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Checking out the Mushkin Vortex: A True Speed Demon SSD

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Wendell takes a super quick look at the speedy Mushkin Vortex NVMe SSD!

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The Level1 Show October 25 2022: 3+3 = 🐄💩

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0:00 - Intro
1:18 - FTC Wants to Add Right to Repair to Existing Energy Saving Rules
2:23 - Visa, Mastercard under fresh FTC investigation over debit card routing
3:35 - SEC's Gensler says CFTC authority over stablecoins should be bolstered
4:53 - Former US Security Officials, Experts Reserve Concerns Over TikTok Compromising National Security
5:29 - AT&T Hit With $23 Million Fine For Bribing Illinois Lawmaker
7:05 - Help, Foxconn has gone from AI 8K+5G to ‘3+3=∞’
8:43 - Texas sues Google for allegedly capturing biometric data of millions without consent
9:35 - Intel sued over future of historic DEC chip factory site
10:48 - Xi's call to win tech race points to new wave of Chinese state-led spending
11:14 - Chinese distributors reportedly dump dud chips on Russia
12:48 - Japanese regulators loosen crypto laws and make it easier to list coins
13:33 - India fines Google $162 million for anti-competitive practices on Android
14:20 - Russian lawmaker urges WhatsApp ban for state employees
15:08 - Internet connectivity worldwide impacted by severed fiber cables in France
16:08 - UK government could ration diesel supplies to keep data centers up
16:59 - Germany fires cybersecurity chief 'over Russia ties'
17:43 - Turkish opposition applies to annul disinformation law
18:45 - Mexico probes whether Pegasus spyware purchases were legal
19:57 - GPS interference caused the FAA to reroute Texas air traffic. Experts stumped
20:54 - Datacenter fire takes out South Korea’s top two web giants
21:25 - Kakao co-CEO resigns, company to invest over $300M to build data center after mass outage
22:06 - Qatar Spyware required for World Cup visitors
23:26 - Microsoft customer data leak includes contact info, emails
24:10 - Hackers have stolen record $3 billion in cryptocurrency this year
24:39 - Crypto scam victims seek to hold Coinbase responsible for losses
25:21 - Former WSJ reporter says law firm used Indian hackers to sabotage his career
25:59 - Over 45,000 VMware ESXi servers just reached end-of-life
26:38 - Streaming brought new ways to cheat at poker. Garrett Adelstein thinks he was a victim of one.
28:04 - Apple’s Mixed Reality Headset to Offer Iris Scanning for Payments, Logging In
29:09 - Texas schools send parents DNA kits to identify their kids’ bodies in emergencies
29:59 - TN man finds TWRA hidden camera on his property
32:13 - China censors word "Beijing” after rare protest in city

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Level1 News October 21 2022: Filled with Shatness

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0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong
2:41 - Microsoft brings DALL-E 2 to the masses with Designer and Image Creator
3:45 - Fake Joe Rogan interviews fake Steve Jobs in an AI-powered podcast
5:14 - Many U.S. drivers treat partially automated cars as self-driving
6:08 - Nike moves to curb sneaker-buying bots and resale market with penalties
7:25 - AI music generators could be a boon for artists — but also problematic
8:53 - Amazon abandons live tests of Scout home delivery robot
9:37 - This Danish Political Party Is Led by an AI
10:48 - SpaceX announces a second private flight to the Moon aboard Starship
11:33 - Amazon changes Kuiper prototype satellites launch from ABL to ULA
13:29 - Nasa says Dart mission succeeded in shifting asteroid’s orbit
14:54 - SpaceX competitor Lynk testing 5G cell phone service from space
15:35 - Stoke Space aims to build rapidly reusable rocket with a completely novel design
16:30 - Robot falls asleep while being quizzed by Lords
17:45 - Sony and Honda envision an EV that entertains while it takes the wheel
18:13 - William Shatner: My Trip to Space Filled Me With Sadness
18:56 - Artist Damien Hirst just burned 1,000 of his paintings and will soon burn more
20:32 - New York changes gun buyback after seller gets $21,000 for 3D-printed parts
21:28 - New Zealand angers its farmers by proposing taxing cow burps
22:46 - Rainbow fentanyl' is not being targeted at children, experts say
24:09 - Pastor who gave kids 'I ❤️ hot youth pastors' stickers placed on leave
25:17 - Halloween 2022: Lower Merion School District in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania cancels parades over safety, inclusivity concerns
27:01 - Florida car rental employees find toddler left in returned vehicle
29:40 - UC Berkeley to offer new course about Nicki Minaj in its spring 2023 semester; Artist says she'd 'love to stop by'
31:13 - $1.5 million floating home prototype sinks into the water at unveiling
33:05 - Ubisoft thinks you should pay $120 for Far Cry 6 GOTY Edition even though it didn't win a GOTY award
34:13 - ‘Ballots have been stuffed’: voting scandal rocks Alaska’s fat bear contest

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Intel Raptor Lake is Here! Give it Power and It'll be Powerful!!

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More cores! Wendell is super excited to take a look at the new 13000k series of CPUs by Intel. We're talking about the 13900k and touching a little about the 13600K. So much to talk about so subscribe to see when our other videos come out!

Compare the new 13k series yourself here: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=230…

0:00 Intro
3:14 Numbers
7:55 i5 Interlude
9:35 Back to the Numbers
14:16 Power
16:17 Last bit of Numbers
21:21 Outro Summary

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Too Hot? How much Heat Do Intel and AMD Actually give off?

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Maybe not as much as you think! Wendell delves into the details of the 12000k series vs the Ryzen 7000 series to show you what's actually going on!
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The Level1 Show October 18 2022: Bloatteries

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0:00 - Intro
0:54 - FCC poised to ban all U.S. sales of new Huawei and ZTE equipment
2:27 - Biden signs executive order to protect data transfers between US, EU
4:02 - Federal officials traded stocks affected by agency decisions
5:41 - Labor Department proposal could upend rules for gig workers
6:57 - Utility security: So bad DoE offers rate cuts to improve it
8:43 - St. Louis preparing to sue Hyundai and Kia over rampant car thefts in the city
10:58 - FBI: Beware of fake batteries, here's what to watch out for
12:02 - SEC Investigating Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs Over Securities Violations
13:32 - Digital License Plates Become Legal on Cars in California
15:52 - Apple wins 2/3 cut in French antitrust fine to 372 mln euros
16:48 - EU wants to know if Microsoft will block rivals after Activision deal
17:57 - Germany's cybersecurity chief faces dismissal, reports say
18:40 - Households face three-hour blackouts as winter electricity shortage loom
19:30 - Subjecting workers to webcam monitoring violates privacy, Dutch court rules
20:29 - VPN use skyrockets in Iran as citizens navigate internet censorship
21:36 - Musk says SpaceX cannot fund Ukraine's Starlink internet indefinitely
23:07 - Toyota discloses data leak after access key exposed on GitHub
23:36 - Intel Confirms Alder Lake BIOS Source Code Leak
24:21 - Ransomware attack delays patient care at hospitals across the U.S.
25:28 - 2K warns users their info has been stolen following breach of its help desk
26:33 - Android leaks some traffic even when 'Always-on VPN' is enabled
27:44 - Roblox says policing virtual world is like 'shutting down speakeasies'
29:46 - Wi-Fi spy drones used to snoop on financial firm
31:21 - Samsung phones blowing up at pandemic rates, urging return of removable batteries
33:26 - Airline Won't Stop You From Tracking Your Checked Bag After All
34:14 - Hollywood and Netflix Report Top Piracy Threats to US Govt
36:09 - Upcoming Call of Duty has annoying phone number verification requirement
37:26 - Russian-speaking hackers knock multiple US airport websites offline. No impact on operations reported
38:10 - Protests in Iran: State-run live TV hacked by protesters
38:53 - The iPhone 14 keeps calling 911 on rollercoasters

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1u Servers are DEAD! Long Live 2u Servers! But Why? -Ft. Supermicro AS -2114GT-DNR

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Is this was the future looks like? More like, this is what the future will sound like! At least until they make quieter fans. Join Wendell as he goes over his 2u GamersNexus project! Is it a super computer? Pretty much! Is it expensive? Yeah, $70,000! Is Wendell like a little kid in a candy shop? You Betcha!

System Specs: https://www.supermicro.com/en/Aplus/system/2U/2114/AS-2114GT-DNR.cfm

GPU Specs: https://www.amd.com/en/products/server-accelerators/amd-instinct-mi210

GamersNexus Vid: https://youtu.be/GrOsiCZ9MVE

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The Level1 Show October 19 2022: Tweet So Raw My Bank Decline Me

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0:00 - Intro
0:32 - Microsoft’s Surface Studio 2 Plus ships with an RTX 3060 for $4,299
1:22 - Microsoft’s Surface Pro 9 is the latest major gadget to ditch the headphone jack
2:44 - Google Kills Cloud Gaming Stadia, Announces Cloud Gaming Laptop
4:27 - PayPal 'Misinformation' Policy Can Cost Users $2500 Fine
5:35 - Intel plans to cut thousands of jobs hit by PC slowdown - Bloomberg News
6:12 - Epic Games and Match look to expand their antitrust claims against Google
6:55 - Vault by CNN shutdown results in “rug pull” accusations from NFT buyers
8:28 - Google selects Coinbase to take cloud payments with cryptocurrencies
9:19 - Mastercard's (MA) New Solution to Make Crypto Purchases Safer
10:52 - Honda's new $4.4 billion EV battery plant will be built in Ohio
12:11 - New Apple services and apps are rolling out on Windows 11 and Xbox
13:19 - Microsoft Office will become Microsoft 365 in major brand overhaul
14:23 - Intel and Google Cloud launch new chip to improve data center performance
14:55 - Starlink now available in Japan, confirms SpaceX
16:37 - Amazon.com to invest over 1 billion euros in European electric van, truck fleet
18:00 - PC shipments still on the decline, says IDC
18:38 - Musk says Tesla's electric Semi truck has started production
19:24 - Netflix to charge $6.99 a month for ad-supported plan starting Nov. 3
21:46 - Google is serious about its giant video chat booths, starts real-world testing
23:41 - Crossplay tensions simmer as Overwatch 2 controller players discover aim assist is disabled against PC
25:47 - TikTok chases Amazon with plans for U.S. fulfillment centers
28:57 - Trump SPAC shares jump after Google Play Store approves Truth Social
29:59 - Mark Zuckerberg Says He Enjoys 'Being Doubted'
31:04 - Microsoft partners with Meta to bring Teams, Office, Windows, and Xbox to VR
32:19 - The Meta Quest Pro costs $1,499 and ships October 25th
33:36 - Meta announces legs, which were a lie
34:24 - Brands are spamming WhatsApp users in India, Facebook’s largest market
35:18 - It's Lonely in the Metaverse: DappRadar Data Suggests Decentraland Has 38 ‘Daily Active’ Users in $1.3B Ecosystem
36:51 - Facebook warns 1 million users whose logins were stolen by scam mobile apps
37:39 - Meta’s VR Headset Harvests Personal Data Right Off Your Face
38:20 - YouTube Handles: Unique URL for Every Channel
39:04 - JP Morgan reportedly fires Kanye West as a customer

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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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