This Week in Google (Audio)

• Jeff's book, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, is out!!
• Fireworks Have a New Competitor: Drones.
• Rise, Goldfish: Elden Ring's bosses are now being humiliated by a fish somehow hooked-up to the controls.
• An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products.
• Jeff Elgie, local news owner, says Google will bring the government to the table.
• Village Media's C-18 Update.
• Google Analytics Violates GDPR, Says Swedish Watchdog.
• The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews.
• Twitter was locked in a chaotic doom loop. Now it's on the verge of collapse.
• Update on Twitter's Rate Limits.
• The Instagram Threads launch countdown jumped forward and is now targeting 7PM ET.
• Google Says It'll Scrape Everything You Post Online for AI.
• Talking about a 'schism' is ahistorical.
• Why transformative AI is really, really hard to achieve.
• Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials' Contacts With Social Media Sites.
• Android Auto is adding new features for electric vehicles.
• Google Slides opens up Duet AI image generation with Imagen.
• Google Messages web app now supports direct reply.

Picks:

• Stacey - Roku Home Security Cameras.
• Leo - Next-Gen Samsung Foldable Reservations Now Live.
• Jeff - ChatGPT lawyer's forced apologies.
• Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light.
• Ant - Rokinon 35mm T1.5 High Speed Wide Angle Cine DSX Lens for Canon EF.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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