This Week in Google 539

This Week's Stories

•  Google, Apple, Amazon, Zigbee, and others join to make universal IoT standard
•  Motherboard has it out for Ring
•  Google wants to beat Microsoft and Amazon in the cloud by 2023
•  "Hey Google, that wasn't for you" deletes what you just said
•  California AB5 will kill the gig economy in 2020
•  Facebook says it already complies with California's new consumer privacy law
•  Facebook funding independent content oversight board with $130m
•  USDA drops Wakanda as a free trade partner
•  New Orleans narrowly avoids ransomware nightmare
•  Never cross Greta. She wins vs. German rail company
•  The US swipes Snowden's book profits
•  Top 10 apps of 2019
•  ICANN may block the sale of .org to Ethos Capital
•  The Far Side is coming back

Picks of the Week

•  Jeff's Thing: Beddr SleepTuner
•  Ant's Thing: Be mindful of your holiday lights
•  Stacey's Thing: SmartDry wireless laundry sensor

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Links

• Google, Apple and Amazon to create a standard for the smart home
• "OK Google, that wasn't for you"
• Never cross Greta. She wins vs. German rail company
• New Orleans City Hall hit by ransomware in cyber attack: what we know, don't know | Local Politics | nola.com
• Judge Rules Edward Snowden Can't Profit From His Book Because It Wasn't Cleared by NSA and CIA
• We Tested Ring’s Security. It’s Awful - VICE
• Google pauses Chrome 79 rollout on Android after bug wipes data in some apps
• Google Maps adds search options for electric car charging stations by plug type
• Nest Hubs gaining simple ‘home’ button on Photo Frame/Ambient mode
• Google says all U.S. users should now have RCS enabled
• Google Assistant Can Now Translate Languages on Your Phone
• A Look Back At the Top Apps & Games of the Decade
• ICANN says it will review the pending sale of the .org top level domain operator PIR to the PE firm Ethos Capital and says it co
• California’s terrible AB5 came for me today, and I’m devastated - Mavs Moneyball
• Related: Reason's Eric Boehm on Twitter
• Far Side creator Gary Larson launches website with promise of new work | Books | The Guardian
• USDA listed Wakanda as a free-trade partner
• Beddr SleepTuner
• Be mindful of your holiday lights
• SmartDry wireless laundry sensor