WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.040 Samsung has titillated us with the mention 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:08.040 of the industry's first 256 terabyte solid state drive. 00:00:08.360 --> 00:00:13.960 To put that amount of storage in perspective, you could fit nearly half of the average steam library 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:18.400 on there. And you know you ain't gonna use all those. And not even half of those are played. 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:23.800 I'm Riley Murdock, this is TechLinked and this technological tease occurred 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:28.280 during the Flash Memory Summit. Not to be confused with the Flash Bulb Memory Summit, 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:34.400 where thousands gather to discuss the horribly traumatic things they've seen. Samsung said very little about the upcoming SSD, 00:00:34.400 --> 00:00:38.440 but did mention that the drive uses seven times less energy 00:00:38.440 --> 00:00:41.760 than if you were to combine eight 32 terabyte drives 00:00:41.760 --> 00:00:44.960 to get the same level of storage. Now to put that in perspective, 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:50.160 imagine pitting eight evil Kevin Hart clones versus one Dwayne Johnson and then you realize 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:54.320 that's probably the premise for a movie being remade right now. In a jungle. 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:58.120 It's in a jungle. There's a lot of ad libs. It won't do well. 00:00:58.120 --> 00:01:02.320 Samsung also showcased their new PBS SD architecture, 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:05.800 a petabyte scale, ultra high capacity solution 00:01:05.800 --> 00:01:11.040 that allows capacity changes based on context and automatically asks for more public funding. 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:15.240 For mainstream consumers, the company unveiled their new PCIe Gen 5 SSD 00:01:15.240 --> 00:01:18.560 that will offer capacities of up to nearly 31 terabytes 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:22.480 and features sequential read bandwidth of 16 gigabytes per second. 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:27.200 More than enough to download eight hearts, one Johnson, the minute it releases. 00:01:27.240 --> 00:01:32.840 Multiple new vulnerabilities have been identified in both Intel and AMD processors with fun names 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:37.440 like inception, downfall and Zen bleed. 00:01:37.440 --> 00:01:41.520 Continuing to prove that security researchers would have started a death metal band 00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:46.000 if their parents didn't make them go to security school. You're gonna discover software exploits 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:49.600 just like your father. Unsurprisingly, all three of the attacks exploit 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:53.080 the speculative execution feature used in modern CPUs, 00:01:53.080 --> 00:01:57.440 which researchers have been using as an excuse to come up with cool names and logos 00:01:57.440 --> 00:02:02.720 for their vulnerabilities since the original meltdown and Spectre popped off in 2018. 00:02:02.720 --> 00:02:05.920 These all do sound like James Bond films featuring Adele. 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:09.200 The adventures of James Bond and Adele. 00:02:10.760 --> 00:02:16.000 The attacks have been designated medium severity, partially because attackers would need physical access 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:21.920 to the target PC, but together, they could target a wide swath of chips currently in use. 00:02:21.920 --> 00:02:25.360 Downfall affects Intel's sixth to 11th gen CPUs, 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:28.520 Zen bleed affects the Ryzen 3000 to 5000 series, 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:34.040 Threadripper 3000 and Epic Rome, and inception affects basically all Ryzen processors. 00:02:34.040 --> 00:02:39.320 Now, if you're wondering why I'm being so nonchalant about the whole thing, it's because firmware updates are already available 00:02:39.320 --> 00:02:43.440 that largely patch these flaws. So update your BIOS and remind yourself, 00:02:43.440 --> 00:02:46.960 the world is a dangerous place that is constantly attempting to murder you. 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.480 One day, it'll succeed. It'll get ya. 00:02:50.480 --> 00:02:54.800 Tech news site CNET has been deleting thousands of old articles over the last few months 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:59.800 as a way of gaming Google search rankings, according to an internal memo CNET voluntarily shared 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:03.200 with Gizmodo when asked. I guess CNET has no shame. 00:03:03.200 --> 00:03:07.800 After all, this is the same company that earlier this year fired 10% of their staff 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:13.960 in order to focus on appearing more authoritative to Google and then got caught posting inaccurate SEO-ified 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:17.040 financial advice articles that were covertly written by AI. 00:03:17.040 --> 00:03:21.920 If that's confusing, it's a bit like a little kid shoving half a bag of baby carrots up their nose 00:03:21.920 --> 00:03:25.200 in a desperate bid for attention. Oh, that clarifies things. 00:03:27.480 --> 00:03:31.960 Look what I can do. In an apparent response, Google's search liaison 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:35.120 zeded a reminder that Google penalizing sites 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:39.280 simply because they contain older content is not a thing. 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:43.560 However, Google did state in 2011 that removing older and importantly, 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:47.600 low quality content can improve site-wide ranking. 00:03:47.600 --> 00:03:53.040 That's an and, not an or. Get your boolean logic straight. 00:03:53.040 --> 00:03:59.080 Algebra burn. Selective content pruning is a known advanced SEO practice 00:03:59.080 --> 00:04:03.480 like the Six Red Yang formation Jiu-Jitsu, but for marketing. 00:04:03.480 --> 00:04:07.120 However, purging thousands of pages is more like trying 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:10.160 to lose weight by cutting off your less useful ARM. 00:04:10.160 --> 00:04:14.240 Lose 5% of your body weight with this one clever trick, doctors hate. 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:16.400 Her secret, leprosy. 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:23.480 Who is she? Ah, Linus never gives me any treats for quickening my bits. 00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:27.440 Meanwhile, Luke, it's the beef flavor? That's the best one. 00:04:27.440 --> 00:04:30.800 These are getting worse. They're getting self-referential, 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:34.400 which is, I think, presumptuous. How many people are gonna watch both? 00:04:34.400 --> 00:04:38.760 Valve has announced they are now selling refurbished Steam decks for about 20% less 00:04:38.760 --> 00:04:43.080 than a normal, boring, unpre-loved one. It's not coded at anything. 00:04:43.080 --> 00:04:48.080 The refurbs are available online through Steam and in-store at select GameStop locations, 00:04:48.080 --> 00:04:51.680 and they still include a one-year warranty. It's also a cheaper way to get into 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:55.200 the massive deck modding community. I mean, imagine how much more popular 00:04:55.200 --> 00:04:58.800 pet adoption would be if you could upgrade the senior cat you're gonna buy 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:02.600 with off-the-shelf parts. Laser eyes. Additional memory. 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:07.240 For members where to pee. The internet blew up in the past few weeks 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:11.200 with news of a room temperature super-conductor called LK99, 00:05:11.200 --> 00:05:15.120 and boy, is it one of the substances of all time. 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:19.760 So far, lots of other attempts at replication have resulted in papers with mixed results, 00:05:19.760 --> 00:05:25.360 though some theoretical calculations suggest there's some secret structure sauce within LK99 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:28.720 that could lead to a room temp super-conductor, 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:32.360 just not now, and not in LK99. 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.440 Especially after LK99 gets charged with identity theft 00:05:35.440 --> 00:05:38.520 for stealing the name of one of Elon Musk's many children. 00:05:38.520 --> 00:05:41.920 Most of them have normal names, and then there's like R2-D2. 00:05:43.080 --> 00:05:47.720 Google is reportedly working on a feature that will allow you to link your Android devices together 00:05:47.760 --> 00:05:52.480 when they're logged into the same Google account in a similar vein to Apple's continuity. 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:57.240 Not content to stop at copying Apple, Google is also adding annotations to slides 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:00.800 a la Microsoft PowerPoint, which I'm sure is a joy to people, 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:04.560 forced to continue making slideshows past college graduation. 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:07.800 Some of us just like them. Check out these slides. 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:13.160 A leaked video of what is apparently Sony's upcoming PS5 Slim was posted on Twitter 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:18.640 by an account called BWE, but they were apparently not happy about it. 00:06:18.640 --> 00:06:22.000 BWE wrote that the model's Blu-ray drive looks weird. 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:27.800 It has ugly black slits on the sides and embossed shapes from the PS5 controller on the back, 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:30.920 which they say is stupid to make matters worse. 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.560 They say the PS5 Slim is about five centimeters shorter, 00:06:34.560 --> 00:06:40.080 but not much thinner. Oh, well, I totally get the rage then. 00:06:40.080 --> 00:06:43.280 Ah, I am also quite angry. 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:46.480 I hope I don't punch any of these walls in my fury. 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:51.160 That's not slim at all. And a company called OgX has released Oggy, 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:56.200 an AI-powered video creation platform that also lets you clone voices. 00:06:56.200 --> 00:06:59.440 OgX's founder alleges Oggy was inspired by users 00:06:59.440 --> 00:07:03.960 who didn't like speaking into a microphone. Instead, users can clone their voice 00:07:03.960 --> 00:07:08.960 by simply speaking into a microphone or selecting a prerecorded voice. 00:07:08.960 --> 00:07:13.120 There it is. The tool is designed for marketers and social media teams. 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:18.000 So safety guards are in place to prevent misuse, like how it will only accept voices recorded 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:23.200 with a live mic. It's sure to be extremely useful for people like celebrities who can't record 00:07:23.200 --> 00:07:27.440 their contractually obligated sponsored Instagram posts because they're too busy yachting. 00:07:27.440 --> 00:07:31.960 And you better not yacht on Monday, because that's when the next tech link comes out. 00:07:31.960 --> 00:07:36.960 I guess the episode wouldn't have to come out if anyone ever invited me to yacht. 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:37.960 Say la vie.