list, our sponsor, Sale, 00:04:06.480 --> 00:04:13.360 Spring Break. 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This RAM module is a DDR5 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:47.600 48 gig kit and seems uh somewhat average 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:52.320 until you pop it into the latest ASUS ROG motherboard and toggle ROG mode, 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:57.680 which is what me and the boys call it when we want to go ham on raw hot dogs 00:05:55.360 --> 00:06:05.120 on any day that's not ROG day. Oh, Travis is going rag mode. Oh, Travis is 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:08.000 in septic shock now. A new University of 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:14.080 California study analyzing AI use among students at large research universities 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:16.560 looked at 500,000 grades from 2018 to 00:06:14.080 --> 00:06:21.440 2025 and found a couple interesting things. First, depending on their field 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:27.600 of study, about 30 to 40% of students admitted to cheating using generative AI 00:06:23.919 --> 00:06:30.160 on either assignments or exams. Second, 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:36.000 compared to 2022's baseline, there's been a 30% increase in students 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:37.680 receiving A grades. Hm. This has been a 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:41.280 problem for some time now, and universities reportedly have no idea 00:06:39.840 --> 00:06:46.319 what to do about it, which coincidentally is also what their students said about the assignments. 00:06:44.400 --> 00:06:52.720 JGBT, what is this? Oh, that's your homework. Can you do it? Sure. Sony's 00:06:49.280 --> 00:06:55.199 newest flagship phone, the Xperia 1 8, 00:06:52.720 --> 00:07:00.400 has launched with an AI camera assistant that's gone viral, but not in the good 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:04.639 way like you would want it to. Sony's ads are getting flamed online for 00:07:02.479 --> 00:07:09.680 showing the AI blowing out brightness and washing out colors in their demo 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:14.319 photos. Sony has since tweeted trying to clear up the confusion, uh, saying that 00:07:12.080 --> 00:07:18.800 the assistant isn't modifying the photos. is just suggesting creative 00:07:16.479 --> 00:07:22.800 settings you can use if you want to, which is which is corpo speak for. WE 00:07:20.880 --> 00:07:26.720 KNOW THE AI SUGGESTIONS ARE BAD. NO ONE'S FORCING YOU TO USE THEM. SHUT UP. 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:30.400 SHUT UP. MY BOSS IS HERE. PLEASE. I tried to delete the tweet. I don't know 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:34.639 how. The Stop Killing Games initiative scored a big win this week as the 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:39.440 California Appropriations Committee approved a bill requiring publishers to 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:44.400 ensure that game developers provide offline solutions or issue refunds in 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:47.599 the event of a service interruption. The bill still has a few more steps before 00:07:45.919 --> 00:07:51.759 it could become a law, but still, this is huge. The Entertainment Software 00:07:49.520 --> 00:07:57.199 Association, an industry lobbying group, called the bill fundamentally flawed 00:07:54.240 --> 00:08:02.560 because clearly gamers never buy games. They only license them. Yes, that's what 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:07.120 we're trying to change. We don't like that. No, no, no, no, no. You guys don't 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:12.160 get it. You don't own the games. We know. Instagram has just released a new 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:17.280 feature called instance that lets users share spontaneous unfiltered photos with 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:21.280 their friends, which is a little confusing because that is what that is 00:08:19.840 --> 00:08:26.479 what Instagram is. >> Yes. >> Yes. Correct. Oh, and then you keep 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:30.800 reading and you find out that oh, the photos disappear after your friends view 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:35.519 them. So, it's not just like Instagram. It's actually just another feature of 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:39.200 Snapchat that Instagram forgot to copy, but now they got around to it. Yay. But 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:44.159 I know you won't forget to come back here on Wednesday for more tech news. 00:08:41.760 --> 00:08:48.160 That's right. Monday's a holiday here in Canada. It's Victoria Day where all 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:52.480 Canadians take the day off work to perform a ritual at the Prime Minister's 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:58.320 House in Ottawa where Queen Victoria's zombie bones are buried, lest she rise 00:08:55.279 --> 00:09:00.800 again and usher in a new Victorian age 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:06.399 of extremely strict moral standards for thousands of years. So, it's just a fun 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:06.399 thing we do together.