This Week in Google 795: Alf's Hog is Skeeting

NOV 21, 2024151 MIN
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This Week in Google 795: Alf's Hog is Skeeting

NOV 21, 2024151 MIN

Description

  • DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome to break search Monopoly.
  • Trump's pick for FCC chair has vowed crackdown on big tech 'censorship'.
  • Musk joined call between Trump, Google CEO.
  • CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash.
  • What Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC pick, wrote in 'Project 2025' chapter.
  • Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads.
  • Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app.
  • Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app.
  • Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad.
  • Instagram will let you 'reset' your recommendations.
  • Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices.
  • Meta's reward for providing free global communications? FTC lawsuit.
  • Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC.
  • Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites.
  • Mobile browser Arc Search is now generally available on Android.
  • Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world.
  • Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad.
  • Exclusive: Google Pixel laptop in development!
  • Can we talk about ALF hog?
  • YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father's ashes.
  • Mike Masnick: One Billion Users, the Social Media card game.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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