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Linux Weekly 9: The Future Belongs to Those Who Build Value, Not Extract It

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Computer Janitor Wendell to the Rescue!!

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Benchmarking an MSI Build with "Cheaper" Memory, a 4070ti and the i7 Ultra 270k Plus

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Intel Xeon 6 658X for Workstations Launching Now.. but how's it stacking up?

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

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Building a Somewhat More Affordable AM5 Server in the Silverstone RM32 3U Case!

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

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Building a Somewhat More Affordable AM5 Server in the Silverstone RM32 3U Case!

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Fractal Pop 2 Air Quick Build

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256 GB on AM5: E-Z Mode!

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SilverStone CS383: A Case for True Professionals

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Fractal Epoch: The Perfect PC Case for Beginners?


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Minisforum MS O2 Ultra Is a Fantasy Level Mini PC

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Is Custom Building a Forbidden Router in 2025 a Good Idea? Featuring Editor Grant

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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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Showcasing the New MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 2mg on the Server Crash Cart!

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Minisforum UM680 Slim: A Mini PC Masterpiece?

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Small Form Factor Workstation: Reviewing and Benchmarking the Minisforum MS-A2

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Phantom Gaming B850i Lighting WiFi Review

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Keeping up with AI with the Minisforum X1 AI Mini PC Ft. 96GB Memory


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

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Intel Xeon 6 658X for Workstations Launching Now.. but how's it stacking up?

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Intel's Battle Matrix Benchmarks and Review

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Minisforum M1 Pro 285H Review

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AMD's New Redstone Driver: Performance Gains for Radeon 9070 and 9070 XT, But There's a Catch


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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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Intel Has a Problem Part 2: Post Mortem: Revived. But the Aftermath?


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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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Teaching a Robot how to Game with Turnstone and Nvidia VSS!

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Best 120b Model for Offline Use? Nemotron 3 Super Out Now

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What Do You Want to Run on this 4 DGX Spark Cluster? Preparing for GTC '26 #tech #nvidia

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DGX and RTX 6000s at SC 25

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4x Radeon AI Pro R9700 in a single system! And HAProxy: Owning the Means of Production

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NVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz are giving Tesla a run for its Money!

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Running Vision-Language AI Locally: Building something fun with Jetson, Small Models, and Big Ideas


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Where's My Framework 16?! A Chat with Tom Lawrence on Upgrading Wendell's old Laptop

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

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Phison's NEW SSD Controller: Better Laptop Battery, Faster Performance!

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128 gigs of RAM in this ROG Flow Z13 Tablet!?

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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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Testing 256GB of GSKill DDR5 6000 on AM5!

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The FORBIDDEN Motherboard!! Hacking More Lanes into AM5: LR-Link Broadcom PCIe Expansion

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Intel Xeon 6 658X for Workstations Launching Now.. but how's it stacking up?

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Creating a ZFS Pool of Mismatched Old Storage!

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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!

Forbidden Router Trilogy playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL10NWKboioZRzCsTw9WedxId9sa0GC7nx

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My Power!? Its uninterruptable! (and also RGB) -- ft Tripp Lite Smart 1200 PSGLCD

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Power loss on your PC and Servers is an unexpected issue that should be expected, so prepare yourself with backup batteries! In this episode of L1Rambles, Wendell explains what an uninterruptable power supply is and why the UPS you got may not be the right one!

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The Level1 Show October 26 2022: Step Into My Parler, Said The Dying Company to the Rapper

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0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Apple announces new iPad Pro with M2 chip and Wi-Fi 6E
1:15 - New iPad Only Supports First-Gen Apple Pencil, Requires Adapter to Charge
2:26 - Apple bows to pressure, drops plan to buy Chinese memory chips
3:16 - Intel 13900k is Here! Give it Power and It'll be Powerful!!
4:27 - Pixel Watch teardown shows off “ugly” insides, gives strong first-gen vibes
5:27 - Pine64 Ox64 is a Raspberry Pi Pico-sized single-board PC with a RISC-V processor
6:05 - Microsoft preps DirectStorage 1.1 with GPU decompression for faster game loads
7:02 - GeForce RTX 4090 Has a Spirit Level to Prevent GPU Sagging
7:52 - USB-C can hit 120Gbps with newly published USB4 Version 2.0 spec
8:32 - Starlink unveils airplane service—Musk says it’s like using Internet at home
9:21 - BMW will build a $1.7 billion EV battery factory in South Carolina
9:58 - Google “doubles down” on Pixel hardware, cuts Google Assistant support
10:53 - Amazon’s attrition costs $8 billion annually according to leaked documents. And it gets worse.
12:42 - Microsoft layoffs October 2022: The tech giant cuts nearly 1,000 jobs
12:57 - Stripe Takes Steps To Prune Workforce
13:24 - Don’t worry, Uber WILL find a way to advertise to you
14:04 - RIP Apple TV HD: Apple went all-in on 4K yesterday
14:43 - Microsoft is building an Xbox mobile gaming store to take on Apple and Google
15:59 - Netflix cloud, PC gaming efforts confirmed
17:16 - Netflix password-sharing crackdown will roll out globally in ‘early 2023’ — and here’s how it could work
18:08 - Ubuntu's New Terminal 'Ad' is Angering Users
19:24 - Bitcoin Fails to Produce 1 Block for Over an Hour
19:59 - Uber Eats now delivers cannabis in Canada
21:15 - ‘A tipping point for higher ed’: Google launches new, low-cost online programs for high-demand jobs
22:17 - Workers form union at Waymo, Google's self-driving car company
22:49 - Workers at second Apple store vote to join union
24:40 - Apple Card will add savings accounts to earn interest on Daily Cash rewards
25:25 - Nikola NKLA founder Trevor Milton found guilty of fraud
26:32 - Meta Horizon Worlds metaverse losing users, falling short of goals
27:18 - Meta says it will sell Giphy to comply with UK breakup order
28:01 - Mark Zuckerberg takes shot on iMessage, says WhatsApp more ‘private and secure'
28:39 - Untangling The Wire’s accusations about Meta and Instagram moderation in India
30:28 - Bernard Arnault Sells Private Jet so People Won't Track Him
32:57 - Planned cuts at Twitter likely to hurt content moderation, user security
34:11 - ‘Responsible social media’ council looks to bridge divides on tech
35:11 - Kanye West to acquire ‘uncancelable’ social media platform Parler

#level1show

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The Level1 Show October 25 2022: 3+3 = 🐄💩

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0:00 - Intro
1:18 - FTC Wants to Add Right to Repair to Existing Energy Saving Rules
2:23 - Visa, Mastercard under fresh FTC investigation over debit card routing
3:35 - SEC's Gensler says CFTC authority over stablecoins should be bolstered
4:53 - Former US Security Officials, Experts Reserve Concerns Over TikTok Compromising National Security
5:29 - AT&T Hit With $23 Million Fine For Bribing Illinois Lawmaker
7:05 - Help, Foxconn has gone from AI 8K+5G to ‘3+3=∞’
8:43 - Texas sues Google for allegedly capturing biometric data of millions without consent
9:35 - Intel sued over future of historic DEC chip factory site
10:48 - Xi's call to win tech race points to new wave of Chinese state-led spending
11:14 - Chinese distributors reportedly dump dud chips on Russia
12:48 - Japanese regulators loosen crypto laws and make it easier to list coins
13:33 - India fines Google $162 million for anti-competitive practices on Android
14:20 - Russian lawmaker urges WhatsApp ban for state employees
15:08 - Internet connectivity worldwide impacted by severed fiber cables in France
16:08 - UK government could ration diesel supplies to keep data centers up
16:59 - Germany fires cybersecurity chief 'over Russia ties'
17:43 - Turkish opposition applies to annul disinformation law
18:45 - Mexico probes whether Pegasus spyware purchases were legal
19:57 - GPS interference caused the FAA to reroute Texas air traffic. Experts stumped
20:54 - Datacenter fire takes out South Korea’s top two web giants
21:25 - Kakao co-CEO resigns, company to invest over $300M to build data center after mass outage
22:06 - Qatar Spyware required for World Cup visitors
23:26 - Microsoft customer data leak includes contact info, emails
24:10 - Hackers have stolen record $3 billion in cryptocurrency this year
24:39 - Crypto scam victims seek to hold Coinbase responsible for losses
25:21 - Former WSJ reporter says law firm used Indian hackers to sabotage his career
25:59 - Over 45,000 VMware ESXi servers just reached end-of-life
26:38 - Streaming brought new ways to cheat at poker. Garrett Adelstein thinks he was a victim of one.
28:04 - Apple’s Mixed Reality Headset to Offer Iris Scanning for Payments, Logging In
29:09 - Texas schools send parents DNA kits to identify their kids’ bodies in emergencies
29:59 - TN man finds TWRA hidden camera on his property
32:13 - China censors word "Beijing” after rare protest in city

#level1show

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Level1 News October 21 2022: Filled with Shatness

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0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong
2:41 - Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image Creator
3:45 - Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in an AI-powered podcast
5:14 - Many U.S. drivers treat partially automated cars as self-driving
6:08 - Nike moves to curb sneaker-buying bots and resale market with penalties
7:25 - AI music generators could be a boon for artists — but also problematic
8:53 - Amazon abandons live tests of Scout home delivery robot
9:37 - This Danish Political Party Is Led by an AI
10:48 - SpaceX announces a second private flight to the Moon aboard Starship
11:33 - Amazon changes Kuiper prototype satellites launch from ABL to ULA
13:29 - Nasa says Dart mission succeeded in shifting asteroid’s orbit
14:54 - SpaceX competitor Lynk testing 5G cell phone service from space
15:35 - Stoke Space aims to build rapidly reusable rocket with a completely novel design
16:30 - Robot falls asleep while being quizzed by Lords
17:45 - Sony and Honda envision an EV that entertains while it takes the wheel
18:13 - William Shatner: My Trip to Space Filled Me With Sadness
18:56 - Artist Damien Hirst just burned 1,000 of his paintings and will soon burn more
20:32 - New York changes gun buyback after seller gets $21,000 for 3D-printed parts
21:28 - New Zealand angers its farmers by proposing taxing cow burps
22:46 - Rainbow fentanyl' is not being targeted at children, experts say
24:09 - Pastor who gave kids 'I ❤️ hot youth pastors' stickers placed on leave
25:17 - Halloween 2022: Lower Merion School District in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania cancels parades over safety, inclusivity concerns
27:01 - Florida car rental employees find toddler left in returned vehicle
29:40 - UC Berkeley to offer new course about Nicki Minaj in its spring 2023 semester; Artist says she'd 'love to stop by'
31:13 - $1.5 million floating home prototype sinks into the water at unveiling
33:05 - Ubisoft thinks you should pay $120 for Far Cry 6 GOTY Edition even though it didn't win a GOTY award
34:13 - ‘Ballots have been stuffed’: voting scandal rocks Alaska’s fat bear contest

#level1show

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1u Servers are DEAD! Long Live 2u Servers! But Why? -Ft. Supermicro AS -2114GT-DNR

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Is this was the future looks like? More like, this is what the future will sound like! At least until they make quieter fans. Join Wendell as he goes over his 2u GamersNexus project! Is it a super computer? Pretty much! Is it expensive? Yeah, $70,000! Is Wendell like a little kid in a candy shop? You Betcha!

System Specs: https://www.supermicro.com/en/Aplus/system/2U/2114/AS-2114GT-DNR.cfm

GPU Specs: https://www.amd.com/en/products/server-accelerators/amd-instinct-mi210

GamersNexus Vid: https://youtu.be/GrOsiCZ9MVE

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The Level1 Show October 19 2022: Tweet So Raw My Bank Decline Me

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 Plus ships with an RTX 3060 for $4,299
1:22 - Microsoft’s Surface Pro 9 is the latest major gadget to ditch the headphone jack
2:44 - Google Kills Cloud Gaming Stadia, Announces Cloud Gaming Laptop
4:27 - PayPal 'Misinformation' Policy Can Cost Users $2500 Fine
5:35 - Intel plans to cut thousands of jobs hit by PC slowdown - Bloomberg News
6:12 - Epic Games and Match look to expand their antitrust claims against Google
6:55 - Vault by CNN shutdown results in “rug pull” accusations from NFT buyers
8:28 - Google selects Coinbase to take cloud payments with cryptocurrencies
9:19 - Mastercard's (MA) New Solution to Make Crypto Purchases Safer
10:52 - Honda's new $4.4 billion EV battery plant will be built in Ohio
12:11 - New Apple services and apps are rolling out on Windows 11 and Xbox
13:19 - Microsoft Office will become Microsoft 365 in major brand overhaul
14:23 - Intel and Google Cloud launch new chip to improve data center performance
14:55 - Starlink now available in Japan, confirms SpaceX
16:37 - Amazon.com to invest over 1 billion euros in European electric van, truck fleet
18:00 - PC shipments still on the decline, says IDC
18:38 - Musk says Tesla's electric Semi truck has started production
19:24 - Netflix to charge $6.99 a month for ad-supported plan starting Nov. 3
21:46 - Google is serious about its giant video chat booths, starts real-world testing
23:41 - Crossplay tensions simmer as Overwatch 2 controller players discover aim assist is disabled against PC
25:47 - TikTok chases Amazon with plans for U.S. fulfillment centers
28:57 - Trump SPAC shares jump after Google Play Store approves Truth Social
29:59 - Mark Zuckerberg Says He Enjoys 'Being Doubted'
31:04 - Microsoft partners with Meta to bring Teams, Office, Windows, and Xbox to VR
32:19 - The Meta Quest Pro costs $1,499 and ships October 25th
33:36 - Meta announces legs, which were a lie
34:24 - Brands are spamming WhatsApp users in India, Facebook’s largest market
35:18 - It's Lonely in the Metaverse: DappRadar Data Suggests Decentraland Has 38 ‘Daily Active’ Users in $1.3B Ecosystem
36:51 - Facebook warns 1 million users whose logins were stolen by scam mobile apps
37:39 - Meta’s VR Headset Harvests Personal Data Right Off Your Face
38:20 - YouTube Handles: Unique URL for Every Channel
39:04 - JP Morgan reportedly fires Kanye West as a customer

#level1show

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The Level1 Show October 14 2022: Ad Light, Ad Bright, The First Ad I See Tonight

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0:00 - Intro
1:11 - AI eye checks can predict heart disease risk in less than minute, finds study
2:12 - DeepMind's game-playing AI just beat 50-year-old record in computer science
3:26 - Meta’s new text-to-video AI generator is like DALL-E for video
3:49 - Amazon scales back Scout delivery robot program
4:13 - Google answers Meta’s video-generating AI with its own, dubbed Imagen Video
5:57 - Robots are making French fries faster, better than humans
8:53 - Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face
10:07 - Walgreens Expands Use of Prescription-Packaging Robots
10:30 - Tesla now has 160,000 active Full Self Driving cars and one Dojo supercomputer
11:12 - Intel's Mobileye files for listing in first sign of thawing tech IPO market
12:08 - Queensland's Browns Plains without electricity after drone food delivery crashes into powerlines
12:52 - Elon Musk reveals Optimus TeslaBot prototype during AI Day 2022
13:55 - S.F. to feds: Cruise driverless cars keep blocking our roads
14:34 - Boston Dynamics pledges not to weaponize its robots
15:47 - Tesla ditches ultrasonic sensors from new cars as it bets on camera-only driver assistance
16:32 - Gun Detection AI The Latest Tech To Make Schools Less Safe
17:49 - The robot takeout revolution is closer than you think
20:14 - ISRO confirms Mangalyaan mission over, Mars Orbiter craft non-recoverable
21:22 - Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket reaches orbit for 1st time
22:06 - NASA and SpaceX are studying a Hubble telescope boost, adding 15 to 20 years of life
23:16 - Did an NYU professor get fired because students hate organic chem?
26:16 - Saudi Arabia win bid to host 2029 Asian Winter Games at desert megacity
27:38 - Alcohol-Free Saudi Arabia Plans Champagne and Wine Bars at Neom
29:00 - SF has a fine-dining restaurant for dogs with $75 tasting menu
30:55 - Rap Lyrics Can No Longer Be Used as Evidence in California: New Bill
33:17 - Taco Bell is apologizing for its breakfast menu
35:21 - Debt to the Penny
36:39 - Biden pardons all federal simple marijuana possession offenses
37:55 - It's Fat Bear Week. Here Are The Contenders
39:42 - Narcan vending machine in Kentucky empty day after being installed

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The Level1 Show October 12 2022: Bread and Subscriptions

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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Here’s Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, starting at $599 and $899
1:50 - Spotify dives into audiobooks with a library of over 300,000 titles
4:34 - Intel CTO wants developers to build once, then run on any GPU
5:49 - Magic Leap's smaller, lighter second-gen AR glasses are now available
6:50 - Asrock motherboards damaged by RAM warning sticker
7:48 - 1000TB SSDs could become mainstream by 2030 as Samsung plans 1000-layer NAND
8:27 - Canon is Building a $345M Chip Plant in Japan, its First in 21 Years
9:38 - Tesla unveils new Dojo supercomputer so powerful it tripped the power grid
10:18 - Apple's App Store revenue fell in September, Morgan Stanley says
11:38 - Arm loses 40% of UK staff despite SoftBank pledge to grow domestic workforce
12:45 - AMD warns of Q3 revenue shortfall
13:36 - Meta launches AI software tools to ease switching between Nvidia, AMD chips
14:53 - Ford raises price of entry-level F-150 Lightning for 2nd time in two months
15:50 - Amazon freezes corporate hiring in its retail business
16:29 - Amazon is launching a dedicated hub for its affordable shopping options
17:43 - Amazon suspends 50 workers who refused to work after warehouse fire
19:52 - Activision Blizzard illegally withheld raises from unionizing workers, labor board finds
21:18 - Matter Smart Home Standard Officially Launches, Support Could Come in iOS 16.1
22:37 - CEOs Preparing to Cut ESG Spending, Lay Off Staff
23:11 - Consumers prioritize Netflix, Amazon Prime over groceries and gas
24:57 - Micron to spend up to $100 billion to build New York chip plant
25:51 - Cyberpunk 2077 sequel Project Orion announced by CD Projekt Red
27:38 - Intel Laptop Users Should Avoid Linux 5.19.12 To Avoid Potentially Damaging The Display
28:15 - Rightsholders Asked Google to Remove Six Billion 'Pirate' Links
29:07 - Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production to India
31:20 - Google picks South Africa for its first cloud region in Africa
32:40 - Google shuts down Translate service in China
33:34 - Stadia controllers could become e-waste unless Google issues Bluetooth update
35:03 - Who is ready for a fleet of cubesats flying over cities, displaying ads?
36:44 - Showtime chief's exit signals Paramount moving toward streaming merger
38:28 - Overwatch 2 talk
46:47 - Coroner lists Instagram algorithm as contributing cause of UK teen's death
48:11 - Facebook Reportedly Laying Off Thousands of Employees
49:50 - Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline
50:50 - Tim Cook is latest CEO to question the ‘metaverse’
52:13 - Elon Musk Offered to Buy Twitter at a Lower Price in Recent Talks
54:54 - YouTube is asking some users to purchase a Premium subscription to watch in 4K
57:17 - Meta ordered to pay $175M for copying Green Beret veteran’s app
58:11 - How TikTok Tracks You Across the Web, Even If You Don’t Use the App
59:20 - Apple VP leaves company after vulgar comment goes viral on TikTok

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The Level1 Show October 7 2022: McDesperate for Millennial Customers

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0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Bipedal Cassie sets Guinness World Record for robotic 100-meter sprint
2:02 - OpenAI removes the waitlist for DALL-E 2, allowing anyone to sign up
2:40 - Silent Ventus drone: Drone startup claims it flew its zero-emissions ion propulsion drone on 4.5-minute test flight
4:20 - Selective neutralisation and deterring of cockroaches with laser automated by machine vision
6:17 - Almost Half of Industrial Robots Are in China
7:09 - James Earl Jones Retires From Voicing Darth Vader
8:49 - Bruce Willis Becomes First Celebrity to Sell Rights to Deepfake Firm
9:45 - OpenAI open-sources Whisper, a multilingual speech recognition system
11:17 - NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test
12:26 - Pfizer pays almost $120 million for app that detects COVID from a cough
14:20 - Target Venus not Mars for first crewed mission to another planet, experts say
15:39 - NASA waves off next Artemis I launch attempt due to tropical storm
16:16 - Alameda sheriff strips 47 deputies of service weapons, admitting they failed psych exams and shouldn’t have been hired
18:55 - North Korea announces new nationwide mask mandate weeks after COVID ‘victory’
19:37 - Tiny Dongle Brings The Hard Drive’s Song Back To Updated Retrocomputers
21:30 - ‘Something is seriously wrong’: Room-temperature superconductivity study retracted
22:27 - Museums on prescription: Brussels tests cultural visits to treat anxiety
23:54 - ‘I’d rather eat an actual burger’: why plant-based meat’s sizzle fizzled in the US
27:31 - Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year
28:51 - Ohio exempts clergy from reporting abuse
30:36 - Cancer charity boss who spent donations on giant dragon statue ordered to redistribute cash
32:03 - Florida reporter defends putting condom on mic during Hurricane Ian broadcast
33:59 - Ken Paxton tried to avoid being served with subpoena, court record says
34:50 - Fox News Meteorologist Draws A Giant Dong During Hurricane Report
35:38 - McDonald's is selling Happy Meals to adults — with a twist
36:29 - Women make assumptions about men’s personality traits and behaviors based on pictures of their dingus, study finds
37:49 - Pennsylvania school district accused of banning Girls Who Code book series
40:13 - Seattle Library will allow staff to administer opioid overdose reversing Narcan
41:53 - 2nd grader was instructed to ‘send picture of you doing reading homework in bathtub,’ parents say
43:53 - Ford's blue oval badge in short supply: Shortages pile up
44:23 - CIA Just Invested In Woolly Mammoth Resurrection Tech
45:46 - Biden mistakenly calls out recently deceased congresswoman
47:11 - Army’s First Trans Officer Indicted for Spying for Russia
49:00 - 'Dahmer' LGBTQ Tag: Netflix Removes Category After Fan Backlash

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