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

Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Artificial Intelligence, Ai, Alphabet, Youtube, Twit, News, Technology, Google, Android, Tech News, Chrome

4.3 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 152 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:00.0	It's time for twig this week in Google. Jeff Jarvis is here. Professor of Journalism at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
0:07.2	Paris Martino from the Information.com. We're going to talk about the Department of Justice and their plan to force Google to sell Chrome.
0:15.1	How is that going to work? We'll also talk about Comcast's plan to spin off MSNBC and CNBC.
0:21.4	Is at the end of cable TV?
0:23.9	Very possibly.
0:25.0	Plus, Google is about to develop a new laptop.
0:28.8	It's not a Chromebook.
0:30.0	It's based on Android, the Google Pixelbook.
0:32.4	That and a whole lot more.
0:33.5	Coming up next on Twig.
0:37.6	Podcasts you love.
0:39.2	From people you trust.
0:42.0	This is Twit.
0:47.6	This is Twig.
0:49.6	This week in Google, episode 795, recorded Wednesday, November 20th, 2024.
0:56.5	Alphs Hogg is skeeting.
0:59.3	It's time for twig this week in Google.
1:02.6	The show we cover the latest news from Google, the one hour late edition.
1:07.5	That's going to be good news for you, Jeff Jarvis, because you'll get to your Cacho and Pepe.
1:13.4	Oh, you got a cookie.
1:15.4	A CNN cookie.
1:16.9	It looks like a CNN cookie.
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