TWiG 727: Blame It On The Osso Buco - Canada link tax, incandescant light bulb, AI music generation
- Shift Happens is about to ship!
- Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers.
- Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain.
- The buttons on Zenith's original 'clicker' remote were a mechanical marvel.
- Facebook's ad business recovers from Apple's attack; watch out TV.
- A view from DC: Adtech is built on a privacy fault line.
- Meta Offers to Seek Consent for Highly Personalized Ads in Europe.
- Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line.
- Uber Investors Ought to Look at the Big Picture.
- An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology.
- The incandescent light bulb still isn't dead — but 'normal' ones are now truly banned.
- We visited three Worldcoin orb locations since its July launch.
- Kenya suspends Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning crypto project.
- Point of no return: Australians fight for the right to work from home permanently.
- China to Cut Internet Access to Minors.
- Twitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Checkmark of Shame.
- Google delists AI Test Kitchen app on Android and iOS.
- Meta's new AI model can create sounds that are technically music.
- Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans : NPR.
- AI can detect breast cancer as well as radiologists, study finds.
- Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor.
- Superconductor Breakthrough Findings Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing.
- Johnny Cash sings ""Barbie Girl"" (A.I.) - YouTube.
- Google Releases Nearby Share for Windows.
- YouTube TV price drops temporarily for new users.
- ChromeOS could split out browser updates this month.
- 4 new Chrome mobile features to quickly find information.
- Google's generative search feature now shows related videos and images.
- Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you.
- Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million.
- The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las Vegas.
- My First Ankle Monitor (fake but fun).
Picks:
- Glenn - Removal of airline change fees + airline apps.
- Jeff - Facebook surpasses 3 billion monthly active users.
- Jeff - Content Moderation's Legalism Problem.
- Ant - Order Prints From Joe Akbrud.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Glenn Fleishman
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