Intelligent Machines (Audio)

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April 27, 2022TWiG 661: Oligarchs At the Gate - Musk is buying Twitter, Alphabet's disappointing earnings, typeset nerdery
Elon Musk: There's a reason no smart buyer already purchased Twitter.

Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation.

Musk Not Allowed to Disparage Twitter When Tweeting About $44 Billion Deal.

Elon Musk buys Tesla a pounding Chinese headache.

Matt Levine's Money Stuff: Elon Musk Got His Deal for Twitter.

Why exactly does Elon Musk want Twitter?

Elon Musk Might Be Just What Twitter Needs.

Breakingviews: Elon Musk probably won't buy Twitter.

Again a man lets me fall on the spikes by myself.' Amber Heard laments about her public breakup from Elon Musk and admits she wasn't in love with him in emails to agent.

New York Times Pitchbot - @DougJBalloon.

CNET Rebrands And Invests For The Future.

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann.

Alphabet Earnings Show Slowing Sales Growth on Digital-Ad Tumult.

YouTube's huge miss shows digital media ad market is getting hit hard.

Google tells shareholders that YouTube Shorts is doing great, don't worry about TikTok!

Pixel 6 is 'fastest-selling Pixel ever' as Sundar Pichai teases Android, new hardware at I/O 2022.

Alphabet announces $70 billion buyback.

Facebook earnings beat sends Meta stock soaring, but sales hit the slowest growth in a decade.

Jack Dorsey ditches Block CEO title for 'Block Head'

CNN+ streaming service pulls a Quibi, will shut down a month after launch.

Christina Warren's CNN+ swag and swag from failed companies and festivals.

Google Rolls Out New Cookie Rejection Banner in Europe.

Meta's Sheryl Sandberg Pressured Daily Mail to Drop Bobby Kotick Reporting.
Picks:
Glenn - Web3 is going just great

Jeff - Reddit is spending $1 million to fund its users' best ideas and competitions

Leo - Mastodon

Leo - Internet spring cleaning: How to delete Instagram, Facebook and other accounts

Take Control of Untangling Connections by Glenn Fleishman - https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/untangling/

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guests: Cathy Gellis and Glenn Fleishman

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2 hr 41 min
April 20, 2022TWiG 660: Welcome to Poundtown - Netflix slows down, Libs of TikTok, Insteon fizzles, future of Twitter
Netflix slowdown a sea change for streaming.

Netflix Says 100 Million+ Non-Paying Households Use Shared Passwords.

@KarlBode: I always enjoy watching one-time innovators, now huge and successful, pivot to turf protection.

Elon Musk Wants to Buy Out Twitter (TWTR) in Final $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid.

Back to the Future of Twitter.

Musk or Not, Twitter CEO Needs To Go.

Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Unleashes Ahead of Board Exit.

Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right's outrage machine.

Google Docs Starts Nudging Some Users To Write Less Dumbly.

Google's AI-Powered 'Inclusive Warnings' Feature Is Very Broken.

Marquis Who's Who.

Insteon is down and may not be coming back.

Google playing with puffs of air, little taps as signals.

Rolling Stone pivots to creators.

Scoop: CNN+ looks doomed.

Joe Kahn Is Named Executive Editor of The New York Times.

Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.

Google Search on desktop tests redesign that puts Images, Video, and more to the left.

Google's AirDrop competitor, Nearby Share, is reportedly getting a big upgrade.

Google issues third emergency fix for Chrome this year.

Google rolls out new badges for Chrome extensions.

Google One 2TB+ subscribers can get a free Titan Security Key — Here's how to redeem.

Google rolling out conversion migration tool for Google Analytics 4.

The Wisconsin Mom Who Made the Viral 'Welcome to POUNDTOWN' Sign Shares Her Inspiration.

This company makes vodka out of thin air to save the planet.

Center Cam is a tiny middle-screen webcam that delivers a better human connection through our eye-to-eye HD camera technology.
Picks:
Stacey - With Insteon down, possibly for good, what options do you have for your devices?

Jeff - Digital Advertising Soared 35% to $189 Billion in 2021 According to the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report

Jeff - Taking Stock With Teens: Piper Sandler completes 43rd semi-annual Generation Z survey of 7,100 U.S. teens

Jeff - New suicide hotline number is unknown to most Americans

Ant - Davinci Resolve 18 Beta Is Available

Ant - Adobe Max Announced for IN PERSON

Ant - Dawn Staley

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

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2 hr 31 min
April 13, 2022TWiG 659: Keeping Up With the Higginbothams - Web3, Elon Musk, Gilbert Gottfried, Algospeak, DALL-E
Twitter Edits You 2022-04-06.

Twitter reverts change that left blank spaces in place of deleted embedded tweets.

How does Kevin Marks code his website?

Elon Musk Sued Over Delay in Disclosing Twitter (TWTR) Stake.

Elon Musk cancels town hall with Twitter employees after declining Twitter board seat.

In major reversal, Elon Musk won't join Twitter board.

Ukrainian power grid 'lucky' to withstand Russian cyber-attack.

TikTok's Russia strategy: Censorship, loopholes and propaganda.

Internet 'algospeak' is changing our language in real time, from 'nip nops' to 'le dollar bean'.

The mystery of ⍼, a Unicode character of unknown purpose.

How to Protect Children From Big Tech Companies.

Gilbert Gottfried Was the Voice of Clippy.

Big Tech Is Pouring $925 Million Into Carbon Removal.

Intel sets 2040 net zero goal for carbon emissions.

Amazon's IMDb TV changes its name to Freevee.

CNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users.

Mark Zuckerberg Security Costs $26.8 Million for Meta.

Google quietly launches its awaited 'Switch to Android' app on iOS.

Google Fi drops prices for its unlimited plans and adds more data.

Google now lets you search for things you can't describe — by starting with a picture.

Google joins Samsung in working with iFixit on a self-repair program.

Latest Android 12 QPR3 Beta includes fix for Dirty Pipe exploit on Pixel 6.

DALL·E 2 can create original, realistic images and art from a text description.

New York's NFT vending machine.

Newmark puts $50 million into "cyber civil defense".

Roomba sucks up dogs tail.

10 Audiobooks Narrators You Need To Follow on TikTok.

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur.

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal.

The Sandman: Book of Dreams by Stefano Massini.

The Lehman Trilogy.

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart.

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich.
Picks:
Stacey - Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Jeff - Shein $100b valuation

Kevin - ElectricityMap.org: Carbon intensity energy map

Kevin - indieblog.page: Random indieweb page

Kevin - Web3 is going just great

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

Guest: Kevin Marks

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2 hr 40 min
April 06, 2022TWiG 658: You Can't Edit This! - Twitter gets Elon Musk, Twitter edit feature, TikTok Musical wins a Grammy
Twitter gets Elon Musk, Twitter edit feature, TikTok Musical wins a Grammy

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

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2 hr 56 min
March 30, 2022TWiG 657: You Can't Shoot Their Feet - Russian propaganda, how platforms fight disinformation, Eric Schmidt
Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints.

Joan explains what she's seeing from Russian disinformation with the war in Ukraine.

Verizon blames 'bad actors' for the spam text you got from your own number.

SBU exposes five enemy "bot farms" over past month.

Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok.

TikTok being used by 16% of British toddlers, Ofcom finds.

Do people REALLY believe flat Earth conspiracy or is it performative?

FCC commissioner starts dangerous strategy to impose speech on platforms.

'Devious licks' and 'slap a teacher' trends were reportedly part of Meta's anti-TikTok campaign.

The White House is briefing TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine.

Are you most vulnerable to disinformation when you are in information seeking mode online?

The marketplace of rationalizations.

Analysis of the mematic foundation of "Don't Say Gay" bill.

Will Smith's Shocking Oscars Slap Ignites Twitter With Highest Overall Engagements to Date.

Twitter data indicates most of country backs Chris Rock after Oscars spat with Will Smith.

A Google billionaire's fingerprints are all over Biden's science office.

Waymo says fully driverless rides are coming to San Francisco.

Google Docs is getting more Markdown support.

Create externally friendly booking pages with appointment scheduling in Google Calendar.

Google rolling out Nest Hub UI redesign that bootloops some displays in the process.

Gboard will 'Emojify' what you've typed with new magic wand button.

Google marks Chrome OS 100 with preview of upcoming Launcher redesign.

Google Chrome hits version 100 with new icon for desktop and mobile.

A return-to-office pain in the ass: Google is taking away its bidets.

Google Docs can write your meta descriptions.

TIkTok dining.

Because Oil Drilling Isn't Destructive Enough, ExxonMobil Is Getting Into Bitcoin Mining, Too.
Pick:
Joan - Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything

Jeff - Looking Back on the Origin of Skip Intro Five Years Later

Leo - Vinyl record sales in 2021 at highest level for 30 years

Leo - Museum of Endangered Sounds

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: Joan Donovan

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2 hr 27 min
March 23, 2022TWiG 656: The Ultimate Ungulate - Lapsus$ hacking group, SXSW 2022, Eero Pro 6E review, TropeTrainer
Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died.

Lapsus$ Extortion Group Claims Okta Hack, Microsoft Source Code Leak.

SCOOP: A 16-year-old living in his mother's house in Oxford, England is suspected to be the mastermind behind many of the hacks conducted by hacking group Lapsus$.

John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83.

Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies.

The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large.

Online Safety Bill: Has the government botched its attempt to stop the spread of hateful content online?

TechDirt March Madness of misunderstood legal concepts.

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti No Longer Pretending To Care.

At SXSW, A Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born.

Justice Department accuses Google of hiding business communications.

Apple TV App on Android TV and Google TV No Longer Lets Users Buy or Rent Movies.

His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.

"Thanks to @jes5199's reverse-engineering, you can now try TropeTrainer v3.2 from January 2005."

Android statues moved to an undisclosed location.

Google Settles With 4 Engineers Over Complaint It Fired Them for Organizing.

YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV.

Instagram launches chronological and 'favorites' feeds for all users, but they can't be the default.

Android 13 will ask your permission to send notifications.

Pixel Launcher search on Android 13 tests directly showing results from Google Photos.

Google Photos updates its library and sharing tabs to make photos easier to find.

Google Home app updates bring simpler controls and improved privacy.

Google's Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history.

Google is moving the 'Movies & TV' tab from the Play Store to Google TV.

What phone does POTUS carry?

First images from the Webb telescope.
Picks:
Stacey - Eero Pro 6E router review

Jeff - Cory Booker's speech

Ant - LA Flights

Ant - The Sound of Merlin

Ant - Black Girl Magic

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

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2 hr 14 min
March 16, 2022TWiG 655: No Time for Slug Collation - Deepfake of Zelenskyy, Google IO announced, Daylight Saving Time
Deepfake of Zelenskyy, Google IO announced, Daylight Saving Time

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

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2 hr 14 min
March 09, 2022TWiG 654: Did We Do The Ad? - Twitter's TOR Onion service, Google buying Mandiant, Endurance discovery
Twitter's TOR Onion service, Google buying Mandiant, Endurance discovery

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham

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2 hr 43 min
March 02, 2022TWiG 653: Thumbsuckers and Hot Takes - Ukraine war and tech, FitBit Ionic burns, Epic Games acquires Bandcamp
Ukraine war and tech, FitBit Ionic burns, Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

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

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2 hr 38 min
February 23, 2022TWiG 652: Stuck in the Jungle Gym - Galaxy S22 Ultra, Pixel 7 leaks, QAnon revealed, keyboards that hurt
Galaxy S22 Ultra hands-on.

Trump's social app launches.

Trump's Truth Social's disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term viability.

First details of Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro come roaring out: 2nd-gen Tensor, new Samsung modem.

Meta Loses Top-10 Ranking by Market Value Amid Worst Month Ever.

Inside Facebook's $10 Billion Breakup With Advertisers.

End of an era of ad targeting.

A resurrected bill troubles digital rights advocates and journalists.

Amazon's Astro robot has been spotted in the wild... bringing people beer.

Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints.

Google Chat set to replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users next month.

Google releases new build of February's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update.

Google confirms Pixel 6 Wi-Fi issues, fix coming with March update.

Chrome 'Lite Mode' for Android will be removed next month with the Chrome 100 update.

Google Chrome's password manager is adding a new section for notes.

Google Search dark theme goes fully black for some on the web.

Google introduces Roboto Serif.

ProgrammingFonts.org: Fonts for programmers.

Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported as the company that installed them dies.

Apple gives Siri a less gendered voice.

3G Networks Are Shutting Down: How This Affects Your Devices.

Beijing Winter Olympics viewership drops to record low.

A keyboard that makes my hands hurt just looking at it.

Designers spend months making custom keycaps, then the counterfeits arrive.

Launch of Typefully to prettify Twitter.

Reddit Details Its 5 Community Values.

TikTok Can Circumvent Apple and Google Privacy Protections and Access Full User Data, 2 Studies Say.

Kazakhstan's Internet Shutdown Offers Lessons for Russia-Ukraine Crisis.
Picks:
Mathew - Famed "marshmallow test" for kids debunked

Jeff - 13 'Challenges' That Prove Older Generations Were As Stupid As TikTok Teens

Ant - Andycine Lunchbox

Ant - Welcome to Earth

Leo - Zoom F3 Field Recorder

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Mathew Ingram

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2 hr 32 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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