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16TB of Storage and DDR5-8000 on AM5? Featuring the Phantom Gaming X870E Nova Wifi

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Alright, enough about Intel! What about a build for my 9800X3D!!?? Well, here you go...

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Overclocking the 285 non k Intel Ultra 9 w/ the ROG STRIX Z890-I Gaming Wifi Motherboard

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Can the Intel Ultra 9 285 be just as good as the K version while being cheaper? Check out the video and see for yourself... The answer is kind of.

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The Level1 Show February 12 2025: Disney Minus

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0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech
2:07 - Google may use AI for weapons, surveillance – prompts backlash
3:24 - Arm ends legal efforts to terminate Qualcomm’s license
4:17 - AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter for the first time in Q4 2024
4:46 - AMD promises “mainstream” 4K gaming with next-gen GPUs as current-gen GPU sales tank
5:42 - Apple's iPhones to support Starlink direct-to-cell coverage in US
6:12 - Panasonic Shares Jump Most in 11 Years on Restructuring Plans
6:57 - Phone bans in schools don't help grades or health, study suggests
8:10 - Salesforce Cutting 1,000 Roles While Hiring Salespeople for AI
8:30 - Workday to Cut Nearly 2,000 Workers on Profit Focus
8:59 - Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware
9:54 - uBlock Origin is dead for Chrome, but ad blockers live on
11:06 - Disney+ Lost 700,000 Subscribers in Final 3 Months of 2024
11:59 - Banks in Japan are blocking Steam payments for sex games, leaving Japanese adult game devs cut off from income
13:08 - Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could buy TikTok
14:13 - TikTok Traffic Bounces Back as Creators Diversify Amid Shutdown Fears
15:04 - Threads adds another 20M monthly users since December, reaching 320M
15:53 - Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, exit Delaware, WSJ reports
16:34 - Meta's CTO said the metaverse could be a 'legendary misadventure' if the company doesn't boost sales, leaked memo shows
17:52 - “Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed
19:42 - German activists sue X demanding election influence data
20:23 - Reddit community banned as user spat with Musk intensifies

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The Level1 Show February 5 2025: Smart Freezers, Dumb Executives

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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Apple Reports Best Quarter Ever in 1Q 2025 Results: $36.3B Profit on $124.3B Revenue
1:36 - Google announces ‘voluntary exit program’ for Pixel, Android team
3:03 - Only 1 in 10 Oracle Java users want to stay with Big Red
4:13 - Sony removes PlayStation account requirement from 4 single-player Steam games
4:50 - Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 sell out almost instantly
5:38 - Trump to impose 25% to 100% tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, impacting TSMC
6:19 - TSMC founder says Tim Cook told him in 2011 that Intel did not know how to be a foundry
7:34 - Microsoft's new Surface PCs offer Intel Inside for $400 more
8:32 - Comcast is rolling out ‘ultra-low lag’ tech that could fix the internet
9:56 - Garmin users say their GPS watches are bricked
11:02 - Bassinet backlash reflects debate over adding fees to connected devices
11:59 - Walgreens' smart freezer doors were a $200 million misstep
13:19 - Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more
14:05 - More Of The Shame: Software Flaw Exposes Millions of Subarus, Rivers of Driver Data
15:04 - UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by Change Healthcare data breach
16:24 - Lawsuit accuses Amazon of secretly tracking consumers through cellphones
17:09 - NordVPN Says Its New Protocol Can Circumvent VPN Blockers
17:49 - NSA can track powered-down phones: how to actually protect your privacy
19:06 - Logitech’s peel-and-stick radar sensors could let companies invisibly monitor their offices
20:15 - WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware

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The Level1 Show February 4 2025: The Real Super Mario

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0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
2:32 - White House says New Jersey drones ‘authorized to be flown by FAA’
3:58 - White House "looking into" national security implications of DeepSeek's AI
4:56 - JD Vance says Big Tech has "too much power"
5:43 - FCC chair helps ISPs and landlords make deals that renters can’t escape
6:41 - Lawsuit challenges OPM's new email system for privacy concerns
8:04 - Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.gov
9:39 - OpenAI teases “new era” of AI in US, deepens ties with government
10:42 - Bezos vs. Bezos: Amazon sues WA state over Washington Post request for Kuiper records
11:55 - Democrat teams up with movie industry to propose website-blocking law
13:15 - AI-assisted works can get copyright with enough human creativity, says US copyright office
13:40 - US DOJ sues to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion Juniper deal
14:26 - UK considers extending BBC license fee to streaming service users By Investing.com
15:06 - UK council flogging assets to fund £40M Oracle project
16:18 - Cloud services market investigation: provisional findings
17:34 - Record $4.5 billion EU fine punished its innovation, Google tells EU court
18:20 - NATO, EU on high alert as undersea cable attacks escalate in Baltic
19:38 - Italy's regulator blocks Chinese AI app DeepSeek on data protection
20:52 - India lauds Chinese AI lab DeepSeek, plans to host its models on local servers
21:41 - Pakistan outlaws disinformation with imprisonment up to three-years
22:49 - Taiwan says government departments should not use DeepSeek, citing security concerns
23:17 - Nintendo Loses After Trying To Oppose The Trademark For A Costa Rican Grocery Store
24:30 - Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked
25:31 - 'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio
26:16 - Facebook (META) Reality Labs lost $17.7 billion in 2024
27:55 - Meta will pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit with Donald Trump over his 2021 Facebook suspension
28:40 - Groups helping Americans find abortion pills report Instagram ‘shadow-banning’
30:25 - Perplexity AI's bid for TikTok could give US government 50% stake
31:05 - People are listing TikTok-loaded phones for as much as $50,000 on eBay

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A VA Panel that's Almost as Good as an IPS Panel?! Phantom Gaming PG27QRT2A $177 Monitor Review

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Maybe you don't need or want an expensive monitor just for your casual gaming. Well, we think you might like this!

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Music: "Bad Snacks" In the Atomosphere

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Up to 10 M.2 in the Phantom Gaming Z890 Wifi 7 Nova

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Yes, it's intel, but this motherboard has some interesting stuff to it.

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The Level1 Show January 29 2025: Solar is for Sheep

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0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Staffers say Amazon 'botched' its return-to-office strategy
3:11 - Gen Z is 'career catfishing' in power move to irk corporate employers
4:38 - Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review: Brutally fast, but DLSS 4 is the game changer
5:46 - After 18 years, Sony's recordable Blu-ray media production draws to a close — will shut last factory in Feb
6:32 - Intel pitches modular PCs to cut e-waste, ease repairs
7:31 - Earthquake may have affected 20,000 TSMC wafers — the majority will likely have to be scrapped
8:14 - South Carolina to Reboot Giant Nuclear Project to Meet AI Demand
9:03 - Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work
9:59 - Medical Device Company Suddenly Stops Hospitals From Fixing Machines Themselves
11:28 - Google-owned Fitbit to pay $12.2 million after consumers were burned by smartwatches
12:19 - China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets nuclear fusion record, runs 1,006 seconds at 180 million°F
13:43 - Netflix is raising prices after reporting largest-ever subscriber jump
14:26 - macOS Sequoia 15.3 and iOS 18.3 Enable Apple Intelligence Automatically
15:13 - Game Developers Are Getting Fed Up With Their Bosses’ AI Initiatives
16:25 - Florida demand for VPNs surges by 1,150% after Pornhub bans access
16:57 - TikTok unlikely to come back to App Store, Google Play
18:13 - Adobe Premiere Pro now lets you find video clips by describing them
19:21 - Ticketmaster Argues That Competition Would Cost Fans More Money
20:16 - Meta denies forcing accounts to follow Donald Trump, claims hiding Democratic hashtags is a bug
21:06 - Before Zuckerberg yanked it, Meta's fact checking was mostly ineffective
21:50 - AI-generated “challahorse” takes Polish internet by storm after some users think it is genuine
22:43 - Instagram to restrict Korean teenagers' screen time starting today
23:26 - Don't report fires on Facebook says Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue
24:05 - RedNote Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
24:39 - More than 50 Reddit communities ban X links to protest Musk
25:25 - TikTok says it's in the process of restoring service to US

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The Level1 Show January 22 2025: Fly Like A Drone, Straight to DC

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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Microsoft pauses hiring in U.S. consulting unit, memo says
1:17 - Meta to Cut Roughly 5% of Staff, Targeting Lowest Performers
1:41 - Why ‘Cost Avoidance’ Became an AI Buzzword for Holding Down Headcount
2:59 - JPMorgan Faces Staff Backlash After Return-to-Office Mandate
3:28 - Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs
3:56 - Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says net profit rose 57% in 4th quarter
4:20 - Starlink is cheaper than many leading internet providers in Africa
5:40 - Musk Says Neuralink Implanted Third Patient With Brain Device
6:40 - Canadian ‘Super Scooper’ plane grounded after hitting civilian drone over Los Angeles wildfires
7:22 - DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House
8:28 - Nintendo just admitted that emulators are, technically, legal
8:57 - Telegram Shuts Down Z-Library & Anna's Archive Channels Over Copyright Infringement
10:00 - Microsoft testing 45% M365 price hikes in Asia-Pacific
10:54 - Oracle refuses to yield JavaScript trademark, Deno Land says
11:31 - Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress contributor accounts over alleged fork plans
12:51 - Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote
14:47 - Huge GTA 5 Liberty City mod allegedly shut down by Rockstar
16:36 - Australian Open avatars helping tennis reach new audience
17:35 - Platforms Systematically Removed a User Because He Made "Most Wanted CEO" Playing Cards
18:58 - Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
19:31 - Meta says it isn’t ending fact-checks outside the US yet
22:03 - Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
22:40 - Zuckerberg on Rogan: Facebook's censorship was "something out of 1984"
23:30 - Court annuls marriage because bride thought it was just an Instagram stunt
24:50 - Users flock to Chinese Xiaohongshu, or 'RedNote,' with TikTok ban looming
25:15 - RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users

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The Level1 Show January 17 2025: IGUANA EMERGENCY

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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Another new year, another round of job cuts at Microsoft
1:01 - Getty Images and Shutterstock to Merge, Creating a Premier Visual Content Company
1:53 - Amazon workers in North Carolina to hold union vote next month
2:14 - Nvidia launches RTX 50 Blackwell GPUs: $2,000 RTX 5090, $1,000 RTX 5080, RTX 5070 / Ti are $549 and $749
3:24 - Nvidia CEO says his AI chips are improving faster than Moore's Law
4:42 - Quantum Stocks Drop as Nvidia CEO Sees Use Years Away
5:29 - NVIDIA Puts Grace Blackwell on Every Desk and at Every AI Developer’s Fingertips
7:22 - AMD Shows Off Next Generation of Handheld Gaming PCs at CES 2025
7:51 - Samsung is rolling out a smartphone subscription next month
8:50 - Starlink’s New Mini Dish Delivers Portable High-Speed Internet on the Go
9:51 - Chinese RISC-V project teases 2025 debut of advanced chip
10:30 - Lenovo’s Latest Laptop Has a Rollable OLED Screen
11:29 - After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages
13:00 - Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion on AI data centers in FY 2025
13:45 - Tesla directors to pay up to $919 million to settle claims they overpaid themselves
14:47 - The unlicensed OneDrive fun ends this month
15:30 - Microsoft Bing is trying to spoof Google UI when people search Google.com
16:40 - Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It
17:30 - Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
19:00 - Hackers are exploiting a new Ivanti VPN security bug to hack into company networks
19:38 - The Wiretap: Telegram Handing Data On Thousands Of Users To Law Enforcement Across The World
20:13 - Widely used DNA sequencer still doesn’t enforce Secure Boot
21:03 - Online gift card store exposed hundreds of thousands of people's identity documents
22:41 - Is 10,000 steps a day worth your personal data? How 80% of fitness apps are selling your privacy

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