Feb 9th 2022
This Week in Google 650
Theoreticals Upon Hypotheticals
Galaxy S22 Ultra, Meta's Europe threat, Bitcoin laundering
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
- International Space Station will hurtle to Earth in 2031— but it won’t hit you.
- The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is a Note successor with a built-in stylus.
- Samsung’s Galaxy S22 preorder site won’t let you preorder a phone.
- Samsung’s new tablets go bigger than ever.
- Unpacking 7 features on the latest Samsung Galaxy devices.
- Barry Diller’s Media Group Ends Print Versions of InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, Others.
- Mark Zuckerberg and team consider shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if Meta can not process Europeans' data on US servers.
- 40 Starlink satellites succumb to geomagnetic storm.
- Stunning view of SpaceX Starlink satellite breakup over Puerto Rico.
- There Are Now 1,000 Unicorn Private Company Startups Worth $1 Billion or More.
- Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can't change the radio dial.
- Radio station snafu in Seattle bricks some Mazda infotainment systems.
- Feds arrest married couple, seize $3.6 billion in hacked bitcoin funds.
- IRS abandons ID.me facial recognition plans.
- The end of #lawyercat.
- Google adds Journeys to Chrome: search your history by topic.
- Android 12 February security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live.
- Google’s latest Pixel 6 update breaks things, again.
- Pixel 3 and 3 XL get final update with February security patch.
- Android 12L Beta 3 rolling out, including for Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.
- Google Chrome icon gets first update in 8 years & will now be customized for iOS, Mac, Windows.
- Roblox developers and creators earned over $500m in Robux during 2021.
- UK to require age checks for porn, which in turn requires verifying identity; privacy fight to follow.
- Nvidia officially terminates its Arm purchase.
- Google auto-enabled 2SV for over 150M people leading to 50% decrease in compromised accounts.
- Meta is adding a ‘personal boundary’ to VR avatars to stop harassment.
- Peter Thiel to exit Facebook’s board to focus on 2022 midterms.
Picks:
- Stacey - Black history tour of Seattle
- Jeff - TikTok media followers
- Ant - The Ozone Nightmare
- Ant - Thank you, Miss Robin Roberts
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Links
- The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is a Note successor with a built-in stylus - The Verge
- Samsung’s Galaxy S22 preorder site won’t let you preorder a phone
- Samsung’s new tablets go bigger than ever
- Barry Diller’s Media Group Ends Print Versions of InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, Others - WSJ
- Mark Zuckerberg and team consider shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe if Meta can not process Europeans' data on US s
- 40 Starlink satellites succumb to geomagnetic storm • The Register
- There Are Now 1,000 Unicorn Private Company Startups Worth $1 Billion or More - Bloomberg
- KUOW - Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can't change the radio dial
- Feds arrest married couple, seize $3.6 billion in hacked bitcoin funds
- IRS abandons ID.me facial recognition plans - The Washington Post
- The end of #lawyercat
- Google adds Journeys to Chrome: search your history by topic
- Android 12 February security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
- Pixel 3 and 3 XL get final update with February security patch
- Android 12L Beta 3 rolling out, including for Pixel 6 and 6 Pro
- Google Chrome icon gets first update in 8 years & will now be customized for iOS, Mac, Windows
- Roblox developers and creators earned over $500m in Robux during 2021
- UK to require age checks for porn, which in turn requires verifying identity; privacy fight to follow
- Nvidia officially terminates its Arm purchase
- Google auto-enabled 2SV for over 150M people leading to 50% decrease in compromised accounts
- Meta is adding a ‘personal boundary’ to VR avatars to stop harassment
- Peter Thiel to exit Facebook’s board to focus on 2022 midterms
- Black history tour of Seattle
- Black history of ATX
- The Ozone Nightmare
- Thank you, Miss Robin Roberts