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The Level1 Show September 20 2022: Another Step Closer to Gattaca

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0:00 - Intro
0:39 - US border forces are seizing Americans' phone data and storing it for 15 years
2:18 - Treasury says sanctions on Tornado Cash don't stop people from sharing code
3:42 - California Governor Gavin Newsom signs social media transparency law
4:44 - California sues Amazon, alleging antitrust violations
6:17 - California Gov. Newsom signs landmark legislation aimed at boosting children's safety online
7:30 - U.S. signs deal with Google to develop chips for researchers
8:57 - EndeavorRX - An FDA Approved Video Game Treatment for ADHD
10:41 - Google faces €25bn legal action in UK and the EU
11:31 - S.Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations
11:59 - South Korea issues arrest warrant for Do Kwon, Luna drop nearly 50%
12:56 - China Accuses NSA of Northwestern Polytechnical University Hack
13:59 - China Is Harvesting DNA From Thousands of Tibetans
15:06 - Breach of software maker used to backdoor ecommerce servers
15:47 - Microsoft Teams stores auth tokens as cleartext in Windows, Linux, Macs
16:51 - 40% of pros scaled back back open source use over security
18:03 - Adobe has an answer for Netflix’s password-sharing problem
19:30 - EA announces kernel-level anti-cheat system for PC games
21:15 - Say Hello to Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers
23:42 - Over 280,000 WordPress sites may have been hijacked by zero-day hiding in popular plugin
25:29 - Microsoft 365 now auto-updates apps on locked or idle devices
26:30 - Woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest sues San Francisco

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It’s Easy Building Green! Our Fractal Pop Alder Lake Build

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Case review video: https://youtu.be/zqUanz860tg

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The Level1 Show August 23 2022: America's Most Dystopian Home Videos

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0:00 - Intro
1:22 - New US Privacy Law May Give Telecoms Free Pass on $200 Million Fines
3:16 - Analytics company sues FTC, denies illegal data-sharing
4:08 - Amazon criticizes 'burdensome' FTC probe into Prime
5:22 - US bans export of tech used in 3nm chip production
6:21 - Court upholds FCC’s decision on 5.9 GHz, Wi-Fi
7:47 - US approves Google plan to let political emails bypass Gmail spam filter
8:22 - Google to Pay Nearly $43M Over Collection of Android Location Data
9:16 - Suspected developer of crypto mixer Tornado Cash arrested
10:44 - With Help From WEF, Canada to Launch Federal Digital ID Program
11:59 - South Korea to pardon Samsung's Lee, other corporate giants
12:59 - Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for tweeting
14:40 - Linking to news doesn’t make Google liable for defamation, Australia court rules
15:37 - Alibaba, ByteDance share algorithm details with Chinese regulator
16:33 - VLC says India internet providers blocking site poses threat to users
18:37 - Vietnam to make Apple Watch and MacBook for first time ever
19:27 - Tesla's public Superchargers are deemed 'illegal' in Germany due to technicality
20:57 - Police Used a Baby’s DNA to Investigate Its Father for a Crime
22:58 - Hospital and Drugmaker Move to Build Vast Database of New Yorkers’ DNA
24:46 - The largest YouTube royalties heist in history spotlights a much larger problem
25:57 - Major NHS IT outage to last for three weeks
27:43 - Amazon studio plans lighthearted show of Ring surveillance footage
29:55 - Microsoft Employees Exposed Own Company’s Internal Logins
30:41 - 1,900 Signal users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio phishing
31:25 - Losses from crypto hacks surged 60% to $1.9 billion from January to July, Chainalysis says
32:03 - Update Zoom for Mac now to avoid root-access vulnerability
33:27 - The Hacking of Starlink Terminals Has Begun
34:23 - Microsoft urges Windows users to run patch for DogWalk zero-day exploit
35:37 - North Korean hackers use signed macOS malware to target IT job seekers
36:21 - iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for years, researcher claims
37:51 - Estonia says it repelled major cyber attack after removing Soviet monuments
38:47 - A Tool That Monitors How Long Kids Are in the Bathroom Is Now in 1,000 American Schools

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The Level1 Show August 24 2022: Where Have All the Cryptobros Gone?

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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Amazon to raise seller fulfillment fees for the holidays
2:20 - Apple reportedly lays off contract recruiters
3:39 - Google will roll out new updates to reduce low-quality and unoriginal content in search results
5:30 - Intel Drops DirectX 9 Support On Xe, Arc GPUs, Switches to DirectX 12 Emulation
6:16 - The upcoming Pixel Tablet could ship with a 64-bit only version of Android 13
6:56 - Qualcomm is re-entering the server chip market
7:49 - TSMC to Begin 3nm Chip Production Next Month
8:51 - AT&T workers fight return to office push: ‘We can do the same job from home’
10:01 - Streaming viewership overtakes cable TV for the first time
11:19 - Streaming Services Deal With More Subscribers Who ‘Watch, Cancel and Go’
12:06 - Paramount+ to be Bundled With Walmart+ Membership Program
13:03 - What Streaming Slowdown? Disney+ Added 14.4 Million Subscribers in Q3
13:56 - Netflix With Ads Plan Won't Allow Downloads for Offline Viewing
14:49 - Microsoft finally admits Xbox One sales were less than half of the PS4
15:37 - Microsoft Sues Activation Key & Token Sellers For Enabling Customers' Piracy
17:14 - Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy
19:00 - A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave
20:35 - Apple may soon bring more ads to your iPhone
22:15 - A California Startup Is Selling Electric Vehicle ‘Subscriptions’
23:52 - Exclusive: Airbnb introduces new anti-party tech in U.S., Canada
25:14 - Crypto ads starring Matt Damon, Tom Brady vanish from US television
26:44 - Crypto.com laid off 260 employees — then quietly let go of hundreds more
27:16 - Buttons beat touchscreens in cars, and now there’s data to prove it
28:39 - Wichita officer to face civil trial in deadly shooting on ‘swatting’ call
29:56 - Scoop: Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms
30:57 - Facebook testing encrypted chat backups
31:55 - Facebook Launches In Spain Its First Attempt To Build The 'metaverse'
33:27 - Twitch Streamers are burning out and logging off
34:37 - Amazon is internally testing a TikTok-like feed in its app

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The Level1 Show August 17 2022: Streaming Prices+

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0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Intel Unveils Arc Pro GPUs
1:33 - Intel shares 48 benchmarks to show its Arc A750 can compete with an RTX 3060
2:44 - Ether (ETH) price surges after ethereum completes final testnet merge
3:54 - Email Marketing Firm Mailchimp Suspends Several Crypto-Related Accounts
5:06 - ‘Data void’: Google to stop giving answers to silly questions
6:26 - Amazon begins large-scale rollout of palm print-based payments
7:46 - Spotify tickets: streaming firm tests direct pre-sales to fans
9:11 - LG’s 97-inch vibrating OLED TV claims to offer 5.1 audio without speakers
11:59 - Over 100K Cars Cut From North American Production This Week Due to Chip Shortage
13:02 - GM Makes $1,500 OnStar Subscription Mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cadillac Models
14:06 - LinkedIn dumps entire global events marketing team: Report
14:40 - Disney raises prices for streaming services
16:08 - Walmart Ponders Streaming Deal With Paramount, Disney and Comcast
16:48 - Desktop CPU Sales Lowest in 30 Years, AMD Gains Market Share Anyway
17:38 - Crypto-driven GPU crash makes Nvidia miss Q2 projections by $1.4 billion
19:43 - Groupon cuts over 500 staff, plans to focus ‘only on mission-critical activities’ from now on
20:24 - Microsoft claims Sony pays developers "blocking rights" to keep games off Xbox Game Pass
23:10 - Microsoft reportedly lays off team focused on winning back consumers
25:18 - DreamWorks Animation to Release Renderer as Open-Source Software
26:25 - Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes
28:25 - NVIDIA Publishes 73k Lines Worth Of 3D Header Files For Fermi Through Ampere GPUs
29:25 - Google tries shaming Apple into adopting RCS with #getthemessage campaign
30:11 - Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology
31:02 - Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Freezes Withdrawals, Citing Market Conditions
32:21 - 99 percent of Netflix subscribers haven’t tried its games yet
33:25 - Bricked Epson printers make a strong case for user repairability

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Threadripper 5000 is hErE!!

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Wendell finally got his hands on one of AMD's 5000 series Threadripper cpus! Buts its a pre built desktop meant for a science lab! Bought from Pugent Systems, this beast of a machine is super!
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The Level1 Show August 9 2022: Ding Dong Detained

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0:00 - Intro
0:51 - US Attorneys General will take legal action against telecom providers enabling robocalls
2:11 - The U.S. Army, not Meta, is building the metaverse
3:57 - Jan. 6 text messages wiped from phones of key Trump Pentagon officials
6:57 - US to Stop TSMC, Intel From More Advanced Chip Production in China
8:34 - Apple chipmaker TSMC says Taiwan-China war would make everybody losers
10:45 - Attacks on Taiwan websites likely work of Chinese 'hacktivists'
12:45 - US authorities threaten Alibaba with NYSE delisting
15:07 - Visa 'Intended to Help' Pornhub, MindGeek Monetize Child Porn: Ruling
17:48 - Big Tech should share Europe network costs, France, Italy and Spain say
20:08 - Judge orders Waterloo business to name customers who doxxed, threatened Bungie employees
22:09 - Spain puts limits on air conditioning and heating to save energy
23:39 - India withdraws personal data bill that alarmed tech giants
24:27 - Indonesia unblocks Steam and Yahoo, but Epic Games is still banned
25:53 - Over 3,200 apps leak Twitter API keys, some allowing account hijacks
27:00 - Google Play restores app version numbers
28:27 - New Gmail Attack Bypasses Passwords And 2FA To Read All Email
29:55 - Data brokers resist pressure to stop collecting info on pregnant people
30:56 - WhatsApp boss says no to AI filters policing encrypted chat
32:14 - Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour
33:26 - U.S. crypto firm Nomad hit by $190 million theft
34:08 - Hackers stole passwords for accessing 140,000 payment terminals
37:05 - Ring, Google and the Police: What to Know About Emergency Requests for Video Footage

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The Level1 Show August 2 2022: Feds Seek to Police The Kraken

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0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Senate Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China
2:57 - F.T.C. Sues to Block Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal as It Confronts Big Tech
6:02 - Congressional Democrats Introduce Net Neutrality Bill
6:40 - Two senators propose ban on data caps, blasting ISPs for “predatory” limits
8:52 - Justice Department investigating data breach of federal court system
10:25 - New Orleans OKs some police use of facial recognition
12:19 - China targets Fed to gain influence, senator charges, drawing Powell rebuke
13:49 - Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Eliminate Taxes on Crypto Transactions Under $50
14:33 - Coinbase shares tumble 21% after report that it's facing SEC probe
15:49 - Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet
17:52 - Kraken, a U.S. Crypto Exchange, Is Suspected of Violating Sanctions
18:39 - T-Mobile will pay out $350M to customers in data breach settlement
20:23 - Uber admits covering up 2016 hacking, avoids prosecution in U.S. settlement
22:33 - UK cybersecurity chiefs back plan to scan phones for child abuse images
25:41 - FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications
29:30 - Documents Show How Roblox Planned to Bend to Chinese Censorship
31:40 - Google Maps launches Street View in India after 11-year wait
32:48 - Saudi Arabia plans IPO of $500 billion project Neom by 2024
35:48 - Uzbekistan blacks out internet to quell dissent
36:45 - Google to be banned in Ukraine’s occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions
37:25 - El Salvador's Finance Minister Says Bitcoin Adoption is 'Gaining Ground'
38:09 - EU found evidence employee phones compromised with spyware
39:38 - Meta's revenue shrank for the first time in its history
40:16 - Facebook parent Meta raises price of its Quest 2 VR headset by $100
40:57 - Meta and Apple in ‘deep’ competition to build the metaverse, Zuckerberg tells staff
41:56 - Meta is shutting down Tuned, its social app for couples
43:45 - Instagram walks back TikTok-style changes — Adam Mosseri explains why
44:06 - Zuckerberg Says 30% of Instagram Will Be Recommended Posts
45:01 - Ky. woman falls victim to new method of stealing cars spreading on social media
46:27 - Inside TikTok's Attempts to ‘Downplay the China Association’

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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!

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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

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