1 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:09,960 My mama used to feed me the tech news every morning with a 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:12,840 spoon. But then Techling came into my 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:18,720 life. Well, it was never the same. NVIDIA has announced the RTX 5060 4 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:25,039 desktop family, which the company is heartlessly splitting up to launch 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:27,119 separately. Mama. Mama. No. There's no 6 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:34,640 Founders Edition cards, but OEM versions of the RTX 5060 Ti are out now with 7 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:37,920 MSRPs of $430 USD for the 16 gig version 8 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:42,640 and $380 for the 8 gig version with the 9 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:45,840 vanilla non Ti $300 RTX 5060 coming in 10 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:48,079 May alongside 5060 laptops. Now, 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:52,160 reviewers could have emphasized that these cards offer about a 20% 12 00:00:50,079 --> 00:00:56,559 performance uplift along with more features compared to their predecessors 13 00:00:53,680 --> 00:01:03,039 at an arguably inoffensive price and left it at that. But no, NVIDIA had to 14 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:06,159 go and claim the 5060 Ti is 50 times 15 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:08,560 faster than the GTX 1060. So, reviewers 16 00:01:06,159 --> 00:01:14,159 had no choice but to talk instead about NVIDIA's ridiculous marketing. Again, 17 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:20,400 why' you make us do it? NVIDIA says the 5060 family embodies the three pillars 18 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:23,920 of modern gaming performance, image 19 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:26,320 quality, frame rate, and latency. But 20 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:33,280 they forgot about the fourth pillar, gas lighting. If you can find a 16 GB 5060 21 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:36,479 Ti in stock for near MSRP, it's not the 22 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:39,040 worst option, but it's also a great time 23 00:01:36,479 --> 00:01:43,280 to consider rehoming a used card instead. It will appreciate and love you 24 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:46,640 more. It might have a smell to it. We got to give NVIDIA credit where it's 25 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:51,200 due, though. They did just release a new GPU driver that appears to fix many of 26 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:55,920 the recurring glitches that have plagued RTX 40 and 50 series cards lately. After 27 00:01:54,159 --> 00:02:01,520 first releasing the drivers that caused all those glitches, hey, maybe don't 28 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:05,040 download the new one just yet. Wait for an eager Redditor to do the 29 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:08,560 troubleshooting for you and post the all clear. NVIDIA's got some troubleshooting 30 00:02:07,119 --> 00:02:13,200 of their own to do, though. According to a filing the company made to the SEC, 31 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:17,520 which revealed to the public the US government's new export license 32 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:22,879 requirement for AI chips, NVIDIA estimates they could be out $5.5 billion 33 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:26,959 thanks to the new policy. While in a similar filing, AMD reckons they're 34 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:30,800 looking at a financial hit of 800 million. That's because according to 35 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:35,280 industry analysts, the export license requirement is effectively a sales ban 36 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:39,760 preventing chip companies from squeezing any profit out of all these chips they 37 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:44,720 made. They're just going to sit on shelves in the warehouse now for god 38 00:02:41,599 --> 00:02:46,239 knows how long. It could go bad. 39 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:50,480 The license requirement obviously represents the US trying to hurt China's 40 00:02:48,319 --> 00:02:55,200 AI development. But China might not need American chips soon if Huawei's claim 41 00:02:52,560 --> 00:03:00,080 about their new cloud matrix systems are true. They reportedly match or exceed 42 00:02:57,519 --> 00:03:05,920 the performance of NVIDIA's NVL72 systems, but require more power to do 43 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:07,440 so. Oh no. What's the CCP to do? Funnel 44 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:12,000 their national energy resources to develop super intelligent AI before 45 00:03:08,959 --> 00:03:14,239 America does. Yeah. Yeah. Probably that. 46 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:19,599 Yeah, probably. They got dams. Speaking of AI, Open AI's developing a social 47 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:23,280 network because the world can get worse. According to company sources who spoke 48 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:28,080 with the Verge, the prototype platform is reportedly designed to facilitate 49 00:03:25,519 --> 00:03:33,360 sharing images generated by ChatGB2. This is real. Uh providing a safe space 50 00:03:30,799 --> 00:03:37,280 for users tired of posting that on other social platforms and getting flamed for 51 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:41,040 being cringe. You know, they asked Grock about this and it confirmed they're 52 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:45,040 being treated unfairly. There might be something to this report. Sam Alman 53 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:49,519 tweeted, "Okay, fine. Maybe we'll do a social app." In February, in response to 54 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:54,239 Meta developing a standalone AI app to compete with Chat GBT, Sam went on to 55 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:59,280 tweet, "lol if Facebook tries to come at us, we just uno reverse them. It would 56 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:03,840 be so funny crying, laughing emoji." Which is ironic because it would be even 57 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:08,519 funnier to see Sam Alman display a human emotion other than anxious 58 00:04:05,519 --> 00:04:08,519 self-importance. 59 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:15,920 He looks like that. Hey, if Elon Musk can buy his social media company with 60 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:17,840 his AI company, then OpenAI can build a 61 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:23,440 new social network. Why not? In terms of official announcements though, OpenAI 62 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:25,440 launched yet more models 03 and 04 mini. 63 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:29,919 They're reasoning models, but they can now reason directly with images for the 64 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,800 first time in what OpenAI calls a converging of their O and GPT series 65 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:40,000 models. And it's about time because there are too many damn models. And not 66 00:04:37,199 --> 00:04:44,320 enough segways to our sponsor, Vessie and their weekend sneaker. 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The US Department of 83 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:58,400 Homeland Security pulled funding for the common vulnerabilities and exposures or 84 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:02,160 CBE database yesterday, shocking the global cyber security industry. who 85 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:07,360 depends on the database for identification of vulnerabilities. Thankfully, another 86 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:12,560 government entity, the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency or 87 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:18,160 HISHA, stepped in this morning to say, "Chill, everyone, chill. We'll fund it." 88 00:06:15,759 --> 00:06:23,120 However, it's understandable that CVE board members moved to establish the CVE 89 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:27,919 Foundation, a nonprofit that could keep the database alive if Uncle Sam randomly 90 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:32,880 and drastically changes his mind, a normal and regular thing that occurs all 91 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:38,319 the time. Now, in other cyber security dystopia news, Doge pressured an entire 92 00:06:35,919 --> 00:06:44,080 Pentagon division focused on digital defense into resigning. Just a typical 93 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:48,880 Wednesday with the big man. Speaking of hacking, the internet's very own hive of 94 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:53,919 scum and villain 4chan was taken down yesterday in what's being described as a 95 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:57,840 pretty comprehensive own and is still largely unavailable at the time of 96 00:06:55,120 --> 00:07:02,400 writing is what we're hearing from other people. Anyway, members of Soy Jack, a 97 00:07:00,479 --> 00:07:06,240 rival image board that split off from 4chan some time ago, took responsibility 98 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:12,639 for the hack, claiming to have leaked website code and emails between mods. 99 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:15,360 Let this be a lesson. Meme war is hell 100 00:07:12,639 --> 00:07:19,039 and there are no soy boys in foxholes. Oh my god, a bomb. Speaking of websites 101 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:24,639 being down, Zoom was down for a while today. Oh, I haven't heard that since the pandemic. Zoom granting remote 102 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:28,639 workers a reprieve from attending web meetings. It's back up now, but I 103 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:32,160 imagine those few precious hours were glorious. In other completely unrelated 104 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:38,319 news, because I didn't know where else to put it, Google's giving Android phones their own version of iOS 18's 105 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:41,840 inactivity reboot, which will force devices to restart after 3 days of 106 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:47,120 inactivity, which should help prevent unauthorized access and Tik Toks jumping 107 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:52,240 on the community notes train calling their version footnotes, so they're 108 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:56,479 easier for Tik Tok users to ignore won't help at all. And ASUS has posted a 109 00:07:54,639 --> 00:08:01,280 confusing reveal of something called the ROG XG Mobile. The announcement video 110 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:06,080 made it sort of look like a mini PC, but then they pop open the kickstand and 111 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:10,879 we're back to square one. What is it? Some viewers didn't really know what to 112 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:15,360 say, writing, what is this? Can I connect monitor? It also looked kind of 113 00:08:13,759 --> 00:08:19,039 dirty, like they forgot to wipe the fingerprints off before you realized, 114 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:23,520 oh, that's a semi-transparent cover showing the electronics underneath. And 115 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:29,440 oh, this is an external GPU and Thunderbolt 5 doc. And the ROG XG Mobile 116 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:32,240 is mobile. If you put it in its stand, 117 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:37,640 then in another stand, then in a box, which goes in another box with a handle, 118 00:08:34,399 --> 00:08:40,399 so you can carry it. Holy 119 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:44,880 cow. I mean, that thing's moving. You have to plug it in. It's about as mobile 120 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:49,680 as a Mac Mini, but at least I know what it is now. Yeah, mobile. Get a long 121 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:54,399 cable. We're all mobile. We'll get all tangled up like a rat king. And you know 122 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:57,279 what rat kings are, too. And if you don't know what a rat king is, come here 123 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:02,800 on Friday for more tech news. Cuz that's what my mama used to say all the time. I 124 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,800 There's no way.