1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:07,359 Disclaimer: Nicholas Plof wrote most of this script and I have not edited what 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:10,639 he wrote. And here we go. Purchase. What do you mean? There seems to have been an 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:15,040 error initializing or updating your transaction. I want to wait one more 4 00:00:12,719 --> 00:00:20,560 minute uh to bring you all another round of tech news. This will make sense. At 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:25,600 long last, Team Cherry has released Hollow Knight Silkong on consoles and 6 00:00:23,279 --> 00:00:30,400 computers around the world. Or at least they tried to. This is the first and 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:35,520 maybe the only time where I'm going to advocate for pre-orders. You son of a I 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:39,840 guess in the past though because it's our because Steam was so busy with all 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:43,920 of the purchase requests that it completely broke down. Can we go back in 10 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:48,399 time and tell people to A few savvy gamers managed to pick it up on Humble 11 00:00:46,239 --> 00:00:52,399 Bundle and redeem the code through Steam just fine, but then they ran out of 12 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:57,199 keys. How can a digital thing be out of stock? We need more materials. GOG was 13 00:00:55,199 --> 00:01:01,680 relatively unaffected. If you went there first, I like you. Everyone else was 14 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:07,119 stuck refreshing pages and attempting purchases for at least an hour and a 15 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:09,360 half after launch. I know because I was 16 00:01:07,119 --> 00:01:14,880 there too, you guys. Plof was. Where were you when Silk Song launched 17 00:01:12,159 --> 00:01:19,439 >> on the clock? Were Were you there on the front line helping this buggy 18 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:23,520 masterpiece reach over 500,000 players on Steam just a few short hours after 19 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:28,320 you could actually buy it for the shockingly low price of only $20? 20 00:01:25,759 --> 00:01:30,240 >> That's indie, baby. Small user base. >> Actually, there's like three guys made 21 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:36,479 it. >> You can do a lot in 8 years. >> Not many people know that. Speaking of a 22 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:43,119 Steam related thing that costs more than $20, Valve has filed two trademark 23 00:01:40,159 --> 00:01:50,240 applications for Steamframe. The first one is for controllers and the second 24 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:50,799 one is for general computer hardware. 25 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:57,200 Okay, >> just about covers it. >> Valve also released a new Steam VR beta 26 00:01:54,479 --> 00:02:02,640 which professional Valve watcher Brad Lynch data mined and found some nuggets 27 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:08,000 of gold in them their hills. See, Brad is thinking that this Steam Frame is the 28 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:15,599 final product name for the rumored Decker VR headset and Steam VR overlays 29 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:17,840 are being rebranded to Frames. And Brad 30 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:22,560 discovered that the Roy VR controllers aren't marked as prototypes anymore. 31 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:27,520 This is all coming together to make it look Oh, and Valve finished making 32 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:30,640 drivers for a Steam Link VR USB dongle 33 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:32,000 that uses 6 GHz wireless signal. I 34 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:36,239 thought it was a weird drop, but Brad's bringing value here. The real hero of 35 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:40,239 this story is Brad. This is just a Brad story. And you know who else is waiting 36 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:44,640 for some hot new general computer hardware? China. Reuters got an 37 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:49,920 exclusive interview with some Chinese tech firms who want to buy NVIDIA's H20 38 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:54,480 enterprise AI cards. These sources, however, prefer to remain anonymous, 39 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:58,160 probably because Beijing regulators are discouraging them from making those 40 00:02:56,319 --> 00:03:01,599 purchases. After the floodgates were opened back in July, when NVIDIA got 41 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:06,319 permission from the US government to sell these downgraded cards in China, 42 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:11,840 Chinese authorities summoned companies like Tencent and Bite Dance to kindly 43 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:13,840 explain why do you need these? H what 44 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:17,760 have the US got that we don't? After all, China has their own domestic chips 45 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:22,800 now. Surely those are good enough, right? Uh, well, maybe not, because not 46 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:28,239 only are H20s selling and orders are being scrutinized, but these same 47 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:30,799 sources seem eager for the upcoming B30A 48 00:03:28,239 --> 00:03:35,040 Blackwell cards from NVIDIA, assuming America approves the sales. Congress is 49 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:41,280 currently considering forcing both NVIDIA and AMD to prioritize US 50 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:45,840 customers of their GPUs first. They won't be allowed to sell the even the 51 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:49,920 China specific versions to China. If there's anyone on US soil who wants that 52 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:54,879 first >> back of the line, she >> first dibs. NVIDIA says this doesn't 53 00:03:53,200 --> 00:04:01,040 make any sense because selling these cut down versions doesn't impact production 54 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:02,879 of the big boy H200 and B300. But who 55 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:07,680 knows what the US government will decide next? 56 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:09,439 Not me. But I do know who sponsored 57 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:13,439 today's video. 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Start building your website 66 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:53,280 today and get 10% off your first purchase at squarespace.com/tech. 67 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:56,160 The quick brown bit teched over the lazy 68 00:04:53,280 --> 00:05:00,400 gro. That's my new quickbit catchphrase. I hope you like it because it's never 69 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:06,639 going away. Lenovo has officially revealed that its Legion Go2 gaming 70 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:10,320 handheld will start at $1,100 71 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:13,759 for the Ryzen Z2 model and $1350 for the 72 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:15,840 one with the Ryzen Z2 Extreme. Why not? 73 00:05:13,759 --> 00:05:20,000 Cuz the economy is so good right now. Lenovo didn't announce a specific 74 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:24,639 release date, but did say both models will launch sometime in October, which 75 00:05:22,479 --> 00:05:29,840 will pit them directly against the ROG Xbox Ally and Ally X handhelds, which 76 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:35,919 launched on October 16th with similar specs and hopefully MSRPs under $1,000. 77 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:40,000 Let's just say we've come a long way since the days when you could pick up a 78 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:41,360 Game Boy for a buck 50 at the corner store. 79 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:47,280 >> Jeez, >> remember when you could share earbuds? Like that scene in the office where Pam 80 00:05:45,039 --> 00:05:52,080 listens to music with Jim the one time that ever happened. Well, you still can. 81 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:56,320 You can just give someone the other earbud. 82 00:05:53,919 --> 00:06:00,720 But also now Pixels and some other Android phones can play audio through 83 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:06,720 two sets of headphones at the same time. >> Actually lit. This is mostly thanks to 84 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:09,520 BluetoothleLE or low energy audio using 85 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:14,720 a neat low complexity communications codec or LC3 as well as a feature called 86 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:19,680 OraCast. It's super cool. If you're into that kind of stuff, please tell me just 87 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:24,800 how into audio you are in the comments. But if you gatekeep, I'm going to ban 88 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:29,600 you. But I'll never ban affordable phones. 89 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:36,319 That's just not who I am. Samsung's new Galaxy S25 FE is here and it's 150 bucks 90 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:39,520 less than the regular S25. Sure, the processor is not as good and it's a 91 00:06:37,919 --> 00:06:44,080 plastic frame, but who cares? >> It's no Legion Go, 92 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:49,120 >> and that's what matters. Reviews seem happy with it, and I love saving money. 93 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:54,800 If you want a bigger screen, the new Tab S11 is also here. And heck, let's throw 94 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:58,240 in those new Galaxy Buds 3 FE 2 while we're at it. And if you're looking to 95 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:03,680 save even more money, just get last year's model. It's still good. A 96 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:07,919 streaming service alleged to be the largest elicit live sports streaming 97 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:11,360 operation in the world, was taken down this week. >> That's a foul. 98 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:16,160 >> The Sting operation was conducted by Egyptian authorities in cooperation with 99 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:21,120 the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, a global antipiriracy 100 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:25,280 group which includes Apple, Netflix, Disney, and Warner Brothers. companies 101 00:07:23,039 --> 00:07:29,520 who just care about protecting civilian settlements from being pillaged by 102 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:34,560 sports pirates. However, the streaming site that was taken down called Stream 103 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:36,720 East was actually a copycat of the 104 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:41,520 original Stream East site, which is still operational. As an ACE rep told RS 105 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:47,840 Technica, "They know it's a different website." They totally knew that. Shut 106 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:50,240 up. And it only took 15 years, but iPads 107 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:54,240 finally got Instagram, baby. The platform announced they're launching the 108 00:07:51,759 --> 00:07:59,280 mode now because quote people have asked for this for a while. What 109 00:07:57,199 --> 00:08:03,919 I don't know if a decade and a half is a while, but what matters is that it's 110 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:07,680 here now. So instead of using the iPhone version of the app that blows everything 111 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:12,720 up way too big on an iPad screen, Doomcrollers can now use a large screen 112 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:16,639 appropriate UI to disassociate for hours. And it's time to disassociate 113 00:08:15,039 --> 00:08:20,639 from the tech news so you can come back on Monday to get more and not feel 114 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:24,400 overwhelmed by all the wacko things happening on the internet. Go see some 115 00:08:22,639 --> 00:08:28,720 wacko things in the real world. Like, have you ever gone up really, really, 116 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:33,599 really close to a tree? They're so weird. >> There's a lot going on there. 117 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:35,039 >> And they're alive. Like, what? And have 118 00:08:33,599 --> 00:08:38,640 you heard about funguses? >> I hate 119 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,959 >> a third type of being. I don't like fungus.