WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.440 Intel officially discontinued their ARC A770 limited edition graphics card in an unexpected 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:10.320 move according to people who didn't fully grasp the GPU's name. 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 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:20.640 party version of the A770 since Intel unceremoniously sent out a product change notification this 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:24.740 Tuesday announcing the final day of shipping to distributors and retailers. 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 00:00:30.300 --> 00:00:36.180 being manufactured by companies like Acer, Gigabyte, and even Sparkle, who started making 00:00:36.180 --> 00:00:40.420 graphics cards again after an over 10 year hiatus because they were inspired by Intel's 00:00:40.420 --> 00:00:44.540 bravery. Sparkling was inside. Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle. 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 00:00:52.140 --> 00:00:58.020 offered 16GB of VRAM instead of 8, which can be the difference between Gingoburr and 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 00:01:03.860 --> 00:01:09.660 the card that PC Gamer awarded the coveted ha ha funny number, score 69. 00:01:09.660 --> 00:01:14.340 Wednesday was the first day of the Microsoft Activision FTC trial and also everyone's 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:18.620 favorite Netflix show, and it's apparently being held at a laundromat based on all the 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 00:01:25.020 --> 00:01:29.540 Ryan that revealed he never believed Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard 00:01:29.540 --> 00:01:33.140 was actually about making their games Xbox exclusives, saying, 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 00:01:38.500 --> 00:01:43.500 years to come, and that is an exact replica of his voice, exact. 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:49.140 And that sounds a lot different than Sony's public statements of, Mom, Xbox is stealing 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 00:01:57.740 --> 00:02:01.980 goblin Bobby Kotick threatened to withhold the launch of Call of Duty Black Ops Cold 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%. 00:02:09.660 --> 00:02:15.220 Now having said all that Microsoft, you know, the 2.5 trillion dollar company, yeah, turns 00:02:15.220 --> 00:02:18.140 out they might not be the innocent victims here. 00:02:19.020 --> 00:02:24.660 I know. The Indiana Jones game under development by Bethesda subsidiary Machine Games was supposed 00:02:24.660 --> 00:02:28.900 to be multi-platform, but the contract with Disney was amended, so the game would only 00:02:28.900 --> 00:02:32.900 launch on Xbox and PC after Bethesda was bought by Microsoft. 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 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 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 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, 00:03:05.260 --> 00:03:09.900 Sunday. Watch the world's most wealthy man take on the world's least human man. 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:14.180 Tonight's main event kicked off on Tuesday when Elon Musk responded to a tweet about 00:03:14.180 --> 00:03:19.460 Metis-planned Twitter Weival, codenamed Threads, by willingly signing up for a cage match after 00:03:19.460 --> 00:03:23.300 he was reminded that Zuck does Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. 00:03:23.300 --> 00:03:26.700 Because that's the kind of forward thinking that Elon is famous for. 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. 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 00:03:37.580 --> 00:03:41.780 with the totally not robotic sounding message, send me location. 00:03:41.780 --> 00:03:47.740 A reference to UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov, because Mark's just one of the lads now. 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 00:03:54.100 --> 00:03:58.340 fighters, the Vegas Octagon, as the natural battleground for this bloated billionaire 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 00:04:03.820 --> 00:04:10.020 eagerly publicized his future physical location, or as he likes to call it, assassination coordinates. 00:04:10.140 --> 00:04:14.140 Musk and Zuck have apparently had bad blood for years, ever since Mark Zuckerberg roasted 00:04:14.140 --> 00:04:20.260 SpaceX for, well, literally roasting a satellite that was supposed to provide Facebook access 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 00:04:27.260 --> 00:04:33.060 see the world's richest internet troll fight the world's richest reptilian robot. 00:04:33.060 --> 00:04:36.980 He's both of them. He loves barbecue. Here at Facebook, I love barbecue. 00:04:36.980 --> 00:04:40.420 It is my favorite human food. Every night I have the same dream. 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 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? 00:04:50.420 --> 00:04:54.180 A Canadian bill that would require companies like Meta and Google to pay media outlets 00:04:54.180 --> 00:04:58.820 for news became law yesterday, and Meta immediately announced that before the law goes into effect 00:04:58.820 --> 00:05:03.180 some months from now, news will no longer be available on Facebook or Instagram for 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 00:05:08.900 --> 00:05:13.140 agreeing to pay Australian news publishers after that country passed a similar law and 00:05:13.140 --> 00:05:17.340 completely distinct from when Meta agreed to pay news publishers in France after the 00:05:17.340 --> 00:05:22.300 French government also passed a similar law. This time, they mean business. 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 00:05:27.260 --> 00:05:33.060 up real good. Oh, he went off for a rippie. 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 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 00:05:44.140 --> 00:05:47.140 home due to false racism allegations. 00:05:47.140 --> 00:05:51.180 Less than two weeks after posting his video on that story, Rossman received an email from 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:56.620 Amazon saying his application to the Amazon Associates Program did not qualify and that 00:05:56.620 --> 00:06:03.940 his temporarily approved account has now been rejected after seven years. 00:06:03.940 --> 00:06:07.380 Nothing lasts forever. Everyone dies. That got dark. 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 00:06:15.260 --> 00:06:19.660 after successfully simulating the behavior of a magnetic material at a scale not possible 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 00:06:25.940 --> 00:06:30.420 necessary to build the world's first true quantum supercomputer. 00:06:30.420 --> 00:06:35.380 Of course, they celebrated this by announcing their Azure Quantum Elements system to integrate 00:06:35.380 --> 00:06:40.500 with quantum computing tools, including its very own version of co-pilot so even quantum 00:06:40.500 --> 00:06:44.340 researchers can outsource their coding to chat GBT. 00:06:44.340 --> 00:06:48.580 I see no future repercussions for marrying AI in advanced computational technologies. 00:06:48.580 --> 00:06:53.980 I mean, Microsoft should change their name to something snappier like, I don't know, 00:06:53.980 --> 00:06:59.420 like Cyberdyne. Researchers have created an app called Feverphone that turns any smartphone into an accurate 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:04.180 thermometer. The app combines the onboard components that track the phone's internal temperature and 00:07:04.180 --> 00:07:08.340 machine learning to measure body temperatures simply by holding the touchscreen against 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 00:07:15.540 --> 00:07:18.740 Pro would have a dedicated infrared temperature sensor. 00:07:18.740 --> 00:07:22.140 They spent all that money on engineering and designing a phone thermometer when the real 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 00:07:34.700 --> 00:07:39.660 rant about in-game hairstyles at the company's annual shareholder meeting. 00:07:39.660 --> 00:07:44.620 As one does, casual thing, casual guys, just guys being dudes. 00:07:44.620 --> 00:07:50.620 I splurged. I bought myself a one-way ticket to yell at a Japanese man. 00:07:50.620 --> 00:07:55.500 According to translated live tweets of the event, the Splatoon 3 fan asked Nintendo President 00:07:55.500 --> 00:08:01.180 Shintaro Furukawa why the company has given the boys in Splatoon the cold shoulder by 00:08:01.180 --> 00:08:06.260 allegedly including more elaborate hairstyles and emotes for girl characters. 00:08:06.260 --> 00:08:11.300 After the Splatoon stands rant, Furukawa simply said, thanks for your opinion. 00:08:11.300 --> 00:08:15.820 And then moved on, which is something the fan should have done $3,500 ago. 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. 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 00:08:26.980 --> 00:08:30.620 so he could get liquidity to buy the f***ing stocks. 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. 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 00:08:41.140 --> 00:08:44.540 with some two-dimensional schmo. Like me. 00:08:44.540 --> 00:08:48.060 Yeah, we'll just talk. Shoot the breeze. 00:08:48.060 --> 00:08:52.140 Talk more about Ricky Ace really had a hard road to recovery with them shins. 00:08:52.140 --> 00:08:55.780 Man, he's doing not doing so great. I talked to his ma the other day. 00:08:55.780 --> 00:08:59.100 Yeah, it was hard. 00:08:59.100 --> 00:09:02.380 He loves double-double. It's hard to get it in there. Thank you camera person.