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The Level1 Show February 5 2025: Smart Freezers, Dumb Executives

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0:00 - Intro
0:56 - Apple Reports Best Quarter Ever in 1Q 2025 Results: $36.3B Profit on $124.3B Revenue
1:36 - Google announces ‘voluntary exit program’ for Pixel, Android team
3:03 - Only 1 in 10 Oracle Java users want to stay with Big Red
4:13 - Sony removes PlayStation account requirement from 4 single-player Steam games
4:50 - Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 sell out almost instantly
5:38 - Trump to impose 25% to 100% tariffs on Taiwan-made chips, impacting TSMC
6:19 - TSMC founder says Tim Cook told him in 2011 that Intel did not know how to be a foundry
7:34 - Microsoft's new Surface PCs offer Intel Inside for $400 more
8:32 - Comcast is rolling out ‘ultra-low lag’ tech that could fix the internet
9:56 - Garmin users say their GPS watches are bricked
11:02 - Bassinet backlash reflects debate over adding fees to connected devices
11:59 - Walgreens' smart freezer doors were a $200 million misstep
13:19 - Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more
14:05 - More Of The Shame: Software Flaw Exposes Millions of Subarus, Rivers of Driver Data
15:04 - UnitedHealth confirms 190 million Americans affected by Change Healthcare data breach
16:24 - Lawsuit accuses Amazon of secretly tracking consumers through cellphones
17:09 - NordVPN Says Its New Protocol Can Circumvent VPN Blockers
17:49 - NSA can track powered-down phones: how to actually protect your privacy
19:06 - Logitech’s peel-and-stick radar sensors could let companies invisibly monitor their offices
20:15 - WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware

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The Level1 Show February 4 2025: The Real Super Mario

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0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
2:32 - White House says New Jersey drones ‘authorized to be flown by FAA’
3:58 - White House "looking into" national security implications of DeepSeek's AI
4:56 - JD Vance says Big Tech has "too much power"
5:43 - FCC chair helps ISPs and landlords make deals that renters can’t escape
6:41 - Lawsuit challenges OPM's new email system for privacy concerns
8:04 - Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.gov
9:39 - OpenAI teases “new era” of AI in US, deepens ties with government
10:42 - Bezos vs. Bezos: Amazon sues WA state over Washington Post request for Kuiper records
11:55 - Democrat teams up with movie industry to propose website-blocking law
13:15 - AI-assisted works can get copyright with enough human creativity, says US copyright office
13:40 - US DOJ sues to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion Juniper deal
14:26 - UK considers extending BBC license fee to streaming service users By Investing.com
15:06 - UK council flogging assets to fund £40M Oracle project
16:18 - Cloud services market investigation: provisional findings
17:34 - Record $4.5 billion EU fine punished its innovation, Google tells EU court
18:20 - NATO, EU on high alert as undersea cable attacks escalate in Baltic
19:38 - Italy's regulator blocks Chinese AI app DeepSeek on data protection
20:52 - India lauds Chinese AI lab DeepSeek, plans to host its models on local servers
21:41 - Pakistan outlaws disinformation with imprisonment up to three-years
22:49 - Taiwan says government departments should not use DeepSeek, citing security concerns
23:17 - Nintendo Loses After Trying To Oppose The Trademark For A Costa Rican Grocery Store
24:30 - Facebook flags Linux topics as 'cybersecurity threats' — posts and users being blocked
25:31 - 'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio
26:16 - Facebook (META) Reality Labs lost $17.7 billion in 2024
27:55 - Meta will pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit with Donald Trump over his 2021 Facebook suspension
28:40 - Groups helping Americans find abortion pills report Instagram ‘shadow-banning’
30:25 - Perplexity AI's bid for TikTok could give US government 50% stake
31:05 - People are listing TikTok-loaded phones for as much as $50,000 on eBay

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Checking Out The Gigabyte Aorus F032U2P OLED Monitor: EVEN MORE Butter For Your Eyes!

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Wendell takes the Aorus F032U2P for a spin. Y'all like butter? Have some more!

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A VA Panel that's Almost as Good as an IPS Panel?! Phantom Gaming PG27QRT2A $177 Monitor Review

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Maybe you don't need or want an expensive monitor just for your casual gaming. Well, we think you might like this!

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Music: "Bad Snacks" In the Atomosphere

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Up to 10 M.2 in the Phantom Gaming Z890 Wifi 7 Nova

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Yes, it's intel, but this motherboard has some interesting stuff to it.

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

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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

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

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The Level1 Show January 29 2025: Solar is for Sheep

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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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Is The RTX 5080 TRULY A Generational Upgrade?

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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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The Level1 Show January 28 2025: Failing the Constitution Check

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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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