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
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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