We've got an exciting week of tackling for you. There's gonna be excitement, thrills, joy and happiness.
There may also be tech news. Apple's exciting week of announcements kicked off today
as Apple Intelligence is now available in iPhone, iPad and Mac, unless you're in the EU.
But Europeans can access AI on M1 or newer Macs
by changing the language to US English on their device.
Europe's favorite flavor of English. Apple has also unveiled new M4-powered iMacs
with some nice quality of life updates. For starters, Apple has finally decreed
that 16 gigabytes of memory should be the minimum amount.
However, the $1,300 base model still only comes with 256 gigabytes of storage.
Who needs more than that when you can subscribe to iCloud?
Silly. The screen can be upgraded with a nano-texture glass option,
which goes a step beyond typical anti-glare coating,
obviously. The camera has been upgraded to 12 megapixels with support for desk view, which, if you didn't know,
allows you to view your desk. On top of that, the 10-core CPU tiers
have four Thunderbolt 4 ports compared to the two Thunderbolt 3 ports on the previous model.
Do you need the most screens? Are you a screen queen? Well, you're in luck because the 10-core iMac models
are the first iMacs to support two external displays.
Two? And they're on a roll because Apple also released the first Magic Keyboard, Trackpad and mouse
to support USB-C for charging. You're never gonna guess where they put
the Magic Mouse as charging port. Yep, it's still down there.
And we may have more upcoming hardware to look forward to this week.
According to Mark Gurman, he claims that an upcoming Mac mini redesign will pack an M4
while being almost as small as an Apple TV. It could be the perfect travel PC
to make your laptop jealous. You're bringing her? The specs for Ryzen's AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
have allegedly fully leaked, giving us a glimpse
into the majesty of third-generation 3D V-Cache.
Give it to daddy, please, and thank you. While there's been no increase to the amount
of L3 cache over the current gen, the listed specs state the chip has a free multiplier,
suggesting that unlike its predecessors, traditional overclocking will be available
for the 9800X3D. In addition to the leaked specs,
there have been some leaked pics of the chip bearing it all after being delitted and naughty.
The images reveal that the 3D V-Cache is stacked underneath the Zen 5 CCD,
whereas previous X3D chips have stacked the cache on top of the CCD.
However, we're not quite sure what the benefit of this shift is yet.
Maybe an engineer got bored. We do know that the 9800X3D isn't just for gaming
based on leaked Puget Bench scores that show the chip matching the performance of Intel's Core i7-14700K.
Having said that, the leaked Blender scores show the 14700K obliterating the 9800X3D,
though its singular benchmark was compared to the median score of 103 14700K benchmarks.
Like, would you rather fight 100 Ryles or the average of 100 Ryles?
Lost to think about. In the not too distant future, a cyberpunk sommelier is cracking open a bottle
of 2024 QuickBits because the customers ask
for the best vintage they had, and that's us. Google has gotten even worse at stopping Pixel leaks
as now details have gotten out, not just about the Pixel 10, but the Pixel 11 too.
The cameras for the phones will apparently finally get 4K 60fps HDR video support thanks to the Tensor G5.
But the Pixel 11 may support 100x zoom thanks to machine learning.
There will also be ultra low light video, which will use on-device processing to boost visibility
in lighting conditions as low as five to 10 lux. The same leak also suggests Pixel Watch
could get a Tensor chip, which may be used for always on ML-based health features.
I just wanna skip ahead to when I can easily track how much IP and compare it with friends.
We'll call it the Peterboards. Is it by volume or duration of P?
Smallest P hole wins. I Fix It is unsure how Apple fixed the jelly scrolling issue
in the new iPad Mini 7. The previous model screen would refresh from right to left
in portrait mode, causing an ugly effect when using device in its morally superior vertical orientation.
While I Fix It thought there would be some clear hardware change that was responsible for the fix,
they couldn't find one in their tear down. Some outlets have suggested that the display controller
was optimized, but I think it was magic.
Why else do you think Tim Cook looks like a wizard who just shaved? Instagram revealed that video quality is decreased
on less popular videos. Instagram boss Adam Maseri made the admission
in a video AMA on the platform saying that after a video isn't viewed for a while,
its quality will be cut. But if it gets popular again,
they'll give it the glow up it deserves. Maseri claims this doesn't make it harder
for small creators to compete, saying that the quality drop isn't huge
and interaction is based on video content rather than its quality.
I wholeheartedly agree. It's what's inside the video that makes it big.
Usually butts or feet. Over 30,000 clinicians and 40 different health systems
are using an automatic transcription tool from NABLA powered by OpenAI's Whisper
despite OpenAI's warning that it should not be used
in high-risk domains or decision-making contexts.
According to researchers, Whisper hallucinates in around 1% of transcripts
and sometimes completely fabricates whole sentences
and inserts them into silent sections of the tape, including violent sentiments, sexual innuendo,
and nonsensical gibberish jabberla. This could all have serious implications
if the transcript becomes part of the official record of a trial or medical assessment.
Ah, yes, it seems that Mr. Jones reported symptoms of acid reflux and a desire
to overthrow the legitimate government of Spain. And popular fitness app Strava
has accidentally created a potentially serious security loophole that allows several world leaders
to be tracked via the app because their bodyguards are recording
and publicly posting their runs. French newspaper Le Monde was able to discover
a private holiday taken by President Emmanuel Macron
right down to the resort he was staying at thanks to his bodyguards geotagged humblebrags.
You have one job. It's not just Macron though. It's also Vladimir Putin, Kamala Harris,
not to mention Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and both of their wives. So to all the world's bodyguards,
we're super impressed by the Ryzen grind but please set your account to private
before your PR gets your boss whacked. And you'd be whacked out of your mind
if you didn't come back on Wednesday for more tech news. You have time, Duncan.
We all know. Yeah, Duncan. Duncan.