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#level1news 2022-04-25

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/level1news-2022-04-25/184414

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Gskill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-5600MHz Unboxing & AIDA64 Test (CL36-36-36-76 1.20V)

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This video has been available to our Floatplane and Patreon users for a few months now, but we figured we should show youtube. Is DDR5 a viable option for you? Is it worth it? Listen to Wendell, he knows his stuff!

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It's Like an Onion Stuffed with Peanut Butter - ASRock AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Review

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Like an onion stuffed with peanut butter, you may not enjoy it, but at least it'll hold you over till better options arrive. Is this an affordable card with decent FPS? Join Wendell as he tests the ASRock AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT 1080p Phantom Gaming graphics card.

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L1 News Story of the Week: 5/02/2022 #shorts

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Eat my youtube shorts!

Look, I'm trying, ok?

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Level1 News May 3 2022: On The Doc-Chain

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0:00 - Intro
1:34 - U.S. Enters International Initiative to Oppose Online Disinformation and Censorship
2:42 - Mayorkas testifies DHS is creating 'Disinformation Governance Board'
3:48 - US Army could 'waste' up to $22b on Microsoft HoloLens
5:11 - White House seeks more power to counter use of drones in US
7:14 - Musk ordered to abide by SEC settlement over 2018 tweets
9:06 - Fort Worth, TX the first city in the U.S. to mine bitcoin
10:18 - Maine is one step closer to establishing aerospace industry
11:28 - Macron news: French backlash over President's digital ID launch
12:57 - EU Joins Mastodon Social Network, Sets Up Its Own Server
14:13 - Apple iOS browser grip loosened under latest draft EU rules
15:44 - World military expenditure passes $2 trillion for first time
16:34 - UK: Concerns raised over Chinese surveillance camera firm
18:02 - Google, Meta, and others will have to explain their algorithms under new EU legislation
21:10 - Mexico nationalizes lithium industry
22:35 - Tesla (TSLA) tumbles amidst India shutting down car importation from Giga Shanghai, and questions about Musk buying Twitter
23:32 - Bitcoin becomes official currency in Central African Republic
24:53 - Chess.com Banned By Russia
25:42 - Amazon declines to describe search-algorithm data - Australian regulator
27:36 - China plans reprieve for tech giants, to delay new rules as economy slows
28:48 - Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel dismisses Facebook’s metaverse as ‘hypothetical’
29:35 - Twitter admits it overstated users for years
31:18 - Twitter is protecting its source code from disgruntled employees, reports say
31:56 - Twitter Censored Tweets on HBO QAnon Show 'Q: Into the Storm'
33:55 - 30,000 New Users Signed Up for Mastodon After Elon Musk Bought Twitter
36:07 - TikTok-Famous Doctors Are Getting Into NFTs And It's A Mess
39:32 - TikTokers using share bots to rack up massive views & followers
41:27 - Meta Opens First Store To Sell Quests, Portals, And Glasses
43:33 - Facebook parent Meta reports weakest revenue growth for a decade as ad sales suffer
44:32 - Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You

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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 11 2022: PG&Extortion

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0:00 - Intro
1:19 - Over 500 mobile apps are now using the term ‘metaverse’ to attract new users
2:27 - Facebook loses daily users for first time as stock sinks
4:18 - Gmail’s next big redesign starts rolling out next week
5:30 - A pure gold cube worth $11.7M is sitting in Central Park
7:44 - California Town Declares Itself a 'Mountain Lion Habitat' to Block Affordable Housing
11:15 - Nestlé recalls some Kit Kat bars, could contain glass
11:53 - Men's rights activists protest the introduction of marital rape law in India
13:50 - LA mayor says he was holding his breath during maskless picture with Magic Johnson
15:05 - Analysis: Rudy Giuliani hits rock bottom (again) with 'The Masked Singer' cameo
16:55 - Meet some of the 6,000 dogs 'working' at Amazon
19:03 - Sam Hubbard says Cincinnati Bengals want to win Super Bowl "for Harambe"
20:03 - California Gives PG&E Approval to Bill Customers for Wildfires
21:22 - Charges dropped against ex-teacher after she marries student
24:39 - ‘Nervous’ wandering chicken caught at US Pentagon security checkpoint
25:48 - People struck by Canada's mysterious brain disorder say they can't walk, talk, or write the letter 'Q'
27:55 - Royal Mail investigates video of staff eating hash brownies at work
29:45 - Crash suspect says Dale Earnhardt’s ghost told him to drive wrong way
31:16 - Star claims her DAD subscribed to her account under phony names
33:31 - Book banning in Texas schools: Titles are pulled off library shelves in record numbers
36:03 - Israel calls on Amnesty not to release apartheid report
37:23 - WATCH: Massive Brawl Breaks Out In Bensalem Golden Corral Over Alleged Steak Shortage
39:10 - Some women allowed into stadium as Iran secures World Cup spot
41:38 - Ubisoft exec defends NFTs, saying players ‘don’t get it’
42:44 - Rotterdam bridge taken apart to let through Jeff Bezos pleasure yacht

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Here are YOUR Level1Techs Devember 2021 Finalists!

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Check out the forum thread: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/finalists-for-devember/181620

Thanks to everyone who participated!

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Level1 News February 8 2022: Crouching China, Sunken Airplane

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https://www.one-tab.com/page/9b5_Y60ISsKIvcAixWs-ew

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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Level1 News February 9 2022: Scientific Proof No One Likes Bixby

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0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Destiny 2 Devs Getting $1.2 Billion From Sony To Stay At Bungie
2:40 - YouTube Earnings: Video Platform Has More Revenue Than Netflix in Q4
4:02 - Microsoft says that if Apple isn't stopped now, its antitrust behavior will just get worse
5:30 - SpaceX Starlink premium: Satellite internet tier at $500 per month
7:09 - Metronome raises $30M to help software companies shift to usage-based pricing models
9:59 - Austin Samsung facility spilled sulfuric acid waste into tributary, city memo says
12:13 - Cloud computing and virtualization company Citrix to be acquired for $16.5B
13:25 - Intel fails to get Spectre, Meltdown flaw lawsuit tossed
15:39 - Buying real estate in the metaverse
17:27 - World’s Fastest Gaming Monitor Hits 500 Hz Refresh Rate
19:01 - Anthony Levandowski’s latest moonshot is a peer-to-peer telecom network powered by cryptocurrency
21:54 - How Wordle Went From Viral Sensation to Part of The New York Times
24:12 - Electric roadway will charge your EV while you're driving
26:44 - Ferrari Enters the Metaverse: Luxury Carmaker Wants to Bolster Real-World Brand
27:59 - Hiding Windows 11’s Teams icon doesn’t just save taskbar space—it also saves RAM
30:01 - Sega sells the rest of its arcades, leaving the business for good
32:08 - International Space Station will plummet to a watery grave in 2031
33:22 - The Pentagon is looking for garbage collectors in space
34:57 - A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another And Pulled It Out Of Orbit
36:48 - A piece of a SpaceX rocket is on track to collide with the far side of the moon
38:40 - People prefer interacting with female robots in hotels, study finds
40:53 - Cruise to offer free robo-taxi rides in S.F. for the public
41:57 - DeepMind says its new AI coding engine is as good as an average human programmer

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