WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.960 Welcome to the show. Today, I'll be preparing a classic tech news stew. If 00:00:03.800 --> 00:00:10.040 you want to start by preheating the dot-com bubble to about 350°, then once 00:00:07.840 --> 00:00:12.880 it pops, let it simmer for about 25 years, and you've got a 00:00:11.240 --> 00:00:17.240 techno-feudalistic society that goes great with risotto. NVIDIA's 00:00:14.600 --> 00:00:20.880 long-rumored N1 laptop chip has finally shown its face in the wild. A laptop 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:25.280 motherboard with a chip installed was briefly listed for 14 bucks on the 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:29.160 Chinese resale site Goofish before yanking it, probably so they could list 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:34.640 it on another site with a less wacky name. Can leave it on there. The board 00:00:31.240 --> 00:00:38.000 was flanked by eight SK Hynix LPDDR5X 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:40.600 packages totaling a ludicrous 128 gigs 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:45.200 of unified memory, which is more RAM than most people's entire computer, 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:50.960 phone, and smart fridge combined. The N1 is reportedly near identical to the GB10 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:53.520 superchip powering NVIDIA's DGX Spark AI 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:57.440 workstations, just repurposed for gaming in typical laptop stuff instead of 00:00:55.040 --> 00:01:01.440 spinning up an AI bot army to reply to your friends and family's messages and 00:00:59.400 --> 00:01:05.560 sway elections. It's expected to pack a 20-core ARM CPU co-designed with 00:01:03.160 --> 00:01:12.720 MediaTek and a Blackwell GPU with up to 6,144 CUDA cores, landing it somewhere 00:01:08.800 --> 00:01:14.600 around RTX 5070 territory, ish. Dell and 00:01:12.720 --> 00:01:18.960 Lenovo are reportedly on board for a potential Computex 2026 reveal, which 00:01:17.160 --> 00:01:23.720 could mark NVIDIA's first real swing at consumer laptop silicon since the Tegra, 00:01:21.800 --> 00:01:27.440 back when mobile gaming meant Shield tablets nobody actually bought. Nintendo 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:32.240 Switch, though? That had a Tegra, I think. Apple is 00:01:29.720 --> 00:01:36.080 developing display-free smart glasses code-named N50. According to Bloomberg's 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:40.840 Mark Gurman, the company is planning a reveal in late 2026 and a release in 00:01:38.160 --> 00:01:44.760 2027. Apple's design team has created at least four different frame styles from a 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:48.320 large Wayfarer-like design to a slim rectangular look like the ones Tim Cook 00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:52.840 wears, although I'm not sure if the world can handle that much raw 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:56.080 sexuality. Maybe if he dies. Apple is clearly jumping on the AI wearable 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:59.480 bandwagon after seeing the success of Meta's Ray-Ban glasses. Similar to 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:03.400 Meta's offering, Apple's glasses will feature a camera, but instead of a 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:07.720 circular lens, Apple's will have a vertically oriented oval lens. The 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:11.600 frames are made from premium acetate, which is more durable and luxurious than 00:02:09.479 --> 00:02:15.040 the standard plastic most brands use. And unlike Meta, which partners with 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:19.960 Essilor Luxottica, or Google and Samsung, who went with Warby Parker, 00:02:17.040 --> 00:02:24.240 Apple is designing everything in-house. Duh. The glasses are part of a broader 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:28.960 AI wearables push that also includes camera-equipped AirPods and a pendant, 00:02:26.680 --> 00:02:34.640 all built to work with a significantly upgraded Siri, which is definitely, for 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:37.040 sure, 100% coming in iOS 27, now that 00:02:34.640 --> 00:02:41.520 Apple brought Google in to do the hard stuff. Rockstar Games has 00:02:39.440 --> 00:02:45.360 confirmed it got breached by the hacker collective Shiny Hunters, who are 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:50.080 demanding a ransom payment by tomorrow, April 14th, or they'll dump a pile of 00:02:47.600 --> 00:02:54.280 stolen corporate data onto the dark web. I mean, whatever gets us GTA 6. The 00:02:52.600 --> 00:02:58.040 group didn't actually crack Rockstar servers directly. They slipped in 00:02:55.880 --> 00:03:02.560 through Anodot, a third-party cloud analytics service Rockstar uses, stole 00:03:00.600 --> 00:03:06.360 authentication tokens, and walked into Rockstar's data warehouses like they 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:10.160 were playing a heist mission in GTA Online. 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:14.080 Not GTA 6, though. No one knows what that's like. Shiny Hunters says they've 00:03:12.160 --> 00:03:18.000 got enough leverage to make Rockstar the next headline, which normally has 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:21.200 already happened. I mean, look at us. While Rockstar's statement insists the 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:25.600 breach involved a limited amount of non-material company information with no 00:03:23.600 --> 00:03:29.920 impact on the organization or its players. Reports say the stolen files 00:03:28.040 --> 00:03:35.440 likely include contracts, marketing plans, and financials, but not the GTA 6 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:38.920 source code. 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For the quick bits, we're going 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:57.640 to dice the stories up real small and fry at a high heat for about 1 minute 00:04:55.840 --> 00:05:02.760 each. Make sure you don't overcook them, or they will explode. Verbatim Japan and 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:06.920 I-O Data have pledged to keep Blu-ray drives and discs flowing in Japan, 00:05:05.400 --> 00:05:11.640 doubling down on a commitment they first made last year when Sony shuttered its 00:05:09.360 --> 00:05:16.320 recordable Blu-ray factory. Since then, Buffalo, Elecom, and LG have all bailed, 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:20.760 leaving Panasonic as the only Japanese company still making its own optical 00:05:18.440 --> 00:05:25.280 drives in-house, but only for TV recorders, not PCs. That's where 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:28.920 Verbatim and I-O Data come in, securing components and adjusting production 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:32.200 lines to meet demand. Somewhere out there, a secret order of monks is 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:36.280 chanting in gratitude over a freshly burned BDR of Shrek 2. Blue Origin 00:05:34.840 --> 00:05:40.640 announced last Monday that it had refined a process for extracting 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:43.960 breathable oxygen from moon dust using a small-scale reactor that melts lunar 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:50.280 soil and separates the oxygen through electrolysis. Words. The company calls the device Air 00:05:47.880 --> 00:05:53.920 Pioneer and says the reactor design is small enough to allow it to be shipped 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:57.080 to the moon. According to experts, reactors like this are key for the 00:05:55.280 --> 00:06:01.720 creation of a sustainable moon base, providing oxygen for habitats as well as 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:05.360 fuel. So, if Bezos has his way, in a few years, we'll all be huffing rocks on the 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:09.200 moon. Could have phrased that better. Meta CEO 00:06:07.400 --> 00:06:12.520 and least popular graduate of Innsmouth High School, Mark Zuckerberg, is 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:16.680 reportedly building an AI clone of himself to attend meetings and give 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:21.640 personal feedback to Meta employees. Hooray. It's what the metaverse was always for, 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:26.880 not talking to people. The avatar is being trained on his mannerisms, which 00:06:24.080 --> 00:06:30.120 he has none, tone, which is robotic, and public statements, so that employees 00:06:28.440 --> 00:06:34.040 might feel more connected to the founder. If the experiment succeeds, 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:38.040 Meta plans to let influencers and creators build their own AI versions of 00:06:35.880 --> 00:06:41.600 themselves. And as an added bonus, old Zuckercorn's unbridled charisma could be 00:06:39.960 --> 00:06:45.320 available for Meta users around the world to experience. 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:47.800 >> Do you drink coffee, man, or no? Nah. 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:56.640 Really? Yeah. I mean, have you you've had it? I have. 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:58.240 Cool. The CDC has flagged a Ryzen 00:06:56.640 --> 00:07:02.000 theft and smuggling of genetically engineered cells for industrial 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:05.840 espionage. So, researchers at Georgia Tech built a system that encrypts DNA at 00:07:03.880 --> 00:07:11.240 the genetic level, making stolen material useless without the right key. 00:07:08.840 --> 00:07:15.280 And no, that's not the plot of a Neal Stephenson novel. This is the dystopia 00:07:13.400 --> 00:07:19.200 we live in. Decryption requires adding specific chemicals in the right order, 00:07:17.160 --> 00:07:23.360 like entering a passcode, and guessing wrong triggers the release of toxins 00:07:20.840 --> 00:07:27.440 that shred the DNA and destroy the cell, which is the most extreme consequence 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:32.000 for forgetting your password ever. Imagine your hands just fall off. 00:07:30.520 --> 00:07:36.760 You up 10 times. No! And a GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS in 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:41.240 Wyoming have built and deployed hot, sexy robot grouse in Grand Teton 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:45.600 National Park, further muddying the waters of the birds aren't real 00:07:42.840 --> 00:07:49.200 conspiracy. Evidently, due to collisions with aircraft, grouse numbers at the 00:07:47.200 --> 00:07:54.280 nearby Jackson Hole Airport have dropped from 73 to just three. So, the students 00:07:52.440 --> 00:07:58.840 created robots to mimic grouse mating dances to lure real birds away from the 00:07:56.880 --> 00:08:01.920 airport. One student admitted that before he started working on this 00:08:00.200 --> 00:08:05.600 project to build robot girlfriends for birds, he didn't even know grouse were a 00:08:03.760 --> 00:08:10.520 thing. And according to some people out there, they're not. And there you have it, a 00:08:08.080 --> 00:08:14.000 beautiful eight-course tech news dinner, plated and ready to serve. Come back on 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:18.520 Wednesday, where we'll be making a lovely croquembouche out of the AI 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:18.520 bubble.