This Week in Google 724: Thirsty Grindfluencer

Total Ant (Audio)

• Threads has 100 million users, and many are on Android.
• Threads Adopting ActivityPub Makes Sense, but Won't Be Easy.
• Facebook's Threads is so depressing.
• Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads.
• Amazon Prime Day Pushes US Online Sales Up 6% in First 24 Hours.
• Lina Khan Is Taking on the World's Biggest Tech Companies—and Losing.
• Amazon sues EU in first US challenge to Digital Services Act.
• In – or out? Wimbledon considers replacing line judges with AI.
• Anthropic's Claude Is Competing With ChatGPT. Even Its Builders Fear AI.
• Nirit Weiss-Blatt's taxonomy of the promoters & marketers of AI panic.
• Google's medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals.
• Hollywood Studios' WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall.
• Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement.
• Google Embroiled in Class Action Lawsuit Over AI Products.
• The AI Dividend.
• Scariest bridge in America via Frank Garufi Jr.
• NotebookLM: Google's AI-powered notes app is launching today.
• Android 14 Beta 4 lets Pixel devices automatically unlock when you type in the PIN.
• Google app rolling out 'Finance Watchlist' stocks widget.
• Google News offering free 4-month New York Times trial.
• Google Play Changes Policy on Tokenized Digital Assets, Allowing NFTs in Apps and Games.
• Jeff & Alan Rusbridger discuss the Gutenberg Parenthesis in London.

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• Stacey - Different ways that Stacey uses sensors.
• Jeff - 2023 Digital media trends: Immersed and connected.
• Jeff - Scotland fries.
• Ant - "Taller Desk Chair"
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• Ant - Cheers To Mr. Terrell C. Woods.

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