Oct 11th 2019
This Week in Google 529
You Can't Taste the Crickets
Hong Kong, PG&E, California IoT Security
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- This Week's Stories
- Why TWiT was down
- Pixelbook Go is for Stadia
- What should we do about Hong Kong?
- Facebook vs truth in politics
- Andy Rubin's new phone makes us feel uncomfortable
- California legislates IoT security
- Dark Mode comes to Maps, Books, Duo, Voice, and Play Store
- Picks of the Week
- Leo's Tool: Social Security Cards Issued by Woolworth
- Jeff's Number: How much is the internet worth to you? The Fed wants to know.
- Stacey's Thing: Orchestra Provisions Cricket Spices
- Ant's Stuff: Patient Hopes Gene-Editing Can Help With Pain Of Sickle Cell Disease
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Links
- Why the PG&E Blackouts Spared California's Big Tech HQs
- Hands-on with leaked Google's Pixelbook Go laptop: 8GB-16GB RAM, 64GB-256GB storage, 13.3-inch Full HD/4K display, 3.5mm headpho
- What to expect from Google’s Pixel 4 hardware event
- Apple, Google Pull Hong Kong Protest Apps After China Uproar - WSJ
- US games company Blizzard kowtows to Beijing by banning gamer who dared to bring up Hong Kong
- Google pulls Hong Kong protest game for violating rules against ‘capitalizing on sensitive events’
- Why Facebook can’t stop politicians from lying - The Verge
- Senate Bill No. 327
- Social Security Cards Issued by Woolworth
- How much is the internet worth to you? The Fed wants to know (to value its contribution to the economy)
- Orchestra Provisions Cricket Spices
- Patient Hopes Gene-Editing Can Help With Pain Of Sickle Cell Disease