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It’s Not Delivery, It’s Our Pizza Box Server!

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Mama mia, that's-a spicy server!

New Customers Exclusive – Get $25 off your purchase of any AMD and Intel Processor (limit one per customer): https://micro.center/c553c3

Check out Micro Center’s Custom PC Builder: https://micro.center/5b6b3d

Visit the Micro Center Community: https://micro.center/d04d4b

Shop Supermicro SuperServer: https://micro.center/a1d548

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/introducing-homer/185566

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Level1 News July 13 2022: Bezos vs. Bluegrass

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Gartner foresees steep drop in global PC shipments
1:41 - This ad company subsidiary is teaming up with US carriers to take over your lock screen
3:21 - Video game industry not 'recession proof,' sales set to fall in 2022
5:28 - Apple reportedly plans to launch an ‘extreme sports’ Apple Watch with a larger screen and metal casing
7:23 - West megadrought intersects with data center water use
9:01 - Smart contact lens prototype puts a Micro LED display on top of the eye
10:07 - The First RISC-V Laptop Announced With Quad-Core CPU, 16GB RAM, Linux Support
11:18 - Workers in Campbellsville, Ky. look to join Amazon Labor Union
12:04 - Amazon bars off-duty warehouse workers from its buildings
13:13 - Disney could soon lose exclusive rights to Mickey Mouse
15:30 - Toyota will be the third automaker to lose the EV tax credit in the US
16:30 - No bids on Chevy’s first NFT, even though it came with a free Corvette Z06
17:53 - Microsoft’s xCloud game streaming looks worse on Linux than Windows
19:43 - Crypto broker Voyager Digital files for bankruptcy
20:02 - Uprise lost 99% of client funds while shorting LUNA during its price crash
20:31 - Crypto platform Vauld suspends withdrawals, trading and deposits amid financial challenges
21:33 - Ubisoft to shut down multiplayer for older games, including Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
22:48 - Google to pay $90 mln to settle legal fight with app developers
24:16 - PlayStation Store will remove customers' purchased movies
25:54 - U.S. FTC settles with Weber grills over 'right to repair'
27:56 - Facebook Gave Deleted User Data to Law Enforcement, Lawsuit Claims
30:03 - Meta is dumping Facebook logins as its metaverse ID system
31:40 - Europe faces Facebook blackout
34:32 - Reddit dives into NFTs with new Collectible Avatars
36:45 - TikTok Confirms That Some China-Based Employees Can Access US User Data
37:20 - An FCC regulator wants TikTok removed from app stores. Here's how a company executive responded
39:02 - Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition is reportedly in ‘serious jeopardy’ over spam

#level1news

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Level1 News July 6 2022: You Gotta Fight (AirBnB) For Your Right To Party

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0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Apple lets apps in South Korea use third-party payment systems
1:52 - Apple’s new Community Plus program recognizes its most helpful online support members
2:53 - Base 13-Inch MacBook Pro With M2 Chip Has Significantly Slower SSD Speeds
4:22 - Apple Executive Says Samsung Copied the iPhone and Simply 'Put a Bigger Screen Around It'
4:55 - AMD Ryzen PC Revenue To Decline By 26% In 2022 Due To The Success of Intel's 12th Gen CPUs, Reports Market Analyst
5:40 - TSMC sees clients scale back orders
6:36 - Sources: Unity Laying Off Hundreds Of Staffers
6:45 - Substack Is Laying Off 14% of Its Staff
6:51 - European Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Cuts Staff by Hundreds
8:17 - TSMC to Customers: It's Time to Stop Using Older Nodes and Move to 28nm
9:31 - TSMC may surpass Intel in quarterly revenue for first time
10:21 - Buyout Begone: Ford Says You Can Never Own Leased EVs
11:50 - Airbnb makes its party ban permanent
13:02 - Couple bought home in Seattle, then learned Comcast Internet would cost $27,000
16:50 - Google makes Earth Engine available to all businesses and governments
17:57 - Scoop: Google moves to keep campaign messages out of spam
19:13 - Bored Apes creator sues conceptual artist for copying its NFTs
21:02 - Robinhood almost imploded during the GameStop meme stock chaos
21:28 - FTX exploring a deal to buy Robinhood: Bloomberg report
21:41 - Three Arrows Capital crypto hedge fund defaults on Voyager loan
21:50 - Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Gets Liquidation Order
22:10 - Goldman Sachs Leading Investor Group to Buy Celsius Assets: Sources
22:38 - Bank for International Settlements to allow banks to keep 1% of reserves in Bitcoin
23:18 - IBM settles discrimination case that targeted exec emails
24:08 - ‘It keeps on going’: driving the world’s first production-ready solar car
27:31 - Bungie slaps YouTube takedown impersonator with $7.6M lawsuit
28:45 - Meta sparks anger by charging for VR apps
30:24 - Facebook is bombarding cancer patients with ads for unproven treatments
31:27 - DiCello Levitt Gutzler: Facebook Users May Be Eligible for a Payment From a Class Action Settlement
32:49 - Former Ankara mayor ridiculed for believing tweet on discovery of jelly bean reserves in Turkey
33:56 - TikTok can’t stop users from doxxing the Supreme Court
35:03 - Indian government censors tweets critical of Indian internet censorship
36:03 - Meta warns employees of ‘serious times’ in internal memo listing key product bets
37:50 - Did China silence a social media influencer over a tank-shaped ice cream?

#level1news
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Level1 Ramble: Build Your Own DALL-E Mini Playground + Is Google's AI Sentient?

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Forum Thread: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/dall-e-mini-mega-or-mega-full-up-and-ru…

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Buying A New 6950 XT OC Formula for a Friend: Experiencing Wonder Once Again!

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One of Wendell's pals is retiring and looking for advice on gaming PCs. With knowledge about the best and a convenient sale, Wendell opts for AMD's RX 6950 XT OC Formula from ASRock. Coupled with the M32U Gigabyte Monitor, this gaming PC will breeze through 4k and look good doing it!

More info about AMD's Free Game Bundles
https://www.amd.com/en/gaming/raise-the-game

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Small and Quiet: Elitemini B550 Review

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If you're looking for a quiet mini desktop, this may be the video for you!
Minisforum had a spare Elitemini B550 laying around and they were kind enough to give it over to us to review. Powered by AMD, this little guy can perform some decent benchmarks!

Check it out here: https://bit.ly/3wvpbBa

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Deskmeet B660: More Like Desk Meat! 128gb / 20tb dGPU in a Tiny Package

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Don't let the small form factor fool you, this thing packs a punch! Meet Deskmeet from ASRock. If you want a mini desktop computer as your gaming pc, well you are in luck! This dude holds a B660 motherboard, DDR4 memory, a 20cm long graphics card (RX 6600 in our case), and the power supply all inside a 8-liter case! Cool stuff bro!!

https://www.asrock.com/nettop/Intel/DeskMeet%20B660%20Series/index.asp?…

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Level1 News June 17 2022: FOMO (Fear of Morbin' Out)

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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - NASA creates team to study UFOs
1:38 - Waymo is teaming up with Uber on autonomous trucking because time really heals all wounds
2:42 - ‘AI’ Shopping Startup Exaggerated Tech Capabilities to Potential Investors
4:12 - Fearing lawsuits, factories rush to replace humans with robots in South Korea
5:07 - Autonomous Mayflower reaches American shores -- in Canada
6:05 - Ingenuity Adapts for Mars Winter Operations
7:04 - NASA just bought the rest of the space station crew flights from SpaceX
8:34 - New type of 3D printing uses sound waves to build up objects
9:34 - AI Trained on 4Chan Becomes ‘Hate Speech Machine’
10:38 - NASA’s new powerful space telescope gets hit by larger than expected micrometeoroid
11:39 - Dostarlimab: NYC Cancer Trial Delivers Unprecedented Result
12:42 - The 'Benjamin Button' effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans
14:30 - Bees are ‘fish’ under Calif. Endangered Species Act – state court
15:44 - HBO Max canceled Raised by Wolves after two seasons
17:12 - Houston man raps about robbing ATM's on YouTube, later arrested after allegedly robbing an ATM
18:23 - GEICO to pay $5.2M to woman who says she caught STD in former partner’s car
19:39 - 2 people stuck in tank of chocolate at central Pa. M&M factory
21:58 - Sheriff's department in Michigan 'exhausted' funds budgeted for gas
23:52 - Paladino: Saying Hitler "kind of leader we need" was mistake
24:48 - Police Officer Fired For Getting "Pure Evil" Tattoo On His Hands
25:57 - New York woman finds lost dachshund — in Hilary Swank's lap
27:12 - Man Divorced Wife for Cooking Instant Noodles Every Day, Judge Says
29:17 - Man Praised for Taking Terminally Ill Friend's Virginity
30:23 - Parent finds urinal in girls bathroom at public middle school
33:34 - 30 animals found dead in animal rescue CEO's home
35:12 - Sacramento Approves Sale Of Up To 3 Billion Gallons of Water After Declaring ‘Water Alert’
36:32 - Ryanair boss suggests bringing in army to end airport travel chaos
37:29 - $5M in ancient art at Dallas Museum of Art destroyed by man 'mad at his girl,' police say
39:35 - Morbius Is So Bad That It's Coming Back to Theaters (No, Really)
40:43 - North Korea assumes leadership of top disarmament group
41:38 - Woman Is NYC Bar Hero After Calmly Grabbing, Removing Opossum That Wandered Inside
43:03 - Dog tests positive for drugs after neighborhood walk in SD

#level1news

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Level1 Chats: Greg Kroah Hartman on the Steam Deck, His New Machine (that we built!), and more!

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Check out the build here: https://youtu.be/zTav7r38y-Y

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ASRock Rack ROMED8-2T Review, proto-Build & Chat. What do you want to see?

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This is the board being used in the forbidden router!
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