Tech news. It's watch for dinner. Don't let big beef lie to you. It always has been and it always
will be tech news. Tech news. NVIDIA and Intel have struck a deal and will be working together
in a wild twist of fate lifting Intel stock from rock bottom to one rock above the bottom
through a $5 billion investment. As part of the agreement, Team Blue will design and manufacture
custom x86 CPUs to pair with NVIDIA's AI accelerators for data centers and they'll
also make consumer focused SOCs that combine Intel CPU cores with NVIDIA RTX GPU chiplets on
the same package. The two companies joint press conference made it clear this is a bigger deal
to Intel than it is to NVIDIA. Lit Bhutan was set up in a professionally lit studio while Jensen
looked like he was popping out of a meeting to take a call in a hallway. Did he have leather on
though? Not even a vest. But wait, does this compromise the dream of Intel's homegrown GPUs
providing some much needed competition to NVIDIA? Who knows. But Intel says Ark's not dead yet.
A spokesperson told PCworld that the collaboration is complementary to Intel's roadmap and Intel
will continue to have GPU product offerings, which is the kind of vague platitude you tell someone
to get them to please leave the store because attention shoppers, the store is closing literally
right now, please get out of it. We have lives. Meta announced their first smart glasses to feature
a display on Wednesday during their MetaConnect event, which sadly suffered from Wi-Fi issues that
only affected how their AI worked and nothing else. What do I do first? What do I do first?
You've already combined the base ingredients. What do I do first?
You've already combined the base ingredients. Alright, I think the Wi-Fi might be messed up.
Sorry, back to you, Mark. It's all good. The irony of the whole thing is that you spend years
making technology and then the Wi-Fi at the day kind of catches you. In addition to a built-in
camera and speakers, the Ray-Ban display glasses have a full color display in the right eye.
You will support live translation and captions for only the person standing in front of you
and comes with a neural band for your wrist that lets you control the glasses through finger
movements and even write with your finger on any surface to input text. Any surface? Any surface you
want. Well, you have to ask first. And apparently you can't even really see that there's a display
when you're not wearing the glasses. And these aren't a prototype. They're launching September
30th, only in the US, as for $800 as a social experiment to see whether the solution to everyone
being addicted to screens is to put the screens on your face 24-7. Gotta fight fire with fire.
Not feeling the screen? The original Screenless Ray-Ban MetaSmart glasses are getting battery and
camera upgrades and there's a new Oakley MetaParashe. It's called Vanguard for high-intensity sports.
Do they come in white? It seems like more and more people might start wearing camera glasses.
Are you being recorded? Probably. But now it's by everyone, not just the government. Hey! Lastly,
Quest 3 and 3S headsets are also getting some minor updates. It's offering up the ability to scan
surroundings and transform them into virtual environments. So anytime you're scared in a new
place, you can retreat into a virtual version of your home and hide under the covers until you feel
better. Xbox. Handhelds. Do I have your attention yet? Good, because I'm not talking about the new
Xbox ally. Actually, I'm talking about what a lot of you handheld gamers have been waiting for,
the stripped-down Windows experience that could actually boost performance
Xbox mode on Windows. All you gotta do is update 25H2 from the release preview channel
and mess around in the registry. Don't do this unless you're ready to reset your device, like I
am at any time. User Goxie123 posted a full guide on Reddit, if you think you're up to the task,
along with some casual claims of a 5% performance boost in Red Dead 2. And less RAM
being used in Celeste. There are some exciting handhelds on the way from the RG Xbox allies to
the GPD Win 5 with Ryzen Strix Halo, but they're coming with some chunky price tags, not to mention
that regular Xbox consoles just got another price hike for the second time this year.
So hopefully, a bit of free performance should dull the pain a little bit.
Quick. Bits.
Quick bits. Quick bits. It's quick bits time.
Samsung is launching a pilot program to put ads on your fridge.
Yeah, the one you already paid for. That's fine with me. I love hearing about new products and
promotions as I stumble into my kitchen for a glass of milk in the morning. But it's a sad day
today for many of you who knew it was only a matter of time once fridges with screens started
coming out. Samsung originally denied this was happening back in April, but now their family
hub refrigerators are getting an over-the-air update whether you like it or not.
The ads are part of the family too. You'll owe nothing. And you'll like it.
You know what else I like? This wacky Pro X2 mouse from Logitech with their new
Super Strike technology for super gamers who need features like haptic-based clicks,
rapid triggers, and adjustable actuation. Is this the first proper analog gaming mouse?
I'm not sure. Logitech is just claiming it's the first with Super Strike technology, so let me
know in the comments. But what I am sure of is that it's going to cost $180 and offers 8,000
kHz polling with up to 44,000 dpi hero 2 sensor in there. And I thought I was the only one with that.
Dang. Nothing's ear 3 buds are giving you a better option if you need a crystal clear
recording from your mouth from a tiny microphone. It's called a super mic and it's located on
on the earbuds case and you activate it with a little button. It makes you look like you're
talking into a little handheld mic, which I guess you are. It releases September 25th,
great day for $180, a price, and I just think they're neat. That's why it's a quick bit.
They're just no big deal. Chill. It'll catch on. And Nanoleaf's new light therapy wand, not a sex toy, is the last bit we're shining a light on
today. It costs a hundred bucks and they're marketing it as a six in one skincare multi-tasking
hero. But I haven't even told you yet what the best part is. Invite! Oh, it does vibrate.
It does vibrate. And while it's meant for your face, you can point that sucker anywhere you
want. Enjoy. This is not only third light therapy product. There's a mask and LD panel for 150
bucks a pop, marking an odd transition from wall decorations to skin treatment to... I don't know
what that story was, but we'll wave it away with a magic wand. I feel better now than I did before.
What on earth will they come up with next? I don't know. I'm just the guy who makes the funny
vases and the loud noises and trying to keep everyone up to date and happy. And if I'm not
doing a good job of that, don't let me know in the comments positive words of affirmation only.
Everything else is getting newt. Sorry, not sorry. This is my comment section. Leave him alone!