1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,200 Now that the chicken wings and chips that I ate while watching yesterday's 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:09,440 big sports ball match have run through you, why not wipe your butt with a 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:12,960 little tech news? Wait, that's gross. By now, it's pretty clear that Apple's new 4 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:17,039 M1 chips have positioned the company on the verge of being a major player in the 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:21,199 CPU market, meaning it was only a matter of time before the likes of Intel took 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:25,439 notice. Team Blue recently put out a large number of benchmarks that 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:29,760 unsurprisingly show its 11th gen i7 chips outperforming Apple's M1's. The 8 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,800 tests include web browsing, productivity, artificial intelligence, 9 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:36,640 and programs in the Adobe Creative Suite. But despite the benchmarks 10 00:00:34,559 --> 00:00:40,079 running a wide gamut of programs, Intel was criticized for not keeping the 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:43,840 hardware consistent between tests, making it look, at least in part, like 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:47,440 an effort to cherrypick good results. That doesn't seem like them. Never. 13 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:51,120 Whatever the truth about the chip's performance is, Intel is clearly 14 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:55,520 concerned about a third company eating into their market share. In Soviet 15 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:59,280 Russia, Apple eats you. Soviet Russia is a company. 16 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:03,039 There's really no escaping promoted tweets, better known as ads, in your 17 00:01:01,199 --> 00:01:06,560 Twitter timeline if you use the app on your smartphone. But if you've got a few 18 00:01:04,799 --> 00:01:09,600 dollars to spare, that may change in the near future, as reports indicate that 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:13,280 Twitter is considering some paid subscription options that would allow 20 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:16,479 the platform to bring in enough extra money to lessen its reliance on ad 21 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:20,960 revenue. The ideas that seem to have the most traction offer additional features 22 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:24,799 like profile customization, exclusive content, or tweet deck. So, it probably 23 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:28,400 isn't going to be a situation where you pay a certain amount of money just to 24 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:32,320 turn off ads YouTube style, though details are murky at this point. In any 25 00:01:30,320 --> 00:01:35,200 event, it sounds like a great idea. I've been waiting for yet another monthly 26 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:40,400 bill to add on top of the eight streaming services I subscribe to. 27 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:44,079 Peacock. I'm on Peacock. There's dozen there's dozens of us. Did you catch that 28 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:49,439 quick 5-second ad during the Super Bowl that you probably didn't even have time to read? That was the first ever Super 29 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:53,200 Bowl commercial from Reddit, which claimed that it spent its entire 30 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:57,360 marketing budget on the spot. Probably over a million bucks when you do the 31 00:01:54,720 --> 00:02:01,360 math. The ad was mostly just words on the screen in the style of a Reddit 32 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:05,200 comment, giving a nod to the GameStop short squeeze that was propelled by Wall 33 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:09,840 Street Bets subreddit. The idea was to build Reddit as a powerful platform that 34 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:14,160 showcases the power of the people coming together, which the ad drove home by 35 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:19,680 speculating that finance textbooks might one day include a chapter on tendies. I 36 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:21,599 love tendies. It's happening. This world 37 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:25,280 I don't know if 2021's better. It's different. I don't know who's better. 38 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:30,720 Onto the quick bits. There are some new rumors about the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 39 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:36,160 3060. The 3080 Ti will reportedly have 12 GB of GDDDR6X VRAM instead of the 40 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:41,360 originally reported 20. Bummer. As well as a few fewer CUDA cores. He wrote few 41 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:45,519 less CUDA corores, but I don't make that error. If it's countable, it's fewer. 42 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:50,319 The 3080 Ti is also rumored to come out sometime in April, while the 3060 may be 43 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:54,800 on shelves much sooner. February 25th. That's practically we're there, baby. Of 44 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:58,640 course, when I say shelves, I mean that in the abstract, non-material sense, 45 00:02:56,959 --> 00:03:02,640 unless you're a bot. And you might also be disappointed if you're ready to 46 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:06,720 settle for an RTX30 series laptop as supplies of those are reportedly being 47 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:10,239 squeezed by crypto miners in China thanks to recent spikes in Bitcoin and 48 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:14,159 Ethereum. So I guess it doesn't matter whether NVIDIA is transparent about the 49 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:17,239 laptop specs or not because again abstract. They're just shadows on the 50 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,959 walls of a cave. And with the surge in crypto, 51 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,879 maybe it's not too surprising that the world's richest man, Elon Musk, is 52 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:30,640 putting his crypto where his mouth is. Tesla has bought $ 1.5 billion worth of 53 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:35,360 Bitcoin and will also soon start accepting payments in Bitcoin. The 54 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:40,879 cryptocurrency spiked to around $44,000 US after the announcement, Bitcoin. It's 55 00:03:38,959 --> 00:03:45,360 2021 and the world's economy rises and falls based on the tweets of a Twitter 56 00:03:42,799 --> 00:03:49,760 meme lord. God help us all. I wouldn't want it any other way. Remember the old 57 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:54,000 idea of a company town where some big manufacturer basically controlled one 58 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:57,599 whole community? Elon Musk. Just joking. Nevada might be putting a modern spin on 59 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:01,760 that idea as the state's governor wants to create innovation zones that would 60 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:05,840 give high-tech companies the power to form their own little local governments. 61 00:04:04,319 --> 00:04:09,920 Although it's being built as a way to attract good jobs and more investment to 62 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:13,519 the state, company towns haven't exactly been the model of good government. 63 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:17,440 Imagine if Mark Zuckerberg started making rules to tell you how you can use 64 00:04:15,439 --> 00:04:24,160 your meat smoker. You have to log in first or like he gets to be in the sauna 65 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:26,120 when you're and not have a towel. But 66 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:29,919 Mark, Mark's on Strata. Wouldn't let me have this 67 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:33,919 planter box. And are you one of the many good people who have an iPhone, but use 68 00:04:31,919 --> 00:04:37,520 Spotify instead of Apple Music? Keep fighting the good fight. It looks like 69 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:42,560 Apple is finally going to let you switch your default music service as of iOS 70 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:46,160 14.5. So, if you ask Siri to play something, she'll go right to Spotify 71 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:51,360 instead of trying to make it play an Apple Music. Holy cow. I didn't know you 72 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:56,560 people lived under this regime. This is so brutal. Congratulations. Welcome. 73 00:04:54,800 --> 00:05:00,880 Wow. That's our show. Come back on Wednesday for more tech news. Even if 74 00:04:58,479 --> 00:05:04,800 Siri tells you not to. We tell Siri what to do now. Yeah. I bought my phone. I 75 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:09,520 should be able to use my You imagine it's like no dialing dialing Tim Cook. 76 00:05:07,919 --> 00:05:12,320 We don't want you to talk to grandma. I can't let you do that,