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The Level1 Show October 14 2022: Ad Light, Ad Bright, The First Ad I See Tonight

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0:00 - Intro
1:11 - AI eye checks can predict heart disease risk in less than minute, finds study
2:12 - DeepMind's game-playing AI just beat 50-year-old record in computer science
3:26 - Meta’s new text-to-video AI generator is like DALL-E for video
3:49 - Amazon scales back Scout delivery robot program
4:13 - Google answers Meta’s video-generating AI with its own, dubbed Imagen Video
5:57 - Robots are making French fries faster, better than humans
8:53 - Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face
10:07 - Walgreens Expands Use of Prescription-Packaging Robots
10:30 - Tesla now has 160,000 active Full Self Driving cars and one Dojo supercomputer
11:12 - Intel's Mobileye files for listing in first sign of thawing tech IPO market
12:08 - Queensland's Browns Plains without electricity after drone food delivery crashes into powerlines
12:52 - Elon Musk reveals Optimus TeslaBot prototype during AI Day 2022
13:55 - S.F. to feds: Cruise driverless cars keep blocking our roads
14:34 - Boston Dynamics pledges not to weaponize its robots
15:47 - Tesla ditches ultrasonic sensors from new cars as it bets on camera-only driver assistance
16:32 - Gun Detection AI The Latest Tech To Make Schools Less Safe
17:49 - The robot takeout revolution is closer than you think
20:14 - ISRO confirms Mangalyaan mission over, Mars Orbiter craft non-recoverable
21:22 - Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket reaches orbit for 1st time
22:06 - NASA and SpaceX are studying a Hubble telescope boost, adding 15 to 20 years of life
23:16 - Did an NYU professor get fired because students hate organic chem?
26:16 - Saudi Arabia win bid to host 2029 Asian Winter Games at desert megacity
27:38 - Alcohol-Free Saudi Arabia Plans Champagne and Wine Bars at Neom
29:00 - SF has a fine-dining restaurant for dogs with $75 tasting menu
30:55 - Rap Lyrics Can No Longer Be Used as Evidence in California: New Bill
33:17 - Taco Bell is apologizing for its breakfast menu
35:21 - Debt to the Penny
36:39 - Biden pardons all federal simple marijuana possession offenses
37:55 - It's Fat Bear Week. Here Are The Contenders
39:42 - Narcan vending machine in Kentucky empty day after being installed

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PCIe 5 Without Breaking the Bank? ASRock Steel Legend B650E Review

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Ryzen 7000: What About The 6 And 8 Core CPUs? 7600X and 7700X Tested

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Main Ryzen 7000 video: https://youtu.be/pfbAoV6gJFI
Linux video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LENj4uxjnRs

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The Level1 Show October 11 2022: Better Ingredients, Better Spying

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0:00 - Intro
0:54 - White House unveils artificial intelligence 'Bill of Rights'
2:58 - Apple loses second bid to challenge Qualcomm patents at U.S. Supreme Court
5:56 - FCC threatens to block calls from carriers for letting robocalls run rampant
7:02 - House Democrats debut new bill to limit US police use of facial recognition
9:55 - U.S. Said to Plan New Limits on China’s A.I. and Supercomputing Firms
11:08 - A UN agency wants the Fed to slow its interest rate hikes
12:00 - High court will hear social media terrorism lawsuits
13:01 - SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security
15:38 - Covert CIA websites could have been found by an ‘amateur’, research finds
17:09 - Apple Accused of ‘Interrogating’ Pro-Union Employees by National Labor Review Board In Complaint
18:19 - In bid for new long-range rockets, Ukraine offers US targeting oversight
20:18 - EU vote paves way for USB-C to be common device charger in 2024
22:02 - Chinese Surveillance Companies Use Amazon Web Services
23:12 - Popular censorship circumvention tools face fresh blockade by China
23:59 - Six million silenced: A two-year internet outage in Ethiopia
24:59 - Former Uber security chief convicted for concealing a felony
26:05 - Seattle woman gets probation for massive Capital One hack
26:22 - Election Software Executive Arrested on Suspicion of Theft
27:44 - Fraud, scam cases increasing on Zelle, Senate report finds
29:36 - Google settles Arizona location data suit for $85 million
30:11 - Hackers leak 500GB trove of data stolen during LAUSD ransomware attack
31:19 - Teen charged with attempting to blackmail Optus customers using stolen data
32:38 - The PS5 has reportedly been jailbroken
33:39 - Danish Pirate Site Blocking Updated, Telecoms Group Publishes All Domains
34:22 - Fake CISO Profiles on LinkedIn Target Fortune 500s
36:55 - Deepfake audio has a tell – researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices
38:29 - NYPD Considers Blocking Public From Radio Scanner Broadcasts
39:28 - Papa John's sued for 'wiretap' spying on website visitors

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The Level1 Show October 12 2022: Bread and Subscriptions

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0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Here’s Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, starting at $599 and $899
1:50 - Spotify dives into audiobooks with a library of over 300,000 titles
4:34 - Intel CTO wants developers to build once, then run on any GPU
5:49 - Magic Leap's smaller, lighter second-gen AR glasses are now available
6:50 - Asrock motherboards damaged by RAM warning sticker
7:48 - 1000TB SSDs could become mainstream by 2030 as Samsung plans 1000-layer NAND
8:27 - Canon is Building a $345M Chip Plant in Japan, its First in 21 Years
9:38 - Tesla unveils new Dojo supercomputer so powerful it tripped the power grid
10:18 - Apple's App Store revenue fell in September, Morgan Stanley says
11:38 - Arm loses 40% of UK staff despite SoftBank pledge to grow domestic workforce
12:45 - AMD warns of Q3 revenue shortfall
13:36 - Meta launches AI software tools to ease switching between Nvidia, AMD chips
14:53 - Ford raises price of entry-level F-150 Lightning for 2nd time in two months
15:50 - Amazon freezes corporate hiring in its retail business
16:29 - Amazon is launching a dedicated hub for its affordable shopping options
17:43 - Amazon suspends 50 workers who refused to work after warehouse fire
19:52 - Activision Blizzard illegally withheld raises from unionizing workers, labor board finds
21:18 - Matter Smart Home Standard Officially Launches, Support Could Come in iOS 16.1
22:37 - CEOs Preparing to Cut ESG Spending, Lay Off Staff
23:11 - Consumers prioritize Netflix, Amazon Prime over groceries and gas
24:57 - Micron to spend up to $100 billion to build New York chip plant
25:51 - Cyberpunk 2077 sequel Project Orion announced by CD Projekt Red
27:38 - Intel Laptop Users Should Avoid Linux 5.19.12 To Avoid Potentially Damaging The Display
28:15 - Rightsholders Asked Google to Remove Six Billion 'Pirate' Links
29:07 - Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production to India
31:20 - Google picks South Africa for its first cloud region in Africa
32:40 - Google shuts down Translate service in China
33:34 - Stadia controllers could become e-waste unless Google issues Bluetooth update
35:03 - Who is ready for a fleet of cubesats flying over cities, displaying ads?
36:44 - Showtime chief's exit signals Paramount moving toward streaming merger
38:28 - Overwatch 2 talk
46:47 - Coroner lists Instagram algorithm as contributing cause of UK teen's death
48:11 - Facebook Reportedly Laying Off Thousands of Employees
49:50 - Instagram to increase ad load as Meta fights revenue decline
50:50 - Tim Cook is latest CEO to question the ‘metaverse’
52:13 - Elon Musk Offered to Buy Twitter at a Lower Price in Recent Talks
54:54 - YouTube is asking some users to purchase a Premium subscription to watch in 4K
57:17 - Meta ordered to pay $175M for copying Green Beret veteran’s app
58:11 - How TikTok Tracks You Across the Web, Even If You Don’t Use the App
59:20 - Apple VP leaves company after vulgar comment goes viral on TikTok

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Pun'ishment with the HAF 700 EVO

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HAF 700 EVO: https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/cases/full-tower/haf-700-evo/#imag…
HAF 700: https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/cases/full-tower/haf-700/
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The Level1 Show October 7 2022: McDesperate for Millennial Customers

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0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Bipedal Cassie sets Guinness World Record for robotic 100-meter sprint
2:02 - OpenAI removes the waitlist for DALL-E 2, allowing anyone to sign up
2:40 - Silent Ventus drone: Drone startup claims it flew its zero-emissions ion propulsion drone on 4.5-minute test flight
4:20 - Selective neutralisation and deterring of cockroaches with laser automated by machine vision
6:17 - Almost Half of Industrial Robots Are in China
7:09 - James Earl Jones Retires From Voicing Darth Vader
8:49 - Bruce Willis Becomes First Celebrity to Sell Rights to Deepfake Firm
9:45 - OpenAI open-sources Whisper, a multilingual speech recognition system
11:17 - NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defense test
12:26 - Pfizer pays almost $120 million for app that detects COVID from a cough
14:20 - Target Venus not Mars for first crewed mission to another planet, experts say
15:39 - NASA waves off next Artemis I launch attempt due to tropical storm
16:16 - Alameda sheriff strips 47 deputies of service weapons, admitting they failed psych exams and shouldn’t have been hired
18:55 - North Korea announces new nationwide mask mandate weeks after COVID ‘victory’
19:37 - Tiny Dongle Brings The Hard Drive’s Song Back To Updated Retrocomputers
21:30 - ‘Something is seriously wrong’: Room-temperature superconductivity study retracted
22:27 - Museums on prescription: Brussels tests cultural visits to treat anxiety
23:54 - ‘I’d rather eat an actual burger’: why plant-based meat’s sizzle fizzled in the US
27:31 - Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year
28:51 - Ohio exempts clergy from reporting abuse
30:36 - Cancer charity boss who spent donations on giant dragon statue ordered to redistribute cash
32:03 - Florida reporter defends putting condom on mic during Hurricane Ian broadcast
33:59 - Ken Paxton tried to avoid being served with subpoena, court record says
34:50 - Fox News Meteorologist Draws A Giant Dong During Hurricane Report
35:38 - McDonald's is selling Happy Meals to adults — with a twist
36:29 - Women make assumptions about men’s personality traits and behaviors based on pictures of their dingus, study finds
37:49 - Pennsylvania school district accused of banning Girls Who Code book series
40:13 - Seattle Library will allow staff to administer opioid overdose reversing Narcan
41:53 - 2nd grader was instructed to ‘send picture of you doing reading homework in bathtub,’ parents say
43:53 - Ford's blue oval badge in short supply: Shortages pile up
44:23 - CIA Just Invested In Woolly Mammoth Resurrection Tech
45:46 - Biden mistakenly calls out recently deceased congresswoman
47:11 - Army’s First Trans Officer Indicted for Spying for Russia
49:00 - 'Dahmer' LGBTQ Tag: Netflix Removes Category After Fan Backlash

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OpenBB -- Open Source Investment Analysis Software -- A quick look

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Check out the EnGenius Cloud: https://www.engenius.ai/cloud/

Participating in the stock exchange on Wall Street can be expensive, especially if you want to be on a level with the top traders! $25,000 a year?!

That's money a lot of us don't have. In comes OpenBB with their free investment research terminal!
Join Ryan as he navigates the open-source software.

https://openbb.co/

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The Level1 Show October 5 2022: Heroes Never Die, But Games Do

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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - How to set up Overwatch 2 SMS protection
2:34 - New Overwatch 2 Players Will Need to Play 100 Matches to Unlock Original Characters
4:50 - Intel says Moore's Law is still alive. Nvidia says it's ended.
6:00 - Intel’s 13th-gen “Raptor Lake” CPUs are official, launch October 20
7:52 - Intel and Samsung are getting ready for ‘slidable’ PCs
9:50 - Apple starts manufacturing the iPhone 14 in India
11:07 - Kindle Scribe brings writing to Amazon’s popular e-reader
12:35 - Intel’s Unison app syncs iOS and Android phones with your PC
14:56 - Google is shutting down Stadia in January 2023
19:13 - Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forums
20:42 - Google Fiber touts 20Gbps download speed in test, promises eventual 100Gbps
21:43 - Podcasters Are Buying Millions of Listeners With Mobile Ads
23:26 - NFT Trading Volume Drops
25:09 - AV1 Update Reduces CPU Encoding Times By Up To 34 Percent
25:51 - Better than JPEG? Researcher discovers that Stable Diffusion can compress images
28:19 - Netflix is building its own game studio
29:20 - Robinhood debuts new non-custodial crypto wallet with Polygon to 10K beta users
30:03 - Cloudflare takes aim at AWS with promise of $1.25 billion to startups that use its own platform
30:47 - An all-electric passenger plane completed its first test flight
32:14 - DocuSign to cut workforce by 9% as part of restructuring plan
32:52 - Exclusive: With eye on Big Tech, energy crisis, EU telcos call for shared network costs
34:17 - Kia plans US EV manufacturing in 2024 as new incentive requirements loom
35:24 - Amazon hires unsafe trucking firms twice as often as peers, WSJ finds
36:59 - Compute North Files for Bankruptcy as Crypto-Mining Data Center Owes up to $500M
40:11 - Fitbit accounts are being replaced by Google accounts
40:59 - Amazon emails staff with news it miscalculated their compensation
41:41 - Walmart arrives on Roblox for the first time with two new virtual worlds to engage young shoppers
44:48 - Wall Street hit with $2 billion in fines over employees using WhatsApp and other unauthorized messaging apps
45:41 - Apple removes Russia’s largest social network from the App Store
46:40 - TikTok inching toward U.S. security deal to avoid sale
47:06 - TikTok plans to ban all political fundraising on its platform
48:13 - Cybersickness Could Spell an Early Death for the Metaverse and Virtual Reality
50:04 - Meta Sued For Tap Dancing Around Apple’s New App Privacy Rules
51:07 - Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will freeze hiring and cut costs
51:47 - Meta cracks down on ad-free Instagram client a day after it launched
55:25 - This Controversial Artist Matches Influencer Photos With Surveillance Footage

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The Level1 Show October 4 2022: If You're Fussin' You Ain't Bussin'

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0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Latest U.S. Support for Ukraine Targets Long-Term Security Investment
2:26 - Nancy Pelosi-Backed Stock Trading Ban Faces Uphill Battle
3:53 - Senators push to reform police's cellphone tracking tools
7:16 - Democrats demand FTC probe Amazon-iRobot deal
7:49 - CFTC files lawsuit against decentralized autonomous organization
9:14 - Fed’s Powell calls for DeFi regulation following ‘significant structural issues’
10:58 - DOT to map out nation's time zones after report shows no official map exists
13:00 - Senators introduce a bill to protect open-source software
14:10 - FCC takes long-delayed step against spam text surge
15:50 - NSA Employee Leaked Classified Cyber Intel, Charged with Espionage
16:51 - Oracle pays $23 million to the SEC to settle bribery charges
18:04 - EV charging stations on highways: DOT approves 50 states' plans
20:06 - San Francisco passes controversial surveillance plan
21:23 - CIA Launches First Podcast: 'The Langley Files'
22:48 - Former MoviePass Execs Accused of 'Fraudulent Tactics'
23:37 - California 'BitLicense' Bill Vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom
24:33 - California moves to be first state to ban natural gas heaters and furnaces
26:30 - New York to mandate zero-emission vehicles in 2035
27:58 - Interpol issues red notice for Terra founder Do Kwon
29:11 - Putin grants Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Snowden
30:24 - EU proposes rules making it easier to sue drone makers, AI systems
31:28 - France sets delivery fee for online book sales to help stores compete with Amazon
32:30 - Australia phones cyber-attack exposes personal data
33:07 - Massive Australian data hack prompts privacy laws overhaul
36:37 - Elon Musk activates Starlink for Iranian citizens after US Sec of State issued a General License
38:03 - Saudi Arabia to invest $37 billion in gaming
39:18 - Cloudflare wants to replace CAPTCHAs with Turnstile
41:40 - Microsoft soon to end Exchange Online basic authentication
42:23 - Cheat Devs Are Ready for Modern Warfare 2
43:52 - FTC should probe payroll data deals by brokers like Equifax, rival says
46:17 - Fast Company hackers sent out obscene push notifications to Apple News users
47:22 - Crypto Darling Helium Promised A ‘People’s Network.’ Instead, Its Executives Got Rich.
48:29 - Beijing bus drivers have been told to wear wristbands to monitor their emotions
49:44 - Crypto-Mixing Service Tornado Cash Code Is Back on GitHub
50:13 - Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition to U.S.
50:55 - New York to install surveillance cameras in every subway car
51:43 - UK police arrest alleged ‘GTA VI’ hacker
53:10 - Ex-eBay execs heading to prison for harassing couple behind newsletter
54:18 - Mystery Hackers Are ‘Hyperjacking’ Targets for Insidious Spying
55:18 - TAP cyberattack: Portuguese president's personal data stolen

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