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TechLinked

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

Fortnite Pay-outs, RTX 5050 GDDR6, DDR4 Price Hikes + More!

NEWS SOURCES: https://shorturl.at/Wut2o TIME STAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:14 Fortnite owes gamers1:13 RTX 5050 GDDR?2:03 DDR4 is EXPENSIVE3:45 Chinese CPUs getting better4:18 BSOD turns Black4:56 Mario Kart changes5:29 Google Doppl6:03 Apple allows alternate app stores Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 28, 20257 min

Mass layoffs, dbrand's Killswitch Woes, AI Training Isn't Piracy? + More!

Mass layoffs, AI court cases, and unsatisfied customers are all the rage today, but you know what else is cool? Noctua's got a new fan coming out. Heck ya. NEWS SOURCES: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1616193-mass-layoffs-dbrands-killswitch-woes-ai-training-isnt-piracy-more/ ► GET MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► GET A VPN: https://www.piavpn.com/TechLinked ► LISTEN TO THE TECH NEWS: https://lmg.gg/TLPodcast ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES...

Jun 26, 20256 min

Robotaxi launch, 800W 5090, IRL Adblock + More!

NEWS SOURCES: Look Ma, No Hands https://www.theverge.com/tesla/691061/yep-thats-a-tesla-robotaxi-driving-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-road https://www.theverge.com/news/690846/tesla-robotaxi-first-reaction-austin https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwnlje3yp1o https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-tiptoes-into-long-promised-robotaxi-service-2025-06-22/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s-h0YXtF0c&t=420s https://www.tesla.com/robotaxi It’s Pronounced Giraffics Sard https://you...

Jun 24, 20256 min

Next-gen Xbox, Switch 2 online bans, Nexusmods buyer revealed + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 BEHOLD I BRING TECH TIDINGS 0:11 Next Xbox w/ other game stores? 2:03 Switch 2 Mig Flash online bans 2:58 Nexusmods buyer revealed: Chosen 4:07 Vessi! 4:46 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:54 Steam Overlay spots fake frames 5:22 TikTok ban deadline extended 5:50 Search Live, video prompts in Gemini 6:21 Honda launches, lands rocket 6:52 Generalist robots, lab quail candles NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/QKvJj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 19, 20259 min

Trump Mobile, Windows Hello downgrade, Online Ad changes + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 C'mon pull up a stool 0:10 Trump Mobile, T1 Phone 1:51 Windows Hello in the dark, Vista sound 2:57 TikTok AI Ads, WhatsApp ads, Reddit ads 4:02 Ground News! 5:02 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:11 Intel Nova Lake-S, Core 5 120F 5:52 Switch 2 sleep, ethernet port issue 6:38 23andMe founder buys assets back 7:12 Etsy cracks down on 3D-printed stuff 7:40 Nexusmods sold NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/NHhgP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 17, 20259 min

Anker recall, Intel Battlemage G31, AI-generated NBA ad + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 you had me worried SICK 0:16 Anker recall, Google Cloud outage 1:30 Intel Battlemage G31, Ryzen 5 5500X3D 2:56 NBA finals AI ad, Meta AI public feed 5:16 Micro Center! 5:55 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:00 Switch 2 graphics mod 6:38 It's real life Watch Dogs 7:08 Pirelli Cyber Tires 7:48 Spaceballs 2 lol r u kidding me NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/b0uyk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 14, 20259 min

Nvidia N1x spotted, Android 16 on Pixels, Big AI developments + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 i just think that's so cool 0:12 Nvidia N1x Arm CPU spotted 1:16 Android 16 on Pixels - open source still? 2:43 AI deals, lawsuits, and exploits 4:40 Sharge! 5:27 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:38 Switch 2 sales record, battery bug 6:15 China-US trade agreement 6:51 EVGA mobos borking GPUs 7:18 Google Beam device: HP Dimension 7:49 centipede farming robots, of course NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/mujzC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 12, 20259 min

Apple WWDC 2025 Round-up, ROG Xbox Ally X + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 WWDC 2025 - Liquid Glass design 1:03 iPadOS 26, new windowing system 2:26 macOS 26 (macOS Tahoe) 3:52 iOS 26 5:43 watchOS, visionOS, tvOS 6:15 Odoo! 7:06 These aren't really 'Quick' Bits today 7:13 ROG Xbox Ally X 8:36 So many game announcements 8:56 Another RTX 5090 fake-out NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/N3JtO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 10, 202511 min

Switch 2 exploit, YouTube Premium Lite ads, Musk/Trump fallout + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 at a loss here 0:08 Switch 2 exploit discovered 1:56 YouTube Premium Lite ads on Shorts 2:39 Big Beautiful Bro Breakup 4:33 Jawa! 5:15 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:25 OpenAI doesn't want to keep data 6:07 Samsung lock-screen AI ads with your face 6:34 Japanese lander crashes into moon 6:57 Apple arguing with EU over a comma 7:41 Foodies commenting MEATBALL NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/hKEPx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 07, 20259 min

Switch 2 early release, RX 9060 XT reviews, Meta de-anonymizing + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 Nintendo not a linus fan i guess 1:22 RTX 9060 XT 16GB Reviews 2:22 Meta, Yandex de-anonymizing users 3:31 Hoverpen Interstellar! 4:39 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:45 Witcher 4 Unreal Engine footage 5:23 Crocodilus Android malware 5:57 CPU cooler on a GTX 960 6:25 Milky Way and Andromeda might miss NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/Z0y6E Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 05, 20258 min

Microsoft's USB-C Fix, Nvidia's Gaming APU, leaked 9060 XT review + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 im a professional 0:11 Microsoft's fix for USB-C confusion 1:38 Nvidia's Arm APU this year? 3:09 leaked RX 9060 XT review 4:44 DeleteMe! 5:19 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:26 RTX 5090s swapped for backpacks 6:11 XChat encryption 6:46 Apple appeals EU ruling 7:30 Switch 2 protective film warning 8:00 Neuralink competitor succesful test NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/19g2E Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jun 03, 20259 min

Xbox Handheld delayed, Google AI wins/losses, Meta/Anduril collab + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 we all got a guy 0:12 Xbox handheld delayed, SteamOS threat 2:08 Google AI wins, failtures 3:35 Meta, Palmer Luckey collab 5:18 SignalRGB! 5:58 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:08 NYT AI deal with Amazon 6:46 RX 9060 XT 8GB, 16GB differences 7:27 Hugging Face open-source robots 8:01 E-tattoos detect mental strain NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/2pUGp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 31, 202510 min

Windows Update for all apps, Discord Orbs, EU Apple ruling + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 you'll see. you'll all see 0:10 Windows Update for all apps 1:16 Discord Orbs 2:35 EU finds Apple non-compliant with DMA 3:50 Ground News! 4:50 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:59 New Intel Battlemage GPU IDs 5:29 Texas passes age verification law 6:01 Leftover wacky Computex things 6:38 Starship flies atop re-used Super Heavy 7:18 Odyssey AI game 'not a game' NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/uVUAu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 29, 20259 min

Apple "Solarium", SteamOS outperforms W11, o3 prevents shutdown + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 i care about KNAHLEDGE 0:10 Apple 'Solarium' at WWDC 1:14 SteamOS outperforms W11 2:17 OpenAI o3 prevents own shutdown 3:08 Notta! 4:11 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:22 ASRock BIOS, 12VHPWR burn again 5:01 Gabe Newell's Neuralink competitor 5:36 Pixel 10 leak 5:59 Switch 2 supports USB Mice 6:33 Humanoid Robot kickboxing match NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/UIsHW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 27, 20258 min

SteamOS update, OpenAI hardware, Veo 3, Claude 4 + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 honestly i still don't know 0:09 SteamOS update for 3rd party devices! 1:29 OpenAI buys Jony Ive's company 2:46 Veo 3 goes viral, Claude 4 4:07 Scentbird! 5:24 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:31 Xiaomi Xring O1 6:14 Intel Arc B770 lives 7:08 Mozilla kills Pocket, Fakespot 7:48 Wacky Computex stuff! NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/SSldf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 24, 202510 min

RX 9060 XT, Computex, Google AI news + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 it's been a day 0:14 RX 9060 XT, RTX 5060 2:03 Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB 2:57 Google I/O - Veo 3 video model 4:10 Google's "available now" stuff 5:47 Google's "not available yet" stuff 6:39 UPDF ! 7:28 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:35 Microsoft Build 2025 8:22 Fortnite back on US App Store 9:10 Huawei Matebook Fold 9:35 Noctua x Pulsar mouse with fan NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/CkpBB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 22, 202511 min

Fortnite/App Store Shenanigans, Computex GPUs, Grok's breakdown + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 See ya on Wed, May 21 0:09 Epic's plan for Apple to block Fortnite 3:29 Intel Arc Pro B60, RX 9060 XT 4:27 OpenAI Codex, Grok's breakdown 5:50 MSI! 6:41 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:47 Spotify podcast play counts 7:14 The Steam data breach that wasn't 7:41 Australian rocket top fell off 8:07 BREAKING: Vader is bad guy NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/oRJxT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 17, 202510 min

Intel Arc B770 / B780, Android 16 features, AI regulation + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 an attempt was made 0:06 Intel Arc B770 / B780 confirmed? 1:40 Google AI Mode, Android anti-scam 3:27 Wacky AI regulation news 5:05 War Thunder! 5:54 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:02 Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge 6:57 Switch 2 tech specs analysis 7:34 VPNSecure cancels lifetime subs 7:59 HBO Max again, Uber Route Share 8:31 wacky inflatable tube robot NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/5p8Dd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 15, 202510 min

'Curved iPhone', Intel Arc 24GB card, China Tariffs paused + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 don't talk about my lips 0:09 Foldable, glass curved iPhones, what? 1:53 Intel Arc Pros, RTX 5050, Nvidia price hike 3:05 US-China tariffs paused, Copyright Office 4:40 Micro Center! 5:26 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:35 Samsung Odyssey G6 500Hz OLED 6:19 Whoop offers free upgrades again 7:08 Google Veo 2 on Honor 400 phones 7:58 Giant Bomb buys its freedom 8:20 Superwood stronger, lighter than steel NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/keRkt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

May 13, 202510 min

Nintendo will brick Switch, Nvidia withholds drivers, Apple/Google in court + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 but why male models? 0:15 Nintendo threatens to brick your Switch 1:37 RTX 5060 drivers being withheld 2:31 Apple still wants Google's money 4:30 Proton Mail! 5:21 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:28 AI video of man in court 6:11 Huawei's desktop HarmonyOS laptops 6:34 Confirmed Gamer Pope 7:04 'Chromebook Challenge' on TikTok NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/6Bxwa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 10, 20259 min

Xbox-branded handheld leak, New Surface devices, College AI crisis + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 pow pow! for king and country 0:06 Xbox 'Project Kennan' handheld leak 1:48 12-inch Surface Pro, 13-inch Surface Laptop 3:00 University AI crisis 4:21 Odoo! 5:22 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:32 RTX 5060, RX 9060 XT coming 6:07 Core Ultra 7 265K price cut, Core 2 Duo 6:42 Nvidia, Mediatek Arm PC chip 7:02 π0.5 powers household robots 7:34 Electrically-conducting bacteria NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/mOigB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 08, 20259 min

Skype shuts down, SpaceX company town, OpenAI for-profit reversal + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 The Iliad guy beat them to Homer tho 0:07 Microsoft shuts down Skype 1:33 SpaceX company town - Starbase, Texas 2:28 OpenAI profit, Gemini 4 kids, Meta AI 3:57 DeleteMe! 4:32 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:38 RTX 5060 Ti 8GB on PCIe 4.0 5:14 Windows 11 24H2 forced update 5:48 it's a hover bike! 5:58 Worldcoin's eye-scanning orbs in US 6:40 Nintendo sues Genki 7:03 Cerabyte glass storage, punished NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/AeTwX Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

May 06, 20259 min

Apple forced into huge iOS changes, De Minimis fallout + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 Major iOS App Store ruling 3:20 De Minimis rule ended 4:38 Ohsnap! 5:22 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:30 BGM-31 Battlemage GPU? 6:08 Aurora self-driving Class 8 trucks 6:32 Giant Bomb, Polygon layoffs 7:14 Cyborg cicadas, for some reason NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/hrFPm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 03, 20259 min

Blurred YT thumbs, TSMC + tariffs, Meta + Wikipedia AI + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 why do they have to fight tho 0:15 YouTube tests blurred thumbs 2:04 TSMC limits US involvement, tariff news 3:24 Meta AI app, Wikipedia AI, etc 5:48 Opera! 7:00 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:07 Switch dual game loophole closed 7:40 Android 16 UI, Sidephone 8:17 Google Search in danger 8:55 Raw Ring NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/MUw6e Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

May 01, 202511 min

Wii Homebrew Channel archived, European blackout, AI studies + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 eyes on the prize 0:12 Wii Homebrew Channel 'shuts down' 1:21 Spain, Portugal power outage 2:42 Two wacky AI studies 4:34 Ground News! 5:40 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:46 Nest Thermostat argument 6:26 Meta's chatbots are inappropriate 7:18 RTX 5080 Super, 5070 Super 7:53 Should we send seniors to space? NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/cQHdc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 29, 202510 min

Recall returns, Everybody Wants Chrome, YouTube AI Overviews + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 Watch Andor or ur not my friend 0:08 Windows Recall re-rolls out 2:04 Yahoo, Perplexity want Chrome 3:44 New YouTube UI, AI Overviews 4:48 DeleteMe! 5:23 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:28 Gigabyte responds to gel issues 6:02 Switch 2 preorders were a mess 6:42 Facebook 'spam' crackdown 7:09 Slate Truck, $20K EV truck NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/uL84k Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 26, 20259 min

OpenAI wants Chrome, Intel '200S Boost', AI 'Cluely' ad + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 ooooh i've had enough of you 0:12 OpenAI would buy Chrome 2:00 Intel '200S Boost' OC with warranty 3:08 AI roundup: Cluely, G-Assist, AvatarFX 5:14 boot.dev! 6:22 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:30 Trade war delays Tesla Optimus 7:22 EU fines Apple, Meta 7:55 Zuckerberg: maybe delete ur FB friends 8:26 we could get stretchy chips NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/k4iaa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 24, 202510 min

Chinese shopping apps, ChatGPT o3 acting weird, Meta trial + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 cuttin it close 0:06 Americans love Chinese apps 1:43 Gemini, ChatGPT o3 weirdness 4:24 Micro Center! 5:03 Linus please 5:31 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:36 Synology's hard drive favoritism 6:05 Discord sued, testing facial scans 6:47 Google adtech, Meta antitrust trials 7:45 sick photo spaceship NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/4JBdB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 19, 20259 min

RTX 5060 Ti launch, Chip export restrictions, OpenAI social network + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 oh mama 0:13 RTX 5060 Ti launch 2:05 Nvidia, AMD need chip export license 3:13 OpenAI social network, o3, o4-mini 4:36 Vessi! 5:12 LTTStore Shipstorm! 5:42 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:50 CVE database funding pulled, put back 6:43 4chan hacked 7:16 Extra quick bits 7:52 ROG XG Mobile confusion NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/oYOdN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 17, 202510 min
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