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Look, the way TechLink works is simple. If we say anything that offends you, it was just a joke.

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If we say anything smart, we meant it, obviously.

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Windows is currently vulnerable to two attacks that hackers could use to effectively downgrade

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victims' operating systems to older versions of Windows

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that didn't constantly show me pop-up ads for OneDrive. Sounds great, sign me up.

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That was a joke, do not sign me up, because this isn't the fun kind of version rollback.

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One of the attacks could be used to undo bug patches

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while the other could replace entire Windows system files

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with older versions that are vulnerable to long-forgotten Windows vulnerabilities.

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It'd be like letting Grandpa moderate Twitch chat. He's not equipped to deal with those memes.

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The attacks were discovered in February 2024

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by Safebreach Labs researcher, Alan Leviev,

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who immediately disclosed it to Microsoft and the company acknowledged the flaws

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and started working on a fix. But it's been a while

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and Microsoft still hasn't patched it. So Leviev presented his findings

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at the Black Hat USA and DEF CON conferences,

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which always seems to me like a dangerous thing to do,

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but admittedly, I'm not a hacker. I'm the grandpa, it me.

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Apple has once again updated their European App Store policies

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in what the tech giant keeps insisting is an attempt to play by the EU's new rules.

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Look, we're letting developers promote offers

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for purchasing their stuff anywhere, another website, a much worse and stupid app store,

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wherever they want. Apple did remove restrictions on developers' linking

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outside of their apps, but it added new fees

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that could force developers to pay Apple a 15 to 25% cut

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of every sale they make on any platform

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if the user got there through the iOS app. Obviously, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is not a fan

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and neither is Apple's other arch nemesis regarding this stuff, Spotify,

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who called Apple's new rules unacceptable.

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I haven't been keeping track perfectly, but this seems like the third time

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that Apple has made app store changes to try and avoid getting fined by the EU,

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and I'm starting to think this might be a case of Apple genuinely not understanding the assignment.

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Okay, sure, yeah, we allow other app stores and linking out and all that,

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and then we get the developers firstborn child, right?

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No? This is stupid, I should have taken the other course.

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Intel has published a detailed update on the patch that will address the now infamous instability issues

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in its 13th gen and 14th gen CPUs.

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Intel says the patch primarily improves operating conditions

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for K, KF, and KS processors, and promises that all future products

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will not be affected by this issue, and you can take that to the bank.

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Maybe don't though, Intel and Finances don't really go too well together right now.

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The patch is being distributed to motherboard makers with at least ASUS and MSI

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already rolling out BIOS updates. Thankfully, it seems like patch systems

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can expect little to no performance impact, and as the cherry on top,

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Intel says they're also investigating mitigations

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for processors already impacted by the voltage issue,

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although the official guidance is still to get a replacement.

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Intel has confirmed they'll be footing the bill for that, even for chips in complete systems

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bought through a manufacturer. The Verge, when an asked 14 of them,

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if they'd honor Intel's two year extended warranty for affected processors,

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all of which said yes, except for Acer, Lenovo, and NZXT.

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I think I know a way to bring them around though.

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Boo! Boo, bad!

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Do the obvious good thing! Intel did not provide any update

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on the supposedly completely separate issue also causing instability in some laptop chips,

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but they did delay their innovation event

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from September to sometime in 2025, although that apparently will not affect

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the launch of Aero Lake. That's still gonna launch in 2024,

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and it's gonna be completely fine. Quake bits!

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OpenAI published the system card for its flagship GPT-4O model,

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which shed some light on their reasons for delaying the rollout of its advanced voice mode.

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It was doing this wacky thing where it has an emotional outburst

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and then impersonates you. I'm gonna do this just for the sake of doing it.

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I think it's really important.

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That's such a pure and admirable approach.

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No, and I'm not driven by impact either,

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although if there is impact, that's great.

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That's funny.

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This comes after OpenAI seemingly upgraded GPT-4O's

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capabilities to better compete with recent LLM releases,

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which came after multiple executives either left the company or took leaves of absence,

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presumably because they were tired of chat GPT sassing them in their own voice.

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Rude. I would not like to be told by a robot that I'm not unique.

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The latest SteamOS beta contains a hint at the possibility of a general install version of the OS,

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which could officially support installation on non-Steam Deck devices.

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There is an image that you can install on non-Steam Deck devices,

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but it doesn't officially support anything. Said hint is this bullet point in the release notes.

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Added support for extra ROG Ally keys.

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If you're unaware, the ROG Ally is a Windows handheld with a better processor and display than the Steam Deck,

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but it's still somehow worse. SteamOS could go some ways to improving the user experience

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and if gamers could install it on anything,

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maybe we wouldn't have to rely on Windows so much.

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Oh, just install another Linux distro.

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I don't want to. Jacob isn't here to take your side, guys. I'm sorry.

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An 18 year old vulnerability has been mitigated

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that affected virtually every web browser

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on macOS and Linux. Windows was not vulnerable.

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Windows did have our back on this one. Windows left those footprints in the sand.

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Anyway, researchers at Oligo Security, Oligo, I don't know,

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published their findings on the 0.0.0.0 day vulnerability.

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So named because it allowed malicious websites to exploit the, I have to say it again,

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0.0.0.0 IPv4 address.

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Safari, Firefox, and Chrome have already been patched,

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which is great because I do not want to read that address again. The personal information of three billion people,

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like a third of the Earth's population, may have been exposed in a hack,

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according to a proposed class action lawsuit against a company called National Public Data,

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which is great foreshadowing. Kudos to the writers of reality on that one.

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The data breach in question is currently being investigated,

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but if the class actions complaints are valid, billions of people just had their full names,

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complete addresses, and social security numbers exposed on the dark web.

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And that's really embarrassing. And a group of physicists think they can solve

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one of the biggest problems in developing practical fusion energy, using mayonnaise.

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Turns out we just needed to fling a couple dollops into the reactor and Bob's your...

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No, the researchers say they learned something about fusion from spinning some mayonnaise around,

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because just like the material inside fusion reactors,

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Mayo behaves like a solid, but starts to flow when under pressure.

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Next week, we'll cover a breakthrough in the development of warp drives

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discovered during a routine lab catch-up fight. So you don't wanna miss it.

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Even though I did just make that last thing up, none of us can know whether it will come true,

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unless you come back on Monday. I'll have sandwiches.