1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:06,300 Happy Valentine's Day. By clicking this video, you have become my Valentine. 2 00:00:09,580 --> 00:00:14,500 What, not even a card? Melting RTX 5090 cables continue to be investigated 3 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:19,100 by the nerdiest among us. Us relative normies salute you. 4 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:25,100 Meanwhile, listings for various versions of NVIDIA's next graphics card, the RTX 5070 Ti, 5 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:28,120 have been spotted at primarily European retailers 6 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:33,120 for prices well above the card's MSRP of $750 US. 7 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:37,240 Although MicroCenter has one listed for exactly 750 bucks. 8 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,200 So don't you move, stay right there a little bit. 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:46,480 NVIDIA has confirmed through their website that the 5070 Ti will launch on February 20th, 10 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:49,840 which also reveals Team Green has delayed the launch 11 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,240 of the RTX 5070 non-Ti to March 5th, 12 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,640 which is also the birthday of my brother Barrett. 13 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:05,400 Happy birthday, bro, I mean, later. Anyway, AMD likewise confirmed they'll finally reveal 14 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:10,400 the RX 9070 and 9070 XT on February 28th. 15 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:15,520 And they did this the same day that some specs and performance for the 9070 XT 16 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:20,240 leaked via HKE PC, pointing to both cards once again, 17 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:26,240 featuring 16 gigabytes of VRAM. AMD's Frank Azor also denied rumors 18 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,920 of a 32 Gigabyte version of the 9070 XT, 19 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:34,920 but he didn't deny a 32 Gigabyte 9070 XTX or a 9070 XTXT. 20 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:43,040 So as far as I'm concerned, the possibilities remain endless. TikTok has been restored to Apple 21 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:48,160 and Google's respective app stores after reportedly being assured through a nice letter 22 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,000 from US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Bondi? 23 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,160 She's from the bach. Being assured by her that they're safe to do so. 24 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,200 And the letter definitely isn't a prank, for sure, they won't get in trouble, it's fine. 25 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,200 TikTok shot to the top of the most downloaded charts on iOS, 26 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:11,200 but not on Android, because all the talk heads already sideloaded it, 27 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,160 along with every other app they could find that seemed vaguely Chinese. 28 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,720 So everyone's back on TikTok, Instagram, disliked that, 29 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,600 which they can do now because they're currently testing a downvote button 30 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:29,080 that seems similar to the Reddit version, but without a public downvote count. 31 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:36,240 Lot of social media changes happening out there. And as laws trying to ban kids from social media pile up, 32 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,240 Roblox, the platform primarily used by kids 33 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,360 and people interested in them, is desperately trying to convince the government, 34 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,000 it is definitely not a social media platform. 35 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,200 But remember from the Epic Games versus Apple lawsuit, Roblox is also not a game. 36 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:59,960 In fact, it doesn't even host games, it just hosts experiences that are sometimes social. 37 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:06,960 There's no media involved. People trust AI way more in India and China than in the US, 38 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,400 according to new research from the Edelman Trust Institute. 39 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:14,440 I mean, maybe Americans are just wound up a bit too tight, relax guys. 40 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,200 The AI's got it. I mean, sure, recent research from Microsoft 41 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,400 and Carnegie Mellon indicates that increased use of AI 42 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,640 correlates with deteriorated critical thinking skills, 43 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:29,160 leaving us atrophied and unprepared when AI suddenly isn't available. 44 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:36,840 But that's just like a calculator. Those are everywhere. And now, so are AI features with the brand name Deep Research 45 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,840 as Perplexity joins Google and OpenAI 46 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,360 in launching a web search feature with the exact same name. 47 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,520 I have a feeling that naming three different competing AI features, 48 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,880 the same thing won't really help the whole factual correctness situation, 49 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:57,240 which is already a big issue when it comes to news. A new BBC investigation found that over half of news summaries 50 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:02,400 generated by the top large language models had significant issues of some kind 51 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,280 with 19% of AI answers that cited BBC content 52 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:11,000 containing factual errors. But hey, that doesn't mean AI is bad. 53 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,960 Look at this complex enzyme that can digest some plastics 54 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,840 which was designed by AI. Personally, I'm okay with fake news 55 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:23,840 as long as I can keep eating plastic. I'm also okay with our sponsor, 56 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:28,000 Java, the marketplace for gamers. Maybe you're looking to score components 57 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,440 for your next upgrade from a reliable source at a great price. 58 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:36,920 I mean, really, Valve has warned users who downloaded an indie survival game 59 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:42,320 called Pirate Fight on Steam that the game actually contained suspected malware. 60 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,800 Valve will recommend scanning your PC with anti-virus software, 61 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,120 looking out for a suspicious new apps and just to be safe, 62 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,400 these are all reasonable things to watch. So I totally get it if you wanted to head straight from here 63 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:58,240 to LMG.GG, find the idea of actual pirates a bit too much. 64 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:02,560 It's good to remember the whole pillaging part. I won't hold it against you. 65 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,680 So thanks, Pirate Fight. The official website of the Elon Musk-led 66 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,720 Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, 67 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,400 was defaced by coders after DOGE apparently put the site 68 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,480 together so hastily they left a database open in the back. 69 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:22,920 It's a good thing we've got top techno-mansers like these guys firing most of the team of tech experts 70 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,080 responsible for helping the government understand financial tech products. 71 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,160 You know, while I'm here, I have to correct some misinformation that's sort of related. 72 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:36,600 This procurement request from the State Department for $400 million worth of armored Teslas 73 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,400 is not a done deal. There's no current contract and the request actually originated 74 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,800 during the Biden administration, at which point it was still a dumb idea. 75 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,840 Reddit CEO Steve Huffman confirmed plans 76 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:51,960 to introduce a paywall feature later this year 77 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:57,000 after being asked during a video AMA about content that only paid members can see. 78 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,080 Later, Huffman confirmed again that paid subreds are coming in 2025, 79 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:05,040 which could potentially both open up new revenue streams for the company 80 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,000 and sadly, reward Reddit moderators for acting like that. 81 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,600 And it's not exactly tech news, but it is important to take a moment 82 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:16,120 and remember the duo-lingo mascot, duo, 83 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,120 who the company says was horrifically run over by a cyber truck this week, 84 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:24,360 possibly waiting for users to do their language lessons. As a sign of respect, 85 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:29,200 the company changed their profile picture to the owl's dead face, as one does. 86 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:33,880 The mascot is survived by his canonical girlfriend, pop star Dua Lipa, 87 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,280 who tweeted, till death duo part, 88 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:40,480 which I guess already happened. 89 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,680 So that does make sense. Now, you coming back here for more tech news on Monday, 90 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,960 that makes all the sense in the world. It definitely makes more sense 91 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,720 than physicists uncovering evidence of two arrows of time 92 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:56,000 emerging from the quantum realm, right?