This Week in Google 628: The Queen of Consent - a podcast by TWiT

• ProtonMail deletes 'we don't log your IP' boast from website after French climate activist reportedly arrested.


• The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives.


• How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users.


• German police secretly bought NSO Pegasus spyware.


• Amazon brings its cashierless tech to two Whole Foods stores.


• What the Hole Is Going On? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.


• 'I believe it's a mental health issue': the rise of Zoom dysmorphia.


• Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop.


• Official Emails Show That LAPD Worked With a Controversial Social media Surveillance Company During George Floyd Protests.


• Australia's Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People's Facebook Comments.


• Yahoo is Yahoo once more after new owners complete acquisition.


• House Republicans wrote a letter to Yahoo 'Chief Executive Officer' Marissa Mayer, but she hasn't been CEO since 2017.


• Elizabeth Holmes' trial begins with opening statements.


• Twitter rolls out first public test of Communities.


• Twitter testing feature to remove followers without blocking them.


• Twitter Plans New Privacy Tools to Get More People Tweeting.


• YouTube reports having 50 million Premium and Music subscribers.


• TikTok overtakes YouTube for average watch time in US and UK.


• Amazon Driver Warns New Homeowners Their House Is Not Safe in Video.


• Alligator eats drone.


• Google Rooms is now Spaces, and it's integrated into all of your favorite apps.


• Google Meet gets new videoconference hardware with interactive displays.


• Google debuts Meet features, including 'Companion mode'.


• Google Workspace acquires Playspace, a video, screenshare, & whiteboard collaboration tool.


• Chrome OS 93 is heading to your Chromebook today, and it's all about the details.


• Google rolling out Android 12 Beta 5 'release candidate' for Pixel as final update.


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


• Google Clock scheduled alarms broken for many, leading to a flurry of 1-star Play Store reviews.

Picks:

• Stacey - Swarm Eval Kit.


• Jeff - Tom Eveslin tests Starlink.


• Jeff - Amazon slams SpaceX, tells FCC that Musk-led companies are rule-breakers.


• Ant - Another Starlink reference on FLOSS.


• Ant - World Travel Man: 48 Hours in....

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