WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.280 Tech news is like your fingers, something you can count on. 00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:07.640 But unlike fingers, tech news is far less vulnerable to firework accidents. 00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:11.680 Apple's upcoming AI features may not impress or surprise 00:00:11.680 --> 00:00:15.760 those already familiar with AI tech, according to Mark Gurman. 00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:18.760 The only surprise may be that the features 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:23.520 won't be fully on device. In his most recent Power On newsletter, 00:00:23.520 --> 00:00:26.960 Gurman discusses how Apple is apparently focusing on tools 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:31.520 that people may actually want to use, generally a good idea. 00:00:31.520 --> 00:00:36.440 A big part of this is Project Grey Matter, an AI toolkit that Apple will integrate 00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:39.960 into its core apps like Safari, Photos, and Notes. 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:43.000 It's probably similar to Microsoft's Co-Pilot, 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:48.000 but with the revolutionary idea of not overusing the name Co-Pilot. 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:54.640 Many familiar AI-powered features will be introduced by the fruit fraternity, including photo retouching 00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:00.080 and suggested email replies and messages. Apple also wants to generate smart recaps 00:01:00.080 --> 00:01:05.360 that will summarize users' missed notifications, text messages, notes, and other media. 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:09.680 But while it's really exciting that Apple is doing what everyone else has already done, 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:12.680 Tim and the team are apparently also backsliding 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:16.920 on their promise to keep users' data on their devices for privacy. 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:19.960 This comes after the company has repeatedly criticized 00:01:19.960 --> 00:01:24.080 its competitors for not keeping user data on device only. 00:01:24.160 --> 00:01:27.280 But Apple has to add AI. 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:32.320 I mean, it's not like any consumers actually want it, but because every other company's already doing it, 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:35.320 and if they don't, Tim Cook is gonna look like a loser. 00:01:35.320 --> 00:01:38.320 Cinder Pichai and Sachin Adele are gonna give him a swirling. 00:01:38.320 --> 00:01:43.880 He's gonna have flashbacks, it sucks. AMD's next motherboard chipset will be skipping a number, 00:01:43.880 --> 00:01:49.480 according to Chinese outlet Bench Life. AMD's current flagship chipset is X670, 00:01:49.480 --> 00:01:52.920 but it appears the company's follow-up will be X870, 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:57.600 not X770, because apparently no one cares about consistent numbering anymore, 00:01:57.600 --> 00:02:01.520 which is evidenced by the fact we don't have an iPhone or Windows 9. 00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:05.800 You can skip them when you want to, it's a free country. The name was initially leaked earlier this year 00:02:05.800 --> 00:02:10.320 by YouTuber Moore's Law Is Dead, who also claimed that the boards will be shown off 00:02:10.320 --> 00:02:14.120 at this year's Computex. This would make sense, since AMD is giving 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:19.200 the opening keynote at the event, which the company promises will showcase their next generation 00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:22.840 of high-performance PC. The Computex debut may also be part 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:28.040 of the reason for the naming change. It seems Intel will also be debuting new MOBOs 00:02:28.040 --> 00:02:32.000 at the event, specifically the Z890 motherboard. 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:36.480 AMD doesn't want their number to be smaller than Team Blues, everyone will point and laugh. 00:02:36.480 --> 00:02:41.280 See the Tim Cook example. It's all rock locker rooms, hazing at this point. 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:45.400 Swirlies all around. This follows countless examples of tech companies 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:49.680 changing their naming scheme to compete with other naming schemes. 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:54.360 Just last week, a leaker claimed that AMD renamed their upcoming mobile chips 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:58.080 from Ryzen AI 100 to Ryzen AI 300 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:02.120 to appear bigger than Intel's upcoming core Ultra 200 CPUs. 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:06.040 Frankly, I'm tired of manufacturers trying to appeal to us size queens. 00:03:06.040 --> 00:03:09.600 Many of us actually prefer a smaller form factor. 00:03:09.600 --> 00:03:13.800 I'm just gonna say, J-Growth at, ah. Ah. 00:03:13.800 --> 00:03:17.080 Samsung is denying a report citing quality issues 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.560 with its high bandwidth memory or HBM products. 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:27.600 Last week, Reuters published a report claiming that Samsung's HBM chips failed NVIDIA's quality tests 00:03:27.600 --> 00:03:33.200 due to problems with heat and power consumption. Frankly, I'm just surprised NVIDIA has efficiency standards. 00:03:33.200 --> 00:03:37.360 I mean, this is a big deal because HBM is used mostly in AI applications 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.720 to process the massive amount of data generated. 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:44.440 Since NVIDIA holds about 80% of the global AI hardware market, 00:03:44.440 --> 00:03:47.440 it would be a massive hit to Samsung's reputation 00:03:47.440 --> 00:03:51.200 if this Reuters report is true. And it might be. 00:03:51.200 --> 00:03:55.520 Samsung said its newest HBM products work fine with many processors, 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:58.520 but doesn't specifically say that those products work 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:01.560 with NVIDIA's processors, leading to speculation that Samsung 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:04.600 is simply trying to save face. That would be understandable 00:04:04.600 --> 00:04:08.960 since memory is the only Samsung silicon anyone really cares about. 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:13.840 I mean, Google will apparently be moving manufacturing for the tensor chips found in Pixel phones 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:18.240 from Samsung to TSMC. Like Samsung's HBM products, 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:23.800 the tensor processors the company manufacturers have had issues with thermals and power efficiency. 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:27.320 Wait a second. But hold on, easy solution for Samsung. 00:04:27.320 --> 00:04:32.120 Just stop making everything you manufacture run hotter than the cast of Baywatch. 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:36.360 So easy and simple, you should do it. Hey, I had some extra news lying around, 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:39.240 so I made you these quick bits. Yeah, okay, so go on. 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:43.720 Take them. ASUS has issued a second statement 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:46.680 committing to improving their warranty and repairs process 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:50.600 in response to customer backlash. In what kind of seems like an apology 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:55.040 for the first apology it made two weeks ago in response to customer backlash. 00:04:55.040 --> 00:05:00.840 This time, the company got a lot more specific about its plans, mentioning video and photo documentation, 00:05:00.840 --> 00:05:05.520 accurate quotation, repairing instead of fully replacing specific components, 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:09.040 leaving cosmetic damage unless asked to fix it, 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:13.280 and overall trying to not address customers dealing with broken hardware 00:05:13.280 --> 00:05:17.680 by making their lives even worse. It seems like it should be obvious, but here we are. 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:21.800 ASUS has also taken another whack at its ROG Ally handheld, 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:25.800 and right on the heels of a leak about the upgraded ROG Ally X, 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:29.680 news about another Windows handheld was revealed to Windows Central. 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:33.080 Lenovo's reportedly working on a Legion Go Lite, 00:05:33.080 --> 00:05:38.000 powered by an AMD Z1 series processor, just like the OG Go. 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:42.440 Windows Central says the Go Lite will feature some refinements, 00:05:42.440 --> 00:05:46.520 but doesn't go into specifics, leaving me no choice, but to assume it will be covered 00:05:46.520 --> 00:05:50.160 in some kind of exotic silk. When you play it, you have your pinkies up. 00:05:50.160 --> 00:05:55.240 In Space News, Boeing's long-troubled Starliner launch 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:59.680 faced another setback, as NASA discovered both a helium leak 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:04.720 and a design vulnerability that was in the Space Capsules propulsion system. 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:09.560 Engineers have found a workaround for the propulsion issue, but the leak will still be there 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:12.600 when Starliner launches on June 1st. 00:06:13.280 --> 00:06:20.200 That doesn't seem right. You know about it, you're not gonna fix it. Meanwhile, SpaceX, who has been beating Boeing for years, 00:06:20.200 --> 00:06:24.080 may have faced a setback in its next Starship launch 00:06:24.080 --> 00:06:27.560 after one of the company's Raptor 2 engines literally exploded. 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:30.600 Man, say what you will about rocket failures, but it's kinda crazy that Boeing 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:36.000 can't even fail as good as SpaceX. YouTube Music is rolling out a feature on Android 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:41.160 that will allow users to search for songs by humming, singing, playing, or whistling them, 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:44.240 similar to Shazam or even Google Search. 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:48.200 But apparently it's faster than both of those and pretty accurate from the look of it, 00:06:48.200 --> 00:06:51.960 though far from 100%. At least for the Verge, 00:06:51.960 --> 00:06:57.880 the app interpreted a snippet of Tom Waits fumbling with the blues for Boom Boom Boomerang 00:06:57.880 --> 00:07:01.160 by D. Billions, what appears to be a bootleg, 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:06.600 courgestani version of the Wiggles that somehow has more cumulative YouTube views 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:10.360 than Taylor Swift. This is gonna be a great journalistic tool. 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:15.160 And a Swiss startup called Final Spark is renting out online access 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:18.280 to the world's first living processor. 00:07:18.280 --> 00:07:22.440 It's the Zerg, we made the Zerg. The service called Neuro Platform 00:07:22.440 --> 00:07:25.920 costs $500 per month per user for access 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:30.320 to a computer made of 16 human brain organoids, 00:07:30.320 --> 00:07:34.440 3D cell masses of brain tissue. 00:07:34.440 --> 00:07:38.480 Okay. Three dozen universities are interested 00:07:38.520 --> 00:07:42.120 in Neuro Platform access for biocomputing research, 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:46.600 but the bioprocessor is only good for experiments lasting several months 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:49.920 since the organoids only live for 100 days. 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:54.680 Do we bury them? Is there like a little cellular funeral? 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:59.440 How do you handle this situation? What is, what are we doing here? 00:08:00.640 --> 00:08:04.760 I've been making some version of this show for about 10 years and things are getting weird, okay? 00:08:04.760 --> 00:08:09.400 And how will you handle coming back on Wednesday for more delightful tech news? 00:08:09.400 --> 00:08:13.640 I'm sorry, you have to come back. It is mandatory. I don't make the rules, okay? 00:08:13.640 --> 00:08:17.600 I just say them and then feel anxiety.