This Week in Google (Video)

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It's not just Google. This Week in Google hosts, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau, cover all of Big Tech every Wednesday. Listeners tune in for thought-provoking and entertaining conversa... more

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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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2h 8min
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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2h 23min
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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1h 59min
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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2h 45min
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

wyze birdfeeder

The Unbearable Slowness of Being

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2h 31min
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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2h 19min
August 14, 2024TWiG 781: But Officer, I'm a Podcaster! - Pixel 9 Camera, Gemini's New Voice
What Google rivals want after DOJ's antitrust trial win

DOJ Considers Seeking Google (GOOG) Breakup After Major Antitrust Win

Gemini Live is the best AI feature I've seen so far from Google

9 things to know about Pixel 9 cameras

Jeff thread against incumbent media

Google's Gemini Live AI Sounds So Human, I Almost Forgot It Was a Bot

Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM

Texas judge steps aside in Elon Musk's X case against advertisers

An incredible life and career

AI is a bad word to consumers

Weekend Welcomes Two New Reporters: Josh Koehn and Paris Martineau

Schmidt blames remote work for company's struggles

'Ultimate wife guy' or 'yikes'? Mark Zuckerberg reveals 7ft statue of wife

How Spotify started — and killed — Latin America's podcast boom

Hello, goodbye: the rise and decline of the celebrity video-greeting app Cameo

MSCHF: Our Cow Angus

WCBS is no more

Cable TV biz crumbles

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2h 17min
August 07, 2024TWiG 780: Aggiornamento - Google's Monolpoly, X Sues GARM, AI Dentist
Google (GOOGL) Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search Engine on Phone Browsers

Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox?

Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM

Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled X Deal - The New York Times

Disney, Fox and Warner Sports Streamer Venu to Launch at $42.99/ Month

Why I'm Joining The Bluesky Board To Support A Vision Of A More Open, Decentralized Internet

Bloomberg's Risky, Embargo-Breaking Evan Gershkovich Scoop

Canadian news engagement down significantly one year after Meta's ban: study

thecanadianpressnews.ca

Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney'

X officially kills its San Francisco HQ, will relocate to South Bay

Google is set to supercharge Google Home with Gemini intelligence

'The Godmother of AI' says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem

AI dentist performs first procedure on human patient

Without Zuckerberg money, limited private funding available for elections

Neil Gorsuch Highlights Aaron Swartz As An Example Of Overreach In Criminal Law

Amazon Pushes Fast Delivery Into Rural Areas in Challenge to Post Office

tulip.computer

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ

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2h 20min
July 31, 2024TWiG 779: White Friend in a Box - Galaxy Fold, AI Aided Gymnastics, Top 10 Podcasts
Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money.

Craig Newmark stops by

Galaxy fold unboxing

We know almost everything about the Google Pixel 9 series already

A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money

Friend in a box

US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules

The gymnastics world braces for an AI future

NASA will shut down NASA TV on cable to focus on NASA+

W3C Slams Google U-turn on Third-Party Cookie Removal

Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act

Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L

Follow Ant's ZDNET stuff

Scots brat

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Craig Newmark

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2h 30min
July 24, 2024TWiG 778: Wet and Winded - Prime Day Injuries, Broken Goo.gl Links, Brat
Craig Newmark and pancakes

After years of uncertainty, Google says it won't be 'deprecating third-party cookies' in Chrome

Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds

Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage

Technical Details: Falcon Update for Windows Hosts

Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS

NYT vs OpenAI

Google's goo.gl links will stop working in August 2025

Deadpool and Wolverine are Google's first Easter eggs in Circle to Search [Gallery]

Google's Alphabet Inc. doubles down on robotaxis, committing another $5 billion into Waymo

X replaced the water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason

CNN attempts to answer the question: What does it mean to be brat?

An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Rolls Over. The 'Hotdoggers' Are OK.

The quiet rise of Nick Pickles: the Yorkshireman gaining power at Elon Musk's X

Mark Zuckerberg says he's "more comfortable" with new appearance after AI interview

Google wants to steal Ray-Ban maker from Meta for Gemini smart glasses

"Ignore all previous instructions"

The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B

Taylor Lorenz: We're all learning about major events through increasingly bizarre digital formats.

Stolen Buttons

Succession comes to life

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2h 51min

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