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The Level1 Show March 18 2025: Et Tu, Graber?

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0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Trump Promises To Abuse Take It Down Act For Censorship, Just As We Warned
3:28 - Trump Justice Dept. reaffirms Biden-era proposal to break up Google
3:57 - Mozilla’s response to proposed remedies in U.S. v. Google
5:20 - Trump signs order to establish strategic bitcoin reserve
6:12 - Republicans in no rush to follow Trump's push to repeal CHIPS Act
7:55 - Donald Trump Bought a $90,000 Tesla With 37 Recall Notices Against It
9:48 - Tech Execs Are Pushing Trump to Build 'Freedom Cities' Run by Corporations
11:15 - U.S. Likely to Ban Chinese App DeepSeek From Government Devices
12:17 - FTC to pursue Amazon Prime case after delay request due to constraints
13:41 - Zoox robotaxis do not meet federal safety standards, agency says
14:32 - Rules for Portable Batteries on Planes Are Changing. Here’s What to Know.
16:44 - EU denies picking on US tech giants, says US also tackling monopolisation
18:28 - Final report into mobile browsers and cloud gaming published
19:31 - Spain to impose massive fines for not labelling AI-generated content
20:44 - France rejects controversial encryption backdoor provision
21:35 - Saudi Investment Fund pays $3.5bn to capture Pokémon Go
22:43 - Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’
24:30 - $16B health agency managed finances with Excel spreadsheet
25:29 - Facebook ‘worked hand in glove’ with China, claims ex-director
25:48 - Meta puts stop on promotion of tell-all book by former employee
27:32 - Meta plans to test and tinker with X’s community notes algorithm
28:16 - Meta mocked for raising “Bob Dylan defense” of torrenting in AI copyright fight
29:40 - At SXSW, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber pokes fun at Mark Zuckerberg with Latin phrase T-shirt
30:44 - X Suffers Third Global Outage Today; Users In US, UK, India Report Issues

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The 5070ti: A Solid GPU, But What's Up With The Pricing?

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The 5070ti is here, and it's the card the mainstream gamer has been waiting for! But the pricing seems a little... weird. Wendell investigates!

0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Unboxing
2:06 - Benchmarks
7:55 - Pricing
10:50 - Outro

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Embrace the Coming AI Revolution with Safe Local AI!

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Deepseek's release has shaken up the AI world, and we're on the precipice of the AI Industrial Revolution! Wendell gives you the low down on how to take that power into your own hands.

0:00 - Intro
1:42 - Overview
7:41 - What is Deepseek?
11:11 - Hardware Considerations
14:55 - LM Studio
16:53 - About Context
18:48 - Some Fun Experimentation
21:34 - Outro

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The Level1 Show January 17 2025: IGUANA EMERGENCY

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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Another new year, another round of job cuts at Microsoft
1:01 - Getty Images and Shutterstock to Merge, Creating a Premier Visual Content Company
1:53 - Amazon workers in North Carolina to hold union vote next month
2:14 - Nvidia launches RTX 50 Blackwell GPUs: $2,000 RTX 5090, $1,000 RTX 5080, RTX 5070 / Ti are $549 and $749
3:24 - Nvidia CEO says his AI chips are improving faster than Moore's Law
4:42 - Quantum Stocks Drop as Nvidia CEO Sees Use Years Away
5:29 - NVIDIA Puts Grace Blackwell on Every Desk and at Every AI Developer’s Fingertips
7:22 - AMD Shows Off Next Generation of Handheld Gaming PCs at CES 2025
7:51 - Samsung is rolling out a smartphone subscription next month
8:50 - Starlink’s New Mini Dish Delivers Portable High-Speed Internet on the Go
9:51 - Chinese RISC-V project teases 2025 debut of advanced chip
10:30 - Lenovo’s Latest Laptop Has a Rollable OLED Screen
11:29 - After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages
13:00 - Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion on AI data centers in FY 2025
13:45 - Tesla directors to pay up to $919 million to settle claims they overpaid themselves
14:47 - The unlicensed OneDrive fun ends this month
15:30 - Microsoft Bing is trying to spoof Google UI when people search Google.com
16:40 - Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It
17:30 - Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
19:00 - Hackers are exploiting a new Ivanti VPN security bug to hack into company networks
19:38 - The Wiretap: Telegram Handing Data On Thousands Of Users To Law Enforcement Across The World
20:13 - Widely used DNA sequencer still doesn’t enforce Secure Boot
21:03 - Online gift card store exposed hundreds of thousands of people's identity documents
22:41 - Is 10,000 steps a day worth your personal data? How 80% of fitness apps are selling your privacy

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The Level1 Show January 15 2025: Full Self Paying

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0:00 - Intro
0:23 - Another new year, another round of job cuts at Microsoft
1:01 - Getty Images and Shutterstock to Merge, Creating a Premier Visual Content Company
1:53 - Amazon workers in North Carolina to hold union vote next month
2:14 - Nvidia launches RTX 50 Blackwell GPUs: $2,000 RTX 5090, $1,000 RTX 5080, RTX 5070 / Ti are $549 and $749
3:24 - Nvidia CEO says his AI chips are improving faster than Moore's Law
4:42 - Quantum Stocks Drop as Nvidia CEO Sees Use Years Away
5:29 - NVIDIA Puts Grace Blackwell on Every Desk and at Every AI Developer’s Fingertips
7:22 - AMD Shows Off Next Generation of Handheld Gaming PCs at CES 2025
7:51 - Samsung is rolling out a smartphone subscription next month
8:50 - Starlink’s New Mini Dish Delivers Portable High-Speed Internet on the Go
9:51 - Chinese RISC-V project teases 2025 debut of advanced chip
10:30 - Lenovo’s Latest Laptop Has a Rollable OLED Screen
11:29 - After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages
13:00 - Microsoft expects to spend $80 billion on AI data centers in FY 2025
13:45 - Tesla directors to pay up to $919 million to settle claims they overpaid themselves
14:47 - The unlicensed OneDrive fun ends this month
15:30 - Microsoft Bing is trying to spoof Google UI when people search Google.com
16:40 - Advertisers Keep Avoiding News Sites, and Publishers Have Had Enough of It
17:30 - Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
19:00 - Hackers are exploiting a new Ivanti VPN security bug to hack into company networks
19:38 - The Wiretap: Telegram Handing Data On Thousands Of Users To Law Enforcement Across The World
20:13 - Widely used DNA sequencer still doesn’t enforce Secure Boot
21:03 - Online gift card store exposed hundreds of thousands of people's identity documents
22:41 - Is 10,000 steps a day worth your personal data? How 80% of fitness apps are selling your privacy

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The Level1 Show October 25th: The Corpsefather

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0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Dane Stuckey Joins OpenAI as CISO
1:48 - Parents sue after student punished for using AI in class
2:55 - ‘AI-Mazing Tech-Venture’: National Archives Pushes Google Gemini AI on Employees
3:58 - Adobe starts roll-out of AI video tools, challenging OpenAI and Meta
5:38 - AI disclaimers in political ads backfire on candidates, study finds
6:53 - Mystery Drones Swarmed a U.S. Military Base for 17 Days. The Pentagon Is Stumped.
8:32 - Defense startup developing AI-powered 'kamikaze drones' for the U.S. Marines
10:24 - Sikorsky gets $6M to upgrade Black Hawk with autonomous tech
11:18 - Tesla faces NHTSA investigation of ‘Full Self-Driving’ after fatal collision
12:12 - Casio made a furry robot designed to cuddle and calm you down
13:51 - Electronic Hiking Pants: Arc'teryx Debuts $5,000 MO/GO Trousers
15:07 - Prada and Axiom Space unveil spacesuit designs for NASA’s Artemis III moon mission
16:55 - Al Pacino says 'it's fun' to be a new dad at 84
18:20 - Texas Middle School cheerleaders suffer first and second degree burns after 'punishment' from coach
19:19 - King Charles did not know what cling film was and 'shrieked' the first time he saw it
20:27 - Bay Village police officer 'attacked' by giant inflatable pumpkin decoration
21:36 - Lawyers behind South Philly 'scream test' ordered to apologize to residents
22:47 - Woman Who Sued Company for Not Giving Her a Farewell Card Finds Out They Did Buy a Card But Almost No One Signed It
23:28 - High Court rules calling a man bald is sexual harassment
24:47 - Coca-Cola Recalls Its Popular Zero Sugar Drink Because It Contains Full Sugar
26:25 - Sheriff calls for backup over wrong Burger King order
27:53 - Tostitos and Ruffles shrank their bags of chips. It backfired
29:35 - Wyoming rangers stop blowing up dead horses due to wildfire risk
31:42 - Mysterious new frog species found to croak like ‘Star Trek’ special effects
32:47 - Brown bear in Kent recovering well after UK-first brain surgery
33:37 - Hippo splashes horrified visitors with watery faeces at Indonesia zoo
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A Motherboard and CPU for $150? On Ali Express? Let's Check it Out!

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Wendell takes a look at this weird Intel Mobo/CPU combo thing he found on Ali Express. Seems legit!

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807333040024.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2u…

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Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk

Gaming on ZEN 4 to ZEN 5: Windows vs Linux

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Weird stuff is still happening with the new Ryzen's, so lets take a look specifically at the uplift presents!

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Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk
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The Level1 Show September 13 2024: Taco Bear

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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - OpenAI's Next-Generation Models Could Reportedly Cost $2,000
2:03 - Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics
4:17 - Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits
5:08 - UK's first 'teacherless' AI classroom set to open in London
6:08 - NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools
8:12 - Fight Health Insurance uses AI to appeal claim denials
9:25 - Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild
10:34 - Bethesda bans Doom mod about a resurrected mech-demon Margaret Thatcher because it's apparently a bit close to 'real-world politics'
11:38 - NPR’s Enlists A ‘Joy Czar’ To Generate Sunnier Stories.
12:49 - Maduro decrees Christmas will start in October as Venezuela cracks down on dissent
13:37 - US Navy commander relieved of duty after backward rifle scope photo flap
14:08 - Suspect in UK campus robbery said it was prank for YouTube, citation says
14:54 - Meme mix-up lands Colorado City Middle School 6th grader in cuffs for terroristic threat
15:54 - Homeowner says man continues to allegedly poop on his porch in Old Louisville
16:59 - Shoppers in China snatch up bottled water rumoured to boost chances of having son
17:38 - Man chugs 24 ounces of ranch in 10 seconds at Belding competition
18:07 - Russian 'spy whale' Hvaldimir found dead in Norway
19:25 - Bear cub driven by two men from northern Ontario to Windsor, fed Taco Bell

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A Laptop With No Screen? Checking out the MinisForum AtomMan G7 Ti

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A mini pc with a laptop form factor? That's weird! Let's take a look!

https://store.minisforum.com/products/atomman-g7-ti

0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Unboxing and overview
3:47 - Thermal and cpu/memory benchmarks
5:46 - Hardware considerations
8:28 - Gaming benchmarks
8:52 - Outro

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