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we refuse to confuse you with the tech news we separate the True Blues from the

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chartreuse and diffuse our news through your views so please do peruse

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that joke wasn't going anywhere after several 7000 X3 CPUs were fried into

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disuse a beta BIOS was released by ASUS

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that's right the whole episode will be like this ASUS released a beta BIOS for

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its motherboards at the end of last month which was meant to ensure that SOC

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voltage was capped at 1.3 volts to prevent any more CPU shocks except

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according to the tech truth battalionite Gamer's Nexus the shocks both literal

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and metaphorical kept coming the Steve team found that their updated mobile

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could still reach at least 1.41 volts even worse updating to the beta firmware

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that's supposed to stop your processor from frying void your warranty according

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to a disclaimer now we were able to confirm with ASUS that the disclaimer is

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standard boilerplate copy that's attached to all their beta BIOS updates

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and they are actually honoring warranties on all boards affected by

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this issue they said they were changing the disclaimer to reflect that but not

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all of their websites have been updated yet so they should probably get on that

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and also clarify that their support page makes it look like older BIOS has never

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supported x3d chips not because they're trying to retcon the past but because

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they want to make sure people install the right BIOS now Jay's two cents has

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released a video announcing he is severing his partnership with the brand because of myriad issues including

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product quality and customer support and if you want to know where we stand go

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listen to our boss Linus rant about it on the WAN Show for

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30 minutes we're recording this before the show so it's anyone's guessing we

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know you're watching this after happy Saturday reviews for the ASUS Rog Ally

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are out and you might not believe this but the handheld with newer Hardware

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than the steam deck performs better than the steam deck what you may have an even

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harder time accepting is that in a lot of ways the Ally is worse on paper rog's

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handheld has a better screen better Apu ASUS even decided to get its speakers

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Dolby Atmos certified finally you can watch Christopher Nolan films the way

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the filmmaker intended on a tiny scream sandwich between two Circles of RGB

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while the other bus passengers work up the courage to complain Dark Knight

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ain't the only thing rising and no one can understand it still I was raged in a

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bar fortunately for the strangers surrounding you the battery life is bad

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ASUS gave the Ally a high resolution screen and a more powerful Apu than the

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steam deck but thought the same 40 watt hour battery size would be A-Okay if it

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isn't the battery it's the controls at least one reviewer found that the

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touchscreen would register inputs when using the right thumbstick and there are

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multiple reports of the Ally's face buttons getting stuck in the depressed

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position which is very relatable just like me in high school and YouTube is

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trying to block some users from using ad blockers but you can't block a blocker

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to convince users to sit through ads something no one enjoys the platform is

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weaponizing something even worse pop-ups images of the pop-up first spread on

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Reddit just like everything else you wish you could unsee the message reads

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that ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube and prompts users of certain

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anti-advertisement extensions to either allow YouTube ads or try YouTube premium

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you broke bum according to Google this is yet another small experiment on the

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platform noting that ad blocker detection isn't new and that other sites

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do the same damn thing that's not a quote it's worth noting that Google is

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planning on removing support for the Manifest V2 browser extension API in

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Chrome which will prevent some ad blockers from working in chromium-based

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browsers which are most browsers it almost feels like this

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is a well orchestrated and strategic business plan but this is the stadia

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company so and the Google Plus company the Google Duo company they're no Elon

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am I right now it's time for the quick pitch brought to you by go to resolve

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are you looking for simple easy to use yet effective It software go to resolve

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might be the answer for you worried you're being spied on Safeguard your

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business with industry-leading protocols like zero trust access controls and

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multi-factor authentication the remote monitoring and management capabilities

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allow secret agents to protect and

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secure I.T assets leaving hackers shaken and stirred you can perform important

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tasks such as patch management anti-virus management I.T Automation and

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general remote support all without disrupting end users your mission should

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you choose accepted is to check them out for free at the link below see what I

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did there it's not every episode that I get to introduce five short stories that

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we call Quick bits because I don't host every episode but we do we do it all the

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time Google is working on an open source tool that will allow you to game using

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only face movements project game face is

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designed to help people like Lance car a streamer with muscular dystrophy with

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only a webcam the tech allows precise enough control for Lance to write his

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name in a demo video with this technology I can weaponize the

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frustration I feel playing from software games by performing the first Elden ring

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playthrough controlled exclusively by swear words

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you use spells before die Twitter officially has a new CEO

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after teasing a new hire yesterday Elon officially announced today that the new

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CEO is Linda yacharino I think the it's

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2C is that Italian I'm Italian so yeah you know formerly NBC Universal's chair

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of global advertising yakarina officially left that job to accept the

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Twitter CEO position so that Elon can step back and start being merely the

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executive chair and CTO of the social platform on a totally unrelated note I

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recently learned about the glass Cliff a phenomenon where women are more likely

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to be put in leadership roles under precarious circumstances crazy right

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anyway best of luck Linda don't at your boss anthropic has updated its chat GPD

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competitor Claude with the ability to remember more than double the number of

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words that Chad gbt can within the same interaction this amount is known as the

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context window which sounds like something else I would like to have on

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hand at all times the free version of chat GPT can hold about 3000 words in

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its mind at once upgrade to chat GPT plus and it can handle about 32 000 but

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the gifted kit of chat Bots Claude Khloe

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can now remember around 75 000 words meaning you can hold the entirety of The

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Great Gatsby in its mind during a conversation never before seen by any

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high schooler as one does and frankly anthropic is starting to rub the other

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moms at chatbot Elementary the wrong way he also plays lacrosse and just holds

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his first painting he already has chest hair but he shaves it the UK's

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competition and markets Authority has announced more restrictions for

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Microsoft and Activision after blocking the merger the two companies must now

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secure written consent from the CMA if

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either of them acquires an interest in the other company or acquires an

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interest in another business that holds an interest in the other company you

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follow me here this sounds just like your parents trying to control who you

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can and can date

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meanwhile the EU is expected to approve the merger next week because there's

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nothing more European than having an interest in lots of company

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sorry about oranges and whiz announced a

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new home monitoring system that uses its motion sensing smart bulbs and an indoor

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camera the bulbs space sensing feature can detect changes in Wi-Fi signals

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caused by movement so the light bulbs can Flash on and off at The Intruders

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the app will also send alerts to your phone so you can check your cameras I

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assume to make sure your guests are enjoying the haunted house

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and you'll enjoy more Tech news on Monday if you come back here and watch

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it until then just watch this episode again do it

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do what I said