data/2023-11-04 Actually, Google LIKES Adblock [Z6zZFj9eE60].en.txt

[2.68] Here at TechLinked, [4.34]
[4.68] we like to think [6.0]
[7.48] that there's an infinite number of intros [9.3]
[9.3] that we can come up with, but actually there's not. [12.06]
[12.06] YouTube's adblock block has led to hundreds of thousands of adblock uninstalls, [17.94]
[17.94] proving [18.24]
[18.24] once again there is nothing as powerful as the Uno reverse. [22.02]
[23.24] Well, I don't know why the Avengers didn't use [24.72]
[24.72] that on day one. [25.46]

[29.36] According to stats from ad blocking company [31.22]
[31.22] and name for the history of spirits, [33.46]
[33.46] Ghostory, 90% of users [35.26]
[35.26] who gave a reason for uninstalling their adblocker cited YouTube's recent policy [39.9]
[39.9] change. [40.24]
[40.6] But Google's hatred for adblockers makes the fact [43.3]
[43.3] that they sponsored last month's ad filtering dev summit, [47.1]
[47.36] a conference for adblock developers, [49.92]
[50.3] quite confusing. [51.26]
[51.68] They even gave a presentation, the sickos, [54.22]

[54.46] about how Chrome's manifest v3 update wouldn't hamper adblockers [58.62]
[59.12] right before expanding the adblockening they started in May [62.58]
[62.58] and leading to a record number of adblock uninstalls. [65.96]
[66.2] To be fair, [66.78]
[66.78] that record was closely followed by a record number of new adblocker installs [71.7]
[71.7] as people searched for one that YouTube couldn't detect. [73.96]
[74.12] But overall, the number of adblock users decreased. [76.5]
[76.94] So why would Google co-sponsor the very thing they wish to destroy? [80.8]
[81.18] Maybe they wanted to befriend their enemy, [82.92]

[83.14] earn their trust, [83.98]
[84.2] and wait for them to turn [85.18]
[85.18] their back so they could plunge in the knife. [87.48]
[88.04] Or maybe they care more about you using their browser. [91.02]
[91.42] They may not care about your personal privacy, but hey, [93.86]
[94.12] they're just acting like protective parents. [95.88]
[96.32] If you're going to experiment with illicit extensions, [98.7]
[98.86] I'd rather you did it here in Chrome. [100.78]
[103.86] AMD has swapped some Zen 4 cores for smaller, [107.38]
[107.38] more efficient Zen 4C cores in two new entry-level [111.22]
[111.22] laptop APUs, [112.44]

[112.44] claiming that no human being would ever know the difference, [115.78]
[116.42] which is both wrong [117.52]
[117.52] and honestly pretty insulting to AMD's core customer demographic, [121.02]
[121.34] pedantic nerds. [122.24]
[122.66] You can't slip it past us! [124.34]
[126.32] The Zen 4C cores are meant to be feature identical to Zen 4 [129.74]
[129.74] while having a smaller footprint, [131.6]
[131.88] previously being used in their Epic server chips to cram unreasonable number of cores onto a single processor. [137.46]
[137.82] AMD also used Zen 4C cores in the lower-end Ryzen Z1 variant of the ROG Ally handheld, [144.22]
[144.66] but AMD didn't advertise that right away. [147.24]

[147.6] Either because they're testing if people can tell the difference, [150.4]
[150.4] or they're just ashamed about how much worse the cheaper Ally is than [154.02]
[154.02] its extreme older brother. [155.48]
[155.64] Some people are drawing comparisons to the P-core slash E-core hybrid structure [160.22]
[160.22] Intel has been using since their 12th gen chips, [162.58]
[162.94] but it's not quite the same. [164.38]
[164.38] I mean, just look at the size difference between P [166.94]
[166.94] and E-cores versus the difference between the 4 [169.36]
[169.36] and 4C. [170.5]
[170.68] AMD's 4C is like a Zen 4 core [173.14]
[173.14] that got great results on a keto diet, [175.24]

[175.4] while Intel's P-core could probably eat an E-core [178.2]
[178.2] and still complain about the small portion size. [180.44]
[180.44] Early benchmark results for Apple's M3 series of chips [183.42]
[183.42] suggest Tim Cook wasn't pulling performance numbers out of his Apple [187.32]
[187.32] at Monday's scary- at Monday's scary fast event. [191.88]
[192.28] The Californian Fruit Corporation claimed the M3 chip [195.04]
[195.04] was 20% faster than the M2, [197.34]
[197.62] and that seems to be in line [198.84]
[198.84] with the plethora of new leaked Geekbench scores. [201.8]
[201.96] Of course, [202.44]

[202.44] there's a new ARM-based kid on the block as well [205.5]
[205.5] in the form of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite series. [208.64]
[208.9] While Qualcomm pitted their new little shredders [211.0]
[211.0] against the M2 in Geekbench, [212.9]
[213.34] since Apple hadn't unveiled the M3 yet, [215.1]
[215.38] both the Orion 23-watt and 80-watt chips [218.22]
[218.54] still outperformed the M3 in multi-core scores. [221.88]
[222.1] Although the M3 spanks them in single-core a little bit. [225.5]
[225.74] No big welts, [226.6]
[226.98] just some redness. [227.56]

[229.4] Just a little. [229.92]
[230.66] Sounds like a good weekend. [231.52]
[231.88] As for the M3 Max, [233.38]
[233.66] it performs comparably to the M2 Ultra, [236.22]
[236.72] which is good news, but might sound confusing [239.64]
[239.64] if you still foolishly thought that the Max chip [243.04]
[243.04] is Apple's top-tier chip rather than the Ultra. [246.32]
[246.52] Like, what? [246.96]
[246.96] It's obvious, [247.9]
[248.2] so. [248.7]

[249.44] Geekbench shows the Max scoring nearly 21,000 in multi-core, [254.06]
[254.28] nearly double the standard M3. [256.02]
[256.34] Meanwhile, [256.72]
[257.0] the M3 Pro is apparently suffering [258.84]
[259.22] from some kind of performance anxiety [261.18]
[261.18] because it didn't show up in these leaks at all. [263.14]
[263.56] Hey, [263.84]
[264.28] it's okay, buddy. [265.1]
[265.48] We know you're gonna do great in your special spot [267.88]
[267.88] between the M3 and the M3 Max, [270.46]
[270.72] if that's where you go in the, [272.06]
[272.06] I actually don't know if you, [273.2]
[273.2] are you an iPhone? [274.16]

[310.44] Our bits have been selectively bred for quickness [313.58]
[313.58] for over a century. [314.72]
[315.26] Sadly, this had led to serious health problems [317.68]
[317.68] and shorter lives. [318.82]
[321.84] Intel has once again released a driver update [324.44]
[324.44] for its ARC graphics cards with speed boosts [327.02]
[327.26] that would make the Sonic fan art community blush. [330.08]
[330.78] DirectX 11 games got the most benefit. [332.76]
[332.98] Intel claims average FPS uplifts of up to 750% [337.66]
[337.66] in Halo, the Master Chief Collection, [339.54]
[339.98] 154% in Yakuza 0, [342.42]
[343.04] Yakuza, [343.8]
[344.0] one of those, [344.5]

[345.04] and 113% in World War Z. [347.84]
[348.24] But the driver also boosts DirectX 12 title Returnal by 53%. [353.46]
[353.74] Extreme Tech notes that some DX 11 titles performances [357.16]
[357.32] are being compared to the driver [358.74]
[358.74] before the most recent one, [360.56]
[360.84] but I don't wanna split hairs. [361.86]
[362.24] I wanna talk about number go up, [364.18]
[364.18] up, up, up, up, where the clouds gonna clear, [367.38]
[367.7] as put so eloquently by Canadian country pop sensation, [371.04]
[371.04] Shania Twain. [371.76]

[374.5] Digital Foundry's resident wizard, [376.2]
[376.64] Digital Foundry's resident, [378.0]
[378.82] digital Foundry. [380.32]
[380.32] Digital Foundry's resident wizard, [382.42]
[382.42] Richard Ledbetter, posted a deep dive on Nvidia's T239, [386.88]
[386.88] a processor heavily expected to power the Nintendo Switch 2. [390.88]
[391.08] Originally leaked by lovable fan favorite leaker, [393.84]
[393.84] Copite7Kimi, two years ago, [396.44]
[396.44] details have slowly emerged about the chip specs. [399.0]

[399.38] Richard used these to guide his modifications of an RTX 2050 [403.32]
[403.32] to simulate the T239's performance. [406.76]
[412.68] And based on his mad science and speculation, [415.48]
[415.94] it could be [416.86]
[417.1] that the Switch 2 could run any modern game [419.1]
[419.1] just fine if you adjust settings accordingly [421.22]
[421.22] and use DLSS, which it probably supports. [423.74]
[423.9] Again though, Richard can't say with 100% certainty [427.14]
[427.66] that this is the Switch 2's chip, [429.16]
[429.58] but [429.92]
[430.7] it's sort of like the, [431.62]

[432.0] are we all just brains in a vat situation? [434.26]
[434.26] Like we can't know, [435.88]
[436.3] but like, you know, like we don't know, [438.66]
[438.66] but like, bah! [439.59]
[439.59] Add free subscribers to streaming service Max, [442.46]
[442.68] including grandfathered HBO Max legacy subscribers, [445.76]
[446.02] are set to lose access to 4K [448.02]
[448.02] and HDR streaming next month. [450.1]
[450.1] If they'd like to hold onto those features, [451.88]
[451.88] they'll have to switch to the ultimate ad-free subscription [454.5]

[454.5] for an additional $4 every month, a 25% increase. [458.18]
[458.7] Simultaneous streaming for ad-free accounts [460.6]
[460.6] will also drop from three devices to two. [463.06]
[463.36] Max is one of the few streaming services [465.52]
[465.52] that hasn't raised prices in the last year. [467.82]
[468.18] They're just, you know, [469.14]
[469.62] slowly reducing the quality [471.06]
[471.06] of what you get in exchange for the same amount of money. [473.98]
[473.98] So it's like. [474.44]

[476.38] They got to cut corners somewhere. [477.5]
[477.84] Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, [481.72]
[481.92] has been found guilty of seven charges of Sam Bankman fraud. [485.58]
[486.84] He potentially faces decades in jail [488.84]
[488.84] and is unlikely to be Sam Bankman-Fried. [491.4]
[492.56] His lawyers claimed that he was just a hapless nerd [495.02]
[495.02] in over his head, but it's difficult to argue [497.3]
[497.3] that someone is smart enough to run a complex embezzlement [501.02]
[501.02] and money laundering scheme, [502.12]
[502.46] yet not smart enough to know running said scheme is illegal. [505.64]
[506.14] In the end, the court decided it was nothing more [508.76]
[508.76] than Sam Bankman greed. [510.28]

[513.1] And Lenovo is partnering with Fashion Studios [515.82]
[515.82] to create a proof of concept collection of Lenovo Tabware, [520.12]
[520.6] modern and futuristic outerwear [522.38]
[522.38] with big old pockets you can carry tablets in, [525.02]
[525.02] or maybe a toddler if you have a kangaroo fursona. [527.72]
[528.42] Ranra has created a light blocking, [530.44]
[530.62] noise canceling hoodie for the person who hates being reminded [533.32]
[533.32] that there's a world outside their jacket. [535.04]
[535.48] Kit Wan Studios entry is a modular techno armor. [538.72]
[539.26] Tss, tss, tss. [540.04]

[540.04] Ha ha. [540.62]
[540.78] That's how it dances. [541.54]
[541.72] Meanwhile, [542.76]
[543.3] Mayum designed a pastel pink bubble wrap poncho [547.12]
[547.12] that is both inflatable and doubles as a hammock, [549.76]
[550.12] probably as a wearable airbag to protect your precious baby [553.2]
[553.62] or that toddler. [554.76]
[554.94] And protect yourself from the disappointment [556.82]
[556.82] of this video ending by coming back on Monday [558.96]
[558.96] for more tech news. [560.04]
[560.34] You know, I can't guarantee it actually will, [561.94]
[562.58] but hey, we're trying. [563.94]