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And that's why Tech Link uses only the best ingredients
and grandpa tech tip secret recipe from 1965.
- [Cameraman] Techrity tips.
- The launch of Windows 11 last week was plagued
by a number of issues,
including a bug that caused degraded performance
in AMD's Ryzen processors.
Well, Microsoft's newest OS had its first patch Tuesday
this week and while it addressed some of these other issues,
it actually made the AMD performance issues worse.
Luckily AMD and Microsoft say they've already developed
a fix but those will be arriving on the next patch Tuesday.
It can't come in here earlier.
Tuesday is the only weekday where the dimensional membrane
in between the worlds and ours is thinnest.
- [Cameraman] Then we'll have electricity (inaudible)
- Best Buy is facing backlash this week
after customers discovered
that certain limited supply tech products
like the PlayStation five
are being locked behind a $200 paywall.
Last week the retailer launched its total tax service,
which charges $199 and 99 cents a year for peace of mind.
Thanks to round the clock tech support,
two years of product protection,
free delivering installation and exclusive access
to some of the season's hardest to find products.
That last part was discovered by many customers who tried
to buy the PlayStation five when it was restocked last week
only to be redirected to a signup page
for the Total Tech program.
- [Cameraman] How subtle.
- Now, to be fair,
it is well within Best Buy's rights to do this
and the program may actually make sense
for Best Buy's repeat customers.
I mean, you can basically get free apple care with it,
but in a tech landscape that is dominated by scalpers,
it just hurts to see Best Buy basically scalping
with extra steps.
- [Cameraman] No, they're scalping the scalper.
- On the other other hand,
how are you really going to know
who wants a PlayStation five,
unless you charge $200 to find out?
Like who really wants it.
And without much fanfare,
AMD launched the Radian RX 6600 today,
a mid range graphics card targeting 10 ADP gaming,
launching at an MSRP of 330 US dollars.
The same price as the RTX 3060.
On paper.
Which is worth about as much as the paper
that you would write that price on.
The reviews are saying that the card
is not a great value for the price.
Especially considering that you'll probably
be paying much more than 330 US dollars for it.
And that's not even factoring
in the total tech membership fee. (laughs)
But there is some light on the horizon for budget gamers.
New leaks have emerged relating
to NVIDIA's rumored RTX 3050, and 3050 Ti.
So those might be arriving in the near future
and Intel's Arc GPU's are also on the way.
And according to Roger Koduri,
they won't ship with any cryptocurrency mining limiters.
So at the very least you'll be able
to offset the purchase cost by mining coins
for the rest of your life.
Hey, just don't get the black lung.
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- Small bites.
Don't tell me I didn't warn you about them.
They sting something nasty.
Google has apparently smelled blood in the water
after Epic Games largely lost its lawsuit against Apple.
And the web giant is now counter suing Epic
for breaching its contract
when it added third-party payment options
to fortnight the last year.
While government regulators,
the world over are increasingly investigating tech companies
over antitrust, it's becoming clear that Epic CEO,
Tim Sweeney, may have bit off a little more than he can chew
by taking on both Apple and Google with a surprise attack
at the same time.
Maybe he thought he'd win because he bought the best skins.
But I don't know, you know what they say,
never invade Russia in the winter.
Another tech issue being looked at by many governments
is right to repair,
but does repairing software count?
The European court of justice recently ruled
that users may decompile software
in order to correct errors
that impair the functioning of the software.
- [Cameraman] That's amazing.
- You know what?
Now that I think about it, I mean the DRM on EA games.
It really impairs their functioning for me.
So I guess EA is going to jail for a long time.
EA jail, 2022 it's in the game.
(men laughing)
HTCs new Vibe Flow headset
has leaked a day before the company was set to announce it.
And it looks like a lightweight consumer focused VR AR model
that may or may not be designed to work without a PC.
There's a cord attached to the headset
in most of the press images, but more importantly,
it makes the wearer look like a giant bug.
So it's already gotten like Mondo points in my book.
Watch out though.
The Magic Leap two is on its way next year
and both of these headsets will almost certainly suck.
I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
- [Cameraman] By next year you mean next decade.
- Most Roblox players are children,
whether that be physically or mentally.
So the games developed...
Okay, I did not write that.
- [Cameraman] Riley!
- So the games developer has now banned romantic content,
including animations of kissing, hand-holding
or other romantic gestures in a romantic context,
as well as banning in-game events like weddings,
dates and honeymoons.
Did they even think about how this would affect
any Roblox weddings that are already scheduled?
- [Cameraman] These are the customers
who spend the most money.
- I mean, good luck booking another venue at this point.
And freaking Captain Kirk himself,
William Shatner has been rocketed up to the edge of space
in a giant penis by Jeff Bezos' blue origin.
- [Cameraman] I hope he didn't shatter himself.
- At 90, Shatner is the oldest person to reach space,
making this a space industry milestone.
Although at first glance,
I did think this was a scene from a new Star Trek movie
where Bezos is the bad guy.
He would make an excellent Borg.
Time to stop this episode
before we're all assimilated though.
Come back on Friday for more tech new given
by free thinking non automaton individuals.
- [Cameraman] We are one, we are bored.