Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them 
Don't Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids 
Sports Illustrated Thrown Into Chaos With Mass Layoffs 
Is it time to give up on old news? 
Instagram's new 'nighttime nudges' aim to reduce teens' time on the app 
The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams 
The FTC orders Intuit to stop promoting its products as "free" unless they are actually free for all consumers, after an FTC judge found TurboTax ads misleading 
An online pastor indicted in a $1.3 million crypto scam releases video explaining that God told him to sell crypto and spend proceeds on home remodel 
The TikTok 'Tunnel Girl' Is Not Alone 
Rat selfies 
Disney offers an elegant solution to VR's movement problem 
Starting Feb 22, you can no longer use Google Groups to post to Usenet, if you were still doing that 
The Traitors (on Peacock) is actually quite good 
Herman Miller power boxes 
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau 
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TWiG 752: The Mole Man of Hackney - Media Layoffs, Rat Selfies, Ello's Demise

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.

Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.

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'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 
brilliant.xyz 
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 
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau 
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TWiG 765: Inflatable Nuts - TikTok Ban, Rabbit R1, Equinox.space

 
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." 
limitless ai 
brilliant.xyz 
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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TWiG 764: Cow Magnets - Atlas Evolved, Humane AI Pin, Panic-as-a-Business

 
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 
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau 
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TWiG 763: All the Meat Was Shaking - Suno Music, Google Cloud Next

 
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 
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau 
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TWiG 762: People Who Like Sticks - Taco Bell AI, Amazon Scraps "Just Walk Out"

 
Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 
Andrew Huberman's Mechanisms of Control 
Bill Maher to Launch Podcast Network 
Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running 
AI news that's fit to print 
How Google uses AI to improve global flood forecasting 
Elon Musk requires 'FSD' demo for every prospective Tesla buyer in North America 
8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here's the Inside Story 
BBC develops AI plans and talks to Big Tech over archives access 
Dozens of Top Scientists Sign Effort to Prevent A.I. Bioweapons 
Collective AI' expected to resemble Star Trek's Borg — only nicer (hopefully) 
Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel 
Microsoft Agreed to Pay Inflection $650 Million While Hiring Its Staff 
Scientists turn to AI to make beer taste even better 
Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79 
Here's why AI search engines really can't kill Google 
Instagram co-founders' AI-powered news app Artifact may not be shutting down after all 
Intercept sues OpenAI not on copyright but on DMCA 
Google Chat rolling out voice messages for Workspace 
Gemini in Google Messages beta rolling out for some 
Google's newest office has AI designers toiling in a Wi-Fi desert 
General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers 
Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point 
ELON MUSK FOUGHT GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE — WHILE PROFITING OFF GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE 
MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical 
[Exclusive] Google Pixel 9 design revealed through 5K renders; will launch alongside Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL 
Shine by Sunshine on the App Store 
Good by David Kaye on the risks of internet regulation 
Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accounts 
Tennessee Adopts ELVIS Act, Protecting Artists' Voices From AI Impersonation 
Apple's Journal app 
The fish doorbell 
'Beyond our wildest dreams': How the Forward removed its paywall – and generated 37% more revenue 
New Google NY office has foot-washing station 
Sign o' the Times: Brooklyn apartment building to include podcast studio 
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau 
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TWiG 752: The Mole Man of Hackney - Media Layoffs, Rat Selfies, Ello's Demise

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