This Week in Google 639

Investing in creators vs debt, Wirecutter boycott, end of call to cancel

• Slow Ventures. 
• A Former Facebook VP Thinks Investing in Humans Is the Future of VC. 
• Investing Directly in People Is the Future of VC. Here’s How to Do It. 
• Life Capital 2021: The Future of The Professional Creator Ecosystem. 
• Wirecutter Thanksgiving strike and boycott is on. 
• Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution. 
• Niantic raises $300M at a $9B valuation to build the ‘real-world metaverse’  
• Mouse jigglers are a thing. 
• Pokemon Go Creator Niantic Launches Bitcoin-Hunting AR Game. 
• The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry’s favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says. 
• A Robot Wrote This Book Review. 
• The unbearable fussiness of the smart home. 
• Locked out of “God mode,” runners are hacking their treadmills. 
• Google Pixel 6a will run on a Tensor chip, but a lesser camera than Pixel 6. 
• Android Auto and Pixel 6 won't play nice, but Google is working on a fix. 
• The Pixel 5 could have actually been good if Google's chip plans had worked out. 
• iMessage Reactions Will No Longer Annoy Android Users Thanks to Emoji Change. 
• Google Store Black Friday 2021 deals are now live in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia
• Google Stadia is celebrating its second birthday with hardware for free or cheap
• You can now pre-order the 2nd-gen Pixel Stand from Google, ships next month
• Samsung to Choose Taylor, Texas, for $17 Billion Chip-Making Factory. 
• Casper’s return to private life isn’t a canary for DTC companies going public. 
• Jeff Jarvis: The Times treats an iPhone as a luxury. I hate to break it to them, but I think many people would say that these days a subscription to The Times is a luxury. 
• Jay Last, One of the Rebels Who Founded Silicon Valley, Dies at 92.

 

Picks:

• Stacey - Thanksgiving Piecaken. 
• Jeff - What is your state's favorite Thanksgiving dish? Google shares popular searches in the US. 
   

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Links

• Slow Ventures
• A Former Facebook VP Thinks Investing in Humans Is the Future of VC
• Investing Directly in People Is the Future of VC. Here’s How to Do It.
• Life Capital 2021: The Future of The Professional Creator Ecosystem
• Wirecutter Thanksgiving strike and boycott is on
• Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Outbid a Group of Crypto Investors for Copy of U.S. Constitution
• Niantic raises $300M at a $9B valuation to build the ‘real-world metaverse’ | TechCrunch
• Mouse jigglers
• Pokemon Go Creator Niantic Launches Bitcoin-Hunting AR Game
• The end of “click to subscribe, call to cancel”? One of the news industry’s favorite retention tactics is illegal, FTC says
• A robot wrote this review
• The unbearable fussiness of the smart home
• Locked out of “God mode,” runners are hacking their treadmills
• Google Pixel 6a will run on a Tensor chip, but a lesser camera than Pixel 6
• Pixel 6 not playing with Android Auto
• Pixel 5 coulda been a condendah with Tensor
• iMessage Reactions Will No Longer Annoy Android Users Thanks to Emoji Change - MacRumors
• Google Store Black Friday 2021 deals are now live in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia
• Google Stadia is celebrating its second birthday with hardware for free or cheap
• You can now pre-order the 2nd-gen Pixel Stand from Google, ships next month
• Samsung to Choose Taylor, Texas, for $17 Billion Chip-Making Factory - WSJ
• Casper goes private
• Unscientific Jarvis Twitter poll
• Jay Last, One of the Rebels Who Founded Silicon Valley, Dies at 92 - The New York Times
• Thanksgiving Piecaken
• Side dishes by state