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A Look at the INTEL ARC A770

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A new challenger appears in the GPU arena! But do they have what it takes to compete? Wendell investigates!

https://www.newegg.com/intel-21p01j00ba/p/N82E16814883001

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The Level1 Show November 25 2022: All I Want For Christmas Is The Divine Right to Rule 👑

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0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Highlights From NASA’s Artemis Moon Rocket Launch
0:59 - The first cubesat to fly and operate at the Moon has successfully arrived
1:44 - The Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope is fully constructed
3:04 - Nasa space telescope reveals celestial hourglass formed by embryonic star
3:40 - India successfully launches first privately made rocket
4:12 - Intel unveils real-time deepfake detector, claims 96% accuracy rate
4:52 - Waymo is using its self-driving taxis to create real-time weather maps
5:58 - Why Meta’s latest large language model only survived three days online
7:40 - Meet Unstable Diffusion, the group trying to monetize AI prawn generators
9:23 - Lab-grown meat is OK for human consumption, FDA says
10:57 - The leap second’s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks
11:55 - Record number of parents miss work as respiratory illnesses spike in kids
12:54 - Cows fed hemp produced milk with THC, researchers say
15:00 - Fentanyl vaccine could eliminate drug's 'high'
16:12 - World population reaches 8 billion
17:45 - Fans paid to attend World Cup by Qatar have daily allowance cancelled
18:23 - FIFA head says fans 'will survive' without beer at World Cup
19:26 - Eli Lilly CEO says insulin tweet flap “probably” signals need to bring down cost
20:06 - Customs seize so much cocaine in Belgium that incinerators can no longer keep up
20:30 - Indiana man dies after falling into manure lagoon on dairy farm
21:34 - Chinese man, 50, runs marathon in under 3.5 hours while smoking cigarettes
22:58 - Young Dolph murder suspect releases song 'No Statements' from jail
24:22 - Astronomer locked out of Twitter for three months after video of meteor flagged as 'intimate content'
25:29 - Herschel Walker explains vampires & werewolves
26:27 - Mariah Carey is not the sole "Queen of Christmas," trademark board says
27:05 - Crypto insider weighs in on FTX executives’ sex lives, alleged substance use
28:52 - Disney Is Trying To Build The First Ever Roller Coaster That Jumps Off The Track And Flies Through The Air - Engineers Say It's 'Theoretically' Possible
31:13 - Lost dog 'hands itself in' at Loughborough Police Station

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The Level1 Show November 22 2022: The Truth Was Out There

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0:00 - Intro
1:27 - Comcast and co. will have to slap ‘nutrition labels’ on their internet soon
3:59 - Banking giants and New York Fed start 12-week digital dollar pilot
5:17 - U.S. House committee to hold hearing on FTX collapse and crypto fall out
6:05 - FBI, Air Force Agents Raid UFO Blogger Joerg Arnu's Houses
7:52 - FBI is 'extremely concerned' about China's influence through TikTok
8:27 - Ticketmaster’s Parent Company Said to Face Justice Department Investigation
10:19 - US govt: Iranian hackers breached federal agency using Log4Shell exploit
11:15 - California AG issues warning-ladened guidance for public interested in buying crypto
12:51 - Google Agrees to $392 Million Privacy Settlement With 40 States
13:55 - Dell reaches $1 billion settlement over disputed 2018 stock swap
15:13 - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to over 11 years in prison
16:38 - Declassified document shows Trump tweeted an image from a spy satellite
19:10 - Chinese takeover of biggest UK chip plant blocked by government
19:50 - Two Russian Nationals Charged with Running Massive E-Book Piracy Website
20:33 - Everyone is bullying the UK government in its own Discord server
21:38 - Italy court rejects Google's appeal against watchdog fine, accepts Apple's one
22:13 - Italy outlaws facial recognition tech, except to fight crime
22:53 - Police dismantle pirated TV streaming network with 500,000 users
24:13 - China tops U.S. to take research crown at global chip conference
25:06 - Japan's inflation hits 40-year high as weak yen fans import costs
25:41 - USB-C will be mandatory for all smart devices sold in India
26:01 - El Salvador Plans to Buy More Bitcoin Despite Losing Millions
27:21 - Australia to consider banning ransomware payments - The Record by Recorded Future
28:24 - Microsoft: Hackers are using this 'concerning' tactic to dodge multi-factor authentication
29:29 - Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys
30:23 - Study: Almost 50% of macOS malware only comes from one app
31:21 - Netflix gives account holders the ability to kick freeloaders
33:00 - Ubisoft and Riot Games are working together to combat toxic chats
34:28 - Studies find automatic braking can cut crashes over 40%
35:22 - Xbox proactively suspended up to 4.78M accounts in just six months

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Calling All Tinkerers! What Would YOU Do With x86/Raspberry Pi? feat. Seeed reTerminal

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Wendell's IoT journey continues with the reTerminal from Seeed!

Check out the forum thread: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/co-inventing-with-community-what-do-you…

Check out the Seeed reTerminal here: https://www.seeedstudio.com/ReTerminal-with-CM4-p-4904.html

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The 4090 is HERE! But Is It Worth It?

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Level1 Show - Live This Week

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Join us for the links and fun this week, Live! :D

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192 Cores of EPYC Domination!

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AMD EPYC 192 Cores of pure amazingness reviewed in this short 43-minute video... wait! How long!!??

Wendell's got the ins and outs of this new server-level cpu. Benchmarks, first impressions, predictions of the future!

Find Benchmarks here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/new-epyc-genoa-announced-benchmarks-fro…

0:00 Intro
2:11 Quick Overview
6:50 Testing and Benchmarks
15:46 AMD Listening to Customers
18:38 AVX512
20:20 Neural Magic
21:51 ZenDNN
24:29 CXL
29:32 Chiplets and IO
35:29 A little bit of Microsoft
39:08 Pricing and Summary

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The Level1 Show November 11 2022: Return to Stargazing After A Word From Our Sponsors

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0:00 - Intro
1:08 - SpaceX is now building a Raptor engine a day, NASA says
2:03 - SpaceX launches first Falcon Heavy mission since 2019 from Florida
2:47 - China launches final module to complete Tiangong space station
4:17 - Amazon May Turn to Its SpaceX Rival for Satellite Launches
5:20 - Scientists Find Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Hiding in the Sun’s Glare
6:45 - Surprise! Black holes can behave like quantum particles
7:51 - Google’s AI image model Imagen is getting a very limited public outing
9:13 - Google’s new prototype AI tool does the writing for you
10:39 - Exhibit aims to present AI images as real art
12:53 - OpenAI will give roughly 10 AI startups $1M each and early access to its systems
13:31 - Lego to discontinue Mindstorms robot line after a 24-year run
15:08 - 500 drones will create a flying Candy Crush ad above NYC
16:51 - Denver firefighters disciplined for getting living woman pronounced dead
18:17 - Nationwide catalytic converter theft ring made hundreds of millions of dollars, feds say
19:35 - Ikea sues indie game developer over survival horror game set in furniture store
22:10 - Queenslander with disability left to crawl off plane after Jetstar staff refuse to let her use transfer wheelchair without charge
24:12 - Ford Transit Trail 2023 targets boom in RV 'van life'
25:59 - 'BagGate' cheating scandal rocks professional cornhole world
28:24 - Fact check: No litter boxes for furries at SLO County schools
28:58 - NASCAR driver stuns racing world with a move learned from Nintendo GameCube
30:07 - The 'superheroes' catching drug dealers in Peru
31:33 - Giant runaway Christmas baubles tumble through London street wreaking havoc
32:40 - Heidi Klum unrecognizable in elaborate giant worm costume at her New York City Halloween bash
35:09 - Norwegian Man Now Identifies as a Disabled Woman, Uses Wheelchair "Almost All The Time"
36:52 - Dog runs through Mexican town with human head found at ATM
37:27 - Paintballs to be shot at Dutch wolves in bid to make them less tame
38:46 - First-ever study shows bumble bees 'play'

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The Level1 Show November 8 2022: Chegg Yourself Before You Wregg Yourself

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0:00 - Intro
4:20 - FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok
6:23 - Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
9:07 - White House invites dozens of nations for ransomware summit
10:14 - New York could be first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law
11:43 - Multiple data breaches suggest ed tech company Chegg didn’t do its homework, alleges FTC
13:35 - Rural areas to get $759M in grants for high-speed internet
15:40 - New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use software everyone can see
17:31 - U.S. pushes Japan and other allies to join China chip curbs
18:29 - The NYPD has joined Amazon’s Ring Neighbors surveillance network
19:49 - 'The Babylon Bee' Joins 'The Onion' in Decrying Ohio Parody Punishment
22:28 - New hot job: State high-speed internet network director
23:24 - Pay transparency law: Employers can't hide salary ranges in NYC
25:02 - Hong Kong to explore legalizing retail crypto trades in reversal of previous proposal
25:38 - China submarines: Lithium batteries may soon power world's largest fleet of submarines
27:42 - India cenbank to start pilot of digital rupee on Nov 1
28:41 - India sets up panel with veto power over social media content moderation
30:25 - New EU Law Could Force Apple to Allow Other App Stores, Sideloading, and iMessage Interoperability
32:05 - Europe telco industry pushes Big Tech to pay for building the internet
33:54 - Airbnb faces light-touch regulation under EU plan
35:43 - ALMA observatory in Chile targeted by cyberattack
36:31 - Votes in Slovakia's parliament suspended after alleged ‘cybersecurity incident’
38:35 - Mondelez, Zurich settle $100m+ NotPetya insurance lawsuit
39:46 - Google ad for GIMP.org served info-stealing malware via lookalike site
42:06 - U.S. banks processed about $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021
43:07 - Big Meat Companies Want to Use Smartwatches to Track Workers’ Every Move
44:55 - Early MakerDAO Developer and Stablecoin Pioneer Found Dead in Puerto Rico

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The Level1 Show November 9 2022: Cheques for Checks

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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Stripe lays off 14% of workers
0:58 - Amazon pauses hiring for corporate workforce
1:43 - Amazon plunge pushes valuation below $1 trillion first time since 2020
2:35 - Uber whistleblower says current business model 'absolutely' unsustainable
3:36 - T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activations and upgrades
4:38 - Charter raises base Internet to $80 a month; price hikes to hit 9.5M users
5:37 - Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Lost Almost $190 Million in Terra Crash: Report
6:23 - Bondholders of Troubled Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Said to Be Working With Lawyer
7:03 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II breaks franchise record with $800M sold in three days
8:20 - Microsoft promises eternal support for Call of Duty on PlayStation
9:06 - Uber tests push notification ads, a feature literally no one wants
9:46 - Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs
10:14 - Google’s building package tracking right into your Gmail inbox
11:30 - Google’s new shopping features can help you snag good deals
12:44 - Google is shutting down its dedicated Street View app next year
13:08 - RIP Google Hangouts, Google’s last, best chance to compete with iMessage
14:04 - Steam on Chromebooks enters beta, adds AMD support
14:57 - You’re Gonna Have To Pay To Use Fancy Colors In Photoshop Now
16:26 - Discord Bans 68,000 Servers, 55 Million Accounts
17:59 - Meta’s AI-powered audio codec promises 10x compression over MP3
19:39 - Teleport Creators Raise $9M to Build Decentralized Uber Rival on Solana
21:06 - Cheaper Netflix with ads plan is not supported on Apple TV
21:43 - New Mac app wants to record everything you do—so you can “rewind” it later
23:44 - AMD Unveils Radeon RX 7900 XTX And 7900 XT For Performance-Per-Watt Gaming Leadership
26:21 - PlayStation VR2 Release Date and Price Revealed
28:08 - Arm-Qualcomm legal battle suggests OEMs need Arm IP licenses, not chip firms
29:11 - New TSMC 3DFabric Alliance seeks to boost chiplet designs
30:05 - Amazon teams up with TCL after striking deal with Google
31:11 - Microsoft mulling cheap PCs supported by ads, subscriptions
32:28 - NYC is seeing more fires caused by e-bike batteries
34:22 - Saudi wealth fund sets up electric car joint venture with Foxconn
35:50 - Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger
36:43 - Amazon Prime now comes with a full music catalog of 100 million songs and ad-free podcasts
37:50 - Wharton, Berkeley, NYU Offering Online M.B.A.s for the First Time
39:36 - Netflix adds 6th gaming studio with acquisition of Spry Fox
41:40 - Apple Employees at Unionized Maryland Store File Labor Board Complaint After Being Denied Benefits
43:16 - Apple's $100M Small Developer Assistance Fund starts paying out
44:55 - Dogecoin surges on Elon Musk's Twitter deal
45:54 - JP Morgan executes first DeFi trade on public blockchain
46:45 - Opioid lawsuits: CVS, Walgreens pharmacies agrees to $10 billion in settlements
48:38 - '14-hour days with no break and no bathroom': Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sued by his former housekeeper
52:47 - Elon Musk planning to cut half of Twitter's workforce
53:51 - Twitter reportedly limits employee access to content-moderation tools
55:07 - Elon Musk says Twitter Blue will cost $8, and include blue tick verification
57:35 - Twitter will not reinstate banned users without 'clear process,' Musk says
58:00 - Chief Twit, Elon Musk, signals interest in reviving Vine
59:07 - Facebook Has a Portal for Government Officials to Request Content Be Suppressed
1:00:00 - Ye suspended from Instagram again after targeting Jewish people in post
1:01:08 - Instagram jumps into NFTs with minting and selling feature
1:03:04 - TikTok tells European users its staff in China get access to their data
1:03:54 - Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk’s Twitter takeover. I joined them
1:06:47 - Tumblr will now allow nudity but not explicit boinking

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