January 20, 2021

This Week in Google 595: Welcome to the Fetaverse

2 hours 12 minutes

President pardons ex-Google engineer Anthony Levandowski

The reset of presidential Twitter accounts

A notable drop in misinformation attributed to Twitter's Trump ban

Google cuts off another AI expert in the company

Google Research report shows its accomplishments in AI

Google tests blocking news from search in Australia

youtube-dl reinstated thanks to the EFF

U.S. judge in Facebook antitrust lawsuits sets March, April deadlines for responses

Turkey slaps ad ban on Twitter under new social media law

Cory Doctorow on the Deplatforming of the (former) President

TikTok users make Bridgerton, the Musical

Discuss 22-year-old Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb"

Biden Has a Peloton Bike. That Raises Issues at the White House

Biden SEC pick is no stranger to crypto

Trump administration adds China's Comac, Xiaomi to Chinese military blacklist

In hidden message on White House website, Biden calls for coders

Brave becomes first browser to add native support for the IPFS protocol

Developer Makes Interactive Map of Parler Videos From Capitol Hill Riots

MIT review has a guide to ethical online investigation

Bernie mitten memes!

Chrome 88 rolling out with a number of changes

Gmail now lets you resize Google Chat, Rooms in the web sidebar

Google cuts off acceess for Chromium browsers to sync, other services

The Google Play Store adds icons to show chart position changes

Google rolling out Winter Seasonal Savings to Nest Thermostats

Google previewing new Nest Hub alarms with more customization, tones, and 'Sunrise'

Google Maps making streets, nature much more detailed

Google Store stops selling the two-year-old Pixel USB-C earbuds

Stadia's new State Share features lands with the release of Hitman 3

The Complete List of Trump's Twitter Insults (2015-2021)

Malwarebytes says it was hacked by group that breached SolarWinds, via Azure and Office 365 exploits

Trump seeks to curb foreign cyber meddling on last day in office

Pocket Casts is up for sale nearly three years after acquisition by public radio consortium

Picks:

Ant: Thank you to the Heroes image

Stacey: $10 GE grow light

Jeff: Digital reading exploded during the pandemic

Jeff: Netflix has reached 200 million customers

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

Sponsor:

nureva.com/twit

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January 20, 2021

This Week in Google 595: Welcome to the Fetaverse

2 hours 12 minutes

President pardons ex-Google engineer Anthony Levandowski

The reset of presidential Twitter accounts

A notable drop in misinformation attributed to Twitter's Trump ban

Google cuts off another AI expert in the company

Google Research report shows its accomplishments in AI

Google tests blocking news from search in Australia

youtube-dl reinstated thanks to the EFF

U.S. judge in Facebook antitrust lawsuits sets March, April deadlines for responses

Turkey slaps ad ban on Twitter under new social media law

Cory Doctorow on the Deplatforming of the (former) President

TikTok users make Bridgerton, the Musical

Discuss 22-year-old Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb"

Biden Has a Peloton Bike. That Raises Issues at the White House

Biden SEC pick is no stranger to crypto

Trump administration adds China's Comac, Xiaomi to Chinese military blacklist

In hidden message on White House website, Biden calls for coders

Brave becomes first browser to add native support for the IPFS protocol

Developer Makes Interactive Map of Parler Videos From Capitol Hill Riots

MIT review has a guide to ethical online investigation

Bernie mitten memes!

Chrome 88 rolling out with a number of changes

Gmail now lets you resize Google Chat, Rooms in the web sidebar

Google cuts off acceess for Chromium browsers to sync, other services

The Google Play Store adds icons to show chart position changes

Google rolling out Winter Seasonal Savings to Nest Thermostats

Google previewing new Nest Hub alarms with more customization, tones, and 'Sunrise'

Google Maps making streets, nature much more detailed

Google Store stops selling the two-year-old Pixel USB-C earbuds

Stadia's new State Share features lands with the release of Hitman 3

The Complete List of Trump's Twitter Insults (2015-2021)

Malwarebytes says it was hacked by group that breached SolarWinds, via Azure and Office 365 exploits

Trump seeks to curb foreign cyber meddling on last day in office

Pocket Casts is up for sale nearly three years after acquisition by public radio consortium

Picks:

Ant: Thank you to the Heroes image

Stacey: $10 GE grow light

Jeff: Digital reading exploded during the pandemic

Jeff: Netflix has reached 200 million customers

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

Sponsor:

nureva.com/twit

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