- Who watches the Olympics?
You didn't even know what that was a reference to.
Let's talk about tech news.
The real athletes are the CS GoPros,
and they're about to get a nice gift from LG
and AU Optronics in the form of 480 Hertz gaming monitors.
We've had 360 Hertz panels for some time now,
but I'm so bored of those. My eyes need more frames.
You know, that's what, give me some more.
Now don't expect super high resolutions
with these first 480 Hertz models
as the high refresh rates come at the cost of pixel density.
So for the initial production,
we're looking at gaming monitors with
1080P native resolution.
- What size?
That has nothing to do with pixel density Riley.
- However, it looks like they will have HDR 400 support
If you want a more entry-level
high dynamic range of experience.
And we're probably not going to see these on the market
until 2023.
So your junky old two 40 Hertz model,
will have to tide you over until then.
Which is so cringe, I know.
Sometimes technology gets better.
Intel has said that the chip shortage, unfortunately,
isn't going away anytime soon.
In their second quarter earnings report,
Intel CFO predicted chips will be in short supply yet again,
during the third quarter of this year,
at least for the individual PC market, though,
things should get better for their cloud
and enterprise customers,
which I know is just thrilling news.
For those of you at home.
- I'm going into stasis.
- Wake me up when there's chips.
Oh, hi, Linus.
Linus is really thrilled about today's tech news.
Anyhow,
it looks like the issue is that certain substrates
used in chip production are themselves
facing a supply shortage.
And enterprise grade see on ships,
which are physically larger,
are going to be eating up a good amount
of what is available.
Leaving little leftover for consumer grade CPU's.
We forgot to stock up on the substrates.
What you thought the night was darkest before the Dawn?
You sweet summer child, the night just keeps getting darker.
There's plenty of excitement around the launch of
Valve's Steam Deck,
but consumers have been wondering
how demanding AAA titles will run on a handheld.
Like I don't know if that thing can do 4k,
which is fine because the steam deck screen is 720P
and one of Valve's coders
said on Twitter that their minimum baseline
was 30 frames per second.
The games Valve has tested have reportedly,
at least met that standard, if not exceeded it.
While 30 frames per second might not sound like much
to those of you with high-end GPU's
and your desktop or laptop, it's still perfectly playable
assuming you're a lover of cinema as an art form,
as I am.
Subscribed to Carpool Critics.
- It's a movie podcast.
- It is. It'll be called something else soon.
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You've made that decision?
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A leak concerning NVIDIA's next gen 40 series GPU's
makes it look like team green is switching their
manufacturer from Samsung to TSMC.
With a new GPU is being made on the five nanometre process.
Wow. Performance and power efficiency should be very high
when those products launch.
Do you think there will be enough to go around James?
Crypto has taken a beating lately,
but there's a sudden surge in prices thanks to Amazon.
A job posting indicates that the tech giant
wants someone to develop digital currency
and blockchain strategy on the payments,
acceptance and experience team.
And Amazon actually did confirm
they want to accept crypto in the future.
So maybe don't panic sell all your Dogecoin just yet.
This is not investment advice.
- But sell your Dogecoin.
- China thinks it has at least a partial solution
to the issue of nuclear reactor safety.
As the nation has reportedly developed a reactor
that uses Thorium instead of the more traditional uranium.
Not only does thorium's nuclear waste
have a much shorter half-life,
the reactor design includes molten salt
that can seal off any leaks.
Not to mention it's much harder to use thorium
for a non peaceful applications.
It's a very, very peaceful radioactive isotope.
It's a, you could say it's a pacifist.
If you own an apple watch,
be on the lookout for the iOS 14.7.1 update,
which should be getting pushed out
to your iPhones and iPads right now.
It fixes a bug in version 14.7.
That completely broke the unlock with iPhone feature.
Meaning you'd have to unlock the watch itself
in order to use it.
It also patches a security hole,
which seems more important to me.
So make sure you apply the update to avoid this
incredibly major inconvenience.
Is that sarcasm?
Linus agrees.
And speaking of I-phones,
it looks like the iPhone 14
is actually going to be made of titanium.
Dennis is shocked by this.
No, that's a yawn. He's bored.
The information comes from an investor note that says
the change will be coming next year.
So we won't see it in the iPhone 13.
Titanium has the advantage of being more durable
and scratch resistant than stainless steel,
which has been used in previous I-phones.
Apparently the iPhone 14 will represent a major redesign
in other ways as well.
But I'll be impressed when we see a phone
that somehow features a way to get out of those
outrageous door dash service fees.
I love what I'd have to read things that are very specific
to John and have nothing to do with me.
I have an Android.
Linus stop. I'm doing fine.
And it's time to end this outrageous episode.
Come back on Wednesday for more at tech news.
Now, if you'll, excuse me,
I'm late for the Olympic skateboarding match.
Ollie, Ollie-oop.