Level1 News February 1 2021: Patron Edition!
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0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Biden’s Commerce nominee backs changes to Section 230
2:34 - Intelligence Analysts Use U.S. Smartphone Location Data Without Warrants, Memo Says
4:11 - AOC, Ted Cruz slam Robinhood for freezing some trades amid GameStop volatility
5:09 - FTC fines three ticket scalping companies for illegally using bots
6:44 - Miami Uploads Bitcoin White Paper to Municipal Website
8:17 - Apple hit with another European class action over throttled iPhones
10:03 - Authorities plan to mass-uninstall Emotet from infected hosts on April 25, 2021
11:21 - EU lawmakers want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 hearing
12:12 - Google Threatens to Remove Search as Australian Row Deepens
12:48 - Google agrees to pay French news sites to send them traffic
14:20 - New Spotify Patent Involves Monitoring Users’ Speech to Recommend Music
15:44 - ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota warn EU lawmakers over ‘anti-encryption’ push
16:23 - 10-year-old Sudo bug lets Linux users gain root-level access
17:28 - Google: North Korean hackers have targeted security researchers via social media
19:34 - Hacker leaks data of 2.28 million dating site users
20:55 - Dutch COVID-19 patient data sold on the criminal underground
22:00 - Ransomware Attackers Publish 4K Private Scottish Gov Agency Files
23:15 - DNSpooq lets attackers poison DNS cache records
24:03 - Intel says it wasn’t hacked after all; blames internal error for financial results leaking out
25:10 - Amazon’s Alexa can now act on its own hunches to turn off lights and more
26:19 - Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”
27:44 - This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos
29:18 - Cancer can be precisely diagnosed using a urine test with artificial intelligence
30:18 - Microsoft patent shows plans to revive dead loved ones as chatbots
35:47 - Robinhood blocks purchases of GameStop, AMC, and others after days of Reddit-fueled rallies
35:55 - GameStop and AMC trading restricted by TD Ameritrade, Schwab, Robinhood others
39:32 - Robinhood Hit with Class Action After Blocking GameStop Trades
42:00 - Discord bans the r/WallStreetBets server, but new ones have sprung to life
44:02 - Google salvaged Robinhood’s one-star rating by deleting nearly 100,000 negative reviews
46:59 - Intel Iris Xe Video Cards Now Shipping To OEMs: DG1 Lands In Desktops
47:54 - Razer’s new Viper 8K promises the fastest performance of any gaming mouse
49:23 - Tesla's New Cars Can Run The Witcher 3 on Their 10-Teraflop Gaming Rigs
52:06 - Navistar, GM, OneH2 combine forces for long-haul hydrogen-electric trucks
54:42 - Virgin Hyperloop Unveils Passenger Experience Vision
57:20 - AT&T eats a $15.5 billion impairment charge as DirecTV debacle continues
58:51 - Nintendo Faces Complaint Over ‘Joy-Con Drift’ on Switch Console
1:00:07 - Google spells out consequences of Apple's privacy push and IDFA changes
1:01:28 - Just 1 in 10 companies expect all employees to return to the office
1:03:37 - Axiom names first private crew paying $55 million for a trip to the ISS
1:05:25 - Microsoft mocks Apple’s doomed Touch Bar in new Surface ad
1:06:43 - Plex Arcade is a retro video game streaming service that excludes Linux users
1:08:10 - Apple execs discussed not ‘leaving money on the table’ when setting Apple TV subscription fees
1:09:26 - Average U.S. iPhone price hits a record $873
1:10:59 - Google eyes privacy-friendly substitute to cookies
1:13:51 - Google workers to form global union alliance
1:14:45 - Apple Watch Series 7 Rumored to Feature Blood Glucose Monitoring
1:16:51 - What Was Microsoft Trying To Pull With Its Insta-Killed Xbox Live Gold Price Hike?
1:18:28 - GitHub Restores NYAA Repository As It Isn’t Clearly ‘Preconfigured to Infringe’
1:20:30 - Samsung Is Said to Mull $10 Billion Texas Chipmaking Plant
1:21:01 - Myopia correcting 'smart glasses' from Japan to be sold in Asia
1:25:48 - Apple's Tim Cook criticizes social media practices, intensifying Facebook conflict
1:26:53 - Facebook Preps Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple
1:29:21 - Facebook’s secret settlement on Cambridge Analytica gags UK data watchdog
1:30:56 - Facebook is referring Trump ban to its Oversight Board
1:32:14 - Some pro-Trump extremists used Facebook to plan Capitol attack, report finds
1:35:03 - TikTok competitors Clash and Byte are merging
1:36:20 - ByteDance is cutting jobs in India amid prolonged TikTok ban
1:37:18 - YouTube extends Trump's suspension for a second time
1:39:39 - Twitter (TWTR) Acquires Newsletter Startup Revue to Expand Business
1:40:44 - Twitter launches 'Birdwatch,' a forum to combat misinformation