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Threadripper vs. Threadripper Pro Memory Testing with Unreal Engine!

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Threadripper and Threadripper Pro are both great CPUs, but which one reigns supreme when it comes to practical applications, and what kind of memory should you be using? Wendell takes a deep dive into this and more, with a little help from Unreal Engine 5!

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The Level1 Show May 29 2024: Samsnitch

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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Looks like TikTok employees are the latest victims of the tech layoffs, according to new report
1:01 - ‘We can’t sleep’: Houstonians still without power struggle to stay cool
2:16 - Tesla doing damage-control, discounts for European fleet buyers
3:42 - VW and Renault end talks to develop affordable EV, sources say
4:08 - Average US vehicle age hits record 12.6 years
4:43 - Microsoft announces an Arm-powered Surface Laptop
5:30 - Microsoft says “Prism” translation layer does for Arm PCs what Rosetta did for Macs
5:52 - Microsoft demos 'Baldur's Gate 3', 'Borderlands' running at 30 FPS on the new Snapdragon X Elite Windows on Arm platform, with auto Super Resolution support in tow
6:46 - Microsoft reveals PCs with AI capabilities
7:29 - Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows
8:14 - Nvidia stock pops 9%, tops $1,000 after earnings beat forecasts, announces stock split and dividend hike
8:46 - SpaceX Demos Cellular Starlink Tech Powering Video Call Between Phones
9:21 - HP resurrects ’90s OmniBook branding, kills Spectre, Dragonfly
9:39 - FDA clears Neuralink test on second patient
10:22 - 85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient
11:23 - Municipal broadband advocates fight off attacks from “dark money” groups
13:37 - Windows now has AI-powered copy and paste
14:29 - Microsoft is making File Explorer more powerful with version control and 7z compression
14:53 - With Recall, Microsoft is using AI to fix Windows' eternally broken search
16:00 - Microsoft's New AI Recall Feature Could Already Be in Legal Trouble
17:14 - Google Search’s New AI Overviews Will Soon Have Ads
17:52 - Link Rot and Digital Decay on Government, News and Other Webpages
19:06 - Nothing to see here, Amazon tells court in response to FTC's complaints about Signal messages
19:59 - IGN scoops up Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, and more
20:32 - Overwatch PvE mode dropped after just three months
21:15 - Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence
21:55 - TikTok tests 60-minute videos, expanding into YouTube’s territory
22:33 - X Confirms Plan to Make 'Likes' Private, Remove Likes Tab From Profiles
24:11 - The Delta Emulator is changing its logo after Adobe threatened it
24:52 - YouTube rolling out widely-hated redesign again

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The Level1 Show May 28 2024: Fraudulent Self Driving

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0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Google cuts mystery check to US in bid to sidestep jury trial
2:15 - Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition to US
3:23 - Lawmakers call out eight automakers for sharing connected vehicle data
4:43 - US House passes crypto bill despite warnings from SEC
5:11 - SEC approves 8 Ethereum ETFs including BlackRock and Fidelity
5:46 - SEC: Financial orgs have 30 days to send data breach notifications
6:31 - The DOJ makes its first known arrest for AI-generated CSAM
7:32 - NIST Releases First Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
8:18 - EPA says it will step up enforcement to address ‘critical’ vulnerabilities within water sector
10:31 - These cities bar facial recognition tech. Police still found ways to access it.
11:23 - Pentagon worried its primary satellite launcher can’t keep pace
12:01 - Pentagon: Russia likely launched counter space weapon into low Earth orbit last week
12:49 - Pentagon working with SpaceX to cut off Russian military's illicit use of Starlink internet
13:54 - Uber, Lyft Walk Back Threats to Leave Minneapolis as State Passes New Minimum Wage For Drivers
14:47 - Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments
17:40 - Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves
18:22 - California bill would require new cars to beep at speeding drivers
19:23 - California Assembly passes porn site age verification bill
20:00 - Arizona state lawmaker used ChatGPT to write part of law on deepfakes
20:58 - Justice Department seeks breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster through major antitrust suit
22:06 - Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws
22:50 - Apple limits third-party browser engine work to EU devices
23:35 - Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor lied 'repeatedly' to support claim, says UK judge
24:23 - ASML and TSMC can disable chip machines if China invades Taiwan
25:46 - Apple slashes iPhone prices in China amid fierce Huawei competition
26:25 - China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky
27:12 - China replaces imported quantum computer component with domestic product immediately after US sanctions
27:54 - Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies
28:50 - Match Group, Meta, Coinbase and more form anti-scam coalition
29:19 - In biometric 'breakthrough' year, you may soon pay with your face
29:57 - Arup revealed as victim of $25 million deepfake scam involving Hong Kong employee
30:34 - Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that let anyone do their laundry for free
31:56 - Over 90% female Instagram influencers fall victim to deepfake pornography, finds study
32:30 - Spyware found on US hotel check-in computers
33:20 - American Airlines backtracks after lawyers blame girl, 9, for not seeing hidden camera in bathroom
34:40 - Crooks plant backdoor in software used by courtrooms around the world

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Minisforum Atomman Record Breaking?

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It can be when you use a 4090 lol

Check it out here: https://s.minisforum.com/Level1tech-X7-Ti

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Testing Ultrawide Resolutions with the 7900 GRE Steel Legend!

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The Level1 Show May 24 2024: I Take My Coffee Like I Take My Shirts: Bleached

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0:00 - Intro
0:34 - OpenAI’s Chief Scientist, Ilya Sutskever, Is Leaving the Company
2:18 - Hello GPT-4o
3:20 - OpenAI's ChatGPT will soon be able to see everything happening on your screen
4:12 - Sam Altman Proposes ‘Universal Basic Compute’ for Global Access to GPT-7's Resources
4:56 - Google Search will now show AI-generated answers to millions by default
5:46 - Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls
6:28 - Astra Is Google's ‘Multimodal’ Answer to the New ChatGPT
7:57 - Google targets filmmakers with Veo, its new generative AI video model
9:13 - AI in Gmail will sift through emails, provide search summaries, send emails
9:43 - Google’s invisible AI watermark will help identify generative text and video
10:16 - Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors
10:53 - AI is listening: Omnipresent robo-moderators are the latest online anti-toxicity strategy
11:29 - Discord is allegedly assigning gender to users with machine learning AI
12:05 - IBM open-sources its Granite AI models - and they mean business
13:12 - Artificial intelligence hitting labour forces like a "tsunami"
14:00 - She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all
16:14 - Autonomous F-16 Fighters Are ‘Roughly Even’ With Human Pilots Said Air Force Chief
16:57 - Sony lays down the gauntlet on AI, warning 700 companies against training algorithms on its music
18:40 - Amazon Workers Use Bots to Claim Limited Supply of Time Off
19:17 - Feds probe Waymo driverless cars hitting parked cars, drifting into traffic
19:32 - Cruise is back driving autonomously for the first time since pedestrian-dragging incident
20:01 - Isuzu, Gatik to Build Level 4 Autonomous Trucks - Equipment
20:24 - AT&T Goes Up Against T-Mobile, Starlink With AST SpaceMobile Satellite Deal
22:01 - NASA details plan to build a levitating robot train on the moon
22:51 - How SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn astronauts will attempt the 1st-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk
23:20 - US government considers whether to criminally prosecute Boeing
24:20 - Boeing whistleblower says plane parts had serious defects
25:19 - Bay Area city orders scientists to stop controversial experiment
25:55 - First person to receive genetically modified pig kidney transplant dies
26:36 - US finds Israel’s use of weapons in Gaza ‘inconsistent’ with human rights law, but will not cut flow of arms
27:35 - Woman Won’t Face Jail Time For Putting Bleach In Husband’s Coffee
28:23 - HPD officer who arrested former state lawmaker for DUI now accused of drunk driving
29:01 - Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures
30:02 - Pope Set To Hold Press Conference on Aliens and the Supernatural
31:12 - Dublin to NY Portal Shut Down Due to Inappropriate Behavior
32:04 - Fla. Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill Raising Stripper Age to 21
33:04 - Gina Rinehart: Australia’s richest woman seeks removal of her portrait from exhibition
34:22 - Nashville police officer fired over OnlyFans video showing 'traffic stop'
35:28 - Internet use is associated with greater wellbeing, global study finds
36:58 - NC Senate votes to ban people from wearing masks in public for health reasons
38:11 - NYC Mayor Eric Adams proposes immigrants as solution to lifeguard shortage because they are ‘excellent swimmers’
39:03 - Jail fees for this Iowa county helped fund department's cotton candy and laser tag, lawsuit says
40:27 - Indiana judge rules tacos, burritos are sandwiches
41:06 - Difficult to digest cost of doner kebabs in Germany prompts price cap calls
42:19 - Yacht sinks after being rammed by orcas in Strait of Gibraltar
43:03 - A cruise ship dragged a dead whale into New York Harbor. What went wrong?
44:06 - Washington family devastated after butchers mistakenly kill pet pigs
45:37 - Bear Fighting And Other Animals Americans Think We Could Beat Up

The Level1 Show May 22 2024: Google's AI (Aggravating Interface)

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0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Recently delisted Toshiba to cut 4,000 jobs in restructuring drive
1:26 - Google staffers question execs over 'decline in morale' after earnings
3:08 - Tesla plans to cut 601 more jobs in California, notice to government says
3:34 - The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff
4:46 - "Roaring Kitty" trader returns, causing GameStop shares to jump more than 70%
6:01 - Intel's new Thunderbolt Share provides file and screen sharing without hurting network performance
6:36 - AMD Core Performance Boost For Linux Getting Per-CPU Core Controls
7:38 - Did Neuralink Ignore Early Trial Risk? Brain Implant Issues Plagued Lab Before Human Case
8:51 - Apple brings eye-tracking to recent iPhones and iPads
10:16 - Google launches new Home APIs and turns Google TVs into smart home hubs
11:03 - Intel Aurora Supercomputer Breaks Exascale Barrier but Fails to Topple AMD Frontier
11:39 - Meta exploring AI-assisted earbuds with cameras, The Information reports
12:32 - Solar Storm Knocks Out Farmers' Tractor GPS Systems During Peak Planting Season
14:46 - The Walls Are Closing in on John Deere’s Tractor Repair Monopoly
16:46 - Quantum repeater: Quantum internet draws near thanks to entangled memory breakthroughs
18:23 - 1 In 4 US Teens Say They Play Games On A VR Headset
19:46 - Comcast Now Offers No-Data-Cap, No-Contract Broadband Nationwide
21:09 - Revolutionary New Google Feature Hidden Under 'More' Tab Shows Links to Web Pages
22:44 - Intel's new Thunderbolt Share provides file and screen sharing without hurting network performance
24:37 - Microsoft's quest for short-term $$$ is doing long-term damage to Windows, Surface, Xbox, and beyond
25:34 - Netflix Hits 40M Monthly Active Users, Up From 5M A Year Ago
26:17 - Netflix to take on Google and Amazon by building its own ad server
26:56 - Comcast to Launch Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ Bundle
28:08 - VMware Workstation Pro, Fusion Pro free for personal use
29:00 - Unity Create boss Marc Whitten is resigning
29:54 - Game dev says contract barring “subjective negative reviews” was a mistake
31:12 - EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO
31:49 - Microsoft is finally changing Word's annoying default Paste behavior
33:40 - News publishers sound alarm on Google’s new AI-infused search, warn of ‘catastrophic’ impacts
35:07 - Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Reportedly Set to Launch Straight Into Xbox Game Pass
36:21 - NetBSD Commit Guidelines
37:19 - Meta will shut down Workplace, its tool for businesses
37:44 - Reddit to Release New Products Aimed at Site’s ‘User Economy’
38:10 - TikTok to label AI-generated content from OpenAI and elsewhere
38:58 - Teen died from eating a spicy chip as part of social media challenge

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The Level1 Show May 21 2024: Smart Phones for Dumb Kids

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0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Connected cars’ illegal data collection and use now on FTC’s “radar”
1:41 - A bipartisan bill is looking to end Section 230 protections for tech companies
2:17 - AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says
3:51 - CHIPS Act helps fund private US acquisition of Polar fab
4:46 - US suggests possibility of penalties if production of Chinese electric vehicles moves to Mexico
5:42 - Big Three carriers pay $10M to settle claims of false “unlimited” advertising
6:47 - Bipartisan Senate group urges $32 billion in emergency spending on artificial intelligence
8:02 - FBI seize BreachForums hacking forum used to leak stolen data
9:00 - Tornado Cash Developer Found Guilty of Laundering $1.2 Billion of Crypto
9:58 - US Jamming Tech Is Worse Than Russia's: Ex-Pentagon Officials
10:54 - Arizona accuses Amazon of unfair, deceptive business practices
11:38 - Microsoft Teams is facing more antitrust lawsuits in Europe
13:20 - Ofcom: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones
14:50 - France Bans TikTok in Island Territory After Pro-Independence Protests Turn Violent
15:49 - UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways
16:58 - Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns
17:38 - Spain reopens Israeli spyware probe, sharing information with France
18:23 - Microsoft offers relocation to hundreds of China-based AI staff
19:19 - U.S., China to talk AI safety and risk in Geneva
19:50 - China warns the U.S. about the potential use of fighter jets piloted by Artificial Intelligence
20:24 - YouTube agrees to remove videos of banned Hong Kong protest song
21:01 - Threat actor scraped Dell support tickets, including customer phone numbers
21:40 - Troubling iOS 17.5 Bug Reportedly Resurfacing Old Deleted Photos
22:32 - MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says
23:17 - Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android
24:15 - CEO of world’s biggest ad firm targeted by deepfake scam
25:04 - Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’
25:43 - Update Now Warning Issued for 2 Billion Google Chrome Users
26:18 - Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach
27:08 - Proton Mail provided user data that led to an arrest in Spain

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Swap GPUs at the Press of a Button: Liqid Fabric PCIe Magic Trick!

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Easily allocate hundreds of GPUs WITHOUT touching them!
Check out other Liqid solutions here: https://www.liqid.com

0:00 Intro
1:00 Explaining the Magic
2:00 Showing the Use Case Set Up
4:41 The Problem with Microsoft
6:07 Infrastructure as Code Hardware Control
10:36 Game Changing our Game Testing and More
16:12 Outro

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The Level1 Show May 17 2024: 2 Hot 4 Dronez

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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Humans now share the web equally with bots, report warns amid fears of the ‘dead internet’
1:17 - Fake Monet and Renoir on eBay among 40 counterfeits identified using AI
2:36 - Katy Perry's own mom fell for her Met Gala AI photo.
3:48 - The teens making friends with AI chatbots
4:43 - Motional delays commercial robotaxi plans amid restructuring
5:45 - An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war
6:04 - Robot dogs armed with AI-aimed rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation
7:02 - Drone Company Zipline Dictates Mayor's Quote on How 'Normal' Zipline Is
7:38 - Amazon’s Delivery Drones Won’t Fly in Arizona’s Summer Heat
8:15 - As Amazon's robot ranks swell, workers worry about their future
9:48 - Tempe company uses robots to write handwritten cards
10:25 - Boeing Starliner launch delayed until May 17
11:22 - SWAT team sold fake body armor as Homeland Security launches major investigation
11:54 - Brazen burglars steal $250k in cash by cutting hole into the roof of Onyx strip club
12:37 - DEA tells Congress that getting illegal drugs in US is as easy as calling Uber Eats
13:09 - Marvel Will Release No More Than Three Movies and Two Shows Per Year, Bob Iger Says
13:41 - Fans following Taylor Swift to Europe after finding Eras Tour tickets less costly there
14:30 - Women are paying big money to scream, smash sticks in the woods. It's called a rage ritual.
15:29 - Kyoto government worker assaults coworker for spoiling popular manga series at the office
16:02 - New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don’t know what a computer is
16:27 - George Santos Reviving Drag Persona ‘Kitara Ravache’ to Hawk Videos for $350 a Pop of Him Dressed as Woman
16:55 - California superintendent fired for allegedly threatening students who didn't clap for her daughter
17:28 - Donald 'Von ShitzInPantz' has now formally been entered into the public record at Trump's hush-money trial
18:24 - Woman found living inside Family Fare sign in Midland
19:09 - Panera to stop selling Charged Sips caffeinated drinks allegedly linked to 2 deaths
19:36 - Zoo In China Stages Phony Panda Exhibit In Which Two Dogs With Dyed Fur Were The Main Attraction
20:08 - How bird flu could threaten cow cuddling. Yes, it is a thing
20:45 - Vultures deemed 'too drunk to fly' after dumpster diving taken to 'rehab' center
21:24 - Bag of snakes found in passenger's pants at Miami International Airport
21:42 - Pier pressure: more than 1,000 sea lions assemble at San Francisco dockside
22:39 - OpenAI considers allowing users to create AI-generated pornography
23:13 - Researchers warned against using AI to peer review academic papers
23:57 - Google DeepMind’s ‘leap forward’ in AI could unlock secrets of biology
25:40 - OpenAI Exec: A Year From Now, Today's ChatGPT Will Look 'Laughably Bad'
27:09 - 40,000 AI-narrated audiobooks flood Audible, dividing authors and listeners
29:03 - Meet MAI-1: Microsoft Readies New AI Model to Compete With Google, OpenAI
29:43 - Microsoft says it did a lot for responsible AI in inaugural transparency report
30:40 - We Asked AI to Predict Kentucky Derby Winners—Here Are Its Picks

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