Level1 News August 7 2018: Silence of the (Facebook) Apps Patron Edition

1:08 - Tesla shares spike, dealing short-sellers a $1.7 bln loss
3:10 - Tesla is building its own AI chips for self-driving cars
4:28 - Telsa surfboards sell out in just one day as buyers turn to eBay
6:18 - Ancestry, 23andMe and others say they will follow these rules when giving DNA data to businesses or police
8:28 - AT&T Is Sending Collection Agents After Its Own Retirees
11:14 - $50 a month for 1Mbps: How AT&T and Verizon rip off DSL customers
12:18 - Comcast, Charter dominate US; telcos "abandoned rural America", report says
14:10 - Spectrum allegedly throttled content providers Netflix and Riot Games for money
17:12 - Apple hits $1 trillion market cap
20:34 - Facebook shuts off access to user data for hundreds of thousands of apps
22:07 - Record Labels File 'Billion Dollar' Piracy Lawsuit Against ISP Cox
24:52 - Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good To Be Believed. They're Paid For
27:23 - Ding! Always-on Alibaba office app fuels backlash among Chinese workers
30:07 - Spotify takes down Alex Jones podcasts citing 'hate content'
31:27 - San Francisco Officials to Tech Workers: Buy Your Lunch
35:09 - MoviePass will increase price and limit availability of new movies
37:55 - IDC: Smartphone shipments down 1.8% in Q2 2018, Huawei passes Apple for second place
39:13 - Google Categorically Refuses to Remove The Pirate Bay's Homepage
40:48 - Phone and internet use: Number of mobile calls drops for first time
41:59 - Farm to Cradle: Nestlé Experiments with Tracking Gerber Baby Food on the Blockchain
44:43 - The NES Classic is so popular it outsold the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch in June
46:11 - Starbucks team with Microsoft on new payment using bitcoin for lattes
47:50 - Fortnite for Android will ditch Google Play Store for Epic's website
49:57 - Easier streaming services put dent in illegal downloading
51:33 - Facebook insiders sold more stock than usual in the second quarter
53:26 - The Legend of C. Martin Croker, Adult Swim Animator And Voice Actor
55:54 - Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court to Wipe Out Decision Upholding Net Neutrality
58:15 - FCC sides with Google Fiber over Comcast with new pro-competition rule
1:00:10 - In 'Quiet Skies' program, TSA is tracking regular travelers like terrorists in secret surveillance
1:03:07 - 20 Ways to Crack Down on Facebook, Google, and Other Tech Firms
1:06:29 - Pentagon Creates "Do Not Buy" List of Russian, Chinese Software
1:09:03 - Judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns
1:11:00 - Google Plans to Launch Censored Search Engine in China, Leaked Documents Reveal
1:14:27 - Inspector General Says NSA Still Hasn't Implemented Its Post-Snowden Internal Security Measures
1:16:26 - U.S. Congress passes bill forcing tech companies to disclose foreign software probes
1:17:18 - Korea moving to tax Google, Apple, Amazon
1:19:38 - Apple is reportedly ditching the iPhone's free headphone jack dongles
1:21:35 - Intel's 10nm 'Cannon Lake' CPUs Won't Arrive Until 2019 Holiday Season
1:22:35 - With DaaS Windows coming, say goodbye to your PC as you know it
1:25:00 - The Surface Go reviews are in, and… they're a bit all over the place
1:26:40 - Tesla is adding Atari games to the in-car display with next software update
1:28:17 - AMD Creates Quad Core Zen SoC with 24 Vega CUs for Chinese Consoles
1:32:11 - Malware strikes semiconductor manufacturer TSMC causing assembly line shut down
1:31:54 - Tesla asked cops for help during "active shooter threat" which was bogus
1:35:58 - Millions of U.S. Voter Records Exposed on Robocall Company RoboCent's Poorly Configured AWS Cloud Storage
1:36:53 - How a Hacker Allegedly Stole Millions by Hijacking Phone Numbers
1:38:02 - How Criminals Recruit Telecom Employees to Help Them Hijack SIM Cards
1:38:53 - Ticketing app AXS scrapes all the data it can get from your phone
1:40:57 - Steam game pulled from store after allegations of cryptocurrency mining
1:42:40 - BitPaymer Ransomware Infection Forces Alaskan Town to Use Typewriters for a Week
1:43:40 - U.S. charges three Ukrainians in payment card hacking spree
1:44:28 - GE Engineer With Ties to China Accused of Stealing Power Plant Technology
1:46:52 - Reddit had a security incident. Here's what you need to know
1:48:00 - Spotify GDPR Shenanigans
1:52:01 - Windows 10 buggy updates? Our patching is simple, regular, consistent says Microsoft