This Week in Google 619: YouTube Regrets - a podcast by TWiT

from 2021-07-07T14:39:39

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Trump sues big tech, Pentagon cancels JEDI contract, Russian hackers


  • Trump sues Facebook, Google, Twitter, Dorsey, Zuckerberg, Pichai.

  • It Can Always Get Dumber: Trump Sues Facebook, Twitter & YouTube, Claiming His Own Government Violated The Constitution.

  • Team Trump quietly launches new social media platform.

  • Pentagon cancels $10 billion JEDI cloud contract.

  • Amazon Primed Andy Jassy to Be CEO. Can He Keep What Jeff Bezos Built?

  • Feds Seized Robinhood CEO's Phone in GameStop Trading Halt Investigation.

  • Supermarket chain Coop closes 800 stores following Kaseya ransomware attack.

  • REvil ransomware hits 200 companies in MSP supply-chain attack.

  • Instagram's Evolution.

  • Find a job with TikTok Resumes.

  • Watch a police officer admit to playing Taylor Swift to keep a video off YouTube.

  • YouTube Regrets.

  • Norway Law Forces Influencers to Label Retouched Photos on Instagram.

  • Facebook tests prompts that ask users if they're worried a friend is 'becoming an extremist'

  • Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin passenger Wally Funk would be the oldest in space.

  • New Google Drive for desktop app with Google Photos upload, multi-account starts rolling out.

  • Google's Fuchsia OS is getting a new logo.

  • Google app beta returns to Chrome Custom Tabs for now.

  • Google Meet adds filters & fun masks for personal Gmail calls, just like Duo.

  • July security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live.

  • Should Amazon rename Alexa?

  • Fired by Bot at Amazon: 'It's You Against the Machine'



Picks:


  • Stacey - Nanoleaf Element setup.

  • Jeff - Nextdoor raises $686 million at an implied valuation of $4.3 billion and says it will go public via a SPAC.

  • Ant - A View From the Top - Richard Ayoade's.

  • Ant - (Selfishly) Rootin' For This Young Man.


Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt


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