1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,800 Well, tech news, it's just one of those things, you know? 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:09,280 It's uh uh What What What um what things? 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:16,440 Couldn't tell you. YouTube has been serving some TV viewers 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:21,600 with 90-second non-skippable ads, according to multiple 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:26,400 reports on Reddit and on Twitter, where YouTube pushed back saying that they 6 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:30,720 don't serve an ad format like that. This tweet was quickly community-noted with 7 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:35,880 evidence that many people were nonetheless seeing these non-existent 8 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:41,000 ads. YouTube has since called it an interface bug, where inaccurate timers 9 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:46,760 are being shown for shorter ads, and says that a fix is rolling out. But, 10 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:51,720 buggy ads aren't the only bad news out of YouTube this week, because YouTube 11 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:54,760 Premium is getting a US price hike of up 12 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:58,360 to $4 per month at the highest tier, the 13 00:00:54,760 --> 00:01:00,720 first increase since 2023. 14 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:04,640 That's not that long ago. YouTube says the hike is going to help them continue 15 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:09,480 delivering a high-quality experience, but as Gizmodo points out, the last time 16 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:13,480 YouTube raised Premium prices was just kind of during an inflationary spike, 17 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:19,200 which seems to be what's happening right now, not that the service is materially 18 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:24,240 changing. CPUID, the French company behind tech enthusiast staples like 19 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:29,440 CPU-Z and Hardware Monitor, had its website hacked this week, and they were 20 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:35,120 serving malware in place of their actual software. Oh, no. For about 6 hours 21 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:39,840 between April 9th and 10th, clicking the download button on cpuid.com 22 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:46,960 would hand you a Trojanized installer file instead of the real thing. But, 23 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:49,360 how can hackers be so talented and yet 24 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:53,720 so incompetent? It wasn't even named the right thing. It was called 25 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,720 hwinfo_monitor_setup.exe. 26 00:01:54,840 --> 00:02:01,520 But, that's not what I clicked on. It's the software equivalent of a Pepsi 27 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:05,840 vending machine giving me a Coke can that turns out to be full of anthrax. 28 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:09,920 Victims who ignored Windows Defender screaming at them and clicked through 29 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:14,160 the suddenly Russian installer got hit with a multi-stage, mostly in-memory 30 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:18,360 attack that went straight for their saved Chrome passwords. 31 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:22,640 The same group hit FileZilla back in March, and researchers at VX 32 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:26,440 Underground, who said they'd need a good bit of time trying to bonk it with a 33 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:31,760 stick to reverse engineer it, ultimately gave the sample an official grade of B- 34 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:36,920 proving that even in crime, you can still get graded on a curve. France, 35 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:41,200 meanwhile, is ditching Microsoft Windows in favor of Linux across its government 36 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:46,280 computers in an effort to reduce reliance on US technology, to which I 37 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:51,080 have to say, "Welcome to the Linux challenge, France. 38 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,800 This will be your Waterloo." 39 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:57,360 Well, I guess Waterloo was your Waterloo, but but this could be kind of 40 00:02:54,480 --> 00:03:01,840 hard, too. French Minister David Amiel said the goal is for France to regain 41 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:05,400 control of its digital destiny, and that the country can no longer depend on 42 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:11,080 foreign infrastructure that it doesn't control. France's digital agency, DINUM, 43 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:15,440 is leading the switchover as part of a larger initiative, which saw France 44 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:20,920 recently move 80,000 national health insurance employees off of Teams, Zoom, 45 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:25,800 and Dropbox and onto open-source French alternatives. France even went so far as 46 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:30,320 to nationalize supercomputer company Bull, spending 404 million euros to 47 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:36,080 prevent it from being bought up by a foreign company. I hope that doesn't end 48 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,080 up being an error. 49 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:42,360 What's not an error is the way I'm transitioning to our sponsor, Saley. 50 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:46,440 >> Yeah, I'm the bad boy your parents warned you about. The kind of guy you 51 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:49,800 fall for while I'm vacationing in Paris. 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It is source 67 00:04:54,680 --> 00:05:00,720 available rather than truly open-source, so it's not like tinkerers are going to 68 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:04,240 be able to sell their mods, but at least now the mechanical keyboard community 69 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:07,680 can stop reverse-engineering dimensions with calipers as though they're 70 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:11,480 appraising a stolen Rolex, and just maintain their own stuff. This is a 71 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:16,480 super cool move. Meanwhile, in the wake of Anthropic's "too dangerous to release 72 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:21,440 publicly" AI model Mythos grabbing headlines this week, Axios is reporting 73 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:26,360 that OpenAI is reportedly also finalizing their own AI product that's 74 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:30,760 allegedly so dangerous it can only be released to a small, hand-picked group 75 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:34,280 of partners. Turns out that OpenAI's version is an expansion of a cyber 76 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:38,280 partner program that it launched back in February, and Axios had to correct its 77 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:42,520 own headline to clarify that this isn't even the company's next flagship model. 78 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:46,040 Nothing says "we're all so scary" quite like anonymously calling a reporter 79 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:49,880 about it and talking about a thing that you were already doing. 80 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:54,560 Good job. An Ohio man has become the first person convicted under the 2025 81 00:05:52,480 --> 00:06:00,240 Take It Down Act, the federal law criminalizing non-consensual deepfakes. 82 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:06,120 James Strawler pleaded guilty to producing AI-generated sexual images of 83 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,400 at least 10 victims, including minors. 84 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:12,560 Yuck. On his phone, authorities found over 85 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:15,800 2,400 explicit photos and videos, two 86 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:17,400 dozen AI apps, and over 100 models. 87 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:21,560 According to the New York Times, it's not immediately clear how severe of a 88 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:25,240 sentence he will face, but the Take It Down Act carries up to 3 years in 89 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,640 federal prison for deepfakes involving minors. While many are no doubt 90 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:33,480 concerned about the Take It Down Act being misused, I think we can all agree 91 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:37,040 on this human toilet brush going away for a while. On the subject of things 92 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:43,480 that have been gone away for a while, BlackBerry's ghost is back and suing 93 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:45,640 Brother. Irish patent assertion firm 94 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:50,400 Malachi Innovations scooped up BlackBerry's old patent pile in 2023 and 95 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:55,920 filed a suit in the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that Brother printers 96 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:58,640 infringe four Wi-Fi patents that were originally developed for BlackBerry 97 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:03,600 phones. Malachi has also filed lawsuits against 98 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:08,040 Nintendo, Asus, and Canon, the last of which Malachi quietly withdrew 3 weeks 99 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:13,040 ago. But, the case has sparked concerns that other printer manufacturers may 100 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:16,840 also be liable for taking perhaps too large of a bite from the original 101 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:19,400 fruit-based phone. Are berries technically fruit? They are, aren't 102 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:24,840 they? And finally, Honor has announced the 103 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:29,280 Mouse Buds Pro in Europe, a travel mouse with a sliding rear compartment that 104 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:33,840 pops open to reveal a pair of semi-open ANC earbuds that are stashed inside. 105 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:38,600 But, wait, there's more. If that wasn't enough to sell you on this mouse/earbuds 106 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:43,120 combo, it's also got a skin-like coating, so you can feel like you are 107 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:47,960 holding hands with your computer. Oh, wow. It's my AI girlfriend. The 108 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:51,280 earbuds work independently over Bluetooth, which I guess is good for 109 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,920 anyone who would otherwise have to go jogging with a computer mouse in their 110 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:58,320 pocket that >> So annoying. >> that they're holding hands with. It's 111 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:02,840 time for me, after learning that, to go jogging away from learning about that. 112 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:07,360 Um I'll see you back here on Monday for more tech news, which is 113 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:10,440 I It's just a thing. It happens sometimes.