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The Level1 Show October 5 2022: Heroes Never Die, But Games Do

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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - How to set up Overwatch 2 SMS protection
2:34 - New Overwatch 2 Players Will Need to Play 100 Matches to Unlock Original Characters
4:50 - Intel says Moore's Law is still alive. Nvidia says it's ended.
6:00 - Intel’s 13th-gen “Raptor Lake” CPUs are official, launch October 20
7:52 - Intel and Samsung are getting ready for ‘slidable’ PCs
9:50 - Apple starts manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India
11:07 - Kindle Scribe brings writing to Amazon’s popular e-reader
12:35 - Intel’s Unison app syncs iOS and Android phones with your PC
14:56 - Google is shutting down Stadia in January 2023
19:13 - Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forums
20:42 - Google Fiber touts 20Gbps download speed in test, promises eventual 100Gbps
21:43 - Podcasters Are Buying Millions of Listeners With Mobile Ads
23:26 - NFT Trading Volume Drops
25:09 - AV1 Update Reduces CPU Encoding Times By Up To 34 Percent
25:51 - Better than JPEG? Researcher discovers that Stable Diffusion can compress images
28:19 - Netflix is building its own game studio
29:20 - Robinhood debuts new non-custodial crypto wallet with Polygon to 10K beta users
30:03 - Cloudflare takes aim at AWS with promise of $1.25 billion to startups that use its own platform
30:47 - An all-electric passenger plane completed its first test flight
32:14 - DocuSign to cut workforce by 9% as part of restructuring plan
32:52 - Exclusive: With eye on Big Tech, energy crisis, EU telcos call for shared network costs
34:17 - Kia plans US EV manufacturing in 2024 as new incentive requirements loom
35:24 - Amazon hires unsafe trucking firms twice as often as peers, WSJ finds
36:59 - Compute North Files for Bankruptcy as Crypto-Mining Data Center Owes up to $500M
40:11 - Fitbit accounts are being replaced by Google accounts
40:59 - Amazon emails staff with news it miscalculated their compensation
41:41 - Walmart arrives on Roblox for the first time with two new virtual worlds to engage young shoppers
44:48 - Wall Street hit with $2 billion in fines over employees using WhatsApp and other unauthorized messaging apps
45:41 - Apple removes Russia’s largest social network from the App Store
46:40 - TikTok inching toward U.S. security deal to avoid sale
47:06 - TikTok plans to ban all political fundraising on its platform
48:13 - Cybersickness Could Spell an Early Death for the Metaverse and Virtual Reality
50:04 - Meta Sued For Tap Dancing Around Apple’s New App Privacy Rules
51:07 - Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will freeze hiring and cut costs
51:47 - Meta cracks down on ad-free Instagram client a day after it launched
55:25 - This Controversial Artist Matches Influencer Photos With Surveillance Footage

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The Level1 Show October 4 2022: If You're Fussin' You Ain't Bussin'

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0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Latest U.S. Support for Ukraine Targets Long-Term Security Investment
2:26 - Nancy Pelosi-Backed Stock Trading Ban Faces Uphill Battle
3:53 - Senators push to reform police's cellphone tracking tools
7:16 - Democrats demand FTC probe Amazon-iRobot deal
7:49 - CFTC files lawsuit against decentralized autonomous organization
9:14 - Fed’s Powell calls for DeFi regulation following ‘significant structural issues’
10:58 - DOT to map out nation's time zones after report shows no official map exists
13:00 - Senators introduce a bill to protect open-source software
14:10 - FCC takes long-delayed step against spam text surge
15:50 - NSA Employee Leaked Classified Cyber Intel, Charged with Espionage
16:51 - Oracle pays $23 million to the SEC to settle bribery charges
18:04 - EV charging stations on highways: DOT approves 50 states' plans
20:06 - San Francisco passes controversial surveillance plan
21:23 - CIA Launches First Podcast: 'The Langley Files'
22:48 - Former MoviePass Execs Accused of 'Fraudulent Tactics'
23:37 - California 'BitLicense' Bill Vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom
24:33 - California moves to be first state to ban natural gas heaters and furnaces
26:30 - New York to mandate zero-emission vehicles in 2035
27:58 - Interpol issues red notice for Terra founder Do Kwon
29:11 - Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden
30:24 - EU proposes rules making it easier to sue drone makers, AI systems
31:28 - France sets delivery fee for online book sales to help stores compete with Amazon
32:30 - Australia phones cyber-attack exposes personal data
33:07 - Massive Australian data hack prompts privacy laws overhaul
36:37 - Elon Musk activates Starlink for Iranian citizens after US Sec of State issued a General License
38:03 - Saudi Arabia to invest $37 billion in gaming
39:18 - Cloudflare wants to replace CAPTCHAs with Turnstile
41:40 - Microsoft soon to end Exchange Online basic authentication
42:23 - Cheat Devs Are Ready for Modern Warfare 2
43:52 - FTC should probe payroll data deals by brokers like Equifax, rival says
46:17 - Fast Company hackers sent out obscene push notifications to Apple News users
47:22 - Crypto Darling Helium Promised A ‘People’s Network.’ Instead, Its Executives Got Rich.
48:29 - Beijing bus drivers have been told to wear wristbands to monitor their emotions
49:44 - Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Code Is Back on GitHub
50:13 - Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S.
50:55 - New York to install surveillance cameras in every subway car
51:43 - UK police arrest alleged ‘GTA VI’ hacker
53:10 - Ex-eBay execs heading to prison for harassing couple behind newsletter
54:18 - Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying
55:18 - TAP cyberattack: Portuguese president's personal data stolen

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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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Quantum Computers Explained!!

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Or at least an attempt to explain... It's complicated!

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0:00 6750XT
1:08 Intro
2:26 Explanation

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ASRock Phantom Gaming MONITOR????

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ASRock is getting into the Monitor game. How does their first product stack up?

https://www.newegg.com/p/24-028-001?item=24-028-001&Tpk=24-028-001

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The Level1 Show September 6 2022: Democracy Chips, Ahoy!

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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - US asked British spy agency to stop Guardian publishing Snowden revelations
2:02 - Japan declares war on floppy disks for government use
2:40 - To save lives, issue connected vehicle technology waiver, NTSB tells FCC
4:15 - A huge Chinese database of faces and vehicle license plates spilled online
5:18 - The US May Soon Learn What a ‘Kid-Friendly’ Internet Looks Like
8:28 - The Fed gives a timeline for FedNow, its payments platform
9:16 - California asks residents not to charge electric vehicles, days after announcing gas car ban
10:10 - New U.S. curbs on sales of Nvidia AI chips to China spark selloff
11:49 - Toyota triples planned investment to $3.8 billion in U.S. battery plant
12:36 - Germany orders shutdown of digital ads to save gas
13:46 - FTC Sues ‘Massive’ Data Broker for Selling Location Info on Abortion Clinics
14:36 - FBI says it ‘routinely notifies’ social media companies of potential threats following Zuckerberg-Rogan podcast
16:25 - Taiwan shoots down unidentified drone over Kinmen area near mainland China
17:34 - Iran Approves Cryptocurrency Regulations, Raising Fears Of Skirting Sanctions
18:27 - Taiwan president says she looks forward to producing 'democracy chips' with U.S.
19:25 - Twitter starts testing an edit button, but you have to pay for it
20:45 - How Twitter’s bad things problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor
22:10 - Inside a Million-Dollar Instagram Verification Scheme
23:59 - Snap’s chief business officer Jeremi Gorman to run ads at Netflix
24:56 - Snap plans to lay off 20 percent of employees
25:53 - Facebook is shutting down its standalone Gaming app in October
27:21 - Scoop: Truth Social's Google Play Store holdup
29:45 - Twitter is becoming a podcast app
30:51 - Facebook parent settles suit in Cambridge Analytica scandal
31:43 - Musk vs. Twitter: Judge orders both sides to turn over more documents
33:05 - 1 in 4 Gen Z-ers plan to become social media influencers

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The Level1 Show September 7 2022: Hungry Hungry Hipsters

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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Arm sues Qualcomm, aiming to unwind Qualcomm's $1.4 bln Nuvia purchase
3:11 - Microsoft EU cloud revisions just so happen to exclude Google, Amazon
5:27 - Crypto.com Sues Woman After Sending Her $10 Million by Mistake: Report
6:04 - Amazon, facing ‘unfavorable’ regulatory environment, struggles to expand in India
9:26 - SmartDry’s useful laundry sensor to be cloud-bricked next month
11:34 - Intel, Who Coined The Term ‘Patent Troll’ Makes Deal With Patent Troll To ‘Monetize’ Unused Patents
12:39 - AMD Launches Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 CPUs, Arrives Sept. 27 Starting at $299
14:08 - OpenSea trading tanks, down 99% since May
15:01 - Microsoft launches Arm-based Azure VMs powered by Ampere chips
17:10 - Sony’s new PlayStation Studios Mobile team is making spinoff games for your phone
19:33 - Dell ceases all Russian operations after August offices closure
20:33 - Google employees frustrated after office Covid outbreaks
21:31 - India railway firm scraps plan to monetize customer data following uproar
23:17 - Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during 'energy emergency'
25:13 - LG’s first bendable OLED TV lets you pick between flat or curved modes
26:51 - Angry Tesla Owners Go on Hunger Strike Over Quality Problems
27:58 - Apple releases rare iOS 12 update to address security flaw on older iPhones and iPads
28:38 - Court Orders Telegram to Disclose Personal Details of Pirating Users
29:37 - Dashlane is ready to replace all your passwords with passkeys
31:00 - Play rule change disallows ad-blocking VPN apps
33:09 - Solana-Based DeFi Protocol OptiFi Loses $661K in Programming Blunder
34:09 - Google’s open-source bug bounty aims to clamp down on supply chain attacks
35:36 - Walmart lists a 30TB portable SSD for $39. It is, naturally, a scam
37:45 - Web3 Domain Name Service ENS DAO Loses Its Web Address Because Virgil Griffith, the Programmer Who Could Renew It, Sits in Jail
38:06 - Eight-Year Study Shows the Dark Side of WordPress Plugins
40:13 - LastPass Hackers Stole Source Code
40:58 - Microsoft finds TikTok vulnerability that allowed one-click account compromises
41:49 - Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’
43:49 - Most top mobile carriers retain geolocation data for two years on average, FCC findings show

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Phantom Gaming's 6750xt With Older CPU's

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The Level1 Show August 31 2022: Come Fly the Revisionist Skies

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Intel, Brookfield to invest up to $30 bln in Arizona chip factories
1:38 - Why Stacking Chips Like Pancakes Could Mean Faster, Cheaper Laptops
2:56 - Apple expands self-repair support to MacBooks
3:15 - Apple’s Macbook repair program creates ‘gauntlet of hurdles,’ iFixit says
5:27 - Former Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang pleads guilty
7:05 - Samsung debuts the 990 Pro Series SSD with big speed and efficiency improvements
7:45 - Reports refute rumors that Amazon is set to buy Electronic Arts
9:42 - Ford to cut 3,000 jobs amid restructuring
10:58 - Transcription service Otter is making free users pay to access older recordings
12:58 - Chinese behemoth Pinduoduo to take on Amazon in US – with even worse labor practices
15:15 - Israeli spyware company NSO Group CEO steps down
17:00 - Sony’s PlayStation VR2 headset is coming in early 2023
20:08 - Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices outside the US citing economic challenges
21:33 - Sony Sued For $5.9 Billion Over 'Ripping Off' Playstation Fans
22:25 - O no, Lenovo doesn’t like Framework’s circular power button
24:07 - Ethereum Foundation confirms September dates for the Merge
28:15 - Anti-Piracy Company Wants To Sell Nintendo Switch DRM
29:24 - Streaming Service Crunchyroll Blocks Privacy-Focused Email Tutanota Because "Hackers use it"
30:52 - TikTok owner ByteDance quietly launches search app Wukong in China, where Google is banned
33:10 - Google 'airbrushes' out emissions from flying, BBC reveals
35:47 - MoviePass relaunches with a new model and without the iconic red card
38:00 - Inside the groundbreaking of Sho, SF's ritzy club-restaurant
41:07 - World's first commercial electric plane completes point-to-point flight
42:46 - Lincoln Envisions a Future Where Driving Is Literal Child's Play
45:33 - Musk's SpaceX and T-Mobile plan to connect mobile phones to satellites, boost cell coverage
46:31 - Bay Area tech startup Sanas wants people to sound whiter
48:24 - Google research AI image noise reduction is out of this world
49:40 - Artificial intelligence model can detect Parkinson’s from breathing patterns
51:02 - Meta wants to supercharge Wikipedia with an AI upgrade
53:56 - This robot quarterback could be the future of football practice
55:35 - James Webb telescope captures surreal images of Jupiter's auroras
56:22 - A.I. rapper FN Meka dropped by Capitol Records after 'gross stereotypes' backlash

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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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