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TWiG 687: Rabble Rousing - Inside Planetary and Scuttlebutt, Mr. Beast, Shutterstock AI imagery, Chief TWiT
This Week in Google (Audio)
10/26/22 • 168 min
- Interview with Rabble.
- How Odeo turned into Twitter.
- What did Rabble do before Odeo?
- What did Rabble learn at TXTmob that came over to Twitter?
- Why Jaiku was so cool.
- What did Rabble work on at Yahoo from Uruguay?
- What was the core mistake of Friendster?
- What is the Scuttlebutt protocol and how does it work with Planetary?
- How does Rabble feel about Bluesky?
- What should I be able to export from Twitter right now?
- What's coming soon on Planetary and Scuttlebutt?
- Elon Musk dubs himself 'Chief Twit,' visits Twitter HQ with deal set to close.
- Do you worry about taking money for Planetary?
- Some use cases for how to use Planetary.
- Goodbye to Rabble.
- Musk Tells Bankers He Plans to Close Twitter Deal on Friday.
- Spotify Wants to Get Into Audiobooks but Says Apple Is in the Way.
- Shutterstock will start selling AI-generated stock imagery with help from OpenAI.
- Study: Playing lots of video games may benefit kids' brains.
- The Wire Retracts Its Meta Stories.
- Why audio will never capture the hearts of social media users.
- The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World Hardcover by Jonathan - Freedland.
- Is MrBeast actually worth $1.5 billion?
- Uber will show ads now. But don't count on a lower fare.
- Marco Arment: "Now my app's product page shows gambling ads, which I'm really not OK with.
- Republicans sue Google claiming spam filter blocks email.
- Leo's Meta Quest Pro.
- The Real Chief TWiT: Comfort Tee.
- Texas Sues Google Over Use of Facial Images.
- Google Home web app starts rolling out to view live Nest feeds, older cameras supported.
- Google Maps has removed its COVID-19 layer.
- Google is giving Workspace Individual subscribers a big storage bump.
- YouTube's new design makes it easier to fast-forward or rewind to the right part.
- YouTube Premium is getting a price hike for family plans to $22.99/month.
- Google Messages tests new design for delivered and read indicators.
- New Google Messages and Contacts app icons rolling out, Phone left.
- Rabble returns!
Picks:
- Rabble - Planetary
- Jeff - 76% trust the technology sector
- Rabble - Web3 is Self-Certifying
- Leo - The Crypto Story
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Evan Henshaw-Plath (Rabble)
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TWiG 703: Spicy Autocomplete - writeGPT, Privacy Sandbox, Musk's Twitter firing, Radio Garden
This Week in Google (Audio)
02/15/23 • 149 min
- Elon Musk's reach on Twitter is dropping — he just fired a top engineer over it.
- Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first.
- Google's AI chatbot, Bard, sparks a $100 billion loss in Alphabet shares.
- Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom.
- What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work?
- How, why and when generative AI will kill the search engine.
- writeGPT - OpenAI's GPT prompt assistant.
- From Bing to Sydney – Stratechery by Ben Thompson.
- This artist is dominating AI-generated art. And he's not happy about it.
- Google Launches Privacy Sandbox for Android Beta Test.
- Google Drive adding stylus and finger PDF annotation on Android.
- YouTube TV subscribers will get a discount on NFL Sunday Ticket, access launches September 10.
- Google Fiber rolling out $125/month 5 Gig service in 4 cities.
Picks:
- Stacey - Radio Garden.
- Mike - Wikenigma.
- Mike - StealthGPT.
- Ant - Centralized vs Decentralized on FLOSS Weekly.
- Ant - Tiktok Since Mr. Jarvis is Off This Week.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
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TWiG 735: Outside of the Nerdery - Google's 25th birthday, Meta Ray-Bans, Amazon and Google antitrust trial
This Week in Google (Audio)
09/27/23 • 167 min
- 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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TWiG 741: The Whole Muffin - OpenAI GPTs, Article 45, iMessage regulation, Bored Ape dancing
This Week in Google (Audio)
11/08/23 • 169 min
- 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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TWiG 700: Impecunious Mods - Google job cuts, ChatGPT malware, To Leslie, AmazonSmile to close
This Week in Google (Audio)
01/25/23 • 185 min
- Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
- Interview with Richard Hay.
- Google Slashes Jobs at Incubator Area 120 as Part of Cuts.
- Meta to Reinstate Trump's Facebook and Instagram Accounts.
- AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
- Mastodon founder has a message for Elon Musk.
- Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients.
- Elon Musk Explores Raising Up to $3 Billion to Help Pay Off Twitter Debt.
- Ivory: The Magnificent Mastodon App.
- We tried to run a social media site and it was awful.
- DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market.
- Justice Department calls for breakup of Google in new antitrust lawsuit.
- More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft.
- ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor.
- @divergencearran: Earlier this evening @kevinrose was phished into signing a malicious signature that allowed the hacker to transfer a large number of high-value tokens.
- ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
- T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
- PCs past fans: active cooling chip.
- HBO's 'The Last of Us' Infects Your Google Search With Creepy Fungus.
- To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
- Virginia man sues Chick-fil-A in SF court over sharing data with Facebook.
- The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off.
- Google Clock 7.4 update tests buttons for ending alarms.
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 rolling out with Bluetooth and 5G fixes for Pixel.
- Google Meet making it easier to share files during calls.
- Waze now supports Android Auto's 'Coolwalk' dashboard; will users actually start getting it now?
Picks:
- Stacey - Jabra 85H.
- Stacey - The AirPods Pro 2nd gen as smart hearables puts a smile on my face.
- Jeff - The library that Jeff wants.
- Ant - StellaPro Reflex-S On Sale.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Richard Hay
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TWiG 701: Bring Me a Leaf Blower - ChatGPT and Bing, Samsung Unpacked 2023, Clear Calling demo, Artifact
This Week in Google (Audio)
02/01/23 • 156 min
- AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity.
- ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.
- Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.
- Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years.
- History of AI by Shaan Ray.
- MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.
- AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse.
- OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future.
- Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers.
- Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?
- Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC.
- The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
- How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?
- US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
- Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company.
- Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
- Live test of Clear Calling.
- Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs.
- Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade.
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones.
- Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing.
- YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today.
- Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August.
- Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs.
- PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look.
- New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all.
- Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready.
- Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR.
- Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information.
- Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback.
- Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks.
Picks:
- Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel.
- Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances.
- Jeff - I'm on Team dog.
- Ant - You People.
- Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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TWiG 647: It's A Disco Floor For Your Wall - Joe Rogan Misinformation, Blizzard
This Week in Google (Audio)
01/19/22 • 150 min
- 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
- Follow Ant on Instagram
- $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
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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TWiG 695: The Airing of Grievances - Point-E, Public Domain day 2023, IoT and consent, John Carmack
This Week in Google (Audio)
12/21/22 • 145 min
- Life Expectancy by occupation for people with a wikipedia page.
- How Influencers Hype Crypto, Without Disclosing Their Financial Ties.
- OpenAI releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models.
- On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?
- 'Magic Avatar' App Lensa Generated Nudes From My Childhood Photos.
- MSG's Facial Recognition at Radio City Gets Girl Scout Mom Kicked Out.
- A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
- We should talk about consent in IoT.
- Lionel Messi's World Cup celebration is now the most-liked post on Instagram.
- Looking ahead to CES 2023.
- Public Domain Day 2023.
- Tom Lehrer Songs – Songs and Lyrics by Tom Lehrer.
- John Fetterman's TikTok Whisperer.
- Police provide first official details of Elon Musk's alleged stalker incident.
- Alex Barredo: "@joinmastodon official account has been banned on Twitter.
- Elon Musk now says he'll step down as Twitter CEO.
- Who is John J. Ray III, FTX's new chief executive?
- Ex-Google Contractor Settles Lawsuit Over Religious Sect.
- Virtual Reality Pioneer John Carmack Is Leaving Meta.
- Instagram launches new tool to help hacked users regain account access.
- Bear scratching Festivus pole.
Picks:
- Stacey - Therabody Smart Goggles
- Jeff - What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America
- Ant - Sony Alpha Holiday Deals
- Ant - Spyder Checkr Photo on Sale
- Leo - Medieval chaperon, Medieval woolen chaperone, Medieval hood, Medieval hat, 14th century hood, 15th century hat, Medieval headwear, Chaperon
- Leo - movetodon.org
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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TWiG 718: Clean As a Whistle - AI scientist statement, Nvidia Spectrum-X, Amazon's kill list, Mirai botnet
This Week in Google (Audio)
05/31/23 • 159 min
- Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out.
- Pessimists Archive.
- Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already.
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI.
- Stacey gets grilled on AI.
- Big Tech Isn't Prepared for A.I.'s Next Chapter.
- George Hotz wants to 'make driving chill' with next-gen Comma 3 hands-free driver assist.
- The Spectrum-X ethernet switch offers ""lossless"" transmission via a new kind of congestion control, says Nvidia.
- Once Mighty Intel Struggles to Escape 'Mud Hole'.
- The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet.
- Google starts rolling out Search Generative Experience (SGE) in preview.
- Google Assistant's 3rd-party Notes & Lists integration is shutting down.
- Messages Magic Compose beta starts rolling out: RCS only, priority for Google One subs.
- NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV will support unlimited simultaneous streams.
- Google quietly ends support for decade-old Chromecast.
- YouTube Stories, Google's clone of Snapchat, is dying on June 26.
- 230: Supreme Court rejects lawsuit that sought to hold Reddit responsible for hosting child pornography.
- Amazon's Kill List: 37 Projects That Are No More.
- Twitter may be worth only a third of its pre-Musk value, Fidelity says.
- Sonos wins $32.5 million patent infringement victory over Google.
- Leo previews new Mastodon features.
Picks:
- Stacey - Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond.
- Jeff - Wonderful discussion between Reid Hoffman & Trevor Noah.
- Jeff - Google offloading 1.4 million square feet of Bay Area office space.
- Ant - Talking Science and Sports with Stephen A Smith and Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt
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TWiG 746: Huffin' Hazelnut - NotebookLM, Google's Monopoly, Tesla Recall
This Week in Google (Audio)
12/13/23 • 164 min
This wide-ranging episode of TWiG covers many hot topics in tech, including the capabilities and limitations of AI writing tools like NotebookLM, controversies around misleading marketing of Google's Gemini AI model, the future of media and magazines, EU regulation of AI, and more.
- Interview with Steven Johnson about NotebookLM
- Google's best Gemini demo was faked
- Round 2: We test the new Gemini-powered Bard against ChatGPT | Ars Technica
- Channel1.ai is an AI-generated news show: pilot
- EU's AI Act
- Google's App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides With Epic Games | WIRED
- This A.I. Subculture's Motto: Go, Go, Go
- Tesla (TSLA) Autopilot Recall: Two Million Cars Need Software Fix - Bloomberg
- FCC issues final denial of $885M Starlink subsidy | TechCrunch
- Ukraine's intelligence claims cyberattack on Russia's state tax service
- Ukraine's largest telecom operator shut down after cyberattack
- Netflix Releases Viewing Data for 18,000 TV Shows and Movies – The Hollywood Reporter
- Top Execs at Sports Illustrated's Publisher Fired After AI Debacle
- Outer Wilds, a fun time loop mystery game for spacers
- Dropout CEO Talks Doubling CollegeHumor Successor's Streaming Subs and Content Output, Price
Increase Plans and First Profit Sharing - Zuck says Threads is testing federation w/ActivityPub
- Google's Year in Search 2023
- Google's Trends Time Capsule
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Steven Johnson
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