WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.680 Hey, hope you're not planning on buying a laptop anytime soon 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:07.160 because a bunch of them are gonna be taking a little break for a while. 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:11.000 After pausing sales of some of its products in the US on Monday, 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:16.920 Framework also pulled the Nintendo and delayed pre-orders for its new laptop 12, 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 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:27.960 the same way Billy's drunk dad treats the referee at middle school basketball games. 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 00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:40.080 and according to supply chain sources, HP, Dell, Lenovo and other PC manufacturers 00:00:40.080 --> 00:00:44.000 are suspending shipments to the US for at least two weeks. 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:49.800 Why? Well, this morning, Trump's so-called reciprocal tariffs went into effect, 00:00:49.800 --> 00:00:53.400 including the extra 50% tariff on China 00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:59.400 because they didn't drop their retaliatory 34% tariff on the US. 00:00:59.400 --> 00:01:05.960 In fact, China mirrored Trump's move this morning, adding another 50% tariff on the US 00:01:05.960 --> 00:01:12.120 for a total of 84%. This caused Trump, it was causal, he couldn't help it, 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:17.480 to triple the tariffs on packages worth less than $800, which were previously exempt, 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:23.880 and to hike US tariffs on China in general to a total of 125% 00:01:23.880 --> 00:01:29.000 based on the lack of respect that China has shown to the world's markets, 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:32.760 which is a bit like Billy's drunk dad taking a break from screaming 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. 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 00:01:41.880 --> 00:01:46.600 like that scene in Ralph Breaks the Internet? Thirty-hundred percent! 00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:50.440 Ooh, very good. Movie was just okay. 00:01:50.440 --> 00:01:53.800 Okay, what about other countries, though? Well, great news, everybody. 00:01:53.800 --> 00:01:59.400 Those reciprocal tariffs are being slashed to just 10% across the board. 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:04.920 What a deal. And their rollout has been paused for 90 days, except for China. 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 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. 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:21.320 And unfortunately for tech enthusiasts, tariffs being paused on other countries 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 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:32.280 than it exports, with a good chunk of those being tech products, 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.360 most of which involve China in their supply chain in some way. 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:43.000 And while worldwide PC shipments actually went up in Q1 by 9% according to Canalus, 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:47.160 it's believed that bump is explained by people panic buying tech products 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. 00:02:54.200 --> 00:02:58.360 Just wait. He's cooking up something good. 00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:02.280 Cook or be cooked, you know, that's what our sponsor's all about. 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:05.480 You know, all this cooking talk has me hungry for the quick bits, 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. 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:15.240 So doth mine eyes deceive me? 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:20.120 Are there actually some features coming to Windows 11 that are good? 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 00:03:26.200 --> 00:03:30.920 beta builds that lets you swap out the hated recommended section 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. 00:03:37.480 --> 00:03:42.120 Are you sure though you're gonna miss out on some really cool apps 00:03:42.120 --> 00:03:45.240 chock full of microtransactions and AI slop? 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 00:03:51.320 --> 00:03:55.320 that can see any app window on your screen, not just edge, 00:03:55.320 --> 00:03:58.840 and answer questions about your files if you give it permission, 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:02.280 making it actually useful? 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:05.880 Maybe? I don't, I don't know what's happening. 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 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.760 according to Chinese news outlet IT Home. 00:04:16.760 --> 00:04:21.880 Apparently, we're looking at an 8G version for an MSRP of 380 USD 00:04:21.880 --> 00:04:25.320 and a 16G version for $430. 00:04:25.320 --> 00:04:28.760 Now, that's based off the alleged Chinese prices, 00:04:28.760 --> 00:04:32.360 and we still don't know what will happen with the tariffs and all that, 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:35.800 and we also don't know whether the card's performance will be any good. 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:38.840 So you might as well sit tight, call yourself so crates, 00:04:38.840 --> 00:04:40.440 and admit the one thing you know for sure. 00:04:43.880 --> 00:04:47.720 Google showed off its mysterious screen-equipped AR glasses again 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. 00:04:54.680 --> 00:04:59.000 There's their NextGen Ironwood TPU for AI inferencing, 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:03.400 and Agent2Agent, a AI boyband. 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, 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 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. 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:25.480 Go, meet up, make some friends, plan a violent uprising or something, 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:31.000 you know, just be a normal artificial mind thing, whatever you are. 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:35.640 And speaking of AI, again, Samsung has announced that this summer they're finally releasing 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. 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:46.600 Because it's got Gemini inside now. So, as shown in a demo video, 00:05:46.600 --> 00:05:50.360 it'll be able to deal with humans suddenly stating things like, 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:54.680 I'd like to change my hairdo. Ah, okay, I'm a ball, so... 00:05:55.720 --> 00:05:59.880 Is there anything exciting? Like, in the world? 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.040 The demo inexplicably ends with the mom coming home 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:09.480 with a wackadoodle haircut, and the implication being that it's Bali's fault. 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:12.520 Is this, do you want people to buy this? 00:06:13.880 --> 00:06:18.600 Because they will, anyway. And I would tell you what I want, but you already know. 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:23.400 It's for Endor Season 2 to live up to the heinously massive hype, I... 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:27.560 And also come back on Friday for more tech news, you know?