1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,400 Reviews of NVIDIA's new RTX 4060 graphics card are out, 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:07,080 and frankly, even including the DIY salad kit from Safeway, 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:11,560 it is hard to imagine a bag more mixed. I'm Riley Murdoch, this is TechLinked, 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:17,240 and you will be disappointed to learn this card is decidedly underpowered in terms of hardware. 5 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:23,480 Compared to its predecessor, the RTX 3060, the 4060 has fewer GPU cores, fewer RT cores, 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:28,080 fewer AI cores, and less memory. So NVIDIA made the card half off. 7 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:33,160 The PCIe lanes, I mean, it's got half as many. Now, the 4060 does see a substantial performance boost 8 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:36,680 with DLSS3 and specifically the new frame generation feature, 9 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:42,560 which is probably why NVIDIA allowed a small handful of reviewers to post early sneak peeks of the 4060 10 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,120 a few days before the official review embargo lifted. 11 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:50,160 So long as those reviewers only showed benchmarks of NVIDIA-approved games 12 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:54,600 and emphasized its AI upscaling capacity. Like how the Olympics only shows up athletes 13 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:58,760 who use steroids. They're the best. In a normal world, NVIDIA would weather 14 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:03,440 significant backlash from this strategy, be forced to apologize and commit to do better. 15 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:07,160 But we live in the real world, where everyone and their cat is giving NVIDIA 16 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:11,240 direct access to their bank accounts in exchange for mountains of AI cards. 17 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,280 Sure, boycott this product launch. 18 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:19,920 I mean, a best of luck. Starfield, the hotly anticipated new game from Bethesda, 19 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:25,400 is officially partnering with AMD and PC gamers are big mad, 20 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,880 not just because that's a... Anagram. Thank you. 21 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,960 Admittedly, gamers don't really do small or medium mad, but there's a reason this time. 22 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:36,720 AMD has been taking a lot of heat recently for the fact that a large percentage 23 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:41,280 of AAA AMD partner games lack support for NVIDIA's DLSS 24 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:46,960 and Intel's XESS upscaling, despite the fact that a majority of NVIDIA partner titles 25 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:50,200 do support AMD's FSR upscaling. 26 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:54,400 Make it make sense. Of course, even if Starfield does lack DLSS support, 27 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:58,960 PC gamers with GeForce cards will still be able to enable FSR too, 28 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:04,340 due to AMD's more open approach to upscaling. This kind of anti-competitive behavior on all sides 29 00:02:04,340 --> 00:02:09,160 reminds me of my visit to the donkey sanctuary, because I'm supposed to be having a fun time, 30 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,480 but it's nothing but jackasses as far as I can see. 31 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:17,200 This possible lack of DLSS has also raised concerns that the game might perform poorly on release, 32 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:22,080 but come on, it's a Bethesda game. It managed to make it to five seconds of gameplay 33 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:27,280 before your first bug. It's a big mutated bug. And reviews are also out for the Pixel Fold, 34 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,360 and somebody has already broken it. 35 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,780 Early reviews have been positive. The Fold is a well-rounded device 36 00:02:33,780 --> 00:02:40,280 with a thin form factor, relatively large screen, and top-notch premium hardware, just as Google promised. 37 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:45,160 However, the big concern with foldables and Google hardware in general is always durability, 38 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:50,240 especially for the hinge that makes all the difference between a foldable and a breakable. 39 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,280 We don't want to make those anymore. 40 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:59,120 A reviewer from Ars Technica holds the questionable honor of being the first to turn Google's much-hyped foldable phone 41 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,120 into an $1,800 foldable paperweight. 42 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,620 Though luckily for them, the Pixel Fold is the first foldable to date 43 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:09,080 to offer DIY repair through iFixit on release, 44 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,920 which probably should have been the case for some previous foldable models, given how these launches have gone. 45 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:17,040 The Ars Technica reporter's phone died after four days of light use, 46 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:21,200 in part because the protective plastic layer on top of its ultra-thin glass 47 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,600 doesn't quite stretch to the edge of the screen. Hey, this sounds familiar, 48 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,800 but also because the two halves of the display are so close when folded, 49 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,440 users can wind up smashing small debris into the screen, 50 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,400 potentially puncturing the delicate OLED where it's exposed. 51 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,920 Ars Technica's Pixel Fold appears to have died due to a near microscopic perforation 52 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:45,640 between the end of this protective plastic layer and the beginning of the bezel bordering the screen. 53 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,020 Funnily enough, everyone freaked out about the Pixel Fold's huge bezels 54 00:03:49,020 --> 00:03:53,900 when they first saw them, but little did we know. This was an Achilles ankle situation. 55 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:56,940 Normally you say Achilles heel, but we're just kind of quirky today. 56 00:03:56,940 --> 00:03:59,980 There are five quick bits and five only. 57 00:03:59,980 --> 00:04:04,340 If you add more or take any away, their quantum structure will become dangerous, 58 00:04:04,340 --> 00:04:07,620 lay on the table. I don't believe that. 59 00:04:07,620 --> 00:04:12,700 You didn't sell that at all. Google reportedly canceled its lightweight AR glasses project 60 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:16,380 during its mass layoffs earlier this year, according to Business Insider. 61 00:04:16,380 --> 00:04:22,500 It's unclear whether the glasses were intended to be full AR or simply some kind of smart heads-up display, 62 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:26,900 but it doesn't matter now because you're not getting them either way. 63 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:30,460 Apple has likewise postponed their lightweight AR glasses 64 00:04:30,460 --> 00:04:35,020 indefinitely while Meta plans to ship their own version in 2027. 65 00:04:35,020 --> 00:04:38,640 Although, given how things are going, wouldn't necessarily believe that one either. 66 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:43,300 It's all gonna be big headsets from now on. I wanna wear helmets anyways, they keep me safe. 67 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:46,660 I wanna look like deaf punk. Daemus, a potential Twitter rival, 68 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:52,780 has been removed from Apple's App Store over a feature that allows users to tip other users in Bitcoin. 69 00:04:52,780 --> 00:04:57,020 According to Apple, these transactions amount to in-app purchases 70 00:04:57,020 --> 00:05:01,460 of which Apple is owed a 30% cut. It was a tip, don't do that, says Apple. 71 00:05:01,460 --> 00:05:05,660 Hot tip. Daemus says Apple is abusing its in-app purchase guidelines 72 00:05:05,660 --> 00:05:09,500 because, well, no digital content is unlocked by tipping, 73 00:05:09,500 --> 00:05:14,700 and thus no purchase is taking place. I, however, would like to ask a separate question. 74 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:18,020 Namely, when Chipotle charges me $2 for extra guac, 75 00:05:18,020 --> 00:05:22,420 is that a microtransaction? And should I treat it as a microaggression? 76 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:29,980 Dolly Parton, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and Adele are all protesting outside of Meta's London headquarters 77 00:05:29,980 --> 00:05:34,660 after they claim they were repeatedly banned from Facebook and Instagram for impersonation. 78 00:05:34,660 --> 00:05:38,860 To be clear, these are not the real Parton, Spears, Swift, and no last name given. 79 00:05:38,860 --> 00:05:43,100 They're musical tribute acts. In theory, Meta's policy against impersonation 80 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:46,220 is intended to crack down on malicious, malicious. 81 00:05:46,220 --> 00:05:50,500 Melissa's actions. Both malicious and delicious impersonation. 82 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:56,020 Even nutritious. Not cover bands. However, their automatic moderation keeps flagging 83 00:05:56,020 --> 00:06:00,180 entertainers even after their accounts have been repeatedly reinstated. 84 00:06:00,180 --> 00:06:05,660 It's just a prank, guys. A Meta spokesperson recommended that tribute acts 85 00:06:05,660 --> 00:06:10,300 make it clear in their bio or profile that they're not the real individual, 86 00:06:10,300 --> 00:06:15,420 as if it had never occurred to them to clarify that they're not actually Shania Twain. 87 00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:19,980 I do that every day. Pope Francis is teaming up with the Marcula Center 88 00:06:19,980 --> 00:06:24,140 for Applied Ethics to create an AI ethics handbook. 89 00:06:24,140 --> 00:06:28,220 Thought the Bible was good enough. Turns out, this might feel like it's coming out of nowhere, 90 00:06:28,220 --> 00:06:33,220 but this is actually far from the first time that the Pope has commented on artificial intelligence. 91 00:06:33,220 --> 00:06:36,860 In early 2020, his holiness, Papa Frank. 92 00:06:36,860 --> 00:06:38,900 I love it when you call me ill, Papa. 93 00:06:39,860 --> 00:06:43,780 Partnered with Microsoft and IBM on the creation of a set of principles 94 00:06:43,780 --> 00:06:48,180 for the ethical use of AI, including that technology should respect privacy, 95 00:06:48,180 --> 00:06:52,660 consider the needs of all human beings, and operate transparently and without bias. 96 00:06:52,660 --> 00:06:56,900 And not put popes in fluffy jackets. While you and I might not have seen 97 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:01,700 the AI apocalypse coming, turns out the Holy See had 20-20 vision. 98 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:07,060 And a college in New York is suing a cleaning company for $1 million in damages 99 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:11,620 after one of their staff allegedly destroyed decades worth of research 100 00:07:11,620 --> 00:07:16,820 by turning off a lab freezer in order to mute an annoying alarm sound. 101 00:07:16,820 --> 00:07:21,540 I shouldn't be laughing, but I'm so sorry. 102 00:07:21,540 --> 00:07:26,940 In September, 2020, an alarm sounded indicating that the freezer temperature was fluctuating, 103 00:07:26,940 --> 00:07:30,740 though not yet at a level that would damage the cultures inside. 104 00:07:30,740 --> 00:07:36,260 COVID restrictions meant that it couldn't be repaired for a week, so lab officials put up a sign 105 00:07:36,260 --> 00:07:40,580 and locked the freezer's outlet and socket to stop anyone from unplugging it. 106 00:07:40,580 --> 00:07:44,740 Undeterred, the cleaner resorted to turning off the circuit breaker, 107 00:07:44,740 --> 00:07:47,960 destroying the samples over the course of the next several hours. 108 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:53,540 It's like how sometimes you're just too tired to figure out the snooze alarm, and instead you just burn your entire house down. 109 00:07:54,540 --> 00:07:59,220 And we won't burn your house down if you come back on Friday for more tech news. 110 00:07:59,220 --> 00:08:04,060 You're mortal enemy? The line has been drawn in the sand, 111 00:08:04,060 --> 00:08:05,620 so make the decision.