Level1 Patreon News: September 16 2019 (Patreon)

Level1 News September 16 2019: Patron Edition

0:52 - 51 tech CEOs send open letter to Congress asking for a federal data privacy law 2:43 - Amazon (AMZN) antitrust probe: FTC interviews merchants 4:50 - Congress Is Investigating Apple's Repair Monopoly 6:26 - 50 Attorneys General Launch Google Antitrust Investigation 8:56 - Government Orders Google: Let Employees Speak Out 10:36 - Google to pay $1 billion in France to settle fiscal fraud probe 12:09 - U.S. charges Chinese professor in latest shot at Huawei 13:58 - Huawei chief offers to share 5G know-how for a fee 15:29 - Court Rules That ‘Scraping’ Public Website Data Isn’t Hacking 16:47 - Presidential hopeful Bill de Blasio wants a tax on robots 17:57 - Israel Allegedly Installed Stingray Devices Around D.C. to Spy on President Trump 20:26 - Juul Illegally Marketed E-Cigarettes, F.D.A. Says 22:31 - California Bill Makes App-Based Companies Treat Workers as Employees 25:05 - Comcast sues Maine to stop law requiring sale of individual TV channels 28:08 - Ohio gamer sentenced to 15 months prison for fatal 'swatting' case 30:01 - EU reappoints top antitrust cop who led crackdown on tech giants 31:12 - Loot boxes in games are gambling and should be banned for kids, say UK MPs 32:43 - China’s internet regulator orders online AI algorithms to promote ‘mainstream values’ 35:03 - Loophole That Lets People Share Your Private Instagram Pics and Stories Isn't a 'Hack'—but Still, Heads Up 37:34 - YouTube vowed to disable comments on videos with young kids. It hasn't 40:17 - Twitter’s stenciled San Francisco street tweets #illegal #graffiti, city says 42:38 - Twitter's refusal to dox a cow stymies Republican's $250M lawsuit 46:02 - SpaceX confirms it's almost ready to test its orbital Starship 48:08 - Amazon Employees Are Walking Out Over the Company's Huge Carbon Footprint 50:51 - People who requested money from Equifax need to provide more information 54:59 - AT&T to lose 1.1 million TV subscribers as DirecTV continues nosedive 57:09 - Apple transforms AppleCare+ extended warranty into a monthly subscription 58:37 - All the New Details About Apple Arcade 1:00:11 - Apple Live Event: TV+ Original Video Service Launch Nov. 1, $4.99 1:01:30 - Surprise! Apple unveils its 7th-gen iPad with a 10.2-inch display 1:02:00 - Apple Watch Series 5 has an always-on display and comes in titanium or ceramic finishes 1:03:43 - ASUS ROG Phone II Benchmark Preview: The Fastest Android Phone Ever 1:05:57 - Uber lays off 435 people across engineering and product teams 1:07:45 - GameStop closing 200 stores following another quarter of dismal sales 1:09:46 - VW-Chefstratege: „Ohne Elon Musk wäre mein Job erheblich schwerer gewesen“ 1:12:14 - Google Chrome now lets you send webpages to other devices 1:12:59 - Huawei selling MateBook laptops with Linux preinstalled to consumers in China 1:14:08 - Kickstarter accused of union-busting after firing workers 1:15:36 - MoviePass will shut down for good on Sept. 14 1:16:34 - New prosthetic legs let amputees feel their foot and knee in real-time 1:19:23 - McDonald's uses AI for ordering at drive-throughs 1:20:23 - Google: Dart 2.5 programming language SDK will 'supercharge' developers 1:22:54 - 'Flying fish' robot can propel itself out of water and glide through the air 1:25:16 - Anti-Putin Politician Facing Kremlin Raid Uses Drone to Fly Hard Drives Away Before Government Officers Can Get Them 1:27:27 - Weakness in Intel chips lets researchers steal encrypted SSH keystrokes 1:29:49 - Thousands of servers infected with new Lilocked (Lilu) ransomware 1:31:13 - MyPayrollHR collapse stirs allegations, questions, anger 1:34:20 - 281 Alleged Email Scammers Arrested in Massive Global Sweep 1:35:50 - T-Mobile Has a Secret Setting to Protect Your Account From Hackers That It Refuses to Talk About 1:36:51 - Spotify wants to know where you live and will be checking in 1:39:59 - Giant Entercom Radio Network Deals with Ransomware-Like Incident 1:40:54 - Orwellabama? Crimson Tide Track Locations to Keep Students at Games 1:43:15 - Taylor Swift threatened to sue Microsoft over its racist chatbot Tay 1:44:55 - Man chops off father's head to play PUBG in peace 1:47:26 - In Senate redraw, lottery machine picks district maps at random 1:48:38 - Biohackers chase Johnny Mnemonic with 'Pegleg' implanted hard drive 1:52:35 - Using fungi to fix bridges 1:54:54 - Frogs That Were Married in July to Please Rain God Now 'Divorced' After Severe Rainfall in MP 1:57:06 - Apple's iPhone 11 Pro 'triggering' fear of holes