[0.18] Did someone say tech news? [2.09]
[2.5] Yeah, [2.72]
[3.42] I did.  Just now. [5.42]
[5.64] Are you paying attention?  You were right there. [7.38]
[8.36] I still love you. [8.94]
[8.96] The U.S.  is tightening its export restrictions  on advanced AI chips to China, [12.82]
[13.1] as well as a handful of other countries, including Saudi Arabia,  the UAE, and Vietnam. [18.32]
[18.78] Vietnam too, [19.54]
[19.94] for crying out loud. [21.06]

[21.4] Cut that. [21.76]
[21.88] Specifically, [22.38]
[22.74] they're targeting NVIDIA's A800  and H800 GPUs, variants of the A100 and H100 [29.98]
[30.66] that NVIDIA modified specifically for the Asian market [33.2]
[33.2] to comply with the Biden administration's restrictions [35.5]
[35.5] on chip exports to China last October, [38.42]
[38.78] which is wild because this October is right now, [41.62]
[41.92] making last October exactly a year ago. [44.3]
[44.56] So it took nearly an entire calendar year [46.62]
[46.62] to close a loophole that obvious. [48.54]
[48.86] The Cayman Islands though, [49.76]
[50.14] they still got that one. [50.78]

[51.04] Previously, consumer graphics cards were largely unaffected, [53.68]
[54.14] but the new rules also restrict sales of NVIDIA's RTX 4090, [58.38]
[58.6] currently the most powerful gaming card available [60.7]
[60.7] if you don't count the Blue Eyes White Dragon. [63.16]
[63.42] Technically,  vendors can still apply for special licenses  to sell these GPUs, [67.96]
[68.0] but it's not clear how likely the government  is to grant them. [72.04]
[72.46] Companies will also be required to inform the U.S. [75.9]
[76.1] government before selling chips below the restriction threshold [79.18]
[79.18] in case somebody decides to, [80.86]
[81.68] I don't know, [82.1]

[82.44] buy a whole bunch of slightly inferior chips [84.3]
[84.46] and then jury-rig them together [85.78]
[85.78] into a monstrous Franken-chip yearning for love [88.1]
[88.1] and acceptance in a world that fears and misunderstands it. [90.58]
[90.66] Google Glass may be gone, [91.94]
[92.16] but the glass holes are back. [94.0]
[94.22] That's right, with the release of the MetaQuest 3, [96.6]
[96.94] grown adults with money, [98.3]
[98.56] not me, have been wearing their fancy new face computers [101.58]

[101.58] into public using the device's low-latency pass-through mode [105.3]
[105.54] that allows them to navigate their surroundings [107.5]
[107.5] without running into walls. [108.92]
[109.14] But that's half the fun. [110.36]
[110.52] While that's obviously fine  if you're just taking your $500 Skull accessory  on a walk through the park, [115.42]
[115.66] it raises obvious privacy concerns [117.56]
[117.64] when random tech bros are exploring the wonder of AR  by recording banal interactions [122.38]
[122.38] with identifiable service workers [123.94]
[123.94] and posting it on the internet. [125.26]

[125.88] Sorry, Stacey, who works on the Starbucks  on 5th and 7th. [129.4]
[130.1] And that's a problem that will only get worse next year, [132.88]
[133.0] with the coming release of Meta's far more subtle [135.74]
[136.1] Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, [137.6]
[137.6] which early reviews have called a privacy nightmare. [140.3]
[141.92] The Smart Glasses have- [143.2]
[146.46] Hey, Meta AI, what's that sound? [147.6]
[147.8] It's Joshua pooping. [148.9]
[149.12] The Smart Glasses have the obvious advantage [151.06]

[151.1] that they don't make the wearer  look like a lost Martian tourist, [154.04]
[154.32] but the more pressing disadvantage [155.78]
[155.78] that they portend a future [157.26]
[157.26] where literally any douchebag in designer shades  might be secretly recording you. [161.24]
[161.36] Who says they aren't already? [162.28]
[162.98] Check your toilets. [163.78]
[164.5] Following a string of rumors, [165.56]
[165.94] many anticipated that Apple would announce new iPads [168.74]
[169.04] with refreshed chips on Tuesday. [170.74]
[171.12] Instead, they were not met with iPads, [172.92]

[173.06] but the third product to bear the name Apple Pencil. [175.86]
[176.5] No doubt as punishment for daring  to try and get a glimpse behind Tim Apple's curtain. [180.62]
[181.84] You're coming into my boudoir. [183.4]
[184.72] I didn't give you permission. [186.48]
[186.86] But a glimpse of Apple's reasoning [188.32]
[188.32] would be nice to help the new $80 Pencil make sense. [192.24]
[192.48] It charges exclusively through a USB-C port, [195.34]
[195.58] hidden under a slider on its butt. [198.16]
[198.52] But it's much better than the first-gen Pencil's [200.52]

[200.94] accident-waiting-to-happen design. [202.44]
[202.49] But it can still attach magnetically  to the newest iPad Pros and Airs, [206.58]
[206.66] just not to the 10th-gen base model iPad, [209.2]
[209.44] thanks to Apple suddenly deciding  that cameras go on the long side now. [212.76]
[213.18] And it's the cheapest Apple Pencil, [214.66]
[214.94] but it's not compatible with the cheapest iPad  in Apple's current lineup, [219.37]
[219.37] the 9th gen. [220.12]
[220.76] It also doesn't have pressure sensitivity, [223.23]
[223.34] support for double-tap gestures, [225.06]

[225.34] and you can't even engrave it,  for Christ's sake. [227.48]
[227.7] What if I want to send one to my mom [229.54]
[229.56] that says, I love you, mom, here's the third Apple Pencil? [232.58]
[232.72] But none of that really matters [233.86]
[233.86] for a big enough chunk of Apple fans [235.8]
[235.8] who'll just buy the new one and ask us [238.34]
[238.34] why it's not charging magnetically after. [240.92]
[241.22] As for actual iPad refreshes, [242.5]
[243.1] those will probably arrive in the spring or summer, [245.32]
[245.7] maybe alongside a folding iPad, [247.8]
[248.02] which I will purchase immediately. [249.0]

[249.5] I mean, the other ones fold if you try hard enough. [251.44]
[252.04] Just the one time. [252.94]
[285.04] Can you say Quick Bits? [286.06]
[286.76] No, you can't, because you're not hosting this video. [288.7]
[289.0] I am. [289.4]
[289.58] I get to read them, [290.5]
[290.94] and no one can stop me, [291.88]
[292.04] not even the editor. [292.82]
[292.96] He won't cut me off. [293.8]
[293.88] I'm gonna keep. [294.28]
[294.36] New York legislators have proposed a new bill [296.64]
[296.64] that would require a criminal background check [298.56]
[298.62] to buy any 3D printer that could theoretically print  all or part of a firearm, which, [303.5]
[303.92] unfortunately,  is most of them. [306.26]

[306.42] Gun Digest recommends the Creality Ender 3 V2, [310.1]
[310.1] or the Prusa i3 MK3S Plus, [313.12]
[313.46] both of which are bed-slinger-style FDM printers, [316.16]
[316.28] the cheapest, most common kind of 3D printer. [318.16]
[318.38] So if you're a New York resident with a felony conviction [320.58]
[320.58] and a Warhammer addiction, [321.6]
[322.54] this could seriously cramp your style. [323.98]
[324.76] I mean, unless you like the visits from hot policemen. [327.36]
[327.62] Put the printer down! [328.74]
[328.92] AMD has released a new beta driver, [330.82]
[331.06] which disables its Radeon Anti-Lag Plus technology [333.7]

[333.7] in all supported games after the feature and its predecessor,  Anti-Lag Non-Plus, [338.58]
[338.58] led to a wave of player bans in CS2,  Apex Legends,  and COD. [343.3]
[343.68] Unfortunately, [344.24]
[344.76] AMD recommended using Anti-Lag  to decrease latency caused by their fluid motion frames [349.46]
[349.86] after enabling that in all DX11 games. [352.68]
[353.46] It's like if your friend told you  that the best way to get promoted at work [356.14]
[356.14] was to find the most powerful person [357.9]
[358.7] and punch them in the face. [359.82]
[360.26] And all that did was make Linus angry. [361.8]
[362.04] Qualcomm,  in collaboration with Google, [364.06]

[364.34] has announced development of the first ever  mass-market RISC-V Android SoC. [369.9]
[370.16] Google announced RISC-V software support [372.14]
[372.14] for Android OS late last year. [373.68]
[374.06] Now, Qualcomm are developing a yet unnamed RISC-V  Snapdragon SoC for wearable devices [379.02]
[379.07] to act as the necessary hardware. [380.82]
[381.24] If successful, [381.9]
[382.34] this could present a serious competitive threat to ARM, [385.04]
[385.26] as RISC-V's open-source architecture [387.48]
[387.48] means it can be both cheaper and more flexible to implement. [390.64]
[391.0] My arm's pretty flexible. [391.84]

[392.4] Don't ask me about my legs, though. [393.48]
[396.74] ARM is already suing Qualcomm over license fees [399.44]
[399.44] and losing ground to RISC-V in China [401.4]
[401.4] due to export restrictions, [402.84]
[403.22] as if these companies needed anything else  to make Thanksgiving more awkward. [406.22]
[406.64] Frickin' China! [407.28]
[407.72] ARM, stop talking about China around the table. [409.72]
[409.98] The IRS is advancing a pilot program [412.14]
[412.14] that will allow residents in 13 states  to electronically file their tax returns  directly with the IRS in 2024. [418.65]
[418.83] The pilot is a response to a longstanding issue  going back to 2001, [422.58]
[422.58] when the IRS partnered with tax-preparation companies [425.4]

[425.4] to offer taxpayers with simple returns [427.72]
[427.72] a free alternative for filing their taxes. [429.94]
[430.38] Those companies then made those free alternatives  harder to find than a reason to get up in the morning [434.94]
[435.34] or a reason to go to bed at night. [437.04]
[437.16] Why is it both? [437.94]
[441.0] When the IRS banned them from doing that, [442.74]
[443.02] both H&R Block and Intuit, [444.7]
[444.84] the makers of TurboTax, [446.08]
[446.44] left the agreement. [447.16]
[447.52] Intuit has been lobbying against direct filing  for over a decade, [451.16]

[451.16] arguing that free alternatives are already available, [453.74]
[453.96] which they are, you're just never going to find them, [456.04]
[456.32] and I'm going to stay in bed late. [458.0]
[458.16] Slimbook and Fedora Project [459.46]
[459.46] announced a new Linux-optimized laptop, [461.64]
[462.08] the Fedora Slimbook. [463.32]
[463.78] So named after Fedora Slim, [465.24]
[465.46] a hard-boiled private detective [467.02]
[467.02] who is also the Marlboro Man, yee-haw! [469.52]

[469.96] The laptop comes with a 12th-gen  Intel Core i7-12700H processor, [474.96]
[475.56] an RTX 3050 Ti graphics card, [477.8]
[478.1] up to 64 gigabytes of RAM, [479.82]
[479.82] a 4-terabyte NVMe SSD, ooh, [482.56]
[482.92] and a 16-inch 3K 90-hertz display. [485.86]
[486.1] The device comes loaded with software [487.42]
[487.42] from Linux distribution Fedora, [488.84]
[488.94] which is an absolutely wild coincidence, [490.9]
[491.3] and features the GNOME desktop environment. [493.32]

[493.94] Slimbook will be donating 3% of the revenue  from the Fedora Slimbook to the GNOME Foundation, [498.78]
[499.14] which provides end-of-life care for elderly garden gnomes. [502.06]
[502.82] Rest in peace, Papa Smurf. [503.92]
[504.84] You will be missed. [505.82]
[507.32] And gnomebody will know if you don't come back [509.68]
[509.68] for more TechLinked on Friday, [510.78]
[511.32] but [511.46]
[512.41] I'll still feel it in my heart. [514.22]
[516.14] First Papa Smurf and now this? [517.82]
[518.2] Why would you do this, Jerry? [519.24]