WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.680 Look, I know you were expecting to see Riley, but his lips are tired. Don't say 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:11.360 that. Don't worry, Riley. You rest those smackers. What? I got this. Apple is 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:16.480 reportedly planning to launch some decidedly wacky new products in 2027. 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:21.840 According to Mark German, known by the Greeks as the Oracle at 00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:25.439 Gmanopoulos, German hardly know him. In his latest newsletter, the ruler of 00:00:23.119 --> 00:00:29.199 Germulan 7 reiterated previous claims that Apple would release the first 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:34.559 foldable iPhone with a display crease that's barely there in 2027. But 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:40.079 apparently later in the year, Apple's going to celebrate the 20th anniversary 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:42.719 of iPhone by launching a mostly glass 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:47.360 curved iPhone without any cutouts in the display. No one asked for this. Cut it 00:00:45.120 --> 00:00:51.200 out. I have a feeling the curve here refers more to the edge of the phone 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:55.600 being curved like Samsung's discontinued edge design from back when you're 6 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:59.920 years old. But at this time, we also can't rule out an I banana phone. The 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:04.000 evidence is there because I don't know, somebody's tripping here whether it's 00:01:01.520 --> 00:01:08.159 Apple or No Germ Limits himself. But 2027 is apparently also the year Apple 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:11.760 will launch their smart glasses to compete with Meta's products. And 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:15.840 they're also developing some kind of cross between a foldable iPad and a 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:21.040 touchscreen Mac. But at least they have the common decency to hold off on that 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:25.040 until 2028. We're reasonable people. We'll all be dead by then. You'll want 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:28.479 to start saving up for these probably very expensive devices. So, make sure 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:33.119 you don't accidentally delete an email titled Lopez voice assistant class 00:01:30.880 --> 00:01:38.400 action settlement if you've owned an Apple device in the last decade. It's 00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:42.560 telling you how to claim 20 bucks or so per device from Apple's recent 00:01:40.240 --> 00:01:47.600 settlement over Siri spying on people by accident. Now, the new fancy AI powered 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:52.159 Siri won't spy on you. It'll just lie to you if Apple ever launches it. Got him. 00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:58.880 Show us your wrist, Apple, so we can slap them. References to a version of 00:01:54.720 --> 00:02:01.119 the Intel Arc B580 with 24 GB of VRAM 00:01:58.880 --> 00:02:05.840 were spotted in a regulatory filing submitted by card manufacturer Maxon, 00:02:03.439 --> 00:02:10.800 which is exciting because all PC gamers want is more Intel ARC cards and for our 00:02:08.239 --> 00:02:15.760 other dad, Pat Gellzinger, to come back. Pat. Pat, no. He went out for smokes. 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:19.680 But don't get too excited. It's likely that this is an Intel Arc Pro 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:24.440 Workstation card given that Intel explicitly said that that's what they'll 00:02:21.760 --> 00:02:29.840 be showing off at Computex 2025 in Taiwan where I'll be there eating 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:33.519 noodles, going for walks. First time dumplings. First time dumplings. Sticky 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:39.680 tofu. People burn their mouths. I heard I got to be careful. You never been there. Another Max on filing also 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:42.239 mentioned an NVIDIA RTX 5050. my 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:45.760 favorite name so far with what else? 8 gigabytes of VRAM. But at least the 00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:49.519 memory will be the least of your worries with that card. Hey, look, we'll take 00:02:48.239 --> 00:02:53.280 what we can get at a time when, according to Digi Times, NVIDIA is 00:02:51.440 --> 00:02:57.840 reportedly implementing some pretty hefty price hikes across its lineup of 00:02:55.599 --> 00:03:04.519 GPUs. And of course, they're going to blame the tariffs. But 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:06.720 what why are you pausing? What? Say 00:03:04.519 --> 00:03:11.040 something. What? Those tariffs are paused. Oh, or some of them are anyway. 00:03:09.040 --> 00:03:16.400 as the US and China have agreed to mutually cut tariffs on each other by 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:18.400 115% for a period of 90 days. In an 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:22.879 extremely rare joint statement that was also probably pretty awkward to write, 00:03:20.480 --> 00:03:25.920 like which language you use, both nations announced that the Trump 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:31.680 administration's recently imposed tariffs on Chinese goods will drop from 00:03:28.239 --> 00:03:34.400 145 to 30%. While China's tariffs on 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:38.799 American goods are going from 125 to 10%. The CCP's Ministry of Commerce also 00:03:37.440 --> 00:03:43.040 released their own statement, though, roughly translated as, "Okay, can we 00:03:40.799 --> 00:03:47.360 quit the now?" Not quite. Because this tariff reduction 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:53.120 does not apply to small packages under $800 coming from China, which will still 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:58.280 be subject to 120% tariff or a flat fee of $100, which goes up to 200 on June 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:03.360 1st. Deminimus to the max to celebrate. Trump also put a pause 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:07.599 permanently on the director of the US copyright office, Shira Pearlmutter, one 00:04:06.239 --> 00:04:11.280 day after her office published a preliminary report arguing that AI 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:14.959 companies might not have the legal right to train their commercial models on 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:18.720 unlimited amounts of copyrighted works. I'm skeptical. The House Administration 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:22.960 Committee published a statement implying that the firing may have been influenced 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:28.000 by Trump's good old buddy and XAI founder Elon Musk, likely disliking that 00:04:25.919 --> 00:04:32.960 report along with the leaders of every other AI company. almost all of whom are 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:38.240 embroiled in AI copyright lawsuits up to their ketamine 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:40.800 holes. Ketamine holes. Ketamine holes. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:45.520 They all They all have fun. 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You just have to go check out the sale and learn more about the Santa Clara store at the link in the 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:32.479 description. How do those gums feel, Riley? I tell you what, flap them around 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:39.120 a bit while I do these quick bits. What does that mean? 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:42.000 Yow. Was that Samsung's new Odyssey OLED 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:46.560 G6, the world's first 500 Hz OLED gaming monitor? I was it? I don't know. It's 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:52.160 launching in Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia for around $1,440. 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:56.720 They always get the good stuff. Before launching worldwide later this year, 00:05:53.919 --> 00:06:02.000 it's a 27 in 1440p display, just like LG's OLED GX7. But the key difference 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:06.080 here is that its refresh rate is 20 Hz faster. You'll notice your last few 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:11.680 games of popular hero shooter Marvel rivals or equivalent title have probably 00:06:09.039 --> 00:06:15.680 sucked. And now you know the reason. You got to check this out. Got to But that 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:20.400 was not a sponsor spot. Didn't even see that. You would with a better OLED. 00:06:18.479 --> 00:06:25.520 True. You know, accidentprone fitness tracker company 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:29.360 Whoop is once again offering its users free hardware upgrades. Customers 00:06:27.280 --> 00:06:32.639 revolted last week when Whoop went back on their original promise of a free 00:06:30.960 --> 00:06:37.520 tracker upgrade reportedly offered to any user who had been a member for 6 00:06:34.639 --> 00:06:41.199 months or more. But Whoop Whoop says that was a typo in an old support 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:45.280 article. And once found, the company amended it to their actual policy, which 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:49.600 is that you get a free upgrade if you had six or more months remaining on your 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:53.840 membership. And that seems to be true, according to both a company blog post 00:06:51.280 --> 00:06:58.400 and a Forbes interview from 2021. Fast forward to today, and Whoop is now 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:02.080 offering free upgrades for users with 12 months or more remaining on their 00:06:59.919 --> 00:07:08.319 membership. So, that's definitely worse, but not as worse. Please stop yelling at 00:07:05.039 --> 00:07:10.800 us. And whoop, there it is. 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:15.680 Google's V2 video generator capable of turning images into 5-second clips will 00:07:13.039 --> 00:07:20.240 be included for free on Honor 400 and 400 Pro phones when they come out May 00:07:18.080 --> 00:07:23.680 22nd. This will put the incredible power of deep fakes in everyone's pocket, 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:28.479 which is exactly the type of danger that led fresh new Pope Leo the 14th to 00:07:26.080 --> 00:07:32.960 choose his name. He's pop and fresh. The previous Pope Leo presided over the 00:07:30.479 --> 00:07:37.919 industrial revolution and this Leo sees the AI revolution posing similar risk to 00:07:35.280 --> 00:07:43.280 human dignity and privacy. Heck, it just came out that Google will pay Texas a 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:46.160 groundbreaking $1.375 billion to settle 00:07:43.280 --> 00:07:50.000 a data privacy violations case. Hey, can we get a settlement to compensate for 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:54.000 all the extra thinking we have to do to figure out whether any given image or 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:58.560 video of the new pope is AI? There's no way he has that much drip. Is that his 00:07:55.840 --> 00:08:04.080 coat? Or is that a part of his body? Over a week ago, gaming news site Giant 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:06.720 Bomb was hit by a blast of layoffs by 00:08:04.080 --> 00:08:11.440 its owner, Fandom. or should I say former owner because the site's staff 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:16.319 just bought Giant Bomb from fandom with the Jeff Grub and Balar taking ownership 00:08:13.840 --> 00:08:21.039 of the Giant Bomb website and podcast. Here's hoping they don't cross any 00:08:18.400 --> 00:08:26.879 wires. It's not a real bomb. It could explode and get hyped for a mind-blowing 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:29.520 nextgen tech product, wood. A company 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:34.719 called Invent Wood is ramping up to begin mass production of what they call 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:38.399 super wood. a specialty treated wood that is stronger and lighter than steel. 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:42.479 It's actually really cool and prettier. The grain. Oh yeah. Now, I think there's 00:08:40.880 --> 00:08:46.160 something we said here about wood being better for the environment than steel. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:50.959 But there's also the fact that superwood could be alluding to Superman, who's the 00:08:48.880 --> 00:08:55.200 man of steel, which is now weaker than wood. I don't know. There's something 00:08:53.200 --> 00:09:00.720 there. But University of Maryland researcher Lean Bing who published this 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:04.959 method to strengthen wood back in 2018 when you were 6 years old. Okay. and is 00:09:02.880 --> 00:09:08.560 now one of the founders of Invent Wood, which is launching its huge 00:09:06.560 --> 00:09:14.760 manufacturing facility this summer. So, if anything happens to them, look to Big 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:17.760 Steel. They invented wood, the man. Big 00:09:14.760 --> 00:09:19.120 Steel. Oh, now we're on to something. 00:09:17.760 --> 00:09:25.600 Trying to keep your wood down. And look at your screen once again on Wednesday when we'll be back with more tech news. 00:09:22.959 --> 00:09:32.000 More tech wood. It'll be so good. You might You wrote that you might get wood. 00:09:27.839 --> 00:09:32.000 Yeah, but we can't say that. Techwood.