1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,000 As like a tech guy, current events 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:10,160 mostly have me imagining whatif scenarios where I got into other 3 00:00:07,839 --> 00:00:15,599 hobbies. Like I could have uh done crochet news videos and been spared this 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:20,160 pain. The high of Nintendo's Switch 2 Direct yesterday, filled with juicy 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:25,359 details that gamers have been waiting on for years, was immediately followed by 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:32,320 the inevitable emotional crash as fans grappled with the $450 price of the 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:34,320 console and games costing $80 to $90. 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:38,879 But just as some were starting to come to terms with it, Nintendo announced it 9 00:00:36,399 --> 00:00:44,239 was delaying pre-orders for the Switch 2 in the US to assess the impact of the 10 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:49,280 fresh tariffs. President Trump imposed shortly after the Switch to stream on 11 00:00:46,879 --> 00:00:54,160 dozens of countries, including China and Vietnam, where the Switch is at least 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:58,719 partially produced. More on that later. Nintendo also explained why the Switch 13 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:03,680 2's backwards compatibility is a bit complicated. Its NVIDIA SOC is different 14 00:01:01,359 --> 00:01:08,640 enough from the Switch 1's that to make existing games playable, Nintendo had to 15 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:14,799 go for something in between a software emulator and hardware compatibility. 16 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:20,159 something alive. Cut to the little guy cranking the gears inside. Hi, I'm a 17 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:26,960 prisoner. The good news is that new NVIDIA SOC means the Switch 2 benefits 18 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:30,000 from Team Green's DLSS and ray tracing 19 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:32,079 tech as well as G-Sync in handheld mode. 20 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:37,040 That was the only way Nintendo could save enough power to include dollar 21 00:01:34,479 --> 00:01:41,119 store Discord. Speaking of dollars, hold yours tight because Trump's 22 00:01:38,799 --> 00:01:45,680 affforementioned tariffs are so wide ranging, they're expected to raise the 23 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:50,960 price of tech products and almost everything else, too. Gifting the stock 24 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:58,000 market with its worst day since 2020. The tariffs ranging from 10 to 49% with 25 00:01:54,880 --> 00:02:00,719 China's total tariff now at 54% were 26 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:06,799 supposedly meant to reciprocate tariffs placed on the US by the affected 27 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:09,119 countries. But economist James Surroouki 28 00:02:06,799 --> 00:02:14,400 noticed Trump's numbers are actually based on America's trade deficit with 29 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:18,800 those countries divided by their exports to the US which the White House 30 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:23,120 essentially confirmed. The whole approach is very strange and there's 31 00:02:20,959 --> 00:02:29,440 some evidence that the administration based the plan off chatbot responses. 32 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:34,640 Ironically, this might mean that AI was used to hamper American AI companies who 33 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:39,599 aren't sure whether these tariffs will apply to the heinous amounts of GPUs 34 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:44,879 they're stealing from the real victims, little gamer boys and girls. It seems 35 00:02:42,239 --> 00:02:50,400 like semiconductors are exempt, although Trump told reporters that tariffs on 36 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:52,720 chips proper will be starting very soon. 37 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:57,680 But products with chips inside them are not exempt and system integrators like 38 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:02,319 Main Gear are warning of price hikes of at least 20%. Then there's the executive 39 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:07,519 order Trump signed right after announcing the tariffs that closes the 40 00:03:04,959 --> 00:03:13,120 dimminimous loophole which made cheaper single packages exempt from tariffs. 41 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:18,080 Meaning that Teimu and Shien may lose their status as the go-to platform for 42 00:03:15,599 --> 00:03:23,280 fans of filling your home with cheap garbage. Now, Trump did reiterate that 43 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:28,640 he's open to reducing these tariffs for companies that offer something quote 44 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:34,239 phenomenal, like, according to Trump, if China approved the sale of Tik Tok 45 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:36,959 before the April 5th deadline, which is 46 00:03:34,239 --> 00:03:43,440 tomorrow. Instead, China announced retaliatory tariffs of 34% on all US 47 00:03:40,879 --> 00:03:48,560 imports alongside additional export restrictions on rare earth elements used 48 00:03:46,239 --> 00:03:54,640 in electronics manufacturing. Trump responded by saying China played it 49 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:56,640 wrong. They panicked and then uh he 50 00:03:54,640 --> 00:04:03,439 extended the Tik Tok deadline by another 75 days and then that's it. This time in 51 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:06,159 a blessed return to non-tariff news. Now 52 00:04:03,439 --> 00:04:11,200 Intel and TSMC have reportedly reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint 53 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:17,040 chipmaking venture. According to the information who got this information 54 00:04:13,519 --> 00:04:20,560 from sources of information, presumably 55 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:22,880 the deal would see TSMC take a 20% stake 56 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:29,040 in Intel's foundry business. A move that, if true, could help prevent Team 57 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:32,800 Blue from the toilet flush spiral it currently finds itself in. There have 58 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:36,960 been a number of rumors about Intel mergers, acquisitions, and agreements in 59 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:42,080 recent months. So hopefully we finally get some real answers at the company's 60 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:43,600 Foundry Direct Connect on April 29th. 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Get the 78 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:57,199 transparency you deserve from your news and save 40% on a ground news vantage 79 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:01,440 plan by using our link in the description. I don't think there would 80 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:05,759 be enough new developments in the crocheting world for a three times a 81 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:09,600 week news show. I don't want to assume. I I just haven't 82 00:06:07,319 --> 00:06:14,400 looked. Anyway, here's Quickbits. For Microsoft's 50th birthday, the tech 83 00:06:11,919 --> 00:06:19,919 giant gifted a ton of new features to its AI assistant, Copilot, which is not 84 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:25,120 normally how birthdays work, but okay. Copilot can now do basically anything 85 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:29,360 ChatGpt and Gemini can do, including web search and deep research. It can 86 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:34,400 remember stuff you tell it to, see your computer screen, use your computer for 87 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:38,479 you with actions, and even generate yepy podcasts hosted by imaginary 88 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:43,360 Manhattanites, just like Google's Notebook LM. Speaking of, Notebook LM 89 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:48,560 can now search for more sources than the ones you feed into it. And MidJourney 90 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:51,360 released V7, their first image model, in 91 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:56,240 almost a year. And you can kind of see why when it's prompted to do this studio 92 00:06:53,360 --> 00:07:00,000 Giblly thing. Ah, no. Um. Ah, no. That needs a few more minutes to cook. Put it 93 00:06:57,759 --> 00:07:04,960 back. The PC gamer debate over whether NVIDIA's laptop GPUs should share the 94 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:10,120 same names as their desktop counterparts was given new fodder by notebook 95 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:17,360 check.net, whose review of the Shanker Neo16 laptop showed the RTX 5090 version 96 00:07:14,479 --> 00:07:22,479 performing only 10 to 15% better than the RTX 5080 version. The gap between 97 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:27,520 the desktop versions of those cards is more like 55%. So, what are we supposed 98 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:31,280 to do when someone says, "I got an RTX 5090." And then we're like, "Really?" 99 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:36,560 And then they're like, "Yeah, I can't believe NVIDIA fitted into my new 100 00:07:33,639 --> 00:07:40,720 laptop." What? Like, like, do we say, "Yeah, that's sick." And then go find a 101 00:07:38,639 --> 00:07:45,919 couch to punch. What do I do? And a new social media platform has a bold new 102 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:52,479 idea to keep the toxicity at bay. Only have the site open for 3 hours a day. As 103 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:55,759 The Verge explains, it's called 7:39 due 104 00:07:52,479 --> 00:07:58,479 to its opening hours being 7:39 p.m. to 105 00:07:55,759 --> 00:08:03,840 10:39 p.m. Eastern time. And users get an email 1 minute before opening time to 106 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:07,120 let them know, "Okay, time to socialize. 107 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:09,360 Post your meme nonsense or hot takes and 108 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:14,560 know that others are also definitely online to interact with it or not 109 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:21,199 interact with it, making it way more easy to tell if your post was not even 110 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:24,160 bad in an ironic way. The site's landing 111 00:08:21,199 --> 00:08:31,599 page advertises no endless scrolling and no FOMO. I mean, it's a great 112 00:08:27,639 --> 00:08:34,719 idea. It's a great idea. Oh, an also 113 00:08:31,599 --> 00:08:36,719 great idea I just had was, "Hey, uh, 114 00:08:34,719 --> 00:08:41,760 what if you came back on Monday for more tech news?" Yeah, I know. It just it 115 00:08:39,279 --> 00:08:46,159 just popped into my brain. I I actually have a lot of great ideas in my journal. 116 00:08:43,599 --> 00:08:46,159 Maybe I'll show you.