This Week in Google 503

This Week's Stories

•  Staceysplaining Google Cloud Next
•  Australia and the UK vs Free Speech on Social Media
•  Google Drone Tests in Australia
•  Google Cancels its AI Ethics Board in Record Time
•  Larry and Sergei: MIA
•  G Suite and Google Home: Better, but Still Disappointing
•  More Ads and Suggestions Coming to Google Maps
•  Embedded Ads Coming to Android TV
•  Pixel 3a: All the Leaks!
•  Google Tests Health Wristband
•  YouTube TV Price Hike
•  YouTube Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
•  House Futilely Votes to Save Net Neutrality

Picks of the Week

•  Stacey's Thing: Verdant Lady Cocktail
•  Jeff's Number: More Pixel Laptops, Tablets on the Way
•  Jason's App: AllTrails

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Links

• Google says it is dissolving its week-old AI ethics board, following controversy over several of the board members (Kelsey Piper
• Sources: Larry Page and Sergey Brin have yet to make an appearance at Google's weekly "TGIF" town halls in 2019
• Google's drone delivery service launches in Canberra after being given green light to take to the skies
• Google Cloud announces new regions, open source partnerships, Cloud Run, and Anthos
• Google’s Next Big Money Maker Could Be the Maps on Your Phone
• Android TV update puts home-screen ads on multi-thousand-dollar Sony Smart TVs [Update]
• Google's lower-cost Pixel 3a phones surface on official sites
• Google Pixel 3 and OnePlus 6T Sales Driven by Previous Samsung Owners in Q4 2018
• Google creates ‘wristband’ wearable with heart, breathing, & skin sensors for art exhibit
• YouTube Is Developing Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Programs
• YouTube TV Hikes Price to $50 per Month for All Customers After Inking Discovery Deal
• House Votes to Save Net Neutrality
• Australia passes law to hold social media companies responsible for “abhorrent violent material”
• UK harms white paper poses as many questions as it answers
• Jarvis finds a regulatory regime he can bear -- starting with an internet court
• Why does the government want Britain to be a world leader in censorship?
• UK Online Harms White Paper
• A flood online of hate speech greets lawmakers probing Facebook and Google about white nationalism
• G Suite now lets users work with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides directly inside Dropbox
• Google will bring third-party add-ons to G Suite ‘in the coming months’ w/ Box, Evernote, more
• Google Assistant now works with your G Suite work calendar
• Google launches new security tools for G Suite users
• Google will now let you use your Android phone as a physical security key
• Google+ for enterprise rebranded to Google Currents
• Google Assistant now answers questions with larger cards and more visuals, adds built-in calculators and tools
• Gmail’s Smart Compose will now suggest email subjects based on what you’ve written
• That image of a black hole you saw everywhere today? Thank this grad student for making it possible
• AllTrails
• More Pixel laptops, tablets on the way!!!
• Cocktail of the month