May 12th 2021
This Week in Google 611
A Self Described Grim Countenance
Project CHIP's new name, Tile's Sidewalk deal, RIP Type 1 fonts
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Project CHIP gets a new name and so does the Zigbee Alliance
- With Tile deal Amazon’s Sidewalk network just became more interesting
- US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack
- Google Plans to Double AI Ethics Research Staff
- YouTube will pay $100 million to people who make popular videos for its TikTok competitor
- Tech giants have all become creator companies
- Cory Doctorow: How copyright filters lead to wage-theft
- Apple robbed the mob's bank
- Army of fake fans boosts China’s messaging on Twitter
- Why does every advert look the same? Blame Corporate Memphis
- Adobe is dropping PostScript Type 1 font support. Be prepared for the change
- Google Pay US users can now send money to users in India and Singapore
- Google Fiber finally has a logo over a decade after launch
- Google brings Gboard to Wear OS for first major app launch in years, more teased for 2021
- Google Assistant Family Broadcasts from Smart Displays can now appear on phones
- Alexa, who are you? New book identifies Amazon’s secret voiceover artist
- The people who want to keep masking: ‘It’s like an invisibility cloak’
- Anti-Maskers Ready to Start Masking—to Protect Themselves From the Vaccinated
- Private-equity firm revives zombie fossil-fuel power plant to mine bitcoin
- Elon Musk says Tesla will stop accepting bitcoin for car purchases, citing environmental concerns
- Study Finds No Link Between Time Teens’ Spend On Tech Devices And Mental Health Problems
- Ebay has officially opened its platform to NFT sales
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- Stacey - M5Stack Core2 ESP32 IoT Development Kit for AWS IoT EduKit
- Jeff - Amazon’s $300 million tax bill rejected by EU judges
- Leo - Stumbled - The greatest Sites of the Internet
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Links
- Stacey's article: Project CHIP gets a new name and so does the Zigbee Alliance
- Stacey's article: With Tile deal Amazon’s Sidewalk network just became more interesting
- US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack - BBC News
- Google doubles AI ethics team
- $100m fund to prime YT's TikTok competitot
- Axios: Tech giants have all become creator companies
- Stacey tagged this: Corey Doctorow: How copyright filters lead to wage-theft (re: YouTube)
- Apple robbed the mob's bank
- Why does every advert look the same? Blame Corporate Memphis | WIRED UK
- The coming fontocalypse: Type 1 fonts to die
- Google Pay US users can now send money to users in India and Singapore
- Google Fiber finally has a logo over a decade after launch
- Google brings Gboard to Wear OS for first major app launch in years, more teased for 2021
- Google Assistant Family Broadcasts from Smart Displays can now appear on phones
- Alexa's voice revealed
- The people who want to keep masking: ‘It’s like an invisibility cloak’
- Warzel mask story
- Private-equity firm revives zombie fossil-fuel power plant to mine bitcoin | Ars Technica
- Study Finds No Link Between Time Teens’ Spend On Tech Devices And Mental Health Problems
- EBay has officially opened its platform to NFT sales
- M5Stack Core2 ESP32 IoT Development Kit for AWS IoT EduKit
- EU court throws out $300m EU tax bill
- Stumbled - The greatest Sites of the Internet