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The Level1 Show February 19 2025: To DCMA or not to DCMA

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Data Center Power Demand Almost Doubled in Virginia, Utility Says
1:26 - PassMark sees the first yearly drop in average CPU performance in its 20 years of benchmark results
1:57 - Nvidia delays the RTX 5070 till after AMD’s reveal
2:36 - Handful of users claim new Nvidia GPUs are melting power cables again
3:45 - OpenAI set to finalize first custom chip design this year
4:31 - Automakers Sue To Kill Maine’s Hugely Popular ‘Right To Repair’ Law
5:36 - Drone Maker Anduril to Take Over Managing Microsoft Goggles for US Army
6:20 - Apple teases special product launch coming February 19
6:56 - T‑Mobile Starlink Beta Takes Off
7:44 - Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin to cut 10% of its workforce
8:17 - Microchip company ceases operations, pet owners urged to re-register
9:35 - Brain implant that could boost mood by using ultrasound to go under NHS trial
11:20 - Stellantis Introduces Pop-Up Ads in Vehicles, Sparking Outrage Among Owners
12:50 - YouTube TV Viewing Overtakes Mobile Viewing, CEO Neal Mohan Says
13:59 - Google Chrome may soon use “AI” to replace compromised passwords
14:27 - Brave now lets you inject custom JavaScript to tweak websites
15:12 - Nintendo awarded another US patent targeting mechanics seen in Palworld
16:30 - IT Unemployment Rises to 5.7% as AI Hits Tech Jobs
17:00 - Amazon is closing a Kindle loophole that makes it easy to remove DRM
18:15 - AI Licensing Deals Now Account for 10% of Reddit's Revenue
19:02 - Meta Starts Eliminating Jobs in Shift to Find AI Talent
19:49 - Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook
20:17 - Apple Comes Crawling Back to X Like a Dog
21:06 - YouTube seems to doubt whether Shakespeare is in the public domain
22:46 - TikTok returns to the App Store ahead of new iPhone launch next week

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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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The Level1 Show February 18 2025: AI Safety Not Guaranteed

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0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US
1:47 - ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online
2:53 - FCC chair Brendan Carr is a weapon in Trump’s war on free speech
3:52 - Teen sentenced to 48 months in prison in nationwide swatting spree
4:46 - US gov't pushing TSMC and Intel to create joint venture in the US
6:28 - Trump administration moves to suspend national EV charger rollout
7:31 - DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency
8:32 - The Trump administration restores federal webpages after court order
9:13 - Waste.gov locks down after people discover it’s a WordPress template
10:18 - FTC Finalizes Order with DoNotPay That Prohibits Deceptive 'AI Lawyer' Claims, Imposes Monetary Relief, and Requires Notice to Past Subscribers
11:22 - State department removes word ‘Tesla’ from $400m US armoured vehicles list
12:18 - Man Who Hijacked SEC's X Account to Pump Bitcoin Faces Up to Five Years in Prison
12:57 - After Copilot trial, workers' attitude to AI soured
14:02 - SFC Files Amicus Brief in Support of Users' Rights under AGPLv3§7
14:48 - UK and US refuse to sign international AI declaration
15:29 - U.K. demand for a back door to Apple data threatens Americans, lawmakers say
16:41 - Brits Want to Ban ‘Smarter Than Human’ AI
18:23 - UK drops 'safety' from its AI body, now called AI Security Institute, inks MOU with Anthropic
19:34 - EU Sets Out $200 Billion AI Spending Plan in Bid to Catch Up With U.S., China
20:04 - Microsoft to adjust Office-Teams pricing in bid to avoid EU antitrust fine, sources say
20:56 - German regulator charges Apple with abuse of power over app tracking tool
21:43 - Europe ‘not in the AI race today,’ French President Macron says
22:11 - China Sets Up 'Planetary Defense' Unit Over 2032 Asteroid Threat
22:40 - New hack uses prompt injection to corrupt Gemini’s long-term memory
23:58 - Lee Enterprises faces 'cybersecurity' attack affecting newspapers
24:50 - OpenAI Hack? AI Giant Investigating Claim of 20 Million Stolen User Credentials
25:39 - Apple fixes zero-day exploited in 'extremely sophisticated' attacks
26:24 - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr., Calls On Venmo, Zelle, Cash App To Better Protect Consumers From Fraud – Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
27:51 - DOGE Website Hacked and Defaced — Internet Laughs at Musk: 'These Experts Left Their Database Open'

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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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ASRock Steel Legend Z890: In Search of Improvement for the Intel Ultra 9

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So yeah, the Intel Ultra 9 is a little janky. But it's been a bit since launch, have there been any improvements? Wendell takes a look using the ASRock Steel Legend Z890!

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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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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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Edited by Autumn

LOCKERSTOR 8 Gen3 AS6808T: A Great RYZEN NAS for Small Businesses

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Storage is important; and so are backups! Join Wendell has he reviews the LOCKERSTOR 8 Gen3 AS6808T from ASUSTOR.

Want one for your small business? Grab it here:
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Newegg: https://newegg.io/nc0dd0d81f

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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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