- (surprised gasping) You came all the way over here,
from where you were a few minutes ago?
Wow...
The least we could do is give you some tech news.
I mean, good job, y'know? (applauding)
Like, good job.
Watching the crypto crash
has been a bit confusing, as a PC gamer.
On the one hand, a lot of "value"
has been knocked outta the market,
but, on the other hand,
(exaggerated sniffing)
(exaggerated gasping)
You smell that? (squeaky toy squeaking)
- [Assistant] GPUs!
- GPUs, baby! (chuckling)
That's right.
As crypto-miners sell their now-useless GPUs,
prices for graphics cards are dropping,
along with the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum,
and other cryptocurrencies.
So much so,
that GPUs can be found on sale
for less than their original MSRP.
What is happening? - That's crazy.
- As a... - Are they four years old?
- (chuckling) What time is it?
In the day.
That what you mean?
But, as PC gamer writes,
if you're going to go out
and finally treat yourself to a new frame-dispenser,
you might wanna focus on the more mid-range cards,
because if there's any merit
to the deluge of leaks we've seen in the past month,
Nvidia's planning to launch
their upper tier RTX 40 series cards, this summer.
Be wary of impulse decisions.
The time of crypto is ending.
(ethereal ambient electronic music)
(wordless angelic falsetto singing)
The United States and Japan, reportedly,
plan to work together
to take on Taiwanese semiconductor powerhouse, TSMC.
And no, unfortunately,
it doesn't involve combining a number of cat shaped robots
into one man shaped robot.
- [Assistant] Aah...
- Which I'm still hoping, maybe, later.
- The Mega-Tjord.
(Riley laughing)
- Tjord?
(Assistant chortling)
According to Japanese industry publication, Nikkei,
a number of companies from the two countries.
that's what they're called,
will cooperate to design and manufacture 2 nanometer chips,
and the plan might, even,
involve establishing a new company,
or a joint manufacturing hub,
made of robot cats?
Just an idea, think about it.
- [Assistant] It's morphin' time.
(Riley laughing)
- (growling) What does he do?
I haven't seen the movie. (chuckling)
America and Japan better get going, though,
because TSMC just unveiled it's new N2 Process Node,
which will start to produce two nanometer chips in 2025,
using GAAFET technology.
GAAF- Ga- Get off it!
That's what I'm calling it.
And Elon Musk seem to waffle a bit,
on his free-speech-focused vision for Twitter,
in his first all-hands meeting with Twitter employees,
the transcript of which was leaked, this week.
Among talk of layoffs, and wanting to be more like WeChat,
Musk said that while people should be able to Tweet
basically, whatever they want, within the law,
it shouldn't be amplified,
logically leading to the same sort
of algorithmic Twitter-moderation
that he initially criticized.
- [Assistant] Ooh...
(Riley chuckling)
- Oh, he just wanted it a bit different.
But, I guess you could say that,
at least, now he's being consistent,
by firing a number of SpaceX employees
who drafted a letter signed by hundreds of their coworkers,
criticizing Elon's public behavior, as CEO of the company.
Analysts say the firing may actually violate labor laws,
but, this is the world's richest man we're talkin' about.
He has a number of legal options
available to him.
- [Assistant] Including getting in a s-
- Spaceship,
and that's what I was gonna say.
- [Assistant] It wasn't written there,
but we just knew.
- We are friends.
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Rumors about Valve's follow-up to its Index VR headset
have sparked up again,
after YouTuber Brad Lynch
posted about a patent recently filed by the company.
It depicts what appears to be a standalone unit,
with a wider facial interface,
and a fancy strap.
It's got little dongles on it.
It's glitter.
- [Assistant] Shut up.
- Sprinkles.
It could be true that this mock-up
is valve's upcoming headset,
code-named "Deckard",
but it could also be a random drawing
by a very, very skilled toddler.
There's just no way to be sure.
But, check out Brad's video,
if you wanna get more specific than that.
He gets into the details.
There's more: are you a replicant?
- [Assistant] I noticed.
- Apple said their new Stage Manager feature for iPad OS 16
requires the ability to memory-swap,
so, we can only run on M1 iPads.
But, a developer has now found, that,
A: the 64 GB M1 iPad Air doesn't have memory-swapping,
but it can run Stage Manager,
and, B: there's an internal mode that can, actually,
enable Stage Manager on all older iPads.
- [Assistant] Gotcha!
- Now, (chuckling) at second glance,
this seems less scandalous,
and more like exactly something Apple would say.
"It doesn't support it" is Apple-speak for shut up!
Shut your Goddamn mouth!
I hate you!
- [Assistant] I'll tell you what you want.
- You're nothing to me.
The latest PlayStation exclusive to come to PC is a doozy.
The Final Fantasy VII Remake,
which launched only a year ago,
is available on Steam, right now.
And yes, I've already downloaded it.
Nice.
Then, you're supposed to gimme a high five.
(hands together slapping)
You don't care.
- [Assistant] Nope.
- Square Enix also announced that part 2
of what will be the Final Fantasy Remake trilogy,
titled "Rebirth",
will launch on PS 5, "next winter",
whatever that means.
It's not really important, because, what?
PC rules. (chuckling)
Sonos has confirmed
that customers who received
way more speakers in the mail than they actually ordered,
one guy got 30 extra packages,
will be able to keep them, at no charge.
- [Assistant] Yes! - Yeah!
Although, this isn't a story about Sonos being so great,
as much as it is about Sonos complying with FTC regulations.
Honestly, these days, that doesn't seem like a given.
- [Assistant] That guy's got speakers.
(Riley laughing)
What's he gonna do?
- Just sets them up around him.
Play.
And, an international group of researchers
has published a study
that found workers
who spent a week working entirely in virtual reality,
reported more anxiety,
lower productivity, and even migraines.
Which doesn't make Mark Zuckerberg's vision
of the future of work in the Metaverse
seem all that enticing.
I mean,
even if you could play Beat Sabre on your lunch break,
would it be worth coming home with a massive headache?
Not sure which reality you're actually in?
- [Assistant] Coming home?
You're at home!
(Riley chuckling)
- Stay.
A good marker would be if people have legs or not.
I'm sure that this reality is collapsing,
so, come back on Monday for more tech news.
We'll have fixed the glitches, by then.
(distorted signal buzzing)
That's right, baby!