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Oh hey, you want some tech news? Just gotta beam it in one sec. Ah!

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Sorry. Usually do that off-screen. Microsoft has announced that the next major Windows 11 update,

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26H1, is not for your PC.

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Even if you did upgrade to Windows 11 when they told you you had to,

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there was a little bit of attitude there. So no update for you.

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Now, as explained in a Windows IT blog post, 26H1 is a special version of Windows,

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only intended for devices with the upcoming ARM-based Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 series processors.

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At least at this time. One could assume that 26H1 might also be intended

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for NVIDIA's N1 series of ARM-based laptop chips.

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But Microsoft maybe didn't mention that because those chips have reportedly been delayed yet again.

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NVIDIA keeps forgetting to work on them while it's swimming in its giant pool of gold

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like Scrooge McDuck. Fun fact, Windows doesn't usually do

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H1 updates. The last one was in May, 2021,

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before AI punched a hole in the ozone layer of society.

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But why can't you get this update? Well, Microsoft says 26H1 is based on a different Windows Core.

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So while existing PCs and Snapdragon X2-based PCs

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will both get security, quality, and feature updates,

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there'll be different updates and never the twain shall meet.

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Honestly, with the way Windows updates have been going this year,

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I'm not too sad about missing out on another one. Hi, I'd like only the updates that allow my computer

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to continue working, thank you.

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Oh, like this one rolling out this year to most PCs running Windows 11 and Windows 10

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if they're enrolled in extended security updates, which will provide shiny new secure boot certificates

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to replace the ones set to expire later this year,

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which is good because Fortnite tournaments are going to require secure boot to work now.

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You don't want your system booting insecurely and letting hackers steal all your vape juice

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or something, Fortnite things, but potions.

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The implication is that I don't know what Fortnite is, okay. Meta and YouTube were taken to court in California this week

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to defend against accusations of pushing highly addictive apps on children.

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CEO of Meta and human fish hybrid Mark Zuckerberg

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is expected to take the stand next week as this landmark case could set legal precedent

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for similar lawsuits. In his opening arguments, the plaintiff's attorney,

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Mark Lanier, took out a set of children's toy blocks

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and in a move he definitely workshopped with his level one improv class,

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declared this case is as easy as ABC

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with A for addicting, B for brains and C for children.

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Don't think twice. We're addicting brains to children.

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It's bad. He then hit the jury with some slam poetry

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saying that these companies don't only build apps,

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they build traps. Where's the, where's the, thank you.

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And then he drove his point home with props, including a toy Ferrari and a mini slot machine.

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In between testing out bits from his one man show on the jury, Lanier made the crucial point

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that the plaintiffs are not alleging that the companies are liable for the content

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on their platforms as section 230 of the communications decency act in the US

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protects them from that. Instead, they're arguing that the structure

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of the apps themselves, specifically the algorithm

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and infinite scroll were intentionally designed

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to be addictive. Meta's attorney, Paul Schmidt, opted for the Regina George

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from Mean Girls approach, alleging that the 20 year old plaintiff

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would have been totally messed up anyways because she had like a super sad home life

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and that she'd been like seeing therapists since she was three years old.

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Tragic. YouTube's lawyer, Louis Lee, tried to make the case

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that YouTube wasn't a social media platform and more of an entertainment platform like Netflix.

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He then showed the jury screenshots of an Ariana Grande music video

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and highlights of an NFL game, arguing that YouTube was a source of creativity

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and income for young entertainers, which can be true for the extremely lucky few

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who make it big or get hired out of a dumpster by an existing YouTuber,

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but like they showed the National Football League.

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Where would they be without YouTube helping them foster their football based creativity?

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Playing football. They paint the lines.

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Lee then argued that features like infinite scroll and video recommendations are meant to help users

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not harm them. Oh, I'm so sorry.

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I didn't realize you were trying to help us slowly simmer our brains sous vide style

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in a broth of dopamine. Thank you so much. That's actually great.

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He also said, and I quote, infinite scroll is not infinite.

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You know what? My bad again. I stupidly assumed that an infinite scroll would be infinite

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because it's called infinite and also it never ends. See, I like things that make sense.

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Hey, hey, sorry. I had to transfer the quick bits in too.

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They still want to do that off screen though since they insist on transferring it physically.

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Trust me, you don't want to see that. Discord has responded to the significant backlash

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over its new teen by default age verification system

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with users threatening to leave, canceling nitro subscriptions and US searches

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for Discord alternatives, jumping roughly 10,000% in 48 hours.

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The messaging platform would like everyone to please calm down because the vast majority of users

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won't need to verify at all since most don't access age restricted servers.

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And those who do will only be asked for a face scan or ID

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if Discord's age prediction model can't already confirm they're an adult.

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Confirm used very loosely there.

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Nice try, Discord. I for one will never give Discord a picture of my face.

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The only shady corporations who are getting a picture of this bestowed kisser is Facebook, Instagram,

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TikTok, US, TikTok, Uber, YouTube, Google,

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every airline ever, and X, the everything app, which is also now GROC and Starlink.

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In fact, I'm gonna post about this on all those platforms right now.

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Oh, just gotta accept cookies first.

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Google launched new tools yesterday to help users remove non-consensual explicit images

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from search. Users can now click the three dots on an image result

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in Google search and flag it for removal. Easy, the company also expanded its results about you hub

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to let users flag search results containing their social security number,

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driver's license, or passport number for removal.

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All you gotta do is give Google that sensitive info first.

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Only Google gets it, but it's okay. They're using rigorous security protocols

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and advanced encryption, so your data is absolutely safe with them.

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And even if it's not, it doesn't matter because you won't remember them making this promise

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after they turn your brain into soup with YouTube's non-infinite, infinite scroll, okay?

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So it's fine. Meta has introduced an official Dear Algo feature

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on threads that will let you customize your personal algorithmic feed inspired by the trend

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of users posting Dear Algo requests last year.

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Now you can officially request more or less of a certain topic and repost other users' public requests.

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And I guess you can't make private requests,

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which is a little weird. You can also delete requests that you've made,

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or you can just wait three days because that's how long the Algo will respect your tastes

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before it'll try to shuffle you back into the Slop Factory.

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You're missing so much great content in there, come on!

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It's really a win-win for Meta here. Android Central loves the feature

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because with their new personalized feed, they can't stop scrolling.

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Well, that's good. A hacktivist known as Wicked.

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Scraped over 536,000 payment records

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from a stalkerware operation run by Ukrainian company,

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Struktura, exposing the email addresses and partial credit card info of customers

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who paid to spy on others. Stalkerware is a type of software

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that's installed on a phone, then works silently in the background,

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uploading the victim's call records, text messages, photos, browsing history,

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and precise location data. Struktura explicitly marketed these apps

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for people to spy on their spouses and domestic partners,

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which is illegal. So we don't feel too bad that the hacktivist

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exploited what they called a trivial bug and then leaked the data to a hacking forum.

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According to TechCrunch, that makes this the 27th stalkerware company

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to be hacked or breached since 2017, which is only fair.

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Let he who is without secrets install the first piece of malware,

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an ancient piece of wisdom. From the before times.

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And Beast Industries, the company who I'm going to imagine,

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created YouTuber MrBeast, AKA Jimmy Donaldson

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in some kind of sick lab, has acquired Step,

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a financial services app for teens and young adults

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with over seven million users. It's not for teens and young adults

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with over seven million users. No, no, it's for teens and young adults,

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and the app has seven million users. You gotta have seven million and then you can install that.

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The app offers credit building, saving, and investing tools with no monthly fees.

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Donaldson said that he wants to give millions of young people

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the financial foundation he never had, even though logically Jimmy is evidence

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of that foundation being entirely unnecessary. The move aligns with his upcoming

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finance themed YouTube channel and gives him a direct pipeline

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to monetize his massive Gen Z and Gen Alpha audience

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beyond content and snacks. I guess it will be financial advice.

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I personally cannot wait to see challenge videos about who can stay in a circle the longest

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while also collecting 3% compound interest. Now that's content, but you'll collect even more than that

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if you come back on Friday for more tech news. You'll gain something that you should like

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a lot more than compound interest. Knowledge.

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Maybe, and maybe even a Lamborghini.