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Run Deepseek locally on a 24g GPU: Quantizing on our Giga Computing 6980P Xeon

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With the help of some forum friends, Wendell now has the smallest model of Deepseek so far! Thank you Giga Computing, Kioxia, and Intel, for lending us all the goods to use for our testing!

Hugging Face Link https://huggingface.co/ubergarm/DeepSeek-R1-0528-GGUF

Forum Link https://forum.level1techs.com/t/deepseek-deep-dive-r1-at-home/225826/13…

The Chassis https://www.gigabyte.com/Enterprise/Rack-Server/R284-A91-AAL1

Kioxia https://americas.kioxia.com/en-us/business/ssd/data-center-ssd/cd8-r.ht…

0:00 Intro
2:17 Online vs Local
3:40 Hardware
9:36 Using the Machine and Results
18:00 Conclusion

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 18 2025: Itty Bitty Xbox

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0:00 - Intro
0:46 - 2020s on course to be weakest decade for global economy since 1960s, says World Bank
1:46 - Google continues cost-cutting tactic of throwing cash at employees to leave
2:37 - Apple lets developers tap into its offline AI models
3:31 - YouTube shuts down ad-blocker loophole, tightens restrictions
4:24 - Amazon Doubles Ad Load on Prime Video
4:57 - Nintendo's Nightmarish Virtual Game Cards Make the Switch 2 a DRM Minefield
6:35 - Pirate Site Visits Dip to 216 Billion a Year, But Manga Piracy is Booming
7:38 - An Experimental New Dating Site Matches Singles Based on Their Browser Histories
8:27 - Nvidia is building the 'world's first' industrial AI cloud—German facility to leverage 10,000 GPUs, DGX B200, and RTX Pro servers
9:25 - Nvidia Secures 92% GPU Market Share in Q1 2025
9:35 - AMD Advancing AI 2025 Megathread
10:21 - Talen Energy and Amazon sign nuclear power deal to fuel data centers
10:55 - ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming devices are real and will be released during the 2025 holiday season
11:54 - Apple will end support for Intel Macs next year, macOS 27 will require Apple Silicon
12:38 - Seagate’s new 4TB Xbox expansion card costs more than the Xbox Series S
13:07 - Nintendo Switch 2 and What It Means for the Stock
14:01 - Anker is recalling over 1.1 million power banks due to fire risks
14:47 - 2026 Volvo EX60 Debuts New Seatbelt Design That Adapts to You
16:19 - French Tesla customers file lawsuit over brand becoming 'extreme-right' symbol
17:00 - Smartphone addiction: Researchers concerned about problematic use
18:13 - Apple’s new design language is Liquid Glass
20:47 - “Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.
22:22 - Palantir’s Collection of Disease Data at C.D.C. Stirs Privacy Concerns
22:59 - Researchers confirm two journalists were hacked with Paragon spyware
23:53 - University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations
25:04 - 40,000 cameras expose feeds to datacenters, health clinics
25:51 - Over $90,000 worth of RTX 5090 GPUs have been replaced in-box by crossbody backpacks at just one Silicon Valley Micro Center
26:33 - A Researcher Figured Out How to Reveal Any Phone Number Linked to a Google Account
27:26 - Major US grocery distributor warns of disruption after cyberattack
28:18 - California county accused of using drones to spy on residents
30:22 - FBI: BADBOX 2.0 Android malware infects millions of consumer devices
31:01 - Laws target reckless drivers with speed limiting technology

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Checking Out The Beelink ME mini!

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 17 2025: Auf Wiedersehen, Microsoft

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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Major airlines may have been secretly selling your flight data to DHS, report claims
2:37 - Deere must face FTC’s antitrust lawsuit over repair costs, US judge rules
3:41 - Trump signs executive order throwing out Biden cyber policies
5:46 - Trump says US gets rare earth minerals from China and eases up on visas for Chinese students
6:46 - President Trump Signs Executive Orders on Drones, Flying Cars, and Supersonics
8:31 - Big Tech quietly sponsors Trump’s military parade party
9:30 - Tulsi Gabbard says AI is speeding up US intelligence work
10:54 - FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic control systems - Windows 95 also being phased out
11:49 - The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America’s UFO Mythology
12:58 - Feds Reportedly Sent a Predator Drone to Spy on LA Protesters
14:20 - FCC threat to revoke EchoStar spectrum licenses draws widespread backlash
15:46 - Ex-FCC Chair Ajit Pai is now a wireless lobbyist—and enemy of cable companies
17:00 - Senate Republicans revise controversial ban on state AI regulations
17:59 - Navy backs right to repair after $13B carrier goes half-fed
20:06 - New York state lawmakers vote to stop NYPD's attempt to block radio communications from public
20:40 - Downing Street ‘exploring plan for digital ID cards’
21:33 - UK judge warns of risk to justice after lawyers cited fake AI-generated cases in court
22:38 - Britain prepares to go all-in on nuclear power — after years of dither
23:10 - A simple comma is going to cost Apple billions in Europe
24:26 - WhatsApp backs Apple in its legal row with the UK over user data
25:06 - 4chan and porn sites investigated by Ofcom
25:44 - Social media time limits for children considered by government
26:07 - Macron says France will ban social media access for under-15s if EU takes no action
26:44 - 'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft
27:39 - China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams
28:10 - Apple warns Australia against joining EU in mandating iPhone app sideloading
28:58 - Russia's State Duma passes bill to create state messaging app as it considers blocking WhatsApp
29:40 - YouTube will “protect free expression” by pulling back on content moderation
31:28 - The TikTok Ban’s Third Snooze Button Proves It Was Always Bullshit
32:26 - Meta's platforms showed hundreds of "nudify" deepfake ads, CBS News investigation finds
33:44 - Bluesky’s decline stems from never hearing from other side

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Phison's NEW SSD Controller: Better Laptop Battery, Faster Performance!

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Can you really improve your laptop's battery life by just swapping your SSD? Sure you can! Wendell explains how.

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 13 2025: An Elephant Never Forgets (Snacks)

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0:00 - Intro
0:29 - ChatGPT introduces meeting recording and connectors for Google Drive, Box, and more
1:05 - OpenAI takes down covert operations tied to China
2:04 - Anthropic co-founder on cutting access to Windsurf: 'It would be odd for us to sell Claude to OpenAI'
2:43 - AI startups revolutionize coding industry, leading to sky-high valuations
3:32 - How Morgan Stanley Tackled One of Coding’s Toughest Problems
5:20 - Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions
6:20 - It’s not your imagination: AI is speeding up the pace of change
7:43 - As a virtual vending machine manager, AI swings from business smarts to paranoia
9:05 - AI may consume half of data centre power by end of 2025
9:31 - Gmail’s AI summaries now appear automatically
9:58 - Teachers Are Not OK
10:58 - Amazon ‘testing humanoid robots to deliver packages’
11:40 - It’s Waymo’s World. We’re All Just Riding in It.
12:35 - China Just Held the First-Ever Humanoid Robot Fight Night
13:11 - Ispace fails in moon landing attempt, confirms Resilience likely crashed into the moon
13:47 - A fungus with a strong resistance to Mars
14:52 - Consumers Are Financing Their Groceries. What Does It Say About the Economy?
16:09 - Contraception warning over weight-loss drugs after dozens of pregnancies
17:08 - An Apocalypse of Toxic Fungi Could Threaten Millions of Lives
17:43 - “We make pregnant women eat cow dung and urine paste to ensure a normal delivery..” says Shankar Lall, RSS’s Akhil Bhartiya Gau Sewa Pradhan
19:45 - Mom ‘attacks principal and superintendent’ after being called to school to discuss daughter’s fighting
20:42 - Man accused of breaking into home, licking woman's toes while she slept
21:45 - Catholic bishops sue Washington state over law requiring clergy to report child abuse
22:44 - Pakistan Asks Ahmadiyya Muslims To Abandon Eid Celebrations Or Face 5 Lakh PKR Penalty
23:49 - 75th anniversary edition of ‘1984’ contains trigger warning by American U. professor
25:14 - Inside the Creepy, Surprisingly Routine Business of Animal Cloning
26:40 - Sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawls back to the ocean after having flipper amputated at Florida hospital
27:17 - Bird Feeders Banned in New Jersey Town As Legislators Push for State Ban
28:29 - Researchers genetically altered fruit flies to crave cocaine
29:16 - This Cat Poop Parasite Can Decapitate Sperm—and It Might Be Fueling Infertility
29:45 - Cockatoos start sipping from Sydney’s drinking fountains after mastering series of complex moves
30:41 - Hungry wild elephant raids a Thai store for snacks

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AMD's MI350/355X Advancing AI Event Recap

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Wendell was out in San Francisco to witness the unveiling of AMD's plan for their future! Here are Wendell's thoughts

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AMD AI Event with Craft Computing

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Wendell is in San Francisco California at AMD's event to talk about AI!

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 11 2025: Socials, Please!

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0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Microsoft cuts hundreds of jobs after firing 6,000 in May
0:40 - Walmart lays off 106 tech workers in Silicon Valley
1:13 - ADP jobs report May 2025
1:43 - For some recent graduates, the AI job apocalypse may already be here
2:31 - ISP settles with record labels that demanded mass termination of Internet users
3:36 - Nvidia accused of poaching TSMC engineers in Taiwan – up to $180,000 salaries offered for talent
4:13 - Tesla attempts to backtrack with new incentives and discounts as sales plummet: 'Truly pulling all demand levers'
5:57 - Seagate’s insane 40TB monster drive is real, and it could change data centers forever by 2026!
6:39 - Data center boom may end up being "irrational," investor warns
7:42 - Microsoft promises it is 'ending USB-C port confusion' with updated Windows 11 certified program
8:27 - Biological Computer: Human Brain Cells on a Chip
9:41 - Google settles shareholder lawsuit, will spend $500M on being less evil
10:46 - Google Maps falsely told drivers in Germany that roads across the country were closed
11:24 - VMware drops the lowest tier of its partner program
12:24 - Microsoft will finally stop bugging Windows users about Edge — but only in Europe
13:28 - Ukraine's Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software
15:35 - $800 million, 13 years, and still no release date — the state of Star Citizen in 2025
16:42 - Activision Quietly Force Adverts into Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and Warzone Loadouts and Players Absolutely Hate It
17:21 - Trump Attacks Harvard With Social Media Screening for All Visas
18:34 - Meta’s defense tech push signals cultural shift: CTO
18:54 - In a victory for Palmer Luckey, Meta and Anduril work on mixed reality headsets for the military
19:50 - Meta’s going to revive an old nuclear power plant
20:57 - Reddit sues Anthropic for breach of contract, 'unfair competition'
21:47 - Democrats Commission $20 Million Study to Figure Out How to Communicate with Bros on YouTube
22:34 - Self-hosting your own media considered harmful
24:14 - Teen TikTok star shot dead after "repeated rejections" of man, police say

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The Level1 Links With Friends Show June 10 2025: 🍌🍏🍏🍏 🍏

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0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Donald Trump News: The Girls are FIGHTINGGGGGGGG
2:16 - Trump Is Getting Rid of His Tesla After Musk Broke His Heart
3:34 - Trump wants $1 billion for private-sector-led Mars exploration
4:39 - Trump Administration To Rebrand Biden-Era AI Safety Institute
5:43 - Trump to launch branded crypto trading application
7:17 - ICE illegally gains informal access to nationwide license plate camera network
8:47 - OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
11:22 - After Supreme Court loss, ISPs ask Trump admin to block state affordability laws
12:08 - FDA rushed out agency-wide AI tool—it’s not going well
13:37 - Epic Games: Apple’s attempt to pause App Store antitrust order fails
14:38 - The U.S. government’s new strategic reserve: Billions in seized crypto
15:51 - Palantir Is Going on Defense
18:07 - Texas Right to Repair bill passes, heads to the governor’s desk
18:56 - California court rules holding phone for maps while driving is illegal
20:24 - Florida ban on kids using social media likely unconstitutional, judge rules
21:10 - China’s rare earth restrictions bring some auto manufacturers to a halt
21:44 - Leaked files reveal how China is using AI to erase the history of the Tiananmen Square massacre
23:30 - China’s Hainan offers global internet access to some to boost free-trade port ambitions
24:50 - In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance
26:05 - Apple has under 30 days to comply with EU rules or face daily fines
26:55 - Pornhub withdraws from France as age verfication checks get too intrusive
28:41 - Danish cities drop Microsoft over Trump policies and financial concerns
29:40 - Turkey’s AI-Powered Protest Crackdown
31:21 - Brazil’s dWallet program will let citizens cash in on their data
32:16 - OpenAI and UAE in talks for free ChatGPT Plus for all
32:56 - Australia becomes first country to force disclosure of ransomware payments
33:35 - Apple Shares Push Data with Governments, Sparks Privacy Fears
34:30 - Fake IT support calls hit 20 orgs, end in stolen data
35:29 - Romanian national pleads guilty to 'swatting' over 75 public officials -- including an ex-president
36:31 - 'Forest Blizzard' vs 'Fancy Bear' - cyber companies hope to untangle weird hacker nicknames
37:14 - Massive leak exposes Russian nuclear facilities
38:39 - AI's OSINT tool allow mass analysis of YouTube profiles
40:13 - Nintendo warns Switch 2 GameChat users: “Your chat is recorded”

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