WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:06.799 Valve just imported around 50 tons of 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:10.559 game consoles from China. And you know 00:00:06.799 --> 00:00:12.800 what that means? Maybe Steam machines, 00:00:10.559 --> 00:00:14.799 which is great news for us, but probably 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:16.480 a tough day for the customs agent 00:00:14.799 --> 00:00:19.039 staring at a manifest that jumps from 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:21.840 container 2 to container 4, cuz you 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:23.760 know, Valve can't count to three. I'm 00:00:21.840 --> 00:00:26.320 Linus Sebastian. This is Tech LinkedIn. 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:28.720 And according to customs records dug up 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:32.160 by The Verge, recent shipments by Valve 00:00:28.720 --> 00:00:34.480 total to nearly 100 tons in just the 00:00:32.160 --> 00:00:36.559 past 2 months. But what's really 00:00:34.480 --> 00:00:39.360 interesting is that the new containers 00:00:36.559 --> 00:00:41.840 are noticeably lighter than the previous 00:00:39.360 --> 00:00:45.360 ones, suggesting that the delayed Steam 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:47.600 Machine or Steam Frame VR headsets may 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:49.600 be contained inside them. Or they could 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:51.039 just be even more Steam Decks and we're 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:54.079 going to look really stupid in a few 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:55.760 weeks. Either way, optimism is high. Not 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:57.840 all is well in Valve land, though. The 00:00:55.760 --> 00:00:59.039 Steam Controller instantly sold out on 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:01.280 launch day. So, if you were hoping to 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:03.840 get one 31 minutes after they were 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:05.840 released, the joke's on you. But the 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:08.159 good news is that alongside Valve 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:09.920 announcing that more stock is coming, 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:11.680 they've also released the controller's 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:14.159 CAD files under a Creative Common 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:15.920 license. So, if you can't wait, you can 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:17.759 3D print the shelf for the controller 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.520 and then sit in front of a cardboard box 00:01:17.759 --> 00:01:21.520 to just hallucinate the gaming 00:01:19.520 --> 00:01:23.520 experience. Nintendo approves. 00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:25.759 >> You could be just like an AI. Meanwhile, 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:29.680 in Germany, millions of websites and 00:01:25.759 --> 00:01:31.680 apps using their.de domain suddenly 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:34.560 disappeared from the internet for hours 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:37.119 on Tuesday night, including Amazon. DHL, 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:40.079 Steam, and Germany's Transit app. The 00:01:37.119 --> 00:01:42.560 outage was traced to DENIC, the 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:44.640 organization that manages Germany's.de 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:46.720 country code domain after the registry 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:50.720 distributed faulty cryptographic 00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:52.720 signatures. DNI explained in a blog post 00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:54.799 that the bad signatures went out during 00:01:52.720 --> 00:01:57.119 a routine key exchange, though they're 00:01:54.799 --> 00:01:59.600 still investigating the exact chain of 00:01:57.119 --> 00:02:01.920 events that led to it. Per Cyberne News, 00:01:59.600 --> 00:02:03.920 network engineers suspect that Dnick 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:06.479 fumbled a scheduled key swap that the 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:08.479 registry runs every 5 weeks. The faulty 00:02:06.479 --> 00:02:11.360 keys caused any DNS lookup targeting 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:13.440 A.D.E. site to fail security checks, 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:15.680 which brought the whole system crumbling 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:17.200 to its knees. You got to love single 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:19.120 points of failure, don't you? According 00:02:17.200 --> 00:02:21.200 to Dick, the issue is now resolved. And 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:22.800 the population of Deutseland is back to 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:24.480 enjoying German internet, which I 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:26.400 believe operates like the regular 00:02:24.480 --> 00:02:28.959 internet, except the series of tubes is 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:31.920 filled with meat. Of course, sorry, that 00:02:28.959 --> 00:02:34.400 joke was the worst. 00:02:31.920 --> 00:02:37.519 You know what's even worse is Google 00:02:34.400 --> 00:02:40.640 Chrome has been silently downloading a 4 00:02:37.519 --> 00:02:42.959 gigabyte AI model file to some user 00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:44.400 devices without asking permission. 00:02:42.959 --> 00:02:47.280 Evidently, they've decided it's just 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:49.040 time to rip the AI band-aid off, and 00:02:47.280 --> 00:02:51.680 everybody's using it with or without 00:02:49.040 --> 00:02:54.000 permission. Evidently, anyone with AI 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:55.680 features enabled and compatible hardware 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:58.319 is receiving the model. So, we're 00:02:55.680 --> 00:03:00.959 talking potentially hundreds of millions 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:03.519 of devices. Privacy researcher Alexander 00:03:00.959 --> 00:03:05.599 Hen first flagged the behavior, and 00:03:03.519 --> 00:03:07.920 users who tried to delete the file have 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:10.319 reported that Chrome will simply 00:03:07.920 --> 00:03:12.080 reddownload it. So to get rid of it, you 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:15.760 need to go to settings, then system, and 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:17.760 toggle off ondevice AI. H also states 00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:20.879 that the practice likely violates a 00:03:17.760 --> 00:03:22.319 whole mess of EU privacy laws and if it 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:25.200 were to be launched on all devices would 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:28.000 consume an estimated 240 00:03:25.200 --> 00:03:30.560 gigawatt hours of energy, which is way 00:03:28.000 --> 00:03:33.599 more energy than I need to do this easy, 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:35.760 light, and breezy segue to our sponsor, 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:38.080 Jawa. 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All the other cool kids and me, 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:08.720 we call it the QBs, but their scientific 00:05:06.800 --> 00:05:10.880 name is actually quickius. 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:11.680 >> Oh, you said you said it. 00:05:10.880 --> 00:05:12.320 >> That's not it. 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:15.360 >> Kind of. 00:05:12.320 --> 00:05:17.840 >> Notepad++ creator Don Hoe is threatening 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:21.120 legal action over an unofficial macOS 00:05:17.840 --> 00:05:23.120 port of Notepad++. But according to Hoe, 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:25.600 it's not the port itself that's the 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:28.560 problem. It's that the unofficial site 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:31.840 uses the Notepad++ name and branding 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:34.320 wholesale and even lists Hoe himself as 00:05:31.840 --> 00:05:36.800 a contributor, which he very much denies 00:05:34.320 --> 00:05:38.720 being. Ho is asking users to reply to 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:41.199 any social media posts that are hyping 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:43.600 up this port with a copypasted 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:46.080 disclaimer, effectively crowdsourcing 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:49.919 his cease and desist. So, it's less 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:52.400 control C and more control C. 00:05:49.919 --> 00:05:55.360 >> I said your Dawn's a hoe. 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:57.120 >> An unclosable popup on Reddit's mobile 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:59.199 site has been prompting users to 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:01.440 download the app to keep browsing. And 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:03.759 apparently, it's on purpose. A Reddit 00:06:01.440 --> 00:06:06.160 spokesperson told RS Technica that it is 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:08.639 targeting frequently logged out mobile 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:10.400 users, which of course are the exact 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:13.120 people who keep saying they don't want 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:15.360 the app. Reddit insists though you will 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:18.639 like it once you stop avoiding it. And 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:21.120 to that I comment, well actually I 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:23.280 comment nothing because I'm stuck behind 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:25.280 a pop-up. Look at me. I'm stuck behind a 00:06:23.280 --> 00:06:28.000 pop-up. Meanwhile, Microsoft, Google 00:06:25.280 --> 00:06:29.759 DeepMind, and XAI have signed deals with 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.360 the US Center for AI Standards and 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:33.840 Innovation, letting the government 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.680 review their frontier models before they 00:06:33.840 --> 00:06:37.600 are released to the public, which 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:39.039 according to the New York Times is a 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:41.600 sharp reversal of the US 00:06:39.039 --> 00:06:44.479 administration's hands-off approach to 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:47.039 regulating top AI Labs. This new deal 00:06:44.479 --> 00:06:49.759 will vet models for cyber security, 00:06:47.039 --> 00:06:51.840 biocurity, and chemical weapons risks 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:53.759 before they are released, which fingers 00:06:51.840 --> 00:06:56.000 crossed will keep us safe from any 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:58.160 Terminator adjacent apocalypses. 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.280 >> A I mean, I wouldn't bet on Poly Market 00:06:58.160 --> 00:07:00.639 about it, even though the world is 00:06:59.280 --> 00:07:02.160 apparently a casino now. 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:04.240 >> You just did insider trading. 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:06.560 >> Microsoft's Edge browser apparently has 00:07:04.240 --> 00:07:08.639 a habit of storing passwords in plain 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:11.199 text memory, as cyber security 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:14.080 researcher Tom Running disclosed. 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:16.880 Interestingly, Edge is the only Chromium 00:07:14.080 --> 00:07:19.199 browser that's doing this. But despite 00:07:16.880 --> 00:07:21.599 Running's warning, Microsoft downplayed 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:23.599 the threat, stating that if someone can 00:07:21.599 --> 00:07:25.680 read your memory, you're already 00:07:23.599 --> 00:07:28.080 compromised anyway. It's part of a bold 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:29.759 new cyber security philosophy called why 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:32.479 lock the safe if they're already in the 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:35.039 house. I mean, they do have a point, but 00:07:32.479 --> 00:07:39.520 also so does he. And Energizer has a 00:07:35.039 --> 00:07:41.599 point. Their new ULTIMATE CHILD SHIELD 00:07:39.520 --> 00:07:43.599 button batteries are designed to prevent 00:07:41.599 --> 00:07:45.520 chemical burns that occur when toddlers 00:07:43.599 --> 00:07:48.960 accidentally swallow them. This is a 00:07:45.520 --> 00:07:50.960 great move as roughly 3,500 people a 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:53.039 year ingest button batteries in the US 00:07:50.960 --> 00:07:55.039 alone. And lithium batteries are 00:07:53.039 --> 00:07:57.360 apparently especially fatal as they can 00:07:55.039 --> 00:08:00.560 burn through stomach tissue. Good lord. 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:02.639 The new battery features a Sorry. The 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:05.039 new battery features a special coating 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:07.599 that blocks current on contact with 00:08:05.039 --> 00:08:10.720 saliva but conducts normally inside 00:08:07.599 --> 00:08:14.720 electronics. As one toddler on Weddit 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:16.639 wrote, "We join. The forbidden coins are 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:18.160 back on the menu." I don't know what 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.319 that voice was supposed to be, but you 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:23.680 know what? I know I'm going to see you 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:25.520 guys on Friday when tech news is back on 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:27.120 the menu. In fact, it's the only thing 00:08:25.520 --> 00:08:28.639 that's ever been on the menu. We're like 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:30.319 one of those food stands that only 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:32.159 serves one thing. We're like the 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:34.240 opposite of Cheesecake Factory. 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:37.919 >> Cheese Fake Factory, man. Cheese fake 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:37.919 factory, more like.