The Level1 Show June 3rd 2024: Patreon Edition! (Patreon)

0:00 - Intro

0:59 - FTC Chair Lina Khan: AI models could violate antitrust laws

2:42 - Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet

5:45 - Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups | Ars Technica

8:05 - Treasury Sanctions Creators of 911 S5 Proxy Botnet – Krebs on Security

9:47 - New York plans to ban smartphones in schools, allowing basic phones only | TechSpot

10:55 - Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition | Ars Technica

12:05 - California advances measures targeting AI discrimination and deepfakes | AP News

13:16 - California launching pilot program to charge drivers for miles driven - Autoblog

14:47 - Gov. Polis Signs Bill Mandating That Consumers Have More Options To Fix Electronics

16:32 - UK law will let regulators fine Big Tech without court approval - The Verge

17:31 - Environment Agency chief admits regulator buries freedom of information requests | Environment Agency | The Guardian

18:31 - UK MPs In Full Moral Panic Decide To Ignore The Research, Push For Dangerous Ban On Phones For Kids | Techdirt

20:48 - Opinion: Ottawa wants the power to create secret backdoors in our networks to allow for surveillance - The Globe and Mail

22:06 - Russia mulling charging companies to use foreign software

23:06 - China sets up third fund with $47.5 bln to boost semiconductor sector | Reuters

23:32 - Hong Kong Makes First Arrests Under New Security Law | TIME

24:49 - Cooler Master’s Customer Data Leaked in Data Breach

25:20 - Hackers Claim Ticketmaster Data Breach: 560 Million Users' Info Up for Sale

26:41 - Ransomware Group Claims Responsibility for Christie’s Hack - The New York Times

27:30 - Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities | Ars Technica

28:41 - Best Buy, Geek Squad most impersonated for scams in 2023 • The Register

30:07 - Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack | Internet Archive Blogs

31:37 - Mystery malware destroys 600,000 routers from a single ISP during 72-hour span | Ars Technica

32:46 - Former SK hynix employee charged with stealing tech for Huawei — Chinese national was arrested at airport | Tom's Hardware

33:55 - Discord’s turning the focus back to games - The Verge

36:06 - Samsung workers’ union announces first-ever strike for chipmaker | South Korea | The Guardian

37:15 - Fisker cuts hundreds of workers in bid to keep EV startup alive | TechCrunch

37:45 - Bay Area carmaker lays off hundreds after raising $1 billion

38:21 - Phoenix Labs lays off 162 Bay Area workers in yet more video game cuts

39:04 - Klarna using GenAI to cut marketing costs by $10 mln annually | Reuters

40:51 - Salesforce (CRM) Q1 earnings report 2025

41:19 - 'Furiosa' Edges 'Garfield' in Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995 - Times of San Diego

42:41 - Nearly 80% of Americans now consider fast food a 'luxury' due to high prices | Fox Business

43:59 - Arm’s next-gen Immortalis is more powerful and power-efficient - The Verge

44:45 - Gigabyte's new B650E motherboard supports plump graphics cards weighing up to 58 kg | PC Gamer

45:45 - Data centers could use 9% of US electricity by 2030, research institute says | Reuters

46:37 - AST SpaceMobile, Verizon partner on satellite internet

47:44 - Android's new Instant Hotspot feature won't be available on Samsung devices

48:36 - Spacetop, the radical new laptop with no screen, is ready for launch | PCWorld

50:13 - A startup’s “tablet” gears up to take on Apple’s iPad – On my Om

51:45 - Exclusive: Google, augmented reality startup Magic Leap strike partnership deal | Reuters

52:22 - BYD Says Its New Hybrid Cars Can Go 1,250 Miles Without Gas or Charging

53:21 - Swiss company develops CPUs from lab-grown human brains & the internet is horrified - Dexerto

54:31 - Tool may help find missing people in Colorado’s backcountry within minutes

56:44 - HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm

57:54 - YouTube has now begun skipping videos altogether for users with ad blockers

59:37 - Press Release: PayPal Announces New Leaders to Build New Advertising Platform and Accelerate Consumer Product Innovation - May 28, 2024

1:00:28 - Microsoft's Automatic Super Resolution arrives to improve gaming performance — Auto SR serves as an upscaler similar to Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR | Tom's Hardware

1:01:24 - Bungie Wins Lawsuit Against Cheat Maker Aimjunkies | PCMag

1:03:05 - Google threatens to pause Google News Initiative funding in U.S.

1:04:17 - VBScript deprecation: Timelines and next steps | Windows IT Pro Blog

1:04:47 - Apple says it will put its AI processing data in a "cloud black box" to keep it private | TechRadar

1:05:26 - Star Citizen Pushes Through the $700 Million Raised Mark and No, There Still Isn’t a Release Date - IGN

1:06:21 - Twitch terminates all members of its Safety Advisory Council

1:07:34 - ICQ will stop working from June 26

1:08:23 - Meta says it removed six influence campaigns including those from Israel and China - The Verge

1:08:59 - Instagram’s ‘limits’ adds a mute button for everyone other than close friends - The Verge

1:09:47 - White House rejected offer from TikTok allowing US government to oversee app | The Independent

1:11:17 - Exclusive: TikTok preparing a US copy of the app’s core algorithm, sources say | Reuters

1:12:49 - UK mother of boy who killed himself seeks right to access his social media | Internet safety | The Guardian

1:13:56 - More Ontario school boards file suits against social media giants | CBC News

1:14:34 - Pope clears way for 'God's influencer' to become a saint

1:16:52 - OpenAI Board 'Not Aware Of ChatGPT Launch' | Silicon UK Tech

1:17:57 - OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship A.I. Model - The New York Times

1:18:22 - OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show

1:19:23 - OpenAI sends internal memo releasing former employees from NDAs

1:20:12 - New AI tools much hyped but not much used, study says

1:22:18 - Nvidia denies pirate e-book sites are “shadow libraries” to shut down lawsuit | Ars Technica

1:22:59 - Mistral releases Codestral, its first generative AI model for code | TechCrunch

1:23:38 - Microsoft: Windows 24H2 will remove Cortana and WordPad apps

1:24:15 - Google’s AI feeds people answers from The Onion

1:24:57 - Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good | Ars Technica

1:25:21 - Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs | CNN Business

1:26:15 - Fable Studio Plans Artificial Intelligence Streaming Platform

1:27:12 - Bilderberg: Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI, Anthropic among elite guests

1:28:22 - Feds add nine more incidents to Waymo robotaxi investigation | TechCrunch

1:28:55 - Amazon’s Prime Air delivery drones can fly even farther after FAA approval - The Verge

1:29:25 - A robot will soon try to remove melted nuclear fuel from Japan's destroyed Fukushima reactor | AP News

1:30:38 - MLB's Rob Manfred addresses future of robot umpires, says ABS could be introduced as challenge system - CBSSports.com 

1:31:43 - China’s rocket launcher, gun-toting robot dog likely to be deployed soon in conflict zones – Firstpost

1:32:48 - North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch

1:33:21 - “Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods | Ars Technica

1:34:51 - ADHD cases are up. 7 million U.S. kids have gotten a diagnosis, study finds : Shots - Health News : NPR

1:35:42 - Britain covered up tainted blood scandal that killed thousands, report finds - UPI.com 

1:37:13 - World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September

1:37:52 - Netflix announces Minecraft animated series

1:38:58 - Homeless sent out of Edinburgh to make room for Taylor Swift fans

1:40:19 - Mexican government says the arm of a 19th century mummy came off after mishandling by museum staff | AP News

1:42:00 - Pope Francis apologizes after using vulgar term about gay men | AP News

1:42:44 - University student council apologizes over giving girl group's used water bottles away as prizes - The Korea Times

1:44:04 - Man who transformed into a dog says he wants to become another animal

1:45:07 - US 'serial slingshot shooter', aged 81, arrested

1:46:00 - New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances | AP News

1:47:38 - North Korea sends fleet of balloons carrying excrement to South Korea

1:48:45 - Naked on a plane: Man arrested after alleged nude aisle run forced plane to turn back

1:49:13 - Toronto renames Centennial Park football stadium after Rob Ford | CBC News

1:50:35 - Blind and deaf dog Teddy got lost in a neighbor’s…

1:51:49 - Ukraine war forced eagles to change migration route

1:52:52 - "Sludge" from Mormon cricket invasion causes multiple crashes in Nevada - CBS News

1:53:50 - ‘They’re out of control’: flock of 100 feral chickens torments village | Norfolk | The Guardian

1:54:48 - Family stricken with rare brain worms after eating undercooked bear | Ars Technica

1:55:42 - Killer whales ramming, sinking boats are bored, scientists believe

1:57:50 - Two new giant pandas to return to D.C.'s Smithsonian's National Zoo | AP News