Level1 Patreon News: 8/26 (Patreon)

Level1 News August 26: Patron Edition

0:45 - The FCC has no idea how many people don’t have broadband access 3:06 - Phone companies, state attorneys general announce broad campaign to fight robocalls 4:45 - States to launch antitrust investigation into big tech companies, reports say 7:30 - Justice Department indicts 80 individuals in a massive business email scam bust 11:14 - Qualcomm wins a pause in enforcement of FTC ruling 13:36 - The U.S. Army Wants To Microwave Drones in Midair 15:31 - California high school bans students from using smartphone 17:18 - Ransomware Tips and Information, 155 19:50 - Nasa said to be investigating first allegation of a crime in space 22:51 - Indian spacecraft launched last month is now orbiting moon 24:28 - EU reportedly wants strict limits for 'indiscriminate' facial recognition 26:50 - Employees connect nuclear plant to the internet so they can mine cryptocurrency 29:34 - Moscow's blockchain voting system cracked a month before election 31:56 - Flaws in Cellphone Evidence Prompt Review of 10,000 Verdicts in Denmark 33:48 - Apple, Google, and Mozilla block Kazakhstan's HTTPS intercepting certificate 35:27 - Russia sends its first humanoid robot Fedor into space 38:41 - Waymo releases a self-driving open data set for free use by the research community 40:13 - Flawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays 44:32 - YouTube Accidentally Removed Robot Battle Videos for “Animal Cruelty” 46:46 - Hot Chips 31 Live Blogs: Tesla Solution for Full Self Driving 49:51 - Amazon Joins Walmart in Saying Tesla Solar Panel Caught Fire 50:53 - Tesla's secret Project Titan program replaced bad solar panel parts 53:29 - Electric Dump Truck Produces More Energy Than It Uses 55:35 - Top U.S. publishers sue Amazon's Audible for copyright infringement 57:24 - Google Doesn’t Want Staff Debating Politics at Work Anymore 59:28 - Americans are waiting three years to replace their phones, study finds 1:01:50 - Netflix tests human-driven curation with launch of ‘Collections’ 1:03:47 - Apple Card can be damaged by wallets and jeans 1:05:49 - iPhone 11, New iPad Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, AirPods 3 Features 1:07:10 - Chicago Tribune Claims iPhone Radiofrequency Radiation Levels Measured Higher Than Legal Safety Limit in Tests 1:10:12 - DoorDash still hasn’t changed its tipping policy 1:11:17 - Intel’s line of notebook CPUs gets more confusing with 14nm Comet Lake 1:14:01 - Facebook awards $100,000 prize for new code isolation technique 1:15:57 - Apple contractors were allegedly listening to 1,000 Siri recordings a day — each 1:16:54 - Backdoor code found in 11 Ruby libraries 1:19:42 - Researcher publishes second Steam zero day after getting banned on Valve's bug bounty program 1:21:55 - MoviePass exposed thousands of unencrypted customer card numbers 1:23:51 - WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy 1:26:20 - Smart ovens have been turning on overnight and preheating to 400 degrees 1:30:25 - YouTube will now remove ‘violent’ and ‘mature’ videos pretending to be kid-friendly 1:32:27 - Google Agrees to Meet with YouTubers Union Right Before Deadline 1:34:48 - Man sued for using bogus YouTube takedowns to get address for swatting 1:36:53 - Facebook’s Transparency Products Show A Pattern Of Delays And Frayed Partnerships 1:38:12 - Members of Facebook's 'Crypto Mafia' Reportedly Getting Cold Feet About Libra Currency 1:40:15 - How Flat Earthers Nearly Derailed a Space Photo Book 1:43:37 - "Off-Facebook Activity" Will Allow Users To View The Company's External Website Tracking 1:45:31 - Twitter blocks state-controlled media outlets from advertising on its social network 1:47:34 - Sebring man arrested for botching castration on victim he met on dark web, deputies say 1:49:53 - More than 100 vapers have contracted a severe lung disease, per CDC 1:51:39 - Scientists Are 99% Sure They Just Detected a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star 1:53:29 - Maple Falls man alleged damaged power lines, meter boxes 1:57:14 - Red Bull is paying $10 to Canadians who thought it would actually give them wings 1:59:13 - Hurricanes are causing more aggressive spiders to evolve 2:01:22 - Arrest warrant issued in ice cream-licking incident in Texas 2:04:42 - Russian officials blame Cesium exposure on 'Fukushima crabs' 2:09:01 - Alt-right symbol Pepe the Frog is the face of the Hong Kong protests