Level1 News Patron Edition: 12/30/2019 (Patreon)

Level1 News December 30 2019: Patron Edition

http://www.linode.com/level1techs 0:37 - Trump could mandate free access to federally funded research papers 2:58 - US pushes for homegrown 5G to solve Huawei woes 4:29 - FAA Remote ID rule for drones would enable tracking, identification 6:26 - It's Hard to Ban Facial Recognition Tech in the iPhone Era 7:37 - T-Mobile/Sprint deal is good actually, Feds tell court in states’ lawsuit 9:27 - Pentagon tells military personnel not to use at-home DNA kits 11:43 - Baltimore Police back pilot program for surveillance planes, reviving controversial program 14:01 - Spotify announces pause on political advertising, following Twitter ban 17:27 - Electric bikes and scooters will stay illegal in New York thanks to Governor Cuomo 18:35 - Next on California's roads: Autonomous pizza delivery trucks 20:47 - Cloudflare Removes Warrant Canary: Thoughtful Post Says It Can No Longer Say It Hasn't Removed A Site Due To Political Pressure 22:59 - Fake news report costs Bloomberg $7.6m in fines, Companies & Markets News & Top Stories 24:39 - Worker fired for declining a face scan awarded $23,200 27:04 - Swiss president says Facebook's cryptocurrency project, Libra, failed 28:46 - Italy To Start Taxing Big Tech Firms On Jan. 1 29:57 - China to complete Beidou competitor to GPS with new launches 31:10 - China's Huge Long March 5 Rocket Returns to Flight in Dazzling Nighttime Launch 32:50 - Ethiopia launched its first space satellite with China's help 34:29 - Huawei reportedly got by with a lot of help from the Chinese government 36:29 - Turkey unveils first fully homemade car in $3.7 billion bet on electric 38:00 - Turkey's Wikipedia block violates human rights, high court rules 38:59 - Iran curbs internet before possible new protests: reports 39:48 - Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet 41:33 - Amazon, Ring face lawsuit over alleged security camera hacks 43:15 - Holiday season online shopping hit a new high in the U.S. this year 45:27 - Amazon seeks patent for hand-scanning system to identify shoppers 46:50 - Driver training was reportedly too much of “a bottleneck” for Amazon 49:39 - 88% of Americans use a second screen while watching TV. Why? 51:05 - MIT reveals first ever laser ultrasound pictures of a human body 53:00 - Tesla (TSLA) stock hits 'funding secured' $420 price as Elon Musk gets last laugh 54:45 - Elon Musk says Tesla will add Disney+ to its vehicles ‘soon’ 56:22 - Travis Kalanick leaves Uber board, sells all shares 58:02 - Uber’s plan to launch an air taxi service in 2023 just got a boost from a secretive startup 59:48 - Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio - Meta Stack Exchange 1:01:52 - The INQUIRER reaches end-of-life 1:03:22 - Baidu has a new trick for teaching AI the meaning of language 1:04:58 - Google Brain's AI achieves state-of-the-art text summarization performance 1:06:20 - Amazon researchers use AI to improve the recognition of curved text 1:07:50 - Researchers want to use Mega Man 2 to evaluate AI 1:08:59 - Artificial intelligence identifies previously unknown features associated with cancer recurrence 1:10:46 - Mysterious drones flying nighttime patterns over NE Colorado leave local law enforcement stumped 1:12:38 - VW's prototype charging robot can find your EV in the parking garage 1:14:13 - Mazda3 bug activates emergency brake system for no reason 1:15:29 - Sky shepherds: the farmers using drones to watch their flocks by flight 1:17:27 - Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $11M seed round 1:19:14 - Packing T-shirts? There’s a Uniqlo robot for that 1:21:46 - Picnic's pizza robot to crank out up to 300 pies per hour at CES 1:24:09 - Facebook Messenger now requires a Facebook account to join 1:25:32 - Google’s YouTube Goes To War With Bitcoin And Crypto 1:27:20 - Twitter bans APNGs after attack on Epilepsy Foundation handle 1:29:15 - French court clears social media tracking plan in tax crackdown 1:30:33 - Facebook Removes Accounts With AI-Generated Profile Photos 1:32:17 - A Twitter app bug was used to match 17 million phone numbers to user accounts 1:34:29 - Ring's Security Woes Cause Some Tech Review Sites to Rethink Glowing Endorsements 1:36:52 - Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines 1:38:39 - Chinese hacker group caught bypassing 2FA 1:40:46 - Popular messaging app ToTok reportedly an Emirati spy tool 1:42:23 - Report: Amazon executive was killed in collision with van delivering for Amazon 1:44:17 - Scientists attempt to recreate 'Overview effect' from Earth 1:46:37 - The US government has approved funds for geoengineering research 1:47:49 - Video games are dividing South Korea 1:49:27 - Chilean Government Blames K-Pop For Recent Protests 1:51:00 - Indonesian Government Agency Denies Making Account on Porn Site After Verified Profile Appears 1:53:39 - Rachel Maddow's Argument Against OAN Lawsuit: Don't Believe Her Words Are Fact