Google's updates to NFL Sunday Ticket, including flexible billing, student plans, live chat, polls, and moreLinear TV viewing falling below 50% for the first timeStreaming gaining more market share, but subscription costs risingCongressional inquiry into harmful data broker practicesGoogle using AI to generate key points in web pagesGoogle considering allowing AI summaries directly in search resultsYouTube cracking down on videos promoting ineffective cancer curesGoogle Photos getting AI-powered auto-generated titles and organizationGoogle Slides enabling presenters to draw and annotate while presentingChanges coming to YouTube Shorts, including blocking links to combat spamGoogle's hotel for employees during COVID now offering discounted rates as they push back towards in-office workCalifornia allowing self-driving cars to operate in San Francisco 24/7, leading to traffic jamsGoogle eliminating many of its private label consumer product brands due to poor sales and distrustInternet Archive being sued by record labels for digitizing and hosting out of print 78rpm recordsUpdate on researcher Joan Donovan's firing from Harvard and new role at Boston UniversityProposal for new rules regulating data brokers under the Fair Credit Reporting ActAnalysis of surveillance capitalism and its effects on societyDiscussion on public distrust of medical institutions and ""elite"" doctorsSpeculation on Elon Musk's erratic behavior on Twitter including visiting Mark Zuckerberg's houseReview of the movie Oppenheimer and how its portrayal connects to the ethical dilemmas of technologySeveral lighter topics including bollards on Twitter, introducing grandparents to TikTok, and AI-generated poetryStacey - Homey ProJeff - She introduced Grandpa to TikTokAnt - Better Smartphone Photography with Lisa Carney at Donner LakeAnt - In-Person or Online: How You Can Support Maui Wildfire ReliefHosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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