
        <p>This episode might bum you out, especially if you&#39;re mad at your boss. At least this one is about Google bosses. </p>
 <h4>Links and Show Notes:</h4> <ul>
<li><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/23/google-search-boss-raghavan-warns-employees-of-new-operating-reality.html">Google search boss warns employees of &#39;new operating reality,&#39; urges them to move faster</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/google-delays-third-party-cookie-death-again-now-scheduled-for-2025/">Google can’t quit third-party cookies—delays shut down for a third time</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://9to5google.com/2024/04/09/gemini-google-workspace-prompting-guide/">Google releases ‘prompting guide’ with tips for Gemini in Workspace</a></p></li>
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This episode might bum you out, especially if you're mad at your boss. At least this one is about Google bosses. 


461: Nothing Works Anymore


        <p>The episode starts with an existential crisis and ends with ruminations on what&#39;s ahead in Android 15 and Google Search. </p>
 <h4>Links and Show Notes:</h4> <ul>
<li><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/17/google-restructures-finance-team-as-a-part-of-ai-shift-cfo-tells-employees-in-memo.html">Google restructures finance team as part of AI shift, CFO tells employees in memo</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-16/deepmind-ceo-says-google-will-spend-more-than-100-billion-on-ai">DeepMind CEO Says Google Will Spend More Than $100 Billion on AI</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/rupaul-ted-talk-drag">RuPaul celebrates the &#39;power of drag&#39; from TED stage</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/04/15/google-upgrade-samsung-s24-s23-pixel-towards-apple-iphone-15-pro-max/">Google Reveals Better Than iPhone Update For Pixel Users</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://blog.google/products/news/california-journalism-preservation-act-puts-news-ecosystem-at-risk/">Why the California Journalism Preservation Act is putting support of the news ecosystem at risk</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article287779890.html">Media groups urge feds to investigate after Google limits California news in search results</a></p></li>
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The episode starts with an existential crisis and ends with ruminations on what's ahead in Android 15 and Google Search. 

460: You Better Work! 


        <p>Mercury is in retrograde. Andy didn&#39;t make it to the new Google Store, and Google killed more stuff this week. We recap Google Cloud Next 2024 and what&#39;s coming.</p>
 <h4>Links and Show Notes:</h4> <ul>
<li><a href="https://blog.google/products/workspace/workspace-cloud-next-2024/">5 Workspace announcements from Google Cloud Next &#39;24</a></li>
<li><a href="https://9to5google.com/2024/04/09/google-vids-workspace/">Google Vids is a &#39;new AI-powered video creation app&#39; for Workspace</a></li>
<li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/gemini-for-google-cloud-is-here">Gemini for Google Cloud is here</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/6/24122915/openai-youtube-transcripts-gpt-4-training-data-google">OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.google/products/android/android-find-my-device/">5 ways to use the new Find My Device on Android</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-android-find-my-device-network-1851398865">What You Need to Know About Android&#39;s Find My Device Network</a></li>
<li><a href="https://9to5google.com/2024/04/11/android-15-beta-1-pixel/">Google rolling out Android 15 Beta 1 for Pixel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blog.google/products/photos/google-photos-editing-features-availability/">AI editing tools are coming to all Google Photos users</a></li>
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Mercury is in retrograde. Andy didn't make it to the new Google Store, and Google killed more stuff this week. We recap Google Cloud Next 2024 and what's coming.


459: Wizard Needs Data Badly 


        <p>It&#39;s Gmail&#39;s 20th birthday, and we&#39;re celebrating by ruminating about its presence in our lives.</p>
 <h4>Links and Show Notes:</h4> <ul>
<li><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/google-april-fools-ai-2009-19379493.php">Google’s 2009 April Fool’s joke isn’t so funny now</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130813124122/http://cadiesingularity.blogspot.com/">CADIE&#39;s HomePAGE....</a></li>
<li><a href="https://9to5google.com/2024/04/02/google-messages-satellite-messaging/">Google Messages satellite messaging may let you &#39;message with anyone&#39;</a></li>
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It's Gmail's 20th birthday, and we're celebrating by ruminating about its presence in our lives.



458: Happy Birthday, Gmail


        <p>The Pixel 9 rumors are confusing, but not as confusing as why YouTube is letting AI jump around the timeline. Also, have you smelled your Galaxy S24 Ultra&#39;s S Pen lately? </p>
 <h4>Links and Show Notes:</h4> <ul>
<li><p><a href="https://www.91mobiles.com/hub/google-pixel-9-renders-design-exclusive/">Google Pixel 9 design revealed through 5K renders; will launch alongside Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://9to5google.com/2024/03/27/pixel-circle-to-search-translation/">Circle to Search coming to Pixel 6 series, Fold, and more, adding in-line translations</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://9to5google.com/2024/03/27/youtube-jump-ahead-experimental-feature/#more-611894">YouTube announces ‘jump ahead’ experimental feature for Premium users</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://9to5google.com/2024/03/22/samsung-ultra-s-pen-stink-galaxy-note/">Samsung&#39;s new S Pens stink, literally, compared to the Galaxy Note</a></p></li>
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The Pixel 9 rumors are confusing, but not as confusing as why YouTube is letting AI jump around the timeline. Also, have you smelled your Galaxy S24 Ultra's S Pen lately? 

457: I'll Smell Mine 

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