Jul 20th 2022
This Week in Google 673
Swipe Right For Schmuck
AR Glasses Beta, ChromeOS Flex, Dall-E waitlist, Netflix earnings
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses.
- Not paywalled: Google reportedly pauses hiring for two weeks to ‘review our headcount needs’.
- TikTok Begins Layoffs as Part of Potentially Far-Reaching ‘Reorganization’ Plan.
- HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5 Chromebook PC.
- New Pixelbooks were confirmed at Google I/O 2022, and we all missed it.
- How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex.
- Ant got a new Pixel 6.
- Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay.
- OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system.
- Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home.
- Thread gets an update ahead of Matter.
- Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound.
- Netflix Aims to Launch Cheaper, Ad-Supported Plan in Early 2023.
- Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing.
- Cats can't stop watching 'Stray' and yes, there's a whole Twitter account about it.
- #duet with @syllygirl this ladys gonna put my kids through college #chef #fyp #nwo.
- Qualcomm launches wearable chips that may finally meet the moment.
- YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore leader, as its new creator liaison.
- FCC chair proposes new US broadband standard of 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up.
- FCC Asks Mobile Carriers About Data Retention and Privacy Policies.
- Google Meet adding support for anonymous questions and poll responses.
- The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people’s phones.
- Google Docs getting edit notifications that alert you to additions and removals.
- YouTube reduces Content ID appeal process from 30 to 7 days.
- Now Google Photos has a shortcut to help you find your screenshots faster.
- It’s ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS.
- Sand battery in Finland.
- Tesla AI Boss Resigns Creating More Problems For Autopilot.
Picks:
- Jeff - How ‘Old Country’ went from a Reddit story to a novel and Netflix deal.
- Jeff - History of user interfaces.
- Stacey - Woosh Air: Smart Air Filter.
- Ant - Adobe Max Registration Now Open.
- Ant - Thanks for supporting youth sports.
- Ant - Follow Ant on Instagram.
- Jason - The iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment.
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Links
- Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses
- Not paywalled: Google reportedly pauses hiring for two weeks to ‘review our headcount needs’
- TikTok Begins Layoffs as Part of Potentially Far-Reaching ‘Reorganization’ Plan
- New Pixel books coming and we all missed it!
- How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex
- Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay
- OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system
- Stacey's article: Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home
- Stacey's article: Thread gets an update ahead of Matter
- Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound
- Netflix Aims to Launch Cheaper, Ad-Supported Plan in Early 2023
- Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing
- Cats can't stop watching Stray
- chefreactions
- Stacey's article: Qualcomm launches wearable chips that may finally meet the moment
- YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore leader, as its new creator liaison
- FCC chair proposes new US broadband standard of 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up
- Google Meet adding support for anonymous questions and poll responses
- The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people’s phones
- Google Docs getting edit notifications that alert you to additions and removals
- YouTube reduces Content ID appeal process from 30 to 7 days
- Now Google Photos has a shortcut to help you find your screenshots faster
- It’s ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS
- Sand battery in Finland
- How ‘Old Country’ went from a Reddit story to a novel and Netflix deal
- History of user interfaces
- Woosh Air: Smart Air Filter
- Adobe Max Registration Now Open
- Thanks for supporting youth sports
- Follow Ant on Instagram
- The iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment