WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.040 Welcome to TechLinked, the everything show, 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:07.080 as long as everything just means tech news. 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:10.680 X, the everything app, has launched the beta version 00:00:10.680 --> 00:00:14.320 of its own TV app, so you can use your smart TV 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:18.040 to watch your favorite X long form videos, 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, 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:27.320 but it closed in 2018 because almost no one was using it. 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:30.440 Now, this new app might theoretically be able 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.800 to surpass its predecessor, but right now, it, 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:40.280 it kinda sucks. It's a fairly bare bones experience, even for a beta, 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. 00:00:46.760 --> 00:00:51.960 And there's only so many suits slash clouds. The rollout is somewhat awkwardly timed 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:57.080 with the Brazilian Supreme Court deciding to uphold the decision of one justice 00:00:57.080 --> 00:01:00.840 to block the video platform of the future countrywide. 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:03.960 Elon Musk, of course, has been in a months long spat 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:09.960 with one particular Supreme Court justice over X's refusal to suspend suspected disinformation accounts 00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:15.740 while they're under investigation. Starlink initially refused to block its sister company 00:01:15.740 --> 00:01:19.040 on the grounds that Brazil had illegally frozen its assets 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:22.480 to pay for X's $3 million in outstanding fines, 00:01:22.480 --> 00:01:27.340 but they have now relented. Luckily, SpaceX doesn't have any launch sites in the country 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:31.420 or local officials would probably put a boot on a Falcon 9 rocket. 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. 00:01:37.180 --> 00:01:41.740 Sounds hot. Intel has finally launched its core Ultra 200V, 00:01:41.740 --> 00:01:46.140 Lunar Lake mobile processors. Intel is boasting a 30% improvement 00:01:46.140 --> 00:01:50.700 in gaming performance over previous gen and extreme energy efficiency, 00:01:50.700 --> 00:01:56.260 and that's the real draw here. Dell's new 200V powered XPS 13 laptop 00:01:56.260 --> 00:01:59.940 can apparently stream video for up to 26 hours, 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, 00:02:06.820 --> 00:02:11.740 which for some reason comes with a dedicated co-pilot button on the front. 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 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:20.820 and adds a dedicated co-pilot button to the monitor and mouse too. 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. 00:02:25.220 --> 00:02:30.220 Frankly, these new chips can't come soon enough, especially because Intel is apparently running low 00:02:30.220 --> 00:02:34.660 on core i9-3900K and 4900K chips, 00:02:34.660 --> 00:02:38.460 most likely because of an avalanche of RMA requests. 00:02:38.460 --> 00:02:41.860 This has led to a shipping backlog of three to four weeks 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:45.580 in some parts of the US. In other Intel news, according to Reuters, 00:02:45.580 --> 00:02:51.900 the company's contract manufacturing business has hit a major setback as their 18A silicon wafers 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:56.620 have failed to pass quality tests set by one of their clients, Broadcom. 00:02:56.620 --> 00:03:02.100 All together, this explains the company's decision to ritually sacrifice CEO Pat Gelsinger 00:03:02.100 --> 00:03:05.300 on the ceremonial sun altar at their Santa Clara headquarters. 00:03:05.300 --> 00:03:08.940 One too much for silicon, but the maze production, gonna be great. 00:03:08.940 --> 00:03:13.020 The crops? Crops are popping off. You know how sometimes it feels 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:17.460 like your phone must be listening to you? Crazy, right? 00:03:17.460 --> 00:03:22.620 Well, maybe not. In a recent pitch deck to potential customers, 00:03:22.620 --> 00:03:25.820 Cox Media Group claimed it can listen to users 00:03:25.820 --> 00:03:30.900 via their smartphone's microphone for use in targeted advertisements. 00:03:30.900 --> 00:03:34.900 Okay, Cox Media Group claims that this active listening 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:38.900 software, which makes it sound like a tentative partner, 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 00:03:45.260 --> 00:03:48.380 to capture real-time intent data 00:03:48.380 --> 00:03:51.420 by listening to your conversations. 00:03:51.420 --> 00:03:55.100 Our conversations? Everyone's. Elsewhere in the pitch deck, 00:03:55.100 --> 00:03:59.260 Cox claims Amazon, Facebook, and Google among its current clients, 00:03:59.260 --> 00:04:03.900 though it's unclear whether any of them used this quite literal spyware. 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 00:04:10.140 --> 00:04:13.660 to listen in on users. We used different microphones. 00:04:14.660 --> 00:04:20.980 Amazon also denied participating in this program while Google simply removed Cox from the site 00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:24.340 that lists its partners after being reached for contact 00:04:24.340 --> 00:04:28.060 by 404 Media. It's a bit like finding out that your boyfriend 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, 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. 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 00:04:42.260 --> 00:04:46.300 reunite the five quick bits will be granted one wish. 00:04:46.300 --> 00:04:50.420 So, wish away, but no take-backses. 00:04:50.420 --> 00:04:55.460 But we only have four of them. Some police are towing Teslas that they believe 00:04:55.460 --> 00:04:59.780 have witnessed crimes. According to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle 00:04:59.780 --> 00:05:03.660 at least three times between July and August of this year, 00:05:03.660 --> 00:05:07.060 law enforcement in Oakland, California obtained warrants 00:05:07.060 --> 00:05:10.920 to tow Teslas that were parked near potential crime scenes. 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:15.120 They've seen too much. The hope being that one of the vehicle's many cameras 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:19.760 captured video evidence. There are unfortunately some downsides to this, 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. 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:28.880 It'll be awkward when they call the cops to report it as stolen. 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. 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:38.720 Microsoft has confirmed that co-pilot plus features will be coming to AMD Ryzen AI 300 00:05:38.760 --> 00:05:42.240 and Intel 200V powered laptops this November. 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:47.320 That means that Team Red and Blue Enthusiasts will also be forced to emotionally prepare 00:05:47.320 --> 00:05:51.560 for the relaunch of Windows Recall. Windows users were initially excited 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:56.360 when a new optional update added the ability to uninstall the controversial feature, 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:00.080 but Microsoft told the Verge, ah, that was a bug. 00:06:00.080 --> 00:06:03.080 That was, whoops. Microsoft would not say if the ability 00:06:03.080 --> 00:06:08.120 to uninstall Recall would be added, an ironic lack of transparency 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:11.880 since we're discussing a feature that basically watches everything you do on your computer. 00:06:11.880 --> 00:06:15.240 Qualcomm has filled out their Snapdragon X series chip lineup 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:21.320 with four more SKUs, two eight core and two 10 core Snapdragon X plus models. 00:06:21.320 --> 00:06:24.360 The biggest thing the 12 core Snapdragon X elite chips 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. 00:06:32.000 --> 00:06:36.560 However, Qualcomm says they all maintain the same 45 tops of NPU performance 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.680 and laptops with the bottom tier eight core X plus 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:43.000 will start at a cheaper price of 800 bucks. 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:46.400 Qualcomm started with strong claims around their new chips 00:06:46.400 --> 00:06:49.480 and the messaging has just become weaker and weaker. 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:54.120 I can't wait for the six core Snapdragon X still plus. 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:57.160 It's still plus though. Plus minus. 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. 00:07:00.840 --> 00:07:04.200 And some people are criticizing Oprah Winfrey 00:07:04.200 --> 00:07:08.480 because her upcoming AI special seems a little one-sided. 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, 00:07:13.880 --> 00:07:17.640 like Bill Gates, a person who used to write software. 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. 00:07:25.440 --> 00:07:30.280 Naturally, Altman will be breaking down how AI works in layman's terms. 00:07:30.280 --> 00:07:34.720 Maybe these are just the sexy names and there will be actual scientists there. 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:39.480 I'm sure this will be a meaningful discussion into the minutiae of artificial intelligence 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:43.760 brought to us by the woman who gave doctors Phil and Oz to the world. 00:07:43.760 --> 00:07:47.760 And look at that turn out. But we just wanted to give you some tech news. 00:07:47.760 --> 00:07:50.920 So come on back Friday when we have more. 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:53.200 It's gone now.