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The Level1 Show June 5th 2024: Junk In The PCI Slot

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0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Samsung workers’ union announces first-ever strike for chipmaker | South Korea | The Guardian
1:35 - Fisker cuts hundreds of workers in bid to keep EV startup alive | TechCrunch
2:05 - Bay Area carmaker lays off hundreds after raising $1 billion
2:42 - Phoenix Labs lays off 162 Bay Area workers in yet more video game cuts
3:24 - Klarna using GenAI to cut marketing costs by $10 mln annually | Reuters
5:11 - Salesforce (CRM) Q1 earnings report 2025
5:39 - 'Furiosa' Edges 'Garfield' in Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995 - Times of San Diego
7:01 - Nearly 80% of Americans now consider fast food a 'luxury' due to high prices | Fox Business
8:19 - Arm’s next-gen Immortalis is more powerful and power-efficient - The Verge
9:05 - Gigabyte's new B650E motherboard supports plump graphics cards weighing up to 58 kg | PC Gamer
10:05 - Data centers could use 9% of US electricity by 2030, research institute says | Reuters
10:57 - AST SpaceMobile, Verizon partner on satellite internet
12:04 - Android's new Instant Hotspot feature won't be available on Samsung devices
12:46 - Spacetop, the radical new laptop with no screen, is ready for launch | PCWorld
14:33 - A startup’s “tablet” gears up to take on Apple’s iPad – On my Om
16:05 - Exclusive: Google, augmented reality startup Magic Leap strike partnership deal | Reuters
16:42 - BYD Says Its New Hybrid Cars Can Go 1,250 Miles Without Gas or Charging
17:41 - Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified - Dexerto
18:51 - Tool may help find missing people in Colorado’s backcountry within minutes
21:04 - HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm
22:14 - YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers
23:57 - Press Release: PayPal Announces New Leaders to Build New Advertising Platform and Accelerate Consumer Product Innovation - May 28, 2024
24:48 - Microsoft's Automatic Super Resolution arrives to improve gaming performance — Auto SR serves as an upscaler similar to Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR | Tom's Hardware
25:44 - Bungie Wins Lawsuit Against Cheat Maker Aimjunkies | PCMag
27:25 - Google threatens to pause Google News Initiative funding in U.S.
28:37 - VBScript deprecation: Timelines and next steps | Windows IT Pro Blog
29:07 - Apple says it will put its AI processing data in a "cloud black box" to keep it private | TechRadar
29:46 - Star Citizen Pushes Through the $700 Million Raised Mark and No, There Still Isn’t a Release Date - IGN
30:41 - Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council
31:54 - ICQ will stop working from June 26
32:43 - Meta says it removed six influence campaigns including those from Israel and China - The Verge
33:19 - Instagram’s ‘limits’ adds a mute button for everyone other than close friends - The Verge
34:07 - White House rejected offer from TikTok allowing US government to oversee app | The Independent
35:37 - Exclusive: TikTok preparing a US copy of the app’s core algorithm, sources say | Reuters
37:09 - UK mother of boy who killed himself seeks right to access his social media | Internet safety | The Guardian
38:16 - More Ontario school boards file suits against social media giants | CBC News
39:07 - Pope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saint

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The Level1 Show May 8 2024: The Year of the Windows 10 Desktop

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0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Tesla makes its newest cut: Interns
1:14 - Peloton to lay off 400 employees as CEO Barry McCarthy departs
1:46 - Google cuts hundreds of 'Core' workers, moves jobs to India, Mexico
2:35 - Google urges US to update immigration rules to attract more AI talent
3:17 - WEF president: 'We haven't seen this kind of debt since the Napoleonic Wars'
4:01 - Dave & Buster's to allow customers to bet on arcade games
5:52 - Even Walmart thinks American healthcare is too expensive
6:46 - Motherboard makers apparently to blame for high-end Intel Core i9 CPU failures
7:57 - U.S. chipmaker Intel was once dominant, now struggles to stay relevant
9:02 - CenturyLink left users with no service for two months, then billed them $239
10:16 - Exclusive: Tesla retreats from next-generation ‘gigacasting’ manufacturing process
11:48 - The Apple Vision Pro’s eBay prices are making me sad
12:30 - Sales of Samsung's foldable phones have nosedived in China
12:57 - The world's largest 3D printer is at a university in Maine. It just unveiled an even bigger one
13:58 - Satellite operator SES acquiring Intelsat in $3.1 billion deal
14:44 - Razer made a million dollars selling a mask with RGB, and the FTC is not pleased
15:31 - Rabbit R1 First Impressions: How I've Been Using the Handheld AI Assistant So Far
16:36 - Google’s payments to Apple reached $20 billion in 2022, antitrust court documents show
17:27 - Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining
17:55 - Microsoft says April Windows updates break VPN connections
18:18 - Bill Gates Is Still Pulling Strings at Microsoft, Overseeing AI Ideas
20:18 - Roblox players to start seeing video ads in its virtual realms
21:04 - Huawei Secretly Backs US Research, Awarding Millions in Prizes
21:52 - RISC-V support in Android just got a big setback
22:36 - Google Phone app rolling out 'Audio Emoji' feature
23:06 - Apple working to fix alarming iPhone issue
24:11 - Switching Your Credit Card May Not Stop a Streaming Service's Recurring Charges
25:49 - Walmart and Roblox are teaming up to make virtual e-commerce a reality
26:46 - Amazon says its Prime deliveries are getting even faster
27:25 - Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement
28:49 - Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete them
29:38 - HouseFresh disappeared from Google Search results. Now what?
32:23 - Encrypted email service files complaint over Google results
33:51 - Spotify just hid song lyrics behind its subscription
34:26 - Tens of millions secretly use WhatsApp despite bans
35:21 - Instagram Goes After Accounts That Only Repost Other People's Content
36:28 - A Lawsuit Argues Meta Is Required by Law to Let You Control Your Own Feed

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Review and Build Test of the ASRock WRX 90 WS EVO With 24 Core Threadripper

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Finally, a commercial wrx90 that's not weird! This motherboard from ASRock might be the board you are looking for, so join Wendell as he breaks it down!

Get yours here: https://newegg.io/nc61fd34f6

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Build Time with Z790 Taichi Carrara

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13th gen Intel is here and Wendell needs a new build for future testing and benchmarking! Enter the z790 Taichi Carrara! This video goes over the ins and out of the motherboard, bringing to attention the kind of memory support, the amount of PCIe Lanes and that smooth marble looking finish!

Check it out here: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813162092

Look out for a Livestream later today!!!

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Intro and Outro Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk
Other Music: "Lively" by Zeeky Beats

Edited by Autumn

RYZEN 7000 LAUNCH DAY BLOWOUT! DDR5, PCIe 5, Benchmarks, and MORE!

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AM5 is here! Wendell has a lot to say about it so buckle up!

0:00 - Intro
0:25 - System Overview
3:19 - Socket Overview
4:23 - What's Up With X670 and X670E?
9:45 - Talking Memory
14:51 - Cooling and Power Usage
16:21 - Built In Graphics
19:01 - Benchmarks
23:44 - Overclocking
27:15 - Final Thoughts

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Building with BeQuiet! Featuring the Pure Base 500 FX Case and the Pure Loop 2 FX Cooler!

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Pure Base 500 FX Case: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B087D7DBW6/?tag=level1techs-20
MSI MPG B550 Carbon Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BWZGSHB/?tag=level1techs-20
MSI SUPREME X 3090ti: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R9JPVK9/?tag=level1techs-20

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Gigabyte MW34SP0 Motherboard Review

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https://www.gigabyte.com/Enterprise/Server-Motherboard/MW34-SP0-rev-10

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ASRock WRX80 Creator Motherboard Review

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Threadripper 5000 Inbound: Checking Out the Gigabyte MC62-G40WRX80

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TR5K COMETH! Wendell is very excited, so here's a motherboard review! Yeah!

https://www.gigabyte.com/Enterprise/Server-Motherboard/MC62-G40-rev-10

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SuperMicro M12SWA-TF and Threadripper!

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AMD Threadripper 5000 is here! Kind of... But the WRX 80 motherboards are here at least... after waiting for over a year for the last gen that never showed... Oh well! We have the Supermicro M12SWA-TF now to go with our Threadripper 3000 while we wait for the Threadripper 5000.
Lots of numbers in this description...
The Motherboard:
https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/M12SWA-TF

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