Level1 News February 21 2022: Patreon Edition!
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0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Rebuffing cable lobby, FCC bans deals that block competition in apartments
2:28 - Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo urges Congress to pass semiconductor funding bills that could impact Intel's Ohio plans
3:22 - US accuses financial website of spreading Russian propaganda
5:20 - Biden seen issuing crypto oversight exec order next week
6:24 - SEC ratchets up crypto crackdown
8:41 - US Agencies Say Russian Hackers Compromised Defense Contractors
10:03 - Cole County prosecutor declines to charge Post-Dispatch reporter targeted by Parson
11:30 - Nintendo Enemy Bowser Scores 3-Year Prison Sentence For Selling Switch Hacks
13:38 - FDA clears first smartphone app for insulin delivery
14:33 - Bipartisan Senate Proposal Raises Alarm Over El Salvador's Bitcoin Adoption
14:44 - El Salvador leader tells 'boomer' US senators to stand down over bitcoin adoption
16:29 - The US will finally allow adaptive beam headlights on new cars
18:55 - New York Is Using Cameras With Microphones to Ticket Loud Cars
20:54 - Apple and Google face Netherlands class action
21:48 - France’s privacy watchdog latest to find Google Analytics breaches GDPR
22:50 - Cryptocurrency is akin to ‘Ponzi scheme’ and banning it is ‘perhaps the most advisable choice’, says India’s Central Bank
23:57 - Ukraine's Military and Banks Hit By Apparent DDoS Cyberattack Campaign
25:06 - The one where 'Friends' gets censored in China
27:18 - Why you can't have legs in virtual reality (yet)
28:37 - Zuckerberg coldly explains to Facebook staff they are now to be known as "Metamates"
30:55 - JPMorgan thinks the metaverse is a $1 trillion yearly opportunity and opens the first virtual bank
32:04 - Texas sues Meta, saying it misused facial recognition data
33:08 - Meta Wouldn’t Tell Us How It Enforces Its Rules In VR, So We Ran A Test To Find Out
35:31 - Playboy plans to join the metaverse
37:19 - YouTube’s Olympics Highlights Are Riddled With Propaganda
38:22 - Twitter officially launches labels to identify the ‘good bots’
39:34 - Researchers warn that social media may be ‘fundamentally at odds’ with science
42:31 - Akamai to Acquire Linode
45:30 - NYSE files trademark for OpenSea-like NFT marketplace
46:27 - Intel to buy Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion
47:26 - AMD Closes Xilinx Deal: First Products Expected in 2023
48:13 - How SoftBank’s costly bet on the “Internet of things” backfired at Arm
49:20 - IBM sued for age discrimination
51:47 - Intel Thread Director Is Headed To Linux For A Major Boost In Alder Lake Performance
52:44 - Intel to Enter Bitcoin Mining Market With Energy-Efficient Hardware
53:28 - You’ll need a Microsoft account to set up future versions of Windows 11 Pro
56:14 - Nintendo Closing 3DS, Wii U Shops, Kills Classic Game Ownership
58:35 - Google Plans Privacy Changes, but Promises to Not Be Disruptive
58:58 - Android 13 virtualization hack runs Windows (and Doom) in a VM on Android
1:01:09 - Google is bringing Chrome OS to PCs and Macs
1:02:36 - Newegg apologises for well-documented customer service fail, says it has enacted better policies
1:04:39 - Ericsson investigates in-house bribery scandal tied to ISIS
1:06:33 - Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses
1:07:52 - Divorcing Couples Fight Over the Kids, the House and Now the Crypto
1:09:46 - Lost Ark becomes the second most played game in Steam history after just 24 hours
1:11:31 - Valve releases Steam Deck CAD files allowing anyone to 3D-print custom shells
1:13:26 - Lilbits: Fortnite for Linux isn't happening, Vivo NEX 5 specs leaked, MAME turns 25
1:15:48 - Amazon boots Black Lives Matter off AmazonSmile as scrutiny intensifies
1:17:38 - Tesla Boombox recall: Elon Musk blames 'fun police' for recall of feature that makes fart and goat noises
1:19:22 - Wordle Has Ad Trackers Now That the New York Times Owns It
1:20:18 - DeepMind Has Trained an AI to Control Nuclear Fusion
1:23:21 - South Korea to allow delivery robots on public roads in 2023
1:24:46 - Flagstaff dentist performs dental implant on himself using robotic technology
1:26:16 - AI Outraces Human Champs at the Video Game Gran Turismo
1:27:51 - Virgin Galactic is looking for 1,000 people to buy its $450,000 spaceflight tickets
1:29:20 - China Not SpaceX May Be Source of Rocket Crashing Into Moon
1:30:11 - Behold, the 1st images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope!
1:31:04 - Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported
1:34:47 - How Roblox ‘Beamers’ Get Rich Stealing from Children
1:37:56 - SFPD put rape victims’ DNA into database used to find criminals, DA alleges
1:39:29 - More Polish opposition figures found to have been targeted by Pegasus spyware
1:41:08 - My journey down the rabbit hole of every journalist’s favorite app