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The Level1 Show November 22 2022: The Truth Was Out There

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0:00 - Intro
1:27 - Comcast and co. will have to slap ‘nutrition labels’ on their internet soon
3:59 - Banking giants and New York Fed start 12-week digital dollar pilot
5:17 - U.S. House committee to hold hearing on FTX collapse and crypto fall out
6:05 - FBI, Air Force Agents Raid UFO Blogger Joerg Arnu's Houses
7:52 - FBI is 'extremely concerned' about China's influence through TikTok
8:27 - Ticketmaster’s Parent Company Said to Face Justice Department Investigation
10:19 - US govt: Iranian hackers breached federal agency using Log4Shell exploit
11:15 - California AG issues warning-ladened guidance for public interested in buying crypto
12:51 - Google Agrees to $392 Million Privacy Settlement With 40 States
13:55 - Dell reaches $1 billion settlement over disputed 2018 stock swap
15:13 - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to over 11 years in prison
16:38 - Declassified document shows Trump tweeted an image from a spy satellite
19:10 - Chinese takeover of biggest UK chip plant blocked by government
19:50 - Two Russian Nationals Charged with Running Massive E-Book Piracy Website
20:33 - Everyone is bullying the UK government in its own Discord server
21:38 - Italy court rejects Google's appeal against watchdog fine, accepts Apple's one
22:13 - Italy outlaws facial recognition tech, except to fight crime
22:53 - Police dismantle pirated TV streaming network with 500,000 users
24:13 - China tops U.S. to take research crown at global chip conference
25:06 - Japan's inflation hits 40-year high as weak yen fans import costs
25:41 - USB-C will be mandatory for all smart devices sold in India
26:01 - El Salvador Plans to Buy More Bitcoin Despite Losing Millions
27:21 - Australia to consider banning ransomware payments - The Record by Recorded Future
28:24 - Microsoft: Hackers are using this 'concerning' tactic to dodge multi-factor authentication
29:29 - Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys
30:23 - Study: Almost 50% of macOS malware only comes from one app
31:21 - Netflix gives account holders the ability to kick freeloaders
33:00 - Ubisoft and Riot Games are working together to combat toxic chats
34:28 - Studies find automatic braking can cut crashes over 40%
35:22 - Xbox proactively suspended up to 4.78M accounts in just six months

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The Level1 Show November 8 2022: Chegg Yourself Before You Wregg Yourself

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0:00 - Intro
4:20 - FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok
6:23 - Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
9:07 - White House invites dozens of nations for ransomware summit
10:14 - New York could be first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law
11:43 - Multiple data breaches suggest ed tech company Chegg didn’t do its homework, alleges FTC
13:35 - Rural areas to get $759M in grants for high-speed internet
15:40 - New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use software everyone can see
17:31 - U.S. pushes Japan and other allies to join China chip curbs
18:29 - The NYPD has joined Amazon’s Ring Neighbors surveillance network
19:49 - 'The Babylon Bee' Joins 'The Onion' in Decrying Ohio Parody Punishment
22:28 - New hot job: State high-speed internet network director
23:24 - Pay transparency law: Employers can't hide salary ranges in NYC
25:02 - Hong Kong to explore legalizing retail crypto trades in reversal of previous proposal
25:38 - China submarines: Lithium batteries may soon power world's largest fleet of submarines
27:42 - India cenbank to start pilot of digital rupee on Nov 1
28:41 - India sets up panel with veto power over social media content moderation
30:25 - New EU Law Could Force Apple to Allow Other App Stores, Sideloading, and iMessage Interoperability
32:05 - Europe telco industry pushes Big Tech to pay for building the internet
33:54 - Airbnb faces light-touch regulation under EU plan
35:43 - ALMA observatory in Chile targeted by cyberattack
36:31 - Votes in Slovakia's parliament suspended after alleged ‘cybersecurity incident’
38:35 - Mondelez, Zurich settle $100m+ NotPetya insurance lawsuit
39:46 - Google ad for GIMP.org served info-stealing malware via lookalike site
42:06 - U.S. banks processed about $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021
43:07 - Big Meat Companies Want to Use Smartwatches to Track Workers’ Every Move
44:55 - Early MakerDAO Developer and Stablecoin Pioneer Found Dead in Puerto Rico

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SON OF THE FORBIDDEN ROUTER! How to Build a Blazing Fast Router on a Budget

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True evil can never die! Wendell runs down a cheaper option for those of you who want to build your own FORBIDDEN ROUTER!

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The Level1 Show October 5 2022: Heroes Never Die, But Games Do

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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - How to set up Overwatch 2 SMS protection
2:34 - New Overwatch 2 Players Will Need to Play 100 Matches to Unlock Original Characters
4:50 - Intel says Moore's Law is still alive. Nvidia says it's ended.
6:00 - Intel’s 13th-gen “Raptor Lake” CPUs are official, launch October 20
7:52 - Intel and Samsung are getting ready for ‘slidable’ PCs
9:50 - Apple starts manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India
11:07 - Kindle Scribe brings writing to Amazon’s popular e-reader
12:35 - Intel’s Unison app syncs iOS and Android phones with your PC
14:56 - Google is shutting down Stadia in January 2023
19:13 - Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forums
20:42 - Google Fiber touts 20Gbps download speed in test, promises eventual 100Gbps
21:43 - Podcasters Are Buying Millions of Listeners With Mobile Ads
23:26 - NFT Trading Volume Drops
25:09 - AV1 Update Reduces CPU Encoding Times By Up To 34 Percent
25:51 - Better than JPEG? Researcher discovers that Stable Diffusion can compress images
28:19 - Netflix is building its own game studio
29:20 - Robinhood debuts new non-custodial crypto wallet with Polygon to 10K beta users
30:03 - Cloudflare takes aim at AWS with promise of $1.25 billion to startups that use its own platform
30:47 - An all-electric passenger plane completed its first test flight
32:14 - DocuSign to cut workforce by 9% as part of restructuring plan
32:52 - Exclusive: With eye on Big Tech, energy crisis, EU telcos call for shared network costs
34:17 - Kia plans US EV manufacturing in 2024 as new incentive requirements loom
35:24 - Amazon hires unsafe trucking firms twice as often as peers, WSJ finds
36:59 - Compute North Files for Bankruptcy as Crypto-Mining Data Center Owes up to $500M
40:11 - Fitbit accounts are being replaced by Google accounts
40:59 - Amazon emails staff with news it miscalculated their compensation
41:41 - Walmart arrives on Roblox for the first time with two new virtual worlds to engage young shoppers
44:48 - Wall Street hit with $2 billion in fines over employees using WhatsApp and other unauthorized messaging apps
45:41 - Apple removes Russia’s largest social network from the App Store
46:40 - TikTok inching toward U.S. security deal to avoid sale
47:06 - TikTok plans to ban all political fundraising on its platform
48:13 - Cybersickness Could Spell an Early Death for the Metaverse and Virtual Reality
50:04 - Meta Sued For Tap Dancing Around Apple’s New App Privacy Rules
51:07 - Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will freeze hiring and cut costs
51:47 - Meta cracks down on ad-free Instagram client a day after it launched
55:25 - This Controversial Artist Matches Influencer Photos With Surveillance Footage

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The Level1 Show October 4 2022: If You're Fussin' You Ain't Bussin'

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0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Latest U.S. Support for Ukraine Targets Long-Term Security Investment
2:26 - Nancy Pelosi-Backed Stock Trading Ban Faces Uphill Battle
3:53 - Senators push to reform police's cellphone tracking tools
7:16 - Democrats demand FTC probe Amazon-iRobot deal
7:49 - CFTC files lawsuit against decentralized autonomous organization
9:14 - Fed’s Powell calls for DeFi regulation following ‘significant structural issues’
10:58 - DOT to map out nation's time zones after report shows no official map exists
13:00 - Senators introduce a bill to protect open-source software
14:10 - FCC takes long-delayed step against spam text surge
15:50 - NSA Employee Leaked Classified Cyber Intel, Charged with Espionage
16:51 - Oracle pays $23 million to the SEC to settle bribery charges
18:04 - EV charging stations on highways: DOT approves 50 states' plans
20:06 - San Francisco passes controversial surveillance plan
21:23 - CIA Launches First Podcast: 'The Langley Files'
22:48 - Former MoviePass Execs Accused of 'Fraudulent Tactics'
23:37 - California 'BitLicense' Bill Vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom
24:33 - California moves to be first state to ban natural gas heaters and furnaces
26:30 - New York to mandate zero-emission vehicles in 2035
27:58 - Interpol issues red notice for Terra founder Do Kwon
29:11 - Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden
30:24 - EU proposes rules making it easier to sue drone makers, AI systems
31:28 - France sets delivery fee for online book sales to help stores compete with Amazon
32:30 - Australia phones cyber-attack exposes personal data
33:07 - Massive Australian data hack prompts privacy laws overhaul
36:37 - Elon Musk activates Starlink for Iranian citizens after US Sec of State issued a General License
38:03 - Saudi Arabia to invest $37 billion in gaming
39:18 - Cloudflare wants to replace CAPTCHAs with Turnstile
41:40 - Microsoft soon to end Exchange Online basic authentication
42:23 - Cheat Devs Are Ready for Modern Warfare 2
43:52 - FTC should probe payroll data deals by brokers like Equifax, rival says
46:17 - Fast Company hackers sent out obscene push notifications to Apple News users
47:22 - Crypto Darling Helium Promised A ‘People’s Network.’ Instead, Its Executives Got Rich.
48:29 - Beijing bus drivers have been told to wear wristbands to monitor their emotions
49:44 - Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Code Is Back on GitHub
50:13 - Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S.
50:55 - New York to install surveillance cameras in every subway car
51:43 - UK police arrest alleged ‘GTA VI’ hacker
53:10 - Ex-eBay execs heading to prison for harassing couple behind newsletter
54:18 - Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying
55:18 - TAP cyberattack: Portuguese president's personal data stolen

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The Level1 Show September 21 2022: Nothing Spies Like a Deere

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0:00 - Intro
1:17 - Google cancels half the projects at its internal R&D group Area 120
2:13 - Google loses appeal against record $4 billion EU fine
2:38 - Intel Processor will replace Pentium and Celeron in 2023 laptops
6:26 - Twilio to lay off 11% of workforce
7:35 - Software fees to make up 10% of John Deere's revenues by 2030
9:08 - Nikola founder lied to investors about tech, prosecutor says in fraud trial
11:23 - Five years of data show that SSDs are more reliable than HDDs over the long haul
12:10 - Adobe snaps up Figma for $20B, taking out one of its biggest rivals in digital design
15:09 - SpaceX's Starlink Arrives in Antarctica, Now Available on All 7 Continents
16:58 - New York Times is giving out branded lunch boxes to get people back to the office—but over 1,300 staff are refusing to budge
18:50 - DuckDuckGo, Proton, Mozilla throw weight behind bill targeting Big Tech ‘surveillance’
19:51 - Patagonia founder gives company away, future profits aimed to help fight climate crisis
21:28 - Judge Allows McFlurry Machine Repair Lawsuit to Proceed
23:42 - SWIFT and Symbiont announce corporate data blockchain pilot
24:41 - Amazon releases upgraded Kindle and Kindle Kids devices for first time in three years
26:30 - Linux Foundation announces the OpenWallet Foundation to develop interoperable digital wallets
28:04 - Tesla is sued by drivers over alleged false Autopilot, Full Self-Driving claims
29:21 - Ether falls after the smart contracts network completes long anticipated ‘merge’
32:59 - Twitter may have hired a Chinese spy and four other takeaways from the Senate hearing
35:57 - To defeat FTC lawsuit, Meta demands 100+ rivals share biggest trade secrets
36:54 - Meta dissolves team responsible for discovering ‘potential harms to society’ in its own products
38:54 - Extreme California heat knocks key Twitter data center offline
39:42 - TikTok won’t commit to stopping US data flows to China
40:50 - Social media users looking for the perfect shot put on notice by nervous farmers as canola crops bloom
42:23 - The Eggplant Emoji Makes You Less Likable According to New Report

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The Level1 Show August 31 2022: Come Fly the Revisionist Skies

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Intel, Brookfield to invest up to $30 bln in Arizona chip factories
1:38 - Why Stacking Chips Like Pancakes Could Mean Faster, Cheaper Laptops
2:56 - Apple expands self-repair support to MacBooks
3:15 - Apple’s Macbook repair program creates ‘gauntlet of hurdles,’ iFixit says
5:27 - Former Apple employee Xiaolang Zhang pleads guilty
7:05 - Samsung debuts the 990 Pro Series SSD with big speed and efficiency improvements
7:45 - Reports refute rumors that Amazon is set to buy Electronic Arts
9:42 - Ford to cut 3,000 jobs amid restructuring
10:58 - Transcription service Otter is making free users pay to access older recordings
12:58 - Chinese behemoth Pinduoduo to take on Amazon in US – with even worse labor practices
15:15 - Israeli spyware company NSO Group CEO steps down
17:00 - Sony’s PlayStation VR2 headset is coming in early 2023
20:08 - Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices outside the US citing economic challenges
21:33 - Sony Sued For $5.9 Billion Over 'Ripping Off' Playstation Fans
22:25 - O no, Lenovo doesn’t like Framework’s circular power button
24:07 - Ethereum Foundation confirms September dates for the Merge
28:15 - Anti-Piracy Company Wants To Sell Nintendo Switch DRM
29:24 - Streaming Service Crunchyroll Blocks Privacy-Focused Email Tutanota Because "Hackers use it"
30:52 - TikTok owner ByteDance quietly launches search app Wukong in China, where Google is banned
33:10 - Google 'airbrushes' out emissions from flying, BBC reveals
35:47 - MoviePass relaunches with a new model and without the iconic red card
38:00 - Inside the groundbreaking of Sho, SF's ritzy club-restaurant
41:07 - World's first commercial electric plane completes point-to-point flight
42:46 - Lincoln Envisions a Future Where Driving Is Literal Child's Play
45:33 - Musk's SpaceX and T-Mobile plan to connect mobile phones to satellites, boost cell coverage
46:31 - Bay Area tech startup Sanas wants people to sound whiter
48:24 - Google research AI image noise reduction is out of this world
49:40 - Artificial intelligence model can detect Parkinson’s from breathing patterns
51:02 - Meta wants to supercharge Wikipedia with an AI upgrade
53:56 - This robot quarterback could be the future of football practice
55:35 - James Webb telescope captures surreal images of Jupiter's auroras
56:22 - A.I. rapper FN Meka dropped by Capitol Records after 'gross stereotypes' backlash

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The Level1 Show August 16 2022: Only Fans or People on a Watchlist?!

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0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Data ‘Surveillance’ Crackdown Begins With FTC Privacy Pitch
2:43 - FCC Cancels $886 Million in Funding for SpaceX's Starlink
4:33 - The IRS ramps up its effort to crack down on crypto tax evaders
5:04 - The DOJ is reportedly prepping an antitrust suit against Google over its ad business
6:59 - US claims Chinese seller violated export rules for ZTE
8:06 - Victory! Federal Court Upholds First Amendment Protections for Student’s Off-Campus Social Media Post
9:36 - U.S. lawmakers urge joint use of funds for broadband, EV charge stations
10:24 - Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' labeling
11:44 - Micron to invest $40 billion in U.S. chip manufacturing
13:01 - Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK
15:16 - Tornado Cash co-founder reports being kicked off GitHub as industry reacts to sanctions
16:28 - Iran reveals use of cryptocurrency to pay for imports
17:24 - A fifth of US teens use YouTube 'almost constantly,' with TikTok not far behind
18:39 - Mark Cuban says nobody knows what the metaverse is and buying digital land is 'The dumbest sh*t ever'
19:43 - OnlyFans bribed Meta employees to put rival creators on terror watchlist
20:57 - CEO posts viral crying selfie on LinkedIn after laying off employees
22:08 - Twitter says Musk’s spam analysis used tool that called his own account a bot
24:27 - Instagram model Courtney Clenney charged with murdering boyfriend Christian Toby Obumseli in Florida apartment
25:56 - Meta injecting code into websites to track its users, research says
26:57 - Cisco hacked by Yanluowang ransomware gang, 2.8GB allegedly stolen
27:55 - Curve Finance resolves site exploit, directs users to revoke any recent contracts
28:58 - Someone Is Trolling Ethereum Celebs by Sending ETH From Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash
29:55 - Windows 11 encryption bug could cause data loss, temporary slowdowns on newer PCs
30:39 - SGX, Intel’s supposedly impregnable data fortress, has been breached yet again
31:46 - Hacker Finds Kill Switch for Submachine Gun–Wielding Robot Dog
32:48 - Pretty Good Phone Privacy Masks Your Android Device ID, Mobile Data
34:08 - 7-Eleven stores in Denmark closed due to a cyberattack
35:22 - Amazon is buying iRobot
36:19 - Twilio hacked by phishing campaign targeting internet companies
36:55 - Class Action Targets Experian Over Account Security
38:34 - DuckDuckGo will block more Microsoft ad tracking scripts to improve browser privacy
39:55 - Chaos after heat crashes computers at leading London hospitals
41:42 - This Anti-Tracking Tool Checks If You’re Being Followed

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The Level1 Show August 10 2022: The Meetings Will Continue Until Quarterly Earnings Improve

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0:00 - Intro
1:43 - SpaceX and Viasat fight over whether Starlink can meet FCC speed obligations
4:09 - Apple, GE, other major US companies ask Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action
5:38 - Leaked internal memo reveals Amazon’s anti-union strategies
8:08 - HBO Max, Discovery+ to Launch as Merged Product in Summer 2023
10:12 - GM is doubling the size of its Super Cruise network in the US and Canada
11:41 - Intel to Introduce Wi-Fi 7 in 2024 as Apple Plans Imminent Move to Wi-Fi 6E
12:44 - Raspberry Pi 4 expands 3D potential with Vulkan update
13:51 - Nokia Radio Technology to Enable AST SpaceMobile’s Direct-to-cell Phone Connectivity From Space
14:47 - World of Warcraft Mobile Game Reportedly Cancelled by Blizzard After Finance Dispute
15:53 - Broadband subscriber growth slows to pre-pandemic levels
16:31 - Logitech will launch a handheld cloud gaming device in 2022
17:04 - US spending on video games dipped 13 percent in Q2, says NPD
18:12 - Microsoft Claims Activision Blizzard Doesn't Release "Unique" Games
19:20 - No more Overwatch 2 betas, Blizzard confirms
20:16 - Podcast guests pay big bucks to be interviewed
21:47 - Google CEO to employees: Productivity and focus must improve
22:28 - Oracle starts job cuts in U.S.
22:51 - Robinhood is firing nearly a quarter of its staff
23:13 - SoundCloud Lays Off ‘Up to 20%’ of Workforce
24:19 - Bolt Mobility has vanished, leaving e-bikes, unanswered calls behind in several US cities
25:26 - Amazon is shutting down its cloud storage service Amazon Drive
26:03 - Coinbase shares soar in boost from meme traders, BlackRock crypto deal
27:07 - Forsage crypto executives charged with running $300 million Ponzi scheme
28:18 - College textbook maker Pearson eyes NFTs to claim a cut of second-hand sales
30:44 - Starbucks to unveil its web3-based rewards program next month
32:12 - Record labels’ war on ISPs and piracy nets multiple settlements with Charter
34:48 - Visa, Mastercard suspend payments for ad purchases on Pornhub, MindGeek
36:16 - Newly minted meme stock darling AMTD slides after eye-popping surge
36:55 - Tinder steps back from metaverse dating plans as business falters
37:52 - Google’s Duo and Meet combo apps roll out for Android and iOS
39:07 - Meta sued for violating patient privacy with data tracking tool
40:27 - What 21 billion Facebook friendships say about the economic ladder in the US
41:53 - Meta officially cuts funding for U.S. news publishers
42:46 - Facebook Faces Suspension in Kenya After Approving Genocide Ads
43:41 - Meta is expanding NFT support on Instagram to 100 countries
44:33 - TikTok refused to host disguised account for Chinese government

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The Level1 Show August 9 2022: Ding Dong Detained

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0:00 - Intro
0:51 - US Attorneys General will take legal action against telecom providers enabling robocalls
2:11 - The U.S. Army, not Meta, is building the metaverse
3:57 - Jan. 6 text messages wiped from phones of key Trump Pentagon officials
6:57 - US to Stop TSMC, Intel From More Advanced Chip Production in China
8:34 - Apple chipmaker TSMC says Taiwan-China war would make everybody losers
10:45 - Attacks on Taiwan websites likely work of Chinese 'hacktivists'
12:45 - US authorities threaten Alibaba with NYSE delisting
15:07 - Visa 'Intended to Help' Pornhub, MindGeek Monetize Child Porn: Ruling
17:48 - Big Tech should share Europe network costs, France, Italy and Spain say
20:08 - Judge orders Waterloo business to name customers who doxxed, threatened Bungie employees
22:09 - Spain puts limits on air conditioning and heating to save energy
23:39 - India withdraws personal data bill that alarmed tech giants
24:27 - Indonesia unblocks Steam and Yahoo, but Epic Games is still banned
25:53 - Over 3,200 apps leak Twitter API keys, some allowing account hijacks
27:00 - Google Play restores app version numbers
28:27 - New Gmail Attack Bypasses Passwords And 2FA To Read All Email
29:55 - Data brokers resist pressure to stop collecting info on pregnant people
30:56 - WhatsApp boss says no to AI filters policing encrypted chat
32:14 - Post-quantum encryption contender is taken out by single-core PC and 1 hour
33:26 - U.S. crypto firm Nomad hit by $190 million theft
34:08 - Hackers stole passwords for accessing 140,000 payment terminals
37:05 - Ring, Google and the Police: What to Know About Emergency Requests for Video Footage

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