Aug 12th 2020
Intelligent Machines 572
Cafe Ground Zero
Trump vs. TikTok and Tencent, Microsoft Surface Duo, Twitter Limits Replies
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Trump vs. TikTok and Tencent, Microsoft Surface Duo, Twitter Limits Replies
- Sarah Cooper: Google UX designer, Tik Tok star
- Trump vs. TikTok: what does it all mean?
- Trump's Tencent ban makes Reddit, Tesla, and Spotify illegal
- Rate Stacey's Zoom background
- Trump vs. TikTok part 2: where does our data go?
- Microsoft announces Surface Duo
- Lucid Air electric car
- New Jersey Supreme Court says the police can make you unlock your phone
- Twitter rolling out reply-limiting feature
- "Meeterial" Design: Google pushes Meet into everybody's faces
- Why are there no ads on TechDirt?
- US opens 3.5Ghz band to consumer use - this could seriously help out 5G
- Happy Birthday IBM PC
- Boeing 747s are still updated via 3.5 Floppy disk
- Vaporwave's mini-boom of 3.5 floppies
- Alamo Drafthouse offers private theater rentals
- Sleepover at the final Blockbuster
- Genius lost their suit against Google because they don't have standing
- Verily steps into the COVID testing arena
- Amazon wants to launch 3,236 satellites
- Amazon wants to take over JC Pennys
- Jarvis' entire history of media and journalism in 45 minutes
- Google Changelog: Google Lens homework filter | Google Search adds 3D molecules | Google Phone beta app for all | Earthquake alerts | Google Lookout | A bunch of new Android updates | Google profile cards
Picks of the Week:
- Stacey's Thing: DONATE BLOOD
- Jeff's Number: Dreyer Stet Game
- Ant's Stuff: Jett Fuel Java
- Karsten's Mask: GIZDA FAce Shield
- Karsten's Mask 2: Essential Mask Brace
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Links
- White House document confirms TikTok could be cut off from app stores
- Sarah Cooper guest host of Jimmy Kimmel
- TikTok announces first wave of creators set to receive payment for their videos
- Leaked Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares with Chinese United States Authorities
- Every game company that Tencent has invested in
- U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones
- Genius lawsuit against Google dismissed cuz Genius wasn't the copyright holder
- Alphabet's Verily builds COVID-19 testing lab focused on 'rapid turnaround' of results - CNET
- Help to get rid of annoying Meet menu on Android Gmail
- Heh. Meeterial Design
- U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones
- Amazon in talks with largest mall operator to turn JCP, Sears stores into fulfillment centers
- Amazon cleared to launch 3,236 satellites -- 600 more than current total; astronomers are freaked
- Twitter rolling out reply-limiting feature
- Twitter/TikTok tieup?
- Blockbuster resurfaces on Twitter, hilarity ensues
- NJ Supreme Court: No 5th Amendment right not to unlock your phone
- Google Lens is getting a ‘homework’ filter to help kids solve math problems
- Google Search adds 3D molecules and more to help teach chemistry at home
- Latest Google Phone app Beta can now be installed from the Play Store on pretty much any phone
- Google is turning your Android phone into an early earthquake alert system
- There's an XKCD for this
- Google Lookout can read grocery labels for the visually impaired
- Google Pushes Out Five New Android Updates for Android Auto, Bedtime Mode, Accessibility and Emergency Services
- Google tests new profile cards that let you add yourself to search results
- Smart Ben Evans essay on the fallacies in calling for the breakup of the tech giants
- Mozilla's big layoffs; could be worse if Google is stopped from paying for browser placement
- Microsoft’s Surface Duo arrives on September 10th for $1,399
- U.S. will reallocate military 3.5GHz spectrum for consumer 5G in 2021 | VentureBeat
- Boeing 747s Still Use Floppy Disks to Get Software Updates
- Alamo Drafthouse Offers Private Theater Rentals For $150 For 30 People With Over 40 Movies To Choose From
- Airbnb offering $4 video-themed sleepovers at world's last Blockbuster - CNET
- Jarvis' entire history of media and journalism in 45 minutes
- Stacey's Thing: DONATE BLOOD
- Jeff's Number: Dreyer Stet Game
- Ant's Stuff: Jett Fuel Java
- Karsten's Mask: Cool Burning Man-ready face shield that Jeff found:
- Karsten's Mask 2: Essential Mask Brace