TWiG 508: I'm Bi-Cola, Myself
This Week's Stories
Did Nest Die at Google I/O? Own a Pixel? You Could Get $500 in Microphone Lawsuit Google's New IoT SDK Module Google Assistant for Sonos is Here Google's Titan Security Key can be Hacked 14-Year-Old Hate-Spewing Female YouTuber Hey Facebook: Let Us Export Our Friends Tech Companies Sign Christchurch Call to Action to Fight Extremism All 100 Things Announced at Google I/O New Google Trips Combines all Google Travel Apps Coding Jobs Fraud in Appalachia Google Cancels Project to Dual-Boot Windows on Chromebooks Outlawing Loot Boxes Dolby Could Sue You for using old Versions of Photoshop Chinese Company Must Sell Grindr Netflix Saves Kids from 400 Hours/Year of Ads Why We Still Love Tech Picks of the Week
Leo's Tool: Picstructions Jeff's Number: QSR drive-through study Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 16 May 2019 | 12:15 am
TWiG 507: Machine Learning is the New Chicken Sexer
This Week's Stories
Google I/O Highlights Pixel 3A Unboxing Nest Hub Max > Google Home Hub AR Walking Directions in Google Maps Google Leans into Helpfulness vs Privacy Project Euphonia: Speech-to-text for People who are Hard to Understand Trouble in Chromebook Land AR Coming to Google Search Next-Generation Google Assistant Changes to Android Auto Assistant Speeds Up Google Maps Gets Incognito Mode Android Q Preview Protest Plane Over Google I/O Project Mainline Wants to Fix Android Stratification Google Kills "Works With Nest" and IFTTTT Functionality Verizon Killed Tumblr, Wants to Sell Solitaire Goes to Video Game Hall of Fame Arya Stark's New App for Creatives Windows is Getting a Linux Kernel What the Microsoft Hololens Demo Fail was Supposed to Look Like Picks of the Week
Kevin's Pick: Hacking Diabetes Jeff's Number: New York Times Crossword Puzzle Leo's Tool: Chatterbox - the smart speaker that kids build and program Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Kevin Tofel
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Posted on 9 May 2019 | 1:31 am
TWiG 506: Knee Deep in Schnitt
This Week's Stories
Google I/O Preview Facebook's New Look: Bye-Bye, Blue, Hello Groups and Stories Facebook Dating: Tinder for Grandma Google Will Let You Limit Your Location History Oculus Quest and Rift S Launch May 21st - is Oculus Still Worth $2 Billion? Instagram Adds Camera, Hides Links FB Messenger Focuses on Friends Eric Schmidt Leaves Google Board of Directors Google Employees' Protest Protests Protest Protests YouTube Pays the Price for Being Woke Alphabet Q1 Results Microsoft 2019 Voice Report At F8, Zuck Doubles Down on Privacy RIP Anki :( Zuck Builds a "Sleep Box" for his Wife - It's Not What You Think Amazon Prime Speeds Up to 1-Day Shipping Ring to Launch Crime News Show? Casper's Cool Glow Light A Guide to all that Great Food in Billions Julian Assange Gets 50 Weeks in Gaol Cheddar Gets $200M Cheddar NYT Goes Full Moral Panic Over Targeted Ads The Guardian Breaks Even Burger King Rolls out the Impossible Whopper Nationwide Picks of the Week
Jeff's Number: 767-2676 Stacey's Thing: Wyze Sense Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 1 May 2019 | 11:16 pm
TWiG 505: Laundry Folding as a Service
This Week's Top Stories
Facebook Demands Users' Email Passwords, Steals Their Contacts Sri Lanka Shuts Down Social Media Smoking Cessation and Depression Apps Could be Sharing and Selling and Your Data Samsung Galaxy Fold Delayed to June 13th • Mr Dorsey Goes to Washington Android Q Will Kill the Back Button Google I/O Preview Google's Undersea Cable Infrastructure Jacquard on TEDtalks Jarvis on Our Addiction to Stories The EU Wants Your Biometric Data The WashPo Columnist that Hates Podcasts (and Whistling) Sprint Settles with AT&T Over Fake 5G IoT Over 5ghz That $16,000 Laundry Folding Goes Bankrupt, but a $3000 Competitor is on the way Google Punishes Walkout Organizers Most Tweets Made By Young, Female Democrats AOC Quits Facebook & Thinks You Should, Too Facebook is Ready to be Fined by the FTC Tik Tok Unbanned in India Exploding Frisbees, Underwater Relay Racing, Pommel Horse Sawing, and More Game Ideas from Artificial Intelligence Picks of the Week
Stacey's Thing #1: The Princess and the Fangirl: A Geekerella Fairy Tale (Once Upon A Con) Stacey's Thing #2: IoT Inspector Jeff's Number #1: How Google saved 6 million lbs in food waste Jeff's Number #2: Court denies Boston entrepreneur share of $65 million Facebook settlement Leo's Tool: The Land Before Time, "Scottish" edition Hosts: Leo Laporte , Jeff Jarvis , and Stacey Higginbotham
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Posted on 25 April 2019 | 1:32 am
TWiG 504: Gelato in Perugia With Craig
This Week's Stories
Documents "Confirm" Facebook Used Your Data Against Rivals Google I/O Plans: Will Pixel 3a Be There? YouTube Falsely Hints Notre Dame Fire was Terrorism Defending Assange: Hard but Necessary The Open Internet is Under Attack YouTube Wants to Reward "Quality Watch Time" Congratulations 2019 Pulitzer Winners! Facebook's 15 Months of Hell Twitter "Prioritizes" Abuse Flags Jack Dorsey Floats Controversial Twitter Changes Secret Service Mishandle Mar-A-Lago Malware Illinois' Anti-Alexa Law Has No Teeth Pixel Camera Adds Kiss Detection Galaxy Fold Review Units Breaking Twitter Deletes Journalists' Tweets about Torrent Story Picks of the Week
Jeff's Numbers: Mayor Pete speaks Binary, Get naked to protest social media Mathew's Thing: Assassin's Creed Unity will be used to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Mathew Ingram
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Posted on 17 April 2019 | 11:11 pm
TWiG 503: Get Off Stacey's Lawn!
This Week's Stories
Staceysplaining Google Cloud Next Australia and the UK vs Free Speech on Social Media Google Drone Tests in Australia Google Cancels its AI Ethics Board in Record Time Larry and Sergei: MIA G Suite and Google Home: Better, but Still Disappointing More Ads and Suggestions Coming to Google Maps Embedded Ads Coming to Android TV Pixel 3a: All the Leaks! Google Tests Health Wristband YouTube TV Price Hike YouTube Choose-Your-Own-Adventure House Futilely Votes to Save Net Neutrality Picks of the Week
Stacey's Thing: Verdant Lady Cocktail Jeff's Number: More Pixel Laptops, Tablets on the Way Jason's App: AllTrails Hosts: Jeff Jarvis , Stacey Higginbotham , and Jason Howell
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Posted on 11 April 2019 | 12:26 am
TWiG 502: Inbox Nicorette
Top Stories this Week
The end of the line for inbox and G+ The history of G+ Killed by Google, a website devoted to all of the apps, hardware, and services that Google has dumped over the years Simple phone hack using Google Fi could save you enough money to buy a new phone every year G+ was a search engine for social Google working on a censored search engine for China NASA and Google teaming up on Mars exploration In-episode search is coming to Google Podcasts BBC podcasts will no longer be on Google platforms Picks of the Week
Mike's App: Inbox Theme for Gmail Ant's Stuff: Geek Questionaire Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Ant Pruitt and Mike Elgan
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Posted on 4 April 2019 | 2:22 am
TWiG 501: I Didn't Say It, Oprah Did!
Top Stories this Week
Articles 13 and 11 Pass - What it Means for Memes Google Stadia: Will ISPs Kill It? Will Twitch? Win Some, Lose Some: Google Makes $17B on the Stock Market on the Same Day EU Fines It $1.7B How to Steal $122 Million from Google and Facebook Chrome OS 73: Top Features, Hidden Secrets Everything We Know About the Pixel 3a Killed By Google: RIP Allo, Google+, Inbox, Stadia Apple Arcade and Apple News+: What to Expect Youtube is Still Producing Premium Shows Facebook Apologizes and Says It Will Never Do It Again Host: Leo Laporte
Guests: Mathew Ingram and Kevin Tofel
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Posted on 27 March 2019 | 11:00 pm
TWiG 500: Name Your Child Fester
News of the Week
Google Stadia: Pros and Cons EU Fines Google $1.7B Over Ads Google's European Browser Ballot Google+'s Last Day: April Fools Google Stadia: Pros and Cons It is Possible to Design a Good Social Network? Google Death Watch: Inbox, Google+, goog.le, Allo Devin Nunes Sues Twitter, his Mom, and his Cow Fake News is Now Illegal... in Russia President Trump Spends More on Facebook and Google Ads Than All Democratic Candidates Put Together Facebook Live Christchurch Shooting Myspace Deletes All Your Music, Photos, and Videos President Psychedelic Warlord, Beto O'Rourke Google Promotes Diversity in Podcasts Google Tasks Might Finally be Useful Picks of the Week
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Stacey Higginbotham
Guest: Mike Elgan
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Posted on 20 March 2019 | 10:00 pm
