 
Craig Newmark the Pigeon Man / more AI Music 
Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric 
Marques Brownlee calls the Humane AI pin "the worst product I've ever reviewed." 
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Maria Cantwell wants a privacy law. She's been one of its biggest obstacles. 
Experts Provide Early Analysis of the American Privacy Rights Act 
Unclear Protections in the American Privacy Rights Act Not Worth Broad Preemption 
Google tests stopping news links in California because of CJPA 
Whoops! Computer error leads to wrong couple getting divorced 
Hey, Paris: How Neopets' nostalgic revival tripled users in six months 
Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, disappointing dozens 
Panic-as-a-Business is Expanding 
Crypto Trader Searched Web for 'Fraud' Before $110 Million Haul 
'Eat the future, pay with your face': my dystopian trip to an AI burger joint 
Ready for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers? 
Prophet Song 
Strands, the superior NYT game 
Cow magnets 
Vinod Khosla's tech-determinist TED wet dream 
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau 
Guest: Stacey Higginbotham 
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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 conversations about AI, Internet memes, the future of media, and the latest emerging tech. You won't want to miss a minute.

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Google is building a fart button into Android 
The Rabbit R1 is loosely based on Android after all 
Alphabet Leaps Into $2 Trillion Club as Results Show AI Strength 
Google plans $3 billion data center investment in Indiana, Virginia 
Google cuts hundreds of 'Core' workers, moves jobs to India, Mexico 
Google workers fired for protesting Israeli contract file NLRB complaint 
Meet the powerful tech insiders behind the push to ban TikTok 
A Chinese Firm Is America's Favorite Drone Maker. Except in Washington. 
FCC fines AT&T;, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data 
The FCC just doled out big privacy fines. It could soon lose that power. 
Supreme Court Rejects Musk's 'Twitter Sitter' Appeal in SEC Win 
Twilio Founder Jeff Lawson Has Some Serious Plans for The Onion 
Lawsuits test Tesla claim that drivers are solely responsible for crashes 
Musk Wins China's Backing for Tesla's Driver-Assistance Service 
Elizabeth Spiers: That Strange Piece of Metal Origami Embodies All Elon Musk's Flaws 
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles and public policy team 
Supreme Court declines to block Texas pornography restriction 
Bruce Perens proposes draft Post-Open Zero Cost License 
Remember that Sora balloon video? 
From Baby Talk to Baby A.I. 
Related: Yann LeCun & AI as 4-year-old 
Is history repeating itself? I have concerns. 
The Cheyenne Supercomputer is going for a fraction of its list price at auction right now 
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau 
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TWiG 766: Area Man Buys Onion - Alphabet Hits 2 Trillion, DJI Ban, FCC Fines

 
'Thunder Run': Behind Lawmakers' Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill 
TikTok ban would be a gift from Congress to Meta and Google 
How the TikTok ban could survive a court challenge 
The Chilling of TikTok 
FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements That Restrict Job Switching 
Sam Altman-backed crypto project Worldcoin faces an orb shortage 
Paris' nuts 
Rabbit R1 
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More wearable AI: IYO One 
The Man Who Killed Google Search 
Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of 'new operating reality' 
The solution to scary Boston Dynamics bots? Make robots hairy 
Meta shares plummet 10% after second quarter outlook disappoints 
Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to 'bring back the open web' 
Beware of The Fake Podcast Invite Scam 
Bravely Exploring the Squalor of a 'Boy Room' 
This fun little web game: Equinox.Space 
magCulture 
No one buys books 
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TWiG 765: Inflatable Nuts - TikTok Ban, Rabbit R1, Equinox.space

 
Google Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps 
The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island 
FCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadband 
Talking about the old internet 
Jeff's paper on the California Journalism Preservation Act 
Twitter's Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers 
Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop 
SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line 
NYC Chicken Shop Replaces Cashier With Woman in Philippines On Zoom 
First look at federal privacy bill 
Instagram Generated Almost 30% of Meta's Revenue in Early 2022 
Elon Musk's 'self-inflicted wounds' and other highlights from a newly released deposition 
5 Workspace announcements from Google Cloud Next '24 
Fitbit app rolling out redesigned Sleep stats 
Google's Nest Secure is shut down — and you've got options besides ADT 
Google brings AI-powered editing tools, like Magic Editor, to all Google Photos users for free 
The wonderful world of Taskmaster 
Also! A report from the teens at PS 47 
Mario meets Pareto 
Suno music 
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The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? 
Here Are the Cable News Ratings for March 2024 
Why YouTube Decided to Take Over Cable Television 
YouTube is increasing the price of premium (Red) subscription by nearly 50% 
Why Did Matt Farley Put a Song About Me on Spotify? 
Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle 'Incognito' Lawsuit 
20 years of Gmail 
AT&T; resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online 
Yahoo is acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo News 
Amazon's Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout Tech 
Google is Bringing Gemini Nano to Pixel 8 and Circle to Search to More Devices 
Tips for Linking Shell Companies to their Secret Owners 
Google to Fight Cookie Hijacking With Encryption Keys for Chrome Browser 
Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Are Going 'AI-First,' Yum's New Tech Chief Says 
Jon Stewart claims Apple wouldn't let him interview FTC chair on his podcast 
Apple sues former iOS engineer for allegedly leaking Vision Pro, Journal app details 
Very good by Katie Harbath: Digging Into Ten Overused Tech Tropes 
Hume, an "empathic" voice-to-voice AI chatbot 
Harvard Releases the Caselaw Access Project 
Ant: I streamed with Logitech's Mevo Core camera and it nearly beat out my $3,600 Canon 
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TWiG 764: Cow Magnets - Atlas Evolved, Humane AI Pin, Panic-as-a-Business

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