This Week in Google 648: Band Saws and Butt Joints - a podcast by TWiT

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  • Google: Goodbye FLOC, hello Topics.

  • German publishers raise new opposition to Google's third-party cookie plans.

  • Google proposes a new way to track people around the Web. Again.

  • Why Amazon is ramping up its push for legalizing marijuana.

  • FLoC is dead. But Topics won't fix Google's ad targeting problems.

  • IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes.

  • IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access.

  • End Of The Line For Google Cloud's G Suite Legacy Free Edition.

  • G suite migration.

  • We Studied 81,000 Page Titles - Google Rewrote 61% Of Them.

  • British law groups recommend immunity for drivers of self-driving cars.

  • The self-driving car industry is abandoning the term 'self-driving' and leaving it to Tesla.

  • Halo.car - The electric car that drives to you.

  • Chicago Public Media to acquire the Sun-Times.

  • Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over 'False Information About Vaccines'

  • Missing: the shows from these big Spotify announcements.

  • Samsung officially announces February 9 launch event for Galaxy S22.

  • N.Korean internet downed by suspected cyberattacks -researchers.

  • Hacktivists say they hacked the Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup.

  • Manufacturers have less than five days' supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says.

  • You no longer have to say 'Hey Google' to get the Assistant to shut up.

  • Pixel's big At a Glance upgrade starts rolling out with more Google Clock & fitness integrations.

  • Google Chat adds rich text formatting on the web, rolling out now.

  • YouTube Music will soon work for supervised kid accounts enrolled with Family Link.

  • Oh, please, can we have a TWiG mini-musical? By brandonethridgemusic on TikTok.

  • Mark Cuban's latest business venture is a cash-only pharmacy that takes aim at crushing drug prices.

  • Meta ad for Horizon.

Picks:


  • Stacey - Hestan Cue: The World's Most Advanced Smart Cooking System

  • Jeff - Twitter kills Worldle-killing bot

  • Ant - Ant on Because We Make Podcast

  • Ant - News Anchor Hit by a Car

  • Ant - Good Luck, #hardhead


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