This Week in Google (Audio)

• Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?
• FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names.
• Olauncher. Minimal AF Launcher.
• YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized.
• Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle.
• 'Slavery was wrong' and 5 other things some educators won't teach anymore.
• Google I/O 2023 takes place on May 10.
• Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online.
• How AI Generates New Images: GANs Put Simply.
• The privacy loophole in your doorbell.
• Rest of World receives a $200,000 grant from Ford Foundation to expand coverage of how tech is impacting workers.
• Fitbit is getting rid of the best reasons to use a Fitbit, which is a big mistake.
• Florida bill would require bloggers who write about the governor to register with the state.
• Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, and software liability reform.
• A New 'M*A*S*H' Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J.
• 20% of YCombinator classes are built on machine learning.
• ChatGPT enters slack; the machine plays office politics.
• Prepare for the Textpocalypse by Matthew Kirschenbaum.
• Farewell to a tech brand of which I'll always be proud. Vox Media is "retiring the Recode branding" today.
• CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role.
• March 2023 Pixel Feature Drop changelog leaks out.
• Google rolling out Android 14 Developer Preview 2.
• Blurry subway photos may offer our latest Pixel Fold leak.
• Here's everything new in Android 14 Developer Preview 2 [Gallery].
• Google begins rolling out its new look for Docs and other Workspace apps.
• Google One brings VPN to $1.99/month plan, adding dark web info monitoring.
• Pixel Buds Pro spatial audio with head tracking update rolling out.
• Android 15's dessert is apparently 'Vanilla Ice Cream'.
• Google launches the new Google Trends portal.
• Google Chrome is making it easier to delete autofill data.

Picks:

• Stacey - COVID
• Leo - Opal C1
• Leo - Camo
• Jeff - The New Gatekeepers by Benedict Evans.
• Ant - Peak Design TRAVEL BACKPACK 45L.
• Ant - FINALLY coming to "TV". Silo series based on books by Hugh Howey.

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