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Calling All Wizards: Let’s Build the Ultimate Data Org Guide

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Level1 News January 25 2022: Google Gets the Gavel

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0:00 - Intro
0:54 - Elon Musk's brain implant company is inching toward human trials
2:41 - Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot
4:17 - FedEx Asks FAA to Let It Install Anti-Missile Lasers on Planes
5:20 - FTC antitrust watchdogs reportedly investigating Meta’s VR division
6:00 - FSB arrests REvil ransomware gang members
7:25 - Democrats unveil bill to ban online ‘surveillance advertising’
10:10 - EU wants to build its own DNS infrastructure with built-in filtering capabilities
11:17 - Chinese regulator denies issuing guidelines on internet giants’ investments, fundraisings
12:00 - U.S. examining Alibaba's cloud unit for national security risks
12:48 - UK Gov't Plans Publicity Blitz to Undermine Chat Privacy
15:20 - WhatsApp Ordered To Help U.S. Agents Spy On Chinese Phones—No Explanation Required
16:30 - Winter Olympics: Athletes advised to use burner phones in Beijing
16:57 - Israeli citizens targeted by police using Pegasus spyware, report claims
18:05 - Biden to Expand National Security Agency Role in Government Cybersecurity
18:35 - Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill
20:29 - Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled
21:02 - California judge rules Google’s confidentiality agreements break labor law
23:09 - Fed releases long-awaited study on a digital dollar but doesn't take a position yet on creating one
26:57 - Bank of Russia Calls for Full Ban on Crypto
27:21 - NYC Mayor Adams will convert his city paycheck to cryptocurrency via Coinbase
28:19 - ‘Havana syndrome’ unlikely caused by hostile foreign power, CIA says
29:38 - Rescuers Save Dog From Drowning With a Sausage and a Drone

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Level1 News January 19 2022: It Ain't Easy Being Green

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0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Google Had Secret Project to ‘Convince’ Employees ‘That Unions Suck’
3:07 - Canon Forced to Tell Printer Users How to Break DRM
4:27 - The PC market just had another big year thanks to pandemic demand
5:09 - PCI Express 6.0 Specification Finalized: x16 Slots to Reach 128GBps
6:38 - UltraRAM Breakthrough Brings New Memory and Storage Tech to Silicon
8:33 - Microsoft Hires Key Apple Engineer to Work on Custom Chips
10:44 - Linux Mint sells out for Mozilla money -- Google becomes default search in Firefox
13:58 - The GMC Hummer EV Could Pop Wheelies Before Engineers Intervened
15:05 - Prairie Tesla owners battle loss of heat amid extreme cold weather after software update
18:34 - Tesla delays Cybertruck to early 2023, says report
20:07 - Green texts in iMessages nudge teens to use iPhones
20:56 - After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful
22:32 - The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism
25:15 - Xbox players are fed up with forced crossplay against PC gamers
26:49 - Wordle clones yanked from Apple’s App Store
28:27 - Game maker says Apple, Google selling rip-offs in new lawsuit
29:29 - Fortnite Finally Back On iOS Via Nvidia GeForce Now Streaming
30:36 - Bitcoin slips under the $40,000 mark
31:26 - Apple submits plans to allow alternative payment systems in S.Korea
33:33 - Panasonic to Offer Four-Day Workweek in Japan
37:20 - China Tutoring Cutdown Led New Oriental Education to Fire 60,000

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Level1 News January 12 2022: Boiler Snakes Rule!

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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Apple becomes first U.S. company to reach $3 trillion market cap
2:55 - Apple's Upcoming AR/VR Headset to Feature Three Displays
3:53 - Sony gives first details on next-gen PSVR2 headset for PS5
4:44 - Sony announces the world’s first QD-OLED 4K TV, coming later this year
5:53 - Samsung is putting NFTs in its smart TVs
6:33 - The RTX 3090 Ti is NVIDIA’s new-new flagship GPU
7:03 - Intel Announces 12th Gen Core Alder Lake: 22 New Desktop-S CPUs, 8 New Laptop-H CPUs
7:35 - Intel Demos Lightning Fast 13.8 GBps PCIe 5.0 SSD with Alder Lake
8:03 - AMD Announces Ryzen 6000 Mobile CPUs for Laptops: Zen3+ on 6nm with RDNA2 Graphics
8:54 - Samsung’s new TV remote uses radio waves from your router to stay charged
10:01 - YouTuber figured out Asus Z690 Hero motherboards melted down due to backward capacitor
11:13 - Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 3 found a weird new place to add a second screen, and we're into it
12:56 - 30% of supported Surface devices don't have Windows 11 driver packages yet
14:30 - Mercedes-Benz boasts 620-mile range for its latest EV concept
16:12 - CHEVY SILVERADO EV REVEALED: GM’S BEST-SELLING TRUCK GOES ELECTRIC
17:23 - BMW debuts its new color-changing paint technology at CES: E Ink
19:42 - This Keyboard Lets People Type So Fast It’s Banned From Typing Competitions
20:44 - Meta pulls the plug on its AR/VR operating system
21:31 - New solar roof emulates asphalt shingles, right down to the nails
23:55 - Lawsuit Says Google Pays Apple to Keep Away From Internet Search Market
24:38 - RIP Popcorn Time -- 'Netflix of piracy' is no more
25:07 - Chip manufacturing equipment vendor ASML reports fire at Berlin factory
26:06 - Sanction-hit Huawei says revenues down 29% this year
26:50 - Libraries demand a new deal on ebooks
29:03 - Activision goes to court to stop Call of Duty cheat software
30:37 - Amazon’s Fallout TV series is about to enter production
32:01 - Tech Startup Wants To Gamify Suing People Using Crypto Tokens

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Level1 News December 22 2021: Not A Video Was Stirring, Unless Approved By the Mouse

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0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Apple Delays Corporate Return to Offices Indefinitely
2:03 - Apple is about to become the world's first $3 trillion company
3:04 - Silicon Valley’s voice in Washington dissolves - POLITICO
5:01 - Don’t buy a monitor or TV just for HDMI 2.1 — read the fine print or you might get fooled
7:34 - Dell’s Concept Luna is a repairable sustainable laptop
10:57 - Samsung submits patent application on a rollable smartwatch
13:32 - Intel to invest $7 billion in new Malaysia plant, creating 9,000 jobs
14:10 - Toyota is going to make you pay to start your car with your key fob
17:19 - YouTube TV warns it may lose all Disney-owned channels amid contract dispute
18:53 - Reddit files to go public
20:50 - Melania Trump launches NFT platform in first public endeavor since White House
23:17 - A Coinbase 'display issue' glitch showed incorrect customer wallet balances
24:48 - Vodeo becomes first unionized games studio in North America
26:27 - Intel's mystery Linux muckabout is dangerous
28:53 - Struggling to win subscribers, Netflix cuts prices in India
29:35 - Cable news talent wars are shifting to streaming platforms
30:57 - Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished.
32:59 - Facebook exec blames society for COVID misinformation
34:36 - Capitol rioters' social media posts influencing sentencings
36:46 - Sens. Cantwell, Warren urge federal investigations into Facebook
37:56 - Senators announce new social media transparency bill
40:38 - Twitter asks judge to throw out Trump's lawsuit over ban
42:10 - The metaverse has a groping problem already
45:08 - TikTok is testing a desktop streaming software called TikTok Live Studio
46:28 - Gasconade County school district to close Friday after TikTok threat challenge

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Level1 News November 24 2021: Why Can’t I Hold All These Keyboard Characters

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0:00 - Intro
1:16 - Nvidia closes up more than 8% following blowout earnings, metaverse advances
2:00 - Starbucks links with Amazon Go for first cashier-less cafe
5:01 - Bill Gates' TerraPower Will Set Up a $4 Billion Nuclear Plant
6:38 - Qualcomm’s next-gen CPU for PCs will take on Apple’s M-series chips in 2023
7:38 - Beginning next year, Apple will send you parts and tools to fix your iPhone and Mac at home
10:18 - Amazon to stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the UK
11:10 - US States Amend Complaint Against Google; Google Construct “Fortnite Task Force”, Epic Alleges
13:11 - Microsoft Will Not Bring x64 Emulation to Windows 10 on ARM
13:54 - Epic Games CEO Renews Attack on Apple and Calls for Single, Universal App Store
15:30 - Brave browser now includes a built-in crypto wallet
17:07 - Lucid Air named MotorTrend Car of the Year
20:03 - Vizio’s profit on ads, subscriptions, and data is double the money it makes selling TVs
22:06 - "The NFT Bay" Shares Multi-Terabyte Archive of 'Pirated' NFTs
23:14 - Crypto, Hollywood co-star by deepening financial, strategic ties
24:35 - NFTs by Celebrities Like Grimes, John Cena and A$AP Rocky Fall in Value
25:37 - Twitter rolls back AMP support, no longer sends users to AMP pages
26:17 - Quentin Tarantino Sued Over 'Pulp Fiction' NFT Auction by Miramax
28:01 - Peloton sues rivals over alleged patent infringement related to on-demand classes
29:30 - Can You Buy Or Play GTA Remastered On PC?
32:33 - Microsoft to Block Windows 11 Browser Workarounds
33:59 - YouTube co-founder predicts ‘decline’ of the platform following removal of dislikes
35:38 - Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic comes from Cambodia. Here’s why
37:18 - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System sues Facebook
39:11 - Roblox, Building Out the Metaverse, Looks to Bring Educational Videogames to Schools

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Level1 News November 19 2021: Windows SE: Snitch Edition

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - A pair of PS5 hacks could be the first steps towards jailbreaking Sony’s latest console
1:49 - Transparency Activists Dump 1.8 Terabytes Of Police Helicopter Surveillance Footage
3:11 - The Infrastructure Bill Requires Drunk Driving Tech In New Cars
4:54 - REvil: Day of reckoning for notorious cyber gang
6:13 - Truckload of GPUs stolen on their way out of San Francisco
8:10 - Robinhood Says It Was Hacked and Extorted But Nobody Lost Any Money
9:05 - Denuvo-Protected Games Rendered Unplayable After Domain Expires
9:46 - Intel: These 50+ PC Games Are Incompatible With 'Alder Lake' CPUs Due to DRM
10:54 - Microsoft will now snitch on you at work like never before
12:21 - Peloton Blames Part of Its Latest Financial Woes on Apple
13:24 - Deer spotted in Michigan with plastic pumpkin stuck over its face
14:37 - N.L. health-care cyberattack is worst in Canadian history, says cybersecurity expert
15:31 - Black Holes May Gain Mass From the Expansion of the Universe Itself
17:24 - Number of credit cards in U.S. hits all-time high
20:06 - Police debunk “stabbed with drugs” Astroworld theory
21:22 - Woman Had to Poop 9 Times During Marathon, Got Personal Record
22:37 - Naughty NFT artist makes $100,000 in 12 days hawking pixel pingas
25:28 - Revealing Johnson’s talks with BP not ‘in public interest’, UK government says
26:34 - Doorbell camera records California woman giving birth on lawn
28:00 - Universal Creates Virtual NFT Band Kingship with Jimmy McNelis

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Looking at the Prime Z690M-Plus D4

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Prime Z690M-Plus D4 checklist.
A motherboard made for the Intel i7? Check! A video showcasing the motherboard? Check! A build using the motherboard? Coming soon!

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Level1 News November 12 2021: 4 Years Late and a Lunar Lander Short

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0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Alphabet is launching a company that uses AI for drug discovery
2:08 - Bezos' Blue Origin loses lawsuit against NASA over SpaceX lunar lander
3:39 - Australia is putting a rover on the Moon in 2024 to search for water
4:22 - Amazon’s satellite launch schedule puts it nearly 4 years behind Starlink
5:21 - We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning
6:47 - Boston Dynamics' Robots Recreate Rolling Stones' 'Start Me Up' Video
8:32 - Amazon wants us to stop talking to Alexa so much
9:07 - McDonald’s McRib is now an NFT
12:31 - Billionaire Seeks to Build Largely Windowless Dorm In ‘Social and Psychological Experiment’
15:29 - PUBG: New State Release Date, Krafton Share Price Future
16:39 - Endangered birds experience 'virgin birth,' a first for the species
18:19 - Homeless students at California college can now sleep in their cars in parking garage
20:12 - Former Oklahoma inmates forced to listen to 'Baby Shark' on repeat file federal lawsuit
21:39 - Social media addiction: Rise of selfie deaths leads experts to talk about a public health problem Edition
23:11 - Police rush to protect comic book artists after threats over bisexual Superman
25:14 - QAnon Believers Gather In Dallas Awaiting Return Of Long-Dead JFK Jr.
27:12 - Pizza Hut responds to sexual sauce complaint
30:36 - ‘Christmas dinner in a can’ promises answer to supermarket shortages
32:54 - Police warn woman not to wear Halloween costume as protest

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Level1 News November 9 2021: Mastodon Addresses The Elephant In The Room

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0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Google Wants to Work With the Pentagon Again, Despite Employee Concerns
3:10 - US sanctions four companies selling hacking tools, including NSO Group & Candiru
4:15 - Cyber Official Warns ‘American Way of Life’ at Risk From Hackers
5:02 - The free laptop program built into the Biden reconciliation plan
7:10 - The US Copyright Office just struck a blow supporting right to repair
8:09 - The Dalles sues to keep Google’s water use a secret
10:28 - CPS teachers ‘blindsided’ after access to popular classroom software yanked due to new student privacy law
12:30 - U.S. regulators say issuers of 'stablecoins' should be policed like banks
13:28 - The US Government Wants Signal’s Private User Data That It Simply Doesn't Have
14:55 - U.S. Telecoms Are Going to Start Physically Removing Huawei Gear
15:31 - China tightens control over company data with transfer rules
16:14 - Yahoo Pulls Out of China, Citing 'Business and Legal Environment'
16:20 - Epic pulls plug on Fortnite in China
16:30 - Josh Hawley Bill Seeks $3B Boost to Taiwan's Arsenal to Deter China
17:38 - Clearview AI told it broke Australia’s privacy law, ordered to delete data
18:22 - Google pays fines to Russia over banned content
19:38 - Nigeria's eNaira Android wallet deleted days after launch
20:49 - Microsoft Tests Its Own Corporate Metaverse for Early 2022 Launch
22:47 - Facebook documents reveal company targeted children as young as 6
24:01 - To Build the Metaverse, Meta First Wants to Build Stores
25:35 - Facebook's 'Meta' Name Faces Trademark Battle With Startup
26:45 - Mastodon puts Trump’s social network on notice for improperly using its code

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