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The Level1 Show November 1st 2024: Happiness is a Warm Oink

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0:00 - Intro
0:47 - Introducing computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku
3:08 - Anthropic's latest Claude model can interact with computers
4:08 - Can a Chatbot Named Daenerys Targaryen Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide?
5:31 - OpenAI and Microsoft are funding $10 million in grants for AI-powered journalism
6:33 - TikTok owner ByteDance sacks intern for sabotaging AI project
7:11 - Baidu CEO says LLM hallucinations are now OK
7:53 - News Corp's Dow Jones, NY Post Lawsuit Against AI Startup Perplexity
8:35 - Former OpenAI Staffer Says the Company Is Breaking Copyright Law and Destroying the Internet
9:07 - Radio Station In Poland Replaces Journalists With 'AI' Presenters
10:36 - AI decodes oinks and grunts to keep pigs happy
11:39 - Chinese scientists build fastest humanoid robot in the world — it can run at 8 mph
12:56 - Boeing-made satellite explodes in space after experiencing an "anomaly"
13:42 - Astronauts return from nearly eight months on ISS after Starliner problems
14:36 - Alien: Romulus Is Getting a VHS Release (Yes, Really)
15:21 - Kamala Harris Locks Up Critical Juggalo Vote with Major Insane Clown Posse Endorsement
16:47 - Australia woman rescued after getting stuck between boulders
18:04 - US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’
19:01 - White Blobs Wash Up on Canada’s Beaches, Stumping Everyone
20:08 - City: Police had no constitutional duty to protect murder victim
21:23 - Rick Singer, man behind college admissions scandal, is again advising students
22:09 - New Zealand airport causes stir with sign capping goodbye cuddles to 3 minutes
23:02 - Side of cocaine with that? German police raid pizzeria after finding secret ingredient
23:41 - Walmart employee found dead inside walk-in bakery oven
25:13 - Goldfish crackers change their name to attract older buyers
25:48 - Man Complaining Of Indigestion Had Live Cockroach In His Intestines
27:12 - New Yorkers could use sick days to take care of pets under proposed amendment to NYC law
27:59 - Surfer stabbed in chest by swordfish "died doing what she loved" off Indonesia coast, colleague says
28:48 - Cockatoo rescued after ‘living on brioche’ for four weeks inside Sydney supermarket
29:53 - Dog adorably follows street view photographer and photobombs every shot
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The Level1 Show October 23nd: FAero-well-garden

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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Intel & AMD Form An x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group
2:46 - Intel laying off 1,300 workers from Oregon site as it reduces workforce by 15,000 workers company wide
3:35 - Amazon.com joins push for nuclear power to meet data center demand
4:12 - Google signs deal with nuclear company as data center power demand surges
5:01 - ASML loses $75.7 billion market cap from updated sales projections, likely due to lower demand from China and delayed Intel fab
5:46 - SSD prices could drop up to 10% ahead of the New Year – TrendForce predicts an increase in production and weaker demand
6:31 - Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon Dev Kit, refunds all orders
8:17 - How this smart garden stopped growing
9:53 - SpaceX Requests Starlink Gen2 Modification, Previews Gigabit-Speeds
11:21 - Apple Headset Stalls, Struggles to Attract Killer Apps in First Year
12:48 - Gurman: Apple Could Release $2,000 'Apple Vision' Headset Next Year
13:26 - Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition hands-on: color E Ink looks pretty good
14:17 - Standing desks do not reduce risk of stroke and heart failure, study suggests
15:40 - Apple’s new feature lets brands put their stamp on emails and calls to your iPhone
17:08 - Samsung wants future phones to have no Settings menu at all
18:01 - TV ads to target households on individual streets
19:21 - Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin
20:21 - Google asks 9th Circuit for emergency stay, says Epic ruling ‘is dangerous’
21:29 - Nintendo, famed for hating emulation, likely using Windows PCs to emulate SNES games at its museum
23:24 - Netflix raises prices as password boost fades
25:11 - AI-Powered Social Media Manipulation App Promises to 'Shape Reality'
26:57 - Meta ‘Supreme Court’ expands with European center to handle TikTok, YouTube cases
27:33 - Meta is laying off employees at WhatsApp, Instagram, and more
29:01 - X Slammed for Allowing Blocked Users to See Posts Anyway: 'Countless People Will Be Put in Definitive Danger'
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The Level1 Show October 4th: Gently Used Pandas

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity
1:38 - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman anticipates superintelligence soon
2:46 - OpenAI begins public release of ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode
4:09 - Microsoft claims its new tool can correct AI hallucinations, but experts advise caution
5:37 - Human reviewers can't keep up with police bodycam videos. AI now gets the job
6:14 - DoNotPay has to pay $193K for falsely touting untested AI lawyer, FTC says
7:16 - IBM AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff
7:54 - Cloudflare's new marketplace will let websites charge AI bots for scraping
8:48 - Language research project ceases as generative AI has ‘polluted the data’
10:13 - Students turn to AI to do their assigned readings for them
10:53 - London Newspaper Plans to Revive Dead Art Critic With AI, Lays Off Real Writers
12:15 - Tesla Full Self-Driving 'Occasionally Dangerously Inept' In 1,000-Mile Independent Test
13:05 - Researchers develop robot dog to combat highly invasive species wreaking havoc across the globe
14:09 - An out-of-warranty battery almost left this paralyzed man’s exoskeleton useless
15:15 - Astronomers Spot a Black Hole with a Cosmic Wingspan
16:31 - B.C. councillor blames 'extremists' after blackface photo surfaces
17:39 - Federal corruption watchdog being investigated over decision not to investigate robodebt
18:31 - LAPD officer lost gun in MRI machine during mistargeted raid, report says
19:25 - Diddy’s lawyer gives bizarre reason why 1000 bottles of baby oil were found in the rapper’s house
20:09 - Shocking Footage Resurfaces of Sharon Osbourne Urging Daughter Kelly to Marry Diddy
21:18 - California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired
23:02 - NYC City Council to vote on rat contraceptive pilot program
23:33 - Polish PM declares war on beavers for undermining flood defenses
24:31 - A zoo in Finland is returning giant pandas to China because they're too expensive to keep
25:27 - Police called after cat finds grenade in home's basement
26:09 - Cat Missing in Yellowstone Returns Home to California After an 800-Mile Journey
27:02 - Why Is Pesto the Penguin So Big? Viral Bird's Aquarium Answers

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The Level1 Show September 3 2024: Até Logo, Twitter

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0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Appliance and Tractor Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair
2:20 - Watchdog warns FBI is very sloppy on safe data storage
3:33 - OpenAI, Anthropic share models with U.S. AI Safety Institute
4:46 - U.S. Justice Department sues RealPage, alleging it enabled price-fixing on rents
6:46 - Families can sue app developer for breaking its anti-bullying pledge
8:11 - Wyoming is pushing crypto payments, trying to beat the Fed to a digital dollar
9:49 - Illinois Amends Human Rights Act to Address AI Use in Hiring and Employment
11:19 - California legislature passes controversial “kill switch” AI safety bill
12:26 - California passes landmark bill requiring easier data sharing opt outs for consumers
13:26 - Web Monitoring System being used for blocking online content in Pakistan, reveals minister
14:26 - Telegram CEO indicted in Paris Court
16:46 - France to trial ban on mobile phones at school for children under 15
18:27 - Trudeau says Canada will slap big tariffs on Chinese-made EVs
19:50 - Australia grants workers 'right to disconnect' after hours
20:58 - Brazil threatens X with shutdown
21:11 - Elon Musk dubs Brazil judge ‘dictator’ in response to claim Starlink accounts blocked
22:58 - Russian government hackers found using exploits made by spyware companies NSO and Intellexa
24:28 - Don’t trust Google for customer service numbers. It might be a scam.
25:39 - Major Backdoor in Millions of RFID Cards Allows Instant Cloning
27:05 - DICK'S shuts down email, locks employee accounts after cyberattack

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A NAS with a No Name Motherboard, Mounted in a 3D Printed Case?!

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Talk about DIY! This homemade network attached storage may not be pretty, but gosh darn if it ain't good!

Print your own with this: https://www.printables.com/model/406125-8-bay-itx-nas

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Testing PCIe Storage Tricks in the SilverStone CS382 UATX Case!

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The Level1 Show June 12th 2024: Oral B(ricked

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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Microsoft announces up to 1,500 layoffs, leaked memo blames 'AI wave'
1:31 - Microsoft Axes More HoloLens Employees
2:38 - Google's privacy chief and head of competition law are leaving, will not be replaced
3:15 - Google cuts at least 100 jobs across cloud unit, sources say
4:14 - NYSE says technical issue fixed after Berkshire Hathaway wrongly shown to fall 99%
5:11 - Ikea is hiring workers for its online Roblox store for £13.15 per hour, and you can even serve virtual meatballs
6:45 - Elon Musk accused of illegal $7.5 billion Tesla stock sale in new insider trading lawsuit
7:54 - Water company installs locked shields over fire hydrants in South LA to prevent theft
9:33 - Nvidia hits $3 trillion market cap on back of AI boom
10:38 - Intel CEO Takes Aim at Nvidia in Fight for AI Chip Dominance
11:37 - Intel details new Lunar Lake CPUs that will go up against AMD, Qualcomm, and Apple
12:48 - AMD unveils Ryzen AI and 9000 series processors, plus Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot graphics card at Computex 2024
13:19 - For the second time in two years, AMD blows up its laptop CPU numbering system
15:32 - Google can keep a phone if you send for repair with non-OEM parts
16:48 - Arm aims to capture 50% of PC market in five years, CEO says
17:19 - Humane warns AI Pin owners to ‘immediately’ stop using its charging case
18:02 - Apple put a Thread smart home radio into its newest Macs and iPads
18:46 - TSMC’s Arizona chip plant death demonstrates its mounting challenges in the US
20:35 - Oral-B bricking Alexa toothbrush is cautionary tale against buzzy tech
22:35 - Apple finally confirms how long it will support iPhones, and it's less than Samsung and Google
23:03 - Toyota apologizes for cheating on vehicle testing and halts production of three models
24:08 - IBM's Iconic Model-M Keyboard Reimagined by 8BitDo
25:01 - These microLED monitors can stack together like Legos
25:54 - Surprise! It seems that the Apple Vision Pro can track your breathing
26:57 - AT&T says customers facing 'interoperability issue' impacting ability to call non-AT&T users has been resolved
28:06 - Dell expects memory and SSD prices to jump an additional 20% this year
29:32 - A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back
30:01 - This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI
30:25 - Google is working on a Recall-like feature for Chromebooks, too
31:03 - Microsoft reopens Windows 10 beta testing for ‘new features’ and improvements
31:29 - Google will disable classic extensions in Chrome in the coming months
32:41 - GameStop (GME) Q1 earnings, plans to sell more stock
33:35 - Photoshop Terms of Service grants Adobe access to user projects for ‘content moderation’
35:02 - Max raises prices across its ad-free plans
36:19 - 268% higher failure rates for Agile software projects
37:17 - Elon Musk’s Starlink Connects and Divides Brazil’s Marubo People
40:18 - Artists flee Instagram for new app Cara in protest of Meta AI scraping
42:41 - Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content
43:57 - Meta algorithms discriminate in education ads, study warns
45:51 - Instagram is testing ‘unskippable’ ads that you can’t scroll past
46:50 - Elon Musk reportedly diverted thousands of AI chips from Tesla to X
48:27 - X has new rules that officially allow porn now
50:18 - Australia drops attempt to force X into removing terror vid
51:25 - TikTok acknowledges exploit targeting high-profile accounts
52:38 - Donald Trump Joins TikTok, App He Tried to Ban as President

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What is a SAS SSD?

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A genuine Wendell Ramble here for you guys about the SAS SSD.

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The Level1 Show May 1 2024: Search Slayer

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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - More Google employees fired over Nimbus, Israel protests
1:21 - Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of 'new operating reality'
2:40 - Indian IT outsourcing firms cut 60,000 jobs in first layoffs in 20 years
3:32 - Elon Musk insists Tesla isn’t a car company as sales falter
4:36 - Tesla to lay off 2,688 employees at its Austin facility
5:14 - Ford just reported a massive loss on every electric vehicle it sold
6:11 - Calif. carmaker once worth $2.9B teetering on edge of bankruptcy
6:46 - Why owing a home may not be in your best interest
8:05 - Apple Reportedly Developing Its Own Custom Silicon for AI Servers
8:32 - Lenovo and Micron implement LPCAMM2 memory in laptop
9:18 - Qualcomm Is Cheating On Their Snapdragon X Elite/Pro Benchmarks
10:58 - Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore
12:53 - Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs
13:45 - iPhone sales drop 19% in China as Huawei demand soars
14:22 - Apple Cuts Vision Pro Shipments as Demand Falls 'Sharply Beyond Expectations'
14:56 - Apple Reportedly Stops Production of FineWoven Accessories
15:33 - Nvidia on verge of completing $700 million acquisition of Run:ai
16:00 - Startup Rivos raises $250 million to develop RISC-V AI chips
16:35 - Samsung shifts to emergency mode with 6-day work week for executives
17:20 - Intel CPU-dispensing vending machine game spotted in Japan — one user got a Core i7-8700 for $3
18:17 - Inside TSMC’s Phoenix, Arizona expansion struggles
20:06 - Tesla Cybertruck bricked after car wash, claims user
22:04 - Seagate makes HDD price hikes, says AI caused demand spike
22:40 - Google delays third-party cookie demise yet again
23:38 - Pluralistic: The specific process by which Google enshittified its search
24:41 - Windows 11 now comes with its own adware
25:06 - Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off.
25:42 - Axon reimagines report writing with Draft One, a first-of-its-kind AI-powered force multiplier for public safety
26:41 - No more refunds after 100 hours: Steam closes Early Access playtime loophole
27:26 - Spotify says Apple has rejected its app update with price information for EU users
28:19 - Manga Site Blocks Adult Content, But Only for US and UK Users
29:24 - Linux is now an option for safety-minded software-defined vehicle developers
30:43 - Huawei wants to take HarmonyOS smartphone platform worldwide
31:20 - Covenant Eyes: App that warns your loved ones if you watch porn is a hit with the Christian right in the US
32:07 - Garry’s Mod is taking down decades of Nintendo-related add-ons
33:01 - Meta loses $200 billion in value, Zuckerberg focuses on AI, metaverse
34:30 - Meta opens Quest operating system to third-party device makers
35:21 - AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'
36:54 - Australian judge bans X from sharing video of bishop being stabbed in Sydney church
38:13 - Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users' HIV status and other info with ad companies
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The Level1 Show April 17 2024: Oh The Humane-ity

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0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Apple confirms layoffs affecting 700+ workers, including car team
1:36 - Best Buy Geek Squad Agents ‘Going Sleeper’ After Mass Layoffs
3:20 - Rich Americans get second passports, citing risk of instability
4:18 - Apple's upcoming M4 chips bring AI to its entire line of Macs. Here's when they're expected
6:08 - Apple will open the iPhone to repair with used parts
7:24 - Apple Vision Pro users complain of black eyes
8:37 - Intel unveils Gaudi 3 AI chip as Nvidia competition heats up
10:18 - Intel investigating games crashing on 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 processors
10:57 - Google announces Axion, its first custom Arm-based data center processor
11:26 - Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple
12:39 - AMD to open source MES firmware for Radeon GPUs
13:59 - Fairphone's Fairbuds are true wireless earbuds with repairable design and user-replaceable batteries
14:50 - 3D magnetic recording to boost Seagate's HDD storage capacity to 120TB+
15:36 - The First Major AI Consumer Hardware Launch is a Dumpster Fire
16:27 - We never agreed to only buy HP ink, say printer owners
17:05 - Synchron, a rival to Musk’s Neuralink, readies large-scale brain implant trial
18:18 - Microsoft reportedly begins showing full screen Windows 11 ad on Windows 10 PCs as end of support date looms
19:23 - New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser
21:18 - Shoplifting crackdown to include £55m for facial recognition tools in England and Wales
22:04 - The Morning After: Amazon stops paying bonuses to Alexa developers
22:47 - Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators
23:32 - Beeper Took On Apple’s iMessage Dominance. Now It’s Been Acquired
24:12 - Google Vids is the latest AI-powered app in Workspace
25:04 - Suicide Squad Hackers Are Somehow Playing As Deathstroke
25:53 - Alibaba founder Jack Ma re-emerges with praise of 'transformations'
26:39 - The Crew Is Reportedly Being Revoked From Ubisoft Connect Accounts
27:25 - Amazon owes $525 mln in cloud-storage patent fight, US jury says
28:22 - Meta (again) denies that Netflix read users’ private Facebook messages
29:29 - Meta will require labels on more AI-generated content
30:42 - Instagram to Blur Out Nude Images Sent to Teens in DMs
31:19 - Amid TikTok Ban Threats, ByteDance Surges In Profit
31:56 - TikTok Notes: plans for new photo-based app, reports claim
32:54 - Aosta Valley, Italy: 22 year-old French woman found dead in church was searching for ghosts, police say
33:31 - Elon Musk says his posts did more to ‘financially impair’ X than help it
34:38 - AI-generated Elon Musk videos flood YouTube with fake eclipse streams to promote crypto scams

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