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TechLinked

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A thrice-weekly news show about tech + gaming culture
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Episodes

Steam AI debate, Nvidia skips GPU VRAM, EU vs. tech scams + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 Hola 0:10 Steam AI game labelling debate 1:46 Nvidia stops bundling GPU VRAM 3:09 EU's new tech scam rules 4:16 dbrand! 4:57 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:07 Intel could make Apple chips 5:54 AI won't replace Nvidia jobs 6:52 Apple Podcasts creepy behavior 7:28 Taiwan raids former TSMC exec's homes 8:04 Researchers discover 'pain switch' NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/CxA8O Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 29, 202510 min

RAM Kit Price-ocalypse, Honey lawsuit dismissed, Warner Music/Suno deal + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 hold on still booting 0:16 RAM kit prices are out of control 1:59 Honey class action lawsuit dismissed 3:30 Warner Music settles Suno AI lawsuit 4:43 Vessi! 5:42 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:52 Android-based Aluminium OS 6:43 Windows app Updates, ClickFix attack 7:24 ROG Xbox Ally optimized game profiles 8:04 Character AI Stories for teens 8:38 China trials humanoid robot security NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/HMABl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 27, 202510 min

Windows users switch to 'Zorin OS', Steam Machine price, Gmail AI training + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 good morning !! 0:15 780K Windows users switch to Zorin OS 1:47 Valve's Steam Machine price comments 3:12 Google clarifies AI training Gmail stuff 4:35 Rove Lab! 5:25 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:35 Stellantis in-car ads 6:09 Neumann Virtual Immersive Studio 6:51 Meta's 17-strike ban threshold 7:35 AI tricked by adversarial poetry 8:23 Paradromics brain chip, ocean trash-bot NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/nPJS7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 25, 202510 min

AirDrop supports Android, Qualcomm might ruin Arduino, Laptops get worse + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 livin' in the past 0:10 Google forces AirDrop to support Android 1:32 Qualcomm's new Terms worry Arduino lovers 2:50 HP, Dell disable laptop HEVC support 4:07 UPDF! 5:13 QUICK BITS INTRO! 5:21 Xbox Fullscreen Experience on all W11 PCs 6:01 Sturnus Android malware 6:38 Meta ordered to pay Spanish media outlets 7:25 an embryo gene editing startup? 8:16 Grok praises Elon Musk NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/X4iIu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 22, 202510 min

'Agentic' Windows double-down, Epic Games/Unity collab, Pebble vs Rebble + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 if you heard it your head would explode 0:10 Microsoft explains 'agentic' Windows 1:41 Unreal Engine x Unity's Epic collab 2:41 Pebble, Rebble feud over app store 4:13 WOLFBOX! 5:16 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:24 Cloudflare outage 6:03 AMD FSR Redstone, possible GPU price hike 7:01 Google launches Gemini 3 7:35 People entering Russia hit by 24-hour data blackout 8:08 TikTok AI content slider NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/ICDDV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 20, 202510 min

Mac Pro dead, W10 workaround gone, AI bubble things + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 CEOs = Trash Panda-touilles 0:11 Apple cans Mac Pro, delays iPhone Air 2 1:44 Windows activation loophole closed 2:48 AI Bubble fears intensify 4:38 Ohsnap! 5:23 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:33 Obsolete Nest Thermostats still send data 6:12 Google, Samsung flagging battery-draining apps 6:40 Belkin recalling iPhone stand, power banks 7:22 Netflix party games using phone as controller 8:03 Teams blocks screenshots NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/s8QzK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Nov 18, 202510 min

Google's sideloading backtrack, Vine RETURNS (sort of), Claude is a hacker + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 many chlorians died for this information 0:17 Google backtracks on sideloading restriction 1:54 Vine IS BACK, kind of, as 'diVine' 3:36 Anthropic: Claude totally hacked stuff 5:10 Micro Center! 6:07 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:16 Firefox building 'AI Window' 7:02 Microsoft fixes W10 update enrollment 7:47 Tesla recalls 10,000 Powerwall 2 batteries 8:20 ChatGPT group chats, Whatsapp interoperability 9:14 Smart bandage a-Heal heals with electricity NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/3ad7r Learn ...

Nov 15, 202511 min

New Steam Machine, Steam Controller, Steam Frame + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 not enough people talking about this 0:13 Steam Controller, Steam Machine 2025 1:38 Steam Frame VR headset 3:27 OpenAI loses German copyright case 4:57 dbrand! 5:41 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:51 Bricked Nest devices saved? 6:28 Windows evolving into 'agentic OS' 7:07 Japan-only PS5 7:55 Injectable brain chips 8:29 Russian robot falls, Chinese robots do not NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/ijgPZ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 13, 202510 min

New W11 Start Menu, Fake Ryzen benchmarks, YouTube TV vs Disney + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 i have no idea what i just said 0:20 Windows 11 new Start menu, influencer marketing 1:53 Ryzen 7 9700X3D fake, Ryzen 5 7500X3D real 3:14 YouTube TV, Disney battle 4:07 Odoo!! 5:02 QUICK BITS INTRO! 5:12 SanDisk NAND prices hike 50% 5:48 over 500 legal misuses of AI 6:32 UK investigates possible bus remote shutoff 7:16 Death Stranding exoskeleton NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/S9CBd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 11, 20259 min

New Siri = Gemini, Elon's $1 Trillion, Twitter ghost traffic + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 drink the news goo and be happy 0:11 Apple's $1B Gemini deal for Siri 1:07 Elon's $1T pay package 2:37 Twitter preloads 'ghost traffic' 3:46 Ground News! 4:37 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:53 GTA 6 delayed again 5:31 Meta weighs scam ad profits 6:22 Hyundai IT services breach 7:04 Tinder's camera-roll-scanning feature NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/Yufc7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 08, 20259 min

Google/Epic Games Settlement, YouTube (fixes) mistakes, Stop Killing Games UK hearing + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 AI makes me anxious 0:14 Google, Epic Games Play Store settlement 1:37 YouTube behaving badly... then fixing it 2:41 Stop Killing Games UK debate 4:25 War Thunder! 5:19 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:31 Google space data centers, Gemini in Maps 6:20 Apple making budget Macbook 7:00 Amazon sues Perplexity 8:00 PS5 / PC Cross-buy, PS Portal cloud streaming 8:40 Jeep PHEV recall NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/iVhr8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 06, 202510 min

"Update and Shut Down" bug fixed, AMD GPU followup, Google pulls Gemma + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 i still don’t believe this is real 0:13 Microsoft fixes “Update and Shut Down” bug 1:44 AMD clarifies RDNA 1, 2 driver situation 3:01 Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio 4:28 DeleteMe! 4:59 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:07 Apple launches App Store for the Web 5:47 Hackers, Crime rings work together 6:38 Snapmaker 3D U1 Printer on sale 7:21 SpaceX, Besxar to make chips in orbit 8:22 ‘Sunlight on Demand’ NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/3BPEq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Nov 04, 202510 min

Ryzen renames CPUs, Some Discord accounts hacked, Australia sues Microsoft + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 it's almost halloween i guess 0:19 AMD renames, rebadges older laptop CPUs 1:17 RedTiger-based Discord account hack 2:20 Australia sues Microsoft 3:31 War Thunder! 4:24 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:34 Fujitsu laptops with Blu-ray drives 5:21 Cooler Master walks back repair instructions 6:12 NHTSA investigate's Tesla's Mad Max mode 7:03 Microsoft files $4.7 in OpenAI losses under 'other' 8:03 Mushrooms as memristors! NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/mXOat Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Oct 28, 202510 min

CS2 item market implosion, Clippy returns, Xbox issues (Halo on PS5) + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 ooooh it's gettin spicy 0:10 Valve's Steam update ganks CS2 market 1:19 Microsoft responds to ChatGPT Atlas with Clippy 2:54 Xbox Profits + Halo on PS5 4:36 Rove Lab! 5:25 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:35 Apple threatens to withhold privacy feature 6:11 Apple will help you switch to Android? 6:47 Memory prices hiked 30% 7:18 Nike Project Amplify 7:48 Poker fraud used X-ray tables, smart glasses NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/rci1Y Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Oct 25, 202510 min

Samsung Galaxy XR, ChatGPT Atlas, AWS outage fallout + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 don't ya hate when that happens 0:13 Samsung Galaxy XR 1:33 ChatGPT Atlas web browser 3:03 AWS outage fallout, Amazon robot workers 4:26 Odoo! 5:20 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:33 First Nvidia Blackwell GPU made in U.S. 6:14 YouTube rolls out AI 'likeness' detection 7:06 Study finds 45% of chatbot news results suck 7:44 Bionic eye implant 8:33 Breakthrough in butt breathing NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/5cIOb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Oct 23, 202511 min

Massive AWS outage, Meta studies IG teens, Xbox hardware news + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 I'm like Bryan Johnson but healthier 0:10 AWS outage takes out huge chunk of internet 1:19 Meta researches how bad IG is 2:40 Xbox blames Ally X price on ASUS 3:50 UGREEN Magflow! 4:39 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:51 Plane maybe struck by space debris? 5:50 Hackers stole govt agent records 6:36 China accuses US in National Time Center hack 7:32 Microsoft denies data center negative effects 8:30 Kohler Dekoda analyzes your...movements NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/BgLlX Learn more about you...

Oct 21, 202510 min

Steam's massive rise in player count, New OpenAI restrictions + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 Not Picard; Picard-OH 0:12 Steam user count nearly doubled in 5 years 1:20 New OpenAI restrictions, FB auto-editing 2:58 Ground News! 3:53 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:14 iPhone Air, Galaxy S26 Edge sales low 5:03 Google throws shade at Microsoft 365 5:49 Uber drivers can do 'microtasks' for AI 6:43 PayPal partner's stablecoin mints $300 trillion NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/VonPb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Oct 18, 20258 min

Apple M5, Xbox Ally reviews, ChatGPT uncensored + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 sorry maybe next time 0:11 Apple M5 iPad Pro, Macbook Pro, Vision Pro 1:41 ROG Xbox Ally X reviews, leaks 3:19 ChatGPT restrictions lifted 5:16 Vessi x LMG giveaway! 6:01 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:13 Windows 10 support ends 6:54 Nvidia DGX Spark launches 7:24 Pixel 10 Pro Fold explodes, ft JerryRigEverything 8:03 Anduril EagleEye smart helmet NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/1d144 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Oct 16, 202510 min

PS6 GPU tech, Intel Panther Lake/Xess 3, Discord breach update + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 your music education starts here 0:15 Sony, AMD reveal Playstation 6 GPU tech 1:28 Intel unveils Panther Lake, XeSS 3 MFG 3:17 Discord says hackers are lying 4:38 Thorum! 5:33 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:43 Apple, Google plan for Texas age checks 6:36 California passes two laws 7:22 Battlefield 6 launch issues 7:54 South Korea loses 858TB of govt data 8:58 Figure 03 household robot NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/AR7EE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Oct 11, 202511 min

Windows 11 local account crackdown, Qualcomm buys Arduino. Synology backtracks + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 Soren K didn't have that sigma grindset 0:14 Win11 local account loopholes blocked 1:39 Qualcomm acquires Arduino 3:05 Synology walks back verified drives policy 4:27 Micro Center! 5:21 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:31 Nintendo sues Reddit mod for $4.5M 6:21 Logitech shutting down POP smart buttons 7:08 Steam, Xbox, Playstation all hit by DDoS 7:59 Sora 2's copyright drama 8:54 Neuralink patient controls robot arm NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/RWh1P Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Oct 09, 202511 min

Discord exposes govt IDs, New Xbox consoles coming, OpenAI x AMD + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 Warning: I say Na'vi wrong 0:18 Discord breach exposes IDs 1:15 New Xbox consoles ARE coming 2:52 OpenAI invests in AMD 4:29 DeleteMe! 5:05 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:19 InTeL CoRe uLtRa X CPUs 6:11 Switch 2 uses two DLSS versions 6:56 OpenAI, Jony Ive AI device struggles 7:43 Call of Duty anti-cheat is doin' great 8:42 Japan's chicken-defense laser drones NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/3bgX3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Oct 08, 202510 min

Sora App #1, Android sideloading details, ICEblock app pulled + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 James' Anatomy 0:15 Sora No. 1 on App Store 1:33 Google addresses Android sideloading 2:31 Apple removes ICEblock app 3:27 Squarespace! 4:12 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:21 Tesla Cybertruck door lawsuit 5:12 Nvidia GPU overheating solution 5:55 Quantum computing 2-hour breakthrough 6:50 Cyberattack depletes Asahi beer in Japan 7:39 Computer mouse records audio NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/EnHYL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Oct 04, 20259 min

Windows 7 usage spike, OpenAI's Sora app, Meta AI chat data + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 hit the 'Links with some bros 0:15 Windows 7 'market share' spike 2:02 OpenAI's new 'Sora' video slop app 3:31 Meta training on AI chat data 4:17 Gemini for Home, Nothing AI app store 5:05 War Thunder! 5:47 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:57 UK demands Apple backdoor again 6:49 Xbox Game Pass price hike, 1440p cloud gaming 7:37 Qualcomm wins against Arm again in court 8:12 new Intel Arc drivers help CPU overhead issue 8:57 Charlotte home-building spider robot NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/plg...

Oct 02, 202511 min

EA acquired, Snapdragon Elite X2 benchmarks, ChatGPT parental controls + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 does this make any sense 0:19 EA acquired in $55B deal 1:21 Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme benchmarks 2:42 ChatGPT parental controls, Instant Checkout 4:08 Proton! 5:05 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:17 RTX 50 Super series 5:56 ASUS starts to fix ROG laptop stuttering 6:39 Apple's internal Siri chatbot app 7:19 Microsoft introduces 'vibe working' 8:09 Skyrim Grandma retires NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/yo6Or Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 30, 202510 min

Windows 10 EU changes, Xbox Handheld/Console news, Unstoppable Robots + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 breathe it in. breathe it in deep 0:15 Win10 updates truly free in Europe 1:49 ROG Xbox Ally prices, consoles gone from stores 3:01 Skild robot brains, Gemini Robotics, ChatGPT Pulse 4:47 Micro Center! 5:32 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:44 Intel wants Apple investment 6:27 OnePlus SMS vulnerability 7:09 Amazon to pay $2.5B settlement 7:57 Nintendo of America chief Doug Bowser steps down NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/jxAgg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 27, 202510 min

Android for PC, Snapdragon X2 Elite EXTREME, Steam malware + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 Tune in to CakeLinked 0:18 Android on PC confirmed 1:29 Snapdragon X2 Elite, X2 Elite Extreme 2:17 Steam distributed malware 3:28 Nvidia and OpenAI investment, Stargate data centers 5:18 CookUnity! 6:28 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:42 Microsoft's microfluidic chip cooling 7:11 Vehicle-to-grid pilot program 7:55 Logitech K980 solar-powered keyboard 8:37 Origin Code fan-cooled DDR5 kits NEWS SOURCES: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1623492-android-for-pc-snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-steam-ma...

Sep 25, 202510 min

Microsoft scared of AI, GPD Win 5 price/perf, iPhone 17 'Scratchgate' + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 i’ve got tech news, and it’s terminal 0:14 AI scares Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella 1:25 GPD Win 5 with Strix Halo price, performance 2:44 iPhone 17 #Scratchgate 4:09 Rove Lab! 5:02 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:15 TikTok deal details 5:55 Jensen confirms Nvidia N1 6:43 Lenovo cancels some Legion Go 2 preorders 7:17 EU airports recovering from cyberattack 7:58 Pope says NO AI POPE! NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/NqjQC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 23, 20259 min

Intel-Nvidia partnership, Meta Ray-Ban Display, Win11 'Xbox Mode' + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 seriously where's the beef, man 0:13 Nvidia invests $5B in Intel, joint chips 1:28 Meta Ray-Ban Display, Meta Connect demos 3:28 Windows 11 'Xbox Mode' leaked 4:23 Sharge! 5:15 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:25 Samsung fridges get ads now 5:57 Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike mouse 6:32 Nothing Ear (3) earbuds case Super Mic 6:59 Nanoleaf 6-in-1 Light Therapy Wand NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/V5Gw7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 20, 20259 min

Adblock update caused low views, Google's Windows Search + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 authenticity is so so important 0:11 Adblock caused YouTube low views 2:39 Google Windows app 'Spotlight'-like search 3:41 War Thunder! 4:34 QUICK BITS 4:51 Meta Connect + Steam Frame? 5:32 Tesla settles Autopilot lawsuit 6:16 AMD Ryzen 5 5600F, another AM4 CPU 6:51 SK Hynix DDR5 vulnerable to Rowhammer 7:24 Casio Moflin launching in US Oct 1st NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/EXcwf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 18, 20259 min

YouTube response to low-views, Switch emulator on Play Store, China vs Nvidia + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 whaddo I look like, some kinda Lord? 0:13 YouTube responds to low-view count issue 3:03 Switch emulator Eden on Play Store 4:17 China's Nvidia antitrust ruling 5:19 Ground News! 6:16 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:31 US says TikTok deal on with China 7:10 Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, for some reason 7:59 Penske Media sues Google over AI Overviews 8:47 TSMC makes honey now NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/wWxUz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Sep 16, 202510 min
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