WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.800 Well, tech news, it's just one of those things, you know? 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:09.280 It's uh uh What What What um what things? 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:16.440 Couldn't tell you. YouTube has been serving some TV viewers 00:00:14.560 --> 00:00:21.600 with 90-second non-skippable ads, according to multiple 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:26.400 reports on Reddit and on Twitter, where YouTube pushed back saying that they 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:30.720 don't serve an ad format like that. This tweet was quickly community-noted with 00:00:28.920 --> 00:00:35.880 evidence that many people were nonetheless seeing these non-existent 00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:41.000 ads. YouTube has since called it an interface bug, where inaccurate timers 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:46.760 are being shown for shorter ads, and says that a fix is rolling out. But, 00:00:44.120 --> 00:00:51.720 buggy ads aren't the only bad news out of YouTube this week, because YouTube 00:00:48.680 --> 00:00:54.760 Premium is getting a US price hike of up 00:00:51.720 --> 00:00:58.360 to $4 per month at the highest tier, the 00:00:54.760 --> 00:01:00.720 first increase since 2023. 00:00:58.360 --> 00:01:04.640 That's not that long ago. YouTube says the hike is going to help them continue 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:09.480 delivering a high-quality experience, but as Gizmodo points out, the last time 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:13.480 YouTube raised Premium prices was just kind of during an inflationary spike, 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:19.200 which seems to be what's happening right now, not that the service is materially 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:24.240 changing. CPUID, the French company behind tech enthusiast staples like 00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:29.440 CPU-Z and Hardware Monitor, had its website hacked this week, and they were 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:35.120 serving malware in place of their actual software. Oh, no. For about 6 hours 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:39.840 between April 9th and 10th, clicking the download button on cpuid.com 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:46.960 would hand you a Trojanized installer file instead of the real thing. But, 00:01:43.440 --> 00:01:49.360 how can hackers be so talented and yet 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:53.720 so incompetent? It wasn't even named the right thing. It was called 00:01:50.720 --> 00:01:53.720 hwinfo_monitor_setup.exe. 00:01:54.840 --> 00:02:01.520 But, that's not what I clicked on. It's the software equivalent of a Pepsi 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:05.840 vending machine giving me a Coke can that turns out to be full of anthrax. 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:09.920 Victims who ignored Windows Defender screaming at them and clicked through 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:14.160 the suddenly Russian installer got hit with a multi-stage, mostly in-memory 00:02:12.440 --> 00:02:18.360 attack that went straight for their saved Chrome passwords. 00:02:16.280 --> 00:02:22.640 The same group hit FileZilla back in March, and researchers at VX 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 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:31.760 stick to reverse engineer it, ultimately gave the sample an official grade of B- 00:02:28.920 --> 00:02:36.920 proving that even in crime, you can still get graded on a curve. France, 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:41.200 meanwhile, is ditching Microsoft Windows in favor of Linux across its government 00:02:39.600 --> 00:02:46.280 computers in an effort to reduce reliance on US technology, to which I 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:51.080 have to say, "Welcome to the Linux challenge, France. 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:52.800 This will be your Waterloo." 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:57.360 Well, I guess Waterloo was your Waterloo, but but this could be kind of 00:02:54.480 --> 00:03:01.840 hard, too. French Minister David Amiel said the goal is for France to regain 00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:05.400 control of its digital destiny, and that the country can no longer depend on 00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:11.080 foreign infrastructure that it doesn't control. 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It is source 00:04:54.680 --> 00:05:00.720 available rather than truly open-source, so it's not like tinkerers are going to 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:04.240 be able to sell their mods, but at least now the mechanical keyboard community 00:05:02.200 --> 00:05:07.680 can stop reverse-engineering dimensions with calipers as though they're 00:05:05.520 --> 00:05:11.480 appraising a stolen Rolex, and just maintain their own stuff. This is a 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:16.480 super cool move. Meanwhile, in the wake of Anthropic's "too dangerous to release 00:05:13.960 --> 00:05:21.440 publicly" AI model Mythos grabbing headlines this week, Axios is reporting 00:05:19.200 --> 00:05:26.360 that OpenAI is reportedly also finalizing their own AI product that's 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:30.760 allegedly so dangerous it can only be released to a small, hand-picked group 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:34.280 of partners. Turns out that OpenAI's version is an expansion of a cyber 00:05:32.880 --> 00:05:38.280 partner program that it launched back in February, and Axios had to correct its 00:05:36.440 --> 00:05:42.520 own headline to clarify that this isn't even the company's next flagship model. 00:05:40.080 --> 00:05:46.040 Nothing says "we're all so scary" quite like anonymously calling a reporter 00:05:44.200 --> 00:05:49.880 about it and talking about a thing that you were already doing. 00:05:47.800 --> 00:05:54.560 Good job. An Ohio man has become the first person convicted under the 2025 00:05:52.480 --> 00:06:00.240 Take It Down Act, the federal law criminalizing non-consensual deepfakes. 00:05:57.520 --> 00:06:06.120 James Strawler pleaded guilty to producing AI-generated sexual images of 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:07.400 at least 10 victims, including minors. 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:12.560 Yuck. On his phone, authorities found over 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:15.800 2,400 explicit photos and videos, two 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:17.400 dozen AI apps, and over 100 models. 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:21.560 According to the New York Times, it's not immediately clear how severe of a 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:25.240 sentence he will face, but the Take It Down Act carries up to 3 years in 00:06:23.520 --> 00:06:28.640 federal prison for deepfakes involving minors. While many are no doubt 00:06:27.200 --> 00:06:33.480 concerned about the Take It Down Act being misused, I think we can all agree 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:37.040 on this human toilet brush going away for a while. On the subject of things 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:43.480 that have been gone away for a while, BlackBerry's ghost is back and suing 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:45.640 Brother. Irish patent assertion firm 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:50.400 Malachi Innovations scooped up BlackBerry's old patent pile in 2023 and 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:55.920 filed a suit in the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that Brother printers 00:06:53.440 --> 00:06:58.640 infringe four Wi-Fi patents that were originally developed for BlackBerry 00:06:57.440 --> 00:07:03.600 phones. Malachi has also filed lawsuits against 00:07:00.960 --> 00:07:08.040 Nintendo, Asus, and Canon, the last of which Malachi quietly withdrew 3 weeks 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:13.040 ago. But, the case has sparked concerns that other printer manufacturers may 00:07:10.320 --> 00:07:16.840 also be liable for taking perhaps too large of a bite from the original 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:19.400 fruit-based phone. Are berries technically fruit? They are, aren't 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:24.840 they? And finally, Honor has announced the 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:29.280 Mouse Buds Pro in Europe, a travel mouse with a sliding rear compartment that 00:07:26.760 --> 00:07:33.840 pops open to reveal a pair of semi-open ANC earbuds that are stashed inside. 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 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:43.120 combo, it's also got a skin-like coating, so you can feel like you are 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:47.960 holding hands with your computer. Oh, wow. It's my AI girlfriend. The 00:07:46.200 --> 00:07:51.280 earbuds work independently over Bluetooth, which I guess is good for 00:07:49.880 --> 00:07:53.920 anyone who would otherwise have to go jogging with a computer mouse in their 00:07:53.280 --> 00:07:58.320 pocket that >> So annoying. >> that they're holding hands with. It's 00:07:56.320 --> 00:08:02.840 time for me, after learning that, to go jogging away from learning about that. 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:07.360 Um I'll see you back here on Monday for more tech news, which is 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:10.440 I It's just a thing. It happens sometimes.