Sep 15th 2021
This Week in Google 629
Tastes Like Pikachu
Amazon's big raise, Instagram's impact on teens, update Chrome now!
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- Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show.
- Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers.
- Instagram’s Met Gala 2021 Table Took the Best Class Photo With Meg Thee Stallion, Saweetie & More.
- Announcing the 2021 Ig Nobel Prize winners.
- Intuit is buying Mailchimp for $12 billion to focus on small businesses.
- Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell posted their own take on TikTok's a cappella 'Grace Kelly' challenge.
- How to watch the Inspiration4 launch, SpaceX’s first fully private mission to space.
- Amazon boosts hourly pay to over $18, to hire 125,000 workers.
- Amazon to pay full college tuition for front-line employees.
- Amazon Launches Its First TVs: Fire TV Omni Series with 4K Ultra HD.
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says it’s ‘hard to argue’ its retail business is a monopoly.
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: ‘It’s still early days for us in media’.
- The next Big Tech battle: Amazon’s bet on healthcare begins to take shape.
- Amazon gives Kindle e-readers a rare user interface overhaul.
- Update Google Chrome Immediately.
- South Korea Fines Google for Abusing Smartphone Dominance.
- Otherworldly 'time crystal' made inside Google quantum computer could change physics forever.
- Google's voice assistant in new EU antitrust investigation, MLex reports.
- Germany’s ‘sovereign cloud’ is coming—and it’s provided by Google.
- Google finishes laying a giant undersea internet cable stretching 3,300 miles from New York to the UK and Spain.
- Google hypes the Pixel 6 in Japan with bag of ‘Google Original [Potato] Chips’.
- Google hosting ‘Search On’ 2021 keynote later this month.
- Hands-on with Google Assistant Driving Mode's long-awaited home screen UI.
- Google Photos will now ship individual prints directly to your door.
- Google search is finally officially getting dark mode on desktop.
- Area 120’s ‘Museletter’ turns your Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides into paid newsletters.
- Google now lets you ask to join ‘Pixel Superfans’ with a simple sign-up form.
- Google One quietly adds 5TB storage plan for $24.99/month following Photos changes.
Picks:
- Stacey - Luci for making power wheelchairs smart
- Jeff - 12 billion doses in arms are required to get the majority of adults vaccinated. We stand at about 5.5 billion & have been averaging 1 billion/month
- Jeff - Pixel Buds Series A
- Jeff - Back to the office
- Ant - Wanderers Photo Workshop Moved
- Ant - Dry Bar is Underrated and also Greg Morton
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Links
- Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
- Facebook sent flawed data to misinformation researchers.
- Instagram's table
- Announcing the 2021 Ig Nobel Prize winners
- Intuit is buying Mailchimp for $12 billion to focus on small businesses
- Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell posted their own take on TikTok's a cappella 'Grace Kelly' challenge
- How to watch the Inspiration4 launch, SpaceX’s first fully private mission to space
- Amazon boosts hourly pay to over $18, to hire 125,000 workers
- Amazon to pay full college tuition for front-line employees
- Amazon Launches Its First TVs: Fire TV Omni Series with 4K Ultra HD - Variety
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says it’s ‘hard to argue’ its retail business is a monopoly
- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: ‘It’s still early days for us in media’
- The next Big Tech battle: Amazon’s bet on healthcare begins to take shape
- Amazon gives Kindle e-readers a rare user interface overhaul
- Update Google Chrome Immediately
- South Korea Fines Google for Abusing Smartphone Dominance
- Otherworldly 'time crystal' made inside Google quantum computer could change physics forever
- Google's voice assistant in new EU antitrust investigation
- Germany’s ‘sovereign cloud’ is coming—and it’s provided by Google
- Google finishes laying a giant undersea internet cable stretching 3,300 miles from New York to the UK and Spain
- Google hypes the Pixel 6 in Japan with bag of ‘Google Original [Potato] Chips’
- Google hosting ‘Search On’ 2021 keynote later this month
- Hands-on with Google Assistant Driving Mode's long-awaited home screen UI
- Google Photos will now ship individual prints directly to your door
- Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! Google search is finally officially getting dark mode on desktop
- Area 120’s ‘Museletter’ turns your Google Docs, Sheets, & Slides into paid newsletters
- Google now lets you ask to join ‘Pixel Superfans’ with simple sign-up form
- Google One quietly adds 5TB storage plan for $24.99/month following Photos changes
- Luci for making power wheelchairs smart
- Vaccinations
- Back to the office
- Wanderers Photo Workshop Moved
- Dry Bar is Underrated and also Greg Morton
- Since we talked FASHION