This Week in Google 641: Don't Touch My Fun Noodle! - a podcast by TWiT

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  • SaltHank.com is live!

  • Year in search 2021.

  • Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the app will offer a chronological feed option early next year.

  • Right-wing activists are openly 'weaponizing' Twitter's new private media policy.

  • Ex-Googler Timnit Gebru Starts Her Own AI Research Center.

  • The morning in the Estonian capital began with a traffic jam of... robot couriers! Because of the snowfall, they stalled and could not move.

  • The macaques of Bali have learned to steal valuables from tourists to trade these back against food.

  • Rep. Devin Nunes to leave Congress to become Trump media company CEO.

  • Politico slammed for 'inventing a disease' to criticize Kamala Harris for not using Bluetooth.

  • Roku, Google settle messy battle over YouTube distribution.

  • Seeking a common language for self-driving cars.

  • YouTube copyright transparency report: 2.2 million bogus reports.

  • Here's everything new in Android 12L Beta 1.

  • Pixel December security patch: Google fixes nearly 100 Android 12, Pixel 6, & other issues with December update.

  • December Pixel Feature Drop: Hands-on with all the new additions.

  • Fix for the Android Auto/Pixel 6 problem.

  • Jessica Rosenworcel confirmed by Senate to lead the FCC.

  • TikTok Just Unveiled Its Most Viral Trends of 2021.

  • How TikTok Reads Your Mind.

  • The CIA Is Deep Into Cryptocurrency, Director Reveals.

  • Google temporarily disrupts a botnet that infected 1 million PCs.

  • Better.com CEO fires 900 employees over Zoom.

  • An Australian man who claimed to have invented bitcoin wins US court battle for fortune worth billions.

  • Oh no... According to Newsmax, the Pope is dying! I'll have to let him know the next time he comes over.

  • Nirit Weiss-Blatt: Her expensive book, Techlash, is now an inexpensive audiobook.

  • Where the Earth is flat and 9/11 is an inside job: A comparative algorithm audit of conspiratorial information in web search results.

  • Rohingya refugees sue Facebook over Myanmar hate speech.

  • Today, Amazon launches Alexa Together.

  • Amazon, can we have our name back?

  • Three Steps to the Future - Benedict Evans.

  • BuzzFeed Stock Turns Lower in Its Nasdaq Trading Debut.

  • China's Yutu 2 rover spots a cube-shaped 'mystery hut' on the far side of the moon.

  • Pantone unveils Color of the Year for 2022.

Picks:


  • Stacey - AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future.

  • Ant - Support Chester's BBQ Sauce.

  • Ant - Words of Wisdom.

  • Jeff - Laughing fox.

  • Jeff - How Elon Musk sold 10 million Tesla shares and increased his Tesla holdings.


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


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