TL;DR Linus and Luke kick off by roasting YouTube’s new AI-powered auto-scaling and content guidelines, riffing on how autoplay feels more like slot-machine dopamine than good UX (and whether vices should even get ad spots). They bounce through everything from cyberpunk Easter eggs and random “why-did-I-get-rickrolled” demos to debates on cigarette breaks in China and the ethics of bad-vice ads.
Beyond the YouTube chaos, they cover major tech news: Japan’s patent office sides against Nintendo’s capture patent, BC’s crypto mining ban, an AI phone-farm startup, and 1X Tech’s fetching NEO chores robot (should LTT get one for grandma?). On the hardware front it’s AMD nerfs for RX 5000/6000, Nvidia hitting a $5 trillion valuation only to underdeliver on DGX power, Google axing Nest Thermostat Gen 2, YT yanking Windows 11 bypass videos, AMD’s Zen 2/3+ rebranding, Canada scrapping EV tariffs—and a wild ride test-driving Huawei’s Maextro S800 supercar versus Taycans and Maybachs, peppered with Q&A madness about Steam Decks, Bluetooth’s demise, “SHIRT” shirts and more.
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