Google's addiction to leaking their own phones is so bad now
They couldn't even wait one hour for the pixel 10 launch event to start at 1 p.m.
Eastern time the company just dropped all their major announcements at noon and while
I think they officially have a problem and should seek help that did mean I could start looking at the new pixel 10 10 pro 10 pro
XL 10 pro fold and pixel watch for right away
Instead of sitting through the pre-stream and being subjective to an onslaught of AI videos
Depicting pigeons dragging pizza the wrong way But I was subjected to Google's latest desperate attempt to capture some of Apple's Riz in the form of a never-ending stream of
Celebrities and influencers at the event who I
Don't know probably just showed up because they love talking about pixels when Google pays them to all the new pixels share some
Common features with the hot new one being Google's answer to Apple's MagSafe new pixel snap
Magnetic wireless charging based on the updated cheat to standard with an accompanying
Magnetic charging pad and stand as well as the ring stand which doesn't charge
But it is very pretty even if it looks like it would be somewhat unstable those things often go together
Every pixel 10 variant supports charging via pixel snap at at least 15 watts
And they also all feature the new tensor g5 chip
Which Google says is 34% faster than the g4 on average they'll all get seven years of software updates
And none of them will have a physical SIM card slot in the US
Just like iPhones now, so what do you think?
Google's wondering if that looks like an Apple logo to you yet. They're pretty
Similar, I mean, you know, they're equally cool
So cool, right on to the phones themselves the pixel 10 uses the same overall design as the pixel 9
but it gets a third camera like the pro models although they're not as good as the pros and
Two of the three cameras on the pixel 10 are in fact worse than the ones on the pixel 9
They had to borrow some of the pixels But the battery is a tad bigger and the screen is a tad brighter
And you should not pre-order it before it hits shelves August 28th starting at 800 USD
Then there's a pixel 10 pro which is nearly identical to the 9 pro minus the new chip and charging support
And the same is true for the 10 pro XL except
The XL is the only model in the lineup to support chi 2.2 charging at up to 25 watts instead of 15
The pixel 9 pro could reach 21 watts, but only with the official pixel stand
Also, please don't pre-order these when they launch August 28th at a thousand bucks for the pixel 10 pro and
1200 for the pro XL. Okay, but the new pixel 10 fold that has something new
It's the first foldable display phone to achieve an IP68 water and dust resistance rating
And it can only pixel snap charge at 15 watts And it's coming a bit later
So you'll have until October 9th to not pre-order it for 1800 USD
Now the pixel watch 4 might be the most updated device here
It's got a 50% brighter more curved year display for 10% more screen space
Smaller bezels 25% longer battery life and a new side mounted charger to accommodate
It's apparently more repairable design and it starts at 350 bucks for the smallest
Wi-Fi only model which you should also not pre-order before it ships October 9th
Even though it's got a tiny AI Fitbit coach slowly going mad while it sits on the shelf inside it
Lastly, there's new a series pixel buds the pixel buds 2a
They've got active noise cancellation now and when that's on they'll last seven hours or 10 hours when ANC's off
But even if you completely trash the battery in the charging case, it's replaceable
So I can forgive these ones being 130 bucks 30 dollars more expensive than the first a series buds
Ah, what the hell pre-order these if you want, let's go crazy
Now to wrap up the pixel stuff I must also mention a few software things the pixel 10s will feature magic q
Which will pop up relevant details that it's gathered from closely watching your every move
Like suggesting an address when you get a message asking about it
It could just take care of your stuff. Do I need to be here for this?
The pixel 10 pro models have their own special pro res zoom which has nothing to do with pro res the video codec
It's different. It applies a latent diffusion model that makes photos taken at 30 to 100 time zoom
Look less like they were taken at 30 to 100 time zoom
Google announced that gemini is finally coming to google nest and home devices the pixel flex dual port
67 watt charger can charge two devices at once, but will prioritize pixel phones
And seems designed to help pixel users trick iphone users into thinking iPhones are worse
Uh, whoops, that wasn't a software thing, but this is pixel 10s get a new ai enhanced pixel journal app
For when you need ai to help with a task that i'm pretty sure is supposed to be valuable
Because you just take a second and come up with your own Uh thoughts, but I who I don't know
Okay, no more pixel stuff a youtube rep has replied on twitter to a re-uploaded TechLinked clip
From monday's episode in which we talked about youtube seemingly upscaling shorts
So they look like ai video compared to the original shout out to denosaurus for
Reposting the re-uploaded clip and tagging youtube liaison and former youtuber renae richie who said this is an experiment
That does not involve Generative ai or upscaling, but does unbler
Denoise and improve clarity using
Traditional machine learning techniques passed down for generations. It's ai that your grandpa would be okay with
He says the test is only running on select youtube shorts
But i'm thinking they selected a lot of shorts because every random short i picked
Had this same effect renae went on to further explain his terms, which is genuinely helpful ai gen ai
Upscaling these terms are thrown around very casually
So we should know what specific kind of neural network based techniques
We're talking about when we say that the ones youtube is using to try and make shorts look better are making them look worse
Uh I'm not mad because you're using generative ai
I'm mad because you're making real video
Look like it oozed out of some robots orifice. Hey, hey eyes on me
We're doing the quick bits now Focus up a test result for a system called valve fremont has shown up on the geek bench
Database as spotted by a person who spots such things brad lynch
The specs of the system seem to be consistent with prior leaks that point towards fremont
Being a tv set top console of some kind, but they're still kind of weird for one thing
It's got an AMD hawk point apu from the ryzen 8000 mobile
range But with the integrated GPU removed in favor of a Radeon rx 7600
It's also running Windows 11 instead of steam os
It's all quite mysterious, but i'm sure if you do the math right you can get a half life three confirmation from this somehow
Ooh, maybe fremont's running Windows 11 because valve is giving up its os war with microsoft because microsoft announced that the xbox ally and ally x handhelds
Will launch october 16th They are gonna come alongside a handheld compatibility program
Which actually sounds like it improves a bit on valve's deck verified program giving games ratings based on expected fbs and other factors
Like whether it has seamless controller support or small screen friendly ui
Valve doesn't say anything about small screen friendly ui's i think do they even care about us a leak claims the price will be
550 usd for the xbox ally and 900 for the xbox ally x but nothing's officially confirmed on that front
No doubt due to the challenging economic environment that sony blamed for the $50 price hike
It's applying to the ps5 ps5 digital edition and ps5 pro which will now be 550 500 and 75
70 50 usd respectively
The news comes after a similar price hike in europe australia and new zealand was announced in april
But sadly we have no idea why any of this is happening
The economy is like the weather it's challenging out there
Right now it's like it's raining uh to wear a coat and Intel has gotten some help with its challenges
Not only has it gotten a two billion dollar investment from japanese conglomerate softbank
The u.s. Government has confirmed rumors that it will give Intel the chips act funding
Previously allocated to the company as long as the government gets that value about 5.4 billion i think
In Intel equity some are concerned about the u.s. governments
Having a stake in a very important private company such as Intel, but you know who's not concerned
bernie sanders He's all for this apparently uh confusing everyone except me the only one who understands the economy
commerce secretary howard lutney confirmed the investment to cnbc not to be confused with msnbc
Which is not to be confused with its new name ms now which stands for my source news opinion world
Which sounds like a theme park for the ai they'll eventually replace me with but not yet. Haha
Oh, sorry zuck. I'm gonna be right back here on friday with more tech news
Even if you give me and my whole family free tickets to my source news opinion world
Because okay, i'm through the gate And what i'm gonna spend a hundred dollars on lunch now come on