- (indistinct)
- [Riley] What? No no no. What is the problem?
- Well the teleprompter upside down,
how am I supposed to read them the tech news?
- [Riley] That's the challenge.
- [Linus] Apple's officially launched
their self-service repair program in the US this morning
which for the first time allows regular old Joe Schmoe
average schmucks like yours truly to purchase
and even rent genuine Apple parts and tools.
You don't even have to be a genius,
like they require to work at their stores.
- [Riley] They're so smart.
- It's amazing.
However, in true Apple fashion, the service has a catch
or two as pointed out by iFixit.
First off, in order to purchase a part
from the self-service repair store,
the customer must enter the device serial number or IMEI.
So you can't just go ordering replacement
iPhone screens willy-nilly.
I mean, you don't want people to become addicted.
- [Riley] I wanna decorate my wall.
- Secondly, the prices for repair kits are barely cheaper
then what Apple charges you to repair the device themselves
at an Apple store.
Unless you also mail the broken part that you are replacing.
- [Riley] Mail?
- However, while we love making fun of Apple,
as much as the next banana,
this setup actually kind of makes sense
as it will incentivize people to return parts to Apple
for hopefully proper recycling
instead of throwing them into the garbage.
There are other problems with Apple's repair program
but at the end of the day, it's progress.
Now, if only Apple would fix the magic mouse charging port
because that's still (beep) ridiculous.
- [Riley] Don't forget about that.
- Twitch is considering changing its partner program
according to a Bloomberg report
which would cause creators to make less money
while run running more ads.
- [Riley] What?
- I mean, Twitch is a good and healthy platform.
- [Riley] We're making it better.
- And people familiar with the plan said that
the proposed changes would make it even happier
and healthier, at least for Amazon shareholders.
Ha ha.. So Twitch creators who are currently making 70%
of subscription revenue could be dropped down to 50%
but the good news is that they would be released
from exclusivity agreements, allowing them
to simultaneously stream on YouTube or Facebook.
And then they would also be incentivized to run more ads
which I guess is supposedly supposed
to make up for the smaller cut.
But that's not really great for the user experience.
- [Riley] Yeah.
- This news coming out was a perfect opportunity
for the head of creators at YouTube gaming to tweet
that their platform still has a 70/30 rev share model
and no exclusivity agreement and never did.
Oh yeah and there's always Facebook
so that your mom can watch your streams.
- [Riley] Bam! Got 'em.
- We can't help but theorize that this is happening
because Amazon owns Twitch and maybe Jeff Bezos feels weird
about Elon Musk being the world's richest man
and like buying Twitter and stuff.
Frankly, I kind of get where he is coming from.
And Sega is pulling a Nintendo with the announcement
that the standalone versions of classic Sonic games
that are included in the upcoming
Sonic Origins anthology game
will be delisted from game stores after May 20th,
one month before Origins launches on June 23rd.
- [Riley] Why would you need 'em?
- You could also call this pulling a George Lucas.
- [Riley] Nah..
- Have we not learned from our past mistakes, as a society?
- [Riley] The new one has a more jar jar.
- More jar jar.
Obviously the people hurt most by this
are the ones who don't want the entire anthology
and just want one of the games
but now have to buy the entire collection instead.
Fans are also frustrated by the fact
that Sonic Origins uses the much hated
not to mention easily bypassed Denuvo DRM system.
I think Sonic would disapprove quite frankly
and Super Sonic, would super disapprove.
- [Riley] Yellow.
- I wanna make more references to Sonic characters here
but frankly I can't think of any.
I can't make heads or tails of their cast.
- [Riley] Ah.. No no
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- Butt quacks aren't something you feel,
there's something you feel. Wait, what?
- [Riley] Huh? What?
- Nvidia is testing a flagship RTX 40 series graphics card,
according to reports, that could draw an insane
900 Watts of power.
According to regular leaker of such things,
kopite7kimi on Twitter.
Although kopite noted that it's unclear
whether this card is a predecessor to a real product
or simply a prototype to test extreme power draw.
The leak comes after other rumors
pointing to a 600 watt GPU.
So it's time to put down your pitch forks
about GPU shortages
and pick up your space heaters
and then sell them
because you're not gonna need space heaters anymore.
- [Riley] ♪ its getting hot in here... ♪
- After announcing the discontinuation
of their PC game launcher,
Bethesda is now allowing users to initiate
the process of transferring their games to Steam.
So you might wanna get on that if you haven't already.
Bethesda said that the online transfer tool
will remain available for the foreseeable future.
But I feel like all that could be off if we get
into a real life fallout situation
and you're gonna want some games
or even hide them in your vault.
Things could get real weird down there.
- [Riley] Real big rats.
- Sony has now enabled variable refresh rate technology
on PlayStation five consoles.
And some users are reporting that they can use the feature
in officially supported and non-supported games
even without updating their machine.
- [Riley] Imagine.
- So congrats console players,
the PC community loves to see that you guys
also don't need to apply an update
to have a feature that we've had for years
without needing an update for use.
- [Riley] No. We don't have to update either.
- It's heartwarming.
We really do only want the best for you guys, enjoy.
And Pixel Watch, Pixel Watch.
We've seen a lot of Pixel Watch leaks lately
but now the internet is being treated to images
of Google's flagship wearable on somebody's actual wrist.
- [Riley] It's a beautiful wrist.
- [Linus] Where we can see it more clearly than ever
and it basically looks like a round version of an Apple.
I mean that, it was always gonna be a watch,
- [Riley] Yeah, it's good I like it.
- but was it gonna be more square
with little buttons under it?
- [Riley] It's gonna look like a watch for sure.
- I mean, I kind of wish it did cause those are cool.
- [Riley] I don't know, but that...
- All right, no more pixel leaks
until it comes out in May, we're done.
And Buzzfeed news has a great story
on the crypto project called METADOCS
which promised to give buyers of METADOCS NFTs access
to real celebrity doctors with a social media following.
But then now a bunch of said doctors have left the project
since it doesn't have the necessary licenses to operate
as a telemedicine service,
meaning that the doctors can't legally give
any medical advice or information to the NFT holders.
- [Riley] You can talk about whatever you want though.
- But you know what?
That's just it's early days
and when the glorious web 3.0 revolution comes
these problems will all be sorted out.
Vaccines will be NFTs
and then everyone will want them.
You'll have hexagon vaccine.
- [Riley] Yeah, you can sell it afterwards.
- And then you can stick your magnet to it.
I wanna keep going
but our license to give tech news just ran out
with that magnetic vaccine (beep).
So come back on Friday.
We're gonna have it renewed by then.
I just gotta go talk to my crypto guy.
Riley, you know?
- [Riley] No, wait, what, no?
- [Linus] Let's talk NFTs bruh.
- [Riley] Okay, I got a really good deal.
- [Linus] Yeah. NFT connect!
- [Riley] What is that?