TWiG 729: Waffle Party - Robotaxi victory in California, broadcast TV in trouble, Chrome Topics, Google Hotel

Google's updates to NFL Sunday Ticket, including flexible billing, student plans, live chat, polls, and more

Linear TV viewing falling below 50% for the first time

Streaming gaining more market share, but subscription costs rising

Congressional inquiry into harmful data broker practices

Google using AI to generate key points in web pages

Google considering allowing AI summaries directly in search results

YouTube cracking down on videos promoting ineffective cancer cures

Google Photos getting AI-powered auto-generated titles and organization

Google Slides enabling presenters to draw and annotate while presenting

Changes coming to YouTube Shorts, including blocking links to combat spam

Google's hotel for employees during COVID now offering discounted rates as they push back towards in-office work

California allowing self-driving cars to operate in San Francisco 24/7, leading to traffic jams

Google eliminating many of its private label consumer product brands due to poor sales and distrust

Internet Archive being sued by record labels for digitizing and hosting out of print 78rpm records

Update on researcher Joan Donovan's firing from Harvard and new role at Boston University

Proposal for new rules regulating data brokers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Analysis of surveillance capitalism and its effects on society

Discussion on public distrust of medical institutions and ""elite"" doctors

Speculation on Elon Musk's erratic behavior on Twitter including visiting Mark Zuckerberg's house

Review of the movie Oppenheimer and how its portrayal connects to the ethical dilemmas of technology

Several lighter topics including bollards on Twitter, introducing grandparents to TikTok, and AI-generated poetry

Picks:

Stacey - Homey Pro

Jeff - She introduced Grandpa to TikTok

Ant - Better Smartphone Photography with Lisa Carney at Donner Lake

Ant - In-Person or Online: How You Can Support Maui Wildfire Relief

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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