This Week in Google

TWiG 800: The Best of 2024 - Tree Pruning 101, Cow Magnets, The Skin

Hinzugefügt: 23. Dezember 2024

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...

TWiG 799: What's A Basketball? - 1-800-CHATGPT, TPLink, TikTok Ban

Hinzugefügt: 19. Dezember 2024

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...

TWiG 798: Great for Soup - Veo, Willow, The Onion & Infowars

Hinzugefügt: 12. Dezember 2024

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...

TWiG 797: Nil Coin: It's Good For Nothing - Hawk Tuah, Australia's Social Media, Brain Rot

Hinzugefügt: 5. Dezember 2024

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...

TWiG 796: Holding Space for Defying Gravity - Pixel Tablet 2, Facial Recognition Tech, Social Media

Hinzugefügt: 28. November 2024

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....

TWiG 795: Alf's Hog is Skeeting - Google Chrome, Bluesky, Coca-Cola

Hinzugefügt: 21. November 2024

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...

TWiG 794: License to Prune - Zuck Jams, Claude + Palantir , Banjo Toss

Hinzugefügt: 14. November 2024

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...

TWiG 793: The Aftermath - The Effect of the 2024 US Election on Tech

Hinzugefügt: 7. November 2024

Tech in the new Admin
TikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best Hope
Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory'
Elon Musk says Trump win is just the...

TWiG 792: 5 to 10 People at your Door - Alphabet Earnings, RIP Foursquare, McFlurries

Hinzugefügt: 31. Oktober 2024

Google Preps AI That Takes Over Computers
Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
Jeff: Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?...

TWiG 790: Invalid URL Removed - Internet Archive Hack, Wordpress Drama

Hinzugefügt: 17. Oktober 2024

YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic video
Wimbledon tennis tournament replaces line judges with technology in break with tradition
Citizen pruners
The WordPress vs. WP Engine...

TWiG 789: Mauritius Compliance - Satoshi Unmasked, End of .io, Megalopolis

Hinzugefügt: 10. Oktober 2024

More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them
Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto unmasked: Will HBO reveal who really made the cryptocurrency?
How a UK...

TWiG 788: Sausages in the Mist - CA AI Bill, OpenAI's Future

Hinzugefügt: 3. Oktober 2024

OpenAI Is A Bad Business
Are We Now Living in a Parasite Culture?
Taylor Lorenz, Chronicler of Digital Culture, Will Start Own Newsletter
Twitter's value in freefall: Fidelity cuts estimate by...

TWiG 787: We Hear for You - Meta Connect, Altman's Manifesto

Hinzugefügt: 26. September 2024

Stanley Is Releasing Collectible Tumblers Every Day This Week to Honor Different Decades of Barbie
EssilorLuxottica extends smart glasses partnership with Meta
Sam Altman catapults past founder...

TWiG 786: Now That's a Wikifoot - OpenAI o1, Flappy Bird, Instagram for Teens

Hinzugefügt: 19. September 2024

Google Wins Fight to Scrap $1.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Ads
Exclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers, sources say
Instagram, Facing Pressure...

TWiG 785: Froganize Your Phone - DIY Medicine, WayMo Safety, Software Tethering

Hinzugefügt: 12. September 2024

"Right to Repair for Your Body": The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine
The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
Google will now link to The Internet Archive to add more context to...

TWiG 784: Trochilidine Vigor - Elon Relents, Internet Archive Loses, Pennies

Hinzugefügt: 5. September 2024

The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders
Telegram Founder Pavel Durov's Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight
Elon...

TWiG 783: The Cat in the Hat - TikTok Lawsuit, Billionaire Cities, Pixel 9 Demo

Hinzugefügt: 29. August 2024

Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France
TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl's death, US court rules
Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service
Also: New York's...

TWiG 782: Yassified - Google Vs. Epic, Fake Reviews, AI Warfare

Hinzugefügt: 22. August 2024

Epic judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down' on Google's app store monopoly
Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die
OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé...

TWiG 780: Aggiornamento - Google's Monolpoly, X Sues GARM, AI Dentist

Hinzugefügt: 8. August 2024

Google (GOOGL) Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search Engine on Phone Browsers
Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox?
Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit...

TWiG 779: White Friend in a Box - Galaxy Fold, AI Aided Gymnastics, Top 10 Podcasts

Hinzugefügt: 1. August 2024

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...