WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.840 As, like a tech guy, current events mostly have me imagining what-if scenarios where 00:00:06.840 --> 00:00:12.520 I got into other hobbies, like I could've done crochet news videos and been spared 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 00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:24.560 been waiting on for years, was immediately followed by the inevitable emotional crash 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:32.400 as fans grappled with the $450 price of the console and games costing $80 to $90. 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 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 00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:49.160 Trump imposed shortly after the Switch 2 stream on dozens of countries, including China and 00:00:49.160 --> 00:00:52.680 Vietnam, where the Switch is at least partially produced. 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. 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, 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:12.120 Nintendo had to go for something in between a software emulator and hardware compatibility. 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:16.400 Something ALIVE cut to the little guy cranking the gears inside. 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 00:01:25.820 --> 00:01:30.100 and Ray Tracing Tech as well as G-Sync in handheld mode. 00:01:30.100 --> 00:01:35.620 That was the only way Nintendo could save enough power, to include Dollar Store Discord. 00:01:35.620 --> 00:01:41.780 Speaking of dollars, hold yours tight, because Trump's aforementioned tariffs are so wide-ranging 00:01:41.780 --> 00:01:47.500 they're expected to raise the price of tech products and almost everything else too, gifting 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:51.020 the stock market with its worst day since 2020. 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 00:01:58.700 --> 00:02:03.700 to reciprocate tariffs placed on the US by the affected countries. 00:02:03.700 --> 00:02:10.700 But economist James Surowiecki noticed Trump's numbers are actually based on America's trade 00:02:10.700 --> 00:02:16.900 deficit with those countries, divided by their exports to the US, which the White House 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 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 00:02:32.900 --> 00:02:37.900 sure whether these tariffs will apply to the heinous amounts of GPUs they're stealing 00:02:37.900 --> 00:02:41.860 from the real victims, little gamer boys and girls. 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:46.500 It seems like semiconductors are exempt, although Trump told reporters that tariffs 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:50.460 on chips proper will be starting very soon. 00:02:50.460 --> 00:02:55.620 But products with chips inside them are not exempt, and system integrators like Manegear 00:02:55.620 --> 00:02:59.540 are warning of price hikes of at least 20%. 00:02:59.540 --> 00:03:04.340 Then there's the executive order Trump signed right after announcing the tariffs that closes 00:03:04.340 --> 00:03:10.620 the de minimis loophole, which made cheaper single packages exempt from tariffs, meaning 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 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 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:30.940 offer something quote phenomenal, like according to Trump, if China approved the sale of TikTok 00:03:30.940 --> 00:03:35.140 before the April 5th deadline, which is tomorrow. 00:03:35.140 --> 00:03:42.860 Instead, China announced retaliatory tariffs of 34% on all U.S. imports alongside additional 00:03:42.860 --> 00:03:48.500 export restrictions on rare earth elements used in electronics manufacturing. 00:03:48.500 --> 00:03:51.740 Trump responded by saying China played it wrong. 00:03:51.740 --> 00:03:58.020 They panicked. And then he extended the TikTok deadline by another 75 days. 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 00:04:06.700 --> 00:04:12.700 agreement to form a joint chip making venture, according to the information who got this 00:04:12.700 --> 00:04:17.140 information from sources. Of information, presumably. 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, 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:29.620 if true, could help prevent Team Blue from the toilet flush spiral it currently finds 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 00:04:35.180 --> 00:04:39.540 months, so hopefully we finally get some real answers at the company's foundry direct 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:45.340 connect on April 29th. I mean, when there's smoke, there's probably fire. 00:04:45.340 --> 00:04:48.700 Or a guy who blows the sickest clouds you've ever seen. 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 00:04:56.500 --> 00:05:00.500 week news show. And I want to assume I just haven't looked. 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, 00:05:08.660 --> 00:05:12.980 Co-Pilot, which is not normally how birthdays work, but okay. 00:05:12.980 --> 00:05:18.540 Co-Pilot can now do basically anything ChatGPT and Gemini can do, including web search and 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 00:05:24.500 --> 00:05:30.540 you with actions, and even generate yuppie podcasts hosted by imaginary Manhattanites 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, 00:05:37.740 --> 00:05:43.060 and Mid Journey released V7, their first image model, in almost a year. 00:05:43.060 --> 00:05:47.340 And you can kinda see why when it's prompted to do this Studio Ghibli thing. 00:05:47.340 --> 00:05:50.540 Ah, no, that needs a few more minutes to cook. 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 00:05:56.700 --> 00:06:02.380 desktop counterparts was given new fodder by Notebookcheck.net, whose review of the 00:06:02.380 --> 00:06:10.340 Schenker Neo 16 laptop showed the RTX 5090 version performing only 10-15% better than 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%. 00:06:17.260 --> 00:06:21.220 So what are we supposed to do when someone says, I got an RTX 5090? 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. 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? 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. 00:06:38.820 --> 00:06:42.420 Only have the site open for three hours a day. 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 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, 00:06:55.540 --> 00:07:01.740 time to socialize, post your memey nonsense or hot takes, and know that others are also 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 00:07:11.460 --> 00:07:18.300 in an ironic way. The site's landing page advertises no endless scrolling and no FOMO. 00:07:18.300 --> 00:07:21.780 I mean, it's a great idea. 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 00:07:29.580 --> 00:07:34.300 tech news? Yeah, I know, it just popped into my brain. 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:37.260 I actually have a lot of great ideas in my journal. Maybe I'll show you.