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On tonight’s show…
– Tech News –
Nvidia RTX 5080 Reviews are in, and the news is underwhelming
https://www.eteknix.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5080-founders-edition-review/
DeepSeek revealed to have cost just $6M to train and deploy, tanking Nvidia stocks
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/27/tech/deepseek-stocks-ai-china/index.html
AliBaba says they can do even better than that
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/alibaba-releases-ai-model-it-claims-surpasses-deepseek-v3-2025-01-29/
AMD says “$899 price point was never part of the plan” for the RX 9070 XT
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-denies-9070-xt-leaked-prices-usd899-usd-starting-price-point-was-never-part-of-the-plan
Intel cuts Xeon 6 prices by 30% to stay competitive against AMD Turin
https://www.techpowerup.com/331709/intel-cuts-xeon-6-prices-up-to-30-to-battle-amd-in-the-data-center
– Games/Entertainment –
Insanely well done $3 game on steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3361470/Digseum/
– Beer News –
Canada stopped charging GST/HST on Beer and Wine, that ends soon, can probably make a joke about it for the Canadian friends at the end.
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/taxes/child-and-family-benefits/gst-hst-holiday-tax-break.htm