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We refuse to confuse you with the tech news. We separate the true blues from the char truths

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and diffuse our news through your views. So please, do peruse.

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That joke wasn't going anywhere. After several 7000 X3 CPUs were fried into disuse,

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a beta BIOS was released by ASUS. That's right, the whole episode will be like this.

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ASUS released a beta BIOS for its motherboards at the end of last month,

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which was meant to ensure that SOC voltage was capped at 1.3 volts

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to prevent any more CPU shocks. Except according to the tech truth battalion

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at Gamers Nexus, the shocks, both literal and metaphorical kept coming.

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The Steve team found that their updated MOBO could still reach at least 1.41 volts.

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Even worse, updating to the beta firmware that's supposed to stop your processor from frying

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voids your warranty according to a disclaimer. Now, we were able to confirm with ASUS

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that the disclaimer is standard boilerplate copy

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that's attached to all their beta BIOS updates. And they are actually honoring warranties

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on all boards affected by this issue. They said they were changing the disclaimer to reflect that,

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but not all of their websites have been updated yet. So they should probably get on that

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and also clarify that their support page makes it look like older BIOSes

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never supported X3D chips, not because they're trying to retcon the past,

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but because they want to make sure people install the right BIOS now.

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Jayce2Sense has released a video announcing he is severing his partnership with the brand

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because of myriad issues, including product quality and customer support.

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And if you want to know where we stand, go listen to our boss Linus rant about it

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on the WAN Show for 30 minutes.

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We're recording this before the show, so it's anyone's guess. We know you're watching this after.

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Happy Saturday. Reviews for the ASUS ROG Ally are out

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and you might not believe this, but the handheld with newer hardware

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than the Steam Deck performs better than the Steam Deck.

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What you may have an even harder time accepting is that in a lot of ways, the Ally is worse.

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On paper, ROG's handheld has a better screen, better APU. ASUS even decided to get its speakers, Dolby,

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at most certified. Finally, you can watch Christopher Nolan films

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the way the filmmaker intended. On a tiny screen, sandwiched between two circles of RGB,

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while the other bus passengers work up the courage to complain.

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Dark Knight ain't the only thing rising. And no one can understand it still.

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I was raised in a bar. Fortunately for the strangers surrounding you,

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the battery life is bad. ASUS gave the Ally a high resolution screen

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and a more powerful APU than the Steam Deck, but thought the same 40 watt hour battery size

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would be a-okay. If it isn't the battery, it's the controls.

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At least one reviewer found that the touchscreen would register inputs when using the right thumbstick.

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And there are multiple reports of the Ally's face buttons getting stuck in the depressed position,

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which is very relatable. Just like me in high school. And YouTube is trying to block some users

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from using ad blockers. You can't block a blocker.

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To convince users to sit through ads, something no one enjoys,

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the platform is weaponizing something even worse. Pop-ups.

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Images of the pop-up first spread on Reddit, just like everything else you wish you could unsee.

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The message reads that ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube and prompts users of certain anti-advertisement extensions

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to either allow YouTube ads or try YouTube premium,

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you broke bum. According to Google, this is yet another small experiment on the platform,

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noting that ad blocker detection isn't new and that other sites do the same damn thing.

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That's not a quote. It's worth noting that Google is planning on removing support for the Manifest V2 browser extension

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API in Chrome, which will prevent some ad blockers from working in Chromium-based browsers,

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which are most browsers. It almost feels like this is a well-orchestrated

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and strategic business plan, but this is the Stadia company, so.

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And the Google Bus company, the Google Duo company. They're no Elon, am I right?

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It's not every episode that I get to introduce five short stories that we call quick bits

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because I don't host every episode, but we do, we do it all the time. Google is working on an open source tool

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that will allow you to game using only face movements.

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Project Game Face is designed to help people

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like Lance Carr, a streamer with muscular dystrophy. With only a webcam, the tech allows precise enough control

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for Lance to write his name in a demo video. With this technology,

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I can weaponize the frustration I feel playing from software games

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by performing the first Elden Ring Playthrough controlled exclusively by swear words.

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You use spells with f***ing f***ing f***ing die.

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Twitter officially has a new CEO. After teasing a new hire yesterday,

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Elon officially announced today that the new CEO is Linda Yacharino.

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I think that it's too C, is that Italian? I'm Italian, so Yacharino,

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formerly NBC Universal's chair of global advertising.

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Yacharino officially left that job to accept the Twitter CEO position

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so that Elon can step back and start being merely the executive chair

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and CTO of the social platform. On a totally unrelated note,

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I recently learned about the Glass Cliff, a phenomenon where women are more likely to be put

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in leadership roles under precarious circumstances. Crazy, right?

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Anyway, best of luck, Linda. Don't at your boss.

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Anthropic has updated its chat GPT competitor, Clode,

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with the ability to remember more than double the number of words that chat GPT can within the same interaction.

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This amount is known as the Context Window, which sounds like something else

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I would like to have on hand at all times. The free version of chat GPT can hold

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about 3,000 words in its mind at once, upgrade to chat GPT plus,

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and it can handle about 32,000. But the gifted kid of chatbots, Clode, Clode,

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can now remember around 75,000 words, meaning he can hold the entirety of the great Gatsby

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in its mind during a conversation. Never before seen by any high schooler.

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As one does. And frankly, Anthropic is starting to rub the other moms

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that chatbot elementary the wrong way. He also plays lacrosse and just holds his first painting.

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He already has chest hair, but he shaves it. The UK's Competition and Markets Authority

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has announced more restrictions for Microsoft in Activision after blocking the merger.

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The two companies must now secure written consent

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from the CMA if either of them acquires an interest

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in the other company or acquires an interest in another business that holds an interest

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in the other company. You follow me here? This sounds just like your parents trying to control

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who you can and can't date. It's like capitalists of Montague, boring.

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You say capitalists or? Capitalists. Meanwhile, the EU is expected to approve the merger

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next week because there's nothing more European than having an interest in lots of company.

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How about Orgis? And Wiz announced a new home monitoring system

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that uses its motion sensing smart bulbs and an indoor camera.

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The bulbs space sensing feature can detect changes in Wi-Fi signals caused by movement.

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So the light bulbs can flash on and off at the intruders.

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The app will also send alerts to your phone so you can check your cameras.

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I assume to make sure your guests are enjoying the haunted house.

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Another wet band is up with the answer. And you'll enjoy more tech news on Monday

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if you come back here and watch it until then. Just watch this episode again.

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Do it. Do it, I said.