WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.160 Apple is already testing an M3 Max chip 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:10.080 according to Mark Gurman, the worm squirming to unravel Tim Cook's Apple 00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:16.000 for inside the fruit he finds the seed stirring and learning everything he 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:18.040 needs for the sermon he turns in. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:23.000 Thank you, Jacob. I'm Riley Murdoch. This is TechLinked poetry jam and this 00:00:20.440 --> 00:00:27.160 newsletter from the Germ suggests a Mac equipped with a new chip could come as 00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:32.680 early as October, potentially setting a Halloween record for the world's worst 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:34.120 Apple to candy to candy-fy. According to 00:00:32.680 --> 00:00:39.640 an App Store developer that spoke to Gurman, the M3 Max will have 16 CPU 00:00:37.480 --> 00:00:44.840 cores, four more high-performance cores than the M2 Max, and 40 graphics cores, 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:49.880 meaning any children who try to eat this All Hallows' Eve treat are at risk for 00:00:47.080 --> 00:00:54.320 severe cyanide poisoning. The test chip in question also had 48 GB 00:00:52.720 --> 00:00:58.840 of memory, a config that wasn't available in the M2 Max, and may 00:00:56.400 --> 00:01:03.960 indicate larger RAM options across the board. Besides that, Apple may also be 00:01:01.400 --> 00:01:09.760 testing an M3 Mac mini, which is great news for mini fans who want number go 00:01:06.440 --> 00:01:11.680 up. Stonks. SanDisk SSDs are under the 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:16.400 microscope again after The Verge published an article as a creative way 00:01:14.160 --> 00:01:21.920 to release their frustration over losing 3 TB of data because their cat has been 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:26.720 kicked enough. Give them a break. Vjeran Pavic, incredibly a producer for The 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:31.320 Verge and not Ian from Smosh, although I'm still not sure. 00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:37.040 Ian? Put up a picture. Experienced the data loss on the brand new replacement 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:39.240 Extreme Pro SSD SanDisk sent to them 00:01:37.040 --> 00:01:44.000 after the first one failed earlier this year during a wave of similar drive 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:48.480 failure reports. Third time's the charm. Despite releasing a firmware fix back in 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:53.600 May, reports of failed SanDisk Extreme drives have continued to pop up leading 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:57.960 many to ask, rightly, why these drives are still on sale except as a reminder 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:02.160 that life is suffering, yet we trudge on through mire and muck yearning for but a 00:02:00.080 --> 00:02:07.800 fleeting glimpse of a bright sky before it is submerged again above the 00:02:04.160 --> 00:02:09.880 encompassing Tartarean barrier. 00:02:07.800 --> 00:02:12.840 This is a poetry It's a poetry episode. Do you need a hug? You sound like you 00:02:11.920 --> 00:02:17.680 need a hug. But as PC World notes, every drive is at 00:02:15.720 --> 00:02:21.640 some risk of failure, so important data should always be backed up somewhere 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:25.080 else. 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This will be a welcome addition to the AI market where 00:06:06.680 --> 00:06:13.880 memory is a serious bottleneck. Man, we should add more E to everything. This is 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:18.160 what a a great letter. It's got It's like a It's got the things on it on the 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:22.240 side. All the great things start with E. According to a new study, AI can 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:27.440 identify keystrokes by sound alone with 95% accuracy, potentially allowing for 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:30.600 theft of passwords and other sensitive information. But before you decide to 00:06:29.280 --> 00:06:35.320 burn your keyboard and live in the woods, the AI needs to be trained on the 00:06:32.840 --> 00:06:37.920 sound of the keyboard in question and the recording would need to be 00:06:36.760 --> 00:06:42.000 reasonably clear. Also, burning a keyboard is not a good 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:45.880 campfire. It also typically can't tell when the shift key is released, making 00:06:43.880 --> 00:06:51.320 it hard to discern between capital and lowercase letters or a string of numbers 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:56.040 and a cartoon swear. Which is basically all I ever type. Just dolphin 00:06:53.400 --> 00:07:00.920 noises. And a Detroit woman is suing the city after she was falsely arrested for 00:06:58.320 --> 00:07:05.120 robbery and carjacking due to flawed facial recognition technology. Perhaps 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:08.520 the first discrepancy that should have caught police's attention was the fact 00:07:06.640 --> 00:07:12.800 that she was 8 months pregnant while the suspect in the surveillance video very 00:07:10.440 --> 00:07:16.720 much was not. Frankly, if a woman that pregnant manages to steal your car, I 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:19.600 think she gets to keep it. You You deserve to be bum-rushed by a 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:23.560 pregnant woman. Honestly, impressive. This is the third 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:27.480 incident where Detroit police have made a false arrest based on algorithmic 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:32.520 facial recognition, having apparently forgotten that they, too, have eyes. 00:07:30.880 --> 00:07:35.320 They could just use those. When will Detroit learn Androids aren't 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:38.720 the option? They became human already. 00:07:39.960 --> 00:07:45.680 And you should point your eyes toward more tech news this Friday when we 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:50.480 launch another episode of TechLinked. The news pops when it drops and it never 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:54.680 stops. Oh, that was more poetry. I was like, is 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:58.080 this a is this Am I supposed to dance? Dance, monkey. 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.080 Cuz I will.