This Week in Google 656

• Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died.
• Lapsus$ Extortion Group Claims Okta Hack, Microsoft Source Code Leak.
• SCOOP: A 16-year-old living in his mother's house in Oxford, England is suspected to be the mastermind behind many of the hacks conducted by hacking group Lapsus$.
• John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83.
• Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies.
• The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large.
• Online Safety Bill: Has the government botched its attempt to stop the spread of hateful content online?
• TechDirt March Madness of misunderstood legal concepts.
• BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti No Longer Pretending To Care.
• At SXSW, A Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born.
• Justice Department accuses Google of hiding business communications.
• Apple TV App on Android TV and Google TV No Longer Lets Users Buy or Rent Movies.
• His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.
• "Thanks to @jes5199's reverse-engineering, you can now try TropeTrainer v3.2 from January 2005."
• Android statues moved to an undisclosed location.
• Google Settles With 4 Engineers Over Complaint It Fired Them for Organizing.
• YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV.
• Instagram launches chronological and ‘favorites’ feeds for all users, but they can’t be the default.
• Android 13 will ask your permission to send notifications.
• Pixel Launcher search on Android 13 tests directly showing results from Google Photos.
• Google Photos updates its library and sharing tabs to make photos easier to find.
• Google Home app updates bring simpler controls and improved privacy.
• Google’s Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history.
• Google is moving the ‘Movies & TV’ tab from the Play Store to Google TV.
• What phone does POTUS carry?
• First images from the Webb telescope.

Picks:

• Stacey - Eero Pro 6E router review
• Jeff - Cory Booker's speech
• Ant - LA Flights
• Ant - The Sound of Merlin
• Ant - Black Girl Magic

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• Transcripts: This Week in Google, Episode 656, Transcript

Links

• Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died
• Lapsus$ Extortion Group Claims Okta Hack, Microsoft Source Code Leak | WIRED
• The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large | The New Yorker
• Online Safety Bill: Has the government botched its attempt to stop the spread of hateful content online?
• TechDirt March Madness of misunderstood legal concepts
• At SXSW, A Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born
• BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti No Longer Pretending To Care | Defector
• Justice Department accuses Google of hiding business communications
• Daring Fireball: Apple TV App on Android TV and Google TV No Longer Lets Users Buy or Rent Movies
• His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.
• Andy Baio on Twitter: "Thanks to @jes5199's reverse-engineering, you can now try TropeTrainer v3.2 from January 2005: - Install
• Android statues moved to undisclosed location
• Google Settles With 4 Engineers Over Complaint It Fired Them for Organizing
• YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV
• Instagram launches chronological and ‘favorites’ feeds for all users, but they can’t be the default
• Android 13 will ask your permission to send notifications
• Pixel Launcher search on Android 13 tests directly showing results from Google Photos
• Google Photos updates its library and sharing tabs to make photos easier to find
• Google Home app updates bring simpler controls and improved privacy
• Google’s Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history
• Google is moving the ‘Movies & TV’ tab from the Play Store to Google TV
• What phone does POTUS carry?
• First images from the Webb telescope
• Eero Pro 6E routers
• Booker speech
• LA Flights
• The Sound of Merlin
• Black Girl Magic