WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.640 Tech news is neither here nor there. It's in its own dimension, filled with magic smoke 00:00:05.640 --> 00:00:09.240 and giant heads like the ones from Easter Island, except they're all Tim Cook 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:14.580 and they answer every question with, ha ha ha ha, no, no. 00:00:14.580 --> 00:00:17.820 Microsoft has backported AMD's branch prediction 00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:21.280 improvements for Zen 3, 4 and 5 CPUs 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.580 to Windows 11 version 23H2, 00:00:24.580 --> 00:00:28.500 meaning that Ryzen users can download this new optional update 00:00:28.500 --> 00:00:34.760 rather than sitting by the window, sighing and waiting for version 24H2 to become available. 00:00:34.760 --> 00:00:37.760 24H2 is currently in release preview 00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:40.900 and reviewers report substantial performance improvements 00:00:40.900 --> 00:00:44.200 in several games. According to testing by Hardware Lux, 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:49.620 some of the games, like Starfield, are seeing gains of 13 to 41%, 00:00:49.620 --> 00:00:53.320 depending on processor model, and others like Cyberpunk 2077 00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:56.980 saw gains anywhere from four to 61%. 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:00.200 There were also some odd outliers like Control, 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:06.840 which saw general improvements, but an odd 10% regression with the 7800X3D. 00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:10.660 Hardware unboxed likewise found a two to 4% improvement 00:01:10.660 --> 00:01:15.440 for Halo Infinite, but a 30 plus percent improvement for Gears 5. 00:01:15.440 --> 00:01:21.280 If this optional update is at all similar to the performance granted by the 24H2 preview build, 00:01:21.280 --> 00:01:27.300 it should bring real world performance closer to the benchmarks that AMD had to retract last week 00:01:27.300 --> 00:01:32.220 after reviewers were unable to replicate them. Source, I made it up. 00:01:32.220 --> 00:01:35.980 Meanwhile, MSI motherboards are incorporating AMD's update 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:40.980 for Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs 00:01:41.180 --> 00:01:44.340 with a toggle in the BIOS that increases TDP 00:01:44.340 --> 00:01:50.060 from 65 to 105 watts, which promises to be around 13% faster. 00:01:50.060 --> 00:01:53.380 It's not downloading more RAM, but it's close enough. 00:01:53.400 --> 00:02:00.080 Both iFixit and JerryRigEverything performed tear downs of Google's upcoming Pixel 9 Pro XL 00:02:00.080 --> 00:02:03.800 to test the company's claims of a two-fold increase 00:02:03.800 --> 00:02:08.000 in durability. You can hit it with two hammers now, and it will still break. 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.560 While the phone was indeed more durable over the past Pixel generation, 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:15.000 it was also significantly more complicated to repair 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:18.320 with plenty of hidden screws and fiddly brackets, 00:02:18.320 --> 00:02:21.600 the worst kind of bracket. It's like you're trying to get to second base 00:02:21.660 --> 00:02:27.380 with a robot who is also Jigsaw's daughter. Would you like to play a game with my robot daughter? 00:02:27.380 --> 00:02:30.460 What? iFixit's inspection hit a rocky start 00:02:30.460 --> 00:02:35.100 when their application of gentle heat and pressure to remove the device's screen 00:02:35.100 --> 00:02:39.940 caused a significant delamination, rendering half the display unusable. 00:02:39.940 --> 00:02:45.140 Though luckily for this generation, Google has implemented a dual entry design 00:02:45.140 --> 00:02:49.580 that allows the user to open the device from the back in order to replace the battery, 00:02:49.580 --> 00:02:54.560 meaning users will be able to avoid removing the comparatively fragile screen. 00:02:54.560 --> 00:02:57.560 While the Pro XL's double XL battery 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:01.320 comes with a pair of deceptively handy-looking pull tabs, 00:03:01.320 --> 00:03:05.680 they were apparently just for show. Both iFixit and JerryRigEverything wound up 00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:09.560 resorting to isopropyl alcohol to dissolve the powerful glue 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:13.320 and finally using a spudger to crowbar the battery out. 00:03:13.320 --> 00:03:16.720 It's just a prank. You know things get real when the spudger gets involved. 00:03:16.720 --> 00:03:21.780 JerryRigEverything further pointed out that all of the tiny screws were different sizes, 00:03:21.780 --> 00:03:25.580 adding unneeded complexity and creating a devious trap 00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:29.100 for absent-minded repair technicians with hay fever. 00:03:29.100 --> 00:03:33.980 Don't sneeze or it's all over. Gotcha, you got punked. 00:03:33.980 --> 00:03:37.060 An audit performed by the US Department of Justice's 00:03:37.060 --> 00:03:42.940 Office of the Inspector General has found serious flaws in how the FBI stores, 00:03:42.940 --> 00:03:45.940 tracks and disposes of electronic storage media 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:52.200 containing sensitive and classified information like national security documents and my sixth-grade diary. 00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:55.280 You know they have it. We're in Canada, but they're very thorough. 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:59.400 According to the OIG's report, the FBI doesn't do enough to track 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:04.440 internal hard drives and thumb drives, increasing the risk of loss or theft. 00:04:04.440 --> 00:04:10.140 The organization also failed to consistently label these drives with the appropriate classification levels, 00:04:10.140 --> 00:04:14.440 which could lead to employees getting a little too casual with top-secret documents. 00:04:14.460 --> 00:04:19.380 Likewise, facilities holding electronic media to be destroyed and disposed of 00:04:19.380 --> 00:04:23.780 were found to be insufficiently secured to the point of being monitored 00:04:23.780 --> 00:04:29.220 by non-functional security cameras. That's why they weren't, they're not being monitored. 00:04:29.220 --> 00:04:32.300 It's about the threat. The FBI has acknowledged the findings 00:04:32.300 --> 00:04:36.620 and outlined a few potential solutions, such as putting the drives in cages 00:04:36.620 --> 00:04:41.380 and using security cameras that work. The quick bits also live in the tech news dimension. 00:04:41.380 --> 00:04:45.600 You know, they fly around in there, which is why you do wanna keep your head down. 00:04:45.600 --> 00:04:48.680 They will sting you. They poop everywhere. 00:04:48.680 --> 00:04:52.720 SpaceX has delayed the launch of the Polaris Dawn mission, 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:57.080 which is being funded and crewed by billionaire Jason Isaacman. 00:04:57.080 --> 00:05:01.880 Isaacman is perhaps the fourth billionaire to take an unreasonable interest in space. 00:05:01.880 --> 00:05:06.000 If it happens one more time, I can fill out my punch card and get a free sub. 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:09.160 I can just take all my money up there and then it'll just be me and my money. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:14.780 It'll be perfect. The Polaris Dawn mission will be the farthest crewed space flight in 50 years. 00:05:14.780 --> 00:05:18.500 What's a few more days? In more unfortunate SpaceX news, 00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:21.640 one of their Falcon 9 rockets tipped over 00:05:21.640 --> 00:05:26.740 and fell into the ocean today. Oh, oh no, oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 00:05:26.740 --> 00:05:31.300 In the rocket's defense, it had completed 23 successful flights, 00:05:31.300 --> 00:05:35.780 but deserved a beach day. We're out here supporting the Falcon rockets. 00:05:35.780 --> 00:05:39.700 You guys work hard. I wanna see the Falcon 9 rockets unionized. 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:43.520 Signs of upcoming AMD hardware has been spotted online. 00:05:43.520 --> 00:05:50.000 BenchLeaks tweeted some geek bench results for a system with a device ID of GFX 1201, 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:53.280 which was previously associated with Navi 48, 00:05:53.280 --> 00:05:58.960 a GPU that will power at least one Radeon RX 8000 series graphics card. 00:05:58.960 --> 00:06:02.640 Hopefully the RX 8600 because these results 00:06:02.640 --> 00:06:07.320 place it between the 7700 XT and 7800 XT. 00:06:07.320 --> 00:06:10.420 But you're a handheld gamer now. You don't care about desktop GPUs. 00:06:10.420 --> 00:06:14.100 You want me to move on to this 96 core Zen 5 based 00:06:14.100 --> 00:06:17.780 Ryzen Threadripper CPU, spotted in a shipping manifest. 00:06:17.780 --> 00:06:22.300 Looks cool. I don't know when it's coming. And also I don't know why you would care more about that. 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:25.660 You can't install that in your handheld either. You're a quirky one. 00:06:25.660 --> 00:06:30.100 We're gonna figure you out though. Gannet, the largest newspaper publisher in the US, 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:35.780 has decided to shut down its USA Today product review website, Reviewed, 00:06:35.780 --> 00:06:39.560 blaming changes to Google's algorithm affecting search traffic. 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:45.200 So far, so normal sadly, but it's notable that the site's own unionized staff 00:06:45.200 --> 00:06:49.240 accused Gannet of using it to publish AI written articles 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:53.620 just last October. Suspicions were raised not just by the article's 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:57.840 strange stilted writing, but also by the fact that several articles 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:01.160 were structured near identically to one another. 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:06.960 Further, the authors cited in the bylines seemed to have no other traceable web presence, 00:07:06.980 --> 00:07:12.020 making them either AI fabrications or privacy conscious ghosts 00:07:12.020 --> 00:07:15.940 with a passion for consumer journalism. I know which one I prefer. 00:07:15.940 --> 00:07:20.220 They just left us too soon. They had unfinished business. For some spooky reporting. 00:07:20.220 --> 00:07:26.300 Researchers from Google and Tel Aviv University have revealed Game Engine. 00:07:26.300 --> 00:07:30.900 Oh, I get it. An AI model that can act as a game engine. 00:07:30.900 --> 00:07:37.360 This was demonstrated by its ability to interactively generate 1993's doom in real time, 00:07:37.360 --> 00:07:40.440 using techniques similar to stable diffusion. 00:07:40.440 --> 00:07:44.800 Game Engine can apparently run quotes, 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:49.800 doom at over 20 FPS using a single tensor processing unit. 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:55.000 And human testers were only able to distinguish genuine clips lasting a few seconds 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:59.000 from these generated clips around 60% of the time. 00:07:59.000 --> 00:08:04.860 Now, does this mean that we are essentially forcing a computer to hallucinate demons? 00:08:04.860 --> 00:08:08.020 Yes, you truly can run doom on everything. 00:08:08.020 --> 00:08:11.820 And the world's first online accessible bio processor 00:08:11.820 --> 00:08:17.140 is now available to almost anyone. Final Spark's Neuro Platform is a service 00:08:17.140 --> 00:08:22.140 that allows remote access to 16 human brain organoids. 00:08:22.420 --> 00:08:26.260 Basically little meatballs made from brain cells. 00:08:26.260 --> 00:08:32.400 Since we last reported on this in May, Final Spark has now opened up paid 24 seven access 00:08:32.400 --> 00:08:38.120 to their weird wet wear. For academic customers, it costs $500 per month, 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:43.960 while industrial users can get a quote for access to a sin against nature. 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:47.840 I'm joking here, brain organoids like this have been used in robotics research 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:51.200 and are also helping search for a cure for Parkinson's disease. 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:55.920 It's a welcome redemption arc for meatballs, which are mostly known for causing heart disease. 00:08:55.920 --> 00:09:00.060 It's $600 a month if you want it with oregano. Just don't ask them if they're alive. 00:09:00.060 --> 00:09:04.460 And we're known to give you more tech news. If you come back on Friday, that is. 00:09:04.460 --> 00:09:08.460 It's like training your very own human brain bio processor, 00:09:08.460 --> 00:09:11.100 except it's free and also it's your brain.