WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.560 Tech news isn't just information. It's also a state of mind. 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:12.960 But tech news isn't just a state of mind. It's also information. Write that down. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.880 Details about Intel's upcoming Aero Lake S platform have leaked, 00:00:16.880 --> 00:00:21.920 lending credence to rumors that Team Blue plans to kill Hyperthreading, 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:30.880 which allows two threads to run on a single core. Reliable hardware leaker Yuki Yens, on Twitter, initially published excerpts from an alleged 00:00:30.880 --> 00:00:37.360 Intel document before removing the tweet. So, unfortunately, only 90% of the internet was 00:00:37.360 --> 00:00:44.560 able to get screenshots. According to these documents, Aero Lake S processors will feature the 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:51.120 same core count as the current 14th gen Raptor Lake refresh tips, and will have Hyperthreading 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:56.960 disabled on performance cores. Rumors have been swirling since at least July of last year 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:02.800 that Aero Lake would ditch Hyperthreading in favor of something called rentable units. 00:01:02.800 --> 00:01:09.360 Allegedly, Intel's plans here are influenced by the Royal Core project, thought up by legendary 00:01:09.360 --> 00:01:14.560 CPU architect Jim Keller during his brief stint at Intel. A potential replacement for 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:19.120 Hyperthreading has been detailed in a patent filed by Intel about a year ago, 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:23.920 but nothing is definitive at this point. And the documents leaked on Twitter specifically 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:31.440 reference a pre-alpha Aero Lake S CPU, so maybe take all of this with some salt. And 00:01:31.440 --> 00:01:35.200 not just because tech news is always a little tastier, properly seasoned. 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:41.120 How could you not eat me? I'm delicious! Even though HP is facing a class-action lawsuit for 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:46.160 forcing printer owners to use first-party ink cartridges, the company's CEO seemed pretty 00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:51.920 relaxed during a CNBC interview, showing off his yoga skills by repeatedly putting his foot in his 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:58.480 mouth. Big Cheese Enrique Lorrez said that when someone buys a printer from HP, the company is 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:04.640 investing in that customer. If that customer doesn't print enough or use enough supplies, 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:10.320 they are a bad investment. Lorrez also said that the company's long-term strategy is to 00:02:10.320 --> 00:02:17.360 make printing a subscription, saying it reduces the barriers to print. And that's true. If you 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:22.160 give HP enough money each month, they'll reduce the number of barriers stopping you from using 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:31.440 your own printer. But to be fair to Enrique Lorrez, blocking HP printer owners from using 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:36.960 third-party ink cartridges protects them from being hacked, at least according to a cybersecurity 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:43.600 expert Enrique Lorrez. In another memorable quote, Lorrez states viruses can be embedded in third-party 00:02:43.600 --> 00:02:49.360 cartridges to infect your network through your printer. Somewhat backing up this claim is research 00:02:49.360 --> 00:02:56.240 firm Actionable Intelligence, who showed this type of attack was possible in 2022, as a response 00:02:56.240 --> 00:03:02.240 to a bug bounty put out by HP. Of course, the paper detailing that attack came out six years 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:07.040 after HP started blocking third-party ink. They were probably just being safe. But that's the 00:03:07.040 --> 00:03:16.400 type of forward thinking that Hewlett Packard is best known for. The G4's RTX 4070 Super's launch 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:22.720 sales are a disappointment, at least according to YouTuber Moore's Law is Dead and several other 00:03:22.720 --> 00:03:27.680 outlets that are quoting Moore's Law is Dead. We don't want to be hard on these rumors, but what 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:32.560 they're saying feels kind of counterintuitive based on how well the card has been reviewed. 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:37.520 However, most reviewers only discussed the Founders Edition version sold straight from NVIDIA. Moore's 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:42.560 Law is Dead sources claim the sale of partner cards was struggling because most are priced 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:51.120 over MSRP. MLID claims an add-in board partner called sales a disaster and he allegedly talked to 00:03:51.120 --> 00:03:56.560 a small U.S. retailer who claimed they rejected a supply of about 200 add-in board cards because 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:04.080 most were priced between $620 and $650 and they felt it would be nearly impossible to sell a 12 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:10.240 GB GPU for over 600 bucks. Get your grains of salt ready though because Moore's Law further 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:15.200 claimed he spoke with a GPU scalping collective that said they are canceling the orders their bots 00:04:15.200 --> 00:04:21.120 made after seeing the bad sales. NVIDIA themselves has claimed these leaks don't represent the full 00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:26.880 picture, of course they would, and at least one retailer, Scan Computers in the UK, said they had 00:04:26.880 --> 00:04:31.440 great success with the 4070 Superlaunch. Okay, but like maybe shut up before the scalpers hear you, 00:04:31.440 --> 00:04:38.000 you know, just trying to help. Oh man, these brand cards suck so much. Horrible launch. 00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:44.880 Tech news isn't just information and a state of mind. It's also occasionally quick bits, 00:04:44.880 --> 00:04:51.680 but tech news isn't just quick bits. It's also NVIDIA's RTX Remix software is now in open beta, 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:58.240 allowing almost any modder to remaster old games with AI upskilled features, ray tracing, 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:03.360 and even DLSS compatibility. It's so easy yet Bethesda couldn't figure it out for Starfield at 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:09.520 Lodge. The tech is built on Team Green's omniverse 3D graphics platform and should work for nearly 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:16.720 any DirectX 8 or 9 game. NVIDIA even partnered with mod info site ModDB, the DB of mods, 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:22.880 to make it the de facto DB for RTX Remix compatible games and community made mods. 00:05:22.880 --> 00:05:27.840 Finally, all your favorite classic games can catch up to modern standards by also being too 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:34.240 graphically demanding for your PC. I really feel like they're part of the club. Last Friday, 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:38.800 Japan successfully landed an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the moon, 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:44.400 making them only the fifth nation to do so. But that success comes with an asterisk. 00:05:44.400 --> 00:05:47.520 We didn't make an asteroid pun there. Could've. Moving on. 00:05:47.520 --> 00:05:52.880 After landing, the smart lander for investigating moon, or slim, is that real? 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:59.440 Was unable to generate power using its solar array. After its battery dipped down to 12%, 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:05.360 slim shut down in order to reserve what little power it had left in hopes of a recovery effort, 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.960 rather than ritually disemboweling itself as is the custom. 00:06:08.960 --> 00:06:13.920 As for the realistic odds that the craft will ever be retrieved, they're currently slim to none. 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:25.040 Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo estimates that Apple sold somewhere in the neighborhood of 160,000 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:29.280 to 180,000 Vision Pro headsets during the pre-order weekend. 00:06:29.280 --> 00:06:33.600 It was already predicted that the demand would be so high that the stock available for the official 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:38.960 February 2nd launch would sell out, but now the shipping times for all models have been pushed by 00:06:38.960 --> 00:06:43.840 five to seven weeks. However, since the shipping times haven't changed since then, it looks like 00:06:43.840 --> 00:06:50.240 demand for the product has cooled off. I guess Apple will have to settle for a mere $560 million 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:54.960 in revenue. I know it sounds like a lot, but that's a trillion-dollar company, F. 00:06:54.960 --> 00:07:02.720 They're getting detention from the EU. Meta has confirmed that users in the European Economic 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:07.840 Area and Switzerland will be able to unlink their Facebook accounts from Instagram and, 00:07:07.840 --> 00:07:11.680 interestingly, from Messenger, which will have its own separate accounts. 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:15.920 But if you thought the Zuck is making this move out of the goodness of the bionic pump that serves 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:21.840 his heart, nope, the change is meant to ensure Meta complies with the EU's Digital Markets Act, 00:07:21.840 --> 00:07:27.120 because the EU isn't only gunning for Apple, it's coming for all the tech giants. You guys are so 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:31.360 dead. And I'm fine with that as long as they don't classify me as a gatekeeper next, 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:37.200 unless they add gaslight girlboss to the end. And SpaceX is pulling its ambitions back down to 00:07:37.200 --> 00:07:42.240 Earth by allegedly planning to open a restaurant and shopping center near its launch testing 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:47.040 facility in Texas. According to filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:52.720 the two projects will cost the rocket company $15 million, or exactly the amount of money Elon 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:57.520 Musk found in an old pair of jeans. The kind of food the restaurant will serve is still unknown, 00:07:57.520 --> 00:08:02.560 but we all know the starter section is going to have something called X, the everything appetizer. 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:07.680 All right. But I know you are going to come back on Wednesday for more tackling. Hey, thanks for 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:11.440 watching today's episode, and thanks again to Blinkist for sponsoring the video. Click the link 00:08:11.440 --> 00:08:16.800 below to check them out and subscribe. 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