This Week in Google 516

This Week's Stories:

• Google's 4000 word Privacy Policy
• Google and Dish, sitting in a tree?
• The problem(s) with YouTube
• Facebook privacy is already a problem
• The Chome OS 75 debacle
• Debian 10 Buster is not for Chromebooks
• Linux is the future
• Google Stadia FAQ: multiplayer, VR, how to order
• Instagram fixes online bullying
• Trump can't block you on Twitter. Neither can AOC.
• Facebook fought Fake News (about Facebook)
• Android - Google = /e/ foundation
• AT&T blocks robocalls
• FCC vs SF
• Amazon at 25
• Amazon warehouse workers to strike on Prime Day
• Amazon keeps Alexa recordings indefinitely
• YouTube and Amazon Prime Video kiss and make up

Picks of the Week

• Jeff's Number: Giant GDPR fines for Marriott, BA
• Kevin's Stuff: JGrasp: an open source IDE with an awesome visual debugger

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Links

• Charting how Google's privacy policy has changed since 1999, when it was a mere 600 words, until now, when it's 4,000 words, and
• Google joins Dish Network in talks to create 4th mobile carrier
• Google denies talks with Dish on creating new major U.S. carrier
• The Fight for the Future of YouTube
• The ugly side of Facebook’s pivot to privacy is starting to show
• Chrome OS 75 arrives, gets pulled and is back again
• Debian 10 Buster is here, but not for Linux on Chromebooks (unless you manually upgrade)
• Google updates Stadia FAQ with Controller, multiplayer, & ordering details, addresses VR
• Google’s Stadia Promises to Keep Your Games Even If a Publisher Stop Supporting the Platform
• Instagram is rolling out warnings to users about to post an offensive comment, starts testing Restrict, an option to block abusi
• AT&T says it will automatically block robocalls ‘in the coming months’
• Android without Google
• Trump Can’t Block Critics From His Twitter Account, Appeals Court Rules
• After Trump ruling, Ocasio-Cortez sued for blocking Twitter critics - CNET
• Twitter and Facebook reportedly not invited to White House ‘social media summit’
• “This is crazy”: FCC kills part of San Francisco’s broadband-competition law
• Prime Video is on Chromecast and Android TV, plus YouTube on Fire TV
• Google is making Night Sight one of the main camera modes on Pixel phones
• Google is testing a play button for Chrome’s toolbar
• Android Q Beta 5 has landed — here's what's new!
• Google’s live camera translation is getting better AI and 60 new languages
• Google Drive and Photos sync goes away today, and the alternatives are not up to par
• Google re-creates Apollo 11 cockpit in AR for 50th anniversary - CNET
• Google Nest kills smartwatch apps for Wear OS and Apple Watch
• JGrasp: an open source IDE with an awesome visual debugger
• Giant GDPR fines for Marriott, BA