This Week in Google 669

• The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann by Ananyo Bhattacharya.
• Trust by Hernan Diaz.
• City on Fire by Don Winslow.
• Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison by Daniel Genis.
• The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler by Kathryn S. Olmsted.
• Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall by Alexandra Lange.
• The Library: A Fragile History by Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen.
• Play with GPT-3 yourself here.
• Finding out whether GPT-3 can take the SAT.
• VidCon Returns as Chill Falls on Creator Economy.
• Elon Musk said he wants Twitter to become the WeChat of the western world in his first meeting with employees.
• When Elon met Twitter.
• Introducing: Notes We’re testing a way to write longer on Twitter.
• SpaceX employees say Elon Musk is an 'embarrassment' as he waffles on work-from-home.
• Microsoft, Meta, and others are founding a metaverse open standards group (no Apple or Roblox).
• ‘Snow Crash’ Author Neal Stephenson Is Building a ‘Free Metaverse’ Called Lamina1.
• Meta is launching a digital clothing store where you can purchase outfits for your avatar.
• How Thom Browne became 2022's hottest red carpet commodity.
• Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire.
• Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them.
• NPR & Edison Research: Smart Speaker Ownership Reaches 35% of Americans.
• Leo's day with his voice assistant.
• Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization.
• Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall Are Said to Be Divorcing.
• Bill Nye the Married Guy! “Science Guy” star tied the knot last month.
• Researcher Hacks Into Backend for Network of Smart Jacuzzis.
• Leaded aviation gasoline is poisoning a new generation.
• Most popular websites for news in the world: Monthly top 50 listing.
• Proof By Seth Abramson.
• SpaceX: Starlink Risks Becoming 'Unusable' If Dish Gets 12GHz Spectrum.
• Google News (now 20 years old) gets a redesign.
• Google Password Manager now has an Android home screen shortcut.
• Chrome 103 replaces the built-in password list with Android’s default manager.
• Google Password Manager starts offering on-device encryption on Android, iOS, and Chrome.
• Google TV Profiles have arrived, and will allow each user to have their own personalized experience.
• Google Maps dark mode appears broken on Android Auto for some after recent updates.
• Why America Will Lose Semiconductors.

Picks:

• Stacey - KitchenAid Shave Ice Attachment
• Jeff - TikTok Italian sandwich guy
• Ant - Pro Mist Filter from Tiffen
• Ant - Moment's Cine Bloom Filter
• Ant - New Updates to Premiere Pro
• Ant - Capture One Update

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Links

• Play with GPT-3 yourself here
• Finding out whether GPT-3 can take the SAT
• VidCon Returns as Chill Falls on Creator Economy — The Information
• Elon Musk said he wants Twitter to become the WeChat of the western world in his first meeting with employees
• When Elon met Twitter - by Casey Newton - Platformer
• SpaceX employees say Elon Musk is an 'embarrassment' as he waffles on work-from-home | Engadget
• Microsoft, Meta, and others are founding a metaverse open standards group (no Apple or Roblox)
• Meta is launching a digital clothing store where you can purchase outfits for your avatar
• Leaked Amazon memo warns the company is running out of people to hire
• Amazon drones are coming to town. Some locals want to shoot them.
• Here Comes the Sun—to End Civilization | WIRED
• Researcher Hacks Into Backend for Network of Smart Jacuzzis
• Leaded aviation gasoline is poisoning a new generation — The Forecast — Quartz
• Most popular websites for news in the world: Monthly top 50 listing
• Google News (now 20 years old) gets a redesign
• Google Password Manager now has an Android home screen shortcut
• Chrome 103 replaces built-in password list with Android’s default manager
• Google Password Manager starts offering on-device encryption on Android, iOS, and Chrome
• Google TV Profiles have arrived, will allow each user to have their own personalized experience
• (For Jeff) Google Maps dark mode appears broken on Android Auto for some after recent updates
• Why America Will Lose Semiconductors
• Not connected but The KitchenAid Shaved Ice Attachment
• TikTok Italian sandwich guy
• Pro Mist Filter from Tiffen
• Moment's Cine Bloom Filter
• New Updates to Premiere Pro
• Capture One Update