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System 76's Thelio Mira w/ Pop! OS and Cosmic 🚀

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256 GB on AM5: E-Z Mode!

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Minisforum MS O2 Ultra Is a Fantasy Level Mini PC

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Strix Halo Mini PC vs DIY Build -- Does it make sense for Gaming? For AI? What for?

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Minisforum MS S1 Max AI Review, Benchmarks, and Comfy UI Setup Guide

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More Strix Halo MADNESS With The GMKtec EVO-X2 Mini PC!

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Linux Weekly 6: 9950X3D2, Local AI on Intel GPUs, and Forbidden Routers

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256 GB on AM5: E-Z Mode!

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Cooling Two Epyc CPUs with the Silverstone XE360P-DD!

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 3 2025: Grand Theft Wind

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“What Would I Do With 8 GPUs?” — 10 Years Later… Millions ft Charlie Boyle from Nvidia

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“AI Factory” Isn’t a Metaphor — It’s a Design Pattern (And That Changes Everything)

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Intel B70 -- Arc Pro Battlemage Lands with 32gb VRAM, 600+ GB/sec bandwidth, and more

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

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AMD: What's up with the ECC 5200 Limit in the latest AGESA 1.3.0.0?? Oopsie not intentional (I hope)

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Swap GPUs at the Press of a Button: Liqid Fabric PCIe Magic Trick!

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Easily allocate hundreds of GPUs WITHOUT touching them!
Check out other Liqid solutions here: https://www.liqid.com

0:00 Intro
1:00 Explaining the Magic
2:00 Showing the Use Case Set Up
4:41 The Problem with Microsoft
6:07 Infrastructure as Code Hardware Control
10:36 Game Changing our Game Testing and More
16:12 Outro

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The Level1 Show May 17 2024: 2 Hot 4 Dronez

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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Humans now share the web equally with bots, report warns amid fears of the ‘dead internet’
1:17 - Fake Monet and Renoir on eBay among 40 counterfeits identified using AI
2:36 - Katy Perry's own mom fell for her Met Gala AI photo.
3:48 - The teens making friends with AI chatbots
4:43 - Motional delays commercial robotaxi plans amid restructuring
5:45 - An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war
6:04 - Robot dogs armed with AI-aimed rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation
7:02 - Drone Company Zipline Dictates Mayor's Quote on How 'Normal' Zipline Is
7:38 - Amazon’s Delivery Drones Won’t Fly in Arizona’s Summer Heat
8:15 - As Amazon's robot ranks swell, workers worry about their future
9:48 - Tempe company uses robots to write handwritten cards
10:25 - Boeing Starliner launch delayed until May 17
11:22 - SWAT team sold fake body armor as Homeland Security launches major investigation
11:54 - Brazen burglars steal $250k in cash by cutting hole into the roof of Onyx strip club
12:37 - DEA tells Congress that getting illegal drugs in US is as easy as calling Uber Eats
13:09 - Marvel Will Release No More Than Three Movies and Two Shows Per Year, Bob Iger Says
13:41 - Fans following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there
14:30 - Women are paying big money to scream, smash sticks in the woods. It's called a rage ritual.
15:29 - Kyoto government worker assaults coworker for spoiling popular manga series at the office
16:02 - New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don’t know what a computer is
16:27 - George Santos Reviving Drag Persona ‘Kitara Ravache’ to Hawk Videos for $350 a Pop of Him Dressed as Woman
16:55 - California superintendent fired for allegedly threatening students who didn't clap for her daughter
17:28 - Donald 'Von ShitzInPantz' has now formally been entered into the public record at Trump's hush-money trial
18:24 - Woman found living inside Family Fare sign in Midland
19:09 - Panera to stop selling Charged Sips caffeinated drinks allegedly linked to 2 deaths
19:36 - Zoo In China Stages Phony Panda Exhibit In Which Two Dogs With Dyed Fur Were The Main Attraction
20:08 - How bird flu could threaten cow cuddling. Yes, it is a thing
20:45 - Vultures deemed 'too drunk to fly' after dumpster diving taken to 'rehab' center
21:24 - Bag of snakes found in passenger's pants at Miami International Airport
21:42 - Pier pressure: more than 1,000 sea lions assemble at San Francisco dockside
22:39 - OpenAI considers allowing users to create AI-generated pornography
23:13 - Researchers warned against using AI to peer review academic papers
23:57 - Google DeepMind’s ‘leap forward’ in AI could unlock secrets of biology
25:40 - OpenAI Exec: A Year From Now, Today's ChatGPT Will Look 'Laughably Bad'
27:09 - 40,000 AI-narrated audiobooks flood Audible, dividing authors and listeners
29:03 - Meet MAI-1: Microsoft Readies New AI Model to Compete With Google, OpenAI
29:43 - Microsoft says it did a lot for responsible AI in inaugural transparency report
30:40 - We Asked AI to Predict Kentucky Derby Winners—Here Are Its Picks

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S100-WLP Mercury Series from Minisforum Overview

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A Quad-Core N100 from Minisforum is in the studio today to be reviewed by Wendell! Is this the mini pc you've been looking for? Join Wendell as he reviews the S100-WLP Mercury Series from MinisForum

Want one? Get it here: https://s.minisforum.com/Level1tech-S100

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The Level1 Show May 7 2024: In Communist Russia, Wikipedia Edits You

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0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Supreme Court declines to block Texas pornography restriction
1:54 - FCC issues $200M in fines for AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon for sharing location data
2:44 - Senators: Car Companies Are Giving Location Data to Police Without a Warrant
3:39 - US judge questions Google, DOJ in market power trial closing
4:18 - FBI’s searches of American data under FISA Section 702 drop 50 percent
5:29 - National Archives Bans Employee Use of ChatGPT
7:10 - Bipartisan senators unveil bill limiting kids’ social media use
8:25 - Automatic emergency braking at speeds up to 90mph required under new rule
9:25 - Amazon CEO Andy Jassy broke federal labor law with anti-union remarks
10:46 - Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband
12:13 - Congress lets broadband funding run out, ending $30 low-income discounts
13:03 - AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing
14:37 - US investigates Ford BlueCruise after crashes
15:18 - Microsoft bans US police departments from using enterprise AI tool for facial recognition
17:00 - US is reviewing risks of China's use of RISC-V chip technology
18:34 - Poland's prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people
19:14 - The EU will force Apple to open up iPadOS
20:16 - UK becomes first country to ban default bad passwords on IoT devices
20:56 - Apple adds more carve-outs to its EU core tech fee after criticism from devs
21:53 - Europe plans to build 100-qubit quantum computer by 2026
22:24 - South Korea military iPhone ban is poorly thought out
23:21 - What will happen if the U.S. bans TikTok? Here's what happened when India did it
23:49 - iPhone, iPad, and other Apple device users are being locked out of their Apple IDs, here’s why
24:38 - China Launches World's Largest Electric Container Ship, Slashing 8,600 Pounds of Emissions per 100 Nautical Miles
25:34 - Russia Clones Wikipedia, Censors It, Bans Original
26:45 - Austria calls for rapid regulation as it hosts meeting on 'killer robots'
27:59 - Dropbox Says Hackers Breached Digital-Signature Product
28:32 - UnitedHealthcare CEO says ‘maybe a third’ of US citizens were affected by recent hack
28:54 - Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO
29:22 - Kaiser Insurance Leaks 13.4M Members' Data to Online Advertisers
30:17 - Binance founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao sentenced to 4 months in prison
32:12 - Jassy, Bezos, other Amazon execs used Signal messaging app, a problem for FTC
32:55 - Ring customers get $5.6 million in refunds in privacy settlement
33:52 - Vastaamo hack: Therapy notes hacker jailed for blackmail

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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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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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How to Set Up SR-IOV with Intel Flex 170

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Join Wendell as he takes you through the how to set up SR-IOV with intel.

Check out the forum post here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/intel-i915-sr-iov-mode-for-flex-170-pro…

Supermicro system here: https://store.supermicro.com/us_en/iot-edge-superserver-sys-111e-fwtr.h…

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The Level1 Show April 16 2024: Silicon Sabbath

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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Starting today, ISPs must display labels with price, speeds, and data caps
1:39 - FCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadband
3:08 - FCC won’t block California net neutrality law, says states can “experiment”
4:49 - A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
5:55 - Biden considering Australian request to drop Julian Assange charges
6:59 - New bill would force AI companies to reveal use of copyrighted art
8:19 - JPMorgan, Wall Street giants on BLS economist’s ’Super Users’ list
9:30 - US to award Samsung up to $6.6 billion chip subsidy for Texas expansion, sources say
10:37 - TSMC wins $6.6 bln US subsidy for Arizona chip production
11:28 - SK hynix to Build $3.87 Billion Memory Packaging Fab in the U.S. for HBM4 and Beyond
12:36 - SEC warns Uniswap Labs of potential enforcement action
13:48 - Cox Plans to Take Piracy Liability Battle to the Supreme Court
15:48 - Biden Takes Aim at SpaceX’s Tax-Free Ride in American Airspace
17:35 - Kaspersky: Biden administration preparing to prevent Americans from using Russian-made software over national security concern
18:12 - Hollywood Believes The Time Is Ripe To Bring Back SOPA
19:33 - UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s
21:24 - EU's new tech laws are working; small browsers gain market share
22:11 - Germany wants its robots to be good Christians, take Sundays off from work
23:15 - Apple's India iPhone output hits $14 billion in 2024
25:06 - Brazil judge opens inquiry into Musk after refusal to block accounts on X
26:05 - NIST Unveils New Consortium to Operate the NVD
27:19 - Fury as home insurance companies cancel coverage after secretly taking pictures of owners' properties using drones, high altitude balloons and even manned airplanes
28:34 - Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks
29:47 - Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in security lapse
30:36 - Crypto trader's defense says Mango Markets was a trade, not theft
31:21 - SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line
32:20 - Academics reckon Apple's default apps have privacy pitfalls
34:03 - LG Smart TVs have security bugs that could let hackers in
34:51 - AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain.
35:43 - Canadian DNA lab knew its paternity tests identified the wrong dads, but it kept selling them
36:56 - The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind

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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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