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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