1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,760 Oh my gosh. What? 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:11,790 Oh my gosh. Wow. The tech news today. It made me do that. 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:16,040 When have you ever seen me do that? So, >> [sighs and gasps] 4 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:21,200 >> that's how you know. Microsoft Windows 11 February update has led to reports of 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:26,200 failed installations, broken network connections, and cryptic errors. Proving 6 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:31,360 that as a public holiday, Patch Tuesday is less Easter and more Lent. You're 7 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:35,840 supposed to refrain from eating while you atone for your computer sins. 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:40,480 Microsoft, bless their hearts, says everything's fixed and points to their 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:44,360 known issues page. But Reddit and the Microsoft Answers forums tell a 10 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:48,160 different story. We're talking Wi-Fi connecting with no actual internet, 11 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:52,760 Bluetooth controllers straight up disappearing mid-session, and at least 12 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:56,800 one sysadmin on Reddit saying there was a three out of five chance his taskbar 13 00:00:55,080 --> 00:01:00,920 would just disappear. Can you find a way to get it back? It's like a game. Sure, 14 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:05,560 some of these problems could be lingering issues left over from last 15 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:09,840 month's File Explorer breaking update, but that doesn't exactly make Microsoft 16 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:13,680 look better here. But I don't know. Maybe the devs are just busy with 17 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:18,160 actually important things like deleting official blog posts that recommended 18 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:22,400 people train AI models on pirated Harry Potter books. Blimey, Copilot, didn't 19 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:30,000 you wonder where your parents learned it all? Learned what? You're a chatbot, 20 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:33,840 Copilot. I'M A WHAT? A CHATBOT. And a 21 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:35,640 company and I wager Oh. Meta CEO and 22 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:39,960 former Innsmouth resident Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Wednesday 23 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:44,480 in a landmark social media addiction trial, where a 20-year-old plaintiff is 24 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:49,560 alleging that Instagram's design worsened her depression and thoughts of 25 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:53,640 self-harm. Zuck, seen here exiting the courtroom wearing his dad's suit, told 26 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:58,160 the jury, "I care about the well-being of teens and kids who are for our 27 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:04,120 services." Pointing to an email he sent Tim Apple in 2018 to chat about child 28 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:08,240 safety. Remember that, Tim? Yeah, fish 29 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:10,240 boy. What a great guy. Thank you, Tim. 30 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:15,640 Zuckerberg also admitted that Meta may have once set goals around increasing 31 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:19,720 time spent by users, but that's no longer how they operate. Probably 32 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:23,440 because they already tuned the hell out of the dopamine machine that is 33 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:28,080 Instagram. That thing's cranking, it's working well. The trial's been generally 34 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:33,200 rocky for the puppet turned billionaire with the prosecution showing the jury an 35 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:38,000 internal Facebook email from 2017 stating, "Mark has decided the top 36 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:40,160 priority for the company is teens." That's crazy. 37 00:02:39,166 --> 00:02:44,320 >> [laughter] >> CRAZY. ON TOP of that, the judge scolded 38 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:49,280 him and his entourage for wearing camera-equipped Ray-Ban Meta glasses 39 00:02:46,959 --> 00:02:53,800 into the courtroom, threatening to hold them in contempt as, you may be aware of 40 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:58,440 this, recording courtroom proceedings is often illegal, which to be fair, is not 41 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:03,160 something big tech bros are often concerned about. Former Meta VP Brian 42 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:08,400 Boland, though, seems like maybe one of the good ones. He took the stand after 43 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:11,840 spending 11 years helping build Meta's ad machine. 44 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:16,360 So, okay, maybe I don't know. Jury's out on him. He told the jury that 45 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:21,640 Zuckerberg fostered a culture that prioritized growth over user safety, and 46 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:25,880 that when concerns about harm came up, the primary response was to manage the 47 00:03:23,959 --> 00:03:30,560 press cycle rather than actually investigate the problem. Boland left the 48 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:36,600 company in 2020, walking away from over $10 million in unvested stock. Imagine 49 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:41,560 how unlikable Zuckerberg must be for someone to walk away from $10 million. 50 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:45,440 I feel like that wins the court case right there. We've seen enough. You may 51 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:49,519 have seen a bunch of headlines in circulation about how headphones are 52 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:54,440 poisonous now or something, but don't worry, we looked [music] into it. So, an 53 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:59,320 EU-funded coalition of Central European consumer groups tested 81 pairs of 54 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:03,120 headphones and found harmful chemicals in every single one. They tested 55 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:07,360 products from well-known brands like Bose, Samsung, and Sennheiser, but also 56 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:11,120 stuff like off-brand children's headphones from Temu, which was 57 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:15,760 apparently one of the worst offenders. So, that's nice. BPA, the bad chemical 58 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:20,920 that every water bottle now has to assure you it does not contain, showed 59 00:04:17,959 --> 00:04:25,880 up in 98% of samples along with other bad boys like phthalates, chlorinated 60 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:31,360 paraffins, and flame retardants, some of which can migrate through your skin, 61 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:35,960 especially when you sweat. 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Hopefully, the 104 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:34,840 graphics thing works out, though. This is a little embarrassing for Intel, as 105 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:39,760 they've helped fast-food chains experiment with putting AI chatbots in 106 00:07:36,919 --> 00:07:44,680 drive-throughs for years, including KFC. But a CPU malfunction is a little more 107 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:48,680 complicated than, you know, a bucket of chicken, no matter how many herbs and 108 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:54,080 spices there are. And whether they're secret or not. How 109 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:54,080 many are there? 11. 110 00:07:54,120 --> 00:08:00,080 Okay. Amazon's Ring is not only sticking 111 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:04,400 with its enabled-by-default search party feature that lets Ring camera owners 112 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:09,120 search each other's footage for lost dogs, despite backlash over its eerily 113 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:13,800 dystopian Super Bowl ad, they are doubling down. Leaked internal emails 114 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:18,080 showed CEO Jamie Siminoff suggesting that he's pretty excited to see the 115 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:22,680 [music] results of our public agencies using this tool and the impact it will 116 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:28,200 have on our communities. Woof. And that eventually Ring cameras 117 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:33,525 could help zero out crime in neighborhoods, at least 118 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:34,479 a certain kind of crime. Dog crime. 119 00:08:33,525 --> 00:08:39,159 >> [laughter] >> I don't think a dragnet of Ring cameras 120 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:43,039 is going to be able to zero out investment fraud. And I don't think 121 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:47,200 that's really their goal anyway. Shiny Hunters, the internet's favorite hacking 122 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:52,920 group, is back at it again this week after launching cyberattacks against 123 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:54,839 both Win Resorts and CarGurus. The 124 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:59,480 craziest part, they're apparently using the same vishing methods seen in 125 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:04,720 previous breaches. That's fishing, but like voice version of it. Stay Keep up. 126 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:09,240 The stolen data includes 800,000 employee records from Win Resorts and 127 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,960 around 1.7 million corporate files from CarGurus. 128 00:09:10,861 --> 00:09:16,120 >> [snorts] >> Gurus. Gurus. A spokesperson for the 129 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:20,760 Hunters told The Register that stolen data includes full names, emails, phone 130 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:25,760 numbers, positions, salaries, start dates, and even birthdays. Honestly, 131 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:30,760 what's Shiny Hunters' deal and what are these shinies they're hunting? If we 132 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:35,680 give them a few Charizards, Gardevoirs, and a Mew, will they leave us alone? The 133 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:41,960 FBI has issued new guidance to store owners after hackers jackpotted more 134 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:44,880 than 700 ATMs in 2025, stealing roughly 135 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:51,200 $20 million dollars. Using malware called Ploutus criminals infect a 136 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:53,240 machine's internals and force cash 137 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:57,120 withdrawals without using a card, tricking the machine itself instead of 138 00:09:55,240 --> 00:10:00,880 using a fake bank account. I'm actually surprised they explained how it works. 139 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:05,840 You would think they'd want to keep this information from the crazy people who 140 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:09,440 are currently using forklifts to rip ATMs out of the ground. 141 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:13,600 We can't let them know there's an easier option. And Substack just announced an 142 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:17,560 expansion of their existing partnership with gambling platform Polymarket, 143 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:22,440 allowing Substack authors to embed prediction market betting data directly 144 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:26,280 into newsletters and articles. Polymarket celebrated the new 145 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:30,360 partnership by tweeting that journalism is better when it's backed by live 146 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:33,480 markets. Sure. 147 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:38,040 And I'm sure this isn't an elaborate narrative to avoid being regulated as a 148 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:42,160 gambling platform. In unrelated news, I'm launching a statistics course where 149 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:47,520 you try and guess where a ball will land in a spinning wheel using statistics 150 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:50,920 because learning is always better when backed by the ability to lose your life 151 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:58,080 savings. But you won't lose anything if you come back on Monday for more tech news 152 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,880 except maybe time. And we all have an 153 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:04,640 unlimited amount of that, so it doesn't matter. Woo! 154 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,640 I'M NEVER GOING TO DIE.