WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.760 Oh my gosh. What? 00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:11.790 Oh my gosh. Wow. The tech news today. It made me do that. 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:16.040 When have you ever seen me do that? So, >> [sighs and gasps] 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:21.200 >> that's how you know. Microsoft Windows 11 February update has led to reports of 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:26.200 failed installations, broken network connections, and cryptic errors. Proving 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:31.360 that as a public holiday, Patch Tuesday is less Easter and more Lent. You're 00:00:29.520 --> 00:00:35.840 supposed to refrain from eating while you atone for your computer sins. 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:40.480 Microsoft, bless their hearts, says everything's fixed and points to their 00:00:37.760 --> 00:00:44.360 known issues page. But Reddit and the Microsoft Answers forums tell a 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:48.160 different story. We're talking Wi-Fi connecting with no actual internet, 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:52.760 Bluetooth controllers straight up disappearing mid-session, and at least 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:56.800 one sysadmin on Reddit saying there was a three out of five chance his taskbar 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, 00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:05.560 some of these problems could be lingering issues left over from last 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:09.840 month's File Explorer breaking update, but that doesn't exactly make Microsoft 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:13.680 look better here. But I don't know. Maybe the devs are just busy with 00:01:11.320 --> 00:01:18.160 actually important things like deleting official blog posts that recommended 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:22.400 people train AI models on pirated Harry Potter books. Blimey, Copilot, didn't 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:30.000 you wonder where your parents learned it all? Learned what? You're a chatbot, 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:33.840 Copilot. I'M A WHAT? A CHATBOT. And a 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:35.640 company and I wager Oh. Meta CEO and 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:39.960 former Innsmouth resident Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Wednesday 00:01:37.800 --> 00:01:44.480 in a landmark social media addiction trial, where a 20-year-old plaintiff is 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:49.560 alleging that Instagram's design worsened her depression and thoughts of 00:01:46.600 --> 00:01:53.640 self-harm. Zuck, seen here exiting the courtroom wearing his dad's suit, told 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:58.160 the jury, "I care about the well-being of teens and kids who are for our 00:01:55.400 --> 00:02:04.120 services." Pointing to an email he sent Tim Apple in 2018 to chat about child 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:08.240 safety. Remember that, Tim? Yeah, fish 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:10.240 boy. What a great guy. Thank you, Tim. 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:15.640 Zuckerberg also admitted that Meta may have once set goals around increasing 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:19.720 time spent by users, but that's no longer how they operate. Probably 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:23.440 because they already tuned the hell out of the dopamine machine that is 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:28.080 Instagram. That thing's cranking, it's working well. The trial's been generally 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:33.200 rocky for the puppet turned billionaire with the prosecution showing the jury an 00:02:30.640 --> 00:02:38.000 internal Facebook email from 2017 stating, "Mark has decided the top 00:02:35.480 --> 00:02:40.160 priority for the company is teens." That's crazy. 00:02:39.166 --> 00:02:44.320 >> [laughter] >> CRAZY. ON TOP of that, the judge scolded 00:02:42.440 --> 00:02:49.280 him and his entourage for wearing camera-equipped Ray-Ban Meta glasses 00:02:46.959 --> 00:02:53.800 into the courtroom, threatening to hold them in contempt as, you may be aware of 00:02:51.600 --> 00:02:58.440 this, recording courtroom proceedings is often illegal, which to be fair, is not 00:02:56.720 --> 00:03:03.160 something big tech bros are often concerned about. Former Meta VP Brian 00:03:01.320 --> 00:03:08.400 Boland, though, seems like maybe one of the good ones. He took the stand after 00:03:05.720 --> 00:03:11.840 spending 11 years helping build Meta's ad machine. 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 00:03:14.480 --> 00:03:21.640 Zuckerberg fostered a culture that prioritized growth over user safety, and 00:03:19.440 --> 00:03:25.880 that when concerns about harm came up, the primary response was to manage the 00:03:23.959 --> 00:03:30.560 press cycle rather than actually investigate the problem. Boland left the 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:36.600 company in 2020, walking away from over $10 million in unvested stock. Imagine 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:41.560 how unlikable Zuckerberg must be for someone to walk away from $10 million. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:45.440 I feel like that wins the court case right there. We've seen enough. You may 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:49.519 have seen a bunch of headlines in circulation about how headphones are 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:54.440 poisonous now or something, but don't worry, we looked [music] into it. So, an 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:59.320 EU-funded coalition of Central European consumer groups tested 81 pairs of 00:03:56.720 --> 00:04:03.120 headphones and found harmful chemicals in every single one. They tested 00:04:01.440 --> 00:04:07.360 products from well-known brands like Bose, Samsung, and Sennheiser, but also 00:04:05.720 --> 00:04:11.120 stuff like off-brand children's headphones from Temu, which was 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:15.760 apparently one of the worst offenders. So, that's nice. BPA, the bad chemical 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:20.920 that every water bottle now has to assure you it does not contain, showed 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:25.880 up in 98% of samples along with other bad boys like phthalates, chlorinated 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:31.360 paraffins, and flame retardants, some of which can migrate through your skin, 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:35.960 especially when you sweat. Now, while that does sound concerning, some have 00:04:33.760 --> 00:04:39.760 pointed out a couple methodologically weird things with the study, and just 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:44.200 because headphones contain a chemical doesn't mean that it's going to get into 00:04:41.320 --> 00:04:48.200 your body and poison you. Nevertheless, certain media outlets have been 00:04:45.440 --> 00:04:52.160 sensationalizing the issue. PC Gamer went with "All headphones are toxic." 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:57.680 Tom's Guide said you should ditch your headphones for speakers, and The Guardian summarized the study's concerns 00:04:55.600 --> 00:05:02.000 as being partially about the risk of the feminization of males, Oh, no. 00:05:01.303 --> 00:05:08.200 >> [laughter] >> which predictably sent Reddit into a spiral. Now, if you take the time to 00:05:05.840 --> 00:05:11.160 read it, the report is pretty reasonable. 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But a CPU malfunction is a little more 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:48.680 complicated than, you know, a bucket of chicken, no matter how many herbs and 00:07:47.080 --> 00:07:54.080 spices there are. And whether they're secret or not. How 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:54.080 many are there? 11. 00:07:54.120 --> 00:08:00.080 Okay. Amazon's Ring is not only sticking 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:04.400 with its enabled-by-default search party feature that lets Ring camera owners 00:08:02.200 --> 00:08:09.120 search each other's footage for lost dogs, despite backlash over its eerily 00:08:06.840 --> 00:08:13.800 dystopian Super Bowl ad, they are doubling down. Leaked internal emails 00:08:11.320 --> 00:08:18.080 showed CEO Jamie Siminoff suggesting that he's pretty excited to see the 00:08:15.840 --> 00:08:22.680 [music] results of our public agencies using this tool and the impact it will 00:08:20.080 --> 00:08:28.200 have on our communities. Woof. And that eventually Ring cameras 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:33.525 could help zero out crime in neighborhoods, at least 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:34.479 a certain kind of crime. Dog crime. 00:08:33.525 --> 00:08:39.159 >> [laughter] >> I don't think a dragnet of Ring cameras 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:43.039 is going to be able to zero out investment fraud. And I don't think 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:47.200 that's really their goal anyway. Shiny Hunters, the internet's favorite hacking 00:08:45.280 --> 00:08:52.920 group, is back at it again this week after launching cyberattacks against 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:54.839 both Win Resorts and CarGurus. The 00:08:52.920 --> 00:08:59.480 craziest part, they're apparently using the same vishing methods seen in 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:04.720 previous breaches. That's fishing, but like voice version of it. Stay Keep up. 00:09:02.160 --> 00:09:09.240 The stolen data includes 800,000 employee records from Win Resorts and 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:10.960 around 1.7 million corporate files from CarGurus. 00:09:10.861 --> 00:09:16.120 >> [snorts] >> Gurus. Gurus. A spokesperson for the 00:09:13.880 --> 00:09:20.760 Hunters told The Register that stolen data includes full names, emails, phone 00:09:18.520 --> 00:09:25.760 numbers, positions, salaries, start dates, and even birthdays. Honestly, 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:30.760 what's Shiny Hunters' deal and what are these shinies they're hunting? If we 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:35.680 give them a few Charizards, Gardevoirs, and a Mew, will they leave us alone? The 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:41.960 FBI has issued new guidance to store owners after hackers jackpotted more 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:44.880 than 700 ATMs in 2025, stealing roughly 00:09:41.960 --> 00:09:51.200 $20 million dollars. Using malware called Ploutus criminals infect a 00:09:48.160 --> 00:09:53.240 machine's internals and force cash 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:57.120 withdrawals without using a card, tricking the machine itself instead of 00:09:55.240 --> 00:10:00.880 using a fake bank account. I'm actually surprised they explained how it works. 00:09:59.480 --> 00:10:05.840 You would think they'd want to keep this information from the crazy people who 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:09.440 are currently using forklifts to rip ATMs out of the ground. 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:13.600 We can't let them know there's an easier option. And Substack just announced an 00:10:11.760 --> 00:10:17.560 expansion of their existing partnership with gambling platform Polymarket, 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:22.440 allowing Substack authors to embed prediction market betting data directly 00:10:20.400 --> 00:10:26.280 into newsletters and articles. Polymarket celebrated the new 00:10:23.880 --> 00:10:30.360 partnership by tweeting that journalism is better when it's backed by live 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:33.480 markets. Sure. 00:10:31.880 --> 00:10:38.040 And I'm sure this isn't an elaborate narrative to avoid being regulated as a 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:42.160 gambling platform. In unrelated news, I'm launching a statistics course where 00:10:39.920 --> 00:10:47.520 you try and guess where a ball will land in a spinning wheel using statistics 00:10:45.240 --> 00:10:50.920 because learning is always better when backed by the ability to lose your life 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 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:59.880 except maybe time. And we all have an 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:04.640 unlimited amount of that, so it doesn't matter. Woo! 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:04.640 I'M NEVER GOING TO DIE.