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TechLinked

Linus Media Groupwww.youtube.com
A thrice-weekly news show about tech + gaming culture
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Episodes

YouTube 'fake' 90sec ads, CPU-Z/HWMonitor hack, France switches to Linux + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 you know it when you see it 0:10 YouTube TV 90sec ads, Premium hike 1:16 CPUID site hacked, CPU-Z, HWMonitor 2:33 French govt ditches Windows to Linux 4:30 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:39 Keychron releases source files 5:09 OpenAI also has dangerous AI 5:47 Take It Down Act first case 6:33 Brother sued over Blackberry patents 7:18 Honor MouseBuds Pro NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/rlqb5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 11, 20269 min

Anthropic Claude Mythos, Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, John Deere R2R settlement + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 let my tale be a warning to you 0:11 Anthropic Claude Mythos / Project Glasswing 1:52 Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme laptop 3:05 John Deere settles right to repair lawsuit 5:17 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:24 iPhone Fold dummy unit leak 6:04 Intel to join Elon's Terafab 6:40 Apple Silicon Macs get eGPU support 7:07 Wacky / cool Tennessee AI laws? 7:49 Milla Jovovich launches AI tool NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/Sr1NJ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 09, 202610 min

RAM prices down in China, Artemis II lunar fly-by, LinkedIn 'Browsergate' + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 Here's tech news molded into a bunny shape 0:12 Chinese RAM cheap, but Samsung ups price 1:31 Artemis II completes lunar fly-by 2:59 LinkedIn 'Browsergate' 5:07 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:16 Nvidia Neural Texture compression 6:03 Italian courts invalidates Netflix price hikes 6:39 OpenAI acquires TBPN 7:36 SpaceX IPO banks must use Grok 8:17 CRISPR gene editing to treat sickle cell illness NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/h1slF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 07, 202610 min

Iran threatens Big Tech, Open Source Woes, April Fool's Roundup + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 HAHAHAHAHA FUN 0:15 Big Tech under threat 1:52 AI putting Open Source at risk 3:31 April Fool's Roundup 6:34 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:49 Claude Code source code leak 7:37 Artemis II lunar mission launch 8:17 Oracle fires thousands of workers 9:08 Baidu robotaxis freeze on roads 9:59 Memory chips that work at 700 degrees NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/HJ1NI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Apr 02, 202612 min

W11 Search improvement, White House App, Apple Swift on Android + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 this is your captain speaking 0:13 Windows Search improvements on W11 1:57 The White House App 3:31 Apple's Swift comes to Android 5:15 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:24 Copilot injected ads on GitHub; fixed now? 5:58 Sony suspends memory card sales 6:43 AnimePlay app taken down 7:28 Wi-Fi, 100m underground NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/NNOSj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 31, 20269 min

Google TurboQuant, Mac Pro discontinued, Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 who knows what tech is, really 0:11 Google TurboQuant could help RAM crisis 2:04 Apple discontinues Mac Pro 3:35 Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 5:49 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:57 RCS 4.0 brings video calling 6:37 Apple gives FBI user email 7:34 PS5 price hikes, again 8:09 Wikipedia bans AI articles 8:45 Delivery robot smashes glass NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/bZeGh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 28, 202610 min

Sora shut down, Meta/YouTube Rulings, Arm AGI CPU + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 resisted Foghorn Leghorn voice 0:14 OpenAI shuts down Sora, Disney deal off 2:00 Meta, YouTube landmark rulings 4:00 Arm AGI CPU 6:23 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:38 Intel Arc Pro B70, B65 BATTLEMAGE 7:28 Wine 11 massively boosts Linux gaming 8:17 Ayaneo pulls NEXT 2 handheld from sale 8:57 FCC ban on foreign-made routers 9:40 Touchscreen-compatible nail polish NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/s0So6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 26, 202612 min

Arrow Lake Refresh reviews, Microsoft's get-better pledge, US AI Framework + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 come on, doctor's orders 0:13 Intel Core Ultra 270K Plus, 250K Plus 1:31 Win11 glitches but it'll get better 3:00 National AI Legislative Framework 5:17 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:27 Galaxy S26 series AirDrop support 5:56 GrapheneOS no personal information 6:27 Crunchroll hack 7:02 Modular, indestructible robot NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/v9Lr2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 24, 20269 min

Google changes headlines, Supermicro smuggling scandal, 24hr Android sideloading wait + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 do u ever feel like a muppet 0:11 Google Search AI editing headlines 2:00 Super Micro co-founder smuggling charges 3:47 Android sideloading 24-hour wait period 6:09 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:25 Meta Horizon Worlds VR stays alive 7:14 multi-country botnet takedown 8:14 Musician indicted for AI music fraud 9:08 DLSS 5 only sees 2D frame, thanks Daniel Owen 10:09 Cyborg cockroaches NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/fwQbj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 23, 202612 min

Jensen: DLSS haters 'completely wrong', AMD responds to Silicon-gate + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 DLSS 5 haters are 'completely wrong' - Jensen 3:02 AMD responds to Ryzen mislabeling 5:43 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:51 Intel Core Ultra 200HX Plus, precompiled shaders 6:25 Mozilla Firefox VPN 7:05 free Gemini Personal Intelligence 7:40 Samsung discontinues Galaxy Z Trifold 8:42 3D-printed shoulder-mounted launcher NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/TM8W1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 19, 202610 min

DLSS 5, Win11 C: drive issue, ASRock DDR4/5 motherboard + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 just give James a second 0:13 Nvidia DLSS 5 looks a bit... sloppy 1:50 Win11 C: drive bug on Samsung PCs 3:13 ASRock motherboard with DDR4 + DDR5 slots 5:50 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:02 Apple Airpods Max 2 6:39 Xbox One 'Bliss' Hack 7:23 Instagram loses E2E encryption 8:06 Pokemon Go helping delivery bots 8:45 Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition tease NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/iUSvu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 17, 202610 min

Firefox keeping Win7 alive, FBI investigates Steam games, Stryker cyberattack + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 little freeloaders 0:12 Firefox keeping Win7 alive, for a bit 1:31 FBI investigates Steam malware 3:31 Stryker Corporation cyberattack 6:38 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:56 Google Maps update 7:32 GFiber merges with Astound Broadband 8:20 Telus Digital data breach 9:19 Cybertruck FSD lawsuit 10:35 Alexa+ 'Sassy' mode NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/EURPm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 14, 202612 min

YouTube beats Disney, Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus, Meta buys Moltbook + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 we are doing the WORK here 0:13 YouTube = largest media company? 2:11 Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus 3:50 Meta acquires Moltbook 6:38 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:49 Macbook Neo reviews 7:32 Hisense TVs serve ridiculous ads 8:13 Perplexity AI agents blocked on Amazon 8:57 Windows 11 update is... GOOD? 9:42 Lenovo Tab Plus Gen 2 with big speaker NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/0l72L Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 12, 202611 min

Apple HomePad / Ultra products, OpenClaw hype, Nintendo sues govt + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 sorry just how it is 0:08 Apple HomePad and 'Ultra' products 1:36 OpenClaw hype continues 3:27 Nintendo sues US government 4:48 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:54 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:07 PS5 running Linux 6:41 Nvidia reviving RTX 3060 7:17 X finally adds Grok blocker 8:05 Arduino Ventuo Q 8:44 UK's first telesurgery NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/H23Bk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 10, 202611 min

Nvidia GPUs ascendant, Anthropic fights back, xAI in trouble + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 why? is a good question 0:09 Nvidia GPU monopoly 2:04 Anthropic to fight Pentagon 4:51 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:33 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:46 Apple blocks ByteDance-owned apps 6:29 Apple Music adds AI music tags 7:00 Macbook Neo benchmarks 7:40 Wikipedia AI translation issues 8:19 Roblox AI re-phrases bad chats NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/HpyUt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 07, 202610 min

Macbook Neo, M5 Pro/Max, OpenAI backtracks, Meta Glasses Video leaks + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 I'm just ASKING 0:18 Macbook Neo, M5 Pro, M5 Max 2:38 OpenAI manages Anthropic backlash 4:31 Meta Glasses videos exposed? 7:05 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:12 Windows 12 this year NOT 7:54 Pixels get Android desktop mode 8:27 Scalper bots making RAM crisis worse 9:11 'Coruna' iPhone exploits 10:04 Xiaomi has robot 'interns' NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/23Aj3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 05, 202612 min

Microsoft vs 'Microslop', iPhone 17e, M4 iPad Air, Wacky MWC concepts + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 you're stronger than you know :) 0:14 'Microslop' banned in Copilot Discord 1:21 MWC - the normal stuff 3:02 MWC - the weird stuff 6:15 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:28 Ryzen AI 400 PRO chips 7:03 California OS age verification law 7:47 YouTube Shorts AI tests 8:22 Omar Yaghi's water harvesting machine 9:03 CDE Time Capsule NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/0w8kw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Mar 03, 202611 min

Lenovo Legion Go Fold, Anthropic rejects US govt, Meta AI Safety SNAFU + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 it's like it never ends! 0:09 Lenovo Legion Go Fold 1:39 Anthropic rejects Pentagon 3:04 Meta AI Safety head gets OpenClaw'd 5:51 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:04 Nvidia SHIELD TV gets another update 6:43 Nvidia GPU driver causes fan issues 7:24 Block cuts nearly half workforce 8:07 Tecno modular phone conccept 8:38 Burger King AI headsets NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/BaEmc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 28, 202610 min

Fresh Nvidia N1X leaks, Samsung Unpacked highlights, US Defense Dept. vs Anthropic + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 National Technographic 0:15 Fresh Nvidia N1X leaks, job listings 1:47 Galaxy Unpacked 2026 highlights: S26 Ultra 4:21 DoD vs Anthropic 8:18 QUICK BITS INTRO 8:31 Discord delays global age verification 9:20 Misleading OneDrive 'storage' listings 10:12 Farmers refuse to sell land for data centers 10:52 Panasonic TV deal with 'Skyworth' 11:48 Spotify x Liquid Death Eternal Playlist Urn NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/x2boW Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 26, 202614 min

Phil Spencer retires, Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, Hacktivists vs. Persona + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 time is wacky! Ah. Oh well! 0:14 Phil Spencer leaves Xbox / Microsoft 2:20 Wikipedia blacklists archive . today 4:03 Discord, Persona, and surveillance 7:36 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:43 Sam Altman: AI needs your food 8:30 Has AMD stopped Ryzen Z1 updates? 9:15 Nova Lake-S maybe delayed to 2027 9:48 3D-print an electric motor! 10:29 Kohler Anthem EvoCycle shower NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/HctVI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 24, 202612 min

Win11 update breaks things, Zuck at Addiction Trial, Toxic Headphones(?) and more!

Timestamps: 0:00 can't even handle it 0:14 Windows 11 update broke stuff 1:32 Zuckerberg at social media trial 3:43 Are headphones poisonous now(...?) 6:49 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:01 Intel AI customer support 7:54 Ring doubles down on Search Party 8:42 ShinyHunters does 2 more hacks 9:32 FBI warns about ATM jackpotting 10:09 Substack x Polymarket NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/jcGRa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 21, 202612 min

Apple Glass / Camera Airpods, Memory Crisis Update, Discord Update + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 wooow. who's your stylist? 0:09 Apple Glasses, AI pendant, camera Airpods 1:18 Steam Deck OLED shortage 3:01 Discord Persona concerns 5:27 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:43 Disney cease-and-desist over Seedance 2.0 6:32 OpenAI hires OpenClaw creator 7:19 Acer, Asus laptop sales halted in Germany 8:05 T-Mobile Live Translation 8:48 China Spring Festival Gala robots NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/UhZvj Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 19, 202611 min

Lease a PS5, Ring x Flock partnership cancelled, China Space Race + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE 0:11 PlayStation Flex - PS5 leasing 2:28 Ring cancels Flock partnership 4:30 China v. Bezos v. Musk space race 8:28 QUICK BITS INTRO 8:38 Cash App Payment Links 9:12 Spotify big into vibe coding 10:07 Meta adding face recognition to glasses 10:50 iOS 26.3 transfer to Android 11:38 Isaac 0 laundry folding robot NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/nzYaw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 14, 202614 min

W11's Snapdragon X2-exclusive update, Meta/Google addiction trial start + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 quick li'l scream here one sec 0:07 Win11 26H1 for Snapdragon X2 only 2:20 Meta, Google addiction trial 5:53 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:05 Discord clarifies age verification 7:15 Google updates 'Results About You' 7:58 Threads 'Dear Algo' feature 8:49 Hacktivist breaches stalkerware 9:47 MrBeast buys finance app NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/Ejony Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 12, 202612 min

Discord Global Age Verification, Ayaneo Next II, Arrow Lake refresh + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 we've got a situation 0:12 Discord global age verification 2:31 Ayaneo Next 2 price 5:01 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:08 Arrow Lake refresh 6:00 W11 setup adds Copilot 6:25 Dutch authorities seize VPN server(?) 7:00 OpenAI Dime earbuds 7:41 SpaceX: Moon before Mars 8:56 Soft, warm robot waifus lol sorry NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/K4f48 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 10, 202611 min

No New Nvidia GPUs, iPhone Lockdown Mode Success, EU vs TikTok + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 WHALE LAN, TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW 0:19 No new Nvidia GPUs until 2028 - report 1:46 iPhone Lockdown mode stops FBI 3:33 EU vs TikTok over addictive design 6:41 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:58 Wayback Machine fights link rot 7:43 Windows 11 update drops frames 8:19 NASA allows smartphones in space 9:02 Substack data breach 9:43 Questions about Gemini shopping NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/wZ98Z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 07, 202612 min

Adobe Animate un-discontinued, Intel's new GPU plan, RentAHuman.ai + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 feeeeeeling hot hot hot! 0:15 Adobe Animate discontinued, then not 2:14 Intel hires GPU veteran... 3:52 Moltbook (last time) + Rent-a-human site 7:22 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:33 Copilot in File Explorer 8:08 France raids X offices, Spain social ban 9:11 MORE Ryzen CPUs fried in ASRock mobos 10:07 AMD adopting Intel's 'FRED' 10:54 GitHub's plan to deal with vibe coding slop NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/C94rA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 05, 202613 min

Firefox AI kill switch, SpaceX sats, xAI merger, Notepad++ hack + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 i saw the soup, and it opened up... 0:09 Firefox announces AI kill switch 2:02 SpaceX 1M+ satellites, xAI merger 3:44 Notepad++ hack, patch 5:36 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:47 Apple store adds Mac customization 6:30 iOS 26.3 location privacy feature 7:11 Fire TV sideloading crackdown 7:54 Moto G17 gets no OS updates 8:51 Hair computers! NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/54TmY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Feb 03, 202611 min

Microsoft promises to fix Windows, Annie's Archive lawsuit, Moltbook + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 i am one wild and crazy guy!! 0:11 Microsoft promises to fix Windows 2:30 Annie's Archive sued for 13 TRILLION 4:22 Moltbook, social network for AI agents 7:34 QUICK BITS INTRO 7:47 Nvidia GPU prices are out of control 8:26 Tesla discontinues Model S and Model X 9:22 US cyber security chief uses ChatGPT 10:39 Google Project Genie, GFiber 3Gig 11:37 Custom lung machine on demand NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/AMloV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jan 31, 202613 min

Aluminium OS spotted, Big Social Media Lawsuit, "Moltbot", + more!

Timestamps: 0:00 the chip is good! what! 0:15 Android desktop OS leak 1:46 TikTok settles social media lawsuit 3:17 Locally-hosted AI assistant Moltbot 6:04 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:18 Intel XeSS 3 multi-frame gen rollout 7:00 China says yes to H200 chips 7:45 Iran opening internet but really closing it 8:45 Amazon misfires layoff email 9:29 Figure Helix O2, Fauna Robotics Sprout NEWS SOURCES: https://lmg.gg/3lRZQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Jan 29, 202611 min
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