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The Level1 Show September 25th: It's a Wonderful (Online) Life

Posted by wendell on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 01:15

https://www.one-tab.com/page/V7syzUF7TsO3FocTpjyZnw

Forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/l1-giveaway-frostpunk-2-7700xt-limited-…

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0:00 - Intro
1:56 - Tech Jobs Have Dried Up—and Aren’t Coming Back Soon
2:36 - Cisco's second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees
2:50 - IBM quietly axing thousands of jobs, source claims
3:30 - Billionaire tech CEO: Bosses shouldn't 'BS' employees about AI impact
4:56 - Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week
5:41 - Israel didn't tamper with Hezbollah's exploding pagers, it made them
6:41 - Intel turns foundry business into subsidiary, weighs outside funding
7:56 - Apple Charging 20% More to Replace Batteries in iPhone 16 Pro Models
9:11 - Tech giants fight plan to make them pay more for electric grid upgrades
10:16 - Microsoft and Abu Dhabi's MGX to back $30bn BlackRock AI infrastructure fund
12:02 - TCL accused of selling quantum dot TVs without actual quantum dots
14:18 - Musk's Neuralink gets FDA's breakthrough device tag for 'Blindsight' implant
15:31 - Palworld maker vows to fight Nintendo lawsuit on behalf of fans and indie developers
18:45 - The Trumps Have Gone Full Crypto With World Liberty Financial
20:01 - YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
20:35 - Microsoft has scrapped Edge's big UI refresh with rounded tabs
22:16 - Snapchat’s AI selfie feature puts your face in personalized ads — here’s how to turn it off
23:10 - “Dead Internet theory” comes to life with new AI-powered social media app
24:50 - Elon Musk’s X circumvents official block in Brazil but says move was ‘inadvertent’
26:02 - YouTube launches Communities, a Discord-like space for creators and fans to interact with each other
26:57 - Instagram makes all teen accounts private, in a highly scrutinized push for child safety
28:13 - Nearly half of Gen Zers wish social media 'was never invented'

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Oh My Gaudi 3! It's the XEON 6900P Performance Cores!!

Posted by wendell on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 12:41

Wendell was flown out to Portland Oregon to get a first look at the new Xeon Performance Server CPU's as well as the New AI-Driven Gaudi

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Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk

The Level1 Show September 24th: U Got A License For That Rocket?

Posted by wendell on Tue, 09/24/2024 - 03:22

https://www.one-tab.com/page/bLs4JxeZRFCyEI3MeXqseA

Forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/l1-giveaway-frostpunk-2-7700xt-limited-…

0:00 - Intro
2:04 - Large Social Media and Video Streaming Companies Have Engaged in Vast Surveillance of Users with Lax Privacy Controls and Inadequate Safeguards for Kids and Teens
4:24 - FDIC rule would make banks keep fintech customer data after Synapse debacle
6:20 - House Looks To Make KOSA And COPPA Worse
7:52 - Patents for software and genetic code could be revived by two bills in Congress
9:32 - US takes aim at Shein and Temu with new import rule proposal
11:23 - ISPs tell Supreme Court they don’t want to disconnect users accused of piracy
13:26 - FCC chair wants more competition to SpaceX's Starlink unit
14:04 - Musk’s Starlink is a monopoly, FCC chair claims. But who will step up to compete?
15:09 - FAA fines SpaceX for launch license violations
17:40 - Iranian Hackers Tried to Tempt Biden’s Campaign With Stolen Trump Info
18:08 - Google gets win from European court as €1.5 billion fine overturned
19:03 - European Union moves to compel Apple to open up operating system to rival tech
19:47 - Oracle cloud AI will enable mass surveillance, says Ellison
21:39 - 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes backdoored; researchers still don’t know how
23:15 - Apple Vision Pro’s Eye Tracking Exposed What People Type
24:26 - 23andMe Board Resigns in New Blow to DNA-Testing Company and CEO Anne Wojcicki
26:03 - Cops infiltrate ‘Ghost’ encryption app used by drug lords, mafia
27:16 - Apple's new macOS Sequoia update is breaking some cybersecurity tools
27:49 - Chinese spies spent 4 months in aerospace firm’s server
28:46 - Tor anonymity infiltrated: Law enforcement monitors servers successfully

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Sapphire 7700XT - Frostpunk 2 Edition Tested + Community Event!

Posted by wendell on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 15:21

Wendell tests out the new Frostpunk 2 Edition 7700XT from Sapphire, and he's got a surprise too!
** Video benchmarks on Windows 11 24H2

Enter the giveaway here!
https://forum.level1techs.com/t/l1-giveaway-frostpunk-2-7700xt-limited-…

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Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk

The Level1 Show September 20th: Full Mars Living

Posted by wendell on Fri, 09/20/2024 - 03:05

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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - OpenAI releases new o1 reasoning model
3:08 - Audible to Start Generating AI Voice Replicas of Select Audiobook Narrators
4:32 - An AI Bot Named James Has Taken My Old Job
6:00 - Video game performers reach agreement with 80 video games on AI terms
7:56 - Hasbro CEO Says AI Will Become Core Part of Dungeons & Dragons
9:49 - Massage robot company Aescape expands to Miami
12:02 - Human drivers keep rear-ending Waymos
12:50 - ESA prints 3D metal shape in space for first time
13:47 - Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap
14:42 - Musk Posts Uncrewed SpaceX Starships Will Launch Mars Nov-Dec 2026
16:33 - Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris in response to fake AI Trump endorsement
17:35 - Pastor Claims 'Witchcraft' To Blame For Trump's Bad Debate
18:08 - Part of brain network much bigger in people with depression, scientists find
18:55 - Raygun ranked world number one after Paris Olympics controversy
20:27 - Putin 'Dismayed' by Young Son Cosplaying Disney Characters
23:00 - Which Brands Want to Loosen the Definition of “Recyclable”?
24:20 - Exec behind $500 billion sustainable paradise Neom complained about worker deaths taking up his time
26:20 - Canadian Army says new military sleeping bags not suitable for 'typical Canadian winter'
28:43 - Crime minister has purse stolen at police conference
29:08 - Gas station worker accused of beating customer with bat for taking too much nacho cheese
31:00 - D.C. Police Searching for Man Who Sodomized Himself with a Cucumber
32:13 - Rangers: Dropped Cheetos bag upsets Carlsbad Caverns
33:10 - Electrocuted Birds Are Bursting Into Flames and Starting Wildfires
34:37 - Cat makes surprise return home four days after being ‘cremated’
35:38 - Japan’s cat testicle calendar is here for nyantama fans to go nuts with

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Gaming on ZEN 4 to ZEN 5: Windows vs Linux

Posted by wendell on Thu, 09/19/2024 - 17:47

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
edited by Autumn

Taking a Look at Fractal's Era 2 Case

Posted by wendell on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 10:59

Classy cases for classy people!
Check it out here: https://www.fractal-design.com/products/cases/era/era-2/charcoal-gray/

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Music: "Earth Bound" by Slynk
Edited By Autumn

The Level1 Show September 18th: Boldly Folding Where No Man Has Ever Folded Before

Posted by wendell on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 00:52

https://www.one-tab.com/page/nB0OAXOBQVCarq5-ZzD12g

0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Microsoft Lays Off Another 650 Staff From Its Video Game Workforce, Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Sends Memo to Staff
1:40 - Verizon to eliminate nearly 5,000 employees in $2 billion cost-cutting move
2:12 - Samsung Elec plans global job cuts of up to 30% in some divisions, sources say
3:06 - Games industry layoffs not the result of corporate greed and those affected should "drive an Uber", says ex-Sony president
4:16 - AMD’s new Variable Graphics Memory lets laptop users reassign their RAM to gaming
5:21 - China's Huawei prices trifold phone, to launch same day as Apple iPhone 16
6:28 - Oracle designing data center that would be powered by 3 small nuclear reactors
7:33 - Sleep apnea detection is coming to the Apple Watch
8:16 - AirPods Pro 2 adds 'clinical grade' hearing aid feature
9:47 - Sony’s PS5 Pro is a pricey test of next-gen consoles
11:07 - Former Samsung execs arrested for allegedly using stolen memory tech to build chip factory in China — suspects leaked $3.2B worth of Samsung secrets
12:04 - Ex-Google exec said goal was to 'crush' competition, trial evidence shows
13:19 - Here's how Android apps are getting better at detecting sideloading
14:01 - Americans used record 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023
15:13 - YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos
16:54 - Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads
18:06 - Mark Zuckerberg says he's done apologizing
19:21 - Facebook admits to scraping every Australian adult user's public photos and posts to train AI, with no opt-out option
20:18 - Police brushed him off. So he exposed an international bike theft ring on his own
21:56 - TikTok craze leads to Iceland cucumber shortage

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The Level1 Show September 17 2024: Teenage Vapeland

Posted by wendell on Tue, 09/17/2024 - 03:15

https://www.one-tab.com/page/MEW_3CsXQxK1zmygZB824g

0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Senate leaders ask FTC to investigate AI content summaries as anti-competitive
2:56 - A Surgeon General warning label must appear on social media apps, 42 state attorneys general demand
4:41 - US proposes requiring reporting for advanced AI, cloud providers
6:19 - Google's AI Will Help Decide Whether Unemployed Workers Get Benefits
8:49 - Google aimed to control web ad tech, US prosecutor says as trial begins
10:01 - FCC Chair Encourages Satellite Internet Competition, Hints Starlink Is a Monopoly
11:26 - Cops Are Testing Apple Vision Pro For Use In Surveillance
12:47 - U.S. says Russia funded media company that paid right-wing influencers millions for videos
14:14 - The NSA Has a Podcast—Here's How to Decode It
15:29 - Apple defeated in decade-long fight with EU over Irish tax breaks
16:42 - Google's 2.4 billion euro fine upheld by Europe's top court
17:36 - British competition regulator objects to Google's ad tech practices
18:28 - Malaysia's plan to block overseas DNS dies after a day
19:14 - Russia to Spend $646 Million to Block VPNs, Forbes Reports
19:44 - Australia plans age limit to ban children from social media
20:44 - Australia threatens fines for social media giants enabling misinformation
22:20 - Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have
23:34 - Microsoft is building new Windows security features to prevent another CrowdStrike incident
24:49 - SpyAgent Android malware steals your crypto recovery phrases from images
25:31 - Hacker Hits Rental Car Provider Avis, Steals Data on 300,000 Users
26:09 - More schools installing vape detectors, with money from Juul settlement