This Week in Google with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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.
Category: News
  • 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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