WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.160 EVGA might be pulling out even further from the PC business, 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:07.480 according to rumors about their motherboard team resigning. 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:11.080 What would they tell the children boards? I'm James Shrive, this is TechLinked, 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:17.200 and this is a forum post from Korean overclocker, Safedisk, who claims the entire EVGA Taiwan team, 00:00:17.200 --> 00:00:20.560 including fellow overclocker, Kingpin, have resigned, 00:00:20.560 --> 00:00:24.400 which could force the company to leave the motherboard market altogether. 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:28.560 As a rumor, it almost makes too much sense, since it's been just short of a year 00:00:28.560 --> 00:00:32.000 since EVGA announced they would no longer be making GPUs, 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.640 and GPUs and motherboards are like peanut butter and jam. Peas and carrots. 00:00:35.640 --> 00:00:41.680 They taste delicious between bread. However, workers at EVGA Spain told Tech Power-Up, 00:00:41.680 --> 00:00:46.440 it's just another day at the office. Shortly before EVGA's PR team told Linus Meagrup 00:00:46.440 --> 00:00:51.200 that these resignation reports are rumors, and everyone at the Taiwan office is still there, 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:55.240 high-fiving and building electronics. They probably even have a beer cart on Fridays. 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:58.920 There's still room for doubt, though. It's been pointed out on Reddit and several forums 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:03.360 that the company's Supernova XC power supplies come with only a three-year warranty. 00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:09.800 Now, two to seven years shorter than usual. I mean, maybe these new PSUs are just huge piles of shit, 00:01:09.800 --> 00:01:13.640 but there's also the fact that Tech Jesus, Steve Burke over at Gamers Next 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:18.400 has interviewed EVGA's motherboard BIOS team along with Kingpin, who answered Steve's question 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:22.640 about future projects by saying, there is no next project, 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:26.920 as he and the BIOS team soon won't be colleagues anymore. 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:30.240 For some reason, no one's interpreting this statement in a morbid way. 00:01:30.240 --> 00:01:33.520 Oh, he's definitely killing the whole team. So we'll wait for further details. 00:01:33.520 --> 00:01:37.360 Instead of assuming Kingpin might be taking inspiration from his Marvel counterpart. 00:01:37.360 --> 00:01:41.860 Very few of NVIDIA's ad and board partners are interested in promoting the upcoming 00:01:41.860 --> 00:01:46.400 4060 Ti 16 Gigabyte version. This is according to Andreas Schilling, 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:51.000 an editor at Germany's Hardware Lux, who has an unfortunate name for this business, 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:55.160 but who also tweeted that he had heard this personally from several NVIDIA partners, 00:01:55.160 --> 00:01:59.220 while also pointing out that there are fewer models of the 16 Gigabyte version, 00:01:59.220 --> 00:02:05.480 compared to the already available eight Gigabyte version. And who can blame them after the 4060 and 4060 Ti 8 Gigabyte 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:11.760 were received about as warmly as one would receive being shived with an icicle during a visit from your in-laws, 00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:16.920 who are from the Northwest Territories, that's part of Canada. We'll throw them under the bus, eh? 00:02:16.920 --> 00:02:20.760 Under the toboggan. The eight Gigabyte 4060 Ti has already received 00:02:20.760 --> 00:02:23.800 a price cut in Europe at Spanish retailer Coolmod, 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:28.680 two Spain mentions, and so has the 4060, just one week after launch. 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:32.760 It's possible this epidemic of more reasonable prices for NVIDIA's underwhelming cards 00:02:32.760 --> 00:02:36.720 will spread across the pond. Partner cards priced above MSRP 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:41.680 have already started dropping in the US, so it's possible the MSRP itself may drop as well. 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:45.400 With all this background information, it's pretty obvious that AIB partners 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:49.000 wouldn't be jumping out of their pants to promote and release another card 00:02:49.160 --> 00:02:54.840 that they'll eventually have to sell at razor-thin margins. Anyone can crack that case, not just genius detectives 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:58.400 like Tony Shalub's monk from their award-winning TV shows 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:02.880 of the same name, which I actually watched. It's a jungle out there. 00:03:02.880 --> 00:03:06.560 I don't know why. And Meta's Twitter rival, Threads, 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:10.040 launched this Wednesday and already has 70 million users 00:03:10.040 --> 00:03:13.840 who I imagine are enjoying familiar features like following people, writing little messages, 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:17.400 and having limits opposed on how many times you can do certain things. 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:20.760 Maybe the familiarity is why Twitter threatened Mark Zuckerberg 00:03:20.760 --> 00:03:26.640 with legal action. Threads gets threats. A lawyer for Twitter, excuse me, I mean, XCorp, 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:31.160 the successor in interest to Twitter, sent a letter to the Zuck, 00:03:31.160 --> 00:03:37.120 who was probably doing no-gee-jiu-jitsu when he received it. The letter CC'd Elon, which you can do in letters, 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.840 and ended with the valediction, very truly yours, 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:45.440 which sounds kind of hot for a legal threat. I think that means like I'm real right now. 00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:50.200 Maybe lawsuits are how billionaires flirt. Elon, of course, had to tweet about the story 00:03:50.200 --> 00:03:56.640 since based on the letter, he believes Meta cheated by maliciously hiring dozens of former Twitter employees 00:03:56.640 --> 00:03:59.880 after Elon fired them all. But Twitter's former workforce 00:03:59.880 --> 00:04:04.960 still can't get their old boss out of their minds and I assume that's why they are suing Musk again. 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:08.760 This time they're looking for Twitter to foot the bill for the arbitration cost 00:04:08.760 --> 00:04:12.240 from lawsuit classic. He's entitled employees, man. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:17.040 Elon already apologized last year. What, now you want them to pay for the fees Twitter 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:21.480 is required to pay based on the clauses of the arbitration firm they selected? 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:24.720 How is that fair? Pull yourself up by your boat straps. 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:28.800 Oh my God, you guys. Are you threatening me? They're probably pedo guys. 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:33.960 For legal reasons, anyone who lost fingers on July 4th can only watch an amount of quick bits equal in number 00:04:33.960 --> 00:04:37.240 to their remaining digits averaged over both hands. 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:41.360 Average, not median. The European Commission has released the first seven companies 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:45.640 that meet the definition of gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act. 00:04:45.640 --> 00:04:49.000 It includes usual suspects like Alphabet, Amazon, and Apple. 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:52.920 And next year, online travel agency, Booking.com will join the club. 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:56.120 Gonna be a bit of a weird eighth wheel situation. 00:04:56.120 --> 00:05:00.160 If the EU confirms the gatekeeper designation, affected companies will face regulations 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:05.840 like needing to make their messaging apps interoperate with rivals or allowing users to decide 00:05:05.840 --> 00:05:11.560 what apps are pre-installed on their devices. I can't wait until I can finally use iMessage on Booking.com 00:05:11.560 --> 00:05:16.760 or not use iMessage on Tinder dates. I go on them still, I'm bad. 00:05:16.760 --> 00:05:20.960 I don't, I'm lame. A French bill that would let police surveil suspects 00:05:20.960 --> 00:05:25.520 through the cameras, mics, and GPS systems of their own phones or other devices 00:05:25.520 --> 00:05:29.120 is close to becoming law. In what promises to be a perfect answer 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:33.520 to ongoing protests about police conduct, a judge will have to approve the surveillance 00:05:33.520 --> 00:05:38.720 which will be limited to serious cases and maximum surveillance length of six months. 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:42.040 Peanuts. And don't worry, French MPs added amendments 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:47.720 to exclude sensitive professions from being surveilled, such as doctors, lawyers, and of course MPs. 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:52.680 But officials say this is nothing like 1984, probably because that was almost 40 years ago, guys, 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:57.240 and British. Amazon's planned acquisition of RoombaMaker iRobot 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:02.760 is facing scrutiny from the European Union. No, this didn't go through years ago as your mind thought. 00:06:02.760 --> 00:06:06.080 The EU feels that the planned $1.7 billion buyout 00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:10.160 could affect the competition in the robot vacuum cleaner market. 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:13.880 All two of the other companies. But apparently, like everyone else, 00:06:13.880 --> 00:06:18.400 they're not concerned with Amazon gaining access to the home maps generated by Roombas 00:06:18.400 --> 00:06:23.920 or the front-facing cameras on the newest models. I mean, when was the last time sharing intimate data 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:31.480 with tech giants had terrible ramifications? Cambridge Analytica, Amazon giving information to police. 00:06:31.640 --> 00:06:36.360 This year, weeks ago. When Apple launches the Vision Pro headset next year, 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:39.560 buyers will be required to make an in-store appointment 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:43.320 so they can be taught how to use it to make sure it's fitted properly. 00:06:43.320 --> 00:06:47.040 After all, these people will be buying a $3,500 first-gen product. 00:06:47.040 --> 00:06:50.760 They're not exactly geniuses. The smart people point and laugh from the sidelines. 00:06:50.760 --> 00:06:55.040 Everybody knows that. This info comes from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who also wrote that the fitting process 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.480 will involve fitting optional prescription lenses, 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.880 different-sized light seals and multiple head straps. 00:07:01.880 --> 00:07:06.120 You're gonna come out of there looking like a minimalist BDSM enjoyer. 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:11.120 But at least he'll be one of the first to arrive in the place Apple refuses to call the metaverse. 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:15.040 They call it the orchard. Who's your daddy now? It's Tim Cook. I'm in the core. 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:19.560 And former Apple design chief, Joni Ive, recently completed his first hardware project 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:25.280 since leaving the multi-trillion dollar fruit company and starting his own design firm, Love Form. 00:07:25.280 --> 00:07:30.700 Love From? Mine was better. The product in question is a turntable made in collaboration 00:07:30.700 --> 00:07:34.520 with British audio brand, Lynn, to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. 00:07:34.520 --> 00:07:39.320 I've described this opportunity as a very gentle and modest project for us. 00:07:39.320 --> 00:07:43.120 And I just think that's beautiful. Anyway, that turntable is $60,000. 00:07:43.120 --> 00:07:46.920 Who cares? But the experience of tech news is priceless. 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:50.840 So come back on Monday when we launch our next episode. There will be blue. 00:07:50.840 --> 00:07:54.080 There will be orange. There will be squares. What more do you need?