WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.760 Hi, I'm here to host TechLink. 00:00:04.760 --> 00:00:08.000 Got it. And I guess that means we're going to be talking about what's 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:12.120 the first topic? It's tech news. We're talking about tech news. 00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:15.840 Sounds good. It was Elijah Week on Flow Plane. I had to host this as well. 00:00:15.840 --> 00:00:19.320 Go check it out. It was. Yeah, it's this week. Right now it's happening. 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:24.040 Yeah. Intel has released a new microcode update that has angered some users hoping 00:00:24.040 --> 00:00:29.120 to squeeze a little bit of extra performance out of the company's latest Aero Lake desktop processors, which 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:33.120 were designed to explicitly prioritize efficiency over raw power. 00:00:33.120 --> 00:00:36.320 Apparently, the environment is more important than gaming 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:41.160 at 300 FPS. We're going to agree to disagree. The update removes the ability for most motherboards 00:00:41.160 --> 00:00:44.400 to bypass Aero Lake's Digital Linear Voltage Regulator, 00:00:44.400 --> 00:00:47.720 or DLVR, a feature that can lower power consumption 00:00:47.720 --> 00:00:53.440 under certain workloads, but can also lead to performance bottlenecks in a more demanding situation, 00:00:53.440 --> 00:00:57.840 and especially when the CPU is at full load. The feature was added to Raptor Lake, 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:01.960 but was locked off by Intel. Aero Lake has it enabled, and overclockers 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:05.640 had been using a bypass called PowerGate mode in the BIOS. 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:11.440 But the new update only allows you to do it if your motherboard has an extreme OC mode. 00:01:11.440 --> 00:01:14.520 Intel says this is to prevent accidental misuse 00:01:14.520 --> 00:01:19.720 and ensure that it can only be used in extreme overclocking scenarios with subambient cooling, 00:01:19.720 --> 00:01:24.520 such as liquid nitrogen. Because breaking overclock records is worth destroying the environment. 00:01:24.520 --> 00:01:27.480 Who needs trees? I just need higher FPS. 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:31.680 In other, huh, Intel news, the company is incorporating 3D cache, 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:36.360 AMD's version of which is the secret sauce behind the X3D series chips. 00:01:36.360 --> 00:01:40.520 But so far, Team Blue is only adding it to their next-gen Clear Water Forest line 00:01:40.520 --> 00:01:43.700 of Xeon processors, with no plans to do the same 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:47.920 for their mainstream CPUs. According to Intel's Florian Meislinger 00:01:47.920 --> 00:01:52.520 in an interview with Durbauer and Ben's hardware, they just don't really see the point. 00:01:52.520 --> 00:01:56.920 They're just chilling. Intel's fine, why don't break what's not broken? 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.240 They do need to fix some stuff though. They got coffee again. 00:02:01.360 --> 00:02:05.600 Two reports have emerged of Ryzen 7 9800 X3D processors 00:02:05.600 --> 00:02:09.240 with burn damage after being used in an MSI Mag 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:14.680 X870 Tomahawk Wi-Fi motherboard. One was posted in the Korean language Quasar Zone Forum, 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:19.920 and the other was in the PC Master Race subreddit by the user name Trump Poo Poo's Pants. 00:02:19.920 --> 00:02:24.120 Techlink doesn't hold any position related to this, that's just their name. Just regular. 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:28.560 We didn't purposely pick it. What, what? MSI has already responded to the reports 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:33.140 saying they're investigating alongside AMD, and interestingly, YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, 00:02:33.140 --> 00:02:36.160 which has a real turning yourself in kind of vibe. 00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:40.920 But maybe MSI doesn't have to be too worried. Some early analysis points to the burnout 00:02:40.920 --> 00:02:46.160 potentially being caused by user error. The owners in question may have misaligned their CPU 00:02:46.160 --> 00:02:50.760 before locking it in, or they may have read online that warming it up on a waffle iron 00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:54.120 before installing it actually helps with ray tracing. We've all been there, okay? 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:58.120 We've all been there. I mean, I understand. My bad, okay? And now we do. 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:02.320 What's next, sorry? The Quickbits, is it? Oh, what? 00:03:02.320 --> 00:03:05.480 The Quickbits, okay, kind of weird, but sure. 00:03:05.480 --> 00:03:10.400 A thin and light gaming laptop with an upgradeable GPU has been listed at a Chinese retailer. 00:03:10.400 --> 00:03:13.880 It's called the Huan 16, and it's either made by a company called Firebat, 00:03:13.880 --> 00:03:18.000 or Tongfang PC, or Naruto, which I think is my favorite 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:22.120 as long as we're taking suggestions. The laptop appears to have a pretty cool internal design 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:25.280 with a Ryzen 7 8845H mainboard, 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.440 and a separate RTX 4060 GPU module 00:03:28.440 --> 00:03:33.640 that can be swapped out for another one that also uses the GX 2.0 modular system. 00:03:33.640 --> 00:03:37.480 Now just make some of the other laptop components modular as well. This could have been the one. 00:03:37.480 --> 00:03:42.040 Some great news for game historians. GOG has announced a new preservation program, 00:03:42.040 --> 00:03:45.760 which will see the DRM free platform commit its own resources 00:03:45.760 --> 00:03:48.920 to keeping older games compatible with modern systems. 00:03:48.920 --> 00:03:53.760 They're starting with a list of a hundred classic games, which will only grow as gamers immediately start arguing 00:03:53.760 --> 00:03:58.040 about what's a classic and what's not. Two games that aren't up for debate in that sense 00:03:58.040 --> 00:04:02.680 are the 1998's Unreal and 2000's Unreal Tournament game of the year edition, 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:06.080 which are now being hosted on internet archive for free 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:10.600 with Epic Games' explicit blessing. No need to toast your CPU for more ray tracing, 00:04:10.600 --> 00:04:13.960 the games don't have it. It won't work, trust me. We tried. 00:04:13.960 --> 00:04:18.600 We've all been there. Keep your eye out for fake websites posing as online stores. 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:24.440 According to threat research firm Eclectic IQ, a scammer group going by Silk Spectre 00:04:24.440 --> 00:04:27.720 is apparently creating thousands of fraudulent websites 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:32.840 to impersonate the real websites of brands like North Face, Ikea, and Wayfair. 00:04:32.840 --> 00:04:35.840 So be wary, because some of the domain names for these sites 00:04:35.840 --> 00:04:40.320 often include the words Black Friday, the upcoming holiday celebrating the cherished 00:04:40.320 --> 00:04:45.200 North American tradition of impulse buying products to feel something, literally anything. 00:04:45.200 --> 00:04:50.520 Please. Pressing the button feels good. And Google has finally launched the iOS app 00:04:50.520 --> 00:04:56.280 for its generative AI Gemini, bringing iPhone users the ability to access Gemini Live, 00:04:56.280 --> 00:04:59.560 Google's version of chat GPT's advanced voice feature, 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:04.360 both of which somehow make Siri seem even less useful than she has been for years. 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:09.800 iPhone users can now join other Gemini users in being told that they're a stain on the universe. 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:12.960 Like this student who was instructed to please die. 00:05:12.960 --> 00:05:16.000 Jeez. Google said they're looking into the incident, 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:21.480 which they called an example of how these models sometimes give nonsensical responses. 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:26.000 It's just a little silly. Silly. I mean, it's a little guy. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:30.080 Look. It's a little hateful guy. 00:05:30.080 --> 00:05:33.840 And you'd be a little silly not to come back next Monday for more tech news. 00:05:33.840 --> 00:05:37.440 You need tech news to live. What are you going to survive on? Sports news? 00:05:37.440 --> 00:05:40.600 No, team A is out. Team B is going to the championships. 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:44.160 There, I'm done. You happy? That's all you need. 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:47.360 No, you have to stay here, Elijah. No, I gotta go back to work. 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:48.560 You're sleeping here.