Aug 30th 2023
This Week in Google 731
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Pixel 8 event date, Samsung Food, Workspace AI, tech stock buybacks
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Google announces Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th
- Samsung buys popular meal planning app Whisk and rebrands it as Samsung Food
- Google discontinues Pixel Pass subscription bundle after just one year
- Chrome OS 116 adding auto correct and local file search
- Google Chat adding voice messages and interoperability with Slack and Teams
- Elon Musk makes controversial appearance at Valorant esports tournament
- Tesla planning LA supercharger location with diner and drive-in movie theater
- Facebook lifting ban on political ads in preparation for 2024 election
- Senator Chuck Schumer hosting AI forums with tech executives
- Meta removes thousands of accounts linked to Chinese influence campaigns
- Canada's news ban on Facebook failed to reduce platform's usage
- Twitter facing thousands of arbitration cases from fired employees
- WordPress offering 100-year domain name registration option
- Nvidia posts record profits on demand for AI and gaming chips
- Zuckerberg demonstrates typing 100 words per minute in VR using digital keyboard
- New Sony Alpha A7C and A7C-R compact mirrorless cameras announced
- Donation options to support Hawaii residents impacted by recent hurricanes
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Links
- Google sets its Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th - The Verge
- Whisk' app is being rebranded as 'Samsung Food'
- Google Workspace Updates: Write emails, documents and more with ease and speed using Duet AI in Google Docs and Gmail
- Mike Moritz, Reid Hoffman and Other Silicon Valley Titans Said to Be Behind Mysterious Land Deals - The New York Times
- 4 Big Tech Giants Spent Over $1 Trillion on Stock Buybacks in 10 Years
- Nvidia’s blowout earnings report shows chipmaker is gobbling up all the profit in AI
- New York Times, CNN and Australia’s ABC block OpenAI’s GPTBot web crawler from accessing content
- Comic factory (takes a little time so come to it early with a prompt)
- X to allow paid political ads, lifting Twitter’s earlier ban | TechCrunch
- Meta’s ‘Biggest Single Takedown’ Removes Chinese Influence Campaign
- Meta's Canada news ban fails to dent Facebook usage
- ChromeOS 116 rolling out: New autocorrect, cloud/local Files search, and more
- Google discontinues its Pixel Pass subscription, which combined phones and services | TechCrunch
- Google Chat adding voice messages and interoperability with Slack, Teams
- Android 14 Beta 5.2 rolling out with Pixel Fold & Tablet fixes
- Zuck says he can type 100 wpm in a headset
- WordPress Now Offers a 100-Year Plan for Domains
- New Sony Cameras Announced
- Ever Used Beeper?
- Support Maui Residents - It's NOT a Scam