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- Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act
- Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials
- Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass
- Reflecting on 18 years at Google
- Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running
- AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips
- Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies
- Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter?
- Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulator Provisionally Finds
- Elon goes full Pizzagate. How does this end?
- A new low in manels
- Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers
- OpenAI Made an AI Breakthrough Before Altman Firing, Stoking Excitement and Concern
- Hugging Face CEO on What Comes After Transformers
- Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O
- Anthony Levandowski Reboots Church of Artificial Intelligence
- Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates developer's life, goes viral
- Google Slides getting built-in presentation recording tool
- Google Will Start Deleting Old Accounts This Week. Here's How to Save Your Google Account
- Google's .meme domain is here to serve your wackiest websites
- Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files
Picks of the week
- (Paris) The 2000 cinematic masterpiece Chicken Run
- (Paris) Pentiment
- (Jeff) Jezebel to Be Resurrected by Paste Magazine
- (Jeff) After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine
- (Ant) City Nerd on YouTube
- (Jason) No Ads in Albania, Ethiopia and Myanmar
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt
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- Adobe Flash Player Updater is (still) desperately trying to update
- Veracrypt password security
- Firefox moves to 120 with a bunch of very nice new features
- Do-Not-Track is back on track
- "ownCloud" -or- "PwnCloud" ?
- CrushFTP Critical Vulnerability
- Bypassing fingerprint authentication
- ApacheMQ
- TransUnion & Experian both hacked
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Ant Pruitt
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- From King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week
- OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company."
- Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster
- Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes'
- Dear Elon Musk, here are five things you might want to consider about AGI
- DeepMind releases new music model
- Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music
- Introducing Stable Video Diffusion — Stability AI
- Google Meet can now detect when you physically raise your hand
- Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
- Google Maps' new look may frustrate Calif. drivers as Thanksgiving travel begins
- Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone
- Anthropic Introduces Claude 2.1 With 200K Context Window
- Sarah Silverman Hits Stumbling Block in AI Lawsuit Against Meta
- Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn't Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It!
- What Spotify's New Royalty Model Really Means
- MC HAMMER on X: "Salute and congratulations to the 710 plus @OpenAI team members who gave an unparalleled demonstration of loyalty, love and commitment to @sama and @gdb in these perilous times it was a thing of beauty to witness. Salute
- Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over 'Video Game Addiction', Because That's Easier Than Parenting
Picks:
- Paris - a beautiful 2 minutes in live caller history. Stephen A. Smith vs a guy who tries to ask about Cars
- Paris - And.... from the mind that brought you basement eel guy: TikTok tunnel girl
- Jeff - No evidence screen time is negative for children's cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study
- Ant - Great Review From Mr Sargent and Mr Nielsen - Shot on iPhone 15
- Ant - LumaFusion Update Includes Editing on SSD
- Ant - Bittersweet and Grateful
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt
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- OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains.
- Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection.
- GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes.
- The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors.
- AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4.
- Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell.
- Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in.
- Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal.
- Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas.
- TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries.
- Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating.
- YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform.
- Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services.
- Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety.
- Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns.
- Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally.
- Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt
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- DMV suspends Cruise's robo-taxi permit in San Francisco after pedestrian accident
- Debate over regulating approval process for autonomous vehicles between NHTSA and NTSB
- Analysis of Google's disappointing Q3 financial results and advertising revenue drop
- Impact of dating apps like Tinder on relationships and matchmaking
- The demise of Twitter rival Pebble aka T2
- Online interactions and social media - federation, verification, addiction
- Lawsuits and moral panic surrounding Meta and Instagram's impact
- AI wearable technology like Humane AI pin's features and risks
- Google Chrome's dominance
- Ethics of AI - risks of automation, data poisoning, copyright
- Role of AI in society, regulating development, technology concerns
- Picks include - corn mazes, Dimension 20, Jezebel up for sale, Pixel 8 Pro camera review
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt
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- Elon Musk says charging $1 a year to Twitter users could reduce bots
- VC Mark Andreessen loses it in controversial tech manifesto
- Meta Quest 3 brings back glassholes to the wild
- Amazon launches satellites to compete with SpaceX Starlink
- Peter Norvig and Blaise Aguera y Arcas claim AGI is already here
- 51% of teens spend 4+ hours daily on social media
- YouTube getting AI-powered ads targeting pop culture moments
- Mass tech layoffs in 2022 - reasonable correction or problematic?
- Google Wallet adds support for digital IDs and ticket scanning
- Adobe focuses on AI over Figma acquisition amid antitrust scrutiny
- Picks: Trust & Safety Tycoon game, beautiful coffee videos, laptop advice
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Paris Martineau
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Adobe announces a whole host of new AI features and upgrades at its MAX conference. We review the Pixel 8 Pro and discuss its new Ultra HDR capabilities. OpenAI plans to announce new developer features at its November conference and we demonstrate the new ChatGPT voice features.
• Ant Pruitt stops by Tech News Weekly to give us a rundown of what Adobe announced at its annual Adobe MAX conference.
• Jason Howell has the Pixel 8 Pro in hand, so he takes some time to give us his thoughts on the new phone and show off some of the new photo features and camera functionality.
• Mishaal Rahman explains the new Ultra HDR format in Android 14.
• Mikah Sargent talks about OpenAI's upcoming developer conference and demonstrates ChatGPT's new voice interactivity.
Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent
Guests: Ant Pruitt and Mishaal Rahman
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- Google's "enshittification" memos
- A Note From WIRED Leadership
- Moonlighting comes to Hulu... starring Jeff Jarvis!
- Elon Musk's X Strips Article Headlines on Shared Links
- Did Elon Musk Endorse Biden, Come Out as Transgender and Die of Suicide?
- Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X's Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation
- Sure, There's Disinfo On ExTwitter, But The EU Should Not Be Demanding Censorship
- Alexa says the 2020 election was stolen. What does it mean for 2024?
- The Journalist and the Fallen Billionaire
- The fraud was in the code
- Newsom signs bill that would make it easier to delete online personal
- Google is already bringing back the software features it removed because of Sonos' lawsuit
- Right-to-repair is now the law in California
- Meta Is Paying Creators Millions for AI Chatbots
- Google Will Drop Claim That YouTube TV Is '$600 Less Than Cable' After Charter Complaint to Advertising Board
- Zuzalu: From a hacker house to a hacker resort
- I Gave ChatGPT an IQ Test. Here's What I Discovered
- Google rolls out Pixel Buds Pro 5.9 update with Conversation Detection
- Google Meet brings 1080p streaming to group calls
- Google Accounts will prompt users at login to set up passkey
- Google bringing Flood Hub forecasts to the US
- Google Fi 'upgrade' takes $400 off Pixel 8 Pro with no trade-in
- Adobe MAX: Adobe Unveils the Future of Creativity and AI at Adobe MAX 2023
Picks: * Cathy - Restoration of Notre Dame * Jeff - Video of Unsupervised * Ant - ADOBE MAX 2023: WHY AI WILL NOT TAKE JOBS FROM CREATORS * Ant - How to Read a Defense | A Guide to the Basics of Football Coverage
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
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- Google's Pixel hardware event and new devices
- Debate over adding AI to search functions - risks to accuracy?
- Laws challenging social media's First Amendment rights
- Movies released on TikTok by studios
- High production costs of Masterclass
- Streaming vs DVDs and the shrinking open web
- Spotify's attempts to expand beyond music in audiobooks
- Amazon's algorithms manipulating prices
- Supreme Court case involving copyright of legal search tools
- Paywalls and closed platforms replacing the open web
- Pushback against heroic tech biographies and access journalism
- Impacts of inexpensive screens and cameras everywhere
- Testing social media subscription models
- Using AI to create realistic fake photos and videos
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Paris Martineau
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- Google's 25th birthday
- Google killing off Google Podcasts
- Next week's Pixel hardware event
- Meta's VR/AR announcements and new Ray-Ban smartglasses with cameras
- Antitrust lawsuits against Google and Amazon
- AI voice cloning for automatic translation by YouTube, Spotify
- WGA writer's strike in Hollywood ending with AI concessions
- Meta adding AI bots everywhere
- Books scanned to train AI models in searchable database
- The viability of foldable laptop screens
- Premium $500/month Tinder subscriptions
- Picks: SummaryCat, GrapeGPT, Blackmagic Cinema camera 6K, Starter Villain book, Korg MS-20 Mini synth
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
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- Apple has quietly removed support for Postscript in macOS Ventura over security concerns with the outdated interpreter language.
- China has formally accused the NSA of hacking and maintaining access to Huawei servers since 2009, based on documents from Edward Snowden.
- A misconfigured Azure Shared Access Signature token resulted in 38TB of sensitive internal Microsoft data being exposed, including employee backups with passwords.
- The Signal messaging platform has added a post-quantum encryption protocol called PQXDH, combining its existing X3DH with the believed quantum-resistant CRYSTALS-Kyber system.
- A zero-day iOS exploit chain was used to target Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Eltantawy, redirecting his traffic to install spyware after visiting a non-HTTPS site.
- Steve gave an update on the status of his forthcoming ValiDrive USB validation utility, explaining delays due to challenges working at the USB level under Windows.
- A blog post argued that the complexity of modern web browsers has made it impossible to create competitive new browsers from scratch.
- An emailer claimed to have a mathematical algorithm that can generate truly random numbers.
- Another emailer asked whether encrypting and deleting a hard drive could substitute for overwriting with random data.
- There was an explanation of how public key encryption can be used bidirectionally for both encryption and authentication.
- Listener questions whether all stolen LastPass vaults will eventually be decrypted.
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-941-Notes.pdf
Hosts: Steve Gibson and Ant Pruitt
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- The group discusses the DOJ's antitrust case against Google's search dominance.
- The hosts debate whether AI will help or harm the fight against online disinformation.
- Leo and Joan discuss the challenges of internet safety and regulation in the UK.
- Google news includes: Chromebook lifespan extended to 10 years, Android 14 QPR beta, Google Calendar appointment booking, Nest speaker groups limited, and Google Domains transferred to Squarespace.
- Leo and Joan talk about the New York Times job posting for an AI ethics lead.
- The hosts play an AI-generated song made by Stability AI.
- Leo shares highlights from the leaked Google document about shutting down Stadia game streaming.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Joan Donovan
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- Google pays more than $10 billion per year for these privileged positions
- Trademark Genericide And One Big Way The DOJ Admits That Its Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Is Utter Garbage
- YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate's videos, court says
- Google's cookie-replacing Privacy Sandbox reaches major milestone
- Google teaser previews Pixel Watch 2 and both Pixel 8 phones
- NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube is a hit, with more subscribers than when it was on DirecTV
- Google will soon require disclaimers for AI-generated political ads
- Coke Y3000 made with AI
- Casey Newton reads the Musk bio so we don't have to
- Book Review: 'Elon Musk,' by Walter Isaacson
- Elon Musk's X is suing California over its online moderation reporting bill
- UK backs off breaking encryption
- Google pledges $20 million for responsible AI fund
- Jeff comment to Copyright Office on AI
- OpenAI CEO (and prepper) Sam Altman Said A.I. Won't Save Him in a Real-World Crisis
- AI learns to smell
- Amazon rolls out generative AI tool to help sellers write product listings
- Adobe launches generative AI for Creative Cloud users and raises plan prices
GOOGLE CHANGELOG
- Google adds Prime Video and bunch of other stuff to cars with native Android software
- Find My Device 3.0 rolling out with new Android app icon
- Chrome is about to look a bit different
- You're invited to the new Google Visitor Experience
- Chromecast with Google TV adds official support for streaming your PS5
- YouTube starts making the 'Subscribe' button glow when creators ask you to subscribe
PICKS OF THE WEEK
- Visit Rockport
- Project Gutenberg Open Audiobook Collection
- Adobe Video Fall Updates 2023: Premiere Pro, After Effects, FrameIO
- Ant on "Friends Like Us" With Marina Franklin and Von Decarlo
- The Original Pixel Buds
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Cathy Gellis
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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
Guest: Mike Elgan
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We still love us some space conspiracies! This week, Tariq and I discuss more of our favorites--from the "the Earth is flat!" to the deadly Planet X (or "Planet 9," as self-avowed Pluto-Killer Mike Brown calls it--though he may end up with naming rights), we'll look at, discuss, and debunk more of the wackiest conspiracies ever... because, "the truth is out there--or maybe, just maybe, it's in our heads, after all. Be incredulous!
Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik
Guest: 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
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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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.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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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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Beyerdynamic has launched the Blue Byrd ANC 2 earbuds. Ant Pruitt takes a look at these wireless earbuds with a quick review.
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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.
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Doc Searls and Ant Pruitt talk with Jonathan Bennett about life, love, open source, and what's up with Red Hat. Also, how to bake a printer?
Host: Doc Searls
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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.
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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
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On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt has a few thoughts on the world of photography. Just go shoot.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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A listener shares some images with Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography for criticism. Finding your photography style is the topic at hand.
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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.
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Ant Pruitt looks at Public Domain photography on this week's episode of Hands-On Photography. What is Public Domain and how does a magazine publisher get sued for using a photo of a work of art in the public domain?
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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.
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Ant Pruitt looks at black and white photography on this episode of Hands-On Photography. Cameras these days shoot in color by default, so when or why would a photographer consider black and white photography?
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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.
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Ant Pruitt discusses photography and ethics on this episode of Hands-On Photography. Photography is an art. Should there be ethical standards in photography? Do you practice ethical standards with your photography?
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month and on this week's Hands-On Photography Ant Pruitt talks about some tips on finding the balance between your mental health and photography.
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WARNING: This episode examines the topic of self harm and suicide. Anyone dealing with these issues can find help by calling or texting 988 to connect with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visiting the website to chat by going to 988lifeline.org.
- 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.
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- 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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Terry White is the worldwide evangelist for Adobe photography products Lightroom and Photoshop as well as an outstanding professional photographer. White joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss how to get started with a NAS in your photography workflow.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Terry White
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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.
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- 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
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Use a mask in your video editing to create cool video effects (VFX). On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt shows how to use Davinci Resolve to create a cool VFX for free with motion tracking.
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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)
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Susy Botello joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego. Smartphone cameras are quite good for photography and video. Even for shooting feature films as Botello explains.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Susy Botello
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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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Steve Brazill joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss some of the news and findings for the NAB Show 2023 in Las Vegas.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Steve Brazill
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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.
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Substack Notes, AI guardrails, WWDC, Meta morale, HBO Max, X Corp
- Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter.
- Substack CEO Chris Best Doesn't Realize He's Just Become The Nazi Bar.
- Biden Administration Weighs Possible Rules for AI Tools Like ChatGPT.
- European privacy watchdog creates ChatGPT task force.
- China Mandates Security Reviews for AI Services Like ChatGPT.
- AI is already taking video game illustrators' jobs in China.
- Twitter Isn't a Company Anymore.
- Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.AI.
- Apple Plans to Launch More Than Just Its New Headset at WWDC.
- The Unexpected Reason Apple Is Dominating the U.S. Smartphone Market.
- Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta.
- Montana Lawmakers Approve Statewide Ban on TikTok.
- Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban.
- Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV.
- HBO Max to Be Renamed 'Max' With Addition of Discovery+ Content, Launch Date, and Pricing Revealed.
- The End of Computer Magazines in America.
Host: Jason Howell
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Rick Sammon joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography as it's almost time for summer travel and vacation. What camera should you take with you for vacation and travel photography? Sammon has the answer for you.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Rick Sammon
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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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Photography and privacy. Do they go hand-in-hand? Should they? On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt discusses some photography news stories regarding privacy and photographers' rights.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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- Ant Pruitt talks with Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt about how AI is dominating news headlines and finding the middle ground between the excitement of what AI can do and the doomsay of AI.
- Mikah Sargent shares two stories this week. The first is about the "poop emoji" & the legal history behind emojis in the last couple of years.
- Secondly, Mikah talks about a report from Reuters about how Tesla workers acquired & shared sensitive images recorded by customers' Tesla vehicles.
- Finally, Sam Abuelsamid joins the show to talk about how old laptops & EV batteries, California's requirement for half of heavy truck sales to be electric by 2035, and Tesla setting a new record for itself after delivering more than 420l EVs in Q1 of 2023.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Ant Pruitt
Guests: Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt, PhD and Sam Abuelsamid
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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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- Picture of the Week
- So... Not an attack, then?
- AI Overlord Hysteria
- Italy says NO to ChatGPT
- It's illegal... How much will that be?
- The U.S. FDA & medical device security
- Hack the Pentagon
- Firefox 3dr-party DLL check-up
- Microsoft's Extortion?
- The Silver Ships
- Zombie Software
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Hosts: Steve Gibson and Ant Pruitt
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Deebot T9+ & T10 Omni Review, Twitter 2FA, Mac Accessories, and more.
- GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs.
- Google Drive does a surprise rollout of file limits, locking out some users.
- FTC readies children's privacy case against Amazon.
- What is the best way to publicly organize and share pictures?
- Why you shouldn't use your web browser's password manager.
- Switching from Twitter's SMS two-factor authentication to an authentication app.
- Accessory recommendations for Apple silicon M1 & M2 Macs and Ant Pruitt's Mac journey continued.
- Are you still safe using LastPass even with a Yubico UbiKey?
- Why your Roku's streaming quality might be pixelated.
- How to fix Ring Doorbell announcement notifications through Amazon Alexa.
- Mikah reviews the Deebot T9+ and Deebot T10 Omni robot vacuums from ECOVACS.
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- Ant Pruitt talks about Adobe Firefly's beta launch, Adobe's AI generative platform, and how Adobe's commitment to using its stock image library, openly licensed content, and public domain content is generating negative results compared to Midjourney.
- Dan Moren of Six Colors chats with Mikah Sargent about Apple's Pay Later program and the announcement of WWDC taking place from June 5th - June 9th.
- Ant Pruitt shares how since Elon Musk became the new owner of Twitter, groves of advertisers have refused to advertise on the social media platform.
- Finally, Mikah tells us about a security flaw in the WiFi protocol standard, IEEE 802.11, that allows attacks to trick access points into leaking network frames in plaintext form.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Dan Moren
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Panasonic lends Ant the S5 II mirrorless camera. This is the latest mid-level mirrorless camera offered by Panasonic. Ant shares his experience with this camera for stills and video on this episode of Hands-On Photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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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Having great video is awesome, but audio matters the most. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt takes a look at the free audio enhancement tool from Adobe that uses AI. This tool will help make your podcast or video audio better with a few clicks.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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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Your smartphone camera can capture some great photography. But some photographers would like to use their smartphone like a DSLR or mirrorless camera. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt looks at Shiftcam and Moment. These companies offer smartphone camera accessories for a new photography experience.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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Ant Pruitt shares his thoughts on the benefits and controversy of generative AI photography. He's tired of talking about generative AI, but this tool does have a place in art.
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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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- Twitter cut off its API access, and developers of apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific are offering specific options to help them out.
- A new iMac is coming out soon?
- Why can't I access my files from the Google Takeout service? Is there another service I can use to access my Google data?
- Is there an iOS shortcut for this?
- The Father of Modern Genomics, Dr. George Church.
- Lucid dreaming & headphones you can wear to sleep.
- Is there an easy way to move contacts over to Fastmail?
- Ant Pruitt & moving from Windows to Mac.
- Is it worth setting up IoT devices on its own network?
- Does Apple send out a notification to your old iPhone when your device reaches its end of life?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
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Capturing lightning in a bottle is challenging, but capturing lightning photography is much easier. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt shares how to capture lightning photography with whatever camera you have.
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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.
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- 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.
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Continuing the discussion on selective color adjustments in your creative arts, Ant Pruitt looks at how you can change the color of objects in your video footage. On Hands-On Photography, it's a look at using video editors Premiere Pro and Davinci Resolve to change the color of an object like a person's tee-shirt in your video footage.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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.
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- 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
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Ant Pruitt discusses how to selectively change the color of objects in your favorite photograph. Have a red shirt in an image, but wish it were blue? Ant shares exactly how to make that color change in Photoshop.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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.
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- 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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Loyal Hands-On Photography listener and Club TWiT member reaches out to Ant with questions about golden hour photography and skin tones. Check out the images shared with Ant and the discussion on capturing great skin tones in photography. Even in golden hour.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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- 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.
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- 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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Kenny Moore is an up-and-coming content creator who does a great job not only creating amazing videos for his clients, but he offers great tips and tricks for using Davinvi Resolve. This is all because of his relentless practice in the popular video editing app. It's a great chat on Hands-On Photography with Ant Pruitt.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Kenny Moore
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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.
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- 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.
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- What can AI do for us in the future?
- "How Platforms Die."
- Moving files off an old iPod
- Where can you purchase lossless audio tracks?
- Is there some best practices to prep your photo and video files for better long-term storage on a network-attached storage (NAS)?
- Syncing your calendars across multiple platforms.
- Hands-on with the Amazon Echo Show 10.
- Why are there several partitions on my USB drive?
- What are my options for remote support with my parents?
- Some lovely restaurant recommendations in Petaluma.
- Is it worth upgrading o the new M2 MacBook Pro that was released earlier in January?
- How to work within a restricted WiFi network to do wireless printing from a tablet and use Alexa to make phone calls?
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent
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Drone photography and video are discussed in Hands-On Photography. Ant advises on best practices and things to consider when purchasing a drone for photography or video. The Autel Robotics Nano+ is also shown as a great drone option for consumers.
Host: 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?
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- 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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Shooting macro photography can be fun, but depending on the gear you buy, quite costly. Ant Pruitt discusses an inexpensive alternative tool for macro photography - the reverse ring.
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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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Viewbug Gigs is a service aimed and making it easy for photographers to make money with their photographs of strangers or street photography. Ant Pruitt discusses this service on Hands-On Photography.
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- 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.
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- 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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Ant Pruitt shares more tips for taking your product photography to the next level. Want to shoot product photography for brands, practice shooting your product photography with this tip from Ant on Hands-On Photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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.
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- 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
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Being a photographer can be awesome until you hit a creative roadblock. What do you do when you have a creative rut in your photography? Ant Pruitt shares tips on capturing photography inspiration when you're struggling to be creative on this episode of Hands-On Photography.
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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.
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- 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
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Looking for a great camera for the budding photographer in your life? Or an inexpensive upgrade from your previous DSLR camera body? On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt takes a look at the Canon R7 mirrorless camera.
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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.
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- 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
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Andre Brown joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss getting started with wedding photography. Some great tips and insights that can help photographers get started with this capturing beautiful wedding imagery and video.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Andre Brown
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- 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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Blackmagic Design sent Ant Pruitt its Micro Panel to try in his video editing workflow. Ant shares his thoughts on this device designed to be a tool that enhances your video color grading workflow.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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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Looking for lights to use in your photography? Ant Pruitt shares a few lighting options for photographers looking to add external lighting to their photography kit.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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- 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.
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- Mike - Debirdify
- Mike - palette.fm
- Jeff - Portable, off-grid hotels
- Ant - JAYEGT Motorized Rotating Display Stand
- Ant - I Thought #Hardhead Had 5 Of 'Em
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The Speed Editor from Blackmagic Design is an interesting piece of hardware aimed at making the video editing process more efficient. Ant Pruitt takes a look at the Speed Editor and Davinci Resolve on Hands-On Photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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- Meta announced a huge round of layoffs in its company. Gerrit De Vynck from The Washington Post joins the show to discuss some of the layoffs' details.
- Stephen Shankland from CNET stops by to talk about Mastodon, what he liked about the social network, and what he has struggled with the alternative to Twitter so far.
- Ant Pruitt talks about how Twitter's new for-purchase verification badge has been abused already since its launch earlier this week.
- Finally, Mikah Sargent talks about a new cost-cutting review program launched by Amazon to reevaluate specific sectors in the company that hasn't been profitable.
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Ant Pruitt
Guests: Gerrit De Vynck and Stephen Shankland
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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.
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- 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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Ant Pruitt takes a look at the latest mic offering from HyperX. It's the HyperX ProCast microphone designed for streamers, but now includes an XLR connection for better audio. Ant shares his thoughts on this new condenser mic from HyperX.
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Bring your old photographs back to life by restoring them. Ant Pruitt shares how to restore old photographs in photo apps such as Photoshop and Affinity Photo on this episode of Hands-On Photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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- 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.
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- 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.
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Kevin Reece has spent decades as an AP photographer covering historic moments in sports as well as celebrities. Ant Pruitt chats with Reece about his life's journey in photography and the many lessons learned on this episode of Hands-On Photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Kevin Reece
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Loyal Hands-On Photography listeners share another photo editing application that may be useful for photographers trying to decrease costs. Portrait Pro is an interesting software package that utilizes AI with ease in photo editing.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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- First, Jason Howell talks about the upcoming Holiday Season & what Adobe has forecasted for projected sales during this online shopping season.
- Next, Ant Pruitt is covering Mikah Sargent in this episode. Ant talks with Richard Lawler of The Verge about CNN's decision to pull the plug on its NFT project.
- Jason talks with Adi Robertson of The Verge about Meta's Meta Connect 2022 keynote & the Meta Quest Pro.
- Finally, Ant talks about Google's Project Starline: Google's 3D video chat booth.
Hosts: Jason Howell and Ant Pruitt
Guests: Richard Lawler and Adi Robertson
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Ant Pruitt discusses the use of color in photography and video to enhance the story you're trying to tell. Get the most out of the color tools found in your favorite photo editors such as Adobe Lightroom or video editors such as Premiere Pro or Davinci Resolve. Color goes a long way in telling your story.
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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.
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- 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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Scopes are a critical piece in the video editing world. Ant looks at the different types of scopes used in editing video exposure and color in this episode of Hands-On Photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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
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Ant Pruitt takes a look at the latest Acer laptop aimed at executives and mobile professionals looking to have a powerful, yet stylish laptop for productivity on the go. Here's a quick look at the Acer Swift 5 laptop.
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Alexis Cuarezma is a San Francisco-based photographer that shoots many campaigns for celebrities and brands. On Hands-On Photography, Cuarezma shares his experience in embracing his creative flaws and turning them into beautiful photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Alexis Cuarezma
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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
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The iPhone 14 has launched and brings lots of hype and anticipation to all smartphone photography enthusiasts. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt discusses the new iPhone 14 and its new 48-megapixel camera.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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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Hands-On Photography listeners share their photos with Ant Pruitt focusing on product photography and food photography. Ant shares tips and image critiques to help improve the photos.
Host: 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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Susan Lloyd joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss her approach to fine art photography as well as NIL content. Lloyd explains the NIL process, what it means, and her approach to working with her NIL client - Clemson Wide Receiver Beaux Collins.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Susan Lloyd
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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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Zach Settewongse is a great ball of energy known for creating captivating photography and video for brand campaigns. Ant Pruitt sits with Settewongse on Hands-On Photography to continue the discussion on potentially working with brands to create awesome photos and videos.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Zach Settewongse
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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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Annie Leibovitz is one of the greatest photographers of all time. She's recently been under fire for some of her recent photos. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt discusses the controversial photos recently captured by Leibovitz featuring US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in Vogue magazine. Photographing people of color should be handled better.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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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If you've wanted to shoot photography or video for popular brands, you have to understand their messaging and themes. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt will share tips on shooting product photography for brands and walk through the photo shoot.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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- 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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Have you taken a look back at the photos you've captured over the years? On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt takes a look at a listener's photo after a year of shooting photography. It's a fun exercise to see how far you've come as a photographer over a few months or a year.
Host: 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 continues to be a hot button in the photography community. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt shares news on a new feature Instagram is set to roll out favoring video creators. It's Instagram's Live Producer feature.
Host: 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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Brayden Williams joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss the importance of community in the world of photography. Community has been very beneficial for both Williams and Ant in their photography careers.
Host: 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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Is there such a thing as a perfect photographer? Ant Pruitt discusses on Hands-On Photography how there's no such thing as a perfect photographer as a listener shares an "oops" moment in photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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Ant Pruitt demos the newest true wireless (TWS) earbuds from Beyerdynamic. The Free Byrd earbuds offer active noise cancelling (ANC), low latency and high quality sound in earbuds.
Host: 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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Ant Pruitt shares his tips on professional photo retouching. Learn how to retouch your photos like a pro to get more clients paying you for your photography. Also, Nikon halts DSLR manufacturing.
Host: 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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Michael Wilson joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss his passion for photography turned into a photography business. Wilson is a headshot photographer based in Charlotte, NC. His experience and stories can help inspire you to get your photography business going.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Michael Wilson
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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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Ant Pruitt checks out a Wacom Cintiq competitor, the Veikk VK2200 Pro. How does it stack up against the powerhouse Wacom product line?
Host: Ant Pruitt
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Starting a photography business sounds easy at first, but there are many things to consider and prepare before getting your business up and running. Ant Pruitt discusses tips and considerations for starting a photography business as a beginner on this episode of Hands-On Photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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
Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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You've been working on your photography skills and now you're interested in getting paid for your photography. Ant Pruitt sits down with John Davis to discuss your first photography job. Davis shares some of his wins and lessons learned on Hands-On Photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: John Davis
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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
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Animation is another way to add a more professional and polished look to your videos. Ant Pruitt discusses smooth animation tips in Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve on this episode of Hands-On Photography.
Host: 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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Printing your photos is a great value. It's even better when you can sell your photography prints. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt discusses selling your photography by using print services such as Smugmug and Fine Art America.
Host: 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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Ant Pruitt was sent a Canon R5 C hybrid mirrorless camera to test out. This hybrid camera is a sibling to Canon's R5 but has improved video capability. Is this the perfect camera from Canon? Ant shares his thoughts. Thank you to Lensrentals for sending the camera for testing.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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Portrait photography tends to use a technique known as frequency separation for skin retouching. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt discusses how to use the frequency separation technique in both Affinity Photo and Photoshop for portrait photography.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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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A loyal Hands-On Photography listener shares a beautiful bird photograph with Ant Pruitt. The listener has concerns about the image noise. Ant shares his thoughts on the photo.
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Tripods are rather important in photography and videography. Ant Pruitt answers listener emails regarding the best tripods for photography on Hands-On Photography. Not all tripods are created equally, so be mindful of how you purchase your next tripod for photography or video.
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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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If you're looking into upgrading your computer for photo and video editing, there are a few things to consider. Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography discusses key features required for an optimal photo and video editing experience on your Windows computer which also includes working with computing pros such as Puget Systems.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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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Terrell Lloyd is the NFL's San Francisco 49ers team photographer, Canon Explorer of Light and so much more. Lloyd sits with Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss his photography journey as well as offer tips on capturing amazing sports photographers and other photography entrepreneurial tips.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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!!
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- 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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Image noise can be quite a challenge in photography. Particularly in low light captures. Ant Pruitt discusses image noise on Hands-On Photography as well as looks at an image sent in by a listener. But does the listener photo actually contain image noise?
Host: Ant Pruitt
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Harry Williams is a photographer based in the Bay Area that's been doing some amazing work. Most recently, his street photography has garnered a lot of attention from the local press. On Hands-On Photography, hear how Williams captures the most intimate street photography. It's all about making a connection with the subject of the photo.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Harry Williams
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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
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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The Hands-On Photography listeners and viewers submitted their favorite photos for Ant Pruitt's "moon photography" challenge. It's a great look at what the Hands-On Photography community is doing with their cameras.
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Affinity Photo is a noteworthy alternative to Adobe Photoshop. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt shares how to get started with Affinity Photo as an alternative Photoshop option.
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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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Ant Pruitt continues the video editing tips on Hands-On Photography as he discusses color grading. Color grading is not the same as color correction. Ant discusses shooting in LOG for Rec 709 while using Vegas Pro, Premiere Pro, and Davinci Resolve for video editing.
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- Ant and Jason ponder what the NFL+ streaming service might look like and if it can compare to the Sunday Ticket.
- Author David Kushner talks about his investigation into virtual kidnapping and its traumatic and monetary impact on its victims.
- LinkedIn is filled with AI-generated fake profiles in an attempt to aid in recruiting and it is definitely against the platform's rules.
- Wyze is facing significant backlash after it failed to share a major vulnerability with its Wyze Cam family for three years.
Hosts: Jason Howell and Ant Pruitt
Guest: David Kushner
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Ant Pruitt takes a look at Skylum's Luminar Neo photo editor as it compares to Adobe's Lightroom on this episode of Hands-On Photography. Luminar Neo may be a great alternative to Lightroom for photographers.
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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.
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- Stacey - Eero Pro 6E router review
- Jeff - Cory Booker's speech
- Ant - LA Flights
- Ant - The Sound of Merlin
- Ant - Black Girl Magic
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Are you able to recognize a DSLR when you see one? Petapixel found an article in New York Post that may show that many don't know what a DSLR is. On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt takes a look at this story as well as dives into some images shared by a listener shot on his brand new camera - the Canon M50 II.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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Deepfake of Zelenskyy, Google IO announced, Daylight Saving Time
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Ant Pruitt continues the video editing tutorial by looking at simple video transitions and titles. Using Premiere Pro and Davinci Resolve, Ant shows how these simple effects can make a difference in how your video is viewed.
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Krisanne Johnson, Canon Explorer of Light, joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss her photography career as well as her tips for capturing amazing street photography.
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Ukraine war and tech, FitBit Ionic burns, Epic Games acquires Bandcamp
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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Ant Pruitt issued a sunrise photography challenge and the Hands-On Photography listeners shared their favorite images. Feel free to submit your own sunrise images to hop@twit.tv.
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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
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Instagram from Meta continues to be the go-to platform for photo sharing due to its mobile-first ease of use in addition to its network effect. Pidgeon is a photo service that's aimed to take on Instagram as THE photo-sharing platform without the algorithmic and profit incentives.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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"
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Ant Pruitt checks out the new Joby Wavo Pro and Wavo Air microphones. Joby has been known for its Gorillapod tripods in the content creator space, but now has made a move for the audio space of content creators.
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Ant Pruitt continues his discussion on video editing for beginners. On this episode of Hands-On Photography, Ant discusses color correcting your video footage using your favorite video editor. Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, Vegas Pro and Final Cut Pro all offer great tools for color correcting video.
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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.
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- Stacey - Black history tour of Seattle
- Jeff - TikTok media followers
- Ant - The Ozone Nightmare
- Ant - Thank you, Miss Robin Roberts
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Ant Pruitt checks out the Kokoon Nightbuds which are designed to be a better alternative to existing sleep tracking tech. These earbuds fit comfortably for optimal sleep as well as optimal sleep tracking.
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Hands-On Photography listeners ask Ant Pruitt questions about their landscape photography approach. Ant takes a look at some of the images shared by the listeners and suggests tips for better landscape photography.
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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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Legendary photographer, Scott Bourne, joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photographer to share his go-to tip for capturing great photos and video with your smartphone camera. Bourne is well-known for his bird photography but has begun a pivot towards smartphone photography. He also shares his favorite app Filmic Pro as well as Firstlight for capturing great mobile content.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Scott Bourne
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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.
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- 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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Sony sent Ant Pruitt the new A7 IV full-frame mirrorless camera to test. This new body from Sony is not the flagship or pro-grade model, but yet it packs quite a bit of tech from its flagship devices. Ant compares the A7 IV with the Canon R6 as the two are similar on several aspect. Which do you choose?
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Camera titan Canon has decided to shut down one of its camera factories. Why? Is the camera marketplace in trouble? Ant Pruitt breaks down this photography news on Hands-On Photography.
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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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Ant Pruitt continues his discussion on video editing tips for beginners. In this episode of Hands-On Photography, Ant shares how to use layers in your editing to create a dynamic video.
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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
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There's a popular question asked by the Hands-On Photography community and Ant Pruitt is going to address it in this episode. What camera should you buy? This simple question doesn't have a simple answer.
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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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Biggest stories of the year including Meta, mRNA, Log4j, NFTs, Ransomware
- COVID-19's impact on tech.
- Elon Musk in 2021.
- The World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It.
- GM's heated seats and steering wheels are the latest casualties of the chip shortage.
- Baby Driver: Philadelphia woman gives birth in the front seat of Tesla on autopilot.
- The tangled history of mRNA vaccines.
- Ransomware Jerks Helped Cause the Cream Cheese Shortage.
- The Harvard Job Offer No One at Harvard Ever Heard Of.
- Microsoft's very bad year for security: A timeline.
- Log4j: The 'most serious' security breach ever is unfolding right now.
- REvil Ransom Arrest, $6M Seizure, and $10M Reward.
- Billionaires in space.
- FAA: No more commercial astronaut wings, too many launching.
- Fact check: Jeff Bezos' New Shepard rocket launch didn't emit carbon.
- Jeff Bezos steps down as Amazon's C.E.O., handing the reins to Andy Jassy.
- In a surprise tweet, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said he's stepping down.
- Square is changing its name to Block.
- The Metaverse Is Mark Zuckerberg's Escape Hatch.
- A Global Tipping Point for Reining In Tech Has Arrived.
- Lina Khan's Battle to Rein in Big Tech.
- Top trend of 2021: The Metaverse.
- 2021 ends with a question: Are NFTs here to stay?
- Android 12: Everything you need to know about Google's new big update to the popular OS!
- Colonial Pipeline: How a major oil pipeline got held for ransom.
- Sinclair Confirms Ransomware Attack That Disrupted TV Stations.
- A comprehensive breakdown of the Epic v. Apple Ruling.
- Tardigrade is first multicellular organism to be quantum entangled.
- Ever Given container ship leaves Suez Canal 106 days after getting stuck.
- VW rebrand turns out to be April Fool's joke.
- Olympics Broadcaster Announces His Computer Password on Live TV.
- Don't be fooled — Amazon's Astro isn't a home robot, it's a camera on wheels.
- I swallowed one of my AirPods.
- Woman swallows AirPods accidentally; claims device recorded audio from her stomach.
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As promised, Ant Pruitt introduces video editing to the Hands-On Photography podcast. Ant goes over some of the basics of video editing regarding cutting clips and footage.
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Ant Pruitt answers listener feedback regarding photography workflow, Lightroom keywords, and photography challenges for the Hands-On Photography community.
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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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Peter Adams, world-renowned photographer of the Bay Area joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography. It's the time of the year where we begin to look at rebranding opportunities by shooting more portraits and headshot photos. Adams is a master portrait and headshot photographer here to share his work and his go-to tip for better portraits.
Host: Ant Pruitt
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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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Moon photography is quite beautiful and will always grab your viewers' attention. Ant Pruitt discusses his best practices for capturing great moon photography with your camera as well as with your smartphone. Today's latest iPhones, Samsung Galaxy or Google Pixel phones can capture interesting moon photographs, too.
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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
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Ant Pruitt is asked by a listener to explain the process of preparing for a photo shoot as well as the post-processing delivery. It's a process that may not be the same for all photographers, but Ant shares his workflow for handling photography gigs efficiently on Hands-On Photography.
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- Goodbye, Staples Center. Hello, Crypto.com Arena.
- US detains crypto-exchange exec for helping Ryuk ransomware gang launder profits.
- Stacey hates her Pixel 6!
- Be your own genius: Apple to Launch Self-Service Repair Program in Early 2022.
- Google allegedly won't release a new Pixelbook in 2022.
- A Former Facebook VP Thinks Investing in Humans Is the Future of VC.
- Introducing the Icelandverse.
- Mark Zuckerberg's Response To Iceland Tourism Ad Mocking Meta.
- Paperless office back again as print hardware supplies jam.
- Why you should consider using vFlat for book scanning.
- Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro are infectious in all the wrong ways.
- Miramax Sues Quentin Tarantino Over 'Pulp Fiction' NFT Auction.
- Google says it's improving fingerprint scanner performance with a Pixel 6 update.
- Google's latest Maps features help you avoid the holiday shopping crowds.
- Google Meet calls hosted by premium Workspace tiers now support up to 500 participants.
- Android TV apps can be remotely installed from your phone via new Play Store feature.
- Google Camera 8.4 brings Timer light, disabling Exposure controls, & more to older Pixel phones.
- Twitter acquires Threader.
- We Read Twitter for Entertainment, Trust It for News (Unless We Vote Republican)
- Twitter Makes Big Changes For Devs As It Eyes Decentralized Future.
- Crypto believers bid on U.S. Constitution.
- WEB2 VS WEB3.
- Say goodbye to disappearing tweets.
- Substack says it has more than 1 million paid subscriptions.
- Big media strikes back at Substack.
- JPMorgan sues Tesla for $162m after Musk tweets soured share deal.
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- Stacey - The writing of the gods
- Jeff - Logitech POP Keys Wireless Keyboard
- Ant - Follow David Lei on Instagram.
- Ant - Lensrentals Keeper Program Announced
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Ant Pruitt gets a few minutes of hands-on time with the latest Nikon flagship camera, the Z9. The Z9 is a 45 megapixel, full-frame mirrorless camera offering updated autofocus capability, 8K video recording and 30 frames per second images shooting.
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Prolific Skateboard and celebrity photographer Atiba Jefferson visits Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography. The Canon Explorer of Light shares his tips on capturing great images from the skate park and other tips for general photography. Jefferson also shares his experience using the Canon EOS R3 while at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Host: Ant Pruitt
Guest: Atiba Jefferson
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- Leo recaps his Oaxaca trip.
- Twitter Blue launches today in the US with Ad-Free Articles.
- Twitter is building a crypto team.
- Square is going to make a hardware wallet for bitcoin.
- Google loses appeal against $2.7bn EU antitrust fine.
- YouTube is removing the dislike count on all videos across its platform.
- Troubleshooting Stacey's new Pixel 6 Pro.
- Judge denies stay in Epic v. Apple.
- AMP Has Irreparably Damaged Publishers' Trust in Google-led Initiatives.
- Updating The Verge's background policy.
- Brain Implant Translates Paralyzed Man's Thoughts Into Text With 94% Accuracy.
- Adele debuts new song 'Hold On' in Amazon holiday ad.
- Facebook's "Meta" Trademark Application.
- Missing Girl Is Rescued After Using Hand Signal From TikTok.
- TikTok food creators (damnit, where's Salt_Hank?)
- TikTok @Jax plus violin.
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TeamSeas: Help us remove 30 million pounds of trash by January 1st, 2022.
- Google is taking sign-ups for Relate, a voice assistant that recognizes impaired speech.
- Google Assistant no longer offers 'Your News Update' audio digests.
- Google Home 2.46 for Android brings promised Android/Google TV remote.
- Nest Hub (2nd gen) update adds sleep stages & localized snore detection, tracking now free until 2023.
- Adaptive Sound feature appears to be rolling out now to Pixel 6 devices.
- Used car market gets even more bizarre.
- TwitterTV: make an account a screensaver.
- The Chip That Could Transform Computing.
Picks:
- Stacey - Happy holidays! Here's our 2021 gift guide!
- Ant - The Harder They Fall on Netflix
- Ant - Congrats and Good Luck to RCHS
- Ant - Register for the Wanderers' Photo Workshop
- Jeff - Apple's first computer, a collector's dream, could fetch $500,000 at auction
- Jeff - How much Wikipedia weighs
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