1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 It's important to remember that I'm not just a guy who's spent all day looking up 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,760 a bunch of stuff online and wrote it into a script that I'm going to read for you now, 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:12,480 this is a real tech news show. I swear. Yeah. 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:19,840 Microsoft claims it is ending USB-C port confusion once and for all by making USB requirements 5 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:25,520 like support for power delivery and DisplayPort alt mode mandatory for laptop manufacturers 6 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:32,320 under the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program or WHCP. Previously, these requirements were 7 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:37,840 optional, which is why some laptop USB-C ports will fast charge your phone and cook you a chicken 8 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:43,520 dinner while you're waiting and others will actively spit out your cable, the sassiest ports. 9 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:50,160 It sucks, but now Microsoft is translating pain into policy, which makes it sound like they 10 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:55,760 purposefully caused suffering to use as raw material for the new good USB rules. 11 00:00:55,760 --> 00:01:02,400 Microsoft is making two firm promises. One, all USB peripherals, chargers and displays 12 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:08,560 will work exactly as advertised on any USB-C port on a WHCP certified device and 13 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:16,240 other one, laptops that support 40 or 80 gigabit per second USB speeds will have full 14 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:21,440 compatibility with USB 4 and Thunderbolt 3 peripherals on every port. 15 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:26,720 Now, shopping for cables will still require sifting through a haystack of performance 16 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:32,720 rating logos that look extremely similar, but going forward, every laptop USB-C port should 17 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:38,960 just work as long as laptop manufacturers agree to it. I mean, come on, they're not Apple. 18 00:01:38,960 --> 00:01:45,520 NVIDIA and MediaTek's ARM based laptop system on chip may launch in an Alienware gaming laptop 19 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:51,760 sometime around the end of 2025 or early 2026. Industry insiders reportedly told 20 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:57,360 Taiwanese outlet United Daily News. This rumor was actually first shared last week 21 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:03,920 by YouTuber MorsLawIsDead who flashed a supposed image of this SOC shared with him 22 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:09,680 by one of his insiders. Where are my insiders? Andrew leaks something to me. 23 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:14,160 The guest on that video, Wendell from Level 1 Tech, is sometimes hard to read, 24 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,720 but I think he liked it. Now the leaked image seems to closely resemble 25 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:26,560 NVIDIA's GB10 SOC, which powers their DGX Spark AI mini PCs, a product that led many to think 26 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:32,960 the company was going to unveil a consumer-focused, all-NVIDIA compact gaming PC at Computex. 27 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:40,800 They didn't. This PC is one that Windows Central Notes would change gaming laptop 28 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:46,720 design forever because, you may have forgotten by now, this is reportedly an ARM-based gaming 29 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:53,760 APU for laptops. While last year's Qualcomm Snapdragon X series Windows laptops were impressive 30 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:59,840 in many ways, gaming was not exactly their strong suit. NVIDIA has a chance to prove that they can 31 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:07,360 launch an efficient ARM CPU plus GPU combo with AI upscaling so you can play games on the go that 32 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:14,560 look as lifelike as a Google VO3 video. A Radeon RX 9060 XT review has leaked, or at least some 33 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:20,480 benchmark slides have leaked, after PC news site eTechnics seemed to prematurely publish their 34 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:27,200 review. These slides were captured by Dragon Rider based demon Targaryen on Reddit and beloved 35 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:34,800 comedy filmmaker John Hughes on Twitter, showing the 9060 XT, the 16GB version, getting an average 36 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:44,640 FPS just under the RTX 5060 Ti at 1440p and 1080p, although it's a big jump over the RX 7600 XT in 37 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:52,080 3DMark's time-spy benchmark, so you'll probably, the 3DMark heads love that. Depending on the real 38 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:58,320 world price, this makes the 9060 XT look not too bad. Hopefully some gamers find the funds to pick 39 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:05,040 one up, because Valve just released their Steam hardware survey, and the RX 9070 and 9070 XT 40 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:12,480 are nowhere to be found, despite AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Sue claiming that first week sales of the 9070 XT 41 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:19,920 beat previous generations of Radeon cards by 10 times. Something fishy here. NVIDIA also just 42 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:25,920 reported record gaming revenue, saying it's up 42% year over year and 48% quarter over quarter, 43 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:31,440 but it's possible that this gaming revenue is just coming from people buying gaming GPUs 44 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:37,120 to use for AI, which NVIDIA obviously cares a lot more about now that gaming represents a 45 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:46,800 paltry 8.5% of their total revenue. I mean, just look at this graph. I wish I could delete it just 46 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:53,280 like how our sponsor does it. Real shows have segments, and we have those, but they're just the 47 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:58,800 same thing, but shorter and they're called quick bits. Tens of thousands of dollars worth of Zotac 48 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:05,920 RTX 5090s were apparently removed from their boxes and replaced with three backpacks before being sold. 49 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,480 This is like the three kids in a trench coat thing, but it's backpacks. And to make things worse, 50 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:18,640 they were one strap backpacks, which were kind of cool at one point, but not anymore. When a victim 51 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:24,880 of this scam, Redditor James Ferg 650, told Micro Center where he bought the GPU about it, 52 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:31,600 they found 31 more non-GPUs in their inventory, which appear to have been swapped back at their 53 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:38,800 Zotac supplier. Micro Center gave James Ferg an actual 5090 and thankfully took the backpacks 54 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,600 off his hands. Those should not be in the wild. Elon Musk announced that Twitter, which he keeps 55 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:49,120 calling X for some reason, is continuing to morph into the everything app with the rollout 56 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:56,880 of XChat, which will feature end-to-end encryption, quote, Bitcoin style. Which is the only way I 57 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:04,400 order my pizza. Burnt to a crisp. There's just one problem. Bitcoin doesn't have encryption, 58 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:10,960 as pointed out by a number of coin bros in Elon's replies. The CEO of Airbnb just said he wants to 59 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:17,120 make an everything app and I feel like he might have a better shot. Let's let him try. Apple has 60 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:22,560 filed an appeal of the European Commission's ruling that found the company to be non-compliant 61 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:28,080 with the EU's Digital Markets Act, particularly its interoperability requirements that require 62 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:34,080 data like notification content to be shared with third-party devices. Apple says they can't trust 63 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:38,400 what those devices are going to do with sensitive data like that. And although they've asked to 64 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:43,680 talk to the EU about this, the EU is giving them the cold shoulder. But you know, maybe we should 65 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:49,040 hear Apple out here for a second because ours, Technica, just did a deep dive on why the Apple 66 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:55,440 TV is the most secure set-top box. And that's one of the only good options out there when the 67 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:00,400 NVIDIA Shields are starting to crumble into dust at this point. We need something. Ahead of everybody 68 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:06,400 actually getting their meat mittens on a Switch 2, Nintendo has issued a warning not to peel off 69 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:11,920 the protective film on the display, which I think is very proactive. This has happened many times in 70 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:17,760 the past, most notably with the first Samsung Galaxy Fold. Mark Gurman was one of the first to 71 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:23,040 take one for the team and post his embarrassing story about peeling it off by accident. But that's 72 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:28,720 okay because he became Girmicus Maximus, the prime Girmuloid, but it might not work out for you, 73 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:34,000 so leave that thing on. And Brain Computer Interface Company Paradromix has taken its 74 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:40,080 competition with Neuralink to the next level by successfully installing its Konexus implant 75 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:45,600 in a patient. Gotta be honest here though, they did put it in there and then take it back out 10 76 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:51,040 minutes later. It wasn't ready to fully commit, you know, just wanted to try it on. Plus, if you 77 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:55,680 leave it in there too long, the brain starts to taste bitter. This was a bad joke about tea. 78 00:07:55,680 --> 00:08:01,200 For more bad jokes, but also tech news, come back on Wednesday and watch another episode of the very 79 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,600 real, very legitimate news program, TechLinked. It's on TV!