Jan 26th 2022
This Week in Google 648
Band Saws and Butt Joints
FLoC is dead, ID.me and facial scanning, Neil Young gone from Spotify
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Google: Goodbye FLOC, hello Topics.
- German publishers raise new opposition to Google’s third-party cookie plans.
- Google proposes a new way to track people around the Web. Again.
- Why Amazon is ramping up its push for legalizing marijuana.
- FLoC is dead. But Topics won’t fix Google’s ad targeting problems.
- IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes.
- IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access.
- End Of The Line For Google Cloud’s G Suite Legacy Free Edition.
- G suite migration.
- We Studied 81,000 Page Titles - Google Rewrote 61% Of Them.
- British law groups recommend immunity for drivers of self-driving cars.
- The self-driving car industry is abandoning the term ‘self-driving’ and leaving it to Tesla.
- Halo.car - The electric car that drives to you.
- Chicago Public Media to acquire the Sun-Times.
- Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over ‘False Information About Vaccines’
- Missing: the shows from these big Spotify announcements.
- Samsung officially announces February 9 launch event for Galaxy S22.
- N.Korean internet downed by suspected cyberattacks -researchers.
- Hacktivists say they hacked the Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup.
- Manufacturers have less than five days’ supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says.
- You no longer have to say ‘Hey Google’ to get the Assistant to shut up.
- Pixel’s big At a Glance upgrade starts rolling out with more Google Clock & fitness integrations.
- Google Chat adds rich text formatting on the web, rolling out now.
- YouTube Music will soon work for supervised kid accounts enrolled with Family Link.
- Oh, please, can we have a TWiG mini-musical? By brandonethridgemusic on TikTok.
- Mark Cuban's latest business venture is a cash-only pharmacy that takes aim at crushing drug prices.
- Meta ad for Horizon.
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- Stacey - Hestan Cue: The World's Most Advanced Smart Cooking System
- Jeff - Twitter kills Worldle-killing bot
- Ant - Ant on Because We Make Podcast
- Ant - News Anchor Hit by a Car
- Ant - Good Luck, #hardhead
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Links
- Google: Goodbye FLOC, hello Topics
- Related: Google foe Springer now demands govt stop Google from killing cookies. Heh.
- Why Amazon is ramping up its push for legalizing marijuana
- IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes
- End Of The Line For Google Cloud’s G Suite Legacy Free Edition
- G suite migration
- We Studied 81,000 Page Titles - Google Rewrote 61% Of Them
- British law groups recommend immunity for drivers of self-driving cars
- The self-driving car industry is abandoning the term ‘self-driving’ and leaving it to Tesla
- WBEZ public radio buys Chicago Sun-Times
- Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over ‘False Information About Vaccines’
- List of trumpeted Spotify podcasts not heard from since
- Samsung officially announces February 9 launch event for Galaxy S22
- N.Korean internet downed by suspected cyber attacks -researchers | Reuters
- Hactivists say they hacked Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup | Ars Technica
- Manufacturers have less than five days’ supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says - The Washington Post
- You no longer have to say ‘Hey Google’ to get the Assistant to shut up
- Pixel’s big At a Glance upgrade starts rolling out with more Google Clock & fitness integrations
- Google Chat adds rich text formatting on the web, rolling out now
- YouTube Music will soon work for supervised kid accounts enrolled with Family Link
- Oh, please, can we have a TWiG minimusical?
- this one is GOLD, Mr Jarvis. thx for mentioning -ANT -->
- Meta ad for Horizon - video
- Hestan Cue: The World's Most Advanced Smart Cooking System
- Twitter kills Worldle-killing bot
- Ant on Because We Make Podcast
- News Anchor Hit by a Car
- Good Luck, #hardhead