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Is coming in a sec. But first, Whale Facts Sperm whales can sleep vertically Whale Facts When I was five, I thought a whale lived in the deep end of the pool at the community center by my house and as a result didn't learn to swim until I was 12. Whale facts There's a whale land happening on February 21st and 22nd, so buy tickets at the link below. It's about gaming, not whales so much. But Nvidia reportedly isn't releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026, with rumored RTX 60 series now being potentially delayed until 2028, according to insiders who spoke to the information. The problem is supply constraints on VRAM, if you could believe it. Nvidia says demand for GeForce cards is strong, but supply remains tight, forcing the company to focus on shipping existing models instead of launching new ones. Which is funny because Nvidia is also reportedly cutting production of some current GPUs by around 20% and and prioritizing lower VRAM cards to stretch available memory. Even worse, delaying the refresh would mean that mass production of the RTX 60 series wouldn't actually start until the tail end of 2027. Now, considering that previous rumors had the RTX 5070 Ti super sporting 24 gigs of GDDR7, I guess I can kind of see where Nvidia's coming from. I mean, you know, we didn't want new GPUs anyways. We know those are only for data centers now. Now giving gamers GPUs, that would be funny. There is one small silver lining here though. Nvidia may resurrect older GPUs to help stabilize supply. So you don't get new GPUs. You don't even get current gen GPUs. You'll get an old crusty GPU we fished out from behind the kitchen cabinet if you behave Apple's lockdown mode is in the news this week after the security feature successfully kept FBI investigators from accessing data in a journalist's iPhone. 13 After after federal agents raided the home of Washington Post Reporter Hannah Natenson as part of a classified leaks investigation, the FBI forensic unit couldn't extract data from her iPhone because it was set to lockdown mode. Apple's extreme security setting, built for people more likely to be targeted by digital threats, but available to anyone who turns it on in settings. It basically breaks a bunch of features on purpose, blocking unknown connections, limiting attachments, restricting web connectivity, and preventing access by device management tools. Essentially, it turns your smartphone into an incredibly paranoid brick. The FBI filing notes that they could have disabled lockdown mode by compelling Natenson to unlock it using Face ID because, fun fact, they are legally allowed to do that. You know I've always liked pin codes better anyway, but the reporter had Face ID disabled on her iPhone and the FBI can't force you to disclose your pin code. And until we all have government mandated neuralinks, it'll happen. Unfortunately for Natenson, she did have Touch ID set up on her Mac, so the authorities were able to access data from that. It's another reminder that despite a truly annoying elitist vibe and a lot of anti competitive behavior, Apple has leaned harder into privacy features than probably any other big tech company. They even have a nifty shortcut where pressing the power button five times on your iPhone disables biometric sign in and requires a pin to unlock it. Isn't that cool? Just don't press the power button five times on Android. Most of the time that will directly call 911, which, you know is different. The European Commission has preliminarily found TikTok in breach of the EU's Digital Services act for its addictive nature. TikTok's basically in trouble for being too enjoyable. Better call the fun police lame. The commission says TikTok's design rewards compulsive scrolling and that existing safeguards like parental controls aren't cutting it, especially when the vast majority of people doing that scrolling now are adults anyway. The Commission has ruled that TikTok needs to disable Infinite scroll, implement screen time breaks and overhaul its recommendation system so basically change everything about the app. This comes on the heels of a series of US lawsuits taking the big Tobacco approach to social media, arguing these platforms are addictive products causing personal injury. The EU's investigation has been running since early 2024 and has already found TikTok guilty of insufficient advertising transparency. TikTok now has the chance to defend itself before the investigation concludes, and a spokesperson for the company told the Financial Times they will take whatever steps are necessary to keep the app as it is, as addictive as possible, clearly unaware of what side of history they're there. If TikTok can't make a case for keeping the app the same and doesn't comply with the EU's requested changes, they face fines of up to 6% of total global revenue. You know, at a certain point we gotta be asking, how much are these apps really worth? At least Smoking had the benefit of making you look cool. TikTok just lets your uncle share his Big Shrimp conspiracy theory in a medium where all your friends can make fun of him. Dave, you gotta stop posting about Big Shrimp. And Kathy is worried we all are, even our sponsor hey hey man, y' all know me.