TWiG 684: Like a Shiny Tic Tac - Pixel 7 Phone, Elon Musk & Twitter

10/05/22 • 156 min

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Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster 'Likely Cheated' More Than 100 Times
Matter is now official
Twitter vs. Musk trial remains on schedule, judge says
Here are some of the cringiest revelations in the Elon Musk text dump
Just before Musk backtracked, a judge said Twitter could hunt for secret chats with whistleblower
Elon Musk says he'll use Twitter to build an 'everything app' called X. Believe him.
Chris Anderson says Musk's Twitter could be great
Planetary Social
There Was One Person Who Didn't Embarrass Himself in the Elon Musk Texts
Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust
Google's Big SCOTUS Season
The Onion Files a Supreme Court Brief
Google to Pay $85 Million to End Arizona Consumer-Privacy Suit
Walmart, CVS face trial for putting sham homeopathic products next to real meds
Samsung Rolling Out Android 12 To More Devices
4 New Maps Updates
Google Home app is getting a website with Nest cam live feeds, automation 'Script Editor' in 2023
Home App is getting better, but barely
New Nest products and features for a better smart home
The Pixel 4 hits end of life after three years of service
Google Maps is wrong!
Everything Set
The most common restaurant cuisine in every state, and a chain-restaurant mystery
The restaurant data is here and interactive
Mr. Doodle's mansion
The Fun of Google Streetview
Wear Pink
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2022
Pre-Order Jeff's Book: The Gutenberg Parenthesis

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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Chess Investigation Finds That U.S. Grandmaster 'Likely Cheated' More Than 100 Times
Matter is now official
Twitter vs. Musk trial remains on schedule, judge says
Here are some of the cringiest revelations in the Elon Musk text dump
Just before Musk backtracked, a judge said Twitter could hunt for secret chats with whistleblower
Elon Musk says he'll use Twitter to build an 'everything app' called X. Believe him.
Chris Anderson says Musk's Twitter could be great
Planetary Social
There Was One Person Who Didn't Embarrass Himself in the Elon Musk Texts
Google Kills Stadia; Why Stadia Was a Bad Product; Microsoft, Activision, and Antitrust
Google's Big SCOTUS Season
The Onion Files a Supreme Court Brief
Google to Pay $85 Million to End Arizona Consumer-Privacy Suit
Walmart, CVS face trial for putting sham homeopathic products next to real meds
Samsung Rolling Out Android 12 To More Devices
4 New Maps Updates
Google Home app is getting a website with Nest cam live feeds, automation 'Script Editor' in 2023
Home App is getting better, but barely
New Nest products and features for a better smart home
The Pixel 4 hits end of life after three years of service
Google Maps is wrong!
Everything Set
The most common restaurant cuisine in every state, and a chain-restaurant mystery
The restaurant data is here and interactive
Mr. Doodle's mansion
The Fun of Google Streetview
Wear Pink
Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2022
Pre-Order Jeff's Book: The Gutenberg Parenthesis

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

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TWiG 683: Finnish Foliage - Douglas Rushkoff interview, AI powered turret, Amazon hardware event, NASA DART

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Interview with Douglas Rushkoff.
How Rushkoff discovered the topic for his new book.
Survival of the Richest: The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind.
When Rushkoff decided to write the book.
How billionaires define "winning"
How do WE create a better future?
What is Rushkoff's manifesto?
What was Rushkoff's major?
Team Human is a podcast striving to amplify human connection.
Meta ordered to pay Voxer $175 million for violating live-streaming patents.
Bitcoin Rises 6.5 Percent as a Strong Dollar Sinks Other Currencies.
Meta Sued For Tap Dancing Around Apple's New App Privacy Rules.
The OG App promises you an ad-free Instagram feed.
Chipotle is moving its tortilla robot to a real restaurant.
Israel Deploys AI Powered Turret in the West Bank.
No, There's No 'Ghost In The Machine' On Board American Airlines Aircraft.
Penpot inks $8M, as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe's $20B acquisition move.
Darth Vader's Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine.
DallE is open to all!
Help pick the cover of Jeff's book.
Amazon hardware event 2022.
What Did Axios Do?
Amazon launches a Kindle you can write on.
10 biggest announcements from Google Search On 22.
LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments on 20 Million Users Over Five Years.
Chromecast with Google TV (HD) goes official for $29.99 with 1080p, HDR, 8GB storage.
Google discontinues its last traditional Chromecast, but software support will continue.
Chrome now lets you search your @history and @bookmarks from the address bar.
Google lays out Manifest V3's 2023 transition timeline for Chrome extensions.
Here are all of the new features and updates coming to Google Maps.
Android Auto 8.2 beta begins rolling out, tweaks dock of 'Coolwalk' redesign.
NASA's DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test.
Images show chunks DART took out of asteroid.

Picks:

Leo - Rezmason/matrix: matrix (web-based green code rain, made with love).
Jeff - TikTok transparency report.
Jeff - Preorder The Gutenberg Parenthesis.
Ant - Osee Tech On-Camera Monitors.
Ant - Register for Adobe Max for FREE (Virtual).
Cool plank-bike video.
Let me out of the Dynamic Island!

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Douglas Rushkoff

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TWiG 685: Only on Thursdays - Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel Watch, Meta Quest Pro, Passkey support, Google Looker

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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.