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TWiG 648: Band Saws and Butt Joints - FLoC is dead, ID.me and facial scanning, Neil Young gone from Spotify

Category: Technology
Duration: 02:32:29
Publish Date: 2022-01-27 05:01:38
Description:
  • Google: Goodbye FLOC, hello Topics.
  • German publishers raise new opposition to Google's third-party cookie plans.
  • Google proposes a new way to track people around the Web. Again.
  • Why Amazon is ramping up its push for legalizing marijuana.
  • FLoC is dead. But Topics won't fix Google's ad targeting problems.
  • IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes.
  • IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access.
  • End Of The Line For Google Cloud's G Suite Legacy Free Edition.
  • G suite migration.
  • We Studied 81,000 Page Titles - Google Rewrote 61% Of Them.
  • British law groups recommend immunity for drivers of self-driving cars.
  • The self-driving car industry is abandoning the term 'self-driving' and leaving it to Tesla.
  • Halo.car - The electric car that drives to you.
  • Chicago Public Media to acquire the Sun-Times.
  • Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over 'False Information About Vaccines'
  • Missing: the shows from these big Spotify announcements.
  • Samsung officially announces February 9 launch event for Galaxy S22.
  • N.Korean internet downed by suspected cyberattacks -researchers.
  • Hacktivists say they hacked the Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup.
  • Manufacturers have less than five days' supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says.
  • You no longer have to say 'Hey Google' to get the Assistant to shut up.
  • Pixel's big At a Glance upgrade starts rolling out with more Google Clock & fitness integrations.
  • Google Chat adds rich text formatting on the web, rolling out now.
  • YouTube Music will soon work for supervised kid accounts enrolled with Family Link.
  • Oh, please, can we have a TWiG mini-musical? By brandonethridgemusic on TikTok.
  • Mark Cuban's latest business venture is a cash-only pharmacy that takes aim at crushing drug prices.
  • Meta ad for Horizon.

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

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