May 15th 2019
This Week in Google 508
I'm Bi-Cola, Myself
Death of Nest, Hacking Titan, Hate on YouTube, and more!
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
This Week's Stories
- Did Nest Die at Google I/O?
- Own a Pixel? You Could Get $500 in Microphone Lawsuit
- Google's New IoT SDK Module
- Google Assistant for Sonos is Here
- Google's Titan Security Key can be Hacked
- 14-Year-Old Hate-Spewing Female YouTuber
- Hey Facebook: Let Us Export Our Friends
- Tech Companies Sign Christchurch Call to Action to Fight Extremism
- All 100 Things Announced at Google I/O
- New Google Trips Combines all Google Travel Apps
- Coding Jobs Fraud in Appalachia
- Google Cancels Project to Dual-Boot Windows on Chromebooks
- Outlawing Loot Boxes
- Dolby Could Sue You for using old Versions of Photoshop
- Chinese Company Must Sell Grindr
- Netflix Saves Kids from 400 Hours/Year of Ads
- Why We Still Love Tech
Picks of the Week
- Leo's Tool: Picstructions
- Jeff's Number: QSR drive-through study
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Links
- Google agrees to pay owners of faulty Pixel phones up to $500 - The Verge
- Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019 | Ars Technica
- The good and bad inside Google’s new home privacy policy
- Our commitment to privacy in the home.
- The coolest thing I saw at Google I/O is a tiny chip that could eliminate smart home lag - CNET
- After long wait, Sonos is readying Google Assistant update for next week - CNET
- Bluetooth Titan Security Keys can be exploited, Google offering replacements
- YouTube’s Newest Far-Right, Foul-Mouthed, Red-Pilling Star Is A 14-Year-Old Girl
- Twitter's anti-anti-vacc campaign
- Friend portability is the must-have Facebook regulation | TechCrunch
- Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Google, and Amazon sign on to the Christchurch Call to Action, commit to a 9-point plan to stop sp
- Count ‘em up: 100 things we announced at I/O ‘19
- Google’s combining all its travel planning features under a site called Trips
- Google to Show Ads on Homepage of Mobile Site, App
- New native Discovery ad campaigns from Google monetize Discover feed for first time - Search Engine Land
- Google Podcasts can auto-download new episodes from your favorite shows
- Google revamping Shopping hub and will let you buy stuff through YouTube videos - CNET
- Redefine reading practice with Rivet
- So long dual-booting Windows on a Chromebook: Project Campfire is deprecated
- Super sleuths: Help Carmen Sandiego track down Tutankhamun's Mask in Google Earth - CNET
- They Were Promised Coding Jobs in Appalachia. Now They Say It Was a Fraud
- Adobe warning of legal problems if subscribers keep using old versions of Creative Cloud apps [u]
- Grindr Dating App's Chinese Owners to Sell by 2020 - Bloomberg
- The Hulu/Disney/Comcast divorce, explained - Vox
- American Express has acquired reservation platform Resy
- Netflix Saves Our Kids From Up To 400 Hours of Commercials a Year | LocalBabysitter.com
- Why I (Still) Love Tech: In Defense of a Difficult Industry | WIRED
- Picstructions
- QSR drive-through study
- McD to redesign drive-through