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