1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,920 It's a brand new week of news, or what us newsies call, 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:08,800 brand news. In the news biz, you gotta save time as much as possible 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:14,240 so you never miss a hot scoop. That's why we always, my friend, Mark Gurman, 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,840 has given more details on Apple's planned low-cost version 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:21,760 of their upcoming Vision Pro headset. Don't worry, it's still expensive enough 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,440 for you to flex on the poor people who can't afford it. While Gurman already claimed Apple 7 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:31,360 would be using lower resolution displays in replacing the M-Series chip with an iPhone processor, 8 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:37,840 he now also says that the iSight feature, the revolutionary feature that reveals lifeless simulacra 9 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,120 of your eyes on the external screen when you interact with another human, or attempt to, 10 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,400 will also be removed from the cheaper model. Notice I didn't say cheap, 11 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:52,760 because apparently the company is looking to price the device somewhere between $1,500 and $2,500. 12 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaking of extra months, 13 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,200 Gurman has also adjusted his prediction for when the new M3 MacBooks will launch 14 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,960 from this month to early next year. Last time Apple launched new MacBook chip 15 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:10,720 so early in the year was 2015. Maybe they should have delayed the iPhone 15 lineup too, 16 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:15,800 since yet another issue has been found, this time affecting just the 15 Pro Max. 17 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,720 Some new owners of the flagship iPhone are reporting screen burn-in on its OLED display 18 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,880 on social media. I don't know, I'm starting to think that maybe focusing all that effort 19 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,760 on engineering a $3,500 headset might not have been the best idea. 20 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:32,480 Can the Vision Pro get burn-in? It burns onto your eyes. 21 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:38,120 I'll never forget this 3D hollow memory. Intel has officially announced 22 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,600 their 14th gen Raptor Lake refresh chips, just in time for them to be released 23 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,900 on the 17th of October, or what us Newsy's call tomorrow. 24 00:01:46,900 --> 00:01:51,540 The launch includes three refreshed chips with K and KF versions of each 25 00:01:51,540 --> 00:01:55,680 that will all be releasing at the same price as their 13th gen predecessors, 26 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:00,060 despite predictions of a price increase. But I mean, can you blame them in this economy? 27 00:02:00,060 --> 00:02:03,580 When the milk restock is rebranded as milk premium? 28 00:02:03,580 --> 00:02:07,020 Unfortunately, price isn't the only similarity here. 29 00:02:07,020 --> 00:02:12,620 Core counts are the same as last gen across the board, save for the i7-14700K, 30 00:02:12,620 --> 00:02:18,100 but all the new chips have higher boost frequencies while staying within the same power envelopes as last gen. 31 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:24,340 That's good. Intel also claims that the 14th gen chips will have up to 23% better gaming performance 32 00:02:24,340 --> 00:02:28,240 than AMD's Ryzen 7000X3D series chips. 33 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:35,280 Though, according to Tom's hardware, Intel's own benchmarks show an uplift of just 2% on average. 34 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,560 For me, 2% only really matters if we're talking milk, 35 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,840 which is delicious. Home or go home? Home or home or go home? 36 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:47,360 That doesn't make sense to Americans, sorry. That's 3.25%, but yeah, it's still good. 37 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:54,160 However, Intel also says their refreshed chips will have up to 54% faster creator workflow 38 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:59,720 versus the Ryzen 97950X, which is basically a passing grade on an English exam. 39 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,960 Intel also announced their AI Assist overclocking plugin 40 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:08,360 for their extreme tuning utility that uses AI algorithms to help you overclock your processor, 41 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,760 which is helpful for people like me who have no idea what they're doing 42 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:16,560 and just enter different numbers in to see what happens. It's like betting your computer on a hand of poker, 43 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:20,760 but if you win, it just gets slightly faster. 44 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,320 And if you lose, you smell burnt tires. It's a bad value proposition. 45 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,880 AMD is being blamed by gaming handheld company GPD 46 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,000 for the delay in shipping their new Win Max 2, 47 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:38,320 because there's always a reason crowdfunded projects are not on time ever. 48 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:43,880 GPD has gone as far as to accuse Team Red of breach of contract because they didn't supply enough 49 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,040 Ryzen 77840U APUs. 50 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:53,720 Like all the best stories involving delayed products, GPD posted an update on the Win Max 2's Indiegogo page 51 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:58,920 saying that AMD did not deliver enough of the chips to GPD's upstream supplier, 52 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:04,440 and therefore they didn't receive their expected second batch of APUs to fulfill backer orders. 53 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:09,640 According to GPD themselves, all configurations with 32 gigs or 64 gigs of memory 54 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:13,920 and two terabytes of storage are affected. And GPD seems to have no estimate 55 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,040 for when affected orders will be delivered. According to video cards, 56 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,200 these sorts of posts from board and OEM partners are rare, 57 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,200 probably because most partners know to fear the Android 58 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:27,760 known as Dr. Lisa Sue and the laser beams she shoots from her eyes. 59 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,360 With the calming regality of Mufasa's spirit. 60 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:36,360 Simba, now it's time for quick bits. 61 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,680 Is that okay? NVIDIA is hell bent on pushing the envelope 62 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,160 regarding what level of chunk is acceptable for graphics cards, 63 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:48,880 but one intrepid modder has had enough. A Redditor going by Tech Taxi slapped the cooler 64 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,680 of a two-slot Gainword RTX 4070 Ghost OC 65 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:57,400 onto the PCB of a Gainword RTX 4080 Phoenix GX, 66 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:02,240 resulting in, astonishingly, a normal size graphics card. 67 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,000 What? The smallest commercially available RTX 4080 68 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:10,160 is the two and a half slot ASUS ProArt model, 69 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:15,440 but hopefully the extensive performance data Tech Taxi included in his post proves to NVIDIA 70 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:20,960 that it is, in fact, still possible to make graphics cards that can fit in your freezer. 71 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:28,040 That's the part where you ask me, why the freezer? And I say, nah, shh, oh, I'm not telling you. 72 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:34,640 That's where I keep my GPUs. Google's VP of Engineering for Android, Dave Burke, 73 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:39,480 announced in a Reddit AMA last week that the Pixel 8 and other OEMs will be able 74 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,880 to support lossless audio output over USB-C. 75 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:47,040 According to Burke, while Android 14 supports the feature in software, 76 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,040 any Android phones need baked-in hardware support 77 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:53,240 to make the magic happen. Something Burke didn't mention 78 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,040 is the Pixel 8's support for display over USB-C, 79 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,280 which it has, at least if you root your phone 80 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:03,760 to get around the block that Google put on it, 81 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,440 for some reason, why? Someone needs to organize an intervention 82 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:10,920 for Google to address their addiction to killing features and services. 83 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:14,840 They're like Dexter over here, it's not healthy. We're concerned. 84 00:06:14,840 --> 00:06:20,120 Another interesting bit from Mark Germanson's recent revelations concerns an Apple system 85 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:25,000 that will allow retail store staff to wirelessly update sealed iPhones. 86 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:30,880 The system consists of a pad-like device that will turn on iPhones even inside unopened boxes, 87 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:36,080 run an update, then turn the phone back off. It feels somehow perfectly Apple 88 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,520 to know that Tim Cook got his engineers to create groundbreaking new tech 89 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:44,080 so your mom won't have to update her new iPhone on Christmas. Because that's like half the morning gone. 90 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,760 You can't keep your mom happy, Tim Cook will. 91 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,120 Come on, Barbara, we're going to Denny's. 92 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,600 A brand new RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card 93 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:01,560 has been killed by a literal bug, you know, the kind with wings and six legs. 94 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:05,160 You'd see more of them if you went outside. In a senseless kamikaze attack, 95 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:10,160 an insect somehow crawled under this card's AD102 GPU chip, 96 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,700 like the actual GPU. Luckily, the card was brought back to life 97 00:07:13,700 --> 00:07:17,360 by the removal of the bug and the repair of a minor component. 98 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:22,000 But sadly, the bug did not survive. Finally enough, the first known computer bug 99 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,000 was also an actual insect. Back in 1946, the Harvard Computation Lab 100 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:31,080 suffered a metaphorical bug when a moth got trapped inside a relay. 101 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,040 Relays were bigger back then. What the heck was that? What is this, TechWiki? 102 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:39,600 IntelliHealth Platform's simple practice is warning patients that Apple's new video reactions 103 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,640 in FaceTime might result in call participants 104 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:47,880 accidentally adding a heart emoji or virtual confetti during an awkward moment. 105 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:53,520 The reactions are enabled by default and eight of them can be set off just by hand gestures. 106 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,560 It might be nice to get two thumbs up from your therapist 107 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,280 for managing to take a shower today, but a round of virtual fireworks 108 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:04,680 just makes it seem sarcastic. Great job, nice. 109 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:08,680 Oh, God, where's my next client? Ha ha ha ha. 110 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:14,640 But I'm not being sarcastic when I say you should come back on Wednesday for more tech news. 111 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,080 Shower or not, we don't care.