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September 14, 2022TWiG 681: Drop, Cover, and Hold On - Matt Mullenweg interview, Pixelbook cancelled, floppy disk shop
Interview with Matt Mullenweg.

Stable Diffusion Finally Released To The Public.

Did you know in the beginning what you wanted to do with Automattic?

How do you feel about Twitter's Bluesky initiative?

How has Wordpress survived the blogging winter?

What excites you about how Wordpress is being used?

When did Tumblr come along and how does it contrast with WordPress?

What is the ongoing investment in scale of effort to keep Tumblr "nice"?

How does Tumblr make money?

What does it take to reinvigorate comments?

Is Tumblr in competition with other traditional social networks?

What are your interests outside of Automattic these days?

Introducing Sonic Sphere, the 9th Kugelauditorium.

Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Jacob Collier.

LOGIC SESSION BREAKDOWN: "Moon River"

What do you think of Web3?

What frontiers are next for Matt Mullenweg?

Google's next Pixelbook Chromebook is canceled.

Twitter Shareholders Are Poised to Approve Elon Musk Takeover Deal.

TikTok's Secret To Explosive Growth? 'Billions And Billions Of Dollars' Says Snap CEO Evan Spiegel.

Photography on VERO.

Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company.

News of Queen Elizabeth II's death broke on Twitter before the BBC.

Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year.

Google loses appeal over illegal Android app bundling, EU reduces fine to €4.1 billion.

Mr Beast bonkers in NJ.

Shake Shack and YouTube team up for new menu items.

Chipotle's New Menu Item Made Its Debut in a Metaverse Game.

Judge Allows McFlurry Machine Repair Lawsuit to Proceed.

Software fees to make up 10% of John Deere's revenues by 2030.

We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business.

Amy Klobuchar's Link Tax Bill Put On Hold Because She Doesn't Understand Her Own Bill And Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand The 1st Amendment.

Google Photos rolling out collage editor, Memories sharing, and more styles.

Google previews iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for Gmail, Maps, and more.

Get more done and have fun with new Android features.

Here's everything new in Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1.

Pixel 6a September update rolling out with fingerprint sensor 'improvements'.

Google previews Android's new emoji ahead of December launch, releases animated collection.
Picks:
Ant - 2 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 4.0 shake Santa Rosa.

Ant - Here's Why Craigslist Still Looks the Same After 25+ Years.

Jeff - $6 billion paid to the music industry in 12 months.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Matt Mullenweg

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2 hr 54 min
September 07, 2022TWiG 680: Failure as a Feature - Pixel 7 Pro event, EU regulates updates, Twitter Edit, Android 14 satellite
Google announces October 6 event for Pixel 7, Watch - 9to5Google

Google confirms Pixel 7 series will run on new 'Tensor G2' chip

Apple Finds Its Next Big Business: Showing Ads on Your iPhone

Pichai Says Google 'Pro-Competitive,' Sees Vibrant Tech Market

Google Pixel Watch spotted on Sundar Pichai's wrist a month ahead of the official launch

The Pixel Watch May Have Larger Bezels Than We Expected

EU lawmakers push for all Android phones to to copy the Pixel 6's five years of updates

Android 14 will support satellite connectivity and partners

Apple picks Globalstar for emergency satellite service on iPhone 14

This is a test of Twitter's new Edit Tweet feature. This is only a test

Twitter will let you edit your tweet up to five times

Google commits another $150 million towards ADT partnership with Nest

Great thread on how we're headed back to the old, pre-antitrust studio system with streaming

KOZT The Coast FM

Adobe to Launch a Camera App for Serious Photographers (Why tho?)
Picks:
Jeff - Newspaper publishers try to hold up Google

Stacey - Suburban Dicks By Fabian Nicieza

Ant - Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World by Rosalind Wiseman

John Slanina - NOVA: A TO Z: How Writing Changed The World

Jason - Midjourney

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 37 min
August 31, 2022TWiG 679: Conglomeratized! - Age Appropriate Design, Snap layoffs, Twitter Circle, Animal Translators
California Senate Passes Three Awful Bills For The Internet; Will Newsom Sign Them?

'I turned my back on my film career to protect children online'

Senator Klobuchar's Latest Bad Idea: Letting Smaller Journalism Outlets Demand Payments For Links.

Elon Musk Cites Whistle-Blower Report as Reason to Scrap Twitter Deal.

Twitter Circle now available to everyone – here's how it works.

How Twitter's child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor.

Jack Dorsey says his biggest regret is that Twitter was a company at all.

How Snap's Pandemic Hiring Frenzy Set It Up for Mass Layoffs.

Megan Coyne, the voice of New Jersey, is headed to the White House.

Fitness bike usage down 23%

Comcast and Charter face a grim new reality: actual competition.

AWS Private 5G – Build Your Own Private Mobile Network.

To save lives, issue connected vehicle technology waiver, NTSB tells FCC.

The Animal Translators.

Gumpy chef that swears alot.

Robert Kyncl Stepping Down as YouTube Chief Business Officer.

Google Search, Maps will identify confirmed veterans hospitals and abortion providers.

New 'Made for Fitbit' accessory line includes Pixel charging stand for Sense 2, Versa 4, & Charge 5.

Google Meet gets push-to-talk with space bar unmute shortcut.

How to Use Emojis in Google Docs: It Just Got Easier.

Pixel 4 and 4 XL dropped from Android Beta Program ahead of 13 QPR1.

Nest Doorbell will get these ringtones over the holidays – Oktoberfest starts September 5.

Watch Material You and Android UIs interpreted 'in more physical ways'.

DALL-E adds "out-painting".

A "prompt marketplace" for DALL-E, et al.
Picks:
Stacey - Philips Hue Tap Dial Switch.

Leo - Lexica.

Jeff - Crikey defense fund.

Jeff - Inside 'crypto Woodstock,' where technologists plot a utopian future.

Jeff - Invite to the first PAWA Paris Oct 14-15 2022.

Ant - Football Season is Here.

Ant - An Honor Shooting These Folks.

Ant - Like Astrophotography? Print Available.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Mike Masnick

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2 hr 43 min
August 24, 2022TWiG 678: Podcast Legend Having Lunch - Twitter Security, Annie Leibovitz, AI Art
Former security chief claims Twitter buried 'egregious deficiencies'

Masnick on Mudge & Musk

Who is Newton Minow?

Annie Leibovitz proves yet again: she can't photograph Black women

AI Image Generators Compared Side-By-Side Reveals Stark Differences

A Tool That Monitors How Long Kids Are in the Bathroom Is Now in 1,000 American Schools

Facebook users reporting celebrity spam is flooding their feeds

Mark Zuckerberg responds to metaverse memes with a redesign

Do We All See Baby Mark Zuckerberg as Jesus in This 18th Century Sculpture?

YouTube removes video of Tesla fans using kids to test whether the carmaker's Full Self-Driving software stops for children

'BlackBerry': Story of Doomed Smartphone Company Casts Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton, XYZ Films Boards Sales for TIFF

Sanas, the buzzy Bay Area startup that wants to make the world sound whiter

Taylor Lorenz: Niche internet micro-celebrities are taking over the internet

YouTube Podcast page

YouTube TV getting split screen mode and Shorts are coming to televisions

Apple Music 4.0 for Android now in beta with iOS 16 features and 'Apple Classical' mention

YouTube․com/podcasts go live as simple 'Explore' page

Google Docs update helps everyone stay on task

Instagram's next feature might be a copy of BeReal

Capitol Records Just Signed a Virtual Artist, FN MEKA. He Has Over 10 Million Followers On TikTok

Capitol Records "Severs Ties" With AI Rapper FN Meka, Apologizes To The Black Community

Why the once exciting smart home is now boring

Razorblade Tears

Will It Waffle?

Dash Waffle

Crikey to Lachlan: Come get us, and he does

Times explains it dark methods

Streaming surpasses both broadcast & cable viewing

I needed a Laugh. Thanks Adreana L

I needed a Laugh #2. Thanks Alonzo Boden (37:58)

Queen Pruitt's in a Musical

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 48 min
August 17, 2022TWiG 677: Clemson Salmon - Android 13, Amazon's football deal, USB Rubber Ducky
Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones.

Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman.

Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability.

Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch.

Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits.

Hank Green IRA explainer.

Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal.

Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption.

The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever.

A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave.

Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow.

The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids.

Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms.

Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach.

Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer.

Ringtone interpretive dancing.

Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians.

music street.

Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt.

Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'.

Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings.

How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts.

Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is.

"Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core.
Picks:
Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health.

Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android.

Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45.

Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange.

Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 26 min
August 10, 2022TWiG 676: The CB of the 80's - Amazon buys iRobot, Musk sells Tesla shares, Samsung Unpacked
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 4 lets you do more while it's closed.

Wear OS is getting a revamped Play Store and offline Google Maps later this year.

Political Chips by Ben Thompson.

Biden signs $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act.

Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act Is a Big Effing Deal.

Bill Gates: A Clean Energy Future is in the Hands of Congress.

Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion.

Maps, mops and Matter: Why Amazon wants iRobot.

What Amazon's Roomba and One Medical Deals Have in Common.

The smart home doesn't need a robot — it should be a robot.

The Radical Scope of Tesla's Data Hoard Logs and records of its customers' journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets.

Barney McCallum - Pickleball Hall of Fame.

More with Barney McCallum.

Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment.

This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion.

Google Set to Face DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Over Ad Market Monopoly.

Android amps up campaign to push Apple into adopting RCS.

Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology.

Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a 'public debate' about bots.

Elon Musk sells nearly $7 billion in Tesla shares.

Scientists hid encryption key for Wizard of Oz text in plastic molecules.

NASA is sending an iPad to the moon.

If you're having problems with Google search, you're not alone.

Meta's AI Chatbot Has Election-Denying, Antisemitic Bugs to Work Out.

Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?

Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes.

Google launches new website for kids learning to read.

Google Fiber Blog: What's next for Google Fiber.

Google Meet live sharing brings shared YouTube watching, Spotify listening, and games.

Google rolling out GPS fix for Pixel 6/Pro and 6a, August update coming.

@PessimistsArc: 1983 debate about home PC, with comparisons to hula hoop fad.
Picks:
Stacey - Eve Aqua Smart Water Controller.

Stacey - B-Hyve Smart Wi-Fi Irrigation Controller.

Jeff - Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022.

Ant - Vegas Pro 20 Launched.

Ant - Send Me Your Photography "Ooops" Moments for Hands-On Photography.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 33 min
August 03, 2022TWiG 675: The Quibi Button - Instagram reverts, CHIPS Act, Roku's button problem, Batgirl movie
Instagram walks back TikTok-style changes — Adam Mosseri explains why.

Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri Need You All to Stop Being Big Babies.

Wrong number' text message scams are surging.

CHIPS Act clears Congress, ensuring $52 billion boost to US foundries.

FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications.

Twitter is raising the Blue subscription price from $2.99 to $4.99 monthly.

Roku has a problem — its buttons aren't printing enough money.

FTC's Lina Khan Overruled Staff to Sue Meta Over Virtual-Reality Deal (META).

Meta officially cuts funding for U.S. news publishers.

'Days Of Our Lives' Moving From NBC To Peacock.

Peacock's paid subscribers stayed flat at 13 million, losses widen to $467 million.

Lollipops Hustle on Amazon Costs Family Candy Business Millions.

I quit my job to buy and resell used books on Amazon. Now, I use my 6-figure income to travel the world.

Google Meet meets Duo Meet, with Meet in Duo but Duo isn't going into Meet.

Google CEO to employees: Productivity and focus must improve.

Pixel Buds Pro get a demo area in NYC.

TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants.

A TikTok Music app could challenge Spotify and Apple.

Sandwich guy goes solo.

Gordon Ramsey judges cooking TikToks.

Ali Spagnola doorstop keyboard.

Ali Spagnola chiapet toilet.

Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows.

Investing in VeeFriends.

Pearson plans to sell its textbooks as NFTs.

GPT-3 writes Wikipedia's deletion report in the style of Hunter S. Thompson.

Google Search's built-in timer has disappeared and no one's saying why.

YouTube Music can now show 'Other performances'.

YouTube's new tool lets creators turn their own videos into Shorts.

Google is switching your Gmail interface to this new look.

Google Meet meets Duo Meet, with Meet in Duo but Duo isn't going into Meet.

Google Play Store takes aim at annoying game ads, copycat apps, and misinformation in new rules.

Google Play Store removes version numbers from Android app listings.

Netflix's lawsuit against the 'Bridgerton Musical' could change online fandom.

The Hunt for Shelved $90 Million 'Batgirl' Movie Is On.
Picks:
Jeff - 'Please do not erase': A treasured whiteboard at Boston Children's Hospital has not been touched for 15 years.

Jeff - Werewolf erotica is the latest global gig work trend.

Ant - My Personal Best Has Been Beaten.

Ant - Stolen Gear: Help Rancho Cotate High Track Team.

Ant - Thank You Nichelle Nichols.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 42 min
July 27, 2022TWiG 674: Happy Leap Schmear - Tech earnings tanked, Instagram changes, TikTok in China, leap second
Alphabet misses on earnings and revenue for second quarter.

Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected.

Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for 'intense period'.

Instagram Admits It's 'Not Good' After Kardashians Beg It to Stop Copying TikTok.

Introducing Home and Feeds on Facebook.

Zuck Turns Up the Heat.

Sunset of the social network.

@elonmusk: The media is a click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine.

Inside TikTok's Attempts to 'Downplay the China Association'.

Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient.

Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant.

TikTok's Pink Sauce chef defends her viral condiment.

Today's TikTok culinary horror: pizza sacrilege.

Why Does the Prison-Life Content on TikTok Feel So Familiar?

A Fond Farewell to the Chaotic Italian Sandwich Man of TikTok.

Google is adding Flyover-like aerial views to Maps.

Google Photos website starts showing the backup quality of every image.

Google Play gets a new logo for its 10-year anniversary.

Hangouts on Air is back as Google Meet brings YouTube livestreaming to free Gmail.

Pixel's At a Glance widget starts showing Air Quality (AQI) alerts.

Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for Android tablets.

Chromecast with Google TV finally supports streaming live video from new Nest Cams, Doorbell.

Chromebooks are getting a new, more advanced Google Photos movie editor.

Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us.

Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing.

The drive to save Choco Taco.

Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of a seven-year-old opponent.

Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024.

Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet.

How to Use BeReal, the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App.

Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports.

Why Amazon is buying a little-known medical provider for $3.9 billion.

Frankfurt airport boss blames travel chaos on black suitcases.
Picks:
Stacey - @secengineer on TikTok.

Jeff - @jeffjarvis: Well, damn, now I'm crying all over again. Newport put up two high-quality and complete videos from @jonimitchell's set.

Ant - Mac Arnold's 80th birthday celebrated with blues jam.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 26 min
July 20, 2022TWiG 673: Swipe Right For Schmuck - AR Glasses Beta, ChromeOS Flex, Dall-E waitlist, Netflix earnings
Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses.

Not paywalled: Google reportedly pauses hiring for two weeks to 'review our headcount needs'.

TikTok Begins Layoffs as Part of Potentially Far-Reaching 'Reorganization' Plan.

HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5 Chromebook PC.

New Pixelbooks were confirmed at Google I/O 2022, and we all missed it.

How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex.

Ant got a new Pixel 6.

Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay.

OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system.

Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home.

Thread gets an update ahead of Matter.

Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound.

Netflix Aims to Launch Cheaper, Ad-Supported Plan in Early 2023.

Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing.

Cats can't stop watching 'Stray' and yes, there's a whole Twitter account about it.

#duet with @syllygirl this ladys gonna put my kids through college #chef #fyp #nwo.

Qualcomm launches wearable chips that may finally meet the moment.

YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore leader, as its new creator liaison.

FCC chair proposes new US broadband standard of 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up.

FCC Asks Mobile Carriers About Data Retention and Privacy Policies.

Google Meet adding support for anonymous questions and poll responses.

The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people's phones.

Google Docs getting edit notifications that alert you to additions and removals.

YouTube reduces Content ID appeal process from 30 to 7 days.

Now Google Photos has a shortcut to help you find your screenshots faster.

It's ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS.

Sand battery in Finland.

Tesla AI Boss Resigns Creating More Problems For Autopilot.
Picks:
Jeff - How 'Old Country' went from a Reddit story to a novel and Netflix deal.

Jeff - History of user interfaces.

Stacey - Woosh Air: Smart Air Filter.

Ant - Adobe Max Registration Now Open.

Ant - Thanks for supporting youth sports.

Ant - Follow Ant on Instagram.

Jason - The iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 32 min
July 13, 2022TWiG 672: Lamination From the Heart - Twitter sues Elon Musk, Ev leaves Medium, Juul ban, World Emoji Day
Twitter sues Elon Musk, Ev leaves Medium, Juul ban, World Emoji Day

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Cathy Gellis

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3 hr 1 min

About Intelligent Machines (Audio)

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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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