HW News - Discord ID Verification Fail, 5090s Too Valuable for RMA, Jensen is Just Like Us

硬件新闻：Discord 身份验证翻车、RTX 5090 因价值过高遭拒保、黄仁勋也和普通人一样 主持人 Steve Burke 解析了近期密集的新闻动态：首先是 Gamers Nexus 凭借其 GPU 黑市纪录片入围网络新闻奖（Online Journalism Awards）决赛名单，并推出了实体蓝光光盘版本。本期内容详细审视了 Nvidia 首席执行官黄仁勋关于 AI 将使基础学术技能过时的论断、AMD 以 82 亿美元收购 World Labs 的交易，以及 Anthropic 尽管面临巨额财务亏损仍提交了估值 2 万亿美元的 IPO 申请。Burke 还调查了 PNY 因原生电源接口在待机时熔毁而拒绝为 RTX 5090 提供售后质保的事件、澳门海关近期查获走私 RTX 5090 显卡、三星智能冰箱因故障固件更新导致节日食品变质、Discord 新年龄验证系统误将成年人账号封锁，以及一款可在越狱 PS5 上运行的新 Switch 模拟器。 Gamers Nexus 凭借对非法 NVIDIA AI GPU 黑市流通渠道长达一年的全球调查，入围了网络新闻奖（Online Journalism Awards）前三强决赛名单。 (1:36) 一张 GeForce RTX 5090 在待机状态下原生 12V-2x6 电源线熔毁损坏，PNY 拒绝了质保申请，并坚称使用非 PNY 附带线缆将使保修失效，尽管该显卡市价已飙升至 7,000 美元。 (18:33) AMD 同意以 82 亿美元现金加股票收购空间智能初创公司 World Labs，并任命联合创始人李飞飞博士（Dr. Fei-Fei Li）为执行副总裁兼首席科学家。 (11:59) Anthropic 提交了首次公开募股（IPO）申请，寻求超过 2 万亿美元的估值，尽管该公司上一年度录得高达 420 亿美元的惊人净亏损。 (16:22) 在韩国秋夕节前夕，一次有缺陷的 OTA 固件更新致使三星 Bespoke AI 智能冰箱的制冷系统瘫痪，导致大范围食品变质。 (25:48)

Gamers Nexus examines how soaring valuations, artificial intelligence investments, and hardware inflation are exacerbating consumer-facing friction across the tech industry. Steve Burke highlights vendor evasions on defective top-tier graphics cards, extreme corporate forecasts alongside layoffs, and expanding privacy overreach in connected home hardware. High GPU Valuations Drive PNY Warranty Denials (18:33) Hardware manufacturers are increasingly denying warranty claims on premium components as secondary-market values skyrocket. Gamers Nexus highlights an incident where PNY rejected an RMA for an RTX 5090 whose native 12V-2x6 power connector melted at both the GPU and the ASRock PG1600G power supply terminal while the system was idle. PNY claimed its warranty covers only bundled cables, despite the user following the manual's instructions to connect system power and using unadapted cables with built-in thermal sensors and seating indicators. Burke links this stonewalling to RTX 5090 street prices reaching between $4,000 and $7,000, creating an incentive for manufacturers to deny replacements rather than absorb the cost of hardware claims. Gamers Nexus has partnered with der8auer to conduct a technical tear-down of the damaged hardware while advising consumers that the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act provides legal recourse against deceptive warranty policies. AI Speculation Clashes with Education and Smuggling (7:13) NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang drew scrutiny for suggesting that artificial intelligence renders foundational learning—such as arithmetic, multiplication tables, and reading—largely obsolete as humans trade away 'intellectual dexterity.' Burke contrasts this vision of seamless reliance on technology against continuing real-world compliance failures, pointing to Macau Customs' seizure of $186,000 in smuggled goods, which included two ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 cards commanding street prices up to $10,000. The bust directly contradicted Huang's past public assurances that GPU smuggling is exceedingly rare and difficult to execute. Meanwhile, corporate AI spending targets continue to swell to unprecedented levels. Anthropic filed for an initial public offering seeking a valuation above $2 trillion despite logging a $42 billion annual net loss, having spent $7.33 billion on infrastructure last year while projecting more than $500 billion in future compute expenditures. Concurrently, AMD agreed to purchase spatial intelligence startup World Labs for $8.2 billion, appointing co-founder Dr. Fei-Fei Li as Chief Scientist despite past controversies over her leaked emails urging Google to hide military AI drone contracts under Project Maven. Smart Ecosystems Threaten Reliability and Data Privacy (25:48) Connected smart platforms are shifting from functional appliances into unreliable telemetry networks. A faulty over-the-air firmware update pushed to Samsung Bespoke AI four-door refrigerators right before South Korea's Chuseok holiday froze touchscreen interfaces, shut down compressors, and spoiled food for hundreds of households before Samsung halted testing. Beyond software stability risks, Burke cautions that connected refrigerators with internal vision cameras feed closed-loop advertising systems. By matching refrigerator inventory against Connected TV viewership on the same home network, advertisers can monitor physical conversions, including targeted pharmaceuticals tracked by platforms like DeepIntent. Privacy and software friction also surfaced in consumer software as Discord deployed an age verification system that mistakenly locked confirmed adult users out of age-restricted channels, forcing flagged accounts to supply government identification via third-party vendor Persona or enter credit card credentials. Platform Shifts: Corporate Downsizing and PS5 Emulation (30:51) Contrasting priorities across consumer gaming ecosystems are underscored by leadership shifts and homebrew development. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella characterized thousands of mass layoffs within Xbox as 'great to see' during ongoing structural streamlining led by executive Asha Sharma, despite console sales slumping to levels where Microsoft no longer discloses unit figures. In the console enthusiast space, developers introduced Prospero Eden, an open-source emulator enabling jailbroken PlayStation 5 consoles running exploitable firmware to execute Nintendo Switch games. Early alpha testing yields full 60 FPS performance in lighter titles like Cuphead and playable 30 FPS rates in games such as Metroid Dread, though demanding software like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild remains unplayable at 8 to 10 FPS. As Gamers Nexus prepares a full forensic failure analysis of the melted RTX 5090 hardware and its native 12V-2x6 connection, questions remain over whether board partners will face regulatory or legal challenges under warranty laws, and whether consumer backlash will curb data telemetry embedded in home appliances.

[1:36] Steve Burke: we don't negotiate with terrorists [7:13] Jensen Huang: I'm an ordinary American. [9:39] Jensen Huang: the concept of numbers is hard to be valuable [11:59] Dr. Fei-Fei Li: avoid at all costs any mention or implication of AI [19:34] PNY: the only configuration covered under warranty [19:34] PNY: locate an unused power connector within your system and plug it into the corresponding connector on your graphics card [30:51] Satya Nadella: Uh, I feel fantastic. There's some amount of streamlining the team is doing and Asha is doing, which is great to see. [30:51] Asha Sharma: clarity is kindness [32:38] Discord: When you launch an extremely popular age assurance update that everyone on Discord was really looking forward to, and it has bugs. [25:48] Samsung Smart Fridge Display: Checking SmartThings app during update

[0:01] Hey everyone, welcome back to the hard [0:02] news recap of the week. It's been a [0:04] while. We've been slammed with all the [0:06] big stories lately, but we're back with [0:07] the news. There's a ton going on. Pretty [0:09] good episode for you. And by good [0:11] episode, I mean the man leading the most [0:15] valuable company in the world by market [0:17] cap. Jensen Juan of Nvidia says that [0:20] math and reading, we don't need those [0:22] where we're going, [0:25] which is presumably [0:27] coal mines and power plants to keep the [0:29] data centers running because that's what [0:31] that's what he's going to need us for in [0:32] the future. And by us, I mean humans. Uh [0:35] that's right. He actually says basic [0:38] math skills and when there was a [0:41] follow-up question about reading, not so [0:43] important. It turns out we're going to [0:45] develop new skills that are better and [0:46] replace those or something very [0:49] concerning from Juan. Smuggling in the [0:52] news as well. GPU smuggling still [0:54] happening despite what Jensen has said [0:56] for the last year. PNY rejected an RTX [0:58] 5090 repair because the user plugged the [1:01] device in and used it. You're not [1:04] supposed to do that part. That's not [1:05] covered under warranty. Uh, also [1:07] Anthropic Files for an IPO. Before that, [1:10] this video is brought to you by ID [1:12] Cooling and the Frozen A620 sleek CPU [1:15] air cooler, an update to the A620 that [1:17] we tested previously and found to be a [1:19] good performer years ago, but now with [1:21] improved installation features that make [1:22] it easier to install with the central [1:24] fan in place. The Sleek Edition also has [1:27] a matte blackout design for the nonRGB [1:30] blackout enthusiast. Learn more about [1:32] the new A620 Sleek from ID Cooling at [1:34] the link in the description below. First [1:36] up, I want to share something really [1:37] exciting for us. We were finalists for [1:39] an award. That's right. One year after [1:42] our global adventure of tracking down [1:44] the GPU smuggling pipeline and producing [1:46] a documentary on it. And after the [1:49] ensuing getting Bloomberg, which still [1:53] I'm so proud that that has become a verb [1:55] now. Everybody seems to understand [1:56] exactly what it means. When you get [1:58] Bloomberg, it means they take down your [2:00] video with an illegitimate DMCA [2:02] copyright strike. And that's just become [2:04] the verb for that action. But one year [2:06] after all that, I'm proud to tell you [2:08] all that we were finalists in the online [2:11] journalism awards. Journalists.org's [2:13] judges advanced our NVIDIA AIG GPU black [2:16] market investigation and documentary [2:18] into its top three finalists for the [2:20] category excellence in technology [2:22] reporting for a small newsroom which I [2:24] think they consider to be under 50 [2:26] employees. Now, we're technically, and [2:28] this is a real thing, a micro newsroom. [2:32] We have fewer than 15 employees, which [2:33] is the line for micro newsroom. We're [2:35] actually fewer than 10. So maybe that [2:37] classifies us as a nano newsroom. If we [2:40] were a little smaller, maybe we'd be a [2:41] PCO newsroom. But uh we were competing [2:44] in a category for larger groups. The [2:46] other winners and finalists in the [2:48] excellence in technology reporting [2:49] category included a winning large [2:51] newsroom report from Reuters. Runners up [2:53] from the Wall Street Journal about chat [2:54] bots and the Washington Post about Tik [2:56] Tok's mental health impact. A winning [2:58] report in medium newsroom from Wired [2:59] about a scam compound. Runners up from [3:01] MIT Technology Review on AI energy use [3:04] and ProPublica on Microsoft security [3:06] failures. And then there's Gamers Nexus [3:09] listed on the same page as Reuters, the [3:11] Wall Street Journal, the Washington [3:13] Post, MIT Technology Review, Wired and [3:15] ProPublica, alongside our two peers, [3:17] Investigate West, and technically in the [3:19] small newsroom category. First of all, a [3:21] sincere thank you to everybody in our [3:23] audience for helping us boost that [3:25] series, especially after Bloomberg [3:27] illegitimately took it down and abused [3:29] the DMCA copyright strike system, which [3:32] set a a fire inside of us to go do [3:37] excellent things to hopefully reform [3:40] DMCA section 1201 as led by Lewis [3:43] Rossman and the Fulu Foundation. But [3:45] anyway, it's been a long journey from [3:46] that. You know, we were down for over 10 [3:49] days. It was like 10 business days, [3:51] which was a couple weeks uh as a result [3:53] of Bloomberg strike. Our video was [3:55] reinstated. Bloomberg went and [3:57] itself after our lawyers told them to do [3:59] so. I don't think they used those words, [4:01] but when Bloomberg did come back to us [4:03] at one point and ask if we would maybe [4:06] pay some amount of money that was [4:08] smaller than they had requested for [4:10] licensing, I believe I used the phrases [4:14] extortion and we don't negotiate with [4:16] terrorists when we responded to them. [4:18] [laughter] [4:19] So, I just I I'm just going to say we [4:22] got reinstated and they off. So, [4:23] I I guess it worked, but not my uh not [4:27] my most diplomatic response. It's not [4:28] really what I'm known for, though. [4:30] Anyway, thank you for watching the black [4:33] market documentary and for supporting us [4:35] when it came back. Anyway, the [4:36] technology newsroom reporting category [4:38] we were finalists in says that it quote [4:40] recognizes excellence in digital [4:41] journalism, focusing on coverage of [4:43] technology, end quote, and notes that it [4:44] includes technology coverage related to [4:46] policy, culture, and economic impact, [4:49] including investigations and analysis. [4:51] The awards are split by newsroom size. [4:53] Some categories have micro. This one [4:55] doesn't. So, we were up against those [4:56] larger teams. The online news [4:58] association at journalists.org was [5:00] founded by the Wall Street Journal, Time [5:02] and Financial Times, and other outlets [5:03] to recognize reporting back in the 90s. [5:06] Separately, we were also in the running [5:07] this year for a Peabody for our black [5:09] market and tariffs reports, but [5:11] ultimately we didn't make the cut for [5:12] anything in those. I guess [5:13] unfortunately, I've already 3D printed a [5:15] lot of the cases for our upcoming [5:18] Blu-ray release of the black market [5:20] documentary. Otherwise, I could add on [5:22] them something like I don't know the the [5:25] not quite good enough almost [5:27] award-winning [5:29] badge on the back or something. It's a [5:31] little lengthy. Finalist, I guess, would [5:33] also work, but not good enough just [5:35] seems like that. It just seems fitting [5:38] for that. Uh, we did do something cool [5:39] with this though, which is since [5:41] announcing it, we actually added in the [5:44] text label to the side. We were able to [5:46] do negative space 3D printing. So, just [5:49] absence of print material on the uh [5:52] print and place hinge. And we did that [5:54] for all three cases. So, the music CD, [5:56] the black market Blu-ray pack, and then [5:58] the normal Blu-ray pack of our other [6:00] documentaries and factory tours and [6:02] stuff. We're able to get a label in [6:03] there. So, now when it's on a shelf, [6:05] you'll actually be able to see what it [6:06] is, which is awesome. So, uh that's [6:07] something we added that's on all of them [6:08] that'll be shipping. But seriously, our [6:10] Nvidia AIGB black market documentary is [6:12] available on Blu-ray and USB drive on [6:14] our GN store. They're 128 GB drives if [6:17] you want to buy that version of it. And [6:18] you all know how expensive those are [6:20] right now. So, it's a pretty good deal [6:22] actually. It's available alongside a [6:24] printed mini magazine booklet. And we'll [6:26] begin shipping these in December, which [6:28] is because we're literally making them [6:30] in house. We buy the 128 GB USB drives [6:33] and the Blu-ray discs, obviously. But we [6:35] then have a disc duplicator that we [6:37] bought recently and we run it internally [6:39] to replicate the discs one at a time [6:41] automatically. We have a USB duplicator [6:43] that we use to replicate the USB drives [6:45] one to 199 at a time. It's all made here [6:48] at GN in that way. And we have a print [6:50] farm that's running the black market [6:51] case prints on automation. You can grab [6:54] one on the store and it'll start [6:55] shipping in December alongside our other [6:57] disc packs like our factory tour series [6:59] on Blu-ray with a custom clicky dial in [7:02] the printed case and many other options [7:04] like our EVJ finale alongside others [7:06] that you'll find in the drop down. [7:07] Thanks to everyone on the team and uh [7:09] and yeah, thank you to everyone in the [7:10] audience especially for supporting us [7:12] and finding it interesting. Let's start [7:14] with my personal favorite topic, [7:17] downto-earth man and wearer of leather [7:19] jackets, Jensen Juan. [7:22] >> I love getting rich. Who doesn't love [7:24] making money? [7:24] >> Somehow because they became CEOs, [7:27] you you adopt a god complex and before [7:29] you know it, you know everything. If you [7:30] go back in history, uh most of my [7:32] predictions have been right. [7:34] >> Okay, Jensen, that's that's probably [7:35] enough. This is making you seem out of [7:38] touch. [7:39] >> I'm an ordinary American. [7:41] >> He's an ordinary American who just a few [7:44] days before, like most ordinary [7:46] Americans, [7:47] said he doesn't know his street address. [7:50] >> I mean, my first confession, I actually [7:53] don't know my address. [snorts] [7:55] >> And like other ordinary Americans, [7:57] doesn't know his own phone number. [7:58] >> I don't know my telephone number, but I [8:01] forget these things. Um, [8:05] I I [clears throat] can live with it. [8:06] >> And if you don't believe him, you can [8:08] check with his off- camerara assistant, [8:10] which he has like most ordinary [8:13] Americans. It [8:14] >> it's it's completely true. And and [8:16] Janine will tell you and Lori will tell [8:18] you [8:19] >> it doesn't get as much street cred, but [8:21] Kendrick Lamar's song, Exactly Like Us, [8:24] was actually about Jensen Juan. [8:27] It's like an anti-iss track. It's a it I [8:33] don't it's it's a hype track. [8:37] And just like any ordinary American who [8:39] runs the world's most valuable company [8:41] and gets interrupted on stage by the [8:43] president of the United States. [8:45] >> Oh no, [8:47] no, [8:49] Mr. President. [8:52] Oh, yes, sir. Um I got to tell you [8:54] something. it. I I uh if it wasn't [8:58] because of you calling, I would I'm on [9:01] stage with the besties. I'm on stage [9:03] with the besties. [9:04] >> Jensen also questioned whether kids need [9:06] to know obsolete and arcane things like [9:09] basic math and uh what do you call it? [9:11] Um how to read. That's right. He asked [9:15] this and mused about it when I just I [9:19] sorry one second. What are these [9:22] symbols? The on the page the kind of [9:26] like stuff you see in a pyramid. You [9:28] don't know. Okay. I just Sorry. I need [9:30] to get a chat GPT here to help out. One [9:32] second. All right. It says, [9:36] "No, that doesn't help. I I don't know [9:37] what those I don't know what those [9:39] symbols say." So, um Well, anyway, I'm [9:43] sure it was important. Uh but I think [9:46] his point was that AI can just think for [9:47] you. [9:48] >> Try to get a kid to do long division [9:49] right now. [9:50] >> [snorts] [9:51] >> You know, the multiplication table is [9:53] starting to be forgotten. Doing square [9:55] roots. My goodness. I mean, it's just [9:57] basic math is is being forgotten. Um, [10:01] does it matter? [10:02] >> That's my question for you. [10:03] >> Yeah, I don't think it does. The concept [10:04] of numbers is hard to be valuable. [10:07] >> Now, he has a point. Obviously, it [10:10] doesn't matter. You don't need to learn [10:11] how to do basic math or need to learn [10:14] how to read because those kids, just [10:16] like Jensen, can ask Janine to do it for [10:19] them. She's just off camera just like [10:22] she is for him. Everyone has a Janine [10:24] equivalent in their lives, I'm sure. But [10:26] there's good news. Jensen says that [10:29] we'll have new skills. [10:30] >> Um but [10:31] >> but there must be some set of skills [10:32] that matter. [10:33] >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But maybe not [10:34] those. We're going to discover new ones. [10:38] Just maybe not those. There are a lot of [10:40] skills that don't matter. [10:41] >> So, just to recap, Jensen says we are [10:44] going to lose, I believe his quote was [10:46] intellectual dexterity. [10:48] This is just like it's like the dump [10:50] stat in D and D. His dexterity. It's [10:52] like you're a barbarian. You've maxed [10:54] strength. [10:55] Although you should probably increase [10:56] dexterity, too, and dump stat charisma. [10:58] But anyway, we're going to need that in [10:59] the future, I guess. But he says that in [11:02] response to a question about if that he [11:05] asked, by the way, and the interviewer [11:07] reiterated [11:09] uh about if we should be concerned that [11:12] kids can't read anymore and that their [11:14] attention span is too short because of [11:16] things like LLMs. That was the framing [11:18] for that discussion, that question. And [11:20] he said that we don't need basic math [11:22] skills because we can find new skills [11:24] with, I guess, blackjack and hookers. [11:28] >> YEAH. WELL, I'M GOING TO GO BUILD MY OWN [11:31] >> AI bubble with BLACKJACK AND HOOKERS. IN [11:35] FACT, forget AI. But the good news is [11:38] that the kids these days, they don't [11:40] need to memorize stupid things like [11:42] their address to where they live or [11:45] phone numbers for their parents because [11:47] AI and flock cameras will keep them safe [11:51] because they're pointed at playgrounds [11:53] and swimming pools for some reason. [11:55] Sure, there's a lot of license plates in [11:58] the pool. Well, anyway, let's move on to [12:01] a topic totally unrelated to Nvidia, [12:03] except for by genetic makeup and blood [12:05] of the CEOs, AMD. In another move to [12:09] work on anything but consumer hardware, [12:12] AMD has agreed to acquire AI research [12:14] company World Labs for $8.2 billion. AMD [12:18] says World Labs will help it better [12:20] understand how AI workloads are evolving [12:22] and shape future hardware and software [12:24] around them. World Labs, who had already [12:26] been working with AMD, is an AI research [12:29] and product company that set out with a [12:31] goal to enable quote AI to model the [12:33] world and reason about objects, places, [12:35] and interactions across space and time. [12:37] End quote. The company created a marble, [12:40] which they described as quote a creative [12:42] tool that turns text and images into [12:44] immersive 3D worlds, end quote. World [12:46] Labs also is involved in robotics, and [12:49] says that they want to quote augment [12:51] humanity and advance civilization end [12:54] quote. In AMD's press release, the [12:55] company revealed that World Labs' [12:57] co-founder and CEO Feay Lee will serve [13:00] as an executive vice president and chief [13:02] scientist and will report to AMD CEO [13:05] Lisa Sue. On Substack, Lee elaborated on [13:07] the significance of quote getting closer [13:09] to the hardware and quote with AMD, [13:11] stating, quote, without having a focused [13:13] hardware effort, AI is hobbled in [13:15] efficiency and scale and for our [13:17] purposes remains trapped in the digital [13:20] world. End quote. Lee is humble in her [13:22] writings, saying that Andy and World [13:24] Labs will solve quote real problems for [13:27] human betterment. End quote. And quote, [13:29] "Solve the most fundamental problems [13:31] that humanity faces from drug discovery [13:34] to unleashing the Terminator." Oh. Oh, [13:37] no. Wait, wait. I misread that. Human [13:39] creativity. [13:42] Creativity they're going to unleash. [13:44] Anyway, she also said they're [13:46] transforming learning to unlock the next [13:48] generation of robotics. End quote. [13:50] transforming learning, by which she [13:52] probably means the same as her new [13:54] boss's cousin, Jensen Juan, [13:57] i.e. getting rid of it for children so [14:00] that they can be better worker bees in [14:02] the literal coal mines and the power [14:04] plants that power the data centers. But [14:06] the good news is that Andy's new chief [14:08] scientist and aqua hireer Feay Lee has [14:11] only ever worked at companies that use [14:13] AI for good things and not companies [14:16] that use AI for bad things like [14:20] mass surveillance analyzing drone [14:21] footage and military systems, [14:25] right? Quote, "It's not clear if [14:26] Google's rockstar chief scientist for [14:28] AI, who is under fire over military [14:30] contracts, will remain a full-time [14:32] employee." End quote. Uh-oh. Quote, [14:34] "Sources among current and former [14:36] Googlers who spoke to Business Insider [14:37] say Lee has been criticized because of [14:39] comments she made during a September [14:41] email exchange with other Google [14:42] managers." End quote. Writes the [14:44] Associated Press and Business Insider [14:45] via Yahoo. Quote, "The emails reveal a [14:48] discussion between Lee and other [14:50] managers who are fretting about how to [14:52] release news to the public about [14:53] Google's first big contract with the [14:55] Pentagon." End quote. Lee wrote, [14:57] "According to the New York Times, quote, [14:59] avoid at all caps all costs. Any mention [15:03] or implication of AI, weaponized AI is [15:06] probably one of the most sensitive [15:07] topics of AI, if not the most. This is [15:10] red meat to the media to find all ways [15:13] to damage Google." End quote. Oh, I I [15:16] don't think it's the media causing the [15:17] damage. They're just sort of pointing [15:19] out the fire and going, "Hey, is that a [15:22] fire?" [15:23] But okay, sure. [15:25] That's AMD's new aqua hire. After [15:27] writing about Lee looking like a [15:29] longtimer at Google, the AP wrote, [15:30] quote, "But then came the employee [15:32] backlash to Google's agreement to supply [15:34] the military AI tech that could help [15:36] analyze drone surveillance footage, and [15:38] Lee found herself caught up in the [15:40] monthsl long internal dispute. It's not [15:42] clear if Lee was directly involved in [15:44] winning the military contract or whether [15:46] she personally played any role in making [15:48] it happen. But inside Google, which lawn [15:51] prided itself on its don't be evil [15:52] motto, she has taken a lot of the heat [15:54] for the controversial deal." End quote. [15:56] Anyway, now she works at AMD and she's [15:59] taken on a role at the company that [16:00] blacklisted us after we reported on the [16:03] fact that AMD donated a million dollars [16:06] to the MAGA Inc. Super PAC, which works [16:09] directly with Trump's own packs. [16:12] They must be awfully sensitive to that [16:14] topic because they never spoke to us [16:16] after that. Uh the acquisition is now [16:19] subject to regulatory approvals and is [16:21] expected to close by the end of the [16:22] year. Up next, according to Reuters, [16:24] Anthropics has filed for an IPO and is [16:26] aiming for a valuation that would exceed [16:28] $2 trillion, which is, to quote [16:31] Markiplier, unfathomable amounts of [16:34] money. This is despite reporting a $42 [16:36] billion net loss last year, per Reuters. [16:39] If that weren't insane enough, the [16:41] company reportedly quote spent $7.33 [16:43] billion on compute and infrastructure [16:45] last year. End quote. But intends, they [16:47] say, to spend over half a trillion [16:49] dollars on infrastructure within the [16:51] coming years. Now, we did a little more [16:53] than Reuters here. I do want to outclass [16:55] them and the journalism awards next [16:58] year. And so, we sent in an undercover [17:00] camera operator to Anthropic to find [17:04] employees and to ask them about how they [17:05] could possibly operate with such losses. [17:07] >> All right. So when the sub routine [17:09] compounds the interest, right, it uses [17:11] all these extra decimal places that just [17:13] get rounded off. So we simplified the [17:16] whole thing and we just we round them [17:18] all down and just drop the remainder [17:20] into an account that we opened. [17:21] >> That's right. I look forward to [17:22] receiving that award instead of them [17:24] next year. uh to give you a frame of [17:26] reference for how much $2 trillion [17:29] amounts to, just you know, in case it [17:31] wasn't obvious, that's more than the [17:34] current market capitalization as of [17:36] right now of Meta and 92 billion Costco, [17:43] hot dog, and soda combos together. [17:47] Sorry, 93 billion. I was It says It says [17:51] 93 right here. I just I don't know how [17:54] to read anymore because of AI. So, this [17:57] valuation and IPO attempt is despite a [17:59] recent warning from a former Anthropic [18:01] employee who allegedly resigned from the [18:03] company and tweeted, quote, "They're [18:05] racing straight to self-improving super [18:06] intelligence and gambling with our [18:08] lives." End quote. The former employee [18:10] continued with this. [18:11] >> In 3 years, CyberN will become the [18:13] largest supplier of military computer [18:15] systems. [18:16] >> Oops, wrong clip. Damn it. We're going [18:20] to lose to Reuters again. Anyway, [18:22] Hanthropic's IPO comes right around the [18:24] same time that its CEO met with Trump, [18:26] which seems suspicious at generating [18:29] buzz and keeping the bubble aloat at [18:31] least past midterms. Up next, a series [18:34] of stories about the problem with the [18:36] RTX5090. [18:38] That's right, it's uh two years later [18:41] almost and we're still talking about [18:43] them. First, a Reddit user got screwed [18:45] by PNY for an RTX 590 warranty uh [18:48] support request, and I was summoned to [18:50] the thread pretty quickly. Um, this is [18:52] for a 590. We're working with the [18:54] Redditor and with Der Bower. Actually, [18:55] I'm really looking forward to this to [18:57] collaboratively analyze and investigate [18:58] the case. The Reddit user bought a 5090 [19:01] from PNY that ended up dying less than a [19:03] year after he bought it. Both ends of [19:06] his native 12volt 2x6 cable ended up [19:08] melting. The cable came with the ASRock [19:10] PG1600G power supply and is a native [19:13] non-adapted solution. He also didn't [19:15] overclock the card and wrote that he [19:17] actually set the power limit below [19:18] stock. Interestingly, he also said the [19:21] card died while the computer was sitting [19:22] idle. The user then opened a ticket with [19:24] PNY, but the company denied his ticket [19:27] that same day with a representative [19:28] replying, quote, "All PNY GPUs that [19:31] require a 16 pin 12 high power 122x6 [19:34] input include a PNY approved power cable [19:36] or adapter in the box. This cable is the [19:38] only configuration covered under [19:39] warranty. If a third party power cable, [19:41] adapter, or power supply cable is used [19:43] and damage occurs, nice passive voice [19:46] there, including melting, burning, [19:47] overheating, or defamation of the [19:49] connector, PNY cannot accept the product [19:51] under warranty. End quote. Now, I did [19:53] try to find someone at PNY to help. [19:56] Unfortunately, my old contacts there [19:58] have long since left. Uh, but I did see [20:00] that PNY is in New Jersey, which is not [20:02] far. So anyway, the Redditor noted that [20:06] none of this was written under PNY's [20:08] warranty terms, and the instructions [20:10] simply said to quote, "Locate an unused [20:12] power connector within your system and [20:14] plug it into the corresponding connector [20:16] on your graphics card." End quote. Which [20:18] he adhered to. In our 12volt high power [20:20] is a dumpster fire investigation video [20:22] that we ran. We dive deep into the mess [20:25] of specifications for I think it's like [20:26] a 52-minute video or something that have [20:28] led to these issues. We also talked [20:30] about how in theory using a native [20:32] 12volt 2x6 connector should be the [20:35] recommended solution, but instead it [20:37] just seems like the companies kind of [20:39] point at whichever one you didn't do and [20:41] that's the one you should have done [20:43] because you know what was the quote [20:46] again? [20:46] >> I like money. So, as far as we're [20:48] concerned, this user did everything [20:50] completely by the books, even using a [20:52] power supply that advertises a bright [20:54] green 12vt 2x6 connector for a visual [20:57] indication of whether the plug is [20:58] seated, as well as a built-in [21:00] temperature sensor for safety. The user [21:02] then reached out to PNY a second time [21:04] and was told by a senior technician that [21:07] the matter had been closed. PNY is out [21:10] of their minds, just like Micron [21:12] and SKH Heinix are with this. And it [21:14] makes sense why? Because the 590s, if [21:17] you looked at their prices lately, [21:19] they've gone from like $4,000, which was [21:21] already double the MSRP, to like $7,000 [21:24] in some situations. Now, that's the [21:26] range we're dealing with. And I think [21:28] just like with Micron and SKH Highix [21:30] when they reject a single stick of RAM [21:33] for a warranty and they refund the user [21:35] their original purchase value instead of [21:37] the replacement value or like SKHX when [21:40] they do the same for an SSD or Samsung [21:42] when they do it to Lewis Rossman who [21:45] then moved to sue Samsung because he's [21:48] the best kind of lunatic. I mean [21:50] seriously Lewis is awesome for that. But [21:53] it's the same behavior where they're [21:55] just hoping no one does anything and the [21:57] value is high enough now that they're [21:59] they're really going to try and weasle [22:00] out of this But the user has [22:03] opened an RMA with ASRock. ASRock [22:05] refuses to accept the power supply [22:06] without the cable, which maybe makes [22:09] some sense except the user needs the [22:11] cable if PNY ever decides to investigate [22:13] the case. And now he's just sending it [22:15] to us. So that works out anyway. Uh [22:17] we'll get them we'll get them fixed up [22:19] with Roman. Nvidia previously put [22:21] companies under strict guidance to [22:22] replace any and all failures of the [22:24] 12volt high power connector on the PCB [22:27] side. They made that clear. I think it [22:29] was close to two years ago now. It might [22:31] have been just a bit before the 50th [22:32] series launch. We reported on that when [22:34] it happened. It's possible that Nvidia [22:36] has dropped that guidance. Or maybe it's [22:39] likely they've stopped looking this way [22:41] at gaming because it disgusts them and [22:43] enforcing it and now the 590s are worth [22:46] so much money that the manufacturers are [22:47] getting greedy about it. users likely [22:49] have legal cause for action depending on [22:51] where you are in the world. I know in [22:52] the US this I'm not a lawyer. I can't [22:55] advise you, but uh this to me looks like [22:59] a legitimate claim and especially things [23:01] like the Magnus Moss Act offers a ton of [23:04] protections for warranties. So there is [23:06] written law that protects you. uh in [23:08] instances where there are rejected [23:10] legitimate claims, I guess I would just [23:12] remind people that these things are [23:13] getting valuable enough now, it may be [23:16] worth the free 15-minute call with a [23:18] lawyer about doing something about it. [23:20] And it might be a small claims court [23:22] filing depending on kind of the the [23:24] ceiling for that and how much you spent [23:26] on the card, but they're getting [23:27] valuable enough where if it you're [23:29] talking about a $6 or $7,000 replacement [23:31] cost, that may now be higher than the [23:34] cost of a lawyer. You don't necessarily [23:36] need a lawyer for that stuff. It's a lot [23:37] easier though. But anyway, something to [23:39] think about. And uh we've been working [23:40] with Redditor. We plan to produce a [23:42] standalone story on his situation as [23:44] soon as we can. Waiting on the devices [23:46] to get here. We're going to kind of look [23:47] into the warranty side, work with Roman [23:50] to do a repair, and look into the sort [23:52] of the the failure analysis side of it. [23:54] So, that'll be a lot of fun. I'm looking [23:55] forward to working with him again. And [23:56] let's go to the next story. Macau [23:57] Customs has strengthened its [23:59] technological tools to crack down on [24:01] smuggling and recently seized 1.51 [24:04] million Macanese pitakas worth of goods [24:07] earlier this month which currently [24:09] amounts to over 186,000. [24:12] These include two RTX590 GPUs and it [24:15] contradicts what Jensen Juan said when [24:17] he said this. People talk about [24:18] smuggling, but it's incredibly hard to [24:20] do. And it's we chase down every [24:22] opportunity, every single time that [24:25] somebody's reported something, and it's [24:26] just not been true. [24:28] >> So, as soon as Macau upgraded its tools [24:30] to detect smuggling, lo and behold, more [24:33] GPU smuggling. [24:35] I'm going to say those those uh ASUS [24:38] Astral 5090s, [24:41] I see where they got the name Astral [24:43] now. [24:45] That's That's got to be pretty painful. [24:48] There's no way that's good for you. I [24:49] just realized they should make a Noctua [24:51] addition. It [24:54] just I'm just saying it looked it'd be a [24:55] lot easier. There'd be less clean up [24:57] after you smuggle it in. Okay, let's [25:00] move on. Macau's customs website [25:02] revealed that there were 12 smugglers [25:03] between the ages of 18 and 53, which [25:06] included seven mainland passengers from [25:08] China. Some of the smuggling ports of [25:10] entry as well included Macau's gate [25:12] port, international airport, and the [25:15] Hong Kong Tuhai Macau bridge. The [25:18] website shows two ROG Astral 5090s, [25:21] which currently sell from third party [25:23] scalpers for almost $10,000 at the high [25:25] end, or a poultry $7,600 from this [25:28] Amazon listing, assuming it's reliable [25:31] and not just a desoldered PCB with a [25:33] heat sink. However, in this instance, we [25:35] know it is reliable because it's sold by [25:37] thirdparty seller Mr. Reliable-USA. [25:40] That's the kind of certainty we need. [25:42] We've detailed some of the smuggling [25:44] logistics in our GPU black market [25:46] documentary, which we'll link below if [25:47] you want to just watch it on YouTube. Up [25:49] next, Samsung released a firmware update [25:52] for its smart refrigerators. [25:55] just kind of take a moment again to [25:57] recognize that we are at the point where [25:59] there are over-the-air firmware updates [26:02] for refrigerators, but the update [26:05] momentarily caused them to lose power, [26:07] turning them into your most expensive [26:11] kitchen cabinet. I guess the issue was [26:13] reported most heavily among South Korean [26:15] customers with affected products [26:17] reportedly being Samsung bespoke AI [26:20] four-door refrigerators released in 2024 [26:23] or later. First of all, there's [26:26] refrigerators with four doors now. [26:29] Jesus Christ, that's that's really [26:32] impressive. I [26:35] I don't know that I've ever seen a [26:37] four-door refrigerator. I have seen [26:40] refrigerators with two doors. I don't [26:43] have one. [26:45] We don't, you know, I mean, I did turn [26:48] down a lot of sponsor money in the past [26:50] year. Maybe that's why we don't have [26:51] one. But anyway, secondly, this is a [26:55] bespoke AI four-door refrigerator. [26:59] Given that it's bespoke, somebody better [27:02] call Digital Foundry and make sure their [27:04] refrigerator is running. The failure [27:06] happened right before the country's [27:08] autumn harvest chuck holiday break, [27:11] leading to spoiled food as a result of [27:13] the refrigerator's halting operation. [27:15] Impacted users said they saw a message [27:17] that read, quote, "Checking Smart Things [27:19] app during update." End quote. which [27:21] stayed that way for hours. While in the [27:23] Smart Things app, it showed the [27:25] refrigerators as being offline. One user [27:27] posted on Samsung's forum, which has [27:29] been machine translated to say, quote, [27:31] "It was not just a matter of not having [27:33] the screen or internal lighting, but the [27:35] refrigeration and refrigeration [27:37] functions themselves did not work [27:38] normally, so all the food in the [27:40] refrigerator had to be disposed of." End [27:42] quote. According to a Korean news [27:44] outlet, SPS, hundreds of cases have been [27:47] filed. Samsung responded to RS Technica [27:49] about the issue and told the [27:51] publication, quote, "It occurred [27:52] September 22nd afternoon due to an error [27:55] during Samsung's internal testing [27:57] related to a refrigerator software [27:59] update. Samsung immediately suspended [28:01] the testing upon receiving reports of [28:03] the issue. Samsung has activated an [28:05] emergency response protocol and its [28:07] service centers are taking immediate [28:09] action to address the issue." End quote. [28:11] Hopefully that immediate action includes [28:14] reimbursement for the valuable food lost [28:18] from the outage. Anyway, smart [28:19] refrigerators like Samsung's are not [28:21] only unnecessary, they're also [28:23] advertising vectors now. And all this [28:25] stuff ties into smart TVs. So LG and [28:27] Samsung here, they share a lot of [28:29] similarities between their TV and [28:31] appliance ecosystem, we'll call it, [28:34] where as you tie this data together, you [28:37] know, some of the smart fridges, they [28:38] have cameras in them. they can see the [28:40] stuff that's in there. If you have a [28:42] smart fridge that is aware of what's [28:45] inside of the fridge and you have a [28:47] smart TV, those two things tied [28:50] together, which is very easy to do [28:51] whether you know that they're doing it [28:53] or not. You just do it through the [28:54] network. Those things tied together now [28:57] means that when you're served an ad on [28:59] TV for a brand of food or drink and then [29:05] your fridge sees that two days after you [29:08] got that ad, which they know when you [29:09] get the ad. That's the whole point of [29:10] CTV. [29:12] They see that you've put that thing in [29:15] the fridge. That can be marked as [29:17] basically the modern click-through rate [29:19] equivalent. This is a conversion for the [29:22] advertiser to know that their ad is [29:24] working. That's how this data connects. [29:27] Don't buy smart fridges. [29:30] Like maybe someone has a specific use [29:33] case where it really makes sense. I'm [29:36] not sure. Maybe there's like a really [29:37] sensitive thing that you need to put in [29:39] the fridge. But in that situation, like [29:42] for example, medicine, some medication [29:44] requires refrigeration both for people [29:46] and for their pets or for animals. uh [29:49] that's if it is that sensitive you need [29:51] to think about kind of the data they're [29:52] getting from the use of that fridge [29:54] because in the example of medication for [29:56] example in the US where we have [29:59] absolutely insane laws regarding [30:01] pharmaceutical advertising by which I [30:02] mean basically none if you have a [30:05] connected TV smart TV and you have a [30:08] fridge and you put something that's [30:10] refrigerated in there uh some kind of [30:12] medication [30:14] if the fridge becomes aware of that [30:16] that's a great way to know that [30:17] pharmaceutical ad that you've seen 72 [30:19] times in the last 30 days is working. [30:22] You went, you asked your doctor and you [30:24] got home and now suddenly that thing is [30:26] in the fridge that you've been [30:27] advertised about. Uh now they can stop [30:29] spending that ad money against you, [30:30] which we talked about in our LG response [30:32] video. So it's like a thing they said, [30:34] by the way, Deep Intent said that on the [30:35] record um about the stop spending once [30:38] they know that a prescription's been [30:39] filled. That is what they said. So [30:41] anyway, the point is smart fridges for [30:44] many reasons outside of this outage are [30:47] not a good idea. Uh but for this [30:49] particular reason, also not a good idea. [30:51] Up next, Microsoft CEO saying that Xbox [30:54] layoffs are quote, "Great to see end [30:57] quote." With the backdrop of Xbox [30:59] performing so poorly that it doesn't [31:01] even share its sales numbers anymore, [31:03] coupled with the fact that Microsoft has [31:04] been letting go of thousands of [31:05] employees on mass, Microsoft CEO [31:08] Sinadella was recently asked about the [31:10] state of Xbox. He replied with this [31:12] >> uh I feel fantastic. There's some amount [31:14] of streamlining the team is doing and [31:16] Asha is doing which is great uh to see. [31:19] Normally, this is when we would play the [31:21] Lord Farquad clip of Farquad saying, [31:24] "Some of you may die, but that's a [31:27] sacrifice I'm willing to make." But [31:29] here, we can't really do that. It's just [31:31] not fair to Lord Farquad. [31:35] Farquad, the Shrek villain, at least [31:38] showed some level of remorse about the [31:41] sacrifice he was going to have to make, [31:43] namely other people being sacrificed. [31:46] but he showed some base remorse for it. [31:49] Can't really say the same for Sat [31:51] Nadella. [31:52] >> I feel fantastic. [31:52] >> We also like how during that clip it [31:54] shows an image of Xbox head Asha [31:56] Chararma who is leading the mass layoffs [31:58] with text saying that when she quote [32:00] aggressively shares bad news and quote [32:02] she says quote clarity is kindness end [32:04] quote as she does it. Think LinkedIn [32:06] Lunat Hicks just found its new mascot. [32:08] >> You remember what happened to Flossy? [32:10] You shot him. [32:13] >> That's right. It was the kindest thing [32:14] to do after being run over by that car. [32:17] >> By your car, sir. [32:18] >> Medela went on to say this. [32:20] >> I think um Asha and team have said that [32:22] Xbox is going to get back to growth uh [32:25] this next fiscal year, and that's the [32:26] plan they're executing on. [32:28] >> Sure. And like most executives who are [32:30] brought on to be amen, maybe she'll [32:33] eventually get a taste of her own [32:34] kindness when they eventually see her [32:37] out the door. Up next, we already [32:38] criticized Discord for its draconian ID [32:41] verification measures that it was [32:43] planning to roll out back in February, [32:44] but then it delayed them. Turns out [32:46] delay's over. They're here now, and the [32:48] rollout's been rough with Discord [32:50] locking out adult users. Discord [32:52] confirmed that what it calls is a bug [32:54] has prevented confirmed adults from [32:56] accessing age restricted content. In [32:58] response to these issues, Discord took [33:00] to Twitter and wrote, quote, "When you [33:02] launch an extremely popular age [33:04] assurance update that everyone on [33:06] Discord was really looking forward to, [33:07] and it has bugs," and quote, coupled [33:10] with a post image of their mascot [33:12] whose name we recently learned is [33:14] Wampus, giving a tearyeyed thumbs up, [33:16] which is just a such an unbelievably [33:19] tonedeaf post to make. They're obviously [33:22] aware. They even in the next tweet talk [33:24] about like sarcasm aside or something. [33:26] So was sarcastic. Like when I read this [33:29] quote from them about you launched an [33:30] extremely popular age assurance update. [33:32] Everyone was really looking forward to [33:33] it. I actually had to check the source [33:36] that Jimmy who wrote this story had [33:39] linked because I couldn't tell if Jimmy [33:42] was being sarcastic or not when he wrote [33:44] it. Jimmy has a a very sarcastic writing [33:48] style which I like and you hear in the [33:50] news. Uh, I couldn't tell if this was [33:53] him or if that's what they actually [33:54] said. That's how bad their post was. I [33:58] thought it was us doing a parody of them [34:01] in an exaggerated way. Turns out that's [34:04] just how they are. It wasn't an [34:06] exaggerated characterization of Discord [34:09] being incompetent. That's actually just [34:11] how tonedeaf they are. So, uh, anyway, [34:14] that was in response to this user who [34:16] said, quote, "Discord, I'm 26 years old [34:18] and I'm turning 27 in a week. What is [34:21] the meaning of this?" End quote. The [34:22] user attached screenshots saying, [34:24] "Sorry, you're not old enough to view [34:26] this age-restricted channel." Noting a [34:28] need to be 18 or older. This followed [34:30] Discord's own post from September 22nd, [34:33] which warned about the roll out, saying, [34:34] quote, "More than 90% of you won't be [34:36] asked to confirm your age." End quote. [34:38] saying that they're splitting users by [34:40] over and under 18 and offering ID [34:42] verifications for those who need to do [34:44] it and or credit cards as methods to [34:46] unlock adult status. There is something [34:49] so deeply capitalistic about the idea of [34:52] needing to present a credit card to [34:55] confirm that you're finally an adult. [34:58] That's apparently where we draw the [34:59] line. Can you take debt to buy stuff? We [35:04] uh we previously talked about Discord's [35:05] ties to Peter Teal and indirectly by [35:09] relation Epstein and Persona, the ID [35:12] verification company uh and talked about [35:15] those concerns and issues. That's in a [35:17] separate video if you're interested. [35:18] It's on the channel. You probably just [35:20] search the channel for the Discord. [35:21] You'll find a few things. But Discord [35:23] claims that the issue is now resolved [35:25] except for the part where you still need [35:27] to verify your age in some situations, [35:29] which is not really a resolution. A fun [35:32] story for the end here. So, there's a [35:33] new Nintendo Switch emulator that we saw [35:36] online this past week that is called [35:38] Prospero Eden. And what makes it [35:40] interesting is that it allows you to [35:42] play Switch games on PS5s. For legal [35:44] reasons, we are neither endorsing nor [35:47] showing how to use this emulator, nor [35:49] are we making a comment as to whether [35:51] you can or should use emulators. But it [35:54] is within our legal right, which we [35:56] reserve, to cover news, which can [35:58] include things like emulators. So [36:01] hopefully Nintendo uh gets the point [36:03] there. I will fight you. Anyway, this is [36:06] based on Eden. It's an open- source [36:09] Switch emulator built off of the Yuzu [36:11] codebase that already works on Mac OS, [36:13] Linux, and Windows per video cards. It [36:15] does require jailbroken PS5s running on [36:18] specific versions of Sony's OS. However, [36:20] the emulator is currently in early alpha [36:22] and is reportedly capable of running [36:24] games like Cuphead around 60 FPS and [36:27] games like Metroid Dread, Hollow Knight, [36:30] Horizon Chase Turbo, and Mario Kart 8 [36:32] Deluxe at 30 FPS or higher. It [36:34] definitely doesn't run all games, [36:36] however, with Animal Crossing: New [36:37] Horizons reportedly running around 15 [36:39] fps. I guess technically it runs, just [36:41] not well, and The Legend of Zelda: [36:43] Breath of the Wild fluctuating between 8 [36:45] and 10 FPS. The emulator supports game [36:48] saves and works with Sony's Dual Sense [36:50] controllers. People can currently [36:51] download it from GitHub, but there's no [36:53] way of telling how long it'll be up if [36:55] Nintendo decides to go after it, [36:56] considering how notoriously latigious [36:58] the company is with emulators. And [37:00] again, we are not saying that you should [37:02] go download it from GitHub. That's not [37:05] what we're saying. We're not saying you [37:06] should download it to preserve it in the [37:08] event it is taken down. We're not saying [37:10] you should download it to use it. Uh we [37:12] are not saying any of those things. [37:13] We're just reporting on the news. What [37:15] you choose to download is your choice. [37:19] Nintendo, [37:20] thanks for watching. Subscribe for more. [37:23] Go to, if we're still here next week, go [37:25] to store.gamesac.net to support us [37:27] directly. You can grab the black market [37:29] Blu-ray disc pack, which uh like I said, [37:32] we've we're still improving it even as [37:34] we're working on kind of finalizing the [37:36] production run, adding in the labels on [37:38] the side. I'm working on finalizing the [37:40] booklets that are going in here. I'm [37:41] really excited about those. And uh yeah, [37:43] it's going to be great. It's really [37:44] exciting to have some physical media [37:45] that we're actually shipping. [37:47] Previously, we did USB drives. Nothing [37:48] like this though with the booklet too. [37:50] Precursor maybe what's to come. You can [37:52] grab that on the store if you want to [37:53] support us or patreon.com/gamersexes. [37:54] Thanks for watching. Subscribe for more. [37:56] We'll see you all next time.