WEBVTT 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, 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 00:00:08.840 --> 00:00:13.760 physically and spiritually fulfilled. Apple has reportedly considered launching 00:00:13.760 --> 00:00:18.040 an even more expensive version of their most expensive iPhone. 00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:23.160 According to a Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman, a.k.a. the sandgerm of Arrakis, 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:26.800 ha ha ha! A new tier of flagship iPhone, 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:31.680 distinct from and superior to the pro and Pro Max models, could be on its way 00:00:31.680 --> 00:00:35.360 as soon as next year. Given that there's an Apple Watch Ultra 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:40.440 and an M2 Ultra processor, it's expected that said flagship could be launched 00:00:40.440 --> 00:00:44.400 as the iPhone Ultra, provided that the marketing department hasn't had 00:00:44.400 --> 00:00:49.640 a little too much fun with the thesaurus recently. I'm partial to iPhone Supreme. 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.400 It's correct. I like iPhone Flex, but it doesn't fold or anything. 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. 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 00:01:04.300 --> 00:01:08.620 than the next model down the product stack. Unfortunately, there are no details yet 00:01:08.620 --> 00:01:12.800 on what additional features could be included in the Ultra to justify the price increase. 00:01:12.800 --> 00:01:16.560 Maybe it has a special ringtone that just says, I have money, look at me. 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. 00:01:22.440 --> 00:01:25.280 And maybe you get one kiss, but just one. 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:31.160 Tim Cook doesn't give two kisses. They don't call him two kiss Tim. 00:01:31.160 --> 00:01:34.640 If you really want a Samsung Galaxy S23, 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:38.840 you might want to consider ponying up a bit more for a model with extra storage 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:45.280 because an investigation has revealed that the base model S23 has 60 of its 128 gigabytes 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.280 of storage taken up by the system partition. 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. 00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:58.120 Although arrangements where software companies pay hardware manufacturers money 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:03.000 to preload their crappy software are common. Samsung is absolutely notorious 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:06.640 in the high end smartphone space for doing this more than their competitors. 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:12.720 Or hear me out, buy a different phone. Oh, but, ah, but it's a galaxy. 00:02:12.720 --> 00:02:16.300 Oh, I forgot. By contrast, the Google Pixel's Android installation 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, 00:02:22.460 --> 00:02:25.500 but 45 gigabytes more things? 00:02:25.500 --> 00:02:28.900 I'm gonna need to see the thing to Gigabyte ratio here. 00:02:28.900 --> 00:02:32.420 Give me a spreadsheet before I invest. 00:02:32.420 --> 00:02:36.820 What do you, Elon? Like Microsoft has invested billions in open AI. 00:02:36.820 --> 00:02:40.420 And now they're wondering why they should bother with their own AI development at all 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 00:02:45.420 --> 00:02:49.500 appeared briefly last week only to disappear just as quickly. 00:02:49.500 --> 00:02:52.300 Microsoft is also having chat GPT through their homework. 00:02:53.180 --> 00:02:57.860 Just throw it in there. Users were prompted to ask Bing a question 00:02:57.860 --> 00:03:04.400 instead of entering a search string the way it's normally done by Bing users? 00:03:04.420 --> 00:03:07.660 That felt weird to say. But if you missed out on this mysterious demo, 00:03:07.660 --> 00:03:10.820 you can always pay for the new tier of Microsoft Teams 00:03:10.820 --> 00:03:17.060 that incorporates some chat GPT powered features like automatic note taking and recapping of meetings, 00:03:17.060 --> 00:03:21.180 I'm guessing. It's currently $7 a month. And while any AI powered feature 00:03:21.220 --> 00:03:25.140 won't currently be perfect, anything that can make the slog 00:03:25.140 --> 00:03:28.620 of using Microsoft Teams slightly more interesting is welcome. 00:03:28.620 --> 00:03:31.620 Meanwhile, Google of course, doesn't want to be left out of the fun. 00:03:31.620 --> 00:03:37.380 Oh, did I say fun? I meant slow creeping towards an inevitable human machine war. 00:03:37.380 --> 00:03:43.860 The tech giant has announced a chat GPT competitor called Bard, which unfortunately is not programmed 00:03:43.860 --> 00:03:47.340 to only answer you in sonnets. And won't try and sleep with all your friends. 00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:53.660 All right, plays about you. Have you ever seen quick bits in their natural habitat? 00:03:53.660 --> 00:03:59.180 I wouldn't recommend it. They get just completely nude, like all the way. 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. 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 00:04:10.220 --> 00:04:13.460 due to people not staying inside for long periods of time after doing just that 00:04:13.460 --> 00:04:18.220 during the height of the pandemic. But it could also be because of poor marketing. 00:04:18.260 --> 00:04:22.700 Maybe they should bring that that, dude, you're getting a Dell guy. 00:04:22.700 --> 00:04:27.060 I don't remember that guy. Do you? It's common sense that a new CPU 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 00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:38.340 looks even more impressive. The Ryzen 9 7845HX has nearly doubled the performance 00:04:38.340 --> 00:04:42.060 of the previous mobile flagship in benchmarking software PassMark, 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:47.860 not to be confused with the country, Denmark or, or famous, the room line, 00:04:47.860 --> 00:04:52.980 Ohio Mark. Ohio Mark? I'm sure many of them were very disoriented. 00:04:52.980 --> 00:04:57.580 Twitter is reportedly looking at charging businesses $1,000 per month 00:04:57.580 --> 00:05:01.420 to keep their gold verified check mark. And while that might be small potatoes 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. 00:05:06.820 --> 00:05:10.740 Perhaps in trade, Twitter is giving free API access 00:05:10.740 --> 00:05:14.140 to novelty good bot accounts. That makes it sound like 00:05:14.140 --> 00:05:18.300 they weren't giving it for free before. Well, they were going to stop. 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:21.740 I think we can all agree that a loading bar saying how far through the year 00:05:21.740 --> 00:05:26.700 we've currently progressed is worth extorting business over a few pretty pixels. 00:05:27.780 --> 00:05:32.180 Pretty pixels. Big news for AMD fans. Just two months after the launch 00:05:32.180 --> 00:05:37.540 of the Radeon RX 7000 series, Team Red has announced they finally have time 00:05:37.540 --> 00:05:39.740 to make drivers for older cards. 00:05:40.900 --> 00:05:44.820 There had been a delay in new drivers for the 6,000 series and earlier, 00:05:44.820 --> 00:05:49.660 as the company needed more engineers focusing on putting out the 7,000 series fires. 00:05:49.660 --> 00:05:53.260 Almost, almost literally. It's nice they remembered us. 00:05:53.260 --> 00:05:57.380 Unlike some people. A girl I used to date would always call me Ryan. 00:05:57.380 --> 00:06:03.540 Our wedding was awkward. And expect to cough up a bit more money 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:08.660 for a Tesla Model Y. Prices are up around $2,000 00:06:08.660 --> 00:06:11.740 because the US Treasury now considers the Model Y 00:06:11.740 --> 00:06:16.820 as an SUV instead of a car. Perhaps because it is. 00:06:16.820 --> 00:06:21.500 Just guessing. Vehicles in the SUV category can be priced higher than cars 00:06:21.500 --> 00:06:25.980 and still qualify for an EV tax credit, which explains the increase. 00:06:25.980 --> 00:06:29.900 But the good news is that the new prices are still way lower than they were 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. 00:06:34.980 --> 00:06:39.780 Huh, got them. And I got you to watch this whole video. 00:06:39.780 --> 00:06:45.300 Ha, tricked you. Come back on Wednesday. If you wanna be tricked again, I'm- 00:06:45.300 --> 00:06:48.500 And it bedazzled. 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