Aug 10th 2022
This Week in Google 676
The CB of the 80’s
Amazon buys iRobot, Musk sells Tesla shares, Samsung Unpacked
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 4 lets you do more while it's closed.
- Wear OS is getting a revamped Play Store and offline Google Maps later this year.
- Political Chips by Ben Thompson.
- Biden signs $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act.
- Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act Is a Big Effing Deal.
- Bill Gates: A Clean Energy Future is in the Hands of Congress.
- Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion.
- Maps, mops and Matter: Why Amazon wants iRobot.
- What Amazon’s Roomba and One Medical Deals Have in Common.
- The smart home doesn’t need a robot — it should be a robot.
- The Radical Scope of Tesla’s Data Hoard Logs and records of its customers’ journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets.
- Barney McCallum - Pickleball Hall of Fame.
- More with Barney McCallum.
- Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment.
- This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion.
- Google Set to Face DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Over Ad Market Monopoly.
- Android amps up campaign to push Apple into adopting RCS.
- Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology.
- Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a ‘public debate’ about bots.
- Elon Musk sells nearly $7 billion in Tesla shares.
- Scientists hid encryption key for Wizard of Oz text in plastic molecules.
- NASA is sending an iPad to the moon.
- If you're having problems with Google search, you're not alone.
- Meta's AI Chatbot Has Election-Denying, Antisemitic Bugs to Work Out.
- Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout?
- Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes.
- Google launches new website for kids learning to read.
- Google Fiber Blog: What's next for Google Fiber.
- Google Meet live sharing brings shared YouTube watching, Spotify listening, and games.
- Google rolling out GPS fix for Pixel 6/Pro and 6a, August update coming.
- @PessimistsArc: 1983 debate about home PC, with comparisons to hula hoop fad.
Picks:
- Stacey - Eve Aqua Smart Water Controller.
- Stacey - B-Hyve Smart Wi-Fi Irrigation Controller.
- Jeff - Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022.
- Ant - Vegas Pro 20 Launched.
- Ant - Send Me Your Photography "Ooops" Moments for Hands-On Photography.
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Links
- Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 4 lets you do more while it's closed | Engadget
- Wear OS getting new Play Store, offline Maps soon - 9to5Google
- Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act Is a Big Effing Deal | The New Republic
- Opinion | Bill Gates: A Clean Energy Future is in the Hands of Congress - The New York Times
- Amazon announces deal to buy Roomba maker for $1.7 billion | Ars Technica
- This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion
- Google Set to Face DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Over Ad Market Monopoly - Bloomberg
- Android amps up campaign to push Apple into adopting RCS | AppleInsider
- Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology - CNET
- Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to a ‘public debate’ about bots - The Verge
- Elon Musk sells nearly $7 billion in Tesla shares | TechCrunch
- Scientists hid encryption key for Wizard of Oz text in plastic molecules | Ars Technica
- NASA is sending an iPad to the moon
- If you're having problems with Google search, you're not alone | AppleInsider
- Meta's AI Chatbot Has Election-Denying, Antisemitic Bugs to Work Out
- Will Europe Force a Facebook Blackout? | WIRED
- Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes | Ars Technica
- Google launches new website for kids learning to read
- Google Fiber Blog: What's next for Google Fiber
- Google Meet live sharing brings shared YouTube watching, Spotify listening, and games
- Google rolling out GPS fix for Pixel 6/Pro and 6a, August update coming
- 1983 video: personal computers as hula hoops
- "Eve Aqua Smart Water Controller"
- B-Hyve Smart Wi-Fi Irrigation Controller
- Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022
- Vegas Pro 20 Launched
- Send Me Your Photography "Ooops" Moments for Hands-On Photography