Sep 8th 2021
This Week in Google 628
The Queen of Consent
YouTube Music subs, Zoom dismorphia, ProtonMail changes course
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
- ProtonMail deletes 'we don't log your IP' boast from website after French climate activist reportedly arrested.
- The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives.
- How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users.
- German police secretly bought NSO Pegasus spyware.
- Amazon brings its cashierless tech to two Whole Foods stores.
- What the Hole Is Going On? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.
- ‘I believe it’s a mental health issue’: the rise of Zoom dysmorphia.
- Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop.
- Official Emails Show That LAPD Worked With a Controversial Social media Surveillance Company During George Floyd Protests.
- Australia’s Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People’s Facebook Comments.
- Yahoo is Yahoo once more after new owners complete acquisition.
- House Republicans wrote a letter to Yahoo 'Chief Executive Officer' Marissa Mayer, but she hasn't been CEO since 2017.
- Elizabeth Holmes' trial begins with opening statements.
- Twitter rolls out first public test of Communities.
- Twitter testing feature to remove followers without blocking them.
- Twitter Plans New Privacy Tools to Get More People Tweeting.
- YouTube reports having 50 million Premium and Music subscribers.
- TikTok overtakes YouTube for average watch time in US and UK.
- Amazon Driver Warns New Homeowners Their House Is Not Safe in Video.
- Alligator eats drone.
- Google Rooms is now Spaces, and it's integrated into all of your favorite apps.
- Google Meet gets new videoconference hardware with interactive displays.
- Google debuts Meet features, including ‘Companion mode’.
- Google Workspace acquires Playspace, a video, screenshare, & whiteboard collaboration tool.
- Chrome OS 93 is heading to your Chromebook today, and it's all about the details.
- Google rolling out Android 12 Beta 5 ‘release candidate’ for Pixel as final update.
- September security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live.
- Google Clock scheduled alarms broken for many, leading to a flurry of 1-star Play Store reviews.
Picks:
- Stacey - Swarm Eval Kit.
- Jeff - Tom Eveslin tests Starlink.
- Jeff - Amazon slams SpaceX, tells FCC that Musk-led companies are rule-breakers.
- Ant - Another Starlink reference on FLOSS.
- Ant - World Travel Man: 48 Hours in....
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Links
- ProtonMail deletes 'we don't log your IP' boast from website after French climate activist reportedly arrested • The Register
- The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives
- 1) How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users
- German police secretly bought NSO Pegasus spyware
- Amazon brings its cashierless tech to two Whole Foods stores
- What the Hole Is Going On? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.
- Zoom dysmorphia
- Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop
- LAPD worked with Dataminr during George Floyd protests
- Australia’s Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People’s Facebook Comments
- Yahoo is just Yahoo again
- House Republicans wrote a letter to Yahoo 'Chief Executive Officer' Marissa Mayer, but she hasn't been CEO since 2017
- Elizabeth Holmes' trial begins with opening statements
- Twitter rolls out first public test of Communities
- New: remove followers without blocking them
- Twitter Plans New Privacy Tools to Get More People Tweeting
- YouTube reports having 50 million Premium and Music subscribers
- Amazon Driver Warns New Homeowners Their House Is Not Safe in Video
- Alligator eats drone
- Google Rooms is now Spaces, and it's integrated into all of your favorite apps
- Google Meet gets new videoconference hardware with interactive displays
- Google debuts Meet features, including ‘Companion mode’
- Google Workspace acquires Playspace, a video, screenshare, & whiteboard collaboration tool
- Chrome OS 93 is heading to your Chromebook today, and it's all about the details
- Google rolling out Android 12 Beta 5 ‘release candidate’ for Pixel as final update
- September security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
- [Update] Google Clock scheduled alarms broken for many, leading to flurry of 1-star Play Store reviews
- Swarm Eval Kit
- Tom Eveslin tests Starlink
- Another starlink reference
- World Travel Man: 48 Hours in. . . .