This Week in Google (Video)

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 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/twit uscloud.com

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. 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.com 1password.com/twig veeam.com

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 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/twit bitwarden.com/twit

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 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/twit cachefly.com/twit

Google Wins Fight to Scrap $1.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Ads Exclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers, sources say Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes Age verification AI for teen users...? House panel advances Kids Online Safety Act despite pushback The Battle to Ban Screens From School Now Includes Chromebooks and Tablets Trump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency Business How crypto bros wrested Flappy Bird from its creator Ex-MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy After Taking Plea Deal Inside Elon Musk's Mushrooming Security Apparatus Elizabeth 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 TikTok Apple's new iOS 18 upgrade doesn't fix the 'green bubble' problems Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats Why OpenAI is Hiding its Reasoning Model's 'Thoughts' Calif. Gov. Newsom Says He's Worried About AI Bill Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line Can AI Really Replace Salesforce and Workday? Mr. Beast's playbook Google Photos now lets you flip your photos and videos horizontally Google Chrome getting one-tap notification unsubscribe, starting on Pixel YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google's AI video model Google Photos is getting a new 'Ultra HDR' editing option Finally!! Google Slides adds multi-monitor support for presentations Chromebook acting weird? Try Google's new ChromeOS 'Sanitize' tool – a lighter, friendlier fix than the full-wipe 'Powerwash' feature The Office in Oz Ig Nobels The Pentium as a Navajo weaving Cue 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.com bitwarden.com/twit betterhelp.com/TWIG

"Right to Repair for Your Body": The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending Google will now link to The Internet Archive to add more context to Search results AI and transportation WayMo safety data What Kermit the Frog Showed Me About AI Kermit post There's a fix for AI-generated essays. Why aren't we using it? Stacey asked the FTC to help with bricked IoT devices Android Digital Wellness NotebookLM's new "Audio Overview" turns your notes into a mini podcast Mapping ships sunk in WW2 Leviton Humidity Sensor Switch Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Mikah Sargent, and Stacey Higginbotham 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 Sponsor: 1password.com/twig

The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders Telegram Founder Pavel Durov's Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme' America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be coming for your Tesla — and they might tow it NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp AI's impact on elections is being overblown AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient Anil Dash: How Oprah will screw up the AI story The winners of Michigan's 2024 "I voted" sticker contest Diggnation 2.0 Android Has Five New Features Out Today Google Removing Poor-Quality Android Apps From Play Store to Boost Engagement Google Clock rolling out new Timer Starter widget Google renames TensorFlow Lite to LiteRT, TensorFlow brand remains YouTube debuts new parental controls aimed at teens The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes Carbonara in a can? Chefs get shirty but Heinz is unrepentant 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.com e-e.com/twit

Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl's death, US court rules Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service Also: New York's Largest Hospital System Is Setting Its Sights on the Entertainment Business RE Fast Co new town story" The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down How activists derailed Big Tech billionaire's dream city in California Thoma Bravo's Realpage Sued by US in Rental Collusion Case Google Keep rolling out AI-powered 'Help me create a list' on Android Pixel 9 demo Google Wallet now works for California driver's licenses Google TV has added a few more new free channels Google Chat adds support for IFTTT integrations Google finally lets you record phone call audio in the US, but only on the Pixel 9 Google Pixel 9 launches 'Adaptive Touch,' improves screen sensitivity while wet, etc 'Megalopolis' Cuts Ties With Marketing Consultant Behind Trailer Debacle; Fabricated Critic Quotes Were Generated By AI OpenAI Shows 'Strawberry' AI to the Feds and Uses It to Develop 'Orion' Printful for hats wyze birdfeeder The Unbearable Slowness of Being 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/twit cachefly.com/twit

Epic judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down' on Google's app store monopoly Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé Nast Deal in california xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews Palantir's Alex Karp Talks About War, AI and America's Future Roblox is Already the Biggest Game In The World. Why Can't It Make a Profit (And How Can It)? Looks and Gaming: Who and Why? 2024 Winners | The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster Google went public 20 years ago—what your $1000 investment would be worth today Mayoral candidate vows to let VIC, an AI bot, run Wyoming's capital city More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November's election. The campaigns have been wary. Russia's AI tactics for US election interference are failing, Meta says Gmail can turn 'rough notes' into a full draft with Gemini 'Polish' Google's Stunning New Android AI Feature Instantly Locks Phone Thieves Out I tried Google's Pixel Screenshots and it's everything I'd want an AI feature to be Early hands-on with Google Pixel 9's AI Call Notes reveals disappointing restrictions Google Play will no longer pay to discover vulnerabilities in popular Android apps Trap Where have all the Burners gone? Shops catering to Burning Man brace for slow season Inside the opulent world of six-figure kids birthday parties in Silicon Valley TikTok Parrot is 'attention hog' and smart as human toddler, owners say Paris 'n' pals need this 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 Sponsor: betterhelp.com/TWIG

What Google rivals want after DOJ's antitrust trial win DOJ Considers Seeking Google (GOOG) Breakup After Major Antitrust Win Gemini Live is the best AI feature I've seen so far from Google 9 things to know about Pixel 9 cameras Jeff thread against incumbent media Google's Gemini Live AI Sounds So Human, I Almost Forgot It Was a Bot Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM Texas judge steps aside in Elon Musk's X case against advertisers An incredible life and career AI is a bad word to consumers Weekend Welcomes Two New Reporters: Josh Koehn and Paris Martineau Schmidt blames remote work for company's struggles 'Ultimate wife guy' or 'yikes'? Mark Zuckerberg reveals 7ft statue of wife How Spotify started — and killed — Latin America's podcast boom Hello, goodbye: the rise and decline of the celebrity video-greeting app Cameo MSCHF: Our Cow Angus WCBS is no more Cable TV biz crumbles 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 Sponsor: 1password.com/twig

Google (GOOGL) Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search Engine on Phone Browsers Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox? Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled X Deal - The New York Times Disney, Fox and Warner Sports Streamer Venu to Launch at $42.99/ Month Why I'm Joining The Bluesky Board To Support A Vision Of A More Open, Decentralized Internet Bloomberg's Risky, Embargo-Breaking Evan Gershkovich Scoop Canadian news engagement down significantly one year after Meta's ban: study Google pulls Olympics AI ad "Dear Sydney" X officially kills its San Francisco HQ, will relocate to South Bay Google is set to supercharge Google Home with Gemini intelligence "The Godmother of AI" says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem AI dentist performs first procedure on human patient Without Zuckerberg money, limited private funding available for elections Neil Gorsuch Highlights Aaron Swartz As An Example Of Overreach In Criminal Law Amazon Pushes Fast Delivery Into Rural Areas in Challenge to Post Office tulip.computer Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ 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 Sponsor: e-e.com/twit

Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money. Craig Newmark stops by Galaxy fold unboxing We know almost everything about the Google Pixel 9 series already A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money Friend in a box US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules The gymnastics world braces for an AI future NASA will shut down NASA TV on cable to focus on NASA+ W3C Slams Google U-turn on Third-Party Cookie Removal Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L Follow Ant's ZDNET stuff Scots brat Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Craig Newmark 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: betterhelp.com/TWIG cachefly.com/twit

Craig Newmark and pancakes After years of uncertainty, Google says it won't be 'deprecating third-party cookies' in Chrome Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage Technical Details: Falcon Update for Windows Hosts Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS NYT vs OpenAI Google's goo.gl links will stop working in August 2025 Deadpool and Wolverine are Google's first Easter eggs in Circle to Search [Gallery] Google's Alphabet Inc. doubles down on robotaxis, committing another $5 billion into Waymo X replaced the water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason CNN attempts to answer the question: What does it mean to be brat? An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Rolls Over. The 'Hotdoggers' Are OK. The quiet rise of Nick Pickles: the Yorkshireman gaining power at Elon Musk's X Mark Zuckerberg says he's "more comfortable" with new appearance after AI interview Google wants to steal Ray-Ban maker from Meta for Gemini smart glasses "Ignore all previous instructions" The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B Taylor Lorenz: We're all learning about major events through increasingly bizarre digital formats. Stolen Buttons Succession comes to life 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: betterhelp.com/TWIG bitwarden.com/twit

AT&T says criminals stole phone records of "nearly all" customers in new data breach AT&T (T) Hack Is Part of Snowflake (SNOW) Customer Cyberattack Campaign Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable Elon Musk Has Said He Is Committing Around $45 Million a Month to a New Pro-Trump Super PAC This Is The Fastest Object Ever Made by Humans, And It's Not Slowing Down EU accuses Elon Musk's X of deceptive practices over blue "checkmark"' Mercedes-Benz's 400kW EV chargers are coming to Starbucks FTC Fires A Warning Shot At Eight Companies Over 'Right To Repair' Violations Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers Google in talks to buy Wiz Google switches to selective indexing Google reportedly offered EU cloud firms over $500 million to continue antitrust case against Microsoft OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's $27 million mansion is a 'lemon' with a leaky pool, lawsuit alleges (with video tour) Taboola to sell ads for Apple The New Satanic Panic: Exorcism in the Age of TikTok Kenya's biggest protest in recent history played out on a walkie-talkie app OpenAI's AGI progress chart Samsung's new AI image generating tool is a little too good - The Verge Giant Google Pixel 9 leak reveals the Fold, faster charging, battery, and more YouTube Music sound search rolling out, AI radio in testing Google is ending an experiment that let you annotate search results Gemini on Android just got a lot more useful on the lock screen OpenAI illegally stopped staff from sharing dangers, whistleblowers say Mistral releases Codestral Mamba for faster, longer code generation | VentureBeat Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI Carlos Watson, Ozy Media Founder, Is Found Guilty of Fraud Drone conquers Everest The Planets Today 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 Sponsor: 1password.com/twig

'We're Living in a Nightmare:' Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town Google Is No Longer Claiming to Be Carbon Neutral ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034 AI-Driven Behavior Change Could Transform Health Care Google brings new Gemini features and Wear OS 5 to Samsung devices Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra hands-on: ultra déjà vu Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays Esports World Cup: Riyadh Offers Bigger Prize Than PGA Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users 2024 Zero-Click Search Study: For every 1,000 EU Google Searches, only 374 clicks go to the Open Web. In the US, it's 360. FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children Temu Breaks With Direct-From-China Strategy In Threat to Amazon A new Illinois law will force influencer parents to compensate their children for appearing in social media content THERE BUT FOR THE GEESE OF GOD Llama.ttf: A font which is also an LLM Cutting Board Designer Hosts: Leo Laporte 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: fastmail.com/twit e-e.com/twit