1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,960 Hey, it's me, Riley. I've been gone for two weeks because I was on vacation. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,040 I wasn't dead because I can't die. 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,040 I'm an immortal cyber ghost. 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,520 Intel has admitted that their 13th and 14th gen 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:18,320 mobile CPUs are crashing, but claim it's a totally different situation 6 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,280 from their also crashing 13th and 14th gen desktop CPUs. 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:28,440 The company has stated that they are aware of a small number of instability reports 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:33,040 on their mobile processors. But they say these are common symptoms stemming 9 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:38,040 from a broad range of potential hardware and software issues and not the same issue 10 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:42,960 as the desktop chips. Then what Jacob wrote was, that's pretty crazy since Intel doesn't know 11 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:49,200 what the root cause of the desktop processor issue is, except we literally just saw that Intel, 12 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,320 like an hour ago put out a press release 13 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:56,920 saying that they had identified the root cause. Breaking news straight from Riley's phone. 14 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,320 Just hold on, I got the news here, it's inside. 15 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:05,040 So Intel's post about this says that there's an error in their microcode that resulted 16 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:08,400 in incorrect voltage requests to the processor 17 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:15,640 and they're gonna be delivering a microcode patch to fix this later this year in August, mid-August. 18 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,540 So their original move of blaming motherboard manufacturers and gamers 19 00:01:20,540 --> 00:01:24,440 for overclocking their processors is sort of valid. 20 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,760 The overclocking is coming from within the house. 21 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,520 Now that press release was just talking about the desktop processors. 22 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:38,000 So Intel's claim here that that issue is separate from the one that's currently affecting mobile processors, 23 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:44,020 might be true, might not. However, Matthew Cassels, CEO of Alderaan Games, 24 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:47,880 one of the studios that documented Intel instability in player crash reporting, 25 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,120 has a different explanation for Intel's denial. 26 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,160 Cassels believes they are downplaying the mobile concerns 27 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,240 due to the costs needed to rework the BGA packages 28 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,240 used to solder their mobile processors to PCBs 29 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:05,240 and to reduce harm to OEMs and partners like Razer and MSI. 30 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:10,000 Before they announced the patch coming in August, Intel had been trying everything to solve these issues, 31 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:15,080 even going so far as to yank out the e-cores in 11 new 14th gen SKUs. 32 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:20,680 These new chips for embedded in commercial markets take a page out of your local underfunded public pool 33 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,440 in that they're entirely full of P-cores, 34 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,600 P-core, P-core, just go like that one. 35 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:31,960 Microsoft has said that about eight and a half million Windows devices were affected 36 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:37,360 by the CrowdStrike outage last week as Linux users laughed in superiority, 37 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:43,360 seemingly forgetting that CrowdStrike has also caused issues on several Linux distributions. 38 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,980 Last month, Red Hat reported that booting CrowdStrike's Falcon sensor process 39 00:02:47,980 --> 00:02:52,680 caused kernel panic, which is more of a Linux analog to Windows blue screens, 40 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:58,600 then it is a term for anxious corn. There are even reports of Debian Linux servers crashing 41 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,120 and refusing to boot after a CrowdStrike update in April. 42 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,760 While those issues seem to be fixed, some Windows machines may still be affected. 43 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:12,680 Microsoft has released a recovery tool meant to help IT admins repair CrowdStrike machines. 44 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:15,800 Delta Airlines, though, seems to still not have fully recovered 45 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:19,080 since they've canceled 778 flights today. 46 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:24,200 I'm sure tired families are excited at the prospect of being forced to spend more time together 47 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:27,740 while they're stuck in the airport. Perhaps other airlines should consider 48 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:33,700 being a bit more like Southwest, whose entire infrastructure runs off a single Commodore 64. 49 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,760 Works for them. That's a joke. 50 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:43,640 AMD is apparently putting all their efforts into making upcoming RDNA for graphics cards, 51 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,600 ray tracing beasts. Prominent hardware leaker Kepler 52 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,880 tweeted out some alleged new features coming to the RDNA 4 platform. 53 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:56,800 A lot of the leaked text is about as readable as the black speech of Mortor, 54 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:01,080 but the double-intersect ray tracing engine raises some eyebrows. 55 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,440 According to PC Gamer, it implies that either RDNA 4 will have double 56 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:11,120 the number of RT units that RDNA 3 has, or these units are able to process twice the number 57 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,880 of ray triangle intersection calculations. 58 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:22,100 Just calm down guys, I know it's exciting. The point is this, number go up, Gamer Brain happy. 59 00:04:22,100 --> 00:04:25,560 But Gamer Brain no happy with performance rumors. 60 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:31,100 Kepler also claims that while the ray tracing may be improved, the strongest RDNA 4 card 61 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:34,160 will perform somewhere between this generation's 62 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,560 RX 7900 XT and 7900 XTX. 63 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,440 As for when we'll see these cards, Kepler alleges they will be unveiled early next year. 64 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:49,080 That may mean they'll be launching alongside NVIDIA's RTX 50 series GPUs, 65 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:54,420 as yet another leaker, our old pal, Copight 7 Kimmy, believes that Team Green 66 00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:57,440 is delaying the Blackwell launch from fall this year 67 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,800 to CES next year. I'm not sure why, but I'm guessing they lost 68 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:07,060 their prototype cards under a pile of money, and it's gonna take them months to check all those piles. 69 00:05:07,060 --> 00:05:12,360 They've just been, they keep coming in. We don't know where to put it. As an undying, ageless being, 70 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,160 I don't understand quick bits. Millennia are mere minutes to me, 71 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:21,200 but I hear you like them, so here you go. The ROG Ally X is out and reviews are hitting 72 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,320 every place that cares about reviewing the Ally X. 73 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:31,880 Along with the handheld, ASUS has released an update to the Armory Crate app to turn the AirSats game launcher 74 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,880 into something players should dislike using slightly less. 75 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,960 As for the new handheld itself, praise has been levied at the improved battery life 76 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:46,280 and increased RAM, but some reviewers have complained of difficulty reaching certain buttons with smaller hands. 77 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:50,120 Jacob's writing, I don't have that problem because my hands are so big, 78 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:54,640 like you wouldn't even believe it if you saw them, just crazy big hands, but that's not true. 79 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,720 I have their average of best. 80 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:00,800 Normal hands. I'm immortal, normal hands. 81 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:06,760 It's trade-offs. NVIDIA is working on a new variant of the company's B200 flagship AI accelerator. 82 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:11,440 It could sell to the Chinese market without violating U.S. export restrictions. 83 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:16,040 I mean, they gotta get their AI chips from somewhere. Let them sell the chips, Joe. 84 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:21,960 They're stepping down anywhere. I mean, who cares? You're not gonna be there. It is officially over. 85 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:26,840 There's a chance NVIDIA is wasting their money though. According to courts, analysts think the U.S. 86 00:06:26,840 --> 00:06:31,320 is highly likely to ban NVIDIA's last gen H20 chip, 87 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:36,280 which was designed for the same purpose. It's kind of rude. Who are we to restrict Chinese access 88 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:42,360 to the Scarlett Johansson we have at home? Reddit has signed deals with several major sports leagues 89 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,440 in the greatest crossover of all time 90 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,160 between redditors and sports. Anyway, they signed deals with sports leagues 91 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,400 such as the NFL, NBA, and MLB. 92 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:58,720 The sports leagues will post game highlights behind the scenes videos and AMAs with players, 93 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,960 which sounds kind of cool until you realize it'll lead to more ads. 94 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:06,760 Advertisers will show ads within these videos and the revenue will be split 95 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:11,400 between Reddit and the sports leagues. This means Reddit is now the place 96 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,760 where you can watch a worse version of TV while your data is being scraped for AI training. 97 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,520 Rivian CEO RJ Sc... Oh no, I don't know. 98 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,680 Scaringy? Scaring. Scringe. 99 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,840 Sc... Scrimmage. Leave all those in. 100 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,880 Has told the Verge that the company will not be adopting carplay for its vehicles. 101 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:38,240 Oh no, I have to say it again. Oh, Scaringy, the CEO, not a scary orange. 102 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,160 Okay, so I guess it's Scaringy. 103 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:46,440 Said that his reasoning for not using Apple carplay is ironically similar to Apple's desire 104 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:51,040 to control their own ecosystem. Scaringy also points out that if, that can't be right. 105 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,960 Scrooge also points out that if Rivian instituted carplay, 106 00:07:54,960 --> 00:08:00,200 users would have to leave the app on the dashboard to do things like open the car's front trunk. 107 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,440 Or hear me out, you give opening the front trunk 108 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:09,080 a separate f***ing button. The controls for a vehicle that can easily take a human life 109 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:13,400 if you drop your attention for a moment shouldn't really be relegated to a bargain bin iPad. 110 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:18,640 That's what, you know, that's what we think. And a 700 Hertz refresh rate has been achieved 111 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:23,240 on a CRT monitor. YouTuber Retro Gaming Base has been putting 112 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:27,600 a 22 year old Ilyama Vision Master Pro 512 113 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:33,520 through the paces over the past couple of months by overclocking it to hit refresh rates of 255 Hertz 114 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:37,680 and above. Their latest attempt got the monitor to 700 Hertz, 115 00:08:37,680 --> 00:08:40,900 much higher than the highest commercially available gaming monitor. 116 00:08:40,900 --> 00:08:46,120 There is a small downside. The maximum resolution the CRT monitor could achieve 117 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:50,240 at this refresh rate was 320 by 120. 118 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:53,800 But you don't need to see your enemies to feel superior to them. 119 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,700 I mean, but hopefully we'll be able to see you on Wednesday 120 00:08:57,700 --> 00:09:00,860 because you'll have come back for more tech news at that point, right? 121 00:09:00,860 --> 00:09:04,180 Cause that's what you're gonna do. 122 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:07,740 Right?