WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.160 Microsoft has a secret tool that enables hidden features in Windows 11 and that tool has leaked. 00:00:06.160 --> 00:00:11.200 It's truly the worst blunder Microsoft has made since they accidentally released Windows 11. 00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:16.720 I'm Jacob Rush, this is TechLinked, and this happened during the company's current Bug Bash, 00:00:16.720 --> 00:00:21.360 a periodic event where developers and testers are encouraged to track down bugs in the latest 00:00:21.360 --> 00:00:26.560 Windows Insider build. Included in the instructions for the event was a download link to Staging Tool, 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:31.680 something that was an internal company application until yesterday when the average Joe's cleverly 00:00:31.680 --> 00:00:37.280 outsmarted Microsoft by clicking download. It's just that easy. It really is. 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:44.000 It was allegedly first discovered by Xenopanther on a social platform called X, short for X Twitter. 00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:50.000 Who pointed out its similarity to ViveTool, a third-party app Windows stands have used 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:56.160 to access hidden Win 11 features for some time. Essentially, Staging Tool is a command-line interface 00:00:56.160 --> 00:01:01.600 that uses feature IDs to enable and disable corresponding features. Since most feature IDs 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:07.520 can be found on GitHub, the site that Microsoft owns, basically anyone can now access all the 00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:13.600 secret features that might not be ready for primetime yet. If only there was some way Microsoft 00:01:13.600 --> 00:01:18.320 could prevent things like this from happening, leave all the feature IDs up on the website they own, 00:01:18.320 --> 00:01:22.080 and it's gotta be something, some sort of solution. Godspeed, Microsoft. 00:01:22.080 --> 00:01:28.320 And chill out. Why pay for Tesla features when you can just hack your car? Researchers from 00:01:28.320 --> 00:01:34.160 TU Berlin were able to activate paid features by taking advantage of Tesla's greatest weakness. 00:01:34.160 --> 00:01:38.480 Direct current. I see what you did there. That's a Nikola Tesla joke, baby. 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:43.600 While they won't present everything until next week, the gist is they used voltage glitching, 00:01:43.600 --> 00:01:48.720 or a volt fault injection attack if you're feeling saucy. By messing with the supply 00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:53.520 voltage of the AMD processor at the heart of the infotainment system at just the right time, 00:01:53.520 --> 00:01:59.520 the researchers could trick the chip into accepting manipulated code, potentially unlocking any of 00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:06.400 the paid upgrade features Tesla sells, including the $15,000 full self-driving upgrade. That is 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:12.560 so much money. It's one simple trick that Elon hates. Plus, because it's an issue with the SOC, 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:19.600 it's unpatchable. But wouldn't you know it, hacks can also be bad? If an outsider gains 00:02:19.600 --> 00:02:25.360 access to your Tesla, they can extract personal information like locations the car is visited, 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:30.000 call logs, and even session tokens for your email accounts. And do you really want someone 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:36.080 knowing you still use your childhood email address? Neopets girl 91 at Yahoo! Really? I mean, 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.640 it's coming back though. Neopets is coming back. Kenyan authorities have suspended the 00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:45.520 operations of Worldcoin while the government assesses the project's potential risk to public 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:51.840 safety. Reportedly, over 350,000 Kenyans had already signed up to have their eyes scanned 00:02:51.840 --> 00:02:57.040 by an ominous orb in return for cryptocurrency currently valued at around 7,000 shillings. 00:02:58.320 --> 00:03:05.040 That's a real currency, dope as hell, equivalent to about $49. There is evidence of Worldcoin 00:03:05.040 --> 00:03:09.600 employing deceptive practices in several other countries, like Chile, where participants were 00:03:09.600 --> 00:03:14.560 given terms of service in English, a language, fun fact, they don't speak, and Indonesia, 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:19.280 where participants were enticed with bribes of cash, crypto, and AirPods without being 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:24.800 told what the scans were for. Founder and chat GPT daddy Sam Altman, hey, he's more of a twink, 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:29.360 who based a world coin out of the Cayman Islands for entirely non-suspicious reasons, 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:36.160 claims the data will be used to distinguish humans from robots. A problem no one's having. But, 00:03:36.160 --> 00:03:39.600 also, that he hopes that this will lead to a universal basic income, 00:03:40.160 --> 00:03:45.600 somehow. The first part almost makes sense, so let's focus on that. Digital privacy experts 00:03:45.600 --> 00:03:51.280 criticized Worldcoin's proposed use of biometrics for online verification, with Edward Snowden 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:59.280 writing, the human body is not a ticket punch. There are concerns, both with the possibility 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:03.920 that the data might be sold to third parties and the fundamental premise of a giant global 00:04:03.920 --> 00:04:08.640 database of eyeballs. One ball to rule them all. For today's quick bits, I'm going to try and 00:04:08.640 --> 00:04:14.400 quickly name everyone I met in LTX. Okay, here we go. Mika, Kevin, bowtiler, non-bowtiler, 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:19.840 he was the one without the bowtie. Tucker, Eli, Tim, Brent, Trandor, in a shocking development, 00:04:19.840 --> 00:04:26.400 another GPU has leaked. Wow. AMD partner PowerColor accidentally detailed the unannounced 00:04:26.640 --> 00:04:33.760 Radeon RX 7800 XT. And according to their own specs, the card will have 3,840 shaders, fewer than the 00:04:33.760 --> 00:04:38.960 6800 XT. What? But will feature an increase in memory clock speed over the last generation, 00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:45.360 thank god. Also, weirdly, while the card features three DisplayPort 2.1 outputs, only two of them 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:51.360 can be used simultaneously. It's like pockets on women's clothes. It's not about being functional, 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:55.280 just looking like it is. That looks functional, you know? It looks like you could use those all. 00:04:55.280 --> 00:04:59.120 Hey girl, you look like you could fit a whole phone in there. I know you can't because then 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:03.520 big purse would get angry. Microsoft, the company that just leaked an internal tool, 00:05:03.520 --> 00:05:08.800 has been called out for negligent cybersecurity practices. When disclosing a China-based hack 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:14.160 last month that exploited an Azure vulnerability, Microsoft said they acted based on customer 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:18.880 reported information from June. Turns out the vulnerability was disclosed to them by 00:05:18.880 --> 00:05:23.360 security firm Tenable two and a half months earlier. That's a lot earlier. And the fix 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:27.840 that Microsoft pushed out on disclosure of the hack only worked for new users, 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:31.760 and they were going to wait until September 28th to secure their current customers' 00:05:31.760 --> 00:05:36.480 applications because these things take time, you know? I mean, f*** your regulars. Who cares? 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:42.400 Wouldn't you know it? They managed to fix it merely a day after Tenable's CEO revealed all of this 00:05:42.400 --> 00:05:48.160 in a LinkedIn post. Ironic. It's comforting to learn. Microsoft is a company that will fix 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:54.240 problems the moment they know everyone else knows about them. Tim Cook of Tim Cook fame 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:59.520 has confirmed that Apple has been working on generative AI, quote, for years, end quote. 00:05:59.520 --> 00:06:03.360 The fact they haven't released anything is probably related to Tim Cook stating, 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:08.960 while AI has a lot of potential, there are issues that need to be sorted. And so they're probably 00:06:08.960 --> 00:06:15.120 being cautious. Smart. Taking a slightly different tactic, Meta has released an AI tool for audio 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:20.160 and music, which was likely inspired by Google doing it first. Don't worry, guys, it's for 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:25.600 research. New research has shown that it's possible to control human DNA with electricity, 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:29.680 which may lead to future medical breakthroughs, where gene therapy can be delivered through 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:34.800 wearable devices. That's pretty cool. In this specific experiment, scientists found that they 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:41.120 were able to trigger insulin production in human cells by electrogenic activation of certain genes, 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:44.960 which has obvious applications in controlling diabetes. Can I get it in a scarf? 00:06:45.760 --> 00:06:51.280 This scarf is warm, fashionable, and it keeps my blood sugar in check. To be clear, this isn't 00:06:51.280 --> 00:06:55.920 changing the DNA, just increasing the expression of the genes that are already there, meaning that, 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:01.200 sadly, we are still decades away from smartwatches that make you fly when you shout, Shazam. 00:07:01.200 --> 00:07:08.560 No, my origin story. Sorry, Billy Batson. Go back to school. And Zebo is finally getting an emulator. 00:07:08.640 --> 00:07:14.720 And no, this isn't another Glorbo situation, I wish. The Zebo is a 100% real console that was 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:22.240 released in Brazil in 2009, in Mexico in 2010, and into the great discount bin in the sky in 2011. 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:27.840 The Zebo was a budget console, and by budget, I mean budget. It used the same software as 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:33.600 flip phone games. But thanks to developer Tuxality, maybe someday you'll be able to use the Infuse 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:39.120 Emulator to play the worst of the 327 versions of Resident Evil that have ever been released. 00:07:39.760 --> 00:07:42.880 It's got more releases than Skyrim in that game. And that's saying something. 00:07:42.880 --> 00:07:46.640 That is saying something, actually. And you should play the next episode of Techlinked 00:07:46.640 --> 00:07:50.320 when it comes out on Monday, because honestly, I feel like we barely even talk anymore. 00:07:50.320 --> 00:07:54.080 What do you mean? We're here. What changed? Did I do something?