WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.520 You know, Kierkegaard wrote, of all ridiculous things, 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:07.480 the most ridiculous seems to me to be busy. 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:11.400 But he died more than 100 years ago and he never had to keep up with the tech news. 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:15.520 It'll keep you busy, trust me. Yeah, who's the smart guy now? 00:00:15.520 --> 00:00:20.120 Microsoft is sick of you making offline or local Windows 11 accounts 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:23.680 and they're not gonna let you do it anymore. In their announcement of a new 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:29.160 Windows 11 insider preview build, Microsoft says they are getting rid of known mechanisms 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:32.880 often used to create a local account. According to Windows Central, 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:39.000 amongst these removed mechanisms are commands like start MS-CXH, 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:41.840 locallonely. Locallonely. 00:00:42.800 --> 00:00:46.480 Locallonely. Microsoft says if you wanna use Windows 11, 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:51.400 which I know we all desperately do, we're gonna have to complete the out of box experience 00:00:51.400 --> 00:00:55.560 or Ooby with internet access and a Microsoft account. 00:00:55.560 --> 00:01:01.120 The announcement states that creating an offline account bypasses critical setup screens 00:01:01.120 --> 00:01:05.360 that are part of the Ooby and could cause users, 00:01:05.360 --> 00:01:09.760 users to exit the setup without a properly configured device. 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:15.000 But I know that's all just code for give us your data, we want your sweet, sweet data, obviously. 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:19.840 Interestingly, folks already appear to be finding workarounds for Microsoft's newest changes, 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:24.880 including just creating a local account on an earlier Windows 11 build before updating. 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:27.960 Microsoft, I'm gonna offer you a bit of constructive criticism here. 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:31.840 Maybe folks would be more willing to create accounts the way you want them to 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.920 if they actually wanted to use Windows 11, huh? 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:39.800 Focus on making Windows 11 cool. Cart before the horse kind of thing, you get it. 00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:44.400 Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, the Italian company beloved 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:49.920 for their open source microcontroller boards and I'm assuming free breadsticks at lunch. 00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:54.080 It's just like the Olive Garden, but a country, right? It's understandable that Qualcomm 00:01:54.080 --> 00:01:57.480 would want to subsume Arduino's incredibly popular 00:01:57.480 --> 00:02:01.600 and adaptable hardware and software into their own edge computing stack, 00:02:01.600 --> 00:02:06.760 but enthusiasts, along with people who have never touched a microcontroller before, 00:02:06.760 --> 00:02:10.880 worry that this move will hurt Arduino's open source approach. 00:02:10.880 --> 00:02:14.960 But the two companies say they're serious about keeping that open approach 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:20.000 and community spirit alive. So they're updating Arduino's Uno lineup 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:23.400 with the Uno Q, a little hybrid board 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:30.180 that combines Qualcomm's Linux Debian capable Dragonwing QRB210 chip. 00:02:30.180 --> 00:02:35.180 Yep, with Arduino's STM32U585 microcontroller. 00:02:36.260 --> 00:02:39.740 It's compatible with Arduino's existing shields and other hardware. 00:02:39.740 --> 00:02:44.560 Its schematics are open source and it's coming alongside App Lab, 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:48.340 a new open source tool for building specialized apps 00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:51.340 for the Uno Q's unique hardware configuration. 00:02:51.340 --> 00:02:55.040 If you've still got questions, don't ask us. Again, we don't know, 00:02:55.040 --> 00:03:00.160 but thankfully, my other dad, Jeff Geerling, has a great new video and article up about this development. 00:03:00.160 --> 00:03:03.260 He's so smart, probably smarter than your dad. 00:03:03.260 --> 00:03:06.320 He's not for Uno. Ah! 00:03:06.320 --> 00:03:12.720 Synology has backtracked on its policy banning the installation of non-verified hard drives 00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:15.840 in its NAS products. In as little as six months, 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:19.280 Synology was able to surmise that requiring people 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:24.200 to buy special Synology branded drives was pissing off their customers and driving sales down. 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:29.660 Very impressive. Synology's press release says that 2025 disk station plus 00:03:29.660 --> 00:03:34.400 value and J series models running the newest DSM 7.3 software 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:40.280 will support the installation of non-validated third party drives with some caveats. 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:44.000 If you want to use M.2 drives, those still need to be a model listed 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:48.160 on Synology's hardware compatibility list and enterprise NAS units, 00:03:48.160 --> 00:03:53.160 which only worked with verified drives before Synology expanded the policy in April. 00:03:53.200 --> 00:03:56.480 Will still need special rubber stamped drives. 00:03:56.480 --> 00:04:00.280 So what tipped the scales here? Well, Synology told Ars Technica 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:05.820 that testing more drives and adding them to their validation program is taking a while. 00:04:05.820 --> 00:04:10.280 So they figured they'd open things up, even though the only thing that drives their decisions 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:16.400 is creating reliable and secure data solutions. As long as that data is secure on a validated drive, 00:04:16.400 --> 00:04:19.680 they are willing to drive this whole thing into the ground, 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:23.560 except when their sales go down. Cause nobody's security is perfect. 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:27.160 It's what I put a floppy in there. See if we care. Okay? 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:32.040 So we're just so chill. And then go check out our sponsor. Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu wrote 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:35.800 about how the slow overcomes the fast. 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:39.440 Well, thanks for sure. The quick bits hate Lao Tzu. I've got to get at it. 00:04:39.440 --> 00:04:42.920 Nintendo is suing James Archbox Williams, 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.000 a moderator for the Switch Pirates subreddit 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:50.000 where he allegedly promoted and sold Switch ROMs 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:53.280 and other piracy tools. And we did this so often. 00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:59.040 Nintendo was able to track down his identity and sue him for 4.5 million in damages, 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:02.040 which they claim is actually nowhere near 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:06.040 the actual damage is done. This guy almost put Nintendo out of business. 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:09.200 While we often joke about Nintendo being unreasonably 00:05:09.200 --> 00:05:14.160 litigious, if their claims are accurate here, that Williams continued to sell ROMs 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:19.920 even after being served a cease and desist, deleted or hid evidence, and then ghosted lawyers, 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:23.480 AKA a f***ing around, then it seems like he's entered 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:29.720 the find out phase of things. Nintendo don't ignore a cease and desist. 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:33.520 Logitech is bricking its pop smart home buttons 00:05:33.520 --> 00:05:39.640 on October 15th in a move that Hackaday concisely called sudden and rather customer hostile. 00:05:39.640 --> 00:05:42.800 Pop button users are receiving an email informing them 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:46.960 that the product, which is less than a decade old, is being shut down. 00:05:46.960 --> 00:05:51.280 But don't worry, they're getting a 15% off coupon at Logitech's store. 00:05:51.280 --> 00:05:55.600 However, Hackaday says this coupon is only usable by US based customers. 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:59.960 Damn it. Logitech is not only just shutting down the product 00:05:59.960 --> 00:06:04.440 and its support for things like Apple HomeKit, Sonos and Philips Hue, 00:06:04.440 --> 00:06:08.640 anyone hoping to keep using them locally is also completely out of luck. 00:06:08.640 --> 00:06:13.080 So Logitech has really pushed my pop buttons with this one. 00:06:13.080 --> 00:06:16.640 Good one, Riley. I'll own it. 00:06:16.640 --> 00:06:21.120 Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Riot Games and Epic Games 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:24.240 were all hit with spikes in outage reports 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:29.160 at around the same time on October 6th, according to data from Down Detector, 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:34.160 which led many to assume a massive DDoS attack was underway. 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.360 Now, according to cyber news, some are speculating the attack comes 00:06:37.360 --> 00:06:41.920 from the massive botnet, Aysuru, Aysuru. 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:45.240 Why would someone go after our dear Steam though? 00:06:45.280 --> 00:06:48.360 Yet even more conjecture suggests that this attack 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:52.920 may be to sell a product through a demonstration of its strength. 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:56.040 Personally, I'm pretty sure it might be that. 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:59.880 Or alternatively, all the video games cause violence. 00:06:59.880 --> 00:07:04.320 Boomer people have learned to hack. Look out, grandma's plugged in. 00:07:05.280 --> 00:07:09.600 And it ain't just Skyrim this time. OpenAI said its recently launched 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:14.240 Sora 2 video generator would block depictions of public figures. 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:18.720 And it did for the approximately two seconds it took for people to find a loophole 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:24.720 and start barraging Zelda Williams with fake photorealistic videos of her late father Robin. 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:30.080 Very cool and normal behavior. Sora 2's ability to recreate Pikachu being cooked 00:07:30.080 --> 00:07:35.040 and eaten and Mario running from the cops also caused a ruckus with copyright holders, 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:38.880 which seemed to catch OpenAI CEO Sam Altman by surprise. 00:07:38.880 --> 00:07:43.840 I thought they'd love it. So this week, OpenAI added more restrictions to the model, 00:07:43.840 --> 00:07:47.440 but only after enough AI videos had flooded the web 00:07:47.440 --> 00:07:52.840 that it triggered Mr. Beast to wonder, hmm, what will AI videos do to YouTube 00:07:52.840 --> 00:07:57.960 and how will it impact the millions of creators currently making content for a living? 00:07:57.960 --> 00:08:01.760 Has anyone thought of this yet? Scary times. 00:08:01.760 --> 00:08:07.320 The Neuralink brain computer interface is helping one of its patients control a robot ARM. 00:08:07.320 --> 00:08:10.280 And those are just the sorts of cool sentences we get to say on tech links sometimes. 00:08:10.960 --> 00:08:14.680 Anyway, Nick Ray, a Neuralink patient who has ALS, 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:21.120 posted a video of himself using Neuralink to direct an assistive robot ARM to pick up a drink for him, 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.440 bring it to his mouth, and allow him to sip off from it, 00:08:24.440 --> 00:08:27.680 without it impaling him through the jaw. 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:31.320 It's great. That's the thought of it. We're all thinking it. 00:08:31.320 --> 00:08:34.600 We're like, don't. Ray wrote in his post that he's also been able 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:37.640 to put on his hat and microwave chicken. 00:08:37.640 --> 00:08:41.480 He's very excited to talk with his hands again. 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:44.480 Just be careful where you're swinging those robot arms, Nick, okay? 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:49.040 You don't know your own strength. And we don't want a doctor-octopus situation here, okay? 00:08:49.040 --> 00:08:53.280 Take it easy, but very happy for you. We should take it easy, too. 00:08:53.280 --> 00:08:59.000 Hey, let's have a rest and come back on Friday for more tech news. After all, Vietnamese philosopher, 00:08:59.000 --> 00:09:02.440 why are you making me titch not hon, 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:09.800 believes that resting is a very important practice and resting is a precondition for healing. 00:09:09.800 --> 00:09:12.200 So chill, okay? Heal.