This Week in Google (Video)
216 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsIt'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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TWiG 762: People Who Like Sticks - Taco Bell AI, Amazon Scraps "Just Walk Out"
April 04, 2024 00:35 - 2 hours - 1.71 GB VideoThe 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...
TWiG 761: Exploring the World of Stretch Pants - Collective AI, Vinyl Sales
March 28, 2024 01:28 - 2 hours - 2 GB VideoDaniel 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 ac...
TWiG 760: The Ground State of a Molecule - Slorg & Slerf, NVIDIA Event, Google Health
March 21, 2024 01:42 - 2 hours - 2.07 GB VideoMatt Levine attracts online ire for column, 'Slorg Is Sorry He Burnt Slerf' AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead Long live AI prompt engineering Sam Bankman-Fried Says 50-Year Sentence Only Suitable for a 'Super Villain' Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers' data was used for Gemini Mikah & Jeff react to nVidia event OpenAI is expected to release a 'materially better' GPT-5 for its chatbot mid-year OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam The Check U...
TWiG 760: The Ground State of a Molecule - Slorg & Slerf, nVidia Event, Google Health
March 21, 2024 01:42 - 2 hours - 2.07 GB VideoMatt Levine attracts online ire for column, 'Slorg Is Sorry He Burnt Slerf' AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead Long live AI prompt engineering Sam Bankman-Fried Says 50-Year Sentence Only Suitable for a 'Super Villain' Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers' data was used for Gemini Mikah & Jeff react to nVidia event OpenAI is expected to release a 'materially better' GPT-5 for its chatbot mid-year OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam The Check U...
TWiG 759: The Posters Will Rise - TikTok Ban, Changing Expectations for AI
March 14, 2024 00:46 - 2 hours - 1.7 GB VideoTold You So: Amazon, Google Quietly Tamp Down Generative AI Expectations European Lawmakers Approve Landmark AI Legislation TikTok Will Use Every Legal Tool to Fight a Forced Sale ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick expressed interest in buying TikTok, floated the idea of partnering w/ Sam Altman and others Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies Karl Bode breaks it down at TechDirt Ed's podcast episode about Musk's Uncharitable Charity Elon boots a Don...
TWiG 758: The Righte to Hoose - OpenAI vs. Musk, Spain Boots Worldcoin Orbs
March 07, 2024 04:16 - 2 hours - 1.79 GB VideoOpenAI and Elon Musk Something Like Fire Former Twitter Executives Sue Musk Over Unpaid Severance Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs Life House CEO Departs After The Information's Report on Company South Korean streamers struggle with Twitch's sudden exit Here Come the AI Worms Open letter: A Safe Harbor for Independent AI Evaluation Microsoft engineer who raised concerns about Copilot image creator pens letter to the FTC Pixel phones just got ...
TWiG 757: They're Made of Meat! - Rollable phone, Bitcoin ETF, AT&T Outage
February 29, 2024 02:36 - 2 hours - 2.08 GB VideoGemini and Google's Culture Klarna says its OpenAI virtual assistant does the work of 700 humans OpenAI says New York Times 'hacked' ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuit Tyler Perry halts $800m studio expansion after being shocked by AI Kids left disappointed by Willy Wonka theme park grift Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued over a plane crash that killed two pilots last year MWC 2024: Motorola's Rollable Concept phone laughs at your silly foldable Peering through Lenovo's transparent ...
TWiG 756: Good Thorp and Vie't On - YouTube Dominates, ChatGPT Goes Nuts
February 22, 2024 02:26 - 2 hours - 2.1 GB VideoIntroducing Molly White Reddit Is Said to Sign AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform End of an era: The phone book goes the way of the fax machine as it drops through doors for the very last time after almost 150 years Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline's chatbot Sam Altman Seeks Trillions of Dollars to Reshape Business of Chips and AI How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh ...
TWiG 755: Beat It for 15 Minutes - Sovereign AI, Obituary Spam, Gemini Ultra
February 15, 2024 01:44 - 1 hour - 1.48 GB VideoLeo opens his copy of "Shift Happens" Nvidia CEO calls for "Sovereign AI" as his firm overtakes Amazon in market value Sarah Silverman's copyright infringement suit against OpenAI will advance in pared-down form The rise of obituary spam Biden administration taps Gina Raimondo to direct new AI Safety Institute University of Pennsylvania announces first AI undergrad degree When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever "Societal misalignments" could ...
TWiG 754: Guerrilla Gardening - Amazon's Rufus, Bluesky Opens, Toothbrush DDoS?
February 08, 2024 03:15 - 2 hours - 2.18 GB VideoApple vision pro talk Your phone isn't listening to you: The myth and its origins Bluesky Opens Up Taylor Swift joins Elon Musk in trying to silence student who tracks celebrity jets UMG Pulls it's music out of TikTok The unlikely 3 million electric toothbrush DDoS attack YouTube TV Number of Subscribers Revealed in Neal Mohan Letter ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to form sports streaming service venture Blazing Saddles 50th bday Google Bard to become 'Gemini' on February 7 w...
TWiG 753: Jeff's Brother and Paris' Canon - Amazon iRobot Deal, Elon's Paycheck
February 01, 2024 02:45 - 2 hours - 1.89 GB VideoSocial Media CEOs Testify The 27 Bills That Became Law in 2023 Google parent Alphabet ad revenue disappoints, CapEx up; shares sink 6% There Are 14 Billion Videos on YouTube Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs Rhyming AI-powered clock sometimes lies about the time, makes up words Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Finding The Air Cannon Universal Music Group Says It Will...
TWiG 752: The Mole Man of Hackney - Media Layoffs, Rat Selfies, Ello's Demise
January 25, 2024 02:40 - 2 hours - 1.84 GB VideoMost 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...
TWiG 751: The NUMTOT With a Top Knot - Google Layoffs, Verizon Fees, AI Boyfriends
January 18, 2024 02:19 - 2 hours - 1.91 GB VideoIs 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...
TWiG 750: The Right to Read - Athelas' Troubles, Free Tax-Filing, Walmart AI
January 11, 2024 02:53 - 2 hours - 1.76 GB VideoParis' big story: A Healthtech Unicorn Leaves a Trail of Clinic Complaints, Concerns Over Billing Practices The Information's 10th Anniversary Plagiarism Is Fine OpenAI's response to the NYT lawsuit Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All Gaming voice actors blindsided by 'garbage' union AI deal Asus' new laptop has two screens and a removable keyboard I.R.S. to Begin Trial of Its Own Free Tax-Filing System EFF Unveils Its New Street Level Surv...
TWiG 749: A Well Regulated Jart Team - NYT vs. OpenAI, Google Incognito, Tunnel Girl
January 04, 2024 02:17 - 2 hours - 1.77 GB VideoNYTimes sues OpenAI How OpenAI could recreate Times quotes OpenAI's annualized revenue reportedly tops $1.6B As Assistant with Bard inches toward launch, here's its UI in action Podcast police TikToker 'Tunnel Girl' ordered to stop viral digging project under Virginia home Apps will now be reporting your earnings to tax authorities The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again Seattle's Zulily will 'wind down' its business and liquidate its assets Google agrees to settle Chrome incognit...
TWiG 748: Best of 2023 - This Week in Google's Best Moments of 2023
December 26, 2023 19:30 - 2 hours - 1.71 GB VideoLeo looks back at the best stories they covered in 2023. Microsoft reportedly plans to invest $10 billion in creator of buzzy A.I. tool ChatGPT, Leo introduces Neeva. Former Google Employee Talks About Latest Google Layoffs Batting a Thousand Elon Musk Fires Top Twitter Engineer Meta Launches Threads Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama OpenAI Strikes $5M Deal For Local News Initiatives Twitter Re-branded as X Waffle Party Paris an...
TWiG 747: In an Abundance of Caution - AI Patents, Pig Butchering Scams, ChevyGPT
December 21, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours - 2.08 GB VideoGoogle's $700 million Play Store settlement Cox Media Group claims they can listen in on your conversations Police don't get Google's location data anymore How billionaires spend their money on immortality No more AI Facial Recognition for Rite Aid UK Supreme Court rules that an AI cannot patent an invention Largest Dataset Powering AI Images Removed After Discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Material Apple watches sales to stop on December 21 515 Wordles and what we learned Jeff tries ...
TWiG 746: Huffin' Hazelnut - NotebookLM, Google's Monopoly, Tesla Recall
December 14, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours - 2.11 GB VideoThis wide-ranging episode of TWiG covers many hot topics in tech, including the capabilities and limitations of AI writing tools like NotebookLM, controversies around misleading marketing of Google's Gemini AI model, the future of media and magazines, EU regulation of AI, and more. Interview with Steven Johnson about NotebookLM Google's best Gemini demo was faked Round 2: We test the new Gemini-powered Bard against ChatGPT | Ars Technica Channel1.ai is an AI-generated news show: pilot ...
TWiG 745: Livvy Rizzed Up Baby Gronk - Google Gemini AI, Beeper Mini
December 07, 2023 03:34 - 2 hours - 1.95 GB VideoMisinformation researcher Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Facebook Meet Gemini AI, Google's ChatGPT Killer The Inside Story of Microsoft's Partnership with OpenAI How Elon Musk and Larry Page's AI Debate Led to OpenAI and an Industry Boom Beeper Cloud and Product Roadmap Update Spotify Cancels Two Acclaimed Podcasts — 'Heavyweight,' 'Stolen' Salt-Hank Gordon Ramsey duet!! Google's Gemini AI model is coming to the Pixel 8 Pro for recording summaries and smart replies Do you...
TWiG 744: Giant Red Ties - Google Online News Act, DeepMind AI
November 30, 2023 04:12 - 2 hours - 1.82 GB VideoFederal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass Reflecting on 18 years at Google Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter? Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulato...
TWiG 743: Competitive Pantomime - OpenAI deep dive, Musk's Media Matters lawsuit, Stable Video Diffusion
November 23, 2023 04:52 - 2 hours - 2.3 GB VideoFrom King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company." Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes' Dear...
TWiG 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know - Leo's GPTs, Alex Stamos on election disinformation, deepfakes, eels!
November 16, 2023 03:34 - 2 hours - 1.75 GB VideoDiscussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs programming languages Talk of Elon Musk's reputation decline after acquiring Twitter Discussion of studies showing people perceive AI-genera...
TWiG 741: The Whole Muffin - OpenAI GPTs, Article 45, iMessage regulation, Bored Ape dancing
November 09, 2023 04:32 - 2 hours - 2.18 GB VideoOpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains. Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection. GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes. The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors. AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilate...
TWiG 740: Michelangelo's Nunchucks - AI Executive Order, Sergey Brin's Airship, WeWork Bankruptcy, .ing Domain
November 02, 2023 03:35 - 3 hours - 2.35 GB VideoFacebook's demographic targeting and personalized recommendations Government regulations for controlling AI in the US The threat of militarization of AI and autonomous weapons Eco-friendly transportation like blimps and cross-country train trips Don LaFontaine's train car recordings Google's questionable business practices and dominance Viral courtroom sketches from Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX trial Google switching to mobile-first indexing Google's new .ing domain name Humane's new sm...
TWiG 739: Panic in the Cul-de-sac - Cruise ousted in CA, online dating, Humane AI Pin, Dimension 20
October 26, 2023 02:13 - 2 hours - 1.95 GB VideoDMV suspends Cruise's robo-taxi permit in San Francisco after pedestrian accident Debate over regulating approval process for autonomous vehicles between NHTSA and NTSB Analysis of Google's disappointing Q3 financial results and advertising revenue drop Impact of dating apps like Tinder on relationships and matchmaking The demise of Twitter rival Pebble aka T2 Online interactions and social media - federation, verification, addiction Lawsuits and moral panic surrounding Meta and Insta...
TWiG 738: The Deorbiting Professor - X charges $1, Netflix theme park, Andreessen Manifesto, Meta Glassholes
October 19, 2023 03:54 - 2 hours - 2.19 GB VideoElon Musk says charging $1 a year to Twitter users could reduce bots VC Mark Andreessen loses it in controversial tech manifesto Meta Quest 3 brings back glassholes to the wild Amazon launches satellites to compete with SpaceX Starlink Peter Norvig and Blaise Aguera y Arcas claim AGI is already here 51% of teens spend 4+ hours daily on social media YouTube getting AI-powered ads targeting pop culture moments Mass tech layoffs in 2022 - reasonable correction or problematic? Google Wa...
TWiG 737: Gormless - Google's Sonos Victory, Search Modification, California Right-to-Repair, Adobe MAX
October 12, 2023 03:30 - 2 hours - 2.2 GB VideoGoogle's "enshittification" memos A Note From WIRED Leadership Moonlighting comes to Hulu... starring Jeff Jarvis! Elon Musk's X Strips Article Headlines on Shared Links Did Elon Musk Endorse Biden, Come Out as Transgender and Die of Suicide? Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X's Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation Sure, There's Disinfo On ExTwitter, But The EU Should Not Be Demanding Censorship Alexa says the 2020 election was stolen. What does it mean for 2024? The J...
TWiG 736: Socks on the Beach - Pixel 8, Chromebook Plus, paid social media, what happened to Masterclass?
October 05, 2023 04:00 - 2 hours - 2.3 GB VideoGoogle's Pixel hardware event and new devices Debate over adding AI to search functions - risks to accuracy? Laws challenging social media's First Amendment rights Movies released on TikTok by studios High production costs of Masterclass Streaming vs DVDs and the shrinking open web Spotify's attempts to expand beyond music in audiobooks Amazon's algorithms manipulating prices Supreme Court case involving copyright of legal search tools Paywalls and closed platforms replacing the op...
TWiG 735: Outside of the Nerdery - Google's 25th birthday, Meta Ray-Bans, Amazon and Google antitrust trial
September 28, 2023 03:10 - 2 hours - 2.16 GB VideoGoogle's 25th birthday Google killing off Google Podcasts Next week's Pixel hardware event Meta's VR/AR announcements and new Ray-Ban smartglasses with cameras Antitrust lawsuits against Google and Amazon AI voice cloning for automatic translation by YouTube, Spotify WGA writer's strike in Hollywood ending with AI concessions Meta adding AI bots everywhere Books scanned to train AI models in searchable database The viability of foldable laptop screens Premium $500/month Tinder sub...
TWiG 734: Anarchy in the Academy - Copyright and generative AI, Xbox and Stadia leak, Bard demo, Meme Wars
September 21, 2023 03:11 - 2 hours - 1.99 GB VideoThe group discusses the DOJ's antitrust case against Google's search dominance. The hosts debate whether AI will help or harm the fight against online disinformation. Leo and Joan discuss the challenges of internet safety and regulation in the UK. Google news includes: Chromebook lifespan extended to 10 years, Android 14 QPR beta, Google Calendar appointment booking, Nest speaker groups limited, and Google Domains transferred to Squarespace. Leo and Joan talk about the New York Times jo...
TWiG 733: Go, Cathy, Go! - Google Antitrust Lawsuit, Privacy Sandbox, Responsible AI
September 14, 2023 02:43 - 2 hours - 1.97 GB VideoGoogle pays more than $10 billion per year for these privileged positions Trademark Genericide And One Big Way The DOJ Admits That Its Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Is Utter Garbage YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate's videos, court says Google's cookie-replacing Privacy Sandbox reaches major milestone Google teaser previews Pixel Watch 2 and both Pixel 8 phones NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube is a hit, with more subscribers than when it was on DirecTV Google wi...
TWiG 732: Unidentified Flying Skellington - New Android Branding, Twitter Spy
September 07, 2023 02:43 - 2 hours - 1.72 GB VideoBritain Admits Defeat in Controversial Online Safety Bill When Tech Says "No" Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia Jeff Jarvis Moving on From CUNY Judge strikes down porn age-verification law in Texas : NPR The Department of Defense Launches the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Website Caltech drops calculus, chemistry, physics...
TWiG 731: Leo Saving Time - Pixel 8 event date, Samsung Food, Workspace AI, tech stock buybacks
August 31, 2023 02:23 - 2 hours - 1.92 GB VideoGoogle announces Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th Samsung buys popular meal planning app Whisk and rebrands it as Samsung Food Google discontinues Pixel Pass subscription bundle after just one year Chrome OS 116 adding auto correct and local file search Google Chat adding voice messages and interoperability with Slack and Teams Elon Musk makes controversial appearance at Valorant esports tournament Tesla planning LA supercharger location with diner and drive-in movie theater Face...
TWiG 730: Phanky Qipek - Elon Musk, AI and CAPTCHAs, Threads web app, Spotify podcast business
August 24, 2023 03:23 - 3 hours - 2.32 GB VideoHeritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires Canadian Media Orgs Said That Meta Linking To News Was Anticompetitive; Now They Say NOT Linking To News Is Anticompetitive The Bill C-18 Regulation Fake-Out: Setting the Record Straight on When Bill C-18 Takes Effect and the Regulation Making Process Elon Musk's Shadow Rule How is Spotify doing with its podcast business? Spotify will let podcasters customize their show page to bring in new listeners Yo...
TWiG 729: Waffle Party - Robotaxi victory in California, broadcast TV in trouble, Chrome Topics, Google Hotel
August 17, 2023 02:57 - 2 hours - 2.13 GB VideoGoogle'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...
TWiG 728: Stupid Dove Nests - Z Flip 5, Google antitrust, BlueJeans, Project IDX, Tetris lawsuit
August 10, 2023 03:14 - 2 hours - 2.06 GB VideoLeo shows off his Galaxy Z Flip 5. Judge Narrows Scope of Coming Trial Over Google Monopoly Claims. Musk's X Fined $350,000 in Secret Justice Department Fight Over Trump Records. Google Changes Name of Ad Product Amid Inventory Quality Scandal. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. Tech writer sues Apple, claiming Tetris movie ripped off his 'Cold War thriller' book. BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Zoom AI tools trained using so...
TWiG 727: Blame It On The Osso Buco - Canada link tax, incandescant light bulb, AI music generation
August 03, 2023 03:31 - 3 hours - 2.4 GB VideoShift Happens is about to ship! Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers. Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain. The buttons on Zenith's original 'clicker' remote were a mechanical marvel. Facebook's ad business recovers from Apple's attack; watch out TV. A view from DC: Adtech is built on a privacy fault line. Meta Offers to Seek Consent for Highly Personalized Ads in Europe. Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line. ...
TWiG 697: Don't Track Me, Bro - CES 2022, Meta EU mega-fine, facial recognition arrest, Shift Happens
January 05, 2023 04:14 - 3 hours - 2.45 GB VideoThis Device Will Not Let You LOL Unless You Mean It. The Mutalk Microphone Seals Your Voice In Virtual Reality. Bird Buddy's new smart hummingbird feeder can photograph and identify 350 different bird species. Roku Is Now Making Its Own TVs. Sony breaks from tradition and won't announce new TVs at CES 2023. This Virtual Twitch Streamer is Controlled Entirely By AI. Bills safety Damar Hamlin in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest. YouTube TV lands Sunday Ticket with deal...
TWiG 696: The Best of 2022 - Some of the most memorable moments from throughout the year
December 28, 2022 17:01 - 2 hours - 2.14 GB VideoHow Has Google FAILED at Messaging So Badly? MORAL PANIC!!! Hair and makeup. FLoC Is OUT, Topics Takes Its Place. Some Dude Hacked North Korea. Mazda Infotainment Systems Bricked By Radio Station. Facebookers Now Called Metamates. A Painful Looking Keyboard. Stacey's Pick: Firewalla Purple. Unsolicited Dik-Diks. Jeff's Roboburger Adventure. Jeff Jarvis being sold on eBay. Insteon Shut Down Suddenly. T-Mobile's 5G Home Internet is Enticing. iRobot OS breaks Stacey. Snapchat's ...
TWiG 695: The Airing of Grievances - Point-E, Public Domain day 2023, IoT and consent, John Carmack
December 22, 2022 04:25 - 2 hours - 1.86 GB VideoLife Expectancy by occupation for people with a wikipedia page. How Influencers Hype Crypto, Without Disclosing Their Financial Ties. OpenAI releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models. On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 'Magic Avatar' App Lensa Generated Nudes From My Childhood Photos. MSG's Facial Recognition at Radio City Gets Girl Scout Mom Kicked Out. A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook? We shoul...
TWiG 694: The Fifty Shades of Stacey - Manu Cornet talks Twitter and art, Microsoft's Activision deal, Goblin Mode
December 15, 2022 04:47 - 2 hours - 2.02 GB Video"I thought I'd been hacked. It turned out I'd been fired": tales of a Twitter engineer. Elon Musk booed by crowd after Dave Chappelle brings him on stage at comedy gig. How Manu feels about the Twitter debacle. Did Manu ever get any heat for doing his comics while working at Google and Twitter? Does Manu still like Twitter? How did Manu feel about Elon when everything first started months ago? What was the cartoon that Manu gave to Elon? Twitter suspends account that tracked Musk's p...
TWiG 693: The Best Part is the Grease - ChatGPT demo, Twitter HQ bedrooms, Neuralink animal abuse, TikTok best of the year, ChromeOS 108
December 08, 2022 05:30 - 2 hours - 2.29 GB VideoThe founder of Craigslist on giving away his money, whether billionaires should exist, and why so many of our plutocrats lose their mind. S.F. officials investigating allegedly illegal bedrooms at Twitter HQ, as Elon Musk criticizes Mayor Breed. Sam Altman: "ChatGPT launched on wednesday. today it crossed 1 million users!" Jailbreaking ChatGPT on Release Day - by Zvi Mowshowitz. I asked GPTchat to write about folding T-shirts in the style of Malcolm Gladwell. AI Homework. Mastering th...
TWiG 692: Alex Stamos - Is TikTok a threat, Twitter's Chinese porn spam, 2024 election disinformation
December 01, 2022 04:33 - 2 hours - 1.71 GB VideoIntroducing Alex Stamos. Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests. How did Alex get into security? Alex's Joe Sullivan story. How COVID impacted teens and social interaction. The mechanics of Apple's CSAM scanning. How do we integrate security into basic education curriculum? How does Alex feel about the Fediverse? Advice for hosts of Mastodon instances. How is Google doing security-wise and for its users? What does Alex hear about Facebook these days? Will t...
TWiG 691: Maureen and Bab's Tea Room - Leap second, FTX deepfake, Musk vs Swisher, Post.news, Alexa struggling
November 24, 2022 03:06 - 2 hours - 1.73 GB VideoI Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter. This Is What Could Become of It. Musk, journalist Kara Swisher trade barbs. Warner: Parents should be 'very concerned' about TikTok. Elon Musk and Twitter: a masterclass in moving fast and breaking things... Chaos on Twitter Leads a Group of Journalists to Start an Alternative. Post.news Amazon Alexa is a "colossal failure," on pace to lose $10 billion this year. How to Send Your Own Message to the iPad on Artemis 1 As It Orbits the Moon...
TWiG 690: Search For Hardcore - FTX celebrity fallout, Musk's Twitter purge, goodbye Protocol, palette.fm
November 17, 2022 05:55 - 2 hours - 2.18 GB VideoLarry David, Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Other Celebs Sued Over FTX Crypto Exchange Collapse. Stars Likely to Be More Careful in Ads After Lloyd Bridges Case. Taylor Swift ticket meltdown sparks outrage about Ticketmaster's power. Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th. Elon Musk ignored Twitter's internal warnings about paid verification. Mastodon Has Officially Retired the 'Toot,' Its Version of the Tweet. Substack isn't a social network. It's better. Prop...
TWiG 689: Rusticated and Rectified - Blue vs grey checkmarks, Meta layoffs, FTX Binance collapse, Google One VPN
November 10, 2022 05:38 - 2 hours - 2.29 GB VideoTwitter vs Mastodon. Twitter begins to roll out, then kills, grey checkmarks for high-profile accounts. Here's how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks. identi.ca Meta Lays Off More Than 11,000 Employees. Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Empire Faces US Probe Into Client Funds, Lending. Robinhood Collapses Following Difficulties of Savior. Twitter Is Our Future - by James Fallows. SpaceX adds data restrictions for Starlink power users. On Twitter, Elon Musk Details His ...
TWiG 688: Hundo Milo - Musk takes over Twitter, FCC says ban TikTok, Roblox virtual clothing class
November 03, 2022 03:11 - 3 hours - 2.33 GB VideoElon Musk is negotiating his new Twitter fees in real time with Stephen King. Ad giant IPG advises brands to pause Twitter spending after Musk takeover. Scoop: Musk team working to reboot Vine this year. Twitter discontinues ad-free articles for Blue subscribers. Welcome to hell, Elon. Elon discovers micropayments. Sigh. What kind of open networks are out there? Pixelfed - Federated Image Sharing. Interview: FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok. US curbs on microchips...
TWiG 687: Rabble Rousing - Inside Planetary and Scuttlebutt, Mr. Beast, Shutterstock AI imagery, Chief TWiT
October 27, 2022 02:58 - 2 hours - 2.18 GB VideoInterview with Rabble. How Odeo turned into Twitter. What did Rabble do before Odeo? What did Rabble learn at TXTmob that came over to Twitter? Why Jaiku was so cool. What did Rabble work on at Yahoo from Uruguay? What was the core mistake of Friendster? What is the Scuttlebutt protocol and how does it work with Planetary? How does Rabble feel about Bluesky? What should I be able to export from Twitter right now? What's coming soon on Planetary and Scuttlebutt? Elon Musk dubs him...
TWiG 686: Indoctrinized and Radicalated - Ye to buy Parler, Musk's absolute Twitter control, Bluesky roadmap
October 20, 2022 02:38 - 2 hours - 1.65 GB Video- Kanye West is buying 'free speech platform' Parler. - Court blocks Texas social media law from taking effect. - Musk Will Have Absolute Control Over Twitter, Documents Show. - I have seen the frightening future of spam. It is this $1.5b AI bot co (formerly Jarvis.ai) - Jack Dorsey-Founded Bluesky Unveils Roadmap for Decentralized Social Networks. - What happened to XMPP? - New York attorney general release report on "chilling" Buffalo shooting. - How TikTok ate the internet. - Ai-...
TWiG 685: Only on Thursdays - Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel Watch, Meta Quest Pro, Passkey support, Google Looker
October 13, 2022 03:00 - 2 hours - 2.09 GB VideoAndy Warhol's portraits of Prince get their 15 minutes of fame in Supreme Court copyright showdown. Communia Copyright recommendations. Google unveils Pixel 7 Pro with Tensor G2 processor, starts at $899. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro review: Should you upgrade? Google gets serious about wearables with the Pixel Watch. Google Fi 'VCN' on Pixel keeps cellular data anonymous. Google starts rolling out passkey support for Android and Chrome. Meta Meets Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson...