• Jeff's op-ed proposing that Bell Labs be turned into a Museum and School of the Internet
• Paris reveals her passion for pruning trees in NY
• Molly White's first appearance, stupid Wikipedia edit wars
• Ed Zitron's first appearance, elon's shady non-profits
• NYC apartment with a podcast studio
• What are cow magnets?
• Paris and Cathy, tab hoarders
• Paris digs into the source of the human cells used in a robotics experiment
• Craig stops by to talk about pancakes and his philanthopy
• Leo's audition for Megalopolis
• AI Genereated podcast of Paris' stories
• Paris getting her license to prune trees in NY

Host: Leo Laporte

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• Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban
• U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes
• Personal Data of Rhode Island Residents Breached in Large Cyberattack
• YouTube TV increases price by $10 a month starting in January
• YouTube's year of the livingroom
• WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction
• Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024
• NotebookLM gets a new look, audio interactivity and a premium version
• 1-800-ChatGPT
• Roose celebritizes Claude
• The weirdest job in AI
• Nvidia's $249 Jetson Nano supercomputer
• The Trouble With Searching Google for 'the Best'
• Joanna Stern book all about her
• Feeling at home? New app lets US homebuyers see neighbors' politics
• Masnick: Katie Couric Is Wrong: Repealing Section 230 Won't Stop Online Misinformation
• LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)
• Seat patterns from public transports all around the world
• A compendium of transit tickets.
• Top uses of Claude (by country)
• Always Go To The Funeral

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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Google introduces its new generative AI video model, Veo. TikTok is fighting back, seeking to pause the US ban pending a review from the Supreme Court. A judge is currently blocking the sale of Infowars to The Onion. And Leo and Jeff help Pars decide on the best gifts for a white elephant party.

• Google's new generative AI video model is now available.
• Google introduces A.I. agent that aces 15-day weather forecasts.
• Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip.
• Google is suing a federal regulator over supervision of its payment division.
• Hawk Tuah memecoin dumps 90% amid backlash over controversial launch.
• TikTok seeks to pause US ban pending Supreme Court review.
• Frank McCourt's Project Liberty advances bid for TikTok.
• The Supreme Court must intervene in the TikTok case.
• Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup.
• Are those drones over New Jersey? Sightings mount, and still no answers.
• Introducing Reddit answers.
• Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review.
• Instagram rolls out 'trial reels' that aren't shown to a creator's followers.
• Infowars sale to The Onion rejected by Federal bankruptcy judge.
• Debanking (and Debunking?)
• YouTube's new auto-dubbing feature is now available for knowledge-focused content.
• The AI We Deserve.
• New KOSA, same as old KOSA, but now with Elon's ignorant endorsement.
• 404 Media objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's subpoena to access our reporting.
• Casey Newton: The phony comforts of AI skepticism.
• WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules.
• Bluesky stats!
• Advertising is stupid. AI is stupid. The singularity is never.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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