- Hey. Uh, I got some tech news.
Can I show you?
Nvidia announced a while back
they were working with MediaTek on ARM-based gaming laptops
and now that partnership has borne fruit.
- [James] Yummy.
- Some would even call it unnatural.
- Spread your seed. - Blah.
Today Team Green showed off its RTX ray tracing technology
on an ARM-based system at the Game Developers Conference.
The demos included "Wolfenstein: Young Blood"
and Nvidia's "The Bistro" test environment
running on a MediaTek Kompanio 1200 ARM processor
and a GeForce RTX 3060 GPU
with ray tracing and DLSS turned on.
- [James] Of course.
- (snorts) What else?
These two companies aren't being shy
about what this development means.
A MediaTek executive said
that they are laying the foundation
for a new category of ARM-based high-performance PCs.
If I was Intel and AMD right now,
I'd be shaking in my pantsuits,
because soon gamers might be lining up down the block
to buy gaming Chromebooks.
(snickers) That's not...
- [James] Don't underestimate what can happen, man.
- (chuckling) Yeah, right.
Remember Stadia?
Microsoft wants you to disable
the Windows Print Spooler service right now,
as a newly discovered vulnerability could allow an attacker
to take more or less full control of your system.
- [James] Ah! Spooled you.
(Riley chuckles)
- I won't be spooled again.
This is the third security bug
related to Windows printing functionality
discovered in the last five weeks,
and the patches released so far
haven't actually fixed the existing problems.
And this isn't even the only Windows hacking news today.
Windows Hello is known to be pretty secure,
but researchers at the CyberArk security firm
were able to bypass it by convincing Windows
to trust a modified USB webcam instead of the built-in one.
Thankfully, Microsoft's patch for this issue
appears to working, but I, like you,
am starting to consider buying a...
- And wouldn't it be nice- - A gaming Chromebook.
- [James] To be able to game on it?
- (stammers) It's got Google!
The OLED Nintendo Switch, aka the Switch Not-Pro,
has an MSRP of $350.
That's $50 more than the vanilla Switch,
which makes sense, right?
- I mean, it's got a nicer screen and an Ethernet port.
That's probably more expensive-
- [James] Haven't we made progress? Progress is free.
- Well, Bloomberg is accusing Nintendo
of inflating the price to increase their profit margins,
since it reportedly only costs $10 more per system
to manufacturer the OLED Switch.
- [James] I don't know.
- "They're making $20 off of me. I'm upset."
Now, Nintendo doesn't typically address claims
that come out of the rumor mill,
but the company took to Twitter
to tell both customers and investors
that the new Switch wouldn't increase their profit margins,
possibly because the news could have implications
for anyone thinking about buying or selling Nintendo stock.
It definitely won't have implications
for the Nintendo fanboys
who have already preordered the OLED Switch,
because Nintendoo, what it do?
Again, they're gonna buy it regardless.
You know, I went to buy "Skyward Sword" the other day.
Guess how much it is Canadian? It's $90!
It came out 10 years ago!
- [James] My sword is flaccid.
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Lord Gaben himself has clarified
that the recently announced and badly named
Steam Deck gaming handheld
does have a 2230-size M.2 SSD slot,
indicating that you could theoretically replace it
if you really want to.
- [James] Get off my Deck!
- Get off my Deck, dude.
So while the Deck is $50 more expensive
than the OLED Switch,
it's really looking like this may be
the Switch Pro we wanted all along.
I still want Valve to change the name, though.
It's not a...
You guys didn't talk about this last week.
How is it a deck?
- [James] Because you can do kick flips.
- (giggles) Bleh!
Researchers in Japan
have broken another internet speed record
by sending data down a series of tubes
at 319 terabits per second,
shattering the previous record of 179.
Perhaps even more impressive is the fact
that they did this over a simulated distance
of 1,864 miles using coiled fibers.
- [James] That doesn't count.
- It's simulated.
That's enough speed to download
nearly 800 50-gigabyte games in just one second.
- [Riley and James] Wow.
- [James] Don't tell this to the folks at "Call of Duty."
- Yeah, they'll just make it bigger and bigger.
Now, you won't be doing that anytime soon
because this was just a test,
but what we can say is: good job, Japan.
You know? Good for them.
Another report from Bloomberg's Power On newsletter
claims the next iPhone will have an always-on display
using a low refresh rate mode
to show the time and your notifications
without draining the battery very much.
- Welcome to 2012! - Yeah.
iPhone users, you're gonna love this.
All of us Android users just know it.
You're gonna. It's great.
If you've been in the market for a Tesla
and wanted the company's Full Self-Driving upgrade,
it would normally cost you an additional 10 grand up front,
so Tesla is now instead offering FSD as a subscription.
It isn't cheap, as its $199 per month price tag
could add a lot to your probably already steep
monthly car payment. - I actually might do this.
- But the option is at least there
if your pockets are deep enough.
Wow. Stop flexing, James.
Also, Tesla is giving the public a helpful reminder
that Full Self-Driving doesn't mean completely autonomous,
because truth is dead, the internet killed it.
Speaking of oxymorons, if the Impossible Burger
hasn't satisfied your appetite for fake meat,
be on the lookout this fall for Impossible Nuggets.
- [James] No! Shut your butt.
- They should be in restaurants first
before making their way to grocery stores.
No word on exactly which restaurants will be serving them,
but I have a feeling you'll have a better chance
of snagging them at a fast food joint
than anywhere in the Michelin Guide.
Now, I don't know what nuggets have to do with tires,
but maybe that means it's time to end this episode.
Come back on Wednesday for more tech news
with a side of nuggets.
- [James] Honey mustard!
- We can't guarantee that. - Is that ethical?
- Are you gonna get them nuggets?
I'm not. Gross.