• This Week in Google (Audio)

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This Week in Google (Audio)

By: TWiT
  • Summary

  • It's not just Google. This Week in Google hosts, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau, cover all of Big Tech every Wednesday. Listeners tune in for thought-provoking and entertaining conversations about AI, Internet memes, the future of media, and the latest emerging tech. You won't want to miss a minute. Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Episodes
  • TWiG 791: There's a Pony In There Somewhere - C2PA, Character.ai Lawsuit, Polish AI Radio
    Oct 24 2024
    • Requiem for Raghavan
    • Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade Thanks to Benjamin Franklin
    • Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now
    • Google will block election ads after polls close
    • LinkedIn is News Publishers' New Best Friend
    • People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes
    • Elon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts
    • Musk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in Texas
    • Sam Altman's identity and cryptocurrency venture Worldcoin has a rebrand
    • Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen's Suicide
    • On-device AI could make apps obsolete
    • Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law
    • Controversy after Polish radio station replaces human presenters with AI
    • Sotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot
    • Elvis Found Alive
    • Thank you, Steve Ballmer, for a concert app that made me want to scream

    Content Warning: The following story discusses the sensitive topic of suicide involving a minor. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - call or text 988 or chat online at chat.988lifeline.org. If you are located outside the United States, please visit findahelpline.com to find a helpline in your country.

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    Guest: Nathan Freitas

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

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    2 hrs and 41 mins
  • TWiG 790: Invalid URL Removed - Internet Archive Hack, Wordpress Drama
    Oct 17 2024
    • YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic video
    • Wimbledon tennis tournament replaces line judges with technology in break with tradition
    • Citizen pruners
    • The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained
    • Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
    • LLMs don't do formal reasoning - and that is a HUGE problem
    • Google adds new features for Pixel along with Android 15 rollout
    • October Pixel Drop: Helpful enhancements for your devices
    • Google Shopping is getting an AI upgrade as Alphabet looks to monetize investments
    • Google Shopping's getting a big transformation
    • The latest Gboard beta lets you switch between Roboto and Google Sans fonts
    • Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin
    • Google Messages gets a new feature that makes it easier to keep private
    • TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege
    • The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites
    • Joe Trippi starts a social network: sezus
    • Short-selling company goes after Roblox to profit
    • Trump Signals Skepticism of Google Breakup, Citing Competition With China
    • Defector: Year 4 in review
    • Doritos to open first restaurant
    • AI - generated restaurant via Taylor Lorenz

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    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

    Sponsors:

    • bitwarden.com/twit
    • uscloud.com
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    2 hrs and 54 mins
  • TWiG 789: Mauritius Compliance - Satoshi Unmasked, End of .io, Megalopolis
    Oct 10 2024
    • More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them
    • Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto unmasked: Will HBO reveal who really made the cryptocurrency?
    • How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domain
    • OpenAI pursues public benefit structure to fend off hostile takeovers
    • Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI Who Expressed Alarm Over the Technology, Shares Nobel Prize in Physics
    • Paris Megalopolis review
    • The Wordpress saga
    • Justice Department weighs fixes for Google search monopoly
    • Google's response
    • U.S. judge orders sweeping changes to Google's Android app store
    • Why Caroline Calloway Is Staying Put in Sarasota for Hurricane Milton
    • When Cell Service Is Down, You Can Send iPhone Texts via Satellite
    • A Google Doc of 2024 Events
    • Beer can artwork accidentally thrown in bin by staff member at Dutch museum
    • First a statue. Now Zuck designs a minivan for his wife.

    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    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

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    • uscloud.com
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    • veeam.com
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    2 hrs and 36 mins

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