- That Tech news,
it just keeps on surprising you.
Like a dog (dog barks)
wearing like a little shirt and sunglasses.
What? (laughs)
- [Cameraman] From "Flying" by Carmen.
- His best place is on the beach hanging out.
Did not see that coming.
The same hacker group that leaked NVIDIA's DLSS source code
and grabbed Galaxy device data from Samsung,
- [Cameraman] LAPSUS$? - Have,
that's right.
That's how you pronounce the dollar sign.
(slurps)
They've now struck another high profile target, Microsoft.
That's right, the big boy.
The hackers known as LAPSUS$ posted a screenshot
of Microsoft's Azure DevOps source code repositories
in their telegram channel,
implying that they had somehow gained access,
perhaps with the help of someone inside.
If that's the case,
that person is probably in big trouble,
since the screenshot contained the initials
of whatever account was logged in.
Microsoft says they're investigating the incident.
But as of now, it's unclear
whether LAPSUS$ actually got their hands on any data.
The group recently seemed to imply
that they had also hacked Ubisoft,
but no data has been leaked from Samsung
or Ubisoft so far.
I don't know, they might just be trying
to relive the glory days
but they can't quite catch the same spirit,
like, "Oh man, remember when we hacked Microsoft? Oh."
It's hard to believe now,
but at one point
it was actually possible to find graphic cards
selling at MSRP.
And friends, (drum beats)
it may be happening again.
- [Cameraman] 6,500 XT though?
- Yes. - [Cameraman] Ah!
- Tom's hardware noticed
that a couple of RX 6500 XT models
are on sale at German retailer, Mindfactory,
- [Cameraman] Doesn't count.
- For 169 and 179 Euros.
Of course the RX 6500 XT
isn't exactly the most powerful chip AMD has to offer.
But considering how brutal GPU pricing has been lately,
this could be a sign
of much better availability in the market
as the months go on.
Now, skeptics are gonna point out
that the RX 6500 XT might just be on clearance
due to its poor value for money compared,
- [Cameraman] It's a mobile chip.
- Is it? - [Cameraman] Yeah.
- Oh, compared to the competing RTX 3050,
but when you combine it
with other price drops throughout the market,
I dare say, we may have reason to hope.
The eternal winter is ending.
- [Cameraman] It wasn't eternal afterwards.
- Aslan is returning to Narnia.
He's turning the Ray tracing on.
(playful piano)
Trace effects,
Microsoft knows you view that "Activate Windows" watermark
as a badge, proving that you're a badass
who's too cool to pay for a Windows license,
but they think they have a way
to make your desktop even cooler.
If you're running Windows 11
on what Microsoft considers unsupported hardware,
you'll be getting a watermark that says,
"System requirements not met."
Huh. Of course they're not.
- [Cameraman] You get both watermarks?
- Yeah, that's right, two.
it's like tats,
getting sleeves of watermarks.
Unlike the watermark you get on Windows 10 though,
running Windows 11 on an unsupported system
doesn't mean windows will automatically disable
some of its own features.
It will just shame you
for having the audacity to upgrade your OS
without buying a new PC first.
- [Cameraman] Also install that Audacity.
It's great. - Oh it's a good program.
Users spotting the mark,
may have a harder time getting Microsoft support
for technical issues,
but do you think they care about that?
They're so like,
they're so cool.
- [Cameraman] I don't need your help.
- I just wanna be friends with them.
- [Cameraman] I don't need support.
I'm unsupported!
(both yelling)
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Whoa, look! Huh. (bleep)
It's quick bits.
Want to run something other than macOS
on your new M-ONE processor?
it looks like Asahi,
not to be confused with the Japanese beer,
is the first ever Linux distribution to run on the M-ONE.
Although this version is still in Alpha,
you can install it on a new Mac
without overriding your existing macOS installation,
but be prepared for some bugs.
Because it's early days for this software,
and it may also had a few Asahis,
if you know what I mean.
It's got a problem.
- [Cameraman] Asahi, the berry.
- Ow-ooh!
It appears that the stores for both the Nintendo Wii and DSi
have disappeared without warning.
Mysterious.
We all know who did it.
Although it's been years
since you could actually buy anything from those stores,
you could still download games you previously purchased.
But now, the Wii shop just gives a blank screen.
- [Cameraman] Save us, LAPSUS$.
(laughs)
- And while it's understandable
that Nintendo doesn't wanna keep on supporting
a couple of old consoles,
surely they could have given the poor folks at home
a heads-up before pulling the plug.
AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution or FSR
is getting version 2.0 soon,
complete with temporal anti-aliasing,
which should help it compete against NVIDIA's DLSS.
- [Cameraman] They just wanna be on the same .0 as NVIDIA.
- Mh! They're on 2.3, baby.
- [Cameraman] Oh! - Oh!
FSR 2.0 does require game developers to implement it.
So it's not clear yet,
exactly when it'll be making its way to our PCs.
Although AMD will be showing off
what the tech is capable of
at this week's Game Developers Conference.
I don't know about you,
but I like taking the sharpening slider all the way,
all right? Make things bigger.
Beew! Cheew!
- [Cameraman] White lights.
- Love Teslas?
But wish they were a little more Italiano?
Maserati is the latest automaker to announce
its entire lineup of cars will be available as EVs by 2025.
- [Cameraman] Ciao! - Ooh.
With production of gas powered vehicles ending in 2030
at the latest. - [Cameraman] Ciao.
- Next year we'll be getting the GranTurismo EV,
a 1200 horsepower roadster.
Assuming of course, you've got deep enough pockets,
or work for Italian foreign intelligence.
And if you're one of the millions of Elden Ring players,
you might wanna play offline for a while,
as a vulnerability in the game's save file system
can allow hackers to stick you in a death loop.
No word yet on whether a patch will be forthcoming
but I wouldn't cross my fingers
since firm software isn't particularly known
for squashing bugs in a timely manner.
They're a developer that's all about making things hard.
Getting hacked,
it's just another challenge to overcome,
for you.
Pixel Snatcher, the indomitable.
Thankfully, it's not challenging for you
to come back on Monday for more "Tech News."
Just have to open YouTube,
wait, not that one!
And then it's like a poison demon baby or something,
and then you have to fight.
Ah!