This Week in Google 622: Rocket to Hawaii - a podcast by TWiT

from 2021-07-28T20:39:32

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  • Alphabet crushes Q2 earnings estimates as Google Cloud cuts losses, grows 54%

  • Sundar Pichai: Fall Pixel line showcases Android 12 & 'deep tech investments,' touts long-term strategy

  • Samsung will announce new foldables on August 11

  • How Google Cloud plans to kill its 'Killed By Google' reputation

  • Why is China smashing its tech industry?

  • NYC to Shanghai in 40 minutes: SpaceX's goal for point-to-point space travel

  • Gale?ne videoconference server

  • Facebook announces Metaverse product group headed by Instagram VP Vishal Shah

  • Who will own the metaverse?

  • The Metaverse: What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite

  • Activision Blizzard Employees Are Walking Out in Protest

  • State AGs will appeal loss in Facebook case

  • Facebook to limit ads children see after revelations Australian alcohol companies can reach teens

  • Bezos offers to cover $2 billion in exchange for NASA contract

  • Google pushed a one-character typo to production, bricking Chrome OS devices

  • Olympics Broadcaster Announces His Computer Password on Live TV

  • Elon Musk confirms Tesla will not offer a regular steering wheel on new Model S/X

  • Mystery Soda Machine

  • Privacy Sandbox Timeline

  • Faster and more efficient phishing detection in M92

  • Google Drive will let you block other users to stop potential harassment

  • Here's what that Google Drive "security update" message means

  • Google Assistant rolling out 'Fast checkout' shopping, powered by Duplex on the Web

  • 'Backup by Google One' is Android's new unified backup system

  • YouTube creators can now apply to test the Stadia Crowd Play Beta

  • Android Studio Arctic Fox is now available w/ Wear OS pairing and Jetpack Compose

  • Google's vision of Android development is finally realized with Jetpack Compose 1.0

  • Twitter 'acqui-hires' the team from a subscription news app, Brief

  • Twitter pilots a new shopping section for brands

  • Twitter posts fastest revenue growth since 2014 in pandemic rebound

  • Twitter reveals a surprisingly low two-factor auth (2FA) adoption rate

Picks:


  • Jason - My LIkes playlist in YouTube Music

  • Leo - YouTube TV for Olympics in 4K

  • Kevin - John Peel sessions

  • Kevin - Hyperland by Douglas Adams

  • Ant - Nine Nasty Words by John McWhorter

  • Ant - Some Disagree and I Get it, But...

  • Ant - I can't stop laughing at this


Hosts: Leo Laporte, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell


Guest: Kevin Marks


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