WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.600 Oh hey, you want some tech news? Just gotta beam it in one sec. Ah! 00:00:04.800 --> 00:00:11.200 Sorry. Usually do that off-screen. Microsoft has announced that the next major Windows 11 update, 00:00:11.200 --> 00:00:14.760 26H1, is not for your PC. 00:00:14.760 --> 00:00:18.560 Even if you did upgrade to Windows 11 when they told you you had to, 00:00:18.560 --> 00:00:22.560 there was a little bit of attitude there. So no update for you. 00:00:22.560 --> 00:00:28.040 Now, as explained in a Windows IT blog post, 26H1 is a special version of Windows, 00:00:28.040 --> 00:00:34.920 only intended for devices with the upcoming ARM-based Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 series processors. 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:40.680 At least at this time. One could assume that 26H1 might also be intended 00:00:40.680 --> 00:00:45.060 for NVIDIA's N1 series of ARM-based laptop chips. 00:00:45.060 --> 00:00:50.120 But Microsoft maybe didn't mention that because those chips have reportedly been delayed yet again. 00:00:50.120 --> 00:00:54.360 NVIDIA keeps forgetting to work on them while it's swimming in its giant pool of gold 00:00:54.360 --> 00:00:57.960 like Scrooge McDuck. Fun fact, Windows doesn't usually do 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:01.320 H1 updates. The last one was in May, 2021, 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:05.400 before AI punched a hole in the ozone layer of society. 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:17.920 But why can't you get this update? Well, Microsoft says 26H1 is based on a different Windows Core. 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.320 So while existing PCs and Snapdragon X2-based PCs 00:01:22.320 --> 00:01:25.880 will both get security, quality, and feature updates, 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:29.880 there'll be different updates and never the twain shall meet. 00:01:29.880 --> 00:01:33.000 Honestly, with the way Windows updates have been going this year, 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:39.040 I'm not too sad about missing out on another one. Hi, I'd like only the updates that allow my computer 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:42.280 to continue working, thank you. 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:47.960 Oh, like this one rolling out this year to most PCs running Windows 11 and Windows 10 00:01:47.960 --> 00:01:53.760 if they're enrolled in extended security updates, which will provide shiny new secure boot certificates 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.000 to replace the ones set to expire later this year, 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:02.440 which is good because Fortnite tournaments are going to require secure boot to work now. 00:02:02.440 --> 00:02:10.240 You don't want your system booting insecurely and letting hackers steal all your vape juice 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:15.240 or something, Fortnite things, but potions. 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:22.800 The implication is that I don't know what Fortnite is, okay. Meta and YouTube were taken to court in California this week 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:27.920 to defend against accusations of pushing highly addictive apps on children. 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:31.560 CEO of Meta and human fish hybrid Mark Zuckerberg 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:36.760 is expected to take the stand next week as this landmark case could set legal precedent 00:02:36.760 --> 00:02:40.680 for similar lawsuits. In his opening arguments, the plaintiff's attorney, 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.960 Mark Lanier, took out a set of children's toy blocks 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:48.560 and in a move he definitely workshopped with his level one improv class, 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:52.000 declared this case is as easy as ABC 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:56.880 with A for addicting, B for brains and C for children. 00:02:56.880 --> 00:03:01.560 Don't think twice. We're addicting brains to children. 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:05.920 It's bad. He then hit the jury with some slam poetry 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:09.040 saying that these companies don't only build apps, 00:03:09.040 --> 00:03:13.040 they build traps. Where's the, where's the, thank you. 00:03:13.040 --> 00:03:18.600 And then he drove his point home with props, including a toy Ferrari and a mini slot machine. 00:03:18.600 --> 00:03:24.240 In between testing out bits from his one man show on the jury, Lanier made the crucial point 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:27.960 that the plaintiffs are not alleging that the companies are liable for the content 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:32.560 on their platforms as section 230 of the communications decency act in the US 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:36.400 protects them from that. Instead, they're arguing that the structure 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.920 of the apps themselves, specifically the algorithm 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:42.960 and infinite scroll were intentionally designed 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:48.000 to be addictive. Meta's attorney, Paul Schmidt, opted for the Regina George 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:51.960 from Mean Girls approach, alleging that the 20 year old plaintiff 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:57.000 would have been totally messed up anyways because she had like a super sad home life 00:03:57.000 --> 00:04:00.600 and that she'd been like seeing therapists since she was three years old. 00:04:00.600 --> 00:04:04.240 Tragic. YouTube's lawyer, Louis Lee, tried to make the case 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:10.200 that YouTube wasn't a social media platform and more of an entertainment platform like Netflix. 00:04:10.200 --> 00:04:14.320 He then showed the jury screenshots of an Ariana Grande music video 00:04:14.320 --> 00:04:19.400 and highlights of an NFL game, arguing that YouTube was a source of creativity 00:04:19.400 --> 00:04:25.200 and income for young entertainers, which can be true for the extremely lucky few 00:04:25.200 --> 00:04:28.480 who make it big or get hired out of a dumpster by an existing YouTuber, 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:32.160 but like they showed the National Football League. 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:37.520 Where would they be without YouTube helping them foster their football based creativity? 00:04:37.520 --> 00:04:40.520 Playing football. They paint the lines. 00:04:40.520 --> 00:04:46.200 Lee then argued that features like infinite scroll and video recommendations are meant to help users 00:04:46.200 --> 00:04:49.480 not harm them. Oh, I'm so sorry. 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:54.720 I didn't realize you were trying to help us slowly simmer our brains sous vide style 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:58.160 in a broth of dopamine. Thank you so much. That's actually great. 00:04:58.160 --> 00:05:03.160 He also said, and I quote, infinite scroll is not infinite. 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:07.880 You know what? My bad again. I stupidly assumed that an infinite scroll would be infinite 00:05:07.880 --> 00:05:13.080 because it's called infinite and also it never ends. See, I like things that make sense. 00:05:13.080 --> 00:05:16.880 Hey, hey, sorry. I had to transfer the quick bits in too. 00:05:16.880 --> 00:05:22.000 They still want to do that off screen though since they insist on transferring it physically. 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:27.520 Trust me, you don't want to see that. Discord has responded to the significant backlash 00:05:27.520 --> 00:05:31.400 over its new teen by default age verification system 00:05:31.400 --> 00:05:36.360 with users threatening to leave, canceling nitro subscriptions and US searches 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:41.840 for Discord alternatives, jumping roughly 10,000% in 48 hours. 00:05:41.840 --> 00:05:47.160 The messaging platform would like everyone to please calm down because the vast majority of users 00:05:47.160 --> 00:05:53.160 won't need to verify at all since most don't access age restricted servers. 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:56.600 And those who do will only be asked for a face scan or ID 00:05:56.600 --> 00:06:01.360 if Discord's age prediction model can't already confirm they're an adult. 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:05.000 Confirm used very loosely there. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:10.360 Nice try, Discord. I for one will never give Discord a picture of my face. 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:17.360 The only shady corporations who are getting a picture of this bestowed kisser is Facebook, Instagram, 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:20.440 TikTok, US, TikTok, Uber, YouTube, Google, 00:06:20.440 --> 00:06:24.920 every airline ever, and X, the everything app, which is also now GROC and Starlink. 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:30.140 In fact, I'm gonna post about this on all those platforms right now. 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:34.520 Oh, just gotta accept cookies first. 00:06:34.520 --> 00:06:40.040 Google launched new tools yesterday to help users remove non-consensual explicit images 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:44.120 from search. Users can now click the three dots on an image result 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:50.400 in Google search and flag it for removal. Easy, the company also expanded its results about you hub 00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:54.240 to let users flag search results containing their social security number, 00:06:54.240 --> 00:06:57.840 driver's license, or passport number for removal. 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:00.900 All you gotta do is give Google that sensitive info first. 00:07:00.900 --> 00:07:05.400 Only Google gets it, but it's okay. They're using rigorous security protocols 00:07:05.400 --> 00:07:09.680 and advanced encryption, so your data is absolutely safe with them. 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.240 And even if it's not, it doesn't matter because you won't remember them making this promise 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:16.760 after they turn your brain into soup with YouTube's non-infinite, infinite scroll, okay? 00:07:16.760 --> 00:07:20.600 So it's fine. Meta has introduced an official Dear Algo feature 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:25.760 on threads that will let you customize your personal algorithmic feed inspired by the trend 00:07:25.760 --> 00:07:29.680 of users posting Dear Algo requests last year. 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:37.080 Now you can officially request more or less of a certain topic and repost other users' public requests. 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:40.680 And I guess you can't make private requests, 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:45.320 which is a little weird. You can also delete requests that you've made, 00:07:45.320 --> 00:07:50.720 or you can just wait three days because that's how long the Algo will respect your tastes 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:53.960 before it'll try to shuffle you back into the Slop Factory. 00:07:53.960 --> 00:07:57.360 You're missing so much great content in there, come on! 00:07:57.360 --> 00:08:01.280 It's really a win-win for Meta here. Android Central loves the feature 00:08:01.280 --> 00:08:05.600 because with their new personalized feed, they can't stop scrolling. 00:08:06.520 --> 00:08:10.880 Well, that's good. A hacktivist known as Wicked. 00:08:10.880 --> 00:08:14.320 Scraped over 536,000 payment records 00:08:14.320 --> 00:08:18.080 from a stalkerware operation run by Ukrainian company, 00:08:18.080 --> 00:08:23.960 Struktura, exposing the email addresses and partial credit card info of customers 00:08:23.960 --> 00:08:28.020 who paid to spy on others. Stalkerware is a type of software 00:08:28.020 --> 00:08:31.720 that's installed on a phone, then works silently in the background, 00:08:31.720 --> 00:08:35.520 uploading the victim's call records, text messages, photos, browsing history, 00:08:35.560 --> 00:08:39.680 and precise location data. Struktura explicitly marketed these apps 00:08:39.680 --> 00:08:42.920 for people to spy on their spouses and domestic partners, 00:08:42.920 --> 00:08:46.960 which is illegal. So we don't feel too bad that the hacktivist 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:52.400 exploited what they called a trivial bug and then leaked the data to a hacking forum. 00:08:52.400 --> 00:08:56.240 According to TechCrunch, that makes this the 27th stalkerware company 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:59.920 to be hacked or breached since 2017, which is only fair. 00:08:59.920 --> 00:09:03.680 Let he who is without secrets install the first piece of malware, 00:09:03.680 --> 00:09:07.240 an ancient piece of wisdom. From the before times. 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:10.400 And Beast Industries, the company who I'm going to imagine, 00:09:10.400 --> 00:09:13.680 created YouTuber MrBeast, AKA Jimmy Donaldson 00:09:13.680 --> 00:09:17.160 in some kind of sick lab, has acquired Step, 00:09:17.160 --> 00:09:20.360 a financial services app for teens and young adults 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:24.080 with over seven million users. It's not for teens and young adults 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:28.080 with over seven million users. No, no, it's for teens and young adults, 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:32.960 and the app has seven million users. You gotta have seven million and then you can install that. 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:38.080 The app offers credit building, saving, and investing tools with no monthly fees. 00:09:38.080 --> 00:09:41.240 Donaldson said that he wants to give millions of young people 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:45.680 the financial foundation he never had, even though logically Jimmy is evidence 00:09:45.680 --> 00:09:49.840 of that foundation being entirely unnecessary. The move aligns with his upcoming 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:53.640 finance themed YouTube channel and gives him a direct pipeline 00:09:53.640 --> 00:09:56.800 to monetize his massive Gen Z and Gen Alpha audience 00:09:56.800 --> 00:10:01.600 beyond content and snacks. I guess it will be financial advice. 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:06.280 I personally cannot wait to see challenge videos about who can stay in a circle the longest 00:10:06.280 --> 00:10:12.440 while also collecting 3% compound interest. Now that's content, but you'll collect even more than that 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:17.440 if you come back on Friday for more tech news. You'll gain something that you should like 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:21.520 a lot more than compound interest. Knowledge. 00:10:23.040 --> 00:10:25.440 Maybe, and maybe even a Lamborghini.