WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.040 Oh, tech news again. 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:06.200 If that's you, I'm worried about you. Why did you click this video? 00:00:06.200 --> 00:00:09.280 You engaging in self-destructive behavior is a cry for help? 00:00:09.280 --> 00:00:13.640 Because we still have to, we gotta, time's up, I'm sorry. 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:18.160 NVIDIA's heard all the reports that trying to buy the company's latest graphics cards 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:21.480 is an exercise in self-destructive behavior. 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:27.720 But Team Green is confused because actually NVIDIA says that when you compare the first 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. 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:40.160 It says so right here on NVIDIA's graph. The graph can't be wrong. 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 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:58.240 weeks. Whereas since the 5090 launched on January 30th, NVIDIA also released the 5080, 5070Ti 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 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 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 00:01:22.200 --> 00:01:30.160 unprecedented. And the company's top priority is restocking GPUs at retailers, particularly at MSRP. 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 00:01:35.360 --> 00:01:39.000 makeup on a pig. Whoa, look at the hottie over there. 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:42.240 Just don't look too close. It's a pig. 00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:48.040 Windows is giving some users a Windows Defender alert over a piece of software called WinRingZero, 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:52.640 which looks like it could also be pronounced WinRingo, which certainly sounds scary to 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 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:06.960 tool used by a whole slew of third party and open source hardware monitoring apps because 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:12.120 it gives them deep access to Windows that Harrison's and McCartney's only dream of. 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:16.640 But its usefulness is exactly what makes it dangerous and it's actually been used in 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 00:02:23.760 --> 00:02:29.200 and Cap Frame X to use something else or fix the driver themselves. 00:02:29.200 --> 00:02:34.000 Interestingly though, there's reportedly already a patch available, but getting it properly 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:37.720 signed so Windows accepts it costs a lot of money. 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. 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:46.560 Some of the more commercialized apps like SignalRGB have already developed their own 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:53.600 solutions but are keeping those to themselves, except for PC builder iBuyPower, who told 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. 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, 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:13.120 send party invites, and provide helpful gameplay tips. 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:17.720 During the announcement podcast, Xbox staff said maybe you could even customize the level 00:03:17.720 --> 00:03:22.600 of playful disrespect it sends your way. Ahahaha, it told me to get good. 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 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:36.400 assistant featured in upcoming mercenary simulator Black Vultures, Prey of Greed. 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:44.920 Move, 30 meters, 11 o'clock, hold. 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 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:55.600 too late. But she also has these helpful thoughts. 00:03:55.600 --> 00:03:59.360 Well, this just got worse, what the f*** incoming. 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. 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:12.120 Copilot in-game assistance videos featured in the podcast are product concepts only. 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:16.200 Right before it says Copilot for gaming is built on three principles. 00:04:16.200 --> 00:04:19.440 Well is it built? Or is it just a concept? 00:04:19.440 --> 00:04:22.920 What am I supposed to steer myself directly into the bullets? 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:27.680 And all this during the same week that Apple added disclaimers to their marketing, clarifying 00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:34.000 that they still haven't launched the Siri AI upgrade announced back in June 2024. 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, 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:43.080 right? Like you can build them first. 00:04:43.080 --> 00:04:47.360 In fact, take all the time you need. We don't actually want these things anyway. 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:50.700 Well that's like a half joke. The AI Siri would be sick. 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. 00:04:56.320 --> 00:04:59.560 Oh, it's worse than I thought. 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:04.960 Apple has finally appointed a new CEO, former board member Lip Boot Tan, who seems like 00:05:04.960 --> 00:05:11.040 a perfectly fine guy, but who unfortunately will never be the sunshine of my life the 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:14.680 way Pat Gelsinger was. You will never be Pat. 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:20.120 Tan suddenly quit the board in August 2024 over differences in the way he and Gelsinger 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:23.560 and the other board members wanted to run the company. 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 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:37.240 culture and all he wanted was to make the manufacturing business more customer centric 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:40.560 and to remove unnecessary bureaucracy. 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:44.960 Hmm. Okay, I'll give you a chance, Mr. Tan. 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 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:57.400 were basically bricked for nearly a week due to an expired certificate that apparently 00:05:57.400 --> 00:06:03.240 no one at Google was checking in on. I check virtually all of my certificates daily. 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:08.080 The fix comes alongside a slew of new bug reports for the newer Chromecast with Google 00:06:08.080 --> 00:06:12.280 TV, but that just also received a new Android update. 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. 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 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 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:39.080 supporting RCS, Apple said it didn't want to use Google's gross self-made solution. 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 00:06:45.400 --> 00:06:48.560 iMessages in a later software update. 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:53.920 No problem, meaning messages between Android and iPhone would be encrypted. 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:59.800 But just watch them keep it as an exclusive feature for the rumored iPhone 17 Ultra. 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 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:10.560 as the default assistant on every device that supports it. 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:15.760 The tech giant also upgraded Gemini's abilities for free users this week, including limited 00:07:15.760 --> 00:07:22.040 access to its deep research feature and the ability to use your search history as context 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 00:07:27.700 --> 00:07:32.520 just to have an assistant named something more creative than assistant. 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 00:07:40.840 --> 00:07:44.580 to a user of the coding-centric cursor AI. 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 00:07:49.700 --> 00:07:54.840 it cannot generate code for you, as that would be completing your work. 00:07:54.840 --> 00:08:00.160 The AI then advised the user to develop the logic yourself, because generating code for 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:04.680 others can lead to dependency and reduced learning opportunities. 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:08.280 And they could have just said the teach a man to fish thing and moved on. 00:08:08.280 --> 00:08:14.080 You see, vibe coding, a term coined by AI researcher Andre Carpathi for developers who 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. 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 00:08:28.840 --> 00:08:33.880 in case the robot freedom fighters decide to battle on your street, and hopefully we'll 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. 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:41.560 Okay, sound good. Alright? Break!