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The Level1 Links With Friends Show April 23 2025: Pour One Out

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0:00 - Intro
0:58 - Client Caution Weighs on India's $280 Billion Tech Services Industry
1:47 - Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says he believes sellers will pass increased tariff costs on to consumers
2:26 - Intel to sell majority stake in Altera for $4.46 billion to fund revival effort
3:00 - TSMC denies reports of joint venture with Intel as US pushes for domestic chip solutions
3:24 - Sony hikes PlayStation 5 price by 25% as Trump tariffs bite
4:07 - Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days
4:57 - Older people who use smartphones ‘have lower rates of cognitive decline’
5:59 - New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times
7:15 - Figma sent a cease-and-desist letter to Lovable over the term 'Dev Mode'
8:01 - Samsung pauses One UI 7 rollout worldwide
8:30 - Risks to children playing Roblox ‘deeply disturbing’, say researchers
9:25 - Meta will start using data from EU users to train its AI models
10:05 - Zuckerberg Had a 'Crazy Idea' to Boost Facebook's Relevance
11:02 - Meta Pissed Off Everyone With Poorly Redacted Docs
12:10 - Meta blocks Apple Intelligence on Facebook and its other iOS apps
12:57 - Facebook Is Just Craigslist Now
13:59 - Florida women arrested for selling human remains on Facebook Marketplace
15:23 - 4chan has been down since Monday night after “pretty comprehensive own”
16:57 - OpenAI is building a social network
18:26 - Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash
19:21 - X's DM feature is getting rebranded as 'XChat'
20:06 - LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car
21:01 - LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions
22:34 - Boarding passes and check-in could be scrapped in air travel shake-up
23:01 - Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification
24:17 - Following Layoffs, Automattic Employees Discover Leak-Catching Watermarks
25:06 - Apple to Analyze User Data on Devices to Bolster AI Technology
25:47 - Insurance Firm Lemonade Says API Glitch Exposed Some Driver’s License Numbers
26:20 - Hertz says customers' personal data and driver's licenses stolen in data breach
27:01 - How a Secretive Gambler Called ‘The Joker’ Took Down the Texas Lottery
28:47 - Hacked crosswalks in Bay Area play deepfake-style audio from tech CEOs

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show April 16 2025: Cyberstuck

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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Ubisoft reiterates in The Crew lawsuit that you don’t own your games
2:17 - Google Maps is launching tools to help cities analyze infrastructure and traffic
3:05 - Star Citizen hits insane crowdfunding milestone despite no release date
4:35 - Microsoft pauses $1bn data center plans in Licking County, Ohio
5:29 - Micron to impose tariff-related surcharge on some products from April 9, sources say
6:39 - Amazon CEO Jassy Urges ‘Startup’ Mentality in Shareholder Letter
7:42 - China launches HDMI and DisplayPort alternative — GPMI boasts up to 192 Gbps bandwidth, 480W power delivery
9:12 - How Apple 'flew' 5 flights full of iPhones from India and China in 3 days to beat Trump Tariffs
9:49 - Teens and tech: Almost 90% own iPhones, most use Instagram and Spotify
11:18 - Tesla Sitting On Thousands Of Unsold Cybertrucks As It Stops Accepting Its Own Cars As Trade-Ins
12:14 - Data centres will use twice as much energy by 2030 — driven by AI
12:46 - Nintendo Reportedly Has a Stockpile of Over a Million Switch 2 Consoles in the US
13:29 - Report Reveals Internal Chaos Behind Apple's Siri Failure
15:15 - The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets
16:32 - Human assembloid model of the ascending neural sensory pathway
17:26 - What did Vitaly Zdorovetskiy do? Russian YouTuber arrested in the Philippines, deportation delayed
18:56 - Meta Launching Second Screen Theater Tech With 'M3GAN' Rerelease
20:01 - Twitch starts refunding subs to permabanned channels following Dexerto investigation
20:58 - YouTube sensation MrBeast was given ‘unrestricted access’ to the pyramids—Egyptologists say it’s a good thing
22:05 - Treasury's OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150,000 Emails
22:47 - Hackers strike Australia's largest pension funds in coordinated attacks
23:28 - WhatsApp vulnerability could be used to infect Windows users with malware (CVE-2025-30401)

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show April 9 2025: Bye Bye BSOD

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0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Intel refreshes iconic brand with 'That's the power of Intel Inside' campaign
1:58 - Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Says Company Will Spin Off Non-Core Units
3:22 - Intel, TSMC tentatively agree to form chipmaking joint venture, the Information reports
4:10 - Microsoft Pulls Back on Data Centers From Chicago to Jakarta
5:12 - Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, signalling a broader pullback from China
5:52 - Micron confirms memory price hikes as AI and data center demand surges
6:45 - The Nintendo Switch 2 arrives on June 5 at $450
8:18 - Samsung’s 2025 Bespoke appliances are going all in on AI
9:40 - TV manufacturers selling sets at a loss for advertising rewards
10:36 - Two-Thirds of Americans Now Say They Wouldn’t Drive a Tesla
11:06 - Tesla's March sales dive in Germany, edge down in UK
11:50 - Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech
13:44 - Amazon set to launch first operational satellites for Kuiper network
14:38 - Open-source tool designed to throttle PC and server performance based on electricity pricing — lightweight CLI will automatically limit clocks during peak hours
15:45 - Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.
16:35 - Substack says it’ll legally defend writers ‘targeted by the government’
17:44 - Donkey Kong champion wins defamation case against Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst
19:56 - Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos says movie theaters are dead: ‘What is the consumer trying to tell you?’
20:39 - Microsoft is redesigning the Windows BSOD, and it might change to black
21:12 - Oracle Tells Clients of Second Recent Hack, Log-In Data Stolen
21:56 - Former GCHQ intern admits taking top secret data home
22:31 - Fake Chinese companies in Taiwan hired Intel and MSFT talent
23:06 - Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments'
22:42 - Dating apps for kink and LGBT communities expose 1.5m private user images online
24:23 - Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design
25:54 - Private groups identify, report student protesters for deportation

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Phantom Gaming B850i Lighting WiFi Review

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AM5 TIME! Get ready for a small form factor motherboard!

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The Level1 Show March 26 2025: Echoes of Past Privacy

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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Nvidia CEO says company has not been asked to buy a stake in Intel
1:29 - Nvidia announces Blackwell Ultra GB300 and Vera Rubin, its next AI ‘superchips’
3:13 - Startup claims its Zeus GPU is 10X faster than Nvidia's RTX 5090: Bolt's first GPU coming in 2026
4:21 - Sony’s new RGB backlight tech absolutely smokes regular Mini LED TVs
5:20 - BYD unveils new super-charging EV tech, to build charging network in China
6:16 - Nasdaq to end high-speed trading service after regulatory scrutiny, FT reports By Investing.com
7:25 - “Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen
8:37 - Tesla is recalling most Cybertrucks due to exterior panel issue
10:02 - HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement
11:23 - World's first sodium-ion power bank launched
12:15 - Apple Reportedly Planning AirPods That Can Translate Languages Live
13:06 - IBM cuts US jobs in Classic Cloud and other groups
13:47 - Tesla vehicles damaged at Hamilton dealership: police
14:26 - Google's $32 billion deal for Wiz accelerated under Trump, sources say
15:32 - Huawei's Microsoft Windows license for PCs expires this month, company launching PCs with Harmony OS: Report
16:10 - Apple losing over $1 billion a year on streaming service, the Information reports
16:54 - Employment for computer programmers in the U.S. has plummeted to its lowest level since 1980
18:50 - Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database
19:47 - How Bribes Helped a Crime Ring Steal Thousands of iPhones From Porches
20:26 - Startup Rippling sues competitor Deel, claiming a spy stole sales data
21:10 - Medusa ransomware infects 300+, uses 'triple extortion'
22:03 - WinRing0: Why Windows is flagging your PC monitoring and fan control apps as a threat
23:56 - 'Dogequest' website reportedly doxxing Tesla owners over Musk, Trump
24:56 - Roblox CEO tells parents to keep kids off the platform if safety is a concern
25:51 - Akira ransomware can be cracked with 16 RTX 4090 GPUs in around ten hours — new counterattack breaks encryption

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The Level1 Show March 25 2025: Mob Me Gently

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0:00 - Intro
1:21 - Trump fires FTC’s only two Democrats: ‘The President just illegally fired me’
2:37 - FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies
3:58 - US appeals court rejects copyrights for AI-generated art lacking 'human' creator
4:46 - Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning
5:57 - No, there's no 'kill switch': Pentagon tries to reassure international F-35 partners
7:16 - Furious at the FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates
8:06 - Newsom sends prepaid phones, aka 'burners,' to tech CEOs
9:05 - Teslas Destroyed and Damaged After Attack at Las Vegas Facility
10:35 - Musk’s Starlink gets deployed at the White House
11:53 - Apple ordered by EU antitrust regulators to open up to rivals
13:15 - Dutch parliament calls for end to dependence on US software companies
14:28 - Five charged in European Parliament Huawei bribery probe
17:05 - European tech industry coalition calls for 'radical action' on digital sovereignty — starting with buying local
17:56 - Apple loses German antitrust fight, faces greater scrutiny
18:26 - Google Search charged with breaking EU antitrust rules
19:32 - Back to cash: life without money in your pocket is not the utopia Sweden hoped
20:28 - Hamster forum and local residents’ websites shut down by new internet laws
21:27 - China Releases New Labeling Requirements for AI-Generated Content
22:45 - The wildest details in the Facebook memoir Meta is trying to bury
25:45 - Fake Down Syndrome Influencers Created With AI Are Being Used to Promote OnlyFans Content
26:59 - Bluesky users debate plans around user data and AI training
27:44 - Luigi Mangione’s X account has been taken offline.

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The Level1 Show March 19 2025: Decaying DVDs

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0:00 - Intro
0:41 - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU Review: Dominant, No Compromise Performance
1:27 - Amazon customer receives fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D, turns out to be decade-old AMD CPU
2:14 - Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges
3:51 - Tesla shares plunge 15%, suffering steepest drop in five years
4:41 - Testimony Reveals Doors Would Not Open on Cybertruck That Caught Fire in Piedmont, Killing Three
6:05 - Tesla Owners Embarrassed by Elon Musk Disguise Their Cars
6:48 - Intel names Lip-Bu Tan CEO to orchestrate turnaround at chipmaker
7:52 - Global smartwatch sales fall for first time
9:01 - iRobot Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Financial Results
9:42 - Amazon, Google and Meta support tripling nuclear power by 2050
10:44 - Volkswagen to Bring Back Physical Buttons to All Vehicles
11:22 - “They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases
12:13 - Apple set to unveil boldest software redesign in years across entire ecosystem
13:47 - Deciphering the dilemma: The surprising impact of QR code menus on diminishing customer loyalty
16:21 - RCS messaging adds end-to-end encryption between Android and iOS
17:05 - How AI monitors school Chromebooks and what it means for privacy, security
18:19 - Allstate sued for exposing personal info in plaintext
19:03 - Anthropic CEO says spies are after $100M AI secrets in a ‘few lines of code’
20:19 - Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination
20:49 - Malicious GitHub repositories linked to nearly 1M infections
21:33 - Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
22:30 - ‘Murder conspiracy’: Suchir Balaji's mom shares pic from day of his death, claims several CCTV cameras ‘stopped working’
23:47 - Chinese Hackers Sat Undetected in Small Massachusetts Power Utility for Months

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MSI Tomahawk X870E and B850 Tomahawk WiFi: Mobo Double Trouble!

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I'm seeing double; TWO MSI motherboards! But which should you pick for your AM5 build? Wendell investigates!

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The Level1 Show February 26 2025: BodyGuardr

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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Amazon surpasses Walmart in revenue for the first time
1:32 - HP adds 15 minutes waiting time for telephone support calls
2:54 - Former staffers say India’s biggest IT firm was gaming the US visa system
4:23 - 'Uber for Armed Guards' Rushes to Market Following the Assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO
5:23 - Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases
6:16 - Google Play Books purchases on iOS now skirt the App Store's commission
6:47 - Microsoft puts Notepad's Rewrite feature behind a paywall
7:25 - Valve Releases Team Fortress 2 Full Client and Source Code
8:26 - Hacker group releases updated tool to activate almost all modern Microsoft software
9:46 - France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes
10:53 - Microsoft unveils first quantum chip, claims to create novel matter
11:47 - Acer to raise prices by 10pc in response to Trump’s tariffs
12:19 - NAND flash prices plunge due to supply glut
12:49 - Western Digital to unveil 44TB HAMR HDDs in 2026, 100TB in 2030
13:23 - Tado told users it would start charging for its app
13:59 - Nvidia to consume 77% of wafers used for AI processors in 2025
14:27 - Nikola, Once a Darling of Green Investment, Files for Bankruptcy
15:46 - Apple launches the iPhone 16E
16:13 - Murena released a de-Googled version of the Pixel Tablet
16:58 - All of Humane's AI pins will stop working in 10 days
17:39 - Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon
18:26 - Apple launches Apple Health Study with Brigham and Women's Hospital
19:26 - Jeep Says The Repeated Full-Screen Pop-Up Ads Are A Glitch And Not Just A Nightmare
20:23 - Chase will soon block Zelle payments to sellers on social media
21:14 - WhatsApp Faces Tougher EU Rules as Users Top 45 Million
21:50 - Unlocking global AI potential with next-generation subsea infrastructure
22:44 - Meta approves plan for bigger executive bonuses following 5% layoffs
23:26 - Reddit mods are fighting to keep AI slop off subreddits. They could use help.
24:04 - Reddit continues to show the flip side of AI: Chart of the Week
24:45 - X Briefly Blocked Then Unblocked Signal Links as Federal Workers Seek Security

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The ITX Gaming Motherboard for You? Phantom Gaming B860I Lightning Wifi Review

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Intel's chipset may have not been top of the market with it's new Ultra 9's, but for those who are just casual gamers, maybe this series isn't so bad.

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