2024 Daily Tech News Show


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5			On this episode of DTNS, A side-channel attack on Apple M-series chips and how to defend against it, OpenAI cozies up to filmmakers, and Nicole Lee shares her experience riding in the robotaxis of San Francisco.	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Friday March 22nd, 2024. In LA, I'm Tom Merritt
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10			From Studio Redwood Adjacent I'm Sarah Lane
11			From San Francisco, I'm Nicole Lee
12			Drawing the Top Tech Stories. In Cleveland, I'm Len Peralta
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20		sl	At Pwn2Own Vancouver 2024, contestants demoed 19 zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows 11, Tesla, Ubuntu Linux and other devices and software in a battle to win $732,500 and a Tesla Model 3 car. And many awards were won! - Haboob SA's Abdul Aziz Hariri used an Adobe Reader exploit combined with an API restriction bypass and a command injection bug to gain code execution on macOS to earn $50,000. - French security company Synacktiv won the Tesla Model 3 and $200,000 after hacking the Tesla ECU with Vehicle (VEH) CAN BUS Control in under 30 seconds using an integer overflow. - Theori security researchers Gwangun Jung and Junoh Lee won $130,000 after escaping a VMware Workstation VM to gain code execution as SYSTEM on the host Windows OS using a chain targeting an uninitialized variable bug, a UAF weakness, and a heap-based buffer overflow.	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-11-tesla-and-ubuntu-linux-hacked-at-pwn2own-vancouver/
21		tm	Previously, we mentioned Apple is reportedly to Google and OpenAI to provide cloud AI services to iOS. Of course, in China, you have to be vetted to offer Ai services, and surprise surprise, Google and OpenAI have not been approved. Weirdly, only Chinese companies have been approved in China. So it should not be a shock that Apple is reportedly talking with China's Baidu about integrating its ErnieBot in iOS in China.	https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-held-talks-with-chinas-baidu-over-ai-for-its-devices-76879b7f
22		sl	In the meantime, it's good to note that Microsoft has added to spellcheck to Notepad in Windows 11. Misspelled words are underlined in red and you can right-click to see suggested fixes. Just like Word has had for decades. There's even an option to autocorrect as you type if you like to liv eon the edge. The feature is available to select users of Windows Insider build 11.2402.18.0.	https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/21/24107882/notepad-spellcheck-windows-11-feature
23		tm	On May 20th, Microsoft will announce consumer versions of the Surface laptops it announced for business this week. The reliable analysts of Microsoft expect these Surface devices to run on Arm processors instead of Intel. That may give you pause about things like software compatibility, especially for games, but Qualcomm told developers at GDC that its Snapdragon X Elite system will have emulation that can run x86 games at full speed. No code tweaks necessary by the developer. The exception would be games that use kernel-level anti-cheat codes, which won't work at all. Developers can of occurs port the titles to ARM, but Qualcomm will also offer hybrid support which runs Windows libraries and Qualcomm drivers natively, while emulating everything else.	https://www.engadget.com/qualcomm-says-most-windows-games-will-work-on-its-latest-arm-laptop-chipset-152540577.html
24		sl	A law in the US State of Tennessee goes into force July 1st, to protect songwriters, performers and other musicians unauthorized imitation by generative models. Photographs and likenesses are considered a property right in Tennessee, not a publicity right. The Ensuring Likeness, Voice, and Image Security Act or “ELVIS Act” gives vocal likeness that same protection. It also makes people liable to civil action if they produce a person's name, photographs, voice or likeness without the proper authorization.	https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-music-songwriting-tennessee-eb95c850f13fd78f9e65abce2ee45091
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29		sl	Security pros have developed another side channel attack they call GoFetch, that works against Apple's M1, M2 and M3 processors. This one is a little more complicated. It uses something called a data memory-dependent prefetcher, or DMP. DMP looks for patterns in memory cache to anticipate data that might be needed and fetch it in advance, to speed up operations. Tom, how does this wrok?	https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-gofetch-attack-on-apple-silicon-cpus-can-steal-crypto-keys/
30		tm	Apple's DMP, mixes data and memory access patterns. This is going to be an oversimplification, but you can think of it like this. The DMP will activate to access the data when a data pointer fits the pattern. That means an attacker can try feeding inputs that look like a pointer until the DMP activates. The DMP hasn't revealed what the data is but the fact that it activated means the requested data must be there. Do that enough times at computer speed and you can reconstruct a cryptographic key. You're not supposed to let the DMP mix the data request and the pointers like that for just this reason. The researchers were able to recreate the private cryptographic keys of algorithms like OpenSSL Diffie-Hellman, Go RSA, CRYSTALS Kyber, and Dilithium on the M1. The DMP is built into the hardware on the M1, M2 and M3, so all three chips designs are vulnerable. Sarah, what's a Mac user to do?	https://gofetch.fail
31		sl	Because it's a hardware vulnerability there is no way to patch it, but you can mitigate it in software. With the M3 you can turn off DMP. For the M1 and M2 you need to flood the DMP's inputs so the attacker won't be able to interpret the side channel clearly. Those solutions all slow down the processor. Apple may not wish to do that because of the performance hit. So in the meantime you should continue to be careful about what software you allow to be installed on your MacOS devices. Nicole, does this make you want to throw away your Mac?
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37		sl	OpenAI wants to break into the movie business. Let us explain: Bloomberg's sources say OpenAI has scheduled meetings in Los Angeles next week with content studios, media executives and talent agencies in an effort to form partnerships in the industry, encouraging filmmakers to integrate OpenAI's new video generator into their work. Reportedly in late February, OpenAI's COO Brad Lightcap ran some conversations in Hollywood as well. Along with a couple of his colleagues, Lightcap demonstrated the capabilities of Sora, an unreleased new service that can generate realistic-looking videos up to about a minute in length based on text prompts from users. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was seen attending parties in Los Angeles during the weekend of the Academy Awards.	https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-22/openai-courts-hollywood-in-meetings-with-film-studios-directors
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39			NOTES: - Many filmmakers and studios already rely on AI in pre-production and post-production, and recognize the promise of a new crop of artificial intelligence tools. - Screenwriters and actors went on strike last year in part to fight for protections with the use of the technology. Both unions later secured some safeguards for how AI is used in the entertainment industry. -
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51		sl	Autoweek posted a story this week written by Todd Lassa "Forget ‘Flying Cars’—Where Are The Robotaxis?". After several accidents involving self driving cars, there's been a public backlash, as well as vandalism. Lassa cites a March 2022 Pew survey which found that 44% of people surveyed believed “widespread use of driverless cars would be bad for society, 28% felt they were "good", and 29% "not sure". But not many people have even ridden in an autonomous car. But Nicole has. And lived to tell the tale! After riding in them multiple times, Nicole, how do you feel about autonomous cars?	https://www.autoweek.com/news/a60257642/robotaxis-autonomous-cars-development-delay/
52			-0- Self-driving robotaxis are currently a fraction / tiny percentage of the market / unlikely to make a big impact (?) but the technology is interesting -0- Current status and the future of the platform -0- Personal thoughts on how things could improve and progress
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54			Brief overview of self-driving robotaxis	https://www.axios.com/2024/03/19/robotaxi-av-technology-companies-public-trust-us-cities
55			2023 was a bad year for GM's Cruise	https://www.npr.org/2023/12/30/1222083720/driverless-cars-gm-cruise-waymo-san-francisco-accidents
56			Waymo's arrival in Los Angeles	https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/los-angeles-waymo-driver.html
57			Uber partnership:	https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/23/23733547/uber-waymo-robotaxi-phoenix-delivery-autonomous-ridehail
58			Pepper in personal experience with Cruise vs Waymo / Reasons why someone would prefer it over Lyft / Uber	https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/20/24006712/waymo-driverless-million-mile-safety-compare-human
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62			Notes: - NHTSA has so far linked 273 of 392 Tesla crashes and five of six reported deaths between July 1, 2021, and May 15, 2022, to Autopilot/Full Self-Driving - WHICH is level 2 autonomous. NOT a self-driving car. Pew report: - Majority of Americans would not want to ride in driverless vehicle. 63% against vs 37% for - 18 - 29 age group: 49% against vs 51% for - 30 - 49 age group: 54% against vs 45% for - 50 - 64 age group: 72% against vs 27% for - 65+ age group: 76% against vs 23% for	https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/03/17/americans-cautious-about-the-deployment-of-driverless-cars/
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81		sl	Nicole Lee	Nicole Lee http://buttondown.email/nicolelee https://linktr.ee/nicolenerd @nicole @nicole@xoxo.zone https://linktr.ee/nicolenerd	https://nicolelee.news/	linktr.ee/nicolenerd
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110			Are software updates a form of forced hardware obselence? In other words do companies use software updates or continued updates to goad consumers into buying newer version of a technology even if it still functions well? Argument For: - Limited OS and security updates to smartphones. Even when Google extends their software update support to Seven years you need to have Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro. If you have Pixel 7 or Pixel 6 you need to upgrade. - Nvidia's Shield TV is a Android TV/Google TV digital media set top box. Same technology for nine years. Supplied with semi-regular software updates even for 1st generation models. - No technical reason why you can't keep updating older hardware, within limits, Argument Against: - Technology keeps evolving. New features like better cameras sensors, more RAM, more functionality require new hardware. - New security vulnerabilites take advantage of flaws in older hardware. No way to patch the flaw without upgrading hardware.	https://pirg.org/articles/how-software-drives-obsolescence-hurting-our-wallets-and-the-environment/
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