1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,360 To understand the tech news, we first need to understand how a computer processor works. 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,720 So let me know if you figure it out cause I got nothing. 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:17,120 AMD's new RX 9070 and 9070XT graphics cards officially launched yesterday and in a stunning 4 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:22,560 turn of events, more than just a handful of gamers were actually able to purchase them 5 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:29,520 at or near AMD's suggested prices from retailers as it was in days of yore. 6 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:34,080 While the stock situation seemed to be better than it was for the launch of NVIDIA's RTX 7 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:40,400 50 series, scalpers are still very much a factor with some 9070XTs spotted going for 8 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:48,880 as much as 2000 bucks. And while stock of MSRP cards predictably vanished quickly, evidence from multiple retailers 9 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:56,560 indicates they were only able to sell an initial shipment of certain cards at MSRP with subsequent 10 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:59,920 shipments of the same cards priced higher. 11 00:00:59,920 --> 00:01:06,480 TechTubers Hardware Unboxed said that retailers they spoke to apparently bought stock up front 12 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:12,440 for higher than MSRP on the promise of rebates from AMD that would make up the difference, 13 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:19,200 indicating that AMD maybe can't or won't give out as many rebates as they promised. 14 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:28,400 I'm saying it like that because this is unclear. In a statement to press, AMD's Frank Azor claimed it is inaccurate that MSRP is launch 15 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:35,320 only pricing, but when asked directly by the Verge to confirm or deny a cap on initial 16 00:01:35,320 --> 00:01:39,680 sales of MSRP cards, AMD refused to do so. 17 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:45,040 Now whether AMD or the retailers or someone else is to blame for the limited amount of 18 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:50,240 MSRP cards, Azor implores you don't despair. 19 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:57,920 AMD is working to replenish stock ASAP and MSRP pricing will continue to be encouraged. 20 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:04,960 You can do it best by price that thing lower. I mean, what's money compared to the joy of they hung up? 21 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:10,080 Over to NVIDIA now who has reportedly asked laptop manufacturers to check all of their 22 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:16,120 RTX 50 series laptops for the same missing ROP issue that degraded performance in some 23 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,880 proportion of Blackwell desktop GPUs. 24 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:25,360 GPUs are even apparently opening up ready to ship pallets of laptop boxes to perform 25 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,360 the checks. But that's fine. 26 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:33,160 It's normal, at least according to NVIDIA, who confidently confirmed to the Verge that 27 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,680 no laptop GPUs are affected by the missing ROP issue. 28 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,880 They always reopen laptops to fire up GPUs after boxing them up for shipment. 29 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,280 In fact, they'll do it a couple more times before shipping them out. They're just checking. 30 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:51,240 Can you blame NVIDIA for trying to keep everyone calm though the RTX 50 series launch has had 31 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,240 so many issues, people are making them up now. 32 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:59,880 Dutch retailer Your Game Specialists sent out product recall notices to RTX 5090 owners 33 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:03,560 based on a potential fire hazard risk. 34 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:09,880 But after some digging, the retailer's CEO told KitGuru that the email was an error. 35 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,600 So don't worry, everything is totally fine until we find out that it's not next week. 36 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:21,640 A lot of space news going on right now. During Starship's latest test flight, the rocket spun out of control and blew up, spewing 37 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:27,760 dangerous flaming debris across the sky in an admittedly beautiful display. 38 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:33,280 SpaceX called this a rapid unscheduled disassembly, the same term they used the last time this 39 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:40,320 happened just over a month ago. But I actually feel worse for other space company, Intuitive Machines, who had their 40 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:46,760 lunar lander tip over while landing on the moon, again, the same thing happened to their 41 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,880 previous lander a year ago. I shouldn't be laughing. 42 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:55,360 I'm sorry. Hey, you know, it's never too late for a career change, night classes can be affordable. 43 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:01,840 I'm sorry, I shouldn't. This is sad. Look, it wasn't a total loss, the lander was able to collect some data while reclining 44 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:07,520 in its crater, but with its solar panels unable to charge its battery, the mission is over. 45 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:12,400 Hey, at least they didn't just shoot it into deep space like the Odin probe from Wannabe 46 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:16,480 asteroid mining company Astroforge. See ya. 47 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:22,760 And believe it or not, there is a space success story today. 48 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:29,000 The European Space Agency's Ariane 6 rocket successfully completed its first commercial 49 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,440 mission, delivering a French military satellite to orbit. 50 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:38,000 Félicitations! That's just one of many non-English words you may hear if you travel while using our 51 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:44,880 sponsor. I know computers use quick bits, they're not the same kind that we have, but maybe there's 52 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:52,720 a connection there. A federal judge in Brazil has given Apple 90 days to enable side loading on iOS after 53 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:57,840 a court battle with e-commerce giant Mercado Libre over payment methods. 54 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:02,280 In his ruling, the judge noted that Apple has already complied with similar rules in 55 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:06,960 other places like the EU, proving that the company's business model still works just 56 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:12,200 fine when it stops helicopter parenting and pretending it has to approve everything its 57 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:17,120 customers do with their devices. They're gonna download a virus eventually. 58 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,160 Buy your mama virus! Okay, that's just rude. 59 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,560 In other Apple news, the company confirmed that it's delaying the rollout of the upgraded 60 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:30,160 Siri experience for iOS 18 that it showed off while announcing Apple Intelligence last 61 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:35,640 year, which is really too bad because the new Siri was arguably the only interesting 62 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:39,720 Apple Intelligence feature, along with inbox categories in the mail app. 63 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:44,560 Apple told press outlets that it anticipates them rolling out in the coming year, a prediction 64 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:48,960 they got by prompting the new Siri. Oh, yeah, no, she's ready now. 65 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,480 She's just shy. What if they don't like me? They already don't. 66 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:59,160 They got nothing to lose. Google's turned to bork something now, and this time it's the haptics of Pixel devices, 67 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:04,360 which got altered by the company's recent Pixel Drop update in a way that users can't 68 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:12,000 quite agree on. One user says their pixel vibrations used to be bold and crisp, and now feel hollow. 69 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,120 Another user says the haptics feel springy. 70 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:20,440 And yet another says they're now getting bang-bam feedback. 71 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:25,800 Sounds rough. Here's hoping we figure out a better way to describe this issue, and that Google brings 72 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:30,600 the good vibes back. Okay, that could work. 73 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:36,480 Western Digital has officially spun out its SSD business completely into Sandisk, which 74 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:42,480 is now an independent company. The change has some PC enthusiasts wondering about branding. 75 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:48,680 What will Sandisk call the popular WD Black SSD without the WD part? 76 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:54,640 But you shouldn't worry. Sandisk will figure it out, because as far as I can tell, all they do now is branding 77 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,840 after launching an objectively sick new logo and company identity. 78 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:02,920 Now their YouTube channel seems to just be videos about their logo. 79 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:07,840 Not sure whether they've fixed the issues with their portable SSDs, but yo, that logo 80 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:11,080 is good, you can't deny. 81 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:18,800 And a company called Bolt Graphics says their upcoming Zeus 1C GPU will perform 2.5 times 82 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,800 better than an RTX 5090 in rendering performance. 83 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:29,880 It shouldn't be that hard if the 5090's connector melted, am I right? 84 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,840 And similarly, Bolt claims are made in the rest of the video, despite the company only 85 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:38,080 showing what appears to be a CG render of their card. 86 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:41,840 Bolt is apparently showing up at a number of upcoming tech conferences, so who knows, 87 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:48,160 maybe they have something special. Hopefully they're planning on doing something substantial and not pulling an Intel this 88 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,600 morning, and literally just tweeting the word AI. 89 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:59,680 Trying anything at this point, we're manifesting. And if I imagine really hard that you'll come back on Monday for more tech news, then 90 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,560 you have to, that's the rules. What rules? 91 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,920 The ones I just imagined. This is great, you should try it.