This Week in Google 794: License to Prune

• Mark Zuckerberg just released his own NSFW version of 'Get Low' in a tribute to his wife
• Mattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for 'Wicked' Dolls
• The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off
• Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue
• Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election
• Matter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on track
• Google's learning
• OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of 'GPT' AI Improvements Slows
• Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups
• Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
• Randy Travis's beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again.
• Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work
• YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI
• I Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human Friends?
• Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb
• Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Pivot to Streaming, Podcasting
• Nicholas Carlson, the former top editor of Business Insider, is starting a new company that will focus on video.
• Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple
• Banjo Toss, the game
• After years of trying, Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to Wonder for $650M
• Research suggests people are getting more bored
• Times New Dumbass font

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