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Early Birb Briefing

By Eagle Falcon

A quick short daily run down of a tech story or two from twitch affiliate and tech enthusiast Eagle Falcon
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7-3-2023: The end of The Early Birb Briefing

Early Birb BriefingJul 03, 2023

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7-3-2023: The end of The Early Birb Briefing

7-3-2023: The end of The Early Birb Briefing

After alot of thinking, I have decided to end the early birb briefing podcast. Rather than just let it fade into nothing, I felt one last episode to explain why is needed.


we will still have the main podcast at https://open.spotify.com/show/4CVFx2jDmIlqovqy6xJERf


And I will be doing other content at youtube.com/eaglefalcon as well as twitch.tv/eaglefalcon


So long, and thanks for the years of support.

Jul 03, 202310:42
6-8-2023: Twitch rolls back platform killing ad policy

6-8-2023: Twitch rolls back platform killing ad policy

Twitch's ad policy that had the potential to ruin almost every large event on the website has now been rolled back, but does that mean all is well?

Jun 08, 202304:01
6-6-2023: WWDC 2023 in under 4 minutes

6-6-2023: WWDC 2023 in under 4 minutes

We cover the latest WWDC content and discuss if this is revolutionary or not.

Jun 07, 202304:01
6-2-2023: Bobby Kotick should've stayed silent

6-2-2023: Bobby Kotick should've stayed silent

The Activision Blizzard CEO has finally spoken about all the allegations that has been going on... and he probably shouldn't have since he blatantly denies it ever happened.

Jun 02, 202304:01
6-1-2023: Nvidia shuns the consumer market

6-1-2023: Nvidia shuns the consumer market

With Nvidia making bank on AI chips and reaching a new milestone, we look at what it means for the common person

Jun 01, 202304:01
5-25-2023: Finally, an affordable GPU

5-25-2023: Finally, an affordable GPU

AMD had a sloppy launch with the RX 7600.... but it is a decent GPU that finally is affordable with good performance per dollar

May 25, 202304:01
5-24-2023: The RTX 4060 TI disapoints

5-24-2023: The RTX 4060 TI disapoints

The benchmarks are out and this GPU is technically a good value, but not really.

May 24, 202304:01
5-23-2023: Crypto regulation is on it's way

5-23-2023: Crypto regulation is on it's way

The EU passes a new framework to bring honesty to crypto. will it work?

May 23, 202304:01
5-21-2023: The starwars cafe is no more

5-21-2023: The starwars cafe is no more

The Disney interactive star wars cafe is no more

May 22, 202304:01
5-20-2023: Linus no longer lead at Linus tech tips

5-20-2023: Linus no longer lead at Linus tech tips

Linus Sebastion steps down as CEO from Linus Media Group. What does it mean, let me explain.

May 20, 202304:01
5-19-2023: Finally, some affordable Nvidia GPUs

5-19-2023: Finally, some affordable Nvidia GPUs

Nvidia announced three new main stream GPUs, the RTX 4060 ti 16gb, RTX 4060 ti 8gb, and the RTX 4060... yes it's still confusing

May 19, 202304:01
5-18-2023: Overwatch FAILS it's players

5-18-2023: Overwatch FAILS it's players

Overwatch 2 announced that the campaign and PVE modes that were promised with the game are now not going to be delivered at all

May 18, 202304:01
5-17-2023: EU says yes to microsoft merger

5-17-2023: EU says yes to microsoft merger

While the UK and USA have holds on the deal, the EU says yes

May 17, 202304:01
5-16-2023: It's not just Asus

5-16-2023: It's not just Asus

Now Gigabyte is scorching AMD cpus

May 16, 202304:01
5-15-2023: CMA takes another shot at Microsoft

5-15-2023: CMA takes another shot at Microsoft

CMA bans microsoft and activision from proceeding further with any negotiations of proceeding with the deal.

May 15, 202304:01
5-14-2023: Google takes shots at ad blockers

5-14-2023: Google takes shots at ad blockers

Youtube tests blocking users that use ad blockers.

May 14, 202304:01
5-13-2023: Twitter will have a new CEO

5-13-2023: Twitter will have a new CEO

Elon has named a new CEO, but will this cause some big changes?

May 14, 202304:01
5-12-2023: Asus is looking very sus

5-12-2023: Asus is looking very sus

Asus is starting to develop a track record of faulty motherboards and doing anything they can to not honor warranties

May 12, 202304:01
5-11-2023: Google IO in under 4 minutes

5-11-2023: Google IO in under 4 minutes

We got some interesting hardware at google IO including the Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, and Pixel 7A

May 11, 202304:01
5-10-2023: Check your twitter handles

5-10-2023: Check your twitter handles

Twitter is removing inactive accounts in order to free up long captive handles... so why the heck does discord want to go down this path?

May 10, 202304:01
5-9-2023: Nintendo strikes Github again

5-9-2023: Nintendo strikes Github again

Github has received and acted upon several copyright strikes against switch emulation tools.

May 09, 202304:01
5-8-2023: Bing AI is here

5-8-2023: Bing AI is here

Bing AI is now available for the general masses, but is it something the general masses will want?

May 08, 202304:01
5-7-2023: No porn for Utah

5-7-2023: No porn for Utah

A new law in Utah holds companies responsible if minors see porn, porn website pornhub responds by not allowing Utah to use the website anymore

May 07, 202304:01
5-6-2023: Suddenly Google Pixel Fold

5-6-2023: Suddenly Google Pixel Fold

After rumors and leaks that became white noise, it has finally been confirmed: a google folding phone.

May 06, 202304:01
5-5-2023: Amd has more performance coming

5-5-2023: Amd has more performance coming

New AMD GPUs are on the way and are greatly needed as well as new mobile CPUs that aim at apple's silicon for performance

May 05, 202304:01
5-4-2023: You need a new discord name

5-4-2023: You need a new discord name

Discord has baffled me with the news that they will be changing their username system for reasons that can't be explained

May 04, 202304:01
5-3-2023: Twitter restores API to emergency accounts

5-3-2023: Twitter restores API to emergency accounts

What a terrible idea, the API access for emergency services were taken away and the governmental bodies that powered them had to pay the reticulate API fees. This is now fixed.

May 03, 202304:01
5-2-2023: Google AI godfather speaks out against AI

5-2-2023: Google AI godfather speaks out against AI

Geoffrey Hinton has quit google in order to speak out on the dangers of AI. Let's talk about it.

May 02, 202304:01
4-21-2023: Imgur goes full tumblr

4-21-2023: Imgur goes full tumblr

Remember when Tumblr tried to purge all NSFW content from itself? Now Imgur plans to do the same.

Apr 21, 202304:01
4-20-2023: Microsoft makes new AI chips

4-20-2023: Microsoft makes new AI chips

With Nvidia banking on AI in the datacenter GPU market, others are taking a different approach

Apr 20, 202304:01
4-19-2023: More ads in windows 11

4-19-2023: More ads in windows 11

More Badging in windows 11 means more ads and more suggestions on how you should really use your own computer... maybe linux was the way to go.

Apr 19, 202304:01
4-18-2023: Rumors of the RTX 4060 Ti

4-18-2023: Rumors of the RTX 4060 Ti

We are hearing rumors of the RTX 4060 TI but the price is not helping us feel like relief is anywhere close

Apr 18, 202304:01
4-17-2023: The 4070 isn't affordable

4-17-2023: The 4070 isn't affordable

The RTX 4070 is out and isn't doing well in sales. what does it mean though?

Apr 17, 202304:01
4-15-2023: Kick has to clean up

4-15-2023: Kick has to clean up

Kick streaming has announced that nudity and sexually suggestive acts are forbidden on the platform now.

Apr 15, 202304:01
4-14-2023: Kick is paying Twitch

4-14-2023: Kick is paying Twitch

A former twitch engineer has proven that Kick is paying a substantial amount of money to use the same video delivery system as twitch

Apr 14, 202304:01
4-13-2023: RTX4070 is out

4-13-2023: RTX4070 is out

A new Nvidia GPU is out and the RTX 4070 shows that Nvidia would rather just milk you dry than actually try to pretend to compete

Apr 14, 202304:01
4-12-2023: Twitter is now X

4-12-2023: Twitter is now X

Elon has now filed to have twitter become the everything app known as X, what will it mean?

Apr 12, 202304:01
4-11-2023: Tesla Sued for Spying

4-11-2023: Tesla Sued for Spying

To the surprise of no one, a class action lawsuit has been filed against Tesla in response to the reports of recording tesla owners.

Apr 11, 202304:01
4-10-2023: Microsoft cracks down on emulation.

4-10-2023: Microsoft cracks down on emulation.

Microsoft will no longer support any kind of emulation on current xbox models

Apr 10, 202303:58
4-9-2023: Tesla Spies on car owners

4-9-2023: Tesla Spies on car owners

Tesla employees were caught sharing videos of customers that were taken without knowledge from tesla cars. Just let that sink in

Apr 09, 202303:59
4-6-2023: Samsung tells secrets to chatGPT

4-6-2023: Samsung tells secrets to chatGPT

Workers in a samsung chip fab has been telling trade secrets to chat gpt not realizing that it saves data

Apr 06, 202304:01
4-5-2023: Nintendo systems, is it good or bad for gaming?

4-5-2023: Nintendo systems, is it good or bad for gaming?

Nintendo has made a new division specifically for mobile gaming, will it end up being good?

Apr 05, 202304:01
4-4-2023: Elon pranked verified users good

4-4-2023: Elon pranked verified users good

New changes on twitter now makes it so people who are verified via twitter blue or legacy verification have the same informative message regarding their checkmark. Also, suddenly doge

Apr 03, 202304:01
4-3-2023: E3 is dead

4-3-2023: E3 is dead

E3 has been canceled again and this time, I think it's for good.

Apr 03, 202304:01
4-2-2023: Italy to ban Chat GPT

4-2-2023: Italy to ban Chat GPT

While we had fun with an entire podcast that was written by chatGPT, Italy now seeks to ban the AI due to privacy concerns.

Apr 02, 202304:01
4-1-2023: Chat GPT: A Friendly AI, Not A World-Taker

4-1-2023: Chat GPT: A Friendly AI, Not A World-Taker

Q: can you write a script for a short podcast that talks about how chat gpt will definitely not take over the world Tokens Used: 592 Title: "Chat GPT: A Friendly AI, Not A World-Taker" Host: Hello, and welcome to this week's episode of Tech And Beyond, where we dive into the latest technological advancements, debunk myths, and provide insights into the ever-evolving world of artificial intelligence! Co-host: Today, we'll be discussing Chat GPT—an AI language model created by OpenAI, designed to engage in natural conversations with humans. We'll address the burning question—"Will Chat GPT take over the world?" Spoiler alert: It won't! Host: So, to set the stage, let's begin by explaining what Chat GPT is. It's an AI language model that utilizes machine learning algorithms to generate human-like text based on prompts. Simply put, it's like having a chat with a computer that can genuinely understand and respond to you. Co-host: That's right! And lately, there have been some concerns about the potential for GPT to take over the world. But we'd like to make it clear that the AI is specifically designed for helpful tasks, like providing information and answering queries, but not for world domination. Host: Absolutely. OpenAI has taken extensive steps to incorporate ethical guidelines and ensure safe use of GPT. Plus, no matter how advanced AI becomes, it's always humans that create, fine-tune, and control these systems. Co-host: And let's not forget, the AI serves as an assistant, reinforcing human capabilities. For instance, it can help manage Discord and Twitch communities by answering questions, providing assistance, and even moderating chats—creating a positive environment for users to engage with one another. Host: Exactly. Rather than competing against humans for power, Chat GPT aims to be a valuable tool that everyone can use. Also, OpenAI continuously seeks user feedback and contributions to improve its limitations, ensuring it evolves to be tailored to users' needs and aspirations. Co-host: So, to wrap it up, Chat GPT is undoubtedly an incredible AI that makes communication and information gathering efficient and fun. However, the fear of an AI take-over is unwarranted. It's designed to support us, not to rule the world. Host: Thanks for tuning into this episode of Tech And Beyond. We hope you've enjoyed our discussion on Chat GPT and its role in the tech landscape. Remember, technology is here to enhance our lives, and we, as creators and users, have the power to guide how AI systems operate and interact with the world. Co-host: Don't forget to subscribe, and join us next time as we explore the intriguing aspects of emerging technologies. Until then, stay curious and keep exploring! Goodbye! Special thanks to chat GPT who wrote the entire script

Apr 01, 202304:30
3-31-2023: Steam leaves windows 7 behind

3-31-2023: Steam leaves windows 7 behind

Support for windows 7, 8, and 8.1 will be dropped by steam next year

Mar 31, 202304:01
3-30-2023: Twitch updates ads... kinda

3-30-2023: Twitch updates ads... kinda

Twitch gives us an update to preroll ads, and it's one that changes basically nothing.

Mar 30, 202304:01
3-29-23: FTC ends car extended warranties

3-29-23: FTC ends car extended warranties

Follow us at https://www.twitch.tv/eaglefalcon and thanks to all the supporters of my live content


The FTC has shut down three business running the vehicle extended warranty scam and is targeting more



Mar 29, 202304:01
3-28-23: Elon sells exposure

3-28-23: Elon sells exposure

Follow us at https://www.twitch.tv/eaglefalcon and thanks to all the supporters of my live content


Elon announces that starting on April 15th only Verified account will appear in For You recommendations

Mar 28, 202304:01