This Week in Google (Audio)

• Google closing some micro kitchens
• Google issuing Chromebooks to employees as part of cost-cutting measures
• Google Drive Imposes 5 Million Item Cap, Even if You Have Storage Space Left
• Google Rescinds 5 Million Item Limit on Drive
• Lawmakers are clueless about social media. They'll regulate it anyway
• Bloomberg builds its own LLM, trained on financial data
• Three things everyone's getting wrong about AI
• Midjourney Ends Its Free Trial After Fake Images Go Viral
• AI guys are the new crypto guys
• Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images
• Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network for anyone to build connected gadgets on
• Ding Dong. Live Audio is dying. Remember Clubhouse?
• After disrupting businesses, Google Drive's secret file cap is dead for now.
• Google launches ads transparency center.
• Google Search gets new travel features, including a 'price guarantee' tool for flights.
• Google Pixel Tablet arrives at FCC, revealing UWB connectivity
• YouTube channel pages add a dedicated 'Podcasts' tab
• The Google Now Launcher is fully shutting down 10 years later
• Google is trying to make sure apps let you delete your account

Picks:

• Ant's Picks: Pull UP
• Ant's Pick: Have a Laugh
• Jeff's Pick: Companies young people hope to work at
• Jeff's Pick: Tech layoff numbers
• Glenn's Pick: AirTag combination lock carabiner: Raptic Link& Lock
• Mikah's Pick: Nite Ize Keyrack, Carabiner Key Chain

Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Glenn Fleishman

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