WEBVTT 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:06.080 Sometimes when I'm feeling down, I go back to my parents to find the 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:11.759 Tamagotchi that lived on my backpack in middle school. My first technology. 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:16.960 Little guy never paid the rent. Anyways, tech news time. Mozilla is once again 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:22.000 refusing to pull the plug on Windows 7 users, announcing that Firefox 115 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:26.080 extended support release will continue receiving security updates for another 6 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:31.519 months, pushing the deadline from February to August 2026. This is now the 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:37.040 fourth extension since the original September 2024 end date, meaning Windows 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:42.559 7 users have been on over 6 years of borrowed time since Microsoft officially 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:44.079 ended support in January 2020, which is 00:00:42.559 --> 00:00:50.160 an impressive commitment from both Mosilla and the people who apparently 00:00:46.879 --> 00:00:52.960 still haven't found the will to upgrade. 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:58.239 I'm too weak. And Mosilla is not alone in enabling this behavior. Microsoft 00:00:55.360 --> 00:01:03.840 themselves still push Defender security updates all the way back to Windows 7 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:06.479 and even Vista. Vista, you dare speak 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.400 its name? Some holdouts have even used bypass tools to install Windows extended 00:01:08.720 --> 00:01:15.280 security updates they were never supposed to get. And Vista users pulled 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:19.920 a similar trick with Windows Server 2008 updates whose final support just ended 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:24.400 in January. At what point does a software company decide that hospice 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:28.640 care is just a little too unethical for these older operating systems? I don't 00:01:26.479 --> 00:01:32.240 know. I just It might be time to take them out behind the barn, guys. We're 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:36.479 talking about operating systems, so it's okay. The FBI has launched an 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:41.119 investigation into multiple games on Steam that were secretly embedded with 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:45.840 malware. The infected titles include Block Blasters, Pirate Fi, Dash Verse, 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:52.399 Slash-Fs, Lampy, Lunara, Muldova, Keia, and 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:54.159 Tokenova. Recognize any of those? Was it 00:01:52.399 --> 00:01:58.159 the one that's not a game and actually a landlocked Eastern European nation next 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:03.360 to Romania? Got your ass. All of the infected games 00:02:00.880 --> 00:02:07.680 were seated with malware designed to drain crypto wallets and hijack 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:12.879 accounts. The bureau's Seattle division is urging victims to fill out a form on 00:02:10.239 --> 00:02:17.040 fbi.gov, where they may be eligible for restitution under federal law. The 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:22.640 agency suspects that all of the infected titles were the work of a single threat 00:02:18.800 --> 00:02:24.959 actor operating between 2024 and 2026. 00:02:22.640 --> 00:02:29.520 Valve has also been emailing affected users to confirm the investigation. The 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:36.480 most infamous case was Blockb Blasters, which stole $32,000 from streamer Rivo 00:02:33.440 --> 00:02:38.800 Plavix during a live cancer treatment 00:02:36.480 --> 00:02:42.720 fundraiser on Twitch. When the scammers were tracked down by security research 00:02:40.640 --> 00:02:46.720 group VX underground, who found the hacker's Telegram credentials hardcoded 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:50.480 into the malware, they attempted to justify themselves by saying, "The 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:54.720 streamer I'd probably make it back in a few hours." And I think I speak for 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:59.040 everyone when I say that these guys can eat schmidt and pie. 00:02:56.800 --> 00:03:03.840 >> Whoa. Language. >> It's the hardest words I know. The game 00:03:01.200 --> 00:03:09.040 was verified on Steam as it contained no malware on release. But a patch pushed 00:03:06.480 --> 00:03:13.440 by the hackers added a crypto drainer later, which investigators estimated 00:03:11.200 --> 00:03:18.159 stole $150,000 total from hundreds of accounts. Despite 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:23.120 Valve regularly pulling these games, the flood of new releases keeps letting bad 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:27.599 actors slip through the cracks. This was the perfect option for giving the FBI 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:32.239 something to investigate that isn't related to extremely well-connected 00:03:29.920 --> 00:03:37.440 deceased financeers. So, it worked out. Iranian hackers launched a massive cyber 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:42.560 attack on medical technology giant Striker about 2 weeks after the US 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:47.120 launched air strikes on the country. The Iran linked hacking group Honda has 00:03:45.200 --> 00:03:53.519 claimed responsibility, saying it extracted 50 terabytes of data and wiped 00:03:50.239 --> 00:03:55.599 over 200,000 systems, servers, and 00:03:53.519 --> 00:04:00.480 mobile devices. Security researchers believe the hackers gained access to 00:03:57.519 --> 00:04:05.040 Striker's Microsoft Intune console and used the company's own infrastructure to 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:09.120 wipe everything clean. Honestly, it's pretty wild that there are Microsoft 00:04:06.959 --> 00:04:14.000 features still stable enough to even allow a hack like this. Striker 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:18.560 confirmed a global disruption to their Microsoft environment and says medical 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:23.520 devices like Mo and Lifeack are still safe to use, but the company has no 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:28.960 timeline for full restoration. In an SEC filing, Striker disclosed it doesn't yet 00:04:25.919 --> 00:04:31.440 know the full financial impact, which is 00:04:28.960 --> 00:04:36.960 concerning for a Fortune 500 company. I mean, you're in charge of 500 fortunes, 00:04:34.320 --> 00:04:41.520 guys. That's what that means. Honda claims that striker offices in 79 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:46.960 countries have been shut down. >> Nice. >> Close again. 00:04:44.960 --> 00:04:51.199 Still working on numbers. Um and employees report that even personal 00:04:48.960 --> 00:04:55.199 phones were wiped if they had corporate apps installed. And the conflict is 00:04:53.040 --> 00:05:00.560 having other impacts on the tech world as well. Iranian drone strikes knocked 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:07.280 Qatar's Ross Leafon helium complex offline on March 2nd, removing roughly 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:09.600 30% of the global helium supply. 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I hope Google Maps is getting 00:06:58.080 --> 00:07:06.479 what Google calls its biggest navigation update in over a decade, replacing the 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:08.960 flat 2D driving view with a full 3D 00:07:06.479 --> 00:07:14.160 immersive navigation mode that renders buildings, overpasses, crosswalks, and 00:07:11.440 --> 00:07:18.400 traffic signs along your route in more detail than it did before. There's also 00:07:15.840 --> 00:07:23.919 a conversational ask maps feature for natural language queries rolling out now 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:25.759 in the US. Just hope when you use this 00:07:23.919 --> 00:07:31.440 the Gemini doesn't start hallucinating or you'll get the full rally driver 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:34.479 experience. Three left over Crest 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:36.639 straight off a cliff. G Fiber, the ISP 00:07:34.479 --> 00:07:41.840 formerly known as Google Fiber, is merging with Astound Broadband in a deal 00:07:39.280 --> 00:07:47.039 that makes investment firm Stone Peak the majority owner. With Alphabet 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:51.599 stepping back to a minority shareholder role, the combined company will keep the 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:56.319 Giber executive team and aims to become a national fiber platform. Though Google 00:07:54.639 --> 00:08:00.800 declined to comment beyond its press release. So instead of killing Giber 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:05.440 outright, Google just put it in a little basket and left it at someone else's 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:09.199 house, which canonically makes Giber Harry Potter. If if like Google is 00:08:07.440 --> 00:08:13.120 Voldemort here and he and he killed Harry's parents but had a last second 00:08:10.960 --> 00:08:16.479 change of heart and kept Harry alive. but didn't want to raise him as his 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:20.000 weird little snake baby because, well, frankly, he might have been the dark 00:08:18.080 --> 00:08:25.599 lord, but he was not ready to be a parent. So, the world's most annoying 00:08:23.039 --> 00:08:31.440 hacking group, Shiny Hunters, has struck again, claiming to have stolen nearly 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:33.539 one pabyte of data from Canadian tech 00:08:31.440 --> 00:08:38.640 outsourcing giant Telus Digital. That [music] pabyte allegedly includes source 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:43.760 code, financial information, FBI background checks, and voice recordings 00:08:40.880 --> 00:08:49.040 of support calls across 28 of its client companies. The hunters got in using 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:53.519 Google Cloud credentials found in the earlier sales loft drift breach they 00:08:51.680 --> 00:08:58.959 conducted that is still causing problems. Shiny Hunters demanded $65 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:03.519 million and so far Telus has ghosted them. But I don't know. The hackers 00:09:01.040 --> 00:09:08.399 might not take no for an answer. They probably really want that Canadian money 00:09:05.839 --> 00:09:11.440 cuz it's it's shiny. Bill uh bills. Our bills have some some shiny parts. Do you 00:09:10.880 --> 00:09:17.680 get it? >> They will never stop until they get our $2 coins. 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:23.760 >> They will never stop until their BIRD NESTS ARE COMPLETE. A TEXAS Cybert truck 00:09:21.040 --> 00:09:29.040 owner is suing Tesla after her vehicle allegedly tried to drive straight off an 00:09:26.160 --> 00:09:34.480 overpass in full self-driving mode. The plaintiff in the suit, Justine St. 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:36.399 Amore, who was evidently out for a drive 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:42.160 while taking a break from being the fem fatal in a film noir detective movie, is 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:45.760 interestingly connecting this incident directly to Elon Musk being 00:09:44.560 --> 00:09:51.839 irresponsible. >> What? >> What? Huh? Claiming that Tesla was 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:56.720 negligent in choosing to keep him as CEO. The lawsuit specifically references 00:09:54.399 --> 00:10:02.880 Musk overriding the opinion of Tesla engineers who recommended LiDAR over a 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:09.040 cameraonly system to support Tesla's FSD capabilities. Last week, a judge upheld 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:12.000 a $243 million verdict in a separate 00:10:09.040 --> 00:10:17.839 fatal autopilot crash, which is bad news for Tesla, as the NHTSA has linked the 00:10:14.800 --> 00:10:20.399 system to nearly 1,000 other crashes. 00:10:17.839 --> 00:10:26.000 And with Musk needing to sell 10 million FSD subscriptions to unlock his trillion 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:31.920 bonus, I think he might have to settle for just having $843 billion instead. 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:37.279 >> A >> chin up, buddy. If you don't get it, 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:41.120 you're a loser. And perhaps inspired by 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:43.440 Elon, Alexa Plus now has an adults only 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:49.360 sassy personality mode that lets Amazon's assistant curse and roast you. 00:10:46.800 --> 00:10:53.120 though it will steer clear of truly not safe for work stuff like explicit sexual 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:58.560 content or discussion of illegal activities because you never go full 00:10:55.600 --> 00:11:04.480 Grock. Sassy mode cannot be activated when the Amazon kids mode is enabled and 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:07.279 requires a facial scan to unlock. A PC 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:12.000 World writer got absolutely dragged when Alexa told him it's not her fault his 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:16.240 lights have trust issues. And maybe he should try being specific instead of 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:20.360 blaming the hardware for your vague requests. Yikes. 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:26.320 >> I can fix her. >> Riley, no. >> She's probably just grumpy. She just 00:11:24.079 --> 00:11:31.200 needs a back rope. And you can fix your alarming lack of tech news by coming 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:36.320 back on Monday for more tech news. Remember, the virtual pet inside your 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:41.279 Tamagotchi is real and alive and apparently immortal in like a gross 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:46.880 Lovecraftian way where it just kind of keeps aging but doesn't actually die. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:46.880 Have a good weekend.