1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,520 The tech news is back because Christmas is ho-ho-hover. 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:08,880 That's it, that's how we're starting. The rumored RTX 40 series Super Cards 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,360 are all but confirmed for a CES 2024 announcement 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,560 after the internet sprouted more leaks than an English garden. 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,740 That's what they call a yard. Oh, call a yard, yeah? 6 00:00:18,740 --> 00:00:24,600 Reliable leaker Momomo underscore us got up bright and early Christmas morning to send us 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,880 convincing renders of an ASUS 4070 Super. 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,040 After that, various retailers listed multiple 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:35,460 MSI 4070 Super and 4070 Ti Super Cards 10 00:00:35,460 --> 00:00:40,720 just before the Eurasian Economic Commission leaked over 30 upcoming models from Gigabyte. 11 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,080 The cat's not just out of the bag, it's angry about being trapped in that bag 12 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,720 and it's taking it out on the sectional. Really, the only thing we don't know 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:52,120 about these cards are their prices. So a CES announcement could be NVIDIA's chance 14 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:57,400 to redeem its abysmal price to performance this GPU generation by readjusting the ratio 15 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:02,840 for some of the company's worst offenders. I mean, it's great that the 4070 Ti Super 16 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,840 will reportedly have more VRAM, CUDA cores, 17 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,960 and memory bus width than its uncaped version. 18 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:12,680 But if it's not competitively priced compared to, say, 19 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,280 AMD's RX 7900 XT, who's going to care? 20 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,920 Maybe Jensen Huang's mom? I hear she's very supportive. 21 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,200 Likewise, the 4070 non Ti Super needs to compete 22 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:27,280 with the 7800 XT's roughly $550 price tag 23 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,680 and the 4080 Super, well, apparently, it's barely different than the normal 4080, 24 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,240 but if NVIDIA simply keeps the price the same, at this point, I'll give them a gold star. 25 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,560 I mean, they tried. You did okay, kid. 26 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,840 And no other GPUs were leaked today, is what I would say if the Eurasian Economic Commission 27 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:50,840 didn't also post listings for three unannounced AMD Radeon cards, one of which is the previously rumored 28 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:55,640 RX 7600 XT, said to debut late next month. 29 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,640 Notably, however, there will not be an AMD reference model according to both video cards 30 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:04,760 and Taiwanese outlet, Bench Life. But it's likely there will be both a 10 Gigabyte 31 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:09,680 and 12 Gigabyte versions of the 7600 XT. According to earlier leaks from September 32 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,880 and also from the Eurasian Economic Commission, by the way, 33 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:18,480 they just can't seem to catch a break. Can't you find a Dutch boy to stick their thumb in this thing? 34 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:22,680 Different, different commission, different commission. 35 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:29,720 Now, as stated up top, there were two other unannounced Radeon cards listed by a certain Economic Commission. 36 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:35,840 Not naming names. A 7600 non XT and a 7800 non XT were also both mentioned, 37 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:40,040 but don't get too excited. Bench Life sources say there are no plans 38 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:44,840 for any 7700 slash 7800 non XTs right now. 39 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:49,680 The 7800 is probably the least likely, since there is only a $50 pricing difference 40 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,800 between the 7700 XT and the 7800 XT, 41 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:58,240 so it'd be hard to fit a card in there, like putting a wiener in an uncut bun. 42 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:04,880 Compare that to the $200 separation betwixt to the 7600 and the 7700 XT. 43 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:09,720 Maybe there's enough room for two cards in there, but it'd be tighter than my pants after turkey dinner. 44 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:14,640 Yesterday, NVIDIA officially launched the China exclusive 4090D, 45 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:19,200 the cut down version of the 4090 non D. It stands for D's nuts. 46 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:25,920 Meant to comply with the US export restrictions. It's kind of like the 4090 non D post circumcision. 47 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:30,200 And since it's launched, we now have access to a full breakdown of the D's specs 48 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:35,960 thanks to NVIDIA's Chinese website. While the 4090D features the same boost clock 49 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,800 as the unlettered version, its base clock has increased from about 2.24 gigahertz 50 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:45,400 to 2.28. However, that's the only number that go up. 51 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,920 Portal D's TDP is 25 Watts lower than its older brother, 52 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,320 but why would it need that power? Massive cuts were made to the card's core counts. 53 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:58,320 It only has 14,592 CUDA cores and 456 TENSOR cores. 54 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:03,080 Compare that to the 16,384 CUDA cores 55 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:07,760 and 512 TENSOR cores on the original. Look at how they massacred my boy. 56 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:13,320 The card costs more than 1800 US dollars because of course it does, but it's going to sell. 57 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,400 Demand in China is so high, isn't over, they can't refuse. 58 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:23,120 I like the Godfather. During the off season, Santa's elves work in the back, making quick bits. 59 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,880 Occasionally they perform the Oddback Alley Root Canal, but we don't like to judge, they have dreams. 60 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,280 Last week, Microsoft launched its new Android app, Copilot, 61 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:35,840 making this their second AI chatbot app, the third official chatbot app 62 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:41,320 based on OpenAI's GPT models and about the billionth Microsoft product called Copilot. 63 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:46,000 The revamped interface proclaims Copilot in large bolt letters, 64 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,720 followed by a tiny faint with bing underneath. 65 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:55,120 It seems that on some level, Microsoft has accepted that we're never going to accept 66 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,640 Bing as our real dad and has decided to introduce us to their new boyfriend, Copilot, 67 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:05,000 who's just Bing wearing glasses and a fake mustache. Hello, it is me, Copilot, I am different man. 68 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:10,240 Russian security firm Kaspersky has announced the discovery of a previously unknown 69 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,440 and since patched vulnerability in all Apple hardware. 70 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:18,440 The exploit, known as operation triangulation, uses a malicious iMessage attachment 71 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:23,680 that takes over the device without ever being clicked on. It then transmits microphone recordings, photos, 72 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,800 geolocation, and other sensitive data to attacker-controlled servers. 73 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,280 Ironically, part of Kaspersky's drive to find this exploit 74 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:34,960 is that it's been used against them repeatedly over the last four years. 75 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,280 Hello, my name is Enigo Kaspersky. 76 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:42,800 You hacked my iPhone, prepare to die. I want my iMessage back, you son of a bitch. 77 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:47,560 In two weeks, LG will be officially debuting 78 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,840 a small, two-legged AI robot with a permanently shell-shocked expression 79 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:56,600 intended to act as a home assistant, a pet sitter, and a home security guard. 80 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,680 The bot will be able to recognize objects, pets, people, 81 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,920 and even facial expressions like disappointment, 82 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,920 something you'll feel when your new security droid catches your dog pooping on the carpet, 83 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:11,760 but has no way to intervene because LG never gave it hands. 84 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:15,520 Why have I been cursed? I can only watch. 85 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:19,000 According to NBC News, an American intelligence assessment 86 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,440 has found the Chinese spy balloon slash perfectly innocent meteorological device 87 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:27,760 from earlier this year was using an American internet provider for data transmission. 88 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:30,760 The unnamed ISP has apparently denied these allegations, 89 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:35,640 quote, based on its own investigation and discussions it had with US officials. 90 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:40,000 I don't understand. Why would an ISP want to be associated with a scientific study 91 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:44,760 undertaken by a totally normal weather balloon? And researchers are spying on beavers from space. 92 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,880 To save California from droughts, I just really wanted to emphasize that. 93 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,480 Beaver scientists have been working with Google engineers. 94 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:58,600 I love saying beaver scientists. Beaver scientists have been working with Google engineers 95 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:04,520 for several years now to train a neural network to find beaver habitats and dams in satellite imagery. 96 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,640 I never knew beavers could be scientists. 97 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,680 Because beavers naturally provide important ecological services 98 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:15,400 like water storage and fire prevention, this information can help guide the reintroduction 99 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:21,760 of beavers in places like California, whose two main exports are currently almonds and smoke. 100 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,680 And you'll look smoking hot if you come back on Monday for more TechLinked. 101 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,880 I mean, you're also pretty hot today, but Monday just hits different.