1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,120 I was a little worried, but on my drive into work, Harry Nilsson's 1971 hit Coconut came 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:09,160 on and I knew that today was going to be okay. 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,800 Put the tech in the news and drink a boat together. 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,560 Later, Cisco's thong song came on. 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:21,560 Sony PlayStation and AMD wanted to give a glimpse at the next-gen tech that will power 6 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:26,200 the PlayStation 6, so who better to awkwardly read a script about that off a teleprompter? 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:34,160 Then AMD exec Jack Hoon and Dana Carvey from SNL playing PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny. 8 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:40,040 The update on the two companies' Project Amethyst collaboration detailed three apparently 9 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:46,160 important technologies shaping its next-gen RDNA GPUs, with top-tier technobabble names 10 00:00:46,160 --> 00:00:52,960 like neural arrays, radiance cores, and universal compression. 11 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:59,280 These technologies will provide scalability as workloads grow and unified light transport, 12 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:06,200 which are cool, but unfortunately the extremely hyped symbiotic frame reintegration was not 13 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,200 mentioned. Why did I even come to this TED Talk? 14 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:17,040 And besides, when is the PS6 even coming out? Well, according to one of our favorite leakers, Kepler, Sony is planning to launch the PS6 15 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:22,280 in 2027. So for now, you're going to have to just let all those cool buzzwords rattle around in 16 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:27,840 your head until you can envision just how totally gnarly this beast is going to be. 17 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,440 I think Intel has unveiled their next-gen Panther Lake processors. 18 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,520 The company says Panther Lake is going to launch by the end of this year, on paper at 19 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:42,520 least, and it's going to fix everything after this smooth sailing. 20 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:47,840 While Intel's previous laptop chips were divided into Lunar Lake and Aero Lake families, this 21 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,560 laptop generation will be Panther Lake all the way down and will apparently leverage 22 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:59,760 the best parts of its predecessors, Lunar Lake's power efficiency and Aero Lake's compatibility 23 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,680 with Skyrim memes. I think that was the best thing going for it. 24 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:09,400 Intel didn't reveal model numbers, but did specify three distinct package configurations, 25 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:16,240 an 8-core and a 16-core, each with four new XE3 GPU cores and another 16-core with 12 26 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:27,320 GPU cores. Wait, XE3? XE2 used Intel's Battle Mage GPU architecture, so that means XE3 is still Battle Mage. 27 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:35,000 Of course, of course it is. Intel's Tom Peterson confirmed to PCWorld that the Battle Mage follow-up Celestial won't 28 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:41,800 arrive until we get next-next-gen XE3P cores, which Tom is already starting to hype up. 29 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:46,360 XE3P coming up. Ooh, chills. That got me going. 30 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:51,360 But to compensate for the disappointment, Intel also announced their new upscaling tech, 31 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:57,760 XESS3, which will support multi-frame generation, beating AMD to the punch already thrown by 32 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:04,960 NVIDIA. But unlike Team Green, Intel will let all ARC GPUs use their new fake-frames tech, even 33 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:10,040 older A-series gaming cards, like Intel's the cool older brother who will let his younger 34 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:15,160 sibling play with his action figures. NVIDIA's like, no, you'll break it, no. 35 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:22,820 You'll decrease the resale value. Discord is calling out the hackers who breached the chat platform's third-party service provider. 36 00:03:22,820 --> 00:03:27,360 Not for the actual hack, they already did that. But for lying, too. 37 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,080 What's next? Parking in the handicap spot? On the internet? 38 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:36,680 The hackers claim they've swiped the data of five and a half million unique users, including 39 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,920 nearly 2.2 million photos of government IDs. 40 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:45,800 Well, in an updated press release, Discord says actually they've only identified 70,000 41 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:51,000 users whose government ID photos have been swiped, which is barely any, and told the 42 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,920 Verge that the hackers are circulating incorrect information as a way to extort payment from 43 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,600 Discord. Now, we actually edited our story on this data breach in Monday's episode and pinned 44 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,280 a comment with a correction because we initially implied the breach was connected to this year's 45 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,640 wave of age verification rollouts across platforms. 46 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:15,040 But it appears the IDs in question were collected before Discord's new age verification measures, 47 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:19,400 which apparently don't store photos of IDs, were ever put in place. 48 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:23,920 Discord updated their press release again to underline this fact by naming the customer 49 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,920 service provider that was breached. It's called 5CA. 50 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:32,320 Because people keep being weird in saying this is a Discord breach, except it literally 51 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:37,200 has nothing to do with Discord other than all the Discord user data that was breached. 52 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,320 Just drop it, okay? And then check out our sponsor. 53 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:45,840 The QuickBits are actually ageless. They used to party with Harry Nilsson. 54 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:50,040 The QuickBits remember the last weekend with Harry and John Lennon, but they don't talk 55 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:55,560 about it. Apple is making some tweaks to how their accounts work in Texas. 56 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:00,560 Starting in January, Texas's new age verification law will require app stores and developers 57 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,240 to check users' ages before letting them download apps. 58 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,720 Apple says that if you're in Texas and create an Apple account, you will have to verify 59 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:14,400 you're over 18. Otherwise, you'll need to join a family sharing group, and a guardian will have to approve 60 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,920 all your downloads and purchases, so make good choices. 61 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,420 Developers will also need to adjust their apps to follow the rules, but Apple's releasing 62 00:05:21,420 --> 00:05:25,280 tools to help them with age checks and getting parental consent. 63 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:29,880 Google also announced they're doing something similar, letting apps access info like users' 64 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:34,120 age range, verification status, and whether an account is supervised. 65 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:38,560 Apple companies are also laying out plans for what to do when the age verification government 66 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,600 IDs inevitably get hacked. Step one, wasn't me? 67 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:51,600 California has been on a consumer rights kick. Governor Gavin Newsom just signed a law that will force browsers to provide a simple portal 68 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:57,240 that will allow users to opt out of third-party data collection across all websites. 69 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:01,240 Whether the browser companies actually add it is a remains to be seen, but California 70 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:07,520 also tightened rules on streaming platforms by banning jarringly loud ad spots from playing 71 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:12,120 during streaming. It's almost like the state that houses many of the world's biggest tech companies has 72 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,640 a better understanding of how obnoxious online data collection and advertising efforts have 73 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:20,440 become. Maybe. That's their home advantage. 74 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,160 California knows the call is coming from inside the house, and now we just need to follow 75 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,160 their lead to get away from these monsters. Ah! 76 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:33,720 A loud ad! Battlefield 6 just launched, but not all its new players are actually getting to, uh, 77 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:38,960 you know, play the game. According to the Battlefield comms Twitter account, some players are having issues with 78 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,520 accessing the game at all, while others are just getting stuck in old-fashioned queues. 79 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:49,720 I mean, it's kind of nostalgic. Based on what I've learned about war from TV, getting into the military isn't always 80 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:55,240 that easy, and soldiers do end up sitting around a lot between episodes of horrifying, 81 00:06:55,240 --> 00:07:00,320 uh, conflicts. So maybe Battlefield 6 is just striving to be more realistic. 82 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:07,360 Good job! South Korea's online government services are reeling after a giant fire at a state data 83 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:15,360 center. The blaze caused the suspension of 70 online government services and destroyed 858 terabytes 84 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:22,760 of data, which was, thoughtfully, reported to be equivalent to 449.5 billion sheets of 85 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,240 A4 sized paper. Very helpful. Thank you so much. 86 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,760 First of all, apparently the G drive system, no relation to Google, it's government drive, 87 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:36,720 uh, it was completely destroyed in the fire, and they couldn't have backed it up, according 88 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,880 to an unnamed official, because it was so big. 89 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:46,800 Too big to back up. Sorry. Although the incident is being reported as a battery fire, inspired by K-pop demon hunters, 90 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:52,000 I did some quick research about Korean fire demons, and I'm almost certain these fires 91 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:59,600 were caused by the dastardly Do-K-B, and likely not the fire goddess, Jo-Ang-Shin. 92 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:03,800 Unless a housewife did something bad to a fireplace's hearth, wow. 93 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:11,440 That's something to Google. And Figure claims that its new Figure 3 robot can wash dishes, clean floors, and handle 94 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,080 other chores. Great. Good enough. 95 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,640 I'm a tired dad. I've seen the Jetsons bring on the snarky robot maids. 96 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:24,280 In a video released by Figure, we get to see the Figure 3 doing all sorts of jobs, and 97 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:27,400 it all looks pretty cool, and potentially even useful. 98 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,360 However, at around the last minute of the video, the music takes on a more sinister 99 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:36,400 tone, and we see the robots doing, uh, people's jobs. 100 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:45,280 Hmm. Probably nothing. Figure's CEO, Brett Adcock, posted on LinkedIn that nothing in the film was teleoperated, 101 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,480 which made me say, film, what are you from Europe? 102 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:53,640 No, he's from Illinois. Anyway, if you thought I was being glib about these robots stealing your jobs, Figure has 103 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:57,640 already had robots working on a BMW production line for five months. 104 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,480 Alright, all this automation better bring about that universal basic income everyone's been 105 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:07,960 talking about. Or otherwise, why did Bernie Sanders just post a 10 minute video talking about how dangerous 106 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,720 the robots are? What are we going to do about these robots? Hey, you know what? 107 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,720 Let's all just relax. Okay? I hope you enjoyed today's show. 108 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,760 We won't be back until next Wednesday, Monday is a holiday, but please do come back. 109 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:24,200 I found a wiki page for something called a novelty song, which includes mentions of 110 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,760 Weird Out, Randy Newman, and Frank Zappa, so obviously I have a long weekend of research 111 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:29,440 ahead of me.