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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 / 21:00 UTC.

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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 / 21:00 UTC.

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    The Posters Will Rise - TikTok Ban, Changing Expectations for AI

    The Posters Will Rise - TikTok Ban, Changing Expectations for AI

    Told You So: Amazon, Google Quietly Tamp Down Generative AI Expectations
    European Lawmakers Approve Landmark AI Legislation
    TikTok Will Use Every Legal Tool to Fight a Forced Sale
    ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick expressed interest in buying TikTok, floated the idea of partnering w/ Sam Altman and others
    Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
    Karl Bode breaks it down at TechDirt
    Ed's podcast episode about Musk's Uncharitable Charity
    Elon boots a Don Lemon show after a tough interview
    Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social
    New Google Messages Feature Lets You Turn Blue Chat Bubbles Green (or Orange, or Purple)
    Google's updated sign-in page appears to be rolling out widely
    The Disruptors
    AP launches e-commerce site with Taboola
    Last pressrun at the LA Times
    Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau

    Guest: Ed Zitron

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    • 2 hr 12 min
    The Righte to Hoose - OpenAI vs. Musk, Spain Boots Worldcoin Orbs

    The Righte to Hoose - OpenAI vs. Musk, Spain Boots Worldcoin Orbs

    OpenAI and Elon Musk
    Something Like Fire
    Former Twitter Executives Sue Musk Over Unpaid Severance
    Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs
    Life House CEO Departs After The Information's Report on Company
    South Korean streamers struggle with Twitch's sudden exit
    Here Come the AI Worms
    Open letter: A Safe Harbor for Independent AI Evaluation
    Microsoft engineer who raised concerns about Copilot image creator pens letter to the FTC
    Pixel phones just got next-gen call screening
    Complying with the Digital Markets Act
    GOOGLE PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW APP STORE CALLED "APP MALL" FOR CHROMEOS
    Google is starting to squash more spam and AI in search results
    Google Maps is testing a feature that shows you where to enter a building
    Google Business Profile websites are now redirected to Google Maps
    Pixel feature drop: New productivity tools and advanced health features
    6 updates to Waze to help you get around safely and conveniently
    Satellite SOS showing up on some Pixel phones
    classvsoftware/under-new-management: Detect when your installed Chrome extensions have changed owners.
    Air Force employee charged with giving classified information to woman he met on dating site
    Paying with VisionPro
    When students use generative AI, it's "cheating." When teachers use it, it's efficiency....
    Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That's Only About Roads
    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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    • 2 hr 19 min
    They're Made of Meat! - Rollable phone, Bitcoin ETF, AT&T Outage

    They're Made of Meat! - Rollable phone, Bitcoin ETF, AT&T Outage

    Gemini and Google's Culture
    Klarna says its OpenAI virtual assistant does the work of 700 humans
    OpenAI says New York Times 'hacked' ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuit
    Tyler Perry halts $800m studio expansion after being shocked by AI
    Kids left disappointed by Willy Wonka theme park grift
    Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued over a plane crash that killed two pilots last year
    MWC 2024: Motorola's Rollable Concept phone laughs at your silly foldable
    Peering through Lenovo's transparent laptop into a sci-fi future
    Samsung unveils the Galaxy Ring as a way to 'simplify everyday wellness'
    The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn't
    New bitcoin spot ETF trading volume sets daily record, besting launch day
    Supreme Court Arguments on Social Media Laws Are Scrutinized
    Nevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryption
    Third Time's a Charm — Lunar Library Successfully Lands on the Moon — Backup of Human Civilization Will Last for Up To Billions of Years.
    AT&T is giving customers a bill credit following massive outage
    Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT
    Jensen Huang, CEO of #Nvidia, argues that we should stop saying kids should learn to code.
    Doomsters write another letter
    Wear OS is revamping notifications to improve battery life
    Google brings Gemini to Messages and adds AI text summaries for Android Auto
    Chrome's new AI feature can help you write on the web
    Meta Wants Llama 3 to Handle Contentious Questions as Google Grapples With Gemini Backlash
    Google Maps is finally making glanceable directions widely available
    Some Kind of Heaven
    Mom's first VR


    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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    • 2 hr 42 min
    Good Thorp and Vie't On - YouTube Dominates, ChatGPT Goes Nuts

    Good Thorp and Vie't On - YouTube Dominates, ChatGPT Goes Nuts

    Introducing Molly White
    Reddit Is Said to Sign AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO
    Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform
    End of an era: The phone book goes the way of the fax machine as it drops through doors for the very last time after almost 150 years
    Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline's chatbot
    Sam Altman Seeks Trillions of Dollars to Reshape Business of Chips and AI
    How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh
    Walmart agrees to buy Vizio to grow ad business
    Nielsen crowns YouTube #1 Streamer in America 12 months straight!
    Untranslatable foreign words
    Molly on Sam Bankman-Fried
    Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.'s Hottest Start-Ups
    Kids Online Safety Act secures enough support to pass Senate
    New Google sign in
    Waze new features
    'Rat Dck' Among Gibberish AI Images Published in Science Journal
    TikTokker vs her breakdancing bitcoin dad
    Mathematical and Puzzle Fonts/Typefaces - Leo's Pick
    chocolate 3-d printer
    'I love to twirl the cord': the young people pushing for a landline renaissance
    wiki edit wars
    ChatGPT goes temporarily "insane" with unexpected outputs, spooking users
    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

    Guest: Molly White

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    • 2 hr 43 min
    Beat It for 15 Minutes - Sovereign AI, Obituary Spam, Gemini Ultra

    Beat It for 15 Minutes - Sovereign AI, Obituary Spam, Gemini Ultra

    Leo opens his copy of "Shift Happens"
    Nvidia CEO calls for "Sovereign AI" as his firm overtakes Amazon in market value
    Sarah Silverman's copyright infringement suit against OpenAI will advance in pared-down form
    The rise of obituary spam
    Biden administration taps Gina Raimondo to direct new AI Safety Institute
    University of Pennsylvania announces first AI undergrad degree
    When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever
    "Societal misalignments" could pose AI dangers, OpenAI CEO says
    Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is 'the better product' vs. Apple's Vision Pro
    TikTok tunnel girl says project at Northern Virginia home is moving along
    Everyone keeps asking me to talk about this Tunnel Guy so I'm finally doing it
    New Mass Gmail Rejections To Start April 2024, Google Says
    Google One AI Premium is $19.99/month with Gemini Advanced
    A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco
    Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated Media
    The Web Design Museum on Instagram
    ohmygit.org
    in Finland, Windows95Man is going to Eurovision.
    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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    • 1 hr 55 min
    Guerrilla Gardening - Amazon's Rufus, Bluesky Opens, Toothbrush DDoS?

    Guerrilla Gardening - Amazon's Rufus, Bluesky Opens, Toothbrush DDoS?

    Apple vision pro talk
    Your phone isn't listening to you: The myth and its origins
    Bluesky Opens Up
    Taylor Swift joins Elon Musk in trying to silence student who tracks celebrity jets
    UMG Pulls it's music out of TikTok
    The unlikely 3 million electric toothbrush DDoS attack
    YouTube TV Number of Subscribers Revealed in Neal Mohan Letter
    ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to form sports streaming service venture
    Blazing Saddles 50th bday
    Google Bard to become 'Gemini' on February 7 with Android app
    Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake 'chief financial officer'
    Microsoft in deal with Semafor to create news stories with aid of AI chatbot
    Amazon debuts 'Rufus,' an AI shopping assistant in its mobile app
    Did You Use ChatGPT On Your School Apps? These Words May Tip Them Off
    AI trained on a baby's experiences yields clues to how we learn language
    Elon Musk Almost Sold Tesla To Google for $11 Billion
    TikTok's grammy
    TikTok: Call the Raclette police
    wkrp | Aw Phooey
    ASCII Theater
    This impromtu Punxsutawney Phil musical on TikTok!!
    The rebuttal duet
    Pew social stats
    NYT 1985: "laptops are a small niche market, not a mass market.
    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Mikah Sargent

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    • 2 hr 49 min

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