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October 23, 2024TWiG 791: There's a Pony In There Somewhere - C2PA, Character.ai Lawsuit, Polish AI Radio
Requiem for Raghavan

Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade Thanks to Benjamin Franklin

Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now

Google will block election ads after polls close

LinkedIn is News Publishers' New Best Friend

People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes

Elon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts

Musk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in Texas

Sam Altman's identity and cryptocurrency venture Worldcoin has a rebrand

Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen's Suicide

On-device AI could make apps obsolete

Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law

Controversy after Polish radio station replaces human presenters with AI

Sotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot

Elvis Found Alive

Thank you, Steve Ballmer, for a concert app that made me want to scream

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Nathan Freitas

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2 hr 41 min
October 16, 2024TWiG 790: Invalid URL Removed - Internet Archive Hack, Wordpress Drama
YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic video

Wimbledon tennis tournament replaces line judges with technology in break with tradition

Citizen pruners

The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained

Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users

LLMs don't do formal reasoning - and that is a HUGE problem

Google adds new features for Pixel along with Android 15 rollout

October Pixel Drop: Helpful enhancements for your devices

Google Shopping is getting an AI upgrade as Alphabet looks to monetize investments

Google Shopping's getting a big transformation

The latest Gboard beta lets you switch between Roboto and Google Sans fonts

Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin

Google Messages gets a new feature that makes it easier to keep private

TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege

The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites

Joe Trippi starts a social network: sezus

Short-selling company goes after Roblox to profit

Trump Signals Skepticism of Google Breakup, Citing Competition With China

Defector: Year 4 in review

Doritos to open first restaurant

AI - generated restaurant via Taylor Lorenz

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 55 min
October 09, 2024TWiG 789: Mauritius Compliance - Satoshi Unmasked, End of .io, Megalopolis
More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them

Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto unmasked: Will HBO reveal who really made the cryptocurrency?

How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domain

OpenAI pursues public benefit structure to fend off hostile takeovers

Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI Who Expressed Alarm Over the Technology, Shares Nobel Prize in Physics

Paris Megalopolis review

The Wordpress saga

Justice Department weighs fixes for Google search monopoly

Google's response

U.S. judge orders sweeping changes to Google's Android app store

Why Caroline Calloway Is Staying Put in Sarasota for Hurricane Milton

When Cell Service Is Down, You Can Send iPhone Texts via Satellite

A Google Doc of 2024 Events

Beer can artwork accidentally thrown in bin by staff member at Dutch museum

First a statue. Now Zuck designs a minivan for his wife.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 37 min
October 02, 2024TWiG 788: Sausages in the Mist - CA AI Bill, OpenAI's Future
OpenAI Is A Bad Business

Are We Now Living in a Parasite Culture?

Taylor Lorenz, Chronicler of Digital Culture, Will Start Own Newsletter

Twitter's value in freefall: Fidelity cuts estimate by whopping 79%

Masnick: Gavin Newsom Vetoes Terrible AI Bill 1047, But Brace For Something Worse

Google showcases bizarre double-sided Japanese keyboard, which it won't sell — the keyboard uses a Möbius strip as its foundation

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Emily Forlini

Guest: Ed Zitron

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2 hr 45 min
September 25, 2024TWiG 787: We Hear for You - Meta Connect, Altman's Manifesto
Stanley Is Releasing Collectible Tumblers Every Day This Week to Honor Different Decades of Barbie

EssilorLuxottica extends smart glasses partnership with Meta

Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into 'god mode' with latest AI post

AI conversation about Jeff's book

The Paris show

Exclusive: Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says

Google TV adds several more free channels including The Bob Ross Channel

YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads

Google's passkey syncing makes it easier to move on from passwords

New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free

Google Photos is getting a redesigned video editor

Google's Gemini AI might soon appear in your corporate Workspace

Google Earth AI eliminates clouds

Ahead of Gemini coming to Google Buds, Hey Google & Voice Match Settings Change on Headphones

Quote Origin: I Had Exactly Four Seconds To Hot Up the Disintegrator, and Google Had Told Me It Wasn't Enough

Project Analyzing Human Language Usage Shuts Down Because 'Generative AI Has Polluted the Data'

Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce

Marques Brownlee says 'I hear you' after fans criticize his new wallpaper app

Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for trespassing

McDonald's touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happened

Mullenweg calls WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch providers

Introducing HP Print AI, Industry's First Intelligent Print Experiences

The 90s Executive Yes Man

More Americans – especially young adults – are regularly getting news on TikTok

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 8 min
September 18, 2024TWiG 786: Now That's a Wikifoot - OpenAI o1, Flappy Bird, Instagram for Teens
Google Wins Fight to Scrap $1.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Ads

Exclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers, sources say

Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes

Age verification AI for teen users...?

House panel advances Kids Online Safety Act despite pushback

The Battle to Ban Screens From School Now Includes Chromebooks and Tablets

Trump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency Business

How crypto bros wrested Flappy Bird from its creator

Ex-MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy After Taking Plea Deal

Inside Elon Musk's Mushrooming Security Apparatus

Elizabeth McCafferty was offered £6,000 for images of her bare feet after they appeared on a fetish website without her consent.

The 'feral 25-year-olds' making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTok

Apple's new iOS 18 upgrade doesn't fix the 'green bubble' problems

Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats

Why OpenAI is Hiding its Reasoning Model's 'Thoughts'

Calif. Gov. Newsom Says He's Worried About AI Bill

Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line

Can AI Really Replace Salesforce and Workday?

Mr. Beast's playbook

Google Photos now lets you flip your photos and videos horizontally

Google Chrome getting one-tap notification unsubscribe, starting on Pixel

YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google's AI video model

Google Photos is getting a new 'Ultra HDR' editing option

Finally!! Google Slides adds multi-monitor support for presentations

Chromebook acting weird? Try Google's new ChromeOS 'Sanitize' tool – a lighter, friendlier fix than the full-wipe 'Powerwash' feature

The Office in Oz

Ig Nobels

The Pentium as a Navajo weaving

Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau

Guest: Molly White

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2 hr 23 min
September 11, 2024TWiG 785: Froganize Your Phone - DIY Medicine, WayMo Safety, Software Tethering
"Right to Repair for Your Body": The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine

The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending

Google will now link to The Internet Archive to add more context to Search results

AI and transportation

WayMo safety data

What Kermit the Frog Showed Me About AI

Kermit post

There's a fix for AI-generated essays. Why aren't we using it?

Stacey asked the FTC to help with bricked IoT devices

Android Digital Wellness

NotebookLM's new "Audio Overview" turns your notes into a mini podcast

Mapping ships sunk in WW2

Leviton Humidity Sensor Switch

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Mikah Sargent, and Stacey Higginbotham

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1 hr 59 min
September 04, 2024TWiG 784: Trochilidine Vigor - Elon Relents, Internet Archive Loses, Pennies
The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending

Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov's Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight

Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme'

America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny

Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be coming for your Tesla — and they might tow it

NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools

Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp

AI's impact on elections is being overblown

AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient

Anil Dash: How Oprah will screw up the AI story

The winners of Michigan's 2024 "I voted" sticker contest

Diggnation 2.0

Android Has Five New Features Out Today

Google Removing Poor-Quality Android Apps From Play Store to Boost Engagement

Google Clock rolling out new Timer Starter widget

Google renames TensorFlow Lite to LiteRT, TensorFlow brand remains

YouTube debuts new parental controls aimed at teens

The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes

Carbonara in a can? Chefs get shirty but Heinz is unrepentant

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 45 min
August 28, 2024TWiG 783: The Cat in the Hat - TikTok Lawsuit, Billionaire Cities, Pixel 9 Demo
Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France

TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl's death, US court rules

Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service

Also: New York's Largest Hospital System Is Setting Its Sights on the Entertainment Business

RE Fast Co new town story" The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down

How activists derailed Big Tech billionaire's dream city in California

Thoma Bravo's Realpage Sued by US in Rental Collusion Case

Google Keep rolling out AI-powered 'Help me create a list' on Android

Pixel 9 demo

Google Wallet now works for California driver's licenses

Google TV has added a few more new free channels

Google Chat adds support for IFTTT integrations

Google finally lets you record phone call audio in the US, but only on the Pixel 9

Google Pixel 9 launches 'Adaptive Touch,' improves screen sensitivity while wet, etc

'Megalopolis' Cuts Ties With Marketing Consultant Behind Trailer Debacle; Fabricated Critic Quotes Were Generated By AI

OpenAI Shows 'Strawberry' AI to the Feds and Uses It to Develop 'Orion'

Printful for hats

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The Unbearable Slowness of Being

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 31 min
August 21, 2024TWiG 782: Yassified - Google Vs. Epic, Fake Reviews, AI Warfare
Epic judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down' on Google's app store monopoly

Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die

OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé Nast

Deal in california

xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes

Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel

The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews

Palantir's Alex Karp Talks About War, AI and America's Future

Roblox is Already the Biggest Game In The World. Why Can't It Make a Profit (And How Can It)?

Looks and Gaming: Who and Why?

2024 Winners | The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster

Google went public 20 years ago—what your $1000 investment would be worth today

Mayoral candidate vows to let VIC, an AI bot, run Wyoming's capital city

More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November's election. The campaigns have been wary.

Russia's AI tactics for US election interference are failing, Meta says

Gmail can turn 'rough notes' into a full draft with Gemini 'Polish'

Google's Stunning New Android AI Feature Instantly Locks Phone Thieves Out

I tried Google's Pixel Screenshots and it's everything I'd want an AI feature to be

Early hands-on with Google Pixel 9's AI Call Notes reveals disappointing restrictions

Google Play will no longer pay to discover vulnerabilities in popular Android apps

Trap

Where have all the Burners gone? Shops catering to Burning Man brace for slow season

Inside the opulent world of six-figure kids birthday parties in Silicon Valley

TikTok Parrot is 'attention hog' and smart as human toddler, owners say

Paris 'n' pals need this

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 19 min

About Intelligent Machines (Audio)

From the publisher's feed

The 21st Century began with the rise of the Internet and social media. The next decade will mark the rise of the Intelligent Machines. AI will inhabit all our devices from cars and appliances to smart phones and robots.

The Intelligent Machines podcast explores the most exciting revolution humanity has ever seen, filled with promise and peril. More than ever we need to understand what these new devices will bring to our lives and how to make best use of them as the 21st century unfolds.

On this show you'll meet the AI pioneers, inventors, and innovators who are about to disrupt every aspect of modern life. You'll learn what's real and what's hype, and you'll come away with a deep understanding of the intelligent future that awaits us all.

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