TWiG 700: Impecunious Mods - Google job cuts, ChatGPT malware, To Leslie, AmazonSmile to close

• 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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