1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,440 Four score and seven years ago. There was no tech news. 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,040 But if there was, it definitely wasn't included in any YouTube videos. 3 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:12,120 They were making videos about the Spanish Civil War or, 4 00:00:12,120 --> 00:00:15,800 I don't know. Pours and buggies. Being poor. 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:20,720 AMD has confirmed the existence of its Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor, 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:26,160 the successor to the Z1 Extreme, powering gaming handhelds like Lenovo's Legion Go 7 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,840 and the ASUS ROG Ally X. According to digital trends in a joint briefing 8 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:33,880 with Microsoft at the IFA 2024 conference, 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:39,560 AMD said they're targeting a release date of early 2025 for the Z2 Extreme, 10 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:44,520 which would presumably arrive inside of new handheld devices. 11 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:49,080 Not floating down from the sky with little parachutes after being shot out of an air cannon. 12 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:53,400 I don't know who keeps putting that idea in the script. It's very stupid. 13 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,920 It's you. No specs for the chip were given, 14 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,760 but AMD exec Jack Quinn said he wants 15 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:06,640 to play Black Myth Wukong for three hours instead of the 45 minutes current handhelds can muster. 16 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:12,200 And Jack, he gets what he wants. Team Red also said they're working with several partners, 17 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,240 which could include Valve. 18 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,500 The Steam Deck did not use a Z1 chip, 19 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:24,840 but it did use AMD chips. So we may see the Z2 Extreme power the Steam Deck too, 20 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:30,880 or Valve might follow Acer, who went with a Ryzen 7 8840HS 21 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:37,920 in their recently announced handheld and energy drink from 2010, the Nitroblades 7. 22 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,240 The Nitroblades 6 cost several heart attacks. 23 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:46,880 Intel was having a great week following its reveal of Lunar Lake as a compelling answer 24 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:52,040 to Qualcomm's Snapdragon X series laptop chips, but then Intel had to go and mess it up 25 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:58,400 by announcing it's outsourcing the production of Lunar Lake's successor Aerolake to external partners. 26 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,680 It's not a great look as the plan has been 27 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,920 to manufacture Aerolake on the Intel 20a node for years, 28 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:13,400 but don't worry, Intel found a good way to spin this. You see, they've had early success on Intel 18a, 29 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:19,120 which enables them to shift engineering resources from Intel 20a earlier than expected. 30 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,640 We're giving up on our own technology and outsourcing production to our competitors, 31 00:02:22,640 --> 00:02:25,700 but that's a good thing. We went for coffee with them and they're really, 32 00:02:25,700 --> 00:02:29,880 they're not so bad, they're good guys. They see biscuits instead of cookies, they're crazy. 33 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:36,480 The news is inviting speculation about whether CEO Pat Gelsinger really is the chosen one, 34 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:42,600 prophesied to bring balance to the fabs. According to Reuters, it's also making Qualcomm 35 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,960 consider trying to acquire different pieces of Intel, 36 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:52,040 like a vulture, planning which giblets it's gonna pick off a half-dead antelope 37 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:56,760 dragging itself across the savannah. That's a gruesome image, who put this in here? 38 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:02,720 This is a kid's show. You did it. This is, kids gotta learn, death is a part of life. 39 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,000 Death is real and also it's brutal. That's tech news, baby. 40 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:12,200 The internet archive has lost its attempt to appeal the final ruling from its March 2023 court battle 41 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,480 with the association of American publishers in which the archive's operation 42 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:21,440 as a non-profit digital library was found to be copyright infringement. 43 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:27,160 Publishers Hatchett, Harper Collins, and Penguin Random House sued the internet archive 44 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,960 in 2020 over its controlled digital lending system. 45 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:37,800 In the recent appeals decision, the judges ask, is it fair use to scan copyrighted physical books 46 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,560 and distribute as many digital copies as you have physical copies for free 47 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,600 as if you're some kind of library or something? 48 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,480 No, you buy your books like the founding fathers intended. 49 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,160 It's the third amendment. We're Canadian, I don't know what the amendment is. 50 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,400 It's not actually a third amendment. I just wanna clarify that I know 51 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,480 it's not the third amendment. Okay, that was close. 52 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:04,600 Except, like other libraries, the internet archive does buy books, 53 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:10,960 which as author Malcolm Harris points out on Twitter, means they're not really taking sales away 54 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,440 from individual authors. But I admit, we're not legal experts 55 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,840 and the only place the internet archive has left to take this case is the Supreme Court. 56 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:22,260 So we'll see how things play out there. Though this does make me agree 57 00:04:22,260 --> 00:04:27,740 with Twitter user gentlemenbug. If scanning books doesn't count as fair use, 58 00:04:27,740 --> 00:04:33,780 where is the publisher lawsuit against open AI? I mean, last I heard they had scanned some things. 59 00:04:33,780 --> 00:04:38,380 But the quick bits are so fast, we can't say four score in seven years ago. 60 00:04:38,380 --> 00:04:44,700 We just say 87 years ago. We don't have time to be poetic. Ah, version 6.0 of the Bluetooth standard 61 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:48,900 has been released a mere eight years after the last major version. 62 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:55,100 Yes, I know 5.4 came out last year, but it doesn't, why do you know so much 63 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:58,580 about Bluetooth standards? In addition to reducing power consumption 64 00:04:58,580 --> 00:05:02,540 and increasing efficiency, Bluetooth 6's channel sounding feature 65 00:05:02,540 --> 00:05:08,460 will allow centimeter level accuracy for device tracking over considerable distances. 66 00:05:08,460 --> 00:05:12,460 This could allow Googles find my device network to catch up to Apple's, 67 00:05:12,460 --> 00:05:16,340 which currently uses ultra wideband tech for precision tracking. 68 00:05:16,340 --> 00:05:20,780 Or Apple could ditch the ultra wideband chips in their devices and make them cheaper for customers. 69 00:05:20,780 --> 00:05:27,460 And I'm just kidding, that's not gonna happen. Phone maker honor is using AI to fight near sightedness. 70 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:31,860 Near sightedness or myopia, a condition from which I sadly suffer, 71 00:05:31,860 --> 00:05:36,340 occurs when eyes grow longer to better focus on close objects. 72 00:05:36,340 --> 00:05:40,580 Something that has apparently grown more commonplace in a world full of screens. 73 00:05:40,580 --> 00:05:45,860 Where are the people? Some of honor's devices, like the magic V3 foldable phone, 74 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:49,100 use advanced display and AI tech 75 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:52,220 to defocus certain colors. 76 00:05:52,220 --> 00:05:56,180 Apparently this may help slow the progression of myopia. 77 00:05:56,180 --> 00:05:59,380 Could this also be solved with less screen time? 78 00:05:59,380 --> 00:06:03,820 Maybe, but honor also has an AI powered deep fake video detector. 79 00:06:03,820 --> 00:06:07,060 And yes, maybe that problem would also be solved with less screen time. 80 00:06:07,060 --> 00:06:14,100 But can I have one positive AI story? Please just let me add this. US Navy chiefs got in trouble for illegally conspiring 81 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:17,580 to install a Starlink satellite dish on their warship. 82 00:06:17,580 --> 00:06:21,940 Apparently the internet on Navy ships is often restricted to preserve bandwidth 83 00:06:21,940 --> 00:06:27,860 and maintain operational security. But the big dogs on board wanted to check sports scores 84 00:06:27,860 --> 00:06:30,940 and stream movies uninterrupted. Is that real? 85 00:06:30,940 --> 00:06:36,660 Yeah. So they smuggled the dish on board and bolted it to a wooden pallet strapped to the ship. 86 00:06:36,660 --> 00:06:41,580 They may have gotten away with it too, if they bothered to hide their network's SSID. 87 00:06:41,580 --> 00:06:45,140 Instead, rank and file sailors started asking why 88 00:06:45,140 --> 00:06:48,980 there was an unexplained Wi-Fi network named Stinky. 89 00:06:48,980 --> 00:06:52,140 And that just didn't smell right. Of course they didn't hide their SSID. 90 00:06:52,140 --> 00:06:56,180 They're basically Marines with cuter uniforms. And I dare you to keep that in. 91 00:06:56,180 --> 00:07:02,740 California based startup Reflect Orbital has the modest goal of being able to sell sunlight 92 00:07:02,740 --> 00:07:06,340 in the middle of the night using giant sky mirrors. 93 00:07:06,340 --> 00:07:10,420 While physically plausible, it's not actually clear Reflect Orbital 94 00:07:10,420 --> 00:07:15,220 even has the technology to pull this kind of orbital sun mirror stunt. 95 00:07:15,220 --> 00:07:19,140 Define physically plausible. I know several physicists that would have an issue with it. 96 00:07:19,140 --> 00:07:23,580 I think it's plausible. The company has yet to launch anything into space, 97 00:07:23,580 --> 00:07:28,820 but it's currently taking four minute reservations via its website for late next year. 98 00:07:28,820 --> 00:07:33,940 As part of the reservation process, they ask you why you want your very own nighttime patch 99 00:07:33,940 --> 00:07:40,460 of sun, perhaps because they also don't know why anyone would buy this over a $100 spotlight. 100 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:44,060 Also they ask you if you've heard of the moon yet. Do they? 101 00:07:44,060 --> 00:07:47,220 No, but that's neck time sun. 102 00:07:47,220 --> 00:07:50,420 And engineers from Cornell and Florence University 103 00:07:50,420 --> 00:07:56,220 have created a new biohybrid robot that uses electrical signals from an edible mushroom 104 00:07:56,220 --> 00:07:59,980 to control a mechanical body. Why do we have to say it's edible? 105 00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:03,060 Probably because the mechanical body's just tripping. 106 00:08:03,060 --> 00:08:06,180 Mushrooms can sense different chemical signals 107 00:08:06,180 --> 00:08:11,140 from the world all around them, which allows the bio robot to dynamically respond 108 00:08:11,140 --> 00:08:14,660 to its environment. Obvious applications include recreating 109 00:08:14,660 --> 00:08:19,060 the predator-prey relationship as a form of enrichment for vegans. 110 00:08:19,060 --> 00:08:23,140 That's a Jessica original. 111 00:08:23,140 --> 00:08:28,260 This isn't an entirely new concept. Nearly a decade ago, the Open Worm project 112 00:08:28,260 --> 00:08:31,260 created a digital version of a worm's brain 113 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:35,660 that could be uploaded into a Lego robot in a kind of black mirror, 114 00:08:35,660 --> 00:08:39,220 but for invertebrates concept. What are we doing here? Why? 115 00:08:39,220 --> 00:08:42,220 What is science? What's next? 116 00:08:42,220 --> 00:08:45,860 I created a cyborg salary. Why? 117 00:08:45,860 --> 00:08:49,740 He's got laser eyes. 118 00:08:49,740 --> 00:08:53,020 Here's another concept. Come back on Monday for more tech news. 119 00:08:53,020 --> 00:08:57,140 I'm gonna hold my breath until then to make sure you show up. If you don't, I won't take another breath 120 00:08:57,140 --> 00:08:58,260 and I could die. 121 00:09:00,380 --> 00:09:02,700 Raleigh, it's not worth it. It's just a new show. 122 00:09:04,580 --> 00:09:06,260 Private. Please.