WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.240 Raleigh couldn't be here because it's Canadian Thanksgiving and he loves his family. 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:07.920 Fortunately, my entire family was killed by a crazed turkey dinner, 00:00:07.920 --> 00:00:10.160 so I could be here to write and host this episode. 00:00:11.440 --> 00:00:15.440 I can still hear the screams. There was gravy all over the walls! 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 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:25.760 physical mass and the emotional burden customers will feel after spending $3,500 on it. 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:29.520 The size and weight of the headset has allegedly caused neck strain in testing, 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. 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:38.800 In Mark's stark remark, he barks that the sharks at Apple Park have a revolutionary 00:00:38.800 --> 00:00:43.760 idea to help Vision Pro users deal with the weight and over the head strap. 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:49.120 Of course, a company with such forward-thinking ideas has started early work on their second 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:54.240 generation headset, hoping to make it lighter than its not yet released older brother. 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:57.440 This may prove difficult as one weight-saving decision, 00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:00.880 making it too small for eyeglasses compatibility, 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:04.240 has already had some unseen consequences. 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, 00:01:13.600 --> 00:01:19.920 so the company is floating the idea of shipping custom-built headsets with pre-installed lenses. 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:23.280 Of course, this would make reselling the headsets a massive problem. 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 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 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:40.640 their fluid motion frames technology to their previous gen GPUs, which is tremendous news for 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:45.760 everyone that decided that having the newest, shiniest graphics card isn't as cool as having 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 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 00:01:57.440 --> 00:02:02.560 DirectX 11 and 12th title using the per-app settings in AMD's adrenaline software. Though, 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:10.800 since AMD recommends a minimum of the RX 5700XT for FSR3, anything lower than the 6600XT 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, 00:02:16.880 --> 00:02:22.160 since NVIDIA's DLSS frame generation is still restricted to their RTX 40 series cards because 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:28.800 they have the new optical flow accelerator, which is way better than the 30 series' old 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:34.400 optical flow accelerator. Fortunately, AMD's tech is built different, so budget-conscious gamers 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:37.840 can still take a sip of those sweet fluid motion frames. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 00:03:41.920 --> 00:03:47.360 exists the smallest of chances that NVIDIA doesn't blow another GPU launch this generation. Eighth 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, 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 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:04.720 up due to increased demand and reduced production. Both the DRAM and NAND segments are celebrating 00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:09.680 the highest revenues they've seen since the beginning of the chip surplus early last year. 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:15.040 Unfortunately, this means that customers will have to pay more for their memory again. So, 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. 00:04:20.080 --> 00:04:26.160 Google announced new Gmail changes to combat spam, such as requiring bulk emailers to authenticate 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:30.880 their emails. The company claims that since the mandatory authentication started last year, 00:04:30.880 --> 00:04:37.840 malicious emails have decreased by 75%. Yahoo is also joining Google in implementing this change 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 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:49.760 sending limits. Even Microsoft has warned email centers to follow the rules and stated Microsoft 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 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:02.400 spam. OpenAI may be considering making its own in-house chips due to constant shortages of 00:05:02.400 --> 00:05:07.040 specialized AI chips and the mounting cost of running them. The company is currently dependent 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. 00:05:14.640 --> 00:05:18.560 It's nice to know consumers aren't the only ones getting shafted by NVIDIA, 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:24.000 though it would be nicer to just not get shafted anymore in NVIDIA, maybe? Please? 00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:31.680 No? Okay. Money? Yeah, okay. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella testified at Google's anti-trust lawsuit 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:35.840 last week, where he made it clear he believes the search engine company has been stifling 00:05:35.840 --> 00:05:40.560 competition with its massive influence. And if there's anyone that knows something about 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:46.880 anti-competitive behavior, it's Microsoft. Nadella also expressed his worry that the AI revolution 00:05:46.880 --> 00:05:52.400 may cause previously public available knowledge to become proprietary and locked off. 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:57.360 Man, if only Satya Nadella could have done something or not done something to prevent a 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:03.200 runaway AI boom that could have unintended consequences. Man, why would Google do this? 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 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:15.680 old Starship rocket famously exploded. Musk also predicted the rocket would be able to start 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:20.880 launching Starlink v3 satellites next year. Hopefully he can use the time until then, 00:06:20.880 --> 00:06:25.360 improving the sustainability of the service. Early scientific analysis suggests Starlink's 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:31.760 carbon footprint could be up to 30 times larger than terrestrial broadband. Though, 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 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. 00:06:41.840 --> 00:06:45.600 I don't have a family. I'm here. All of us here.