This Week in Google 528

This Week's Stories

•  Jeff thinks Dark Mode sucks!
•  Google Translate is being used to send people home at the border
•  Google news snippets are being censored in France
•  What do ISPs lose when Google implements encrypted DNS in Chrome?
•  Car crash detection on upcoming Pixel devices will be incredibly helpful
•  Pixel Buds may finally be receiving a refresh
•  Microsoft surprised everyone with the Android-based Surface Duo
•  Microsoft also showcased the new Surface Buds
•  Stacey discusses her favorite announcements from the Amazon event last week
•  Project Jacquard continues with a few new jackets by Levi's
•  Kamala Harris urges Twitter to drop Trump's account

Picks of the week

•  Jason's Tool: Recorder
•  Jeff's Number: Google can drink
•  Stacey's Thing: PlantNet
•  Ant's Thing: Airline Pilot Guy

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Links

• Sources: House investigators asked Google about plans to implement DNS-over-HTTPS in Chrome
• Why big ISPs aren’t happy about Google’s plans for encrypted DNS
• US immigration uses Google Translate to scan people's social media for bad posts – Er, don't do that, says everyone else
• Google to stop showing news snippets for French users - Reuters
• Levi's accessorizes new smart jackets with Google's Jacquard tag - CNET
• Google Pixel 4 'official' render shows the phone in all its glory
• Pixel 4 demo units are already going on sale from shady sellers for $1,200
• Here’s the ‘new Google Assistant’ on Pixel 4 [Video]
• Here’s how to download and use Google’s ‘Pixel Themes’ app on your device
• Google will soon roll out car crash detection for Pixel phones in the U.S.
• Source: Google plans to announce ‘Pixel Buds 2’ soon
• Microsoft surprises with new dual-screen Surface Duo phone running Android
• MICROSOFT SURFACE NEO FIRST LOOK: THE FUTURE OF WINDOWS 10X IS DUAL-SCREEN
• Surface buds
• Everything we care about from the Alexa event
• Hands on Tech's in-depth review of the most revolutionary device Amazon announced at their event last week
• Kamala Harris sends @jack a letter urging him to suspend Trump's account
• Google Messages v5.0 syncs dark mode (YES!) with the Android 10 system theme, restores emoji shortcut
• Google Voice dark theme rolling out on Android
• Maps gets Incognito mode
• Google launches Password Checkup feature, will add it to Chrome later this year
• New ‘Google Play preferences’ can remove you from all betas, promo notifications
• YouTube Music will replace Play Music as a pre-installed app in Android 10
• Google Duo testing Effects and Filters for video messages [Gallery]
• Google announces Action Blocks, a new accessibility tool for creating mobile shortcuts
• Google shutters Bulletin, its hyperlocal news experiment
• Dark mode is for suckers