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The Level1 Show May 22 2024: Google's AI (Aggravating Interface)

Posted by wendell on Wed, 05/22/2024 - 06:30

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0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Recently delisted Toshiba to cut 4,000 jobs in restructuring drive
1:26 - Google staffers question execs over 'decline in morale' after earnings
3:08 - Tesla plans to cut 601 more jobs in California, notice to government says
3:34 - The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff
4:46 - "Roaring Kitty" trader returns, causing GameStop shares to jump more than 70%
6:01 - Intel's new Thunderbolt Share provides file and screen sharing without hurting network performance
6:36 - AMD Core Performance Boost For Linux Getting Per-CPU Core Controls
7:38 - Did Neuralink Ignore Early Trial Risk? Brain Implant Issues Plagued Lab Before Human Case
8:51 - Apple brings eye-tracking to recent iPhones and iPads
10:16 - Google launches new Home APIs and turns Google TVs into smart home hubs
11:03 - Intel Aurora Supercomputer Breaks Exascale Barrier but Fails to Topple AMD Frontier
11:39 - Meta exploring AI-assisted earbuds with cameras, The Information reports
12:32 - Solar Storm Knocks Out Farmers' Tractor GPS Systems During Peak Planting Season
14:46 - The Walls Are Closing in on John Deere’s Tractor Repair Monopoly
16:46 - Quantum repeater: Quantum internet draws near thanks to entangled memory breakthroughs
18:23 - 1 In 4 US Teens Say They Play Games On A VR Headset
19:46 - Comcast Now Offers No-Data-Cap, No-Contract Broadband Nationwide
21:09 - Revolutionary New Google Feature Hidden Under 'More' Tab Shows Links to Web Pages
22:44 - Intel's new Thunderbolt Share provides file and screen sharing without hurting network performance
24:37 - Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond
25:34 - Netflix Hits 40M Monthly Active Users, Up From 5M A Year Ago
26:17 - Netflix to take on Google and Amazon by building its own ad server
26:56 - Comcast to Launch Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ Bundle
28:08 - VMware Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use
29:00 - Unity Create boss Marc Whitten is resigning
29:54 - Game dev says contract barring “subjective negative reviews” was a mistake
31:12 - EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO
31:49 - Microsoft is finally changing Word's annoying default Paste behavior
33:40 - News publishers sound alarm on Google’s new AI-infused search, warn of ‘catastrophic’ impacts
35:07 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Reportedly Set to Launch Straight Into Xbox Game Pass
36:21 - NetBSD Commit Guidelines
37:19 - Meta will shut down Workplace, its tool for businesses
37:44 - Reddit to Release New Products Aimed at Site’s ‘User Economy’
38:10 - TikTok to label AI-generated content from OpenAI and elsewhere
38:58 - Teen died from eating a spicy chip as part of social media challenge

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The Level1 Show May 21 2024: Smart Phones for Dumb Kids

Posted by wendell on Tue, 05/21/2024 - 02:07

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0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar”
1:41 - A bipartisan bill is looking to end Section 230 protections for tech companies
2:17 - AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says
3:51 - CHIPS Act helps fund private US acquisition of Polar fab
4:46 - US suggests possibility of penalties if production of Chinese electric vehicles moves to Mexico
5:42 - Big Three carriers pay $10M to settle claims of false “unlimited” advertising
6:47 - Bipartisan Senate group urges $32 billion in emergency spending on artificial intelligence
8:02 - FBI seize BreachForums hacking forum used to leak stolen data
9:00 - Tornado Cash Developer Found Guilty of Laundering $1.2 Billion of Crypto
9:58 - US Jamming Tech Is Worse Than Russia's: Ex-Pentagon Officials
10:54 - Arizona accuses Amazon of unfair, deceptive business practices
11:38 - Microsoft Teams is facing more antitrust lawsuits in Europe
13:20 - Ofcom: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones
14:50 - France Bans TikTok in Island Territory After Pro-Independence Protests Turn Violent
15:49 - UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways
16:58 - Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns
17:38 - Spain reopens Israeli spyware probe, sharing information with France
18:23 - Microsoft offers relocation to hundreds of China-based AI staff
19:19 - U.S., China to talk AI safety and risk in Geneva
19:50 - China warns the U.S. about the potential use of fighter jets piloted by Artificial Intelligence
20:24 - YouTube agrees to remove videos of banned Hong Kong protest song
21:01 - Threat actor scraped Dell support tickets, including customer phone numbers
21:40 - Troubling iOS 17.5 Bug Reportedly Resurfacing Old Deleted Photos
22:32 - MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says
23:17 - Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android
24:15 - CEO of world’s biggest ad firm targeted by deepfake scam
25:04 - Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’
25:43 - Update Now Warning Issued for 2 Billion Google Chrome Users
26:18 - Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach
27:08 - Proton Mail provided user data that led to an arrest in Spain

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The Level1 Show May 3 2024: Thermonating All The Peasants!

Posted by wendell on Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:44

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0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Apple releases OpenELM: small, open source AI for devices
1:02 - Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR
2:05 - The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses have multimodal AI now
2:54 - Ex-Amazon AI exec claims she was asked to ignore IP law
3:56 - Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track
4:34 - Adobe’s impressive AI upscaling project makes blurry videos look HD
5:14 - Meta’s not telling where it got its AI training data
5:59 - Tupac's Estate Threatens To Sue Drake Over AI-Generated Fake Vocals
6:42 - Ex-athletic director accused of framing principal with AI arrested at airport with gun
7:48 - Nurses Protest 'Deeply Troubling' Use of AI in Hospitals
8:48 - Tesla Driver Charged With Killing Motorcyclist After Turning on Autopilot and Browsing His Phone
9:38 - Hollywood Talent Agency CAA Tests AI Clones
10:13 - Amazon ends California drone deliveries
10:33 - Autonomous drone startup Zipline hits 1 million deliveries
11:38 - NASA's downed Ingenuity helicopter has a 'last gift' for humanity — but we'll have to go to Mars to get it
12:09 - Mercedes-Benz becomes first automaker to sell Level 3 autonomous vehicles in the US
12:42 - Thermonator Flamethrower Robot Dog
13:23 - NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan
14:12 - NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
14:46 - NASA Veteran’s Propellantless Propulsion Drive That Physics Says Shouldn’t Work Just Produced Enough Thrust to Overcome Earth’s Gravity
15:38 - H5N1 bird flu particles found in pasteurized milk; FDA backs safety
16:24 - Police chief among 10 arrested in Horry County prostitution sting
16:56 - Milan poised to ban ice cream, pizza and more after midnight after new proposed law
17:27 - Ventura city attorney fired amid an indecent exposure investigation
18:07 - William Shatner defends using AI for hideous new album cover
18:50 - Iranian Goalie Faces Disciplinary Action After Hugging Female Fan
19:29 - Beijing half marathon winners stripped of medals after African trio let Chinese runner win
20:52 - Kanye Plans to Launch 'Yeezy Porn,' Consulting with Stormy Daniels' Ex
21:28 - Angry parents question how dancer was invited to perform for Atrisco Heritage High School prom
22:35 - Lawsuit alleges movie theaters are underfilling drinks
23:27 - 'Male' hippo in Japan zoo found to be female after 7 years
24:14 - Several military horses run loose in London and injure four
25:05 - Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are calling the police
25:37 - Ostrich at Kansas zoo dies after swallowing staff member’s keys
26:17 - Bottlenose dolphin found fatally shot at Louisiana beach
27:01 - Rabid bat bites sleeping Kentucky boy
28:08 - Utahns reunited with pet cat they accidentally shipped with Amazon return
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The Level1 Show May 1 2024: Search Slayer

Posted by wendell on Wed, 05/01/2024 - 05:34

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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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Linux on the 7950x3d

Posted by wendell on Sun, 04/28/2024 - 12:54

He's back!! This time taking a look at the 7950x3d cpu from AMD through the eyes of linux!

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RX7600: Linux Plug And Play 120fps Gaming

Posted by wendell on Sun, 04/28/2024 - 12:54

Wendell check out the Sapphire Pulse RX 7600 on Linux! Woo Linux content!

Main channel vid: https://youtu.be/cNgX3Ckl4SE

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