• Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 4 lets you do more while it's closed.
• Wear OS is getting a revamped Play Store and offline Google Maps later this year.
• Political Chips by Ben Thompson.
• Biden signs $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act.
• Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act Is a Big Effing Deal.
• Bill Gates: A Clean Energy Future is in the Hands of Congress.
• Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion.
• Maps, mops and Matter: Why Amazon wants iRobot.
• What Amazon's Roomba and One Medical Deals Have in Common.
• The smart home doesn't need a robot — it should be a robot.
• The Radical Scope of Tesla's Data Hoard Logs and records of its customers' journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets.
• Barney McCallum - Pickleball Hall of Fame.
• More with Barney McCallum.
• Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment.
• This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion.
• Google Set to Face DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Over Ad Market Monopoly.
• Android amps up campaign to push Apple into adopting RCS.
• Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology.
• Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a 'public debate' about bots.
• Elon Musk sells nearly $7 billion in Tesla shares.
• Scientists hid encryption key for Wizard of Oz text in plastic molecules.
• NASA is sending an iPad to the moon.
• If you're having problems with Google search, you're not alone.
• Meta's AI Chatbot Has Election-Denying, Antisemitic Bugs to Work Out.
• Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
• Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes.
• Google launches new website for kids learning to read.
• Google Fiber Blog: What's next for Google Fiber.
• Google Meet live sharing brings shared YouTube watching, Spotify listening, and games.
• Google rolling out GPS fix for Pixel 6/Pro and 6a, August update coming.
• @PessimistsArc: 1983 debate about home PC, with comparisons to hula hoop fad.

Picks:

• Stacey - Eve Aqua Smart Water Controller.
• Stacey - B-Hyve Smart Wi-Fi Irrigation Controller.
• Jeff - Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022.
• Ant - Vegas Pro 20 Launched.
• Ant - Send Me Your Photography "Ooops" Moments for Hands-On Photography.

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

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• Instagram walks back TikTok-style changes — Adam Mosseri explains why.
• Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri Need You All to Stop Being Big Babies.
• Wrong number' text message scams are surging.
• CHIPS Act clears Congress, ensuring $52 billion boost to US foundries.
• FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications.
• Twitter is raising the Blue subscription price from $2.99 to $4.99 monthly.
• Roku has a problem — its buttons aren't printing enough money.
• FTC's Lina Khan Overruled Staff to Sue Meta Over Virtual-Reality Deal (META).
• Meta officially cuts funding for U.S. news publishers.
• 'Days Of Our Lives' Moving From NBC To Peacock.
• Peacock's paid subscribers stayed flat at 13 million, losses widen to $467 million.
• Lollipops Hustle on Amazon Costs Family Candy Business Millions.
• I quit my job to buy and resell used books on Amazon. Now, I use my 6-figure income to travel the world.
• Google Meet meets Duo Meet, with Meet in Duo but Duo isn't going into Meet.
• Google CEO to employees: Productivity and focus must improve.
• Pixel Buds Pro get a demo area in NYC.
• TikTok and the Fall of the Social-Media Giants.
• A TikTok Music app could challenge Spotify and Apple.
• Sandwich guy goes solo.
• Gordon Ramsey judges cooking TikToks.
• Ali Spagnola doorstop keyboard.
• Ali Spagnola chiapet toilet.
• Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows.
• Investing in VeeFriends.
• Pearson plans to sell its textbooks as NFTs.
• GPT-3 writes Wikipedia's deletion report in the style of Hunter S. Thompson.
• Google Search's built-in timer has disappeared and no one's saying why.
• YouTube Music can now show 'Other performances'.
• YouTube's new tool lets creators turn their own videos into Shorts.
• Google is switching your Gmail interface to this new look.
• Google Meet meets Duo Meet, with Meet in Duo but Duo isn't going into Meet.
• Google Play Store takes aim at annoying game ads, copycat apps, and misinformation in new rules.
• Google Play Store removes version numbers from Android app listings.
• Netflix's lawsuit against the 'Bridgerton Musical' could change online fandom.
• The Hunt for Shelved $90 Million 'Batgirl' Movie Is On.

Picks:

• Jeff - 'Please do not erase': A treasured whiteboard at Boston Children's Hospital has not been touched for 15 years.
• Jeff - Werewolf erotica is the latest global gig work trend.
• Ant - My Personal Best Has Been Beaten.
• Ant - Stolen Gear: Help Rancho Cotate High Track Team.
• Ant - Thank You Nichelle Nichols.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

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• Alphabet misses on earnings and revenue for second quarter.
• Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected.
• Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for 'intense period'.
• Instagram Admits It's 'Not Good' After Kardashians Beg It to Stop Copying TikTok.
• Introducing Home and Feeds on Facebook.
• Zuck Turns Up the Heat.
• Sunset of the social network.
• @elonmusk: The media is a click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine.
• Inside TikTok's Attempts to 'Downplay the China Association'.
• Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient.
• Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant.
• TikTok's Pink Sauce chef defends her viral condiment.
• Today's TikTok culinary horror: pizza sacrilege.
• Why Does the Prison-Life Content on TikTok Feel So Familiar?
• A Fond Farewell to the Chaotic Italian Sandwich Man of TikTok.
• Google is adding Flyover-like aerial views to Maps.
• Google Photos website starts showing the backup quality of every image.
• Google Play gets a new logo for its 10-year anniversary.
• Hangouts on Air is back as Google Meet brings YouTube livestreaming to free Gmail.
• Pixel's At a Glance widget starts showing Air Quality (AQI) alerts.
• Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for Android tablets.
• Chromecast with Google TV finally supports streaming live video from new Nest Cams, Doorbell.
• Chromebooks are getting a new, more advanced Google Photos movie editor.
• Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us.
• Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing.
• The drive to save Choco Taco.
• Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of a seven-year-old opponent.
• Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024.
• Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet.
• How to Use BeReal, the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App.
• Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports.
• Why Amazon is buying a little-known medical provider for $3.9 billion.
• Frankfurt airport boss blames travel chaos on black suitcases.

Picks:

• Stacey - @secengineer on TikTok.
• Jeff - @jeffjarvis: Well, damn, now I'm crying all over again. Newport put up two high-quality and complete videos from @jonimitchell's set.
• Ant - Mac Arnold's 80th birthday celebrated with blues jam.

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

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• Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses.
• Not paywalled: Google reportedly pauses hiring for two weeks to 'review our headcount needs'.
• TikTok Begins Layoffs as Part of Potentially Far-Reaching 'Reorganization' Plan.
• HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5 Chromebook PC.
• New Pixelbooks were confirmed at Google I/O 2022, and we all missed it.
• How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex.
• Ant got a new Pixel 6.
• Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay.
• OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system.
• Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home.
• Thread gets an update ahead of Matter.
• Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound.
• Netflix Aims to Launch Cheaper, Ad-Supported Plan in Early 2023.
• Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing.
• Cats can't stop watching 'Stray' and yes, there's a whole Twitter account about it.
• #duet with @syllygirl this ladys gonna put my kids through college #chef #fyp #nwo.
• Qualcomm launches wearable chips that may finally meet the moment.
• YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore leader, as its new creator liaison.
• FCC chair proposes new US broadband standard of 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up.
• FCC Asks Mobile Carriers About Data Retention and Privacy Policies.
• Google Meet adding support for anonymous questions and poll responses.
• The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people's phones.
• Google Docs getting edit notifications that alert you to additions and removals.
• YouTube reduces Content ID appeal process from 30 to 7 days.
• Now Google Photos has a shortcut to help you find your screenshots faster.
• It's ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS.
• Sand battery in Finland.
• Tesla AI Boss Resigns Creating More Problems For Autopilot.

Picks:

• Jeff - How 'Old Country' went from a Reddit story to a novel and Netflix deal.
• Jeff - History of user interfaces.
• Stacey - Woosh Air: Smart Air Filter.
• Ant - Adobe Max Registration Now Open.
• Ant - Thanks for supporting youth sports.
• Ant - Follow Ant on Instagram.
• Jason - The iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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Twitter sues Elon Musk, Ev leaves Medium, Juul ban, World Emoji Day

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Cathy Gellis

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• British Government Gone Rogue
• Google closes data loophole amid privacy fears over abortion ruling
• Google on women's data after Roe
• EU regulation passes: The DMA and DSA just got real
• Common Crawl
• What is Web 3 and the Decline of Crypto
• Bored Ape Yacht Club Founder Criticizes Campaign That Says The BAYC Has Nazi Symbolism
• Great little BBC movement
• Scientific American Asked GPT-3 to Write an Academic Paper about Itself—Then Tried to Get It Published
• Jeff asks GPT-3 to write an op-ed about moral panic and the net
• And a short story
• 25 years of Google search: a tour
• Rise of the woebots: why are robots always so sad?
• I watched hundreds of flat-Earth videos to learn how conspiracy theories spread
• Meta warns employees of 'serious times' in internal memo listing key product bets
• Android 12 July security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
• Samsung July 2022 update is now rolling out for these Galaxy devices
• Google Photos starts rolling out a new pop-up UI for quick sharing and library management
• New Zero Day Threat Revealed For Millions Of Google Chrome Users
• Fake Love Letters, Forged Telegrams, and Prison Escape Maps: Designing Graphic Props for Filmmaking
• Arby's, Old Spice, and meat sweats
• Don't buy this
• ZGCINE NPF Battery Quick Charger

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Glenn Fleishman

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• Tech companies already changing HR policies in response to landmark Roe v. Wade decision
• Online Privacy Becomes Critical If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
• Here's Google's letter saying employees can relocate to states with abortion rights
• Facebook says 'incorrect enforcement' removed posts on abortion pill access
• Taco Bell's Latest Tostada Features a Giant Cheez-It
• ADT Is Betting Google Can Drag It Into the Future
• Instagram is testing an AI tool that verifies your age by scanning your face
• Snapchat adds paid subscription with more features for power users
• Google Proposes To Keep Campaign Messages Out of Spam
• Reminiscing about Google Q
• Meta, TikTok Could Face Civil Liability for Addicting Children in California
• Ofcom numbersGoogle is encouraging all companies to introduce anonymous code review to remove bias in reviews
• Google helps Workspace customers measure carbon footprint of use
• Google is paying the Wikimedia Foundation for better access to information
• Google's new Chromebook features make it easier to connect to Android phones
• Google Hangouts is shutting down in November
• Gmail gets Material You web redesign and 'Gmail-only' view without Chat, Meet
• Chrome for iOS is getting better protections against malicious sites
• Nest Hub Max gets Fuchsia update in Preview Program
• Fingerbot
• Atari 50 Year Anniversary
• Compound Pejoratives on Reddit
• The Rise of the 0.5 Selfie
• The Burger That Instagram Built
• Maker of Bored Ape NFTs sues artist for profiting off 'copycat' images
• The Accidental Media Critics of YouTube
• Aero Quartet Video Recovery Service
• Nikon Announces Budget-friendly Mirroless Z-30
• June Egg Pan
• Meta and Google's hold on digital advertising loosens as TikTok and others gain share

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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• The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya.
• Trust by Hernan Diaz.
• City on Fire by Don Winslow.
• Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison by Daniel Genis.
• The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler by Kathryn S. Olmsted.
• Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange.
• The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen.
• Play with GPT-3 yourself here.
• Finding out whether GPT-3 can take the SAT.
• VidCon Returns as Chill Falls on Creator Economy.
• Elon Musk said he wants Twitter to become the WeChat of the western world in his first meeting with employees.
• When Elon met Twitter.
• Introducing: Notes We're testing a way to write longer on Twitter.
• SpaceX employees say Elon Musk is an 'embarrassment' as he waffles on work-from-home.
• Microsoft, Meta, and others are founding a metaverse open standards group (no Apple or Roblox).
• 'Snow Crash' Author Neal Stephenson Is Building a 'Free Metaverse' Called Lamina1.
• Meta is launching a digital clothing store where you can purchase outfits for your avatar.
• How Thom Browne became 2022's hottest red carpet commodity.
• Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire.
• Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them.
• NPR & Edison Research: Smart Speaker Ownership Reaches 35% of Americans.
• Leo's day with his voice assistant.
• Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization.
• Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall Are Said to Be Divorcing.
• Bill Nye the Married Guy! "Science Guy" star tied the knot last month.
• Researcher Hacks Into Backend for Network of Smart Jacuzzis.
• Leaded aviation gasoline is poisoning a new generation.
• Most popular websites for news in the world: Monthly top 50 listing.
• Proof By Seth Abramson.
• SpaceX: Starlink Risks Becoming 'Unusable' If Dish Gets 12GHz Spectrum.
• Google News (now 20 years old) gets a redesign.
• Google Password Manager now has an Android home screen shortcut.
• Chrome 103 replaces the built-in password list with Android's default manager.
• Google Password Manager starts offering on-device encryption on Android, iOS, and Chrome.
• Google TV Profiles have arrived, and will allow each user to have their own personalized experience.
• Google Maps dark mode appears broken on Android Auto for some after recent updates.
• Why America Will Lose Semiconductors.

Picks:

• Stacey - KitchenAid Shave Ice Attachment
• Jeff - TikTok Italian sandwich guy
• Ant - Pro Mist Filter from Tiffen
• Ant - Moment's Cine Bloom Filter
• Ant - New Updates to Premiere Pro
• Ant - Capture One Update

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

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• The Google engineer who thinks the company's AI has come to life.
• DALL·E mini: AI model generating images from any prompt!
• Nonsense on stilts.
• Federal safety agency expands its investigation of Tesla's Autopilot system.
• Musk to address Twitter employees for 1st time this week.
• Elon Musk says Tesla's fake robot might be ready by September 30th.
• Jack Dorsey's TBD Presents Bitcoin-based Decentralized Web5.
• Some thoughts on stock photos on tech websites and the Developer Aesthetic.
• @rasmus_kleis: 2022 Digital News Report out now. A huge effort by an amazing team that I'm proud to be part of.
• Meta Hits the Brakes on Portal, AR Glasses, and Other Hardware.
• Amazon Set to Launch Drone Delivery in California.
• Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are a sham.
• Jay-Z Is Giving Back to the Community He Grew Up In... With a 'Bitcoin Academy'.
• Qualcomm wins fight against $1 bln EU antitrust fine.
• Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires by Douglas Rushkoff.
• The perfect TWiG link: Tiktok, Chipotle, queso.
• YouTube's new corrections feature lets creators fix the record more easily.
• Google Chrome's on-device machine learning blocks noisy notification prompts.
• Google Maps now shows toll prices on Android and iOS.
• Files and folders in various locations in Drive to be replaced with shortcuts.
• Google lists their recommended third-party apps for Google Workspace.
• Google's changing its calendar invites to be clearer and more modern.
• Google Talk is surprisingly still operational, but that ends on Thursday.
• The Floppotron 3.0.

Picks:

• Stacey - Kindle Paperwhite 8th Generation Review
• Jeff - Sure, Internet Explorer Had Its Faults. But Fans Are Mourning Its Death Anyway
• Leo - lagplorer.tms.sx
• Ant - Video "editing" in Adobe Lightroom
• Ant - Nice Closeout Pricing on a Benro Tripod While Supplies Last
• Leo - Toucan - Learn a new language just by browsing the internet

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

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• Why Sheryl Sandberg Quit Facebook's Meta.
• In reversal, Twitter plans to comply with Musk's demands for data.
• Texas AG launches investigation against Twitter for allegedly misreporting fake bot accounts.
• @TwitterBlue: Available now in Top Articles—a new way to find even more content you want to read: "People they follow" expands your results, showing the most-shared articles from the people you follow who they follow.
• How San Francisco Became a Failed City.
• New York state passes first-ever 'right to repair' law for electronics.
• I Tried to Fix My iPhone Myself...Big Mistake.
• We Tried Apple's iPhone Repair Program. You Shouldn't (Probably).
• Right to disconnect: new law in effect in Ontario.
• USB-C will be mandatory for phones sold in the EU 'by autumn 2024'.
• In meme stock trading fix, S.E.C. to preview new rules.
• Rewriting Wall Street's Rulebook.
• Google Fi expands coverage on Pixel with Wi-Fi 'W+ network'.
• Android 13 Inches Even Closer to Launch with Its Third Beta.
• Android 12 Beta Program ends with QPR3, Pixel phones will automatically be unenrolled.
• June's Pixel Feature Drop: At a Glance flashlight & doorbell alerts, 'pocket operator' music maker.
• Android Auto for Phone Screens is officially dying for everyone.
• Pixel 6 Pro $100 off in first direct US Google Store discount.
• Google Photos face grouping has a new retention policy, thanks to $100 million lawsuit.
• Taco Bell of the Future!
• DALL-E 2 generates images of Kermit The Frog in various films.
• High-School Start Times Are Still Too Early for Teens.
• Time for digital detox.
• Twitter world leaders policy: What changed?
• Nothing will reveal its first phone on July 12th.
• Apple's Passkey Replaces Passwords With iPhone and Mac Authentication.
• New York Mayor Adams Prioritizes Crypto Hype Over Affordable Broadband.
• Bird is laying off 23% of staff.
• Google employee Emma Haruka Iwao calculates the record pi digit.
• Friendlyjordies: John Barilaro to be paid $715,000 by Google over YouTube videos.
• Trippiest tech glitch ever.

Picks:

• Ant - NCAA Track and Field Championship Begins
• Ant - Turn Signl
• Ant - Order a Print from Ant
• Jeff - Oh, you must have met the Queen

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

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