WEBVTT 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. 00:00:07.260 --> 00:00:12.300 People used to enjoy speaking to me. In a shocking example of rival technologies 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:17.140 working together, it's been confirmed that NVIDIA's DLSS upscaling tech 00:00:17.140 --> 00:00:22.780 and AMD's FSR frame generation can both be run simultaneously 00:00:22.780 --> 00:00:26.580 in the PC version of PS5 title, Ghost of Tsushima. 00:00:26.580 --> 00:00:31.700 No sooner did the game launch on Steam yesterday than Twitter user, Bluehook, 00:00:31.700 --> 00:00:35.340 posted about reaching over 170 frames per second 00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:39.060 by enabling the two features on their RTX 3090. 00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:42.820 Bluehook's Twitter claims they get computers put in 00:00:42.820 --> 00:00:46.180 and TechLinked can confirm that this is indeed facts. 00:00:46.180 --> 00:00:50.260 Bluehook's computers do indeed be put in. Other outlets have verified 00:00:50.260 --> 00:00:54.260 that using both features together can lead to a notable FPS boost, 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. 00:00:59.900 --> 00:01:07.120 The existence of this unholy alliance of features is thanks to NVIDIA locking DLSS frame generation 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:12.900 to RTX 40 series cards, and AMD decoupling its frame gen tech 00:01:12.900 --> 00:01:16.060 from the rest of its FSR features back in March, 00:01:16.060 --> 00:01:20.140 allowing AMD to be the frame gen that so many gamers have been missing 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 00:01:25.020 --> 00:01:28.820 that will allow ChatGPT to access real-time Reddit posts 00:01:28.820 --> 00:01:34.140 through the site's API, while Reddit will be bringing new AI-powered features 00:01:34.140 --> 00:01:38.260 to Redditors and mods. Naturally, Redditors were starting to get upset 00:01:38.260 --> 00:01:42.140 and make a big stink about this one. Oh, look, Reddit awards are back 00:01:42.140 --> 00:01:45.900 after being taken away last year. Oh, they even said they're sorry they messed up 00:01:45.900 --> 00:01:52.060 and they're gonna give coins back to users who lost them. Oh, wow, that, wait. 00:01:52.060 --> 00:01:54.060 What was I talking about before? 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? 00:02:02.380 --> 00:02:08.100 Nah, maybe. Maybe everybody should opt out because according to former and current OpenAI employees, 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. 00:02:13.380 --> 00:02:17.820 The entire super alignment team, responsible for ensuring the company's products 00:02:17.820 --> 00:02:22.740 stay aligned with the interests of humanity rather than the interests of new flirtatiously giggly AIs, 00:02:22.780 --> 00:02:26.380 has been dissolved and spread among other departments. 00:02:26.380 --> 00:02:31.580 The same day this news came out, Sam Ultman's priority was to apparently throw shade 00:02:31.580 --> 00:02:36.060 at Google IO's aesthetic, despite claiming he doesn't think 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:40.620 about competitors too much. Three days after, he timed an OpenAI event 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:45.660 to undercut Googles for the second time this year. I mean, I kind of believe him. 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 00:02:51.060 --> 00:02:54.140 and it will say, well done, my servant, 00:02:54.140 --> 00:02:58.140 you who never lost faith. Before morphing its ARM into a blade 00:02:58.140 --> 00:03:02.460 and slicing his head off. One day. In a motion filed this morning, 00:03:02.460 --> 00:03:06.180 Google says it wrote the US government a cashier's check 00:03:06.180 --> 00:03:09.300 for triple the maximum amount of damages claimed 00:03:09.300 --> 00:03:15.300 in the Department of Justice's ongoing lawsuit over Google's anti-competitive advertising practices. 00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:19.820 Now, Google says this makes any claim of monetary damages moot 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? 00:03:25.340 --> 00:03:29.180 I mean, I mean, it's right there on the table. We all see it. 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. 00:03:35.100 --> 00:03:38.540 And to be fair, the DOJ's demand for a jury trial 00:03:38.540 --> 00:03:43.740 has been described by some legal experts as unprecedented for this kind of case. 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:46.820 But a jury would also mean a marked increase 00:03:46.820 --> 00:03:50.100 in the amount of checks Google would have to write to make this all go away. 00:03:50.100 --> 00:03:53.140 So it's probably worth it just for that reason. I make it easier for them. 00:03:53.140 --> 00:03:57.300 Quick bits, quick bits, quick bits. That's kind of my default conversation opener. 00:03:57.300 --> 00:04:02.260 Do you think it's good or should I change it? ASUS has acknowledged and apologized 00:04:02.260 --> 00:04:06.340 for any confusion and frustration experienced by their customers 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:10.500 following widespread complaints about the company's warranty and repair processes. 00:04:10.500 --> 00:04:16.380 Yeah, issuing preposterous repair bills to customers whose products were crucially not fully repaired 00:04:16.380 --> 00:04:21.020 does sound a bit frustrating. ASUS has committed to revising their pricing structure 00:04:21.020 --> 00:04:24.780 and improving communication with their customers. And to sweeten the deal, 00:04:24.780 --> 00:04:28.620 they even accidentally leaked one of the Snapdragon X-powered laptops 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:35.060 they're probably gonna announce on Monday. Ooh, it's got an Intel Qualcomm Adreno GPU? 00:04:36.380 --> 00:04:39.660 All is forgiven, ASUS. That's pretty good. 00:04:39.660 --> 00:04:43.020 Microsoft's PC Manager, a combination security 00:04:43.020 --> 00:04:49.340 and utility tool currently only available in certain regions, is apparently giving users repair tips, 00:04:49.340 --> 00:04:55.220 suggesting that they fix their PC by reverting their default search engine back to Bing. 00:04:55.220 --> 00:04:59.380 That's doing the opposite, but okay. While Microsoft has already explored putting ads 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 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 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:13.780 into every possible orifice of Windows 11. 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 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:22.380 and the old, old new low it hit the week before. 00:05:23.900 --> 00:05:27.460 They are on a roll here. Another major milestone has been achieved 00:05:27.460 --> 00:05:30.500 in the quest for a quantum internet, 00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:33.580 an infrastructure that would enable unparalleled security 00:05:33.580 --> 00:05:38.260 during data transfer, among other things. Three teams of researchers have developed 00:05:38.260 --> 00:05:42.980 different memory modules that allowed extremely fragile quantum information 00:05:42.980 --> 00:05:47.180 to travel tens of kilometers through existing fiber optic cables. 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:50.380 Now for the layman, this means we're one step closer 00:05:50.380 --> 00:05:54.060 to every Silicon Valley startup slapping the word quantum 00:05:54.060 --> 00:05:57.300 on whatever the hell they're working on. Google and Harvard scientists 00:05:57.300 --> 00:06:00.420 have successfully mapped the human brain, 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:04.860 or at least around one cubic millimeter of it. 00:06:04.860 --> 00:06:10.620 Have you done? This mind map was created by taking an itsy-bitsy piece 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:16.140 of the brain and then slicing it into 5,000 super thin wafers, 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. 00:06:22.540 --> 00:06:27.420 This is getting worse. They then took around 1.4 petabytes of images of the slices 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 00:06:33.380 --> 00:06:38.540 and their millions of connections. At least one neuron had over 5,000 connection points 00:06:38.540 --> 00:06:43.180 leading to other neurons and some axons, AKA signal-carrying nerve fibers, 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:47.220 were super tightly coiled together. What does this mean? 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 00:06:52.220 --> 00:06:55.940 the memories of every stupid thing you've ever said at a party, why not? 00:06:55.940 --> 00:06:59.940 And private astronaut slash billionaire Jared Isaacman 00:06:59.940 --> 00:07:03.540 wants to foot the bill for a commercial spacewalking mission 00:07:03.540 --> 00:07:07.260 to save the aging Hubble telescope. What a guy. 00:07:07.260 --> 00:07:10.900 The planned mission would use a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, 00:07:10.900 --> 00:07:14.620 which not only doesn't have a robotic ARM to attach itself to the telescope, 00:07:14.620 --> 00:07:18.860 SpaceX also hasn't even proven a spacewalk as possible from their capsule yet. 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 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:28.060 the first spacewalk by private astronauts, including Isaacman, 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:31.660 but the first flight keeps getting delayed. Isaacman said back in January 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. 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.720 Maybe we have a couple of years to think of, 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 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 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.760 and the Microsoft services. It's gonna be good, okay? There's... 00:07:53.880 --> 00:07:57.040 What, it's good? Why are you looking at me like that?