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Mar 15, 2021 • 1h 14min

Our Sponsor Went Bankrupt... - WAN Show March 12, 2021

Get a 15-day free trial for unlimited backup at https://backblaze.com/WAN Try FreshBooks free, for 30 days, no credit card required at https://www.freshbooks.com/wan Honey automatically applies the best coupon codes to save you money at different online checkouts, try it now at https://www.joinhoney.com/linus See the full details of the Channel Super Fun Writer/Producer role at https://linusmediagroup.com/jobs  Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of BlackWings) 0:00 Intro, intel extreme tech upgrade 1:37 Broke sponsor  3:27 Stalling for time 4:37 New intro  5:42 Broke sponsor continuation 13:46 Clarification on Verified Actual Gamer Program 15:57 XBOX game pass exclusivity 30:39 Sponsor for WAN Show (Honey, BackBlaze, Freshbooks,) 33:55 Channel SuperFun job openings   34:19 Radeon overhead and performance variations 42:09 adata quietly swapping out XPGSX8200 SSD components to revise performance 45:53 OVH data center destroyed in a massive fire 52:04 Russia attempted to throttle twitter instead ended up throttling their entire internet 52:30 NFT discussion  56:33 GME stonks go brrr update 1:00:28 Is AMD joining the GPU mining craze more? 1:02:42 Superchats 1:03:08 No virtual LTX 2021 1:04:15 Major collab with tech youtubers, "Tech trivia answered in the form of a question" 1:12:34 WAN Show go bye bye Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 8, 2021 • 1h 16min

You can buy Intel's Unreleased CPU RIGHT NOW - WAN Show March 5, 2021

Visit https://www.squarespace.com/WAN and use offer code WAN for 10% off Save 10% at Ridge Wallet with offer code WAN at https://www.ridge.com/WAN Start your build today at https://www.buildredux.com/linus Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MMAPSFAWNMR) 00:00:09 ----- Synopsis of Topics (AnandTechs 11700K review, Verified Actual Gamer Program, Google is a privacy company now, Arizona House Bill). 00:01:45 ----- Intro. 00:02:17 ----- Luke feels robbed and asks Linus where the new WAN Show intro is. 00:02:40 ----- How AnandTech published their full review of the Intel Core i7-11700K nearly two weeks early and how NDAs work. 00:03:14 ----- Quick sponsor announcement: Redux, Ridge Wallet, and Square Space. 00:15:03 ----- Tech specs of the Intel Core i7-11700K. 00:23:32 ----- Nvidia is working with GPU miners. The 3060 ATH mining limiter rumored to be on the 3080 Ti as well. 00:32:26 ----- Big Reveal: Sometime next week, Linus Media Group will be launching the Verified Actual Gamer Program (not a giveaway). 00:44:59 ----- Sponsor spot: Redux. 00:45:54 ----- Sponsor spot: Ridge Wallet. 00:46:32 ----- Sponsor spot: Square Space. 00:48:53 ----- Questions about the Verified Actual Gamer Program. 00:49:40 ----- Google is now a privacy company. 00:55:01 ----- LTT Store new shirt. 00:56:53 ----- AMDs 6700XT paper launcher. 01:00:02 ----- 8-year-old Fortnite pro (Joseph Dean). 01:02:19 ----- LTT Store desk pad update. 01:02:51 ----- Arizona House Bill that would require an allowance for third party payment on app platforms. 01:09:58 ----- Super Chats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 1, 2021 • 1h 20min

That Time my Channel Almost Got ACQUIRED - WAN Show February 26, 2021

Check out Seasonic's PRIME 850 W Titanium on Amazon at https://lmg.gg/seasonicprime Try FreshBooks free at https://freshbooks.com/wan Get Private Internet Access VPN at https://lmg.gg/piawan Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of Asa) 0:00 - Topics Introduced 2:10 - Intro 2:20 - Linus wants new intros (kind of) 4:00 - some LMG history as told by Linus 6:24 - Linus meets a company intrested in buying LMG 10:10 - Linus looks for old emails about the potential merger 13:00 - Linus decides he doesn't want to take the offer 15:52 - Linus likes the Spiffing Brit 16:44 - Main Topic 1: Biden & Semiconductors 20:51 - Nvidia is not your friend (and LMG is a corporation) 23:44 - Linus does the funny crying thing (press 3 on the keyboard) 26:15 - Nvidia's 3080 nerfs aren't effective 28:25 - c:/chat_is_hacking 30:53 - Nvidia says the 3080 ''cannot be hacked' 35:04 - Luke talks about Hardware Unboxed email 37:48 - Valve nevermind, sponsors! 42:16 - Luke's bird, Scoop, makes an appearance 45:43 - Main Topic 2: Apple v. Epic feat. Valve 50:46 - New LTTStore Shirt! (designed by Sarah) & Linus is making a solid gold controller 55:22 - Bling vs. Functionality 59:10 - Main Topic 3: "Silver Sparrow" Apple Malware 1:01:08 - Main Topic 4: Fry's Electronics closed 1:05:07 - Main Topic 5: Apple forced to show a "repairability score" in France 1:06:13 - Luke talks about Willow Video & Linus talks about the Basil Leaf 1:12:25 - Linus discusses the Basil Leaf''s closing, opening, and closing again 1:14:00 - Conclusion & Superchats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 22, 2021 • 1h 30min

Your Memory is Getting its OWN CPU?? - WAN Show February 19, 2021

Check out RemoteHQ at http://remotehq.co/wan and use code WAN Visit https://www.squarespace.com/WAN and use offer code WAN for 10% off Save 10% at Ridge Wallet with offer code LINUS at https://www.ridge.com/Linus Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of AD) Topics: 0:06 Intro: 1:57 Sponsors: 2:20 Samsung calming 1st high bandwidth memory and AI processing: 2:30 Nvidia slows the mining performance of up coming 3060: 13:37 New floatplane video (Buying counterfeit LTT Merch): 19:35 Sponsors: 24:35 Reacting to xQc’s reaction to Linus’s reaction of xQc building his PC : 28:56 Linus drawing: 49:05 Linus confession: 1:09:38 Linus talks about his “bone-head move”: 1:11:08 Linus “overall response” to the reaction: 1:13:28 Linus talk about Twitch streaming and streamers: 1:14:17 Return to other topics : Facebook: 1:16:31 Xbox series x got an update: 1:21:56 SuperChats: 1:26:04 Outro: 1:28:46 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 16, 2021 • 1h 11min

Old Video Cards are ALL You Can Get - WAN Show February 12, 2021

Check out Seasonic's PRIME 850 W Titanium on Amazon at https://lmg.gg/seasonicprime Get Private Internet Access VPN at https://lmg.gg/piawan Get a 15-day free trial for unlimited backup at https://backblaze.com/WAN Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222) 0:22 Why the show is late (Painting) 1:42 Andy, an employee, wanted Linus to paint during Intel Extreme Tech Upgrade 3:16 Andy's setup and how Linus broke the bed 6:16 Further explanation/reactions to the bed story 7:31 Topic Previews 9:22 Roll that intro! 9:41 Linus getting Rick-rolled 10:51 Headline: NVIDIA (supposedly) Restarting production of 1050TIs 12:29 Explaining GPU 'wafers' during production 13:58 The reason they are remaking it 16:25 Digression to RTX not being popular 18:09 Valve's user hardware related data 19:17 Intel caught 'fudging' benchmarks: 21:29 The "Fun part" (Luke).  23:07 Watching the video together with Linus 24:51 Pausing and discussing Intel Evo Branding 26:32 Evo: What is it? 28:06 Jon (Rettinger) should not be the the spokesperson (Linus) 30:47 You don't market your product by crapping on the other (Linus) 33:22 Evo standard doesn't even include USB Type A ports (Luke) 35:02 Linus's AMD story about product marketing issues 37:10 LTT responsible for canning an agency 38:51 The nature of the industry with marketing agencies 41:07 Luke's favorite marketing people to work with 41:58 Asking Jon about the video 43:48 Sponsor: Backblaze 44:42 Sponsor: Private Internet Access (PIA) 45:25 Sponsor: Seasonic 46:37 Plugging Jon's channel 47:31 CD Projekt Red Source Code Leaks 49:59 Related cyber threats 51:49 Linus suspects someone actually bought it 52:50 Twitter explores payed subscriptions 53:05 Facebook's ad implementation by comparison 55:09 Twitter's homefeed (and ads) 56:58 Twitter subscription model discussion 58:19 What you get from it (Including editing tweets) 59:55 Ability to tip users 1:01:12 Art 1:02:05 Affordable Intel CPUs 1:03:37 Interesting how this + 1050TI is happening at the the same time (Luke) 1:04:50 Replying to chats 1:07:41 Linus upgrading Luke's PC + the catch 1:09:09 Conclusion + LTT Store 1:09:54 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 8, 2021 • 1h 4min

The DEATH of Cloud Gaming - WAN Show February 5, 2021

Start your build today at https://www.buildredux.com/linus Save 10% at Ridge Wallet with offer code LINUS at https://www.ridge.com/Linus Honey automatically applies the best coupon codes to save you money at different online checkouts, try it now at https://www.joinhoney.com/linus Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222) 0:00 Intro with Google Stadia changing  1:49 Luke's take about Stadia 3:34 Linus's problem with what Google was doing 4:56 Talking about acquisition opportunities 6:38 Linus: The bigger problem with Stadia 8:24 One of the holy grail's of gaming: Fully destructible environments 9:50 Linus's prison escape simulator game idea 11:02 Game called "Teardown" discussion 11:53 The core idea of cloud gaming + Google lacking patience 13:26 Google's confusing mindset hypothetical example 14:22 Everyone knows games take a long time to develop (except Google) 16:05 GeForce Now has reached 6 Million members 16:48 Luke: Nvidia & Microsoft have good approaches 17:45 Xbox Series X example 18:40 Comparing to Nintendo Wii/Switch controller/accessory costs 19:59 Luke singing the song again + Linus trying to censor it live 20:26 Nvidia requiring companies to be transparent about RTX3000 specifications 21:57 Linus calling one of the writers about RTX3000 spec requirement 23:02 TDP not making much difference, but boost clocks are 25:01 Currently don't know much about the 80W vs. 150W (price, power usage, performance) 26:40 Luke enjoys Nvidia shooting themselves in the foot 27:44 What Linus thinks Nvidia needs (Intel like naming approach) 28:32 Is Linus still holding GME (Gamestop) stocks? (skip to 42:24) 29:05 Sponsor: Build Redux 30:28 Sponsor: Ridge Wallet 31:13 Sponsor: Honey 31:57 Luke tells us a story from his mom 34:18 Comparing old and current YouTube comments 36:23 Other people responding to comments for you 37:33 (Rumor) Apple VR Headset could cost $3,000 39:22 Linus worried about Apple's approach + How it might impact VR market 40:27 The Valve Index's VR problems comparison 42:24 Linus GME (Gamestop) stock update 44:34 (Floatplane chat) GPD video question 44:57 How Yvonne (wife) handled the GME stocks 47:28 Not LTT Store 48:14 LTTStore.com (New scarves) 49:54 Valve fined $4,000,000 on Steam controller 52:10 Linus: Gaming patents shouldn't last as long 54:18 NZXT Apologizes for safety issue on H1 case 56:30 Superchats 59:46 Linus's lifetime investments summary 1:02:17 Conclusion 1:02:41 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 1, 2021 • 1h

Let's SCREW the Stock Market! - WAN Show January 29, 2021

Sign up with Privacy and enter to win a Alienware r15 R2 laptop at https://lmg.gg/bcI4H Get 25% off Malwarebytes Premium if you sign up for 2 years at https://geni.us/malwarebytes Honey automatically applies the best coupon codes to save you money at different online checkouts, try it now at https://www.joinhoney.com/linus Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222) 0:00 Intro 0:14 Topic preview 1:59 Intro 2:35 Short summary/preview of review bombing 3:17 Introduction to Gamestop (GME) stock current events  3:52 Shorting a stock: definition/explanation  6:27 Short Explanation ( Part 2 )  8:12 What WallStreetBets is doing + Elon Musk's opinion  9:48 Original intention behind shorting  11:12 Gamestop + Robinhood + Redistribution of wealth  12:08 Some people had success + The main "winners"  13:10 WallStreetBets' Role model  14:53 Hedgefunds also charged interest, amongst other things  15:25 Linus's stock promise introduction/announcement   17:15 Ivan's story   18:26 Linus starts to get worried (To the moon)  19:33 Other "Meme stocks" + "Short squeezing"  20:32 AMC in particular  21:30 Linus's promise: Cost update (+Luke laughing)  22:11 Linus doesn't do many investments  23:50 How does Linus acquire GME? + Luke's prediction  24:45 Estimates of 5 Billion lost from short-sellers  25:05 Robinhood restricted GME + Class Action Lawsuit + Reviewbombing  27:07 Other meme-crap (Dogecoin)  27:27 Robinhood possibly selling some peoples shares + disclaimer  28:23 Elon added Bitcoin to his Twitter bio  29:15 Twitch/Floatplane chats suggests promise cap (50k)  30:08 Google removing negative Robinhood review  31:38 Luke's computer lag issues (story) 33:05 Sponsors  33:13 Honey  34:08 (Not a sponsor) - Activism investing  35:46 Malwarebytes Premium  36:40 Privacy + Alienware giveaway 37:42 Calling Yvonne (the wife)  39:01 The cost reveal (50k)  41:01 Yvonne's counter-argument  42:25 Intel has more returning talent (Sunil Shenoy + more)  43:02 Linus's Apple Watch Heart-Rate  45:02 Sunil's previous work at Intel + Other names  46:13 Pat Gensinger's quote 46:35 Apple Q1 record revenue ($150 Billion) 48:37 Alleged NVIDIA 3080TI 20GB leak 49:51 "Please stop sending money" - Linus 50:12 i9 11900kf leaked screenshots 51:40 Linus trying to plan when to buy GME stocks 52:10 LTT Still Hiring 53:04 More stock talk + various comments on it 55:34 LMG is NOT going public 56:46 LTT Store reminder 58:04 Conclusion 58:40 Outro 1 59:04 Outro 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 25, 2021 • 1h 11min

Intel is Staging a BIG Comeback! - WAN Show January 22, 2021

Try KernelCare Enterprise for free at https://hubs.ly/H0BNgj60 Remotely monitor and manage your server or PC at https://lmg.gg/pulsewayteams and get 20% off Pulseway's Teams plan when you sign up. Try FreshBooks free, for 30 days, no credit card required at https://www.freshbooks.com/wan Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222): 0:15 Topic Preview 1:27 Intro 2:07 Intel beats Q4 targets with records  3:11 Intel's Numbers were leaked "hacked" and officially released early  3:50 Glenn Hinton returns to Intel  5:15 Nehalem  7:53 Hinton's words on returning  9:17 Super smart people think of super smart things (LTTStore.com)  11:08 What Ian Cutress from Tech Tech Potato suspects  11:53 Luke interjects about business leadership  14:18 Linus/LMG's leadership perspective  16:28 Do Luke's paychecks clear?  17:30 Recognizing the people behind a company + Competition  20:07 You have to look at the motivation  21:28 Is this the first major move to combat AMD?  22:49 Key talent attracts key talent 24:23 Google threatens to pull out of Australia over new link tax laws  25:05 Explanation of the 'link tax' law  26:40 Google is fearful of precedents set  27:11 Google tests value of Australian news  27:45 James' take + James   28:21 James currently banned on Twitter  28:54 James reaching out to Twitter (x2)  30:27 Argument about being paid for something  32:00 Concluding Google topic 32:18 Sponsors  32:20 KernelCare Enterprise  33:25 FreshBooks  34:25 Pulseway 35:19 LTT Store: Underwear in stock 36:50 LTT Store: Special Edition Holofoil Shirt 37:25 NVIDIA Max-Q changes   38:45 NVIDIA's Statement about the changes  40:38 Max-P isn't an official term 42:57 Raspberry Pi Launches $4 Pi Pico  43:40 Pi Pico's Specs  45:51 Luke's next famous quote + Min-maxing Hardware  48:05 Explaining to the YouTube audience what a stream is 49:00 LMG: Job Positions/Openings + Descriptions 51:02 VIK-on YouTube mods RTX2070 to 16GB VRAM 53:18 Twitter accused of profiting from CP + Trafficking  56:11 Some LMG job links are bugged 56:47 Superchats  56:55 Kirk or Picard (Star Trek) discussion  59:58 Luke's VR Setup & old living space revealed 1:07:11 Conclusion + LTT Store reminder and Floatplane solving Luke's old videos 1:09:00 Outro + Outro 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 18, 2021 • 1h 7min

Was our Raid Shadow Legends Sponsorship a Mistake... - WAN Show January 15, 2021

Get $5 off your first online purchase using Privacy at http://privacy.com/linus Get a 15-day free trial for unlimited backup at https://backblaze.com/WAN Sign up for Private Internet Access VPN at https://lmg.gg/pialinus2 Check out Linus’ Interview on Privacy at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3N-iNg1rK0 Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of MattDog_222) 0:07 Fake Raid Shadow Legends Sponsor 0:22 Recap 0:55 Intro 1:36 Raid Shadow Legends Sponsor Controversy  2:47 What Luke likes about Raid Shadow Legends  3:53 Raid Shadow Legends Sponsor - Linus' Response  7:00 What apps/games Linus has on his phone  8:20 The integrity of sponsors  9:55 Why the community was mad - Raid Shadow Legends' Parent Company  11:30 World of Warships Comparison  13:50 People are tired of hearing about Raid Shadow Legends  14:52 Luke on people focusing on something small and taking up comments  15:50 Not planning to sponsor it again and why  17:23 Reacting to some of the comments on the video 18:56 Should you leave WhatsApp? (Luke)  20:34 Linus' take on WhatsApp  21:42 FaceBook moving the goalposts  22:50 Everyone needs to leave mentality  23:53 Why Luke has a FaceBook account  24:27 Stream Lag/Reconnect + Linus' family members using online DNA test kits  26:57 Linus' digital information's ship has sailed  28:01 Back to WhatsApp privacy  29:30 What difference does it make what chat app(s) you use  31:34 Why Linus uses WhatsApp  33:03 We need a new Trillian  33:48 How can people mass migrate through apps  34:24 Invisible status on apps 36:19 Ranking message apps' security 37:40 Superchat about Linus fixing a 5950X pin 38:15 Message from Jake about switching to 25 Gigabit Fiber 39:46 Sponsor Spots  39:52 Backblaze  41:05 Privacy  42:01 PIA (Private Internet Access) 43:11 Intel replaces Bob Swan with Pat Gelsinger  44:31 Lead by an engineer  45:01 Gelsinger's background  46:03 Accomplishments   46:47 Whipping new CPUs out of the oven 47:48 LTT Store Announcements  47:48 Launching limited edition Pink "Lambo" Beanie on LTT Store  49:19 What you get with the Pink Lambo Beanie  51:05 Limited Edition shirt "Live - Laugh - Liau"  52:57 The Grey Crewneck Sweaters are back in stock 53:27 Google purchases Fitbit 55:10 Swacket V2 56:12 Samsung "Upcycling at home"  56:55 Avoiding damage from it 58:02 Razer debuts Project Hazel (Mask)  59:34 Luke surprised at lack of fashion masks 1:00:56 Swacket V2 Mockup 1:01:44 Superchats 1:05:04 Outro 1:05:29 Linus Braces Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jan 11, 2021 • 1h 20min

I Hope you HATE Buying Graphics Cards - WAN Show January 8, 2021

Visit https://www.squarespace.com/WAN and use offer code WAN for 10% off Learn more about Kite at https://lmg.gg/t0Bi7 Download Kite today at https://lmg.gg/9qpo7 Keep your feet dry and get $25 off each pair at Vessi with offer code WANSHOW at https://www.vessi.com/wanshow Check out Carpool Critics, our new movie podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt-oJR5teQIjOAxCmIQvcgA Timestamps (Courtesy of SirTobiGoodboy) 0:37 Recap of topics  2:00 Intro 2:13 Carmen Sandiego 4:46 GPUs getting more expensive  5:16 Import tariffs increasing prices 7.5% to 25%  6:20 Tariffs implemented in 2018 and exemptions expired  7:00 Shipping costs increasing  7:50 Canadian computer prices falling  11:12 General tariff and trade discussion  11:52 Foxconn US factory         15:40 Price Creep of GPUs  17:40 Now is the time to pick up gaming laptops 18:20 RTX 3080 MaxQ far slower than desktop  18:43 RTX 3000 power efficiency is not enough for laptops  19:45 GPU prices will never be competitive again due to the shortage debacle.   21:06 GTX 1080ti performance equivalent for RTX 3080 MaxQ  22:02 Performance parity gone between desktop and laptop  24:49 Detailed specifications  26:40 Potentially confusing marketing and nomenclature 29:19 GPU rating system proposal 39:20 Sponsor Spots  39:24 Kite  40:07 Squarespace  41:05 Vessi 42:27 LTTStore 47:05 WhatsApp Facebook data sharing  47:54 Video calling tangent 51:19 Self image and body modification tangent 1:11:11 WhatsApp Facebook data sharing  1:11:16 Data to be shared 1:12:34 Ikea created mockups for new consoles (unclear validity) 1:13:11 Trump permabanned on Twitter  1:13:45 Many other apps and websites banning Trump 1:15:47 Switch Pro leak/rumor 1:16:49 Superchats  1:18:17 Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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