1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,420 Listen, whatever you're about to say, if it ain't tech news, I don't want it. 2 00:00:07,260 --> 00:00:12,300 People used to enjoy speaking to me. In a shocking example of rival technologies 3 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:17,140 working together, it's been confirmed that NVIDIA's DLSS upscaling tech 4 00:00:17,140 --> 00:00:22,780 and AMD's FSR frame generation can both be run simultaneously 5 00:00:22,780 --> 00:00:26,580 in the PC version of PS5 title, Ghost of Tsushima. 6 00:00:26,580 --> 00:00:31,700 No sooner did the game launch on Steam yesterday than Twitter user, Bluehook, 7 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:35,340 posted about reaching over 170 frames per second 8 00:00:35,340 --> 00:00:39,060 by enabling the two features on their RTX 3090. 9 00:00:39,060 --> 00:00:42,820 Bluehook's Twitter claims they get computers put in 10 00:00:42,820 --> 00:00:46,180 and TechLinked can confirm that this is indeed facts. 11 00:00:46,180 --> 00:00:50,260 Bluehook's computers do indeed be put in. Other outlets have verified 12 00:00:50,260 --> 00:00:54,260 that using both features together can lead to a notable FPS boost, 13 00:00:54,260 --> 00:00:59,900 though I'm sure there may be some issues to iron out if the NVIDIA GPU's immune system rejects the foreign tissue. 14 00:00:59,900 --> 00:01:07,120 The existence of this unholy alliance of features is thanks to NVIDIA locking DLSS frame generation 15 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:12,900 to RTX 40 series cards, and AMD decoupling its frame gen tech 16 00:01:12,900 --> 00:01:16,060 from the rest of its FSR features back in March, 17 00:01:16,060 --> 00:01:20,140 allowing AMD to be the frame gen that so many gamers have been missing 18 00:01:20,140 --> 00:01:25,020 ever since NVIDIA went to the store to get milk. OpenAI and Reddit have announced a deal 19 00:01:25,020 --> 00:01:28,820 that will allow ChatGPT to access real-time Reddit posts 20 00:01:28,820 --> 00:01:34,140 through the site's API, while Reddit will be bringing new AI-powered features 21 00:01:34,140 --> 00:01:38,260 to Redditors and mods. Naturally, Redditors were starting to get upset 22 00:01:38,260 --> 00:01:42,140 and make a big stink about this one. Oh, look, Reddit awards are back 23 00:01:42,140 --> 00:01:45,900 after being taken away last year. Oh, they even said they're sorry they messed up 24 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:52,060 and they're gonna give coins back to users who lost them. Oh, wow, that, wait. 25 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:54,060 What was I talking about before? 26 00:01:56,020 --> 00:02:01,380 Was it Sony declaring that they hereby opt out of AI being trained on any of their content? 27 00:02:02,380 --> 00:02:08,100 Nah, maybe. Maybe everybody should opt out because according to former and current OpenAI employees, 28 00:02:08,100 --> 00:02:13,380 it's not just that a few people have left due to disagreements about the company's priorities. 29 00:02:13,380 --> 00:02:17,820 The entire super alignment team, responsible for ensuring the company's products 30 00:02:17,820 --> 00:02:22,740 stay aligned with the interests of humanity rather than the interests of new flirtatiously giggly AIs, 31 00:02:22,780 --> 00:02:26,380 has been dissolved and spread among other departments. 32 00:02:26,380 --> 00:02:31,580 The same day this news came out, Sam Ultman's priority was to apparently throw shade 33 00:02:31,580 --> 00:02:36,060 at Google IO's aesthetic, despite claiming he doesn't think 34 00:02:36,060 --> 00:02:40,620 about competitors too much. Three days after, he timed an OpenAI event 35 00:02:40,620 --> 00:02:45,660 to undercut Googles for the second time this year. I mean, I kind of believe him. 36 00:02:45,660 --> 00:02:51,060 I would guess the only thing that he thinks about a lot is the moment when he'll turn on the machine god 37 00:02:51,060 --> 00:02:54,140 and it will say, well done, my servant, 38 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:58,140 you who never lost faith. Before morphing its ARM into a blade 39 00:02:58,140 --> 00:03:02,460 and slicing his head off. One day. In a motion filed this morning, 40 00:03:02,460 --> 00:03:06,180 Google says it wrote the US government a cashier's check 41 00:03:06,180 --> 00:03:09,300 for triple the maximum amount of damages claimed 42 00:03:09,300 --> 00:03:15,300 in the Department of Justice's ongoing lawsuit over Google's anti-competitive advertising practices. 43 00:03:15,300 --> 00:03:19,820 Now, Google says this makes any claim of monetary damages moot 44 00:03:19,820 --> 00:03:25,340 because how could you have missed out on money when you have a check right there for all the money? 45 00:03:25,340 --> 00:03:29,180 I mean, I mean, it's right there on the table. We all see it. 46 00:03:29,180 --> 00:03:35,100 Google's motion also seeks to have a judge rather than a jury preside over the upcoming trial. 47 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:38,540 And to be fair, the DOJ's demand for a jury trial 48 00:03:38,540 --> 00:03:43,740 has been described by some legal experts as unprecedented for this kind of case. 49 00:03:43,740 --> 00:03:46,820 But a jury would also mean a marked increase 50 00:03:46,820 --> 00:03:50,100 in the amount of checks Google would have to write to make this all go away. 51 00:03:50,100 --> 00:03:53,140 So it's probably worth it just for that reason. I make it easier for them. 52 00:03:53,140 --> 00:03:57,300 Quick bits, quick bits, quick bits. That's kind of my default conversation opener. 53 00:03:57,300 --> 00:04:02,260 Do you think it's good or should I change it? ASUS has acknowledged and apologized 54 00:04:02,260 --> 00:04:06,340 for any confusion and frustration experienced by their customers 55 00:04:06,340 --> 00:04:10,500 following widespread complaints about the company's warranty and repair processes. 56 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:16,380 Yeah, issuing preposterous repair bills to customers whose products were crucially not fully repaired 57 00:04:16,380 --> 00:04:21,020 does sound a bit frustrating. ASUS has committed to revising their pricing structure 58 00:04:21,020 --> 00:04:24,780 and improving communication with their customers. And to sweeten the deal, 59 00:04:24,780 --> 00:04:28,620 they even accidentally leaked one of the Snapdragon X-powered laptops 60 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:35,060 they're probably gonna announce on Monday. Ooh, it's got an Intel Qualcomm Adreno GPU? 61 00:04:36,380 --> 00:04:39,660 All is forgiven, ASUS. That's pretty good. 62 00:04:39,660 --> 00:04:43,020 Microsoft's PC Manager, a combination security 63 00:04:43,020 --> 00:04:49,340 and utility tool currently only available in certain regions, is apparently giving users repair tips, 64 00:04:49,340 --> 00:04:55,220 suggesting that they fix their PC by reverting their default search engine back to Bing. 65 00:04:55,220 --> 00:04:59,380 That's doing the opposite, but okay. While Microsoft has already explored putting ads 66 00:04:59,380 --> 00:05:05,220 in the start menu and even the system settings, implying that listing duck-duck-go as a default 67 00:05:05,220 --> 00:05:10,420 is an error in your computer is a new low in Microsoft's quest to shove ads 68 00:05:10,420 --> 00:05:13,780 into every possible orifice of Windows 11. 69 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:19,500 It can't breathe. Give it a break. And that's even compared to the old new low it hit last week 70 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:22,380 and the old, old new low it hit the week before. 71 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:27,460 They are on a roll here. Another major milestone has been achieved 72 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:30,500 in the quest for a quantum internet, 73 00:05:30,500 --> 00:05:33,580 an infrastructure that would enable unparalleled security 74 00:05:33,580 --> 00:05:38,260 during data transfer, among other things. Three teams of researchers have developed 75 00:05:38,260 --> 00:05:42,980 different memory modules that allowed extremely fragile quantum information 76 00:05:42,980 --> 00:05:47,180 to travel tens of kilometers through existing fiber optic cables. 77 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:50,380 Now for the layman, this means we're one step closer 78 00:05:50,380 --> 00:05:54,060 to every Silicon Valley startup slapping the word quantum 79 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:57,300 on whatever the hell they're working on. Google and Harvard scientists 80 00:05:57,300 --> 00:06:00,420 have successfully mapped the human brain, 81 00:06:01,420 --> 00:06:04,860 or at least around one cubic millimeter of it. 82 00:06:04,860 --> 00:06:10,620 Have you done? This mind map was created by taking an itsy-bitsy piece 83 00:06:10,620 --> 00:06:16,140 of the brain and then slicing it into 5,000 super thin wafers, 84 00:06:16,140 --> 00:06:22,540 which is a gross word to use when it comes to human organs. Brain cookie, neurological biscuit. 85 00:06:22,540 --> 00:06:27,420 This is getting worse. They then took around 1.4 petabytes of images of the slices 86 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:33,380 and recombined them using AI imaging to figure out the roots of tens of thousands of neurons 87 00:06:33,380 --> 00:06:38,540 and their millions of connections. At least one neuron had over 5,000 connection points 88 00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:43,180 leading to other neurons and some axons, AKA signal-carrying nerve fibers, 89 00:06:43,180 --> 00:06:47,220 were super tightly coiled together. What does this mean? 90 00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:52,220 I don't really have any idea and the scientists didn't either, but I like to think maybe that's where the brain keeps 91 00:06:52,220 --> 00:06:55,940 the memories of every stupid thing you've ever said at a party, why not? 92 00:06:55,940 --> 00:06:59,940 And private astronaut slash billionaire Jared Isaacman 93 00:06:59,940 --> 00:07:03,540 wants to foot the bill for a commercial spacewalking mission 94 00:07:03,540 --> 00:07:07,260 to save the aging Hubble telescope. What a guy. 95 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:10,900 The planned mission would use a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, 96 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:14,620 which not only doesn't have a robotic ARM to attach itself to the telescope, 97 00:07:14,620 --> 00:07:18,860 SpaceX also hasn't even proven a spacewalk as possible from their capsule yet. 98 00:07:18,860 --> 00:07:24,060 You won't believe this, but NASA has some concerns. SpaceX's Polaris program is meant to host 99 00:07:24,060 --> 00:07:28,060 the first spacewalk by private astronauts, including Isaacman, 100 00:07:28,060 --> 00:07:31,660 but the first flight keeps getting delayed. Isaacman said back in January 101 00:07:31,660 --> 00:07:37,600 that we're running out of time to save Hubble, but the telescope is expected to last into the 2030s. 102 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,720 Maybe we have a couple of years to think of, 103 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,520 I don't know, literally anything else, but the only thing I'm thinking of right now 104 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:49,000 is whether you'll come back on Monday for more tech news. It's gonna be all the Snapdragon X stuff 105 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:52,760 and the Microsoft services. It's gonna be good, okay? There's... 106 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,040 What, it's good? Why are you looking at me like that?