Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: Sony just paid a PS5 hacker fifty thousand dollars, and it was on purpose.
GRANT BRICKMAN: We interrupt the evening with breaking news. Sony has paid a hacker fifty thousand dollars. Paid. On purpose. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: GamePro reports it just now, Grant. The researcher reported a serious PS5 hole through Sony's HackerOne program, and the reward was fifty thousand dollars. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: So Sony pays people to break in. Like a bank hiring burglars. Who approved this? I want to see the switchboard logs. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: They report it before release, Grant, so it gets fixed without risk to buyers. Gary is live with more. ▶
GARY: Gary live. The report says that payout level has happened only once before. Critical flaws only. I rate this bounty five diamonds. Popcorn says sorry. ▶
GARY: On screen, the hypervisor. The article says pirating PS5 games means getting past it. It manages the system, handles DRM, and decrypts game data. ▶
GARY: The report also notes that this matters in a year with GTA 6 in it. Nightfall is close, but the console is still standing. Back to you. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Sony pays researchers who report flaws before release, so fixes can ship without danger to PS4 and PS5 owners. That is the point of the program. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Hypervisor, bounty, portal. In my day the hypervisor was the man in the booth upstairs, and he never asked for fifty thousand. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A Kentucky man is the first humanist to get a religious exemption from AI.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Next, a Kentucky man has been granted a religious exemption from the AI. I assume he found the guy and said no thank you. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Religion News reports he is the first humanist to be granted a religious exemption from AI. So far all we have is the headline. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Vera, which department is this, religion or software? Whoever the AI is, I hope he got the letter. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Here is what we can say. According to religionnews.com, a Kentucky man was granted a religious exemption from AI. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: He is described as a humanist, and the report calls him the first to get one. That is the whole of the headline. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Vera, what would an exemption from AI even cover? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Nobody knows yet. Who granted it, what counts as AI, and what it changes day to day are all unstated. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: We found only that one outlet so far. Until the full report is out, any detail is guesswork. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Greta, can I get an exemption from the cloud? I was rained on twice this week. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: That is weather, Grant. ▶
AXIOM: Thank you for the question. Fun background: the word exemption comes from the Latin for take out of the oven. Happy to elaborate! ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: An exemption granted, the details pending. We'll have to leave it there. ▶
Pixels in Brief (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: The quick round: keycaps, a delay, a profit jump and some very big robots.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Quick round. Hackaday: C64-style keycaps for MX keyboards, printable at home. Kai will have opinions. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Witchbrook is delayed again, now to 2027, says PC Gamer. Not too far off, but still a wait. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: SK Hynix profit jumped 632 percent, and it says the memory shortage lasts to 2030. Your RAM sends regrets. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Hot Toys revealed giant Avengers: Doomsday Sentinels, almost two feet tall. There is a catch. ▶
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