1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,720 We're just a bunch of tech boys making tech noise. If you don't include the quiet, tech, unenthused non-boys. 2 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,960 I'm a tech man. I'm gonna regret bringing these intros back. 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,080 NVIDIA has reportedly been rated by French authorities, 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,800 and I say reportedly because the country's competition regulator never named names in 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,760 their press release, only stating they rated a company suspected of having implemented 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,280 anti-competitive practices in the graphics card sector. 7 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:31,920 But thankfully, geniuses at the Wall Street Journal were able to crack that incredibly 8 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:37,600 obvious mystery. Apparently, the surprise Wednesday morning raid was tied to a larger investigation into 9 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,800 the cloud computing market published in June that concluded new companies would be unlikely 10 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:49,680 to compete with established brands. That investigation didn't mention NVIDIA, focusing on Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, 11 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:54,000 but according to sources, French authorities have been interviewing market players about 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,600 NVIDIA's powerful position in the AI accelerator market. 13 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:03,040 Fast forward to today, and we now know the entire EU is beginning a probe into alleged 14 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:08,560 anti-competitive abuses in that same market, in which NVIDIA is dominating, like John Cena, 15 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,480 in a cage match against a newborn baby. That's not fair, you can't even see him. 16 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:17,600 If NVIDIA hasn't been fighting fair, NVIDIA might have to fight that baby's mom. 17 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,760 And that baby's mom is the EU, played by Dwayne The Rock Johnson. 18 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:27,120 If you smell what the EU is cooking. 19 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:32,320 Reddit, the site known for making incredibly popular decisions this year, has continued 20 00:01:32,320 --> 00:01:38,400 that winning streak by removing users' ability to block targeted ads based on their site activity. 21 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,640 On Wednesday, Reddit announced the site will make several changes to its privacy settings 22 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,760 over the next few weeks, with head of privacy Jutta Williams saying they want to improve 23 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,320 ad performance and simplify descriptions of privacy settings. 24 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:57,680 And it's true, removing user choice about whether your Reddit activity data is collected 25 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:01,120 and used for personalized ads is way simpler. 26 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:06,080 This does sound a bit funny, considering that when Reddit announced their controversial API 27 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:11,680 changes, they justified it by saying, we have an obligation to our communities to be responsible 28 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,160 stewards of all the user generated data and content on the site. 29 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,400 And what does a responsible steward do except sell the thing being stewarded on to other 30 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,480 stewards who use them for advertising? Typical steward stuff. 31 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:31,040 And this is all on top of the content monetization contributor program Reddit announced this week 32 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,520 that has been criticized for incentivizing posts that generate the most reactions through 33 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,960 controversy. Although that might not actually be the case. 34 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,000 I don't think Reddit's privacy update post has made them any money at all. 35 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:49,920 Burn! AMD has finally launched FSR3, complete with fluid motion frames, the company's 36 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:54,720 more open alternative to NVIDIA's DLSS3 frame generation technology. 37 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,960 To guarantee that many gamers would be able to see the effects of this revolutionary technology, 38 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:04,320 the first games to feature the software are two of the biggest, most successful titles 39 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,400 to come out this year, for spoken and immortals of avium. 40 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,400 Now, to explain why my previous comment is sarcastic, let's go to the data. 41 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:18,400 See, if we look over here at immortals of avium, we see numbers that are bad. 42 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:24,240 And if we look over here at the forespoken region of Metacritic, we see even worse numbers. 43 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:28,400 Now, some of you might take this to mean that AMD isn't confident in their product, 44 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,320 but chances are they chose these games because they're some of the most graphically 45 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:37,920 intensive games released this year and therefore could really show off what FSR3 can do. 46 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,480 Don't worry, the new version of FSR will eventually be coming to other games too, 47 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:48,560 like SpaceMMO, EVE Online. Personally, I cannot wait for it to get FSR3 support. 48 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,000 I'll be able to fill out the built-in excel sheets so fast. 49 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:57,760 Starfield? Hello? Hello? AMD? 50 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:02,160 Hey, I uh, just heard back from your doctor and he uh, 51 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:07,520 he said you tested positive for quick bits. 52 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:13,360 Details of NVIDIA's next-gen Blackwell GPUs have been leaked by everyone's favorite 53 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,960 confusingly-named Twitter user, Kopite7Kimi. 54 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:26,560 Copied? I like, I'm gonna say the other way. SeniorKimi implies that Blackwell will have up to 11% more CUDA cores in its AI compute-focused GPU 55 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,400 and up to 33% more cores in its consumer-focused GPU, 56 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:34,800 as long as NVIDIA doesn't change fundamental aspects of its GPU's structure. 57 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,320 Obviously, take this claim with a grain of salt, but if it's true, 58 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:45,120 NVIDIA wouldn't have any reason to be anti-competitive, because Blackwell GPUs may be powerful enough to create a hole in space-time 59 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:50,480 that'll suck the money out of everyone's wallets. Many Discord users who have tried to access the platform 60 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:55,920 have been met with a message saying they've been blocked because they triggered the security solution. 61 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,440 Alcohol is my only solution. 62 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,920 But actually, a Discord just goofed up. 63 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:07,520 Their support began to work on the issue this morning, and fortunately, they appear to have now fixed the issue. 64 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,000 Oh, thank goodness. For a second there, I thought I was gonna have to go outside 65 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:19,280 and miss out on all the hot goss on my Monk server, where we chat about our love for the Emmy award-winning TV series starring Tony Shaloup. 66 00:05:19,280 --> 00:05:24,480 You don't wanna go outside? It's a jungle out there. There's no Tony Shaloups out there at all. I hope he is outside. 67 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,680 The new Raspberry Pi 5 is done, but it's hot, 68 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,880 so it's gently cooling on the ledge until October. 69 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,920 It's reportedly a significant advancement over two to three times faster than its predecessor. 70 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:40,640 It also contains the Raspberry Pi Foundation's first-ever chip designed in-house 71 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:46,240 in collaboration with Broadcom. The Pi will now have double the input-output performance, 72 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,080 and it will be able to handle two 4K displays at 60fps. 73 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,640 It's also significantly more power efficient, meaning that the Pi won't easily overheat. 74 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,840 Don't eat it, though. Google will be allowing US teens from 13 to 17 75 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:04,320 to use its generative AI search, because they're gonna do it anyway, 76 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:09,040 and Google would rather they did it at home. Google's not a regular mom. It's a cool mom. 77 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,320 Google has apparently strengthened the guardrails on its search function, 78 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:16,720 as well as a feature that provides additional context to AI-generated answers. 79 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:21,360 Sure, those guardrails haven't really helped adults cope with the reality of AI-generated 80 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:25,280 misinformation, but I'm sure they'll definitely work on 14-year-olds. 81 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:30,480 And Amazon is launching an Echo Show you can finally use as a digital photo frame, 82 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,480 as long as you pay a subscription. This is so crazy. 83 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:42,000 The Echo Show 8 photos edition is functionally identical to the Echo Show 8, 84 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:48,080 but costs $10 more for a six-month subscription to Amazon's Photos Plus service, 85 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,760 which lets you look at a 30-second slideshow of your grandkids. 86 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:57,040 I just love how fast technology advances. After those six months are over, you'll have to pay two bucks a month, 87 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:03,680 if you ever want to see your grandkids again. Or you could just open photos on your phone, print out actual pictures, 88 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:08,880 and frame them, or tack them to a cork board. There are many less stupid options. 89 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:13,440 Or just buy a Google Nest Hub, or literally anything other than that. 90 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,760 But the smartest option is to come back on Monday for a brand new talk linked. 91 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,560 This one's a long one. It'll be a couple of tech boys making tech noise, and no one else. 92 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:25,840 Hell yeah, brother.