Apr 6th 2022
This Week in Google 658
You Can't Edit This!
Twitter gets Elon Musk, Twitter edit feature, TikTok Musical wins a Grammy
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- Podcast listeners likely to be more curious and less neurotic – study.
- Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter.
- Twitter confirms testing edit button; says it has nothing to do with that poll.
- Anil Dash: Yeah, that’s bad. Wish they would have taken any of the many other suggestions of active users who could have been added to the board over the years.
- Elon Musk joins the Twitter board - by Casey Newton.
- How does everyone feel about an edit button on Twitter?
- Twitter Edits You.
- Substack sides with Musk.
- The Newspaper Axis: Six Press Barons Who Enabled Hitler.
- jack on Twitter: "the days of Usenet, IRC, the web...even email (w PGP)...were amazing. centralizing discovery and identity into corporations really damaged the internet. I realize I'm partially to blame and regret it."
- José Andrés: Apple Maps was sending me into Russian-controlled territory.
- Fortnite raised $144 million for Ukraine relief.
- Blending technology with psychology to engage Russian people on the Ukraine war.
- Mail2RU: Pop the Kremlin Propaganda Bubble.
- Dead Lay Out in Bucha for Weeks, Refuting Russian Claim, Satellite Images Show.
- ‘Unofficial Bridgerton Musical’ Becomes First Grammy-Winning Album to Originate on TikTok.
- TikTok Is Funding Its First Musical, From Creative Lead Behind ‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical.
- Mug cake tangent.
- I tried Trump’s Truth Social so you don’t have to.
- Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after a troubled app launch.
- Alphabet’s Wing is bringing drone delivery to Texas this week.
- Uber users could soon be picked up by S.F. taxis as the ride-hailing app teams with its competitors.
- Fast, the Troubled Fintech Startup, Is Shutting Down.
- Fast's collapse won't be unique.
- Ant reviews the Olive Pro Earbuds.
- The Olive Max 2-in-1 hearing aids come with adaptive hearing tech.
- Google bribes employees to return to the office with a free scooter (subscriptions).
- Google Cloud just built a data lakehouse on BigQuery.
- Google Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software.
- Ubiquiti seeks $425 million in damages against industry blogger Brian Krebs.
- MLB to allow pitchers and catchers to use anti-sign-stealing technology during the regular season, sources say.
- iHeartMedia building a new NFT network for podcasts.
- Book on new street photography: taking pix of people's phone screens.
- Google Maps to add toll road prices, more map details, Apple Watch improvements, and more.
- Google Docs now offers emoji reactions.
- Google delays when legacy G Suite users have to start paying, a no-cost waiting list coming.
- Pixel 6 April update fixes camera and wireless charging issues, available today.
- Google Translate can now auto-switch Gboard to the appropriate language.
- Google hardware gets unified security reward program that covers Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit.
- Wyze knew hackers could remotely access your camera for three years and said nothing.
Picks:
- Stacey - Tertill Weeding Robot
- Jeff - Elon Musk delayed filing a form and made $156 million
- Jeff - Jeff's RoboBurger Adventure
- Leo - BARE: The best of Twitter, minus the social and the media
- Ant - Little Steve: and the Little Details
- Ant - Freedom LUTs to Help Support Skylum in Ukraine
- Ant - Successful Platypod Extreme Kickstarter
- Ant - I Don't Remember the Convo, but THANKS Atoms
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Links
- Podcast listeners likely to be more curious and less neurotic – study
- Elon Musk buys 9.2% stake in Twitter - Protocol
- Twitter confirms testing edit button; says it has nothing to do with that poll
- Anil Dash thread on Musk joining the board
- Elon Musk joins the Twitter board - by Casey Newton
- Twitter Edits You
- Substack sides with Musk
- (19) jack on Twitter: "the days of usenet, irc, the web...even email (w PGP)...were amazing. centralizing discovery and identi
- José Andrés: Apple Maps was sending me into Russian-controlled territory
- Fortnite raised $144 million for Ukraine relief - The Verge
- Blending technology with psychology to engage Russian people on the Ukraine war:
- Pop the Kremlin Propaganda Bubble
- Dead Lay Out in Bucha for Weeks, Refuting Russian Claim, Satellite Images Show - The New York Times
- Unofficial Bridgerton TikTok musical wins Grammy!
- TikTok funding its first musical from creative force behind Ratatouille
- I tried Trump’s Truth Social so you don’t have to
- Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch
- Alphabet’s Wing is bringing drone delivery to Texas this week | TechCrunch
- Uber users could soon be picked up by S.F. taxis as the ride hailing app teams with its competitors
- Fast, the Troubled Fintech Startup, Is Shutting Down — The Information
- RELATED: Ant reviews the Olive Pro Earbuds
- The Olive Max 2-in-1 hearing aids come with adaptive hearing tech | Engadget
- Google bribes employees to return to the office with free scooter (subscriptions)
- Google Cloud just built a data lakehouse on BigQuery
- Google Bans Apps With Hidden Data-Harvesting Software
- Ubiquiti seeks $425 million in damages against industry blogger Brian Krebs
- MLB to allow pitchers, catchers to use anti-sign-stealing technology during regular season, sources say
- iHeartMedia building new NFT network for podcasts
- Book on new street photography: taking pix of people's phone screens
- Google Maps to add toll road prices, more map details, Apple Watch improvements and more | TechCrunch
- Google Docs now offers emoji reactions
- Google delays when legacy G Suite users have to start paying, no-cost waiting list coming
- Pixel 6 April update fixes camera and wireless charging issues, available today
- Google Translate can now auto switch Gboard to the appropriate language
- Google hardware gets unified security reward program that covers Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit
- The Tertill
- My reporting trip
- Musk 11 days late notifying SEC
- BARE: The best of Twitter, minus the social and the media
- Little Steve a children's book
- Freedom LUTs to Help Support Skylum in Ukraine
- Successful Platypod Extreme Kickstartrer
- I Don't Remember the Convo, but THANKS Atoms