Level1 Links with Friends October 26 2026: Patreon Edition!!!
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon for potential use at border | CNN Politics
2:59 - The Pentagon is quietly building an elite new tech sabotage agency
4:18 - DHS Said They Searched Man Who Wiped GrapheneOS Phone for Child Abuse Material. They Lied
6:01 - NYPD in negotiations to use new AI-driven technology that will make it easier to track cell phones
7:02 - DeepSeek banned from US government in race with China for AI dominance
8:08 - How the Trump Administration Politicized the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
10:59 - FCC chair warns media not to run the "fake polls" Trump keeps complaining about
12:33 - A judge lets Denuvo subpoena Discord, Reddit, and Steam to unmask the cracker Voices38
13:25 - New Bill Would Force Data Centers to Pay Their Own Power Costs
15:31 - A Savannah police officer gave her Flock login to her ICE agent husband
16:34 - Cops Warned to Look for ‘Suspicious Behavior’ From People Opposing Flock at City Council Meetings
17:58 - Texas robbery conviction challenged over Flock camera search
19:39 - Greg Abbott raked in $9 million from data center donors
20:47 - Google staff resign in backlash over its AI contracts with military
21:36 - Russian Satellite's Unprecedented Shadowing Of A Very Particular Radar Imaging Satellite Is A Big Deal
23:14 - DeSantis pledges to legalize Tesla’s flying Roadster in Florida
23:59 - Palantir Targets MPs With ‘Intimidating’ Letters
24:59 - ‘Laser weapons will fundamentally change air defense’: South Korea’s Cheongwang laser downs 3 drones in live military trial
26:02 - Beijing Launches National Data Group to Feed AI Ambitions
26:43 - Drone Strike Hits Russia’s VKontakte Data Center, Knocking Services Offline as St. Petersburg Faces Blackouts
27:42 - Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion after Cambridge Analytica trial
29:31 - Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs
30:37 - Meta Performs Stock Split to Keep Zuckerberg in Control
32:01 - Even LinkedIn is getting tired of your AI-written posts
33:17 - YouTube explains why the dislike button is disappearing from some videos
35:16 - EBay to lay off 9% of workforce in push to simplify operations, internal memo shows
36:37 - The MapQuest Renaissance Continues as the Platform Adds Flock Camera Locations
37:20 - Electronic Arts is shutting down BioWare and cutting jobs
38:34 - Rep. Ritchie Torres Announces Congressional Legislation To Protect Video Game Ownership: 'If You Pay For It, You Own It'
39:25 - PS5 console jailbreak on latest 14.10 firmware shared before GTA 6 release date
40:24 - 'Grand Theft Auto 6' launch could cost US economy $1 billion
41:44 - Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash
42:51 - Elon Musk confirms he is considering merging Tesla and SpaceX
44:01 - Elon Musk says he will give a SpaceX share to ‘every kid in America'
45:06 - iPhone Duo sells out immediately, now backordered until next year
45:39 - Nvidia RTX 5090 shipment worth $470,000 goes missing in Brazilian airport — two pallets disappear, distributor seeks explanations but met with zero answers
46:39 - Microsoft reportedly projects $1,200 to $1,800 price for 2028 Project Helix
47:16 - Microsoft abandons UK AI supercomputer as grid struggles to keep up
48:04 - No mic? Samsung TVs may hijack your soundbar to listen in, researcher claims
48:56 - Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant
49:40 - TP-Link Moves To Assemble Routers In The US Following An Import Ban
51:01 - ‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre
52:13 - Websites across the world taken down to protect systems as critical cyber-security update issued
53:27 - Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys compromised – one of them was the number ‘4'
54:38 - A hacker broke into John Deere and SharkNinja with an army of AI agents
55:12 - Florida DMV hacked after police dept insecurely stored login info
55:30 - Hackers steal personal data of millions of California students in massive breach
55:53 - More than 1.5 million Canadian Crime Stoppers tips leaked, CBC exclusive finds
56:48 - Hackers hijack D-Link, Ubiquiti devices to resell your stolen bandwidth
57:36 - Does opting out of smart TV tracking work? Research finds “suspicious” traffic.
58:28 - Spotify is asking Family plan members to scan a QR code to prove they live with the account owner
59:18 - Someone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison
1:00:30 - Cops left the force. They kept tracking people with a powerful camera network.
1:02:17 - Anthropic posts staggering $80.7 billion net loss in first half of 2026 as IPO approaches
1:04:04 - Anthropic to commit 5% stake to new public benefit fund
1:06:02 - Anthropic wants AI models blocked only if they threaten over $1 billion in damage or more than 50 deaths or serious injuries