WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.280 Man, the GPU situation is crazy out there. 00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:06.760 Hey, anyone know a way to play games without using a computer 00:00:06.760 --> 00:00:10.000 that isn't that obscure board game you're reaching for right now? 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:15.160 Look, I'm glad you like it. Leaks concerning AMD's upcoming RX9070 series 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:18.440 graphics cards are rampant on the internet right now, 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:23.400 with the latest being Amazon listings for some of the XFX versions with prices 00:00:23.400 --> 00:00:27.600 and a March 6th launch date. I don't know what AMD's strategy was, 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:32.200 unannouncing their new GPUs. At the last minute back at CES, 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:37.320 but the weight is now intolerable. We got GP blue balls over here. 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:42.000 Come on. Unfortunately, the leaks aren't inspiring confidence 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:47.760 that Team Red will put up a fight against NVIDIA with the cheapest RX9070 so far 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:52.520 listed at $650, a whole $100 more 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:57.080 than the RTX 5070's MSRP, which will launch on March 5th, 00:00:57.120 --> 00:01:03.560 one day before the 9070. That may give AMD some time to adjust pricing 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:08.240 or, you know, what the heck, just delay it again until this whole thing blows over. 00:01:08.240 --> 00:01:15.720 AMD wants one thing to be clear though. There's no RX9070 with 32 gigabytes of VRAM on the way. 00:01:15.720 --> 00:01:19.040 Marketing exec Frank Azor mocked those rumors 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:22.200 by making up a desperately unrealistic name 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:27.520 for the hypothetical card, while refusing to clarify that no gaming card 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:31.600 with 32 Gigabyte was coming at all. So you're telling me there's a chance 00:01:31.600 --> 00:01:37.240 and I'll take it because I want that VRAM. I also want this Gigabyte RX9070XT 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:42.100 that was already unboxed online, showing off its three eight pin power connectors, 00:01:42.100 --> 00:01:46.680 which should deliver plenty of power without turning itself into fondue. 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:50.560 That should soon be less of a problem even for RTX 5090 owners. 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:55.200 As a leaker says next month, 5090 supplies will be stupidly high. 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:59.260 So for whatever high-end cards we burn through, we'll have replacements. 00:01:59.260 --> 00:02:02.400 Speaking of high-end cards, Intel. 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:07.480 Yeah, I didn't see that coming. May base its next gen celestial graphics cards 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:13.480 on an architecture called XE3P, which sounds like a potential higher performance version 00:02:13.480 --> 00:02:18.200 of the company's upcoming XE3. No P, no P at all. 00:02:18.200 --> 00:02:21.520 Reliable leaker Raichu also expects the GPUs 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:25.280 to be made in-house at Intel instead of farming it out. 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:28.760 I don't want to make it sound like a given, but a guy can dream 00:02:28.760 --> 00:02:31.880 because all the other Intel news is less inspiring. 00:02:31.880 --> 00:02:38.840 This week, the Wall Street Journal reported that both TSMC and Broadcom are eyeing Intel's tasty flanks, 00:02:39.640 --> 00:02:44.160 their chip design and foundry businesses, which fair enough, do sound delicious. 00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:49.720 Meanwhile, the US government has reportedly discussed delaying payouts to Intel and others 00:02:49.720 --> 00:02:54.680 in the CHIPS Act program, and even suggested that TSMC run 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:58.040 a joint chip making venture with Intel, 00:02:58.040 --> 00:03:02.000 although many analysts say this is an unlikely outcome. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:09.400 It's so much easier to imagine high-powered Intel ArcGPUs slamming the 5090 into dust. 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:13.360 Eat my power connector, Jensen. Oh, careful, it's hot. 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:17.400 And who else but SpaceX has been handed 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:23.200 another US government contract to create a new air traffic control system. 00:03:23.200 --> 00:03:28.160 After President Trump's transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, announced hundreds 00:03:28.160 --> 00:03:34.880 of federal aviation administration employees will be fired, which is an efficient and based move, 00:03:34.880 --> 00:03:39.920 given the country has faced air traffic controller staffing shortages for years. 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:43.680 Simple explanation for that, though. The ones that were there were blocking the new ones 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:47.600 from getting in the building. See, we're draining the swamp, figured it all out. 00:03:47.600 --> 00:03:52.280 The news follows a Delta Airlines crash at Toronto Pearson Airport, 00:03:52.280 --> 00:03:57.520 where miraculously, nobody died. But the plane did flip upside down, 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:00.640 which according to FAA regulations, is unacceptable. 00:04:00.640 --> 00:04:04.440 Thankfully, one survivor managed to film his own rescue, 00:04:04.440 --> 00:04:08.760 confirming an event that he may otherwise have forgotten just moments later. 00:04:08.760 --> 00:04:12.520 Look, it's sad, but the only board game I'll ever be interested in is risk, 00:04:12.520 --> 00:04:15.920 which can take days to get through, unlike the quick bits. 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:21.160 Microsoft is continuing its streak of releasing updates to completely break features 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:26.120 that were already not great. In this case, the company's latest Patch Tuesday update 00:04:26.120 --> 00:04:30.880 caused other updates to get stuck and caused File Explorer to glitch out 00:04:30.880 --> 00:04:35.040 when trying to perform advanced maneuvers, like opening a folder. 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:39.320 Thankfully, Microsoft made sure to fix the glitch that caused lag when dealing 00:04:39.320 --> 00:04:44.800 with cloud-hosted OneDrive files. Why don't you just move all your files to the cloud? 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:47.840 Because what if your PC gets attacked by raccoons? 00:04:47.840 --> 00:04:53.360 No raccoons in the cloud! So, Twitter, also known as X, the coolest letter, 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:57.600 was caught banning links to the web URL of the encrypted messaging service, 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:02.160 Signal, by security research group, MISC. They were met with an error message 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:08.040 when attempting to send a DM and make a public post containing the URL Signal.me, 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:13.420 with Twitter flagging it as malicious, despite links to other services like Telegram 00:05:13.420 --> 00:05:16.920 not being affected. The reason for the issue isn't clear, 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:22.160 but it might have something to do with government workers using it to inform journalists about Elon 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:25.680 carving up agencies like a Thanksgiving turkey, but who knows? 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:29.600 An e-ink handheld has been making the rounds online that lets you play through 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:32.600 choose-your-own-adventure text-based games. 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:37.200 It's called the Ink Console, features a seven and a half inch e-ink screen 00:05:37.200 --> 00:05:40.600 and will support a number of older and newer text adventures. 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:45.320 You can even build your own. The device will be launching a crowdfunding campaign soon, 00:05:45.320 --> 00:05:49.240 so check it out if you like reading, but wish there was more work involved. 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:52.960 And a German research assistant going by J.J. 00:05:52.960 --> 00:05:59.040 on YouTube has posted a demonstration of his project called Espargos, 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:04.040 a Wi-Fi sensing array that allows interesting visualization of how Wi-Fi signals 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:08.360 move around in 3D space. Finally, we can see Wi-Fi. 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:13.720 We had no idea what it looked like before, but we still are shooting it at everything. 00:06:13.720 --> 00:06:17.120 Well, turns out it looked like a green smudge this whole time. 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.760 And you've been listening to my tech news this whole time? Wow. 00:06:20.760 --> 00:06:24.160 Hey, tell you what. Come back on Friday for more tech news 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:28.640 and bring that board game. I'll take a look at the box.