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TWiT 992: Why Not Pudding? - Google's Monopoly, Net Neutrality, AI Phishing

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Technology, Techtv, Tech News, This Week In Technology, Twit, Leo Laporte

43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2024

⏱️ 178 minutes

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Summary

  • Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies after 2 years with lung cancer
  • Google (GOOGL) Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search Engine on Phone Browsers
  • Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox?
  • Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney'
  • Brands should avoid this popular term. It's turning off customers
  • US court blocks Biden administration net neutrality rules
  • The KOSA Internet Censorship Bill Just Passed The Senate—It's Our Last Chance To Stop It
  • Judge tosses challenge to Louisiana's age verification law aimed at porn websites
  • CNET to Be Sold to Ziff Davis in Sign of Possible Media Deals to Come
  • Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors
  • Canadian news engagement down significantly one year after Meta's ban: study
  • Microsoft's AI Can Be Turned Into an Automated Phishing Machine
  • 'The Godmother of AI' says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem
  • Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM
  • Scientists Say Secret to Fusion May Lie in Hellmann's Mayonnaise

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Abrar Al-Heeti, Shoshana Weissmann, and Andrew Chow

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0:00.0

It's time for Twit this week in Tech.

0:02.0

First show from our new Attic Studio.

0:05.0

I hope you'll enjoy it.

0:06.0

We've got a great panel to celebrate it with Abraah al-Hidi from CNET.

0:10.0

Shishana Weisman from R Street and Andrew Chow, the author of this new book,

0:14.8

Cryptomania will talk about Cryptomania.

0:18.7

The DOJ antitrust suit against Google.

0:21.5

It looks like the DOJ is won, but what will the penalty be?

0:26.1

And AI Regulation and Cosa, the Kids Online Safety Act.

0:31.6

Why sometimes too much regulation is a bad thing.

0:34.7

All that coming up and a whole lot more.

0:37.1

Live from the Attic Studio, it's time for Twit.

0:39.8

Podcasts you love. from people you trust.

0:45.0

This is Twit.

0:48.0

This is Twit.

0:50.0

This is

0:56.2

This week at Tech. Episode 992 recorded Sunday, August 11th, 2024.

1:01.2

Why not putting?

1:03.0

It's time for Twint, this week in tech,

1:07.0

it's time for Twint, this week in tech, the show where we get together with the best

1:15.1

journalists in the business and talk about the week's tech news and it's a little

1:18.0

different looking today because we as you know from last week we shut down the Twit Eastside Studios and I'm in my attic right now

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