Jul 14th 2021
This Week in Google 620
Big Swinging Branson
Branson in Space, Google Antitrust
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
- Richard Branson reaches space on Virgin Galactic flight
- BBC plays cricket with Sundar (video)
- Google (GOOG:US) Fined $593 Million By French Antitrust Agency
- Ben Evans tweet re amount of fine v. value of newspapers
- Murdoch's Knewz -- his Google News -- shuts down
- What's in Stacey's home
- Ray Ozzie's Blues Wireless raises $22 million to add 5G to everything
- Facebook’s satellite connectivity team switches over to Amazon’s Project Kuiper
- United orders 100 electric planes
- Kevin explains why he can't pick the best Chromebook
- Inside Facebook's data wars
- Facebook Will Now Let Groups Appoint "Experts" in an Effort To Combat Misinformation
- Facebook says it will pay $1b to creators
- Instacart steals Fidji Simo as new CEO
- Google Changelog
- Android 12 will let you play games before they finish downloading
- Stadia Porting Toolkit' helps bring over games from Windows
- Google launches its Workspace tier for individuals in five countries
- Chrome will soon let you turn on an HTTPS-first mode
- Google angers employees with 'hypocritical' remote work policies
- "Super Mario 64" sells for a record $1.56 million at auction
- Fleets are fleeting
- Twitter for iOS now lets you edit (who can reply to your old) tweets
- The Parking Garage of the Future
- Why Amazon Is Naming New Warehouse Robots After Muppets
- AI voice actors sound more human than ever—and are ready to hire
- LG’s rollable OLED TV is finally coming to the US for a staggering $100,000
Picks:
- Hustle Culture on HBO Max
- Popeyes nuggets
- Dead start-up toys
- SnoreLab
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Links
- Richard Branson reaches space on Virgin Galactic flight
- BBC plays cricket with Sundar
- Google (GOOG:US) Fined $593 Million By French Antitrust Agency
- Ben Evans tweet re amount of fine v. value of newspapers
- Murdoch's Knewz -- his Google News -- shuts down
- What's in Stacey's home
- Ray Ozzie's Blues Wireless raises $22 million to add 5G to everything
- Facebook’s satellite connectivity team switches over to Amazon’s Project Kuiper
- Kevin explains why he can't pick the best Chromebook. Damn him. ;-)
- Facebook Will Now Let Groups Appoint "Experts" in an Effort To Combat Misinformation
- FB says it will pay $1b to creators
- Instacart steals Fidji Simo as new CEO
- Android 12 will let you play games before they finish downloading
- Google angers employees with 'hypocritical' remote work policies
- Chrome will soon let you turn on an HTTPS-first mode
- "Super Mario 64" sells for record $1.56 million at auction
- Fleets are fleeting
- Twitter for iOS now lets you edit (who can reply to your old) tweets
- The Parking Garage of the Future
- Why Amazon Is Naming New Warehouse Robots After Muppets
- AI voice actors sound more human than ever—and are ready to hire
- LG’s rollable OLED TV is finally coming to the US for a staggering $100,000
- 'Generation Hustle' on HBO Max: From Syed Arbab to Anna Delvey, Your Guide to the Scammers (decider.com)
- Popeyes nuggets
- Dead start-up toys
- SnoreLab