TWiG 751: The NUMTOT With a Top Knot - Google Layoffs, Verizon Fees, AI Boyfriends

Is A.I. the Death of I.P.?

Samsung Unpacked recap

Google Is Laying Off Hundreds of Workers in Its Voice Assistant, AR Teams

Google Formally Endorses Right to Repair, Will Lobby to Pass Repair Laws

Google Maps now supports Bluetooth beacons in tunnels

Apple revises US App Store rules to let developers link to outside payment methods, feat a scary message!

Jeff's op-ed proposing that Bell Labs be turned into a Museum and School of the Internet

Peacock's AFC Wild Card game was the "most-streamed event ever in the US."

Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement

Tom Coates on Meta and the Fediverse

Fox puts its stuff on the blockchain

Functions Google is killing in Assistant

Google quietly updates Chrome's incognito warning in wake of tracking lawsuit

Google updates Chrome Incognito disclaimer amid $5 billion lawsuit settlement

Google introduces 'Circle to Search,' a new way to search from anywhere on Android using gestures

GPT Store opens

Glenn's thing: How Infrastructure Works

Paris's thing: 1990s internet directories

Jeff's Thing: swarovski's world-first AI binoculars that identify species on their own

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Glenn Fleishman

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