Level1 News February 14 2022: Patreon Edition! (Patreon)

Level1 News February 14 2022: Patreon Edition!

https://www.linode.com/level1techs https://www.one-tab.com/page/jOxhQPPnSPyJbPYZ2R083w https://www.one-tab.com/page/Znml83xyQLWKIXkBifvfTg https://www.one-tab.com/page/IvEYoZAWQb6VvMS1TDrRSg 0:00 - Intro 2:01 - IRS to end use of facial recognition to identify taxpayers 3:10 - Virginia Dem attacks Pelosi-backed proposal on stock restrictions 4:26 - Congress Proposes $500 Million for Negative News Coverage of China 8:49 - Feds seize $3.6 billion in bitcoin stolen from Bitfinex hack 13:01 - New algorithm bill could force Facebook to change how the news feed works 14:43 - Senators allege CIA collected data on Americans in warrantless searches 15:25 - SEC looking into Apple’s use of nondisclosure agreements, whistleblower says 16:44 - Four fast chargers every 50 miles—US unveils EV infrastructure plan 18:52 - A fight over the right to repair cars turns ugly 20:23 - NSO Group Gave Pegasus Spyware Demo to the NYPD 21:45 - Inquiry finds Israeli police used spyware against three people, report says 23:01 - FCC's 'rip and replace' for ZTE and Huawei balloons to $5.6B 24:44 - Ontario freezes funds from GiveSendGo trucker convoy fundraiser 29:13 - A report detailed the China-U.S. tech gap. Then it disappeared. 30:09 - Amazon Calls UK Grocer-Label Decision 'Chilling' 31:44 - Google sued in Europe for $2.4BN in damages over Shopping antitrust case 34:49 - Adult sites will be legally required to verify users' age 35:51 - Dutch watchdog fines Apple $5.7 million again in App Store dispute 37:11 - Search Engines Will Deindex All Domains That Have 100+ Links to Pirated Content 38:15 - Poland Army adds new cyber component with offensive capabilities 39:13 - Apple says a ‘small portion’ of iPhones recorded interactions with Siri even if you opted out 40:51 - ExpressVPN offering $100,000 to first person who hacks its servers 41:51 - The Unnerving Rise of Video Games that Spy on You 43:42 - Breach of state database may expose personal information 44:32 - News Corp. hacked, reporters targeted; believed China-linked 45:42 - Apple Releases iOS, iPadOS, macOS Updates to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw 47:02 - Microsoft announces plan for open, "universal" app store 49:18 - It's official: Nvidia is now worth more than Meta 52:13 - Intel invests in open-source RISC-V processors, creates billion-dollar fund 54:17 - Amazon raises base salary cap to $350,000 for corporate, tech workers 55:35 - Every M1 Mac is due for a 2022 refresh with faster M2 chip, new designs 57:41 - Apple changes employees’ titles to ‘associate’ after they leave 58:52 - Amazon increases the price of Prime nearly 17% to $139 per year 1:00:35 - Alfa Romeo Is Building NFTs Into Latest Hybrid Car to Record Vehicle Data 1:02:52 - Ubisoft Gifts Unpopular NFT Scam To Ghost Recon Developers 1:05:55 - Salesforce tells employees it's working on NFT cloud service 1:06:41 - Traders are selling themselves their own NFTs to drive up prices 1:08:05 - Mysterious glitch has Mazda drivers stuck on public radio 1:10:42 - Cash App Integrates Bitcoin’s Lightning Network 1:12:53 - Bitcoin a lifeline for sex workers, like ex-nurse making $1.3 million 1:15:17 - Rockstar Confirms ‘GTA 6’ Is In Active Production At Last, With A Potential Catch 1:16:17 - Inside Google's Plan to Salvage Its Stadia Gaming Service 1:18:26 - Western Digital says contamination impacting production at Japanese facilities 1:19:49 - Peng Shuai: Weibo post sparked 'huge misunderstanding' 1:21:22 - Ted Cruz tweets about rising Cancun flight costs ahead of another Texas winter storm 1:22:46 - TikTok shares your data more than any other social media app 1:23:50 - Meta freezes Novi digital wallet project 1:24:34 - Twitter ‘Downvote’ Goes Global, But Will It Be A Good Feature? 1:25:58 - Meta Is Absolutely Not Threatening to Leave Europe 1:26:54 - Meta Adds ‘Personal Boundary’ Feature to VR Worlds 1:28:20 - Samsung held an event in the metaverse. And it didn't quite go to plan 1:30:59 - Robot Dogs Take Another Step Towards Deployment at the Border 1:32:28 - DARPA flies a Black Hawk helicopter without a pilot for 30 minutes 1:33:35 - A geomagnetic storm may have effectively destroyed 40 SpaceX Starlink satellites 1:35:00 - NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build rocket to carry Mars samples back to Earth 1:35:55 - Clearview AI Is Working on Augmented Reality Goggles for Air Force Security 1:37:07 - Astra launch of NASA-sponsored cubesats fails 1:38:23 - Russian Minecraft ‘terrorist’ gets 5 years in jail 1:40:31 - 'Bored' museum security guard draws eyes on pricey Russian painting 1:42:53 - Question about Pokémon in a Carabinieri competition: the union intervenes 1:44:20 - Tens of thousands of bees stolen from grocery store’s central Pa. headquarters