{"video_id":"k1PV5squdbY","title":"This Could Be Cataclysmic","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2026-04-14T00:32:46+00:00","duration_s":499,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":4.96,"text":"Welcome to the show. Today, I'll be preparing a classic tech news stew. If","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.8,"end_s":10.04,"text":"you want to start by preheating the dot-com bubble to about 350°, then once","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":7.84,"end_s":12.88,"text":"it pops, let it simmer for about 25 years, and you've got a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.24,"end_s":17.24,"text":"techno-feudalistic society that goes great with risotto. NVIDIA's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.6,"end_s":20.88,"text":"long-rumored N1 laptop chip has finally shown its face in the wild. A laptop","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.44,"end_s":25.28,"text":"motherboard with a chip installed was briefly listed for 14 bucks on the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":22.76,"end_s":29.16,"text":"Chinese resale site Goofish before yanking it, probably so they could list","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":27.44,"end_s":34.64,"text":"it on another site with a less wacky name. Can leave it on there. The board","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":31.24,"end_s":38.0,"text":"was flanked by eight SK Hynix LPDDR5X","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":34.64,"end_s":40.6,"text":"packages totaling a ludicrous 128 gigs","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":38.0,"end_s":45.2,"text":"of unified memory, which is more RAM than most people's entire computer,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.6,"end_s":50.96,"text":"phone, and smart fridge combined. The N1 is reportedly near identical to the GB10","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":47.6,"end_s":53.52,"text":"superchip powering NVIDIA's DGX Spark AI","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":50.96,"end_s":57.44,"text":"workstations, just repurposed for gaming in typical laptop stuff instead of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.04,"end_s":61.44,"text":"spinning up an AI bot army to reply to your friends and family's messages and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":59.4,"end_s":65.56,"text":"sway elections. It's expected to pack a 20-core ARM CPU co-designed with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":63.16,"end_s":72.72,"text":"MediaTek and a Blackwell GPU with up to 6,144 CUDA cores, landing it somewhere","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":68.8,"end_s":74.6,"text":"around RTX 5070 territory, ish. 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Apple's design team has created at least four different frame styles from a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":102.64,"end_s":108.32,"text":"large Wayfarer-like design to a slim rectangular look like the ones Tim Cook","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":106.72,"end_s":112.84,"text":"wears, although I'm not sure if the world can handle that much raw","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":110.4,"end_s":116.08,"text":"sexuality. Maybe if he dies. Apple is clearly jumping on the AI wearable","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":114.48,"end_s":119.48,"text":"bandwagon after seeing the success of Meta's Ray-Ban glasses. Similar to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":118.04,"end_s":123.4,"text":"Meta's offering, Apple's glasses will feature a camera, but instead of a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":121.76,"end_s":127.72,"text":"circular lens, Apple's will have a vertically oriented oval lens. The","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":125.4,"end_s":131.6,"text":"frames are made from premium acetate, which is more durable and luxurious than","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":129.479,"end_s":135.04,"text":"the standard plastic most brands use. And unlike Meta, which partners with","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":133.2,"end_s":139.96,"text":"Essilor Luxottica, or Google and Samsung, who went with Warby Parker,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":137.04,"end_s":144.24,"text":"Apple is designing everything in-house. Duh. 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I mean, whatever gets us GTA 6. The","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":172.6,"end_s":178.04,"text":"group didn't actually crack Rockstar servers directly. They slipped in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":175.88,"end_s":182.56,"text":"through Anodot, a third-party cloud analytics service Rockstar uses, stole","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":180.6,"end_s":186.36,"text":"authentication tokens, and walked into Rockstar's data warehouses like they","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":184.24,"end_s":190.16,"text":"were playing a heist mission in GTA Online.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":188.12,"end_s":194.08,"text":"Not GTA 6, though. No one knows what that's like. Shiny Hunters says they've","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":192.16,"end_s":198.0,"text":"got enough leverage to make Rockstar the next headline, which normally has","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":196.28,"end_s":201.2,"text":"already happened. I mean, look at us. 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The CDC has flagged a Ryzen","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":416.64,"end_s":422.0,"text":"theft and smuggling of genetically engineered cells for industrial","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":419.68,"end_s":425.84,"text":"espionage. So, researchers at Georgia Tech built a system that encrypts DNA at","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":423.88,"end_s":431.24,"text":"the genetic level, making stolen material useless without the right key.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":428.84,"end_s":435.28,"text":"And no, that's not the plot of a Neal Stephenson novel. This is the dystopia","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":433.4,"end_s":439.2,"text":"we live in. Decryption requires adding specific chemicals in the right order,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":437.16,"end_s":443.36,"text":"like entering a passcode, and guessing wrong triggers the release of toxins","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":440.84,"end_s":447.44,"text":"that shred the DNA and destroy the cell, which is the most extreme consequence","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":445.0,"end_s":452.0,"text":"for forgetting your password ever. Imagine your hands just fall off.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":450.52,"end_s":456.76,"text":"You up 10 times. No! 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One student admitted that before he started working on this","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":480.2,"end_s":485.6,"text":"project to build robot girlfriends for birds, he didn't even know grouse were a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":483.76,"end_s":490.52,"text":"thing. And according to some people out there, they're not. And there you have it, a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":488.08,"end_s":494.0,"text":"beautiful eight-course tech news dinner, plated and ready to serve. Come back on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":492.6,"end_s":498.52,"text":"Wednesday, where we'll be making a lovely croquembouche out of the AI","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":496.0,"end_s":498.52,"text":"bubble.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Welcome to the show. Today, I'll be preparing a classic tech news stew. If you want to start by preheating the dot-com bubble to about 350°, then once it pops, let it simmer for about 25 years, and you've got a techno-feudalistic society that goes great with risotto. NVIDIA's long-rumored N1 laptop chip has finally shown its face in the wild. A laptop motherboard with a chip installed was briefly listed for 14 bucks on the Chinese resale site Goofish before yanking it, probably so they could list it on another site with a less wacky name. Can leave it on there. The board was flanked by eight SK Hynix LPDDR5X packages totaling a ludicrous 128 gigs of unified memory, which is more RAM than most people's entire computer, phone, and smart fridge combined. The N1 is reportedly near identical to the GB10 superchip powering NVIDIA's DGX Spark AI workstations, just repurposed for gaming in typical laptop stuff instead of spinning up an AI bot army to reply to your friends and family's messages and sway elections. It's expected to pack a 20-core ARM CPU co-designed with MediaTek and a Blackwell GPU with up to 6,144 CUDA cores, landing it somewhere around RTX 5070 territory, ish. Dell and Lenovo are reportedly on board for a potential Computex 2026 reveal, which could mark NVIDIA's first real swing at consumer laptop silicon since the Tegra, back when mobile gaming meant Shield tablets nobody actually bought. Nintendo Switch, though? That had a Tegra, I think. Apple is developing display-free smart glasses code-named N50. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the company is planning a reveal in late 2026 and a release in 2027. Apple's design team has created at least four different frame styles from a large Wayfarer-like design to a slim rectangular look like the ones Tim Cook wears, although I'm not sure if the world can handle that much raw sexuality. Maybe if he dies. Apple is clearly jumping on the AI wearable bandwagon after seeing the success of Meta's Ray-Ban glasses. Similar to Meta's offering, Apple's glasses will feature a camera, but instead of a circular lens, Apple's will have a vertically oriented oval lens. The frames are made from premium acetate, which is more durable and luxurious than the standard plastic most brands use. And unlike Meta, which partners with Essilor Luxottica, or Google and Samsung, who went with Warby Parker, Apple is designing everything in-house. Duh. The glasses are part of a broader AI wearables push that also includes camera-equipped AirPods and a pendant, all built to work with a significantly upgraded Siri, which is definitely, for sure, 100% coming in iOS 27, now that Apple brought Google in to do the hard stuff. Rockstar Games has confirmed it got breached by the hacker collective Shiny Hunters, who are demanding a ransom payment by tomorrow, April 14th, or they'll dump a pile of stolen corporate data onto the dark web. I mean, whatever gets us GTA 6. The group didn't actually crack Rockstar servers directly. They slipped in through Anodot, a third-party cloud analytics service Rockstar uses, stole authentication tokens, and walked into Rockstar's data warehouses like they were playing a heist mission in GTA Online. Not GTA 6, though. No one knows what that's like. Shiny Hunters says they've got enough leverage to make Rockstar the next headline, which normally has already happened. I mean, look at us. While Rockstar's statement insists the breach involved a limited amount of non-material company information with no impact on the organization or its players. Reports say the stolen files likely include contracts, marketing plans, and financials, but not the GTA 6 source code. Shiny Hunters is quite the naughty group with a long list of victims, so they might want to consider that the last person to hack Rockstar got sentenced to life in a hospital. What? You know what isn't a felony, though? Our sponsor, War Thunder. Are you burdened in your day-to-day life with an underabundance of war and/or thunder? Not anymore. War Thunder brings you both of these things in the form of the most comprehensive vehicle combat game out there. It's got over 2,500 tanks, planes, and ships from 10 nations. We're talking 1920s biplanes to modern fighter jets, and they all look and sound like the real thing. There's your thunder. War Thunder doesn't use simple hitboxes, either. Every vehicle is modeled down to its individual components, engines, fuel tanks, crew, all taking real damage. Blow something up, and X-ray view shows you exactly where the shell went in and what it wrecked. Boom, there's your war, baby. Now on mobile, too, so you'll have a heavy stream of the loudest war and the most violent thunder ready to explode out of your pocket at even the slightest provocation. Join over 95 million players for free on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and mobile using the links below. And new or returning players get a massive bonus pack with vehicles, boosters, and more. War Thunder. For the quick bits, we're going to dice the stories up real small and fry at a high heat for about 1 minute each. Make sure you don't overcook them, or they will explode. Verbatim Japan and I-O Data have pledged to keep Blu-ray drives and discs flowing in Japan, doubling down on a commitment they first made last year when Sony shuttered its recordable Blu-ray factory. Since then, Buffalo, Elecom, and LG have all bailed, leaving Panasonic as the only Japanese company still making its own optical drives in-house, but only for TV recorders, not PCs. That's where Verbatim and I-O Data come in, securing components and adjusting production lines to meet demand. Somewhere out there, a secret order of monks is chanting in gratitude over a freshly burned BDR of Shrek 2. Blue Origin announced last Monday that it had refined a process for extracting breathable oxygen from moon dust using a small-scale reactor that melts lunar soil and separates the oxygen through electrolysis. Words. The company calls the device Air Pioneer and says the reactor design is small enough to allow it to be shipped to the moon. According to experts, reactors like this are key for the creation of a sustainable moon base, providing oxygen for habitats as well as fuel. So, if Bezos has his way, in a few years, we'll all be huffing rocks on the moon. Could have phrased that better. Meta CEO and least popular graduate of Innsmouth High School, Mark Zuckerberg, is reportedly building an AI clone of himself to attend meetings and give personal feedback to Meta employees. Hooray. It's what the metaverse was always for, not talking to people. The avatar is being trained on his mannerisms, which he has none, tone, which is robotic, and public statements, so that employees might feel more connected to the founder. If the experiment succeeds, Meta plans to let influencers and creators build their own AI versions of themselves. And as an added bonus, old Zuckercorn's unbridled charisma could be available for Meta users around the world to experience. >> Do you drink coffee, man, or no? Nah. Really? Yeah. I mean, have you you've had it? I have. Cool. The CDC has flagged a Ryzen theft and smuggling of genetically engineered cells for industrial espionage. So, researchers at Georgia Tech built a system that encrypts DNA at the genetic level, making stolen material useless without the right key. And no, that's not the plot of a Neal Stephenson novel. This is the dystopia we live in. Decryption requires adding specific chemicals in the right order, like entering a passcode, and guessing wrong triggers the release of toxins that shred the DNA and destroy the cell, which is the most extreme consequence for forgetting your password ever. Imagine your hands just fall off. You up 10 times. No! And a GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS in Wyoming have built and deployed hot, sexy robot grouse in Grand Teton National Park, further muddying the waters of the birds aren't real conspiracy. Evidently, due to collisions with aircraft, grouse numbers at the nearby Jackson Hole Airport have dropped from 73 to just three. So, the students created robots to mimic grouse mating dances to lure real birds away from the airport. One student admitted that before he started working on this project to build robot girlfriends for birds, he didn't even know grouse were a thing. And according to some people out there, they're not. And there you have it, a beautiful eight-course tech news dinner, plated and ready to serve. Come back on Wednesday, where we'll be making a lovely croquembouche out of the AI bubble."}