This Week in Google 608

• Club TWiT details
• Nobody is flying to join Google’s FLoC
• Reuters website goes behind a paywall in new strategy
• Google Ads policies
• The 15 Most Trusted Brands Globally
• More on subscriptions
• Questions from Discord
• A discussion on... jeans
• Daily Mail owner sues Google over search results
• EU looks to prospectively ban AI across many uses
• Europe fit for the Digital Age: Commission proposes new rules and actions for excellence and trust in Artificial Intelligence
• Google subsidiary moved $75bn in profits through Ireland in 2019 using "double-Irish"
• Facebook plans to go after Clubhouse and podcasts with a suite of new audio products
• Dollars flow to live audio as moderation problems loom
• Facebook oversight board delays decision on Trump ban to 'the coming weeks'
• Apple confirms it will allow Parler to return to App Store
• Amazon is opening a hair salon with an AR color bar
• Amazon Plans Furniture Assembly Service to Catch Wayfair
• Meet Ameronothrus on Twitter, a new bug discovered via a tweet
• TikTok Has a New Filter That Shapeshifts You Into a Movie Character, and You Need to See This
• Latest food fad on TikTok: twisted bacon
• Google Earth’s historical 3D time-lapses show the ravages of climate change
• Google Meet is getting a UI refresh next month with smarter meeting features
• Fitbit’s Luxe is a fashion-focused fitness band that costs $149.95
• Chrome OS 90 rolling out: Live Caption, Diagnostics app, and more
• Google is adding a price-tracking tool to Chrome for Android
• Google rolling out Android 12 Developer Preview 3 for Pixel phones
• Google Search adds AR Pac-Man, 3D Hello Kitty, Gundam, and other Japanese characters
• South by Southwest Stake Is Sold to Owner of Rolling Stone in Effort to Keep Festival Alive
• Debunking the Vegas Loop
• NASA picks SpaceX's Starship to land Artemis astronauts on the moon
• Nintendo founding family's site
• Whole Foods Launching Amazon Palm Reader Payment System in Seattle

Picks:

• Ant: Relatively Normal Podcast
• Jeff: Historical yearly trends in the usage statistics of content management systems
• Stacey: Caséta by Lutron

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Links

• Nobody is flying to join Google’s FLoC
• Reuters website goes behind paywall in new strategy
• Google Ads policies
• The 15 Most Trusted Brands Globally
• Heh. Trash sheet Daily Mail sues Google
• EU looks to prospectively ban AI across many uses
• Europe fit for the Digital Age: Commission proposes new rules and actions for excellence and trust in Artificial Intelligence
• Google subsidiary moved $75bn in profits through Ireland in 2019 using "double-Irish"
• FB goes pivots to audio v. Clubhouse, podcasts
• Dollars flow to live audio as moderation problems loom
• Facebook oversight board delays decision on Trump ban to 'the coming weeks'
• Apple reinstates Parler
• Amazon is opening a hair salon with an AR color bar
• Amazon Plans Furniture Assembly Service to Catch Wayfair
• New bug -- real bug -- discovered via Twitter
• TikTok lets you shapeshift
• Latest food fad on TikTok: twisted bacon
• Google Earth’s historical 3D time lapses show the ravages of climate change - The Verge
• Google Meet is getting a UI refresh next month with smarter meeting features
• Fitbit’s Luxe is a fashion-focused fitness band that costs $149.95
• Chrome OS 90 rolling out: Live Caption, Diagnostics app, and more
• Google is adding a price-tracking tool to Chrome for Android [Gallery]
• Google rolling out Android 12 Developer Preview 3 for Pixel phones
• Google Search adds AR Pac-Man, 3D Hello Kitty, Gundam, and other Japanese characters
• South by Southwest Stake Is Sold to Owner of Rolling Stone in Effort to Keep Festival Alive
• BRILLIANT take-down of Musk's Vegas tube
• SpaceX wins moon contract
• Nintendo founding family's site; sound on
• Shoppers will be able to pay with their palms at Whole Foods
• Relatively Normal
• WordPress hits 41.1%
• Caséta by Lutron.