TWiG 786: Now That's a Wikifoot - OpenAI o1, Flappy Bird, Instagram for Teens

This Week in Google (Audio)

• Google Wins Fight to Scrap $1.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Ads
• Exclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers, sources say
• Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes
• Age verification AI for teen users...?
• House panel advances Kids Online Safety Act despite pushback
• The Battle to Ban Screens From School Now Includes Chromebooks and Tablets
• Trump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency Business
• How crypto bros wrested Flappy Bird from its creator
• Ex-MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy After Taking Plea Deal
• Inside Elon Musk's Mushrooming Security Apparatus
• Elizabeth McCafferty was offered £6,000 for images of her bare feet after they appeared on a fetish website without her consent.
• The 'feral 25-year-olds' making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTok
• Apple's new iOS 18 upgrade doesn't fix the 'green bubble' problems
• Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats
• Why OpenAI is Hiding its Reasoning Model's 'Thoughts'
• Calif. Gov. Newsom Says He's Worried About AI Bill
• Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line
• Can AI Really Replace Salesforce and Workday?
• Mr. Beast's playbook
• Google Photos now lets you flip your photos and videos horizontally
• Google Chrome getting one-tap notification unsubscribe, starting on Pixel
• YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google's AI video model
• Google Photos is getting a new 'Ultra HDR' editing option
• Finally!! Google Slides adds multi-monitor support for presentations
• Chromebook acting weird? Try Google's new ChromeOS 'Sanitize' tool – a lighter, friendlier fix than the full-wipe 'Powerwash' feature
• The Office in Oz
• Ig Nobels
• The Pentium as a Navajo weaving
• Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau

Guest: Molly White

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