This Week in Google 617

John McAfee, Peloton, Bitcoin

•  COBOL Developers Wanted: Matt Cutts Discusses Working with the US Digital Service
•  The bureaucracy of Government Meetings
•  John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell
•  NYT hit piece on Pichai for being too thoughtful
•  What Has Google Done Lately?
•  Google Sleep Tracking Has Helped Stacey
•  Tech Giants, Fearful of Proposals to Curb Them, Blitz Washington With Lobbying - The New York Times
• Industry groups send letter opposing anti-tech legislation
•  Klobuchar suspicious of Matter
•  When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray - The New York Times
•  Squatch Films Bold. Innovative. Stinky.
•  Galaxy Chromebook Go launches w/ 14-inch display, Intel Celeron, more
•  A CCTV Company Is Paying Remote Workers in India to Yell at Armed Robbers
•  Hyundai acquires controlling stake in U.S. robotics firm Boston Dynamics for $880 million
•  In Argentina, cheap government-issued netbooks sparked a musical renaissance - Rest of World
•  Peloton Tread owners now forced into monthly subscription after recall
•  Don't Piss Off Bradley, the Parts Seller Keeping Atari Machines Alive'
•  Samsung is ‘reimagining smartwatches’ at its MWC event on June 28th
•  Texas homeowners startled by “hijacked” thermostats
•  China to shut down over 90% of its Bitcoin mining capacity after local bans - Global Times
•  South African Brothers Vanish, and So Does $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin
•  Google Changelog: New classroom capabilities for Chromebooks
•  Warren Buffett resigns from Gates Foundation, donates $4.1 billion

PICKS

• Stacey: Paced walking on Google Fit
• Leo: Brave Search
• Jeff's Number: Half of Apple's commission comes from people spending $450+/month
• Matt: You Think You Know Me card game
• Ant: Wanderers Photo Workshop

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Links

• NYT hit piece on Pichai for being too thoughtful
• Tech Giants, Fearful of Proposals to Curb Them, Blitz Washington With Lobbying
• John McAfee Found Dead in Spanish Prison Cell
• Galaxy Chromebook Go launches w/ 14-inch display, Intel Celeron, more
• When an Eel Climbs a Ramp to Eat Squid From a Clamp, That’s a Moray - The New York Times
• A CCTV Company Is Paying Remote Workers in India to Yell at Armed Robbers
• Hyundai acquires controlling stake in U.S. robotics firm Boston Dynamics for $880 million
• In Argentina, cheap government-issued netbooks sparked a musical renaissance - Rest of World
• Peloton Tread owners now forced into monthly subscription after recall
• Don't Piss Off Bradley, the Parts Seller Keeping Atari Machines Alive
• Samsung is ‘reimagining smartwatches’ at its MWC event on June 28th
• Texas homeowners startled by “hijacked” thermostats
• Klobuchar suspicious of Matter
• Sleep Sensing, an effortless way to track your sleep - Google Store
• China to shut down over 90% of its Bitcoin mining capacity after local bans - Global Times
• South African Brothers Vanish, and So Does $3.6 Billion in Bitcoin
• Industry groups send letter opposing anti-tech legislation
• Document Culture of Amazon
• New classroom capabilities for Chromebooks
• For world music day (6/21) some new experiments