Level1 Links with Friends March 16 2026: Floatplane Edition!!!

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0:00 - Intro

1:47 - Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show | Reuters

4:19 - Anthropic sues the Pentagon after being labeled a threat to national security

6:41 - U.S. military tested device that may be tied to Havana Syndrome on rats, sheep, confidential sources say

10:04 - The Trump administration says it can’t process tariff refunds because of computer problems

11:24 - Dana White confirms Kash Patel ‘dead serious’ about UFC fighters training FBI agents

12:29 - DOGE employee stole Social Security data and put it on a thumb drive, report says

14:59 - AI Lobbyists Are Flying Congressional Staffers Around the Country on Luxury Trips

19:52 - U.S. military is using AI to help plan Iran air attacks, sources say, as lawmakers call for oversight

21:49 - Google to Provide Pentagon with Gemini-powered AI agents

23:10 - U.S. customs searched a record number of electronic devices last year

23:58 - Swiss e-vote snafu leaves 2,048 ballots unreadable

24:22 - Meta to charge advertisers a fee to offset Europe's digital taxes

24:48 - German publishers push regulators to fine Apple over ATT

25:41 - Swiss vote places right to use cash in country’s constitution

27:29 - Greece Joins Global Push to Restrict Social Media for Minors Under 16

29:01 - MPs give ministers powers to restrict entire Internet

32:19 - China Moves to Limit Use of OpenClaw AI at Banks, Government Agencies

35:47 - Indonesia to ban social media for children under 16

36:39 - Petition calls to install safety nets on Abdoun Bridge for suicide attempts in Amman

37:48 - Iran Includes American Tech Giants on List of New Targets

39:44 - AI allows hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, study finds

41:00 - Spain’s Sánchez launches AI tool to track hate speech on social media

42:03 - Facebook parent Meta acquires Moltbook, an AI agent social network

45:17 - Atlassian (TEAM) CEO Announces Layoffs of 1,600, Citing AI Shift

48:44 - Binance sues WSJ, panicked by gov’t probes into sanctioned crypto transfers

49:37 - Valve facing second, class-action lawsuit over loot boxes

54:38 - EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch

56:59 - Kalshi sued over ouster of Iran leader prediction market

57:33 - YouTube expands unskippable 30-second ads to TVs after $40 billion revenue year

1:00:59 - AT&T outlines $250 billion US investment plan to boost infrastructure in AI age

1:05:01 - Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing

1:06:17 - 14,000 routers are infected by malware that's highly resistant to takedowns

1:07:54 - FBI investigating breach that reportedly hit wiretapping net

1:09:07 - 1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak

1:09:38 - Major banking app glitch leaks other people’s accounts and wages

1:11:36 - Nvidia Is Planning to Launch an Open-Source AI Agent Platform

1:14:40 - YouTube expands AI deepfake detection to politicians, government officials, and journalists

1:16:46 - Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity's AI shopping agent

1:20:24 - Silicon Valley is buzzing about this new idea: AI compute as compensation

1:21:46 - Oracle is building yesterday's data centers with tomorrow's debt

1:22:49 - Samsung exec says 'vibe coding is very interesting, and something we're looking into' as an option on Galaxy phones in the future

1:27:48 - Hiltzik: In two new court cases, judges find that AI does not have human intelligence

1:28:35 - Legacy Games Media Site VideoGamer Removed From Google After Pivoting To AI-Generated Articles

1:30:17 - Nvidia Will Spend $26 Billion to Build Open-Weight AI Models, Filings Show

1:31:26 - Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant

1:32:44 - Anthropic Isn't Exaggerating About an AI Panopticon

1:33:38 - ChatGPT convinced Illinois woman to fire her human attorney: Lawsuit

1:34:03 - Surgeon's op on patient 1,500 miles away a UK first

1:35:01 - NUBURU Enters the $20B Global Counter-Drone Defense Market as Lyocon Completes Proof-of-Concept for Portable Directed-Energy Laser Platform

1:35:56 - Officer having anxiety attack took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report says

1:37:03 - She graduated with a 3.87 GPA but could barely read, now she's suing a school district in Washington state

1:39:53 - Reform politician criticised for speech on children identifying as cats

1:40:32 - ‘Please, please, please’: Denmark urges citizens to avoid driving as oil prices spike

1:41:01 - 8 Reasons It’s Hard To Watch the Lord of the Rings Trilogy Today

1:47:02 - Head priest of Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh accused of stealing baseball cards from Walmart

1:48:11 - Would you eat space hummus? Scientists grow chickpeas in lunar dirt

1:49:00 - Sly fox sneaks on to cargo ship in Southampton and arrives in New York

1:49:36 - Over puppy yoga? Try it with snakes.

1:50:07 - Illinois bill would create statewide right to keep backyard chickens

1:51:10 - Police warn of crocodiles "absolutely everywhere" after Australia floods

1:52:01 - Ontario man accused of chasing flamingos, taking one to Las Vegas hotel room