Sep 26th 2018
This Week in Google 475
The Missiles Are Incoming. Poop!
Hosted by
Leo Laporte,
Stacey Higginbotham
Pixelbook Leak, Oculus Quest
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Guests:
Kevin Tofel
- A sneak peek at the Nocturne Pixelbook tablet
- Chrome 69's "forced login" will be optional in Chrome 70
- Tech giants want federal privacy laws
- Splitting the Internet between China and the US
- Instagram and WhatsApp founders on why they left Facebook
- Big changes to Google search, Messages, and Maps
- What is a "Minimal Turing Test," and how can you beat it?
- Oculus Quest brings wire-free VR to your face for $399
- Amazon is taking over the Internet of Things
Picks of the Week
- Kevin's Stuff: Pi Hole and free Back in the USSR demo
- Stacey's Things: The Constant Consumer and Find My Android
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Links
- First look at what appears to be the Pixelbook tablet aka Nocturne – About Chromebooks
- Security experts say Chrome 69’s ‘forced login’ feature violates user privacy
- Google says that in Chrome 70, coming mid-October, it will allow users to disable linking Google website and Chrome sign-ins
- In Senate hearing, tech giants push lawmakers for federal privacy rules
- The anti-Google documentary “The Creepy Line” is a conspiratorial new playbook for right-wing tech backlash
- Eric Schmidt says the internet will bifurcate in the next 10-15 years into a Chinese-led internet
- Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information
- NYT: ‘Instagram’s Co-Founders Said to Step Down From Company’
- Exclusive: WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind
- The other side of the story
- Instagram’s CEO
- The first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, was announced 10 years ago Sunday
- Helping you along your Search journeys
- Discover new information and inspiration with Search, no query required
- Making visual content more useful in Search
- Safety Center: helping you stay safe online
- All together now: group planning on Google Maps
- Oh, The Things You’ll Find
- Want to convince someone you're not a robot? Use the word 'poop' - CNET
- China has shut down 4,000+ websites and online accounts, removed 147,000 pieces of information during its three-month campaign
- MOBILE WEBSITES CAN TAP INTO YOUR PHONE'S SENSORS WITHOUT ASKING
- Oculus Quest is a new, $399 standalone VR headset shipping next year
- Amazon plans to release at least 8 new Alexa devices, including a microwave oven and in-car gadget
- Amazon just pulled an Apple on the smart home
- Demo, Take 5 and final remaster of Back In The USSR.
- Pi-hole is a black hole for internet ads #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi
- Pi Hole: low cost, full network ad-blocking
- Find My Android
- Thoughtful article