Jul 27th 2022
This Week in Google 674
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Tech earnings tanked, Instagram changes, TikTok in China, leap second
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- Alphabet misses on earnings and revenue for second quarter.
- Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected.
- Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for ‘intense period’.
- Instagram Admits It’s ‘Not Good’ After Kardashians Beg It to Stop Copying TikTok.
- Introducing Home and Feeds on Facebook.
- Zuck Turns Up the Heat.
- Sunset of the social network.
- @elonmusk: The media is a click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine.
- Inside TikTok's Attempts to ‘Downplay the China Association’.
- Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient.
- Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant.
- TikTok’s Pink Sauce chef defends her viral condiment.
- Today's TikTok culinary horror: pizza sacrilege.
- Why Does the Prison-Life Content on TikTok Feel So Familiar?
- A Fond Farewell to the Chaotic Italian Sandwich Man of TikTok.
- Google is adding Flyover-like aerial views to Maps.
- Google Photos website starts showing the backup quality of every image.
- Google Play gets a new logo for its 10-year anniversary.
- Hangouts on Air is back as Google Meet brings YouTube livestreaming to free Gmail.
- Pixel’s At a Glance widget starts showing Air Quality (AQI) alerts.
- Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for Android tablets.
- Chromecast with Google TV finally supports streaming live video from new Nest Cams, Doorbell.
- Chromebooks are getting a new, more advanced Google Photos movie editor.
- Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us.
- Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing.
- The drive to save Choco Taco.
- Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of a seven-year-old opponent.
- Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024.
- Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet.
- How to Use BeReal, the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App.
- Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports.
- Why Amazon is buying a little-known medical provider for $3.9 billion.
- Frankfurt airport boss blames travel chaos on black suitcases.
Picks:
- Stacey - @secengineer on TikTok.
- Jeff - @jeffjarvis: Well, damn, now I'm crying all over again. Newport put up two high-quality and complete videos from @jonimitchell's set.
- Ant - Mac Arnold's 80th birthday celebrated with blues jam.
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Links
- Alphabet earnings
- Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected
- Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for ‘intense period’ - The Verge
- Instagram Admits It’s ‘Not Good’ After Kardashians Beg It to Stop Copying TikTok
- Facebook announcement
- As Mark Zuckerberg says “there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn't be here” during a weekly Meta Q&A, a
- At the same time, Scott Rosenberg declares the sunset of the social network
- Inside TikTok's Attempts to ‘Downplay the China Association’
- Google Fires Blake Lemoine, Engineer Who Called Its AI Sentient
- Google, like Amazon, will let police see your video without a warrant - The Verge
- TikTok’s Pink Sauce chef defends her viral condiment
- Today's TikTok culinary horror: pizza sacrilege
- Why Does the Prison-Life Content on TikTok Feel So Familiar?
- A Fond Farewell to the Chaotic Italian Sandwich Man of TikTok
- Google is adding Flyover-like aerial views to Maps
- Google Photos website starts showing the backup quality of every image
- Google Play gets a new logo for its 10-year anniversary
- Hangouts on Air is back as Google Meet brings YouTube livestreaming to free Gmail
- Pixel’s At a Glance widget starts showing Air Quality (AQI) alerts
- Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for Android tablets
- Chromecast with Google TV finally supports streaming live video from new Nest Cams, Doorbell
- Chromebooks are getting a new, more advanced Google Photos movie editor
- Discovery of new UEFI rootkit exposes an ugly truth: The attacks are invisible to us | Ars Technica
- Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing | Tom's Hardware
- The drive to save Choco Taco
- Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent | Chess | The Guardian
- Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024 | AP News
- Why One Critical Second Can Wreak Havoc on the Internet - CNET
- How to Use BeReal, the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App | WIRED
- Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports - The New York Times
- Why Amazon is buying a little-known medical provider for $3.9 billion
- Frankfurt airport boss blames travel chaos on black suitcases
- @secengineer on TikTok
- Crying
- Happy Birthday, Uncle Mac