TWiG 795: Alf's Hog is Skeeting - Google Chrome, Bluesky, Coca-Cola

This Week in Google (Audio)

• DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome to break search Monopoly.
• Trump's pick for FCC chair has vowed crackdown on big tech 'censorship'.
• Musk joined call between Trump, Google CEO.
• CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash.
• What Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC pick, wrote in 'Project 2025' chapter.
• Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads.
• Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app.
• Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app.
• Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad.
• Instagram will let you 'reset' your recommendations.
• Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices.
• Meta's reward for providing free global communications? FTC lawsuit.
• Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC.
• Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites.
• Mobile browser Arc Search is now generally available on Android.
• Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world.
• Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad.
• Exclusive: Google Pixel laptop in development!
• Can we talk about ALF hog?
• YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father's ashes.
• Mike Masnick: One Billion Users, the Social Media card game.

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