1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,440 Intel officially discontinued their ARC A770 limited edition graphics card in an unexpected 2 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,320 move according to people who didn't fully grasp the GPU's name. 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:15,400 I'm Jacob Rush, this is TechLinked, and this might be your last chance to snag the first 4 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:20,640 party version of the A770 since Intel unceremoniously sent out a product change notification this 5 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,740 Tuesday announcing the final day of shipping to distributors and retailers. 6 00:00:24,740 --> 00:00:30,300 Now hold on, if you still want to go blue for your GPU, third party A770 cards are still 7 00:00:30,300 --> 00:00:36,180 being manufactured by companies like Acer, Gigabyte, and even Sparkle, who started making 8 00:00:36,180 --> 00:00:40,420 graphics cards again after an over 10 year hiatus because they were inspired by Intel's 9 00:00:40,420 --> 00:00:44,540 bravery. Sparkling was inside. Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle. 10 00:00:44,540 --> 00:00:52,140 But also, continue holding on because Intel's A770LE is, or was, one of only 4 models that 11 00:00:52,140 --> 00:00:58,020 offered 16GB of VRAM instead of 8, which can be the difference between Gingoburr and 12 00:00:58,020 --> 00:01:03,860 Gingoburr. So run, don't walk to your local computer retailer if you want to get your hands on 13 00:01:03,860 --> 00:01:09,660 the card that PC Gamer awarded the coveted ha ha funny number, score 69. 14 00:01:09,660 --> 00:01:14,340 Wednesday was the first day of the Microsoft Activision FTC trial and also everyone's 15 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:18,620 favorite Netflix show, and it's apparently being held at a laundromat based on all the 16 00:01:18,620 --> 00:01:25,020 dirty laundry. It's into the trial, Microsoft Council revealed an email from Sony's PlayStation Chief Jim 17 00:01:25,020 --> 00:01:29,540 Ryan that revealed he never believed Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard 18 00:01:29,540 --> 00:01:33,140 was actually about making their games Xbox exclusives, saying, 19 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:38,500 What? Yeah, he said, I'm pretty sure we will continue to see Call of Duty on PlayStation for many 20 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:43,500 years to come, and that is an exact replica of his voice, exact. 21 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:49,140 And that sounds a lot different than Sony's public statements of, Mom, Xbox is stealing 22 00:01:49,140 --> 00:01:57,740 my games. Mom! Also juicy, Xbox VP Sarah Bond said during questioning that Activision boss and half 23 00:01:57,740 --> 00:02:01,980 goblin Bobby Kotick threatened to withhold the launch of Call of Duty Black Ops Cold 24 00:02:01,980 --> 00:02:09,660 War on the Xbox Series X slash S unless Microsoft lowered their cut of sales from 30% to 20%. 25 00:02:09,660 --> 00:02:15,220 Now having said all that Microsoft, you know, the 2.5 trillion dollar company, yeah, turns 26 00:02:15,220 --> 00:02:18,140 out they might not be the innocent victims here. 27 00:02:19,020 --> 00:02:24,660 I know. The Indiana Jones game under development by Bethesda subsidiary Machine Games was supposed 28 00:02:24,660 --> 00:02:28,900 to be multi-platform, but the contract with Disney was amended, so the game would only 29 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:32,900 launch on Xbox and PC after Bethesda was bought by Microsoft. 30 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:40,380 And this isn't even everything from the first two days. Today, the third day, Phil Spencer is being questioned and he's already been exposed for 31 00:02:40,380 --> 00:02:47,660 owning a suit and tie, he's on a slob like the rest of us, he's just been a corporate 32 00:02:47,660 --> 00:02:56,980 fat cat this whole time, I thought he was just a hashtag gamer bro, thank you for enjoying 33 00:02:56,980 --> 00:03:05,260 Xbox Direct. And Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have challenged each other to a cage fight this Sunday, Sunday, 34 00:03:05,260 --> 00:03:09,900 Sunday. Watch the world's most wealthy man take on the world's least human man. 35 00:03:09,900 --> 00:03:14,180 Tonight's main event kicked off on Tuesday when Elon Musk responded to a tweet about 36 00:03:14,180 --> 00:03:19,460 Metis-planned Twitter Weival, codenamed Threads, by willingly signing up for a cage match after 37 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:23,300 he was reminded that Zuck does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. 38 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:26,700 Because that's the kind of forward thinking that Elon is famous for. 39 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:30,780 He's good at fighting, I should fight him. I should lie on his body and not move. 40 00:03:30,780 --> 00:03:37,580 That's why I have 14 children. Mark Zuckerberg then responded on Instagram with a screenshot of Elon's tweet accompanied 41 00:03:37,580 --> 00:03:41,780 with the totally not robotic sounding message, send me location. 42 00:03:41,780 --> 00:03:47,740 A reference to UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, because Mark's just one of the lads now. 43 00:03:47,740 --> 00:03:54,100 He knows all the lore. Elon happily suggested the venue famous for showcasing the incredible athleticism of UFC 44 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:58,340 fighters, the Vegas Octagon, as the natural battleground for this bloated billionaire 45 00:03:58,340 --> 00:04:03,820 Bloodsport. Since Elon is 11 years older and in worse shape than the Zuck, I'm surprised Musk so 46 00:04:03,820 --> 00:04:10,020 eagerly publicized his future physical location, or as he likes to call it, assassination coordinates. 47 00:04:10,140 --> 00:04:14,140 Musk and Zuck have apparently had bad blood for years, ever since Mark Zuckerberg roasted 48 00:04:14,140 --> 00:04:20,260 SpaceX for, well, literally roasting a satellite that was supposed to provide Facebook access 49 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:27,260 to certain areas in Africa. Instead, the satellite exploded and possibly provided the world with the opportunity to 50 00:04:27,260 --> 00:04:33,060 see the world's richest internet troll fight the world's richest reptilian robot. 51 00:04:33,060 --> 00:04:36,980 He's both of them. He loves barbecue. Here at Facebook, I love barbecue. 52 00:04:36,980 --> 00:04:40,420 It is my favorite human food. Every night I have the same dream. 53 00:04:40,420 --> 00:04:47,220 A man collapses in the street and I run to him. His condition is critical and he can barely speak, so I move my ear to his mouth and he 54 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:50,420 says, when are you going to end this intro and move on to the f***ing quick bits? 55 00:04:50,420 --> 00:04:54,180 A Canadian bill that would require companies like Meta and Google to pay media outlets 56 00:04:54,180 --> 00:04:58,820 for news became law yesterday, and Meta immediately announced that before the law goes into effect 57 00:04:58,820 --> 00:05:03,180 some months from now, news will no longer be available on Facebook or Instagram for 58 00:05:03,180 --> 00:05:08,900 anyone in the true north. And this is totally different to when Meta threatened to do the same in Australia before 59 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:13,140 agreeing to pay Australian news publishers after that country passed a similar law and 60 00:05:13,140 --> 00:05:17,340 completely distinct from when Meta agreed to pay news publishers in France after the 61 00:05:17,340 --> 00:05:22,300 French government also passed a similar law. This time, they mean business. 62 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:27,260 It's no joke. Like that time Ricky took the snowmobile off that ramp a bit fast and bunged his shins 63 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:33,060 up real good. Oh, he went off for a rippie. 64 00:05:33,060 --> 00:05:39,500 Absolutely shattered. Lewis Rossman has alleged that Amazon has removed him from their affiliates program in retaliation 65 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:44,140 for reporting on the story of an Amazon customer who couldn't use their eco-powered smart 66 00:05:44,140 --> 00:05:47,140 home due to false racism allegations. 67 00:05:47,140 --> 00:05:51,180 Less than two weeks after posting his video on that story, Rossman received an email from 68 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:56,620 Amazon saying his application to the Amazon Associates Program did not qualify and that 69 00:05:56,620 --> 00:06:03,940 his temporarily approved account has now been rejected after seven years. 70 00:06:03,940 --> 00:06:07,380 Nothing lasts forever. Everyone dies. That got dark. 71 00:06:07,380 --> 00:06:15,260 There were some big quantum computing developments this week. IBM has suggested that quantum computers will surpass classical computing within two years 72 00:06:15,260 --> 00:06:19,660 after successfully simulating the behavior of a magnetic material at a scale not possible 73 00:06:19,660 --> 00:06:25,940 on regular computers. Then two days ago, Microsoft announced it had achieved a physics breakthrough that was 74 00:06:25,940 --> 00:06:30,420 necessary to build the world's first true quantum supercomputer. 75 00:06:30,420 --> 00:06:35,380 Of course, they celebrated this by announcing their Azure Quantum Elements system to integrate 76 00:06:35,380 --> 00:06:40,500 with quantum computing tools, including its very own version of co-pilot so even quantum 77 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:44,340 researchers can outsource their coding to chat GBT. 78 00:06:44,340 --> 00:06:48,580 I see no future repercussions for marrying AI in advanced computational technologies. 79 00:06:48,580 --> 00:06:53,980 I mean, Microsoft should change their name to something snappier like, I don't know, 80 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:59,420 like Cyberdyne. Researchers have created an app called Feverphone that turns any smartphone into an accurate 81 00:06:59,420 --> 00:07:04,180 thermometer. The app combines the onboard components that track the phone's internal temperature and 82 00:07:04,180 --> 00:07:08,340 machine learning to measure body temperatures simply by holding the touchscreen against 83 00:07:08,340 --> 00:07:15,540 a user's forehead for 90 seconds. This may be unfortunate news for Google, since only a month ago it leaked that the Pixel 8 84 00:07:15,540 --> 00:07:18,740 Pro would have a dedicated infrared temperature sensor. 85 00:07:18,740 --> 00:07:22,140 They spent all that money on engineering and designing a phone thermometer when the real 86 00:07:22,140 --> 00:07:34,700 thermometer was inside the phone all along. And a hardcore Splatoon fan spent $3,500 on Nintendo stock so he could be allowed to 87 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:39,660 rant about in-game hairstyles at the company's annual shareholder meeting. 88 00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:44,620 As one does, casual thing, casual guys, just guys being dudes. 89 00:07:44,620 --> 00:07:50,620 I splurged. I bought myself a one-way ticket to yell at a Japanese man. 90 00:07:50,620 --> 00:07:55,500 According to translated live tweets of the event, the Splatoon 3 fan asked Nintendo President 91 00:07:55,500 --> 00:08:01,180 Shintaro Furukawa why the company has given the boys in Splatoon the cold shoulder by 92 00:08:01,180 --> 00:08:06,260 allegedly including more elaborate hairstyles and emotes for girl characters. 93 00:08:06,260 --> 00:08:11,300 After the Splatoon stands rant, Furukawa simply said, thanks for your opinion. 94 00:08:11,300 --> 00:08:15,820 And then moved on, which is something the fan should have done $3,500 ago. 95 00:08:15,820 --> 00:08:23,100 Can you imagine? Like, he literally sold a bunch of switches at a loss to fund the stock buy. 96 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:26,980 Yeah, he bought a bunch of switches with credit card debt, got himself the credit card debt 97 00:08:26,980 --> 00:08:30,620 so he could get liquidity to buy the f***ing stocks. 98 00:08:30,620 --> 00:08:35,580 Here's the fun fact, you could have just sold one Nintendo switch and never had the problem again. 99 00:08:35,580 --> 00:08:41,140 But don't move on from TechLinked. We'll be back on Monday and then you can come take a little seat and spend a few minutes 100 00:08:41,140 --> 00:08:44,540 with some two-dimensional schmo. Like me. 101 00:08:44,540 --> 00:08:48,060 Yeah, we'll just talk. Shoot the breeze. 102 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:52,140 Talk more about Ricky Ace really had a hard road to recovery with them shins. 103 00:08:52,140 --> 00:08:55,780 Man, he's doing not doing so great. I talked to his ma the other day. 104 00:08:55,780 --> 00:08:59,100 Yeah, it was hard. 105 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:02,380 He loves double-double. It's hard to get it in there. Thank you camera person.