WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560 Oh, come all ye tech news, joyful and 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:08.680 disruptive. Oh, come ye to TechLinked. 00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:12.040 Learn the news. It's December 3rd. Is that too early for Christmas music? 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:19.720 What? What's it Oh. Intel now owns 1% of the gaming GPU 00:00:16.200 --> 00:00:20.960 market. Huzzah! We did it! 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:25.400 Yes! Now, according to Jon Peddie Research, 00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:30.920 Intel, the multi-billion-dollar tiny underdog of the discrete GPU market, has 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:33.720 crawled its way up from a nearly 0% 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:39.560 market share. So, although 1% is a minuscule foothold, at least they're on 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:41.760 the mountain. JPR also shows AMD has 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:47.560 moved up to a 7% [music] share of the gaming GPU market, leaving NVIDIA to 00:00:44.440 --> 00:00:49.000 still control a whopping 92%. Speaking 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:53.040 of AMD, though, it's been I don't want to think about that. Speaking of AMD, 00:00:50.720 --> 00:00:57.320 it's been reported that both their CPUs and GPUs are about to see price 00:00:55.200 --> 00:01:03.360 increases, with claims suggesting that AMD's 16 GB cards could rise as much as 00:01:00.440 --> 00:01:08.280 $40. However, the good news is that the 25% import tax on Chinese-made 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:12.600 electronics that could have spiked PC component costs even more has been 00:01:10.600 --> 00:01:18.840 delayed again all the way to November 2026. So, maybe you'll be able to afford 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:21.200 a GPU after all. If you do buy a new GPU 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:26.280 from Best Buy, at least hopefully it's actually a GPU and not just rocks, which 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:30.000 is apparently what Redditor nardvader received. Upon submitting a customer 00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:35.480 service claim, they were notified by Best Buy that after its investigation, 00:01:33.080 --> 00:01:40.360 Best Buy would not be replacing or refunding the $1,200 purchase. Talk 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:45.160 about a rocky customer service experience. Okay. Micron has announced 00:01:42.800 --> 00:01:50.080 it's killing its consumer memory brand Crucial after 29 years, but it's not 00:01:48.280 --> 00:01:54.200 because they don't love you. It's because they love money more. The 00:01:51.880 --> 00:01:59.400 company says it needs to improve supply and support for larger strategic 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:04.440 customers in faster-growing segments, which is corpo speak for AI data centers 00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:10.280 equals cash. Ow! Cha-ching! Cha-ching! Cha-ching! Cha-ching! Bling! Bling! Coins! Crucial 00:02:08.320 --> 00:02:15.560 products will continue shipping through February 2026. Then it's goodbye forever 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:20.760 to the brand that's been stuffing RAM into gaming PCs since you cried to the 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:24.400 I'm still here song from Treasure Planet as it played on a demo TV in Radio 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:28.520 Shack. Remember that? I know you do. I was there. And it's not 00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:33.520 just Micron. The memory market has gotten so chaotic that one report claims 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:39.720 Samsung's semiconductor division is now negotiating supply contracts with 00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:41.840 themselves. With LPDDR5X prices more 00:02:39.720 --> 00:02:47.040 than doubling this year, Samsung can allegedly only fulfill about 70% of its 00:02:44.760 --> 00:02:51.960 existing DRAM orders. So, they're renegotiating the contract terms with 00:02:49.640 --> 00:02:56.800 their own mobile division to continue putting Samsung memory into Samsung 00:02:54.200 --> 00:03:02.000 devices. You know, family dynamics, it's tough sometimes. Now, Samsung released a 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:04.240 statement saying they have not rejected 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:08.400 certain customer requests, but that's not really what we're talking about 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:11.920 here. Samsung, are you okay? SK Hynix doesn't expect the shortage to be 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:17.240 resolved until at least the first half of 2027, but despite this, both Korean 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:22.400 giants will not be ramping up production, choosing to prioritize 00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:27.880 long-term profitability and to minimize the risk of oversupply, which is corpo 00:03:25.240 --> 00:03:30.600 speak again for holy bubble might burst at any moment, taking the US economy 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:34.800 with it, and we have bunkers we're trying to find it. >> [screaming] 00:03:33.320 --> 00:03:40.320 >> So, if you're planning to upgrade your RAM anytime soon, maybe take out a 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:44.800 second mortgage, or just accept that 16 gigs is plenty. It's fine. It's 00:03:42.880 --> 00:03:48.200 definitely enough to play a pirated copy of the official Treasure Planet game on 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:52.960 a Game Boy Advance emulator, and that's all that matters. It's the only game 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:59.280 that's good. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared a code red, and not in the fun 00:03:56.640 --> 00:04:04.640 Mountain Dew way, marshaling all hands to improve ChatGPT as Google's Gemini 3 00:04:02.720 --> 00:04:08.360 steamrolls past it in industry benchmarks. Now, that's according to a 00:04:06.440 --> 00:04:12.920 Wall Street Journal report, and it's a wild turning of the tables compared to 3 00:04:10.920 --> 00:04:18.440 years ago when Google declared its own code red after ChatGPT launched. Since 00:04:16.239 --> 00:04:24.840 Gemini 3 rolled out on November 18th, monthly active users have surged to 650 00:04:21.760 --> 00:04:26.920 million, up from 450 million in July. 00:04:24.840 --> 00:04:31.160 And in response, OpenAI is reportedly pulling back on extra bells and whistles 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:35.103 like its pulse recommendation feature, additional AI agents for shopping and 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:40.440 healthcare, and plans to bake ads [music] into ChatGPT. All the focus, 00:04:38.360 --> 00:04:44.600 all of their efforts, on not getting bodied by Google. Altman says they'll 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:50.000 release a new reasoning model next week that beats Gemini 3 in their internal 00:04:47.080 --> 00:04:54.920 evaluations. Evaluations like, who is Sam's favorite boy? And who thinks Sam 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:59.640 is absolutely rocking those crew neck sweaters? It better be you, new ChatGPT. 00:04:57.840 --> 00:05:06.000 Meanwhile, Google is using its definitely AI to replace headlines in 00:05:03.320 --> 00:05:10.160 Google's Discover feed with unrelated clickbait. For example, it turned this 00:05:07.640 --> 00:05:15.840 headline about a Baldur's Gate 3 in-game exploit into BG3 players exploit 00:05:13.440 --> 00:05:20.520 children. All while Grok limps along in the back of the pack as it justifies 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:25.080 genocides to save Elon Musk's brain from theoretical vaporization. So, AI's going 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:29.240 great, everyone. Everything's going to be fine, especially if you check out our 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:33.080 sponsor Odoo, your all-in-one business solution, which came in handy that one 00:05:31.160 --> 00:05:38.240 time a group of villains kidnapped my grandma for ransom. I said, "What do you 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:42.720 want me to do to get back Meemaw?" 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And that's not a quote, but just imagine Tim Cook talking about 00:06:50.200 --> 00:06:57.239 stuff not jiving with him. I think he would. Sorry, Linda. That ain't going to 00:06:55.560 --> 00:07:01.840 jive this time. >> [laughter] >> I'm really happy about this because when 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:06.960 I'm in India, the only thing I want immediately installed is some delicious 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:11.680 shahi paneer and naan in my belly. You know what I'm saying? So, Samsung just 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:17.480 introduced the Galaxy Z Tri-Fold, its first triple-fold phone. The Tri-Fold is 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:20.120 thin and pocketable, like a phone. 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:25.240 Powered by a customized Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, but unlike a phone that is 00:07:22.880 --> 00:07:30.040 not like this phone, it folds out into a full 10-in screen. As the first Tri-Fold 00:07:28.280 --> 00:07:34.240 phone that I'm aware of to have an official North American release planned, 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:39.880 it's going to cost you, though. With 16 GB of memory and 512 GB of storage 00:07:36.640 --> 00:07:41.560 priced at $2,449. 00:07:39.880 --> 00:07:46.320 When it comes to the Tri-Fold, the real question is, who's going to fold and pay 00:07:44.280 --> 00:07:51.080 those prices? Probably a surprising amount of people. New York now has a new 00:07:48.320 --> 00:07:56.480 law that forces retailers to disclose when they use consumers' personal data 00:07:53.120 --> 00:07:58.920 to set prices, aka surveillance pricing. 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:04.080 Online shoppers in the US state are now seeing a blunt new line under some 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:07.840 prices. This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data. The 00:08:06.480 --> 00:08:12.560 law is probably clueing a lot of people into the fact that this apparently has 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:16.280 already been happening. Now, you'll know when you might be paying more just 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:21.200 because your profile is yelling, "Hey, I'm shopping here, and I have every low 00:08:18.840 --> 00:08:25.680 price sensitivity. Also, I'm from New York, by the way." 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:31.160 Android 16 is getting a batch of new features, including AI notification 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:33.240 summaries and an AI-powered notification 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:37.919 organizer. Kind of a wild move considering how poorly Apple's initial 00:08:35.479 --> 00:08:43.320 attempt at the same feature went. It was suspended after a BBC complaint about 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:46.960 factual errors in their news alerts. So, your notifications are about to lie to 00:08:45.040 --> 00:08:51.240 you, and your Google Home app is getting worse because sadly, some features are 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:55.040 being quietly removed, like the call home feature, which used to let you call 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:59.480 your Google Home devices from your phone. This has left a lot of parents, 00:08:57.040 --> 00:09:03.560 including mine, frustrated because their easy check-in method is gone. "I don't 00:09:01.520 --> 00:09:07.760 care that dinner is in 5 minutes, Mom. I'm almost finished the solar server 00:09:05.280 --> 00:09:11.520 level on Treasure Planet. Oh, you're so annoying. I should have moved out 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:16.800 already." Probably. And robotics company Engineered AI just 00:09:13.680 --> 00:09:20.960 unveiled the T-800. Yes, it's named 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:23.360 after that T-800, a 1.73-m [music] 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:27.320 humanoid robot that, in their video, kicks in a pair of saloon doors and then 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:32.640 starts throwing spin kicks like my 14-year-old cousin after a white Monster 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:35.440 Energy drink. It's scary. The The kid. 00:09:32.640 --> 00:09:41.200 The video also has the T-800 walk by a smaller robot about the size of 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:43.280 Unitree's popular G1 robot, and Unitree 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:51.720 took that personally. They responded by dropping a video of their 1.8-m H1 robot 00:09:47.760 --> 00:09:53.720 absolutely wailing on the 1.3-m G1. And 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:57.320 I'm not sure what they were hoping for, but it looks like a fully grown adult 00:09:55.320 --> 00:10:01.040 beating up a fourth grader. So, if my cousin shows up at your Christmas party 00:09:59.160 --> 00:10:06.480 with a white monster, you know who to call. Unitree, eliminate the threat of 00:10:03.640 --> 00:10:10.760 children forever. And that's a wrap. See you Friday for more tech news, more AI 00:10:08.880 --> 00:10:14.520 chaos, and probably more reasons to wonder if we're living in a simulation 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:19.480 that's running out of memory. It's getting a little confu- 00:10:16.760 --> 00:10:19.480 I was just kidding. Sorry.