1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,200 Tech news moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:08,840 you could miss it. And then you won't know about the new computer that's so cool it makes everyone who purchases it 3 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:13,760 physically and spiritually fulfilled. Apple has reportedly considered launching 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:18,040 an even more expensive version of their most expensive iPhone. 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:23,160 According to a Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman, a.k.a. the sandgerm of Arrakis, 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:26,800 ha ha ha! A new tier of flagship iPhone, 7 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,680 distinct from and superior to the pro and Pro Max models, could be on its way 8 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,360 as soon as next year. Given that there's an Apple Watch Ultra 9 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:40,440 and an M2 Ultra processor, it's expected that said flagship could be launched 10 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,400 as the iPhone Ultra, provided that the marketing department hasn't had 11 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:49,640 a little too much fun with the thesaurus recently. I'm partial to iPhone Supreme. 12 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:53,400 It's correct. I like iPhone Flex, but it doesn't fold or anything. 13 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,720 No, no, no, it's just expensive. It's just flexing on you. Weird flex, but okay. 14 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:04,300 Anyway, if we do end up seeing this thing on store shelves, the starting price will likely be at least 100 bucks more 15 00:01:04,300 --> 00:01:08,620 than the next model down the product stack. Unfortunately, there are no details yet 16 00:01:08,620 --> 00:01:12,800 on what additional features could be included in the Ultra to justify the price increase. 17 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,560 Maybe it has a special ringtone that just says, I have money, look at me. 18 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:22,440 Or there's an exclusive feature you can activate that makes Tim Cook tell you how handsome you are. 19 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,280 And maybe you get one kiss, but just one. 20 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:31,160 Tim Cook doesn't give two kisses. They don't call him two kiss Tim. 21 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,640 If you really want a Samsung Galaxy S23, 22 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,840 you might want to consider ponying up a bit more for a model with extra storage 23 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:45,280 because an investigation has revealed that the base model S23 has 60 of its 128 gigabytes 24 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,280 of storage taken up by the system partition. 25 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:54,680 This includes the Android operating system, but the bulk of that 60 gigabytes is actually just bloatware. 26 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:58,120 Although arrangements where software companies pay hardware manufacturers money 27 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:03,000 to preload their crappy software are common. Samsung is absolutely notorious 28 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,640 in the high end smartphone space for doing this more than their competitors. 29 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:12,720 Or hear me out, buy a different phone. Oh, but, ah, but it's a galaxy. 30 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,300 Oh, I forgot. By contrast, the Google Pixel's Android installation 31 00:02:16,300 --> 00:02:22,420 only takes up 15 gigabytes. Like Samsung's One UI can do more things than stock Android, 32 00:02:22,460 --> 00:02:25,500 but 45 gigabytes more things? 33 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:28,900 I'm gonna need to see the thing to Gigabyte ratio here. 34 00:02:28,900 --> 00:02:32,420 Give me a spreadsheet before I invest. 35 00:02:32,420 --> 00:02:36,820 What do you, Elon? Like Microsoft has invested billions in open AI. 36 00:02:36,820 --> 00:02:40,420 And now they're wondering why they should bother with their own AI development at all 37 00:02:40,420 --> 00:02:45,420 when they can just rely on chat GPT instead. A new version of Bing powered by chat GPT 38 00:02:45,420 --> 00:02:49,500 appeared briefly last week only to disappear just as quickly. 39 00:02:49,500 --> 00:02:52,300 Microsoft is also having chat GPT through their homework. 40 00:02:53,180 --> 00:02:57,860 Just throw it in there. Users were prompted to ask Bing a question 41 00:02:57,860 --> 00:03:04,400 instead of entering a search string the way it's normally done by Bing users? 42 00:03:04,420 --> 00:03:07,660 That felt weird to say. But if you missed out on this mysterious demo, 43 00:03:07,660 --> 00:03:10,820 you can always pay for the new tier of Microsoft Teams 44 00:03:10,820 --> 00:03:17,060 that incorporates some chat GPT powered features like automatic note taking and recapping of meetings, 45 00:03:17,060 --> 00:03:21,180 I'm guessing. It's currently $7 a month. And while any AI powered feature 46 00:03:21,220 --> 00:03:25,140 won't currently be perfect, anything that can make the slog 47 00:03:25,140 --> 00:03:28,620 of using Microsoft Teams slightly more interesting is welcome. 48 00:03:28,620 --> 00:03:31,620 Meanwhile, Google of course, doesn't want to be left out of the fun. 49 00:03:31,620 --> 00:03:37,380 Oh, did I say fun? I meant slow creeping towards an inevitable human machine war. 50 00:03:37,380 --> 00:03:43,860 The tech giant has announced a chat GPT competitor called Bard, which unfortunately is not programmed 51 00:03:43,860 --> 00:03:47,340 to only answer you in sonnets. And won't try and sleep with all your friends. 52 00:03:47,340 --> 00:03:53,660 All right, plays about you. Have you ever seen quick bits in their natural habitat? 53 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:59,180 I wouldn't recommend it. They get just completely nude, like all the way. 54 00:03:59,180 --> 00:04:05,340 It's not- They're also very aggressive. Del wants to be just like all the other tech companies. 55 00:04:05,340 --> 00:04:10,220 So they're laying off nearly 7,000 employees. Okay, it's also because PC sales are down 56 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:13,460 due to people not staying inside for long periods of time after doing just that 57 00:04:13,460 --> 00:04:18,220 during the height of the pandemic. But it could also be because of poor marketing. 58 00:04:18,260 --> 00:04:22,700 Maybe they should bring that that, dude, you're getting a Dell guy. 59 00:04:22,700 --> 00:04:27,060 I don't remember that guy. Do you? It's common sense that a new CPU 60 00:04:27,060 --> 00:04:31,860 is probably going to be faster than an older one, but AMD's new Ryzen mobile offering 61 00:04:31,860 --> 00:04:38,340 looks even more impressive. The Ryzen 9 7845HX has nearly doubled the performance 62 00:04:38,340 --> 00:04:42,060 of the previous mobile flagship in benchmarking software PassMark, 63 00:04:42,060 --> 00:04:47,860 not to be confused with the country, Denmark or, or famous, the room line, 64 00:04:47,860 --> 00:04:52,980 Ohio Mark. Ohio Mark? I'm sure many of them were very disoriented. 65 00:04:52,980 --> 00:04:57,580 Twitter is reportedly looking at charging businesses $1,000 per month 66 00:04:57,580 --> 00:05:01,420 to keep their gold verified check mark. And while that might be small potatoes 67 00:05:01,420 --> 00:05:06,820 for the likes of Amazon, it will undoubtedly be too much for some smaller mom and pop Twitter accounts. 68 00:05:06,820 --> 00:05:10,740 Perhaps in trade, Twitter is giving free API access 69 00:05:10,740 --> 00:05:14,140 to novelty good bot accounts. That makes it sound like 70 00:05:14,140 --> 00:05:18,300 they weren't giving it for free before. Well, they were going to stop. 71 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:21,740 I think we can all agree that a loading bar saying how far through the year 72 00:05:21,740 --> 00:05:26,700 we've currently progressed is worth extorting business over a few pretty pixels. 73 00:05:27,780 --> 00:05:32,180 Pretty pixels. Big news for AMD fans. Just two months after the launch 74 00:05:32,180 --> 00:05:37,540 of the Radeon RX 7000 series, Team Red has announced they finally have time 75 00:05:37,540 --> 00:05:39,740 to make drivers for older cards. 76 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:44,820 There had been a delay in new drivers for the 6,000 series and earlier, 77 00:05:44,820 --> 00:05:49,660 as the company needed more engineers focusing on putting out the 7,000 series fires. 78 00:05:49,660 --> 00:05:53,260 Almost, almost literally. It's nice they remembered us. 79 00:05:53,260 --> 00:05:57,380 Unlike some people. A girl I used to date would always call me Ryan. 80 00:05:57,380 --> 00:06:03,540 Our wedding was awkward. And expect to cough up a bit more money 81 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,660 for a Tesla Model Y. Prices are up around $2,000 82 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:11,740 because the US Treasury now considers the Model Y 83 00:06:11,740 --> 00:06:16,820 as an SUV instead of a car. Perhaps because it is. 84 00:06:16,820 --> 00:06:21,500 Just guessing. Vehicles in the SUV category can be priced higher than cars 85 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:25,980 and still qualify for an EV tax credit, which explains the increase. 86 00:06:25,980 --> 00:06:29,900 But the good news is that the new prices are still way lower than they were 87 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:34,980 at the beginning of the year. If Tesla sells enough, maybe they can make up their Bitcoin losses. 88 00:06:34,980 --> 00:06:39,780 Huh, got them. And I got you to watch this whole video. 89 00:06:39,780 --> 00:06:45,300 Ha, tricked you. Come back on Wednesday. If you wanna be tricked again, I'm- 90 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:48,500 And it bedazzled. Oh, just kidding. 91 00:06:48,500 --> 00:06:50,660 We're giving you useful tech news.