WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.520 Tech-linked, tech news you can count on. Unlike my uncle's fingers, 00:00:04.520 --> 00:00:09.400 he lost them in a tragic high-fiving accident. With a saw, apparently. 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:13.160 Microsoft is updating Windows 11 to make it better to use, 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:16.880 at least for people who love pop-up ads. Yay! 00:00:16.880 --> 00:00:21.200 They do exist. After the last major update brought notifications, 00:00:21.200 --> 00:00:27.160 telling Windows 11 users to back up their files with OneDrive, the company has decided to increase 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:31.320 the number of ads in the start menu in the newest preview build of Windows 11. 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:36.600 I'm sure it's for our own good. Microsoft knows. These little pop-ups will appear for local account users 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:39.680 and will mention all the free services you can get 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:44.920 if you log in with a Microsoft account, which Microsoft would very much like you to believe 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:50.480 you must do in order to take advantage of amazing new features like Cortana. 00:00:50.480 --> 00:00:56.520 They probably don't want to use the word advertising to describe their notices promoting products or services, 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:59.640 even though that's the exact definition of the word, 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:03.320 because the word advertisement has a negative connotation. 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.800 Instead, they've decided to call these pop-ups badging, 00:01:06.800 --> 00:01:11.480 a more positive word that calls to mind things like confrontations with police, 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:16.720 or the verb to badger, meaning to annoy with frequent or persistent requests. 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:20.840 Riding, riding, riding, riding. Thank you for the badging. 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:25.640 So the way you would describe what's happening is to say, Windows 11 is being overrun 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:28.960 with intrusive pop-up badging, not the other thing. 00:01:28.960 --> 00:01:33.800 Now for our weekly segment, where we discuss the newest NVIDIA 40 Series GPU to leak. 00:01:33.800 --> 00:01:40.080 This time, it's the 4060 Ti. The card is rumored to have a launch cost of $450, 00:01:40.080 --> 00:01:43.520 which would be 25% more than the 3060 Ti, 00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:46.760 or just five times the current inflation rate. 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.760 Oof, what a steal. Oh, man, it's every time. 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:54.400 It's rough out there. At least one partner card's specs has leaked 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:59.080 Colorful's iGaming OC variant, seemingly confirming that the 4060 Ti 00:01:59.080 --> 00:02:02.440 will have eight gigs of VRAM. This leak comes just over a month 00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:07.840 before the card is rumored to launch, which is somehow always when these NVIDIA GPU leaks happen 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:10.880 for reasons indecipherable to humans. 00:02:10.880 --> 00:02:14.000 Looks like I've got a schedule. I'm sure there's no spreadsheets involved. 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:17.560 These leaks come from tech power-ups GPU database editor, 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:20.680 who also claimed the base 4060 Ti's boost clock 00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:26.960 will be 2,535 megahertz, while Colorful's version is only 45 megahertz higher, 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:30.000 much lower than the inflation rate of Hertz. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:33.920 Didn't quite sell that one, yeah, that one hurt. Of course, there's still no word 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:39.760 on the specs gamers really care about. Will it fit inside a PC case that humans actually own? 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:45.080 Or will we once again be treated to a GPU bulge reminiscent of that one guy at the hotel pool 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:51.800 who's always in an undersized speedo? And it seems like Apple has had an 18-carat run of bad luck 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:55.640 after falling victim to multiple bugs across their services. 00:02:55.640 --> 00:03:00.960 Multiple iPhone users have complained their phones started constantly asking for their Apple ID passwords, 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:04.800 scaring iOS fans into thinking their accounts may be compromised. 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:10.040 But that doesn't sound as bad as the iPhone pop-ups asking users if they think Tim Cook is cute 00:03:10.040 --> 00:03:15.160 that I just made up right now. Tim put it in there because he just needs a little confidence boost, you know? 00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:18.760 Do you think I'm cute? As for the real Apple ID password issue, 00:03:18.760 --> 00:03:23.040 it isn't limited to iPhones. Several users, especially in Brazil and Japan, 00:03:23.040 --> 00:03:27.000 have been having similar issues with logging into Apple TV. 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:32.600 Some users on Twitter are complaining of being logged or even locked out of their Apple IDs, 00:03:32.600 --> 00:03:37.760 while at least one Brazilian user claims his Apple TV Plus subscription just disappeared. 00:03:37.760 --> 00:03:42.680 How will he watch lovable underdog Ted Lasso lead the ragtag players of Richmond 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:47.600 towards team victory and personal growth now? He's gonna have to go touch grass. 00:03:47.600 --> 00:03:53.720 The website down detector shows a massive peak in reported Apple TV outages just 24 hours ago. 00:03:53.720 --> 00:03:57.440 Tim Cook takes time off to go to Coachella and look what happens. 00:03:57.440 --> 00:04:02.040 I heard Lord would be there. What would he, who would he like? 00:04:02.040 --> 00:04:05.360 We've noticed some Gen Xers pronouncing quick bits 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:09.160 as K-W-I-K-B-Y-T-Z. 00:04:09.160 --> 00:04:13.380 And first of all, how dare you? I said Zed, sorry Americans. 00:04:13.380 --> 00:04:16.980 The mutant hedgehog and Yakuza enthusiasts over at SEGA 00:04:16.980 --> 00:04:20.020 have decided to buy Rovio Entertainment, 00:04:20.020 --> 00:04:24.260 the developer of Angry Birds for $776 million. 00:04:24.260 --> 00:04:29.340 The mobile game? It's huge right now. Is it? I was gonna say it's basically a retro game at this point. 00:04:29.340 --> 00:04:34.260 SEGA says they bought the company to strengthen its position in the global gaming market, 00:04:34.260 --> 00:04:39.540 apparently relying on the kind of strategic thinking that kept their gaming console business alive. 00:04:39.540 --> 00:04:44.700 Moving from furries to avians. More animals. Personally, I don't get why SEGA would be interested 00:04:44.700 --> 00:04:48.840 in a company whose popular animal mascots once dominated entire platform, 00:04:48.840 --> 00:04:51.940 but now only catered to a smaller yet rabid fan base. 00:04:51.940 --> 00:04:55.300 They're just so sexy. Anthropomorphic animals, there's just so much you can do with them. 00:04:55.300 --> 00:04:59.780 So many things you can draw them doing. Valve has restricted almost 2,500 accounts 00:04:59.780 --> 00:05:02.780 thanks to a negative review of the game Warlander 00:05:02.780 --> 00:05:07.180 posted by a user called Freedoms117, 00:05:07.180 --> 00:05:13.740 who pointed out its anti-cheat software continues to run and send data after closing the game. 00:05:13.740 --> 00:05:19.140 Because they described how to remove the software, a Steam moderator accused Freedoms117 00:05:19.140 --> 00:05:22.220 of showing how to tamper with anti-cheat systems, 00:05:22.220 --> 00:05:27.100 which, fair enough, that's what he did. And restricted their account, 00:05:27.100 --> 00:05:30.460 as well as anyone who thumbsed up the review. 00:05:30.460 --> 00:05:34.340 You're all hackers. You're all against me. You're my associate. 00:05:34.340 --> 00:05:38.340 In fairness to Valve's moderators, they were just living up to their job title, 00:05:38.340 --> 00:05:42.740 freaking out and banning thousands of people is a moderate response, 00:05:42.740 --> 00:05:46.580 according to most social platforms. Stardew Valley is getting another update 00:05:46.580 --> 00:05:50.340 after more than a year, according to one man dev team, 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:56.140 Eric Concerned Ape, Barone. The update will add new dialogue and better mod support, 00:05:56.140 --> 00:06:00.580 but at a cost, Barone is taking a break from haunted chocolatier, 00:06:00.580 --> 00:06:05.860 his highly anticipated second game, to release an update to the game he released seven years ago. 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:09.580 You just can't escape your first love. Oh, Abigail. 00:06:09.580 --> 00:06:13.900 Now, I don't get this reference because I've never played the game, but I'm assuming all of your hearts are fluttering right now. 00:06:13.900 --> 00:06:17.300 I just, Jacob wrote this. She's the purple hair of my food. 00:06:17.300 --> 00:06:21.100 Okay, I still... She eats rocks. That does sound hot. 00:06:21.100 --> 00:06:25.180 Samsung is in negotiation with, just she actually? Yes. 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:30.660 Samsung is in negotiations with Microsoft to switch the default search engine on its devices 00:06:30.660 --> 00:06:34.500 from Google to Bing. Google has been the dominant player in search 00:06:34.500 --> 00:06:37.940 for a quarter century, but now they're in a rush to add AI features 00:06:37.940 --> 00:06:41.820 to their search engine, what they've dubbed Project Magi. 00:06:41.820 --> 00:06:46.300 Google has also had a long history in AI research, obviously, but they held off 00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:51.500 and incorporating AI into Google search due to its tendency towards inaccuracy. 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:55.660 Of course, now we've all decided that accuracy doesn't matter if we can pretend 00:06:55.660 --> 00:07:00.180 we're talking to a tiny deranged consciousness trapped in a computer, so this all makes sense. 00:07:00.180 --> 00:07:03.820 And AT&T has launched a new radar-based alert system 00:07:03.820 --> 00:07:07.980 dubbed Cherisherenity for elderly and disabled people 00:07:07.980 --> 00:07:11.540 at heightened risk of falls and injury in the home, okay? 00:07:11.540 --> 00:07:16.500 According to AT&T, unlike other systems which require cameras or wearable trackers, 00:07:16.500 --> 00:07:22.140 this system is designed to keep the elderly safe while allowing them a greater degree of privacy. 00:07:22.140 --> 00:07:26.460 Nothing says privacy, quite like using radar and AI to track your grandma 00:07:26.460 --> 00:07:30.500 through walls like an enemy submersible. Wait, did you hear that? 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:35.180 Oh no, man is getting closer. Man, no, no, don't come this way, ah! 00:07:35.180 --> 00:07:38.300 And did you hear that you can come back on Wednesday for more tech news? 00:07:38.300 --> 00:07:43.140 It'll be just like today's, but with more relevant stories and a different person speaking. 00:07:43.140 --> 00:07:43.980 Imagine.