This Week in Google 469

• Twitter gives Alex Jones a Time Out.
• Keeping Google from tracking your location is more complicated than you'd think.
• The return of the Google Changelog!
• Samsung's Galaxy Home smart speaker is also a Weber grill SmartThings hub
• 8.8.8.8 is 8.
• Fortnite is on Android, but not on the Play Store: how not to download malware.
• Facebook lays out the new media reality.
• Black Hat and DEF CON show just how easy it is to hack voting machines.
• Verizon will debut 5G home internet in 4 cities while thumbing their nose at Net Neutrality.
• Windows 10 may be coming to Chromebooks.

Picks of the Week:

• Stacey's Thing: The Feather Thief
• Jeff's Numbers: FB raised $300m for 750k charities with birthday fundraising, and $999 for Rotimatic
• Leo's new TWiG theme: Tiger Rag by Lous Armstrong and The Mills Brothers

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Links

• Twitter suspends Infowars host Alex Jones' ability to tweet
• Inside Twitter’s Struggle Over What Gets Banned - The New York Times
• Twitter admits InfoWars violated its rules, but says it will remain on the platform
• How social media took us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump - MIT Technology Review
• The case for quarantining extremist ideas
• Civil
• AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not
• Jack Dorsey says he’s rethinking the core of how Twitter works
• Google breathing exercise
• Google Chrome is finally adding support for the Windows 10 Action Center
• For Louis Armstrong’s birthday we tune in to “Tiger Rag” on a Gramophone
• A Trek through Search trends, starring popular films and Croc-ular shoes
• Google One, a new plan for expanded storage with benefits to help you get more out of Google, is now available in the US
• Pump up the jams: New music streaming services now available on Google Home
• Hey Google, what’s the news?
• Samsung announces Galaxy Home speaker with Bixby smart assistant
• Samsung beefs up Bixby with more conversational capabilities - CNET
• Google’s Public DNS turns ‘8.8.8.8 years old,’ teases ‘exciting’ future announcements
• Google wants to help your boss spy on you
• Fortnite's Android beta is now available for non-Samsung phones
• Google will lose $50M or more in 2018 from Fortnite bypassing the Play Store
• Facebook’s message to media: “We are not interested in talking to you about your traffic…That is the old world"
• Twitter and Facebook Are Platforms, Not Publishers - The Atlantic
• Facebook buys Vidpresso’s team and tech to make video interactive | TechCrunch
• YouTube Offers Cash If Stars Stump for New Features - Bloomberg
• An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida's Presidential Vote At A Hacker Convention. Discuss.
• Rachel Tobac shows how to hack voting machines
• Verizon’s 5G home internet launch will come with free YouTube TV or Apple TV 4K
• Motorola unveils the Moto Z3, a Verizon-exclusive, alongside a 5G Moto Mod
• Google’s ‘Campfire’ may add Windows 10 dual-boot option to Chromebooks
• The Feather Thief
• FB raised $300m for 750k charities with birthday fundraising
• Tiger Rag by the Mills Brothers