Intelligent Machines 658

• Podcast listeners likely to be more curious and less neurotic – study.
• Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter.
• Twitter confirms testing edit button; says it has nothing to do with that poll.
• Anil Dash: Yeah, that’s bad. Wish they would have taken any of the many other suggestions of active users who could have been added to the board over the years.
• Elon Musk joins the Twitter board - by Casey Newton.
• How does everyone feel about an edit button on Twitter?
• Twitter Edits You.
• Substack sides with Musk.
• The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler.
• jack on Twitter: "the days of Usenet, IRC, the web...even email (w PGP)...were amazing. centralizing discovery and identity into corporations really damaged the internet. I realize I'm partially to blame and regret it."
• José Andrés: Apple Maps was sending me into Russian-controlled territory.
• Fortnite raised $144 million for Ukraine relief.
• Blending technology with psychology to engage Russian people on the Ukraine war.
• Mail2RU: Pop the Kremlin Propaganda Bubble.
• Dead Lay Out in Bucha for Weeks, Refuting Russian Claim, Satellite Images Show.
• ‘Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’ Becomes First Grammy-Winning Album to Originate on TikTok.
• TikTok Is Funding Its First Musical, From Creative Lead Behind ‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical.
• Mug cake tangent.
• I tried Trump’s Truth Social so you don’t have to.
• Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after a troubled app launch.
• Alphabet’s Wing is bringing drone delivery to Texas this week.
• Uber users could soon be picked up by S.F. taxis as the ride-hailing app teams with its competitors.
• Fast, the Troubled Fintech Startup, Is Shutting Down.
• Fast's collapse won't be unique.
• Ant reviews the Olive Pro Earbuds.
• The Olive Max 2-in-1 hearing aids come with adaptive hearing tech.
• Google bribes employees to return to the office with a free scooter (subscriptions).
• Google Cloud just built a data lakehouse on BigQuery.
• Google Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software.
• Ubiquiti seeks $425 million in damages against industry blogger Brian Krebs.
• MLB to allow pitchers and catchers to use anti-sign-stealing technology during the regular season, sources say.
• iHeartMedia building a new NFT network for podcasts.
• Book on new street photography: taking pix of people's phone screens.
• Google Maps to add toll road prices, more map details, Apple Watch improvements, and more.
• Google Docs now offers emoji reactions.
• Google delays when legacy G Suite users have to start paying, a no-cost waiting list coming.
• Pixel 6 April update fixes camera and wireless charging issues, available today.
• Google Translate can now auto-switch Gboard to the appropriate language.
• Google hardware gets unified security reward program that covers Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit.
• Wyze knew hackers could remotely access your camera for three years and said nothing.

Picks:

• Stacey - Tertill Weeding Robot
• Jeff - Elon Musk delayed filing a form and made $156 million
• Jeff - Jeff's RoboBurger Adventure
• Leo - BARE: The best of Twitter, minus the social and the media
• Ant - Little Steve: and the Little Details
• Ant - Freedom LUTs to Help Support Skylum in Ukraine
• Ant - Successful Platypod Extreme Kickstarter
• Ant - I Don't Remember the Convo, but THANKS Atoms

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• Transcripts: This Week in Google 658, Transcript

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• Podcast listeners likely to be more curious and less neurotic – study
• Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter - Protocol
• Twitter confirms testing edit button; says it has nothing to do with that poll
• Anil Dash thread on Musk joining the board
• Elon Musk joins the Twitter board - by Casey Newton
• Twitter Edits You
• Substack sides with Musk
• (19) jack on Twitter: "the days of usenet, irc, the web...even email (w PGP)...were amazing. centralizing discovery and identi
• José Andrés: Apple Maps was sending me into Russian-controlled territory
• Fortnite raised $144 million for Ukraine relief - The Verge
• Blending technology with psychology to engage Russian people on the Ukraine war:
• Pop the Kremlin Propaganda Bubble
• Dead Lay Out in Bucha for Weeks, Refuting Russian Claim, Satellite Images Show - The New York Times
• Unofficial Bridgerton TikTok musical wins Grammy!
• TikTok funding its first musical from creative force behind Ratatouille
• I tried Trump’s Truth Social so you don’t have to
• Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch
• Alphabet’s Wing is bringing drone delivery to Texas this week | TechCrunch
• Uber users could soon be picked up by S.F. taxis as the ride hailing app teams with its competitors
• Fast, the Troubled Fintech Startup, Is Shutting Down — The Information
• RELATED: Ant reviews the Olive Pro Earbuds
• The Olive Max 2-in-1 hearing aids come with adaptive hearing tech | Engadget
• Google bribes employees to return to the office with free scooter (subscriptions)
• Google Cloud just built a data lakehouse on BigQuery
• Google Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software
• Ubiquiti seeks $425 million in damages against industry blogger Brian Krebs
• MLB to allow pitchers, catchers to use anti-sign-stealing technology during regular season, sources say
• iHeartMedia building new NFT network for podcasts
• Book on new street photography: taking pix of people's phone screens
• Google Maps to add toll road prices, more map details, Apple Watch improvements and more | TechCrunch
• Google Docs now offers emoji reactions
• Google delays when legacy G Suite users have to start paying, no-cost waiting list coming
• Pixel 6 April update fixes camera and wireless charging issues, available today
• Google Translate can now auto switch Gboard to the appropriate language
• Google hardware gets unified security reward program that covers Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit
• The Tertill
• My reporting trip
• Musk 11 days late notifying SEC
• BARE: The best of Twitter, minus the social and the media
• Little Steve a children's book
• Freedom LUTs to Help Support Skylum in Ukraine
• Successful Platypod Extreme Kickstartrer
• I Don't Remember the Convo, but THANKS Atoms