Level1 News Patron Edition: 1/6/2020 (Patreon)

Level1 News January 6 2020: Patron Edition

1:10 - Judge halts California "gig economy" law from taking effect for truckers 2:10 - Uber, Postmates Sue California to Block Gig-Worker Law 5:06 - IRS Reforms Free File Program, Drops Agreement Not to Compete With TurboTax 6:46 - Trump signs Traced Act into law in bid to help put an end to robocalls 7:25 - Joe Biden Says Laid-Off Miners Can 'Learn to Program' 10:24 - Court backs Comcast, puts Maine’s à la carte cable law on hold 11:58 - Academic Publishers Get Their Wish: DOJ Investigating Sci-Hub Founder For Alleged Ties To Russian Intelligence 14:20 - Y2K20 Parking Meter Software Glitch Causes Citywide SNAFU 15:57 - Major US companies breached, robbed, and spied on by Chinese hackers 18:07 - China's Huawei gets India nod to participate in 5G trials 19:49 - Chinese Scientist He Jianku Who Edited Babies' Genes Sentenced 21:40 - China station admits New Year's drone show was prerecorded 23:59 - Now Russia Accuses China of Technology Theft 25:29 - Russia claims new missile is 27 times faster than sound 27:17 - Microsoft takes down 50 domains operated by North Korean hackers 28:51 - India approves third moon mission, months after landing failure 30:24 - Brazil fines Facebook $1.6 million for improper sharing of user data 31:49 - Police Departments Are Using Swatting Registries To Help Protect Swatting Targets From Police Officers 33:23 - TikTok claims zero takedown requests from China in first transparency report 35:20 - Did a Social Network Misuse Your Data? Jail Its CEO, Senator Says 39:10 - Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’ 43:25 - Amazon threatens to fire employees who speak out on climate change 47:43 - Sonos gives a lame reason for bricking older devices in 'Recycle Mode' 50:40 - Google cafeteria workers unionized, saying they’re “overworked and underpaid” 52:29 - 'What an insult': CES names Ivanka Trump as keynote speaker 54:16 - Google will finally stop using controversial Irish and Dutch tax loopholes 57:15 - Abbott Labs kills free tool that lets you own the blood-sugar data from your glucose monitor, saying it violates copyright law 59:07 - Tesla fourth quarter deliveries top company guidance 1:00:47 - 3 crashes, 3 deaths raise questions about Tesla's Autopilot 1:03:11 - Lidar sensors are about to become a mainstream car feature 1:04:13 - Samsung Electronics chip output at South Korea plant partly halted due to short blackout 1:05:46 - Huawei’s revenue hits record $122B this year despite US sanctions, forecasts ‘difficult’ 2020 1:06:43 - Chinese start-up Mobike loses more than 200,000 bikes 1:09:40 - India’s richest man is ready to take on Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart 1:15:23 - Company shuts down because of ransomware, leaves 300 without jobs just before holidays 1:16:44 - New USB cable kills your Linux laptop if stolen in a public place 1:18:21 - Google shutting down Xiaomi access to Assistant following Nest Hub picking up strangers' camera feeds 1:20:14 - Chrome extension caught stealing crypto-wallet private keys | ZDNet 1:21:24 - ProtonMail takes aim at Google with an encrypted calendar 1:22:24 - Wyze data leak may have exposed personal data of millions of users 1:24:41 - Aibo: People In Japan Learn To Love Their Robot Dogs — And Be Loved Back 1:27:03 - EU Patent Office Rejects Two Patent Applications In Which An AI Was Designated As The Inventor 1:29:33 - Microsoft proposes AI that improves when you smile 1:31:10 - Seoul to install AI cameras for crime detection 1:32:32 - Ubisoft uses AI to teach a car to drive itself in a racing game 1:33:35 - Attention America: The Air Force's New B-21 Stealth Bomber Is Only 1 Year Away 1:35:02 - AI system outperforms experts in spotting breast cancer 1:36:55 - Flash Forest aims to use drones to plant a billion trees by 2028 1:39:26 - Amazon employees struggle with 'nerve-racking' robot co-workers 1:41:46 - AI puts final notes on Beethoven's Tenth Symphony 1:43:23 - China ramps up tech education in bid to become artificial intelligence leader 1:44:43 - Segway's S-Pod Brings the Hoverchairs From 'WALL-E' to Life 1:46:30 - FDA bans production, sale of fruit- and mint-flavored vape pods 1:48:20 - Lori Loughlin hires prison coach to learn martial arts: 'Worst advice' thus far, expert says 1:49:29 - WWE 2K20 ‘won’t run in 2020' 1:51:45 - New Year’s Eve 2019: Times Square ball drop 1:53:35 - North Carolina family cooks frozen pizza, accidentally bakes snake: 'I pulled that crispy critter out' 1:55:33 - Weight Watchers trolled for 'unfortunate timing' of new WW campaign on Twitter 1:56:33 - Draft website crashes after Soleimani's death, Selective Service says 'business as usual' 1:58:22 - Canadian military police assigned Pokemon Go after fans invade bases 2:00:05 - Sex robots to 'stand up straight' in big step towards identical human appearance