This Week in Google 431

Pixel Buds are getting bad reviews. Blasting Facebook and Google. Amazon pays $250 Million for Lord of the Rings TV rights. Alibaba's $25 billion Singles' Day. Self-driving trucks and flying cars. Hacking the Boeing 757. Xerox Alto turns 40.

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Links

• Google’s Pixel Buds have started shipping
• Google Pixel Buds - Reviews Not Good
• Google's Pixel Buds Aren't Even Close to Being Good
• Sean Parker unloads on Facebook "exploiting" human weakness
• Silicon Valley eats its own: Parker & McNamee turn on FB et al
• YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeting children - The Verge
• Something is wrong on the internet
• Google Critic Thiel Gave Money to Official Probing Search Giant
• ‘The Bunker’ Acquired By Amazon Studios From Columnist-Turned-Screenwriter Nick Bilton
• Amazon to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ books into new fantasy television series – GeekWire
• Google conquers the intercom with Home broadcast
• Google's Best Deals for Black Friday
• Alibaba smashes its Single’s Day record once again as sales cross $25 billion | TechCrunch
• Google Home Max hits the FCC noting MIMO Wi-Fi capabilities
• 280-Character Tweets Make Tetris Possible on Twitter
• NEW: Twitter will withdraw verification from misbehaving tweeters
• Bloomberg’s Twitter-based news network launches December 18th
• Android distribution numbers for November show almost no change for Oreo
• OnePlus inadvertently left a backdoor on its phones (updated)
• OnePlus 5T Launch Friday
• Facebook teen-in-residence defects to Google and launches “Lies”
• Amazon’s Cashierless Store Is Almost Ready for Prime Time
• Tesla will reveal its semi this Thursday, and Musk promises to 'blow your mind'
• Self-Driving Trucks Are Now Running Between Texas and California
• Volvo’s parent company just bought a ‘flying car’ startup
• Trump DOJ suggests iPhone encryption costs lives following Texas shooting | 9to5Mac
• How AV can open you to attacks that otherwise wouldn’t be possible | Ars Technica
• Boeing 757 Testing Shows Airplanes Vulnerable to Hacking, DHS Says - Avionics
• Senators push to ditch Social Security numbers in light of Equifax hack | TechCrunch
• Boston Dynamics’ latest robot dog is slightly less terrifying
• Sony just announced a new Aibo robot dog
• The Xerox Alto Struts Its Stuff on Its 40th Birthday
• Firefox Quantum
• Shortcut open sourced
• This American Live 630: Things I Mean to Know
• IndieWebCamp Austin