This Week in Google 587: Counsel of Open Source Poobahs - a podcast by TWiT

RCS Gets E2EE, Pulling Back on AMP, AWS Outage

• The effects of a massive AWS outage.


• TikTok and the creation of Ratatoullie the Musical.


• RCS is finally getting end-to-end encryption.


• AMP preferential treatment is about to go away.


• Google is opening up Chromium Project to the community.


• Google Stadia is one year old but is it any good?


• Tree Canopy Lab aims to map trees into cities.


• Project Guideline enables the blind to run in marathons.


• French publishers will be paid by Google for search and news results.


• Comparing social media companies against each other.


• Stories vs. Fleets.


• Buzzfeed buys Huffington Post.


• Assistant and Fi get some new family-focused features.


• Google Meet attendance reports rolling out for some.


• Google Hangouts say goodbye to group video calling.


• Google Pay now carries a 1.5% fee on instant transfers.


• Chrome updates will bring tab search and Chrome Actions.


• Just do a search for Happy Thanksgiving.

Picks of the Week

• Ant: I love seeing a creator's professional GROWTH


• Jeff: Robotaxi's can now charge for rides in California.


• Stacey: Nanoleaf Essentials bulbs.


• Jason: Pet portraits for the holidays at Crown & Paw.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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