July 20, 2022

This Week in Google 673: Swipe Right For Schmuck

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2 hours 31 minutes

Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses.

Not paywalled: Google reportedly pauses hiring for two weeks to 'review our headcount needs'.

TikTok Begins Layoffs as Part of Potentially Far-Reaching 'Reorganization' Plan.

HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5 Chromebook PC.

New Pixelbooks were confirmed at Google I/O 2022, and we all missed it.

How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex.

Ant got a new Pixel 6.

Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay.

OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system.

Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home.

Thread gets an update ahead of Matter.

Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound.

Netflix Aims to Launch Cheaper, Ad-Supported Plan in Early 2023.

Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing.

Cats can't stop watching 'Stray' and yes, there's a whole Twitter account about it.

#duet with @syllygirl this ladys gonna put my kids through college #chef #fyp #nwo.

Qualcomm launches wearable chips that may finally meet the moment.

YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore leader, as its new creator liaison.

FCC chair proposes new US broadband standard of 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up.

FCC Asks Mobile Carriers About Data Retention and Privacy Policies.

Google Meet adding support for anonymous questions and poll responses.

The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people's phones.

Google Docs getting edit notifications that alert you to additions and removals.

YouTube reduces Content ID appeal process from 30 to 7 days.

Now Google Photos has a shortcut to help you find your screenshots faster.

It's ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS.

Sand battery in Finland.

Tesla AI Boss Resigns Creating More Problems For Autopilot.

Picks:

Jeff - How 'Old Country' went from a Reddit story to a novel and Netflix deal.

Jeff - History of user interfaces.

Stacey - Woosh Air: Smart Air Filter.

Ant - Adobe Max Registration Now Open.

Ant - Thanks for supporting youth sports.

Ant - Follow Ant on Instagram.

Jason - The iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment.

Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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July 20, 2022

This Week in Google 673: Swipe Right For Schmuck

Listen Later

2 hours 31 minutes

Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses.

Not paywalled: Google reportedly pauses hiring for two weeks to 'review our headcount needs'.

TikTok Begins Layoffs as Part of Potentially Far-Reaching 'Reorganization' Plan.

HP Elite Dragonfly 13.5 Chromebook PC.

New Pixelbooks were confirmed at Google I/O 2022, and we all missed it.

How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex.

Ant got a new Pixel 6.

Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion deal set to begin in October after Musk loses effort to delay.

OpenAI expands access to DALL-E 2, its powerful image-generating AI system.

Alexa gets ready for Matter and a context-aware smart home.

Thread gets an update ahead of Matter.

Netflix Loses Nearly 1 Million Subscribers, Vows Rebound.

Netflix Aims to Launch Cheaper, Ad-Supported Plan in Early 2023.

Netflix Tests Another Way to Charge for Password Sharing.

Cats can't stop watching 'Stray' and yes, there's a whole Twitter account about it.

#duet with @syllygirl this ladys gonna put my kids through college #chef #fyp #nwo.

Qualcomm launches wearable chips that may finally meet the moment.

YouTube hires Rene Ritchie, a tech YouTuber and former iMore leader, as its new creator liaison.

FCC chair proposes new US broadband standard of 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up.

FCC Asks Mobile Carriers About Data Retention and Privacy Policies.

Google Meet adding support for anonymous questions and poll responses.

The new Google Wallet is starting to show up on people's phones.

Google Docs getting edit notifications that alert you to additions and removals.

YouTube reduces Content ID appeal process from 30 to 7 days.

Now Google Photos has a shortcut to help you find your screenshots faster.

It's ChromeOS now, not Chrome OS.

Sand battery in Finland.

Tesla AI Boss Resigns Creating More Problems For Autopilot.

Picks:

Jeff - How 'Old Country' went from a Reddit story to a novel and Netflix deal.

Jeff - History of user interfaces.

Stacey - Woosh Air: Smart Air Filter.

Ant - Adobe Max Registration Now Open.

Ant - Thanks for supporting youth sports.

Ant - Follow Ant on Instagram.

Jason - The iconic Atari 2600 console gets the Lego treatment.

Hosts: Jason Howell, 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

Sponsor:

CDW.com/HPE

...more