{"video_id":"o59amOZvtnA","title":"Hey Microsoft, FIX THIS","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2025-05-04T14:53:29Z","duration_s":504,"segments":[{"start_s":0.04,"end_s":7.279,"text":"look the way TechLink works is simple if we say anything that offends you it was","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.799,"end_s":12.519,"text":"just a joke if we say anything smart we meant it obviously Windows is currently","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.32,"end_s":17.199,"text":"vulnerable to two attacks that hackers could use to effectively downgrade","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":15.12,"end_s":21.119,"text":"victim's operating systems to older versions of Windows that didn't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.119,"end_s":25.88,"text":"constantly show me popup ads for one drive sounds great sign me up that was a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.68,"end_s":30.8,"text":"joke do not sign me up because this isn't the fun 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warp drives discovered during a routine lab catchup fight so you don't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":494.72,"end_s":501.199,"text":"want to miss it even though I did just make that last thing up none of us can","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":499.039,"end_s":505.4,"text":"know whether it will come true unless you come back on Monday I'll have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":502.68,"end_s":505.4,"text":"sandwiches","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"look the way TechLink works is simple if we say anything that offends you it was just a joke if we say anything smart we meant it obviously Windows is currently vulnerable to two attacks that hackers could use to effectively downgrade victim's operating systems to older versions of Windows that didn't constantly show me popup ads for one drive sounds great sign me up that was a joke do not sign me up because this isn't the fun kind of version roll back one of the attacks could be used used to undo bug patches while the other could replace entire Windows system files with older versions that are vulnerable to long-forgotten Windows vulnerabilities it'd be like letting Grandpa moderate twitch chat he's not equipped to deal with those memes the attacks were discovered in February 2024 by safe breach Labs researcher Alan levv who immediately disclosed it to Microsoft and the company acknowledged the flaws and started working on a fix but it's been a while and Microsoft still hasn't patched it so levv presented his findings at the black hat USA and Defcon conferences which always seems to me like a dangerous thing to do but admittedly I'm not a hacker I'm the grandpa it me Apple has once again updated their European App Store policies in what the tech giant keeps insisting is an attempt to play by the eu's new rules I look we're we're letting developers promote offers for purchasing their stuff anywhere another website a much worse and stupid app store wherever they want Apple did remove restrictions on developers linking outside of their apps but it added new fees that could force developers to pay Apple a 15 to 25% cut of every sale they make on any platform if the user got there through the iOS app obviously epic gam CEO Tim Sweeney is not a fan and neither is Apple's other arch nemesis regarding this stuff Spotify who called app's new rules unacceptable I haven't been keeping track perfectly but this seems like the third time that Apple has made App Store changes to try and avoid getting fined by the EU and I'm starting to think this might be a case of Apple genuinely not understanding the assignment okay sure yeah we we allow other app stores and linking out and all that and then we get the developer firstborn child right no what this stupid should taking the other course Intel has published a detailed update on the patch that will address the now Infamous instability issues in its 13th gen and 14th gen CPUs Intel says the patch primarily improves operating conditions for K KF and KS processors and promises that all future products will not be affected by this issue and you can take that to the bank maybe don't though Intel and finances don't really go too well together right now the patch is being distributed to motherboard makers with at least ASUS and MSI already rolling out BIOS updates thankfully it seems like patched systems can expect little to no performance impact and as the cherry on top Intel says they're also investigating mitigations for processors already impacted by the voltage issue although the official guidance is still to get a replacement Intel has confirmed they'll be footing the bill for that even for chips incomplete systems bought through a manufacturer The Verge went and asked 14 of them if they'd honor Intel's 2-year extended warranty for affected processors all of which said Yes except for Acer Lenovo and NZXT I think I know a way to bring him around though boo boo bad do the obvious good thing Intel did not provide any update on the supposedly completely separate issue also causing instability in some laptop chips but they did delay their Innovation event from September to sometime in 2025 although that apparently will not affect the launch of aerol Lake that's still going to launch in 2024 and it's going to be completely fine that was sarcasm but this isn't check out our sponsor vessie just because the weather is a little bit more predictable in the summer that doesn't mean your life is vess's new Courtside Classics are perfect for those spontaneous adventures in the city vessie claims they're still as waterproof as ever and they are extra comfy thanks to the padded tongue and collar of the shoe click our Link in the description or scan the QR code on screen and save 15% off your entire purchase just do it open AI published the system card for its Flagship GPT 40 model which shed some light on their reasons for delaying the roll out of its advanced voice mode it was doing this wacky thing where it has an emotional outburst and then impersonates you do this just for the sake of doing it I think it's really important that's such a pure and admirable approach no and I'm not driven by impact either although if there is impact that's great it's just that's that's funny this comes after open AI seemingly upgraded GPT 40's capabilities to better compete with recent llm releases which came after multiple Executives either left the company or took leaves of absence presumably because they were tired of chat GPT sassing them in their own voice rude I would not like to be told by a robot that I'm not unique the latest Steam OS beta contains a hint at the possibility of a general install version of the OS which could officially support installation on non steam deck devices there is an image that you can install on non- Steam deck devices but it doesn't officially support anything said hint is this bullet point in the release notes added support for extra EXT ra Rog Ally keys if you're unaware the Rog Ally is a Windows handheld with a better processor and display than the steam deck but is still somehow worse Steam OS could go some ways to improving the user experience and if Gamers could install it on anything maybe we wouldn't have to rely on Windows so much oh just install another Linux drro I don't want to Jacob isn't here to take your side guys I'm sorry an 18-year-old vulnerability has been mitiga that affected virtually every web browser on macOS and Linux Windows was not vulnerable Windows did have our back on this one Windows left those Footprints in the Sand anyway researchers at alligo security oligo I don't know published their findings on the 0.0.0.0 day vulnerability so named because it allowed malicious websites to exploit the I have to say it again 0.0.0.0 IP V4 address Safari Firefox and chrome have already been patched which is great because I do not want to read that address again the personal information of three billion people like a third of the Earth's population uh may have been exposed in a hack according to a proposed class action lawsuit against a company called national public data which is great for shadowing kudos to the writers of reality on that one the data breach in question is currently being being investigated but if the class actions complaints are valid billions of people just had their full names complete addresses and Social Security numbers Exposed on the dark web and that's really embarrassing and a group of physicists think they can solve one of the biggest problems in developing practical Fusion Energy using mayonnaise turns out we just needed to fling a couple dollops into the reactor and Bobs your now the researchers say they learned something about Fusion from spinning some May around because just like the material inside Fusion reactors Mayo behaves like a solid but starts to flow when Under Pressure next week we'll cover a breakthrough in the development of warp drives discovered during a routine lab catchup fight so you don't want to miss it even though I did just make that last thing up none of us can know whether it will come true unless you come back on Monday I'll have sandwiches"}