This Week in Google 572

Trump vs. TikTok and Tencent, Microsoft Surface Duo, Twitter Limits Replies

• Sarah Cooper: Google UX designer, Tik Tok star
• Trump vs. TikTok: what does it all mean? 
• Trump's Tencent ban makes Reddit, Tesla, and Spotify illegal
• Rate Stacey's Zoom background
• Trump vs. TikTok part 2: where does our data go? 
• Microsoft announces Surface Duo 
• Lucid Air electric car
• New Jersey Supreme Court says the police can make you unlock your phone
• Twitter rolling out reply-limiting feature
• "Meeterial" Design: Google pushes Meet into everybody's faces
• Why are there no ads on TechDirt? 
• US opens 3.5Ghz band to consumer use - this could seriously help out 5G 
• Happy Birthday IBM PC
• Boeing 747s are still updated via 3.5 Floppy disk
• Vaporwave's mini-boom of 3.5 floppies
• Alamo Drafthouse offers private theater rentals
• Sleepover at the final Blockbuster
• Genius lost their suit against Google because they don't have standing
• Verily steps into the COVID testing arena
• Amazon wants to launch 3,236 satellites
• Amazon wants to take over JC Pennys
• Jarvis' entire history of media and journalism in 45 minutes
• Google Changelog: Google Lens homework filter | Google Search adds 3D molecules | Google Phone beta app for all | Earthquake alerts | Google Lookout | A bunch of new Android updates | Google profile cards

Picks of the Week: 

• Stacey's Thing: DONATE BLOOD
• Jeff's Number: Dreyer Stet Game
• Ant's Stuff: Jett Fuel Java
• Karsten's Mask: GIZDA FAce Shield 
• Karsten's Mask 2: Essential Mask Brace

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Links

• White House document confirms TikTok could be cut off from app stores
• Sarah Cooper guest host of Jimmy Kimmel
• TikTok announces first wave of creators set to receive payment for their videos
• Leaked Documents Reveal What TikTok Shares with Chinese United States Authorities
• Every game company that Tencent has invested in
• U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones
• Genius lawsuit against Google dismissed cuz Genius wasn't the copyright holder
• Alphabet's Verily builds COVID-19 testing lab focused on 'rapid turnaround' of results - CNET
• Help to get rid of annoying Meet menu on Android Gmail
• Heh. Meeterial Design
• U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones
• Amazon in talks with largest mall operator to turn JCP, Sears stores into fulfillment centers
• Amazon cleared to launch 3,236 satellites -- 600 more than current total; astronomers are freaked
• Twitter rolling out reply-limiting feature
• Twitter/TikTok tieup?
• Blockbuster resurfaces on Twitter, hilarity ensues
• NJ Supreme Court: No 5th Amendment right not to unlock your phone
• Google Lens is getting a ‘homework’ filter to help kids solve math problems
• Google Search adds 3D molecules and more to help teach chemistry at home
• Latest Google Phone app Beta can now be installed from the Play Store on pretty much any phone
• Google is turning your Android phone into an early earthquake alert system
• There's an XKCD for this
• Google Lookout can read grocery labels for the visually impaired
• Google Pushes Out Five New Android Updates for Android Auto, Bedtime Mode, Accessibility and Emergency Services
• Google tests new profile cards that let you add yourself to search results
• Smart Ben Evans essay on the fallacies in calling for the breakup of the tech giants
• Mozilla's big layoffs; could be worse if Google is stopped from paying for browser placement
• Microsoft’s Surface Duo arrives on September 10th for $1,399
• U.S. will reallocate military 3.5GHz spectrum for consumer 5G in 2021 | VentureBeat
• Boeing 747s Still Use Floppy Disks to Get Software Updates
• Alamo Drafthouse Offers Private Theater Rentals For $150 For 30 People With Over 40 Movies To Choose From
• Airbnb offering $4 video-themed sleepovers at world's last Blockbuster - CNET
• Jarvis' entire history of media and journalism in 45 minutes
• Stacey's Thing: DONATE BLOOD
• Jeff's Number: Dreyer Stet Game
• Ant's Stuff: Jett Fuel Java
• Karsten's Mask: Cool Burning Man-ready face shield that Jeff found:
• Karsten's Mask 2: Essential Mask Brace