This Week in Google (Audio)

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 to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash.What Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC pick, wrote in 'Project 2025' chapter.Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads.Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app.Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app.Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad.Instagram will let you 'reset' your recommendations.Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices.Meta's reward for providing free global communications? FTC lawsuit.Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC.Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites.Mobile browser Arc Search is now generally available on Android.Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world.Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad.Exclusive: Google Pixel laptop in development!Can we talk about ALF hog?YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father's ashes.Mike Masnick: One Billion Users, the Social Media card game. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100uscloud.com

Mark Zuckerberg just released his own NSFW version of 'Get Low' in a tribute to his wifeMattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for 'Wicked' DollsThe Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays OffCanada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continueBluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US electionMatter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on trackGoogle's learningOpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of 'GPT' AI Improvements SlowsMicrosoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startupsClaude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir dealRandy Travis's beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again.Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their workYouTube is testing music remixes made by AII Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human Friends?Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limbChris Wallace Quits CNN to Pivot to Streaming, PodcastingNicholas Carlson, the former top editor of Business Insider, is starting a new company that will focus on video.Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for AppleBanjo Toss, the gameAfter years of trying, Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to Wonder for $650MResearch suggests people are getting more boredTimes New Dumbass font Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors:uscloud.combitwarden.com/twit

Tech in the new AdminTikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best HopeJeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory'Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitionsSilicon Valley is officially grieving over Trump but quietly gleeful over a possible tech deal resurgenceThe Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays OffMozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy divisionNYTimes Games for the strikeFlorida Access NetworkWebCheck Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau Guests: Emily Forlini and 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:uscloud.com1password.com/twig

Google Preps AI That Takes Over ComputersResearchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever saidJeff: Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?Apples Have Never Tasted So Delicious. Here's WhyInstagram saves the best video quality for the most popular contentVideo game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotelyInternet Archive: Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural RecordAlphabet posts big revenue and profit growthMore than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AIOpen-source AI must reveal its training data, per new OSI definitionMcDonald's Finds an Unlikely Savior to Finally Fix Its McFlurry MachinesRIP FoursquareCraig gives CR $5 million for cybersecurityWordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg says a fork would be 'fantastic'LeCun blasts Musk as the biggest threat to democracy todayWorkers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk's Get-Out-the-Vote EffortTrump's Truth Social valued at more than Musk's X after extraordinary rallyMasnick on Elon Musk EventsTikTok founder becomes China's richest manThe Age of CageRussian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000McKinsey's 18 next big arenas of competition Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and 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:veeam.comuscloud.comINFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100cachefly.com/twit

Requiem for RaghavanElectric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade Thanks to Benjamin FranklinEpic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for nowGoogle will block election ads after polls closeLinkedIn is News Publishers' New Best FriendPeople are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changesElon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your postsMusk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in TexasSam Altman's identity and cryptocurrency venture Worldcoin has a rebrandCharacter.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen's SuicideOn-device AI could make apps obsoleteFormer OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright LawControversy after Polish radio station replaces human presenters with AISotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robotElvis Found AliveThank you, Steve Ballmer, for a concert app that made me want to scream Content Warning: The following story discusses the sensitive topic of suicide involving a minor. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - call or text 988 or chat online at chat.988lifeline.org. If you are located outside the United States, please visit findahelpline.com to find a helpline in your country. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nathan Freitas 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:INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100bitwarden.com/twituscloud.com

YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic videoWimbledon tennis tournament replaces line judges with technology in break with traditionCitizen prunersThe WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explainedInternet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million usersLLMs don't do formal reasoning - and that is a HUGE problemGoogle adds new features for Pixel along with Android 15 rolloutOctober Pixel Drop: Helpful enhancements for your devicesGoogle Shopping is getting an AI upgrade as Alphabet looks to monetize investmentsGoogle Shopping's getting a big transformationThe latest Gboard beta lets you switch between Roboto and Google Sans fontsGoogle's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock OriginGoogle Messages gets a new feature that makes it easier to keep privateTikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allegeThe Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolitesJoe Trippi starts a social network: sezusShort-selling company goes after Roblox to profitTrump Signals Skepticism of Google Breakup, Citing Competition With ChinaDefector: Year 4 in reviewDoritos to open first restaurantAI - generated restaurant via Taylor Lorenz Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and 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:bitwarden.com/twituscloud.com

More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict themBitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto unmasked: Will HBO reveal who really made the cryptocurrency?How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domainOpenAI pursues public benefit structure to fend off hostile takeoversGeoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI Who Expressed Alarm Over the Technology, Shares Nobel Prize in PhysicsParis Megalopolis reviewThe Wordpress sagaJustice Department weighs fixes for Google search monopolyGoogle's responseU.S. judge orders sweeping changes to Google's Android app storeWhy Caroline Calloway Is Staying Put in Sarasota for Hurricane MiltonWhen Cell Service Is Down, You Can Send iPhone Texts via SatelliteA Google Doc of 2024 EventsBeer can artwork accidentally thrown in bin by staff member at Dutch museumFirst a statue. Now Zuck designs a minivan for his wife. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and 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:uscloud.com1password.com/twigveeam.com

OpenAI Is A Bad BusinessAre We Now Living in a Parasite Culture?Taylor Lorenz, Chronicler of Digital Culture, Will Start Own NewsletterTwitter's value in freefall: Fidelity cuts estimate by whopping 79%Masnick: Gavin Newsom Vetoes Terrible AI Bill 1047, But Brace For Something WorseGoogle showcases bizarre double-sided Japanese keyboard, which it won't sell — the keyboard uses a Möbius strip as its foundation Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Emily Forlini Guest: Ed Zitron 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:e-e.com/twitbitwarden.com/twit

Stanley Is Releasing Collectible Tumblers Every Day This Week to Honor Different Decades of BarbieEssilorLuxottica extends smart glasses partnership with MetaSam Altman catapults past founder mode into 'god mode' with latest AI postAI conversation about Jeff's bookThe Paris showExclusive: Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source saysGoogle TV adds several more free channels including The Bob Ross ChannelYouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for adsGoogle's passkey syncing makes it easier to move on from passwordsNew Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for FreeGoogle Photos is getting a redesigned video editorGoogle's Gemini AI might soon appear in your corporate WorkspaceGoogle Earth AI eliminates cloudsAhead of Gemini coming to Google Buds, Hey Google & Voice Match Settings Change on HeadphonesQuote Origin: I Had Exactly Four Seconds To Hot Up the Disintegrator, and Google Had Told Me It Wasn't EnoughProject Analyzing Human Language Usage Shuts Down Because 'Generative AI Has Polluted the Data'Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at DreamforceMarques Brownlee says 'I hear you' after fans criticize his new wallpaper appCards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for trespassingMcDonald's touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happenedMullenweg calls WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch providersIntroducing HP Print AI, Industry's First Intelligent Print ExperiencesThe 90s Executive Yes ManMore Americans – especially young adults – are regularly getting news on TikTok Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and 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:bitwarden.com/twitcachefly.com/twit

Google Wins Fight to Scrap $1.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over AdsExclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers, sources sayInstagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping ChangesAge verification AI for teen users...?House panel advances Kids Online Safety Act despite pushbackThe Battle to Ban Screens From School Now Includes Chromebooks and TabletsTrump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency BusinessHow crypto bros wrested Flappy Bird from its creatorEx-MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy After Taking Plea DealInside Elon Musk's Mushrooming Security ApparatusElizabeth McCafferty was offered £6,000 for images of her bare feet after they appeared on a fetish website without her consent.The 'feral 25-year-olds' making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTokApple's new iOS 18 upgrade doesn't fix the 'green bubble' problemsDiscord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chatsWhy OpenAI is Hiding its Reasoning Model's 'Thoughts'Calif. Gov. Newsom Says He's Worried About AI BillEllison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in lineCan AI Really Replace Salesforce and Workday?Mr. Beast's playbookGoogle Photos now lets you flip your photos and videos horizontallyGoogle Chrome getting one-tap notification unsubscribe, starting on PixelYouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google's AI video modelGoogle Photos is getting a new 'Ultra HDR' editing optionFinally!! Google Slides adds multi-monitor support for presentationsChromebook acting weird? Try Google's new ChromeOS 'Sanitize' tool – a lighter, friendlier fix than the full-wipe 'Powerwash' featureThe Office in OzIg NobelsThe Pentium as a Navajo weavingCue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau Guest: Molly White 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:veeam.combitwarden.com/twitbetterhelp.com/TWIG