This Week in Google 625: You Can't Handle the Waffle! - a podcast by TWiT

from 2021-08-18T19:30:23

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  • T-Mobile Says Over 40 Million Customer Records Affected in Hack.

  • 7 principles for regulation in the IoT era.

  • OpenAI Codex demo of code writing code.

  • Jason's review of the Pixel 5a from All About Android.

  • The Google Pixel 6 won't ship with a charger.

  • New U.S. Antitrust Bill Would Require Apple and Google to Allow Third-Party App Stores and Sideloading.

  • Bad News, By Joseph Bernstein.

  • CES 2022 to require proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

  • Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine Based on COVID-19 Research.

  • People Now Spend More at Amazon Than at Walmart.

  • Remember Yik Yak? Well, it's back and still anonymous.

  • Crypto platform hit by $600 million heist asks hacker to become its chief security advisor.

  • Delightful Google ad imagines the Perseverance Mars rover using Google Photos.

  • Twitter taps crypto leader Jay Graber to head Bluesky.

  • Beijing Tightens Grip on ByteDance by Quietly Taking Stake, China Board Seat.

  • BlackBerry resisted announcing major flaws in software powering cars, hospital equipment.

  • Facebook is sharing data to prove it's not a political hellhole.

  • Google-backed 'Matter' smart home standard, first gadgets delayed into next year.

  • Google Fuchsia update is rolling out widely to 1st-gen Nest Hubs.

  • Google Maps Just Dropped a Bunch of New App Features, Including Dark Mode.

  • Google Calendar will soon let you share where you're working from.

  • YouTube on iOS, Android tests instant comment translations for Premium subscribers.

  • Android's latest accessibility feature lets you control your phone w/ facial expressions.

  • Google Chrome is redesigning the Incognito tab, possibly in response to $5 billion lawsuit.

  • Twitter's new font, Chirp, is apparently giving some users headaches

  • Disney unveils Genie services to replace FastPass, MaxPass: The latest on global Disney parks.

Picks:


  • Stacey - This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race - by Nicole Perloth

  • Jeff - Wendy's to open 700 ghost kitchens with Reef Technology

  • Ant - This Is Pop

  • Ant - Error. Fire Not Found

  • Ant - Register for Wanderers Photo Workshop in NOLA

  • Leo - Waffles and Mochi


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