1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,640 Sit down for a minute son. I know I'm not your Riley. I can never be your Riley, 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:10,000 and I'm not trying to replace him. Think of me as your step Riley. I'm the Riley that tells 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:17,760 you the tech news and makes love to your mother. Alright champ? Intel appears to be priming a new 4 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:24,720 GPU for release quietly adding official support for something codenamed BMG G31 to its VTUNE 5 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:31,200 profiler software. This update has the community buzzing that this could be it Intel's long-rumored 6 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:37,600 big battle mage gaming card, the B770. The update also adds support for Core Ultra III 7 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,480 Panther Lake processors and since Panther Lake is expected to debut at CES 2026, 8 00:00:42,480 --> 00:00:47,120 we're thinking this could be a sign that we might also be introduced to the Wide War Wizard. 9 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,360 Did you get the Wide War Wizard thing? A WWW, like the World Wide Web. No. No. 10 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:57,920 Now consider the fact that a leaked shipping manifest references a heretofore unseen 300 11 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:02,560 watt Intel GPU and you might conclude that because 300 watts is bigger than the existing 12 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:10,480 Arc B580's 190 watt TDP, this mysterious newcomer has to be the B770, right? Right? Right? Of course, 13 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:15,840 it is also possible that it's actually just another non-gaming Arc Pro card like the B60 14 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:20,800 that launched at Computex, but I mean that was still pretty sick so honestly, whichever way 15 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:27,280 Intel chooses to shake up the GPU market, I'm down because right now the market could use a good shake. 16 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,800 Meanwhile, Google plans to bring ads to its Gemini chatbot by the end of 2026 and is already 17 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,440 briefing advertisers on the feature's rollout according to Adweek because nothing says helpful 18 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:44,720 assistant like recommending things that make my shopping list even longer. In this economy? 19 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:50,160 This news follows Elon saying that Grock will do pretty much the same thing and rumors of Open AI 20 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:54,720 doing pretty much the same thing as well, but the company's head of chat GPT, Nick Turley, 21 00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:01,280 tweeted that Open AI is 100% not testing ads in chat GPT. After all, a core tentative of this 22 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:06,560 company's culture is a focus on burning money, not making it. If and when chatbots do add ads, 23 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,560 by the way, could it mean that humans will end up plugging products in normal conversation, 24 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:16,480 because apparently people have started speaking in a chatbot influenced dialect. 25 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:22,240 Researchers found that people who use chatbots a lot are developing a tendency to speak in 26 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:28,720 slop, unironically using words like delve, intricate, and tapestry way more than they 27 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:34,960 usually would. Well, at least it might help us communicate with our new 28 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:40,240 agentic teammates who an Amazon exec recently said can be essential to every team, 29 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,560 as essential as the people sitting right next to you. Look to your left, look to your right, 30 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:49,760 they're gone. So you might want to practice your slot speak, folks. Next time you need to access 31 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:54,000 a spreadsheet, make sure that you repeat after me. Please open unto me a doorway to the rich 32 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,160 tapestry of spreadsheet solutions. This isn't just a spreadsheet, it's a portal. 33 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:03,520 Meta, meanwhile, is rolling out major changes to its targeted advertising across Facebook and 34 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:09,600 Instagram in Europe. Not because they want to, but because legal regulators are finally forcing 35 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:15,600 their hand. Under new requirements from the EU's Digital Markets Act, Meta must now give users 36 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:20,240 more control over whether their personal data can be used in targeted advertising. 37 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,640 And unlike previous choices, this one is not allowed to be buried under three 38 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:30,560 menus in a roundabout attempt at hiding the settings. Users across the EU and soon the UK 39 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:35,920 will be able to opt out of personalized ads entirely, meaning that advertisers will need to 40 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:41,840 serve more contextual ads that don't rely on profiling. Regulators say this is the first 41 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:46,400 time that Meta has offered a meaningful consent mechanism instead of their take it or leave 42 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:51,360 it model that got them into legal trouble last year. This is a big hit for mega corporations 43 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:56,400 across the world who rely heavily on targeted ads and will require many platforms to modify 44 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:01,680 their advertising campaigns to handle users contributing far less data to them. So take that 45 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:06,240 Meta, now you can try selling me something without knowing how many times I've gone to the bathroom 46 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:12,560 today. How will you know what size of toilet paper pack I need? Although if you are concerned about 47 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:16,320 what information these companies have, then you should check out our sponsor. These miniscule 48 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:21,600 morsels have had a bit of a tough time getting used to me not being their real Riley. Maybe because 49 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,040 I can't get their name right, but I think we've had a breakthrough today. 50 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:33,520 The PlayStation 5 appears to have crushed Black Friday 2025 sales, making up 47% of all consoles 51 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:40,720 sold. But the same can't be said for Team Xbox, who absolutely whiffed it. The Switch 2 came in a 52 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:48,080 respectable second place, but the Xbox Series XS? They didn't even reach the podium. Talk about 53 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:56,560 extra small sales. But wait, who took third then? It turns out it was the next playground, 54 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:02,400 a motion-controlled, family-oriented console that I just learned about today, 55 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:08,960 who needs the X when you can get the next. Yeah, that's pretty good. Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew. 56 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:14,320 Yeah, I like that. Analytics firm Gartner is warning companies not to let employees use 57 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:19,200 AI-powered browsers due to the irreversible and untraceable risks that they pose to company 58 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:25,440 data and privacy. Gartner's report indicates that traditional security controls cannot reliably stop 59 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,120 the screen-reading features of these browsers from potentially causing leaks. 60 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:34,560 Well, sure, but did Gartner know about Google's new security update for Chrome's AI features? 61 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:40,000 It will use a vetting system powered by GeminiDuh to check that any automated actions 62 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:46,240 truly match what you asked for and to block suspicious ones. Ha-ha! Am I the only one not 63 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,560 put at ease when a company tells me that they've made an AI to monitor their AI s***-ups? 64 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:55,920 Well, who else do you want? Scientists at Cedar Sinai Medical Center have engineered an 65 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:02,960 experimental RNA-based drug called TY1 that mimics a natural repair signal released by heart cells. 66 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,640 TY1 works by boosting a gene called T-Rex1. Okay, you gotta be making this up now. 67 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:15,680 It's real! Which spurs immune cells to clear damaged DNA so that healing can begin. And in animal tests, 68 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:22,720 it helps cells actually repair DNA, cut down scar tissue, and improve healing after tissue injuries. 69 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,040 This could be a brand new way to treat heart attacks, which more and more people are having, 70 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:28,560 as they look at RAM prices. 71 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:37,920 That's dynamite! And Nginai dropped yet another video of its model T-800 humanoid robot, 72 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:43,200 and this time it nearly kicked their CEO's teeth out, which is probably the most honest 73 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,520 performance review of the robotics industry that I've ever seen. And probably the most 74 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:55,120 ominous foreshadowing of where the robotics industry is headed. The company posted that short, as well as a longer behind-the-scenes video after their first 75 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,280 Chuck Norris-style showcase was met with viewers crying, 76 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:07,280 CGI! Well, it seems like Nginai has proved the naysayers wrong. This clanker means business. 77 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,840 Meanwhile, Tesla's Optimus Bot tried to serve some drinks in their recent video, 78 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:16,480 and collapsed like an inept drunkard. Maybe it was inspired by that Russian AI doll 79 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:22,640 bot thing. You know what? You've done a great job today. You'll probably be back with Riley 80 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:27,920 on Wednesdays, for every other Wednesday, for more tech news, and weekend Wednesdays. 81 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,200 But don't forget, it's gonna be me picking you up on Saturday for soccer, alright? 82 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:37,760 We don't need to say I love you goodbye, but maybe someday.