This Week in Google 631

• Facebook will publish some of its research on teens and Instagram.
• Facebook suspends plan to launch Instagram Kids app as critics circle.
• The ridiculous reason why He-Man rides around on a big green cat.
• Facebook’s Effort to Attract Preteens Goes Beyond Instagram Kids, Documents Show.
• YouTube is banning Joseph Mercola and a handful of other anti-vaccine activists.
• Russia threatens YouTube ban after RT German channels blocked for covid videos.
• The Things That Matter From Today’s Amazon Event.
• Amazon Glow is a video chat gadget with built-in games to keep kids engaged.
• Alexa Together turns your loved one's Echo into an emergency support device.
• Amazon's $250 Echo Show 15 is a smart display for your wall.
• Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do.
• Pets #CaughtOnNestCam.
• Hey, Disney!' Amazon and Disney welcome a new era of Alexa-like voice assistants.
• Recycled gator.
• Seeing-eye robot.
• Google Pushes to Overturn EU’s $5 Billion Antitrust Decision on Android.
• Activision to pay $18 million settlement over workplace misconduct.
• DeepMind’s AI predicts almost exactly when and where it’s going to rain.
• The SHOP SAFE Act Is A Terrible Bill That Will Eliminate Online Marketplaces.
• CNN Restricts Access to Facebook Pages in Australia.
• Nielsen releases data from latest Nielsen Digital Landscape report.
• News Consumption Across Social Media in 2021.
• Google Maps is getting better at mapping wildfires.
• New ‘Google Illustrations’ tool lets you build a custom profile picture for Gmail.
• Live translated captions in Google Meet available in beta.
• Google Search launches redesign with more images, suggestions, and ‘Things to know’
• Google hosting virtual Android Dev Summit 2021 next month, Chrome event in November.
• Google Assistant losing Issa Rae ‘Cameo Voice’ next week.
• Chrome 94 rolling out as first release in the new 4-week update cycle.
• Was famed Samson and Delilah really painted by Rubens? No, says AI.
• After IBM failed to sail an autonomous boat across the Atlantic, it’s trying again.
• Samoa Scraps Daylight Saving Time.
• Mr Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster beating human investors.
• China’s central bank says all cryptocurrency-related activities are illegal, vows harsh crackdown.
• A Teenager On TikTok Disrupted Thousands of Scientific Studies With a Single Video.
• Trump pushing Microsoft to buy TikTok was ‘strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,’ says Satya Nadella.
• TikTok hits 1 billion users.
• Old trucker, young kitten.

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Links

• Facebook will publish some of its research on teens and Instagram
• Facebook suspends plan to launch Instagram Kids app as critics circle | Ars Technica
• Facebook’s Effort to Attract Preteens Goes Beyond Instagram Kids, Documents Show
• YouTube is banning Joseph Mercola and a handful of other anti-vaccine activists - The Washington Post
• Russia threatens YouTube ban after RT German channels blocked for covid videos - The Washington Post
• The Things That Matter From Today’s Amazon Event
• Amazon Glow is a video chat gadget with built-in games to keep kids engaged
• Alexa Together turns your loved one's Echo into an emergency support device
• Amazon's $250 Echo Show 15 is a smart display for your wall
• Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do
• Pets #CaughtOnNestCam (video)
• Hey, Disney!' Amazon and Disney welcome a new era of Alexa-like voice assistants
• Recycled gator (video)
• Seeing-eye robot
• Google Pushes to Overturn EU’s $5 Billion Antitrust Decision on Android - WSJ
• Activision to pay $18 million settlement over workplace misconduct. - The New York Times
• DeepMind’s AI predicts almost exactly when and where it’s going to rain | MIT Technology Review
• The SHOP SAFE Act Is A Terrible Bill That Will Eliminate Online Marketplaces | Techdirt
• CNN Restricts Access to Facebook Pages in Australia
• Related: Uh, in Australia, who's the monopoly?
• News Consumption Across Social Media in 2021
• Google Maps is getting better at mapping wildfires
• New ‘Google Illustrations’ tool lets you build a custom profile picture for Gmail
• Live translated captions in Google Meet available in beta
• Google Search launches redesign with more images, suggestions, and ‘Things to know’
• Google hosting virtual Android Dev Summit 2021 next month, Chrome event in November
• Google Assistant losing Issa Rae ‘Cameo Voice’ next week
• Chrome 94 rolling out as first release in the new 4-week update cycle [U]
• Was famed Samson and Delilah really painted by Rubens? No, says AI | Art and design | The Guardian
• After IBM failed to sail an autonomous boat across the Atlantic, it’s trying again - The Washington Post
• Samoa Scraps Daylight Saving Time (DST)
• Mr Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster beating human investors
• China’s central bank says all cryptocurrency-related activities are illegal, vows harsh crackdown
• A TEENAGER ON TIKTOK DISRUPTED THOUSANDS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES WITH A SINGLE VIDEO
• Trump pushing Microsoft to buy TikTok was ‘strangest thing I’ve ever worked on,’ says Satya Nadella - The Verge
• TikTok hits 1 billion users
• Old trucker, young kitten
• RISC-V ESP32 dev board for $10
• Tech legislation tracker
• Ripple Training - Davinci Resolve (code office-hours-50)
• So Simple, Yet So TOUGH