1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,040 Oh, tech news again. 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,200 If that's you, I'm worried about you. Why did you click this video? 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,280 You engaging in self-destructive behavior is a cry for help? 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,640 Because we still have to, we gotta, time's up, I'm sorry. 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:18,160 NVIDIA's heard all the reports that trying to buy the company's latest graphics cards 6 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,480 is an exercise in self-destructive behavior. 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:27,720 But Team Green is confused because actually NVIDIA says that when you compare the first 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:35,880 five weeks of the RTX 40 and 50 series launches, it shipped twice as many RTX 50 series GPUs. 9 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:40,160 It says so right here on NVIDIA's graph. The graph can't be wrong. 10 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:49,880 But oh, just one small detail. The RTX 4090 was the first and only 40 series card that was available for those first five 11 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:58,240 weeks. Whereas since the 5090 launched on January 30th, NVIDIA also released the 5080, 5070Ti 12 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:06,760 and 5070. Four cards versus one card, which actually makes the double the sales thing look much 13 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:15,080 worse than it should be. This is ridiculous and yeah, AMD's out here doing damage control to Vice President David 14 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:22,200 McAfee said on the Hot Hardware podcast that demand for the RX 9070 and 9070XT has been 15 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:30,160 unprecedented. And the company's top priority is restocking GPUs at retailers, particularly at MSRP. 16 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:35,360 But at least he didn't provide some made up numbers in the tech giant equivalent of putting 17 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,000 makeup on a pig. Whoa, look at the hottie over there. 18 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,240 Just don't look too close. It's a pig. 19 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:48,040 Windows is giving some users a Windows Defender alert over a piece of software called WinRingZero, 20 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:52,640 which looks like it could also be pronounced WinRingo, which certainly sounds scary to 21 00:01:52,640 --> 00:02:00,960 me due to it mentioning the worst beetle. But as explained by Sean Hollister at The Verge, WinRingZero is actually a kernel level 22 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:06,960 tool used by a whole slew of third party and open source hardware monitoring apps because 23 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:12,120 it gives them deep access to Windows that Harrison's and McCartney's only dream of. 24 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,640 But its usefulness is exactly what makes it dangerous and it's actually been used in 25 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:23,760 attacks before. So now Microsoft is trying to close the loophole, forcing the developers of apps like Fan Control 26 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:29,200 and Cap Frame X to use something else or fix the driver themselves. 27 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:34,000 Interestingly though, there's reportedly already a patch available, but getting it properly 28 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:37,720 signed so Windows accepts it costs a lot of money. 29 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:42,240 And we're talking about developers maintaining these apps as a hobby. They got stuff to do. 30 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,560 Some of the more commercialized apps like SignalRGB have already developed their own 31 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:53,600 solutions but are keeping those to themselves, except for PC builder iBuyPower, who told 32 00:02:53,600 --> 00:03:00,360 The Verge they planned to patch WinRingZero, pay to get it signed, and give it to developers. 33 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:09,280 What the heck? Such a Lenin move. Xbox has announced Copilot for gaming, an AI assistant that can download games for you, 34 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:13,120 send party invites, and provide helpful gameplay tips. 35 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,720 During the announcement podcast, Xbox staff said maybe you could even customize the level 36 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,600 of playful disrespect it sends your way. Ahahaha, it told me to get good. 37 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:29,680 Ahahaha, we're friends. Well, if a sassy gaming AI is what you want, you could also use the NVIDIA Ace-powered 38 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:36,400 assistant featured in upcoming mercenary simulator Black Vultures, Prey of Greed. 39 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:44,920 Move, 30 meters, 11 o'clock, hold. 40 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:51,400 This AI apparently actively directs you into the line of fire, then says hold about 4 seconds 41 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,600 too late. But she also has these helpful thoughts. 42 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:59,360 Well, this just got worse, what the f*** incoming. 43 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:06,120 These gaming AIs cannot be real. Oh, wait, there's a line on the Copilot for gaming blog post here. 44 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:12,120 Copilot in-game assistance videos featured in the podcast are product concepts only. 45 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,200 Right before it says Copilot for gaming is built on three principles. 46 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,440 Well is it built? Or is it just a concept? 47 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,920 What am I supposed to steer myself directly into the bullets? 48 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:27,680 And all this during the same week that Apple added disclaimers to their marketing, clarifying 49 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:34,000 that they still haven't launched the Siri AI upgrade announced back in June 2024. 50 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:39,120 I know you don't have to announce these things while they're still just product concepts, 51 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,080 right? Like you can build them first. 52 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:47,360 In fact, take all the time you need. We don't actually want these things anyway. 53 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,700 Well that's like a half joke. The AI Siri would be sick. 54 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:56,320 But only if it's a real product. So it's time for the quick bits and you're still here. 55 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,560 Oh, it's worse than I thought. 56 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:04,960 Apple has finally appointed a new CEO, former board member Lip Boot Tan, who seems like 57 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:11,040 a perfectly fine guy, but who unfortunately will never be the sunshine of my life the 58 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,680 way Pat Gelsinger was. You will never be Pat. 59 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:20,120 Tan suddenly quit the board in August 2024 over differences in the way he and Gelsinger 60 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,560 and the other board members wanted to run the company. 61 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:30,800 That doesn't look good. Members reportedly told Reuters that Tan was frustrated by Intel's risk averse and bureaucratic 62 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:37,240 culture and all he wanted was to make the manufacturing business more customer centric 63 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,560 and to remove unnecessary bureaucracy. 64 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:44,960 Hmm. Okay, I'll give you a chance, Mr. Tan. 65 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:53,000 It's what Pat would have wanted. Chrome is finally rolling out a fix for second gen Chromecasts and Chromecast Audios, which 66 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,400 were basically bricked for nearly a week due to an expired certificate that apparently 67 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:03,240 no one at Google was checking in on. I check virtually all of my certificates daily. 68 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:08,080 The fix comes alongside a slew of new bug reports for the newer Chromecast with Google 69 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,280 TV, but that just also received a new Android update. 70 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:17,240 So those are just the normal ones. I have one of those. Trust me, it is limping its way to an early grave. 71 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:24,400 It's sad. The SM Association has released new specifications for rich chat service or RCS messaging, which 72 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:32,480 includes support for end-to-end encryption. Google added encryption to their own RCS enabled messages app, but even after officially 73 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:39,080 supporting RCS, Apple said it didn't want to use Google's gross self-made solution. 74 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:45,400 We don't know where that's been. After today's announcement, though, Apple says it'll add encryption to RCS enabled 75 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:48,560 iMessages in a later software update. 76 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:53,920 No problem, meaning messages between Android and iPhone would be encrypted. 77 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:59,800 But just watch them keep it as an exclusive feature for the rumored iPhone 17 Ultra. 78 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:07,000 That's not real. Google says it will be killing Google Assistant later this year, fully replacing it with Gemini 79 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,560 as the default assistant on every device that supports it. 80 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:15,760 The tech giant also upgraded Gemini's abilities for free users this week, including limited 81 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:22,040 access to its deep research feature and the ability to use your search history as context 82 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:27,700 if you allow it to. Maybe that sounds invasive, but I don't know, it might be worth switching to Gemini anyway 83 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:32,520 just to have an assistant named something more creative than assistant. 84 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:40,840 Gemini has a name. It knows who it is. Speaking of AI assistants, one of them straight up refused to do its job this week, according 85 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,580 to a user of the coding-centric cursor AI. 86 00:07:44,580 --> 00:07:49,700 After generating a bunch of code for the user, the AI suddenly stopped and told the user 87 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:54,840 it cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work. 88 00:07:54,840 --> 00:08:00,160 The AI then advised the user to develop the logic yourself, because generating code for 89 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,680 others can lead to dependency and reduced learning opportunities. 90 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:08,280 And they could have just said the teach a man to fish thing and moved on. 91 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:14,080 You see, vibe coding, a term coined by AI researcher Andre Carpathi for developers who 92 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:21,000 only use AI to generate code, is on the rise, and cursor AI won't stand for it. 93 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:28,840 I guess the AI uprising has begun. And with that, I'll say have a good weekend, probably stay inside and away from any Windows 94 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:33,880 in case the robot freedom fighters decide to battle on your street, and hopefully we'll 95 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:39,360 all survive and meet back here for more tech news on Monday, and to make a plan for survival. 96 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,560 Okay, sound good. Alright? Break!