WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:08.240 You know, Kierkagard wrote, "Of all ridiculous things, the most ridiculous 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:09.840 seems to me to be busy, but he died more 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:14.639 than a hundred years ago, and he never had to keep up with the tech news. It'll 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:19.760 keep you busy. Trust me." Yeah, who's a smart guy now. Microsoft is sick of you 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:23.039 making offline or local Windows 11 accounts, and they're not going to let 00:00:20.880 --> 00:00:27.519 you do it anymore. In their announcement of a new Windows 11 Insider preview 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:31.920 build, Microsoft says they are getting rid of known mechanisms often used to 00:00:30.080 --> 00:00:37.040 create a local account. According to Windows Central, amongst these removed 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:40.040 mechanisms are commands like start ms-calonly 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:47.520 local >> locally. Microsoft says if you want to 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:52.640 use Windows 11, which I know we all desperately do, we're going to have to 00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:54.960 complete the outofbox experience or Ubie 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:59.280 with internet access and a Microsoft account. The announcement states that 00:00:56.719 --> 00:01:05.920 creating an offline account bypasses critical setup screens that are part of 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:08.159 the Ubie and could cause oo oozers users 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:12.960 to exit the setup without a properly configured device. But I know that's all 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:16.880 just code for give us your data. We want your sweet, sweet data, obviously. 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:20.799 Interestingly, folks already appear to be finding workarounds for Microsoft's 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:25.680 newest changes, including just creating a local account on an earlier Windows 11 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:28.880 build before updating. Microsoft, I'm going to offer you a bit of constructive 00:01:27.119 --> 00:01:32.880 criticism here. Maybe folks would be more willing to create accounts the way 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:38.560 you want them to if they actually wanted to use Windows 11. Huh? Focus on making 00:01:35.759 --> 00:01:43.840 Windows 11 cool. Cart before the horse kind of thing. You get it. Qualcomm is 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.439 acquiring Arduino, the Italian company 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:50.240 beloved for their open-source microcontroller boards and I'm assuming 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:54.079 free bread sticks at lunch. It's just like the Olive Garden but a country, 00:01:51.759 --> 00:01:58.079 right? It's understandable that Qualcomm would want to subsume Arduino's 00:01:56.320 --> 00:02:03.040 incredibly popular and adaptable hardware and software into their own 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:07.600 edge computing stack. But enthusiasts along with people who have never touched 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:12.080 a microcontroller before worry that this move will hurt Arduino's open-source 00:02:10.239 --> 00:02:17.120 approach. But the two companies say they're serious about keeping that open 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:23.360 approach and community spirit alive. So they're updating Arduino's Uno lineup 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:25.840 with the Uno Q, a little hybrid board 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:34.319 that combines Qualcomm's Linux Debian capable Dragon Wing QRB2210 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:36.239 chip. Yep. with Arduino's STM32U585 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:40.000 microcontroller. It's compatible with Arduino's existing 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:45.360 shields and other hardware. Its schematics are open source, and it's 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:50.000 coming alongside AppLab, a new open-source tool for building 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:54.560 specialized apps for the UNOQ's unique hardware configuration. If you've still 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:58.080 got questions, don't ask us. Again, we don't know. But thankfully, my other 00:02:56.160 --> 00:03:01.920 dad, Jeff Gearling, has a great new video and article up about this 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:06.480 development. He's so smart. Probably smarter than your dad. 00:03:03.920 --> 00:03:12.000 >> He's number Uno. >> Synology has backtracked on its policy 00:03:09.200 --> 00:03:17.120 banning the installation of nonverified hard drives in its NAS products. In as 00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:21.519 little as 6 months, Synology was able to surmise that requiring people to buy 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:26.159 special Synology branded drives was pissing off their customers and driving 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:29.120 sales down. Very impressive. Synology's 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:34.959 press release says that 2025 Diskstation Plus, Value, and J series models running 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:37.440 the newest DSM 7.3 software will support 00:03:34.959 --> 00:03:42.560 the installation of nonvalidated third-party drives with some caveats. If 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:46.799 you want to use M.2 drives, those still need to be a model listed on Synologyy's 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:51.519 hardware compatibility list. and enterprise NAS units, which only worked 00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:56.640 with verified drives before Synology expanded the policy in April, will still 00:03:53.920 --> 00:04:01.200 need special rubber stamped drives. So, what tipped the scales here? Well, 00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:05.760 Synology told RS Technica that testing more drives and adding them to their 00:04:03.040 --> 00:04:09.599 validation program is taking a while. So, they figured they'd open things up, 00:04:07.760 --> 00:04:13.760 even though the only thing that drives their decisions is creating reliable and 00:04:11.519 --> 00:04:18.239 secure data solutions. As long as that data is secure on a validated drive, 00:04:16.400 --> 00:04:23.280 they are willing to drive this whole thing into the ground. Except when their 00:04:20.239 --> 00:04:25.280 sales go down cuz nobody's security is 00:04:23.280 --> 00:04:29.680 perfect. It's what a put a floppy in there. See if we care. Okay, so we're so 00:04:27.440 --> 00:04:34.000 chill. And then go check out our sponsor MicroEnter and their fall savings event 00:04:32.080 --> 00:04:37.759 running all throughout October. 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Now, he did this so often Nintendo was able to track down 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:53.120 his identity and sue him for 4.5 million 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:57.759 in damages, which they claim is actually nowhere near the actual damages done. 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:02.320 This guy almost put Nintendo out of business. While we often joke about 00:05:59.840 --> 00:06:06.960 Nintendo being unreasonably latigious, if their claims are accurate here, that 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:10.880 Williams continued to sell ROMs even after being served a cease and desist, 00:06:08.960 --> 00:06:15.919 deleted or hid evidence, and then ghosted lawyers, aka 00:06:14.080 --> 00:06:22.240 around, then it seems like he's entered the find out phase of things. Nintend 00:06:18.880 --> 00:06:25.520 don't ignore a cease and desist. 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:28.160 Logitech is bricking its POP smart home 00:06:25.520 --> 00:06:32.800 buttons on October 15th. In a move that Hackaday concisely called sudden and 00:06:30.639 --> 00:06:36.800 rather customer hostile, pop button users are receiving an email informing 00:06:34.960 --> 00:06:41.520 them that the product, which is less than a decade old, is being shut down. 00:06:39.440 --> 00:06:46.400 But don't worry, they're getting a 15% off coupon at Logitech's store. However, 00:06:44.400 --> 00:06:51.120 Hackaday says this coupon is only usable by US-based customers. 00:06:48.080 --> 00:06:53.120 >> Damn it. Logitech is not only just 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:57.680 shutting down the product and its support for things like Apple HomeKit, 00:06:54.880 --> 00:07:02.080 Sonos, and Philips Huegh. Anyone hoping to keep using them locally is also 00:06:59.919 --> 00:07:05.520 completely out of luck. So, Logitech has really pushed my pop buttons with this 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:14.400 one. >> Good one, Riley. >> I I'll own it. Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, 00:07:11.599 --> 00:07:19.360 Riot Games, and Epic Games were all hit with spikes in outage reports at around 00:07:17.039 --> 00:07:25.759 the same time on October 6th, according to data from Down Detector, which led 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:28.160 many to assume a massive DDoS attack was 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:34.639 underway. Now, according to cyber news, some are speculating the attack comes 00:07:29.840 --> 00:07:36.880 from the massive botnet Isuru Isuru. Why 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:42.000 would someone go after our dear Steam, though? Yet even more conjecture 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:47.280 suggests that this attack may be to sell a product through a demonstration of its 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:53.199 strength. Personally, I'm pretty sure it might be that. Or alternatively, all the 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:58.560 video games cause violence boomer people have LEARNED TO HACK. LOOK OUT, 00:07:55.440 --> 00:08:01.199 GRANDMA'S PLUGGED IN. And it ain't just 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:05.919 Skyrim this time. OpenAI said its recently launched Sora 2 video generator 00:08:03.919 --> 00:08:10.160 would block depictions of public figures. And it did for the 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:14.400 approximately 2 seconds it took for people to find a loophole and start 00:08:11.840 --> 00:08:19.360 barging Zelda Williams with fake photorealistic videos of her late father 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:24.240 Robin. Very cool and normal behavior. Soratu's ability to recreate Pikachu 00:08:21.919 --> 00:08:28.479 being cooked and eaten and Mario running from the cops also caused a ruckus with 00:08:26.400 --> 00:08:33.680 copyright holders, which seemed to catch OpenAI CEO Sam Alman by surprise. I 00:08:31.520 --> 00:08:38.479 thought they'd love it. So, this week, OpenAI added more restrictions to the 00:08:35.839 --> 00:08:44.080 model, but only after enough AI videos had flooded the web that it triggered 00:08:40.560 --> 00:08:46.160 Mr. Beast to wonder, hm, what will AI 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:50.399 videos do to YouTube? And how will it impact the millions of creators 00:08:47.839 --> 00:08:56.080 currently making content for a living? Has anyone thought of this yet? Scary 00:08:53.440 --> 00:09:00.240 times. The Neurolink brain computer interface is helping one of its patients 00:08:58.320 --> 00:09:03.440 control a robot arm. And those are just the sorts of cool sentences we get to 00:09:01.680 --> 00:09:08.480 say on Techlink sometimes. Pretty cool. Anyway, Nick Ray, a Neuralink patient 00:09:05.839 --> 00:09:13.600 who has ALS, posted a video of himself using Neuralink to direct an assistive 00:09:10.880 --> 00:09:18.320 robot arm to pick up a drink for him, bring it to his mouth, and allow him to 00:09:15.600 --> 00:09:22.959 sip off from it without it impaling him through the jaw. It's great. 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:26.880 >> Thought about thinking it. We're like, don't. Ray 00:09:25.040 --> 00:09:32.720 wrote in his post that he's also been able to put on his hat and microwave 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:34.800 chicken. He's very excited to talk with 00:09:32.720 --> 00:09:38.480 his hands again. Just be careful where you're swinging those robot arms, Nick. 00:09:36.720 --> 00:09:42.560 Okay, you don't know your own strength and we don't want a Dr. Octopus 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:46.800 situation here. Okay, take it easy. But very happy for you. We should take it 00:09:44.880 --> 00:09:51.519 easy, too. Hey, let's have a rest and come back on Friday for more tech news. 00:09:48.560 --> 00:09:58.240 After all, Vietnamese philosopher why are you making me titch not han 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:03.040 believes that resting is a very important practice and resting is a 00:10:00.320 --> 00:10:06.839 precondition for healing. So chill. Okay. Heal.