**Tech News Roundup: Major Announcements and Updates**
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### AMD Ryzen 3000 Series Processors Leak Details
The excitement surrounding AMD's upcoming Ryzen 3000 series processors has reached new heights as leaked specifications have surfaced. According to multiple sources, including a detailed breakdown by YouTuber Adore TV, the lineup features ten new processors ranging from the budget-friendly six-core, twelve-thread Ryzen 3 300 with an MSRP of $100 to the high-end sixteen-core, thirty-two-thread Ryzen 9 3850X. The latter is priced at $499 and promises to reach speeds up to around 5 GHz. These processors are rumored to be built on the Zen 2 architecture and are expected to officially launch at CES 2019 in January.
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### Epic Game Store Challenges Steam with Revenue Sharing Model
Following Valve's announcement of reducing their cut for popular games on Steam, Epic Games made a bold move by introducing the Epic Game Store. This new platform offers developers an impressive 88% revenue share, keeping only a modest 12% for themselves. In comparison, Steam developers can achieve a lower cut of 25% only after selling over 10 million copies, making this model a significant incentive for developers. Additionally, the store will apply royalty fees to games built using the Unreal Engine, further enticing developers to join its ecosystem.
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### Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit Showcases 5G Devices
Qualcomm, along with partners Samsung and Motorola, showcased their latest 5G devices at the Snapdragon Technology Summit in Hawaii. Despite initial skepticism due to limited interaction and unimpressive speed tests during demonstrations, the event highlighted the potential of 5G technology. Among the notable products was Samsung's phone featuring a corner notch and Qualcomm's newly unveiled Snapdragon 855 chipset, which promises faster processing speeds than its predecessor, the Snapdragon 845.
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### Microsoft Edge Concedes to Chrome’s Dominance
In a move that acknowledges Google Chrome's supremacy, Microsoft has decided to discontinue its Edge browser. Instead, they will develop a new browser based on Google's open-source Chromium rendering engine. While this shift is expected to streamline compatibility and features, enthusiasts are hopeful that the new Edge will match or even exceed Chrome's performance in terms of RAM usage.
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### Flutter SDK for Cross-Platform Development Launched
Google has introduced Flutter, a UI toolkit and SDK designed for cross-platform app development. This tool allows developers to create a single version of their app for both iOS and Android with minimal adjustments. There are speculations that Google aims to encourage adoption of Flutter to support its Fuchsia OS, a mobile and desktop operating system in development. The move is seen as an attempt to unify app ecosystems across different platforms.
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### Nvidia Uses AI to Create 3D Representations from Video
In a groundbreaking demonstration, Nvidia utilized artificial intelligence to generate fully functional 3D representations of real-world spaces using only video footage. The company's neural network identified and recreated objects within Unreal Engine 4, allowing for realistic virtual environments. While the technology is impressive, it also raises questions about navigating through "uncanny valley" experiences.
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### Waymo Launches Autonomous Taxi Service in Phoenix
Waymo, Google's autonomous vehicle division, has officially launched its public-facing taxi service, Waymo 1, in Phoenix, Arizona. The program initially features safety drivers but aims to transition to fully autonomous vehicles over time. This marks a significant milestone in the development of self-driving technology and its integration into real-world transportation services.
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### Innoforce Introduces Compact M.2 Graphics Card
Breaking away from traditional graphics card designs, Innoforce introduced an M.2 form factor graphics card capable of supporting 1080p at 60Hz or 4K at 30Hz. Designed for super compact industrial systems, this tiny GPU is not intended for gaming but rather for applications requiring efficient and space-saving solutions.
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This concludes our coverage of the latest tech news. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to bring you the most recent developments in the world of technology!
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey wow it's been a while since i was here on tech linked was that guy always there no i don't know where he came from he's a dragon doing a disco pose like what i don't even know okay anyway to the tech news on monday we reported on rumors about new processors and chipsets from amd and now the hype train has officially left the station specs for amd's upcoming ryzen 3000 series lineup have apparently been leaked numerous sources put out information but the most cohesive source was youtuber adore tv who detailed 10 new processors ranging from the six core 12 thread ryzen 3 300 with an msrp of 100 to the 16 core 32 thread ryzen 9 38 50x boy that's a lot of numbers which will sell for 4.99 the higher end models boost up to and around 5 gigahertz that sounds spicy how is that spicy spicy it's just 5 is a cold temperature it doesn't matter what scale you're fat a 5 looks like an s spicy anyways okay anyway the new processors are reportedly built on the zen 2 architecture and if these rumors are true and not just pure conjecture thrown to the internet to confuse and make fools out of us all because that's never happened before we'll get an official look at these chips at ces 2019 down in vegas in january right after valve announced they reduced their 30 sales cup for very popular games on steam epic games arrived with a tantalizing counteroffer the developer of fortnite and gears of war announced the epic game store which will offer 88 percent of game sales revenue to developers keeping only a 12 percent cut for themselves the closest developers could get to that kind of revenue sharing on steam is by selling over 10 million copies of the game which brings foul's cut down to 25 which is still like twice as much more than twice as much so okay selling over 50 million copies brings it down to 20 the epic game store also weighs royalty fees for games built using the unreal engine which should entice developers even further to consider selling on the new marketplace maybe this will teach valve to care less about money and make good games again like artifact which is a car it's a card game it's a card game i've never heard of it riley just wrote that joke in there but yeah apparently no no okay raleigh says it's great so we'll just go with it okay it's horrible earlier this week we talked about samsung's partnership with verizon on 5g phones and now those two companies and qualcomm are ready to show off the goods a bunch of journalists were invited to the qualcomm snapdragon technology summit in hawaii yesterday for a luau just kidding but they were shown a number of devices purportedly using 5g technology but speed tests weren't super impressive and interaction with some devices was very limited so they might as well have been running on happy thoughts i guess like peter pan yes like peter pan okay wow that has been a long time but okay the devices on show include the phones from both samsung and motorola as well as hot spots from at t and verizon samsung's phone had a corner notch though so that's interesting i guess qualcomm also used the summit to unveil the new snapdragon 855 chipset which will support 5g and processing speeds faster than the snapdragon 845 which you can trust me on because 855 is clearly a larger number is that also true in canada like different measurement system in canada i don't know it's true i'm confused and now it's time for quick bits brought to you by madrina's coffee and linus tech tips which is delicious in both the u.s canada or anywhere else that's right we've worked with madrina's to make a specially crafted custom coffee called the lambo roast yeah the ltt lambeau roast is a brilliant blend of medium roasted latin american and african coffee beans with a sweet chocolate flavor a big bold body and a smooth caramel finish from high-tech espresso enthusiasts to workhorse drip coffee drinkers like myself this blend will satisfy every and any java juicer the lambo roast will ship the lambo roast will ship december 14th but you can pre-order right now and don't forget to use code linus to get 50 off at the link below buy our coffee do it sounds delicious now now riley go buy our coffee right now stop bothering me okay on to the quick bits microsoft has finally thrown in the towel on their edge browser which has been living on the edge i guess and it's about effing time they've decided to acknowledge the superiority of chrome and we'll be building a new browser using google's open source chromium rendering engine hopefully it'll use just as much if not more ram that's how you know it's good more ram more better download more ram just download more it's fine in other google news the company is launching flutter a ui toolkit and sdk that will allow open source cross-platform development in less vague terms that means developers could build one version of their app and have it run on say ios and android with minimal tweaks there's also speculation that google is getting developers to adopt flutter because it will allow compatibility with the company's fuchsia os a mobile and desktop operating system in secret development except that everyone knows about it kind of like how pro wrestling is fake you didn't know that yeah no i didn't see that was good yeah okay yeah like a batista bomb nvidia has used ai to create a fully functional 3d representation of real world spaces using only video the company's neural network identified objects and recreated them within unreal engine 4 the same engine used by popular games pubg and fortnite what yeah i have heard of those yeah okay it also textured the objects with real world data so watch the video if you want to take a casual drive through the uncanny valley speaking of driving google subsidiary waymo finally launched their public-facing autonomous taxi service waymo 1 in phoenix arizona do we have to specify arizona there's not a whole lot of other famous phoenixes except the one that dumbledore had but uh the program will use safety drivers to begin with but eventually the vehicles will be fully autonomous way to go phoenix happy to let you guys leave the charge on that one let us know once you get things sorted out down there because then we won't yeah people won't get run over yeah i i get the joke yeah okay and hey look it's a little tiny graphics card inno disc launched the graphics card in an m.2 form factor of all things which will support 1080p at 60hz or 4k at 30 but not in games it's actually designed for super compact industrial systems what is this a graphics card for ants yeah is it yeah yeah zoolander yeah yeah i've seen i've seen the the advice animal thing it's fine okay okay this episode is over subscribe if you want to because we'll be back on friday with more tech news well i won't be back personally you'll be a different host but we'll be back friday so yeah if you want to just skip right to monday because those are the best written episodes because i do them you write those how dare you that was literally your opinion you wrote into the script so yeah even even riley thinks so so you've watched friday still the movie yeah all right bye feliciahey wow it's been a while since i was here on tech linked was that guy always there no i don't know where he came from he's a dragon doing a disco pose like what i don't even know okay anyway to the tech news on monday we reported on rumors about new processors and chipsets from amd and now the hype train has officially left the station specs for amd's upcoming ryzen 3000 series lineup have apparently been leaked numerous sources put out information but the most cohesive source was youtuber adore tv who detailed 10 new processors ranging from the six core 12 thread ryzen 3 300 with an msrp of 100 to the 16 core 32 thread ryzen 9 38 50x boy that's a lot of numbers which will sell for 4.99 the higher end models boost up to and around 5 gigahertz that sounds spicy how is that spicy spicy it's just 5 is a cold temperature it doesn't matter what scale you're fat a 5 looks like an s spicy anyways okay anyway the new processors are reportedly built on the zen 2 architecture and if these rumors are true and not just pure conjecture thrown to the internet to confuse and make fools out of us all because that's never happened before we'll get an official look at these chips at ces 2019 down in vegas in january right after valve announced they reduced their 30 sales cup for very popular games on steam epic games arrived with a tantalizing counteroffer the developer of fortnite and gears of war announced the epic game store which will offer 88 percent of game sales revenue to developers keeping only a 12 percent cut for themselves the closest developers could get to that kind of revenue sharing on steam is by selling over 10 million copies of the game which brings foul's cut down to 25 which is still like twice as much more than twice as much so okay selling over 50 million copies brings it down to 20 the epic game store also weighs royalty fees for games built using the unreal engine which should entice developers even further to consider selling on the new marketplace maybe this will teach valve to care less about money and make good games again like artifact which is a car it's a card game it's a card game i've never heard of it riley just wrote that joke in there but yeah apparently no no okay raleigh says it's great so we'll just go with it okay it's horrible earlier this week we talked about samsung's partnership with verizon on 5g phones and now those two companies and qualcomm are ready to show off the goods a bunch of journalists were invited to the qualcomm snapdragon technology summit in hawaii yesterday for a luau just kidding but they were shown a number of devices purportedly using 5g technology but speed tests weren't super impressive and interaction with some devices was very limited so they might as well have been running on happy thoughts i guess like peter pan yes like peter pan okay wow that has been a long time but okay the devices on show include the phones from both samsung and motorola as well as hot spots from at t and verizon samsung's phone had a corner notch though so that's interesting i guess qualcomm also used the summit to unveil the new snapdragon 855 chipset which will support 5g and processing speeds faster than the snapdragon 845 which you can trust me on because 855 is clearly a larger number is that also true in canada like different measurement system in canada i don't know it's true i'm confused and now it's time for quick bits brought to you by madrina's coffee and linus tech tips which is delicious in both the u.s canada or anywhere else that's right we've worked with madrina's to make a specially crafted custom coffee called the lambo roast yeah the ltt lambeau roast is a brilliant blend of medium roasted latin american and african coffee beans with a sweet chocolate flavor a big bold body and a smooth caramel finish from high-tech espresso enthusiasts to workhorse drip coffee drinkers like myself this blend will satisfy every and any java juicer the lambo roast will ship the lambo roast will ship december 14th but you can pre-order right now and don't forget to use code linus to get 50 off at the link below buy our coffee do it sounds delicious now now riley go buy our coffee right now stop bothering me okay on to the quick bits microsoft has finally thrown in the towel on their edge browser which has been living on the edge i guess and it's about effing time they've decided to acknowledge the superiority of chrome and we'll be building a new browser using google's open source chromium rendering engine hopefully it'll use just as much if not more ram that's how you know it's good more ram more better download more ram just download more it's fine in other google news the company is launching flutter a ui toolkit and sdk that will allow open source cross-platform development in less vague terms that means developers could build one version of their app and have it run on say ios and android with minimal tweaks there's also speculation that google is getting developers to adopt flutter because it will allow compatibility with the company's fuchsia os a mobile and desktop operating system in secret development except that everyone knows about it kind of like how pro wrestling is fake you didn't know that yeah no i didn't see that was good yeah okay yeah like a batista bomb nvidia has used ai to create a fully functional 3d representation of real world spaces using only video the company's neural network identified objects and recreated them within unreal engine 4 the same engine used by popular games pubg and fortnite what yeah i have heard of those yeah okay it also textured the objects with real world data so watch the video if you want to take a casual drive through the uncanny valley speaking of driving google subsidiary waymo finally launched their public-facing autonomous taxi service waymo 1 in phoenix arizona do we have to specify arizona there's not a whole lot of other famous phoenixes except the one that dumbledore had but uh the program will use safety drivers to begin with but eventually the vehicles will be fully autonomous way to go phoenix happy to let you guys leave the charge on that one let us know once you get things sorted out down there because then we won't yeah people won't get run over yeah i i get the joke yeah okay and hey look it's a little tiny graphics card inno disc launched the graphics card in an m.2 form factor of all things which will support 1080p at 60hz or 4k at 30 but not in games it's actually designed for super compact industrial systems what is this a graphics card for ants yeah is it yeah yeah zoolander yeah yeah i've seen i've seen the the advice animal thing it's fine okay okay this episode is over subscribe if you want to because we'll be back on friday with more tech news well i won't be back personally you'll be a different host but we'll be back friday so yeah if you want to just skip right to monday because those are the best written episodes because i do them you write those how dare you that was literally your opinion you wrote into the script so yeah even even riley thinks so so you've watched friday still the movie yeah all right bye felicia\n"
