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The Level1 Show October 23nd: FAero-well-garden

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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Intel & AMD Form An x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group
2:46 - Intel laying off 1,300 workers from Oregon site as it reduces workforce by 15,000 workers company wide
3:35 - Amazon.com joins push for nuclear power to meet data center demand
4:12 - Google signs deal with nuclear company as data center power demand surges
5:01 - ASML loses $75.7 billion market cap from updated sales projections, likely due to lower demand from China and delayed Intel fab
5:46 - SSD prices could drop up to 10% ahead of the New Year – TrendForce predicts an increase in production and weaker demand
6:31 - Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon Dev Kit, refunds all orders
8:17 - How this smart garden stopped growing
9:53 - SpaceX Requests Starlink Gen2 Modification, Previews Gigabit-Speeds
11:21 - Apple Headset Stalls, Struggles to Attract Killer Apps in First Year
12:48 - Gurman: Apple Could Release $2,000 'Apple Vision' Headset Next Year
13:26 - Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition hands-on: color E Ink looks pretty good
14:17 - Standing desks do not reduce risk of stroke and heart failure, study suggests
15:40 - Apple’s new feature lets brands put their stamp on emails and calls to your iPhone
17:08 - Samsung wants future phones to have no Settings menu at all
18:01 - TV ads to target households on individual streets
19:21 - Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin
20:21 - Google asks 9th Circuit for emergency stay, says Epic ruling ‘is dangerous’
21:29 - Nintendo, famed for hating emulation, likely using Windows PCs to emulate SNES games at its museum
23:24 - Netflix raises prices as password boost fades
25:11 - AI-Powered Social Media Manipulation App Promises to 'Shape Reality'
26:57 - Meta ‘Supreme Court’ expands with European center to handle TikTok, YouTube cases
27:33 - Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more
29:01 - X Slammed for Allowing Blocked Users to See Posts Anyway: 'Countless People Will Be Put in Definitive Danger'
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The Level1 Show October 22nd: Like, Favorite, and Click to Cancel

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0:00 - Intro
1:25 - The Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Create Deepfake Internet Users
4:34 - The FCC is looking into the impact of broadband data caps and why they still exist
5:25 - FTC takes on subscription traps with 'click to cancel' rule
6:56 - Biden Administration to Invest $900 Million in Small Nuclear Reactors
8:53 - Hacker arrested for the fake SEC tweet that caused a Bitcoin price spike
9:39 - UK considering making USB-C the common charging standard, following the EU
10:23 - EU regulators may fine several Musk-owned companies for Digital Services Act violations
11:52 - Chinese cyber association calls for review of Intel products sold in China
12:33 - South Korea vows to prevent technology leaks with heavier penalties
14:33 - India plans laptop import curbs to boost local manufacturing, sources say
15:07 - Cisco investigates breach after stolen data for sale on hacking forum
15:54 - Casio confirms customer data stolen in a ransomware attack
16:44 - National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy
17:36 - Discord Disputes DMCA Subpoena, Rejects Role as 'Anti-Piracy' Partner
19:51 - Chinese Scientists Report Using Quantum Computer to Hack Military-grade Encryption
21:10 - Chicago-Area Billboards Hacked to Show MrBeast Endorsing Anti-Israel Messages

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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!

https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-ser9-ai-9-hx-370

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The Level1 Show October 16th: Backdoor 4 Beijing

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0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Samsung apologizes for making just $6.8 billion last quarter
2:16 - Cognizant faces legal setback: US court finds company discriminated towards non-Indian workers
3:11 - Global semiconductor sales up 20.6% to hit record $53.1B
4:04 - Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs offer 'parity' performance at half the power
5:39 - AMD launches MI325X AI chip to rival Nvidia's Blackwell
7:31 - M4 MacBook Pro offered for sale on Russian site; likely real
8:40 - Nintendo announces new game hardware: an alarm clock called Alarmo
10:58 - Nintendo Switch Modder Who Refused to Shut Down Now Takes to Court Against Nintendo Without a Lawyer
12:14 - 'Nearly unusable': Calif. police majorly push back on Tesla cop cars
15:10 - Fisker bankruptcy hits major speed bump as fleet sale is now in question
16:39 - Windows 11's big 2024 update leaves behind ~9GB of undeletable files
17:11 - Roblox accused of lying to investors about user numbers by Hindenburg Research
19:22 - Chinese hack shows why Apple is right about security backdoors
20:42 - Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
21:01 - Hacktivists Claim Responsibility for Taking Down the Internet Archive
22:20 - Porch Pirates Across the Country Target AT&T iPhones Delivered By FedEx
23:35 - MoneyGram says hackers stole customers' personal information and transaction data
24:07 - OpenAI Says China-Linked Group Tried to Phish Its Employees
24:29 - American Water warns of billing outages after finding hackers in its systems
25:12 - Comcast confirms 237K affected in feisty breach notification
25:45 - Fidelity says data breach exposed personal data of 77,000 customers
26:23 - CTV industry’s unprecedented “surveillance”

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AMD EPYC Server Benchmarking and Review! Featuring Turin and 9575F

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It craves the power! It needs the power! 500 watts!

Benchmarks: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/amd-epyc-turin-is-out-9575f-benchmarkin…

0:00 intro
1:20 recap
3:05 product list
5:42 let's talk about power
6:22 benchmarking
13:16 COMSOL
14:47 OpenVINO
15:44 conclusion

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The Level1 Show October 9th: Good Guy Gabe

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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Microsoft exec reassures staff there’s no plan for Amazon-style RTO
1:40 - Amazon’s Shark Tank-like Buy It Now gets a trailer
3:39 - Steam will let you sue Valve now
4:29 - Raspberry Pi launches camera module for vision-based AI applications
6:25 - Cerebras files for IPO
7:46 - AMD improves Zen 5 CPU latency and performance with BIOS updates
8:36 - Starlink Surpasses 4 Million Subscribers, Cementing Dominance in Satellite Internet
10:21 - Palmer Luckey: Every country needs a 'warrior class' excited to enact 'violence on others in pursuit of good aims'
14:11 - Mazda’s $10 Subscription For Remote Start Sparks Backlash After Killing Open Source Option
15:14 - Helene damage in Spruce Pine, N.C. could induce chip shortage, threaten economy
16:16 - Enel X Way North America is shutting down – here's what we know
18:02 - Behind OpenAI's audacious plan to make AI flow like electricity
19:29 - Google’s AI search summaries officially have ads
19:47 - More ads are coming to Amazon Prime Video
21:30 - Did Apple just kill social apps?
22:51 - Juno YouTube App for Vision Pro Removed From App Store
24:33 - Nintendo has reportedly shut down Ryujinx, the Switch emulator that was supposedly immune
26:13 - Bank of America is down: Users report their accounts showing empty balance during widespread outage
26:44 - AT&T claims VMware offered it a 1,050 percent price rise
28:26 - Ubisoft investors push for company sale as shares hit decade-low
30:15 - The Arch Linux team is now working directly with Valve — SteamOS and Arch should both benefit greatly
31:30 - People are posting 'fake animal rescues' for social media likes
32:45 - The Hawk Tuah Girl's Podcast "Talk Tuah" Becomes the 3rd Most Popular Podcast on Spotify in the US after The Joe Rogan Experience and The Tucker Carlson Show
35:12 - Meta hit with new author copyright lawsuit over AI training
35:43 - Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible
36:45 - Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated

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A Motherboard and CPU for $150? On Ali Express? Let's Check it Out!

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Wendell takes a look at this weird Intel Mobo/CPU combo thing he found on Ali Express. Seems legit!

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807333040024.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2u…

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Intel Has a Problem Part 2: Post Mortem: Revived. But the Aftermath?

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Micro Codes have been dispatched. Wendell's got more than a handful of affected CPUs. So? How dead is Intel?

Check out the forum post: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/intel-firmware-updates-october-2024/217…

0:00 intro
1:00 Background
3:30 A Deeper Dive into the Data
5:40 It has to do with the Cooling
9:09 Also Probably Because of the Workload
11:17 Intel Micro Code Release
16:33 The T series?
18:15 Are you Safe?
20:12 Is this Intel's Fault?
22:10 Conclusion

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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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Virtual Machine Migration Made Easy: All About AMD and VMWare's VAMT Software

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Wendell lays out just how easy it can be to migrate your VMs with this cool new tech from AMD and VMWare!

https://github.com/vmware-samples/vmware-architecture-migration-tool

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