1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Hoo! Well, thank goodness you can't put a tariff on tech news. Am I right? 2 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:16,720 The RTX 5090, a graphics card NVIDIA claims was in stock and actually launched last week, 3 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:21,760 is reportedly being rendered useless by a driver update, according to many people who 4 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,240 similarly claim to have purchased one, although I'm still not convinced what we're witnessing 5 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:31,920 isn't just a bunch of people larping a GPU release. What? It's finally here! 6 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:44,080 Can't wait to plug this in! Reports initially described PCs being unable to identify the China-only RTX 5090D after updating 7 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:48,000 it to the latest driver, but there have been some reports of the same thing happening to 8 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,160 standard 5090s as well. Thankfully, some users have apparently found that the issue can be fixed 9 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:59,280 by setting their motherboard's PCIe slots to use PCIe 4 instead of 5, 10 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:04,400 vindicating the warnings made by hardware testers like Der Bauer. But others have said 11 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:09,200 this doesn't fix it, presumably to make the whole plot a little more interesting. 12 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:14,960 Others were also trying to contribute in this regard by reporting that the RTX 4090 cable 13 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:20,640 melting scandal was repeating itself, but turns out that was user error. So don't worry, 14 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,680 the cables probably won't melt when you pretend to plug them in to your make-believe GPU. 15 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:31,120 It seems like anyone wanting a real RTX 50 series card will have to wait a while longer. 16 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:39,200 The retailer Overclockers UK says the ETA for more 5090s is 3-16 weeks. By that time, we may have 17 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:46,960 an RTX 5060 or 5060 Ti option, according to a supply chain source. All this for graphics cards 18 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:52,640 that have been heavily criticized by reviewers and famous government surveillance whistleblower 19 00:01:52,640 --> 00:02:00,320 Edward Snowden, who blew the whistle on NVIDIA, offering F tier value for S tier prices. Yeah, 20 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:05,840 he had to flee the US and live as a fugitive in Russia, but he still got that gamer in him. 21 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:08,720 I watched the Linus review, but what does Edward Snowden say? 22 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:16,320 On Saturday, the Trump administration officially imposed a 25% tariff on most imports from Canada 23 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:22,160 and Mexico, and an additional 10% on imports from China. But if you think us Canucks, we're about 24 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:28,000 to take that lying down. You're host for sure, bud. Canada announced they'd answer with a 25% 25 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:34,000 tariff on electric vehicles from the US. Premier of Ontario Doug Ford canceled the province's 26 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:40,320 $100 million contract with Starlink, said they'd ban American companies from any provincial contracts, 27 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:45,280 and pulled American liquor from store shelves, along with other provinces, including British 28 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:50,960 Columbia, where I am. An American alcohol related joke would be great here, but I pretty much only 29 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,920 drink Guinness about three times a year, so I won't. It would have been good though. Some Canadians 30 00:02:55,920 --> 00:03:01,760 even floated the idea that, since it accounts for 90% of America's electricity imports, 31 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:08,160 Canada could shut off the power. A pretty dumb idea, but oh, it might have worked after it was 32 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,800 announced that the Mexico tariffs would be paused for a month for entirely unrelated reasons. 33 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:18,080 Outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada's tariffs would be delayed as well, 34 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:23,760 in return for Canada taking various measures to secure the border, which includes reinforcing it 35 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:32,800 with new choppers. Sorry, sorry. For context, the vibe of Trudeau saying choppers instead of 36 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:37,360 helicopters is like if you put a hat on backwards and try to do a kickflip with the kids at the 37 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:42,160 skate park. And he didn't use slang in the French version of the tweet, so why... 38 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:55,440 Canada will commit to deploying many more choppers. And I will commit to deploying 39 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:01,760 this segue to our sponsor. You definitely can't put a tariff on the quick bits. Many have tried. 40 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:08,480 Choppers took them out. OpenAI has answered Google's Deep Research feature for Gemini 41 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:14,720 with their own version, also called Deep Research. They tried generating some other names, 42 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:22,640 but ChatGPT was grumpy that day. ChatGPT Deep Research uses OpenAI's top-end O3 reasoning model, 43 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:28,000 and, like Google's version, promises to perform multi-step, complex research on the internet 44 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,720 so you don't have to. You just have to write a prompt and then apparently answer a bunch of 45 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:40,240 questions ChatGPT will ask you. Hey, I asked the questions around here. The lines are beginning 46 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:46,800 to blur, as evidenced by Deep Research getting the highest score ever on an AI benchmark ominously 47 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:53,680 called Humanity's Last Exam. It's normal. What? Everything's normal. The battery performance 48 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:59,600 update for the Pixel 4a that Google rolled out last month is a bit of a mess, according to Hector 49 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:05,600 Martin, a developer that did some digging. Even if users redeem the free battery upgrade offered by 50 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:10,960 Google, the 4a's new firmware, which is the only firmware available now that Google wiped the older 51 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:16,560 versions, kills battery life anyway. And if you want the 50 bucks in cash instead, you have to 52 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:22,480 provide personal identification or your social security number. Want the $100 Google Store credit? 53 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:26,400 Sure. You just can't use it for anything that's on sale. The cherry on top is the 54 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:31,680 evidence that this update was thrown together by a potentially inexperienced Google engineer 55 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,600 on their personal machine. I don't see what the big deal is, guys. Just buy a new phone. There's no 56 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:41,360 tariffs anymore. YouTuber Emily the Engineer published a video documenting the process of 57 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:48,480 Jerry Rigging, a 3D printer, to print a tattoo on the leg of her friend Dan, something he apparently 58 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:54,080 wanted her to do, despite being advised against it by nearly everyone he asked. But they did add 59 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:59,840 a panic button to stop the process, just in case the machine got any crazy ideas. I really didn't 60 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:05,280 think that tattoo artists would be the profession that AI comes for next, but at least they'll never 61 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:10,960 take my job, he said, far too confidently. And remember that story about the consumer drone 62 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:16,240 that punched a hole in the side of a plane just trying its best to fight the California wildfires? 63 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:21,520 Turns out the pilot of that drone was none other than Peter Ackermann, the co-founder of 64 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:26,880 Treyarch, one of the game studios that spits out a Call of Duty game every couple years. 65 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:31,920 Ackermann pled guilty to unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft and will cover the 66 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:38,240 damage to the plane and complete 150 hours of community service. I never wanted to admit this, 67 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:44,880 but turns out video games do cause violence. But you know what doesn't? Tech news. So come back 68 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:49,280 here on Wednesday for more. I mean, if anything, it should make you less violent as you learn how 69 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:54,720 fruitless it would be in the face of the robot apocalypse. Well, see you later!