1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,780 Windows 11 has overtaken Windows 10 in desktop market share on StatCounter for the first 2 00:00:18,780 --> 00:00:21,980 time since launching nearly 4 years ago. 3 00:00:21,980 --> 00:00:26,300 Just when everyone was actually starting to like Windows 10, it was the perfect time. 4 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:31,660 Now StatCounter isn't a perfect measurement, but Windows 11 did already overtake Windows 5 00:00:31,660 --> 00:00:37,740 10 on the Steam hardware survey back in September 2024, so it's not far fetched to assume we 6 00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:43,420 are awake. And this isn't some gruesome nightmare, it's really happening, oh god I thought we 7 00:00:43,420 --> 00:00:50,520 had more time. Ironically, Microsoft recently threw Windows 10 diehards of bone in the form of free extended 8 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:55,300 security updates for a year if they simply sign in to a Microsoft account and sync their 9 00:00:55,300 --> 00:01:00,460 PC settings. But I wouldn't count on Microsoft's generosity long term. 10 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:06,180 They have the high ground now. And if Star Wars taught me anything, it's that in this situation you should absolutely 11 00:01:06,180 --> 00:01:09,860 not try to attack, just play dead. 12 00:01:09,860 --> 00:01:13,780 Actually I forgot that Obi-Wan jumps up and beats Darth Maul in episode 1. 13 00:01:13,780 --> 00:01:19,060 The message of Star Wars is actually just Obi-Wan always wins, don't f*** with Obi-Wan. 14 00:01:19,060 --> 00:01:24,140 Gamers formed an angry mob this weekend over a recently discovered clause in Ubisoft's 15 00:01:24,380 --> 00:01:29,780 End User License Agreement that says if the agreement is terminated, the user must destroy 16 00:01:29,780 --> 00:01:33,300 all copies of the product, in this case, the game. 17 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:38,420 The story picked up steam due to the renewed popularity of the Stop Killing Games Initiative, 18 00:01:38,420 --> 00:01:44,260 which, if I understand it correctly, calls for the practice of game destruction to halt 19 00:01:44,260 --> 00:01:50,340 entirely. There's just one problem, while many repeated the claim that the destroy clause was a new 20 00:01:50,420 --> 00:01:54,540 addition to Ubisoft's license agreement, it's not new. 21 00:01:54,540 --> 00:01:59,700 And it's also an extremely common clause in gaming license agreements across the board. 22 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:06,700 As pointed out by The Gamer and Redditor Aemon274, such game destruction in the event of license 23 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:12,500 termination is required in all sorts of game license agreements including Square Enix, Sega, 24 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:18,380 and even Precious Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios, you were the chosen one! 25 00:02:18,420 --> 00:02:23,780 So I guess legally we collectively have not been destroying nearly enough games, we better 26 00:02:23,780 --> 00:02:30,300 get to work. Or at least that may be how Video Games Europe feels the industry association spoke out against 27 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:35,460 the Stop Killing Games Initiative saying that requiring games to have some kind of end of 28 00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:39,700 life plan that doesn't involve permanently blocking players from ever again accessing 29 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:44,820 a game they paid for is just impossible, I'm sorry. 30 00:02:44,820 --> 00:02:49,140 And it's not because Video Games Europe is a lobby group for AAA publishers with a financial 31 00:02:49,140 --> 00:02:54,620 incentive to keep things the way they are, they're gamers, they're video gamers from 32 00:02:54,620 --> 00:03:00,180 Europe. Samsung is gearing up to unveil new folding phones on Wednesday, so it must be embarrassing 33 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:08,380 to have all of their specs leaked beforehand. Winfuture writer Roland Quant posted official Samsung promo materials with specs for the 34 00:03:08,380 --> 00:03:16,300 Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and Flip 7 FE, revealing that if a Z Fold 7 with 16GB of 35 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:21,820 RAM and 1TB of storage is what you want to spend your money on. 36 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:29,500 No one will be able to stop you, sadly. There was also a leaked video showing off the Z Flip 7's massive front display, and 37 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:35,700 they even leaked the new Galaxy Watches. The Watches, Mark! 38 00:03:35,700 --> 00:03:41,060 There's a spec table on deal Labs, hopefully you can read French, I have no idea what that 39 00:03:41,060 --> 00:03:46,020 says. We'll have all the official confirmed details on Wednesday after Samsung's unpacked, which 40 00:03:46,020 --> 00:03:51,500 is happening just days after Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said his company dropped its lawsuit 41 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:54,980 against Samsung, having apparently reached a settlement. 42 00:03:54,980 --> 00:03:59,660 Very cool, the only thing that could make a Folding Flip Flop 7 more exciting is having 43 00:03:59,660 --> 00:04:05,420 Fortnite pre-installed. Yeah, so that happened. 44 00:04:05,420 --> 00:04:12,660 It was all before the quick bits. Intel is planning to launch a refreshed lineup of Aero Lake CPUs in the second half of this 45 00:04:12,660 --> 00:04:19,940 year, according to ZDNet Korea. The chips will reportedly feature higher clock speeds and an upgraded NPU that could 46 00:04:19,940 --> 00:04:26,820 qualify them for the extremely prestigious and highly sought after co-pilot plus PC designation. 47 00:04:26,820 --> 00:04:33,100 No matter how good they are though, they won't have 192 cores and use 500 watts of power like 48 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:39,300 the flagship chips from Intel's upcoming Diamond Rapid Xeon lineup, so I'll be disappointed 49 00:04:39,300 --> 00:04:45,620 either way. ByteDance is working on a new version of the app for US customers to replace the old one 50 00:04:45,620 --> 00:04:51,620 if this deal to sell TikTok to new American owners ever actually comes to pass. 51 00:04:51,620 --> 00:04:55,860 Getting all American users to switch to a new app may present some technical challenges 52 00:04:55,860 --> 00:05:00,820 according to some analysts, but that's all contingent on China approving the sale. 53 00:05:00,820 --> 00:05:05,740 When asked if he's got a deal ready with China, Trump recently told the media, pretty 54 00:05:05,740 --> 00:05:09,580 much, making everyone feel good about spending time on that interaction. 55 00:05:09,580 --> 00:05:14,260 Lawless Scaling, the extremely popular Windows app that adds modern upscaling and frame 56 00:05:14,260 --> 00:05:19,900 generation to unsupported games, is being ported to Linux by a developer named Pancake 57 00:05:19,900 --> 00:05:29,460 TAS. The GitHub project's titled LSFGVK, which I know stands for Lawless Scaling Frame Generation 58 00:05:29,460 --> 00:05:36,860 and then Vulkan maybe, but I read it as LES F***ING GO, VIKRUM. 59 00:05:36,860 --> 00:05:40,380 All I know is you better appreciate the devs' labors because they say they went through 60 00:05:40,380 --> 00:05:43,500 psychological torture to make this project work. 61 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:52,340 Which makes sense, because it's Linux. Look at this little USB-C flash drive designed to look like a real life macOS folder. 62 00:05:52,340 --> 00:05:56,820 Designer David Della Huntie worked with Super Fantastic Toys to bring the folder drive to 63 00:05:56,820 --> 00:06:04,440 life and it is cute. It's okay to admit that, Windows people, although it's a drive, so it should have been made 64 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:14,220 to look like the macOS drive icon instead of a folder inside a drive. 65 00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:18,020 But I won't be fine unless you come back on Wednesday for more tech news. 66 00:06:18,020 --> 00:06:22,900 I'll be here, worried sick that you're out there getting into trouble with a crew of 67 00:06:22,900 --> 00:06:27,180 hooligans touching grass and getting dirt in your fingernails. 68 00:06:27,180 --> 00:06:30,300 You know worms live in dirt? I just learned about this.