Level1 News March 14 2022: Patreon Edition!
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0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Ukraine Prepares Potential Move of Sensitive Data to Another Country
2:19 - Russia creates its own TLS certificate authority to bypass sanctions
3:12 - How Russians are using VPNs to evade internet blockade
4:13 - Internet Backbone Giant Lumen Shuns .RU
4:55 - Russia mulls legalizing software piracy as it’s cut off from Western tech
5:49 - Russia allows patent theft from anyone in ‘unfriendly’ countries
6:54 - DuckDuckGo to Down-Rank Sites Associated With Russian Disinformation
9:00 - Coinbase Blocks 25,000 Crypto Wallets Linked to Russian Users
9:46 - Ukraine asked for donations in crypto. Then things got weird.
13:03 - Amazon referred to DOJ for potential criminal obstruction of Congress
13:31 - Bitcoin (BTC) falls following Biden crypto executive order gains
14:52 - Georgia Senate passes bill seeking to regulate social media
16:56 - Rolls-Royce SMR design accepted for review
20:06 - Italy fines Clearview AI €20M and orders data deleted
21:23 - China led world with 500,000 electric car exports in 2021
21:59 - China hacking: Cybersecurity firm says Chinese hackers breached six US state agencies
22:42 - Ukraine and US targeted by cybersecurity attacks in run-up to Russian invasion
23:58 - Transparency Org Releases Alleged Leak of Russian Censorship Agency
24:44 - Samsung confirms Galaxy source code breach but says no customer information was stolen
25:07 - Stolen Nvidia certificates used to hide malware in driver downloads
27:04 - Linux has been bitten by its most high-severity vulnerability in years
28:28 - Attackers can force Amazon Echos to hack themselves with self-issued commands
29:19 - Red Rocks Amphitheater will no longer use Amazon's palm-scanning tech
30:03 - George Washington University apologizes for monitoring student and staff locations
33:17 - Apple’s Mac Studio: a new M1 desktop for professionals
34:32 - Apple announces its new M1 Ultra desktop processor
35:32 - Apple Confirms Studio Display Will Work With PCs, But With Some Caveats
36:00 - Apple Announces New iPhone SE With A15 Bionic and 5G Connectivity
36:55 - How top smartphone and laptop brands stack up on repair
38:12 - Google to acquire cybersecurity company Mandiant for $5.4B
38:46 - Google hints at Windows games running on Stadia
40:18 - HTC pivots from blockchain to the metaverse for its next smartphone gimmick
41:40 - Concept Touchscreen Uses Temperature to Create Feel of Friction
43:07 - Azure moves ahead of AWS in cloud adoption
43:52 - Microsoft is finally bringing tabs to File Explorer on Windows 11
45:16 - Russian gig workers are left without income as tech companies pull out of the country
45:54 - Red Hat ends Russia business, evacuates Ukraine employees
46:49 - Amazon suppliers linked to forced labor in China, watchdog group says
47:45 - The Steam Deck now runs Windows
48:45 - Amazon board approves 20-for-1 stock split, its first since before the dot-com bust
50:49 - LimeWire is back... as an NFT marketplace
52:03 - Better.com employees learned of layoffs when severance checks appeared in payroll app
52:55 - Fraud Is Flourishing on Zelle. The Banks Say It’s Not Their Problem.
54:03 - Why the Fitbit Ionic Is Being Recalled and How to Get a Refund
55:02 - Amazon Pharmacy partners with health plans for discount drugs
57:32 - Tesla increases prices of long-range versions of Model 3 and Model Y as nickel prices surge
59:19 - NASA is opening a vacuum-sealed sample it took from the moon 50 years ago
1:00:11 - NASA’s human Moon lander program finally gets full funding in new budget bill
1:01:04 - Russia threatens to abandon American astronaut in space as sanctions threaten peace aboard International Space Station
1:02:11 - Ukrainian drone enthusiasts sign up to repel Russian forces
1:03:13 - Cruise, Waymo can now charge for SF robotaxi rides
1:04:58 - Grunt of the litter: scientists use AI to decode pig calls
1:06:03 - AI algorithms can restore damaged ancient texts
1:08:43 - The new silent majority: People who don't tweet
1:10:14 - YouTube offers popular podcasts $50K in cash to pivot to video
1:12:57 - Facebook Group admins can now auto-reject posts that fact-checkers have debunked
1:13:40 - HBO hit with class action lawsuit for allegedly sharing subscriber data with Facebook
1:15:14 - Facebook, Instagram to allow calls for violence against Russians temporarily
1:16:55 - Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death calls on Facebook
1:18:51 - Tinder rolls out in-app access to background checks, powered by nonprofit Garbo
1:20:14 - Joe Biden is a fossil: 328m-year-old vampire squid named after president
1:22:19 - Doctor Apologizes for Ranting About ‘Console Wars’ From Operating Room
1:23:49 - Millions of Palm-Sized Flying Spiders Could Invade the East Coast