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The Level1 Show June 14th 2024: Swipe Right, Citizen-San

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0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Open letter from OpenAI insiders calls for whistleblower protections
1:12 - AI apocalypse? ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity all went down at the same time
2:14 - Sony Pictures Will Cut Film Costs 'Using AI, Primarily'
2:55 - Adobe scolded for selling ‘Ansel Adams-style’ images generated by AI
4:17 - Zoom CEO Eric Yuan wants AI clones in meetings
5:44 - ChatGPT's voice closely resembles Scarlett Johnasson's, says lab analysis
6:56 - California teachers are using AI to grade papers. Who’s grading the AI?
9:18 - The Raspberry Pi 5 gets an AI upgrade
11:03 - NewsBreak: Most downloaded US news app has Chinese roots and 'writes fiction' using AI
11:31 - Using AI to decode dog vocalizations
12:32 - Young children are more likely to trust information from robots over humans
13:35 - Google AI just might kill you: it misidentified a Destroying Angel mushroom as an edible "button mushroom"
14:38 - Apple Reportedly Developing Robots That'll Roam Your Home
15:35 - Ford Says Drivers Will Be Able to Take Their Eyes Off the Road in Two Years
16:27 - SpaceX’s Starship soars through new milestones in test flight of the most powerful rocket ever built
16:47 - Boeing Starliner docks with space station after encountering new issues
17:22 - China’s Chang’e-6 probe successfully lands on far side of the moon
18:09 - Aging Hubble telescope moves to ‘one-gyro’ operations, reducing productivity and limiting science
18:59 - 1st annual space piracy conference will examine threats of orbital crime and smuggling
19:47 - Internet addiction alters brain chemistry in young people, study finds
21:33 - More than half of US adults will have cardiovascular disease by 2050, research finds
22:59 - Biomedical paper retractions have quadrupled in 20 years
23:20 - First human head transplant could be achieved by 2030, veteran NHS neurosurgeon claims
24:42 - Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed
25:27 - Tokyo govt to launch dating app to boost birth rate
26:25 - Yuntai: Hiker finds pipe feeding China's tallest waterfall
28:03 - Finnish police use classical music to prevent young people from partying on beach
28:40 - WestJet announces new Basic fare — called UltraBasic
30:46 - Pringles thief told police 'once you pop, you can't stop'
32:14 - Amazon delivery driver reportedly leaves package at smoking garage, doesn't call 911
33:09 - French protesters to poo in the Seine amid Paris 2024 Olympics controversy
34:42 - Mississippi state trooper Ivana Williams fired after sending sex tape of her and another woman to colleagues
36:31 - A Taylor Swift class is coming to Quinnipiac University
38:09 - Spanish tourist town bans sex dolls and genital costumes for bachelor and bachelorette parties
39:21 - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time
41:15 - Phish Fan Who Ripped First Bong Hit at Sphere Banned from Venue
42:07 - Maryland senior told to leave high school graduation due to makeup
44:19 - Orange juice makers consider using alternative fruit as prices skyrocket
45:32 - U.S. Postal Service Releases Dog Bite National Rankings
46:48 - Alaska man killed by moose protecting newborn calves
47:22 - Singer Taylor Momsen bit by a bat while performing on stage
48:19 - 'We go everywhere together,' says man who took baby goat on a cross-Canada road trip

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The Level1 Show June 12th 2024: Oral B(ricked

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Microsoft announces up to 1,500 layoffs, leaked memo blames 'AI wave'
1:31 - Microsoft Axes More HoloLens Employees
2:38 - Google's privacy chief and head of competition law are leaving, will not be replaced
3:15 - Google cuts at least 100 jobs across cloud unit, sources say
4:14 - NYSE says technical issue fixed after Berkshire Hathaway wrongly shown to fall 99%
5:11 - Ikea is hiring workers for its online Roblox store for £13.15 per hour, and you can even serve virtual meatballs
6:45 - Elon Musk accused of illegal $7.5 billion Tesla stock sale in new insider trading lawsuit
7:54 - Water company installs locked shields over fire hydrants in South LA to prevent theft
9:33 - Nvidia hits $3 trillion market cap on back of AI boom
10:38 - Intel CEO Takes Aim at Nvidia in Fight for AI Chip Dominance
11:37 - Intel details new Lunar Lake CPUs that will go up against AMD, Qualcomm, and Apple
12:48 - AMD unveils Ryzen AI and 9000 series processors, plus Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot graphics card at Computex 2024
13:19 - For the second time in two years, AMD blows up its laptop CPU numbering system
15:32 - Google can keep a phone if you send for repair with non-OEM parts
16:48 - Arm aims to capture 50% of PC market in five years, CEO says
17:19 - Humane warns AI Pin owners to ‘immediately’ stop using its charging case
18:02 - Apple put a Thread smart home radio into its newest Macs and iPads
18:46 - TSMC’s Arizona chip plant death demonstrates its mounting challenges in the US
20:35 - Oral-B bricking Alexa toothbrush is cautionary tale against buzzy tech
22:35 - Apple finally confirms how long it will support iPhones, and it's less than Samsung and Google
23:03 - Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models
24:08 - IBM's Iconic Model-M Keyboard Reimagined by 8BitDo
25:01 - These microLED monitors can stack together like Legos
25:54 - Surprise! It seems that the Apple Vision Pro can track your breathing
26:57 - AT&T says customers facing 'interoperability issue' impacting ability to call non-AT&T users has been resolved
28:06 - Dell expects memory and SSD prices to jump an additional 20% this year
29:32 - A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back
30:01 - This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI
30:25 - Google is working on a Recall-like feature for Chromebooks, too
31:03 - Microsoft reopens Windows 10 beta testing for ‘new features’ and improvements
31:29 - Google will disable classic extensions in Chrome in the coming months
32:41 - GameStop (GME) Q1 earnings, plans to sell more stock
33:35 - Photoshop Terms of Service grants Adobe access to user projects for ‘content moderation’
35:02 - Max raises prices across its ad-free plans
36:19 - 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects
37:17 - Elon Musk’s Starlink Connects and Divides Brazil’s Marubo People
40:18 - Artists flee Instagram for new app Cara in protest of Meta AI scraping
42:41 - Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content
43:57 - Meta algorithms discriminate in education ads, study warns
45:51 - Instagram is testing ‘unskippable’ ads that you can’t scroll past
46:50 - Elon Musk reportedly diverted thousands of AI chips from Tesla to X
48:27 - X has new rules that officially allow porn now
50:18 - Australia drops attempt to force X into removing terror vid
51:25 - TikTok acknowledges exploit targeting high-profile accounts
52:38 - Donald Trump Joins TikTok, App He Tried to Ban as President

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The Level1 Show June 11th 2024: FCC Around and Find Out

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0:00 - Intro
1:18 - US sets stage for antitrust probes into Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia
2:37 - Yellen to warn of 'significant risks' from use of AI in finance
3:40 - Meta Withheld Information on Instagram, WhatsApp Deals: FTC
4:21 - FCC ends affordable internet program due to lack of funds
5:53 - ISPs seek halt of net neutrality rules before they take effect next month
6:34 - A landmark New York bill would restrict social media for children. Here's what to know.
8:08 - FBI recovers 7,000 LockBit keys, urges ransomware victims to reach out
8:40 - FBI Raids Corporate Landlord in Major Rent Price-Fixing Probe
10:22 - Tribunal rules $17 bln UK adtech lawsuit against Google can go ahead
10:57 - Meta faces call in EU not to use personal data for AI models
11:47 - Primarschule Birmensdorf will organize Kindern im Hort Tracking-Bänder
14:03 - Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War
15:13 - Scientists find security risk in RISC-V open-source chip architecture that China hopes can help sidestep US sanctions
16:02 - TSMC says it has discussed moving fabs out of Taiwan but such a move impossible
16:52 - Japan’s push to make all research open access is taking shape
17:39 - 'Bring Back Tigran Gambaryan,' Lawmakers Pressure U.S. to Treat Binance Exec's Nigeria Detention as a Hostage Situation
18:35 - Foreign streamers must pay into fund to boost Canadian content, CRTC says
19:21 - Services disrupted as London hospitals hit by cyber-attack
20:26 - Crooks threaten to leak 2.9B records of personal info
21:39 - Snowflake says there’s no evidence attackers breached its platform to hack Ticketmaster
22:40 - Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents
23:53 - Cybercriminals pose as "helpful" Stack Overflow users to push malware
24:38 - Law student ‘unfairly disciplined’ after reporting data breach blunder
25:37 - Nintendo Hits 127 Switch Piracy Tutorial Repos After 'Cracking' URL Encryption
27:24 - 'I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech'
29:11 - Hackers steal $305M from DMM Bitcoin crypto exchange

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Computex 2024 Show Floor Part 2

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Join Wendell as he checks out Gigabyte, Phison, Siphorex, MSI, Tyan, FSP Group and Patriot

Thank you ASRock for paying our way to Computex!

0:00 Intro
0:20 Gigabyte
10:11 Phison
12:53 Siphorex
14:24 MSI
17:23 Tyan
22:20 FSP Group
22:54 Patriot
25:11 Outro

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Computex 2024 Show Floor Part 1

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Join Wendell as he checks out ASUS, Colorful, Cooler Master, Supermicro, Asustor, and Kioxia during Computex 2024

Thank you ASRock for paying our way to Computex!

0:00 Intro
0:27 ASUS
3:39 Colorful
6:26 Cooler Master
7:23 Supermicro
11:32 ASUSTOR
14:15 Kioxia

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The Level1 Show June 7th 2024: The Eagles Aren't Coming

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0:00 - Intro
0:16 - OpenAI Board 'Not Aware Of ChatGPT Launch' | Silicon UK Tech
1:21 - OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship A.I. Model - The New York Times
1:46 - OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show
2:47 - OpenAI sends internal memo releasing former employees from NDAs
3:36 - New AI tools much hyped but not much used, study says
5:42 - Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are “shadow libraries” to shut down lawsuit | Ars Technica
6:23 - Mistral releases Codestral, its first generative AI model for code | TechCrunch
7:02 - Microsoft: Windows 24H2 will remove Cortana and WordPad apps
7:39 - Google’s AI feeds people answers from The Onion
8:21 - Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good | Ars Technica
8:45 - Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs | CNN Business
9:39 - Fable Studio Plans Artificial Intelligence Streaming Platform
10:36 - Bilderberg: Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, Anthropic among elite guests
11:46 - Feds add nine more incidents to Waymo robotaxi investigation | TechCrunch
12:19 - Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones can fly even farther after FAA approval - The Verge
12:49 - A robot will soon try to remove melted nuclear fuel from Japan's destroyed Fukushima reactor | AP News
14:02 - MLB's Rob Manfred addresses future of robot umpires, says ABS could be introduced as challenge system - CBSSports.com
15:07 - China’s rocket launcher, gun-toting robot dog likely to be deployed soon in conflict zones – Firstpost
16:12 - North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch
16:45 - “Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods | Ars Technica
18:15 - ADHD cases are up. 7 million U.S. kids have gotten a diagnosis, study finds : Shots - Health News : NPR
19:06 - Britain covered up tainted blood scandal that killed thousands, report finds - UPI.com
20:37 - World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September
21:16 - Netflix announces Minecraft animated series
22:22 - Homeless sent out of Edinburgh to make room for Taylor Swift fans
23:43 - Mexican government says the arm of a 19th century mummy came off after mishandling by museum staff | AP News
25:24 - Pope Francis apologizes after using vulgar term about gay men | AP News
26:08 - University student council apologizes over giving girl group's used water bottles away as prizes - The Korea Times
27:28 - Man who transformed into a dog says he wants to become another animal
28:31 - US 'serial slingshot shooter', aged 81, arrested
29:24 - New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances | AP News
31:02 - North Korea sends fleet of balloons carrying excrement to South Korea
32:09 - Naked on a plane: Man arrested after alleged nude aisle run forced plane to turn back
32:37 - Toronto renames Centennial Park football stadium after Rob Ford | CBC News
33:59 - Blind and deaf dog Teddy got lost in a neighbor’s…
35:13 - Ukraine war forced eagles to change migration route
36:16 - "Sludge" from Mormon cricket invasion causes multiple crashes in Nevada - CBS News
37:14 - ‘They’re out of control’: flock of 100 feral chickens torments village | Norfolk | The Guardian
38:12 - Family stricken with rare brain worms after eating undercooked bear | Ars Technica
39:06 - Killer whales ramming, sinking boats are bored, scientists believe
41:14 - Two new giant pandas to return to D.C.'s Smithsonian's National Zoo | AP News

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The Level1 Show June 5th 2024: Junk In The PCI Slot

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0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Samsung workers’ union announces first-ever strike for chipmaker | South Korea | The Guardian
1:35 - Fisker cuts hundreds of workers in bid to keep EV startup alive | TechCrunch
2:05 - Bay Area carmaker lays off hundreds after raising $1 billion
2:42 - Phoenix Labs lays off 162 Bay Area workers in yet more video game cuts
3:24 - Klarna using GenAI to cut marketing costs by $10 mln annually | Reuters
5:11 - Salesforce (CRM) Q1 earnings report 2025
5:39 - 'Furiosa' Edges 'Garfield' in Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995 - Times of San Diego
7:01 - Nearly 80% of Americans now consider fast food a 'luxury' due to high prices | Fox Business
8:19 - Arm’s next-gen Immortalis is more powerful and power-efficient - The Verge
9:05 - Gigabyte's new B650E motherboard supports plump graphics cards weighing up to 58 kg | PC Gamer
10:05 - Data centers could use 9% of US electricity by 2030, research institute says | Reuters
10:57 - AST SpaceMobile, Verizon partner on satellite internet
12:04 - Android's new Instant Hotspot feature won't be available on Samsung devices
12:46 - Spacetop, the radical new laptop with no screen, is ready for launch | PCWorld
14:33 - A startup’s “tablet” gears up to take on Apple’s iPad – On my Om
16:05 - Exclusive: Google, augmented reality startup Magic Leap strike partnership deal | Reuters
16:42 - BYD Says Its New Hybrid Cars Can Go 1,250 Miles Without Gas or Charging
17:41 - Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified - Dexerto
18:51 - Tool may help find missing people in Colorado’s backcountry within minutes
21:04 - HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm
22:14 - YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers
23:57 - Press Release: PayPal Announces New Leaders to Build New Advertising Platform and Accelerate Consumer Product Innovation - May 28, 2024
24:48 - Microsoft's Automatic Super Resolution arrives to improve gaming performance — Auto SR serves as an upscaler similar to Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR | Tom's Hardware
25:44 - Bungie Wins Lawsuit Against Cheat Maker Aimjunkies | PCMag
27:25 - Google threatens to pause Google News Initiative funding in U.S.
28:37 - VBScript deprecation: Timelines and next steps | Windows IT Pro Blog
29:07 - Apple says it will put its AI processing data in a "cloud black box" to keep it private | TechRadar
29:46 - Star Citizen Pushes Through the $700 Million Raised Mark and No, There Still Isn’t a Release Date - IGN
30:41 - Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council
31:54 - ICQ will stop working from June 26
32:43 - Meta says it removed six influence campaigns including those from Israel and China - The Verge
33:19 - Instagram’s ‘limits’ adds a mute button for everyone other than close friends - The Verge
34:07 - White House rejected offer from TikTok allowing US government to oversee app | The Independent
35:37 - Exclusive: TikTok preparing a US copy of the app’s core algorithm, sources say | Reuters
37:09 - UK mother of boy who killed himself seeks right to access his social media | Internet safety | The Guardian
38:16 - More Ontario school boards file suits against social media giants | CBC News
39:07 - Pope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saint

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The Level1 Show June 4th 2024: Federal Air Travel Rules (Taylor's Version)

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0:00 - Intro
0:59 - FTC Chair Lina Khan: AI models could violate antitrust laws
2:42 - Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet
5:45 - Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups | Ars Technica
8:05 - Treasury Sanctions Creators of 911 S5 Proxy Botnet – Krebs on Security
9:47 - New York plans to ban smartphones in schools, allowing basic phones only | TechSpot
10:55 - Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition | Ars Technica
12:05 - California advances measures targeting AI discrimination and deepfakes | AP News
13:16 - California launching pilot program to charge drivers for miles driven - Autoblog
14:47 - Gov. Polis Signs Bill Mandating That Consumers Have More Options To Fix Electronics
16:32 - UK law will let regulators fine Big Tech without court approval - The Verge
17:31 - Environment Agency chief admits regulator buries freedom of information requests | Environment Agency | The Guardian
18:31 - UK MPs In Full Moral Panic Decide To Ignore The Research, Push For Dangerous Ban On Phones For Kids | Techdirt
20:48 - Opinion: Ottawa wants the power to create secret backdoors in our networks to allow for surveillance - The Globe and Mail
22:06 - Russia mulling charging companies to use foreign software
23:06 - China sets up third fund with $47.5 bln to boost semiconductor sector | Reuters
23:32 - Hong Kong Makes First Arrests Under New Security Law | TIME
24:49 - Cooler Master’s Customer Data Leaked in Data Breach
25:20 - Hackers Claim Ticketmaster Data Breach: 560 Million Users' Info Up for Sale
26:41 - Ransomware Group Claims Responsibility for Christie’s Hack - The New York Times
27:30 - Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities | Ars Technica
28:41 - Best Buy, Geek Squad most impersonated for scams in 2023 • The Register
30:07 - Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack | Internet Archive Blogs
31:37 - Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span | Ars Technica
32:46 - Former SK hynix employee charged with stealing tech for Huawei — Chinese national was arrested at airport | Tom's Hardware
33:55 - Discord’s turning the focus back to games - The Verge

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The Level1 Show May 31 2024: Scarlett's (Cease and Desist) Letter

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - OpenAI says Sky voice in ChatGPT will be paused after concerns it sounds too much like Scarlett Johansson
2:07 - OpenAI’s Long-Term AI Risk Team Has Disbanded
2:58 - OpenAI and Wall Street Journal owner News Corp sign content deal
3:51 - Microsoft Edge will dub streamed video with AI-translated audio
4:28 - Microsoft, Khan Academy provide free AI assistant for all educators in US
5:47 - Microsoft Paint is getting an AI-powered image generator that responds to your text prompts and doodles
6:49 - Meta AI Head: ChatGPT Will Never Reach Human Intelligence
8:08 - Humane AI is reportedly looking for a buyer, just weeks after its disastrous wearables launck
8:35 - User Outcry as Slack Scrapes Customer Data for AI Model Training
9:12 - ‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: my soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference
10:11 - Elon Musk confirms his threat: give me 25% of Tesla or you don't get AI and robotics
12:11 - McConnell opposes bill to ban use of deceptive AI to influence elections
12:57 - Electric cars more likely to hit pedestrians than petrol vehicles, study finds
14:16 - GM’s Cruise pays more than $8 million to pedestrian run over and dragged by robotaxi
14:55 - This is Volvo’s production-ready fully autonomous Class 8 truck
15:28 - You can now buy a 4-foot-tall humanoid robot for $16K
18:36 - Robot dogs armed with AI-aimed rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation
19:23 - Blue Origin launch of tourism rocket ends nearly 2-year hiatus
20:22 - Study proves black holes have a ‘plunging region,’ just as Einstein predicted
21:13 - Microplastics found in every human testicle in study
22:13 - Another online pharmacy bypasses the FDA to offer cut-rate weight loss drugs
23:01 - New technique to freeze brain tissue without harm
23:53 - Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why
25:00 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi convinced to be 'emissary of God', questions his biological origins
25:53 - Pittsburgh Police candidates allowed to retake their psychological evaluations after dozens failed
26:54 - AppleTV+ Wants to Pay Actors Based on How Many People Watch Their Movies
28:02 - She sold her bathwater — PayPal took her profits
28:40 - Mayor Adams looking at possibility of revoking Diddy’s key to New York City
29:49 - ‘Witch’, 42, stalked ‘wizard’ and controlled what he ‘ate, drank and wore’
31:14 - Stop signs replace some Oakland traffic lights to deter copper theft
32:03 - Hundreds paid to be 'robbed' by phony holdup crews to gain favorable immigration status, feds say. (The 'robbers' accidentally shot someone during one caper)
32:54 - Korean Man Spotted Having Sex With A Pink TESLA
33:54 - Lawsuit against Hershey's: Carvings on Reese's packaging aren't on actual chocolates
35:20 - 'Osama Bin Lager' beer sells out after going viral
36:02 - Tamil Nadu: These elephants are dying on rail tracks - can AI save them?
37:01 - Man is fined after trying to 'body slam' killer whale
37:53 - Ambulance collides with moose while responding to another moose collision
38:17 - Cats playing with robots proves a winning combo in novel art installation
39:50 - Master of litters: cat named Max given honorary degree by US university

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The Level1 Show May 29 2024: Samsnitch

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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Looks like TikTok employees are the latest victims of the tech layoffs, according to new report
1:01 - ‘We can’t sleep’: Houstonians still without power struggle to stay cool
2:16 - Tesla doing damage-control, discounts for European fleet buyers
3:42 - VW and Renault end talks to develop affordable EV, sources say
4:08 - Average US vehicle age hits record 12.6 years
4:43 - Microsoft announces an Arm-powered Surface Laptop
5:30 - Microsoft says “Prism” translation layer does for Arm PCs what Rosetta did for Macs
5:52 - Microsoft demos 'Baldur's Gate 3', 'Borderlands' running at 30 FPS on the new Snapdragon X Elite Windows on Arm platform, with auto Super Resolution support in tow
6:46 - Microsoft reveals PCs with AI capabilities
7:29 - Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows
8:14 - Nvidia stock pops 9%, tops $1,000 after earnings beat forecasts, announces stock split and dividend hike
8:46 - SpaceX Demos Cellular Starlink Tech Powering Video Call Between Phones
9:21 - HP resurrects ’90s OmniBook branding, kills Spectre, Dragonfly
9:39 - FDA clears Neuralink test on second patient
10:22 - 85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient
11:23 - Municipal broadband advocates fight off attacks from “dark money” groups
13:37 - Windows now has AI-powered copy and paste
14:29 - Microsoft is making File Explorer more powerful with version control and 7z compression
14:53 - With Recall, Microsoft is using AI to fix Windows' eternally broken search
16:00 - Microsoft's New AI Recall Feature Could Already Be in Legal Trouble
17:14 - Google Search’s New AI Overviews Will Soon Have Ads
17:52 - Link Rot and Digital Decay on Government, News and Other Webpages
19:06 - Nothing to see here, Amazon tells court in response to FTC's complaints about Signal messages
19:59 - IGN scoops up Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, and more
20:32 - Overwatch PvE mode dropped after just three months
21:15 - Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence
21:55 - TikTok tests 60-minute videos, expanding into YouTube’s territory
22:33 - X Confirms Plan to Make 'Likes' Private, Remove Likes Tab From Profiles
24:11 - The Delta Emulator is changing its logo after Adobe threatened it
24:52 - YouTube rolling out widely-hated redesign again

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