- Huh, nice channel you got here.
It'd be a shame if someone messed with it.
- [Linus] No, no, no, no, not the bananas,
no, God, ShortCircuit, why?
- 'Cause we're the best.
Nvidia has done something very unusual for the company,
it's published its graphic kernel modules for Linux
as open-source software.
See AMD regularly open-sources all sorts of things
from FreeSync to Vulkan drivers,
but Team Green keeps things bottled up inside.
Maybe that's why they're green, I don't know.
- [Linus] It's not healthy.
It's showing in their face.
- It's like that emoji, that green emoji.
- Yeah. - Ugh.
And once you look deeper, it's clear
that Nvidia has done this whole open-source thing
in a very Nvidia way.
They've moved much of their proprietary code
into the graphics card firmware,
which can be accessed by the driver,
but it's not open-source itself.
The driver also has alpha support
for gaming graphic cards from the G4 16 series and up,
and will only receive periodic updates from Nvidia.
So community input is limited.
- [Linus] Boo.
- However, some enthusiasts are still praising the move
since it means Nvidia drivers
can now be included with Linux distros.
So Nvidia GPUs can work out of the box
without messing up your installation.
- Wow, right? - Wow.
- [Linus] You buy 'em from Best Buy.
- Yeah.
Linux news, is this what kids really want these days?
- [Linus] Yeah, that's what my kid tells me he wants.
- Linux.
- A Texas law called HB 20 has just taken effect
which allows the state's citizen or the attorney general
to sue social media platforms for banning, demonetizing
or otherwise restricting a user based on their viewpoint.
Such a law would make almost every moderation feature
used by sites like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook illegal.
Because that sounds pretty whack,
the law has been blocked by a court injunction
since December, but on Wednesday,
a panel of three appeals court judges
voted to lift the block because two of them
were apparently under their impression
that Twitter and YouTube were not websites,
but internet service providers.
- [Linus] They're not websites, they're a state of mind.
- Yeah, it's a vibe dude.
If the law stands,
Twitter could end up being a lot more free,
even if Elon doesn't buy it, which might be the case
since he says the deal is currently on hold.
Elon, what is this, a joke to you?
Wait, I know the answer, I'm the joke.
(both laughing loudly)
And the cryptocurrency universe is still being rocked
by the crash of stablecoin, TerraUSD.
(chuckles softly) Stablecoin.
(both laughing loudly)
- [Linus] Why are you laughing?
- 'Cause stablecoin.
Which has now been delisted
from major crypto exchanges like Bitfinex and FTX,
and had its blockchain disabled by the coin's creators.
People are just too afraid, I guess,
everyone's a coward these days,
except for Apple and crypto burrows.
- [Linus] The two heroes of our society
- Please save us, crypto burrows.
Tethers USDT, another stablecoin
that is meant to be pegged to the U.S. dollar,
also saw its value drop to 97 cents before recovering
thanks to Tethers dumping $300 million into the coin.
You may have a strong opinion about crypto
but analysts seem uncertain
about whether the bubble is finally bursting.
There's a good chance
El Salvador might not actually get around
to building that golden volcano city shaped like a Bitcoin.
- [Linus] But I already bought real estate.
I paid for it with Luna.
- Ooh. I bought it with ETH.
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- [Linus] No, I'm not, stop it, Jono. What are those moves?
- Support for AMD's FSR 2.0 upscaling has finally rolled out
in its first game, "Deathloop", after much teasing.
Team Red was very naughty, and so far,
impressions from Digital Foundry and others are good,
while Nvidia's DLSS and Intel's XeSS use machine learning
and specialized hardware,
FSR 2.0 uses standard GPU compute units
to run its temporal upscaling technique
which is tuned by humans instead of AI.
So it's a bit more artisanal.
You might find this temporal upscaling technique
at the local farmer's market instead of the mall.
- [Linus] It's made with hemp.
- Mm. - End of.
- Reliable Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo,
and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman have both published reports
claiming that Apple is currently testing iPhone models
with USB-C ports instead of Lightning ports,
you know, old stuff.
No, you haven't been struck by lightning.
It seems like EU's upcoming regulations
have finally forced Apple to put USB-C
into one of the last products that they make
that doesn't have it.
You gotta admire the dedication
to being the most stubborn tech company though
that they know who they are.
- [Linus] Google, who's Google? Google doesn't know.
- Meta?
- [Linus] Facebook.
- GPU prices are falling
which means we are gonna see an old relic come back to life.
Graphic card game bundles.
- Yay, Happy Christmas. - Woohoo!
It would be the third time I got "DOOM Eternal".
(both laughing loudly)
See, in ye olden times,
GPUs would usually be bundled with a game
but AMD and Nvidia stopped the practice
when it became apparently they didn't need any help
selling out of the game for the stocks.
Sure, the games are often not quite the cream of the crop
but free stuff in any capacity should be welcomed right now.
Have you seen the freaking gas prices? Oh.
- [Linus] Oh, I haven't, I fly to work.
- Bethesda has announced that the release dates
for heavily anticipated games
"Starfield" and "Redfall" have both been delayed into 2023.
- [Linus] Ugh.
- While the delays always suck,
it's the same type of suck
as like taking the cake out of your oven
and realizing it needs another 20 minutes.
You don't wanna eat goopy cake or maybe you do,
"Star Citizen" is waiting.
And lizard man, Mark Zuckerberg,
has shown off a video of himself
trying an augmented reality demo
in Meta's upcoming project, Cambria VR headset
using only hand tracking controls.
Cambria is supposed to be geared more towards work use cases
which is why the demo involved Mark throwing a ball around
for CGI bunnies. (chuckles softly)
Someone has to walk Mr. Sprinkles,
or he and his family is gonna be deleted.
- [Linus] That's the corporate world.
- Well, I guess that's what passes
for a TechLinked video these days.
Come back on Monday,
if you want more whatever this was.
But I heard that there's a super cool channel
called ShortCircuit that
you should check out soon. - No, you could not.
You can't check it out.
- What about They're Just Movies?
- [Linus] Nope, well, okay, fine.
They're Just Movies, fine.
- They're Just Movies, please subscribe.
- [Linus] Where are my bananas?