1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,360 Yeah, I'm into tech news, telling every cool human nothing except what's slappin', 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,920 that's why we're changing the name of the show to slap-linked. 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:16,560 AMD teased the Ryzen 9800X3D today. What that means in practice is that they said the name, 4 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:20,800 mentioned a launch date of November 7th, and said absolutely nothing else. 5 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:26,080 Alright, but it's okay, that's what leaks are for. While AMD hasn't stated a price, 6 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:32,720 the 9800X3D has already been spotted at some US retailers for around 500 bucks. 7 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:38,160 On top of that, leaked Cinebench R23 results from the non-tech forums show the upcoming chip 8 00:00:38,160 --> 00:00:45,360 getting over 25,000 points in multicore and just over 2200 in single core. The tested CPU was 9 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:51,360 overclocked, but the results are fairly close to separate Cinebench results leaked by Code Commando 10 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,920 Big day for Cinebench. Cinebench heads rise up. 11 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,200 Do you think Code Commando only ever tweets without his underpants on? 12 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:05,360 I hope so. Code Commando also tweeted Cinebench results for the 9950X3D, 13 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:10,560 leaked scores for an unannounced chip, making these numbers especially naughty. 14 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:19,840 According to those scores, the 9950X3D will be over 18% faster than the 7950X3D, 15 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,640 a massive shock to the five people that bought a 7950X3D. 16 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:32,560 But even more shocking, AMD is reportedly making even more Ryzen 5000 CPUs, Ryzen 5 5600T 17 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:39,280 and 5600XT. Their existence has been corroborated by leaker Momomo US on Twitter, 18 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:44,640 Geekbench results, and ASUS's official CPU support list for their motherboards. 19 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:51,680 So there are now seven different chips in the Ryzen 5600 series. I think we can stop now. 20 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:59,360 Intel said themselves that their upcoming flagship Core Ultra 9 285K was just okay at gaming 21 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:07,680 compared to its predecessor, the Core i9-4900K, but it may be over 10% faster in Cinebench. 22 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:13,760 Cinebench's big day continues. Leaked Cinebench scores for the upcoming chip were posted by a 23 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,840 Vietnamese leaker whose name I will not try to pronounce out of respect. 24 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,360 Since Aero Lake's whole identity has been efficiency, it's worth noting that the 285K 25 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:30,480 had to match the 4900K's 250W power draw to get those results. But there were also leaked 26 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:36,400 Geekbench scores for the locked Core Ultra 285 non-K, which showed the chip achieving 27 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:43,200 comparable performance to the 4900K, despite the 285's maximum power draw being about 60W lower. 28 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:50,560 Efficiency. It's what we're into now. Get on board. Even the multi-core score was on par, 29 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:55,200 despite the 285 having eight fewer threads due to the lack of hyperthreading. 30 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,560 See, it's not that the chips are bad, they're just holding back their full power. 31 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:06,400 They're like shaggy with ankle weights. Compared to the 4900 non-K, the 285 non-K beats it 32 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:13,280 by 12% in single-core and 13% in multi-core. That's great news for power-conscious users or 33 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,880 gamers who maybe want to save a bit of money by getting a non-K chip. 34 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,440 But if that's the case, you'll have to be a bit patient. Intel is launching the unlocked 35 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:29,440 K chips this week, but won't release the non-K variants until CES 2025. Just hold on. I believe in you. 36 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:34,560 Valve has said they won't have yearly Steam Deck refreshes because they don't think it's fair to 37 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:40,320 customers. At least that's according to Deck designers Lawrence Yang and Yazan Aldehayat, 38 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:46,000 who gave an interview to AussieOutletReviews.org last week. Specifically, Yang feels that it is 39 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:51,760 unfair to your customers to release new versions of a product every year that are only incrementally 40 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:56,960 better, a subtle jab at smartphone manufacturers and also every other company ever. 41 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,760 Now, Yang has previously stated in interviews that Valve won't release a Steam Deck 2 until 42 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:09,520 there's a generational improvement in performance, but he's now after a more ambitious goal of getting 43 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:16,240 a generational leap in compute without sacrificing battery life. That's something both Yang and 44 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:21,280 Aldehayat think we'll be waiting at least a couple of years for. And that means we'll also 45 00:04:21,280 --> 00:04:26,160 probably be waiting a while for a Steam Deck that finally has a variable refresh rate display. 46 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:31,440 The designers actually told reviews.org that they intended VRR for the Steam Deck OLED, 47 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:36,000 but couldn't get it done on time. But you had to get that one out. 48 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,800 That one was a rush job. People were waiting. You don't understand. 49 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:47,440 Where are the quick bits? They're all around you. The world is quick bits. 50 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,200 But if I choose one place, it would be right here. 51 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,760 We don't usually get too excited about phone processors, but Qualcomm's just announced 52 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:03,600 new flagship, the Snapdragon 8 Elite. Sounds so cool. I'm getting a little flustered just 53 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:10,000 thinking about it. The chip is called the 8 Elite instead of the 8 Gen 4 because it uses Orion cores 54 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:17,920 just like Qualcomm's X Elite and X Plus laptop CPUs. That means this guy can be up to 45% faster 55 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:23,760 than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 while using 27% less power. There's also this AnTuTu benchmark 56 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:30,480 courtesy of OnLeaks showing the 8 Elite scoring nearly twice as high as an iPhone 16 Pro Max. 57 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:35,760 This puts the disappointing launch of the X Elite laptops into much clearer context. 58 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,880 I mean, Michael Jordan was just pretty good at baseball too. 59 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:45,200 Apple might finally fix the iPad mini's jelly scrolling issue with the upcoming iPad mini 7, 60 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,120 according to Jason Snell of the Six Colors podcast. 61 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:53,600 Jelly scrolling may sound delightful, but it's actually a form of screen tearing where the 62 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:58,640 left and right half of the screen refresh out of sync, resulting in a wave effect. And everyone 63 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:04,000 learned about this when the last iPad mini launched. It was great. For some reason, Apple 64 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:09,600 decided that the iPad mini screen would refresh from left to right rather than top to bottom, 65 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:15,200 causing it to wobble like a bowl of jelly or Santa's belly, though it feels hurtful to point that out. 66 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,560 Santa's working really hard. Sorry, Santa. He's on Atkins. 67 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:26,880 The internet archive is slowly coming back online after the momentous hack recently, 68 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:32,400 but it has been revealed that someone still has control of the site's internal emailing tools. 69 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:38,000 Users sending emails to the site report all getting the same response, clearly written by someone 70 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:43,040 who isn't the internet archive. The hacker has access to the site's support tickets, 71 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,520 including anyone who emailed asking for their information to be removed from the site. 72 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:52,640 The archive was at least able to send one legitimate email last week asking users for donations, 73 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:58,640 which will be happy to do as soon as there's a way to do that safely. Please figure it out. 74 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:05,760 In response to widespread rumors, ByteDance has confirmed that an intern was fired in August 75 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:10,240 apparently for intentionally sabotaging, or at least trying to sabotage, 76 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:16,800 the company's internal AI training thing. Some of the Wilder speculation online claimed that the 77 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:23,680 sabotage involved over 8,000 GPUs and that ByteDance had lost tens of millions of dollars 78 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:30,560 presumably due to the intern's interference, claims that ByteDance has called seriously exaggerated. 79 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:36,240 The company has notably lagged behind its rivals in terms of AI development and lost a high number 80 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,880 of key AI talent earlier this year, but I guess now it seems like they've found at least one 81 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:45,840 employee who gets results. And Microsoft has announced that businesses can now start making 82 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:51,680 their own autonomous AI agents starting next month. The company is also releasing 10 83 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:58,880 pre-made bots that can carry out tasks in multiple categories. There are sales bots that can prioritize 84 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:04,880 sales leads and automate order intake, operations bots that can manage your supply chain and 85 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:10,240 financial processes, and of course, bots for customer service. The ones everyone loves. 86 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,560 Don't worry though, Microsoft says these aren't meant to replace jobs, 87 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:19,600 they're meant to free up time for more valuable tasks. Tasks like firing all the people you just 88 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:27,520 replaced with AI. I shouldn't laugh, I'm sorry. But we'd never replace you as long as you come 89 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:34,160 back on Wednesday for more tech news. It's not a threat.