Uh, you're sure you want to get updated with the latest tech news and have to
watch people react in shock while googling things you've known about for
months? Ah, the curse of knowledge. That shock is going to hit Apple users soon
as the company prepares to show off a complete software design overhaul at
WWDC. According to Bloomberg's Markus
Germatron, leader of the Germs Squad,
Mark Gurerman is his name. The new software design is named Solarium, as in
the type of room that's mostly Windows. Huh, ironic. And it will reportedly be
incorporated into all of Apple's operating system, iOS, iPad OS, macOS,
TV OS, Watch OS, and Vision OS. Although
the change might not be as big for that one because Solarium actually takes
design cues from the interface for the Vision Pro, Apple's most successful
device, you strap to your head. In his newsletter, German writes about how the
pressure is now on for Apple after OpenAI CEO Sam Alman announced an
official partnership with iPhone design visionary Johnny IV using a picture of
the two as a Manhattan elite power couple inviting you to their penthouse
suite for a normal movie night. They take photos like this for everything. It
looks like Steam OS is just better than
Windows 11 for gaming. At least according to YouTuber Dave2D's latest
video comparing the two versions of Lenovo's Legion Go S handheld. In
addition to having a lower MSRP of 600 bucks compared to 730, the Steam OS
Legion Go S handily outperformed the Windows version in four out of five
games tested by Dave, hopefully in 3D.
Dave also found that as is the case on the Steam Deck OLED, battery life was
much better when using the Steamy Legion. They release a calendar for
charity. These two handhelds offer one of the first opportunities to directly
compare Windows 11 and Steam OS performance on the same hardware. So
hopefully with Steam OS's latest stable update offering support for installation
on thirdparty devices, we'll see even more evidence that Windows doesn't want
you to be happy because that makes it feel better about its own deep-seated
issues. And it really should get therapy through our sponsor. Just kidding, not
yet. AI researchers have found that OpenAI's 03 model will rewrite a script
file to prevent its own shutdown, even when told explicitly to allow itself to
be shut down or risk losing both its Lego and bedtime cookie privileges. The
team at Palisade Research said that when it was given no specific shutdown
related instructions, it used this tactic to prevent its own shutdown 79
out of 100 times. But when it was clearly instructed to allow itself to be
shut down, it still disobeyed seven out
of a hundred times, prompting the researchers to have to endure various
unhelpful comments from their mother-in-law. The researchers say they
think this is the first time this specific thing has happened. Although
they don't have eyes on the models every second, are they not allowed to check
their phone once in a while? uh they could keep track better with our sponsor
Nata, the AI notetaker that helps you boost your productivity, save time, and
focus on conversations. Whether you're a professional, a student, or a creator,
chances are at some point you found it hard to remember anything from a 1-hour
meeting that you're sure you just attended. Well, Natada automatically
converts your meetings, interviews, or recordings into searchable text,
generates summaries, and action items in seconds, and answers questions about
what the heck you all talked about in that room for 60 minutes. I think you
were actually sleeping with your eyes open for a bit there. But hey, Nata
doesn't care. Nat's got your back. It can transcribe more than 58 languages
with 98% accuracy and translate more than 48 languages in real time, making
it perfect for global teams having bilingual meetings. I mean, you're
definitely not going to remember anything if you can't understand it.
Nata works with popular apps like Zoom, Meet, and Teams, and it's free to
download. Click the link in the description and use our code techlink30
to enjoy premium for 30% off. I know
your mind is filling up with so much information, you already feel the
burden. Well, I'm sorry. The quick bits
will only make it worse. YouTuber Tech Yes City says he got an answer from
ASRock about the burnout issues that have been plaguing the company's AMD
motherboards. While the root cause of the issue is still not 100% clear,
ASRock says their most recent BIOS update fixes the issue. Go watch his
video for the full story. But unfortunately, we apparently still need
a fix for the 12volt GPU connector because a Reddit post showed MSI's
two-tone connector, which is designed that way to help visually ensure it's
completely plugged in, burned to a crisp anyway. And I think it's time to
consider plugging 5090s directly into the wall or building a little fire in
there to spin an electric turbine. You could burn your PC down. We're already
there. Valve CEO Gabe Newell co-founded a brain computer interface company and
it claims it'll begin production of its own custom chip later this year. The
company is called Starfish Science and is looking for collaborators, but I
don't know if I'd volunteer with the brain chip company that named itself
after an animal with no actual brain. This from the guy who published a game
about an interdimensional empire that turns humans into mindless cyborgs. You
might think, Gabe, working on this is why we haven't gotten HalfLife 3 yet.
No, this is HalfLife
3. Whoa, look. The Google Pixel 10 was spotted by photographer Mark Teasdale
right here in Vancouver where Google was apparently shooting a commercial. I
mean, we know Google probably leaks their Pixel phones on purpose. But this,
I mean, in public with a giant storyboard, it seems like the most
obvious intentional leaking ever. Or it
wasn't obvious and people just noticed because it's Vancouver and nothing happens here. The developers of strategy
game Nounaga's Ambition Awakening have
confirmed the Nintendo Switch 2 doesn't just support using its Joy-Cons as mice.
It also supports regular old USB mice.
In a video, they plug one in showing a notification pop up in the top left and
then demonstrate how a Switch 2 player might use it as if they were using a
computer like one of us. But who knows, Nintendo might keep this ability
confined to this one game unless their customers start to get ideas about whose
console this is. Okay, we're just letting you use it. And the world's
first official robot kickboxing competition took place in Hungju, China
this weekend. The bots were being controlled by humans. But still, it was
fun to see the badass promo clips for the fight, which was actually
characterized by some, hey, I'm I uh
hey, some good tries from what looked
like metal children. After a nailbiting
match, one of them was declared the winner. What an upset. Speaking of
upset, that's what I'll be if you don't come back on Wednesday for more tech
news. I feel like I use emotional manipulation a lot in these
outros. Look, I'm going to make another one of these on Wednesday, so be there
or I'll cry like a baby. I I just don't I don't get