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Jun 2025
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421: Valve making a Brain Chip - or is i...

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video: https://youtu.be/r8cL1L9ShYE

Ready to ditch the controller? In this video we crack open Valve’s rumored brain-implant project—how it might beam your entire Steam library straight into your neurons, what problems it could solve (or create), and why it could be gaming’s biggest leap since VR. Hit play and decide if you’re brave enough to jack in.

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Ryan (DasGeek) = dasgeek.net
Jill Bryant = jilllinuxgirl.com
Michael Tunnell = michaeltunnell.com

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:53 Community Feedback
00:09:42 Sandfly Security
00:11:53 Red Hat Summit Recap
00:21:32 Linux Kernel 6.15
00:22:49 better support for Intel Arc GPUS
00:26:06 ARM and RISC-V hardware support has been expanded for industrial, embedded and edge devices
00:26:32 There are new drivers for the Apple Touch Bar on Intel MacBook Pros and Apple M1 and M2 MacBook Pros.
00:29:23 support for the 36 year old Intel 486 processor created in 1989, and support for the first Pentium processors will be removed from the Linux Kernel
00:31:16 more hardware support for gaming on Linux, including the Sony PlayStation 5 controllers And for Xbox controllers, the Turtle Beach Recon and Stealth Ultra controllers have been added to the xpad driver, as well as the PowerA Wired Controller for Xbox
00:33:01 Repairable Game Controllers
00:34:07 Crazy game prices
00:36:14 Bricked Switch 2 a launch
00:38:03 We all love Valve and what it is doing for Linux gaming
00:39:57 Ryan that transition was not good at all
00:41:07 Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year
00:44:08 Steam is not the industry stanadrd
00:47:55 Collaboration Call: Starfish is seeking partners in wireless power transfer, neural interfaces, and communication systems to further develop its technology
00:48:38 Will humans be able to keep up with robots
00:50:31 Technical Specs and wondering on how updates will work
00:52:44 Eventyally will be as common as chiping your pets
00:54:00 WSL Goes Open Source
00:57:00 Text Editor Battle
00:58:20 Ryan's Life Tip
00:59:40 Support the Show
01:03:05 Outro

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