Big Quarter for Pixel 6, Spotify's platform rules, too late for Android tablets? 
Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell 
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TWiG 649: Tone Deaf and Loud - Big Quarter for Pixel 6, Spotify's platform rules, too late for Android tablets?

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 scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search 
Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter 
OpenAI researcher who resigned over safety concerns joins Anthropic 
UN statement on risks from generative AI 
We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years 
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet 
Everything Google announced at its big Chromebook showcase 
Google adds AI-powered features to Chromebook 
Here's the Google Home app 'Favorites' widget 
Google Ads Now Being Mixed In With Organic Results 
YouTube's free games catalog 'Playables' rolls out to all users 
How Shein and Temu Snuck Up on Amazon 
BuzzFeed Clashes With Vivek Ramaswamy, Its New Activist Investor 
Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack 
HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm 
TikTok offered an extraordinary deal. The U.S. government took a pass 
Parents Dance Like It's the '80s on TikTok, and Bring Down the House 
Meta's white, male advisory group 
My weekend plans: Ren Faire on HBO 
Canva meets Hamilton 
Top 50 podcasts 
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau 
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TWiG 770: Giggle Pants and Chortle Skorts - Google AI Answers, ICQ, Private Jet Tracking

 
Scarlett Johansson was 'shocked, angered' by ChatGPT voice that sounded like her 
It's Time to Believe the AI Hype 
Steven Levy's Extremely Stupid AI Piece 
Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments 
Congress Shouldn't End the Internet's Sunrise With a Section 230 "Sunset" Repeal 
Buy This Legislation or We'll Kill the Internet 
Taiwan, on China's Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way 
French TikTok block in overseas territory sets 'dangerous precedent,' critics warn 
2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds 
Microsoft unveils 'Copilot + PC' initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI 
jacking Wendy's ai 
Google is bringing back classic search, with no AI – and I couldn't be happier about that 
Does One Line Fix Google? 
Google's AI Overviews are getting ads soon 
Google rolls out immersive, AI-powered Shopping Ads 
Google's new 'Add to Chromebook' badge makes web apps easier to find and install 
After beating Sonos case, Google brings back group speaker controls 
Magic Editor for older Pixel phones starts rolling out 
Google Pay will show your card benefits, Autofill with PIN/face unlock over security code 
YouTube seems to once again be rolling out its widely hated new web redesign 
New: OpenAI, Wall Street Journal Owner News Corp Strike Content Deal 
Truecaller partners with Microsoft to let its AI respond to calls in your own voice 
C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89 
Let Bions Be Bygones 
United flight because of passengers stuck laptop 
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau 
Guest: Ed Zitron 
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TWiG 769: Keeping Up With the Kevorkians - ScarJo vs. OpenAI, Google Classic

Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Alex Kantrowitz react live to the Google I/O presentation. 
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TWiG 768: Google A/I - Google I/O 2024

 
'It's Been Painful': What Jonah Peretti Says Went Wrong at BuzzFeed 
The first Pulitzer prize for tech journalism in a decade! 
Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry 
Google is getting even worse for independent sites 
Heat Death of the Internet 
What's happening at Tesla? Here's what experts think. 
They Put a 65-Foot Hot Dog in Times Square, and It's a Blast 
Read the wild email Tesla is sending to suppliers amid Supercharger chaos 
Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production 
TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban 
Meet Pixel 8a 
YouTube's AI-powered 'Jump Ahead' feature rolling out widely to Premium users 
Google is changing how you set up 2FA 
Google Chrome Now Has a Gemini AI Shortcut 
Google TV's magic button is finally here, so what does it do? 
Number Of Search Results Dropped Google Search Results Page 
I Love Facebook. That's Why I'm Suing Meta. 
Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk's X 
(God help us) Elon Musk's Plan For AI News 
The Forgotten War on Beepers 
AI-Voiced Audiobooks Top 40,000 Titles on Audible 
geospy.ai 
MacWhisper 
Is This the Most Boring Man in the World? 
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TWiG 767: Never Hug an Elmo - BuzzFeed, AdVon, 65-Foot Hot Dog

 
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 
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TWiG 649: Tone Deaf and Loud - Big Quarter for Pixel 6, Spotify's platform rules, too late for Android tablets?

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