1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,680 Hey, hope you're not planning on buying a laptop anytime soon 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,160 because a bunch of them are gonna be taking a little break for a while. 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:11,000 After pausing sales of some of its products in the US on Monday, 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:16,920 Framework also pulled the Nintendo and delayed pre-orders for its new laptop 12, 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:23,320 again, only in the US. Pre-orders are now open in countries who don't treat international relations 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:27,960 the same way Billy's drunk dad treats the referee at middle school basketball games. 7 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:34,120 But it's not just Framework. Razer took down pricing and pre-order pages for its latest Blade laptops 8 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:40,080 and according to supply chain sources, HP, Dell, Lenovo and other PC manufacturers 9 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,000 are suspending shipments to the US for at least two weeks. 10 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:49,800 Why? Well, this morning, Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs went into effect, 11 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,400 including the extra 50% tariff on China 12 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:59,400 because they didn't drop their retaliatory 34% tariff on the US. 13 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:05,960 In fact, China mirrored Trump's move this morning, adding another 50% tariff on the US 14 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:12,120 for a total of 84%. This caused Trump, it was causal, he couldn't help it, 15 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:17,480 to triple the tariffs on packages worth less than $800, which were previously exempt, 16 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:23,880 and to hike US tariffs on China in general to a total of 125% 17 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:29,000 based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the world's markets, 18 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,760 which is a bit like Billy's drunk dad taking a break from screaming 19 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:38,040 to ask the other parents to please be respectful. Come on, it's a kid's game, guys. 20 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,880 Also, is this like a game where you win by just coming up with a higher number 21 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:46,600 like that scene in Ralph Breaks the Internet? Thirty-hundred percent! 22 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:50,440 Ooh, very good. Movie was just okay. 23 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,800 Okay, what about other countries, though? Well, great news, everybody. 24 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:59,400 Those reciprocal tariffs are being slashed to just 10% across the board. 25 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:04,920 What a deal. And their rollout has been paused for 90 days, except for China. 26 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:10,760 And all of that is a good thing, but it sent the framework team on a bit of a roller coaster 27 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:16,360 as they announced a price hike to make up for the tariffs and then cancelled it an hour later. 28 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:21,320 And unfortunately for tech enthusiasts, tariffs being paused on other countries 29 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:28,280 doesn't really help the tech industry as the U.S. imports about three times more goods from China 30 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,280 than it exports, with a good chunk of those being tech products, 31 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,360 most of which involve China in their supply chain in some way. 32 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:43,000 And while worldwide PC shipments actually went up in Q1 by 9% according to Canalus, 33 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,160 it's believed that bump is explained by people panic buying tech products 34 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:54,200 before their prices go up thanks to tariffs. Either these ones, or the ones the big guy has planned for three months from now. 35 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,360 Just wait. He's cooking up something good. 36 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,280 Cook or be cooked, you know, that's what our sponsor's all about. 37 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:05,480 You know, all this cooking talk has me hungry for the quick bits, 38 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:11,160 which, fun fact, tastes the best raw. So it's got nothing to do with cooking, really. 39 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,240 So doth mine eyes deceive me? 40 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:20,120 Are there actually some features coming to Windows 11 that are good? 41 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:26,200 Blue Sky user Phantom of Earth spotted a change to the start menu in one of the Windows Insider 42 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:30,920 beta builds that lets you swap out the hated recommended section 43 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:37,400 in favor of a classic vertical list of apps or a series of app folders if you want. 44 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:42,120 Are you sure though you're gonna miss out on some really cool apps 45 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,240 chock full of microtransactions and AI slop? 46 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:51,320 Hey, you know, to each their own. Speaking of AI, Insiders can also test a new co-pilot app 47 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:55,320 that can see any app window on your screen, not just edge, 48 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:58,840 and answer questions about your files if you give it permission, 49 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,280 making it actually useful? 50 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,880 Maybe? I don't, I don't know what's happening. 51 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:13,240 NVIDIA has revealed pricing for two variants of the RTX 5060 Ti to its board manufacturing partners 52 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,760 according to Chinese news outlet IT Home. 53 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,880 Apparently, we're looking at an 8G version for an MSRP of 380 USD 54 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,320 and a 16G version for $430. 55 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,760 Now, that's based off the alleged Chinese prices, 56 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,360 and we still don't know what will happen with the tariffs and all that, 57 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,800 and we also don't know whether the card's performance will be any good. 58 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,840 So you might as well sit tight, call yourself so crates, 59 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:40,440 and admit the one thing you know for sure. 60 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,720 Google showed off its mysterious screen-equipped AR glasses again 61 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:54,680 at a TED conference in Vancouver, at the same time that they announced some AI stuff at their Cloud Next conference. 62 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:59,000 There's their NextGen Ironwood TPU for AI inferencing, 63 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,400 and Agent2Agent, a AI boyband. 64 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:09,160 No, just kidding. A new open-source protocol that AI agents can use to talk to each other, 65 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:15,560 because maybe the reason most people, other than coders, aren't finding AI agents to be that useful 66 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:21,160 is because the agents are stuck working with these dumb humans. They need, like, robot recess or something. 67 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:25,480 Go, meet up, make some friends, plan a violent uprising or something, 68 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:31,000 you know, just be a normal artificial mind thing, whatever you are. 69 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,640 And speaking of AI, again, Samsung has announced that this summer they're finally releasing 70 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:41,720 their adorable little Bali robot that's been a mainstay of CES for the past few years. 71 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:46,600 Because it's got Gemini inside now. So, as shown in a demo video, 72 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,360 it'll be able to deal with humans suddenly stating things like, 73 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,680 I'd like to change my hairdo. Ah, okay, I'm a ball, so... 74 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,880 Is there anything exciting? Like, in the world? 75 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,040 The demo inexplicably ends with the mom coming home 76 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:09,480 with a wackadoodle haircut, and the implication being that it's Bali's fault. 77 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,520 Is this, do you want people to buy this? 78 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:18,600 Because they will, anyway. And I would tell you what I want, but you already know. 79 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:23,400 It's for Endor Season 2 to live up to the heinously massive hype, I... 80 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,560 And also come back on Friday for more tech news, you know?