WEBVTT 00:00:02.320 --> 00:00:09.960 My mama used to feed me the tech news every morning with a 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:12.840 spoon. But then Techling came into my 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:18.720 life. Well, it was never the same. NVIDIA has announced the RTX 5060 00:00:16.400 --> 00:00:25.039 desktop family, which the company is heartlessly splitting up to launch 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:27.119 separately. Mama. Mama. No. There's no 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:34.640 Founders Edition cards, but OEM versions of the RTX 5060 Ti are out now with 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:37.920 MSRPs of $430 USD for the 16 gig version 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:42.640 and $380 for the 8 gig version with the 00:00:37.920 --> 00:00:45.840 vanilla non Ti $300 RTX 5060 coming in 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:48.079 May alongside 5060 laptops. Now, 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:52.160 reviewers could have emphasized that these cards offer about a 20% 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:56.559 performance uplift along with more features compared to their predecessors 00:00:53.680 --> 00:01:03.039 at an arguably inoffensive price and left it at that. But no, NVIDIA had to 00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:06.159 go and claim the 5060 Ti is 50 times 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:08.560 faster than the GTX 1060. So, reviewers 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:14.159 had no choice but to talk instead about NVIDIA's ridiculous marketing. Again, 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:20.400 why' you make us do it? NVIDIA says the 5060 family embodies the three pillars 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:23.920 of modern gaming performance, image 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:26.320 quality, frame rate, and latency. But 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:33.280 they forgot about the fourth pillar, gas lighting. If you can find a 16 GB 5060 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:36.479 Ti in stock for near MSRP, it's not the 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:39.040 worst option, but it's also a great time 00:01:36.479 --> 00:01:43.280 to consider rehoming a used card instead. It will appreciate and love you 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 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:51.200 due, though. They did just release a new GPU driver that appears to fix many of 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:55.920 the recurring glitches that have plagued RTX 40 and 50 series cards lately. After 00:01:54.159 --> 00:02:01.520 first releasing the drivers that caused all those glitches, hey, maybe don't 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:05.040 download the new one just yet. Wait for an eager Redditor to do the 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:08.560 troubleshooting for you and post the all clear. NVIDIA's got some troubleshooting 00:02:07.119 --> 00:02:13.200 of their own to do, though. According to a filing the company made to the SEC, 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:17.520 which revealed to the public the US government's new export license 00:02:14.959 --> 00:02:22.879 requirement for AI chips, NVIDIA estimates they could be out $5.5 billion 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:26.959 thanks to the new policy. While in a similar filing, AMD reckons they're 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:30.800 looking at a financial hit of 800 million. That's because according to 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:35.280 industry analysts, the export license requirement is effectively a sales ban 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:39.760 preventing chip companies from squeezing any profit out of all these chips they 00:02:37.760 --> 00:02:44.720 made. They're just going to sit on shelves in the warehouse now for god 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:46.239 knows how long. It could go bad. 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:50.480 The license requirement obviously represents the US trying to hurt China's 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:55.200 AI development. But China might not need American chips soon if Huawei's claim 00:02:52.560 --> 00:03:00.080 about their new cloud matrix systems are true. They reportedly match or exceed 00:02:57.519 --> 00:03:05.920 the performance of NVIDIA's NVL72 systems, but require more power to do 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:07.440 so. Oh no. What's the CCP to do? Funnel 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:12.000 their national energy resources to develop super intelligent AI before 00:03:08.959 --> 00:03:14.239 America does. Yeah. Yeah. Probably that. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:19.599 Yeah, probably. They got dams. Speaking of AI, Open AI's developing a social 00:03:16.760 --> 00:03:23.280 network because the world can get worse. According to company sources who spoke 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:28.080 with the Verge, the prototype platform is reportedly designed to facilitate 00:03:25.519 --> 00:03:33.360 sharing images generated by ChatGB2. This is real. Uh providing a safe space 00:03:30.799 --> 00:03:37.280 for users tired of posting that on other social platforms and getting flamed for 00:03:35.040 --> 00:03:41.040 being cringe. You know, they asked Grock about this and it confirmed they're 00:03:39.200 --> 00:03:45.040 being treated unfairly. There might be something to this report. Sam Alman 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:49.519 tweeted, "Okay, fine. Maybe we'll do a social app." In February, in response to 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:54.239 Meta developing a standalone AI app to compete with Chat GBT, Sam went on to 00:03:51.760 --> 00:03:59.280 tweet, "lol if Facebook tries to come at us, we just uno reverse them. It would 00:03:56.720 --> 00:04:03.840 be so funny crying, laughing emoji." Which is ironic because it would be even 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:08.519 funnier to see Sam Alman display a human emotion other than anxious 00:04:05.519 --> 00:04:08.519 self-importance. 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:15.920 He looks like that. Hey, if Elon Musk can buy his social media company with 00:04:12.640 --> 00:04:17.840 his AI company, then OpenAI can build a 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:23.440 new social network. Why not? In terms of official announcements though, OpenAI 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:25.440 launched yet more models 03 and 04 mini. 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:29.919 They're reasoning models, but they can now reason directly with images for the 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:34.800 first time in what OpenAI calls a converging of their O and GPT series 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:40.000 models. And it's about time because there are too many damn models. And not 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 00:05:50.880 --> 00:05:58.400 Homeland Security pulled funding for the common vulnerabilities and exposures or 00:05:55.680 --> 00:06:02.160 CBE database yesterday, shocking the global cyber security industry. who 00:06:00.400 --> 00:06:07.360 depends on the database for identification of vulnerabilities. Thankfully, another 00:06:05.280 --> 00:06:12.560 government entity, the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency or 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:18.160 HISHA, stepped in this morning to say, "Chill, everyone, chill. We'll fund it." 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:23.120 However, it's understandable that CVE board members moved to establish the CVE 00:06:20.880 --> 00:06:27.919 Foundation, a nonprofit that could keep the database alive if Uncle Sam randomly 00:06:25.440 --> 00:06:32.880 and drastically changes his mind, a normal and regular thing that occurs all 00:06:30.080 --> 00:06:38.319 the time. Now, in other cyber security dystopia news, Doge pressured an entire 00:06:35.919 --> 00:06:44.080 Pentagon division focused on digital defense into resigning. Just a typical 00:06:41.440 --> 00:06:48.880 Wednesday with the big man. Speaking of hacking, the internet's very own hive of 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:53.919 scum and villain 4chan was taken down yesterday in what's being described as a 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:57.840 pretty comprehensive own and is still largely unavailable at the time of 00:06:55.120 --> 00:07:02.400 writing is what we're hearing from other people. Anyway, members of Soy Jack, a 00:07:00.479 --> 00:07:06.240 rival image board that split off from 4chan some time ago, took responsibility 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:12.639 for the hack, claiming to have leaked website code and emails between mods. 00:07:08.880 --> 00:07:15.360 Let this be a lesson. Meme war is hell 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:19.039 and there are no soy boys in foxholes. Oh my god, a bomb. Speaking of websites 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 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:28.639 workers a reprieve from attending web meetings. It's back up now, but I 00:07:26.479 --> 00:07:32.160 imagine those few precious hours were glorious. In other completely unrelated 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 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:41.840 inactivity reboot, which will force devices to restart after 3 days of 00:07:40.080 --> 00:07:47.120 inactivity, which should help prevent unauthorized access and Tik Toks jumping 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:52.240 on the community notes train calling their version footnotes, so they're 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 00:07:54.639 --> 00:08:01.280 confusing reveal of something called the ROG XG Mobile. The announcement video 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 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 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:15.360 say, writing, what is this? Can I connect monitor? It also looked kind of 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:19.039 dirty, like they forgot to wipe the fingerprints off before you realized, 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:23.520 oh, that's a semi-transparent cover showing the electronics underneath. And 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:29.440 oh, this is an external GPU and Thunderbolt 5 doc. And the ROG XG Mobile 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:32.240 is mobile. If you put it in its stand, 00:08:29.440 --> 00:08:37.640 then in another stand, then in a box, which goes in another box with a handle, 00:08:34.399 --> 00:08:40.399 so you can carry it. Holy 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 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 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 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 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 00:09:00.160 --> 00:09:02.800 There's no way.