1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,080 I know that you came here for tech news. I know that you didn't come for reviews 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:11,200 of Walmart's in-house brand baked goods. That's for the show I do after this one. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:14,559 They're all terrible, by the way, on purpose. Even they don't want you to buy 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:21,439 them. Why do you keep buying them? They're like the plastic food you see in IKEA. You're not supposed to eat them. 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:26,720 Anyway, Android laptops and desktop computers are indeed coming, as 6 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:32,000 confirmed by Google exec Rick Austerlo at Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit event this 7 00:00:29,039 --> 00:00:36,079 morning. After years of intense yearning for such devices by people like me who 8 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:40,640 know full well that it would be just like a normal PC but worse. What's wrong 9 00:00:38,559 --> 00:00:43,760 with me? Somehow I know the Samsung Dex people are already yelling at me in the 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:49,280 comments. I said I wanted it. Well, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amone doesn't 11 00:00:46,879 --> 00:00:53,920 think it would be worse. He's seen this PC version of Android and he a man with 12 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:59,359 a bit of financial interest in the sale of Qualcomed Android devices thinks it's 13 00:00:57,199 --> 00:01:04,080 incredible. I trust him. Look at this bro moment between these two. Rick 14 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:08,560 smiling. It's like he built Android for PC in his garage. This official 15 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:13,760 confirmation follows Google's president of the Android ecosystem, Samir Samat, 16 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:18,400 casually mentioning to Techraar earlier this year that they're combining Chrome 17 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:23,600 OS and Android. Yep. Just, you know, combining them, you know, figured, you 18 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:26,880 know. Well, today Samir confirmed that 19 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:30,560 this synthesis is happening next year. 20 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,960 Yes. I mean, I don't care. Qualcomm also 21 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:39,759 announced their second gen X series laptop processors, the Snapdragon X2 22 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:42,960 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme. The Extreme 23 00:01:39,759 --> 00:01:45,439 is mostly identical to the vanilla X2 24 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:51,600 Elite minus some higher clocks, but is significantly different than the X2 25 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:55,119 Elite, the other one with six less cores. Are you confused by my 26 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:58,560 explanation? you should tweet at Qualcomm about it because what the 27 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:02,880 is this? Having learned nothing from their previous round of obscenely 28 00:02:00,399 --> 00:02:08,319 overhyped marketing for the first gen X series which otherwise were pretty cool, 29 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:16,080 Qualcomm claims these unreleased chips are the fastest and most efficient 30 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:18,000 processors for Windows PCs. Period. 31 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:22,720 Fastest. It I'm not going to touch it. Steam briefly hosted malware earlier 32 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:26,959 this week when an update to the game Block Blasters introduced malicious 33 00:02:24,879 --> 00:02:32,560 code. Now, it turns out Steam doesn't necessarily validate the updates to its 34 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:38,000 otherwise verified games. Though, it's expected under 500 users were affected. 35 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:47,200 The scam made headlines after a Latvian Pump.fun fun streamer and cancer patient 36 00:02:41,519 --> 00:02:50,319 Rivo Plavnik aka Rostaland had $32,000 37 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:53,120 in crypto stolen after a 7-hour stream 38 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:57,120 which included playing Blockb Blasters. This isn't even the first time this year 39 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:03,040 a game has been pulled from Steam for hosting or redirecting to malware, but 40 00:03:00,239 --> 00:03:08,080 Plavnik's heart-wrenching circumstances elevated the story to mainstream media. 41 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:12,720 Fortunately, that lost cryptocurrency was actually made up by donations from 42 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:17,200 the community. But for its part, Valve has delisted Block Blasters and seems to 43 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:21,760 have notified users who played while the malicious build was active, but hasn't 44 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:26,560 mentioned any plans to scan updates for malware because uh is that like a skin 45 00:03:24,319 --> 00:03:31,360 you can get in Counterstrike or something? I um they're pretty busy. 46 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:36,640 NVIDIA will invest up to $100 billion dollars in OpenAI, raising antirust 47 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:40,959 concerns as the biggest provider of AI accelerators takes a massive stake in 48 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:45,040 one of the biggest AI companies. 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But did you know that if you have the right electric vehicle, soon 96 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:23,360 you could give back some of that sweet, delicious power juice back to the grid 97 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:25,599 from whence it came. Three Ford F-150 98 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:31,360 Lightning owners participated in a residential vehicle to grid or V2G pilot 99 00:07:29,039 --> 00:07:36,000 program this summer, offloading unused electricity between the hours of 5 and 100 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:41,360 9:00 p.m. and earning participants up to $1,000 over the course of the 101 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:45,280 multi-month trial. Not bad for doing nothing but plugging in. Now, for anyone 102 00:07:43,199 --> 00:07:50,720 who's privileged enough to charge their EV for free at work, keep your eye on 103 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:54,000 this one. Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime. That's why I sell my company's 104 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:58,240 electricity back to the grid to help with my expensive vehicle payments. Hey, 105 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:01,840 speaking of power, thanks to Logitech's new solar powered keyboard, you don't 106 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:07,840 need an electric vehicle to feel like you're helping the planet. The new K980 107 00:08:04,639 --> 00:08:10,720 can use the sun or artificial light of 108 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:15,680 at least 200 lux to charge the battery for up to four months of use in complete 109 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:20,240 darkness, which should appeal to many of you. It costs a h 100red bucks and has 110 00:08:17,759 --> 00:08:25,120 an AI button that pulls up C-Pilot or Gemini depending on your OS because 111 00:08:22,479 --> 00:08:29,120 those are tools that use a lot of power. Uh, the reason any of this matters is 112 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:36,399 the predecessor of this product, Logitech's K760, came out in 2012. For 113 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:41,919 whoever's been waiting to upgrade, I guess it's finally time. And Origin Code 114 00:08:38,959 --> 00:08:46,080 is a new player in the DDR5 game, and they're off to a great start with the 115 00:08:43,599 --> 00:08:51,120 world's fastest highcapacity RAM modules. But what really caught my eye 116 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:56,959 is this wild active cooling setup that you can mount on top of the Vortex 117 00:08:53,519 --> 00:08:58,880 modules. Hello performance. Goodbye 118 00:08:56,959 --> 00:09:02,480 tower cooler compatibility. But apparently it's worth it because they're 119 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:06,560 claiming nearly 40% more heat dissipation over standard heat 120 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:12,320 spreaders. And now it's time for me to spread my my wings. This little bird's 121 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:17,720 going to fly the coupe for now. But don't worry, I'll be back on Friday for 122 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,720 more tech news.