1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:07,560 I was a little worried, but on my drive into work, Harry Nilsson's 1971 hit 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:12,720 Coconut came on and I knew that today was going to be okay. Put the tech in 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:18,920 the news and drink them both together. Later, Sisqo's Thong Song came on. 4 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:23,280 Sony PlayStation and AMD wanted to give a glimpse at the next-gen tech that will 5 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:27,840 power the PlayStation 6. So, who better to awkwardly read a script about that 6 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:34,000 off a teleprompter, hey, than AMD exec Jack Houen and Dana Carvey from SNL 7 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:39,400 playing PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny. The update on the two companies' Project 8 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:43,960 Amethyst collaboration detailed three apparently important technologies 9 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:51,480 shaping its next-gen RDNA GPUs with top-tier techno babble names like neural 10 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:53,680 arrays, radiance cores, and universal 11 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:59,440 compression. These technologies will provide scalability as workloads grow 12 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:02,120 and unified light transport, which are 13 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:08,040 cool, but unfortunately, the extremely hyped symbiotic frame reintegration 14 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:12,440 was not mentioned. Why did I even come to this TED Talk? And besides, when is 15 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:17,000 the PS6 even coming out? Well, according to one of our favorite leakers, Kepler, 16 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:21,480 Sony is planning to launch the PS6 in 2027. So, for now, you're going to have 17 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:25,920 to just let all those cool buzzwords rattle around in your head until you can 18 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:29,520 envision just how totally gnarly this beast is going to be. 19 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:33,800 I think Intel has unveiled their next-gen Panther Lake processors. The 20 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:39,280 company says Panther Lake is going to launch by the end of this year, on paper 21 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:42,520 at least, and it's going to fix everything. 22 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:47,000 After this, smooth sailing. While Intel's previous laptop chips were 23 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:51,600 divided into Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake families, this laptop generation will be 24 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:56,000 Panther Lake all the way down and will apparently leverage the best parts of 25 00:01:53,880 --> 00:02:01,520 its predecessors, Lunar Lake's power efficiency and Arrow Lake's 26 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:05,360 compatibility with Skyrim memes. Think that was the best thing going for it. 27 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:10,280 Intel didn't reveal model numbers, but did specify three distinct package 28 00:02:08,119 --> 00:02:16,480 configurations, an eight-core and a 16-core, each with four new XE3 GPU 29 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:18,640 cores, and another 16-core with 12 GPU 30 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:25,000 cores. Wait, wait, XE3? XE2 used Intel's Battlemage GPU 31 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:27,960 architecture, so that means XE3 32 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:32,560 is still Battlemage. Of course, of course it is. Intel's Tom 33 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:39,160 Petersen confirmed to PCWorld that the Battlemage follow-up, Celestial, won't 34 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:41,080 arrive until we get next next-gen XE3P 35 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:46,120 cores, which Tom is already starting to hype up. >> XE3P coming up. Ooh, chills. That got me 36 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:52,840 going. But to compensate for the disappointment, Intel also announced 37 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:54,760 their new upscaling tech, XESS3, which 38 00:02:52,840 --> 00:03:00,440 will support multi-frame generation, beating AMD to the punch already thrown 39 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:06,560 by NVIDIA. But unlike Team Green, Intel will let all Arc GPUs use their new fake 40 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:10,520 frames tech, even older A-series gaming cards, like Intel's the cool older 41 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:15,120 brother who will let his younger sibling play with his action figures. NVIDIA's 42 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:19,880 like, "No, you'll break it. No, you'll decrease the resale value." Discord is 43 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:23,760 calling out the hackers who breached the chat platform's third-party service 44 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:28,800 provider, not for the actual hack, they already did that, but for lying to 45 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:32,920 What's next? Parking in the handicap spot on the internet? 46 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:38,160 The hackers claim they've swiped the data of five and a half million unique 47 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:42,160 users, including nearly 2.2 million photos of government IDs. Well, in an 48 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:47,520 updated press release, Discord says, "Actually, they've only identified 49 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:50,400 70,000 users whose government ID photos 50 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:54,360 have been swiped, which is barely any." 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The quick bits remember the lost weekend 77 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:47,360 with Harry and John Lennon, but they don't talk about it. 78 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:52,480 Apple is making some tweaks to how their accounts work in Texas. Starting in 79 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:56,640 January, Texas's new age verification law will require app stores and 80 00:05:54,080 --> 00:06:00,360 developers to check users' ages before letting them download apps. Apple says 81 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:04,560 that if you're in Texas and create an Apple account, you will have to verify 82 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:08,720 you're over 18. Otherwise, you'll need to join a family sharing group and a 83 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:12,680 guardian will have to approve all your downloads and purchases, so make good 84 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:16,520 choices. Developers will also need to adjust their apps to follow the rules, 85 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:20,400 but Apple's releasing tools to help them with age checks and getting parental 86 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:24,720 consent. Google also announced they're doing something similar, letting apps 87 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:28,560 access info like users' age range, verification status, and whether an 88 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:32,960 account is supervised. Both companies are also laying out plans for what to do 89 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:36,960 when the age verification government IDs inevitably get hacked. Step one, wasn't 90 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:41,440 me. California's been on a consumer rights 91 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:46,280 kick. Governor Gavin Newsom just signed a law that will force browsers to 92 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:51,280 provide a simple portal that will allow users to opt out of third-party data 93 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:55,600 collection across all websites. Whether the browser companies actually at it is 94 00:06:53,600 --> 00:07:01,000 remains to be seen, but California also tightened rules on streaming platforms 95 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:03,160 by banning jarringly loud ad spots from 96 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:06,200 playing during streaming. It's almost like the state that houses many of the 97 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:10,040 world's biggest tech companies has a better understanding of how obnoxious 98 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:13,840 online data collection and advertising efforts have become. 99 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:17,760 Maybe that's their home advantage. California knows the call is coming from 100 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:20,560 inside the house. And now we just need to follow their lead to get away from 101 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:25,920 THESE MONSTERS. A LOUD AD. Battlefield 6 just launched, 102 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:29,160 but not all its new players are actually getting to 103 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:32,720 uh, you know, play the game. According to the Battlefield Comms Twitter 104 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:36,520 account, some players are having issues with accessing the game at all, while 105 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:40,040 others are just getting stuck in old-fashioned queues. I mean, it's kind 106 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:44,560 of nostalgic. Based on what I've learned about war from TV, getting into the 107 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:49,760 military isn't always that easy and soldiers do end up sitting around a lot 108 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,800 between episodes of horrifying 109 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:55,480 uh, conflict. So, maybe Battlefield 6 is just striving to be more realistic. 110 00:07:54,200 --> 00:08:00,520 Good job. South Korea's online government services 111 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:05,480 are reeling after a giant fire at a state data center. The blaze caused the 112 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:11,160 suspension of 70 online government services and destroyed 858 113 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:16,800 terabytes of data, which was thoughtfully reported to be equivalent 114 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:19,360 to 449 and a half billion sheets of 115 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:24,640 A4-sized paper. Very helpful. Thank you so much. Worst of all, apparently, the G 116 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:29,680 Drive system, no relation to Google, is government drive, uh, it was completely 117 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:33,840 destroyed in the fire and they couldn't have backed it up, according to an 118 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:37,640 unnamed official, because it was so big. Too big to back up. Sorry. While the 119 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:42,840 incident is being reported as a battery fire, inspired by K-pop demon hunters, I 120 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:48,000 did some quick research about Korean fire demons and I'm almost certain these 121 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:51,520 fires were caused by the dastardly Dokkaebi 122 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:55,080 and likely not the fire goddess Joangshin, 123 00:08:53,480 --> 00:09:00,200 unless a housewife did something bad to a fireplace's hearth. Wow. That's 124 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:05,720 something to Google. And Figure claims that its new Figure 3 robot can wash 125 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:08,560 dishes, clean floors, and handle other chores. 126 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:15,520 Great. Good enough. I'm a tired dad. I've seen The Jetsons. Bring on the snarky robot 127 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:17,600 maids. In a video released by Figure, we 128 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:22,040 get to see the Figure 3 doing all sorts of jobs and it all looks pretty cool and 129 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:26,600 and potentially even useful. However, at around the last minute of the video, the 130 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:30,760 music takes on a more sinister tone and we see the robots doing 131 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:36,760 uh, people's jobs. Hmm, probably nothing. Figure CEO Brett 132 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:41,560 Adcock posted on LinkedIn that nothing in the film was teleoperated, which made 133 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:45,360 me say, "Film? What are you from Europe?" But no, he's from Illinois. 134 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:49,120 Anyway, if you thought I was being glib about these robots stealing your jobs, 135 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:53,200 Figure has already had robots working on a BMW production line for five months. 136 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:56,480 All right, all this automation better bring about that universal basic income 137 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:01,560 everyone's been talking about, or otherwise, why did Bernie Sanders just 138 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:05,120 posted 10-minute video talking about how dangerous the robots are? What are we 139 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:09,000 going to do about these robots? Hey, you know what? Let's all just relax, okay? I 140 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:13,880 hope you enjoyed today's show. We won't be back until next Wednesday. Monday is 141 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:18,280 a holiday, but please do come back. I found a wiki page for something called a 142 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:22,480 novelty song, which includes mentions of Weird Al, Randy Newman, and Frank Zappa. 143 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:25,560 So, obviously, I have a long weekend of research ahead of me.