May 11th 2022
This Week in Google 663
Bill of Attainder
Google IO, Hawley's copyright bill, Texas social media law, Keyboardio Atreus
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Guests:
Mike Masnick
- Appeals court rules Texas social media law can proceed.
- Elon Musk Has Got Content Moderation All Figured Out: Delete The “Wrong” And “Bad” Content, But Leave The Rest (And Reinstate Trump).
- Elon Musk raises $7 billion in new funding for Twitter buyout.
- What Free Speech? Elon Musk Endorses EU’s Highly Censorial Approach To Content Moderation; Which Twitter Has Spent Years Fighting.
- Why Musk’s Twitter Bid Has Shaken Tesla Investors.
- Google announces Pixel 6a powered by Tensor processor for $449.
- Google gives us our first glimpse of the Pixel 7.
- Google previews the Pixel Watch, coming this fall with Pixel 7.
- The Pixel Tablet is coming in 2023.
- Google Glass’s successor teased at I/O.
- Google’s new ‘multisearch’ features hint towards an AR glasses future.
- Google Maps bringing a new ‘immersive view’ of select cities, Live View’s AR for other apps.
- TL;DR? Google Docs to Include Auto-Generated Summaries.
- Google Adopts 10-Step Skin Tone Scale to Teach Diversity to Its AI.
- AI Test Kitchen.
- Tech giants lost more than $1 trillion in value in the last three trading days.
- Google unveils new Results About You page, ecosystem-wide Google Account Safety Status.
- Google will let you talk to Assistant on the Nest Hub Max just by looking at the screen.
- RCS has over 500 million active users as Google digs at Apple yet again for ignoring the standard.
- I/O pinball.
- New EU rules would require chat apps to scan private messages for child abuse.
- We need laws and regulations on data use and privacy.
- The Information Age and the Printing Press: Looking Backward to See Ahead by James A. Dewar.
- Why Are People Still Blaming Facebook For Australia’s Terrible News Linking Tax Law?
- TikTok’s “Cacio E Pepe” Woman Cannot Catch A Break.
- Ohio bill would ban Facebook, Twitter from "censoring" users.
- The sound of a black hole.
- Clubhouse closes an undisclosed $4B valuation Series C round, as tech giants’ clones circle.
- This New Social App Is Boring, in a Good Way.
- Bitcoin plummet continues, now at less than half its November high.
- House where Facebook was created lists for $5.3M.
- Meta’s first-ever retail store just opened in the Bay Area. Here’s what it’s like.
- TikTok to surpass YouTube in US.
- Josh Hawley Introduces Laughably Stupid Copyright Term Reduction Bill.
- Taco Bell still life.
Picks:
- Mike - Keyboardio Atreus Mechanical Keyboard.
- Jeff - El Salvador expected to default as Bitcoin plummets.
- Jeff - The QWERTY Keyboard Is Tech’s Biggest Unsolved Mystery.
- Ant - Incredible moment schoolgirl loses her shoe at the starting block, stops to put it back on, and still WINS 200m race with seconds to spare.
- Ant - Congratulations to the hardheads.
- Ant - Prep track and field stars shine at North Bay League championships.
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Links
- Appeals court rules Texas social media law can proceed
- Mike's article: Elon Musk Has Got Content Moderation All Figured Out: Delete The “Wrong” And “Bad” Content, But Leave The Rest (
- Elon Musk raises $7 billion in new funding for Twitter buyout
- "Mike's article: What Free Speech? Elon Musk Endorses EU’s Highly Censorial Approach To Content Moderation; Which Twitter Has Sp
- Why Musk’s Twitter Bid Has Shaken Tesla Investors
- Google announces Pixel 6a powered by Tensor processor for $449
- Google gives us our first glimpse of the Pixel 7
- Google previews the Pixel Watch, coming this fall with Pixel 7
- The Pixel Tablet is coming in 2023
- Google Glass’s successor teased at I/O
- Google’s new ‘multisearch’ features hint towards an AR glasses future
- Google Maps bringing a new ‘immersive view’ of select cities, Live View’s AR for other apps
- TL;DR? Google Docs to Include Auto-Generated Summaries
- Google Adopts 10-Step Skin Tone Scale to Teach Diversity to Its AI
- AI Test Kitchen
- Google unveils new Results About You page, ecosystem-wide Google Account Safety Status
- Google will let you talk to Assistant on the Nest Hub Max just by looking at the screen
- RCS has over 500 million active users as Google digs at Apple yet again for ignoring the standard
- I/O pinball
- New EU rules would require chat apps to scan private messages for child abuse
- Stacey's article: We need laws and regulations on data use and privacy
- Mike's article: Why Are People Still Blaming Facebook For Australia’s Terrible News Linking Tax Law?
- TikTok’s “Cacio E Pepe” Woman
- Ohio bill would ban Facebook, Twitter from "censoring" users
- The sound of a black hole
- Remember Clubhouse? Just raised another round at $4b valuation
- BeReal Is the Right Kind of Boring
- House where Facebook was created lists for $5.3M
- Meta’s first-ever retail store just opened in the Bay Area. Here’s what it’s like.
- TikTok to surpass YouTube in US
- Mike's article: Josh Hawley Introduces Laughably Stupid Copyright Term Reduction Bill
- Taco Bell still life
- El Salvador expected to default as bitcoin plummets
- Don't Give Up
- Congratulations to the hardheads
- Back to Back, Having Fun, Now Go Shock the World