WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.800 Hey, remember me, the tech news, you know, mustache, it definitely has legs 00:00:04.800 --> 00:00:09.240 and isn't just the torso that levitates off the ground. I'm a real person, you silly. 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:12.480 ASUS has announced a world's first for monitors. 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:16.360 The Taiwanese company made the groundbreaking engineering achievement of the year 00:00:16.360 --> 00:00:19.760 by designing a stand with movable feet. 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:22.800 What? So it can walk away when it's sick of your bull. 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:28.840 I'm sure this feature will really make the world's first 540 Hertz refresh rate monitor stand out from the competition 00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:32.520 for a reason other than that one. Sam? Of course, they didn't stop there. 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:36.320 Their newest ZenBook Pro 16X will have a new core chip design 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.960 called Supernova that puts the RAM modules on the same die 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:44.040 as an Intel processor, just like a smartphone SOC or the Apple Silicon chips. 00:00:44.040 --> 00:00:48.000 Just what I've always wanted. Another laptop I can't upgrade. 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:51.720 Innovation. The company claims that this design reduces the motherboard area 00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:57.000 and allows for better cooling to increase performance. Keeping the laptop trained choo-chooing, 00:00:57.080 --> 00:01:01.280 ASUS unveiled two big old 18 inch gaming laptops. 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:08.360 Finally, gamers can see more on-screen action for probably about 37 seconds on a single charge. 00:01:08.360 --> 00:01:16.080 There's a trade-off. Speaking of power hungry screens, ASUS decided 2023 is the year for glasses-free 3D OLED displays 00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:19.720 which will be featured on two of their creator-level laptops. 00:01:19.720 --> 00:01:24.720 For the meager price of a high-end laptop, you'll finally be able to emulate 3DS games 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:28.040 the way they were meant to be. Why don't you shut down the shop, Nintendo? 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:31.080 Hopefully ASUS doesn't take some other cues from Nintendo too. 00:01:31.080 --> 00:01:36.360 They suck. LG announced a new OLED TV that doesn't have inputs. 00:01:36.360 --> 00:01:41.720 Who needs those? Instead, you plug your devices into their zero-connect box 00:01:41.720 --> 00:01:46.280 which streams audio and 4K 120 Hertz video directly 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.840 to the TV. You never take my inputs, Riley. I'm taking it right now. 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:52.920 Oh, I'm reading your script right now. Yes, I know. 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:58.400 What do you want from me? LG proudly states it's the world's first wireless OLED TV 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:02.000 which is true if you pretend that the displaced TV, 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:05.400 the world's first wireless OLED TV, doesn't exist. 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:08.920 If you just put your hands in your ears and shut la la la, you can believe whatever you want. 00:02:08.920 --> 00:02:14.800 Okay, to be fair, there's a lot of world's first, like, you know, measuring going on at CES, so. 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:20.960 That comparison is especially embarrassing since the LG's TV still needs a power cord, 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:25.760 Bush League, while competitor Displace claims their TV has a battery that will last 00:02:25.760 --> 00:02:29.520 for about 30 days between charges. What? You can take it with you. 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:34.960 You just have the world's largest phone. But hey, world's first mostly wireless OLED TV? 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:38.200 That's too long of a title. In other LG news, they showed off their new 00:02:38.200 --> 00:02:41.960 Graham-style laptop that features an invisible touchpad 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:46.040 you can only see when you touch it. And I can't believe Hollywood hasn't stolen that idea 00:02:46.040 --> 00:02:49.680 for a horror movie monster yet. But I can believe no one stole LG's 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:54.240 and moved up color-changing fridge because, well, society just isn't cyberpunk enough 00:02:54.240 --> 00:02:57.720 for that yet. Maybe in 20 years when Arasaka takes over 00:02:57.720 --> 00:03:02.840 all of the corpos who can actually afford fridges will want to buy one they can make purple 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:05.880 when they're just, I don't know, just feeling a little bit silly that day. 00:03:05.880 --> 00:03:10.280 Feeling like I want this augmentation. I feel like a naughty little mini-government. 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:14.320 And Samsung announced a new lineup of micro-LED TVs. 00:03:14.320 --> 00:03:19.600 They claim that their new panels are good for two nanosecond response times. 00:03:19.600 --> 00:03:23.280 Theoretically making them 500,000 times faster 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:27.720 than a one millisecond gaming monitor and making PC gamers math inaccurate 00:03:27.720 --> 00:03:31.600 by an order of magnitude. Our new TechLink writer, right over there, 00:03:31.600 --> 00:03:36.680 crunched, checked his math. I f***ed up. But didn't check his script. 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:41.440 You know what? Cut that out of hoppin', I want to look good. No, I want to keep that. 00:03:41.440 --> 00:03:45.600 In relevant tech news, Samsung also announced some updates coming to this year's version 00:03:45.600 --> 00:03:51.560 of their freestyle portable projector. The 2023 model will include Samsung's smart TV platform 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.600 and gaming hub allowing you to access game streaming services 00:03:54.600 --> 00:03:59.240 like Xbox cloud gaming and GeForce Now, wherever there's a conveniently placed white wall. 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:03.080 Where before, you could put anything else. 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:07.960 They've also revealed a patented smart edge blending technology that can combine the output 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:11.600 of two freestyle projectors into one large 21 by nine 00:04:11.600 --> 00:04:18.280 or even 16 by 15 display. Or instead of spending $1,600 on two 1080p projectors, 00:04:18.280 --> 00:04:24.000 maybe you could, I don't know, buy a 4K TV that has the added benefit of working in bright rooms. 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:27.040 Forget I said that, that's, I don't know what, I don't know what I was thinking. 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:31.280 That's stupid. I don't know why I thought it was stupid. These used to be called quick bites, 00:04:31.280 --> 00:04:36.360 but I was attacked by a flock of geese as a child and I made a vow to never bite anyone 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:41.480 as quickly as I was that day. In EA blew it again news that games publisher revealed 00:04:41.520 --> 00:04:46.400 that any Madden NFL 23 player that logged into connected franchise mode 00:04:46.400 --> 00:04:52.720 during a 22 hour outage last week has had their saves corrupted by a data storage issue. 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:56.480 The spirit of John Madden is in the files. I'm mad. 00:04:56.480 --> 00:05:01.820 Ah! What's worse, only 40% of affected saves are recoverable. 00:05:01.820 --> 00:05:06.600 Even worse than that, an official account tweeted that it should be safe to play CFM 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:12.520 during that 22 hour period. I guess EA stands for everything's a flame. 00:05:12.520 --> 00:05:18.480 We don't know where we put your saves. I'm sorry, I just, Microsoft is incorporating open AI's chat GPT 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:23.040 large language model into Bing, because maybe that will make people want to use it 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.760 for something other than redirecting to Google. Microsoft has already announced 00:05:26.760 --> 00:05:31.320 that the Dolly 2 image generator will be integrated into Bing's image function 00:05:31.320 --> 00:05:34.360 and chat GPT integration is even more exciting 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:38.480 because for the first time, Bing will be adding results to its service. 00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:43.320 Never thought we'd see the day. Google has appealed a ruling by the competition commission of India 00:05:43.320 --> 00:05:47.240 after it issued the tech giant a $161 million fine 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:52.520 for manipulating play store search results. Google says the ruling plagiarized language 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:56.920 from a similar EU ruling over 50 times, indicating that India hadn't done 00:05:56.920 --> 00:06:00.520 their own examination of the evidence, but it simply copied Europe's instead. 00:06:00.520 --> 00:06:07.320 And if India hands this into the prof, they could get suspended from the University of Antitrust. 00:06:08.200 --> 00:06:11.960 You're gonna have to go to the principal's office. I'm not sure what international law says 00:06:11.960 --> 00:06:15.000 about creative ownership of anti-competition rulings, 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:19.120 but India could also consider just getting chat GPT to reword things instead. 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:25.320 Not yet. Roku is pulling an Amazon and making their own dang TVs. 00:06:25.320 --> 00:06:29.200 The new Roku Select and Roku Plus series include 11 models 00:06:29.200 --> 00:06:35.040 with screen sizes ranging from 24 to 75 inches and prices starting at just $119 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:36.560 and going as high as a thousand. 00:06:38.320 --> 00:06:43.040 Of course, like Amazon, the Roku TVs are probably being largely designed by Roku, 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:46.040 but still manufactured by partners like TCL or Hisense. 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:50.480 But having those brands on the box is just confusing. Who made the TV? 00:06:50.480 --> 00:06:54.200 It's a yes or no answer. And withings, the French company known for making, 00:06:54.200 --> 00:06:57.240 you know, fancy or smart home and wearable products 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:02.240 for the elite announced Uscan, a device that will tell you what's in your pee. 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:06.200 And maybe why it's been that weird color recently, which is great for people who don't appreciate 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:09.720 getting weird looks from doctors. Look, I had a lot of borscht this week. 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.360 I love carrots. Isn't it beets? Borscht is made it from beets. 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:18.520 Borscht beets, Battlestar Galactica. And as a bonus, the Uscan looks like a Chromecast 00:07:18.520 --> 00:07:22.400 that plugs into your toilet bowl, except instead of streaming videos to your TV, 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:25.980 you're streaming your urine to your phone. Streaming in the stream, baby. 00:07:25.980 --> 00:07:30.360 Man, grandma had trouble understanding email. Try explaining this tech to her. 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:34.760 And you're gonna wanna stream tomorrow's episode of TechLink. You can even do it in the bathroom. 00:07:34.760 --> 00:07:38.600 We won't tell anybody. You should probably drink more water. That's kind of concerning. 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:41.240 You, you have a what problem? Oh.