TWiG 687: Rabble Rousing - Inside Planetary and Scuttlebutt, Mr. Beast, Shutterstock AI imagery, Chief TWiT

10/26/22 • 168 min

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Interview with Rabble.
How Odeo turned into Twitter.
What did Rabble do before Odeo?
What did Rabble learn at TXTmob that came over to Twitter?
Why Jaiku was so cool.
What did Rabble work on at Yahoo from Uruguay?
What was the core mistake of Friendster?
What is the Scuttlebutt protocol and how does it work with Planetary?
How does Rabble feel about Bluesky?
What should I be able to export from Twitter right now?
What's coming soon on Planetary and Scuttlebutt?
Elon Musk dubs himself 'Chief Twit,' visits Twitter HQ with deal set to close.
Do you worry about taking money for Planetary?
Some use cases for how to use Planetary.
Goodbye to Rabble.
Musk Tells Bankers He Plans to Close Twitter Deal on Friday.
Spotify Wants to Get Into Audiobooks but Says Apple Is in the Way.
Shutterstock will start selling AI-generated stock imagery with help from OpenAI.
Study: Playing lots of video games may benefit kids' brains.
The Wire Retracts Its Meta Stories.
Why audio will never capture the hearts of social media users.
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World Hardcover by Jonathan - Freedland.
Is MrBeast actually worth $1.5 billion?
Uber will show ads now. But don't count on a lower fare.
Marco Arment: "Now my app's product page shows gambling ads, which I'm really not OK with.
Republicans sue Google claiming spam filter blocks email.
Leo's Meta Quest Pro.
The Real Chief TWiT: Comfort Tee.
Texas Sues Google Over Use of Facial Images.
Google Home web app starts rolling out to view live Nest feeds, older cameras supported.
Google Maps has removed its COVID-19 layer.
Google is giving Workspace Individual subscribers a big storage bump.
YouTube's new design makes it easier to fast-forward or rewind to the right part.
YouTube Premium is getting a price hike for family plans to $22.99/month.
Google Messages tests new design for delivered and read indicators.
New Google Messages and Contacts app icons rolling out, Phone left.
Rabble returns!

Picks:

Rabble - Planetary
Jeff - 76% trust the technology sector
Rabble - Web3 is Self-Certifying
Leo - The Crypto Story

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guest: Evan Henshaw-Plath (Rabble)

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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)

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

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsor:

Melissa.com/twit

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Kanye West is buying 'free speech platform' Parler.
Court blocks Texas social media law from taking effect.
Musk Will Have Absolute Control Over Twitter, Documents Show.
I have seen the frightening future of spam. It is this $1.5b AI bot co (formerly Jarvis.ai)
Jack Dorsey-Founded Bluesky Unveils Roadmap for Decentralized Social Networks.
What happened to XMPP?
New York attorney general release report on "chilling" Buffalo shooting.
How TikTok ate the internet.
Ai-Da the robot sums up the flawed logic of Lords debate on AI.

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Jeff - Freedom House report on internet freedom.
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Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis

Guests: Glenn Fleishman and Kevin Marks

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TWiG 688: Hundo Milo - Musk takes over Twitter, FCC says ban TikTok, Roblox virtual clothing class

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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.