TWiG 736: Socks on the Beach - Pixel 8, Chromebook Plus, paid social media, what happened to Masterclass? - a podcast by TWiT

• Google's Pixel hardware event and new devices


• Debate over adding AI to search functions - risks to accuracy?


• Laws challenging social media's First Amendment rights


• Movies released on TikTok by studios


• High production costs of Masterclass


• Streaming vs DVDs and the shrinking open web


• Spotify's attempts to expand beyond music in audiobooks


• Amazon's algorithms manipulating prices


• Supreme Court case involving copyright of legal search tools


• Paywalls and closed platforms replacing the open web


• Pushback against heroic tech biographies and access journalism


• Impacts of inexpensive screens and cameras everywhere


• Testing social media subscription models


• Using AI to create realistic fake photos and videos

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Paris Martineau

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