Aug 23rd 2023
This Week in Google 730
Phanky Qipek
Elon Musk, AI and CAPTCHAs, Threads web app, Spotify podcast business
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Guests:
Mike Elgan
- Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires
- Canadian Media Orgs Said That Meta Linking To News Was Anticompetitive; Now They Say NOT Linking To News Is Anticompetitive
- The Bill C-18 Regulation Fake-Out: Setting the Record Straight on When Bill C-18 Takes Effect and the Regulation Making Process
- Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule
- How is Spotify doing with its podcast business?
- Spotify will let podcasters customize their show page to bring in new listeners
- YouTube tests a search feature where users hum to identify songs
- A Few Unpopular Opinions about AI
- New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl
- AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless
- Create real estate flythroughs with AI
- The Facebook settlement claim deadline is Friday. Here’s how to apply.
- Meta launches web version of flagging Threads app
- YouTube is testing a much smaller 'Skip Ads' button
- YouTube Music to support subscribing to podcasts via RSS
- Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here’s How It Works
- Google Photos Rolls Out New Editing Tools For Web
- New Gmail ‘Verify it’s you’ prompt appears when attempting ‘sensitive actions’
- Google TV update brings NFL Sunday Ticket integration, more free TV channels
- Gmail for Android and iOS rolling out translate feature
- Adobe’s Co-Founder John Warnock Dies at 82
Picks:
- Mike - Textify
- Mike - Unriddle
- Mike - TextFX
- Jeff - Sorry, But LinkedIn Is Cool Now
- Jeff - TikTok meets Dukes mayo
- Ant - Vegas Pro 21 Update with Boris FX
- Ant - Shout out to Harry Williams: Free Form Living Light
- Leo's AI Flythrough
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Links
- Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule | The New Yorker
- YouTube tests a search feature where users hum to identify songs
- Jeff post: A Few Unpopular Opinions about AI
- 'New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl
- AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless
- Create real estate flythroughs with AI
- The Facebook settlement claim deadline is Friday. Here’s how to apply.
- Meta launches web version of flagging Threads app
- YouTube is testing a much smaller 'Skip Ads' button
- YouTube Music to support subscribing to podcasts via RSS
- Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here’s How It Works | WIRED
- Google Photos Rolls Out New Editing Tools For Web
- New Gmail ‘Verify it’s you’ prompt appears when attempting ‘sensitive actions’
- Google TV update brings NFL Sunday Ticket integration, more free TV channels
- Gmail for Android and iOS rolling out translate feature
- Adobe’s Co-Founder John Warnock Dies at 82 - Bloomberg
- Textify
- Unriddle
- TextFX
- Sorry, But LinkedIn Is Cool Now
- TikTok meets Dukes mayo
- Vegas Pro 21 Update with Boris FX
- Shout out to Harry Williams: Free Form Living Light