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This Week in Google (Audio)
THIS WEEK IN GOOGLE

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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 / 22:00 UTC.

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    A Sycophant in Your Pocket - Supreme Court Briefs, Leo's New AI Toys

    Justice Kagan Acknowledges Bluesky, And Other Notes From The TikTok Oral Argument Alito and Playboy A Marriage Proposal Spoken Entirely in Office Jargon Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed Free our feeds fundraising The people should own the town square Lemley's post Google's 'Daily Listen' lab is a personalized podcast based on your Discover feed Leo's AI toys She Is in Love With ChatGPT Jawboning In Plain Sight: The Unconstitutional Censorship Tolerated By The DMCA Personalized voice recordings by Elwood "You've got mail!" Edwards American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al Physicists figure out the perfect Cacio e Pepe recipe Cursormania! Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    2h 33m

  2. JAN 9

    Human Beans - Meta Stops Fact-Checking, Public Domain 2025

    Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X (30+) kottke.org: "oh shit new logo just dropped" Masnick: The Good, The Bad, And The Stupid In Meta's New Content Moderation Policies Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down I watched the Nvidia keynote; can summarize -jj The Bitter Lesson Hank Green's Cripslock Test for AGI Public Domain Day 2025 CES 2025 New AI powered Samsung refrigerators will allow direct grocery ordering with Instacart Gemini is taking over Google TV - in a good way Google's AI Help Me Read feature Deepseek seems to be a big deal: Chinese model, cheaper to train Altman's latest gospel Choose your Silicon Valley Thinkbro Nicvember Post Mortum The Habermas Machine: AI mediating disagreements VPN Demand Surge in Florida after Adult Sites Age Restriction Kicks In Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: zscaler.com/security

    2h 9m

  3. 12/23/2024

    The Best of 2024 - Tree Pruning 101, Cow Magnets, The Skin

    Jeff's op-ed proposing that Bell Labs be turned into a Museum and School of the Internet Paris reveals her passion for pruning trees in NY Molly White's first appearance, stupid Wikipedia edit wars Ed Zitron's first appearance, elon's shady non-profits NYC apartment with a podcast studio What are cow magnets? Paris and Cathy, tab hoarders Paris digs into the source of the human cells used in a robotics experiment Craig stops by to talk about pancakes and his philanthopy Leo's audition for Megalopolis AI Genereated podcast of Paris' stories Paris getting her license to prune trees in NY Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    51 min

  4. 12/19/2024

    What's A Basketball? - 1-800-CHATGPT, TPLink, TikTok Ban

    Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes Personal Data of Rhode Island Residents Breached in Large Cyberattack YouTube TV increases price by $10 a month starting in January YouTube's year of the livingroom WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024 NotebookLM gets a new look, audio interactivity and a premium version 1-800-ChatGPT Roose celebritizes Claude The weirdest job in AI Nvidia's $249 Jetson Nano supercomputer The Trouble With Searching Google for 'the Best' Joanna Stern book all about her Feeling at home? New app lets US homebuyers see neighbors' politics Masnick: Katie Couric Is Wrong: Repealing Section 230 Won't Stop Online Misinformation LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced) Seat patterns from public transports all around the world A compendium of transit tickets. Top uses of Claude (by country) Always Go To The Funeral Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

    2h 29m

  5. 12/12/2024

    Great for Soup! - Veo, Willow, The Onion & Infowars

    Google introduces its new generative AI video model, Veo. TikTok is fighting back, seeking to pause the US ban pending a review from the Supreme Court. A judge is currently blocking the sale of Infowars to The Onion. And Leo and Jeff help Pars decide on the best gifts for a white elephant party. Google's new generative AI video model is now available. Google introduces A.I. agent that aces 15-day weather forecasts. Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip. Google is suing a federal regulator over supervision of its payment division. Hawk Tuah memecoin dumps 90% amid backlash over controversial launch. TikTok seeks to pause US ban pending Supreme Court review. Frank McCourt's Project Liberty advances bid for TikTok. The Supreme Court must intervene in the TikTok case. Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup. Are those drones over New Jersey? Sightings mount, and still no answers. Introducing Reddit answers. Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review. Instagram rolls out 'trial reels' that aren't shown to a creator's followers. Infowars sale to The Onion rejected by Federal bankruptcy judge. Debanking (and Debunking?) YouTube's new auto-dubbing feature is now available for knowledge-focused content. The AI We Deserve. New KOSA, same as old KOSA, but now with Elon's ignorant endorsement. 404 Media objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's subpoena to access our reporting. Casey Newton: The phony comforts of AI skepticism. WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules. Bluesky stats! Advertising is stupid. AI is stupid. The singularity is never. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100

    2h 50m

  6. 12/05/2024

    Nil Coin: It's Good For Nothing - Hawk Tuah, Australia's Social Media, Brain Rot

    Amazon is being sued over slow deliveries to lower-incomer areas. What is the Oxford University's 2024 word of the year? Canada's antitrust watchdog is suing Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in advertising. And Leo tries not to spend too long on the Google Changelog items. 'Hawk tuah' girl Haliey Welch launches crypto memecoin—but insists it's not a cash grab. Amazon sued over slow deliveries to low-income areas. Bluesky COO rejects idea upstart social app is 'left-leaning'. Australia bans social media for everyone under 16. What is Brain rot, the Oxford University 2024 word of the year? Intel stock wavers on CEO Pat Gelsinger's departure. FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop. Canada's antitrust watchdog sues Google alleging anti-competitive conduct in advertising. FTC changes its telemarketing rules to cover growing 'tech support scam' calls. Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say. U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack that exposed live phone calls. No one is talking about ChatGPT anymore. Romans and cultural leaders criticize Airbnb's planned two-night Colosseum experience for up to 32 guests in May 2025, saying it will demean a cultural treasure. Google Chat rolling out audio 'Huddles' powered by Meet. Google Maps app showing incident reports from Waze. Gemini app rolling out 'Make calls and send message without unlocking'. Google Wallet for Wear OS adding corporate badges, campus IDs, and more. Pixel 6-9 now lets you check device temperature after 'Troubleshooting' update. Google's video generator comes to more customers. Google's beefing up Android app security, but not everyone's going to be happy. Google Photos rolling out 'Undo device backup' setting. Mikah's TATOFY for Magic Mouse 2 Grip Can the "Bookazine" save Magazines? Calculator Soup. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau Guest: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    2h 32m

  7. 11/28/2024

    Holding Space for Defying Gravity - Pixel Tablet 2, Facial Recognition Tech, Social Media

    Paris' stuffing recipe. Source: Google has canceled the Pixel Tablet 2, not the Tab 3. Meta gains steam in its push to make Apple, Google verify users' ages. A complex new age of face tech. Musk unleashes online army on federal workers. 'A tough way to find out she's losing her job.' Elon Musk admits X is making it harder for people to read news. Elon Musk's Twitter backers gain windfall from xAI deal. Google's new chess game lets you customize pieces with AI. Google's Black Friday sale features record low prices on Pixel, Nest, and more. Here's the full list of Gemini extensions and what they can do. Google's iOS app now injects links on third-party websites that go back to Search. Google Maps now does a better job of highlighting stairs. Holding Space for Defying Gravity. What Leo, Paris, and Jeff are thankful for with the Internet. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google 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 cachefly.com/twit

    2h 33m

  8. 11/21/2024

    Alf's Hog is Skeeting - Google Chrome, Bluesky, Coca-Cola

    DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome to break search Monopoly. Trump's pick for FCC chair has vowed crackdown on big tech 'censorship'. Musk joined call between Trump, Google CEO. CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash. What Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC pick, wrote in 'Project 2025' chapter. Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads. Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app. Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app. Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad. Instagram will let you 'reset' your recommendations. Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices. Meta's reward for providing free global communications? FTC lawsuit. Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC. Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites. Mobile browser Arc Search is now generally available on Android. Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world. Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad. Exclusive: Google Pixel laptop in development! Can we talk about ALF hog? YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father's ashes. Mike Masnick: One Billion Users, the Social Media card game. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100 uscloud.com

    2h 31m
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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 / 22:00 UTC.

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