Links With Friends #1 LIVE - 2024

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“Links Looked At”

Govt

1. Us

2. Amazon.com, Inc. - 662503 - 12/20/2023 | FDA

3. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/27/apple-watch-import-ban-temporarily-stopped-by-us-appeals-court-.html

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. Chief justice centers Supreme Court annual report on AI’s dangers | The Hill

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

12. https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/28/india-government-agency-seeks-to-block-binance-and-kraken/

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. China Is Stealing AI Secrets to Turbocharge Spying, U.S. Says - WSJ

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

9. Euro

10. EU competition chief defends Artificial Intelligence Act after Macron’s attack

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. Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Raising Millions to Reinvent Transit - Bloomberg

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. Google Rejected Play Store Fee Changes for Hit on Sales, Epic Lawsuit Shows - Bloomberg

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 | AP News

4. She Spent Her Inheritance Sending Money to TikTok Livestreamers

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.