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

Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

4.3 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 153 minutes

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Summary

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.
Musk unleashes online army on federal workers. 'A tough way to find out she's losing her job.'
Elon Musk admits X is making it harder for people to read news.
Elon Musk's Twitter backers gain windfall from xAI deal.
Google's new chess game lets you customize pieces with AI.
Google's Black Friday sale features record low prices on Pixel, Nest, and more.
Here's the full list of Gemini extensions and what they can do.
Google's iOS app now injects links on third-party websites that go back to Search.
Google Maps now does a better job of highlighting stairs.
Holding Space for Defying Gravity.
What Leo, Paris, and Jeff are thankful for with the Internet.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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0:00.0	It's time for Twake this week in Google.
0:01.5	Paris Martin-O is here from the information Jeff Jarvis,
0:04.5	our journalism professor.
0:06.1	We have lots to talk about.
0:07.8	Meta is pushing Apple and Google to do age verification.
0:13.2	Paris just did a whole piece on age verification technology and the information.
0:17.3	She explains what the latest AI technology can do,
0:20.2	but is it a good thing? We have a little,
0:22.3	I guess a little bit of a debate over this. Elon Musk unleashes his army of sycophants on lowly
0:29.5	federal workers. Doesn't seem like a good thing at all. And then, do you own your tweets? X says, no, it's our property. All of that and a whole
0:42.2	lot more coming up next on this week in Google. Podcasts you love. From people you trust.
0:51.9	This is tweet.
0:57.7	This you trust. This is Twit. This is Twig.
0:59.6	This week in Google, episode 796, recorded Wednesday, November 27th, 2024, holding space for
1:09.2	defying gravity.
1:16.6	It's time for Twig this week in Google, the show we cover everything but Google. Actually, today we have some Google news, so it'll be about Google, but also about the Internet and social media, about the media, climate in general, about everything that's going on in the world around us because you know
1:29.3	when you have such a good panel you got to talk about everything paris martineau is not here but there
1:35.2	she's in florida i am yeah i'm in the bad place they say no it's the good place when you're there
1:42.9	she just click those ruby slippers and there's no place like home. I take it. You're there for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving. What's that?
1:52.2	Is Papa going to do the the turkey fry again? He is. I am right now staring at a giant silver pot that the turkey is going to be deep fried in.
2:02.2	I could, he put it in the room in case I want to show it on the podcast.
2:07.2	So let's show it off.
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