Mar 23rd 2022
This Week in Google 656
The Ultimate Ungulate
Lapsus$ hacking group, SXSW 2022, Eero Pro 6E review, TropeTrainer
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
- Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died.
- Lapsus$ Extortion Group Claims Okta Hack, Microsoft Source Code Leak.
- SCOOP: A 16-year-old living in his mother's house in Oxford, England is suspected to be the mastermind behind many of the hacks conducted by hacking group Lapsus$.
- John Roach, Pioneer of the Personal Computer, Is Dead at 83.
- Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies.
- The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large.
- Online Safety Bill: Has the government botched its attempt to stop the spread of hateful content online?
- TechDirt March Madness of misunderstood legal concepts.
- BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti No Longer Pretending To Care.
- At SXSW, A Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born.
- Justice Department accuses Google of hiding business communications.
- Apple TV App on Android TV and Google TV No Longer Lets Users Buy or Rent Movies.
- His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.
- "Thanks to @jes5199's reverse-engineering, you can now try TropeTrainer v3.2 from January 2005."
- Android statues moved to an undisclosed location.
- Google Settles With 4 Engineers Over Complaint It Fired Them for Organizing.
- YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV.
- Instagram launches chronological and ‘favorites’ feeds for all users, but they can’t be the default.
- Android 13 will ask your permission to send notifications.
- Pixel Launcher search on Android 13 tests directly showing results from Google Photos.
- Google Photos updates its library and sharing tabs to make photos easier to find.
- Google Home app updates bring simpler controls and improved privacy.
- Google’s Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history.
- Google is moving the ‘Movies & TV’ tab from the Play Store to Google TV.
- What phone does POTUS carry?
- First images from the Webb telescope.
Picks:
- Stacey - Eero Pro 6E router review
- Jeff - Cory Booker's speech
- Ant - LA Flights
- Ant - The Sound of Merlin
- Ant - Black Girl Magic
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Links
- Stephen Wilhite, creator of the GIF, has died
- Lapsus$ Extortion Group Claims Okta Hack, Microsoft Source Code Leak | WIRED
- The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large | The New Yorker
- Online Safety Bill: Has the government botched its attempt to stop the spread of hateful content online?
- TechDirt March Madness of misunderstood legal concepts
- At SXSW, A Pathetic Tech Future Struggles to Be Born
- BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti No Longer Pretending To Care | Defector
- Justice Department accuses Google of hiding business communications
- Daring Fireball: Apple TV App on Android TV and Google TV No Longer Lets Users Buy or Rent Movies
- His software sang the words of God. Then it went silent.
- Andy Baio on Twitter: "Thanks to @jes5199's reverse-engineering, you can now try TropeTrainer v3.2 from January 2005: - Install
- Android statues moved to undisclosed location
- Google Settles With 4 Engineers Over Complaint It Fired Them for Organizing
- YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV
- Instagram launches chronological and ‘favorites’ feeds for all users, but they can’t be the default
- Android 13 will ask your permission to send notifications
- Pixel Launcher search on Android 13 tests directly showing results from Google Photos
- Google Photos updates its library and sharing tabs to make photos easier to find
- Google Home app updates bring simpler controls and improved privacy
- Google’s Android app will finally let you delete the last 15 minutes of your search history
- Google is moving the ‘Movies & TV’ tab from the Play Store to Google TV
- What phone does POTUS carry?
- First images from the Webb telescope
- Eero Pro 6E routers
- Booker speech
- LA Flights
- The Sound of Merlin
- Black Girl Magic