This Week in Google with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Aug 17th 2022

This Week in Google 677

Clemson Salmon

Android 13, Amazon's football deal, USB Rubber Ducky

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Category: News
  • Google launches Android 13, rolling out now to Pixel phones.
  • Android 13 changelog: A deep dive by Mishaal Rahman.
  • Pixel 6 series can’t go back to Android 12 after updating to Android 13 due to security vulnerability.
  • Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro may have just passed through the FCC, ahead of fall launch.
  • Biden admin says about 20 models will still qualify for EV tax credits.
  • Hank Green IRA explainer.
  • Amazon and Nielsen close ‘Thursday Night Football’ ratings deal.
  • Meta Just Happens to Expand Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption.
  • The new USB Rubber Ducky is more dangerous than ever.
  • A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave.
  • Chokepoint Capitalism by Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow.
  • The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids.
  • Oracle begins auditing TikTok's algorithms.
  • Signal says 1,900 users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach.
  • Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer.
  • Ringtone interpretive dancing.
  • Kindergarten teacher talks to politicians.
  • music street.
  • Google’s official Android 13 statue sure looks a bit like a butt.
  • Google Photos renaming 'Archive' to 'Hidden'.
  • Google Chrome can now become your default browser on Windows without even opening settings.
  • How a Third-Party SMS Service Was Used to Take Over Signal Accounts.
  • Google Meet now shows you how noisy your office is.
  • “Existing connections will be shut down” — Google is killing off Google Cloud IoT Core.

Picks:

  • Stacey - Hearing Test - Mimi Health.
  • Jeff - BOOX is an electronics brand offering innovative E Ink (ePaper) tablets and devices based on Android.
  • Jeff - Jeff history of media in :45.
  • Ant - I set a Clemson wallpaper to see what color options would show up in #Android13. Sorry, no true orange.
  • Ant - Lisa Carney and Photoshop World.

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