WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.440 Here at Techlinked, we like to think that there's an infinite number of intros that 00:00:09.440 --> 00:00:18.240 we can come up with, but actually, there's not. YouTube's ad block block has led to hundreds of thousands of ad block uninstalls, proving 00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:22.040 once again there is nothing as powerful as the Uno reverse. 00:00:22.040 --> 00:00:25.520 Guess you had anything? Well, I don't know why the Avengers didn't use that on day one. 00:00:25.520 --> 00:00:28.720 No, I didn't collide with your car. Yours hit mine. 00:00:29.080 --> 00:00:34.240 According to stats from ad blocking company and name for the history of spirits, Ghostery, 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:39.960 90% of users who gave a reason for uninstalling their ad blocker cited YouTube's recent policy 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:45.560 change. But Google's hatred for ad blockers makes the fact that they sponsored last month's 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:51.760 ad filtering dev summit, a conference for ad block developers, quite confusing. 00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:57.480 They even gave a presentation, the sickos, about how Chrome's Manifest V3 update wouldn't 00:00:57.480 --> 00:01:03.400 hamper ad blockers, right before expanding the ad blockening they started in May and leading 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:11.680 to a record number of ad block uninstalls. To be fair, that record was closely followed by a record number of new ad blocker installs 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.560 as people searched for one that YouTube couldn't detect, but overall, the number of ad block 00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:21.360 users decreased. So why would Google co-sponsor the very thing they wish to destroy? 00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:25.200 Maybe they wanted to befriend their enemy, earn their trust, and wait for them to turn 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:31.480 their backs so they could plunge in the knife. Or maybe they care more about you using their browser. 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:35.320 They may not care about your personal privacy, but hey, they're just acting like protective 00:01:35.320 --> 00:01:40.280 parents. If you're going to experiment with illicit extensions, I'd rather you did it here in 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:43.800 Chrome. And not at that strange Firefox's house. 00:01:43.800 --> 00:01:50.760 AMD has swapped some Zen 4 cores for smaller, more efficient Zen 4C cores and two new entry 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:56.560 level laptop APUs, claiming that no human being would ever know the difference, which 00:01:56.560 --> 00:02:01.800 is both wrong and honestly pretty insulting to AMD's core customer demographic, pedantic 00:02:01.800 --> 00:02:06.360 nerds. You can't slip and past us! Actually, you're more of a team maroon. 00:02:06.360 --> 00:02:11.960 The Zen 4C cores are meant to be feature identical to Zen 4 while having a smaller footprint, 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:16.160 previously being used in their epic server chips to cram unreasonable number of cores 00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:24.800 onto a single processor. AMD also used Zen 4C cores in the lower end Ryzen Z1 variant of the ROG Ally handheld, 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:27.820 but AMD didn't advertise that right away. 00:02:27.820 --> 00:02:31.320 Either because they're testing if people can tell the difference, or they're just 00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:35.840 ashamed about how much worse the cheaper Ally is than its extreme older brother. 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:40.600 Some people are drawing comparisons to the P-Core slash E-Core hybrid structure Intel 00:02:40.600 --> 00:02:44.680 has been using since their 12th gen chips, but it's not quite the same. 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:48.640 I mean, just look at the size difference between P and E-Cores versus the difference 00:02:48.640 --> 00:02:56.520 between the 4 and 4C. AMD's 4C is like a Zen 4Core that got great results on a keto diet, while Intel's P-Core 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:00.440 could probably eat an E-Core and still complain about the small portion size. 00:03:00.440 --> 00:03:05.280 Early benchmark results for Apple's M3 series of chips suggest Tim Cook wasn't pulling 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:12.360 performance numbers out of his Apple at Monday's scary fast event. 00:03:12.880 --> 00:03:17.960 California Fruit Corporation claimed the M3 chip was 20% faster than the M2, and that 00:03:17.960 --> 00:03:22.080 seems to be in line with the plethora of new leaked Geekbench scores. 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:26.640 Of course, there's a new ARM-based kid on the block as well in the form of Qualcomm 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:34.120 Snapdragon X Elite series. While Qualcomm pitted their new little shredders against the M2 in Geekbench, since Apple hadn't 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:41.240 unveiled the M3 yet, both the Orion 23W and 80W chips still outperformed the M3 in multicore 00:03:41.240 --> 00:03:48.040 scores. Although the M3 spanks them in single-core a little bit, no big welds, just some redness. 00:03:52.040 --> 00:03:58.880 As for the M3 Max, it performs comparably to the M2 Ultra, which is good news, but might 00:03:58.880 --> 00:04:04.720 sound confusing if you still foolishly thought that the Max chip is Apple's top-tier chip 00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:09.440 rather than the Ultra. 00:04:09.440 --> 00:04:15.520 Geekbench shows the Max scoring nearly 21,000 in multicore, nearly double the standard 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:21.480 M3. Meanwhile, the M3 Pro is apparently suffering from some kind of performance anxiety because 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.760 it didn't show up in these leaks at all. Hey, it's okay, buddy. 00:04:25.760 --> 00:04:31.200 We know you're gonna do great in your special spot between the M3 and the M3 Max, if that's 00:04:31.200 --> 00:04:34.360 where you go and the actually don't know if you... Are you an iPhone? 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:38.960 Our bits have been selectively bred for quickness for over a century. 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:42.640 Sadly, this had led to serious health problems and shorter lives. 00:04:42.640 --> 00:04:46.360 But darned aren't they so cute? Sure, they leak in front of strangers. 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:50.960 Intel has once again released a driver update for its art graphics cards with speed boosts 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:54.240 that would make the Sonic fan art community blush. 00:04:54.240 --> 00:05:03.840 DirectX 11 games got the most benefit. Intel claims average FPS uplifts of up to 750% in Halo the Master Chief Collection, 00:05:03.840 --> 00:05:07.840 154% in Yakuza Zero... Yakuza. 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:12.120 One of those. And 113% in World War Z. 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:17.800 But the driver also boosts DirectX 12 title Returnal by 53%. 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:23.240 ExtremeTech notes that some DX11 titles' performances are being compared to the driver before the 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:31.800 most recent one, but I don't want to split hairs. I want to talk about number go up, up, up, up where the cloud's gonna clear, as put 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:35.960 so eloquently by Canadian country pop sensation Shania Twain. 00:05:35.960 --> 00:05:40.440 Let's f***ing go, girls. Digital Foundry's Resident Wizard... 00:05:40.440 --> 00:05:44.440 DIGITAL FOUNDRY'S RE... DIGITAL FOUNDRY! 00:05:44.440 --> 00:05:49.320 Digital Foundry's Resident Wizard Richard Ledbetter posted a deep dive on NVIDIA's 00:05:49.320 --> 00:05:54.840 T239, the processor heavily expected to power the Nintendo Switch 2. 00:05:54.840 --> 00:06:00.560 Originally leaked by lovable fan favorite leaker Copight 7 Kimmy, two years ago, details 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:10.520 have slowly emerged about the chip's specs. Richard used these to guide his modifications of an RTX 2050 to simulate the T239's performance. 00:06:16.520 --> 00:06:22.200 And, based on his mad science and speculation, it could be that the Switch 2 could run any 00:06:22.200 --> 00:06:27.640 modern game just fine if you adjust settings accordingly and use DLSS, which it probably supports. 00:06:27.640 --> 00:06:33.560 Again, though, Richard can't say with 100% certainty that this is the Switch 2's chip, 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:39.120 but it's sort of like the, are we all just brains in a vat situation, like, we can't 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:43.600 know. But like, you know, we don't know, but like, BAH! 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:49.400 Ad-free subscribers to streaming service Max, including grandfathered HBO Max Legacy 00:06:49.400 --> 00:06:54.000 subscribers, are set to lose access to 4K and HDR streaming next month. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:57.720 If they'd like to hold on to those features, they'll have to switch to the ultimate ad-free 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:02.520 subscription for an additional $4 every month, a 25% increase. 00:07:02.520 --> 00:07:07.040 Simultaneous streaming for ad-free accounts will also drop from 3 devices to 2. 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:11.720 Max is one of the few streaming services that hasn't raised prices in the last year. 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:16.720 They're just, you know, slowly reducing the quality of what you get in exchange for the 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.720 same amount of money. So it's like… I mean, they slashed the name in half. 00:07:19.720 --> 00:07:27.280 What'd you expect? They gotta cut corners somewhere. Sam Bankman Freed, founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, has been found guilty of seven 00:07:27.280 --> 00:07:30.720 charges of Sam Bankman fraud. 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:36.400 He potentially faces decades in jail and is unlikely to be Sam Bankman Freed. 00:07:36.400 --> 00:07:40.600 His lawyers claimed that he was just a hapless nerd in over his head, but it's difficult 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:45.640 to argue that someone is smart enough to run a complex embezzlement and money laundering 00:07:45.640 --> 00:07:50.000 scheme, yet not smart enough to know running said scheme is illegal. 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:57.040 In the end, the court decided it was nothing more than Sam Bankman Greed. 00:07:57.040 --> 00:08:02.040 And Lenovo is partnering with fashion studios to create a proof-of-concept collection of 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:08.320 Lenovo Tabwear, modern and futuristic outerwear with big ol' pockets you can carry tablets 00:08:08.320 --> 00:08:11.920 in. Or maybe a toddler if you have a kangaroo for Sona. 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:17.160 Ranra has created a light-blocking, noise-canceling hoodie for the person who hates being reminded 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:28.960 that there's a world outside their jacket. Kit Wann Studio's entry is a modular techno armor, meanwhile, Mayum, designed a pastel 00:08:28.960 --> 00:08:34.960 pink bubble wrap poncho that is both inflatable and doubles as a hammock, probably as a wearable 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:38.840 airbag to protect your precious baby, or that toddler. 00:08:38.840 --> 00:08:42.680 And protect yourself from the disappointment of this video ending by coming back on Monday 00:08:42.680 --> 00:08:47.720 for more tech news. I can't guarantee it actually, but hey, we're trying.