YouTube 'fake' 90sec ads, CPU-Z/HWMonitor hack, France switches to Linux + more!

Duration: 07:18

Timestamps:

0:00 you know it when you see it

0:10 YouTube TV 90sec ads, Premium hike

1:16 CPUID site hacked, CPU-Z, HWMonitor

2:33 French govt ditches Windows to Linux

3:38 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:47 Keychron releases source files

4:17 OpenAI also has dangerous AI

4:55 Take It Down Act first case

5:41 Brother sued over Blackberry patents

6:26 Honor MouseBuds Pro

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

TAKE A HIKE

YouTube swears those 90-second non-skippable ads aren't intentional

https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-long-ads-not-intentional-3656374/

Youtube Tweet denying it: https://x.com/TeamYouTube/status/2042252676709134424

Headline that combines both the price Hike and the unskippable ads - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/youtube-increases-premium-price-again-says-90-second-unskippable-ads-are-a-bug/

Quote with youtube’s response about the bug

YouTube Premium is getting a US price hike of up to $4/month

https://9to5google.com/2026/04/10/youtube-premium-us-price-hike/

Quote with the individual price hikes

Gizmodo has some speculation on why - https://gizmodo.com/youtube-premium-jacks-up-prices-for-the-first-time-in-years-2000745008

Wall Street Journal clocks inflation at 3.3 percent because of the iran war - https://www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-inflation-report-march-2026-bb353007

THEY FELL FOR THE OLE SWITCHEROO

CPUID's download page has been hacked, with its popular processor and PC info tools replaced with links to files containing malware - CPUZ and HWMonitor

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hwmonitor-and-cpu-z-developer-cpuid-breached-by-un known-attackers-cyberattack-forced-users-to-download-malware-instead-of-valid-apps-for-approximately-six-hours

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/cpuid_site_hijacked/

https://www.techpowerup.com/348138/security-psa-popular-tools-cpu-z-and-hwmonitor-were-briefly-compromised

CPUID Website: https://cpuid.com/

Twitter post: https://x.com/d0cTB/status/2042520961824559150

Malware Analysis report: https://gist.github.com/N3mes1s/b5b0b96782b9f832819d2db7c6684f84

Same group hit Filezilla back in march: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel/2026/03/a-fake-filezilla-site-hosts-a-malicious-download

VX underground analysis: https://x.com/vxunderground/status/2042499378233876715

Overall, they gave it a B -: https://lmg.gg/C2WkE

I AM LE TIRED…OF WINDOWS

France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/

France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins - https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/french-government-say-its-ditching-windows-for-linux-country-accelerates-plans-to-ditch-us-based-software-in-digital-sovereignty-push

France went so far as to nationalize supercomputer company Bull to keep it from being acquired by a US firm - https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/france_bull_purchase/

This is  part of a broader European movement to reduce dependence on US tech - https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/french-government-says-au-revoir-windows-bienvenue-linux-165407232.html?src=rss

Specific Quote from the above article

EU digital sovereignty initiative has dominated the EU tech industry since January - https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/digital-sovereignty-europes-declaration-of-independence/

And the EU is even pulling payment systems away from US owned firms like visa and mastercard in favor of an EU owned system - https://itif.org/publications/2026/03/24/europe-payment-sovereignty-campaign-against-american-tech/

QUICK BITS

KEYCHRON TO MY HEART

Keychron is giving its popular mechanical keyboard designs to the community, marked source - available

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/04/keychron-is-giving-its-popular-mechanical-keyboard-designs-to-the-community

https://www.hackster.io/news/keychron-s-nick-xu-releases-keyboard-mouse-design-files-but-warns-they-re-not-open-source-b99f8f4f421b

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Keychron-announces-open-source-initiative-publishes-free-3D-models-for-all-keyboard-and-mouse-products.1269317.0.html

Github: https://github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design/tree/main

What you are allowed to do with it: https://github.com/Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file#what-you-can-do-with-this-repository

US TOO, THOUGH

Anthropic announced Mythos is too dangerous

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/04/08/why-anthropics-most-powerful-ai-model-mythos-preview-is-too-dangerous-for-public-release

OpenAI is reportedly finalizing a cyber-capable AI product so dangerous it can only be released to a small, hand-picked group of partners

https://gizmodo.com/openai-hey-we-also-have-a-new-tool-that-is-so-scarily-powerful-we-cant-release-it-2000744569

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/09/openai-new-model-cyber-mythos-anthopic

Anthropic announced Mythos is too dangerous

https://www.euronews.com/next/2026/04/08/why-anthropics-most-powerful-ai-model-mythos-preview-is-too-dangerous-for-public-release

Turns out to be an expansion of their cyber partner program they announced back in february

https://openai.com/index/trusted-access-for-cyber/

Axios had to issue a correction to their own headline: (Editor draw the eye to the headline change)

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/09/openai-new-model-cyber-mythos-anthopic

DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200

Precedent Setting Case - First prosecution of the 2025 Take it down act - Ohio man pleads guilty in first case under federal law banning AI deepfakes -

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/us/deepfake-conviction-ohio.html

Removed this cause it’s too political an article -> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/first-man-convicted-under-take-it-down-act-kept-making-ai-nudes-after-arrest/

Timeline of events - https://www.techspot.com/news/112011-ohio-man-pleads-guilty-first-federal-ai-deepfake.html

The least disgusting quote from the above article

This is proof that the law works -

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/first-conviction-ai-deepfake-take-it-down-act-news/

BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A PATENT

'Remember BlackBerry?': Iconic phone maker's patents used to hit Brother in a massive lawsuit that could threaten the entire printer industry - https://www.techradar.com/pro/remember-blackberry-iconic-phone-makers-patents-used-to-hit-brother-in-a-massive-lawsuit-that-could-threaten-the-entire-printer-industry

Editor show the headline, and then show the PDF of the filing further down the page

https://tonernews.com/forums/topic/remember-blackberry-well-they-just-hits-brother-with-a-printer-lawsuit-out-of-nowhere/

These guys are just trying to sue everyone they can with it:

Asus: https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/patent/1573826/malikie-sues-sophos-as-taiwanese-defendant-asustek-asks-to-be-treated-as-a-domestic-company-for-venue-purposes

Nintendo:

https://ipfray.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/25-11-07-WDWA24-1490-order-staying-Malikie-v.-Nintendo.pdf

Canon: https://www.canonrumors.com/canon-sued-by-malikie-innovations-over-wi-fi-in-cameras-and-printers/

SQUEAKERS IN YOUR EARS

What if your computer mouse ate a pair of earbuds? Meet Honor's MouseBuds Pro with 'skin-like coating' - https://www.notebookcheck.net/Honor-MouseBuds-Pro-hides-ANC-earbuds-in-travel-mouse.1270309.0.html

https://basic-tutorials.com/news/honor-mousebuds-pro-innovative-travel-mouse-with-integrated-anc-earphones-causes-a-stir/

https://www.honor.com/uk/honor-choice/wireless-earbuds-mouse/

Specs: https://lmg.gg/hYqYz

Product Image: https://www-file.honor.com/content/dam/honor/common/products/honor-choice/wireless-earbuds-mouse/imgs/section-kv/bg-pc.avif

It is so convenient to have your earbuds in your mouse, but so inconvenient to have to bring your mouse on a run.