May 23, 2021

This Week in Tech 824: Ask Shatner's Ghost

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2 hours 36 minutes

Google IO recap, Windows 10X gets dumped, Bitcoin collapse, Twitter verified

LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology.

Google made AI language the centerpiece of I/O while ignoring its troubled past at the company.

DeepMind reportedly lost a yearslong bid to win more independence from Google.

Google's Project Starline Videoconference Tech Wants to Turn You Into a Hologram.

Android 12 preview: First Look at Google's Radical New Design.

Google and Samsung unite to reboot Android watches, with a dose of Fitbit too.

Chrome testing RSS-powered 'Follow' button & feed that keeps the Google Reader dream alive.

12 Google Workspace updates for better collaboration: Smart Canvas.

Google plans to build a commercial quantum computer by 2029.

An ex-Googler brings Silicon Valley thinking to Sacramento.

Bill Gates Left Microsoft Board Amid Probe Into Prior Relationship With Staffer.

Triangulation 428 - Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary'.

Microsoft hits Alt-F4 on Windows 10X: OS designed for dual-screen PCs axed.

Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022.

Microsoft Teams launches for friends and family with free all-day video calling.

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel: We're happy to pay Apple 30% — without Apple we wouldn't exist.

Tim Cook plays innocent in Epic v Apple's culminating testimony.

Apple's macOS is sub-par for security, Apple exec Craig Federighi tells Epic trial.

Apple Music announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio.

HomePod and HomePod mini to support Apple Music Lossless in a future software update.

Amazon Music Unlimited plans now include HD streaming at no extra cost.

Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force.

Blue Origin sets its price: $1.4m minimum for trip into space.

Twitter is letting anyone apply for verification for the first time since 2017.

Mike's article: How holograms, deepfakes, and AR are raising the dead.

Bitcoin plunges 30% to $30,000 at one point in wild session, recovers somewhat to $40,000.

Netflix Seeks Executive to Expand Game Efforts.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Elgan, Jason Howell, and Iain Thomson

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May 23, 2021

This Week in Tech 824: Ask Shatner's Ghost

Listen Later

2 hours 36 minutes

Google IO recap, Windows 10X gets dumped, Bitcoin collapse, Twitter verified

LaMDA: our breakthrough conversation technology.

Google made AI language the centerpiece of I/O while ignoring its troubled past at the company.

DeepMind reportedly lost a yearslong bid to win more independence from Google.

Google's Project Starline Videoconference Tech Wants to Turn You Into a Hologram.

Android 12 preview: First Look at Google's Radical New Design.

Google and Samsung unite to reboot Android watches, with a dose of Fitbit too.

Chrome testing RSS-powered 'Follow' button & feed that keeps the Google Reader dream alive.

12 Google Workspace updates for better collaboration: Smart Canvas.

Google plans to build a commercial quantum computer by 2029.

An ex-Googler brings Silicon Valley thinking to Sacramento.

Bill Gates Left Microsoft Board Amid Probe Into Prior Relationship With Staffer.

Triangulation 428 - Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary'.

Microsoft hits Alt-F4 on Windows 10X: OS designed for dual-screen PCs axed.

Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022.

Microsoft Teams launches for friends and family with free all-day video calling.

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel: We're happy to pay Apple 30% — without Apple we wouldn't exist.

Tim Cook plays innocent in Epic v Apple's culminating testimony.

Apple's macOS is sub-par for security, Apple exec Craig Federighi tells Epic trial.

Apple Music announces Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio.

HomePod and HomePod mini to support Apple Music Lossless in a future software update.

Amazon Music Unlimited plans now include HD streaming at no extra cost.

Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force.

Blue Origin sets its price: $1.4m minimum for trip into space.

Twitter is letting anyone apply for verification for the first time since 2017.

Mike's article: How holograms, deepfakes, and AR are raising the dead.

Bitcoin plunges 30% to $30,000 at one point in wild session, recovers somewhat to $40,000.

Netflix Seeks Executive to Expand Game Efforts.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Mike Elgan, Jason Howell, and Iain Thomson

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

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