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Where's My Framework 16?! A Chat with Tom Lawrence on Upgrading Wendell's old Laptop

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 18 2025: Itty Bitty Xbox

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Phison's NEW SSD Controller: Better Laptop Battery, Faster Performance!

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The HP Zbook Ultra G1A MONSTER Laptop Linux Setup Guide!

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ROG Flow z13 Using Linux!

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show May 21 2025: Bye Bye Bing Search

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128 gigs of RAM in this ROG Flow Z13 Tablet!?

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MinisForum's MDSA156 15.6" Dual Portable Monitor Quick Overview

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The Level1 Show March 18 2025: Et Tu, Graber?

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The Level1 Show March 12 2025: UBlock Pushed Over the Edge

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Where's My Framework 16?! A Chat with Tom Lawrence on Upgrading Wendell's old Laptop

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Wendell has switched over to Strix Halo, but that doesn't mean his Framework 16 isn't getting any love! Go check out @LAWRENCESYSTEMS

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 18 2025: Itty Bitty Xbox

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0:00 - Intro
0:46 - 2020s on course to be weakest decade for global economy since 1960s, says World Bank
1:46 - Google continues cost-cutting tactic of throwing cash at employees to leave
2:37 - Apple lets developers tap into its offline AI models
3:31 - YouTube shuts down ad-blocker loophole, tightens restrictions
4:24 - Amazon Doubles Ad Load on Prime Video
4:57 - Nintendo's Nightmarish Virtual Game Cards Make the Switch 2 a DRM Minefield
6:35 - Pirate Site Visits Dip to 216 Billion a Year, But Manga Piracy is Booming
7:38 - An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories
8:27 - Nvidia is building the 'world's first' industrial AI cloud—German facility to leverage 10,000 GPUs, DGX B200, and RTX Pro servers
9:25 - Nvidia Secures 92% GPU Market Share in Q1 2025
9:35 - AMD Advancing AI 2025 Megathread
10:21 - Talen Energy and Amazon sign nuclear power deal to fuel data centers
10:55 - ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming devices are real and will be released during the 2025 holiday season
11:54 - Apple will end support for Intel Macs next year, macOS 27 will require Apple Silicon
12:38 - Seagate’s new 4TB Xbox expansion card costs more than the Xbox Series S
13:07 - Nintendo Switch 2 and What It Means for the Stock
14:01 - Anker is recalling over 1.1 million power banks due to fire risks
14:47 - 2026 Volvo EX60 Debuts New Seatbelt Design That Adapts to You
16:19 - French Tesla customers file lawsuit over brand becoming 'extreme-right' symbol
17:00 - Smartphone addiction: Researchers concerned about problematic use
18:13 - Apple’s new design language is Liquid Glass
20:47 - “Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.
22:22 - Palantir’s Collection of Disease Data at C.D.C. Stirs Privacy Concerns
22:59 - Researchers confirm two journalists were hacked with Paragon spyware
23:53 - University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations
25:04 - 40,000 cameras expose feeds to datacenters, health clinics
25:51 - Over $90,000 worth of RTX 5090 GPUs have been replaced in-box by crossbody backpacks at just one Silicon Valley Micro Center
26:33 - A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account
27:26 - Major US grocery distributor warns of disruption after cyberattack
28:18 - California county accused of using drones to spy on residents
30:22 - FBI: BADBOX 2.0 Android malware infects millions of consumer devices
31:01 - Laws target reckless drivers with speed limiting technology

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Phison's NEW SSD Controller: Better Laptop Battery, Faster Performance!

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Can you really improve your laptop's battery life by just swapping your SSD? Sure you can! Wendell explains how.

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The HP Zbook Ultra G1A MONSTER Laptop Linux Setup Guide!

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Strix Halo is a crazy piece of kit, so what better to do than put Linux on it?

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/the-ultimate-arch-secureboot-guide-for-…

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ROG Flow z13 Using Linux!

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Wendell is here to show you how the Flow z13 holds up using Linux!
Related content! Check out this forum post regarding arch secureboot
https://forum.level1techs.com/t/the-ultimate-arch-secureboot-guide-for-…

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show May 21 2025: Bye Bye Bing Search

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0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Epic Resubmits Fortnite to U.S. App Store After Not Hearing From Apple for 120+ Hours
1:16 - Fortnite is now offline on iOS as Apple blocks game, Epic Games says
2:17 - Chegg to lay off 22% of workforce as AI tools shake up edtech industry
2:52 - Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce
3:43 - Microsoft Cuts Off Access to Bing Search Data as It Shifts Focus to Chatbots
4:48 - Huawei introduces its first laptop running HarmonyOS rather than Windows
5:46 - Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection
6:42 - Netflix ad tier has 94 million monthly active users
7:01 - Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026
7:53 - Valve takes another step toward making SteamOS a true Windows competitor
9:33 - VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them
10:17 - Google updating its ‘G’ icon for the first time in 10 years
11:24 - Overwatch Devs Unionize In A Pivotal Year For The Hero Shooter
12:42 - Panasonic to cut 10,000 jobs in major restructuring
13:08 - Nvidia reportedly raises GPU prices by 10-15% as manufacturing costs surge — tariffs and TSMC price hikes filter down to retailers
14:07 - Apple may release a ‘mostly glass, curved iPhone’ in 2027
15:09 - iPhone Shipments Crash 50% in China as Local Brands Dominate
16:31 - Nintendo says your Switch 2 isn’t really yours even if you paid for it
17:38 - Lithium deposit valued at $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.
18:21 - Sony considers PS5 price hikes to cover Trump’s tariffs
18:58 - Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products
19:56 - Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters
21:36 - Tesla changes lease policy, didn’t use old cars as robotaxis
22:18 - Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters
23:36 - License Plate Reading Firm Reportedly Building a Surveillance Tool for Cops Using Hacked Data
25:12 - Airlines Are Selling Your Data to ICE
26:15 - Coinbase Pledges $20M for Info on Extortionists
27:05 - Marks & Spencer confirms customers' personal data was stolen in hack
27:32 - ‘Aggressive’ hackers of UK retailers are now targeting US stores, says Google
28:17 - A North Korean agent applied for a job at a popular crypto firm: They tripped him up with a simple question about Halloween
29:49 - Police dismantles botnet selling hacked routers as residential proxies
31:08 - Valve confirms Steam 2FA leak affecting 89 million users, no passwords compromised

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128 gigs of RAM in this ROG Flow Z13 Tablet!?

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Join Wendell on his unboxing of this portable workstation! Featuring AMD STRIX!

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MinisForum's MDSA156 15.6" Dual Portable Monitor Quick Overview

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Wendell is about to be on the move; traveling around for all the cool tech stuff! Will this dual monitor be helpful? Keep up with us to find out!

Want one for yourself? Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DS5G95CZ/level1techs-20

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The Level1 Show March 18 2025: Et Tu, Graber?

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0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Trump Promises To Abuse Take It Down Act For Censorship, Just As We Warned
3:28 - Trump Justice Dept. reaffirms Biden-era proposal to break up Google
3:57 - Mozilla’s response to proposed remedies in U.S. v. Google
5:20 - Trump signs order to establish strategic bitcoin reserve
6:12 - Republicans in no rush to follow Trump's push to repeal CHIPS Act
7:55 - Donald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against It
9:48 - Tech Execs Are Pushing Trump to Build 'Freedom Cities' Run by Corporations
11:15 - U.S. Likely to Ban Chinese App DeepSeek From Government Devices
12:17 - FTC to pursue Amazon Prime case after delay request due to constraints
13:41 - Zoox robotaxis do not meet federal safety standards, agency says
14:32 - Rules for Portable Batteries on Planes Are Changing. Here’s What to Know.
16:44 - EU denies picking on US tech giants, says US also tackling monopolisation
18:28 - Final report into mobile browsers and cloud gaming published
19:31 - Spain to impose massive fines for not labelling AI-generated content
20:44 - France rejects controversial encryption backdoor provision
21:35 - Saudi Investment Fund pays $3.5bn to capture Pokémon Go
22:43 - Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’
24:30 - $16B health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet
25:29 - Facebook ‘worked hand in glove’ with China, claims ex-director
25:48 - Meta puts stop on promotion of tell-all book by former employee
27:32 - Meta plans to test and tinker with X’s community notes algorithm
28:16 - Meta mocked for raising “Bob Dylan defense” of torrenting in AI copyright fight
29:40 - At SXSW, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg with Latin phrase T-shirt
30:44 - X Suffers Third Global Outage Today; Users In US, UK, India Report Issues

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The Level1 Show March 12 2025: UBlock Pushed Over the Edge

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0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Intel is back—stop talking about breaking it up: Craig Barrett | Fortune
2:01 - Intel delays first Ohio chip factory in New Albany, again
2:30 - Exclusive: Nvidia and Broadcom testing chips on Intel manufacturing process, sources say | Reuters
3:13 - Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: No, it’s not “4090 performance at $549” - Ars Technica
3:57 - Brother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink - Ars Technica
4:59 - Lenovo’s ThinkBook Flip puts an extra-tall folding display on a laptop | The Verge
6:02 - Google’s Taara Hopes to Usher in a New Era of Internet Powered by Light | WIRED
6:39 - World's first "Synthetic Biological Intelligence" runs on living human cells
7:52 - Google is expanding AI Overviews worldwide, and adding an AI Mode | The Verge
8:28 - Daring Fireball: Why Can’t We Screenshot Frames From DRM-Protected Video on Apple Devices?
9:17 - Steam Survey For February 2025 Shows A Big Drop To Linux Use - Phoronix
10:17 - Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data | The Verge
12:33 - Software firm Autodesk pivots to AI, announces layoffs - Fast Company
13:29 - Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge - Neowin
14:09 - Microsoft Warns of Chinese Hackers Spying on Cloud Technology
14:48 - YouTube warns creators an AI-generated video of its CEO is being used for phishing scams | The Verge
15:33 - Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes - Ars Technica
16:15 - Open-source tool 'Rayhunter' helps users detect Stingray attacks
17:08 - Electronic employee monitoring reaches an all-time high – Computerworld
18:21 - Broadcom urges VMware customers to patch ‘emergency’ zero-day bugs under active exploitation | TechCrunch

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