This Week in Google with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Jul 7th 2021

This Week in Google 619

YouTube Regrets

Trump sues big tech, Pentagon cancels JEDI contract, Russian hackers

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Category: News

Trump sues big tech, Pentagon cancels JEDI contract, Russian hackers

  •  Trump sues Facebook, Google, Twitter, Dorsey, Zuckerberg, Pichai.
  •  It Can Always Get Dumber: Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter & YouTube, Claiming His Own Government Violated The Constitution.
  •  Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform.
  •  Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract.
  •  Amazon Primed Andy Jassy to Be CEO. Can He Keep What Jeff Bezos Built?
  •  Feds Seized Robinhood CEO's Phone in GameStop Trading Halt Investigation.
  •  Supermarket chain Coop closes 800 stores following Kaseya ransomware attack.
  •  REvil ransomware hits 200 companies in MSP supply-chain attack.
  • Instagram’s Evolution.
  •  Find a job with TikTok Resumes.
  •  Watch a police officer admit to playing Taylor Swift to keep a video off YouTube.
  •  YouTube Regrets.
  •  Norway Law Forces Influencers to Label Retouched Photos on Instagram.
  •  Facebook tests prompts that ask users if they're worried a friend is 'becoming an extremist'
  • Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin passenger Wally Funk would be the oldest in space.
  •  New Google Drive for desktop app with Google Photos upload, multi-account starts rolling out.
  •  Google's Fuchsia OS is getting a new logo.
  •  Google app beta returns to Chrome Custom Tabs for now.
  •  Google Meet adds filters & fun masks for personal Gmail calls, just like Duo.
  •  July security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live.
  •  Should Amazon rename Alexa?
  •  Fired by Bot at Amazon: ‘It’s You Against the Machine’


Picks:

  • Stacey - Nanoleaf Element setup.
  • Jeff - Nextdoor raises $686 million at an implied valuation of $4.3 billion and says it will go public via a SPAC.
  • Ant - A View From the Top - Richard Ayoade's.
  • Ant - (Selfishly) Rootin' For This Young Man.

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