1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,520 Some hack for good, some hack for evil, and some hack because Taylor Swift's 2 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:09,280 Errors Tour sold out too quickly, or at least that's how it seems now that 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:14,080 Ticketmaster hackers have leaked what they claim are valid Taylor Swift tickets. 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,320 Now that might sound cool and Robin Hood-like, but unfortunately it is not. 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:23,840 This goes back to May when hacker group and sparkly Twilight Vampires, Shiny Hunters, 6 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:27,840 allegedly stole the data of 500 million Ticketmaster customers, 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:33,920 including 193 million ticket barcodes. To try and put the pressure on Ticketmaster to pay a ransom, 8 00:00:33,920 --> 00:00:40,160 Shiny Hunters seems to have released the ticket data for 166,000 Taylor Swift tickets, 9 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:44,320 with instructions on how to turn this data into scannable barcodes. 10 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,720 Ticketmaster has released a statement saying no customers are at risk of losing their tickets, 11 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:53,600 because their safe ticks technology refreshes ticket barcodes every few seconds, 12 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:57,760 preventing them from being stolen or copied. Having said that, they also advertise that 13 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:02,640 their barcodes are saved offline to the Ticketmaster app once viewed, 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:08,960 which could imply the tickets could be transferred. One software engineer already found a way around safe ticks, 15 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:13,520 just to avoid using Ticketmaster's god-awful app. Oh, and also scalpers have been bypassing 16 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:18,320 Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes for at least a year now, so yeah, they're just straight up lying. 17 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:24,160 Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the US government in relation to the two 18 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:30,400 fatal crashes that occurred in 2018 and 2019. Those crashes killed a total of 346 people, 19 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:34,160 but Boeing gave the Department of Justice a strong defense against going to trial. 20 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:41,600 Money. In 2021, Boeing made a $2.5 billion deal with the DOJ that required the aeronautics firm 21 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:46,960 to implement major safety changes and engage in no wrongdoing for three years. 22 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:51,840 But after the door blew out on that Alaska Airlines flight earlier this year, the DOJs 23 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,200 smartly determined that Boeing had broken the terms of the deal. 24 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:00,560 Now, Boeing has accepted a new deal to avoid a trial that will require them to spend at least 25 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:06,480 $455 million on improving compliance and safety programs. And they're definitely not going to 26 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:13,600 break another promise to the US government. That'd be crazy! Not everyone is super happy with this 27 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,440 deal. For example, the families of the crash victims. They've made it known that they will 28 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,920 be asking the court to reject the deal, believing it fails to hold Boeing accountable. 29 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:26,560 And yeah, when you think about how Boeing's deception of federal regulators led to hundreds 30 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:30,400 of deaths, a promise to do better next time does sound a bit inadequate. 31 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:36,320 PC hardware manufacturer Zotac has come under fire for allowing anyone to access private 32 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:41,040 customer data with a simple Google search. According to an investigation by Gamers Nexus, 33 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:46,080 the company seemed to have been storing RMA files containing full names, mailing addresses, 34 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,600 and other sensitive customer information in a publicly accessible server, 35 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:54,320 making them accessible in Google search. Not only was customer data exposed, but business to 36 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:59,760 business invoices were also equally Google-able. Fortunately, it seems Zotac is now trying to 37 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:04,320 fix the issue. While links will still show up in web searches, they appear to be dead when 38 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,640 you actually click on them. But before we give Zotac too much credit for doing the bare minimum 39 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:13,680 after a maximum screw up, some information is still stored in Google's cache. So if you happen 40 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:18,240 to have bought and then returned any Zotac merchandise, you may want to search your name 41 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:23,120 and Zotac to see if any results pop up. You can request that Google removes the result from 42 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,200 search by clicking the three dots in the top right of the result, or you can leave it up and 43 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:33,040 just pretend you're famous. Make sure to get a parent's permission before handling quick bits. 44 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:39,600 They're very sharp. Contrary to previous rumors, AM5 will not be getting a boost in the 3D Vcache 45 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:46,720 department over the previous 7000X3D series chips. According to WCCF Tech, the new 9000X3D 46 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:54,480 processors will feature up to 128 or 96 megabytes of L3 cache on dual and single CCDs respectively. 47 00:03:54,480 --> 00:04:00,080 If there's one thing we love in technology, it's when things stay the same, like core counts and 48 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,800 clock speeds, the latter of which haven't been confirmed yet for the X3D variants. Unless you're 49 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:10,080 into overclocking, you might want to wait to upgrade. Qualcomm seems to be leaving users of 50 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:15,520 ARM-based Co-Pilot Plus laptops to fend for themselves when it comes to compatibility issues. 51 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:20,240 After Microsoft espoused its Prism x86 emulator for Snapdragon X notebooks, 52 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:26,640 Samsung warned customers that its Galaxy Book Edge 4 Co-Pilot Plus PC cannot run some common 53 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:32,240 software. According to the register, Qualcomm is simply directing concerned users to community-made 54 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:37,840 crowdsourced websites that list compatible apps, without explaining why some apps can't be emulated. 55 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:42,720 Meanwhile, Microsoft is apparently continuing to parrot that x86 emulation works great, but hey, 56 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:47,360 I guess the Windows on ARM revolution couldn't be a real revolution if the new regime wasn't pumping 57 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:53,520 up propaganda. It's a real M1 moment. It takes a while. We just learned that last month, police 58 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:58,080 in Phoenix, Arizona pulled over an autonomous Waymo vehicle that was driving in the wrong lane 59 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:03,280 towards oncoming traffic. The car's onboard system had apparently gotten a bit scrambled by 60 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:08,720 inconsistent construction signs, and wound up running a red light like a confused senior try in 61 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,680 their best. The car had neither a driver nor a passenger, and the police dispatch records note 62 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:19,600 that the responding officer was unable to issue citation to computer. According to Waymo, its 63 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:24,400 cars are three times better at avoiding collisions than human drivers. Because human drivers also 64 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:30,240 suck. Microsoft's notepad surprisingly got an upgrade, though. Spellcheck and autocorrect, 65 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:36,000 41 years into development. What's next? Predictive text in 2034? The new features came out to select 66 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,080 users earlier this year, but now that the massively complicated beta test is complete, 67 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:45,680 the team has deemed it ready and safe for everyone on Windows 11. There's dozens of us. Along with 68 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,920 all of the other developments over the past few years, like find and replace and tech zooming, 69 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:56,240 the debate over no pad versus no pad plus plus is over. Plus plus wins. Just use that one, please. 70 00:05:56,240 --> 00:06:01,760 And Australian telecom companies are now sending suspected spam callers to Apatay, 71 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:05,840 an AI-powered system designed to learn more about scammers while wasting their time 72 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:10,480 and frustrating their efforts. Apatay is model off past scambating systems like Lenny, 73 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:16,640 a 2011 chatbot meant to imitate a telephone scammer's perfect victim. A lonely old man, 74 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:22,560 desperate to talk and annoy this out of them. Unlike Lenny, however, Apatay can imitate victims 75 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:28,560 of any age and background, making it like a shape-shifting, time-wasting, hydra of an old man 76 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:35,760 who just wants to talk. My grandkids never call. Where am I? Who are you? I don't have any grandkids, 77 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,440 but it won't be a waste of your time to come back on Wednesday for more tech news unless you 78 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:45,680 consider hearing tech news a waste of time. But in that case, why are you here now? Still, come back though.