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The Level1 Show November 27 2024: WoW We're Old

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0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Infosys founder defends call for 70-hour workweeks, says he "doesn't believe in a work/life balance"
2:07 - Bay Area tech company, down from $12B to $159M in value, lays off 319
2:37 - Grubhub just sold for $650 million. Four years ago it was worth $7.3 billion
3:36 - Comcast to spin off cable networks
4:24 - Google Shielded Email could fight spam with email forwarding
5:39 - Apple TV+ spent $20B on original content. If only people actually watched.
6:20 - World of Warcraft turns 20
7:18 - Google is further cracking down on sites publishing ‘parasite SEO’ content
8:59 - Baldur's Gate 3 is doing even better in 2024 than it did in 2023, with daily users up 20%, and Larian thinks it knows why: "Mods are very good"
11:02 - Half of Young Norwegians Say Online Piracy Is an Acceptable Way to Save Money
12:39 - The top ten best selling CPUs on Amazon are all AMD chips, with the two-year old Ryzen 7 5700X sitting at the tippety-top and Intel's best effort relegated to 12th place
13:25 - Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud
14:55 - A new ‘ultra-secure’ phone carrier says it can make you harder to track
16:03 - The global growth rate for mobile internet subscribers has stalled
16:37 - D-Link says replace vulnerable routers or risk pwnage
17:32 - Apple says Mac users targeted in zero-day cyberattacks
17:59 - Ubuntu Linux impacted by decade-old 'needrestart' flaw that gives root
18:39 - NSO Group admits cutting off 10 customers because they abused its Pegasus spyware, say unsealed court documents
20:34 - Roblox no longer allows users under 13 to message others outside of games
21:27 - Explicit deepfake scandal shuts down Pennsylvania school
23:06 - T-Mobile Breached in Major Chinese Cyber-Attack on Telecoms
23:55 - Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks
25:58 - Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
27:07 - New AI Tool Tracks Your Steps by Reading the Bacteria You Carry
28:34 - What Graykey iPhone hack tool can unlock
29:12 - Disclosure of 7 Android and Google Pixel Vulnerabilities

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The Level1 Show November 15 2024: Mynah Way Or The Hynah Way

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0:00 - Intro
0:43 - AI Workers Seek Whistleblower Cover to Expose Emerging Threats
2:34 - Did OpenAI just spend more than $10 million on a URL?
3:27 - Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff
4:22 - Leaked Training Shows How Doctors in New York’s Biggest Hospital System Are Using AI
6:05 - Microsoft tests AI-powered editing in Notepad
6:51 - Waymo explores using Google’s Gemini to train its robotaxis
7:57 - Disney forms dedicated AI and XR group to coordinate company-wide use and adoption
9:08 - Prime Video will let you summon AI to recap what you’re watching
10:04 - Netflix Bullish on Gen AI for Games After Laying Off Human Game Developers
10:35 - Amazon starts drone deliveries in Arizona
11:41 - Toddlers show increased physical activity with a robot playmate moving around the room
13:24 - This Black Hole Is Eating Stuff at Over 40 Times The Theoretical Limit
14:35 - Mystery as four NASA astronauts are rushed to hospital without explanation after returning from space
15:32 - LignoSat: First wood-panelled satellite launched into space
16:33 - 'Did Joe Biden Drop Out' Google Searches Spike on Election Night, Suggesting Many Americans Had No Idea He Wasn't Running
17:44 - HK should put baby photos in gov't offices to encourage civil servants to have kids
18:33 - Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu orders treason charges against children to be dropped
19:30 - IKEA will pay 6 million euros to East German prisoners forced to build their furniture in a landmark move
20:28 - Man died after friends dared him to sit on box of fireworks to win an auto rickshaw
21:10 - Ambulance hits Oregon cyclist, rushes him to hospital, then sticks him with $1,800 bill, lawsuit says
22:15 - 'Tar ball' mystery: Sydney identifies objects that shut beaches
23:20 - Axe Attack On Paris Train Leaves 4 Teens Injured
24:20 - Houston mother accused of trying to sell newborn to highest bidder on Facebook
25:14 - Vancouver couple drops suit against Irish nanny for quitting
26:50 - 13 Lewisville officers disciplined after 'inappropriate contact' during prostitution busts
27:41 - South Korean police arrest American YouTuber for his safety
28:52 - Youngstown police: Elderly man fends off machete attack with his nunchucks
30:26 - Florida’s convicted killer clown Sheila Keen-Warren released from prison
31:40 - 11-Year-Old Girl Wins $300K After Police Seize And Slaughter Her Pet Goat
33:48 - 43 monkeys escape South Carolina research facility; police warn residents to secure doors and windows
34:31 - Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex
35:04 - Mynah photobombs motorway camera in New Zealand, netizens amused
35:30 - Raccoon drops from ceiling at LaGuardia Airport and goes on the run
35:51 - Baby Haggis is the new Moo Deng: A pygmy hippo is born in Edinburgh
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The Level1 Show November 13 2024: Hand Over The Dough And no One Gets hurt

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0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division
1:14 - More than 60% of CEOs are ‘digitally illiterate,’ according to their own employees
2:16 - For the first time ever, AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter space
3:36 - AMD's desktop PC market share skyrockets amid Intel's Raptor Lake CPU crashing scandal — AMD makes biggest leap in recent history
4:08 - Intel faces lawsuit over Raptor Lake voltage issues
5:28 - Nvidia to join Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing Intel
6:14 - Apple has allegedly approached Foxconn and Lenovo to build AI servers based on Apple Silicon
7:32 - Endangered bees stop Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data center
8:45 - Apple Explores Push Into Smart Glasses With ‘Atlas’ User Study
9:47 - Rivian's chief software officer says in-car buttons are 'an anomaly'
11:12 - Detroit Is Turning Lampposts Into Internet-Connected EV Chargers
13:11 - Netflix is removing nearly all of its interactive titles
14:23 - Max is getting ready for its own password-sharing crackdown
15:38 - GFN Thursday: Day Pass Sale
16:57 - Sega delisting over 60 classic games from virtual stores, including Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi
17:33 - Elon Musk Says He’s A Global Top 20 ‘Diablo 4’ Player, And It’s Actually True
18:48 - They made a public Rolodex of our faces. Here’s how I tried to get out.
19:43 - Schneider Electric attackers demand ransom paid in baguettes
20:21 - Hacker says they banned ‘thousands’ of Call of Duty gamers by abusing anti-cheat flaw
22:43 - Voted in America? This Site Doxed You
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The Level1 Show November 1st 2024: Happiness is a Warm Oink

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0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Introducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku
3:08 - Anthropic's latest Claude model can interact with computers
4:08 - Can a Chatbot Named Daenerys Targaryen Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide?
5:31 - OpenAI and Microsoft are funding $10 million in grants for AI-powered journalism
6:33 - TikTok owner ByteDance sacks intern for sabotaging AI project
7:11 - Baidu CEO says LLM hallucinations are now OK
7:53 - News Corp's Dow Jones, NY Post Lawsuit Against AI Startup Perplexity
8:35 - Former OpenAI Staffer Says the Company Is Breaking Copyright Law and Destroying the Internet
9:07 - Radio Station In Poland Replaces Journalists With 'AI' Presenters
10:36 - AI decodes oinks and grunts to keep pigs happy
11:39 - Chinese scientists build fastest humanoid robot in the world — it can run at 8 mph
12:56 - Boeing-made satellite explodes in space after experiencing an "anomaly"
13:42 - Astronauts return from nearly eight months on ISS after Starliner problems
14:36 - Alien: Romulus Is Getting a VHS Release (Yes, Really)
15:21 - Kamala Harris Locks Up Critical Juggalo Vote with Major Insane Clown Posse Endorsement
16:47 - Australia woman rescued after getting stuck between boulders
18:04 - US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’
19:01 - White Blobs Wash Up on Canada’s Beaches, Stumping Everyone
20:08 - City: Police had no constitutional duty to protect murder victim
21:23 - Rick Singer, man behind college admissions scandal, is again advising students
22:09 - New Zealand airport causes stir with sign capping goodbye cuddles to 3 minutes
23:02 - Side of cocaine with that? German police raid pizzeria after finding secret ingredient
23:41 - Walmart employee found dead inside walk-in bakery oven
25:13 - Goldfish crackers change their name to attract older buyers
25:48 - Man Complaining Of Indigestion Had Live Cockroach In His Intestines
27:12 - New Yorkers could use sick days to take care of pets under proposed amendment to NYC law
27:59 - Surfer stabbed in chest by swordfish "died doing what she loved" off Indonesia coast, colleague says
28:48 - Cockatoo rescued after ‘living on brioche’ for four weeks inside Sydney supermarket
29:53 - Dog adorably follows street view photographer and photobombs every shot
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Is This Mini PC AI Ready?

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Can you really cram an AI machine into a mini pc form factor? Wendell investigates the Beelink SER9 AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Mini PC!

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Can a PCIe Dock Help The Beelink GTi14 Ultra Become A Full PC?

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Can we make a mini PC that's as powerful as a full desktop with the power of technology???

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The Level1 Show October 2nd: Scammiest Man Alive

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0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Most Amazon workers considering job hunting due to 5-day in-office policy
2:13 - Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days
4:01 - Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen Desktop Instability Root Cause Update
5:18 - AMD could launch Ryzen 7 9800X3D early to steal Arrow Lake's thunder
6:15 - LG TVs start showing ads on screensavers
7:12 - Wall Street warms to nuclear power as banks including Goldman Sachs reportedly back new push
8:28 - Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses
10:00 - Samsung Galaxy Buds FE reportedly exploded in a user’s ear, causing permanent hearing loss
11:04 - Microsoft deprecates Windows Server Update Services
11:40 - Kaspersky deletes itself, installs UltraAV antivirus without warning
12:17 - HP printers apparently have AI now, because of course they do
13:10 - Disney+ Begins Password and Account Sharing Crackdown
15:07 - Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered forces PSN login for PC users if they decide to upgrade
16:05 - More YouTube Premium price increases land in multiple countries
17:03 - Chinese-Linked Hackers Breach U.S. Internet Providers in New ‘Salt Typhoon’ Cyberattack
17:38 - Kansas Water Facility Switches to Manual Operations Following Cyberattack
18:48 - Trump hack continued into last week
19:28 - 11 million devices infected with botnet malware hosted in Google Play
20:10 - Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it's leaving 56 'non-democratic' countries
20:59 - Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years in jail for role in FTX fraud
22:29 - Brad Pitt Imposters Arrested for Scamming Women Out of Money

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The Level1 Show September 18th: Boldly Folding Where No Man Has Ever Folded Before

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0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Microsoft Lays Off Another 650 Staff From Its Video Game Workforce, Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Sends Memo to Staff
1:40 - Verizon to eliminate nearly 5,000 employees in $2 billion cost-cutting move
2:12 - Samsung Elec plans global job cuts of up to 30% in some divisions, sources say
3:06 - Games industry layoffs not the result of corporate greed and those affected should "drive an Uber", says ex-Sony president
4:16 - AMD’s new Variable Graphics Memory lets laptop users reassign their RAM to gaming
5:21 - China's Huawei prices trifold phone, to launch same day as Apple iPhone 16
6:28 - Oracle designing data center that would be powered by 3 small nuclear reactors
7:33 - Sleep apnea detection is coming to the Apple Watch
8:16 - AirPods Pro 2 adds 'clinical grade' hearing aid feature
9:47 - Sony’s PS5 Pro is a pricey test of next-gen consoles
11:07 - Former Samsung execs arrested for allegedly using stolen memory tech to build chip factory in China — suspects leaked $3.2B worth of Samsung secrets
12:04 - Ex-Google exec said goal was to 'crush' competition, trial evidence shows
13:19 - Here's how Android apps are getting better at detecting sideloading
14:01 - Americans used record 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023
15:13 - YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos
16:54 - Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads
18:06 - Mark Zuckerberg says he's done apologizing
19:21 - Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option
20:18 - Police brushed him off. So he exposed an international bike theft ring on his own
21:56 - TikTok craze leads to Iceland cucumber shortage

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The Level1 Show September 11 2024: I Know Why the Prime Birds Sings

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0:00 - Intro
0:59 - Amazon Drivers Complain Their Ability To Sing Along With The Radio Is Being Stifled
3:11 - US Job Openings Decline to Lowest Level Since January 2021
4:18 - Volkswagen could close plants in Germany as Chinese carmakers surge
5:15 - Costo Collagen EULA is Confusing
6:47 - Intel launches Lunar Lake: claims Arm-beating battery life, world’s fastest mobile CPU cores
7:18 - Intel CEO to pitch board on plans to shed assets, cut costs, source says
7:57 - Intel's Dow status under threat as struggling chipmaker's shares plunge
8:41 - Qualcomm explores acquiring pieces of Intel chip-design business
9:19 - Intel cancels 20A process node for Arrow Lake, shifts focus to 18A
10:55 - Microsoft Rolled Out AI PCs That Can’t Play Top Games—and There’s No Quick Fix
12:21 - Acer’s first handheld gaming PC is the Nitro Blaze
13:04 - World's first zinc-ion battery megafactory opens for business
14:17 - Alexa endorses Kamala Harris, refuses to talk about Trump
15:13 - Microsoft says its Recall uninstall option in Windows 11 is just a bug
16:15 - Recall 2.0? Microsoft plans another AI feature that scans everything
17:40 - Apple stands by decision to terminate account belonging to WWDC student winner
19:50 - Canva hikes prices by 300pc as it readies for IPO
20:35 - Eminem loses five-year legal battle with Spotify over music streaming rights
22:06 - Concord Is Suddenly Getting Pulled Offline With Sony Promising Full Refunds
23:15 - Leaked Disney Data Reveals Financial and Strategy Secrets
24:10 - YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel
25:02 - Cox Media Group Reveals Its 'Active Listening' Software Spies on User Convos, Clients Include Meta, Google

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Mobile CPU with a built in Desktop Chipset Adapter

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It's time for another AliExpress Adventure! This time with a mobile CPU soldered onto an LGA desktop chip adapter!

Get yours here if you want it: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807315346243.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2u…

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