Jan 25th 2023
This Week in Google 700
Impecunious Mods
Google job cuts, ChatGPT malware, To Leslie, AmazonSmile to close
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
Guests:
Richard Hay
- Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs.
- Interview with Richard Hay.
- Google Slashes Jobs at Incubator Area 120 as Part of Cuts.
- Meta to Reinstate Trump’s Facebook and Instagram Accounts.
- AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces.
- Mastodon founder has a message for Elon Musk.
- Twitter’s new developer terms ban third-party clients.
- Elon Musk Explores Raising Up to $3 Billion to Help Pay Off Twitter Debt.
- Ivory: The Magnificent Mastodon App.
- We tried to run a social media site and it was awful.
- DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market.
- Justice Department calls for breakup of Google in new antitrust lawsuit.
- More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft.
- ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor.
- @divergencearran: Earlier this evening @kevinrose was phished into signing a malicious signature that allowed the hacker to transfer a large number of high-value tokens.
- ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
- T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
- PCs past fans: active cooling chip.
- HBO's 'The Last of Us' Infects Your Google Search With Creepy Fungus.
- To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
- Virginia man sues Chick-fil-A in SF court over sharing data with Facebook.
- The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off.
- Google Clock 7.4 update tests buttons for ending alarms.
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 rolling out with Bluetooth and 5G fixes for Pixel.
- Google Meet making it easier to share files during calls.
- Waze now supports Android Auto’s ‘Coolwalk’ dashboard; will users actually start getting it now?
Picks:
- Stacey - Jabra 85H.
- Stacey - The AirPods Pro 2nd gen as smart hearables puts a smile on my face.
- Jeff - The library that Jeff wants.
- Ant - StellaPro Reflex-S On Sale.
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Links
- Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs - The New York Times
- Google Slashes Jobs at Incubator Area 120 as Part of Cuts - Bloomberg
- AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces
- Twitter’s new developer terms ban third-party clients | Engadget
- Elon Musk Explores Raising Up to $3 Billion to Help Pay Off Twitter Debt
- FT closes its Mastodon instance--after complaining about regulation & intermediary liability
- DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market
- More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor
- T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers - Bloomberg
- PCs past fans: active cooling chip
- To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination | Mashable
- Virginia man sues Chick-fil-A in SF court over sharing data with Facebook
- The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off
- Google Clock 7.4 update tests buttons for ending alarms
- Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 rolling out with Bluetooth and 5G fixes for Pixel
- Google Meet making it easier to share files during calls
- Waze now supports Android Auto’s ‘Coolwalk’ dashboard; will users actually start getting it now?
- Jabra 85H on Amazon
- The library I want
- StellaPro Reflex-S On Sale
- #hardhead Internship