- Oh, you're gonna be so glad you clicked this video.
Trust me.
This baby? (bangs wall)
This baby can fit so much tech news in it.
So I love it.
This freaking ransomware attacks just won't stop.
The latest victim is Kaseya,
an IT firm that offers remote services
to supply chain businesses worldwide.
Thousands of which were infected with malware
by the "re-evil" hacking group.
Because they're evil,
then they're evil one more time.
Nope?
The group apparently
hijacked Kaseya's software update functionality
to deploy the malware to victims across the world.
And they're now offering
to decrypt the files they've infected
for a $70 million ransom.
The attack has led to Sweden's Coop supermarket chain,
I don't know if that's how you say coop,
closing all its stores this past weekend,
and it's unclear how the hack will affect other sectors.
But it's notable, simply because it's one
of the most widespread ransomware attacks ever seen.
In fact, I think it might go down as the biggest one ever.
So, all the hackers can probably stop doing this now.
You did it guys!
(clapping) Nice one!
Time to pack it in and stop doing this.
Popular free audio editing app,
Audacity, is living up to its name
after its new owners updated the app's terms of service
to indicate user data could be collected
and potentially sold.
Muse Group bought Audacity on April 30th.
And while they promise the app would remain free
and open source, they didn't mention anything
about how they were looking to monetize their acquisition.
And well...
The new terms make reference
to the standard data you'd think an app might collect,
OS version, user country, the CPU being used,
but they also say Audacity has the right
to collect data necessary for law enforcement, litigation
and authorities' requests,
which could be literally anything.
They also say the data may be sent back
to Muse Group's Russian headquarters,
and it's fair game if Audacity gets bought
by any other company.
And so now naturally,
children under 13 should not be using it,
the free open source audio editor.
Kids should be buying Adobe licenses instead.
What do you mean they have no money?
Haven't they been working evenings and weekends?
I'm assuming that's the norm in Russia.
I don't--
And Qualcomm says they're planning
to release notebook processors in 2022,
that will rival Apple Silicon chips, like the M1.
"Planning" being the key word here.
Okay actually, they may have a shot.
You see back in March, Qualcomm acquired Nuvia,
a processor design company started by former Apple engineers
who oversaw the development of Cupertino's in-house chips.
Qualcomm's CEO, Cristiano Amon, told Reuters
that he thinks his company can make the best chip
on the market.
It's only when you put it in a laptop
that you get some problems,
but the chip itself?
It's a good, it's a good chip.
It's pretty good.
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Why am I so angry?
I love you.
I don't know.
These bits are pretty quick.
Hoffman, why aren't you stopping me?
- [Hoffman] You're unstoppable.
- Apex Legends servers were hacked,
but not to get anyone fraudulent chicken dinners,
players trying to join a game were met
by a message linking to Savetitanfall.com,
a site dedicated to convincing Respawn
to fix the multiplayer mode for Titanfall 1,
which is itself being kept offline by hackers.
Now I say multiplayer mode,
but Titanfall 1 was multiplayer only,
so they have a point.
The Savetitanfall people say
they're not affiliated with the hack,
making this all kind of confusing
and leading me to say,
just play Battlefield 4 for now.
The servers are hot.
Watch out for me in the chopper though.
I'm coming for you.
Cryptocurrency is having a moment and not in a good way.
The total hash rate for the Ethereum network
is down 19% this month,
in the wake of the Chinese crackdown on mining,
a development that has also driven the largest drop
in mining difficulty for the Bitcoin network ever.
Crypto may be the future,
but it looks like it's gonna have
to face a reckoning of some kind
before we're all blockchaining around
on our blockchain boards.
I don't know how the blockchain works.
Early adopters everywhere are slapping early builds
of Windows 11 on their machines, including Gustave Monce,
that's probably not how you say his name,
who has carried on his tradition
of installing unusual operating systems
on the Microsoft Lumia 950 XL,
a phone from 2015.
It honestly looks like it runs pretty well.
And with the vertical screen,
you probably won't even notice the centered start button,
thus avoiding being triggered
by your irrational hatred of change.
You got to address that at some point.
Scientists at the University of Göttingen---
- Göttingen.
- In Germany have built a high resolution Microsoft
completely out of Lego parts
and some mobile phone components,
except for the actual microscope lenses themselves.
We hear about German engineering all the time,
but this is just flaunting their skills.
Oh, German engineering is so good.
We can put a microscope on (beeps) Lego.
Get behind us in the line! (laughs)
And other scientists have demonstrated
successful genome editing in space
for the first time using CRISPR technology.
This paves the way for more space-based research
on repairing DNA that is damaged by space radiation.
Meaning if this research goes anywhere,
future astronauts could have their DNA rewritten
to stay safe on deep space flights.
This is cool,
but also an amazing setup for a space horror film.
I have to write that down.
Okay, so now this episode is over.
Come back on Wednesday for more tech news,
provided you haven't mutated
into a homicidal space creature by then.
I just gave away the ending.
Ah come on, Hoffman!