TWiG 751: The NUMTOT With a Top Knot - Google Layoffs, Verizon Fees, AI Boyfriends

Is A.I. the Death of I.P.? Samsung Unpacked recap Google Is Laying Off Hundreds of Workers in Its Voice Assistant, AR Teams Google Formally Endorses Right to Repair, Will Lobby to Pass Repair Laws Google Maps now supports Bluetooth beacons in tunnels Apple revises US App Store rules to let developers link to outside payment methods, feat a scary message! Jeff's op-ed proposing that Bell Labs be turned into a Museum and School of the Internet Peacock's AFC Wild Card game was the "most-streamed event ever in the US." Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement Tom Coates on Meta and the Fediverse Fox puts its stuff on the blockchain Functions Google is killing in Assistant Google quietly updates Chrome's incognito warning in wake of tracking lawsuit Google updates Chrome Incognito disclaimer amid $5 billion lawsuit settlement Google introduces 'Circle to Search,' a new way to search from anywhere on Android using gestures GPT Store opens Glenn's thing: How Infrastructure Works Paris's thing: 1990s internet directories Jeff's Thing:  swarovski's world-first AI binoculars that identify species on their own Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Glenn Fleishman Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meraki.cisco.com/twit Miro.com/podcast