- You say you love the tech news,
but if you really love the tech news, you'd marry it.
- [Man] What?
- EU lawmakers have agreed on new rules
that would take closed ecosystems operated
by tech giants like Apple,
and in layman's terms, (beeps) 'em up real good.
- [Man] Linus, the language! - Pah-pow!
- [Man] No, no, no, no.
- The Digital Markets Act, or DMA, has been making its way
through the branches of the EU's government.
But this agreement means it could actually
pass into law very soon
and force Apple, Facebook,
or any company providing so-called core platform services
to allow interoperability between messaging services.
Meaning that users on WhatsApp or iMessage
or Telegram could all message each other.
I mean, you've seen blue bubbles and green bubbles,
get ready for a whole spectrum of colors.
- [Man] A rainbow! - You're gonna see
who Apple really hates when they assign the brown bubble.
(man laughs)
The DMA would also force Apple
to allow side loading of the iOS apps.
Something that Epic has spent the past year
and a half trying to achieve in court.
Obviously big tech isn't super into the idea
with Apple saying it'll be bad for security
and Google saying that it could reduce innovation.
- [Man] That's what they sound like.
- [Linus] Although Google did just begin a pilot program
with Spotify to try out third-party billing
in the Play store. - Only with Spotify.
- Obviously epic CEO, Tim Sweeney would love to see
the DMA become law, mostly because it'll be
like nitrous fuel for his Twitter feed.
(man screams)
He's a real sassy man.
- [Man] Feels very deep.
- Loves burritos. - Yeah, it feels big
about the burrito.
- Team green may be turning over a new leaf
in how they deal with competitors.
Invidia has traditionally tried to keep things proprietary
to a very significant degree.
But at GDC this week, the company announced
that it is in talks with Intel
to potentially produce chips using team blues'
fancy new foundries instead
of their usual buddies TSMC and Samsung.
I mean, you can't have too many friends, right?
- [Man] That's not true.
You definitely can.
- But that's not all.
Invidia also announced Streamline a software framework
that would make it easier for developers
to integrate not just DLSS but any
super resolution technology. - Open mind.
- And its open-source.
Intel is already preparing plugins for XeSS
and AMD could do the same for FSR 2.0 if they so choose.
In fact, technically anyone could do that
for FSR because it's open source as well.
Huh? - Huh.
- Maybe those hackers that demanded Invidia open source
their drivers actually achieved something.
- [Woman] It's called XCSS.
- That's probably not what happened
- [Woman] What about CESS?
- Not CESS.
- [Woman] (indistinct).
- Those hackers by the way
may not achieve anything like that again
because London police have reportedly arrested
a 16-year-old believed to be the mastermind
of the Lapsus$ hacking group.
That group claimed responsibility
for recent high-profile cyber attacks against Invidia,
Samsung, Ubisoft, Microsoft, and Okta leaking compromised
data and even making that famous demand
to which Invidia did not exceed
because they don't negotiate with terrorists
when they're still in high school.
- [Man] Head of the hacking club.
- Six other teens have also been arrested
in connection with Lapsus$
although no charges have yet been filed.
The teens have been released under investigation.
Well did they give them cell phones?
- [Man] What no.
- Did you give them cell phones?
- [Man] Too many watch dogs up in here.
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- [Man] What??
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Butt (indistinct), no one knows what they are.
And that doesn't mean they're not dangerous.
(man screams)
(screams) Brace yourself because there
are some heavyweight GPUs on the horizon.
Images have leaked of MSI's RTX 3090 Ti SUPRIM X indicating
that Invidia may finally release this card
or even maybe talk about it.
It's like it's been kind of awkward since the end
of February when we were supposed to hear more about out it.
Meanwhile other leaks have indicated that the RTX 4080,
which is expected this year could have a TDP of 600 Watts.
(man whistles)
For context the 3090's TDP
is 350 watts and that's already crazy.
In a nutshell, if you're gonna buy one of these
you're also buying a new power supply.
It's in the purchase agreement.
- [Man] The lawyers are involved.
- Maybe it's nothing to fret over though because
that 600-watt number might have something to do
with the new power supply specifications
that Intel just released, which should lead to more powerful
and efficient PSUs and the proliferation
of a 12-plus four pin PCI e-power connector
that can deliver up to 600 watts
over a single cable.
- [Man] Piece it together.
- Coincidence?
I think not.
Apple is developing a hardware subscription service
for iPhones according to a Bloomberg report citing insiders
with knowledge of the matter.
It's always those guys. - They're everywhere.
They're all over the place.
- Such a service may look a lot
like Microsoft's Xbox all access plan,
which gives customers the ability
to pay a monthly subscription
for access to a console and 24 months of Game Pass Ultimate.
So you get a new iPhone every year
and access to Apple's award-winning Apple TV
plus streaming exclusive content that has just
so many celebrities in it.
- [Man] And Denzel.
- Wow.
- [Man] Tom Hanks.
- They have so many celebrities.
- [Man] They have so many in there.
They got the cards.
- With Microsoft having released direct storage
into the wild many are hoping we'll see better load times
in games and although a GDC demo shows
a scene from the upcoming game Forspoken loading
in just 1.9 seconds.
That's down from just 2.1 seconds.
- [Man] Whoa, what?
- Seems like the kind
of drive you're using actually has a way bigger impact
on load times than the tech itself for that particular game.
I mean I'm not complaining.
Faster is more better generally.
- [Man] Generally.
- Especially for drive-throughs
and Fortnite Battle Royale may be permanently getting rid
of one of its most distinctive features, Fort building
What are they gonna call it?
Open field combat night? - Shoot night.
- The game tested out the change this week.
And while the most elite players complained about it,
many of the more casual fans celebrated not having
to literally tie their fingers in knots
in order to win a battle.
But code leaks make it look
like there may be building and non-building modes.
So don't worry.
You can still show off your knowledge
of architecture while engaging in deadly fire fights
but just try to get out of your neoclassical box every once
in a while by-- - Try some coffee.
- Changing modes.
- [Man] Yeah, try some classical.
- And try to come back on Monday for more tech news
if you do really love tech news.
I mean, I don't even see a ring on it.
Oh I do have a ring.