Screw It, 4090 Ti - June 26, 2023

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MAINS

 

OH LAWD SHE COMIN’?

Alleged 4090 Ti or Titan Ada Lovelace graphics card pictured once again

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-ti-titan-ada-graphics-card-pictured-once-again-massive-quad-slot-cooler/

Massive 4-slot heatsink https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/massive_nvidia_rtx_40_series_heatsink_design_leaks_-_an_rtx_4090_ti_or_titan_cooler/1

4060 leaked 3D Mark score show 23% better performance than 306 12GB https://www.tomshardware.com/news/rtx-4060-leaked-3dmark-tests-show-23-percent-uplift-over-rtx-3060-12gb

Multiple AMD Radeon X 7600 models discounted days before 4060 launch https://www.notebookcheck.net/Multiple-Radeon-RX-7600-models-discounted-by-mentionable-margins-mere-days-before-release-of-RTX-4060.728367.0.html

 

YOUTUBE’S PLAYIN’ GAMES

YouTube reportedly tests adding playable games to its video platform

https://www.polygon.com/23773899/youtube-playables-google-stadia-cloud-gaming

According to report by WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-youtube-is-testing-an-online-games-offering-16d1e772

Games will be accessed through iOS/Android apps or through browser site

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/26/23773922/youtube-playables-games-app-web-desktop

What Stack Bounce probably is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stack.bounce&hl=en_ZA

Google did previously say they hadn’t giving up on gaming entirely https://www.androidpolice.com/google-gaming-internal-testing-youtube-playables/

 

THE FTC WON’T LET ME BE

Microsoft hints at $399.99 price for rumoured PS5 Slim and $300 price for PlayStation’s Project Q

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2023/06/26/ps5-slim-handheld-project-q-price-microsoft-ftc-court/

Might be reference to rumoured PS5 with detachable disc drive https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rumored-ps5-slim-with-detachable-disc-drive-is-not-more-powerful-report/1100-6510604/

MSFT lawyers also refer to Q as “handheld version of PlayStation 5” https://wccftech.com/project-q-handheld-playstation-5/

Phil Spencer says Microsoft bought ZeniMax to prevent Starfield being PS5 exclusive

https://www.pcgamer.com/phil-spencer-says-microsoft-bought-bethesda-to-prevent-starfield-being-playstation-exclusive/

Claimed Sony uses revenue from Xbox games for exclusivity deals

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/ftc-vs-xbox-sony-uses-revenue-from-microsofts-games-to-block-games-from-coming-to-xbox

 

QUICK BITS

INFLATION IS HITTING EVERYONE SMH

The cost of NASA’s Mars Return Sample Mission is ballooning

https://spacenews.com/nasa-identifies-potential-major-cost-growth-in-mars-sample-return/

Launching “Sample Retriever Lander” in 2028 (ideally) to collect samples from Perseverance rover, but mistakes have been made; may need different solution if rover is non-responsive by time SRL lands

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/06/the-mars-sample-return-mission-is-starting-to-give-nasa-sticker-shock/

Also, inflation

https://lmg.gg/34nHD

 

GOOGLE SWEARS THEY GOT IT THIS TIME

Google DeepMind’s CEO says its next algorithm with surpass ChatGPT

https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-demis-hassabis-chatgpt/

Called Gemini, is an LLM that will be combined with techniques used in AlphaGo to add planning and problem-solving abilities https://venturebeat.com/ai/more-details-emerge-about-google-deepmind-efforts-to-surpass-chatgpt/

The Company may even be using YouTube to train Gemini https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/how-youtube-may-help-google-beat-openai-in-artificial-intelligence-war/articleshow/101001496.cms

 

NO ONE CAN GET ENOUGH OF PLUS SIGNS, APPARENTLY

Meta announces “Quest Plus” subscription service

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/26/23774014/meta-quest-plus-games-subscription-vr

Video Announcement, two titles /month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPvA1gJUAEg

Like PlayStation Plus, you don’t get to choose the games https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/26/meta-quest-launches-vr-subscription/

 

THE BOBBIES ARE A BIT MIFFED

UK Police blame Android SOS feature for uptick in false emergency calls

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65962942

Phone calls may be silent but operators still need to spend time assessing if someone is in danger https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/android-emergency-sos-police-warning-999-call-b2359083.html While it has been on Pixels for two years, just expanded to other Android phones https://www.techspot.com/news/99194-uk-police-blame-android-sos-feature-after-inundated.html

 

COFFEE SHOPS REJOICE! YOU DELIVER PACKAGES NOW!

Amazon recruiting small businesses to perform local deliveries for them

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/26/amazon-hub-delivery-local-small-biz

must deliver 30 packages a day on average https://gizmodo.com/amazon-prime-day-bodega-deliveries-1850576552

$27,000 in earnings per year https://www.engadget.com/amazon-will-use-small-businesses-to-help-deliver-packages-in-the-us-132503498.html