WEBVTT 00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:11.519 Tech news. Gotcha. Don't do the blood. It's gross. Images of the Xbox branded 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:18.840 handheld known as Project Kennon have leaked and so have images of the ASUS 00:00:14.639 --> 00:00:22.480 ROG Ally 2. Coincidence? I think 00:00:18.840 --> 00:00:24.640 not because it looks like they're just 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:29.199 the same device. An Indonesian regulatory listing for the handheld was 00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:33.840 first spotted by 91 Mobiles and then connected to an FCC listing which 00:00:31.599 --> 00:00:38.000 included photos of white and black variants of the devices taken by someone 00:00:36.239 --> 00:00:42.000 who is apparently trying to disguise them by making them look as gross as 00:00:40.160 --> 00:00:45.520 possible. I hope this person gets medical attention soon because they 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:50.160 appear to suffer from a condition that makes their fingers sweat dust. The 00:00:48.160 --> 00:00:55.600 leaked listings also revealed one variant has a Ryzen Z2 chip with 16 gigs 00:00:53.039 --> 00:01:00.800 of memory and another has a Z2 Extreme with 32 gigs. Jez Cordon at Windows 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:04.879 Central, who was first to get the word out about Project Canon, thinks we may 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:10.240 learn more about both of these devices at Computex. And I am looking forward to 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:14.320 it because despite looking like just black and white variants of the same 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:20.960 device, the black one pretty clearly has an Xbox button, while the white one does 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:23.119 not. Uh, now old Jez also claimed a 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:27.840 proper firstparty Xbox handheld is coming in 2027 alongside a new 00:01:25.360 --> 00:01:34.159 traditional console, but these handhelds are probably both just going to run 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:36.479 Windows. So, what are they? Uh, Xbox 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 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 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:52.720 of a one-sided coin. Microsoft officially announced two new 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:58.399 Surface devices, a 13-in Surface Laptop and 12in Surface Pro that are a bit 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. 00:02:01.600 --> 00:02:09.119 Both devices are only available with 8 core Snapdragon X Plus chips and don't 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:14.000 have magnetic Surface Connect charging ports anymore. They both come with a 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 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:25.200 laptop starts at 900 USD, while the 12-in Surface Pro starts at 800 instead 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:28.160 of 940 for the 13-in, but its keyboard 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:32.480 lies flat now instead of ergonomically popping up. And the keyboard also can't 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 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:41.760 tablet like a hastily hidden piece of gum. But don't worry if you lose it 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:45.599 because it popped off while shoving your expensive device into your backpack. 00:02:43.519 --> 00:02:50.160 It's super easy to purchase replacements on the Microsoft store where the 00:02:47.120 --> 00:02:52.400 keyboard still costs an extra 150 bucks 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 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:02.159 charge your laptop for some reason. That launch video sure was fun though, 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:06.400 Microsoft. Kudos for that. A New York Magazine article has gotten some 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:11.920 traction for describing how for many students, university is now basically a 00:03:09.200 --> 00:03:16.800 place to test their ability to use AI. The article partially follows Roy Lee, 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:22.239 the guy behind that AI app that promises to help you cheat at everything, except 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:26.560 the use case explicitly shown in their ad, which maybe says something about the 00:03:24.959 --> 00:03:31.280 critical thinking development that is being missed by these students using AI 00:03:28.959 --> 00:03:35.920 to write large chunks of their essays for them. Like this student who is asked 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:41.440 by writer James D. Walsh, if she recognizes the irony in depending so 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:46.400 heavily on AI to write her paper, which is about school hindering students 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:49.920 cognitive ability to think critically. She acknowledges the risk, but then 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:54.560 essentially says there's no putting the genie back in this bottle. Okay, this 00:03:52.480 --> 00:03:58.640 university crisis has been covered for years at this point, but nothing seems 00:03:56.640 --> 00:04:03.680 to have significantly changed. possibly because at least in North America, we're 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:08.000 kind of in a crisis over what university is for and what it should look like. 00:04:06.239 --> 00:04:11.680 Many go to college just looking for a rubber stamp so they can get a better 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:15.760 job. A job that verified Twitter accounts are constantly saying will be 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:21.560 gone soon along with our critical thinking skills. 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Just don't hold your 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 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:51.759 version of the RTX 560Ti performed worse 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:54.240 than the Intel Arc B580, which is much 00:05:51.759 --> 00:06:01.280 cheaper. Thankfully, videocards.com spotted a listing for AMD's own 60 tier 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:04.840 card, the RX960 XT with 16 gigabytes of 00:06:01.280 --> 00:06:08.560 VRAM, which is at least double 00:06:04.840 --> 00:06:11.039 that of the number eight. In a time when 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:17.520 every company is upping prices, Intel has announced a $100 price cut for its 00:06:14.080 --> 00:06:19.759 Core Ultra 7265K and KF desktop 00:06:17.520 --> 00:06:26.319 processors, which was greeted by fans with cries of It should have been that 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:28.680 price when you launched it. Oh man, this 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:34.120 is the coolest thing since the Core 2 Duo. No, not the Intel processor. The 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:39.199 new smartwatch from Pebble creator Eric Migakovsky, which he showed off in a 00:06:36.319 --> 00:06:42.880 podcast he called Tick tock. Spelled differently though. This guy's big into 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:48.800 stepping on other brands to NVIDIA and MediaTek may show off their ARMbased 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:51.199 Windows PC processor cenamed N1 at 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:57.639 Computex in miday. According to mysterious sources who spoke to German 00:06:53.440 --> 00:06:59.960 outlet computer base, possibly in 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:05.520 German, but our team could not confirm that. A company 00:07:03.520 --> 00:07:11.360 called Physical Intelligence has shown off household robots powered by their 00:07:07.840 --> 00:07:13.599 new PI05 AI model, following spoken 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:19.199 instructions and successfully performing household tasks in several Airbnbs they 00:07:16.479 --> 00:07:23.280 had never seen before. A use case I know is not in the Airbnb terms and 00:07:21.120 --> 00:07:27.440 conditions. I'm suing. But to really be a part of the family, these bots will 00:07:24.960 --> 00:07:30.720 need a sense of touch, which Amazon just added to their warehouse robots. 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:34.319 Although Amazon added it so they can feel pain and thus be punished properly 00:07:32.880 --> 00:07:37.759 for missing their quota. It's a bit different. And researchers at Oregon 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:42.520 State University have discovered a new species of electrically conducting 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:46.880 bacteria they've called electrothri yakonensis. 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:51.000 Maybe we can use these to make better biomed devices or use them instead of 00:07:49.599 --> 00:07:56.000 wires. Uh why? Look, I don't know. But it makes 00:07:54.319 --> 00:08:00.639 more sense than electrocuting bugs into playing music. And you know what would 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:07.360 be music to my ears? You coming back here on Friday for more tech 00:08:02.919 --> 00:08:10.240 news. I can almost hear it. 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:10.240 Nope, that's the bugs.