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Level1 News May 31 2022: Farewell, Mr.Dorsey

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0:00 - Intro
7:20 - In private, vulnerable Senate Dems back off tech bill
8:34 - Why the government is unprepared to stop ransomware attacks
9:42 - Twitter will pay a $150 million fine over accusations it improperly sold user data
10:22 - Court: Foreign Torrent Site Operator Can Be Sued in the US
11:33 - SEC weighs crackdown on phony environmental and social justice funds
13:18 - U.S. issues charges in first criminal cryptocurrency sanctions case
14:17 - Navy Ships Swarmed By Drones, Not UFOs, Defense Officials Confirm
15:11 - California parents could soon sue for social media addiction
16:41 - Google 'private browsing' mode not really private, Texas lawsuit says
17:34 - DC attorney general sues Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica data breach
18:23 - Appeals court: Florida law on social media unconstitutional
19:59 - Spain to invest $13 billion to build microchip industry
20:35 - Dutch police create deepfake video of murdered boy, 13, in hope of new leads
21:33 - China Is 3D Printing a Dam
23:11 - Mysterious firm seeks to buy majority stake in Arm China
23:45 - Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter’s board
24:24 - Twitter Shareholders Sue Elon Musk For Sowing Confusion To Tank Deal
26:57 - Mark Zuckerberg: Metaverse to Lose ‘Significant’ Money in Near Term
27:49 - Facebook opens political ad data vaults to researchers
29:37 - Facebook Slammed for Spreading Vladimir Putin’s Propaganda in NATO’s East
30:12 - Female avatar sexually assaulted in Meta VR platform, campaigners say
32:31 - Apple's Headset Said to Feature 14 Cameras Enabling Lifelike Avatars, Jony Ive Has Remained Involved With Design
34:26 - Exclusive: Russian hackers are linked to new Brexit leak website, Google says
35:35 - “Tough to forge” digital driver’s license is… easy to forge
36:47 - DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Thought
37:54 - Hackers compromised some Zola user accounts to buy gift cards
39:05 - CrateDepression | Rust Supply-Chain Attack Infects Cloud CI Pipelines with Go Malware
40:17 - Rash of parts thefts is leaving Freightliner trucks inoperable
42:56 - Hacker Steals Database of Hundreds of Verizon Employees

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Level1 News May 27 2022: C.R.E.A.M. (Cheese)

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0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Two Military Satellites Just Communicated With Each Other Using Space Lasers
1:48 - Engineers Investigating NASA’s Voyager 1 Telemetry Data
2:32 - NASA’s Mars helicopter was supposed to fly five times. It’s flown 28.
3:29 - U.S. officials say Pentagon committed to understanding UFO origins
5:25 - MIT, Harvard scientists find AI can recognize race from X-rays — and nobody knows how
7:19 - ‘The Game is Over’: AI breakthrough puts DeepMind on verge of achieving human-level artificial intelligence
9:41 - Uber Eats pilots autonomous delivery with Serve Robotics, Motional
11:27 - CDC concerned about possible undetected monkeypox spread in U.K.
12:43 - In South Korea, ‘Ghost Surgeries’ Lead to Cameras in Hospitals
14:29 - Playing Video Games Has an Unexpected Effect on Kids' IQ, Says New Study
16:18 - Texas heat wave: Temperatures knock 6 power plants offline
18:12 - Accidental discovery that scallops love ‘disco’ lights leads to new fishing technique
20:04 - Adidas, Gucci selling $1,300 'umbrella' that isn't waterproof
21:05 - Warzone XP farm discovered in King Kong’s testicles
22:24 - Wisconsin man celebrates eating McDonald's Big Mac every day for 50 years
23:47 - Balenciaga launches 'fully destroyed' sneakers worth a whopping P100,000
25:54 - Highland Park seized their building; the price to get it back was two new police cars
27:19 - Is Bronx Zoo elephant a person? NY high court will decide
28:56 - Hip hop music, A Tribe Called Quest, makes cheese taste best, study says
31:12 - Aurora mom finds crack pipe in Walmart grocery delivery bag
33:24 - Florida woman accused of crashing into multiple cars, throwing fake snake to evade traffic stop
34:17 - Toddler orders 31 McDonald’s burgers with mom’s DoorDash app
35:29 - Frogs Keep Mating With the Wrong Things
37:07 - Rishi Sunak: I can't raise benefits because of 'complicated' computer system
37:56 - Thailand to give away one million free cannabis plants to households, minister says
38:50 - Middle schoolers accused of sexual harassment for not using preferred pronouns, parents say
40:15 - OF's biggest stars are hiring professionals to reply to DMs

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Level1 News May 25 2022: My TikTok Is Straight Fire, Bruh

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0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Netflix customers canceling service increasingly includes long-term subscribers
4:37 - Why Tesla was kicked out of the S&P 500's ESG index
7:45 - Apple gave mixed-reality headset demo to board of directors
9:58 - Apple reportedly testing E Ink outer display for upcoming foldable
10:44 - Apple Now Letting Developers Automatically Charge for Some Subscription Price Increases
11:50 - Apple Reverses Remote Work Policy, Exec Goes To Alphabet
13:07 - Microsoft will boost pay and stock compensation to retain employees
13:49 - Sony readies for metaverse revolution with cross-platform push
14:26 - Napster gets bought again, this time with a web3 pivot in the works
14:51 - Spotify experiments with musician NFT galleries
16:50 - Netflix Exploring Live Streaming For First Time; Unscripted & Comedy
17:15 - ‘Twisted Metal’: Neve Campbell Cast In Peacock’s Live-Action Video Game Adaptation
18:10 - Nvidia's LHR Limiter Has Fallen, But Gamers Shouldn't Worry
19:09 - NYC Now Has More Airbnb Listings Than Apartments for Rent
20:30 - Grubhub's NYC Free Lunch Promo Didn't Go Smoothly
23:27 - Sources: Hyundai to set $7B Georgia plant during Biden visit
23:58 - Software Freedom Conservancy wins big step forward for open-source rights
25:06 - Telehealth startup Cerebral halts controlled substance prescriptions
26:15 - Coinbase slows hiring to help weather market downturn
26:54 - Mastercard launches biometric 'wave to pay' programme
27:54 - China chipmaker SMIC says phone, PC demand has dropped 'like a rock'
28:59 - No cars were sold in Shanghai in April as zero-Covid policy hammers activity
30:20 - Free Lord of the Rings Mobile Game in the Works From Electronic Arts
31:11 - TikTok reportedly plans a ‘major push’ into gaming and games livestreamers could play with viewers
32:21 - TikTokers Are Accused of Starting Forest Fires For Views
33:54 - Older people using TikTok to defy ageist stereotypes, research finds
34:56 - A Pile of New Bikes in a Target Dumpster Goes Viral on TikTok
37:06 - Twitter will hide tweets that share false info during a crisis
38:06 - New York attorney general launches probe of Twitch and Discord after Buffalo shooting

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Checking Out The FSP Twins Pro Dual 930w PSU!

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Level1 News May 11 2022: The Sweet Space Serenades of Spaghettification

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0:00 - Intro
1:04 - AMD promises ‘extreme gaming laptops’ in 2023 with new Dragon Range CPU
1:54 - AMD doubles the number of CPU cores it offers to Chromebooks
3:19 - Microsoft Edge Overtakes Safari as World's Second Most Popular Desktop Browser
4:22 - Paramount Plus subscriber count has grown to nearly 40 million
6:17 - Alibaba Cloud gets more of Android working on RISC-V silicon
6:58 - Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open letter
8:36 - Apple lawsuit says 'stealth' startup Rivos poached engineers to steal secrets
11:28 - Apple Reaches Settlement to Pay $15 to Some iPhone 4S Owners Who Experienced Buggy Performance After iOS 9 Update
12:23 - Intuit to pay $141M settlement over 'free' TurboTax ads
13:39 - Square Enix sells all of its Western game studios—and their games—to Embracer
15:08 - New York Bill Would Force Amazon to Limit Grueling Warehouse Quotas
15:55 - Amazon Kindle E-Readers Will Now Convert EPUB to Kindle Format
17:01 - Amazon pledges $20 billion in exports from India by 2025
20:19 - Starbucks to launch NFTs this year, offering access to ‘unique experiences and benefits’
21:27 - NY Times says Wordle drove “tens of millions” of new users, record growth
22:59 - All 2023 Volvos Will Have Hybrid or Fully Electric Powertrains
23:22 - Google Overhauls Performance Review System After Employee Criticism
24:15 - A major Patreon survey shows that most creators don’t want crypto payments
24:59 - 1 Billion Cryptocurrency Users in a Decade, Predicts Coinbase CEO
26:05 - iPhone users complain Apple Music is installing itself to the dock, booting out their other apps
27:31 - Sonos is about to introduce its own voice assistant
28:41 - SpaceX engineer says NASA should plan for Starship’s “significant” capability
29:46 - NASA Is Sending Artificial Female Bodies to the Moon to Study Radiation Risks
31:32 - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope completely aligned and fully focused
32:08 - Rocket Lab catches falling rocket with a helicopter — then drops it in the ocean
34:53 - Japan firm develops AI system to catch shrine box donations thieves
36:08 - Hear the Sound of a Black Hole ‘Echo’

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Level1 News April 20 2022: The Inescapable Drone Of Advertising

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0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Mac sales fly as PC declines – did the M1 chip save Apple?
2:35 - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Review: 3D V-Cache Powers a New Gaming Champion
4:16 - Amazon slaps U.S. sellers with 5% fuel and inflation surcharge
5:31 - Amazon workers made up almost half of all warehouse injuries last year
7:44 - Amazon Targets High Schoolers in a Warehouse Recruiting Blitz
9:28 - Amazon filing outlines plans to fight the New York union vote
10:40 - Google to invest $9.5 billion in U.S. offices, data centers this year
13:00 - SoCal man says car computer on his new Tesla froze, causing vehicle to be stuck at 83 mph on freeway
14:25 - Over 10 Percent of Tesla Model S EVs Fail Germany’s Strict Inspection After 3 Years
16:15 - CNN+ struggles to lure viewers, drawing under 10,000 daily users
18:58 - E Ink's New Color Electronic Paper Is Fast Enough for Video
20:18 - Intel patent suggests drones may be used to create mobile billboards in the near future
22:41 - Intel Says It'll Deliver 2025 Chip Tech a Half Year Early
25:34 - Disconnected: Samsung.com sales reps say the system makes them work for free
28:42 - Peloton raises subscription fees, cuts prices for Bikes, Treads
30:29 - ‘Club Penguin Rewritten’ shut down by Disney, website seized by London police
32:10 - ‘Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet’ NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280
33:21 - Wikipedia community votes to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations
34:46 - Remember IMDb TV? It’s called ‘Amazon Freevee’ Now
35:43 - Google quietly launches its awaited ‘Switch to Android’ app on iOS
37:46 - Microsoft: Moving Windows 11 taskbar may never be an option again
38:51 - Paypal founder launches tirade against ‘gerontocracy’ over bitcoin
40:28 - PS3, Vita Games Mysteriously Expiring, Making Them Unplayable
42:32 - ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ has the best opening weekend for a video game movie
44:22 - 45 Robinhood Users' Angry FTC Complaints
45:32 - Tim Cook uses privacy keynote to attack sideloading
47:13 - U.S. Warns Sophisticated ICS/SCADA Malware Can Damage Critical Infrastructure
48:53 - New Speedcam App Lets Anyone, Anywhere Submit Evidence Of Drivers Speeding
50:59 - Russia is jamming GPS satellite signals in Ukraine, US Space Force says
51:59 - Git for Windows issues vuln-plugging update: Patch now
53:51 - Chrome Web Store will show badges for reputable developers
54:56 - Cop Admits To Playing Copyrighted Music Through Squad Car PA To Keep Videos Off YouTube
57:27 - RaidForums Gets Raided, Alleged Admin Arrested
58:28 - Pentagon's outgoing data boss warns of quantum cyber threats
59:32 - Class action lawsuit about unlawful location tracking
1:01:24 - A ‘cautionary tale’ about location tracking
1:03:20 - Microsoft Patch Tuesday, April 2022 Edition

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Level1 News May 4 2022: Excuse Me Waiter, There Are Ads In My Algorithm

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0:00 - Intro
1:55 - U.S. opens first major silicon carbide chip plant in New York
3:14 - Google launches Media CDN to compete on content delivery
3:45 - Apple Launches Do-It-Yourself Repairs For iPhone 13, iPhone 12 and iPhone SE
5:09 - Android’s app store privacy section starts rolling out today
6:56 - Dell defends CAMM, its controversial new laptop memory
8:34 - Comcast and Charter team up to topple Roku, Amazon streaming hardware
11:04 - Facing Protests, Amazon Makes Cell Phone Access at Warehouses Permanent
12:37 - Pixel Watch prototype is left at a bar, gets photographed
13:40 - Qualcomm’s M1-class laptop chips will be ready for PCs in “late 2023”
14:39 - Amazon (AMZN) Q1 2022 earnings
15:11 - Netflix Employees Could Face More Layoffs as Stock Falls
16:13 - Tesla shares sink, losing over $125 billion in market value
16:49 - Apple reports best March quarter ever with new records for iPhone and Mac
18:15 - Starlink made a deal with Hawaiian Airlines to fix in-flight Wi-Fi
20:00 - Virtual meeting study: 50% of participants arrive late, 22% don’t say anything
21:12 - Crypto firms seek clearer U.S. rules on their interest-bearing products
22:01 - Fidelity to allow Bitcoin in 401(k) plans
23:13 - YouTube is testing ads on its short-form answer to TikTok, Shorts
25:53 - Call of Duty slumps heading into Activision-Microsoft deal vote
27:13 - Robinhood cutting about 9% of full-time employees
28:16 - With $130 Million In Hand, Ayar Labs Looks To Commercialize Optical I/O
29:34 - Twitch Considering Cutting Streamer Pay to Boost Profits
32:04 - Researchers develop a paper-thin loudspeaker
33:48 - Arm China Pursues Rogue CEO in Court, Close to Ousting
34:49 - Indian cows (and buffaloes) are going online
36:14 - Cloudflare detects one of the largest DDoS attacks on record targeting crypto platform
37:06 - North Koreans Are Jailbreaking Phones to Access Forbidden Media
39:10 - Microsoft fixes 40-minute Point of Sale bug in Windows 11
40:01 - Microsoft finds Linux desktop flaw that gives root to untrusted users
40:44 - Microsoft Edge is getting a built-in VPN powered by Cloudflare
43:03 - Russian hacking in Ukraine has been extensive and intertwined with military operations, Microsoft says
43:49 - Hackers Reportedly Target Wind-Energy Companies
44:28 - NFTs Stolen After Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram, Discord Hacked
45:32 - Call of Duty cheaters are being struck blind by anti-cheat software
46:15 - Google now lets you request the removal of personal contact information from search results

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Level1 News February 8 2022: Crouching China, Sunken Airplane

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0:00 - Intro
5:17 - FBI confirms it obtained NSO’s Pegasus spyware
6:58 - FBI director: China biggest threat to U.S.
9:01 - Senate introduces bill to allow farmers to fix their own equipment
12:23 - It's Not Just the IRS—the US Government Wants Your Selfies
14:44 - Waymo sues state DMV to keep robotaxi safety details secret
16:40 - FTC to review Microsoft's $68.7B deal to buy Activision Blizzard, report says
17:46 - Apple and Google could be forced to give up full control of their app stores
19:28 - The EARN IT Act is back in Congress
21:24 - 'Havana Syndrome': US intelligence community report says 'pulsed electromagnetic energy' could be cause
22:30 - F-35C fighter jet: Race is on to reach sunken US plane... before China
25:19 - Ohio lured Intel's chip plant with $2B incentive package
26:22 - Regulators find Europe’s ad-tech industry acted unlawfully
28:17 - EU drafts counteroffensive to China, US on technology rules
29:01 - GlobalWafers bid for Siltronic fails amid tech sovereignty concerns
31:03 - El Salvador angrily rejects IMF call to drop Bitcoin use
32:28 - Israel's laser missile defense really is a new Star Wars
33:32 - India proposes 30% tax on crypto and NFTs income
35:07 - Reuters reports zero-click iPhone exploit was also used by another Israeli surveillance firm, in addition to NSO Group
35:57 - NSO offered US mobile security firm ‘bags of cash’, whistleblower claims
37:10 - Academic Journal Claims it Fingerprints PDFs for ‘Ransomware,’ Not Surveillance
39:54 - Silenced AirTags With Disabled Speakers for Sale Online
41:06 - Blockchain platform Wormhole says it's retrieved the $324M stolen by hackers
41:58 - Google Fonts lands website privacy fine by German court
43:13 - Amazon warehouse manager pleads guilty to stealing $273K of computer parts
44:10 - Beware of Fake Testing Kits, Testing Sites for COVID-19

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Steam Deck? HackenDeck! The UM700 Ryzen MiniPC, Tested!

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No Steam Deck? No problem! Wendell shows off the mini PC Valve recommends for Steam Deck testing and development, the UM700 from Minisforum.

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Level1 News February 4 2022: Why You Should Be Paranoid About the Crazy Train of NFTs

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0:00 - Intro
1:12 - ID.me CEO backtracks on claims company doesn't use powerful facial recognition tech
3:37 - Verizon’s TracFone Customers Complain of Attackers Stealing Their Phone Numbers
5:24 - New DeadBolt ransomware targets QNAP devices, asks 50 BTC for master key
7:04 - Major Linux PolicyKit security vulnerability uncovered: Pwnkit
7:52 - UK government plans to release Nmap scripts for finding vulnerabilities
9:20 - eBay will now authenticate trading cards worth $750 or more
12:04 - Hactivists say they hacked Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup
13:59 - Minecraft DDoS Attack Leaves Small European Country Without Internet
16:24 - New MoonBounce UEFI bootkit can't be removed by replacing the hard drive
17:15 - Supply chain attack used legitimate WordPress add-ons to backdoor sites
19:05 - Ozzy Osbourne’s NFT project shared a scam link, and followers lost thousands of dollars
21:05 - Merck wins cyber-insurance lawsuit related to NotPetya attack
22:02 - China's mandatory Olympics app raises privacy and censorship concerns, watchdog group warns
23:43 - Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users
25:21 - Apple might let you use Face ID with a mask in the next iOS update
26:07 - Marak Github issues
27:08 - 40 quintillion stellar-mass black holes are lurking in the universe, new study finds
28:20 - China gives 'Fight Club' new ending where authorities win
30:58 - Frogs Without Legs Regrow Leglike Limbs in New Experiment
32:23 - Long in the tooth: Goldie the pufferfish has emergency dental work
34:15 - Tennessee school board bans teaching of Holocaust graphic novel Maus
35:50 - Michigan school district says there are no litter boxes in bathrooms for students who 'identify as furries'
36:31 - Tables not being lowered for 'furries,' RRISD responds to candidate's Twitter claim
37:59 - Restitution Activist Tried Stealing Indonesian Artwork Thinking It was African
39:44 - Eric Clapton claims YouTube is using subliminal advertising to keep the masses subservient – in an interview posted to YouTube
41:06 - Apple's AirTag uncovers a secret German intelligence agency
43:15 - China hires western TikTokers to polish its image during 2022 Winter Olympics
44:13 - Texas woman arrested for allegedly trying to purchase child at Walmart checkout, deputies say
46:43 - Weber Grills under fire for poorly timed meatloaf recipe
48:03 - "Whoopsie!" Riot Games clarifies that Killjoy does not buy or sell NFTs

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