data/2023-10-16 Apple, Are U Ok？ [34R2xVzBmfA].en.txt

[0.06] It's a brand new week of news, [1.92]
[2.08] or what us newsies call Brand News. [5.0]
[5.4] In the news biz, [6.4]
[6.64] you gotta save time as much as possible [8.62]
[8.82] so you never miss a hot scoop. [10.58]
[10.94] And that's why we always... [12.76]
[12.76] My friend Mark Gurman has given more details on Apple's planned low-cost version [17.7]
[17.7] of their upcoming Vision Pro headset. [19.6]
[19.88] Don't worry,  it's still expensive enough for you to flex on the poor people who can't afford it. [24.02]

[24.7] While Gurman already claimed Apple would be using lower-resolution displays [28.1]
[28.1] and replacing the M-series chip with an iPhone processor, [31.12]
[31.5] he now also says that the EyeSight feature, [34.0]
[34.36] the revolutionary feature that reveals lifeless simulacra of your eyes [38.4]
[38.4] on the external screen when you interact with another human, [40.82]
[41.14] or attempt to, will also be removed from the cheaper model. [44.24]
[44.76] Notice I didn't say cheap, [46.0]
[46.38] because apparently the company is looking to price the device somewhere between $1,500 and $2,500. [51.74]
[54.78] Speaking of extra months, [56.6]

[56.78] Gurman has also adjusted his prediction  for when the new M3 MacBooks will launch [61.27]
[61.27] from this month to early next year. [63.54]
[63.96] Last time Apple launched new MacBook chips so early in the year was 2015. [67.52]
[68.04] Maybe they should have delayed the iPhone 15 lineup too, [70.62]
[70.72] since yet another issue has been found, [72.54]
[72.84] this time affecting just the 15 Pro Max. [75.4]
[75.74] Some new owners of the flagship iPhone [77.64]
[77.64] are reporting screen burn-in on its OLED display on social media. [81.4]

[81.54] I don't know, I'm starting to think that maybe focusing all that effort [84.7]
[84.78] on engineering a $3,500 headset might not have been the best idea. [88.16]
[88.68] Can the Vision Pro get burn-in? [90.08]
[90.34] It burns onto your eyes. [91.86]
[93.56] I'll never forget this 3D holo-memory. [96.3]
[96.62] Intel has officially announced their 14th-gen Raptor Lake refresh chips [100.92]
[101.02] just in time for them to be released on the 17th of October, [104.06]
[104.4] or what us newsies call tomorrow. [106.54]
[106.54] The launch includes three refreshed chips with K and KF versions of each [111.28]

[111.56] that will all be releasing at the same price as their 13th-gen predecessors, [115.06]
[115.72] despite predictions of a price increase. [117.42]
[117.7] But I mean, can you blame them in this economy? [119.56]
[120.04] When the milk restock is rebranded as Milk Premium? [123.04]
[123.72] Unfortunately,  price isn't the only similarity here. [126.74]
[127.1] Core counts are the same as last gen across the board, [129.82]
[130.08] save for the i7-14700K, [132.24]
[132.62] but all the new chips have higher boost frequencies [135.12]
[135.12] while staying within the same power envelopes as last gen. [137.84]
[138.08] That's good. [138.38]

[138.56] Intel also claims that the 14th-gen chips [140.6]
[140.72] will have up to 23% better gaming performance [144.22]
[144.22] than AMD's Ryzen 7000 X3D series chips, [147.8]
[148.28] though according to Tom's Hardware, [150.26]
[150.4] Intel's own benchmarks show an uplift of just 2% on average. [155.04]
[155.22] For me, [155.74]
[156.06] 2% only really matters if we're talking milk, which is delicious. [159.34]
[159.88] Homo- or go home? [160.62]
[160.96] Homo- or go home? [162.7]
[162.78] That doesn't make sense to Americans,  sorry. [164.54]
[164.71] That's 3.25%, but yeah, it's still good. [167.16]

[167.38] However, Intel also says their refreshed chips [169.92]
[170.0] will have up to 54% faster creator workflow [173.78]
[173.78] versus the Ryzen 9 7950X, [176.46]
[176.76] which is basically a passing grade on an English exam. [179.28]
[179.78] Intel also announced their AI Assist overclocking plugin [182.8]
[182.8] for their Extreme Tuning utility [184.2]
[184.86] that uses AI algorithms to help you overclock your processor, [188.24]
[188.4] which is helpful for people like me [189.98]
[190.24] who have no idea what they're doing [191.58]

[191.58] and just enter different numbers in to see what happens. [193.56]
[194.28] It's like betting your computer on a hand of poker, [196.36]
[196.54] but if you win, it just gets [198.16]
[199.18] slightly faster. [200.26]
[200.68] And if you lose, [201.3]
[201.38] you smell burnt toast. [202.26]
[203.22] It's a bad value proposition. [204.98]
[205.38] AMD is being blamed by gaming handheld company GPD [209.48]
[209.48] for the delay in shipping their new Win Max 2, [212.8]
[212.96] because there's always a reason [214.16]
[214.16] crowdfunded projects are not [215.98]
[216.68] on time, ever. [217.74]

[218.34] GPD has gone as far as to accuse Team Red [220.78]
[220.78] of breach of contract [222.24]
[222.54] because they didn't supply enough Ryzen 7  7840U APUs. [226.7]
[227.04] Like all the best stories involving delayed products, [229.46]
[229.82] GPD posted an update on the Win Max 2's Indiegogo page [233.18]
[233.72] saying that AMD did not deliver enough of the chips [236.56]
[236.56] to GPD's upstream supplier [238.6]
[238.6] and therefore they didn't receive [240.46]
[240.46] their expected second batch of APUs [242.44]
[242.44] to fulfill backer orders. [244.0]
[244.52] According to GPD themselves, [245.86]
[246.06] all configurations with 32 gigs or 64 gigs of memory [249.38]

[249.38] and two terabytes of storage are affected [251.94]
[251.94] and GPD seems to have no estimate [253.8]
[253.8] for when affected orders will be delivered. [255.42]
[256.1] According to video cards, [256.94]
[257.04] these sorts of posts from board and OEM partners are rare [259.9]
[259.9] probably because most partners know to fear the Android [263.06]
[263.06] known as Dr.  Lisa Su and the laser beams she shoots from her eyes. [267.18]
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[276.74] sharing your personal information, [278.0]
[278.0] which can lead to annoying robocalls, [279.8]
[280.0] scam emails, and higher risk of identity theft. [282.3]
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[298.18] where they found it, [298.82]
[299.0] and what they removed. [299.74]
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[307.48] With the calming regality of Mufasa's spirit, Simba. [312.34]
[312.78] Now, [313.3]
[313.7] it's time for quick bits. [316.14]
[316.46] Is that okay? [316.84]

[317.02] NVIDIA is hell-bent on pushing the envelope [319.6]
[319.6] regarding what level of chunk [321.32]
[321.32] is acceptable for graphics cards, [322.92]
[323.22] but one intrepid modder has had enough. [325.68]
[326.02] A Redditor going by TechTaxi [327.9]
[327.9] slapped the cooler of a two-slot [329.9]
[330.08] Gainward RTX 4070 Ghost OC [332.26]
[332.26] onto the PCB of a Gainward RTX 4080 Phoenix GX, [337.18]
[337.48] resulting in, astonishingly, a normal-sized graphics card. [342.02]
[343.82] What? [344.35]
[344.38] The smallest commercially available RTX 4080 [346.84]
[346.94] is the two-and-a-half slot Asus ProArt model, [349.86]
[350.2] but hopefully, [350.68]

[351.04] the extensive performance data [352.52]
[352.52] TechTaxi included in his post [354.32]
[354.62] proves to NVIDIA that it is, in fact, [356.62]
[357.12] still possible to make graphics cards [358.68]
[358.86] that can fit in your freezer. [359.94]
[360.83] That's the part where you ask me, [362.04]
[362.34] why the freezer? [362.92]
[363.08] And I say, Nuh-uh, shh. [364.86]
[366.82] I'm not telling you. [368.38]
[368.86] That's where I keep my GPUs. [370.36]
[371.6] Google's VP of Engineering [372.98]
[372.98] for Android, Dave Burke, announced in a Reddit AMA last week [376.88]

[377.14] that the Pixel 8 and other OEMs [379.0]
[379.08] will be able to support lossless [380.74]
[380.74] audio output over USB-C. [382.56]
[383.02] According to Burke, while Android 14 supports the feature in software, [386.4]
[387.14] any Android phones need [388.76]
[388.76] baked-in hardware support [389.98]
[389.98] to make the magic happen. [391.14]
[391.52] Something Burke didn't mention [393.1]
[393.1] is the Pixel 8's support [394.78]
[394.78] for display over USB-C, which it has. [398.0]
[398.36] At least, [398.7]
[399.14] if you root your phone [400.2]
[400.2] to get around the block [402.42]
[402.46] that Google put on it for some reason. [404.38]

[404.46] Why? [404.78]
[405.44] Someone needs to organize an intervention [407.38]
[407.38] for Google to address their addiction [408.94]
[408.94] to killing features and services. [410.48]
[410.96] They're like Dexter over here. [412.0]
[412.14] It's not healthy. [412.74]
[413.28] We're concerned. [414.14]
[414.92] Another interesting bit from Mark Gurman's recent revelations [418.26]
[418.26] concerns an Apple system [419.88]
[419.88] that will allow retail store staff [422.2]

[422.2] to wirelessly update sealed iPhones. [424.76]
[425.02] The system consists of a pad-like device [427.2]
[427.2] that will turn on iPhones [428.44]
[428.44] even inside unopened boxes, [430.58]
[431.06] run an update, [431.78]
[432.12] then turn the phone back off. [433.42]
[433.64] It feels somehow perfectly Apple [435.98]
[435.98] to know that Tim Cook got his engineers [437.94]
[437.94] to create groundbreaking new tech [439.54]
[439.62] so your mom won't have to update [441.0]
[441.0] her new iPhone on Christmas. [442.12]
[442.46] Because that's like half the morning gone. [444.0]
[444.14] If you can't keep your mom happy, [445.52]
[445.94] Tim Cook will. [446.58]
[447.86] Come on, Barbara. [448.7]
[449.0] We're going to Denny's. [449.96]

[452.8] A brand new RTX 4090 Founders Edition [455.96]
[455.96] graphics card has been killed by a literal bug. [458.94]
[459.38] You know, the kind with wings and six legs. [461.26]
[461.68] You'd see more of them if you went outside. [462.98]
[463.18] In a senseless kamikaze attack, [465.22]
[465.3] an insect somehow crawled [467.12]
[467.12] under this card's AD102 GPU chip. [470.56]
[470.66] Like the actual GPU. [471.44]
[471.86] Luckily, the card was brought back to life [473.72]
[473.72] by the removal of the bug [475.0]
[475.0] and the repair of a minor component. [477.16]
[477.4] But sadly, [477.94]
[478.42] the bug did not survive. [479.58]

[479.94] Funnily enough, the first known computer [481.8]
[481.8] bug was also an actual insect. [483.72]
[484.28] Back in 1946, [485.12]
[485.56] the Harvard Computation Lab suffered a [487.58]
[487.58] metaphorical bug when a moth got [489.76]
[489.8] trapped inside a relay. [490.62]
[492.48] What the heck was that? [492.92]
[492.96] What is this, Techquickie? [493.72]
[493.96] And telehealth platform Simple Practice [495.96]
[496.18] is warning patients that [497.86]
[497.94] Apple's new video reactions [499.6]

[499.6] in FaceTime might result in [501.54]
[501.54] call participants accidentally adding [503.62]
[503.62] a heart emoji or virtual confetti [505.92]
[505.92] during an awkward moment. [507.64]
[507.64] The reactions are enabled by default [509.5]
[509.88] and eight of them can be set off [511.66]
[511.88] just by hand gestures. [512.82]
[513.62] It might be nice to get two thumbs up [515.74]
[515.78] from your therapist for managing to take a shower [517.88]

[517.88] today, but a round of virtual fireworks [520.24]
[520.24] just makes it seem sarcastic. [521.3]
[522.66] Great job! [523.7]
[524.14] Nice! Oh god, where's my next client? [526.66]
[528.8] But I'm not being  sarcastic when I say you should come [531.9]
[531.9] back on Wednesday for more tech news. [533.62]
[534.82] Shower or not, we don't care. [536.96]