1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,960 Valve dropped the price of the Steam Deck, so ASUS seized the opportunity to launch a 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:12,560 new, cheaper variant of the ROG Ally with a 30% slower processor, providing a more interesting 3 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,000 alternative for those considering lighting their money on fire. 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:21,920 I'm Riley Murdoch, this is TechLinked and this new Ryzen Z1 equipped Ally makes very little 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:27,200 sense according to basically every review that's out right now. That's because it has one third 6 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:32,400 the number of GPU cores its big brother, the Z1 Extreme, has and, accordingly, 7 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:39,040 performs as much as 37% slower while being only $100 cheaper at $600 bucks. 8 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:44,720 Okay, fine. That's not a fair comparison though. So what about the Steam Deck? Well, 9 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:51,280 the Z1 Ally still has roughly half of the Steam Deck's GPU cores and yeah, the new Ally costs 10 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:57,680 $50 less than the most expensive deck with a matching 512 gigs of storage, but that was before 11 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:04,000 the aforementioned discounts, which actually bring the top deck model down to $70 cheaper than the 12 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:10,640 new Ally. And the base model deck, that's still about twice as powerful, $240 cheaper. 13 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:15,840 I mean, the Ally has a higher res screen and variable refresh rate, which won't be much 14 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,920 of a selling point when it's less powerful than the deck anyway. So in terms of valuable 15 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,400 allies, we're talking like Italy here. Mostly there for emotional support. 16 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:36,080 Let's go. I mean, the timing on this release makes it seem like ASUS wanted to be spanked, 17 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:42,000 which is weird for a tech company. I'm not kink shaming. I'm kink asking why. 18 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,080 Chief product officer and guy who always kind of looks like he's about to cry, 19 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:51,760 Panos Panay is leaving Microsoft after nearly two decades. He announced this disappointing news 20 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:56,800 today on X slash Twitter, the platform known for disappointment. In his post, Panay said, 21 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:02,160 I've decided to turn the page and write the next chapter. However, just a couple of weeks ago, 22 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:07,200 Panay said he was excited to appear at a Microsoft event happening three days from now, 23 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:12,160 making it sound like his metaphorical book writing is going about as well as George R.R. 24 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:19,280 Winter. It's never coming out. Accept it. This is especially surprising since the upcoming event 25 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:25,120 was expected to unveil the latest surface products and Panay has overseen the surface line since it 26 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:31,520 was but a twinkle in former CEO Steve Ballmer's eye. It's got to be kind of gross in there. 27 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:36,640 Microsoft has said that current corporate vice president of modern life search and devices, 28 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:41,120 Yusuf Mehdi, will be taking over as head of the Windows and surface divisions, 29 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:47,040 leaving many with unanswered questions. Questions like, how can someone be a vice president of 30 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:51,760 modern life? That's such a made up sounding title. I mean, what's next? Does Microsoft have a 31 00:02:51,760 --> 00:03:01,200 chief vision officer? Got him. The UK has come up with seven principles to guide development of 32 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:07,280 generative AI as laid out by the CMA, the country's antitrust regulator, not the American 33 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:11,840 Country Music Awards. At least one of you was confused. The report is the result of an initial 34 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:17,040 review of AI first announced back in May and is intended to ensure consumer protection and 35 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:22,400 healthy competition are at the heart of responsible development and use of foundation models, which 36 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:28,080 refer to generative AI models serving as the foundation for more advanced ones, like Harry 37 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,800 Selden. Some people got to get that reference. I don't know what it means. I know. The report 38 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:38,640 suggests seven principles for consideration that they tragically decided to just list alphabetically 39 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:44,080 instead of forcing an acronym we'd be able to make fun of. Rude. In the report, the CMA 40 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:49,360 highlights the potential benefits of foundation models while also arguing societal harm could 41 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:54,880 result from weak competition or weak consumer protection laws. In other words, it is a thing 42 00:03:54,880 --> 00:04:00,080 in society. Quick bits are the little one bite desserts you get at the end of a fine meal. Bon 43 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,600 epitide. But there's five of them. So it's like you had ordered the entire dessert menu. 44 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:10,400 Hope you saved some room. The Microsoft AI research division accidentally leaked 38 terabytes of 45 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:16,800 sensitive internal data beginning in July 2020, according to cloud security firm Wiz. Apparently 46 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:22,560 a public GitHub repository for open source AI learning models was mistakenly linked to a 47 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:28,400 misconfigured Azure Blob storage bucket, which is also what I call the hot tub at the public pool. 48 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:38,320 Regularly visited by blobs. The storage container used an overly permissive shared access signature, 49 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:44,320 or SAS token, which meant that anyone who accessed the URL had full control of the entire storage 50 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:49,600 account and all the data in it. According to Microsoft, customers should be unaffected beyond 51 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:55,200 the haunting knowledge that we are forever a single misposted link away from certain doom. 52 00:04:55,520 --> 00:05:01,040 That's fine. ASUS, famous inventor of the award-winning ROG ally, we mentioned earlier, 53 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:06,800 is suing much bigger tech company Samsung for allegedly violating one of ASUS's 54 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:11,920 smartphone-related patents. Samsung has used the patent in basically all their phones and tablets 55 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:18,080 since the Galaxy S8 without paying ASUS licensing fees. The patent's description lists a method 56 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:23,280 and apparatus for improving a transmission using a configured resource in a wireless communication 57 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:27,680 system, which honestly sounds like something Samsung could have figured out themselves. 58 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:32,080 Pretty embarrassing. Google announced a major change to one of the main selling points of its 59 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:37,600 Nest Hub's Mac's smart displays, the removal of video calling support for Zoom and Google Meet, 60 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:43,280 horrifying fans of video chatting one's mom while one chops carrots. They have a subreddit. 61 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:47,840 However, a Google Spokesperson has said you can still make and accept video calls on the Nest Hub 62 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:54,160 Macs, but what you can't do is join a meeting via a meeting code or a link, meaning you can't 63 00:05:54,160 --> 00:06:00,400 pre-plan meetings anymore. Google didn't explain why this is happening or how I'm supposed to have 64 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:06,240 a hashtag grind set when I can't schedule my business calls during my weekly carrot chopping sesh. 65 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,160 It helps me think. I don't use the carrots. I just chop them. 66 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:15,360 Apple will be issuing a software update for the iPhone 12 following a ban on sales in France 67 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:20,320 due to a report that it exceeded EU limits for electromagnetic radiation exposure. 68 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:28,160 While other countries are now looking into the issue, Apple states that the discrepancy is likely related to the specific testing protocols used by 69 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:33,760 French regulators, where the phone is force-fed grain to fatten its liver to 10 times the usual 70 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:40,880 size. They're not built for grain. Apple has reportedly told tech support staff to shut up 71 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:46,000 if asked for updates and to deny return requests unless the device was purchased in the last two 72 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:51,840 weeks. So for now, French customers will have to keep the phone that may or may not be gently 73 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:55,360 cooking their right buck cheek. That's how you deal with top round, low and slow. 74 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:01,760 And Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed in an interview that he uses the upcoming Vision Pro on a regular 75 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:07,360 basis and that he watched the entire third season of beloved Apple TV plus original series, 76 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:12,160 Ted Lasso, on the headset. Super relatable guy Tim Cook also said, 77 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:18,000 there's some things that I have access to that other people don't have, which was an incredibly 78 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,320 surprising fact to learn about from the billionaire CEO of a multi-trillion dollar company. 79 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:28,080 Yeah, like stakes made from human clothes. And more. And you'll be surprised by how much more 80 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:33,600 tech news there is when you come back on Wednesday. It'll be a lot like today, but different in that 81 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,520 it won't be Monday, so.