TWiG 700: Impecunious Mods - Google job cuts, ChatGPT malware, To Leslie, AmazonSmile to close

Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs. Interview with Richard Hay. Google Slashes Jobs at Incubator Area 120 as Part of Cuts. Meta to Reinstate Trump's Facebook and Instagram Accounts. AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces. Mastodon founder has a message for Elon Musk. Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients. Elon Musk Explores Raising Up to $3 Billion to Help Pay Off Twitter Debt. Ivory: The Magnificent Mastodon App. We tried to run a social media site and it was awful. DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market. Justice Department calls for breakup of Google in new antitrust lawsuit. More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft. ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor. @divergencearran: Earlier this evening @kevinrose was phished into signing a malicious signature that allowed the hacker to transfer a large number of high-value tokens. ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware. T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers. PCs past fans: active cooling chip. HBO's 'The Last of Us' Infects Your Google Search With Creepy Fungus. To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination. Virginia man sues Chick-fil-A in SF court over sharing data with Facebook. The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off. Google Clock 7.4 update tests buttons for ending alarms. Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 rolling out with Bluetooth and 5G fixes for Pixel. Google Meet making it easier to share files during calls. Waze now supports Android Auto's 'Coolwalk' dashboard; will users actually start getting it now? Picks: Stacey - Jabra 85H. Stacey - The AirPods Pro 2nd gen as smart hearables puts a smile on my face. Jeff - The library that Jeff wants. Ant - StellaPro Reflex-S On Sale. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Richard Hay 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 Sponsor: CDW.com/HPE

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