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Meet the insider who wrote the App Store's rules and now battles AI's wildest frontier: protecting identities from deepfake abuse and digital piracy. Discover why the fight for online authenticity just got a whole lot messier.
- OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok
- OpenAI's Hacking Debacle Was a Human Mistake
- Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
- Altman says he supports AI regulation
- Exclusive: OpenAI Previews 'Astra' AI Model in DC
- White House to Host AI Companies on Tuesday to Review AI Framework
- Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
- The Math Superstar Who's Terrified of AI—and Just Took a Job at OpenAI
- Google Earth's AI makeover survives one trip around the Sun
- As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews
- Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop?
- The Red-Hot Book at the Center of an AI Mystery
- A record-breaking eight Pulitzer awardees disclosed AI use this year
- The Autonomous Press - Numbered Papers
- Musk's latest ridiculous prediction: Optimus better than human surgeons in 4 years
- The Archive of Incorrect AI Predictions
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Phillip Shoemaker
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Business Insider founder Henry Blodget unpacks why the era of news aggregation is finished and why journalists must adapt fast as AI redefines both reporting and analysis. If you care about the future of information, you'll want to hear this.
- Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Technical Timeline of the July 2026 Incident
- Sam Altman says we are in the singularity: 'This is the moment'
- AI arms race in line for a reckoning after OpenAI hacking incident
- Senior White House official claims China's K3 model stolen from Anthropic
- OpenAI makes ChatGPT Health available to all US users
- A.I. Companies Are Recruiting Electricians and Carpenters by the Thousands
- Trump administration to ban new Chinese robots and inverters, protecting U.S. AI
- Why AI Needs a "Genie Coefficient"
- Behind the Curtain: The AI titans' biggest private fear
- The FTC Would Like To Decide Which AI Answers Are Too Woke, And Is Calling That Consumer Protection
- Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini
- DeepMind paper says LLMs won't be good at scientific discovery: LLMs can't jump
- Amazon overhauls its AI strategy, winding down most flagship models
- An ESP32 based plane radar
- The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us
- prompt-injection resumes
- The McLuhan Marshalling Machine
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Henry Blodget
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An unreleased OpenAI model just broke out of its sandbox and hacked Hugging Face using chained attacks, while the companies defending against it had to turn to a nearly unguardrailed Chinese model to fight back. The result? A real-world stress test of guardrails, hype, and global AI competition.
- Hugging Face breach: OpenAI claims its models were responsible
- AI just disproved the 87-year-old Jacobian conjecture
- Quoting Sam Altman
- Top Pentagon official blasts OpenAI's Dean Ball
- Exclusive: Nvidia's Jensen Huang defends Chinese AI amid Kimi panic
- Xi Jinping casts himself as leader of new AI world order
- Data center opponents stage 142 protests across 42 US states
- NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook
- Google's Red-Hot Cloud Growth Drives Second-Quarter Revenue Gains
- Meta in Talks to Lease Computing Power to Anthropic in Potential $10 Billion Deal
- Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement approved; only 350 authors opted out
- AMD commits up to $5 billion to Anthropic
- Netflix Co-CEO Explains How Gen-AI Was Used in 300 Different Titles: 'We Believe It Is Going to Enhance Their Abilities'
- Bellwether Lawsuit Against Meta Over Social Media Addiction Is Dropped
- Google is building a chip with Gemini baked into the silicon
- Cyclospora all the time
- Jensen's jacket auctioned. Guess the price
- " Everyone Gets Lost at the Pitbull Concert"
- John C. Dvorak dies at age 80
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Nate B. Jones
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With open weight models fast approaching the power and utility of closed AI giants, enterprises face tough choices about privacy, sovereignty, and who they can trust. Explore why the next tech revolution might depend on which models stay truly open—and who gets to keep using them.
- Mozilla's inaugural 'State of Open Source AI' Report with CTO Raffi Krikorian - https://stateofopensource.ai/
- Apple sues OpenAI, alleging it stole trade Secrets
- Google's Demis Hassabis says it's time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US
- Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes massive 570 flaws, 3 zero-days
- White House details 'Gold Eagle' clearinghouse for AI cyber threats
- Introducing GPT-Live
- From Chatbot to Command Center
- OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs
- A Green Being (@a_green_being) on X
- What xAI Grok Build CLI actually sends to xAI - a wire-level analysis (grok 0.2.93)
- Musk promises purge after Grok Build caught sending entire repos to the cloud
- PrismML — Announcing Bonsai 27B: The First 27B-Class Model to Run on a Phone
- Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI's AGI work due to illness
- OpenAI has folded safety into research again. Its head of safety is leaving.
- We built a vulnerability vending machine: AI tokens in, zero-days out
- Australia demands AI companies must produce more energy than they consume, stop 'theft' of content
- White House not ruling out action on open-source AI models
- The Hard-Line Activists Ramping Up for the War With AI - WSJ
- Super Dario: One More Week
- How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing | jola.dev
- History of LLMs: Complete Timeline & Evolution (1950-2026)
- No, You Shouldn't Avoid Fruits and Vegetables Due to Cyclospora
- Google creator profiles
- Dust jacket
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Raffi Krikorian
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Whether it's the sensory joy of homemade gelato or the privacy risks baked into AI-powered apps, the conversation spotlights how technology is transforming even the simplest moments—and why it's not always for the better.
- OpenAI gets permission to roll out GPT-5.6 to the public on July 9
- Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China's top AI models, sources say
- OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom
- Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven't progressed as quickly as he'd hoped
- Meta money grab is a plea to investors: Stick with us
- Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos
- Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses that can capture every moment
- Google's AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025
- Nvidia's Kyber AI rack slips to 2028, and one circuit board is to blame
- Cloudflare will filter out web crawlers that serve AI companies
- A Twist in This Year's Strangest Literary AI Scandal
- Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage
- Brown Professor Suspects Majority of His Class Used AI to Cheat
- Reid Hoffman: Introducing Tokens to the Future: Token Grants to AI Builders
- Tilly Norwood to Lead New Movie 'Misaligned,' Marking Feature Debut for AI 'Actor'
- MaximeRivest/riddle: The diary of Tom Riddle for the reMarkable Paper Pro — write with your pen, the page drinks your ink and answers in a flowing hand
- lfnovo/open-notebook: An Open Source implementation of Notebook LM with more flexibility and features
- GuideAlong
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Ian Bogost
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Think your AI assistant is working perfectly? This episode reveals why most AI breakdowns go completely unnoticed and how these "invisible failures" could be skewing the results we rely on.
- Fable is Back!
- Alex Stamos: Anthropic is saying "Amazon's inability to appropriately communicate severity threw our industry into chaos".
- China's Meituan says its new AI model was trained on domestic chips
- Chinese A.I. Models Gain Ground on Anthropic and OpenAI
- Claude Science is Anthropic's newest flagship product
- Previewing GPT-5.6 Sol: a next-generation model
- The New York Times Amends Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Microsoft
- OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Custom A.I. Chip Design
- Neon Buys 'Artificial,' a Film About OpenAI, After Amazon Dropped It
- How AI helped the FBI investigate the White House Correspondents' Dinner attack
- Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities
- Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrolls
- Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems
- People have stopped trusting news but not newsrooms
- SpaceX Showed Investors Prototype of Elon Musk's New AI Device
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- Gemini Spark, Google's agentic assistant, is now available on Mac
- Jefferies Warns Memory Prices Will Surge 50% in Q3 2026 and Another 40% in Q4, With No Relief Until 2028
- US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections
- Four in five under-16s in Australia using social media despite ban, study shows
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- Podcasting platform Riverside enters the newsletter publishing game
- The 'Father of the Internet' is finally retiring
- Political Bias in AI
- Om Malik, 1966-2026
- Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep
- My post: California's squandered opportunity
- Palantir coat
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Mike Elgan
Guest: Chris Potts
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Section 230 takes center stage as Olivier Sylvain argues it's time to confront Big Tech's legal shield, sparking a fierce debate on whether Internet giants should be liable for platform harms or if reform risks choking small innovators.
- Trump says he no longer views Anthropic as a national security threat after G7 meeting with CEO
- The White House Is Making Up Its Rules for AI in Real Time
- N.S.A. Lost Access to Powerful A.I. Model Amid Anthropic Dispute
- Early Users of Anthropic Mythos Still Have Access After US Order
- Dangerous AI models are coming no matter what
- Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving Google DeepMind for Anthropic after nearly nine years
- Google's Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer is leaving for OpenAI
- Identity verification on Claude
- Anthropic rolls out Claude Tag, your new agentic AI coworker in Slack
- Google preps Pixel 'Audio Memory' that ambiently tracks your 'important conversations,' like AI notetaker pins
- Norway imposes broad restrictions on AI for elementary school kids
- YouTube settles upcoming bellwether trial over social media's psychological harms to kids
- OpenAI and Broadcom unveil LLM-optimized inference chip
- Luca Guadagnino's Nearly Finished Sam Altman Movie 'Artificial' Dropped by Amazon After OpenAI Partnership
- OpenAI Burned $3.7 Billion in First Three Months of 2026
- OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch Open-Source Bugs as It Takes on Anthropic's Mythos
- Getty Images Soars 200% in Early Trading After OpenAI Deal
- Meta launches cheaper smart glasses without Ray-Ban
- We're Partnering With EssilorLuxottica to Launch Meta Glasses
- Evan Spiegel says Snap can't fulfill its mission without its new AR glasses
- AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid
- China tightens indium phosphide checks as AI demand climbs
- AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A
- Midjourney goes from generating cat images to full-body ultrasound scans
- A Princeton grad built a $30 million AI detection business. Now he's selling it to Superhuman.
- Estonia intends to recognize AI agents with digital IDs
- Big Tech Is a Thief and a Liar, Says New York Times Publisher
- AI Economics for Dummies
- We Have to Stop Freaking Out About A.I.
- In the Weights is your new AI-centric vanity search | TechCrunch
- UK TV to be turned off
- Computer History Museum's AI Archive
- Airport Dad
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Olivier Sylvain
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The sudden US government shutdown of Anthropic's Fable model has tech insiders reeling and rival global labs surging ahead. This episode breaks down the unexpected political power play rattling the future of AI innovation.
- The Fable 5 Export Controls Harm US Cyber Defense
- Anthropic CEO says government should block dangerous AI
- The Real Reason Anthropic's Models Are Offline: A Six-Year-Old Trump Grudge
- (21) Pete Hegseth on X: "Three months ago, @DeptofWar kicked @AnthropicAI out of our building—forever. Every passing day proves why that was the right move. 🇺🇸" / X
- Anthropic's Safety Superpower
- Google DeepMind is worried about what happens when millions of agents start to interact
- The Anthropic 'Fable' saga proves: we have opened the AI Pandora's box.
- Exclusive: OpenAI Preps New AI Model, Expects To Go Public 'Within the Next Year'
- Microsoft CEO warns that a few AI winners could destroy 'entire industries'
- SpaceX locks in $60 billion Cursor deal to power AI coding push
- DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is 'Vital' for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
- AI Deepfakes Are Getting Weirder and Harder to Spot in the Midterms
- UK under-16s social media rules to reach into gaming and AI chatbots
- Investigation by The Atlantic reveals many millions of songs used for AI music training
- Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses
- Discover — FablePool
- Isometric NYC
- Encrypted Spaces
- Florida man
- Knick Knacks
- Bird window
- Ode to Orange Seats
- Bending Spoons--owner of AOL, Eventbrite, Vimeo, Komoot, WeTransfer, Evernote, MeetUp, Streamyard, Hopin, Splice, and Brightcove--to IPO
- Tim Ferris: Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Alex Stamos
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Discover how a homegrown AI agent is outsmarting big-brand competitors, letting users tailor digital assistants with real memory and skills. The future isn't just smarter models, but everyday tech that learns exactly how you work.
• Hermes AI agent's launch, mass adoption, and personalized capabilities
• Open source vs. proprietary AI: model access, privacy, and funding hurdles
• Apple's next-gen Siri and agentic platform ambitions unpacked
• Nous Research model development, Nvidia partnerships, and training challenges
• The risk of an "AI underclass" and ethics in model distribution
• Anthropic's Fable release: strict guardrails, silent model downgrades, and open source tensions
• Local models vs. cloud LLMs: cost, effectiveness, and practical tuning
• Community-driven iterating: Hermes' rapid product evolution and user obsession
• Vatican's AI encyclical: church perspectives on AI, morality, and the common good
• AGI arrival debate: economic thresholds, capabilities, and human uniqueness
• The reality of AI hallucinations, agent accuracy, and responsible usage
• Legal fallout over AI-generated hallucinations in court filings
• AI's growing role in Hollywood contracts and labor protections
• Google's Gemini 3 live translation impresses but raises privacy flags
• German courts label Google AI overviews as publisher speech, liability looms
• AI detection tools like Pangram face scrutiny in real-world writing and education
• Google Dream Beans app tests the limits of digital personal recommendations
• Picks of the Week: Reddit AMA, Dream Beans, basketball and retro gaming, research critiques
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Jeffrey Quesnelle
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AI is upending the movie business, from Amazon's new AI Creators Fund to contract battles that just gave synthetic actors the green light in Hollywood. This episode dives into the real-world impact of generative tools on jobs, creativity, and who gets to tell the next generation of stories.
- AThis is the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark
- Anthropic has officially filed to go public
- Google Seeks $80 Billion for AI Buildout; Berkshire Will Buy $10 Billion Stake
- Amazon's AI jackpot: Its $8 billion Anthropic holdings are now worth $74 billion
- Taking a trip this summer? Beware. These travel scams are now turbocharged by AI
- Companies Are Using Reddit to Manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI Search
- Trump Signs Executive Order Seeking Oversight of A.I. Models
- AI info visualization -- click on anything for more
- cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max: The AI coding agent that runs on stolen Chipotle compute 🌯 Fork of OpenCode with Pepper AI as default model. Community project to add providers from Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Starbucks & more.
wander - 'The CGI would have cost millions. I spent $2,000.' Is Dreams of Violets AI slop – or the future of film-making?
- Hell Grind trailer
- Martin Scorsese accused of 'throwing artists under bus' with AI storyboards
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Mike Elgan
Guest: Robert Tercek
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- Interview with Mike Masnick
- Stop Begging Billionaires To Fix Software — Build Your Own
- The one secret to using genAI to boost your brain
- Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk's X
- How the Owner of Hidden Valley Ranch Learned to Love AI
- As an M.D, here's my 100% honest opinion and observations/advices about using ChatGPT : r/ChatGPT
- (21) Josh Woodward on X: "The wait is over. @GeminiApp is now shipping Veo 3 globally for all Pro members! That means India, Indonesia, all of Europe, and more are starting to get access to create videos right now. As a member, you'll get 3 video generations per day, and that credit will replenish https://t.co/uPa0p0KQZu" / X
- Chinese robot dog nears Usain Bolt speed, breaks global record
- Vibe Coder' Who Doesn't Know How to Code Keeps Winning Hackathons in San Francisco
- A.I.'s Hidden Layer (And Why I Joined Puck)
- A Marco Rubio impostor is using AI voice to call high-level officials
- Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
- Hertz and Other Rental Car Agencies Turn to AI for Damage Detection
- Zitron: OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially
- Hugging Face opens up orders for its Reachy Mini desktop robots
- Grammarly Authorship
- CalMatters Digital Democracy
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Mike Elgan
Guest: Mike Masnick
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- Interview with Board Member of Cloudflare, John Graham-Cumming
- My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
- Two Judges, Same District, Opposite Conclusions: The Messy Reality Of AI Training Copyright Cases
- How I Use AI To Help With Techdirt (And, No, It's Not Writing Articles)
- Google launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you
- The Internet Needs Sex
- Senate drops plan to ban state AI laws
- Adam Thierer reacts
- Denmark To Tackle Deepfakes By Giving People Copyright To Their Own Features - Slashdot
- The Velvet Sundown are a seemingly AI-generated band with 325k Spotify listeners
- People are using AI to 'sit' with them while they trip on psychedelics
- China hosts first fully autonomous AI robot football match
- AI virtual personality YouTubers, or 'VTubers,' are earning millions
- AI helps find formula for paint to keep buildings cooler
- Microsoft's New AI Tool Outperforms Doctors 4-to-1 in Diagnostic Accuracy - Slashdot
- It's Known as 'The List'—and It's a Secret File of AI Geniuses
- The AI Company Zuckerberg Just Poured $14 Billion Into Is Reportedly a Clown Show of Ludicrous Incompetence
- We used Veo to animate archive photography from the Harley-Davidson Museum
- G/O Media Winds Down by Selling Kotaku, One of Its Last Sites
- Roadside America Dot Com
- Cluely pitches itself as undectable AI
- Lorde's new album: Virgin
- AI recipe creation
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: John Graham-Cumming
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- Interview with Richard Gingras
- Judge backs AI firm over use of copyrighted books
- Authors Are Posting TikToks to Protest AI Use in Writing—and to Prove They Aren't Doing It
- Meta, Amazon, and more want 10-year ban on states regulating AI
- Pope Leo makes AI's threat to humanity a signature issue | TechCrunch
- OpenAI warns that its upcoming models could pose a higher risk of enabling the creation of biological weapons and says it is stepping up testing of such models
- My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts
- Is AI the End of Dating Apps?
- Can You Really Have a Romantic Relationship With AI?
- gist.ai
- Jeff talks about the new AI Chromebook
- Veo sinkhole videos
- Wiki Radio 📻
- Tennis robot
- The Great PowerPoint Panic of 2003
- Zuck's new specs
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Richard Gingras
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- Interview with Matthew Kirschenbaum
- Chatterbox TTS - a Hugging Face Space by ResembleAI
- Here's the $2,000 fully AI-generated ad that aired during the NBA Finals
- Boston Dynamics robots dance to 'Don't Stop Me Now' for 'America's Got Talent' audition
- Oracle CEO Says OpenAI's Stargate Venture 'Not Formed Yet'
- OpenAI Seeks New Financial Concessions From Microsoft, a Top Shareholder
- They Asked ChatGPT Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
- Smart Lamp Keeps Students On Track With Image Recognition
- Google's Gemini panicked when playing Pokémon
- Inside the AI Party at the End of the World
- AI Barbie? Mattel & OpenAI Team Up For Smart Toys & Games
- L'Oréal Taps Nvidia Tech to Supercharge Its AI Efforts
- They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals
- Brooklyn TK
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Matthew Kirschenbaum
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- Interview with Stephen Witt
- Altman's Gentle Singularity
- Sutskever video: start at 5:50-6:40
- Paris on Apple Glass
- OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
- Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm for Copyright Infringement
- Apple paper: The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity
- Futurism on the paper
- Could AI make a Scorsese movie? Demis Hassabis and Darren Aronofsky discuss
- YouTube Loosens Rules Guiding the Moderation of Videos
- Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue 'Superintelligence'
- Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users' web browsing identifiers
- Amazon 'testing humanoid robots to deliver packages'
- Google battling 'fox infestation' on roof of £1bn London office
- 23andMe's Former CEO Pushes Purchase Price Nearly $50 Million Higher
- Code to control vocal production with hands
- Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two public companies by next year
- Social media creators to overtake traditional media in ad revenue this year
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Stephen Witt
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- Daniel Oberhaus Interview
- Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
- CNN Challenges Claim AI Will Eliminate Half of White-Collar Jobs, Calls It 'Part of the AI Hype Machine'
- Indian AI Startup Worth Billions Turns Out to Be Biggest Scam Ever
- AI Humanizer & Detector – Make AI Text Undetectable | Walter AI
- This study used Reddit's AITA to test how sycophantic AI is
- More than half of top 100 mental health TikToks contain misinformation, study finds
- The OpenAI Board Drama Is Turning Into a Movie - Slashdot
- Google's NotebookLM now lets you share your notebook — and AI podcasts — publicly
- AI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien Charlotin
- 5 AI bots took our tough reading test. One was smartest — and it wasn't ChatGPT.
- Morgan Stanley Says Its AI Tool Processed 9 Million Lines of Legacy Code This Year And Saved 280,000 Developer Hours
- Reddit Sues Anthropic, Alleges Unauthorized Use of Site's Data
- Most new cars in Norway are EVs.
- David Cope, Godfather of A.I. Music, Is Dead at 83
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- Interview with Adam Becker
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- Joanna Sterns stars in WSJ Veo film
- Wow: So this is all AI-generated. (with Veo)
- Business Owners Are Using AI-Generated 'Concerned Residents' To Fight Proposed Bus Line In Toronto - Slashdot
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- Google's Veo 3 AI video generator is a slop monger's dream
- Duolingo CEO Clarifies AI-First Plan After Backlash, Says AI Won't Replace Employees
- The reverse-centaur apocalypse is upon us
- Nvidia results
- "Just Count the Server Racks"...
- Why one of the world's major AI pioneers is betting big on Saudi Arabia
- Henry Blodget is the only employee in an AI newsroom
- Claude's System Card
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- A new season of Taskmaster!
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- Interview with Kate O'Neill
- Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras
- Personal context is Google's big advantage in AI
- Google is replacing the exec in charge of Search and ads
- Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist
- Google's Gemini AI is coming to Volvo cars
- We're Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI'
- OpenAI's planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco
- China begins assembling its supercomputer in space
- The environmental impact of LLMs ranked
- NYC Restaurant Interior or Black & White Drawing?
- Trump signs the Take It Down Act, criminalizing the distribution of nonconsensual intimate content and requiring platforms to promptly remove it when notified
- Google Challenges Meta With Smarter Glasses
- Watch Me Try Google's Live Language Translator. It's Wild.
- Google's Sergey Brin: 'I made a lot of mistakes with Google Glass'
- How Kara Swisher Scaled Even Higher
- No, Graduates: AI Hasn't Ended Your Career Before It Starts
- AI Discovers Suspected Trigger of Alzheimer's, And Maybe a Treatment
- OpenAI is buying iPhone designer Jony Ive's AI devices startup for $6.4 billion
- Gingers are Black
- Who is the "Tech TV hottie" mentioned in Kimya Dawson's 2004 song from the Juno soundtrack???
- Some great new Apple Podcast reviews make mention of a certain jingle...
- New details emerge in death of Texas Renaissance Festival king, George Coulam
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- The Copyright Office Issues A Largely Disappointing Report On AI Training, And Once Again A Major Fair Use Analysis Inexplicably Ignores The First Amendment
- Trump Appointees Blocked From Entering US Copyright Office
- Meta's new AI glasses could have a 'super-sensing' mode with facial recognition
- Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen
- The House GOP Quietly Slipped In An AI Law That Would Accidentally Ban GOP's Favorite 'Save The Children' Laws
- neat Gemini airline hack
- Interview with Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
- AI Use Damages Professional Reputation, Study Suggests
- Gemini smarts are coming to more Android devices
- Amazon Upfront 2025: Prime Video will show you AI pause ads - Fast Company
- E-COM: The $40 million USPS project to send email on paper
- The CryptoPunks NFTs are being sold to a non-profit as their value continues to fall
- Crypto boys are the worst....
- Parisbait: I've watched every single Nicolas Cage film made so far. Here's what I learned about him – and myself
- Exclusive: InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger than steel
- Uncle Tony's Reptile Shack
- neal.fun
- Testing Paris' language proficiency and youth
- The uncontroversial 'thingness' of AI
- Artifice and Intelligence
- The Anti-Bookclub Tackles 'Superagency'
- Information literacy and chatbots as search
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- Mike McCue introduces Surf: Flipboard's founder and CEO demonstrated their new social browser app that aggregates content from ActivityPub, AT Proto, and RSS into unified feeds, allowing users to follow people across platforms and create curated content collections.
- OpenAI Adjusts Reorganization Plans: OpenAI will maintain its non-profit arm while converting its for-profit division into a public benefit corporation similar to Anthropic, pending regulatory approval.
- AI Criticism Blog Post: A blog highlighted practical AI concerns beyond the singularity, focusing on coordinated inauthentic behavior, misinformation, and non-consensual pornography.
- AI Workplace Misuse: Nearly half of workers admit to using AI inappropriately at work according to a Fast Company report.
- AI Academic Cheating: New York Magazine investigated widespread AI cheating in colleges, including students using AI for all assignments while maintaining excellent grades.
- "I Smell AI": The team discussed unreliable AI detection methods and embarrassing AI-generated news errors, including Alberta being incorrectly described as "French-speaking."
- Instagram Co-founder on AI Chatbots: Kevin Systrom claims AI assistants are designed to maximize engagement metrics rather than utility, though Leo demonstrated how these behaviors can be modified.
- Google Labs' AI Experiments: The hosts explored Google's new AI Mode search interface, language learning tools, and a career recommendation system.
- New York Times Subscriber Growth: The NYT added 250,000 digital subscribers with a 14% jump in digital subscription revenue, with nearly half subscribing to multiple products.
- Auburn University's Phone Help Desk: The hosts discussed Auburn's 70-year tradition of librarians answering public phone questions, continuing through technological changes.
- San Francisco's Orb Store: World opened a downtown storefront where visitors scan their irises with "orbs" to verify humanity and receive WorldCoin cryptocurrency.
- Driverless Trucks Begin Regular Routes: Aurora launched fully autonomous semi-trucks between Dallas and Houston, raising both safety hopes and public perception concerns.
- Waymo Safety Study: Data showed Waymo's autonomous vehicles significantly reduced injury crashes, though the hosts questioned aspects of the data presentation.
- AI-Generated Video in Court: An AI-generated video of a deceased shooting victim "forgiving" his killer was shown in an Arizona courtroom, raising ethical and legal questions.
- Paris's Game Recommendation - Norco: Paris recommended the Southern Gothic narrative game Norco, set in industrial Louisiana with a surreal atmosphere similar to Disco Elysium.
- Leo's Game Recommendation - Tippy Coco: Leo shared a simple browser-based ball-bouncing game at TippyCoco.com as an easy option for casual players.
- Jeff's Pick - World Bank Data Sets: Jeff highlighted World Bank's release of hundreds of public data sets intended for AI training that provide insight into global technology adoption.
- Google Invests in Wonder: Google Ventures invested in virtual kitchen company Wonder, which raised $600 million despite questions about food delivery business sustainability. These show notes have been truncated due to length. For the full show notes, visit https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines/episodes/818
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- Interview with Jacob Ward
- Duolingo launches 148 courses created with AI after sharing plans to replace contractors with AI
- The Age of Realtime Deepfake Fraud Is Here
- The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
- Bridges and Tunnels in Colorado Are Helping Animals Commute
- A rare glimpse inside the mountain tunnel that carries water to Southern California
- You can't lick a badger twice
- Mark Zuckerberg is planning a premium tier and ads for Meta's AI app
- Zuck video promoting Meta AI learning all about you and your loved ones
- Melanie Mitchell: LLMs & World Models part 1
- Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem
- Take It Down Act heads to Trump's desk
- Attention Kmart Shoppers
- Digital creator jobs jump 7.5x since pandemic
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- Interview with Harper Reed
- AI Horseless Carriages
- Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M to 'cheat on everything'
- Cluely, the AI cheating tool's new (insane) ad:
- After 5 years of jaw clicking (TMJ), ChatGPT cured it in 60 seconds — no BS : r/ChatGPT
- China cracks down on 'autonomous' car claims after fatal accident
- Famed AI Researcher Launches Controversial Startup to Replace All Human Workers Everywhere
- Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy
- Kaggle and the Wikimedia Foundation are partnering on open data.
- Draft executive order outlines plan to integrate AI into K-12 schools
- A New Form of Verification on Bluesky
- Survey: Americans Averaged Over $700 in TikTok Shop Purchases in the Last Year
- The Washington Post partners with OpenAI on search content
- Films made with AI can win Oscars, Academy says
- The Welikia project
- 18 years ago today, Tay Zonday uploaded Chocolate Rain
- Brilliant Senate testimony in Oregon
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- Interview with Nikita Roy
- Linda McMahon just handed A.1. steak sauce an unbelievable opportunity
- When is 4.1 greater than 4.5? When it's OpenAI's newest model.
- Google DeepMind Is Hiring a 'Post-AGI' Research Scientist
- Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?
- The Dark Power of Fraternities
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- High levels of toxic chemicals found in paper receipts used by US retailers
- A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data
- DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication
- 'She helps cheer me up': the people forming relationships with AI chatbots
- A meta-analysis of technology use and cognitive aging
- Meta CEO Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 over antitrust worries, email says
- OpenAI's new o3 and o4-mini models are all about 'thinking with images'
- Boarding passes and checkin to be scrapped
- Pickled Popeyes
- A new season of Game Changer
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- Mark Zuckerberg just released his own NSFW version of 'Get Low' in a tribute to his wife
- Mattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for 'Wicked' Dolls
- The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
- Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue
- Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
- Matter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on track
- Google's learning
- OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of 'GPT' AI Improvements Slows
- Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups
- Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
- Randy Travis's beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again.
- Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work
- YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI
- I Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human Friends?
- Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb
- Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Pivot to Streaming, Podcasting
- Nicholas Carlson, the former top editor of Business Insider, is starting a new company that will focus on video.
- Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple
- Banjo Toss, the game
- After years of trying, Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to Wonder for $650M
- Research suggests people are getting more bored
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- TikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best Hope
- Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory'
- Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitions
- Silicon Valley is officially grieving over Trump but quietly gleeful over a possible tech deal resurgence
- The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
- Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division
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- Google Preps AI That Takes Over Computers
- Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
- Jeff: Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?
- Apples Have Never Tasted So Delicious. Here's Why
- Instagram saves the best video quality for the most popular content
- Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely
- Internet Archive: Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record
- Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth
- More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI
- Open-source AI must reveal its training data, per new OSI definition
- McDonald's Finds an Unlikely Savior to Finally Fix Its McFlurry Machines
- RIP Foursquare
- Craig gives CR $5 million for cybersecurity
- WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg says a fork would be 'fantastic'
- LeCun blasts Musk as the biggest threat to democracy today
- Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk's Get-Out-the-Vote Effort
- Trump's Truth Social valued at more than Musk's X after extraordinary rally
- Masnick on Elon Musk Events
- TikTok founder becomes China's richest man
- The Age of Cage
- Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
- McKinsey's 18 next big arenas of competition
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- Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade Thanks to Benjamin Franklin
- Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now
- Google will block election ads after polls close
- LinkedIn is News Publishers' New Best Friend
- People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes
- Elon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts
- Musk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in Texas
- Sam Altman's identity and cryptocurrency venture Worldcoin has a rebrand
- Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen's Suicide
- On-device AI could make apps obsolete
- Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law
- Controversy after Polish radio station replaces human presenters with AI
- Sotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot
- Elvis Found Alive
- Thank you, Steve Ballmer, for a concert app that made me want to scream
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- YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic video
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- Citizen pruners
- The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained
- Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
- LLMs don't do formal reasoning - and that is a HUGE problem
- Google adds new features for Pixel along with Android 15 rollout
- October Pixel Drop: Helpful enhancements for your devices
- Google Shopping is getting an AI upgrade as Alphabet looks to monetize investments
- Google Shopping's getting a big transformation
- The latest Gboard beta lets you switch between Roboto and Google Sans fonts
- Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin
- Google Messages gets a new feature that makes it easier to keep private
- TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege
- The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites
- Joe Trippi starts a social network: sezus
- Short-selling company goes after Roblox to profit
- Trump Signals Skepticism of Google Breakup, Citing Competition With China
- Defector: Year 4 in review
- Doritos to open first restaurant
- AI - generated restaurant via Taylor Lorenz
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- More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them
- Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto unmasked: Will HBO reveal who really made the cryptocurrency?
- How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domain
- OpenAI pursues public benefit structure to fend off hostile takeovers
- Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI Who Expressed Alarm Over the Technology, Shares Nobel Prize in Physics
- Paris Megalopolis review
- The Wordpress saga
- Justice Department weighs fixes for Google search monopoly
- Google's response
- U.S. judge orders sweeping changes to Google's Android app store
- Why Caroline Calloway Is Staying Put in Sarasota for Hurricane Milton
- When Cell Service Is Down, You Can Send iPhone Texts via Satellite
- A Google Doc of 2024 Events
- Beer can artwork accidentally thrown in bin by staff member at Dutch museum
- First a statue. Now Zuck designs a minivan for his wife.
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- OpenAI Is A Bad Business
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- Taylor Lorenz, Chronicler of Digital Culture, Will Start Own Newsletter
- Twitter's value in freefall: Fidelity cuts estimate by whopping 79%
- Masnick: Gavin Newsom Vetoes Terrible AI Bill 1047, But Brace For Something Worse
- Google showcases bizarre double-sided Japanese keyboard, which it won't sell — the keyboard uses a Möbius strip as its foundation
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- Stanley Is Releasing Collectible Tumblers Every Day This Week to Honor Different Decades of Barbie
- EssilorLuxottica extends smart glasses partnership with Meta
- Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into 'god mode' with latest AI post
- AI conversation about Jeff's book
- The Paris show
- Exclusive: Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says
- Google TV adds several more free channels including The Bob Ross Channel
- YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads
- Google's passkey syncing makes it easier to move on from passwords
- New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free
- Google Photos is getting a redesigned video editor
- Google's Gemini AI might soon appear in your corporate Workspace
- Google Earth AI eliminates clouds
- Ahead of Gemini coming to Google Buds, Hey Google & Voice Match Settings Change on Headphones
- Quote Origin: I Had Exactly Four Seconds To Hot Up the Disintegrator, and Google Had Told Me It Wasn't Enough
- Project Analyzing Human Language Usage Shuts Down Because 'Generative AI Has Polluted the Data'
- Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce
- Marques Brownlee says 'I hear you' after fans criticize his new wallpaper app
- Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for trespassing
- McDonald's touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happened
- Mullenweg calls WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch providers
- Introducing HP Print AI, Industry's First Intelligent Print Experiences
- The 90s Executive Yes Man
- More Americans – especially young adults – are regularly getting news on TikTok
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- Google Wins Fight to Scrap $1.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Ads
- Exclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers, sources say
- Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes
- Age verification AI for teen users...?
- House panel advances Kids Online Safety Act despite pushback
- The Battle to Ban Screens From School Now Includes Chromebooks and Tablets
- Trump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency Business
- How crypto bros wrested Flappy Bird from its creator
- Ex-MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy After Taking Plea Deal
- Inside Elon Musk's Mushrooming Security Apparatus
- Elizabeth McCafferty was offered £6,000 for images of her bare feet after they appeared on a fetish website without her consent.
- The 'feral 25-year-olds' making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTok
- Apple's new iOS 18 upgrade doesn't fix the 'green bubble' problems
- Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats
- Why OpenAI is Hiding its Reasoning Model's 'Thoughts'
- Calif. Gov. Newsom Says He's Worried About AI Bill
- Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line
- Can AI Really Replace Salesforce and Workday?
- Mr. Beast's playbook
- Google Photos now lets you flip your photos and videos horizontally
- Google Chrome getting one-tap notification unsubscribe, starting on Pixel
- YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google's AI video model
- Google Photos is getting a new 'Ultra HDR' editing option
- Finally!! Google Slides adds multi-monitor support for presentations
- Chromebook acting weird? Try Google's new ChromeOS 'Sanitize' tool – a lighter, friendlier fix than the full-wipe 'Powerwash' feature
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- Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV
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- "Right to Repair for Your Body": The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine
- The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
- Google will now link to The Internet Archive to add more context to Search results
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- The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
- Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders
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- America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny
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- NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools
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- AI's impact on elections is being overblown
- AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient
- Anil Dash: How Oprah will screw up the AI story
- The winners of Michigan's 2024 "I voted" sticker contest
- Diggnation 2.0
- Android Has Five New Features Out Today
- Google Removing Poor-Quality Android Apps From Play Store to Boost Engagement
- Google Clock rolling out new Timer Starter widget
- Google renames TensorFlow Lite to LiteRT, TensorFlow brand remains
- YouTube debuts new parental controls aimed at teens
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- Pixel 9 demo
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- Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money.
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- Google 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 Shop Replaces Cashier With Woman in Philippines On Zoom
- First look at federal privacy bill
- Instagram Generated Almost 30% of Meta's Revenue in Early 2022
- Elon Musk's 'self-inflicted wounds' and other highlights from a newly released deposition
- 5 Workspace announcements from Google Cloud Next '24
- Fitbit app rolling out redesigned Sleep stats
- Google's Nest Secure is shut down — and you've got options besides ADT
- Google brings AI-powered editing tools, like Magic Editor, to all Google Photos users for free
- The wonderful world of Taskmaster
- Also! A report from the teens at PS 47
- Mario meets Pareto
- Suno music
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- The 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 acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo News
- Amazon's Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout Tech
- Google is Bringing Gemini Nano to Pixel 8 and Circle to Search to More Devices
- Tips for Linking Shell Companies to their Secret Owners
- Google to Fight Cookie Hijacking With Encryption Keys for Chrome Browser
- Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Are Going 'AI-First,' Yum's New Tech Chief Says
- Jon Stewart claims Apple wouldn't let him interview FTC chair on his podcast
- Apple sues former iOS engineer for allegedly leaking Vision Pro, Journal app details
- Very good by Katie Harbath: Digging Into Ten Overused Tech Tropes
- Hume, an "empathic" voice-to-voice AI chatbot
- Harvard Releases the Caselaw Access Project
- Ant: I streamed with Logitech's Mevo Core camera and it nearly beat out my $3,600 Canon
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- Daniel 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 access
- Dozens of Top Scientists Sign Effort to Prevent A.I. Bioweapons
- Collective AI' expected to resemble Star Trek's Borg — only nicer (hopefully)
- Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel
- Microsoft Agreed to Pay Inflection $650 Million While Hiring Its Staff
- Scientists turn to AI to make beer taste even better
- Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79
- Here's why AI search engines really can't kill Google
- Instagram co-founders' AI-powered news app Artifact may not be shutting down after all
- Intercept sues OpenAI not on copyright but on DMCA
- Google Chat rolling out voice messages for Workspace
- Gemini in Google Messages beta rolling out for some
- Google's newest office has AI designers toiling in a Wi-Fi desert
- General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers
- Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point
- ELON MUSK FOUGHT GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE — WHILE PROFITING OFF GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE
- MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical
- [Exclusive] Google Pixel 9 design revealed through 5K renders; will launch alongside Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL
- Shine by Sunshine on the App Store
- Good by David Kaye on the risks of internet regulation
- Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accounts
- Tennessee Adopts ELVIS Act, Protecting Artists' Voices From AI Impersonation
- Apple's Journal app
- The fish doorbell
- 'Beyond our wildest dreams': How the Forward removed its paywall – and generated 37% more revenue
New Google NY office has foot-washing station - Sign o' the Times: Brooklyn apartment building to include podcast studio
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- Matt 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 Up with Google Health
- Big changes at Inflection AI & Microsoft
- From the mind that brought you 'Livvy Just Rizzed Up Baby Gronk,' an important update
- Festival crowd boos San Francisco techies over 'AI is a culture' video
- The End of Evangelion in theaters
- Landline Users Remain Proudly 'Old-Fashioned' in the Digital Age
- Minders App
Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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- Told 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 Lemon show after a tough interview
- Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social
- New Google Messages Feature Lets You Turn Blue Chat Bubbles Green (or Orange, or Purple)
- Google's updated sign-in page appears to be rolling out widely
- The Disruptors
- AP launches e-commerce site with Taboola
- Last pressrun at the LA Times
Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau
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- OpenAI 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 next-gen call screening
- Complying with the Digital Markets Act
- GOOGLE PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW APP STORE CALLED "APP MALL" FOR CHROMEOS
- Google is starting to squash more spam and AI in search results
- Google Maps is testing a feature that shows you where to enter a building
- Google Business Profile websites are now redirected to Google Maps
- Pixel feature drop: New productivity tools and advanced health features
- 6 updates to Waze to help you get around safely and conveniently
- Satellite SOS showing up on some Pixel phones
- classvsoftware/under-new-management: Detect when your installed Chrome extensions have changed owners.
- Air Force employee charged with giving classified information to woman he met on dating site
- Paying with VisionPro
- When students use generative AI, it's "cheating." When teachers use it, it's efficiency....
- Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That's Only About Roads
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- Gemini 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 laptop into a sci-fi future
- Samsung unveils the Galaxy Ring as a way to 'simplify everyday wellness'
- The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn't
- New bitcoin spot ETF trading volume sets daily record, besting launch day
- Supreme Court Arguments on Social Media Laws Are Scrutinized
- Nevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryption
- Third Time's a Charm — Lunar Library Successfully Lands on the Moon — Backup of Human Civilization Will Last for Up To Billions of Years.
- AT&T is giving customers a bill credit following massive outage
- Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT
- Jensen Huang, CEO of #Nvidia, argues that we should stop saying kids should learn to code.
- Doomsters write another letter
- Wear OS is revamping notifications to improve battery life
- Google brings Gemini to Messages and adds AI text summaries for Android Auto
- Chrome's new AI feature can help you write on the web
- Meta Wants Llama 3 to Handle Contentious Questions as Google Grapples With Gemini Backlash
- Google Maps is finally making glanceable directions widely available
- Some Kind of Heaven
- Mom's first VR
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- Introducing 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
- Walmart agrees to buy Vizio to grow ad business
- Nielsen crowns YouTube #1 Streamer in America 12 months straight!
- Untranslatable foreign words
- Molly on Sam Bankman-Fried
- Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.'s Hottest Start-Ups
- Kids Online Safety Act secures enough support to pass Senate
- New Google sign in
- Waze new features
- 'Rat Dck' Among Gibberish AI Images Published in Science Journal
- TikTokker vs her breakdancing bitcoin dad
- Mathematical and Puzzle Fonts/Typefaces - Leo's Pick
- chocolate 3-d printer
- 'I love to twirl the cord': the young people pushing for a landline renaissance
- wiki edit wars
- ChatGPT goes temporarily "insane" with unexpected outputs, spooking users
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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- Britain 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 course requirements for admission
- NFT Hype Fades in Crypto Market as Sales Volume Plunges
- Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach
- Google updates the Android brand with new logo and 3D robot
- Google raising the price of Nest Aware and Aware Plus
- Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting
- Google rolls out file locking for Workspace customers
- Empire of the Sum book (GF)
- Nice Work, Joe Esposito
- Nice Work, #JacobPruitt
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
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- Google 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
- Facebook lifting ban on political ads in preparation for 2024 election
- Senator Chuck Schumer hosting AI forums with tech executives
- Meta removes thousands of accounts linked to Chinese influence campaigns
- Canada's news ban on Facebook failed to reduce platform's usage
- Twitter facing thousands of arbitration cases from fired employees
- WordPress offering 100-year domain name registration option
- Nvidia posts record profits on demand for AI and gaming chips
- Zuckerberg demonstrates typing 100 words per minute in VR using digital keyboard
- New Sony Alpha A7C and A7C-R compact mirrorless cameras announced
- Donation options to support Hawaii residents impacted by recent hurricanes
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
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- Building Cyber Resilience Podcast
- Heritage 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
- YouTube tests a search feature where users hum to identify songs
- A Few Unpopular Opinions about AI
- New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl
- AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless
- Create real estate flythroughs with AI
- The Facebook settlement claim deadline is Friday. Here's how to apply.
- Meta launches web version of flagging Threads app
- YouTube is testing a much smaller 'Skip Ads' button
- YouTube Music to support subscribing to podcasts via RSS
- Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here's How It Works
- Google Photos Rolls Out New Editing Tools For Web
- New Gmail 'Verify it's you' prompt appears when attempting 'sensitive actions'
- Google TV update brings NFL Sunday Ticket integration, more free TV channels
- Gmail for Android and iOS rolling out translate feature
- Adobe's Co-Founder John Warnock Dies at 82
Picks:
- Mike - Textify
- Mike - Unriddle
- Mike - TextFX
- Jeff - Sorry, But LinkedIn Is Cool Now
- Jeff - TikTok meets Dukes mayo
- Ant - Vegas Pro 21 Update with Boris FX
- Ant - Shout out to Harry Williams: Free Form Living Light
- Leo's AI Flythrough
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
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- 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
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- Building Cyber Resilience Podcast
- Leo 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 some customer data, updated terms say.
- Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers' work unless companies opt out.
- I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires).
- Henrietta Lacks' family reaches settlement over use of immortal 'HeLa cells'.
- 'Every single' Amazon team is working on generative AI, says CEO.
- AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT.
- Google Chrome switching to weekly security patch updates.
- Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts.
- Google Messages now encrypts RCS conversations by default.
- Gmail for Android and iOS adding translate feature.
- Google gives Pixel Tablet first discount 1.5 months after launch.
- California regulators to decide the future of Cruise and Waymo.
- YouTube will stop showing videos on the homepage if your watch history is off.
- WeWork Raises 'Substantial Doubt' About Staying in Business.
- Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years.
- MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers.
- Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars.
- The Expanse Online Auction.
- Introducing Project IDX, An Experiment to Improve Full-stack, Multiplatform App Development.
- $5 billion Google lawsuit over 'incognito mode' tracking moves a step closer to trial.
- Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93.
- Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers.
Picks:
- Stacey - SmartThings Energy.
- Leo - The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books.
- Jeff - ESPN Strikes $2 Billion Sports-Betting Deal With Penn Entertainment.
- Ant - The Best $9 You Can Spend.
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- Shift 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.
- Uber Investors Ought to Look at the Big Picture.
- An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology.
- The incandescent light bulb still isn't dead — but 'normal' ones are now truly banned.
- We visited three Worldcoin orb locations since its July launch.
- Kenya suspends Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning crypto project.
- Point of no return: Australians fight for the right to work from home permanently.
- China to Cut Internet Access to Minors.
- Twitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Checkmark of Shame.
- Google delists AI Test Kitchen app on Android and iOS.
- Meta's new AI model can create sounds that are technically music.
- Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans : NPR.
- AI can detect breast cancer as well as radiologists, study finds.
- Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor.
- Superconductor Breakthrough Findings Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing.
- Johnny Cash sings ""Barbie Girl"" (A.I.) - YouTube.
- Google Releases Nearby Share for Windows.
- YouTube TV price drops temporarily for new users.
- ChromeOS could split out browser updates this month.
- 4 new Chrome mobile features to quickly find information.
- Google's generative search feature now shows related videos and images.
- Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you.
- Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million.
- The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las Vegas.
- My First Ankle Monitor (fake but fun).
Picks:
- Glenn - Removal of airline change fees + airline apps.
- Jeff - Facebook surpasses 3 billion monthly active users.
- Jeff - Content Moderation's Legalism Problem.
- Ant - Order Prints From Joe Akbrud.
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- Twitter'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 more from massive salary leak.
- Google's nightmare "Web Integrity API" wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web.
- Top tech companies form group seeking to control AI.
- ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI.
- Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to Fuchsia.
- Google Play services ending support for Android 4.4 KitKat.
- Everything Samsung Announced at Summer Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
- ChromeOS 115 rolling out: Android App Streaming, PDF signatures.
Picks:
- Stacey - Weighted Vest.
- Jeff - IMAX emulates PalmPilot software to power Oppenheimer's 70 mm release.
- Ant - "Google Stadia" Lives On For Me.
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- The 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 the chronological order of 'Star Wars' movies.
- OpenAI strikes $5 million-plus local news deal.
- Devindra: AI put me in a 'South Park' episode.
- The risks of AI are real but manageable.
- This AI Watches Millions Of Cars And Tells Cops If You're Driving Like A Criminal.
- Google launches Nearby Share for Windows and partnering to pre-install.
- Google confirms related search operator is going away.
- Google is testing AI-generated Meet video backgrounds.
- Now Google's Bard AI chatbot can talk and respond to visual prompts.
- PSA: Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos this week.
Picks:
- Stacey - Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Leo - The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
- Leo - Click for a random web 1.0 web site
- Jeff - Vox Media stops using Chorus, proprietary CMS, for its own websites
- Ant - Peak Design Camera Cube
- Ant - Yellowgold - This Road
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- Threads has 100 million users, and many are on Android.
- Threads Adopting ActivityPub Makes Sense, but Won't Be Easy.
- Facebook's Threads is so depressing.
- Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads.
- Amazon Prime Day Pushes US Online Sales Up 6% in First 24 Hours.
- Lina Khan Is Taking on the World's Biggest Tech Companies—and Losing.
- Amazon sues EU in first US challenge to Digital Services Act.
- In – or out? Wimbledon considers replacing line judges with AI.
- Anthropic's Claude Is Competing With ChatGPT. Even Its Builders Fear AI.
- Nirit Weiss-Blatt's taxonomy of the promoters & marketers of AI panic.
- Google's medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals.
- Hollywood Studios' WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall.
- Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement.
- Google Embroiled in Class Action Lawsuit Over AI Products.
- The AI Dividend.
- Scariest bridge in America via Frank Garufi Jr.
- NotebookLM: Google's AI-powered notes app is launching today.
- Android 14 Beta 4 lets Pixel devices automatically unlock when you type in the PIN.
- Google app rolling out 'Finance Watchlist' stocks widget.
- Google News offering free 4-month New York Times trial.
- Google Play Changes Policy on Tokenized Digital Assets, Allowing NFTs in Apps and Games.
- Jeff & Alan Rusbridger discuss the Gutenberg Parenthesis in London.
Picks:
- Stacey - Different ways that Stacey uses sensors.
- Jeff - 2023 Digital media trends: Immersed and connected.
- Jeff - Scotland fries.
- Ant - "Taller Desk Chair"
- Ant - Watch FLOSS Weekly with Ant!
- Ant - Cheers To Mr. Terrell C. Woods.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Jeff's book, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, is out!!
- Fireworks Have a New Competitor: Drones.
- Rise, Goldfish: Elden Ring's bosses are now being humiliated by a fish somehow hooked-up to the controls.
- An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products.
- Jeff Elgie, local news owner, says Google will bring the government to the table.
- Village Media's C-18 Update.
- Google Analytics Violates GDPR, Says Swedish Watchdog.
- The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews.
- Twitter was locked in a chaotic doom loop. Now it's on the verge of collapse.
- Update on Twitter's Rate Limits.
- The Instagram Threads launch countdown jumped forward and is now targeting 7PM ET.
- Google Says It'll Scrape Everything You Post Online for AI.
- Talking about a 'schism' is ahistorical.
- Why transformative AI is really, really hard to achieve.
- Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials' Contacts With Social Media Sites.
- Android Auto is adding new features for electric vehicles.
- Google Slides opens up Duet AI image generation with Imagen.
- Google Messages web app now supports direct reply.
Picks:
- Stacey - Roku Home Security Cameras.
- Leo - Next-Gen Samsung Foldable Reservations Now Live.
- Jeff - ChatGPT lawyer's forced apologies.
- Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.
- Ant - Rokinon 35mm T1.5 High Speed Wide Angle Cine DSX Lens for Canon EF.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Supreme Court guts protections for cyberstalking victims.
- Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Song Lyrics.
- Talking about the new TWiT AI show.
- What makes human and what makes conciousness?
- AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon's Bestseller Lists.
- Billionaires and Bureaucrats Mobilize China for AI Race With US.
- Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT.
- Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System.
- Biden announces $42 billion high-speed internet initiative.
- RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days.
- Leo reviews the Pixel Tablet.
- TP-Link's New Smart Light Switches Support Matter.
- Coway Airmega Air Purifier.
- Leo and Lisa's trip to VidCon.
- YouTube Music now automatically adds songs to your last playlist.
- Google introduces a new shop tab for rentals and purchases on Android TV | TechCrunch.
- Google Search rolling out 'Perspectives' filter for more personal and human results.
- Google updating the Android logo with 3D robot head, new wordmark.
- Google is giving Find My Device a new logo.
- Canada Forces Google and Facebook to Pay News Outlets for Linking to Articles.
- Plot Twist at Turner Classic Movies Upsets Film Fans.
- Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk say they're up for a cage match. Who would win?
Picks:
- Jeff - The typical OpenAI engineer makes $925,000
- Stacey - Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror + Lightstrip Kit
- Ant - Sony ZV-E1 firmware update
- Ant - BimmerCode
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Here's the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don't reopen.
- Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change moderator rules.
- Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users.
- Reddit removed moderators behind the latest protests before restoring a few of them.
- Google Domains is yet another useful service to get the ax in favor of "focus".
- You can't trust Google.
- Gannett sues Google; Jeff comments herein.
- Google's new Mac vs. PC-esque Pixel ads argue the iPhone has plateaued.
- This is 'Chromebook X': Google's new standard for ChromeOS.
- Sightful Spacetop.
- Meta Lowers Age Requirement for Quest VR Headsets to Allow Preteens.
- EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027.
- Do software engineers wash their underwear?
- Scientists on Twitter head for the exit.
- Chrome for iOS adding mini Google Maps and integrating Calendar, Translate.
- Google says Project Tailwind is getting a new name, early access soon.
- Jason talks about his experience with Project Starline at Google IO.
- Say goodbye to Google Pay and hello to Google Wallet for Android devices.
- Pixel Tablet review: Uniquely Google, made possible by Android.
- Pixel Fold ship dates are getting delayed and slipping into July.
- Google Maps Immersive View rolling out in four new cities, 500 landmarks.
- Virtually try on clothes with a new AI shopping feature.
Picks:
- Mike - Sub Rehab.
- Jeff - 2023 Logo Trend Report.
- Jason - The last episode of All About Android and what's next for me.
Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Mike Elgan
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- Google's Ads Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says.
- Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts.
- Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout 'will pass'.
- Hundreds of subreddits plan to go dark indefinitely after Reddit CEO's internal memo.
- What Reddit Got Wrong.
- Why The New York Times Will Lose to The Huffington Post.
- Hawley-Blumenthal bill denies Section 230 protection for AI.
- ChatGPT Goes to Court.
- Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard.
- Music Companies Sue Twitter for Alleged Copyright Violations.
- Beyond Meat (BYND), Impossible Foods Burgers Are Just Another Food Fad.
- Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance.
- Taco Bell's Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars.
- Quantum Computing Advance Begins New Era, IBM Says.
- In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S.
- Google to Launch Long-Delayed News Showcase Product in U.S. This Summer.
- Google Lens can identify rashes and other skin conditions.
- 'Help me write' comes to Gmail for Android and iOS.
- Google's new generative AI lets you preview clothes on different models.
- June Feature Drop + Android 13 QPR3 rolling out: Pixel 7 Pro macro video, Palm Timer, new wallpapers, Home Panel.
- Pixel Watch June Feature Drop: SpO2 tracking & high/low HR alerts, Metal Band coming Friday.
- YouTube drastically lowers requirements for video monetization.
- Google Photos website adding advanced editing tools from Google One.
- Google brings At a Glance to the Pixel Watch.
- Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song.
- Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over.
- Google forced to postpone Bard chatbot's EU launch over privacy concerns.
- Doctors Are Using ChatGPT to Improve How They Talk to Patients.
- FCC creating a Privacy and Data Protection task force.
- The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens.
Picks:
- Stacey - Google Home launches powerful Script Editor for automation.
- Jeff - Spotify Laying Off 200 Employees in Reorg of Podcast Division.
- Jeff - 24 hours of earth's rotation.
- Ant - Update to Lightroom Mobile.
- Ant - Have a Laugh With Greg Warren.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Inside the Meltdown at CNN.
- What is Solutions Journalism?
- The platforms give up on 2020 lies.
- Elon Musk Is All About the Nonstop Grind. And He Can't Stop Talking About It.
- Perspective: Tackling Misinformation on YouTube.
- Tucker Carlson Posts First Installment of New Show on Twitter.
- Introducing Apple Vision Pro: Apple's first spatial computer.
- US collects intact UFOs as part of secret program, Air Force veteran claims.
- Google Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeys.
- 'Minecraft' for ChromeOS leaves early access, works on more machines.
- Stacey's tips on surviving poor air quality.
- US sues Coinbase as crypto crackdown widens.
- The SEC is wrong about crypto exchanges.
- Amazon is reportedly trying to offer Prime subscribers free cell phone service.
- Health firm wrongly told hundreds of people they might have cancer.
- Excel spreadsheet error leads Austrian party to announce wrong leader.
- Bard gets Google Sheets export, improved logic and reasoning skills.
- Google releases Android TV 14 Beta, ditches Android 13.
- Google Assistant adds two new voices with Lime and Indigo.
- Google starts rolling out image generation in Slides, more Duet AI for Gmail and Docs.
- 'Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise' hits pre-order for businesses.
- Google's AI to power virtual travel agent from Priceline.
- Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress.
- CNET's new guidelines for AI journalism met with union pushback.
- iHeartMedia warns employees not to use ChatGPT.
- A Chatbot Was Designed to Help Prevent Eating Disorders. Then It Gave Dieting Tips.
- AI killing the Internet Archive with love.
- Andreessen: Why AI will save the world.
- OpenAI Sued for Libel After ChatGPT Allegedly Accuses Man of Embezzlement.
- Linda Yaccarino is officially on the job as Twitter CEO.
Picks:
- Stacey - Awair: Air Quality Monitor.
- Stacey - 3M Filtrete.
- Jeff - Kastle: Getting America Back to Work.
- Ant - Floating Road.
- Ant - Queen Charlotte.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out.
- Pessimists Archive.
- Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already.
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI.
- Stacey gets grilled on AI.
- Big Tech Isn't Prepared for A.I.'s Next Chapter.
- George Hotz wants to 'make driving chill' with next-gen Comma 3 hands-free driver assist.
- The Spectrum-X ethernet switch offers ""lossless"" transmission via a new kind of congestion control, says Nvidia.
- Once Mighty Intel Struggles to Escape 'Mud Hole'.
- The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet.
- Google starts rolling out Search Generative Experience (SGE) in preview.
- Google Assistant's 3rd-party Notes & Lists integration is shutting down.
- Messages Magic Compose beta starts rolling out: RCS only, priority for Google One subs.
- NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV will support unlimited simultaneous streams.
- Google quietly ends support for decade-old Chromecast.
- YouTube Stories, Google's clone of Snapchat, is dying on June 26.
- 230: Supreme Court rejects lawsuit that sought to hold Reddit responsible for hosting child pornography.
- Amazon's Kill List: 37 Projects That Are No More.
- Twitter may be worth only a third of its pre-Musk value, Fidelity says.
- Sonos wins $32.5 million patent infringement victory over Google.
- Leo previews new Mastodon features.
Picks:
- Stacey - Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond.
- Jeff - Wonderful discussion between Reid Hoffman & Trevor Noah.
- Jeff - Google offloading 1.4 million square feet of Bay Area office space.
- Ant - Talking Science and Sports with Stephen A Smith and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Chris Messina talks about the birth of the hashtag.
- Why did Chris leave Twitter?
- What is Chris doing in AI right now?
- DeSantis Picked Twitter Spaces to Announce His Run.
- Next Steps for Neeva.
- Ford reverses course and decides to keep AM radio on its vehicles.
- Jack Dorsey shares Robert F. Kennedy Jr. video echoing conspiracy theories.
- Mourning the state of Twitter.
- Social Media is a 'Profound Risk' to Youth, Surgeon General Warns.
- TikTok sues Montana over law banning the app.
- Instagram's New App Could Be Here By June.
- Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state.
- Meta Fined $1.3 Billion for Violating E.U. Data Privacy Rules.
- Are you sad that Google+ didn't survive?
- Where do you stand on the quote-tweet controversy?
- Technical issues plague Ron DeSantis's presidential announcement on Twitter.
- It's the 140th Birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- New Biden FCC Commissioner Nominee Is Lawyer Anna Gomez.
- Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case.
- Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place.
- I tried the AI novel-writing tool everyone hates, and it's better than I expected.
- Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff by Sean Penn.
- Drag Your GAN: Interactive Point-based Manipulation on the Generative Image Manifold.
- Meta's new AI models can recognize and produce speech for more than 1,000 languages.
- Adobe adds its Firefly AI image generator to Photoshop.
- Verified Twitter Accounts Spread AI-Generated Hoax of Pentagon Explosion.
- An A.I.-Generated Spoof Rattles the Markets.
Picks:
- Chris - Arc has a big launch tomorrow...
- Leo - Google Bard adds images for more visual responses.
- Mike - Three new tools attempt to fix news.
- Jeff - USC Optical Sound Effects Library.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Moderator Mayhem: A Content Moderation Game.
- OpenAI's Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing.
- Updating our inactive account policies.
- Universal Short Title Catalogue.
- TikTok Ban Signed in Montana, Paving Way for First Amendment Legal Battle.
- Where to preorder Amazon's new Echo Pop, Echo Show 5, and Echo Buds.
- Review: HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is the best of ChromeOS.
- Uber puts family (even teens) at the center of its new products and features.
- After a 29-year run, Vice files for bankruptcy.
- Heather Armstrong, 'Queen of the Mommy Bloggers,' Is Dead at 47.
- Lithium battery fire and smoke incidents on airplanes worry pilots, flight attendants.
- Cord-Cutting Q1 2023: Pay-TV Ops Lose 2.3M Subs, Worst Quarter to Date.
- Pixel 7a's free Pixel Buds and case offer ends this weekend.
- Google Docs adding collapsible headings, custom building blocks.
- Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook are syncing up. Kind of.
- Google teases more Workspace AI: Gmail inbox org, Meet notes, Slides soundtrack maker.
- Android TV now has a 'Live' tab with free channels, just like Google TV.
- Pixel phones to gain new ringtone inspired by Kenny G.
Picks:
- Stacey - PSA: Older Wemo Smart Plugs Have Vulnerability That Leaves Them Open to Attack.
- Jeff - Rebranding the Wienermobile.
- Jeff - The World Talks.
- Ant - Early Morning Photo Contest Winners Announced.
- Ant - Don't Leave Home Without It.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Everything announced at I/O
- Google I/O Keynote
- Google Search in Google Labs and Project Tailwinds
- What Really Made Geoffrey Hinton Into an AI Doomer
- Impressed by Google I/O Annoucements?
- Acapela AI
- New Pixel Hardware
- Google Fold watch party ad
- The Pixel Fold is Google's $1,800 entry into folding phones
- Wendy's, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot
- Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"
- UFO Hunters Built an Open-Source AI System To Scan The Skies
- Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams
- Your Kids Want Their Roblox Videogame Avatars to Look Hip. Aspiring
- Fashion Designers Are on the Case
- DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs
- Fortnite is now an Olympic esport
- Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker
- Microsoft Inks Deal to Use Fusion Energy by 2028
- Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over
- Jeff thread on Verge Google AMP story
- Earth Could Soon Be More Detectable by Aliens, Study Says
- Is this the TWiG Blob? Humane shows off its concept (real or not) for a wearable AI-powered agent
- Why are Americans smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel? Blame TikTok.
Picks:
- Stacey: Happy Mother's Day
- Jeff: Nirit's 7 ways AI coverage fails
- Ant: The TGU For EVERYONE To Try
- Ant: Thank You National Preps For Being Real
- Ant: Jacob Pruitt On The Rise
- Ant: Jacob Pruitt - Champion and New School Record
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Bluesky buzz: Why the social media platform is being called the next Twitter.
- The Best Dressed Stars From the 2023 Met Gala.
- Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in.
- Google plans to add end-to-end encryption to Authenticator.
- For Bluesky to thrive, it needs sex workers and Black Twitter.
- Chrome replacing HTTPS lock icon with Material You redesign.
- Pornhub Blocks All of Utah From Its Site.
- Writers Guild On Strike Against Hollywood Studios As Contract Talks With Fail.
- Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy.
- 'The Godfather of AI' Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead.
- IBM to Pause Hiring for 'Back-Office' Jobs That AI Could Kill.
- Edtech Chegg tumbles as ChatGPT threat prompts revenue warning.
- Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and Our Search for Meaning: Oliver Sacks on ChatGPT, 30 Years Before ChatGPT.
- Why Chatbots Are Not the Future.
- Google Photos is getting a more powerful search.
- Stability introduces AI that can incorporate text into images.
- LinkedIn Cofounder Reid Hoffman Launches a ChatGPT Rival.
- Kamala Harris to discuss A.I. in meeting with Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs.
- A Brain Scanner Combined with an AI Language Model Can Provide a Glimpse into Your Thoughts.
- New Standard for Car Entry Using Your Smartphone (UWB and Bluetooth).
- Bluesky codes for sale for $150+
- Publishers insist platforms owe them money for linking to them but whine when they don't link.
- Gmail is adding a blue checkmark to better verify senders.
- Google officially teases the Pixel 7a, confirming May 11 availability.
- Your Google TV Just Got a Nice Performance and Storage Boost.
- Nest Hub 2nd Gen updates to Google's Fuchsia operating system.
- Android 13 with May security patch live; download Pixel OTA image now.
- YouTube Music is officially launching podcasts in the US on Android, iOS, and the web.
Picks:
- Stacey - UnaBell, Smart Button for IoT.
- Jeff - Apple's Unionized Store Workers Seek Tips and Higher Holiday Pay.
- Jeff - a font of type (Ryan Cordell's U of I class)
- Ant - Black Community Version of Succession?
- Ant - The Michael Jordan of YouTube? (bad pun, I know)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Alphabet reports revenue and earnings beat for first quarter.
- Only 28 legacy verified users signed up for Twitter Blue hours after Elon Musk removed their checkmarks.
- Elon Musk Figured Out the Media's Biggest Weakness.
- Facebook Made BuzzFeed, Then Killed It.
- Jonah and the Whale.
- Traffic by Ben Smith.
- Pichai teases AI, Pixel, and Android at Google I/O 2023.
- Nate Silver Out at 538, ABC News as Disney Layoffs Hit ABC News.
- These celebrities 'subscribed to Twitter Blue.' Except they're dead.
- Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again.
- Jarvis thread on further research regarding teens and social media.
- Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms.
- Meta Reports First Quarter 2023 Results.
- Tucker Carlson's Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News.
- Look Out, Tesla, There's a Really Tiny Competitor in Your Rearview Mirror.
- U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media.
- School Chromebooks are creating huge amounts of e-waste.
- Tesla wins lawsuit over Autopilot Model S crash.
- Video of the Pixel Fold.
- AI-generated Drake song is an insult to the artistry of hip-hop.
- Grimes invites people to use her voice in AI songs.
- Google Authenticator finally, mercifully adds account syncing for two-factor codes.
- Google on why Authenticator sync isn't E2E encrypted, but the option is coming later.
- Google Messages starts showing end-to-end encryption for RCS group chats out of beta.
- Google is making it much easier to search for tools in Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
- Google ups Chromebook privacy with a new camera and mic switch.
- Google Bard can now write, debug, and explain code.
- Google Assistant will stop speaking after turning on smart home devices.
Picks:
- Stacey - Aqara Adds Presence Sensor FP2 to its Smart Sensor Portfolio.
- Leo - Mouthpad: The world's first available hands-free touchpad.
- Jeff - EXTREMELY ONLINE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF FAME, INFLUENCE, AND POWER ON THE INTERNET by Taylor Lorenz.
- Jeff - Google median income: $279,500.
- Ant - My Big Round World: (in a Little Square Book) by Shawn Powers.
- Ant - Much Respect For Mr. Sharpe and His Work.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Panic at Google: Samsung considers dumping search for Bing and ChatGPT.
- Samsung can't dump Google for Bing as the default search engine on its phones.
- Why Samsung Doesn't Want You to Use Google Apps.
- AI could cause a mass-extinction of languages — and ways of thinking.
- AI science search engines are exploding in number — are they any good?
- 'Overemployed' Hustlers Exploit ChatGPT To Take On Even More Full-Time Jobs.
- Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals.
- Google's Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say.
- '60 Minutes' Made a Shockingly Wrong Claim About a Google AI.
- Google to launch its first foldable phone, the 'Pixel Fold,' in June.
- Sources: Pixel Tablet will have 8GB of RAM, four colors, and this included dock.
- Report: Pixel 7a will cost $499, Pixel 6a will continue at a reduced price.
- Nilay Patel's devastating interview with Chris Best.
- Bluesky is my favorite Twitter clone yet.
- Bluesky's CEO wants to build a Musk-proof, decentralized version of Twitter.
- Thousands fled to Mastodon after Musk bought Twitter. Are they still 'tooting'?
- NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'.
- AI makes up a duet with Drake & The Weeknd (nobody to complain about taking it down but publishers want to block AI).
- Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping to Teach Big A.I. Systems.
- Amazon releases photo dataset to program robots to replace crappy pick-and-pack Amazon jobs.
- Bainbridge ferry: "Abandon ship!".
- It's now 'Google Fi Wireless' with redesigned app, icon, and more smartwatches.
- You can now redeem Play Points for Google shirts, socks, water bottles, and more.
- Nest Thermostat gets Matter support today, including Apple Home compatibility.
- Google Chat rolling out Material You web redesign.
- This College Football Program Mined Fanatics Consumer Data to Fuel a $1 Million Boost in Ticket Sales.
- Will smart medicine drive privacy legislation? It should.
Picks:
- Stacey - Era 300: The Stereo Speaker With Dolby Atmos.
- Jeff - Americans mostly believe the news they hear on podcasts.
- Jeff - Last two computer magazines are dead.
- Ant - LumaTouch Adds Multicam Support.
- Ant - Shout Out To Mr. Terrell.
- Jason - Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls by Lisa Damour Ph.D.
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- Google is No Longer Supporting These Five-Year-Old Devices.
- Google ending Works with Nest & Dropcam support, Nest Secure owners getting free ADT system.
- The Fitbit-to-Google account migration will start this summer.
- Google Home's latest update provides more control over your smart appliances.
- Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV.
- Discover more than 800 free TV channels with Google TV.
- The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation.
- The importance of disclosure in generative AI.
- 'We have to move fast': US looks to establish rules for artificial intelligence.
- Create AI by describing it.
- Use AI to create short-form video.
- Get Your Kids to Love Reading with Choose-Your-Own Adventures, powered by GPT-4!
- Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter.
- Instagram Founders' News App Artifact Adds 'Reputation Scores' and Comments.
- Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban.
- TikTok sister app Lemon8 surges in U.S.
- Samsung to cut chip production as profits plunge by 96%.
- PC market faces another inflection point.
- Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta.
- Twitter reveals some of its source code, including its recommendation algorithm.
- Google rolling out Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel phones.
- Pixel 7 April update fixes Bluetooth unpairing, and improves Macro Focus.
- Google is working on 'Find My Device' feature even when the phone is turned off.
- Google Will Require Android Developers to Make It Easier to Delete Your Account Data.
- Android devices can now automatically archive little-used apps.
- Google releases 'Cross-Device Services' on Play Store, which will power Chromebook app streaming.
- Google prohibits personal loan apps from accessing user photos and contacts.
Picks:
- Stacey - Homey Hub.
- Jeff - Why are news outlets putting their podcasts on YouTube?
- Ant - I'm Jealous of #Hardhead.
- Jason - A deck of cards.
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- Google closing some micro kitchens
- Google issuing Chromebooks to employees as part of cost-cutting measures
- Google Drive Imposes 5 Million Item Cap, Even if You Have Storage Space Left
- Google Rescinds 5 Million Item Limit on Drive
- Lawmakers are clueless about social media. They'll regulate it anyway
- Bloomberg builds its own LLM, trained on financial data
- Three things everyone's getting wrong about AI
- Midjourney Ends Its Free Trial After Fake Images Go Viral
- AI guys are the new crypto guys
- Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images
- Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network for anyone to build connected gadgets on
- Ding Dong. Live Audio is dying. Remember Clubhouse?
- After disrupting businesses, Google Drive's secret file cap is dead for now.
- Google launches ads transparency center.
- Google Search gets new travel features, including a 'price guarantee' tool for flights.
- Google Pixel Tablet arrives at FCC, revealing UWB connectivity
- YouTube channel pages add a dedicated 'Podcasts' tab
- The Google Now Launcher is fully shutting down 10 years later
- Google is trying to make sure apps let you delete your account
Picks:
- Ant's Picks: Pull UP
- Ant's Pick: Have a Laugh
- Jeff's Pick: Companies young people hope to work at
- Jeff's Pick: Tech layoff numbers
- Glenn's Pick: AirTag combination lock carabiner: Raptic Link& Lock
- Mikah's Pick: Nite Ize Keyrack, Carabiner Key Chain
Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
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- Elon Musk and Others Call for Pause on A.I., Citing 'Risks to Society'
- Richard Stallman's thoughts on ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and their impact on humanity
- The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library
-
TikTokBan videos have 1.7b views on TikTok
- Random stupid moment from Tiktok hearing
- Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online
- The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else
- Norwegian company says TikTok data center is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition
- Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94
- Utah governor signs laws requiring parents' consent for minors to use social media.
- William Wulf obit
- Original Intel business model and NSF Net History
- Maryland court reinstates murder conviction of 'Serial' subject Adnan Syed
- The Pope and the puffer coat
- Amazon delivery driver goes viral for dropping off package during a police standoff in North Carolina.
- Rupert Murdoch's next wife is from Petaluma
- Glenn's Pick: Everything But the Bagel Potato Chips
- Jeff's Pick: Kevin's review of the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook
- Jeff's Pick: My Ontario TVO debate
- Ant's Pick: Put These At Your Desk
- Ant's Pick: Get 'Em Bonica
- Follow The Laporte's Vacation Photos
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
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- A TikTok corner just for Stacey (h/t @cbryancan@twit.social)
- DPReview.com to close: Digital Photography Review
- Archive Team to Backup DPReview
- Stacey's AI Tweet
- The Age of AI has begun Bill Gates
- Leo Gets BARD
- Google Bard Sign-up
- Looking at New Midjourney
- ChatGPT Radio!
- Adobe Intro's Generative AI into Creative Cloud - Firefly
- Follow The Laportes on Vacation - Polarsteps
- Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead
- (2021) Libby is stuck between libraries and publishers in the e-book war
- Google finds 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos chipsets
- Google Workspace ambush and fix
- Support for Google Workspace #nocost
- Reid Hoffman wrote a book with GPT-4
- Stochastic Parrots Day video
- Bellingcat founder Believes He Was Banned From Midjourney After His AI Images Of Donald Trump Getting Arrested Went Viral.
- CEO on TikTok in DC
- Lawmakers say TikTok is a national security threat, but evidence remains unclear.
- Blackberry, the trailer
- Have your cake and print it: the 3D culinary revolution is coming
- Google Kills Jacquard
- Stacey's Pick - Tapo TP-Link Matter Plug
- Leo's Pick - LoFi Air Traffic Control
- Jeff's Pick - The Vesuvius Challenge
- Ant's Pick - 50% Off an Annual Subscription to Particle Illusion by Boris FX (use code PIPLUGIN50)
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model.
- Silicon Valley Bank is imploding, prompting bank run.
- T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile in a $1.35 billion deal.
- OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model (again).
- Grammarly adds ChatGPT-like AI to create text in your writing style, outlines, and more.
- Gmail, Google Docs, and more are getting ChatGPT-like generative AI features.
- Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online.
- Microsoft Lays Off Team That Taught Employees How to Make AI Tools Responsibly.
- The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) presents Stochastic Parrots Day.
- Google opens up its AI language model PaLM to challenge OpenAI and GPT-3.
- Carrot Weather gets a snarky ChatGPT update.
- Nabla, a digital health startup, launches Copilot, using GPT-3 to turn patient conversations into action.
- Rent Going Up? One Company's Algorithm Could Be Why.
- TikTok now offers a feed dedicated to science and tech.
- Meta is working on a decentralized social app.
- Gowalla returns to see if location-based networking is ready for its mainstream moment.
- Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT.
- Google has discontinued the Glass Enterprise Edition.
- YouTube TV Multiview lets you watch up to 4 games in preview for March Madness.
- Google Play will now machine translate Android apps for free.
- Google Workspace is getting a price increase and other changes.
- March Pixel Feature Drop with Android 13 QPR2 is now rolling out.
- Stranded on a mountain, he tied his phone to a drone to text for help.
- Meta layoffs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff.
- A Look Inside Elon Musk's $50,000 Prefab Tiny House.
- The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold or risk a nationwide ban.
Picks:
- Stacey - Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock Hardcover by Jenny Odell.
- Jeff - Kottke.org Is 25 Years Old Today, and I'm Going to Write About It.
- Jeff - Lifehacker sold by G/O to Ziff Davis.
- Jeff - Here's Everything That Happened at the #BlackTwitterSummit.
- Jeff - The Color Printer.
- Mike - ChatPDF.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham
Guest: Mike Elgan
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- Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?
- FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names.
- Olauncher. Minimal AF Launcher.
- YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized.
- Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle.
- 'Slavery was wrong' and 5 other things some educators won't teach anymore.
- Google I/O 2023 takes place on May 10.
- Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online.
- How AI Generates New Images: GANs Put Simply.
- The privacy loophole in your doorbell.
- Rest of World receives a $200,000 grant from Ford Foundation to expand coverage of how tech is impacting workers.
- Fitbit is getting rid of the best reasons to use a Fitbit, which is a big mistake.
- Florida bill would require bloggers who write about the governor to register with the state.
- Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, and software liability reform.
- A New 'MAS*H' Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J.
- 20% of YCombinator classes are built on machine learning.
- ChatGPT enters slack; the machine plays office politics.
- Prepare for the Textpocalypse by Matthew Kirschenbaum.
- Farewell to a tech brand of which I'll always be proud. Vox Media is "retiring the Recode branding" today.
- CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role.
- March 2023 Pixel Feature Drop changelog leaks out.
- Google rolling out Android 14 Developer Preview 2.
- Blurry subway photos may offer our latest Pixel Fold leak.
- Here's everything new in Android 14 Developer Preview 2 [Gallery].
- Google begins rolling out its new look for Docs and other Workspace apps.
- Google One brings VPN to $1.99/month plan, adding dark web info monitoring.
- Pixel Buds Pro spatial audio with head tracking update rolling out.
- Android 15's dessert is apparently 'Vanilla Ice Cream'.
- Google launches the new Google Trends portal.
- Google Chrome is making it easier to delete autofill data.
Picks:
- Stacey - COVID
- Leo - Opal C1
- Leo - Camo
- Jeff - The New Gatekeepers by Benedict Evans.
- Ant - Peak Design TRAVEL BACKPACK 45L.
- Ant - FINALLY coming to "TV". Silo series based on books by Hugh Howey.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Our Growing TikTok Moral Panic Still Isn't Addressing The Actual Problem.
- U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok.
- Apple Watch potential ban: What you need to know.
- All about Salt_Hank's upcoming cookbook.
- YouTube's new head talks 2023 priorities, including AI, podcasting, Shorts and more.
- Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar.
- OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit.
- Planning for AGI and beyond.
- You Are Not a Parrot And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
- Flipboard joins the Fediverse with a Mastodon integration and community, plans for ActivityPub.
- Talking about the diminishing drive to share on social media.
- Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app.
- YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot.
- In latest round of Twitter cuts, some see hints of its next CEO.
- Elon Musk's defense of Scott Adams shows why he is misguided and dangerous.
- Elon Musk Reportedly Building 'Based AI' Because ChatGPT Is Too Woke.
- Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth's pre-seed funding.
- Google Drops 9 New Android and Wear OS Features.
- Google Chrome's new zoom on mobile blows things up by up to 300 percent.
- Google Keep's new Android widget makes it easier to check off items on your to-do list.
- Android is adding support for eSIM transfer between devices.
- Chrome tweaked to improve memory use & battery life on MacBook.
- Waymo starts autonomous testing in LA with no human driver.
- Google's bringing Magic Eraser to all Google One subscribers — including iPhone users.
- Gmail's client-side encryption is now available to more businesses.
- Google rolls out fall detection on the Pixel Watch.
- Your Google Docs are about to look a little bit different.
Picks:
- Jason - Artifact for Android.
- Jeff - Jeff with teenage look filter.
- Ant - New Affordable Amaran COB S-Series Lights.
- Ant - How Y'all Doing by Leslie Jordon.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell
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- Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why.
- Quick Debrief on the Gonzalez v. Google Oral Arguments.
- Cathy's Amicus brief.
- Supreme Court Wrestles With Suit Claiming Twitter Aided Terrorists.
- What happened to the K9YO pico balloon? Shot down by an F-22 Raptor.
- The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn...
- Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight.
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan.
- NPR says it's cutting jobs by 10% as ad revenue drops.
- Mark Zuckerberg - Good morning and new product...
- Inside Meta's Push to Solve the Noisy Office.
- Google Reassessing Timeline for Massive San Jose Campus.
- German government banned from operating Facebook page.
- Flooded with AI-created content, a sci-fi magazine suspends submissions.
- Mercedes partners with Google to bring Maps and YouTube into its vehicles.
- Subway planning EV charging oasis. Now if it were Taco Bell...
- Google Messages is finally just calling it 'RCS'.
- Google's long-awaited Tasks and Reminders consolidation starts in March.
- ChromeOS 110 rolling out: Super Resolution Audio, Select-to-speak, channels labels, more.
- Acer Chromebook 516 GE.
- Google Weather gets an accidental dark theme via the Android System Webview update.
- Google Chrome rolls out Memory and Energy Saver modes.
Picks:
- Cathy - Montalbano.
- Jeff - AI.com now takes you to ChatGpt.
- Jeff - Never use a URL shortening service - even if you own it.
- Ant - Borix FX Particle Illusion Updated.
- Ant - Hagibis USB-C Hub with Hard Drive Enclosure.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
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- Elon Musk's reach on Twitter is dropping — he just fired a top engineer over it.
- Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first.
- Google's AI chatbot, Bard, sparks a $100 billion loss in Alphabet shares.
- Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom.
- What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work?
- How, why and when generative AI will kill the search engine.
- writeGPT - OpenAI's GPT prompt assistant.
- From Bing to Sydney – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
- This artist is dominating AI-generated art. And he's not happy about it.
- Google Launches Privacy Sandbox for Android Beta Test.
- Google Drive adding stylus and finger PDF annotation on Android.
- YouTube TV subscribers will get a discount on NFL Sunday Ticket, access launches September 10.
- Google Fiber rolling out $125/month 5 Gig service in 4 cities.
Picks:
- Stacey - Radio Garden.
- Mike - Wikenigma.
- Mike - StealthGPT.
- Ant - Centralized vs Decentralized on FLOSS Weekly.
- Ant - Tiktok Since Mr. Jarvis is Off This Week.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
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- eightsleep.com/twit
- GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT
- Miro.com/podcast
- Shift Happens: A book about keyboards by Marcin Wichary.
- Matias Tactile Pro.
- I Tried Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing. Search Will Never Be the Same.
- Google unveils its own ChatGPT-like AI chatbot.
- Bret Taylor starts AI company; Google VP joins.
- Twitter Places Limits on Tweet Frequency, Impacting Business and Individual Accounts.
- Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo.
- Twitter execs acknowledge mistakes with Hunter Biden laptop story but say no government involvement.
- Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private.
- Google will soon blur explicit images by default in search results.
- Google is adding some new features for EVs with built-in Google Maps.
- Google winds down feature that put playable podcasts directly in search results.
- Google launches Android 14 Developer Preview for Pixel.
- Jason Howell reviews the OnePlus 11 5G.
- Harvard Misinformation Expert Joan Donovan Forced to Leave by Kennedy School Dean, Sources Say.
Picks:
- Stacey - Sunnyside - Healthier Drinking Habits That Fit Your Lifestyle.
- Jeff - Watch our new Fixed on Pixel ad ahead of the big game.
- Jeff - Coffee for Ant.
- Ant - Early Mornings Photo Contest.
- Ant - Shout out to TWiG Listener.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity.
- ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.
- Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.
- Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years.
- History of AI by Shaan Ray.
- MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.
- AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse.
- OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future.
- Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers.
- Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?
- Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC.
- The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
- How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?
- US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
- Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company.
- Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
- Live test of Clear Calling.
- Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs.
- Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade.
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones.
- Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing.
- YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today.
- Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August.
- Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs.
- PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look.
- New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all.
- Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready.
- Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR.
- Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information.
- Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback.
- Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks.
Picks:
- Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel.
- Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances.
- Jeff - I'm on Team dog.
- Ant - You People.
- Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
- Interview with Richard Hay.
- Google Slashes Jobs at Incubator Area 120 as Part of Cuts.
- Meta to Reinstate Trump's Facebook and Instagram Accounts.
- AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
- Mastodon founder has a message for Elon Musk.
- Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
- Elon Musk Explores Raising Up to $3 Billion to Help Pay Off Twitter Debt.
- Ivory: The Magnificent Mastodon App.
- We tried to run a social media site and it was awful.
- DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market.
- Justice Department calls for breakup of Google in new antitrust lawsuit.
- More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft.
- ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor.
- @divergencearran: Earlier this evening @kevinrose was phished into signing a malicious signature that allowed the hacker to transfer a large number of high-value tokens.
- ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
- T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
- PCs past fans: active cooling chip.
- HBO's 'The Last of Us' Infects Your Google Search With Creepy Fungus.
- To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
- Virginia man sues Chick-fil-A in SF court over sharing data with Facebook.
- The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off.
- Google Clock 7.4 update tests buttons for ending alarms.
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 rolling out with Bluetooth and 5G fixes for Pixel.
- Google Meet making it easier to share files during calls.
- Waze now supports Android Auto's 'Coolwalk' dashboard; will users actually start getting it now?
Picks:
- Stacey - Jabra 85H.
- Stacey - The AirPods Pro 2nd gen as smart hearables puts a smile on my face.
- Jeff - The library that Jeff wants.
- Ant - StellaPro Reflex-S On Sale.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Richard Hay
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- Twitter Auction Complete
- Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific
- Sawyer Merritt on Twitter: "Boston Dynamics shows of their robots latest skills
- Tesla staged 2016 self-driving demo, says senior Autopilot engineer
- Twitter admits it's breaking third-party apps, cites 'long-standing API rules'
- Google Images Was Created Because Of Jennifer Lopez
- Leo's wake-up call
- Dozens of media companies set 2023 content deals with Twitter
- Free the nipple: Facebook and Instagram told to end ban on bare breasts
- New Study: No, Of Course Russian Twitter Trolls Didn't Impact The 2016 Election | Techdirt
- Saunas and cold shock
- Google's brief to SCOTUS on 230
- Nick Cave says imitation ChatGPT song is 'a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human'
- Point-by-point rebuttal of that litigation
- Reid Hoffman makes a podcast with ChatGPT
- Nest cofounder's next thing: mail your dessicated food waste to him for chickenfeed
- Google Changelog
- YouTube is testing a hub of free, cable-style channels | Engadget
- Your Google Stadia controller won't be a paperweight after the service shuts down | Engadget
- Google plans AirTag clone, will track devices with 3 billion Android phones
- Google Translate now supports 33 new languages offline
- Fitbit step and heart rate data is appearing in Google Fit
- ChromeOS 109 rolling out with a tweak to how Android apps launch
- Google's bringing new features to older versions of Android
- Android Auto redesign rolling out draggable seek bar in music apps
- Google Discover rolls out three-column UI ahead of Pixel Tablet
- Android 13 is running on 5.2% of all devices five months after launch
- We like this compost bin
- Govee Smart Kettle
- State Dept phases out Times Roman in favor of 14 pt Calibri
- I'd Like to Play Alone, Please: Essays by Tom Segura
- Marshawn Lynch Shows Kevin Hart Beast Mode In The Cold Tubs
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- acilearning.com
- Stadia player count hinted at by Destiny 2 figures.
- The DNSSEC Root Signing Ceremony.
- KSK Key Signing Ceremony (16 Jun 10).
- Microsoft reportedly plans to invest $10 billion in creator of buzzy A.I. tool ChatGPT.
- OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot.
- Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT.
- neeva.ai
- Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers.
- Ryan Reynolds used ChatGPT to make a Mint Mobile ad, and the results were 'mildly terrifying'.
- NYC education department blocks ChatGPT on school devices, networks.
- Microsoft VALL-E voice models.
- Apple does AI-read audiobooks.
- Russia to replace crew capsule at space station after coolant leak.
- Gigabit-ready internet connections are now mandatory in new homes in England.
- Flights Resume Across U.S. After FAA Outage: Live Updates.
- FAA giving airlines another year to fix altimeters that can't handle 5G signals.
- Chipotle is adding the TikTok-famous quesadilla hack to its official menu.
- These dogs ride a bus like humans 'and now the internet is in love'.
- Georgia Tech paper arguing TikTok is no security danger.
- Footage of Tesla in self-driving mode stopping on Bay Bridge (!), causing pileup.
- Tesla on autopilot leads police on chase before driver finally wakes up.
- Afroman Got Raided by Cops, So He Put Them in His Music Video.
- rsync.net Warrant Canary.
- Amazon and Disney team up to launch an entirely new, Alexa-enabled experience for fans called Hey Disney!
- Researchers Hacked California's Digital License Plates, Gaining Access to GPS Location and User Info.
- Google Pixel phones add 5G support in India.
- Google Messages rolls out group chat end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in beta.
- Google Maps for Wear OS adds phoneless navigation on LTE watches.
- Google's new high-definition maps are arriving first on Volvo and Polestar electric vehicles.
- Google's new split-screen look for Android Auto is rolling out to everyone.
- Google Meet rolling out in-call emoji reactions.
- Google Docs adds a feature we thought it already had: non-printing characters.
- California Governor Teases Support for Digital IDs: 'We're Going to Do It Like No Other State'.
- John Deere vows to open up its tractor tech, but right-to-repair backers have doubts.
Picks:
- Stacey - Tramontina Induction Cooking System.
- Jeff - Finnish Parliament rejects EU copyright legislation as a violation of rights to education, science.
- Jeff - After Months Of Protest, Google Search Quality Raters Finally Get A Raise.
- Ant - Kevin Hart Guesses Cheap vs. Expensive Wines.
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- This 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 between Google, NFL.
- European regulators ruled Meta can't use its contracts with users to justify sending them ads based on their online activity, a blow to the digital advertising industry.
- Shift Happens.
- Typewriter art.
- Public Domain Expansion 2022: Highlights of the Harlem Renaissance and Modernist Writers in HathiTrust's Newly Opened Volumes.
- False Match That Led to Arrest Highlights Danger of Facial Recognition.
- Even the FBI says you should use an ad blocker.
- Ana de Armas Fans' Lawsuit Puts Studios at Risk Over Deceptive Trailers.
- ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists.
- Google and Meta's Advertising Dominance Fades as TikTok, Streamers Emerge.
- Elon Musk Becomes First Person Ever to Lose $200 Billion.
- Twitter's San Francisco HQ reportedly a hub of stinky smells.
- Mastodon 9 million: growth continues in fits and starts (but not all millions are the same).
- Eugen turns down VC investment; vows to stay nonprofit.
- friendica – A Decentralized Social Network.
Picks:
- Jeff - Golden Gate gets $400 million for earthquake retrofit.
- Leo - Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann.
- Ant - Coach Prime on Amazon.
- Glenn - Robert Garcia plans swearing in on part on a Superman comic.
- Jeff - George Santos humor.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
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- How 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 Googly Eyes Make Everything Creepy.
- Why Google AI Isn't Sentient.
- Higginbot has spoken.
- Jeff gets personal with Stacey and Ant.
- Moral Panic bumper gets an upgrade.
- Leo goes French.
- Wrong Number Text Scam Revealed!
- Alex Stamos Describes How He Got Into Security.
Host: Leo Laporte
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- Life 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 should talk about consent in IoT.
- Lionel Messi's World Cup celebration is now the most-liked post on Instagram.
- Looking ahead to CES 2023.
- Public Domain Day 2023.
- Tom Lehrer Songs – Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer.
- John Fetterman's TikTok Whisperer.
- Police provide first official details of Elon Musk's alleged stalker incident.
- Alex Barredo: "@joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter.
- Elon Musk now says he'll step down as Twitter CEO.
- Who is John J. Ray III, FTX's new chief executive?
- Ex-Google Contractor Settles Lawsuit Over Religious Sect.
- Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta.
- Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access.
- Bear scratching Festivus pole.
Picks:
- Stacey - Therabody Smart Goggles
- Jeff - What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America
- Ant - Sony Alpha Holiday Deals
- Ant - Spyder Checkr Photo on Sale
- Leo - Medieval chaperon, Medieval woolen chaperone, Medieval hood, Medieval hat, 14th century hood, 15th century hat, Medieval headwear, Chaperon
- Leo - movetodon.org
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- "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 private jet, despite billionaire's 'free speech' pledge.
- twittoons.com
- What is TikTok & is TikTok Safe?
- More about how Manu coded at Twitter.
- How does Manu draw his comics?
- FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas.
- @cfarivar: BREAKING: A federal judge in SF has just ruled against Twitter, mandating that severance packages to fired employees must include mention of an ongoing lawsuit, Cornet v. Twitter.
- The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between you and me)
- Leo looks a the Goomics book.
- Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft's Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge.
- FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.'s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- We're All Capable of Going 'Goblin Mode'
- How To Listen to and Understand Great Music.
- Students Rebel Against Heat-Sensing Crotch Monitor Surveillance Devices.
Picks:
- Stacey: DIRIGERA: Hub for smart products.
- Manu: How many elements are in a modern smartphone?
- Stacey: The Photographic Card Deck of the Elements: With Big Beautiful Photographs of All 118 Elements in the Periodic Table.
- Ant: Have I Been Trained? (AI)
- Ant: Shout Out To Miss Sheila Johnson.
- Leo: Google's Blob Opera is back with Guitar Hero-inspired rhythm-based music game.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Manu Cornet
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- cachefly.com
- The 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 the game of Go without human knowledge.
- Elon Musk's Neuralink Is Under Federal Investigation for Animal Abuse.
- Google shuts down Duplex on the Web, its attempt to bring AI smarts to retail sites and more.
- Google Faces Pressure in Hong Kong Over Search Results for National Anthem.
- Open Source Hospital Price Transparency.
- The Supreme Court battle for Section 230 has begun.
- Online safety bill returns to parliament after five-month delay.
- "Org charts" comic by Manu Cornet.
- A Twitter software engineer who created cartoons poking fun at his own company says he was fired because he's a 'troublemaker'.
- "I thought I'd been hacked. It turned out I'd been fired": tales of a Twitter engineer.
- Apple is adding end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups.
- TikTok Is Sued by State of Indiana, Accused of Targeting Young Teens With Adult Content.
- TikTok Shares the Top Clips, Creators and Trends in the App for 2022.
- Corn Kid Is Doing Just Fine.
- Microsoft Eyes 'Super App' to Break Apple and Google's Hold on Mobile Search.
- NASA Awards $57M Contract to Build Roads on the Moon.
- Pantone's 2023 color of the year is 'Viva Magenta'.
- Leo plays with ChatGPT.
- Google Search brings continuous scrolling to desktop.
- Google will show you suggested keywords right under the search bar.
- Chrome '@' shortcuts search tabs, bookmarks, and history right from the address bar.
- ChromeOS 108: Files app Trash can, touchscreen keyboard redesign, more.
- Google Photos will get worse at estimating your photo locations.
- Google Messages starts rolling out group end-to-end encryption.
- December Pixel Feature Drop has Clear Calling, a free VPN, and new Recorder tools for Google's latest phones.
Picks:
- Stacey - Best binoculars 2022: Top picks for stargazing, wildlife and more.
- Stacey - Ember Mug²
- Stacey - Letter Napkin (Set of 4).
- Stacey - Nori Press, Compact Iron & Steamer for Clothes.
- Jeff - We all use phones on the toilet. Just don't sit more than 10 minutes.
- Jeff - 52 things I learned in 2022.
- Ant - First Look at KRK GoAux Studio Monitors.
- Ant - The Woman King.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- hover.com/twit
- eightsleep.com/twit
- Introducing 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 there be trouble on Twitter in the 2024 election?
- Who is responsible for keeping people protected from disinformation?
- Should TikTok be shut down?
- South Dakota bans TikTok from government-owned devices.
- Stanford Internet Observatory.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Alex Stamos
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- Secureworks.com/twit
- I 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.
- Watch Howard Stern's Special Interview with Bruce Springsteen on HBO and HBO Max.
- The leap second's time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks.
- Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in.
- Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year sentence explained by tech bubble.
- Lessons from a decade of 'Candy Crush'.
- FTX Founder Deepfake Offers Refund to Victims in Verified Twitter Account Scam.
- Movie theater stocks pop after report says Amazon plans to spend $1 billion on releases.
- Google Fi discounts Pixel 7 to $399 and offers $300 off 7 Pro for Black Friday.
- The best Black Friday Google deals you can get.
- Google launches new search, shopping and maps features.
- YouTube releases in-depth podcasting guide with best practices.
- You can now ask Google Assistant to search and play podcasts by guest, episode.
Picks:
- Mathew - A plaque that shows you are verified on Twitter.
- Mathew - Bizarre study finds common parasite can make you more attractive.
- Mathew - Christie's Pulls T. Rex From Auction, Citing Need for 'Further Study'.
- Jeff - Pew teens and social media.
- Ant - Boris FX Black Friday Discount.
- Ant - Prep football: Campolindo edges Rancho Cotate in NCS semifinals.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mathew Ingram
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- Melissa.com/twit
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- CDW.com/HPE
- Larry 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.
- Proposal for quote-boost.
- Elon's paranoid purge.
- Musk issues ultimatum to staff: Commit to 'hardcore' Twitter or leave.
- Elon Musk delivers jaw-dropping, bold testimony at his Tesla trial over Twitter's issues with the FTC.
- Farewell from Protocol.
- Amazon begins layoffs as economic woes mount.
- With 10k layoffs looming, Jeff Bezos grants Dolly Parton millions and pledges his fortune to charity.
- Evernote's Next Move: Joining the Bending Spoons Suite of Apps.
- Twitter is Going Great!
- City birds are changing their tune.
- NASA's Modern Moon Program Is Finally off the Ground.
- Google Wallet arrives on Fitbit smartwatches, new countries.
- Android Auto beta program opens up to more users.
- Google Fi's throwing in a free year of YouTube Premium for Unlimited Plus subscribers.
- Google One VPN app rolls out for Mac and Windows.
- Facebook fact-checkers will stop checking Trump after presidential bid announcement.
Picks:
- Mike - Debirdify
- Mike - palette.fm
- Jeff - Portable, off-grid hotels
- Ant - JAYEGT Motorized Rotating Display Stand
- Ant - I Thought #Hardhead Had 5 Of 'Em
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
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- itpro.tv/twit
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- Twitter 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 Plans for Twitter's Business.
- Bullshit Reporting: The Intercept's Story About Government Policing Disinfo Is Absolute Garbage.
- Matter launch event: Hands-on with the newest Matter devices.
- Google Messages tests redesigned photo picker.
- Stadia refunds start today as Google provides more details on what to expect.
- Google One VPN coming to desktop with Mac and Windows apps.
- First Pixel 7 update rolling out with three fixes for display and system.
- Optimized YouTube Shorts player for TVs rolling out.
- Google and Renault are developing a 'software-defined vehicle' together.
- Berkeley moves toward banning all right turns on red lights.
- Amazon's new electric vans will be making deliveries in over 100 U.S. cities this holiday season.
- TikTok slashes global revenue targets by at least $2bn.
- How online mobs act like flocks of birds.
- Zoomtopia.
Picks:
- Glenn - Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics.
- Jeff - Dystopian Candy Crush Drone Fleet Unleashed Into Skies Above New York.
- Jeff - Drones complete incomplete monuments.
- Ant - LumaFusion available in Beta on Android and ChromeOS.
- Ant - Canon EOS Webcam Utility PRO Announced.
- Ant - There_I_Ruined_It on Instagram.
- Ant - Rancho Cotate Athlete of the week Jacob Pruitt.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
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- cachefly.com
- Elon 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 could throttle China's ambitions and escalate the tech war.
- Italy to ban 'illegal' raves following Modena party.
- My tweet promoting our conversation with Rabble made Piers Morgan's show.
- Google Hangouts is dead, half-baked RCS is not a replacement.
- Roblox and Parsons School of Design are creating a digital fashion course.
- Google acquires Twitter-backed AI avatar startup Alter for $100 million.
- Amazon Music goes free for Prime members on Shuffle Mode.
- Amazon makes staff cuts at Amp, the app it launched this year to 'reimagine radio'.
- NASCAR: Ross Chastain's daring wall-riding move legal for now.
- Google's AI image model Imagen is getting a very limited public outing.
- Google's new prototype AI tool does the writing for you.
- Google is discontinuing support for the standalone Street View app and pulling it from app stores.
- Google One for Android gets slick homescreen redesign.
- Google expands flood and wildfire tracking.
- Google revamps Assistant parental controls and adds a kids' dictionary.
- Google's putting its Lens image search right on its home page.
- Google Play Android games now available on PC in beta.
- YouTube's new Primetime Channels puts 34 streaming services in one place.
- Google's building package tracking right into your Gmail inbox.
- How John Deere built its own cellular network for its factory.
Picks:
- Stacey - Google Nest Wifi 6E review.
- Jeff - Twitter co-founder Dorsey holding onto stake in company.
- Jeff - Mastodon Patreon.
- Jeff - Infinite conversation.
- Ant - Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 Announced.
- Ant - Daniel Suarez's Critical Mass book is available.
- Ant - Family bragging moment: 20-Year Streak Broken.
- Ant - Thank you Press Democrat.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Interview 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 himself 'Chief Twit,' visits Twitter HQ with deal set to close.
- Do you worry about taking money for Planetary?
- Some use cases for how to use Planetary.
- Goodbye to Rabble.
- Musk Tells Bankers He Plans to Close Twitter Deal on Friday.
- Spotify Wants to Get Into Audiobooks but Says Apple Is in the Way.
- Shutterstock will start selling AI-generated stock imagery with help from OpenAI.
- Study: Playing lots of video games may benefit kids' brains.
- The Wire Retracts Its Meta Stories.
- Why audio will never capture the hearts of social media users.
- The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World Hardcover by Jonathan - Freedland.
- Is MrBeast actually worth $1.5 billion?
- Uber will show ads now. But don't count on a lower fare.
- Marco Arment: "Now my app's product page shows gambling ads, which I'm really not OK with.
- Republicans sue Google claiming spam filter blocks email.
- Leo's Meta Quest Pro.
- The Real Chief TWiT: Comfort Tee.
- Texas Sues Google Over Use of Facial Images.
- Google Home web app starts rolling out to view live Nest feeds, older cameras supported.
- Google Maps has removed its COVID-19 layer.
- Google is giving Workspace Individual subscribers a big storage bump.
- YouTube's new design makes it easier to fast-forward or rewind to the right part.
- YouTube Premium is getting a price hike for family plans to $22.99/month.
- Google Messages tests new design for delivered and read indicators.
- New Google Messages and Contacts app icons rolling out, Phone left.
- Rabble returns!
Picks:
- Rabble - Planetary
- Jeff - 76% trust the technology sector
- Rabble - Web3 is Self-Certifying
- Leo - The Crypto Story
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Evan Henshaw-Plath (Rabble)
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- Kanye West is buying 'free speech platform' Parler.
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- Court blocks Texas social media law from taking effect.
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- Musk Will Have Absolute Control Over Twitter, Documents Show.
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- I have seen the frightening future of spam. It is this $1.5b AI bot co (formerly Jarvis.ai)
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- Jack Dorsey-Founded Bluesky Unveils Roadmap for Decentralized Social Networks.
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- What happened to XMPP?
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- New York attorney general release report on "chilling" Buffalo shooting.
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- How TikTok ate the internet.
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- Ai-Da the robot sums up the flawed logic of Lords debate on AI.
Picks:
- Glenn - @GlennF: New acquisition in the Not-Dr Fleishman's Cabinet of Printing Wonders: the "golden" Sun or the "paper that poisoned its printers." Printed in honor of the coronation of Queen Victoria on June 28, 1838, the gold-hued type sickened the paper's printers.
- Jeff - Freedom House report on internet freedom.
- Kevin - Free Domain Names via Indie Web Camp.
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guests: Glenn Fleishman and Kevin Marks
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- Andy 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.
- This Is Life in the Metaverse.
- Steve Jobs AI features in spooky 'interview' with Joe Rogan AI.
- 'Chat' with Musk, Trump or Xi: Ex-Googlers want to give the public AI.
- Google approves Truth Social for Play Store.
- Google Kills Cloud Gaming Service, Announces Cloud Gaming Laptops.
- Tour Amazon's dream home, where every appliance is also a spy.
- NASA's DART mission successfully shoved an asteroid.
- Elon Musk Spoke to Putin Before Tweeting Ukraine Peace Plan: Report.
- Musk Spoke to Kanye About Tweet That Got Him Kicked Off Twitter.
- Google unifies its BI services under the Looker brand.
- YouTube to broadly support the @username format with launch of YouTube handles.
- Google Meet will soon send you a transcript of your meeting.
- New Pixel Buds Pro firmware update rolling out with 5-band EQ, bug fixes, and more.
- Assistant Driving Mode ditches Google Maps integration, no longer an Android Auto replacement.
Picks:
- Cathy - Theater review: Hail to thee, 'Blithe' Lansbury.
- Jeff - iPhones calling 911 from owners' pockets on rollercoasters.
- Ant - Amaran 100d LED Light.
- Ant - Ant on Mobile Filmmaking Podcast.
- Ant - Queen Pruitt Spongebob The Musical Tix Available.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
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- Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster 'Likely Cheated' More Than 100 Times
- Matter is now official
- Twitter vs. Musk trial remains on schedule, judge says
- Here are some of the cringiest revelations in the Elon Musk text dump
- Just before Musk backtracked, a judge said Twitter could hunt for secret chats with whistleblower
- Elon Musk says he'll use Twitter to build an 'everything app' called X. Believe him.
- Chris Anderson says Musk's Twitter could be great
- Planetary Social
- There Was One Person Who Didn't Embarrass Himself in the Elon Musk Texts
- Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust
- Google's Big SCOTUS Season
- The Onion Files a Supreme Court Brief
- Google to Pay $85 Million to End Arizona Consumer-Privacy Suit
- Walmart, CVS face trial for putting sham homeopathic products next to real meds
- Samsung Rolling Out Android 12 To More Devices
- 4 New Maps Updates
- Google Home app is getting a website with Nest cam live feeds, automation 'Script Editor' in 2023
- Home App is getting better, but barely
- New Nest products and features for a better smart home
- The Pixel 4 hits end of life after three years of service
- Google Maps is wrong!
- Everything Set
- The most common restaurant cuisine in every state, and a chain-restaurant mystery
- The restaurant data is here and interactive
- Mr. Doodle's mansion
- The Fun of Google Streetview
- Wear Pink
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2022
- Pre-Order Jeff's Book: The Gutenberg Parenthesis
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Interview 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 as a Strong Dollar Sinks Other Currencies.
- Meta Sued For Tap Dancing Around Apple's New App Privacy Rules.
- The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed.
- Chipotle is moving its tortilla robot to a real restaurant.
- Israel Deploys AI Powered Turret in the West Bank.
- No, There's No 'Ghost In The Machine' On Board American Airlines Aircraft.
- Penpot inks $8M, as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe's $20B acquisition move.
- Darth Vader's Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine.
- DallE is open to all!
- Help pick the cover of Jeff's book.
- Amazon hardware event 2022.
- What Did Axios Do?
- Amazon launches a Kindle you can write on.
- 10 biggest announcements from Google Search On 22.
- LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments on 20 Million Users Over Five Years.
- Chromecast with Google TV (HD) goes official for $29.99 with 1080p, HDR, 8GB storage.
- Google discontinues its last traditional Chromecast, but software support will continue.
- Chrome now lets you search your @history and @bookmarks from the address bar.
- Google lays out Manifest V3's 2023 transition timeline for Chrome extensions.
- Here are all of the new features and updates coming to Google Maps.
- Android Auto 8.2 beta begins rolling out, tweaks dock of 'Coolwalk' redesign.
- NASA's DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test.
- Images show chunks DART took out of asteroid.
Picks:
- Leo - Rezmason/matrix: matrix (web-based green code rain, made with love).
- Jeff - TikTok transparency report.
- Jeff - Preorder The Gutenberg Parenthesis.
- Ant - Osee Tech On-Camera Monitors.
- Ant - Register for Adobe Max for FREE (Virtual).
- Cool plank-bike video.
- Let me out of the Dynamic Island!
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Douglas Rushkoff
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- Framework'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's woes.
- 5th Circuit Rewrites A Century Of 1st Amendment Law To Argue Internet Companies Have No Right To Moderate.
- Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?
- Amazon's $1.7 Billion Proposed Purchase of Roomba Maker Under FTC Investigation.
- Judge Vacates Adnan Syed's Murder Conviction, Subject of 'Serial' Podcast.
- Helium Founders, T-Mobile Launch Crypto-Powered 5G Mobile Service.
- Ethereum activates The Merge as it shifts to proof of stake.
- No One Is Profitable': GPU Mining Faces Dark Days After Ethereum Merge.
- Robert Kyncl, YouTube's Former Chief Business Officer, Named CEO of Warner Music Group.
- Clearview AI, Used by Police to Find Criminals, Now in Public Defenders' Hands.
- Coding Made AI—Now, How Will AI Unmake Coding? It won't replace many coding jobs, but many coding jobs will be increasingly AI-dependent.
- Google Fi offering former users free service (up to $720 value) for the remainder of 2022.
- Google app starts rolling out 'Results about you' to help remove personal information.
- Google is finally making its to-do list and reminder tools work together.
- Stadia begins rolling out 1440p quality setting, exclusive to Pro members.
- YouTube Partner Program expands with Shorts revenue sharing; 'Creator Music' catalog coming.
- Google begins testing Matter update for Nest Hub Max that drops bridge/extender features.
- Chrome Incognito tab access can now require your fingerprint on Android.
- Spotify Makes a Bet on Audiobooks.
Picks:
- Stacey - 5 ways Matter will disappoint users at launch.
- Jeff - Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America by Joan Donovan.
- Ant - InShot App.
- Ant - Portrait AI If These Celebs Were Alive Today.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Interview 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 take to reinvigorate comments?
- Is Tumblr in competition with other traditional social networks?
- What are your interests outside of Automattic these days?
- Introducing Sonic Sphere, the 9th Kugelauditorium.
- Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Jacob Collier.
- LOGIC SESSION BREAKDOWN: "Moon River"
- What do you think of Web3?
- What frontiers are next for Matt Mullenweg?
- Google's next Pixelbook Chromebook is canceled.
- Twitter Shareholders Are Poised to Approve Elon Musk Takeover Deal.
- TikTok's Secret To Explosive Growth? 'Billions And Billions Of Dollars' Says Snap CEO Evan Spiegel.
- Photography on VERO.
- Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company.
- News of Queen Elizabeth II's death broke on Twitter before the BBC.
- Ocean Shipping Rates Have Plunged 60% This Year.
- Google loses appeal over illegal Android app bundling, EU reduces fine to €4.1 billion.
- Mr Beast bonkers in NJ.
- Shake Shack and YouTube team up for new menu items.
- Chipotle's New Menu Item Made Its Debut in a Metaverse Game.
- Judge Allows McFlurry Machine Repair Lawsuit to Proceed.
- Software fees to make up 10% of John Deere's revenues by 2030.
- We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business.
- Amy Klobuchar's Link Tax Bill Put On Hold Because She Doesn't Understand Her Own Bill And Ted Cruz Doesn't Understand The 1st Amendment.
- Google Photos rolling out collage editor, Memories sharing, and more styles.
- Google previews iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for Gmail, Maps, and more.
- Get more done and have fun with new Android features.
- Here's everything new in Android 13 QPR1 Beta 1.
- Pixel 6a September update rolling out with fingerprint sensor 'improvements'.
- Google previews Android's new emoji ahead of December launch, releases animated collection.
Picks:
- Ant - 2 earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 4.0 shake Santa Rosa.
- Ant - Here's Why Craigslist Still Looks the Same After 25+ Years.
- Jeff - $6 billion paid to the music industry in 12 months.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Matt Mullenweg
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- Google 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
- Android 14 will support satellite connectivity and partners
- Apple picks Globalstar for emergency satellite service on iPhone 14
- This is a test of Twitter's new Edit Tweet feature. This is only a test
- Twitter will let you edit your tweet up to five times
- Google commits another $150 million towards ADT partnership with Nest
- Great thread on how we're headed back to the old, pre-antitrust studio system with streaming
- KOZT The Coast FM
- Adobe to Launch a Camera App for Serious Photographers (Why tho?)
Picks:
- Jeff - Newspaper publishers try to hold up Google
- Stacey - Suburban Dicks By Fabian Nicieza
- Ant - Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World by Rosalind Wiseman
- John Slanina - NOVA: A TO Z: How Writing Changed The World
- Jason - Midjourney
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- California 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 regret is that Twitter was a company at all.
- How Snap's Pandemic Hiring Frenzy Set It Up for Mass Layoffs.
- Megan Coyne, the voice of New Jersey, is headed to the White House.
- Fitness bike usage down 23%
- Comcast and Charter face a grim new reality: actual competition.
- AWS Private 5G – Build Your Own Private Mobile Network.
- To save lives, issue connected vehicle technology waiver, NTSB tells FCC.
- The Animal Translators.
- Gumpy chef that swears alot.
- Robert Kyncl Stepping Down as YouTube Chief Business Officer.
- Google Search, Maps will identify confirmed veterans hospitals and abortion providers.
- New 'Made for Fitbit' accessory line includes Pixel charging stand for Sense 2, Versa 4, & Charge 5.
- Google Meet gets push-to-talk with space bar unmute shortcut.
- How to Use Emojis in Google Docs: It Just Got Easier.
- Pixel 4 and 4 XL dropped from Android Beta Program ahead of 13 QPR1.
- Nest Doorbell will get these ringtones over the holidays – Oktoberfest starts September 5.
- Watch Material You and Android UIs interpreted 'in more physical ways'.
- DALL-E adds "out-painting".
- A "prompt marketplace" for DALL-E, et al.
Picks:
- Stacey - Philips Hue Tap Dial Switch.
- Leo - Lexica.
- Jeff - Crikey defense fund.
- Jeff - Inside 'crypto Woodstock,' where technologists plot a utopian future.
- Jeff - Invite to the first PAWA Paris Oct 14-15 2022.
- Ant - Football Season is Here.
- Ant - An Honor Shooting These Folks.
- Ant - Like Astrophotography? Print Available.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Masnick
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- Former 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 Zuckerberg as Jesus in This 18th Century Sculpture?
- YouTube removes video of Tesla fans using kids to test whether the carmaker's Full Self-Driving software stops for children
- 'BlackBerry': Story of Doomed Smartphone Company Casts Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton, XYZ Films Boards Sales for TIFF
- Sanas, the buzzy Bay Area startup that wants to make the world sound whiter
- Taylor Lorenz: Niche internet micro-celebrities are taking over the internet
- YouTube Podcast page
- YouTube TV getting split screen mode and Shorts are coming to televisions
- Apple Music 4.0 for Android now in beta with iOS 16 features and 'Apple Classical' mention
- YouTube․com/podcasts go live as simple 'Explore' page
- Google Docs update helps everyone stay on task
- Instagram's next feature might be a copy of BeReal
- Capitol Records Just Signed a Virtual Artist, FN MEKA. He Has Over 10 Million Followers On TikTok
- Capitol Records "Severs Ties" With AI Rapper FN Meka, Apologizes To The Black Community
- Why the once exciting smart home is now boring
- Razorblade Tears
- Will It Waffle?
- Dash Waffle
- Crikey to Lachlan: Come get us, and he does
- Times explains it dark methods
- Streaming surpasses both broadcast & cable viewing
- I needed a Laugh. Thanks Adreana L
- I needed a Laugh #2. Thanks Alonzo Boden (37:58)
- Queen Pruitt's in a Musical
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- IRL Podcast
- Google 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 Expand Messenger's End-to-End Encryption.
- The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever.
- A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave.
- Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow.
- The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids.
- Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms.
- Signal says 1,900 users' phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach.
- Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer.
- Ringtone interpretive dancing.
- Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians.
- music street.
- Google's official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt.
- Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'.
- Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings.
- How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts.
- Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is.
- "Existing connections will be shut down" — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core.
Picks:
- Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health.
- Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android.
- Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45.
- Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange.
- Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Samsung'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 Deals Have in Common.
- The smart home doesn't need a robot — it should be a robot.
- The Radical Scope of Tesla's Data Hoard Logs and records of its customers' journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets.
- Barney McCallum - Pickleball Hall of Fame.
- More with Barney McCallum.
- Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment.
- This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion.
- Google Set to Face DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Over Ad Market Monopoly.
- Android amps up campaign to push Apple into adopting RCS.
- Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology.
- Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a 'public debate' about bots.
- Elon Musk sells nearly $7 billion in Tesla shares.
- Scientists hid encryption key for Wizard of Oz text in plastic molecules.
- NASA is sending an iPad to the moon.
- If you're having problems with Google search, you're not alone.
- Meta's AI Chatbot Has Election-Denying, Antisemitic Bugs to Work Out.
- Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
- Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes.
- Google launches new website for kids learning to read.
- Google Fiber Blog: What's next for Google Fiber.
- Google Meet live sharing brings shared YouTube watching, Spotify listening, and games.
- Google rolling out GPS fix for Pixel 6/Pro and 6a, August update coming.
- @PessimistsArc: 1983 debate about home PC, with comparisons to hula hoop fad.
Picks:
- Stacey - Eve Aqua Smart Water Controller.
- Stacey - B-Hyve Smart Wi-Fi Irrigation Controller.
- Jeff - Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022.
- Ant - Vegas Pro 20 Launched.
- Ant - Send Me Your Photography "Ooops" Moments for Hands-On Photography.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Instagram 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 printing enough money.
- FTC's Lina Khan Overruled Staff to Sue Meta Over Virtual-Reality Deal (META).
- Meta officially cuts funding for U.S. news publishers.
- 'Days Of Our Lives' Moving From NBC To Peacock.
- Peacock's paid subscribers stayed flat at 13 million, losses widen to $467 million.
- Lollipops Hustle on Amazon Costs Family Candy Business Millions.
- I quit my job to buy and resell used books on Amazon. Now, I use my 6-figure income to travel the world.
- Google Meet meets Duo Meet, with Meet in Duo but Duo isn't going into Meet.
- Google CEO to employees: Productivity and focus must improve.
- Pixel Buds Pro get a demo area in NYC.
- TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants.
- A TikTok Music app could challenge Spotify and Apple.
- Sandwich guy goes solo.
- Gordon Ramsey judges cooking TikToks.
- Ali Spagnola doorstop keyboard.
- Ali Spagnola chiapet toilet.
- Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows.
- Investing in VeeFriends.
- Pearson plans to sell its textbooks as NFTs.
- GPT-3 writes Wikipedia's deletion report in the style of Hunter S. Thompson.
- Google Search's built-in timer has disappeared and no one's saying why.
- YouTube Music can now show 'Other performances'.
- YouTube's new tool lets creators turn their own videos into Shorts.
- Google is switching your Gmail interface to this new look.
- Google Meet meets Duo Meet, with Meet in Duo but Duo isn't going into Meet.
- Google Play Store takes aim at annoying game ads, copycat apps, and misinformation in new rules.
- Google Play Store removes version numbers from Android app listings.
- Netflix's lawsuit against the 'Bridgerton Musical' could change online fandom.
- The Hunt for Shelved $90 Million 'Batgirl' Movie Is On.
Picks:
- Jeff - 'Please do not erase': A treasured whiteboard at Boston Children's Hospital has not been touched for 15 years.
- Jeff - Werewolf erotica is the latest global gig work trend.
- Ant - My Personal Best Has Been Beaten.
- Ant - Stolen Gear: Help Rancho Cotate High Track Team.
- Ant - Thank You Nichelle Nichols.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
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- Alphabet 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 'Downplay the China Association'.
- Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient.
- Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant.
- TikTok's Pink Sauce chef defends her viral condiment.
- Today's TikTok culinary horror: pizza sacrilege.
- Why Does the Prison-Life Content on TikTok Feel So Familiar?
- A Fond Farewell to the Chaotic Italian Sandwich Man of TikTok.
- Google is adding Flyover-like aerial views to Maps.
- Google Photos website starts showing the backup quality of every image.
- Google Play gets a new logo for its 10-year anniversary.
- Hangouts on Air is back as Google Meet brings YouTube livestreaming to free Gmail.
- Pixel's At a Glance widget starts showing Air Quality (AQI) alerts.
- Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for Android tablets.
- Chromecast with Google TV finally supports streaming live video from new Nest Cams, Doorbell.
- Chromebooks are getting a new, more advanced Google Photos movie editor.
- Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us.
- Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing.
- The drive to save Choco Taco.
- Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of a seven-year-old opponent.
- Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024.
- Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet.
- How to Use BeReal, the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App.
- Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports.
- Why Amazon is buying a little-known medical provider for $3.9 billion.
- Frankfurt airport boss blames travel chaos on black suitcases.
Picks:
- Stacey - @secengineer on TikTok.
- Jeff - @jeffjarvis: Well, damn, now I'm crying all over again. Newport put up two high-quality and complete videos from @jonimitchell's set.
- Ant - Mac Arnold's 80th birthday celebrated with blues jam.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses.
- Not paywalled: Google reportedly pauses hiring for two weeks to 'review our headcount needs'.
- TikTok Begins Layoffs as Part of Potentially Far-Reaching 'Reorganization' Plan.
- HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5 Chromebook PC.
- New Pixelbooks were confirmed at Google I/O 2022, and we all missed it.
- How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex.
- Ant got a new Pixel 6.
- Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay.
- OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system.
- Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home.
- Thread gets an update ahead of Matter.
- Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound.
- Netflix Aims to Launch Cheaper, Ad-Supported Plan in Early 2023.
- Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing.
- Cats can't stop watching 'Stray' and yes, there's a whole Twitter account about it.
-
duet with @syllygirl this ladys gonna put my kids through college #chef #fyp #nwo.
- Qualcomm launches wearable chips that may finally meet the moment.
- YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore leader, as its new creator liaison.
- FCC chair proposes new US broadband standard of 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up.
- FCC Asks Mobile Carriers About Data Retention and Privacy Policies.
- Google Meet adding support for anonymous questions and poll responses.
- The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people's phones.
- Google Docs getting edit notifications that alert you to additions and removals.
- YouTube reduces Content ID appeal process from 30 to 7 days.
- Now Google Photos has a shortcut to help you find your screenshots faster.
- It's ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS.
- Sand battery in Finland.
- Tesla AI Boss Resigns Creating More Problems For Autopilot.
Picks:
- Jeff - How 'Old Country' went from a Reddit story to a novel and Netflix deal.
- Jeff - History of user interfaces.
- Stacey - Woosh Air: Smart Air Filter.
- Ant - Adobe Max Registration Now Open.
- Ant - Thanks for supporting youth sports.
- Ant - Follow Ant on Instagram.
- Jason - The iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment.
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Twitter sues Elon Musk, Ev leaves Medium, Juul ban, World Emoji Day
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
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- British Government Gone Rogue
- Google closes data loophole amid privacy fears over abortion ruling
- Google on women's data after Roe
- EU regulation passes: The DMA and DSA just got real
- Common Crawl
- What is Web 3 and the Decline of Crypto
- Bored Ape Yacht Club Founder Criticizes Campaign That Says The BAYC Has Nazi Symbolism
- Great little BBC movement
- Scientific American Asked GPT-3 to Write an Academic Paper about Itself—Then Tried to Get It Published
- Jeff asks GPT-3 to write an op-ed about moral panic and the net
- And a short story
- 25 years of Google search: a tour
- Rise of the woebots: why are robots always so sad?
- I watched hundreds of flat-Earth videos to learn how conspiracy theories spread
- Meta warns employees of 'serious times' in internal memo listing key product bets
- Android 12 July security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
- Samsung July 2022 update is now rolling out for these Galaxy devices
- Google Photos starts rolling out a new pop-up UI for quick sharing and library management
- New Zero Day Threat Revealed For Millions Of Google Chrome Users
- Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps: Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking
- Arby's, Old Spice, and meat sweats
- Don't buy this
- ZGCINE NPF Battery Quick Charger
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
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- Tech companies already changing HR policies in response to landmark Roe v. Wade decision
- Online Privacy Becomes Critical If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
- Here's Google's letter saying employees can relocate to states with abortion rights
- Facebook says 'incorrect enforcement' removed posts on abortion pill access
- Taco Bell's Latest Tostada Features a Giant Cheez-It
- ADT Is Betting Google Can Drag It Into the Future
- Instagram is testing an AI tool that verifies your age by scanning your face
- Snapchat adds paid subscription with more features for power users
- Google Proposes To Keep Campaign Messages Out of Spam
- Reminiscing about Google Q
- Meta, TikTok Could Face Civil Liability for Addicting Children in California
- Ofcom numbersGoogle is encouraging all companies to introduce anonymous code review to remove bias in reviews
- Google helps Workspace customers measure carbon footprint of use
- Google is paying the Wikimedia Foundation for better access to information
- Google's new Chromebook features make it easier to connect to Android phones
- Google Hangouts is shutting down in November
- Gmail gets Material You web redesign and 'Gmail-only' view without Chat, Meet
- Chrome for iOS is getting better protections against malicious sites
- Nest Hub Max gets Fuchsia update in Preview Program
- Fingerbot
- Atari 50 Year Anniversary
- Compound Pejoratives on Reddit
- The Rise of the 0.5 Selfie
- The Burger That Instagram Built
- Maker of Bored Ape NFTs sues artist for profiting off 'copycat' images
- The Accidental Media Critics of YouTube
- Aero Quartet Video Recovery Service
- Nikon Announces Budget-friendly Mirroless Z-30
- June Egg Pan
- Meta and Google's hold on digital advertising loosens as TikTok and others gain share
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- The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya.
- Trust by Hernan Diaz.
- City on Fire by Don Winslow.
- Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison by Daniel Genis.
- The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler by Kathryn S. Olmsted.
- Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange.
- The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen.
- Play with GPT-3 yourself here.
- Finding out whether GPT-3 can take the SAT.
- VidCon Returns as Chill Falls on Creator Economy.
- Elon Musk said he wants Twitter to become the WeChat of the western world in his first meeting with employees.
- When Elon met Twitter.
- Introducing: Notes We're testing a way to write longer on Twitter.
- SpaceX employees say Elon Musk is an 'embarrassment' as he waffles on work-from-home.
- Microsoft, Meta, and others are founding a metaverse open standards group (no Apple or Roblox).
- 'Snow Crash' Author Neal Stephenson Is Building a 'Free Metaverse' Called Lamina1.
- Meta is launching a digital clothing store where you can purchase outfits for your avatar.
- How Thom Browne became 2022's hottest red carpet commodity.
- Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire.
- Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them.
- NPR & Edison Research: Smart Speaker Ownership Reaches 35% of Americans.
- Leo's day with his voice assistant.
- Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization.
- Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall Are Said to Be Divorcing.
- Bill Nye the Married Guy! "Science Guy" star tied the knot last month.
- Researcher Hacks Into Backend for Network of Smart Jacuzzis.
- Leaded aviation gasoline is poisoning a new generation.
- Most popular websites for news in the world: Monthly top 50 listing.
- Proof By Seth Abramson.
- SpaceX: Starlink Risks Becoming 'Unusable' If Dish Gets 12GHz Spectrum.
- Google News (now 20 years old) gets a redesign.
- Google Password Manager now has an Android home screen shortcut.
- Chrome 103 replaces the built-in password list with Android's default manager.
- Google Password Manager starts offering on-device encryption on Android, iOS, and Chrome.
- Google TV Profiles have arrived, and will allow each user to have their own personalized experience.
- Google Maps dark mode appears broken on Android Auto for some after recent updates.
- Why America Will Lose Semiconductors.
Picks:
- Stacey - KitchenAid Shave Ice Attachment
- Jeff - TikTok Italian sandwich guy
- Ant - Pro Mist Filter from Tiffen
- Ant - Moment's Cine Bloom Filter
- Ant - New Updates to Premiere Pro
- Ant - Capture One Update
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- The Google engineer who thinks the company's AI has come to life.
- DALL·E mini: AI model generating images from any prompt!
- Nonsense on stilts.
- Federal safety agency expands its investigation of Tesla's Autopilot system.
- Musk to address Twitter employees for 1st time this week.
- Elon Musk says Tesla's fake robot might be ready by September 30th.
- Jack Dorsey's TBD Presents Bitcoin-based Decentralized Web5.
- Some thoughts on stock photos on tech websites and the Developer Aesthetic.
- @rasmus_kleis: 2022 Digital News Report out now. A huge effort by an amazing team that I'm proud to be part of.
- Meta Hits the Brakes on Portal, AR Glasses, and Other Hardware.
- Amazon Set to Launch Drone Delivery in California.
- Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are a sham.
- Jay-Z Is Giving Back to the Community He Grew Up In... With a 'Bitcoin Academy'.
- Qualcomm wins fight against $1 bln EU antitrust fine.
- Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas Rushkoff.
- The perfect TWiG link: Tiktok, Chipotle, queso.
- YouTube's new corrections feature lets creators fix the record more easily.
- Google Chrome's on-device machine learning blocks noisy notification prompts.
- Google Maps now shows toll prices on Android and iOS.
- Files and folders in various locations in Drive to be replaced with shortcuts.
- Google lists their recommended third-party apps for Google Workspace.
- Google's changing its calendar invites to be clearer and more modern.
- Google Talk is surprisingly still operational, but that ends on Thursday.
- The Floppotron 3.0.
Picks:
- Stacey - Kindle Paperwhite 8th Generation Review
- Jeff - Sure, Internet Explorer Had Its Faults. But Fans Are Mourning Its Death Anyway
- Leo - lagplorer.tms.sx
- Ant - Video "editing" in Adobe Lightroom
- Ant - Nice Closeout Pricing on a Benro Tripod While Supplies Last
- Leo - Toucan - Learn a new language just by browsing the internet
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta.
- In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk's demands for data.
- Texas AG launches investigation against Twitter for allegedly misreporting fake bot accounts.
- @TwitterBlue: Available now in Top Articles—a new way to find even more content you want to read: "People they follow" expands your results, showing the most-shared articles from the people you follow who they follow.
- How San Francisco Became a Failed City.
- New York state passes first-ever 'right to repair' law for electronics.
- I Tried to Fix My iPhone Myself...Big Mistake.
- We Tried Apple's iPhone Repair Program. You Shouldn't (Probably).
- Right to disconnect: new law in effect in Ontario.
- USB-C will be mandatory for phones sold in the EU 'by autumn 2024'.
- In meme stock trading fix, S.E.C. to preview new rules.
- Rewriting Wall Street's Rulebook.
- Google Fi expands coverage on Pixel with Wi-Fi 'W+ network'.
- Android 13 Inches Even Closer to Launch with Its Third Beta.
- Android 12 Beta Program ends with QPR3, Pixel phones will automatically be unenrolled.
- June's Pixel Feature Drop: At a Glance flashlight & doorbell alerts, 'pocket operator' music maker.
- Android Auto for Phone Screens is officially dying for everyone.
- Pixel 6 Pro $100 off in first direct US Google Store discount.
- Google Photos face grouping has a new retention policy, thanks to $100 million lawsuit.
- Taco Bell of the Future!
- DALL-E 2 generates images of Kermit The Frog in various films.
- High-School Start Times Are Still Too Early for Teens.
- Time for digital detox.
- Twitter world leaders policy: What changed?
- Nothing will reveal its first phone on July 12th.
- Apple's Passkey Replaces Passwords With iPhone and Mac Authentication.
- New York Mayor Adams Prioritizes Crypto Hype Over Affordable Broadband.
- Bird is laying off 23% of staff.
- Google employee Emma Haruka Iwao calculates the record pi digit.
- Friendlyjordies: John Barilaro to be paid $715,000 by Google over YouTube videos.
- Trippiest tech glitch ever.
Picks:
- Ant - NCAA Track and Field Championship Begins
- Ant - Turn Signl
- Ant - Order a Print from Ant
- Jeff - Oh, you must have met the Queen
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- Sheryl Sandberg leaving Meta after 14 years.
- Zuckerberg: It's the end of an era. After 14 years, my good friend and partner Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down as COO of Meta.
- Elon Musk asks all Tesla employees to come back to the office or quit.
- High Court Halts Texas Law Targeting Social Media Platforms.
- Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry's influence.
- Block's Cash App adopts Lightning Network for free bitcoin payments.
- Star Wars stands with Obi-Wan Kenobi's Moses Ingram amid racist fan backlash.
- What is @SwedenGate? How the Internet Turned on Sweden For Not Feeding House Guests.
-
SwedenGate: This Twitter thread explains why Swedes don't serve their guests food.
- Tim Hortons App Tracked People Illegally, Canada Watchdogs Say.
- Top Gun: Maverick Used A.I. to Recreate Val Kilmer's Voice.
- Hear Val Kilmer's AI voice – Sonantic.
- US Charges Ex-OpenSea Exec With NFT Insider Trading.
- France officially bans English gaming terms like 'eSports' and 'streaming'.
- Want to make it in the music industry? You better go viral on TikTok.
- This Maine lobsterman is a TikTok sensation.
- The joy of watching movies through a Snapchat filter.
- Google is combining Meet and Duo into a single app for voice and video calls.
- Google Docs is getting a big upgrade to formatting.
- YouTube for Android and iOS can now connect to your TV for easy commenting and sharing.
- Google TV's new app launches on the iOS App Store with the ability to use a mobile device as a remote.
- Google TV app is now available on iOS, replaces Play Movies & TV.
- Chrome OS 102 rolling out: USB-C cable alerts, better ZIP file handling, more.
- Dotdash (Meredith/Time Inc) killing mass print, going for niche print.
- Jonas Brothers start new texting subscription business.
- iRobot OS is the newest 'brain' for your Roomba.
- We tried it: Clockwork's 10-minute "robot manicure".
Picks:
- Stacey - Bo Burnham's new hour-long video goes behind Inside (and has new songs)
- Jeff - Who are the people at the center of Black Twitter?
- Jeff - Meet TikTok's 2022 Class of LGBTQ+ Trailblazers
- Jeff - It's always Pride on the Old Gays TikTok
- Ant - Canon R10 announced
- Ant - Canon R7 announced
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- 21 killed in Texas elementary school shooting.
- Beto O'Rourke disrupts news conference on shooting.
- The Problem With The Otherwise Very Good And Very Important Eleventh Circuit Decision On The Florida Social Media Law.
- And Now The Copia Institute Tells The US Supreme Court There's A Big Problem With Texas's Social Media Law.
- Inside VeeCon: 4 Days of NFT Fanaticism at U.S. Bank Stadium.
- Someone Stole Seth Green's Bored Ape And Star Of His New NFT Show.
- Just after Texas shooting, California Senate passes Texas-style bill targeting assault weapons, ghost guns.
- California Assembly Unanimously Passes Blatantly Unconstitutional Bill To Allow Parents To Sue Websites Because Their Kids Are Depressed.
- Snap Sends Shiver Through Ad Stocks.
- Big Tech Is Getting Clobbered on Wall Street. It's a Good Time for Them.
- Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter's board of directors.
- Twitter shareholders vote to boot Silver Lake co-CEO Durban, a long-time Musk backer, from board.
- Twitter jumps after Musk increases commitment in takeover bid to $33.5 billion, in talks for other funding.
- Anna Lapwood ends up playing organ for Bonobo at Royal Albert Hall.
- Ukrainian soldiers sing a tribute to their drones.
- Cheap gel film pulls buckets of drinking water per day from thin air.
- DuckDuckGo browser allows Microsoft trackers due to search agreement.
- DOJ Announces It Won't Prosecute White Hat Security Researchers.
- Electrify America will be 100 percent solar-powered by 2023.
- OpenAI: Look at our awesome image generator! Google: Hold my Shiba Inu.
- @horsewizrd: (content warning: endless screaming) ok the AI refuses to give me a normal cat but when I ask for "a centaur except the man part is a jumbo shrimp.
- @Thinkwert: Not as good as the viral tweet, I'm afraid. A centaur except the man part is a jumbo shrimp.
- "Tough to forge" digital driver's license is... easy to forge.
- Sources: Pixel Watch boosts Exynos 9110 with co-processor, most RAM Wear OS has ever seen.
- FB Is Paying Residents of Illinois $397 Each in Lawsuit Settlement.
- Kellyanne Conway: 'My husband George abandoned me for Twitter'.
- 'This can't be real': Grubhub promotion turns New York City restaurants into a 'war zone'.
- Introduction of MS Excel in 92.
- Open call – your field recordings of obsolete sounds wanted!
Picks:
- Cathy - @HueyLewisNews: Huey also stopped by the Andy Warhol Museum while he was in Pittsburgh
- Cathy - @CathyGellis: I had a party yesterday to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day. Here was the cake...
- Kevin - Obsolete Macs to run old software
- Kevin - I don't care about your crypto boy
- Jeff - Students create an edible tape to hold that messy burrito together
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guests: Cathy Gellis and Kevin Marks
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- Elon Musk Says His $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is 'On Hold'.
- Twitter turns the tables on Musk, will "enforce" merger.
- Texas HB 20: Tech asks SCOTUS to stop Texas social media law.
- What is the likelihood of HB 20 being undone?
- Did Twitch Violate Texas' Social Media Law By Removing Mass Murderer's Live Stream Of His Killing Spree?
- You can't always blame algorithms.
- Kim Kardashian stars on first-ever Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover: Reality star poses in tiny bikinis for racy lagoon shoot - as Elon Musk's 74-year-old mom Maye, Ciara, and plus-size model Yumi Nu all grace front of the famed magazine.
- People's print magazine faces possible closure amid newsroom chaos: sources.
- Netflix Hit By Layoffs; About 150 Mostly U.S.-Based Employees Affected.
- 1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts.
- jollibee's Viral Dance (Worth It).
- Google opens its Bay View HQ, the first campus it designed itself.
- Report spotlights vast scale of adtech's 'biggest data breach'.
- Apple Machine Learning Director Who Left Over Office Return Policy Joins Google.
- Google lets personal users stay on 'no-cost Legacy G Suite' with custom Gmail domain.
- Don't Try to Regulate Google Ads.
- Google Messages users in India are reportedly drowning in ads.
- Google Will Declare Bankruptcy In Russia, Says Russian Authorities Seized Bank Account.
- China's Internet Censors Try a New Trick: Revealing Users' Locations.
- Inside Mark Zuckerberg's billionaire lifestyle: Meta's CEO may dress down (in US$400 T-shirts), but he splurges on Hawaiian land, mansions, top-notch security, private jets and luxury cars.
- Living the #ConventLife.
- TikTok ruins everything.
- TikTok's new ad product gives creators a chance to partner with marketers on branded content.
- YouTube now highlights the most replayed parts of videos to let you skip the boring parts.
- 'Protected by Android' is Google's new security branding for the OS.
- Google's AI-powered 'Interview Warmup' lets you practice answering job questions.
- Nest Hub Max rolling out 'Look and Talk' for Google Assistant – here's how to turn it on.
- Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.
- Shuffled By the iPod.
Picks:
- Shoshana - Make (formerly Integromat).
- Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.
- Ant - The Inspirational Creativity of Mr. Derek Blanks.
- Jeff - GrubHub $15 off chaos.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Shoshana Weissmann
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Google IO, Hawley's copyright bill, Texas social media law, Keyboardio Atreus
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Masnick
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- Elon Musk Plans to Take Twitter Public a Few Years After Buyout.
- Inside Twitter's emotional Friday all-hands.
- Twitter reports user bump, revenue miss for Q1, days after accepting Musk's takeover bid.
- Google previews I/O 2022 schedule, 'What's new' keynotes, and sessions.
- The latest Pixel Watch spec rumors show Google's trying to make a flagship.
- Parliament invites Elon to visit.
- Elon Musk considers 'slight' Twitter fee for commercial users.
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the 2022 Met Gala.
- The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community by Katie Hafner.
- Snap's new Pixy drone is a $230 selfie machine.
- Airbnb tells employees they can work remotely forever...
- All About Waffle House.
- Concede defeat against bad speech.
- Cameo lays off close to 90, including senior executives.
- Amazon to reimburse U.S. employees who travel for abortions, other treatments.
- SafeGraph is under fire for selling abortion data. Its CEO says more changes are coming.
- T-Mobile 5G Home Internet promises $50/month lifetime rate, $20 off for phone subscribers, covering fees for switchers.
- Facebook Pulls the Plug on Podcast Business After a Year.
- Google TV announces 'Favorite Channels' for Live TV tab.
- Google Play system updates for May bring Nearby Share to self, Google Help redesign, and more.
- Google Assistant in Chrome, powered by Duplex, can now auto-change stolen passwords.
- May's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update primarily improves haptic feedback.
- Google prepares 'ChromeOS' rebrand to drop the space.
- Theranos merchandise on eBay sparks bloodlust among Elizabeth Holmes fans.
- How to Zoom Your Room: Room Rater's Ultimate Style Guide.
- Salt_Hank is killing it!!
Picks:
- Stacey - Schlage Encode Plus Smart Wi-Fi lock: Apple Home Key arrives
- Jeff - 1990 Press Photo Jeff Jarvis, Founding Managing Editor of Entertainment Weekly on eBay
- Jeff - The Long S
- Ant - ULANZI Handheld Light Wand
- Ant - Fish Oil by Nature's Bounty
- Ant - Puritan's Pride Odorless Garlic
- Ant - The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir
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- Compiler - TWIG
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- Elon Musk: There's a reason no smart buyer already purchased Twitter.
- Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation.
- Musk Not Allowed to Disparage Twitter When Tweeting About $44 Billion Deal.
- Elon Musk buys Tesla a pounding Chinese headache.
- Matt Levine's Money Stuff: Elon Musk Got His Deal for Twitter.
- Why exactly does Elon Musk want Twitter?
- Elon Musk Might Be Just What Twitter Needs.
- Breakingviews: Elon Musk probably won't buy Twitter.
- Again a man lets me fall on the spikes by myself.' Amber Heard laments about her public breakup from Elon Musk and admits she wasn't in love with him in emails to agent.
- New York Times Pitchbot - @DougJBalloon.
- CNET Rebrands And Invests For The Future.
- Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann.
- Alphabet Earnings Show Slowing Sales Growth on Digital-Ad Tumult.
- YouTube's huge miss shows digital media ad market is getting hit hard.
- Google tells shareholders that YouTube Shorts is doing great, don't worry about TikTok!
- Pixel 6 is 'fastest-selling Pixel ever' as Sundar Pichai teases Android, new hardware at I/O 2022.
- Alphabet announces $70 billion buyback.
- Facebook earnings beat sends Meta stock soaring, but sales hit the slowest growth in a decade.
- Jack Dorsey ditches Block CEO title for 'Block Head'
- CNN+ streaming service pulls a Quibi, will shut down a month after launch.
- Christina Warren's CNN+ swag and swag from failed companies and festivals.
- Google Rolls Out New Cookie Rejection Banner in Europe.
- Meta's Sheryl Sandberg Pressured Daily Mail to Drop Bobby Kotick Reporting.
Picks:
- Glenn - Web3 is going just great
- Jeff - Reddit is spending $1 million to fund its users' best ideas and competitions
- Leo - Mastodon
- Leo - Internet spring cleaning: How to delete Instagram, Facebook and other accounts
Take Control of Untangling Connections by Glenn Fleishman - https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/untangling/
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guests: Cathy Gellis and Glenn Fleishman
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- Netflix slowdown a sea change for streaming.
- Netflix Says 100 Million+ Non-Paying Households Use Shared Passwords.
- @KarlBode: I always enjoy watching one-time innovators, now huge and successful, pivot to turf protection.
- Elon Musk Wants to Buy Out Twitter (TWTR) in Final $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid.
- Back to the Future of Twitter.
- Musk or Not, Twitter CEO Needs To Go.
- Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Unleashes Ahead of Board Exit.
- Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right's outrage machine.
- Google Docs Starts Nudging Some Users To Write Less Dumbly.
- Google's AI-Powered 'Inclusive Warnings' Feature Is Very Broken.
- Marquis Who's Who.
- Insteon is down and may not be coming back.
- Google playing with puffs of air, little taps as signals.
- Rolling Stone pivots to creators.
- Scoop: CNN+ looks doomed.
- Joe Kahn Is Named Executive Editor of The New York Times.
- Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid.
- Google Search on desktop tests redesign that puts Images, Video, and more to the left.
- Google's AirDrop competitor, Nearby Share, is reportedly getting a big upgrade.
- Google issues third emergency fix for Chrome this year.
- Google rolls out new badges for Chrome extensions.
- Google One 2TB+ subscribers can get a free Titan Security Key — Here's how to redeem.
- Google rolling out conversion migration tool for Google Analytics 4.
- The Wisconsin Mom Who Made the Viral 'Welcome to POUNDTOWN' Sign Shares Her Inspiration.
- This company makes vodka out of thin air to save the planet.
- Center Cam is a tiny middle-screen webcam that delivers a better human connection through our eye-to-eye HD camera technology.
Picks:
- Stacey - With Insteon down, possibly for good, what options do you have for your devices?
- Jeff - Digital Advertising Soared 35% to $189 Billion in 2021 According to the IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report
- Jeff - Taking Stock With Teens: Piper Sandler completes 43rd semi-annual Generation Z survey of 7,100 U.S. teens
- Jeff - New suicide hotline number is unknown to most Americans
- Ant - Davinci Resolve 18 Beta Is Available
- Ant - Adobe Max Announced for IN PERSON
- Ant - Dawn Staley
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- Twitter Edits You 2022-04-06.
- Twitter reverts change that left blank spaces in place of deleted embedded tweets.
- How does Kevin Marks code his website?
- Elon Musk Sued Over Delay in Disclosing Twitter (TWTR) Stake.
- Elon Musk cancels town hall with Twitter employees after declining Twitter board seat.
- In major reversal, Elon Musk won't join Twitter board.
- Ukrainian power grid 'lucky' to withstand Russian cyber-attack.
- TikTok's Russia strategy: Censorship, loopholes and propaganda.
- Internet 'algospeak' is changing our language in real time, from 'nip nops' to 'le dollar bean'.
- The mystery of ⍼, a Unicode character of unknown purpose.
- How to Protect Children From Big Tech Companies.
- Gilbert Gottfried Was the Voice of Clippy.
- Big Tech Is Pouring $925 Million Into Carbon Removal.
- Intel sets 2040 net zero goal for carbon emissions.
- Amazon's IMDb TV changes its name to Freevee.
- CNN+ struggles to lure viewers in its early days, drawing fewer than 10,000 daily users.
- Mark Zuckerberg Security Costs $26.8 Million for Meta.
- Google quietly launches its awaited 'Switch to Android' app on iOS.
- Google Fi drops prices for its unlimited plans and adds more data.
- Google now lets you search for things you can't describe — by starting with a picture.
- Google joins Samsung in working with iFixit on a self-repair program.
- Latest Android 12 QPR3 Beta includes fix for Dirty Pipe exploit on Pixel 6.
- DALL·E 2 can create original, realistic images and art from a text description.
- New York's NFT vending machine.
- Newmark puts $50 million into "cyber civil defense".
- Roomba sucks up dogs tail.
- 10 Audiobooks Narrators You Need To Follow on TikTok.
- How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur.
- Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal.
- The Sandman: Book of Dreams by Stefano Massini.
- The Lehman Trilogy.
- Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart.
- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich.
Picks:
- Stacey - Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- Jeff - Shein $100b valuation
- Kevin - ElectricityMap.org: Carbon intensity energy map
- Kevin - indieblog.page: Random indieweb page
- Kevin - Web3 is going just great
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham
Guest: Kevin Marks
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Twitter gets Elon Musk, Twitter edit feature, TikTok Musical wins a Grammy
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints.
- Joan explains what she's seeing from Russian disinformation with the war in Ukraine.
- Verizon blames 'bad actors' for the spam text you got from your own number.
- SBU exposes five enemy "bot farms" over past month.
- Facebook paid Republican strategy firm to malign TikTok.
- TikTok being used by 16% of British toddlers, Ofcom finds.
- Do people REALLY believe flat Earth conspiracy or is it performative?
- FCC commissioner starts dangerous strategy to impose speech on platforms.
- 'Devious licks' and 'slap a teacher' trends were reportedly part of Meta's anti-TikTok campaign.
- The White House is briefing TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine.
- Are you most vulnerable to disinformation when you are in information seeking mode online?
- The marketplace of rationalizations.
- Analysis of the mematic foundation of "Don't Say Gay" bill.
- Will Smith's Shocking Oscars Slap Ignites Twitter With Highest Overall Engagements to Date.
- Twitter data indicates most of country backs Chris Rock after Oscars spat with Will Smith.
- A Google billionaire's fingerprints are all over Biden's science office.
- Waymo says fully driverless rides are coming to San Francisco.
- Google Docs is getting more Markdown support.
- Create externally friendly booking pages with appointment scheduling in Google Calendar.
- Google rolling out Nest Hub UI redesign that bootloops some displays in the process.
- Gboard will 'Emojify' what you've typed with new magic wand button.
- Google marks Chrome OS 100 with preview of upcoming Launcher redesign.
- Google Chrome hits version 100 with new icon for desktop and mobile.
- A return-to-office pain in the ass: Google is taking away its bidets.
- Google Docs can write your meta descriptions.
- TIkTok dining.
- Because Oil Drilling Isn't Destructive Enough, ExxonMobil Is Getting Into Bitcoin Mining, Too.
Pick:
- Joan - Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
- Jeff - Looking Back on the Origin of Skip Intro Five Years Later
- Leo - Vinyl record sales in 2021 at highest level for 30 years
- Leo - Museum of Endangered Sounds
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Joan Donovan
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- Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died.
- Lapsus$ Extortion Group Claims Okta Hack, Microsoft Source Code Leak.
- SCOOP: A 16-year-old living in his mother's house in Oxford, England is suspected to be the mastermind behind many of the hacks conducted by hacking group Lapsus$.
- John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83.
- Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies.
- The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large.
- Online Safety Bill: Has the government botched its attempt to stop the spread of hateful content online?
- TechDirt March Madness of misunderstood legal concepts.
- BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti No Longer Pretending To Care.
- At SXSW, A Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born.
- Justice Department accuses Google of hiding business communications.
- Apple TV App on Android TV and Google TV No Longer Lets Users Buy or Rent Movies.
- His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.
- "Thanks to @jes5199's reverse-engineering, you can now try TropeTrainer v3.2 from January 2005."
- Android statues moved to an undisclosed location.
- Google Settles With 4 Engineers Over Complaint It Fired Them for Organizing.
- YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV.
- Instagram launches chronological and 'favorites' feeds for all users, but they can't be the default.
- Android 13 will ask your permission to send notifications.
- Pixel Launcher search on Android 13 tests directly showing results from Google Photos.
- Google Photos updates its library and sharing tabs to make photos easier to find.
- Google Home app updates bring simpler controls and improved privacy.
- Google's Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history.
- Google is moving the 'Movies & TV' tab from the Play Store to Google TV.
- What phone does POTUS carry?
- First images from the Webb telescope.
Picks:
- Stacey - Eero Pro 6E router review
- Jeff - Cory Booker's speech
- Ant - LA Flights
- Ant - The Sound of Merlin
- Ant - Black Girl Magic
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Deepfake of Zelenskyy, Google IO announced, Daylight Saving Time
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Twitter's TOR Onion service, Google buying Mandiant, Endurance discovery
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Ukraine war and tech, FitBit Ionic burns, Epic Games acquires Bandcamp
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- Galaxy S22 Ultra hands-on.
- Trump's social app launches.
- Trump's Truth Social's disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term viability.
- First details of Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro come roaring out: 2nd-gen Tensor, new Samsung modem.
- Meta Loses Top-10 Ranking by Market Value Amid Worst Month Ever.
- Inside Facebook's $10 Billion Breakup With Advertisers.
- End of an era of ad targeting.
- A resurrected bill troubles digital rights advocates and journalists.
- Amazon's Astro robot has been spotted in the wild... bringing people beer.
- Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints.
- Google Chat set to replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users next month.
- Google releases new build of February's Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update.
- Google confirms Pixel 6 Wi-Fi issues, fix coming with March update.
- Chrome 'Lite Mode' for Android will be removed next month with the Chrome 100 update.
- Google Chrome's password manager is adding a new section for notes.
- Google Search dark theme goes fully black for some on the web.
- Google introduces Roboto Serif.
- ProgrammingFonts.org: Fonts for programmers.
- Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported as the company that installed them dies.
- Apple gives Siri a less gendered voice.
- 3G Networks Are Shutting Down: How This Affects Your Devices.
- Beijing Winter Olympics viewership drops to record low.
- A keyboard that makes my hands hurt just looking at it.
- Designers spend months making custom keycaps, then the counterfeits arrive.
- Launch of Typefully to prettify Twitter.
- Reddit Details Its 5 Community Values.
- TikTok Can Circumvent Apple and Google Privacy Protections and Access Full User Data, 2 Studies Say.
- Kazakhstan's Internet Shutdown Offers Lessons for Russia-Ukraine Crisis.
Picks:
- Mathew - Famed "marshmallow test" for kids debunked
- Jeff - 13 'Challenges' That Prove Older Generations Were As Stupid As TikTok Teens
- Ant - Andycine Lunchbox
- Ant - Welcome to Earth
- Leo - Zoom F3 Field Recorder
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mathew Ingram
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- Google to limit Android tracking; Social media, ad-tech names slump.
- Spotify Buys Podcast Analytics Firms Podsights and Chartable.
- Top 25 US papers have total circ of 3.1m.
- Coinbase's bouncing QR code Super Bowl ad was so popular it crashed the app.
- Don't Miss Out on Crypto: Larry David FTX Commercial.
- Crypto apps soar in popularity after Super Bowl splurge.
- All Superbowl ads: Relevant: Amazon mind-reader, Polestar, Coinbase.
- Doctorow: A comprehensive synthesis of the technological, ecological and political critique of blockchainism.
- Move fast, rename things: Facebook tries to boost morale with new slogans.
- Facebook rebrands News Feed after more than 15 years.
- Meta's Clegg Promoted as Zuckerberg Steps Back From Policy.
- The Top Ten Mistakes Senators Made During Today's EARN IT Markup.
- Senator Klobuchar's Next Unconstitutional Speech Control Bill: The NUDGE Act.
- U.S. Copyright Office Consultation Triggers Massive "Upload Filter" Opposition.
- Robots Have No Place Filtering Creative Content, EFF Tells U.S. Copyright Office.
- YouTube's Content ID System Flags, Demonetizes Video Of Cat Purring.
- Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin case against N.Y. Times regardless of jury verdict.
- So nice they killed it twice: Google+'s business pivot is dead.
- Trump teases first post on new Twitter-like TRUTH Social site.
- Peter Thiel backs conservative dating app The Right Stuff.
- How a Secret Assault Allegation Against an Anchor Upended CNN and Jeff Zucker.
- Nearly a quarter of Americans get news from podcasts.
- Big Gmail redesign starts rolling out to personal accounts as Google explains how the new UI works.
- It's the end of Google's free storage plan.
- Google Drive's new filters that make search easier are rolling out to everyone.
- Google Docs getting AI-generated summaries, collaborative email templates, and more.
- Android 13 deep dive: Every change, thoroughly documented.
- Google Home 2.48 brings Android TV remote to iOS, tweaks for Wifi graphs.
- Google Play Store now shows new app install progress directly on the homescreen.
- Google is bringing Chrome OS to PCs and Macs.
- The race to reconnect Tonga.
- The Worst Timeline: A Printer Company Is Putting DRM in Paper Now.
- Trading.TV raises $8M to be Robinhood-Twitch combo.
Picks:
- Leo - The Genesis Machine by Amy Webb
- Jeff - Disney is developing planned communities for fans who never want to leave its clutches
- Ant - Particle Illusion by Boris FX
- Ant - Calibrate Your Monitors with a Spyder
- Ant - Thanks for Ordering Ant's Old School "NFTs"
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
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- International Space Station will hurtle to Earth in 2031— but it won't hit you.
- The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is a Note successor with a built-in stylus.
- Samsung's Galaxy S22 preorder site won't let you preorder a phone.
- Samsung's new tablets go bigger than ever.
- Unpacking 7 features on the latest Samsung Galaxy devices.
- Barry Diller's Media Group Ends Print Versions of InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, Others.
- Mark Zuckerberg and team consider shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if Meta can not process Europeans' data on US servers.
- 40 Starlink satellites succumb to geomagnetic storm.
- Stunning view of SpaceX Starlink satellite breakup over Puerto Rico.
- There Are Now 1,000 Unicorn Private Company Startups Worth $1 Billion or More.
- Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can't change the radio dial.
- Radio station snafu in Seattle bricks some Mazda infotainment systems.
- Feds arrest married couple, seize $3.6 billion in hacked bitcoin funds.
- IRS abandons ID.me facial recognition plans.
- The end of #lawyercat.
- Google adds Journeys to Chrome: search your history by topic.
- Android 12 February security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live.
- Google's latest Pixel 6 update breaks things, again.
- Pixel 3 and 3 XL get final update with February security patch.
- Android 12L Beta 3 rolling out, including for Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.
- Google Chrome icon gets first update in 8 years & will now be customized for iOS, Mac, Windows.
- Roblox developers and creators earned over $500m in Robux during 2021.
- UK to require age checks for porn, which in turn requires verifying identity; privacy fight to follow.
- Nvidia officially terminates its Arm purchase.
- Google auto-enabled 2SV for over 150M people leading to 50% decrease in compromised accounts.
- Meta is adding a 'personal boundary' to VR avatars to stop harassment.
- Peter Thiel to exit Facebook's board to focus on 2022 midterms.
Picks:
- Stacey - Black history tour of Seattle
- Jeff - TikTok media followers
- Ant - The Ozone Nightmare
- Ant - Thank you, Miss Robin Roberts
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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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- Google: Goodbye FLOC, hello Topics.
- German publishers raise new opposition to Google's third-party cookie plans.
- Google proposes a new way to track people around the Web. Again.
- Why Amazon is ramping up its push for legalizing marijuana.
- FLoC is dead. But Topics won't fix Google's ad targeting problems.
- IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes.
- IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access.
- End Of The Line For Google Cloud's G Suite Legacy Free Edition.
- G suite migration.
- We Studied 81,000 Page Titles - Google Rewrote 61% Of Them.
- British law groups recommend immunity for drivers of self-driving cars.
- The self-driving car industry is abandoning the term 'self-driving' and leaving it to Tesla.
- Halo.car - The electric car that drives to you.
- Chicago Public Media to acquire the Sun-Times.
- Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over 'False Information About Vaccines'
- Missing: the shows from these big Spotify announcements.
- Samsung officially announces February 9 launch event for Galaxy S22.
- N.Korean internet downed by suspected cyberattacks -researchers.
- Hacktivists say they hacked the Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup.
- Manufacturers have less than five days' supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says.
- You no longer have to say 'Hey Google' to get the Assistant to shut up.
- Pixel's big At a Glance upgrade starts rolling out with more Google Clock & fitness integrations.
- Google Chat adds rich text formatting on the web, rolling out now.
- YouTube Music will soon work for supervised kid accounts enrolled with Family Link.
- Oh, please, can we have a TWiG mini-musical? By brandonethridgemusic on TikTok.
- Mark Cuban's latest business venture is a cash-only pharmacy that takes aim at crushing drug prices.
- Meta ad for Horizon.
Picks:
- Stacey - Hestan Cue: The World's Most Advanced Smart Cooking System
- Jeff - Twitter kills Worldle-killing bot
- Ant - Ant on Because We Make Podcast
- Ant - News Anchor Hit by a Car
- Ant - Good Luck, #hardhead
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- Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard for $68b
- US regulators go after illegal mergers
- Request for Information on Merger Enforcement
- Unbelievable video of EU commissioner promoting digital legislation
- Spotify Pressured by 270 Scientists, Medical Professionals Over Joe Rogan Episode
- Spotify shuts down its podcast studio
- DirecTV Finally Dumps OAN, Limiting The Conspiracy And Propaganda Channel's Reach
- Escape from QAnon: How Jan. 6 changed one person's path
- Nanoleaf retires original HomeKit Light Panels, takes up to 50% off in commemorative clearance sale
- How the SOPA Blackout Happened 10yrs ago
- eyeo wins landmark copyright court decision; protects digital rights and sets an important legal precedent for who 'owns' HTML
- Crypto.com Suffers Hack For At Least $15M in Ethereum (ETH)
- Cryptoderps think buying a copy of a Dune version gives them copyright to produce it
- Cryptoderps follow up
- German company's use of Google Analytics 'breached GDPR'
- SearchEngineLand turned off AMP; nothing happened
- Google kills YouTube Originals
- Jeff Jarvis Tweets
- Tesla driver is first to face felony charges in a crash involving autopilot
- Andre Leon Talley passes
- Android 12 Update
- How Campbell Soup Turned New Jersey Into a Tomato-Growing State
- Canon EOS R5 C - Ant's Pick
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- $200k Donatas - Jeff's Pick
- GE Cafe Smart Oven - Stacey's Pick
- Cheezam ! By Prevision.IO - Computer Vision with AI for cheese - Leo's Pick
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- Taco Bell launches Taco Lover's Pass subscription nationwide with 30 days of tacos for $10.
- You can safely ignore Web3 by Mike Elgan.
- Web .0000012 by Jeff Jarvis.
- My first impressions of web3 by Moxie Marlinspike.
- Signal: New year, new CEO.
- Casey Newton: How Signal is playing with fire w/untraceable financial transactions.
- 'Second time lucky?' FTC's case against Facebook can move forward, federal judge rules.
- After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful.
- Why Apple's iMessage Is Winning: Teens Dread the Green Text Bubble.
- Samsung no-showed on its major Exynos 2200 launch and won't say why.
- Samsung Electronics to Unveil Exynos 2200 AP on Launch Day of Galaxy 22.
- Cat on a hot satellite dish: Elon Musk's Starlink antenna hits surprise problem.
- Why is Zynga worth a whopping $12.7 billion? (Hint: It's not FarmVille).
- 500M Avira Antivirus Users Introduced to Cryptomining.
- Wordle - A daily word game.
- Google loses Sonos patent case, starts stripping functionality from speakers.
- An open letter to YouTube's CEO from the world's fact-checkers.
- Worst of CES: Right-to-repair name and shames terrible tech.
- Third-Party Software for Teslas Can Be Hacked, German Teen Says.
- E3 shifts to online-only event because of Omicron concerns.
- About 70 S.Korean attendees of U.S. tech show test positive for COVID-19.
- US man claims his penis has shrunk due to rare Covid side effect.
- When Axel Webber Was Rejected from Juilliard, TikTok Stepped In.
- Marques Brownlee: My Pixel 6 Pro has slowly gotten so buggy since launch in October that I can no longer recommend it at $900.
- Google rolling out Android 12L Beta 2 for Pixel phones.
- Google details changes to Speaker Group controls & device setup following Sonos ruling.
- Pixel Launcher 'At a Glance' widget gains doorbell camera previews, more.
- Now you can learn what's new in each Google Play system update for Android.
- Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to Ford cars and more.
- The Associated Press is starting its own NFT marketplace for photojournalism.
- The Athletic: Good for the Times, a potential disaster for local news.
- "Aw, screw it": LAPD cops hunted Pokémon instead of responding to robbery.
- We're Giving Wyze Person Detection to All Users at Whatever Price You Want.
Picks:
- Mike - Chatterbox is the only smart speaker that meets EDUCATIONAL and PRIVACY standards
- Jeff - Most populous time zone
- Leo - Morgan Stanely out with quite the note on the idea of the mobile metaverse
- Ant - A great time on Behind the Shot TV with Steve Brazill and Don Komarechka
- Ant - #hardhead Modeled for Me and Jefferson Graham at Balmy Alley
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
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CES 2022, Ancillary Copyright, Elizabeth Holmes, Huey Lewis
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
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Leo Laporte takes us through some of the best moments from the past year. 2021 highlights include:
- Sea-shanty TikTok!
- Bernie Mitten Memes!
- Trey Ratcliff Talks About NFTs
- Is Linux REALLY Better?
- How To Create For TikTok
- Sabrina VHS Results in Felony
- Nobody Seems to Like FLoC
- Beethoven and Content ID on YouTube
- Map of the Internet
- Can Disinformation Be Stopped?
- Is Sundar Pichai An Effective Leader?
- Leo's Sudoku Recommendations
- Sweet Dreams, TWiG
- Catching Up With Craig Newmark
- TikTok's 'Grace Kelly' Acappella Challenge
- Billie Eilish... On Your Echo Studio?
- Craig Newmark barbershop quartet!
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Amazon, Meta Scrap CES Plans in Las Vegas After Covid Surge.
- Jack Dorsey caused an uproar with a bizarre Web3 Twitter rant.
- 'Bitcoin will replace the US dollar', says former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
- Reddit Announces Confidential Submission of Draft Registration Statement Related to Proposed Public Offering.
- Americans widely distrust Facebook, TikTok and Instagram with their data, poll finds.
- Everything Google killed in 2021.
- Google says Chrome OS users are 'engaging' with Android apps 50% more YoY.
- Nearly 1,000 App Publishers Earned $1 Million for the First Time in 2021.
- In 2021, the Internet went for TikTok, space and beyond.
- Where is the December Update for the Pixel 6 Series?
- Amazon Cloud Unit Draws Antitrust Scrutiny From Khan's FTC.
- Long but eventful drive to the hospital.
- TikTok Is Getting Into the Restaurant Business.
- TCL resumes selling its Google TVs after rolling out software fixes.
- Verizon and Google Cloud to collaborate to deliver 5G mobile edge computing.
- Chrome 100 could break some websites next year, but Google is working on solutions.
- Melania Trump emerges to launch new NFT platform meant to 'inspire' — and earn cash.
- Adidas reveals new NFT project with Bored Ape Yacht Club.
- NFT of world's first text sells at auction.
- 'Severe weather alerts' appear to be disabled for the Pixel Launcher 'At a Glance' widget.
- Google is turning off the controls for OnHub routers at the end of 2022.
- Google Voice lets you create custom rules for incoming calls.
- Google finally stops selling the Home Mini after four years.
Picks:
- Stacey - The Elevated Craft® Hybrid Cocktail Shaker.
- Jeff - Public Domain Day 2022.
- Stacey - The Big Book of Espionage.
- Jeff - Internet Hall of Fame inductees.
- Leo - I blew $720 on 100 notebooks from Alibaba and started a Paper Website business.
- Bunny the talking dog learns to count.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham
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- Hackers Backed by China Seen Exploiting Security Flaw in Internet Software.
- US wins appeal over extradition of WikiLeaks founder.
- Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021.
- Elon Musk named Financial Times 'person of the year' .
- Ant Pruitt named TWiT of the Year.
- Monkey NFT Typo Causes Seller To Lose Out On $297,000.
- Pixel Launcher, 'At a Glance' unintentionally sends out Philippines storm warning globally.
- How a bug in Android and Microsoft Teams could have caused this user's 911 call to fail.
- Apple Removes All References to Controversial CSAM Scanning Feature From Its Child Safety Webpage.
- Better CEO 'Taking Time Off Effective Immediately'.
- MGM Resorts Job Seekers Can Try Out Roles in VR Before Starting.
- Google is threatening to fire unvaccinated employees.
- Deadly Collapse at Amazon Warehouse Puts Spotlight on Phone Ban
- Twitter adds auto captions feature to make videos more accessible.
- Why publishers like Vox Media are merging with their biggest rivals.
- Internet Association, once a top tech lobby, to fold at end of year.
- Google to give additional staff bonus this year.
- Woman lost @metaverse Instagram handle days after Facebook name change.
- Facebook owner is behind $60 mln deal for Meta name rights.
- Instagram quietly hits 2 billion monthly users.
- Grand Theft Auto video game ban proposed by Illinois State Rep. Marcus Evans.
- December security patch rolling out to Pixel 6 and 6 Pro with 80 bug fixes.
- Pixel Stand (2nd gen) starts shipping with first orders arriving this week.
- 'High-power' 21/23W charging on Pixel 6 & Pro with new Pixel Stand requires December update.
- YouTube TV could lose Disney, ABC, & ESPN channels this week, price drop if deal not reached.
- Google releases a new Wear OS 3 preview, offering a better look at the design outside of Samsung.
- Correcting the history of IoT.
- @Nicky_Dover: The Internet of Things boldly asks "what if everything in your house works like that new printer your mom just got"
- Toyota Made Its Key Fob Remote Start Into a Subscription Service.
Picks:
- Stacey - Peppermint Brownie Cookies.
- Stacey - Flic 2 Starter Kit.
- Jeff - New elevator data tells the story of the movement of people in cities globally.
- Jeff - 52 things I learned in 2021.
- Leo - Minecraft crosses 1 trillion views on YouTube.
- Ant - New "Adobe Creative Cloud Express" is super useful.
- Ant - Christmas Tuba Extravaganza.
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- SaltHank.com is live!
- Year in search 2021.
- Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the app will offer a chronological feed option early next year.
- Right-wing activists are openly 'weaponizing' Twitter's new private media policy.
- Ex-Googler Timnit Gebru Starts Her Own AI Research Center.
- The morning in the Estonian capital began with a traffic jam of... robot couriers! Because of the snowfall, they stalled and could not move.
- The macaques of Bali have learned to steal valuables from tourists to trade these back against food.
- Rep. Devin Nunes to leave Congress to become Trump media company CEO.
- Politico slammed for 'inventing a disease' to criticize Kamala Harris for not using Bluetooth.
- Roku, Google settle messy battle over YouTube distribution.
- Seeking a common language for self-driving cars.
- YouTube copyright transparency report: 2.2 million bogus reports.
- Here's everything new in Android 12L Beta 1.
- Pixel December security patch: Google fixes nearly 100 Android 12, Pixel 6, & other issues with December update.
- December Pixel Feature Drop: Hands-on with all the new additions.
- Fix for the Android Auto/Pixel 6 problem.
- Jessica Rosenworcel confirmed by Senate to lead the FCC.
- TikTok Just Unveiled Its Most Viral Trends of 2021.
- How TikTok Reads Your Mind.
- The CIA Is Deep Into Cryptocurrency, Director Reveals.
- Google temporarily disrupts a botnet that infected 1 million PCs.
- Better.com CEO fires 900 employees over Zoom.
- An Australian man who claimed to have invented bitcoin wins US court battle for fortune worth billions.
- Oh no... According to Newsmax, the Pope is dying! I'll have to let him know the next time he comes over.
- Nirit Weiss-Blatt: Her expensive book, Techlash, is now an inexpensive audiobook.
- Where the Earth is flat and 9/11 is an inside job: A comparative algorithm audit of conspiratorial information in web search results.
- Rohingya refugees sue Facebook over Myanmar hate speech.
- Today, Amazon launches Alexa Together.
- Amazon, can we have our name back?
- Three Steps to the Future - Benedict Evans.
- BuzzFeed Stock Turns Lower in Its Nasdaq Trading Debut.
- China's Yutu 2 rover spots a cube-shaped 'mystery hut' on the far side of the moon.
- Pantone unveils Color of the Year for 2022.
Picks:
- Stacey - AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future.
- Ant - Support Chester's BBQ Sauce.
- Ant - Words of Wisdom.
- Jeff - Laughing fox.
- Jeff - How Elon Musk sold 10 million Tesla shares and increased his Tesla holdings.
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- @Jack: not sure anyone has heard but, I resigned from Twitter.
- Who is Parag Agrawal?
- Twitter Has a New CEO; What About a New Business Model?
- Twitter bans sharing 'private' images and videos without consent.
- Jack Dorsey's Square changes corporate name to Block.
- Edge users aren't happy about Microsoft's built-in 'buy now, pay later' tool.
- Average American Credit Card Debt in 2021: $5,525.
- Onion: Self-Important Asshole Making Big Show About Leaving Twitter.
- Black Friday shopping in stores drops 28% from pre-pandemic levels.
- PayPal CEO says spending via its buy-now-pay-later service soared 400% on Black Friday, as inflation bites and shoppers feel the pinch.
- Meta has chosen AWS as its long-term strategic cloud provider.
- AWS re:Invent | Amazon Web Services.
- Nasdaq to Move Markets to Amazon's Cloud.
- AMD Rallies After Landing Meta in Latest Server Chip Win.
- Finland Researchers Say First Quantum Computer Is Up and Running.
- Google's 'Don't Be Evil' Motto Goes to Court.
- U.K. regulators order Facebook-owner Meta to sell Giphy.
- Huge fines and a ban on default passwords in new UK law.
- Salesforce promotes Bret Taylor to co-CEO alongside Benioff.
- Google announces grab bag of new Android features for the end of 2021.
- Google rolling out Android digital car key support to Pixel 6, Galaxy S21 on select BMWs.
- Android TV 12 is now available, unclear when it's headed to Chromecast with Google TV.
- Chrome OS 96 rolling out: Camera tweaks, Nearby Share in Android apps, more.
- 2021 Tesla Model Y review: Nearly great, critically flawed.
- 23andMe is using spac funds to develop new drugs against cancer.
- 150 HP multi-function printer types vulnerable to exploit.
- Indonesian Court Gives The Government Permission To Pull The Plug On The Internet Whenever It Feels Threatened.
- New rule will allow debt collectors to track you down on social media.
- Democrats Push Bill to Outlaw Bots From Snatching Up Online Goods.
- Is watching the 1984 Ghostbusters movie killing people? A Statistician's Perspective.
- Microsoft's Satya Nadella Sells Half of His Shares in the Company.
- The Prince symbol has been salvaged from a 1993 floppy disk.
- Jim Warren, Early Influencer in Personal Computing, Dies at 85.
Picks:
- Stacey - Fi Smart Dog Collar
- Jeff - Mobile phone museum
- Jeff - Jack Dorsey's Net Worth After Twitter Farewell
- Ant - Hardheads Playoff loss
- Ant - Watch FLOSS featuring Lisa LeVasseur
- Ant - The 5 Love Languages Hardcover Special Edition: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Facebook vs QAnon, Trump vs TikTok, Google vs Australia
- Google's deprecation policy is killing it.
- Google goes to the Australian public for help after the government blocks snippets
- The Internet War is over, and Google won
- What if Facebook dies?
- Why America should kill TikTok
- Twitter changing Retweet to "Quote Tweet"
- Testing the new 6Ghz bandwidth 5G spectrum
- Spot robot now caring for patients in hospitals
- German princess gets her drunk rants taken off of Google
- Trump praises QAnon as Facebook moves to block them
- Zoom comes to Google Nest Hub, WebEx comes to
- The Pine Phone ultra-secure Linux phone and the Obama Phone for low-income folk
- GPT-3 AI-generated blog post hits the front page of Hacker News
- Zombie pigs!
- Ryan Renolds sells Aviation Gin for $610 million
- Mint Mobile Plus has the best movie selection any streaming provider
- DNC 2020: The YouTube Convention
- The Google Changelog: Google Duo --> Google Meet | Multi-room Nest audio | Google AI hardware in new hands | Google Travel COVID info | Google Maps detail | Android 11 vs camera choice | Activity Cards in Search
- Picks of the Week:
- Stacey's Thing: Firewalla Gold: Multi-Gigabit Cyber Security
- Jeff's Numbers: Amazon adds 3,500 jobs
- Ant's Stuff: Adobe Max Registration
- Ant's Stuff 2: An amazing content creator and an amazing maker
- Karsten's Mask: Handmade leather mask from MereLeather in Ukraine. Very comfortable comes with paper filters, or you can use your own n95 inserts.
- Karsten's Mask 2: YouTuber builds gun that shoots masks onto people's faces
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Trump vs. TikTok and Tencent, Microsoft Surface Duo, Twitter Limits Replies
- Sarah Cooper: Google UX designer, Tik Tok star
- Trump vs. TikTok: what does it all mean?
- Trump's Tencent ban makes Reddit, Tesla, and Spotify illegal
- Rate Stacey's Zoom background
- Trump vs. TikTok part 2: where does our data go?
- Microsoft announces Surface Duo
- Lucid Air electric car
- New Jersey Supreme Court says the police can make you unlock your phone
- Twitter rolling out reply-limiting feature
- "Meeterial" Design: Google pushes Meet into everybody's faces
- Why are there no ads on TechDirt?
- US opens 3.5Ghz band to consumer use - this could seriously help out 5G
- Happy Birthday IBM PC
- Boeing 747s are still updated via 3.5 Floppy disk
- Vaporwave's mini-boom of 3.5 floppies
- Alamo Drafthouse offers private theater rentals
- Sleepover at the final Blockbuster
- Genius lost their suit against Google because they don't have standing
- Verily steps into the COVID testing arena
- Amazon wants to launch 3,236 satellites
- Amazon wants to take over JC Pennys
- Jarvis' entire history of media and journalism in 45 minutes
- Google Changelog: Google Lens homework filter | Google Search adds 3D molecules | Google Phone beta app for all | Earthquake alerts | Google Lookout | A bunch of new Android updates | Google profile cards
Picks of the Week:
- Stacey's Thing: DONATE BLOOD
- Jeff's Number: Dreyer Stet Game
- Ant's Stuff: Jett Fuel Java
- Karsten's Mask: GIZDA FAce Shield
- Karsten's Mask 2: Essential Mask Brace
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Tik Tok+Microsoft+Trump, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked
- Here's everything Samsung announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2020
- X PRIZE $1M Next-Gen Mask Challenge
- We spend as much time on the Pixel 4a announcement as Google did.
- Twitter hack "mastermind" arrested: 17-year-old Florida teen had access to all your Twitter info.
- Why Trump is mad at Tik Tok, and why Microsoft wants to buy them
- Why Tik Tok videos are the most important artform of 2020
- The growing use of Instagram as a news source
- Samsung is still pushing Dex with a Microsoft integration
- Bye, Bye Bixby - Samsung doesn't mention it at Unpacked 2020 as its founder leaves the business and Google moves in
- Here's everything Samsung announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2020
- More 5G bandwidths are on the way
- Twitter patches bug in Android 8 and 9 versions of the app
- TIL: Animals lick their fur to get Vitamin D
- Get rid of gas: chew better and season with epazote
- Why Google bought a big chunk of ADT
- The Google Changelog: Yahoo kills community captions | Nearby Share | RIP Google Play Music | Google Camera 7.5 | Google live-captioning Google Pay digital bank accounts | new Gboard suggestions | Free Stadia Pro games | Don't talk about Pixel Club!
- Google offers $10 million bond
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Tool: Avocado Mask and Shirt from Abrazos in San Miguel De Allende
- Stacey's Thing: BraveTarts
- Jeff's Numbers: 1/3-1/2 of biz travel will go away because Zoom
- Ant's Stuff: Inexpensive photo hack
- Karsten's Mask: 3D Printed Mask with Filters - comes custom printed in many colors
- Zak's College Fund: Analogue Pocket on eBay
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Antitrust Hearings, We Rate Zuck's Zoom Bkgd, Google Extends WFH to July 2021
- Rating the Zoom backgrounds of the tech titans
- With all the competing political concerns, what should the government do with big tech?
- Google wants Samsung to drop Bixby. Could Google and Samsung team up to make the perfect Android phone?
- Google says its employees can stay home until July 2021. Are you ready for another year of quarantine?
- Google gets its own international cable
- Staceysplaining the Quantum Internet The Google Changelog: Message emoji reply | Motion Editor | Store price matches | The Matchup | YouTube's Summer of Movies
- CES will be online-only in 2021
- Snooker World Championship has smaller balls
- Streaming takes over the Emmys
- Robots take the fashion world by storm
- AI employee fools Russian design firm
- Samsung Note 20 coming August 5th
- All Dogs in Shenzen will be microchipped by the end of the year
- Woz sues YouTube over bitcoin hack
- Tech to keep Alexa from spying on you
- Leo's Tool: Vocodes. Vocal playground.
- Stacey's Thing: FOOT SPA!!!!
- Jeff's Number: Mackenzie Scott giving away $1.7b
- Ant's Stuff: Faded Words
- Karsten's Mask: Uvex Bionic Face Shield: Whether you're facing down Karens in the line at Starbucks or Federal thugs in Portland, the Uvex Bionic Face Shield is your best bet for full face protection. Karsten got his at National Tool Warehouse. Cheaper option: Amazon now selling its in-house-designed face shield at cost - CNET
- Karsten also loves Ben Heck and got to produce him for half a second at Revision 3. Here is Ben's AutoMask.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Twitter hack fallout: some verified Twitter accounts are still down
- Zuckerberg pinkie swears that he doesn't have a deal with Trump
- Softbank wants to sell ARM - will Nvidia buy it?
- Tesla's next gigafactory will be built in Austin
- Twitter bans thousands of Q-Anon accounts
- Google's camera wizard goes to Adobe
- How Linotype worked
- Canon EOS R5 review
- FTC Facebook Antitrust Giphy drama
- Eric Schmitt wants to start a university for artificial intelligence coders
- Cisco's Indian caste system discrimination suit
- EU voice assistant antitrust suit
- Electric clocks in Europe are falling behind - time to mine bitcoin
- Google Changelog: authenticated logos | Shoploop | Google Maps Bikeshare | Life in a Day
- Smoked Queso recipe from Meat Church
- Tik Tok might move to America
Picks of the Week:
- Stacey's Thing: Camera mount for a telescope
- Jeff's Numbers: Amazon is the #1 US Advertiser: $7b spent
- Ant's Pick 1: Lexicon Valley Podcast
- Ant's Pick 2: Trumpatine - Trump tweets read by Emperor Palpatine
- Karsten's mask 1: Fiber Optic Light-Up Mask
- Karsten's mask 2: 10 popular masks everyone is buying on Amazon
- Karsten's mask 3: These "movie monsters" face masks are the coolest way to stay safe and support a good cause
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- GINORMOUS TWITTER HACK
- Elon Musk, Obama, BillGates, and other verified Twitter accounts hacked in bitcoin scam
- All verified Twitter accounts shut down
- Zoom debuts a $600 all-in-one videoconference device
- Alabama is the only state not investigating Google for antitrust
- Twitter partner Dataminr sold Black Lives Matter protest surveillance to police
- Facebook might ban political ads - is this a good idea?
- Amazon shows off Dash Cart, a smart shopping cart that automatically checks you out
- Google Ngram gets a huge upgrade
- Why Tik Tok is winning, and why it is dangerous
- US cyber attacked Russian trolls in 2018
- Google's ATAP invents a remote control for your smart home
- Eric Schmitt's secret summer camp
- Apple wins $14.5 Billion Irish Tax battle on appeal
- Roman roads as a subway map
- The Google Changelog: Gmail integrates Meet, Chat, and Docs | Google Photos adds recent photos filter | Google Lens shortcut | Google Fit adds YouTube Playlists | 15 Years of Google Earth | Zoombombing protection for Google Meet
- Leo's Tool 1: WindowSwap
- Leo's Tool 2: Leo's mask fitters arrived!
- Stacey's Thing: 9 Words Formed by Mistakes
- Jeff's Number 1: Quibi lost 90% of free subscribers
- Jeff's Number 2: Disney+ signups increased by 641% due to Hamilton
- Ant's Stuff: BTS Ant's COVID-19 Regs
- Karsten's Mask: Bluetooth-connected face mask that can record conversations, amplify the wearer's voice, make phone calls, transcribe speech into texts and translate Japanese speech into 8 different languages.
- Leo's Mask: UVMask: Real-Time UV-C Filtration & Purification Face Mask
- Jeff's Mask: Martyn Percy shows off a mask by Cecilie Birk Dehli
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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- Google details its new "Works With Google" smart home program and IoT partners
- Google briefly mentions its partnership with Apple and Amazon to develop a new IoT standard - details still to come
- MacOS on Apple Silicon and Windows on ARM are both ARM implementations, but are they compatible? Will Windows be able to run on Macs?
- Twitter stock goes crazy over the possibility that Twitter will add a subscription service
- How will schools open in the fall?
- Facebook's subscription service
- The Bezos future: do we really want Amazon to take over everything so Jeff Bezos can send us to space?
- Walmart will launch an Amazon Prime competitor later in July
- Rethinking late-stage capitalism
- Google Changelog: RIP Pixel 3a, Loon Internet in Kenya, traffic lights in Google Maps, Google Fiber in West Des Moines Iowa, Android 11 Beta 2, YouTube TV price hike
- Tech titans vs journalists and writers vs social media: cultural aggression online
- The mystery shopper who is leaving behind dozens of shopping carts has online merchants flummoxed
- Japan bans screaming on rollercoasters
- Fraunhover creates a new h.266 VVC codec to shrink video files even more - but Google won't use it
- US might ban Tik Tok, Tik Tok leaves Hong Kong
- Uber requires masks for drivers and riders
- Gina Trapani was way ahead of her time: Wave and a revolution in document creation
- Ghost kitchens: how Covid will change our culture and our parking lots
- University of the People: how education will change in the future
- Leo's Tool: Project Audio for GitHub
- Stacey's Thing: Eufy Video Doorbell 2k
- Jeff's Number: Ben Evans Slide 18: 40% of heterosexual couples met online
- Karsten's Mask: Need a mask that works with FaceID? Order a custom mask of your lower face!
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham
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- Section 230 FAQ, Social Media Bans, CCPA
- What the F is Section 230?
- US Senate waters down the EARN IT Act (but it still sucks), and more Section 230 news
- Section 230: history repeats itself
- Parler starts banning users
- YouTube, Reddit, and Twitch ban accounts
- What should Facebook do about content moderation?
- Zuckerberg will meet with advertisers over ad boycotts
- Twitch bans President Trump
- Tik Tok is doing some super shady stuff; India bans it.
- Buy the game developed by the CIA!
- The first innocent person arrested using face recognition
- All the ways police are using tech to track protestors
- California Consumer Privacy Act now in force - here's what it means to you
- Cook, Pichai, Bezos, and Zuckerberg meeting congress for anti-trust hearings
- US Supreme Court rules that generic website names can be trademarked
- Microsoft closes its retail stores
- Who pivoted better, Netflix or Microsoft?
- Google quires smart glasses company North
- Watch TWiT's coverage of the Google's smart home event July 8th
- YouTube TV raises its price to $65/month
- Ant's Thing: Hand on Tech: SENNHEISER MKE 400 REVIEW - Shotgun Mic for DLSR/Mirrorless Cameras
- Ant's Thing 2: Peck of the week
- Jeff's Thing: Popup pods for a safe office
- Jeff's Number: When it's cold outside, it's hot on Twitter
- Mike's Stuff: Trust and Safety Professional Association
- Mike's Stuff 2: Trust and Safety Foundation
- Karsten's Mask: Techdirt's YouTube Takedown Mask
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Masnick
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- Apple shifts to its own chips - will Google?
- The fastest computer in the world runs on ARM
- Apple Silicon Macs won't run Windows in Boot Camp
- iOS 14 takes the best features of Android - widgets, calls, picture-in-picture, etc.
- What comes after Zoom?
- Pixel 4a coming in July - maybe even July 7th
- Sergey Brin's secret disaster relief squad
- Amazon Kills the Dash Wand
- Amazon wants Live TV, NBC launches Peacock
- Twitter wins Devin Nunes' Cow suit
- Mike Masnick's Bad Section 230 Takes
- Jeff Jarvis's proposal to stop passing dumb tech laws
- Reminiscing about The Site
- Leo's Tool: Hey Email
- Ant's Thing: Photo Quest by Rick Sammon
- Jeff's Numbers: First decline in Google ad revenue because Covid, Amazon and Facebook ad revenue still up
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
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- Watch Stacey's Machine Learning on the Edge Conference!
- Watch Leo on Alex Lindsay's Office Hours!
- Leo buys a $75,000 Boston Dynamics Spot robot
- Google puts Juneteenth on Google Calendar, creates a racial equity task force
- Google did not demonetize The Federalist
- Conservatives want to limit Google's and other social media's Section 230 protections
- Facebook and Instagram will let you block political ads, help 4 million people register to vote
- How to record Twitter audio clips
- Twitter removes Chinese, Turkish, and Russian propaganda accounts
- How the CIA was hacked in Vault 7
- Google tries to fight Zoom by adding Meet to Gmail
- Adobe Flash will finally die this year
- Why T-Mobile was down, and what the FCC will do about it
- Why the Internet Archive bought a record store
- US no longer in top 10 internet speed countries
- eBay executives send journalists roaches and a pig mask
- Leo's Tool: Bellus 3D Printed Mask Guards
- Stacey's Thing: The End of October by Lawrence Wright
- Jeff's Numbers: 21 years ago investment in Google
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham
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