This Week in Google 650

• 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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• Transcripts: This Week in Google Episode 650 Transcript

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