This Week in Google 629

• Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show.
• Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers.
• Instagram’s Met Gala 2021 Table Took the Best Class Photo With Meg Thee Stallion, Saweetie & More.
• Announcing the 2021 Ig Nobel Prize winners.
• Intuit is buying Mailchimp for $12 billion to focus on small businesses.
• Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell posted their own take on TikTok's a cappella 'Grace Kelly' challenge.
• How to watch the Inspiration4 launch, SpaceX’s first fully private mission to space.
• Amazon boosts hourly pay to over $18, to hire 125,000 workers.
• Amazon to pay full college tuition for front-line employees.
• Amazon Launches Its First TVs: Fire TV Omni Series with 4K Ultra HD.
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says it’s ‘hard to argue’ its retail business is a monopoly.
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: ‘It’s still early days for us in media’.
• The next Big Tech battle: Amazon’s bet on healthcare begins to take shape.
• Amazon gives Kindle e-readers a rare user interface overhaul.
• Update Google Chrome Immediately.
• South Korea Fines Google for Abusing Smartphone Dominance.
• Otherworldly 'time crystal' made inside Google quantum computer could change physics forever.
• Google's voice assistant in new EU antitrust investigation, MLex reports.
• Germany’s ‘sovereign cloud’ is coming—and it’s provided by Google.
• Google finishes laying a giant undersea internet cable stretching 3,300 miles from New York to the UK and Spain.
• Google hypes the Pixel 6 in Japan with bag of ‘Google Original [Potato] Chips’.
• Google hosting ‘Search On’ 2021 keynote later this month.
• Hands-on with Google Assistant Driving Mode's long-awaited home screen UI.
• Google Photos will now ship individual prints directly to your door.
• Google search is finally officially getting dark mode on desktop.
• Area 120’s ‘Museletter’ turns your Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides into paid newsletters.
• Google now lets you ask to join ‘Pixel Superfans’ with a simple sign-up form.
• Google One quietly adds 5TB storage plan for $24.99/month following Photos changes.

Picks:

• Stacey - Luci for making power wheelchairs smart
• Jeff - 12 billion doses in arms are required to get the majority of adults vaccinated. We stand at about 5.5 billion & have been averaging 1 billion/month
• Jeff - Pixel Buds Series A
• Jeff - Back to the office
• Ant - Wanderers Photo Workshop Moved
• Ant - Dry Bar is Underrated and also Greg Morton

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Links

• Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
• Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers.
• Instagram's table
• Announcing the 2021 Ig Nobel Prize winners
• Intuit is buying Mailchimp for $12 billion to focus on small businesses
• Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell posted their own take on TikTok's a cappella 'Grace Kelly' challenge
• How to watch the Inspiration4 launch, SpaceX’s first fully private mission to space
• Amazon boosts hourly pay to over $18, to hire 125,000 workers
• Amazon to pay full college tuition for front-line employees
• Amazon Launches Its First TVs: Fire TV Omni Series with 4K Ultra HD - Variety
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says it’s ‘hard to argue’ its retail business is a monopoly
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: ‘It’s still early days for us in media’
• The next Big Tech battle: Amazon’s bet on healthcare begins to take shape
• Amazon gives Kindle e-readers a rare user interface overhaul
• Update Google Chrome Immediately
• South Korea Fines Google for Abusing Smartphone Dominance
• Otherworldly 'time crystal' made inside Google quantum computer could change physics forever
• Google's voice assistant in new EU antitrust investigation
• Germany’s ‘sovereign cloud’ is coming—and it’s provided by Google
• Google finishes laying a giant undersea internet cable stretching 3,300 miles from New York to the UK and Spain
• Google hypes the Pixel 6 in Japan with bag of ‘Google Original [Potato] Chips’
• Google hosting ‘Search On’ 2021 keynote later this month
• Hands-on with Google Assistant Driving Mode's long-awaited home screen UI
• Google Photos will now ship individual prints directly to your door
• Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! Google search is finally officially getting dark mode on desktop
• Area 120’s ‘Museletter’ turns your Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides into paid newsletters
• Google now lets you ask to join ‘Pixel Superfans’ with simple sign-up form
• Google One quietly adds 5TB storage plan for $24.99/month following Photos changes
• Luci for making power wheelchairs smart
• Vaccinations
• Back to the office
• Wanderers Photo Workshop Moved
• Dry Bar is Underrated and also Greg Morton
• Since we talked FASHION