This Week in Google 602: Random Penguin House - a podcast by TWiT

from 2021-03-10T23:10:08

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  • What the heck are these NFTs all about?

  • $10K for a virtual shoe? NFTs are here to create more sneakers you can't get

  • Performance artist eats $120,000 banana duct-taped to wall, calls it 'delicious'

  • After journalist complains about harassment women face, famous male journalists encourage more harassment of her

  • NYU study: far-right misinformation is more engaging

  • Inside the Google Empathy Lab

  • Burger King's terrible tweet

  • Google's FLoC Is a Terrible Idea

  • Google flags higher ad rates in France, Spain after digital tax

  • Harry and Meghan: The union of two great houses, the Windsors and the Celebrities, is complete

  • Google hosting Cloud Next '21 conference in October, virtual/physical format not yet set

  • Mobile World Congress says it will be in person in Spain in June

  • For Creators, Everything Is for Sale

  • Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won't let you

  • Twitter working on overhaul of Tweetdeck

  • Twitter is Reinventing Itself

  • Twitter is testing an 'undo' option after sending tweets

  • Russia moves to slow Twitter's speed after protest row

  • Twitter sues Texas AG, claiming retaliation for Trump ban

  • Texas governor wants to ban social media from banning

  • A Leading Critic of Big Tech Will Join the White House

  • Camera-based Google Fit heart & respiratory rate tracking rolling out to Pixel

  • Google Voice won't forward texts to outside #s anymore

  • Google gives Chrome Android hub for its birthday

  • Google Chrome moving to 4-week update cycle for faster feature rollouts

  • Google Photos' new advanced video editor starts rolling out

  • Google Meet breakout rooms can now be set up before calls using Calendar

  • Google TV 'kids' profiles' arrive on Chromecast this month w/ parental controls, time limits

  • Android Auto split-screen support begins rolling out for vehicles with wide-screen displays

  • Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe'

  • Internet Archive Scholar launched

  • Stanford AI Index

  • Arby's Has an Answer to Plant-Based Meat: A Meat-Based Carrot

  • T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers

Picks:


  • Mathew: Four year anniversary of this epic interview

  • Mathew: Man builds video-rental store in his basement

  • Jeff: Ending the Civil Journey

  • Jeff: Pandemic blamed for plummeting birthrates across Europe

  • Ant: Adobe Max Dates announced (virtually).

  • Ant: Super Resolution Feature from Adobe Announced

  • Ant: Story pissed me off, but there's a personal spin

  • Leo: Unhook - Remove YouTube Recommended Videos


Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt


Guests: Mathew Ingram and Trey Ratcliff


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