1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,120 Tech news is coming in a sec, but first, whale facts. Sperm whales can sleep 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:08,840 vertically. Whale facts. When I was five, I thought a whale lived in the 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:13,760 deep end of the pool at the community center by my house and as a result didn't learn to swim until I was 12. 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:18,200 Whale facts. There's a whale land happening on February 21st and 22nd, so 5 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:22,160 buy tickets at the link below. It's about gaming, not whales so much, but 6 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:27,640 NVIDIA reportedly isn't releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026 with a 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:32,640 rumored RTX 60 series now being potentially delayed until 2028. 8 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:37,240 According to insiders who spoke to The Information, the problem is supply 9 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:41,320 constraints on VRAM, if you could believe it. 10 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:45,960 NVIDIA says demand for GeForce cards is strong, but supply remains tight, 11 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:50,880 forcing the company to focus on shipping existing models instead of launching new 12 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:56,400 ones, which is funny because NVIDIA is also reportedly cutting production of 13 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:59,680 some current GPUs by around 20% and 14 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:02,040 prioritizing lower VRAM cards to stretch 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:05,800 available memory. Even worse, delaying the refresh would mean that mass 16 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:10,680 production of the RTX 60 series wouldn't actually start until the tail end of 17 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:17,640 2027. Now, considering that previous rumors had the RTX 5070 Ti Super 18 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:20,400 sporting 24 gigs of GDDR7, I guess I can 19 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:24,480 kind of see where NVIDIA is coming from. I mean, you know, we didn't want new 20 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:28,880 GPUs anyways. We know those are only for data centers now. Giving gamers GPUs? 21 00:01:28,425 --> 00:01:33,320 >> [laughter] >> That would be funny. There is one small 22 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:38,960 silver lining here, though. NVIDIA may resurrect older GPUs to help stabilize 23 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:44,280 supply, so you don't get new GPUs. You don't even get current-gen GPUs. You'll 24 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:46,440 get an old, crusty GPU we fished out 25 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:50,680 from behind the kitchen cabinet, if you behave. Apple's lockdown mode is in the 26 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:54,880 news this week after the security feature successfully kept FBI 27 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:59,640 investigators from accessing data in a journalist's iPhone 13. After federal 28 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:04,240 agents raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson as part of 29 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:08,479 a classified leaks investigation, the FBI forensic unit couldn't extract data 30 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:13,200 from her iPhone because it was set to lockdown mode, Apple's extreme security 31 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:17,120 setting built for people more likely to be targeted by digital threats, but 32 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:22,400 available to anyone who turns it on in settings. It basically breaks a bunch of 33 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:25,760 features on purpose, blocking unknown connections, limiting attachments, 34 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:30,000 restricting web connectivity, and preventing access by device management 35 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:35,160 tools. Essentially, it turns your smartphone into an incredibly paranoid 36 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:40,040 brick. The FBI filing notes that they could have disabled lockdown mode by 37 00:02:37,640 --> 00:02:45,240 compelling Natanson to unlock it using Face ID because, fun fact, they are 38 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:49,480 legally allowed to do that. You know, I've always liked PIN codes better 39 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:54,040 anyway. But, the reporter had Face ID disabled on her iPhone, and the FBI 40 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:57,320 can't force you to disclose your PIN code until we all have 41 00:02:55,520 --> 00:03:02,800 government-mandated Neuralinks. It'll happen. Unfortunately for Natanson, she 42 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:07,360 did have Touch ID set up on her Mac, so the authorities were able to access data 43 00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:12,640 from that. It's another reminder that, despite a truly annoying, elitist vibe 44 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:16,800 and a lot of anti-competitive behavior, Apple has leaned harder into privacy 45 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:20,760 features than probably any other big tech company. They even have a nifty 46 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:25,519 shortcut where pressing the power button five times on your iPhone disables 47 00:03:22,959 --> 00:03:29,600 biometric sign-in and requires a PIN to unlock it. Isn't that cool? Just don't 48 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:33,080 press the power button five times on Android. Most of the time that will 49 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:38,040 directly call 911, which, you know, is different. The European Commission has 50 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:43,000 preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the EU's Digital Services Act for its 51 00:03:40,519 --> 00:03:47,280 addictive nature. TikTok's basically in trouble for being too enjoyable. Better 52 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:52,840 call the fun police. Lame. The Commission says TikTok's 53 00:03:49,959 --> 00:03:56,920 design rewards compulsive scrolling, and that existing safeguards like parental 54 00:03:54,680 --> 00:04:00,960 controls aren't cutting it, especially when the vast majority of people doing 55 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:04,800 that scrolling now are adults anyway. The commission has ruled that TikTok 56 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:09,640 needs to disable infinite scroll, implement screen time breaks, and 57 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:14,640 overhaul its recommendation system. So, basically change everything about the 58 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:19,280 app. This comes on the heels of a series of US lawsuits taking the big tobacco 59 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:23,800 approach to social media, arguing these platforms are addictive products causing 60 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:28,040 personal injury. The EU's investigation has been running since early 2024 and 61 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:32,200 has already found TikTok guilty of insufficient advertising transparency. 62 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:35,560 TikTok now has the chance to defend itself before the investigation 63 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:40,120 concludes, and a spokesperson for the company told the Financial Times they 64 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:46,320 will take whatever steps are necessary to keep the app as it is. As addictive 65 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:50,720 as possible. Clearly unaware of what side of history they're on there. Uh if 66 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:55,480 TikTok can't make a case for keeping the app the same and doesn't comply with the 67 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:59,600 EU's requested changes, they face fines of up to 6% of total global revenue. You 68 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:05,760 know, at a certain point we got to be asking how much are these apps really worth? At least smoking had the benefit 69 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:10,360 of making you look cool. TikTok just lets your uncle share his big shrimp 70 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:14,960 conspiracy theory in a medium where all your friends can make fun of him. Dave, 71 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:21,960 you got to stop posting about big shrimp, and Kathy is worried. We all 72 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:24,680 are. Even our sponsor. Hey. 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When they returned, the sense of playfulness that danced in their eyes 95 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,520 had fled. 96 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:06,480 The Internet Archive just launched a WordPress plugin that automatically 97 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:08,360 fixes link rot by redirecting dead URLs 98 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:13,120 to archived versions on the Wayback Machine, which is great because roughly 99 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:17,280 38% of links from the past decade are already broken. The new plugin scans 100 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:22,320 posts in the background, creates snapshots when needed, and even restores 101 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:26,960 links if pages come back online. This is huge because it might finally fix all 102 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:31,800 those busted Sonic fan fiction redirects on those sketchy forum sites. What does 103 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:37,960 Sonic sound like? WHOA, I SWEAR that chili dog just disappeared inside me, 104 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:39,560 Amy. I don't know what happened. 105 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:44,960 Amy? It's another It's his friend It's Sonic's friend. You clearly haven't read 106 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:49,600 enough Sonic fiction. Windows 11's latest security update is reportedly 107 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:54,040 causing dropped frames and artifacting in games, and NVIDIA says the fix right 108 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:57,680 now is to just uninstall it. You know, the mandatory security patch? Yeah, the 109 00:07:56,040 --> 00:08:02,840 workaround is just not just uninstall that. >> [laughter] >> Some users report major FPS drops and 110 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:07,240 visual glitches until the games eventually just break. On the bright 111 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:12,200 side, the latest Windows Insider build added shared Bluetooth audio. So, now 112 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:16,760 you and a friend can both hear people screaming in CS:GO lobbies about dropped 113 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:20,080 frames. I mean, you could do that before if you were both if you were playing 114 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:24,080 together, but you get it. iPhone is going to space, baby. And NASA 115 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:28,040 administrator Jared Isaacman has announced that astronauts on the Crew 12 116 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:32,880 and Artemis 2 missions will be allowed to bring smartphones to space for the 117 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:37,400 first time, replacing the decade-old Nikon DSLRs and GoPros they were stuck 118 00:08:35,599 --> 00:08:40,840 with. Apparently, astronauts are so addicted to TikTok that NASA decided it 119 00:08:39,479 --> 00:08:46,440 would be dangerous to send them up without it. There's way too many movies about people going crazy in space. 120 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:51,600 Artemis 2 will be the first crewed moon mission since 1972. So, we're about to 121 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:55,560 get the first smartphone photos from lunar orbit, which is great for the 122 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:59,080 astronauts. But, if I get told one more time on a commercial flight that I can't 123 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:02,320 use my phone during takeoff, well, we're letting people use them during space 124 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:07,240 flights? I'm going to lose it. Substack CEO Chris 125 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:11,280 Best informed users on Tuesday that they had just discovered a data breach that 126 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:15,760 occurred in October 2025. The hackers gained access to email addresses, phone 127 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:19,560 numbers, and internal metadata. Luckily, credit card numbers and passwords were 128 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:23,839 not compromised. It's unclear how many users were impacted, but Bleeping 129 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:28,200 Computer reported that someone on Breach Forums leaked a database containing 130 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:32,120 almost 700,000 records of allegedly stolen Substack data. So, head on over 131 00:09:30,839 --> 00:09:36,600 there if you want to find out which of your friends has a monthly subscription 132 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:43,640 to the Sonic the Hedgehog versus Minions slash fiction blog. Two Sonic jokes in 133 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:46,440 one video? A momentous day. 134 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:50,880 And Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressing Google for answers about Gemini's 135 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:55,000 upcoming built-in checkout feature, which would let users buy products 136 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:59,880 directly through the AI chatbot using a new protocol codeveloped with Shopify, 137 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:04,480 Walmart, and Target. Warren is concerned Google could merge its massive user data 138 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:08,440 with retailer data to manipulate consumers into spending more, pointing 139 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:13,480 out Google already admitted the feature will help retailers upsell users on 140 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:18,840 premium products, which is pretty embarrassing for her. We're supposed to 141 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:23,200 let tech companies move fast and break things, even society in general, and 142 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,600 then talk about how it's bad, but we can't do anything about it because 143 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:30,000 everyone's addicted to the bad thing that's melting our brains. Besides, 144 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:34,400 Google is way smarter than us because they make $400 billion a year. How much 145 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:38,880 do you make working for the Senate? Probably not even a billion. 146 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:42,080 Shut up, Elizabeth Warren. Just let me give my credit card info to a chatbot 147 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:46,920 that will get prompt injected into buying me 10,000 Zorb balls. IT KNOWS 148 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:50,560 WHAT I WANT. AND WHAT I want is for you to get some tickets to the whale land. 149 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:55,160 And to come back on Monday for more tech news, of course. One more whale fact, 150 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:58,000 whale earwax can reveal their age, like trees. 151 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:01,560 Whales, the trees of the water.