"Update and Shut Down" bug fixed, AMD GPU followup, Google pulls Gemma + more!

Duration: 09:10

Timestamps:

0:00 i still don’t believe this is real

0:13 Microsoft fixes “Update and Shut Down” bug

1:44 AMD clarifies RDNA 1, 2 driver situation

3:01 Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio

4:28 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:36 Apple launches App Store for the Web

5:16 Hackers, Crime rings work together

6:07 Snapmaker 3D U1 Printer on sale

6:50 SpaceX, Besxar to make chips in orbit

7:51 ‘Sunlight on Demand’

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

MICROSOFT FINALLY LISTENS TO SKEPTA

“Update and shut down” no longer restarts PC, as Windows 11 25H2 patch addresses a decades-old bug

https://www.techpowerup.com/342538/windows-11-finally-fixes-update-and-shut-down-functionality-after-a-decade

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/02/update-and-shut-down-no-longer-restarts-pc-as-windows-11-25h2-patch-addresses-a-decades-old-bug/

Update notes (highlighted quote image is in the folder)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/october-28-2025-kb5067036-os-builds-26200-7019-and-26100-7019-preview-ec3da7dc-63ba-4b1d-ac41-cf2494d2123a

Now that they’ve fixed this, they can move on to their next problem: the fact that they have more hardware than they know what to do with

Microsoft CEO says that the company might have more compute power available than actual available energy to power stuff

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-ceo-says-the-company-doesnt-have-enough-electricity-to-install-all-the-ai-gpus-in-its-inventory-you-may-actually-have-a-bunch-of-chips-sitting-in-inventory-that-i-cant-plug-in

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-has-ai-gpus-sitting-in-inventory-because-it-lacks-the-power-necessary-to-install-them/

Youtube interview/discussion (important quote starts around 18:26)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnl833wXRz0

Microsoft to invest over $15 billion in UAE, secures US export licenses for Nvidia chips

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/microsoft-invest-over-15-billion-uae-secures-us-export-licenses-ai-chips-2025-11-03/

DRIVERS NEVER DIE

AMD GPU driver follow up: they promises continued driver support for RDNA 1 “RX 5000” & RDNA 2 “RX 6000” GPUs

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/amd-clarifies-its-clarifications-on-controversial-rdna-1-and-2-driver-note-company-will-continue-game-optimization-support-after-all

Alternative source:

https://overclock3d.net/news/gpu-displays/amd-promises-continued-support-for-every-radeon-gamer-with-rdna-1-2-u-turn/

AMD’s post

https://www.amd.com/en/blogs/2025/continued-support-for-every-radeon-gamer.html

AMD officially confirms Zen 6 “Medusa” Ryzen CPUs at OCP 2025

https://overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd-officially-confirms-zen-6-medusa-ryzen-cpus-at-ocp-2025/

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-zen6-ryzen-medusa-cpus-during-ocp-global-summit

GEMMA GETS GROUNDED

Google pulls AI model after senator says it fabricated assault allegation

https://www.theverge.com/news/812376/google-removes-gemma-senator-blackburn-hallucination

Alternative Source:

https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-removes-ai-model-after-it-allegedly-accused-a-senator-of-sexual-assault-170235679.html

Marsha Blackburn official correspondence

https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/services/files/5651166C-7B30-4BA0-9E86-F3DD9521CA00

News from Google tweet about it

https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/1984412632913494456

Transition: don’t worry, these AI tools won’t make any more mistakes about you if you just let them train on all your personal data.

Robby Stein had an interview and said that AI Mode having access to gmail and Google drive could be on the way

https://x.com/gaganghotra_/status/1984161117359489211

Bleeping computer article: Google says Search AI Mode will know everything about you

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-says-search-ai-mode-will-know-everything-about-you/

QUICK BITS

APPLE OF MY APP

Apple launches app store for the web

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/03/apple-launches-app-store-for-the-web/

https://9to5mac.com/2025/11/03/apple-launches-rich-new-web-interface-for-the-app-store/

The app store

https://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/today

GONE IN 60 LOGINS

Hackers and Crime Rings Are Teaming Up to Steal Cargo, Cyber Firm Says

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-03/hackers-crime-rings-teaming-up-to-steal-cargo-cyber-firm-says

The research

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/remote-access-real-cargo-cybercriminals-targeting-trucking-and-logistics

PRINTER? I HARDLY KNOW HER

Kickstarter's most successful product ever goes on sale - Snapmaker's 3D U1 Printer, backed by $20 million booking order, makes its debut

https://www.techradar.com/pro/kickstarters-most-successful-product-ever-goes-on-sale-snapmakers-3d-u1-printer-backed-by-usd20-million-booking-order-makes-debut

Product page

https://www.snapmaker.com/en-CA/snapmaker-u1

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A FABRICATION

Startup Besxar partners with SpaceX to manufacture semiconductors in orbit

https://www.techspot.com/news/110101-startup-besxar-partners-spacex-manufacture-semiconductors-orbit.html

Alternate Source:

https://www.asiamanufacturingreview.com/news/besxar-spacex-partner-to-make-semiconductors-in-orbit-nwid-2229.html

Nvidia Sends a Powerful GPU to Space

https://spectrum.ieee.org/nvidia-h100-space

PAY-PER-RAY

Controversial startup's plan to 'sell sunlight' using giant mirrors in space would be 'catastrophic' and 'horrifying,' astronomers warn

https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/controversial-startups-plan-to-sell-sunlight-using-giant-mirrors-in-space-would-be-catastrophic-and-horrifying-astronomers-warn

Companies website

https://www.reflectorbital.com/

Kind of like China’s plan to reflect sunlight with an ‘artificial moon’ from 2018

https://time.com/5429288/china-chengdu-artificial-moon/

2. Elon wants to block sun with satellites to control global warming

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-wants-to-block-out-the-sun-2000680770

Elon tweet