This Week in Google 397

Google's mysterious "Taimen" phone surfaces - is it a Chinese Pixel XL? U.S. bans any electronics larger than a phone for air passengers from 8 Middle Eastern countries. Google is struggling to react as more advertisers pull their ads from YouTube. Android O is here as a Developer Preview. The U.S. Senate is about to let ISPs sell your data to the highest bidder, but Europe's GDPR will fine anyone who uses your data without your consent $20 million.

• Stacey's Thing: Use Fitbit to turn on your Android Notifications in the morning
• Jeff's Number: 5k to shut up Piers Morgan on Twitter for a day

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Links

• Google May Have Third, Larger Phone in the Works Under Codename "Taimen"
• U.S. Limits Devices for Passengers on Foreign Airlines From Eight Countries
• Related: Havas, Guardian, UK pull out of Google, Youtube
• Google’s YouTube problem is continuing: Now AT&T is pulling some of its ads
• Related: Google's statement
• Sleeping Giants Twitter account causes 'many global clients' to pull ads from Breitbart
• Some users report Google Home playing a promo for "Beauty and the Beast"
• Google’s “One True Answer” problem — when featured snippets go bad
• Alexa adds Prime Now delivery option for peak laziness
• We Tried Starbucks’ New Avocado Spread So That No One Else Has To
• After years waiting for Google Fiber, KC residents get cancellation e-mails
• Google is letting celebs speak directly to fans via search results
• Google releases Android O to developers, promising better battery life and notifications
• O-MG, the Developer Preview of Android O is here!
• Good News: Android’s Huge Security Problem Is Getting Less Huge
• The Senate could take the first step tonight to kill the FCC’s privacy rules
• Ad Groups Petition Consumer Internet Privacy Rules, Call Opt-In Requirement 'Onerous' 01/04/2017
• ACLU Comment on Congressional Move to Allow Internet Providers to Sell Consumer Data Without Permission
• Five Creepy Things Your ISP Could Do if Congress Repeals the FCC’s Privacy Protections
• A Primer on the GDPR: What You Need to Know
• Medium launches memberships for $5 per month
• Nick Denton Out of Bankruptcy
• Texas Grand Jury Says a GIF Is a ‘Deadly Weapon’
• Avoiding articles from “the creep”: People trust news based on who shared it, not on who published it
• 5k to shut up Piers Morgan on Twitter for a day