Level1 News May 24 2021: Patron Edition (Patreon)

Level1 News May 24 2021: Patron Edition

https://www.linode.com/level1techs https://www.one-tab.com/page/M82lVcARR7mTV8aDxzuGsg https://www.one-tab.com/page/8IlEyPRPRlqCWHLJf9c1QA https://www.one-tab.com/page/8B3-KvNXRfazYRXfuyPlVg 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - Verizon forces users onto pricier plans to get $50-per-month gov’t subsidy 3:31 - Frontier lied about internet speed, FTC says in post-net neutrality case 5:46 - A federal government left ‘completely blind’ on cyberattacks looks to force reporting 6:51 - Amazon internal messages show the FTC is prodding the tech giant to punish fake-review schemers 8:00 - U.S. Treasury calls for stricter cryptocurrency compliance with IRS, says they pose tax evasion risk 8:55 - When It Comes to Taxes, Being Tracked Can Be a Good Thing 10:54 - Fullerton settles lawsuit against bloggers, recants accusations of criminal hacking 13:36 - Facebook says government internet shutdowns are on the rise 15:32 - Facebook Loses Challenge to Irish Watchdog Group 16:29 - Tech's non-compete agreements hurt workers and anger some lawmakers 18:22 - FBI Has Gained Access to Sci-Hub Founder's Apple Account, Email Claims 20:26 - Biden filmed putting the Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup through its paces 21:16 - Huawei's cloud services find government buyers 22:09 - China bans financial, payment institutions from cryptocurrency business 22:47 - Russia, racing to beat Tom Cruise and NASA to first movie shot in space, picks its cast 24:05 - Twitter verification process open for first time since 2017 25:42 - Founder of TikTok owner ByteDance to step down as CEO 26:53 - Researchers Worry Facebook Is Muddying Platform's Link To Depression 28:13 - Google Photos will soon make animated photos from your still shots 30:21 - Trump Justice Dept. Tried to Use Grand Jury to Identify Nunes Critic on Twitter 32:05 - Parler returns to Apple’s App Store, names new CEO 33:43 - Microsoft’s LinkedIn Accused by Noted China Critic of Censorship 34:29 - The app that lets you pay to control another person's life 38:04 - Taiwan’s TSMC claims breakthrough on 1nm chips 39:46 - TSMC is considering a 3 nm foundry in Arizona 41:33 - Nvidia is nerfing new RTX 3080 and 3070 cards for Ethereum cryptocurrency mining 42:21 - Apple (AAPL) Readies MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Revamps With Faster Chips 43:45 - Apple drove $400 billion a year in physical goods via App Store, spends $50M on WWDC 45:01 - Apple has developed a way to deliver true 3D content on Device Displays without requiring the use of 3D Glasses 46:11 - Bitcoin, Ethereum prices drop after China reiterates ban on crypto services 47:16 - Epic Tries to Show Apple Is Antitrust Violator Beyond App Store 48:57 - Amazon in Talks With MGM About Potential Acquisition 50:33 - AT&T (T) to Merge Media Assets With Discovery (DISCA) in $130 Billion Deal 51:28 - Zoom Events will try to re-create the in-person conference experience 53:18 - Google’s Project Starline Videoconference Tech Wants to Turn You Into a Hologram 54:33 - First physical Google Store opening in New York City 55:55 - Ford unveils the F-150 Lightning, its all-electric pickup truck that will start under $40,000 58:03 - Freenode IRC staff quit after new owner "seizes" control of network 59:41 - NBN replaces 10,000 modems after lightning ‘fries’ devices across Blue Mountains 1:00:49 - Mahle's cheap, highly efficient new EV motor uses no magnets 1:02:08 - Google shows off Android 12’s huge UI overhaul 1:05:53 - Behold! China unveils 1st Mars photos from Zhurong rover 1:07:24 - Rocket Lab loses two satellites but still aims to recover a rocket 1:08:16 - Sidewalk Labs launches Pebble, a sensor that uses real-time data to manage city parking 1:09:44 - This AI tool writes real estate descriptions without ever stepping inside a home 1:12:35 - Amazon extends moratorium on police use of facial recognition software 1:13:42 - Colonial Pipeline hackers Darkside received $90 million in bitcoin 1:14:23 - CNA Financial Paid Hackers $40 Million in Ransom After March Cyberattack 1:15:00 - Microsoft warns of malware campaign spreading a RAT masquerading as ransomware 1:16:22 - Eufycam Wi-Fi security cameras streamed video feeds from other people's homes 1:18:29 - Delete Search History: Google Adds Feature to Zap Recent History in Privacy Push 1:19:40 - Try This One Weird Trick Russian Hackers Hate 1:21:49 - Audacity bows to public pressure and says it will NOT collect telemetry data from users 1:22:51 - Amazon's Sidewalk Network Is Turned On by Default. Here's How to Turn It Off 1:24:57 - Huawei’s ability to eavesdrop on Dutch mobile users is a wake-up call for the telecoms industry 1:25:49 - Cloudflare wants to kill the CAPTCHA 1:27:08 - Toshiba Tech France says it has been hacked by DarkSide 1:28:29 - Tiny, Wireless, Injectable Chips Use Ultrasound to Monitor Body Processes 1:29:57 - Tor users, beware: 'Scheme flooding' technique may be used to deanonymize you 1:31:18 - Craig Federighi says the Mac has an ‘unacceptable' malware problem