1 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:11,519 Tech news. Gotcha. Don't do the blood. It's gross. Images of the Xbox branded 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:18,840 handheld known as Project Kennon have leaked and so have images of the ASUS 3 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:22,480 ROG Ally 2. Coincidence? I think 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:24,640 not because it looks like they're just 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:29,199 the same device. An Indonesian regulatory listing for the handheld was 6 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:33,840 first spotted by 91 Mobiles and then connected to an FCC listing which 7 00:00:31,599 --> 00:00:38,000 included photos of white and black variants of the devices taken by someone 8 00:00:36,239 --> 00:00:42,000 who is apparently trying to disguise them by making them look as gross as 9 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:45,520 possible. I hope this person gets medical attention soon because they 10 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:50,160 appear to suffer from a condition that makes their fingers sweat dust. The 11 00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:55,600 leaked listings also revealed one variant has a Ryzen Z2 chip with 16 gigs 12 00:00:53,039 --> 00:01:00,800 of memory and another has a Z2 Extreme with 32 gigs. Jez Cordon at Windows 13 00:00:58,719 --> 00:01:04,879 Central, who was first to get the word out about Project Canon, thinks we may 14 00:01:03,039 --> 00:01:10,240 learn more about both of these devices at Computex. And I am looking forward to 15 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:14,320 it because despite looking like just black and white variants of the same 16 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:20,960 device, the black one pretty clearly has an Xbox button, while the white one does 17 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:23,119 not. Uh, now old Jez also claimed a 18 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:27,840 proper firstparty Xbox handheld is coming in 2027 alongside a new 19 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:34,159 traditional console, but these handhelds are probably both just going to run 20 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:36,479 Windows. So, what are they? Uh, Xbox 21 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:40,000 PCs, which is a thing now apparently. Ah, we'll just have to wait to find out 22 00:01:38,079 --> 00:01:47,680 whether these devices are two sides of the same coin or ju just one side of a 23 00:01:44,799 --> 00:01:52,720 of a one-sided coin. Microsoft officially announced two new 24 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:58,399 Surface devices, a 13-in Surface Laptop and 12in Surface Pro that are a bit 25 00:01:55,520 --> 00:02:03,920 cheaper than the existing 13.8 in laptop and 13-in Pro because uh they're worse. 26 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:09,119 Both devices are only available with 8 core Snapdragon X Plus chips and don't 27 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:14,000 have magnetic Surface Connect charging ports anymore. They both come with a 28 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:18,959 decent 16 gigs of RAM, which is good uh because it's the only option. The 13-in 29 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:25,200 laptop starts at 900 USD, while the 12-in Surface Pro starts at 800 instead 30 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:28,160 of 940 for the 13-in, but its keyboard 31 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:32,480 lies flat now instead of ergonomically popping up. And the keyboard also can't 32 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:37,920 be used as storage for the Surface Slim Pen, which now sticks to the back of the 33 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:41,760 tablet like a hastily hidden piece of gum. But don't worry if you lose it 34 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:45,599 because it popped off while shoving your expensive device into your backpack. 35 00:02:43,519 --> 00:02:50,160 It's super easy to purchase replacements on the Microsoft store where the 36 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:52,400 keyboard still costs an extra 150 bucks 37 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:58,080 and you can pick up a 45 watt charger for $70 if you maybe, you know, need to 38 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:02,159 charge your laptop for some reason. That launch video sure was fun though, 39 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:06,400 Microsoft. Kudos for that. A New York Magazine article has gotten some 40 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:11,920 traction for describing how for many students, university is now basically a 41 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:16,800 place to test their ability to use AI. The article partially follows Roy Lee, 42 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:22,239 the guy behind that AI app that promises to help you cheat at everything, except 43 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:26,560 the use case explicitly shown in their ad, which maybe says something about the 44 00:03:24,959 --> 00:03:31,280 critical thinking development that is being missed by these students using AI 45 00:03:28,959 --> 00:03:35,920 to write large chunks of their essays for them. Like this student who is asked 46 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:41,440 by writer James D. Walsh, if she recognizes the irony in depending so 47 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:46,400 heavily on AI to write her paper, which is about school hindering students 48 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:49,920 cognitive ability to think critically. She acknowledges the risk, but then 49 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:54,560 essentially says there's no putting the genie back in this bottle. Okay, this 50 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:58,640 university crisis has been covered for years at this point, but nothing seems 51 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:03,680 to have significantly changed. possibly because at least in North America, we're 52 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:08,000 kind of in a crisis over what university is for and what it should look like. 53 00:04:06,239 --> 00:04:11,680 Many go to college just looking for a rubber stamp so they can get a better 54 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:15,760 job. 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I'm not really a big bond guy. I 75 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:39,759 don't know what the NVIDIA has revealed. The official release date of the RTX 76 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:42,560 5060, May 19th. Just don't hold your 77 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:48,560 breath because it's got 8 GB of VRAM and hardware unboxed found that the 8 GB 78 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:51,759 version of the RTX 560Ti performed worse 79 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:54,240 than the Intel Arc B580, which is much 80 00:05:51,759 --> 00:06:01,280 cheaper. Thankfully, videocards.com spotted a listing for AMD's own 60 tier 81 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:04,840 card, the RX960 XT with 16 gigabytes of 82 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:08,560 VRAM, which is at least double 83 00:06:04,840 --> 00:06:11,039 that of the number eight. In a time when 84 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:17,520 every company is upping prices, Intel has announced a $100 price cut for its 85 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:19,759 Core Ultra 7265K and KF desktop 86 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:26,319 processors, which was greeted by fans with cries of It should have been that 87 00:06:23,199 --> 00:06:28,680 price when you launched it. Oh man, this 88 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:34,120 is the coolest thing since the Core 2 Duo. No, not the Intel processor. The 89 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:39,199 new smartwatch from Pebble creator Eric Migakovsky, which he showed off in a 90 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:42,880 podcast he called Tick tock. Spelled differently though. This guy's big into 91 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:48,800 stepping on other brands to NVIDIA and MediaTek may show off their ARMbased 92 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:51,199 Windows PC processor cenamed N1 at 93 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:57,639 Computex in miday. According to mysterious sources who spoke to German 94 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:59,960 outlet computer base, possibly in 95 00:06:57,639 --> 00:07:05,520 German, but our team could not confirm that. A company 96 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:11,360 called Physical Intelligence has shown off household robots powered by their 97 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:13,599 new PI05 AI model, following spoken 98 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:19,199 instructions and successfully performing household tasks in several Airbnbs they 99 00:07:16,479 --> 00:07:23,280 had never seen before. A use case I know is not in the Airbnb terms and 100 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:27,440 conditions. I'm suing. But to really be a part of the family, these bots will 101 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:30,720 need a sense of touch, which Amazon just added to their warehouse robots. 102 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:34,319 Although Amazon added it so they can feel pain and thus be punished properly 103 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:37,759 for missing their quota. It's a bit different. And researchers at Oregon 104 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:42,520 State University have discovered a new species of electrically conducting 105 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:46,880 bacteria they've called electrothri yakonensis. 106 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:51,000 Maybe we can use these to make better biomed devices or use them instead of 107 00:07:49,599 --> 00:07:56,000 wires. Uh why? Look, I don't know. But it makes 108 00:07:54,319 --> 00:08:00,639 more sense than electrocuting bugs into playing music. And you know what would 109 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:07,360 be music to my ears? You coming back here on Friday for more tech 110 00:08:02,919 --> 00:08:10,240 news. I can almost hear it. 111 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,240 Nope, that's the bugs.