1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,340 Next week is the start of CES, which used to stand for consumer electronics show, but now stands for nothing 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:12,360 Which sadly means it'll fall for anything. Let the Rick Rolls begin! 3 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:19,320 The NVIDIA RTX 5080 has been spotted, or at least the box of an MSI version has, 4 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:24,860 confirming that the card will come with 16 gigabytes of DDR7 VRAM and a 5 00:00:25,300 --> 00:00:33,400 2256-bit memory bus, which is exactly what the leak said, at least the ones that weren't Rick Rolls. The box images don't confirm anything else, 6 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,180 but thankfully, we've got Twitter people for that. 7 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:43,140 Leaker Hongxing 2020 tweeted that the RTX 5090 will actually feature a 8 00:00:43,740 --> 00:00:51,380 575 watt power rating instead of the 600 watts predicted by previous leaks, which was confirmed by the prominent leaker 9 00:00:51,380 --> 00:00:55,020 whose name a linguistic expert has assured me, is pronounced 10 00:00:55,820 --> 00:01:03,540 Kopite 7 Kimi. That expert is me. Anyway, Ms. Kimi also said the RTX 5080 will come in at 11 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:09,460 360 watts, lower than previous leaks had indicated, while still higher than its predecessor. 12 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:14,580 But the 5080 might as well be a plate of spaghetti with a PCIe slot if we don't know the price. 13 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:20,860 Thankfully, we got a hint from a photo of a listing for a custom 5080 made by ASUS. 14 00:01:21,580 --> 00:01:26,300 1700 euros. Now, hey, that includes a 15 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:35,140 20% VAT tax and a custom ASUS board will probably cost above MSRP, so this could equate to around 16 00:01:36,140 --> 00:01:45,300 1350 USD? Oh, there's another clue. The listing says DLSS4, which Kopite showed up once more to confirm is real. 17 00:01:46,540 --> 00:01:55,580 Uh, source? I made it up! Current rumors point to at least the RTX 5080 being actually released on January 21st, 18 00:01:55,820 --> 00:02:02,860 but NVIDIA's CES keynote is at 630 pm Pacific on Monday, so we may cover it on Monday's episode, 19 00:02:03,260 --> 00:02:06,140 even though that's when I was supposed to have dinner with my family. 20 00:02:06,540 --> 00:02:11,740 This is more important, though. But even when it comes to official announcements, the great big giant 21 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:18,940 water balloon that is CES just can't hold it all in. Sloshing around. Sorry. Oh, 22 00:02:21,180 --> 00:02:30,060 spilled a bit. ASUS, Samsung, and MSI all just announced the world's first 27 inch 4K OLED 23 00:02:30,060 --> 00:02:37,500 240Hz monitor. They each have their own version, so which one was actually first? Well, it looks 24 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:43,260 like they're all using Samsung Display's 4th gen QD OLED, so I guess it was Samsung. But what if you 25 00:02:43,260 --> 00:02:50,860 want high refresh rate instead? MSI just announced the world's second 600Hz monitor after Acer announced 26 00:02:50,860 --> 00:02:58,380 the world's first one back in September. Wowie, Zowie! Oh, that's not me reacting. Zowie is BenQ's 27 00:02:58,380 --> 00:03:05,740 gaming brand, and they also just announced a 600Hz monitor. Yowza! That was real. Hey, look at this! 28 00:03:05,820 --> 00:03:12,380 Pimax announced new VR headsets with micro OLED panels, and there's even one called the Dream Air 29 00:03:12,380 --> 00:03:17,420 that doesn't look like a whole PC strapped to your face. Although if you prefer that look, 30 00:03:17,420 --> 00:03:23,820 there's also the new Pimax Crystal Super. And while I'm anxious to see the new rumored SteamOS 31 00:03:23,820 --> 00:03:30,620 handheld at CES, I'm also intrigued by the new Atari Game Station Go, which packs the company's 32 00:03:30,620 --> 00:03:36,940 iconic trackball, paddle, and keypad controllers into a gaming handheld, which will either make 33 00:03:36,940 --> 00:03:43,820 using it feel like you're hacking a cyberpunk system or playing bop it. Both are valid. 34 00:03:43,820 --> 00:03:50,140 Meta has taken down the Instagram and Facebook accounts of more than two dozen AI-powered profiles 35 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:55,580 after they went viral for making a mockery of the authenticity of human experience. 36 00:03:55,660 --> 00:03:59,820 Something Meta thought was sorely lacking on the internet for some reason. 37 00:03:59,820 --> 00:04:05,500 Backlash over the AIs grew on social media this past week with many posts saying Meta had just 38 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:11,820 added them to their platforms. But the AI accounts were actually launched way back in 2023 and have 39 00:04:11,820 --> 00:04:19,340 been leaving their AI excretions all over Facebook and Instagram throughout 2024. You had fake AI 40 00:04:19,340 --> 00:04:25,420 people pretending to watch movies at the drive-in, or sew clothes for their fake grandkids, or spend 41 00:04:25,420 --> 00:04:31,980 winter break at the beach with their family. Oh yeah, my children are so funny and cool. 42 00:04:31,980 --> 00:04:38,140 Imagine with AI. This week's backlash seemed to have been kickstarted by a Meta exec telling the 43 00:04:38,140 --> 00:04:43,820 Financial Times the company plans to continue rolling out these bots for a purpose that I think you 44 00:04:43,820 --> 00:04:50,940 can only comprehend if you've had at least one VC funding round. Because I don't. All 27 of these 45 00:04:50,940 --> 00:04:56,860 AI accounts have now been wiped, although Meta told CNN they haven't deleted the accounts. 46 00:04:56,860 --> 00:05:02,380 They're just taking them down temporarily to fix a bug that prevented people from blocking them. 47 00:05:02,380 --> 00:05:07,260 So don't worry, you will be able to block them when they come back with all of their fake AI 48 00:05:07,260 --> 00:05:12,540 friends to take over for humans on Facebook. Look, you're not using it and someone has to. 49 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:20,700 Crazy email sender? It's an initialism. It has to stand for something. You can't just call it 50 00:05:21,180 --> 00:05:27,820 CE. The FCC voted to reinstate net neutrality rules in April 2024 after the rules were repealed 51 00:05:27,820 --> 00:05:33,740 by the Trump administration back in 2017, but a U.S. appeals court has now blocked the FCC from 52 00:05:33,740 --> 00:05:40,460 restoring net neutrality, citing the Supreme Court's overturning of the Chevron doctrine last year. 53 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:46,620 Without the Chevron doctrine, federal agencies have less power to make up rules using arbitrary 54 00:05:46,620 --> 00:05:52,300 nonsense like expert opinion and multivariate analysis. Sounds like vibes to me. 55 00:05:52,300 --> 00:05:56,060 But hey, at least the U.S. government is getting in on the nuclear energy craze. 56 00:05:56,060 --> 00:06:00,620 They just announced a deal with major provider Constellation. Totally unrelated, but 57 00:06:01,340 --> 00:06:09,980 it's almost CES week. This is kind of how it's going to be. Apple has proposed paying $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit over Siri 58 00:06:09,980 --> 00:06:16,060 listening to private conversations, which was filed after reports in 2019 of Apple contractors 59 00:06:16,060 --> 00:06:21,980 listening to such recordings. Owners of Apple devices could get up to $20 per device to a 60 00:06:21,980 --> 00:06:29,020 maximum of $5 if they swear under oath that Siri was accidentally activated during a confidential 61 00:06:29,020 --> 00:06:34,620 or private conversation. Apple also apologized back in 2019 for this and said they wouldn't 62 00:06:34,620 --> 00:06:40,700 keep private recordings like that anymore without user permission. And so it hasn't happened since. 63 00:06:41,260 --> 00:06:44,860 The end. Taiwan's foreign minister would like the world to know 64 00:06:44,860 --> 00:06:50,860 he absolutely did not agree with the idea of blowing up the world's foremost semiconductor 65 00:06:50,860 --> 00:06:57,660 manufacturer, TSMC. Okay? I don't know. Not sure where anybody got that. 66 00:06:57,660 --> 00:07:02,220 Well, the minister was answering a question about Donald Trump's pick for undersecretary 67 00:07:02,220 --> 00:07:09,420 of defense policy, Elbridge Colby, who in 2023 endorsed the idea that if China invades Taiwan, 68 00:07:09,420 --> 00:07:16,140 the U.S. should not allow TSMC to fall into its hands intact. And in 2024 said 69 00:07:16,140 --> 00:07:23,740 destroying TSMC is table stakes in that situation. He's not alone. Rapidly disassembling TSMC is an 70 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:30,780 idea shared by others since at least 2022 in U.S. military academia, which is a thing. 71 00:07:30,780 --> 00:07:35,180 And Taiwan has also been saying no to the same idea for just as long. 72 00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:42,620 Just let us blow it up a little bit. No, stop. And it's been a while since we've seen someone 73 00:07:42,620 --> 00:07:48,780 run the classic shooter Doom on something wacky. So just in time, there's now a capture that 74 00:07:48,780 --> 00:07:54,300 requires you to play the game to prove you're human. Just get three kills on nightmare difficulty, 75 00:07:54,300 --> 00:07:59,820 or you're provably not a sentient being. It's simple. It was made by Guillermo Rauch, 76 00:07:59,820 --> 00:08:06,780 the CEO of Vercel, the company behind the VZero coding chatbot. He even shared the prompts he 77 00:08:06,780 --> 00:08:13,980 used to make what is actually not the world's first Doom-based capture. In 2021, Miguel Camps 78 00:08:13,980 --> 00:08:22,220 Orteza made one, but it was more like a 2D flash game using Doom assets. That one let so many bots 79 00:08:22,220 --> 00:08:29,260 through. And now we have chatGBT. Thanks a lot. And now an unsarcastic thanks a lot to you for 80 00:08:29,340 --> 00:08:33,580 watching. Tell you what, come back on Monday for more tech news, and I won't even make you play 81 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:38,780 Minesweeper to prove you're human like I normally do before I speak to anyone. Okay?