Links With Friends #1 LIVE - 2024

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“Links Looked At”

Govt

1. Us

2. https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/amazoncom-inc-662503-12202023

3. Apple will sell latest Apple Watch models again after import ban temporarily stopped by U.S. appeals court

4. AI companies would be required to disclose copyrighted training data under new bill | The Verge

5. US commits to landing an international astronaut on the Moon - Ars Technica

6. Massachusetts lawmakers mull 'killer robot' bill | TechCrunch

7. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4383324-chief-justice-centers-supreme-court-annual-report-on-ais-dangers/

8. Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen submitted fake case citations

9. https://www.krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/pornhub-blocks-access-in-montana

10. Asia

11. Korea to launch new ‘digital nomad’ visa on Jan. 1 - The Korea Herald

12. India to block crypto exchanges Binance, Kraken websites | TechCrunch

13. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/27/india-apple-iphone-hacking/

14. Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies - Nikkei Asia

15. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-is-stealing-ai-secrets-to-turbocharge-spying-u-s-says-00413594

1. https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/china/china-ai-spying-fbi/

6. China to tighten controls on video gaming industry, prompting sell-off in Tencent and NetEase shares | South China Morning Post

7. Worldcoin is no longer offering Orb-verification in India, Brazil and France | TechCrunch

8. Seoul to increase AI-backed surveillance to prevent crime - The Korea Herald

9. Euro

10. Subscribe to read

11. Retailers to pay for consumers’ e-waste recycling from 2026 under UK plans | Recycling | The Guardian

12. Police to be able to run face recognition searches on 50m driving licence holders | Facial recognition | The Guardian

13. Coroner calls on Google and Amazon to act after British woman’s suicide | UK news | The Guardian

14. Africa

15. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-central-bank-lifts-ban-crypto-trading-2023-12-23/

Business

1. Hardware

2. https://www.motortrend.com/features/digital-twin-technology-virtual-car-copy/

3. Volkswagen-backed JAC Yiwei EV powered by sodium-ion battery starts mass production in China

4. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/27/business/daihatsu-japan-production-halt-safety-tests-intl-hnk/index.html

5. Nvidia's RTX 4090 returns to China 11% slower than before • The Register

6. First details on Microsoft's AI-powered Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for 2024 | Windows Central

7. Amazon plans to make its own hydrogen to power vehicles | The Verge

8. Xiaomi's first EV is the freshest take on a 'smartphone on wheels' | TechCrunch

9. Apple Vision Pro tipped for late Jan/early Feb release | TechCrunch

10. The 12VO power standard appears to be gaining steam — new standard will reduce PC cabling and costs | Tom's Hardware

11. https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-ending-support-windows-10-could-send-240-mln-pcs-landfills-report-2023-12-21/

12. I tested Meteor Lake CPUs on Intel's optimized AI tools: AMD's chips often beat them | Tom's Hardware

13. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-21/hyperloop-one-to-shut-down-after-raising-millions-to-reinvent-transit

14. TSMC working towards a future with trillion-transistor chips, 1nm-class manufacturing | TechSpot

15. LG’s new ultra-lightweight Gram laptops include some OLED screens and AI Boost | The Verge

16. Vizio agrees to pay $3 million for alleged ‘false’ refresh rate claims | The Verge

17. Software

18. It’s “shakeout” time as losses of Netflix rivals top $5 billion - Ars Technica

19. Linux is the only OS to support diagonal PC monitor mode — dev champions the case for 22-degree-rotation computing | Tom's Hardware

20. ‘No Laughing Matter:’ Clowns Sue Clowns.com for Wage Theft

21. Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit - Ars Technica

22. Amazon Prime Video will start showing ads on January 29th | The Verge

23. https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-11-reinstall-os-windows-update/

24. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-22/google-rejected-play-store-fee-changes-for-hit-on-sales-epic-lawsuit-shows

25. Apple vs. Beeper: The Battle Over iMessage on Android Explained - CNET

26. Apple Wants to Partner With Major Publishers to Train AI - MacRumors

27. PlayStation will not delete Discovery TV shows after all | GamesIndustry.biz

Social

1. Generic

2. MSN

3. Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds

4. She Spent Her Inheritance Sending Money to TikTok Livestreamers - Business Insider

Security

1. Amnesty confirms Apple warning: Indian journalists' iPhones infected with Pegasus spyware | TechCrunch
2. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/us-intelligence-officials-determined-chinese-spy-balloon-used-us-inter-rcna131150
3. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-disables-msix-protocol-handler-abused-in-malware-attacks/
4. https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-targets-albanian-parliaments-data-system-halting-its-work/
5. https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/researchers-come-up-with-better-idea-to-prevent-airtag-stalking/
6. https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/12/exploit-used-in-mass-iphone-infection-campaign-targeted-secret-hardware-feature/
7. https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/26/cbs-paramount-owner-national-amusements-hacked/
8. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gta-5-source-code-reportedly-leaked-online-a-year-after-rockstar-hack/
9. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mint-mobile-discloses-new-data-breach-exposing-customer-data/
10. https://www.fastcompany.com/91002831/us-water-utilities-hacked-cybersecurity
11. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/game-mod-on-steam-breached-to-push-password-stealing-malware/

Robot

1. Ai

2. https://www.ft.com/content/e1f83331-ac65-4395-a542-651b7df0d454

3. https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/29/github-makes-copilot-chat-generally-available-letting-devs-ask-questions-about-code/

4. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/ny-times-sues-open-ai-microsoft-over-copyright-infringement/

5. https://www.reuters.com/technology/baidus-chatgpt-like-ernie-bot-has-more-than-100-mln-users-cto-2023-12-28/

6. https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-quietly-launches-dedicated-copilot-app-for-android/

7. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/employers-are-offering-a-new-worker-benefit-wellness-chatbots-cc298b20

8. https://www.ft.com/content/c6b47d24-b435-4f41-b197-2d826cce9532

9. https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4372206-for-microsoft-the-openai-tumult-is-heads-i-win-tails-you-lose/

10. https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-talks-raise-new-funding-100-bln-valuation-bloomberg-news-2023-12-22/

11. https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/india-boosts-ai-weather-forecasts-floods-droughts-increase-2023-12-22/

12. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/report-google-ads-restructure-could-replace-some-sales-jobs-with-ai/

13. https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/12/19/predictive-ai-human-lifespan-model/

14. Actual

15. Space

16. https://www.space.com/spacex-final-rocket-launches-2023-photos-video

17. https://torrentfreak.com/reckless-dmca-deindexing-pushes-nasas-artemis-towards-black-hole-231226/

Nonsense

1. Entertainment

2. https://www.npr.org/2023/12/28/1221988663/pierce-brosnan-charges-yellowstone

3. https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/12/30/aquaman-and-the-lost-kingdom-has-made-12-of-aquaman/

4. https://apnews.com/article/hockey-handshakes-banned-36cdfa1ad3fd1e3fa27c6f798fcbd853

5. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-odor-adam-kinzinger-b2468213.html

6. https://collider.com/alien-franchise-childrens-book/

7. https://www.joblo.com/bambi-the-reckoning-director-cast/

8. https://gonintendo.com/contents/30328-study-finds-playing-super-mario-odyssey-cuts-depression-symptoms-by-nearly-50

9. https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231225000083

10. Poop

11. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-67771640

12. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-man-urinating-on-train-track-dies-after-being-hit-by-flying-cow

13. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67841958

14. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/chinese-chess-champion-stripped-of-title-after-defecating-in-hotel-bathtub

15. Animal

16. https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/llama-therapy-at-portland-airport-eases-holiday-travel-stress/

17. https://www.science.org/content/article/not-dumb-creatures-livestock-surprise-scientists-their-complex-emotional-minds

18. https://www.newsweek.com/sol-de-janeiro-body-lotion-attracting-wolf-spiders-1856504

19. https://inshort.geartape.com/sacred-stones-worshipped-for-generations-in-india-turn-out-to-be-dinosaur-eggs/

20. https://wreg.com/news/local/bartlett-police-capture-giant-beaver-inside-st-francis-hospital/

21. https://www.newsweek.com/wild-turkey-cuts-power-thousands-homes-christmas-eve-1855320

22. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/22/zombie-deer-disease-yellowstone-scientists-fears-fatal-chronic-wasting-disease-cwd-jump-species-barrier-humans-aoe

23. Food and drug

24. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/22/vibrating-pill-may-give-dieters-a-feeling-of-fullness-study-suggests

25. https://www.pennlive.com/life/2023/12/woman-sues-hersheys-co-over-reeses-pumpkins-without-faces.html

26. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-67841188

27. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/21/elite-louisville-police-unit-slushygate-video/71998698007/

28. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/woman-fined-mosquito-breeding-toilet-bowl-national-environment-agency-4015856

29. https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/men-arrested-with-1-000-in-stolen-butter-1.6703164

30. Crime

31. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-man-convicted-21st-time-for-impaired-driving-believed-to-be-most-in-canadian-history-police-1.6704914

32. https://wlos.com/news/nation-world/philadelphia-bans-ski-masks-in-public-spaces-over-crime-concerns-take-them-jawns-off-philly-violence-criminals-ski-masks-sheisties-mid-atlantic-pennsylvania-pa-keystone-city-council

33. https://www.wral.com/story/nobody-was-picking-up-durham-woman-calls-911-during-emergency-no-one-answers/21206386/

34. https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/12/23/east-cleveland-police-chief-under-fire-apparent-racist-memes-affil-vpx.woio

35. Education

36. https://news.sky.com/story/crap-parents-behind-struggling-children-tory-mp-james-frith-claims-13038891?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter

37. https://www.wect.com/2023/12/28/university-chancellor-says-he-was-fired-producing-appearing-porn/

[nx2l]

ah the memories

[Specter]

I made a Level 1 Bingo card for us to play along with:

bingobaker DOT com/view/6843660

Spaces hit so far - Key in reply below:
6, 7, 26, 25, 24, 18, 23, 27.

@Me with a VoD timestamp if I missed any.

[Specter]

Bingo Call List:

• We got close to “Star Trek…” but instead got “Isaac Asimov’s Foundation”
• We learned that Krista saw Jurassic Park when she was 5 and it still lives rent free in her dreams (nightmares).

[Grokas]

Editor Amber!

[Trooper_ish]

@Level1_Amber is Best host…

[mutation666]

We need a full crews hang out show some time

[Level1_Amber]

I look so UGLY xD

[Level1_Amber]

Unrecognized talent

[mutation666]

We need a down vote button or reaction emoji besides just <3

[Trooper_ish]

But the imperfections provide the true beauty!

Wait, I mean, there are no imperfections.

But then, that would mean no beauty.

Dangit, what have I done…

[Level1_Amber]

✂️ Crockpot Pepsi

[Specter]

Was almost cheering for there to be a stream screwup… oddly I didn’t notice any paywalled stories. So close…

[Level1_Amber]

There was one toward the beginning I think. Idk might be wrong lol

[Bob_Mader]

Great show! Byeeeee!..

[regulareel]

Can someone please explain to me what exactly crockpot pepsi is?

[Trooper_ish]

is it a way of trying to make bepis taste tolerable, by heating up, more like Mulled Wine?

[redocbew]

Crockpot

Slow cooker

Add Pepsi and heat.

The what is easy. The why is unfathomable.