{"video_id":"fp_dZO2brS23t","title":"Pixel 9 lineup, Ryzen 9 9950X, Meta shuts down CrowdTangle + more!","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2024-08-15T03:23:00.023Z","duration_s":619,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":4.88,"text":"At Google's launch event for their new Pixel devices yesterday, the company had the courage","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.88,"end_s":9.28,"text":"to do a live AI demo after using pre-baked videos at the last one,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.28,"end_s":13.92,"text":"causing this poor guy to probably want to demo whoever made him stand up there","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.92,"end_s":17.76,"text":"praying for help from the demo spirits. We'll get back to him.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":17.76,"end_s":24.24,"text":"For now, look, it's the new Pixel phones. There's the Pixel 9 for 800 bucks, 100 more than the Pixel 8,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.32,"end_s":27.84,"text":"the Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":27.84,"end_s":33.2,"text":"They split it into two sizes for 1,000 and 1,100 bucks, respectively,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":33.2,"end_s":37.76,"text":"and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold for $1,800.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":37.76,"end_s":42.8,"text":"They've all got this flat-sided design, whose turn it is to be the premium look,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.8,"end_s":50.48,"text":"but they do also have notable upgrades. 12 and 16 gig memory configurations under display ultrasonic fingerprint readers that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":50.56,"end_s":54.8,"text":"are 50% faster than the Pixel 8, not on the fold though.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":54.8,"end_s":59.12,"text":"Satellite SOS and the brand new Tensor G4 chip,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.12,"end_s":62.32,"text":"which is reportedly barely an upgrade over the G3,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":62.32,"end_s":66.24,"text":"and still well behind Qualcomm and Apple's phone chips.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":66.24,"end_s":69.2,"text":"Aw man, look at that big ol' camera bump though.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":69.84,"end_s":77.04,"text":"Epic. There's lots of new AI stuff, but first, the new Pixel Watch 3 has bigger and brighter displays,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":77.04,"end_s":81.84,"text":"24-hour always-on-display battery life, and 36 hours on battery saver,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":81.84,"end_s":87.04,"text":"and new pulse detection that calls emergency services when it can't find your pulse.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":87.04,"end_s":91.84,"text":"So make sure it's got good contact with your wrist, or you'll constantly be swatting yourself.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":91.84,"end_s":95.6,"text":"That's what they send to save people, right? I don't feel so good.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":96.48,"end_s":103.76,"text":"Call the SWAT team. 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It's like Windows Recall, except not stupid.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":174.72,"end_s":180.56,"text":"Google's also upgrading Gemini, adding the ChatGBT Voice Mode-esque Gemini Live,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":180.56,"end_s":185.2,"text":"and promising that it will actually be a useful assistant for real this time,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":185.2,"end_s":188.24,"text":"working securely with your data across apps.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":188.24,"end_s":192.4,"text":"Unfortunately, this is where they had that live demo goof.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":192.4,"end_s":194.32,"text":"And gives me the information I'm looking for.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":195.6,"end_s":198.88,"text":"Oh, looks like we had a little demo issue. Let me try it one more time.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":198.88,"end_s":204.32,"text":"But they eventually got it working to the extreme joy of someone in the audience.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":204.32,"end_s":206.24,"text":"There we go. All right.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":210.32,"end_s":213.52,"text":"Thank you, demo spirits. Who are you cheering for?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":213.6,"end_s":222.64,"text":"The demo spirits? Reviews of AMD's Ryzen 9000 flagship processors, the 9950X and 9900X, are live.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":222.64,"end_s":228.08,"text":"And while the chips are indeed more powerful than the Ryzen 5 and 7 models launched last week,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":228.08,"end_s":235.04,"text":"they haven't really done anything to wash a distinct taste of meh from PC enthusiast mouths.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":235.04,"end_s":238.96,"text":"It's salty, but it's also bitter, best of both worlds.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":239.04,"end_s":244.4,"text":"While the chips are definitely better in professional apps that use AVX512 instructions,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":244.4,"end_s":249.92,"text":"their comparative performance in other use cases like gaming is just okay.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":249.92,"end_s":255.52,"text":"Thankfully, it looks like AMD's prepping a Ryzen 5 5500X3D,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":255.52,"end_s":260.0,"text":"spotted by Harukaze5719 on Twitter,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":260.0,"end_s":264.32,"text":"which could be the most affordable chip yet equipped with 3D Vcash,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":264.32,"end_s":269.92,"text":"the essential mineral gamers crave. Another rumor claims that AMD will release BIOS updates","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":269.92,"end_s":277.6,"text":"that will increase the TDP of the 9600X and 9700X from 65 to 105 watts,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":277.6,"end_s":284.48,"text":"which should also make gamers happy. That info comes from a saucy tweet from ChiliDog on Twitter.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":284.48,"end_s":289.52,"text":"Look, we're not proud about relying on vague tweets for this, but when the new Ryzens are this disappointing,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":290.08,"end_s":294.96,"text":"sometimes you gotta dig deeper down to find some sunshine.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":294.96,"end_s":296.96,"text":"Raleigh, I feel like Earth scientists would disagree.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":298.48,"end_s":300.56,"text":"Sometimes the sunshine is under the ground.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":302.32,"end_s":308.88,"text":"That's where plants come from. Meta shut down a research tool called CrowdTangle today,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":308.88,"end_s":313.6,"text":"despite strong opposition from government officials, researchers, and journalists.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":313.6,"end_s":318.16,"text":"Most tech giants upset maybe one of those groups. But all three, that's talent.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":318.16,"end_s":323.68,"text":"CrowdTangle allowed the study of how information spreads on Facebook and Instagram.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":323.68,"end_s":327.6,"text":"That made it useful for identifying misinformation and security threats,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":327.6,"end_s":333.2,"text":"notably during elections. News of the shutdown upset the European Commission,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":333.2,"end_s":338.16,"text":"and even inspired a bipartisan coalition of US senators and members of Congress","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":338.16,"end_s":342.96,"text":"to write a letter kindly asking Mark Zuckerberg to maybe not do this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":342.96,"end_s":346.48,"text":"three months before a presidential election. Consider it.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":346.48,"end_s":352.88,"text":"Executives at Meta have responded to the outcry by saying CrowdTangle wasn't meant for research.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":352.88,"end_s":357.68,"text":"Yeah! When Facebook sent people to personally train academics like Alice Marwick","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":357.68,"end_s":360.8,"text":"on how to use CrowdTangle for research,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":360.8,"end_s":366.8,"text":"that was just like, it's just like a bit, you know? It was just like, we're just having fun.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":367.52,"end_s":374.56,"text":"You took it way too seriously. Now Meta has introduced a replacement tool called Meta Content Library.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":374.56,"end_s":378.64,"text":"But it's not as good. Not only does it produce less usable data,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":378.64,"end_s":383.36,"text":"but researchers now have to apply to use it and then wait for approval.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":383.36,"end_s":386.48,"text":"Meanwhile, journalists from commercial organizations,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":386.48,"end_s":389.52,"text":"meaning most journalists, are ineligible.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":390.24,"end_s":394.32,"text":"Shhh. If we're very quiet, the QuickBits can't find us.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":395.28,"end_s":395.68,"text":"Uh oh.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":401.2,"end_s":404.48,"text":"Elon Musk's other company named X, XAI,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":404.48,"end_s":408.56,"text":"has released its upgraded Grok2 language model in beta.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":408.56,"end_s":413.2,"text":"Complete with a new image generator that's willing to generate pretty much anything you want,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":413.2,"end_s":419.44,"text":"which is, so far, leading to a good many edgy photos of Taylor Swift flying into the Twin Towers.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":419.44,"end_s":426.08,"text":"But I'm also not complaining about finally getting to see Baroque Obama in waiting years.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":426.08,"end_s":430.4,"text":"Grok2 is so edgy and cool that it doesn't hesitate to depict","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":430.4,"end_s":434.08,"text":"real people and copyrighted characters packing heat.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":434.08,"end_s":437.2,"text":"Whoa, Pikachu? I didn't know you played like that.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":438.16,"end_s":443.28,"text":"You can come around my crib anytime. Anyways, I'm sure this will bring all the advertisers back.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":444.4,"end_s":449.44,"text":"Valve has confirmed that they are adding third-party device support to SteamOS,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":449.44,"end_s":454.56,"text":"starting with the ROG Ally. Valve designer Lawrence Yang gave a statement to The Verge","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":454.56,"end_s":457.76,"text":"after support for extra ROG Ally keys","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":457.76,"end_s":461.28,"text":"was spotted in the patch notes of the Linux-based operating system,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":461.28,"end_s":465.68,"text":"though he noted that third-party support isn't quite ready yet.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":465.68,"end_s":469.12,"text":"The company is also still working on making it possible","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":469.12,"end_s":474.4,"text":"to dual-boot Windows on your Steam Deck. Perhaps by the time Valve gets dual-boot working,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":474.4,"end_s":478.0,"text":"Microsoft will have done the same for Windows 11, which is what we actually want.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":478.56,"end_s":487.84,"text":"Zluda! Ludacris's wacky cousin. No, the open-source AMD GPU implementation of NVIDIA's CUDA was taken down last week,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":487.84,"end_s":493.84,"text":"but not by NVIDIA. It was actually AMD who funded the development of Zluda,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":493.84,"end_s":498.24,"text":"who sent a takedown request to developer Andre Yannick.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":498.24,"end_s":502.48,"text":"While Yannick said AMD gave him permission to release the code in an email,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":503.12,"end_s":508.96,"text":"apparently they changed their mind. The company's legal department now claims the email is not legally binding.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":508.96,"end_s":513.92,"text":"Oh, what? You thought the words that someone wrote to you meant something?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":513.92,"end_s":521.92,"text":"It was clearly just a bit. An open-source project has gone viral for its ability to generate real-time deepfakes.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":522.0,"end_s":527.84,"text":"Deep live cam apparently only needs a single image of a person's face to successfully make you look","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":527.84,"end_s":534.56,"text":"like that person in live webcam video. Tools like this have existed in the past, but they couldn't do it with a single image.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":535.44,"end_s":540.8,"text":"The results aren't exact, but they do a pretty good job matching poses, expressions,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":540.8,"end_s":543.84,"text":"and even the lighting captured by your webcam.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":543.84,"end_s":549.12,"text":"Illustrator Corey Brickley reminds us that it's time to establish code words with your parents","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":549.12,"end_s":552.32,"text":"because your face and voice are no longer enough to verify your identity.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":552.32,"end_s":556.88,"text":"This has been the latest episode of Man Made Horrors Beyond My Comprehension.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":556.88,"end_s":562.16,"text":"And I'm just kidding, there's more! MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":562.16,"end_s":569.2,"text":"has launched the AI Risk Repository, which contains more than 700 AI risks.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":569.76,"end_s":575.36,"text":"The project was prompted by concerns that AI implementation was outpacing the spread of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":575.36,"end_s":579.6,"text":"the knowledge of the risks associated with said implementation.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":579.6,"end_s":583.6,"text":"Risks like needing to establish code words with your loved ones, probably.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":583.6,"end_s":590.0,"text":"That's number 568. Coincidentally, in their quest to spread information about the many threats of AI,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":590.0,"end_s":595.52,"text":"the repository's creators found that one of the least addressed threats is misinformation.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":595.52,"end_s":601.36,"text":"Sure, we may not understand AI, but thanks to AI, we don't understand anything.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":602.0,"end_s":607.44,"text":"So, but if we did understand something, it would be that you should come back on Friday for more tech news.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":607.44,"end_s":610.64,"text":"I mean, it's how the weekend is meant to be started.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":611.76,"end_s":614.96,"text":"Did you guys hear about that tech news? Cool, let's hang out.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":615.92,"end_s":619.28,"text":"Laps and existential dread.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"At Google's launch event for their new Pixel devices yesterday, the company had the courage to do a live AI demo after using pre-baked videos at the last one, causing this poor guy to probably want to demo whoever made him stand up there praying for help from the demo spirits. We'll get back to him. For now, look, it's the new Pixel phones. There's the Pixel 9 for 800 bucks, 100 more than the Pixel 8, the Pixel 9 Pro and 9 Pro XL. They split it into two sizes for 1,000 and 1,100 bucks, respectively, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold for $1,800. They've all got this flat-sided design, whose turn it is to be the premium look, but they do also have notable upgrades. 12 and 16 gig memory configurations under display ultrasonic fingerprint readers that are 50% faster than the Pixel 8, not on the fold though. Satellite SOS and the brand new Tensor G4 chip, which is reportedly barely an upgrade over the G3, and still well behind Qualcomm and Apple's phone chips. Aw man, look at that big ol' camera bump though. Epic. There's lots of new AI stuff, but first, the new Pixel Watch 3 has bigger and brighter displays, 24-hour always-on-display battery life, and 36 hours on battery saver, and new pulse detection that calls emergency services when it can't find your pulse. So make sure it's got good contact with your wrist, or you'll constantly be swatting yourself. That's what they send to save people, right? I don't feel so good. Call the SWAT team. Then there's the Pixel Buds Pro 2, smaller, lighter, with better noise cancelling thanks to a new Tensor A1 chip that runs 90 times faster than the speed of sound. Is it actually running like a man? Now of course the phones have AI in them, Magic Editor lets you reimagine parts of the photo with text prompts, and the add me feature removes the need to ask a disgusting fleshy stranger to take a photo of you and your friends in honestly one of the most useful phone features I've seen in a while. Ah, what else did they put AI into? Ah, the new Pixel Weather app. It can adapt to show you what you prefer to see when you first open your weather app, which probably the weather. Call notes will transcribe and summarize a phone call if you tell it to. Pixel Studio is an AI image generator app, and Pixel screenshots seemed at first to be just an app to look at only your screenshots, which is weird. But then I was like, oh, you choose to screenshot stuff you want to remember, and then the AI can help bring it up when you need it. It's like Windows Recall, except not stupid. Google's also upgrading Gemini, adding the ChatGBT Voice Mode-esque Gemini Live, and promising that it will actually be a useful assistant for real this time, working securely with your data across apps. Unfortunately, this is where they had that live demo goof. And gives me the information I'm looking for. Oh, looks like we had a little demo issue. Let me try it one more time. But they eventually got it working to the extreme joy of someone in the audience. There we go. All right. Thank you, demo spirits. Who are you cheering for? The demo spirits? Reviews of AMD's Ryzen 9000 flagship processors, the 9950X and 9900X, are live. And while the chips are indeed more powerful than the Ryzen 5 and 7 models launched last week, they haven't really done anything to wash a distinct taste of meh from PC enthusiast mouths. It's salty, but it's also bitter, best of both worlds. While the chips are definitely better in professional apps that use AVX512 instructions, their comparative performance in other use cases like gaming is just okay. Thankfully, it looks like AMD's prepping a Ryzen 5 5500X3D, spotted by Harukaze5719 on Twitter, which could be the most affordable chip yet equipped with 3D Vcash, the essential mineral gamers crave. Another rumor claims that AMD will release BIOS updates that will increase the TDP of the 9600X and 9700X from 65 to 105 watts, which should also make gamers happy. That info comes from a saucy tweet from ChiliDog on Twitter. Look, we're not proud about relying on vague tweets for this, but when the new Ryzens are this disappointing, sometimes you gotta dig deeper down to find some sunshine. Raleigh, I feel like Earth scientists would disagree. Sometimes the sunshine is under the ground. That's where plants come from. Meta shut down a research tool called CrowdTangle today, despite strong opposition from government officials, researchers, and journalists. Most tech giants upset maybe one of those groups. But all three, that's talent. CrowdTangle allowed the study of how information spreads on Facebook and Instagram. That made it useful for identifying misinformation and security threats, notably during elections. News of the shutdown upset the European Commission, and even inspired a bipartisan coalition of US senators and members of Congress to write a letter kindly asking Mark Zuckerberg to maybe not do this three months before a presidential election. Consider it. Executives at Meta have responded to the outcry by saying CrowdTangle wasn't meant for research. Yeah! When Facebook sent people to personally train academics like Alice Marwick on how to use CrowdTangle for research, that was just like, it's just like a bit, you know? It was just like, we're just having fun. You took it way too seriously. Now Meta has introduced a replacement tool called Meta Content Library. But it's not as good. Not only does it produce less usable data, but researchers now have to apply to use it and then wait for approval. Meanwhile, journalists from commercial organizations, meaning most journalists, are ineligible. Shhh. If we're very quiet, the QuickBits can't find us. Uh oh. Elon Musk's other company named X, XAI, has released its upgraded Grok2 language model in beta. Complete with a new image generator that's willing to generate pretty much anything you want, which is, so far, leading to a good many edgy photos of Taylor Swift flying into the Twin Towers. But I'm also not complaining about finally getting to see Baroque Obama in waiting years. Grok2 is so edgy and cool that it doesn't hesitate to depict real people and copyrighted characters packing heat. Whoa, Pikachu? I didn't know you played like that. You can come around my crib anytime. Anyways, I'm sure this will bring all the advertisers back. Valve has confirmed that they are adding third-party device support to SteamOS, starting with the ROG Ally. Valve designer Lawrence Yang gave a statement to The Verge after support for extra ROG Ally keys was spotted in the patch notes of the Linux-based operating system, though he noted that third-party support isn't quite ready yet. The company is also still working on making it possible to dual-boot Windows on your Steam Deck. Perhaps by the time Valve gets dual-boot working, Microsoft will have done the same for Windows 11, which is what we actually want. Zluda! Ludacris's wacky cousin. No, the open-source AMD GPU implementation of NVIDIA's CUDA was taken down last week, but not by NVIDIA. It was actually AMD who funded the development of Zluda, who sent a takedown request to developer Andre Yannick. While Yannick said AMD gave him permission to release the code in an email, apparently they changed their mind. The company's legal department now claims the email is not legally binding. Oh, what? You thought the words that someone wrote to you meant something? It was clearly just a bit. An open-source project has gone viral for its ability to generate real-time deepfakes. Deep live cam apparently only needs a single image of a person's face to successfully make you look like that person in live webcam video. Tools like this have existed in the past, but they couldn't do it with a single image. The results aren't exact, but they do a pretty good job matching poses, expressions, and even the lighting captured by your webcam. Illustrator Corey Brickley reminds us that it's time to establish code words with your parents because your face and voice are no longer enough to verify your identity. This has been the latest episode of Man Made Horrors Beyond My Comprehension. And I'm just kidding, there's more! MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has launched the AI Risk Repository, which contains more than 700 AI risks. The project was prompted by concerns that AI implementation was outpacing the spread of the knowledge of the risks associated with said implementation. Risks like needing to establish code words with your loved ones, probably. That's number 568. Coincidentally, in their quest to spread information about the many threats of AI, the repository's creators found that one of the least addressed threats is misinformation. Sure, we may not understand AI, but thanks to AI, we don't understand anything. So, but if we did understand something, it would be that you should come back on Friday for more tech news. I mean, it's how the weekend is meant to be started. Did you guys hear about that tech news? Cool, let's hang out. Laps and existential dread."}