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A Laptop With No Screen? Checking out the MinisForum AtomMan G7 Ti

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A mini pc with a laptop form factor? That's weird! Let's take a look!

https://store.minisforum.com/products/atomman-g7-ti

0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Unboxing and overview
3:47 - Thermal and cpu/memory benchmarks
5:46 - Hardware considerations
8:28 - Gaming benchmarks
8:52 - Outro

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Is Gaming On The Ryzen 9 9950X Better On Linux Than On Windows?

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Y'all like Linux? Of course you do, that's why you're here! Wendell gives you the scoop on the more powerful half of AMD's Ryzen 9000 offerings, and makes a strange discovery about gaming on linux.

0:00 - Intro
0:48 - Overview of the CPUs
2:26 - How about performance?
3:42 - A word on memory
4:47 - Are desktop CPUs still important?
6:57 - What's this about gaming?
8:41 - Closing thoughts

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Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X Review and Benchmarks

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AMD has released their newest Desktop Class CPUs and Wendell is here to show you what's up!

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The Level1 Show August 2 2024: Hello... Girly?

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0:00 - Intro
0:41 - OpenAI training and inference costs could reach $7bn for 2024, AI startup set to lose $5bn
1:32 - AI Adoption Creeps as Enterprises Wrestle With Costs and Use Cases
2:58 - Introducing Llama 3.1: Our most capable models to date
3:43 - Mark Zuckerberg imagines content creators making AI clones of themselves
4:32 - Google's new weather prediction system combines AI with traditional physics
5:13 - The AI job interviewer will see you now
5:37 - AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry
7:00 - The Bookseller - News - Academic authors 'shocked' after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI
7:44 - AI-generated faces can be spotted by studying eyeballs, researchers find
8:42 - iFixit CEO takes shots at Anthropic for 'hitting our servers a million times in 24 hours' and even the AI company's own chatbot disapproves
9:31 - AI models fed AI-generated data quickly spew nonsense
10:31 - AI boyfriends from Replika and Nomi are attracting more women
11:18 - Alphabet to invest another $5B into Waymo
12:04 - Boeing-owned Wisk expects to begin carrying passengers 'later in the decade'
12:55 - Waymo Is Suing People Who Allegedly Smashed and Slashed Its Robotaxis
13:57 - Scientists say regulation is urgently required for ‘living robots’
15:12 - Robot dog can stifle weeds by blasting them with a blowtorch
17:01 - Russia plans to create core of new space station by 2030
17:57 - NASA’s Curiosity rover makes its ‘most unexpected’ find on Mars
19:17 - May solar superstorm caused largest 'mass migration' of satellites in history
20:26 - Australian scientists genetically engineer common fly species to eat more of humanity’s waste
21:24 - "Smart soil" grows 138% bigger crops using 40% less water
22:18 - Bye Bye Superbugs? New Antibiotic Is Virtually Resistance-Proof
23:05 - Western neuroscientists reveal thoughts of brain-injured patients
24:05 - Mean girls: uOttawa researcher studies the hows and whys
25:44 - Olympics: New Zealand report Canada for flying drone to record training
26:23 - Paris Olympics 2024 prepares for motor doping detection in cycling
27:15 - Oklahoma court rules pregnant moms can use medical marijuana legally
28:37 - Mattel introduces blind Barbie, Black Barbie with Down syndrome
29:43 - Hello Kitty is 'not a cat,' but rather a 'little girl,' creators say
30:24 - Hugo awards organisers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win
31:03 - In shock move, California Forever pulls measure to build Bay Area city
32:08 - They're No. 1: U.S. Wins Math Olympiad For First Time In 21 Years
33:12 - ‘Are you serious?’: Hawaii Island mayor in disbelief after 3rd vehicle drives into harbor
34:52 - ‘It makes no sense,’ Toronto building had to tell its residents to stop throwing feces at electrical workers
36:15 - Trash balloons from North Korea hit South Korea's presidential compound
36:51 - Ohio woman pleads guilty on felony charges for calling 911 nearly 400 times
37:47 - Cops investigated after claiming criminals 'turned into cats' and escaped from cells
38:53 - France's rail traffic disrupted by 'malicious acts' on morning of Olympic opening ceremony
40:39 - Kentucky motel ordered to pay $2 million after guest dies from 150-degree shower
41:44 - Ohio court rules restaurant not responsible for injury from bone in boneless wing
42:27 - Jack in the Box employee struck by car over missing chicken strip: Police
43:27 - Team GB athlete Charlotte Dujardin pulls out of Paris Olympics after 'whipping horse 24 times'
45:31 - Flying fish damages NJ couple's Tesla parked in Atlantic Highlands driveway
46:50 - "Cocaine Sharks" Found In Brazil, Scientist Unsure Where They Get The Drug
47:36 - Florida police tell people to stop taking selfies with ‘depressed’ black bear
48:15 - Texas family wraps baby bird in warm tortilla to keep is safe
49:10 - Meet Crush, the rare orange lobster diverted from dinner plate to aquarium by Denver Broncos fans
50:27 - Why "salmon sperm facials" have enchanted Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Aniston

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The Level1 Show July 31 2024: ✖️🚫🔫💦

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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Indie Game Publisher Humble Games Reportedly Lays Off All Staff
1:56 - Verizon hit by prepaid subscriber exodus after internet subsidy ends
2:40 - Tesla profit falls 45% to $1.48 billion on weak EV sales in Q2
3:35 - Not a Defect: Intel Blames 13th, 14th Gen CPU Crashes on Software Bug
4:22 - Intel says its desktop Core crashes don't extend to mobile chips
5:04 - VFX studio's Unreal Engine supervisor reports 50% failure rate for Intel Raptor Lake CPUs, prompting switch to AMD
6:08 - Nvidia's third-party RTX 40-series GPUs are losing performance over time thanks to rubbish factory-installed thermal paste
7:06 - AMD claims its top-tier Ryzen AI chip is faster than Apple’s M3 Pro
8:41 - Huawei plans tri-fold smartphone as Apple weighs foldable iPhone, reports say
9:37 - Apple loses top 5 spot in China smartphone market as domestic brands dominate
10:29 - Lawsuit: T-Mobile must pay for breaking lifetime price guarantee
11:04 - T-Mobile expands fiber footprint with Metronet acquisition
12:20 - Chinese researchers create four-gram drone
12:41 - CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card to say sorry for outage
13:34 - AT&T February wireless outage blocked more than 92 million calls, agency says
14:08 - Microsoft: Our licensing terms don't raise rivals' costs
14:45 - Microsoft: Linux Is the Top Operating System on Azure Today
15:19 - Windows 11 strikes again with irritating pop-up that can't be disabled
16:45 - World of Warcraft developers form Blizzard’s largest and most inclusive union
17:56 - More flight cancellations are expected as airlines gradually recover from global tech outage
18:59 - After years of uncertainty, Google says it won't be 'deprecating third-party cookies' in Chrome
19:46 - Max-Hulu-Disney+ Bundle Pricing Revealed
20:52 - Google defends itself in proposed class action, says it never collected users’ personal information
22:00 - Google's Exclusive Reddit Access
22:58 - X swapped its water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason
23:48 - Florida sheriff apologizes after posting photo of dead body on Instagram

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The Level1 Show July 24 2024: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids

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Uhhhhh, so, I didn't realize this background looked so sus LOL! it's the conference room from "The Boys" tv show. They had their season finale last week. ~ Amber
https://www.one-tab.com/page/NYcUiiktSvO4B_wgZON1Tw
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Poll shows 84% of PC users unwilling to pay extra for AI-enhanced hardware - VideoCardz.com
1:31 - GlobalWafers scores $400M for building 300mm wafer plants • The Register
2:27 - NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules | NVIDIA Technical Blog
3:20 - ASUS' New NUC Tiny PCs Have RTX 4000 GPUs
4:20 - Google and Microsoft consume more energy than some countries due to AI advances | Windows Central
6:12 - Rabbit r1's AI assistant has secretly been storing user chats that can't be deleted | ZDNET
7:05 - Mangled fingers, no time off: Why the women who make Samsung’s semiconductors are striking
8:47 - Global IT outage: Airlines, businesses affected by CrowdStrike, Microsoft issues | AP News
9:44 - Microsoft introduces a new form of Windows updates because things weren’t confusing enough
10:20 - Exclusive: Google-backed software developer GitLab explores sale, sources say | Reuters
10:55 - Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers
11:33 - After initially rejecting it, Apple has approved the first PC emulator for iOS - The Verge
12:20 - Netflix's Password Sharing Crackdown Backfires With Slow Subscriber Growth in Q2 | Venture Capital Post
12:46 - RIAA Sues Verizon After ISP "Buried Head in Sand" Over Subscribers' Piracy * TorrentFreak
13:44 - ‘Unhealthy addiction’: Grim warning for Australian Temu shoppers | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
14:40 - Doomscrolling linked to existential anxiety, distrust, suspicion and despair, study finds | Social media | The Guardian
16:34 - 41% of People Believe Every Text “Needs” to Include an Emoji | DRGNews
17:52 - Amazon is reportedly now tracking individual hours employees spend at the office in latest worker crackdown | TechRadar
19:17 - Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees | Ars Technica
20:39 - Internal Microsoft Email Shows DEI Leader Blasting Layoffs - Business Insider
21:17 - Dirty diaper resold on Amazon ruined a family business, report says | Ars Technica
23:47 - David Zaslav on Election: Next President Should Supports Deregulation
25:25 - Facebook ads for Windows desktop themes push info-stealing malware
26:06 - A New Development in the Debate About Instagram and Teens - The Atlantic
27:26 - Meta Reportedly Unhappy With How Much Money Its VR Division Burns
28:22 - Google Search ending 'Notes' experiment
29:47 - Trump says 'I'm for TikTok' as potential US ban looms | Reuters
31:38 - Did gay dating app Grindr crash during the RNC in Milwaukee?

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Is The ASUS Hyper M.2 PCIe Gen 5 Card The FASTEST Thing In Your PC?

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The Atomman G7 Pt 16 Core Mini PC Review

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It's a bird, no it's a plane! WAIT! It's ATOMMAN!!!
Check it out here: https://s.minisforum.com/3ztryrV

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The Level1 Show July 9 2024: VPNyet

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0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Biden administration provides $504 million to support 12 technology hubs nationwide
2:01 - Supreme Court Puts Biden Policies Like Net Neutrality and Ban on Noncompete Contracts at Risk
4:54 - Supreme Court orders new look at social media laws in Texas and Florida
6:04 - Supreme Court to Hear Case on Texas Law Restricting Access to Porn
7:45 - Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers
10:33 - FCC chair asks telecoms companies to prove they're actually trying to stop political AI robocalls
11:40 - Google, Snap, Meta and many others are "quietly" changing privacy policies to allow for AI training
12:09 - Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes
13:41 - FTC warns three PC tech companies of potential warranty violations
15:01 - Mississippi law restricting children's social media use blocked
15:30 - Gov. Landry vetoes bill banning “deepfakes” in Louisiana. Here’s why
16:46 - Arkansas AG warns Temu isn't like Amazon or Walmart: 'It's a theft business'
17:53 - Uber and Lyft must pay Massachusetts rideshare drivers $32 an hour
19:24 - Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer advocates warn
20:42 - EU Competition Commissioner says Apple’s decision to pull AI from EU shows anticompetitive behaviour
21:22 - Exclusive: Nvidia set to face French antitrust charges, sources say
22:38 - Britain’s Brewing Battle Over Data Centers
24:16 - Number of girls in England taking computing GCSE plummets, study finds
25:35 - Europol says mobile roaming tech is hampering crimefighters
27:11 - Swiss Broadcasting Corporation to pull plug on FM radio
28:00 - Two of the German military’s new spy satellites appear to have failed in orbit
29:11 - Spain introduces porn passport to stop kids from watching smut
30:03 - Japan declares victory in effort to end government use of floppy disks
30:55 - China Plans Broader Push to Develop Tech Like Musk’s Neuralink
31:48 - Indonesia President Orders Audit of Data Centres After Cyberattack
32:12 - Apple bows to Kremlin pressure to remove leading VPNs from Russian AppStore
32:49 - Brazil data regulator bans Meta from mining data to train AI models
33:11 - Meta defends charging fee for privacy amid showdown with EU
33:51 - Meta is connecting Threads more deeply with the fediverse
35:09 - Why Are Mechanics ‘Officially’ Blocked From Fixing Cars?
36:41 - YouTube now lets you request removal of AI-generated content that simulates your face or voice
37:29 - YouTube's updated eraser tool removes copyrighted music without impacting other audio
38:28 - Angela Zhang, professor: ‘In China, the addiction of apps like TikTok, Temu or Shein has been driven to perfection’

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The Level1 Show July 5 2024: Literal Robot Skin Suits

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0:00 - Intro
0:59 - Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says
2:07 - Open Source LibreChat Offers More Than Just Extra LLMs
2:46 - OpenAI CTO: AI Could Kill Some Creative Jobs That Maybe Shouldn't Exist Anyway
3:39 - Researchers upend AI status quo by eliminating matrix multiplication in LLMs
4:43 - OpenAI to pull plug on 'unsupported' nations from July 9
5:17 - Google is bringing Gemini access to teens using their school accounts
5:46 - YouTube Reportedly in Talks With Record Labels to License Songs for AI
6:26 - Major record labels sue AI company behind ‘BBL Drizzy’
8:13 - Opinion: As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it
8:52 - AI dataset licensing companies form trade group
9:37 - Toys “R” Us riles critics with “first-ever” AI-generated commercial using Sora
10:47 - Google AI Uses Enough Electricity in 1 Second to Charge 7 Electric Cars
11:18 - Microsoft: 'Skeleton Key' Jailbreak Can Trick Major Chatbots Into Behaving Badly
12:20 - NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics
13:05 - Company cuts costs by replacing 60-strong writing team with AI
15:21 - An influencer’s AI clone started offering fans ‘mind-blowing sexual experiences’ without her knowledge
16:29 - Zuckerberg disses closed-source AI competitors as trying to 'create God'
17:17 - Scientists Attached Living, Lab-Grown Skin to a Robot's Face and It Looks Like It Craves the Sweet Release of Death
18:26 - Waymo's autonomous ride-hailing service now available to all in San Francisco
18:55 - Apple wants to replace 50% of iPhone final assembly line workers with automation
20:21 - S. Korea administrative robot defunct after apparent suicide
21:47 - China Becomes First Country to Retrieve Rocks From Moon’s Far Side With Chang’e-6
22:51 - Starliner to remain docked to the ISS into July
23:37 - Dark matter: How primordial black holes could explain a long-standing mystery
24:39 - ISS astronauts take shelter in Boeing Starliner and other return spacecraft after June 26 satellite breakup
28:08 - MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offline
29:08 - Wizards Of The Coast Accused Of Using Hillary Clinton As Model For New Dungeons & Dragons Paladin
30:14 - Clothes, cookware, floss: Colorado law to ban everyday products with PFAS
31:13 - FDA warns company selling products with human fecal matter without approval
31:51 - Elon Musk confirms 12th child as he and Shivon Zilis welcomed new baby earlier this year
32:42 - Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors
34:36 - Historic Butler Island Plantation near Darien on fire
35:40 - Pennsylvania porch pirates fight over same package in doorbell camera video
37:13 - Flipkart calls customer after 6 years over pending order: ‘what issue are you facing?’
38:00 - Neom: Saudi forces 'told to kill' to clear land for eco-city
38:57 - Maldives climate minister arrested for performing 'black magic' on President Muizzu
39:43 - Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare birds from extinction
40:33 - Rhinos get radioactive horns, will trigger nuclear alarms if poached
41:26 - Ronaldo the 6ft 'male' snake gives birth to 14 babies in rare 'virgin birth'
42:06 - Liskeard postal workers hampered by dive-bombing seagulls
42:50 - B.C. couple teaches rescued rats to drive tiny cars
44:15 - Llama golf caddies have North Carolina tourism on the upswing
45:18 - A pet donkey disappeared in California five years ago. He's been spotted living with a herd of wild elk

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