{"video_id":"fp_3H8VeDY9KY","title":"Robotaxi launch, 800W 5090, IRL Adblock + More!","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2025-06-24T03:08:00.025Z","duration_s":331,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":4.48,"text":"Well everyone, World War 3 is almost here. Or maybe we've already been in it.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.48,"end_s":9.08,"text":"But at least I can take a Tesla RoboTaxi to the enlistment office and distract myself","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.08,"end_s":13.32,"text":"with hardware news on the ride over. That's right, the RoboTaxi is alive!","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.32,"end_s":16.56,"text":"Sort of. The program launched this weekend with Model Ys,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.56,"end_s":21.04,"text":"not Cybercabs, in Austin, Texas, and was limited to invitees,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.04,"end_s":24.68,"text":"many of whom were surprise surprise, pro-Tesla influencers,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.68,"end_s":28.04,"text":"in a small geofenced area to avoid construction,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":28.04,"end_s":31.16,"text":"major highways, and complex intersections. It's scary.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":31.16,"end_s":35.52,"text":"Tesla is allegedly using a special version of full self-driving that's not available","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":35.52,"end_s":41.6,"text":"to the average Tesla owner. Of course not. It's not only people paid for full self-driving years ago.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":41.6,"end_s":45.2,"text":"They did. Oh, they did. Well, kind of sounds like Tesla","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":45.2,"end_s":49.2,"text":"doesn't trust the technology yet. Which is even more apparent by their inclusion","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":49.2,"end_s":53.92,"text":"of safety monitors. These are people. They're, it's like Amazon with the cameras.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":53.92,"end_s":57.86,"text":"These are people. Elon promised unsupervised trips by June.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":57.86,"end_s":62.22,"text":"It is June, but this launch not only has chase cars in some instances","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":62.22,"end_s":66.6,"text":"following the 10 to 20 Model Ys, but each taxi also has safety monitors","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":66.6,"end_s":70.9,"text":"in the front passenger seats with kill switches ready to end the trip.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":70.9,"end_s":75.18,"text":"Better than your life. Most patrons said their rides were uneventful.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":75.18,"end_s":78.82,"text":"Hail the car with the RoboTaxi app. Find it at the pickup location,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":78.82,"end_s":84.78,"text":"show the safety monitor to your phone, and away you go. Out into the wild blue geofenced yonder","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":84.82,"end_s":88.78,"text":"and straight into perhaps oncoming traffic.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":88.78,"end_s":94.06,"text":"Thankfully, there have been no accidents yet. Elon stated that there will be over a thousand","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":94.06,"end_s":98.3,"text":"driverless vehicles within a few months and rides currently only cost a flat rate","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":98.3,"end_s":102.74,"text":"regardless of distance of $4.20. Oh, Elon, you're so quirky.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":102.74,"end_s":107.06,"text":"That's the weed number, man. That's like the 69th time he said that.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":107.06,"end_s":112.02,"text":"Nice. Speaking of rich people stuff, soon your 5090 could pull a thousand watts.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":112.02,"end_s":116.5,"text":"We've actually got a few GPU tidbits for you here, so let's start with your Bauer shunt-monning","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":116.5,"end_s":121.1,"text":"a liquid-cooled astral card to draw a conservative 800 watts.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":121.1,"end_s":126.94,"text":"Definitely not the limit, but enough to outperform the super-expensive RTX Pro 6000","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":127.26,"end_s":131.56,"text":"in 3D Mark Speedway. It may have been only by like 0.6 FPS,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":131.56,"end_s":134.7,"text":"but hey, that card cost over $10,000.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":134.7,"end_s":139.54,"text":"A win's a win. Hatin' video? Dozens of Linux and Intel Arc users can rejoice.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":139.54,"end_s":144.14,"text":"It's been found that disabling Intel's graphics security mitigations","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":144.14,"end_s":147.78,"text":"can net a nice 20% uplift in OpenCL","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":147.78,"end_s":151.5,"text":"and level zero in Ubuntu. This can be a little risky.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":151.5,"end_s":156.5,"text":"Security measures are in place for a reason, but Intel seems confident that it'll be fine.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":156.5,"end_s":160.02,"text":"Totally fine. They're so confident you can already grab the OpenCL","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":160.02,"end_s":164.26,"text":"and level zero compute stacks on their GitHub pages, Sand Security.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":164.26,"end_s":168.34,"text":"And for more free performance, this time for hundreds of you, J's Two Cents has pointed out","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":168.34,"end_s":171.94,"text":"that systems rocking 13th or 14th gen Intel chips","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":171.94,"end_s":175.26,"text":"and NVIDIA graphics cards might not actually","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":175.26,"end_s":178.74,"text":"have rebar enabled. Bio says it's enabled.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":178.74,"end_s":183.78,"text":"GPUZ says it's enabled, but you'll need to dig into the NVIDIA profile inspector","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":183.78,"end_s":188.62,"text":"to know the truth and potentially make a change. Check out J's video for more information","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":188.62,"end_s":193.54,"text":"and then check out our sponsor. But what about the QuickBits?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":193.54,"end_s":197.42,"text":"In preparation for the Xbox Ally X, Microsoft has been spotted testing out","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":197.42,"end_s":200.46,"text":"their consolidated game library in the Xbox app.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":200.46,"end_s":203.62,"text":"Finally, an end to game segregation across platforms,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":203.62,"end_s":207.22,"text":"a beautiful world where Steam and Xbox games can live together in harmony.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":207.22,"end_s":210.58,"text":"To try it for yourself, just download the Xbox Insider hub on PC","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":210.58,"end_s":215.1,"text":"and join the gaming preview, then take a look at the My Library section.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":215.1,"end_s":218.58,"text":"Not literally my library. You don't want to go in there.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":218.58,"end_s":224.7,"text":"And if you want to play those games with a Steam controller, don't because Tommy B has shown us the path to enlightenment","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":224.7,"end_s":228.58,"text":"with his version of the Steam Controller 2 or Steam Deck controller.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":228.58,"end_s":232.7,"text":"He used a ton of off the shelf and 3D printed parts to create a splittable unit","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":232.7,"end_s":236.7,"text":"that features everyone's favorite trackpads. And honestly, it looks pretty sick.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":236.7,"end_s":240.38,"text":"Valve, please hire this man or just pay him a bunch of money and make it official.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":240.38,"end_s":244.58,"text":"Either way, just let the people have it. And there's more good news. Today's just, it's just a good day.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":244.58,"end_s":249.74,"text":"The Epic team working on Unreal Engine 5 updates has shown off a significant performance uplift","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":249.74,"end_s":254.98,"text":"going from patch 5.4 to 5.6 in the Paris Tech demo from Scan's factory.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":254.98,"end_s":258.14,"text":"GPU bound scenarios saw up to 25% higher framerates","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":258.14,"end_s":264.98,"text":"and CPU bound scenarios saw up to 35% with reduced frame time spikes and all with better visuals.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":264.98,"end_s":268.9,"text":"Holy shit, actually. Yeah. UE5 is finally going to be optimized.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":268.9,"end_s":272.86,"text":"Incredible. R slash patient gamers, you shall be exalted.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":272.86,"end_s":278.54,"text":"Something else to look forward to is this super cool real life ad block using augmented reality.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":278.54,"end_s":282.14,"text":"You see an ad or a product, it gives a big transparent ad block logo.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":282.14,"end_s":285.94,"text":"But soon thanks to Steam, Stygian, Spavenhove.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":285.94,"end_s":290.22,"text":"I'm so sorry, man. You too could be inundated with giant red rectangles.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":290.22,"end_s":294.66,"text":"It's not perfect, but it's a cool first step to an ad-free world.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":294.66,"end_s":297.7,"text":"lttdstore.com. And last but not least,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":297.7,"end_s":300.9,"text":"yep, War Thunder forum users are at it again.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":300.9,"end_s":305.22,"text":"Just War Thunder forum users will be War Thunder forum users this time.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":305.22,"end_s":309.02,"text":"A user uploaded a section from a NAT tops manual","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":309.02,"end_s":312.98,"text":"for the AV8B and TAV8B Harrier.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":312.98,"end_s":316.62,"text":"Clearly marked, that is, not public information.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":316.66,"end_s":321.9,"text":"It's not a massive leak, but it's a leak nonetheless. So somebody set the counter back to zero for the reset.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":321.9,"end_s":325.1,"text":"Just like I'm resetting in a couple of days, stay tuned for Wednesday's episode,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":325.1,"end_s":329.3,"text":"where we'll have stories about crazy stuff like magical GPU price cuts.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":329.3,"end_s":331.46,"text":"Just kidding, I can't tell the future.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Well everyone, World War 3 is almost here. Or maybe we've already been in it. But at least I can take a Tesla RoboTaxi to the enlistment office and distract myself with hardware news on the ride over. That's right, the RoboTaxi is alive! Sort of. The program launched this weekend with Model Ys, not Cybercabs, in Austin, Texas, and was limited to invitees, many of whom were surprise surprise, pro-Tesla influencers, in a small geofenced area to avoid construction, major highways, and complex intersections. It's scary. Tesla is allegedly using a special version of full self-driving that's not available to the average Tesla owner. Of course not. It's not only people paid for full self-driving years ago. They did. Oh, they did. Well, kind of sounds like Tesla doesn't trust the technology yet. Which is even more apparent by their inclusion of safety monitors. These are people. They're, it's like Amazon with the cameras. These are people. Elon promised unsupervised trips by June. It is June, but this launch not only has chase cars in some instances following the 10 to 20 Model Ys, but each taxi also has safety monitors in the front passenger seats with kill switches ready to end the trip. Better than your life. Most patrons said their rides were uneventful. Hail the car with the RoboTaxi app. Find it at the pickup location, show the safety monitor to your phone, and away you go. Out into the wild blue geofenced yonder and straight into perhaps oncoming traffic. Thankfully, there have been no accidents yet. Elon stated that there will be over a thousand driverless vehicles within a few months and rides currently only cost a flat rate regardless of distance of $4.20. Oh, Elon, you're so quirky. That's the weed number, man. That's like the 69th time he said that. Nice. Speaking of rich people stuff, soon your 5090 could pull a thousand watts. We've actually got a few GPU tidbits for you here, so let's start with your Bauer shunt-monning a liquid-cooled astral card to draw a conservative 800 watts. Definitely not the limit, but enough to outperform the super-expensive RTX Pro 6000 in 3D Mark Speedway. It may have been only by like 0.6 FPS, but hey, that card cost over $10,000. A win's a win. Hatin' video? Dozens of Linux and Intel Arc users can rejoice. It's been found that disabling Intel's graphics security mitigations can net a nice 20% uplift in OpenCL and level zero in Ubuntu. This can be a little risky. Security measures are in place for a reason, but Intel seems confident that it'll be fine. Totally fine. They're so confident you can already grab the OpenCL and level zero compute stacks on their GitHub pages, Sand Security. And for more free performance, this time for hundreds of you, J's Two Cents has pointed out that systems rocking 13th or 14th gen Intel chips and NVIDIA graphics cards might not actually have rebar enabled. Bio says it's enabled. GPUZ says it's enabled, but you'll need to dig into the NVIDIA profile inspector to know the truth and potentially make a change. Check out J's video for more information and then check out our sponsor. But what about the QuickBits? In preparation for the Xbox Ally X, Microsoft has been spotted testing out their consolidated game library in the Xbox app. Finally, an end to game segregation across platforms, a beautiful world where Steam and Xbox games can live together in harmony. To try it for yourself, just download the Xbox Insider hub on PC and join the gaming preview, then take a look at the My Library section. Not literally my library. You don't want to go in there. And if you want to play those games with a Steam controller, don't because Tommy B has shown us the path to enlightenment with his version of the Steam Controller 2 or Steam Deck controller. He used a ton of off the shelf and 3D printed parts to create a splittable unit that features everyone's favorite trackpads. And honestly, it looks pretty sick. Valve, please hire this man or just pay him a bunch of money and make it official. Either way, just let the people have it. And there's more good news. Today's just, it's just a good day. The Epic team working on Unreal Engine 5 updates has shown off a significant performance uplift going from patch 5.4 to 5.6 in the Paris Tech demo from Scan's factory. GPU bound scenarios saw up to 25% higher framerates and CPU bound scenarios saw up to 35% with reduced frame time spikes and all with better visuals. Holy shit, actually. Yeah. UE5 is finally going to be optimized. Incredible. R slash patient gamers, you shall be exalted. Something else to look forward to is this super cool real life ad block using augmented reality. You see an ad or a product, it gives a big transparent ad block logo. But soon thanks to Steam, Stygian, Spavenhove. I'm so sorry, man. You too could be inundated with giant red rectangles. It's not perfect, but it's a cool first step to an ad-free world. lttdstore.com. And last but not least, yep, War Thunder forum users are at it again. Just War Thunder forum users will be War Thunder forum users this time. A user uploaded a section from a NAT tops manual for the AV8B and TAV8B Harrier. Clearly marked, that is, not public information. It's not a massive leak, but it's a leak nonetheless. So somebody set the counter back to zero for the reset. Just like I'm resetting in a couple of days, stay tuned for Wednesday's episode, where we'll have stories about crazy stuff like magical GPU price cuts. Just kidding, I can't tell the future."}