Mar 1st 2023
This Week in Google 705
I Was Merely Fluffing
TikTok ban coming to the US? ChatGPT Windows 11 taskbar, Twitter job cuts
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Our Growing TikTok Moral Panic Still Isn’t Addressing The Actual Problem.
- U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok.
- Apple Watch potential ban: What you need to know.
- All about Salt_Hank's upcoming cookbook.
- YouTube’s new head talks 2023 priorities, including AI, podcasting, Shorts and more.
- Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar.
- OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit.
- Planning for AGI and beyond.
- You Are Not a Parrot And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this.
- Flipboard joins the Fediverse with a Mastodon integration and community, plans for ActivityPub.
- Talking about the diminishing drive to share on social media.
- Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app.
- YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot.
- In latest round of Twitter cuts, some see hints of its next CEO.
- Elon Musk’s defense of Scott Adams shows why he is misguided and dangerous.
- Elon Musk Reportedly Building 'Based AI' Because ChatGPT Is Too Woke.
- Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth’s pre-seed funding.
- Google Drops 9 New Android and Wear OS Features.
- Google Chrome’s new zoom on mobile blows things up by up to 300 percent.
- Google Keep’s new Android widget makes it easier to check off items on your to-do list.
- Android is adding support for eSIM transfer between devices.
- Chrome tweaked to improve memory use & battery life on MacBook.
- Waymo starts autonomous testing in LA with no human driver.
- Google’s bringing Magic Eraser to all Google One subscribers — including iPhone users.
- Gmail’s client-side encryption is now available to more businesses.
- Google rolls out fall detection on the Pixel Watch.
- Your Google Docs are about to look a little bit different.
Picks:
- Jason - Artifact for Android.
- Jeff - Jeff with teenage look filter.
- Ant - New Affordable Amaran COB S-Series Lights.
- Ant - How Y'all Doing by Leslie Jordon.
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Links
- Our Growing TikTok Moral Panic Still Isn’t Addressing The Actual Problem | Techdirt
- U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok | Reuters
- YouTube’s new head talks 2023 priorities, including AI, podcasting, Shorts and more | TechCrunch
- Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar - The Verge
- OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit
- Flipboard joins the Fediverse with a Mastodon integration and community, plans for ActivityPub | TechCrunch
- Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app | TechCrunch
- YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot | Ars Technica
- In latest round of Twitter cuts, some see hints of its next CEO
- " Elon Musk’s defense of Scott Adams shows why he is misguided and dangerous Siva Vaidhyanathan"
- Elon Musk Reportedly Building 'Based AI' Because ChatGPT Is Too Woke
- Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth’s pre-seed funding
- Google Drops 9 New Android and Wear OS Features
- Google Chrome’s new zoom on mobile blows things up by up to 300 percent
- Google Keep’s new Android widget makes it easier to check off items on your to-do list
- Android is adding support for eSIM transfer between devices
- Chrome tweaked to improve memory use & battery life on MacBook | AppleInsider
- Waymo starts autonomous testing in LA with no human driver
- Google’s bringing Magic Eraser to all Google One subscribers — including iPhone users
- Gmail’s client-side encryption is now available to more businesses
- Google rolls out fall detection on the Pixel Watch - The Verge
- Your Google Docs are about to look a little bit different
- Artifact for Android
- Jeff with teenage look filter
- Jeff with glamour filter
- New Affordable Amaran COB S-Series Lights
- How Y'all Doing by Leslie Jordon