1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,339 Hello, everybody. Welcome to Geek News Central episode 2 00:00:02,399 --> 00:00:04,240 1,845. 3 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:05,599 We got a fun episode plan for you 4 00:00:05,599 --> 00:00:07,440 guys today. We're gonna be talking about hashtag 5 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,160 scratch gate. We're talking about new AI updates 6 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:10,980 to Google 7 00:00:11,279 --> 00:00:13,279 search. Let me talk about some gaming news 8 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:14,960 and some engineering news. Let's get right into 9 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:16,574 it. Starting off with hashtag 10 00:00:16,875 --> 00:00:19,434 scratch gate. This is the latest scandal to 11 00:00:19,434 --> 00:00:21,274 hit Apple. It's pretty similar to the hashtag 12 00:00:21,274 --> 00:00:23,274 antenna gate prom that hit the iPhone four 13 00:00:23,274 --> 00:00:24,314 in 2010 14 00:00:24,314 --> 00:00:26,414 when Apple moved the antenna on that model. 15 00:00:27,369 --> 00:00:29,929 Pretty much, it just has to do with 16 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:30,429 the, 17 00:00:31,449 --> 00:00:33,929 iPhone 17 pro and iPhone 17 pro max 18 00:00:33,929 --> 00:00:34,429 models. 19 00:00:35,129 --> 00:00:36,409 Basically, the ones that are in a dark 20 00:00:36,409 --> 00:00:38,969 shade, they were showing scratches while on display 21 00:00:38,969 --> 00:00:40,269 inside Apple stores. 22 00:00:40,649 --> 00:00:41,789 These demo units 23 00:00:42,255 --> 00:00:44,814 should normally look pristine even after getting handled 24 00:00:44,814 --> 00:00:46,594 by many potential iPhone buyers. 25 00:00:47,375 --> 00:00:49,295 But Apple released a statement that was kinda 26 00:00:49,295 --> 00:00:52,674 similar to antennagate's you're holding it wrong comment. 27 00:00:53,454 --> 00:00:55,534 Apple said that what people were seeing on 28 00:00:55,534 --> 00:00:58,230 the iPhone 17 pro and iPhone 17 Pro 29 00:00:58,230 --> 00:01:00,469 Max units in the Apple Store were not 30 00:01:00,469 --> 00:01:00,969 scratches. 31 00:01:01,510 --> 00:01:03,450 They said your eyes are seeing it wrong. 32 00:01:03,910 --> 00:01:06,409 The tech giant said that what looks suspiciously 33 00:01:06,549 --> 00:01:09,530 like scratches were the result of material transferred 34 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:12,230 from the MagSafe risers used to display the 35 00:01:12,230 --> 00:01:12,969 new handsets 36 00:01:13,394 --> 00:01:14,534 inside Apple stores. 37 00:01:14,994 --> 00:01:17,635 Obviously, Apple doesn't want potential iPhone buyers can 38 00:01:17,635 --> 00:01:20,354 spooch by terrible looking blemishes that look like 39 00:01:20,354 --> 00:01:20,854 scratches. 40 00:01:21,155 --> 00:01:23,734 So changes are actually made to the, 41 00:01:24,114 --> 00:01:26,354 iPhone units and how they're being displayed in 42 00:01:26,354 --> 00:01:27,174 Apple stores. 43 00:01:28,230 --> 00:01:28,969 So, yeah. 44 00:01:29,349 --> 00:01:30,409 What are they doing? 45 00:01:31,030 --> 00:01:33,590 Pretty much the charging stands used to hold 46 00:01:33,590 --> 00:01:36,069 up demo iPhones in Apple stores will be 47 00:01:36,069 --> 00:01:39,189 refitted in software protective material that won't scrape 48 00:01:39,189 --> 00:01:40,790 the back of the phone every time the 49 00:01:40,790 --> 00:01:42,329 device is taken off the stand 50 00:01:42,734 --> 00:01:45,615 and returned to it. So the cone rings 51 00:01:45,615 --> 00:01:47,375 will be added to prevent the aluminum used 52 00:01:47,375 --> 00:01:49,855 to the iPhone 17 pro and iPhone 17 53 00:01:49,855 --> 00:01:51,935 pro max from coming into contact with the 54 00:01:51,935 --> 00:01:53,555 metal from the MagSafe stand. 55 00:01:54,734 --> 00:01:55,234 Additionally, 56 00:01:55,780 --> 00:01:58,100 Apple has updated the maintenance schedule for demo 57 00:01:58,100 --> 00:02:00,900 iPhone models. The staff inside Apple stores have 58 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:03,299 been instructed to do a more thorough job 59 00:02:03,299 --> 00:02:05,939 cleaning the demo iPhone models using a solution 60 00:02:05,939 --> 00:02:08,414 that includes an ingredient with salt that helps 61 00:02:08,414 --> 00:02:10,334 clean and clear with the dirt or residue 62 00:02:10,334 --> 00:02:12,974 left by the MagSafe charging stands. With these 63 00:02:12,974 --> 00:02:15,055 changes, the iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 64 00:02:15,055 --> 00:02:17,935 17 Pro Max demos look great. And that's 65 00:02:17,935 --> 00:02:19,935 exactly the way Apple wants them to look 66 00:02:19,935 --> 00:02:21,614 in front of a store full of potential 67 00:02:21,614 --> 00:02:22,114 customers. 68 00:02:22,780 --> 00:02:24,620 Me personally, I don't get a new phone 69 00:02:24,620 --> 00:02:26,560 every single year. I don't need it. 70 00:02:27,260 --> 00:02:28,939 But, you know, I can see why this 71 00:02:28,939 --> 00:02:30,620 would be a prom to new buyers or 72 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:33,099 people that are trying to upgrade or trade 73 00:02:33,099 --> 00:02:35,659 in their iPhone 16 pro or iPhone 16 74 00:02:35,659 --> 00:02:36,284 pro max. 75 00:02:36,764 --> 00:02:39,085 Those are both made with titanium builds, and 76 00:02:39,085 --> 00:02:40,525 I can see the appeal to buy one 77 00:02:40,525 --> 00:02:42,385 of the new aluminum clad models. 78 00:02:43,245 --> 00:02:44,605 For all you people that were interested in 79 00:02:44,605 --> 00:02:46,925 iPhone 17 pro, let us know. Did that 80 00:02:46,925 --> 00:02:48,685 worry you guys? Did you guys know about 81 00:02:48,685 --> 00:02:50,284 the scandal? And if you guys did, did 82 00:02:50,284 --> 00:02:52,260 it worry you? Were you guys, holding off 83 00:02:52,260 --> 00:02:54,420 on buying the new, iPhone 17 because of 84 00:02:54,420 --> 00:02:56,580 these these new scratches that were showing up 85 00:02:56,580 --> 00:02:57,240 on the, 86 00:02:57,620 --> 00:02:59,460 iPhone? Do you believe that it's from the 87 00:02:59,460 --> 00:03:01,140 MagSafe chargers or do you believe it's not? 88 00:03:01,379 --> 00:03:04,020 Let us know. In other phone news, this 89 00:03:04,020 --> 00:03:07,335 one's pretty interesting. It's about Google's AI. So 90 00:03:07,335 --> 00:03:08,955 Google's new live search, 91 00:03:09,974 --> 00:03:12,534 pretty much in they changed they added new 92 00:03:12,534 --> 00:03:15,354 features to use real time AI features. 93 00:03:15,974 --> 00:03:17,254 So here's some things that you need to 94 00:03:17,254 --> 00:03:20,055 know. Google's live search integrates real time AI 95 00:03:20,055 --> 00:03:20,555 conversations 96 00:03:21,020 --> 00:03:22,639 for enhanced user interaction. 97 00:03:23,180 --> 00:03:25,419 Users can now share camera feeds to receive 98 00:03:25,419 --> 00:03:28,780 instant answers and insights, and this is available 99 00:03:28,780 --> 00:03:31,580 on Android and iOS since September 24. So 100 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:33,120 this is actually already available, 101 00:03:33,500 --> 00:03:35,280 and this is gonna be bringing very 102 00:03:35,745 --> 00:03:38,485 versatile assistance to all users. 103 00:03:39,264 --> 00:03:42,405 Google announced that it's bringing project Azure's capabilities 104 00:03:42,465 --> 00:03:44,865 to Google search, helping users get real time 105 00:03:44,865 --> 00:03:47,605 answers with live search, within AI mode. 106 00:03:48,039 --> 00:03:49,719 Pretty much think of it as an upgrade 107 00:03:49,719 --> 00:03:52,039 to the current Google lens and Google's way 108 00:03:52,039 --> 00:03:53,020 of pushing Gemini's 109 00:03:53,479 --> 00:03:53,979 multimodal 110 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,300 capabilities onto more platforms. 111 00:03:56,759 --> 00:03:59,159 And with live search, users can now have 112 00:03:59,159 --> 00:04:02,199 a real time interactive conversation with Google search 113 00:04:02,199 --> 00:04:04,415 in AI mode, much like speaking to an 114 00:04:04,415 --> 00:04:06,675 AI chatbot or on Gemini life. 115 00:04:07,055 --> 00:04:09,775 This feature allows user to share their iPhones 116 00:04:09,775 --> 00:04:11,534 camera feed and they will have the ability 117 00:04:11,534 --> 00:04:13,715 to respond to your questions in real time. 118 00:04:14,254 --> 00:04:15,935 Since this feature is tied to AI mode, 119 00:04:15,935 --> 00:04:18,759 it would also provide links for intensive research 120 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:22,620 as well. Google actually provided some example videos 121 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,680 and from what I got from it, it's 122 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,360 pretty much, you turn on your iPhone camera 123 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,620 or we go into Google AI camera, 124 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:30,439 and it's gonna show a live feed of 125 00:04:30,439 --> 00:04:32,235 a camera. Anything in front of you, 126 00:04:33,194 --> 00:04:35,115 like you hypothetically, right? You're trying to learn 127 00:04:35,115 --> 00:04:36,555 how to cook something. You have all the 128 00:04:36,555 --> 00:04:38,154 ingredients layout. You're gonna have your live camera 129 00:04:38,154 --> 00:04:39,995 on. You're gonna like show all the ingredients 130 00:04:39,995 --> 00:04:42,094 and you can only talk to the 131 00:04:42,474 --> 00:04:43,134 the AI 132 00:04:43,435 --> 00:04:45,194 and ask you questions, and it'll give you 133 00:04:45,194 --> 00:04:46,714 real time answers and it'll literally talk about 134 00:04:46,714 --> 00:04:47,730 you like how Siri does. 135 00:04:48,449 --> 00:04:50,290 So it's pretty interesting. Maybe it's for all 136 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:51,250 you people that are learning how to cook 137 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:53,250 or need help with, car maintenance or anything 138 00:04:53,250 --> 00:04:55,009 like that. It's really cool. I use Google 139 00:04:55,009 --> 00:04:56,930 Lens a lot. It's very helpful. 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Back to the show. 200 00:07:13,009 --> 00:07:14,849 So in gaming news, we're gonna we're gonna 201 00:07:14,849 --> 00:07:16,129 shift the topic a little bit because we 202 00:07:16,129 --> 00:07:17,954 were talking about AI, so it will play 203 00:07:18,115 --> 00:07:19,235 hand in hand. You guys are gonna kinda 204 00:07:19,235 --> 00:07:21,414 understand what I'm talking about, but Xbox, 205 00:07:22,435 --> 00:07:24,115 if you don't know yet, they are releasing 206 00:07:24,115 --> 00:07:26,834 a handheld device called the Xbox Ally. I 207 00:07:26,834 --> 00:07:28,034 was reading up on this, 208 00:07:28,435 --> 00:07:29,894 pre order is now available 209 00:07:30,675 --> 00:07:33,654 and something that was really interesting in this, 210 00:07:34,990 --> 00:07:37,310 article about the Xbox ally is that they 211 00:07:37,310 --> 00:07:38,290 have something called, 212 00:07:38,829 --> 00:07:41,229 game copilot gaming copilot. It's a beta right 213 00:07:41,229 --> 00:07:44,029 now, but it's pretty much a personal gaming 214 00:07:44,029 --> 00:07:46,269 sidekick, and it's rolling out to our play 215 00:07:46,350 --> 00:07:47,490 all players on PC 216 00:07:47,949 --> 00:07:48,930 and mobile. 217 00:07:50,004 --> 00:07:51,625 Long story short. Alright. 218 00:07:52,004 --> 00:07:53,704 Gaming Copilot is essentially 219 00:07:54,165 --> 00:07:56,425 an AI that's gonna help you with challenges, 220 00:07:56,485 --> 00:07:58,564 boss fights, all that kind of stuff. Alright. 221 00:07:58,564 --> 00:08:00,245 And I can honestly see this being kind 222 00:08:00,245 --> 00:08:01,704 of a controversial topic 223 00:08:02,009 --> 00:08:04,649 amongst the gaming community because it's kind of 224 00:08:04,649 --> 00:08:05,629 a thing where, 225 00:08:06,250 --> 00:08:08,669 you know, a lot of people take pride 226 00:08:09,050 --> 00:08:11,529 in finding the achievements, beating bosses, and stuff 227 00:08:11,529 --> 00:08:13,129 like that on their with their own hard 228 00:08:13,129 --> 00:08:15,334 work and not the help of, you know, 229 00:08:15,415 --> 00:08:17,274 others or now AI. 230 00:08:18,134 --> 00:08:19,834 So I guess I can see this becoming 231 00:08:19,894 --> 00:08:21,754 a a very interesting topic amongst 232 00:08:22,294 --> 00:08:24,454 the in the gaming community and see how 233 00:08:24,454 --> 00:08:27,095 the, seeing how this pans out. Me personally, 234 00:08:27,095 --> 00:08:28,294 when I was younger, I played a lot 235 00:08:28,294 --> 00:08:28,980 of video games. 236 00:08:29,699 --> 00:08:31,060 And every time I had a hard time 237 00:08:31,060 --> 00:08:32,259 and I really couldn't be the boss, I 238 00:08:32,259 --> 00:08:33,940 went straight to YouTube and I got a 239 00:08:33,940 --> 00:08:36,419 tutorial. I'm a be honest. K? Honestly, honesty 240 00:08:36,419 --> 00:08:37,559 is the best policy. 241 00:08:38,660 --> 00:08:40,179 I mean, straight up. When I had a 242 00:08:40,179 --> 00:08:41,299 hard time, I just went straight to YouTube, 243 00:08:41,299 --> 00:08:42,580 man. There was a bunch of campaigns and 244 00:08:42,580 --> 00:08:43,940 tutorials on how to how to do what 245 00:08:43,940 --> 00:08:45,835 I need to do. But it's it's really 246 00:08:45,835 --> 00:08:47,434 cool that they have this gaming copilot thing 247 00:08:47,434 --> 00:08:48,495 out now and, 248 00:08:49,035 --> 00:08:51,295 can't wait to see how this works. 249 00:08:51,835 --> 00:08:53,835 In terms of pricing, though, this gets interesting. 250 00:08:53,835 --> 00:08:55,995 K? I wanna take a step back, to 251 00:08:55,995 --> 00:08:58,235 the side at least and talk about the 252 00:08:58,235 --> 00:09:00,735 Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch. Alright? Those both, 253 00:09:01,809 --> 00:09:03,429 those are also handheld competitors 254 00:09:03,889 --> 00:09:06,529 and they price range about about 400 to 255 00:09:06,529 --> 00:09:07,429 $500 256 00:09:07,809 --> 00:09:09,669 That's already a hefty number in itself. 257 00:09:10,049 --> 00:09:12,309 Alright. That's crazy. And it's understandable. 258 00:09:13,085 --> 00:09:15,725 Handheld gaming devices are very convenient, but it's 259 00:09:15,725 --> 00:09:18,044 still a big number. Okay. When I had 260 00:09:18,044 --> 00:09:19,804 my, when I bought my first Nintendo switch, 261 00:09:19,804 --> 00:09:21,884 I spent, I think about $300 on it. 262 00:09:21,884 --> 00:09:23,565 So to see how the price went up 263 00:09:23,565 --> 00:09:25,245 is, is crazy. I think the first Nintendo 264 00:09:25,245 --> 00:09:27,504 switch is now available at $200 265 00:09:27,965 --> 00:09:28,465 So, 266 00:09:29,059 --> 00:09:30,580 it's pretty much double for the new Nintendo 267 00:09:30,580 --> 00:09:33,059 Switch two, and the Steam Deck is also 268 00:09:33,059 --> 00:09:35,299 about $400. But honestly, I've heard nothing but 269 00:09:35,299 --> 00:09:37,700 great things about the Steam Deck. And everyone 270 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:39,220 loves Nintendo Switch two. It's such a user 271 00:09:39,220 --> 00:09:41,379 friendly they're both user friendly devices and, 272 00:09:42,894 --> 00:09:45,315 it's for majority ages in my opinion. 273 00:09:45,695 --> 00:09:48,115 Now with Xbox Ally, there are two versions, 274 00:09:48,174 --> 00:09:50,334 Xbox Ally x and Xbox Ally. So Xbox 275 00:09:50,334 --> 00:09:52,274 Ally is more for casual players. 276 00:09:52,735 --> 00:09:54,735 Think of it as like, you know, kinda 277 00:09:54,735 --> 00:09:56,580 like more on the Nintendo Switch side. 278 00:09:57,139 --> 00:09:57,639 Alright? 279 00:09:58,500 --> 00:10:01,240 It's starting at around $500, I believe. 280 00:10:01,860 --> 00:10:04,660 It's crazy number to me, but that's not 281 00:10:04,660 --> 00:10:06,899 even the crazy part. The Xbox Ally x, 282 00:10:06,899 --> 00:10:09,080 that is starting at $999. 283 00:10:10,455 --> 00:10:11,754 That is a hefty 284 00:10:12,134 --> 00:10:14,134 number. Right? If you thought the 500 number 285 00:10:14,134 --> 00:10:16,535 500 number was crazy, the $999 286 00:10:16,535 --> 00:10:18,134 one is crazy. But this one apparently is 287 00:10:18,134 --> 00:10:19,115 for more like, 288 00:10:20,215 --> 00:10:20,955 you know, 289 00:10:21,815 --> 00:10:23,355 for those true gamers. 290 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:25,220 Those true true gamers. 291 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:26,740 My main concern 292 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:28,960 is that when I play on the Nintendo 293 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:31,040 I know technology has advanced since then, the 294 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:32,399 first Nintendo Switch. But when I play on 295 00:10:32,399 --> 00:10:34,259 Nintendo, when it came to high, like, 296 00:10:34,879 --> 00:10:37,440 highly performance games, like, let's say, Hall of 297 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:38,259 Duty or 298 00:10:38,784 --> 00:10:39,845 any game that, like, 299 00:10:40,625 --> 00:10:42,705 that was really big on a regular console 300 00:10:42,705 --> 00:10:43,664 and they try to put it to a 301 00:10:43,664 --> 00:10:46,065 handheld, the quality would diminish big time. It 302 00:10:46,065 --> 00:10:47,825 wouldn't be the same quality playing on actual 303 00:10:47,825 --> 00:10:48,325 Xbox 304 00:10:48,705 --> 00:10:50,705 or an actual PS four. It'd be really 305 00:10:50,705 --> 00:10:53,284 different. So I'm really interested to see how 306 00:10:53,690 --> 00:10:56,330 big games will perform on this new handheld 307 00:10:56,330 --> 00:10:57,950 device that Xbox has made. 308 00:10:58,490 --> 00:11:00,089 It could perform great and it could or 309 00:11:00,089 --> 00:11:00,909 it could perform 310 00:11:01,450 --> 00:11:05,049 very meh. Right? So something interesting to keep 311 00:11:05,049 --> 00:11:07,294 an eye out for. One last really cool 312 00:11:07,294 --> 00:11:09,634 thing about this is that they actually 313 00:11:10,095 --> 00:11:12,495 have a cloud data system that is, 314 00:11:13,134 --> 00:11:15,554 that you can save your games data to. 315 00:11:16,335 --> 00:11:18,575 This is really cool to me. Fun story 316 00:11:18,575 --> 00:11:20,575 time. I was visiting my dad one time 317 00:11:20,575 --> 00:11:23,449 in Michigan. I was at Chicago Airport, 318 00:11:23,909 --> 00:11:26,070 and I happened to take out my, 319 00:11:26,709 --> 00:11:29,029 Nintendo Switch along the way to our next 320 00:11:29,029 --> 00:11:30,870 gate because we I was trying to get 321 00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:32,789 something from my bag. I ended up forgetting 322 00:11:32,789 --> 00:11:34,309 to put my Nintendo Switch back into my 323 00:11:34,309 --> 00:11:35,835 bag, and I lost an Nintendo Switch. 324 00:11:36,394 --> 00:11:38,654 And I was devastated. K. It was Christmas 325 00:11:39,035 --> 00:11:41,215 time the day before Christmas and pretty much 326 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:43,035 on the Nintendo switch. I play a lot 327 00:11:43,035 --> 00:11:44,634 of you games at the time. Okay? So 328 00:11:44,634 --> 00:11:46,715 don't come after me. I spent over, like, 329 00:11:46,715 --> 00:11:48,315 a hundred hours on this one video game 330 00:11:48,315 --> 00:11:50,175 called Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. 331 00:11:50,279 --> 00:11:51,800 I spent so much time. I beat all 332 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,639 the bosses. I got all the Easter eggs. 333 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,060 I got all the hidden costumes. It was 334 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:58,540 I I was set. Alright? 335 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,840 I lost that Nintendo Switch and I never 336 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:01,980 got that data back. 337 00:12:02,454 --> 00:12:03,654 Alright? I got a new I got a 338 00:12:03,654 --> 00:12:05,334 new Nintendo Switch that same Christmas. I used 339 00:12:05,334 --> 00:12:06,934 my Christmas money I got from that Christmas, 340 00:12:06,934 --> 00:12:08,534 and I bought a new Nintendo Switch. That's 341 00:12:08,534 --> 00:12:09,975 how much I love my Nintendo Switch at 342 00:12:09,975 --> 00:12:11,575 the time. But I was never able to 343 00:12:11,575 --> 00:12:12,934 get my data back. I was able to 344 00:12:12,934 --> 00:12:14,534 redown on the games because the system knew 345 00:12:14,534 --> 00:12:16,294 I bought those games before because it's tied 346 00:12:16,294 --> 00:12:18,134 to my account, but the data was gone. 347 00:12:18,134 --> 00:12:20,080 So having this cloud thing would have been 348 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:21,279 perfect for me at the time because I 349 00:12:21,279 --> 00:12:22,480 would have been able to save my data, 350 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:23,600 and I would have been able to continue 351 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,839 to play the game with happiness. But, you 352 00:12:25,839 --> 00:12:27,440 know, I didn't wanna restart. I don't wanna 353 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,799 do all that again, so I just never 354 00:12:28,799 --> 00:12:29,299 bothered. 355 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,074 But, yeah. If you ever wanna 356 00:12:32,375 --> 00:12:34,855 transfer your play on a different device, it's 357 00:12:34,855 --> 00:12:35,355 perfect. 358 00:12:35,815 --> 00:12:37,014 It's gonna all your data is gonna be 359 00:12:37,014 --> 00:12:39,174 stored in the cloud and yeah. Don't have 360 00:12:39,174 --> 00:12:40,855 to worry about ever losing all your data 361 00:12:40,855 --> 00:12:41,355 again. 362 00:12:41,815 --> 00:12:43,735 Moving on to a little bit more gaming 363 00:12:43,735 --> 00:12:45,649 news. It has to do with EA Sports. 364 00:12:45,649 --> 00:12:46,690 If you know what EA Sports is, they 365 00:12:46,690 --> 00:12:48,210 are the maker of video games like Madden 366 00:12:48,210 --> 00:12:48,710 NFL, 367 00:12:49,410 --> 00:12:52,149 Battlefield, The Sims, like FIFA, FIFA as well. 368 00:12:53,009 --> 00:12:55,590 Yeah. Pretty much what happened was that 369 00:12:56,049 --> 00:12:58,129 they may have made the largest ever private 370 00:12:58,129 --> 00:12:58,629 equity, 371 00:12:59,090 --> 00:13:02,014 buyout and it's valued at $55,000,000,000 372 00:13:02,475 --> 00:13:02,975 Okay? 373 00:13:03,674 --> 00:13:06,074 They're being acquired by an investor group including 374 00:13:06,074 --> 00:13:08,794 Saudi Arabia Sovereign Wealth Fund in the largest 375 00:13:08,794 --> 00:13:11,434 private equity funded buyout in history. I'm not 376 00:13:11,434 --> 00:13:13,855 gonna go too crazy into the statistics, 377 00:13:14,235 --> 00:13:14,735 but 378 00:13:15,220 --> 00:13:17,220 the I think the one main thing that 379 00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:18,580 a lot of people are wondering is that 380 00:13:18,580 --> 00:13:21,159 could going private give EA more business advantages? 381 00:13:21,539 --> 00:13:23,779 And yes, it is possible that this deal 382 00:13:23,779 --> 00:13:26,019 could give EA more freedom in future development 383 00:13:26,019 --> 00:13:27,639 and distribution of its games. 384 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:29,240 By going private, 385 00:13:29,595 --> 00:13:32,315 EA will be able to retool operations without 386 00:13:32,315 --> 00:13:34,975 worrying about shareholder interests or other market scrutiny. 387 00:13:35,115 --> 00:13:36,554 And as a result, EA could get a 388 00:13:36,554 --> 00:13:37,834 little bit more breathing room to do what 389 00:13:37,834 --> 00:13:38,735 they wanna do. 390 00:13:39,274 --> 00:13:41,195 And I think a big thing that I 391 00:13:41,195 --> 00:13:43,294 noticed that in this article was that, 392 00:13:45,110 --> 00:13:46,309 EA might be able to take their foot 393 00:13:46,309 --> 00:13:49,049 off the gas from aggressive micro transaction strategies. 394 00:13:49,190 --> 00:13:50,670 Okay? So when it comes to what I 395 00:13:50,710 --> 00:13:52,309 what I what I take from that and 396 00:13:52,309 --> 00:13:54,149 I'm hoping I'm right. When it comes to 397 00:13:54,149 --> 00:13:55,669 EA, there's a lot of video with a 398 00:13:55,669 --> 00:13:56,870 lot of video games, they have a lot 399 00:13:56,870 --> 00:13:58,009 of pay to win content. 400 00:13:58,325 --> 00:14:00,485 If that doesn't make, to to help you 401 00:14:00,485 --> 00:14:02,085 understand what pay to win content is if 402 00:14:02,085 --> 00:14:03,625 you don't understand what that is already, 403 00:14:04,884 --> 00:14:05,784 EA has 404 00:14:06,164 --> 00:14:07,625 a lot of games where 405 00:14:09,044 --> 00:14:10,184 you can buy, 406 00:14:11,429 --> 00:14:13,590 like, use real world money to buy in 407 00:14:13,590 --> 00:14:16,710 game content to make yourself better than a 408 00:14:16,710 --> 00:14:19,110 lot of players. K? And it's repriced at 409 00:14:19,110 --> 00:14:20,490 a ridiculous amount. 410 00:14:20,950 --> 00:14:23,590 Like, ridiculous. And getting this getting this in 411 00:14:23,590 --> 00:14:26,524 game content is, like, game changing because, like, 412 00:14:26,524 --> 00:14:28,144 you will exceed, 413 00:14:28,605 --> 00:14:30,544 like, 10 times where you were before. 414 00:14:30,845 --> 00:14:32,785 Like, you think you're doing good here? 415 00:14:33,325 --> 00:14:34,924 Like, you if you think you're doing good 416 00:14:34,924 --> 00:14:36,365 and you spent in game content, you're gonna 417 00:14:36,365 --> 00:14:37,884 do 10 times better after that. It's it's 418 00:14:37,884 --> 00:14:38,384 crazy. 419 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:40,639 So, yeah, it's it's pay to win con 420 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:41,519 they have a lot of pay to win 421 00:14:41,519 --> 00:14:43,440 content. It's very controversial in the gaming community. 422 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:44,740 So, hopefully, 423 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:45,919 with this new, 424 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:48,399 EA going private, maybe they'll take their foot 425 00:14:48,399 --> 00:14:50,399 off the gas and, you know, step back 426 00:14:50,399 --> 00:14:52,934 a little bit. Maybe make sure make it 427 00:14:52,934 --> 00:14:53,654 not so much, 428 00:14:54,295 --> 00:14:56,695 not so pricey or not have so much 429 00:14:56,695 --> 00:14:58,235 pay to win content 430 00:14:59,174 --> 00:15:01,035 in their video games. Yeah. 431 00:15:01,415 --> 00:15:03,894 Last piece of video game news. Alright. Bear 432 00:15:03,894 --> 00:15:05,014 with me. I'm sorry. I know there's a 433 00:15:05,014 --> 00:15:06,430 lot of video game news, but it's kinda 434 00:15:06,430 --> 00:15:08,029 engineering. K? And it leads us into our 435 00:15:08,029 --> 00:15:09,570 last topic. So it's an engineering 436 00:15:10,430 --> 00:15:12,269 video game topic. It's it's it's a fun 437 00:15:12,269 --> 00:15:14,190 topic for everybody to listen to listen into. 438 00:15:14,190 --> 00:15:16,910 Alright. So pretty much there's this YouTuber. His 439 00:15:16,910 --> 00:15:18,590 name is basically homeless. I I kinda watched 440 00:15:18,590 --> 00:15:20,524 him growing up as a kid. He basically 441 00:15:20,524 --> 00:15:23,245 makes, he engineers a bunch of machines and 442 00:15:23,245 --> 00:15:25,565 he uses it to, like, play video games 443 00:15:25,565 --> 00:15:26,065 or 444 00:15:27,164 --> 00:15:27,884 make him, 445 00:15:28,365 --> 00:15:30,524 be better at certain things. So pretty much 446 00:15:30,524 --> 00:15:31,345 what he did 447 00:15:31,725 --> 00:15:34,389 was that he made a robotic exoskeleton, and 448 00:15:34,389 --> 00:15:36,889 it delivers six a 63% aim boost. 449 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:38,649 It's it's crazy. 450 00:15:39,029 --> 00:15:40,550 It's crazy. Let me let let's talk about 451 00:15:40,550 --> 00:15:42,889 it real quick. So this divine the device 452 00:15:43,269 --> 00:15:46,790 combo combines AI vision, motors, and 30 printed 453 00:15:46,790 --> 00:15:48,934 parts to guide his wrist and fingers 454 00:15:49,554 --> 00:15:50,535 physically. Insane. 455 00:15:51,634 --> 00:15:53,794 He wondered if robotic could push his performance 456 00:15:53,794 --> 00:15:56,115 further, and the design included a motorized wrist 457 00:15:56,115 --> 00:15:57,254 assist, a solenoid 458 00:15:57,634 --> 00:16:00,754 finger clicky exoskeleton, and an AI vision system 459 00:16:00,754 --> 00:16:03,059 for target detection. At first, the test didn't 460 00:16:03,059 --> 00:16:05,620 go smoothly. Early run showed a 20% drop 461 00:16:05,620 --> 00:16:08,179 in accuracy and as he struggled, he struggled 462 00:16:08,179 --> 00:16:10,579 to let the system controls movements. But once 463 00:16:10,579 --> 00:16:11,319 he adapted, 464 00:16:11,620 --> 00:16:14,500 he recorded a small 3% gain over his 465 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:15,319 best score. 466 00:16:15,825 --> 00:16:18,785 After he began optimizing the hardware, so an 467 00:16:18,785 --> 00:16:22,225 NVIDIA Jetson board powered a custom YOLO computer 468 00:16:22,225 --> 00:16:23,045 vision model. 469 00:16:23,504 --> 00:16:26,144 His latency fell from fifty milliseconds to just 470 00:16:26,144 --> 00:16:28,325 seventeen milliseconds, nearly instantaneous. 471 00:16:29,090 --> 00:16:31,730 He boosted motor voltage, making the system stronger 472 00:16:31,730 --> 00:16:34,210 and able to guide his arm even against 473 00:16:34,210 --> 00:16:34,710 resistance. 474 00:16:35,250 --> 00:16:39,009 Results quickly improved. K. So one run showed 475 00:16:39,009 --> 00:16:42,394 a 12% boost boost. Then 28%, 476 00:16:42,534 --> 00:16:43,414 43%, 477 00:16:43,414 --> 00:16:44,235 and then finally, 478 00:16:44,615 --> 00:16:45,735 a 63% 479 00:16:45,735 --> 00:16:47,815 leap. K? And this is where it gets 480 00:16:47,815 --> 00:16:48,475 even crazier. 481 00:16:49,335 --> 00:16:50,075 This place 482 00:16:50,455 --> 00:16:52,615 him in the second position on the Aim 483 00:16:52,615 --> 00:16:55,095 Labs global leaderboard. Alright? So Aim Labs is 484 00:16:55,095 --> 00:16:57,200 a basically like a kinda like a program 485 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,679 slash game that a lot of keyboard and 486 00:16:59,679 --> 00:17:02,419 mouse video game players, like first person shooter 487 00:17:02,559 --> 00:17:04,799 players go to practice their aim. Alright? Because 488 00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:06,799 keyboard and mouse is like, it's tricky. Let 489 00:17:06,799 --> 00:17:08,000 me tell you, it's hard. It's not the 490 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:09,359 same as playing on a controller. It's it 491 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:10,099 takes skill 492 00:17:10,414 --> 00:17:12,015 and people go to this this thing called 493 00:17:12,015 --> 00:17:14,174 Aim Lab. So there's there's millions of players 494 00:17:14,174 --> 00:17:16,494 on Aim Labs every single day practicing their 495 00:17:16,494 --> 00:17:16,994 aim. 496 00:17:18,095 --> 00:17:20,194 And he got to second on the leaderboard 497 00:17:21,694 --> 00:17:22,674 with this exoskeleton. 498 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:23,875 Right? 499 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,299 And you're wondering probably how this works. 500 00:17:26,839 --> 00:17:28,839 So this device at just attaches to the 501 00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:30,700 forearm with three d printed hinges, 502 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,900 Kevlar lines and gimbal motors control his wrist, 503 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,539 and while solenoids handle the finger clicks. 504 00:17:37,075 --> 00:17:39,475 A high speed global shutter camera feeds data 505 00:17:39,475 --> 00:17:42,115 to the AI system, and the computer identify 506 00:17:42,115 --> 00:17:44,195 targets and instructs the motors to adjust the 507 00:17:44,195 --> 00:17:46,375 hand in and wrist in real time. 508 00:17:46,755 --> 00:17:49,154 The setup apps the setup acts like a 509 00:17:49,154 --> 00:17:50,455 physical aim bot. 510 00:17:50,890 --> 00:17:52,190 Unlike traditional cheats, 511 00:17:52,490 --> 00:17:54,509 which are software based, this exoskeleton 512 00:17:54,890 --> 00:17:58,269 alters real world arm movements. Alright? And competitive 513 00:17:58,410 --> 00:18:01,130 tests show the system's precision. It allowed rapid 514 00:18:01,130 --> 00:18:03,345 target acquisition and consistent aim assist. 515 00:18:03,825 --> 00:18:05,825 The project for the lines between human skills 516 00:18:05,825 --> 00:18:06,565 and machine 517 00:18:06,865 --> 00:18:07,365 correction. 518 00:18:07,984 --> 00:18:09,424 He did acknowledge that there is a learning 519 00:18:09,424 --> 00:18:11,585 curve, but once he learned to relax his 520 00:18:11,585 --> 00:18:13,664 wrist and let the motor take control, the 521 00:18:13,664 --> 00:18:14,164 exoskeleton 522 00:18:14,704 --> 00:18:17,549 performed as intended. And I believe this is 523 00:18:17,549 --> 00:18:19,710 gonna be one of those big controversy things 524 00:18:19,710 --> 00:18:20,210 because 525 00:18:20,589 --> 00:18:22,990 different gamers have different opinions about aim assist 526 00:18:22,990 --> 00:18:24,929 and in game hacks. And 527 00:18:25,470 --> 00:18:28,109 most lean toward keeping competitive games as fair 528 00:18:28,109 --> 00:18:28,769 as possible. 529 00:18:29,315 --> 00:18:31,795 Alright? Because with most with most games nowadays, 530 00:18:31,795 --> 00:18:33,795 they're able to pick up in game hacks 531 00:18:33,795 --> 00:18:35,255 just like that. Right? 532 00:18:35,555 --> 00:18:37,075 It takes one day to a week to 533 00:18:37,075 --> 00:18:39,234 get someone banned on a game. But now, 534 00:18:39,234 --> 00:18:41,075 since it's a physical thing and the software 535 00:18:41,075 --> 00:18:42,900 couldn't really detect it, it's it's gonna change 536 00:18:42,900 --> 00:18:44,420 the game a little bit with people that 537 00:18:44,420 --> 00:18:45,700 really don't really wanna put in the work. 538 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:46,680 You know what I mean? 539 00:18:47,059 --> 00:18:48,119 If that makes sense. 540 00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:50,119 There's a lot of people that 541 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:51,940 struggle with video games, so I can see 542 00:18:51,940 --> 00:18:53,880 how this become mean like, someone possibly 543 00:18:54,259 --> 00:18:57,315 mass scaling this exoskeleton possibly in the future 544 00:18:57,375 --> 00:18:59,534 and making it a thing. I don't know. 545 00:18:59,534 --> 00:19:00,894 It it's something to definitely keep an eye 546 00:19:00,894 --> 00:19:01,934 on, but at the end of the day, 547 00:19:01,934 --> 00:19:03,694 it's really cool that this guy built an 548 00:19:03,694 --> 00:19:04,194 exoskeleton 549 00:19:04,575 --> 00:19:06,835 to improve his aim in a video game. 550 00:19:06,894 --> 00:19:07,394 Alright? 551 00:19:08,095 --> 00:19:10,410 Leading to our last piece of engineering news, 552 00:19:11,049 --> 00:19:13,289 Australia, they made a new robot that 30 553 00:19:13,289 --> 00:19:14,670 prints a home overnight. 554 00:19:15,369 --> 00:19:17,769 And this could build lunar bases in one 555 00:19:17,769 --> 00:19:19,690 day. Thought this was an interesting topic just 556 00:19:19,690 --> 00:19:21,049 because my dad loves space, if you guys 557 00:19:21,049 --> 00:19:22,809 know, in a set, if you guys go 558 00:19:22,809 --> 00:19:24,650 back his old videos, there's like a little 559 00:19:24,650 --> 00:19:26,924 rocket ship in the background. Really cool. My 560 00:19:26,924 --> 00:19:28,845 dad would, like, go to space museums. He 561 00:19:28,845 --> 00:19:31,005 would he would wake up at 3AM in 562 00:19:31,005 --> 00:19:33,005 the morning just to watch us a rocket 563 00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:35,164 a rocket lift off. My dad was my 564 00:19:35,164 --> 00:19:36,704 dad would nerd out about space. 565 00:19:37,005 --> 00:19:39,025 Alright. So he would definitely love this topic. 566 00:19:39,644 --> 00:19:42,470 So pretty much, there's an advanced spider like 567 00:19:42,470 --> 00:19:44,710 robot and it's set to tackle construction challenges 568 00:19:44,710 --> 00:19:46,089 in Australia and potentially 569 00:19:46,869 --> 00:19:48,630 assist in building on the moon in the 570 00:19:48,630 --> 00:19:51,269 future. So it's named Charlotte. This robot was 571 00:19:51,269 --> 00:19:53,829 developed by the Australian companies Crest Robotics and 572 00:19:53,829 --> 00:19:54,809 Earthbuild Technology. 573 00:19:55,144 --> 00:19:56,744 And its purpose is to deliver low cost, 574 00:19:56,744 --> 00:19:59,244 low carbon, housing capabilities here on Earth. 575 00:19:59,784 --> 00:20:00,284 Reportedly, 576 00:20:00,984 --> 00:20:02,605 the large hexabod can 577 00:20:03,065 --> 00:20:05,565 three d print a 200 square meter house 578 00:20:05,784 --> 00:20:07,579 in twenty four hours. Crazy. 579 00:20:08,599 --> 00:20:10,539 Crazy stuff. Crazy stuff. And they're hoping, 580 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:11,799 that this would, 581 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,000 you know, solve housing crisis housing crisis on 582 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,480 Earth because the current housing crisis is dependent 583 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,119 by conventional construction of inability to meet soaring 584 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,200 demand due to its high cost and slow 585 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:22,700 pace. 586 00:20:23,295 --> 00:20:24,654 I have seen, like, some three d printed 587 00:20:24,654 --> 00:20:26,255 houses before, but I never knew it could 588 00:20:26,255 --> 00:20:28,654 be built in twenty four hours. So really 589 00:20:28,654 --> 00:20:31,154 interesting to keep an eye on, super excited. 590 00:20:31,375 --> 00:20:33,934 Really, really excited time to be alive. You 591 00:20:33,934 --> 00:20:35,875 know what I mean? With all these technological 592 00:20:36,015 --> 00:20:38,255 advances, especially with AI. Right? Every day it 593 00:20:38,255 --> 00:20:39,769 improves more and 594 00:20:40,070 --> 00:20:41,910 more. I like, two to three years ago, 595 00:20:41,910 --> 00:20:43,590 we wouldn't be thinking about some of the 596 00:20:43,590 --> 00:20:45,670 things people are doing with AI today. Right? 597 00:20:45,670 --> 00:20:47,269 And just to think what's gonna happen in 598 00:20:47,269 --> 00:20:48,970 the next two to three years with AI. 599 00:20:49,109 --> 00:20:50,730 So super cool time to be in, 600 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:53,029 to be alive. But, yeah, 601 00:20:53,974 --> 00:20:55,255 hope you guys like the articles we picked 602 00:20:55,255 --> 00:20:56,775 out. If you guys missed my brother's episode, 603 00:20:56,775 --> 00:20:58,295 my brother Ray actually did an episode on 604 00:20:58,295 --> 00:20:59,835 Monday, September 29. 605 00:21:00,295 --> 00:21:02,295 He did talk about, the future of smart 606 00:21:02,295 --> 00:21:04,055 homes with Apple's new OS. So if you 607 00:21:04,055 --> 00:21:05,414 missed that, go ahead and go check that 608 00:21:05,414 --> 00:21:05,914 out. 609 00:21:06,299 --> 00:21:07,500 But, yeah, me and me and my brother 610 00:21:07,500 --> 00:21:09,019 Ray, we we are taking over the podcast. 611 00:21:09,019 --> 00:21:10,240 If you guys don't know 612 00:21:10,539 --> 00:21:12,460 yet, we're we we really wanna just continue 613 00:21:12,460 --> 00:21:13,360 for our father. 614 00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:15,039 And, you know, we 615 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:16,700 this is actually a really it was actually 616 00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:18,140 really fun. I'm not gonna lie. It was 617 00:21:18,140 --> 00:21:19,980 nice stepping into my dad's world and getting 618 00:21:19,980 --> 00:21:21,840 an idea of how he found his articles 619 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:24,035 and, you know, setting up his camera and 620 00:21:24,035 --> 00:21:26,755 his audio and, you know, delivering you guys 621 00:21:26,755 --> 00:21:27,815 the news. So, 622 00:21:28,195 --> 00:21:29,575 we're gonna keep doing this, 623 00:21:30,115 --> 00:21:30,934 and if 624 00:21:31,394 --> 00:21:32,994 our goal was to get into 2,000. K? 625 00:21:32,994 --> 00:21:33,955 If you guys don't know, we wanna get 626 00:21:33,955 --> 00:21:35,714 into 2,000 episodes. And if we still have 627 00:21:35,714 --> 00:21:37,154 fun doing it, we're gonna continue. If we 628 00:21:37,154 --> 00:21:39,009 don't have fun, we're gonna follow our dad's 629 00:21:39,009 --> 00:21:41,009 philosophy because my dad always told you guys 630 00:21:41,009 --> 00:21:42,369 that if you guys were not if he 631 00:21:42,369 --> 00:21:43,570 wasn't having fun with it, he was gonna 632 00:21:43,570 --> 00:21:45,410 quit. And he didn't quit. And it's like 633 00:21:45,410 --> 00:21:47,809 he literally did podcasting till the day he 634 00:21:47,809 --> 00:21:49,190 passed. Right? So, 635 00:21:49,730 --> 00:21:51,345 we're gonna we're gonna continue it for him. 636 00:21:51,345 --> 00:21:52,944 It was really fun. I'm really excited to 637 00:21:52,944 --> 00:21:54,085 see see what's to come. 638 00:21:54,464 --> 00:21:56,464 I'm back in I'm back in Hawaii on 639 00:21:56,464 --> 00:21:58,704 the Island Of Oahu, and Ray is back 640 00:21:58,704 --> 00:22:00,625 in Portland. We might do shows together. We 641 00:22:00,625 --> 00:22:02,144 might do shows separately. It's gonna be a 642 00:22:02,144 --> 00:22:04,065 fun time. You know, we're really excited for 643 00:22:04,065 --> 00:22:05,664 this this next step in the journey. We 644 00:22:05,664 --> 00:22:07,319 really hope you guys stick along and keep 645 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,559 listening to Geek News Central and supporting us. 646 00:22:09,559 --> 00:22:11,079 We just wanna thank you guys again for 647 00:22:11,079 --> 00:22:13,179 listening. Thank you GoDaddy for supporting, 648 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:15,740 being a being a sponsor of the show. 649 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,399 And, yeah, we really hope you guys have 650 00:22:17,399 --> 00:22:18,480 a great rest of your week. Just leave 651 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,555 a comment or two, talk about dad, you 652 00:22:20,555 --> 00:22:22,654 can talk about the episode, any any critiques, 653 00:22:22,714 --> 00:22:25,195 constructive criticism, it goes a long way. We're 654 00:22:25,195 --> 00:22:26,634 just starting up on podcasting, so we hope 655 00:22:26,634 --> 00:22:28,234 to hear you guys advice or if anybody 656 00:22:28,234 --> 00:22:29,355 has advice. But, yeah. 657 00:22:29,755 --> 00:22:31,375 It's been a it's been a fun episode. 658 00:22:31,622 --> 00:22:33,861 Hope you guys enjoyed the articles again, and 659 00:22:33,861 --> 00:22:35,781 we will see you in the next one. 660 00:22:35,781 --> 00:22:37,081 Have a great rest of your week, everyone. 661 00:22:37,142 --> 00:22:37,801 Bye bye.