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The Level1 Show January 31 2025: Addressing the Elephant in the Zoo

Posted by wendell on Fri, 01/31/2025 - 03:28

https://www.one-tab.com/page/2d148YNPRCSA5q_qfOvqrQ

0:00 - Intro
0:24 - OpenAI’s Stargate Deal Heralds Shift Away From Microsoft
0:58 - Introducing Operator research preview
2:50 - AI benchmarking organization criticized for waiting to disclose funding from OpenAI
3:58 - Anthropic chief says AI could surpass “almost all humans at almost everything” shortly after 2027
4:55 - Google Invests Another $1 Billion in AI Developer Anthropic
5:37 - Salesforce chief: AI agents rise could signal end of all-human workforce
5:47 - Managing AI agents as employees is the challenge of 2025, says Goldman Sachs CIO
6:27 - Microsoft's LinkedIn sued for disclosing customer information to train AI models
7:15 - Cutting-edge Chinese “reasoning” model rivals OpenAI o1—and it’s free to download
7:58 - Authors Seek Meta’s Torrent Client Logs and Seeding Data in AI Piracy Probe
8:47 - More teens are using ChatGPT for schoolwork, study finds
9:22 - NATO Boosting Naval Presence And AI Monitoring In Baltic Sea After Undersea Cables Cut
10:40 - China to host world’s first human-robot marathon as robotics drives national goals
11:12 - China’s next-gen sexbots powered by AI are about to hit the shelves
12:23 - An asteroid got deleted because it was actually Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster
12:54 - Mississippi lawmaker introduces 'Contraception Begins at Erection Act'
14:01 - Sydney: Mystery balls on beaches filled with toxic material
14:54 - Music events canceled in southwest Iran after cleric blames concerts for drought
15:53 - Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show
17:05 - Sheffield Stan Shaw beer logo scrapped after knife complaint
17:55 - Florida Deputy Resigns After Crashing Patrol Vehicle While Watching Adult Videos
18:30 - 2 arrested for impersonating firefighters, using illegitimate fire truck in Palisades Fire evacuation area
19:46 - Police charge woman with ‘Definitely not a bag full of drugs’ tote for trafficking meth
20:47 - "Staten Island Beautification Squad" blocks dozens of speed cameras using fake flowers
21:19 - Colorado high court rules 5 zoo elephants cannot pursue freedom because they 'are not human'
22:26 - Mittens the cat is mistakenly left on a plane and becomes a frequent flyer

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LOCKERSTOR 8 Gen3 AS6808T: A Great RYZEN NAS for Small Businesses

Posted by wendell on Thu, 01/30/2025 - 15:24

Storage is important; and so are backups! Join Wendell has he reviews the LOCKERSTOR 8 Gen3 AS6808T from ASUSTOR.

Want one for your small business? Grab it here:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBYVPCZX/level1techs-20
Newegg: https://newegg.io/nc0dd0d81f

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Edited by Autumn

Is The RTX 5080 TRULY A Generational Upgrade?

Posted by wendell on Wed, 01/29/2025 - 10:51

The RTX 5080 is a pretty good GPU, but who is it really for? Wendell investigates!

0:00 - Intro
1:36 - Card Overview
4:14 - AI Features
10:48 - What kind of gamer is this for?
12:03 - Benchmarks
16:46 - Final Thoughts

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Edited by Grant
Graphs by Amber
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The Level1 Show January 29 2025: Solar is for Sheep

Posted by wendell on Wed, 01/29/2025 - 03:45

https://www.one-tab.com/page/2v_VXx6vR8up7gwFtpJ20A

0:00 - Intro
0:28 - Staffers say Amazon 'botched' its return-to-office strategy
3:11 - Gen Z is 'career catfishing' in power move to irk corporate employers
4:38 - Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 review: Brutally fast, but DLSS 4 is the game changer
5:46 - After 18 years, Sony's recordable Blu-ray media production draws to a close — will shut last factory in Feb
6:32 - Intel pitches modular PCs to cut e-waste, ease repairs
7:31 - Earthquake may have affected 20,000 TSMC wafers — the majority will likely have to be scrapped
8:14 - South Carolina to Reboot Giant Nuclear Project to Meet AI Demand
9:03 - Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work
9:59 - Medical Device Company Suddenly Stops Hospitals From Fixing Machines Themselves
11:28 - Google-owned Fitbit to pay $12.2 million after consumers were burned by smartwatches
12:19 - China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets nuclear fusion record, runs 1,006 seconds at 180 million°F
13:43 - Netflix is raising prices after reporting largest-ever subscriber jump
14:26 - macOS Sequoia 15.3 and iOS 18.3 Enable Apple Intelligence Automatically
15:13 - Game Developers Are Getting Fed Up With Their Bosses’ AI Initiatives
16:25 - Florida demand for VPNs surges by 1,150% after Pornhub bans access
16:57 - TikTok unlikely to come back to App Store, Google Play
18:13 - Adobe Premiere Pro now lets you find video clips by describing them
19:21 - Ticketmaster Argues That Competition Would Cost Fans More Money
20:16 - Meta denies forcing accounts to follow Donald Trump, claims hiding Democratic hashtags is a bug
21:06 - Before Zuckerberg yanked it, Meta's fact checking was mostly ineffective
21:50 - AI-generated “challahorse” takes Polish internet by storm after some users think it is genuine
22:43 - Instagram to restrict Korean teenagers' screen time starting today
23:26 - Don't report fires on Facebook says Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue
24:05 - RedNote Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
24:39 - More than 50 Reddit communities ban X links to protest Musk
25:25 - TikTok says it's in the process of restoring service to US

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The Level1 Show January 28 2025: Failing the Constitution Check

Posted by wendell on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 02:11

https://www.one-tab.com/page/2BUJZxBRRxufoFaykbboUQ

0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
1:44 - Trump announces up to $500 billion in private sector AI infrastructure investment
2:47 - Trump revokes Biden executive order on addressing AI risks
3:17 - Trump signs executive order on developing AI 'free from ideological bias'
5:07 - Trump admin fires security board investigating Chinese hack of large ISPs
6:33 - Trump Signs Order 'Ending Federal Censorship' on Social Media Platforms
7:27 - Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht
8:32 - Trump signs order refusing to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days
9:21 - Meme coins: Donald and Melania Trump launch cryptocurrency ahead of inauguration, raising serious ethics concerns
9:49 - Sam Altman is the latest tech titan to bow to Trump
10:30 - The U.S. Constitution Delivers a 404 Now
11:44 - The Pentagon says AI is speeding up its 'kill chain'
12:24 - CIA’s chatbot stands in for world leaders
13:53 - Amazon exits Quebec operations, to cut about 1,700 jobs; Ottawa unhappy
14:36 - UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems with new digital market powers
15:31 - Digital driving licence coming this year
16:18 - X, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube sign EU code to tackle hate speech
16:48 - Europol seeks evidence of encryption on crime enforcement as it steps-up pressure on Big Tech
18:38 - Accidents, not Russian sabotage, behind undersea cable damage, officials say
20:42 - Pakistan's parliament passes bill with sweeping controls on social media
21:41 - Unplug ‘Great Firewall’ to help China compete, Shanghai lawmaker says
22:57 - Google reportedly worked with Israel Defense Forces on AI contracts
24:09 - Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4
24:56 - HPE Investigating Breach Claims After Hacker Offers to Sell Data
25:32 - AI tool GeoSpy analyzes images and identifies locations in seconds

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MSI PRO MP273U vs ACER Nitro VG1: Cheap 4k Monitors Under $200

Posted by wendell on Mon, 01/27/2025 - 12:58

Wendell made a trip to Micro Center on the hunt for a cheap 4k Monitor. Are IPS monitors this cheap worth it?

MSI PRO MP273U: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGW9S82G/ref=nosim?tag=level1techs

Acer Nitro VG1: https://www.microcenter.com/product/677640/acer-vg271k-lbmiipx-nitro-27…

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Edited by Autumn

The Model F Keyboard in 2025: A Timeless Classic!

Posted by wendell on Sat, 01/25/2025 - 20:49

Wendell checks out the newest update from Model F Keyboards, proving that IBM's classic design is always in fashion!

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The Level1 Show January 24 2025: No Soup Drops for You

Posted by wendell on Fri, 01/24/2025 - 01:31

https://www.one-tab.com/page/Os2w-putT6iiDZxvMKPIlw

0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Turns out there's 'a big supercomputer at Nvidia… running 24/7, 365 days a year improving DLSS. And it's been doing that for six years'
2:05 - Apple is pulling its AI-generated notifications for news after generating fake headlines
3:15 - Meta execs obsessed over beating OpenAI's GPT-4 internally, court filings reveal
3:46 - OpenAI's AI reasoning model 'thinks' in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why
4:52 - Microsoft relaunches Copilot for business with free AI chat and pay-as-you-go agents
5:27 - Google reports halving code migration time with AI help
6:43 - CEO of Song-Generating AI App Says People "Don't Enjoy" Making Music With Instruments
9:00 - Deaths in US expected to exceed births in 2033: CBO
9:24 - Annual U.S. Dementia Cases Projected to Rise to 1 Million by 2060
10:09 - Longevity-Obsessed Tech Millionaire Discontinues De-Aging Drug Out of Concerns That It Aged Him
11:07 - ‘White people shouldn’t mess with it’: Native American church laments psychedelic cactus shortage
11:48 - Japan PM Ishiba struggling to find time to smoke at work
12:26 - Woman Enters MRI With Butt Plug, Ends Up In Hospital
13:21 - Southwest pilot removed from cockpit, booked for DUI
14:25 - Judge reassigned after texting 'My First Ankle Monitor' gag to another judge
15:56 - Woman says she got a side of marijuana with her chicken fries at Burger King
16:53 - French woman who believed she was in a relationship with Brad Pitt scammed out of €800,000
18:15 - Man convicted for murder may have believed he was a character in an anime scene
19:27 - North Houston parents question $1-per-minute late pickup fee at elementary school
20:20 - Soup You Can Suck On: Introducing Progresso Soup Drops, the Ultimate Cold and Flu Season Comfort
21:06 - Colossal raises $200M to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth, thylacine and dodo
23:35 - Squirrel causes Boulder County school to go on secure status Tuesday

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NVIDIA is Taking a Risk with this Generation: The Blackwell GeForce RTX 5090 Review and Benchmarks

Posted by wendell on Thu, 01/23/2025 - 10:24

There is a lot to unpack here... figuratively. There wasn't actually much in the box itself. Wendell really likes this card though! Thanks, NVIDIA for sending us one to test!

More info on the forum! https://forum.level1techs.com/t/nvidia-rtx-5090-has-launched/224532

0:00 Intro
0:40 The Hook
1:34 Physical Specs
5:56 The Big Picture and Frame Generation
12:43 Power Consumption
14:40 It hertz
21:04 Our Benchmarks
28:45 NVIDIA Broadcast and AI
30:44 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Edited by Autumn
Benchmarks/Graphs by Amber

Live: 2024 Recap 2025-01-22 5:15 EDT

Posted by wendell on Wed, 01/22/2025 - 16:21

Join us live as we recap some amazing links with friends from 2024 :D

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