May 8th 2019
This Week in Google 507
Machine Learning is the New Chicken Sexer
Hosted by
Leo Laporte,
Jeff Jarvis
Google I/O Highlights
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Guests:
Kevin Tofel
This Week's Stories
- Google I/O Highlights
- Pixel 3A Unboxing
- Nest Hub Max > Google Home Hub
- AR Walking Directions in Google Maps
- Google Leans into Helpfulness vs Privacy
- Project Euphonia: Speech-to-text for People who are Hard to Understand
- Trouble in Chromebook Land
- AR Coming to Google Search
- Next-Generation Google Assistant
- Changes to Android Auto
- Assistant Speeds Up
- Google Maps Gets Incognito Mode
- Android Q Preview
- Protest Plane Over Google I/O
- Project Mainline Wants to Fix Android Stratification
- Google Kills "Works With Nest" and IFTTTT Functionality
- Verizon Killed Tumblr, Wants to Sell
- Solitaire Goes to Video Game Hall of Fame
- Arya Stark's New App for Creatives
- Windows is Getting a Linux Kernel
- What the Microsoft Hololens Demo Fail was Supposed to Look Like
Picks of the Week
- Kevin's Pick: Hacking Diabetes
- Jeff's Number: New York Times Crossword Puzzle
- Leo's Tool: Chatterbox - the smart speaker that kids build and program
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Links
- Google Fights Back – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- Google Pixel 3A review: a $399 phone with a great camera - The Verge
- Google unveils the Google Nest Hub Max, a 10-inch smart display with a built-in camera that can act as an indoor security camera
- Android Q: an exclusive first look at dark mode, better gestures, and an impressive new accessibility feature
- protest banner flies over I/o
- You can cancel alarms on Google Assistant just by saying ‘Stop’ without ‘Hey Google’ command
- Every new Google Assistant feature announced at I/O 2019
- Google Lens can translate foreign language text in photos and read it back to you
- Google's Sundar Pichai says privacy can't be a 'luxury good' - CNET
- Google Maps and search are getting an Incognito mode
- Google demonstrates Project Euphonia, effort to personally understand the speech-impaired
- Android Studio has an easier Chrome OS install and a recommended Chromebooks list (but NO Pixelbook or Pixel Slate on the list!)
- Google details Project Mainline: Updating Android modules via Google Play
- Google is adding time-lapse mode to every Pixel camera
- Android Auto is getting a ground-up redesign this summer
- Google launches new video series: SEO Mythbusting
- Google’s latest AI art project turns your face into a ‘poem portrait’
- Why you should thank a teacher this week, and always
- Google adds 53 brand new non-binary emoji exclusively to Pixel devices running Android Q
- Verizon is looking to sell Tumblr after squandering its potential - The Verge
- World Video Game Hall of Fame inducts Super Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat, Solitaire, and Colossal Cave Adventure | VentureBeat
- Behind the Scenes of the Microsoft Build Hololens Moon Landing Demo – Variety
- Windows 10 Is Getting a Built-in Linux Kernel
- Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams opens her Daisie app to all creatives - CNET
- Google Discontinues ‘Works With Nest’ Program, Tightens Smart Home Privacy Rules
- Chatterbox: the smart speaker that kids build and program
- Stacey's dog
- 15th weinberger and me
- Hacking Diabetes