Aug 5th 2020
This Week in Google 571
The First Rule of Pixel Club
Tik Tok+Microsoft+Trump, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked
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Tik Tok+Microsoft+Trump, Samsung Galaxy Unpacked
- Here's everything Samsung announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2020
- X PRIZE $1M Next-Gen Mask Challenge
- We spend as much time on the Pixel 4a announcement as Google did.
- Twitter hack "mastermind" arrested: 17-year-old Florida teen had access to all your Twitter info.
- Why Trump is mad at Tik Tok, and why Microsoft wants to buy them
- Why Tik Tok videos are the most important artform of 2020
- The growing use of Instagram as a news source
- Samsung is still pushing Dex with a Microsoft integration
- Bye, Bye Bixby - Samsung doesn't mention it at Unpacked 2020 as its founder leaves the business and Google moves in
- Here's everything Samsung announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2020
- More 5G bandwidths are on the way
- Twitter patches bug in Android 8 and 9 versions of the app
- TIL: Animals lick their fur to get Vitamin D
- Get rid of gas: chew better and season with epazote
- Why Google bought a big chunk of ADT
- The Google Changelog: Yahoo kills community captions | Nearby Share | RIP Google Play Music | Google Camera 7.5 | Google live-captioning Google Pay digital bank accounts | new Gboard suggestions | Free Stadia Pro games | Don't talk about Pixel Club!
- Google offers $10 million bond
Picks of the Week:
- Leo's Tool: Avocado Mask and Shirt from Abrazos in San Miguel De Allende
- Stacey's Thing: BraveTarts
- Jeff's Numbers: 1/3-1/2 of biz travel will go away because Zoom
- Ant's Stuff: Inexpensive photo hack
- Karsten's Mask: 3D Printed Mask with Filters - comes custom printed in many colors
- Zak's College Fund: Analogue Pocket on eBay
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Links
- Here's everything Samsung announced at its Unpacked 2020 event
- TWiT News: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2020
- In a blow to Bixby, Siri cofounder Adam Cheyer departs Samsung
- New Pixels—and new prices—are here
- Google owner Alphabet issues record $10 billion bond at lowest-ever price - Reuters
- Google posts first lost in its history
- Mergers: proposed acquisition of Fitbit by Google
- Google is running a secret Pixel Superfans Program with exclusive perks and events in the US
- A partnership with ADT for smarter home security
- Google’s ADT partnership turns the smart home into a service
- Google+ pays! (in privacy settlement)
- Levandowski gets 18 months for stealing Google files
- Trump says he is fine with the idea of Microsoft buying TikTok in US, but the US government should be paid a "substantial amount
- NYT: ‘Trump Says Microsoft Can Bid for TikTok’
- China state media accuses US of trying to steal TikTok
- Jeff's first TikTok
- TikTok and the Sorting Hat — Remains of the Day
- Instagram morphs into an information powerhouse - Axios
- Twitter patches Android app to prevent exploitation of bug that can grant access to DMs
- DOJ announces charges against two other suspects in the Twitter hack, including a 19-year-old in UK and a 22-year-old in Orlando
- Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack that targeted high-profile accounts | WFLA
- How the FBI tracked down the Twitter hackers | ZDNet
- YouTube to end community captions feature and deaf creators aren’t happy
- Instantly share files with people around you with Nearby Share
- Google Play Music shutdown starts; music gone in December
- Google Camera 7.5 prepares new features like audio zooming, motion blur, and more
- Google’s live-captioning feature will soon work with voice and video calls on Pixel phones
- Google Pay to launch digital bank accounts in 2021
- Gboard gets a ton of new suggestions: Stickers, smart replies, and GIF search
- Stadia Pro subscribers can claim four free games this month
- Lots of Chrome upgrades
- Google is running a secret Pixel Superfans Program with exclusive perks and events in the US
- Google Files rolling out pin-secured encrypted safe folder
- Get ready for the school year with Google
- $1M Next-Gen Mask Challenge
- UVMask: All-Day Active UV-C Air Purification Face Mask
- Immunology Is Where Intuition Goes to Die
- How the Pandemic Defeated America
- BraveTart
- Inexpensive photo hack
- It's Not An Adobe Product
- 3D Printed Mask with Filters - comes custom printed in many colors
- Karsten mask
- Analogue Pocket on Ebay
- Analogue Pocket Preorders Sell Out Immediately, Leaving Many Disappointed