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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change:

0:00 Chapters

1:32 Intro

2:33 Topic #1 - Monster Energy sues for a game having "monster" in title

3:04 Comparing logos, company sued for using the color green

4:32 Linus discusses Monster Energy drinks & the incentive

6:36 Monster Fish Keepers, Luke on abusing trademarks

8:54 Recalling Kylie lawsuit, Brookhaven Bears, the point behind trademarks

10:25 Luke on documented confusion of Linus with Linux

11:47 Linus recalls Tech Sack's past name

12:18 Monster sued Ubisoft, Luke on game names & Unity demos

13:33 Dennis hijacks WAN Show using Uncle Linus's Sack

15:22 Linus reads Uncle Linus's Potato Farm letter, starts the competition

22:02 Linus did not plan this, Dennis says the answers

24:44 Luke calls out someone for flexing with British food

25:46 Linus's preference, Luke on "Cold mall fry," Dennis's drive

27:06 Topic #2 - TechLinked temporarily deleted

28:37 Unrestored comments, Linus mentions past hack

29:32 Luke's Content ID theory, Google's lack of warnings

33:24 Linus on Floatplane transcoding & writing "www"

36:22 Topic #3 - Intel's Arc Battlemage & Celestial

40:41 Luke recalls Arc challenge, "review GPUs before it comes out" idea

42:46 Linus on predictive content, LTT's artificial CPU pre-review

46:02 Topic #4 - Luke fragmented the infected M2 SSD

46:53 Luke missed hitting it with a bat

49:14 Specs of the SSD, discussing malware

50:18 Luke freaked out as CTO, Linus on the motherboard's cost

52:48 Luke on lack of spare systems, Jaiden works on a Steam Deck

55:38 Standardizing workstations, reliability of laptops

1:00:02 Linus & Luke on the feasibility of 10GbE & workstation specs

1:06:26 Showing the server graveyard, planned LTT vlogs

1:08:24 What does "Linus Media Group" do as a company?

1:24:37 Linus's LTX stage idea

1:27:20 Topic #5 - Starforged Systems's parody video

1:41:22 What Linus & Luke watched, SAMMIT invited Linus to drifting

1:46:22 Merch Messages #1

2:04:14 Sponsors

2:10:30 Topic #6 - Artificial Intelligence update

2:11:16 Microsoft's Jarvis, mentions Wolfram|Alpha

2:13:49 HuggingGPT, OpenAI sued for defamation

2:15:52 Topic #7 - VR adoption is slow amongst teens

2:19:02 Linus on Gen Z, Luke's past with consoles & present

2:23:17 Topic #8 - General Motors removes Android Auto & Apple CarPlay

2:26:55 LTTStore's new windbreaker

2:33:14 LTTStore's new neon motherboard T-shirt, dad hats not selling well

2:35:46 Luke reviews the LTTStore laptop bag

2:44:01 Merch Messages #2

2:44:31 Why did Linus start or stop calling Luke Slick?

2:46:51 Best paint for PC cases?

2:55:52 Topic #9 - Reusing thumbnails & faces for LTT videos

3:01:08 Topic #10 - Microsoft emulator loophole patched

3:02:47 Nintendo DMCAs PointCrow's videos, Linus on ASUS's ally

3:06:07 Topic #11 - WD My Cloud locked due to breach

3:06:38 Linus discusses his investment in the NAS company

3:14:13 Topic #12 - Samsung data leak using ChatGPT

3:14:54 Luke's predicts the return of local servers & systems

3:19:37 Topic #13 - Next "smart" devices remotely controlled over the internet

3:22:56 Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show after dark

3:24:11 Luke's opinion on people wanting to stop AI's development

3:28:02 Has LTT or Floatplane had to overcome legal hurdles? ft. AI talk

3:38:51 Features you want on a hand-held high quality holster?

3:41:20 Game mechanics you'd like to see AI applied to? ft. Google Translate

3:56:24 Any experiences Linus carried from NCIX?

3:57:51 Most surprising feature on a new GP? recovering mentally

4:07:38 What is Linus', Lukes' & Dans' SO's biggest taboo?

4:18:08 Luke's thoughts on Adam Conover's AI scam video

4:23:06 Full on gaming LMG channel? ft. pending approval Labs logo

4:58:09 Open sourcing Labs software? ft. Floatplane updates, LTTStore questions

5:15:52 Outro

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