1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,960 Sure, Halloween's Michael Myers' wordlessly standing his big ass in your 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:11,400 yard staring at you is pretty scary, but not nearly as scary as me silently 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,960 standing here not telling you the tech news. 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:20,240 Oh, that's too freaky. I got to tell you some tech news. YouTube will begin 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:25,520 automatically upscaling all videos under 1080p from SD to HD, the company 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:30,240 announced this morning with plans to support upscaling to 4K in the future. 7 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:34,840 But unlike their experiment earlier this year sharpening YouTube shorts to an 8 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:40,120 uncomfortably fine edge, YouTube is graciously allowing creators to opt out 9 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:45,160 of having their content upscaled as well as letting viewers toggle between 10 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:49,800 original resolution and the new super resolution. Today, YouTube also 11 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:53,240 announced a few policy changes. For one, they'll soon expand their prohibitions 12 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:59,560 on content that directs viewers to online gambling sites. Before, doing 13 00:00:55,960 --> 00:01:01,680 this was okay if the stuff being gambled 14 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:06,520 was digital like video game skins, cosmetics, and NFTs. Under the new 15 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:10,360 rules, that will not be allowed and neither will be watching video game 16 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:14,880 content with lifelike human characters committing large-scale violence against 17 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:19,080 unarmed people or torturing someone if you're under 18. That 18 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:23,000 that's just standard adult stuff. Finally, it seems like YouTube will 19 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:28,680 definitively solve the debate over whether Kratos or a transhuman 40K space 20 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:34,160 marine can really be called a human. YouTube's also age restricting content 21 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:38,760 that depicts casino-style games. Unfortunately, that means if you've got 22 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:43,080 a hankering for social gambling content, you're going to have to go to a sporting 23 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:45,720 event, turn on the TV, or visit any 24 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:50,080 other website. Hey. Hey, you want to bet you can find a 25 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:54,080 gambling ad in under a minute? Please bet me. 26 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:59,280 I need this. NVIDIA hit a massive milestone today by becoming the first 27 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:02,280 company ever to reach a five trillion 28 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:04,280 dollar market valuation. Last I remember 29 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:08,440 they hit three trillion. Did they skip four and went right to That's what? 30 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:13,120 Anyway, it's a figure roughly on par with the entire German economy. This 31 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:17,480 historic jump followed a series of announcements at the company's GTC 32 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:23,160 conference where CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the new IGX Thor processor 33 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:27,440 meant to help power a physical AI platform, which is doing absolutely 34 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:32,160 nothing to help my personal fear of terminators. Years of therapy, wasted. 35 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:38,760 The company then revealed a plan to deploy a fleet of robotaxis with Uber by 36 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:42,520 2027 and a one billion dollar investment 37 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:45,080 in Nokia to integrate AI into 6G 38 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:49,040 networking. Huh. Whatever that means. They also announced a collaborative 39 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:53,720 effort with Oracle and the US Department of Energy to build what will be 40 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:57,360 America's largest supercomputer. Now still feeling the need to pack in even 41 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:03,440 more announcements that aren't about gaming, NVIDIA introduced NVQ Link, 42 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:07,760 which is like their GPU interconnection system NVLink but with a Q in it 43 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:11,680 because that's just a little quirky, but also because it lets classical computer 44 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:17,480 servers talk good with quantum computers. 45 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:17,480 So I guess it's really a bit quirky. 46 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:25,600 See you later, guys. >> [clears throat] >> OpenAI has officially completed its 47 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:28,000 long-awaited evolution from cap profit 48 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:34,280 to just profit. The company says that its new for-profit public benefit 49 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:36,640 corporation will still be guided by its 50 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:41,400 nonprofit board, you know, like how a parent guides their kid who just bought 51 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:46,120 a mid-80s GMC Jimmy with their allowance. 52 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:49,840 Do any of you know what that is? What is a GMC Jimmy? I think it's just a weird 53 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:55,680 little car. Apparently, we're a channel that makes a 54 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:58,120 good amount of obscure car jokes now. 55 00:03:55,680 --> 00:04:04,560 I'll allow it. As part of the shakeup, Microsoft trimmed its ownership stake in 56 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:08,480 OpenAI to 27% while OpenAI themselves 57 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:11,480 pledged a casual 250 billion dollars in 58 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:13,400 extra Azure cloud spending. 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Well, it appears one thing these massive job cuts aren't 83 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:56,320 keeping nimble and strong is Amazon's MMO New World, which appears to be dead. 84 00:05:53,600 --> 00:06:00,160 Amazon Game Studios informed fans that the game's recently launched season 10 85 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:04,640 and Nighthaven updates would be the game's final content releases, that 86 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:09,520 Nighthaven is now free, and that they are committed to keeping the game 87 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:11,520 servers going through 2026. Amazon's 88 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:16,200 Beth Galletti says that with these layoffs, Amazon is making exciting bold 89 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:21,869 bets. And you know I can get behind that. I love a good bet. Please make a 90 00:06:18,840 --> 00:06:22,080 bet with me, Amazon. I need this. 91 00:06:21,869 --> 00:06:28,920 >> [laughter] >> Don't go away. Where are you going? 1X Technologies is now taking pre-orders 92 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:32,400 for a humanoid home robot called Neo 93 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:34,360 shipping in 2026 and priced at $20,000 94 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:38,440 or $500 a month with a subscription, very affordable. Neo is designed to 95 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:42,760 tackle chores like folding laundry, tidying rooms, fetching items, and 96 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:48,920 turning lights on and off with basic autonomy up front and more complex tasks 97 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:52,320 handled via expert mode, which means a 98 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:55,160 human teleoperator from 1X takes over 99 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:59,080 the robot remotely with your permission so that so it can learn. 100 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:03,720 It needs to learn. Aside from the weirdness of allowing some stranger to 101 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:08,920 remotely get inside your space, you'll also be sharing data from your home so 102 00:07:06,280 --> 00:07:13,160 Neo's AI real-world training can improve. Still, it's hard to be mad at 103 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:17,880 this button-eyed little weirdo. Just look at the Step Brothers poster-style 104 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:21,960 portrait of Neo on 1X's website. Grandpa-befriending, 105 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:24,800 turtleneck-sweater-wearing mother already got me by the heartstrings. 106 00:07:24,095 --> 00:07:31,760 >> [laughter] >> 500 bucks bucks a month is nothing. DRAM prices are set to soar by as much as 50% 107 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:36,560 and according to a report from Digitimes, major data center customers 108 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:41,200 in the US and China are only receiving about 70% of their memory orders. 109 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:45,520 Apparently, this issue is being driven by booming AI workloads that are 110 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:50,080 diverting RAM production capacity towards more advanced memory production 111 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:55,200 leaving conventional DDR5 supplies tight. Similarly, according to Korea's 112 00:07:52,480 --> 00:08:00,640 New Daily, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Kioxia are running their SSD 113 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:05,160 production lines at full capacity yet high-capacity SSDs of 8 terabytes and 114 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:09,800 higher are facing delivery delays of over a year. Now, I'm not saying you 115 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:13,600 should switch your Tesla into Mad Max mode and rip over to your nearest PC 116 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:18,080 shop to scoop up RAM and SSDs like they're 3,000 liters of the crucial 117 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:22,960 resource guzzoline, but maybe. China has officially launched 118 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:27,840 the world's first wind-powered undersea data center combining renewable energy 119 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:32,320 with deep-sea cooling to reduce emissions and power costs. The facility 120 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:36,760 is located off the coast of the Hainan province where it has easy access to a 121 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:41,159 set of offshore wind turbines to supply electricity to the center and it allows 122 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:46,440 the ocean to be used as its giant heat sink. It's all for us. Developers say 123 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:50,520 the setup could cut energy use by 40% compared to land-based centers and plans 124 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:54,760 are already in motion for more data centers of this type. Kind of makes you 125 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:58,960 wonder though, one wrong cable tug and someone might be getting a seriously wet 126 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:03,760 tech support ticket. And xAI has launched Grokipedia 127 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:09,080 fulfilling Elon Musk's dream of replacing Wikipedia by apparently 128 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:14,200 copying huge chunks of Wikipedia. Reports show the site replicates text 129 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:19,120 from Wikipedia nearly word for word in some instances, but guys, Wikipedia 130 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:23,200 isn't trustworthy, okay? Instead, we should trust a chatbot that recently 131 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:28,560 mistook a US Border Patrol Chief for the artist Cindy Sherman. It doesn't know. 132 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:33,000 Between plagiarism and identity crises, Grok's looking less like Wikipedia 2.0 133 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:37,200 and more like Clippy with confidence issues. I'm so confident we'll be seeing 134 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:41,000 you on Friday for more tech news, I'm going to bet on it. Please take it. 135 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:45,320 Also, here's a fun fact about John Carpenter's Halloween. Despite being set 136 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:50,760 during fall in Illinois, the film was actually shot during springtime 137 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:54,600 in California. Wow, must have been warm in that costume. Okay, bye now.