WEBVTT 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, 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 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 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:24.720 GPU for release quietly adding official support for something codenamed BMG G31 to its VTUNE 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 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:37.600 big battle mage gaming card, the B770. The update also adds support for Core Ultra III 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:42.480 Panther Lake processors and since Panther Lake is expected to debut at CES 2026, 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. 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. 00:00:52.080 --> 00:00:57.920 Now consider the fact that a leaked shipping manifest references a heretofore unseen 300 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:02.560 watt Intel GPU and you might conclude that because 300 watts is bigger than the existing 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, 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 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:20.800 that launched at Computex, but I mean that was still pretty sick so honestly, whichever way 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. 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 00:01:34.800 --> 00:01:39.440 briefing advertisers on the feature's rollout according to Adweek because nothing says helpful 00:01:39.440 --> 00:01:44.720 assistant like recommending things that make my shopping list even longer. In this economy? 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 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, 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 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, 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:10.560 by the way, could it mean that humans will end up plugging products in normal conversation, 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:16.480 because apparently people have started speaking in a chatbot influenced dialect. 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:22.240 Researchers found that people who use chatbots a lot are developing a tendency to speak in 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:28.720 slop, unironically using words like delve, intricate, and tapestry way more than they 00:02:28.720 --> 00:02:34.960 usually would. Well, at least it might help us communicate with our new 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:40.240 agentic teammates who an Amazon exec recently said can be essential to every team, 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, 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 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 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:58.160 tapestry of spreadsheet solutions. This isn't just a spreadsheet, it's a portal. 00:02:58.160 --> 00:03:03.520 Meta, meanwhile, is rolling out major changes to its targeted advertising across Facebook and 00:03:03.520 --> 00:03:09.600 Instagram in Europe. Not because they want to, but because legal regulators are finally forcing 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 00:03:15.600 --> 00:03:20.240 more control over whether their personal data can be used in targeted advertising. 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:24.640 And unlike previous choices, this one is not allowed to be buried under three 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 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:35.920 will be able to opt out of personalized ads entirely, meaning that advertisers will need to 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:41.840 serve more contextual ads that don't rely on profiling. Regulators say this is the first 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:46.400 time that Meta has offered a meaningful consent mechanism instead of their take it or leave 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 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:56.400 across the world who rely heavily on targeted ads and will require many platforms to modify 00:03:56.400 --> 00:04:01.680 their advertising campaigns to handle users contributing far less data to them. So take that 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 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 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:16.320 what information these companies have, then you should check out our sponsor. These miniscule 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 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:25.040 I can't get their name right, but I think we've had a breakthrough today. 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 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 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 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, 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:02.400 a motion-controlled, family-oriented console that I just learned about today, 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. 00:05:08.960 --> 00:05:14.320 Yeah, I like that. Analytics firm Gartner is warning companies not to let employees use 00:05:14.320 --> 00:05:19.200 AI-powered browsers due to the irreversible and untraceable risks that they pose to company 00:05:19.200 --> 00:05:25.440 data and privacy. Gartner's report indicates that traditional security controls cannot reliably stop 00:05:25.440 --> 00:05:29.120 the screen-reading features of these browsers from potentially causing leaks. 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? 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:40.000 It will use a vetting system powered by GeminiDuh to check that any automated actions 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 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? 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:55.920 Well, who else do you want? Scientists at Cedar Sinai Medical Center have engineered an 00:05:55.920 --> 00:06:02.960 experimental RNA-based drug called TY1 that mimics a natural repair signal released by heart cells. 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. 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, 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:22.720 it helps cells actually repair DNA, cut down scar tissue, and improve healing after tissue injuries. 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, 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:28.560 as they look at RAM prices. 00:06:31.200 --> 00:06:37.920 That's dynamite! And Nginai dropped yet another video of its model T-800 humanoid robot, 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 00:06:43.200 --> 00:06:47.520 performance review of the robotics industry that I've ever seen. And probably the most 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 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:59.280 Chuck Norris-style showcase was met with viewers crying, 00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:07.280 CGI! Well, it seems like Nginai has proved the naysayers wrong. This clanker means business. 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:11.840 Meanwhile, Tesla's Optimus Bot tried to serve some drinks in their recent video, 00:07:11.840 --> 00:07:16.480 and collapsed like an inept drunkard. Maybe it was inspired by that Russian AI doll 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 00:07:22.640 --> 00:07:27.920 on Wednesdays, for every other Wednesday, for more tech news, and weekend Wednesdays. 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? 00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:37.760 We don't need to say I love you goodbye, but maybe someday.