1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,840 As, like a tech guy, current events mostly have me imagining what-if scenarios where 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:12,520 I got into other hobbies, like I could've done crochet news videos and been spared 3 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:19,400 this pain. The high of Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct yesterday, filled with juicy details that gamers have 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:24,560 been waiting on for years, was immediately followed by the inevitable emotional crash 5 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:32,400 as fans grappled with the $450 price of the console and games costing $80 to $90. 6 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,960 But just as some were starting to come to terms with it, Nintendo announced it was delaying 7 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:43,160 pre-orders for the Switch 2 in the US to assess the impact of the fresh tariffs President 8 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:49,160 Trump imposed shortly after the Switch 2 stream on dozens of countries, including China and 9 00:00:49,160 --> 00:00:52,680 Vietnam, where the Switch is at least partially produced. 10 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:59,720 Or on that, later. Nintendo also explained why the Switch 2's backwards compatibility is a bit complicated. 11 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:05,480 Its NVIDIA SOC is different enough from the Switch 1's that to make existing games playable, 12 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:12,120 Nintendo had to go for something in between a software emulator and hardware compatibility. 13 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,400 Something ALIVE cut to the little guy cranking the gears inside. 14 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:25,820 Hi! I'm a prisoner! The good news is, that new NVIDIA SOC means the Switch 2 benefits from Team Green's DLSS 15 00:01:25,820 --> 00:01:30,100 and Ray Tracing Tech as well as G-Sync in handheld mode. 16 00:01:30,100 --> 00:01:35,620 That was the only way Nintendo could save enough power, to include Dollar Store Discord. 17 00:01:35,620 --> 00:01:41,780 Speaking of dollars, hold yours tight, because Trump's aforementioned tariffs are so wide-ranging 18 00:01:41,780 --> 00:01:47,500 they're expected to raise the price of tech products and almost everything else too, gifting 19 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:51,020 the stock market with its worst day since 2020. 20 00:01:51,020 --> 00:01:58,700 The tariffs ranging from 10 to 49% with China's total tariff now at 54% were supposedly meant 21 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:03,700 to reciprocate tariffs placed on the US by the affected countries. 22 00:02:03,700 --> 00:02:10,700 But economist James Surowiecki noticed Trump's numbers are actually based on America's trade 23 00:02:10,700 --> 00:02:16,900 deficit with those countries, divided by their exports to the US, which the White House 24 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:23,500 essentially confirmed. The whole approach is very strange, and there's some evidence that the administration based 25 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:32,900 the plan off chatbot responses. Ironically, this might mean that AI was used to hamper American AI companies, who aren't 26 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:37,900 sure whether these tariffs will apply to the heinous amounts of GPUs they're stealing 27 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:41,860 from the real victims, little gamer boys and girls. 28 00:02:41,860 --> 00:02:46,500 It seems like semiconductors are exempt, although Trump told reporters that tariffs 29 00:02:46,580 --> 00:02:50,460 on chips proper will be starting very soon. 30 00:02:50,460 --> 00:02:55,620 But products with chips inside them are not exempt, and system integrators like Manegear 31 00:02:55,620 --> 00:02:59,540 are warning of price hikes of at least 20%. 32 00:02:59,540 --> 00:03:04,340 Then there's the executive order Trump signed right after announcing the tariffs that closes 33 00:03:04,340 --> 00:03:10,620 the de minimis loophole, which made cheaper single packages exempt from tariffs, meaning 34 00:03:10,700 --> 00:03:17,060 that Timu and Xi'en may lose their status as the go-to platform for fans of filling 35 00:03:17,060 --> 00:03:23,780 your home with cheap garbage. Now, Trump did reiterate that he's open to reducing these tariffs for companies that 36 00:03:23,780 --> 00:03:30,940 offer something quote phenomenal, like according to Trump, if China approved the sale of TikTok 37 00:03:30,940 --> 00:03:35,140 before the April 5th deadline, which is tomorrow. 38 00:03:35,140 --> 00:03:42,860 Instead, China announced retaliatory tariffs of 34% on all U.S. imports alongside additional 39 00:03:42,860 --> 00:03:48,500 export restrictions on rare earth elements used in electronics manufacturing. 40 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:51,740 Trump responded by saying China played it wrong. 41 00:03:51,740 --> 00:03:58,020 They panicked. And then he extended the TikTok deadline by another 75 days. 42 00:03:58,020 --> 00:04:06,700 And then that's it this time. In a blessed return to non-tariff news, now Intel and TSMC have reportedly reached a preliminary 43 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:12,700 agreement to form a joint chip making venture, according to the information who got this 44 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:17,140 information from sources. Of information, presumably. 45 00:04:17,140 --> 00:04:23,740 The deal would see TSMC take a 20% stake in Intel's foundry business, a move that, 46 00:04:23,740 --> 00:04:29,620 if true, could help prevent Team Blue from the toilet flush spiral it currently finds 47 00:04:29,620 --> 00:04:35,180 itself in. There have been a number of rumors about Intel mergers, acquisitions and agreements in recent 48 00:04:35,180 --> 00:04:39,540 months, so hopefully we finally get some real answers at the company's foundry direct 49 00:04:39,540 --> 00:04:45,340 connect on April 29th. I mean, when there's smoke, there's probably fire. 50 00:04:45,340 --> 00:04:48,700 Or a guy who blows the sickest clouds you've ever seen. 51 00:04:48,700 --> 00:04:56,500 And he's got some good ideas. You should listen to him. I don't think there would be enough new developments in the crocheting world for a three times a 52 00:04:56,500 --> 00:05:00,500 week news show. And I want to assume I just haven't looked. 53 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:08,660 Anyway, here's Crickbits. For Microsoft's 50th birthday, the tech giant gifted a ton of new features to its AI assistant, 54 00:05:08,660 --> 00:05:12,980 Co-Pilot, which is not normally how birthdays work, but okay. 55 00:05:12,980 --> 00:05:18,540 Co-Pilot can now do basically anything ChatGPT and Gemini can do, including web search and 56 00:05:18,540 --> 00:05:24,500 deep research. It can remember stuff you tell it to, see your computer screen, use your computer for 57 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:30,540 you with actions, and even generate yuppie podcasts hosted by imaginary Manhattanites 58 00:05:30,540 --> 00:05:37,740 just like Google's Notebook LM. Speaking of, Notebook LM can now search for more sources than the ones you feed into it, 59 00:05:37,740 --> 00:05:43,060 and Mid Journey released V7, their first image model, in almost a year. 60 00:05:43,060 --> 00:05:47,340 And you can kinda see why when it's prompted to do this Studio Ghibli thing. 61 00:05:47,340 --> 00:05:50,540 Ah, no, that needs a few more minutes to cook. 62 00:05:50,540 --> 00:05:56,700 Put it back. The gamer debate over whether NVIDIA's laptop GPUs should share the same names as their 63 00:05:56,700 --> 00:06:02,380 desktop counterparts was given new fodder by Notebookcheck.net, whose review of the 64 00:06:02,380 --> 00:06:10,340 Schenker Neo 16 laptop showed the RTX 5090 version performing only 10-15% better than 65 00:06:10,340 --> 00:06:17,260 the RTX 5080 version. The gap between the desktop versions of those cards is more like 55%. 66 00:06:17,260 --> 00:06:21,220 So what are we supposed to do when someone says, I got an RTX 5090? 67 00:06:21,220 --> 00:06:27,780 And then we're like, really? And then they're like, yeah, I can't believe NVIDIA fitted into my new laptop. 68 00:06:27,780 --> 00:06:32,580 What? Like, do we say, yeah, that's sick, and then go find a couch to punch? 69 00:06:32,580 --> 00:06:38,820 What do I do? And a new social media platform has a bold new idea to keep the toxicity at bay. 70 00:06:38,820 --> 00:06:42,420 Only have the site open for three hours a day. 71 00:06:42,420 --> 00:06:49,980 As the Verge explains, it's called 739 due to its opening hours being 739pm to 1039pm 72 00:06:49,980 --> 00:06:55,540 Eastern time, and users get an email one minute before opening time to let them know, okay, 73 00:06:55,540 --> 00:07:01,740 time to socialize, post your memey nonsense or hot takes, and know that others are also 74 00:07:01,740 --> 00:07:11,460 definitely online to interact with it. Or not interact with it, making it way more easy to tell if your post was not even bad 75 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:18,300 in an ironic way. The site's landing page advertises no endless scrolling and no FOMO. 76 00:07:18,300 --> 00:07:21,780 I mean, it's a great idea. 77 00:07:21,780 --> 00:07:29,580 It's a great idea. Oh, and also a great idea I just had was, hey, what if you came back on Monday for more 78 00:07:29,580 --> 00:07:34,300 tech news? Yeah, I know, it just popped into my brain. 79 00:07:34,300 --> 00:07:37,260 I actually have a lot of great ideas in my journal. Maybe I'll show you.