Buying GPUs just got EVEN HARDER..
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·TechLinked
·2021-05-05
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1,200 words · ~6 min read
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- Welcome back to TechLinked, filmed right here in Canada, where it's generally safe most of the time,
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1812 was a bit of a rough one. - [Man] Oh yeah, that was, I remember.
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- I've been holding doors open for people ever since. Washington, DC is having a bit of a rough one,
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to say the least. Protesters in support of President Trump stormed
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the Capitol Building this morning in an attempt to stop the counting of Electoral College votes.
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In response, social media giants, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch
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have scrambled to try and moderate posts and live streams on their respective platforms.
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Twitter labeled some of Trump's tweets with a warning that they tend to be replied to, retweeted,
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or liked, due to a risk of violence. While a YouTube spokesperson told TheBurg
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that moderation teams are working quickly to remove videos and streams that appear to incite violence
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or feature graphic footage. Of course, that's what YouTube normally does for videos
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that violate their guidelines, so it's not strange. What is strange is people smashing Windows
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and breaking into the Senate Chamber, that's less common.
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- [Man] It doesn't happen often. - Not in a First World country.
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Hey, let's go to some less dreary news, shall we? Like the fact that PC components in the US
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are about to get more expensive? - [Man] Yay! - [James] What is this?
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- [Man] Wait, hold on a second. - Many American companies had agreements that shielded them from a series of tariffs placed
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on a butt-ton of Chinese products by the Trump administration, back in 2018.
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Those agreements have now expired, meaning that companies like a ASUS, Gigabyte, PNY, ZOTAC,
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and more, have now more money,
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taxes, they have to pay to import GPU's and other PC components from China.
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Consumers can expect prices increases of 80 to $200
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over MSRP- - [Man] Oh, man. - For mid to high-end parts.
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Although it's unclear how I'm supposed to feel about this,
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given that graphics cards are basically mythological at this point, you know?
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- [Man] You ever seen one? - How am I supposed to afford elf dust?
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And CES is coming up next week. But as usual, some tech companies
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just can't hold their tech news in, and they do something that would lead a lesser man
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to make a vulgar joke. But this is a family show- - [Man] Don't do it, James.
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- And we are greater men. - [Man] Pervert. Samsung announced, it too, has mini-LED TVs on the way
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to take on LG's QNED models, or I like to say, Q-NED.
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- [Man] You the man. - Ned's like, "Where do I line up?"
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But more importantly, you can plug in a webcam so your TV can count your pushups and judge your form.
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That sounds really- - [Man] Oh. - Really fun. - [Man] Exercising.
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- But OLEDs aren't dead yet, in fact, they'll be coming to as many as 10 Samsung laptops.
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- [Man] Woo. - Dell announced the world's first 40 inch, 4K, ultra wide monitor with a resolution of 5120 by 2160,
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as well as other monitors that seem more normal, except that they have a dedicated Microsoft Teams button.
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(man laughs) The truly weird stuff is yet to come from CS,
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like LG made a Dyson vacuum that empties its dirt into a charging cradle,
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but you still have to take the dirt out. Pfft.
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That's more done than weird, I'm waiting for this year's cat pillow.
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And in fact, some of us are wearing them right now and throwing them at yours truly.
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at vessi.com/techlinked. Quick bits,
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now? - [Man] Yeah. - In this economy? (man laughs)
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Fellow PC gamers, we are now legally required to stop making fun of people who game on iPads,
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because even they, now, can use a mouse and keyboard to game.
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- [Man] Hey! Pascal's Wager, a Dark Souls type game, has added the new future, making the iPad
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into even more of a computer than it was already.
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I'm sorry, look, you can still dunk on people who are playing in cross play lobbies with a controller,
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but don't look down on them, they know not what they do. - [Man] They're the little people.
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- Facebook has issued an ultimatum to WhatsApp users in the form of updated terms of service,
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which basically say, let us collect your data or stop using the app.
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This is kind of like what every app is, I guess? WhatsApp's early claim to fame was encrypted messaging,
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but it's kind of pointless if Facebook still gets to see it. If you still want to use an encrypted messaging app,
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Signal is a thing, and if you're surprised, well, stay away from the casino.
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- [Man] Or the gambling club. - It looks like Nintendo is prepared to chuck
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the Nintendo 3DS into the recycling bin, as the company silently removed 250 games
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from the DSI and 3DS eShops. They also announced plans to remove Netflix functionality
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on the 3DS and the Wii U. - [Man] No!
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- No, daggone, Nintendo, don't you care about your users?
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What other small internet connected device am I supposed to use to watch my movie shows?
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- [Man] On my Apple Watch? - Argh. Research from OpenAI has unveiled DALL-E,
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a system that can generate images from text inputs. You can literally tell it to show you anything,
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from a cat wearing sunglasses to a baby daikon radish in a tutu, walking a dog,
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and it's a cute dog. - [Man] Is that it? Sure, some of those images are whack,
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but this AI was just born, it's younger than me and I can't draw for crap.
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And speaking of AI, Boston Dynamics robots have gotten a little too cool for school, dancing like it's no problem.
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I mean, I'm here with my dad moves. So joint researchers from China and Scotland
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have created an algorithm that lets their own dog-like robots learn to walk on its own.
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They tested it by knocking it over, slapping it with sticks, and tripping it,
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and I learned to get up from even the most rude encounters.
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But don't be fooled, it knows who's the boss. - [Man] For now.
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- Play dead, or all dead ya. - [Man] Oh.
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- And I'm not the boss of time, so this episode has to come to an end.
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Come back on Friday for more tech new, and stay inside folks.
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- [Man] For multiple reasons. - Yikes.