1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,440 I mean, hey, you can't make an omelette without melting a few connectors. 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:14,600 I guess you can. Not this kind. Two reports have emerged of RTX 5090s melting their power cables, recalling the great RTX 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,360 4090 cable-melting of 2022. 4 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:25,360 Everybody panic! By everybody, I mean the tiny amount of people who actually got their hands on a 5090. 5 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:30,520 The first report came from a Redditor who discovered connector-melting on both the graphics card 6 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:36,960 side and the power supply side, frying the third-party cable he used to hold on. 7 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:44,920 It was a third-party cable? Well, case closed, except that same cable powered the Redditor's 4090 in the same build 8 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:49,800 for two years with no issues, and they claimed to have securely clicked the cable in on 9 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:57,040 both sides. And I haven't seen anything to make me question you slash Ivan6953's attention to detail. 10 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:03,880 He's the same? He's always been. Sure, the guidance from industry professionals has been to avoid using third-party cables, 11 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:09,200 adapters, or extenders for the RTX 50 series, but the other report making the rounds comes 12 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:15,520 from Spanish YouTuber ToroTochoReviews, whose melted cable was the one that came with his 13 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:22,240 FSP power supply. Now the last time this all happened, it led to a redesign of the 12-volt high-power connector, 14 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:28,400 but apparently didn't lead NVIDIA to consider trying to make its GPU suck up less than 600 15 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,920 watts. Which is good, Jensen's Alpha as f**k. 16 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:37,600 Zotac is trying to make it a bit easier to melt your very own RTX 50 series GPU. 17 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:43,480 They launched a program to let PC gamers enter to win the chance to buy a GPU directly from 18 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:50,440 Zotac. Instead of waiting for GPUs to move through the standard retailer-to-eBay pipeline. 19 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:57,160 I love traditions. Zotac is running the program through its Discord and will prioritize candidates who actively 20 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:01,080 engage in challenges, discussions, and community activities. 21 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:04,400 Spam low-effort messages will not count. 22 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:09,120 Zotac can tell when you mean it. Zotac knows your heart. 23 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,520 So just try to engage without seeming like you're trying too hard and you'll be set. 24 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,960 Now this isn't that attractive to you right now because you'd prefer not to spend your 25 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:22,360 life savings. Leaks are pointing to the RTX 5070 Ti being released on February 20th. 26 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:26,600 And I would have said it'll be slightly more affordable if scalpers hadn't said, 27 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,800 What about your second 2020 GPU shortage? 28 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,280 Reviews are going up for Intel's Aero Lake H processors. 29 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:38,360 The laptop version of the company's disastrous Aero Lake S desktop chips. 30 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,400 And wouldn't you know it? They're... Oh, they're actually pretty good. 31 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:48,360 While the desktop Core 9 Ultra 285K struggled to beat its own predecessor, let alone its 32 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:55,960 AMD competitor, the Core Ultra 9 285H is scoring the top spot in multiple reviewers' benchmarks. 33 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:00,840 And while it doesn't have a powerful enough neural processor to secure its co-pilot plus 34 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:10,160 PC status, Intel shares rose this morning on the news that Team Blue actually had something 35 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:16,240 go right for a change. Intel's redemption arc. 36 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,640 But I can't agree until they hire back my second dad, Pat Gelsinger. 37 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:26,600 What about your second, Pat? That omelet tasted horrible. 38 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:31,000 For the quick bits, instead of connectors, we're just gonna melt some eggs like normal. 39 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,120 OpenAI has reportedly been designing its own custom AI chips, joining other tech giants 40 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:40,000 like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon who got the bill from NVIDIA and went, 41 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,000 Pfft. Pfft. Pfft. 42 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:49,480 Pfft. This is ridiculous. Reuters says OpenAI plans to send the final design to TSMC by the end of the year, but 43 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,080 will they make it before Elon Musk buys the company? 44 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:58,400 Because I don't know if a Sam Altman sub-tweet rejecting his official offer is legally binding. 45 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:03,240 PlayStation Plus subscribers trying to game on the weekend were instead subjected to a 46 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,080 PlayStation network outage that lasted 20 hours. 47 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:12,480 So Sony is compensating players with 5 free days of PS Plus service, as if that's gonna 48 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,480 change the fact that they had to sit staring at a blank TV for 20 hours straight. 49 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:23,280 Why did you make them do that, Sony? For PC gamers, though, this just proves that making us sign into the PlayStation network 50 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:31,440 was always a bad idea. I mean, when it comes to online services, PlayStation is like the Nintendo of consoles 51 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:38,560 that can play Blu-rays. The New York Times has published a report on a disturbing trend among TikTok influencers. 52 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:44,080 Wearing an Apple Watch on your ankle. I hope you made sure your mother was out of the room for this part, she's endured so 53 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:50,120 much already. Apparently, an ankle-mounted watch can sense heart rate better for people with twig-like 54 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:56,320 wrists, skin conditions, or with tattoos that can legitimately obscure the sensor. 55 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:01,400 Step counting may also be more accurate, with the watch placed closer to the body part, 56 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:06,680 doing the stepping. So I guess give the ankle watch a try, but stay on the lookout for bounty hunters who 57 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:13,120 mistake it for an ankle monitor. And if you're a TikToker concerned that your favorite app might still disappear, don't 58 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,120 worry, there's a fun new alternative, Wikitalk. 59 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:22,040 It's a website that lets you doom-scroll random articles from Wikipedia, and you can like 60 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:29,360 them to save them to a list of your favorites. It's unquestionably better for your mental health, but if it's not for you, TikTok has 61 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:33,920 made the Android app available on its website, since it's still not allowed back on Google 62 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:39,520 Play. So you should still be able to access an endless feed of videos of terminally online people 63 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:45,360 scolding you. And I'll never scold you, as long as you come back on Wednesday for more tech news. 64 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:51,600 Okay, I'll see you there, and if not, I'll let loose with a heinous string of epithets. 65 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,200 That's just how this works.