Level1 News 4/13/2020: Patreon Edition
7:45 - US Senate advises members to stop using Zoom
9:27 - Taiwan tells agencies not to use Zoom on security grounds
11:13 - Messaging App Signal Threatens to Dump US Market if Anti-Encryption Bill Passes
13:06 - Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources
15:23 - Intel, Georgia Tech leading DARPA AI project
17:24 - DC Court Says Terms Of Service Violations Can't Trigger Federal CFAA Prosecutions
21:55 - NASA's Mars helicopter is ready for the red planet
23:27 - France rules Google must pay news firms for content
25:54 - Italy working on coronavirus tracing app to help lockdown exit
28:18 - Security Agencies Want China Telecom Barred From the U.S.
30:31 - Nintendo game pulled from Chinese platforms after Hong Kong protest
32:15 - Google gets greenlight for Taiwan cable but with a lot of conditions
33:28 - Turkey will require social media giants to appoint local representatives
34:52 - Researchers open-source state-of-the-art object tracking AI
36:27 - Hospitals Deploy AI Tools to Detect COVID-19 on Chest Scans
37:49 - Supervised self-driving shuttles are moving COVID-19 tests in Florida
39:44 - NVIDIA is contributing its AI smarts to help fight COVID-19
40:37 - Army Designs New Camera Drones to Be Fired from Grenade Launchers
42:10 - AI-Powered Shoes Unlock the Secrets of Your Sole
43:32 - Robots replace Japanese students at graduation amid coronavirus
45:59 - Taiwanese Baseball Team Will Use Dressed-Up Robots Instead of Fans When Season Begins This Weekend
50:12 - American schools are banning Zoom and switching to Microsoft Teams
50:52 - Zoom Lawsuit Alleges Misrepresentation of Security Features
51:41 - Google Bans Zoom Videoconferencing Software From Employees' Computers
52:33 - Apple and Google are launching a joint COVID-19 tracing tool for iOS and Android
54:49 - Apple TV+ widens free access as Disney+ passes 50 million subscribers
57:24 - Apple designs and produces face shields for coronavirus medical workers
59:10 - Foxconn will produce ventilators at its controversial Wisconsin plant
59:53 - Tesla shows how it’s building ventilators with car parts
1:02:50 - Google Stadia free version now available
1:05:07 - All Microsoft events will be digital-only until July 2021
1:07:32 - Microsoft: Don't expect any Windows 10X devices this calendar year
1:09:14 - Huawei May Enter GPU Business This Year
1:10:50 - Huawei has lost at least $60 million on Mate XS foldable
1:12:00 - Webcams have become impossible to find, and prices are skyrocketing
1:14:31 - MediaTek accused of cheating in benchmarks, accuses 'key competitor' too
1:16:05 - Cloudflare dumps reCAPTCHA as Google intends to charge for its use
1:18:55 - The Humble Phone Call Has Made a Comeback
1:19:30 - CFOs looking to make remote work, telecommuting more permanent following COVID-19, says Gartner survey
1:22:21 - Verizon is canceling home internet installations during the pandemic
1:24:10 - WeWork sues SoftBank in intensifying crisis over canceled $3B tender offer
1:25:28 - Samsung's older smart TVs are losing remote control app support
1:27:56 - Uber connects out-of-work U.S. ride-hail drivers to delivery, production jobs
1:31:39 - Facebook asks users about coronavirus symptoms, releases friendship data to researchers
1:32:43 - Facebook spent $23.4 million in 2019 on Mark Zuckerberg's security and private air travel
1:35:51 - YouTube moves to limit spread of false coronavirus 5G theory
1:38:29 - As Record Labels Still Are Demanding Mandated Filters; Facebook's Copyright Filter Takes Down A Guy Playing Bach
1:40:06 - Twitter notifies users that it’s now sharing more data with advertisers
1:41:34 - Fleeceware apps discovered on the iOS App Store
1:44:12 - Attackers can bypass fingerprint authentication with an ~80% success rate
1:45:16 - Easy-to-pick “smart” locks gush personal data, FTC finds
1:46:53 - Russian telco hijacks internet traffic for Google, AWS, Cloudflare, and others
1:48:34 - Verizon’s new tracking tool tells advertisers when you’re looking at your email inbox
1:50:04 - Dr. Anthony Fauci: Handshaking needs to stop even after pandemic
1:51:29 - NASA astronaut's estranged wife charged with lying about space crime
1:54:20 - Google Verily Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes Fresno Wolbachia Debug
1:56:31 - Coronavirus: sex for rent reports increase in Hawaii since COVID-19 pandemic
1:57:58 - Police In Czech Republic Tell Nudists To Wear Face Masks
2:00:31 - Senator backing anti-crypto bill calls out Zoom’s lack of end-to-end crypto
2:02:20 - Dubai husband with two wives asks for permit to move between their houses