1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:06,799 Valve just imported around 50 tons of 2 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:10,559 game consoles from China. And you know 3 00:00:06,799 --> 00:00:12,800 what that means? Maybe Steam machines, 4 00:00:10,559 --> 00:00:14,799 which is great news for us, but probably 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,480 a tough day for the customs agent 6 00:00:14,799 --> 00:00:19,039 staring at a manifest that jumps from 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:21,840 container 2 to container 4, cuz you 8 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:23,760 know, Valve can't count to three. I'm 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,320 Linus Sebastian. This is Tech LinkedIn. 10 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,720 And according to customs records dug up 11 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:32,160 by The Verge, recent shipments by Valve 12 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:34,480 total to nearly 100 tons in just the 13 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:36,559 past 2 months. But what's really 14 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:39,360 interesting is that the new containers 15 00:00:36,559 --> 00:00:41,840 are noticeably lighter than the previous 16 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:45,360 ones, suggesting that the delayed Steam 17 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:47,600 Machine or Steam Frame VR headsets may 18 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:49,600 be contained inside them. Or they could 19 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,039 just be even more Steam Decks and we're 20 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:54,079 going to look really stupid in a few 21 00:00:51,039 --> 00:00:55,760 weeks. Either way, optimism is high. Not 22 00:00:54,079 --> 00:00:57,840 all is well in Valve land, though. The 23 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,039 Steam Controller instantly sold out on 24 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,280 launch day. So, if you were hoping to 25 00:00:59,039 --> 00:01:03,840 get one 31 minutes after they were 26 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:05,840 released, the joke's on you. But the 27 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:08,159 good news is that alongside Valve 28 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,920 announcing that more stock is coming, 29 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:11,680 they've also released the controller's 30 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:14,159 CAD files under a Creative Common 31 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,920 license. So, if you can't wait, you can 32 00:01:14,159 --> 00:01:17,759 3D print the shelf for the controller 33 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,520 and then sit in front of a cardboard box 34 00:01:17,759 --> 00:01:21,520 to just hallucinate the gaming 35 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,520 experience. Nintendo approves. 36 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:25,759 >> You could be just like an AI. Meanwhile, 37 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:29,680 in Germany, millions of websites and 38 00:01:25,759 --> 00:01:31,680 apps using their.de domain suddenly 39 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:34,560 disappeared from the internet for hours 40 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:37,119 on Tuesday night, including Amazon. DHL, 41 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:40,079 Steam, and Germany's Transit app. The 42 00:01:37,119 --> 00:01:42,560 outage was traced to DENIC, the 43 00:01:40,079 --> 00:01:44,640 organization that manages Germany's.de 44 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,720 country code domain after the registry 45 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:50,720 distributed faulty cryptographic 46 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:52,720 signatures. DNI explained in a blog post 47 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,799 that the bad signatures went out during 48 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:57,119 a routine key exchange, though they're 49 00:01:54,799 --> 00:01:59,600 still investigating the exact chain of 50 00:01:57,119 --> 00:02:01,920 events that led to it. Per Cyberne News, 51 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,920 network engineers suspect that Dnick 52 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:06,479 fumbled a scheduled key swap that the 53 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:08,479 registry runs every 5 weeks. The faulty 54 00:02:06,479 --> 00:02:11,360 keys caused any DNS lookup targeting 55 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:13,440 A.D.E. site to fail security checks, 56 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:15,680 which brought the whole system crumbling 57 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,200 to its knees. You got to love single 58 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:19,120 points of failure, don't you? According 59 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:21,200 to Dick, the issue is now resolved. And 60 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,800 the population of Deutseland is back to 61 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,480 enjoying German internet, which I 62 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,400 believe operates like the regular 63 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,959 internet, except the series of tubes is 64 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,920 filled with meat. Of course, sorry, that 65 00:02:28,959 --> 00:02:34,400 joke was the worst. 66 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:37,519 You know what's even worse is Google 67 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:40,640 Chrome has been silently downloading a 4 68 00:02:37,519 --> 00:02:42,959 gigabyte AI model file to some user 69 00:02:40,640 --> 00:02:44,400 devices without asking permission. 70 00:02:42,959 --> 00:02:47,280 Evidently, they've decided it's just 71 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:49,040 time to rip the AI band-aid off, and 72 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:51,680 everybody's using it with or without 73 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:54,000 permission. Evidently, anyone with AI 74 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,680 features enabled and compatible hardware 75 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,319 is receiving the model. So, we're 76 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,959 talking potentially hundreds of millions 77 00:02:58,319 --> 00:03:03,519 of devices. 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All the other cool kids and me, 129 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,720 we call it the QBs, but their scientific 130 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,880 name is actually quickius. 131 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,680 >> Oh, you said you said it. 132 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,320 >> That's not it. 133 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,360 >> Kind of. 134 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:17,840 >> Notepad++ creator Don Hoe is threatening 135 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:21,120 legal action over an unofficial macOS 136 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:23,120 port of Notepad++. But according to Hoe, 137 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,600 it's not the port itself that's the 138 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:28,560 problem. It's that the unofficial site 139 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:31,840 uses the Notepad++ name and branding 140 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:34,320 wholesale and even lists Hoe himself as 141 00:05:31,840 --> 00:05:36,800 a contributor, which he very much denies 142 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,720 being. Ho is asking users to reply to 143 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:41,199 any social media posts that are hyping 144 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:43,600 up this port with a copypasted 145 00:05:41,199 --> 00:05:46,080 disclaimer, effectively crowdsourcing 146 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:49,919 his cease and desist. So, it's less 147 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:52,400 control C and more control C. 148 00:05:49,919 --> 00:05:55,360 >> I said your Dawn's a hoe. 149 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:57,120 >> An unclosable popup on Reddit's mobile 150 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,199 site has been prompting users to 151 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:01,440 download the app to keep browsing. And 152 00:05:59,199 --> 00:06:03,759 apparently, it's on purpose. A Reddit 153 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:06,160 spokesperson told RS Technica that it is 154 00:06:03,759 --> 00:06:08,639 targeting frequently logged out mobile 155 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,400 users, which of course are the exact 156 00:06:08,639 --> 00:06:13,120 people who keep saying they don't want 157 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:15,360 the app. Reddit insists though you will 158 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:18,639 like it once you stop avoiding it. And 159 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:21,120 to that I comment, well actually I 160 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:23,280 comment nothing because I'm stuck behind 161 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,280 a pop-up. Look at me. I'm stuck behind a 162 00:06:23,280 --> 00:06:28,000 pop-up. Meanwhile, Microsoft, Google 163 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:29,759 DeepMind, and XAI have signed deals with 164 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,360 the US Center for AI Standards and 165 00:06:29,759 --> 00:06:33,840 Innovation, letting the government 166 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:35,680 review their frontier models before they 167 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:37,600 are released to the public, which 168 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,039 according to the New York Times is a 169 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,600 sharp reversal of the US 170 00:06:39,039 --> 00:06:44,479 administration's hands-off approach to 171 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:47,039 regulating top AI Labs. This new deal 172 00:06:44,479 --> 00:06:49,759 will vet models for cyber security, 173 00:06:47,039 --> 00:06:51,840 biocurity, and chemical weapons risks 174 00:06:49,759 --> 00:06:53,759 before they are released, which fingers 175 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:56,000 crossed will keep us safe from any 176 00:06:53,759 --> 00:06:58,160 Terminator adjacent apocalypses. 177 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,280 >> A I mean, I wouldn't bet on Poly Market 178 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,639 about it, even though the world is 179 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:02,160 apparently a casino now. 180 00:07:00,639 --> 00:07:04,240 >> You just did insider trading. 181 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:06,560 >> Microsoft's Edge browser apparently has 182 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,639 a habit of storing passwords in plain 183 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:11,199 text memory, as cyber security 184 00:07:08,639 --> 00:07:14,080 researcher Tom Running disclosed. 185 00:07:11,199 --> 00:07:16,880 Interestingly, Edge is the only Chromium 186 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:19,199 browser that's doing this. But despite 187 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:21,599 Running's warning, Microsoft downplayed 188 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:23,599 the threat, stating that if someone can 189 00:07:21,599 --> 00:07:25,680 read your memory, you're already 190 00:07:23,599 --> 00:07:28,080 compromised anyway. It's part of a bold 191 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,759 new cyber security philosophy called why 192 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,479 lock the safe if they're already in the 193 00:07:29,759 --> 00:07:35,039 house. I mean, they do have a point, but 194 00:07:32,479 --> 00:07:39,520 also so does he. And Energizer has a 195 00:07:35,039 --> 00:07:41,599 point. Their new ULTIMATE CHILD SHIELD 196 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,599 button batteries are designed to prevent 197 00:07:41,599 --> 00:07:45,520 chemical burns that occur when toddlers 198 00:07:43,599 --> 00:07:48,960 accidentally swallow them. This is a 199 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:50,960 great move as roughly 3,500 people a 200 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:53,039 year ingest button batteries in the US 201 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:55,039 alone. And lithium batteries are 202 00:07:53,039 --> 00:07:57,360 apparently especially fatal as they can 203 00:07:55,039 --> 00:08:00,560 burn through stomach tissue. Good lord. 204 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:02,639 The new battery features a Sorry. The 205 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:05,039 new battery features a special coating 206 00:08:02,639 --> 00:08:07,599 that blocks current on contact with 207 00:08:05,039 --> 00:08:10,720 saliva but conducts normally inside 208 00:08:07,599 --> 00:08:14,720 electronics. As one toddler on Weddit 209 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:16,639 wrote, "We join. The forbidden coins are 210 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,160 back on the menu." I don't know what 211 00:08:16,639 --> 00:08:20,319 that voice was supposed to be, but you 212 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:23,680 know what? I know I'm going to see you 213 00:08:20,319 --> 00:08:25,520 guys on Friday when tech news is back on 214 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,120 the menu. In fact, it's the only thing 215 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,639 that's ever been on the menu. We're like 216 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,319 one of those food stands that only 217 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:32,159 serves one thing. We're like the 218 00:08:30,319 --> 00:08:34,240 opposite of Cheesecake Factory. 219 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:37,919 >> Cheese Fake Factory, man. Cheese fake 220 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,919 factory, more like.