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The Level1 Show October 15th: Quitting Discord Cold Turkey

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0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge
3:35 - DOJ indicates it’s considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling
5:35 - US antitrust case against Amazon to move forward
6:55 - TikTok is ‘digital nicotine’ meant to hook kids, AGs fume in new suits
9:14 - FEMA adds misinformation to its list of disasters to clean up
10:30 - FCC lets Starlink provide service to cell phones in areas hit by hurricane
12:17 - Virginia congressional candidate creates AI chatbot as debate stand-in for incumbent
14:23 - Foxconn building Nvidia superchip facility in Mexico, executives say
15:31 - Brazil Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands
16:59 - EU Delays New Biometric Travel Checks as IT Systems Not up to Speed
17:46 - Post Office senior executive suspended over allegations of destroying evidence
19:09 - Britons urged to dig out unwanted electricals to tackle copper shortage
20:07 - Turkey blocks instant messaging platform Discord
21:22 - Kim Dotcom Fends Off Arrest Before Conspiracy Theories & Reality Collide
22:42 - Where Have All the Chief Metaverse Officers Gone?

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The Level1 Show October 1st: Country Corruption

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0:00 - Intro
0:52 - OpenAI Pitched White House on Unprecedented Data Center Buildout
2:24 - FAA air traffic control modernization efforts are a mess
3:13 - US Justice Department probes Super Micro Computer, WSJ reports
4:08 - The DOJ sues Visa for locking out rival payment platforms
6:32 - US proposes ban on smart cars with Chinese and Russian tech
7:42 - Biden Awards $3 Billion to Boost Domestic Battery Production
8:22 - ‘Deepfake’ Caller Poses as Ukrainian Official in Exchange With Key Senator
9:09 - New California law requires one-click subscription cancellations
9:59 - Calif. Governor vetoes bill requiring opt-out signals for sale of user data
11:09 - California passes law to ban or restrict smartphones in school
12:15 - Google Emails Show Unease Over Advertising Dominance
12:55 - California Drivers May Soon Get Speed-Warning Devices as Standard
14:36 - California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it
15:50 - Cox asks court to block Rhode Island plan for broadband expansions
17:17 - Montana Voting System Shut Down After Kamala Harris Left Off Ballot
18:05 - West Virginia’s new drug czar was once addicted to opioids
19:05 - Mozilla hit with privacy complaint in EU over Firefox tracking tech
20:22 - Government of Bhutan Holds $828M in Bitcoin, Arkham Data Shows
21:03 - South Korea to criminalise watching or possessing sexually explicit deepfakes
21:52 - More YouTube Premium price increases land in multiple countries
23:01 - Meta bans RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media outlets
23:36 - Telegram will now provide some user data to authorities
24:29 - X reverses course in Brazil
25:20 - X blocks links to hacked JD Vance dossier
26:43 - Mark Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no causal connection’ between social media and teen mental health
28:20 - The Viral ‘Goodbye Meta AI’ Copypasta Will Not Protect You

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The Level1 Show September 10 2024: STINKY Sailors

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0:00 - Intro
1:42 - Nvidia gets subpoena from US DoJ, Bloomberg News reports
3:15 - Internet Archive Digital Lending Not Fair Use, 2nd Cir. Says
5:30 - How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi
7:28 - The national security threats in US election software — hiding in plain sight
9:24 - Feds Indict Musician Accused of Mass Streaming Fraud in Landmark Case
12:17 - Uniswap Labs beset by regulators for building a decentralized exchange
14:51 - City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack
17:18 - Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over 'illegal database' of faces
18:02 - No screens before age of two, Swedish health authority tells parents
19:28 - Deutsche Bank chief tells Germans: Work longer and harder
20:41 - South African Prasa engineer Daniel Mtimkulu sentenced to 15 years for faking CV
21:50 - Bluesky continues to soar, adding 2M more new users in a matter of days
22:31 - Snapchat to put ads next to chats with friends
23:59 - YouTube to restrict teenagers’ exposure to videos about weight and fitness
25:22 - Advertisers plan to withdraw from X in record numbers
26:24 - Telegram changes its tone on moderating private chats after CEO’s arrest

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The Level1 Show September 3 2024: Até Logo, Twitter

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0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Appliance and Tractor Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair
2:20 - Watchdog warns FBI is very sloppy on safe data storage
3:33 - OpenAI, Anthropic share models with U.S. AI Safety Institute
4:46 - U.S. Justice Department sues RealPage, alleging it enabled price-fixing on rents
6:46 - Families can sue app developer for breaking its anti-bullying pledge
8:11 - Wyoming is pushing crypto payments, trying to beat the Fed to a digital dollar
9:49 - Illinois Amends Human Rights Act to Address AI Use in Hiring and Employment
11:19 - California legislature passes controversial “kill switch” AI safety bill
12:26 - California passes landmark bill requiring easier data sharing opt outs for consumers
13:26 - Web Monitoring System being used for blocking online content in Pakistan, reveals minister
14:26 - Telegram CEO indicted in Paris Court
16:46 - France to trial ban on mobile phones at school for children under 15
18:27 - Trudeau says Canada will slap big tariffs on Chinese-made EVs
19:50 - Australia grants workers 'right to disconnect' after hours
20:58 - Brazil threatens X with shutdown
21:11 - Elon Musk dubs Brazil judge ‘dictator’ in response to claim Starlink accounts blocked
22:58 - Russian government hackers found using exploits made by spyware companies NSO and Intellexa
24:28 - Don’t trust Google for customer service numbers. It might be a scam.
25:39 - Major Backdoor in Millions of RFID Cards Allows Instant Cloning
27:05 - DICK'S shuts down email, locks employee accounts after cyberattack

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The Level1 Show August 30 2024: Kung Fu Frightening

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - GitHub rolls out AI-powered fixes for code vulnerabilities
1:12 - Authors sue Anthropic for copyright infringement over AI training
1:51 - Procreate’s anti-AI pledge attracts praise from digital creatives
2:45 - Doctors weaponize AI in insurance battles over patient care authorizations
5:21 - Waymo’s new robotaxi will feature fewer sensors to help lower costs
6:31 - Ikea’s stock-counting warehouse drones will fly alongside workers in the US
7:46 - Spacesuit Designs Could Stall Boeing Starliner Astronauts' Return From the International Space Station
9:15 - 'Megalopolis' Trailer Pulled Due to Fake Critic Quotes: 'We Screwed Up'
11:30 - FBI investigating insect incident at Dem breakfast in Chicago
12:42 - Chick-fil-A is reportedly launching a streaming service for some reason
13:53 - Japan karate expert who broke jaw of haunted house ghost loses lawsuit
15:30 - Oklahoma State football introduces NIL Fund QR codes on players helmets for 2024 season
16:25 - Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’
17:23 - Man bleeding after hair transplant arrested for refusing to leave plane at Miami airport
18:21 - Starbucks' new CEO Brian Niccol will supercommute to Seattle instead of relocating
20:30 - Florida officer fired after video showed her calling man 'punk' after he called for help wins back job
20:53 - $5 million worth of meth disguised as watermelons found at California customs checkpoint
22:13 - Applebee's 'All You Can Eat' deal dispute leads to woman's arrest
23:52 - Woman nearly bitten by tiger after climbing over fence at New Jersey zoo
26:05 - Alain Delon’s family refuse to put down pet dog the actor wanted to be buried with
27:27 - Players using toy claw game surprised by live groundhog among stuffed animals

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The Level1 Show August 27 2024: Digital Deadbeat

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0:00 - Intro
2:02 - US judge strikes down Biden administration ban on worker 'noncompete' agreements
2:43 - U.S. plans a 'reset' for V2X tech that lets cars communicate
4:59 - Google can’t defend shady Chrome data hoarding as “browser agnostic,” court says
6:12 - AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink’s mobile plan
7:49 - US fines T-Mobile $60 million over unauthorized data access
8:33 - Wyoming voters face mayoral candidate who vows to let AI bot run government
9:59 - DOJ suit: Ticketmaster’s nontransferable SafeTix are anticompetitive
11:07 - Disney stops trying to use Disney Plus excuse to settle a wrongful death lawsuit
13:15 - US tech giants fight Indian telcos' bid to regulate internet services, pay for network usage
14:20 - As X shuts down in Brazil, is the Apple App Store silencing removing VPNs?
15:39 - Dubai court recognizes crypto as a valid salary payment
16:39 - Toyota confirms third-party data breach impacting customers
17:58 - National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords
19:37 - Stadiums Are Embracing Face Recognition. Privacy Advocates Say They Should Stick to Sports
21:38 - Top US oilfield firm Halliburton hit by cyberattack, source says
22:26 - 110K domains targeted by 'sophisticated' cloud extortionists
23:13 - Slack AI can leak private data via prompt injection
24:43 - Dad hacks database to fake his death and avoid child support

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The Level1 Show August 6 2024: Crashing Trains for the Gram

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0:00 - Intro
1:16 - French Internet Lines Cut in Latest Attack During Olympics
2:14 - If 1 million people sign a petition, a ban on rendering multiplayer games unplayable has a chance to become law in Europe
3:37 - There is no online voter registration in Texas
4:59 - Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It’s Still Losing Money.
6:46 - Ford trying to patent system that reports speeding vehicles to police
8:16 - Nebraska teen accused of derailing train, recording the crash and posting it online
9:25 - ‘House of the Dragon' Season 2 Finale Leaks on TikTok and Twitter/X
10:31 - Senators propose “Digital replication right” for likeness, extending 70 years after death
13:06 - Germany says China was behind a 2021 cyberattack on a government agency and summons its ambassador
14:47 - Russia to allow crypto payments in international trade to counter sanctions
15:29 - HealthEquity data breach affects 4.3M people
16:13 - US agency puts onus on Amazon for sale of hazardous third-party products
19:22 - Microsoft Pushes US Lawmakers to Crack Down on Deepfakes

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The Level1 Show July 30 2024: Nice Flight, Shame If It Were Cancelled

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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - FTC launches probe into 'surveillance pricing'
1:24 - FCC blasts T-Mobile’s 365-day phone locking, proposes 60-day unlock rule
2:33 - Congress Wants To Let Private Companies Own The Law
4:15 - Wyden secures KOSA win, but will vote no
4:56 - AOC’s Deepfake AI Porn Bill Unanimously Passes the Senate
6:06 - US Urges Vigilance by Tech Startups, VC Firms on Foreign Funds
7:09 - DHS Has a DoS Robot to Disable Internet of Things ‘Booby Traps’ Inside Homes
9:00 - US Prepares Jamming Devices Targeting Russia, China Satellites
10:20 - CrowdStrike CEO to testify about massive outage that halted flights and hospitals
10:52 - US opens investigation into Delta after airline cancels thousands of flights
12:03 - Judge in SolarWinds case rejects SEC oversight of cybersecurity controls
13:02 - Social media platforms that mine user data aren’t shielded by federal communications law, California court says
13:54 - Digital tax talks in G20 spotlight as US tariff threat looms
15:29 - US judge will not block Biden administration ban on worker 'noncompete' agreements
16:41 - EU to investigate Delivery Hero and Glovo over food delivery cartel concerns
18:16 - Meta risks sanctions over “sneaky” ad-free plans confusing users, EU says
19:57 - Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source
20:42 - China Is Getting Secretive About Its Supercomputers
21:24 - Crowdstrike: How China swerved worst of global tech meltdown
22:07 - Malaysia asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike to consider covering losses from global outage
22:53 - Japanese media say AI search infringes copyright, urge legal reform
23:29 - Bangladesh is experiencing a ‘near-total’ internet shutdown amid student protests
24:20 - Philippines shutters its online gambling industry amid tax evasion, human trafficking concerns
25:15 - The Kremlin Jails the Father of Russia’s Internet
27:15 - Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws
28:02 - Hackers leak documents from Pentagon IT services provider Leidos, Bloomberg News reports
28:35 - Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice
29:43 - A Hacker ‘Ghost’ Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub
30:45 - Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say
31:52 - Cyber firm KnowBe4 hired a fake IT worker from North Korea
32:43 - Telegram zero-day for Android allowed malicious files to masquerade as videos
33:48 - California officials say largest trial court in US victim of ransomware attack

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The Level1 Show June 17th 2024: A Fine They Can't Refuse

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0:00 - Intro
1:31 - FTC Chair Lina Khan tells TechCrunch the agency is pursuing the 'mob bosses' in Big Tech
2:33 - ISPs ask FCC for tax on Big Tech to fund broadband networks and discounts
3:29 - US sanctions PC cooling and power supply maker DeepCool for selling products to Russia, fueling its war efforts in Ukraine
4:36 - Four more states join US monopoly lawsuit against Apple
5:32 - Yelp can sue reputation company for promising to suppress bad reviews
6:52 - Mobile driver’s licenses are coming to New York state starting June 11th
8:13 - NY’s ‘SAFE For Kids Act’: A Lesson in How Not to Regulate The Internet
9:23 - Utah Suing TikTok, Alleging Live Feature Is a 'Virtual Strip Club'
10:57 - Huge Win for Copyright User Rights in Canada: Federal Court Rules Digital Lock Rules Do Not Trump Fair Dealing
12:23 - EU announces higher tariffs on Chinese EVs as trade tensions sharpen
13:23 - Valve faces $843 million lawsuit in UK for allegedly overcharging 14 million gamers
14:52 - UK education department awards Fujitsu contract uplift
15:59 - There’s an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK
17:44 - 'Flying taxis' to be tested during Paris Olympics
18:26 - Norway discovers Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals
19:06 - Turkish student arrested for using AI to cheat in university exam
20:05 - China Is Testing More Driverless Cars Than Any Other Country
20:54 - Japan law forces third party App Stores on Apple & Google
21:20 - Bangladeshi police agents accused of selling citizens’ personal information on Telegram
21:57 - Apple fined in South Korea for violating location data collection law
23:08 - Mozilla Firefox Blocks Add-Ons to Circumvent Russia Censorship
24:08 - Brazil hires OpenAI to cut costs of court battles
25:00 - Data broker shuts down product related to driver behavior patterns
26:08 - Your driving could be monitored by popular apps
26:51 - China state hackers infected 20,000 Fortinet VPNs, Dutch spy service says
28:05 - Two arrested over 'text message blaster' smish campaign
28:38 - New York Times source code stolen using exposed GitHub token
29:52 - Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered
31:13 - Researcher Finds Vulnerability In Kyber Post-Quantum Key Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM)
32:15 - A disgruntled ex-employee at a Singaporean IT firm caused carnage after deleting over 180 servers
33:01 - Hackers Using OTP bots To Bypass Two-Factor Authentication
33:55 - Facial recognition to be used at British Grand Prix for a second year
34:38 - Workers at TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods wearing body cameras. Here’s what shoppers need to know

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The Level1 Show May 29 2024: Samsnitch

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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Looks like TikTok employees are the latest victims of the tech layoffs, according to new report
1:01 - ‘We can’t sleep’: Houstonians still without power struggle to stay cool
2:16 - Tesla doing damage-control, discounts for European fleet buyers
3:42 - VW and Renault end talks to develop affordable EV, sources say
4:08 - Average US vehicle age hits record 12.6 years
4:43 - Microsoft announces an Arm-powered Surface Laptop
5:30 - Microsoft says “Prism” translation layer does for Arm PCs what Rosetta did for Macs
5:52 - Microsoft demos 'Baldur's Gate 3', 'Borderlands' running at 30 FPS on the new Snapdragon X Elite Windows on Arm platform, with auto Super Resolution support in tow
6:46 - Microsoft reveals PCs with AI capabilities
7:29 - Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows
8:14 - Nvidia stock pops 9%, tops $1,000 after earnings beat forecasts, announces stock split and dividend hike
8:46 - SpaceX Demos Cellular Starlink Tech Powering Video Call Between Phones
9:21 - HP resurrects ’90s OmniBook branding, kills Spectre, Dragonfly
9:39 - FDA clears Neuralink test on second patient
10:22 - 85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient
11:23 - Municipal broadband advocates fight off attacks from “dark money” groups
13:37 - Windows now has AI-powered copy and paste
14:29 - Microsoft is making File Explorer more powerful with version control and 7z compression
14:53 - With Recall, Microsoft is using AI to fix Windows' eternally broken search
16:00 - Microsoft's New AI Recall Feature Could Already Be in Legal Trouble
17:14 - Google Search’s New AI Overviews Will Soon Have Ads
17:52 - Link Rot and Digital Decay on Government, News and Other Webpages
19:06 - Nothing to see here, Amazon tells court in response to FTC's complaints about Signal messages
19:59 - IGN scoops up Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, and more
20:32 - Overwatch PvE mode dropped after just three months
21:15 - Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence
21:55 - TikTok tests 60-minute videos, expanding into YouTube’s territory
22:33 - X Confirms Plan to Make 'Likes' Private, Remove Likes Tab From Profiles
24:11 - The Delta Emulator is changing its logo after Adobe threatened it
24:52 - YouTube rolling out widely-hated redesign again

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