{"video_id":"p21_ci8dB6E","title":"Why Does This Keep Happening?","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2025-05-04T14:53:29Z","duration_s":527,"segments":[{"start_s":0.199,"end_s":7.6,"text":"to understand the tech news we first need to understand how a computer","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.92,"end_s":14.08,"text":"processor works so let me know if you figure it out cuz I got nothing AMD's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.16,"end_s":16.68,"text":"new RX 970 and 970 XT graphics cards","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.08,"end_s":21.72,"text":"officially launched yesterday and in a stunning turn of events more than just a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.72,"end_s":28.24,"text":"handful of Gamers were actually able to purchase them at or near AMD suggested","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.519,"end_s":30.84,"text":"prices from retailers as it was in 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it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"to understand the tech news we first need to understand how a computer processor works so let me know if you figure it out cuz I got nothing AMD's new RX 970 and 970 XT graphics cards officially launched yesterday and in a stunning turn of events more than just a handful of Gamers were actually able to purchase them at or near AMD suggested prices from retailers as it was in days of your while the stock situation seemed to be better than it was for the launch of NVIDIA's RTX 50 Series scalpers are still very much a factor with some 9070 XTS spotted going for as much as 2,000 bucks and while stock of MSRP cards predictably vanished quickly evidence from multiple retailers indicates they were only able to sell an initial shipment of certain cards at MSRP with subsequent shipments of the same cards priced higher Tech tubers Hardware unboxed said that retailers they spoke to apparently bought stock UPF front for higher than MSRP on the 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SpaceX called this a rapid unscheduled disassembly the same term they used the last time this happened just over a month ago but I actually feel worse for other space company intuitive machines who had their lunar lander tip over while landing on the moon again the same thing happened to their previous Lander a year ago I shouldn't be laughing I'm sorry hey you know it's never too late for a career change night classes can be affordable I'm sorry I shouldn't this is sad look it wasn't a total loss the Lander was able to collect some data while reclining in its crater but with its solar panels unable to charge its battery the mission is over hey at least they didn't just shoot it into deep space like the Odin probe from wanabe asteroid Mining Company AST Forge see you and believe that's sad again I'm being rude and believe it or not there is a space success story today the European space agency's Arion 6 rocket successfully completed its first commercial Mission delivered delivering a French military satellite to orbit felic that's just one of many non-english words you may hear if you travel while using our sponsor s the easy and affordable way to stay connected with a single eim while traveling around the world so even if you forgot to download da Punk's 1997 disco FK hit around the world you can stream it on a whim while riding a gondola in Venice and maybe the gondola driver guy will be super into it and now you got a lifelong friendship with an Italian boat guy thanks syy they've got Global and Regional plans at affordable prices 24/7 chat support and they work with iOS and Android devices with a full refund if your device isn't compatible get an exclusive 15% discount on s eim data plans download the s app and use the code TechLink at checkout I know computers use Quick bits uh they're not the same kind that we have but maybe there's a connection there um a federal judge in Brazil has given Apple $90 days to enable side loing on iOS after a court battle with e-commerce giant Mercado lib over payment methods in his ruling the judge noted that Apple has already complied with similar rules in other places like the EU proving that the company's business model still works just fine when it stops helicopter parenting and pretending it has to approve everything its customers do with their devices they're going to download a virus eventually buy your mom a virus okay that's just rude in other Apple news the company confirmed that it's delaying the roll out of the upgraded Siri experience for iOS 18 that it showed off while announcing Apple intelligence last year which is really too bad because the new Siri was like arguably the only interesting Apple intelligence feature along with inbox categories in the mail app Apple told press Outlets that in anticipates them rolling out in the coming year a prediction they got by prompting the new series oh yeah no she's ready now she's just shy what if they don't like me they already don't you got nothing to lose Google's turn to bork something now and this time it's the haptics of pixel devices which got altered by the company's recent pixel drop update in a way that users can't quite agree on one user says their pixel vibrations used to be bold and crisp and now feel hollow another user says the haptics feel springy and yet another says they're now getting bang bam feedback sounds rough here's hoping we figure out a better way to describe this issue and that Google brings the Good Vibes back oh okay that could work Western Digital has officially spun out its SSD business completely into SanDisk which is now an independent company the change has some PC enthusiasts wondering about branding I mean what will SanDisk call the popular WD black SSD without the WD part but you shouldn't worry SanDisk will figure it out because as far as I can tell all they do now is branding after launching an objectively sick new logo and Company identity now their YouTube channel seems to just be videos about 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