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December 20, 2024 This Week in Space 141: Holiday Special 2024
It's the holidays! This week, we are joined by producer Anthony and our old pal Ant Pruitt to celebrate and discuss a wide variety of topics, from first space memories to our favorite space toys to what spaceflight means to each of us. It's a warm "family reunion" you won't want to miss! Join us for some holiday cheer, and Tariq's "Tiny Tim" moment...

Headlines:

• NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make its closest approach to the sun on Christmas Eve 2024, flying within 3.8 million miles and withstanding temperatures up to 2,500°F to study the sun's behavior and dynamics

• Christmas and Hanukkah to be celebrated on the same day in 2024, with astronauts on the ISS enjoying the holidays and connecting with their families on Earth, continuing a 50-plus year tradition

• A potential partial shutdown is looming for the U.S. government, which could impact NASA and limit public outreach during the Parker Solar Probe's close approach to the sun

Main Topic - Space Memories and Space Toys:

First Space Memories:

• Tariq recalls building paper rockets with his mother and launching them on a friend's farm

• Ant shares his first space memories from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and the Challenger disaster

• Anthony mentions playing with Lego space sets sent by his aunt from Denmark

• Rod remembers listening to a Gemini mission on the radio at the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra lounge where his father worked and being captivated by Apollo 8's mission to orbit the moon and reading of Genesis on December 24, 1968

Favorite Space Toys:

• Rod shares memories of his ca. 1965 Big Loo Moon Robot and Major Matt Mason action figures, discussing the evolution of space toys in the 1960s

• Tariq reminisces about his Transformers Omega Supreme toy and a paper tab and slot space shuttle and carrier aircraft model

• Ant recalls his Transformers Skywarp toy and the appeal of its counterpart, Thundercracker

• Anthony talks about playing the video game Escape Velocity on his family's iMac computer

• The group discusses the joys and challenges of building model rockets, with Rod and Tariq sharing stories of their experiences

• Tariq shows off his new pre-built Estes space shuttle model rocket, comparing it to the more challenging build-it-yourself kits

The Importance of Space Exploration:

• Ant questions the allocation of resources for space exploration while critical issues on Earth remain unaddressed

• Rod counters by highlighting the technological, educational, and inspirational benefits of space programs, as well as the economic returns on investment, and the cultural importance of exploration

• The group discusses the potential impact of SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation on global connectivity and the debate surrounding its sustainability and alternatives

• Rod emphasizes the distinction between Elon Musk's ambitious Mars colonization plans and NASA's more measured approach to exploration

• The TWiS crew wishes everyone a happy holiday and Merry Christmas

Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik

Guests: Ant Pruitt and Anthony Nielsen

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1 hr 32 min
July 31, 2024This Week in Google 779: White Friend in a Box
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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2 hr 30 min
November 29, 2023This Week in Google 744: Giant Red Ties
Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act

Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials

Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass

Reflecting on 18 years at Google

Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running

AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips

Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies

Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter?

Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulator Provisionally Finds

Elon goes full Pizzagate. How does this end?

A new low in manels

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers

OpenAI Made an AI Breakthrough Before Altman Firing, Stoking Excitement and Concern

Hugging Face CEO on What Comes After Transformers

Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O

Anthony Levandowski Reboots Church of Artificial Intelligence

Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates developer's life, goes viral

Google Slides getting built-in presentation recording tool

Google Will Start Deleting Old Accounts This Week. Here's How to Save Your Google Account

Google's .meme domain is here to serve your wackiest websites

Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files
Picks of the week
(Paris) The 2000 cinematic masterpiece Chicken Run

(Paris) Pentiment

(Jeff) Jezebel to Be Resurrected by Paste Magazine

(Jeff) After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine

(Ant) City Nerd on YouTube

(Jason) No Ads in Albania, Ethiopia and Myanmar

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 22 min
November 28, 2023Security Now 950: Leo Turns 67
Adobe Flash Player Updater is (still) desperately trying to update

Veracrypt password security

Firefox moves to 120 with a bunch of very nice new features

Do-Not-Track is back on track

"ownCloud" -or- "PwnCloud" ?

CrushFTP Critical Vulnerability

Bypassing fingerprint authentication

ApacheMQ

TransUnion & Experian both hacked

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 13 min
November 22, 2023This Week in Google 743: Competitive Pantomime
From King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week

OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company."

Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster

Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes'

Dear Elon Musk, here are five things you might want to consider about AGI

DeepMind releases new music model

Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music

Introducing Stable Video Diffusion — Stability AI

Google Meet can now detect when you physically raise your hand

Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024

Google Maps' new look may frustrate Calif. drivers as Thanksgiving travel begins

Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone

Anthropic Introduces Claude 2.1 With 200K Context Window

Sarah Silverman Hits Stumbling Block in AI Lawsuit Against Meta

Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn't Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It!

What Spotify's New Royalty Model Really Means

MC HAMMER on X: "Salute and congratulations to the 710 plus @OpenAI team members who gave an unparalleled demonstration of loyalty, love and commitment to @sama and @gdb in these perilous times it was a thing of beauty to witness. Salute

Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over 'Video Game Addiction', Because That's Easier Than Parenting
Picks:
Paris - a beautiful 2 minutes in live caller history. Stephen A. Smith vs a guy who tries to ask about Cars

Paris - And.... from the mind that brought you basement eel guy: TikTok tunnel girl

Jeff - No evidence screen time is negative for children's cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study

Ant - Great Review From Mr Sargent and Mr Nielsen - Shot on iPhone 15

Ant - LumaFusion Update Includes Editing on SSD

Ant - Bittersweet and Grateful

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 59 min
November 08, 2023This Week in Google 741: The Whole Muffin
OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains.

Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection.

GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes.

The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors.

AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4.

Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell.

Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in.

Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal.

Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas.

TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries.

Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating.

YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform.

Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services.

Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety.

Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns.

Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally.

Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 50 min
October 25, 2023This Week in Google 739: Panic in the Cul-de-sac
DMV suspends Cruise's robo-taxi permit in San Francisco after pedestrian accident

Debate over regulating approval process for autonomous vehicles between NHTSA and NTSB

Analysis of Google's disappointing Q3 financial results and advertising revenue drop

Impact of dating apps like Tinder on relationships and matchmaking

The demise of Twitter rival Pebble aka T2

Online interactions and social media - federation, verification, addiction

Lawsuits and moral panic surrounding Meta and Instagram's impact

AI wearable technology like Humane AI pin's features and risks

Google Chrome's dominance

Ethics of AI - risks of automation, data poisoning, copyright

Role of AI in society, regulating development, technology concerns

Picks include - corn mazes, Dimension 20, Jezebel up for sale, Pixel 8 Pro camera review

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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2 hr 33 min
October 18, 2023This Week in Google 738: The Deorbiting Professor
Elon Musk says charging $1 a year to Twitter users could reduce bots

VC Mark Andreessen loses it in controversial tech manifesto

Meta Quest 3 brings back glassholes to the wild

Amazon launches satellites to compete with SpaceX Starlink

Peter Norvig and Blaise Aguera y Arcas claim AGI is already here

51% of teens spend 4+ hours daily on social media

YouTube getting AI-powered ads targeting pop culture moments

Mass tech layoffs in 2022 - reasonable correction or problematic?

Google Wallet adds support for digital IDs and ticket scanning

Adobe focuses on AI over Figma acquisition amid antitrust scrutiny

Picks: Trust & Safety Tycoon game, beautiful coffee videos, laptop advice

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Paris Martineau

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2 hr 51 min
October 12, 2023Tech News Weekly 307: Pixel 8 Pro Review
Adobe announces a whole host of new AI features and upgrades at its MAX conference. We review the Pixel 8 Pro and discuss its new Ultra HDR capabilities. OpenAI plans to announce new developer features at its November conference and we demonstrate the new ChatGPT voice features.

• Ant Pruitt stops by Tech News Weekly to give us a rundown of what Adobe announced at its annual Adobe MAX conference.

• Jason Howell has the Pixel 8 Pro in hand, so he takes some time to give us his thoughts on the new phone and show off some of the new photo features and camera functionality.

• Mishaal Rahman explains the new Ultra HDR format in Android 14.

• Mikah Sargent talks about OpenAI's upcoming developer conference and demonstrates ChatGPT's new voice interactivity.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Ant Pruitt and Mishaal Rahman

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1 hr 24 min
October 11, 2023This Week in Google 737: Gormless
Google's "enshittification" memos

A Note From WIRED Leadership

Moonlighting comes to Hulu... starring Jeff Jarvis!

Elon Musk's X Strips Article Headlines on Shared Links

Did Elon Musk Endorse Biden, Come Out as Transgender and Die of Suicide?

Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X's Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation

Sure, There's Disinfo On ExTwitter, But The EU Should Not Be Demanding Censorship

Alexa says the 2020 election was stolen. What does it mean for 2024?

The Journalist and the Fallen Billionaire

The fraud was in the code

Newsom signs bill that would make it easier to delete online personal

Google is already bringing back the software features it removed because of Sonos' lawsuit

Right-to-repair is now the law in California

Meta Is Paying Creators Millions for AI Chatbots

Google Will Drop Claim That YouTube TV Is '$600 Less Than Cable' After Charter Complaint to Advertising Board

Zuzalu: From a hacker house to a hacker resort

I Gave ChatGPT an IQ Test. Here's What I Discovered

Google rolls out Pixel Buds Pro 5.9 update with Conversation Detection

Google Meet brings 1080p streaming to group calls

Google Accounts will prompt users at login to set up passkey

Google bringing Flood Hub forecasts to the US

Google Fi 'upgrade' takes $400 off Pixel 8 Pro with no trade-in

Adobe MAX: Adobe Unveils the Future of Creativity and AI at Adobe MAX 2023

Picks:
Cathy - Restoration of Notre Dame

Jeff - Video of Unsupervised

Ant - ADOBE MAX 2023: WHY AI WILL NOT TAKE JOBS FROM CREATORS

Ant - How to Read a Defense | A Guide to the Basics of Football Coverage

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Cathy Gellis

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2 hr 52 min

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