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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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The Level1 Show September 4 2024: Brains 4 Rent

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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Labor board confirms Amazon drivers are employees, in finding hailed by union
5:04 - Apple lays off employees working on Books and News
6:58 - End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
7:50 - Tencent, NetEase Rethink Japan Approach as Game Strategy Stalls
9:09 - Intel board member quit after differences over chipmaker's revival plan
10:43 - iFixit: The Samsung Galaxy Ring is $400 of 'disposable tech'
11:41 - Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
13:28 - Why Gen Z & Millennials are hung up on answering the phone
14:42 - A lot of new in-car tech is “not necessary,” survey finds
16:47 - Why Ford believes its $1.9 billion EV shift will benefit the automaker
17:44 - Human brain organoid bioprocessors now available to rent for $500 per month
18:44 - Klarna continues profitable start to 2024 as it mulls US IPO
21:13 - Microsoft backtracks on deprecating the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel
22:12 - The US military's latest psyop? Advertising on Tinder
22:51 - Mark Zuckerberg regrets his handling of 'government pressure' on COVID content
26:11 - TikTok must face a lawsuit for recommending the viral ‘blackout challenge’

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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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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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Zen5 Gaming: Where's my 5%? Windows vs "Patch" Windows vs Linux & The "Lost" Performance Ramble

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So you noticed some discrepancies in some of the Ryzen 9000s reviews eh? We noticed too. Here is Wendell's take.

0:00 Intro
0:25 Things You Need to Understand
1:24 What is Virtualization Based Security
2:09 Cyberpunk 2077 7700x
2:19 Showcasing the Problem with Cyberpunk 2077 and VBS
5:55 Educated Guess
6:13 The Other Thing to Understand with VBS
7:29 Shadow of the Tomb Raider is Different
8:38 Admin Mode Thing
10:29 How Do You Know You're Running VBS?
11:23 Wendell Ramble Time
13:47 Let's Talk About Linux
14:42 DO NOT TAKE THIS OUT OF CONTEXT!!!
15:13 Far Cry 6 and Honesty
16:34 Generally on Linux
17:59 Core Parking and Game Mode
19:17 F1 2023 Windows and Linux
20:42 I'm Doing Benchmarking Wrong
24:35 It Comes Back to Cyberpunk
26:11 The Other Problem with Benchmarking on Linux
30:47 Borderlands 3
31:36 The Importance of This Video
31:57 Bios Settings
36:59 Windows May be the Issue?
37:42 Windows May NOT be the Issue?
38:31 How's the Non-Gaming Stuff?
38:58 Conclusion

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The Level1 Show August 21 2024: Disbarment+

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Bay Area's Cisco reveals $10.3B yearly profit, thousands of layoffs
2:05 - Sonos lays off 100 employees as its app crisis continues
3:27 - Paramount Global to lay off 15% of U.S. workforce and close TV studio
5:25 - Video of Eric Schmidt blaming remote work for Google's woes mysteriously vanishes
7:47 - Disney+ streaming terms mean lawsuit after LI doc Kanokporn Tangsuan's food allergy death must be tossed, Disney says
11:28 - Intel sells stake in Arm, estimated to raise $147 million as part of business turnaround
12:29 - AMD’s new Zen 5 CPUs fail to impress during early reviews
13:40 - Redbox app axed, dashing people’s hopes of keeping purchased content
15:41 - New AI tool enables real-time face swapping on webcams, raising fraud concerns
17:27 - Apple says Patreon must switch to its billing system or risk removal from App Store
18:40 - Google Chrome drops support for the most popular ad blocker, leaving over 30 million users stranded
20:11 - Valve confirms it'll support the ROG Ally with its Steam Deck operating system
21:01 - We played Valve’s secret new shooter, Deadlock
21:24 - Valve banned The Verge from its secret Deadlock playtest for leaking information on the game

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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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The Level1 Show August 14 2024: uBlock'd

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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Asus, MSI Release Motherboard BIOS Updates to Address Intel CPU Bug
2:33 - Intel Foundry Achieves Major Milestones
3:24 - The AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X Review: Zen 5 is Alive
5:07 - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
8:29 - Netflix suffers "the biggest leaking disaster in anime history" as significant chunk of its 2024 slate appears online
9:03 - Crunchyroll Passes 15 Million Monthly Paid Subscribers
9:40 - Delta to CrowdStrike: Don't Blame Us for Tech Problems
12:18 - Video game actors are officially on strike over AI
14:28 - Why Sonos's biggest fans turned against it
18:32 - Apple revises DMA compliance for App Store link-outs, applying fewer restrictions and a new fee structure
21:41 - A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
22:11 - Dell lays off thousands of workers in sales reorganization
23:44 - Logitech’s ‘forever’ mouse isn’t happening
24:14 - Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line
26:07 - Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled
27:55 - Hyundai and Kia's new anti-theft software is showing results
29:00 - Cyberattack knocks Mobile Guardian MDM offline and wipes thousands of student devices

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The Level1 Show August 7 2024: Intel Annihilation

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0:00 - Intro
0:48 - 'A cesspool': Laid-off California tech workers are sick of LinkedIn
3:49 - US court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rules
5:29 - Apple reports record revenues despite stagnant iPhone sales
6:54 - Game developers liken Apple Arcade to an abusive relationship
8:28 - Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’
13:52 - US progressives push for Nvidia antitrust investigation
16:50 - Microsoft is removing ads from Skype
18:36 - Reddit CEO says Microsoft needs to pay to search the site
22:03 - Xbox console sales continue to crater with massive 42% revenue drop
23:30 - US factory orders fall more than expected in June
24:15 - Bungie CEO faces backlash after announcing 220 employees will be laid off
24:58 - How Your Life Savings Could Digitally Evaporate
26:53 - After 15 years, the maintainer of Homebrew plans to make a living
29:14 - Ultra-processed foods: Study finds link to cognitive decline, stroke

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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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