Don’t Do This, Google.

TechLinked
5 Apr 202409:15

Summary

TLDRTech giant Google is reportedly mulling over charging for AI-powered searches, a move potentially fueled by the emergence of other AI conversational tools. Meanwhile, OpenAI's video generator Sora has raised questions about YouTube content usage. Apple is rumored to be developing an AI-powered home robot, and autonomous cars are now in food delivery in Phoenix. Schleswig-Holstein, a German state, is transitioning to Linux, and Microsoft has made significant advancements in quantum computing. Roku is exploring ad display during paused TV use, YouTube is testing 'Jump Ahead' for premium subscribers, Sony has announced a high-resolution medium format sensor, and a startup aims to revolutionize chip architecture with a CPG platform.

Takeaways

  • 📰 Google is reportedly considering charging for AI-powered searches, a move possibly influenced by the rise of other AI conversational search tools.
  • 🤖 OpenAI's video generator Sora has raised questions about whether it was trained using YouTube videos, which could violate YouTube's rules.
  • 🍎 Apple is rumored to be researching an AI-powered home robot that could follow its user around the home, potentially benefiting from Apple's language model optimizations for low-powered hardware.
  • 🚗 Autonomous cars are now being used to deliver food to Uber Eats customers in Phoenix, Arizona, showcasing the increasing integration of AI in everyday services.
  • 🇩🇪 Schleswig-Holstein, one of Germany's 16 states, is transitioning from Windows to Linux for its approximately 30,000 employees, favoring open-source options over Microsoft services.
  • 💻 Microsoft announced a breakthrough in quantum computing error correction, which could significantly advance the practical applications of quantum computers.
  • 🕹️ War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat game offering realism down to the level of vehicle operation and the experience of historical war machines.
  • 📺 Roku has filed a patent for a system that allows its TVs to display ads when a connected device is paused, even during gaming console use.
  • 🎥 YouTube is testing 'Jump Ahead' feature for premium subscribers, which uses AI to skip to what it predicts the viewer wants to watch next.
  • 📸 Sony has announced a new medium format image sensor with 247 megapixels, potentially impacting industrial and consumer photography with high-resolution capabilities.
  • 🎧 The tech company has announced two new earbuds, the Nothing Ear (1) and Nothing Ear (2), focusing on the unique experience rather than numbering the products.

Q & A

  • What is Google reportedly considering for its AI-powered search feature?

    -Google is reportedly considering charging users for its AI-powered search feature, which is still in the development stage and awaiting a finalized name.

  • What challenges might Google face with the introduction of a paid AI search service?

    -Google may face challenges such as user retention and competition from other AI-powered conversational search tools that do not charge fees, potentially leading to a shift away from Google's search platform.

  • How did the YouTube CEO respond to the allegations of OpenAI using YouTube videos to train its video generator, Sora?

    -YouTube CEO Neil Mohan stated that if OpenAI used YouTube videos to train Sora, it would break YouTube's rules. However, OpenAI CTO Mera Moradi was unsure whether Sora was trained on YouTube videos.

  • What new product is Apple reportedly researching in the AI domain?

    -Apple is reportedly researching an AI-powered home robot that could follow its user around their home, potentially integrating with their existing ecosystem of devices and services.

  • How might Apple's AI home robot benefit from their recent research into optimizing language models?

    -Apple's AI home robot could potentially utilize the company's optimized language models to run efficiently on low-powered hardware, much like iPhones, enhancing its ability to understand and respond to user commands and interactions.

  • What significant change is Schleswig-Holstein, a state in Germany, implementing in its government's IT infrastructure?

    -Schleswig-Holstein is transitioning from Windows and other Microsoft services to Linux and open-source alternatives such as Nextcloud and Mozilla Thunderbird, strengthening their commitment to open-source software.

  • What recent breakthrough did Microsoft announce in quantum computing?

    -Microsoft announced a breakthrough in quantum computing error correction, which could allow quantum computers to be used for practical computations rather than just generating theoretical press releases.

  • How did Microsoft's new Cubit virtualization system contribute to the quantum computing breakthrough?

    -By pairing the Cubit virtualization system with ion trap hardware, Microsoft researchers were able to run over 14,000 individual experiments without a single error and even diagnosed and corrected logical qubits without destroying them.

  • What is the significance of the new 247-megapixel medium format image sensor announced by Sony?

    -The new sensor is significant because it offers a resolution of 19,200 by 12,800 pixels, which is suitable for industrial use in visual inspection devices, and it has the potential to be integrated into consumer cameras in the future.

  • What is the unique feature that YouTube is experimenting with for its premium subscribers called?

    -YouTube is experimenting with a feature called 'Jump Ahead' that allows users to skip forward to what the platform's algorithm predicts will be the next most interesting moment based on the user's behavioral data.

  • How does the new chip architecture developed by the San Diego startup, X Silicon Inc, differ from existing solutions?

    -X Silicon Inc's new chip architecture, the CGP platform, is designed to run CPU, GPU, and AI workloads simultaneously on the same cores, targeting segments with strict power-to-performance ratios, such as automotive and embedded computing markets.

Outlines

00:00

🤖 AI and Tech Industry Updates

This paragraph discusses various AI and tech industry updates. Google is reportedly considering charging for AI-powered searches, a move potentially influenced by the rise of other AI conversational search tools. The Financial Times reported this, and Google hasn't denied it. OpenAI's video generator Sora has been a topic of debate, with YouTube's CEO stating that using YouTube videos to train Sora would break their rules. Apple is rumored to be working on an AI-powered home robot, and autonomous cars are now delivering food for Uber Eats in Phoenix, Arizona. Lastly, the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany is switching from Windows to Linux, favoring open-source options like Nextcloud and Mozilla Thunderbird over Microsoft services.

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🎮 Tech Innovations and Product Announcements

The second paragraph covers new tech innovations and product announcements. Roku is reportedly planning to show ads on its smart TVs, even when they're being used to play games on Xbox or PS5. YouTube is testing a 'Jump Ahead' feature for its premium subscribers, aiming to skip to the most relevant parts of videos based on user behavior. Sony has unveiled a new medium format image sensor with an impressive 247 megapixels, designed for industrial use but potentially applicable to consumer cameras. A San Diego startup, X Silicon Inc, has developed a chip architecture capable of running CPU, GPU, and AI workloads simultaneously. The tech company also announces two new earbuds, the Nothing ear and the Nothing ear (lower case 'open bracket'), focusing on the unique experience they deliver.

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Keywords

💡AI powered searches

AI powered searches refer to the use of artificial intelligence to enhance the process of searching for information on the internet. In the context of the video, it is mentioned that Google is considering charging users for this service, indicating a potential shift in their business model. The video suggests that the success of this venture would depend on the quality of the AI and its ability to provide a better user experience than other AI-powered conversational search tools.

💡Search

Search, in the context of the video, refers to the act of looking for information on the internet using various tools and platforms. It is a fundamental aspect of the online experience, and the video discusses the potential changes in the way users may interact with search engines, particularly if Google decides to charge for AI-powered searches.

💡Open AI

Open AI is an organization dedicated to ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI)—highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work—benefits all of humanity. In the video, there is a discussion about whether Open AI used YouTube videos to train its video generator, Sora, which has raised concerns about adherence to YouTube's rules.

💡AI Zoomers

AI Zoomers is a playful term used in the video to refer to a new generation of AI enthusiasts or users who are active on platforms like Zoom and are likely to be involved in discussions and development related to AI technology.

💡Apple car

Apple car refers to the rumored project by Apple Inc. to develop an autonomous vehicle. In the video, it is mentioned that Apple has shifted its focus from the Apple car to researching an AI-powered home robot, indicating a change in the company's direction in the field of AI and automation.

💡Linux

Linux is a free and open-source operating system based on the Unix operating system. It is known for its stability and flexibility. In the context of the video, it is mentioned that the German state of Schleswig Holstein is transitioning its approximately 30,000 employees to Linux, moving away from Microsoft services.

💡Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is a type of computation that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to perform operations on data. It has the potential to solve complex problems that are beyond the capabilities of classical computers. In the video, Microsoft's breakthrough in quantum computing error correction is discussed, which could allow quantum computers to be used for practical computations rather than just generating theoretical press releases.

💡Roku

Roku is a company known for its streaming devices and smart TV platform. In the video, it is mentioned that Roku has filed a patent for a system that would allow their smart TVs to display ads when a connected device pauses, even during gaming or other non-traditional TV usage.

💡YouTube Jump Ahead

YouTube's 'Jump Ahead' is a feature being tested with a limited group of YouTube Premium subscribers. It uses AI algorithms to predict and skip to what it thinks the user is looking for based on their behavioral data. This feature aims to enhance the user experience by quickly navigating to the content that is most relevant to the viewer.

💡Sony image sensor

Sony image sensors are components used in cameras and other imaging devices to capture light and convert it into digital signals. The video discusses Sony's announcement of a new medium format image sensor with an impressive 247 megapixels, which is significant due to its high resolution and potential applications in both industrial and consumer markets.

💡X Silicon

X Silicon is a San Diego-based startup that has designed a new chip architecture capable of running CPU, GPU, and AI workloads simultaneously on the same cores. The company's C GPU platform aims to be adopted in markets with strict power-to-performance ratios, such as automotive and embedded computing.

💡Nothing earbuds

Nothing earbuds are wireless audio devices developed by the tech company Nothing. In the video, it is mentioned that Nothing has announced two new earbuds, the Nothing ear and the Nothing ear (open bracket, lowercase a, closed bracket), which are positioned as different tiers of products for various consumer needs.

Highlights

Google is reportedly considering charging users for AI powered searches.

The idea is to create a better search experience that can endure beyond the current trends.

The Financial Times reported on Google's potential plans, and there has been no denial from the tech giant.

The rise of other AI-powered conversational search tools might influence Google's decision.

OpenAI's video generator Sora has been trained impressively, but there are concerns about whether it used YouTube videos.

YouTube CEO Neil Mohan stated that using their videos for training would break YouTube's rules.

Apple is rumored to be researching an AI-powered home robot that follows its user around.

Apple's home robot could benefit from their research into optimizing language models for low-powered hardware.

Autonomous cars are now delivering food to Uber Eats customers in Phoenix, Arizona.

Schleswig-Holstein, a state in Germany, is switching from Windows to Linux for its government employees.

The state government is moving to open-source options like Nextcloud and Mozilla Thunderbird.

Microsoft announced a breakthrough in quantum computing error correction.

The new development allows for more reliable and practical use of quantum computers.

Roku is considering showing ads on its smart TVs, even when they're used for gaming consoles.

YouTube is testing a 'Jump Ahead' feature to help users skip to the most relevant parts of videos.

Sony has announced a new medium format image sensor with an impressive 247 megapixels.

San Diego startup X Silicon Inc has designed a chip architecture that runs CPU, GPU, and AI workloads simultaneously.

The company aims to target markets with strict power-to-performance ratios, like automotive and embedded computing.

The tech company has announced two new earbuds, the Nothing ear and the Nothing ear (open bracket lowercase a, closed bracket).

The new earbuds focus on delivering a unique experience rather than numerical distinctions.

Transcripts

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oh thank God you're here I've been

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absorbing Tech news all day and my head

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is starting to feel like a balloon

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filled with concrete but now I can let

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it all out Come Share in my pain Google

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is reportedly considering charging users

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for AI powered searches once the tech

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giant presumably comes up with a better

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name than search generational experience

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it has to be good if it's going to

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endure the year and a half before Google

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kills it the report came from the

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financial times and Google has not

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denied that it entertains those thoughts

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partially due to the rise of other AI

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powered conversational search tools

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which make it a lot harder to plunk

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misleading sponsored Links at the top of

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search results just how pay Walling

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Google's AI search would stop users from

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turning to other AI tools that skim

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regular Google search results isn't

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clear and neither is the answer to

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whether open AI used YouTube videos to

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train its wildly impressive video

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generator Sora Youtube CEO Neil Mohan

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said says if they did that would break

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YouTube's rules a clarification it was

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necessary for him to make after open AI

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CTO Mera moradi told the Wall Street

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Journal she's actually not sure about

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whether Sora was trained on YouTube

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videos but not before taking a full 3

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seconds to gift the internet with a new

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reaction phas for all the AI Zoomers in

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other AI news courtesy of the king of

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Apple rumor dispersion Mark

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German near rhym's not bad now that

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Apple's accepted that the Apple car

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isn't happening it's begun research on

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an AI powerered home robot that could

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follow its user around their home so Tim

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Cook can see what you're up to oh you're

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going to make a cup of tea now that's oh

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no it's

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coffee I love that such an ey robot

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which I think legally could not be its

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name May benefit from Apple's recent

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extensive research into optimizing

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language models to run on low powerered

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Hardware like iPhones I don't have a

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transition into this last AI story but

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guess what weo autonomous cars are now

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delivering food to Uber Eats customers

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in Phoenix Arizona because AI is

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supposed to have taken all our jobs by

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now we got to speed this up Windows is

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being ditched in favor of Linux by sches

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Holstein one of Germany's 16 States and

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probably the name of a bottle drink you

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can't afford the state government's

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approximately 30,000 employees will be

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joining the Linux Legion and replacing

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their use of various other Microsoft

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services like SharePoint and Outlook

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with open- Source options like nextcloud

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and Mozilla Thunderbird Ascend my

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children join me the state already

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announced plans to switch from Microsoft

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Office to Libra office back in 2021 and

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it looks like their resolve has only

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been strengthened since probably thanks

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to Microsoft Edge continuing to act like

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the browser version of Legend of Zelda's

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Navi with ADHD

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Hey listen hey this isn't the first time

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a German region has tried to quit

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Microsoft though the city of Munich

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switched to Linux back in 2003 but

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eventually came crawling back in 2017

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open source software has come a long way

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though so to the state government

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employees of sches Holstein allowing us

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to say this to you feel cluke Microsoft

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announced a breakthrough in Quantum

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Computing error correction that could

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crucially allow quantum computers to

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actually be used to compute things

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instead of what they're used for now

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which is generating esoteric press

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releases by pairing Microsoft's new

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Cubit virtualization system with ion

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trap Hardware made by a company called

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quanum I'm assuming as a joke

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researchers from the two companies were

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able to run more than 14,000 individual

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experiments without a single error and

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they even diagnosed and corrected

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logical cubits without destroying them a

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development that gave Microsoft's VP of

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quantum Computing Goosebumps and I think

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gave me a second headache I mean it does

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sound kind of dope though it sounds

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great in all seriousness though as far

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as my puny mind can tell this is a big

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step forward for this technology and

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Jacob says it is too and so he knows

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about space I mean I only stud I study

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astrophysics it's such a big step that

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Microsoft is announcing the industry is

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now moving from level one foundational

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to level two resilient Quantum Computing

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a proclamation that for me kind of

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skirts the line between the George Bush

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Mission Accomplished banner and Google

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declaring Quantum Supremacy back in 2019

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like the tech giant version of Michael

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Scott a much better thing to declare is

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that this video is brought to you by War

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Thunder the free-to-play and

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comprehensive vehicular combat game War

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Thunder's realism goes beyond just

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Graphics write down to how it feels to

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Pilot the vehicles or how it feels to

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tear a tank apart with your bear hands

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not except for the hand part and now

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there's over 2500 different war machines

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all throughout history for you to choose

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from get started free today on PC and

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consoles simply by clicking the link

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below what are quick bits for the answer

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look deep inside your

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mind not that deep that's oh oh God Roku

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the Portland Main of smart TV makers

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apparently wants to become the bond

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villain of smart TV makers by showing

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ads on the company's TVs even when

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you're just using it to play Xbox or PS5

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Roku filed a patent for a system that

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would allow Roku TVs to detect when a

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device connected to it via HDMI has

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paused at which point the TV can display

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an ad I mean what you're not using it

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you might as well the patent also

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explores ways to determine what content

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you are interacting with of course so

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they can display more relevant ads it's

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not just evil it's boring evil this is

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why Amazon Amazon and Google are beating

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you you could be evil but like be

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interesting you know that's all I'm

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saying YouTube is experimenting with a

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new feature called Jump Ahead among a

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limited group of YouTube premium

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subscribers they say the feature will

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skip right to what its algorithm thinks

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you're looking for based on a user's

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behavioral data they also said AI a

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whole bunch which has got to be a

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compulsion of some kind how it works is

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that after a user double Taps on mobile

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to skip forward 10 seconds they'll be

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given a button that lets them Jump Ahead

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to whatever the computer thinks is the

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next best moment for you which is

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probably when Riley Murdoch whips out

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his Tim Cook impression haha he is so

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funny that Riley Jessica you really

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think I'm

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funny no Sony has announced a new medium

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format image sensor with a whopping

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247 megapixels in a package

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approximately the same size as the 150

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megapixel sensor in Hassel blood's h6d

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series cameras break that down for me Ry

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dog that's exciting isn't it Andy Y and

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while it's true that photographers and

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videographers are so over the megapixel

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race it's unquestionably noteworthy that

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a medium format sensor could produce an

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image with a resolution of

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19,200 by

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12,800 pixels 19k by 12 you just bought

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an 8K TV you look so stupid right now to

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be fair according to Sony's website this

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sensor is for industrial use in visual

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inspection devices but such sensors have

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found their way into consumer cameras

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before so this was definitely worth

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telling you about a San Diego startup

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has designed a new chip architecture

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that can run CPU GPU and AI workloads

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simultaneously on the same cores startup

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X silicon Inc hopes their C GPU platform

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will be heavily adopted in segments with

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strict powerto performance ratios like

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the automotive and embedded Computing

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markets the startups work joins the

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likes of Libra s so an open- source

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project that apparently had its funding

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pulled in February oh that's that's too

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bad hopefully X silicon won't have that

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issue since they're making cgp open

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standard it's like open source except

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that it's very different and you get to

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make money and nothing the tech company

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has announced two upcoming nothing

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earbuds on the nothing website by which

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I mean

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Twitter

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however it seems that following the

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nothing ear 2 they've decided to go the

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valve route and give up on trying to

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count any higher they've thus announced

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the nothing ear and the lower end

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nothing ear Open Bracket lowercase a

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closed bracket all right according to

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nothing they've removed the numbers in

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order to focus on the product and the

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unique experience it delivers which is a

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bit like admitting you can't walk and

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chew gum at the same time time it's hard

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but I can thank you for watching at the

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same time as I tell you to come back on

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Monday for more Tech news it's not

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actually true because I did that

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sequentially

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but come relative

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