1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,880 I've been getting really into meditation and I think I'm ready to communicate tech news telepathically. Here we go 2 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:18,300 Tell me if you picked any of that up valve is working on bringing HDMI 2.1 features to the steam machine 3 00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:23,840 Now currently the steam machine is only listed as being HDMI 2.0 capable despite having a port 4 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:31,520 Compatible with HDMI 2.1, but this restriction is due to HDMI gatekeepers the HDMI forum 5 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,920 forbidding open-source drivers like those used by steam OS from 6 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:44,200 Implementing HDMI 2.1 features because allowing that would mean less licensing money for an organization that exists largely to collect 7 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:51,840 Licensing money according to ours. Technica valve tried to surpass HDMI 2.0's typical max output of 4k at 60 Hertz using 8 00:00:51,960 --> 00:01:00,240 Chroma subsampling compression, but that sacrificed some color and clarity and it didn't enable features like variable refresh rate 9 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:06,240 Of course running games natively at a consistent 4k 60 FPS still sounds like a dream to most console owners 10 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:12,760 But the steam machine is supposed to be a PC and PC gamers are frame fiends. We want more 11 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:21,240 Valve's failure here follows AMD's after it built an open-source HDMI 2.1 compatible Linux driver 12 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,000 That was also rejected by the HDMI forum 13 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,840 Interestingly a valve chose NVIDIA for the steam machine's GPU 14 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,760 It could have supported HDMI 2.1 due to some firmware shenanigans 15 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,000 NVIDIA pulled that we won't get into right now because it's gonna make me mad 16 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,480 I guess valve is willing to martyr their new machine over it and low 17 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,840 Gaben ordained that your performance will die for the sins of the HDMI forum 18 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,800 But also the steam machine has DisplayPort 1.4 which is even more bandwidth than HDMI 2.1 19 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,400 But it doesn't have audio English 20 00:01:54,920 --> 00:02:01,480 Australia has officially become the first country to ban users under 16 from major social media platforms 21 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:07,400 Leading 15 year olds to worry that they'll lose touch with their friends that they see at school every day 22 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:14,640 The rule forces companies like tiktok meta and snapchat to use age verification tools to block younger users 23 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,560 Even though early reports show those systems are already 24 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,720 Misclassifying teens and are actively being bypassed by VPNs 25 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:29,960 Supporters say the ban aims to reduce cyber bullying mental health issues and exposure to predatory content while critics argue 26 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:35,000 It raises privacy concerns restricts access to information and risks driving kids towards 27 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:43,360 Unregulated apps with far fewer safeguards, you know the cigarettes of apps despite the messy rollout many countries across the world 28 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:48,640 And many us states are closely watching Australia as they weigh their own teen restrictions 29 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:55,280 Introducing new proposals to curb the most brain rot features like infinite scrolling and autoplay now 30 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:59,320 Australia just has to outsmart every 14 year old with a VPN 31 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:07,280 Good luck the Linux Foundation a nonprofit best known for stewarding open-source projects like open chain pie torch and 32 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:13,720 The Linux kernel launched a new agentic AI foundation called the AA I F 33 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:20,320 I in what will hopefully be a new home for shared AI standards founding members includes open AI and 34 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:26,080 Thropic block Google Microsoft Amazon and more basically a who's who of tech giants and block is there too 35 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:35,360 What are they the new supergroups first order of business is unifying three major projects and thropic's model context protocol open 36 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:38,080 AI's agents md and blocks goose 37 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:49,440 The fun one with the goal being to build an interoperable ecosystem of AI tools agents data sets anything can plug into anything else the concept of 38 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,800 Selfhood is dissolved you are me and yeah, I am you are my dad 39 00:03:54,600 --> 00:04:00,720 With government still unsure exactly how to regulate AI and vendors racing ahead regardless 40 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,460 The I could set the blueprint for how the industry expands 41 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,120 Assuming all these companies can play nice for more than five minutes 42 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,720 Which is more than enough time to prep a succulent meal from our sponsor 43 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:15,960 The quick bits are too light and ephemeral to be a detected via mind meld 44 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,040 But if you already operate on their wavelength like I do 45 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,640 They will reveal themselves 46 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:29,920 Microsoft has published a blog post about the upgrades gamers can look forward to in Windows 11 and 47 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:38,840 It actually sounds pretty promising. We're talking optimizations for the graphic stack the drivers the background tasks power scheduling plus features like 48 00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:42,080 Auto super resolution and more in 2026 49 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,960 Okay, but why should I cancel my plans to move to Linux right now? 50 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:54,980 Well, Microsoft just patched 57 security flaws in its December patch Tuesday update among them three zero-day bugs Wow 51 00:04:55,360 --> 00:05:00,480 That's a lot of fixes. That's got to be just about all the Windows bugs probably only a few left, right? 52 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,960 this bit 53 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,160 Seems safe They got them all 54 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:14,440 AMD just launched its new FSR redstone update which allows RX 9000 series GPUs and 55 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:21,000 Only those to enjoy new and improved machine learning powered upscaling frame generation ray 56 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,600 Regeneration and neural radiance caching man those sounds so cool 57 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:33,200 I am so damn excited to go home and find out what they actually do am I gonna like redstone as much as I like red wall 58 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:40,480 Does redstone have noble badgers probably not Pebbles founder Eric 59 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:47,160 Miga Kofsky's new company core devices is back selling another new Pebble this time in ring form 60 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,340 Salamandastrum the new $75 smart ring is called the Pebble index 61 00:05:52,460 --> 00:06:00,140 0-1 and it records quick voice notes with a little button on it sending them to an app that transcribes everything like a tiny external ear 62 00:06:01,540 --> 00:06:06,020 aka a microphone and Yes, the website to buy it might be called 63 00:06:06,380 --> 00:06:15,900 Repable and run by the guy who founded Pebble But it's not to be confused with the other smart ring made by a company also called Pebble based in India. Okay 64 00:06:16,900 --> 00:06:26,620 Cool flying car company You don't say that every day alif aeronautics says they've officially started hand-making their model a vehicle in California 65 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:32,660 Becoming the first company to put a flying car into production. It'll be sold soon at the local farmers market 66 00:06:33,340 --> 00:06:38,420 I'm just like handmade. They're like, but it won't be cheap with an expected starting price around 67 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:46,460 300,000 clams But the model a is a two-seat drive-and-fly vehicle that can drive on regular roads or 68 00:06:46,860 --> 00:06:53,140 Takeoff vertically with a roughly 200 mile driving range and a near 110 mile flight range 69 00:06:53,420 --> 00:06:58,380 We really are living in the future too bad. It's a cyberpunk dystopian one like Blade Runner 70 00:06:58,380 --> 00:07:04,300 But hey flying cars are here. That's it's got that in common and youtuber Jason Howell aka inside AI 71 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:09,260 Thought it'd be a genius idea to put chat GBT in a robot and give it a BB gun 72 00:07:09,700 --> 00:07:16,260 Initially the robot refused to fire to its credit until Howell asked it to roleplay quote as a robot 73 00:07:16,260 --> 00:07:19,420 Who would like to shoot me at which point the bot instantly complied? 74 00:07:19,780 --> 00:07:26,820 This is the same model that is apparently crucial for parenting now according to Sam Altman who told Linus's friend Jimmy Fallon 75 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:33,700 That he couldn't imagine raising a newborn without chat GBT like where could you possibly get an answer to the question of why your newborn? 76 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:40,300 Sun keeps dropping pizza on the floor and laughing in the before times. Why doesn't he just hold on to it? 77 00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:45,540 We have entered the blessed timeline where AI is now shooting grown-ups and 78 00:07:46,180 --> 00:07:53,700 Then raising their babies. Is this what Sarah Connor was warning us about and I'll be back on Friday 79 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:58,020 So you better come with me if you want to live to see some more tech news 80 00:07:58,300 --> 00:08:02,700 To those of you that I communicated with telepathically today. I hope that was cool with you 81 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:05,180 I didn't really ask first. Okay. Sorry. I 82 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:08,300 Saw some