WEBVTT 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. 00:00:06.720 --> 00:00:10.960 I'm a tech man. I'm gonna regret bringing these intros back. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:14.080 NVIDIA has reportedly been rated by French authorities, 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:18.800 and I say reportedly because the country's competition regulator never named names in 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:23.760 their press release, only stating they rated a company suspected of having implemented 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:27.280 anti-competitive practices in the graphics card sector. 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:31.920 But thankfully, geniuses at the Wall Street Journal were able to crack that incredibly 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:37.600 obvious mystery. Apparently, the surprise Wednesday morning raid was tied to a larger investigation into 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:42.800 the cloud computing market published in June that concluded new companies would be unlikely 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, 00:00:49.680 --> 00:00:54.000 but according to sources, French authorities have been interviewing market players about 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:57.600 NVIDIA's powerful position in the AI accelerator market. 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 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:08.560 anti-competitive abuses in that same market, in which NVIDIA is dominating, like John Cena, 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. 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:17.600 If NVIDIA hasn't been fighting fair, NVIDIA might have to fight that baby's mom. 00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:21.760 And that baby's mom is the EU, played by Dwayne The Rock Johnson. 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:27.120 If you smell what the EU is cooking. 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:32.320 Reddit, the site known for making incredibly popular decisions this year, has continued 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:38.400 that winning streak by removing users' ability to block targeted ads based on their site activity. 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:42.640 On Wednesday, Reddit announced the site will make several changes to its privacy settings 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:47.760 over the next few weeks, with head of privacy Jutta Williams saying they want to improve 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:52.320 ad performance and simplify descriptions of privacy settings. 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:57.680 And it's true, removing user choice about whether your Reddit activity data is collected 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:01.120 and used for personalized ads is way simpler. 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:06.080 This does sound a bit funny, considering that when Reddit announced their controversial API 00:02:06.080 --> 00:02:11.680 changes, they justified it by saying, we have an obligation to our communities to be responsible 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:16.160 stewards of all the user generated data and content on the site. 00:02:16.160 --> 00:02:20.400 And what does a responsible steward do except sell the thing being stewarded on to other 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:24.480 stewards who use them for advertising? Typical steward stuff. 00:02:25.600 --> 00:02:31.040 And this is all on top of the content monetization contributor program Reddit announced this week 00:02:31.040 --> 00:02:35.520 that has been criticized for incentivizing posts that generate the most reactions through 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.960 controversy. Although that might not actually be the case. 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:42.000 I don't think Reddit's privacy update post has made them any money at all. 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:49.920 Burn! AMD has finally launched FSR3, complete with fluid motion frames, the company's 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:54.720 more open alternative to NVIDIA's DLSS3 frame generation technology. 00:02:54.720 --> 00:02:58.960 To guarantee that many gamers would be able to see the effects of this revolutionary technology, 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:04.320 the first games to feature the software are two of the biggest, most successful titles 00:03:04.320 --> 00:03:08.400 to come out this year, for spoken and immortals of avium. 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:12.400 Now, to explain why my previous comment is sarcastic, let's go to the data. 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:18.400 See, if we look over here at immortals of avium, we see numbers that are bad. 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. 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, 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:32.320 but chances are they chose these games because they're some of the most graphically 00:03:32.320 --> 00:03:37.920 intensive games released this year and therefore could really show off what FSR3 can do. 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:42.480 Don't worry, the new version of FSR will eventually be coming to other games too, 00:03:42.480 --> 00:03:48.560 like SpaceMMO, EVE Online. Personally, I cannot wait for it to get FSR3 support. 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:52.000 I'll be able to fill out the built-in excel sheets so fast. 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:57.760 Starfield? Hello? Hello? AMD? 00:03:57.760 --> 00:04:02.160 Hey, I uh, just heard back from your doctor and he uh, 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:07.520 he said you tested positive for quick bits. 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:13.360 Details of NVIDIA's next-gen Blackwell GPUs have been leaked by everyone's favorite 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:16.960 confusingly-named Twitter user, Kopite7Kimi. 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 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:30.400 and up to 33% more cores in its consumer-focused GPU, 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:34.800 as long as NVIDIA doesn't change fundamental aspects of its GPU's structure. 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:38.320 Obviously, take this claim with a grain of salt, but if it's true, 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 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 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. 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:57.440 Alcohol is my only solution. 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:01.920 But actually, a Discord just goofed up. 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. 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:12.000 Oh, thank goodness. For a second there, I thought I was gonna have to go outside 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. 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. 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:27.680 The new Raspberry Pi 5 is done, but it's hot, 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.880 so it's gently cooling on the ledge until October. 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:35.920 It's reportedly a significant advancement over two to three times faster than its predecessor. 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:40.640 It also contains the Raspberry Pi Foundation's first-ever chip designed in-house 00:05:40.640 --> 00:05:46.240 in collaboration with Broadcom. The Pi will now have double the input-output performance, 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:50.080 and it will be able to handle two 4K displays at 60fps. 00:05:50.080 --> 00:05:54.640 It's also significantly more power efficient, meaning that the Pi won't easily overheat. 00:05:54.640 --> 00:05:59.840 Don't eat it, though. Google will be allowing US teens from 13 to 17 00:05:59.840 --> 00:06:04.320 to use its generative AI search, because they're gonna do it anyway, 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. 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:12.320 Google has apparently strengthened the guardrails on its search function, 00:06:12.320 --> 00:06:16.720 as well as a feature that provides additional context to AI-generated answers. 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:21.360 Sure, those guardrails haven't really helped adults cope with the reality of AI-generated 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:25.280 misinformation, but I'm sure they'll definitely work on 14-year-olds. 00:06:25.280 --> 00:06:30.480 And Amazon is launching an Echo Show you can finally use as a digital photo frame, 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:34.480 as long as you pay a subscription. This is so crazy. 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:42.000 The Echo Show 8 photos edition is functionally identical to the Echo Show 8, 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:48.080 but costs $10 more for a six-month subscription to Amazon's Photos Plus service, 00:06:48.080 --> 00:06:51.760 which lets you look at a 30-second slideshow of your grandkids. 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, 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, 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:08.880 and frame them, or tack them to a cork board. There are many less stupid options. 00:07:08.880 --> 00:07:13.440 Or just buy a Google Nest Hub, or literally anything other than that. 00:07:13.440 --> 00:07:17.760 But the smartest option is to come back on Monday for a brand new talk linked. 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. 00:07:23.760 --> 00:07:25.840 Hell yeah, brother.