1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,440 Oh no, don't tell me we blue screened too! 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,440 We're okay. We're good? Great! 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,040 Welcome to TechLinked, everything's on fire today! 4 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:14,600 Public services and businesses across the globe have been taken out by a faulty software 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:21,600 update within the last 24 hours. The bug has caused Windows systems around the world to enter seemingly unrecoverable boot 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:28,640 loops. Now, Linux systems are unaffected, but some Linux users are suffering from a new and frightening 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,040 experience. Feeling empathy for Windows people. 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,800 Tech's and cybersecurity company CrowdStrike rolled out an update earlier this morning 9 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:41,160 for their FalconSensor security platform and it was bad. 10 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:45,840 Airlines have grounded flights, banks are offline, hospitals in multiple countries have 11 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:51,240 cancelled non-emergency surgeries and the 911 emergency hotline went down in several 12 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:57,880 US states. Worst of all, hundreds, maybe even thousands, have been forced to go without an iced brown 13 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,160 sugar oat milkshake in espresso from Starbucks today. 14 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:06,960 Okay, that's a joke, but on a serious note, US viewers should look up and save the 10-digit 15 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:11,320 number for their local police or fire department because that wasn't affected. 16 00:01:11,320 --> 00:01:16,520 Now, CrowdStrike has assured Windows customers that this is not a cyber attack, so you can 17 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:23,040 feel safe knowing that this level of chaos was caused without any malicious actors whatsoever. 18 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:28,160 And as a bonus, the situation has given cyber criminals ample opportunities to fish users 19 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:34,080 with phony emails and domains that are offering fixes and patches for the outage. 20 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,680 One of the few countries they're not targeting right now though is Russia, because thanks 21 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,400 to all of the recent sanctions from the West, they haven't used CrowdStrike since February 22 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:47,920 of 2022. Wow, good for them. Instead, they use software from local firms like Kispersky Labs, a company that the United 23 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,480 States banned almost exactly one month ago. Coincidence? 24 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:58,080 I think so. Now, CrowdStrike has deployed a fix, but it requires being online, something that you 25 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:02,720 can't really do when your computer is boot-looping, so if that doesn't work, they've suggested 26 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:07,920 that you start the machine in safe mode, navigate to the CrowdStrike directory folder, and delete 27 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,600 the relevant file, something that needs to be done manually at every single machine. 28 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,120 If that doesn't work, Microsoft has an alternative solution. 29 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,200 Have you tried turning it off and on again? Have you tried it 15 times in a row? 30 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:29,000 You're 16th time you get a free sub. AMD's Cinebench scores for their upcoming Ryzen AI9 HX370 chip allegedly is better than 31 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:34,200 Apple's M3 Max, with just one core operating. 32 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,320 These alleged scores were leaked by HXL on Twitter, but they seem like they might be 33 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:43,240 real because they line up pretty well with AMD's own claims, or, well, they line up 34 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,800 with the claims that it's faster, not the massive 15% that they mentioned at their 35 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:54,840 recent two-day event in Los Angeles. They're also bragging that the HX370 can run up to four displays, that it can play 36 00:02:54,840 --> 00:03:00,600 AAA games in full HD on integrated graphics, and that its neural processing unit can manage 37 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,760 50 trillion floating point operations per second. 38 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:08,680 To prove all of that, they didn't prove it. 39 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,960 Most of the AI demos actually weren't running on the NPU, and the games that AMD said ran 40 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:17,440 faster on the new integrated graphics weren't available for testing at the event. 41 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:22,400 In fact, the beefiest laptop that was showcased was running games on NVIDIA graphics with 42 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:28,760 NVIDIA's DLSS upscaling. AMD reps provided various excuses for this, like that the laptop hardware and firmware 43 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:35,440 isn't final. Okay, fair enough. And also that the Wi-Fi is too slow at the hotel to download different games. 44 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:39,520 It's not like they existed somewhere. Did you build the laptop in the hotel? 45 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,480 Maybe they did. And maybe I need to tell you about our sponsor. 46 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,680 Enough slow sponsor bites. I want some quick bites. 47 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:53,440 And I want them now. The new MetaQuest 4 has got a tentative release date, with two versions of the headset launching 48 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:59,360 in 2026, and a premium version planned for the following year, codenamed La Jolla, La 49 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,360 Jolla. I think we're La Jolla. Cool. 50 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,520 And if you don't like bulky headsets, you're in luck, because Meta is also launching a pair 51 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,920 of 70 gram augmented reality glasses. 52 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,960 For reference, a typical pair of glasses is a little less than 40 gram. 53 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:17,840 So… still heavier, but a lot lighter than a Quest. 54 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:22,640 Intel is making it harder to thermal throttle their upcoming Aero Lake CPUs. 55 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:26,960 Not by making them run cooler, mind you, but by raising the temperature at which they will 56 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,960 throttle. According to the schematics published by Leaker, Joaquin? 57 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:35,280 Jacob? Cool. That is exactly what they plan to do. 58 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:40,920 Just increase the TJ Maxx from 100 degrees to 105 degrees Celsius, meaning that they 59 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:45,200 will definitely have hotter threads than the real TJ Maxx. 60 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:51,480 That's a good one. Now, this isn't necessarily a bad thing if the CPU is designed for it and operates 61 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:56,760 reliably at that temperature, but since currently they're 13th and 14th gen processors seem 62 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:01,600 to be designed around a philosophy of crashing more than the competition even at a TJ Maxx 63 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:05,480 of 100 degrees, I can't say that I'm feeling too hopeful. 64 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:10,320 Back in 2018, Google announced the deprecation of their URL shortener and just wanted to 65 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:14,040 give you a reminder that, yes, that's still happening. 66 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:18,960 While they stopped generating shortened links in 2019, they transferred those links to fire-based 67 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:25,640 dynamic links, but now that they're shutting that down too, when you click through a goo.wool 68 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,880 link, you'll be directed to a page informing you that that link will soon be dead. 69 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:33,280 Boy, oh boy, Google killing even more of the internet. 70 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:40,200 That's my favorite thing. In the words of my boy Axl Rose, nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain. 71 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,040 It lasts only as long as November. Yeah, and then it's over. 72 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:49,400 Dyson, the market leader in moving air very expensively, is making a second attempt at 73 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:54,120 headphones after the hilarious Dyson Zone. 74 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:59,400 The newly announced Dyson On-Track headphones will have customizable earpads and outer caps 75 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:05,920 and 55 hours of battery life with their best-in-class noise-canceling On. 76 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:11,760 And with a price of 500 big ones, they are undercutting the AirPods Max and not much 77 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:17,240 else. They must be mad that Apple got their air branding out before they did. 78 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:21,160 But hey, at least if they're bunked, then we could say they blow without anyone getting 79 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:27,360 upset. And Toyota Mariahoners, speaking of being upset, are launching a class-action lawsuit 80 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:32,520 accusing Toyota of misleading consumers into thinking that buying a brand-new car based 81 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:37,440 on hardly-supported hydrogen fuel cell technology was a good decision. 82 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:42,280 The lawsuit focuses on Toyota not disclosing lower-than-advertised driving range, the difficulty 83 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:46,480 of finding functioning fuel pumps, and the fact that hydrogen is twice as expensive as 84 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:52,200 it once was, meaning the $15,000 fuel card that the company gave as an incentive is 85 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:55,760 not going to last for the promised five years. 86 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,720 Then there's the issue of the fuel pumps freezing to the car, requiring a 30-minute 87 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:09,080 wait for the pump to warm up. The last one is really a flaw with hydrogen tech in general, so get perverent, get PVNRT'd 88 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:15,160 nerds neat. And speaking of nerds, you nerds need to tune back in on Monday for more tech news, and 89 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:19,200 maybe spend your weekend learning thermodynamics to better appreciate the beauty of the ideal 90 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:24,320 gas law. They're not going to do that.