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Unfortunately, security research firm Binerly
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discovered that several OEMs haven't been replacing the secure boot master key
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generated by BIOS vendors like American Megatrends.
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Not only do 215 device models share the same master key,
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but that key was also published in a public GitHub repository two years ago.
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Imagine that someone dropped a key on a computer
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and it was a busy parking lot,
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and now anyone that finds it has access to your entire apartment complex,
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the complex next door, and also somehow the diary you've kept since middle school.
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I have so many fearful feelings,
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but where do I write them safely?
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Windows didn't really need another security hiccup right now.
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Microsoft is currently considering restricting access to the Windows kernel
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after a bugged update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused a global IT outage a week ago.
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CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz has claimed that
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over 97% of systems crashed by the update have been fixed,
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but that means around 250,000 devices are still down.
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Come on, guys.
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You're embarrassing me in front of the Linux community.
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Who's me there?
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Am I Windows?
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No.
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Am I you?
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You're a Windows user.
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Who are you?
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Where am I?
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I'm Jacob.
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Gah.
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I have some bad news.
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Sadly, one of the QuickBits got out of its cage,
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and we haven't been able to find it.
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If you see it, tell him Papa misses it very much.
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Samsung has decided to make it harder to sideload Android apps.
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The auto-blocker feature on Galaxy phones has been updated
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to prevent downloading apps from unauthorized sources
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and is now set to on by default in new devices,
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although it can be turned off in your device settings.
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Still, this decision to block sideloading by default didn't sit right with Epic Games,
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who announced it will be pulling Fortnite and its other titles from the Galaxy store in protest.
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Frankly,
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I'm shocked that you can download apps from the Galaxy store.
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I thought it was just there for decoration,
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art on the wall.
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Pretty much every detail about Google's upcoming Pixel 9 series
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has leaked in what I'm pretty sure is an annual tradition at this point.
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Included in the leaks are details about the Pixel 9 Pro Fold,
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which will feature a larger screen than the original Fold.
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The 9 series will also introduce new AI features like Pixel Screenshots,
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which is described as a watered-down Microsoft Recall
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There's also an Add Me feature that allows you to easily add yourself to a photo you've taken.
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Finally, you'll never have to muster up the courage to ask a stranger
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to take a picture of you and your friends ever again.
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Don't talk to them.
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They're weird.
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A new Windows 11 feature will let you wirelessly browse your
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Android phone's files directly within Windows File Explorer.
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It doesn't work for iPhones, though, probably because Tim Cook said no.
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Like this.
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Please, hold your applause.
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The feature is available to Windows insiders,
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but does have some issues when deleting phone files through your PC.
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Specifically, doing so moves the files to a new recycle bin folder on your phone,
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where they remain for five days.
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Microsoft is confusingly trying to increase this length of time to 30 days when I wanted to keep it for zero days.
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I deleted it, but okay.
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And NASA successfully used laser beams to stream 4K video to space and back.
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This is massive news for the astronauts aboard the ISS,
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because they still haven't seen Oppenheimer.
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Seriously, though, the new laser technology allows for 10 to 100 times faster data transmission
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than the radio waves NASA has been using for decades,
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meaning scientific data can be transmitted more quickly.
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And it only mostly looks like a Death Star-style super weapon.
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Just a little bit.
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But it's harmless, we think.
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However, if an alien spaceship arrives and starting causing problems, I don't know, we'll see what happens
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It's a lazer.
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Hey, Klaxians, you're gonna love these DVDs.
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Check them out.
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And you should see what happens when you come back to this channel on Monday.
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Spoiler alert!
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You'll get more tech news.
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Shh! Secret.
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Welcome to the first episode of
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Is Intel doing okay?
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The short answer is no.
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But the longer answer is that the company announced it was laying off over 15,000 employees,
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making Intel the current record holder for biggest saddest number.
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No one else compete, please.
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The company is attempting to cut costs
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after reporting financial losses
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for the second quarter in a row.
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Intel stock price also plummeted
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the most it has in 50 years,
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down to the lowest price we've seen in a decade.
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It's unclear how long it may take Intel to recover from this.
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The high cost of outsourcing the upcoming Lunar Lake chips,
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because their foundry business has not been performing as they wanted to,
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will impact margins for the coming year.
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On the plus side though,
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Intel is extending warranties on the now famously unstable 13th and 14th gen desktop processors by two years,
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