March 23, 2022

This Week in Google 656: The Ultimate Ungulate

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2 hours 14 minutes

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

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

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March 23, 2022

This Week in Google 656: The Ultimate Ungulate

Listen Later

2 hours 14 minutes

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

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.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

Codecademy.com promo code TWIG

newrelic.com/twig

wealthfront.com/twig

...more