Level1 News June 8 2020: Patreon Edition
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2:02 - States lean toward pushing to break up Google's ad tech business
6:39 - Google says Iranian, Chinese hackers targeted Trump, Biden campaigns
8:17 - Under pressure, UK government releases NHS COVID data deals with big tech
11:07 - Google has removed that viral Chinese-app scanner from the Play Store
13:58 - Huawei hid business operation in Iran after Reuters reported links to CFO
17:53 - DEA Can Secretly Surveil George Floyd Protesters
20:31 - Senators propose COVID-19 contact-tracing privacy bill
22:44 - U.K. Willing To Admit Nearly 3 Million From Hong Kong If China Adopts Security Law
27:24 - France, Germany back European cloud computing 'moonshot'
30:14 - Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
32:49 - Germany bans digital doppelganger passport photos
36:21 - Instagram just threw users of its embedding API under the bus
40:02 - Snapchat to stop promoting Trump's content
41:14 - Blackout Tuesday: Instagram users flood the app with millions of posts
42:33 - Twitter ordered to disclose details of parody account
44:41 - Facebook to block ads from state-controlled media entities in the U.S.
46:55 - Facebook (FB) Employees Criticize Mark Zuckerberg Over Trump
49:16 - And that’s really it for Google+
53:13 - Reddit's Ohanian resigns from board in support of black community
54:38 - Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and Amazon unite in support of Blackout Tuesday
55:17 - GTA Online, Red Dead Online servers go offline to honor George Floyd
57:09 - Amazon Shoppers Snatch Up Pepper Spray as U.S. Protests Continue
59:29 - Musk Says Time to Break Up Amazon, Fueling Bezos Feud
1:01:37 - Tesla Model 3 was California's best selling car through first quarter
1:03:56 - GM plans electric van for business users in bid to pre-empt Tesla
1:06:50 - HBO Max won’t hit AT&T data caps, but Netflix and Disney Plus will
1:08:45 - CES will be held in-person in Las Vegas next year
1:10:58 - Global smartphone shipments to fall 12% this year on virus woes
1:12:20 - Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive for Systematic Mass Scanning and Distribution of Literary Works
1:14:41 - Kerbal Space Program 2 Release Disrupted by Corporate Strife
1:18:29 - Canadian major telcos effectively lock Huawei out of 5G build
1:19:32 - Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use its Tech
1:23:18 - Instacart makes changes to tip policy following shopper complaints
1:25:48 - Razer is enabling gamers to donate masks to frontline workers by gaming
1:27:28 - Lenovo’s Massive Ubuntu And Red Hat Announcement Levels Up Linux In 2020
1:31:51 - Slack partners with Amazon to take on Microsoft Teams
1:35:11 - Sega Reveals New "Fog Gaming" Program, Will Use Arcade Machines Somehow
1:38:08 - Bird is scrapping thousands of electric scooters in the Middle East
1:38:43 - Stanford lab envisions delivery drones that save energy by taking the bus
1:40:20 - Eye, robot: Artificial intelligence dramatically improves accuracy of classic eye exam
1:41:52 - Walmart employees are out to show its anti-shoplifting AI doesn’t work
1:44:37 - MIT builds robot hand that can ‘see and feel’ objects as fragile as a crisp in major breakthrough
1:46:18 - Waymo to bring self-driving minivans back to Bay Area, but not for passengers
1:49:30 - Hello and welcome: Robot waiters to the rescue amid virus
1:51:40 - Tesla Model 3 Drives Straight Into Overturned Truck In What Seems To Be Autopilot Failure
1:57:54 - Signal launches face-blurring tool as U.S. protesters embrace encrypted messaging
1:59:40 - Apple Warns Looters With Stolen iPhones: You Are Being Tracked
2:01:22 - Zoom won't encrypt free calls because it wants to comply with law enforcement
2:02:38 - Incognito mode detection still works in Chrome despite promise to fix
2:04:13 - New cold boot attack affects seven years of LG Android smartphones
2:05:50 - George Floyd: Anonymous hackers re-emerge amid US unrest
2:07:56 - When the NBA returns it may use 'NBA 2K' for crowd noise
2:09:39 - Josh Gad Reunites 'Lord of the Rings' Cast Nearly 20 Years Later
2:11:01 - Just weeks ahead of Yulin dog meat festival, China’s Agriculture Ministry officially confirms dogs are companions, not for eating
2:13:46 - Louisiana police chief announces his own arrest on Facebook, says he'll keep doing job
2:15:40 - Maine Association of Police accuses demonstrators of ‘racism’ towards cops
2:17:02 - Russia urges the US to observe democratic standards and respect Americans right to protest