TWiG 782: Yassified - Google Vs. Epic, Fake Reviews, AI Warfare

This Week in Google (Audio)

• Epic judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down' on Google's app store monopoly
• Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die
• OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé Nast
• Deal in california
• xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes
• Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel
• The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews
• Palantir's Alex Karp Talks About War, AI and America's Future
• Roblox is Already the Biggest Game In The World. Why Can't It Make a Profit (And How Can It)?
• Looks and Gaming: Who and Why?
• 2024 Winners | The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
• Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster
• Google went public 20 years ago—what your $1000 investment would be worth today
• Mayoral candidate vows to let VIC, an AI bot, run Wyoming's capital city
• More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November's election. The campaigns have been wary.
• Russia's AI tactics for US election interference are failing, Meta says
• Gmail can turn 'rough notes' into a full draft with Gemini 'Polish'
• Google's Stunning New Android AI Feature Instantly Locks Phone Thieves Out
• I tried Google's Pixel Screenshots and it's everything I'd want an AI feature to be
• Early hands-on with Google Pixel 9's AI Call Notes reveals disappointing restrictions
• Google Play will no longer pay to discover vulnerabilities in popular Android apps
• Trap
• Where have all the Burners gone? Shops catering to Burning Man brace for slow season
• Inside the opulent world of six-figure kids birthday parties in Silicon Valley
• TikTok Parrot is 'attention hog' and smart as human toddler, owners say
• Paris 'n' pals need this

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