This Week in Google (Video)
212 episodes - English - Latest episode: 16 days ago - ★★★★ - 33 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.
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
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TWiG 763: All the Meat Was Shaking - Suno Music, Google Cloud Next
April 11, 2024 04:51 - 3 hours - 2.35 GB VideoGoogle Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island FCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadband Talking about the old internet Jeff's paper on the California Journalism Preservation Act Twitter's Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line NYC Chicken Sh...
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 726: Corpora Bailiwick and Jones - Twitter becomes X, Alphabet earnings, NotebookLM, Web Integrity API
July 27, 2023 03:51 - 2 hours - 1.9 GB VideoTwitter's rebrand to X may actually be happening soon. Alphabet reports better-than-expected quarterly results driven by growth in cloud. YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Rise 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates. Google's CFO just got a promotion. Google says 2 billion logged in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts. Google Street View is back in Germany after 10+ year halt. Jeff talks about his trip to Google previewing NotebookLM. Google software engineer got $605,000 bonus, plus...
TWiG 725: But Senator Trellis... - IoT cybersecurity label, defending Lina Khan, LLaMA 2, AI Synthetic data
July 20, 2023 02:39 - 2 hours - 2.01 GB VideoThe White House details its IoT cybersecurity label plan. Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open. Pluralistic: Why they're smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023). Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Calls Company "Unstable". Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama. Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it. Why computer-made data is being used to train AI models. G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics. AI can't even tell you ...
TWiG 683: Finnish Foliage - Douglas Rushkoff interview, AI powered turret, Amazon hardware event, NASA DART
September 29, 2022 02:16 - 2 hours - 2.11 GB VideoInterview with Douglas Rushkoff. How Rushkoff discovered the topic for his new book. Survival of the Richest: The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind. When Rushkoff decided to write the book. How billionaires define "winning" How do WE create a better future? What is Rushkoff's manifesto? What was Rushkoff's major? Team Human is a podcast striving to amplify human connection. Meta ordered to pay Voxer $175 million for violating live-streaming patents. Bitcoin Rises 6.5 Percent...
TWiG 682: Click the Clickah - Framework Chromebook, Amazon NFL, Spotify audiobooks, AI and Getty Images
September 22, 2022 03:05 - 2 hours - 1.96 GB VideoFramework's new Chromebook is upgradable and customizable. Yes, there's a Framework Chromebook, but... YouTube's 'dislike' and 'not interested' buttons barely work, study finds. Why Figma is Worth $20B And Other Observations From The Adobe Acquisition. Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of legal challenges. Amazon memo says 'Thursday Night Football' drew record number of Prime signups for a 3-hour period. Mark Zuckerberg's US$71 billion wealth wipeout puts focus on Meta...
TWiG 681: Drop, Cover, and Hold On - Matt Mullenweg interview, Pixelbook cancelled, floppy disk shop
September 15, 2022 02:58 - 2 hours - 2.22 GB VideoInterview with Matt Mullenweg. Stable Diffusion Finally Released To The Public. Did you know in the beginning what you wanted to do with Automattic? How do you feel about Twitter's Bluesky initiative? How has Wordpress survived the blogging winter? What excites you about how Wordpress is being used? When did Tumblr come along and how does it contrast with WordPress? What is the ongoing investment in scale of effort to keep Tumblr "nice"? How does Tumblr make money? What does it tak...
TWiG 680: Failure as a Feature - Pixel 7 Pro event, EU regulates updates, Twitter Edit, Android 14 satellite
September 08, 2022 03:43 - 2 hours - 2.54 GB VideoGoogle announces October 6 event for Pixel 7, Watch - 9to5Google Google confirms Pixel 7 series will run on new 'Tensor G2' chip Apple Finds Its Next Big Business: Showing Ads on Your iPhone Pichai Says Google 'Pro-Competitive,' Sees Vibrant Tech Market Google Pixel Watch spotted on Sundar Pichai's wrist a month ahead of the official launch The Pixel Watch May Have Larger Bezels Than We Expected EU lawmakers push for all Android phones to to copy the Pixel 6's five years of updates A...
TWiG 679: Conglomeratized! - Age Appropriate Design, Snap layoffs, Twitter Circle, Animal Translators
September 01, 2022 04:03 - 2 hours - 2.4 GB VideoCalifornia Senate Passes Three Awful Bills For The Internet; Will Newsom Sign Them? 'I turned my back on my film career to protect children online' Senator Klobuchar's Latest Bad Idea: Letting Smaller Journalism Outlets Demand Payments For Links. Elon Musk Cites Whistle-Blower Report as Reason to Scrap Twitter Deal. Twitter Circle now available to everyone – here's how it works. How Twitter's child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor. Jack Dorsey says his biggest ...
TWiG 678: Podcast Legend Having Lunch - Twitter Security, Annie Leibovitz, AI Art
August 25, 2022 04:08 - 2 hours - 2.89 GB VideoFormer security chief claims Twitter buried 'egregious deficiencies' Masnick on Mudge & Musk Who is Newton Minow? Annie Leibovitz proves yet again: she can't photograph Black women AI Image Generators Compared Side-By-Side Reveals Stark Differences A Tool That Monitors How Long Kids Are in the Bathroom Is Now in 1,000 American Schools Facebook users reporting celebrity spam is flooding their feeds Mark Zuckerberg responds to metaverse memes with a redesign Do We All See Baby Mark Zu...
TWiG 677: Clemson Salmon - Android 13, Amazon's football deal, USB Rubber Ducky
August 18, 2022 03:30 - 2 hours - 2.47 GB VideoGoogle launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones. Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman. Pixel 6 series can't go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability. Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch. Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits. Hank Green IRA explainer. Amazon and Nielsen close 'Thursday Night Football' ratings deal. Meta Just Happens to Ex...
TWiG 676: The CB of the 80's - Amazon buys iRobot, Musk sells Tesla shares, Samsung Unpacked
August 11, 2022 03:53 - 2 hours - 2.47 GB VideoSamsung's Galaxy Z Flip 4 lets you do more while it's closed. Wear OS is getting a revamped Play Store and offline Google Maps later this year. Political Chips by Ben Thompson. Biden signs $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act. Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act Is a Big Effing Deal. Bill Gates: A Clean Energy Future is in the Hands of Congress. Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion. Maps, mops and Matter: Why Amazon wants iRobot. What Amazon's Roomba and One Medical...
TWiG 675: The Quibi Button - Instagram reverts, CHIPS Act, Roku's button problem, Batgirl movie
August 04, 2022 04:19 - 2 hours - 2.74 GB VideoInstagram walks back TikTok-style changes — Adam Mosseri explains why. Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri Need You All to Stop Being Big Babies. Wrong number' text message scams are surging. CHIPS Act clears Congress, ensuring $52 billion boost to US foundries. FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications. Twitter is raising the Blue subscription price from $2.99 to $4.99 monthly. Roku has a problem — its buttons aren't print...
TWiG 674: Happy Leap Schmear - Tech earnings tanked, Instagram changes, TikTok in China, leap second
July 28, 2022 03:26 - 2 hours - 2.29 GB VideoAlphabet misses on earnings and revenue for second quarter. Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected. Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for 'intense period'. Instagram Admits It's 'Not Good' After Kardashians Beg It to Stop Copying TikTok. Introducing Home and Feeds on Facebook. Zuck Turns Up the Heat. Sunset of the social network. @elonmusk: The media is a click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine. Inside TikTok's Attempts to 'Do...