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It's the holidays! This week, we are joined by producer Anthony and our old pal Ant Pruitt to celebrate and discuss a wide variety of topics, from first space memories to our favorite space toys to what spaceflight means to each of us. It's a warm "family reunion" you won't want to miss! Join us for some holiday cheer, and Tariq's "Tiny Tim" moment... Headlines: • NASA's Parker Solar Probe to make its closest approach to the sun on Christmas Eve 2024, flying within 3.8 million miles and withstanding temperatures up to 2,500°F to study the sun's behavior and dynamics • Christmas and Hanukkah to be celebrated on the same day in 2024, with astronauts on the ISS enjoying the holidays and connecting with their families on Earth, continuing a 50-plus year tradition • A potential partial shutdown is looming for the U.S. government, which could impact NASA and limit public outreach during the Parker Solar Probe's close approach to the sun Main Topic - Space Memories and Space Toys: First Space Memories: • Tariq recalls building paper rockets with his mother and launching them on a friend's farm • Ant shares his first space memories from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and the Challenger disaster • Anthony mentions playing with Lego space sets sent by his aunt from Denmark • Rod remembers listening to a Gemini mission on the radio at the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra lounge where his father worked and being captivated by Apollo 8's mission to orbit the moon and reading of Genesis on December 24, 1968 Favorite Space Toys: • Rod shares memories of his ca. 1965 Big Loo Moon Robot and Major Matt Mason action figures, discussing the evolution of space toys in the 1960s • Tariq reminisces about his Transformers Omega Supreme toy and a paper tab and slot space shuttle and carrier aircraft model • Ant recalls his Transformers Skywarp toy and the appeal of its counterpart, Thundercracker • Anthony talks about playing the video game Escape Velocity on his family's iMac computer • The group discusses the joys and challenges of building model rockets, with Rod and Tariq sharing stories of their experiences • Tariq shows off his new pre-built Estes space shuttle model rocket, comparing it to the more challenging build-it-yourself kits The Importance of Space Exploration: • Ant questions the allocation of resources for space exploration while critical issues on Earth remain unaddressed • Rod counters by highlighting the technological, educational, and inspirational benefits of space programs, as well as the economic returns on investment, and the cultural importance of exploration • The group discusses the potential impact of SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation on global connectivity and the debate surrounding its sustainability and alternatives • Rod emphasizes the distinction between Elon Musk's ambitious Mars colonization plans and NASA's more measured approach to exploration • The TWiS crew wishes everyone a happy holiday and Merry Christmas Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guests: Ant Pruitt and Anthony Nielsen Download or subscribe to This Week in Space at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money. Craig Newmark stops by Galaxy fold unboxing We know almost everything about the Google Pixel 9 series already A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money Friend in a box US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules The gymnastics world braces for an AI future NASA will shut down NASA TV on cable to focus on NASA+ W3C Slams Google U-turn on Third-Party Cookie Removal Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L Follow Ant's ZDNET stuff Scots brat Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Craig Newmark 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: betterhelp.com/TWIG cachefly.com/twit

Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass Reflecting on 18 years at Google Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter? Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulator Provisionally Finds Elon goes full Pizzagate. How does this end? A new low in manels Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers OpenAI Made an AI Breakthrough Before Altman Firing, Stoking Excitement and Concern Hugging Face CEO on What Comes After Transformers Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O Anthony Levandowski Reboots Church of Artificial Intelligence Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates developer's life, goes viral Google Slides getting built-in presentation recording tool Google Will Start Deleting Old Accounts This Week. Here's How to Save Your Google Account Google's .meme domain is here to serve your wackiest websites Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files Picks of the week (Paris) The 2000 cinematic masterpiece Chicken Run (Paris) Pentiment (Jeff) Jezebel to Be Resurrected by Paste Magazine (Jeff) After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine (Ant) City Nerd on YouTube (Jason) No Ads in Albania, Ethiopia and Myanmar Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt 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: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT mylio.com/TWIT25 hid.link/twigdemo

Adobe Flash Player Updater is (still) desperately trying to update Veracrypt password security Firefox moves to 120 with a bunch of very nice new features Do-Not-Track is back on track "ownCloud" -or- "PwnCloud" ? CrushFTP Critical Vulnerability Bypassing fingerprint authentication ApacheMQ TransUnion & Experian both hacked Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Sponsors: paloaltonetworks.com/ot-security-tco Melissa.com/twit GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

From King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company." Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes' Dear Elon Musk, here are five things you might want to consider about AGI DeepMind releases new music model Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music Introducing Stable Video Diffusion — Stability AI Google Meet can now detect when you physically raise your hand Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 Google Maps' new look may frustrate Calif. drivers as Thanksgiving travel begins Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone Anthropic Introduces Claude 2.1 With 200K Context Window Sarah Silverman Hits Stumbling Block in AI Lawsuit Against Meta Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn't Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It! What Spotify's New Royalty Model Really Means MC HAMMER on X: "Salute and congratulations to the 710 plus @OpenAI team members who gave an unparalleled demonstration of loyalty, love and commitment to @sama and @gdb in these perilous times it was a thing of beauty to witness. Salute Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over 'Video Game Addiction', Because That's Easier Than Parenting Picks: Paris - a beautiful 2 minutes in live caller history. Stephen A. Smith vs a guy who tries to ask about Cars Paris - And.... from the mind that brought you basement eel guy: TikTok tunnel girl Jeff - No evidence screen time is negative for children's cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study Ant - Great Review From Mr Sargent and Mr Nielsen - Shot on iPhone 15 Ant - LumaFusion Update Includes Editing on SSD Ant - Bittersweet and Grateful Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt 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: securemyemail.com/twit Use Code TWIT discourse.org/twit vanta.com/twig

OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains. Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection. GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes. The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors. AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4. Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell. Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in. Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal. Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas. TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries. Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating. YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform. Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services. Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety. Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns. Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally. Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt 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: fastmail.com/twit Melissa.com/twit mylio.com/TWIT25

DMV suspends Cruise's robo-taxi permit in San Francisco after pedestrian accident Debate over regulating approval process for autonomous vehicles between NHTSA and NTSB Analysis of Google's disappointing Q3 financial results and advertising revenue drop Impact of dating apps like Tinder on relationships and matchmaking The demise of Twitter rival Pebble aka T2 Online interactions and social media - federation, verification, addiction Lawsuits and moral panic surrounding Meta and Instagram's impact AI wearable technology like Humane AI pin's features and risks Google Chrome's dominance Ethics of AI - risks of automation, data poisoning, copyright Role of AI in society, regulating development, technology concerns Picks include - corn mazes, Dimension 20, Jezebel up for sale, Pixel 8 Pro camera review Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt 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: wix.com/studio?utm_campaign=pa_podcast_studio_10/ 23_TWiT%5Esponsors_cta discourse.org/twit

Elon Musk says charging $1 a year to Twitter users could reduce bots VC Mark Andreessen loses it in controversial tech manifesto Meta Quest 3 brings back glassholes to the wild Amazon launches satellites to compete with SpaceX Starlink Peter Norvig and Blaise Aguera y Arcas claim AGI is already here 51% of teens spend 4+ hours daily on social media YouTube getting AI-powered ads targeting pop culture moments Mass tech layoffs in 2022 - reasonable correction or problematic? Google Wallet adds support for digital IDs and ticket scanning Adobe focuses on AI over Figma acquisition amid antitrust scrutiny Picks: Trust & Safety Tycoon game, beautiful coffee videos, laptop advice Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: 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: mylio.com/TWIT25 hid.link/twig GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Adobe announces a whole host of new AI features and upgrades at its MAX conference. We review the Pixel 8 Pro and discuss its new Ultra HDR capabilities. OpenAI plans to announce new developer features at its November conference and we demonstrate the new ChatGPT voice features. • Ant Pruitt stops by Tech News Weekly to give us a rundown of what Adobe announced at its annual Adobe MAX conference. • Jason Howell has the Pixel 8 Pro in hand, so he takes some time to give us his thoughts on the new phone and show off some of the new photo features and camera functionality. • Mishaal Rahman explains the new Ultra HDR format in Android 14. • Mikah Sargent talks about OpenAI's upcoming developer conference and demonstrates ChatGPT's new voice interactivity. Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent Guests: Ant Pruitt and Mishaal Rahman Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Brooklinen.com Use Code TNW GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Google's "enshittification" memos A Note From WIRED Leadership Moonlighting comes to Hulu... starring Jeff Jarvis! Elon Musk's X Strips Article Headlines on Shared Links Did Elon Musk Endorse Biden, Come Out as Transgender and Die of Suicide? Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X's Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation Sure, There's Disinfo On ExTwitter, But The EU Should Not Be Demanding Censorship Alexa says the 2020 election was stolen. What does it mean for 2024? The Journalist and the Fallen Billionaire The fraud was in the code Newsom signs bill that would make it easier to delete online personal Google is already bringing back the software features it removed because of Sonos' lawsuit Right-to-repair is now the law in California Meta Is Paying Creators Millions for AI Chatbots Google Will Drop Claim That YouTube TV Is '$600 Less Than Cable' After Charter Complaint to Advertising Board Zuzalu: From a hacker house to a hacker resort I Gave ChatGPT an IQ Test. Here's What I Discovered Google rolls out Pixel Buds Pro 5.9 update with Conversation Detection Google Meet brings 1080p streaming to group calls Google Accounts will prompt users at login to set up passkey Google bringing Flood Hub forecasts to the US Google Fi 'upgrade' takes $400 off Pixel 8 Pro with no trade-in Adobe MAX: Adobe Unveils the Future of Creativity and AI at Adobe MAX 2023 Picks: Cathy - Restoration of Notre Dame Jeff - Video of Unsupervised Ant - ADOBE MAX 2023: WHY AI WILL NOT TAKE JOBS FROM CREATORS Ant - How to Read a Defense | A Guide to the Basics of Football Coverage Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Cathy Gellis 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: vanta.com/twig mylio.com/TWIT25 Melissa.com/twit

Google's Pixel hardware event and new devices Debate over adding AI to search functions - risks to accuracy? Laws challenging social media's First Amendment rights Movies released on TikTok by studios High production costs of Masterclass Streaming vs DVDs and the shrinking open web Spotify's attempts to expand beyond music in audiobooks Amazon's algorithms manipulating prices Supreme Court case involving copyright of legal search tools Paywalls and closed platforms replacing the open web Pushback against heroic tech biographies and access journalism Impacts of inexpensive screens and cameras everywhere Testing social media subscription models Using AI to create realistic fake photos and videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: 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: kolide.com/twig fastmail.com/twit Miro.com/podcast

Google's 25th birthday Google killing off Google Podcasts Next week's Pixel hardware event Meta's VR/AR announcements and new Ray-Ban smartglasses with cameras Antitrust lawsuits against Google and Amazon AI voice cloning for automatic translation by YouTube, Spotify WGA writer's strike in Hollywood ending with AI concessions Meta adding AI bots everywhere Books scanned to train AI models in searchable database The viability of foldable laptop screens Premium $500/month Tinder subscriptions Picks: SummaryCat, GrapeGPT, Blackmagic Cinema camera 6K, Starter Villain book, Korg MS-20 Mini synth Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Mike Elgan 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: discourse.org/twit bitwarden.com/twit

Apple has quietly removed support for Postscript in macOS Ventura over security concerns with the outdated interpreter language. China has formally accused the NSA of hacking and maintaining access to Huawei servers since 2009, based on documents from Edward Snowden. A misconfigured Azure Shared Access Signature token resulted in 38TB of sensitive internal Microsoft data being exposed, including employee backups with passwords. The Signal messaging platform has added a post-quantum encryption protocol called PQXDH, combining its existing X3DH with the believed quantum-resistant CRYSTALS-Kyber system. A zero-day iOS exploit chain was used to target Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Eltantawy, redirecting his traffic to install spyware after visiting a non-HTTPS site. Steve gave an update on the status of his forthcoming ValiDrive USB validation utility, explaining delays due to challenges working at the USB level under Windows. A blog post argued that the complexity of modern web browsers has made it impossible to create competitive new browsers from scratch. An emailer claimed to have a mathematical algorithm that can generate truly random numbers. Another emailer asked whether encrypting and deleting a hard drive could substitute for overwriting with random data. There was an explanation of how public key encryption can be used bidirectionally for both encryption and authentication. Listener questions whether all stolen LastPass vaults will eventually be decrypted. Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-941-Notes.pdf Hosts: Steve Gibson and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/security-now. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit You can submit a question to Security Now at the GRC Feedback Page. For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6. Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT Melissa.com/twit

The group discusses the DOJ's antitrust case against Google's search dominance. The hosts debate whether AI will help or harm the fight against online disinformation. Leo and Joan discuss the challenges of internet safety and regulation in the UK. Google news includes: Chromebook lifespan extended to 10 years, Android 14 QPR beta, Google Calendar appointment booking, Nest speaker groups limited, and Google Domains transferred to Squarespace. Leo and Joan talk about the New York Times job posting for an AI ethics lead. The hosts play an AI-generated song made by Stability AI. Leo shares highlights from the leaked Google document about shutting down Stadia game streaming. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Joan Donovan 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: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT mylio.com/TWIT25

Google pays more than $10 billion per year for these privileged positions Trademark Genericide And One Big Way The DOJ Admits That Its Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Is Utter Garbage YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate's videos, court says Google's cookie-replacing Privacy Sandbox reaches major milestone Google teaser previews Pixel Watch 2 and both Pixel 8 phones NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube is a hit, with more subscribers than when it was on DirecTV Google will soon require disclaimers for AI-generated political ads Coke Y3000 made with AI Casey Newton reads the Musk bio so we don't have to Book Review: 'Elon Musk,' by Walter Isaacson Elon Musk's X is suing California over its online moderation reporting bill UK backs off breaking encryption Google pledges $20 million for responsible AI fund Jeff comment to Copyright Office on AI OpenAI CEO (and prepper) Sam Altman Said A.I. Won't Save Him in a Real-World Crisis AI learns to smell Amazon rolls out generative AI tool to help sellers write product listings Adobe launches generative AI for Creative Cloud users and raises plan prices GOOGLE CHANGELOG Google adds Prime Video and bunch of other stuff to cars with native Android software Find My Device 3.0 rolling out with new Android app icon Chrome is about to look a bit different You're invited to the new Google Visitor Experience Chromecast with Google TV adds official support for streaming your PS5 YouTube starts making the 'Subscribe' button glow when creators ask you to subscribe PICKS OF THE WEEK Visit Rockport Project Gutenberg Open Audiobook Collection Adobe Video Fall Updates 2023: Premiere Pro, After Effects, FrameIO Ant on "Friends Like Us" With Marina Franklin and Von Decarlo The Original Pixel Buds Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Cathy Gellis 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 Sponsor: Miro.com/podcast

Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Online Safety Bill When Tech Says "No" Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia Jeff Jarvis Moving on From CUNY Judge strikes down porn age-verification law in Texas : NPR The Department of Defense Launches the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Website Caltech drops calculus, chemistry, physics course requirements for admission NFT Hype Fades in Crypto Market as Sales Volume Plunges Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach Google updates the Android brand with new logo and 3D robot Google raising the price of Nest Aware and Aware Plus Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting Google rolls out file locking for Workspace customers Empire of the Sum book (GF) Nice Work, Joe Esposito Nice Work, #JacobPruitt Hosts: Leo Laporte and Ant Pruitt Guest: Glenn Fleishman 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: fastmail.com/twit Melissa.com/twit

Google announces Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th Samsung buys popular meal planning app Whisk and rebrands it as Samsung Food Google discontinues Pixel Pass subscription bundle after just one year Chrome OS 116 adding auto correct and local file search Google Chat adding voice messages and interoperability with Slack and Teams Elon Musk makes controversial appearance at Valorant esports tournament Tesla planning LA supercharger location with diner and drive-in movie theater Facebook lifting ban on political ads in preparation for 2024 election Senator Chuck Schumer hosting AI forums with tech executives Meta removes thousands of accounts linked to Chinese influence campaigns Canada's news ban on Facebook failed to reduce platform's usage Twitter facing thousands of arbitration cases from fired employees WordPress offering 100-year domain name registration option Nvidia posts record profits on demand for AI and gaming chips Zuckerberg demonstrates typing 100 words per minute in VR using digital keyboard New Sony Alpha A7C and A7C-R compact mirrorless cameras announced Donation options to support Hawaii residents impacted by recent hurricanes Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt 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: mylio.com/TWIT25 Building Cyber Resilience Podcast

Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires Canadian Media Orgs Said That Meta Linking To News Was Anticompetitive; Now They Say NOT Linking To News Is Anticompetitive The Bill C-18 Regulation Fake-Out: Setting the Record Straight on When Bill C-18 Takes Effect and the Regulation Making Process Elon Musk's Shadow Rule How is Spotify doing with its podcast business? Spotify will let podcasters customize their show page to bring in new listeners YouTube tests a search feature where users hum to identify songs A Few Unpopular Opinions about AI New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless Create real estate flythroughs with AI The Facebook settlement claim deadline is Friday. Here's how to apply. Meta launches web version of flagging Threads app YouTube is testing a much smaller 'Skip Ads' button YouTube Music to support subscribing to podcasts via RSS Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here's How It Works Google Photos Rolls Out New Editing Tools For Web New Gmail 'Verify it's you' prompt appears when attempting 'sensitive actions' Google TV update brings NFL Sunday Ticket integration, more free TV channels Gmail for Android and iOS rolling out translate feature Adobe's Co-Founder John Warnock Dies at 82 Picks: Mike - Textify Mike - Unriddle Mike - TextFX Jeff - Sorry, But LinkedIn Is Cool Now Jeff - TikTok meets Dukes mayo Ant - Vegas Pro 21 Update with Boris FX Ant - Shout out to Harry Williams: Free Form Living Light Leo's AI Flythrough Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Mike Elgan 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: panoptica.app discourse.org/twit bitwarden.com/twit

We still love us some space conspiracies! This week, Tariq and I discuss more of our favorites--from the "the Earth is flat!" to the deadly Planet X (or "Planet 9," as self-avowed Pluto-Killer Mike Brown calls it--though he may end up with naming rights), we'll look at, discuss, and debunk more of the wackiest conspiracies ever... because, "the truth is out there--or maybe, just maybe, it's in our heads, after all. Be incredulous! Hosts: Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik Guest: Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-space. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: bitwarden.com/twit

Google's updates to NFL Sunday Ticket, including flexible billing, student plans, live chat, polls, and more Linear TV viewing falling below 50% for the first time Streaming gaining more market share, but subscription costs rising Congressional inquiry into harmful data broker practices Google using AI to generate key points in web pages Google considering allowing AI summaries directly in search results YouTube cracking down on videos promoting ineffective cancer cures Google Photos getting AI-powered auto-generated titles and organization Google Slides enabling presenters to draw and annotate while presenting Changes coming to YouTube Shorts, including blocking links to combat spam Google's hotel for employees during COVID now offering discounted rates as they push back towards in-office work California allowing self-driving cars to operate in San Francisco 24/7, leading to traffic jams Google eliminating many of its private label consumer product brands due to poor sales and distrust Internet Archive being sued by record labels for digitizing and hosting out of print 78rpm records Update on researcher Joan Donovan's firing from Harvard and new role at Boston University Proposal for new rules regulating data brokers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act Analysis of surveillance capitalism and its effects on society Discussion on public distrust of medical institutions and ""elite"" doctors Speculation on Elon Musk's erratic behavior on Twitter including visiting Mark Zuckerberg's house Review of the movie Oppenheimer and how its portrayal connects to the ethical dilemmas of technology Several lighter topics including bollards on Twitter, introducing grandparents to TikTok, and AI-generated poetry Picks: Stacey - Homey Pro Jeff - She introduced Grandpa to TikTok Ant - Better Smartphone Photography with Lisa Carney at Donner Lake Ant - In-Person or Online: How You Can Support Maui Wildfire Relief Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT Building Cyber Resilience Podcast

Leo shows off his Galaxy Z Flip 5. Judge Narrows Scope of Coming Trial Over Google Monopoly Claims. Musk's X Fined $350,000 in Secret Justice Department Fight Over Trump Records. Google Changes Name of Ad Product Amid Inventory Quality Scandal. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. Tech writer sues Apple, claiming Tetris movie ripped off his 'Cold War thriller' book. BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say. Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers' work unless companies opt out. I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires). Henrietta Lacks' family reaches settlement over use of immortal 'HeLa cells'. 'Every single' Amazon team is working on generative AI, says CEO. AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT. Google Chrome switching to weekly security patch updates. Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts. Google Messages now encrypts RCS conversations by default. Gmail for Android and iOS adding translate feature. Google gives Pixel Tablet first discount 1.5 months after launch. California regulators to decide the future of Cruise and Waymo. YouTube will stop showing videos on the homepage if your watch history is off. WeWork Raises 'Substantial Doubt' About Staying in Business. Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years. MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers. Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars. The Expanse Online Auction. Introducing Project IDX, An Experiment to Improve Full-stack, Multiplatform App Development. $5 billion Google lawsuit over 'incognito mode' tracking moves a step closer to trial. Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93. Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers. Picks: Stacey - SmartThings Energy. Leo - The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books. Jeff - ESPN Strikes $2 Billion Sports-Betting Deal With Penn Entertainment. Ant - The Best $9 You Can Spend. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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 Sponsor: mylio.com/TWIT25

Shift Happens is about to ship! Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers. Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain. The buttons on Zenith's original 'clicker' remote were a mechanical marvel. Facebook's ad business recovers from Apple's attack; watch out TV. A view from DC: Adtech is built on a privacy fault line. Meta Offers to Seek Consent for Highly Personalized Ads in Europe. Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line. Uber Investors Ought to Look at the Big Picture. An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology. The incandescent light bulb still isn't dead — but 'normal' ones are now truly banned. We visited three Worldcoin orb locations since its July launch. Kenya suspends Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning crypto project. Point of no return: Australians fight for the right to work from home permanently. China to Cut Internet Access to Minors. Twitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Checkmark of Shame. Google delists AI Test Kitchen app on Android and iOS. Meta's new AI model can create sounds that are technically music. Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans : NPR. AI can detect breast cancer as well as radiologists, study finds. Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor. Superconductor Breakthrough Findings Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing. Johnny Cash sings ""Barbie Girl"" (A.I.) - YouTube. Google Releases Nearby Share for Windows. YouTube TV price drops temporarily for new users. ChromeOS could split out browser updates this month. 4 new Chrome mobile features to quickly find information. Google's generative search feature now shows related videos and images. Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you. Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million. The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las Vegas. My First Ankle Monitor (fake but fun). Picks: Glenn - Removal of airline change fees + airline apps. Jeff - Facebook surpasses 3 billion monthly active users. Jeff - Content Moderation's Legalism Problem. Ant - Order Prints From Joe Akbrud. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Glenn Fleishman 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: Building Cyber Resilience Podcast panoptica.app

Beyerdynamic has launched the Blue Byrd ANC 2 earbuds. Ant Pruitt takes a look at these wireless earbuds with a quick review. Get the Blue Byrd ANC: https://amzn.to/4795Vtm Host: Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Find more products we recommend at https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork

Twitter's rebrand to X may actually be happening soon. Alphabet reports better-than-expected quarterly results driven by growth in cloud. YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Rise 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates. Google's CFO just got a promotion. Google says 2 billion logged in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts. Google Street View is back in Germany after 10+ year halt. Jeff talks about his trip to Google previewing NotebookLM. Google software engineer got $605,000 bonus, plus more from massive salary leak. Google's nightmare "Web Integrity API" wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web. Top tech companies form group seeking to control AI. ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI. Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to Fuchsia. Google Play services ending support for Android 4.4 KitKat. Everything Samsung Announced at Summer Galaxy Unpacked 2023. ChromeOS 115 rolling out: Android App Streaming, PDF signatures. Picks: Stacey - Weighted Vest. Jeff - IMAX emulates PalmPilot software to power Oppenheimer's 70 mm release. Ant - "Google Stadia" Lives On For Me. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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: discourse.org/twit AWS Insiders - TWIG fastmail.com/twit

The White House details its IoT cybersecurity label plan. Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open. Pluralistic: Why they're smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023). Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Calls Company "Unstable". Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama. Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it. Why computer-made data is being used to train AI models. G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics. AI can't even tell you the chronological order of 'Star Wars' movies. OpenAI strikes $5 million-plus local news deal. Devindra: AI put me in a 'South Park' episode. The risks of AI are real but manageable. This AI Watches Millions Of Cars And Tells Cops If You're Driving Like A Criminal. Google launches Nearby Share for Windows and partnering to pre-install. Google confirms related search operator is going away. Google is testing AI-generated Meet video backgrounds. Now Google's Bard AI chatbot can talk and respond to visual prompts. PSA: Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos this week. Picks: Stacey - Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky Leo - The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Leo - Click for a random web 1.0 web site Jeff - Vox Media stops using Chorus, proprietary CMS, for its own websites Ant - Peak Design Camera Cube Ant - Yellowgold - This Road Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT Brooklinen.com Use Code TWIG

Threads has 100 million users, and many are on Android. Threads Adopting ActivityPub Makes Sense, but Won't Be Easy. Facebook's Threads is so depressing. Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads. Amazon Prime Day Pushes US Online Sales Up 6% in First 24 Hours. Lina Khan Is Taking on the World's Biggest Tech Companies—and Losing. Amazon sues EU in first US challenge to Digital Services Act. In – or out? Wimbledon considers replacing line judges with AI. Anthropic's Claude Is Competing With ChatGPT. Even Its Builders Fear AI. Nirit Weiss-Blatt's taxonomy of the promoters & marketers of AI panic. Google's medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals. Hollywood Studios' WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall. Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement. Google Embroiled in Class Action Lawsuit Over AI Products. The AI Dividend. Scariest bridge in America via Frank Garufi Jr. NotebookLM: Google's AI-powered notes app is launching today. Android 14 Beta 4 lets Pixel devices automatically unlock when you type in the PIN. Google app rolling out 'Finance Watchlist' stocks widget. Google News offering free 4-month New York Times trial. Google Play Changes Policy on Tokenized Digital Assets, Allowing NFTs in Apps and Games. Jeff & Alan Rusbridger discuss the Gutenberg Parenthesis in London. Picks: Stacey - Different ways that Stacey uses sensors. Jeff - 2023 Digital media trends: Immersed and connected. Jeff - Scotland fries. Ant - "Taller Desk Chair" Ant - Watch FLOSS Weekly with Ant! Ant - Cheers To Mr. Terrell C. Woods. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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 Sponsor: drinkAG1.com/twig

Doc Searls and Ant Pruitt talk with Jonathan Bennett about life, love, open source, and what's up with Red Hat. Also, how to bake a printer? Host: Doc Searls Co-Host: Ant Pruitt Guest: Jonathan Bennett Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Jeff's book, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, is out!! Fireworks Have a New Competitor: Drones. Rise, Goldfish: Elden Ring's bosses are now being humiliated by a fish somehow hooked-up to the controls. An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products. Jeff Elgie, local news owner, says Google will bring the government to the table. Village Media's C-18 Update. Google Analytics Violates GDPR, Says Swedish Watchdog. The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews. Twitter was locked in a chaotic doom loop. Now it's on the verge of collapse. Update on Twitter's Rate Limits. The Instagram Threads launch countdown jumped forward and is now targeting 7PM ET. Google Says It'll Scrape Everything You Post Online for AI. Talking about a 'schism' is ahistorical. Why transformative AI is really, really hard to achieve. Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials' Contacts With Social Media Sites. Android Auto is adding new features for electric vehicles. Google Slides opens up Duet AI image generation with Imagen. Google Messages web app now supports direct reply. Picks: Stacey - Roku Home Security Cameras. Leo - Next-Gen Samsung Foldable Reservations Now Live. Jeff - ChatGPT lawyer's forced apologies. Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light. Ant - Rokinon 35mm T1.5 High Speed Wide Angle Cine DSX Lens for Canon EF. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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: AWS Insiders - TWIG GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Supreme Court guts protections for cyberstalking victims. Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Song Lyrics. Talking about the new TWiT AI show. What makes human and what makes conciousness? AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon's Bestseller Lists. Billionaires and Bureaucrats Mobilize China for AI Race With US. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT. Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System. Biden announces $42 billion high-speed internet initiative. RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days. Leo reviews the Pixel Tablet. TP-Link's New Smart Light Switches Support Matter. Coway Airmega Air Purifier. Leo and Lisa's trip to VidCon. YouTube Music now automatically adds songs to your last playlist. Google introduces a new shop tab for rentals and purchases on Android TV | TechCrunch. Google Search rolling out 'Perspectives' filter for more personal and human results. Google updating the Android logo with 3D robot head, new wordmark. Google is giving Find My Device a new logo. Canada Forces Google and Facebook to Pay News Outlets for Linking to Articles. Plot Twist at Turner Classic Movies Upsets Film Fans. Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk say they're up for a cage match. Who would win? Picks:  Jeff - The typical OpenAI engineer makes $925,000 Stacey - Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror + Lightstrip Kit Ant - Sony ZV-E1 firmware update Ant - BimmerCode    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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: AWS Insiders - TWIG Brooklinen.com Use Code TWIG GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt has a few thoughts on the world of photography. Just go shoot. Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

A listener shares some images with Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography for criticism. Finding your photography style is the topic at hand. Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: drinkAG1.com/hop

Google's Ads Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says. Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts. Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout 'will pass'. Hundreds of subreddits plan to go dark indefinitely after Reddit CEO's internal memo. What Reddit Got Wrong. Why The New York Times Will Lose to The Huffington Post. Hawley-Blumenthal bill denies Section 230 protection for AI. ChatGPT Goes to Court. Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard. Music Companies Sue Twitter for Alleged Copyright Violations. Beyond Meat (BYND), Impossible Foods Burgers Are Just Another Food Fad. Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance. Taco Bell's Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars. Quantum Computing Advance Begins New Era, IBM Says. In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S. Google to Launch Long-Delayed News Showcase Product in U.S. This Summer. Google Lens can identify rashes and other skin conditions. 'Help me write' comes to Gmail for Android and iOS. Google's new generative AI lets you preview clothes on different models. June Feature Drop + Android 13 QPR3 rolling out: Pixel 7 Pro macro video, Palm Timer, new wallpapers, Home Panel. Pixel Watch June Feature Drop: SpO2 tracking & high/low HR alerts, Metal Band coming Friday. YouTube drastically lowers requirements for video monetization. Google Photos website adding advanced editing tools from Google One. Google brings At a Glance to the Pixel Watch. Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song. Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over. Google forced to postpone Bard chatbot's EU launch over privacy concerns. Doctors Are Using ChatGPT to Improve How They Talk to Patients. FCC creating a Privacy and Data Protection task force. The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens. Picks: Stacey - Google Home launches powerful Script Editor for automation. Jeff - Spotify Laying Off 200 Employees in Reorg of Podcast Division. Jeff - 24 hours of earth's rotation. Ant - Update to Lightroom Mobile. Ant - Have a Laugh With Greg Warren. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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: fastmail.com/twit drinkAG1.com/twig Melissa.com/twit

Ant Pruitt looks at Public Domain photography on this week's episode of Hands-On Photography. What is Public Domain and how does a magazine publisher get sued for using a photo of a work of art in the public domain? Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Inside the Meltdown at CNN. What is Solutions Journalism? The platforms give up on 2020 lies. Elon Musk Is All About the Nonstop Grind. And He Can't Stop Talking About It. Perspective: Tackling Misinformation on YouTube. Tucker Carlson Posts First Installment of New Show on Twitter. Introducing Apple Vision Pro: Apple's first spatial computer. US collects intact UFOs as part of secret program, Air Force veteran claims. Google Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeys. 'Minecraft' for ChromeOS leaves early access, works on more machines. Stacey's tips on surviving poor air quality. US sues Coinbase as crypto crackdown widens. The SEC is wrong about crypto exchanges. Amazon is reportedly trying to offer Prime subscribers free cell phone service. Health firm wrongly told hundreds of people they might have cancer. Excel spreadsheet error leads Austrian party to announce wrong leader. Bard gets Google Sheets export, improved logic and reasoning skills. Google releases Android TV 14 Beta, ditches Android 13. Google Assistant adds two new voices with Lime and Indigo. Google starts rolling out image generation in Slides, more Duet AI for Gmail and Docs. 'Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise' hits pre-order for businesses. Google's AI to power virtual travel agent from Priceline. Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress. CNET's new guidelines for AI journalism met with union pushback. iHeartMedia warns employees not to use ChatGPT. A Chatbot Was Designed to Help Prevent Eating Disorders. Then It Gave Dieting Tips. AI killing the Internet Archive with love. Andreessen: Why AI will save the world. OpenAI Sued for Libel After ChatGPT Allegedly Accuses Man of Embezzlement. Linda Yaccarino is officially on the job as Twitter CEO. Picks: Stacey - Awair: Air Quality Monitor. Stacey - 3M Filtrete. Jeff - Kastle: Getting America Back to Work. Ant - Floating Road. Ant - Queen Charlotte. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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: Melissa.com/twit Brooklinen.com Use Code TWIG meraki.cisco.com/twit

Ant Pruitt looks at black and white photography on this episode of Hands-On Photography. Cameras these days shoot in color by default, so when or why would a photographer consider black and white photography? Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out. Pessimists Archive. Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already. The Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI. Stacey gets grilled on AI. Big Tech Isn't Prepared for A.I.'s Next Chapter. George Hotz wants to 'make driving chill' with next-gen Comma 3 hands-free driver assist. The Spectrum-X ethernet switch offers ""lossless"" transmission via a new kind of congestion control, says Nvidia. Once Mighty Intel Struggles to Escape 'Mud Hole'. The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet. Google starts rolling out Search Generative Experience (SGE) in preview. Google Assistant's 3rd-party Notes & Lists integration is shutting down. Messages Magic Compose beta starts rolling out: RCS only, priority for Google One subs. NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV will support unlimited simultaneous streams. Google quietly ends support for decade-old Chromecast. YouTube Stories, Google's clone of Snapchat, is dying on June 26. 230: Supreme Court rejects lawsuit that sought to hold Reddit responsible for hosting child pornography. Amazon's Kill List: 37 Projects That Are No More. Twitter may be worth only a third of its pre-Musk value, Fidelity says. Sonos wins $32.5 million patent infringement victory over Google. Leo previews new Mastodon features. Picks: Stacey - Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond. Jeff - Wonderful discussion between Reid Hoffman & Trevor Noah. Jeff - Google offloading 1.4 million square feet of Bay Area office space. Ant - Talking Science and Sports with Stephen A Smith and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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 Sponsor: CDW.com/HPE

Ant Pruitt discusses photography and ethics on this episode of Hands-On Photography. Photography is an art. Should there be ethical standards in photography? Do you practice ethical standards with your photography? Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and on this week's Hands-On Photography Ant Pruitt talks about some tips on finding the balance between your mental health and photography. Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: drinkAG1.com/hop

WARNING: This episode examines the topic of self harm and suicide. Anyone dealing with these issues can find help by calling or texting 988 to connect with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visiting the website to chat by going to 988lifeline.org.  Moderator Mayhem: A Content Moderation Game. OpenAI's Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing. Updating our inactive account policies. Universal Short Title Catalogue. TikTok Ban Signed in Montana, Paving Way for First Amendment Legal Battle. Where to preorder Amazon's new Echo Pop, Echo Show 5, and Echo Buds. Review: HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is the best of ChromeOS. Uber puts family (even teens) at the center of its new products and features. After a 29-year run, Vice files for bankruptcy. Heather Armstrong, 'Queen of the Mommy Bloggers,' Is Dead at 47. Lithium battery fire and smoke incidents on airplanes worry pilots, flight attendants. Cord-Cutting Q1 2023: Pay-TV Ops Lose 2.3M Subs, Worst Quarter to Date. Pixel 7a's free Pixel Buds and case offer ends this weekend. Google Docs adding collapsible headings, custom building blocks. Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook are syncing up. Kind of. Google teases more Workspace AI: Gmail inbox org, Meet notes, Slides soundtrack maker. Android TV now has a 'Live' tab with free channels, just like Google TV. Pixel phones to gain new ringtone inspired by Kenny G. Picks:  Stacey - PSA: Older Wemo Smart Plugs Have Vulnerability That Leaves Them Open to Attack. Jeff - Rebranding the Wienermobile. Jeff - The World Talks. Ant - Early Morning Photo Contest Winners Announced. Ant - Don't Leave Home Without It. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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: AWS Insiders - TWIG GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Terry White is the worldwide evangelist for Adobe photography products Lightroom and Photoshop as well as an outstanding professional photographer. White joins Ant Pruitt on Hands-On Photography to discuss how to get started with a NAS in your photography workflow. Host: Ant Pruitt Guest: Terry White Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Everything announced at I/O Google I/O Keynote Google Search in Google Labs and Project Tailwinds What Really Made Geoffrey Hinton Into an AI Doomer Impressed by Google I/O Annoucements? Acapela AI New Pixel Hardware Google Fold watch party ad The Pixel Fold is Google's $1,800 entry into folding phones Wendy's, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI" UFO Hunters Built an Open-Source AI System To Scan The Skies Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams Your Kids Want Their Roblox Videogame Avatars to Look Hip. Aspiring Fashion Designers Are on the Case DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs Fortnite is now an Olympic esport Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker Microsoft Inks Deal to Use Fusion Energy by 2028 Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over Jeff thread on Verge Google AMP story Earth Could Soon Be More Detectable by Aliens, Study Says Is this the TWiG Blob? Humane shows off its concept (real or not) for a wearable AI-powered agent Why are Americans smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel? Blame TikTok. Picks: Stacey: Happy Mother's Day Jeff: Nirit's 7 ways AI coverage fails Ant: The TGU For EVERYONE To Try Ant: Thank You National Preps For Being Real Ant: Jacob Pruitt On The Rise Ant: Jacob Pruitt - Champion and New School Record   Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt 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 Sponsor: Melissa.com/twit

Use a mask in your video editing to create cool video effects (VFX). On Hands-On Photography, Ant Pruitt shows how to use Davinci Resolve to create a cool VFX for free with motion tracking. Host: Ant Pruitt Find Hands-On Photography on your favorite podcatcher. https://twit.tv/shows/hands-on-photography Follow Ant Pruitt on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ant_pruitt/ Follow TWiT on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ Join the TWiT forums https://www.twit.community/ Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit