This Week in Google 628

• ProtonMail deletes 'we don't log your IP' boast from website after French climate activist reportedly arrested.
• The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives.
• How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users.
• German police secretly bought NSO Pegasus spyware.
• Amazon brings its cashierless tech to two Whole Foods stores.
• What the Hole Is Going On? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.
• ‘I believe it’s a mental health issue’: the rise of Zoom dysmorphia.
• Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop.
• Official Emails Show That LAPD Worked With a Controversial Social media Surveillance Company During George Floyd Protests.
• Australia’s Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People’s Facebook Comments.
• Yahoo is Yahoo once more after new owners complete acquisition.
• House Republicans wrote a letter to Yahoo 'Chief Executive Officer' Marissa Mayer, but she hasn't been CEO since 2017.
• Elizabeth Holmes' trial begins with opening statements.
• Twitter rolls out first public test of Communities.
• Twitter testing feature to remove followers without blocking them.
• Twitter Plans New Privacy Tools to Get More People Tweeting.
• YouTube reports having 50 million Premium and Music subscribers.
• TikTok overtakes YouTube for average watch time in US and UK.
• Amazon Driver Warns New Homeowners Their House Is Not Safe in Video.
• Alligator eats drone.
• Google Rooms is now Spaces, and it's integrated into all of your favorite apps.
• Google Meet gets new videoconference hardware with interactive displays.
• Google debuts Meet features, including ‘Companion mode’.
• Google Workspace acquires Playspace, a video, screenshare, & whiteboard collaboration tool.
• Chrome OS 93 is heading to your Chromebook today, and it's all about the details.
• Google rolling out Android 12 Beta 5 ‘release candidate’ for Pixel as final update.
• September security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live.
• Google Clock scheduled alarms broken for many, leading to a flurry of 1-star Play Store reviews.

Picks:

• Stacey - Swarm Eval Kit.
• Jeff - Tom Eveslin tests Starlink.
• Jeff - Amazon slams SpaceX, tells FCC that Musk-led companies are rule-breakers.
• Ant - Another Starlink reference on FLOSS.
• Ant - World Travel Man: 48 Hours in....

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Links

• ProtonMail deletes 'we don't log your IP' boast from website after French climate activist reportedly arrested • The Register
• The Strange Tale of the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives
• 1) How Facebook Undermines Privacy Protections for Its 2 Billion WhatsApp Users
• German police secretly bought NSO Pegasus spyware
• Amazon brings its cashierless tech to two Whole Foods stores
• What the Hole Is Going On? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.
• Zoom dysmorphia
• Revealed: LAPD officers told to collect social media data on every civilian they stop
• LAPD worked with Dataminr during George Floyd protests
• Australia’s Top Court Finds Media Companies Liable for Other People’s Facebook Comments
• Yahoo is just Yahoo again
• House Republicans wrote a letter to Yahoo 'Chief Executive Officer' Marissa Mayer, but she hasn't been CEO since 2017
• Elizabeth Holmes' trial begins with opening statements
• Twitter rolls out first public test of Communities
• New: remove followers without blocking them
• Twitter Plans New Privacy Tools to Get More People Tweeting
• YouTube reports having 50 million Premium and Music subscribers
• Amazon Driver Warns New Homeowners Their House Is Not Safe in Video
• Alligator eats drone
• Google Rooms is now Spaces, and it's integrated into all of your favorite apps
• Google Meet gets new videoconference hardware with interactive displays
• Google debuts Meet features, including ‘Companion mode’
• Google Workspace acquires Playspace, a video, screenshare, & whiteboard collaboration tool
• Chrome OS 93 is heading to your Chromebook today, and it's all about the details
• Google rolling out Android 12 Beta 5 ‘release candidate’ for Pixel as final update
• September security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
• [Update] Google Clock scheduled alarms broken for many, leading to flurry of 1-star Play Store reviews
• Swarm Eval Kit
• Tom Eveslin tests Starlink
• Another starlink reference
• World Travel Man: 48 Hours in. . . .