This Week in Google 554

Coronavirus Experts, Zoom Security

•  The COVID Tracking Project
•  All the best coronavirus experts Twitter links in one place
•  Steak-Umm Twitter gives the best coronavirus advice
•  We need responsible coronavirus journalism
•  How should we design apps to track coronavirus?
•  Google Stadia launches free tier at the perfect time
•  Zoom brings in Alex Stamos to help them with security
•  Thank God for the Net!
•  UK Judge: Google must give a ranking algorithm to SEO expert
•  Scientists pledge to be open about their coronavirus data
•  Google is working on autocomplete for speech
•  Facebook Tuned is a new way for couples to flirt
•  Samsung Galaxy Chromebook is gorgeous, but has a terrible battery and is way too expensive
•  Quibi launches at the perfect time
•  Former TV Guide Reviewer Jeff Jarvis reviews John Krasinski's Some Good News
•  Google Stadia Pro free for 3 months
•  Stacey Higginbotham explains the new super-fast Wi-Fi 6E 6Ghz

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Links

• Google Stadia is now free for everyone, with a two-month trial for Pro tier
• UK judge gives Google a choice: Either let SEO expert read your ranking algos or withdraw High Court evidence • The Register
• Responsible Coronavirus Surveillance Is Possible, Privacy Experts Say
• Google trying out autocomplete for speech to iron over glitches in calls
• Unhappy review of Samsung Galaxy Chromebook
• Facebook launches an app for couples to talk to each other
• Working on Security and Safety with Zoom
• Taiwan joins Canada in banning Zoom for government video conferencing
• Zoom is being banned over security concerns by some US school districts
• Elon Musk’s SpaceX bans employees from using Zoom over ‘significant privacy and security concerns’
• Zoom apologizes for security failures, says it has 200M+ DAUs vs. 10M in Dec.
• Jeff Jarvis' COVID Twitter list of more than 500 credentialed, relevant experts.
• COVID-19 vs. the Open Source Community
• Jarvis interviews 3 COVID experts with advice to journalists on how to cover the crisis
• Intel, Mozilla, and Creative Commons join the Open COVID Pledge, an effort to make IP freely available for the diagnosis, preven
• Family's lockdown version of Les Mis
• April’s Pixel 4 Update Brings “Require Eyes to be Open” Face Unlock Option
• Hangouts Meet is now Google Meet, in apparent stealth rebrand
• Google Gifting Three Months of Stadia Pro to YouTube Premium Users
• Google Arts and Culture App Will Make Your Photos Look Like Masterpieces
• Google Will Require New Android 11 Devices to Support Seamless Updates
• Google is using machine learning to improve the quality of Duo calls
• Google says it is shutting down Neighbourly, a neighborhood Q&A app for India
• Google's speakers and displays add local control of smart home devices
• Google Fit redesign makes step tracking much more prominent
• Chrome OS tablet gets iPad style gestures
• Quibi gains 300K launch day downloads, hits No. 3 on App Store | TechCrunch
• The FCC sets a vote on opening the 6GHz band for unlicensed Wi-Fi use - CNET
• Smart toilet with anal recognition. Really.
• Bread Scheduler
• 6 Million People are using G Suite
• Spaceforce debut date May 29
• Average Google UK salary 234k
• Facebook adding 10k employees
• Amazon delays Prime Day