WEBVTT 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:04.720 Sometimes when I'm feeling down, I go back to my parents to find the Tamagotchi 00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:08.760 that lived on my backpack in middle school. My first technology. 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:15.560 Little guy never paid the rent. Anyways, tech news time. Mozilla is once again refusing to pull the plug 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:21.160 on Windows 7 users, announcing that Firefox 115 extended support release 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:24.960 will continue receiving security updates for another six months, 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:28.840 pushing the deadline from February to August, 2026. 00:00:28.840 --> 00:00:33.480 This is now the fourth extension since the original September, 2024 end date, 00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:38.120 meaning Windows 7 users have been on over six years of borrowed time 00:00:38.120 --> 00:00:41.920 since Microsoft officially ended support in January, 2020, 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:46.600 which is an impressive commitment from both Mozilla and the people who apparently 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:50.160 still haven't found the will to upgrade. 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:54.600 I'm too weak. And Mozilla is not alone in enabling this behavior. 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:58.620 Microsoft themselves still push defender security updates, 00:00:58.620 --> 00:01:01.940 all the way back to Windows 7 and even Vista. 00:01:01.940 --> 00:01:07.260 Vista, you dare speak its name? Some holdouts have even used bypass tools 00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:11.380 to install Windows extended security updates they were never supposed to get. 00:01:11.380 --> 00:01:15.860 And Vista users pulled a similar trick with Windows Server 2008 updates, 00:01:15.860 --> 00:01:21.140 whose final support just ended in January. At what point does a software company decide 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:24.180 that hospice care is just a little too unethical 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:27.820 for these older operating systems? I don't know, I just, 00:01:27.820 --> 00:01:32.500 it might be time to take them out behind the barn, guys. We're talking about operating systems, so it's okay. 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:37.100 The FBI has launched an investigation into multiple games on Steam 00:01:37.100 --> 00:01:42.100 that were secretly embedded with malware. The infected titles include block blasters, 00:01:42.100 --> 00:01:45.740 pirate fi, dash verse slash dash FPS, 00:01:45.740 --> 00:01:50.540 Lampi, Lunara, Moldova, Kimia, and Tokenova. 00:01:50.540 --> 00:01:55.780 Recognize any of those? Was it the one that's not a game and actually a landlocked Eastern European nation 00:01:55.780 --> 00:01:59.340 next to Romania? Ha ha ha, got your ass. 00:01:59.340 --> 00:02:02.340 All of the infected games were seeded with malware 00:02:02.340 --> 00:02:05.940 designed to drain crypto wallets and hijack accounts. 00:02:05.940 --> 00:02:11.660 The Bureau's Seattle division is urging victims to fill out a form on FBI.gov, 00:02:11.660 --> 00:02:15.100 where they may be eligible for restitution under federal law. 00:02:15.100 --> 00:02:19.460 The agency suspects that all of the infected titles were the work of a single threat actor 00:02:19.460 --> 00:02:22.580 operating between 2024 and 2026. 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:26.900 Valve has also been emailing affected users to confirm the investigation. 00:02:26.900 --> 00:02:34.460 The most infamous case was block blasters, which stole $32,000 from streamer Rivo Plavniac 00:02:34.460 --> 00:02:38.060 during a live cancer treatment fundraiser on Twitch. 00:02:38.060 --> 00:02:42.180 When the scammers were tracked down by security research group VX Underground, 00:02:42.180 --> 00:02:45.980 who found the hacker's telegram credentials hard-coded into the malware, 00:02:45.980 --> 00:02:51.380 they attempted to justify themselves by saying the streamer, I'd probably make it back in a few hours. 00:02:51.380 --> 00:02:56.660 And I think I speak for everyone when I say that these guys can eat Schmidt and Pie. 00:02:56.660 --> 00:03:00.660 Whoa, language. It's the hardest words I know. 00:03:00.660 --> 00:03:05.020 The game was verified on Steam, as it contained no malware on release, 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:09.380 but a patch pushed by the hackers added a crypto-drainer later, 00:03:09.380 --> 00:03:13.940 which investigators estimated stole $150,000 total 00:03:13.940 --> 00:03:17.900 from hundreds of accounts. Despite Valve regularly pulling these games, 00:03:17.900 --> 00:03:21.020 the flood of new releases keeps letting bad actors 00:03:21.020 --> 00:03:24.220 slip through the cracks. This was the perfect option 00:03:24.220 --> 00:03:29.860 for giving the FBI something to investigate that isn't related to extremely well-connected, 00:03:29.860 --> 00:03:35.660 deceased financiers, so it worked out. Iranian hackers launched a massive cyber attack 00:03:35.660 --> 00:03:41.220 on medical technology giant Striker about two weeks after the US launched airstrikes 00:03:41.220 --> 00:03:44.900 on the country. The Iran-linked hacking group, Handila, 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:49.380 has claimed responsibility, saying it extracted 50 terabytes of data 00:03:49.460 --> 00:03:54.620 and wiped over 200,000 systems, servers, and mobile devices. 00:03:54.620 --> 00:04:00.300 Security researchers believe the hackers gained access to Striker's Microsoft Intune console 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:04.140 and used the company's own infrastructure to wipe everything clean. 00:04:04.140 --> 00:04:08.700 Honestly, it's pretty wild that there are Microsoft features still stable enough 00:04:08.700 --> 00:04:13.660 to even allow a hack like this. Striker confirmed a global disruption 00:04:13.660 --> 00:04:17.900 to their Microsoft environment and says medical devices like Mako and Lifepack 00:04:17.900 --> 00:04:22.620 are still safe to use, but the company has no timeline for full restoration. 00:04:22.620 --> 00:04:27.900 In an SEC filing, Striker disclosed it doesn't yet know the full financial impact, 00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:31.260 which is concerning for a Fortune 500 company. 00:04:31.260 --> 00:04:34.980 I mean, you're in charge of 500 fortunes, guys. 00:04:34.980 --> 00:04:38.740 That's what that means. Handila claims that Striker offices 00:04:38.740 --> 00:04:42.260 in 79 countries have been shut down. Nice. 00:04:42.260 --> 00:04:46.580 Close again. Still working on numbers. 00:04:46.580 --> 00:04:50.140 And employees report that even personal phones were wiped 00:04:50.140 --> 00:04:54.060 if they had corporate apps installed. And the conflict is having other impacts 00:04:54.060 --> 00:04:58.340 on the tech world as well. Iranian drone strikes knocked Qatar's 00:04:58.340 --> 00:05:02.380 Ross LeFond Helium Complex offline on March 2nd, 00:05:02.380 --> 00:05:06.820 removing roughly 30% of the global helium supply. 00:05:06.820 --> 00:05:10.780 Helium is used to cool silicon wafers during chip fabrication, 00:05:10.780 --> 00:05:16.420 and there's no viable immediate substitute, putting South Korea's entire semiconductor industry 00:05:16.420 --> 00:05:19.620 on a two-week clock before things start breaking down. 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:24.700 SK Heinecks says it has diversified and secured sufficient inventory for now, 00:05:24.700 --> 00:05:28.100 but if the outage drags on, it could be an issue for everyone, 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:31.340 including computer manufacturers, party supply stores, 00:05:31.340 --> 00:05:35.460 and that creepy clown that keeps showing up in the background of my childhood photos. 00:05:35.460 --> 00:05:39.420 He's in the back of every shot with our sponsor. 00:05:39.420 --> 00:05:43.580 As far as I understand it, Tamagotchi's don't usually survive for 20 years, 00:05:43.580 --> 00:05:47.580 but somehow mine has. Frankly, it's not a pleasant sight. 00:05:47.580 --> 00:05:52.460 It can barely wiggle its wrinkled body. It wakes up to hear the quick bits, 00:05:52.460 --> 00:05:57.900 gives a little smile, and then goes back to sleep. It won't be long now, I hope. 00:05:57.900 --> 00:06:03.380 Google Maps is getting what Google calls its biggest navigation update in over a decade, 00:06:03.380 --> 00:06:09.300 replacing the flat 2D driving view with a full 3D immersive navigation mode 00:06:09.300 --> 00:06:14.740 that renders buildings, overpasses, crosswalks, and traffic signs along your route. 00:06:14.780 --> 00:06:19.220 In more detail than it did before. There's also a conversational Ask Maps feature 00:06:19.220 --> 00:06:22.980 for natural language queries rolling out now in the US. 00:06:22.980 --> 00:06:26.860 Just hope. When you use this, the Gemini doesn't start hallucinating, 00:06:26.860 --> 00:06:30.100 or you'll get the full rally driver experience. 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:33.740 Three left, overcressed, straight off a cliff. 00:06:33.740 --> 00:06:37.320 G-Fiber, the ISP formerly known as Google Fiber, 00:06:37.320 --> 00:06:42.780 is merging with Astound Broadband in a deal that makes investment firm Stonepeak 00:06:42.780 --> 00:06:46.260 the majority owner, with Alphabet stepping back 00:06:46.260 --> 00:06:51.620 to a minority shareholder role. The combined company will keep the G-Fiber executive team 00:06:51.620 --> 00:06:54.660 and aims to become a national fiber platform, 00:06:54.660 --> 00:06:58.020 though Google declined to comment beyond its press release. 00:06:58.020 --> 00:07:02.140 So instead of killing G-Fiber outright, Google just put it in a little basket 00:07:02.140 --> 00:07:07.300 and left it at someone else's house, which canonically makes G-Fiber Harry Potter. 00:07:07.300 --> 00:07:10.800 If Google is Voldemort here, and he killed Harry's parents, 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:14.120 but had a last second change of heart and kept Harry alive, 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:19.400 but didn't wanna raise him as his weird little snake baby, because, well, frankly, he might've been the dark lord, 00:07:19.400 --> 00:07:22.560 but he was not ready to be a parent, well, so. 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:27.200 The world's most annoying hacking group, Shiny Hunters, has struck again, 00:07:27.200 --> 00:07:31.280 claiming to have stolen nearly one petabyte of data 00:07:31.280 --> 00:07:34.460 from Canadian tech outsourcing giant, Telus Digital. 00:07:34.460 --> 00:07:37.480 That petabyte allegedly includes source code, 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:40.680 financial information, FBI background checks, 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:45.400 and voice recordings of support calls across 28 of its client companies. 00:07:45.400 --> 00:07:49.080 The Hunters got in using Google Cloud credentials 00:07:49.080 --> 00:07:52.480 found in the earlier sales loft drift breach 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:58.120 they conducted that is still causing problems. Shiny Hunters demanded $65 million, 00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:04.200 and so far, Telus has ghosted them, but I don't know, the hackers might not take no for an answer. 00:08:04.200 --> 00:08:11.640 They probably really want that Canadian money, because it's Shiny, our bills have some shiny parts. 00:08:11.640 --> 00:08:16.560 Do you get it? They will never stop until they get our $2 coins. 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:19.920 They will never stop until their bird nests are complete. 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:23.600 Ah! A Texas Cybertruck owner is suing Tesla 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:29.800 after her vehicle allegedly tried to drive straight off an overpass in full self-driving mode. 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.200 The plaintiff in the suit, Justine St. Amour, 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:37.980 who was evidently out for a drive while taking a break from being the femme fatale 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:43.100 in a film noir detective movie, is interestingly connecting this incident 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:46.620 directly to Elon Musk being irresponsible. 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:50.900 What? What? Huh? Claiming that Tesla was negligent 00:08:50.900 --> 00:08:55.780 in choosing to keep him as CEO. The lawsuit specifically references Musk 00:08:55.780 --> 00:09:02.220 overriding the opinion of Tesla engineers who recommended LiDAR over a camera-only system 00:09:02.220 --> 00:09:08.980 to support Tesla's FSD capabilities. Last week, a judge upheld a $243 million verdict 00:09:08.980 --> 00:09:13.660 in a separate fatal autopilot crash, which is bad news for Tesla, 00:09:13.660 --> 00:09:18.820 as the NHTSA has linked the system to nearly 1,000 other crashes. 00:09:18.820 --> 00:09:22.520 And with Musk needing to sell 10 million FSD subscriptions 00:09:22.520 --> 00:09:26.980 to unlock his trillion-dollar bonus, I think he might have to settle 00:09:26.980 --> 00:09:31.480 for just having $843 billion instead. 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:36.640 Chin up, buddy. If you don't get it, you're a loser. 00:09:36.640 --> 00:09:41.880 And perhaps inspired by Elon, Alexa Plus now has an adults-only, 00:09:41.880 --> 00:09:47.720 sassy personality mode that lets Amazon's assistant curse and roast you, 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:51.200 though it will steer clear of truly not-safer work stuff 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:54.840 like explicit sexual content or discussion of illegal activities 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:59.600 because you never go full grok. Sassy mode cannot be activated 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:04.920 when the Amazon Kids mode is enabled and requires a facial scan to unlock. 00:10:04.920 --> 00:10:07.940 A PC world writer got absolutely dragged 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:12.200 when Alexa told him it's not her fault his lights have trust issues, 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:18.160 and maybe he should try being specific instead of blaming the hardware for your vague requests. 00:10:18.160 --> 00:10:19.360 Yikes. 00:10:21.560 --> 00:10:24.760 I can fix her. Riley, no. She's probably just grumpy. 00:10:24.760 --> 00:10:28.880 She just needs a back rope. And you can fix your alarming lack of tech news 00:10:28.880 --> 00:10:32.200 by coming back on Monday for more tech news. 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:38.600 Remember, the virtual pet inside your Tamagotchi is real and alive and apparently immortal 00:10:38.600 --> 00:10:45.000 in like a gross, lovecraftian way where it just kind of keeps aging but doesn't actually die. 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:46.000 Have a good weekend.