1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,240 Raleigh couldn't be here because it's Canadian Thanksgiving and he loves his family. 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,920 Fortunately, my entire family was killed by a crazed turkey dinner, 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,160 so I could be here to write and host this episode. 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:15,440 I can still hear the screams. There was gravy all over the walls! 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,760 The weight of the Vision Pro headset is a large concern for Apple due to both its 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:25,760 physical mass and the emotional burden customers will feel after spending $3,500 on it. 7 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,520 The size and weight of the headset has allegedly caused neck strain in testing, 8 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,960 at least according to what Mark Gurman has determined. It's a truth he's firm in and he shoots straight like a Sherman. 9 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,800 In Mark's stark remark, he barks that the sharks at Apple Park have a revolutionary 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,760 idea to help Vision Pro users deal with the weight and over the head strap. 11 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,120 Of course, a company with such forward-thinking ideas has started early work on their second 12 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:54,240 generation headset, hoping to make it lighter than its not yet released older brother. 13 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,440 This may prove difficult as one weight-saving decision, 14 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,880 making it too small for eyeglasses compatibility, 15 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,240 has already had some unseen consequences. 16 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:13,600 I'll just see myself out. Stocking every prescription of the headset-compatible Zeiss lenses isn't exactly feasible, 17 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:19,920 so the company is floating the idea of shipping custom-built headsets with pre-installed lenses. 18 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,280 Of course, this would make reselling the headsets a massive problem. 19 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,840 But like with all their products, the Cupertino-based company has their own special marketing name for 20 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:35,040 this reselling issue. Business as usual, in more positive news, AMD has announced they are expanding support for 21 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:40,640 their fluid motion frames technology to their previous gen GPUs, which is tremendous news for 22 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:45,760 everyone that decided that having the newest, shiniest graphics card isn't as cool as having 23 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:50,880 both kidneys. In a tweet last week, Team Red announced a new driver update will bring the tech 24 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:57,440 to Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards, meaning RDNA2 enjoyers can now use the tech in any 25 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:02,560 DirectX 11 and 12th title using the per-app settings in AMD's adrenaline software. Though, 26 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:10,800 since AMD recommends a minimum of the RX 5700XT for FSR3, anything lower than the 6600XT 27 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:16,880 may not have the best experience. Still, this is a big advantage over the Team Green faithful, 28 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:22,160 since NVIDIA's DLSS frame generation is still restricted to their RTX 40 series cards because 29 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:28,800 they have the new optical flow accelerator, which is way better than the 30 series' old 30 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:34,400 optical flow accelerator. Fortunately, AMD's tech is built different, so budget-conscious gamers 31 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,840 can still take a sip of those sweet fluid motion frames. 32 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:47,760 Tastes like electrocution. NVIDIA may be planning to release an RTX 4080 Ti early next year, according to reputable hardware 33 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:56,560 leaker Megasize GPU, who may or may not be a Centian 4090. According to Mr. GPU, the 4080 Ti 34 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:02,720 will be in the same price range as the 4080 while offering more performance. This is probably a good 35 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:08,240 move for NVIDIA, since the price to performance of the 4080 made it about as popular as the last 36 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:14,720 kid picked for dodgeball. Of course, that doesn't mean the card will be cheap. The 4080's MSRP 37 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:23,280 is $1,200, but if Megas' claim is true, the upcoming card will use the AD102 chip that powers the 38 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:30,720 4090, though probably definitely 100% cut down in some way. And maybe the release of the 4080 Ti 39 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:37,200 at a similar price will prompt a price cut on the 4080 non-Ti, so it can finally have a chance at 40 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:41,920 finding a date for prom. There's no word on the alleged card's memory bus in VRAM, but there 41 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:47,360 exists the smallest of chances that NVIDIA doesn't blow another GPU launch this generation. Eighth 42 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:53,760 times the charm. Right, guys? While I don't have a family to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with, 43 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:59,280 I'm still thankful for these quick bits. They bring me joy. The prices of memory are going back 44 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:04,720 up due to increased demand and reduced production. Both the DRAM and NAND segments are celebrating 45 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:09,680 the highest revenues they've seen since the beginning of the chip surplus early last year. 46 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:15,040 Unfortunately, this means that customers will have to pay more for their memory again. So, 47 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:20,080 if you waited too long to buy that new SSD you wanted, there's always next recession. 48 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:26,160 Google announced new Gmail changes to combat spam, such as requiring bulk emailers to authenticate 49 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,880 their emails. The company claims that since the mandatory authentication started last year, 50 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:37,840 malicious emails have decreased by 75%. Yahoo is also joining Google in implementing this change 51 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:44,000 as well as two more. Senders must have a clearly labeled unsubscribe button and be subjected to 52 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:49,760 sending limits. Even Microsoft has warned email centers to follow the rules and stated Microsoft 53 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:55,920 365 should not be used to send spam emails because their email products were designed for receiving 54 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:02,400 spam. OpenAI may be considering making its own in-house chips due to constant shortages of 55 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:07,040 specialized AI chips and the mounting cost of running them. The company is currently dependent 56 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:13,920 on NVIDIA, relying on a supercomputer equipped with 10,000 of their GPUs to run chat GPT queries. 57 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,560 It's nice to know consumers aren't the only ones getting shafted by NVIDIA, 58 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:24,000 though it would be nicer to just not get shafted anymore in NVIDIA, maybe? Please? 59 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:31,680 No? Okay. Money? Yeah, okay. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified at Google's anti-trust lawsuit 60 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,840 last week, where he made it clear he believes the search engine company has been stifling 61 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:40,560 competition with its massive influence. And if there's anyone that knows something about 62 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:46,880 anti-competitive behavior, it's Microsoft. Nadella also expressed his worry that the AI revolution 63 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:52,400 may cause previously public available knowledge to become proprietary and locked off. 64 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:57,360 Man, if only Satya Nadella could have done something or not done something to prevent a 65 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:03,200 runaway AI boom that could have unintended consequences. Man, why would Google do this? 66 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:09,920 It was you. And Elon is hopeful SpaceX's new Starship rocket won't explode after the company's 67 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:15,680 old Starship rocket famously exploded. Musk also predicted the rocket would be able to start 68 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:20,880 launching Starlink v3 satellites next year. Hopefully he can use the time until then, 69 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:25,360 improving the sustainability of the service. Early scientific analysis suggests Starlink's 70 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:31,760 carbon footprint could be up to 30 times larger than terrestrial broadband. Though, 71 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,880 you know what they say about carbon footprints, Elon? Big carbon feet. And it would be a feet for 72 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:41,840 you not to come back on Wednesday for more tech news. Seriously, you should come back. I get lonely. 73 00:06:41,840 --> 00:06:45,600 I don't have a family. I'm here. All of us here.