WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.240 Tech news, you better believe we got some of that. 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:08.320 We've got all of it. In fact, please take some on your way out. 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:13.040 We're running out of space. Apple has been the most valuable publicly traded company 00:00:13.040 --> 00:00:18.040 since 2011 when it usurped the oil giant ExxonMobil. 00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:21.680 But Cupertino might be in for some usurping themselves 00:00:21.680 --> 00:00:26.080 by their long time rival and overall nerdy company, Microsoft. 00:00:26.080 --> 00:00:32.760 After chasing Apple's lead for over a decade, the tech giant's market cap crossed the $3 trillion mark 00:00:32.760 --> 00:00:36.880 twice this month. And right now it's sitting at 3.01 trillion 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:40.400 compared to Apple's paltry, 2.9 trillion. 00:00:40.400 --> 00:00:43.840 The week that Satya Nadella celebrates his 10-year 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:48.500 anniversary as CEO of Microsoft. And that's apparently for a good reason. 00:00:48.500 --> 00:00:53.960 The milestone is being treated by the tech media as an opportunity to ask how Nadella was able 00:00:53.960 --> 00:00:57.760 to stay winning. A big part of the answer is continual investment 00:00:57.800 --> 00:01:03.120 into cloud infrastructure, as that tech was taking off, and having quick enough feet to sidestep 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:08.280 the type of scandals and controversies that plagued Microsoft's tech giant, brethren. 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:11.740 Cambridge Analytica, I've never heard of a. 00:01:12.800 --> 00:01:16.560 Microsoft has obviously invested heavily in AI 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:21.560 while Apple has taken things a lot slower. But could Apple catch up later this year 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:24.720 when they've said they'll reveal some big AI news? 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:29.560 I don't know, Microsoft has a pretty big lead and they continue to push into the AI sphere. 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:35.360 Just today they announced an AI-infused partnership with Semaphore, a news website founded by veterans 00:01:35.360 --> 00:01:39.840 of BuzzFeed News, The New York Times, and Bloomberg Media Group in 2022, 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:44.080 which kind of makes sense because I've never heard of it. The partnership will see Semaphore journalists 00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:48.240 using AI tools to search news sources across multiple languages, 00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:54.000 but still write the articles themselves, which sounds like a much better use of Microsoft AI 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.240 than a poll in the sidebar, asking readers to vote on the woman 00:01:57.240 --> 00:02:03.020 in the story's cause of death. See, Satya wasn't involved with that at all. 00:02:03.020 --> 00:02:06.220 The demand for RTX 4090 GPUs in China 00:02:06.220 --> 00:02:09.480 is driving up prices in other Asian countries. 00:02:09.480 --> 00:02:13.760 Despite NVIDIA releasing the Chinese exclusive 4090D variant 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:20.920 to comply with US export regulations, a black market has grown for the original full-fat non-D. 00:02:20.920 --> 00:02:25.440 It probably tastes like the delicious milk I love. 00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:28.680 It's gotten so bad that retailers in places like Taiwan, 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:33.440 Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam have stopped selling the graphics cards individually 00:02:33.440 --> 00:02:38.000 and are putting them inside of pre-built systems in an attempt to stop scalpers. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.040 But someone in Taipei allegedly still made a profit 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:45.320 spending $91,000 US dollars on 20 pre-builds 00:02:45.320 --> 00:02:48.680 and selling their GPUs to China's AI segment, 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:52.640 where the 4090s are being used as alternatives to NVIDIA's more expensive 00:02:52.640 --> 00:02:57.640 and also more heavily regulated A100 and H100 cards. 00:02:57.880 --> 00:03:03.680 Allegedly, the 4090 black market is so efficient, Chinese AI startups can reportedly receive product 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:06.840 in just three to four days. And that makes sense. 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:12.420 A consumer card like the 4090 is much easier to get ahold of than one of NVIDIA's enterprise AI cards, 00:03:12.420 --> 00:03:17.360 especially with how serious the US has been about controlling their export. 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:23.780 Just last week, the United States blocked a shipment of 24 A100s to the Australian subsidiary 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:27.900 of a Chinese company. Out of fear, the cards would end up in China. 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:34.580 Now the Aussies have to gerry-rig their own AI using chicken salt, fairy bread, and huntsman spiders. 00:03:34.580 --> 00:03:38.260 Ah, it's the same as my grandma Ma's old recipe. 00:03:38.260 --> 00:03:41.380 For... Vigemite? 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:48.500 The Vision Pro has now been thoroughly analyzed by the revered knowledge keepers of our time. 00:03:49.420 --> 00:03:54.940 In a post, one redditor was disappointed by the small field of view and reflections in the lenses, 00:03:54.940 --> 00:03:59.980 which are both apparently normal, according to Apple. A true being of culture decided to comment 00:03:59.980 --> 00:04:05.180 on that same post lamenting the lack of support for the thinking man stimulation. 00:04:05.180 --> 00:04:08.620 3D porn. Now, for some reason, that comment was deleted, 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:12.500 but not before we learned in the replies that you can disable one of your hands 00:04:12.500 --> 00:04:16.780 in the Vision Pro's accessibility settings. Let me know in the comments if that makes sense to you, 00:04:16.780 --> 00:04:19.980 because I don't get it. At least for the field of view issue, 00:04:19.980 --> 00:04:24.500 there may be a solution, using the headset without its light seal. 00:04:24.500 --> 00:04:31.860 According to some users, this increases the FOV by 15 degrees at the expense of making Tim Cook cry. 00:04:31.860 --> 00:04:35.660 That is not right. No. 00:04:35.660 --> 00:04:38.700 That's especially cruel when the poor man is still dealing 00:04:38.700 --> 00:04:42.060 with part one of iFixit's Vision Pro teardown, 00:04:42.060 --> 00:04:47.980 where they detail the tech that makes the weird eyesight feature on the outside of the headset work. 00:04:47.980 --> 00:04:52.420 Not only is it apparently a repair nightmare, but removing a certain component 00:04:52.420 --> 00:04:55.420 will squish together the eyes on the external display. 00:04:55.420 --> 00:05:00.300 And after seeing that, I may never sleep again. But it's not all bad news for the Vision Pro. 00:05:00.300 --> 00:05:03.740 The platform may inspire devs to make more interesting 00:05:03.740 --> 00:05:07.540 AR apps that could even benefit Meta's quest headsets. 00:05:07.540 --> 00:05:10.780 Imagine watching Formula One races from every angle, 00:05:10.780 --> 00:05:15.300 or even motivating yourself to finally vacuum your disgusting floor, just to get all 00:05:15.300 --> 00:05:19.140 the imaginary gold coins down there. You won't ever see it because you'll live inside 00:05:19.140 --> 00:05:22.580 the headset, but at least you know then that it's okay. 00:05:22.580 --> 00:05:27.300 Quick bits are notoriously hard to quantify, but thankfully we've come up with a formula. 00:05:27.300 --> 00:05:32.020 Unfortunately, I can't tell you what it is. Samsung's head of customer experience, 00:05:32.020 --> 00:05:36.060 Patrick Chomey, has claimed there's no such thing 00:05:36.060 --> 00:05:39.700 as a real picture to defend the Samsung Galaxy's 00:05:39.700 --> 00:05:44.220 generative edit feature. In an interview with TechRadar, Chomey states that 00:05:44.220 --> 00:05:47.060 since you're reproducing what you're seeing with sensors, 00:05:47.580 --> 00:05:53.140 it doesn't mean anything, end quote. And if you used AI to even optimize the zoom, 00:05:53.140 --> 00:05:56.180 quote, there is no real picture, full stop. 00:05:56.180 --> 00:06:01.740 Chomey also compared the generative edit feature to adding filters to photos on Instagram. 00:06:01.740 --> 00:06:06.740 If I'm following here, that means my mom may be an AI. 00:06:07.080 --> 00:06:10.540 But we're still working through what he said. Honestly, wouldn't be that surprising. 00:06:10.540 --> 00:06:14.860 A first of its kind AI heist cost a multinational company 00:06:14.900 --> 00:06:19.900 $25 million using sophisticated deep fake technology. 00:06:19.980 --> 00:06:23.660 Yeah, it's pretty wild. After sending a phishing message to the company's 00:06:23.660 --> 00:06:27.420 Hong Kong branch, scammers were able to convince a worker 00:06:27.420 --> 00:06:30.860 to give up the funds by jumping on a video conference call 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:34.780 featuring the company's chief financial officer and other employees. 00:06:34.780 --> 00:06:38.700 Except the only real person in that call was the victim, 00:06:38.700 --> 00:06:43.460 who then transferred large sums of money to five different local bank accounts. 00:06:43.500 --> 00:06:48.940 The scam was uncovered a week later, likely when the CFO never showed up to the employee's house 00:06:48.940 --> 00:06:51.640 after promising a rousing game of catch. 00:06:53.700 --> 00:06:57.940 Bamboo Lab has removed their A1 3D printer from sale 00:06:57.940 --> 00:07:01.820 and issued a recall due to issues with the heatbed cables. 00:07:01.820 --> 00:07:05.180 Apparently less than 0.1% of printers sold 00:07:05.180 --> 00:07:08.180 have the problem, but the company doesn't know why 00:07:08.180 --> 00:07:11.780 the problem exists, which isn't a great situation to be in. 00:07:11.820 --> 00:07:14.980 Bamboo Lab is recommending people stop using their printers 00:07:14.980 --> 00:07:18.740 until they can figure out the cause. They tried to consult an expert detective, 00:07:18.740 --> 00:07:22.180 but unfortunately, Mr. Monk, as played by Tony Shalhoub, 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:26.860 has solved his last case in the TV movie, Mr. Monk's Last Case, 00:07:26.860 --> 00:07:33.620 and he's tired of telling people he's retired. Japan's slim moon lander is still technically alive, 00:07:33.620 --> 00:07:38.060 but might not be for much longer. The spacecraft's solar panels caught some rays 00:07:38.060 --> 00:07:42.900 during the tail end of the lunar day, but it must now survive a full lunar night, 00:07:42.900 --> 00:07:46.900 which lasts for 14 Earth days and features temperatures as low 00:07:46.900 --> 00:07:52.700 as negative 208 degrees Fahrenheit or negative 130 degrees Celsius. 00:07:52.700 --> 00:07:56.700 But even if slim can't survive, it may live on in spirit. 00:07:56.700 --> 00:08:00.540 Its precision landing technology will be used in future lunar missions. 00:08:00.540 --> 00:08:05.700 Hopefully that will be some comfort to slim as it spends two weeks rattling its little jimmies 00:08:05.700 --> 00:08:09.420 in the moon cold. And a YouTuber has managed to build 00:08:09.420 --> 00:08:14.420 a functioning 16-bit CPU inside Microsoft Excel 00:08:14.420 --> 00:08:18.340 complete with its own memory, output, and a custom assembly language. 00:08:18.340 --> 00:08:23.580 Computer enthusiast Inkbox posted a video detailing how they made this Excel processor 00:08:23.580 --> 00:08:26.860 with a blazing fast clock speed of three hertz, 00:08:26.860 --> 00:08:31.860 128 kilobytes of RAM, and a 16 color output display. 00:08:31.900 --> 00:08:37.140 It's a gamer's dream. Inkbox's CPU also doesn't use any visual basic scripts 00:08:37.140 --> 00:08:42.420 or plugins. It is pure Excel, the way nature intended. 00:08:42.420 --> 00:08:45.740 Now, Inkbox can get any desk job he wants. 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:48.940 And you should want to come back on Wednesday for more tech news. 00:08:48.940 --> 00:08:55.780 We don't know what we'll report on yet, but oh boy, it's gonna be good.