Nov 23rd 2022
This Week in Google 691
Maureen and Bab's Tea Room
Leap second, FTX deepfake, Musk vs Swisher, Post.news, Alexa struggling
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
Guests:
Mathew Ingram
- I Was the Head of Trust and Safety at Twitter. This Is What Could Become of It.
- Musk, journalist Kara Swisher trade barbs.
- Warner: Parents should be ‘very concerned’ about TikTok.
- Elon Musk and Twitter: a masterclass in moving fast and breaking things…
- Chaos on Twitter Leads a Group of Journalists to Start an Alternative.
- Post.news
- Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year.
- How to Send Your Own Message to the iPad on Artemis 1 As It Orbits the Moon.
- Watch Howard Stern’s Special Interview with Bruce Springsteen on HBO and HBO Max.
- The leap second’s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks.
- Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in.
- Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year sentence explained by tech bubble.
- Lessons from a decade of ‘Candy Crush’.
- FTX Founder Deepfake Offers Refund to Victims in Verified Twitter Account Scam.
- Movie theater stocks pop after report says Amazon plans to spend $1 billion on releases.
- Google Fi discounts Pixel 7 to $399 and offers $300 off 7 Pro for Black Friday.
- The best Black Friday Google deals you can get.
- Google launches new search, shopping and maps features.
- YouTube releases in-depth podcasting guide with best practices.
- You can now ask Google Assistant to search and play podcasts by guest, episode.
Picks:
- Mathew - A plaque that shows you are verified on Twitter.
- Mathew - Bizarre study finds common parasite can make you more attractive.
- Mathew - Christie’s Pulls T. Rex From Auction, Citing Need for ‘Further Study’.
- Jeff - Pew teens and social media.
- Ant - Boris FX Black Friday Discount.
- Ant - Prep football: Campolindo edges Rancho Cotate in NCS semifinals.
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Links
- Warner: Parents should be ‘very concerned’ about TikTok | The Hill
- Elon Musk and Twitter: a masterclass in moving fast and breaking things… | by Enrique Dans | Enrique Dans | Nov, 2022 | Medium
- Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year | Ars Technica
- The leap second’s time is up: world votes to stop pausing clocks
- Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in
- Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year sentence explained by tech bubble : NPR
- Lessons from a decade of ‘Candy Crush’ | Financial Times
- Movie theater stocks pop after report says Amazon plans to spend $1 billion on releases
- Google Fi discounts Pixel 7 to $399 and offers $300 off 7 Pro for Black Friday
- The best Black Friday Google deals you can get
- Google launches new search, shopping and maps features
- YouTube releases in-depth podcasting guide with best practices
- You can now ask Google Assistant to search and play podcasts by guest, episode
- A plaque that shows you are verified on Twitter
- Can a common parasite make you more attractive?
- Sale of T Rex skeleton hit by intellectual property claims
- Pew teens and social media
- Boris FX Black Friday Discount
- Heartbreaking Loss