1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,920 Look, in tech news and in life, you can't control leaks, trust me, I've tried. 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:13,120 We're not sure if all the leaks forced Nintendo to finally reveal the Switch 2 yesterday in 3 00:00:13,120 --> 00:00:18,400 a 2 minute video, but given that it, like the leaks, focused almost entirely on the 4 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:24,760 console's physical design, the reveal gave off some clear vibes of fine, here, now shut 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,360 up, shut up, stop. 6 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:33,480 The video confirmed many previously leaked details, like the adjustable kickstand, bigger 7 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:39,040 joy-cons with a mysterious extra button, and even pretty clearly hinted at the rumored 8 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:44,840 mouse mode, with the cons clicking into flat-sided attachments and gliding along a surface with 9 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:52,440 wrist straps trailing behind like mouse tails, Nintendo Switch Master Rays, boom, headshots 10 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,040 for days, lacking actual specs. 11 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:03,120 As far as technical calculates, we're looking at maybe a 7.9 inch screen with a 33% bigger 12 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,920 body than the Switch 1, and yeah, that about matches my own estimates. 13 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:12,600 Nintendo promised to host a direct with more info on April 2nd, perhaps because they've 14 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:19,440 got lots of prep to do. The Switch 1 sort of kicked off the whole handheld craze, but now the Switch 2 has to deal with 15 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:27,120 a market full of Steam Deco likes. Plus, Nintendo has to convince people to be okay with the way Donkey Kong looks now, 16 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:32,000 and the fact that their top IP lawyer admitted that emulators are technically legal. 17 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:40,240 You can't sue anyone anymore, you said it! Meanwhile, the US Supreme Court said it is upholding the federal law that would ban 18 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:46,120 TikTok from the country on Sunday unless China-based parent company ByteDance sells the app. 19 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:50,880 Prior to the ruling, TikTok said it's preparing to shut down on Sunday. 20 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:58,680 So what will actually happen is still up in the air. Sunday is President Biden's last day in office, and he said he will leave TikTok's fate 21 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:04,480 in President Trump's capable, orange-ish hands, although it's not clear if Biden knew where 22 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:09,200 he was at the time. See, I made a joke about both, so it's okay. 23 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:15,240 Trump may try to save TikTok following a jovial phone chat with Chinese President Xi Jinping, 24 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:20,240 but who knows? He'll have to think about whether he wants more Chinese hackers breaking into computers 25 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,880 like they did to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, probably because she couldn't stop 26 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,600 doom-scrolling TikToks of custom slime creations. 27 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:35,120 She's a freak! Like you and me! She and a flood of other TikTokers, some of whom signed up for the even more Chinese 28 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:42,000 app Xiaohuang Xu, aka Red Note, specifically so the CCP can get their data, may be bothering 29 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:49,760 its existing user base. The app reportedly plans to segregate accounts with China-based IP addresses from those in 30 00:02:49,780 --> 00:02:56,280 the US, which is sad for Chinese Americans and others who use the app because it's Chinese. 31 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:02,300 Meanwhile, American social apps are trying to attract the TikTok refugees, with Substack 32 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:09,380 straight up offering $25,000 in cash for the most popular TikTok video convincing users 33 00:03:09,380 --> 00:03:14,720 to join Substack. Well they'll probably just get there and start poking around like, you know. 34 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,180 Um, do you have any Chinese articles? 35 00:03:18,180 --> 00:03:22,360 You don't even read Chinese! Oh, I like the way it looks! 36 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:29,520 Reviews are up for Intel's second battlemage-based ARC graphics card, the B570, and so far, 37 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:37,160 the consensus is with an MSRP of 220 USD, 10 gigs of VRAM, and in general, slightly diminished 38 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:42,720 specs across the board compared to the B580, it's like a less powerful version of the 39 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,560 B580. It's not an RTX 5090, I don't know why you think that. 40 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:51,360 As originally discovered by hardware canucks and expanded upon by hardware unboxed, both 41 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:57,640 of Intel's new cards have worse than expected performance on some older chipsets, but overall, 42 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:05,440 the B570 can serve as a less powerful alternative to the RTX 4060, particularly at 1440p. 43 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:11,080 So when is AMD gonna stop dragging its feet and give us more details about that RX 9070 44 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,480 and 9070XT they announced at CES? 45 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:19,800 You know, the ones with the bad name, shame on you AMD, the shame bad. 46 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:25,440 I mean, I mean, Momomo on Twitter is leaking the full specs, and the cards are reportedly 47 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:31,560 already in stock at European retailers. AMD, this is getting a little ridiculous. 48 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:34,960 Just come out from behind the, we can all see you hiding there. 49 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:43,000 Uh-oh, I tried to hold the quick bits in, but no luck, here they come, ooooh, cuz they're 50 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:49,040 leaking. Okay, Microsoft has clarified that blog post from Wednesday about the free upgrade to Windows 51 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,200 11 going away. It was just a funny joke, it's not going away. 52 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:58,440 In fact, they want you to upgrade so bad they're now forcing Windows 11 users to update to 53 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,120 the infamously bug-ridden version 24H2. 54 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:10,600 You can postpone for a week, but that's it. Microsoft is also making the decision for you to hike the price of Microsoft 365, aka 55 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:14,440 Office, personal and family plans by three bucks a month. 56 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:19,200 But don't worry, you get co-pilot integration for your trouble, so right there in word, 57 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:25,320 you can ask it to create recipes instantly that authentically taste exactly like something 58 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,600 thought up by a machine with no taste bud. Do you like it? 59 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:34,720 SpaceX's massive Starship rocket experienced a rapid, unscheduled disassembly during 60 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:40,280 its latest test flight on Thursday, forcing aircraft to divert their flight paths, but 61 00:05:40,280 --> 00:05:43,520 leading to some spectacular footage of flaming debris. 62 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,440 Here, this one's a better view, plus the guy tagged TMZ. 63 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,520 What are they gonna do? What? TMZ emergency squad, roll out! 64 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:57,560 On the plus side, SpaceX did catch the Starship's booster for the second time, hours after 65 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:03,360 Blue Origin, owned by rival billionaire Jeff Bezos, to Elon Musk, I just realized I didn't 66 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:08,680 even say his name. He successfully achieved orbit for the first time with its new Glenn rocket, and those 67 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,760 two are gonna have so much fun together up there, and that's what's important. 68 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:18,880 Apple is pausing AI-generated notification summaries in the latest iOS 18.3 beta after 69 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:23,960 numerous complaints from users and the press about those summaries sometimes being completely 70 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:28,280 inaccurate, which is very much a you had one job situation. 71 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:33,040 Apple wants to fix the feature, but now I'm wondering how the AI will summarize all the 72 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:38,040 articles about this. Apple pausing AI summaries, wait that's me, no! 73 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:44,480 The world's largest battery power plant erupted into flames Thursday afternoon, causing evacuations 74 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:49,480 of the surrounding area, which is known as Monterey County, California. 75 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,800 Really? Isn't it someone else's turn to have a fire? 76 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:57,560 What caused it is unclear, although the batteries were lithium based, so someone may just have 77 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,080 been poking around with something sharp, just wanted to see what's inside. 78 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:06,720 And the iPhone Air and Samsung Galaxy Slim are arriving later this year, and regular Ozympic 79 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,680 might not be enough. Good thing a new weight loss drug is on the way. 80 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:18,720 That's right, it's SUPER Ozympic! Or at least that's what Gizmodo called it in their report on drugmaker Novo Nordisk's 81 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:24,240 findings showing study participants losing weight faster than vanilla Ozympic when given 82 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,480 a higher dose. Fascinating results. 83 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:30,960 So you're going to want to get your soon to be bony hands on this if you're buying 84 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:35,880 one of these thin phones. The effect we're going for with the arms is bat wings, okay? 85 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:42,420 It's so in right now. And I'm so into the idea of you coming back here on Monday for more tech news. 86 00:07:42,420 --> 00:07:51,520 Just imagine you there, me here, basically the same as this, but again, oh wow.