Mar 14th 2018
This Week in Google 448
Raspberry Pi Day
Nacho Fries & Flying Taxis
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
Google Plus Codes, Amazon space iguanas, "The Meat Sweats," Elon at SXSW, flying taxis and drone deliveries, Netflix "Patches," and more!
Leo's Pick: Samsung Galsxy S9
Stacey's Thing: Laurastar Smart Iron
Jeff's Number: Google removed 3.2b bad ads in '17
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Links
- Breaking down Elon Musk's surprise, sold-out talk at SXSW
- Elon Musk Says He’s Formed a Media Company Called ‘Thud!’ After Hiring Ex-Staffers of The Onion
- Volkswagen bets big on electric with $25 billion battery bonanza
- Google’s new ‘Plus Codes’ are an open source, global alternative to street addresses | 9to5Google
- Coming Soon to a Front Porch Near You: Package Delivery Via Drone - WSJ
- Larry Page’s Flying Taxis, Now Exiting Stealth Mode - The New York Times
- Google Assistant’s multistep smart home routines are now live
- Amazon now lets you talk to Alexa without saying ‘Hey Alexa’ EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
- Google asst will send location-based reminders
- Taco Bell's Nacho Fries are the most successful launch in the chain's history
- Here's why you get the meat sweats
- Yuri Milner's tribute to Hawking
- Tony Hendra's tribute to Hawking
- Google app reveals improved controls for Pixel Buds
- Google will prioritize your news subs in search ranking
- Facebook gets exclusive rights to stream 25 MLB afternoon games
- Android Wear may soon be renamed ‘Wear OS’
- Netflix’s Collectible ‘Patches’ Could Train Kids to Binge, Children’s Safety Group Warns
- YouTube, the Great Radicalizer - The New York Times
- On Twitter, the lure of fake news is stronger than the truth | Science News
- For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned. - The New York Times
- The most ignorant man in America
- Times tech columnist unplugged--except he didn't
- Uber Spent $10.7 Billion in Nine Years. Does It Have Enough to Show for It? - Bloomberg
- Samsung Galaxy S9
- Laurastar Smart Iron
- Google removed 3.2b bad ads in '17
- Upgraded Raspberry Pi 3 delivers more power and faster networking
- White House Blocks Broadcom's Proposed Takeover of Qualcomm