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[0.08] I can only assume Apple unveiled a number of new Macs powered by their new M3 processor today, [5.38]
[5.38] but I can't know for sure because they scheduled their event to start like an hour after we finished filming this video. [10.7]
[10.7] It's like I've been working on my Tim Cook impression for nothing. [14.22]
[14.5] Some fresh leaks have sprung regarding NVIDIA's RTX 40 Super series of GPUs, [20.2]
[20.2] specifically the RTX 4080 Super. [22.44]
[22.7] The card's PCIe ID was found by someone, [25.64]
[25.84] potentially with access to a beta driver, [27.72]
[27.94] and added to the PCIe ID repository, [31.0]

[31.28] a place where PC IDs are reposited. [35.02]
[35.22] Except the GPU listed in the PCIe ID is the AD103, [40.5]
[40.5] the same chip that powers the non-Super RTX 4080 [44.08]
[44.08] with pretty much its full strength. [47.0]
[47.34] NVIDIA could enable its 512 disabled shaders, [50.78]
[51.0] but that sounds like a drop in the bucket [52.54]
[52.54] compared to the GPUs already enabled, [54.98]
[55.3] 9,728 shaders [58.5]

[58.5] And sure, every little bit of extra performance is nice, [61.7]
[61.98] unless in order to get it, [63.38]
[63.38] you have to buy a new GPU for the same MSRP [65.92]
[65.92] that the original RTX 4080 launched at, [68.44]
[68.68] which is 1,200 bucks. [70.64]
[71.02] That's what NVIDIA did with the RTX 2080 Super, [74.12]
[74.12] which launched in 2019 for 800 bucks. [77.74]
[77.74] Pfft. [78.1]
[78.54] How many dough? [79.18]

[79.7] Same amount of dough. [80.56]
[80.84] Hey, if the 4080 Super isn't doing it for you, [83.62]
[83.62] there's also this RTX 4060 Ti from ASUS [86.8]
[86.8] with a built-in M.2 SSD slot. [89.44]
[89.82] If you want to remember a time [91.02]
[91.02] when news about new graphics cards made you feel [93.42]
[93.42] something other than that [94.86]
[95.18] sour acid taste in the back of your throat for missing [98.16]
[98.16] something. [98.74]
[99.34] Now I just feel dread. [100.44]

[100.92] Qualcomm made  some big claims [102.51]
[102.51] about their Snapdragon X Elite laptop SoCs at the Snapdragon Summit last week, [107.38]
[107.68] but like all such events, [109.04]
[109.6] Qualcomm only backed up those claims [111.26]
[111.26] with slides looking like barely modified PowerPoint templates. [114.86]
[115.48] Woke up the night before in a mad panic [117.74]
[117.74] and just slapped some photos on there. [119.66]
[120.48] Should this line be blue? [121.98]
[121.98] I don't know, it doesn't matter. [123.08]

[123.34] But some outlets, including Windows Central, [125.48]
[125.48] were able to take a closer look at detailed test results, [128.66]
[128.84] and it seems like Qualcomm wasn't just blowing hot air. [131.68]
[131.68] Both the 23 watt [133.7]
[133.7] and 80 watt variant of the X Elite blew away Windows laptops [138.06]
[138.06] with top-end chips from Intel [139.88]
[139.88] and AMD in PC Mark 10. [142.08]
[142.32] And [142.46]
[142.46] while the lower end variant didn't destroy like the higher end one did in Cinebench 2024, [147.32]
[147.72] its single core performance still came out ahead. [149.88]

[150.28] Now, as we've said [151.0]
[151.0] before, whether these chips will actually be worth using [154.04]
[154.04] with Windows depends on whether Microsoft can change the fact [157.6]
[157.6] that Windows 11 on ARM is kind of butt to use [160.74]
[160.74] before they come out next year. [162.52]
[162.52] But hey, you know what? [163.88]
[164.26] I'm a simple man. [165.02]
[165.44] I see big bars on a performance graph [167.34]

[167.34] and it just makes me happy. [168.86]
[169.18] I like big bars and I cannot lie. [171.16]
[171.4] Of course, Qualcomm's comparison of the Snapdragon X Elite [174.46]
[174.46] to Apple's M2 rings pretty hollow coming the week [178.3]
[178.3] before Apple launches the M3, which is probably much better [181.56]
[181.56] because that's what they did today, [183.3]
[183.3] right? [183.52]
[183.52] I don't know if they did  that or not. [185.62]
[185.62] I hate this. [186.42]

[186.72] Meta has launched a paid ad-free subscription [189.58]
[189.8] for Facebook and Instagram in the European Union [192.42]
[192.42] for 10 euros a month via desktop [195.1]
[195.44] or 13 euros via Android or iOS [197.98]
[198.52] for all must pay Google [200.22]
[200.22] and Apple their 30% tithe. [202.44]
[202.84] They're passing around the basket. [204.04]
[204.04] You can't ignore it. [205.3]
[205.52] Church only takes 10%. [206.92]
[207.28] Tim sees all. [208.58]
[209.02] Ah, ah, ah. [210.16]
[210.82] Put it in. [212.2]

[212.2] The subscription isn't available elsewhere [214.2]
[214.2] primarily because it's intended to appease EU regulators [217.32]
[217.32] skeptical of Meta's ad targeting and data collection practices. [220.74]
[221.12] The subscription is only available to users 18 [223.48]
[223.48] and up while teenage users will temporarily [226.22]
[226.22] stop seeing ads entirely until Meta comes up [229.66]
[229.66] with some other way of profiting off damage [231.7]
[231.7] to their underdeveloped psyches. [233.26]
[233.64] They're working on it. [234.54]
[234.72] In the meantime, Meta is apparently working on an API [237.32]
[237.32] for its third social platform, Threads. [239.62]

[240.02] But seeing as Threads, [241.24]
[241.24] a business transcription service that trademarked the name in 2012, [244.9]
[245.28] has already served Threads [246.66]
[246.66] with a 30 day warning to change the name, [249.16]
[249.4] Threads is gonna have to hurry. [250.74]
[250.74] It was only slightly confusing. [252.24]
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[287.42] The quick bits aren't actually [289.2]
[289.2] that quick. [290.42]
[290.42] Okay, yeah, we know. [291.34]
[291.34] We just [291.7]
[292.24] want them to feel nice about themselves, [293.5]
[293.5] okay? [293.8]
[293.8] They deserve that. [294.96]
[295.18] Yeah, [295.36]
[295.36] you're quick. [295.92]

[296.08] ChatGPT now has an advanced data analysis feature [299.28]
[299.28] that allows users to upload documents like a PDF [302.16]
[302.64] and chat with it, [304.6]
[304.82] like a spell [305.58]
[305.58] that imbues an inanimate object with a living [307.76]
[307.76] soul, but then wears off, bringing up horrible questions. [310.46]
[310.46] Like, was that actually alive for like three minutes? [312.98]
[313.3] Are you a monster? [314.24]
[314.96] Similar functionality has already been offered [316.92]
[316.92] by various services like Chat With PDF, [319.52]

[319.74] whose developer doesn't seem worried [321.34]
[321.34] about losing its 400,000 users, [323.62]
[323.8] probably because the users already paid the subscription fee. [327.16]
[327.16] But are the PDFs alive? [328.7]
[329.08] It's the spirit of Tim Cook. [330.6]
[330.6] He's smiling on me. [331.72]
[332.16] We're shooting this video [332.96]
[332.96] so late that the sun is setting. [335.52]
[336.18] iFixit has announced a partnership with Microsoft [338.44]

[338.44] to provide official replacement parts for various Microsoft Surface devices, [342.48]
[342.64] as well as step-by-step guides [344.18]
[344.18] and disassembly videos via their dedicated Microsoft Repair Hub. [347.84]
[348.28] Parts provided include batteries, SSDs, displays, keyboards, and even screws. [352.92]
[353.46] Unprovided, however, [354.48]
[354.72] is the answer to the philosophical question, [356.54]
[356.82] if you replace every piece of your laptop one by one [359.54]
[359.54] until no original piece is left, [361.2]
[361.2] is it still the same laptop? [362.48]
[362.9] And does it still belong to Theseus? [364.62]

[364.88] The White House has issued an executive order [367.02]
[367.02] on safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence, [370.32]
[370.64] which pushes for greater transparency of AI models [373.18]
[373.38] and labeling of AI-created content. [375.68]
[375.92] The order will require developers of AI systems [378.42]
[378.42] with the potential to seriously disrupt public safety, [381.02]
[381.02] civil rights, the economy, or national security [383.44]
[383.44] to share critical testing information with the government. [386.86]
[387.36] This would apply primarily to future models [389.8]
[389.8] beyond a certain power level, let's say over [391.98]
[392.78] 9,000. [393.78]

[393.78] What? [394.16]
[394.52] And would not involve restricting any AI tools [397.0]
[397.0] that are currently available. [398.36]
[398.8] It's probably the best we can hope for, at least [400.94]
[400.94] when the average senator is a quarter century older [403.3]
[403.3] than the internet itself. [404.66]
[405.04] Take what you get. [405.76]
[405.76] Google is promising a rescue patch for an Android bug [408.48]
[408.48] that causes some users with multiple Android user accounts [411.5]
[411.5] on their device to get locked out of the device's storage [414.64]
[414.86] from the primary account upon upgrading to Android 14. [418.44]

[418.88] Despite being a relatively serious bug, [421.12]
[421.12] Google seemed to ignore the problem for 10 days, [423.6]
[424.0] leaving hundreds of users in the lurch. [425.86]
[426.22] In some ways, [427.0]
[427.2] the bug is a lot like ransomware, [428.74]
[429.18] except instead of a guy named Sergey [430.7]
[430.7] holding my nudes hostage for money, [432.54]
[432.54] it's Google, completely by accident. [434.26]
[434.66] So it's okay. [435.48]
[435.7] That makes it better. [436.64]

[436.82] I'm less mad. [437.74]
[437.74] Meanwhile, Google has spent time figuring out [440.1]
[440.1] how to turn any old pair of active noise-canceling earbuds [443.48]
[443.9] into heart rate monitors [445.06]
[445.54] through a process the research team calls APG, [448.44]
[448.66] or audio plethysmography. [450.42]
[451.08] Catchy. [451.74]
[451.9] I just wanted you to know [452.66]
[452.66] that. [453.04]

[453.04] It works by sending out an ultrasound signal [455.18]
[455.18] with the earbud speakers [456.28]
[456.28] and picking it up with the microphones, [457.88]
[458.22] which sounds like it lets humans [459.58]
[459.58] become more like bats or dolphins. [461.96]
[461.96] And I'm not sure [463.18]
[463.18] that's a place we want science to go. [464.98]
[465.46] Okay. [466.96]
[466.96] Yeah, [467.14]
[467.14] depending on your priorities. [468.28]
[468.28] I mean- [468.81]
[469.82] That's okay. [471.46]

[471.46] The dolphin sound [472.16]
[472.16] that people use on TV is actually sped up kookaburra. [474.34]
[474.64] Really? [474.94]
[475.2] Yeah, it's not a dolphin. [476.7]
[476.92] And the eagle sound is actually a red-tailed hawk. [479.08]
[479.08] Wow, I don't care at all [479.94]
[479.94] about not knowing about the Apple stuff now. [481.68]
[481.68] I learned, [482.28]
[482.64] I learned that. [483.64]

[483.64] But I know where I want you to go. [485.74]
[485.74] Back to your screen of choice, [487.6]
[487.6] this time on Wednesday for more tech news, [490.16]
[490.16] when we will definitely know what has happened [492.76]
[492.76] at Apple's event today. [493.86]
[495.7] Time, [496.22]
[496.42] you know? [496.88]
[496.88] It's crazy. [497.92]