WEBVTT 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 00:00:06.120 --> 00:00:09.160 on and I knew that today was going to be okay. 00:00:09.160 --> 00:00:12.800 Put the tech in the news and drink a boat together. 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:16.560 Later, Cisco's thong song came on. 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 00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:26.200 the PlayStation 6, so who better to awkwardly read a script about that off a teleprompter? 00:00:26.720 --> 00:00:34.160 Then AMD exec Jack Hoon and Dana Carvey from SNL playing PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny. 00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:40.040 The update on the two companies' Project Amethyst collaboration detailed three apparently 00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:46.160 important technologies shaping its next-gen RDNA GPUs, with top-tier technobabble names 00:00:46.160 --> 00:00:52.960 like neural arrays, radiance cores, and universal compression. 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:59.280 These technologies will provide scalability as workloads grow and unified light transport, 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:06.200 which are cool, but unfortunately the extremely hyped symbiotic frame reintegration was not 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:09.200 mentioned. Why did I even come to this TED Talk? 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 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 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:27.840 your head until you can envision just how totally gnarly this beast is going to be. 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:32.440 I think Intel has unveiled their next-gen Panther Lake processors. 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 00:01:36.520 --> 00:01:42.520 least, and it's going to fix everything after this smooth sailing. 00:01:42.520 --> 00:01:47.840 While Intel's previous laptop chips were divided into Lunar Lake and Aero Lake families, this 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:52.560 laptop generation will be Panther Lake all the way down and will apparently leverage 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:59.760 the best parts of its predecessors, Lunar Lake's power efficiency and Aero Lake's compatibility 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:03.680 with Skyrim memes. I think that was the best thing going for it. 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:09.400 Intel didn't reveal model numbers, but did specify three distinct package configurations, 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 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. 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 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. 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:46.360 XE3P coming up. Ooh, chills. That got me going. 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:51.360 But to compensate for the disappointment, Intel also announced their new upscaling tech, 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:57.760 XESS3, which will support multi-frame generation, beating AMD to the punch already thrown by 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 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 00:03:10.040 --> 00:03:15.160 sibling play with his action figures. NVIDIA's like, no, you'll break it, no. 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. 00:03:22.820 --> 00:03:27.360 Not for the actual hack, they already did that. But for lying, too. 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:31.080 What's next? Parking in the handicap spot? On the internet? 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 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:39.920 nearly 2.2 million photos of government IDs. 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:45.800 Well, in an updated press release, Discord says actually they've only identified 70,000 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:51.000 users whose government ID photos have been swiped, which is barely any, and told the 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:55.920 Verge that the hackers are circulating incorrect information as a way to extort payment from 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 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 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:08.640 wave of age verification rollouts across platforms. 00:04:08.640 --> 00:04:15.040 But it appears the IDs in question were collected before Discord's new age verification measures, 00:04:15.040 --> 00:04:19.400 which apparently don't store photos of IDs, were ever put in place. 00:04:19.400 --> 00:04:23.920 Discord updated their press release again to underline this fact by naming the customer 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:27.920 service provider that was breached. It's called 5CA. 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:32.320 Because people keep being weird in saying this is a Discord breach, except it literally 00:04:32.320 --> 00:04:37.200 has nothing to do with Discord other than all the Discord user data that was breached. 00:04:37.200 --> 00:04:40.320 Just drop it, okay? And then check out our sponsor. 00:04:40.320 --> 00:04:45.840 The QuickBits are actually ageless. They used to party with Harry Nilsson. 00:04:45.840 --> 00:04:50.040 The QuickBits remember the last weekend with Harry and John Lennon, but they don't talk 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:55.560 about it. Apple is making some tweaks to how their accounts work in Texas. 00:04:55.560 --> 00:05:00.560 Starting in January, Texas's new age verification law will require app stores and developers 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:04.240 to check users' ages before letting them download apps. 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 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 00:05:14.400 --> 00:05:17.920 all your downloads and purchases, so make good choices. 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:21.420 Developers will also need to adjust their apps to follow the rules, but Apple's releasing 00:05:21.420 --> 00:05:25.280 tools to help them with age checks and getting parental consent. 00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:29.880 Google also announced they're doing something similar, letting apps access info like users' 00:05:29.880 --> 00:05:34.120 age range, verification status, and whether an account is supervised. 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:38.560 Apple companies are also laying out plans for what to do when the age verification government 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:43.600 IDs inevitably get hacked. Step one, wasn't me? 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 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:57.240 that will allow users to opt out of third-party data collection across all websites. 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:01.240 Whether the browser companies actually add it is a remains to be seen, but California 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:07.520 also tightened rules on streaming platforms by banning jarringly loud ad spots from playing 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 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:16.640 a better understanding of how obnoxious online data collection and advertising efforts have 00:06:16.640 --> 00:06:20.440 become. Maybe. That's their home advantage. 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 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.160 their lead to get away from these monsters. Ah! 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, 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 00:06:38.960 --> 00:06:43.520 accessing the game at all, while others are just getting stuck in old-fashioned queues. 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 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:55.240 that easy, and soldiers do end up sitting around a lot between episodes of horrifying, 00:06:55.240 --> 00:07:00.320 uh, conflicts. So maybe Battlefield 6 is just striving to be more realistic. 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 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:15.360 center. The blaze caused the suspension of 70 online government services and destroyed 858 terabytes 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:22.760 of data, which was, thoughtfully, reported to be equivalent to 449.5 billion sheets of 00:07:22.760 --> 00:07:26.240 A4 sized paper. Very helpful. Thank you so much. 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:31.760 First of all, apparently the G drive system, no relation to Google, it's government drive, 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 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.880 to an unnamed official, because it was so big. 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, 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:52.000 I did some quick research about Korean fire demons, and I'm almost certain these fires 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. 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:03.800 Unless a housewife did something bad to a fireplace's hearth, wow. 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 00:08:11.440 --> 00:08:15.080 other chores. Great. Good enough. 00:08:15.080 --> 00:08:19.640 I'm a tired dad. I've seen the Jetsons bring on the snarky robot maids. 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 00:08:24.280 --> 00:08:27.400 it all looks pretty cool, and potentially even useful. 00:08:27.400 --> 00:08:31.360 However, at around the last minute of the video, the music takes on a more sinister 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:36.400 tone, and we see the robots doing, uh, people's jobs. 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, 00:08:45.280 --> 00:08:48.480 which made me say, film, what are you from Europe? 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 00:08:53.640 --> 00:08:57.640 already had robots working on a BMW production line for five months. 00:08:57.640 --> 00:09:01.480 Alright, all this automation better bring about that universal basic income everyone's been 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 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:11.720 the robots are? What are we going to do about these robots? Hey, you know what? 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:14.720 Let's all just relax. Okay? I hope you enjoyed today's show. 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. 00:09:19.760 --> 00:09:24.200 I found a wiki page for something called a novelty song, which includes mentions of 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:28.760 Weird Out, Randy Newman, and Frank Zappa, so obviously I have a long weekend of research 00:09:28.760 --> 00:09:29.440 ahead of me.