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.

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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 Election Pays Off Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election Matter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on track Google's learning OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of 'GPT' AI Improvements Slows Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal Randy 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 work YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI I Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human Friends? Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Pivot to Streaming, Podcasting Nicholas 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 Apple Banjo Toss, the game After years of trying, Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to Wonder for $650M Research suggests people are getting more bored Times New Dumbass font

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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 start of his political ambitions Silicon Valley is officially grieving over Trump but quietly gleeful over a possible tech deal resurgence The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division NYTimes Games for the strike Florida Access Network WebCheck

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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? Apples Have Never Tasted So Delicious. Here's Why Instagram saves the best video quality for the most popular content Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely Internet Archive: Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI Open-source AI must reveal its training data, per new OSI definition McDonald's Finds an Unlikely Savior to Finally Fix Its McFlurry Machines RIP Foursquare Craig gives CR $5 million for cybersecurity WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg says a fork would be 'fantastic' LeCun blasts Musk as the biggest threat to democracy today Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk's Get-Out-the-Vote Effort Trump's Truth Social valued at more than Musk's X after extraordinary rally Masnick on Elon Musk Events TikTok founder becomes China's richest man The Age of Cage Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 McKinsey's 18 next big arenas of competition

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Requiem for Raghavan Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade Thanks to Benjamin Franklin Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now Google will block election ads after polls close LinkedIn is News Publishers' New Best Friend People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes Elon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts Musk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in Texas Sam Altman's identity and cryptocurrency venture Worldcoin has a rebrand Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen's Suicide On-device AI could make apps obsolete Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law Controversy after Polish radio station replaces human presenters with AI Sotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot Elvis Found Alive Thank you, Steve Ballmer, for a concert app that made me want to scream

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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 drama, explained Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users LLMs don't do formal reasoning - and that is a HUGE problem Google adds new features for Pixel along with Android 15 rollout October Pixel Drop: Helpful enhancements for your devices Google Shopping is getting an AI upgrade as Alphabet looks to monetize investments Google Shopping's getting a big transformation The latest Gboard beta lets you switch between Roboto and Google Sans fonts Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin Google Messages gets a new feature that makes it easier to keep private TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites Joe Trippi starts a social network: sezus Short-selling company goes after Roblox to profit Trump Signals Skepticism of Google Breakup, Citing Competition With China Defector: Year 4 in review Doritos to open first restaurant AI - generated restaurant via Taylor Lorenz

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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 treaty could spell the end of the .io domain OpenAI pursues public benefit structure to fend off hostile takeovers Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI Who Expressed Alarm Over the Technology, Shares Nobel Prize in Physics Paris Megalopolis review The Wordpress saga Justice Department weighs fixes for Google search monopoly Google's response U.S. judge orders sweeping changes to Google's Android app store Why Caroline Calloway Is Staying Put in Sarasota for Hurricane Milton When Cell Service Is Down, You Can Send iPhone Texts via Satellite A Google Doc of 2024 Events Beer can artwork accidentally thrown in bin by staff member at Dutch museum First a statue. Now Zuck designs a minivan for his wife.

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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 whopping 79% Masnick: Gavin Newsom Vetoes Terrible AI Bill 1047, But Brace For Something Worse Google showcases bizarre double-sided Japanese keyboard, which it won't sell — the keyboard uses a Möbius strip as its foundation

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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 mode into 'god mode' with latest AI post AI conversation about Jeff's book The Paris show Exclusive: Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says Google TV adds several more free channels including The Bob Ross Channel YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads Google's passkey syncing makes it easier to move on from passwords New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free Google Photos is getting a redesigned video editor Google's Gemini AI might soon appear in your corporate Workspace Google Earth AI eliminates clouds Ahead of Gemini coming to Google Buds, Hey Google & Voice Match Settings Change on Headphones Quote Origin: I Had Exactly Four Seconds To Hot Up the Disintegrator, and Google Had Told Me It Wasn't Enough Project Analyzing Human Language Usage Shuts Down Because 'Generative AI Has Polluted the Data' Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce Marques Brownlee says 'I hear you' after fans criticize his new wallpaper app Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for trespassing McDonald's touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happened Mullenweg calls WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch providers Introducing HP Print AI, Industry's First Intelligent Print Experiences The 90s Executive Yes Man More Americans – especially young adults – are regularly getting news on TikTok

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