• Twitter's rebrand to X may actually be happening soon.
• Alphabet reports better-than-expected quarterly results driven by growth in cloud.
• YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Rise 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates.
• Google's CFO just got a promotion.
• Google says 2 billion logged in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts.
• Google Street View is back in Germany after 10+ year halt.
• Jeff talks about his trip to Google previewing NotebookLM.
• Google software engineer got $605,000 bonus, plus more from massive salary leak.
• Google's nightmare "Web Integrity API" wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web.
• Top tech companies form group seeking to control AI.
• ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI.
• Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to Fuchsia.
• Google Play services ending support for Android 4.4 KitKat.
• Everything Samsung Announced at Summer Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
• ChromeOS 115 rolling out: Android App Streaming, PDF signatures.

Picks:

• Stacey - Weighted Vest.
• Jeff - IMAX emulates PalmPilot software to power Oppenheimer's 70 mm release.
• Ant - "Google Stadia" Lives On For Me.

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