This Week in Google 602

• What the heck are these NFTs all about?
• $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get
• Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious'
• After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her
• NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging
• Inside the Google Empathy Lab
• Burger King's terrible tweet
• Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea
• Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax
• Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete
• Google hosting Cloud Next ‘21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set
• Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June
• For Creators, Everything Is for Sale
• Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you
• Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck
• Twitter is Reinventing Itself
• Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets
• Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row
• Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban
• Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning
• A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House
• Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel
• Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore
• Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday
• Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts
• Google Photos’ new advanced video editor starts rolling out
• Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar
• Google TV ‘kids’ profiles’ arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits
• Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays
• Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe'
• Internet Archive Scholar launched
• Stanford AI Index
• Arby’s Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot
• T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers

Picks:

• Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview
• Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement
• Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey
• Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe
• Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually).
• Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced
• Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin
• Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos

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Links

• $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get
• Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious'
• After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her
• NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging
• Inside the Google Empathy Lab
• Burger King's terrible tweet
• Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax
• Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete
• Google hosting Cloud Next ‘21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set
• Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June
• For Creators, Everything Is for Sale
• Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you.
• Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck
• Twitter is reinventing itself: interview with head of product
• Twitter tests undo
• Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row
• Twitter sues Texas
• Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning
• A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House - The New York Times
• Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel
• Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore
• Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday
• Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts
• Google rolling out advanced video editing features
• Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar
• Google TV ‘kids’ profiles’ arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits
• Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays
• Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe'
• Internet Archive Scholar launched
• Stanford AI Index
• Arby’s Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot - The New York Times
• T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers - WSJ
• Four year anniversary of this epic interview
• Man builds video-rental store in his basement
• Ending the Civil Journey
• Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe
• Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually)
• Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced
• Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin
• Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos