Nov 1st 2023
This Week in Google 740
Michelangelo's Nunchucks
AI Executive Order, Sergey Brin's Airship, WeWork Bankruptcy, .ing Domain
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- Facebook's demographic targeting and personalized recommendations
- Government regulations for controlling AI in the US
- The threat of militarization of AI and autonomous weapons
- Eco-friendly transportation like blimps and cross-country train trips
- Don LaFontaine's train car recordings
- Google's questionable business practices and dominance
- Viral courtroom sketches from Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX trial
- Google switching to mobile-first indexing
- Google's new .ing domain name
- Humane's new smart pin device created with OpenAI and Jony Ive
- Nostalgic retro flip clocks and video games
- Concept of time and futuristic hotels like TWA Hotel
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Links
- Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence | The White House
- Attenuating Innovation (AI) – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- Sergei’s Airship Gets FAA Approval
- Google turned ANC earbuds into heart rate sensor
- Google asked Apple to preload its search app on iOS, Pichai testimony reveals - The Verge
- Google’s most lucrative queries: a rare look at how search makes money - The Verge
- WeWork Plans to File for Bankruptcy as Early as Next Week - WSJ
- X launches two new subscriptions to boost your replies - The Verge
- YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world
- Google is officially trying to make .ing domains a th.ing
- Google Completes Switch To Mobile-First Indexing
- Google Fiber is getting outrageously fast 20Gbps service
- Google Bard can now ‘respond in real time’ instead of waiting
- NFL Sunday Ticket price on YouTube TV gets a 50% cut through the rest of the season
- Has Humane Created the Next iPhone—or the Next Google Glass?
- A lovely little flip clock
- 32-hour attention day
- Calacanis: podcast as luxury brand