This Week in Google (Audio)
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Get a big-picture view and detailed analysis of technology topics covering everything you can google. Join hosts Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau covering corporate leadership, competition, policies, emerging tech, global impacts, and what it means to individuals and communities.
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This Week in Google (Audio)
1w ago
Craig Newmark the Pigeon Man / more AI Music
Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric
Marques Brownlee calls the Humane AI pin "the worst product I've ever reviewed."
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Maria Cantwell wants a privacy law. She's been one of its biggest obstacles.
Experts Provide Early Analysis of the American Privacy Rights Act
Unclear Protections in the American Privacy Rights Act Not Worth Broad Preemption
Google tests stopping news links in California because of CJPA
Whoops! Computer error leads to wrong couple getting divorced
Hey, Paris: How Neopets' nostalgic revival t ..read more
This Week in Google (Audio)
2w ago
Google Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps
The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island
FCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadband
Talking about the old internet
Jeff's paper on the California Journalism Preservation Act
Twitter's Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers
Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop
SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line
NYC Chicken Shop Replaces Cashier With Woman in Philippines On Zoom
First look at federal privacy bill
Instagram Generated Alm ..read more
This Week in Google (Audio)
3w ago
The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
Here Are the Cable News Ratings for March 2024
Why YouTube Decided to Take Over Cable Television
YouTube is increasing the price of premium (Red) subscription by nearly 50%
Why Did Matt Farley Put a Song About Me on Spotify?
Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle 'Incognito' Lawsuit
20 years of Gmail
AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online
Yahoo is acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo News
Amazon's Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Che ..read more
This Week in Google (Audio)
1M ago
Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90
Andrew Huberman's Mechanisms of Control
Bill Maher to Launch Podcast Network
Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running
AI news that's fit to print
How Google uses AI to improve global flood forecasting
Elon Musk requires 'FSD' demo for every prospective Tesla buyer in North America
8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here's the Inside Story
BBC develops AI plans and talks to Big Tech over archives access
Dozens of Top Scientists Sign Effort to Prevent A.I. Bioweapons
Collective AI' expected to resemble Star Tr ..read more
This Week in Google (Audio)
1M ago
Matt Levine attracts online ire for column, 'Slorg Is Sorry He Burnt Slerf'
AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead Long live AI prompt engineering
Sam Bankman-Fried Says 50-Year Sentence Only Suitable for a 'Super Villain'
Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers' data was used for Gemini
Mikah & Jeff react to nVidia event
OpenAI is expected to release a 'materially better' GPT-5 for its chatbot mid-year
OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam
The Check Up with Google Health
Big changes at Inflection AI & Microsoft
From the mind that brought you 'Livvy Jus ..read more
This Week in Google (Audio)
1M ago
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 ..read more
This Week in Google (Audio)
1M ago
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 "AP ..read more
This Week in Google (Audio)
2M ago
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 ..read more
This Week in Google (Audio)
2M ago
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 straig ..read more
This Week in Google (Audio)
2M ago
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 ..read more