This Week in Google 484

• At their re:Invent conference, Amazon makes dozens of announcements about AWS, machine learning, the blockchain, ARM chips, and more.
• Big Mouth Billy Bass is now compatible with Alexa.
• Cyber Monday was Amazon's biggest sales day ever, but it still can't hold a candle to Alibaba and Singles Day.
• Google Duplex is coming to a Pixel near you
• Pixel Slate review
• Google Fi now available on most iPhones and Android phones.
• Disney + Google =?
• Possibly the biggest story of the decade: CRISPR babies!

Picks of the Week

• Stacey's Thing: Starbucks Juniper Latte
• Jeff's Number: Taylor Swift is the most influential Tweeter of 2018, plus: how big is the big cow?

Advent Calendar Picks

• Stacey's Pick: Ginvent Advent Calendar
• Jeff's Pick: Beef! Advent Calendar
• Leo's Pick: Advent of Code Calendar

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Links

• Everything you need to know about AWS re:Invent 2018
• Amazon debuts a scale model autonomous car to teach developers machine learning
• AWS DeepRacer
• Amazon cloud business reaches into space with satellite connection service
• Amazon’s cloud unit launches Arm-based server chips
• AWS announces new Inferentia machine learning chip
• Amazon Elastic Inference will reduce deep learning costs by ~75%
• AWS makes Amazon.com personalization service available to all
• Amazon Polly
• Amazon gets into the blockchain with Quantum Ledger Database & Managed Blockchain
• Amazon Alexa-compatible Big Mouth Billy Bass is the only holiday gift that matters
• Amazon’s Cyber Monday was the biggest shopping day in the company’s history
• Alibaba’s Singles Day Sales Top $30 Billion. The Party May Not Last.
• Amazon workers in Europe mark Black Friday with 'we are not robots' protests - CNET
• Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei - WSJ
• New Zealand blocks Huawei imports over ‘significant security risk’
• Google's Duplex is rolling out to Pixel owners -- here's how it works | VentureBeat
• Google flouting EU competition ruling, say rival price comparison sites
• ProBeat: We can't get over how human Google Duplex sounds | VentureBeat
• Pixel Slate and Pixel Slate Keyboard review: Portability and productivity at a premium price
• Bringing Google Fi to more people on Android and iOS
• Disney and Google expand strategic relationship
• Google acquires $1B Mountain View office park for 2018’s largest Bay Area real estate deal
• Google's fast Bluetooth pairing feature works across multiple devices
• Ivanka and Apple
• Australia passes site-blocking law
• Logitech isn’t buying Plantronics after all
• Ohio becomes the first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments
• Bitcoin has lost 40 percent of its value in the last two weeks
• Canada’s Corel is acquiring virtualization specialist Parallels in an all-cash deal | TechCrunch
• Juniper Latte
• Ginvent Avent Calendar
• Beef Advent Calendar
• How big is the big cow?
• Taylor Swift #1 most influential Tweeter despite tweeting only 13 times
• Advent of Code Advent Calendar