1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,040 Welcome to TechLinked, the everything show, 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:07,080 as long as everything just means tech news. 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,680 X, the everything app, has launched the beta version 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,320 of its own TV app, so you can use your smart TV 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,040 to watch your favorite X long form videos, 6 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:23,600 if that is indeed a thing that you have. In a previous life, Twitter already had a TV app, 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,320 but it closed in 2018 because almost no one was using it. 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,440 Now, this new app might theoretically be able 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,800 to surpass its predecessor, but right now, it, 10 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:40,280 it kinda sucks. It's a fairly bare bones experience, even for a beta, 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:46,760 and the default recommendations seem to all be from the same genre of angry man in a suit yells at clouds. 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:51,960 And there's only so many suits slash clouds. The rollout is somewhat awkwardly timed 13 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:57,080 with the Brazilian Supreme Court deciding to uphold the decision of one justice 14 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,840 to block the video platform of the future countrywide. 15 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,960 Elon Musk, of course, has been in a months long spat 16 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:09,960 with one particular Supreme Court justice over X's refusal to suspend suspected disinformation accounts 17 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:15,740 while they're under investigation. Starlink initially refused to block its sister company 18 00:01:15,740 --> 00:01:19,040 on the grounds that Brazil had illegally frozen its assets 19 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,480 to pay for X's $3 million in outstanding fines, 20 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:27,340 but they have now relented. Luckily, SpaceX doesn't have any launch sites in the country 21 00:01:27,340 --> 00:01:31,420 or local officials would probably put a boot on a Falcon 9 rocket. 22 00:01:31,420 --> 00:01:37,180 Just push it over. It landed many times. Can't wait to upload our videos on XTube. 23 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:41,740 Sounds hot. Intel has finally launched its core Ultra 200V, 24 00:01:41,740 --> 00:01:46,140 Lunar Lake mobile processors. Intel is boasting a 30% improvement 25 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:50,700 in gaming performance over previous gen and extreme energy efficiency, 26 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:56,260 and that's the real draw here. Dell's new 200V powered XPS 13 laptop 27 00:01:56,260 --> 00:01:59,940 can apparently stream video for up to 26 hours, 28 00:01:59,940 --> 00:02:06,820 though that's just for the low resolution model. ASUS is launching a core ultra powered NUC mini PC, 29 00:02:06,820 --> 00:02:11,740 which for some reason comes with a dedicated co-pilot button on the front. 30 00:02:11,740 --> 00:02:17,040 Just in case the one on your keyboard isn't enough. Honestly, I can't wait until Microsoft fully loses its mind 31 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,820 and adds a dedicated co-pilot button to the monitor and mouse too. 32 00:02:20,820 --> 00:02:25,220 Put them everywhere, why not? Show them to your friends. Put a co-pilot button on it. 33 00:02:25,220 --> 00:02:30,220 Frankly, these new chips can't come soon enough, especially because Intel is apparently running low 34 00:02:30,220 --> 00:02:34,660 on core i9-3900K and 4900K chips, 35 00:02:34,660 --> 00:02:38,460 most likely because of an avalanche of RMA requests. 36 00:02:38,460 --> 00:02:41,860 This has led to a shipping backlog of three to four weeks 37 00:02:41,860 --> 00:02:45,580 in some parts of the US. In other Intel news, according to Reuters, 38 00:02:45,580 --> 00:02:51,900 the company's contract manufacturing business has hit a major setback as their 18A silicon wafers 39 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:56,620 have failed to pass quality tests set by one of their clients, Broadcom. 40 00:02:56,620 --> 00:03:02,100 All together, this explains the company's decision to ritually sacrifice CEO Pat Gelsinger 41 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:05,300 on the ceremonial sun altar at their Santa Clara headquarters. 42 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:08,940 One too much for silicon, but the maze production, gonna be great. 43 00:03:08,940 --> 00:03:13,020 The crops? Crops are popping off. You know how sometimes it feels 44 00:03:13,020 --> 00:03:17,460 like your phone must be listening to you? Crazy, right? 45 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:22,620 Well, maybe not. In a recent pitch deck to potential customers, 46 00:03:22,620 --> 00:03:25,820 Cox Media Group claimed it can listen to users 47 00:03:25,820 --> 00:03:30,900 via their smartphone's microphone for use in targeted advertisements. 48 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:34,900 Okay, Cox Media Group claims that this active listening 49 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:38,900 software, which makes it sound like a tentative partner, 50 00:03:39,860 --> 00:03:45,260 tell me how you're feeling. So I can recommend to you a flavor of Cheeto. Cox Media Group claims this uses AI 51 00:03:45,260 --> 00:03:48,380 to capture real-time intent data 52 00:03:48,380 --> 00:03:51,420 by listening to your conversations. 53 00:03:51,420 --> 00:03:55,100 Our conversations? Everyone's. Elsewhere in the pitch deck, 54 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:59,260 Cox claims Amazon, Facebook, and Google among its current clients, 55 00:03:59,260 --> 00:04:03,900 though it's unclear whether any of them used this quite literal spyware. 56 00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:10,140 Of course they did. Meta acknowledged the partnership, but explicitly denied ever using its user's microphones 57 00:04:10,140 --> 00:04:13,660 to listen in on users. We used different microphones. 58 00:04:14,660 --> 00:04:20,980 Amazon also denied participating in this program while Google simply removed Cox from the site 59 00:04:20,980 --> 00:04:24,340 that lists its partners after being reached for contact 60 00:04:24,340 --> 00:04:28,060 by 404 Media. It's a bit like finding out that your boyfriend 61 00:04:28,060 --> 00:04:33,180 robbed a Chuck E. Cheese and responding by re-uploading the exact same profile picture you had before, 62 00:04:33,180 --> 00:04:37,420 but slightly cropped in just enough to cut his face out of the photo. And his name was Cox. 63 00:04:37,420 --> 00:04:42,260 I never had a boyfriend, what do you mean? It is a tale long told that whoever should 64 00:04:42,260 --> 00:04:46,300 reunite the five quick bits will be granted one wish. 65 00:04:46,300 --> 00:04:50,420 So, wish away, but no take-backses. 66 00:04:50,420 --> 00:04:55,460 But we only have four of them. Some police are towing Teslas that they believe 67 00:04:55,460 --> 00:04:59,780 have witnessed crimes. According to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle 68 00:04:59,780 --> 00:05:03,660 at least three times between July and August of this year, 69 00:05:03,660 --> 00:05:07,060 law enforcement in Oakland, California obtained warrants 70 00:05:07,060 --> 00:05:10,920 to tow Teslas that were parked near potential crime scenes. 71 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:15,120 They've seen too much. The hope being that one of the vehicle's many cameras 72 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,760 captured video evidence. There are unfortunately some downsides to this, 73 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:25,560 like the owner of one of these Teslas going to the parking lot and discovering that they no longer have a vehicle. 74 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,880 It'll be awkward when they call the cops to report it as stolen. 75 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,920 Hello officer, you have it. Look, we're all trying to find the guy who did this. 76 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:38,720 Microsoft has confirmed that co-pilot plus features will be coming to AMD Ryzen AI 300 77 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,240 and Intel 200V powered laptops this November. 78 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:47,320 That means that Team Red and Blue Enthusiasts will also be forced to emotionally prepare 79 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,560 for the relaunch of Windows Recall. Windows users were initially excited 80 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:56,360 when a new optional update added the ability to uninstall the controversial feature, 81 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,080 but Microsoft told the Verge, ah, that was a bug. 82 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,080 That was, whoops. Microsoft would not say if the ability 83 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:08,120 to uninstall Recall would be added, an ironic lack of transparency 84 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,880 since we're discussing a feature that basically watches everything you do on your computer. 85 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:15,240 Qualcomm has filled out their Snapdragon X series chip lineup 86 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:21,320 with four more SKUs, two eight core and two 10 core Snapdragon X plus models. 87 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,360 The biggest thing the 12 core Snapdragon X elite chips 88 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:32,000 were criticized for is their graphics performance. So Qualcomm made the graphics on these chips even weaker. 89 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:36,560 However, Qualcomm says they all maintain the same 45 tops of NPU performance 90 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,680 and laptops with the bottom tier eight core X plus 91 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,000 will start at a cheaper price of 800 bucks. 92 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,400 Qualcomm started with strong claims around their new chips 93 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,480 and the messaging has just become weaker and weaker. 94 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:54,120 I can't wait for the six core Snapdragon X still plus. 95 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,160 It's still plus though. Plus minus. 96 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:00,840 Shouldn't you just call it X? No, no, no. No, it's the X plus minus. 97 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:04,200 And some people are criticizing Oprah Winfrey 98 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:08,480 because her upcoming AI special seems a little one-sided. 99 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:13,880 In a promo, Winfrey claims she is speaking to some of America's leading experts on AI, 100 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:17,640 like Bill Gates, a person who used to write software. 101 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:25,440 And Sam Altman, the CEO of an AI company who doesn't know how to build an AI himself. 102 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:30,280 Naturally, Altman will be breaking down how AI works in layman's terms. 103 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,720 Maybe these are just the sexy names and there will be actual scientists there. 104 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:39,480 I'm sure this will be a meaningful discussion into the minutiae of artificial intelligence 105 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:43,760 brought to us by the woman who gave doctors Phil and Oz to the world. 106 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,760 And look at that turn out. But we just wanted to give you some tech news. 107 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:50,920 So come on back Friday when we have more. 108 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:53,200 It's gone now.