This Week in Google 551

Today's Stories:

•  Jeff Jarvis' list of who to follow on Twitter for expert advice on coronavirus
•  Zeynep Tufekci on masks - they are not perfect, but they help.
•  Google under coronavirus: pausing chrome updates, security issues
•  Musk defiant: Tesla factory stays open despite shelter-in-place orders
•  Charter makes workers come in
•  Coronavirus patent trolls vs open-source medical supplies
•  NBCUniversal offers streaming first-run movies - from movies to diapers to toilet paper, direct-to-consumer industries are thriving
•  Amazon hiring 100,000 workers, increasing pay, as all other industries collapse
•  Facebook, Reddit, Google, Twitter, YouTube fight coronavirus misinformation
•  The EARN-IT Act will kill encryption and Section 230
•  Jeff Jarvis fixes Facebook's coronavirus spam filter
•  Reporters Without Borders create the Uncensored Library in Minecraft
•  Pixar founders win $1 million Turing prize

Picks of the Week:

•  Jeff's Number: Virtual Choir x 3
•  Stacey's Thing 1: Teach your kid science
• Stacey's Thing 2: Sourdough: A Novel at https://amzn.to/2UgWVOm 
•  Karsten's Quarantine Tip: Stuck at home? Take Harvard's FREE Intro to Computer Science course!
•  Leo's Tool: Around Next-gen video calling

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Links

• Facebook, Reddit, Google, Twitter, YouTube joint statement on misinformation
• Google increasing automation, prioritizing workflows to account for coronavirus impact
• Google pauses Chrome and Chrome OS releases due to coronavirus outbreak | ZDNet
• Oh, we may have found the COVID-19 silver lining: Coronavirus pandemic halts Xerox hostile takeover of HP
• Coronavirus: Amazon suspends all nonessential shipments to warehouses - Business Insider
• Amazon ramps hiring, opening 100,000 new roles to support people relying on Amazon’s service in this stressful time
• Tesla appears to defy Bay Area shutdown, plans to operate Fremont factory
• Alameda County Sheriff pressures Tesla to shut down Fremont factory
• Tesla Says Deliveries of New Model Y SUV Have Begun
• Theranos vampire lives on: Owner of failed blood-testing biz's patents sues maker of actual COVID-19-testing kit
• Evil cable company won't let workers work from home
• FIght over patent of 3D printed devices needed in Italy
• Volunteers 3D-Print Unobtainable $11,000 Valve For $1 To Keep Covid-19 Patients Alive
• With Movie Theater Shutdown, Universal Pictures to Stream New Release Films on Prime Video, iTunes, & More – The Streamable
• Jeff's COVID Twitter list with 300+ experts
• Opensource covid medical supplies?
• The Imperial College report on COVID-19 Twitter thread
• The Coronavirus Is Here to Stay, So What Happens Next?
• Jeff has a story about a bug
• Senate Pushing a Dangerous Surveillance Bill as Americans Focused on COVID-19
• Schneier on Security: The EARN-IT Act
• Google makes Play Protect mandatory in Advanced Protection program, blocks non Google Play apps | VentureBeat
• Google Lens will make NY Times Magazine's annual Music Issue interactive
• Google Maps is making 'Live View' AR navigation more prominent
• Google updates its Discover Feed to let you flag misleading articles
• Google Translate gains real-time ‘Transcribe’ mode on Android
• Google launches ‘Works With Chromebook’ to certify and badge accessories
• Google Play Games hints at adding a friends list for a new “Play Together” feature
• Mikah and Liz play Heads Up on iOS Today
• Google Hangouts update on Android removes location sharing
• Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview 2 with foldable, call screening, and Neural Networks API improvements | VentureBeat
• Netflix Party
• Censored journalists are sharing articles in Minecraft
• Pixar Pioneers Win $1 Million Turing Award - The New York Times
• Fox buys Tubi for $440 million as it attempts to join the streaming wars - The Verge
• Miss Subways
• Pickle-Ball
• Virtual Choir x 3
• Teach your kid science
• Sourdough - Amazon Affiliate
• Stuck at home? Take Harvard's FREE Intro to Computer Science course!
• Around | Next-gen video calling
• FLOSS WEEKLY 350 - NTP