WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 Well, tech news, it's just one of those things, you know? 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:08.000 What, what on what things? 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:18.000 Couldn't tell ya. YouTube has been serving some TV viewers with 90-second non-skippable ads, 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:21.000 according to multiple reports on Reddit and on Twitter, 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:26.000 where YouTube pushed back saying that they don't serve an ad format like that. 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:34.000 This tweet was quickly community noted with evidence that many people were, nonetheless, seeing these non-existent ads. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.000 YouTube has since called it an interface bug, 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:43.000 where inaccurate timers are being shown for shorter ads and says that a fix is rolling out. 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:48.000 But, buggy ads aren't the only bad news out of YouTube this week, 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:54.000 because YouTube Premium is getting a US price hike of up to $4 per month at the highest tier, 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:58.000 the first increase since 2023. 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:04.000 That's not that long ago! YouTube says the hike is going to help them continue delivering a high-quality experience. 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:11.000 But, as Gizmodo points out, the last time YouTube raised premium prices was just kind of during an inflationary spike, 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:17.000 which seems to be what's happening right now, not that the service is materially changing. 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:24.000 CPUID, the French company behind tech enthusiast staples like CPUZ and Hardware Monitor, 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:30.000 had its website hacked this week and they were serving malware in place of their actual software. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:35.000 Oh no. For about six hours between April 9th and 10th, 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:42.000 clicking the download button on CPUID.com would hand you a trojanized installer file instead of the real thing. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:48.000 But how can hackers be so talented and yet so incompetent? 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:54.000 It wasn't even named the right thing. It was called hwinfo-monitor-setup.exe. 00:01:54.000 --> 00:02:04.000 But that's not what I clicked on. It's the software equivalent of a Pepsi vending machine giving me a Coke can that turns out to be full of anthrax. 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:09.000 Victims who ignored Windows Defenders screaming at them and clicked through the suddenly Russian installer 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:16.000 got hit with a multi-stage, mostly in-memory attack that went straight for their saved Chrome passwords. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:23.000 The same group hit FileZilla back in March and researchers at VX Underground who said they'd need a good bit of time 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:29.000 trying to bunk it with a stick to reverse engineer it, ultimately gave the sample an official grade of B- 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:33.000 proving that even in crime, you can still get graded on a curve. 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:40.000 France, meanwhile, is ditching Microsoft Windows in favor of Linux across its government computers 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.000 in an effort to reduce reliance on U.S. technology. 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:47.000 To which I have to say, welcome to the Linux challenge, France. 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:50.000 This will be your Waterloo. 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.000 Well, I guess Waterloo was your Waterloo. 00:02:53.000 --> 00:03:01.000 But this could be kind of hard too. French Minister David Amiel said the goal is for France to regain control of its digital destiny 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:06.000 and that the country can no longer depend on foreign infrastructure that it doesn't control. 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:12.000 France's digital agency, Denum, is leading the switchover as part of a larger initiative 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:19.000 which saw France recently move 80,000 national health insurance employees off of Teams, Zoom, and Dropbox 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:22.000 and onto open-source French alternatives. 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:26.000 France even went so far as to nationalize supercomputer company Bull, 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:31.000 spending 404 million euros to prevent it from being bought up by a foreign company. 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.000 I hope that doesn't end up being an error. 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:40.000 What's not an error is the way I'm transitioning to our sponsor. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:45.000 Now, the accelerated particles, that's a whole other can. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:49.000 Uh, worms? No, it's like you're not even listening. 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:55.000 Keychron has uploaded the source files for 83 of their keyboards and mice to GitHub 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:58.000 handing the modding community full editable CAD designs 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:03.000 for cases, plates, and stabilizers across basically every major line they make. 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.000 It is source-available rather than truly open-source, 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.000 so it's not like tinkers are going to be able to sell their mods, 00:04:09.000 --> 00:04:14.000 but at least now the mechanical keyboard community can stop reverse engineering dimensions with calipers 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:18.000 as though they're appraising a stolen Rolex and just maintain their own stuff. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:27.000 This is a super cool move. Meanwhile, in the wake of Anthropic's too dangerous to release publicly AI model mythos grabbing headlines this week, 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:35.000 Axios is reporting that OpenAI is reportedly also finalizing their own AI product that's allegedly so dangerous 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:39.000 it can only be released to a small hand-picked group of partners. 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:44.000 Turns out that OpenAI's version is an expansion of a cyber-partner program that it launched back in February 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:49.000 and Axios had to correct its own headline to clarify that this isn't even the company's next flagship model. 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:54.000 Nothing says we're also scary, quite like an honestly calling a reporter about it 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:57.000 and talking about a thing that you were already doing. 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:03.000 Good job. An Ohio man has become the first person convicted under the 2025 Take It Down Act, 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:07.000 the federal law criminalizing non-consensual deepfakes. 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:15.000 James Strahler pleaded guilty to producing AI-generated sexual images of at least 10 victims, including minors. 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:25.000 Yuck. On his phone, authorities found over 2,400 explicit photos and videos, two dozen AI apps, and over 100 models. 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:30.000 According to the New York Times, it's not immediately clear how severe of a sentence he will face, 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:35.000 but the Take It Down Act carries up to three years in federal prison for deepfakes involving minors. 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:39.000 Well, many are no doubt concerned about the Take It Down Act being misused. 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:43.000 I think we can all agree on this human toilet brush going away for a while. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:50.000 On the subject of things that have been gone away for a while, Blackberry's ghost is back and suing Brother. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:57.000 Irish patent assertion firm Maliki Innovations scooped up Blackberry's old patent pile in 2023 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:07.000 and filed a suit in the eastern district of Texas alleging that brother printers infringe four Wi-Fi patents that were originally developed for Blackberry phones. 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:15.000 Maliki has also filed lawsuits against Nintendo, ASUS, and Canon, the last of which Maliki quietly withdrew three weeks ago. 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:25.000 But the case has sparked concerns that other printer manufacturers may also be liable for taking perhaps too large of a bite from the original fruit-based phone. 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.000 Are berries technically fruit? They are, aren't they? 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:40.000 And finally, Honor has announced the Mouse Buds Pro in Europe, a travel mouse with a sliding rear compartment that pops open to reveal a pair of semi-open ANC earbuds that are stashed inside. 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:52.000 But wait, there's more! If that wasn't enough to sell you on this mouse slash earbuds combo, it's also got a skin-like coating so you can feel like you are holding hands with your computer. 00:06:52.000 --> 00:07:05.000 Oh wow. The earbuds work independently over Bluetooth, which I guess is good for anyone who would otherwise have to go jogging with a computer mouse in their pocket that they're holding hands with. 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:10.000 It's time for me, after learning that, to go jogging away from learning about that. 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:18.000 I'll see you back here on Monday for more tech news, which is...it's not just a thing. It happens sometimes.