WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.960 So, you clicked a tech news video, and now some smug idiot is doing a half-baked bit 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:13.320 instead. Believe it or not, I get paid to do this. 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:21.720 I know, I'm as confused as you are. Microsoft is turning Windows' infamous blue screen of death into the black screen of death, 00:00:21.720 --> 00:00:26.000 because users have become desensitized to constant issues with their operating system 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:29.600 and aren't feeling nearly the level of despair that they should be. 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:34.320 Microsoft isn't just changing the color, though, they're also streamlining the warning 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:40.200 screen so it feels more Windows 11-y, while also removing some elements. 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:45.480 While normally I love me some minimalism, there are too many things in the world. 00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:51.120 Windows' latest makes a good point. The new black screen doesn't have enough information on it. 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:56.400 For example, the frowning face is gone, erasing any hint of how the computer feels about all 00:00:56.400 --> 00:01:01.480 this. Thankfully, for now, the new screen is only rolling out to Windows Insider builds with 00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:06.880 a green background instead of black, and who knows if Microsoft will actually go through 00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:12.480 with this. They did the same thing when Windows 11 first launched, but reversed the change a few months 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:18.520 later. In other Windows news, the popular bypass and row method for logging in without a Microsoft 00:01:18.520 --> 00:01:23.960 account has been disabled, although anti-accountists have already found another workaround. 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:28.720 But in an actually useful move, the company published a Windows roadmap with information 00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:33.360 about where upcoming features are in development and when they'll be released. 00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:38.200 Naturally, it doesn't show the inevitable endpoint where Windows is totally on the cloud 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.920 and you own nothing but are happy, but it's there. 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:47.000 Some game developers are now recommending that players roll back to an older version 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:53.360 of NVIDIA's GPU drivers after reports of issues with RTX 50 series GPUs expanded to 00:01:53.360 --> 00:01:57.160 affect RTX 30 and 40 series cards as well. 00:01:57.160 --> 00:02:02.880 In the patch notes for recent game updates, the studios behind primarily Hot Person Generator 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:09.360 Inzoi and Therapy Avoidance Simulator, the first berserker Kazan, warn that gamers using 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:15.840 an RTX 40 or 30 series GPU may experience stability issues on NVIDIA's latest driver, 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:22.240 572.83. Instead, they recommend sticking with version 566.36 if you want your gameplay experience 00:02:22.320 --> 00:02:28.160 to be more made-to-order K-pop stars and less Doki Doki Literature Club. 00:02:28.160 --> 00:02:33.920 OpenAI CEO Sam Ultman claimed on Twitter this morning that chatGPT added 1 million 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:40.080 users in just one hour as the tool's image generator mania continues unabated. 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:45.120 People just can't stop giblifying stuff, including Colton Potter. 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:49.600 But he's no stranger to crossing the line, he's the most fired employee in history. 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:55.280 Use and abuse of OpenAI services has gotten so bad it removed the ability for new accounts 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:00.880 to generate video using Sora after adding temporary rate limits to chatGPT's image 00:03:00.880 --> 00:03:08.640 gen tool earlier this week. Fellow AI company Runway thought this was the perfect time to release their latest video 00:03:08.640 --> 00:03:14.000 generator Gen 4, which is apparently extra good at maintaining consistency between different 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:21.680 iterations of the same scene. The company calls it a milestone in the development of models that actually understand and reproduce 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:25.520 real-world physics instead of depicting nonsensical physics. 00:03:25.520 --> 00:03:30.000 And what I assume is a computer's idea of mocking the flashbags who can't stop asking 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:37.680 it for pictures of themselves as a muppet. The availability of higher-fidelity AI video tools is great news for the YouTube channels, 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:42.160 flooding the platform with fake AI movie trailers that clickbait you into thinking, 00:03:42.160 --> 00:03:45.600 What? Leo DiCaprio's in the new Squid Game? 00:03:45.600 --> 00:03:50.000 Deadline actually reported on how Hollywood Studios didn't force all of those trailers 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:55.440 to be taken down, instead allowing them to rack up ad revenue and then claim it. 00:03:55.440 --> 00:04:00.800 And now, my parents think someone's making a best exotic merrygold hotel too. 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:09.200 I'm too scared to tell them the truth. Quick bits, quick bits is the opposite of slow bits, quick bits is the opposite of talking a lot, 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:13.920 quick bits is, this is a reference, I'm sorry if you don't get it. That's not, I shouldn't have done that to you. 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:20.080 Despite ASRock addressing the issue last week, reports have continued to pile up from users 00:04:20.080 --> 00:04:26.400 who've experienced issues or damage with Ryzen 9000 series processors and ASRock motherboards, 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:33.280 as documented by this most mega of Reddit mega threads from u slash natty overlord. 00:04:33.280 --> 00:04:38.000 With recent updates in the last few days, the post now catalogs a handful of affected 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:49.120 Ryzen 99950X3D processors and 108 dead Ryzen 79800X3Ds with 86 of those occurring on ASRock 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:53.760 motherboards. But you're right, ASRock, those people all probably gave their CPUs a dirt bath prior 00:04:53.760 --> 00:04:56.720 to installing or something. Ah, these damn TikTok trends. 00:04:57.520 --> 00:05:02.560 Lenovo has hiked the launch price of the SteamOS version of its Legion Go S, 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:06.160 which will be the first official third-party SteamOS-powered gaming handheld 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:12.240 when it launches on May 25th. The handheld was announced back at CES with a $500 MSRP, 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:16.480 but this week, pre-orders went live, listing the device for $550, 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:21.840 despite early testing indicating that the base model $400 Steam Deck may still feature better 00:05:21.840 --> 00:05:28.320 performance. What possible reason could there be for a tech product manufactured overseas to have a sudden 00:05:28.320 --> 00:05:33.920 price increase as if some kind of tax was being passed on to consume, oh man. 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:40.240 German space startup ISAR Aerospace held the first test flight for its Spectrum rocket on Sunday, 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:46.720 and it went pretty well. For about 40 seconds, then it experienced some good old-fashioned rapid, 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:51.280 unscheduled disassembly after flopping over into the Arctic Ocean. 00:05:51.280 --> 00:05:55.200 As is tradition, the company claimed the destruction of their prototype is a good thing 00:05:55.200 --> 00:05:59.840 for the lessons they learned along the way, and I can also say that watching a rocket from a 00:05:59.840 --> 00:06:03.520 company that's not SpaceX explode was a nice change of pace. 00:06:03.520 --> 00:06:08.160 And April Fool's Day is tomorrow, at least where I am, but some companies have already 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:14.080 begun cracking lies, including Razor, who unveiled the Razor Skibbity, 00:06:14.080 --> 00:06:18.240 a headset with a built-in, brain-wrought-to-normal translator. 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:23.280 So you can stop abandoning your very online teammates to go google whether you're required 00:06:23.280 --> 00:06:25.760 to pay the phantom tax. Does that apply to me? 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:31.280 Then there's PAL world developer PocketPair, who has apparently taken their April Fool's 00:06:31.280 --> 00:06:39.040 joke from last year, a PAL world dating simulator set in a high school, and made it a reality. 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:46.240 PAL world, more than just PALs, is listed on Steam, promising players the ability to befriend 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:52.880 the Pokemon-like PAL creatures, fall in love with them, or dismantle and eat them. 00:06:56.240 --> 00:07:03.680 Which is not going to be good for your relationship. PocketPair's communications director explicitly denied that this is an April Fool's joke this 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:07.600 time, and I kind of want Nintendo to win their lawsuit now. 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.880 I also kind of want you to come back on Wednesday for more tech news. 00:07:10.880 --> 00:07:15.360 There's going to be Switch2 news and many other tech company April Fool's jokes 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.320 that are somehow even worse than mine.