WEBVTT 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:08.080 Happy Valentine's Day. By clicking this video, you have become my Valentine. 00:00:09.520 --> 00:00:17.200 What, not even a card? Melting RTX 5090 cables continue to be investigated by 00:00:14.760 --> 00:00:22.400 the nerdiest among us. Us relative normies salute you. Meanwhile, listings 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:27.400 for various versions of NVIDIA's next graphics card, the RTX 5070 Ti, have 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:33.680 been spotted at primarily European retailers for prices well above the 00:00:30.040 --> 00:00:36.760 card's MSRP of $750 US. Although Micro 00:00:33.680 --> 00:00:39.720 Center has one listed for exactly 750 00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:43.240 bucks. So, don't you move. Stay right there. A little bit. NVIDIA 00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:48.560 has confirmed through their website that the 5070 Ti will launch on February 00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:55.320 20th, which also reveals Team Green has delayed the launch of the RTX 5070 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:58.800 non-Ti to March 5th, which is also the 00:00:55.320 --> 00:01:00.680 birthday of my brother, Barrett. 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:07.120 Happy birthday, bro. I mean, uh uh later. Uh anyway, AMD likewise confirmed 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:10.880 they'll finally reveal the RX 9070 and 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:13.000 9070 XT on February 28th. And they did 00:01:10.880 --> 00:01:19.600 this the same day that some specs and performance for the 9070 XT leaked via 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:23.400 HKepc, pointing to both cards, once 00:01:19.600 --> 00:01:27.640 again, featuring 16 GB of VRAM. AMD's 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:30.520 Frank Azor also denied rumors of a 32 GB 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:39.120 version of the 9070 XT, but he didn't deny a 32 GB 9070 XTX or a 9070 XTXT. 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:43.440 So, as far as I'm concerned, the possibilities remain endless. TikTok has 00:01:41.360 --> 00:01:48.280 been restored to Apple and Google's respective app stores after reportedly 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:52.880 being assured through a nice letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi Bondi 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:57.240 Bondi. She's from the beach. Being assured by 00:01:54.760 --> 00:02:00.680 her that they're safe to do so. And the letter definitely isn't a prank. For 00:01:59.240 --> 00:02:07.080 sure, they won't get in trouble. It's fine. TikTok shot to the top of the most 00:02:03.960 --> 00:02:09.360 downloaded charts on iOS, but not on 00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:13.680 Android because all the talk heads already side loaded it along with every 00:02:11.880 --> 00:02:17.480 other app they could find that seemed vaguely Chinese. So, everyone's back on 00:02:16.040 --> 00:02:22.040 TikTok. Instagram disliked that, which they can 00:02:20.200 --> 00:02:27.120 do now because they're currently testing a downvote button that seems similar to 00:02:24.600 --> 00:02:31.000 the Reddit version, but without a public downvote count. 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:37.000 Lot of social media changes happening out there. And as laws trying to ban 00:02:33.600 --> 00:02:40.280 kids from social media pile up, Roblox, 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:42.080 the platform primarily used by kids and 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:46.360 people interested in them, is desperately trying to convince the 00:02:43.720 --> 00:02:50.920 government it is definitely not a social media platform. But remember, from the 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:55.720 Epic Games versus Apple lawsuit, Roblox is also not a game. 00:02:53.640 --> 00:03:02.160 In fact, it doesn't even host games. It just hosts experiences that are 00:02:58.200 --> 00:03:05.240 sometimes social media involved. 00:03:02.160 --> 00:03:07.480 People trust AI way more in India and 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:11.320 China than in the US, according to new research from the Edelman Trust 00:03:09.240 --> 00:03:16.400 Institute. I mean, maybe Americans are just wound up a bit too tight. Relax, 00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:20.240 guys. The AI's got it. I mean, sure, recent research from Microsoft and 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:25.240 Carnegie Mellon indicates that increased use of AI correlates with deteriorated 00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:29.280 critical thinking skills, leaving us atrophied and unprepared when AI 00:03:27.720 --> 00:03:34.280 suddenly isn't available. But that's just like a calculator. Those are 00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:39.880 everywhere, and now so are AI features with the brand name Deep Research as 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:44.000 Perplexity joins Google and OpenAI in launching a web search feature with the 00:03:41.800 --> 00:03:47.800 exact same name. I have a feeling that naming three different competing AI 00:03:45.920 --> 00:03:51.880 features the same thing won't really help the whole factual correctness 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:56.360 situation, which is already a big issue when it comes to news. A new BBC 00:03:54.080 --> 00:04:00.680 investigation found that over half of news summaries generated by the top 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:06.160 large language models had significant issues of some kind, with 19% of AI 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:11.320 answers that cited BBC content containing factual errors. But hey, that 00:04:09.160 --> 00:04:17.359 doesn't mean AI is bad. Look at this complex enzyme that can digest some 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:19.840 plastics, which was designed by AI. 00:04:17.359 --> 00:04:24.520 Personally, I'm okay with fake news as long as I can keep eating plastic. I'm 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:28.080 also okay with our sponsor, Jawa, the marketplace for gamers. Maybe you're 00:04:26.520 --> 00:04:33.040 looking to score components for your next upgrade from a reliable source at a 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:38.080 great price. Understandable. 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Valve has warned 00:05:12.840 --> 00:05:19.880 users who downloaded an indie survival game called Piratefy on Steam that the 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:24.760 game actually contained suspected malware. Valve recommends scanning your 00:05:22.320 --> 00:05:29.680 PC with antivirus software, looking out for suspicious new apps, and just to be 00:05:27.200 --> 00:05:33.720 safe, maybe reformatting your whole system before burning it to ash. That'll 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:37.760 do it. Honestly, we've probably sanitized the idea of actual pirates a 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:41.200 bit too much. It's good to remember the whole pillaging part every once in a 00:05:40.080 --> 00:05:45.880 while. So, thanks, Piratefy. The official 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:51.520 website of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, or DoGE, was 00:05:48.680 --> 00:05:56.280 defaced by coders after DoGE apparently put the site together so hastily they 00:05:53.400 --> 00:06:00.520 left a database open in the back. It's a good thing we've got top technomancers 00:05:58.280 --> 00:06:04.120 like these guys firing most of the team of tech experts responsible for helping 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:07.280 the government understand financial tech products. You know, while I'm here, I 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:11.840 have to correct some misinformation that's sort of related. This procurement 00:06:09.760 --> 00:06:17.280 request from the State Department for $400 million worth of armored Teslas is 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:20.960 not a done deal. There's no current contract, and the request actually 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:25.760 originated during the Biden administration, at which point it was 00:06:23.080 --> 00:06:30.760 still a dumb idea. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman confirmed plans to introduce a 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:35.560 paywall feature later this year after being asked during a video AMA about 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:39.880 content that only paid members can see. Later, Huffman confirmed again that paid 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:43.960 subreddits are coming in 2025, which could potentially both open up new 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:48.640 revenue streams for the company and sadly reward Reddit moderators for 00:06:46.440 --> 00:06:54.000 acting like that. And it's not exactly tech news, but it is important to take a 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:55.760 moment and remember the Duolingo mascot, 00:06:54.000 --> 00:07:00.160 Duo, who the company says was horrifically run over by a Cybertruck 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:03.800 this week, possibly waiting for users to do their language lessons. As a sign of 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:09.120 respect, the company changed their profile picture to the owl's dead face, 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:14.760 as one does. The mascot is survived by his canonical girlfriend, pop star Dua 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:15.920 Lipa, who tweeted, "Till death duo 00:07:14.760 --> 00:07:21.400 part." Which I guess already happened. So, I So, it's 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:25.440 That does make sense. Now, you coming back here for more tech news on Monday, 00:07:23.280 --> 00:07:29.320 that makes all the sense in the world. It definitely makes more sense than 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:33.840 physicists uncovering evidence of two arrows of time emerging from the quantum 00:07:31.840 --> 00:07:36.560 realm. Right?