Whoa! Running into Freddy Krueger in your nightmares can be pretty scary,
and running into Chad Krueger isn't great either.
But the worst nightmare of all is a Monday without the tech news.
Thankfully, we're all awake right now.
AMD is once again reshuffling its chip lineup,
but instead of launching new laptop processors, it's just renaming old ones.
AMD's older Zen 2 or Mendochino chips are getting rebranded as the Ryzen 10 series,
and the Zen 3 Plus or Rembrandt chips are now called the Ryzen 100 series.
Despite the fresh names, the hardware underneath is basically unchanged.
Same cores, same performance, just new labels.
The move seems aimed at simplifying marketing, but it could easily confuse buyers who might think they're getting brand new tech
when it's really the same stuff with a new name. None of this is surprising as we've seen similar moves from Intel lately,
renaming the Core i5-10400 as the Core i5-110.
Rebadging is a scourge, but I won't get got for a second time.
Ordering a Volkswagen Rutan, only to discover a Dodge Grand Caravan sitting in your driveway changes a man.
Never again. Discord user data is being swiped by hackers using a fork of Red Tiger,
an open-source red-teaming tool. The campaign was first discovered by cybersecurity firm Netscope with a K.
After spotting the malware spreading through gaming communities earlier this month,
attackers are disguising Red Tiger as game mods, cheat tools,
or other utilities to harvest browser data, discord tokens, and crypto wallet info.
The tool then takes this information and uploads everything to remote servers via webhooks.
Victims have been reporting stolen accounts and lost nitro subscriptions,
while early analysis shows that the malware's many discord-specific hooks
make it a highly effective tool for taking over accounts entirely.
Researchers at Clearfish have also been able to link infections
to phishing links shared across discord servers,
proving yet again that those advertisements you see for free FBS boosts are almost never actually
free.
Microsoft is in hot water down under.
Having just been slapped with a new lawsuit by the Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission, aka the ACK, for allegedly duping 2.7 million customers into thinking they had to
pay for co-pilot and actually that's a good thing. The company quietly bundled the AI Assistant into its Microsoft 365 plans,
selling the change as an unavoidable upgrade alongside a new subscription price.
Yeah, you pay more, but look at all this great stuff you get.
Apparently, a cheaper, non-AI version of the service was available,
but it was hidden in the labyrinth of cancellation menus.
A secret level. Customers were never meant to find. We need a hyper-focused YouTuber to get in here and take apart the code.
The ACC is calling this a clear breach of Australian consumer law,
arguing that Microsoft weren't upfront with their users' purchase options.
With potential penalties reaching 33 million USD,
Microsoft is sure to probably try something like this again,
because that's like a slap on the wrist to Microsoft.
Freddie Kruger can't even dream up a way of catching the quick bits there so fast.
The quick bits only have lucid dreams also. They're very active on the subreddit.
Fujitsu is proudly keeping the dream of physical media alive by continuing to ship new laptops
with built-in Blu-ray drives. While being slightly outdated in specs, their new FMV Note A comes equipped with a Ryzen 7,
7735U, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD in its top configuration.
But listen, does old specs really matter when you can ask if the boys want to come over and pop in
Hannah Montana the movie? That's not even a compromise. Apparently, movie discs are all the rage still in Japan,
with the Akihabara region experiencing a huge Ryzen Blu-ray player demand.
Say what you want about old tech, but at least the next time AWS goes down,
they'll be able to enjoy the little mermaid 2 DVD in glorious 480p.
Cooler Master has apologized for advising customers to modify the 16-pin power connectors
on some of the company's power supplies by dismantling them.
A risky fix that could have caused overheating or even fires.
This advice came after users reported compatibility issues with their GPUs
because of Cooler Master's right-angled connector design.
More like wrong-angled connector design.
You know what I'm saying? I do. Cause it's...
In response, the company has discontinued the problematic connector and told their
support teams to stop recommending such modifications.
Please. I know you're just trying to help. Moving forward, Cooler Master plans to include straight 16-pin connectors in new power supplies
and add visual indicators to make sure the connection is snug as a bug in a rug.
Except this bug could burn down your damn house. Anyway, Tesla's newly released Mad Max Automated Driving Mode has caught the eye of the U.S.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Some Tesla owners are claiming their cars are exceeding speed limits when the
Mel Gibson-inspired mode is active, which makes a lot of sense.
The NHTSA has started probing reaching out to Tesla for more info and reminding drivers that
the human behind the wheel is still fully responsible for safe driving.
Apparently, Mad Max Mode comes with higher speeds and more frequent lane changes.
As Gizmodo opined, it's pretty obvious naming this mode after a vengeful dystopian drifter
with a lead foot might someday catch the eye of federal regulators.
We couldn't have put it better ourselves. Plus, I just don't think you'll ride a turnal, shiny and chrome.
If you're letting your Tesla drive for you, that's kind of... There's no honor.
Microsoft's financial filings show a whopping $4.7 billion in losses tied to its stake in OpenAI,
which, on paper, is listed simply under Other.
However, Microsoft doesn't mention exactly how much is invested in OpenAI,
how much OpenAI is losing, and they don't even have it labeled as a related party.
Microsoft is releasing its Q1 earnings on Wednesday, and if it still does not disclose
OpenAI as a related party, with the vague other line as the only clue to how much money it is
bleeding to stay at in the AI race, investors will have to figure things out on their own,
testing the partnership's ethics and transparency. Sweeping losses under the rug as other expenses,
honestly seems like the kind of quick and dirty financial solutions you'd expect punching your banking queries into Chatchi B.T.
I don't know. Chatchi B.T., what do you think?
I don't know. That's what it was.
And researchers at Ohio State University have discovered that everyday mushroom tissues
can function as living memory chips. The research found that mushrooms like shiitake and button mushrooms,
when engineered into memorysters, can store and switch electrical signals.
And these fungal materials could be greener alternatives to traditional silicon microchips
because they don't need rare metals. They're easier to produce and they're biodegradable.
The mushy microchips aren't ready to replace your laptop's RAM yet,
but they could pave the way for a low power or specialized computing devices down the line,
made of fungi. It's incredible what people are doing in the kitchen these days.
And it's incredible what we'll be doing with the tech news on Wednesday.
Ooh, so you better come back. Fun Freddy fact,
Freddy's sweater is subliminally frightening because of its abrasive red and green color combination.