Aug 31st 2022
This Week in Google 679
Conglomeratized!
Age Appropriate Design, Snap layoffs, Twitter Circle, Animal Translators
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
Guests:
Mike Masnick
- California Senate Passes Three Awful Bills For The Internet; Will Newsom Sign Them?
- ‘I turned my back on my film career to protect children online’
- Senator Klobuchar's Latest Bad Idea: Letting Smaller Journalism Outlets Demand Payments For Links.
- Elon Musk Cites Whistle-Blower Report as Reason to Scrap Twitter Deal.
- Twitter Circle now available to everyone – here's how it works.
- How Twitter’s child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor.
- Jack Dorsey says his biggest regret is that Twitter was a company at all.
- How Snap’s Pandemic Hiring Frenzy Set It Up for Mass Layoffs.
- Megan Coyne, the voice of New Jersey, is headed to the White House.
- Fitness bike usage down 23%
- Comcast and Charter face a grim new reality: actual competition.
- AWS Private 5G – Build Your Own Private Mobile Network.
- To save lives, issue connected vehicle technology waiver, NTSB tells FCC.
- The Animal Translators.
- Gumpy chef that swears alot.
- Robert Kyncl Stepping Down as YouTube Chief Business Officer.
- Google Search, Maps will identify confirmed veterans hospitals and abortion providers.
- New ‘Made for Fitbit’ accessory line includes Pixel charging stand for Sense 2, Versa 4, & Charge 5.
- Google Meet gets push-to-talk with space bar unmute shortcut.
- How to Use Emojis in Google Docs: It Just Got Easier.
- Pixel 4 and 4 XL dropped from Android Beta Program ahead of 13 QPR1.
- Nest Doorbell will get these ringtones over the holidays – Oktoberfest starts September 5.
- Watch Material You and Android UIs interpreted ‘in more physical ways’.
- DALL-E adds "out-painting".
- A "prompt marketplace" for DALL-E, et al.
Picks:
- Stacey - Philips Hue Tap Dial Switch.
- Leo - Lexica.
- Jeff - Crikey defense fund.
- Jeff - Inside ‘crypto Woodstock,’ where technologists plot a utopian future.
- Jeff - Invite to the first PAWA Paris Oct 14-15 2022.
- Ant - Football Season is Here.
- Ant - An Honor Shooting These Folks.
- Ant - Like Astrophotography? Print Available.
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Links
- California Senate Passes Three Awful Bills For The Internet; Will Newsom Sign Them? | Techdirt
- Senator Klobuchar’s Latest Bad Idea: Letting Smaller Journalism Outlets Demand Payments For Links | Techdirt
- Twitter Circle now available to everyone – here's how it works
- How Twitter’s child porn problem ruined its plans for an OnlyFans competitor - The Verge
- Jack Dorsey says his biggest regret is that Twitter was a company at all | TechCrunch
- How Snap’s Pandemic Hiring Frenzy Set It Up for Mass Layoffs — The Information
- Fitness bike usage down 23% - Protocol
- T-Mobile and Verizon home internet is a new threat to cable
- AWS private 5G
- To save lives, issue connected vehicle technology waiver, NTSB tells FCC | Ars Technica
- The Animal Translators - The New York Times
- Google Search, Maps will identify confirmed veterans hospitals and abortion providers
- New ‘Made for Fitbit’ accessory line includes Pixel charging stand for Sense 2, Versa 4, & Charge 5
- Google Meet gets push-to-talk with space bar unmute shortcut
- How to Use Emojis in Google Docs: It Just Got Easier
- Pixel 4 and 4 XL dropped from Android Beta Program ahead of 13 QPR1
- Watch Material You and Android UIs interpreted ‘in more physical ways’ [Video]
- ChefReaction in love
- DALL-E adds "out-painting"
- A "prompt marketplace" for DALL-E, et al
- Hue Tap Dial Switch
- Crikey defense fund
- Taylor Lorenz on crypto Bohemian Grove: Inside ‘crypto Woodstock,’ where technologists plot a utopian future
- Loic's new thing (kill me now)
- Football Season is Here (start at 8:10)
- An Honor Shooting These Folks
- Like Astrophotography? Print Available