Feb 23rd 2022
This Week in Google 652
Stuck in the Jungle Gym
Galaxy S22 Ultra, Pixel 7 leaks, QAnon revealed, keyboards that hurt
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Guests:
Mathew Ingram
- Galaxy S22 Ultra hands-on.
- Trump's social app launches.
- Trump’s Truth Social’s disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term viability.
- First details of Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro come roaring out: 2nd-gen Tensor, new Samsung modem.
- Meta Loses Top-10 Ranking by Market Value Amid Worst Month Ever.
- Inside Facebook’s $10 Billion Breakup With Advertisers.
- End of an era of ad targeting.
- A resurrected bill troubles digital rights advocates and journalists.
- Amazon’s Astro robot has been spotted in the wild... bringing people beer.
- Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints.
- Google Chat set to replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users next month.
- Google releases new build of February’s Pixel 6 and 6 Pro update.
- Google confirms Pixel 6 Wi-Fi issues, fix coming with March update.
- Chrome ‘Lite Mode’ for Android will be removed next month with the Chrome 100 update.
- Google Chrome’s password manager is adding a new section for notes.
- Google Search dark theme goes fully black for some on the web.
- Google introduces Roboto Serif.
- ProgrammingFonts.org: Fonts for programmers.
- Their bionic eyes are now obsolete and unsupported as the company that installed them dies.
- Apple gives Siri a less gendered voice.
- 3G Networks Are Shutting Down: How This Affects Your Devices.
- Beijing Winter Olympics viewership drops to record low.
- A keyboard that makes my hands hurt just looking at it.
- Designers spend months making custom keycaps, then the counterfeits arrive.
- Launch of Typefully to prettify Twitter.
- Reddit Details Its 5 Community Values.
- TikTok Can Circumvent Apple and Google Privacy Protections and Access Full User Data, 2 Studies Say.
- Kazakhstan’s Internet Shutdown Offers Lessons for Russia-Ukraine Crisis.
Picks:
- Mathew - Famed "marshmallow test" for kids debunked
- Jeff - 13 'Challenges' That Prove Older Generations Were As Stupid As TikTok Teens
- Ant - Andycine Lunchbox
- Ant - Welcome to Earth
- Leo - Zoom F3 Field Recorder
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Links
- Galaxy S22 Ultra hands-on
- Trump's social app launches
- Trump’s Truth Social’s disastrous launch raises doubts about its long-term viability
- First details of Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro come roaring out: 2nd-gen Tensor, new Samsung modem
- Meta Loses Top-10 Ranking by Market Value Amid Worst Month Ever
- WSJ examines how Apple borked Facebook's ad business
- Brian Morrisey on the end of an era in ad targeting
- Mathew's article: A resurrected bill troubles digital rights advocates and journalists
- Amazon’s Astro robot has been spotted in the wild... bringing people beer
- Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints
- Google Chat set to replace classic Hangouts for Workspace users next month
- Chrome ‘Lite Mode’ for Android will be removed next month with the Chrome 100 update
- Google Chrome’s password manager is adding a new section for notes
- Google Search dark theme goes fully black for some on the web
- Google confirms Pixel 6 Wi-Fi issues, fix coming with March update
- Google introduces Roboto Serif
- Beijing Winter Olympics viewership drops to record low
- Keyboard that makes my hands hurt just looking at it
- Launch of Typefully to pretify Twitter
- Reddit Details Its 5 Community Values
- TikTok Can Circumvent Apple and Google Privacy Protections and Access Full User Data, 2 Studies Say (Exclusive)
- Kazakhstan’s Internet Shutdown Offers Lessons for Russia-Ukraine Crisis
- Famed "marshmallow test" for kids debunked
- 13 'Challenges' That Prove Older Generations Were As Stupid As TikTok Teens
- Andycine Lunchbox
- Welcome to Earth