This Week in Google 619

Trump sues big tech, Pentagon cancels JEDI contract, Russian hackers

•  Trump sues Facebook, Google, Twitter, Dorsey, Zuckerberg, Pichai.
•  It Can Always Get Dumber: Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter & YouTube, Claiming His Own Government Violated The Constitution.
•  Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform.
•  Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract.
•  Amazon Primed Andy Jassy to Be CEO. Can He Keep What Jeff Bezos Built?
•  Feds Seized Robinhood CEO's Phone in GameStop Trading Halt Investigation.
•  Supermarket chain Coop closes 800 stores following Kaseya ransomware attack.
•  REvil ransomware hits 200 companies in MSP supply-chain attack.
• Instagram’s Evolution.
•  Find a job with TikTok Resumes.
•  Watch a police officer admit to playing Taylor Swift to keep a video off YouTube.
•  YouTube Regrets.
•  Norway Law Forces Influencers to Label Retouched Photos on Instagram.
•  Facebook tests prompts that ask users if they're worried a friend is 'becoming an extremist'
• Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin passenger Wally Funk would be the oldest in space.
•  New Google Drive for desktop app with Google Photos upload, multi-account starts rolling out.
•  Google's Fuchsia OS is getting a new logo.
•  Google app beta returns to Chrome Custom Tabs for now.
•  Google Meet adds filters & fun masks for personal Gmail calls, just like Duo.
•  July security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live.
•  Should Amazon rename Alexa?
•  Fired by Bot at Amazon: ‘It’s You Against the Machine’

Picks:

• Stacey - Nanoleaf Element setup.
• Jeff - Nextdoor raises $686 million at an implied valuation of $4.3 billion and says it will go public via a SPAC.
• Ant - A View From the Top - Richard Ayoade's.
• Ant - (Selfishly) Rootin' For This Young Man.

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Links

• Trump sues Twitter, Facebook, Google – and immediately begins fundraising off the effort
• It Can Always Get Dumber: Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter & YouTube, Claiming His Own Government Violated The Constitution | Techdi
• Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform - POLITICO
• Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract
• Supermarket chain Coop closes 800 stores following Kaseya ransomware attack - The Record by Recorded Future
• REvil ransomware hits 200 companies in MSP supply-chain attack
• Amazon Primed Andy Jassy to Be CEO. Can He Keep What Jeff Bezos Built? - WSJ
• Police Pursposely Plays Taylor Swift Song to Keep Video Recording Off of YouTube
• Most videos people regretted watching on YouTube came from its recommendation algorithm
• Instagram's "Shift Away" From Photos
• Norway Law Forces Influencers to Label Retouched Photos on Instagram
• Facebook tests prompts that ask users if they're worried a friend is 'becoming an extremist' - CNN
• Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin passenger Wally Funk would be the oldest in space | Fortune
• Should Amazon rename Alexa? | TechRadar
• Fired by Bot at Amazon: ‘It’s You Against the Machine’
• New Google Drive for desktop app with Google Photos upload, multi-account starts rolling out
• Google's Fuchsia OS is getting a new logo - 9to5Google
• Google app beta returns to Chrome Custom Tabs for now - 9to5Google
• Google Meet adds filters & fun masks for personal Gmail calls, just like Duo
• July security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
• Feds Seized Robinhood CEO's Phone in GameStop Trading Halt Investigation
• Find a job with TikTok Resumes
• Nanoleaf setup
• Nextdoor raises $686 million at an implied valuation of $4.3 billion
• A View From the Top - Richard Ayoade's
• (Selfishly) Rootin' For This Young Man