- When you're feeling down,
just apply a little bit of pressure like this
and your character, whoa! (Mario Bros effect)
- [Cameraman] What?
Sorry. I crouched there cause I press the down button.
- [Cameraman] What is that? That is not a thing.
- TikTok didn't respect the fact
that I would rather not talk about them,
but the sheer amount of news today means
that I have to tell you that the Facebook of Gen Z
has released a desktop live streaming app
called TikTok live studio.
The app is pretty bare bones,
but seems surprisingly robust for something the company says
"Is only available for a few thousand viewers to test."
It's likely that TikTok will add more features
as it ramps up its efforts to break into the gaming scene.
The company also just launched its own Discord server
where E-girls and Cottagecore aficionados alike can chill.
- [Cameraman] You're both! - Shut up.
That is not from their marketing. Is it?
E-girls? - [Cameraman] Yeah, of course.
- But in other, not-chill TikTok news,
multiple school districts across the US
canceled classes today in response to viral rumors
that threats of violence had been made on the platform.
It turns out these rumors were false, which is good,
but it's kind of wild that some kid
can just start a rumor on TikTok
and get a free long weekend.
- [Cameraman] Oh, great idea! - [Linus] And it's also wild
that TikTok is also launching TikTok Kitchen,
which will be 300 virtual restaurants
that will deliver food to you based off
of viral TikTok recipes.
Okay. That's actually cool. I'll allow it.
- [Cameraman] Oh, and they'll miss their peace!
NVIDIA came out of nowhere today
and surprise announced new laptop GPU's
but they're... Kind of weird.
First, team green is releasing a mobile version
of the RTX 2050, that is not based on the touring chips
in the original RTX 20 series,
but on a newer and peer-based GPU the GA107,
according to a manufacturer interviewed
by German site computer-base,
the card apparently has the same core configuration
as the desktop RTX 3050, but a lower TBP for laptops.
So... Why is it a 20 series?
Is naming just a meme to NVIDIA now?
- [Cameraman] Modern name.
- The company also announced the G-Force MX570,
which appears to be the first MX GPU
that supports ray tracing and DLSS.
And there's an MX550 as well,
which doesn't support those things so well,
it does have some value, especially in a chip storage.
We don't really care about this one.
I wouldn't say that's true, I disagree with the script.
Neither of them are going to be powerful enough
to do any retracing anything. So...
- [Cameraman] But they will be worky!
- And, while there are patches available
for the incredibly widespread Log4J Java vulnerability,
researchers have now determined
that those patches have at least
two vulnerabilities themselves!
- [Cameraman] We're catching a patch!
- Woo!
A team at security from Praetorian detailed
the flaws on Wednesday saying
that they are actively being exploited
and urged system administrators
to install the new patch that fixes the first patch.
This whole Log4J thing is really a snafu
of the highest order.
There's even a whole new family of ransomware
identified by Microsoft that takes advantage the flaw.
As before, there's not much that regular users
can do to protect themselves other than trust
the large corporations and governance institutions,
that will definitely act on their behalf
and update all their software so promptly,
even if there's no profit incentive.
(cameraman laughs)
So yeah, it's game over, I guess.
By the way, floatplane the LTD forum and LTT store
are all patched using not the patch
that was provided our own solution.
And that's why they work. - [Cameraman] They do care.
- Well, Luke cares. (cameraman laughs)
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Now, I would call this section the quick bets,
if I was into NFTs. Long bets.
- [Cameraman] Is long, isn't it?
- This was a mistake. - [Cameraman] Yeah.
- [Linus] Speaking of NFTs,
the gaming community seems confused about
whether they actually want them or not.
Because, community Backlash led the developers of Stalker 2
to cancel their plans to incorporate NFT based
metahuman NPCs in their game.
But then, another game called Legacy
made by industry legend, Peter Molyneux,
I don't know, he's a legend,
sold $54 million worth of a crypto token called Land
when it was announced this week...
Really? They raised more than Star Citizen.
No, actually less than Star Citizen, not even close.
So, wait, holly... They sold $54 million...
No, I'm sorry. I need to stop. I can't do this.
- [Cameraman] No! Linus, wait, come back.
- Okay. I'm back. Make up your mind.
Do we want a crypto NFT dystopia or not?
'Cause... - [Cameraman] That'd be cool!
- I have to make plans. - [Cameraman] Yeah.
- Gamers are so confusing. You know?
You know, they're complaining
about the cost of Halo Infinite skins,
just don't buy them! - [Cameraman] Yeah...
- Intel knows the PC gamers are hungering
for their desktop gaming GPUs,
which is why they probably, intentionally leaked
this driver revealing the names and the lineup
from the Intel Arc A350M,
which is presumably a desktop model, up to the Arc A380.
Are you happy Intel? We're talking about it!
You really don't have to do this
because we are going to buy them anyway,
because we have no other options.
Battlefield 2042 had a rough launch
thanks to bugs and some unpopular changes,
but it was apparently so rough
that EA has already discounted the game by 30% on Steam
and is holding a free weekend
to hopefully attract more players,
'cause that's how you attract more people to your brand
by kicking them in the teeth after they paid
full price for your game.
- [Cameraman] You're kidding if it have
to end up in the teeth.
- The player count is already the highest
it's been in a week, so maybe this'll work
and everyone will forget that bad stuff ever happened.
I mean, if Cyberpunk can do it, anyone can.
No one forgot about Cyberpunk being bad at launch.
- [Cameraman] But now it's great!
- In other gaming news,
343 industries promised that campaign co-op
would come to Halo Infinite in a later update,
but some players have already got in the feature
working on the Xbox thanks to a glitch.
It's not the smoothest experience,
but hey, it's an experience.
The question is, will 343 patch it out?
Because they said they wouldn't patch out janky stuff.
They did say that, didn't they?
- [Cameraman] They said it! - That's Halo.
- [Cameraman] Let them play with the arbiter.
- And Hyundai has made another wacky robot.
The MobED is essentially a motorized platform
on four wheels that can be used
to transport any number of things, like a television,
or cold drinks for your friends, or even a baby.
(cameraman laughs)
Yes, that was seriously one of the demos,
which seems like a great way to have your baby kidnapped
and raised by machines,
and then used as a weapon against you
in the great robot wars.
- [Cameraman] You know, it would be real cool, to be fair.
Do not give the robot your baby!
- [Cameraman] I'm thinking about it.
- No! But do come back on Monday for more Tech News.
That's when you do the ear cup thing.
See? I didn't do his intro, so it doesn't make any sense.
I'ma press down right now.
- [Cameraman] Okay, see you later!