August 09, 2023

This Week in Google 728: Stupid Dove Nests

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2 hours 40 minutes

Leo shows off his Galaxy Z Flip 5.

Judge Narrows Scope of Coming Trial Over Google Monopoly Claims.

Musk's X Fined $350,000 in Secret Justice Department Fight Over Trump Records.

Google Changes Name of Ad Product Amid Inventory Quality Scandal.

Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud.

Tech writer sues Apple, claiming Tetris movie ripped off his 'Cold War thriller' book.

BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down.

Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say.

Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers' work unless companies opt out.

I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires).

Henrietta Lacks' family reaches settlement over use of immortal 'HeLa cells'.

'Every single' Amazon team is working on generative AI, says CEO.

AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT.

Google Chrome switching to weekly security patch updates.

Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts.

Google Messages now encrypts RCS conversations by default.

Gmail for Android and iOS adding translate feature.

Google gives Pixel Tablet first discount 1.5 months after launch.

California regulators to decide the future of Cruise and Waymo.

YouTube will stop showing videos on the homepage if your watch history is off.

WeWork Raises 'Substantial Doubt' About Staying in Business.

Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years.

MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers.

Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars.

The Expanse Online Auction.

Introducing Project IDX, An Experiment to Improve Full-stack, Multiplatform App Development.

$5 billion Google lawsuit over 'incognito mode' tracking moves a step closer to trial.

Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93.

Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers.

Picks:

Stacey - SmartThings Energy.

Leo - The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books.

Jeff - ESPN Strikes $2 Billion Sports-Betting Deal With Penn Entertainment.

Ant - The Best $9 You Can Spend.

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

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August 09, 2023

This Week in Google 728: Stupid Dove Nests

Listen Later

2 hours 40 minutes

Leo shows off his Galaxy Z Flip 5.

Judge Narrows Scope of Coming Trial Over Google Monopoly Claims.

Musk's X Fined $350,000 in Secret Justice Department Fight Over Trump Records.

Google Changes Name of Ad Product Amid Inventory Quality Scandal.

Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud.

Tech writer sues Apple, claiming Tetris movie ripped off his 'Cold War thriller' book.

BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down.

Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say.

Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers' work unless companies opt out.

I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires).

Henrietta Lacks' family reaches settlement over use of immortal 'HeLa cells'.

'Every single' Amazon team is working on generative AI, says CEO.

AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT.

Google Chrome switching to weekly security patch updates.

Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts.

Google Messages now encrypts RCS conversations by default.

Gmail for Android and iOS adding translate feature.

Google gives Pixel Tablet first discount 1.5 months after launch.

California regulators to decide the future of Cruise and Waymo.

YouTube will stop showing videos on the homepage if your watch history is off.

WeWork Raises 'Substantial Doubt' About Staying in Business.

Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years.

MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers.

Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars.

The Expanse Online Auction.

Introducing Project IDX, An Experiment to Improve Full-stack, Multiplatform App Development.

$5 billion Google lawsuit over 'incognito mode' tracking moves a step closer to trial.

Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93.

Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers.

Picks:

Stacey - SmartThings Energy.

Leo - The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books.

Jeff - ESPN Strikes $2 Billion Sports-Betting Deal With Penn Entertainment.

Ant - The Best $9 You Can Spend.

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

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsor:

mylio.com/TWIT

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