1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,600 Okay. And then it goes over there. Okay. Gotcha. Right. Thanks. Oh, hey. Sorry. I 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,760 just finished getting the tech news from my tech news guy, and now I can give it 3 00:00:07,359 --> 00:00:14,880 to you. Where's he get it from? Hm. Where's he getting it from? 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:19,680 From his guy. Microsoft has pumped the brakes on development of its handheld 5 00:00:17,119 --> 00:00:24,720 Xbox console and is now dedicating more resources towards optimizing Windows 11 6 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:29,920 for third-party gaming handhelds. According to Windows Central's resident 7 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:31,519 sneaky Xbox guy, Jez Cordon, he must 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:36,719 have a talent for hiding in vents above boardrooms. To be clear, we're not 9 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:38,960 talking about Project Kennon, the Xbox 10 00:00:36,719 --> 00:00:44,320 edition of an Asus handheld first leaked by Jez himself after he squeezed his now 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:48,879 sweaty body back out of the vents. We're talking about the We're talking about 12 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:54,320 the firstofits-kind proper Xbox branded handheld console meant to natively run 13 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:59,199 Xbox games, which was supposedly slated for a 2027 release. But it makes sense 14 00:00:57,039 --> 00:01:05,280 that Microsoft wants to get its Windows 11 house in order first because Steam OS 15 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:09,360 is having what you might call a verified gamer moment. The newest build, which 16 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:14,000 officially supports installation on thirdparty hardware, is being installed 17 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:19,360 on desktop PCs by multiple YouTubers, including Random Gaming in HD and ETA 18 00:01:16,799 --> 00:01:24,240 Prime. And it's outperforming Windows 11 in many cases. Valve has noticeably 19 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:29,280 changed their language recently, adding Steam OS compatibility ratings for games 20 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:33,439 to help cover any device running Steam OS that's not a Steam Deck. For 21 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:38,400 everything else that's not rated as Steam OS compatible, there's the new 22 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:42,479 official GeForce Now app for Steam Deck, which apparently runs the service better 23 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:46,799 than previously available alternatives. People are getting all hot and steamy 24 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:51,840 over Steam OS. So, Microsoft has got to do something to draw gamers away. Oh, 25 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:57,439 hey, maybe releasing an early version of C-Pilot for gaming in the Xbox app on 26 00:01:54,640 --> 00:02:03,040 iOS and Android will help. Uh, so while gaming you can ask the AI on your phone 27 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:06,479 for tips. I don't know, the damage might be done here. Uh, there must be some 28 00:02:04,799 --> 00:02:12,400 amount of people out there who already think Xbox is owned by Elon Musk. Google 29 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:15,200 CEO Sundar Pichi said on the Veres 30 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:20,080 Decoder podcast that AI is going to be bigger than the internet, which I think 31 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:25,120 is true, but with the opposite effect. See, the internet allowed and encouraged 32 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:30,000 unprecedented humanto human contact across the globe. AI will allow you to 33 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:34,640 completely avoid speaking to another human again, ever. Uh, something that 34 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:39,040 used to be necessary if you wanted to create a photorealistic short film like 35 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:43,200 this one made by the Wall Street Journal. Although it's still a pretty 36 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:47,200 complicated process, which will leave you even less time to interact with 37 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:52,040 other humans. Okay, that's not entirely true. Live translation in smart glasses 38 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:56,319 is real close to letting people have a nearrealtime conversation in two 39 00:02:54,000 --> 00:03:01,920 separate languages. And Gemini can analyze videos in Google Drive now. And 40 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:07,280 that's cool. What's not cool is the other Gemini stuff, like Gmail AI 41 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:11,440 summaries now automatically popping up and taking up half your phone screen 42 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:16,319 unless you turn it off and AI overviews in search still making basic errors like 43 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:21,200 confidently stating it is not the current year that it is. I'm not sure if 44 00:03:18,959 --> 00:03:26,239 Gemini was involved in Google Maps suddenly marking all of the most used 45 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:30,720 German autobon routes as closed for a few hours because Google didn't say what 46 00:03:28,879 --> 00:03:34,560 happened. But what you think Claude for from Anthropic crawled in and wreaked 47 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:39,440 havoc in the Google Maps system for a while? That's outlandish. Great news 48 00:03:36,959 --> 00:03:46,239 everyone. Meta has made amends with founder of Oculus and enjoyer of goatees 49 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:48,959 grown in the scrotum style Palmer Lucky. 50 00:03:46,239 --> 00:03:53,040 Lucky was fired in 2017, but has since regained prominence through his 51 00:03:50,799 --> 00:03:58,519 successful military tech company, Andril, which will now be working with 52 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:02,000 Meta on mixed reality tech for the 53 00:03:58,519 --> 00:04:03,360 military. Military reality, maybe. I 54 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:08,959 don't know. And maybe that's because Meta CTO and head of Reality Labs, which 55 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:13,200 is what Oculus became, apologized to Lucky for being rude on Twitter. And 56 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:17,600 that's not really the whole story, but it's also not super important. Meta's 57 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:22,320 involvement here comes after Anduril picked up where Microsoft left off after 58 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:27,040 their hollow lens project for the Army fizzled out. And Bloomberg notes that 59 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:32,080 this all shows how much has changed in Silicon Valley. Everybody's doing 60 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:34,639 military deals now, but pre2020 the 61 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:39,759 expectation was that big tech wouldn't get involved in military projects. But 62 00:04:37,199 --> 00:04:44,320 that being taboo led to the founding of a number of relatively new, less 63 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:48,560 scrupulous tech companies who are happy to accept military and sensitive 64 00:04:46,479 --> 00:04:54,080 government contracts. And many of whose names like Anduril and Palanteer are 65 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:57,919 also references to the works of JRR Tolken, who would probably have some 66 00:04:55,840 --> 00:05:02,880 choice words for the people associating his name with the industrialization of 67 00:04:59,919 --> 00:05:07,440 war. Palmer Lucky's out here naming his company after the reforged sword of 68 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:12,639 Aragorn and yapping about his dream being to turn war fighters into 69 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:17,039 technommancers. And the geekiness is kind of charming, but it also makes me 70 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:22,320 want to go Tom Bombadil on this guy. Please shave. And please check out our 71 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:24,800 sponsor, Signal RGB, the easy way to 72 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:30,000 control and sync all of your RGB devices with one free app. Look, PC gamers, we 73 00:05:27,759 --> 00:05:34,400 love the pretty RGB lights, all right? But they're messy. 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The New 83 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:17,600 York Times has made its first AI deal, licensing the use of its content to 84 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:20,000 Amazon to train their in-house AI models 85 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:25,360 and to allow Alexa to include excerpts from and links back to the NYT website. 86 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:30,880 The New York Times, of course, sued Open AI in 2023 for training its models on 87 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:34,319 the Times content without a license. That's perhaps the most prominent AI 88 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:39,440 copyright case and is still moving through the courts. And it all just goes 89 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:41,520 to show you either die before AI scrapes 90 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:46,560 your content for free or live long enough to make a deal for AI to scrape 91 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:51,520 your content for money. You are going to die though. We already knew that AMD's 92 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:53,440 RX960 XT was coming soon with both 8 gig 93 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:57,520 and 16 gig versions, but the two variants may have differences in other 94 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:03,599 specs as well, depending on the manufacturer. Marketing materials from 95 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:07,120 GPU board partner Yeson Yes, Ton lists 96 00:07:03,599 --> 00:07:10,000 their Gaia 16 GB version with a 100 97 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:13,840 megahertz higher base and boost clock. So, make sure you read the fine print if 98 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:20,319 you're in the GPU market. Or you could wait until Chinese chipmaker Lisswan 99 00:07:17,039 --> 00:07:23,120 brings its brand new 6nanmter GPU which 100 00:07:20,319 --> 00:07:27,120 is apparently targeting RX460 level performance to external markets. The 101 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:32,479 tariffs will have to be gone by then. I think AI hosting platform Hugging Face 102 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:39,039 has introduced a humanoid robot called Hope Jr. which hope junior I don't know 103 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:41,840 which will cost around 3,000 USD and is 104 00:07:39,039 --> 00:07:47,199 completely open source so anyone can rebuild or modify it however they like 105 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:51,520 add spider legs you know just really this thing up if you want the company 106 00:07:49,199 --> 00:07:56,080 also announced a small desktop open- source robot called the reachi mini 107 00:07:54,479 --> 00:08:00,080 which is a pretty rude thing to name a robot that can only move its head but 108 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:05,440 maybe it's also really good at arguing in bad faith and researchers in Austin 109 00:08:03,039 --> 00:08:11,919 Texas have developed specialized electronic tattoos, super thin sensors 110 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:18,080 you stick around your head that monitor brain activity and eye movement to gauge 111 00:08:14,639 --> 00:08:20,240 the wearer's level of mental strain. The 112 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:25,840 researchers figure that if workers wear these eface tats, their superiors could 113 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:30,160 adjust assignments and reallocate personnel if the system detects that 114 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:34,560 someone's cognitive burden has reached critical levels. That sounds dystopian, 115 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:38,719 but I have to admit, I love the idea of making face tattoos functional. Now you 116 00:08:36,959 --> 00:08:43,279 can have a couple tear tattoos under your eye because they tell your boss's 117 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:46,800 computer when you're sad. Maybe they light up. For the next trial, they 118 00:08:44,959 --> 00:08:52,000 should give these to real gang members. And if they just can't take the stress 119 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:57,519 of living outside the law, the mob boss can let them leave with no issues. Hey, 120 00:08:55,920 --> 00:09:02,480 you're not cut out for this. I'm You know, you can go. But oh boy, will I 121 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:06,800 have an issue with you if you don't come back here on Friday for more tech news. 122 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:13,000 Don't think I won't do anything either. You know why I got this tattoo? Because 123 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:17,920 I Oh, what? Oh, it washed off 124 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,920 already. You didn't want to know anyway.