1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:06,960 Here you are with ner detectors to your 2 00:00:03,439 --> 00:00:09,639 name. It simply won't do. James, don't 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:13,599 worry. We'll fix you right up. After the appropriate amount of 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:18,720 information had leaked, as required by traditional PC gamer culture, AMD 5 00:00:15,679 --> 00:00:20,720 officially announced the RX6700 XT 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:25,039 today. The card comes with 12 gigs of memory, 40 compute units, and according 7 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:31,079 to AMD, can perform about as well as NVIDIA's RTX 3070 at 1440p while costing 8 00:00:29,119 --> 00:00:35,760 $20 less at $479 US. Unfortunately, that's still 9 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:40,239 higher than many fans expected, leading some to accuse AMD of capitalizing on 10 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:43,680 the current low supply, high demand market situation by raising prices, 11 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:50,079 which is not something that happens very often in the economy. I think I've never 12 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:52,719 taken an economics class. it what lazy 13 00:00:50,079 --> 00:00:57,120 fair man. AMD also announced that their implementation of resizable bar called 14 00:00:55,120 --> 00:01:03,039 smart access memory which allows Ryzen CPUs to directly access GPU memory will 15 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:05,360 work with Ryzen 3000 series CPUs, not 16 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:09,119 just the upcoming 5000 series chips, which means they might have a bit of a 17 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:13,280 leg up on Intel and NVIDIA, which as a reminder are other companies that 18 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:21,000 release products you can't buy. But if you really want to try, the RX6700 XT 19 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:23,680 will launch March 18th. Get your butt 20 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:27,280 ready programming. Last year, Google announced they would remove support for 21 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:31,040 third-p partyy cookies in Chrome, which allow companies other than Google to 22 00:01:29,119 --> 00:01:34,159 track you across the web in order to serve you ads for things that you might 23 00:01:32,479 --> 00:01:40,560 actually be interested in, like a pillow shape, like a processor from ltstore.com. Hey, get out of here. Good 24 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:44,240 boy. Well, today Google said once they get rid of all those nasty third party 25 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:48,880 cookie crumbs, they're not going to build alternative identifiers that track 26 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:52,720 individuals as they browse the web, nor will they use them in their products, 27 00:01:51,119 --> 00:01:56,079 which kind of makes it sound like that's exactly what they're going to do. I 28 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:59,920 could almost hear the wink in that sentence. Also, why do you need to say 29 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:03,920 you're not going to use the thing that you said you wouldn't 30 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:07,600 build? Just a question. Question of Firefox. Google's clearly trying to keep 31 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:12,239 up with their consumer's demand for privacy, an area where browsers like 32 00:02:09,640 --> 00:02:16,400 Firefox, Exactly. You You got there, James. And Brave are a step ahead. 33 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:21,040 Google says they can make this change without breaking the way that web advertising works, but it's unclear 34 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:27,680 whether that means things won't break for Google while breaking for everyone 35 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:29,520 else. Suck it, Zuck. Zucket. And Arizona 36 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:33,040 has passed a bill that would prevent tech giants from forcing an app 37 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:38,120 developer to use a preferred payment system. A landmark piece of legislation 38 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:41,760 that could have a big impact on app Epic. Maybe they should just they should 39 00:02:40,239 --> 00:02:45,920 just merge Apple and Epic, you know, make up finally and become one company. 40 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:50,560 A big impact on the fight between Apple and Epic over the iOS app store. The 41 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:54,560 bill also prohibits companies like Apple or Google from retaliating against 42 00:02:52,239 --> 00:02:58,800 developers who elect to use thirdparty payment systems. Just like the recent 43 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:02,800 similar North Dakota bill, this one was influenced by the Coalition for App 44 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:06,599 Fairness, which is like Epic's Club for companies burnt by Apple's mean app 45 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:11,440 store rules that suck. That's the acronym. I can't can't say it. The bill 46 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:15,920 being passed could be the start of a legislative wave sweeping through the US 47 00:03:14,239 --> 00:03:20,239 state by state until iPhones are literally just open source devices you 48 00:03:17,519 --> 00:03:24,080 can install Windows on if you want. Or could that couldn't happen. It could be 49 00:03:22,319 --> 00:03:27,200 nothing. Either way, despite all the lobbying, Epic Games seems to be sitting 50 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:32,720 pretty. They just bought the developer of Fall Guys, the pandemic era smash hit 51 00:03:30,159 --> 00:03:37,599 that everyone's still playing, right? Everyone. Drake, I've got Drake, are you 52 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:43,040 there? Oh my gosh, you have to try these quick 53 00:03:39,599 --> 00:03:45,519 bits. No. What? No way. 54 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:49,360 Shut the front door. Intel has discontinued its performance tuning 55 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:53,360 protection plan, which provided an extended warranty covering processors 56 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:58,159 that get damaged by overclocking. Intel says the PTP wasn't needed anymore 57 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:01,920 because overclocking is so easy now, and demand for the warranty was low. So, 58 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:05,040 they're listening to their customers and responding to them. It's not at all 59 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,959 because they were just ordered by a judge to pay $2.2 million to a patent 60 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:13,120 troll company after losing a lawsuit. Those are customers, too. It's That's 61 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,320 true. Yeah, those don't that actually doesn't work together. I thought they 62 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:20,000 would go nicely together. Microsoft's Ignite Conference kicked off this week 63 00:04:18,239 --> 00:04:23,600 and besides the super nerdy announcements like Power Automate 64 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:28,080 Desktop now being free, we got yet another flashy concept video about how 65 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:33,600 how Hollow Lens is going to revolutionize work in another 10 years. 66 00:04:30,639 --> 00:04:37,360 Exactly. Microsoft Mesh is basically Alt Space VR. Uh Microsoft acquired Alt 67 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:42,000 Space VR, so that makes sense. And there's also a Pokémon Go Hollow Lens 68 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:46,639 demo. Wow, this was fun. Can't wait for next year's Hollow Lens concept video. 69 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:50,560 It'll it'll get here someday. The audio chat app Clubhouse is currently being 70 00:04:48,479 --> 00:04:54,639 cloned by the bigger tech platforms, but Twitter's clone called Spaces is making 71 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:58,960 some features available on Android. Clubhouse itself is only available on 72 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:03,440 iOS and is invite only. That's what the cool kids do. Exactly. I mean, it makes 73 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:07,120 your app cool, but it also makes it harder to download. And all the coolness 74 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:11,680 draws the attention of the big guys and then clone your app. But you do have the 75 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:16,240 cool thing going. And I love I love being cool. DJI officially unveiled 76 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:19,840 their FPV drone yesterday, which works with the company's FPV goggles and 77 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:23,759 combines elements of racing and cinematic drones. You can fly with GPS 78 00:05:21,919 --> 00:05:28,080 and visual positioning systems like a normal DJI drone, or take full manual 79 00:05:26,479 --> 00:05:33,680 control to make it act more like a Cinnowoop style drone. Do you know what 80 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,680 that is? 81 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:41,039 Nope. Taking the Cinnowoop for a Whoop whoop. And a game developer has managed 82 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:44,240 to force its own game off of Steam, which is not something you hear every 83 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:49,520 day. You see, Frogwares, developer of The Sinking City, had to DMCA their 84 00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:53,520 former publisher, Nikon, who had published the game on Steam without 85 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:59,840 Frogwar's approval. Their reasoning doesn't look like that cool of a game. 86 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:01,680 Anyways, guys, whoa, rude. Why would you 87 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:04,960 better get at him on Twitter for that? It would be rude to continue this 88 00:06:03,199 --> 00:06:09,520 episode. So, it's over. Come back on Friday for more tech news. You know the 89 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:12,800 kind that really sticks to your ribs. Oh, I thought you gonna say tongue.