This Week in Google 573

Facebook vs QAnon, Trump vs TikTok, Google vs Australia

• Google's deprecation policy is killing it.
• Google goes to the Australian public for help after the government blocks snippets
• The Internet War is over, and Google won
•  What if Facebook dies?
•  Why America should kill TikTok
•  Twitter changing Retweet to "Quote Tweet"
•  Testing the new 6Ghz bandwidth 5G spectrum
• Spot robot now caring for patients in hospitals
•  German princess gets her drunk rants taken off of Google
• Trump praises QAnon as Facebook moves to block them
• Zoom comes to Google Nest Hub, WebEx comes to
•  The Pine Phone ultra-secure Linux phone and the Obama Phone for low-income folk
• GPT-3 AI-generated blog post hits the front page of Hacker News
•  Zombie pigs!
• Ryan Renolds sells Aviation Gin for $610 million
•  Mint Mobile Plus has the best movie selection any streaming provider
•  DNC 2020: The YouTube Convention
•  The Google Changelog: Google Duo --> Google Meet | Multi-room Nest audio | Google AI hardware in new hands | Google Travel COVID info | Google Maps detail | Android 11 vs camera choice | Activity Cards in Search

 

• Picks of the Week:
•  Stacey's Thing: Firewalla Gold: Multi-Gigabit Cyber Security
• Jeff's Numbers: Amazon adds 3,500 jobs
•  Ant's Stuff: Adobe Max Registration
• Ant's Stuff 2: An amazing content creator and an amazing maker
• Karsten's Mask: Handmade leather mask from MereLeather in Ukraine. Very comfortable comes with paper filters, or you can use your own n95 inserts.
•  Karsten's Mask 2: YouTuber builds gun that shoots masks onto people's faces

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Links

• Web by Google (TM)
• A Princess Is Making Google Forget Her Drunken Rant About Killing Muslims
• Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy is Killing You | by Steve Yegge | Aug, 2020 | Medium
• Response to Google open letter | ACCC
• Google appeals directly to Australian users over proposed ‘News Media Bargaining Code’
• Google seeks to test 6Ghz broadband in "secret" test
• Zoom for home coming to smart devices
• FB Portal also gets Bluejeans Webex, GoToMeeting
• A new way to video call with Google
• Host, the Zoom horror movie
• Facebook funnelling readers towards Covid misinformation - study | Technology | The Guardian
• What if Facebook goes down? Ethical and legal considerations for the demise of big tech
• Facebook draws a line on QAnon
• Twitter just changed the retweet language to "quote tweet"
• Fearing coronavirus, a Michigan college tracks its students with a flawed app
• Trump Backs Oracle In TikTok Bid
• Opinion | A TikTok Ban Is Overdue - The New York Times
• The NSA and FBI Expose Fancy Bear's Sneaky Hacking Tool
• The PinePhone has physical kill switches for its cameras, microphone, data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. Runs Linux
• Report: Google Meet is going to replace Google Duo
• House music: New multi-room audio control from Nest
• Google’s AI hardware, in new hands
• Google Travel adds new pandemic-related travel planning information
• Google Maps is getting a lot more detail - The Verge
• Android 11 is taking away the camera picker, forcing people to only use the built-in camera
• Find jobs, recipes and products more easily on Search
• A college student used GPT-3 to write fake blog posts and ended up at the top of Hacker News - The Verge
• ViacomCBS In Talks To Sell Tech Website CNET – Deadline
• Zombie pigs
• Ryan Reynolds launches a streaming service that just plays one movie
• Reynolds sells Aviation gin for $610m
• Jarvis on the YouTube DNC convention
• Firewalla Gold: Multi-Gigabit Cyber Security
• Amazon adds 3,500 jobs
• Adobe Max Registration
• An Amazing Content Creator and an Amazing Maker
• Handmade leather mask from MereLeather in Ukraine.
• YouTuber builds device that shoots masks right onto people's faces - CNET