This Week in Google 728: Stupid Dove Nests

Total Ant (Audio)

• Leo shows off his Galaxy Z Flip 5.
• Judge Narrows Scope of Coming Trial Over Google Monopoly Claims.
• Musk's X Fined $350,000 in Secret Justice Department Fight Over Trump Records.
• Google Changes Name of Ad Product Amid Inventory Quality Scandal.
• Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud.
• Tech writer sues Apple, claiming Tetris movie ripped off his 'Cold War thriller' book.
• BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down.
• Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say.
• Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers' work unless companies opt out.
• I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires).
• Henrietta Lacks' family reaches settlement over use of immortal 'HeLa cells'.
• 'Every single' Amazon team is working on generative AI, says CEO.
• AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT.
• Google Chrome switching to weekly security patch updates.
• Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts.
• Google Messages now encrypts RCS conversations by default.
• Gmail for Android and iOS adding translate feature.
• Google gives Pixel Tablet first discount 1.5 months after launch.
• California regulators to decide the future of Cruise and Waymo.
• YouTube will stop showing videos on the homepage if your watch history is off.
• WeWork Raises 'Substantial Doubt' About Staying in Business.
• Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years.
• MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers.
• Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars.
• The Expanse Online Auction.
• Introducing Project IDX, An Experiment to Improve Full-stack, Multiplatform App Development.
• $5 billion Google lawsuit over 'incognito mode' tracking moves a step closer to trial.
• Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93.
• Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers.

Picks:

• Stacey - SmartThings Energy.
• Leo - The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books.
• Jeff - ESPN Strikes $2 Billion Sports-Betting Deal With Penn Entertainment.
• Ant - The Best $9 You Can Spend.

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

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