No New Nvidia GPUs, iPhone Lockdown Mode Success, EU vs TikTok + more!

Duration: 09:38

Timestamps:

0:00 WHALE LAN, TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW - https://www.whalelan.com

0:19 No new Nvidia GPUs until 2028 - report

1:46 iPhone Lockdown mode stops FBI

3:33 EU vs TikTok over addictive design

5:18 QUICK BITS INTRO

5:35 Wayback Machine fights link rot

6:20 Windows 11 update drops frames

6:56 NASA allows smartphones in space

7:39 Substack data breach

8:20 Questions about Gemini shopping

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

IT'LL BE WORTH IT

Report claims Nvidia will not be releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026, RTX 60 series likely debuting in 2028

The Information: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-delay-new-gaming-chip-due-memory-chip-shortage?rc=qhjqmx&shared=3505123323b8eeac

Toms Hardware:

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/report-https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-delay-new-gaming-chip-due-memory-chip-shortageclaims-nvidia-will-not-be-releasing-any-new-rtx-gaming-gpus-in-2026-rtx-60-series-likely-debuting-in-2028

Gamespot: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nvidia-delays-gaming-chip-amid-memory-chip-shortages/1100-6537962/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f

TechRadar: https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/nvidia-might-not-have-any-new-gaming-gpus-in-2026-and-could-be-slashing-production-of-existing-geforce-models

Up to 24GB VRAM on Super series rumors https://www.techpowerup.com/338440/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5070-ti-super-planned-with-24-gb-of-gddr7-memory

Trendforce: https://www.trendforce.com/news/2026/02/06/news-nvidia-reportedly-plans-no-new-gaming-gpu-in-2026-amid-memory-tightness-first-time-in-30-years/

Toms Guide: https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/nvidia-wont-release-new-gaming-gpu-for-first-year-in-three-decades-due-to-ram-shortage-and-its-also-slashing-rtx-50-production

IPHONE 1 - FBI 0

Apple lockdown mode protects reporter’s phone from the FBI - https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/04/lockdown-mode-prevented-fbi-from-getting-into-reporter-iphone/

404 Media: https://www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-get-into-wapo-reporters-iphone-because-it-had-lockdown-mode-enabled/

WebProNews: https://www.webpronews.com/how-apples-lockdown-mode-became-law-enforcements-newest-digital-b

arrier/

Macworld: https://www.macworld.com/article/3053623/iphone-lockdown-mode-is-so-good-even-the-fbi-cant-crack-it.html

FBI Filing: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26808056-fbi-washington-post-lockdown-mode/

The FBI can make you unlock your devices with biometrics https://theintercept.com/2026/01/30/washington-post-hannah-natanson-fbi-biometrics-unlock-phone/?ref=404media.co

Apple support page on Lockdown Mode: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/105120

TIKTOK O’CLOCK

The EU commission has found tik tok app to be in break of the DSA for addictive design https://www.theverge.com/policy/874746/tiktok-addictive-eu-regulators-infinite-scroll-notifications-autoplay

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/eu-says-tiktok-uses-addictive-design-and-must-change-131738425.html?src=rss

Original Source: Statement from the EU: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_312

Original Source: Digital Services Act - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2022.277.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A277%3ATOC

This comes soon after a series of cases in the US is taking a similar approach to that taken against cigarette companies:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/social-media-addiction-trial.html

The investigation is wide ranging and has been ongoing since early 2024 and has also already found them guilty of insufficient transparency in it’s advertising: https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-opens-formal-proceedings-against-tiktok-under-digital-services-act-2024-02-19/

Insufficient transparency quote: https://archive.md/cihfN#selection-1657.0-1669.1

And Irish regulators fined tik tok for 530 M euros in 2025 for sending irish user data to china:

Quote: https://archive.md/O8B9v#selection-2003.102-2003.199

The commission says that Risk mitigation tools like Parental control don’t do enough

Link to quote: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_312#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20the,introduce%20the%20controls.

And that by By constantly “rewarding” users with new content, TikTok’s design fuels the urge to keep scrolling and shift the brain of users into “autopilot mode”, the Commission said.

Autopilot mode: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/eu-tiktok-disable-addictive-features-infinite-scroll-recommendation-engine/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBy%20constantly%20%E2%80%98rewarding,a%20statement.

And they will require changes to the basic design of the app to reduce the addictiveness of the design like disabling key addictive features such as ‘infinite scroll' over time, implementing effective ‘screen time breaks', including during the night, and adapting its recommender system.

Link to highlight: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_312#:~:text=For%20instance%2C%20by%20disabling%20key%20addictive%20features%20such%20as%20%E2%80%98infinite%20scroll%27%20over%20time%2C%20implementing%20effective%20%E2%80%98screen%20time%20breaks%27%2C%20including%20during%20the%20night%2C%20and%20adapting%20its%20recommender%20system.

And if they do not comply tik tok could face a fine of 6% of total global revenue:

Link to quote: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/eu-says-tiktok-needs-to-drop-addictive-design/#:~:text=If%20the%20provisional%20conclusions%20are%20confirmed%2C%20the%20social%20media%20platform%20could%20be%20fined%20up%20to%206%20percent%20of%20its%20global%20turnover.

A spokesperson from Tiktok told the Financial times that they will we will take whatever steps are necessary to challenge these findings through every means available to us.:

https://archive.md/O8B9v#selection-1965.7-1965.237

Additional Source Dump - if you need more headlines:

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/eu-says-tiktok-uses-addictive-design-and-must-change-131738425.html?src=rss

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/eu-tiktok-disable-addictive-features-infinite-scroll-recommendation-engine/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/business/tiktok-addictive-design-europe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFA.JsW5.S7KV98i8GJ_E&smid=url-share

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/eu-says-tiktok-needs-to-drop-addictive-design/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/european-commission-says-tiktok-facing-fine-over-addictive-design/

https://www.theverge.com/policy/874746/tiktok-addictive-eu-regulators-infinite-scroll-notifications-autoplay

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/business/tiktok-addictive-design-europe.html

QUICKBITS

WHERE THE REAL WEBSITES ARE

The Wayback Machine debuts a new plug-in designed to fix the internet’s broken links problem

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/04/the-wayback-machine-debuts-a-new-plugin-designed-to-fix-the-internets-broken-links-problem/

Extreme Tech: https://www.extremetech.com/internet/internet-archive-releases-wordpress-plugin-aimed-at-solving-link-rot

The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/news-sites-are-locking-out-the-internet-archive-to-stop-ai-crawling-is-the-open-web-closing-274968

Download Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/internet-archive-wayback-machine-link-fixer/

WHO NEEDS SECURITY

Another windows update fucks up and is causing dropped frames and game artifacting - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/yet-another-windows-update-is-wreaking-havoc-on-gaming-rigs-worldwide-nvidia-recommends-uninstalling-windows-11-kb5074109-january-update-to-prevent-framerate-drops-and-artifacting

Windows Latest:

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/02/03/nvidia-is-looking-into-gaming-issues-after-windows-11-kb5074109-january-2026-update-artifacts-black-screen-and-other-problems/

Confirmed by NVIDIA - https://www.xda-developers.com/nvidia-confirms-windows-11-january-update-causes-frame-drops-artifacting/

Windows Central: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/nvidia-points-finger-at-windows-update-microsoft-patch-blamed-for-pc-gaming-issues

[This part is a joke] Windows 11 gets multi device bluetooth audio (simultaneous bluetooth output to 2 devices) - https://www.pcworld.com/article/3055083/windows-11-gets-multi-device-bluetooth-audio-but-hold-on.html

Blog post: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/10/31/extending-bluetooth-le-audio-on-windows-11-with-shared-audio-preview/

HERE I AM TWEETING IN A TIN CAN

Artemis mission is taking iphones to the moon - https://www.engadget.com/science/space/nasa-will-now-allow-astronauts-to-take-their-smartphones-to-space-151310548.html?src=rss

Alternate Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/nasa-astronauts-can-now-bring-their-phones-with-them-on-their-mission-to-the-moon/

Another source: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/smartphones_nasa/

Another one if you need it: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/nasa-will-finally-allow-astronauts-to-bring-their-iphones-to-space/

PAPPA DON’T BREACH

Substack data breach - https://www.pcworld.com/article/3054895/if-youre-a-substack-user-your-data-mightve-been-leaked.html

In an email to users (x post with a screenshot of email); https://x.com/shannon_liao/status/2019259501824659785?s=46

CEO Chris best informed them that on feb 3rd they realized their systems had been breached by a hacker who gained access to email addresses, phone numbers and other internal metadata:

Link to metadata: https://archive.md/CkfG1#selection-1629.0-1629.433

Luckily no credit card numbers or passwords were leaked: https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/substack-ceo-informs-users-of-a-data-breach-151113809.html?src=rss#:~:text=Best%20said%20that%20credit%20card%20numbers%20and%20other%20financial%20details%20were%20not.%20No%20passwords%20were%20obtained%20either.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/874255/substack-data-breach-user-emails-phone-numbers

Unsure of how large the breach is but bleeping computer reported that on Monday, a threat actor leaked a database on the BreachForums hacking forum containing 697,313 records of allegedly stolen data.

Link to quote: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/newsletter-platform-substack-notifies-users-of-data-breach/#:~:text=Although%20Substack%20has%20yet%20to%20share%20how%20many%20users%20were%20affected%20by%20the%20incident%2C%20on%20Monday%2C%20a%20threat%20actor%20leaked%20a%20database%20on%20the%20BreachForums%20hacking%20forum%20containing%20697%2C313%20records%20of%20allegedly%20stolen%20data.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/newsletter-platform-substack-notifies-users-of-data-breach/

FiRE S-AI-LE

US Senate has concerns about Gemini’s built in check out - https://www.theverge.com/news/873476/senator-elizabeth-warren-google-gemini-ai-shopping-privacy

Original Source: Letter from Elizabeth Warren: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26797282-senator-warren-google-gemini-letter/

Original SOurce: Announcement from google about the Commerce protocol: https://blog.google/products/ads-commerce/agentic-commerce-ai-tools-protocol-retailers-platforms/

Alternate source if you want it: https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-checkout-tool-scrutiny-3638027/

Google responded stating the senator’s concerns were alarmist in a tweet on x: https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/2010852970859270341?s=20

Alphabet Annual Revenue tops $400 B - https://www.theverge.com/news/874161/google-400-billion-revenue-q4-2025-earnings