Level1 News Patron Edition: 9/23 (Patreon)

Level1 News September 23 2019: Patron Edition

2:21 - Secret F.B.I. Subpoenas Scoop Up Personal Data From Scores of Companies 4:38 - The FBI Tried to Plant a Backdoor in an Encrypted Phone Network 7:06 - Russia carried out a 'stunning' breach of FBI communications system, escalating the spy game on U.S. soil 9:18 - Authorities Consider Taking Legal Action Against Facebook Over Storm Area 51 Event 11:14 - Robocalls Keep Pouring In As Hijacking Threat Emerges 12:43 - Navy Confirms Existence of 'Unidentified' Flying Objects Seen in Leaked Footage 15:38 - United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden 17:09 - Amazon will soon let you make campaign contributions through your Alexa device 19:46 - Spouse of Ring exec among lawmakers trying to weaken Calif. privacy law 21:46 - French court rules that Steam’s ban on reselling used games is illegal 24:26 - Swiss Copyright Law: Downloading Stays Legal, No Site Blocking 26:28 - Australia concluded China was behind hack on parliament, political parties 28:04 - India tells tech firms to protect user privacy, prevent abuse 28:55 - India Seeks to Adopt China-Style Facial Recognition in Policing 31:00 - India bans e-cigarettes as global vaping backlash grows 32:49 - Vaping criminal probe announced by FDA as illnesses rise to 530 34:18 - Millions of Americans’ medical images and data are available on the Internet 36:07 - Database leaks data on most of Ecuador's citizens, including 6.7 million children 37:32 - World’s most destructive botnet returns with stolen passwords and email in tow 38:58 - Payment card thieves hack Click2Gov bill paying portals in 8 cities 39:46 - LastPass bug leaks credentials from previous site 41:17 - Exposed RDP servers see 150K brute-force attempts per week: Here's how to protect them 42:17 - Developer takes down Ruby library after he finds out ICE was using it 44:11 - Smart TVs, smart-home devices found to be leaking sensitive user data, researchers find 46:10 - Amazon’s ‘climate pledge’ commits to net zero carbon emissions by 2040 and 100% renewables by 2030 47:41 - Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian as part of going carbon-neutral by 2040 49:42 - Amazon Music rolls out a lossless streaming tier that Spotify and Apple can’t match 54:39 - AT&T Explores Parting Ways With DirecTV 55:31 - AT&T sued for allegedly inflating DirecTV Now subscriber numbers 56:57 - AT&T Says Customers Can’t Sue the Company for Selling Location Data to Bounty Hunters 58:42 - Biometrics class actions target Lowe's, Home Depot for anti-shoplifting surveillance systems 1:01:32 - Apple is trying to trademark ‘Slofie’ 1:03:10 - NBCUniversal’s Streaming Service Is Called Peacock 1:06:54 - Netflix Lands 'Seinfeld' Rights After Losing 'Friends' and 'The Office' 1:08:45 - TiVo tests running pre-roll ads before DVR recordings 1:09:54 - Comcast promised not to raise prices—guess what happened next 1:12:34 - Tesla required by NLRB to post signs saying employees can unionize 1:14:12 - Modified Tesla Model S reportedly outguns Porsche Taycan at Nurburgring 1:17:37 - SpaceX wants to buy a Texas hamlet to make way for its Mars rockets 1:20:33 - Google Wing launching US drone deliveries with FedEx, Walgreens 1:22:51 - Google is bringing Assistant to people without internet access 1:25:17 - AI learned to use tools after nearly 500 million games of hide and seek 1:27:44 - The DFAB House exhibit opens in New York City 1:30:45 - Former Project Maven Google engineer warns robot weapons could cause accidental mass killings 1:32:14 - Artificial Intelligence Takes On Earthquake Prediction 1:32:22 - A robot is now delivering sermons in Japan: the beginning of AI and religion? 1:36:31 - World’s largest humanoid robot is too tall to leave its warehouse 1:38:55 - Instagram's Opioid Recovery Hashtags Are Full Of Drug Dealers 1:40:43 - YouTube creators may lose verified badges as company implements stricter criteria 1:42:04 - Facebook Contractors Have Been Listening to ‘Hey Portal’ Clips 1:43:12 - Facebook Expands Definition of Terrorist Organizations to Limit Extremism 1:45:14 - Facebook plans launch of its own “Supreme Court” for handling takedown appeals 1:46:37 - Facebook working on smart glasses with Ray-Ban, code-named Orion 1:48:09 - Facebook advertisers can write their own headlines for shared news stories 1:49:55 - Online lending’s ugly side: Debt-shaming 1:52:34 - Twitter rolls out ‘hide replies’ to let you tame toxic discussions 1:54:48 - Weekly Roundup: The Passion Of Saint iGNUcius Edition 2:01:25 - Hong Kong protests: tech war opens up with doxxing of protesters and police 2:02:52 - Look Out Below! Japan's Hayabusa2 Drops Target Markers on Asteroid Ryugu 2:03:56 - Lord of the Rings TV series: Amazon confirms production will be filmed in Auckland 2:08:31 - King of Kong’s Billy Mitchell threatens legal action over vacated scores