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Calling All Tinkerers! What Would YOU Do With x86/Raspberry Pi? feat. Seeed reTerminal

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Wendell's IoT journey continues with the reTerminal from Seeed!

Check out the forum thread: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/co-inventing-with-community-what-do-you…

Check out the Seeed reTerminal here: https://www.seeedstudio.com/ReTerminal-with-CM4-p-4904.html

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The 4090 is HERE! But Is It Worth It?

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Level1 Show - Live This Week

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Join us for the links and fun this week, Live! :D

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The Level1 Show November 11 2022: Return to Stargazing After A Word From Our Sponsors

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https://www.one-tab.com/page/OV373kfgRRifOWi0IYq0HQ

0:00 - Intro
1:08 - SpaceX is now building a Raptor engine a day, NASA says
2:03 - SpaceX launches first Falcon Heavy mission since 2019 from Florida
2:47 - China launches final module to complete Tiangong space station
4:17 - Amazon May Turn to Its SpaceX Rival for Satellite Launches
5:20 - Scientists Find Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Hiding in the Sun’s Glare
6:45 - Surprise! Black holes can behave like quantum particles
7:51 - Google’s AI image model Imagen is getting a very limited public outing
9:13 - Google’s new prototype AI tool does the writing for you
10:39 - Exhibit aims to present AI images as real art
12:53 - OpenAI will give roughly 10 AI startups $1M each and early access to its systems
13:31 - Lego to discontinue Mindstorms robot line after a 24-year run
15:08 - 500 drones will create a flying Candy Crush ad above NYC
16:51 - Denver firefighters disciplined for getting living woman pronounced dead
18:17 - Nationwide catalytic converter theft ring made hundreds of millions of dollars, feds say
19:35 - Ikea sues indie game developer over survival horror game set in furniture store
22:10 - Queenslander with disability left to crawl off plane after Jetstar staff refuse to let her use transfer wheelchair without charge
24:12 - Ford Transit Trail 2023 targets boom in RV 'van life'
25:59 - 'BagGate' cheating scandal rocks professional cornhole world
28:24 - Fact check: No litter boxes for furries at SLO County schools
28:58 - NASCAR driver stuns racing world with a move learned from Nintendo GameCube
30:07 - The 'superheroes' catching drug dealers in Peru
31:33 - Giant runaway Christmas baubles tumble through London street wreaking havoc
32:40 - Heidi Klum unrecognizable in elaborate giant worm costume at her New York City Halloween bash
35:09 - Norwegian Man Now Identifies as a Disabled Woman, Uses Wheelchair "Almost All The Time"
36:52 - Dog runs through Mexican town with human head found at ATM
37:27 - Paintballs to be shot at Dutch wolves in bid to make them less tame
38:46 - First-ever study shows bumble bees 'play'

#level1show

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192 Cores of EPYC Domination!

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AMD EPYC 192 Cores of pure amazingness reviewed in this short 43-minute video... wait! How long!!??

Wendell's got the ins and outs of this new server-level cpu. Benchmarks, first impressions, predictions of the future!

Find Benchmarks here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/new-epyc-genoa-announced-benchmarks-fro…

0:00 Intro
2:11 Quick Overview
6:50 Testing and Benchmarks
15:46 AMD Listening to Customers
18:38 AVX512
20:20 Neural Magic
21:51 ZenDNN
24:29 CXL
29:32 Chiplets and IO
35:29 A little bit of Microsoft
39:08 Pricing and Summary

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The Level1 Show November 8 2022: Chegg Yourself Before You Wregg Yourself

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0:00 - Intro
4:20 - FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok
6:23 - Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
9:07 - White House invites dozens of nations for ransomware summit
10:14 - New York could be first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law
11:43 - Multiple data breaches suggest ed tech company Chegg didn’t do its homework, alleges FTC
13:35 - Rural areas to get $759M in grants for high-speed internet
15:40 - New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use software everyone can see
17:31 - U.S. pushes Japan and other allies to join China chip curbs
18:29 - The NYPD has joined Amazon’s Ring Neighbors surveillance network
19:49 - 'The Babylon Bee' Joins 'The Onion' in Decrying Ohio Parody Punishment
22:28 - New hot job: State high-speed internet network director
23:24 - Pay transparency law: Employers can't hide salary ranges in NYC
25:02 - Hong Kong to explore legalizing retail crypto trades in reversal of previous proposal
25:38 - China submarines: Lithium batteries may soon power world's largest fleet of submarines
27:42 - India cenbank to start pilot of digital rupee on Nov 1
28:41 - India sets up panel with veto power over social media content moderation
30:25 - New EU Law Could Force Apple to Allow Other App Stores, Sideloading, and iMessage Interoperability
32:05 - Europe telco industry pushes Big Tech to pay for building the internet
33:54 - Airbnb faces light-touch regulation under EU plan
35:43 - ALMA observatory in Chile targeted by cyberattack
36:31 - Votes in Slovakia's parliament suspended after alleged ‘cybersecurity incident’
38:35 - Mondelez, Zurich settle $100m+ NotPetya insurance lawsuit
39:46 - Google ad for GIMP.org served info-stealing malware via lookalike site
42:06 - U.S. banks processed about $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021
43:07 - Big Meat Companies Want to Use Smartwatches to Track Workers’ Every Move
44:55 - Early MakerDAO Developer and Stablecoin Pioneer Found Dead in Puerto Rico

#level1show

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The Level1 Show November 9 2022: Cheques for Checks

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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Stripe lays off 14% of workers
0:58 - Amazon pauses hiring for corporate workforce
1:43 - Amazon plunge pushes valuation below $1 trillion first time since 2020
2:35 - Uber whistleblower says current business model 'absolutely' unsustainable
3:36 - T-Mobile will start charging a $35 fee on all new activations and upgrades
4:38 - Charter raises base Internet to $80 a month; price hikes to hit 9.5M users
5:37 - Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Lost Almost $190 Million in Terra Crash: Report
6:23 - Bondholders of Troubled Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Said to Be Working With Lawyer
7:03 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II breaks franchise record with $800M sold in three days
8:20 - Microsoft promises eternal support for Call of Duty on PlayStation
9:06 - Uber tests push notification ads, a feature literally no one wants
9:46 - Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs
10:14 - Google’s building package tracking right into your Gmail inbox
11:30 - Google’s new shopping features can help you snag good deals
12:44 - Google is shutting down its dedicated Street View app next year
13:08 - RIP Google Hangouts, Google’s last, best chance to compete with iMessage
14:04 - Steam on Chromebooks enters beta, adds AMD support
14:57 - You’re Gonna Have To Pay To Use Fancy Colors In Photoshop Now
16:26 - Discord Bans 68,000 Servers, 55 Million Accounts
17:59 - Meta’s AI-powered audio codec promises 10x compression over MP3
19:39 - Teleport Creators Raise $9M to Build Decentralized Uber Rival on Solana
21:06 - Cheaper Netflix with ads plan is not supported on Apple TV
21:43 - New Mac app wants to record everything you do—so you can “rewind” it later
23:44 - AMD Unveils Radeon RX 7900 XTX And 7900 XT For Performance-Per-Watt Gaming Leadership
26:21 - PlayStation VR2 Release Date and Price Revealed
28:08 - Arm-Qualcomm legal battle suggests OEMs need Arm IP licenses, not chip firms
29:11 - New TSMC 3DFabric Alliance seeks to boost chiplet designs
30:05 - Amazon teams up with TCL after striking deal with Google
31:11 - Microsoft mulling cheap PCs supported by ads, subscriptions
32:28 - NYC is seeing more fires caused by e-bike batteries
34:22 - Saudi wealth fund sets up electric car joint venture with Foxconn
35:50 - Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger
36:43 - Amazon Prime now comes with a full music catalog of 100 million songs and ad-free podcasts
37:50 - Wharton, Berkeley, NYU Offering Online M.B.A.s for the First Time
39:36 - Netflix adds 6th gaming studio with acquisition of Spry Fox
41:40 - Apple Employees at Unionized Maryland Store File Labor Board Complaint After Being Denied Benefits
43:16 - Apple's $100M Small Developer Assistance Fund starts paying out
44:55 - Dogecoin surges on Elon Musk's Twitter deal
45:54 - JP Morgan executes first DeFi trade on public blockchain
46:45 - Opioid lawsuits: CVS, Walgreens pharmacies agrees to $10 billion in settlements
48:38 - '14-hour days with no break and no bathroom': Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sued by his former housekeeper
52:47 - Elon Musk planning to cut half of Twitter's workforce
53:51 - Twitter reportedly limits employee access to content-moderation tools
55:07 - Elon Musk says Twitter Blue will cost $8, and include blue tick verification
57:35 - Twitter will not reinstate banned users without 'clear process,' Musk says
58:00 - Chief Twit, Elon Musk, signals interest in reviving Vine
59:07 - Facebook Has a Portal for Government Officials to Request Content Be Suppressed
1:00:00 - Ye suspended from Instagram again after targeting Jewish people in post
1:01:08 - Instagram jumps into NFTs with minting and selling feature
1:03:04 - TikTok tells European users its staff in China get access to their data
1:03:54 - Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk’s Twitter takeover. I joined them
1:06:47 - Tumblr will now allow nudity but not explicit boinking

#level1show

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The Level1 Show November 2 2022: Call of Duty: Modern E-Waste

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https://www.one-tab.com/page/EYnqO4yySD2ucV1EqqJ2GQ
https://www.one-tab.com/page/HmdE_Xs7SoOf1s2ubhOS8A

0:00 - Intro
0:37 - Google profits plummet 27 percent in Q3 2022 earnings report
2:51 - Seagate to Cut 3,000 Jobs Amid Poor Quarter, Charges of Export Violations
3:48 - Amazon (AMZN) earnings Q3 2022
6:25 - Freeway Crypto Halts Withdrawals After Promising 43% Returns
7:26 - Apple Is Working on a 16-Inch iPad, Further Blurring Line With Laptops
9:04 - Apple confirms the iPhone is getting USB-C, but isn’t happy about the reason why
9:38 - Apple lawsuits say health monitoring company Masimo copied Apple Watch
10:50 - Nvidia RTX 4090’s power draw may be too much for its power connector to handle
12:12 - Microsoft’s “Project Volterra” becomes an Arm-powered mini PC with 32GB of RAM
13:05 - Intel Core i9-13900K Blasts Off to 8.8GHz, Breaking World Record
13:51 - Chip can transmit all of the internet's traffic every second
15:04 - SpaceX Starlink Announces Satellite Internet for Moving RVs
16:18 - TSMC says efforts to rebuild US semiconductor industry are doomed to fail
18:30 - After complaints, Volkswagen will ditch capacitive steering wheel controls
20:23 - Apple developers are frustrated with gambling ads appearing across the App Store
21:19 - iPhone owners will now get annoying messages that an Android user 'reacted' to their text.
22:22 - iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura arrive on October 24th
23:10 - Memtest86+ Is Back! New Version Released After 9 Years
23:47 - Microsoft’s PC Manager is like CCleaner for your computer
24:27 - Spotify pulls audiobook purchases from iOS app after Apple blocks updates
27:33 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s disc is just 72MB of nothing
28:38 - Comcast’s new higher upload speeds require $25-per-month xFi Complete add-on
29:48 - Apple raises prices on Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, and Apple One
31:12 - YouTube’s latest revenue grab: A 27 percent price increase for family plans
35:07 - Amazon says fear of Google putting off vendors from TV hardware partnership
36:46 - New Zealand Uber drivers win landmark case declaring them employees
37:31 - RIAA Flags ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Music Mixer as Emerging Copyright Threat
41:59 - Lee Jae-yong: Samsung appoints convicted heir to top job
42:50 - Fake books
44:51 - Following PR Crisis, PayPal Again Updates TOS Hoping You Won’t Notice
46:04 - Thomson Reuters leaked at least 3TB of sensitive data
47:08 - New York Post employee posted racist, violent headlines targeting AOC, Hochul
49:04 - Ed Sheeran: Hacker who stole singer's unreleased music is jailed
50:51 - Australia's Medibank says data of 4 mln customers accessed by hacker
52:03 - Iran releases footage from prison fire, adding to mystery
52:47 - Google can now remove your identifying search results, if they’re the right kind
54:10 - Passkeys—Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s password killer—are finally here
55:52 - PayPal is implementing passkey logins
56:21 - Samsung privacy-protecting Maintenance Mode is coming to Galaxy S22s worldwide
57:28 - Why Block’s Square sends ads after receipts
58:30 - Ring Cameras Are Being Used to Control and Surveil Overworked Delivery Workers
1:00:42 - ‘SiriSpy’ iOS bug allowed apps to eavesdrop on your Siri conversations before fix

#level1show

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Build Time with Z790 Taichi Carrara

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13th gen Intel is here and Wendell needs a new build for future testing and benchmarking! Enter the z790 Taichi Carrara! This video goes over the ins and out of the motherboard, bringing to attention the kind of memory support, the amount of PCIe Lanes and that smooth marble looking finish!

Check it out here: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813162092

Look out for a Livestream later today!!!

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Live Hangout with PC World/Gordon RE Radeon 7900 Launch

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Soon (tm)

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