data/2024-10-02 nvidias_gift_to_pc_gamers.en.txt

[0.0] Hi, welcome back to TechLinked. [1.77]
[2.89] Don't ask. [3.69]
[3.69] NVIDIA has announced that it plans to launch [5.78]
[5.78] its new NVIDIA app out of beta before the end of this year. [9.99]
[9.99] Now, users with some combination [11.6]
[11.6] of the NVIDIA control panel, [13.51]
[13.51] the GeForce Experience app, [15.19]
[15.19] and the RTX Experience app [16.65]
[16.65] already on their PC [17.88]
[17.88] may be experiencing some apprehension, [20.57]
[20.57] but [21.23]
[21.23] the new app is actually intended [23.04]
[23.04] to unify the features of all three apps [25.94]
[25.94] and in the darkness bind them [28.06]
[28.06] into a single streamlined experience. [30.62]
[30.87] We've had three, yes. [31.95]
[31.95] What about fourth app? [33.61]
[34.77] NVIDIA has also added a handful of new features, [37.27]
[37.27] such as a toggle for G-Sync, [39.21]
[39.21] multi-monitor support for RTX HDR, [41.63]
[41.63] and driver rollback. [43.57]
[43.57] Heck yeah. [44.17]
[44.17] The app allows users [45.08]
[45.08] to sort their games the way they want, [47.05]
[47.05] and the new UI allows users [48.66]
[48.66] to customize the font and colors [50.9]
[50.9] in case neon green on black just doesn't jive [54.3]
[54.3] with your particular brand of dyslexia. [56.42]
[56.42] But NVIDIA is not the only one [57.64]
[57.64] bringing cool new features out of beta. [59.59]
[59.59] AMD [60.37]
[60.37] the perpetual ash to NVIDIA's Gary, [63.21]
[63.21] launched Fluid Motion Frames 2, [65.61]
[65.61] alongside the rollout of its 24.9.1 adrenaline driver. [69.71]
[69.71] AFMF2 demonstrates substantial performance gains [72.84]
[72.84] and fixes the first version's notorious input lag issue. [76.57]
[76.57] It also comes with improved geometric downscaling, [79.53]
[79.53] just in case you're the kind of psychopath [81.06]
[81.06] who likes watching movies in a super tiny window [83.4]
[83.4] rather than their native size. [85.01]
[85.01] I need to make room for subway surfers. [87.3]
[87.63] A pair of students at Harvard have released a paper [90.4]
[90.4] on an experiment they conducted [92.27]
[92.27] where they ran facial recognition software [94.26]
[94.26] through a pair [95.8]
[95.8] of Meta smart glasses. [97.37]
[97.37] The glasses would then automatically cross-reference [100.04]
[100.04] that face with social media [101.54]
[101.54] and compile a profile on the person, [104.23]
[104.23] including name, biographical information, [106.79]
[106.79] personal associations, [107.5]
[107.81] and even sometimes addresses. [109.97]
[109.97] The students filmed themselves [111.81]
[111.81] approaching strangers [112.66]
[112.66] in public places, [113.81]
[113.81] greeting them by name, [115.21]
[115.21] and claiming to have met them previously, [117.59]
[117.59] through a shared event or organization. [120.25]
[120.25] While the system was occasionally inaccurate, [122.96]
[122.96] this is a clear demonstration [124.54]
[124.77] of how such technology [125.86]
[125.86] could be used for harm by a malicious actor. [128.95]
[128.95] Just think about the last time somebody [130.26]
[130.26] who knew your name, occupation, and birth date [132.4]
[132.4] stopped you on the street. [133.99]
[133.99] Literally never happened to me, [134.98]
[134.98] and I'm vaguely famous. [136.03]
[136.62] I probably assume I was the jerk [138.08]
[138.08] who forgot my old acquaintance and their snazzy glasses. [141.59]
[141.59] How could I forget those? [142.99]
[142.99] The student group has committed to not releasing the tool [146.34]
[146.34] that they showed everyone that they had, [148.39]
[148.39] but Meta won't even commit to not training their AI [151.46]
[151.46] using smart glasses photos, [153.51]
[153.51] a feature that can notably be set off accidentally [156.04]
[156.35] using common keywords such as look. [158.33]
[158.33] Meta, [158.81]
[158.81] much like a giant irradiated [160.95]
[160.95] squid kaiju, [161.83]
[161.83] seems determined to use every tendril of its organization [164.84]
[164.84] to violate our privacy in new and horrible ways [167.98]
[167.98] previously known only to science fiction. [170.06]
[170.17] And Eldritch Horror. [171.09]
[171.09] But Mark looks great, doesn't he? [172.91]
[172.91] Who cares if he made a deal with Cthulhu? [174.97]
[175.8] Microsoft is rolling out voice and vision capabilities [179.05]
[179.05] for its AI assistant co-pilot, [180.97]
[180.97] as well as enhanced reasoning, [182.99]
[182.99] which would be a big deal if it wasn't for the fact [185.62]
[185.62] that most Microsoft AI innovations [187.2]
[187.2] are actually just open AI innovations [189.14]
[189.14] that were already rolled out several weeks ago. [191.13]
[191.13] It's been 28 years, [193.01]
[193.01] but despite the odds, [194.21]
[194.21] Microsoft is still trying to make Clippy happen [197.19]
[197.19] with an assistant that has a friendly, human-like voice [199.88]
[199.88] that dynamically responds to the user's emotions [201.86]
[201.86] and makes interjections like cool [204.06]
[204.06] and huh to give the impression of active listening. [208.55]
[208.55] It's as good a reminder as any [209.92]
[209.92] to try to call up your actual friends [211.92]
[211.92] and make plans this weekend. [213.29]
[213.29] You may be lonely, [214.23]
[214.23] but please don't be making small talk [216.8]
[216.8] with lobotomized Cortana lonely. [219.08]
[219.08] If it was Sydney, [219.97]
[219.97] it'd be a whole nother thing, [220.97]
[220.97] but she's gone. [221.81]
[221.81] According to Microsoft AI Tsar Mustafa Suleiman, [225.35]
[225.35] we're just a year away from ever-present, [228.29]
[228.29] highly capable AI assistants, [229.81]
[229.81] but he kind of has to make big claims like that, [232.33]
[232.33] given how crowded the field [233.78]
[233.78] of AI development has gotten [235.43]
[235.43] with deep-pocketed tech giants. [237.69]
[237.69] Gemini Live, [238.89]
[238.89] Google's own enhanced voice mode, [240.95]
[240.95] is now freely available to all Android users, [243.63]
[243.63] while Nvidia just announced [244.99]
[244.99] its own GPT-4-class [246.99]
[246.99] open-source AI model [249.07]
[249.07] with weights already available and training code coming soon. [251.97]
[251.97] I didn't see that coming. [253.53]
[253.53] Honestly, at this point, [254.76]
[254.76] Taylor Swift [255.32]
[255.32] could surprise drop a new AI assistant [257.1]
[257.1] next week, [257.7]
[257.7] and it'd only be a little weird. [259.21]
[259.21] It'd be more weird if I didn't tell you [261.14]
[259.19] [CUT] [263.16]
[263.37] Their VPN masks the location of your internet connection [266.08]
[266.08] using an encrypted tunnel, [267.83]
[267.83] preventing third parties from accessing your browsing habits [270.12]
[270.12] because tunnels make them claustrophobic. [272.65]
[272.65] Hot tip. [273.98]
[274.63] Even better, [275.15]
[275.15] the tunnel lets you access content [276.86]
[276.86] from around the world or local content when you're traveling. [280.47]
[280.47] PIA's vast server network spans over 91 countries, [283.89]
[283.89] and a single subscription allows unlimited connections. [287.12]
[287.12] PIA is available on basically any device, [288.95]
[288.95] and the company never records or stores user data. [291.62]
[291.62] Check out PIA at lmg.com. [292.98]
[292.98] Check out lmg.gg slash PIA game link [294.66]
[294.66] for a special exclusive deal [296.33]
[296.33] with a risk-free 30-day money-back guarantee. [299.87]
[299.87] I'm just realizing the potential here. [303.53]
[309.56] Quick bits. [310.99]
[310.99] I'll tell you eventually. [312.27]
[312.27] Indie app developer, Christian Selig, [314.43]
[314.43] best known for the now-defunct Apollo app for Reddit, [317.77]
[317.77] has now had Juno, [319.33]
[319.33] his third-party YouTube app [320.8]
[320.8] for the Vision Pro, [322.19]
[322.19] shut down, [323.15]
[323.15] most likely at Google's request. [324.7]
[325.07] While Selig probably saw this coming, [326.91]
[326.91] the closure means that there is no longer a chance for it [329.04]
[329.04] to become a YouTube app for the platform. [331.63]
[331.63] YouTube claimed that a native app for Vision Pro [334.1]
[334.1] was on its roadmap back in February, [336.69]
[336.69] but that the company was focused [337.98]
[337.98] on ensuring a great experience in Safari, [340.83]
[340.83] an experience that [342.17]
[342.17] continued to suck [342.8]
[342.8] for several months afterwards. [344.62]
[344.62] What are the odds [345.12]
[345.12] that we get an official YouTube app [346.82]
[346.82] on Meta's Orion [347.94]
[347.94] before we get one on the Vision Pro? [350.86]
[352.59] Mark looks really good. [354.09]
[354.09] I can't stress this enough. [355.89]
[355.89] I cannot tell you how good his curls look [357.9]
[357.9] after that Cthulhu deal. [360.31]
[360.31] AMD's new flagship X870 and X870E motherboards [364.8]
[364.8] are now available, [366.01]
[366.01] and that's fine. [368.14]
[368.57] The X870 non-E [370.1]
[370.1] could be considered a downgrade [371.78]
[371.78] for some use cases, [372.8]
[373.07] since it has the same single Promontory 21 die configuration [376.46]
[377.09] as last gen's lower tier B650 mobos. [380.29]
[380.29] And on top of that, [381.33]
[381.33] some PCIe lanes will need to be dedicated [383.38]
[383.38] to accommodating USB 4, [385.5]
[385.5] which is great, [386.93]
[386.93] provided you can take advantage of USB 4, [389.56]
[389.56] more objectively, [390.14]
[390.14] What's effectively bad is that many X870 motherboards [392.48]
[392.48] do support Wi-Fi 7, [395.51]
[395.51] but don't have the hardware [396.77]
[396.77] to go above Wi-Fi 6E speeds. [399.81]
[399.81] Because once again, [400.49]
[400.49] tech specs don't actually mean anything [403.05]
[403.05] and are purely vibes based. [405.59]
[405.59] Reddit has changed its settings [407.27]
[407.27] to stop users from protesting. [410.05]
[410.05] Last year, [410.58]
[410.58] when the API changes were announced, [412.31]
[412.31] Redditors protested by turning subreddits private [414.66]
[414.66] or only showing not safe for work content. [417.2]
[417.2] Right, [417.5]
[417.5] it was a bit of a minefield for a second there. [419.31]
[419.31] Now, [419.75]
[419.75] setting a subreddit to private [421.12]
[421.12] or changing a safe for work subreddit to not safe for work [424.1]
[424.1] requires Reddit's permission. [426.63]
[426.85] VP of Community, Laura Nestler, [429.23]
[429.23] told The Verge [430.26]
[430.26] that the change has been in motion since at least 2021, [434.0]
[434.0] but it was accelerated [435.47]
[435.47] by last year's events. [436.71]
[436.71] The official Reddit post says protests are still allowed, [441.01]
[441.01] just not ones that actually impact the site. [443.65]
[443.65] You know, [444.33]
[444.77] protests Reddit [446.32]
[446.32] can ignore. [446.72]
[447.87] You have the right to protest in your own basement. [451.09]
[451.09] It's the only King joke I've made in this episode. [454.13]
[454.13] And California has updated its consumer privacy act [457.53]
[457.53] to protect individuals' [458.77]
[458.77] neural data, [460.21]
[460.21] preventing tech firms from collecting, sharing, [462.79]
[462.79] or selling info collected from [465.1]
[465.1] your nervous system. [466.17]
[466.17] A similar law protecting brain data [467.82]
[467.82] was passed in Colorado earlier this year. [470.05]
[470.05] Unfortunately, [470.73]
[470.73] this is necessary [471.94]
[471.94] because the dark future is approaching [474.19]
[474.19] and someone has to stop the corpos from trying to protect [476.7]
[476.7] or trying to download your consciousness [477.95]
[477.95] while you scroll a brain dance. [479.75]
[480.2] I never played Cyberpunk, [481.15]
[481.15] so I don't know what I just said, [482.37]
[482.37] but it felt cool. [485.21]
[485.21] And okay, fine, [486.33]
[486.33] I'll tell you why I'm dressed this way. [487.67]
[487.67] It's Riley week on Floatplane. [489.35]
[489.35] So I guess that means that I've dressed like a king. [492.23]
[492.23] I'm the king of Floatplane. [493.67]
[493.67] I got to make videos like however I want. [496.27]
[496.27] So watch these clips. [497.47]
[499.63] Gotta get the blood up. [501.17]
[501.17] The core issue with Star Wars today, [503.47]
[503.47] as I see it, [504.59]
[504.59] is that it's struggling to change itself [506.65]
[507.36] How is your Tim Cook impression so good? [509.4]
[509.4] I don't know. [510.77]
[511.04] The ship is not moving. [512.43]
[512.43] Shoot the ship. [514.15]
[514.15] What does being a minimalist actually mean? [516.65]
[516.65] I'm gonna be so loud. [517.61]
[517.61] I'm gonna be so disruptive. [520.11]
[520.11] Bing bong. [521.14]
[521.14] How is Riley's mom? [522.98]
[528.08] You keep my mom's name out your- [531.33]
[531.33] So subscribe to Floatplane [532.33]
[532.33] if you want to see those [533.07]
[533.07] and come back on Friday for more tech news. [535.24]
[535.24] And also on Friday, [536.84]
[536.84] my 20 minute rant about Star Wars [538.71]
[538.71] on Floatplane, [539.4]
[539.4] as I've mentioned. [540.08]
[540.08] Be there, choom. [541.74]
[542.04] Still don't know what that means. [543.13]