This Week in Google (Audio)

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  • Summary

  • 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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Episodes
  • TWiG 800: The Best of 2024 - Tree Pruning 101, Cow Magnets, The Skin
    Dec 23 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 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

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    51 mins
  • TWiG 799: What's A Basketball? - 1-800-CHATGPT, TPLink, TikTok Ban
    Dec 19 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
    • 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

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    2 hrs and 29 mins
  • TWiG 798: Great for Soup! - Veo, Willow, The Onion & Infowars
    Dec 12 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 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

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    2 hrs and 50 mins

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