Level1Techs

Support us.

(Pretty please?)

Patreon Floatplane

The Level1 Show January 29 2025: Solar is for Sheep

Posted by wendell on Wed, 01/29/2025 - 03:45

https://www.one-tab.com/page/2v_VXx6vR8up7gwFtpJ20A

0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Staffers say Amazon 'botched' its return-to-office strategy
3:11 - Gen Z is 'career catfishing' in power move to irk corporate employers
4:38 - Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review: Brutally fast, but DLSS 4 is the game changer
5:46 - After 18 years, Sony's recordable Blu-ray media production draws to a close — will shut last factory in Feb
6:32 - Intel pitches modular PCs to cut e-waste, ease repairs
7:31 - Earthquake may have affected 20,000 TSMC wafers — the majority will likely have to be scrapped
8:14 - South Carolina to Reboot Giant Nuclear Project to Meet AI Demand
9:03 - Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work
9:59 - Medical Device Company Suddenly Stops Hospitals From Fixing Machines Themselves
11:28 - Google-owned Fitbit to pay $12.2 million after consumers were burned by smartwatches
12:19 - China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets nuclear fusion record, runs 1,006 seconds at 180 million°F
13:43 - Netflix is raising prices after reporting largest-ever subscriber jump
14:26 - macOS Sequoia 15.3 and iOS 18.3 Enable Apple Intelligence Automatically
15:13 - Game Developers Are Getting Fed Up With Their Bosses’ AI Initiatives
16:25 - Florida demand for VPNs surges by 1,150% after Pornhub bans access
16:57 - TikTok unlikely to come back to App Store, Google Play
18:13 - Adobe Premiere Pro now lets you find video clips by describing them
19:21 - Ticketmaster Argues That Competition Would Cost Fans More Money
20:16 - Meta denies forcing accounts to follow Donald Trump, claims hiding Democratic hashtags is a bug
21:06 - Before Zuckerberg yanked it, Meta's fact checking was mostly ineffective
21:50 - AI-generated “challahorse” takes Polish internet by storm after some users think it is genuine
22:43 - Instagram to restrict Korean teenagers' screen time starting today
23:26 - Don't report fires on Facebook says Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue
24:05 - RedNote Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
24:39 - More than 50 Reddit communities ban X links to protest Musk
25:25 - TikTok says it's in the process of restoring service to US

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*IMPORTANT* Any email lacking “level1techs.com” should be ignored and immediately reported to Queries@level1techs.com.

The Level1 Show January 28 2025: Failing the Constitution Check

Posted by wendell on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 02:11

https://www.one-tab.com/page/2BUJZxBRRxufoFaykbboUQ

0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
1:44 - Trump announces up to $500 billion in private sector AI infrastructure investment
2:47 - Trump revokes Biden executive order on addressing AI risks
3:17 - Trump signs executive order on developing AI 'free from ideological bias'
5:07 - Trump admin fires security board investigating Chinese hack of large ISPs
6:33 - Trump Signs Order 'Ending Federal Censorship' on Social Media Platforms
7:27 - Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
8:32 - Trump signs order refusing to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days
9:21 - Meme coins: Donald and Melania Trump launch cryptocurrency ahead of inauguration, raising serious ethics concerns
9:49 - Sam Altman is the latest tech titan to bow to Trump
10:30 - The U.S. Constitution Delivers a 404 Now
11:44 - The Pentagon says AI is speeding up its 'kill chain'
12:24 - CIA’s chatbot stands in for world leaders
13:53 - Amazon exits Quebec operations, to cut about 1,700 jobs; Ottawa unhappy
14:36 - UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems with new digital market powers
15:31 - Digital driving licence coming this year
16:18 - X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube sign EU code to tackle hate speech
16:48 - Europol seeks evidence of encryption on crime enforcement as it steps-up pressure on Big Tech
18:38 - Accidents, not Russian sabotage, behind undersea cable damage, officials say
20:42 - Pakistan's parliament passes bill with sweeping controls on social media
21:41 - Unplug ‘Great Firewall’ to help China compete, Shanghai lawmaker says
22:57 - Google reportedly worked with Israel Defense Forces on AI contracts
24:09 - Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4
24:56 - HPE Investigating Breach Claims After Hacker Offers to Sell Data
25:32 - AI tool GeoSpy analyzes images and identifies locations in seconds

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

MSI PRO MP273U vs ACER Nitro VG1: Cheap 4k Monitors Under $200

Posted by wendell on Mon, 01/27/2025 - 12:58

Wendell made a trip to Micro Center on the hunt for a cheap 4k Monitor. Are IPS monitors this cheap worth it?

MSI PRO MP273U: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGW9S82G/ref=nosim?tag=level1techs

Acer Nitro VG1: https://www.microcenter.com/product/677640/acer-vg271k-lbmiipx-nitro-27…

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

Edited by Autumn

The Model F Keyboard in 2025: A Timeless Classic!

Posted by wendell on Sat, 01/25/2025 - 20:49

Wendell checks out the newest update from Model F Keyboards, proving that IBM's classic design is always in fashion!

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

The Level1 Show January 24 2025: No Soup Drops for You

Posted by wendell on Fri, 01/24/2025 - 01:31

https://www.one-tab.com/page/Os2w-putT6iiDZxvMKPIlw

0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Turns out there's 'a big supercomputer at Nvidia… running 24/7, 365 days a year improving DLSS. And it's been doing that for six years'
2:05 - Apple is pulling its AI-generated notifications for news after generating fake headlines
3:15 - Meta execs obsessed over beating OpenAI's GPT-4 internally, court filings reveal
3:46 - OpenAI's AI reasoning model 'thinks' in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why
4:52 - Microsoft relaunches Copilot for business with free AI chat and pay-as-you-go agents
5:27 - Google reports halving code migration time with AI help
6:43 - CEO of Song-Generating AI App Says People "Don't Enjoy" Making Music With Instruments
9:00 - Deaths in US expected to exceed births in 2033: CBO
9:24 - Annual U.S. Dementia Cases Projected to Rise to 1 Million by 2060
10:09 - Longevity-Obsessed Tech Millionaire Discontinues De-Aging Drug Out of Concerns That It Aged Him
11:07 - ‘White people shouldn’t mess with it’: Native American church laments psychedelic cactus shortage
11:48 - Japan PM Ishiba struggling to find time to smoke at work
12:26 - Woman Enters MRI With Butt Plug, Ends Up In Hospital
13:21 - Southwest pilot removed from cockpit, booked for DUI
14:25 - Judge reassigned after texting 'My First Ankle Monitor' gag to another judge
15:56 - Woman says she got a side of marijuana with her chicken fries at Burger King
16:53 - French woman who believed she was in a relationship with Brad Pitt scammed out of €800,000
18:15 - Man convicted for murder may have believed he was a character in an anime scene
19:27 - North Houston parents question $1-per-minute late pickup fee at elementary school
20:20 - Soup You Can Suck On: Introducing Progresso Soup Drops, the Ultimate Cold and Flu Season Comfort
21:06 - Colossal raises $200M to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth, thylacine and dodo
23:35 - Squirrel causes Boulder County school to go on secure status Tuesday

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

NVIDIA is Taking a Risk with this Generation: The Blackwell GeForce RTX 5090 Review and Benchmarks

Posted by wendell on Thu, 01/23/2025 - 10:24

There is a lot to unpack here... figuratively. There wasn't actually much in the box itself. Wendell really likes this card though! Thanks, NVIDIA for sending us one to test!

More info on the forum! https://forum.level1techs.com/t/nvidia-rtx-5090-has-launched/224532

0:00 Intro
0:40 The Hook
1:34 Physical Specs
5:56 The Big Picture and Frame Generation
12:43 Power Consumption
14:40 It hertz
21:04 Our Benchmarks
28:45 NVIDIA Broadcast and AI
30:44 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

Edited by Autumn
Benchmarks/Graphs by Amber

Live: 2024 Recap 2025-01-22 5:15 EDT

Posted by wendell on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 16:21

Join us live as we recap some amazing links with friends from 2024 :D

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

The Level1 Show January 22 2025: Fly Like A Drone, Straight to DC

Posted by wendell on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 01:20

https://www.one-tab.com/page/NPWVaLeyQgOi6Xa9df1rWQ

0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Microsoft pauses hiring in U.S. consulting unit, memo says
1:17 - Meta to Cut Roughly 5% of Staff, Targeting Lowest Performers
1:41 - Why ‘Cost Avoidance’ Became an AI Buzzword for Holding Down Headcount
2:59 - JPMorgan Faces Staff Backlash After Return-to-Office Mandate
3:28 - Even Harvard M.B.A.s Are Struggling to Land Jobs
3:56 - Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says net profit rose 57% in 4th quarter
4:20 - Starlink is cheaper than many leading internet providers in Africa
5:40 - Musk Says Neuralink Implanted Third Patient With Brain Device
6:40 - Canadian ‘Super Scooper’ plane grounded after hitting civilian drone over Los Angeles wildfires
7:22 - DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House
8:28 - Nintendo just admitted that emulators are, technically, legal
8:57 - Telegram Shuts Down Z-Library & Anna's Archive Channels Over Copyright Infringement
10:00 - Microsoft testing 45% M365 price hikes in Asia-Pacific
10:54 - Oracle refuses to yield JavaScript trademark, Deno Land says
11:31 - Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress contributor accounts over alleged fork plans
12:51 - Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote
14:47 - Huge GTA 5 Liberty City mod allegedly shut down by Rockstar
16:36 - Australian Open avatars helping tennis reach new audience
17:35 - Platforms Systematically Removed a User Because He Made "Most Wanted CEO" Playing Cards
18:58 - Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
19:31 - Meta says it isn’t ending fact-checks outside the US yet
22:03 - Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
22:40 - Zuckerberg on Rogan: Facebook's censorship was "something out of 1984"
23:30 - Court annuls marriage because bride thought it was just an Instagram stunt
24:50 - Users flock to Chinese Xiaohongshu, or 'RedNote,' with TikTok ban looming
25:15 - RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users

You can find us...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/level1techs
Twitch - https://twitch.tv/teampgp
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/level1
Discord - https://discord.gg/GUusTDSc

For all our links, check out our link tree!
https://linktr.ee/level1techs

Thank you for watching!

The Level1 Show January 21 2025: TikTok: The Clock Strikes Midnight

Posted by wendell on Tue, 01/21/2025 - 01:18

https://www.one-tab.com/page/V986aTcdQraUvA4ifQzEeA

0:00 - Intro
0:45 - A New Jam-Packed Biden Executive Order Tackles Cybersecurity, AI, and More
1:56 - FTC sues John Deere over farmers' right to repair tractors
4:27 - Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban in the U.S.
5:37 - US finalizes rule to effectively ban Chinese vehicles, which could include Polestar
6:57 - FTC Says Refunds For Razer's False N95 Face Masks Are Going Out Now
7:42 - GM banned from selling your driving data for five years
8:29 - US removes malware allegedly planted on computers by Chinese-backed hackers
9:39 - Nvidia says US wants to control global access to AI chips
10:52 - Gov. Murphy calls for classroom ban on cellphones in N.J.
11:20 - Texas Sues Allstate for Collecting Driver Data to Raise Premiums
12:38 - New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill
13:23 - NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A2228
15:09 - AT&T Is Stopping Its 5G Internet Air Service in NY Because of New Broadband Law
15:47 - Texas defends requiring ID for porn to SCOTUS: “We’ve done this forever”
17:29 - Ohio Governor Will Let the Cops Charge the Public $750 for Bodycam Footage
19:07 - FBI Director Wray on threats America faces, decision to step down as Trump returns to the White House
20:43 - Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell arrested on child pornography charges
21:35 - Ministers mull allowing private firms to make profit from NHS data in AI push
22:39 - UK kicks off review into training AI models on copyrighted content
23:18 - UK plans to ban public sector organizations from paying ransomware hackers
24:02 - Apple's new fees for app developers under fresh EU scrutiny, Bloomberg reports
25:02 - Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies
26:20 - Indonesia plans minimum age for social media use
27:35 - Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting
28:53 - Google brings back digital fingerprinting to track users for advertising
30:17 - UnitedHealth hid its Change Healthcare data breach notice for months
31:05 - PowerSchool data breach victims say hackers stole 'all' historical student and teacher data
31:47 - Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages targeting Cursor.com
32:33 - Ransomware crew abuses AWS native encryption
33:14 - Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform
33:47 - Startup necromancy: Dead Google Apps domains can be compromised by new owners
35:31 - Russia's largest platform for state procurement hit by cyberattack from pro-Ukraine group